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The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-07-30
LOCAL MENTION

Clair Marston arrived home yester-
day from a visit with relatives in
Texas.
Mrs. \. A. Weeks of Newton, Mass,
is visiting her sister, Mrs. J. A Trask
of this place for few weeks.
a. c. Clark of Boston, passed Sun
day with his family at the home of F.
B. league, on the Waterville road.
Mrs. Carl O. Childes of Medford,
Mass, arrived here last evening for
visit with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
n. L. Owen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ned Bickford, Miss
Belle Sanboru and Mr.. Bert Jewett,
left here yesterday to enjoy an outing
at Smithfie1d Pond.
Miss Sadie Pennell left by way of
the Somerset road for Moosehead
Lake this morning, to be the guest of
Miss Hazel Holden at lockwood.
Mrs. Annie E. Harville of Auburn,
who has been visiting at the farm of
her son, Geo. E. Harville, in the Big
Glow hill neighborhood, is to return
home Saturday.
George Belongia, formerly of this
place, now shoe manufacturer and
contractor of Lynn, Mass, returned
home Tuesday, after brief visit with
Skowhegan relatives.
! Dinsmore & Bickford have just sold
three of those celebrated Haines
Bros. upright pianos, the kind that
are SO often used and highly endors-
ed by Patti, Nilsson, Sealchi, Ole Bull
and many other great musicians.
Miss Minnie X. Brown, who had
been in town since Monday as the
guest of Miss Bessie Allen, left for
Portland where she will be the guest
of E. L. Walker and family before re-
turning to her home in Boston.
Miss Margaret Dennet of Water
bury, Me-, is visiting Miss Maude
Merrill of this place. Miss bennett
was one of the teachers at Mexico,
Me-, in the same building where Miss
Merrill taught during the past school
year.
/ Mrs. Geo. B. Grover and her son
Fred L. Grover, both of Lynn, Mass,
left Skowhegan on the 1928 train,
Thursday, for Fairfield after four
weeks sojourn at Lakewood. They
will remain two weeks in Fairfield,
and then return to their home.
w. r. Bartlett of Lewiston arrived
Monday and will pass part of his
vacation with relatives here and at
HAYDEN Lake. He was formerly con-
ductor on trains u and 10 between
this town and Portland, but is now
numbered among his city's most sue
cessful business men.
Yesterday was Dolly's Day at the
Sewing School, fifty dolls and seventy
one children being present. The en-
pertaining exercises for the dolls, in
ending visitors from foreign lands,
were much enjoyed by all. Mrs.
Elizabeth Foster OF Waterville was
present and gave a short talk.
Some men have no social conscience,
and others have none of any descrip-
ton.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-07-30

Every once in a while, when GER
tain sensational journals are short of
matter, some one is sent into the State
to write up the workings of the Maine
liquor law, particularly to notice its
defects, lack of enforcement, etc
The latest effort is that of the author
of "Peck's Bad Boy" humorist of
the first water. He visited several
larger cities and towns and actually
stopped day or two. His published
testimony is against the prohibitory
law, and he ridicules the people and
caricatures their conversation, ways
and manners. How worthless is such
testimony! A man might as well
visit one of our numerous lakes, try
the fishing for half an hour without
getting bite, and then leave in dis
gust, declaring that there are no fish
in the lake. The older residents of
the State have become used TO these
filings by tramps. They have lived for
scores OF years under the benign in
f1uence of the prohibitory law, and
realized its blessings. They are liv-
ing witnesses to its great benefits in
outlawing the grog shop. They have
seen the traffic banished from gro
Gerry stores, where it was sold as free
ly as -four. They have seen the
blessings of the law in the home, the
church and the school. They know
that prohibition poorly enforced is
much better than license.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-07-30
MIS-. Cynthia White Steward.

The many Skowhegan friends 81
Mrs. Cynthia Steward were deeply
gfieved 10 learn Of her death which
occurred suddenly yesterday after
noon at the home Of her daughter
Mrs.. Edw. W. Heath in Waierville
The deceased was a representative
both IN her own birth and by her
marriage, Of we'll known families,
members Of which have been closely
identified with the early history and
later development Of this community.
She was born in this town nearly
seventy three years ago, the daughter
Of Constantine and Cynthia White, and
practically all her life was passed
here. She Was married about forty
one years ago to Hiram S. Steward,
who died in 1901, and all their mar
ried life was passed in the family
home on Madison Avenue.
None Of Mrs. Steward s brothers
and sisters are now living. The
members of her immediate family
who survive are her son and daughter,
John w. Steward of this place and
Mrs. Edw. W. Heath of Waterville
and Frank r. Steward and Mrs. W.
B. Steward both of Skowhegan, a
step son and daughter. The relation
ship last mentioned was strengthened
by the fact that the Mrs. w. B.
Steward and Frank r. Steward were
the children of the sister of the de-
ceased, who was the first wife of
Hiram S. Steward.
The deceased was for many wears a
member of the First Baptist Church
of this place, contributing to its
growth and usefulness by faithful and
devoted service. She was charter
member of the Skowhegan Womans
Club and had served on its board of
directors. A woman of refined
tastes and manner, devoted mother
and kind neighbor, she won and re-
tanned the highest regard of all who
knew her and will be widely and sin
cerely mourned.
Brief services will be held at Water
vile, at the residence of the daughter,
Mrs. Heath, and the funeral will be
observed at the family home on
Madison avenue, tomorrow at eleven
O'Clock. The family lot in the
North Cemetery will be the place OF
intermenu
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-07-30

The chief argument" of the Wa
terville Sentinel against it's political
opponents is to abuse them. 1t seems
10 have particular personal crouch
against Congressman Burleigh of this
District, and of this the Belfast Jour
nal says
"Congre ssm an Burleigh's chief
offense in the eyes of this hostile
critic seems to be that he is not an
orator. But oratory, while it has its
uses, and abuses, plays very small
part in affairs at Washington today.
1t is work that tells-work on COM
mittees, in the departments and on
The floors of Congress. Personal in
f1uence counts for far more than a
flow of words. Business ability is the
chief requisite in the Congressman
of today, and to answer at every
roll-call is more to the purpose than
a set speech or permission to print.
If Congressman Burleigh has neglect
ed any of the manifold duties devolv-
ing upon him as Representative from
the Third Maine district we have yet
to hear of it. Not only has he looked
zealously after the interests of the
towns and cities in his district, but
after the interests of his constituents
n d " id u lly-notably in pension
cases-as many can testify. His
personal influence on the floors of
Congress and in the departments is
second to none, and his industry and
integrity are unquestioned. He will
without doubt be returned to Con
gress by an increased majority"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-07-30

A calm contemplation of the figures
show that Bryan can have no hope of
carrying the country. The Dem
ocrats have no real expectation of
carrying New York, New Jersey or
Connecticut, or in fact any State
north of Maryland and east of Indi-
ana, and it would be waste of time
and money for them TO try to do SO.
From the solid South, Bryan can only
receive total of 166 electoral votes.
He must get 76 more in order to get
the 242 necessary to be elected Pres
ident. Where in the world can he
get them? Suppose he should carry
Iowa and Wisconsin (the Democrats
are loudly claiming the latter State j;
then the Republicans could afford to
swap these two for New York and
New Jersey, and then elect their
candidate and have votes to spare.
Figure it any way you please, you
can't make out a Democratic victory
this year. Bryan's nomination will
only help his pocket book and keep
him permanently before the public.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-07-30

1t is reported that gentlemen rep
resenting s3o,OOO,oO capital in Ger
many, England, Scotland, Canada and
the United States, are to invest large
ly in our State the coming autumn.
Their agent announces definitely that
it has been decided 10 put in Maine
an immense cement plant, and that
behind the project is the Information
al Cement Company of Toronto and
other places. The plans for the plant
alone, erected and ready to run, call
for an outlay of $1,35O,O0o, and the
working capital is understood to
amount to $4,000 more, making a
million and half, which these cap
itaists are ready to launch in Maine.
We welcome to our borders all such
enterprises.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-07-30
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Lakewood Notes.

Band concert at Lakewood next
Sunday will be by the Co. Z. Band of
Skowhegan, The concert will begin
at 30 p. N. and there will be half
hour car service.
There have been record breaking
houses at Lakewood Theatre TINS
week to attend the splendid perform
ance which Mr.. Durkin and MS com
pany are giving of The Middleman.
This is the third week which The
Middleman has been presented at
Lakewood and it is more popular than
ever. II will be remembered that Mr..
Durkin presented The Middleman
twice during mis- engagement al Lake
wood six years ago, and mis- interpre-
tation of the part of Cyrus Blenkarn
is conside red TO be the best piece of
acting which Mr. Durkin has present.
ed on the Lakewood stage.
The play for next week al Lake
wood will be Sol Smith Russell's
comedy drama, "A Poor Relation
This is considered the greatest piece
which Mr.. Russell ever played and it
is this piece which made for him his
reputation and his enormous fortune.
This will be similar to "A Bachelors
Romance which perhaps pleased
more of the Lakewood theatre goers
than any play of this season. There
will be special interest in connection
with next weeks entertainment since
Mr.. W. T. Clark. who has had a cot
tage at Lakewood for several sc asons,
and who is SO widely known 20 botn
Madison and Skowhegan people, will
have prominent part. Another
&c. EA kn
cast of two young ladies', Miss Airline
Mckinney, daughter of Mr.. Rufus
Mckinney, the popular manager of
Lakewood, and Miss Frances McDon-
nell of Boston, now spending the
summer at Lakewood.
Dance at Lakewood next Friday
night with music by Towne's Orches-
ira.
This years engagement OF the Lake
wood Stock Company unfortunately
must end on Saturday. August 18TH.
and the bill for the closing week will
be the most successful farce comedy
produced in recent years, Mrs. Tenn
pies Telegram The present thea
ire season has been the most success
full in the history OF Lakewood al
though the present stock company
has been more expensive than any Of
the previous companies. Ii is hoped
that the attendance for the remainder
of the season will warrant the en-
gagement of the same company for
another season.
The perch fishing at Lakewood still
continues TO be excellent and many
large cate hes are reported.
Co Z Military Band of Skowhegan
will give a concert at Lakewood next
Sunday Aug. ,.
The Programme.
PART /.
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I Keconciliation-March kosen krans
Knight trraut-oNerture. Ia4fendean
Wayside Chapel-keyerlt. Nilsson
Storm and SllushIne-March Heed
/ Erminie-Seiectiou.
From Jakobowss..s opera
| pes Petits FIerrotts-March. bose
PouywoRs-Eaiu BARRE Episode.
Kan mermeye
Mills Merry Melocles-MedIey oyeft-re
schulz
tiruss Aus Der Ferue-March. boring
Swallows-Naltz, hGtCa y NalVerde
King EOse-pvertare. barnard
Grand Mogul-Narch GUSTAV l.ders
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-07-30

1t pays to be kind and considerate.
A working woman in Plymouth,
Mass, mas received a gift of $4,000
from a grateful New York lady for an
act of humanity, the proffer of a cup
of coffee and tender illustrations
when the stranger was i'll and help
less, during the stop of train at the
local railway station two years ago.
Thackeray tells of gentleman of the
last century who, when crowd OF
young bucks and bloods in the Crush
room of the Opera were laughing and
elbowing an old lady, lonely, ugly and
unprotected-went up to her respect
fully and offered her his arm, took
her down to his own carriage, which
was in waiting, and walked home
himself in the rain-and twenty years
afterward had ten thousand a year
left him by this very old lady as a re-
ward for that one act of politeness.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-07-30

Mr.. Charles Nj. Schwab, who is at
the head of the great steel works,
decries the talk about "hard times, u
and says if people would only stop
talking about them there would be no
hard times. He continues: 1--WE
should take broarder position here
in the United States. America is the
cynosure of the world: the United
States is the biggest part of America ;
New York is quite part of the Unit
ed States. Don't let us worry about
these little tiurries in the business
world. The recent troubles have
been a most healthy check upon our
financial ills. The country is all right.
We are not going to the dogs-far
from it. The tendency of business
must always be upward, ever upward.
That is the way we are all going
upward. If my opinion is worth any
thing, l would predict that for the
next ten years we shall enjoy the
greatest prosperity the country has
ever experienced"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-07-30

Another member of the old Maine
Third, that will soon hold its reunion
here, has gone to answer 10 the roll
call above. James H. Rand, an aged
citizen of Standish, was at the Sunday
evening service in the church, and
while supposed to be kneeling in
prayer, the messenger came, and no
doubt in his heart he responded
HHeref'
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-07-30

The Western Republicans are asking
for the presence and participation of
the President in the pending cam
paign, with the reinsurance that Mr..
Taft will carry out the policies of the
present Administration.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-07-30

Since the nomination of Obadiah
Gardner both parties have been hunt
ing up their dust covered Bibles
seeking the scripture teaching of the
book of Obadiah as bearing upon the
candidacy. Some have claimed that
this book which by the way is the
briefest in the old Testament of only
one chapter, teaches the overthrow
of the present ruling party. But how
do they interpret the 18th verse?
We notice they entirely omit that
Logically that verse teaches the con-
dition of things that would exist
should license be substituted for pro
hibition under the reign of our
modern Obadiah. Let us quote the
verse:
"For as ye have drunk upon my
holy mountain, so shall all the hea
then drink continually; yea, they
shall drink, and they shall swallow
down, and they shall be as though
they had not been"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-07-30

Mrs. Kern, wife of the Democratic
candidate for Vice President, rather
breads a social career in Washington.
The Republicans are very gallant
people, and will entirely remove that
dread in November.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-07-30

In celebrating the three hundreth
anniversary of the founding of
Quebec, the chief feature was the
arrival of the Prince of Wales in one
of England's mighty fighting vessels,
which made the representative of bur
navy there look quite insignificant.
There we're fully $4,000 people pres
emit. The decorations and parade
formed truly royal spectacle.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-07-30

When the women's clubs get to ar
ranging their programmes for next
fall and winters campaign, they
ought to give large place to house
hold economics, ever at the risk of
being accused of talking shop"
Every woman's household should be
her peculiar sanctuary; her best
thoughts should centre there; and it
is as fully important to know about
matters pertaining TO it as to learn
about the reign of the Judges or the
wicked king Saul.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-07-30

Parson Primrose-Why do you think
It was out OF place for your father TO
say grace? Freddie-Because 1t was
only a few minutes afterward that he
was swearing over having 10 carve
the turkey.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-07-30
Labor Saving peviess.

DO you know, Sam, that man does
not have to do as much work now as
he did ten years agoF
Yes, sab, know 1t, sab. Why, is
been married nearly eight years. sab"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-07-30

Won't there be a rush to see and
hear him, if Taft comes to Maine
during the campaign? We are also
promised John Kendrick Bangs.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-07-30

For Representative to the Legislature
EDWARD r. DANFORTH of Skowhegal
FORREST HI. COLBY of Bingham
JOHN w. HIGGINS of starks.
w. :. BEMIS of Harmony
GEORGE q. WEEKS of Fairfield
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-07-30

The first national convention of the
independence League began on Mon
day at Chicago, with w. r. Hearst as
temporary chairman. He made a
red hot, seething speech, character
izing the Republican party as 1.-The
hand maiden of the trusts" The
Democratic party, he said, "were imi-
tators, moved by envy, a Falssaff
army, led by motley knight of modi-
fed professions and compromises.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-07-30
Plans at Coburn Park.

The three commissioners who have
in charge the care and development
of Coburn Park, have had their
anxieties increased somewhat this
season, in common with many other
people, by the severe drouth which
only recently terminated. The area
of the park is so large and there are
SO many plants and shrubs recently
placed that required reasonable
amount of moisture if they were to
survive, that man was almost con-
stantly employed in watering and
sprinkling. Due largely to this con-
dition of things, little new work has
thus far been done this season. The
commissioners have available, how
ever, the $500 annual appropriation of
the town and a liberal share of this
will be expended in building an arti-
fetal pond. Some work, in the line
excavating and draining, was done of
on this project last season and its
completion is now to be taken up at
once. The location is to be on the
new portion of the park, so called,
that is, the westerly end, donated by
the Coburn Heirs about four years
since. There is here a natural de-
preston of fair size with stratum of
clay that will serve for the bottom.
A little work was necessary to make
the banks even and we'll defined
about the basin it was decided
to occupy, and some places will
have to be walled with stone to pre- =
vent the soil from breaking down.
There is one spring within the area of
the pond and another nearer the road
which will drain into it. 1t is not ex-
pected that these will supply all the
water required and the BALANCED will
be made up from the city mains a
drive will be laid out around this
pond as soon as completed but the
funds will not be at hand to grade il
this year.
The park seems TO be appreciated
more and more as the years 60 by
and more people, on foot and in car
riages have wendell their way thitheI
last summer and thus far during the
present season, than ever before.
Willard F. Fletcher of Oakland
who had been in town for the past
week, left here TO return to his home
this morning. Mr. Fletcher was a
native of Bloomfield, now portion
of Skowhegan, and had not previous
" visited this section for 80 years.
On his last journey east, which was in
1857, shortly after his first trip TO the
Pacific coast, he was one of the zoe
passengers on the vessel "Gre Am
erica" which was wrecked of the
coast of North Carolina on the 18th OF
September of that year. Forty mine
persons were saved of the passeRge n
and crew of which Mr.. Fletcher was
one. Among the few relatives Mr.
Fletcher has now living here is Mrs
Clara Brown, with whom a portion Of
his visit was passed.
RestiessnesG
Mere restlessness is not a matter for
which physicians are often consulted
II is on the face OF IL an unimportani
malady. but when ii exists in sufficient
intensity to form the subject OF com
plant and to induce the sufferer 70
seek advice 1t is usually found 70 De
the superficial indication OF grave
TIAanSfpI
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-07-30

Mere restessness is not a matter for
which physicians are often consulted.
II is on the face OF II an unimportant
malady. but when it exists In sufficient
intensity TO form the subject OF com
plant and TO induce the sufferer 70
seek advice 1t is usually found 10 be
the superficial indication OF a grave
underlying condition.-H Hospital
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-07-30

Grain, rain, rain-give us rain, y
was the cry, earnest and sincere, OF
the people, during the great drouth,
showing how dependant we all are
upon a Power higher and mightier
than ourselves. Then the rain came,
and how the parched earth rejoiced
Vegetation lifted it's dropping head ;
the birds sang sweeter than ever; in
the wake of the forest fires will spring
up the purple blossoms of hope, and
this followed by the glad sunshine
will make us all rejoice 1.-THE morn
ing light is breaking, the darkness
disappears"
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-07-30
Staging Fell.

James Weeks Of Arson lower vii
lage, fell TO the ground with an inse-
curely built staging, yesterday after
noon, sustaining fatal injuries. He
was at work at the time On a barn
owned by MIN about three miles from
his home in Arson. He is survived
by awidow, formerly Miss Clara
Pierce Of Embden. His age was
about 81 years.
Only politeness restraints the man
with indigestion from licking the man
who says the world is growing better
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1908-07-30

Orders for engraved work of any
description, wedding announcements,
calling cards, etc, taken at the RE-
PORTER Office.