The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1910-08-04

ton and vicinity, returhe" "'''i
week. ,,... Francis of
portland. who have been spenulns
ronnle of weeks visiting MISS an 40
,istar Mrs. Arthur Weleh' retuIhe ",
por,iond Monday of this week, tnes
yere accompanied By Mrs "eleu LETT
,yal snend two or three WeeAs '''''
ing in that section. = Tor bar
'"s s,r 80 Mary Tobey Is In town LOT ne,
INNER vacation. the guest Oh Mo
Fr ,,rs cora smith left SUNDAY after
oan for quite an extended WISH VIZ"
her sister In New YORK. a.. Mesa
no Ill Dunham of Somervliie, Mass
rri~ed sunday for stay OF i III
49,, ., the Fernside bungalow nc
u.,aacts TO come a little later III nv
oeason for a longer vacation. a.or
'ei PaInh Ketchum OF Dorehes'1 n
- 10 in town visiting at D. D.
"e eiiss Cora Groves and friend. Mrs
n,,nns of Melrose, Mass, are spenu
80 short vacation WIN 81
Croves' mother. Mrs. JACOB Oio'e'
Mechanic street. ,ov after
nn that the grocery store Oh r.
- bad heen broken into, emu an ~,
l A,,J heen made through one Vi sno
,si,dows 1t could not be ascei '@ NJ
VIM Ut GOODS had been taken as MI
Gu 80, "" ;s 9way on vacation at Ne.o
Aiio ponJ II is thought that .no
na we're mostly interested III lne
.l.e' and cigars. This is the 81 81
$40 within two years tna' elil'
oiiu .l has suffered On the othel "
9toi tho culprit was captureu ~
S 5an;ss Nooers and it is hoped tha' ~
,9'ay he as successful this tilhe o.
lil"i not he told when the oreah "
o,,rrad Int probably 1t was ei'"''
Sunday or Sunday night. ,.o1,
0a SAT- Etbel Farr Kimball OF Lower,
80 10 in town visiting her aunt
Mrs. c. A. Whiting. num-
There still continues TO De d ut
- - cases of whooping cough aoou'
town Fortunately it appears 10 NC ell Ell
to very light this year anu no sro,n
"aoots have been reported so lar i'oi1
pev Mr.. Bainton is having 'wo
Is, vacation so there Will DC nv
''naacbing service in the Cohslee
lp,a,'oI church for the next TWO pun
llOudi
days. .,.i,o entertained
- evils at dinner one day OIL iae'
',aek whose combined ages maoe wv
hnndred and twenty-five years H,,u
a af them were as smart as crlch-
cts. ,,oh+,no has
been placed in the Baptist church and
the pastor has concluded to introduce
the song service as a special feature
on the last Sunday evening of each
month.
New linen covers for the commu-
Mon stands have been given the Bap-
fist church by Mr. and Mrs. William
Reed of New Brunswick, n. j. as
slight memorial of the late DR.. ]. N.
Harris, whose interest in this church
during the short time of his residence
here before his death, was very great.
Through the efforts of Mrs. w. H.
Smith, a new individual cup commu-
MON set has been added to the church
service which will be used for the
first time at the communion of next
Sunday morning.
Four new husking machines have
arrived for the new corn factory and
| seem 10 DC very uhoAiS' iiiN
corn Is laid In a carrier which pass
es it by set of cutters that cut on
the butt of the cob; it is then
dropped lengthwise upon two rough
rubber rollers which are turning in
ward-the roughness of these rollers
catches the husk and draws it down
through between them while the ear
of corn being large cannot get
through but is carried along the
length of the rollers and the revolv-
ing motion impaired by the rollers
presents all of the husks to their
grasp Underneath is set of brush
es running with supply of water
which remove the husks and keep the
rollers clean. From the machines
the husks are carried cut of the husk-
! ing shed by a chain elevator which
will also take the cobs from the cut
tiers and deliver them in a pile handy
for the farmers to load their wagons
| from.
Rev. and Mrs. H. l.. Mccain of
Portland were in town the first of the
week, the guests of Mrs. Sara Fred
eric, Mrs. McCann's sister They left
/ Monday afternoon for their cottage at
North Pond where they will spend the
summer weeks.
The brown tail moth seems to have
survived nicely and Is now in readi
ness for business. A number of trees
in this section have large web nests
on them which are considered, by
many to be the work of these pests.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Everett and Mr..
and Mrs. Ben Everett have been
spending few days at one of the cot
tages at North Pond returning home
Sunday night.
Miss Margaret Sawtelle, whom we
all remember pleasantly as a little
girl and who is now teacher in
Wellesley, Mass, is in town visiting
Mrs. Maria Hopkins.
DR.. H. w. Smith comes out this
week with his new automobile, one
of the Stanley steamers.
The Eaton reunion which occurred
on Wednesday of this week will be
more fully reported in our next is
sue. This institution never knows the
word failure and the presence of Mr..
Eaton acted as an additional big mag
net to draw the old students together.
One sad feature of the past year has
been the death of one of its organ
iZers, Mrs. Carrie Boardman of Oro-
no. Clarence Pierce, also deceased,
was another of the able promoters of
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