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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-12-22


CLOTHES were made from rll-vcry
nearly the con cnt> of the rag-bag. once.
Abel said - Few words to his wife about
the prpdi@al' IL h" called him
II wa, one evening after fine children
were all i'm bed. Jimmy bad nj tlat linn
been rome several mnulb, Aa5 nj
tllnuuh Ahrl knru we'll pn,,uab ,I,t hi.
wife b9,l i'm ,nin. I,,.,,.I from, t1,,. ,,,
several lin,~. he. Ind nr,rI.,,lrd +, voI,I
about him Ihi> particular evening he
had been very eui,a .il,.aia,f, l.,.,,ly
ab~oIhc, i'm hi~ NV ~aaI,rr. Mr.. r,rat,'n
wa, ln>ih ri.a.a,.. i'm ruttno = ,p,,.
largo patch on a.,,rt# >uaII ii.=,,ffrnuI :.
crs. When Abel >alGcpl, fhrra. down bi>
paut.r and 4brunlI, r.iulr..d ,h4t Ia,
,po>cd that boy Ua~ daiu. biz thina.
somewhere TarLi~ pari he ,liI b,l,. mn
uIairtumr,. .NNb, j. nnur.tpful>o
asked Mr.. GRAHAM oui,ll, 6ut with -
little sparkle. i'm b,.r ryo, aud L,.r u,l,
checks Gu,hiu.ra Iittlc
..lI Won mean Jimmy raaIr,. c,una.
see WIN" ~IIc ueui OH ui1boni y,i,ino
for an answer. htrNoicr ~hokjug a liitl.
a. She SPOKE
..Wm. Wh should lil,.ta know
who's taken carf.rf him all his Iifr IN
4i4r him h- CLOTHES am ,ifu#I-. rrnlifd
Abel mlj4namA And -aid Nis.
Glllam her voice Sounding elem. anal firm,
NOW. should IIkr 10 know who got up
carly every morning ~ soon IA, he wa
big enough. and lmIpcd do the chores nj
the barn, IA Il ca the Wood. every winter.
And all summer iong did man, work
on the farm righi through pl;utIua hoe
na ha,iua and everything rI>e. \, for
the chiId'~ board | consider he earned il
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-12-22


Ell. We'll replied Abei-Whp had
teh tNlSilh@ nhea@llN about. und'F ihe
Sahe 81 tho9t hfiN" Aphn2 eAt> lon
II tfr surH Il tp-d a9oht H. INT 10 d.
Hei"fcd ~ wiling You sh"uIl hts'
ht nee. II con ia IA e. lea\la2 Tin i'13
H Il great hurry - Iafpala Ha~I' htt
ilr eiiIdfth WIN the Goou new Isei-
NJ like IA NItt"il 'l~ general
ne Tree WAS procured lprthWlih- AMI
"ahtcd III corner "f the parior hul the
I'A nrl1I' IL ne4ah /" 5i7>Noih' 'lifi
I"qhd It's way 10 Mfs. 'falIalli' me con-
i'ul> 81 WHICH no one Know besides htf-
sell hu1 just Barbafa- Allef thai iht
I'1e CAM heai b'lh@ bedeckrd WIN l@
'h9id> Tor every nov anu men. Wh,h
barbara ana hrr mother were SHUT mp III
lht parl9f Ill WORK sparkling drop Ger
IAN ~ leii upon H. branches 'hil>lIua>
We "IIReu III AT anu Inc noun faih' inr
Tie @faho display IN Inc pariof. Inc
I9er VIZ opened ana the family Wefr IN
5 llea To enter ~ santa 'Ials himself
'he IlilaI'h mon Shl- An old lhr coal.
anu oeafu am talr al low dlu wonders
towards trans forming barbara INTO ihr
famous "Ia @lil-pcaf'r. Ana the ~itil-
iooh'h@ PAriorN iiaa completely VANISHED
III HN place was bower ol beauty. Ihl'
miracle nut by "rcatls OF evergreen. and
paper mowers mostly: ana last ou' not
least ny Inc W9hdefiua gltterlh2 cor
4eouS Tree III tiie corner. Inc children
were larry WIG; and Abel VINO had act
ualiy never seen christmas tree before
III ms Whoie NE. even Abel, was rendered
SPeechieSS. however ne dld manage 10
lh'' voice TO tAeiaiin' MY stars ilirll
ne uToPPed i'ito eiiair ana SaHed al the
happy group Oh chlldreh over anu over
a-al'' were eaIied inc names OF the chli-
aien III santa de'Pes' tones Little
ehe"P silis 10 nc sure. out ail were re-,
teN'3 WIN S"oii'N OF Jol' Apel I"ohl
'iil'Neli 'he Pos0''9>,f OF Il hlce par 81
,iPreIS' an" >eNpfal 9th'r ariiticN. II
lai" ~ 'el Nh',lh'r liz was PieaNea oi
otilcrWiN'. il's lace WAS stu,lA, Anti
Wa 'ii,HNlh1 il"N gay lhcA an seemed e
ENeii lllc lhotiict Na> cht'rlui ana Nihil-
'h@ li,'h theN thlhN aooul 1liIlinA
Wohuerc" An'l HOW the boy AWAY
'Iheu iioi'r IKE TINS ana hlN llllhu
wandered oack throu@h the past fourteen
Years pa'h 10 ne Time Whch the niue
leIlo"' no" away from lhtlh an nrnt ne
@al 10 halS up ms niue stocking. "ha'
Il. sl9r'N' HAPPY lli''e enY Jimmy was
Ho'H 'a,la'nred enid; always ready
l'f II '@oo9 'illle' 80 lar BACK III inc
p'Nl "aN Aoel' 'iia' ne ala non noilc' il'al
ine 'lte Wis Hei i'Ped Oh It's HneIN al"
''la' 'iieN were an coNGriiY watching MN
a. ne sa' .ea'lIil@ ms eioo"N on tie tame
WIN lliH lace III ms uallaS
WISH SH'a voice 'ha' seemed l"
S'I''' ll"I'i pte"''u liloNt sa'ile n"il''>'
ou' surrey !. tpu''ilt ne AfeI : :"
strangely h"NkN IL sounded. = MlSl'
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-12-22
RI mars Her ! oHfh

Mrs phnbc Chcslcy Peterson, Clay Co..
Iowa, tells the following remarkable story, the
truth OF which is Nouchcd for b., the residents Of
the town 81 am % years old. have been troub-
led with kidney compliant aud lamcucss for
many wears; could not dress myself without
help. Now | am free from all pain and sore
ness, aud am able to do all my own Homework.
owe my thanks tn Electric biitrrs for having
renewed my youth, and removed completely all
disease and pain"
Try bottle, only 10 c. at loratio W. Gushing
Drug Store.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-12-22
POETRY.
VTITTt
Chris tmaS

Christmas
The weary world had waited long
A royal king Of David's line,
And still the ages rolled along
And there appeared no king divine;
But now AN angel out of heaven
Descending, brought the prceiou, word
A heavenly king shall soon be given
The chosen people Of the Lord.
And all the prophets read the skies,
And all the wise men through the land
Sought e'er by signs and sacrifice
To find the time SO near at hand
The hour was near, the solemn hour
When He, the Great, the Indebted
Should come to earth in love and power,
Yet as an humble little child.
The myriad life in natures form
First to the wondrous knowledge woke,
For ere the plan was formed, Of man,
lie, nature into being, spoke,
a holy hush lay on the earth,
As though her mighty heart stood still
And waited Loves celestial birth,
With strange and YET cNpectant thrill.
The ocean gathered up her waves,
With emcralds flashing on each arm.
And bore them down to yawnng caves
That her broad bosom might be calm.
The wind with awe was stricken dumb,
Nor dared to breathe in softest signs
OF all the glory soon to come
From out the blue eiiulgcnt skies
The birds were still, no sllcry note
Broke ON the stiffness of the air.
But hushcd their music in each throat
Or breathed it forth in silent prayer.
The trees spread out their branches long
But held each leaf with moycess hand,
Lest they should break with sylvan song
The solemn silence Of the land
And while all nature held her breath
And waited her Creators will,
As though the silent hand Of death
Had touched her pulse, and held it, still
sudden bright and dazzling light
Through all the space Of heaven came
As though the dusky clouds Of night
Were glowing with celestial fame.
And in the great and shining light
An angel, poised ON radiant wings
Sings with such melody, divine,
The very arch of heaven rings
"The Christ is born, the Savior given
And while he sang, in sweet accord
A host of angels filled all heaven
With glad no annas to the Lord.
Then up with flashing wings they rise
And fade away from mortal sight,
While faint and fainter through the skies
Their songs float down through fadin,
light,
Then earth takes up the Clr>tmas song,
That angels first had sung to men.
The sea rolls forth AN anthem long
The winds play all their tunes, again,
And all the leaves and trees rejoice
To see the blessed Christmas morn,
And all the birds with sweetest voice
Unite in praise, that Christ is born.
And if through senscless life, there ran
So great a JOY throughout the earth,
What rapture fills the soul Of man
To see this King of holy birth;
They catch the echo Of the song
That foated back from realms above,
And all the heavenly notes prolong
Till every heart is filled with love.
Then hail the happy Christmas day
When Gods best gift to man was given,
The birthday Of His only son,
That first was ushercd in by heaven.
And hail the day when all shall say
In every heart, and every home,
This is the blessed Christmas day
For 10 the Prince Of Peace has come.
-Emtiy +. Heb.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-12-22

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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-12-22

Capt. Coleman, ~chr. Weymouth, plying be
tween Atlantic City aud y. y, had been troub-
led with Il cough 50 that he was unable to sleep,
and was induced To- try DR.. Kings New pscoy-
cry for Consumption. 1t not ONLY gave him in
slant relief but allaNed the extreme soreness in
hi, breast. His children were similarly affected
aud a single dose had the same happy effect.
DR.. Kings New Discovery is NOW the standard
remedy in the Coleman household and ON board
the schooner.
Free Trial Bottles Of this Standard Bcmcd> at
lIoraiio ". CuShing's Drug Store.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-12-22
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LlncoIns Funeral Procession.


For seventeen hundred miles through
eight great states of the Union whose
population was not less than fifteen mil
lious,an almost continuous procession of
moulncrs attended the remains of the be
loved President. There was no pageaI-
try save their pr senCr There Was no
tribute but their tears. They bowed be
fore the bier of him who had been pro-
phrt priest and king to his people, Who
had struck the ~hacklce from he laNc.
who had taught higher >cn,e of duty t.
the freeman, who had raised the Nation
10 a lofler conception of faith. and hope
and charity. \ countless multitude of
men, with music and banner and cheer
and the Inspiration of "A great caa>r. pre-
scnt> Il spectacle that engages The eye.
fills the mind. appeals 10 the imagination
But the deepest sympathy al the soul i
touched, the height of human >ublimitN i
reached Wien the same multitude, N1rick
en- with Il common SORROW, stands With
uncovered head, revereut and silent.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-12-22

\ small boy surprised his tcacherat one
of the grammar sahouls in certain town
the other day by asking her how far a
procession of the procession of the | init
ed States would reach if they were plAc
ed in Il ROW. ON her cNfrcs>iug her IL
nprancc he calmly announced From
Washington to Cleveland"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-12-22

toilc' luxury in every respect, Ayers
Hair Nigor never fails TO restore the
youthful FRESHNESS, and color to faded and
Iray hair. Ii also cradiCates dandrutl and
prevents the hair from falling
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-12-22

W. Edwin Chipcha>c, POD : Charles
st. Baltic, Md. writes For cure of
>prains and information> | regard SALIVA
tion oil a> n sure cure
l>c DR.. Bun : Cough Syrup, and do not
disturb the preacher and congregation
wi h Your cough
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-12-22

WILLIAM +. GOULD = lIBRtl;N.-A Por-
ton of the library of William I. t,ould
wa, sold at auction at the ROOMS of +. -.
Bailey & Go. The entire library WAS pur-
chased from the bank by three gentlemen
who selected thcrcfrom What hooks they
they desired and placed the balance ON
sale The character Of the books at the
auction rooms were principally religious
including commentaries and cncyrlopc-
dia> with two or three hundred mi>cella-
ncons books of small yal0e. The bid
ding was quite lively. Foriy-onc vol
nmcs of the American Encyclopedia
were sold to \. r. Dotrn at s2.l3 per
volume, and - volumes of the Biblothc-
"a Sacra To Rev. Mir. v hiltemore of Au-
burn at 81 cents volume Prison
Life was bought by Geo. \. Thomas nj
ten cents,
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1886-12-22

Marrying men to reform them has neN-
cr hccna successful enterprise ON the
part of women. Girls are worth too
much unmarried to sacrifice themselves 10
beat sense into the head of any man on
Gods foot>tool. Such man does not
vcan 50 easily aS II calf lie viii 20
home only to sober mp. and then not till
the other places are closed \ girl viii
marry such a man. hoping that next year
he Will be better; but the next year lie
viii he worse. There are sober boys
enough for all the girs; and there i no
need of MARI wing drunkard.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-12-04
JAS. S. EVANS JR.

Some copies of the Trinity Herald
containing a denunciation of that gen
ial and excellent gentleman, Mr..
Evans, having been circulated in this
State, we, in justice to him, publish
the following card
TRINITY, La, Nov. 90, 1886.
Being convinced that a personal ar
ticle concerning ). S. Evans, Jr., of the
Picayune, published by me in the Trim
ity Herald of Nov. 26th, was wrong,
and did an injustice to him as well as
to the public, retract the same as ed
itor of that newspaper. The article
was written in the heat of passion.
HUGH WATSON,
Editor Trinity Herald,
| accept the above, on the part OF
Mr.. Evans as an amicabIe settlement
of the differences between the gentle
men. JOHN III. MARTTN
Trinity, La, Nov. %, 1886.
No one who knows Mr.. Watson will
deny that he is a man of nerve and
bravery. In signing the above he was
Influenced not by want of courage, but
by desire to right a wrong he had
hastily done Mr.. Evans.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-12-04

A SPECIAL from Sedalia, Mo-, says !:
The knights of Labor IN this city have
Withdrawn form District Assembly No.
101, and the Assemblies will be attached
to the State Assembly. It is predicted
that all other local Assemblies on the
line of the Gould system in Missouri
will follow suit and thatthose in Kansas
will also withdraw and hereafter work
under the jurisdiction of the State As
sembly. Should this follow the charter
of the famous District number 101, will
be surrendered. District assemblies
covering large territory, are becoming
very unpopular in the Southwest, and
there is widespread feeling among the
knights that the affairs of the order can
be conducted to far better advantage by
abolishing the district assemblies and
organizing under State charters.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-12-04

The Knights of Labor of this section
are making increased efforts to gradually
include all trades-unio in their order
as separate districts. The Iron Moul-
ders Assembly No 1890, Of this city
have had under consideration for some
time past the advisibility of going into
one national trade district of the Knights
of Labor A meeting has been called
for next Friday night when the matter
will be more thoroughly canyassed.
There are between 500 and 600 iron
moulders in the two cities. If it is
decided to formg national trades dis
trict, it is said that all Of the Knights of
Labor moulders in the United States
will be included in it.-Birnsingham
Suecsdl.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-12-04

A VERY successful experiment was
made in New York Harbor on Tuesday
to try the sailing qualities of the newly
invented monster sea machine called the
"Peacemaker." The boat became en-
tangled in the anchor chains of pass
ing steamer for awhile, but soon got
clear and sank to depth of fifty feet.
It sailed along under the water very
nicely, dived under several large yes
sells and came up all right. It is built
for the purpose of attaching torpedoes
to the bottom Of ships.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-12-04

MISS WINNIE DAVIS has quietly
made her way into the graces ofthe peo-
pie of Syracuse" says dispatch from
that city to the New York Sun. "She
has shown so much discretion in her
conversation, and is so modest in her
bearing, that those who have met her
are already charmed. The coming week
is to be one of the gayest in the history
of the city, and Miss Davis will doubtless
be seen out often"
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-12-04

The little wastes make big waste.
The Chambersburg Pa.) Register saws:
DR.. G. A. Eisenhart made q bargain
with his boys, agreeing to give them /
cent for every dozen of nails or pieces of
nails they could pick up on Clark ave-
nue., from Penn to Newberry streets.
Ben Kendig made similar offer to
Oliver Deardorf's son. The little BOYS
went to work with a will, and, after
picking up all the nails they could find,
made report. The doctor found that
he owed his boys $108. they having
picked up 10S dozen of nails. Mr. Ken
dig was also surprised. for his boy had
succeeded in finding $50 dozen, which
were worth $l.50. II this many nails
can be found in one alley, says the
Register. square long, how many could
be found in the entire town?
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-12-04

village lawyer, made net VIII, ana Ien
all her property to the orphan asylum
In Scenersville, with few bitter words
to the effect that the neglect Of her only
living nephew had induced her, on the
spur of the moment, to alter her original
intention of leaving it to him. She died
the next morning"
''Oh, Frank, how much was itPn
"Ten thousand dollars"
There was moment or two of si-
lence, then Mr.. Chickerly added, COM
posedly:
"You see, Fanny, how much that
missing button has cost me"
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-12-04

The Knights Of Labor in British Col
umbia have inaugurated a general boy
colt against Chinese labor. There are
now over 10000 Cinnamon in the coun-
try, who have practically driven white
labor out of the market. Large num-
bers of Cinnamon who have been
discharged from work on the Canadian
Pacific Railroad are smuggling them
salEes aerdt theskarder into ss4is eos
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-12-04
HE stupidest and shallowest of all

HE stupidest and shallowest of all
the. .RenRhliean csaspaiglssssS slIswas -tss
Anti Saloon" movement by which the
managers sought to delude the Prohibi-
tionists. Now that the election is over
and Mr.. Blaine thinks he can make Of
the Labor movement fair offset for his
party's losses on the Temperance issue.
the "Anti-Saloon' dodge will be incon-
tinently dropped by all except the few
cranks who were easily deluded into
thinking the Republican politicians we're
in earnestly 7. World.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-12-04

Some of the philantropic citizens of
Brooklyn have conceived plan where
by the fear of being buried alive, which
haunts the minds of many persons. may
be removed, and they are about to bind
themselves together as an Incorporated
company. In the suburbs edifces will
be erected fashioned to hold large
number of ceffins. In these receptacles
the collins will be ranged about with
open lids, and will remain in the rccep-
tacles until the bodies they contain
show signs of life or are proved by de-
cay to be dead. Means will be provid-
ed SO that if person in any of the cof-
fms should be alive he could communi-
cate by speaking tube or telephone to
an attendant and receive the proper
aid.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-12-04

CoNGREssMAN-ELEcT Jehu Baker
made personal assault on Mr.. J. NJ.
Beach suburban reporter of the St
Louis Republican, who was one of Nor
rison's heavy workers, and struck him
with cane, Mr.. Beach said that Mr..
Baker was too old to fight land
dropped the matter. It seems to
US that the man who struck a jour
nalist for exercising his political right
should never be too old, or too young,
to receive the punishment due his Of
Tense.
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-12-04
The "Roar Of the Surf"

A good deal has been written about
the ''ceaseless roar of the surf It's a
big thing for a couple Of days and
nights, but after that you'll begin to
wonder why people who come here ex-
pressly for that didn't stay home and
hire some one to turn coftee-mill. The
old thing keeps hammering away for
seven days and nights of the week, with
no other purpose IN view than to make
. noise, and by and by everybody votes
it bore. An ocean with the best in
terests of the public at heart would keep
still at least half the time. The average
person puts in about ten minutes watch
ing the white named waves" roll in.
After that he wants some other perform
ance. One wave is very much like
another. all being cut from the same
piece of cloth. Each one has q white
name; each one rolls in just so far, and
breaks just as the one before it did
n. Quad IN Detroit Free Press
Sword and shield. (Clinton, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-12-04

The issue of standard silver dollars
from the mints during the week ending
November q was $50, 1856; the same
week last year, 658,323. The ship
ments of fractional silver coin since
November 1st, amounts to $688, 8,391.