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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-05-13
fiE FORESAW TIE FUTURE


James u. Eiainfs 1T iinflts W brdH About
Ills Political Career.
first made the acquaintance of Nj.
Blaine during the congress session of
1866. He was then beginning his sec
ond term in the house. At that time |
owned and edited country newspaper
in General Garfield : district One day
n the fall of 1868 Garfield wrote me to
come up to his hilltop home in the little
college town of Hiram. lie told me that
be thought il would be good thing for
young newspaper man to study nation
al politics in Washington and get ac-
quainted with national men, and that
he would undertake to get me a clerk
ship in the house of representatives. In
due time he spoke to his old friend,
General Robert G. Schenck, who was
chairman of the committee on military
affairs, and the result was l was given
the clerkship of that committee
Colfax was speaker of the house, and
for some reason or other he seemed to
have little liking for the ambitious
young member from the Augusta dis
trict of Maine, for he appointed Blaine
mittee. Now, Blaine had not served in
the army and had no knowledge of mil
itary legislation and no taste for that
kind of work. He used to be d country
editor himself, and be appeared to take
a fancy to the young clerk from Ohio.
He would often drop into the committee
room, and, standing before the wood
foil oh a.
newspaper and political career and his
plans and hopes for the future.
remember that he said one day: IL
do not like this military committee
business and ought not to be here Next
congress am going to be on the COM
mittee on appropriations or ways and
means. Financial questions will soon be
the dominant ones in congress. Two
years later | expect to be chairman Of
my committee. Then think l shall be
speaker of the house and after awhile l
hope TO go to the senate. .
Everything came about exactly as he
planned. He had wonderful prescience
con corning his own future, as we'll as in
relation to political events When he
was Il candldue IOr tne pieSldentlal NOM
ination in 1880, he said to me: my ca
reer has thus far closely paralleled that
of Henry Clay. He Wiz speaker of the
house and then senator His party re-
fused to nominate him as long as it had
any chance of electing president.
When it had no longer any chance, it
gave him the nomination he had so long
sought. believe that Is going to be my
fate. Chicago Times Herald.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-05-13
Judge Walton Retires.

Hon. Charles w. Walton, for 80 years
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court,
has voluntarily retired from the Su-
preme Bench of the State of Maine at
the aye of rs years in full possession
OF his intellectual powers, with well pre-
served physique and enjoying the respect
of the people of the State and the
steem and honor of members of the bar
in every county of Maine. His term ex-
pires the 10Th instant and his long ser
vice at that time concluded, illustrates in
a striking manuer, the able aud upright
judge.
Charles Wesley Walton was born in
Mexico, Me-, December 4th, 1919. Mex
ico in those days was backwoods
plantation and the hardy farmer people
who had cleared the fertile bottoms and
meadows by the Androscoggin were
then hacking away industriously at the
stubborn forest. The boy Charles was
reared in the iuvigorating atmosphere of
toll, thrift and perseverance evidences
of the hardihood of the early settlers
were dDOuL MIN.
Judge Walton's early school days were
passed in the typical little old school
house with which the few districts of
old Mexico were supplied. Sebastian $.
Marble, afterward Governor of Maine,
was boy in Mexico with Judge Walton
and attended school with him.
Judge Walton WAS admitted to the Ok
ford county bar in 1913 and at once COM
mel ced the practice of law at Dixfield.
His success as a lawyer was immediate
and pronounced. AS the old Oxford
docket will show, he was concerned,
either on one side or the other, in half
the cases tried in the county, and this,
too, very soon after he commenced
practice.
In the fall of 1877 the prosperous Dix
field lawyer was elected county attorney
of Oxford and served in that capacity
for four years, or until 1852. That year
he was seized with the prevalent Western
fever and visited Minnesota and other
states in the upper Mississippi region
but returned to his native State and
located in Auburn in 1856. In 1857 he
was elected attorney for the State in
A ndroscoggin county and in 1860 to Con-
gress, but he did not enjoy congressional
excitement and when offered seat on
the Supreme Bench by Gov. Washburn
in May 1862, accepted it and has since
occupied it to the great advantage of
Names highest court and his own
honor
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Masonic Officers.
On Thursday at Portland the Maine
council of deliberation elected the fol
lowing officers:

On Thursday at Portland the Maine
council of deliberation elected the fol-
lowing officers:
Commander-in Chief, III. Marquis F.
King, Portland.
First Lieutenant Commander, III.
Frederick S. Walls, Vinal Haven.
Second Lieutenant Commander, Ill.
Samuel y. Campbell, Cherry field.
NJ. OF :. ard g. o, III. Albert NJ e.
Peuley, Auburn.
Graud Piior, III. Rufus II. Huxley,
Portland.
Grand Chancellor, III. Treby johnson.
Augusta.
Grand Treasurer, III. Fred { Tolmsn,
Portland.
Grand Secretary, III. Warren c. King,
Portland.
Grand Eng and Arch, III. William E.
Mason, Bangor.
Grand Master Of C., III. Henry Il.
Taylor, Machias.
Grand Hospitaler, III. Francis T.
Faulkner, Turner.
Grand Captain of the Guard, Ill.
Samuel F. Bearce, Portland.
Grand Standard Bearer, III. Albro f..
Chase, Portland.
Grand Sentinel, III. Warren o. Carney,
Portland.
The Grand Commandery, Knights
Templar elected the following officers.
Grand Commander, Fritz II. Twitchell,
Bath.
Deputy Grand Commander, Frank +.
Sleeper. Sabattus.
Grand Generalssimo, Herbert Harris
East Machias.
Grand Captain General, Albert NJ.
Spear, Gardiner.
Grand Prelate, f. Howard Vose,
Calais.
Grand Senior Warden, Clayton J. Far
rington, Portland.
Grand Junior Warden, Gilman p. Lom-
bard, Belfast
Grand Treasurer, Leander w. Fobes,
Portland.
Grand Recorder, Stephen Berry, Port.
land.
Grand Standard Bearer, Horatio A.
Duncan, Bath.
Grand Sword Bearer, j. Fred Hall,
Rockland.
Grand Warden, Frederick j. Plaisted,
Augusta.
Grand Captain Guards, Warren O.
Carney, Portland.
The Grand Imperial Council, Knights
of the Red Cross of Constantine elected
the following officers
Grand Sovereign, M. l., Josiah II.
Drummond.
Grand Viceroy, NJ. l., Charles |. Cola
more.
Grand Senior General, '. l., William
J. Burnham.
Grand High Prelate. Y. l. ellington Y.
Marston.
Grand High Chancellor, Y, l., Francis
T. Faulkner.
Grand Treasurer, '. l., Rufus H.
Ilinkley.
Grand Recorder, Y, l., Willard F.
Hicks.
Grand High Almoner, Y. l., Marquis
F. King.
Grand Chamberlain, III. James Adams
Grand Orator, III. Albro +. Chase
Grand Marshal, Ill. Frank II. Drum
mond.
Grand Engineer and Architect, III.
George X. Shaw.
Grand Standard Bearer, Ill Samuel F.
Bearce.
Grand Herald, III. J. Ambrose Merrill
Grand Sentinel, III. James Crawford.
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Delegates Elected.

At the Republican caucus held in
p,qine Hall, saturday afternoon to elect
aoieqates to attend the Republican Dis
4u;ot convention at Waterville, Wednes-
aav the 18th instant, L. l.. Walton, Esq.
was elected chairman and j. o. Smith,
clerk.
IN motion of j. \. Merrill it was voted
that the delegates be elected by nomina-
tion from the floor.
The delegates elected were Col. A.
e Blunt. Forrest Goodwin, Esq, T. II.
Anderson, Gen. r B. Shepherd, n. ".
Rrainerd, Esq Hon. A. R. Bixby, Hon.
q A. Marston, Hon. S. j. Walton, Capt.
Nathan Fowler, J. P. Oak and DR.. J. N.
Merrill.
Forrest Goodwin, Esq. announced
that he was obliged to go to Pittstield
the 18th instant, on legal business and
If was doubtful about his being&abe to
attend the convention at Waterville.
He noticed that there was no farmer on
the delegation and he withdrew hoping
that farmer would be placed on the
delegation in his place.
Agreeably to this suggestion A. r.
Smiley was elected a delegate.
The delegation was authorized to fill
any vacancy that may occur therein.
Mr.. T. H. Anderson presented resolu-
tons relating to the death of Hon Seth.
L. Millil1en and to the support of Hon.
Edwin c. Burleigh, which were unani-
mously adopted by rising vote as
follows:
Resolped, That in the death of Hon.
Seth l.. Milliken, we have sustained the
loss of an able representative, a stanch
Republican and sincere friend, whose
every effort was for the advancement of
Republican principles and the interests
of the district which here presented !;
whose loss will not only be felt by his
constituents but by the whole country.
Resolced, That the delegates nominal
ed by this caucus use every honorable
means to secure the nomination of Hon.
Edwin c. Burleigh as Representative to
Congress from this District, recognizing
his personal worth and marked ability
in all public affairs, we believe the in
terests of our State will be best served
by his nomination and election.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-05-13
Capacity of Bins and Wagons

Every boy around the farm of suitable
age should be taught how to figure out
the number of bushels OF wheat and oats
in the bin and how much the wagon box
will hold. A wagon box ten feet long,
three feet wide and twenty-five inches
deep will hold 27.8 bushels of ear corn or
50 bushels of shelled corn. A crib ten
feet wide, ten feet high and sixteen feet
long will hold III bushels of ear corn.
OF ear corn one bushel is contained in
two and quarter cubic feet. In figuring
shelled corn and grain the same space will
hold one and four-fifths times as much as
it will OF ear corn. A crib that will hold
500 bushels of gear corn will hold of shell
corn or other grain I44o.-St0ckmaR ana
Farmer.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-05-13

The city Il l1,sc,u cWns daily pa
per, the DrtsCc,t AL29pe which was
given 10 ii Y ITS late proprietor on the
condition that all llotts Arising there
from should he spent upon the public
parks This year large iayground of
nearly eight acres VA; i17chased from
Prince George, the kiHg's brother and
heir apparent and ii Will lie ready fer
use this summor The lalcr continues
to hold the respect Of all citizcrs, fer
the trust has been carried ont IN its
broadest spirit, and the power has ney-
er been employed to foster any school
of opinions-social, pohucal or rel.
Rious
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-05-13
ANCIENT CORPORATIONS.
Trade Monopolies That We're Almost Say.
age In Their Operation.

Trade Monopolies That We're Almost Saw
age In Their Operation.
Apprentices became no better than
serfs and slaves. They were not merely
pitilessly fined and brutally punished,
they were often left in ignorance of the
craft that they had purchased the right
to learn. In that frightful social and
moral revulsion following the long and
devastating wars of the sixteenth and
seventeenth centuries the corporations
became more determined than ever tc
maintain their industrial aristocracy
and monopoly. They refused to admit
any trade less ancient and honorable
than their own to the rights and privi-
leges Of the law; they soiled themselves
by contact with no person of illegiti-
mate birth; and in their savage and re-
lentless pursuit of persons engaged in
unauthorized traffic they invaded the
homes of contraband workmen, confis-
eating both their tools and the hidden
products of their toll, leaving them and
their families destitute and starving.
To such absurd lengths was the crea-
ton of corporations carried for the pro
duction of new taxes and new places for
court fayorites that occupations like the
teaching of dancing, the selling of flow
ers and the catching of birds We're or
gained, and homogeneous occupations
like the hatmakers' and carpenters
were divided and subdivided beyond the
comprehension of the modern mind.
But despite the ingenuity of lawyers
and the vigilance of armies of inspect
ors the lines of demarcation could not
be drawn so sharply as to avoid con-
flicts of interests. The makers of felt
hats quarreled with the makers Of cot
ton hats. The spinners who had pur-
chased the right to use hemp quarreled
with those that had purchased the right
to use fax The shoemakers fought
with the cobblers that reproduced more
than two-t thirds Of an old shoe. The cut
lers that made the handles of knives
fought with those that made the blades
The relations of the makers of wooden
porringers and the makers of wooden
spoons were equally belligerent -
Franklin Smith in Popular Science
Monthly.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-05-13
FACTS ARE STUBBORN,
II SkOwhegan People Are Not Con-
WINGED by Local Testimony They
Differ from Other People.

Our readers must have noticed in the
past two yeal> how cures have multi
piled in the papers like mushrooms in
meadow. and following the Plethora OF
"cures" the general public has turned
remarkably skeptical. Facts are de
manded bat it has become also essential
To know who supplies them, where they
are from. in tine, whom have you cured.
Doubling Thomas Will not accept at par
incredible cures on the other side OF
the continent. He wants it at home.
Give me some neighbor that | will be-
lieye," is what he asks for. Well.
DoauS Kidney Pills do this. Call II
what you like. at home, local or neigh
burs' testimony, you can always asCer-
tain the truth OF it without leaving the
city limits. Here is a case:
Mr. Joseph Roderick OF Summer
street near Pleasant, says "poan's
Kidney Pills Strengthened me out in good
shape after having dull aching across
the loins continually for six weeks /
have been troubled with my kidneys fer
years of and on, but never had an at
tack So severe as the last one. There
was no let up to it day or night. | had
job working on the boom in the river
using an auger, boring holes IN the logs.
After bending over for about five min
utes at the work my back ached SO Sc
verely that l could not stand it any
longer. ! would straiEhten up, place
my hands across the loius aud bend
backward for a minute or two, then go 70
work for few minutes, and again re-
peat the performance. BY doing this
| managed to get in the day work, but
| was in misery all the time, | had read
of Doan's Kidney Pills a number Of
times and finally went to Patterns drug
store and got a box. In few days /
was well and have been So since.
Doan's Kidney Pills are for sale by all
dealers Price 30 cents. Mailed by Eos
ter-Milburn Co., Buffalo, y. y, sole
agents for the |, ).
Remember the name, D0AN'S and
take no otheI.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-05-13

A way of serving carrots is the fol-
lowing, evolved by cook DESTROYS, as
all cooks should he, of something
new. " The vegetable is scraped, diced
and boiled till tender. Meanwhile a
slice of onion is Drowned i'll table
spoonful of butter. With this one table
spoonful of flour is rubbed smooth and
stirred until the flour is cooked. Then
one cup of tomato juice, not heated, is
added to the mixture with a half tea
spoonful of salt and a dash of pepper
The whole is stewed together three or
four minutes before being strained over
the carrots, which have been drained.
This dish is much mere palatable than
the creamed carrots because it adds a
needed flavor and is none the harder to
prepare than the better known prepare
tion. New York Post.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-05-13
Share in The Cuban
Shame.


During the forty years that have since
elapsed all the interested powers have
recognized expressly or implicitly the
position that was then publicly assumed
by our government. So, however I'M
pleasant 1t may be, we must admit that
when the consular representatives of
France and of England in Cuba say, as |
have heard many of them say, in COM
menting upon the unparalleled horrors
of the situation, that the government
and people of our country are directly
responsible for all the bloody crimes
that are committed in the name OF war
fare, they are right. | believe that our
share of responsibility for all this blood
outlines is heavy one. We have an
nounced our peculiar rights as to Cuba;
we have said to other nations that they
must keep their hands off; we block the
way and stop all interference, and assist
Spain the while to encompass her ends
by the activity of our fleet and the exer-
lions of our federal officers.-From 1.-THE
Real Condition of Cuba Today" by
stephen Bonsal, in May ReUieto Of Re
Uiel1S.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-05-13

Bicycle tires $ a pair, best IS Full
guarantee. Mneralized Rubber Co..
New y ork. Agents wanted. 4w.
The ice left Moosehead lake Saturday.
Il think the Joke has been carried far
enough" said the editor, as he marked sc
eepted" on il.
Il burned ny fingers very badly. The Pain
was intense. Or. Thomas Ecleotrie oil brought
relief in three minutes. II was almost magical.
never saw anything like il. Amelia swords.
SaunderSyille, ..
somebody must be cultivaiing the widow .
Yes" Anyway. her weeds have disappeared.
Il feal fearfully stale This morning.
should think you would II sou have coughed
al night Begin on Adamson's Botanic Cough
Rasam to-day and TO night YOU vii. sleep
Ike tired baby.
Hopeful. ~ hear tina you are A widow
said the one who had been abroad. Yes iu~t
AT present, said the one in black.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-05-13

Talk about breaking promisesr says
the Maine Farmer. "Look at the
promises the Great Powers have made.
Years ago they promised Greece to ex-
tend its frontier; Turkey objected, and
they submitted to Turkey. They
promised reforms in Armenia; the Turks
kept on slaughtering the Christians, and
the Powers tamely submitted to Turkey.
The Powers have done nothing but
coerce Greece; that seems to be the only
point they are agreed on. Even if Greece
should suffer permanent defeat, she will
have shown the world that she has
higher ideals than most of the nations
of Europe"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-05-13
A Coincidence.

1.-THE man who brought this in, = re-
marked the editors assistant as he un-
rolled half yard of manuscript, told
me confidentially that he needed the
money for it. -
Yes, was the melancholy answer,
tits a strange fact that the longest
poems seem almost invariably to be
written by the shortest poets. Wash
ington Star.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-05-13

Mr.. Charles II. Wetzel Of suubury.
Pa. was so much pleased with remedy
which cured him Of rheumatism thar lie
made affidavit 70 the fact for publication
as follows: This is 10 certify that on
Nav llth [ walked into MeIieks drug
store Oh a pair Of crutches. bought
bottle Of Chamberlain Pain Balm for
infammatory rheumatism which had
crippled me up. After using three
bottles | am completely cured. | can
cheerfully recommend II.
CHARLES Il. WET2EL."
sworn and subscribed before NE OF
Aug. 10. 1891. Walter Shipman, j. +.
Pain Balm Is for sale at - and 30 cents
per bottle by Horatio W. Cushing.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-05-13
What Is Really Needed.

"Somebody has invented another talk
ing machine.
'That's a stupid thing to do. Won't
these scientists ever learn that what the
world needs is listening machines7''
Chicago Record.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-05-13
Bryant and Wordsworth.

Bryant's poems inevitably bring
Wordsworth to our minds, yet 1t seems
unfair to Bryant's talents to measure
their Increase comparison with the
fruits of Wordsworth genius Bryant's
lot took him to tae city, to newspapers
and daily cares, while Wordsworth saun-
tered contemplative over Helvellyn and
along the margin of Windermere Great
poetry has never been written by a man
who was not able to give to it his con-
rentrated thought and his whole heart.
Chaucer, Shakespeare, Spenser, Pope,
Wordsworth, Shelley, Byron, all tn
great poets of England, have given uno
Vided allegiance to poetry. Bryant cou
got do So, and his poems bear the marks
Of his involuntary disloyalty. Henry
d. Sedgwick in Atlantic.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-05-13

\ quiet but very pleasant wedding
took place at Fairfield, Saturday after
noon. The contracting parties were Mr..
Walter Putnam and Miss Carrie Denicoe.
Rev. NJ. Pillsbury performed the cere-
mony. Mr.. and Mrs. Putnam have not
been here very long. but have already
Won very high place both in the love
and esteem of large circle of friends.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-05-13
Maine Patriachs Militant.

The election of officers of the Grand
Organization of Patriarchs Militant of
the State has been finished and the re-
turns canvassed by the elections com.
mittee. The result is as follows; Brig.
Gen. and Department Commander, three
years, Herbert G. Foster, Wateryille !;
colonel LIST Regiment, W. 5. Hasty, Saco,
reelected; Lieut. Col, Frederick Greene,
Biddeford; Col, I'd Regiment, Col. Ed
win l.. Lord, Bangor; Lieut.. Col. Major
{. A. Marston, Skowhegan; majors. lst
Battalion, lst Regiment, Capt. Magnus
Evans, Lewiston: I'd Battalion, Capt.
W. II. Austin, North Berwick; lst Bat
talon, I'd Regiment, Cape. E. O. Head,
Rockland; I'd Battalion, Capt. F. l..
Pond, Augusta; Sd Battalion, Capt. E.
f. Scates, Fort Fairfield.
Committee on elections, Capt. J. H..
Dearborn, Capt. j. Il. Mason, Biddeford !;
Major F. B. Ross and Chev. c. l.. Gold
thwaite, Saco.
General Foster is a member of the
firm of NJ. c. Foster & Son, Waterville
contractors. The installation will be at
Skowhegan, June 3.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-05-13

Hon. f. F. Webb, ex mayor of Water
vile, informed The Associated Press re-
preventative, Monday, that petition to
the supreme court asking for an injunc-
tion against further operations on the
new City hall building is being prepared
and will be presented at once.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-05-13

The delegates to the Waterville con-
vention elected at Fairfield, Saturday,
are S. A. Nye, w. r. WinslOw, J. F.
kenrick. S. Merrill, j. T. Blackwell, Y.
X. Conner and A. +. Farnhsm. Alter
nates-Ira Virgins, H. X. Purinton, G.
A. Savage, d. King, A. II. Ellis, Chas.
II. Hoxie, G, c. Eaton. They were in
structed to vote for Gov. Burlegh.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-05-13

The special election for mayor to fill
the vacancy caused by the death of Hon.
F. l.. Noble of Lewiston, resulted in the
election of W. II. Judkins. Esq, the
present county attorney, Republican,
by a vote of l116 to 7l9 for Gen. Nj.
a. Murphy (Democrat).
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-05-13

We. the undersigned, agree to refund
the money on tifty-eent bottle Of
Greene's Syrup of Tar if it fails 10 cure
your cough or cold. We also guarantee
a twenty-five cent bottle to prove salts
factory or 30 pay.
II. W. CUSHING. BIXBY Il BUCK,
W. II. FULLER. L. I. PATTEN.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-05-13

It has been discovered that to bury a
man mp to his neck III wet sand is
practically certain cure for apparent
death from an electric shock.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-05-13

The Queen Regent Of Spain. has issued
decreee authorizing the raising Of
s, 900. 900 to be secured by the customs
duties Of Spain to meet the cost Of mill
tary operations in Cuba and the Phillip
pine islands. The bank Of Spain viii
undertake the issue.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-05-13

The Uuiyersalist y. p. {. [. of Water
vile. was invited to be the guest Of the
Fairfield society, Sunday evening and
large number came up. The subject was
the Effects Of Hope" and The services
We're very interesting from beginning 10
end Miss Kate Bradbury assisted
materially in the music by her violin ac-
paniments.