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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1896-11-19

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MARRIED

Mercer Nov. 10, BY Re-. j. A. Jones, Mr.
wilson DattoB 81 New sharon aud Miss Nellie
Gertrude tottla u Meirose, Mas
sso~hesAn-Nov a, by Rev (. v Hanson
u D. Mr. George OTIS smith aud Miss Grace
Maud Cnhnru. both 81 Skosshegan
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Patterns
Drug Store.
Skowhegan, Me.
Notice..

All persons indebted to the
late firm of II. S. Steward &
Son either by note or account
are requested to settle the
same before Jan. Ist, 1897.
After that date all debts will
be left with an attorney for
collection.
Skowhegan, Nov. II, %. 7w47
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TOWN and VICINITY


Dress goods sale at \. W. Bourgeois.
See ad.
Wallace Emery Of No Arson, was in
town Monday.
Hon. 5. j. Walton made trip to
Augusta, Saturday.
Judkias is closing his cloaks out very
cheap.
Frank Hoxie, who has had run of
typhoid fever, is getting about again.
Brookings & Priest still have good
line of trimmed hats on hand.
Hon. A. K. Bixby returned from a
business trip to Boston, Saturday even
ing
A union prayer meeting will be held
this Thursday evening in the Methodist
church..
A special meeting of The Milburn
Club is called for this evening at $
o'clock.
Bragg & Varney do picture framing
and can show you fine line of mould
ings. If.
Miss Sarah Coffin left town Saturday
morning for a visit with relatives at
Lynn, Mass.
The Parliamentary class met with
Mrs. Wing Madison avenue, Friday
afternoon last.
Hon. Geo. c. Wing and Mrs. Wing
of Auburn, were registered at Hotel
Coburn, yesterday.
G. b. Stafford, superintendent of the
Bloomfield Shoe Co, wss confined to the
house by illness last week.
Miss Lizzie Hussey slipped upon the
sleety walks, last evening, near her
home, breaking her ankle.
Henry Dugan, who has been visiting
relatives in Connecticut and New York
city, returned home last week.
c. Wesley Grover went to Smithfeld,
yesterday, where he will teach school,
the term beginning this morning
The ladies sewing circle connected
with the Unlversalst church meets
with Mrs. f. W. Allen this afternoon.
Win NJ. Abbott left town on Friday
mornings train for Portland, where he
passed a portion of the week with
friends
Miss Florence Doherty who has been
with Mrs. kineaid for couple OF
months, returned to her home in Boston
this morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ii. G. Smith of Foxboro,
Mass, were among the arrivals, Satur-
day afternoon. They are guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Forrest Goodwin.
The kindargartens closed Friday, and
the two teachers, Miss Grace Glass and
Miss Grace Perkins, left town for Ban
gor Saturday afternoon.
Edward p. Barry, who has been at the
hospital in Portland for several weeks,
returned home, Saturday evening. His
arm is getting along finely.
Bloomfield Assemble No. %, Pythian
Sisterhood, give ,lance in Milburn hall
next Friday evening, the proceeds to go
for the benefit of the order.
Mrs. 5. S. Clements of Belfast, who
has been in town as the guest of her
daughter, Mrs. Newton Caswell, re
turned home, Thursday afternoon
Next Sunday, Nov. y, will be OBJ
served at the Universalist church as
Temperance Sunday. The sermon in
the morning will be appropriate to the
day.
Sorosis meets in the Library parors,
Wednesday afternoon. The program
begins promptly at go. The members
of the Woman's Club are invited to this
meeting.
A parish meeting of the Uniyersalist
parish, for the purpose of selling the
pews for the coming year will be held
at the church ON Monday evening, Nov.
%. at 7 o'clock.
The second floor at the Skowhegan
House has been newly papefed and
painted during the past week, and sew
eral new carpets laid. Landlord Wash
burn believes in keeping things up To
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Don't Pau HiQl Prices

Aluminium House and Store Numbers and
Door Plates at the following prices one num-
Der, 2oc., two numbers, 35c., three numbers,
50c., four numbers, 65c. tf4d
L. d. MURPHY, Agent, skowhegan,
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Furniture Repaired

Old furniture, baby carriages, etc. painted
and repaired; all kinds OF chairs bottomed
with cane, perforated reed or basket stuff
bicycle frames epameled and rims vanished
also stored for the winter. Mail orders solicit
ed, 4w47
CHARLES BURNOR. Winter st,
The advocate., 1896-10-21

If It was 100000 he declined to discuss
the matter. Now, Is it reasonable to
suppose that the work Of electiOg Nc.
Kinley can be easy when such large
sums are asked and recelvedH ARain,
it 10 not forgotten that John D. ROCke.
feller is q fugitive from justice from
the State of Texas. Over two years
ago he was indicted by grand jury at
Waco for criminal violation Of the laws
Of the State. Governor HnRg Issued
requisitiOn papers for Rockefeller, but
Governor Flower, the BOltOCrst, re.
fused to honor them. He said Rookie.
feller had not been on Texas soil in all
his life. But in March Of 1895 Rookie
feller passed through Texas on his way
from Mexico. He was on q special
train and had the doors Of his parloE
Car locked and barred to prevent the
officers Of law from entering. He even
armed his servants TO resist interfeP.
enCe. The fact that he passed through
Texas soil brought him within the law,
but Governor Morton did not grant an
extrsditiOn. We all know that had
Rockefeller been poor man he would
be In jail today. Instead, he is free,
and has contributed $4,000 TO the
Mckinley campaign fund. There need
be no doubt Of the attitude Of the Nc.
Kinley administration toward the
Standard OIL Trust. -Tl0entieth Cen
tWry.
The advocate., 1896-10-21
WIN Not Campaign with Watson.

EDITOR ADVOCATE: - The state.
ment in the Kansas City Star Of the
10th inst. that the Hon. Thomas E.
Watson would be accompanied by me
In his tour Of the Seventh Congress.
slonsl district of Kansas is made with
out any authority from me. / have
never been consulted ny anyone In re-
gard to the matter. While have
heretofore held Mr.. Watson In the
highest esteem, / would not consent to
accompany him In his said tour, unless
he would first agree that In each Of his
speeches he would advise the people TO
loyalty support the Electoral ticket
nominated by the Popullsts at the abb
lene convention. G. w. MCKAY,
Judge Of the Twenty fourth Judicial
district Of Kansas.
Medicine Lodge, october 12, 1896.
The advocate., 1896-10-21
llcino Lodge, october 70, 1895.

Speaking sbOnt early birds, there IS
not an Office In Kansas to be filed next
year from Governor to Road OvaFsser
that has not from one to a hundred
candidates already In the field chasing
1t. The Pops did not have half the
thirst for Office that Is consuming our
own people.-LG,Orence Journal (Rep.),
December 7, 1895.
The advocate., 1896-10-21

mon sort, and q trimmer. We need
men Of q sturdler sort for leaders, men
who have some conscience, some polit-
ical integrity. and q little bit of back
bone, that will have some stiffness
every day In the year. -ConcOrdiG En-.
pire (Rep.), April 9, 1896.
The advocate., 1896-10-21
whore Hanna CIets Hlg Money.

One Of the incidents occurring every
day or two, as II for the purpose Of Il.
lustrsting the truth Of Mr.. Brysn's
campaign speeches, was reported last
Saturday. John d. Rockefeller made
an additional contribution to the Nc
Kinley campaign fund of $4,000. The
news Of this contribution apparently
leaked ont unintentionslly, but Mr..
Hanna would not deny 1t. He was
asked to state how much John Jacob
Ast0r had contributed few days be.
fore, bat he refused. When asked
point blank II the Sum was 9200, 900,
Mr. Hanna said "NO," bat when asked
The advocate., 1896-10-21
Great Rock Island Route Playing Cards.

Send u cents In stamps 70 John Sebas-
tian, General Passenger Agent c., r. /. &
p railway, Chicago, for the slickest pack
Of playing cards you ever handled, and on
receipt Of such remittance for one or more
packs they will be sent you postpaid.
Orders containing 60 cents In stamps or
postal note for same amount viii secure
ave packs by express, charges paid
The advocate., 1896-10-21
The Generals"


EDITOR ADvOCATE:--In your issue
of the 9Th inst. you publish two articles
to soldiers-one signed by o number Of
old soldiers aud the other is from
the Shawnee County Soldiers Bryan
Free Silver Club, In answer to the
generals" This may have been nee
essary, yet l believe that the most of
US who heard them st Topeka, at the
late 50. called Soldiers reunion (but In
reality another name for a Wall street
Republican rally, understood at q
glance that these ex generals are sf.
fllCted with one Of two or more
ailments, namely, snftening Of the
brain, inexcussble ignorance, or dot
age. For they surely would know, IL
in full possession of their mental pow.
ers and not shsmefully uniformed,
that In case this government opens
her mints to the free and unlimited
coinage of silver and gold at the ratio
Of l6 to |, every person who uses allver
In the manufacture of any kind of
ware made of this metal, must pay 100
cents for every Al219 grains of stand.
ard silver he buys, or be compelled to
shut up shop and 90 out Of the silver
ware business. This he would be COM
PEELED to do for the reason that no bull
lion producer would sell his silver for
less to the manufactures of silVerwsre
than 1t would bring him by having 1t
coined into 100.cent dollar. OF course
the manufacturer of silVerWare would
not go out Of the business, but would
do just as you would do, Mr.. Editor,
in case wheat should advance to 81
per bushel-that is, you would still buy
wheat and continue to eat bread. This
would force silver back to the place 1t
held before the law of 1873 was passed,
dropping the standard silver dollar
from our coinage laws. And to bring
silver to par with gold will only be
using the same means for It's restors.
tiOn that were used for It's debssement;
that is, legislation. This cannot, under
any known rule Of justice, be termed a
violation Of our contract, as our bonded
debt was principally contracted under
a free coinage law, and prior to the act
Of 1873. And for these ex- generals to
even intimate that to adopt such q
course would be injuring our credit,
proves them to be afflicted as have
stated, to say the very least Of their at.
titude.
II my diagnosis Is correct, they are
to be pltled, and their advice should be
treated as that Of any other set of Inn
beetles. But In the event that / am
wrong, then their case iO to be classed
among those not friendly to the COM
mon equality of mankind.
G. BoHRER,
Co. ID, 34th Indiana Inf.
Chase, Kas., October u, 1896
The advocate., 1896-10-21

In glass. That's the way DIR. Pierce'S
Pleasant Pellets come. And it's more
important point than you think. 1t keeps
them always fresh and reliable, unlike the
ordinary pills in cheap wooden or paste
board boxes. They're put up in better
way, and they act In better way, than the
huge, old.fashloned pills. No gripping, no
violence, no reaction afterward that some
times leaves you worse off than before. In
that way they cure permanently. Sick
headache, bilious headache, constipation,
indigestion, bilious attacks, and all de-
rangemeots Of the liver, stomach and
bowels are prevented, relieved and cured.
They're tiny, sugar coated grsnules, q
combine Of refined and concentrated vege-
table extracts-the smallest In size, the
easiest to take.
The advocate., 1896-10-21
A Nere Trimmer.

Governor Morrill, has shown that be
is not the broad gauged, dIgniaed,
high-mInded man that many supposed.
instead be has shown himself chronic
OG1esr.sseksr, Q politician Of the COM
The advocate., 1896-10-21
Things Open for Correction.


little spsHe IN your paper for some Sug-
Restlons to be considered and digested
by your resders~ And trust they
will not merely run over them and
brush them aside to make place for
other and less important matters, but
will duly consider and make them the
basis Of their future action. We witness
In this political campaign whst virtue
there is in persistent effort and sRits
tion, The seed sown in the past ten
years has sprung up and promises an
abundant yield. Now let ua carefully
and thoroughly cultivate the ground
that the crop may be a full one and
sbundsntly reward the husbandmsn.
And first, as to agriculture, the basis
and foundation Of every other business
and vocation. The census shows that
the farmer, while owning only 10 or IL
per cent. of the National wealth and
still less of It's land values, pays 20 per
cent. of the National, State and local
taxation. And this has been going on
for long years, and, together with
other prpjudlcisl abuses, has at length
worked out its Legitimate results In
the prosirarion and ruin of its victim,
till revolution is abroad in the land
And the gold standard correspondent
Of the New York Herald at the st.
Louis P0pulist National convention
rightly interpreted the philosophy and
phenomena of that upbesVsl when he
said that "the secret of this revolution
is that the people here are angry. The
West is swept by wave of discomfort,
which is based upon the Indifference
Of Congress to any interests but those
Of monopolles. Corporate schemes
are 90 multiplied and 80 vast that they
block the way In Congress. Neither
party takes a proper interest in meas
urps Of vital importance to the people.
The result is the rebellion expressed in
the nomination Of Brysn-nothing
more" Exactly so. For years the
government has been run In the inter
est Of capital and corporations; and
the government credit instead of pro
ductiOD has been carefully nursed to
enable 1t to borrow more money
abroad and thus mortgage us still fur
ther and deeper to British and Ger
man plutocrsts, Dukes and Lords.
And, of cnurpe, for every law passed
for the benefit Of monopoly the pre-
tense has been that It was for the gen.
eral interest. Empires of productive
agricultural lands have been donated
to greedy railway sVndicstes and their
Golfers filled with the proceeds Of bonds
based on the farmers toll, and all
under the false pretense that the In
terest Of the farmer was alone con-
suited in the matter. Producing by
far the greater portion Of the wealth
of the nation, the farmers have been
robbed by legislation, while those who
have fsttened at their expense have
been enabled to forge new chains for
willing victims by means of tribute in
the shape of interest on National,
State and municipal debts to an in
definite amount. Debt is the blight
ing, wit ering curse of the nineteenth
century ss 1t has been In all ages and
TO all peoples. It enslsVes eVe'y
The advocate., 1896-10-21

mnnity. For example, Gould and
other railway msRustes, who by de.
liberstely wrecking railroads and then
spOnRing up the interests Of all not ad.
mitted to the inner temple Of the con.
spirstors and by wstered stock and
other similar devices have sucked the
fountain of production dry and left
nation of workers stranded on the rock
of exhaustion and ruin. Still another
class has been waited into the Rilded
temple Of fortune without effort In
virtue of the increment or increase IN
the value of real estate by and through
the labor of community around and
about them, while they paid no sde.
quate taxes even In consideration Of
the services of their neighbOrs rem.
dered in their behalf.
Third, 1t Is now apparent how a few
favored ones have used aud employed
the government machinery for their
private gain, as witness Stanford,
Huntington & Co., who from bank
rupts were made milllOnsires ty the
Pacific railroad subsidy and the fraud
perpetrsted under the Credit Mobilier
sWindle and corruption. And behold
how the patent laws Of the country
have been usea and abused to run up
fortunes Of millions and tens OF mil.
lions In the hands Of pretended In.
Ventors and spectators In inventions,
at the expense Of the body and mass Of
the people necessitsted to use such In.
Ventions. For long years the poor seam
stresses of the country paid double the
money for a sewing machine here that
it was sold for In Europe. And Singer
would have been abundsntly rewarded
for his discovery Of the machine with
half million, whereas he left several
millions of dollars to his plural wives
and several sets of children las is well
knOwn) as public rewards, suppose,
for his achievements In that line of
business. And Mccormick and others
are examples of how spectators in In.
Ventions have imposed upon the
people, while the agents of the latter
have stood by and contributed to the
same without an effort to apply the
correction.
Fourth, the United States is the
wealthiest nation on the globe. Hon
est labor produced that wealth, but
schemiDg idleness and privileged cap
itsl, through banks and bonds, wa
tered stock, trusts and monopOlles, have
absorbed 1t till to day the ls6orer him
self is in poverty and want, while
drones who never do a days work,
live on the fat of the land. A recent
census showed that the nation had In.
creased in wealth $4,000 million dollars
In one decade item years.. How much
of this went to labor that produced It.
1t is answered by stating that at the
end Of that decade less than 10000
persons owned more than half Of all
the property Of the country and the
nation was mortgsRed for $4,000 mil
lion dollars, not to labor, but which
has to be paid by labor and production,
which pay everything and bear every
burden. And If few, $4,000 families,
as with us, get half the property of
the country into their hands, the rest
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Saxtons River Heard from Again.

Editor BELLOWS FALLS TINES thank
you for having accorded SO much of your
valuable space to my letter in your issue OF
April 20, and now only ask an inch or two
to respond to the comments which you
made upon it. You are in error in your
assumption that the figures which quoted
represented the traffic only from Bellows
Falls to Saxtons River and did not include
that in the opposite direction; on the con-
trary the amount named covers every item
of passenger fares, freight, express and
mail service both to and from Saxtons
River. And, moreover, you are at liberty
to give my name to any person who is
interested in the scheme and who desires
substantiation Of the figures.
One feature Of the matter | omitted to
mention in my previous communication !:
| stated that the passenger fares probably
amounted to $1,000 and that even if the
travel were quadrupled it would reach only
$4,000 per annum. But the present fare
by stage is 40 cents each way and believe
that it is proposed to make the carfare 10
cents each way; therefore to reach $4,000
the passenger traffic would have to be 16
times as great as it is now Does anybody
believe that it would be, and, if so, why ?
Yours respectfully,
A SAXTONs RIVER CITIZEN.
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Those Riding Wheels.

The following hare purchased wheels this
spring: Miss Lma Perry, Falcon; An
troine lBashaw, Eagle Miss Florence Lane,
Diana; Miss Helen Hall, Fleetwing Mrs.
Henry Fitzsimmons, Fleetwing l.. Il. Day,
Lenox; A. o. Day, Wynnewood; w. A,
Burr, Envoy; Mrs. c. M. Comstock,
Eagle; H. E. Shedd, Eagle; Mrs. j..
G. Donovan, Spaulding; G. w. Baker,
Wynnewood; Edgar Saker, Eagle; Fred
Spencer, Eagle A. A. Halliday, New
Mail; +. p. Kidder. Lowell Diamond ;
Fred Saker, Falcon; c. c. Marcy, Lowell
Diamond w. II. Taylor, two Eclipses /;
w. A. Russell, two Remingtons; f. l..
Thompson, Remington; II. r. Thompson,
Remington; Simon Mcleod, Remington ;
DR.. f. w. Knight, Hub; c. E. Emerson,
liver johnson; Charles Chandler, Lowell
Diamond H. ID. Ryder, Syracuse; Melvin
Hall, Remington; Edwin Bush, Warwick ;
W. F. Wheeler, Very; Nelson Legoy,
Guy Wetherbee, Scion Church, Chiefs
John l. Carr, w. G. Smith, H. E. Dodge
P. H. Hadley, E. H. Hobson, c. E. Be-
bee, Ernest Ball, George B. Allbee, Her
bert Barry, William Demoisia, William
Divoll, Fred II. Babbitt, Ii. M. Ingram,
Crawfords; Miss Susie Thompson, Mrs.
c. E. Howard, Numbers; Miss Estella
Fuller, Majestic; Mrs. DIR. Staples, Victor
George F. Davis, j. F. Ward, B. and d.
SPECIAL; l.. j. Hewett, Eagle.
c. H. Stephenson reports a sale of 10
wheels, c. E. Sherwin, 20, j. H. Blakley.
IA, L. G.. and C. E. Howard, IA at whole
sale in Vermont and New Hampshire in
addition to the local trade.
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cL;Id.an e.. e.. p;..h..,. n.....,
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Advertised Letters

Mary A. Brown, Kate Condor, Mary
Stuart. Mrs. Alitine Austin, Mrs. Mary
Murphy, Mrs. b. j. Perkins, f. Dickson.
Fred r. Cobb, Henry Conley, John De
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w. t. Daggett, Herbert Fountain, j. b.
Murray, Joseph Record, w. III. Reed =,
Fred Rich, James Ramsey, Bertha c. Judd.
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A Letter.

We Druggists named below will sell YOU
a 25c Bottle of the great Cough Cure DR..
Andrews Prescription No. 10 on a posi-
tive guarantee to cure your Cough or paw
back the money. For Cough and Colds
for adults and children it has no equal and
the proof of pudding is eating.
S. L. ANDREWS, Bellows Falls
III. III. DAVIS, /"
j. f. PIERCE,
W. b. GLYNN, Saxtons River.
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''OnIy
One Girl

In the World for Me-
says the popular song. "Only one
grocery store in the town for me-"
says the housekeeper who wishes to
have every dollar expended do its full
duty. Everything in our establish
ment is marked at prices which will
retain regular patrons and induce oc-
casional customers to come again. The
rapid increase in the volume of our bus
mess is the best evidence that the peo-
pie of Bellows Falls appreciate this
method.
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and Surgical Institute, of Buffalo, N Y.
The result of his study improved by thirty
wears of practice is embodied in DIR. Pierceis
Favorite Prescription. II strengthens, puri-
fes and makes healthy the organs dis
tinctly feminine. 1t gives weak women the
strength and health necessary for the pro-
duction of healthy children and IT makes the
bearing of those children easy. 1t is sure to
cure any weakness or arrangement peculiar
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$40 $40
HAVE YOU SEEN THEM?

Mems Suits worth $I2, ST. and SIS, our
price $Io. Scotch Mixtures, Cassimeres,
Chevlots, Serges and Worsteds. Perfect in
fit and make.
Other grades SIS, 6, $50, g. IL, "A, IS to
the finest made.
Let us show you our stock of Spring Over
coats for men and boys.
Remember our stock Of Black Worsteds
$9, 10, II. IS, IS to the finest tailor made.
II you are hard to fit we will take your meas
ure, have Suit made for you and guarantee
a perfect ft
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When a baby comes
to the house real hap
piness comes. The
care and anxiety count
for nothing against
, the clingirg touch of
the little hands and
the sound of the little
voice. The highest
function given to hui
man beings is bring
ing healthy, happy
children into the
world. Over thirty
years age the needs
of women appealed 10
DIR. Pierce, now chief
consulting physician
to the Iuvalids' Hotel