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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-09-16
Prom Boston, Portland, Lewiston, Augusta.
WAtervilIe Skowhegan and bangor.

ASr"Flag stations; at which trains will stop
on signal or notice to Conductor.
tWill not stoD except to leave or take Freight.
t@id not stop
STAGE CONNECTIONS.
At Norridgewock, for Mercer, land Electric
Cars to and from Skowhegan) At Arson. for
Sawyer's Mills, (Stsrks);
No Arson, for North and West New Portland
Dead River, Flagstaff and Eustis. At Bingham
TOR Forks, Moose River, Maytield, Kingsbury
and Abbott
W. M. AVER SUPr.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-09-16

The most valuable sword in England
is the one presented by the Egyptians
to Lord Wolseley. The hilt is set with
brilliants. aud it is valued at $40, 900.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-09-16
Wanted i!

Agents to solicit insurance for first class
Old Line Life insurance Company. good
and remunerative contract will be made with
the right men to work in Somerset County
and elsewhere. Inquire of NJ. B. Heselton or
at the Office of 26tf
SOMERSET REPORTER.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-09-16

IT you want the best perfume get the
Queen of Violets at SIMPSONS, corner
druggist.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-09-16
NOTICE.

Supreme Judicial Court, Somerset County
Clerks Office, Skowhegan. Aug. 10. A. d. 1877
Pursuant to chapter ~, sec. "a, OF the Re-
vised Statutes OF Maine, and acts amendatory
thereof and additional there hereby give
notice that Benton W. Lenfest OF Newport IN
the County OF Penobscot. intends to make
application to the September term, A. d. 1897,
OF the Supreme Judicial Court, Somerset
County, for admission to practice law in the
Courts of this State. 5w33
w. BRAINERD, Clerk.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-09-16

The eruption of Etna has entirely de-
stroyed the chestnut woods on the
mountain slopes, the trees being devas-
tated by the lava
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-09-16

Trains leave Skowhegan as follows: an.
NJ. for all points West-l2.55 P. NJ. for Wata-'
vile, Oakland North Arson, LewIston
Augusta, Gardiner and Brunswick, port
land and Boston, Dexter. Dover and Foxcro,t
Greeuville. Bangor, Bar Harbor, St John and
Halifax, 800 P. M. (mixed) for WateryilIs
enabling passengers to take night Pulimab
tot Portland and Boston.
ARRIVALS 100 A. NJ. mixed from Water.
vile, daily except Mondsys;-l0S3 A. NJ
Pssse niger from Portland, lewiston Winthrop
Watervtlle, Augusta and Bangor;-5.l0 p NJ
from all points.
GEORGE F. EVANS, Gen. M'g,r
F. q. BOOTHBY. General Pas'r Agent
Portland. June Is. 1897.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-09-16
SOMERSET TRACTION co.
NO. g..


100 s4 400 400 COS 100 500
MADISON 100 500 s4S H. 100 500 500 100 100 100 .
THE LAKE 100 $40 10 Is M l25 230 40 $50 80 $50
9.15 1915
In addition
$780, Obs A. N. 1905, 300, 500,
rfromsk
conne vii o and the
and A NJ airs o dson vi be ON
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Somerset RAILWAY.
CHANGE OF TIME,
Commencing juno Dist. 1897

Trains will run as follows connecting at oak.
land with Maine Central Railroad Trains to and
from Boston, Portland, Lewiston, Wsterville
Augusta, Gardiner, Bath Skowhegan and Ban.
gor.
FOR Boston, Portland, Lewiston, waterville
Augusta, Skowhegan and Bangor
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1897-09-16
A CoURT1N CALL.


HfNl
He dressed hisself from top ter too
Ter beat the lates fashion.
He give his boots a extra glow,
His diekey Clustered like the snow,
He slicked his hair exactly 90,
An all ter Indicate his passion"
He tried his hui i=.e ties afore
He KEEP the one On tlat he wore
HER'
All afternoon shc laid abed
Ter make her featur's brighter,
She tried on every gcOun she he'd,
She rasped her nails until they bled,
A dozen times she fuzzcd her head,
An put on stuff TO make her whiter,
An fused till sse'd a cried, she said,
But that Id make her eyes so red.
.
THEM
They sot together in the dark
'Ithout light, excep' their spark.
An neither could have told or guessed
What way the other un was dressed
# f. V. Cooke in Buffalo Courier.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-04
CAN SKrSRS ClTCH MICEq
An element In NIniuc's Problem or the Rela-
tluns Of Foscs and Hard Cider.

AUGUSTA, Nc, April THE Brunswick Fur
C!Uh, composed o: 200 fox hunters. camo before
the Legislative Committee on Inland Fish and
Game n short time ago. asking FOR a law TO pro.
hlbit tho catching Of foxes in traps. The arSu-
ment WAS that unless the foxes had II chance to
live and run the state would soon cease TO pro-
duCo enough hard cider Cor home consumption,
and citizens with convivial instincts would have
TO drink more expensive and dangerous fluids.
The clubs argument reads without n flaw. Hard
cider Is made from new cider, and now cider is
squeezed from apples. As apples grow upon
apple trees, and rs apple trees are Gnawcd and
killed by mice, and, furthermore, as foxes are
about all the mice catchers that roam IN tho
orchards. the club reasoned that foxes should
be spared 10 catch tho mice.
1t was n roundabout way to boom the hard
cider industry, but tho club secured the names
OF about 1000 orchurdists on their petitions. ana
representative Pope OF Manchester was called
to testify as 10 what he knew about the mouse
Staying habits Of foxes. Pope ia the largest apple
grover IN Mainc. lilo haS 1000 barrels OF apples
in his cellar. which he could have sold for n dol
lar a barrel last fall, hut for which he cannot
get, nm o.lcr nov. Consequently Mr.. Popo
believe TINT il there were moro mice there
higher prices. If foXes killed mico he beloved
Il KILN. tho ,toycs., BAT Mr.. Pope said they
he knew from personal observation thnt skunks
Were we tn the GnigI mogTcTs % he ,or Ghords' and
winter time was live SIX unks.
Two members of the Fur Club then offered to
hot 800 that the average adult skunk couldn't
catch the average adult mouse. They admitted
that ,skunks might steal the young from tho
nests OF mice. but beyond this they would not
conccde IA thing. Tho bet wHs accepted by n few
men who believe that foNes should be, killed
whenever found. and the proposed law to
prohibit tho taking OF foxes In traps was
referred to tho next Legislature. Mean
while. II dcvOlvcs upon the brunswick
Fur Club to provo that skunks cannot catch
mice. In order 10 do this they must secure a lot
of average field mice, such as gnaw apple trees,
put them Into II fenced inClOsuro and introduce
M average akunk among them. II the skunk
succeeds In catching half tho mice tho Fur Club
loses, ana the members will not ask for tho pro.
posed las. In case the skunk fails the farmers
lose and will consent TO have the new law put
on the statute book. The trial will come OFF In II
hay Held neRr Augusta late in July.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-04

societies There Wording to Protect Our
Fenthcred Friends.

The proposed legislation, and the efforts OF
members o! the Audubon societies of the various
States, against the use OF birds as ornaments TO
hats. described in a recent Sunday Sun. has an
echo In the efforts of similar societies in Great
Britain. 4 writer in a journal issued under the
auspices of the Humanitarian League says that
all legislative protection which mentions par
ticular species OF birds is unsatisfactory, be-
cause some valuable species are sure to be omit
ted. and no protection nj all is given to casual
visitors. Ii would be safer TO cnumcrate the
species which are 10 be outside the pale.
Tbs writer vchcmcrtiy describes as 1.-The
butchers bill FOR l"2G" in Great Britain this
list OF fenthcred visitors who paid the penalty
OF their adventurous instinct during last year:
\ !ong-earcd owl, II rough-lcsgcd buzzard. a
golden eagle, a stormy petrol. an aquatic
warbler. a pied variety OF the mnOr-hcn. a great
hnzAard, a hustard, and a pronrHthorinc skira.
III addition II great h!tlcTn was SHOT AT ShadoN-
hurst, IN Kent. The latter b,irt is literally, a
witChing time o. night the booming sound emit
ted by Ihi. strange a'Tt OF SOLITUDE VIII eyer for.
want OF n better similc as something between
the neigh OF II horse and tine Groom of an angry
hull, but il has chlractc les distinct from both.
Another !tuucnIed victim was the li0opuc,
which at the end u: september met its fate at
the hands Of Clergyman near the romantic aud
20 stic!c the hope that this infatuated cleric
has done mental pcnRnCc as correspond
lngiS severe. AS me physical "Hp,lc!n'hs OF inc
ancient mariner who shot the Glbatrosj. other
wise one CoIla almost wish him 10 be deprived
OF he mower 10 do the like again.
;. society under very influential patronage.
called the Society for the Protection OF Birds.
has been in existence since lSS9. Its objects
are the same AZ those Of our own Audubon 50
cictirs. In u report jus; issicd il is said that
the wearing Of stuffed birds in hats is regarded
with extreme disgust by II large and constantly
increasing section o.! the public. The trade in
stuffed birds is also said to have de
c..ucd enormously. On the other hand, ii
is iiscOuraging TO learn that the FASH
ion OF wearing osprcys' HiErcttes or white
llcrons' feathers shows few signs of abatement.
\ sale the other day of some fine examples Of
is evidence that the white cgrct is still! being
pursued to determination in the distant region
where il Is found, the good prices obtained being
hunter. 1t has been suggested that the societies
OF this country and Great Britain could CO.
operate and by discouraging tho use OF these
birds stop the demand ana so end their useless
inStrlrtipn
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-04
BEARS THAT MIGR4TED.


Manly Hardy writes to the Forest and Stream
about bears that migrated:
THE first notice of these migrations is to DO
found in II book by John Jossclyn entitled New
England Tnriiics Discovered published in 1873.
In this book he says that great companies OF
bears sometimes travelled across what is prob
ably the Piscataqun River.
About seventy years ago, carly in September,
my father ono night witnessed "A boa: migration.
The night was n dark one. The bears came to
the east bank OF the pcnobsGot River In the
town Of OyinStOn, about seven miles below
Bangor. The bears could he heard calling and
answering each otlIGr iii low water, when they
tho Ha.npGcn side. In the morning 1t was found
that t! large number had crossed. Ny father
saw their tracks across Il single plank III a ship
yard.
"Ayain, about thirty years ago n friend OF
mine, Henry t!npp, who is quoted in Casinos
standard Natural History as IN authority on
bears. told me that during the fall he had i,one
on II trapping trip hut had found few bears. til
one morning in November after u snow fall he
found the tracks of ninc different bears all
headed up one litIlo valley. For several days
after thpt more bear tracks were found, all
headed in the same dircctiOn-from cast 10 west.
They drnncd mp when ii came time To do so, and
In the spring headed east again.
" II Ia believed among sDOrtanlon that bears go
back into the woods 10 don up, and como Ia the
vicinity Of the v~lcsringS cyr:y spring; but cN-
tcnsivr migTdiiOns by hGrr, are as little heard
OF ns those OF wild turkeys and prairie chickens.
What nHtuTuli>ts 10 not unGccstand is how tho
animals, which usually scatter over miles OF
territory, know how. when, or where to get to-
ECthcr for their trips"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-04
DEER UANIED IN COENEOTICUE
a Petition from Hunters for nn Appropriation
with Which to stock Preserves.

NEW IiAvEE, March 27.-Conncctlcut hunters
are making IN effort to introjuce more wild deer
into the state. a petition has been sent to The
State Game Warden asking for an appropriation
of at lolst 81 900 for tho purpose of securing
deer and stocking preserves in various parts OF
the state. Connecticut has hundreds of acres OF
wild country which Is continually growing
wilder, owing TO the tendency o: tho people TO
desert the farms and give NJ agriculture tor
manufactures and city life, ana for miles, in
somo parts Of the state, not u house l5 20 DO seen.
Tho country il too barren 70: agriculture, rot
even sheep raising heirg conducted with profit
In sOIno parts Of IL, but TIVE srruhs arc list what
tho deer require Tor SuSiCnHICu Through the
winter. There arc now about a dozen wild deer
in the state, and their owners believe that they
exist under idoal conditions here.
The Connecticut climate j. much moro favor
ablo to tho animals hun that OF MLnG. Yer
mont, OF. New ilrmUahiro, and in those three
States the deer are met nearly everywhere in
tho uninhabiie cd portions. Tho rcccut movement
70 preserve wild deer in L0ng Island has been u
Bay iynNos. which IN most newspaper reports
are called wildcats" in common with the gem
uine wildcat6, arc sometimes ,mGt with In BUS
sex and Passaic counties. and 30 are mink and
wease,s. go
Bears sometimes get into the northwestern
part OF Sussex county.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-04
MRS. BRUIN GOES FISHING.
Trout Taken by IA She Hear in n Mountain
stEonm-Ilot stun for q ElncL near.

WILLIAMsPoRT. Pa, April 2.-Black bears arc
no rcspccters OF the laws OF the land. Accord
ing to the statutes, trout fishing in Penrsyl-
vania cannot be enjoyed until after April -,
but bruin doesn't wait for the open season. lie
goes according to the demands OF his appetite.
Old Ned Shunakcr, who prospects for ore. was
up along Otter Run, in the Pine Greek Valley, tho
other day, when he ran across n novel fishing
party. In sauntcr!ns down stream through tho
black aldCrs his attention was attracted by n
sound almost identical with that made by q
half-grown shoat quarrclling over a bucket of
slors. He tiptocd along the bank OF the
stream until he came. to II sudden
sharp turn from which he ]o2gp9fite
in midstrenm, whore the water formed I'm eddy.
was u big she bear i~ntentlly watching the sur
face Of the stream. On The bank. not more than
Is feet away, wcrc TWO half-ErOwn cubs wrcst-
ling about Ike schoolboys., suddenly tho old
bears for"pnw went into the water quick as n
flash. and the next instant It reappenred with a
trout probably eight inches In length. This the
Old hear c%licked omt, upon tho bank TO the
cubs. and then n wrestling match for the prize
began. Oyer and over tho cubs rolled, sqnealing
and Grunting. One Of the cubs tnally succeeded
turc oftho other. The old bear was "A quite sue
ccssful fisher. Tor without moving around 'cry
mng!i she m%a9cgcd TO pull ont half adozen trout
Another ease Of law breaking by n black bear
Is rcpGrtcd from the maple sugar region OF Lib
orty, Tioga county. whore bruin undertook to
sample o kettle o fsugaT that was cooling. sam
uGl waltz and his crew of men were engaged In
suGaTing OFT one day last week, a large kettle
Of boiling hot sugar was lifted off the fire and
the men went to dinner Mt the little farm
placed or top OF the kettle to pro-
tcct tho sugar. Soon after the mons dc.
portmre " soG I'D iss !, hlT IoG0 benz 70 Pm 2"IloM in viii n
II hunkcring after sweets, having probably had
his appetite shRrpcncd by robhing bee trees. Tho
men rtappcarch Mt the door OF the house in timo
to sec brain knock the boards of tho kettle and
dive into the stenming %comtents with pays and
nose simultaneously Bruin didn't stay in the
sugar long, however. for tho hot, sticky
mass made him howl with pain. With
his nose and paws smcarcd with the stun. tho
bear started dcrosR the camp for the thickct be.
yOni. every now and then stopping long enough
10 rub his nose and snitf the air, evidently being
cape into tho woods.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-04
GOOD ENOUGH TO ROOF A FOx.
A Duck Shooters Experience with Fancy De-
COWS on Albemnric Sound.

EldridGe burlington, n Now Yorker who went
to Albcmarlc Sound duck hunting Il few weeks
ago, tells IA curious story of u fox. He had his
dccoys oil II rounded point OF land one morning,
and was waiting for IL TO get light enough to
shoot. The decoys were fancy ones made OF iron
and rubber, painted 10 represent the birds tho
hunter was after, and looked very natural.
At dawn it happened that for about ton or
fifteen minutes no birds came within range. so
10 shots were fred. While the hunter was won
dcriug AT this he heard II rustic up-wipd from
the blind In tho. grass OF the point. Looking
cautiously over tho grass, he was just in time 10
ste "A loE crouched Tor II leap at n dccoy which
was about four feet distant. The fox gave u
culver as he gathered his muscles for the Jump,
aud then sprang ahead and grabbed the duCoy
with all his might. Thereupon the fox was
the most aston!shCd beast that ever hunted
ducks. Tho rubber bag with nm iron franc was
hard and soft in spots. The rubber was pierced
by tho tcoth OF the animal, letting the air out
with . pop Ike a Grecrackor. The iron, how
ever, had q serious effect on the fox's jaw, break
Ing several teeth and cutting tho lips In "a way
that made the fox squoak The fox turned three
somersaults In the water and then headed for
shore and got to the brush, In spite OF two shots.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-04
SlVED ny MS PET DOG.


ANsoNIh, April 3.-Litilc Charles Brooks o?
South End, S%aclton, was playing in the yard n
day or two ago, when up the road came n NANCY
mad dog. II fr0thcd AZ tho mouth ans snapped
at posts and trees, and its eyes were inGamcd.
Tho hoy saw tho dog and called TO it. Thc eur
turned on him.
Mr.. Blouhs has u fine watchdog which thinES
a good deal Of the boy. IL was riCcuink on tho
strange dog. II spr"uS UP, iruit"G TO tho 10y,
aud Just as tho mad Guy with q snarl jumped 10
bite ihc hani OF the little fellow, stretched out
70 pet it, leapcd upon the Intruder. II caught
the cur by the throat and with one effort shook
the lie out OF II, never relaxing It's grip until
the body lay limp and lifcless on the ground.
When two men ran up TO the trio they found
the watchdog on guard over the dead cur, keep.
Ing its little master way from tho carcass. as IL
tearing that harm might Htn come 70 blu.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-04
A CHANCE FOR AN ANGLER.
GIANT FISH WAITING TO BE CAUGHT
OFF THE CAPE ANN COAST.
Tho Horse N1ackcrci or Down Fast the Same
rs the Fnmons Tunn THAT California Tells
Marvellous Tales About, Only niEEcr-
Taken Now by Fishermen with IlnrpOOns.

Taken Now by Fishermen with narpoons.
Word has come from the California coast that
fishermen ut Santa Catalina Island have been
having great sport recently in catching upon
light tackle the great fish known to the Pacific
anglers as the lcaping tuna. Tho sport is do
clared to be moro exciting even than that fur
nished by tho tarpon or any of tho other big sea
fish that anglers have been attacking the last
few years. About twenty tunas have been cap
turod on hand lines during the past season at
Avalon, but tho most remarkable capture was
tho one made ut Santa Catalcnn by Col. c. p.
Moorohouse of Pasadena, who hooked n $50
pound tuna on n light rod and line. and secured
1t after II struggle of more than three hours.
During the fight with tho great fish Col. Moore
houses boat was towod about three miles.
The lcapinR tuna Of the Pacific IL described M
ranging In weight from 100 to 500 pounds, and
from six to nine feet in length, and as having u
habit of lcaping from the sea ten o" fifteen feet
into the mir. Tho 1SO-pound tuna which Col.
MOorchousc caught was the only ono taken on
a rod. Those which were caught Oh hand lines
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-04
yEW JERSEYS WILD ANNALS.
Quitc n Variety stin to EIc Found by sports
mon In TIE Ntnte.

Now Jersey still contains many mammals In
torcstiDg to sportsmen, according TO Samuel n.
IthOuds. who is making out n list of them.
Opossums arc rarely taken, but some have been
found nj Greenwood Lake in recent years. The
Iac,oou furnishes sport to the natives OF all
paris Of the state. Wood hares, commonly
known ms rabbits, gro so common that few wheel
mon who know how game looks in the woods
i9il to SEQ them on trips beyond the Palisades.
varying hRras are rarely mot with.
NsSt 10 rrhhlts the most conspicuous animals
are the w0oichucks. They sit up in tho fields
along tho Delaware basin In II way 10 tempt the
bullets Of 22-callbre rifles. Some OF the best
sport 70 bc had anywhere begins about this
time of the year where wOOdChuCIs are found
and lasts till the middle of September. Chip.
hunks. dying squirrels, red Squirrels, gray
squirrcls, &c, arc met with, while Ca
madam ottors Rro not 30 scarce az
one would think In tho secluded lakes. Gray
and red foxes are plentiful enough 70 keep the
skunke from getting too numerous, The Eastern
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-04

success, and Connecticut Ia much better fitted
than Long Island TO support tho animals.
Many localities have been considered for n
deer farm reservation. Ono section that meets
with great approval Is North Guilford. Nearly
all the houses whereabouts have been given up
and the fields arc growing up with scrubs that
would not support oxen nor sheep. but would
maintain deer and enable them TO thrive. Up
Nnugatuck Valley similar conditions prevail.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-01-29
Banking Waste Against Banking
Economy.

The plain reasons why the Government
should extend the Treasury Department
to include the opening up ofbranch banks
of discount i'll all parts of the country to
take the place of all other such banks,
National, State and private, are mo-
mentous.
Comptroller Eckels' report for the year
ending November Ist, 1896, shows that
there were twenty-seven failures OF
National banks in that time. If we de-
duct four for the two last months of 1895
and add fifteen failures for the last two
months of 1896, we have thirty eight such
failures in 1896.
This, i'll itself, shows the insecurity of
the National banking system to provide
for either safe places of deposit or the
furnishing OF money in the shape of dis
counted paper in all parts of the country.
1t surely should not be necessary for an
"object lesson" the size of the bank fail
ures in New York in 1873, wheu-if we
recollect right-all the banks but one
suspended payments, before some relief is
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-01-29
ALesson From the Railroads.

Thirty four railroads, represent
ing capitalization of two hundred
and seventy five millions of dollars,
went bankrupt during 1896, and
passed into the hands of receivers.
Was it a low tariff, and the i'm
portation of foreign goods which
led to this result? Or was it the
financial stringency? The railroad
recognizes no tariff. 1t handles
either foreign or domestic goods on
equal terms. Importations from
abroad would mean that the rail
roads would do their share of the
distributing
No, the tariff cannot be held re-
sponsible for the railroad failures
of 1896.
But when the people have no
money they neither travel nor buy
goods. Consequently, dull times
affect the railroads severely. With
more money the railroads would
have largely increased both pas
senger and freight receipts.
A congestive chill may not be
quite as dangerous as the pneumo.
MIA, but it is very uncomfortable.
And the scarcity of money is the
congestive chill which is shaking
business in every direction, and
causing want, misery and woe.-
Phila. Item.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1897-01-29

There have been 5000 failures
since the Mckinley good times and
confidence election. How many
more are to occur before the gold
basis business is firmly established
is unattainable. The goldbug
papers insist this is the wreckage
that is necessary to be cleared
away before solid basis can be
reached. A few large New York
banks with their branches, and a
few large Wanamaker stores with
their branches, and a few mann
moth trust concerns will represent
the business of the country when
the solid gold standard, gold basis
is reaehed-and a nation of slaves.
This is the only visible prospect
ahead.