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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-11-15
FARM, GARDEN AND
HOUSEHOLD.
k;eip The Butter Makers.


There is a movement on foot To obtain
an appropriation from the legislature,
say S25oO annually for the promotion of
dairying in the State. Butter making Is
an important industry In Maine and is
rapidly on the increase. 1t has been de-
monstrated in individual cases that no
natural obstacles stand in the way of the
Maine darymen matching the best in
point of quality and in advantages of
price, to keep fully abreast of the pro-
gress that is going on in other dairy
States. To do this those who are en-
gagged or employed in the business must
be schooled in the best methods. State
aid has been given in New York. Yer
mont and Massachusetts are moving in
the same direction. 1t is proposed to es-
tablish dairy schools in the State after
the manner of Denmark aud Sweden and
other European countries, the appropria-
ton to be placed in the hands of dairy
commissioner appointed for the purpose
or under the direction of the board of az
riculture, as may be deemed best. There
are already facilities and appliances for
some such school at the State College
farm and there is a prospect that the
trustees will take the necessary steps
forthwith to introduce it in connection
with dairy work at that institution. Last
year the legislature of New York appro-
priated 81 900 and placed it in the hands
of the dairy commissioners to be expend-
ed for itinerant dairy instruction and In
addition gave the Dairymen's Association
S2500 to be used by them in similar work.
The Ontario Dairymens Association en-
ployed expert authorities to travel from
factory to factory while work was going
on and give nstruction.-IOrtldnd Press
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-11-15
The Home In Winter.

Make home as CHEEKY as possible; 1t is
the only heaven we will enjoy this side of
the grave. Not only must we do our ut
most to be afiectionately disposed one to-
ward another, but to exhibit our love by
our anxiety to make all comfortable and
happy as possible. Are the windows
tight and free from draught? Will the
doors close, the latch catch, and so pre-
vent the ingress of cold when it is not
wanted2
Ventilation is good in its place, but
there are proper ways of securing fresh
air without cracks, crevices, and openings
at every window and door. Many a cold
and much rheumatism and other sickness
may be avoided by little attention to
these things now. Paint used now re-
tains its color and otherwise lasts longer
and better than If put on in the heat of
summer. Rooms not papered may be
made more CHEEKY all winter If white
washed now. The roofs and clapboards
can be examined and repaired to advan-
tage. Cellars need to be cleaned out and
the doors and windows looked to. These
are but few of many suggestions that
might be offered to the men who love to
make their homes comfortable and pleas
ant, and their wives and children healthy
and happy. Health follows happiness
much more closely than we imagine, and
IL Is these ''little deeds of kindness, little
words of love, that make our earth a
Eden, like to that above. "-Rural VOrid.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-11-15
Keep the Plants Cooler.

With rarely an exception, flower lovers
injure their plants under glass with mis-
taken kindness. BY excessive heat they
force an unnatural growth, they coddle
them unnecessarily. Even so-called
stove plants will winter better in med
ium temperature than when subjected to
much heat. 1t has long been the custom
with many propagators when growing
roses not only to force their stock plants
beyond what is proper for heath, but to
apply the same method to the cutting
beds, in consequence, failure results,
when by system of careful watering in
a regular mild atmosphere, a perfect
strike" would have been secured.
Very few of our ordinary bedding
plants delight In strong heat during the
winter, and its bad effects may always be
noticed in long, slender stems and weak,
succulent shoots. Such, when planted
in the open ground, are frequently injur-
ed If not destroyed. Heat is detriment-
al to all hard wood cuttings. Far better
lose In time and gain in rooted plants.
Dryness of atmosphere is not the only
enemy to plants in livng-rooms; it is
quite Us much the excessive heat, that
some people imagine conducive to com
fort Josiah Hopes.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-11-15
Dairy Conference.

Some new features have been
planned for the institute work by
the Board of Agriculture the com
ing season. Among these is a Sc
ries f"DairN Conferences to he
held in connection with the farmers
institutes in sections of the State
specially interested in the business
of dairy ing. The first of these has
been arranged, in connection with
the member from kennebec county,
Mr.. $ c. Watson, at Oakland,
Thursday, Nov. 20. The best
methods, so far as is known at the
present time, OF curing and hand
ling cream and churning and man
lpulating butter are to be illustrated
by actual work before the me, ting N
and with the most approved appl =
ances for doing the same. AT the
same time ample opportunity Will
be given for the au Hence to exam
inc the different stages of the work
as it progresses, and they Will have
liberty to ask questions and invite
explanation of processes at pleasure
While the illustrative work is going
on, II well known authority in DAIRY
processes will fill otherwise uGoccu
pied time with a familiar talk on the
principles involved in the practices
Illustrated, as now understood bV
the best scientific and practical
authorities in modern dairy work,
In the afternoon papers will be
read AMI discussions held covering
the requisites to the making of tifst
class butter. This part of the pro
gramme is not Yet fully arranged,
but we are able to announce that q,
NJ. Gowell, the toruHer model dairy
man at the College Farm, will read
paper on bleeding for quality;'
Mrs. NJ. l.. Robbins of Winthrop,
the noted prize taker on butter at
the fairs, IL paper entitled "How /
make prize butter" Mr.. Y. X. Pike
of the same town has been invited
to give paper on the ':Superiority
of Jerseys for butter making" Hon.
II. w. Ellis, member from Waldo
county, will close the conference
with a paper on the all important
matter, profits of the business"
Noted dairymen from dit1e ent sect
ions Of the State will be present and
aid in the discussions. An exhibit
ton of butter will he held, brought
in by butter makers in attendance
on the meeting, and all dairymen
interested i'll dairy progress are
hereby invited to contribute "A sam
pile of their make to the collection.
Only a single PRINT is needed and the
name of the maker need not be at
tached unless it is their pleasure 10
do so. Samples of creamery make
are also requested for exhibition.
Also there will be samples of butter
on exhibition illustrating the results
of improper conditions of cream.
Other meetings of the kind will be
held in different sections of the st ltt
during the winter
Il. A. Gilbert,
Stc'y Board of Ayr icuttWe.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-11-15

Small quantities for family use can be
stored in shoe and other boxes, by first
boring inch holes four inches from the
bottom at each end and side of the box,
says the Orchard and Garden. Turn the
box on end, and pack the celery in layers,
the narrow way of the box. To each
layer of celery In position sprinkle over
the roots only enough earth to mulch
them well. Continue until the box is
full. When you set the box down shake
or jar the box to settle the dirt amoug
the roots of the plants. Then take Il
watering pot with nozzle and pour water
through the angular holes in the ends I'M
til the soil is thoroughly saturated and
it's done. The box can be set in any con
venlent niche of the cellar, and only
needs occasional watering always
through the augur holes) to have a sup
ply df crisp tender celery at short notice
and without the trouble of gruhbing in
the frozen ground and exposing both
yourself and the whole lot of celery in
the trench,
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-11-15
0IlInk CURE OLD Or. ". ". WATSOn's
UUtUH LlNiMENT. as cents Everywhere

When lazy horses begin to start, old women
to dance, ami white clouds to rain, there is no
stopping them.
Sunlight is one of the best disinfectants.
The microbes that cause disease, do not flourish
IN strong sunshine. 1t also has the advantage
Of being cheap.
The Lady Godya must have had exception
ally long hair since it completely concealed her
lovely person. Since Ayers Hair Yigor came
into use such examples are not so rare as for
merry. 1t not only promotes the growth Of the
hair, but gives it a rieh, sken texture.
What's in a Nance Toom many "eye-oponers'
will make man "blind drunk"
Can you tell me what the golden rule is =
asked the Sunday school teacher. "Ycs 'um, .
promptly replied the jewellers offspring. RS
a grains make pennyweight, 20 pennymeights
ounce, II ounces pound"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-11-15
THE
Akin son
HOUSE
Furnishing Co.

Have something to say to great
many people that are glad to know
of the changes constantly going on
in the various lines of trade. A
change in prices creates the most
interest and we, being constantly
in the market and continually buy
ing new goods, possess advantages
over the small dealers, from which
our customers derive IA benefit.
Bear in mind that practically we are
Jobbers, i. e. buy direct from the
manufacturers who usually make
the goods for us especially; at other
times we buy the whole stock ola
certain line. This is advantageous
in different ways as it gi0es us the
control of a desired style thai
other dealers cannot handle, con
sequently our customers are not
liable to continually see in other
homes a duplicate OF their Carpet
Parlor Suit, Chamber Set or any
special Article they particularly
fancy, often on account of its
oddly. Aside from this
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-11-15
SHERIFF SALE.

STATE OF MAINE, Somerset IS. hken
twenty-hfth day # October, A. ID. l,Ss, 4
ecntiOn dated September twenty-elgnlh, 1
$50, issued on judgment rendered n
supreme Judicial Court for the said toun,
>onerset, ut the term thereof begun ana
IN at SkOwhegan wit hin md for the SAID
OF Somerset on the Ill ST Tuesday Of srplel
a. ID. 1888, to wit on the twenty uj
eptember A. ID. 1881, In favor OF Autl
fowier Of said Skowhegan, against An'
Cors0n Of said SkOwhcgaI. for eigbil'onr
lars and nifty cents debt or damage nlid
dollars aud fOrty-uine cents cost al sun,
Will he sold at public auction on The pfen
in said SkOwheRan to the highest bidder us
twenty seventh day Of November A. d. ",
two OclDck IN the afternoon, the foll0slht
scfibed real estate, and all the right ntN
INT, rest which the said Andrew torsoh w
aud to the same or had on the fourlrenl.m,
Of May A. ID. l6ss. at I'VE o'clock and III
minutes In the after Don. the time wbtn
snine was attached ON the writ IN ~,
SUIT. 70 Wit: q certain piece or parcel o.
WIN the huttllnRs thereon, situate III slu I'm
uekHn W e.,M Somerset County. anu no"i
and described ~ fOllOws. to WIT: On tha
W tnc rp4d leading from Skowhegh,i NJ y
Great Eddy. 20 called. to Malbon's M,,a,
tho south BY land Of Charles Y. Wbll'tm
ON 10 West BY lAnd now or for,n.tp ~. "J
by1fcter nslbou; aud 0n the North by ian'
samuel Hilton e0ataiuins two acres n.' ',e
less. Dated the twenty .uesh day OF wv
JOHN II. MITCHELL,
Deputy slcr'u'
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-11-15
A Cigarette Analysed.

We clip from an exchange the follow
ing result of an analysis of a cigarette
made recently by physician The t.
bacco was found to be strongly impreg-
mated with opium, while the wrapper
which was warranted to be rice paper
was proved to be the most ordinary quail.
ty of paper whitened with arsenic. The
two poisons combined were present in
sufficient quantities to create in the smok-
er habit of using opium, without his be-
ing aware of it, his craving for which
can only be satisfied by an incessant con
sumption of cigarettes.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-11-15
POETRY.
The Farmer Feedeth All.

My lord rides through his palace gate,
NV lady sweeps along in state,
The sage thinks long on many thing.
And the maiden muses. on marrying,
The minstrel haIpeth merriy,
The sailor plows the foaming sea,
The huntsmau kills the good red deer,
And the soldier wars with oat a tear,
But fall to each whate'er heiall,
The farmer he must feed them all.
Smith hammereth checrily with the sword,
Priest pfeachcth pure and holy word,
Dame Alice workcth 'broidery we'll,
Clerk Richard tales OF love can tell,
The tap-wiic sells her ioaming beer,
Dan Fisher fisheth In the mere.
And courtiers rule, strut and shine,
White pages bring the Gascon vine
Bot tall to each whate'er bciall,
The farmer he must feed them all.
Man builds his castle fair and high,
Whatever river runneth by,
Great cities rise in every land,
Great churches show the builders hand.
Great arches, monuments and towers,
Fair palaces and bowers,
Great work is done, bet here and there,
And well man workcth everywhere,
But work or rest whate'er bcfall,
The farmer he must feed them all.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-11-15
She12K SUE.

SoMFRsET ~ Taken this 2gth dU Of
her A. b. 1888, ON execution dnlcd bstUh
a. j, lsss issued on a judgment, uudrt
the Supreme Judicial curt, Tor TIM uui
Somerset, AT The term thereof begun AMI
on the first Tuesday of Sept mher, 10 "
the first Tuesday Of september A. D. =
favor of william A. Porter Gamma,
the County of somerset and against
Irwin of sad Canaan, for one hundIc
forty five dollars and forty light cen o., d
damage and Twelve dollars and mint.
cents, cost of SUIT, aud will be sold ni
auction at the office OF I B, Barr t, II
canaan, 10 he hi hest bidder, on thu III,
December A. ID, 1883. mt one o'CdcR
afternoon, The foil wing described read {
and all the right III equity which 'md
II win mas in and to the same, to rtirt
following described moltgaged rea' I'D
uased In said Canaan, TO wit: n ceftIH u
ana with buildings thereon baun'Dl d
lows: North by land of J. +. McLai
East by land formerly owned hY a.
Morse and land formerly owned by MAIN
aid, South by Mark Written land INA
formerly owned by Ira Spaulding aud a
West by Mark Whilten land and land toi
occupied by Jedediah Hayden aud tue
leading by said McLauglIlin's, c"'l
n1nety-four acres more or less. snhecl
mortgage gwen by said Irena lrw.n ans
husband. james Irwin, to Watervil'' III
Bank. da,cd March 18th, 1886, recorded u
1874 page 476 OF Somerset County hcgl'
deeds to secure the payment OF tw. llll
dollars In one year with interest. lllte'
29th day OF October A. d. 1888.
sw4 ZENAS VAUGHAN. SIT
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-11-15

In number of places in Penobscot and
Piscataquis counties the farmers have not
yet dug their potatoes and have given up
hopes of doing so this fall, the land being
too wet to admit of working upon it,
Some of the farmers utilized the snow
storm by getting out their sleds and har-
vesting their corn for enslage, pump kins,
upon them.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-11-15
CARPETS

such as Monitor, Lowell, Murkland
in Woolens; Worchester. Bigelow
Lowell and Delaware in Brussels;
Dobson Sanford, Higgins, Roxbury
and Stinson Tapestries, all of the
leading manufactures and can be
depended upon as we have known
for fifteen years, each competing
with the.other to provide the best
and most attractive carpet. No
finer line to be seen in New England
than we can show at our Bangor,
Rockland. Auburn or Biddeford
stores. 1t should be remembered
that we aim to supply each branch
store with the same line of goods as is
found at our Headquarters in Port
land, with no difference in prices
or terms upon which they can
be bought, namely one quar- ter
of the amount of purchase
down aud the balance in monthly
payment of $5 each for all
purchases of $50; from $50 to
500, $40 per month. write us for
cuts and samples. Specify, please,
what particular line of goods is
wanted. Freight prepaid in all
instances.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-11-15
QI mn Made Pure G $l.oo BEST
DLUUDAD&C. CO. s OARSAPARIllA

"What's the matter with the literary fcllcr :"
"Oh, he's all write!'
Minneapolis has decided to build am art school.
The speciality taught will he -four painting.
81 say. barber, you ought to shave me at cut
rates." "Why so, sir :" "Bccause you hack
my face so numerically
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-11-15

Old mahogany furniture may be repo!-
ished to look even better than new.
Wash in warm water and wipe dry. Then
go over it thoroughly with mixture of
beeswax and sweet oil on soft cloth
Polish with a channels.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-11-15

There are 700 men in the world worth
over So 600 900 each. OF these over 200
reside in Great Britain, 100 in the United
States, 100 in Germany and Austria, Is In
France, 90 in Russia, so in India, and 1876
in other countries. Jay Gould is put
down as the richest of all, the value of
his estate being estimated at 1926, 900, 900.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-11-15

Sarsaparilla also originated in Log Cab
in and stands pre-eminent among the
blood purifiers of to-day as Warmers
"Tippecanoe' does as stomach touic,
as this one of the prosccnium boxes?
asked the guileess young maiden of the expert
enced young man who was showing her over
the opera house. "No there are no prosccni-
um boxes in this building" he replied. They
are all chatter boxes"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-11-15

Mr.. C. III. Nelson of Waterville is at
work putting his business in shape to en-
able him to take few months outing In
California and the west, his purpose be-
ing to rest and gather points in his bust
ness of breeding fine horses.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-11-15

The farmers of New York State are
now talking of forming Big apple trust,
in hopes of getting better prices than are
now offered big storage warehouse is
to be built by the combination, and the
apple harvest held to await higher mark
ct
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-11-15

Tough meat can be made wonderfully
tender when put to boil by adding tea
spoonful of good vinegar. This is also
good for tough fowl of any kind; and
tough steak can be very much improved,
after pounding to salt and roll in flour
and fry in very hot butter or lard.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-11-15

HAM CRoQUETTEs. One cup of ham,
two cups of potatoes, one cup of bread
crumbs, one tablespoonful of butter, and
one egg. Make In balls, roll in bread
crumbs and fry In hot lard.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-11-15

If you are the happy possessor of a
good umbrella 1t pays to take care of it..
After it has been wet, keep it open until
perfectly dry. If you would prevent cut
ting, don't strap tightly or keep it in its
.as
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-11-15
MISCELLANY.

When the sword is in the mouth you must
caress the sheath.
The mouse may find hole, be the room ever
so full of cats
Boils, carhunclcs, and other skin eruptions
indicate that the system is endeavoring to re-
icct poisonous acids, and that Ayers Sarsapa-
rilla is imperatively needed. II is the most reli
able Of all blood medicines. Ask your druggist
for it, and take no other.
The raven always thinks that her young ones
are the whitest.
Between evil lounges and evil ears, there is
nothing to choose.
Gilded five cents are going for fve-dollar gold
pieces, but DIR. Bulls Cough Syrup needs no
gliding to make it go.
That which has been thrown away has often
to be begged for again.
a bad wife wishes her husbands heel turned
hOmewards, and not his toe.
We have heard many of our old friends say
that salvation Oil cured them of rheumatism.
Those who have not tried it, should do So. Our
druggists sell II for twenty-five cents "A bottle.
The Persian name for Americans is Yange
Doan-ya, which means a dweller in the new
world The first word sounds very much like
Yankee in pronunciation.
Mrs Toosweet--"I shouldn't have taken a
bit of comfort all summer il I'd known you'd
taken up smoking again" Mr.. Toosweet
(placidly) Neither should l. my love"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-11-15

Keep your children in school. Nothing
but sickness should keep them at hone.
1t is unfair to both teacher and child to
let every little unusual occurrence serve
as pretext for non-attendance.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-11-15
Next State Fair.

The State Fair trustees met at the Re-
we're House, Auburn, Thursday.
The full board was present But little
outside routine business was done save
the fixing of the dates for the 1889 State
Fair. 1t will be held the second week in
September
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-11-15

LOVELY BED COVERS are of sateen-
pink, blue, yellow or crimson--vei
with lace or scrim. Others are of white
and gold Madras muslin, and yet others
of drawn work, with lining Of pale silk
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-11-15

Iron wrought in artistic fashion is now
preferred to brass for andirons, fire
irons and hearth Tenders; also for chan
dellers.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-11-15
A ship whichis often wrccked-Courtship.
Ii sample n Copy 10 pages Fun, Stories, etc.
TUNE QUAR- D FREE Box b, Aupuns ME-

When putting away the silver tea or coffee
pot which is not used every day, lay little
stick across the top under the cover. This will
allow the fresh air to get n and prevent musti-
ness.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-11-15

Aueighbor complains that the worms
are . work in I'll the apples stored In bis
oo,lAs.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-11-15

The taste for crowdng rooms with all
sorts of ornaments, brica -brac and
knick-knacks, is on the wane.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-11-15
O0pCO Cuts CAHB0LATtD PETRO- SfVUMI
OUnLO Eruptions IS CENTS.
A rye breath often causes very wry face.

rye breath often causes very wry face.
Mix little carbonate Of soda with the water
in which flowers are immersed and it will pre-
serve them for a fortnight. Common saltpetre
is also very good preseryatise.
ADAMsoN's BOTANIC BALsAM Is CoMroUNDED
Of the best concentrated extracts of barks, roots
aud gums in the world. 1t is safe and reliable
medicine, pleasant to the taste, and cures
coughs, colds, asthma and Group, You can find
it at all Drug stores
The bed Of the ocean, says foreign writer, is
to an enormous extent covered with lava and
pumice stone. Still more remarkable it is to
hnd the floor Of the ocean covered in many
parts with the dust of metcorites.
ship which.s often wrecked Comtship.
THERE Is NO Such Word AS FAIL.-The
CONSTITUTIONAL CocGm SYRUP is one of the
same. Thousands can testify to the relief it
has given them. Give it trial and YOU will b
convinced that it is all we claim for it. Sold at
GEORGE CUsHING's.