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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-11-22
Maine Floral Emblem.

The REPORTER has al different times
published calls for people to send in
their ballots for the Maine Hover. Now
the time is drawing to Il close in which
ballots will be received aud We give
publicity to the call of Miss Janet l..
Dingley, chairman of the committee
having the matter in charge, who says
All votes must be in by January lst
when the flower chosen by plurality will
be submitted to the Legislature Tor rati-
tication. 1t You prefer Il National Flow
er 10 National Gdrland, signify your
choice. Members of the Society who
have already expressed their preference
in the preliminary ballot, should not
vote again, as their vote is already re
corded
TO aid any of our subscribers who
may desire to vote on this question we
give the form of ballot which may be
cut out, the name OF flower written in
aud forwarded to the Chairman with
your name: Any number of persons
over sixteen years of age may vote on
one ballot by sending their names and
marking the ballot with the number of
votes for each flower. The votes need
not be confined to the flowers on this
ballot.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-11-22

Street car conductors are very often
inclined to he too independent One of
this class received well merited lesson
several days ago. a tail, broad Shout
dcrcd fellow wished to alight, but failed
to catch the conductors eye until the
crossing was almost reached. When the
conductor did notice his signals, he
crowded ont a surly, ".Iou re too late;
wait for the next crossing. Without i
word the big follow jumped to the rear
platform, janmed down the brake with
a jerk and pulled the trolley from the
wire, bringing the ear to stop with
unpleasant suddenness. Then as he lei
surely stepped off he pleasantly remark
ed to the discounted conductor ~ on
stop the next time an old railroad man
tells You to. st. Louis Post Dispatch.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-11-22
TIE wHliE FLAG


Must Re Raised by China Before Japan
viii Consider Peace negotiations.
WAsHINGToN. Nov 20 - The China
Japan incident, so far as the United
STATES offer of mediation is concerned, is
considered closed for the present by those
in position to understand the situation.
At the state department and at tho
Chinese and Japanese legations there is
only Information to the effect that no
positive answer to the American sqgges-
ton of mediation has been received.
While this Is believed to be literally
true, so far rs Japan's answering by "a
positive acceptance or dcclinaton of the
suggestion is concerned yet those well in
formed on the subject say that Japan has
made her position clear to this govern
ment in such way as to avoid the en-
barrassinonts OF a positive declnation
and yet to show that an acceptance would
have to be based on certain definite con
ditions.
1t is believed that the only condition On
which japan will consent to any media
ton is that China shall signify desire to
treat for peace by raising the white flag
The reports that Japan would demand II
surrender of the entire Chinese fleet and
the cessiun of several Chinese ports pend.
ing the payment of the indemnity are not
credited here.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-11-22
An Irr.n1ric Chnracirr.

1t was at night, when the lower part
of Broadway was as silent as village
street. a lone cab was crawling along,
its driver comfortably hunched forward
smoking cigar. Suddenly there was a
crash, the sharp rattle Of broken glass
on the pavement, and a leg protruded
through one of the cab windows. The
few pedestrians and one Policeman who
heard and saw were startled, and the
Observing sun man had dismal forebod
ingS of having to go back to the Office
and write story about mystery or
possibly the tragedy of Broadway cab.
But the driver remained comfortably
launched, did not miss a puff of his ei-
gar, and the horse logged ON until the
policeman motioned to the driver to stop.
whats all this?' he asked.
Its all right, " answered the driver.
but let's have look, said the Off
Ger.
He peered into the cab which con-
tanned but ono person, man, who, OBJ
serving the officer, remarked i'll any
thing but tragic, in fact, i'll the friend
lest of tones
'F'sor, les all Have 'nozzer.
Drive on, - said the policeman and
added, But | don t want any more OF
this cab window smashing ON Broad
way
He can't smash any more, f" the
driver said, gathering up his rcins. He
smashed the left door glass at Duane,
tho front GLASS at Howard and the ri uht
door glass here at Grand. He's all
right He docs this about once month. p"
sc mi, 'tser, said tine fare
Good night, sir, " replied tho Off
Ger New York SIM
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-11-22

The glorious out door game, football,
was on at Lewiston, Saturday between
the Bates boys of that city and Colby
boys of the city of Watervile. The Lew
istou journal gives the names of six of
the two elevens who were disabled, more
than twenty-five per cent, one with IL
broken shoulder. They even engaged in
smuggling each other so high did they let
their tempers run. If two men should
go into a ring and slug each other that
way the police would interfere, forth
deserve the punishment he was getting
from the other, but this smuggling among
students, boys sent to college by parents
to get an education, is commendable and
applauded to the echo by many people.
oh education, how common sense is out
ragged in thy name! Oh, athletics, how,
the human frame, made in the image of
God, is mauled, bruised and broken in
thy name After few deaths occur
fights of Spain, the authorities will step
in and suppress it. Any game, no mat
ter what 1t is, that can show a list of
casualties exceeding one-fourth of the
men engaged in it, should be condemned
by reasonable people instead of being
landed to the skies. 1t may be said that
the game is abused. This may be the
case, but if so, the instances where it is
not abused are the exceptions and not
the rule, and the dangerous element in it
is what seems to make it fascinating to
the participants and the spectators. 1t
surely can do the physical structure no
good to bruise the head, break bones and
knock the breath out Of the body, and
where mental or moral good comes in is
hard for one of the common peol le' to
comprehend.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-11-22
GATHERING HARRISON. WITCH


Paper ON the III " N ltth t-"if 81 I'm
nccfieut.
DIR. C. J. IIoadly read "a paper Oh
''Cuherine Harrison, Witch, atauleet-
ing OF the Connecticut Historical sasle-
ty D. lIoadly said that while GatAHi
inc Harrison Was not executed tNa
were undoubtedly executed for VIII.
craft in Connecticut, aud there were
others ahout whom there might b. -9mr
doubt. This community was not swept
by the superstition a. were some pIi-
OF Massachusetts, but thele wee tnose
here vino held IL it,
Catherine Harrison was a house SOY
ant before her marriage and one Of th-
daughters Of the house where she Wala-
ed made oath that she was 'nator9a-
liar, a sabbath breaker and ilrtaHn
teller. The dispositions said she had
caused sickness to some people, dedh
to others, had an unholy influence q1Hr
animals, had been seen To appear - "A
calf and change buck To her own >hafe,
and that her farm on face had frequent
~ appeared II people, bedside7 and
other unlikely places. 1t this trlI she
was not convicted She was arrested
again in May, lGGo, and again commit
ted 10 Jail. At the following term u
court She was indicted, pleaded a t
guilty and was tried before jury. Tn,
jury then failed to agree, and sne Wa-
remanded to Jail until court should COIL
ycne again in the fail. At that term the
jury rendered a verdict Of guilty, hat
! the court was not satisfied. 1t obtain
ed an expert opinion on witehcratt from
some ministers, and still not being sat
istied referred the matter IL the general
court. She remained III prison until May,
1910, when the general court released la
on the payment Of the gust fec OF TN
trial and on condition She should leayt
the state,
Catherine Harrison left the state and
went to Wcstehe>ter, n y, but hel
reputation preceding her the inhabit
ants complained to the governor tm
some time She was placed under bond,
for good behavior She was atterwaro
released Hartford Times
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-11-22

\ rumor prevailed at Washington this
week to the effect that the friends of ex-
President Harrison and Governor Nc
hlnley are to combine to defeat Thomas
B. Reed for the speakership CT the next
House. There is nothing to substantiate
this story. Mr.. Mckinley publicly stated
In speech at st. Louis that he favored
Reed for speaker, and Mr.. Harrison has
spoken kindly Of Mr.. Reeds probable
return to the speakers chair. Burrows
OF Michigan who is spoken of as posi-
Die candidate for speaker is himself in
favor of Reed.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-11-22

Elsewhere may be found the annual
announcement of the Eastern Argus,
Daily and Weekly, for the coming year.
The Argus enjoys the distinction of be-
ing 81 years old, having commenced its
career in 1903 and ii claims to have adj
vocated the Democratic doctrine on the
start and ever since until the present
time. 1t also enjoys the reputation of
being one of the best newspapers pub
lished in Maine. 1t wears its age light
" and bears its honors modestly.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-11-22
ANOTHER DELUGE.
The Boy Believed In Gods Promise, but
Was IA Bit Scared.


Boys-that is, small boys-havo queer
ideas i'll their little heads, often finding
expression in unique speech. That
they are truthful, or at least intend to
be so, goes without saying. During the
recent local flood little boy about &
yaars old stood at the window watching
tae rain as it rained. 1t seemed to him
that he had never seen anything like it,
had never in his brief experience 10
ticed such strong indications of n regu-
lar old fashioned food. Finally he con
fided his fears to his mother, asking if
she didn't think that God was going to
drown out the world again.
Here was the golden opportunity for
imprcsslng upon the mind of contiding
childhood the teachings of the Bible. So
she said calmly, "Don't you remember,
Archibald, that you learned i'll Sunday
school that God promised that he
wouldn't drown tho world again. The
little fellow watched the increasing RAIN
"a moment i'll silence while he pondercd
earnestly on the momcntous question
Yes" he said slowly, yes, | spose
I've got to believe what God says, bat
but and he shut his lips hard
'but this is a devil of shower. -
Saltwater Mimi Gazette.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-11-22
AN ODD WATERING TROUGH.
Whole Generations of I}iddies Got Drin1
From an Indian Mortar.

Whole Generations of Biddies Got Drink
From an Indian Mortar.
Tho noise made by an Indian woman
pounding corn in a rock mortar enabled
the bravo old fighter, Colonel Benjamin
Church, to secure the person Of Anna
wan the right hand man of King Philip,
in 1876. There is hardly town in
cluded in the Nipmuc country but has
one or more of these crude mills of the
red men, Grafton or Haranamisco
holds AN immense one on the borders of
Kitville, not far from the last settle
ment of that tribe and near the battle
field on Keith hill, where Philips men
came to grief. There were certain places
resorted to by the Indians for growing
their corn, and rs far as my knowledge
extends they We're usually on the hill
sides.
Some of the small mortars have no
doubt been removed from their original
places, but others remain where they
were used, fixed as the enduring hills.
The soapstonc vessels used by the Nip
MUGS are of various sizes and have been
numerously found in Millbury and Suit
ton. Along the streams, III clefts Of rocks
and on the highest points Of land they
have been uncarthcd, many broken and
others i'll perfect col.a7 tion. | have III
mind one which lies III the western part
of Millbury, weighing perhaps 10 pounds
and within 50rods of Ramshorn stream.
All that is known of its history is that
the occupants Of the farm had for gen
erations used it as watering trough for
hens. Worcester Gazette.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-11-22
State News.

/ Hon. Nahum T. Hill Of Buchsport,
died sunday morning carly. aged
>eyeuty-sever. He VS. au cX.state
senator. eN-pre,ideut of IA nafiaual bank
and the oldest active merchant. He
/ leaves d widew, i son. Edwin z. Of
/ Boston. ald daughter Mr.. y iltur If
i Portland.
Early Monday morning. Lorenzo
Coeb,on OF Richmond, went To a cup
/ board in his dwelling aud taking down a
bottle. turned out aud drank i tumbler
! full Of the contents. surprising it 10 be
cider. He subsequently, learned that il
was a solution of carbolic acid. Medical
aid was rendered by Dr.. Whitney. Who
states that the patient had narrow
escape from death.
The total amount which has been paid
/ into the treasury Of Audrp>coggiu couu-
i ty il criminal prosecutions by the clerks
of courts since ISL is - 81 80. The
smallest amount for any wear Mas in
1854. sl0o; the largest in lsq3. SHIPS 81.
/ In TIE same time S2l.3N3 has toeu paid
/ into the treasury 10y the sheriff making
"A total Of Sl0e, 80 received by the
county Tor criminal prosecutions il 30
i years. Most OF this was FOL Liquor fines.
The Bath Times Las Investigated tie
/ death Of Charles PurriHgtou. drowned
1 from scow iu the keuuetec. and finds
! that death was accidental. the bruises
Oh his partner being received While run
ming through the weeds ia the darkness
! for aid. The deceased Was "A fisherman.
aged 10 He Is survived by i wife and
/ five children.
In the municipal court, Monday morn
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-11-22

The enemies of the Prohibitory law
will have to get some one beside officers
of the w. c. +. L. to testify for them.
Mrs. Helen l.. Bullock of Elmyra, n. y,
an organizer, said in the National con-
veution at Cincinnati, Ohio, that she
spent some time looking through the
worst streets in Portland, for drunken
ness and saw but one intoxicated man in
Maine and he was in the police station at
Bangor. 1t probably was not a good
time for tipsy men when she was here
but there is no doubt but they are more
seldom seen in Maine cities than In those
where license law prevails.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-11-22
friday, NOV. %.
Farmers Institute, Fairfield Centre.

Friday, Nov. o.
Farmers Institute Fairfield Centre.
Saturday Eve ming, Nov. "a.
Farmers Institute, No. New Portland.
Tuesday, November q,
Meeting of c. G c. c. with Mrs. r.. b
Shepherd
Wednesday Evening, Nov. 2S.
Thanksgiving Ball. Miller's Hall, So
Norrdgewock.
Thursday, Nov 90
Thanksgiving Day.
Friday afternoon, Nov. 80.
Lecture on Botany by Mrs. q, b. d. Pep
per, before Woman's Club and Sorosis
at Library Parlors,
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-11-22
DROPPED FROM THE CLOUDS.
How the Race Horse Peytonia Won $500
For Little Miss Lowrey.

For Little Miss Lowrey.
Tho caprices of fortune ever consti-
tute a subject for special wonder, but
the glorious uncertainties of the turf
afford perhaps a wider scope for retlec-
lions on the ups and downs Of life than
almost any other sphere of action. Earl
Lowrey, formerly of Pittsburg, but now
Of Chicago, tells story that illustrates
this conclusion very well.
On the morning Of the day that Rey
FL Santa Anita won the American
Derby at Washington park Lowrey' 5
little girl, while looking over a pro-
gramme of the events which he had
carelessly left about the house. was
struck with the name "Peytonia, the
name of an entry in the first race of the
day. So deeply was she impressed with
it that she asked her father to place her
savings of small change ON Pcytonia,
the total amount being 81, which he
agreed TO do. On arrival at the park he
at once discovered that Peytonia' S
chances for victory appeared to be very
slim, one booBmaker Offering 400 to |
against her. Lowrey, nothing dauntcd,
placed the So per ORDER and i'll doing
so provoked IA smile from the man ON
the block, which so notified him that he
promptly placed So more at 40 to for
tho place. As has SO often happened be
fore, Peytonia fairly dropped from the
clouds" when the horses were fairly
Strengthened out in the stretch, and to
the amazement of every one won the
race with comparative ease. Miss LoN-
rey's fondness for the name Peytonia
therefore netted her $500 in cash, while
the head of tho family was 5000 better
off for acting Us her commissioner -
| Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-11-22
4 Patriot

He said he thrilled with patriot zeal
for his beloved nation The grand. old
glorious eommanweal thrilled him with
admiration. He loved his mnd with
love divine, such love as patriots cherish
his life for it he would resign. yield ul
his breath and perish.
He loved With fervor uneontiued it,
laws and constitution. and all his heart.
strings were cntwiued around them in
profusion. But then his wrath couldn't
be appeased, his oathS were loud to
hear, because his taxes were increased
some IL cents year.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-11-22

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. The fol-
loving are the real estate transfers dur
ing the week =
Embden-Fred Murphy to Grant
Witham, $500; Wallace Emery, ct al, to
II. +. F. Ware, $3.50; Gustavus A..
Steward to Fred S. Parsons, Sl5.
Skow hegan-Adelia I.urton to Albert
X. Perkins, $500; Francis league to
Frank L. lIuntley, 81.
Madison-W. 6. Sawyer to G. A. Will
Der, 1926.
Anson-.I.ois s. Emery to +. f. Hart
ford, 5000; Alden Getchell toNesta Hill
ton, 800; 5. Bunker to Melissa Thomp-
son, $725; w. 5. Jones to Fred 5. Par
sons, 81.
Norridgewock-Mary W Brown to j..
II. Burgess, S25.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-11-22

The Portland Express says a growing
evi in Portland is the club room.
Almost all of the large business blocks
in that city have several rooms on the
top floors which are leased to Young
men for a club room, Nearly all Of
these rooms are occupied urtl The early
morning hours. and night after night
the men of the city who might find
better occupation, sit about the card
table and lose money which they cam
not afford to lose. TO what desperate
deeds do these losses drive them often
timesy
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-11-22
ON Ills Knee Mayhap.

They sat at opposite ends of the sofa
''Be mime - he pleaded.
81 am not in position to cltertain
such a proposal, she answered colby.
He WAS not of the sort OF man to re-
quire the impact of tabernacle falling
on his head ere he would tumble, and
he shortly effected Encouragement Of
positions mutually satisfactory, and of
u nature to facilitate the matter III
hand. Detroit Tribune.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-11-22

A young newspaper man, Just out Of
Harvard, who has since made his way
in the world with entire credit to him
self and the college, was sent down to
Beverly Farms to Interview Dir. Holmes
OH his birthday. The young man, being
gentleman, was a little afraid that he
was committing what would be very
unwelcome impertinence but there was
no way out of it, except by a way which
also led out of his situation. SO he went
with fear and trembling. He found the
doctor as gracious as could be, and when
the interview was over the autocrat
himself drove the young man down TO
the station, chatting pleasantly all the
way.
AT the station there was some time
to wait, and DIR. Holmes, with twinkle
in his eye, suggested that he and the
young journalist 60 over to the store and
be weighed. The young man was very
nearly of the same height and build as
the doctor, but at the time was in rather
poor health. DIR. Holmes made the jour
nalist get on tho scales first. He weigh
ed exactly 30 pounds. Then DIR. Holmes
himself got ON and tipped the beam at
140 and was very much pleased. twas
plain enough that he had sized up
the young man as about of his own pro-
portions and had guessed that he could
outweigh him, and it had tickled hls
fancy to find himself at the age of so a
"bettcr man. than the youth. Boston
Transcript.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-11-22

The Bangor and Aroostook railroad
has reached Fort Fairfield, and the peo-
pie there are shouting and throwing up
their hats thereat. Pressure Isle is in a
similar frame of mind and Caribou, ex-
poets to be very soon. The carloads of
freight in these towns awaiting ship
ment are well up in the hundreds. One
man in Fort Fairfield, is said to have 100
car loads himself.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-11-22
Tn SnllHn Hard Wnfnr.

To soften hard water take spirits of
wine, a quart; orange flower water, a
pint; marine soap, / q pounds. Shave
up the soap and put 1t into the orange
flower water heat till tho soap dis
solves. then add the spirit A table
spoonful Of this put into the bottom Of
the basin Will completely soften the wa.
ter that i put into 1t for washing
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-11-22

The latest story about the weathe1
comes from Pontypool, where an Oh
farmer, eXasp'rated by the falsenrSs -
his barometer, which was steadily RS
ing while the rain rs steadily fell, 20
up solemnly, took down the glass, am
carrying it to the door showed it IT,,
weather. Pick Me Up.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-11-22

Every sign points to tempestuous
winter at the National capitol, one full
of wrangling and empty of legislation.
Democrats are divided as to the causes
of the most crushing defeat ever ad-
mnistered to any political party. Many
attyibute it to the financial and foreign
policies of the administration. The
many members who were defeated for
the next congress are in an exceedingly
perturbed state of mind and are likely
to unite in an onslaught upon the White
House as vindcation of themselves.
The proposed issue of bonds is also like
ly to come in for "A large measure of crit
lei; m from prominent western aud
southern Democrats, and the annual
message is likely to give further cause
for disagreement in the dominant party.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-11-22

The camel's foot is soft cushion Pc
culiarly well adapted to the stones and
gravel over which it is constantly walk
ing. During single journey through
the Sahara horses have worn out three
sets of shoes, while the oamel's feet are
not even sore.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-11-22

A retiring newspaper man gives this
philosophical reason for quitting the
business: A child is born, the doctor in
attendance gets $40, the editor notes it
md gets 0; it is christened, the minister
gets 81, the editor writes it up and gets
90; it marries, the minister gets another
fee, the editor gets piece of cake or
900; in a course of time it dies, the doc
tor gets from So to $40, the minister
gets another 81, the undertaken gets $25
to s5O-the editor publishes it and re-
ceives 0000-and the privilege of run
ming free of charge card of thanks.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-11-22

Bath has the unenvable reputation of
having young women committed to Jail
for drunkenness. Bro. Patten of the
Daily Times, will attribute it to the
Prohibtory law. 1t is thus notwith-
standing the Prohihtory law, and bad
enOugh il is.