The independent-reporter., 1910-07-28
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Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Bruce and
little son took a very pleasant trip
to visit friends in their old home IN
Bath Friday of last week. Leaving
here on the s o'clock train they took
the electrics at Oakland and made
the trip to Augusta through the beau
tiful farming country of Oakland,
Wateryille and Vassalboro From Au-
gusta the trip was continued by boat
down the Kennebec arriving in Bath
at about six o'clock.
II. w. Spaulding will celebrate his
eightieth birthday this week and is
still one of our smart young men ana
we trust that he will be able to cele-
brate many more birthdays in the
coming years. Mr.. Spaulding was
for many years an active and sue
cessful farmer. commencing when he
was young man in the town OF Au-
gusta and later in life coming to this
place where his family was raised. A
few years ago he sold his farm here
and since that time has been able TO
take things easier. His companion
has been a true helpmate and their
declining years find them living
beautiful Christian lives, helpers and
supporters of the church to which
they belong.
Charles Hussey seems to have ey-
erybody beaten on raising gooseber-
ries. He was showing us some the
other day that were so big that we
would not dare to give the size and
swear to it, but it looked as though
about an inch and quarter long
would be about the measure.
c. A. Bushnell, manager of the
Underwood Typewriter company OF
Portland was in town last week look
ing after the interests of the COM
pany.
Miss Gertrude Sullivan, who has
been spending a couple of weeks at
the Fernside Bungalow, left for her
home in Somerville. Mass, Saturday
Mrs. Mary Spauldng has been
spending few days visiting her sis
ter in Embden returning home Mon
day.
The big pile of wood in the yard at
the high school building has been
put into the cellar and the grounds
carefully raked adding very much
to the appearance of neatness given
b. the fresh coat of paint on the
building. Among other good deeds
accomplished was the clearing out of
tie cellar which contained many
bushels of waste paper, the accumu-
] ton of number of years appar-
entity. Among this rubbish was found
Quite a quantity of matches that had
e identity been accidentally dropped
at different times. 1t would seem as
though some good Providence had
been looking after this building for
everything was certainly in readiness
for Il mysterious fire. 1t would seem
to be about time to abolish the wood
furnaces from the building and put
in steam heat, for under the present
arr9 ngement the fuel bill is appar-
emily quite as much as it would be
with modern method and the re-
suits much less satisfactory. Thirty
five cords in the front yard is some
thing of a pile of wood and the eel
lar does not seem to be very suit
able for the early storage of this
wood and have it season properly,
therefore it is left out of doors from
winter until July and the matter is
not helped much for the greater part
of it by that time is not worth half
price and the expense of handling it
over Is quite an item, while coal
could be dumped into the cellar at
the time of buying without any ad-
dltional trouble.
Misses Laura and Cora Baker
spent few days of last week visit
ing in Skowhegan and took the oc
Casion to see some of the excellent
F,ays which are being given by the
Lakewood Stock company.
c. O. Normandy of the Mutual
ShOemakers has returned from Bos
t. n with good lot of orders for
sample lines.
Forrest Whiting arrived in town
last week from the west. Mr.. Whit
ing had to submit to an operation
for appendicitis very recently and
has not fully recovered from the eff
focts of it, but is progressing fine
ly.
Charles Barton of Waterville, has
been engaged to put the surfacing on
the sidewalks on Main and Mechanic
streets. He commenced preparations
last week and found that the old sur
face near the Hussey Hardware
store and Pierce's Shoe store was in
such bad condition that it would be
necessary to take it up and resur-
face in order to get good results.
For quite long time the surface at
the lower end of the business part
OF the street has been covered with
stone chips which are quite dis
agreeable to walk over beside being
n continual eouroa of oppoyanoo o.,