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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-07-29
X eel CrOix IDosed

The advertised race between Kibb NJ.
and Keel Croix last saturday afternoon,
did not occur. There were two reasOns
for this. The first was the rain and
heavy condition Of the track and the
second Wa the dosing Of Keel Croix
lat Thursday night, by some person az
vet unknown.
M Day, enc Of the owners Of the colt
and in whose stable he Is kept, La the
following to say Il regard 70 the matter
AT ITO O'Clock Thursday evening,
/ looked Al the colt before going down
u The store. and he seemed % % a.
right A. so looked at him again
before closing the stable for the night.
and he appeared % be bleeding a. tie
mouth. hurried for Dr. salley. who
came at once, and upon examining the
colts mouth, sad he lad been gwen
a dose Of aloes. The Juice Of the berry
has the appearance Of blood, and Il had
stained the colts jaws badly and was
dripping from his mouth
Friday morning, continued Nr.
Day. when attempted to lead him
from the stall he was 30 lame he could
hardly walk then discovered tLat
one Of his forward ankles lad been
blistered with croton oil. He is IN very
bad shape and Dr.. salley is Of the
opinion that he can't get back into good
condition short Of two weeks"
The misereant had no difficulty IN OBJ
tang access TO tire stable as the door
was not locked Neither did he run
much risk Of detection as the barn sets
back from the front Of the house and
can be reached from Middle street by
way Of garden.
Mr.. Day is bound 70 md the eulpnt
if possible, and has put the case in the
hands Of J II Mitchell. There is but
a slight clew 70 work on. Last Tuesday
night young fellow bought some aloes
at George Cushing's drug store M
Gushing did not know him but thinks
he could recognize him should lie see
him again. Much Indignation is ex-
pressed by local horsemen over the deed.
At this writing We are glad To be abe
to state the animal Is rapidly regaining
his usual condition and that the injury
done him will probably prove ouly TEN
porary.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-07-29
Prof. ColhY.

The Bangor Commercial has the fol-
lowing appreeative item in regard to
the change made by Prof. d. Wilder
Colby, Skowhegan man, who has done
excellent work at Orono and we believe
will make his mark in his chosen special
ty at Middetown:
prof. ID. Wilder Colby, of the Univer-
sity of Maine. who has for some years
past been an assistant in the department
of chemistry, and who recently passed a
successful examination under the civil
service rules for entrance into the work
of the department of agriculture, has re-
signed his position in this State, and will
be assigned to duty at the Storrs agri-
cultural experiment station at Middle
town, Conn. The Storrs station has of
late received the funds of the Morrill, and
Hatch acts which formerly went to the
Sheffield school in connection with Yale
university. OF this station, Prof. w. o.
Atwater, formerly of our state college, is
director, and the United States depart
ment of agriculture contributes to its
funds, and at its laboratory is now car
rying on elaborate experiments in the in
vestigation of animal nutrition. 1t is in
this work that it is understood Prof.
Colby will be engaged, and he will enter
upon his duties early in September. 1t
is pleasant to have our bright young
men appreciated by other States, but it
is not pleasant on our part to see them
leave Maine. But we bespeak for Prof
Colby great success in his new duties for
which he is most admirably qualified
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-07-29
4 VITAL QUESTION.
Asked by Hundreds Of SkOwhegan
People. Citizen Answers II.

Our citizens. who have been en-
trapped into reading an innocent look
ing piece OF newspaper composition that
turned ont To be a cleverlv worded in
PRODUCTION to some proprietary medicine
advertisements, always stop the perusal
OF it when they discover the fraud. some
with impatience, some mentally vowing
they won't be foolish again. Other
readers, who are honestly searching for
a remedy advertised in their daily paper.
drop onto one and Invariably the first
question asked is, can this be trne9
This leads to 4 more important one.
why don't they publish local testimony
instead OF forever asking us 10 believe
statements Of some one whom we are
not sure even exists arefully read
the following and see if it does nor I'll
the bill.
Mr.. !. \. Dealey, tailoring and gents
furnishings, Ne, so Mater street. SAYS.
Il had been annoyed with duh aching
across the kidneys which convinced me
that they were not in as good condition
as they might be. When bending over
the cutting table at work felt il more
perhaps than al any other time. Some
times II made me quite miserable and Il
took cold, my back was sure to ache.
l was always able To get around ana At
tend 10 my business but that aching in
the back was anything but pleasant.
had been having an attack If il for some
time and went over IL Patterns drug
store and procured a box of Doan's
Kidney Pills. had read considerable
about them as remedy for the kidneys.
and they proved to be just what was
claimed for them in my case. ! took
one box They relieved me after using
few doses, ami l WAS entirely well
when l stopped the treatment"
Doan' Kidney Pills are for sale BY all
dealers. Price 80 cents Mailed hy
Foster Milburn Co, Buffalo y. \. sole
agents for the [. :
Remember the name DoAN'S and
take no other
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-07-29
There is Nothing So Good.

There is nothing just as good as DR..
Kings New Discovery for consumption,
coughs and colds, so demand it and dc
not permit the dealer to sell you some
substitute. He will not claim there is
anything better, but in order to make
more profit he may claim something else
to BE- just as good. You want DR., King s
New Discovery because you know it to
be safe and reliable, and guaranteed tc
do good or money refunded. Fol
coughs, colds, consumption and for al
affections of throat, chest and lnng'
there is nothing so good as is DR.. Kings
New Discovery. Trial bottles free
At Pattens' Drug Store, c. w. Folsom,
Proprietor.
Regular size 50 cents and $100.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-07-29
Insurance Affairs.

An examination Of the Bay State Bene-
ficiary Association by insurance com.
missioners OF the States OF Massachu-
sets, Maine, Rhode Island and Missouri
was made, recently, and the result was
made public, Friday last. The cash as.
sets are placed at Sl72, ASP 50; and the
total liabilities are placed at 1886, ~ ;
all but Sl5,377 of which is for unpaid
matter of about $500, 900 to be provided
for by assessments In order to meet the
liabilities of the company already in
sight. The bi-monthly calls or mortuary
assessments upon the $1,000 members
have produced $780, 900 at each call, and
as the reserve of $4,000 deposited with
the treasurer of Massachusetts, cannot
be drawn upon to pay these claims, more
than $500, 600 will have to be raised in
some way to pay them, to say nothing
about the mortuary claims that will ac-
crue while this large amount is being
collected. The total number of policy
holders is 1922, the amount insured on
1913 100000. There were 1921 policy
holders in the company in Maine, De-
cember 81, 1896, with insurance amount
ing to S2,S06,000 The company collect
ed in Maine in 1896, $67, 1861. The
company at the present time is not au-
thoriZed to do business in Maine, not
having applied for renewal of its license
which expired June 30.
The Guarantors' Liability and lndem-
nifty Company of Philadelphia, Pa, has
been prohibited from doing business in
Maine, for the present. as it has made
no application for renewal of its license
which expired June 80, 1897. The in
surance commissioner of Maine, has de-
clined to renew the license of the Massa-
chusetts Benefit Association and the
Mercantile Mutual Association, both OF
Boston; also of the Odd Fellows Acct
dent Company of Boston, the Fraternal
Accident Association of Westfield, and
the Red Mems Fraternal Accident Asso-
citation of Westfield, and these companies
have been ordered to discontinue busi-
ness in the State.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-07-29
sebasticook II Moosehead II. L

SebasticoOk ~ Moosehead IL. X.
Plans have been perfected before the
board of directors of the Sebasticook &
Moosehead Railroad whereby the expen-
diture of 100000 is entailed. The
board is reorganized and of the five
directors three will be New York men
with Hon. Charles ID. Haines of Kinder
hook, n. Y, as president. The latter
with his brother have obtained the con-
trolling interest both in the Sebasticook
& Moosehead. aud the Wiscasset q
Quebec.
An extension of the Sebasticook &
Moosehead through st. Adams, Cam
bridge, Parkman, Sangerville to Gull.
ford, of broad gauge. will be built at
an expense of S30000 A connecting
link with the Wiscasset & Quebec will
be made through Unity plantation to
Burnham, of narrow gauge. The towns
along the route will be asked to con-
tribute one-thrd OF the building ex-
penses.
In the near future the Wiscasset &
Quebec with connections will be made
standard gauge at an estimated expense
of $305,000.
This new management has purchased
from the Maine Central the two iron
bridges removed at Waterville which
will be used on the extension. When
these plans are in working order, Water
vile investors will be asked to build a
road TO Weeks Mills via Winslow. North
Vassalboro and China, IA miles at an ex-
pense of $4,000 of which amount one
half will be furnished by the New York
parties.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-07-29
Regular size so cents and $1.o0.

The Narraguagus Times, published in
Cherry field Me-, by W +, Lewis, is a
new claimant for the patronage of PEG
pie in Washington county. The first
number is dated July y. 1t is Is col
umn page paper, and, if the first num-
Der is indicative Of what succeeding
numbers are to be, the paper is to TAXI
high rank among local weeklies in Maine.
Mr.. Lewis formerly published the Pema-
quid Messenger Ia Lincoln county. My
he fad the success he richly deserves in
this new venture.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-07-29

Somerset Pomona Grange will hold
its next regular meeting with starks
Grange Tuesday. August 10th. at 10 a. m.
Program: Opening ceremonies song
by choir; business; address 81 welcome,
sister Maria T. Hilton: instrumental
music, Nelson Holway and Chester
Emery; reply to the address Of welcome,
Mrs. Horace Eaton; reading, SUSIE
Fletcher; paper. arrie :. Allen. music
by choir; 50 p NJ, music; paper, An
gier L. Goodwin. recitation, sister Kate
Butler. question, How to make farm
Ing pay in Maine to be discussed by
John Nichols, K. W. Ellis, Gee. Flint
L. 1. Jewett ". W. Russell, stephen
Merrill and others song by q. T. lib
belts; recitation, W. L. Walker; reading
Elmer Nichols. paper. Alone Smith .
music; remarks for the good of the or
der; closing exercises.
{. Il. ALLEN, Lecturer
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-07-29

The Lisbon Enterprise gives an inter-
esting account of family who recently
arrived in that town from Indiana hav-
ing travelled from that State, 1900 miles,
in "prairie schooner. They have pur-
sued their journey in the day time, stop
ping nights wherever the dark came
upon them The party consisted of Mr..
and Mrs. James r. f tton aud two grand
daughters. Mr.. and Mrs. Eaton left
Lisbon II years ago and return now to
make their home in Calais, Ne.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-07-29
BucklIn S AMIGA SaIve

The Best Salve n the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers. salt Rheum,
Fever SORES, letter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns. and all Skin EFuptions
and positively cures Piles, OF no pay
required. 1t is guaranteed to give per
feet satisfaction or money refunded
Price - cents per box.
For sale at Patterns Drug Store, {.
W. Folsom, Proprietor.
Eczema l. any part OF the body i instantly
relieved and permanently cured by Deans ONT
ment the sovereign remedy Tor al itehlness Ct
the skin.
Bingers And were you married on time.
Gingers oh, no. l had 10 pay the parsoH
cash"
His personality dlled the place Yet not
because be was fat man twas his ammo! ing
cough. He cured II with Adamsons Botanic
Cough Balsam ard sank into happiness aud
obscurity.
HON i suppose that Gagleigh has q good
part in he new play " Augg GOOD part
Why. in his opinion, he is be whole cast
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-07-29
Kindergarten Report.

The annual meeting of the Kinder
garten Ass n was held in the Christian
church vestry, Friday, July End. Re-
ports of the officers were given and ac-
cepted Officers were elected as fol
lows: Mrs. L. W. Weston, president;
Mrs w. II. Wildes, vice president; Mrs.
F. W. Allen, secretary and treasurer
Miss Clara B. Varney, Mrs. L. W. Healey,
Mrs. II. Rawles, Mrs. Herbert Went
worth and Miss Josie w. Smith, mana
gers.
Two schools were maintained through
the spring which makes IN all eight
terms of kindergarten work carried on
by this association. There have been
in all nearly two hundred pupils during
the eight terms. Twenty-Five was the
number enrolled in each school through
the spring.
The following persons contributed to
the fund for last year after the list of
annual members had been published
Miss jeanette Lord, 81 00 Mr.. j. l..
Lumsden, 81 90; Mrs. Anna Merrill,
81 90; Mrs. h. B. Shepherd, 81 90; Mrs.
J. o. Smith, S100.
Life members of the Assn are l.. w.
Weston, Ed P. Page, Geo. n. Page, B.
F. Baker, Miss Julia L. Coburn, Mrs.
Vine Coburn, Mrs. Pauline d. Little
field, Mrs. Helen S. Coburn, Miss Louise
II, Coburn, Mrs. Geo. o. Smith, Miss
Helen s. Robinson, Mr.. Lewis Anderson.
| The annual members for 1897 are as
follows: Mrs. Richard French, Mrs
D. NJ. Bacon, H. d. Patterson, J. p .Mer-
rill, j. r. Frost, Mrs. VIM. Philbrick,
Mrs B. F. Eaton, Mrs. S. S. Dinsmore,
Mrs. A. II. Lang, James Lumsden, F.
X. Steward, j. w. Steward, W. b. Ste
ward, Walter Robbins, Il. 7. Patten, f.
T. Goodrich, George Philbrck, II.
Wentworth, Chas. M. Barnard, w. P.
Ordway, Chas. F. Ward, A. G. Blunt,
W. Ii. Wildes, Mrs. Mary c, Brainard,
Miss Josie Smith, Horatio Cushing, Geo
Weymouth, Henry Varney, J. o. Smith,
Mrs j. o. Smith, Geo Pishon, Mrs
Seyano, Miss Blanche Bixby, S. w.
Philbrick, Mrs. S. w. Philbrick, Mrs.
Martha Farrand, Miss Caroline F. Phil
brick, Mrs. Geo. n. Page, Mrs. II. H.
Gilman, Mrs. Geo. Weymouth, Mrs. l..
l.. Walton, Miss Eda X. Smith, Mrs
Anna Merrill, Mrs. VIM. Folsom, Mrs
l.. w. Weston, Miss Gertrude s. Weston
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-07-29

Treasurer Booker of Bowdoin College,
has received from New York a check
for S75, 900 being one-half the sum of
money from the Fayerweather estate,
over which there was so long and fam
Gus litigation. The balance of the
money Mr. Booker is assured will be
sent in a short time.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-07-29

Among the nominations sent to the
Senate by the President Saturday were
Oramel Murray for postmaster at Pitts
field and Willard NJ. Dunn for postmast-
er at Watervile.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-07-29

The thirty-fourth annual New Eng
land fair, to be held at Portland, during
the week beginning August l6, promises
to be by far the biggest exhibition ever
given by the society. 100000 are to be
offered in premiums, the entries are open
to the world, and the list of attractions
is large. Portland expects big crowd
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-07-29

Although Iprogress on the tariff bill
has seemed very slow at times, the best
time madelon any similar measure, has
been made on the Dingley bill, which
becametlaw by virtue of President NC
Kinley' sl.signature, Saturday last, and
but for Democratic and Populistic de-
lays andl long drawn out speeches, it
might Ihave been done much earlier.
But they could have delayed matters so
much longer than they did, that we feel
like commenting them for what they
refrained from doing.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-07-29

An European news agency is respon-
sible for the report that Japan and
Spain have formed an offensive and de-
fensive alliance against the United States.
Thus far il seems to be an unfound-
ed rumor. and the Spanish minister in
Washington pronounces the story as
absurd, giving as one reason that spain
has more to fear than gain from Japan
and that the latter country desires pos
session of the Philippines far more than
Hawaii, They are thousand miles
nearer and much richer, and the
Japanese have been suspected Of aid
ing the Philippine rebels.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-07-29

DR.. G. NJ. Twitchell, the energetic and
versatile secretary of the Maine Agricul-
tural Society was in town Saturday look
ing after the interests of the Maine State
Fair to be held in Lewiston the week be-
ginning August Both. The genial
secretary made the REPORTER a call and
informed us that the Lewiston, exhibit
ton was to be the best and most interest
ing ever held in that place. Many de-
sirable improvements have been made
upon the extensive grounds and in the
buildings and the list of attractions is a
long one. The managers realize they
have unusually adverse circum stances
to contend with this year, the leading
ones being the occurrence of the Bangor
ready. money in the hands of Maine
farmers and the people generally to
admit of their attending the fair in the
usual numbers. Western and Central
Somerset naturally will attend this fair
in preference to the Bangor one. Pro-
pretors of fine stock in Somerset have
usually attended both fairs and carried
away their full quota of premiums but
this year they will be obliged to content
themselves with attending one fair and
their assortment Of ribbons will he con-
siderably reduced. Just whose fault it
is that both fairs should be held the
same week we are unable TO state. 1t
ought to have been avoided in the in
terest of the success of both societies.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-07-29

Six great warships, the finest in the
United States Navy, and led by the
flagship New York. will float in Port
land Harhor during the week of the New
England Fair At Rigby Park. 1t will be
a fine naval demonstration.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-07-29

II you want the best perfume get the
Queen of Violets AT SIMPSONS, corner
druggist.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-07-29

The annual reunion of the 18th Maine
Regimental association will be held At
Long I,laad, Portland Harbor, August
18th. The Harpswell boat viii convey
the association to the island, leaving
Portland pier at SIS that morning.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-07-29

In Europe, Asia, Africa. Australia and
America, the five great continents,
Shaker medicines are used 10y suffering
humanity for the cure of sickness and
disease.
Never was there such universal de-
mand, never such wonderful results.
Shaker Digestive Cordial, a cure for
Indigestion. is prepared from herbs and
roots, and is a natural remedy which
cures by aiding nature and not 10y fight
ing her.
Shaker Digestive Cordial makes those
fat who have become thin by not digest
ing their food.
1t restores the spirit and the appetite
of those who are detected and tagged
out from the wearing effects of indiges
ton.
1t relieves the symptoms of dyspepsia
and after using for a reasonable time
finally cures the complaint.
Sold 10y druggists. Trial bottle 10 cts
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-07-29

Twenty-Five. twenty-five
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-21

Of either lace or art emoroldery, ~.
every year has it's special course. Every
years course has it's special room ana III
structress. and the pupils cannot 80 from
ore TO the other until the year expires
The pupils of the last years course were
busily mending a magnificent canopy tpe
work of the Empress Maria Theresa
An idea may be formed Of the magni-
tude of the task when ii is said that ten
girls under Nine. ST. Georges supern-
tendence had been working at 1t for ten
years already, and she expected 1t would
take two years more to complete II.
Every kind of embroidery, including Per
sian. Indian, japanese, Turkish, &c, Is
done here. and 1 was astonished to see
some beautiful samples of the "naduty'
or spiders web, made by the Guarani
women of Paraguay, and rarely seen IN
Europe This lace is made of the hbre
of the aloe, and is so fine that 1t is made
inside the huts, with the door shut, so
that not the least breath of wind can
touch IT. ! was still more surprised when
Nine. st. George assured me that the
sample before me was not really Para
guayau, but copied by her principal as
sistant. This lady has been equally sue
cessful IN copying old Venetian, Irish,
Brussels, Honiton, &,c.-in fact, every kind
of lace of all countries.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-03-21
Money i'm Wnsps.
Evening Post.)

Along the banks OF the Cape Fear
river. in North Carolina, are lowlands.
behind which lies a higher level, or
bench. The lowlands are subject to more
or less frequent overflow by freshets,
which are destructive TO crops planted
thereon. A number Of years ago a farm
er, resident in the vicinity, made a very
comfortable sum of money by insuring
his neighbors crops against these
freshets. His unvarying success as an
insurer was for many years a profound
mystery to the people Of the region. The
years when he declined TO insure We're
invariably years of destructive over
flow. The years when he was willing to
insure were equally certain to be sea-
sons of exemption from disaster.
In the earlier days in New England this
mans reading of the future would have
brought him some unpleasant experience
as a dabbler, if not an adept, in black
art. In the Middle Ages of Europe he
would probably have been revered as a
prophet and saint. Yet his information
came from no occult source. Observa-
ton had shown him that certain species
of wasp, which built fits home in the
ground, build some years on the low
lands, and other years upon the higher
level. Experience taught him that when
the wasps built on the lowlands there
were no freshets, and when they built on
the higher ground, the lower would,
some time during the season, be sum
merged. Then man had simply noted
an instance of that little understood pre-
science manifested by certain insects and
a better knowledge OF which
might even be Of service to our national
Weather Bureau. 1t was only at his
death that he revealed his secret.