The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1910-11-03


Maine Conference at Waterville, We'd
nesday evening, November 2.
The Rev. Brian C. Roberts, rector
of st. Marks Episcopal church, Au-
gusta was In town Monday. He
assisted Rev. B. B. Merrill at the
funeral services of the late Mrs. M
L. Prescott
Roscoe Bigelow sold a pair of oxen
Wednesday to E. S. Rose of Paris
that weighed 4045 pounds. This is
the heaviest yoke of oxen that has
been sold out of this town for several
years.
Mrs Roland T. Patten returned to
her home Wednesday afternoon, af-
ter several weeks sojourn in the
Somerset hospiti |. She looked the
picture of health, and is recovering her
normal strength very r, pidly.
Mr.. and Mrs Carroll Viles with
their two children, Olena and Evelyn,
returned from Flagstlff one day re-
Gently where they had been on a
hunting trip. They brought a fine
deer with them.
o. D. Wells of Silver street finished
gathering a renal kable crop of man
gel beet3 last Saturday. From thirty
seven square rods he harvested over
six and one-half tons, or at the rate
of nearly thirty tons per acre. When
it Is recalled that sugar beet growers
do we'll when they get twelve tons
per acre, the above shows what Maine
soil will do when pushed. Mr.. Wells
says that he planted the Globe vari-
ETY. which is small kind, because his
soil is too light for the larger sort.
One of our local merchants bought
four dozen eggs one day this week
and paid thirty-six cents per dozen
for them, because they were alleged
t. be fresh. When he came to light
them, just five proved to be new laid
Then he put them with the cold stor
age stock, and sold them for thirty
cents dozen. But the producer lost
lot more than the merchant. al
though he may not have found it out
yet.
On Halloween over twenty of the
neighbors of Mr. and Mrs. George Oul-
ton called on and gave them sur
prise party. The usual Halloween
g mes were played and musical Sc
lections were also rendered. NJ. G..
Baker told the story of How Pump
kin Pie First Originated" Then IL
treat of pumpkin pie and fruit was
served after which all departed at
late hour leaving behind them many
good wishes for their host and hos
tess.
Mrs Merrill wife of Lieut. J. n.
Merrill of the Philippines, arrived in
town last week with her young son,
to pass the winter with her hus-
bands parents, Dr.. and Mrs. j. N.
Merrill Mrs. Merrill comes here
from California where she has been
passing the summer with her people.
Lieut. Merrill, who is in charge of the
Clarion Military station at the Philip
pines, on the island of Mindinao
comes home next spring on fur
Tough after an absence of several
years
The fall meeting of the Kennebec
Union will be held with the Water
Vile Literary Union at the Baptist
vestry in Waterville. Friday after
noon. November 4. Mrs. E. l.. Marsh
of Providence. r. l., and Mrs. Edna
p. Flagg, president of the Maine
State Federation of Women's clubs
will speak. The ladies Of the Show
hogan clubs may take the train leav-
ing here at 2.30 p. m. as the meeting
will not be called to order until half
past three o'clock The railroad has
granted a round trip rate of sixty
cents.
New books added to the Skowhe-
gan Public Library during the month
of October are as follows: Greek
Lands and Letters" F. G. and A. c.
Allison; Romance of the American
| Navy" F. S. Hill; Fasting for Cure
! of Disease" L. B. Hazard; Once
/ Upon Time" Richard Harding Da-
yies; Barriers Burned Away" E. P.
Roe. For the pay shelf were pur-
chased AT the Mornings" Rosa N.
Carey" Master of the Vineyard,
Myrtle Reed" The Castle Builders,
lie, c. Num- THE Vanishing Fleets,
Roy Norton; "A Mans Man." Jan
Hay; Simon the Jester VIM. Locke.
Hon. S. w, Gould received Tues
day an urgent appeal from Chairman
Mcleod of the Massachusetts Demo
cratic State Committee, to come down
to the Bay State and assist in pre-
cipitating the Foss landslide. Mr..
Gould hardly felt that he could spare
L..