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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1906-12-20
Christmas With
The SkyD weIlers
The First Stop on Santa
Claus Reindeer
Route.
ITO land mortlng reindeer skin

TITO land mortlng reindeer skin
hand On the roof OF a New York
skyscraper requires pretty skill
full handling OF the lines. but
Santa Claus Is the man who can do 1t
without Earring a brick off the chin
neys. Why should he want TO stop at
such a queer depoti you ask. Because
there are hundreds OF little children
living right In the very center Of New
York who have never pressed their ten
der feet upon the brown earth. climbed
trees, played in the grass or expert
enced the thousand and one pleasures
so common to everyday life. They live
above the clouds. twenty stories or more
above the real things Of the world. but
nearer by those twenty stories to the
stars, the angels-and Santa Claus
Their aerial dwellings are his first
stopping places on his annual Christ.
mas journey through the atmosphere.
Born hundreds Of feet above the
haunts of ordinary mortals, these little
ones often pass years of their lives in
their dizzy homes without a thought
OF what is going on so far below them
Their fathers are the superintendent.
engineers and janitors of these lofty
buildings. Upon the very roofs of these
great pillars of steel cozy, home breath
ing cottages have been erected.
Here, right up against the sky. the
children live and play from morning
until night They never miss the green
fields and the tall trees, for they have
never known them. Their Fairgrounds
are the expansive roofs of the big
buildings. and they are as free as the
air.
While the smaller children pass their
early years at home with their moth
ers twenty stories above every body
their older brothers and sisters attend
school with the little ones living far
down on the streets. In the evenings
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they tell a gaping crowd Of sky dwell
ers the sights they have seen while
going to and from school The sky
scraper twins" who were born on top
of one of New Yorks highest build
ings and who SO far have gone through
life together as they started upon the
journey, often think Of the great day
to come when they will 20 down the
elevator and be among the toy people
they have seen SO far below them
crawling along the sidewalks.
These twins, who are the pride. OF
course, of their father and mother,
have never been away from the roof
on which they were born. Life has
been one short and happy dream TO
them. They do not know what a street
car really looks Ike. for they have
merely seen the shapeless. dingy roofs
of the az" trains as they squlrm along
their crooked ways like some short.
thick snake with square head and tail
They are full of health and have rosy
cheeks and big, dancing. bright eyes
This means that they eat well, sleep
NCll anu CuJoS nv AA'A Z "a u 7''7ffA "
and swings high up among the clouds
on some of the skyscrapers and tho
ever present little red express wagon
so dear to the small boys heart Races
are run on the iron roofs. and top spin.
ming and marble playing are favorite
sports.
There are deaths on the tops or the
skyscrapers rs we'll ms births one OF
the saddest OF these was That n "a little
boy who had gone down 10 tire street
for the first time to play and was
crushed to death by "a heavy truck
A family of nine children born 70 one
couple who have lived on the same root
for nearly forty years shows that race
suicide has It's enemies there Five OF
these children have grown 10 man.
hood and are In the public service as
policeman, fireman or mail carrier.
Dogs and cats are numerous on the
skyscrapers The children there are as
well OF for four footed playmates "a
those on the earth Some have never
known anything else bat the roof.
where they play by day and howl all
night long To their hcart= content
New York Times
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AT THE "FOREIGN" WINDOW
How Uncle sans stepebttdren Re-
member "oId Counfrytf Friends.
t.IIn,na al f,,fI.~nH

How Uncle sans stepehiidreH ne
member "old Country. Friends.
Hone and mother
These magic words nre responsible
for the sending out Of cleveland daily
al this season OF the year Of thousands
of dollars At the window over which
Ii the word Foreign IN the money
order office NJ the postotllee. contin
uous string - people patiently await
their turn to send sums varying from
50 to So TO loved ones living in what
they lovingly call the old country"
Out of their bounty CleYeand's adopt
ed children are sending something 10
cheer up those who are living in less
favored climes. From week to week
they lay small sums aside as the end
OF the year approaches When they
have accumulated the necessary
amount they troop down to the post.
office, the one bank In which foreign
ers have absolute confidence. and send
to mother, father, brother or sister the
tokens of their regard Distances are
SO great that the actual money is much
more appropriate than any of the gaudy
articles which would naturally be for.
warded.
Me getta twenta dolls worth" ex-
planned one woman as she elbowed her
way gradually to the window
WHAT demanded the clerk. He is
required to understand everything
Me wanta twenta dolls" repeated
the woman.
ooh. you want to send $50 home"
explained the c,erk.
The woman siguiied with her head
that she certainly did want to send
some money home. Tightly clutching
Der check, she made break TO mail the
order Her face was lighted up with a
glad look.
'Who are you sending it to-" asked
the clerk of the next IN the line.
"Mudder," says the woman 1t is the
only word she utters as she lays down
two ten-dollar bills. Enough said. She,
too, clutched her order as if it was a
pardon from death and hurried away
to mail 1t.
Russians IN large numbers, Italians.
Germans and Irish are among the daily
throng that seeks to make the loved
ones at home happy.-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
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NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE,

Mhereas Walter Gushing. then of Skowhegau,
IN me County OF Somerset ana State of Maine.
10y MS mortg &c deed. dated the twelfth day Of
April A. d. 1915, and recorded in the Som.rset
Registry OF Deeds, boos 2ls. page $50, CONVEYED
20 the Undersigned. a certain parcel of Teal es-
tate situate IN said SkoWhegan and bounced as
70 lows, TO VIII. on the north hv Bridge Street
on he east by the keu nehec River; on tbs south
by land Of, OF occupied by Edward Wilson aud
ON the west by land of Augusta +. Turner. and
10y land of ", Gould and being The homestead
OF the late samuel Parker; and whereas the con-
dition OF said mortgage has been broken, nov
therefore by reason of the breach OF the candi-
ton thereof claim foreclosure Of said mort
gage
Dated at skowheg2n this twelfth day of Dec
Ell her A. u. 1906
Somerset Loan X building Association
ow5o BY f F. DANfoRTH. Treasurer.
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Edible chrtstmns Novelties

A housewife whose purse is light, but
who makes delicious things to eat.
planned this original Christmas for her
young friends: A box of animal cookies
to the family with three small boys,
homemade candy and stuffed dates to
college youths and maidens, two indi-
vldual plum buildings to the dear old
lady who keeps house by herself, loaf
of salt rising bread and one Of nut
bread to the bride serving her first
Christmas dinner and basket of
doughnuts to the eastern chap spend
Ing his first holiday season away from
home Mlnce pies and pound cake
were among her gifts. All these went
done up in the most attractive manner
Chicago Record Herald.
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The appearance of the Salvation
Army Santa Clauses on the streets of
New York are the occasions of many a
curious little scene when the children
espy them. In Twenty-third street a
little girl suddenly rushed up to the
patron saint Of toys and children and,
thrusting into his hand a quarter, cried
out Here, Santa Claus, take this;
don't want you to forget me-" and
was back to the side of her mother
again In an instant The little lass had
tried to bride the saint.
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JOHN" SHE SAID, "sHE IS OURS.


times one went home without the 9th,
err their offerings We're no longer one,
but sepa@ate gifts, and they disagreed
in class meeting upon matters of doc
trine The pastor "labored" with them
because of their example to younger
married couples.
This enraGed John, who told him that
neither of them would come to church
again and asked for their letters.
When. however. the pastor WAS gone
he turned fiercely on his wife. He
said it was her behavior that had
brought notice upon them, and she said
that if he was ugly at home She for
her part, was not a hypocrite and
would not pretend abroad that all was
right between them.
Then each threatened to leave the
other and finally they talked of divid-
ing the property. At this they quar-
relied more fercely than ever, not from
selfishness. for each wanted the other
to have the larger share On this John
Bowen insisted until some devil
prompted Mary to say his generosity
was only for the purpose of putting
mercenary. Then they saw lawyer,
a kindly man. who failed to reconcile
their differences. and from trying to
divide the property each got more and
more angry until finally Mary had the
papers drawn up for divorce. and
John filed cross claim. Neither would
have the papers served Just then
There were things to be attended to.
and then the children must be told.
Somehow neither one OF them could
bear to tell the children, and more
than once they were on the verge of
making up. SO 1t happened that it
was almost Christmas time and still
nothing was done about II. However,
the pastor finally wrote to their daugh-
ter Mary, asking her If she could not
reconcile her parents to each other,
md she wrote to her brothers aud sis
and talked 1t over and concluded TO
adopt plan evolved by Mary. who
probably understood the root Of the
trouble better than the others
This daughter. her mothers name
sake, had three fine children. Paul had
four. and Elizabeth had two, one too
small to leave its mother
At the little home of the old people
all was gloom The old man was sort
Ing and destroying old papers. and his
wife was mending and arranging and
cleaning her already clean house. She
was bound to leave / % husband com
Portable and was convinced that no
one would properly look after his fan
nels and his rheumatism when she had
gone to her daughters. This she had
fully purposed to do. for she would not
put him out of his own house He was
equally obstinate about leaving II to
her
Two days before Christmas Mary
began to cook. with all her experienced
skill, pumpkin and apple and mince
and squash pies fruit cake and layer
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1t Is said that at least three-fifths of
lhe 100000 or more Christmas trees
used In America each season grow on
the bleak hillsides OF eastern and
northern Maine. Thousands of young
farmers and timbermen make good In
comes by cutting and shipping the
trees. The Christmas tree business In
Maine began only about thirty years
ago, with four schooners to carry the
cargoes Of trees. Now many times
that number of vessels are engaged
in the trade Most of the trees sent
from Maine are frs.
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Mr.. Virgins, old boy, we
have raised $50 to get the boss a
Christmas present, and we want some
thing that will make show for the
you know. Can't you suggest some
thing
Wiggins-Sure. Buy $50 worth of
rice and boil it-Men and Women.
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SANTA CLAUS WORKSHOP.
Curious Corner of Toyland Ia the
Austrian Village ST. Ilrich.

Curious Corner of TOyland la the
Austrian Village ST. Ulrich.
Tourists wandering out of the beaten
tracks of their kind occasionally come
to little village In Austria which pre-
sents the aspect of a corner of toyland.
The name of the village is ST Ulrich.
and nearly all of its inhabitants are
tOymakers. Each household, too, has
Its specially. One old woman has done
nothing but carve wooden cats, dogs.
wolves, sheep, goats and elephants.
She has made those six animals her
whole life long, and she has no idea
how to cut anything else She makes
them in two sizes and turns out as
hearly as possible thousand of them
Il year.
She has no model or drawing OF any
kind to work by, but goes on steadily.
unerringly, using gauges of different
sizes and shaping out her eats, dogs,
wolves, sheep. goats and elephants
with an ease and an amount of truth
to nature that would be clever If they
were not utterly mechanical.
This woman learned from her moth
er how TO carve those six animals, and
her mother had learned. In like man
ner, from her grandmother. She has
taught the art to her own granddaugh-
ter, and so ii may go on being trans
mitted for generations
In another house one will find the
whole family carving skulls and cross
bones for fixing at the bases of cruel
fixes, for the woodcarving industry
has its religious as well as It's amusing
side In other houses are families that
carve rocking horses or dolls or other
toys and in still other houses whole
families of painters.-London Tit-Bits
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Hangin of the mistletoe - that's where
Love Is led,
An amt his cheeks as rosy as the holly
berries red
An his eyes they shine like starlight, an
the sweetest word that's said
He whispers meath the mistletoe an
holly.
Hangin of the mistletoe-an take your
rosy place.
Laughin' lips an bright cheeks, where
the dimples love to race
An listen to that story that holds heaven
In Its embrace
whispered meath the mistletoe an
holly!
Atlanta Constitution
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BankIupts Petition for Discharge.

Rant ruPt, Ia bankruptcy IL
To The Hon elareuo+ nale Judge Of the DIS
trlet curt Of the tnite1 2tAtes for the District
OF Maine.
Fred v Carney Of pittsheld. IN tha
County Of somer@et. and State Of Name IN saia
district respectfully represents. that on the
18th day ef epUmber iAst past he was duly Nd
judged bankrupt under the Acts OF Congress-
relating 70 bankruptcy; that be has duly sur
rendered al his property and rights Of properly
ana has FULLY complied with ali the rec nents
o. eSid Aets and Of the orders Of Court touching
his bankruptcy.
Wherefore he prays, thar he NAV bs decreed
by the Court 10 have fun discharge from All
debts proYabie against his estate under said
bankruptcy Acts. except such debts as are en-
cepted by law from such discharge
1000. Date7 this l%sh day of November, A. D.
Fred W. Carney, Bankrupt
ORDER OF NOTICE THEREON.
DIsTRICr OF MAINE, as
On this 18th day OF December A. d. 1910 on
reading the foregoing petition, 1t is
Ordered by the Court, That hearing f.e baA
upon the same on the 4th day of January A
D. ia l. before said Court AZ Portland. In saId
'Istiict a. /. clocE IN The forenoon; and that
lotice thereof lie published in The .merset
reporter, Newspaper printed in said District
ana that All known creditors, and other l.ersons
n interest, may appear at the said time and
lace, and show cause, If any they have wby the
'ra!e1 Oh salo petitioner should not be granted
Ana IL IL further ordered BY the Court That
ne Clerk shall send by mail to all known, cred.
thrs copies OF said petition and this order ad.
stated. 80
Witness the Honorable Clarence Hall Jndra
81 the said Court, and the seal thereof, al Port.
land IN said District, on the 18TH day of
December. A. d. 100.
true copy of petition and order thereon
'"5l Attest: JAMES r AEWEY Clerk
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COMMISSIONERS NOTICE.


December eth, A. %. 1895
We. the undersigned, have neeu q uIY ap-
pointed by the honorable Augustine simmons
Judge OF Probate within ard tor said CHupty,
Commits sioners to r. GIVE and eide upon the
claims oi the creditors = eander Cooley ate
OF Bingham in ssid County. deceased whose
estate has been repress ii so v-Lt. hereby
give pubic net &c sgTeesbly to the order of
the said Judge OF fr bate. that SIX months
from snd alter Move mber 3 h Ia have been
allowed 10 ssid creditors to present. anc prove
their claims, and that VII a tend 10 the
duty assigned us at the ofice OF W K Jordan
in said Bingham on he dsy o. February,
]. o. and en- the 18th day Of May. 1907 1T ten OF
the clock in the tore noon Of each OF said DAYS
ARTHUR (. nlNSMoRt, fror,,,isstors-.
WALTER (. ROBINSON, Com ID isslohefs.
3wto
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A son soap Is better than hard luck
When you die The world viii keep right
90 going around
Marry a soubteile If you, are partial to
good kicking and poor cooking
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FOLEY'S
HONEYA''D TAR
The original
LAXATIVE cough remedy.
Far coughs, colds. throat and lung
troubles. No opiates. Non-alcoholic.
Good for everybody. Sold everywhere.
The genuine
FOLEY'S HONEY and TAR is in
sYeilow package. Refuse substitutes.
Prepared only by
Foley d Company, Chicago.
=. ". BUCHANAN d c. q. FoCC,
Druggists.
! Think
1t Would Save
s u F F E r IN G
Bangor, Me-, Mar. 8. 1884,

Dear Sirs:- Bangor. Me-. Mar. 3. 1904,
Have used your 81. F." Medicine; ]
AN truly say it has done me lots of good.
feel it a duty to offer a testimonial.
vas troubled with Biliousness of the worst
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found relief in a short time. | think il
he people used it more it would be a
reat saving of doctor bills.
respectfully yours, Miss c. L. PINKHAM.
You and your family can be saved much
differing by the prompt use of 81. F"
Atwood's Bitters. - Dyspepsia, Impure
Blood, Biliousness and Headache yield
its safe, specific action.
TnET Colored Postal Cards. 50 subjects.
Il = p Write us. H. II. Hays Sons,
! fsks kss Selling Agents. Portland. Me.
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Over slrtn Nnnt

Mas. WiEsLoWs s8oTuINo ~fRuF has urt O.
used tor over 80 years by millions uf mutkers
Tor their children while teethluKl with perfect
success IL soothes the child ,softet the gums
Rllays all pain, cures Sipd collie. and ts a. e
best remedy Tor Disfrhota- u Viii relieve the
poor little sufferer Immediately, soil by
Druggists ga every part oi the world. I've nty
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Kind.
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STATE OF Quo. CRY OF TOLEDO,

Lucas COUNTY. -
Frank J Cheney makes oath that he is senior part
ner Of the firm of F. j. Cheney & Co. doing business
in the City OF Toledo County and State aforesaid and
that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED
DOLLARS for each and every case OF cataIrh that
cannot be cured by the Of Halls CatarIh ure.
FRANK J CHENEY
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence
this 9th day Of December, A. d. 1886.
(SEAL) A. w. GLEASON
NorARY PUnLc.
Halls Catarh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces Of the system. Send for testimonials
free. F. J. CHENEY & CO. Toledo. o.
Sold by all Druggists, 7sc.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
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FASTlDI0US WOMEN

consider Paxtine Toilet Antiseptic a
necessity in the hygienc care of the
person and for local treatment OF
feminine ills. As wash its cleansing,
germicidal, deodorizing and healing
qualities are extraordinary. For sale
at Druggists. Sample free, Address
The X, Paxton Co, Boston, Mass.
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The thousands of cents or nlckels or
dimes dropped into the Salvation
Army's iron kettles under the red tri-
pods at the street corners In New York
city last December provided Christmas
dinners for fully 28.000 poor people,
and 450 were supplied with clothing
AuhliC
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Public speakers are frequently inter-
rupted by people coughing. This would
not happen If Foley's Honey and Tar
were taken. rs it cures coughs and colds
and prevents pneumonia and consump.
ton. The genuine contains no opiates
and is in yellow package. F. w.
Buchanan and g. r. Fogg.
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Passed Examination Successfully.

James Donahue, New Britain, Conn,
writes; tried several kidney remedies.
and was treated by our best physicians
for diabetes, but did not improve until
took Foley's Kidney Cure. After the
second bottle | showed Improvement,
and five bottles cnred me completely.
have since passed a rigid examination
for life Insurance" Foley's Kidney
Cure cures back ache and all forms of
kidney and bladder trouble. r. w.
Bucknam and G. r Fogg.
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The MerchiIdren's Lament.
Little Slssie Mermaid
In the deep was weepingi
Little Johnnie Merboy
Company was keeping.
Cause of their bewailing3
We admit 1t shocking
They can never. never
Have a Christmas stocking
New York Herald.
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We are always meeting people who re-
call Incidents that we had hoped they had
forgotten.
II is Interesting for a man to look
through his old t fec if for no other rea-
son than he will see that he is not as big
fool as he used to be.
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Notice Of First . Getting of Creditors.
the District Court Of the United states IN,
the District Of Maine

-. T. lht credltoTs OF Wills z. Ginord
OF falrneld In the County OF Somerset
Anc District aforesaid, bankrupt
Nouce Is hereby given that on the 18th dRT
OF December, 4. u. lsU6, ssid Willis E Clifford
was duly sdludiCated BANKRUPT and
that the first meeting OF bis creditors will be
heid a. Danlel Lewis Office, In SkowheRap
Maine, OF the 5th Gay OF January A d. 1891
81 ~ o'clocf in the forenoon. at which time the
said creditors may sttend, prove their claims
appoint trustee. examine the bankrupt snd
Auu transact such other business as may pro-
perry come before said meeting
December l.. A. D.. 1876 lub
DAN.tL L MIs. Reieree IN BankrnltcE
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Wanted.

Young married woman. DESTROYS OF earning
4 little extra money. TO help one forenoon a
week IN the care OF modern home, and ueea-
sionally at meal time. &c Al hour.
ApplN al THIS OfflCE.