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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-09-19
Whale Houses.

AT one time not very long ago there
was on the Lancashire coast, near
Lythan. England. cottage and boat
house that were made almost entirely
from the remains of a score or 80 Of
whales that had been driven ashore
some years before. The framework Of
the edlflce consisted wholly Of whale
bone, and the dried skins OF the huge
creatures were neatly and strongly fas-
tened as a covering for walls and roof.
There Is another building Of exactly
the same kind at Peterhead. In Scot
land. and In this case the skulls of the
whales and some Of the heavier bones
are used with great effect as outside
ornaments.
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Browns Corner.

Mr.. and Mrs. John Richards and Miss
Matte Wheeler of Athol, Mass. who have
been visiting their friends in this vicinity,
returned home. Tuesday OF this week.
Mr.. C, H. Wheeler has gone to Der
wick to visit his mother, Mrs. Sarah
Chadwick.
Horace Mason has been cutting corn
with his corn harvesting machine in this
vicinity.
Mrs. Chas. Jones and children have re-
turned to their home in Lynn, Mass.
Mr. Will Drew and wife of Norfolk,
Va Mrs. Henry Drew and daughter of
Philadelphia and Prof and Mrs. Frank
Emery and children Of Raleigh, N. {.
have visited relatives in town, recently.
Will Barnes arrived home from Bemis.
Monday night.
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North Arson.

The annual cattle show and fair at
Embden station is Saturday, sept. 28th.
Mrs. Addison Spooner has been visit
her sister, Mrs, j. P. Spooner, the past
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. larence Mantor of
Skowhegan pas, ed Sunday, in town,
visiting relatives.
Mrs. Esther Marston is visiting rell-
tives and friends at Waterville and Park
man for few weeks.
Miss Caroline Mckay of Boston has
been visiting her sister, Mrs. Selden
Benjamin, in town, the past week.
Several corn harvesters are at work in
this vicinity. Modern machinery has
done away with lots of hard work in the
last quarter of century.
Mrs. Ben Moore of Boston, who has
been visiting In town for several weeks,
returned home Friday. She will visit q
few days at Gorham on her way home.
Mrs. l.. c. Robinson, who has been
absent from home for the past two
months, visiting In California and other
western states, returned home, last week,
Harry Beal and Ernest Noddin left
hOhua1 iVi OIUuO W attouu ln6 u Ill
versity OF Maine for the coming year.
Both are graduates of the Academy and
are well qualified for the work.
A free mail delivery route has been
established in the south >rn and western
part of the town, starting at the post
Office at the lower village. Arthur Hill
ton has been appointed to deliver the
mail.
F. W. Wells & Co. have increased
their canning factory at Embden lake by
running water through their building,
constructing large store house and
making other repairs They will can
5000 bushels of apples and garden vege-
tables for which the highest market
price will be paid.
MIR E. H. caswell of Norridgewock
passed Sunday in town.
Rev. H. S. Ryder returned to Water.
vile, Monday to attend Colby.
Mrs. Ostie Allen and son George were
visiting in Oakland, the first of the week.
Miss Paulenah Simmons, student at
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ALL THE NEWS
from Som rset towns.
East Skowhegan.

George Hubbard OF north Canaan has a
swarm of bees which came out on the
first of June which has flied los boxes
with nice honey and hav. enough besides
TO winter Mr.. Hubbard thinks ne Will
have ton of honey, this fall.
Mrs. F. b. Richardson returned home
from the State Fair at Lewiston, accom-
panied by Mrs Chas. J. Cannon and
daughter, Alton, last Friday.
Some farmers have Gu, their yellow
corn and it was laying on the ground
through the rain OF Saturday night. If
farmers would use corn binders and
shock their corn as fast as they cut it, it
would save much hard work Try them
and see.
Frank Emery. who once lived in this
place and is graduate of Orono Agri-
cultural College and recently returned
from trip to Japan and China and other
places In the interest Of dairying OF this
country, made remarks at Lake George,
last Saturday, which were well received
by the crowd. A k
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How to Learn TO Like Pictures.

How TO Learn to Like Pictures.
The following suggestions. If you
please, are not from an artist nor even
from connoisseur, the writer being
nothing more than an ordinary picture
lover. In general the principle to be
followed is to get az much In an atmos-
phere of pictures as possible. Always
go to the museums when you are tray-
cling. and If you live near enough
make occasional picture visits to Bos-
ton. Chicago or New York. Do not
make the mistake CT staying too long
In a gallery. You only tire yourself.
Half an hour is quite long enough. But
do not endeavor to look at every pic
ture in the gallery In that time. Look
long at few good ones and let those
you look at be those you like or at least
those which you prefer above the 9TH
ers. Also ask yourself why you prefer
them. Always get {. catalogue. Some
times the pictures are not marked and
you as student want always to know
the painter of your picture.
NJ. Smith in Woman's Home Compan-
ion
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Bankrupt'S Petition for Discharge.

In the matter of ANGUS MCPHERSON,
Bankrupt in bankruptcy.
To the Hon. Nathan Webb. Judge of the DIS.
trict Court of the United States for the District
of Maine.
ANGUS MCPHERSON of Fairfield, in the
County of Somerset, and State of Maine in said
District respectfully represents. that the 18th
day of May, last past, he was duly adludg
ed bankrupt under the Acts of Congress relating
to Bankruptcy; that he has duly surrendered all
his property and rights Of property, and has
fully complied with all the requirements Of said
Acts and of the orders of Court touching his
bankruptcy.
Wherefore he prays that he may be decreed hy
the Court to have a Full discharge from all debts
provable against his estate under said bank
rupt Acts except such debts as are excepted by
law from such discharge.
ANGUS MCPHERSON Bankrupt
Dated this 3lst day of August, A. ID. 1901.
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Starks.

b l., Frederic of Boston visited his
father, j. l.. Frederic one day, last week.
+. |. S,pinney has been spending few
days at home.
Mrs Annie Sterry has been the guest
OF her brother, Rufus Jennings of Farm.
ington, the past week.
Miss Ellen witham is teaching school
at Mt, Vernon.
MIR. +, E. Frederic, wife and daughter
have recently visited relatives In town.
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NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE.

Whereas c. L. Corson OF Scion in Somerset
County and state of Maine by his mortgage
deed dated Sept. 4th A. D. 1859 and recorded in
the Registry OF Deeds OF said County of Som.
erset Vol. Book 245 Page 4l9 conveyed to
me the undersigned certain parcel of land
with the buildings thereon situate In the
town OF Scion and bounded as follows on the
North and East by land OF Charles French and
Moses French on the South by the County
road known as the Parkman hill road the
west by land OF l. f. Davis and Oren o. Wit
tum and Fred A. Vittum said to contain forty
acres more or less and whereas the conditions
OF said mortgage has been and still remains
breach Of the condition OF said mortgage and
the continuance thereof claim foreclosure
Of said mortgage and give this notice TO
effectuate the same.
Scion Sept. 9th 1901.
F. M. VITTUM.
3wS7 BY o. o. VITTUM. His Atty.
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Canaan.

Mrs. Fifleld Mitchell returned from
Bath, last Friday. w. F. Mitchell &C
companed her on flying business trip
to Fairfield and Canaan. He returned
% Bath Saturday afternoon.
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ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON.

DISTHIEI MAINE, IS.
On this 10th day of September A. u. 1901, on
reading the foregoing petition, il is
Ordered by the Court, that hearing be had
upon the same on the 9th day of October A.
D. 1901 before said Court at Portland in said
District, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon; and that
notice thereof be published in The Somerset
Reporter, newspaper printed in said District
and that all known creditors, and other ger
sons in interest, may appear at the said
time and place, and show cause, if any they
have why the prayer of said petitioner should
not be granted.
And il Is further ordered by the Court, thar
the clerk shall send by mail 10 all known credi-
tors copies of said petition and this order, ad.
dressed to them at their places of residence As
stated
Witness the Honorable Nathan Webb Judge
of the said Court, and the seal thereof, at Port
land, in said District on the 10Th day of Seq
TENDER A. ID. 1901.
H. 81 A. II. DAVIS, Clerk
true copy of petition and order thereon.
lw3s Attest: A. II. DAVIS, Clerk
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For Sale.

A one and one-half story house, with
shed and stable. situated on Baptist hill,
Main street, Skowhegan, good location,
good neighbo' hood, convenient for two
families. good furnace 10 cellar. and double
OF. For particulars inquire of c. L.
Holbrook, admir-, p o., So. Norridge-
wock. or Llewellyn Goodwin, Skowhegan.
6w38s
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Probate NJ office.



TO the Honorable. the Judge of the Probate
Court IN and for the County OF Somerset
Respectfully represents Joseph b. Whitney of
MOSCOW In said County of Somerset that he and
Harriet West of Augusta, Eau Claire County,
state of Wisconsin, Jonathan Goodrich of Rifle,
Garfield County, State of Colorado and the
children of Jonah Goodrich. late Of said Angus
Ia, Wisconsin, deceased, and also the children
of Frank W Whitney, late of Washington
springs, Jerauld County, State of South Dakota,
deceased, are the heirs living in different States
OF Flora A Knights late of Bingham in said
Somerset County, deceased who left real estate
IN said Somerset County, described as follows
Lot OF land with buildings thereon situated in
Bingham Village in the town of bingham,
Somerset County aforesaid, being same convey,
ed to said Flora A. Knights by Arcele f. Moore
by her deed dated July END A ID 1895. and re-
Is ok $50, Page 2sl, being bounded North by the
schoolhouse lot East by lot OF Willard j. arl,
South by lot formerly owned by Sarah A. Harri-
man and West by the road or Main street run
ming through said Bingham Village, the outlines
OF said lot being as follows: beginning at the
East line of said Main street at the Southwest
corner OF the schoolhouse lot. thence running
North five and one half degrees East eleven
rods. thence South six degrees, East four rods
thence South eightyfour and n half degrees
West, ten roos and thirteen links TO the East line
OF said Main street, thence North along said
ain street four rods to the point of starting
containing forty-two square rods more or less.
The said Joseph b. Whitney further repre-
sents that the owners of said real estate cannot
dispose of their separate interests without loss
wherefore your petitioner, Joseph b. Whitney,
prays that Erwin w. Moore of Bingham, said
Somerset County, or some other suitable person,
be authorized to sell said real estate at public
sale and distribute the proceeds, after paying
expenses among said heirs according to their
respective rights therein.
Dated this 9th day of September A. ID. 1901.
JOSEPH b. WHITNEY.
Somerset County.-In Court of Probate, held at
skowhegan on the second Tuesday of September
A. D. 1901
On the foregoing petition, ORDERED, that
netice thereof be given. three weeks successive.
ly, In The Somerset Reporter, printed In Show
hegan in said county, that ali persons interested
may attend Probate Court to be held at Show
and show cause, II any they have, why the prayer
of said petition should not be granted.
EDWARD +. DANFORTH, Judge.
true copy Attest
swss NATHAN FOWLER, Register
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A Household Necessity
Preservit

comes as a welcome and timely aid to
the housewife, enabling her to preserve,
without labor and with small expense,
all kinds of fruits, for winter use. Il is
especially useful for preserving fruits,
fruit syrups, cider, milk, butter, eggs,
tomatoes, catsup, pickles, etc. 1t is
invaluable for use in cooked fruits. A
tablet added to each pint will admit of
their being opened from time to time,
and even though the jars are not air.
tight, will prevent all fermentation and
oss.
What 1t is.
1t Ia a simple and harmless preparation,
free from taste, smell and color, that has
the properties of stopping and preventing
fermentation, which Is the true secret of
preserving.
For Cider
1t is unsurpassed. 1t stops fermentation
at any point desired, and produces
sparkling beverage like champagne,
A Dollar Package
will preserve rs jars of fruit, barrel of
cider, or 240 pounds of butter.
No Experiment..
PRESERVIT Is not an experiment. 1t
will positively do all we claim, and any
one can use 1t successfully.
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You cannot afford

to put up your seasons supply of pre-
serves by the old and uncertain process.
Weigh out a half pound or more sugar
to every pound of fruit; scald your cans
for time, cook your fruit for hours over
a hot stove. After all this trouble and
labor, soalding of hands and arms, burn
ing your face, breaking jars, etc., you
have but half the quantity of fruit,
which Is mashed and the flavor entirely
destroyed by heat. Berries, In particu.
lar, done by this cooking process, are
complete jam or marmalade without
flavor When you think your labor
done, and your fruits are put away for
the season, fermentation often takes
place, In which case your jars burst and
your fruits are a total loss, together with
all your labor and expense.
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NOTICE,

For valuable confederation hereby relin'
qufsh to my son, Robert B. Burpee, his time
during the remainder Of his minority. vii!
claim none OF his earnings nor pay debts OF
his contracting after this date.
skowhegan, August "a, 1901.
aws5' ANNIE N COREY.
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PROBATE NOTICES.

To All persons interested in either of th
Estates hereinafter named.
a T A PROBATE COURT held at Sko% he
Agan, in and for the county of Son erset,
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You can afford to Preserve
your Fruits without
Cooking.

Fill the jars with fruit, as 1t comes from
the tree or vine, and add one tablet to
each pint OF fruit, then fill the jars with
a syrup made of cold water and sugar.
Cover and put away. Raspberries,
Cherries, Peaches, Grapes, etc, are as
natural in appearance and taste as
though just picked.
The Iola register., 1901-11-08
SALEM,

W. S. LYTLE, Correspondent.
Nov A Wood is about to trade
his farm for lola property.
Grandma Petit was down from La
Harpe visiting her son Frank and
family.
melinda Burgess has treated herself
to canopy topped spring wagon.
Our mail boxes have come and we
will soon have daily mail.
r = Montgomery and family of
Pratt county, Kansas, was visiting
his sister Mrs w Lytle last week.
The armers are busy plowing since
the rain SATURDAY night.
Geogc Wood and Caleb Carmiue are
WORKING in Gas City on the new smell
ter.
S T. Bruebaker is building a house
in Gas City and will IL we there as
soon as the house is done.
Mr. Townsend of Prairie Dell will
move onto the Bruebaker farm.
Judge Knox is having house built
on one OF his farms in the Prairie
Dell neighborhood.
The Iola register., 1901-11-08
BETHEL.
LEILA CUNNINGHAM, Core

LEILA CUNNINGHAM, Correspondent.
Nov 5-Mrs Maxwell and Grace from
Moran vieited Mrs Lindsey few days
last week.
Quite number from here have been
attending the pro,racted meetings at
South Maple Grove.
Mrs Long and daughter Anna wen
to Bronson last week to trade.
Mrs Henderson visited her sister
Mrs Jones in lola last Wednesday.
Mrs tursman's parents, Mr. and Mrs
johnson from the "Swede Settlement"
spent last week with her.
Mr. and Mrs Tharp from Crandall
visited their daughter Mrs Oscar
kleicr last week.
Rose Samp from Big Greek spent Il
few days with home folks.
Mrs Griffith had runaway last
week, although being pretty badly
bruised up, she was not seriously hurt.
Arthur Stout from Wauneta, Kan
sas, is visiting his sister, Mrs Hender-
son, at present.
The Bethel base ball club played
ball with Elsmore Friday afternoon.
The Bethel team were the winners.
Game number two will be played by
the two teams at Bethel next Friday
afternoon
The Iola register., 1901-11-08
NEoSHO VALLEY.

NOV oar trUN bridge was around
asst week soliciting orders for rural
mail boxes on this route. We UNDER
stand that Mr. Ayliug, who has been
appointed To act as carrier, has re-
signed his school anu will finish the
p. eparatory work, so that the route
viii he IN running order on the second
day of December.
Alva Burton had her hand scalded
by plunglng "a hot iron into Il pail of
water last week.
Although Olin Williams is,jsome-
what out of use on account of having
two of his toes cut or, he manages to
swing himself around on crutches to
pretty good advantage.
Isidore Weighle's family Sundayed
at Peter Noung's.
f. B Butler has sold between three
and four thousand bushels of wheat
and is busily engaged in hauling it
in to the cars for shipment. Frank
Gay is also delivering part of his
crop.
We understand that some town boys
who were hunting on the west side
We're made to pay pretty hea Willy for
sh Oting domestic fowls recently. We
will say here that we were requested
to speak in strong terms against tres
passing in our items last week, but we
had mentioned it so much that we
concluded not to say anything about
it at that time. It seems that talking
ceases to he virtue. Some have de-
clared their intention of resorting TO
severe legal measures.
After this week Marion Brown will
cease to make daily trips to lola with
vegetables. During the entire season
only on the 4th and one other week
day has he failed to show up in town
with good load of garden stuff.
Mrs w II Root and children and
Lee Bowlus of lola were nutting on
the west side Friday.
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CARLYLE.
f. W. LEMAsTER. Corresponds

r., W. LEhASTER. correspondent.
Nov 5-The Ladies Missionary Con
vention was well attended last week and
much interest was manifested.
r B Arnold, Mrs ID Adams and
Henry Caldwell are on the sick list
this week.
Mrs Horn returned to her home in
Indiana yesterday after a pleasant
visit with relatives and friends.
Born, IT, Mr. and Mrs Ben Wright,
daughter.
Mr. and Mrs w w Wallace are en-.
tertaining little daughter that ar
rived at their house last week.
A Longshore contemplates moving
his house to the south end of his farm
to be more convenient to water.
w S Dickerson, C L Sutherland
and A II Harvey sold their yearling
steers to w S Roberts of Colony.
Price per pound three cents.
The Santa Fe has been improving
their property at this place. An ad-
dition to the depot was built for
baggage room and new platform
put in.
Chester Green returned from Colora-
do Il few days ago.
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PLEASANT VALLEY HILL.
Miss Osborn, correspondent.

Nov 5-Eb Baird returned Saturday
from his trip to Coshocton, Ohio. lie
says he had a fine time and left nice
weather there but not quite so dry as
in Kansas.
Cora Sloan started yesterday to at
tend school in Humboldt. She will
stay at Eli Sloan's.
Mrs John Beahm visited her brother
John Gray the first of the week before
he starts for Central America.
Geo Fisher sold 5000 worth OF cattle
last week.
Mat Beahm's family and John
Beahm's children went pecan hunting
up on Mr. Cornells farm the last of
the week. Each family got half
bushel.
Charlie Mckinney traded driving
horses with Jim Bailey last week.
Mat Beahm sold fat hogs in Neosho
Falls last week.
Geo Ellis family and the Beahm
families have been attending protract.
ed meeting at Piqua.
Ben Brown has been able to help
get up some winters wood for him
self.
The Pleasant Sunday school has
sent for two dozen new song books.
The Iola register., 1901-11-08
SILVER LEAF
Mrs Wen1el, Correspondent.


Nov 4-Rev Kirkpatrick preached
at Silver Leaf last Saturday evening
Grandma Strickland is over from
Diamond visiting Mr. Charlie East
wood and family.
Miss Crystal Eastwood spent last
Friday visiting relatives near Dia-
moud.
Mr. Deleplain was on our streets
today.
Mrs Faddis was pleasant callerthis
p IN.
Last week Mr. Joe Eastwood took
his cattle over to mir Anderson's and
had them dehorned.
Some of our young folks attended
church at Rock Creek last night.
There are some boys in this neigh
borhood TO be proud of. Halloween
night they went arond and had their
own way, tearing up Jack. So nice in
them not to do any damage.
Mr. and Mrs Delgarno and children
took dinner with us last Sabbath.
Ye scribe was the recipient of trio
of Barred Plymouth Rocks from a
friend near Humboldt
The Iola register., 1901-11-08

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of Kansas news, it has no competitor,
our large corps of special correspond
ents enabling us to cover the field
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home paper, you can get more local
news from the Capital than from any
other paper published.
Editorially it labors increasingly for
the States moral and material well
fare. While strongly republican in
politics its editorials are fair and un-
prejudiced and its news columns are
open alike to the doings of all politi-
cal parties.
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SOUTH LOGAN.
A. E. swARrzMAN. Correspor


Oct 2S- Mr. Miller and famil ly returned
last week from Colorado and they say
they are very much improved in
health.
ID b Rush, Jim George and Dave
Houston were among the crowd that
went to Kansas City last Thursday
They must have had a gay time for
Rush came home sick end has been
sick ever since.
We are sorry to say Mrs John
Young is again down sick. 1t seems
that the i'll luck that would suffice for
a whole township falls on their heads
In the matter Of town people hunt
ing on premises where they have no
right it is high time there was law
passed to put a stop to II for good.
Everyone knows there is no game in
the country any more worth any ones
while to tramp after and the fellows
who go out from the towns expect to
load up with farmers fowls. There is
is not week goes by but some one
has stock killed or wounded by these
gay Nimrods. Mr. Hart had a horse
killed this fall, Mr. Brenegar had
two year old heifer and a hog that
WOuIu "SlSh VWo nuuureu pOWnus snOu
in his own feed lot, and / am sure we
have had fifty chickens shot in the
last two years and boys come out
from town ana steal whole buggy
loads of corn from the fields. 1t is
time the hunting" business was stop
ped.
Thurman's have treated their house
to new coat of tepaint for the first
time in fifteen years.
Jim George has bought for $4OO, the
thirty-fve acres of land lying between
Henry Thurman's and the river which
belonged to the First National bank.