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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-09-23

The Cosmopolitan publishes new
rendering Of the Rubaiyat Of Omar
khayyam" and declares, referring tc
Richard LIE Gallienne as the esponsible
party, that these quatrains will assure
to him a leading place among living
English poets. 3" What the literary world
has been famished for, what it has
craved with intense craving, is a new
version Of the Rubaiyat, and what
would represent its widest dreams is q
version prepared by the distinguished
oriental scholar, Richard LIE Gallienne,
who has already given to the world some
ecstatic prose fancies and possesses the
finest shock of hair in Great Britain. II
is true that the Rubaiyat has been
"done" into English by several gentle
men of literary ability and respectable
scholarship. There was, for example, u
Mr.. Fitzge raid, who has obtained lit.
tie temporary notoriety through some
very pretty jingles on Omar's wine cup
and roses, but the result was not salts
factory either to Mr.. lie Gallienne or to
the editors of The Cosmopolitan, and to
this fact we are indebted for such lines
as these:
Like to n maid who exquisitely turns
promising face to him who waiting, burns
In hell to hear her answer. 80 the world
Tricks all and hints what no man ever learns.
We believe that we are justified in
saying that man who is burning in
hell while maid Is exquisitely turning
a promising face Is what Is known col.
loquially as "hot stuff" considerably
warmer than anything Mrs. Wilcox has
dished up in late years We congratu
late The Cosmopolitan ON its success in
securing Mr. Lie Gallienne's quatrains,
and we have only words of admiration
for Mr.. LIE Gallienne's brilliant idea
We hope that he may feel encouraged
by the eager applause of the literary
public to persevere on present lines and
give us other amended version of the
ancient poets Chicago Post.
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East Fairfield.

The scarlet fever scare is dying out, a:
there have been but three cases in very
light form.
Several couple from this place attend
ed the play at Coburn opera house
Skow hogan, last Tuesday night.
Mrs. Samuel Davis is visiting al
Watervlle.
George Ames of Canaan, is in the
place painting buildings for M. d. Hol
and Percy Kicker
Mrs. Walter Hall has returned from
Brooks, she left little Blanche there fol
a few weeks.
Mis-. Fred Blackstone is quite poorly
Mrs. Sarah Dunbar of Boston and Mrs
Evelyn Emery of Lynn, Mass, who
have been visiting at Rosco Dunbar's
have returned to their homes.
Rev. Miss Haynes is holding meeting:
in the Boardman district with good re-
suits.
Mr.. NJ. B. Blanchard and wife OF
Waterville, were 10 the place visiting
Friday and Saturday.
Nell Palmer and wife visited in Corn.
vile, Sunday.
Bert Ames and Ernest Acley are run
ming blacksmith shop at Nye's corner
Manley Holt sent car OF live stock
from this station, Monday morning.
Mrs. Hinckley and little Faith art
away on a weeks visit
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THE SUPERNATURAL.
Contact with 1t Brings Out a Peculiar
Kind of Fear.

|
Kind of Fear.
We wish the Psychical society would
one day attempt an analysis of what,
for want of better word, we must call
the dread of the supernatural. Both
those who believe and those who disbe
| lieve in the notion that the veil between
this world and the other is capable of
being lifted agree in one thing. They
all recognize the fact that most people
| fear, or something akin to fear, what
| they believe to be the occurrence OF su-
pernatural phenomena. There is here,
| therefore, piece of ground which may
| be explored without any begging of the
question as to whether the fear is caused
by real ghosts or by trickery, by rats
aud water pipes or by genuine glimpses
| of the people of another world. One
would like to know whether the fear
| felt is akin to that experienced when a
man is frightened by runaway horse
or fire or any other imminent risk of
! life, or whether it is something differ
| ent in kind.
Speaking broadly and without any
would say that ghost fright did differ
in kind from the fright which comes
from active danger Most people have,
we imagine, at some time or other in
their lives experienced that eerie, 3un
canny, creepy feeling which is associat-
ed with the possibility of contact with
the supernatural Yet few would de-
ln 81. -
with the dread of loss of life or limb.
The man or woman who wakes up in
the middle of the night and hears
strange noises-thumps, raps olangs
and creakings-or sees lights or feels
the touch of unseen hands is probably
very frightened, but the sense of bodily
fear is not present. There is no dread
of being killed. People in the agony of
terror caused by dangerous accidents
constantly call out that they are going
to be killed, but we doubt if that is ev
er the case in the fright caused by
haunted houses. Possibly this differ
ence may be said to be due to the fact
that the dread of the supernatural is
not nearly so acute as that caused by
Inb lIDmlUtuJ IlSh VI utdlu. ItDpIb, IL
may be argued, only imagine themselves
to be frightened of ghosts. as women
pretend to be frightened of mice. In
neither case is the fright quite genuine.
1t is only want of self control and could
be mastered in an instant if the will
power were in proper order
Unfortunately for those who argue
thus there is plenty Of evidence to
show that occasionally the dread of the
supernatural produces very serious re-
suits. On the whole, we should say that
more people had been frightened out Of
their wits by what they believed to be
supernatural phenomena than by acct
dents involving great risk of life. 1t is
not often that one hears of insanity
caused even by the prolonged agony of
shipwreck The fear caused by what is
supposed to be supernatural agency
seems, then, to have in it some element
not found in ordinary fear If the haunt
ing phenomena cause fear, they seem to
give shock of special keenness. Lon
don Spectator
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CORRESPONDENCE
Fairfield.

The Fairfield park opened Ssturday
the first time for two years. There
were 1000 people In attendance. The
trottng was more interesting than was
expected. Maud Ellingwood won the
! free for all race with lady drivers, Miss
I.evta Elliott holding the ribbons; Lady
Franklin. Mrs. /. F. Crosby, End; Pilot
Merrill, Mrs. H. E. Meader, Sd. Best
time, AIS. Linnie g., w. G.. Merrill,
won the 226 class; Gypsy Boy, A. X.
Sibley, End; Harry p, F. Pollard, Sd ;
best time, 2.24K.
Lawrence, Newhall & Co. have recent
ly completed a large sawdust carrier.
boiler hopse and will be used to convey
sawdust to the boilers.
Some of the logs of Lawrence, New
hall & Co., that went down river in The
freshet are now being sawed at the mill.
Those caught between Shawmut and
Fairfield have been RATED and lowed
back and are now being hauled over the
dam by an ingenious arrangement
operated on the same plan as that by
which the logs are hauled into the mills.
A sluiceway has been constructed over
the dam and an endless chain operated
from the mill draws the logs up over
easily and rapidly.
Saturday afternoon and Sunday the
Baptist church here celebrated the 21st
anniversary of its founding. Saturday af
ternoon roll call was held in the YES
try. AT 6 o'clock supper was served in
the dining room. In the evening the ex
ercises were continued in the church.
The following pastors were present,
most of whom have been more or less
connected with the church since its
founding: DR.. Pepper, Colby Univer-
sity; DR.. Spencer, pastor of the Baptist
church at Watervllle, formerly pastor of
the Baptist church here, and Rev. Mr..
Pillsbury, pastor of the Methodist
church. Short and very interesting ad-
dresses were given by each of these
gentlemen. A historical sketch of the
Y.P. S. c. +. Society was read by Harry
Plummer. Letters were read by Rev.
E. \. Fletcher, from all the former pas
tors who are now living. One of especial
interest was that of Mrs. Kicker, bearing
DR.. Ricker's message to the church sent
just a hours before his death. Sunday
morning Rev. E. n. Fletcher preached
a historical sermon, dealing with the
past and future of the church. At the
session of the Sunday school Miss Ger
trude Higgins read historical a sketch of
the Sunday school.
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LOWELL.


failed tho Most Human Man In the An
,tislavery Struggle.
The world, says Woodrow Wilson in
The Atlantic is apt to esteem that man
most human who has his qualities in a
certain exaggeration, whose courage is
passionate, whose generosity is without
deliberation, whose just action is with
out generalization, whose spirit runs
toward its favorite objects with an in
fictitious and reckless ardor, whose wis
dom is no child Of slow prudence. We
love Achilles more than Diomedes, and
Ulysses not at all But these are stand
ards left over from ruder state of so
ciety. We should have passed by this
time the Homerio stage of mind-should
have heroes suited to our age. Nay, we
have erected different standards and do
in any man fulfillment of our real
ideals.
Let a modern instance serve as test
Could any man hesitate to say that
Abraham Lincoln was more human
than William Lloyd Garrison? Does not
every one know that it was the practi.
cal Free Sellers who made emancipation
possible, and not the hot, impracticable
abolitionists; that the country was in
finitely more moved by Lincolns tenn
perate sagacity than by any mans en-
thusiasm, instinctively trusted the man
who saw the whole situation and kept
his balance, and instinctively held off
from those " no refused to see more than
one thing?
We know how serviceable the intense
and headlong agitator was in bringing
to their feet men fit for action, but We
feel uneasy while he lives and vouch
safe him our full sympathy only when
he is dead We know that the genial
forces of nature which work daily,
equally and without violence are in
finitely more serviceable, infinitely
more admirable, than the rude violence
of the storm, however necessary or ex-
oellent the publication it may have
wrought. Should we seek to name the
most human man among those who led
the nation to its struggle with slavery,
and yet was no statesman. we should
of course name Lowell We know that
his humor went further than any man 4
passion toward setting tolerant men
a-tingle with the new impulses of the
day. We naturally hold back from
those who are incorporate and Can
never stop to smile and are deeply re-
assured to see twinkle in reformer'
eve We are glad to see earnest men
laugh 1t breaks the strain
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East SkOWhegan.

Farmers were very fearful of a frost
Saturday night, but the wind shifting
into the south saved us.
Corn needs two weeks of good weather
to make it nice and ripe. sweet corn is
very late and poor crop.
Will our selectmen have the rocks
taken out of the stage road leading from
Canaan line to the village? The road on
every hill is covered with rocks and it is
dangerous driving horse over them.
Elijah S. Foster is visiting his sisters
in Massachusetts. 1t has been forty-one
years since he made them visit but
they have visited him since that time.
Samuel Webb of Albion, is visiting his
relatives and friends in Skowhegan aud
Canaan.
George H. Carr of Stewartstown
Hollow, n. H., cousin of <. B.
Richardson's wife, arrived here Saturday
a. m. on his wheel and made a short
visit and left for Pittsfeld and will take
in the town of Lee and then return home.
The grange started in Canaan will
prove success. A. k.
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Here and There,

The legislature of Maine has enacted
law regulating the sale, inspection
and chemical analysis of the various by
products sold as concentrated feeds for
cattle.
In the dairy sections many successful
farmers have adopted the soiling system.
New Jersey is to reclaim the marsh
land lying between Newark and Jersey
City. The tract contains "a, 900 acres,
which produce nothing at present but
swarms Of mosquitoes and a rank
growth of bulrushes and salt marsh
hay, and yet the land on which they
grow is doubtless the most fertile tract
In the state.
Nitrates are the most readily avail
able forms of nitrogen. The most COM
mon forms are nitrate of soda and nj
trate of potash.
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Fairfield Centre.

Mr., c. Fl. Allen of Mercer, was visit
ing friends here last week.
Leon Freeman who has been visiting
his grandmother, Mrs. William Jones
left for his home in Morristown, n j
Sunday
Henry Williams Is at home from Ole
Orchard where he has been spending the
summer.
Mr.. Warren W. George for many
years resident of our village died last
week after an illness of but few days
The remains were taken to New Sharon
for interment.
Grant Pierce has gone to Augusta tC
resume his studies in the Cony higt
school.
The farm formerly owned and occu
pied by the late Hamilton Marston ha;
recently been sold to Mr.. Selden Howe
who will take possession at once.
Miss May Emery of Boston is visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. Rodney Jones.
Mrs. j. H. Holt is spending a few
weeks with her mother in Pressure Isle
j. A. Jones and w. J. Tobey are IL
Skowhegan this week, serving on the
grand jury.
Mrs. Sophia Tibbitts ia visiting hel
daughter, Mrs. Chester Rowe of Water
Vile.
Miss Sarah Freeman was calling OF
friends here last week.
Mrs. Rodney Jones spent Sunday al
Lake George.
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Carratunk.

Mr.. Archie Clark and Miss Florence
Williams were united in marriage at
Jackman, Wednesday, Sept. Is, by {. A.
Coleman, in the presence of rev
friends. They have the hearty good
wishes of their friends who wish them
prosperity and happiness in their wed
ded life,
Mr.. and Mrs. Asher Davis of Scion,
who have been visiting friends in town,
returned home Sunday.
Any one in need Of cloak or cape
will do well to order one of Fred Clark,
who sells by sample.
Harry Williams, Peter Harmon and
John Pooler went on the excursion to
Togus, where they enjoyed the day very
much.
Prof. Bateman is In town where he
will lecture every night this week.
Rev. Mr.. Junkins and wife have gone
to the State conference at Belfast.
d. II. Williams went to Augusta
Thursday.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-09-23

An Iowa boy recently passed through
an experience which he will not forget
If he lives to be 100 years old. He is
only years old, and one day when his
father went to the wheattield to drive
the harvester he took him along and
perched him on the high seat at his
side. For time the little fellow
watched the yellow wheat lop over as
1t was cut in wide swath, and the tall
arms sweep it back and bind it, and
finally the fat bundles being tossed
aside one by one. All this was very in
teresting for awhile, but presently the
little fellow grew tired and began to
squirm and complain, and then, just az
his father was leaning over to lools
more closely at some of the machinery
off tumbled the little fell low on the con-
veyor. He shrieked just once, and his
father tried vainly to stop the horses,
but before he could even slack the speed
the boy had been driven up through the
elevator canvas with half bundle of
wheat. the binding Irvine had twisted
swiftly around his neck and legs, and
he was rolled out OH tho wide carrier,
securely bound in a wheat bundle. He
was almost choked, and there was "A
tiny bit of skin torn from his shoulder,
father cut the string and helped him up
again, but worse frightened boy would
have been hard to find. Exchange.
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Mrs. Will Greenlief is visiting in town
G. S. Morse was in Starks, Saturday
True Dunton and family have return
ed from Dead river.
Mrs Edwards is visiting at her moth
eI's Mrs. d. G. Wood.
Henry Jones was in Norridgewock
Tuesday.
1t is reported that moose was lately
seen near Soloman Tracy's; deer also ar,
often seen.
Mrs. Oscar Groves of Augusta, wa
the guest of Mrs. Chas. Berry a few day
last week.
Many of our people attended the fai
at Pennington, last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. B. Churchill o
Germany, are visiting at her fathers
Mr.. o. Whittier.
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SOMERSET TRACTION Co
st. Adams.

The East Somerset Teachers Associa
ton met here, Friday and SATURDAY.
Among the leaders were Hon. W. W
Stetson, State uperintendent; Prof. o
II. Drake of NJ. c. l.; A. +. Richardson
of Castine; Prof. Lothrop, NJ. c. I. ant
Miss Agnes o. Jersey OF Corinth
teacher of elocution aud physical culture
There were many others who did muct
to help make the meeting success
Prof. StetsUn's remarks on public schools
we're very practical
II Jack Frost will extend his vacation
few days longer the farmers viii
gather fair crop of sweet corn.
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pets of his neighbors he frequently ar
ranges kite ascensions for the Kittens
the chickens or the rabbits of the vicin-
ity. He places the object of his bounty
in parachute basket, attaches the bas
ket and parachute to his largest kite,
Black Tom, lets out 5000 feet of rope
and then. when pussy or bunny is half
a mile or so from home, he pulls the
string, which detaches the parachute
and basket from the kite, and they are
waited gently downward to earth, while
Black Tom scars on unhampered.
Sometimes Spencer sends up two
kites by one string, with lantern at
tached to a cross string He has become
an expert in the building of mammoth
kites and has an extensive trade among
the Cleveland youngsters. But the ami
mails and the animal lovers look upon
him with something strongly resem
bling disapproval. New York Journal.
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MICHIGAN HOUSE
Lake George,
CANAAN. MAINE.
Season of 1897 Opens Saturday, June 18th.

Season of 1897 Opens Saturday, June 18th.
The best of boating, bathing and fish
ing. Fine croquet grounds. An excel
lent tennis court. Large, commodious
stable. An ideal inland resort.
Many desirable changes have been made at
this popular inland resort since last season, and
as the comfort and pleasure of the guests will be
looked after personally by Mr.. and Mrs. Wash
burn, this is sufficient guarantee to the stand
ard to be maintained.
No inland resort in Maine surpasses this adj
mirable place with its beautiful lake, fine hotel,
numerous cottages, large amusement and danc-
ing pavilion, croquet and tennis grounds, bowl
ing alley, swings and other amusements. The
fishing is first-class, and fine boats for rowing
are always at the wharf.
The table at the Mohican House is famous
throughout Maine as being unexcelled at a sim
liar resort for variety and quality
On and after Sunday June 20, a blackboard
accommodating IL people will leave the Skow-
hogan House every Sunday morning at 10 O'Clock
for this resort Fare, round trip, so cents. Par
ties desiring to visit Lake George on any week
day may also engage this team on most favorable
terms.
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AN EXPERT "klTER."
A Clever Boy Whose Experiments Are =
Little Hard on the Kittens.

A Clever Boy Whose Experiments Are =
Little Hard on the Kittens.
The surplus eats of Cleveland Turk in
their hiding places by day and even at
night venture forth timorously. The
hens of Cleveland caekle quietly, and
the pigeons COO furtively, as it were.
The domestic animal kingdom of the
city on the lake is trying to call as lit
tie attention to itself as possible and
all because young Spencer Gray has
found new form of summer amuse-
ment.
Spencer Gray is aged IA, and he has
the kite habit in wonderfully devel
oped form. Tailless kites attached to
the earth, not by mere strings or cords,
but by ropes, are his play things. And
with a tender thoughtfulness for the
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-09-23
No Pushing,

Apropos of an alleged ratification aft
er majority of debt contracted during
infancy by admitting that it was just
debt and promising to pay if the debtor
ever got SO that he could without in
convenience, the court in late North
Carolina case says this recalled to the
minds of some memb ers of the court
settlement Of accounts which may with
propriety be preserved as history in the
judicial annals Of the state. A debtor
named Higgins, when solicited to close
an old open account by note, agreed to
do so provided he should be allowed TO
draft the instrument and accordingly
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-09-23
INCONSISTENCY.

She loved youthful minister;
Her smiling rose lips told him so,
Until they sent him forth to preach
At Lonesome Gulch in Idaho.
Then all the fervor Of her soul
subsidized, and she would not go.
What, Waste her life in bowling wilds
Conserving with the squaw of Lo?
He went--alone. And now she's pledged
Again to young Lieutenant Grow,
Who dates his letters. Fort Remote
At Lonesome Gulch in Idahol
Paul Pastnor in Brooklyn Life
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presented the creditor the following:
Il, John HuRgins, agree to pay
James James $3.50 whenever oonven-
lent, but il is understood .ast Higgins
is not to be pushed. Witness my hand
and seal this the - day of -. John
Higgins. (Seal. Case and Comment.
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SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES

Aliens Foot Ease, a powder for the feet. 4.
cures painful. swollen, smarting feet and
stsntly takes the Sting out OF corns sno bun
ions. It's the greatest comfort discovery Of
the age. Aliens Foot case makes tight-ftting
sweating, cailous and hot, tired, aching feet
Try 1t to- day. Sold by all druggists and shoe
stores. By mail for 25c. in STAN ps. Trial pack
age FREE. Address. Allen 8. Olmsted, LIE Roy
N. Y.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-09-23
TRY ALIENS FooT-EAsE

A powder to be shaken into the shoes. At
this season your feet swollen and hot and get
tired easily. II you have smarting feet or tight
shoes, try Allep's Foot Ease. 1t cools the feet
and makes walking easy. Curss and prevents
spots. Relieves corns and bunons of all pain
and gives rest and comfort. Try 1t 10. day Sold
by all druggists and shoe stores for 25c. Trial
package FREE. Address, Allen S. Olmstead
LIE Roy, N. Y,
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From Boston, Portland, Lewiston, Augusta
Waterville Skewhegan and Bangor.

As-tFlag stations; at which trains will stop
on signal or notice to Conductor.
tWill not stop except to leave take Freight
tWiil not stop
STAGE CONNECTIONS.
At Norridgewock, for Mercer land Electric
Cars to and from Skowhegan.) At Arson. for
Sswyer's Mills, (Starks);
No. Arson, for North and West New Portland
Dead River, Flagstaff and Eustis. At Bingham
for Forks Moose River, Mayfeld, Kingsbury
and Abbott.
W. M. AVER SUPT.
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Miss Highsee is a beautiful singer,
ism 7 she?''
Very That was what made her
singing SO endurable. Washington
Times
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A GREAT SURPRISE IS IN STORE

for those who will go to day and get package
of GRAINO. 1t takes the place OF coffee at
about u the cost. 1t is food drink, full OF
well the adult with great benefit. It IS
made OF pure grains and looks and lasts like
the finest grades OF Mocha or Java coffee It
satisfies everyone. cup OF Grain-O is better
for the syste m than a tonic, because It's benefit
is permanent. What coffee breaks down
Grain-O builds up. Ask your grocer for Grain
o. l5c. and Csc.