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The Somerset reporter., 1895-05-23
The Maine State Fair.

The premium list for the next Maine
State Fair has been received the man
agement says:
Year by year the premiums are steadily
increased 10 meet the demands and pro-
mote the interests of breeders. The
horsemen will find the entire list of
classes reorganized aud new and i'm
poitant ones added. The cattle. sheep,
swine and poultry breeders recognizc
the same liberal treatment. Especially
noticeable is the entire chauge in the art
department the work OF revision having
evidently been done by an artist These
changes must increase exhibits and IN
tefest exhibitors Send 10 Ire sccfr-
tary G. VI. Twitehell. Augusta, Tor Il
COnV.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-05-23
a. the schools hxc hegag.
Fairfield

Victor Grange will hold 4 tair this tai.
We have one Of the livlest oranges Of
the State aud no better centre is afford
cd than Fairfield for Il grand Grange
Fair.
Mr.. Harrison robey of Fairfield cen
ter, was buried last saturday. Mr.
Tobey was highly respected townSman.
Mr.. Ned b. kenrick has accepted
position in the establishment of the
Maine Manufacturing Company. Nash
ua, y. H.. and left for there last Satur-
day.
Next Sunday being Memorial Sunday.
the G. a, K. will attend service at the
The Somerset reporter., 1895-05-23
To the Voters of SkOwhegan.

At the last annual town meeting. it
was voted to tear down the Leavitt st.
school house and erect in its place ten
room house at a cost Of some twenty
five thousand dollars.
subsequently that vote was recon-
sidered and it was voted to build four
room house by the side of the LeaVitt ST.
house aud on the same lot at cost of
fourteen thousand dollars and W. II.
Wildes. j. L. Merrill aud John Rohia-
son were appointed the building commit
tee. That committee had several meet
ngS aad after several weeks of careful
Investigation. caused a town meeting to
be held on the lGth OF The present month
At that meeting the committee reported
in substance. that they bad di covered Il
condition of things unknown at ii lor of
the former meetings, which entirely
superseded The necessity for any addi-
tional school room that they were salts
fled that by The time the proposed house
could be erected and in condition to use.
the Catholic denomination would have II
parochial school in operation with some
two hundred of our scholars and we
should then have ample school room,
without building and the erection of the
proposed house would be simply waste
of money.
But in the face and eyes OF that re-
port, the meeting on the l6th inst. at
which there were only about one hun
dred present adhered to the former vote
ordering the house built. Another meet
ing is already called to be held at , =. NJ
o Saturday, May -, at which the aurs-
tion Will be presented in some form for
the action of the town. and it is of the
utmost importance that every voter in
town attend that meeting. DO not fan
TO come.
4 NGTTR.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-05-23

The continued cold weather of the
past week has further contributed to the
advance in cereals and cotton. Cotton
has got above : cents and made start
for s cents, with heavy purchases by
English spinners. Wheat for judy has
got almost to IS cents This makes over
- cents rally from the bottom and over
IL cents since last Monday. Corn and
oats are also on the 20. The 5O.ecut
dollar business is largely uudouc toy tn
present behavior OF the markets. The
latest werd is that trosts have doue
slight damage in the Ncst; tut Tho fraf
blossoms have suffered seriouslX. Il IS
vet TO early too say What the year lar
vests will be. but it would seem thal
short crops aud Il Democratic admui--
tration together are too much Tor a tm5
Providence 10 impose upon us
The Somerset reporter., 1895-05-23
Unconstitutional
So says Majority of the supreme Court
About the Income Tax.

ABOUT lhf Income TAX.
The vote ON the income tax resulted ::
Five against The cuustitutionaltV, TO
four Tor the law. Those against the
law Wore Chief Justice Fuller and JUS
tice Field, Gray. Brewer, and Shiras tor
the law, Justice Harlan, White, Brown
and jackson
immediately on the conyening of the
supreme court. Chief Justice Fuller he
gan 20 read the income tax opinion.
The conclusions Of the court were:
First-We adhere to the opinion al
ready announced, that taxes on real
estate being undisputably direct taxes,
taxes on the rents of income of real es-
tate are equally direct taxes.
Second-Ne are of the opinion that
taxes on personal property Or on the
income of personal property are like
wise direct taxes.
lhird--The tax imposed by section -
to 81, inclusive, of the act OF 1891, so far
as it falls on the income of real estate
and ON personal property, being direct
tax within the meaning of the constitu-
tion, and, therefore, stltntional and
void, because not apportiOned accord
ing To representation, ali these sections
constituting one entire scheme of taxa
tion are necessarily invalid
The DEGREES hereinhefore entered in
this court will be vacated. The DEGREES
below will be reversed. and the cases
rcmanded, with instructions to grant the
relief prayer.
section 27 to &c of the tariff act of
1854, referred to in the conclusions of
the court in the opinions, are all the
sections Of the act relating to The in.
come tax, 50 that the entire tax lnw is
declared void specifically.
Three dissenting opinions were read
by Justice Harlan. Jackson aud Brown.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-05-23
The Sardinc Industry.

The outlook for the sardine industry is
certainly diScouraging, says the Lubce
correspondent OF the Machias Republi.
can. With Il sharp advance in oil and
metals, and goods selling at s. 50 fol
one fourth oils. and 81 G5 for three
tourlhs mustards, there is no margin of
profit for the packer. Thus far only
-four factories have opened. Small
Brothers nj North Luhre, Eureka Pack
ing Co.. Gem Rock Packing 90. and i.
". Brown q Go. at the village.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-05-23
To Reporter Patrons.

In order to give readers of the RE
PORTER the advantage of the local news
twice each week we offer to them TIE
SOMERSET ARGUS at HALF RATES or the
REPORTER and ARGUS for $500 per year
in advance.
Please send in your name with 30
cents and receive the SOMERSET ARGUS
one full year for that small sum.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-05-23

The death of Hon. Hail {. Burieigh is
a loss to the State and particularly To its
agricultural Interests with which he WAS
prominently identified. In he importa-
tion Of the Hereford breed of cattle from
England, with the late Governor Bod
well, he did more To increase the value
of neat stock in Maine than could have
been accomplished in any other way or
than had been done before or has
been done since. The effect of these i'm
portations was widespread and lasting
upon this important industry, and bat
for the extremely low price of beef this
effect would have been more marked for
the good of Maine farmers. Mr. Bur
leigh was man of great energy and
superior business capacity. a good
citizen who had implicit faith in the
State of Maine aud worked hard for its
prosperity.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-05-23

Choice of occupation Is mostly a mat
ter of taste and aptitude. No honest
calling is in itself much better or worse
than Others. Every business j. con,id.
cred the hesf hy somebody, while Others
declare it the worst ot ALI The qaos-
ton is not have You chosen the best vo-
cation, but rather have you found out
where you belong? The right road will
seem to stretch out before YOU the dis
tancr OF Il Uterine without IA barrier:
the wrong road will quickly lead to Il
blind wall or at best It very steep hill
The Somerset reporter., 1895-05-23

Mr.. Charles w. Fletcher, formerly of
Starks, has been appointed Deputy In
surance Commissioner by Hon. S. W.
Carr. Mr.. Fletcher has served as clerk
in the Insurance Department at Augusta
some six years, is well posted in the
business of the Office and his promotion
is we'll deserved.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-05-23

Additional teeth were inserted in the
law regulating the sale of Oleomarga-
rine, last winter, and Secrt tary Nc
Keene of the Board of Agriculture, pur-
poses to do all in his power to secure its
enforcement for the protection of butter
producers and butter consumers. There
in he is right.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-05-23

In his Decoration day order to Grand
Army posts. Department Commander
Greene very properly deprecates any
field sports or games or horse trot, to
detract from the solemn observance of
Memorial day AID urges All loyal people
to discourage such desecratioo of the
one day devoted to the memories of
fallen soldiers of the war of 30 years
ago.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-05-23

LYNN, May 1S.-The residence OF Ed
ward d. Dearborn, - Eim street, was
completely wrecked by an explosion of
two-gallon can of naphtha. Mrs, Dear
born and her mother were ut home when
the explosion occurred, but escaped seri
Gus injury
The Somerset reporter., 1895-05-23

Samuel l.. Boardman, who has had
wide experience as Agricultural editor
of the Maine Farmer, Home Farm and
other papers has received appointment
as the Agricultural editor of the Bangor
Commercial. He is a native of Somerset
county and will fill the bill for the Ban
gor Commercial to nicely.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-05-23
RnildiilR CnNed In.

PROVIDENCE, May Is. A tenement
house nt the village of Jericho, in Coven.
try, fell over into the street yesterday
afternoon while workmen We're placing n
new foundation under it. Three persons
were crushed to death and IL were injured
The Somerset reporter., 1895-05-23

The failure of the Income Tax as an
income producer has raised the question
whether the President would call II
special session of Congress to supply the
increased and increasing deficiency. The
concensus of opinion at Washington is,
that no special session will be called
even if it involves a further issue of
government bonds.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-05-23

The Boston papers say that Geo. W.
Peck of Milwaukee, Ex-Governor of
Wisconsin, who is better known to the
world as "Peck's Bad Boy" is, with
Mrs. Peek, registered at the Revere
House. We sincerely hope he will come
no further east unless he has gotten
through writing his "Peck's Bad Boy"
trash.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-05-23

Hon w. &. Marshall of Belfast. was
nominated by Governor Cleaves to fill
the vacancy on he hoard of State as
SCISSORS, Tuesday. He is a graduate of
Bowdoin College and a leading lawyer at
the Waldo county bar. He was mayor
of Belfast in 1912 3 and for several
years collector of customs for the Bel
fast district. Mr.. Marshall possesses
excellent business capacity and will
make an able assessor.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-05-23

The first $ months of the operation of
the Democratic tariil act rs compared
with the sponding 5 months of a
year earlier, shows an increase of duti-
able importations of As per cent and n
decrease of free importatons of > per
cent, with decrease of expectations of
II per cent. An increase of imports and
a DECREASE of exports is not a condition
of things to rejoice over.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-05-23

REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS. The fol-
lowing are the transfers during the
week
Skowhegan-Hcrhrrt T. Jewett 10
Joseph Boiler, 81 Jacob Freye to Joseph
Dalaire, 81 900.
Pittsfeld- Frank b. Wood to Vesta A
Gould, $500
Moose River-Abel kimball to Nesta
\. Pierce, 500.
Canaan-Maria Kicker to Abbie A.
Boston. $40.
Harmony-W. W. Brown to Saloma J.
Bean, $500.
Fairfield Laura f. McFadden to
Edwin Bradbury ct al, Sl,450; A. +.
Gerald to Edw. J. Lawrence, $500; Fred
Brownell to e. a. Reynolds, $500.
Palmyra-Chas. II. Merrill to Uranus
Lawry, $500; John c. Harding to Peter
C. Osborn, 1000; \. II. Parkman to
John l.. Parkman, $l20,
Bingham-Sidney I, Goodrich to John
j. Lander, 1925
The Somerset reporter., 1895-05-23

Rev. c. Everett Bean whom some of
our people will remember rs student in
the High school while his father was
pastor of the Methodist church here, has
been appointed to supply the Methodist
church at Thomaston and the Herald
speakes in complimentary terms of his
services.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-05-23

Colby won the first game in the inter
collegiate peuant contest on the Water
VILE campus, Yesterday against Row.
doin, to Z 1t was pretty game and
close one throughout.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-05-23

The city of Gardiner is devoting this
week to "A grand trade demonstration.
Monday evening Governor Cleaves with
members of his council and several State
officials honored the occasion with their
presence. Tuesday the carnival parade,
trade procession more than a mile long,
vas t..-. F. - o: ,ae ca". y lis
plays made by many business houses
were elaborate and varied. The Gardi-
ner Board of Trade is the moving force
in the big demonstration and is doing
this lively city good turn by it. Such
things have a good effect upon town
which is liable to be felt IN future years
as well as at the present time. Evident
ly Gardeners business men and citizens
generally came to the assistance of the
Board of Trade promptly and seconded its
labors earnestly. Otherwise the result
would have been different and the carni-
val not so pronounced success.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-05-23

Gen. William Cogswell, congressman
from the Salem district in Massachusetts,
died at Washington, d, C., Tuesday
last aged 81 years. lie was Que of the
most popular congressman from that
state aud one of the ablcst. He served
with distinction in the war of the Rebel
lion, entering the service as a Captain
and coming out wearing the star of the
Brigadier. He had been sick nearly a
year.
The Somerset reporter., 1895-05-23

Rockland Opinion; 4 gentleman speak
ing regretfully of the death of Gen.
Iilson, said to us the other day. The
general WAS constantly doing little and
great acts of beEeYolcnce OF which the
world knew nothing, 50 unoStentatious-
ly and quietly were they performed.
knew personally of three bright young
men whom he has carried through col
lege, paying all the expenses tor the en-
tire course of four years. He was al
WAYS glad to aid an intelligent and am
bilious young man to get a start in life."
The Somerset reporter., 1895-05-23

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Under existing conditions it is rossi-
bic for visitor to come to Tampa, re-
main here month and leave, without
ever stumbling across the interesting
fact that the city has race track, aud
one, moreover, that with little atten-
tion might be made one Of the most at
tractive features of the winter season.
Situated just beyond Ybor City, and
easy of access from all points, the Tampa
race track certainly deserves something
better than the neglect and obscurity
that has recently been it's portion. The
subject is one our local horsemen should
take up, and there is little doubt that
were the right man to take hold of the
matter, an interesting series of races
might be arranged fer the winter
Tampa Tribune.
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For THE FLORAL DEPARTMENT.
Florida Oactus8s.

The great cactus family has but nine
representatives in the fora indigenous to
the states lying east of.,the Mississippi river.
Two genera are represented and of the
nine species seven are native to the state Of
Florida, and five of the seven are not found
north of the state as wild growths. There
are also two exotic species which were in
troduced into South Florida SO long ago
and became so familiar either in natural
lied state or in the garden, as to be re-
garded by many as natives of the State.
The two genera in question are the
Cereus and the Opuntia or Prickly Pear as
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For The FLORAL DEPARTMENT:
A Glow Of Color.

A Glow Of Color.
There is usually dearth of ornamental
plants, lack Of color. in the grounds sur
rounding our homes that is quite discour-
aging to the newcomer who contrasts this
unfavorably with the afduence Of flowers
he was won't to see in the home he left.
Gray stretches of soil denuded of the
covering SO freely provided by nature in
this latitude bake in the pitiless heat Of a
semi tropical summer, or barren wastes of
white sand pain the eyes. and Cypress the
mind of the beholder, or if happily the
grounds have been sodded with the ever
ready Bermuda grass a few Towering
shrubs are usually set at intervals on each
side the front walk, or in the corners of the
dooryard.
Sometimes however. there is pleasing
departure from these methods and we find
some people premises adorned by art with
something like the prodigality with which
nature in her happiest moods garnishes
our fatwoods and hammocks.
Such an one it was our pleasure to see
not long since. the beautiful home of an
erstwhiIe prominent fruit grower. The
mansion is set in the midst of extensive
grounds we'll covered with grass They
slope northward toward crystal lake
which lies little way outside the enclos
ure.
The front lawn contains many rare
flowers known only in green houses North,
but at home in the open soil here.
Among them we noted the rich green,
large golden bells with brown centers, the
magnificent Thunbergia GrandiAora with
its clusters of porcelain blue flowers, the
snow white blooms of the Tabernamon-
tana, giant Petunias with dark purple vel
vety petals, Or pure white and fringed most
delicately, improved Coleus looking as if
their leaves had been cut out Of Lyons vel
vet in all the colors of the rainbow, these
with hosts Of Geraniums like a wave of
glowing color surged up against the front
veranda, whose columns were wreathed
with the Antigonon Leptopus in all its
glory of green and rose-pink. All this
gorgeous coloring was viewed in the light
of Florida sunset whose splendors it al
most rivalled.
AS background. to the rear were the
grass clad slopes with their endless ranks
of pines whose dark green heads were
sometimes yelled with somber gray moss,
lighted up here and there by spots of
golden sunshine, and distinctly outlined
against the fading sky. The latter was
now green, now palest blue, then opal or
flushing pale crimson with the first beams
of the evening star as it arose on the fairy
scene that no pen can describe. nor paint
er's brush give to the world and which is
peculiar to our own Florida. 7.
Orange Co., Fla.
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Cured shortly after the Spanish expedi-
tons to America early in the sixteenth
century.
Opuntia Pes-Carqi is found in barren
sandy places along the coast of Florida and
Georgia It's stems are one to two feet
long, PROSTATE and diffuse; the joints small
one to three inches long. cylindrical or
somewhat flattened easily separable and
spiny
Opuntia polyantha is a rare species said
to be found in Florida only on the islands
of Key West and Upper Matacomba, and
waste places around Appalachicola. 1t
has an erect stem; oblong joints and yellow
strong and unequal spines.
The other native species is Opuntia
Tuna, one of the strongest growing sorts.
1t is native of the West Indies. Mexico,
Ecuador and New Grenada. as we'll as to
South Florida. In Mexico it is employed
extensively as hedge plant. 1t is recorded
that when the island of ST. Christopher in
the West Indies was divided between the
French and English, three rows Of this
Prickly Pear were planted to mark the
boundary. 1t is not inhammable, and with
its long, fiat, elliptical branches closely in
terlacipg and bristling with numerous
strong pines, it forms veritable cheval-de-
frise, absolutely impossible by man or
beast. 1t is said to attain eventually a
height of twenty feet. The flowers are
large and beautiful, yellow in color, often
with tinge Of wine in the center. They
are followed by pear shaped purple fruits,
two inches in length, edible and often used
to make jellies, preserves, etc.
familiar object in many South Florida
yards is the Indian Fig Cactus (Opuntia
Ficus Indica) of the West Indies. 1t is
tree like in its manner Of growth and
mammoth in its proportions, often attain
ing height of ten or more feet, and is very
striking as a scenic plant. The leaves
ioints) are very large. often over a foot
long and correspondingly broad, devoid OF
spines, and fiat. The fruits, which are
large, pear-shaped and purple or yellow,
are eaten raw or used for jellies, etc., and
are sometimes shipped to New York from
the West Indies, to be used in the making
up of steamer baskets and as a curiosity in
dishes of dessert. In many yards the plant
is made to serve as sort of vegetable auto
graph album, visitors scratching their
names, residences, ETC., on the broad, fiat
joints with pin, or other sharp-pointed
instrument The scratch in healing forms
a white scar, and time serves only to make
the inscriptions more legible. The great
freeze of the past winter sacrificed many
fine specimens which bore the autographs
of winter visitors from widely EXTENDED
sections of the United States and even from
foreign countries. The plants Nijl soon
replace themselves in this land Of almost
perpetual growth, but the loss of the
autographs is irreparable and therefore
most lamentable.
Another introduced Cactus which is often
seen around South Florida homes-but
which no superficial observer would ever
mstrust to be a Cactus-is the so called
Barbados Gooseberry, Lemon Vine or
Blad Apple (Pereskia aculeata) 1t is a
rapid growing or climbing shrub, its stems
armed with clusters IF formidable thOrnS
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nor SALE OR RENT-Furnished house with
u one acre OF ground. plenty of fruit trees and
near the University. viii be sold at bargain
E. WENDT, DeLand, Fla. 40 emo
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To whom all correspondence relating to
this Department should be addressed.
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HAVE some OF the finest Orange Groves and
L Wild Land, Large Or Small prOperties-SOme
in the Indian River section, Send for circular.
o. P. WILLIAMS, Oviedo, Fla.
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. EST BARGAINS ever given in orange groves
ID houses, city lots, improved and unimproved
lands. Call on or address H. A. DeLand, De-
Land, Fla.
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TOHN L. NUCKOLS, dealer In Improved and
- Unimproved Real Estate, DeLand, Fla.
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Real Estate Directory.

Any one contemplating tie purchase Of reGt
estate in Florida should 7O11te to tie Pa'ttes
6e1ozO in zOAate7er section they uIsh to located
IT'S tAee60yt Of the Ae,iculurist to haze non.
but first class firms represented in this coltn,ns
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EOO FARMS, MILLS, LANDS city property.
OUU mdse for sale and exchange For terms,
write to JOSEPH POLLARD, JR, Washingt on.
Iowa, 50
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FLORAL DEPARTMENT.

EDITED BY WALTER N. PIKE,
JESSAMINE. FLORIDA.
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y CMn for free circulars Of EXCELSIOR SPRAY
'JLNU ING OUTFITS, or. &c. for treaties on
praying VIM. STAHL, QUINCY, ILL.