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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-11-13
The Link.


The link must be built, else the good
cd county of Somerset must ere l"ug hr
divided with one center ut Madison
Bridge and the other at PittsHeld or
liart.and. The up river towns of the
c unity are too wide awake and euterpriz-
ing to be very long satisfied with their
present means of public conveyance to
their county seat. The towns eui indi-
| vlduals OF western aud northern Somrr-
set have put their hands into their treas
uries and pockets to aid in building q
railroad to help develope their water priv
ileges and other resources and briug them
into easy and direct communication with
the business world and they will in slime
he as ready to help establish g county
shire that shall be central and upon some
through railroad in the county.
Now Is the time for the citizens of
Skowhegan to wake up to the situation Of
things and not let her lost opportunity
slip else the waters of the grand cid Knu-
nebec that have forced their way from
their great source through fumes, canals
race ways and over dams, where the din
OF machinery above has quite oyerpower-
ed their mad roar will go to sleep as they
quietly course through the smooth basin
oi Norridgowock with scarcely the buzz
of saw or the hum of a spindle AT Skow
hogan to awake them and warn them of
The wild leap before them as they rush
INTO the narrows below and the SOLITARY
hem may scratch gravel in some ether
dead and forsakcn streets than those of
Norridgewock.
The locomotive whistle on the Megan-
tic railway is calling to the engineer on
he Somerset to open mis- throttle aud
give back his wild screech, and ere an
other century dawns, chasms will be
bridges, and mountains will be tumbled,
and the tourist of the continent will come
down the valley of the Kennebec to the
great metropolis of Waterville, and in
his inquiries after the once booming
town of Skowhegan, will be surprised to
he Informed that 1t was long ago switch
cd oil on to 4 eide track.
Yes the link must be built If Skowhe-
gan Is to remain the acknowledged CEN
Ter of the equity; and the people of the
county east as well as west and north,
~he love the Old county, and who would
Keep 1t undivided, claim and expect it of
the citizens OF Skowhegan to unloose
their grasp NJ on the dollars that they
have been boarding up out OF large and
widely extend d trade with her sister
towns and buid the five miles OF road
that viii unite he county in communica-
tinn H. l. !s!.t!; y. ross aa,i n
history. ".
NorridgewoCk.
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Somerset Pomona at Athens

tp"ardS Of one hundred and hf.y
Pa'roos rep'e+eating New Portland, Bng-
ham, Solpu, Eft Madison. Skowaegqn,
Athens, Harmony and st. Adams oranges,
gathered In Gre age hail. Athens, to hold
the regular November meeting of the
Somerset Pomona. Worthy State Master,
Rufus Prince aad State Chaplain o. j.
Hancock were present, adding greatly to
the interest of he meeting.
Worthy Master, L. II. Moulton opened
the grange at 1890 A. NJ, with the
Worthy Overseer, Lecturer, Asst. Stew
ara, Treasurer, Secretary Gate Keeper,
Ceres and Flora occupying their allotted
stations. Bro f. c. Green, Master of
Athens grange, cordially welcomed the
brothers and sisters to the hall and homes
OF the Athens grange, Bro. W Nv Brown,
OF Harmony, fittingly responded the wei
come. worthy State Master Prince re.
sponded to his name with practical and
instructive remarks in relation to the rit-
uallstic and secret work of the Order
Several members were called upon TO e1-
emplify the unwritten work under the
direction of the State Master.
Bro. W. W. Brown rendered one of his
inspiring songs entitled Down on the
Farm
BIO. Alonzo Smith. from the committee
on cooperation, reported the work of the
committee.
Worthy Lecturer Holway called upon
the following who RESPONDED for the good
of the Order Bros. L. G. Jewett, T. F.
Boothhv, W. W. Russell, Albert Burke,
G. B. Wade, NJ. l. Merrill w. b, Whit
tier, l. o. Winslow, o. J. Hancock. S. f.
Emerson and sister 2. c. Whittier, and
+. s. York.
The Worthy State Master announced
that the Order stands higher in the state
than ever before, and spoke of important
questions devolying upon the grange to
settle in the interest of the farmers.
Athens grange is now settled in large
and beautiful hail. is prospering finely
and gave the Pomona warm and frater.
nal welcome. Mkt meeting with Victor
grange, Fairfield Tuesday, Dec. ..
S. L. EMERSON, Secretary.
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Imp ortanti Vsntion.

A patent has recently been granted 10
Mr.. David Hobart f L Madison. Me,
which Is likely AZ attract vide attention.
This patent is called thes" SECTIONAL Tub.
ular Tunnel" and Is designed for the
purpose Of afordng transit under rivers
and other bodies Of water.
Instead Of the lat cost and danger
of digging tunnel under rivers. 1t. is
proposed by the patentee, Mr. Hobart. To
sink this huge tunnel in sections to the
bed OF the river. The patent is upon the
method OF uniting the sections which are
sunk separately, the water pumped ont
when by reason of the unique method NJ
joining these sections a perfect tunnel is
obtained.
An experiment of this nature has been
tried bot the tunnel was entire instead
OF in sections and could not be handled.
No method being known whereby the sec.
tons could be Joined, the project WAS
abandoned Indeed It is not known that
tunnel of this Kind ever was thought of
In sections.
On accopnt =, A.
bridges spch n ,rnna, >. 49,, lug
Hobart n successt,, o,,,a -, ~
used between New York aud Jersey CITY.
and even between NV yorh sad - 20
lvn. the gre.t bride ho,,,a
ipadeouate to accnnoao,a 81
travel and h,o,no., '"'.''e ''e
graa, o;,io. :. "a ''e
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Browns Corner, Canaan.

John Crocker formerly of Mass. has
rented the Worthen house and has moved
his family therein.
Mr.. Henry Archer and wife of Skow-
hogan, visited at A. ID. Browns last
Friday.
Mrs. Annie Leavtt of Cambridge, will
stop at |. Crowel's this winter, while her
husband is in the woods.
Mr.. Smith has been around the past
week packing apples, | understand that
he pays 50 90 per hbl. for best
The man with the sulky pillow has been
ciuvAssing this section, and found sew
eral purchasers.
Mrs. Flanders is still very low.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lsforest Goodwin attend
ed the Advent quarterly meeting at Dex.
ter
Elder o. NJ, Chase has gone to New
Jersey.
Mr. Horace lIa.. h, ia mis- annual har-
vest festival, Wednesday evening OF last
week. | hear there was quite a gather
Ing, a bountefu supper and n general
good time in which old and young par
ticipated
w, +. Brown came near receiving seri
Gus injuries the other day while trying
to halter break a colt in STALL As it
was he was "caught' for once, but for
tunately escaped unframed.
Tuesday evening Nov 18th is the time
appointed for box sociable with fish
ing pond and other attractions, at
Browns Corner school house. Each box
will contain surprises prize Or
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Life Is Too Short,

and time and money too precious. to he
FILTERED away in the trial of uncertain
means of cure, when oue is afflicted with
any lingering or chrome ailnent of the
liver. lungs or blood. Now, DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery is snch n posi-
tive remedy for all such Ills as to warrant
It's manufacturers in selling it. rs they are
doing, through druggists on condition that
If it don't do all that it is recommended to,
the money paid for it will be promptly re-
funded. There are n great many blood
purifiers advertised, but only the Golden
Medical Discovery" OF DR.. Pierce could
sustain itself and be sold under trying con.
diiion'. To sell any ordinary medicine
under such guarantee, would bankrupt
its proprietors, but with the Golden Med
ical Discovery all that is asked for it is "A
fair trial, and if il don't do ali that II is adj
vertised to, the manufacturers will cheer
fully and promptly refund all money pad
Tor H. by this singularly peculiar method
OF business alike liberal to the purchns
and eXacting to the manufacturers the in
valid csn be sure of getting the value Of
his money, which is no, true OF any other
medicine. All diseases arising from tor
pid liver, or from impure or poisoned
blood. are conquered by the Golden Med
49, A'PVNthiil Hhs IL lhhul-
Tested its marvellous potency in curing
Salt-rheuin, Tette-, Eczema. Psoriasis. I'M.
pertigo, Erysipelas and all skin and scalp
diseases, no matter OF how long standing.
Scrofulous nffec ions. sores and swellincs,
ms Fever-sores, White swrlings, Hip joint
Disease and kindred ailments yield to its
positive, purifying, Strengthening and
healing properties Lung Scrofula (com-
monty known as Consumption OF the
Lungs also yields to il, if it be taken in
time and given fair trial Contains no
alcohol to inebriate, no syrup or sugar to
ferment and impair digestion as wonderful
i'll its curative results as it Is peculiar in
composition. Don't accept any substitute,
said to be lust rs good" that the dealer
may make q larger profit.
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Advantageous oHers.

The time for renewals of the RrrorfHR
comts around aud that season - the ieai
when many Of our patrons hive mor4
leisure for reading, We therefore make
them the following offers:
To my Subscribers wao will prior TO
January |, 1881 pay one dollar and nftv
cents,we will send the REPORTER fourteen
months. To any person subscribing anew
for the REPORTER we make the same Of
fersl4 months for one years pay. This
only applies to those who pay the above
amount at the time the order for sub.
scription is given in advance, Where one
year is paid in advance arrearages may
be settled at the rate of 81 80 per year
To any old or new subscriber who paws
$l.5o for one full year in advance we will
send free of expense one year, in addi
ton to the REPORTER either of the follow
ing periodicals:
THE AMERICAN FARMER,
THE HOME MAGAZINE.
These are monthly publications but are
very fine family publications.. The form
er especially adapted to the FARM and the
latter 10 the HOME.
We are glad to he able to make these
splendid gifts to our patrons. Remember
they are offered November snd December,
only.
The REPORTER will club with the fol-
lowing publications, at the rates placed
opposite each payable strictly In advance
for one year.
REPORTER and Herpers Monthly,
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-11-13

We have just received from John Car
ter & Co, Boston, the revised folder and
card samHle book for 90-9l." The de
signs are very pretty and many of them
extremely unique.
The prices are placed at a very reason
able figure. Wedding and fancy cards
subject to order, and those of our friends
contemplating marriage should call and
examine our card and sample book. We
have also selendid line of stock for all
kinds of job printing, commercial and
general. Fair prices and the best work
manship are the secrets of our large job
bing business, Try us once and on will
come again.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-11-13

THE elections were the the one pre-
vailing topic Of The conversation on the
exchanges in the north of England and
the repulse inflicted upon the Republican
party caused unbounded satisfaction p"
says a dispatch to the New York Herald
That shows the way the English manu-
facturers feel, but has anybody heard Of
"unbounded satisfaction on the part of
any considerable number of American
manufacturers?" Democrats desire the
appreciation of foreigners and Repnbli-
cans the appreciation and prosperity of
our own people.
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November Magazines.

Dr. SNuucl Grid ey lIowe's life.s story is
told by His daughter, Mrs Florence Howe
Hall, in thu November Wide Awake. The
article takes its title, "A Modern Hero
from Wh;ttier's poem, of which DR.. Howe
was the subject, and is accom- pauied by
portrnit of this great champion of the
blind, painted in his Young manhood by
Miss jaue Slnart, the daughter OF Gilbert
Stuart the artist Mrs Fremont contrib
utes the last II her series, ''the Will the
Way Stories"
The Cosmopolitgn for November is an
admirable number There in nm interest.
ing illustrated article on tho Japaueee
Army, and tue American Amateur nt'ge Is
wen nescrioeu ana Illustrated WIN "nuSu
ally nhe pictures. fart "a OF lhe Exec
ntive Department OF tile GoVefn'h, III
shows Secretaries tracy ahanaNer,
Noble and kusR' with Attorney Nehefal
Miller and Assistant attorney heo'r"'
shields. Other llln.trated articles are
ran histories and FASHIONS, "A Nofs.
Atlantis Art nnd Monastry III Cores
"Ihe Pursuit OF the Martyrs pu'ehs
OF the Shop, tho Wotkrooh ana Inc iehe-
ment.'
The November number of lIarper's Mag
azine contains the first of short series
of papers on Southern California Our
Italy"-by Charles Dudley Warner, des-
cribing the climate, resources, and scene
ry of that most interesting portion OF our
country Numerous n i'.i,.o '' 1;a
pno'oei"pus "nt 'aom u'"" ,ue i,tnn.
',neu,snou A, ,hia i. 80, onar Thc
al sa,"o ~ tai' 'n.e'S c',b b,per;oo nv
seiies VI " rti'I on n, T in .Ifrban
ihso,ioio Cni. mn, G ~ r. ,ll,.,ratioue
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Harper's Young People,

The Holiday season is near at hand and
you cannot do better for Christmas or
New Years present than to send your
friend or friends The SOMERSET REPORT
ER and one of the above named period
icals.
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Mrs Smith Flanders of Canaan has
been confined to her he'd for some weeks
from the effects of cancer. Her friends
and ncighbors deeply sympsthise with
her In her severe sickness.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-11-13

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.. The follow
ing are the rea estate transfers during
the past week,
Fairfield gail Gilifer to Willie C.
U0xie. $3.50: Willie c. IIoxie to Frank
Williams. S325, Willie c. lIoxie TO Chas.
A. Holway, $50; Willie c, IloXie to
B. Frank Brigies, SljO0; Sumner o.
Goodwin to :. s. Chapman, $1,000 ;
Eugene g. Clark to j. +. konrick, $3.50 !;
Geo. NJ. Chapm IN to Peter Demers, 500
Sulon- Willie f. Meader to William
Clark, 500; Charles Is Mclntire to Fred
C. Harville ct al, $50; Grin w. Durrill
10 G. NJ. Sawyer, $500; Christina Mer-
ril to John 7 Esaker, 500.
Madison William II. Blackwell to
Elmer NJ, Goodrich, 5000; l.. c. Folsom
To Emma IL. Folsom, 81; Simeon Stone
to D. 5 Huperwill, 81; Samuel Vose to
Geo, +. Charles, 81 ZOO;
Skowhegan-JohnM NJ. Cannon ct al to
Anne Galway, SIS; Annie Colway to
James H. Galway, $50; James ii. Col
way to Edward Spear, g..
JackmantowI--Suliv Newton to
Richard Holden sl25.
Mercer-Fred B. Groves to Sarah
Groves, S6JO.
| New Po.tland-Lucinda Butts to John
F. Butts, $50; Sarah A. Warren, to
| Hattie b. Johns m, $50.
Ripley-R ,bc5t NJ. Kimhall to Geo. NJ
kimball, $1,000.
Embden-Ch rles L. Thomp4on TO
Chas. E Fent.lan, $3.50.
Detroit Wil,!am W. Young to VIM. l..
| Hopkins, $50; Walter Mcfarland 10
Elmer McFar and, 500; Paulina Y.
Paine to A. C. Paine, $3.50.
Brighton-AlAert B. Walker to James
IL Matthews, $500.
Bingham-D, vid II. McIntire to Iule-
ma A Cooley, $3.50.
| Pittsheld-Cares Willis to Hiram Bur
deem, 81 800,
Smithheld-B pjamin Tracy to George
LisherneSs $40.
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Bottles Not Original Packages.

AT the Superior Criminal Court before
Judge A,drcll Friday. in Worcester,
Mass the case of Frank Lavole, drug
gist, Of SUIT H. VAS tried for the Illegal
Keeping of Intoxicating liquor, Layole
ties, and claim, he had Il right to sell
them in the original package as the agent
OF one Stchbns OF Woonsocket. The gov
efumeit claimed the bottles were not or
iginal packages in the meaning of the
Supreme Cont decision. Judge Aldrich
sustained the point, and the jury rendered
\ verdict Of guilty. The case will go TO
the Supreme Court of exemption.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-11-13

Can man who is said to be welded to drink
be termed a widower when his town goes for
prohibitiopl
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1890-11-13

The ease with which the serpent beguiled
Mother Eve would seem to indicate that he
was one Of the boas.
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The Jeness- Miller Magazine Dress con-
tains many new and pretty styles for la,
dies and child ems dresses for the fall
and winter. Tie important paper upon
physical culture is continued and the lit
erary articles art timely.
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ALL AROUND THE WORLD.

The historic lime tree at Munchenwy-
Ter, in Freiberg, under which the Swiss
federals assembled before the battle Of
Murten, in 1476, has been uprooted by a
storm.
1t has been discovered that some of the
largest manufacturers of bologna sausages
have been mixing poor horse flesh with
worse pork in making their sausages.
Prosecutions have been begun against
them, and the Italian authorities declare
that the business has been broken up.
A St. Louis physician thinks it Just as
important that the ears of railroad en-
ployes, and particularly the ears of loco
motive engineers should be scientifically
tested for natural or acquired defects as
that their eyes should be tested for color
blindness. There is a trouble known to
medical men who practice largely among
railroad employees as whistle deafness.
An English Militia Captain, recently
asked to resign on account of his age and
to make room for a younger man, replied to
the authorities that if they would send on
dozen of their strongest men he would
walk them for forty miles, and then lead
them to the top of the highest and steep
est hill in the neighborhood. The author
tiles declined the challenge, and did not
press for the resignation.
The expenditures of Paris actresses for
their dresses have reached such an ex-
trayagant figure that at least one we'll
known actress has refused to continue her
engagement because she could not afford
10 buv the dresses needed for new play
that was about to be produced. Her sal
ary was $4,000 per year, and her dresses
alone had cost 600 during the last year,
although there had been but three plays.
The meanest man in Maine lives near
Lewiston. He had an only son, who was
drafted and killed in the war. The father
now saws: al was short-sighted in not
having 500 for a substitute, Tor l have
been forced to hire q man ever since to
helm carry on the farm, and it has cost me
thousands above the price OF substitute.
Besides. he was a master hand to work, and
the smallest eater / ever saw.
A convict for theft, after thirty-two
wears of service in the galleys Of Genoa,
was liberated on the 10th OF January, at
the age of 90. A local paper commented
on his liberation, and said that his fine
personal appearance warranted the suspi-
cion that he possessed strength enough to
90 through many more years OF punish
ment. whereupon the ex-conTict wrote a
letter to the editor threatening him with a
lawsuit for slander.
Sheen are now sheared by electricity in
Australia. Frederick Wolseley, brother
Of Lord Wolseley, having invented ma
chine for the purpose. The method of
using the shears is very simple, the opera
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a FIirt Mt Seventy.

Nine. Bonaparte Wyse Ratazzi de Rute
has lust married off her daughter, Mile.
Isabella Roma Ratazzi, to the Spanish
deputy. Senor Vllilanova de la Cuadra. 1t
does not sound like very brilliant match
for the daughter of Ratazzi and the great
granddaughter of Lucien Bonaparte, espe-
cially as the young lady IS exceedingly
I never saw more superb eyes in my life
than she possesses, large and black and
brilliant. with the sorft expression and
tender lnster of the orbs of young sa-
zelle, writes correspondent. But the
man who would be willing to accept La
Ratazzi" as mother-in-law must bea stout
hearted gentleman or else very much in
love.
She was one OF the most gifted women
Of her dav. remarkably beautiful, exceed
ingly fascinating, talented authoress, a
gifted amateur actress, and withal a near
relation of the Emperor Napoleon III.
But all these qualities were neutrallzed by
a wild bohemianism of nature, whose de
monstrations out-H -Heroded Herod. She has
ouieted down within the last few years,
and no wonder, for she must be well on to
20 years of age, and is as deaf as post,
though she still poses as a hirt and
beauty.
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who reaps the greatest profit from that il

who reaps the greatest profit from that it,
dustry.
Twenty acres is deemed sufficient for any
horticulturist in this garden spot on which
TO not only make q comfortable living, but
10 lav by a handsome sum yearly. The
Woodland, Capay and Clear Lake Railroad
runs through the entire length of the val
ley, and propositions for its extension into
Lake county are being considered.
The Capay Valley Land Company. com
posed of large capitalists, purchased large
quantity OF land in this valley aud have
sub-divided it into small holdings, which
they offer for sale ON long time snd reason
able rates. They have established four
town sites in the valley-Esperanza (now
Escalante) Caudassa, Gunida and Rumsey
The latter is at the northern extremity of
the valley, and is the present terminus of
the railroad. These town sites ere at in.
tervals of about five miles apart. The
lands around them are divided into FIVE
ten and twenty acre lots, the rich garden
lands of the valley permitting the profit
able cultivation of small holdings.
The chief town in the valley is Escaiante
formerly Esperanza), situated near the
center of the valley and in its broadest
part. The town was laid out less than two
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locomotives and storms.

A correspondent of the Northeastern
Raitroader advances some odd theories to
account for the frequency and severity of
storms in modern times. He gives the tig-
ures to prove that there are now over 30,-
600 locomotives in actual use in the
United States, besides the hundreds Of
thousands of stationary engines of all
kinds and sizes. From a round 10000 To-
comotives he estimates as much as 53,000,-
100000 cubic yards of vapor each week,
7,o00000,000 cubic yards day, all to be
returned as rain-"quite enough" he says,
''to produce a good rain-storm every
twenty-four hours" He estimates other
engines of all descriptions at 10000
probably a very low estimate-and
concludes that these, with the locomotives,
send about 470,0o000O,000 yards of vapor
into the air every seven days. "Is it not
enough" he asks, ito give us floods of
terror
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years ago, and up to the *; of last July
there was not building IN the place. 1t
is, therefore, less than year old, but with
in the last eight months has taken wonder
full strides. The accompanying eDgravings
will serve to give the reader some idea of
the advancement being made in that young
tier selection for the site of town could
be made than that of Escalsnte. It will
be the chief business town Of the valley,
and as the latter becomes more thickly set
tied cannot fail TO be thriving place. 1t
has already the nucleus for a busting town
"a magnificent hotel, livery stable public
hall. brick structures, stores etc The val
ley is studded with oak trefs ard the hills
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Carpet Loomers Stop.

BosroN, March 7th.-The intensity of
the depression which prevails in the in
grain carpet making industry has resulted
in concerted effort by manufacturers to
devise means of relief The committee
appointed some weeks ago by the Manu-
facturers Association has received suffi-
cient support to warrat it in advising the
stoppage OF twenty-five per cent. of the
looms now in operation for nine months.
There is every reason to believe the recon-
mendations will be put into execution.