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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-07-06
Browns COrner-CANAAN

Our school closed Friday, after sue
cessful term of eight weeks taught by
Miss Mabel Smith.
Miss Sasha Hooper closed a very profit
able term of school in the City district,
last Friday. In the afternoon many Of
the parents and friends were invited to
listen to the program prepared by the
teacher and scholars, which was well
rendered. A treat of ice cream and corn
balls was greatly enjoyed.
Mr.. Erwin Lewis arrived home from
Charleston, Saturday. He spent the
Fourth 10 Skowhegan
Mr.. Edward Barker OF Norridge
was at Aaron Soue's, Tuesday.
c. B. Chase was in Clinton, Saturday,
on business.
Miss Edna SouIe has been 10 Athens
visiting neighbors and friends during the
past week.
Mrs. Churchill from Belfast is visiting
for few weeks in the families of Revs
o. M. and r. p. Chase.
Mrs. Eda Avis and son Of Hartland
who have been visiting her aunt Mrs.
Caroline Bailey, returned home, Friday
Mrs. Mabel Soue and daughter Rubey
spent Saturday at Porter Soule's 10 Pitts
field.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Jewell and
daughe,. Mrs. Walter Robinson and little
Othel went to Piltsheld, Thursday, tc
visit Mrs. JEWELS sister, Mrs. Wesley
Rolfe.
Mrs. Lovina Goodrdge. who has been
stopping with her SOP, Aaron Soule, for a
few weeks, wen, to Pttsfeld Saturday,
to visit for several weeks with her son
Porter.
J. G. Wyman went to Bangor, Thurs
day, where be hired six men to work with
him digging ship knees.
Lyman Barnes had a colt badly cut
with barbed wire, last week
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-07-06

"Who was the original Bluebeard7"
nsks writer in the London Chronicle.
lie continues. W. owe the familiar
Blueheard of the pantomime to Charles
perrault. the Frenchman who publish
ed in l696-97 his immortal STORIES Of
.Blueheard.' The Sleeping Beauty
Little Red Riding Hood and Cinder-
elias But Ii is very uncertain who. II
anybody. was Perrault's model for
Bmebeard Some have supposed that
1t was our Henry VIII. others that the
tale IS lampoon upon the castle lords
Of knight errantry days in general.
Perhaps the fayorite candidate has
been Giles de Rails, marshal Of France,
who was hanged and burned in l44o
for m awful series of crimes. During
fourteen years he was believed to have
kidnapped about l50 children. tortured
them. SACRIFICED them to the devil,
burned their bodies and buried their
bones In his castle grounds But the
resemblance between his tale and Blue
boards Is too slight to be convincing"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-07-06

William Willard, we'll known as the
was very eccentric In his ways. His
special aversion was the attempted
purchase of his many old relics of fur
niture by people of wealth. A New
York woman visiting in the vicinity of
Sturbrldge hearing that the old artist
possessed beautiful colonial mirror
and a rare clock. tried to buy them
Mr. Willard seemed to readily agree
to the sale, but when asked when II
would be convenient to have them
packed replied, Not until after the
funeral" "Whose funeral?" asked the
visitor Mine" replied Mr. Willard
with n chuekle
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-07-06

"I will be With you In moment l
must finish the baking of this batch
of watches first
The speaker wis jeweler. He said
rs he worked
L suppose you are surprised at the
idea of watch baking. l will explain.
The machinery of Il watch is delicate,
yet it must work the same in winter
rs In summer, the same in Russia as
In Cairo. the same in the Sahara rs in
Iceland. There Is only one way to ac-
compllsh thistle watch must be reg
ulated To heat and cold.
Il am regulating these watches to
heat Afterward in n refrigerator, l
will regulate them to cold Then
when they go out In the world the
won't disgrace themselves in any eli
mate. thermometers must be regulat-
ed more carefully than watches. They
are often kept for weeks In temporal
lures that are now zero and now l20
degrees. Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-07-06

When Dayy Crockett sat in the ma
tional legislature as ii representative of
the state Of Texas he had many clashes
with men of more education, but less
wit than himself 1t is told of him
that one day while standing in front
of his botel on Pennsylvania avenue a
swarm of mules trotted by under the
custody of an oyerseer from one Of the
stock farms In Virginia. A congress
man from Boston, who was standing
near by, attracted Crockett's attention
to the unusual sight, saying:
Hello there, Crockett. Here's lot
of your constituents on parade Where
are they going?'
The celebrated hunter looked at the
animals with n qulzzical glance, AMI
then. turning to the other, said quietly,
but with great emphasis. They are GO
Ing to Massachusetts to teach school"
-Harpers Weekly.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-07-06

az made nice idiot Of myself the
other morning. said the commuter
who is paying teller In savings bank
my wife was afraid I'd miss my train
and she got me by the shoulder and
shook me, telling me that 1t was time
to get up. l got about half awake and
somehow, thought | was at my win
dow in the bank with a long line OF
women awaiting their turn. The one
at the window was handing me a
check. and. from force of habit, l said
"How much money do you wantY
you know, most women who present
checks want to draw some and deposit
the rest Well, what do you think the
wife did? Quick as a fash came her
answer to my 'dopy' question:
"'Flve dollars Will do
"She got it, but l hope I won't dream
any more New York Post.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-07-06

A professor In a German school In
order to teach his pupils letter writing
recently conceived the happy Idea of
having them compose business letters
which were inclosed In envelopes and
correctly addressed to various mer-
chants In the town. In the evening
Herr Professor. having carried the
varied epistles home for correction. left
them on his table and, as was his Gus
tom. hied himself to the cafe. 1t hap
pened that he had careful domestic
who. seeing all the letters properly ad-
dressed ut once concluded that her
master had forgotten to mail them, and
out of the goodness Of her heart she
stamped them and hurried to the post
The stupefactlon of the village mel.
chants upon opening their mail the fol
lowing morning may be imagined, and
the amusing part of the incident is that
many of the letters, which contained
lengthy orders for goods, were taken
seriously and the orders promptly fill
ed.-St. Louis Republic
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-07-06

ain China everything seems to us to
go by contrary, and the front part OF
the house Is devoted to the kitchen, -
says a missionary. Upon entering the
house at the front door one is intro
dueed into the culinary department.
and so important an adjunct to a
household is the kitchen that the pOpu-
lation of towns and cities throughout
the empire is reckoned by the number
OF kitchens within the walls Brick
chimneys in China are thing unheard
Of, and the smoke from the fire Is al
lowed to roll laZlly along the ceiling
out into the court or through an aper-
ture made In the roof The kitchen fire
Is usually built In a mud stove, for
any other kind of a stove is unheHrd
of among the poor classes, Chicago
Chronicle
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-07-06
An Unmarried widow.

It would appear that the standard
of happiness of at least one African
widow In Manhattan had reached high
water mark, Judging by this advertise
ment published few days ago:
Widow. coiored. age 81. with high school
training vocalist excellent cook. desires
husband same age or younger; awful
extremely fair. clean, sober. moral and
never been married Address WIDOW.
The following personal. printed in a
metropolitan newspaper the other day,
deserves class by itself.
A European gentleman wishes to meet
an American who IS the typical daughter
OF all that Is most admirable in our age
one gifted With the bold frankness OF I'M
Outstanding the enthusiasm Of eXpectan-
cy. the merry cheerfulness OF superiority,
the psychieal and physical alertness of
those OF tomorrow the worldly indie
pendence of this optlmist must be dupli-
Gated view, matrimony
FESTINA LENTE.
New York Press
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-07-06

Near Cape Horn, in the island of
TERRA del Fuego live the most curious
people in all South America. 1t rains
or SHOWS or sheets nearly every day,
and yet they look on their country as
the finest in the world. They wear
hardly any clothing and seem not to
feel cold. Because be saw fires on the
shore the explorer Magellan, the first
European that rounded the Horn, call
ed the island the Land of Fire" which
is almost the worst name he could
have chosen. Their huts are made of
bent boughs and covered with grass
and give only the poorest shelter. The
folk are vain, too, wearing necklaces
of the teeth of fishes or seals and paint
ing patterns on their bodies. Among
them some colors have novel mean-
ing. White is the sign of war and red
of peace. They age great mimics and
will initiate voice and gesture per
fectly
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-07-06
Incentives to Marriage.

Apparently the German town of
Haschmann does not believe In a state
Of single blessedness. Annual prizes
are offered to the men who wed the
ugllest, the most deformed and the old
est women In the town. Eighty dollars
Is paid to the man who marries the
ugllest. while but $50 Is the reward for
the one marrying the cripple. All wom-
en- over forty who have been Tilted Mt
least twice bring their spouses sums
which vary according to the state Of
the fund. which was left by a rich
resident of the town The average
price paid is $50 to each unless they
should be unusually numerous, while
the trustees are empowered to pay a
larger sum when. In their judgment, it
seems wise to hold forth a special In
dueement to procure the marriage of
some particularly unfortunate woman.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-07-06

A short time ago a burial took place
at sea from one of his majesty's cruls-
ers. As there were no leads with the
stores large pieces of coal were attach
ed to the body in their place. All the
crew We're summoned on the quarter
deck for the burial. Just as the body
was being lowered Pat burst out laugh
Ing. Next morning the chaplain sent
for Pat and asked for an explanation
of his laughter at such a very solemn
time Sure now" replied Pat, "Oive
heerd O many wan goin' below, but
Owe niyer seen wan take Is coal with
IN afore." Taller.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-07-06

Law Notes relates that Albert E.
Pillsbury. former attorney general OF
Massachusetts. on visiting the birth
place of Horace Greeley in Amherst,
n. H., noticed that there was no pla-
card about the place to inform the
public of its historical interest. Ac-
cordlngly he himself tackled on the
house a card which read: This Is the
birthplace of Horace Greeley" While
he was engaged at this task a passing
native paused to read the card, and,
turning to Mr., PiHsbury, he remarked
with some acidity: The gall of some
of you fellers that hey made money In
the city is fairly sick'nin'. What do
you suppose folks here care whether
you was born on this farm or some
other farm? Them's my sentiments,
Mr.. Greeley, and don't you forgit itP'
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-07-06
CIeHerlY EXnhed-

A wealthy Australian squatter in or
der to protect his six daughters from
fortune hunters left his property to
them in equal shares, but decreed that
II either married without the consent
of the trustees she should forfeit her
share to her sisters. When the case
came up at Sydney 1t was found that
the ak sisters had all married without
permission. and thus each had for
felted her share in the property to her
sisters, a state of affairs which the
ladies' doubtless considered highly sat
lsfactorY
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-07-06
ALL THE NEWS
from Somerset towns.
Fairfield Center.

Miss Lou Tozer returned, Saturday,,
from Lowell, Mass, where she has been
teaching, and will spend the summer with
her mother, Mrs. Hannah Tozltr.
Mr.. Grant Pierce. one OF the teaching
force of the Westbrook High School, is
passing few weeks at his home here
Miss Lizzie Tobey arrived home, Sat
urday. from Hurricane Island, where she
has been teaching
MIR. ]. H. Holt and family spent Sun
day at their cottage at North Pond.
Mr.. NJ. F. Archer, who has been seri-
5usly i'll for several weeks, Is recovering.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Holway were at
their cottage a, East Pond Sunday.
Misses Nellie, Inez and Hattie Phillips
of VIM are visiting their aunt, Mrs. J.
w. Young.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rodney Jones. who have
spent several months 10 different parts OF
the West, have returned home.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-07-06

Patrick's wife was "aillng." and Pat
rick put on his Sunday best and
walked four miles to the doctors house
to tell him about her.
Now" said the doctor, when he
had heard all Patrick had to say and
had prepared some medicine, here is
something for your wife. I've written
the directions on the bottle and want
her to try 1t faithfully for fortnight.
Then, If it doesn't relieve her, come
to me again and will give you an
other prescription"
Now, docther. see here" said Pat
rick, standing straight and looking
grimly at the physician. IF you hay e
your doubts o this curin' Mary, as it's
lydent you have by the way You spake
why don't you give me first what
you're goin' to give me last?"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-07-06
Snlithheld

Mrs. Rena Savage left town, July I, to
join her husband at Presque Isle.
-Four students of Colby college from
Belfas, Came to Smithfeld to spend the
summer in cottage; Dr. G A. Kllgore &C
companied them returning home Monday
&c Tracy has sold his place 10 Smith
field village to Trustin Wentworth.
DR.. D. Ames and family spent the
Fourth in their boathouse on North pond.
The doctors boat is unique affair of his
own building, being combination of cot
tape and boat. II will be anchored in
North pond for the summer.
George Smith is raising the roof of his
house and repairing the inside
Henry Tuttle is building stable and
intends repairing his house. q
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-07-06

1t is the custom In Sarawak that the
rajah's house shall be open to his sub
jects at any time. That same Kayan
chief from Baram who visited me, Di-
an by name. presented himself one
night at Astana when the rajah had a
dinner party. His appearance, clad
simply in a chawat (waistcoat), with
FIVE followers In equally full dress
among dozen people conventionally
attired was piquant reminder that
was "east Of Suez" Dian pulled pipe
i was going to say from his pocket
lit up and bore his part calamity In the
social amenities of the evening.-Lon
don Express.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-07-06
Noted Dead In Trinity Churchyard.

Noted Dead In Trinity Churchynrd.
Alexander hamilton is buried In
Trinity churehyard, at the head of Wall
street, New York. and the grave Is
marked by conspicuous white mar
BILE monument near the Rector street
station of the elevated road. His wife,
who lived until 1854, fifty years after
his death in the duel with Burr, Is
buried beside him. Albert Gallatln,
who succeeded Hamilton as secretary
of the treasury, lies only a few feet
away. and near by is also the grave
of Robert Fulton. inventor Of the
steamboat. Another famous occupant
of Trinity churchyard, whose monu-
ment is near the Broadway gate, Is
Captain James Lawrence of the United
States navy, commander of the frigate
Chesapeake, who fell In battle with
the British ship Shannon June l, 1913,
In the thirty second year Of his age.
As he fell upon the deck he cried to
his subordinates, Don't give up the
ship"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-07-06
TOrDedO BOnfS.

Torpedo boats do not ram the YES
sells against which they operate; they
simply discharge self propellng torpc-
does which, If they strike the vessel,
explode and sink or otherwise damage
1t. Then, If not sunk by the enemy s
fire, the torpedo boat runs away and
after taking on more torpedoes is
ready for service again. Torpedo boats
are built very light and of enormous
speed. They cannot resist gun fire
and are easily sunk If hit even by com
paratiyely light shot; therefore they
operate to best advantage in the night,
so that the threatened fleet has to be
very wide awake with It's searchlights
and It's light guns.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-07-06

An old inventory of the Mohawk
and Hudson railroad, now a part of the
New York Central and Hudson River
railroad, dated Jan. l, 1898, gives the
following as the total rolling stock of
the road Mt that time: Three locomo-
tives (the John Bull. the De Witt elm
ton and the EXPERIMENT., three car
riages accommodating twelve passen-
gers each; nine, accommodating nine
each; two, accommodating six each,
and three, accommodating eighteen
each. n total capacity of 1S3.-Four
Track News.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-07-06

During a severe hailstorm In the
Himalayas our native gardener brought
out Ratchet and placed it edge up
ward In the garden to "cut the storm,
as be said Catlin, In his North Amer
lean Indians" describes a ceremony cot
the Mandan Indians in which hatchets
and edged tools are sacrificed to the
"spirits of the waters" to avert recur-
renee of the great deluge, Of which the
tribe has the tradition. - Notes and
Queries
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-07-06
THE MONTHLY TRIAL
HEADACHE, DIZZINESS, BEARING
DOWN PAINS.
A Woman Tells How She Has Become Well
and strong after Nenrs of Misery
Due to Irregular Functions.

A Woman Tells How She Has Become Well
and strong after Nenrs of Misery
Due to Irregular Functions.
The fact that one woman is bright
eyed, rosy checked, strong and cheerful,
while another is pale, weak and de-
pressed, is due more often than other
wise to the regularity in the one case
and the irregularitv in the other Of the
functions that are peculiar to the sex.
When these are disturbed everything
goes wrong; pain and discomfort are
felt all over the body the sensations are
often terrifying.
i" For four years. said Mrs. Davis re-
Gently, II suffered Understandable misery
from sick headache every month, ac-
companied by fainting spells, shortness
of breath and severe pain in my left side.
There were also bearing down pains, at
times so acute that Icould not stand up,
and my head was full of ringing sounds.
1t seemed as if everything was going to
hit me in the eyes. was compelled to
lie down with closed eyes for hours to
get a little relief. When attempted to
arise everything would whirl around and
it would grow SO dark that | could
scarcely see any object.
"Couldn't your doctor help your"
Five doctors in all treated me, but l
got no lasting benefit. Besides used a
lot of advertised remedies. The only
medicine, however, that had the de-
sired effect was Dr. Williams Pink Pills
and they are truly godsend to women.
did not have much faith in them when
began to take them. l found myself,
however, so much better after using two
boxes that began to believe in them.
They checked right away the decline
into which l was going. My troubles
kept lessening and finally disappeared
altogether.
How long did it take for a cure? ?"
"After l had used several boxes my
health was all right had taken on
flesh and was strong and hearty. feel
today in spirits more like girl of six
teen than woman of my years"
Mrs. G. H Davis address is Carmel,
Maine, r. f. D., No. 3. DR.. Williams
Pink Pills are confidently offered to
women for The cure of anamia, chloro-
sis, paiafal aad irregular periods, and
all forms of weakness. They are sold
by every druggist
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-07-06

Water Is wonderful preservative of
the human body. There exists an entry
in the parish register of St Andrews,
Newcastle, England. bearing upon the
point: April II, 1898, wear buried
james Archer and his son stephen,
who in the mone4l of May, 1858, wear
drowned in coal pit in the Gallafiat
by the breaking in of water from an
old waste The bodys were found in
tire after they had lien in the water
thlrty-six yeats and eleven months"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-07-06

The custom of giving knives to
brides was formerly common prac-
tice. when 1t was fashionable for wo-
men to wear knives sheathed and sus,
pended from their girdles. A wedding
offered an opportunity Of presenting
something novel or ornamental in the
cutlery line, and frequent reference to
such presents occurs in the plays Of the
sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
In the witch of Edmonton" 1913, for
instance, the bride is described IN
wearing the new pair Of Sheffield
knives, fitted to one sheath list
of trinkets usually worn by ladies
about 15G0 includes grdles, knives,
purses and pin cases. In Dekker's
match Ne In London" 1881. the bride
says to her jealous husband:
Sec. at my girdle hang my wedding
knives
With these dispatch me-
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-07-06
Neglected opportunitien.

81 wonder" said Farmer Corntossel,
who had Just returned from a trip to
the big city, why so many young men
insist on not gettln' rich"
What do you mean" asked his
wife.
"They all want to be lawyers or doc
tors instead O. bein' restaurant walters
or policemen. Washington Star.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-07-06

A Scotch minister who used SMILES
that would bring home to the rough
characters around HIN the truths he
sought to impress was once denounc-
Ing the lngratitude of man for all the
benefits conferred on him by Provi-
dence.
MY friends" he said, look at the
hens when they drink. There's not
ane O. them but lifts its held in thank
fulness even for the water that Is sac
common. oh, that we were a. hens"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-07-06

II 1t be my lot to crawl, | will crawl
contentedly; if to fly. | will fly with
alacrity but as long as | can possibly
avoid 1t | will never be unhappy. If
with Il pleasant wife, three children
and many friends who wish me well |
cannot be happy l am n very silly,
foolish fellow, and what becomes of me
is of very little consequence.-From a
Letter by Sydney Smith.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-07-06

yes" said the first burglar disgust
edly, ~ cracked n lawyers house the
other night and the lawyer was there
with a gun all ready fur me. He ad-
vised me ter git out
"You got off easy" replied the other.
mot much l didn't! He charged me
So5 fur the advice catholic Standard
and Times
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-07-06

The strongest wood which grows
within the limits OF the United States
is that known as nutmeg hickory,
which fiourishes on the lower Arkansas
river. The most elastic Is tamarack.
the black or shellbark standing not far
below. The wood with the least elias
ticity and lowest specific gravity is the
Fiscus aurea. The wood of the high
est specific gravity IS the blue wood Of
Texas and Mexico. The heaviest Of the
foreign woods are the pomegranate
and the lgnum vitae, and the lightest
Is cork Four hundred and thirteen
different species of trees grow in the
various sections Of the country, and
of this number sixteen, when perfectly
seasoned, Will sink in water These
woods of high specific gravity grow
mostly In the arid regions Of New Mex
leo, Arizona and Nevada.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-07-06
A Surprise Party,

A pleasant surprise party may be
given TO your stomach and liver, by
taking a medicine which will relieve
their pain and discomfort, viz: DR..
Kings New Life Pills. They are most
wonderful remedy, affording sure relief
and cure, for headache, dizziness and
constipation. Csc at Geo. E. SIMPSONS
drug store.