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The Somerset reporter., 1905-06-15

An F. and A. NJ. entertainment is an
nonced for the nth of June.
Elentord Messer arrived in town,
Tuesday night, from Kent's Hill,
Last Saturday, showed one of the best
ball games ever played here; Bingham
defeated Madison to 8. The game was
marked by good playing on both sides,
although the Madison team was slightly
over confident in the first few innings
Madison went to the bat first and sue
ceeded in getting man to second base,
but he was put out in trying to reach
third. Bingham raped out two scores
in her half and added another in the
3rd. Madison did not score until the
fifth inning, when she got one run, but
Bingham evened that up by another
score In the sixth. In the ninth inning
Madison made great try for the game
and would have won it if the Bingham
boys had not kept together; as it was
Madison was able to run in only one
score with the bases filled, and the game
closed with Bingham the winner. The
pitching of Movers and Bean for Bing-
ham and the excellent team work CT the
rest of the players is worthy of special
mention. G.
The 10th anniversary of the first Con-
gregational church will be held here,
July "a An invitation to former pas
tors and all ministers who have ever
supplied the pulpit has been extended,
as we'll as to members of the church
now living in other places DR.. Smith
Baker will preach here, July 23, and he
will probably deliver an address the
next day.
There is to be horse race and big
celebration at SkoWhegan, July 4th
Everybody goes from this way when
Skowhegan celebrates.
The Somerset reporter., 1905-06-15
Canaan

Canaan grange will confer the third
and fourth degree upon several candi-
dates, Thursday evening, June 18th.
Supper will be served.
At the last regular meeting of Sun
rise Chapter o. E s. the degrees were
conferred upon four candidates. Re-
freshments of fruit, confectionery and
lemonade were served. The Chapter
received an invitation to visit Bethlehem
Chapter of Pittsfield on the evening of
June 20 which they gladly accepted.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Crowe1l of Pitts
field attended the meeting of Sunrise
Chapter o. f. s, Saturday evening, re-
turning to their home, Sunday. While
here they were the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. K. II. Harris
Miss Elva Thompson of Hartland was
the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Eva Shean,
several days, last week
Mrs. Maria Kicker, who has been visit
ing friends in Clinton for several weeks,
| returned home. last Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. O. A. Moody passed
Sunday with her sister, Mrs. Pennell, at
! Burnhsm.
Mr.. K. II. Williams who has been
| quite sick for the past week is much
better at this writing.
Mrs. Maud Nelson and daughter,
Gwendoline, of Somerville Mass. are
stopping in town.
Rev. Henry Burnham of the Friends
church, Cornvile, will speak at Town
hall, Sunday, June IS, at 730 p M, as
sisted by Edward Barrett, gospel singer.
All are cordially invited.
Rev. George Merriam of Skowhegan
willpreach at the church, Sunday, June
IS, at 8 p. m.
! Mrs. Rose Jewell and little son,
Harry, visited her parents at Bangor,
last week.
The Tuesday club met with Mrs.
Rose Jewell. June -. A short but
pleasing entertainment was given. Re-
freshments were daintily served by the
hostess. The pext meeting will be held
with Mrs. Idelfa Harrington.
Mr.. Joseph Jewell passed, last week,
with his daughter, Mrs. Harris, at
Watervlle.
Everybody in this section is planning
to spend the Fourth of July at Skowhegan.
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j. II. MURRAY.
NOTICE Of FORECLOSURE,

Whereas, Elwood Johnson, Edward Johr.
son, and Atwood Matthews, all of the town.
ship OF Lakewood, Ocean county, and state o.
New Jersey, co-partners doing business
Johnson Bros. & Matthews, by their mortgage
deed, dated January 2Oth, A. d, 1904, and re.
corded In Somerset 49, Registry OF Deeds
Book 261, page 1856, conveyed to me, the under.
signed. all their right. title and interest in the
following described real estate together with
certain personal property, situated in Bling
ham, In the county OF somerset and state o.
Maine, and being the same premises conveyed
by me, to the said Elwood johnson, Edward
Johnson, and Atwood Matthews. by my deed
dsl ed January 20th, A. D. 1901, recorded IL
somerset Registry OF DEEDS, Book 260, page
349, and being the same real estate decided TO
me by Mary e. Badger, by her two deeds, one
dat d July 10Th, A. d. 1901, and recorded C
2l7, the other dated April 18th. A. D. 1892, and
recorded in Somerset Registry OF Deeds, BOOK
2i3. page 42i. said real estate being described
as follows: bounded on the west by the Ken.
nebec River north by land OF Ben Collins ana
Cyrus Maynard: east by land occupied 6g
sanford Not age Ssnderson, and land occI-
pied by George w. Smith south by land Tor
merry owned by Elias Smith, by land OF JC-
seph Merrill, and land now occupied by Frank
Curtis. Also piece of land, bounded as fol-
lows: beginning at point on the easters
side of the Somerset Rail ways land, SAID
point being one rod southerly, or towards So
Ion, from the mile post marked on souther.g
size, and 81 on northerly side; thence essterg
at right angles with said Railways east line.
said Railways east line, thirty rods; thence
westerly fifteen rods to east line of said Raj
ways land thence southerly along said raj
ways east line, to the point OF starting, con.
tai ming thr-e acres, more or less. Also 3 Ger.
tain piece OF land, bounded as follows: COM
mencing at the northwest corner Of land owa.
eu by e. j. Russell, known as the mill lot an
run ming north on the east line of the Some.
set Railway, ten rods thence east parable.
with said Russell's north line. fifteen rod
thence south parallel with the east line of tle
c. Dali
moth. East corner; thence west on said R17'
sells north line, fifteen rods, to point be2l-
at
And whereas, the condition of said moftgags
has been broken, ow therefore, by reason o.;
the breach OF the condition thereof, claim e
foreclosure of said mortgage.
Dated June l4tb, A. D. 1905.
3w24 ERNEST j. RUSSELL,
BY Forrest Goodwin. his Atty,
The Somerset reporter., 1905-06-15
THE BLUNT HARDWA ARE CO.,
BROWN BLOCK, sKoWHEcAN.
June Probate.

The June term of Probate court was
held at the court house, Tuesday morn
ing last, Judge A. Simmons presiding.
Business was transacted in part as
follows;
The wills Of the ate Levi P Barrett, Ca
naan; Elizabeth II. coffin, Pittsheld; Abigail
Jackson, New Portland; Harriet Adams, Pal
myra; !. Augustus Burrill Skowhegan, were
presented, and those of the late Laura J.
Iohonnett, Palmyra George w. Creation,
Starks; Sarah ~ Smith, Ephraim Lawrence,
Madison; Paulena Bacheler, Skowhegan,
were allowed.
The accounts in the estate Of the late Ma.
rada !. Morrill, Of pittsfeld; Morris !. Alex
ander, Abby / Alexander, Norridgewock;
Samuel W Parkman, Fairfield; Patrick
O'Riley, Pttsheld; David M. Butler, New
Portland Lydia II. Bigelow, St Adams;
John II. Pooler Skowhegan; L. b. kimball,
Harmony; Nathan II. Savage, Madison, were
presented, and in the estates of the late
Reuel w. Ilamsted; Clara McIntire Of Nor
ridgewock; Mamie NJ. Bigelow, Smithheld !;
Byrtha a. Bigelow OF Smithfeld; w. q. Les
sard, Skowhegan; Harry w. Lowe, Fairfield j;
David llewey, Moose River, were allowed.
Administration was granted in the estate
Of lIartly ". Corson, Fairfield; Lena b.
Avery, st. Adams.
Petition was presented for confirmation OF
trustee in the case of Abby !. Alexander,
also petition for return Of collateral inherit
lance tax in the same case,
Petitions for license to sell real estate
were presented in the estates Of the late
Charles II Magoon. Benz. X. Snow, skow-
hogan; +. V. Gilman, Anson; Mary d. Viles,
New Portland; {. Gardner Tobey, Fairfield,
and granted in the estate of John NJ. Hilton,
Madison; Asepath Clement, Detroit
Widows allowance was granted from the
estate of the late Patrick ORiley, Pittsheld.
Distribution was decreed in he estate Of
Ellen J. Berry of Ripley.
A guardian was appointed for Laforest !.
Humphrey, Pttsdeld, minor.
Collateral Inheritance taxes were deter
mined upon the estates Of Lucy !. McIntire,
Solon, and Nina NJ. Haines, Skowhegan.
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North AnSnn.

The ordination of George f. Paine
took place in the F. B. church in this
village, yesterday. Rev. A T. Salley,
D. D., of Lewiston preached the sermon.
Rev. b. F. Hayes, d. D., of Lewiston
gave the charge to the church. Revs
F. X. BEEN, T. B. HIATT, and r. T.
Crane, the local clergymen, and Rev.
Mabel G. Andrews of Madison, Rev. A.
f. Saunders of Oakland, Rev. Leonard
Hutchins of New Portland also took
part in the exercises.
George Brown has 80 chickens, IS
of which were Matched the 18th of
March. These are ready for the market
and will be shipped to Boston this week.
From 100 eggs put into the incubator
1l9 good strong chickens came out.
Mr.. Brown has just commenced in the
poultry business, having during the last
year been fitting buildings for the rails
ing of fowl. There haa been quite a
general complaint this spring of eggs
not Matching we'll. but he has no reason
to find fault in this partio ulsr.
The Somerset reporter., 1905-06-15
STATE OF MAINE.
Office Of Board Of State Assessors.
AUGUSTA, June 10, 100.

AUGUSTA, June 10, 1906
Notice is hereby given that the state
Assessors will be in session at The
Court House in Skowhegan on Tues
day the 27th day of June at 8 o'clocs
a. m. Stage House in Bingham on We
nesday the 28 day of June at 8 o'olocS
a. m. A. D., 1905 in the county Of
Somerset to secure information to ea.
able them to make just and equal as
sessment of the taxable property in th-
several towns in said county, and 70
investigate charges of concealmen. o.
property liable to assessment, as r.
quired by law.
F. NJ. SIMPSON,
2w24 OTIS HAYFORD,
GEORGE POTTLE,
Board Of State Asses r.
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arners!

Do you realize that you missing Golden OPportu-
mites when you tail to bring your Farm Produce Eggs,
Butter etc. to Us
It is time you woke up this plain tact, as we guar
antee to give you in value, dollar for dollar than
any other firm in our line in Skowhegan, and we stand
ready at all times prove the truth OF this assertion
YOU will come to when in and give us the OPP
portunity.
Our stock of Groceries large and complete and we
stand behind every article we sell as being the best OF
its respective kind, and at lower price than can be
bought elsewhere-vaue considered.
Come and See U.s. Bring your Marketable Stuff and
4 mil WON'T
The Somerset reporter., 1905-06-15

When you travel, why not hire mile
age book of R. T. Patten and save one
third Of the expense?
The Somerset reporter., 1905-06-15
MAR RED

New Portland-June !. by the Rev Robert
Scott, Mr.. John A. Butts and Miss Norah Syl-
vester, both OF New Portland.
st. Albans-June 8, by the Rev. c. A. South
ard, Mr.. Perley Weber and Miss Elsie =
Wheeler, both OF Hartland.
Skowhegan-June IA. by the Rev. II. r Huse.
Mr.. Blaine owen OF Augusta and Miss Ger
trude L. Goodwin OF Skswhegan.
The Somerset reporter., 1905-06-15

Mount Pelee Island of Martinique,
is active again, but nothing like the ter
rible disaster of 1902 is apprehended.
The Somerset reporter., 1905-06-15
SCOTCH COOLIE FOR SALE.

Fine Scotch Coolie, one year old. May
be seen at my home. No. 6, West Street.
NORRIS LANEY,
IVA Skowhegan, Me.
The Somerset reporter., 1905-06-15

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablets.
All druggist refund the money IL 1t fails to
ly4o K. w Groves signature Is on each box. 26o.
The Somerset reporter., 1905-06-15
DIED.

Palmyra-June 5, Mrs. Edwin Eldridge, aged
10 years.
Cornville-June 3. Frazier Parsons, aged 10
years and months.
Skowhegan-June .. Mrs. Ann K. Stinchield,
aged rs years
Skowhegan-June 8. Mrs. Ida NJ. Horne aged
II years.
Monrovis, Galway l9,Miss Lucy d. Nutting
Skowhegan-June 2, Mrs. Lilly YORK. aged
II years.
,Lewiston-June a. Anson Reed, formerly of
Madison, aged 81 years.
Santa Cruz. Csl--June 4. Mrs. Harriet Emery
Field, aged 80 years.
Hebron, Me.-June ID, Howard 8. Webb, aged
about 40 years.
skowhegan-June ID, Ernest Atkins, aged 10
years.
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They Cut Both Ways.

Some intelligence Offices encourage
even the greenest girls to abandon gen
eral housework and try for the place Of
cook, parlor maid, etc, for it increases
the fee, many Offices basing this upon
the amount Of wages paid. This Is
one explanation of the decreasing num-
Der Of general housework girls.
They are also responsible for some Of
the restlessness Of employees. Girls
are placed in positions and removed
when they are needed for others. Some
use employers as training schools.
Green foreigners are sent, and when
they have learned enough English and
housework they are sent to others for
higher wages, the Office not neglecting
to collect the extra fees.
Then they inform the long suffering
employer that they understand her
girl has left and that they can supply
her need.-Atlantic Monthly.
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A : STRANGER visiting Sandgate,
in the Green mountains, on a
ENsaSs summer afternoon would in
s583 evitably conclude the town
was asleep Often not 4 person would
be visible the entire length Of its main
street. cooled by three rows Of naples,
one dividing it and one shading each
Of the two sidewalks formed Of narrow
strips Of weather stained marble. Tn
der some Of these trees that almost
touch branches for half a mile one or
two COWS might be grazing or taking
q siesta while chewing the cud Of con-
tent. On the vine hid porch OF the
village tavern Landlord Pell would
quite likely be doing in an armchair
tilted back, and across the way Mr..
Hobbs, who keeps the one general
store, would as likely be mapping on a
counter, his head piIlowed upon pile
Of calico. A little farther up the street
and near the one tall spired white
church Mrs. Mears, the village gossip,
may be sitting on the veranda Of a
small house almost hid BY luxuriantly
growing Norway spruce and idly rock
ing while she chats with the Widow
Sloper, who lives there and whose mis-
sion in life is to cut and fit the best
"go to meetin'" gowns Of female Sand
CONTINUED ON PAGE
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relatives she imagined she must have
in faroff Sweden ever made any ef-
fort to learn the fate of her parents,
who she knew had gone down so near
her home The story Of her rescue
with all It's pitiful details was familiar
to her, and in her room were treasured
all the odd bits of wreckage- locket
that contained her parents pictures,
the two rings, the last message OF her
mother and even the wooden shoe that
had floated ashore. How many times
she had looked at those two pictured
faces, one a reflection Of her own; how
many tears she had shed in secret over
them. and how, year after year, she
wondered If ever in her life some rala-
tive would be known to her, no one,
not even her foster parents, ever knew.
Neither did they know how many
times she had tried to imagine tie mo-
ment when her despairing mother.
with death near and with prayers and
tears, had cast her adrift, hoping that
the one little life most dear to that
mother might be saved The fatal reef
where those parents had gone down
also held for her weird fascination,
and ut times the voice Of the ocean
seemed like the despuirins cries OF
nlort:ils. One picture. and 1t was her
best. was Il view of the wreck, rs near
as Uncle Terry could describe it, with
human forms clinging to the ice clad
rigging and tempestuous seas leaping
over them. The subject held an I'M
canny influence over her, and she had
spent months on the picture. But this
shadow Of her life she kept carefully
guarded from all.
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Strikes Hidden Rocks.

When your snip of health strikes the
hidden rocks Of consumption, pneu-
monia, etc., you are lost, if you don't
get help from DR.. Kings New Discov-
cry for Consumption. J. W. McKin-
non, OF Talladesa Springs, Ala, writes:
II had been very i'll with pneumonia,
under the care of two doctors, but was
getting no better when I began to take
DR.. Kings New Discovery. The first
dose gave relief, and one bottle, cured
me-" Sure cure for sore throat. bron-
chitis, coughs, and colds. Guaranteed
at The r. B. Loryea Drug Store. price
SOC and ST. Trial bottles free.
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In out. was born on a way back farm
in Connecticut, where the rocks was so
thick We used ter round the sheep up
once 4 week an sharpen thar noses on
the grin'stun so t they could get 'em
tween the stuns. I walked q mile to
school winters an stubbed my toes on
the farm summers till l was fourteen,
an then the old man greed to give me
my time till I was twcnty-one II ud
pay him half earned had 4 colt an
old busted wagon. an took to dicker-
In I bought eggs an honey an pelts
Of all sorts. an peddled notions an
fnrmin' tools. When cum Of age l
went to the city an turned trader an
made a little money, got married an
cum down into Maine an bought
gold mine I've got 1t yit-that is, I've
got the hole whar I s'posed the mine
was. Most O. my money went into it
an stayed thar. Then I got chance
to tend light an ketch Holsters an hev
stuck to it ever since. l take some
comfort livin, an try an pass it along.
The Widder Leach calls me & scofer,
but she allus comes to me when she's
nee lin, an don't allus have to cum ell
ther- My life's been like most every
body else'S, a streak O lean an
streak O. fat, with lean predominatin'.
Twas 4 streak O fat when l found
good woman an she said yes, an
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A Jauauose HSnt.

The pfoyerbial pouteness Of the jap
anese has resulted in the development
Of a number Of neat little customs.
One Of the best Is the manner In which
one hostess gets rid Of an unWelcome
guest. She does not hint that the time
Is about up for bis stay or that she IS
going visiting soon, but sets to work
preparing a dainty luncheon, which
she packs In a little box, ties up with
ribbon and paper and hands to the
guest some morning. 1t isn't an insult,
either; it's just a hint, and one that IS
always taken.
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Charitable Doctors.

Doctors give away more than any
other class Of men on earth. It Is stat
ed that the gratuitous services Of ply
sicians last year to one large Philadel-
phia hospital amounted to over $780,
600 at ordinary fees. Upon this the
Wisconsin Medical Recorder remarks
that III any individual or any society
had given $500, 1000 to any cause >the
fact would have appeared In all the
dailies with large headlines, but this
free work Of the physicians has come
to be considered as too common for no
tce.
"And this was only one hospital in
one city. How enormous this free
work In the whole country must have
been last Year,
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CHAPTER II.

tTsYSN WANT consulted bout COM
S8sE in into this world" said
ssesss Uncle Terry once, "an' i
Ssggs don't 'spect to be bout 60
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Uncle er1'y
By....
CHARLES CLARK MUM
coeyrisht. 1900. By LEE GO HEPARD I:

an that We had saved one lire. ga!
baby, an give all the facts. Nothin'
ever came on t. though. an we was
glad thar didn't We KEEP the little
gal, an she want long in CROWN into
our feeiin's, an the older she srowed
the more we thought O her
OF course the history Of Uncle Ter
rvs protegee was known to every resi-
dent Of the island, and as she grew in
to girlhood and attended school at the
Cane. as the little village a quarter
mile back of the point was called, until
she natured into a young lady every
one came to feel that in way She be-
longed to the kindly lighthouse keeper
and his wife Melissa.
TO them she was ali that q devoted
daughter could be, and when school,
days were over she became Uncle Ter
rvs almost constant companion. On
pleasant days she went with him to
attend his traps and on his daily drive
to the head Of the island. She was
welcome in every house and well be-
loved by all those simple. kindly peo-
Die, who felt an unusual kindly inter-
est in her existence. Of tender heart
and timid nature. her appealing eyes
won the love Of young and old. On
Sunday evenings SIZE was always one
of the small congregation that gathered
to hold simple services in the little
church at the Cape, square one story
building that mover knew paint or shut-
tcrs.
CT beau she hardly knew the mean-
inc and it must be said the few young
men who remained on the island after
reachins the age Of courtship were
neither in garb nor manners such as
would attract I girl like Telly.
One special talent she was gifted
with, and that was the ability to draw
and paint we'll. Even as q child at school
she would draw pictures on slate that
were surprising, and when older and
she obtained materials she worked IN
til she became in way quite an artist.
AS Uncle Terry put it, Maxim plcters
comes nat'rl to the gal"
She had never received even the first
lessons in that charming art, but for
all that every room in the house had
dozens OF her efforts, large and small,
hanging on the walls and in the oldest
frames. Some were Of strips Of thin
board covered with little Shells or dried
moss, and others Of rustic fandiwork
and mounted with fir cones.
There was but one shadow in her life.
and that the fact that no one Of the
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Numerous and Worthless.

Everything is in the name when it
comes to Witch Hazel Salve. E. c.. De-
Witt & Co., of Chicago: discovered
some years ago how to make a salve
from Witch Hazel that is a specific for
piles. For blind, bleeding, itching and
protruding piles, Eczema, cuts, burns,
bruises and all skin diseases DeWitt's
Salve has no equal. This has given
rise to numerous worthless counter
feits. Ash for DeWitt's-the genuine.
Sold by The R. B. Loryea Drug Store.
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A Remedy Without a Peer.

Il find Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets more beneficial than any
other remedy I ever used for stomach
trouble says J. P. Klote, Of Edna,
Mo. For any disorder of the stomach,
biliousness or constipation, these Tab
lets are without peer. For sale by The
r. B. Loryea Drug Store, Isaac NJ.
Loryea, Prop.
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Honest.

Honest.
He-It's hard to keep secret some
times, Isn't It? She-I don't know!
I've never tried tt.-Detroit Free Press.
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CHAPTER I.

CIaI IET I.
'SIv'ATS goin' to be a nasty
RE I night" said Uncle Terry,
S%5SS coming in from the shed
sSSSSy and dumping an armful OF
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CHAPTER III.

STRANGER visiting Sandgate,
in the Green mountains, on a
summer afternoon would in
evitably conclude the town