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The Somerset reporter., 1890-08-28
Hints to DaIrymen.

Milk from cows In good health and sp :
parent contentment should be used.
Until after the eighth milking 1t should
not be offered to a cheese factory.
An abundant supply of cheap, succulent
easily digestible, wholesome, nutritious
feed should be provided.
Pure cold water should be allowed In
quantities limited only by the cows Ca
pacity and desire to drink.
A box or trough containing salt, to
which the cows have access every day, Is
requisite Indispensable II. the profitable
keeping Of COWS.
Cows should be prohibited from drink
lug stagnant, impure water The respon-
prohibition rests fully with the individual
farmer.
Wild leeks and other weeds common to
bush pastures give an offensive odor and
favor to the milk of the animals which
eat them.
Cows should be MIXED with dry hands,
and only after the udders have been
washed or brushed clean.
Tin pals only should be used.
All milk should be strained immediate
ly after 1t IL drawn.
Milking should be done and milk should
be kept only in = place where the sur
rounding air is pure. Otherwise the
presence Of the tainting odors will not be
neglected by the milk.
All milk should be aired Immediately
after It has been strained. The treat
ment 10 equally beneficial to the evening
and morning messes Of milk.
In warm weather, al milk should be
cooled to the temperature Of the atmos-
phere After 1t has been aired, but not be-
fore.
Mix Is better for being kept over night
In small quantities, rather than In large
quantity In one vessel.
Milk-stands should be constructed to
shade from the sun the cans or vessels
containing milk - we'll - to shelter than
from rains. james Robertson, In Farmsrs'
Advocate.
The Somerset reporter., 1890-08-28
POETRY.
August.

The summer lapses idly to its wane.
In sensous browse OF feverish perfume;
The brooks arc dry, and arid is the plain
That velvet glowed beneath arehed SHES
June.
For wrea.hs of pink, and white, and HEAVIER
blue
We have the iargess Of a wealth untold
Where summer kept her promise brave an'
true
She holds her iadciess wreathes OF fruitag'
gold.
And gives us August, plumed knight and fair
Who in the tourney well his day hath spent
He points to trophies OF the conflict there,
Where purpng grapes have crowned tn
battlement
No vain regret for minor glories fed,
II But deeper joy for richer bounty given;
Der graves where lie,h now the summer dca'
Dawns all the splendor Of a tropic heaven
The Somerset reporter., 1890-08-28

Culture 10 mot . substitute for life, but
the key to Il. Much = Il depends q
books, Life y really ths srset tAing Il -
to do with. II = ~ pa6saoas, u q
tsrssts. he rslatlons, u abs1rditiee q
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olecElmina&s. Hot only h caltaro aseen.
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The Somerset reporter., 1890-08-28
MISCELLANY.


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for a better washing comp0undthan BavenA. Rvery
body Ikea ssvenA that tries II. Just try one pack
age yourseif useful presentineverypackAge.
No man has yet climbed the ladder of fame
on rounds Of drink.
gray oeard on man under fifty makes him
look older than he is. The best dye to color
brown or black is Buckingham's Dye for the
Whiskers.
The man who keeps still when he hasn't
anything to say is public benefactor.
A perfect complexion free from pimple or
blemish, is very rarely seen, because very few
people have perfectly pure blood. And yet, all
disfguring eruptions are easily removed by the
use Of Ayers Sarsaparilla. Try it and surprise
your friends with the result.
~ understand you own baby" "You'er
mistaken. I'm only it's father"
Few children can be induced to take physic
without struggle, aud no wonder-most drugs
are extremely nauseating. Ayers Pills, on the
contrary, are sugar-coated, are eagerly swallow
ed by the little ones, and are, therefore, the ia
vorite family medicine.
The man who continues to back race horses
seldom gets to the front.
The usual treatment OF catarrh is very unsat
isfactory, as thousands OF desparing patients
can testify. A trustworthy medical writer, says
"Proper local treatment is positively necessary t.
success, but most OF the remedies in general b,
physicians afford but temporary relief. cure car
not be expected from snufis, powders, douches
and washes. Ely's Cream Balm is a rcmed,
which combines the important requisites OF quiei
action, specific curative power with perfect saet,
and pleasantness to the patient.
| Marriage Is lottery in which we all draw
something-usually baby carriage.
The Somerset reporter., 1890-08-28
Arrangements Of Trains. In effect

Arrangements Of Trains. In effect
June 20, 1880.
Trains leave Skowhegan as follows: sos A.
N. for all points west and for Bangor and
Mo0sehead Lake: vaneebOro, H0ultOn q Wood.
stock g.. John I by waiting at Wateryille until unit,
land, North Arson, Lewiston. Dexter, Dow
or, and Foxcroft, Bangor, Bar Harbor, Port.
land and Boston. 500 P. n. (mixed) for Water.
vile, enabling passengers to take night pull
man for Portland and Boston.
ARRIVALS:-7.00 A. II. (mixed) except
Mondays; 10 80 A. M. Passenger from Portland
Lewiston, Augusta and Bangor; sos P. M. from
all points.
PHYsoN TUCKER. Vice Pres, & Gen., Man
=. E. BOOTHBY, General Psss'r Agent.
Portland. June Is, 1890.
The Somerset reporter., 1890-08-28
ROAD NOTICE

To Lhe Honorable, The Oour. Of County Com
be holden in said County Of Somerset. at Sko,c-
hogan. on the nm day Of August. 1890.
We, the undersigned. respectfully represent tina,
Bingham village to Benjamin F. Adams Jr's
house in Mayfeid, that the County Commission.
within and for said County, have already laid
out road leading from near Charles Webster's
house in Moscow, in said County, over Babbit's
field.
leading Babbitt's Ridge so called, to said
Adams house, may be discontinued.
And your petitioners further pray that e Count,
road be laid out as follows: leading from Horatie
b. Bakers house in Moscow, In a north .easterl,
direction to Gulf Stream, called, thence easterly
to said Benjamin F. Adams Jr's. house in May
field.
AT. ADAMS ct ais.
STATE OF MAINE.
lsEAL] (Court OF County Com
Somerset SIS: missioners. Aug tern
Upon the foregoing petition. satisfactory evidcnc,
having been received that the petitioners are re
sponsible and ought to be heard touching the mat
ter set forth In their petition. 1t Is ordered, tina
the County Commissioners meet at the dwelling
house OF Horatio B. Baker, in the town OF Moscow
on Monday, September, IS, A. ID. 1890, at one
o'clock NJ, and thence proceed to view the rout,
mentioned In said petition; and Immediately afte
hearing Of the parties will be had at some conven
lent place in the vicinity, and such further meas
ures taken In the premises the Commissioner,
shall judge proper.
And ii & further Ordered. that notice of the time
place and purposes Of the Commissioners meeting
aforesaid, be given to all persons and corporatoni
interested, by publishing an attested copy Of TIT
petition Aforesaid, with this order thereon, three
weeks successfully In the Somerset Reporter, .
public newspaper printed At Skowhegan, In sale
county. and also attcsted copies Of the sam,
| to be served upon the Town Clerk of the town o
Moscow, and on C. B. Mclntire OF Scion, Richart
Phillips of Mayfeld, and James b. Dascomb. ESQ
Of Skowhsgan. all in the County Of Somerset, on
OF the executors Of the last will and testament o
Abner Coburn. late of said Skowhegan, deceased
and to be posted in three public places In sal
town of Moscow. the publication and serving an
posting OF the to be least thirty days befor
the time appointed for said view, that all intercste
may then appear and be heard II they think proper
Attest: L. H. WEBB, Clerk.
A true copy OF the Petition and Order CT Cou
thereon.
| 3w53 Attest: L. II. WEBB, Clerk.
The Somerset reporter., 1890-08-28

Stage Connections.

VsFlag Station; at which Passenger train
Will stop on signal or notice to Conductor.
Stops only to take or leave Freight.
The Somerset reporter., 1890-08-28
Somerset Railway,
| CHANGE OF TInIK.
Commencing Monday, June 30 1890,

Trains will run as follows, connecting at Oak
land with Maine Central Railroad
For Boston, Portland, Lewiston. Waterville
Augusta aud Bangor.
The Somerset reporter., 1890-08-28
ROAD NOTICE,

ROAD NOTICE.
To the Honorable County Commsssioners o.
the County Of Somerset.
We, the undcrs,gned, citizens of Somerset county
respectfully represent that common convenience
~ road, or q new location. be made commencing
at the county road near W. S. Jacobs house Ia New
Portland. thence southcrly, terminating at neaI
Columbus Hilton's house In New Portland.
We therefore request you to locate said highway
as you In your Judgment. common convenience and
necessity require.
cate said road and as In duty bound will ever pray
New Portland, July a. 1890.
ELIAS HUTCHINS. ct ais.
STATE OF MAINE.
sxALl (Court Of County
Somerset IS: Commissioners. Aug
Term. A. D. 1890.
Upon the foregoing petition, satisfactory evil
dence having been received that the petitioners an
responsible and ought b be heard touching the
matter set toh In their petition. Il Il ordered tina
the Con.t Commissionsrs meet At the Quint
A. d 1880, at one O'Clock, p. NJ, and thence pro
ceed 70 visw the route mentioned IN said pst,tlos
and immsdistely after . heanng Of the parties vi
such farthsr measures taken In the prsnisss 4,
AsS 4 : ssssSsa osas.ss, tS!s soss:. Of u. din.
place, and purposes Of he CommiSsloasss 0estina
Aforesaid, = itvea 70 al psssoas aad cosporatooi
intcr:sssd1 ~ pub1isAt.g ~ aatestsa copy d u,
petition afosssaA with Ills csdss thereon. thre,
weeks sucesssivsiy n Tie somenef Reporter. I
public nsuspepss printed = okowhegan, q sail
eoussys 80 ais ettsstsa eopss Of he same 10 b
spved vpoe ~ Town C!eek OF the town Of New
Portland asl % b. posted Il three public place h
aid Town. Tie pub!ieatlon. and sewing snd nat
isg of the ss9e, to - Il sest thirty days belosl
may thea appsar and b heard, thsv ehjnk prouss
Attest: L. n. WEBB, Clark.
4 true copy Of he rstltioa sad Order Of Cour
~ Atasss. 1. H. wxBB, eIsss.
The Somerset reporter., 1890-08-28

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The Somerset reporter., 1890-08-28

At NorridgewOck, for SkOwhegan and Mer-
Ger; at Arson. for Sawyer's Mills, tStarks); al
No. AnsOn, for North and West New Portland
Dead River, Flagstaff and Eustis. At Scion, fol
Bingham, Forks aud Moose River.
n. II. AVER, Swpt.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-10-15
Sure to Find Trout There.

H. A. Martin, of Bennington, VT, has
started a somewhat novel enterprise.
He has secured large tract of land
right above Bennington in beautiful
woodland valley, erected a hotel and a
number of cottages, furnished. There
are numerous trout streams and large
trout lake, plentifully stocked. In it
any one can angle by paying so much
per pound for their catches. Up on the
mountain about one mile there is an
other large lake on which has been es-
tablished hatchery, from which the
lake Will be thoroughly stocked every
season. Fishing privileges can be bought.
AS this is somewhat Of the nature of a
club very attractive lodge has been
erected on the shores of the lake for the
convenience of the members. A num-
Der of gentlemen from Albany are inter
ested i'll the enterprise. Huntington Free
Press.
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The Value of a Silver Dollar.

Senator Jones, of Nevada, was twitted
by Senator Mcpherson, Of New Jersey,
in the course Of his silver speech with
the fact that the silver dollars were only
worth seventy-two cents. Of course it
reminded him of little story"
II recollect," said he, talking on
this subject once with some senators in
the cloak room. During the converse
ton one of the senate pages brought me
telegram. on which he said the tele-
graph messenger had told him there
were fifty cents due. / gave the page a
silver dollar and said TO him:
al have been informed by some very
respectable and intellectual gentlemen
in here, some of them candidates for the
presidency even, that this dollar is worth
only seventy-tive cents. do not want
to cheat little boy. Take this out, and
if the boy thinks il is worth only seventy
five cents he can send me back twenty
five cents, and if he thinks it rs worth a
dollar he can send me back fifty cents.
l will leave it to him.
THE page brought back fifty cents
and said the telegraph boy told him he
did not know what those old buffers in
there might say, but it was as good a
dollar as he wanted and was very hard
to get."-Cor. New York Tribune.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-10-15
The Oceans Under Tow"

Doubtless we have all heard great
deal about this under tow" as though
it were some mysterious force working
from the recesses of a treacherous ocean
to draw unwary bathers to their DOOM
AS matter of fact its presence is obvi-
ously natural, and the explanation of it
more than simple. AS each wave rolls
in and breaks upon the beach the vol
ume of water which it carries does not
remain there and sink into the sand; it
flows back again, and as the succeeding
waves break over it the receding one
forms an under current flowing outward
of strength proportionate to the body of
water contained in each breaker, and,
again, proportionate in a great measure
to the depth of the ditch.
Where this latter is an appreciable de-
preston it can be readily seen that the
water of receding waves will flow into
it with similar effect to that of water
going over fall, and that a person
standing near is very likely to be drawn
over with it, and thus, if the ditch is
deep enough, carried out of his depth.
This is all there is to the much talked Of
under tow" and the numerous accidents
laid to It's account.-Duffield Osborne in
Scribner's
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The Georgia Type of Fish Story.

Frank O'Bryan, solicitor of the Atlanta
district, left his home at Sans Souci at
II p. m. in his canoe, which was rowed
by a negro who had been body servant
to George Washington.
AS the day was hot Solicitor O'Bryan
reclined upon the stern Of the boat with
a silk handkerchief in his hand, an end
Of which was trailing in the water. Feel
ing a jerk, O'Brien flung the handker-
chief inward. to find that he had landed
with it three pound trout, which had
attempted to swallow the red end of the
handkerchief. The solicitor at once went
ashore and had a fish fry all to himself,
when he resumed his journey.-Cor. At
lanta Constitution.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-10-15
Burglars Caught by Electricity.

Electric burglar catching has re-
ceived an impetus in Paris at the
hands of an entsrprising wine merchant
in the Rue Secretan, who has just land
ed his fifth man in the following way:
There is no concierge for his premises,
and he has had his store connected with
the room occupied by his walters by
means of an electric wire. When the
burglar enters the bell in the walters
room rings and the intruder is quietly
nabbed. The wine merchants expert
ment has been so successful that several
other traders in the vicinity have adopt
ed his modus operandi, and are now
yearning for real live midnight ma
rauder" TO come their way.-Exchange
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-10-15

Every foolish TO cling to me. Sup
pose an accident were to happen, where
would you be? Torn, trampled, crushed
under hurrying feet. Look Mt those
sunfowers. They stand on their own
stems. they do. Catch them sticking
their saucy yellow heads between my
bars; not much! like independence,
l do"
Thus spake the fire escape.
"How hard hearted you are!" muir
INJURED the vine, singing q tendril low
ingly above the upper railing.
II was born So" replied the fire es-
cape, grimly.
"And how coldr continued the vine.
my nature" growled the fire escape.
But love you," whispered the vine,
because you are so strong and so tall
and such help to me! When l was a
little thing, and stranger in this street,
looked up and saw you, great and
dark, reaching almost to the sky. All!
you looked so terrible, and, if you will
pardon me, so ugly, that was fright
ened at first, but then it was pleasant
and restful to lean against your mighty
frame. quite gave myself up to it,
and grew and grew, and budded and
blossomed. till, as you know, the passers-
by stop in amazement, saying, How
beautiful that fire escape looksr"
Still ours is not p suitable union"
persisted the fire escape. II have a
great mission to perform; am here to
save human life. You should have cast
your lot in with some nice country cot
tage-not coarse old tenement like me"
Love goeth whittier it is sent" sighed
the vine meekly, and chung closer.
That night a woman with a babe at
her breast dropped lighted lamp.
Flames darted here, there, everywhere,
hungrily, gloatingly. People madly flung
their poor possessions from the windows.
Engines ratified through the streets.
Brave men climbed the sturdy fire es-
cape, and carried children and women
down its iron sides Splendid streams
of water played upon the blazing build
ing. Morning dawned, pale and blue.
The fire escape stood tall and dark, but
the poor, pretty little vine lay dead at
its feet, victim Of misplaced affection.
Pearl Eytinge in Dramatic News.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-10-15
Casts of FAMOUS Frenchmen.

Robespierre and Marat are enigmat-
ical characters. Their deeds were hor-
rible, but the casts of their heads taken
after death are of ineffable sweetness.
In both the cerebral development is poor
particularly in the coronal region. The
skulls, each of which goes up into a
point, may have pressed there on the
brains. chronological development, or
lack of development, taken with facial
traits, betokens i'll balanced minds. Ma
rats face, in Davids portrait of him, is
in all but complexion that of a red In
dian. Robespierre's sister, on the other
hand, is sweet, serene, pensive and of a
lovely purity of expression.
Charlotte Corday, according to Dan
loux, one of her portraitists, was rather
good looking young woman, more the
peasant than the lady. She had hard,
quick, willful glance. Tallien was an
other i'll balanced creature. He had the
profile of an Egyptian dog god.-Con-
temporary Review.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-10-15
How Money Travels About.

Recently several gentlemen met in a
hotel at Kingston, Ont. One Of them re-
ceived IN change ten cent piece on
which was inscribed the mystic symbols,
HIS" by Jove!" said he, there's a
ten center that some fellow has marked
to see if it will ever come back" Let
me see it," replied a gentleman of the
party. Gentlemen" he said, my name
is Henry Dermond. Twelve years ago, at
Halifax, n. S., | marked twenty ten
cent pieces as this is marked. This is
the third one that has turned up" He
offered the owner of the coin 81 for it
and got it.-Toronto Globe.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-10-15
WHAT YEAR Is THIsi
scien lssw Trying To Determine In What
Year Christ Was Born.


scicplss~ Trying to Determine In What
Year Christ Was Born.
"A German professor says our calcu-
lation of the Christian era is erroneous"
i find the above item going tine rounds,
with an added line which meekly in
forms the reader that we are off four or
five years in our mode of reckoning time.
For centuries there has been doubt as to
the correctness Of the accepted calcula-
ton Of the Christian era. Learned his
torians cannot agree whether Christ was
born in the year TAT, TAO or 754, counting
from the foundation of Rome.
Prof Sattler, Of Munich, has published
an essay in which he tried TO reconcile
the testimony Of the evangelists with
other historical data on this point He
has examined four copper coins which
were struck In the reign of Herod Anti
pas, one of the sons of Herod the Great,
from which he deduces the conclusion
that Christ was not born in 754, but in
TAO, after the foundation of Rome, and
I. Srefore that 1890 is 1895. This opin-
ion the professor substantiates by what
he takes TO be corroborative testimony
of the evangelists
According to Matthew, JESUS was born
toward the end of the reign of Herod the
Great, and that when Herod died Jesus
was yet little child. Luke says that
James was born in the year in which the
governor of Syria made the first census
in Judea. In another place he says that
John began to baptiZe in the fifteenth
year of the reign of TibeIius Caesar, and
in that year baptized Jesus, who was
then 80 years of age. st. Luke says that
in Judea the first census was made dur
ing the reign of Herod; this census must
have been ordered in the year TAG of
Rome.
Probably it was begun in Jhdea in TAI
Professor Sattler thinks it was not made
in Jerusalem earlier than 749. He finds
that the four coins enabled him TO made
clear the testimony of the evangelist as
to the fifteenth year of the Emperor Ii
berius Though Augustus died Aug
10, 767, the reign of Tiberius must be
counted from year and a half earlier
from Feb, 766, when he was appointed
co-regent therefore the fifteenth year of
Tiberius falls in $50, when John bap-
tiled Jesus, who was then about 80
years of age.
One of the evangelists says that Jesus
began to preach forty-six years after the
building of the temple by Herod at
Jerusalem. Now it is known that the
temple was begun eighteen years after
Herod was appointed regent by the Ro-
man senate, or in the year 734 from the
foundation of Rome. Adding forty-six
to that year it gives 100 as the year in
which Christ began to preach. If all
these calculations of Professor Sattler
are correct then the Christian era began
five years earlier than is usually sup
posed.-St Louis Republic.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1890-10-15
BabbaCe.

Mr.. Babbage took me one day to see
his calculating machine, and was might
lily amused at my emphatic approval.
never could do my sums, and asked
him to give it TO me. He also showed
me a wonderful automaton figure, made,
if recollect right, of silver. He called
it his wife, and | was rather afraid of
the silent lady as she moved her arms
and head in a graceful but rather weird
fashion. Mr.. Babbage generally looked
so sad that remember when my grand
mother was telling me the story of Pyg-
malion / exclaimed, "Why, it is just
like Mr.. Babbage and his wife" My
parents and he quite agreed on one sub
ject-dislilSe of music-which my father
always described as "a noise which pre-
vents conversation. - Mrs. Ross in
Murray's Magazine.
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Knew Her Strong Points.

A little 4-year-old girl, a resident OF
Minnesota's capital city, is not noted for
her beauty. though possessed of very
sweet disposition and a remarkably
bright mind. She was recently present
ed to minister who CHANGED to be Wis
iting at her home. He took her little
face between his two hands and looked
down at her in most scrutinizing man
ner. She evidently anticipated that her
face would not bear the close inspection.
as, turning her eyes in the direction OF
his face, she lisped out: II isn'th petty.
Mither Brown, but Eth mighty mart.
st. Paul Globe.