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The Somerset reporter., 1897-01-07
THE GOLDEN THROAT.


Beli-like Tones Not Always Gift of Ma
tirc. but May BE Acquired.
The power of the highest interpreta-
ton of music in song is vouchsafed to
but few favored mortals and is not to be
acquired by any amount Of endeavor, if
the true golden throat, with finely
adjusted chorda yocales be lacking A
voice Of sweet and mellow quality in
speaking, however, Is not always gra-
cious gift Of nature, but is a possible at
tainment to persons Of the most ordinary
musical capacity. a prima donna spends
scarcely more time practicing her scales
than an ambitious actress devotes to the
cultivation Of a ringing, hell-like into
nation to her sentences, for public speak
ers and people of the theatrical profes-
sion understand the value of vibrant
tones, of the thrilling, solemn, proud
pal hetic voice, whose echoes linger
long in the memory Of the inthraled
listener.
Among we'll bred people low voices
are the rule--low. but not always music
al, a tendency to falsetto marking any
effort beyond ordinary conversation
which is simply an evidence of the lack
Of proper training. or of "a failure to
practice those primary principles Of elo-
cution that are part of the briefest
common school education.
Lessons under "A teacher are not an
absolute necessity to the woman who
would secure the grace of clear, sweet
accents. Deep breathing and chest ex.
pansion are the first steps toward the
desired end, and systematic course of
throat strengthening, combined with
enough disoernment to decide between
a nasal twang and pure tone, is about all
that is needed to achieve fair degree
of success.
An excellent method Of strengthening
the throat is gargling with cold salt
water in the morning. bathing it at the
same time, first with very hot and then
with very cold water 1t thus gets a
slight shock and is braced up and per-
manently benefited New York Jour
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The Somerset reporter., 1897-01-07
CORRESPONDENCE


Rev G. w. Hinckley preached the
sermon at Good Will Farm, Sunday T. NJ.
Mrs. Thomas -Burrill has been quite
sick the past week.
Herbert Hall has returned from his
visit up-ryer, and is now staying at his
grandmothers Mrs. sherman Pishon.
At Christmas time, Mrs. Walter Hall
left little Blanche at Brooks, for several
weeks visit to her grandparents.
Walter Hinckley spent a part of his
vacation in the house with vely bad
cold.
School il in session at this place,
taught by Miss Laura Ames Of Fairfield.
Miss Kate Walker is teaching in the
Moore's district.
Sad news reached this place, Saturday,
nothing the friends of Mrs. viii Common
Of her departure from this life, at her
home in Orange, Mass. She leaves a
husband very low with consumption.
Miss Florence Durbon of Wateryille,
visited at A. X. Nelson's over Sunday.
Percy Kicker has sold his bay mare to
Henry Kicker Of Lewiston.
NJ d. Holt sent two loads of live
stock from this station, Monday, A. NJ.
school commenced at Good win Farm,
Monday OF this week with its usual
number OF scholars.
The pink-eye is very common com
plant, in this vicinity at present.
Elezar Kelley and Lewis Wells arrived
home from Mass ,chusetts, the last Of
the week.
George Foster and wife of Canaan,
spent sunday in this place.
Six inches of snow would be a help to
the travelling in this vicinity.
Twelve members of the +. +. RS met
at Percy Ricker's on "new years eve.
1t was voted to meet at Mr.. Samuel
Davis, Saturday night, whore a very
pleasant evening, was enjoyed by all.
The next meeting will be at Mrs.
Boyden's.
Manley sanderson has sold his farm,
we understand he is to move to Canaan,
soon.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-01-07
Fairfield Centre

Chas. Fowler will work fer Mrs. Bal
entiue this winter.
willard rozier is at home from Berlin
Falls, n. H., where he is employed in a
shoe factory.
Mr. Chas. True of Fayette, was visit
ing j. \. Jones few days last week.
Miss Lou Tozier who has been spend
ing the HOLIDAYS with her parents here,
returned the first of the Week To her
duty AS teacher in the Belmont Mass.
schools.
The following list of officers of Victor
grange were installed Saturday evening,
Jan. =, by Past Master, r. +. Libby
assisted by J. f. Hoxie and Mabel +.
Jones' A. II. Ellis, Master; o. A. Bow
man Overseer; Henry L. Choate, Lee
turer; Nelson b. Holway, Steward ,
Warren Balentine, Asst. Steward; l.. L.
Howe, Chaplain; NJ. f. Archer, Treasur-
er; j. A. Jones, Secretary; Fred l..
Grant, Gate Keeper; Mrs A. II. Ellis,
Ceres Mrs. l.. L. Howe, Pomona; Mrs.
Alton Richardson, Flora; Miss Kate X.
Tozier, Lady Asst Steward. After the
installation services, about eighty sat
down To fine oyster supper. This
grange has added 20 new members TO its
roll and held forty meetings during the
past year. An addition has recently
been made to the stable, making stab
ling capacity for 80 horses, and adding
much to the appearance of the grange
property Financially, the grange il
in very prosperous condition, having
nearly enough in the treasury to pay for
all improvements made. At the next
meeting, Saturday evening, the enter
tainment will by furnished by the new
board of officers, and pleasant time is
expected.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-01-07
SHtSoo1H|N6SA1IsFnNs
SHERIFF SALE.
STATE OF MAINE.

Taken this twenty. eighth day OF December
A. d. 1896 execution issued on judgment
rendered By the supreme Judicial Court, for
the county of Kennebec, at the term thereof
begun and held on the third Tue Sday of
October A. d. 1896, TO wit. on the tweaty fifth
day OF evember A. ID. 1896 in favor of Oryille
ID Baker and Frank l., Staples both OF Angus
ia in said kennebec county partners, doing
business in said Augusta under the firm name
and style of Baker, Baker and Staples, against
Gustavus W. Spinney OF Phippsburg. county
of Sagadahoc in said State, for the sum of
three hundred twenty dollars damage, and
sixteen dollars and sixty cents costs of suit,
and will be sold at public auction, at the
school house in Starks village, in sald Somer
set county, to the highest bidder, on the tenth
afternoon. the following described real estate
and all the right. title ana interest which the
said Gustavus w Spnney has in and to the
same. to wit:
A piece or parcel OF land situated in Starks
and bounded as follows to wit: commencing
at the northwest corner OF school house lot on
the road leao ing from Starks village TO West
Mills, running north ON said road to land
occupied By Wakefield Greenleaf (tnown
the Hannah Chapman lott thence easterly on
said line about ten rods thence southerly
about four rods. thence easterly to land form
erly owned by Patience Quimby now owned
and occupied by. Alonzo Quimby, thence
formerly owed by Rhoaa Elliot's heirs now
owned by j. p. Merrill. thence westerly to
southeast corner OF school house lot, thence
northerly six rods to northeast corner of
school house lot, thence westerly said
school house lot to the first mentioned bound
conf aiming six acres more or less the same
one piece decided to q. W. Spinney by Alonzo
Qumby and one piece decided to G. w.
Spinney by Alice M. Sawyer excepting piece
six rods square in southwest corner OF said
Sawyer lot known as school house lot.
Also anotf er piece or parcel of land situated
in said Starks, bounded and described as
follows, to wit On the north by land former
ly occupied by Warren Gray, now occupied by
Angler Gray, on the east and south by land
formerly occupied by ]. G. Waugh and p. z.
Norton, now occupied by Hiram Waugh and
w. l.. Walker on the west by land formerly
occupied by Joseph Frederic. being the same
az decided to G. W. Spinney by Cyrus Athearn
and known the Thomas Waugh lot contain
ing fifteen acres more or less.
3w5s f. p. vILES, Sheriff.
Skowhegsn, Decembe 2sth, A. ID. 1896.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-01-07

Mr.. Rice ia successful agent of the
Davis Sewing Machine.
Josiah Holway and wife of Madison
e visiting rela ives in town and vicinity.
DR.. Piper of Bingham was called to
Pleasant Pond last week to see Mrs.
james Martin.
Mr.. Frank Wilbur of North New Port
land is the guest of his daughter Mrs.
q. :. Witham.
Mrs. NJ. A. Bean of The Forks was in
town Sunday TO dinner, j. A. Bean and
wife returned home with her.
Sidney York of Brighton was in town
one day last week.
Rev. Mr.. jenkins held meeting Sun
day in the Chapel. The congregation
was not large owing to the fact that it
was not known that he had arrived by
many.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-01-07
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE,

Whereas, Sanford K Russell and Walter w.
Russell both of brighton in the county of
d. 1891, by their mortgage deed OF that date.
recorded in the Some rset Registry Of Deeds
Vol 2li, Page 204, conveyed to the su bscribers.
certain lot or parcel OF land situated in said
Brighton an 4 bound, as follows, to wit: On
the south by the lot line of lot mum bered four
in the ninth Range OF lots in said Brighton
on the west by land OF Amos True and land OF
l.. c. Forbus on the north by land of Carol
Davis known as the o good Forhus farm. and
on the east by land ef Henry Lawrence and
the Ivory Whitehouse farm, reserving the
Grave Yard, four rods square, on said
premises, to secure the paym OF certain
notes therein described, and as the conditions
OF said mortgage have been broken, we claim
a foreclosure of the same according to the
statute in such case made and provided and
give this notice for that purpose.
RUFUS WARD.
ALBERT WARD.
BY J. F. Holman, their atty.
brighton. Dec. y, 1896. Sw53
The Somerset reporter., 1897-01-07
Good VIII Farm a..

School at Good viii Farm commenced
Monday morning after vacation of
three weeks. Principal Mayo spent the
latter part of the vacation in oxford
county and also attended the Teachers
Convention in Lewiston.
The larger boys spent a good part of
the vacation in the Good VIII woods,
where they cut the wood supply for the
coming year. While there was an aver
age of twenty axes in use all the time,
but one accident occurred, Master Harry
Kimball cut his foot badly, Dr. Boyer
was called and the wound is rapidly heal
ing.
Supervisor Hinckley will leave We'd
nesday, to speak at the Maritime Boys
conference, which will be held at
Amherst, Nova Scotia, Jan. S, O. 10.
Among the additions to the Good viii
library last week, was Kingsey's Natural
History. This fine work, in three vol
umes, is the gift of Bangor friend of
the Homes. Several specimens were also
added to the museum.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-01-07

One thing is certain; 1t will not do
to fool with a bad cold. No one can tell
what the end will be. Pneumonia,
catarrh, chronic bronchitis, if not con-
sumption, invariably result from a
neglected cold. 1t is surprising too,
that bad colds are so often neglected
when one remembers how easily and at
what little expense they may be cured.
Chamberlain Cough Remedy is always
prompt and effectual, and costs but a
trifle; % or 30 cents Is trhe as COM
pared with the disastrous effects of a
neglected cold. Mr.. Abner Mercer of
Dilworthtown, Chester County, Pa, in
speaking of this remedy, said "Some-
time ago had bad cold and cough.
tried almost everything. Finally Mr..
Hunt, the druggist, recommended
Chamberain's Cough Remedy, and one
30 cent bottle of il cured me entirely"
For sale by Horatio w. Gushing,
The Somerset reporter., 1897-01-07
CURIOUS RELIGIONS.
Some Sects the Members of Which
Thought They Couldn't Die.


Our congress is prohibited by the con-
stitution from making laws respecting
religious views and theories This being
the case, fanatics of all kinds have tax
en- the opportunity to PROFOUND their
views and make an effort to spread their
doctrines. Within the present century
not less than half dozen deluded NOR
tails residing within the limits of the
United States have claimed to be Christ
returned to earth and the queer thing
in connection with the ministry of such
fanatics is the fact that they can per
suade persons who are supposed to have
a fair amount of brains to believe that
they are all they claim to be.
Since 1880 five different sects have
been founded in the United States the
members Of which claimed the ability
of either themselves or their founder to
live forever Each Of these queer com.
munitics has been known by its neigh
bors as 1.-THE immartals, and each has
in the course of time come to grief. as
all such visionary dreamers must. The
last deluded being to found sect on
the theory that he himself, at least, was
immortal was David Patterson. who was
known to his followers as the eye Of
Jehovah. - The Patterson sect We're
known as the children Of Zion . Their
headquarters We're mainly al Grand
Rapids, Mich, although there were up
ward of dozen branch organizations in
the different states Of the Union. Pat
terson claimed that be would never die,
and the great tenet Of faith with the
children of Zion was belief IN the claims
which their leader made In lsss this
self styled eye If Jehovah began to
grow dim-in other words To waste
away with an incurable disease Finally
he went to France, where ne died, just
as all other mortals have done or will
do. This cured the delusion Of the Mich
iganders at Grand Rapids. who soon
awoke to the fact that their leader had
either been a crazy fanatic or bias
phemer. Sects founded on claims If i'm
mortality are not at all dangerous, as
it Is only "a question Of time when the
delusion viii be effectually dispelled. -
ST. Louis Republic.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-01-07
East Cornyille.

The friends and neighbors of Charles
F. Moody and family are much pleased
to see how we'll citizens and neighbors
both in Cornville and Skowhegan are
showing by their deeds of chtrity
the high esteem in which those two
families were held We hope Mr.. Moody
and his son will eosclude to build up
for we cannot afford to loose good
neighbors who always had a word Of
cheer for the sad and disheartcned and
an open pocket book for the needy.
Chas f. Moody and wife are stopping
for the present at Mrs. Moodys fathers
). +. Smith Chas. ). Moody aud wife
and little daughter are stopping at Mrs
Moody's fathers Mr.. Stanley Nay Of
SkOwhegan.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-01-07
Palmyra.

Mrs VIM. IL. Wyman was buried, Sun
day. She was y years old. She left Il
little boy baby few hours old. Funer-
al services by Rev. V. ID. Sweetland.
Mrs. y. L. Sinclair who has been sick
the past year is no better.
F. /. Estes, wife and son, Guy, were
in town, Thursday, calling on friends.
He drove out his span.
Quite number go from here to Show
hogan, Monday, to attend court, wit
nesses in Palmyra case.
Ii is very sckly in town.
Several came from j II. Bakers camp
in Bingham, Saturday. Albert Wyman
came to attend his brothers Wife
funeral
The Somerset reporter., 1897-01-07

}. A. Rice, the sewing machinist Of
Scion, was in town last week.
Mrs. Stephen Young and Mrs. Hattie
Kennedy were the guests Of Mrs Chas
York, Thursday.
Vim. Haskell is at work for Geo. II
Markham.
Herbert Pierce of Bingham, is visiting
relatives in town.
Mrs. Pooler of Carratunk, was in towI
Saturday.
DR.. Piper of Bingham, was in town
last week.
Wallace York made trip to Bingham
last week.
w. NJ. Broffee, Geo. Chase of Solon
Henry Later of Athens, and l.. Ii. Bick
nell Of Madison, were among the guests
of Tuesday at the Holway House.
II. o. Brown of Bethel, was in town
last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Omar Clark of Jackman
passed through town last week on theil
way home from d trip down-river
Mr. Geo. Jenkins preached his frs
sermon here, Sunday, January Sd.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-01-07
ShaWnlIIt.

The schools began this week, of which
Miss Hatch and Miss Getchell are the
teachers.
Mr.. Albert Jewett was in Skowhegan
last week, attending court and his wife,
accompanied him there.
They are beginning to cut ice here
now.
John Ames left here, last Saturday
with eight horses for the woods and
some more are to go yet.
Gus Dow left Monday morning, for tn,
woods also Joe Bazaar.
Mrs VIM. King has been very sich
with the measles but is much better now
The Somerset reporter., 1897-01-07

There's moral of some importance in
the fact that at the auction sales of swine
held lately in the West, higher average
prevailed than for horses. AT one OF
these, six hundred hogs sold for an aver
age of two hundred and twenty dollars,
the choice going for six hundred and
twenty. 1t looks as though the hoe
would get to the winning side. ahead Of
the average trotting bred colt. Those
who have cried down the one may find
consolation, but surely those who have
neglected the other are out in the cold.
Pork is cheap. but the hog is alongside Of
common horses, and likely to win at the
finish. --.HaWe Farmer
The Somerset reporter., 1897-01-07
l1arOne.
The crows are still with US.

The crows are still with us.
Charles Lowe of Waterville was visit
ing his brother, l.. 5. Lowe last week,
Sheridan Bickford has sold his farm
and it is reported will 60 to the Aroos-
took.
Charles Packard has been kind enough
to loan his organ for the use of the meet
ings now in progress at Mr.. Magoon's.
Friends to the number of forty enjoy
ed an evening soclable at the pleasant
farm home of Annie May Gullifer on
New Years eve.
Rev. Mr.. Wentworth of Skowhegan
held service at the new roons of the
social meetings on Sunday last A good
attendance was present and it is hoped
that Mr.. w. will see his way clear to
once again visit us at no distant date.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-01-07
Athens.

There will be meeting at the Hath
orn school house, Jan. II, conducted by
Rev. James Taylor.
Mrs. &C. Brown has been caring for
her mother and sister, who have been
sick in Wellington the past two weeks.
Misses Donnie Brown and Carrie Po-
land are ON the sick list this week. DR..
Ellingwood attends them.
Mrs. George Poland who has been
visiting her daughters 10 Harmony, has
returned home.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-01-07

With the photograph we may note
down what is exactly the musical So.
quence in original songs. In 1.-THE Land
Of Sunshine" is an article entitled
Songs of the Nsvsjoes," and there are
notes Of the music, as recorded on the
photographic cylinders, accurately scor-
ed. Mr.. John Comfort Fillmore writes
From the standpoint of the scientific
student OF folk song, all these Navajo
songs which have had the opportunity
to study are extremely interesting. This
interest, too, is of several different
kinds. The Navajoes, like all other max
ers of folk music, use their songs as IL
medium of poetic and emotional expires
sion, and it is very interesting to note
the quality Of melody they employ for
this purpose. One may note the range
and kind of intervals, the kind of rhythm
and meter and the quality of tone
which these people find appropriate to
the expression of certain ideas and feel
ings i'll song. A comparison OF the Ma
yajo songs in these particulars with the
corresponding songs of other tribes and
races would be most interesting eth
biological study, especially rs the inner
most life of all our aboriginal tribes is
embodied in their music. So far as
know, all their prayers and expressions
of religious feeling find outlet in song.
So do all the deeper social emotions,
and the historical records of the tribes,
the traditions of noble deeds, the memo
ries of good and bad fortunes received
at the hands of the gods, all are record
ed and handed down in the songs of
the various societies.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-01-07
THERE IS 4 CLASS or PEOPLE

Who are injured by the use Of coffee. Recent
ly there has been placed in all the grocery
stores new preparation called GRAIN-O,
coffee. The most delicate stomach receives it
without distress. and but few can tell 1t from
coffee. 1t does not cost over Il as much
Children may drink it with great benefit. 10
cts. and as cts. per package. Try it. Ask for
GRAIN-O.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-01-07

During the year iust closed, according
TO the compilation of the Railway Age,
"a railroads, with 5,4ll miles of lines and
a bond and stock capitalization of $275,-
600, 900, joined the list of railways operat-
ed by receivers. Compared with 1892,
1893 and 1894 the record is favorable.
In 1896 So roads were sold for their cred
itors, representing 1890 miles of lines
and capitalization of 81, l50, 000,0 900.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-01-07
Best Moody Meeting Reports.


They viii BE Found In the Boston Dali,
journal.
New England readers are especially
anxious TO get the very best reports
possible of the meetings which are &c
be held in Boston by d. l.. Moody, and
which will be found the most interesting
of any conducted by the great evangelist.
The Boston Daily journal will give its
readers wonderfully full and accurate
accounts of the meetings, and those who
are at distance from Boston will have
the next best thing to hearing the ad.
dresses in reading the pen pictures OF
the Journals corps of experienced
writers. There will be other features OF
equal interest in the journal, which is
universally admitted to be the best daily
newspaper in New England. lw
The Somerset reporter., 1897-01-07
Scion

The Moosehead Pulp and Paper Co.
receive four or five ears OF sprucepulI
wood over the Somerset Railway daily
North Somerset Grange had an all day
meeting, dinner and installation of Off
GERS, last Saturday.
The Rebekahs had an installation and
supper in the evening.
John Swain is teaching the village
school
Cecil Jewett, Carroll Head and
Ernest Paul are attending school al
Skowhegan.
There is not snow enough for heavy
teaming.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-01-07
A Cyclists Wants.

Customer see that you advertise to
supply cyclists with necessary parts to
replace those lost or damaged by acct
dent
Cycle Dealer-Yes, sir.
Customer (taking out his list)-Well,
please give me two fingers and thumb
for gentleman of so, decent sort of
a nose for II girl of 10, left leg for my
motherinlaw, two right and three left
ribs for myself, and please just send a
man up and measure my wife for a
broken neck. She hasn't got it yet, but
she's getting there. Pearson Weekly.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-01-07

The snow ball is symbolic of winter
it's name and appearance evidently sug
costing the idea.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-01-07

The REPORTER, few weeks since
presented its readers the official result Of
the count in the recent presidential
election. The following summary is
handy to get at and will be good thing
for our readers to paste in their hats for
The Somerset reporter., 1897-01-07
Carratunk.

j. A. Rice of Scion was in town Friday
and Saturday of last week on business.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-01-07

Letters posted in New York viii
reach the Barbados eight days later,
The Somerset reporter., 1897-01-07

"For several years I have recommended
'Castoria,' and shall always continue to do
SO, as II has invariably produced beneficiai
results
EDWIN F. PARpEE, NJ. D.,
125th Street and 18th Ave-, New York City.
oNPASy, n MURRAY STREET, NEW YoRx CRY.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-04-17
NOTES FROM FOREIGN LANDS

The st. Petersburg newspapers an
nounce that the king of Siam will visi.
there next summer.
A memorial to Elizabeth Barrett
Browning is about to be placed in KEEL
loe church, Durham, where she was
baptized.
The princess of Wales and Princess
Victoria are expected at Copenhagen
early in March on a visit to Prince and
Princess Charles of Denmark.
The hereditary grand duke of Baden.
q first cousin of the German emperor,
has been appointed general in com
mand of the eighth army corps.
The budget committee of the Nor
wegian storthing has unanimously
nominated DR.. Nansen as professor of
zoology at the Christiania University.
Herr Gustav Elm. the Czech politi-
clan. writer and party leader, died
rather suddenly in Florence while max
ing a tour for the benefit of his health.
II is announced from st. Petersburg
that the Emperor Francis Joseph win
return the cars visit OF April 27. The
emperor will be accompanied by Count
G~oluchowski.
The gold yield Of Western Australia
for the year 1896 amounted to 2S1 ,265
ounces, being an increase of 40, 1853
ounces as compared with that of the
previous year.
The details of the Emperor Williams
return visit to the Ear were. it is re-
ported. settled during Count Muravieff' n
visits to Berlin and XII and will prob
sbly be made known shortly.
Mime. Munkacsy. the wife OF the cele-
brated artist, in a letter to a relative
residing at B~uda-Pesth. expresses the
hope that after a period of complete
rest her husband will recover his
health. She adds that he already feels
much better.