The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-10-21

over Sunday.
+. A. Cooley returned from Bar Har-
| Dor, Saturday night. He aud his sister.
! Mrs. Annie Mills have had charge Of a
flower store at that place, during the
summer.
Last week, Tuesday Fred Longley
found one OF his cows in the pasture
with its shoulder broken by 4 charge OF
buckshot. 1t was injured so badly he
Was Obliged 10 Kill anu bury il. as it VA
in no condition for beef. Mr.. Longlel
has had great deal of sickness during
The past few years and II therefore
comes doubly hard for him TO lose the
COW. The shooting was probably ac-
cidental, the parties evidently thinking
they were shooting at a deer. neverrht-
less when they found the mischief they
had done, it would have been far more
manly To have acknowledged it and
made the loss to Mr.. Longley good He
has aseertained who the parties were
that were in that neighborhood on the
day in question, and with a little more
evidence it is likely to cost them more
than it would to have come to him at
once and settled the matter.
We frequently hear the admonsh-
ment, "Boom the town. and believe
that it is correct in sentiment, for with
constant association with Its various ad
yantages for business and the peculiari-
ties which may fit ii for some special
| purpose, as a summer resort perhaps, OF
| "A manufacturing center, or a center of
trade, who can be better fitted To SET
forth It's merits than the resident citizen.
Now how shall we go about booming
the town? viii it be by finding fault
with our institutions and endeavuring to
make mountains out of ant-hills; will it
be by saying "Well it's no use, every
body is going out Of town to trade and
calmly sitting down with mouldy
stock of goods and war time prices. Civ
ing them no choice but to 90 elsewhere .
will it be by saying the town is a dull
hole at the best, and you continue to be
the dullest one in it, or would il be
better TO hustle around and say that the
town offered exceptional advantages as a
summer resort, that boat house or our
| beautiful river, well equipped with light.
safe, graceful boats, with a sail-boat or
two would be highly appreciated by our
summer visitors and small steamer to
take excursion parties who did not wish
to make the effort required to get up a
white ash breeze, would be a source of
profit to the owner; that Il large sur.
rounding country is calling for complete
stocks of modern goods al modern prices
and would rather buy here than 90 fur
Their. We are usually driving at some
| thing when We start out on anything
but regular news, and this Is no eXcep-
ton. Considerable comment has been
made, and in most cases by parties who
have no children attending school, about
the management of the school affairs,
and in several instances harmful results
to school can be traced directly To these
comments. We have no reason To doubt
that the school officers are endeayoring
to get the best results possible from the
amount of money allowed for schoo
purposes. and that oar schools compare
favorably with those of other towns.
that all of our resident teachers cannot
be employed is self evident, that more
than nine-tenths of the mountains OF
difficulties these pessimistic minds uu.
earth. originate outside the school hrild,
ings is also painfully apparent. Frieud-
lets have peace and perhaps if you
really wish TO fix things in what you
consider a superior way. you can gei
around and easily get in position 10 dc
so. DOu't try to iujure the school no"
but make it model IN the hereafter.
Saturday was great day at "Th,
Pines" special cars were run and a larg,
gathering partook of dinner. In tn,
evening the dancers enjoyed hop in tn,
new hall.
The stories of deer shooting lust now
rival Brackets fish stories, but tn,
deer all get away, most of them how
ever carry terrible wounds.
There will be a shooting match by
choosing sides, sometime the first %
next week. ii. NJ. Pattee and Charlie,
Miller are the Captains.
The labelling machine for the corr
shop has been put in place and man hat
been here this week adjusting it.
They are to have u cream separator d
, Fuller's Fernside dairy, a pelaval, No
}. They now have over twenty head o
cows and make a first class article il
; butter.
Rev. b. F. Turner and Rev. j. a
Jones exchanged pulpits last sunday.
The wind blew very severely her
sunday and several of our large shad
trees were somewhat injured.
The ladies of the kennebec Associs
7 ton will hold basket meeting at tn
I Baptist church, October 27th., both /
the forenoon and afternoon. The ladie
I Of the place are cordially invited to al
: tend the meetings.