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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1893-09-07

One OF the best spe-c on elmer slde'
during the last debate on the silver quest
ion, was that 81 Congressman Raed, and'
At its cl 'se, he was congratulated by me nj
bers OF both Pities. lie closed with the
70 loving tribute TO ms own party:
We stand 10 very peculiar position, w
republicans, to day. The representative
OF the democratic parry lnst chosen prrsl
dent OF the United States, finds himfeII
powerless 10 lis first great recon mendsI
ton 10 his oFn perty. Were be left tc
their tender mercles, the country wonld
Wines the spectacle Of the president Of
It's choice over brown by the party chsr ked
with this ccuuuys government Whtt
wonder, then. th,t be sppesls to tue pat
no,.m otsro her parry whose patriot sn
has never been sppeaIed 10 10 yaiI? New
er, say, 10 vain The prondest part OF
the prou record Of III, republican party
has been It's s,eadfsst devotion to the
cause OF sound fusnce When this coun,
try was tempted to pay ito bonds 10 DEF
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1893-09-07

The cotton year ended Thursday, show.
ing yield OF about 600 900 bales 10
1892 besides the las 1913 bales Of Amerii
can brought over, here and abroad. In
stead the stock now 10 sight, here and
abroad, i, ,s3s 729 bales, which indicates
that thst the quantity taken for cousump'
ton has been about 900 900 bsles,
again over 5000 900 the year before.
The long strike in Great Britain made
some dil,teace, the quantity taken by
Nothern spluners is 46S 600 bales less
than last year, and the general demand
for German sud English goods has de-
miuished to some eItent w.t. -
Of d. 100000 bales til, yesr aided to
stocks 10 sight, the supply Of American
would be Over 500 600 bales, quantity
largely exceeding last years consumption.
After falling to cents, the price sud-
deuIy Iose at the end Of the week to II
cents again
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1893-09-07

Finest Csr6eld u spssdiag ssbort
v.naAln 81 lems,
-Mn. Amos Hupi Of wesimcra d vis.
Hns be, aaashs Mu @ b. YAaIL
--Chulss A Adams received aut PRISE
70, r1es's sipg'es =, he R9ilsal tourus
uert
John Bai3ttt q Seu laik has been
spsadiBs isw dsys Win bis parents NJ
sb3 Mrr Bufdtu
A. Il. JaIsan bad two COWS Killed by
lighting Irteeutt thunder storm.
DR. Ryan AID family, Who h,ve been
frequent summer guests, arrived lat
week
r. +. DAVIS Of Wesi Arlington is III
With via, bis physician propouocts spiual
trouble.
Ispley's Bread Wipaer out wear oil
other shoes.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1893-09-07
NOTICE.

| NOTICE.
TAKEN by virtue Of al execution and viii be
sold a. public auction, 10 satisfy the same, At
the CoIburh House ~ Manchester, County u
/ Bennington, on the Z3fd day u September A, ..
1893, 81 10 O'clock IN tho forenoon the following
desrTiDed real esiAte siiuAtod ~ ssid HsBohss
tr aud bounded As i0llors Beginning a. tho
gate poet standing Oh the line Of the Llgh-ay
su9 l5 iest bouh-essteriy if0u be n0fi-sEst
corner ~ hfs. Boifs lot thence Norm "a, stst
g rtds and 10 HGks 20 stake and stones
thence korth ~ eNst Is rods and 10 hhis ~ The
LigAsty leading 10 hyIbns Boynton',j then
South ~ wesi On sAld higLsay 10 rods End n
huhs 10 he high say itadlng from spchsstsr
10 Arlington, thence south G5s ssst % .i1
blgbwEy II rode ana IS Luke 10 ihs place oi be-
gtunlbRf containing $50 rods, m0rs or ,cts
AlsJ hight u yEy through The large gate
suuthefly u The place u beginning GRa thence
Onward ~ rods AID 10 HbEs
Dated At hsaclastsr this 9th DAY ~ FeTtem.
bfTA u. 1913
l73w b. GIDEiBGs, Dept sLefr
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1893-09-07


Are you disturbed at night aud broken
Of your res, by sick child suffering ard
crylag With pain Of cutting teeth Ifsc
seud at once aud get bottle Of Mrs. Wiz
flows Soothing Syrup for children teeth,
ng 1t cures dyscn,ery, disrrboes, fesu
ls,es The stomach and bowels, cnres wind
collie, soitsus the guns. reduces siufan
too. sud gives tsas q. clergy to ibs
whole system Mrs. WinsloV's soothing
syrup LEI Children TeethipR is pleasant
10 the taste ed - the prescription Of ore
q the Oldest and bfs' iem,ls physicians
and uurses 10 the Uoited slst,s, sud il for
sale by I'll drugsists thfonsLoat the world
Puce % cts boltls
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1893-09-07
COMMIssIONER's NOTICE.

ksiats IL FtIapLE HAYWOOD.
TIE uBdersiKatd, having bssH appoistsd ~
the Bon. Probate tgurl t9Ttbe District u MAJ
chester CommIsslgueTs, 10 receive. eIEmIut, AID
sdjust al elaine aud demands u al Itfstus
agaluAl The estate Of
Seymour HsrwOoa, late ~ Rupert
10 .ElJ Dslngt deceased and al claims sIL lblt-
ed % ufsol thereto, hereby give pgtlee tbst
-s ill meet fgr the yafposes aiortHsid a.
lie ate dwelling house n DO dsfoassd 10 s.id
huIea % The Ikhd day u February ssII from
q clock 8. "a uat4l 0ciocG ,. d. 70 sala dsy
AID that slI months from the IkDd day u
August 4. d. 1873. - The tine Amitsa y ad
Court FOR ssId cred tore 10 present their claims
W ~ for examination And allowances.
DATED a. Hupsr this nh day u Aagsst
A. u, 1888.
n. HAYE, Ct.
1861 ALBEbI HDPhlss, "'@ ~
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1893-09-07

M c. B,bbias via etse hts 81 astrased
lecture, a TIP - Sue worlds Par" 81
Town Hall, Friday eve Sspts. There
vii be llj stefeoplicsa views. uaa7 Of
them coIored, sA.sh give very realis,ie
exhibition Of The great SHOW, almost q.
coed 1aTtsit Saa!d, At OILY IS cents al.
All should attend
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1893-09-07

II coassuIias to be scsaiI late Tor =
,hifd term Governor Bo.es doab,less feels
thai be is Indispensable 10 his party and
ihe Stale Of lows There ls prejudice
Ia Tia cgustry aga eel the third tern aad
Governor Bo.es m,y cone 10 violent eoal
tact With IL Tie candidacy o! the Cow
sraor should pro1acs 10 Republican pAa.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1893-09-07
WORTHA. MARTINDALEs Esta =

| WORTH A. MhRTINDALE'S Esta g
- hrA1E o. FEHMoNT, District Of Manohestef 80
Be 1t TomemDcted, that At q session u Tho
Probate Court holden at Manchester, within and
for sad District, on the 10Th day u August
A. b, 1893
Present, II x FowlFR, Judge
where's, Mary }, hsrllndae Admtuisu,ui -
Il the estate % Worth A Msrrintalo late Of
Dorset District, dtceastd. hAs lLis day
present. 20 said Court. her petition 10 rulug,
,ttilIR forth that II viii be Ltcctsart ~ sell a
part OF tho real csiAie II rRid deceased ior III,
payment Of dsbls aud charges ofsdmIulstrsuon,
and Sro that 1t vii DO bouthciAl for all parties
tnte' hstsd therein 70 eel the whole II tie real
estate u sad, deceased, representing that tho
amount Of debts due from sad deceased 10
tlGll 70 The charges 81 GduiHlsirEtiou, estI-
mated, 80 90, he value 0i.be personal estate
~ % q which hSs brtu apstgred The vido~
tlZA &C. Balanes u def r. chSfReshIe on the
real estate Of sad deceased t25bI ~ sud there
IN making application 10 said Court Tor lloturs
10 make such sales,
II IL ordered, that all persons interested 10 The
estate o. said deceEsed be notified 70 sppest be-
tore ssd Court Al the Probate once Ia Man
chester 10 ssId District, on The s.h day u rep.
teuber A. y. 1883. a. 10 O'clock 4 n by pubuts-
ttou 0t iLls order, three weeks suectssVejy
previous thereto, 10 the Manchester JouEELL, a
newspaper printed At Manchester afOrssIid, to
show cause, II any they may have, why ,ald
license tLDnld not be g'anied
low JE FEM, Register
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1893-09-07

Money IL reported easier aud business
IN more hopeful condition oil over the
couotry. THIS ought to ba the case from
large increase ia the circulation.
The treasury depar meuss monthly clr'
culstiou abatement, issued Saturday,
shows 40 enormous net increase in the Girl
cuI.tiou set mouth, amounting 10 the
aggregate to 500 iG3 6J4 Gold coin cir
culatioq alone Increased SJ2, 500, 900 and
national bank note circulation, following
al Increase Of So 500 900 il July, !, creasl
cd SlJ. 500, 900 ~ Augut OF the enor
nous Increase 10 gold cola circulation
about S25, 900 900 is due 10 Expectations,
and go 900. 900 is coin paid ont by the
treasury during the month the treasury
stock Of gold cola having been lowered
from SOB 1863 526 Oh August to s78 04g. ,
Cos on September / .
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1893-09-07

.btrs ia dtmsaI fer sata At prssea
tie hacks Of every garry srseoverel vii
tl.tA.
The Ba,7a Airtraser safs Secs e.
Morrill, Of Yerg art u - vssu oli, hot b.
m,ds. iperch 10 the upper bouse Of Cen
stst, tee otter DAY wbirh. ID respect ti
Information. logic .nd vlf. vas snsh al
soali have made aoy Young mao "A.
moas
TIE NruoBt sl4ie tfub bills ueetias
a. GraarII0e.N y the OH sad it vas de
elisi ttG the ca7ccra shauIi vak -four
day. Il ~ees. sal Sept la geseral re-
dnctou q ~.ges Of 30 per cent will be
n.ie. The crlsr 80 c.s ell the quarry
interest. 10 The Whole section, ~ sI the
dealers bs'o7R 20 The tract.
The tfsmeaork frrtL, -p,rc % the lev
Fruch C~Lole church ~ Eatsnd ana 8
large slpeire ,rurd It were blosu to The
Rrouad Iuesdsy morning crashing
through the ro1i Of TIE house occupied by
49,
dausge ives doae.
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.,1,. ,,.'...-. =. &c., t..,.~-'.
10 '.r..IS.t, ,...I~, n.
5.-a.-I.. ".-..--..-..
'' 1,.3o't-,, 49,. -, .',,.s,
-, +. -.
'.......,.-, ,,a. ~. -, aoi.,, $500,
,t'na - b.. mon .o1 ,,.h into liza
49, ''
,..,a., 3..,,o mail ,,a,.,, ma oo,,
-, p..a,.,i 1a.,3...;.l. i.
Observation-Disclosures e.,a -, 49,
&c.. go TE. h..a 1870. 49,.
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n.,,,,
,,..'...t 49,. ,.-n,
.I-,.o-I.- -, -
-..-., -.,.I,- -, ,.rt.1 -
NJ 49,,
r,.,..a...o........:. a.. l,.
.. ,IL.ae .r.o ~ ooo $50.
'I 100
l-.s, T...I1, - -, - 49, .Y,o00
a,.saa a..aiI,o,l',,... 90, o. ,l..1,..,s
"e WV 80
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1893-09-07

1t IL GENERALLY known, says tho Wall
Street Ness, that $1,000 600 in green,
backs Of The isWs o. July II, 1851, Febta"
~ l., lsG-, aud March II, lsG! making
these notes then called demand Doles =
iail legal tender fer all debts public aud
private, passed through the sarGnd Tel
NAMED Al par sIth gold during all thst
tius, even when god commanded preLli
lan Of IN5 , per cent 10 JAY, 1854 TIN
fact isGH imroftsgt lt~Oa 10 the dssBces
Of The Gated States uo'es, merely becsuss
tue oriiusry United sntes Loles ~sfe not
. legal ienitr for interest .ni daues
Oa.i tuo tine 10 our history vac worth
mpFs ilsa there dtmsul uo.e..
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1893-09-07

1t sgrstliyiug to see that the New York
World add the Evening Post, the Boston
Herald, Philadelphia Times aud other
Democratic papers hold the Democracy
solely ceBtutstls for the continuance Of
hosGcisl, industrial and commerclsl con-
dinops which might be changed Tor the
better by legislation. The Evening Post
FRANKLY says that tits necessary to remind
The Democratic Iesders 10 Congress thst
they and their party will be LeId fesponl
sible Tor every hours delay.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1893-09-07

Probably owing 10 pressure Cumus
sloner Loehren hss come down from hls
high horse, on the pension business, and
has Issued AL order that hereafter IenI
H1per will not be suspended until The de
psrtment has rrlma iscis evidence Of
trend Now # be will add to this that the
peusionef sbsll be informed Of the nature
oil the charges aud the person who MAKES
them 90 .bst be Will hsve fair chance to
make bis defense the veterans will be
atifed aud this Is simple justice.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1893-09-07

Dana Of the n Y San. says it ought
not to be- hard matter for the Democrats
iu Congress 10 frame tam b'h Il lucy
will only st'ck to the Cbloago platform as
they are pledged to do. They will ouly
need to str ke cut oil the protective
features and form the bill toltly for The
purpose Of raising the required revenue,
In other words place a tariff on things We
DO not aud cannot produce instead OF up
on the things we DO produce snd this Is
the Engltsh method,
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1893-09-07

TIE hfs Hsuptaltf oeabst iei.s .
g. IS nsfT 81 usu vbe. vbss fbttf rs
A.s fbrsg. vtt satiat8 svtstrdiy tsiGug
a ne Gsscs, beFistles ~ The iAl gaties3
# Ne beaa ~ - a'aEliy 3eus When 49,
81 TOO fs1es fet 3QssF 90. he a. Vs.
ted lbs b,uaefsie ilrtea !sti isll AID
,m ssbt@ sd ia Ia.k iasstetr 10 TIE Ice
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1893-09-07

Out in losath Prohibltionists are rel
resented SIS aroused over the Republican
psrtys abandonment Of prohibition. For
years the Iowa Republicans endorsed proI
bibtIon ia Is most radical phase. and
nearly wrecked themselves, DOLLY to he
abandoned by this same Prohlbitory party
which was ihe direct c.use Of giving the
state % the Democrats The Republicans
Of lows have found in ProhIbtioDists
their bltterest ASA lants. Is it any won.
Is-, then, that they lave a, last ro.cl cd
the torn IL the road?
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1893-09-07

Some OF the pspa's have Leu nsunue
the popui-u1n aud wealth Of that portion
ofih- country Represented by congress
men Who voted Tor the repssl Of The SILVER
purchase act and those who voted against
H. For repeal the aggregate population
amounts 10 1885, Al, wealth S34 SOL.
90 90. sg,lust repeal, population Is, a.
2G9, wealth, ST0l9,0Q0,UOO. 10 stSies
where the vote 10 Congress Was divided,
population $50 633. wealth 1882 OO0, 900
This hcws that the sentiment Of The
couolry, 10th IS 10 population sad seslth
IL overwhelmingly Ia favor Of honest mon,
ey
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1893-09-07

Mr. spuugr sppesr. to be the right
man At the head Of the Banking and Cur
rency Committee. He expresses the
opinion that his committee will reror
.gsiast the repeal OF the ten per cent tai
90 tho issues Of State banks. and adds:
For my own part, am opposed to The
removal Of the tai on State banks The
removal Of the tai aud the reiettsbli.h
ment Of the old system would be al ob,
.tructlon to business !, Tor one, am
ssaln,i 1t, and DO rot believe that such
bill can psss
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1893-09-07

Itn Eet sufTrslGg tba, ~stb tie De
rr-ss.o5 10 bastaWs ttHt rrerSlls 81 ovef
tie oaBltry there 'aag.3 arise ste1evcd
deGsud fer 81 Lea : the temporary 'Bspeus
soc q migration Il seems the height
af sb'griay thst "hiie 20 msuy q olf
vattusa are uattte 10 oblsa employ
nsLL every Jay sto1.d zee frt,h loads Of
p-aJiless War4et landed upon out
o. ofrt
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1893-09-07

t. Argue that the farmer IL oppressed
by the tsug hss bstu tie lt.t fetors Of the
conferred ire trader, because The farmer
h,ia far removed from tue bait e dgid VI
.r.ameat, is generally not on band - del
uy o. At l.st, loEeyer, the farmer Lss
denied II. A Intelligent farmer named
julius PeGfson hiss published at Wash
lugtlu ~ eIcssdIeg clear aud sensible ht
tie pamphitt Of shout 200 page, entitled
The American Hone Builder His kelsl
ton 20 toe Tsr.h ss Seen from the stand
point Of AL American Farmer. The points
are veil made, TIE illustrations are such
as ,p-cislIy sppesI + tTmCr', sEd Mr.
Petersons little box meets want Of
which mary public men have been con
scion. 10 their search Ter something sutta
Die 10 put 10 The haods OF their sgticul
tursl commitments.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1893-09-07
Thtl Ilanlfr5trr 9Onrpa!

THURSDAY. sTFuNETE I. 1898
D. h. sIkqsDs, E1attr Aza Proprietor
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1893-09-07

The isiA of tho sllytrtes 10 Congress
about the crime Of closing mlnts sgaiost
tree coinage, is The chespest Kind Of troth,
II all the Ptroas engaged in silver min,
log 10 oil the states Of Col1ndo, Montana,
Nevada, Idaho aud Wyoming should be
idle for year It would not mean so much
IN los Of wages as mouth shat down Of
the mill, and manufactures Of Msslal
chnselts done
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1893-09-07

Horace Greeley once said that "sltblD
81 months alter The adoption by the Uniu
eI slstes oougtess Of the principle Of free
.r.ae, Tree coup Kitchens for the poor
would b. estab.ishe 10 New York city
Tie kocbester Dsmoeratssys sIguiacGutIy
III scarcely eli mou be sluce the Cieve.
bsud democracy, will ito tree trade bere'y
cane ito posseoiIu Of the government
bot II aIrgajy aods itseli 10 the soup.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1893-09-07

ia Ha Tlrr.aiy 10 i-gi go bai irlAs
orst tu1 49, he Efrt yesr TIE kspae'
ltosa. elected ttt8r srlfs STATE ticket by
p.af.Htie, sIoos8isg - 6po ~ rseh q
tat f-ur csaaidslA Tie Eepuhhsns
lave rort thss GFhtibg chance IL -.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1893-09-07

81 ~ a a. #t r.
s Hasa fsar
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1893-09-07

Tspley's Bread wiuner." ont wear oil
other shoes
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-06-29
An A Docaryphat Incident,

In The Scots Magazine for l7iG pub
hshed at Edinburgh, a copy of which is
in the writer's possession, in the number
for August occurs the following curious
item, descriptive of some ceremonies al
legged to have been observed by the con-
tinental congress on the day Of its adop.
ton of the declaration:
A letter from Philadelphia says: THE 4th Of
july lTi6, the Americans appointed as n lay
of fasting and prayer, preparatory 10 their
dedicating their country to God. which VAS
done in the following manner: The congress
being assembled. after having declared Amer
lea independent, they had II crown placed on a
bible, which by prayer and solemn devotion
they offered 10 God. This religious ceremony
being ended, they divided the crown INTO thir-
teen parts, each of the united provinces taking
n part.
II have been unable to discover SAYS
Mr.. Deshler, ANY confirmatory evidence
of this dramatic and. | suspect, entirely
fabulous performance. have no doubt.
however that it WAS published i'll The
Scots Magazine in entire good faith, and
that it was derived from source ON
which its conductors placed full reliance,
as that magazine was IA constant friend
Of this country. Its pages were largely
devoted to American news. its informal
ton relative to our affairs was full and
generally accurate, and its sympathies
for the American people in their contro-
2ersy with Great Britain were generous
ly and frankly avowed. philadelphia
Times
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-06-29
The Fourth mt Pine Ridge.

All the morning several hundred
squaws had been at work under the su-
pervision of the issue clerk, and when
the sports We're concluded everybody 5
appetite was i'll good condition. Ten
huge steers had been butchered and
cooked, and with the meat was served
other edibles and drinkables. Two thou
sand five hundred pounds of bareback,
200 pounds OF coffee. 400 pounds of sugar,
200 pounds of bacon and 200 pounds of
rice were handed ont early IN the day
and prepared for consumption. When
all was ready, the male Indians seated
themselves in what was originally IN
tended to he huge circle. the squaws
who had something TO do busted them
selves, while those whose work WIS COLI
cluded squatted around the periphery
and ate that which the lordly savages
were pleased to give, There never WIS
such sight i'll all the history Of Pine
Ridge, and there may never he another
such. nearly 5000 Indians all eating at
one time and in one place, all cracking
bareback and swigging coffee and chew
ing beef, taking Il good tooth hold on II
piece of the animal and then cutting off
the portion held III the hand with II
knife Exchange.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-06-29
Special Trains.

BY the courtesy of the Maine Central
management a Special Fourth of July
train will leave Gardiner for SkoWhegan
on the morning of that day. Tuesday
next at 80 a. ". Augusta at 1.45,
Waterville S45; Fairfield about 500 ;
Shawmut, about 9.05; Pishon's Ferry.
about 9.l5; arriving at Skowhegan about
$50. This train will connect with the
regular morning trains from Bangor aud
Belfast and from Oakland, and the
morning train on the Somerset road. y
train Will leave here about . o'clock IN
the evening connecting with the Pullman
ut Watervillc, and a special east to Bel
fast and west to Oakland where it con-
meets with tain from Oakland to Bing-
ham. arriving at that place about mid
night. One fare for the round trip is
the price on the Maine Central and on the
Somerset the fares are published else
where.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-06-29

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. The fol-
lowing are the real estate transfers
during the past week;
Starks-Anna NJ. Creation to Henry
A. Thompson, 5000; Henry n. Thomp-
son to Mark ID. Sterry, 500.
Bingham-L. c. Andrews to A. F.
Donigan, $50.
Pittsfield-Stcphcn p. Biekford ia
Dyer W. Libby, 5l50o; Hattie Y. Bursc
to Perley +. Noble, $40.
Anson-Jom p. Paine to Cyrus +.
Walker. $1,000; Deborah Rounds t0
Forest Frederick. 5000.
Madson--B. p. J. Weston to Marcel
lus 5. Ward, $50; Marcellus 5. Ward to
Sindey Watson, $3.50.
Fairfeld-A. +. Nye to Sarah W. Nye
$500; \. I. Nye to Sarah W. Nye 81;
F. p. lIuntly to +. \. Moore. sl.l0O;
Daniel A. Blaisdcll ct al to Y. X. Gonnor
S340; Geo. NJ. Chapman to Jacob IL.
Prentiss, SlG0
st. Albans-Perlcv W. Waldron tC
Lucinda Waldron. 500.
Athens-.Ios. Morse to Jos. II. futile
$40.
CONFEDERATION =. Moody to Chas.
II. Smith, $500.
Norridgewock-Fran Witham ia
Augustus Storer, S325.
Solon-Edmund 5. lIunnewcll to Al.
bert Clark, S27.
Elizabeth W. Emery to Ar.
vida Briggs, $500.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1893-06-29
Commencement at Colby.

The past year has been II successful
one at Colby University and the exercises
have been of unusual interest and eX-
cellenee, commencing with the baccalau-
reate sermon by President Whitman.
Sunday.
Monday the Junior Prize Exhibition
came of inshe Baptist Church, and the
Junior Class day exercises occurred.
Tuesday was Senior Glass day and
the pleasant weather drew multitudes
to the church in the forenoon and the
campus in the afternoon.
Wednesday the graduating exercises
occurred at the church and the alumni
dinner at Memorial Hall. The Prcsi-
dents reception. Wednesday evening,
closed the commencement exercises of
the year and the class of '93 left their
labors of four years.
The order of exercises of the class of
93 in the church Wednesday were. " it'll
the prayer by Rev f. I. Wyman and
music. speaking parts As follows: Helen
Reed Beede. Auburn, Me, "On-to Ma
ture.."; Cyrus Flint Stimson, Palmer,
Mass, 1.-The Unsoeial Sociality of the
Soul;" Eva Marion Taylor, IIampden,
Me-, The Reformation in the Neither
lands" Dennis Evarts Bowman, Sidney,
Me. "WaShington Leon Otis Glover,
Canton. Me-. MANS Creaton;" Jesse
iIosmer Oger Camden. Me. ~ Financial
Crisis; George Otis Smith, Skowhegan,
Me. MAN and the Universe; Joel
Byron Slocum. Boston, Mass, Poetry
in Education :" Grace Maud Coburn,
Skowhegan. Me-, ",rhe Home Ideal for
Society" The degrees and prizes were
announced Wednesday noon is foll~ws
The honorary degree of \. NJ. Joshua Will
liam Beede. Auburn, and Joseph o. Smith
Skowhegau: ID. D., Rev. y. J. Padel-
ford. Calais l.. l.. D.. Prof. l.. +. War
rem of Colby and William J. Corthcll of
the Gorham Normal School. The prize
of senior exhibition on excellence in
composition. was awarded to Grace
Maud Coburn; German prize for senior
class. Leon O. Glover 1st; Eva NJ. Tay-
lor 2nd.
The trustees reelected Profs. Roberts.
Bassett, Marquardt and Currie. and ac-
eepted the resignation of DR.. Hanson OF
Coburn Classical Institute. The after
dinner speeches in Memorial hall were
by President Whitman for the College
Hon. J. II. Drummond for the Trustees
Rev. DR.. II. l.. Wayla of Philadelphia
J. +. Baldwin of Cincinnati. Ohio, class
of SO; DR.. II. NJ. IIallowell of Quincy,
land class of SO: and Hon. Seth l.. Mill
ken of Belfast.