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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-03-03

Recently the wife Of an Atlanta man
told him she wanted two newspapers
that were published i'll different states
He had no change about him, so she
gave him 10 cents with which to pur-
chase them.
He went forth, but on the way be-
thought him of the clipping bureau,
where, he argued, he could get the pa
pers for nothing. SO he invested the
money in a good cigar, obtained the pa
pers when the clipping man was through
with them and returned home.
On opening the papers his wife dis
covered that two items had been clipped
from one and four from another. and
then there was trouble.
1t was in vain that he tried to ex-
plain. In fact, he couldn't explain.
The more he stammered out excuses the
more his wife's curiosity was aroused.
The next morning when he appeared
down town his head was bandaged and
he looked i'll.
He is now consulting lawyer as tc
the ACCESSIBILITY of. suing the clipping
bureau for damages Atlanta Constitu-
tion
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-03-03
CORRESPONDENT cE.
Fairfield Centre.

Miss Sadie B. Cannon has been stopp-
Ing with Mrs. Henry Tibbetts for few
days.
Victor Grange at its next regular
meeting will confer the third and fourth
degrees upon class Of seven candidates,
and a harvest supper will be served.
Fifteen members have been added to the
grange since the beginning of the new
year.
Geo. Green has sold his house here to
Marshall Bates, of Oakland Heights.
Mrs. Lester Holway is confined to her
home by illness.
Somerset Pomona Grange will meet
with Victor Grange, Tuesday, March s.
Death has again entered our little viii
age and removed from our midst life
long resident of our town, Mr. Henry
Tibbetts. He has been suffering for
months, from complication of diseases
and his death which occurred on Friday
morning OF last week, WAS not unexpect-
ed, but through 1t all he displayed much
patience and fortitude. Mr.. Tibbetts
was stanch republican and was deeply
interested in the welfare of his town and
country. He was much respected for
his sterling honesty and for his kindness
to those In trouble. He leaves a widow,
son and daughter. Mr.. w. Fl. Tibbetts
of this town and Mrs. Frank Campbell,
who lives at home. Funeral services
were held at his late residence Sunday
afternoon, and were conducted by Rev.
J. +. Rhoades, of Fairfield. His age was
70.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-03-03
A Lafayette Relic.

One of the most curious and valuable
of the relics of General Lafayette, the
great Frenchman who cast his fortunes
with America when the battle for indie
pendence was at its height is in the
possession OF the family of W. G. Griffin
of Los Angeles.
When Lafayette came to this country,
he was entertained by Colonel Griffin
and was SO touched by the attention
shown him that he presented his host
with a rare and bea utiful ring which
had been placed on his finger by Louis
before sailing for America
The ring is a marqui~,, with a setting
about an inch long and fully half an
inch wide San Francisco Call.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-03-03

Mr.. G. F. Seekins has been sick for
sometime with slow fever. He is attend
ed by DR.. Drake,
Feb. 18th, born to the wife of Ernest
Nelson of Canaan, twin daughters.
Mrs. N. l.. Bragg is quite ill. She is at
tended by DR.. Towne.
A DR.. was called to Mrs. Fred Reynolds
one day last week.
P. M. Phillips has returned to Mass.
J. A. lPatten discharged his crew of
wood choppers there being too muc h
snow, in the woods.
G. p. McNally and VIM Cole had a
hard time one day last week, coming
home from the village with load of
supplies. Owing to the condition of the
roads and the severity of the storm they
were obliged to stop for the night on
reaching Harry Williams, they arrived
home about noon the next day.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-03-03

Mr.. Otis Sewell an old gentleman, who
has for some years made his home with
William Hayden and family, died Sun
day, Feb. 20. The remains were taken
to Skowhegan, Friday and placed in 1.-THE
tomb.
Mr.. Hiram Paine who is in poor health,
remains about the same.
The electric cars have not made a re-
gular trip past town house since Tu S.
day, Feb. Is. The shovelers had barely
cleared the track from the storm of Feb.
10th, when the road was again rendered
impossible by the last. This snow is
much more difficult to work against, be-
ing so heavy that the pillow made no inn
preston whatever.
The scholars in this vicinity have not
been able to get to Madison, to school
for nearly two weeks. However the last
eight days of school we're cut offon &C
count of the storm.
Mrs. Eupice Danforth who is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. Danville Gray of
Fairfield, has been quite i'll with heart
disease, but is improved at this writing.
Miss Lillian Davis returned recently
from Lawrence, Mass, where she has
been stopping a few months past.
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Dr.. Thomson's
SarsapariIIa Cures.
Read the Testimony from One Of

Hearing ia one thing, but knowing is othe,
thing Now l am going to tell you few fact
that | know about DR.. Thompsons Sana
parilla. was in a terrible condition, my lowe,
limbs were numb, and had no action at all. II
stepped on q large tobacco tack and went
around all the afternoon with 1t in my foot a,
did not feel it. had terrible heart attacts. n
turned round quick would fall on the floor
was dizzy he AIDED. 1t seemed as though m,
head would go away off. then come back
Every time l would turn over in the night n
would be just that way. ! could do no wash.
ing for year. l weighed only 81 pounds.
had doctored by number OF doctors. l wors
an electric belt, and used the battery on nv
feet for about six months, and would taks
everything | heard OF for rheumatism and
paralysis bat when commenced to take d.
Thompson's Sarsaparilla l began to grow
better. do not have any heart trouble now
My heart is all right. went into the hall one
dance night, and danced, something l had
never expected to do again. My feet hav,
looked as II they were dead. They are nov
warm. l do my own work and washing 10,
four OF us. and keep the post office besides
| now weigh about one hundred pound
This is all within one year. Now IL any OF my
SUITE rinR sisters will write to me will answer
all questions. l am "a years old, and have
been sick for the past i've years. | shall keen
taking DR.. Thomson's Sarsapari1la another
year at any rate. have sold it to my custom.
ers with the best satisfaction. and In fact all
their remedies cannot be beat. One bottle II
enough to give relief, but you want to take
more to get your system renovated anew. 1
know that feel like a new woman and all my
neighbors and patrons for miles around cal
testify that look well. and get around nicely.
] walk when go out to neighbours, without
any pain. Nobody knows but God and myseN
what / suffer ed for three years. DR.. Thomsons|
SarsapArilla has done wonders for me.
MRS. p. F. DUDLEY.
North Guilford, Me-. Nov. 10th, 1897.
For Sale at Patterns Drug Store. Skow hegsa
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-03-03
ST AlIlanS.

Mr.. Murrey our former blacksmith
has moved back in town. He is danger
ously i'll with hardening of the liver.
Mr.. Charles Emery and wife had a
little boy boaider come to stay Monday
night, in the storm. The doctor when
called had TO don pair of snow shoes
and walk two miles, through the fearful
storm.
Toihe wife oil Sewell Millet a daugh-
ter was born Feb. 24th. We called it the
Klondike baby, for the reason the woman
who rendered aid was hauled on a moose
sled, by two men wearing show shoes.
Fences or any medium sized obstacles
were not in the way.
Eddie Magoon has gone to Vassalboro,
to take course in French and Greek
preparatory to entering Bates college.
Fred II. Frost of this town, Henry T.
Woodcock of Ripley, have started for
klondike. Fred is an old California gold
hu inter-.
Mrs. Simon Wheeler who has been
very sick is slightly improving at this
writing.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-03-03
Drawing . Splinter.

Removing a splinter from a suffering
hand may not be q nice and pleasant
subject. but home surgery may some
times give some one feeling Of heart
felt JOY. The sufferer who illustrates
the matter ON this occasion was car
penter He was working at his trade at
an institution over which the sisters of
the Roman Catholic church presided.
One day he broke off an ugly splinter
in his hand and could not get it out
He went home at the close of his day 8
work feeling no annoyance from the
wound, but by the next morning the
hand was In serious condition and 30
painful that working was as impossible
ity. On his way to the doctors the car
penter stopped to tell the sisters why he
must delay his work.
"Let me see what can do with your
hand before you go to the doctor" said
one of the sisters. The man demurred.
Eyes, said the sister, with gentle in
sistence, "it will do no harm anyway, y
She quickly filled within an inch or so
of the top rather wide mouthed bottle
with steaming hot water, and as she
held it another sister pressed the in
famed part of the injured hand gently
down over the opening. Such peculiar
sensation 1t seemed to the man that
his whole hand was being drawn with
great force into the bottle. He would
have taken it away, but the sister was
holding it gently, but firmly. Then there
was feeling of relief. 1t seemed as if
the inside of that hand had become
liquid and was pouring its unpleasant
contents into the bottle. That was al
most exactly what was happening, and
with the liquid went the offending splin-
ter. The hand was bathed and bandaged,
and the carpenter continued his work
without further Inconvenience. New
York Times.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-03-03
1.-THE March OF the Men of Harlech."

In military music the march occupies
prominent position and has been en-
ployed not only to stimulate courage,
but also from about the middle of the
seventeenth century to insure the order
ly advance of troops. One of the earliest
instances of rhythmical march is the
Welsh war strain, "Tho March Of the
Men of Harlech, " which is supposed to
have originated during the siege of Har
leoh castle i'll 1863. In England the mil
itary march was of somewhat later de-
velopment
Sir John Hawkins in his History of
Music" tells us that its characteristic
was dignity and gravity, in which re-
spect it differed greatly from the French,
which was brisk and alert, and apropos
of this subject the same author quotes a
witty reply of an Elizabethan soldier to
the French Marshal Birons remark
that 1.-THE English march, being beaten
by the drum, was slow, heavy and
sluggish. p" "That may be true" he
said, "but slow as it is it has traversed
your masters country from one end to
the other "-Chambers' journal.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-03-03

In spite of all that the public schools
,an do the oolored person still gets ter
ribly tangled up with the English Ian
guage. A lady lately sent her colored
servant to hang out the washing, and
before long the girl returned and re-
marked, MRS. -, the wind is play
ing hammock with those clothes!"
Coming back one day from the office of
a physician, where she had been treated
for an ailment, the same girl said in
answer to an inquiry as to how the doc
tor had prescribed for her, "Oh, he
gave me some elder down to paint my
side with" Ut turned out to be iodine.
Boston Transcript.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-03-03

The method used by the best sugar
refineries is substantially as follows ::
The raw sugar is dissolved in large cis
terms on the ground floor, enough hot
water being added to produce specific
gravity Of las The solution is then
drawn through a connecting pipe hav-
ing coarse wire strainer into large
pumps, by which it is pumped into the
highest story of the building, usually
the seventh or eighth. 1t there passes
into vessels heated by steam coils to q
temperature of about 210 +. Milk Of
lime is added to the solution in these
pans for the purpose of neutralizing any
acid which it may contain. From these
pans the liquid passes down to the next
floor, where it is filtered through Sc
ries of bags each made of two thick
nesses of cloth, an outer one OF coarse
and an inner one of fine cotton. The
bags are inclosed in boxes to prevent
cooling. After leaving these the sirup
is run through filters of boneblack,
which absorbs all the coloring matter
left in it, After leaving these it is
pumped into vacuum pans, large vessels
heated by steam and exhausted by air
pumps The pressure being thus re-
duced, the liquid is boiled at lower
and lower temperature until, at 140 de-
grees, evaporation is complete and the
strip rapidly crystallizes into sugar
This is the process by which the best
white sugar is made, while poorer quail
tiles are prepared by a method less COM
plete st. Louis Republic.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-03-03
SOMERSET PICK-UPS.

The dedication of the new Hartland
opera house which was enormously re-
ported in some of the daily papers as hay-
ing taken place was postponed because
of the storm to Tuesday evening, March l.
Pittsfield grange has commenced a
literary contest that will laststwo months
and bids fair to be of unusual interest.
The losing side will furnish supper.
The scores will be made up of points
won on essays, new members, payment
of dues, etc.
William Hoyt of Ripley, who is chair
man of the board of selectmen of that
town, is also noted breeder of Dorset
sheep. Last week he shipped two lambs
to Boston, which were Is weeks old, and
dressed 81 and AZ pounds respectively.
Mr.. Hoyt thinks this breed to be among
the best for the farmer who is interested
in raising mutton for the market.
Word from the Dead River region
states that many of the lumbermen are
discharging their crews and taking their
teams out of the logging swamp. The
deep snow makes logging an impossibili-
ty. S. A. Nye of Fairfield, who con-
ducts extensively numbering operations
on the Basin township, Dead River,
has received word from his foreman to
come and pay off the crew as the seven
feet of snow prevents them from doing
any work.
The owners of the township big w,
situated near Moosehead lake, have de-
cided to have the town divided and
each owners share set apart. A COM
mission has been agreed upon to make
the division and at the next term of
supreme judicial court to be holden in
March, the judge.presidng wiz be asked
to qualify the dividing committee and
take all other legal steps necessary to
the division. "Big W. is valuable
piece of timberand and is owned Jointly
by NJ. G. Shaw of Bath, Elias Milliken
of Augusta, and the Coburn heirs re-
presented by their agent, Turner Bus
we'll, Esq.
Frank l.. Smith of Pittsfield, has sold
his steam saw-miu plant to new firm
consisting of Augustus Fl. Conant of
Boston, and Frank l.. Smith and r. A.
Conant of Pittsfield, the firm to be
known as Smith & Conant Brothers.
The firm is strong one with ample
capital to carry forward the extensive
improvements and enterprises which
they have projected In addition to the
plant as it now is the owners will erect
an addition for the manufacture of spools
and will introduce new features in wood
working, all to be equipped with the
best and most approved modern machin-
cry. These gentlemen will in connec-
ton with the mill business establish an
electric light plant for the purpose of
furnishing electric light and power to
individuals and firms and electric light
for municipal purposes. The cost of the
plant when completed will be not less
than $4,000 says the Advertiser.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-03-03
Browns Corner.

The worst storm yet prevailed here
all last week, beginning on Sunday.
The roads were impossible until Friday
1t took two days to get the road
broken from Browns Corner to Canaan
village.
Sam Wyman has returned from the
woods. He brought his family from Pitts
field, Sunday and they have gone TO keep
ing house.
Miss Emma Goodwin has finished her
second term OF school in Dexter village,
and returned home.
Fred Barnes who has been very sick
is improving quite fast.
j. Crowell who is agent, for the
Sagadahoc Fertil ger is engaged in haul
ing quite quantity home, from the de-
pot this week.
HIS. Mitchell of Washington, Me-,
CONNER cal salesman for whips, was
showed IN at |. Crowell's, during the re.
cent storm and was unable to resume his
travels until Monday.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-03-03
Literary Notes.

The Living Age needs but to be read
to be appreciated. Elevating, entertain
ing and Instructive, 1t embraces every
department of literature, including some
of the best fiction of the day and poetry,
and contains something for every variety
of taste. Most of its articles are of great
present interest, as well as of permanent
value, yet they can be obtained In no
other way except by subscribing direct
for the periodicals 10 which they original
ly appear, and these are many and
various, comprising not only those OF
Great Britain but many of France, Germ
any, Spain and other continental sources.
For instance-"The Degradation OF
Dreyfus,' from the French of Adolph
Brisson, In Les Annales; "a Session of
The Reichsrag" from the German Of
Richard Nordhauscn, in Ueber Land and
Nicer; 1.-THE Coming OF the Slav," by
Geo. Washburn, d. d., in Contemporary
Review; "Lewis Carroll" from Specta-
tors, etc.
In the March Scribners, Senator Lodge,
in his dramatic "Story of the Revolu-
tion," describes the spread of the Re-
bell;on through such British outrages as
the destruction of Falmouth, Me-, and
Norfolk, Va. These simply cemented
the union of the colonists. The latter
part of this instalment Is mastery
auyalysis of the inevitable movement of
events toward the Declaration Of In
dependence, with stirring account of
the production and PRONUNCIATION of that
immortal document. Arts ically series
of unequalled Revolutionary pictures is
presented. There are new historical
pictures, full pages, by Chapman, Yohn,
Clnedinst, and Ogden, aud II splendid
frontispiece by Pyle engraving by
Wolf, showing jefferson finishing his
draft of the Declaration at early dawn.
In"Au American Army Manmuvre,"
the opening article of Harpers Magazine
for March, franklin Matthews describes
the recent sham battle between the d.
yided forces of TIE New York State mill
tia. The article is important as ex-
planning the form of military training
most needed by our National Guard,
thus aiding the efforts which have long
been making ia the most prominent
States of the Union in favor of field
manpuvres. Mr.. Matthew's article is
full of descriptive power and quiet
humor, and is well illustrated by Frederic
Il 1$ofo ou"'
The March number of the American
Monthly Review Of Reviews is another
achievement in monthly journalism.
The topics treated in this magazine are
such as occupy much space In the daily
press, but the Review is able to treat
them more deliberately and in more
carefully adjusted proportion. No
other illustrated monthly appearing on
the first day of March will have so much
as a reference to the De- LONE letter, the
Maine disaster, or the lola trial In Paris
but these great themes of the hour are
fully discussed in the Reviews pages.
In the March Number of McClure's
Herbert f. Hamblen relates the story oil
his own experiences as a freight engineer
That the story will abound in interesting
and strange adventure we may safely
infer from the account he has alread y
given in McClure's of his experiences as
as a fireman and brakeman.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-03-03
An Unfortunate SYNONYM.

An American girl who recently stud.
led in Germany tells of German girl
who was studying English, and who
used to write letters in English to her
parents, One day the German girl hand
ed letter to her saying;
Here is the letter which have writ
ten to my mother. want you to read
it over and see if it is properly written. |"
The letter was all right, excepting
the closing phrase, which read as fol-
lows;
''God pickle and keep you. +"
An investigation proved that the
young German woman in looking for a
synonym for preserve" had come
across pickle. New York Tribune.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-03-03
PishOn's Ferry.

The past two weeks have indeed been
stormy ones. The roads we're made
passable last Friday for the first time
since Sunday.
As far as we have been able to learn
the sick ones in this vicinity remain
about the same.
Geo. Barrett expects to move his family
to Waterville next month.
Rev. John Friend of Ripley, is passing
several weeks in this vicinity.
Mrs. Harriet, wife of Samuel Gone,
died at her home on the river road
(north) Thursday of last week after a
short illness, aged about 81 years.
Charles Littlefield of Hartland, who
has been in the west for several years,
passed last week with j. II. Lalley and
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Savage of Bing
ham, passed last week with Mrs. SIS
parents, Mr. and Mrs. VIM. Fowler.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-03-03
The Forks.

Nine men and 20 horses came out of
George Smiths camp Wednesday, after
hay, grain and camp supplies, on account
of the big storm the toters were unable to
reach there with any provisions.
The storm of last week was something
that is very seldom witnessed. 1t began
to snow, Sunday noon, and continu-
ed on Monday, and on Tuesday,
the hail fell fast and it continued
on Wednesday showing and raining and
Thurspay forenoon. But on Thursday
afternoon, the bright sun came out at
times and the long continued storm was
practically over, although snow and rain
fell at intervals Friday and Saturday.
Joseph Spaulding was obliged to put
his crew of men shoveling the road from
his camp 10 Dan Patience's, the distance
of s miles, to get provisions. And
another crew is shoveling the road from
West Forks Hotel, to Parlin Pond the
distance Of 10 miles, about AZ men are at
work on the two roads. The snow through
which they shovel that has fallen during
the past week is from three and one half
to four feet.
Mr.. Larry Comber came out of the
woods Wednesday of last week.
Mr.. Anthony Cont er and his crew were
obliged to shovel 4 miles for provisions,
for both men and teams.
Among those registered at the Holway
House the past week, were William
McDonough, William Padham, Fred and
Frank Curtis, Bion Smith, Peter Mahon-
ey, Frank Burton, George Smith and
Warren Young of Scion, Jonah Hilton of
Jackman, and Patrick Mcdonald of West
Frampton, Canada.
The roads being impossible for the
stage the mail, from this place to Parlin
Pond was carried through by Villa m
Mckay, who was obliged to go on snow
shoes.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-03-03

Music" said the eminent pianist
as the reporter to whom he had kindly
accorded an interview ran his pencil
rapidly over the paper, is the most
elevating of sciences. 1t refines the sen
sibilities and enlarges the heart. It
what We're you about to ask"
II should like to know, sir, how you
regard the distinguished pianist Pro-
fessor Won Bergstein as musician
"He is nothing, sir, but cheap, vile
imitator; base counterfeit, tenth
rate keyboard bangor, sir, y exclaimed
the eminent musician, scowling. -
Strand Magazine.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-03-03

He was great bore and was talking
to crowd about the coming local cleo
zion. Said he; Gibbs is good man,
he is capable, honest, fearless and con-
soientious. He will make the very kind
pf representative we need He once
nved my life from drowning.
do you really want to see Gibbs
elected?" said n solemn faced old man.
Il do, indeed. I'd give anything to
see him elected, answered the bore.
Then never let anybody know he
saved your life, counseled the solemn
faced man. London Tit Bits.