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The Somerset reporter., 1905-03-30

Dante Rossetu used to tell story Of
Tennyson. with whom he was walking
one suItry summer night through High
Hoborn They passed "A building bril-.
liantly lighted up and from which Is
sued the sounds Of joyous music.
What is that place." asked the bard.
cit Is called. replied Rossett, the Hol
born casino i should like TO look
in" pursued the bard only should
be at once surrounded by "A crew Of
groundlings, who would mob aud pes.
ter and jostle me- My dear sir. -
quietly remarked Dante. "if YOU were
to get on one of the tables. announce
your name and recite three Of your
poetic masterpieces into the bargain
probably not per cent Of the audi
ence would have the slightest idea of
who YOU are"
The Somerset reporter., 1905-03-30

Prison pits were vaults In which
criminals in England were kept at
night, chained together. There was
Ole at Bristol which was in use as
late at 1915. Down eighteen steps, it
WAS only seventeen feet in diameter
by nine feet high, and seventeen men
were consigned TO 1t every night. Even
more typical was Warwick jail pit
which was occupied at least until 1897.
1t was an octagonAl dungeon twenty
one feet In diameter aud almost nine
teen feet underground. In the middle
was Il 0esspool, and beside ii ran II
stream of water which served the pris-
oners for drinking purposes. To this
awful cell fOrty-two men We're con
signed every afternoon at 3:45. to re
main there until after daylight the fol
lowing morning. The inmates had to
sleep on their sides, and their jaller
never visited them without guarding
himself with an antidote against sick
ness
The Somerset reporter., 1905-03-30
County Commissioners Court.

The board OF County Commissioners
of Somerset County held an adlJurned
session at their rooms at the Court
| House, Tuesday and Wednesday Of this
week, all the members Of the board be.
ing present.
The session was held to complete
much unfinished business OF the regular
March term, most of which were routine
affairs.
Hearings upon road petitions are to be
given by the Commissioners as follows
Monday, May 10 at 10 q. N. at Dear.
born sehoolhouse in Scion, for discon-
tiuuance Of road running west from
Timothy Tupper's TO Eben Rowel's ;
also at same time and place, on change
of location of road FROM Solon TO Athens.
that 1t may run from a point near Dear
born schoolhouse, ncrth and west to the
north and south road leading by Lester
Albee's then southwestern to strike the
county road near place formerly occu-
/ pied by Albion Corson.
Tuesday, May l6, at Harmony, on pc
tition for new road from Harmony to
Maustream.
Tuesday, June b, on petition ". b.
| Clarke ct ais for location Of road in Lex
ington to commence at point on the
Ridge road and the northerly line OF
farm of Henry W. Pease leading across
said Pease farm to the town line OF Lex
ington and Embden terminating near
southeast corner of said Pease farm.
This is an adjourned hearing.
The Somerset reporter., 1905-03-30

There are very few illusions to
storks In Latin authors, but one Of
these Is interesting The birds have n
curious custom of swapping their bills.
making quite n sharp noise. Young
and old birds, both during and after
the breeding season, constantly do this.
In the writings of Persius there Is II
reference to this habit There are, >
he says, three fayorite ways Of derld
ing a manly putting the hands be
side the head like asses ears, by put
ting out the tongue like a dog and
swapping the fingers against the palm
of the hand like stork's bill" The
first two methods of mockery are plain,
but what was the cause OF the lastf-
The Somerset reporter., 1905-03-30

Peace rumors have been more persist
ent since the route of the Russian army
than before and with very good reason.
The peace party in Russia has been large
ly strengthened by Russian rumors.
One authority names the time, within
six weeks. The japanese keeps up its
operations against the remnant of the
Russian forces and it seems that Il
shorter time would be for the advantage
of the Car and his government. There
will be rejoicing the civilized world over
when peace is authoratstively proclaim
ed
The Somerset reporter., 1905-03-30

A little Moslem when she is four
years four months old goes through
the name of God" or Bismillah, cere-
mony, which begins her real life. She
Is dressed in cloth of gold, with veil
and wreath Of flowers, and friends are
invited to salute the little queen. She
sits Oh Il gold cushion, which must be
Borrowed if she hasn't one, and all the
rest sit on the floor. Then an old mol
lah recites very slowly u certain verse
from the Koran which Is also written
IN saffron on silver plate Bib holds
In her hand. She runs her fingers over
the words and stammers them after
him. Say 1t now, Bib. BE good
girl, then you shall see your presents
Soon they all cry: "Shabash! Shabash
Wah! Wah.' and the ceremony of the
little girls first lesson In reading, writ
Ing and religion Is over. She salaams
mamma, then shows her presents to
her sahells (girl friendsl. Edmund Rus
sell in Every body's.
The Somerset reporter., 1905-03-30

A young Irish priest, FIR. Michael
O'Flanagan has been lecturing in Nv
York during the past winter on the
Gaelic league movement in Ireland and
the Effort to quicken the national spirit
of Ireland by revival of the Irish Ian
guage as spoken on the native soil. This
is a worthy OH ct. Irish art and the
Irish language with Irish history and
romance are worthy of the best thought
and attention of Irish-Americans of this
country.
The Somerset reporter., 1905-03-30

The Boston Sunday Herald is author
ity for the statement that strenuous
enforcement of the liquor law in Port
land has resulted in a breaking OF the
police station record and that not an hr-
rest had been made siLce the Sunday
before. Thus has the Sturgis law bad
the effect to greatly damage our industry
in the chief commercial city of Maine,
that Of making "drunks" for the police
court to pass upon, and has reduced the
chief product of the saloons to its low
est terms. The city can stand the de-
structon of this industry.
The Somerset reporter., 1905-03-30

Faculties must be exercised or they
will not grow Nature Is too good an
economist to allow us to keep any
faculty or function which we do not
employ. We can have just what we
use and that will constantly increase.
Everything else will be gradually tax
en- away from us Man becomes strong
and powerful and broad Just In pro
portion to the extent and healthfulness
Of the activity of his faculties, and II
must not be one sided, not an exercise
of one or two faculties or one set Of
faculties, or the man will topple over
Balance In life comes from the health
full exercise of all the faculties One
reason why we have so many one sid
ed men In this country is because
they pursue one idea, exercise one
side of their nature, and Of course
they cannot retain their balance. This
is one OF the curses of specialtics.
They are n good thing for the race,
but death t. the individual who pur
sues his Speciality AT the expense Of
the Development of the all around
man.
The Somerset reporter., 1905-03-30

Austin Francis O'MaIley of hu,up.
Mass and DR.. HouEhtou baKle} of
Baltimore were arrested TnesIa}. ia a
charge If conspiriug to do an Illegal act
IA injury of public healtb o valley
made application to take examinations
before the Name Board Of Registration
of Medicine. When that board met at
Portland, Or. Baxley presented himself
before the board and began ~ take he
examination. The board had beeu in
formed of Or. Baxleys intentions and
when charged with the offence he is
said to have confessed O'Maley was
arrested at Local hotel shortly after.
ward. THIS is the first case OF the kind
in Maine known 10 the members If the
board
The Somerset reporter., 1905-03-30

general court of Maine Just adjourned
appears TO US to have been gathering
of lawmakers fairly representative of
Maine people, and their work, upon the
whole, has been commendatory. We
may get better one two years hence,
when we try again; we may not get one
as good.
The Somerset reporter., 1905-03-30
Town Improvement Society

AT the last meeting Of the club the
following program was given: Paper
Roger Williams and the Providence
Plantation by Mrs. Violet Fogg; psper,
"Newport" written by Mrs. Kate Ken
dali and read by Mrs. Kate Jewett
paper, "Block ISLAND, Mrs. Augusta b,
Bailey; reading, Some Narragansett
Farm Houses, Mrs. Angie: Steward
paper, progress as State" by Mrs
Clementine Weston reading, "Aric I'm
provement", MIS-. Helen Brown. Music
for the afternoon consisted of a piano
solo by Miss Bessie Allen and a voca
solo"As the Choir Sang the Hymn, Mrs
Simpson. Mrs. Ada Dascombe and Mrs
Ellen Dow served the society as host
psaPs
The Somerset reporter., 1905-03-30

Mrs. Cassie l.. Oh adwick has received
a sentence of 10 years in the Ohio peui-
Tertiary on the verdict found against
her in Cleveland, Ohio, last week. The
hearing on motion for new trial lasted
all day Monday Exceptions were filed
against cumulative sentence and upon
other points.
The Somerset reporter., 1905-03-30

Reetor's Wfc ito village grocer
Well ! hope You like our new curate,
Grocer Yes, ma'am, thank you, we
like him very well Uausel, not, how
ever that | think he's az fluent as we
had right TO expect, seeing as his ia
graph
The Somerset reporter., 1905-03-30
ENTERED AS SECOND GLASS MAIL MATTER.

The Delaware legislature has ADJOURN
ed without electing L. s. senators. IL
has the deadlock habit on making Sen
ators to perfection. Even this Is prefer
able to Addicks.
The Somerset reporter., 1905-03-30

You don't mean to say you're super
stitious about opals" he remarked
We'll" she replied, 81 think It's un.
lucky to neglect an opportunity of get
ting one. "-phiiadelphia Press
The Somerset reporter., 1905-03-30

An industrious, Woodworking, level
headed, intelligent body of men, is the
consensus of opinion relative to the leg
stature that adjourned on Friday last at
Augusta, is about the way Maine news
paper state it 1t appears to us the
point is well taken.
The Somerset reporter., 1905-03-30
LOCAL MENTION.

Mrs. c. <. Tilton, after a brief visit to
her husbands people, took the train here
this morning for a visit to her people in
Massachusetts.
The annual inspection of Company f
is to occur Tuesday, April Al Major
Foster Of the United States Army, as
signed to the duty from Fort William,
Portland Harbor, is to be the inspecting
officer. We understand that good deal
OF importance is attached to this in
spection and that no one is excused from
attendance.
The regular meeting OF the Woman
Christian Temperance Union was held IN
Grand Army hall, Tuesday afternoon.
The subj ct of the meeting was "Thr
Frances f. Willard statue" and extracts
from the speeehe- made at the dedication
of this statue we're read by the members
from the Congressional Record and
Union Signal.
The remains II Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
Sewell OF New ork city were brought
to Skowhegan by last evenings train for
interment, Nj Sewell died Saturday,
the 25.h, and Mra. Sewel on the follow 70
ing day. Mrs Sewell was formerly
Miss Jennie Jewell OF this town daugh
ter Of the late Angeline Jewell Her
husband had agquaintances here, and
when a young man, in the sixties, had
charge of the telegraph office here, and
subsequently being frequent visitor
here during the time that Dr. S. G
Sewell, his father, WAS a resident of
this town.
The Somerset reporter., 1905-03-30
The Somerset Reporter
A Weekly Republican Newspaper.

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ow.rra STREET, SKOWHEGAN ME
The Somerset reporter., 1905-03-30

Andrew d. King OF NinAlhaven who
was brought back from Quincy. Mass ,
on darch Il to answer 10 charge Of
manslaughter in connectonm with the
death of his wife on March >. was &C
Quilted by Judge Charles + MeseIeey in
the local court without having Ia offer
any evidence in his own defence
The Somerset reporter., 1905-03-30

The regular session of the Maine Leg
stature, for the two years beginning the
hrst Wednesday Of January 1905, has
adjourned and its acts have become his
tory. The session appeared to be one
Of more than average strenuousness and
yet nothing has passed that may be call
ed radical in the extreme. The usual
efforts and speeches in favor of the clos
est economy were In evidence at the be-
ginning OF the session but when the
committees get into full swing the usual
appropriations were evolved with old
time facility, and the aggregate for the
TWO years is trfle larger than those Of
former years. The hardest thing with
governments, national, state and NUM-
eipal is to avoid increase Of running ex-
penses. This may also be truthfally
said OF corporations, companies and even
individuals. Increased expenditures and
costs OF living are in the air and it is
hard to stem the current. The great and
The Somerset reporter., 1905-03-30

An exceedingly strange event occur
red in New York harbor on Monday.
Like proiectile from a mammoth gun,
Richard Creeden, a workman In the
Brooklyn extension of the rapid transit
tunnel, was shot through the roof of n
lock in the excavation by a blowout,
passing through ten feet OF river bed and
thirty feet OF East river water. In the
huge geyser of mud, water and broken
beams Creeden went whirling thirty
feet into the air. Turning somersault
as he fell, he was still conscious when he
struck the water, and started to swim
toward the shore. It WAS a wonderful
experience for man to survive.
The Somerset reporter., 1905-03-30

h. +. Greenwood of this town is a call
didate for the position of State Commits
sloner of Highways, asking appointment
by the Governor under the aet passed by
the last Legislature creating that office.
Mr. Greenwood Is a graduate of the en-
cheering department of the University
OF Maine and has had an extended ex-
perience in this line of work. He has
been much employed in railway survey :
and this has taken him into ten different
states during the past few years, Sub
stantially all of the engineering work
undertaken by the town OF Skowhegan
In recent years, including our new
bridges and many other important strue'
tural enterprises have had mis- super
vision.
The Somerset reporter., 1905-03-30

ApyERTIsMENTs;- business and legal sdVei
1ssmests inserted at reasonable rates, adjusted
A. the space used, and the position given
prioes quoted on application.
cards of Thanks and Resolutions OF Respect
tnsarted at cents per line.E
The Somerset reporter., 1905-03-30

Three men were killed outright and
one 80 badly injured that he died few
hours later, by an explosion at the
Schaghticoke Powder Mills at Troy, n.
Y, Tuesday,
The Somerset reporter., 1905-03-30
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The Somerset reporter., 1905-03-30

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The Somerset reporter., 1905-03-30

Caleb Powers. WHO has been on trial
three times for The assassination VI
Governor Goebrl If Kentucky las been
granted a a fourth tra winch VII be-
IN in a shot fIfnp.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1905-07-08

stonewan Jaekson's Visit TO Battery,
as Related by an Exon
federate

lnculeing ia some "reminiscences OF
the civil war. an old "confed was last
night entertaining q small party. and
IN the course Of his yarns referred &c
one occasion where. he said Stonewau
Jackson acted as his own courier.
This Circumstance" he remarked. soc.
CURED In the month OF December. 1868
Gen. Franklin. commanding division
q the federal forces. had crossed the
kappahannock river not far from Fred
ertcksburg. and with his left was try
ing Co. turn the confederate right al a
place known as Hamilton's Crossing
The Purcell battery. commanded by
Capt. Pegram. and in which ! served
was one % the parts OF Gen A. r..
HTS division ~ Jackson's corps
There had already been some very Sc
we're fighting on the southern banks
a the river. and frequent meetings
Rad taken place on the particular DAY
] allude 20 between Gems. Lee Jackson
and Jeo stuart. on the hin where the
cCnferedatc batteries were In position
The particular incident refer 90 hap
pened just about the close OF q dismal
gray afternoon about the middle OF
December.
The men OF Pegram's battery were
posted about their guns. rather *.
pecting something 20 occur. when they
were surprised 90 see ride into the bat.
terry an officer who vas solitary and
alone. Il was Stonewall Jackson He
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A Unique Gavel.

Minor post of Stamford. Conn. cele.
brated The fortieth anniversary Of Lees
surrender wi'h patriotic speeches 10 =
large audience Commander Solomon
Close presided. and Col Henry Huss. OF
Mount Vernon. on behalf of the post.
presenfS Past Commander Samuel Fes-
sender with beautiful cavel OK historic
interest The haI.3lc is made from wood
taken from the worship Kearsarge. and
the head OF wood from Barlow's Knoll
Getttsiure. Tire tree was the rallying
point Vf the $ tcuttc-th Connection on
the first dat 5 G-ht The tree was struck
by hehtr.nr and shattered some time
after. Al thc tine OF the dedication Of the
Seventeenth Connecticut monument Mr.
&c G. Kellogg and Comrade Henry Huss
Cbfa.ael permission 20 remove the
stump ana has Bis sant 90 New York and
cut irto RELIES ST.. distributed to the sur
viVing comra Pos Gen. Francis c. Bar
low vas rereN wounded near the Tree
and LEFT or the Geid Tor dead.
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MONUMENT TO SOLDIERS.
Wisconsin Eas Erected Splendid Ne
mortal 20 Veterans Who Have
Passed Away.

one OF the most notable soldier mon.
un.ents OF this country has just been
erected by Capt w h. Hedges. Of 81
Louis. for the state OF Wisconsin. on the
battlefield OF shiloh ID rs a wide de
pariure from the conventional soldier
standing al listless ease with his gun.
color sergeant has been MORALLY
wounded. a beautiful female figure.
typifying the nation. whose face and
attitude express the utmost tenderness
and sympathy. bends over and sup
ports him with her left arm. on which
Is the shield OF the United States en-.
twined with laurel She has caught
the flag as IL fell from his grasp. and
holds IL aloft. II expresses the apo
theosis OF heroic sacrifice. giving ones
life for the land he loves and standing
as IL does in the Hornets Nest" the
scene Ok the most terrific fghting OF
one OF the bloodiest battles OF the great
war, "a Is most effective and beautiful
The conception OF the group is BY
Capt. Hodges. and Mr. Robert F. Bring
hurst. the sculptor has been entirely
successful In giving form. life and &C
ton IN a masterful way. On the front
is the dedicatory panel In bronze. and
on the ends and back OF the die are
bronze panels illustrating ia bas-relief
scenes Of the battle. The pedestal Is
OF Westerly Or ID granite. rectangu-
lar In shape. and base being nine feet
eight inches by seven feet eight inches
and six feet ia height The figures OF
the group are one and a quarter life
size, and the total height Of the struc-
ture from the foundation 70 the top OF
the Flagstaff is % feet
This monument was erected 10 com
memorate the valor OF the Fourteenth
Sixteenth and Eighteenth regiments 90
Wisconsin volunteers. who participat
ed in the battle OF shiloh on April c
and 1862 The Fourteenth. Col
David r. Wood was In Buens
army. and did not arrive upon
the field until Sunday night on Mon
day IL Joined Smiths brigade OF the
army OF the Ohio and served with that
command all day. II assisted in the
capture of q battery. one gun of which
was awarded 10 this regiment and sent
20 the state OF Wisconsin. Its loss was
81 killed and wounded. The Sixteenth
Col. Benjamin Allen. was ia the First
brigade OF Prentiss division. com
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called out 10 no one in particular. but
10 all in general apparently:
Where are the cannoniers Of these
pieces2'
"JChn Callaehau. OF this city. now
president Of the Confederate Veterans
association. Jumped TO his place. and.
saluting. sang out:
Here we are general
Jackson then called for the captain.
He told Pegram 70 advance his line
down the hill by hand-that is. with d,
out the horses-and get in line with
the advanced infantry He also left
word with the captain that he would
receive the order 20 follow the instruc-
tons given him later. and as he turned
TO ride away. as if talking TO himself.
he said:
Those people have got 20 20 over
the river or into it
''Of course. he was referring 10 the
federal division. and. OF course. also.
we stood at our guns. not exactly rel
ishing the idea Of night fight down
In the bottom. bat in about three-quar-
tiers OF an hour. when II had become
quite dark. into our midst again came
Stonewall Jackson, and again without
a soul with him He didn't seem to
want 10 employ a stan officer or a
courier on this occasion. He said to
Pegram:
LET your men lie down. captain. >
"Once more. in sort Of soliloquy,
he remarked:
Those people are recrossing to the
opposite bank.
And so they were. as is shown in
the oficisl report OF Gen. William b.
Franklin simply mention this to
illustrate one of Stonewall Jackson's
ways. he did many things Of this
character himself. calling on neither
staff messenger nor courier am
personally cosnizant OF this event, for
] was there"
This recrossins OF the Rappshan-
mock IL slladed to IN the graphic re-