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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-11-14
IIarOIie,

Mrs. Silas Ward is In very poor health.
The remains of Mrs. Pauline Potter of
Skowhegau, formerly of this place were
brought here for interment last Satur-
day.
Once more we have new blacksmith
a Mr.. Freeman Grant of Prospect Ferry,
having leased j. F. Libby's shop, is
ready for work.
l.. S. Lowe is replacing the old style
ones of four lights.
+. II. Farnham has caught the build
ing fever and is making a small addition
10 bis barn.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-11-14
lARsrRAcr or rLA1NrIrr,s wRIr


Date of writ December 7th, 1891 Ad-dam-
mum $1,000. Attachment of real estate Deem
Der eth, 1897, four O'Clock in the afternoon.
Writ returnAble and entered March Term,
1895
Action of the case, "For that the said Tenn
pie $. Corson at New Bedford in said County
OF Bristol and Commonwealth of Massachu-
sets, to wit At said SkowheRan in said
County OF Somerset, on the eighth day of
November IL the ear eighteen hundred and
sixty. four, by his promissory note of that
date by him signed for value received prom
ised the said Isaac Corson to pay to him or his
order, one hundred and ninety -four dollars
and fifty five cents on demand and interest"
J. +. HOLMAN,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
true copy OF the order of Court, with alb
stract of writ.
Attest n, W. BRAINERD,
3w46 Clerk
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Bingham.

The Methodist Quarterly meeting
services are expected to be held, Sunday
the l1th inst, at 2.30 T. VI. The sacra-
ment Of the Lords supper will be obsery
ed. Rev. J. b. Lapham, presiding elder
of Augusta district is expected to be
present. and take charge of the services.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-11-14

The apple crop may be short but
nearly every one who wished has sue
ceeded in finding few to make into
cider for vinegar only,
Screens are coming down and storm
doors are going up.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-11-14

Foreign affairs naturally have more
than usual prominence in the November
the possibilities of war 10 the far East
are pointedv set forth. Another theme
suggested in the same connection is the
progress of Christian missions in the
Orient. The prospects of Japan and
Russia as Eastern powers are tersely dis
cussed. The editor also comments
briefly on the latons of Russia and
Fr,pee, he celebrations, the French vie
tory in Madagascar, the Cuhao situation,
aud British policy in Venez lela.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-11-14

We wish to thank our kind friends and
neighbors, who with willing hands and
sympathizing hearts helped aud comfort
ed us in our late bereavement
MIR. AND MRS. A. II. LANG.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-11-14
A BIT OF PENCIL
Priced because 1t Ia a Veteran and Went
Through the War.


Il have a very fine and choice cabinet
Of relics and specimens of the late war,
SAID J. Fillmore of South Dakota. In
the collection is an old fashioned com
mon lead pencil, only three-quarters Of
an inch long, which was given to me by
Major J. b. Fairbanks, who carried il
through the entire war, and in present
ing it to me the major gave me this bio
graphical sketch of the pencil. This
pencil is a veteran of the late war.
When it enlisted, it was round and of
full length.
When the war was over, II was, like
many other veterans, badly used up.
During it's service it campaiRled in dust
and mud, over the hills and plains of
Mary land and Virginia, through the
swamps Of Mississippi, across the noun
tains of Kentucky and Tennessee, again
through Virginia, from the Wilderness
to Appomattox 1t has watched upon the
picket line in daylight and in darkness,
in heat and in cold, in rain and in SNOW.
1t has taken part in many skirmishes,
and in more than half score of regular
battles, and in addition it went through
the siege of Petersburg, ard was en-
gagged in several of the assaults upon
that stronghold. With it, for eight
months, while the owner was first ser
geant of his company, he kept the daily
record and report of the company.
1t wrote the name and the number
Of those ON detached service, Of the alb
sent with leave, of those daily detailed
for ordinary camp duties or occasionally
for some special duty, of the number
present for duty and of the sick in quar-
tiers. At the roll call after battle it has
noted the names of those who did not
answer 1t has recorded the names of
those men as killed in battle, wounded
in battle, died of wounds, died of dis
ease, discharged on account of wounds
received and disease contracted in line
of duty. In its own way it has written
its humble page in the history Of the
most eventful epoch of all times. Pre-
serve it and cherish it, kansas City
Times.
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Srighton.

a sermon to the children may be ex-
pected at the York school house, sun
day, December u, services to commence
at 10 A. NJ.
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East SkOwhegan.

More rain would gladden. the hearts
of many in this vicinity whose wells
have been dry for more than two months
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-11-14

What are these cups for?" asked
we'll dressed man of jeweler, pointing
to some elegant silver cups ON the coun-
ter.
These are race cups, to be given as
prizes. "
If that's so, suppose you and race
for one And the stranger, with tho
cup i'll hand, started, the jeweler after
tim. The stranger won the cup, Pie.
Ne Up.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-11-14

Grodei's phc pteh Salve- lure cure
for piles, II, W. tushing's.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-11-14
CAUTION.

All persons are cautioned against purohas-
ing note of hand signed by Charles L. Mace
payable to Dora +. Mace for twenty. FIVE dol
lars to be paid in one year from date with
interest, dated sometime about the middle OF
Oct 1894, said note is lost and | have stopped
the payment OF he same 3w48
starks Nov. IL, 1895,
DORA Z. MACE.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-07-25
MISFORTuNES OF BIRDS.
Queer Accidents Which Have Resulted 4
Death.

Queer Accidents Which Have Resulted In
Death.
have noticed in q New York paper
an account of a strange misfortune
that happened TO an English sparrow
at the building of the Edison labora-
tory, Orange, n. j. The bird became
entangled in Irvine used in the con-
struction of its nest, and met its death
by hanging. This has reminded me of
a similar incident that occurred to q
bird last summer, near Bowling Green,
KY. 1t was common or crow black
bird, and was seen hanging by the
neck from the limb of tall tree over
hanging the road Whether in flying
with long grass or string it became
entangled with it or in what way it
got caught in the moose and met its
death, is a matter of conjecture. A
queer incident of a woodpecker has
come under my notice. The bird, a
hairy woodpecker, was seen on tree
trunk, and though stone was thrown
toward it to see it fly, it remained in
the same position. On going nearer,
it was found that the bill had been
driven into the tree with such force
that the bird could not extricate it,
and had hung there, meeting miser-
able death.
have heard from a friend of an in
teresting life history of a hooking
bird. 1t was quite young bird when
purchased from a negro bird catcher,
and it was soon discovered to have
sore feet These were swollen twice
the natural size, and though efforts
were made to relieve this, it was only
after it had lost several of it's
toes-two front toes on one foot and
one on the other-that the feet were
finally healed. After this it moulted,
losing about all its feathers at one
time. It's eyes then became infamed,
and the eyeballs like drops of water,
finally closed and the bird became to-
tally blind. In getting its food it
would stand at one side of the cage
and follow the wires till it reached
the food. it would then follow the
side of the cage till it reached the
water 1t soon learned, however, to
gauge distances, and would fly to the
perch without fail. 1t was pitiable
object, but strange to say, this poor
manned bird, lame and blind, 6e-
veloped into one of the finest of sing
ers!-Sadie r. Price, in American
Naturalist.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-07-25
where Love ~ secondary.

A conspicuous difference between the
English and Chinese dramas is ex'
planned by the fact that, whereas in
the former love holds leading part, in
the it isrelegated to secondary
place. In England it is passion; in
China sentiment only; hence the
thousand intrigues love gives rise Ia
are, in the latter country, either thrown
into the shade or tabooed entirely.
Without their ardent passions many OF
our theatrical productions would lose
their interest and most of their merit.
An English, or. TO use wider term. q
European play-goer. requires a due
quantity of love. liz China, on the
other hand, this demand finds little
echo, since love there is not the chief
theme Of bard and painter. Conyen-
ton and the strength of parental au-
thority have crushed, in a great meas
ure, those amorous longings which
exist in the human heart; and as love,
courtship and matrimony in the far
east are even more prosaic than in our
part of the world, the first of these
feelings. if handled as passion, can
not powerfully arrest the attention Of
the multitude. Nineteenth Century.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-07-25

to sit. Geese average about forty-five
eggs in year, but occasionally run up
to sixty, or even seventy. Breeding
flesh and have a free grass range.
Newly Matched goslings do not require
food for the first twentyfour hours
They should be fed ON hard boiled
eggs, chopped fine, stale bread soaked
in milk, scalded meal, boiled potatoes,
ETC., and kept away from the water for
the first fortnight and housed in dry
place until strong enough to run about
wei.
Geese require grass as much as cat
tie and should have it in abundance.
They also feather out more quickly
when permitted to run on green pasture
and have plenty of water. Under these
conditions they should produce a good
crop of feathers every ten weeks. They
should not be plucked while laying, as
it is impossible for them to moult
artificially and produce strong eggs at
the same time. If the feathers are
ripe they will come easily and are dry
Pt the quill end. If soft and bloody,
they must be left for some time
longer.
Geese usually sell best at the Christ
mas holidays, and not at Thanksgiv-
ing, as many suppose. The demand
for them is greater In the colder
weather. The Irish and Germans are
the largest consumers of geese in this
country. Before marketing geese
must be fattened. This process will
occupy from two to three weeks. They
should be put in a darkened room,
with sufficient light for them to see to
eat, and be given all the oats and corn
meal they can consume. They must
not be separated like fowls, as they are
very sociable and pine away if kept in
solitude. AS soon as the desire for
food slackens, they should be killed,
as they are as fat as they will get and
will lose flesh instead Of gaining it
N. Y. World
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-07-25
AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
ABOUT GOOSE RAISING.

The Moss Profitable Varieties and How to
Rear and Fatten.
Geese as an article OF food are more
highly esteemed In Europe than in this
country, where the turkey occupies
first place in our affections Neverthe-
less, the juicy meat Is most toothsome,
and Q larger demand for 1t might
readily be developed. Under suitable
conditions these water fowl are very
profitable If given the range of o
good pasture, with plenty of water.
they need less care and attention than
turkeys or chickens They are hardy,
easily raised and less subject to lice,
while their food Is less expensive.
Their feathers should pay the expense
of their keep, the returns from the
birds themselves being clear profit
The Toulouse and the Emblem are
the best known breeds OF geese, and
there Is more money in raising them
than in the small mongrel stock often
seen, as they produce twice as much
meat and feathers and fatten more
readily for market The Toulouse are
the largest geese known They have
gray plumage and are quiet and gentle
An disposition.
the Embdens arc pure white, cir
cumstance which causes them to be
preferred by many. They are some-
what smaller than the Toulouse and
their plumage is moro compact A
good cross for the market Is Tou-
louee gander and Embden goose
Geese begin to lay when about year
old The gander is best for breeding
purposes after his second year, and he
will remain in vigor for several sea-
sonA Old geese make better mothers
than young ones and should be kept
for breeding and laying. When first
commencing to lay, geese are apt to be
irregular, but as they mature they will
lay regularly and give litter Of if
teen or twenty eggs before attempting
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-07-25
HOME HINTS AND HELPS

Tomato Sauce: Strain one quart
OF canned tomatoes, add half cup Of
sugar, and when 1t boils thiclxen with
two tablespoonfuls of corn starch.
Season to taste. Chicago Record.
Birthday Cake: One cup Of butter,
two cups of sugar, three cups of -four,
four eggs, one cup of milk, two tea
spoons of baking powder. Bake In q
large dripping pan and frost heavily.
A very delicious calSe--Mrs. II. Nj.
West. in Western Rural.
Breakfast cereals should always be
cooked In double boiler, because
much stirring renders them extremely
starchy, and when they are boiled in q
single boiler stirring is the only pre-
ventive of burning. They will be much
richer and more palatable II cooked
with milk than with water.-N. Y.
World.
To Destroy Beetles, Make waters
in the following way: Take an ounce
each of red lead, castor sugar, and
-four, mix them together. and roll out
very thin. Cut them in small rounds,
and place them on the floor at night,
wherever the pest congregstes. This
is one of the surest methods Of Kidding
a house of beetles.-Leeds Mercury.
-Scalloped' Salmon: Open a pound
can salmon, pick free from skin and
bones, and lay first layer of salmon,
then a layer of bread crumbs, pepper
and salt, and little butter, then put
In, mr. l..
alternate layers until the baking dish
is full. Add a teacupful of milk, and
bake about fifteen minutes.-Prairie
Farmer.
Cheese Egg Toast: Boil two eggs
hard, pound them in the mortar with
enough cream to make them into a
paste, season with pepper and salt,
and mix In tablespoonful of good
grated cheese. Toast'a round of bread
from a tin loaf, cut off the crust, but
ter 1t, and cut it into four or six pieces;
, spread each piece thinly with anchovy
paste, pile the egg mixture on the top,
| and cover with bread crumbs, and a
tiny bit of butter on each piece; place
in the oven to get hot, and serve
Leeds Mercury.
Raspberry Jam: To Eve or six
pounds of red raspberries mot toe
ripe) add an equal quantity of finest
white sugar. Mash the whole we'll in
a preserving kettle; add about quart
of currant juice, or ripe currants, boil
gently until it jellies upon a cold
plate. Put into small Jars, cover with
branded paper, and tie thick, white
paper over them. Keep in dark, dry
and cool place. Strawberries and
blackberries may be jammed in the
same way, leaving out the currants.
Farm, Field and Fireside.
-Beef-Loaf: Two pounds of lean
beef chopped fine, with two cups OF
bread-crumbs, and seasoned highly
with pepper, salt, nutmeg, sweet
marjoram, and little minced onion
and wet up with half a cup of gooC
gravy; two eggs beaten light. and
mixed with the meat. Press firmly in
to the mould, fit on the cover, and SCI
in dripping pan of boiling water t.
cook slowly for an hour and a quarter
When done, let it get perfectly colo
before turning out. 1t must be cut in
thin slices at the table.-Home Queen
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-07-25
IT WORKED.
He Knew Thing or Two About numas

He Knew q Thing or Two About Human
Nature.
''I beg your pardon. madam, but I
haven't asked you to buy any of my
tablecloths as yet said the peddles
in tones of humbleness as the house.
wife paused to catch her breath.
"Then what did you stop here for,
you"-
why, i was constrained by sense
of respect which / bear for all human
ity to stop and offer my wares to you.
If you will hear me just moment
shall make my unenviable position
clear to you. You know the lady over
by the creek--the one in the white
house with the green shutters yon-
der?"
''Of course know her, the old gos-
sip-monger"-
Now just hold on till tell you how
the thing stands"
/ 'Has she been lying to you about
me?"
well. dare say that she said MOTH
/ ing about you that any honest minded
person would believe. was simply
What did she sayP Tell me what
she said. Oh, I'd hike to-"
SWELL, she simply said that you
didn't use tablecloths, and she wanted
! to bet me weeks board that 1 couldn't
sell you one"
Whats that? Isthat what she saif
| She said didn't use them, eh? Oh, the
hussyr
"Now. it's not that care anything
about it, explained the peddler as he
opened his pack, yet know decent
/ and well-bred people when see them.
/ and have determined (although 1T has
! thrown me somewhat out of my way)
! to see for myself"
The housewife gritted her teeth in
silence and took her purse from her
! pocket
Now, these are five dollars pair"
! continued the peddler in kindly tones.
/ ''Or you may have the entire twenty
pairs TALL that 1 have lefD for seventy
! five dollars"
As he passed empty-handed out Of
the garden gate moment later he saw
/ over his shoulder the form of woman
standing on the porch. She was mute
and livid and her eyes were cast at the
; house with the green shutters. Y.
) World
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-07-25
LIVESTOCK NOTES.

DON'T allow the COWS to be driven by
dogs
SAVE the heifer calves from the best
mixers
Do NOT forget the calves in the "back
lot" They need shade and water.
IF the weather is dry and hot in your
section-all the more reason the hogs
and other stock should be provided
with shade.
Do NOT be SO unwise as to grow only
the frame of a hog this summer. Have
some meat on it, then it will be an easy
matter 70 lay on the fat this fall.
MrDDLINGs or shorts, with the house
slops, will help out the hog pasture.
These with plenty of pure water and
free access to salt and ashes ought to
give you healthy hogs and cheap pork.
Western Rural.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-07-25
CURL YOUR OWN FEATHERS.

! How This Necessary Operation May BE
Easily and Excellently Done.
There are a few things that give .
hat more rumpled and shabby APP
| pearance than an ostrich feather limp
and detected, looking almost as for
! lorn as when it and its fellows arrived
here fresh from ostrichland. Anyone
seeing an ostrich feather then would
think it only fit for the ragbag, but a
series of brisk scrubbings in warm
soapsoads on dashboard, judicious
| patching together and elimination Of
! ragged places where Sir Ostrich has
preened himself too vigorously, curl
! ing and combing, soon make of the os-
trich feather thing of beauty and
| Joy forever-until it gets wet-when the
process of rejuvenation again becomes
| necessary.
| If taken to my lady milliner or the
| less pretentious feather renovator
every time this duty becomes impera-
, tive, the ostrich plume becomes meta
morphosed into something of an ele-
/ plant to one who bears not Fortunatus'
purse; but the restorative process is so
simple, when one knows just how, that
every woman can readily become her
own Feather artist"
I Have tealettle full of boiling water;
shake the feather vigorously through
the escaping steam, taking care that it
does not get too damp. This livens up
the plume and restores brilliancy if 1t
has become dull and dusty. Next take
silver fruit-knife and, beginning with
the feathers nearest the quill, take q
small bunch between thumb and fore
finger and draw gently over the blade
of the knife until they curl as closely
as desired. Follow this process up each
side of the tip; then take very coarse
comb, comb out carefully, and you
have your plume as good as ever.-N.
Y Times
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-07-25


crosspiece is suspended track for q
hay fork. Hay is brought up at the end
of this frame and by the proper ar
rangement of pulleys the hay is easily
lifted from the wagons and transferred
to the stack, which can be made, o;
course, as high as the frames. When
it is desirable to move this from one
portion of the field to another, simply
hitch horse to the end of each sill
and pull it wherever desired. Make
the stills rounding at one end so it will
slip over the ground like sled. The
upright timbers are mortised firmly
into the stills, thus making the whole
strong and durable. If larger and
higher stacks are TO be built, the size
of the frame can be varied according
ly. 1t is a very handy device if made
properly, and for those who have a
great deal of field stacking to do Is
worthy of trial Farm and Home.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-07-25
Proper Food for Chickens.

Chickens fed on an exclusive corn
diet will not make a satisfactory de-
velopment, particularly of feathers.
The bones of chickens fed on a nitro
geneous ration are fifty per cent.
stronger than those fed on carbona-
cious ration. Hens fed on corn, while
not suffering in general health, be-
come sluggish and deposit large masses
of fat in the internal organs. The
flesh of nitrogeneous-fed fowls con-
tains more albuminoids and less fat
than those fed on carbonaceous RAJ
ton, is darker colored, juicier and ten
darer.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-07-25
Breed for Eggs or Meat.

Hens afford profit from eggs and
flesh, and yet they excel, according to
the breed used, in either direction. He
who wishes to make eggs speciality
should pay but very little attention to
the market qualities of the breed,
while those who wish to raise the best
birds for the market should make eggs
a secondary matter. 1t should be the
aim to secure both, If possible, but no
breed combines in itself all the re-
quirements for eggs and flesh. If we
secure breed that comes up to such a
standard 1t may be lacking in some
other direction, perhaps tender when
young and not hardy. Always, how
ever, have q definite object in view.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-07-25
Massage In Samoa.

Now. one can experience the charms
of the Samoan 'lomi-lomi," which is
simply analogous to our massage. The
native girls have beautiful. supple An
gers, and few things could be pleas
anter on boiling hot afternoon than
to lie on the cool mats and submit
ones self to their delicate manipula-
tion. 1t is curious that the system of
massage is found among nearly all
savage races, and employed by them as
a cure for headache or any aching of
the limbs -Westminster Review.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-07-25

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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-07-25
"Haye Won finished YOUR story. Mr.

SERGEANT Byles?" asked Mr.. Barnes
Peacock, @. c., somewhat supercilious.
ly, as the SERGEANT sat down in the
court, after an elaborate speech to the
judges. IT have" was the quiet reply,
given with the quiet smile for which
the serjeant was noted; ''and now, Mr.
Peacock, you can unfold Your tale."--
Household Words