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Smyrna times., 1888-06-13
FOR SALE.

Chestnut Rails and Posts, dressed OF un-
dressed. IHOo. y. BALE
Nov 80-tf kenton, DEL
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We haven't done justice to
Seersuckers. Fine, light, airy,
crinkly, dainty stufs. Nothing
like them for knock about,
slap-dash use. And the prices
are a revelation. The height
Of the season and a I2H cent
sort for 9 cents. Crinkles "a
and s. inch.
Smyrna times., 1888-06-13
PICKLES.

Chow Chow-Cross & Blackwells, pts and qts.
Chow ChOw-Suffolk pints
Gherkins-Bunker Hill.
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MICHENER & cos cELEBRA-
TED s. c. MEATS.
SUNDRIES.

Salad Dressing-GordOn & Dilworth
Worcestershire Sauce-McUrquarth's
Bricks Celebrated NOnpariel Mince Meat
very finel
Richardson * Robbins Plum Pudding.
Hayzens Maple Syrup-in glass.
Gel0tne-I. Il G. Cox
Mustard-COlemans lin boxes)
Rolled Avena-Schumaker's.
Corraline- "a new fOod-the best made0
Trenton Crarkers-Cclcbrated "Exton" Brand
New Turkey PruneS-4 lbs. for p cents.
Fresh Potato Chips
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CoFFEES.

Turkish Blend-very fine.
Java, Old GOv.-very fine
MaracaibO-chOice
RiO-gOlden.
RiO-prime
Arbuckles, AriOSa and ParlOla
(Ail loose COffees purchased green and roasted
every week according to order
Bakers Cocoa and Chocolate.
Smyrna times., 1888-06-13
MEGEAR'S MENU i!
FOR THE ENSUING WEEK.
S sPECIALTIEs !.
CANNED VEGETABLES.

CANNED MEATS AND FISH.
Lunch TOngue-ArmOur & Co.
Pressed Beef-ArmOur & Co
Clabs, deviled, with shells-McMenamin very
fine)
SalmOn-Saw Log Brand
Fresh LObSter-ChebuctO Brand
Sardines, impOrted-15 La Bel
Sardines, imported-H GustaTe Moreau, 10
fish.
Sardines, domestic-115 Victor Renne.
Smyrna times., 1888-06-13

.ha North, ll.OO A. NJ, anu o.oO r NJ
from ibe !ls South, 50 and ll.SO A N.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-04-12
NE Horse Breeders Stakes.

The following are the Maine entries for
the stakes of the New England Horse
Breeders Association -
j F Barrel, Portland, hr. c. Westland,
by Col. West. son of Egbert, by Rysdyk'S
llamhletonian.
c. II Nelson, Watervile. b. c. Artist
by Dictator Chief 2 Pa also >. f.
Edna. by Dictator Chief blk, e. Mechanic
by Dictator Chief. dam Laura by onward;
hr. IN. Aubne . 27i). by Young Rolfe,
dam Knox Girl, by Gen. Knox Dictator
Chief 2.25i by Dictator dan Judy, by
Plato b. Col O>good, by Wilkes, dam
kittie Almont, by Constellation: also b. f.
Glimmer, by Wilkes, dam Lady Crosby,
by Golden, and CHI. f Bride, by Dictator
Chief, dam Sadie Allen.
+. o Stanley Lewiston, h. z. Redmont,
by Redwood, dam Nelly f., by Coupon;
b. :, Lamont by Redmont, dam Nelly +.
f. +. Stanley, Auburn, b. 9. Grover
Cleveland, by Redwood, dam Lady Nor
rill
Z. j. Lawrence, Fairfield, br. 5. Ticonic,
by DR.. Franklin, dam by Morrill, Cham
pon.
J. p. Mathes Eliot b. f. Saliva Allen,
by Delightful.
|. V. McKenney, Auburn, b. c. Golden
ore, by Messenger Wilkes, dam Nellie
NJ, by Hampton.
W. d. Haley, South Gardiner, b. c.
Freeze. by Dictator Chief, dam Lizette,
by Gideon.
f. l.. Norcross, Manchester, Marchiones>,
b. f., by Antilles by Carenaught son of
2 23I) dam be Cassius NJ. Clay.
Marston K Stewart, Skow hogan, b, c.
Star Wilkes, by Wilkes, son or Alcyone
(2.27) dam Bess, by Victor (2.23t) son Of
Gen. Knox.
Gen. w. S. Tilton and +. d. Wiggin
make several entries.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-04-12
The Onion Bed.

One of the earliest things to be
done in the spring is to prepare
the onion bed. 1t is very import.
ant that onions should be planted
as early as possible. The seed Will
stand more cold than any other
kind of seed and still grow. The
best results are obtained from early
planning. 1t would have been bet,
ter had the ground been prepared
in the Fall. but if this has not been
done no time can now be lost, as
the delay will retard the crop, so
that there must be loss III proilt.
The soil should be carefully pre-
pared and fertilizer that contains
no foul seed be Thoroughly mixed
with the soil and made fine and
then the seed planted. Wedding
the onion bed is one OF the most
necessary and at the same time
unpleasant tasks on the farm.
Much will be saved by ia ing care
that in no way foul seed is sown.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-04-12
For the REPORTER.
Early Spring Management of Bees

As the time is fast approaching when
we may sit our bees out on their summer
stands once more. perhaps that few
words mint be beneficial to some. II they
are all right would not advise setting
them ont until the willow begins to blow.
In setting them out it is a good idea
to set the market ones out first, looking
them through as you set them out and see
what condition they are in, take out what
frames of comb they do not cover well,
and contract the hive with division board.
See that they have peanty of honey in
the remaining combs. You can add these
combs when the colony builds up and
wants them. Next after you have put
out these poorish ones and fixed up well
if you find some little weak to build up
YOU can strengthen them when you hiring
out your strong ones, In this way, when
you set out one that is good and strong
in bees, set it down close beside the weak
one that you wish to help up little, and
as it should be nice day so they can ny,
they will soon come out quite thickly and
fly around, and take their location. After
about what get out, as what you think
that you could spare from this strong
hive, {move it away to a new place or
another stand, this will leave what bees
is out to go into the weak colony as they
have taken their locations there. Some
times later or after they have been out
several days and got located, we help the
weak ones in this way by changing places
with weak colony and a strong one set
the strong hive where the weak one was
and the weak one where the strong one
was, you will find that you can equalze
them some in this way. At this season of
the year as they commence bread rearing
they consume considerable honey and you
want to keep watch of them and see that
they don't run short, before the time
comes that they can collect any.
W. II. NORTON,
Skowhegan, April, 10, So.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-04-12

In this town, but rather to show that the
go trotter does not spring up spontan-
eously among the farmers, neither are
the chances of breeding one, such a.
should warrant the trial; and, In TACT
should they succeed. they have only
third rate trotter, for the 80 trotter OF
today, is simply what the three minute
horse was fifteen years ago, and would
bring moderate sum compared with
those which trot in the teens The adj
vancement in the speed Of the trotting
horse has been such for the past few
years, that a New York millionaire would
hardly be seen taking his afternoon airing
behind 2.30 span. And when we take
into consideration the expense OF breed
Ing. raising, and fitting the trotter for
market, even if he should bring few
extra dollars, the farmer, with the facll-
tiles which he may possess for so dong
has more than expended that extra
amount.
Instead of breeding solely for speed
and paying the high price for stud service
which is taxed for first class stations,
would not the farmer do as well to breed
for size speed, etc, making speed sec
ondary motive thereby securing class
of horses that would readily sell in the
market for liberal price. Really what
the farmer needs to breed, is service
able horse that stands about ID 3-4 hands
high with good easy movement, and
speed enough to show about three min
utes, to insure him a good profit over
all expenses for breeding and rearing.
The stud service for such would be with
in the reach of all, costing from S. to
So, a sum, however, as large as the farm
er in moderate circumstances could well
afford to pay; such class of horses when
matured would readily bring $500 or $500
and are always sought after by New
York buyers. There are many stations
in the county of Somerset that are quite
well bred especially in the paternal line,
whose services could be obtained at the
above figure, that not only get some good
rangey colts, but occasionally trotter,
and many of them are descendants from
old Gen. Knox in the direct male line the
greatest stallion of the day in New Eng
land, all things considered, having pro-
duced more 30 trotters than any stallion
that ever stood in Maine and host of
lesser lights.
There is another kind of horse, how
ever that is to take prominent part III
the horse breeding of Maine, and that is
the heavy weight horse, those who weigh
from HOO to 400 pounds; such horses
are being introduced into our state from
the west. and their wants are now being
felt by lumbermen, truckmen, etc, and in
fact, all who are in need of draft horse
must appreciate the Percheron and ely
de>dale breeds Why would not a cross
between the Percheron stallion and our
common mares produce an animal that
would be appropriate for farm use, and
not only for that. but for all draft pur-
poses. Many of the half breeds are
quite good roadsters. fully up with the
average of our common class of horses
Such a class of horses must meet with
ready sale, as there are, comparatively,
but few in the country, and the demand
far exceeds the supply. j. H.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-04-12
Cash Paid For
RAGS, RUBBER, { OLD METAL
OF All Kinds.
Skowhegan Tea Store

Dr. Chase's Diptheria Resolvents, prepared
at the Norridgewock Tea Store is having
great sale. They are known to cure and lIs.
vent sore throats, Diptheria, Coughs, C6hs'
&C. Give them trial. 12rr
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-04-12
Care of Sheep.

Sheep require special attention
at this season Of the year. 1t
should be borne in mind that
sheep at the present time are
among the most profitable stock OF
the farm. As in other lines OF
stock. however. good results can
not he secured without a careful
attendance on all their wants
True. they will stand a measure of
neglect and still bring something
OF returns. but it was long since
learned that care and attention
through the larger income secured
much more than paid the outlay.
Sheep thrive much better when fed
on fine hay made up OF the mixed
grasses native to the soil, than on
clean strawed Timothy and redtop.
This is why the hay from the inter
walls OF the upper kennebec Is so
much priced for this kind OF stock.
Sheep are delicate on the matter
of diet. and whether we like to or
not it becomes necessary to cater
to their preferences. They must
have IA variety. 1t is desirable too,
especially at this season of the
year. that they he supplied with
solrc food Of a succulent nature. 1t
seems to meet want o, theirs
which dry food of any kind will not
ill. Corn ensilage comes i'll here
to good advantage, and is the most
economical food of the kind that
can be supplied. Linseed meal is
an excellent food for sheep at this
season of the year, both i'll con
nection with the ensilage spoken OF,
and also to go with thedry fodder
in the absence of succulent food.
1t keeps the digestive organs in a
healthy working condition, and
thereby promotes the appetite Of
the sheep while confined to dry
food. 1t is now kept for sale i'll the
State at a cost of about one dollar
and half a Kindred.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-04-12
a'+ tAta
Somerset Horses.
WHAT Class SHALL THE FARNERS
BREED.

The question often arises among farm
ers, in regard to the class of horses they
should breed in order to receive the
greatest income. The high prices, which
are reported paid for trotting stock, are
quite an incentive in favor of breeding
that class but when we take into consid-
Grafton that many of these prices are fab
ulous, being double and quadruple what
the animals ever brought also the expense
and risk that i incurred in attempting to
breed the trpttcr, IL seems to lessen, some
what. the dc~irc OF those who count the
cost before they act. For a farmer in
moderate circumstances, with nothing
but cold blooded mare. to attempt such
a thing. would seem almost preposterous
or simply like buying a ticket in lottery.
where the chances of winning are but
one in 4 thousand. The service of a
first class stallion. here in Maine, is the
snug little sum of 500, a sum double the
amount that the progeny, of fifty per
cent of the class of of mares, of which
| speak, would bring when four months
old but with meu of means. possessing
high, or even well bred mares, the case
would be somewhat changed. That the
rearing Of a fashionable trotter, in many
instances, is a lucrative business, is true
without doubt, but the large price, if he
should be so fortunate as to breed
one, is very seldom, if ever, obtained by
the farmer.
The pleasure of breeding, developing
and maturing the flyer, no doubt, par
tally makes up for the time and expense
incurred by those whose circumstances
will admit, but with the farmer, who has
to use economy in everything, in order
to meet his current expenses, it is alto
gethcr another thing. Simply to illus
trate the case, and show the chances of
breeding a trotter, we will take, for in
stance. the town of Skowhegan, which,
we believe, stands ahead of any town in
Somerset county, in population and
whose population is largely composed of
farmers whose circumstances are equal to
and perhaps full better than those who
live in adjoining towns, and see how many
go trotters she has produced.
After carefully searching Thompson :
Noted Maine Horses, we are unable to
find even one single representative in the
, 80 list that had its origin in the town of
Skowhegan; not butwhat there has been
many valuable and speedy animals bred
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-04-12
FARM, GARDEN AND
HOT SEUOLD.

Grating Wax.-.Take four pounds
of rosin, two pounds of beeswax
and one pound of tallow or lard.
PM them in some vessel and set
il on the stove, or some SLOW
fire. Let this melt a half hour.
When melted well pour into Il
tub or bucket of cold water. Then
grease your hands and work it like
tatfv. and ball or make it into
lumps. Then use it on warm day.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1888-04-12
PREvENT

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Disease. Angina Pecioris. Chronic Brone hits I.v r
complaint Kidney and Bladder trouble D..
ei,s!a @c.. &c
ESosBrRGH FALLS. Vt, Dec. !, l. g
Have had two Apoplectlc shocks. lost tn" usc ~
OH side Of body Anti ApopectInc cured lnc q
AM now able to attend my farm work.
y. c. AUSTIN
SHELDON, VT Dec. 9Th is-i
Anti ApHplectine restored to my wife fhe 81
her left arm and hand which she had lost from an,
AIpplectic shock She is In her eghteth year kuits
sews and does light duties suitable to her NJ.
j. W. BEAfTY.
Col J. E Fox, Burlington, Vt. SAYS For Dyspor
Ia and Sick Headache Anti Apoi lectine has no
equal.
From JUDGE ADVOCATE CENTRAL MARSH. Senator
from Franklin County Vt, Fail II 80. Mn Lathrup
Marsh. four years ago suffered from all thu - mp
toms Of an impending shock with uumhness Of one
side Of body Asu APoFLEcTISK cured her she Is a
hale and hearty lady now in her eiehtieth year. II
Is the Lest family medicine ever u-rd.'
Gts. c. l. MARSH
For Snle 10y all druggists, Price u 90 bottle
six bottles for $500. Send To-
DR. F. 5. HUTCHINSON a co.
ESosHCRGH PALS. Vt. {. S. A
for pirtul4rs testimonials AMI n Yr,affss an
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-05-12
Gems From Beecher.

A mans value to the State depends
upon what he can contribute to the
State.
The chief good of wealth is that it
enables a man to cultivate his higher
nature.
If we could only see forward as we
can see backward how different our
lives would be.
Nature becomes to the soul a
perpetual letter from God, freshly
written every day and each hour.
The poorest and meanest of men
are worth saving, and it is our bust
ness to lift them up. The noble and
the rich ones can care for themselves.
1t is very impressive to stand upon
radiant Sabbath morning, and feel
the hush and solitude of a great
motionless city. Silence always
speaks of God.
The very trees rustling their leaves
are prophesying to our ears of the
trees of life, and all the birds and
flying insects are witnesses of Gods
guardianship.
I never turn from the quiet of the
underbrushs or the solitude of the
fields or the rustling Of the forests,
without a certain sadness, as if /
were going away from friends.
Man is measured by what he is
worth as a citizen. A valuable
citizen is he who contributes large
thoughts, heroic example, inven-
tons, discoveries, skillful aptitudes
and methods.
A stagnant heart when deeply
disturbed is long in settling, but a
living, outfiowing heart carries away
its sorrows down its own stream, and
deposits them speedily far from the
front.
Flowers are more life-like than
many animals. We converse with
them; we often 60 to them five are
sorry or glad. What a pity flowers
can utter no sound. A singing rose
a whispering violet, murmurine
honeysuckle. Oh what rare and
exquisite miracle would that be
But flowers are always silent they
speak to us, but it is as the eye
speaks, by vibrations of light an(
not of air.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-05-12
a CANINE CONSCIENCE.
How Pedro Disposed ofthe Chain Which
Had Kept Him Prisoner.

Il
Had Kept Him Prisoner.
Tell you another dog storyp Let
me see," and the invalid doctor
lifted his lame leg into chair and
scratched his head. II never told
you about old Pedro He was the
special friend of all the children in
the neighborhood, and had mostre-
markable memory. He was water
spaniel with a big head, long ears,
and a kind face; was fat, lazy and
perfectly harmless. The children
used him for a foot-stool, sat upon
him, dressed him in gay calico, pinned
his shaggy ears back with burdock
burs, and he seemed to like their
frolics immensely. One summer an
ordinance was passed by the village
trustees, requiring all dogs to be
muzzled. Pedro was, instead, fast
ened with peculiarly-made chain
which had once done service in sue
ton pump. 1t was not heavy, but
one would never forget the odd shape
of its links. A hole was cut
through the side of a work
shop, and The chain was
fastened with strong staple to a joist
which was exposed when the hole was
cut Pedro was n very unwilling pris.
oner for week, when, one morning.
he was found lying on the doorstep
collar, chain and staple gone. He hat
gnawed the staple out and had pulled
the collar off over his head. None O.
his fastenings could be found, high Oh
low. Two years afterward the chair
and collar were dug out of pile O
ashes in the far back end of the lot
The diggers knew that Pedro hac
buried them. They whistled, and HI
soon came bounding to the spot ex
pecting fun of some kind. The digger
pointed to the chain. Pedro looked
down at it, smelled of it, dropped hi!
tail between his legs, covered ant
whincd piteously for mercy, knowing
his guilt was found out at last, AM
expecting no mercy. Did he ge
whippedP Not much. He got BIZ
shank-bone to gnaw, and the children
| wanted to give him medal. "-Bs!fa
10 Express.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-05-12
PFoRzHElM JEWELLERS.
How They Are TRAINED to the Work From
Early BOyhOod.

Early Boyhood.
Nj MonaehaL United States Con-
sui at Mnnnhoi4n recently paid a
visit to the city Of Pforzheim, in
Baden, with Wow TO seeing how.
German jewelers. cxceled those of the
United States, H founG the methods
of producing very similar except that
the German has the advantage Of be-
ing provided with a very excellent
technical school, in which children in
tended for employment in the jewel
ry-shopa receive y thorough theo-
retical training long before they see
the inside of a factory. Instruction
here is practically free, the manu-
facturers paying about eight shillings
a year for the pupils whom they in
tend to employ. The manufacture of
plated ware and plate is growing
Thick copper and silver plates are
prepared with a perfectly smooth,
regular surface. French louis
d'ors are cut up and melt
ed, run off into plates,
rubbed, filed and rolled out to the size
of the receiving plate, attached to the
latter by means of some special secret
chemical preparation, put in clamps,
and then put into . very hot fire of
charcoal. Here, under the trained
eye of the furnace watcher the metal
remains until little excrescences or
buildings along the line of juncture
indicate that it is done, when it is
taken out and left to cool, after which
it is placed between rolls of different
weights. When it came out OF the
furnace 1t was thick piece of COM
bination metal; it leaves the rolls a
thin. long, smokey-like string of plate,
fifty to seventy-five feet in length.
This is then tempered or annealed
over flaming gas jets, after which it is
rubbed, cut into strips, and sent tc
the stampcrs, where it is pressed into
various designs. and then cut and
trimmed, and, after various manipula
tions, comes into the salesroom ready
for the markets of the world.
The markets of the world are sup
piled from Piorzheim with Partisan
jewclry. ut was an interesting sup
plement to a study in ethnology tt
study the different designs intended t.
meet the tastes OF people at so many
different parts of the earth. Here, al
in so many branches, the tireless an(
enterprismg Teuton has agencies
everywhere" Mr.. Monaghan recon
mends the adoption of the system il
vogue in regard to skilled workmel
and apprentices, which, he thinks
combines many of the advantages AM
very few of the losses which occur i
all branches of the jewclry trade fror
the bad work of the beginners. In al
branches the skilled workmen sit q
grooved benches with three or fou
apprentices near them, so that "ba
work is almost impossible, while tn
skill of the old workmen is transmitte
from hour to hour and from day t
day 10 those who are to come afte
them as skilled workmen to sustai
the reputation that has made Pforzheil
; rich and famous in two continents an
dozen parts of the world. rs
James Gazette. a.t-l-t a
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-05-12
No More Pulpit Advertising.
Lebanon cor. Nashville Democrat.

Lebanon cor. Nashville Democrat.
Rev. j. w. Fitzgerald, pastor of
the Cumberland Church, surprised
his audience somewhat yesterday, by
refusing to reada couple ofannounce-
ments that had been handed him.
He said that he did not propose to
make an advertising column out of
his pulpit, and would therefore in the
future never read or make announce
ments that did not relate to church
work. Rev. Fitzgerald is the first to
take this step, and it is to be hoped
that Others will follow, for this
advertising in the pulpit is getting to
be a nuisance in every sense of the
word.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-05-12
Il still Prohibits in Iowa.

1t would seem from the following
telegram that Notwithstanding adj
verse decisions, prohibition is not
dead in Iowa yet. TO say the least,
the saloon in drug store disguise is
proving improbable out there.
Davenport, Ia, April 3O.-All the
druggists in this city have united in
giving formal notice that after today
they will not sell or dispense any al
coholic liquor of any kind for any pur-
pose whatever. The action taken is
not from choice. Competent legal
authority has advised the pharma-
cists that the conditions of the pro-
hibitory law passed by the last Cen
eral Assembly are such that business
cannot be done without violating it.
Representatives Of wholesale drug
houses at Chicag" and the East, who
have recently visited interior towns
between the Missouri and Mississippi
Rivers, say that they have found but
one druggist who will take out per-
NIT under the new law and he has a
contract to furnish a State institution
with the prescribed articles. There
are, however, some 200 saloons still
openly doing business in Davenport,
besides some wholesale liquor houses,
No Mora piil,nit Eh,rnrtici,,n