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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-12-06
Athens.

There was a social assembly at West
Athens, Nov. 24th, and number of the
young people attended. Whore they
spent very enjoyable evening. The
crowd being light hearted seemed just
In their prime. The music was fine
Playing waltzes for schottisches and
keeping correct time. 1t being Satu day
night they could not stay long. SO tax
ing refreshments at the Walker house
they started on their journey home,
Mr.. J, BiNby is repairing his Shed with
new shingles.
DR. NJ l.. Mari returned home from
Mass Saturday night,
Sorry to say our principal Mr.. Buck
will not be able to commence the
Academy ut present, and the vacation
will continue few weeks longer.
Diphthcria IS reported in town.
Skating next on our programme will b,
the favorite amusement at present, which
the young people are anNiously waiting
The intense cold last night will freezt
the mud and make it better travelling for
those who make teaming their business.
The sociable at Mr. Wade's Thanks
giving evening was well attended, Tn,
programme of the evening was well car
ried out.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Tinkham,
1888 1888

49,, tri.I L., l ,Jl,,,.,
va "'i> ''S VI '''' ".e"'
|Nl"s puS' ""J 'a'',"'' II" ''''',' '"'
wife, OF Anson' celebrated the hltl'lh
anniversary of their wedding day.
c.mnnnv of sivtv-four assembled at
their home to ioin in concentrating them
on haviuo reached The Golden Year of
tbrir married life. Few reach this point
and n sin less number are permitted TO
attain to such n degree of health and
yinor
MIR. and Mrs. Tinkham were married in
the church at Vests Mills, Industry,
THANKSGIVING Day. Nov. 2sth, 1888. by
Rev. Mr., Smith. OF those who were
present at the wedding supper only two,
Mr. and Mrs. Rogers were with them
last Thursday. The house where they
now live was built four years later and
hiss been their home for forty-siX years
OF their eleven children, eight are now
living. all married and settled in homes
of their own. Five children were pres
cnt and eighteen of their twenty-taree
grand children. Two daughters living in
California and one son in Dakota were
unable to be with them, but sent gifts
and congratulations.
Their children present were Mr.. and
Mrs Henry Luce of Arson, Mr.. and Mrs.
S p Tinkham of Scion, Mr.. and Mrs. L.
q Ueold of SkoNhepap. MIR. and Mrs. l..
u Tinkham and Mr.. and Mrs. S. &.
Tinkham of Arson.
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Fairfield Centre.

Our people many of them observed
Thanksgiving Day by turkey dinner and
inviting in neighbors and friends
Watson Jones is out again IL e ha,
been housed up with a bad cold.
f. L. Tozier is on the sick list He is
having a run of slow fever.
Our school here commenced last Mon
dry. Miss Nira Tozier, teacher. This
will be her third term in this district.
Mr.. Floyd +. Blackwell made a flying
visit here from Worcester Mass, to
spend Thanksgiving with his parents and
friends.
James Holt is laying a good supply of
corn and fine feed He is doing quite a
business in tbs meal and feed line.
Mr.. Alfred Jones shot fine doe the
other day. He was looking over wood
lot in the north vest part of the town.
He came upon the doe asleep undr some
pines. She sprang to her feet made one
or two jumps and stopped To see what
had disturbed her slumbers Mr.. Jones
held her at very short range. He had TO
drag her some distance to get her to a
road so he could get her with his team
lie sold her to Waterville meat man.
She weighed one hundred and thirty-six
pounds.
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CORR ESPONDENCE.
Cambridge

The people of this community Mtfr
shuthed on lhahh~@1NlU1 NV HA Wv
news oil the death Of h'>c's h'',,' h "l
49, ~ ~ ~ my 49,. .,,.
'l',,'. 6.r,. H. r,..',..,.t4# n, alf and
ti- nsr.,,- INV. ~. =, uf5Ifby of fhr
whole community.
b#.,.5..i ,,.,.z T.. ,...r,.. .i,.l and fear. arr
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-12-06
East SkoMhegan.

Thanksgiving passed oil very quietly il
this place but few going away to sp"no
the day. j, J. Burrill and wife TOOK
their roast turkey at Frank Stewards
his son-in-law, G. c. and Herbert Rich
ardson dined with Rev. j, W. Carr and
wife by special invitation, and the GOOD
things were all that could be asked for
Theo. Richardson and wife ate thciI
chicken pie ut Joseph Curriers' with Il
company of twenty. Frank Bray and
wife spent the day at the old Richardson
homestead in this place, eating the good
things set before, she taking down one
OF her big doughnuts of which her father
is very fond, it filling saucer aud lasting
two meals. Lora Burril had party OF
young folks in the evening.
c. g. Richardson, teacher of East Cor
NTH Academy, returned to his school and
took his brother Herbert with him as Il
pupil last Saturday
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AT WASHIN CTON

Numerous bills were introduced in the Senat
Tuesday, including one for the construction o
two steel rams to be armed with heavy rife
dynamite guns and one for the construction o
two steel cruisers to be armed with dynamit,
guns. The Senate then proceeded to consider
the tariff bill
Mr.. Mcdonald Of Minnesota, presented a pc
tition in the House Of citizens of North Dakota
for the immediate admission into the Union o
North Dakota and Montana, and for constitu
tonal conventions in North Dakota, Washing
ton Territory and New Mexico; referred to the
committee on territories.
Mr. McRae introduced bill to allow persons
who have relinquished their homestead entire:
to make another entry.
At its meeting Tuesday, the Senate finance
committee briefly considered the tariff bill which
MIR. Allison announced he would call
up to-day. The committee also informally had
under consideration Mr.. Sherman's bill to de-
clare unlawful trusts and combinations IN the
restraint of trade and production, which was re-
ported with amendments to the Senate in Sep
TENDER.
The Democrats In Congress are In a
hurry now to admit Dakota, Montana,
Washington and New Mexico territories
as states. Representative Springer asked
consent for immediate consid-
Grafton Of the bill to be considered day by
day until disposed Of. Mr.. Grosvenor
objected.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-12-06
The Reporter Extra c fer.

ForRrrrN MuNuIs ron nm PmCE of
on YEAR.
During the month Of December we Of
fer all subscribers 10 the REPORTER who
will pay all arrearagcs and one year in
advance to settle the whole with them al
the advance rate, $50 per year, aud,
also to give them the REPORTER IA
months for the advance year. We trust
many of our patrons will avail themselves
of this offer and thus help themselves,
and the publishers at the same time.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-12-06
East M ads on.

Mr.. and Mrs Mott More, who have
been for several weeks at Sangervlle,
have returned to their home at this place,
Miss Adde Bicknell who has been
with her mother and sister at Milton,
Mass, for several months, has returned
to her rooms at the Bosworth house.
Messrs. Parlin 4 Jewell are manufac-
turing quite quantity of hay and other
hoops.
Walter Savage is one of the boys who
believes it necessary to skate on thin ice
and keep up the average crop of drown
ing accidents. He was pulled out by a
workman from Mr. Williams calk fac
tory just In season to save him.
The schools are expected to begin next
week
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-12-06
Our Extra.

We call the attention of our readers t,
our holiday extra that appears with this
Edition. 1t not only has several adver
tsements in it that should be looked ovel
by those who have some money to spend
Christmas, and want to see where to put
it to the best advantage, but it also CON
tains a good amount of reading matter.
The Presidents message; Thanksgiving
in the churches; The State savings
banks State aid to Soldiers of Maine
The Next l. S. House of Representative ];
Blaine and Sherman Mrs. General Sher-
man. The Grand Army; An Eye-open
County State, general and Washington
news, maze up lot of live topics and
you may as well slight any part of this
weeks REPORTER as the extra sheet.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-12-06
HaFtland

1t is now confidently expected, a boot
aud shoe mandatory, viii be started in
this Village. Messrs, Bell \ Skinner,
Proprietors.
Saturday afternoon and evening,
singers from Harmony, st, Adams.
Palmyra IIartland and other towns mel
at the Blptist church, for sing, with Mr.
A. Il, Smiley, Skowhegan, rs leader. In
the evening with about b scholars, and II
prospect of many more Mr. Smiley's
method of teaching is very clear. The
school cannot fail of being Il profitable
NM
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GreAnNIIle.

An occasional correspondent writes
Rosco lleriCh of Harmony, was drowned
in the Lake Sunday, - ult. and found the
%. He was at work for Mr.. McNair a.
foreman in the woods. He left camp to
20 to Greenville on the ice which broke
in swan ten rods, and he could not get
out as the ice was rotten. His hat ana
mittens were found on the ice.
The steam boat Rebecca came in to the
bay Sunday, - ult., and had to unload
her cargo ON the ice IL miles from
shore, and crew of men hauled about
half of it to the wharf. $50 bushels of
meal and tons of hay was lost the next
day when the ice broke up.
NORTH POIE.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-12-06
The Rain Fall.

The rain fall for the year ending Dec
ember LIST, as measured by L. W. Craw-
ford of the High School in this village is
45,19 inches. October bears off the palm
with fall Of 96 inches and June had
the lowest | inch. September 10Th, the
largest fall for one day was l.G3 inches
The fall for ordinary seasons is about IS
inches
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-12-06
Ripley.

Work on the new church is progressing
finely, the outside being nearly finished.
The new shed at the Christian church
is being pushed along and will be com
pletel in a few day..
A. c. Farrar has secured the services
of first class blacksmith, MIR. Edwin
Bradley, and is rushed with work.
A. l.. Farrar's picture saloon IS nearly
done and will soon be ready for business.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-12-06
Recount In Most Nirpinia.

The recount in Charleston County,
West Va has been completed. 1t shows
That Anderson (Dem.) for Congress from
the Third District gained p in the city,
which elects him by Il. Fleming dem. j
for Governor gained - votes. This will,
it is believed, give the Democrats the
Governor also, This is what the recount
was for.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-12-06
The Next Speakership

There are now in the field three candi-
dates for Speaker, namely, Mckinley Of
Ohio, Cannon of Illinois, and Reed of
Maine. 1t is only within day or two
that Messrs. Reed aud Mckinley have ac.
knowledged themselves As candidates, but
they now are willing TO admit that they
are in the hands OF their friends. The
friends Of the other candidates say that
Reed Is handicapped by the fact that he
comes from the East. 1t was well enough
they say, to give him the complimentary
caucus nomination when the Republicans
were In q minority, but they do not think
theParty can give the Speskership To
Maine under the prssent political sltua-
ton. Several dark horses are ready 70
male the race II the leaders are crowded
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-12-06
Bingham

Schools commenced Monday, ten
young ladies came from other districts.
Calvin Colby and crew of men started
Monday for the woods To build camps.
Thomas Whitney's teams 90 In the
course of u week.
Mrs. Fred Dinsmore is quite sick.
Rev, 7. +. Millett Is giving a series OF
lectures illustrated with oil paintings.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-12-06
Another Explosion.

The Powder Mills at Gambo, South
Windham were blown up Monday One
workman, William Bamblett was killed.
The "kernel" mill which exploded has
been in operation five years without acct
dent. The mills which exploded about
"A month ago had run for eleven wears.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-12-06

Arthur Hamilton has sold his stand to
James Frederic and moved across the
river into The tenement recently occupied
by The Durrell Bros.
The winter term q school at Madison
village will commence Dec. ~ Mr.. e..
.. small Miss \ q. Smith aud Miss
Emma Folsom as Teachers
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Mrs. Morse of the Newhall House is

Mrs Morse of the Newhall House is
sick with pneumonia.
b. NJ. Hight. james H. Lord and Geo.
+. Dennis of Skowhegan We're in town.
The sudden rise in the water last week
ca adrift some 30 RATS of logs belong
ing to s. A. Nye, A. II. < {. f.. D0ren
and Y. Il. Common. They went down riv-
er bnt many of them were picked up
along the way.
Mr.. A. f. Gerald has recently bought
of Mr.. T. Letrcneau of Oakland, a chest
nut colt, four months old, by Broadway,
No BIB. Dam by Young Rofc. grand
dam by General Knox.
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Fairfield,

George Perclval has been seriously
Ill the past few days.
The oldhst child OF Mr., aud Mrs. Chas,
Duren died Saturday of membranous
Group.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-12-06

Hon. Turner Boswell of Scion, Judge
of Probate for Somerset county; Henry
I. Croswcll esq, of Mercer; and Chas
a. Wilbur, esq. of Madison were in at
tendance upon court at Pennington Tues
InN Int
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-12-06

The press comments ON the message
are not on the whole complimentary to
that document. Democratic organs are
very modest in the praise they bestow.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-12-06

Dr. G. NJ. TwitcheH Of Fairfield, i said
to be severely i'll with catarrh fever,
which threatens to develop into pnen-
mOna.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-12-06

The Hon. John Bright of England has
hsd q further elapse and his death is hour
" expected.
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hoM'S This /!

We offer one Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that can not be
cured by taking Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. j. CHENEY 4 CO., Props,
Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, having known f. j..
Cheney for the last 10 years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transactions.
and hnanciylly able to carry out any obligations
made by their firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Ohio.
walding, kinnan 4 Marvin, Wholesale Drug
gists, Toledo, Ohio.
T.. II. Van Hoesen, Cashier, Toledo National
Bank, Toledo, Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally
acting directly upon the blood and mucus
surfaces of the system. Price, 75c. per
bottle. Sold by all Druggists. 40
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-12-06

one of our prominent citizens said a
few days ago that if road was built TO
Norrdgewock he did not believe that Ell
Their of the connecting roads would take
it and run it. We have it from good au-
thorty that not only could the road be
leased to one of the aforesaid roads but
AID in building would be rendered.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-12-06

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. The follow
ing are the real es ate transfers, recorded
in our county the past week
Pttsiield-Thomas S. Dexter to Otis
NJ. Whitman. SID. Jesse c. Conner ct
al. to Bertha d. White. 1925.
Madison-Charles II. Sawyer to George
b. Fairgrieves. St5O. Thomas IL. Yves
ton ct al to Calvin NJ Sawyer. $50
thomas II. Weston ct al. to Calvin NJ
Sawyer. $1,000 Thomas II. Weston ct
al. to Sarah \. Clark. Sl25, Isadore F.
Hamilton 10 James Y. Frederick 81, 800
Emily Greenleaf ct al. to Weston 4
Emery. $500.
st. Adams - Herbert Z. Jones to George
Il. Young 5000. Francis A. Jones ct
al. to George II. Young 81 900,
Charles IL. Bailey to George Dixon.
$1,000.
Solon- George Eta Longley to Frank
lin Z. Collins ct al. 500. W. L. Tar
bell to j. S. McIntire. $1,000, Danville
l.. famblet to VIM. f. Tarbell. $1,000
Bingham-Warren IIolbrook to George
W Savage ct al. $500,
Skowhegan-JohnM Mclaughlin to Ma
than w. Randall. 5000. Louise II.
Coburn to Charles Dulack. $50
Charles A. Leighton to S. W. Gould.
S4O0.
Canaan-Sewall Brown to Frank l.
Penny. Sl75, Henry Hubbard to John
+. Hubbard $500.
Farfield-Everett n. Penny to Sewell
Pratt. 500. Charlotte n. Penney to
Sewell Pratt. 1898.
mithtield-Avin Piper to Isaiah NJ.
Tibbett. Si00. Henry NJ. Rowe to Al
vim Piper. 800.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-12-06

The kenncbec journal had quite sen.
sational item Monday. wash woman
was detected in stealing money from the
safe of Drs. Martin of Augusta, and was
liberated and watched to see if she had
any accompl!ces. letter discovered
afterward Indicated that she knew some
thing about the murder of William Britt
on the railroad track some six weeks ago,
and that man whom she called Jim wa
associated with her in criminal operations
The examination of the woman before
the municipal judge did not throw much
light upon the dark subject and she wa
released Further development arr
awaited with interest.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-12-06

BY reference to an abstract of the an
nual report of Hon. +. l., Richards, bank
examiner it will be seen that the Saving-
institute ms of Maine are in healthy con
dilion and have had good years bust
ness. Mr.. Richards makes some sugges-
tons that are worthy of consideration
among which is the proposition to divide
the earnings every year instead of diyid-
Ing part every year and making an ex-
ira dividend tricnnially. If the reserve
Is not large enough make it larger and
lhen divide the earnings every year, be
they little or large.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-12-06

The managers Of the State College pnr-
pose to ask the State to fund the money
bequeathed the institution by Gov. Co
burn, 800 000, at per cent. interest.
The lat legislature made the rate per
cent The managers of the college were
not satisfied with the rate of interest, and
allowed their money to remain nndistnrb-
ed in the hands of the executors of the
Coburn estate, at the same rate of inter
est as was fixed by the State,
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-12-06

EX-county commissioner S, d. Greer
leaf of Stnrks was in town yesterday.
During the recent political contest S. ID.
felt something as the lrishman is said to
have felt while his wife and bear were in
mortal combat. but on the whole Uncle
Steven appears glad that the Democracy
got the threshing it deserved.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-12-06
NJ, +. Parsonage,

NJ. l.. Parsonage,
Skowhegan, Me, Nov 30, lSSS.
4. H. .iohHSoR 1t Co.
GENrIEMEN-Since putting Johnson 5
Universal CyclopWdia in my library |
have consulted it freely and with much
satisfaction. In my opinion it meets very
fully the idea of a general CyclopWdia.
giving the facts. which one really wants,
in regard to a great variety of subject.
In this respect it is certainly preferable to
the Britannica, the work with which
have been most familiar Yours,
ID. b. Holt.
1t is a work which is found, in the
Library of Congress, to answer more
questions satisfactorily than any other
reference.
\. Il. SrorFORp.
l.. L. d. Librarian of Congress.
For terms and information address,
\. J. johnson 4 Co. II Great Jones St,
New York.
JEFFERSON TAYLOR, Local Manager.
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Paying the High Prices for
Christmas Goods
and in appreciation Of the
Big Out Lay

n B.-Next week in this locality will tell you
a big ad about thing in every one thousand hay
in stock. am selling now lots of goods for my arts
friends to decorate. Call carly
GEORGE CUSHING
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-07-25

before the glass outlining shadowy
moustache upon her pretty lip with
burnt cork.
Dorothea Hathaway" exclaimed
Priscilla, "you are perfectly superb.
Won't you tell me where you are
going?'
NO" said the young soldier, with
stiff bow. Goodnight, Mistress
Farden."
When Dorothea arrived at Joseph
Warren's house she was Mortified at
beholding it brilliantly lighted. She
remembered Priscilla's remark that her
brother had gone out to dine. oh
what an idiot she had been not 10
know that he had come here, for War
rem was his best friend. Why didn't
she write him? Why didn't she, with
ordinary sense, leave letter for him
with Priscilla?
All that was too late now, and she
desperately went up the steps and
knocked. The door was thrown open
and servant appeared.
"Tell Mr.. Warren that | should like
to speak with him." said Dorothea,
maiestically, and the servant vanished,
Wei Obll w lCtui II
with the dread announcement:
Mr.. Warren says will you please
step into the dining-room?"
Poor Dorothea! What pen can de-
scribe her sensations at being suddenly
conducted into a large room, with
twenty gentlemen, some drinking wine
and all looking at her. She knew al
most every one by sight and many of
them intimately.
Well?' said Warren, inquiringly.
:" would like to see you alone" she
replied, grandly.
"Speak out We are friends here"
said John Farden.
So the girl spoke. "The British are
going to Concord to capture our stores.
l don't know when, but they are
going"
A torrent of questions poured out
upon her, in the midst of which she
made her escape. The result of her
work was soon evident. The Americans
began removing their stores and the bat
tie of Lexington was fought on April
10, 1875.
If John Farden recognized Dorothea
in her disguise he kept his own coun-
sci. After the war was over and he
had wife of his own he said to her
one day:
Dorothea, do you remember that
soldier who came to us one night at
Joseph Warren's?'
And sweet Mistress Farden looked
up and then down, turned red and Their
white, and murmured:
ooh, John! Who told you."-Si-
lence PemJert0n, IN NetC York Mail and
ETpress.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1888-07-25

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