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The Somerset reporter., 1901-09-19

Mrs Cram, who is living with Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Morse. is critically Ill.
Her mind has been unbalanced for some
time and her physical health has been
gradually failing for several months
The village schools have opened with
large attendance.
The district meeting Of Rebekah
lodges will occur at Lakewood on the
goth inst, this being the anniversary Of
the order The Grand Master as well as
present 1t is hoped that Somerset
lodge will have good representation.
The news of President McKinleYs
death was announced to the people here
Saturday morning by the toling of the
church bells. Men went to their bust
ness with sober faces and gathered in
small crowds to discuss this fearful TRACE
dy: On sunday morning, there being no
services in the Congregational church
the congregation attended the Baptist
church where they listened to the
mastery eulogy upon the dead Presi-
dent by the pastor, Mr. Davis, who took
his text from Prov. 10; 7.
Miss Carrie Dunlay is i'll failing health.
Owing to the illness of Mrs. f. q.
Edwards, who to have the V. l. ). meet
ing last week, it was dropped.
George O. Carr has received his ap
pOintment as postmaster of the South
Norridgewock postoffice to take effect
Oct. 1st at which time the resignation
of Mr.. Wing was dated.
The new concrete walk which unites
the former one with down town, has
been completed and is of great con
venience.
One day last week one OF Southland 5
teams was badly smashed up while
being about the corn shop grounds
by young man who had hired it for 4
short time
Sunday is rally day in the Baptist
Sunday school and everybody is cor
daily invited to attend
Mrs. Carrie Ames, who has been
spending few days visiting her friends,
Rev. and Mrs. b. F. Turner, in Buck
field, returned home last week
Miss Linnion Brown entertained a
party of her young friends, Saturday, in
the celebration of her ninth birthday.
Refreshments were served on the lawn
and she was remembered by a number
of presents.
1t has been PROSPEROUS wear for
those who planted corn for the factory
and the weather on the whole has been
favorable for harvesting though there
were several unpleasant wet days. The
Sunerintendent expected the first of the
week To finish nackinp Wednesday.
Nc II r. I'D >trs : Z E,1iar
are spending a few weeks with rela-
tives and friends in Massachusetts, and
The Somerset reporter., 1901-09-19

PROPRIETOR am satisfied with youe
work. Pusher. and l will raise your
salary from so to S12 u week; but
mind, that does not mean that you
must go and get married on the
strength of it.-New York Times
The Somerset reporter., 1901-09-19

The Grand jury is new one and the
charge of Judge Emery to the pannel
was comprehensive and impressive.
The two Traverse juries will be
empannelled Friday morning. Follow
ing is the make up OF the two juries
as presented to the court but there may
be some changes:
The Somerset reporter., 1901-09-19

0dell W. Berry has been appointed
carrier on the new rural free delivery
mail route laid out in the easterly part of
Cornville and this town, has filed his
bond and papers have been forwarded by
Mr. f. P. Boutelle to headquarters for
approval. 1t is likely to be two months
or more before the service on these
routes begin.
The Somerset reporter., 1901-09-19

Admiral Ramsey has been selected to
succeed Admiral Howison on the Schley
court of. inquiry. Like Dewey and
Benham he is a veteran with a long
record at sea and on shore posts to his
credit. He is reported to be not a talk
alive man. This is fortunate. 1t would
have been vastly better for lots of navy
men had they known how and when to
have held their peace. Sampson and
Howison are not the only naval officials
who have been too free with the "un-
ruly member"
The Somerset reporter., 1901-09-19

The highest clouds lie at 27.000 feet;
Mount Everest is 29,002 feet. The
highest recorded balloon ascent Is 49,.
The Somerset reporter., 1901-09-19

Cherries A. Pillsbury, editor of the
Belfast Republican journal, and daugh-
ter, Miss Marjorie, were among the pas
'engers who sailed from Portland in the
Vancouver, Saturday, the 9TH instant.
Three friends from Belfast accompanied
them The party intends to spend six
weeks in England and Scotland and
return on the Cambroman in the middle
Of October. 1t is the first vacation which
Mr. Pillsbury has taken for q years. In
his absence Howard Owen, Esq, will
contribute to the editorial column of the
journal. The paper is in excellent and
experienced hands.
The Somerset reporter., 1901-09-19
SIPERNuMERARIES. ST
Tuesday was used up in calling the
docket and assigning cases.

docket ana assigning cases.
The Somerset attorneys present at the
opening of court we're: C. 0. Small, C.
A. Wilber, j. w. Foster, Madison; j.
w. Manson, Abel Davis, e. II. Morse
Pittsfield; w. r. Jordan, Bingham; T.,
B. Barrett, Canaan; A. Simmons, b. s..
Collins, No. Anson; T. j. Young, Solon ;
H. w. Stewart, w. .. Brown, Hartland j;
j. F. Holman, Athens; C. NJ. Chapman,
Fairfield; : j. Walton, L. l.. Walton,
f. n. Merrill, f. F. Danforth, S. w.
Gould, Forrest Goodwin, A. X. Butler,
Daniel Lewis, q. w. Cover, II. A
Phillips, Chester H. Mills, Skowhegan; s;
wock; d. ID. Stewart, st. Albans; Bern
ard Gibbs, Madison; Geo. G.. Weeks,
Fairfield.
There were present from other coun-
ties, l.. {. Cornish, Augusta; S. S.
Brown, VIM. I. Haines, c. w. Hussey,
Waterville; Attorney Gen. Geo. M
Seiders Of Portland.
Three cases were assigned for Friday,
viz: Baker vs Berry; Norton vs. Thomas
and Paul vs. the Inhabitants of Concord
The grand jury is in session. The
first case under consideration is under
stood to be tho Terrio murder case
Attorney General Seiders was here
Tuesday and " ednesday in connection
with this case.
Tuesday afternoon and evening the
county officers caused the decoration of
the court room and the entrance of the
Court House in memory of President
Mckinley. Sheriff Pennell superintend
ed the work and it was tastefully done.
Court will not be in session this,
Thursday, afternoon.
Sheriff Brown of Bangor was in town
and at the court house, Wednesday.
The Somerset reporter., 1901-09-19

President Roosevelt, after taking the
oath of Office on Saturday at Buffalo,
requested that the members of President
Mckinley's cabret retain their positions
for the present at least, and they agreed
to do so. He Furthermore said there
would be no extra session of congress.
He also made the very gratifying an
nouncement that he would follow the
administrative lines laid down by Presi-
dent Mckinley. President Roosevelt is
no novice in public affairs and he does
well at this stage to pursue course so
overwhelmingly approved by the public.
The Somerset reporter., 1901-09-19
SOUTH NoRRIDGEWOCK


CoSGREGATl9aAI IEHrEeH-Rev.J a Jaaes.
pastor. misunderstanding service, 4G.15= sun
day school, i n \ i. ;. {. f., 7PA n. Wedues
day eyenihRz-Praser meeting .ollowed - a
teachers meeting
THE CHRISTIAN EsDEAYoE Society of the
congregational church r. IS. Spaulding, prs.i-
dent A. WhifcoMbI Jr.. Fice president: Hattis
A. L0ngley, sec. ana Treas. Meetings sunday
eve IN yestry.
BAPTIST CHrRoH-Rsg. F. q Davis pastor
5unday-M orning serglee, 1879, sunday school,
u n. prayer meeting ?. n.
The CHRIsTIAs EsBEAy0B society u The
Baptist church,. a. Whiting, Pres. ars.
Mary y. Whiting, Cor &c Miss 81. j. Haynes
Treas. Meetings Wednesday evenings 10 yestry
at 40.
SOCIETIES
Lebanon LoDGE No. lls + x A M-ChafIes
tarrand, Master {. A. ward, Sec; +. ..
Danforth, Treas. Regular meetings saturday
on Or before the full of the moon.
CEDAR CHAPTER No. -, o. +. s.-Biauche r
Ward, Worthy Matron Maud A. Carr SEC
Lucy s. Hussey, 1reas Meetings third FRIDAY
evening Of each month at Masonic Hail
QuINNEBAssErr LoDGE No. lo9 l. 0. .. p
+. \. hilton. Noble Grand; +. &. Han. SEC. i;
Z. ;. Miller Treas Meetings Monday even
ings at 80. -
SOMERSET LODGE No. III REBEBAH-S AG.
lsadore Il. Wing. sec, Nina N, Tuttle Treas .
Lila c. Tobey. Meetings md and 4th Friday
evenings.
Cross, c. &. + Z. Tuttle Y &. Horace Jones. Il.
OF F. + {. Holt, K. of X. K S. Tuesday even
ings at X. 7. HALL
OLD PoIST LODGE No. 314 l. o. G. TN E.
Holt, I. T.; ". +. brown. Sec; Alfred Tuttle,
Treas. Regular meetings Thursday evenings IN
Grange Hall.
SOMERSET GRANeE No. l. T. of H John
c. Pierce, Master Lizzie Holway sec; Annette
4. Burgess. Treas. Meetings Thursday even
ings on or before full Of the moon and two Wee -
after.
BATES POST No. IS G. A R.-steward Wlng,
Commander; II. II. Cross, Adj; II. + Hale,
Quartermaster Meetings hrst Tuesday even
ings in Grange Hall
THE VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY-Mrs.
j. w. Hathaway. Pres; Mrs Fannie Hussey,
Sec. Mrs. Electa L. Tohey. Treas. Meetings
first and third Friday afternoons Of the month.
OOSooLA ASSEMBLY, No. 81, Pythian sisters
hood-Mrs. b. +. Burgess, {. c.; Mrs. L. II.
Burgess, X. of K. K 5; Mrs. G.. 5. Jewett, Mis-
tire of ESchequer Meetings every other
Monday evening at K. + Hall
The Somerset reporter., 1901-09-19

ENTERED As SECOND CLASS MAIL MATTER.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-06-15

girl was growing up with the pigs and
ducks and chickens. Then an uncle
died in Colorado, leaving her $4,000
She went to town, lived in the Palace
hotel, and there one day she met Will
liam Warburton, soldier of fortune
He was proprietor of Cypress villa, a
resort near San Rafael, and when Mag
gle drove out there with a spirited
team he rode with her. They dined,
and sang, and drove until gossip had
them engaged even before the word
was spoken.
And while this love ripened, War
burton found acquaintance with the
Reillys. In this excellent family was
ne'er-do-weel, and Warburton "took''
to him. It was Warburton's $50 gold
piece that paid the premium on a
$1,000 life insurance policy which had
oeen on the verge of lapsing. In many
ways he had befriend the boy, Matt
when one day pistol shot sounded
in Warburton's place, and when the
crowd closed in Matt Reilly lay on the
floor, dead
That is all. Only that warburton is
in jail and Maggie Moran is spending
money upon him for his comfort and
for his release.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-06-15
EIectricnI Treatment

Even the birds are coming in for a
share of the benefits of modern sci
ence. An ostrich in the Cincinnati
geological gardens was last summer
victim of paralysis. The bird, which
is remarkably fine one. had both legs
affected. 1t occurred to the superin-
tendent to try the effect of electricity.
A special tackle was arranged, the os-
trich was placed in it, and the appli-
cation began. At first the bird showed
no sign of feeling the current, but aft
er a time the good effects became ap-
parent. The ostrich was able to swing
first one leg and then another, and in
less than two weeks was on the road
to complete recovery.-Youth'sC Com
panion.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-06-15
BULLDOG ON GUARD.
Tied 90 n Tramp's Leg and Kept
Watch While His Master Took
N Soothing snooze.

According to comic artists the bull
dog is the "hobo's" most bitter enemy.
But there is one tramp in Chicago who
proves the exception, says the Trib-
une, of that city.
The tramp while in the city lives in
the open barns and Railways of the
Twenty-first ward. About two weeks
ago he made the acquaintance of big
bulldog, which afterwards proved to
be a faithful friend. The other night
the hobo" was tired, and at the first
place he stopped he made it his bed.
This place was a gangway which led
downward from an alley into a wide
yard in which a vegetable peddler kept
his horse and wagon. The fellow was
well acquainted with the premises and
knew that the peddler got up at f~e-,
a. m. Not wishing to be discarded at
such an early hour he ties 1he bulldog
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-06-15

CRATE the lives of those for whose suf-
ferings she suffered, she told him And
Bruce Sherman, bon vivant, popular
club man and the best catch of the sea-
son, listened and questioned and en-
tered heart and soul into the old ques-
ton that Hood sang in his Song OF
the Shirt"
And at the club the second Miss
Dean and a bevy of debutantes waited,
and waited in vain.
The little, shadowy library, with its
pickering fire and low, deep chairs be-
fore it, grew to know him well that
winter. And while his set danced and
fiirted and moved from opera box to
grill room, Sherman talked in low
tones to the still woman that he had
looked at through the palms, and
argued and disagreed and argued
again, and ran the gamut from philos-
opher TO poet.
And the next season the library
knew them no more, for, to the amaze
ment and despair of the debutantes,
the Sherman fortune and the Sherman
name were accepted by the odd Miss
Dean, whose lord not only tolerated
but showed an interest, in her philan.
thropies that left his intimates help.
lessiy wondering. And he assures Mrs
Bruce that Bruce II. shall be trained
Splinter, as it was the walk on Ladies
night" that showed him his loneliness
and the remedy.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-06-15

Home for YOU" always a favorits
with the nSighborhood students.
Then followed another selection and
another, until the italian had ex-
hausted his repertoire. The monkey,
dressed in his red velvet, with gilt
beads and braid, executed his gyra-
tions, and after each number made
the rounds, cap in hand.
At second-story window the lit
tie beast saw young man standing.
The stranger beckoned aid the mon
key quickly climbed to him. The win
dow was opened and the little
climber disappeared within. Five
minutes later he climbed down the
lightning rod. After that the whole
monkey family would have been scan
dalized could they have witnessed his
actions. For block he was unruly.
Then he began to separate himself
from the money which he had col
lected. Nickels flew in every direc-
ton. Some were aimed at the chill
dren,l who scrambled for the change.
The italian was white with rage. In
his foreign lingo he made dire
threats, and all against the monkey.
But the animal kept on jabbering.
IT wasn't his fault that he was drunk.
When he went to that second-story
window the young man offered him
whisky-soaked bread, and the animal
ate heartily.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-06-15

young women OF the monde, who were
watching the door with some impa-
thence at the club and wondering
where he was. would have assured him
of their intense delight at any inter
ruption of his, but this strange WON.
an, instead, regarded him with faint
touch of curiosity and asked, quietly.
What within has impelled you to
turn apostate?"
He leaned forward with his elbows
on his knees and watched the crum-
bling of pine knot, outlined in pal
pitating scarlet, and after il had set
tied into glowing mass of embers,
he turned and looked at the woman
reside him.
Il very rudely stood looking at you
through the palms of your conserva-
tory, and as looked a. you and your
wood fire, suddenly grew tired of the
world, the flesh, and the devil. hoped
you would be a good Samaritan and
take me in"
Leaning over, he gently took the
book from her fingers.
"Win you let me see what have in
terrupted? Epictitus'-what do you
need of his philosophy" He looked
at her with sudden keenness. She re-
turned the look steadily.
eve all need philosophy, sometimes,
do we not?' she answered. Even
your world failed to content you to-
night"
"And yOurs-?" he asked, slowly.
Miner" She looked into the fire
with her little inscrutible smile.
Mine takes me from the flesh and the
devil to the immortals. But am hui
man still, and cannot always endure
the altitude"
Then you, too, are not-content?''
he asked, with an eagerness he did not
himself understand. She lifted her
eyebrows thoughfully and was silent.
Then she turned to him with a CLEAN
of amusement in her eyes.
Happiness, they say, is not to be I'M
happy. Is it the same with content?
L have no reason to be disconnected.
have as much as most people, and
more than many. And our Sunday
school teaches us that we should be
grateful that we are not as those less
fortunate-which savors of the Phari-
saical, by the way. But"
Yes" He was watching her in
tently as she drew her straight brows
together in troubled little frown.
She had forgotten him, and was star.
ing into the bed of Goals with eyes that
saw the city beyond her gate, and a
great WEAKNESS came into them.
mo. 1 am not content" she said,
slowly. For see and hear. And my
wrists are tied. The lives of working
women are so hard, the struggle is so
pitiful-it is all so hideously unjust
And can do so little"
He saw that he was forgotten. that
the thoughts of this woman beside him
were far from him end his world of
light and laughter and song. and he
watched her in silence, Soon she lifted
her head with a sharp little sigh, and
he turned his gaze 20 the small gray
book in his hand.
"Will you tell me something of
them?" he asked, gently. And with her
dark eyes on the dying embers, the
slender white hands clasping her knee
as she leaned forward and saw in the
living crimson and dead gray of the
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-06-15
YES. I'VE SEEN EN- MYSELF"

again and ordered a drink. Seen any
purple bugs this morning. asked the
fresh bartender, sarcastically. Not
yet said L. At that he gave me the
cocktail and quietly shifted it to the
right spot. 'Merciful heavens!' 1
yelled, what does this mean, any,
how! Is it joke or a put up job to
murder me?" The bartender looked
into the glass and turned ashy.
Great snakes!' he gasped, how did
that get in there?' 4 don't know
said !. but it's brother of the bug
saw yesterday, and l believe you
keep EN- in. stock He grabbed the
glass and dashed its contents in the
slop bucket. Then be made me a new
cocktail, / drank il and walked out.
II let several days elapse," the
story teller went on, chuckling, land
then / sauntered in again at time
when the bar was crowded When
the fresh bartender mixed my drink
he watched me narrowly, but by a
curious chance he deposited the
glass directly over the mosaic bug.
That's nice CONNECTION to serve in
cocktail,' said I to the man at nv
elbow. Good Lord!' he exclaimed, get
ting green about the jaws, what kind
of brute is that?' Il don't know said
/; some brand of candied microbe. /
guess; they serve it to me here reg
ular now, although We never asked
for it in my life Everybody at the
| counter crowded up to take a look.
and everybody was horror struck.
The bartender was distracted, and as
| soon as possible he seized the cock
tail and threw it away; but his repu-
tation as a careful mixer was gone
with that crowd.
We'll, I don't want to bore YOU
with unnecessary details. so suffice it
to say that have done my great bug
| speciality four times since, and have
decided TO call it quits. Between YOU
and me, l have commenced to notice a
wild look in the eye of my victim
when / come into the place, and as
il was no part of my plan to land him
in padded cell / think it is about
time to let up and whistle or the
bug. don't know what he'll do
| when he finds out the truth. If il
was me I'd get an ak and leave an
| aching void the size of bug in the
| top of that counter"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-06-15
Pop-Over. a La Chinoi..

Our Chinese cook was very success
full with a breakfast delicacy called
pop-overs. a lady who was guest OF
the family havingsone morning ex.
pressed desire for the formula for
their compromising, we called John in
TO impart the secret.
"You takee him one egg" said the
pleased master of the kitchen, zone
lit cup of milk. You fxee him one
cup fiou' on sieve, takee pinch salt
you not put him in lump. You move
him egg lit bit slow; you put him
milk in, all time move. You makee
him fou' go in, not move fast, so him
have no spots. Makee but'ld pan al
same VAIN, not too hot. Puttee him
in oven. Now you mind you business;
no like woman run look at him al
time. Him done all same time biscuit
--Harper's Bazaar.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-06-15
HUGE COCKTAIL BUG
Mixed-Drink Mystery of a Marbl,
Bar in New Orleans.
Practical Joker Almost Lands Fresk
Barkeeper I'm Padded Cell
Game Worked Well for a
Number of Days

ut wouldn't have happened il i,
hadn't been for the freshness anc
frivolity of the bartender" said s
young cotton man who has a well
earned reputation as practica.
joker to New Orleans Times-Dem
ocrat reporter. Zone morning, two
or three weeks ago, 1 dropped into
the place where he works and ordered
cocktail. He made it, and as 1 was
about to pick it urp from the counter
l CHANGED to look into the glass and
was Mortified to see huge, hideou:
bug, OF species unknown to me. II
had purple head, yellow body, an6
gray legs, and a less active monster
1 never clapped eyes on. 'Here!' sale
1, pushing the glass toward the bar
tender, do you put those things il
your cocktails now instead of cher
ries? What things?' said he. why
things like this chEomatic kissing bug
in my glass; said 1. L can't see any.
thing he replied, smiling significant.
~, and, by jovel when looked the
second time 1 could not see anything
myself! The creature had vanished.
"oS 81 SNdl NASN L COulO
find my tongue, and the bartender
continued to grin in a meaning fash.
ion. I'd take an OATH said /, that ]
saw horrible purple and yellow bug
in that glass not ten seconds agol'
Yes, I've seen 'em myself said tn
fresh bartender; I've even had 'em
come out of the glass and make faces
at me. It's sign you ought tc
change your brand of whisky 1 ig
nored his unl1ind innuendo and was
about to leave the place with badly
Jared nerves, when the solution OF
the mystery suddenly appeared be.
fore my eyes. You see, the bar
counter is made of that spotted vari-
egated marble in which you can find
all kinds of queer patterns; and right
before where 1 stood was my bug in
natural mosaic. My cocktail hap
pened to be directly above it when ]
noticed the thing, and it was, Of
course, somewhat magnified by be.
ing seen through the convex bottom
of the glass.
81 said nothing about my discovery
at the time" continued the cotton
man, "but next day dropped %
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-06-15
COURTSHIP IN PRISON.
California Girl Devetes Her Life e
Sweetheart I'm Jail, Accused
of Cruel Murder.

Maggie Moran, daughter of a Cal
hornia rancher, bright, winsome and
determined, has set the tongues of San
Rafael wagging by devoting herselt
to a sweetheart who is in prison ac-
cused of murder.
William f. Warburton, exiled Irish
man, an ex-soldier from her majesty's
service. once school-teacher, and later
rancher, hotel keeper and dealer in
real estate, is the object of her affec.
tons. Always handsome, sometimes
dashing, and always tke "blade" who
has his friends, and admirers of both
sexes, Warburton now sits, humbled
and broken, In his cell in the San Rafael
Jail, listening for the little footsteps
which he has learned to know in his
darkness, and which never fail to bring
him light.
He had come TO America to seek his
fortune, and while he sought it far and
wide in devious ways, the little ranch
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1901-06-15
SATURDAY, JUNE Is, 1901
WHERE THE SUN SHINES.

Down at my Aunt Priscilla's where
often go 20 stay.
The sun is always shining bright, no mat
ter what the day.
1t may be pouring torrents, out-of- doors,
from cloudy skies
The sun is always shining in my Aunt
Priscilla's eyes.
no wonder that the neighbors say, when
Auntie entertains:
'She always makes the world look bright,
and drives away the pains"
But when to Aunt Keturah's house go to
spend a week,
She is so very fuSsy that l hardly dare to
speak;
She scoids the servants all the time and
tells me I'm a tease;
She never let's her visitors do one thing
that they please.
It's very cloudy all the day when Aunt
keturahs near:
The merry sunshine never comes-I believe
not once year.
That something's wrong is very plain; and
I've resolved to try
To start and grow up, while there's time
like Aunt Priscilla Fry
II Keep the corners of my mouth turned
up in smiles so sweet
That all the people. young and old meet
upon the street
VIII think the day Is brighter lust because
that little boy
Has shown, in greeting every one a heart
orimful of joy.
Penelope Hunt, in Philadelphia Press.