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The Somerset reporter., 1894-03-22
Somerset Pick-ups.

Hon. Albert Leavtt of Athens has
started his saw mill. He has a very
good stock of logs of various kinds and
will do considerable business this spring.
Asa Mason was arrested Thursday for
larceny from Alfred Robinson's house in
st. Adams. He was taken before Trial
Justice Buker and bound over for APP
pearance at court, and committed in de
fault of bail.
The Union Concert given last Wednes-
day evening at the Cong. Church, Madi-
son, for the benefit of Christian Endeav-
or Cottage at Good win Farm, was n
grand success. The net proceeds
amounted to $40.
A boys summer assembly will be held
at Good VIII Farm, one week, beginning
July %. Rev. +. NJ. Lamb will haze
charge of the singing. William P4ndle-
ton Chapman will be present. &. J..
Meyian will have charge of athletics,
and among others who will give add
dresses are Rev. c. II. Spaulding and
Mr. w. II. Hall.
On the morning of the 18th, Mr.. Free
man Gilman. who lives on Sugar Hill,
Cambridge, started about O'Clock with
a load of shovel handles for st. Adams.
His horse began to slump in the soft
snow and made fatal plunge, which
caused the animals death before he
could be rescued or help obtained. He
was horse Of much value.
The newly elected School Committee
of Madison, have elected G. \. Wilbur
rs Supervisor of Schools for the ensuing
year. The term of Office of each mem
Der of the Committee was determined by
ballot with the following result; Mark
Hobart one year, c. A. Wilbur, W. &.
SAWYER two years. j. f. Chadbourn and
7. b. Salley three years.
The industrial situation here is bright
ening up. The Waverly mill is starting
up this week and will soon be running
full time to the full capacity of its ma
chinery. This is also true of the
Pioneer mill. As soon as possible the
full crew will be at work on full time.
1t is to be hoped that sufficient orders
will be forthcoming later to keep the
machinery in operation, says the Pitts
field Advertiser.
The kennebec journal contains The
following item which is good news to all
friends (and they are legion of Good
will Farm: "a school building costing
about fifteen thousand dollars has been
contributed to Good viii Farm for boys,
at East Fairfield. 1t is to be of brick
and will be built this spring. Mr..
iIinckley has been Instructed to have
plans made for the building at once.
The name of the generous donor is with
held from the public for the present.
This is not the industrial school build
ing for which Harper's Young People
are raising funds, and will in no way
affect that project. 1t is hoped that an
endowment sufficient for the running
expenses of the building can be secured
| before the building is completed.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-03-22
w. d. Snow is on a business trip up

w. ID. Snow is on business trip up
river.
j. w. NORM of Embden. was in town,
Saturday.
The bicycle school in Coburn Hall has
been discontinued.
Mrs. John F. Haines visited friends
in Waterville over Sunday.
Miss Rose Stevens of Colby University
is visiting friends here during a part of
the spring vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Bishop of Leeds,
were guests of Adam Simpson and fami-
ly over Sunday.
DIR. l.. A. Dascomb and wife went to
Wilton this morning to attend the funer-
al of a brothers wife.
Miss Emma Tobey left home Friday
for New York city, to attend openings
and will open her shop April lst.
d. w. Colby of the State College,
Orono, came to town Sunday morning,
returning to the college again to-day.
Miss Inez Maxwell of Lewiston and
Mrs. Forrest Ward of Madison have teen
visiting Fred Weld and family the past
week.
Members of Sorosis will please take
notice that the meeting at Mrs. Il. b.
Shepherds this Monday evening is
called at 7'o'clock.
Sheriff Niles returned Saturday from
business trip to New Portland and
Dead River region. He says it is proba-
BILE that some lots of logs will be left
back on the yards this season.
Mrs. Going Hathorn of Athens. re-
turned from Bangor, Monday, where
she had been to attend the funeral of
her sisters husband, Mr.. Amos NJ.
Colson, who died after a brief illness.
Mr.. Colson was formerly a resident of
Athens.
The funeral services of Sumner p.
Snow were held at the family homc,
Sunday afternoon. Rev. X. b. Mathews,
pastor of the Congregational church,
conducted religious service and the rites
of the order of Odd Fellows were OBJ
served by Carrabassett Lodge, of which
he was worthy member.
Mr.. and Mrs. Forrest Goodwin gave a
very enjoyable whist party at their home
on Water St, Thursday evening of last
week, thirty-two people participating in
the game. Prizes were awarded to
Misses Lola Goodwin and +. X Smith,
and Messrs. Chas. Ward and Fred Phil
brick. Elegant refreshments We're scrv-
ed.
Horatio w. Gushing left home this
afternoon for Southern Pines, North
Carolina. to remain until June LIST.
This change of residence is made impcra-
tive with Mr.. Gushing owing to his
health. His business is left in charge
of Mr.. Gridley Fogg, who is well known
to the trade of this popular drug store,
and who it will be remembered passed
very hattering examination before the
state board of pharmacy II few weeks
ago. Mr.. Fogg will be assisted by Thos,
Farrand.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-03-22
Pompeiian Business Notes.

A number Of business announcements
are to be found at Pompeii, that brisk
little city to whose daily life the energy
of Nesuvius has lent kind Of immor-
tally. Here we get large number OF
miscellaneous inscriptions dealing with
matters Of daily life, announcements OF
forthcoming gladiatorial games, edicts
of magistrates, wine sellers attempts To
captivate customers, rewards fol lost OF
stolen property, houses tor sale or 10 be
let and other things of that sort.
We learn from one announcement
that glass Of wine could be got for l
as-about 3 farthings while for / asses
one could drink real Falerman. Another
inscription informs us that denarGs
-ahout pence--was paid .nr wash
ing tunic, and the date, the l3th OF
April is carefully recorded ly the writ
er. Whether she was the laundress or
the owner II the tunic must he left un-
decided, but it seems at least that she
was in the habit of markiss mp her
washing account on the walls of her
house.
There are several such inscriptions on
the same wall Of this particular house,
all dated the Goth of April, a tunic
and pallium; on the 7th of May, an ar
ticle which need not be particularized,
while on the day following two tunics
are SEQ, ed Macmillan 5 Magazine.
Very Delicate.
$50 you proposed to Miss Jinglebiltt'
"Yes. -
"And she refused you?"
"Yes. "
"Perhaps it was hasty answer?'
"No. She took care that it shouldn' I
be. She sent il by messenger boy. -
Ntar
The Somerset reporter., 1894-03-22
LOTS OF PEOPLE
Can't find rent
Can't secure good house girl.
Can't sell their farms.

Can't find employment.
Can't find lost articles
Can't do hundred things because they
don't advertise in the REPORTER. 1t
is really wonderful how much can be ac-
compished by the use OF these little, low
priced advertisements.
The Somerset reporter., 1894-03-22
Some Sbecialhes i!
PURE EXT. OF F1NILLA,

Ny oqon 7maunfactnre, gHaran
feed to contain nothing of an mn
achoIesome nature and of superior
strength and quality.
GINGER,
Pure boaodered Jamaica Ginger
Root, the same article that aoonld
be used in prescription if your
physician Sh0nld aorife Pnlo. lin
siberiS, its nSe in medicine requires
the best, .yOn Sh0nld be satisfied
zcifh nothing else in your cooking.
ESSENCE of LEMON
And other fa00ring extracts.
DonbIe strength and extra quality.
MESTYC SAGE,
The only kind y0n shonld eper
think of using, my store has become
the recognized head quarters for
This herb
The Somerset reporter., 1894-03-22
TRANSFORMATION.

The morning came as strange and white
And still as death doth come. Almost
Ii was as though the ca tn had slept
And woke TO find herself ghost.
Close, oh, SO close, to her changed face
The sky drew down. How could she know
Herself us she lay stroud there
In the white wonder Of the SNOW?
Mary n. Bradford in Donohoe's Magazine.
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a MYTHICAL COMPANY,
Organized to SwindIe Poor Negroes.
The President in Jail.

Little Rock, Ark, September 13-Charles
Abrahams, president of the Life Benefit As
ISOLATION of Arkansas, was convicted in
Judge Robbins's court today of obtaining
money on false pretense, and given one year
in Jail and a fine of 500. He appealed The
case, and in default of bail was sent to
Jail. Abrahams, in his own testimony, vir-
tually admitted that the association was
a myth and existed in name only. His vic
Tins, about three huIrared were poor, I'M
suspecting, ignorant negroes. His scheme
was to get people TO join the society. each
of whom was to pay him 80 cents week
In return, he promised So per week in case
Of sickness and 500 when a member died
Twenty demands were recently made upon
him by his victims, but he failed to keep
his promise in every instance. Investiga-
tion developed that he and his daughter
were the only members of the association.
In filing the articles OF incorporation. he
forged the name of ten mythical persons as
lnCorporators, and when asked to bring
them INTO court said they had all left the
CITY. Abrahams came here several months
ago from Nashville. Tenn.
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WHERE HANGING WOULD DO GOOD.
A Young Man in Virginia Murders
Negro woman.

Richmond, Va, September ia Surrey
Courthouse special to The Dispatch says
that about one week ago, Mr.. c. l.. Broch'
q young man of high standing i'll the coh-
munity here, and about twenty-one years
old, made improper advances toward d
young negro GIRL aged ten years. The siri
lived with her aunt, Alice Bates, ABOUT
three miles from the home of Brock. Inc
girl became very much frightened at the
conduct of Brock, and he soon desisted, put
he told her that if she told any one about
what he had done he would kill her. Nhen
the girls aunt came home, she told her
about ii. Brock had gone TO mill aItef
a load of lumber, and when he came back
the girls aunt attacked him about his
behavior. Brock said to her, as he drove
off, This is the last L ever want to hear OF
this
ON Monday morning, heard that Alce
Bates had been talking about his conduct,
and would probably get out warrant for
his arrest This so enraged Brock that
ne saddied his horse and rode over to the
house of the Bates woman. He found her
at work in the fodder field and went up to
her and said
II thought l told you that did not want
to hear any more from that matter" at
the same time drawing his pistol. The wo-
man became alarmed and started to run,
whereupon Brock fred. She fell, then
Brock ran up to her and shot her four times
while on the ground. The first shot proved
fatal
Brock has not ben seen since the shoot
ing. There is a good deal of excitement
and there is no telling what the outcome
win be if he is caught.
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SKELETONS IN A CAVE.
Horrible Discovery CT "a Young EN-
pIOrer in Tennessee.

Bristol. Tenn, September 11.-Charles
Rector and a boy named Morris, in eXplor-
ing cave near Seven Mile ford, Virginia,
thirty miles east of this place, yesterday,
discovered two skeletons forty feet be-
low the surface. The cave has long been
known, but no one had ever ventured to
explore it, because of its great depth. The
Morris boy was let down by a rope. When
the find was reported q party of citizens
went to the cave to investigate further.
In all ten skeletons We're taken out, and
were adjudged to be the bones of men.
women and children. one skeleton was
found in a sitting posture, with the skull
reclining on the arms, which were folded
across the knees.
Thus tar there is but one way to account
for the charnal house. Old citizens say that
many years ago there was an inn kept
near this cave by n man named Allen and
that occasionally people who stopped there
had mysteriously disappeared and were
never heard of again. The superstition is
that they We're killed in this inn. robbed of
their ValUables and then consigned to the
cave. Some OF the skeletons discovered
partially buried under stones. and
many or the bones were broken. Whether
these stones were scales which fell from
ovrhead or were placed there by foul
hand could not be positively determined.
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theory seems plausible. In the spring of
the year, among cows that have been i'm
properly cared for, cows often retain the
afterbirth, and suffer seriously therefor
This rarely happens In the fall, but we have
seldom failed to bring about the desired re-
suit by giving the COW a pailful of dry oats
soon after the calf is born. This remedy
seems to act mechanically and does not
come within the danger limit of feeding
with stimulating food as understood by
successful dairymen. A pailful of thin bran
slop made with warm water, and given at
intervals following the calf's birth, will be
reished by the COW, and may serve to on
set the nervous chill which precedes a fe-
yer.
If man is created but little lower than
the angels, then our brute friends are only
a little beneath ourselves, and the fellow
feeling which makes one wondrous kind
should impel US to treat them with consid-
Grafton.
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A New Cotton Invention.

From The New York Recorder
The gray matter in the American head IS
still doing business a the Old stand on all
the lines of progress, discovery and inVen-
ton A little dispatch of twenty lines,
buried away in the ponderous pages of the
newspapers, recently furnished forcible evil
aence of this fact in the announcement that
--fh grandson, Of Eli Whitney. the famous
inventor of the cotton gin, had evolved
from his brains n machine that WILL IN
the cotton fields of the south, perform the
work of 100 men. That means a revolution
in that particular line of industrial activ-
ity
The invention of the elder Whitney made
cotton one of the great factors of commerce
and politics. AS pointed out by the his
toriaus of the civil war, the gin of Whitney
put the cotton industry in a position OF such
afiluence and power that it proclaimed it
self king" and undertook to rule the re-
public or split it in twain. The invention
of the Whitney of our own day, if it can
accomplish all that is claimed for it, marks
another revolution in the history of this
great staple, but the result of it viii be
entirely different from that following the
invention of the cotton gin. Mr. Whit
new claims to have invented a machine
that will be on the cotton plantations what
the reaping machines or great western in
ventor are on the wheat fields
What will be the effect on the colored
raca of the south? What viii be the ef-
feet on the cotton growing Industry? The
material gain to the planter will be enor-
nous The material loss to the colored
man temporarily, will be almost incalCula-
HE Put in the end he will be benefited.
Machinery of all kinds is the friend, not
ba enemy of labor.
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I beg to offer through The Constitution
TO It's thousands Of readers over the South
a sure certain. never-failing preventive
for depredations by crows on watermelon
catches. viz: Take common white common
twine. the larger the better, ana Sl'elc'I
around your patch, from tree TO tree II
there be trees there, If not. drive up smai
poles six or seven feet high, every twenty
of thirty yards apart, and hang your t"lhe
from, rhese and better still, run two or
three strands of Irvine across, your patch::
This scare crow" may be old to great
many, hut / dare say that many who have
never tried it will thank me for 1t after
having tried it, l have tried many other
kinds of scare crows but have invariably
found thsm to be Intellectual, but after hav-
ing tried this Irvine strategy on them for
several years l have not been troubled and
nroyoked by having crows pick my melons
and n has seemed to me they (the crows)
always select the finest melons as their
Will some of your subscribers give me a
safe reliable recipe for poisoning crows? To
ms they are a great nuisance by reason of
their prediction for young corn, just com
ing up. n. L. -
Ma for's 6 C,
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Be Sure TO Read This.

In this Issue we publish announce
meut of prizes for subscribers
amounting to $4,000. Read the adj
Vertisement, make out your guess
and scnd in with your subscription.
Ii Imay pay you 81 900 in cash, be-
sides giving you the best newspaper
in America fog one year, at II cost
OF only $500
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FARMS AND FARMERS.
ABORT TALKS WITH THE MEN WHO
GUIDE rHE PLoT.
Man, Questions Abcnt the Farm ans"ere"
by the Agricultural Editor Oh A"e
Weekly Constitution.

Please look ahead and send In INQUIRIES
extraordinarily an answer may not DC eA
,ue..ted under three weeks. Never requese
a., srsvver by mail: the editor has no time
10 snare for writing private letters,
Never ask where an article can y .iD..,,.es
,hs price. Editors have no better souISeS
- reformation about these than other -
RE. The editor has nothing Tor sal 49,, an a.,
not interested in anything advertiser -
the paper.
oUe.tious of nny character
x,rr the farm will be cheeri"
.,r.re,I nv the editor Of this "ep
meut. InauIrers will please -,
,h.ir Questions clear and To the p POM
The editor of this dep"r', -,
-. ali questions close rescarc" ~.
81. .-Iyr the readers OF The '""s'
s.,,Ion the benefit OF amy fni"rnh".'on
81, cam he obtained ON All q"es''o"'
propounded. Tor fbfs
THE CONSTITUTION.
Atlanta, Ga.
- ,,d Farmers DcptD
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Hayneville, Ala, September u.-(SpecialJ
Robert ). Dickson, charged with the killing
OF j. A. and Lamar Sanderson, of Leto-
hatchle, on account of n dog trade has
surrendered to the sheriff of this county.
His preliminary examination will be held
Thursday before j. j. Meadow. Mr.. Dick
son will be defended by Messrs. Pitts &
Pitts, of Selma. and d. X. Middleton, of
pla
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force, 1t leaves the flesh raw and pieeulhs,
The remedy is an application OF lard anu
kerosene oil, or of lard, sulphur anu car
bclic acid-two or three drops of the acld ~
a teacup half full of lard. Repeat the appli-
cation every second or third day ao loiis -
necessary to effect cure. Wash with soap
suds and dry the legs of the fowl before ap-
plying the ointment
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Cotton DAMAGED by R0iu.

Dallas, Tex, September u.-Cotton is be-
ing greatly damaged by excessive rains
ard heavy storms. which have prevailed
for ten days past in northern Texas. Com
plants OF boil worms are growing louder
and louder.
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Waco, Tex September 1.-THE Daily
Globe says the farmers are taking steps to
combine and hold their cotton seed until
oil mills offer better prices than a present
G7 per ton being the figure now paid. They
received SIS per ton last year.
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$780, - -------- 49,
CnIVing Time.

At calving, while we keep an anxious over
SIGHT of the COW at this time, we believe
that it is wrong to separate her from the
herd in anticipation of this event, because
she is apt to become excited under such
conditions Allowed to remain with her
companions, labor comes in due time and
she reIires to some secluded spot where she
IS left in peace by the others who seem TO
resDcct her wishes by not molesting her.
Under these conditions cows Seldom fail
10 calye successfully, while We have lost
ccN through complications which have
arisen from keeping them away from the
herd i'm expectation of this event Left to
herself she generally disposes of the after
birth in her own way, and we have yet to
hear of a COW that failed to DO well when
allowed to do this. But we have known
COWS to die of milk fever where, from I'M
known reasons, they did not carry out what
seems to be their natural instinct in this
regard.
Whether the calf is born in the pasture
or in the barn, we leave it with it's dam
until the milk is clean or fit for use; and
this will vary. The seventh or ninth milk
ing is the general rule, but If there is a
suspicion of propriety as to it's use which
the observing dairyman knows by sight,
heating a portion of it will decide, since 1t
will agulate if wrong. We empty the
newly calved cows udder only to provide
for an equal draft on the quarters by the
calf. Emptying the udder Immediately af-
ter calving is thought by some to be a pre-
disposing condition to milk fever, and the
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Growth and Usefulness as Reported
UpOn from the New Jersey Station.

Director e. B. Voorhees,, speaking for
state where crimson clover has heen eX-
tensivey grown for the past five years ana
summarizing experiments conducted under
the auspices of the state station, says th2t
this clover is an annual plant, hardy for the
whole state. 1t is adapted by wide va
riety Of conditions, though not as sahsti-
tute for red clover Its best use Is perhaps,
derived when seeded in the summer or fan
for an early spring crop, either for pasture
forage or green manure. The time Oh seed
ing may extend from July 18th to September
10Th. 1t is made to appear that the seeu
takes better when lightly covered.
Crimson clover may be seeded in orchafds,
berry patches, corn tomatoes, etc., anu
upon raw ground following after potatoes,
tomatoes, melons or other crops harvested
before September. 1T is not adapted Tor
seeding with wheat or rye. The amount Oh
seed may range Wlehlh wy
Imits-eight to sixteen pounds
per acre. Larger amounts are US
ually required when sown with other crops
and smaller amounts when soWn upon IA"
ground or in orchards. Twelve POUNDS per
acre will doubtless be found to be sulncleht'
No failures to stand the winter have peen
reported when good American grown seed
was used 1t is more hardy than red clover.
Foreign seed has not proved satisfactory
This crop requires a good soil for its best
development, though 1t is wen adapleu lor
light lands, catching readily anu GROWING
well where red clover will not thrive, ana
also making use of the mineral constituents
not available to the cereals. The average
Weld secured from q fun stand on May nth
and representing soils of a different charac-
for was 1915 tons of green clover per acre.
or equivalent to 81 tons Of dry hay. 1t IS
believed that this fairly represents the ylelq
that may be secured under favorable con-
ditions, though very much larger yields
have been reported.
Regarded as q green manure particularly
as furnishing nitrogen derived from the air,
this crop possesses many advantages que TO
its time of growth and development. This
plant provides a good pasture before other
crops are available. Crimson clover in
average seasons provides a soiling crop eX-
celent both in yield and quality OF pro-
duct. 1t is satisfactory for the purpose for
about twenty days and at a time when
other forage crops are not abupdant
Across the seas and round the world go
the praises of DR.. Prices Cream Baking
Powder. Beyond comparison 1.-The most
perfect made"
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scurvy or scnIN Less of Fovls.

This has the appearance OF a fungus
growth upon the legs of the flows, and is
caused by a parasite When removed by
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EAEaEEH3R Morphine EEabif Cura<; fr, 20
ESkT b aE.sss "a 70 days. E0 psy fsti r.sres;
9Ss EESSGS Gr. - Sief,t.eSss, i.e,,nsoEI' O.
Mention The Constitution.
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FARM AND QUESTION BOX.
Various Subjects ON which the Farmers
AK Information

ffrs- II T. T.. AIcntezuma, Cal have a
griyelly hillside that has not been cultivat-
Ell IN several years before this year. IL has
been Kept Gltched 10 prevent washing and
the natural growth on il has been undis-
turbed. as u mas not been pastured. Is
there any grass or clover that ! could set
u IN that wound rsalge a pasture2 What