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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-12-21

represent men. women. goats aud 9th
er animals. beautiful flowers immense
chrySanthemums. giant roses and peo-
MES. lovely dahlias, nuns. monks in full
costume aud graceful musical inStru-
mcnts Each figure contains an empty
Jar or prnata of pottery. which is hid
den 10y lie decorations or costumes of
colorcd tissue paper. most skillfully
applied The jars are filled with
goodies and uubreakable toys.
When friends have been invited 10 Il
posada The house is decorated with
evergrccnS and mosSes. flowers and
tinsel in all the rooms and corridors
In one room is The scene in the stable
of Bethlehem the stable yard and
servants. he animals. trees and plants.
groups OF Biblical characters. little TOY
fountains All llal money can do 10
beamif> The beginning of the old, old
story is done according to Tire taste
The little Munger. amid soft lights and
lraperir~ -Iauds ready for the Nino
Santo
\ procession Of The guests and family
forms in another part Of the house, and
the pilgrims or percgrinoS. march two
aud two, led by one who carries the
Babe. Singing sweet hymns and the
litancS they go through the house
winding IN and ont of the rooms and
galleries
1t laSt The wanderers stop ut the
door Of the room in which is the man
ger Two voices. representing Mary
aud Joseph IN WaIing hymn beg 10
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-12-21

A topsy turyy party is good fun at
Christmas Every thing is done at this
party the other way around" For in
stance. very small Christmas tree is
fastened to the ceiling upside down.
On the floor a number of packages
should be laid In the packages you
must be sure to have the topsy turvy
scheme. In all those intended for the
girls you should put only such things
as boys like or use, and the older the
guest the simpler should the toys be.
The next thing in this topsy turvy par
~ after the distribution of the pack
ages - to have some one enter the
room dressed as Santa Claus with an
empty basket on his back or In his
hand. but instead of giving each person
present he must demand one from
each person Later on in the evening
the guests play a game of forfeits.
when they have chance of getting
back their gifts.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-12-21

SECTION OF PLAN OF VENTILATION,
within three or six inches Of The cell.
ing. At the Top and bottom these shafts
turn at right angles and traverse the
wall. They are also open to the air
that is. inside or outside air that shall
flow through these shafts is controlled
by means of hampers at the top and
bottom. as described below.
The number and size of these venti-
lating shafts will of course depend up
on the size of the piggery and the num-
Der of swine therein. There should, II
possible, be one or more on each out
S.de wall The total area of the open
ings through the walls at the bottom
should show about three square inches
per animal housed in the pen. To IL
lustrate. piggery holding thirty head
of swine should have four yentilators
each hv IL. ar six ventilators by 6i@,
or eight each by q inches inside meas
urement The large area required is
on account of half or more of the ven
tilators having to serve as outlets, be
cause white those ventlatOrs on the
let's the ventllators on the opposite side
serve as outlets
In the diagram ventlators are shown
on opposite walls and the swinging
parts or doors set to allow air to enter
by way of ID and 6 from the left and
leave the pen by way of IL and Il
through the shaft on the right, entering
it at the bottom. X, and going mp and
out at T.. as indicated by arrows.
ON the left. the trap or door II is set
so as to prevent any air entering or 60
ing out at thai point. while G is set To
prevent any air entering or leaving the
room nj The opening c. The same may
be said Of doors |. and X.
The doors are placed in these posi-
tons when the wind is coming from
the left side but when She wind hap
pens TO strike the right hand side then
the position of all the vcntlators should
he reversed and the air should enter by
way of + and |. and leave by way of
II and {. The ends Of the yentilatorS
should not project from the walls on
the outside The trapdoors may be
constructed Of wood or sheet zine and
may be controlled by means of pro
jecting handle or by means of cords
A study of the second cut will show
a convenient arrangement Of feed
troughs and drainage features fire
queuty neglected in building piggcricS.
1t includes the placing of HE feed
trough, the hinged footboard in front
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-12-21
MAKES WEAK WOMEN STRONG
AND SICK WOMEN WELL.

Forty years ago, DR.. Pierce searched
Natures laboratory for remedy with
which to supplant the ignorant and VI
cious methods of treatment. with alco-
holic stimulants then in vogue. and still
too commonly prescribed and advised Tor
woman's peculiar ailments.
Nature abounds with most efficient rem
edies. and in Lady's Slipper root, Black
Cohosh root, Unicorn root. Blue Cohosh
root and Golden Seal root, Dr. Pierce
found medicinal properties, which when
extracted and preserved by the use OF
chemically pure glycerine, have proven
most potent In making weak women
strong and sick women well. 1t contains
no alcohol; Is not patent medicine"
nor a secret one either.
~ was suffering with nervous headache,
pains in the back and dizziness. so that at
times | had to lie down for hours before
Gould raise m my bead T s. ars: Mary NJ
Cal after taking the first bottle OF Fd-
porle Prescriptions however. was so pleased
with the results that kept on taking II until
| was restored to health and strength.
shall never be without this great medicine
and shall take few doses when l do not
feel strong"
One of the principal uses of DIR. Pierces
Favorite Prescription Is the preparation
of prospective mothers for the time OF
trial and danger that comes when "a child
is born. The Prescription Is strength
ening and. inyigoratlng and lessons pain
and danger. 1t insures the perfect well
being and the perfect health oil both
mother and child. Every woman should
know these things before she really needs
to know them. There are many thing. IN
DR.. Plerce's Common Sense Medical Ad-
wiser, that every woman ought to Know;
This celebrated work reached sale OF
$50, Goo copies at sl.5o each. The expense
Of production having thus been covered,
it Is now being given away. A copy will
be sent TO any address on receipt OF 21
0nI,i or in cloth binding for 81 stamps
Address Dr. r. V. Pierce, Buffalo, NY.
Don't Be Hoodwinked, h hGSd94ea
orover-persuaded into accepting substitute
for the Original Little Liver pills, first put
up by old Dr. r. V Pierce. over 40 years ago
and called Doctor Pieree's Pleasant Pellets.
they've been much initiated but never
equaIed. one or two are laxative three OF
four cathartic.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-12-21

After binding be railroad waichman,
William Jones. and his 12-year-old son
to chairs in the railroad station at Suf
field. CT Sunday morning. before day
light, five bank robbers pried their way
into the Suffield Savings Bank on Main
street. blew open the safe after the
fonrth attempt and made away with
about $4,000 worth of registered bonds
and stocks, negotiable, according TO
President NJ. T. Newton of the institu-
ton. They overlooked $4,000 In cash
and negotiable bonds in drawer near
by. Although the safe was wrecked
and the explosion was heard from q
quarter of a mile away, the robbers
made their escape, leaving no clue
whatever.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-12-21

"A q ole VINO his btfu away from
81 the United States for "A term at
years the christmas holidays
there seem like IA fevcrish rush.
ind the simple pleasures INDUCED in
during the nine days of posadaS in
Mexico are returned 10 with a certain
measure of relief
\ poSada is nm inn and the idea per
vadng these festivities Is that story,
known 10 ali the world. Of Caesar \u-
Eu>jus. WHO. in the height of his pow
or. wished 10 know the number Of poo-
pie VINO bowed beneath his seeptcr
In order 10 determine the fact he lie
creed that census should he taken Of
all the nations composing the great
Roman empire. To effect this Angus
tus sent twenty-four commissioners to
the different parts of his world The
edict commanded that every person.
rich or poor. weak or strong, should 90
TO the place of his birth or to the orig
inal place OF his family to have his or
her name inscribed in the Roman regis
try.
Joseph and Mary. who We're both of
the royal house of David. went 10 the
town Of Bethlehem They found it so
full of people on the same mission that
they wandered about the town for nine
days seeking shelter. On the ninth day
they were allowed TO stay in the stable
Of posada and there the Nino Santo.
or Holy Child. was born. The posadas
are held for nine evenings in commem-
Grafton of hose weary days.
OF course there are miserable homes
where no sign OF posada is held. but
Mexicans. rich aud poor are generous.
No matter how dirty and ragged every
one is welcome in the churches. beauti
fully decorated. and at the nightly pc
sadas held in them, though there the
penaias are omitted, as the celebra
tions are entirely Of ii religious nature.
To the children the penatas are very
important features Of the season. They
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-12-21

AS result of the examination of COS
samples of red clover furnished for the
purpose by seedsmen twenty-five sam
pies were bought in open market by
the department of agriculture which
were tested and reported to be adulter
ated. Fourteen lots contained yellow
trefoil, fifteen lots bur clover and sey-
en- lots both yellow trefoil and bur
clover. Sweet clover was found in but
one Of these samples. The percentage
in different samples ranges from 1.25
to 1886 Of yellow trefoil and from 2.57
to 1886 of bur clover.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-12-21

The record price for mules was paid
down in kentucky the other day. when
one breeder sold twenty-five choice
weanlingS at $40 per head Consider
ing their age and everything, this is
probably the best figure ever obtained
for a like number of the hybrids. The
mule market is active everywhere, and
young stock is selling at good figures
National Stockman.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-12-21
~sesa sssz1
seHRN% CARDEN
G7NAE$Sce ~ tSs
SANITARY PlGGERY.
Satisfactory Plans To secure Good Al
md "a nry EIoOr

satisfnctory Plans 10 secure Good Air
and IA Dry FLOOR.
important requirement in piEgery.
The cold air should not enter in such n
way as 10 strike directly u1on the pigs.
ami the foul air is said to be best re-
moved from near the floor \ system
in use ut the central experimental farm
of Canada is here outlined:
II may be said to consist OF II number
of hollow shafts or tubes placed inside
the pen IN contact with or close to the
walls These hollow shafts start about
one foot or eighteen inches from the
floor and extend vertically upward to
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-12-21

The giving of presents on Christmas
day undoubtedly owes its origin to n
general idea to carry into practice the
biblical mandate Peace on earth:
good will 10 men" At first the great
lords made presents to their retainers,
and the season was marked by uni
versal charity. BY degrees the practice
Of Christmas giving spread until now
everybody gives his or her friends pres
ents.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-12-21
THE NEW WAY TO CURE DYSPEPSIA


Pepsoids cure the worst forms of Dys-
pepsia and all other Acute or Chronic
Stomach Disorders by repairing the worm
out lining of the stomach and destroys
all disease germs. Dyspepsia once cured
IN this way never returns. Pepsoids IS
not patent medicine, but the successful
prescription of DIR. Oldham who has
cured thousands of cases of Chronic
Stomach Troubles, among them Cancer
OF the Stomach. 1t cost more money to
produce Pepsoids than any similar prepa-
ration on the market, owing to the large
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-12-21

The story of the torture of Rev. 0. d.
Moore. pastor of the Baptist church, of
Harpersyille, N. Y, will interest you. He
says ~ suffered agonies, because of a per-
sistent cough, resulting from the grip. l had
to sleep sitting up in bed. l tried many
remedies, without relief, until took DR..
Kings New Discovery for Consumption
Coughs and Colds. which entirely cured my
cough, and saved me from consumption. "A
grand cure for diseased conditions Of Throat
and Lungs. At G. r. Fogg, druggist; price
soc and 81 90, guaranteed Trial bottle free.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-12-21

Two OF llie's uTgen, REQUISITES are good
be attn and little more money.
A lazy liver makes a law man. Burdock Blood
Bitters is the natural, never failing remedy for a
lazy liver
II trouble ooesn'I lie in the way of some
people they 60 out oil their way to find it,
Ordinary household accidents have no terrors
when there's a bottle OF d. Thomas Electric
OIL In the medicine chest. Heals burns cuts
bruises, sprains. ], slant relief.
A thing thai is fashionable because il is
expensive is Usually expensive because it
is fashionable.
q Or. Woods Noiwa, Pine Syrup seems especial
ly adapted to the needs of children. Peasal :
TO take; soothing in its il iuenCe IL is ire REM
edy of all remedies for every form of throat and
lung dist ase.
As long as he is permitted to handle he
coin The insurance magnate Cares &c. who
pays the freight.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-12-21

Don't fuss, don't hurry, don't worry
don't fret. Christmas has come and
gone many times and will come and go
again. Don't do one single thing, then
for at least two weeks that will jar
you into forgetting that 1t was the
birthday of peace and good will.-Phll-
adelphia Record.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-12-21

Grandma-Are you looking forward
to your Christmas dinner. Tommy
Tommy Yep, grandma, but not so
much as ,Iohuny Jones.
Grandma Why 50, Thomas
Tommy Ills grandma died last
week, and he'll get all her Crssmus
turkey.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-12-21

MEIHUD OF FfhDINu AND UNAIt'"VH
of the trough and the swing door for
convenience in feeding. The construe-
ton of the pen floor with slope to
gutter in passage floor on the right
may be seen. The fall in the floor to
ward the feeding trough permits the
swine to lie on dry bed at the back
of each non
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-12-21

quantity OF the purest Pepsin and other ex-
pensive drugs each tablet contains, (see
formula on bottle.) Pepsoids are sold at so
cents bottle on an absolute guarantee to
cure, or money refunded. We will send
you, if you have not used Pepsoids before,
a 5o-cent bottle FREE; merely send us
your name and address, and you will re-
ceive promptly full sized bottle. You do
not obligate yourself to pay cent. AL we
ask after Pepsoids have cured or greatly
benefited you is, that you recommend
Pepsoids to your friends. Every man
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-12-21

In Praise of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
There is no other medicine manufactured
that has received SO much praise and so
many expressions of gratitude as Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy 1t is effective, and
pro mpt relief follows It's use. Grateful par
ents everywhere do no hesitate to testify to
its merits for the benefit Of others 1t is a
certain cure for Group and will prevent the
attack if given at the first appearance Of the
disease. 1t IS especially adapted to children
as it is pleasant to take and contains nothing
injurious. Mr. +. A. Humphreys, well
known resident and clerk in the store of Mr..
+. Lock, of Alice, Cape Colony, South Africa,
says Il have used Chamberlalns Cough
Remedy TO ward off Group and colds in my
family. | found it to be very satisfactory
and it gives me pleasure to recommend it.
For sale by &. X, Fogg's Drug Store, Show
hogan, l.. {. Williams, Athens Sullivan
Newton, Jackman.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-12-21

Even the woman who says she admires
d masterful mao is sue to ugisier kick
when her hus baud tries TO boss her.
Think three times before you speak and
he chances are y u vii decide il is best
10 keep your mou h shul
Itching hem rfholds were the plague Of my
life Was ain ost Wild. Doan IS Ointment cured
me- quI xiv and permanently, after doctors had
tailed" {. F. Cornwell Valley Street, Sau er-
ties, Y.
Most of mats troubles are due to the
TACT that he doesn't keep enough OF his
thoughts to himself.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-12-21

He changed tOuntenanCe rapidly.
Slipping on is face the Santa Claus
mask. he mace triumphant entry In
TO the parlor " II the bundle of toys.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-12-21

or woman now has the opportunity Of
possessing strong and healthy ston-
ach. Will you grasp it9 People with
weak stomachs are always in MISERY
Pepsoids have made thousands of people
happy by giving them what nature in
tended everyone should possess-a strong
and healthy stomach, so as to enjoy the
best there is in life. Try Pepsoids to-day,
price only so cents bottle at drug store
Or you may have full sized bottle free by
writing the Medical Department Of The
Vic Chemical Co., Chicago, III. 7
The Colorado statesman., 1905-09-30
CHRONIC ERYSIPELAS
Cured by Or. Williams Pink Pilio,
Although Whole Bo3y was
Affected.

Erysipelas or st. Anthony's fire is
most uncomfortable disease OH account
of the burning, the pain and the dis
figurement it is also a very grave dis
order, attended always by the danger of
involving vital organs in its spread.
The case which follows will be read
with great interest by all sufferers as it
affected the whole body, and refused to
yield to the remedies prescribed by the
physician employed Mrs. Ida A. Col
bath, who was the victim of the attack,
residing at No. 10 Winter street, New
buryport, Mass, says:
"In June of 1908 was taken i'll with
what at first appeared to be a fever. 1
sent for physician who pronounced my
disease chronic erysipelas and said it
would be long time before l got well.
inflammation began on my face and
spread all over my body. My eyes were
swollen and seemed bulging out of their
sockets. 1 was i'll terrible plight and
suffered the most intense pain through
out my body. The doctor said my
case was a very severe one. Under
his treatment, however, the inflamma-
ton did not diminish and the pains
which shot through my body increased
in severity. After being two months un-
der his care, without any improvement, I
dismissed him.
"Shortly after this, on the advice of a
friend, 1 began to take DIR. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People, two at dose
three times a day. After the second box
had been used l was surprised to notice
that the inflammation was going down
and that the pains which used to cause
me so much agony had disappeared. AZ
ter using six boxes of the pills 1 was up
and around the house attending to my
household duties. as we'll as ever"
DIR. Williams Pink Pills are sold by
all dealers i'll medicine or may be OBJ
tanned direct from the DIR. Williams
Medicine Co.. Schenectady, NY.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-09-30
Woman Who Saw Washington.

Without tooth in her mouth and
scarcely a hair on her head. Susen
Johnson, negress, who says she is
120 years old. is resting in the mat
ron's quarters before resuming her
journey from Virginia to California,
where she says she is to be married
for the seventh time, says an Omaha
dispatch. aunt Susan" as she styles
herself. came from Philadelphia, hav-
ing purchased a ticket there to Los
Angeles. When she arrived in Omaha
she found she had lost it. She reported
the loss to an official and was sent to
police headquarters.
The old negress declares she was
born on the Nuckels plantation, near
Warrentown, Virginia, in 1855. Il was
dere when George Washington was
President" declared the old woman,
''and seed him many times"
The Colorado statesman., 1905-09-30
RAILWAY RATES.
Advantages Possessed by Americans in
Our Low Rates.

Compilations made from foreign and
domestic statistics snow freight rate
on English roads of nearly cents per
mineral ton-mile. The actual figures
are 1913 cents. A ton-mile of merchan-
disc or live stock costs 2.94, and on all
commodities an average of 2.32.
Against these the figures for the
United States are startlingly small, be-
ing 0.5S cent. On German roads it is
LAP cents; on French, 1.55; Austrian,
1.16, and Hungarian, 1.30.
England's passenger rates per mile
on the same classes as cited for the
United States were 4 cents, Germany's
3.S cents. For their average days
wages workmen can travel ms follows
American, 65 miles; British, 35; Ger
man, SO; French. 40; Belgian, So;
Italian, 3S and East Indian, 81.
On American roads locomotive engi-
neers average 81 day; English, 81. .62;
Belgian, s1.01. American firemen get
S2.2S; British, 91 cents: Belgian. 70
cents. Railroad laborers in the United
States get from two to four times as
much as laborers on foreign roads.
Forty per cent. of the gross earnings
of American railroads goes to labor
while only twenty-five PET cent. goes
to capital.
In England labor gets twenty-seven
per cent, capital thirty-eight per cent.
in Germany the division is equal.
IN the last four years American roads
paid 1874 100000 for cars. engines, etc.
The roads were capitalized at s12.792,-
S06,023 (now $4,000 900 .00O), on the
basis, in 1908, Of s61 1863 per mile. Eng
lish roads that year stood for s277 ,474
per mile, German roads for s104, ,725.
French for $14S.053. Russian for $76,-
O95, Austrian s11o,475, Belgian s1G7,-
SaS.
The Colorado statesman., 1905-09-30
The Coming Nation"

Now the American immigration
question in Canada has reached a eli
max, says ths Worlds Work. 1t takes
only three years for an immigrant TO
earn a vote in Canada, and $4,000 for
mer American voters will soon come
into their Canadian suffrage. There
are in round numbers 10000 males
more than eighteen years of age in
western Canada who formerly lived in
the United States, 10000 of whom are
old enough to vote. There are now be-
tween 100000 and 100000 settlers, with
a possible voting population of 100000,
a high percentage because many cat
tlemen without families are emigrat-
ing from Montana and Wyoming. BY
the end of 1905 the American vote in
the Canadian West will be overwhelm-
ing
In eastern Canada thousands of peo-
pie believe that this invasion means
the ultimate annexation of western
Canada by the United States. 1t is
called "the coming nation"
The Colorado statesman., 1905-09-30

Tired, nervous and, irritable, the
mother is unfit to care for her chill
dren, and hercondition ruins the child's
disposition and reacts upon herself.
The mother should not be blamed, as
she no doubt is suffering with back
ache, headache. bearing-down pains or
displacement. making life burden.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound is the unfailing cure for this
condition 1t strengthens the female
organs and permanently cures all dis
placements and Irregularities.
Such testimony as the following
should convince women of its value:
Deay Mrs Pipkham -.
&c want 70 tii teii 81 sqY much good Lydia E.
PinEhahhs Vegetable Compound has done me-
I suffered for eight years with ovarian
troubles. 1 was nervous, tired and ir-
ritable, and it did not seem as though could
stand it any longer, as had five children to
care for. Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound was recommended and it has On
tirsly cured me. 1 cannot thank you enough
for your letter Of advice and for what Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has done
for me.-MIs Ph. Hoffman, 100 Himrod
Street. Brooklyn, N. Y"
Mrs. Pinkham advises sick women
free. Address, Lynn, Mass.