The independent-reporter., 1910-07-21
SkOWHEGAN LOCAL NEWS


Edward Hunter took an automobile
trip to Bingham Saturday.
Miss S. Jennie Adams of New Port
land is a visitor at the home OF her
uncle, NJ S. Adams, on Main street.
this week.
The Social Circle of the NJ. f.
church will hold a food sale in the
vestry on Friday afternoon, July %,
from three to five.
Miss Alice J. Buzzell has returned
for the summer from Stonington, Me"
where she has taught school sue
cessfully for three years.
Sergeant Clarence E. Green has
been elected as First Lieutenant OF
Company Z. ~ G. S. NJ. He is to
succeed c. E. Patten who resigned
the position a few weeks ago. Ex-
aminations fer the Office will be held
in Augusta July p.
Mrs. Abel Patten left Wednesday
on the a. m train to visit her
daughter, Mrs. George Rice in New
York. From there she will go to
Palisade Englewood. n. J. She will
also visit friends in Cornwall on the
hudson.
Miss Charlotte Colby, daughter OF
D. w. Colby. former Superintendent
CT Schools here, now head OF the
schools in Sanford, is in town for
several weeks the guest of her aunt
Mrs. Vail on Pleasant street, and she
has also been staying for time at
Lakewood.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman Baker of
Newton, Iowa, accompanied by their
daughter, Miss Evie, are visitors at
the home of r. d. Baker on Turner
avenue. Mrs. Baker has not visited
Naine for fifty-one years and it has
been quite forty-five years since her
husband was in this State.
Wednesday at 8 p. m. at the NJ. E.
parsonage, Fred Harley and Ruby
Farley were united in marriage by
Rev. F. L. Hayward, using the single
ring service. They will make their
home in Skowhegan. Mr.. Harley is
son of John Harley of Canaan. The
bride is daughter of Peter Farley OF
Bingham.
The Kennebec River Log Drive
was at Indian Pond Saturday. The
drivers have been hampered some
what in the last week by the strong
winds. But the height of the water
has not been so favorable for num-
ber of years. There is more water
in the river than there has been in
any year for several back at this
time of the season.
Hon. s. j. Walton has one of the
best gardens that can be found In
Skowhegan, and we'll may he be
proud of it. He has already corn
that has been spindled for over
week 1t shows thrift and one of tie
interesting things about the whole
garden is that it is free from weeds.
The beans and cabbages and every
thing else show that the owner knows
how to farm.
A man and his wife from New
SHnmhnoon SUNDAY
from Kineo. They planned before
they got here to spend the night only.
When they arrived in the town they
had made up their minds to stay
few days. After looking about the
streets and viewing the pretty resi-
dences and enjoying the beautiful
scenery that isa SO paramount in the
town, they decided to stay two weeks.
A special entertainment Is being
prepared for the next regular meet
ing of Eureka lodge, No. 128, N. E. o.
P, which will be held on Tuesday
evening, July 26. The meeting will
be called to order at 7.30 O'Clock and
the entertainment will begin at $50
O clock. Each member is requested
to tell a short comical story or sub
NIT to a light fine. After the enter
tainment the N. E. o. P pudding will
be served. Each member may invite
one guest to the entertainment.
The other day, E. F. Fairbrother
brought into the independents Report
er Office a singular specimen of Rud-
beckia hirta which he had found. To
begin with the stalk is three times
the ordinary size. From its top
spring two heads which, If pulled
apart, are discovered to be on short
separate stems though they grow to-
gether in such fashion as to make a
head almost as large as a small gar
den sunflower and considerably ex-
ceeding the size of wild one. The
larger division is almost crescent
shaped and the smaller fits closely
into the inside curve If it were not
for the line of rays through the mid
die the illusion of one flower head
would be complete.