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The Somerset reporter., 1908-06-11
How q Hat 10 sized.

c. writes that the size of a hat IL
calculated on a curious principle. II
is the length plus the breadth divided
by q Thus head es inches long and
5& inches broad would require a hat
size OF IAN divided by 2, which 10 TX
-Gladstone's size.
Your correspondent Q. lie perfectly
right In his description OF the curious
way In which the size OF hat u OBJ
tanned, writes O.. but his sample d.
mensions are slightly mislea ding Such
an oval" as 81 inches by 5aa inches
would scarcely be met with twice 10
a lifetime. The normal difference be-
tween the length and width technical
ly called the "oval") is invariably
through the gamut OF sizes ia inche&
Thus an ordinary 6% hat would meas
ure 71a inches long and 9 inches wide
and IN -four sizes bigger y inches
long and 6la inches wide. The longest
head / have measured in many thou
sands was s5s by rs, which is the
equivalent Of 2& inch oval Needless
to say, the inside Of the hat was the
shape Of canalboat Manchester
Guardian.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-06-11
Somerset Veterans, Association

The regular June meeting of the
Somerset Veterans Association will
be held at Grange hall, East Madison,
Thursday, June Is, at 1000 a. m. The
usual exercises will be in order
Ladies of East Madison Grange will
furnish dinner for 25c. Reduced
rates on the electrics each way 10
Lakewood, cross the lake by steamer.
The ladies Of the Auxiliary Will join
with the veterans in the full ENJOY
ment of the day. meeting open TO the
public. Comrades let US all be pre-
sent.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-06-11

This is the week of the annual en-
'campment of the Maine Grand Army
of the Republic at Lewiston, and
quite a contingent of the members OF
Russell Post are In attendance
Among them are past commando rs
Jefferson Savage, Isaac Dyer, Charles
Smith and Francis II. Wing, also the
two delegates of Russell Post, N. L.
Owen and James d. Emerson. The
Skowhegan gentlemen seemed to
understand that two candidates were
in the field for the Office of Comman-
der of the Maine division and their
sentiment apparently favored the
election of Col. A. S. Bangs of Angus
Ia, the gentleman who delivered the
Memorial Day Grafton here on NAV
Both.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-06-11

The difficulty in tinkering the
financial bill, reminded Senator
Robert L. Taylor of Tennessee of a
little story. He thought that before
our financial physicians get through
with the job they will have the
country in the condition of the old
man in his State who was very sick.
The doctor examined him and said
old man, you're dying-have you
any wish to express before you pass
over the river?' Yes the feeble
patient said, I wish l had got another
DOCTOR
The Somerset reporter., 1908-06-11
Caught by Elevator.

Frank Ennis, formerly employed as
a pressman in the REPORTER Office,
was caught Saturday by the elevator
of the Anderson Mills, where he has
been working for some weeks past,
his escape from serious or fatal injury
seeming almost miraculous. He was
waiting for the elevator to come
down and turned his head to look
upward for it just as it arrived at the
point to strike him in the face. A
gate guards the elevator shaft, to
about 80 inches from the floor, and
the descending platform of the ele-
vator pushed and drew him over this
gate and down to the edge of the
shaft The mechanism of the ele-
vator is such that when the platform
is arrested in its downward course
and the weight is thus taken from the
Just what happened in the present in
stance, Mr.. Ennis head, brought down
against the floor, sustained the weight
of the elevator car. Those at hand
reversed the machinery as quickly as
possible and rescued the young man
from his dangerous situation.
So far it seems that the only frac-
tured bones are of the nose and as in =
ternal injuries, which might reason
ably be feared, have not made them
selves manifest, it is hoped that he
may have escaped without them.
Mr.. Ennis is the son of Fred Ennis, a
postal railway clerk on the Boston
and Skowhegan run. The residence
of the family is on Leavitt street.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-06-11

Curious book titles are always being
rediscovered. mostly from that prolific
period the commonwealth. when sane
timony was supreme.
Thus: John Dances Better Thar
Peter; Peter Dances Better Than John
Both Dance Well' "a vicious attack or
the Jesuits, In FIVE volumesl. "a Sigh
For the Sinners of Zion. Coming From
a Hole In the Wall, by an Earthen Yes
sell Known Among Men as Samuel
Fisher" twas this how tayerns came &c
take the sign OF the hole in thu
?")-Londou Scraps.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-06-11

If JEFF Davis had lived to the
present time he would have been one
hundred years old. What a change
has taken place since his infamous
career! The States he led out of the
Union, and which emerged from that
struggle stripped practically of every
thing but the fertility of the soil and
the energies of the people, are to-day
more advanced in population and in
resources than the arch traitor would
have dared to hope had his plans sue
ceeded. In population they are as
strong as the whole American Union
was in 1850. The new industries of
the South, of which there were hardly
a trace before the war, are nearly as
valuable as the agricultural output
then was. And agriculture has also
steadily advanced in that section.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-06-11

The Republican national committee
is in full swing at Chicago, settling
disputed questions concerning the
make up of the coming convention.
The contests on, involve 229 seats in
the convention. A great lift was
given the candidacy of Mr.. Taft when
his delegates, "a in number were ad-
mitted from Alabama and Arkansas.
But his cause received a slight jolt
three days afterwards when it was
proposed to divide the Louisiana dele
CATION with the opposition, seating
both Taft and antiTaft delegates with
half a vote each. All the leading
candidates for President are estab-
fishing headquarters at Chicago.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-06-11

The country is to be congratulated
on the fact that the Republican
primaries in Iowa have settled the
fact that Hon. William B. Allison is
to continue United States Senator
from that State. Although in his
eightieth year, he has a mind as
clear and alert as man of forty,
with wealth Of experience that
only an accumulation of well spent
years can give. Forty six of those
useful years he has passed in the
public service as member of one or
the other of the two houses of Con-
gr' IS. May his continued service be
a blessing and benediction to the
country.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-06-11

The world has never learned the
name of the genius who conceived tbs
idea of spreading butter upon his
bread, a combination of food elements
more palatable. more wholesome and
more universally popular than any
that the combined wisdom OF all the
professors who have ever lived has
been able TO devise .-Epicure
The Somerset reporter., 1908-06-11
rha Old Old Story.

Old Lady (reading letter from her
son in college)-Lor' sakes alive, Jo
star, IL John hain't gone an done It.!
An he warn't no hand fer the gals
nuther!
Her Worse Half-Wut's the trouble
Samanthy?
Old Lady-Why, he says he's fallen
In love with Belle-er-Belle Lettres.-
Brooklyn Life.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-06-11
The First Monothaista.

80 far as we know. the Egyptian
priests were the first monothelsts,
There existed In Egypt two kinds of
religious teaching, the 'exoteric" and
the "esoteI1c." that for the masses OF
the people and that for the select few,
the little company of the wise" The
masses were polytheists. believing in a
multitude OF gods. while the few be-
lieved only in one god, OF whom Osiris,
head OF the popular deities. was but a
weak renection.-New York American.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-06-11

Nine. Y. wishes to secure new but
Ter. You know how 10 serve the ia.
bic and especially can you carve wellT
she asked an applicant.
Madam may rest assured OF it," be
replied. when one has been ten years
a surgeons servant in a dissecting
room one ought TO understand his bust
moss"
The Somerset reporter., 1908-06-11

High school commandments are
close at hand, and it is in order to
again caution the bright girls against
extravaganza in their graduating
dresses. The more simple and in
expensive, if selected with good
taste, are the most beautiful and
appropriate. Let the gems displayed
upon these occasions be gems of
thought, and the chief beauty be the
beauty of expression.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-06-11

F. Marion Crawford, the noted
writer, was recently seated at a
dinner next to a loquacious lady who
talked with him of the Immortality
of the works of certain authors no
longer among the living. Said the
lady to the novelist: "Have you
ever written anything that will live
after you have gomez" madam"
Mr.. Crawford replied, "what l am
trying to do is to write something
that will enable me to live while |
am here"
The Somerset reporter., 1908-06-11
skownEGAh MARKET.

rKicts rAiu toptesKs
Oty>-o5l2 Cts.
Wool nVa>hed rs SIS.
HlpEs AMI >klNs-Hite>, - &c 8 -'s. trimmed
VT. lamb skins &C I" &c L. sal >Nas' . &c =
i BftSs- Hand picked yellow eyes, 'sso &c s3se;
pea beans s.
RBvY-ON heel, to y Is
Pottrm-poais, &c &c 8, -. scr Be-, s-essn, a
TO l.
RoUSr Hot-7 -ts.
TN1oV-Raa-h, -t>. pet p.
RtrTrK-fif>l gaa'ity, sanfVt 5 &c g CTS PEI o.
F1Gs-ls is. Yer G,- ise>.
Por.raEs- Sc re- t->fe.,
CHHF>t-itl Il as Fei r
SErAIi NsEEeT.
T.-ry-sunac u Asa, Patent $50 to ss5s. wis-
Ter wheat "a, s. 20 &c g 60. Niner ~he-t so.es-
@'CosS-Si.7s Per bag meal and cracked sorn IS
ref bag; Ual> l. SIS eu.
e. : Mt4 Sl.cs Pet tag.
FfRu-Middlnss, nos per wi; Clutter, SIS TEL
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Srk'~C RRAS--SiS IS pei cWL
NlNtn kftp-Sl. per cst.
SNr Posk-ts cts 10; by The Bill, zoo os., Sse.oe
t'pFfsg-2o cts PER u.
E.~-tk- 20 10 rs cts. PER r,
Fcos-lS Is PER doI ilesf,
TtA>-25 10 oo It's per Il
-.ttrr--.o To = cts. per H.
I.ANn- Domestic a SIS Pafe. 70 SIS De"P7snd'
10 ctS.
StcAs -Grarola,et Sugar, be,, a45i,y = Hs. or
s. 60; Brown, rs lbs. tot SI.oos
p,rAroFs-ho tt>. yer t4>sc#.
Dv F'sa-eod, 20 &c IS per D. Fo.e-s' ssis'
NS'ONS-s -. ptr b.
Fu-I1k,-f,al,. &C ,is. gsi =; -s'r Is -. per
The Somerset reporter., 1908-06-11

The following is the complete list
of Bishops elected at the great
Methodist Conference in Baltimore:
Revs. Drs. William F. Anderson of
New York, Judson N. Nelson af Berea,
Ohio, William A. Quayle of Chicago,
Charles L. Smith of Pittsburg, Wilson
S. Lewis of Sioux City, Iowa, Edwin
H. Hughes of Green Castle, Ind,
Robert Mcintyre of Los Angeles,
Cal, and Frank M. Bristol of Wash
ington, D. G.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-06-11

A gentleman who has kept a sharp
eye on many things, says that one of
the evidences of hard times is that
horses are thin in flesh. He finds
that the amount of money in circu-
lation can be gagged by the prom
inence of horses ribs. When people
are prosperous they feed their ami
mails well, but when curtailment of
expenses becomes necessary, the
first place economy is practiced is in
the horses rations. Queer, isn't it?
The Somerset reporter., 1908-06-11
His Thanks.

II notice" said the young mans en-
ployer. that you are always about the
first in the Office in the mornings"
Thank you, sir
"Why do you thank mer'
"For noticing it."-Chicago Record
Herald.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-06-11
Baecalaureate Sermon.

Next Sunday witnesses the formal
opening of Commencement Week
with the Baccalaureate sermon al the
Island Avenue Congre gationa
Church, by the Pastor, the Rev. B. B.
Merrill. The services are to be in the
evening, at seven O'Clock and the
following program will be carried
out:
Prelude
Anthem. III uob QCaTtette
Responsive Reading
Gloria
Scripture Reading. Rev. T. A. IeItch
Prayer. Rev. George Merriam
Anthem church Z Iarietfe
Sermon. Rev. +. +. Merrill
Solo. Miss Elsie Walton
EeEedictou
HGstIude
The Somerset reporter., 1908-06-11
Standa For Many.

Boy-Cow is a noun. feminine gen
der third person singular, and stands
for Mary.
Stands for MaryT asked the master
In establishment
Yes, sir" responded the urchin,
with a grin, for II the COW didn't
stand for Mary how could Mary milk
the cow Y'-London Express.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-06-11

Known to be a defaulter, Charles
T. Muir, paying teller of the Forty
second street branch of the Corn
Exchange bank, New York, took the
way out of it that so many cravens
and towards are now doing, by
killing himself.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-06-11

Even a restaurant keeper in Boston
refused supper in his establishment
to a woman dressed in the newest
Partisan sheath gown. Has it come
to this, that the men are obliged to
instruct the women in decency.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-06-11

Little girls should be seen and not
heard, Ethel"
~ know, mamma. But II I'm going
to be lady when grow up I've got
to begin practicing talking some time
you know"-Yonkers Statesman.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-06-11

We know the rains have greatly
interfered, but it is not yet too late
to attend to the planting. Seed put
in the middle of the month will
assure a good crop of almost every
product raised on farm.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-06-11

1t is very common for bar tenders
where there are from six to eight
thousand saloons, there is Bar
tenders and Saloon keepers Total
Abstinence Society. Fully one-third
of the bar tenders and saloon ownerr
of Chicago are abstainers. In many
of the large saloons the proprietors
will not employ man who drinks.
There's a pointer.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-06-11

The New York department OF
agriculture announces that there is
an unusually active market for
abandoned farms in that state, two
million dollars worth having been
sold by the department this season
for the absent owners, largely to
buyers who intend to develop the
The Somerset reporter., 1908-06-11

Many night this June it has come
near the danger point on frosts but
no serious destruction of vegetation.
The recent warm wave gives vegeta-
ton a great boost.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-06-11

The first new potatoes come to the
markets from Florida. They are not
SO good as last years old potatoes
raised in Maine.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-06-11

The patients from the two insane
hospitals of the State have begun
their trips to Chase's Island and to
Widows Island. These afford splen-
did summer outings for these poor
unfortunates, better than all the
drugs that could be dealt out to
them.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-06-11
Use Bunk's Pills
For All Liver Troubles.
rs Cents a Bottle.

Owing to the avarice and greed OF
the publishers, however. who refused
to incorporate this incident In the story
unless paid regular advertising rates, II
was omitted. and the book went to
press in the garbled and incomplete
form with which the reading public Is
familiar.-Chicago Tribune.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-06-11

PA, these burglars that blew up a
store
go on"
Are they shoplifters ~ Kansas City
Times.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-06-11

AS outlined now by the leading
men in the party, and the press, the
platform to be submitted at the Re-
publican national convention at Chi
cago will strongly endorse President
Roosevelt and his policies. The
stronger they end orse him the better,
as the people believe in Roosevelt.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-06-11
The Natural Kind,

What sort OF steed do you suppose
was most popular during the days of
chivalryr
Il suppose 1t was a knight-mare."
Baltimore American.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-06-11
Wisdom.

Neighbor- Do you think your sister is
In love with Mr.. Simpkins? Little
Dora-Of course not She allows us
children TO remain in the parlor when
he callS.-Exchange
The Somerset reporter., 1908-06-11

The Standard Oil Company il not
out of it's troubles. The department
of justice, it is reported, is preparing
to bring new suits in Chicago on
charge of rebating, involving 3400
counts and possibly a maximum fine
of $4,000, 0c0. This would make the
$29, 900, 900 fine look like 80 cents.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-06-11

commencement at U. of M, this
week, where large and fine class is
turned out.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-06-11
One of the Largest Painters

in Boston recently said if he was 10
paint house at the seashore he
would use Monarch House Paint
instead of Lead and Oil because i
would wear longer.
"Monarch House Paint" does wear
longer.
The Blunt Hardware Co,
Skowhegan, Maine.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-06-11

The meeting of the labor unions at
Waterville last week, revealed the
fact that there are now so local unions
in the State.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-06-11

Entering life again as a private
citizen, Chas. E Littletield has good
starter in his income. He has been
appointed by the Supreme Court of
The United States to adjust matte.s
between Virginia and West Virginia,
whose s15,0oO,o0o is at stake. Mr..
Littleield's fees will be about $40, 900.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-06-11
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS
For Representative to Congress
EDWIN C. BURLEIGH
OF AUGUSTA

Did ever the green fields of the
country look more beautiful than
now?
The Somerset reporter., 1908-06-11

The reason widows are SO success
full with men is the y know the things
not to know about them.
1t is the hero in fiction who is
deferred from proposing because his
inamorita is rich
The Somerset reporter., 1908-06-11

Although woman's age is unde-
nlably her own, she does not always
own it.-Exchange.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-06-11

Some family trees seem never TO
bear anything but lemons. - Dallas
News.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-06-11

property. The abandoned farms in
Maine have been greatly on the
decrease the past few years.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-06-11

Talk about a "safe and sane
Fourth" If that means the elimina-
ton of fireworks, checking the BOOM
ing of cannon or the shrill crack of
musketry, the silencing of the hewgag
and the tin horn, the relegation to
the background of the torpedo and
the firecracker, then we are not in
favor of "safe and sane Fourth. :"
Some peoples idea of felicity in
heaven is in sitting on a cold cloud
singing psalm tunes. But we don't
believe the ever memorable and
glorious Fourth of July can be proper
ly celebrated by sitting in close and
darkened room, with blue glasses on,
reading Emerson's Essays on the
Rise and Destiny of Man. Such a
celebration is not appropriate. OF
course the boys should be careful and
not set fire to buildings, or MAIN hui
manity, careful not to start a conf1a-
grafton, continue to have respect and
regard for the happiness and safety
o. the community; but let them cele-
brate in the old fashioned John
Adams way. They will, anyway,
whether you let them or not. So, go
it, boys
That indeed is pathetic story of
William st. Jacques, small boy of
eight years in New York city. A
kindly man gave him a rose, which
he had looked upon wistfully while
on his way home from mass. He
fastened with it to his mother.
There shone within his eyes, when he
ran up to her with the flower, light
such as only loving mothers who look
deep into the souls of little boys can
see. He needed not to tell her that
he had run all the way home to give
the rose to her. She knew, in the
way mothers know those things, and
she stopped her work to kiss him and
look far down into those shining eyes
of his. Then the boy ran out to play,
with others, scampenng about the
East River pier. Suddenly a scream
went up that he was in the water. At
last he was caught, and brought to the
surface, but William was dead! Be-
fore sunset, in the darkened parlor,
the little boy lay in stiffness, with
the rose on his heart. Oh! the
pathos of life!
The Somerset reporter., 1908-06-11
More About Crusoe.

Robinson Crusoe had just discovered
human footprints on his island.
He followed them up,
They led him to a knoll overlooking
the sea on which somebody had put up
a billboard with this inscription paint.
ed upon it:
The Somerset reporter., 1908-06-11
The Somerset Reporter
Weekly Republican Newspaper
Published every Thursday at skowhegan' Me
BY ELMER e. McNEELIE

SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
When paid in advance.
.a.,a year .......SL50 Six months. ...........75e
o' Three months. ..............3Sc
The Somerset reporter., 1908-06-11

In New York city branch of the
Y. NJ. G. A. has organized vocation
bureau, to make scientific analysis
of the men applying for instruction,
so as to see what job fits him before
training him. This will be done by a
thorough examination of the heads.
The trouble heretofore has not been
with the schools, but many of the
boys beginning in the different
walks of life are misfits. Why isn't
that a good idea to introduce down
here in'Maine, where SO much educa-
tional effort ON certain individuals is
wasted.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-06-11
Yes and No.

Are you able to keep a cook
Financially. yes; diploma ueally
no. "-Washington Herald.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-06-11

President Roosevelt had close
call, the other day, when he was out
horseback riding, having mounted q
fiery untamed steed. He was thrown
onto some rocks in a running stream,
the horse rearing and falling over
also. The President had his good
luck with him, extricated himself
remounted, and rode for an hour and
half before returning to the White
House. The President didn't give
the item to the newspapers, but ii
leaked out. The Presidents wet
clothes were out on the line that
afternoon.
The Somerset reporter., 1908-06-11

Footing bills dosen't necessarily
tire a mans feet.
Everything comes to him who
waits" unused the man in the
restaurant; "but it comes cold.0
The Somerset reporter., 1908-06-11

cards OF Thanks, Resolutions OF Respect
- Isis of presents accompanying accounts
- weddings, receptions, anniversaries, etc,
U,nserted at cents per line; poetry with obit-
nary notices, 10 cents per line. NO charge
less than 50 cents.
VIII our mailing list OF nearly 5000 names,
.,hseribers writing the REPORTER with re-
1aJd TO their subscription must be sure to
a. ax actly the postoffice address to which
he naper is going, including the number OF
+ p. route, II delivered by rural carrier.
rms is especially important when change
- dress is requested but should also be OBJ
ssrVea when making remittances and at all
other times
Address all communications to
The SOMERSET REPORTER Skowhegan, Me.
G r. EMERSON. Travelling Representative
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sl.75 If paid within the year.
EGO will be charged II not paid until
end of the year
The Somerset reporter., 1908-06-11

ENTERED AS SECOND CLASS MAIL NATTER
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r. EMERSON. Travelling Representative