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tive congregation who listened with in
terest to an able Grafton by Forrest Good
win, Esq. Mr.. Goodwin gave US his
tory of the increase of our territory. popu-
lation and wealth for the last 100 years
and our success in all the wars we have
been engaged in, which proves beyond a
doubt that the Lord is on our side. Be-
low are the names of soldiers from the
town of Canaan, who participated in the
different wars Of our country since the
formation of our government:
Revolutionary Soldiers-Elisha Mason,
J. Z Hall, Daniel Nelson.
Goodrich, Tristan Kicker. David Kicker
Isaac Holt, Alvah Holt, Asa Holt, Levi
Woodsum, Walter Davis, Benz. Chase,
Samuel Wheeler, Joseph Atkinson, Noah
Hubbard; total number, Is.
Mexican Soldiers--Wallace r. Tuttle
Asa futile, Jackson Goodrich, Samue
Nelson total, a
Soldiers of Rebellion-James Wadron
John Foster. Sergeant; George Walker
Weston Morrow. Silas Burrill. John
Lewis, M. S Richardson, VIM. Richard.
son, Charles B. Chase, Samuel Cover
Mantle futile, Luther F. Rolfe, George
Burrill, Joseph M Washburn, Eugene
Springer, Wesley Cover, Ed Gerald
Capt John Goodale, Lorenzo Bragg
Elbridge Gerald. David S Stevens, Geo
Kimball, Joseph ADDITION, Alexander
Douglass Reuben Martin, Alonzo Wy
man; total number in the Rebellion. II
A. R.
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A Crushed LAWYER.

Some time ago a well known San
Francisco attorney, who prides himself
upon his handling OF Chinese witnesses,
was defending railway damage case.
Instead of following the usual ques-
tons as to name. residence. If the ma
ture of an oath were understood, ETC.,
he began: what is your nameT "Kee
Lung" "You live In San Francisco"
yes" "You sabbie God" "Mr. At
torney, If you mean DO l understand
the entity of our Creatorr l will sim
ply say that Thursday evening next |
shall address the State Ministerial as
ISOLATION on the subject Of the Divinity
of Christ and shall be pleased to have
you attend"
Needless to say, a general roar Of
laughter swept over the courtroom at
this clever rally. and 1t was some min
utes. much TO the discontinue of the
lawyer for the defense. before order
was restored and the examination pro-
ceeded upon ordinary lines.-Argonaut
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Madison Center.

H E. Spears mill is hung up for re.
pairs
The steamer makes three regular trips
day from East Madison to Lakewood
TO connect with elecrics.
There was very pleasant wedding
Monday at high noon, at c. A. Fair.
brothers, when Horace Bickford of Skow.
hogan and Hannah Ham OF Vim were
united in marriage. They took the one
thirty car for Madison. where they are &c
reside.
The opening at Lakewood is to be the
18th. A big time is looked for
The Saturday and Sunday following
June ~ and %, the spiritualists will hole
meeting at the lake, with DR.. George A
Fuller of Onset, Mass. and MIS-. Nettie
Holt Harding of Somervile, Mass, as
speakers.
Lawrence Hayden has license a:
captain of the Margaret B. and Eugene
Wescott, as engineer.
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BARRYMORE and ModieHka.

Maurice Barrymore earned reputa-
ton as n wit and really deserved 1t.
His style could be less successfully
transferred to the stage, as his efforts
at comic writing showed. but In Its
spontaneous phases its effect always
told. Onepf the stories told was about
his experiences with Nine. Modjeska,
with whom he acted for several years.
He had been as careless as he often
was on the stage. and Nine. Modjeska,
with all the consclentiousness of q
great artist, protested that he had no
right to take his calling so lightly and
that If he did not owe 1t to his reputa-
ton to do his best he at least owed it to
her, because she had done so much In
his behalf and had put him before the
public In a dIgnlfed and serious line OF
parts.
"Why, madam" he said, at is not
you who brought me before the public
and made me known. People had
heard of me all over the United States
when they thought that Modjeska was
only the name of tooth wash"
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Jackman.

One of the finest trout of the season
was caught by Master Perley Redman at
the Moose River Bridge. Thursday, May
goth, the fish weighing 4 pounds and IS
ounces, but this record was broken, FRI
day, when Robert Walker caught one
weighing q pounds and IS ounces.
Memorial day was observed by the
Moose River schools by the raising of a
new flag and Rotations. The exercises
were very good and much credit is due to
the teachers, Mrs. Holden and Mrs.
Copp, also to the children.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Savage returned
home. Thursday, from trip to Augusta,
Skowhegan and Bingham.
Mr.. and Mrs VIM. F. Slade of Waldo
boro started for home, Saturday. Mrs.
Slade has been spending few weeks
with her parents, Isaac Newton and wife.
The steamer, Florence M, made an
excursion trip to the foot of Long Pond,
leaving the bridge wharf, Friday after
noon and returned Saturday. The party
consisted of about 20. They spent the
night at Mr.. J. Princes sporting cabins
on the shore of the lake. All reported a
pleasant trip.
The farmers have all nearly finished
planting their crops.
Melvin Holden has purchased a new
Bowen piano of F. A. Palmer of Port
land. Mr.. Palmer is doing quite a good
piano business here.
Rev. J. Forrest is making repairs on
ST. Anthony church and identifying the
interior, also painting the outside. F. J.
Adams is doing the painting. N
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Miller, who pleaded guilty as accessories,
were sentenced to two years and fine
of $3.50 each.
At Saturdays special town meeting at
Oakland, twas voted to build steel
bridge to replace the wooden one car
ried away by the freshet; to buy 800
feet of hose; to instruct the cemetery
committee TO confer with }. S. Gleason
about land to extend the cemetery and
report June 6.
The entire front of the store of Mer-
ton SWEET at East Knox, containing the
post office, was blown off with dYna-
mite, Monday morning, and the build
ing, igniting from the explosion, was
burned. In addition to the mail matter
in the office, there was large loss.
The building was fully insured. 1t is
supposed to have leen the work of
burglars. The safe, however, was
intact
Calvin Hall and his three sons, Frank,
jim and Martin Hall, and Dan V. Yam
tbs, who had been stealing horses near
Alturas. Cal for years, were arrested,
May 30th, and were kept under guard
by three officers. mob of 40 masked
men took them at l o'clock, Friday
morning. and hung them to a bridge
near lookout. the officers were over
powered and compelled to help. The
mob dispersed within five minutes.
james Wadsworth, one of the four
men shot by George II. Brainerd at Port
land, on April "a, in the Office of the
Telephone Co., and who has been in the
Maine General Hospital, since, left that
institution, Friday, and went to Lewis
ton, where his wife's family lives. Mr..
Wadsworth has recovered more rapidly
than did his companion, Elmer Lane,
who is still at the hospital, though it
was at first thought that Wadsworth's
wounds would prove fatal.
In Bangor, Wednesday, May 20, before
United States Commissioner Charles
Hamlin, Mrs. Alice NJ. Look, who lives
at Monsapec, near Jonesport, in Wash
ton county, was arraigned charged with
defrauding the government in connec-
ton with some pension matters, and
bound over to the June term of the
United States district court, which
meets in that city, In the sum of $500.
She furnished bonds and was released.
Mrs. Look has been a justice of the
peace down in Monsapec, for some time;
recently the federal authorities came
into possession of facts which In their
opinion justified her arrest on the
charge of defrauding Uncle Sam through
his pension bureau.
Robert Heating of Red Beach, Me-,
was found dead at Hotel North, Angus.
ia, Sunday afternoon, which investga-
ton proved was the result of asphyxia-
ton He came to Augusta on the early
Sunday train, engaged a room and re-
tired. He did not appear during Sun
day forenoon, but nothing was thought
of it until the bell boy smelled gas.
Failing to arouse the occupant the door
was broken open and the gas was found
turned on full head. Physicians were
summoned but there was little to do.
1t was learned later that the man left
his home for Augusta to get his son
who is an inmate of the Insane Hospital
The general opinion is that it was a case
of accidental death.
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Nassau,s Lake of Fire.

Il doubt II many persons realize the
fascination to be derived from a winter
spent in the Bahamas" said visitor
Just returned from there the other day.
Down near Nassau, for example,
there Is curious sheet of water known
as the Lake of Fire that Is worth going
far to see. 1t is simply phosphor-
escent LAKE, but Its weird effects cling
to ones recollection In an uncanny
way. 1t is about three miles from Hhe
hotel. You drive through quaint and
narrow streets, with only here and
there lamppost shedding a dim light,
and past the open doors of huts whose
occupants seem to fill every space in
the abodes to overlooking.
THE gates of the old estate of Wa
terloo have long since disappeared. and
the house is In ruins, but you drive be-
tween the posts which still mark the
entrance down grass grown roadway
to the edge of this wonderful pond.
The water is only few feet deep, and
the pond Is scarcely quarter of mile
long. We stepped into a rowboat by
Inc ullu llSul VI u ldllleIu, anu III u ho-
ment, as the boat pushed off and the
oars broke the water into ripples, we
were surrounded by sea of flame. The
divers who swan about seemed literal
ly merged In blue smoke, for the effect
of this phosPhorescence is more like
smoke than water. 1t reminds one of
the butterfly dance seen on the stage.
The form of the diver is surrounded by
a luminous glow, and the fishes take
fright and dart away like little flames
into the dark and quiet waters. 1t is
beautiful sight"-New York Sun.
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ALL THE NEWS
from Somerset Towns
Emblem.


Abel Thompson of Skowhegan was in
town, Tuesday.
!. S. Wilson of Scion was in town,
Friday.
Nettie Hodgdon is working at DR..
Greene's
Mrs. James Murphy is on the gain,
also Gertrude Lane is much. improved IN
health.
saw in the SOMERSET REPORTER of
May 22d an item about the town of Scion,
telling in what prosperous condition it
was in, also that the pulp mill was doing
good work, running day and night
crew, etc. Now there is one thing that
| don't understand and that is "How can
Scion claim pulp mill that is in Emb-
den." live in Embden just across the
Kennebec river from Scion village and
have been over most of that town and
never saw or heard anything Of a pulp
mill in Scion. Embden has a pulp mill
on the Kennebec river not far from Scion
and the superintendent. Mr.. Greene,
lives in Scion and part of the workmen
make it their stopping place in that vii
lage. but the pulp mill and all things con-
nected with it are in Embden except a
log pile and stable which are on Scion
side. Now think if any level headed
person would stop and think it over they
would decide that the pulp mill belongs
to Embden. If Scion got the tax which
Emblem gets from the International Pulp
and Paper Co., perhaps then she might
Justly claim the pulp mill, but if there is
any way that Scion can claim said mill
would be very glad for some good CORE
spondent to let me know through the
columns of this paper. | don't want to
put Scion down and say that it isn't a
good town for it is a first rate place, but
think Embden is equal to it and little
better off. Besides the pulp mill we have
some excellent farms and some of the
finest stock in the State, there is also a
fine summer resort around Lake Embden,
there are some very fine cottages, this
pond furnishes a very excellent fishing
ground thirteen and one half pound
trout was caught one day, recently, by
Melvin Berry and it is seldom that one is
caught that weighs less than one and one
half pounds. AT the foot of Lake Emb-
den is a saw mill and an excelsior mill,
and the prospects are of having a novelty
mill and the electric cars coming up there
next summer. Scion was a butter fac
tory, Embden has none, but think that
our pulp mill is equal to three or four
such butter factories. x
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Dosing an Elephant.

A difficult operation was performed
the other day at the geological gardens
at Hanover. An elephant was suffer
ing great pain from a growth on the
lower part Of one of its hind feet, and
II was deemed necessary to cut this
malformation away. In order to rem
der the animal insensible a dose of 600
grains of morphia In six bottles Of rum
was administered. This dose took
about an hour before any visible effect
was produced. The elephant then fell
over in kind of sleep. and the opera
ton was successfully carried out with
out any further ado. The operation
lasted in all three days.-London Globe.
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While they are accommodating knowledge
on the profound sciences, are often so
ignorant of their own natures that they
allow local disease to fasten on tAem to
the ruin of the general health. Back
ache, headache, nervousness, point to
disordered or diseased local condition
which should have prompt attention.
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription may
be relied upon as a perfect regulator. 1t
stops enfeebling drains, heass infamma-
ton and liberation, and cures female
weakness. II makes Ueak UOneH strong
and sick Uomen Wei
There is no alcohol in "Favorite Pre-
scription" and it is entirely free from
opium, cocaine and all other narcotics.
your letter just received" writes Miss Rose
Kilfether, of % West sharpnaek ST., German
town Philadelphia Penna rWords Tan to
express how thankful I am to you for your
advice / must confess that for the length oil
time have been using your medicine nave
found II to be the most wonderful ana pest
remedy for female trouble that ever have
tried. Sorry did not know OF your Favorite
Prescription years ago"
DIR. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser is sent free on receipt of 81 one
cent stamps to pay expense OF mailing
only. Address DR.. r. V. Pierce, But
falo, N. Y.
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BIG STRAWBERRIES.
Found on the Early Plants-Method
of Trimming First Runners.

of Training First Runners.
The after cultivation of strawberries
consists in keeping the soil well stirred
to depth of one or two inches, but
not deeper, and all weeds removed. A
II tooth cultiyator is very fine tool II
provided with three or four fiat cutting
hoes, like that shown In the figure.
These are made for us out of old wag-
on springs. They cut all thistles, dock
and other weeds which may be left by
the narrow teeth. The cut from Rural
New Yorker, shows how the CORE
spondent quoted trains his strawberry
plants. He says:
Our experience has been that a straw
berry plant should be as near IL months
old at the time of fruiting as possible
To attain this result the runners must
start early: consequently we set very
early and encourage the plants to throw
out runners at the very earliest posi-
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NOTICE or FORECLOSURE.

Whereas, Gustavus A. Halves OF EmbeH. IN
the County of Somerset and State OF Maine, by
his mortgage deed, dated Feb. LIST, 1897, and
recorded In Somerset Registry of Deeds. IN
Book al, Page 222, conveyed to me. the under,
signed. certain real estate situated in said
Embden. and described as follows, viz: Bound
ed on the north by land owned by Levi.
Hilton, and the T. F. Boothby estate, and
7. Il. Hilton; on the east by the old
county road leading by NJ. A. whitney, on
the south by estate OF I. f. Boothby and land
owned by M. A. Whitney; on the west by land
owned by Carol Caswell, and land owned bE {,
F. Lane. And, whereas, the condition OF saih
mortgage has been broken, now therefore oy
reason of the breach Of the condition Thereof
claim foreclosure OF said mortgage an eve
this notice for that purpose. 3w-3
Scion. Me-, May ~. 1901.
sELDEN F. GREENE.
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Program for Pittsfield Grange, June
8: Song, choir; topic, chow can the
sisters make their homes more pleasant
and attractiyeP" to be opened by Sister
j. N. Phinney, James Knight, John
Pooler, David Libby and others; sony,
Sister Hattie Goodrich; recitation, Sister
Geo. Names; recitation, Sister Annie
Pooler; duet, Sisters Annie Frost and
Cora Mosher; recitation, Sister Minnie
Patten; song, Sister Florice Davis; reel.
tation, Sister Phillips (chaplain); song,
choir.
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MadisOn.

Mr.. Fairgrieves of Skowhegan has
bought of Samuel Harding part of his
farm near Lakewood.
X w. Groves and wife from Smith.
field made J, D, Emerson a visit, last
week
So far May has been very cold month.
but the grass fields are very forward.
Harlow Russell has sold his farm to a
man from New York
Mr.. Reed, the agent of the Maine Far
mer, was in town last week
Perley Withee has bought farm in
East Madison.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-06-06

You may as we'll expect to run a
steam engine without water as to find
an active, energetic man with a torpid
liver and you may know that his liver
is torpid when he does not relish his
food or feels dull and languid after
eating, often has headache and some
times dizziness. A few doses of Cham
berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets
will restore his liver to it's normal func.
tions, renew his vitality, improve his
digestion and make him feel like a new
man. Price, 25 cents. Samples free at
the drug store of G. r. Fogg, Skowhe-
gan; L c. Williams, Athens, Sullivan
Newton, Jackman.
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ORIENTAL RUG WORKS

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Velvets 3l2c per yard.
Curly, fluffy beautiful Rugs made from old
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For Women.

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w A N T. f. D

A smart, hustling agent in every County q
Maine to take ord. re for Nursery stock. 9oou
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Write US at once. giving references.
We deal In first class stock. Fruit ana
Ornamental Trees, Small Fruit, Roses ana
Shrubs.
Mail orders for this spring planting should
be sent at once and will receive prompi az
tention. Address,
j. L. MERRICK & CO.,
Nurserymen,
Smol9 Waterville, Me
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"The Doctors told me my cough was
incurable One Minute Cough Cure made
me a we'll man." Norris Silver, North
N. H. One Minute Cough
Cure has cured thousands and 1t will
cure you. Geo. K. Sampson.
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Danger, disease and death follow neg
lect of the bowels. Use DeWitt's Little
Early Rsers to regulate them and you
will add years to your life and life to
your years. Easy to take, never grippe.
Geo. L. Sampson.
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Strength
and
Visor

Mr.. c. NJ. Scott, 184e, Dor
chester, Avenue, Boston, Mass,
tells how he became a strong,
hearty man:
About two years ago l suffered
from general debility and doubt IL
there was anybody more utterly
miserable than was. / had no life
or energy, and was as depressed
mentally as I was worn out physi-
cally. 1t was not at all unusual for
me to go to sleep over my work.
My blood was thin and watery, but
the worst oft all was the dreadful,
wearying nervousness at night
When | retired at ten o. clock, instead
ofgoing to sleep l would toss and
turn till well on into the morning,
and when l awoke 1t was without any
feeling OF being refreshed or rested.
l lost so much flesh that I got down
TO l22 pounds In weight, and had no
desire for food.
Last January friend urged me
to try DR.. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People. / had previously tried
many different kinds of remedies
and had consulted three physicians
but the little relief they gave was
very brief, SO I was completely dis
couraged. My friends, however,
insisted and tried the medicine.
BY the time the second box was
begun there was such evident i'm
provement that continued taking
them till the ninth box, when felt
that | was entirely cured. l now
weigh l5s pounds. There is no sign
Off nervousness, rest well and feel
strong, and am able TO enjoy life
once more"
c. M. SCOTT.
At all druggists or direct from Dr. wn-
llRms Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y.
Price SOC per box, boxes $3.50.
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"Alex, you didn't remember that today was
my birthday"
"Pardon me, didn't think it possible that
you were really year older"
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Mr.. James Brown of Putsmouth, Va.
over 90 years of age suffered for years
with bad sore on his face. Physicians
could not help him. DeWitts Witch
Hazel Salve cured him permanently.
Geo. X. Sampson
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or three wires of the same thickness
one made of gold will sustain $50
pounds. one made Of copper 302 pounds,
one Of iron $40 pounds.
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"Allow me to congratulate you. / have
just heard that you are one Of your uncle's
heirs to &10, o00."
"Not so hard. old man. There are 2s other |
heirs"
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The purest Chinese is spoken at Nan
kin and is called the language of the
mandarins."
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Cobwigger-A man loves a woman because
he thinks she Is an angel.
Merrett-While woman loves a man be-
cause she knows he isn't.