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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-07-16

W. b. Steward came home from the
seashore last night
Wanted girl to do house work. In.
qure Of Geo. Cushing
Miss May Oak Of Caribou is visiting
Mr.. and Mrs j. p. Oak.
Mrs. II. p. Knight and daughter, Miss
Belle, Of Boston, are the guests of Mrs.
Jas. Malbon.
The Star base ball club of Fairfield are
expected to play the Clippers on the
grounds In this place next Saturday.
The Maine Central advertise Sunday
concert at Lake Maranoconk for July 10,
with music by Lewiston Brigade Band
Mrs. Nathan Clark of Cambridge, Me.
lady ninety years of age, Ia visiting her
grand-daug hter, Mrs Augustus Crowell.
Buzzell's Famous Dye Hou is offered
for sale, as will be seen by au ad else
where. This dye house has good re-
putation for turning out first class work
and the present proprietor is doing u pay
ing business.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-07-16


keep 1t out of the paper is the cry
which the local newspaper publisher
daily hears. To oblige often costs con
siderable, though the party who makes
the request thinks the granting not worth
saying "thank you," for. A newspaper is
a peculiar article In the public's eye. The
news gatherer is stormed at because he
gets hold of one item, and abused be-
cause he does not get another. Young
men and often young women, as well as
older, perform acts which become legti-
mate items for publication and then rush
to the newspaper Offices to beg the edi-
tors not to notice their escapades. The
next day they condemn the same paper
for not having published another party
doing the same thing they were guilty Of,
forgetting. apparently, their last visit to
the printing office. The subscribers ex-
pect TO read the news, and there is al
ways wonder when, for charity's sake an
item on the street and in everybody
mouth, Is not found In the next issue of
the paper-Pittsheld Advertiser.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-07-16

REAL ESTATE TRANsFERs.-The follow
Ing are the real estate transfers during
the past week.
Madison-Frank & Penney to Richard
A. Shepherd, Sl75. Richard A. Shepherd
to A. Winslow 4 Co., 1925. Sheldon M.
Greenleaf to Nettie +. Steward, $500
Solon-Cornelia A. Merrill to Lille L.
Merrill, 81 900
Bingham-Luclnda b. Baker to Henry
o Chase, 800
The Forks-D. II. Williams to VIM. +.
Shetland ct al. $500.
Auson-Ben S. Collins to Diadama Nor
ton. 800.
airiield-ESther b. Morse to g. Nj.
Phillips, So 500. Amanda M. Dean to
Roxanna c. Dean, $500
Hartland-Hiram Magoon to CONNIE :
dore Club, S75.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-07-16
Deaths of Noted Men on the Fourth
Philadelphia LEDGER

People who are fond of noting coinci-
deuces will observe that Hannibal Ham
lin died on the Fourth of July, 1891, and
will recall the fact that Presidents JEFF
ferson and John Adams died on the same
day, July 4th, 1926, the fifteenth anniver
sary of the Declaration of Independence
ard President Monroe on July 4th, 1881.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-07-16

Tailor Haven't you run pretty long
account here, sir?
Wentman-l don't know. But at
home I've run confoundedly short
American Grocer.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-07-16

81 want some nice little thing for my
wife-something thatll please her" said
Masham. perhaps you could suggest
something"
"Y es, said the saleslady II think a
telegram saying house has fallen on
you ought to please her."-New York
Herald
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-07-16

The New Home Sewing Machine r
having 30 large sales that tic great fae
tory Is unable 10 supply the demand, sni
new building Is TO be erected and fur
ni-h employment for one hundred msre
hands. Dinsmore & Bickfurd. ACTS faf
Somerset County sfe $. Hog lots II ,hefn
The new iahi" top -tyl" j. the uiea.si
,hitg In tue market
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-07-16

lis marriage a failurc?' asked the
youth.
Yes, to Alice Ponsonby," answered
the maid as she gazed down at tho ring
which Horace Fledgely had given her
Jewellers Circular
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-07-16

Ancient writers make frequent men
ton Of earrings, and state that in early
days they were worn by both sexes
From the very earliest times the male
tnhabitaats of Ais wore them.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-07-16

One OF the pleasing features of our
agriculture, remarks Secretary Gilbert in
the agricultural bulletin for July, "is the
fact that more calves are being grown
than for several years. thus promising a
return to those days when a measure of
our meat supply was to be obtained from
our own pastures.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-07-16

IIe-Darling, why are you such
tease?
She-Because I'm educated mp to it,
suppose.
Ue--I don't understand you.
Shc-Well, | wore my tea gown near
" all day, then went to tea III I cart
and afterward to n choir rehearsal
where we practiced TIE Deum for two
hours. Bulletin.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-07-16

The STANDARD Sewing machine hag.
ing Kainry Shuttle 'ise- 2aI mart
stitches le- minute ard runs - psr cent
lighter, than Vibrating Shuttle Machines
The increasing demand for this fine ma
chine proves that the public are quick Il
appreciate the best thing. Cal or send
for descriptive catalogue at Smiths Mu
Sic Store, SkowhegaD. Me
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-07-16
SKowHEcAh MARKET.
Hoods SarsapariIIa

Is peculiar medicine II is carefully prepared
from Sarsaparilla. Dandellon, Mandrake. book,
Pipsisscwa Juniper Berries, aud other WE'LL
known and valuable vegetable remedies by a
peculiar combination. proportion and process,
giving to Hoods Sarsaparlla curative power not
possessed by other medicines, 1t effects remark
All puras Vplp az bpr ,refa ratintt. f,U
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-07-16
-Four Thousand Dollars Worth Of
New Goods

Our line Of Ladies Oxfords and Slippers cannot be
beaten by any firm in Somerset County Call and look
look them over and you'll say the same We also have
large assortment Of \. f. NTH, Good. in all Sizes,
Styles and Widths; they arc undoubtedly the best wear
goods made for the money. We therefore feel con-
fden Of or ability to please YOU in style quality 10
goods and prices We shall enduct our business with
the one thought ever uppermost in our minds VIZ
giving satisfaction to customers. 1t shall be our
endeaYor to not only Try and retain the patronage of
the old firm but seek to make many new converts
are IN a position u make good all Of our prom
ses our capital is sufficiently ample to meet in every
particular all the requirements that may he made upon
us
Having bought Mr. Harris Stock
very fayorably to ourselves, we are in IA
a position, and shall continue tc offer the
same at what was the original cost of the
goods.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-07-16
Business and Amusement set,ees.

Don't suffer with Too1nAeE when
HALgY's TooTH AND EAKsouE D. or
will cure-Try them.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1891-07-16

We have received the following from a
subscriber IN Massachusetts town,
which indicates some of the difficulties
we are subjected to:
EDITOR OF REPORTER:
OWN you please send the
REPORTER Of last week, as we failed to
receive it, We often fail to get 1t, and 1t
generally bears marks Of hard reading
when we do. Last week, the wrapper
came around a Canadian paper. Some
one appreciates the paper evidently We
particularly wish for last weeks paper.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-12-02

Flower

There is a gentle
Dyspepsia. man at Malden-oh-
the Hudson, N. Y,
named Captain A. G. Pareis, who
has written us a letter in which it
is evident that he has made up his
mind concerning some things, and
this is what he says:
II have used your preparation
called August Flower in my family
for seven or eight years. 1t is con-
stantly in my house, and we consider
it the best remedy for Indigestion,
and Constipation we
Indigestion. have ever used or
known. My wife is
troubled with Dyspepsia, and at
times suffers verymuch after eating.
The August Flower, however, re-
lieves the difficulty. My wife fire.
quently says to me when I am going
to town, We are out
Constipation of August Flower,
and / think you had
better get another bottle I am also
troubledwith Indigestion, and when
ever I am, l take one or two tea
spoonfuls before eating, for day or
two, and all trouble is removed" %
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-12-02
How Fertility Is Wasted.

When the water in ravines is dis
colored by the drainage from the barn
yards which border them somebody is
paying dearly for his improvidence
and laziness. There may have been
some excuse for first settlers locating
their feeding yards in sheltered places
along the streams, but the practice
ought to have been abandoned long
ago. The yards should be removed
from the ravines and placed on high
ground. If such places are necessarily
bleak, shelter should be erected. Keep
your stock confined to the yards and
stables as much as possible and bed
them well with straw or refuse from
the haystacks. Permit no prairie hay
CT straw to remain in the field because
useless for feeding. Haul it into the
yard to increase the size and value Of
the manure heap. Manure made and
kept under shelter is worth double
that made in the open yard, exposed to
drenching rains which take away It's
most valuable elements. - Drainage
journal.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-12-02
(opvRlGHr lss.

a feeling Of dizziness,
languor, and depression means that
your liver isn't doing its part. That
means impure blood, to begin with,
and all kinds Of ailments in the
end.
But you can stop them in advance.
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov.
cry invigorates the liver, purifes and
enriches the blood, and rouses every
organ into healthy action. 1t pre-
vents and cures all diseases arising
from a torpid liver or from impure
blood. Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Bill
iousness, Scrofulous, Skin and Scalp
Diseases - even Consumption OF
Lung-scrofula) }, in its earlier stages
all yield to it.
The makers of the "Discovery"
claim for it only what it will do.
They guarantee that it soiU do it.
If it fails to benefit or cure, in
any case, they'll return the money.
Nothing else that claims to purify
the blood is sold in this way !;
winch proves, no matter what
dealers may offer, that nothing elss
can be "just as good" Therefore,
don't accept a substitute.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-12-02
AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
SQUASH sToRE.HousE.
Plans nj building Used by the Most
Successful Growers.

Plans nj building Used by the Most
Successful Growers.
With the price good squashes usually
bring in our city and village markets,
! should think an acre of squashes, ly-
ing as thckly together as they appar-
emily do in my patch, would be very
profitable crop, and bring in more
money than almost any other vegeta-
Bile, or even fruit. The best prices, of
course, are always obtained for
squashes marketed during winter.
Consequently, the question of safe win
tering is an important one. In a gen
eral way, squashes require about the
same conditions for long keeping as do
sweet potatoes. They should not be
handled roughly, and must be carefully
kept from even touch of frost. The
storage-rooln should be dry and rather
warm, says from so to 60 degrees
Fahrenheit.
Mr. Henry Price, of Ohio, gives me a
description of his warm house." used
for the storage of sweet potatoes and
squashes. as follows: ''The dimensions
are 80 feet by 60 feet. First floor IL
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-12-02
CITY OF lpLENEss.


49, 1<AsoNOsAoU A<OsA ~ VIZ = uVPAO
Of Venice.
What an ideal place - Venice! 1t is
not only the most picturesque city in
the world, rich in all that art can in
vent to please the eye, but how calm it
is! The vivacity which entertains the
traveller is all on the surface. The no.
bleman in his palace-if there be any
palace that is not turned into hotel,
or magazine of curiosities, or mu-
nicipal office-can live on diet that
would make an American workman
strike, simply because he has learned
to float through life; and the laborer is
equally happy on little because he has
learned to wait without much labor.
The gliding, easy motion of the gon-
dola expresses the whole situation; and
the gondolier who with consummate
skill urges his dreamy bark amid the
throng and in the tortuous canals for
an hour or two, and then sleeps in the
sun, is a type of that rest in labor
which we do not attain. What happi-
ness there is in dish Of polenta, or of
a few fried fish, in cup of coffee, and
in one of those apologies for cigars
which the government furnishes, dear
at cent-the cigar with straw in it,
as if it were a julep, which it needs Ave
minutes to ignite, and then will fur
nish occupation for whole evening!
Is it hard lot, that of the fishermen
and the mariners of the Adriatic? The
lights are burning all night long in a
cafe on the Riva del Schiavoni, and the
sailors and idlers of the shore sit there
jabbering and singing and trying their
voices in lusty hallooing till the morn
ing light begins to make the lagoon
opalescent The traveller who lodges
near can not sleep, but no more can the
sailors. who steal away in the dawn,
waited by painted sails. In the heat of
the day, when the fish will not bite,
comes the siesta. Why should the royal
night be wasted in slumber? The shore
OF the Riva, the Grand Canal, the is
lands, CLEAN with twinkling
lamps; the dark boats glide along with
a star in the Prov, bearing youth and
beauty and sin and ugliness, all alike
softened by the shadows; the electric
lights from the shores and the huge
steamers shoot CLEANS on towers and
facades; the moon wades among the
feecy clouds; here and there a barge
with colored globes of light carries a
band of singing men and women and
players on the mandolin and the fiddle,
and from every side the songs of Italy,
pathetic in their worn gayety, float to
the entranced ears of those who lean
from the balconies, or lounge in Condo.
las and listen with hearts MADE little
heavy and wistful with SO much beauty.
Can any one float in such scenes and
be SO contentedly idle any where in oul
happy land? Have we learned yet the
simple art of easy enjoyment? L
seems difficult lesson for us to learr
in country or city. Alas! when W.
have learned it shall we not want t.
emigrate, as SO many Italians do
Some philosophers say that men wer'
not created to be happy. Perhaps
they were not intended to be idle. :
Charles Dudley Warner, in Harper
Magazine.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-12-02
SAVING THE SOIL.
Necessity OF Carrying Out . Regular syn
tenn OF Rotation.

tenn OF Rotation.
The most exhaustive crops are the
grain crops that are sold of the farm.
If wheat is grown and the grain sold,
even though the straw is fed to the
stock and the manure put back upon
the land, it is more exhaustive than
corn grown and fed out on the farm
and the manure applied to the soil.
Manure from straw alone, even when
fed to stock, is Of much less fertilizing
value than from corn and corn fodder
when fed to stock and applied to the
land. By growing clover properly the
land may be gradually built up, hut
this plan implies the feeding out OF
the crop to the stock on the farm and
applying the manure, or the turning Of
it under after good growth has been
secured. TO grow clover and sell off
the farm will exhaust the fertility as
certainly as growing and selling wheat.
Changing from one crop to another
may lengthen the time that the soil
will hold out, as different plants re-
quire different elements of plant food;
but the growing and selling off the
crops, let them bawhat they may, will
gradually exhaust the fertility, aud
when it is worn out from growing and
maturing variety of crops the land is
in a worse condition than if run
down from only growing one.
BY growing wheat and selling the
grain and buying bran and oil meal to
feed in connection with the straw a
much better fertilizer can be secured
and the wheat be made much less ex.
haustive crop, while the straw is used
to better advantage as feed.
| To save the soil, regular system Of
rotation of crops should be carried out,
growing such crops as are best adapted
to the locality and feeding out tc
thrifty stock on the farm, making
saving and applying of all of the ma
nure possible. While this may not be
all that is necessary to build up run
down soil it will be of material aid, Sc
much SO that the majority Of farmers
cannot afford to overlook, and if aide(
by growing and blowing under greer
crops and of using commercial fertil
izers when it can be done to an advan
tage it will be found possible not only
to keep up the fertility but in a MAORI
ty of cases to increase.
Farmer
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-12-02
Magazine.
Chicago's Great Road. the Famous Maple
Leaf Line.

The Chicago, st. Paul & Kansas City was
the first railroad in the country to issue
special transportation advertising for the
Worlds Fair at Chicago. That is enter
prise and an illustration of the sort Of
management that within few years has
transformed the Chicago, st. Paul ~ Kan
sas City from short and unimportant line,
to one of tho most prominent and most
popular lines in the Northwest With
terminals in Chicago, Kansas City and St
Paul, it unites the east the northwest and
the southwest. Tho territory it embraces
is the garden spot of America. The great
states of Illinois, Minnesota, Iowa, Mis-
souri, and Kansas are tapped by its lines.
The equipment of the Chicago, st. Paul
Il Kansas City is unexcelled by that of any
road in tho country. Its vestibuled com.
partment sleeping cars are models of
luxury, comfort aud convenience. No other
line west of Chicago runs compartment
sleeping cars. The dining car service is
fully up to the requirements of the most
fastidious and luxury-loving Of modern
travellers. In short, the Chicago, ST. Paul
4 Kansas City is the best line between
Chicago and ST Paul, Minneapolis and the
Northwest, between Chicago and the
principal points in Iowa, between Chicago
and the Southwest. Persons going to
Chicago and beyond will do well to bear
these facts in mind. Rochester, N. y,
Democrat and Chronicle.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-12-02
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

ALL the stock should 60 into winter
quarters in good condition. 1t is cheap
err to keep healthy animal in condi-
ton than to attempt to put flesh on
one that is not thrifty.
The American Bee journal says:
"Millweed yields honey plentifully,
but it also has queer masses of pollen,
which attach themselves to the bees
feet by glutinous substance which
hardens quickly, is difficult to remove
after hardening, and cripples or kills
hte bees"
COMPARATIVELY few people have
found out what merit there is in goose
berries, how keen and appetizing the
favor when used as rhubarb is, while
green, and how easily kept in jars for
frequent enjoyment all through the
year. They have special and most
agreeable flavor.
RAsPBERRIEs cannot be MANFRED too
heavily. Nothing is so beneficial to
them as heavy coating of manure on
the ground around them in winter. 1t
requires but short row of raspberries
for small family. and the size of the
berries largely depends on the fertility
of the soil and the manure given.
For horses timothy hay is preferred.
but clover is better for cows. Cows
will give more milk from clover and
thrive better than from any other hay:
but in order to keep them in full flow
of milk they should have a variety,
and if ensilage can be provided it will
be found an excellent addition to the
ration.
If the ground is damp open a furrow
between the strawberry rows, in order
to keep the plants dry in winter. The
strawberry is a hardy plant, and de.
lights in plenty of moisture wher
growing, but it is easily injured when
caked with ice. Drainage is a pro
lection to the plants during wet and
cold weather.
WHEN storing the farm implement.
away brush them over with kerosene
1t is excellent for preventing rust and
for protecting against dampneas Many
implements are placed where they
become covered with dust. which in
! terferes with their movements in tn,
spring All implements should be KEEP
| clean
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-12-02
GLOVER DoDDER.
A Parasitic Plant Imported from Europe
in Glover Seed.

N dTdb'tAC IIhuO lupOEtcu ATOAA EuEUPO
in Clover Seed.
Glover dodder, the subject of our lie
lustration, has been quite troublesome
in some parts of the Miss issippi valley,
notably in Missouri. 1t is parasitic
plant introduced with clover seed from
Europe. Dodder seed closely resem-
bles the seed of clover but is smaller.
The seeds terminate in the ground,
sending up slender leafess stems which
Irvine about the clover and obtain nOur-
ishment from it through discs which de-
velop on them. After the development
of the discs the lower part of the stem
dies and connection with the ground is
lost The yellow thread-like stems
continue to develop and grow until
the clover is covered by them and dies
from the loss of sap taken by the dod-
der. The only remedies known are to
obtain pure seed, or remove the dod-
der seed by screening, which may be
readily done because of its smaller size,
or if the meadow is but slightly in
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-12-02

tested the patches containing the para
site should be moved and destroyed.
If no dodder plants are allowed TIC seed
the clover will be saved When fields
are badly infested they must be plowed
up and other crops raised for few
years during which time the dodder
seed in the soil will all have terminated
and died. Orange Judd Farmer.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1891-12-02

CROss-sECTION OF SQUASH STORAGE
A A A, walks; B, dead air space; G c, hot
water pipes.
feet high; the upper room feet at the
wall. The frame of the building rests
on stone wall. 1t has double walls
lined with building paper, so as to give
a dead air space all around. Doors
and windows are all double. have
door in front and back, three windows
on each side, and in the wall ! have
distributed eight S-inch tile for lower
ventilation. There are three hatch
holes in floor above for heat to rise to
the top, and one window in each ga
BILE. There are also three galvanized
ventilators and brick chimney going
out at the roof. These and the tiles in
wall can be stopped up with rags in
cold weather. / will guarantee this
house to be frost proof, but for safety
l put in an ordinary coal-stove with a
drum on second floor. The first floor
is ground floor. The upper floor will
be used for squash storage"
For squash storage on large scale,
would suggest building as shown in
the illustration, and now in actual use
by Illinois growers. The walls are
double, containing one or perhaps two
dead air spaces. The roof should also
be double and tight. The house inside
is kept at the right temperature by hot
water pipes near the floor next to the
sides of the building. Furnace-room
and hot water boiler is outside in sep
arate room. The entire interior con-
sists of movable shelves, and far
enough apart to allow squashes to be
stored two deep. Space is left for a
walk all around the shelves The house
may be of any dimensions desired, of
one. two or three floors AS from two
to four cents a pound is only an ordi-
nary winter price for Hubbard squash
es in our markets, believe the indus
try can be made much more profitable
than the production OF musk or water
melons, especially as the crop is so
much less perishable than the melons.
Farm and Fireside