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The Somerset reporter., 1905-07-06
Al Exhibition of Intere.t.

There is on exhibition in the window
of Dinsmore & Bickford an unusua ly
interesting collection of war relics,
making an especially appropriate display
for Fourth of July week. The following
is a partial list of the articles in the ex
hibit aud for the purpose of comparison
of the older weapons with those Of the
present day, three Krag rifles are
shown, they being the arms now carried
by the American soldier. The list is a.
follows:
sword, presented Gen'l Isaac Dyer by
the old r Z. Lyon Fremen Co.;
sword, presented Gen'. Isaac Dyer BY
the men of his regiment; horse pistol,
nsed at the Battle of Bunker Hill; re-
yolver, nsed at the Battle of Gettysburg ;
cartridge box, used at the Battle Of
Gettysburg; old musket, used at the
Battle of gettysburg; powder pouch.
used in War OF lsl2; TWO muskets, taken
at surrender of Lees Army; two sabers.
captured at Fort Moutrie; three can
ulster shot from Moro Castle, Cuba.
The Somerset reporter., 1905-07-06
Fire on North Ave. Plains.

hat par Of North avenue known a.
Athens road was Tie scene Of .Iqe.y
FIRE, yesterday afternoon. Al one O'Clock
flames we're Uncovered ~ saed aej ~.
ing The house owned by F. /. Estes and
occupied By George Croker, situated Oh
the corner Of Cemetery street and
Athens road and from tins they spIead
u twO nearby houses al tlIee being
destroyed An alarm vas ruug ia from
boz forts two, located On Madison ave
nue., and the department responded.
taking with them the hook and ladder
truck. The steamer vas called ont by a
second alarm few minutes later The
men with the hook and ladder truck de-
pended on the hose stored On Jewett
street but owing 10 portion Of tins
being defective and the fact that the
pressure in the hydrants Was very low
they could do but little. The steamer
on its arrival coupled to a hydrant at
the western end Of emetery street and
with supply Of hose from the central
station managed to do some effective
work, but it was too late to save the
house where the fire originated and the
two that stood nearest
The house where the fire started and
the one directly in its rear were the prop
erty Of F. |. Estes. the second being IN
occupied. The two houses together
were valued at $500 and were insured
in the c. F. Jones agency for $50. The
house on Moth avenue on the opposite
corner from the house occupied by
Croker was owned by Bert A. Daggett.
Its value was not far from $500 and
Mr. Daggett had $1,000 insurance also in
the Jones agency. Mr.. lrocker lost all
his furniture on which lie had no IN.
surance; Mr.. Daggett had $500 insurance
on his household effects and this viii be
more than sufficient to cover his loss by
furniture destroyed.
There is no satisfactory theory as to
the cause of the fire.
The Somerset reporter., 1905-07-06

In syria, say Traveller. saw a
donkey put to an extraordinary use.
One evening just before thu dinner
hour III our tent the Arab cook rushed
hurrledly out Of the door of tine kitchen
tent with n glass carafo III his hand.
He went W TO the row of doHkeEs.
horses and packages tedAere. G. ~ .x.
Selling the tail of the smallest II the
doukeys. be hastily thrust it Into he
carafp, gave il two OF thr,- ~ eaas
turns inside the bottle aHd dies In
quickly removed the uucoancea,4 ta.#
IAus be had cleaused the wate- bottle
for car dinner. II is In Syria a.~e .aaH
the strange fashion exists OF -Aas.as
tie douheys coats in different Nay
much rs a lady OF fashion sAav,- be-
French poodle. \ choice breed ut ioa
keys. known rs "Bagdad maos"
much cherished in the ueiehnsrhto1 Z
Damascus Their long hairs eoaa
usually Of parc white or palc gray al
mits Of fantastic clipping
The Somerset reporter., 1905-07-06
Special Town Meeting

The special town meeting held in
Engine Hal, Saturday afternoon last to
see # tie town would vote to acquire by
PGgeba-e Tie stock u the oRowhegan
Hall association was attended by only
about 30 voters of the town. It seems a
very small gathering Of our people when
a matter Of such importance was TO be
considered
The meeting was called to order by
Town clerk simpson; L. L. Walton,
Esq was chosen moderator, who
brought the article before the meeting.
On motion it was moved, seconded and
voted 70 pass over the article al, in
about five minutes Of time.
The Somerset reporter., 1905-07-06

At the Colby Alumni dinner last week,
Judge Philbrook of Waterville made an
eloquent appeal to the recent graduates
of the college to not overlook the nat
ural wealth of our own State. The
Judge cited statistics that were no less
eloquent than his descriptions of these
resources. Among the products espec-
tally mentioned were granite and lime
and it is worthy of note that special
Investigations of these industries are al
ready in progress, Investigations which
have the purpose of calling more general
attention to Names pre-eminence. The
Maine Survey Commission has arranged
this work in cooperation with the u. S.
Geological Survey, the details of the
work having been planned by George
OTIS smith. The examination of the
granite quarries of Maine will bs made
by Prof. T. Nelson Dale, and the map
ping Of the Rockland limestone area will
De done by Mr., ( S. Basin, both of
these biologists being on the regular
stan OF L. 5. Geological Survey.
The Somerset reporter., 1905-07-06

thing to get hay into the barns oppor-
timely and well seasoned. 1t is an old
farmers rule to cut herds grass when
the second blossom begins to show.
This is perhaps as good rule for cut
ting as any other. 1t certainly is late
enough. II the crop could be secured in
one week or two one could afford TO de-
lay little at fret but men are hard to
get, the weather is liable to be unpropi-
tious and two weeks may be prolonged
to five or six and render the hay hardly
worth housing. Therefore advice worth
needing at this time is, "Strike early and
strike hard"
The Somerset reporter., 1905-07-06

UhIer any circumstance, in any
nation the death of a public man of
Secretary John Hays worth would be a
great loss. At this time when our coun-
Try and all countries are influenced by
Tie war Of the far East, the loss of such
a man is little less than a Catastropzy.
lie MAS man. He was the acknow /
edged leader and master of line of
poIiey which has won great triumphs
LOT Mr., Hay and for HIS beloved country.
MS reputation as statesman and
diplomat was beyond cavil. In writing
u John Hay reference to William Nc
Ainley may be frankly made without in
Tue least degree impairing the worth of
Tue formers achievement. Mckinley
ald not discover" John Hay; he APP
pfeelated him at his worth, gave his
aolities free play, and his ideas the con-
IImation of his great authority, pOpu-
aFi'y and prestige.
The Somerset reporter., 1905-07-06

Tast Tuesdays celebration established
a new record for such days in many ex-
eellent features, and upon reflection it
uilI occur to our readers that it was the
frat big day held in Skowhegan during
an era of rigid enforcement of the pro-
hibitory law. The thoroughness with
which the statutes against the sale of
intoxicants were enforced is attributed
largely to the honesty of purpose and
executive ability possessed by Somerset's
Sheriff. Clyde II. Smith, and in a
measure doubtless, to the growth of
nublic sentiment. But from what ever
cause or causes the present condition is
derived it is exceedingly gratifying to be
able to hold celebration of that magni-
tude, and to find not one in all the
thousands of spectators whose conduct
varied enough from the standard of
good order and sobriety to require his
detention. We believe this satisfaction
to be general; not confined to those of
uniformly temperate habits but
shared by those who, contrary to the
experience of previous years, find them
selves on the morning after the Fourth
with no headache or disordered diges-
ton, and with an unexpended balance
from the days festivities or memory
of funds spent for sane and temperate
amusements. Such a day as Tuesday
with its orderly crowd and its. freedom
from accident will do much to make
people unwilling to return to the days
of open bars and the disturbance and
uproar attendant upon them.
The Somerset reporter., 1905-07-06

Skowhegan citizens are always COM
Portable in the knowledge that our
streets are kept free from refuse and it is
especially gratifying to find the litter of
last Tuesdays celebration all removed
during the succeeding twenty-four hours,
The enterprise of Street Commissioner
Webb in this respect is to be commended.
The Somerset reporter., 1905-07-06

The consensus of editorial opinion APP
pears to be- that John D. Rockefeller got
his moneys worth at the Yale Com
mencement To many of us cheers that
cost a million dollars might seem ex-
pensive, but after all these recent maya.
zine articles and ministerial protests
MIR. Rockefeller needed just this kind of
a demonstration
The Somerset reporter., 1905-07-06

The fire department came out in
answer to the alarm sounded at II 30,
the steamer and the hook and ladder
truck, drawn by horses and light hose
cart by members Of the company. They
made the run TO Railroad Square, where
the hook and ladder company made a
good hit by reseuing a dummy individual
from an upper window Of Fishers
blacksmith shop, handling the ladders
very quickly and skillfully. \ short
play with line Of hose from the steam.
er set at the reservoir near Merwin's,
completed this par Of the program.
THE BALLOON AscENSGoNs
All the forenoon the Black Prince had
been working with five or six assistants
getting ready for his ascension, and
when the crowd arrived at the square
near the freight depot they found the
balloon already partially inflated. The
remaining preparations were watched
with interest. All went finely until five
minutes to twelve, when the man who
was throwing a mixture of gasoline and
Kerosene on the fire to supply the last
required amount of hot air to the bal
loon, communicated the flame in some
way to five gallon can of gasoline and
Immediately there was a furious blaze,
There was great scramble to get at a
safe distance from the burning liquid
and the aeronaut, seeing that his balloon
was sure to catch fire If he waited longer,
gave the word to let go and left the
ground in the midst of more excitement
than usually attends an ascension.
When directly over the court house, he
dropped the five hundred envelopes OF
the C. F, Ward Company, in one of
which that firm had placed an order for
suit of clothes This envelope and
order we're subsequently found by
Roland Wymsn, who climbed to the
The Somerset reporter., 1905-07-06

And now the annual hay crop is on in
Maine 1t is the rule among many hay
uaAers to begin to cut the staple crop
upon which Maine relies for a greater
general farm product for shipping pur-
poses than any other. 1t is a great
The Somerset reporter., 1905-07-06

=, I'm e. K. MoNEKLIE.
I o. SMITH & CO., PUBLISHERS,
- ,f..rvR STREET, SKoWHECAN ME.
The Somerset reporter., 1905-07-06

roof Of the court house and found it IN
the gutter a the caves. The aer5nau'
stayed with the balloon as long as II
continued to rise and then cur loose and
came down with his parachute, landing
IN tree at the residence Of l.. J.. Nor
rison, from which be WAS rescued, after
some delay, by means Of adder. l.
had been planned to make the ascension
at just twelve and the burning gasoline
compelled him to leave FIVE minutes
ahead of the time when his balloon was
not fully inflated. For this reason he
did not 90 as high as he otherwise
would have done. when asked Why he
did not 60 higher he replied very
promptly with an African acceut that II
would be impossible to initiate. that he
went as high as the balloon would 90
but could not climb out and push
No hour WAS set for the ascension at
the park, it being understood that a
convenient time was TO be chosen, not
later than five o'clock During tue at
ter part of the afternoon the balloon
was made ready and about five the
Black Prince was off again for another
trip to the clouds. Good bye Swettn
was the rather familiar salutation called
back to the chairman of Skowhegan's
great celebration committee by this ex-
ceedingly clever darkey as he swung by
his feet from the ropes of his trapeze
several hundred feet in the air and a
moment later he was out of hearing.
Resuming his seat on the bar he foated
upward and away to the north until he
looked no bigger than doll against the
clouds. This time the balloon had
plenty of sustaining power and the aero
uaut must have been more than a thou.
sand feet from the ground when he cut
loose for his parachute drop. The para
chute did not fill exactly even and the
spectators could plainly see the aeronaut
swing off to one side before it righted
itself. 1t was very pretty sight as he
SNNNASN " NHN = Vbhd III odtOlJ dbDul d
quarter of mile from his point of de-
parture in the park.
AT FAIRVIEW PARK
After dinner the days features were
continued at Fairyew Park and at the
houl of the opening of the race program,
100 o'clock, more than 5000 people had
here assembled to witness the fine pro-
gram arranged for the afternoon. This
large number was further increased as
the next hour passed. and at O'Clock
there must have been nearly 5000 peo-
pie within the enclosure
There were three good races, the %,
2 28 and } 40 classes and each race was
hotlY contested from start to finish
All the horses were after the liberal
money offered by the Association and
the winners were not apparent until the
final heat was closed in each class. The
appended summary affords no insight tc
the great excitement that prevailed eael
heat; suffice it to say that the large
crowd felt they received full value for
the money and saw an afternoon oil
honest racing
| The summaries
The Somerset reporter., 1905-07-06
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

All druggist refund the money II 1t fails TO cure.
ly46 E. ". Groves signature Is on each box. 400.
The Somerset reporter., 1905-07-06

O'CLOCK. Exactly on the hour six steam
Whistles, including the fire alarm and
two Maine Central locomotives, turned
loose Volume of sound such as has not
risen from our peaceful valley for many
a day, and with them the bells from
the church and school buildings strug-
gled to make themselves heard. The
din was simply glorious. At 30 came
the band concert at Hotel Coburn and
singing Of national airs with accompani
ment by Company E Military banda
very pleasing feature, and listened to
until its close by nearly all of those who
had arrived in town at that hour.
The athletic sports were due at nine
o'clock and were not enough behind time
to he mentioned as late. These contests
are exceedingly difficult to manage with
Fourth of July crowd, to secure fair
ness for competitors and to give specta.
tors chance to see them and to under
| stand what is going on. Under the care
VI INV vi SllSClb all dICd WAS
roped off from the REPORTER office to
the Heselton House and In this the con-
tests occurred. The crowd increased
about this time by the arrival of the
special Maine Central train with eight
cars and five hundred people, which
packed the sidewalks and the streets and
both ends of the enclosed space. The
sports occupied every minute of the
time until the start of the parade, in fact
two of the three teams entered in the
pig driving contest were struggling with
their obstinate animals when the parade
came along and the street had to be
given over to them. The winners in the
various contests were as follows:
100 yard dash-1st, Guy French; -,
Phil Wood Sd, Carl Powers.
Sack Ract-lst, Charles r. Smith; "a,
Edward N. Snow; 81, Guy French.
Three Legged Race-lst, Phil Wood
and Charles f. Smith; Sd, Carl Powers
and Guy French.
Potato Race-lst, Chester Hibbard of
Madison; d, Charles F. Smith; Sd, Carl
| Powers
Pig Racc-1st, Charles F. Smith and
Edward N. Snow. No others finished
by going over the whole course, there
| fore the second and third money WAS di-
vided equally among A. j. Foss, Ralph
Foss, Phil Wood, Myron Smith, Guy
French and Carl Powers.
THE PARADE.
The parade formed on East Leavitt.
High, Bush, and Water streets, in three
divisions, military, industrial and fan
tastic. IL was ready to move at the
appointed hour 90 o'clock), thing
not often heard of in connection with
parades of this character. AS the line
moved up Water street its formation was
as follows:
Mounted Police.
Marsha, /. {. Dunlap and his aid, Capt.
Fred Drake Of Madison
Company + Band.
Major Fen b. Thompson of Gardiner, rank
ing officer of the military division, with
Lieut.. Enright of Augusta as aid.
Company + of Skowhegan. list Lieutenant b.
/. Rice commanding
Company A OF Gardiner, I'd Lieutenant Nc
Knnon commanding
Company NJ. of Augusta. Captain Blaine
Owen commanding.
Company X Of Waterye, Lieutenant +. w.
Alden commanding.
Carriage containing Colonel Isaac Dyer Of
the War Of '6I-6S and Lieutenant Colonel
Alonlo York Of the Maine Volunteer
Militia.
The Somerset reporter., 1905-07-06

The Boston Globes prediction for
New England "It will be the quietest
Fourth in many years." didn't come
true for Skowhegan.
The Somerset reporter., 1905-07-06

Geo lhNlOf : hRRIGEdilbI WINS III III
with a team labelled ~ Handed Store
and display ing company Of burnt cork
characters aud collection Of furniture
and furnishings for which DO description
would be adequate. There was also a
vehicle which furnished its motive pow.
er, carrying the inscription auto
know better" which attracted much at
tention and must have been made ready
with much pains and no little expense
by the exhibitors. There were bicycle
riders and horsemen in costume, and last
and by no means least, a dummy ele-
plant, bearing on each OF its ample sides
the placard "Skowhegan and Norridge-
wock Railroad"
As the committee appointed to award
the pr rs for the fantastic division do
not know the owners OF The various out
fits, they cannot give the names OF the
winners, but they have made the follow.
ing awards designating the team or de-
vice thought most worthy; Self pro-
pelling vehicle with sign 'Auto-Know-
Better" first prize, $40; elephant, Sec
ond prize, Sl5; chaIse, third prize, $40;
"Coon Town Band fourth prize, So.
II was great parade, probably equal
ling any that ever passed through the
streets of Skowhegan. BY far the most
extensive display by any one firm was
that of the Skowhegan Jersey Creamery
This company had In eleven of the thr-
teen teams which are in use on their
routes for the gathering of cream, two
teams which they maintain for the de-
livery of milk, cream, ETC., and a fl BAT In
charge of E. E. Harris, the superntend-
ent, on which was carried a DeLqval
separator, the last two mentioned pieces
of machinery being prototypes of the
larger and more up-to-date machinery
in use at the factory. The cream routes
represented handle the cream from 1917
cows, the amount Of cream gathered for
month of June was 125 ,023 lbs.
Messrs. X. c. Woodland & Sons of the
Depot Store had very fac float repre-
senting a grocery store in full operation,
carrying several members of the firm,
with Office force, the whole having de-
cidedly business-like appearance. Sam
pie packages of Egg-o-See were distrb-
uted from this float alorg the line of
march.
The team from A. r. Jewett's Market
made fine appearance and was thor.
oughly appropriate exhibit for the mar
ket and provision business. Two fine
cattle rode in the float and over them 10
crate was carried sheep Ga each
side OF the team appeared in large let
tiers, "This day we help you celebrate,
we meat you next on your dinner plate. =
Ii is to be regretted that more business
firms were not represented in the parade
but when the afno Mt of work neces.
sary to prepare a credible display is con.
sdered, the wonder is that so many had
the courage to undertake it. Something
could be learned from the present ex.
perience and by laying plans earlier,
making sure that teams could be secur.
ed and by doing the work so far as pos.
sible several days or a week in advance
more merchants would be able to parti.
cipate. There is no doubt that 1t is &
most valuable opportunity for any firm
to call attention to its business, and :
better representation of the business Of
the town is of course desirable.
The Somerset reporter., 1905-07-06

The Somerset Reporter
4 Weekly Republican Newspaper.
The Somerset reporter., 1905-07-06

Letner's Slide for Life took place from
the south channel bridge to the shore
near West Front street. 1t was good
act, but there was not time enough be
tween the close of the parade and the
hour that the slide was made to move
the crowd to such a distance from Water
street and Madison avenue, where they
had all assembled for the parade to pass,
to points where the slide could be seen,
so that not more than one half Of the
people saw this feature. Letner swung
off from mast prci citing above the
highest point of the bridge, hanging by
his teeth, made his slide all right, drop
ped into the water and swan to the
south shore.
The Somerset reporter., 1905-07-06

Other attractions during the afternoon
were the trapeze performances 10y The
McGinleys, who appear afternoons and
evenings of this week at Lakewood
theatre.
A dress parade by the several com
panies of the I'd Battalion, y G.. 5. M,
was handsome and inspiring
sight, and took place about o'clock.
AT o'clock the Black Prince made an
other very successful balloon ascension,
rising to height of nearly 1000 feet,
and as there was no breeze, he was in
plain view of the vast audience from the
time of starting until he made his para
chute drop and landed gracefully in the
green field just north of the park. The
balloon fell into one of the apple trees
just above Cold brook, on the Newton
farm.
TIE BALL CANE.
During the afternoon the Madison and
Skowhegan ball teams played a most
exciting game of ball resulting in
victory for the Madsons by a scere Of
to
In the first inning Boynton, skowhe.
gan pitcher, received a hot grounder and
tired to stop it, and in SO doing split his
hand between the 2nd and 9rd fingers
and was unable to play the remainder of
the game, Although the skowhegaus
played a good game it showed the lack
of Max Clark and Green, who was un.
able to cover first sack Spaulding
pitched good game, Bergman played
good at first while Cavanaugh of Madi.
son was their banner man. Cayouette
for Skowhegan made a couple of good
throws to seco1d for double plays.
The Somerset reporter., 1905-07-06
Thursday jay =. 80
= \ Wonder What S Do
CAS') ing at BUCHANAN
~ This Week."

suadae is IL s4uaest refreslmeut
possible. "e A9fe sos are getang
your share along a5.l 'a- 9.Ler fa.ks.
We Ike to deal with paft a.as. I'D
to-suit people, especially alta E comes
- The selection Of tooth brushes. Trey
know exactly what they wan aud make
pleased customers when they get Il. Orr
stock il 30 iarge and varied that We have
yet 10 zee the person We cannot satisfy
in quality, shape and price Of brush All
our brushes costing from = 70 90 cents
are guaranteed to be absolutely perfect.
II there should be any dissatisfaction
the purchaser gets new brush free of
charge. There are good value brushes
a i and - cents TO meet tie popular
demand, but they are not guaranteed so
broadly. II fact ne have brushes for
everyone and = pays % bay them here.
Whenever you have prescription to
be filed II IS worth yoar wlile 70 take
it to Backnam's and get Drugs that
cure"
BUCKNAM's PHARMACY.
New Gould Block, Water -.
The Somerset reporter., 1905-07-06

a., .rRrfsM ENTs ;-business and legal adver
A. ants inserted at reasonable rates, adjusted
=. no space used, and the position given.
p,ices quoted on application. 49,.
fi plor4s5 ~ Thanks and Resolutions Of Respect
,,ss Ted AT cents per line. No charge less than
nHnIs.
The Somerset reporter., 1905-07-06

6H. SIS Ma -.s.G, F4stot.
esi4eazc. Ma lIs-- Avenue

sunday services; Io4s. sermsa; II
O'Clock, sunday school; 3ls, f-ar In
3ea1ar; {, ~enar Inieayor; :, Sc. e u
praise lal worship
The Somerset reporter., 1905-07-06
A Fourth Under Enforcement.

.xrsRro As SECOND GLASS MAIL MATTER.
The Somerset reporter., 1905-07-06

The parade formed on East Leavitt,
High, Bush, and Water streets, in three
divisions, military, industrial and fan
tastic. IL was ready to move at the
appointed hour 40 o'clock), a thing
not often heard of in connection with
parades of this character. As the line
moved up Water street its formation was
as follows