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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-08-10
North Arson.


Wallace Parsons is away on trip to
Peaks Island, Rockland, Bangor and
Boston.
Rev. Il. S. Ryder of Wilton will be
one of the speakers at the Methodist
campmeeting.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. NJ. Gould of Portland
are the guests of his parents, MIR. and
Mrs. 5. S. Gould.
S. w. Sprague of Boston arrived here,
Friday night, to visit his daughter,
Mrs. Mahlon Moore.
Perley Hooper and family have moved
into the upper rent of the W. w. Pease
house on Union street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Rogers of Nor
ridgewock we're visiting relatives in
town, Saturday and sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Tension
entertained party of young people
at their home, Friday evening.
DR.. c. c. Cragin and family who
have been guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Ben
jamin Mantor, have returned to Ron
dout, NY.
Mrs. Anna May Gahan from southern
California is visiting relatives in this
village. Her friends are very glad to
meet her again.
Rev. F. T. Crane and family and
Miss Louise Twaddelle and Mrs. j. S.
Tapley returned, Saturday, from a trip
to Mount Bgelow.
Rev. Eugene Simpson and his mother,
who have been visiting at Dead River
called on friends In this village before
returning to Foxcroft.
Miss Emma Fairfield of Boston is
spending her vacation with Miss Nellie
Ford. Miss Fairfield is from the Office
of the Youths Companion.
Mrs. l. W. Barber and children,
Forrest, Alice, Elise, and Marjory,
of Portland arrived here, Friday the
guests of MIR. and Mrs Joseph Atkinson.
C. V, Bailey with his haying crew
went to New Portland, Thursday
morning, and put 40 tons of hay into the
barn in two days, returning home Satur-
day afternoon.
Work is progressing on the new saw
mill rapidly. An order was received,
Monday, at this mill for 100000 feet of
sawed lumber to go to one party in
Massachusetts,.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin D. Graves who
have been staying at Halifax for few
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weeks sailed for Boston, saturday. Mr.
Graves health has been much benefit
ed by his visit there.
Frank Conner of Boston, Is the guest
of his parents, MI and Mrs. +. l..
Conner. He has been gone from here
nearly seven years aud has a lucrative
position in that city.
Miss Bertha Hooper. who was recently
operated on for appen ileitls, has gained
finely and is now visiting at Madison.
Her sister, Mrs Carrie Blake, who had
an operation for q tumor is improving.
John Russell principal of the Brim.
mer school, Boston, aud George Null
who teaches music in The same school,
are the guests of NJ and Mrs e. +.
Walker. Mr.. Russell is nephew of
Mrs. Walker.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. ;. Jones have had
for guests. this week. Mrs. II. A. Plum
mer, Mr.. and Mrs. harles Bartlett of
New Portland, Prof Charles R Coffin of
Pittsburg, Penn. and charles Kimball of
schenectady, n. Y.
The Congregational sunday school of
North Arson, Solon, Bingham, New
Portland, Madison, Norridgewock, East
Madison and Skowhegan will meet at
Lakewood, Friday, for a picnic and
pleasure day. Reduced fare on Somer-
set Railway.
DR.. E NJ. Wing took James Casgrove
to the hospital in Lewiston, Wednesday,
to have a surgical operation performed.
Mr.. Casgrove has been i'll for some days
with trouble supposed to be caused by
a strain and is thought to have termi-
mated in appendicitis.
Mrs. j. Z Westscott of Ramona, Wis
and her sons have sod their farm there
and have gone to Nebraska intending
to settle farther West. Mrs. Wescott
will be remembered as daughter of
the late George and Clymena Collins
and former resident here.
The annual outing OF the Odd Fellows
and Rebekahs in the towns of Arson,
New Portland, Bingham and Scion will
be held at Lake Embden, Tuesday,
August 18th. There will be a clam
bake, baked beans and all the accesso
res necessary to satisfy the appetite of
the most fastdious. II will be a general
good time for the brothers and sisters
of the order, and the picnic dinner will
be the best
Saturday, as Calvin F. Walker was
driving into the dooryard by Myron
Ayers home on Union street his horse
become frightened by a buffalo robe
which lay on a garden seat, and MIR.
Walker was thrown out and injured but
rot 80 badly as was at first feared. He
was hurt on his right side 80 that his
arm will trouble him for some time, but
fortunately no bones we're broken. The
carriage and harness were badly demo-
lished.
The village and rural schools of the
town begin August 28th with the follow
ing teachers: North Arson village,
Miss Kate NJ. Tapley, grammar, Miss
Gladys Beale, intermediate, Mrs. Nellie
Collins, primary; Arson village, Miss
Annie Roberts, grammar, Carl Ingalls,,
intermediate, Miss Maud Powers, second
primary, Miss Nellie Holway, first
primary; Miss Daisy Carl, Lowell; Miss
Daisy Barron, Dinsmore; Miss Nellie NJ.
Rose, Franklin; Miss Emily sawyer,
Emerson; Miss Bertha NJ. Paine, Shake
spear The class of - from the gram
mar school in this village are admitted
to the academy.
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NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE.

Whereas Ira w Cushing, of The Forks Pan.
tation in the County OF Somerset and StAlt OF
Maine, by his mortgage deed, dated the seven
teenth day of December A. ID. 1902, and record
ed in the Somerset County Registry OF DEEDS
Book 262, Page 90, conveyed to me- the under
signed a certain piece or parcel OF land st'
uate In said The Forks, in the County OF SOM
erset and State OF Maine, bounded and DE-
scribed as follows, viz;-BeginninR 81 tne
southwest corner of lot seventeen (lpi SC
cording to the original survey of said town,
thence east on the south line of said lot to the
Canada Road thence northerly and westef!
by said road to stone at the northeast corner
OF Myra II. French's store lot; thence soulu-
erly ny the east line OF said store lot TO s'ole
at the southeast corner thereof; thence "tsl'
erly by the south line OF said store lot 10
stone on the bank OF Kenneb,c River; thence
southerly by said river to the first mentioned
bound, containing two acres more or less.
Also another piece or parcel OF land sltu'
sted in said The Forks, and bounded and 1s'
scribed as follows, viz:
Beginning at the northwest corner OF 81.
lot seventeen; thence east on the north !lle
OF eaid lot to the northeast corner Thereof,
thence southwes ly on the east line oil salu w,
to the southeast corner thereof thence We
on the south line OF said lot to John Hol"As
southeast corner; thence northerly on saia
Holway's east line to his northeast corntr,
thence westerly on said Holway's north ilue
to said Canada Road and by said road TO het,
nebec River thence northerly by said river 10
the first mentioned bound contalnlnK w
hundred acres more or less. Being the sslhS
premises this day conveyed to me by sAu
lmogene Clark Merrill. ..
Also one undivided half of all furnitute
furnishings, dishes and fixtures now IN InJ
house on the premises hereby conveyed, sn9
the same this day conveyed to me by salu
Imogene CLARK Merrill.
Also all personal property, including dlshe
fu rniture, furnishings and fixtures IN
house as conveyed TO me this day by the sslu
Imogene Clark Merrill. Reference Is hefeo!
made to list OF all OF said personal proper!
hereby conveye ed now in the possession OF We
said Imogepe Clark Merrill, and to be heIa 0!
her, and whereas the condition OF said NOR.
gage has been broken, now therefore, by isa
so a OF the breach Of the condition Thereon
claim foreclosure OF said mortgage.
August 8, 1905. 3wS|
IMOGENE CLARK MERRILL
By Butler & Butler, Her Attorney
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NIayfeld.

Rev. Mr.. Wyman AID wife of Bingham
are in town and will hold some evening
m etings this week.
Mr.. Wyman went fishing this forenoon
and caught some pickerel; one weighed
two and a half pounds.
Flora Raukins of Richmond has been
stopping the past week in town.
Estella Flanders and son. Fred, were
visiting relatives here, Saturday and Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cappe from Brighton
were in town, Sunday.
Mrs. Cook and family have come back
on their farm for few days to do their
haying.
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Canaan.

Quite a number from this place at
tendend Good viii Assembly at the
Pines last Sunday.
Miss Sue Whitney of Bingham, was the
guest of Mrs. Geo. A. Maxfeld few
days, last week.
There is to be Grange fair held at
Grange hall on Oct 9th and 4th.
The Tuesday club met with Mrs. Ruth
Drawn on Aug 8th with every member
present. After the business of the club
was transacted the following program
was enjoyed: Roll call and quotations;
song, F. Dlla Harris; reading, "Our
Daily Acts" Mrs. Winnefred Moody;
song, Mrs Ola Maxfeld; reading, Talk
Happiness" Mrs. Cover; How they do
things in California, Mrs. Mitchell +;
song, "The Dear Old Fairy Land" Mrs.
Drawn. Delicious refreshments were
served by our hostess and notwithstand-
ing the many showers of the afternoon
it was most enjoyable meeting. Next
meeting, Sept. 9Th.
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Harmony.

The hay crop is reported as more than
the average and in excellent condition
Dr. Moulton of Hartland was in town
on Sunday to visit Marcellus Ward OF
Brighton.
We have telephone connection with the
inhabitants on nearly every road in town.
We have not had thunder shower
this year and we miss them very much,
Rev. Mr.. Johnson OF Athens preached
in the church last Sunday forenoon and
Rev. A. A Walsh in the afternoon TO a
good congregation. Mr.. Walsh will
preach here every other Sabbath the COM
ing year and will move into the parsonage
building in this village.
The grange will confer the third and
fourth degrees on five new members on
Saturday afternoon This grange now
numbers over one hundred and fifty men,
bers.
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West New Portland.

In the parts of this town where the
aged by the hail, and the apples are nearly
by all ptted and bruised.
Mrs. Charles Hoyt was on the sick list,
one day this week.
County Attorney, H. S. Wing OF King
field and Deputy Sheriff, Z. E. Atwood
of this place, went on an extensive BUSH
ness trip one afternoon, recently, with
Wings automobile.
County Attorney, T. J. Young oil
Scion, and E. N, Merrill Esq. of Skow-
hogan, visited this place, Aug. End to in
vestigate the Capola Hoyt case and re-
turned home that evening.
E z. Atwood had a crew, Saturday,
investigating the debris of the burned
hotel Of this place.
Mrs. Ethel Standish of Flagstaff, Me. is
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Holds
don.
Warren Clark and wife OF North New
Portland visited this place, Thursday,
with his automobile.
Elijah Carsley and Frank Thompson
are visiting relatives and friends in Au-
gusta and Hallowell. They intend to
visit the soldiers home at Togus before
there return home.
The selectmen have commenced to
build the new road around Jackson BILL
between this place and East New Port
land. 1t will be an expensive piece of
work and most dangerous piece of road
there is in the town of New Portland, es-
pecially for those who have horses that
are afraid OF automobiles.
The hearing of Capola May Hoyt took
place at Skowhegan, Monday, there were
thirteen witnesses summoned from this
place, who attended the hearing and also
a goodly number of citizens who were in
terested in the case were there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Williams OF
New Vineyard called on Mrs. Louise
Hoyt, Mr.. Williams sister, last Sunday
morning in this place.
Mr.. and Mrs. John F. Butts are stopping
with their daughter, Mrs. Chas. Luce,
while he is repairing the house he bought
a short time ago of Fred Norton.
nld ,,onara nonto hnpAla
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Work has been resumed Oh the new
bridge since the steel came.
Business is good in the mill. about
forty looms are running.
Several teams are on the road this
week hauling boards from Parker's mill to
Skowhegan.
Miss Elsie Paul of South Boston is Wis
iting relatives in this vicinity.
Ed Rowell has built fine stable this
summer.
Mrs. Melvin Smith passed few days
with Mrs. Fred Thompson, last week
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Dickinson and
son of Holiston, Mass. visited at Harlow
Rowell's, last week.
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Perfect Manners.

Politeness is perhaps instructive with
some, but with the majority it is a
matter of training of the slow aud care
full discipline of voice and eye and
carriage. Under this training all the
angles Of personal vanity and self con-
seriousness are rubbed off. the person
becomes adorned with grace, ease, gem
tleness and simplicity, and what may
seem to the unframed observer as the
perfection of naturalness may be sim
ply the perfection of culture.
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SPECIAL PRICES ON
Fruit and Picking Jars
X. c. WOODARD g. SONS.

We have all the leading makes of Glass Jars in
all sizes and will make special prices Also Rub
bers, Caps, etc.
In Earthern Jars we have 2qtr gallon, gallon
and all sizes up and going to sell them at low
prices Just wha you'll need for the picking season.
Come ands us and get acquainted with our inn
proved methods of doing business that saves
you money.
Our line OF Apple and Potato Baskets is probab-
ly the best you have ever seen.
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Mrs. Spuddsworth, 1t seems to me-"
said Mrs Oldcastle, us rather inclined
to loquacity."
STILL" replied her hostess as she
Strengthened the $1,000 rug, "for per-
son as tall as her it amt so bad as
though she was shorter. Chicago
Record Herald.
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Feline soItlouuy.

II wonder" mused the family cat,
after carefully inspecting the new
mouse trap, III that is intended as a
labor saving device for my benefit or II
I'm In danger of losing my situation"
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Americans in spite of their reputed
shrewdness are the most easily gulled
OF any people ON earth by those who
know how to get at them-LondOn
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Rev. Dr. Torker-Im pleased to see
that you attend church so regularly.
l hope you have found grace. Far
gorn-Excuse me, but her name is
Helen All, there she Is now. Good
morning
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DIED.

Lancaster, N. H.-August 8, John Gilmore
Halves, aged AZ years.
Athens-.August l. Lewis Turner, aged about
20 years.
Athens-August 6, Mrs Ann, widow of the late
Silas Dore, aged 80 years.
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"What a disconnected, dissatisfied
look Mrs. Fullerton has"
"Well, what could you expect? She
has husband who gets her everything
she wants"
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East New Portland-Juy 80. by the Rev. L. Hut
chins, Mr.. Benjamin G. Pinkham and Miss Edith
A. Peterson, both of Lexington.
Brighton-Juy 20, by the Rev. G. E. Mann,
Mr.. John A. Murray of Winslow and Miss Noble
g. Farrin of Brighton.
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East COrnyille.

There will be service in Union church
next Sunday, Aug. 10, conducted by H.
A. Burnham at 10. 80 p. m. also in Canaan
town hall 10 the evening.
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BORN
MAR RED.

Portland-August 7, to the wife of William A
Clough, Jr. a son.
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Old papers, 5 cents bundle, REPoR-
TER office.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-09-20
ANTI-BOSS-RU!E
CONVENTION

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 20.--The
anti-boss-rule convention of the city
party opened at the Academy of
Music this forenoon. Nearly 1000
divisions of the city were repre-
sented by delegates. The conven-
ton was called to order by Chair
man Franklin N Brewer and after
the secretary. Cyrus ID. Foss, Jr.,
had read the call for the convention
the convention proceeded to receive
nominations for permanent officers.
A recess was taken and when the
convention reconvenes, the voting
will begin. No slate has been pre-
pared and as there are many candi-
dates for each position of the mu-
nicipal ticket, the convention will
probably last all day.
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GERMAN EV. SYNOD
OF NORTH AMERICA

ROCHESTER,. N. Y, Sept. 20
Between 160 and $50 delegates,
clerical and lay. and representing
the various churches of the German
Evangelical Synod of North Ameri-
ca We're in attendance when the
quadrcnnial meeting of the synod
was called to order at Salem church
this morning. This meeting is the
most important gathering held by
the German evangelical church in
the western hemisphere. 1t consists
of one minister to every IL in the
synod and one lay delegate to every
20 or 80 members in a congrega.
ton.
According to the program there
will be sessions of the synod every
morning and afternoon and every
evening during the convention
there will be religious services at
Salem church. On Sunday there
will be two services in that church.
and some of the most prominent
ministers of the church will deliver
the sermons.
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INTERESTING F.Acrs ABOUT
THE COUNTRY WHERE ANAR.
CHY, RIOT AND REVOLT
REIGNS AND WHERE BLOOD
is FLOWING LIKE WATER.

Its area is about 10000 square
miles, constituting the isthmus sep
arating the Caspian from the Black
sea and the Sea of Azov.
Russian Armenia is included in
the southern part.
+ The Caucasus range divides the
country into northern Caucasia and
Transcaucasia.
In the variety of its peoples and
the ever changing topography it is
one of the most interesting of all
countries.
The fauna ranges from the tiger
and leopard to the common domes-
tic animals.
The vegetation is extraordinarily
diversified from the forests of
northern pine to the luxuriant
growths of figs, pomegranates, etc.,
in the basin of the Rion.
Its oil wells are only second to
those of the United States, produc-
ing annually nearly 100000 tons
of petroleum.
The mineral products are the
richest in Russia, the annual output
being over 100000 tons of manga
neSe ore, 5000 tons of conner he
sides sulphur, cobalt, salt ar iron.
The northern portion produces
one-fifth as much wheat as Euro
pean Russia proper and one-tenth
as much hay.
In Transcaucasia cultivation of
the vine claims chief attention;
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very considerable output of pearls
is being marketed in all the princi,
pal cities of the world.
Near Toxic is terrapin farm on
which are raised $4,000 terrapin a
year for the market.
In Japan 100000 people are en-
gagged in the different branches of
the fishing industry. as compared
with 215,000 in the United States.
Nearly one-sixteenth of the popu-
lation make their living from the
sea, as against e-five-hundredth
in the United States. The coast
and inland waters of Japan give up
each year a yield of animal and
vegetable produce valued at $50.
100000, and amounting to 5000, 900
tons.
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Might Have Remained a Bachelor
but for the Arden Wooing of a
Rejected Suitor.
Copyright, 1905, by the Newspaper
Enterprise Association.)

"John Darlington: Sweetstuffs,
Wholesale and Retail" Ten years
ago John harrington had had that
succinct Inscription painted over
the front of a tiny shop in Little
Japan street, and he could i'll afford
the 80 shillings it cost But as their
gilded faces faded, and their blood
red perspective grew dim, the
boarded sovereigns gathered. The
neat wooden boxes of confectionery
overlooked into rst one room and
then another of the squat dark
house, and glass roof shot out
over the cramped yard in the rear.
TO look at, John harrington was
comely enough, being unbent and
straight of limb despite all his
STOPPING, having bright eyes, deli
cately nodded chin, and a Viking
nose. AS whole, indeed, he was
strikingly Morse, for his head
itself spare and compact-was set
squarely and somewhat loftily on a
pair of small-boned, muscular
shoulders. Only, instead of being
fair and crisply curling. his hair
was dark and fine, with n gentle
ripple in it's raven masses. His
eyes were as blue and his skin was
as fair as those of princess in a
fairy story.
There was English blood In his
veins, but not more than a wine
gla.s..sA or two; the rest was Ital-
ian and Spanish. And far back on
his dead mothers side-she had
been Neapoltan-was the hot
blue blood of the Goths flowing
down from Odin himself. John
harrington was a racial hybrid.
How such a man could endure to
toll over cashbook and ledger was
a mystery. When John harrington
entered upon his tenancy of the
shop in Little Japan street he had
4 and 3 halfpence. Now he was
probably worth from $4,000 to
$4,000. Yet, to be fair to him, he
did not care-never had cared--a
rush for single sovereign. 1t was
the JOY of getting it which was
sweet to him. He was modern
Viking on terra firma, n fin de steele
land pirate.
Recently-because the wholesale
business was showing itself dis.
tinctly more profitable, he had re-
linquished attendance upon the
counter, and had engaged an assist.
ant
Why so grave and preoccupied n
man as John harrington should
have chosen to delegate this part
of his work to a person of the fem.
inine gender will never be quite
satisfactorily ascertained, but when
Nadge Smith appeared timorousiy
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HOW JAPS MAKE A
LIVING FROM THE SEA
Much Palatable Food Well Valuabes Such Pearls
Are Cultivated, and Uncle Sam Will Take
Lesson Fro mThem.

WASHINGTON. Sept. 2O-In
the development of its fisheries
Japan is to become a model for the
United States.
This is the conclusion reached by
u special agent of our government.
sent over to investigate, namely
Deputy United States Fish Com
missioner Hugh Nj. Smith.
Our annual crop of marine vege-
tables is worth but $4,000 a year.
whereas in Japan these products
are worth no less than $2,000.000.
The gathering of kelp from the
rocks employs thousands of men,
women and children, and the "kom-
bu," as II Is known when dried and
prepared for the table. is as com
mon an article of diet in the Japa-
nese household as Is the potato in
the United States.
Agar-agar is a marine gelatin. be
ing the product left from boiling
certain pulpy seaweeds rich in gela-
tinous material There are 500 es-
Establishments in Japan devoted to
tile manufacture of ''kanten," and
the output last year was 100000
pounds, valued at s750,000 The
Identical algae from which 1t is
made abounds on our Pacific and
Atlantic coasts, but not a piece of
it is now utilized.
The Japanese are the only people
in the world to farm bed of the
sea. Half n million dollars worth
of palatable food is produced this
way A species of red alga, which
is, found in every part of the world,