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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-10-12
WEATuER-CROP BULLETIN
Issued by the Massachusetts state Board
of Agriculture.

Issued DN the massachusetts STATE
of Agriculture.
Boston, Oct. 9--The state board OF
agriculture hit, prepared the report on the
crops for the month of September. The
weather conditions during the month OF
September were influenced by seven cy-
clones aud nine semi-cycones Indian
corn WAS am ng the crops which were
severely injured by the gales of the latter
part Of August and has never recovered
from the damage it then suffered
Potatoe, are generally reported to be
below an average crop, and this condition
extends about uniformly over the state,
with the exception of Btrnstable county,
vhere more than an average crop is re-
ported.
The apple crop is very light in all Sec
tiuns and in many localities is a total fail
ure. The drip Of the early part of the
$ ason reduced the crop materially, and
much of the little fruit remaining was
blown from the trees by the severe gales
of the litter part OF August Fall apples
are reported more plentiful than winter
fruit, but even they do not approach nearly
an average crop.
Cranberries are fully an average crop
aud probably n little above the average.
The reports from i'arnstabe indicate the
crops there rs the largest ever harvested
In other sections they are on the whole
rather below the average, but this will not
affect the general supply to any extent.
Onions are hardly an average crop. The
midsummer drought seems to have been
the great drawback, though there are
few complaints of maggots and of wet
weather in the spring and failure to
terminate.
Root crops generally promise well; re-
ports Of poor crops are exceptional.
Rowen mn red severely from the dry
weather directly after haying, and Is far
from being an average crop. Many report
an entire future, while many others speak
Of il as light
The ralus which came too late to save
the rowen Gro? have materially helped fai.
feed, and it MY now be termed fair. Fully
the average amount OF fall seeding has
been done
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LIVE STOCK MARK ETS,
Transactions MT Brighton and Watertown
For the Week Ending Oct. IL.
Amount of stock on the market:


Prices for western beef cattle pr 100 lbs. live
weight-Choice. Si5oni.,5; second quality,
tt@42, third quality, S;@e:i2j; poorest grades
nf coarse oxen, COWS, bulls, stays, Texans,
Colorados, etc, 26l.c. pr lb.
Prices for orihern and eastern beef cattle
pr Id, dressed weight-Choice, 5lIGf614c; first
quality, Jln5 &c; second quality, i|e@Ihc pr Ii;
poorest grades of coarse oxen, cows, bulls.
tags, etc, l1au3c pr lh.
Hides. tallow, etc-llides. ped5c pr ID; tai
low, AI4c pr lh; calf skins, INC each; lamb
skins, SIC each; sheared skins, 25c each;
branded hides, &c pr Id.
mana continues dull. The market was very
slow and the yards presented the appearance
of deserted pastures.
Mich cows and springersThe supply ex-
ceeded the demand. There were some good
cows among the offerings, but the only buy
ers were Spectators and jobbers
Veal calves The supply was about the
same as one week ago. The quality showed
no change, and values were quoted about the
same as last week. A clearance was effected
yards.
Sheep and lambs-There were no western
arrivals offered for sale on the market; most
of the stock was taken direct to the slaughter
houses, Values showed no change from those
quoted last week
Western bee cattle-The stock was con-
signed to the shippers and exporters.
An IncendIary's Work.
HANOVER, n. H., Oct. 9-The Norwich
Shook and Lumber company's steam mill
Mt Norwich, VT, was burned yesterday.
The building had just been completed and
was equipped with new machinery of the
highest grade, all of which was lost. The
fire was undoubtedly Of incendiary origin.
Henry Rogers, the Waterman, was badly
burned. Loss, $4,000; insurance, 900, eco.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-10-12

MONTPELIER, VT, Oct. lO.-Frank F.
Hausch of Cleveland was married in
Barre, Sept. u, to Sarah, daughter of Am
brose G.. AverIl respected citizen of
that town. It was soon reported that he
had another wife in Cleveland. The father
of the Barre girl followed him to that city
and had him arrested as biRamist
Armed with extradition papers from Gov
ernor Fuller, sheriff Howe has left for
Cleveland to bring Hau@ch to Vermont.
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Death of Professor Prentice.

MIDDLETowN, Conn, Oct. 1l.-Professor
George Prentice, head of the department
of German language at Wesleyan univer-
sity, died suddenly at Pasadena, Cal, yes
terday. He was granted II years absence
last June He was born Dec 15 1875, in
Grafton, Mass, graduated from the
Methodist General Biblical institute, Con-
cord n. H., received the honorary degree
of A. NJ from Wesleyan in 1865 and the
degree of doctor of divinity from the
Northwestern university in 1873.
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HARTFORD, Oct. 10.-A sugar famine
prevails in Hartford and retail grocers are
refusing to take orders for refined sugars.
Wholesalers say that the shortage is on
account of the refineries shutting down
last month They have now started up,
but the supply on hand is exhausted. The
famine has created a great demand for
syrups, molasses and the lower grades of
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-10-12

DAMARIsCoTrA, Me, Oct. Io.-The Her
aid newspaper and job printing Office,
established by Dunbar Bros in 1876 and
since conducted by them has been pur-
chased by j. p. Ogier of Camden, who
took possession Yesterday
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-10-12
Central Maine Musical Festival.

WATERvILLE, Me-, Oct. 1.-THE second
musical festival of central Maine was
organized in this city with chorus of $50
voices, under the direction of the veteran
conductor, Carl Zsrrahn of Boston. The
singers are from all sections of Central
Maine Three rehearsals day are held at
~;sv L-n
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NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE.

Whereas Herbert c. Pierce of Carratunk in
the County OF Somerset and State of Maine, By
his mortgage deed, dated the 2ith dav of july.
\. ID 1891. and recorded in Somerset Registry
of Deeds. Book, al, Page 12l, conveyed to me,
the undersigned, certain parcel of land stu
ated II Carratunk aforesaid and bounded as
follows. to wit; Beginning at a stake and
owned and occupied by Robert Barry and
running along the Pleasant Pond road in an
easterlv direction six rods to a stake. thence
northerly seven rods to a stake; thence west
erly SIX rods to a stake; thence southerIy to
seven rods to the first mentioned bound. CON
tanning forty-two square rods: and whereas
the condition of said mortgage has been
broken. now therefore, by reason of the breach
of the condition thereof, | claim foreclosure
of said mortgage
Dated this 4th day of October A. D 1893.
3w4l PHILANDER BAKER.
BY w. X. Jordan, his Attorney.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-10-12

PROVIDENCE, Oct. 10.-A strike ir
several of the wooden mills at Olueyvill,
was inaugurated ycster day on account o
the proposed cutdown. Several Thousand
hands are affected.
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FLouR-There Is no change to note In -four.
Prices are firm, but trade is quiet: The quo
ira and seconds, S3d3 20; Minnesota bakers,
clear and straignt saa4 -; winter, clear and
straight, SO 4na3 so; winter pat, So so94 3d.
MEAI.-Cornmeal is easier again, in sympa-
thy with corn. Oatmeal is steady. The quo
tations are: Kiln dried cornmeal for export,
lated, 81 SNtl: ground and rolled oatmeal,
81 65lsi - per Dbl; cut oatmeal. 81 1904 So per
Dbl; rye, 65c per bush for dealers, and at roc
for job lots: rye flour, 81 80 per Dbl.
OATs-Oats are quiet, with little change to
note In prices Chicago clipped to arrive are
quoted at }s9;ss99c; spot market was iirmer at;
Clipped 3Wl3Slac; fancy, Hc: No.2 white, il6c;
No: white, 8'eMi7c; mixed 35l9031lac.
HAy-Choice hay continues firm, but low
grades are in full supply and easy:
PoRK-There is a good demand for pork pro-
visions at unchanged prices.
BUTTER Butter is easy, though asking
prices are nominally unchanged Quotations
are Fancy creameries, in small packages 3t5g
Ole; western creamery extra ,2sa;E,c; irsts.2sGo
24c, imitation creamery. 100 &c; factory, $50
gle; northern creamery, extra, 29ilAc; north
ern dairy. hJi126l9c; eastern creamery, extra.
2SN2slec. These are prices for round lots.
Jobbing lots and fancy lots cost m,re
CaEEsE. There is a good demand for cheese
The quotations are: Northern fun creams and
twins, ll@l2lec: fair to good, l01llc; western
choice, l00l &c: fair to good, 1l499e; sage.
l1lS6l2l1c. Liverpool is cabled higher at SIS
EGGsEEggs are very firm and higher for
fresh The quotations are: Eastern fresh, "a
@@oc;. proyinclal, 2lGe25e;, Michigan &c; west
ern, 223365ss22lSc; held. l.Ny20c.
GRAIN The local grain market was very
quiet yesterday as Chicago was closed Corn
was easier. Shipping prices were 5li4c for No.
2 yellow and 5lc for No. B. The spot market
is quoted at Steamer yellow, jll4152c; No, 2
yellow, nc; steamer mixed, 5lM 81 &C.
PoTAToEs-Potatoes are very firm for white
stock, Sweets steady at the decline:
Houlton hebrons, 6Dc; Aroostook hebrons. B0c:
rose, 55c; New York stars and burbanks, $40
BIC; Virginia cloth heads. extras, 81 .5 jersey,
bulk, 81; double heads 81 25612 So
APPLEs-Apples are steady and unchanged
at Pippins and porters, 81 256r2 30 per Dbl;
Harvey, S26I}: Gravcnsteins, S. d6t4; Hub
bardstons, 81 .5a2 80; common lots, 81 5002
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-10-12
HUM PHI REYS'

IT'S KECIUUS yin MEM 10 lIC
triumph of Scientific Medicine.
Nothing has ever been produced to
equal or compare with it as CURATIVE
and HEALING APPLICATION. 1t has been
used 40 years and always affords relief
and always gives satisfaction.
Cures Piles or IlEMoRRHoIDs External
or Internal, Blind or Bleeding Itching and
Burning; Cracks or Fissures; Fistua in Ano;
Worms of the Rectum. The relief is imme-
'diate the cure certain.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-10-12

A relieving feature of the fruit market
is the increased supply Of apples. This
fruit has been very scarce during the fall
and fears were expressed that this WAS to
be the situation for some time to come.
Although prices for good apples are still
high, - to s. % for Gravensteins of ma
ture growth, there is an increase in the
supply Of tn" common apple, and the hopa
is expressed that prices my soon come
down. New York greetings are worth
81 80 to SO, aud Maine Harveys 50 to
$3.50 per barrel
Pears are selling easily. although prices
are little high owing to the small pear
crop. A good bushel of almost any vari.
ETY. will bring $3.50.
Grapes do not sell at very high prices,
although on the whole trade is satisfactory
to the dealers. Four to ) cents p pound
is the ruling rate for Concords, with Della
wares at Is CENTS aud Tokays at IL to l.
cents per pOnrd
Cranberlies see an increase in demand
and sell for a to So barrel. Peaches
bring 81 to 81 50 basket
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-10-12
A Gentleman

Who formerly resided in Connecticut, but
who now resides in Honolulu. writes. For
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-10-12
STATE OF MAINE.
OF sKOWHEGAl

County OF Somerset, SIS
I, Geo. n. Page, Cashier of the above named
bank do soemnly swear that the above statement
is true to the best of my knowledge and belief
GEO. y PACE, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before this 9th day
Of Oct, 1898.
IL $ JAMES FELLOWS. Notary Public.
Correct-Auest
JAMES b DASCOMB,
ED 7 PAGE, Directors.
a. II. WYMAN.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-10-12
II BOSTON MARKETS
Slu@Tishaess Prevails In the
Vegetable Line.
Butter Hns IN Upward Tend"ucy--In
crease In the supply of Apples-truit.
In General firing Higher Price.

BosToN, Oct 1l.-Fherp Is "A noticeable
lack Of SNIP in the vegetable market At
Boston tins week 'rr, de seem, to be
moving slow Y. Even the market for
celery, whca at Week was in fine form
has slumpc4. Lettuce has dropped off.
an increased -upp .riOu~ly affecting tht
pre-. the potato trade sees less change
tina almost any other Receipts are lib
eral, whie the demand is fully equal t.
taking care at all arrivals. and thus Il firm
tone is uutr.t Aronsto1k h,brons are
va til 81 to - coats per bushel, while
Other varieti rang from 30 u % cents
The celery growers have commenced to
u Z their crop and mech finds its way tc
market. The early variety, which bl aches
Ia the field. never found mucn favor with
rur local buyers, and is no exception to the
rule this season. A considerable amount
is upon the market, but it is hard to sell
at g per barrel box The Boston market
variety is mertlng with the usual good
dema nd, and although as yet not very
plenty. "A market price # 81. . per dozen
punches has been established.
Cabhages are in good supply and are
worth from 10 To - cents per blrrel, il
sound and nice Rutabaga turnips bring
sell at 80 cuts Marrow and turban
squash sell at 81 per barrel. Pumpkins
do not sell we'll in this city. What few
are bought go for from 81 to s.. % a barrel
O lions are worth 90 cents per bu shell, and
small, white picklers go at 50 per bushel
Butter.
There has been an all round advance OF
! cent pound in the price of butter since
last week. Boston dealers were obliged TO
keen in line with the increase made in
other cit es. At Boston western creamery
sold at about % cents, with some few lots
for l-2 cent more. A fair price for north
ern fresh creamery is 20 l-2 cents Butter
from cold storage will bring 26 to n cents,
with an increase of business in this line
New York and Vermont butter moves off
Mt % to 26 cents.
Fruit.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-07-20
ONLY.

Free from all care in his bOyiSh play,
A face as the sunlight, cheering and gay;
The pride of 1. mother whose arms entwne-
Only sip of his fathers wine.
A growing knowledge with manhOOd's strength
A mind far-reaching in wiSdOm'S LENGTH.
A smile for the merry, for the grieving tear
Only glass of the fOaming beer.
Shining in circles of mirth and song.
A love of the right, and hatred of wrong;
A friend to be sought for whose friendship is
gain
Only toast in the bright champagne.
In the manly face line of care,
Some silver threads in the dark-brOwn hair;
A cloud on the brow, in the eye alas!
Only an occasional social glass.
A figure bent in the noon of life,
A weeping mother, a pleading wife;
A weakened brain, and a mind grown numb
Only drink of the fiery rum
f. squalid room in an attic high,
A pain-wrOught moan. pitiful cry;
A bundle of rags meath the rafter'S gloom
Only dying drunkard'S home.
A coffin of pine, unfinished and rude.
A widowed mother with starving brood;
A lonely ride Oer the rattling pave
Only pauper'S nameleSS grave.
-ChGTleS Eugene Banks, IN The Banner Of Gold
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Crime versus Cure.

At the recent Prison Congress assem-
bled at Chicago, the subjects of refor-
nation and prevention of crime were
freely discussed by theologians and
the representatives of justice and right;
and, after perusal of their papers and
lectures on the question of How to Re-
form the Criminal" 1 cannot but give
them credit for some scholarly ideas ON
the subject, that indicate to some ex-
tent, their eanestness in trying to solve
a problem that has nonplussed so many
wise thinkers. But of the many pa
pers read before the assembly, l failed
to see one that gave the criminals view
of the question. Perhaps he might have
advocated the removal of the police
force or similar injurious theories that
would have cOmbated all ideas of sOciO-
logical equipoise. may. err in giving
my solution of the question as see it,
yet, to my mind, it appears more logical
to remove the cause, than attempt to
trate l will refer to that terrible cOnta-
S1OuO OlOCdOC, 11O1oUIC CllOlCld
councils have been held to devise plans
to prevent the spread of the dreadful
scOurge, and it has finally been advOcat-
ed best to locate its cause and exter-
inmate it, thereby avoiding future dan
ger. Now, with reference to the ques-
ton of sociological interest before the
Prison Congress, would it not be more
logical for them to decide as to the
causes that create criminals, and having
so decided, put their combined strength
and influence to work to remove and
exterminate them? By such action
they would not only save coming gen.
Grafton from contributing to the GRIM
inal class, but it would also remove the
incentive to commit crime, that the
present class of criminals would most
probably return to after going through
process of reformation in one of our
Uriah Heep factories that the prisons
of to-day are becoming. The efficiency
of the present systems that are advO-
Gated as remedial to the habits or GUS
toms of the criminal, is like telling the
confirmed drunkard that he must not
drink and then leaving liquor cOnven-
lent for him to obtain if he desires it.
But remove the liquor that has caused
his ruin and in time he will never de-
sire it.
AS to the causes of crime, they are
manifold. But we may confidently as
sert that liquor and sporting houses
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-07-20

fixed standard of value is a necessary
accompaniment of confidence, and
without confidence, no credit, for 90 per
cent. of the commercial transactions
are conducted on the credit system Or
basis. One thing is assured, and that
is, that the United States alone, with
out the cooperation of the European
powers, cannot maintain the value of
silver. OBSERVER.
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S I L V E r.
To Buy, or Not to Buy? That's the Cues
tion. Side Lights on Finance from
Prison Precincts.


ton. Side Lights on Finance from
Prison Precincts.
In view of the great financial distress
of the country, every lover of honest
money, who desires to see an end to the
existing distress, should demand from
congress an unconditional repeal of the
Sherman act. Every time the silver
question has come up, there has been
want any more substitutes or cOmprO-
misses. The act can be repealed without
any promise of substitute, or anything
else thought to be less disastrous. The
country would experience no difficulty
of this kind it there were no attempt
to force upon the people deprecated
money and false semblances of money
under the compulsion of legal-tender
acts.> If the government was satisfied
to define dollar and coin dollar and
let the people take it for what it would
bring, we would be rid Of most of our
currency troubles. c. A. E.
Xxx
The Sherman law was step in the
right direction. The people should have
the profit on the coinage of silver, in
stead of the owners of silver as under
the Bland law. All silver offered should
be accepted by the authorities of the
people, at it's commercial value, and
paid for in silver dollars. The silver so
obtained to be coined and made full
legal l-tender and exchangeable for gold
The ten per cent. owned by national
banks in the bonds deposited in Wash
ington as security for the national cur
rency should be paid, and the bonds
cancelled. The national bank currency
should be assumed by the government
and redeemed with silver. Then coined
silver would take it's place in the mark
cts of the world with United States
bonds, their only value being the Sc
curity of the people of the United States
backed by their wealth and industry.
OSsIAN.
Bradstreet's report of the annual pro-
ductiOn of silver in the last twenty
years, demonstrated conclusively the
fact, that the decline in price of silver
bullion has kept pace in close ratio to
the increase of production. The silver
advocates maintain that this has no
bearing on the question; but, at the
same time, they have not and do not
seem capable of bringing forth any
other sound reason for the cause of the
decline in price. The people of the
United States have most certainly lost
confidence in silver as a measure of
value; and, it is this loss of confidence
that has caused the stringency in the
financial circles, the stagnation of trade
in the commercial world and the indus
trial depression in the manufacturing
centers. People who have money re-
fuse to lend, hence no new enterprises
are begun, or, else remain unfinished;
consequently it is "hard times" for
everybody. How has this loss of conf
dence been brought about? Simply
by the fluctuating value of silver, for a
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-07-20

Mrs. T: "These shoes don't fit me at
ALL
Mr.. T: "Why, they look all right"
Mrs. 7: "Well, they don't fit anyway,
I've had 'em on nearly an hour and they
don't hurt in the least."-Puck.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-07-20

Miss Playfair: Why did you make
such ardent love. to her at the Fair?
You were not serious?
Jack MajiltOn: No; it was only
souvenir spoon Worlds Fair Puck.
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America is the victim of two physi-
clans, her gold doctor wishes to demOne-
tie silver if he could hoodwink con-
gress as to the consequences. The silver
man wants to boom values by opening
all the mints to free coinage. AS COM
promises we had the Bland, then the
Sherman laws The advocates of legal
tender of silver in Europe would like
to see the United States cast their re-
serves of silver on the market that dis
asters produced would compel the trad
ing nations of the world to meet the
difficulty by an International arrange
ment. Such d course would cause a
terrible wreck of prices in American
trade, but the direct loss would be in
considerable compared to the ruin
caused in Europe. If silver should fall
ten or fifteen cents lower, which it will
do if the Sherman and Bland acts be
repealed, the collapse of prices through
out the entire west would be enormous.
The price of silver has varied with the
price Of grain, for every cent of deprecia-
ton in the one has there been CORE
spending fall in the other. What then
will the harvest be? BRIGHAM.
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but an effect that followed previous
legislation. I believe the Mexican idea
is the best, viz: Issue bonds to such an
amount as to compel an international
agreement in regard to silver. If the
shipping of few millions of gold from
this country caused such scare, it is
natural to suppose that ten or twenty
times as much drawn from abroad
would make them come to time.
MAC
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WHOLESOME .ADvIrE.
HARD ZINES. BUT DON'T 90 DOWN
UNDER THE AONEY PANIC.

Brace up and assert your manhood
Trade with Reierts and he Will help
you. lie VIII innre than divide with
you. You must have the necrssaries
of life. Make every penny count. Ii
you can bug what you need for as
cents don't be foolish enough to pay
81 for it. Time is no object at present
money is. The almighty dollar
counts for s"methIug to-day. Hunt
around and spend that dollar where il
will go the fdrtherest and buy the
most.
Roberts thlRks he Is strictly in IT
both on prices and quality OF goods.
Those who trade with him have a soft
snap. Roberts has been pla, ed fer
sucker just once TOO often. Hereafter
he will look at the size of your dollar
only Latch string always out for
cash buyers, az Roberts etore.