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The Somerset reporter., 1893-07-13

Justice W. =. Whitehouse and Enoch
Foster of the supreme Judicial Court
began hearing Tuesday on the case
of William Whitaker VS.. The Moose
head Pulp Company of Embden, for
balance of work. labor, cash and mt
terial in eXcavating rock and ledge
building dams etc. for their mills upon
Caratunk Falls in Emblem and Scion
for 81, ZOO, upon which a credit of
S23, 2i6.3t is given leaving Il balance
still due according to Mr.. Whittaker's
account, of Sl1 ,G53. &C.
The defendant company makes a
statement setting forth a claim for re-
equipment for damage of $4,000 oc-
casioned the defendant by failure on
the part of the plaintiff to complete the
work within the contract time. Also
sets forth that because of the failure of
the said plaintiff to complete the work
on time, the buildings, dams and other
structures were damaged by high water.
and freshet incident to the season of the
year in which on account of this delay,
said plaintiff was forced to complete the
work, which damage the defendant says
amounted to $4,000.
The defendant also claims to recover
$4,000 AS loss of profits on the product
which the mills would have supplied
during the time which their operation
was delayed by reason of failure to COM
plete his contract as agreed.
Merrill q Cover of Skowhegan are
attorneys for the plaintiff; Webb. John
son & Webb of Waterville for the de-
PENDANT. Hon. ID. ID. Stewart has been
associated with the counsel for the
plaintiff and Hon. u. d. Baker is ass0ci-
ated with the counsel for the defense.
This case was entered in court,
March Term of 1881, and was referred to
Judge Whitehouse and Foster by agree
ment at the September Term, 1882,
The hearing will probably occupy
several days.
The Somerset reporter., 1893-07-13
A DAY DREAM.

When high above the busy street
Some hidden voice poured Mary's song,
Oh, then my soul forgot the beat
And roaring of the city's throng
Then Boston b. lis and cries fell low,
Blent to n far and rnurmured tone
That changed and chimed In mystic flow
Weaving spell for me alone.
No more the towering blocks were there.
No longer pressed the crowds around.
All freely roamed Il magic air
Within what vast horizons bound:
Beneath a sky Of lucent gray
Far stretched the circlcd northern plain,
Wild sunfiowers decked IA prairie gay.
And one dear autumn came again.
Before me trod a winsome maid,
And. oh, tie mics with which she stepu
Her soft. brosn hair without braid
Hiding the shoulders w,Nre it swept,
And glancng backward NV she gave
To me that smile so kind and wise,
The radiant look from eyes so grave
That spoke her ininost paradise.
Divinely on my daughter went,
The wild flowers leaning from her tread,
Dreaming she lived watched intent
Till, ali, the gracious vision fed.
The plain gave place to blocks of gray,
The sunlit heaven to murky cloud,
Staring stood in common day
And never knew the streets so loud.
e. w. Thomson In Youths Companion.
The Somerset reporter., 1893-07-13
Mr.. Edison Hates 4 Telephone.

What make, you work. | asked
with real curiosity. What impels YOU
to this constant. tireless struggle; You
have shown that You care comparatively
nothing for the money it makes and YOU
have no particular enthusiasm in the at
tending fame
Il like il. be answered. after a mo
ment of puzzled expression. and then he
repeated his rpIy several times as if
mine WAS proposition that had not oc-
Cured 10 him before. II like it.
don't know any other reason. You
know some people like to collect stamps.
Anything | have begun is always on my
mind. and au not easy while away
from it until il i, finished, And then /
hate it,.
Hate it" asked. struck by his en-
phatc tones.
"Nes.n he affirmed. when it is all
done and i a success, ! cant bear the
sight Of it. haven't used telephone
in ten YEAR,. and would 90 out of my
way any day 70 mis- an incandeseent
light. -H.siete - H.rntrS.
The Somerset reporter., 1893-07-13

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. The fol
during the past week:
Fairfield-R. &. Hobbs TO Rose Bessey,
SlS5; Alonzo Narncy to Allen Parmen-
ter, 5000.
lIariland-Albcrt Il. Huff to Alice +.
Withee, 500; q. j. Shaw to Philip *.
Taylor, $500.
Detroit-.Jcnnc NJ. Harding to Joseph
Harding. 81.
Lexington-J. 6. Williams to +. &.
BOynton, $50.
Bngham-Clara a. Knight to u. &,
Bean, ct al, $3.50.
Madison-M Mary G. Wood 10 katherine
c. Kent, 81.
Norridgewock-W. +. Perkins to F..
G., Shorey. S25; r.. G. Shorey to phcbe
y. Carclton, $3.50; George +. Crosby ct
al to John +. Frye, S2G00
Athcns-B. z. Barker to Samuel En-
erson, 500.
Solon-Ella Bodwcll to Timothy
Smith, 5000, Ella BodWell TO Timothy
Smith. Sl350.
Cornville-Georgc W. Emerson to
5. o. Locke, 800;
Canaan--Frank NJ. Hubbard to Grin
Hubbard. $1,000; Warren Gerald to
Frank b. Boston, $500.
Ans0n-Nilla II. Brown to Helen y.
Hilton, ct al $500; Eta +. Smith ct al
Benz. Hilton, 1906, &c; Frank \. Paine to
Walter e. Mckinney, $1,000; VIM. Pull
len to George NJ. Pullen, $500; David
w. Longcly to John f.. Mclntire 500.
Palmyra John Parkman to Elmer +.
Parkman, $500; John Parkman to \.
c. Parkman, $500.
st. Albans-Rodolphus G., Cooley to
ID. ID. Raymond, 800; Noah W. Pres
colt, to Alonzo II. Leavitt, $1,000.
Pittstield-John w. Manson to Fran
els j. Libby. $1,000.
ayfield-Wm. T.. Clark TO Mark
McPheters, $500; Mark McPheters to
Henry Parker, S400.
The Somerset reporter., 1893-07-13

1t is quite favorite topic with some
of our citizens, and even prominent ones
sometimes indulge in the allegation.
that the Board of Trade of Skowhegan
has never done anything for the town.
Without in any way attempting to argue
this point we will say that these gentle
men, who as rule have done nothing
to help along the work of the Board of
Trade, ought to be estopped by this
fact from belittling the efforts Of the
organization. 1t may be the reason the
Board has not accomplished more is be-
cause these same professional and bust
ness men do not give their influence and
efforts to help along the cause. Ia all
kindness we ask these gentlemen to
think of this and when they find they
must relieve themselves by severely
criticsng the Board of Trade, to go off
IN some remote place where their words
will not be heard to the detriment of an
organization that is doing its best to
help along the business interests of our
town.
The Somerset reporter., 1893-07-13
An Anecdote of Justice Fuller.

The chairman of the lecture committee
in Oldtown Me-, told me that he once
belonged TO debating club of which
the chief justice, when boy, was a
member. One evening Capital Punish
ment" was the subject debated. The
deacon of the church and two clergymen
were for hanging. Young Fuller was
opposed.
Said the deacon, quoting from the Mo
sale law, "Whoso sheddeth mans blood,
by man his blood shall be shed" Think
ing this to be bombshell to his oppo-
nents, he dwclt upon it till his time had
expired. when the boy sprang to his feet
and said:
Surprising we take the law which the
gentleman has quoted and see what the
logical deduction would come to. For
example, one man kills another. another
man kills him, and SO on until we come
to the last man on earth. Who's going
to kill HIM He dare not commit sui
eide, for the same law forbids it. Now
Deacon continued the boy. what are
you going To do with the last man.
Laughter.
The boys logic called ont rounds of
applause and vanquished the Deacon
New York Advertiser
The Somerset reporter., 1893-07-13

The Australian kea has been written
about considerably, and "A writer i'll The
Cornhill Magazine ascribes to them an
intelligence which can be called nothing
but deyilish. He says the kea was once
a harmless bird, but with the introduce
ton Of slaughter houses it has developed
d taste for animal food, and especially
for kidneys. They like the kidneys of
lead sheep SO well that when these failed
they proceeded to eat ont the kidneys of
living sheep. leaving the poor beasts to
die most agonizing death
The Somerset reporter., 1893-07-13
Double Consciousness.

The phenomenon of double conscious
ness so skillfully used in DIR. Jekyll
and Mr.. Hyde is by no means uncom.
mon. Many mysterious disappearance
are by it accounted for in manner
wholly consistent with the innocence of
the missing one, and even with his ap-
parent sanity. A very singular recent
case was that of western judge who
went away from home while dcranged
from overwork and became a day laborer
under another name.-New York Re
corlnr
The Somerset reporter., 1893-07-13

A Dog Asks for Help.

In East Boston lives remarkable
dog, which is Il mixture of Ncwfound-
land and mastiif. His name is Nero.
and his master believes he can under
stand every word that is spoken to him.
Not long ago Nero entered lumber
ward where he was not known. and
limping up to one of the worlimen held
up an injured paw. Nero is not so hand
some and gentle in appearance as he
is intelligent, and the man ordered him
out. Nero walked away as far as the
door, turned around, came back, and
again held up his wounded foot. The
man stopped his work, and gently talk
ing hold of the paw found "A safety-pin
Embedded deep in the flesh. lie ex-
tracted the pin. the dog wincing at the
pain. and when the little operation in
surgery was over the dog licked his
paw and then thanked his benefactor as
plainly as a dog could, afterwards trot-
ting away AS if nothing unusual had
happened.
The Somerset reporter., 1893-07-13

When kentucky gets chance to hang
negro it stays not upon the order OF
the hanging OF whether good and suf-
ficent evidence is forthcoming. Friday
last c. j. Miller, IA mulatto, was eX-
eeuted in Bardwell, Ky, upon f]imsey,
circumstantial evidence for murder
committed July 4th or 9Th, and there
was no evidence that Miller was in that
town or even county at that time but
he was probably in another State, but SO
insufficient a circumstance AS absence
was not allowed to interfere with the
rights of the ruling classes there, and
the hanging and subsequent cremation
went along. The execution came just
ahead of the conviction.
The Somerset reporter., 1893-07-13
Probate Court.

The July term of Probate Court com
menced at the Probate office Tuesday.
Judge Boswell, presiding.
The wills of Eliza B. Adams and Ly-
dia futile were proved.
Accounts were settled of administers
ton of the estates of John Carney,
Sarah l.. Daggett, John DAILY, Joshua
Dunton, Geo. B. Osborn, Frank IL.
Reed, Seth Wheeler and also the account
of guardian of Emerline Magoon.
Guardian was appointed for Sarah A.
Nichols. and in the estates of Philemon
Romeo, Horace ID. Ridley.
Petitions for right to sell real estate
were granted in the case of Seth Wheel
er and of Albion X. p. Fogg.
Petitions for administration were
granted in the cases of Nathan Cookson,
Philuria Dunlap, George Ellis, Turner
5. Kicker, Cora +. Burns. Horace D..
Ridley and Calvin II. Collins.
wills were presented for probate of
Esther Parkman and Miriam Cooley.
Petition for the authority to sell es-
tate was presented in the estates of
james o. Buzzell and Olive Burbank
The estates of Thomas +. Abbott,
Samuel 7. Record and Thomas Lulton
were reported insolvent.
The Somerset reporter., 1893-07-13
The White RhinOceros.

From letter addressed by that re
nowned sportsman, Mr.. Selous, to- the
London Field, it appears that that en-
rious and rare animal, the white rhinoc-
eros has not yet gone the way Of the
dodo and the great bustard, though
some have ventured to give Mr. Sclous
authority for saying that he is extinct.
1t is to the occupation of northern
Mashunal;ind. which kept the native
hunters TO the west of the Umniati
river. that this gentleman attributes
the fact that in this part few spe,.i.
mems still survive the constant persecn-
ton which ina less than twenty years
has utterly exterminated them in every
other portion of south Central Africa
There may yet. Mr. Selous adds. "be
ten. or even twenty of these animals
left, but certainly mot more. think.
than the latter number"
The Somerset reporter., 1893-07-13

Tho Christs' are a curious sect in
Russia. They worship each other The
chief ceremonies are a crazy species of
dancing, yelling as loudly as possible
and pounding stones with sticks,
The "Skoptsys' believe in SELF mutt
lation, but wi!lnot submit toamputaijon
even though it would save life. Like the
"Christs,' they dance and yell for hours
without intermission. - Philadelphia
Press.
The Somerset reporter., 1893-07-13

A movement is being made towards
the erection of wooden mill on the
site in East Madison of the one burned
some years since. We learn that parties
stand ready to build and operate the
mill provided the water privilege is given
them entact. Nearly all the present
owners are willing to give their shares
to further the project. and subscrip-
ton paper has been stan ted to raise
money to buy up the remainder. We
trust the subscriptions may reach an
amount that will insure the building of
the mill. as in such case Skowhegan
business men would be greatly benefited.
We are informed that the subscriptions
now being obtained are not payable UNI
til the mill is in operation.
The Somerset reporter., 1893-07-13

The 81 million jam at Carratunk Fall.

The 81 million Jam at Carratunk Falls
was a big one and cost the Moosehead
Pulp Company, the owner of tile boom
there, large sum of money to break it.
They used all the men they could hire
and achievements from the corporation
driving crew, also hired an engine of the
somerset Railway company to hitch on
and snake out the logs. With the logs
accumulating on the up-river end of the
lam it was very hard job aud one that
would have utterly discouraged any but
hardy rivermeu of the kennebec.
The Somerset reporter., 1893-07-13

1t was little hard on the boy, for he
meant well. and had "A sincere admira-
ton for the girl They were sitting at
the tea-table with Il number of others.
and as he passed her the sugar he n,.r.
mnred in an undertone Here it is.
sweet just like you. The cornpli-
ment was little awkward. to be sure.
but he meant 1t. and it seemed more
than cruel " hen, moment later. hIv-
,ng occasion to pass the butter to him.
she drawled Here it is. soft just
like you
The Somerset reporter., 1893-07-13

Ten miles south of the Sabine river
and II mile Off shore is a natural phe-
nomenon known 10 sailors as Tho Oil
Spot" No visible boundary divides it
from the open SEE around, but even dur
ing storm, even though the waters be-
come red and turhd, they remain COM
paratively calm st. Louis Republic.
The Somerset reporter., 1893-07-13
The school Fund and Mill Tax

Treasurer Beal has completed the APP
pointment of the school fund and the
mill tax for l>93, The amount appur-
toned WAS s5oi.Go9>l: an increase over
l>92 OF sl7,7od 81. The number of
scholars returned was 2of.l>3. ii de-
crease Of 34ll. The amount per capita
i - u. I.ast WIZ il was - 81 L..
The Somerset reporter., 1893-07-13

BosToN, July &c. l.. Elliot, lawyer
OF this city, has filed petition of inso
Vency. HIS Liabilities are reported to be
about $1,000, and his attorney says that a
considerable dividend will be realized
from the assets. The creditors are friendly,
and discharge from the insolvency court
will probably be made in due time The
failure is due to mismanagement.
The Somerset reporter., 1893-07-13
Killed bv HIS Own Wagon.

WORCESTER, Mass, July u. = Joseph
Narcotic, driver for c. w Clahin X Co.
coal dealers, while delivering an order OF
coal, in hurryii,s his horses stood up, and
fell to the ground and was run over by his
own wagon. His head was nearly severed
from his body He was y years old and
leaves "A wife and two children.
The Somerset reporter., 1893-07-13

Hello said Chicago man as he
stood near the Washington monument.
That's pretty good elevator shaft.
wonder when they are going to put up
the rest of the building youths Com
panion.
The Somerset reporter., 1893-07-13
Parish Gossip.

Mr.. Croaker-And does the Rev. DIR.
Sweetmonth believe in praeticing what
he breaches:
Mrs. Gadby-Yes, surely. Eve even
heard that he practices it before look
ing glass.-Scribners Magazine.
The Somerset reporter., 1893-07-13

Since Mr.. W. w. Astor settled down
in London he has grown rather particu-
lar about being called Mr.. Waldorf-As-
tor, with a ayphen.
The Somerset reporter., 1893-07-13

Mr.. Cumso- Nou should never ask
railroad MAJ if the train is ON iimo.
Mrs Cumso-But suppose want to
know?
Mr.. Cumso-ln that case ask him how
uuch late it is,-Truth.
The Somerset reporter., 1893-07-13

The farm buildings at IIartland be-
l'hglng to Mrs. Maria Cookson were
.o'aIly destroyed by fire Saturday after
noon, the sth inst.
The Somerset reporter., 1893-07-13

County Attorney lIovcy was in town
Tuesday and made the REPORTER call.
He says Pittsfield is the town of the
county this year. The new wooden mill
is being fitted up with I sets of new
machinery. 1t is about the only town
in the state in which new machinery is
being set up. 1t is very fortunate that
the Waverley mills were bull last year
and the machinery contracted for.
Nothing is being doue to increase the
capacity of wooden mills or any other
mills this year, unless the work had been
pushed along to point last year where
it must be completed TO avoid heavy
loss.
The Somerset reporter., 1893-07-13

USE DANA'S 5ARSAPARILLA IT'S
THE KIND THAT CURES"
The Somerset reporter., 1893-07-13
SKoWkECAN MARKET

isr t1i Wees y fy Cs.s>-. p..-s..s S T,erit q,
Gra.s;y saa T..>,-, lea't.~, s-5 W.,e7 Street.
The Somerset reporter., 1893-07-13
a HISTORIC MARKET.
OLD CLOTHES ~ tosooa AL DRIFT
TO A FAMOUS PLACE.

Old Clothes xart In HoundsdIteh Attracts
Hundreds Of Thousand, Of People Who
Want To Wear Expensive Apparel, but
Can't Pay Very Much For 1t.
Middletown transcript., 1893-04-29

In matters of political legislation the
present Legislature has equalled, if
not surpassed, any previous session;
with the House unanimously Demo-
cratic and seven out Of nine members
in the Senate, measures have been in
troduced and aassed with the sole
object of the perpet uation in power of
the Democratic parry. Why addi-
tional burdens should be placed upon
the people or rather upon Republicans,
is a question that could be only an
swered by the members who have lis
tened to the voices of the politicians
only. 1t is strange that the majority
Of the members of the Legislature,
generally considered fai" men, should
allow themselves to he go controlled by
the political workers that they have
shut their eyes to every sense OF justice
and right. They seem. to regard
man who believes in Republican prin-
ciples, as criminal, and that be pos
sesses no rights they are bound to
respect. The burdens and injustice
which have been heaped upon the
people by them seem so great that to
attempt to overcome them would be a
Herculanean task, and yet justice must
triumph in the end. And the reckon
ing to the Legislators who have heaped
these iniquities upon the people will,
we believe, be sufficient to forever sweep
them out of public life.
No, the Legislature cannot make an
appropriation for the militia. Oh, no.
Economy is the watchword of this ad-
ministration. Delaware must be with
out protection. A small amount ap-
propriated for the maintenance of the
militia is voted down but $4,000
can be appropriated for the illustrious
army of special constables who saved
the day fol the Democrats on Novem-
ber slh in Wilmington. How do our
militiamen and our citizens relish this?
Eighteen thousand dollars for special
conslables and not a cent for protec
tion to the State. Ye Godsl What
consistency !
Middletown transcript., 1893-04-29

ONE MAN has been found who yields
gracefully to the return of the crinoline.
Let his name and fame be put upon
record. He is George Griffith Fetter,
of the Southern Magazine. To do Mr..
Fetter justice, however, and not to lend
undue imitation to the crinoline cause,
we must say that he believes in the
hoopskirt conditionally. That is, if it
will restore ''some of the old-time dig
nity' of womanhood, The chivalrous
editor forgets that this by-gone grace
and stateliness was due to a totally
different regime, and not to a few yards
of wire and horsehair. Women can
be, and are. feminine and sweet with
out the prospective horrors of crino-
line, though they will doubtless retain
their charming individuality in any
respect able costume they may adopt.
1t might be more sensible to let the
crinoline wobble out OF sight and start
a crusade against the decollette cos
tune, which is certainly more destruc-
tive of modesty in addition to its being
an evil in actual existence.
Middletown transcript., 1893-04-29

On next Monday, May 1st, the
Worlds Fair at Chicago will be de-
clared open to visitors, and though it is
not to be supposed that everything
within or without the great exposition
grounds is in readiness, the opening
exercises will not be postponed. The
President of the United States will set
the great engines in motion, and the
opening ceremonies will be grand and
imposing. As Worlds Fair, the
Columbian Exposition is wonderfully
complete. The nations of earth have
prepared an international dress-parade,
to last from May till October, and to
visit Chicago during that time will be
20 visit the world. The place teens
with interesting things. But the
grounds and buildings themselves are
possibly the most wonderful of all. In
less than two years square mile OF
marshy bottom has been transformed
into beautiful city, for the exposition
is a city of itself. Engineers, architects
and gardeners have done their best, and
the artistic beauty of the whole is sur
passing. These, with the rare and
beautiful exhibits of the natural forces,
the artists and workmen OF every
quarter of the earth, make the Chicago
Fair superior in every respect to all the
great fairs that have ever been held.
One-third of the Exposition is given
up to foreign displays, and the re-
mainder is devoted to the wealth and
progress of our own country.
Middletown transcript., 1893-04-29
ABOUT ROADS.

A Few Words by Men From All
Over the Country.
In The old Roman days all roads led
to Rome, and they were good roads.
They built roads for military and COM
mercial purposes, and the wisdom of
their enterprise was apparent even in
that early day.-U. S. Senator James
II. Kyle, South Dakota.
Our farming interests are always the
basis of the public veal. Here the
national wealth originates, and as the
State owes so much to the farming
community. it is simply common sense
to furnish to the farmers, as far as
practicable, excellent highways
Major Gen. o. o. Howard.
Good roads will increase the value
of a farm, shorten the distance to
market save time, wagons, harness,
horses, enlarge the territory which con-
tributes to the home market, quicken
social communication, and add to the
wealth of the individual and the State.
-Stonington (Ct.) Mirror.
When a majority of the people in
any town have an intelligent concep-
tion from observation and experience
of what good roads are, and sincere
desire to have good roads in their
town, then they will have 'em, and it
wont take but one town meeting to
settle the matter either. Norwich (Ct.
Bulletin.
There can be no doubt that the SUBJ
ject of road improvement is one Of
paramount Importance TO the people of
this country. No Improvement would
SO greatly aid the American farmer as
that which would give him as good
roads as may be found in the poorest
districts, say. of Ireland and Italy,
Hon. Selim Ii. Peabody.
However rich and Productive our
lands may be, without means of COM
/ lnuutSullOh " uioA hCl OuI oul pluoi bAO
markets of the world are closed against
us. l know of an isolate body of agri-
cultural land in Idaho easily capable Of
producing a million bushels Of wheat
per annum for export, that does not
place in the market a single bushel, for
the sole reason that it mas 10 road
Governor Wiley, Idaho.
The knowledge Of what is lost by the
neglect of our wagonways is daily ex-
tending, and with its spread is certain
to come more and more pressing de-
mand for action that shall remove what
is not merely hndrance to progress,
but blot upon our national characi er.
-Hari er's Weekly.
In the matter of load reform, the
first step seems to be the widening Of
the tires of vehicles. Without it per-
feet roads are practically impossible.
Bucyrus (O.) Telegraph.
More money is lost to the farmer in a
single season by bad roads, than would
cost to rebuild them in the most ap-
proved fashion, so that crops could be
marketed during any part of the year.
Manchester, IN. H. Mirror.