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The Somerset reporter., 1904-05-05
Htnckley.

Rev. G. w. Hinckley preached in the
F. w. BIS church, Sunday a. m.
Mr.. Walter Smith visited at Good
Will Farm, last week
Mrs Hinckley returned from her two
weeks vacation on Saturday evenings
train.
Mr.. Frank Sawyer is at work building a
barn for MIR. Ed Game on the east side
of the river.
Miss Nora Goodwin of No. Fairfield is
teaching school in this place aud board at
Mr.. f. c. Joys
Mr.. Henry Kicker and wife of Houlon
are on visit to friends in Canaan and
vincinity.
Mr.. Charles Wheeler has lately return
ed from Minneapolis, MINI. and visited
friends in this place, last week.
Miss Mildred Varuey arrived home on
the Sunday a. m. train.
School commences on the Ferry side,
this week. Miss Flora Langley of Clinton
teacher.
Chester Gaylord broke his collar bone
last Wednesday, while playing ball.
Mr. Phide Bessey has bought the En-
sign Frye farm and moved on to It,
Mrs. Walter Dickey has moved on to
the Bessey farm and will still work fol-
the NJ c. as section hand.
Mrs. Susan Hall of Brooks is visiting
at Mr.. Walter Halls.
Mr.. John Walker is having granting
and papering attended to by Ed. Jones.
Mrs. Susie Ames aud children are Oh a
visit to her people in Noridgewock.
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places the ice is very good, others are
warm weather for few days it will soon
all melt.
Arno Hughey and Wallace Haggan are
very sick with pneumonia.
The two children of Irwin Adams that
have been very sick are on the road to
recovery.
Miss Zllla Holden is able to be about
the house again. she had an attack OF
pneumonia.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Newton were away
from home few days, last week Mr..
James Smith of Lowelltown filed Mr..
Newton's place in the custom house.
Mrs. Annie Hughey kept house for
Mrs. A. Newton while she was away.
Nancy Colby, who has been suffering
from an attack Of the grip, is able to be
on, again.
Miss Mary A. Kinds had her opening
Of spring and summer hats. Saturday.
H. L. Holden and Issie Childs made a
trip down river, last week.
Mrs. NJ. M Newton, who is sick at the
home of her sister. Mrs. LIP. Barney at
Shawmuf, is reported to be gaining very
slowly.
Elias John has arrived in town with a
full line of ladies and gentlemen spring
goods.
c. z. Gilbert OF Bangor passed through
town Sunday, on his way to the South
Branch.
The Boston Comedy Co. under the
management OF H. Price Web Der played
six highs here.
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Madison Center.

Our community were greatly shocked,
last Sunday night, to hear of the death Of
Mrs Charles Spear. Her health had
been poor for some time, but she was so
she did her work and drove out with her
team nearly every day. Sunday morning
she was as well as usual but about eight
o'cl ,ck was taken seriously III and a
physician was called at once. She failed
rapidly and passed away at four O'Clock,
Sunday night She leaves husband
one son. Raymond. of Scion, one sister,
Gala Heselton, one brother, Edward
Ford, both OF Skowhegan, and one
brother in the West.
H. E. Spear is running his saw mill
day and night.
Farmers have not commenced to do
any planting yet
The ice left the lake Monday nigh.
1t is reported that the. hotel at Lake
wood will not be opened this season.
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Athens

Ernest Carlson was kicked by a horse
recently aud quite seriously hurt.
Merton Stickney and Edwin Emery are
both employed in Massachusetts,, the for
mer at Lawrence, and the latter al
Methuen.
Miss Sadie Turner, daughter of Darius
Turner, was recently married 10 Austin
Starbird of Ripley.
Mrs. Loring has been visiting relatives
10 Oakland.
Cony Loring has gone on the drive.
The band boys gave dance, Monday
evening, with music by Kendall's orches-
ira.
Misses Gala Dore and Marion Holman
are engaged to teach in Cornville.
George Taylor has moved into the
Knsman house.
Miss Fife Turner who has been spend
ing the winter in Boston with her sister,
Mrs. Emma Nichols, has returned. Mrs.
Nichols came with her to spend the sum-
mer in Athens
Dr. Elingwood has recently added
about two hundred new medical books to
his library.
Hon. c. S. Setson, who has been 10
town 10 deliver an address before Athens
Grange, departed for his home in Green,
Monday morning.
Miss Edith NJ. Lawrence left, Monday
morning, for Long Pond where she has
been engaged by c. E. Ball to teach one
of the schools of which he has the care.
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New Features In the Enlarged
Boston journal.

Increased to Twelve Pages Daily-Eews
Service Greatly Added To.
Contrary to the usual custom of news
papers In reducing their size and cur
failing there news service during the
duller season OF the year. The Boston
Journal has added two pages and an
nouuces additional features and most
comprehensive and worldwide news
service. It's twelve pages are filed to
the brlm with happenings Of the day,
well edited and attractively displayed
and besides this numerous features
which have been and are making The
Journal the popular newspaper of New
England are presented daily.
Its fnsncial page, the best in New
England; its woman's page, written by
a woman for women; Its bright, lively,
snappy Republican editorials; Its COL
umn OF personal comment; Its society
gossip-are all features which make The
journal at one cent the best paper 10
New England at any price.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-05-05
Catarrh Cannot be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they can.
not reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a
blood or constitutional disease, and in order to
cure it you must take internal remedies. Hall s
Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts d.
rectly on the blood and mucous surfaces
Halls Catarrh Cure is not quack medicine,
II was prescribed by one OF the best physician in
this country for years and is regular pre-
scription. 1t is composed Of the best tonics
known, combined with the best blood purifiers,
acting directly on the mucous surfaces. The
perfect combination of the two ingredients i,
what produces such wonderful results in curing
Catarrh. Send for testimonials free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo, O..
Sold by druggists, price 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-05-05
Harmony

Clarence Spaulding has bought port
able gasolene engine and fixtures to grind
corn and all kind of feed and will operate
It in his new building and will also keep
feed and -four for sale
The grass on the lawns and in the fields
b looking quite green Farmers are
about to begin their springs work; the
roads are getting dried up except in some
places.
Rev. Mr.. M ,rch preached his initial
sermon here last Sunday. He will preach
here again next Sabbath and Prof. F. U.
Landman OF Pittsfed will preach on the
Sabbath following.
Miss Bernice Bartlett has resigned her
assignment 10 teach on Sugar Hill and
has taken a school at Wellington village
at better wages.
Work on the parsonage is resumed, this
week, and sometime next week there will
be bee to lath the house, which it is de-
sired to complete as soon as possible
Workmen are scarce and wages high.
Schools begin, this week. Some changes
Rave been made in regard TO teachers
since the ex minalion and Miss Flora
Lucas OF S Adams will teach at Main
stream, Ida Tibbets on Sugar Hill and
Miss Inez Bailey OF Cambridge the Spald-
ing Dist. The other teachers are all in
town and are: Village. Agnes Reed !;
Hurd Dist, Clara Foss; South road,
Vivian Whittier; Point 70, Mertie
Willis and Marble Dist Sadie Herrick
All except the Mise, He'rick and lib
belts are experienced teachers Miss
Iona Willis has me TO Shirley 10 teach,
Bernlce Bartlett to Wellington and La
Hatch to King buy
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ALL THE NEWS
from Somerset towns
East SkOWheRan

Fields never looked smoother and
Better in this vicinity than now. Grass
is making good start and is looking
quite green.
The peep of the frog was heard for
the first time Sunday night, little late
An the season for him
T. B. Richardson is giving his orchard
. thorough trimming and had to make
two piles OF the brush. could not get 1t
into one. The grating season is now
at hand, this week and next will DO all
right
The school in this district has sixteen
pupils In attendance.
Miss Nina Holt commenced her school
on the horseback road in Clinton, Mon
day morning Miss Holt is graduate
Of Canaan high school
There will be quite lot of oats sowu
IN this place this week If iar. A. r.
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West Athens.

There will be dance in Kncaid's hall,
Friday evening, My -, 1904. Muse BY
Lees orchestra.
Henry Later OF Cornvile was 10 town,
Thursday.
Edwin Later went to Cornvile to work,
Friday.
Mrs. w. c. Savage who had been visit
ing at her mo hers Tor few days return
ed home.
Mrs L E. Rines and son, Elmer
Bowden, are on the sick list.
Mr.. Charlie F. Corson of Brockton,
Mass. is spending a vacation with his
parents 10 Scion
Mrs. Inez Bowden, who is at work at
Athens. passed through this place, Saiur-
day, on her way to Bingham to care for
her mother, Mrs Horn. al
Mr.. Ernest Rowell of Cornville was IN
town, Sunday.
Colby Bowden went to Bingham, Sun
day.
There were services at Union church.
Sunday. conducted by Rev. James lay
lor N
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c. r. FOCC, only.
Commissioners NOTICE.
April q, A. D. 1904

April ZII a. d I5UF
SOMERSET S.
We, the undersigned, having been duly APP
pointed by the Honorable Edward +. Danforth
Judge of Probate within and for said County.
Commissioners to receive and decide upon the
claims of the creditors Of Charles F. Packard
late OF Canaan in said County, dece ased, whose
estate has beeh represented iJsolvent, hereby
give public notice agreeably, to the order OF
the said Judge Of Probate. that six months
from and after the second Tuesday OF March
A. ID. 1904 have been allowed to said creditors
to present and prove tn -ir claims, and that we
will attend to the duty assigned us a.the office
OF Phillips & Mills In Skowhegan In said Som
erset County, on the twenty. first day OF May
A. D. 1904, and the thirteenth day Of Septem-
Der A. d 1904 at ten of the clock in the fore
noon Of each OF said days. 8w17
h HAs3hp u 4: s saHAN, Commissioners
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Madison.

Anniversary day was observed by In.
dian Spring Lodge, O. O.. F.. and
Sterling Rebekah Lodge with special
exercises at the Congregational church
Sunday afternoon. The church was pref
uly decorated with pot ed plants and the
music was furnished by male quartet
consisting of Messrs. Chas. Towne, w.
Johnson T. H. Spear and H. Johnson.
There was an unusually large turnout,
there being ITO Odd Fellows and fifty
one Rebekahs. The following was the
order OF exercises: Prayer, Rev. {. ID.
Boothby music, the quartet; reading the
proclamation of the Grand Sire, Mr.. +.
Withee; music by the quartet; address,
Rev. c. S. Cummings, Auburn; music
benediction, Rev. A. F. Blair. On re-
turning to the hall unanimous vote oil
thanks and appreciation was extended to
Mr. Cummings for his able address.
The recent rains have raised the water
in the river about three feet at this place
and it is now at good driving pitch.
A district meeting of the |. 0 o. F.
will be held at this place on the evening
of May 10th The work of the initiatory
degree is to be exemplifed by the loca
lodge and the second degree by Show
hogan lodge.
MIR. Chas. Dane has purchased the lot
at the corner OF Heald and North streets
and will soon comm nee the erection o.
a large two story house.
The sacrament of the Lords supper
was administered to one hundred ano
'wenty six persons at the Methodist
Episcopal church. Sunday morning.
On Memorial Sunday, NJ. A. Weston
Post G.. A. R., will attend divine service
1t the Free Baptist church. The address
90 Memorial Day is to be given by Rev
Edwin c. Whittemore of Waterville.
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East COrnyiIle.

Mr.. Ora Chase OF Canaan will preach at
the u ion Church next Sunday the 9th at
10. 30 a. m. and p. m.
Miss Hattie Blaisdell, who has been at
work in Skowhegan. left, Friday, for Lew
iston, where she is tor have an operation
performed for appendicitis.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-05-05

will wear as long as Devoe's. No others
are as heavy bodied, because Devoe's
weigh to 8 ounces more to the pint,
Sold by Henry Rawles.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-05-05

For the past few days the streams and
rivers are beginning TO look as if driving
had begun In earnest. The lakes are not
clear Of the ice yet, but quite dangerous
getting off and on the ice, while some
The Somerset reporter., 1904-05-05

All babies are pretty at birth, but they
gradually get to looking like one OF their par
ents.
Neglected colds make fat graveyards." DR..
Woods Norway Pine Syrup helps men and
women to happy, vigorous old age.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-05-05
1t is quite sickly, mostly bad colds.

1t is quite sickly, mostly bad coIds'
The roads are improving very fast now,
but it is very cold and it will be late be-
fore there Is much farming done.
Grass has wintered we'll.
The mills are running at the village.
George Merrill has been at work in the
mill, this spring.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-05-05

who can not stand the shocking strain of
laxative syrups and cathartc pills are
especially fond of Little Early Risers
Sold by Geo. K Sampson.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-05-05
st. Adams.

Roscoe Bigelow WAS in towu, last week,
settling up the estate OF Wilson Bigelow
Mn. Bigelow is very i'll at this time
John Sapborn is able to be out some.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-05-05

consulted phy
about health had become wretchd that was no longer
backache, pans across he
abdomen very and irritable and this trouble gre" worse
each month.
discovered he unable to
help me- decided Lydia f.
round good My
turning pains disappearing and the general benefits were wen markell
You cannot pleased and after taking the medicine
completely cured OF my trouble
lear the
period as passes without Yours very truly
miss PEARL AckER North Summer St, Nashville Tenn
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Ladies' and Children

Too many young men walt to learn some
kind OF trade In the penitentisry. and. that's
magazine poetry.
The Somerset reporter., 1904-05-05
Pits

winchester Pile Cure Qiquid taken internally
Does This by Killing the Pile >s..aA
Formation-Money Back
fit Fails to Cure.
uSo many thousands OF people have been
cured of all kinds Of piles-Protruding, Bleed
ing, Internal and External and Chronic Con-
stipation by Winchester Pile Cure that we will
refund the price paid II not cured. Sufferers
from Piles who ha e be en- cured by Winches-
ter Pile Cure are grateful enough and glad to
pay the price OF medicine for cure. We
stand be hind our own remedy. We know that
1t cures WINCHESTER PILE CURE co.
Winchester Pile Cure Is
a pleasant tasting liquid remedy. which when
taken Internally scts directly on the lower
bowels, kills the pile formations In the blood.
gradually softens and dissolves away the
growths and permanent cure Is made. Sup
positories or surgical operations give only
tenn porary relief. II tired OF these then try
Winchester Pile Cure. Perfectly safe to take.
A personal trial Is the best test. Buy bot
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without argument. The decision OF q cure ID
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your digestion. build you up. give you pure:
rich blood and restore you to the pleasures OF
home life and business. 6m48
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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-06-02
FISHING FOR RED sNAPPERs.

The system of red-snapper fisher
man is interesting. Each man of us,
including the skipper, but not the
cook, had his trick at the wheel ana
lead. AS there were six, this divided
the twenty-four hours into even
periods, each man having two hours
at the wheel, day and night. The
trick at the lead is irregular, as oven
bottom where there is but a Sigh,
chance of striking fish it is hove but
few times, at intervals of varying
length, perhaps every half hour, while
at night it is seldom used at all.
To each man there is allotted a
certain. space of deck, opposite a well.
worn groove in the gun'le, he keeps
his bait-tub, bait-board, knife, lines
and 'gulletin'- stick," this latter being
usually piece of an old swab-hanJle,
two feet in length, having one ena
Whitfield down to fiat point, from
which is cut Vshaped piece. Wlten
a fish swallows the hook he is at first
stunned with the butt of this club,
after which the fat end is rammed
down his gullet, the nick in the end
keeping it on the line until the hook
is reached and loosened by the down,
ward thrust, the point coming in con-
tact with the fiat point of the stick,
when tug on the line brings out hook
and stick. Over the knife which
transfxes a little pile of prepared bait
hang pair of "nippers." Nippers
are loops of cloth into which the
hands are slipped to protect them
from the friction of the line. These
are frequently disdained by veteran
fishermen whose palms have acquired
the texture of sole-leather.
The leadsman, standing on the
weather bulwarks, over the chains of
the main-shrouds, grasps his line by a
toggle dashed about fathom from
the seven-pound lead, which with one
or two powerful arm-swings he sends
flying ahead. A strong and skilfuI
man can throw off about fifteen
fathoms of line, thus giving the lead
scope enough to reach bottom before
its drop is checked by the schooner's
speed. This lead is concave at the
bottom, the hollow space being filled
with composition of soap and wax
to which particles at the bottom al
here. When the lead brings up olive
bottom" as shown by little pieces OF
live coral, crustaceans and the like
one may expect to find fish, for this is
their feeding round. Mud, SAND, rock
and dead bottom is less promising
Outing.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-06-02
FOOD VALUE OF MILK.

In his address before the Rri,.
ish Sanitary Inspectors Associa-
ton Sir James Crichton Browne. in
addition to renewing the stock argu-
ments for the use of milk by children.
pointed out its advantages for adults.
He showed that in certain sicknesses,
such as typhoid, life may depend on
milk, which may not only postpone
the final issue in certain kinds of SEN
lie decay, but may contribute to the
stability of vigor in maturity. He
drew attention to the value of the
goat as milk-producer.
While the food value of milk is gem
orally recognized, there is a popular
ignorance of the exact nature of it's
nutritive properties. If a gallon of
water is boiled sufficiently long it is
lost in steam. Milk similarly boiled
leaves a solid residue weighing from
20 to % ounces. This substance
chiefly consists of sugar, fat. the fat
of butter casein-a material with
feeding properties resembling those
of the white of egg, of the lean of
meat and the gluten of wheat-and
certain mineral substances which are
essential in the manufacture of the
bones and teeth. Unlike almost all
other foods, these milk substances are
all digestiole, and, what is more. they
exist in almost precisely correct pro.
portion to each other.
The once famous analyst Letheby
demonstrated that whereas 100
pounds of quito lean beef without
bone contained 72 pounds of water
and 2S pounds of feeding matter-not-
all of which is digestive-100 pounds
of good milk contained Ia pounds of
feeding MATERIAL digestible.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-06-02
A Happy Mother.

Maple Hill, Ia. May 30.-A very re-
markable case occurred here recently.
The people here have never seen any
thing like it and it may interest many
others.
From his infancy. Verne, the little
five-year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. J..
Barefoot, of this place. has been sickly.
His mother consulted a doctor, but he
did not begin to improve till some one
suggested that she try remedy called
Dodd's Kidney Pills. From unmistak-
able symptoms she had always be-
lieved that his kidneys were the first
cause of all the trouble, so she bought
a box of Dodd's Kidney Pills and be-
gan giving little Verne two pills day.
In two or three days she noticed an
Improvement and she kept on till he
had used about two boxes. when, to
her great joy. he was all right. Every
body remarks how much better Verne
looks and Mrs Barefoot always ex-
plains "Dodd's Kidney Pills saved his
life''
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1904-06-02
PANAMA AND THE CANAL.
Accurate. Facts OF Region of New
Interest.

A few days ago l heard several per-
sons talking of the Panama canal, and
was much surprised to see how little
was known about it. There were as
many opinions as persons, and no one
was sure of anything. Will you kindly
tell something definite about tits
length, how much has been done for it.
its probable cost and its saving in
time-A NJ X.
/ The following was compiled for
business house which wished to give
its customers some information on
/ this subject:
The republic of Panama was a part
of Colombia until Nov. 8, 1903, when 1t
declared its independence. 1t was an
area of 1851 English square miles,
nearly as large as Maine, and a popu-
lation of 100000. It's chief ports are
the capital, Panama, population about
$4,000, and Colon, population about
$1,000 These ports are visited annu-
ally by more than 1000 vessels, which
land over 100000 tons of merchan-
disc and nearly 100000 passengers,
chiefly for transfer over the Isthmus
The commerce of Panama amounts to
about 100000 per annum.
Panama has been called the gate to
the Pacific" and the "key to the uni
verse" and a waterway across the
Isthmus has been the dream of CEN
turtles.
In 1879 a French company, with
Ferdinand De Lesseps as president.
was organized to construct q canal,
and began work in 1881. After it had
spent s156, 100000 on the Isthmus it
formed in 1894 and continued the work
on a small scale. The work done con-
stitutes two-ffths of the canal works.
In 1902 the United States decided
/ to carry out the project. In February,
1909. the rights of the new Panama
canal company were secured, and Nov.
! IS, 1903, a canal treaty between the
/ United States and Panama was signed
at Washington. 1t has been agreed
that the United States shall obtain a
+ zone of FIVE miles on each side Of the
canal; Panama will receive $4,000
900, and an annuity of s250,000, begin
ming 1912.
The canal to be built by the United
States is a high level canal, about
eighty-five feet above tidewater. The
number of locks will be five. The At
lantic terminus is a Colon and the Pa
cific terminus Panama bay. The course
of the canal is from northwest to
southeast, the Pacific end being TWEEN
ty-eight miles east Of the Atlantic.
Panama is in about the same longl-
tude as Pittsburg. The total length
from shore line to shore line is forty