The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-02-08
For the Reporter.
Political and Reminiscent
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they e.tAe home flieg stopped At nav
tathel., all night. VII they CAM F..
They brought in Their -a,.dle bag. ar. ...
them doan al one -id.. f. the evcni,,,
they Werc talking of IT, -ucce.- ol fll.ir
trade which IA, in fhe saddle bay. al.
in silver For diversion the children
mus -ee if they Could Hlt il. l. hcug
thu Oldest ul q ar9c fafli,,. corlId d. 3D.
When about hall NJ down 5he IfHe ol
children they idiI.d Md The Raa5i,r- .
full country Of Canada. # vi our
market Tor money. ,SchI 10 other
resources. 50 eager ,,,-rr w. faf fh4t
>lver that Wr decided tp bull Il faaI to
Canada Capt. Iackuiuu 04. agent.
Mr.. Charles Gfaui. "a man 10 lI0ug
here some ycar- older than ne-,It
worked on the roaa ~. told me- fhlt
when thrv were He3tfiIu the linz and
cou get an opening a tam eaulI
possibly get through aud lhre q c,..'
Short oil rum. capt. .IAcamau nIuli
order II man 10 % through aud sef U
bill Ihpu there Nj rr1ieiup ia il.
camp But the roots. r,e.e-. stump and
log that had 10 be removed. ad ilr
hot -un pouring into fh, upelIi8s li.,
had madc. WAS lard vor, am. Tire b.t-
would get discouraged and in ,Iaaa io,
a reSt Pretty som the c4pt. would
-ay. Boy. we#Hill taxi a4o#fzf driua
Of rum and Start. Tor fhct masf haN.
h, road to get iheii silver tl.fa9s44 l.t
we need il very much After liz roal
WAS opened. We used II 20 through with
loads OF dried apfle aifl other pf9H.,f,t-
and trade for their silver ami ths Fren,l-
men in louG trains. came through iY
purchase fish a, tiey were not 9tlla.,cd
10 cal meat during Lent. ". | have
seen hard times aui no duty either sNst.
could give you "A iittl" history af TIA,
trouble the Internal nuisance. rum.
made at bees, mu-tcr-. rti.iag.. ti.iiu-
ing. etc. in thr old tma, which hy
some are frequently alluded 10 a. better
than the present, bat iurbear at his
time.
When | was a hoy there WI Hrtlr
money. Men We're glad 10 work TX the
month for eight and ten dollars fur 81
whole season Good men. fly cents
a day in having aud often up M
O'Clock in the morning. The iuv.triahlc
rule was from sun Ia sun. for all except
tradrsmeu. who ON The 2O'h Of ~al4r..n-
Der were to light "A candle and work It'll
nine o'clock, Whica WAS nearly tWice
the hours and half the pag ihcv g"t
now. In these old times | would hr
glad To get one dollar pr day. For
long years of late have yot two collars
per tlaY.
some OF the good democrats, said /
must work for les money. Tor time,
are hard can remembrra great ~ lille
ago of ElcaZcr Goburn and hi, ,on. \b-
| ner. coming from ShoN hogan with cart
and oxen over Parl>tnan hin and SION
plug al my fathers 10 dinncr. Father
says Your boy cant do much. "lIr
| can drive the oxen. SAYS MIR. tohuru.
and when hr MAS ten,liug the oxen.
scraping up the hay with the end Of hi,
goard stick. that none might be wasted.
| n"ver thought that he woul b. COY
rrnor and Il millionaire. II am taking
him up into the woods hi. father SAYS.
| "to break him in"
| Then there WIS old Uuele Spencer.
who for long wears carried tl,. mail
from SkoMheean ON horse hack. oven
Palkman Hill. Tor there WIS Ito road
direct IA now, aud hn would threw the
papers ont in front of the houses.
sometimes we did not soc the mail %
by aud would miss "A day. Nv mo,hrl
would happen To fhiul< thai Yesterday
was mail day and would say. "hov..
90 onl and lind the paper" GENERALLY
II would b" blown 10 the side of the
fence. The people Mere So poor they
had only one paper aud -umen6t any. and
10 accommodate they Acre lput around
among the nrlghborS Whether it wa.
thu Clarion. edited by Moses Iilflrtirl t.
or farther back cannot reeolleet. Il
must have been somewhere about Ct
years ago To give an idea of the time,
my father doctored horses aud cattl,
for the ncighbors aud it was hard /,
get pay for the reason that they had