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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-02-10
To Make a Great Collection.

The citizens of Maine will be interested
to know that the commissioners Of inlant
fisheries and game have undertaken tn,
great task of collecting mounted speci
mems Of every fish, bird and wild ANNA
native Of Maine to be placed on exhibition
in the office Of the department at the
State House. They intend that every
specimen shall be first class in every re
spect. A small beginning has been made
Thay have secured already black bear
one very fine square tailed trout, one rec
fox, one great horned owl, one barred
owl. two specimens of the black game and
one fine moose head, gift of Hon. ]
Manchester Haynes of Augusta, and a
23A pound landlocked salmon.
The commissioners respectfully ask the
taxidermists of the State to communicate
with them in regard to what specimens
they will furnish also all others, residents
or non-residents, who would like to be
able to see full collection of Maine fish
birds and animals at the State House
Such collection, it is believed would be
of great practical benefit to the State.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-02-10

actions being against Martin B. Hilton of said
Bingham. Said wood and logs were attached
on each and all Of said last named twenty
one writs in order tn enforce and secure the
said plaintiffs liens thereon for their personal
labor and the labor Of their teams performed
in cutting and hauling said wood and logs in
the numbering season of 1857
On the twentieth day Of May A. ID. 1897,
at ten o'clock a. m, fifty cords Of said wood
and logs marked and described as above. to
wit: one pile containing FIVE tiers running
north and south between the last factory and
the building used for the engine in saving
up said pulp wood, were duly attached on a
writ dated May IL, 1897, in favor of Edward
P. King of said Bingham, for the sum OF
S74 81 and against Martin B. Hilton of said
Bingham, in order to enforce and secure the
lien claims Of William Fi'zsimmons for the
sum OF twelve dollars, John F. Lake for the
sum OF eleven dollars and eighty.fve cents,
Charles Chase for the sum Of ten dollars and
nifty cents, Charles f. Webster for the sum
Of thirteen dollars and fifty cents, Daniel H.
Hayden for the sum of eleven dollars and
sixteen cents, Winfield s. Steward for the
sum OF six dollars, Eli Lapoint for the sum
of three dollars and fifty cents, Robert
Hilton for the sum of three dollars and fifty
cents, and Harry Rowe for the sum of two dollars
and nifty cents, for their personal labor in cutting
and hauling said wood and logs in the numbering
season OF 1857 said lien claims being all duly
assigned to said Edward p King.
All said actions htreinbefore named were
made returnable to the Supreme Judicial Court
then next to be holden at Skvwhegan, within and
for the County of Somerset, on the third Tuesday
of September, A. d. 1897, and we're duly entered
in said Court.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-02-10
Life In n Channel Island.

The land of Jersey is in the hands CT
frugal and industrious people, worthy
descendants of the rural populations of
Normandy and Brittany. Not square
inch of ground that does not produce a
potato or a cabbage. Prosperity reigns
on all sides. Not one dilapidated house.
In this beehive of an island everything
speaks aloud of cleanliness, comfort and
even of riches to those who can under
stand that real wealth does not consist
in the quantity of things we possess,
but III those that we can do without If
need be- Jersey is kitchen garden of
about 70 square miles, picturesque,
healthy, fertile, strewed with cottages
that are wrapped in roses, and when l
have told you that the cultivation of
the potato alone brings in from ~, 600, :
900 to H. 900, 600 francs annually-that
is to say, about 5000, 000-I shall
have no trouble in convincing you that
poverty is practically unknown in Jer-
sey. Happy JersA
Add to this that, with the exception
of wine and liqueurs, which pay light
duty, all kinds of merchandise enter
Jersey untaxed that living is conse-
quently very cheap; that the income
tax collector is unknown; that crowd
of tourists visit the isle during four
months of the year; that activity reigns
everywhere, not the feverish activity of
the Americans but the regular, uni
form, intelligent activity of the French;
that the soil is SO fertile that flowers
and fruits seem to spring from it as by
enchantment; that the landscape is
most picturesque and varied; that the
climate is delicious, and you will con-
clude that Jersey is probably the Ell
Dorado of the world and the Jersey
folk, as said before, the richest and
happiest people on the surface of the
globe. Max O'Rell in North American
Review.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-02-10
Messengers Notice.
STATE OF MAINE.

SoMRRsr IS: COURT OF INSOLVENCY
In the case of William R. g. Estes, OF SHOW
he gan. lnsovent Debtor.
This is to give notice that on the 31st day Of
Jan. A. u. 1888, q warrant in insolvency was
issued out of the Court Of Insolvency for said
County OF Somerset, against the estate OF said
William r. @. Estes OF Skowht gan ,adiudged to
be an insoven debtor, on petition of said debt
or which petition was filed on the 3Ist day Of
Jan. A. b. 1888, to which date interest Oh
claims is to be computed. That the payment
Of any debts to or by said debtor, and the
transfer and delivery of any property by him
are forbidden by law. That meeting OF the
creditors Of said debtor, to prove their debts
and in case there assets sufficient to
authorize the same, to choose one or more
assignees Of his estate, will be held at Court
Of Insolvency to be holden at the Probate
Court Room in Skowhegan, in said county, on
Tuesday the 9Th day OF March A. d. 1898, at one
o'clock in the afternoon.
Given under my hand the date first above
writtan 2w5
E. p. VILES, Sheriff
as Messenger of said Court OF Insolvency.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-02-10
Improvement of Soils.

Soils are improved in one or all OF three
ways /, by adding and increasing plant
food, as by applying fertilizers; 2, by i'm
proving its PHYSICAL condition; 8, by
chemical action, whereby insoluble plant
foods already existing in the soil are rem
dered available. Ii not infrequently hap.
pens that an improvement in one respect
has reflex action, and causes improve
ment in all three respects For instance,
clover crop may be grown primarily to
secure added fertility In the form Of nitro
gen which it geathers from the air by
means of root tubercles. This object W II
be accomplished. and more than this, the
roots of clover, running deeply, will induce
che mical combinations to occur in the
clay subsoil, rendering the lime, potash
and PHOSPHORUS soluble. so that these
are taken up by the clover roots and
carried forward to the body of the plant,
thus actually Fastening the manufacture of
available plant food. Again, the presence
of the roots penetrating the soil and sub
soil in myraids improves the physical con-
dition of the soil to an increased depth.
On the other hand, standing out boldly
in opposition TO this process, is tillage,
which exposes the soil to action CT sun,
wind and rain, which hastens the destruct-
ion OF humus. This is the most potent
means of soil depletion. There is an old
adage "shaded land grows richer; ex
posed land poorer The problem as to
how the farmer may improve his land is
twofold one I, how shall We hasten the
development OF plant food in our soils! 3,
how shall we increase the amount OF
humus?
The value of rest for the land is based
upon the fact that nature does not rest,
but that there is a constant development
of plant food going on all the time. If the
farmer allows this 20 accumulate for one
year without using it he has an increased
amount for the succeeding crop. But the
land does not rest in the sense OF ceasing
to exercise its forces. The forces OF
nature are perpetual. Now instead of
letting the land expend Its forces in the
production of weeds let it 60 into the pro-
duction of clover, and very much more
good will be accomplished. In both cases
the years accumulated force in develop
ing plant food should remain upon the
land and be Incorporated with the soil
again.-H. 7. Waters IN Jovnal Of
agriculture
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-02-10
She[iff's Sale.
STATE OF MAINE-SoMBRssr IS !:

STATE OF MAtNE-SOMBRsBT SIS:
Taken this 3lst day of January, A. D. 1898,
on an execution dated January llth, A. d. 1898,
issued on a judgment rendered BY the Supreme
Judicial Court for the County Of Somerset, at
the term thereof begun and held on the third
Tuesday of December, A. d. 1897, to wit: on
the fifth day Of January, A. D., 1898, in favor
OF c A. Merrill of Scion, in said county against
Melvin Burns Of Concord, in said county, for
seventy four dollars aud three cents, damage,
and fifteen dollars and ninety-nine cents, costs
of suit, and will be sold at public auction at the
Office OF Thomas J. Young in Scion, in said
county, to the highest bidder therefor, on the
18th day Of March A. d. 1898, at nine Of the
clock in the forenoon all the right, title and in.
terest which the said Melvin Burns has in and
to the following described real estate or had on
the twenty day Of May A. d. 1897, at
two o'clock and thirty minutes in the afternoon,
the time when the same was attached on the
writ in the same suit. to wit A certain piece
or parcel Of land situated in said Concord. to-
gether with the buildings thereon, and bounded
and described as follows: On the east by land
formerly owned by David 8. Dutton IN the south
ny land of Samuel Bunker; on the west by land
of Potter & Watson on the north by land Of
Samuel Bunker, containing one hundred and
five acres more or less
Dated this 3lst day Of January, A. d. 1898.
3w5 c. F. HAM, Deputy Sheriff.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-02-10
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE.

Whereas, w. R. G. Estes Of Showhegsn, in
the County of Somerset and State Of Maine, BY
his mortgage deed dated June Il, 1874, and
recorded in Somerset Registry of Deeds Book
200, Page 600, conveyed to me, the undersigned,
a certain piece or parcel of land situated in
said Skowhegan, together with the buildings
thereon, bounded and described as follows, to
wit: On the south by Leavitt street; west BY
land Of one Packard and land of K. N. Merrill
east by land now or formerly owned by one
Stanwood, and north by land Of one Lawtou
containing eighty square rods more or less and
being the place where said Estes now lives in
said Skowheean and whereas the condition Of
said mortgage has been broken, now, therefore
bv reason of the breach of the condition thereo
l claim foreclosure Of said mortgage
Dated February Q, 1898. 3a5
WILLIAM WALKER,
BY E. N. Merrill, his atty.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-02-10

Wells Fargo & Co.'S annual statement
of the precious metals produced in the
States and territories west of the Missouri
River shows for 1897 the enormous aggre-
gate Of $I53 435,46o, of which the sum Of
$40, $50 900 belongs to the British Col.
umbia and the Northwest Territory, and
the remainder to this country. The total
is made up as follows; Gold, $69,S3o, SIS
silver, $37.IS4 o43; copper, $36.o45 6o4
lead, So.775,I44. The estimated CONNER
cial value of the several metals is: Silver,
20 cents per ounce; copper. II cents pei
pound and lead, 1888 per 100 pounds
Among the fifteen States included in the
list Montana leads with total reduction
of $40, at, 500, chiefly copper Colorado
leads as gold producer, with $IS. 32o
ss4; its silver product being SIP ,S69,7S3
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-02-10
I SEAL. |
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STATE OF MAINE.
SOMERSET SIS.
SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT,
Dece nnher Tern, A II L 6

SOMERSET S.
SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT,
December Term, A. ID. 1907
And now in this term, 1t is Ordered, that
general notice of the pendency of said action
be given to all persons and parties interested
in or owners of said logs, described as afore-
said and attached in the above named writ to
enforce lien therein for labor and services in
cutting and hauling said logs, and that the
same are attached, by publishing an attested
copy OF the above notice or an abstract there.
OF with this order thereon, three weeks sue.
cessively in the SOMERSET REPORTER, a
public newspaper published at Skowhegan, in
the County of Somerset, the first publication
to be thirty days at least before the next term
of this Court to be held at Skowhegan, within
and for the County of Somerset, on the third
Tuesday of March next, that they may then
and there appear and show cause, if any they
have, why judgment should not be rendered
and execution issued against said logs.
And it is Further Ordered, that special
notice of the tendency of said action be given
to The Moosehead Pulp and Paper Company,
the supposed owners of said logs, by serving
them with an attested copy Of the foregoing
general notice, with this order thereon, thirty
days at least, before the next term of this
Court to be holden at Skowhegan, within
and for said County of Somerset, on the third
Tuesday of March next, that they may then
and there appear in said Court and answer tc
said suit, if they see fit.
Attest N. w. BRAINERD, Clerk.
A true copy of order of Court in each Of
above mentioned actions, together with ar
abstract of the notice in each Of said actions
Attest: N. w. BRAINERD, Clerk.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-02-10
National Lecturer, Messer, says: "Tt

National Lecturer, Messer, says: 1.-The
central thought Of the educational work
of the order of Patrons of Husbandry is
to dignity the rural homes of the Nation
and develop in them an exalted type OF
character and true American citizenship
The farmers home is the key to the situa-
ton. and if the farmers of the Nation are
intelligent, broad minded, thinking men
and women, and act in accordance with
their convictions of right and duty, there
need be no fear about the future of the
greatest republic of modern times. The
educational work of the Grange is not for
the present only, valuable as that may be
but it reaches out into the future.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-02-10
Cattle Breeders Prosperous

A careful review of the cattle situation
in the western states reveals the fact that
the cattle industry is in the most prosper
Gus condition by far, it has been in for
many years. Upon nearly every farm
throug bout the great corn growing states
there is an inclination to raise from five
beef calves upward, depending upon the
number of cows that the farmer or breeder
can purchase. The facts of the matter
are, the western states are very short on
breeding cows, and for this reason the de-
mand for this class of stock during the
next few years is likly to be strong and
urgent. There is a vigorous, forward
movement among farmers and stockraisers
all along the line for extending breeding
operations of live stock, both pure bred
and stock that is we'll graded. If this
course is followed for the next two or
three years we may look for much better
class of cattle for market then we find at
the present time. In view of these
changed conditions and liberal demand
for this class of stock, we are safe In say
ing that the rearing of live stock and the
feeding of some is bound 10 become more
stirely the best investment that farmer
and feeder can make, Grain raising in all
of the central and western states has
largely exhausted the farms, and now
farmers are realizing the fact that they
must turn back to the live stock industries
in order to preserve their lands This
course will be hopeful in more than one
way. 1t diversifes the line of farming
operations, and we think, where cattle are
raised in smaller punches, the breeding
and care is better and of course this will
bring better class of cattle, to market
and better prices will result.-Exchange
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-02-10
The Best Hens.

In all 1ooks there will be hens that are
as good as any to be found and also some
that will not pay for the food consume d,
and there is also wide difference In their
peculiarities. Some will begin laying In
the fall, lay on through the winter. and
during the summer, losing no time until
August or September, when they begin to
moult. But moulting is fatal to such
hens, as the hens receive no credit tor
their good works. Ifthey set an example
of usefulness they lead their owners to ex.
pect them to so continue, and as soon as
they fail to keep on, their heads fall under
the Ratchet for simply resting from their
labors, while the fat drone hens, that have
been expected to begin, are retained a
second year in the hope that they will
soon do better. Individual merit is swal-
lowed up in the vices of the whole num-
Der. The early pullets are the most un.
certain of all. A pullet that does no,
begin to lay before she is ten months old
should be sent to the market stall. II
does not pay to keep pullets to replace
hens unless the pullets begin to lay in
November, and then lay during the win
ter. When the pullet is slow in begin,
ming to lay, the cost of her maintenance
detracts from the profits too greatly,
When early pullets Chose Matched not
later than ApriD do not begin in Novern
Der it is seldom they will lay until the
opening Of spring. 1t is much cheeper to
keep the old hens during the three
months required for the moulting process
than to sell them off and replace them
with early pullets. The old hens will
cost less and pay better. No early pulle'
will pay for herself until she is at least
eighteen months old, as she must return
the cost from the time she was Matched
until he time she begins laying tribute
which the hen has already paid.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-02-10
From Boston, Portland. Lewiston, Augusta.
waterville Skowhegan and Bangor.

10r+F1ag stations; 1T which trains will stov
on signal or notice to Conductor.
twin not stop except 10 leave or taks Freight.
MIXED train between North Arson and Bins ham.
-}f'tf Aia3 - W.M. AYn1 SURF.
\, w STAGE CONNECTIONS.
At Norridgewookj fog Mercer, land Electric
Cars to and from 9kowhegan.) At Arson. TO,
Sawyer's Mills, (6tArks)i
No. Anson,j for North snd Vest New Portland
Dead River, Flagstaff and Hustis. At Binghan
Tor Forks, Moose River. Mayheld, Kingsbury
and Abbott 'I'#ei 3 ii fnt
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-02-10
Marriage Ceretaonies Among the Cainguas

Marriage Ceremonies Among the CAinguas.
The only formality which the swain
has to go through to get the hand of his
promised one is to kill tapir, an act
by which he proves that he will be ca
pable of supporting his prospective fam
lily The death Of tapir under such
conditions is quite ali event. The whole
tribe assemblies at the carcass, and a
scene Of gluitony begins that does not
cease till nothing is left but the skin
and bones of the great beast" That is
the only ceremony of marriage. The
Caingua is usually homogeneous but
polygamy is allowed. Marriages of rel
atives are carefully avoided. After con-
finement the young mother has rest
of few days before resuming her serv-
lie task. She carries the newborn in
FAINT in scarf or sort of little hammock
slung over her shoulders. She does not
think of weaving it for year and a
half or two years, while the child has
already been exercised in arms with
miniature bows. Ideas of cleanliness
seem foreign to the women as we'll as
to the men, and it is a lucky chance
that will induce them to comb their
magnificent heads of hair. DIR. Machon
in Appleton s Popular Science Monthly.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-02-10

Mr.. F. C. Helbig, prominent drug
gist of Lvnchburg, Va, says: Zone of
our citizens was cured of rheumatism of
two years standing, by one bottle of
Chsmberlain's Pain Balm. This lini-
ment is famous for cures of rheumatism ;
thousands have been delighted with the
prompt relief which it affords. For sale
by Horatio w. Cushing, druggist.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-02-10
Dissolution Of Partnership.

The partnership heretofore existing under
the firm name OF Merrill a. Frost Is this day
dissolved by mutual consent, Mr.. Frost re-
firing from the firm. Mr.. Merrill continues
the bushes and all bills due said firm are
payable to him.
Skowhegan, Jan. % 1888.
j. R. FROST.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-02-10

This is time of the year when the far
mer should carefully think over his
sources of income and study how to re-
duce expenses, increase produced and add
to income.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-02-10


The Review of Reviews, in commenting
upon the partition of Chic amoung tine
Powers, gives clear i'd of the Chinese
empire as it stands .ouay. 1t says: "In
due time the Chinese empire bids fair to
go to pieces. We have been accustomed
in times past to think of the Chinese as
several hundred millions of perfectly
homogeneous people. As matter OF
fact, although they belong to the great
yellow division of the human race, the
diversites of type in the different parts oil
China are greater than the diversties
among white men of Europe, and there is
less connection and by far less sympathy
amoung them than amoung the discordant
population elements that make up the
present.day conglomerate that we know
as the Austro Hungarian empire. There
is an immense range of dialects in China,
and 1t often happens that the people of
one neighborhood cannot talk with those
who live in another four or five miles
away, There is no such thing in China
as pervasive national feeling or an inn
perial patriotism. The various provincial
governments are not under firm control
BY the central government, and such mill
tary and naval forces as exist are provin-
clal rather than imperial. The Chinese
of different provinces and sections hate
each other worse than they hate the for
eigners of other races When the moment
arrives for a patition of China upon a
plan that would not injure European
peace, the thing can be carried out as
easily as was the German landing and
conquest at Kiao-Chau.n
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1898-02-10

A Roman nose in horse, like cor.
responding aquiline shape in man
generally indicates strong individuality,
often accompanied by great intelligence
A straight facial line is quite often found
with nigh degree of intelligence, but a
dish faced horse is rarely anything but a
nonenity in character or fool. A fine
muzzle denotes highly nervous organiza
ton, while coarse and large muzzle
with small and non-expansive nos,rils anc
pendulous lower lip. means stupidity. A
sensitive and trumpet-shaped nostri
means courage and intelligence, ever
when, as it sometimes does, il also mean.
heaves. A broad and full forehead, ano
length from eye to ear, are good indica
lions of intelligence; but the eye and the
ear are the speaking features of horses
face -Breeder and Sportsman.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-02-28

Frank Sherwood was down town to-
day, the first time since he had his
tussle with cholera morbus. He says
he drove thirty miles after he was
taken, and never came so near dying
in his life. After this when he goes
out in the country he will take bottle
of Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy with him.-Missou-
ri Valley Qowa) Times. For sale by
all druggists and dealers. Benson,
Smith & Co., Ltd, wholesale agents for
Hawaiian Islands.