The independent-reporter., 1910-10-06
NORTH ANSON.

z Monday lOOklnB dtlei Ills luAipNi r
interests there.
/ f. S. Parsons has been i'll for seY-
eral days and Monday the disease was
pronounced typhoid fever.
George Longley. II, went to Lex
! ington Friday with Mr. Jewett, one
of the students at the Academy
Mrs. Olive Foster Howard of Pro
yidence. has presented the Mark En-
cry school large framed picture OF
Henry Clay. which has been hung IN
the hall of the building. Superinten-
dent Paine has also hung in the hall
4 large framed portrait of James A.
Garfield.
! Mrs. Susan Neville of Beverly.
! Mass, who had been visiting Eer
/ father and brother for few days, re
turned home Tuesday.
Nine members of Ruth Heald Cra-
gin enjoyed the hospitality of Mrs.
/ Morris Moore, regent of Margaret
COTE Moor Chapter, on last Thurs
day when the members of her chap
ter. with Mrs. Moore, gave a cordial
welcome to the guests. A delicious
dinner was served by the hostess and
delightful day passed.
There will be meeting OF the
Foster Public Library association at
the library Monday evening, October
! 10 at 730 O'Clock to elect two trus-
tees. Immediately after this meeting
the Board of Trustees will meet and
elect officers for the ensuing year and
transact other business.
The Sunday evening prayer meet
ing at the Methodist church will be
held hereafter at seven o'clock in
stead of seven-thirty O'Clock.
The local hunters are out in force
to get the first deer. E. w Hodgsdon
has visitors from distant states at his
cottages on the shores of Lake Emb-
den. This resort is good hunting
ground and Mr.. Hodgsdon knows how
to take the willy deer, and he knows
how to serve 1t to his guests.
The corn factory finished packing
corn Thursday. 1t has been large
pack. This company has announced
that they will pay two and one-half
cents per pound for the crop of next
year and acreage is already being ta-
ken on that basis.
Foster Public Library has had a
large donation of boys books from
Mrs. Benjamin Mantor, as follows:
Drifting Around the World and
THE Great Bonanza" by Capt. Chas.
W. Hall; THE Polar and Tropical
Worlds" DR.. G. Hartwig; Manual of
Social and Business Forms Thomas
/ e. Hill; Documents and Addresses
of |. NJ Weston, mayor of Grand Rap
ids, Mich, 1889; Bound to Rise, "
af Hay-
ell Nook" Harriet Farley; THE Young
Pioneers" DR.. c. H. Pearson; George
in Camp" George at the Wheel,
Tom Newcombe," go Ahead mo
Moss" and Buried Treasure Harry
Castlemon; THE B. o. w. c. Boys
of Grand Pre- School," Lost in the
Fog" Fire in the Woods" picked
Up Adrift," and THE Treasure of the
Seas" Prof James DeMille; "Will
Newton, the Young Volunteer: also
Early Poems of Whittier" and two
: bound volumes of the Columbian ma
gagine.
Mr.. and Mrs R. H. Wasson return
ed to Lilly Bay Thursday and Miss
Edna Parlin went with them to spend
a week at Kineo.
Mrs. NJ. l.. French spent several
days at The Forks the latter part of
the week.
For Sale-A good sound, kind,
fearless work horse. Weighs about
1850 pounds. Will be sold at great
bargain Inquire of NJ. G. Whitney
near Patterson Bridge, Madison, Me.
There will be no services at the
CONGREGATIONAL church until October
90.
Eighty-nine years ago on Septem-
ber 80, little son was born to Mr..
and Mrs. Ephraim Spaulding in the
large red house which stands out
side of the village, overlooking the
Kennebec river, on the street now
called Kennebec avenue. They named
this little son Jesse. The years sped
on and ten more children came to
bless their home. Their sixth child
was Tilson and their last child was
Ephraim Time with it's many chang
es has taken eight of these children,
but the farm house is still unchanged.
Last Friday Jesse Spaulding, aged
SO, with his daughter, Mrs. Susan
Neville of Beverly, Mass Tilson,
aged 81. with his daughter, Mrs. Kath-
crime Foster of Ell Paso, Texas, visit
ed the old home where Ephraim, aged
70, with his daughter, Mrs. Bessie
Rand, as hostess, welcomed them to a
dinner given In honor of Uncle Jesse.
This is the 54th year, with one ex-
ception, that he has visited his old
home on his birthday, and with the
exception of perhaps ten years of his
life, the 30th of September has found
him at the home of his childhood. I'm
Gle Jesse does not seem to grow old
as the years pass. but he is interest
ed, as ever, in his church, his farm,
and all that pertains to life His birth
day offering of honey and apples was
delicious.
MISREPRESENTATION.
On Wednesday evening, September
2S, at eight o'clock, Miss Nellie Fos-
ter HapgOod of this village was united
in marriage with Waldo Edmund
Houghton OF Madison, the ceremony
being solemnized by Rev. c. A. Hay
den, pastor of the Oakland Universal
list church. The ring service was
used Brilliantly tinted autumn
leaves on branches handsomely dec
Grated the large parlors, and several
guests witnessed the impressive cere-
mony. The bride was born in this
village, the daughter Of the late
L..