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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-02-22
ALL THE ~ E VS.
from Som erSet towns
NOrridgew Ock

Almost sap weather. 1t ouly needs to
be a little warmer during the day
Mrs cyrus Bean IL qlite sick with
bronchitis this week
The sbject of the next meeting ot the
Village Improvement society which will
occur in their parlots n tho library on
the afternoon OF March 2nd, will be,
"Modern Inventions" and the committee
would be pleased 10 have the members
bring or wear sjmethiag IN represent
an invention, either modern OF ancient
Master Emory Dyer who has been
confined to the house for number of
days by Illness il abe - De oat again
Miss Neya johnson spent sunday
with friends IN Madison.
The remains OF Mr.. frank Taylor ar
rived here from Grand Rapids, MINI.
Saturday afternoon Of asst week and
funeral services, conducted bp Rev +.
q. Davis, ware held ia the Baptist
Church, Suoday afternoon At 30
The interment was in the south side
cemetery. Mr. Taylor vas born IN this
town July 10, 1865 and lived here until
1884 when he wont vest with his folks
The house on the main street where
while here ana was built by them
Elizabeth Taylor ,ud = sistet who i've
in spokane, Washington
By an error it Nas telOrted last week
that the operation performed upon
Miss Maud Emery for appendicitis wss
performed by Df rnaSer of Haterville
We are informed that the credit should
have been 20 Or + II beane IT this
place who was assisted by Or. Goodrich
and DR.. Town OF Watervlir. Miss
Emery is improving rapidly aud expects
to be about soon.
The corn supper gwen by Somerset
Grange supper IN the Odd Fellows din
ing hall was we'll attended. Corn cook
nd In all ways was in evidence but tho
very best to the writer, was hominy and
milk. After the supper free enter
tainment was in K. Of + dining hall,
consisting of patriotic and coon songs
the receipts go toward tho hall fund.
Mr.. Cyrus Bean Whose condition We
have noted from time 10 time, remains
about the same.
The third rank was confer red in Echo
Lodge No 1903, K OF p. GA Tuesday
evening of last week.
The steam saw mlii ABOVE inc to"n
on the Weober place mas Deeb trouoied
10 get enouKn ""loi - "top 'uu" ,hs
curing eno pasa "ooA - - ~. >. n t. ,aio
it running more than half of the time.
-, 49, vn,a., r,,n.o,a
NO nioe.!uH y. eno i"so atap,,o IS
Mrs. Annie Mills, Mrs Maria Hopkins
- -. ;r,a,aotin,,
nroaran, was nresented The matter of
bonsework and cooking was taken ND
and ,deaa exchanged Before the close
of the meetinp Mira Hopkins presented
each of the ladies' with i mandy h0lder
to be used IN handling not innings ABOUT
the stove.
The Christian Endeavor society of
the Congregational church will bold
their monthly social on Friday evening,
March second, in the vestry Of their
church.
M and Mira aorbnm BaileV have a
oirl hahv horn Fab 18th
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Emlbden

Sias Durrell, who is hauling lumber
in Bingham, was at home few hours,
sunday.
L. e Ward went to Flags aft the first
of the week to continue his work in the
woods.
r. " Ellis lost a nice horse last week
from a form of blood poisoning.
Ia haul poplar.
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Gard of Thanks.

We wish to express our thanks to the
many friends and neighbors, especially
those of Scion, for the many kind acts
and words of sympathy during the sick
moss and death of our husband, son and
brother.
Mrs. EMMA SQUIRE,
Mr.. and Mrs VALDUs SQUIRE,
Mr.. and Mrs. CLARENCE CLEMENT,
Mr.. and Mrs JOHN NoTTAGB
and family.
Kast Madison, Me-, Feb. 20. 1906
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BORN.

Cambridge -Februafys. to tue wife Of Sanl.
uei Watson. son.
MISUNDERSTANDING &c. to the wife of sum
ner McKechnie, q son.
Skowhegan- February 10. 10 the wife OF Il
W. Emerson. daughter, Alice Mae.
Athebs-Februafy 10, to the wife OF Thomas
c. Fox, a daughter. 10 lbs.
Pittsdeld Feb uary IL. 10 he wife OF Ed
ward X. Vail. a daughter.
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PRINT Err S.

boys who have partly completed their AIDE.
who are square. bright and ambitious to be-
come the BEST workmen in their line. Te
such who can furnish references, We can offer
a great opt ortunity TO perfect themselves.
Write us all about yourself, by whom employ
ed and how long. Address,
p. o. BOZ S32, Bangor, Maine.
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DIED

East Madison February D. Albion Esquire.
aged "a years.
Madison February IS. Mrs H. n. HolwaY.
aged ~ years
Fairfeld-Februafy 3. Mrs.. Amos Learned
>kowheEsn-F brusry &, Mrs. John )"
beIauO. aged years
skowhegan-- Febrasty IA, Jerry Connora.
aged 20 years.
Hampton. y H.=gebruary Is, Geo L Stew
ard aged b years
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Card of Thanks.

We wish to express our heartfe' t
thanks to the Degree OF Homer, the
Bloomfield Academy class, the members
OF the M. f church and the kind neigh
bors aud friends who 30 kindly assisted
US ia our recent sorrow and loss. y
their expressions Of evmpathy, acts of
Kindness and heautifnl hDwers.
Mr.. JOHN W. nELANO,
Mrs. FRED w. PALMER,
ARCHIE T.. DgLANO,
STELLA NJ. DRLArO,
LILLIAN Y. DELANO
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So Madison.

Mrs. Olive Ellis vas called to Madison
Saturday. to attend the funeral Of her sis
ter. Mrs Horace Hoiway.
Mr.. Carlton Wescott has bought the
Dickefson farm.
Mrs. James Wasson Is visiting Mrs
Will Wasson in Norrdgewock for few
weeks
Walter McKenney is going to Bingham
soon. to work painting
Mr.. A. H. Ward and vile were calling
on relatives IN Madison, Sunday
Ernest Wssson has gone 10 Gardiner
to work at his trade
Mr.. and Mrs, D W. oimonds went TO
Pitlsfeld. SATURDAY, 10 visit Mrs. ST
mond's sister. who - i'll.
There is to be an entertainment The last
day OF school on Ward Hin. ames
Wills is teacher, and We all expect tine
time
Mrs Emma Wescott and Mrs. Petley
McKenney went to Norridgewock. Tues
day.
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MARRIED

ssowhezau-F February 10. oy the Rev. +. j.
Leitch, Mr.. Fred NJ. Perkins and MI. Ida N
Goodnow, both OF skowhegan-
skowhegan February IL by The Rev. A. =.
Lacroix, Mr.. jos. Fountain aud Miss Camille
Bolduc, both OF Skowhsgsn.
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a m, Rev. o. q. Wyman from Bingham
being the officiating clergyman, speaking
words of comfort to the bereayed Her
remains were inferred in the family lot
1t r Mayfield cemetery.
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Brief NOTICES Of births, marriages lad death
WITHOUT charge.
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FEMALE COMPOSITORS.

can place a few good CompositorB in one OF
the oest offices in the country. Best OF wages
and good working conditions. Address with
particulars
P. o. BOX. S3l,
Bangor. Maine,
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{. F. Fairbrother,
Agent for Maine.
PROBATE NOTICES.

To All persons Interested in either he
Estates hereinafter nanod.
a l A PROBATE COURT Geld ct eko, he
Agan, in and for the County OF 80, set.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-02-22

A ton OF coal uow is better ,han two
tons OF granite hereafter
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\ GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES
Itching, Blind. Bleeding, ProtrudIng piles. Drug
gists are authorized u refund money II PAHO
OINTMENT fails to cure In 8 to II days. 800.
Svenska monitoren., 1906-09-07
Sioux City,.
Svenska M0Nitorens kontor
halles oppet fran XII. 7 till 9 hvarie
qvdH.
M0NiTOREkS 1ELEFUNNUMMER CTS

Itisdags b0rjade Diet nya las
aret i de allmanna skolofna, pa
hvilka en- stats val eller We i grund
och botten beror. vi hafva har
EFT godt skolsystem, och skolorna
afven besokas sa fitigt, att utrym-
met inom skolsalarnes vaggar man
gen gang blir trangt. Delta for,
hallande Dor utg0ra Ell sporre j.
synnerhet for foraldrar med barn
i skolaldern att hos stadsstyrelsen
energiskt yrka pa upplorandet at
hera skolhus for ungdomens upp-
fostran. Dylikt kostar nog pengar
och Diet blir en- dryg borda FOR
stadens skattebetalande invanare
att barapa,m men bordan kunde myc
ket val lattas genom att pafora
Svenska monitoren., 1906-09-07

vissa andra institutioner, som
ingalunda bidraga till en- hogre
moral och uppfostran en- Store
~"licence' for rattigheten att ext
sierra, vi hafva sagt, att vara all
mama skolor besokas raft hitigt.
Men undantag gifvas En- upp-
marksam betraktare kan ej undga
att lagga marke till den mangd
af grandernas barn, som isynner-
het pa qvallstid strafva omkring
och bedrifva all slags odygd. Det
ar i Diet forsta fallet foraldrarnes
och i dcty andra samhallets skuld
att m dylik sakernas till5tard far
existerna och att barnen ej hallas
i skolan. Hvem ryser ei pa mensk-
lighetens vagnar vid isynen at en-
tobakstuggande. svarjande tras-
varg pa alta eller ito ar, som blu.
kar gatans varsta bussprak och Ell
har nagon aning ON hvad tval och
vatten betyda? Hvilka medbor-
care skola dessa en- gang bli,
frammande for skolans uppfostran-
Svenska monitoren., 1906-09-07
Sch0OL Suits G. Knee Pants
saljas mycket bilIigt hos.
Larson-S Swan Dry Goods Co.

Larson-S swan Dry Goods Co.
Sioux City BreaOing COmbanys
arbetare streikade i onsdags med
undantag al eldarne, som vagrade
att ntdlagga arbetet. Orsaken
till stricken var den,ast bryggeri-
boIaget vagrat att inga pa nagra
at arbetarne uppstallda tordringar.
Stricken, som nog smart blir BIZ
lagd, kommer ej att hafva nagot
som helst inflytande pa afsattnin,
gen at Sioux City olet, som kom-
mer att floda lika friskt som ma
gonsin.
Fotografen Martha Youngberg,
hV,lken slog sig ned harstades Tor
omkring i ar sedan, har genom
sin skicklighet i yrket och sina
billiga priser mycket anlitats al
sina landSman svenskarne vid
forefallande behof af fotogra6er .
Han onskar derfor uttrycka sin
tacksamhet for Diet fortroende han
lyckats vinna hos sina kunder och
innesluter sig fortfarande i deras
~bevagenhet.
La60rdagen i mandags Trades
har med parad at de olika arbeta-
retoreningarne. Banker, kontor
och butiker hollos till storsta de
len stangda atminstone under Ger
senare delen af dagen. Pa efter
middagen hollos Iekar ute vid Ri.
verside park Bland annat forekom
kappatning at watermelon mel.
Ian Pojkar under IL ar gamla, som
hade handerna fastbundna vid ryg.
gen. Forsta priset i denna ada
failing toys af en- ung lands.
man vid Mann Carl Lundquist.
Tort och flint byggnadsvirke
hos Spalding, 3 & Court.
IIarpapp och taksran af basta
qvalitet hos SDalding
Svenska monitoren., 1906-09-07
I sjelforsyar.

Do major Hamth, red' kt6r och mana
ger af the Constitionalist. Ky, for fyra
Or sedan hade EFT valdsamt aufall af ha
morrhoider, k0pte han en- ask If Buck
lens Arnica Salve. hvarom han singer,
Den botade mig pa ito dagar och intel
besvar efterat". Den qvickaste bot foI
branusar, sar, skarskador och dylika d.
kommor. 15c 1 Lungren d Apdreens apo.
tex, Sioux City, "a.
Svenska monitoren., 1906-09-07
lie och sjalsodlande inverkan?

de OCn SlalSodlande lnVerRdn!
Foraldrar, hallen edra barn sko-
Ian! Delta ar den baSta arfvedel
l kunna gifva dem. Pengar kun
ma mistas, men kunskap ar en- e.
gendom, som, SAX Stamina huru lif
vet an gestaltar sig ,aldrig kan for
loras. Uppfostran ger lf och en-
h0Sre och adlare syn pa tingen an
brutal okunnighet och gifver af
ven den iysiskt svage krafter att
genomga lidanden och sorger,
for h7ilka den i okunnighet ned
sankte under Stamina omstandig-
heter skulle duka under.
Svenska monitoren., 1906-09-07

Prof. Henry M. Swan, Phi. B.
fran S enska M. E. Teolegiska
S]eminariet, Evanston, Ill.,, kom-
mel att ha la foredrag i svens a
metodistkyrkan tisdsgea den II
september 1906 Diver amnet.
En- "Amerikanares iaktta-
gelser i Vikingarnes land. Prof.
Swan ar nyligen hemkommen
fran Sverige, der han vistats ON
kring EFT ar och under tiden be-
s0kt Store delen af v8rt foster
land. For sin sanggafva Dir prof.
Swan allmant eGkand. Han
BONNER att upptrada med EFT
urvai at ~anslaende sangstycken,
Afven mansk0ren fran Augusta.
naf0rsamlingen kommer att gifva
nagra sangnummer. Intrade for
aIdre 25e, for barn Ioc. ALA
helsas hjertligt val<omna.
Svenska monitoren., 1906-09-07
an 0nskas

e%gendomar. Ingen erfarenhet DR. nodvandig.
ON Nj Dir vlllig att lata oss lara eder fastig-
hetsaffar. Lon 500 / manaden till irlig man,
SON ar villig att egna en- del af sin It'd at dem
ma affair.
Co-OPerative Land Go.
Andrus Bldg, Minneapolis, MINI.
Svenska monitoren., 1906-09-07
Gudstjenster.

Svenska miasionskyrkan, hornet ST Z
och Court streets. Sondagar: sondags-
skola XII. $50 {. M. predikan XII. 10 As
f. M, ungdomsmote XII. AIS 9. m, predi-
kan XII. 8 9. m. Torsdagar: Kort predi-
kan XII 8 e. N.
A. G.. SPORRONG, Pastor.
Bostad 1014 - z street.
/ den svenska baptistkyrkan, hornet af
10 och Virginia SITS. predikan hvarje SON
dag XII. 1915 I. M. och s o. m. ing
domsmote halles XII. 8 Q. m. B0nem0te
bvarje torsdsgsqvall XII. 8.
LJ0HANS0N, Pastor.
Svenska monitoren., 1906-09-07
~Personliga notiser,

Mr. och Mrs Martin Youngberg
hafva i dagarne aterkommit fran
en- veckas besok hos hr Young
bergs foraldrar vid Lake Mime
tonka, MINI.
Mrs E, Aronson SAINT miss Gun
hilda Fridell hafva aterkommit
fran en- lids besok i Akron. Ia.
Miss Florence Larson fran Al
ia Ia, ar har pa besok hos fru
VIM johnson, 1890 Jennings St.
Mrs VIM Johnson anlande i gar
fran Chicago tillika med sin dot
ter Gladys. hvilken undergatt be
handling for hundbett pa Pasteur
instituted deistades.
MI G.. A. Carlson har Arrest I'll
Onawa, hvarest han erhallit an
staining som speciell polisman
under den der pagaende fairen.
Svenska monitoren., 1906-09-07

Mossor och Hattar for 'Schoo
days Godt lager och laga priser
hos
Larson Swan Dry Goods Co.
Besokare till fairen inbjudas att
CORA mig EFT besok i behof atfoto-
CRATER. Martin Youngberg.
4 Gil Fourt Street.
Svenska monitoren., 1906-09-07

Tort och flint byggnadsvirke
hos SPalding, 3 & Court.
Svenska monitoren., 1906-09-07

Iiarpapp och taksran at basts
qvalitet hos SDalding
The Delta independent., 1906-06-29

men than he in the service, but he
stuck to them through thick and thin
and they appreciate it." The fire.
quency with which men state this as
u reason for success is significant.
1t shows that the man of the hour is
the faithful man, the man who makes
his employers interests his own and
whose loyalty never wavcrs.
Associated more Or less with all
these requisites and overshadowing
them all Is hard work. "For this" said
President james j. Hill of the Great
Northern Railroad Company, there Is
no substitute" You may be lacking
In ability, in personality or some
other way and still succeed; but II you
have not the capacity for hard work
you are doomed to failure.
Study the lives of great men and
you will see In ninety-nine cases out OF
hundred. their achievements are due
to the possession of this capacity.
William Il. Corey. the president OF
the United States Steel Corporation.
attributes his first success to mot be-
ing afraid to do So worth OF work for
81 When a laborer he wheeled so
fnnch more iron than the other work
men that he was soon made foreman
over them. The words hard work"
come nearer to holding the key to sue
cess than volumes OF advice.
The Delta independent., 1906-06-29

ing is reduced from taking the ten
cans to the creamery every day to
taking two cans Of cream every other
day. or three cans twice a week.
The hand separator allows the
dairyman to feed the skim milk to
calves or pigs within n few minutes
Of the time it Is drawn from the udder
and before the natural animal heat
leaves it. This saves warming the
milk and allows its use when it Is per
fectly sweet and fresh.
The hand separator saves hauling
skim milk from the creamery to the
farm, and it also saves the dairyman
from the risk Of getting milk from dis
eased cows to feed to his young stock.
This is not a great risk, to be sure,
but it Is worth considering. Tubcr-
culous cows are frequently found In
this country, and probably there Is
hardly creamery among the patrons
of which no cows suffering from
this disease could be found. II the
dairyman is sure OF his own cows
the hand separator saves him from
the risk of getting tuberculous milk
from the mixture In the milk vat ut
the creamery, from which he gets his
| skim milk when he delivers the Who'll,
! milk.
+ The saving in work is large item.
Instead Of ten cans to care for ana
keep clean and free from germs, there
| are only two. This saves labor and
the investment Of money in utensils.
At the low price at which hand sepa-
rators are sold, one will pay for itself
time and again before 1t wears out,
on the various items Of economy men.
toned above.
There is another item. The hand
separator Is rapidly bringing about
the centralization Of the creamery In.
dustry. Cream gathered from hand
Beparators Is now transported as far
as 200 miles to the central creamery,
and here 1t is made into butter NJ
much less cost than would be possible
IN the local creamery with limited
field in which to operate This allows
the creamery to pay better price for
butter fat and gives the dalryman
more money from his cows.
The man who keeps as few as five
cows will find 1t to his advantage ia
buy hand separator, especially il he
makes butter on the farm, for In such
a case the saving IN work Is much
greater than XRsre . creamery takes
The Delta independent., 1906-06-29
Cream Scpa aratOr on the Farm.

1t has been only few years since
the manufacturers of separators
brought out hand machines with the
definite purposes Of making them pop.
ular and selling them in large num-
bers, says the Farmers Wife In q
well considered editorial. From that
time to this they have gained friends,
and now it is rare to hear anyone say
anything against them, and when this
does happen one may be sure it comes
from some person who has been in.
jured by their use, and this is never
the man who provides.
The hand separator has so many
advantages over the creamery sepa.
rator that the whole creamery bust.
ness is being revolutionized and re.
The Delta independent., 1906-06-29

every one Of these projects there Is an
excellent opportunity for the use of
powerful traction engines. accom-
panied by gang plows and harrows.
These engines could be purchased and
managed by a number Of settlers or
they could be operated by one man
who would contract to do the work.
Up in the Northwest Territories
Michigan man is preparing to intro
duce this method OF custom plOwing
and cultivating. He is building plow
which will turn nine furrows, each
fourteen inches wide. and with trac-
ton engine which he has designed
will plow 33 acres per day. He has
already contracted for 2,700 acres mt
50 per acre for plowing. and expects
to close arrangements for much
larger area.
The Delta independent., 1906-06-29
UNITED STATES RECLAMATION.
Flowing by Co.Operative Traction
Engines.
BY C. ]. Blanchard.

A million acres will be added to the
cultivatable area OF the country during
the next three years, under the various
government irrigation projects. Most
OF this acreage is raw land upon which
the plow has never turned furrow.
Thousands Of new settlers will be To-
Gated there and for several years the
principal work will be clearing, level
ing, and plowing. to prepare the land
to receive the water.
Over vast stretches the sage brush
is the only vegetation. In other places
the bunch grass makes tough sod,
unyielding and hard to break. The
subjugation to agriculture Jpf this new
empire has attracted the attention OF
the manufacturers of implements and
machinery. They see in this work
virgin field for the products of their
factories. AS most of the settlers 60
ing upon this land are not in af-
fluent circumstances, and as feed for
stock will be scarce and costly. any
proposition which will eliminate the
necessity for the purchase OF horses,
plows and forage will naturally prove
interesting.
1t has occurred to the writer that In
The Delta independent., 1906-06-29
H0W TO HOLD A POSITION.
Promptncss, Loyalty and
Hard Work Are Keys to Success In
By II. J. HAPGOOD.
President OF Hapgoods.

President Of Hapgoods.
How to hold position? Do just rs
little work as you possibly can: take
no interest in the business; curse the
injustice of your employers when you
see younger men advanced over your
head. BY following these rules you
may hold n position ten years. but the
salary paid you and the responsibility
placed upon you will be little II any
greater than when you started.
But by holding position we mean
something broader and better than
this. We mean constantly Increasing
your employers satisfaction. steadily
developing higher ability and surely
advancing to larger and greater re-
sponsibilty.
My subject Is then really success
in business" and this, like success OF
any kind. is "untaught and unteach-
able" There are. however, certain
valuable hints to be gained by study
ing the careers of men who have sue
ceeded. Although the paths by which
these men have won success are wide
ly different. there are certain features
which stand out prominently In all OF
them. These / believe to be the es-
sentials for business success-prompt
ness. courtesy loyalty. hard work.
Promptness is the key note In this
age of hustle. Opportunity waits for
nobody. and the man who is always
little behind time is playing n losing
game. always there with the goods
| is one of the highest tributes that can
be paid modern business man.
"Haying the goods" Is the first con-
sideration, but this will avail little If
| YOU are not always there with them
when wanted.
In this connection good story is
told of Philip D. Armour and young
man who had just begun work for
| him. When on the first morning the
Young man reached the office at q
o'clock, he found his employer al
| ready there at work. The next MORN
| ing at $50 and the following morning
at 8 o'clock 1t was the same. At last,
| determined for once to be there first,
| the new clerk was there ut o'clock.
| When he walked into the office Mr..
| Armour looked up from his desk and
| grfmly inquired: young man. where
do you spend your forenoOnsT'
Business hours are not usually as
long as Mr.. Armour made them. but
| whatever they are they are rigidly OBJ
| served. Five or. ten minutes In the
morning, trivial as 1t may be itself, Is
| Il pretty sure lnulcatlOn OF tne uceTee
Of promptness you will show In more
important matters.
IL know of no Investment more GER
tain to pay large dividends than
courtesy" said II successful business
man the other day. and he spoke the
truth In the nerve-racking, endless
rush of affairs, there Is nothing which
leaves a stronger impression than a
pleasant word or Il kind net, especially
if 1t be something most men over.
look. Business courtesy IL largely a
matter of habit and Is one Of the
habits we can afford to cultivate.
In the army and navy loyalty IL nn
essential for success and 1t Ii no less
30 in the business world. Enthusiasm
and loyalty go hand In hand; man
cannot be really Interested In his work
unless he has an employer to whom
- II loyal. There are many brighter