The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1909-11-04

william II Paine Was In HalloSell
Tuesday on business FOR the A q L.
W
silss Lola Goodwin vent to Tan.
sor last Friday Tor visit With
irienda
Rev George Y. Hineklsy. the foun-
der and head OF Good VIII Farm. Was
IN town Monday on business.
isabelle D. Thomas, who is teaching
al Mo1ie Is passing the week in
town She has six more weeks Of
school
Mrs r T, prince returned TO her
home in Auburn last Friday after a
visit of one week with her sister. Mrs
Elmer Thbeault.
II B. Watson. principal of Good
VIII High school. passed Sunday In
Skowhegan with friends. His wife
accompanied him.
Weston Webb. dentist, accompa MED
by his wife and daughter OF Hartland,
were the guests over Sunday OF his
uncle. Converse J. Webb.
Mrs. J. S. Healy and daughter.
Evelyn went 20 Dover Friday of last
weeE. where they hive been the
guests o. friends for several days.
Harvey Mcclure. an employee of
the Somerset Traction Co., who has
been passing a ten days vacation, re-
turned to his duties Monday morn
ing.
Joseph Bacon, engineer on the
Maine Central railroad, Is having
weeks vacation. He and his wife
were in Lewiston Tuesday on brief
visit
George Kidder and family OF Wa
terville spent Sunday as guests OF
Mrs. Kidder's sister, Mrs. George Pad
dack The trip WAS made in Mr. Kid
der's auto.
Clair Marston, Folsom Merrill and
Reginald Foss were home over Sun
day, having come to Waterville to
attend the game between Bowdoin
and Coltv.
Mrs. Paul Roullard and two chill
dren, Merle and Carl, went to Wa
terville Thursday to visit her daugh-
ter, Mrs George McCoombs. They
returned home Monday.
Mrs. "A. Games and son, Austin,
who have been passing several days
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Perley Stevens on Middle street re-
turned to their home in North Arson
Monday.
A crew of men have been at work
during the past week on the Skowhe-
gan house stable. They have raised
the whole building two feet and are
going to construct cement walls for
the underpinning.
Great progress Is being made on
the Cover block on the corner OF
Water and Court streets. Like r.
w. Browns building this one is to b
two stories in height and will have
fiat gravel roof. 1t was thought that
the danger of injury to passers from
snowslides was sufficient reason for
doing away with the slant roof which
was slightly damaged by the fire.
E. N. Merrill, ESQ., has recently
finished digging a small piece of po-
tatoes he had on his farm with the
result that from one acre, 152 rods,
he gathered In S36 bushels of the
Green Mountain variety. He used on
the land for fertilizer 1900 pounds of
phosphate and 16 fifty bushel spreader
loads of dressing He exhibited at
his office Monday three OF the tubers
that weighed 1917 pounds.
Arthur Merriam, son of Rev. George
Merriam, left here last Thursday for
New York city, whence he sailed Sat
urday for Porto Rico, where he has a
position as teacher Of English In the
government schools Mr. Merriam is
a graduate of the SkoWhegan High
school and received in The last year
of his course here one Of the Shop
herd prizes. IIe has passed two
years In Colby college and is men,
Der OF the Delta Epsilon fraternity.
J. N. Smith, while throwing in
wood at the back of his store last
Friday, was struck in the head by a
stick which bounded back from the
side of the building, and had 1t not
been for his glasses he would prob
ably have lost the sight of one eye
AS 1t was the stick struck one rim
and bent the bows out of shape,
bruising his face quite seriously. He
has recovered all right, but the dis
celebration has not entirely disappear
ed. The accident might have been
worse and the escape was SO narrow
that he has borne the discomfort
bravely, although 1t has caused much
pain.
The following Is the list of teach
ers from Skowhegan who attended
the teachers' convention at Lewiston