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The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-04-11
AntttHPi1tR1tta.
PICNIC GROUNDS.

HAVING LEASED THOSE MOST BEAU
IL tiful picnic grounds, National Grove.
situated near Folsom, for the season, we viii
olIer them to the many societies at reasonable
rates S Ihefe is large platform tor dancing,
anu covered by canvas, which entirely excludes
~ nom the burning sun. All communications
should be addressed to HYMAN d GRAHAM
Folsom. Cal. m3I-tf
The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-04-11
California Pacific Railroad COMPANY

NOTICE.-THE ANNUAL MEETING OF
IN the stockholders of the California Pacific
Railroad Company, for the election of Direct.
ors for the ensuing year, and for the transac.
ton of such other business as may be brought
before the meeting, will be held at the Office of
the company. in the city of San Francisco. on
WEDNESDAY, April Is, 1899, between the
hours of O A. NJ and g P. NJ.
w. V. HUNTINGTON, Secretary.
San Francisco, March 90, 1899. m3O-fd
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1892-11-26
ulated the happy couple on having
taken the bacon.

ulated the happy couple on having
taken the bacon.
So thus the two fiitches were award
ed. What remained to be done was to
mount the recipients on chairs provided
for the occasion, and while the band
played sSee the Conquering Hero
Comes" carry them around the field.
Thus ended the ceremony of awarding
the fitch of bacon. 1t is the third con-
secutive year in which the fitch has
been awasied. Some time about 1850
Mr.. Harrison Ainsworth, whose novel,
ssThe Fitch of Bacon" is well known.
managed to get itrevived, much against
the will of the landed proprietors OF the
district, who were painfully aware that
any previous attempt to do so had led
to scenes indescribable.
Since then the awarding the fitch
has been spasmodic. 1t was bestowed
with much ceremony In 1880, and TINS
is the third year in succession In which
it has been given, but people look at it
merely in the light of a very old joke.
One of the barristers said in his speech
that the Dunmow Fitch was a strong
rival of the divorce court, but in truth
such vitality as it possesses Is to DC
traced to the never-ending laughter Of
the cynics when they hear husband
or wife solemnly declare that they
have never quarreled for twelve
month. Nobody believes that it eve1
occurred,-St. James Budget.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1892-11-26
IA TurIxish Raptism.

/ was once present at the baptism OF
q Turkish child and will endeavor to
describe this ceremony, though it is one
with which many people dispense, and
which is neither legal nor religious
The child was only seven days old, this
being the age when it is thought neces-
sary to name him, and was lying on q
bed covered with gold wire, which was
tied to the bedstead with diamond pins.
Some salt and sieve being brought by
the nurse, the mother took up the child
and placed it in the sieve, and giving
one end Of it to the nurse, she took the
other and shock it slightly, while the
nurse placed her mouth to the child's
car and called it loudly by the name
given toit. The salt was then sprinkled
over it, and after a slight prayer the
sieve was shaken once more, and while
the salt fell to the ground the child wa
ordered to obey his father and mother
after which it was taken ont OF thu
sieve and placed again in its bed, thu
father entering at the same momen
and presenting the mother with pal
OF diamond earrings and the nurse witt
an India shawl. Nineteenth Century.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1892-11-26
The improvement OF Temper.

II happily we are born OF good ma
ture; If liberal education has formed
in us generous temper and disposition.
well-regulated appetites, and worthy
inclinations, it's well for us, and so
indeed we esteem it But who is there
endeavoring to give these to himself, or
to advance his portion of happiness in
this kinds who thinks OF improving. or
so much as Of preserving his share in
the world where it must of necessity
run SO great hazard and where we
know an honest nature is so easily cor
rupted? All other things relating to
us are preserved with care. and have
some art or economy belonging to them;
| this. which is nearest related to MS. and
on which our happiness depends, Il
alone committed to chance. And TEN
per Il the only thing ungoverned
whilst it governs all the rest. -Detroi1
!, Free Press.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1892-11-26
AousEnoLo sRevlTIEs.

CAYENNE pepper is highly recon-
mcnded for driving away ants. ~
should be sprinikled around their
haunts
TO make ''toast poultice' for
weak or indamed eyes, cut a slice OF
stale bread as thin as possible; toast
both sides we'll, but do not burn or
scorch: when the toast cools lay 1t IN
cold spring or ice water. Put between
niece of old linen, and apply, chang
ing when it gets warm.
-Omelet Six eggs, one cup OF MIX
| one tablespoon of butter, one taoie-
snoon of -four; melt the butter in the
milk; beat the yolks with the nour
thoroughly; add the milk and butter
then the whites beaten to a stiH froth'
and add little salt Cook In SPIDER
ON top of the stove and turn very care
fully.-Boston Budget.
| When, as sometimes happens, one
| is forced to wear an uncomfortaDiy-
tight shoe, it may be OF value to know
| that folded cloth wet In hot water iaid
over the pinching point will often speed
ily afford relief Change the cloth sew
eral times to keep mp the heat which
shortly stretches the shoe and shapes IL
i to the foot-N. Y. Times.
Tomato Salad.-Peel some good
sized tomatoes mot too ripe), cut them
In slices and remove the pips; season to
taste with salt and pepper, few leaves
of basil finely minced, and few onions
very finely sliced Make dressing OF
two tablespoonfuls of oil to one OF vine-
oar. and pour it over the tomatoes.
. They should stand in this for couple
, of hours before serving. -Housekecper
: Kerosene oil is of use in cleaning
furniture, but it is said, by good author
tiles, that it will, in time, cat and DIS
solve the glue and the varnish or finish,
and will make certain sorts OF wood
! porous. A much better article is best
8 boiled llnseed oil. applied with soft
: cloth. then rubbed off as clean as pos
3 sible. If there are scratches, use one
! mart best furniture varnish to five OF
9 six parts good turpentine, and apply
t with a brush. There are many pre-
: pared furniture polishes and finishing
e preparations, all of which have certain
9 merits, but the above are simple ant
inexpensive.
g Iced Almond Cuts.-Two pounds o
J. -four, one pound of coarse powdered
q sugar, one pound Of butter, twelv'
< ounces of ground almonds, twenty egg
. yolks, almond fiavoring. Whisk thu
eqg-yolks and sugar to a light, froth.
e batter, melt the butter and whisk It in
l. add the ground almonds and favoring
le sift the flour and work it lightly in
g spread the mixture on baking til
, previously buttered and covered with
r, sheet of paper; make it quite level ant
II an inch in thickness Bake in a moder
l. ate oven; cover the top of the sheet o
n cake with hot-water icing, and thickl
le strew with cut blanched almonds Gu
II into pieces three inches long and on
n, inch wide. Housekeeping.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1892-11-26
OUTDOOR LIFE.
what 1t Has Done and 10 Doing For the
City Bred Children.

what II Has Done and 10 Doing For the
City-Bred Children.
At first it was the boys who exhibited
the good effects of the social revolution.
Time was, and not very long ago, when
the sturdy boys of the metropolis were
found in the greatest numbers in the
public schools and the districts inhabit-
ed by persons in middling circumstances
The bows in the well-to-do families were
apt to be spare, narrow-chested, and OF
such appearance that the more rugged
city children called them by contcmptu-
GUS nicknames, all implying that they
were girlish. Such puny lads are not
now anything like being numerous
enough to represent class. The once
dcrided mothers apron-strings" have
been woven into tennis nets, and the
hands of the ''girl-boys" now grip base
ball and cricket bats. Three months
of country life with city improve
ments,a and nine months of cycling,
boxing, sprinting and gymnastics, have
given them muscle and lungs, until the
| Juvenile crowd in town accept it as an
axiom that a well-dressed lad is worth
avoiding when persecution or mischief
| is intended.
The girls, too, are obviously better
sort: not better than their mothers
were, necessarily, for New York Is for
ever freshened and strengthened by
lcountry-bred men, who draw in coun-
try-bred women for their wives But
the born city girls are distinctly finer
women than born city girls esed'to be.
The very boyish boys, of the ages when
boys are apt to be an all-sufiicient sex
INTO themselves. no longer avoid the
girls, who now have their parts and
places in the sports and games OF the
courts and fields Baseball and cricket
are of the masculine gender still, but
: golf and tennis, boating, riding and
driving, are all the enjoyment of botl
sexes. The girls have borrowed par'
of the boyish equipment In these days
They have muscles They wear loose
} and easy clothing, and they swing along
} with an athletic animal movement thai
t would have been called very ungentee
; in their mothers il their mothers coult
: have initiated it Men OF country brit
see that their town-bred wives are re
produced in their town bred daughters
and city men by the seaside note tina
their little girls are as ruddy and brow
and vigorous and physically capable a
Z the country children of the neighbo'
hood Thus much Of the children: the
: have had the longest holidaying. -Harl
er's Weekly.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1892-11-26

Hebrew is rapidly becoming the liv-
ing language of Palestine again. The
Jews, who are gathering there from
various lands, speak so many tongues
that necessity calls for common one.
What could be more natural than their
choice of the Hebrew?
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1892-11-26

Ina museum of curiosities at Salem,
Mass, there is preserved a common
cherry seed or stone, followed and fash
ioned like basket Within the basket
are twelve tiny silver spoons, the shape
and finish of which cannot be distin-
guished with the naked eye. DIR. Peter
oliver, who lived in England during
the early part of the eighteenth CEN
fury, tells of seeing carved cherry
stone which would be q wonder even in
this age of fine tools and fine workman
ship. The stone was one from COM
mon cherry and upon it were carved the
heads Of 124 popes, kings, queens. en-
perors, saints, etc. Small as they must
necessarily have been, it is announced
on the authority of Prof Oliver that
with good glass the heads OF the popes
and kings could readily be distinguished
from those of the queens and saints by
their miters and crowns The gentle
man who brought this little wonder to
England purchased it in Prussia, allow
ing the original owner $4,000 for bis
treasure. Think of it, $4,000 for q
cherry seed!-Chicago Herald.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1892-11-26

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES did your sis.
ter say when you told her was here in
the parlor waiting for herg' bobby
s.Nothin'. Hut she took ring of one
finger and put it on another. JEWEL.
ers' Weekly.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1892-11-26

The unwise complain that the good
sl:ffer. They are the only ones who can
afford to suffer. 20. D. rockingham
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1892-11-26


lection. There is no danger OF your
being perfect for some time yet. l will
keep watch and give you notice in time
| If YOU get too near perfection for the
safety of your theology. One-haf OF
YOU Christians are simply stuck in the
mud. Why not cut loose from every
thing but God? Give not to Him
that formal petition made up OF
"O's"-',O Lordr' this, and 20
Lordr' that When people are cold.
and have nothing to say to God they
strew their prayers with "Os?' and
Forever and ever, amen" and things
To fill up. Tell God what you want,
with the feeling that He Is ready to
rive it, and believing that you will re
ceive, and you shall have it. Shed thai
old prayer you have been maxim g these
ten wears. it's high time that you out
grew it. Throw it aside with your ole
ledgers, and your old hats, and your
old shoes. Take review of your pres
emit wants, of You present sins. and O.
yourspresent blessings. With sharl
blade cut away you past half-and-hal
Christian life, and with new deter
mination, and new plans. and new ex
nectations. launch out into the deep.
4 The text is appropriate to all VIII
are engaged in Christian work. Tn
church of God has been fishing aioni
the shore We set our net in good
calm place, and ir sight OF a fin
. chapel, and we go down every Sunda.
10 sec il the fish have been wis
enough to come into our net W
! rnicht learn something from that DO
with his hook and line. He throws hi
. line from the bridge; no fish. He SIT
down on log; no fish. He stands i
The Somerset reporter., 1892-12-15
Potatoes and Christmas.

our Aroostook POTATOES are fine. good
fair size, smooth and mcaly when cook
ed ; ii YOU don't believe it Just ask BENZ.
Eaton. and others who have tried them.
They are going fast, and if you want
the best potato you have seen this year
just give US an order and We shall feel
Obliged to convince you that all Aroo~-
took potatoes are not Watery and hollow
hearted.
Christmas is almost here ana OF course
we shall have the usual supply OF tur-
keys etc.
Our stock OF raisins. citron, spices aud
other Christmas commodities Is complete
and We offer fine new California raisn
at 3 lbs. for % cents.
Have you noticed that flour is selling
at the lowest prices ever known consid-
ering the quality: Don't You think it
will be economy for you to lay in Il
years supply: II 50. try cur new brand
- The Crown. " high grade winter
wheat, patent. guarantee 10 match any
thing sold in this OF any other town in
Maine There. What more do yon want
for guarantee
Our having two store enable, Us to buy
in wholesale quantities from first hand
and we can say without any feeling of
egotism, that our facilities for handling
goods at small margin, surpass those
of any concern in the County.
Remember we are fully supplied with
grain and feed of all kind, and dcScrip-
ton ut the lowest market prices.
CAIRNS, GoOpRItlI 4 BABrlrrE
The Fletcher Store and The Old Brick
Store, SkoWhegan.
The Somerset reporter., 1892-12-15
Probate Court.

Judge Boswell commenced the Drcem-
Der term of Probate court nj the Probate
Office Tuesday.
Among the attorneys in attendance
from other towns Tuesday or 8cdncs-
day were Hon. Hiram knowlton of Port
land, +. \. Waldron and II, u. Eaton of
Watcryille. Geo. +. Chapman OF Fair
tield,iJ. W. Manson and +. ". llovey of
Pittstield. $. ;. lIackett of Detroit, j. j,
Parlin. Ben 5. Collins, \. simmons and
A. IL. Ware of No Arson, \. b. WILDER
of Madison, {. \. Harrington and Ed
ward Lowe of Norridgewock.
The following business was transact
ed
The wills of Geo. W. Halves, Emily 5.
Stanwood and Eleanor l.. Turner We're
proved.
Petition for distribution decrced in the
case of Martha II. Wright
The wills of Loring b, Jones, Chas. l.
Weymouth, Joshua Dunton, Rachel j..
Moore, Fanny ID. Ttcomb, Alexander
Woodcock. ARENAS II. Wood and Olive
B. Townsend were presented and notice
ordered thereon.
Petitions Tor right to sell real estate
granted in the cases of Mary :. caldwell
and Seth Wheeler.
Accounts were settled in the estates of
Marcellus Copp, Peter ;. Ellis, Joseph H..
Sanf rd
Petition for adoption granted in the
case of Louisa +. Daggrtt and her name
was changed Ia Louisa +. Biclford.
Report on commissioner clalns
the case of Lucinda Cover WIS accept Il.
The estate of NJ. X. Foss was reported
insolvent and commissioners appointed.
Guardian WAS appointed for the minor
heir of Lorenzo Lombard.
Administration granted on the estates
of Alvin ID. Mitchell, John z. \. Thomp-
son and Reuben V. Prentiss.
Hearing was had ON petition of Sarah
A. Nichols for removal of her guardian,
{. b. Knapp. The court declined to re-
move the guardian and by agreement of
parties the question of compensation to
Hiram 4. Nichols was referred to : >.
Walker.
On Friday n hearing is to be had ON
the account of Ben Hilton. rs : rviving
partner of the firm of Brown 4 Hilton
of North Anson. Merrill & Cover for
accountant. IL NJ. Heath for heirs and
4. IL. Ware for the estate of W. H..
Bro IN.
Insolvency cases. John W. Manson
was appointed assignee of Fred +. Cooley
and Charles a. WILDER assignee of Chas.
III. Steward.
Petitions in insolvency were filed by
Joshua l.. toburn, Abel Thompson and
Charles ;. Fuller
Hearing was had in n Slichney Gray,
upon the claims of Samuel Bunker and
J. j. Parlin also on the account of Ben
:. Collins rs assignee. Walton Il Wal
ton appeared for creditors, parlin for
claimants and Merrill Il Cover for AS
Signcc
The Somerset reporter., 1892-12-15
State College.

y meeting of the trustees of the Maine
State College was held In Watervillc
Friday. The trustees present We're
Hon. Henry Lord Of Bangor, Hon.
RutiIlas Alden, Winthrop, \. l.. Moore,
Limerick, Hon. q. j. Shaw. IIartland
and {. Z. Allen, of Aroostoob. 1t was
voted to tender the presidency of The
college to Hon. Scldrn Conner of Port
land and to install the retiring president
DR. NJ. c. Fcrnald, in the chair of math-
ematics and astronomy.
Gen. tonnor, has always been "A warm
friend of the tate College and when
governor of Main" secured the adoption
of the mechanical department.. one of
the best features of the institution. He
is a man of broad culture, who has the
teem and confidence of the people of
Maine rs few Other men have, and could
do grand work Ton this coll - of the
people of Maine.
The citizens of Bangor and Eastern
Maine, particularly, warmly urge Gen,
Conner To accept the offer unanimously
rendered him by the trustees and in this
the people generally concur.
The Somerset reporter., 1892-12-15
County commissioners Court

The County Commissioner, We're i'll
session ut the room in the Court House
Tuesday and Wednesday, and on Wednes-
day afternoon adjourned for one week.
The principal business WAS the settle
ment of accounts and arranging to close
the county business of the year.
\ petition WAS received from The select
men of Pittstield asking the commits
sioners to establish the bounds of a
street in the village of Pittsiield and the
petition WAS continued 10 the March
form.
The Somerset reporter., 1892-12-15

Wentworth Narncy ot Palmyra. ha-
hccu visiting friends in town and made
the REPORTER It call saturday, He i,
nov in hi >0th year but i wide awake
and active and lull of interesting remi-
niscnecs of his section in former days.
Many YEAR ago lr resided in Clinton,
and informs Il. that he put III the first
ferry rope across the kenncbcr river AT
Mobiles ferry, and might have secured Il
patent upon The method oil running Il
ferry by tn" force of the current il he
had applied for it, He has taken The
REPORTER eyer since il first puhica-
tion and with lis predecessors for Il
period of over so YEAR,
The Somerset reporter., 1892-12-15

l'rc>idcnl-clrct { lcycland Wa rendered
banquet in New York City saturday
night. prominent democrat being present
from all parts of the country Carl
Schurz, Garlic, breckenridge and others
made speeches. Mr.aloyrand said THAI
the recent victory showed the wisdom Of
thu country, and that it i, the duty of
the victor, 10 institute reform without
damage toworthy American interest, and
in no petty partisan spirit Either
through omission Or design. speaker
crisp who was present and expected
10 ,Pea@, was skipped in The pro-
gram and his friends ar" exceedingly
unhappy thrteat. They call it an insult
The Somerset reporter., 1892-12-15
The Observation-Disclosures Com
mission.

At Lewiston last Friday an lntcrdr-
nomination Commission of the F.vangel-
zeal churches WAS formed to consist of
the following Baptists: Rev. II. :. Bur
rage, ID. d., Pres. Il. l.. Whitman, Rev.
\. I. Dunn. ID. D., tongregationalists,
Rev. j. +. Adams, II. d., Prof. l.. l..
Paine. ID. d., Pres. W. ID. W. Hyde. ID.
D.; Free Baptist-. Rev. James Boydc,
Dea. Rufus Dcering, Prof. 4. W. An
thony; Methodst5 from the East Maine
Conference, Rev. :. :. Cummings, Rev
|. II. W. Wharf, Key. b. {. Wentworth ;
from the Maine Conference. Rev. \. :.
Iadd, Rev, j. b. Iapham, Rev. &. L,
Palmer: christians. Rev. q. j. Hancock
Rev. James Washburn. Rev. {. +. Ilowcs.
The commission adjourned Ia meet
next year with the First VI. T.. church,
Bangor The object OF this commission
i the direction OF dcnominational church
work in the barren parts of Maine in
such a way a 10 create The least pos
sible interference and obtain the best
results.
The Somerset reporter., 1892-12-15

Joseph Rogers. the head of the crle-
brated sheffield cutlery firm, Begin to
feel tire force of event, and recent said :
~ on SEE how protection is spreading.
The whole world i against England nov =.
| have always been Il free trader. but
begin to lhink. and a great many other,
are beginning to think "" should have
reciprocity.
The Somerset reporter., 1892-12-15
East Fairfield.

\ society has been formed in thr Good
VIII church and vicinity which meets cv-
cry "Wednesday evening. The ladies sew
aud knit Tor the Good VIII Home and The
m"n spend the time in conversation. \
live cent collection is taken and the adj
mission fee Is ZEN cents, the money To be
used to buy cushions for the church
once Il month supper will be served.
Last week they met AT MI. Joseph Nyc's
and Wednesday night the meeting was
AT Mrs. \ Il. Moorc's.
The Somerset reporter., 1892-12-15

Governor Burleigh entertained the
of the Executive Council and
their wives at his home in Augusta Wed
nesday, and attended the Nordica eli
cert in the Opera IIours in the evening.
The Governor and Council make their
annual visit to the State Prison to-day.
The Somerset reporter., 1892-12-15

Leading Democrats of the Northern
states are taking back water on the tariff
',ue The robbcr tariff before election.
1pon which their orators riIng the
changes from Maine to Texas, is not the
constitutional thing it was. Even
Mr.. Cleveland says that = tariff changes
must be with thoughtful regard to the
BUSINESS and industrial interests of the
|0unrty. Northern leaders realize
nat they ought to 20 SLOW and that they
must let the country know that they DO
Pr purpose to do anything rash, hui
Wills and many men of the South are APP
|arcntly not To be satisfied with This and
|amor for complete change in the tari1'
as regardless of the effect it is likely to
ave on business. We hope and trust
Federation will prevail for the good OF
BE- whole.
The Somerset reporter., 1892-12-15

We have received from {. b. Stone,
Esq, Grand Scibe of |. q. .. f., Port
land. the journal of Proceedings of the
Grand Encampmeut of the State of
Mainc.La the special session July -,
ard 18th annual session October 1892, for
which lac has our thanks.
The Somerset reporter., 1892-12-15

\ report from Homestead, Pa, i 10
The effect that cook in one of the large
boarding houses at the Carnegie mills
h, been employed to drug the food and
thal much serious sickness and several
deaths among the workmen has been the
result 1t is further stated thar . men
connected with the recent strike, and
that the Amalgamated Associations ad-
yI'ory board are implicated. This is too
for belief without stronger
Evidence.