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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-01-22


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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-01-22
MISCELLANY.

"who is that man who has just been raked
over the Goals so terribly I" ale is one of the
witnesses" "Ah, indeed / thought he was
the prisoner"
II you are troubled with an annoying case OF
Catarrh, use Old Saul's Catarrh Cure.
When the disorders OF babyEood attack your
baby, use at once DR.. Bulls Baby Syrup and
notice its rapid and beneficial effect. Price 25c.
The boys of Kilkenny are wild rowing blades
according to the old song. This is probably
the reason that they "cut up so badly in parli-
amentary session.
Leading physicians recommend Ayers Sar-
saparilla. Old and young take it with perfect
safety. 1t ceanses the blood, strengthens the
nerves aud vitaizes the system. Popular ex-
perience has long placed this medicine at the
head Of tonic alternatives.
allow long the intermissions are between the
acts at the theatre nowadays" Eyes, you
will have to go to the coal-yards if you want
short weights"
Don't experiment with your health. You
may be sure of the quality of your medi-
cine il you have to take much of your food upon
trust. Ask your druggist for Ayers Sarsapa.
rilla and take no other. 1t is the STANDARD
blood purifier, the most effective and econom-
ical
as your father at home p "No sir" al
what time can ind him at home p mot un.
til after the first of the month, but you ma,
leave your bill, if you wish"
Go where you will, you will find people using
DR.. Bulls Cough Syruo aud are unanimous in
its praise.
l suffered most severely from rheum atism
during winter. After using Salvation Oil two
days the pain entirely subsidized, and now l an
well man.
"What are you doing in here 20 asked the
other fellow, who had just come iu "Just pass
ing away the time" the answer as h,
handed his watch to the pawnbroker.
ALLOW ME to add my tribute To the efficacy o
Ely's ream Balm. was suffering from sever,
attack oi lniiHenzi and catarr and was induced IL
Wy remedy. The result was marvellous
could hardly articuate, and in less than "a hour,
the catarrhal SYMPTOMS and my hoarsencss disap
peared and was able to sing heavy role in Crane
Opera with voice unmpaired. | strongly recon
mend it to all singers VIM III. Hamilton, Leading
basso Of the c. d. Hess Grand Opera Co.
Aunt Mary. "Now Jennie let me see il yo,
know your lesson. Tell me who first discover
ed whalebone = Jennie. "Johah, | guess"
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800 o
Examined and approved;

I'NITIIHtd and appfOVcdi
+. +. DANEOR1H, Co. Atty
Somerset IS Jan. T, 1897.
Personally appeared Albert Ieavitt above nance
and made oath to the truth Of above account
Attest: N. W. BRAlNERD, Clerk.
True Copy.
Attest; N. W. BRAfNERD, Clerk
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DAMAs.AssoLurELy CURES DISEASE

Maks 81 good nsa your ven wishsrs
n - thaa. + ~ yeayD steady eiftlDg, some
| ~ ~ gxow Into fiisods. Friends ara
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" Iao miles traycl........ .....
; zo-s3 2i-a days to skoWhegan, Office
work, ...................... Gas
so miles travel, ........... 90
NoN Itt9 " days TO Athens petition
Of Holman ct als....... ..-. 50
% miles travel, ..-..... 90. 90
" Ig-2t " days TO Ripley petition
OF Selecimen. ......... .... SO
SO miles travel ............. GO
lee 9-to days to Skowhegan C.
Court and visiting jail......., 90
81 700 miles ravel.... ......... 10 90
"29-3o-li " days to Skowhegan, Add
term. .......... 90
70 miles travel by R H.. 9 90
SlJr 70
Examined and allowed.
J.. +. pANFORTH, Co. Atty
Somerset SIS; Jan 1891.
Personally appeared II C. Weber above named and
made oath to the truth of lbnvc account
Attest. y W. BRAlNERD, Clerk.
True Copy.
Attest. y ". BRAINERD, Clerk.
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Arrangements Of Trsins. In effect
Oct. 18th 1900.
Trains leave skOwhegan 81 follows: eaS A
\. for all points west and for BANGOR: ana
vanceboro. $40 P. N. for watervile, OAKLAND.
Foxcroft. Bangor. Bar Harb0r, at. JOHN and
ArOostook County, Portland and Boston. aio
z. y. tmiIed) for Waterville, enabling passen.
Boston. "Au
..l9BIIALe.-7.M A. n. (mixedD exce,t
Mondays; 10. ~ A. N. PASSENGER from Portjanr
L4wi!ton, Augusta and Bangor; $40 P. N. from
al points. ''oo
fAYBoN TUCKER, Vice Pres, 4 Gep.. Man.
". D00EaDY. General Pass'r Agent.
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EVERY BOTTLE WARRANTED.
CONSTITUTIONAL
COUGH SYRUP
GEORGE CUSHING.

rralns will run as follows, connecting Mt Oak
, lann with Maine Central Railroad:
FOR Boston, Portland, Lewiston, Wate~vil1a
Augusta and Bangor.
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YoM Can Secure 10 Prom Your
Ap0thec0ry.
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~ RAG stuton; at which Passet ger train.
Mixed Between Bingham and No. An.op
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, me RlIL Ry THE lRION SOCIETY.

For several years the jolly Arons have been prevented
from giving the humorous aud sarica procession which
has tended 20 make their annual masked ball aud Mardi
o,as f,uous owing TO the smalncs of the building, IN
which thew were held. The new Madon Square Garden
having all the AIRY requirements the eat procession
,yul apaln be- leading atl"ton u their nest masked
hall on February 20 Ever since last Scrtemb" the bright
mind. OF the society have been engaged in de-
v.ing parts Of this procession, with the result
that IL Will require 900 men. women and
children to interpret the ltgofica features do
clded upon Every month In the year will be trpihcd
bv huge float each float q dfcrrnt colors. On each
e,t will be tn characters necessary 10 depict the alegory
or satire.
BESIDES this there will BE- caricaturcs. humorous h
satrca devices ELEGANT DESIGNS beautiful decorations and
all the other magnificent incidental effects Characteristic
Of the fun Of the Aron Society Mcssrs. Joseph kepDlr
DE cmos and Cardcs Julius Nassau, ana lanit brothers
are the committee decorations and designs The cost
OF the procession alone VIII be Sis 600. When the first
ball society given In old Madison square
Garden 10 900 tickets wee sold and the
say with the Increased membership than that
number Of psopla viii attend this Iesr.
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WHY THE PRICES OF AUTOGRAPHS VARY,

% the l. ultOr or The Trt bune
Sir; find in recent number Of The Tribune tho
following: The Rev John Eliot, missionary 10 the
indians, wrote letter in 1873 which was sold as
auction few days ago in Boston for 800. At the
same sale letter Of the Rev. Jonathan Edwards
brought only Sll 80. Are we 10 decide then. that
John Eliot Is To John Edwards as $500 is to SIl 30
And If not. then pray tell what regulates the price
OF autographs
In answer 10 the above II may be suggested that tho
celebrity Of the writer. the rarity Of the autograph.
and the Interest Of the manuscript Itself may have
something to do with the value placed upon 1t by the
collector Ii is not very difficult to understand why
"A higher estimate should be- placed upon the letter
written by General Washington to General Henry Leo
In relation 10 the capture OF Arnold (Which sold re
Gently In Philadelphia for ~ OOO than upon letter
from the same person to his London CORES pOndent
acknowledging the receipt of dress pattern for Mrs
Washington. ln Ito 2ase quoted above il would be-
strange indeed II. leaving on, the question of rarity
which Is, however IA most important factor the hand
writing Of our hr great Apostle TO the Indians should
not bring much greater price 1an that of the New
England divine. who. celebrated he may have BEEN
occupies no such unique place in the history of our
country. There i more method In the madness OF
the book and autograph collector than some appear
willing give him credit for
NewNork, Jan. II, 1891
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WHO MAY DE TIE FIVE THOUSAND.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: Your correspondent would In reply, to
the observations OF The Wheeling Intelligencer >
that the term Five Thousand" does not limit the
company to five thousand people. II Is elastic
term and may be stretched to include a large pro-
portion Of the d3,00O,000 Of America; in fact all
Of that proportion who do arrogate privileges
they do not inherit and can not pure haso who do
not assume positions and dignitics that they have
10 shadow Of claim to and cannot sustain even I'm
appearance. 1t includes that proportion OF the
63.0OO.0OO who do not foster IN their social life
the commercial spirit that rules the business life Of
the nation; who do not introduce into the arrange
mcnt OF their organizations for gcntlcmcn's sports
the methods employed I'm forming trusts and monop
ulcs. All of the 63,0OO.OOO that can be thus IL
scrbed belong 10 alc Five Thousand The term
was borrowed by the writer from the history OF the
Athcnlans II was council OF men organized 10
resist the usnrpationS Of the " Four Hundred
New York, Jan. 10, 1871 NJ H.
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years engagement, which will be celebrated by
reception and ball. at the Madison Square Garden. on
January 80. The usual concert will be given this
evening.
The benefit which is to take place at the Standard
Theatre on Sunday evening" February l. for the Flrth
Avenue Theatre employees. promises TO be SUCCESS
The house is sure 10 be well filed, already large
number OF seats has been sold Several promlleh'
actors and actresses Lave volunteered and the pro-
granme for the 8, ening will be a good one
In Columbus, Ohio. where Joseph Jefferson ana W. o.
Florence to appear February IS, popular Vo'o
be taken by the theatre gOers OF the CITY as ~
whether they shall present The Rivals" or Inc neIi
at Law" jefferson and Florence Will como 10 INC uaA
den Theatre next october -. a..
Miss Alberta Gallatn. last season memper OF ,Io
Lyceum Theatre Company, IS starring IN tle oouta
supported by Creston Clarke. Her repertory lncies
Romeo and juliet" " As fou Like IT," fy sniai'''
and Galatea' The Hunchback' and lngomar.
Miss Kate Claxton comes to the Grand opera house
for week beginning Monday. February 9, with re,
kitte Blanchard (Mrs Mckee Rankln). inc oIsilai
Henrlete, and 10 many members OF The original Ihoh
Square Theatre cast can be obtained -
Max Freeman has been engaged as stage NANCY ~
for the combined spectacle ana hrce-comedy, lhc
High Roller which Is to make a tour next season..
Sidney WOollet who will begin his customary aliuoi
series II poetic recals at the Madison square ihoai
Monday afternoon, February 9, Is assured coI n
welcome Already many orders Tor course UHteS a,o
been received at the boxoflice These recHais aio
looked forward to by constantly increasing clrclo
with peasurable anticipation. Mr.. Woolletts course
this year will be than usually varied in ti,
ton to a principal piece on each occasion, ne wiz
recte some shorter poems. He will open with " Lays
of Ancient Rome" and the succeeding MONDAY
afternoons will give Aylmer's Field ~" En3ch Aiueh'
= (,uineverep and "Thc Passing OF Arthur"
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INFANTS IN THE FIELD OF ART.

L o the Eul TOR OF Ihe Tribune
Sir: one sometimes feels disposed to question the
wisdom Of encouraging talent. Perhaps taken alto.
gethcr. "talcntcd' people the least satisfactory
members OF the community. Ovcrated by their i'm
mediate connections they are frequently concetcd
The best work Of the world has been done by the two
oppOsites-gcnius and mediocry Genius makes ifs
way in spite of obstacles. aud medocrlty pegs away
unconscious Of them. such reflections cannot but
arise in face Of the alarming inroad of immature
prodgics in the field OF art. The efforts to advance
the development of artistic feeling in America have
had one dire Tesult-SOcacd art has become endemic
Probably every revival Of art has been occou,
panied by craze; but never so far as | rememher
has the craze assumed its present proportions and he
come n commercial speculation. Art schools h,ve
sprung up all the country. boys and girls of ton
der years enter tcn and sooner have they Learned
20 WELD brush than they rush into the market offer
ing their wares for sale Why does not some one dis
courage these youthful aspirnts for dollars and fop,e
The decorative craze bad enough inJuciug
hundreds OF women to imagine that they could support
families by the manufacture of pretty tribes but We
are faced with much more serious question I'm the
present behttlng OF art by young people who not
only have no true KNOWLEDGE Of what IL means hut
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-01-25

looked back with pride upon historic past ana
forward with pacidity toward uneventfnl
future. Lying in the lap of the mountains, at
the head OF the Shenandoah Valley, 1t permitted
the riches of Virginia and Ohio to now past wlth-
out even attempting to arrest the golden tloe
Rumors of the Southern boom left it unmoved
The tradesmen grew rich and became Mayors ana
Common Councilmcn. the farmers came into town
every Tuesday and talked of the crops. and the
young men made love TO the girls and took them
on pcnics TO Pen Mar, which has dancing
paviliOn among the trees, a strlng-band ana an
ice-cyeam saloon. But one morning local specu-
lator discovered that in some way, still uncN-
plained. the population had jumped TO nearly
Il. 600 from about 5000 IN 1880 He bethought
him that houses were difficult to rent though
rents were already low; that the four railroads
which cross here were depOsiting little wealth by
the way: that property had steadily increased
in value since the war: that butter was Only
Fifteen cents pound and bcefstcak even cheaper:
that the county was rich in everything essential
TO the prosperity OF a great manufacturing com
munity: that, in short. all the advantages eN-
listed here which the boom towns were pcr
fdiously arrogating. This being the case, he
argued. why shouldn't we have boom Of our
own" So he called a meeting of business men,
a land and improvement company" was formed.
farms on the outskirts Of the town were pnr-
chased and plans were drawn and prospcctuscS
issued and stakes driven and laboTers set TO work
70 shovel out roads across cOrneldS and lay tire
foundations of factories in soil still marked with
the plough.
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grown boom.

One reason for this moderation is that soliu
citizens have guided the organization OF the
best of the improvement companies on leeiu-
mate basis Anybody, of course, with paper
capital of s. 600 900 and cash reserve OF SZ''"'
may start a land craze, and a judicouS comphld-
ton of option" and gift enterprise me'ho"S
may produce astonishing results at the eApeiS'
of the investor. But the loud-mouthed ana noisy
hammered promoter has come TO bc distinctly
looked down upon, and trustworthy agents pre-
fer TO point to the local merchants who nave
subscribed TO their stock. and the young clerks
and statesmen who have pooled their savings ana
bought small tracts of land on their own account
and whose swcethearts are already picking out
sites tor Queen Anne houses on the local NOD
Hill" To be sure, glass and carriage and bicycle
factories now rear their fronts where the wheat
was growing last July: but land is worth only
what conservative dealers think it will fetch
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A LAND boom" generally inspires visions OF
tents and shanies in open lots, with noisy auction
eers and crowds of pioneers in ack-boots, Dlddlng
themselves hoarse and fighting for choice claims
II would be easy to picture this town 10 YOU as
torn with the same excitement, but the picture
would lack truth As you drive from the station
you notice faring gilt and painted signs on corner
windows and catch glimpses Of walls placarded
with huge posters and maps of the Atlantic States
with Hagerstown" marked in bold letters as tie
hub of a great wheel. In the suburbs the freshly
.urned earth shows where bosky avenues are
planned. and the land companies advertisements
Haunt the breeze in open fields encountered with
pigsties that are to give place if all goes well,
to factories and dwellings when the frost gets
put of the ground But the land offices are in
sober brick buildings furnished in antique cak.
with brass fittings and tesselated floors and China
silk hangings. The officials are lawyers and bank
presidents and directors of seminarics, and they
deprecate references 10 boom the people
the Isthmus Of Panama used TO deprecate allu-
sions to yellow fever.
There are no boom prices here" they aver.
If they had advantages in some places, land
couldn't be bought. But Iiagerstown hasn't a
BOOM
"Then what do you call it ?" you ask.
"Simply developed activity"
In its early stages this activity was assisted
by bringing trainloads of spectators from Balti-
more and treating them TO free meals al the
hotels But the town has outgrown that. Man
ufacturers are now simply invited to consider
whether good factory sites. with unusual rail
road and water facilities cheap fuel and cheap
labor, with the incidental entcemcnts OF cheap
living and low house-rent. not advantages To
be secured. Young men just starting in business
are cautioned TO think twice about going West
when there is everything here that the West can
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-01-25

batteiields of Gettysburg Antietam and south
aro ',rer liffle barcaae-trucks. like locomotive
tenders. whic. are a direct evolution of the
original Adams Express wagon that rumbled oyer ?l,
the old po,trOads ever 80 many years ago i ne
.,oior, church AT which the volunteers rallied
durjDr the Civil War bears the date of l774, and
an id stone viadGct with iron clamps, that crosses
deem r,yiue full OF decaylng frame house has been
tb.rir lancer Than anybody's father could rcmem-
her II You crave other evidences. of age, you
can inspect the idenical silver shoe-bnckles worn
by Jonathan Iiagcr VINO founded the town III
the Indians with loaded muskets and drive them
INTO y stone-arcAcd cellar beneath his house
tybercvcr the Catawbas became unduly aggressive
y" ,ou can oqzc on what is left Of the plum
C or satin gown that his widow sported in the
DAYS when Luther Martin the famous lawyer,
tor r,inco MICS The descendants Of the old Eng
fish and German settlers form an agreeable So
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offer. and those already doing we'll elsewhere are
tempted with free land for factories, houses buAt
to suit you your own terms, pure, scit wafer
brought from the mountains, with mead strong
enough to throw il over the highest s'eepe. elec-
trio lights macadamzcd reads, hsIcs with WATERS
in swalowtails and white vests, Accent tax
rate. three theatres and churches galore, iorty
trains day, the Baltimore papers before sunrise
and the New-York papers at two in the afternoon
a mild climate, and SIX banks. with an aggregate
captal OF So 600 900. Bricks at s. thousand
and frst-ciass two-story houses, with five rooms
upstairs and four rooms downstairs for IS and
$40 a month. are additions to the bewderng
list; so that you will no doubt marvel at the
moderation of people who content with a " de-
velopcd activity when they might have a full
grown boom.
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and their estimates are not unreasonable. One
boasts that he sold the other day for $4,000 lana
that cost s., 900 in 1889. Another tells OF lot
that he hou.ht in 1850 for $50, bought back
for S4OO IN 1889. and now holds, with a $1,000
house on it, at 81 900. You learn that corner-lo's
in the main street are worth $4,000 and ST., 600,
and agents advise you coniidentlally that plots
4lxl0O feet cannot long rule as low as $500
But there are few eXtravagant valuations TO war
rant fears OF a runOus reaction. II you want 10
buy stock in land company there are a number
TO choose from. Some of them deal with you
in easy and clear transactlOns while others issue
little books with complicated schemes OF heures
10 show how profit will accrue under certain sur
prising contingencies how the particular series
YOU object to is the most desirable OF all, or
how by receiving for your subscription a lot and
share in a new company to he formed by You
and other holders when the vendors have with
drawn, you gain privileges that could in nowlse
attend a straight-out purchase for cash.
The investors particularly in request are those
who will stay in the town and help 10 hulld II
up. rather thar capitalists who regard flyer
in lots as a speculative advertisement. Washing
ton County, in which the city lies, forms part
Of the arm. here ten and one half miles wide,
thrust out from Maryland between Pennsylvania
and the Potomac. II is within three hours OF
great beds of semi-biluminous coal, containing
The greatest heating capacity the smallest space,
which is put down here AT s. - and ~ ton.
Tho two railroads that reach II from the Shcnan-
d0ah Valley enable il 10 drain the resources Of
that region. The distance to the sea is 50 short
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-01-25
Is THIS A WORTHY OBJECTi

TO the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In todays issue you name "eight weighty
matters that should demand the attention of our
Legislature this year. observe that the weighty
matter" that concerns the Hon Jacob Worth, who
appointed last year by Democratic Mayor, AT the
dctaton Of Democratic boss, Mclaughlin TO the
Office Of Commissioner Of Elections, is among the
eight you name. a bill has been prepared by Mr..
Worth. or by friends at his request. which is to DO
presented TO the Legislature at early day and which
will be passed By that body mark the predictiOn
which raises the salary of Jacob and his three
ciates to $1,000 year each All the Democratic
member, of the Legislature from Kings County viii
support the bill from the start. Why should they
noti VIII not the Republican members be equally
gracious. for is not Mr.. Worth a Republican vouche4
TOR n such 10y the Boss BROOKLYN.
Brooklyn Jan. >. 1891.