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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1910-01-06

The spring colt should not be
weaned. The job will be an easy one
if the young animal has previously
been taught to eat grain. Keep it In
a stall by itself with hay in the man.
ger and feed 1t oats with bran,
moistened two or three times each
day. A little corn may be given,
but the oats and bran will come near
err supplying the lack Of the moth
ers milk. Look after the mare care
fully for at least two weeks after the
colt is weaned. milking her just
enough at time to relieve her bag.
Milk her the first thing in the morn
ing and the last thing at night, with
two or three milkings during the day
for the first few days.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1910-01-06
CORNYILLE,

The funeral of Mrs Mary Eliza
beth tPerkins) Morrill,, one of Corn
ville's most estimable and beloved wo-
men, was held Saturday afternoon at
the home of her son, Arthur Morrill,.
Rev. George Merriam, pastor of the
Bethany Baptist church, conducted
the services.
Mrs. Morrill, was born in Cornville
on the old homestead now occupied
by Lindley Parsons, 7S years, 3
months and IA days ago, She was
the daughter of Bradbury and Sarah
(Barker) Perkins and was the oldest
of three children. Her sister, Mrs.
Anna Smith, wife of Samuel E. Smith
of Skowhegan. died last winter and
her brother, Kitridge Perkins of this
town, survives. February II, 1853,
she married Philip Morrill, of Corn
VILE OF this union three children
were born, Walter, Arthur and Miss
Mabelle Morrill,. Philip Morrill, was
well-to-do farmer and milkman.
living on the old homestead in Corn
Vile until his DEATH Seven years
ago Mrs Morrill,. with her son and
daughter, with whom she made her
home after the death of her husband,
moved to the Worthen place at Corn
vile Center, where she resided until
her death.
Mrs. Morrill, was a true Christian
and beloved by all with whom she
came In contact. Possessed of a
generous spirit and kind heart, her
life was filled with loving acts of
Kindness and deeds of benevolence.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1910-01-06
STANDING COMMITTEES.
These Appreciated FL Lssi Meeting Of
Maine state TRANCE.

Below will be found a list OF stand
ms committees of the Maine stat.
Grange
Taxation and Legislation - Messrs
O Gardner. chairman. A. r. Rogers
Iohi r Abbott. Edward Evans and
". J Thompson. and {. =. Stetson
ex ofiiciu
Education Mdms Blanche X
Blake. chairman. George Alden. Ella
NJ Thurston. Messrs Edward Wiggin
r. s Carr. A. n. Ham. r. +. Freese
T. Grover. Arthur Il. Sewall. c. l.
Pike.
Co-opcration-Nles W. G. Hun
ton. chairman; ~ ID. Richardson. A
p. Starrett. II. NJ. Pickard Geo. b
Main. {. II. Blackwell. Mdms. ID. r.
McCobb. T.. j. Gerrish.
Good OF the Order--Messrs. Van
w CARL chairman: G. w. Cleaves. d.
S. Bracket. George Gray. G. NJ
Bachelor. Ralph Pease. Mdms. e. II,
Choate, c. +. Richardson.
Memorial-Messrs. J. II. Little.
chairman LaForest Ellingwood.
Mdms Geo. Alden, Chas. w. Shack
ford.
Officers Salaries-Messrs. V. w.
Canham, chairman; F. w. Brown,
Mdms Fannie e. Spratt. r. F. Mayo.
Auditing ACCOMPLISHMENTS. J. M.
Jackson, chairman; r. ]. Everett.
Constitution and By-Laws-Messrs.
A. A. Stewart, chairman; Charles B.
Gale, j. H. Mayors. J. C. Wing,
Mdms Barker and l.. j. Arey.
observation-disclosures. B. Walker
McKeen. chairman; W. E. Leland C.
o. Martin. James E. Kenney, Everett
Withee, Mdms. ]. A. Perkins, H. C..
Miller, E. L. White, L. L. Allen.
Pomona Granges-A. V. Martin,
chairman, and all other Pomona Mas
ters.
Dairy Interests-Messrs. l.. S. Mer-
rill, chairman; d. R. Briggs, c. o.
Scribner, M. ]. Dow, Chas. H. Libby,
T. II. Johnson, Mdms. F. A. Pike, F.
e. Blake, G. w. Taylor.
Stockman, chairman; Harry ]. Ma
Subordinate Granges-Messrs S. H..
son, B. F. Blagdon, c. A. Cook,
Mdms. e. ID. Jillson, A. C. Stanley, s.
X. Cushman. Joseph w. Wood.
Home Economics-Mdms. Kate B.
Ellis, chairman; Abbie Johnson, Edith
Stratton. Rosa X. Turkey, Louise Cum
ningham, Lizzie Gleason, Angie Cou-
sins.
Fees and Dues-Messrs. John H..
Harmon, chairman; Frank P. Towne,
j. F. True, ID. w. Berry, George To-
hey, Mrs. A. H. E. Buffum.
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Horse Notes
Points in Selecting q Horse.

The uninitiated, in visiting a dealer
with the intention of buying a horse,
may notice some enlargement or
something which In hts mind may
suggest defect. Upon questioning
the dealer about this he will invari-
ably receive a reply that ut Is moth
ing more than an eyesore."
AS illustration of these defects, a
horse receives blow on the point of
the hook. In time the point of the
hook becomes permanently enlarged
and unsightly, and to horsemen is
known as "a capped hook" But not
wlths.arding this injury, the horse
goes sound enough, and as the deal
er designates 1t only as an "eyesore,"
the inexperienced buyer Is thrown of
his guard and makes the purchase.
But when the new owner wants to
dispose of the animal shrewd buy
er will put lots of questions about the
capped hook" docs the horse Kick
in harness or in the stable, or both p
He must certainly have done some
thing wrong to get his hook capped
like that" No explanation OF IAN
eyesOre" and ut doesn't hurt him q
the sale Ia not made. Such an EYE
sore" is an impeachment to resale and
needs consideration.
Another illustrations: A horse may
have the remains of a curb; he may
go correctly and be none the worse
for this "eyesore," but the fact of its
presence In nearly every case will In
terfere with resale. So that while
the horse may work satisfactorily, the
defect Is proof OF previous weak
ness. and the "eyesore," In conse
Quence, 10 magnified.
At times "splints" and ''spavins'
are referred to az ''eyesores only,
just because Of their situation. Fol
instance, a splint may be situated or
the center Of the cannon bone, ant
inclined to its front rather than back
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1910-01-06
SOMERSET COUNTY POMONA.

Somerset County Pomona Grange
No. 6, will convene in annual regular
session with Skowhegan Grange at
Skowhegan, Tuesday and Wednesday
January IL and IL, 1910, at 10 a. m
sharp, with the following program:
Opening ceremonies; calling roll OF
officers; report of officers; address OF
welcome, r. F. Parker; response, A
s. Burke; music, Skowhegan Grange
choir; reports of subordinate Grange;
reports of committees; new business
noon intermssion election of Pomo-
ma officers; vocal solo, Winifred
Gardner; evening intermission; even
ing session opens at 7.30; music
Skowhegan Grange choir; farce, DE
ception," Skowhegan Grange Dram
attic club: installation of Pomona Of
ficers, State Master c. s. Stetson
comforting fifth degree. Wednesday
January IL, session opens at $50:
music. Skowhegan Grange choir;
topic: "The ACCESSIBILITY of Postal
Savings Banks" opened by John w
Fogler, T. ID. Salley and L. c. Jewett;
song, J. Lynn Viles; accordion solo
Edgar Clifford; address, "The Work OF
the Agricultural Station at Orono,'
Chas. d. Woods noon intermission ;
music, Canaan Grange choir; COM
ments on Fruit Growing in Maine,
and the Gregory Prize" Geo. M
Twitchell; song, M. G. Baker; de-
clamation, Bonnie Witham; vocal
solo, Fay Foster; defamation, Archie
M. Danforth; question, (a), Should
system of Parcels Post, similar to
that already existing In all other
civilized countries be established In
the United States" 90 What is the
attitude of our congressional repre-
sentation, Senators Hale and Frye and
Congressman Burleigh, Guernsey
Swasey and Allen on the Parcels
Post and what are they doing tC
bring about or oppose its adoption 2
opened by Roland T. Patten, Geo. II
Foster and W. c. Hobart. Eugene
Danforth, lecturer.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1910-01-06

For the farmers boy in the winter
it was chores, chores, chores, for ev-
cry spare moment before and after
school; and In the summer he was
given horse and stone boat and
1t was stones, stones increasingly
Parents who want to drive their chill
dren from the farm, may do it thus
most effectively. B. Reynolds.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1910-01-06

Vel the faei thai serh spiias sssn1a
nskss n a mAitsr Tor consideration
% whieA are plays . part. ~ tbs
aos~e 10 over els OF seven years Old
surh splint may not be af any pafti.
rnlar harm. but n 10 hext IN have IN
~xpesta advice ksfere bayinx th~ AMI
mel. Tor u 10 essy enough 10 par
chase such horses. but u 10 not 30
eas, 10 sell them again. unlexs nj =
sacrifice
The sea, of spasins 10 On the inside
II the large bold Joint IN the horss's
hind leg. termed the hook. IN other
words. the seat IL on the inside OF the
hook near the upper head OF the me
tatarsal bone aud the FIRST row of
small bones Occasionally the
upper surfaces of theae bones
are implicated Tho iigaments
aud the margin around these
bones become infiamed. earthly mat
ter deposited az time goes on. til
there is quite bunch of bcny ma
terial deposited and this deposit is
the spawn" tbone SPAWN
In orler 10 have II clearly under
stood what Ia the part or seat OF trou-
BILE OF a SPAWN. II Ia we'll to FIRST un-
dersti nd that the hook joint cores
ponds with the ankle joint I'm man.
rhe knees of the horse liz the large
Joint In the front or fore legs. which
corresponds with the wrist In man.
rhe knee of a man corresponds with
the stifle joint In the hind leg of the
horse.
The lieaments of the hook are liable
to injury from strains through jump
ing and kicking. also from blows self
inflicted in the STALL from kicks by
mother horse or a blow from a sta
bleman. from overexertion or slipping.
and in this way the articular sur
faces of the bones forming the joint
become infamed. often resulting
in serious hook lameness some
times duplicating the articular
surfaces to such an extent that they
become fused together. SO that the
Joint becomes stiff. and sometimes ul-
ceration of the surfaces as we'll, max
'ng matters worse.
Cases of SPAWN occur without the
aforesaid bunch. The inside surface
Of the hook being level, such cases
are termed occult SPAWN" and arise
from the trouble being on the articu-
latory surfaces of the bones only
Such cases are difficult even for the
expert to diagnose. The horse will
&C on his tee, hop an limp. After
Going some distance Ne will cease
!imping and travel we'll, but sitter
resting awhile he comes cut Jumping
rs before. but on warming up the
lameness disappears again. The bones
II time will become fused together
nd the joint stiff
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1910-01-06

~. MIA Maria Uatehsll thea pteseni.
I'll the following program Music ~
Orange choir. reading. Mira Edith
l-hinnsy. question. Which are the
most profitable. co~s. sheep mr. hens 2
Opened by William Osborn. followed
by others: piano duet Misses Lola
and Iva farnham. question. do
Farmers get together for mutual hem
eft as much as they onght7" opened
by q. W. Patten. followed by others.
reading. Mira Florence Hunter. An
account Of the yearly meetin. of the
State Orange In Bangor. by Worthy
Master J. 4. Libby: solo. Miss Iva
Farnham. instrumental music by
Carroll Clifford.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1910-01-06
HARTLAND.

The Grange finished the election oil
officers Saturday night. December IL
The following officers were elected
c. p. Barnes. master; II. II. Coston
overseer, Charles Root, lecturer
Benjamin Fairbrother. steward: II. O.
Baker. assistant steward: Hattie
Dore, chaplain: Harry Randlett
treasurer; Frank Farnum, secretary;
John Jepson, gatekeeper; Mrs. c. P.
Barnes, Ceres; Mrs. II. H. Coston, Po-
mona; Mrs. Charles Root. Flora !;
Mrs. II. o. Baker, lady assistant stew
ard.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1910-01-06
Potatoes in ArO0stOOk.

The recent snow has been the cause
of the movement of potatoes so that
the price Ia down from last week
stock bringing around $1.15.
According to the report of the agri.
cultural department the crop of 1906
Is about 10 million bushels more this
year than last, and with ordinary
conditions the price will have a ten.
dency to run low.
The majority of stock that is NOV.
ing at the present time is seed STOCK
for the south.
There were shipped over the B.
A. from August to November l, 1909
2,234.48 bushels of potatoes.-The
Aroostook Times.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1910-01-06
kiNEO TO OAKLAND

CONNECTIONS
At Oakland. with Maine Central Railroad. At
Somerset Junction, with Canadian Pacific Rail-
ways. At Kineo Station, with Coburn Steamboat
Company for all points on Moosehead Lake.
NORRIS MCDONALD, Vice President
f. E. BOOTHBY. Gen. Pass. Agt.. Portland Me.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1910-01-06
PITTSFIELD.

Pittsfield Grange met in regular
session on Saturday evening. January
/, with a good number of members In
attendance. Two members were ad-
mitted to this Grange by transfer Ar
rangements we're made for the install
lation of officers for the ensuing year
which will occur on Saturday, Janu-
airy 8, when State Deputy, Mrs. Kate
Ellis of Fairfield. will install the Of
ficers in the forenoon. In the after
noon w. J. Thompson of South China,
will be present and entertain the
patrons. Isaiah Gould, the captain
for the month of January, will have
charge of the dinner. Worthy lectur-
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1910-01-06
WESSERRUNSETT.

Wesserrunsett Grange held it's reg
ular meeting on Thursday evening,
December II. The Worthy Chaplain
elect declined to serve. Ida Fenlason
was elected chaplain. The Worthy
Master gave report of the work done
by the State Grange which was inter-
esting There was no program. The
next regular meeting will be held on
Thursday evening, January s, when
the ofticers-elect will be installed.
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Grange Column
STATE GRANGE OFFICERS.

The following officers were elected
at the annual meeting of the Maine
State Grange: Master, c S. Stetson;
lecturer. B. Walker McKeen; steward,
d. G. Hall; chaplain, S. H. Little;
tire" eurer, E. K. Addition; secretary,
E. H. Libbey; gatekeeper, s. X. Cush-
man Member of executive commit
tee to succeeded Columbus Hayford,
l.. E. futile.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1910-01-06
CATARRH CANNOT BE CURED

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they
Catarrh Is q blood or constitutional
disease. and In order to cure It you
must take internal remedies. Halls
Catarrh Cure ID taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces. Halls Catarrh Cure is not a
quack medicine. 1t was prescribed by
one cn,s,, Of the n, best physicisns In this
prescription. It IL, composed of the
best tones known, combined with the
best blood puriners. acting directly. on
combination Of the two ingredients is
what produces such wonderful results
In curing Cartarrh. Send for testi-
r. ). CHENEY = CO.. Props.. Toledo.
Sold by DrHggists. price 76c.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation.
New-York tribune., 1910-05-22
INTERIOR TOP VIEW OF CONCERT
GRAND.
Showing the iron frame and the cross stringin9.

stringing so far as diameterS were concerned.
when he restored it in 1875. In the modern in
strumcnt all the strings are of steel, though
those for the lowest twenty tones (taking the
Steinway Grand as a modeD consist of steel
core wrapped about closely Oike the G-string
of q vion) with wire of a compound metal to
give them greater weight and compensate for
their disproportionate vibrating length 1rre-
spective of this covering eighteen different sizes
Of wire are used, the development during the
last century having been not only along the
lines Of elasticity tenacity and tension, but also
diameter The lowest eight bass tones are
produced by single strings covered; the next
five by double unisons covered; the next seven
by triple unisons, covered, and the remaining
sixty-eight by triple unsons. Of simple wire.
In all 243 strings are employed to produce the
lightweight tones of the concert grand. The
average strain each string may be set down
in round numbers at 1I6 pounds. 1t was much
higher before agreement was reached some
fifteen years ago among the principal piano
forte manufacturers of the United States to
adopt a lower pitch than the old London Phil
harmonic, which had long been standard, and
which many makers gave up grudgingly be-
cause of n belief that it was more brilliant than
the French diapGsoH normal. Before the change
a Steinway Concert Grand endured strain of
nearly 10000 pounds; now the pull is the
equivalent Of 43, 600 pounds.
The Cristofori pianoforte has compass of
four ard one-half octaves from on the
on6 leger line below the bass staff to + in the
fourth space above the treble Very early the
Keys were extended downward to F, on the
fourth leger line below the bass staff,
to give the instrument five octaves. At the time
Of Haydn ard Mozart five and five and half
octaves were ir use Clement having added the
half octave in 1888. The piinOforte which
Broadwocd, the English manufacturer, sent as
q gift to Beethoven in 1917 had compass of
sig octaves but SIX and a half had already been
reached in 1911, and the practical extreme of
seven octavcs in 1896 l say the practical ex-
tren,e" because the three notes which have been
added since arc of no artistic value This l
Venture TO say, Will Eot be disputed by any
New-York tribune., 1910-05-22

Immediately adjoining. The disposition is thus
fan shaped and greater length is obtained for
the strings of the lowest octave. This is the So
called overstrung scale, the combination OF
which with the solid steel iron frame is the
distinguishing feature of the American piano
forte a feature that has been extensively adopt
ed in all European countries
The principle exemplifed in the overstrung
scale, like the other features Of construction
the invention of which has been discussed, mad
long been i'm the air before it was successfully
applied. The device employed In clavi-
chords of the eighteenth century, and 1T seems
likely that the idea was fermenting simultane-
ousIy i'm the minds Of the American inventor of
the solid iron frame for a square pianoforte.
AIpheus Babcock, and Theobald BOehm, the
German who revolutionized the flute by his new
boring and system of keys. Cabinet and square
pianofortes are now made in London after
Boehm's design in 1885. but overstrung squares
were exhibited in New York two years before,
and the patent Of Babcock for Gross -stringing
New-York tribune., 1910-05-22

,rba changes which have taken place in the
strnging Of pianofOrtes have beeh qui'e q"
radical and extensive as those IN the cohs'i Nv
tion of the frame which they We're chehS III
strumental in bringing about. Inc ihaheiS u
tho nianoforte's precursors were diligent in the
search for metals which might ennoble the
wirv tinkling tone of their Instruments AS
the old organ builders sometimes mixed precious
metals in the composition of their pipes, SO the
makers of claychord and harpsichord wire
sometimes turned to silver and gold. In the
catalogue of the court orchestra of Phlip H.
1902 mention is made of clavlchord Oh epohy'
with cover of cypress, keys of ivory and strings
of gold Experiments were made with gut SILK
and latten.
Gold and silver compounded, says Dr. fSiih-
tauit "and rendered elastic would uhuoupteoiy
produce beautiful tones gold string or wire
will sound stronger than silver one; those OF
brass and steel give feebler sounds than those
of gold and silver Silk strings were haoe u
the single threads of the silkworm sufficient
number of them being taken to form chord OF
the required thickness these We're smeared
over with the white of eggs, which was rem
dered consistent by passing the threads through
heated oil The string was exceedingly uniform
In i,s thickness but produced tone which the
performer called tubby.
The earliest pianofortes were strung with
brass wire for the lower tones and steel for the
MINER Seven or eight thicknesses of strings
were used in the clavichords, spinets ana
harpsichords of the seventeenth century, but
the Cristofori pianoforte dscloses but three
Iiameters The evidence adduced by this IN
,trument. however, is not unimpeachabie III thls
respect since Signor Ponsicchl may nave 1ouha
it necessary, or thought it wise, to alter the
New-York tribune., 1910-05-22

further end Of the key. A slow pressure n,
key lifted the hammer head to within a :.
distance of the string; a blow impeDes =
hammer away from the key with its r
spine and against the string, from which i. =,
by its own weight. This device was irnno-e
in that the blow necessary to the productio.
a tone had to be so strong that very sof. a.
ing was impossible. Then came the a.,
which in various forms and mOdifcafions
remained in use till now. The key rai...
hopper which exerts thrust against the b.-
mer shank with an energy cOrrespondnc
that exerted by the finger Of the player :,
hammer is thrown against the string, and e, =
recon is caught by check which preyer,, =
rebounding and holds it in readiness for r.,'
tition.
The fact that the hammer does not NAL
travel over the entire distance from ire 80.
place to the string makes extremely -,
repetitions Of The blow possible. As The =.
acts upon the hopper it also raises Ganre...
wood lined with felt, which in it's normal No,
ton lies against the string from above ".
release of the key brings this damper bach 4.
it's place of rest and checks the vibrations =.
the string, thus preventing the discordant "a,
fusion of tones which would be heard n tn.
were permitted to die by the gradual eessas,.
of the vibrations When II is desired that n
tones shall continue through a series q,
arpeggiOs or a repeated harmony al the dam
pers are raised simultaneously by means n
pedal, the one TO the right-the damper ued,'
commonly spoken of as the loud pedal, tbopes
it's use for the purpose of increasing the voluma
of tone is the cheapest to which il can be put
The left pedal shifts the action sidewise 50 TIA,
the hammers strike only one Of the double AMI
two of the triple unisOns, leaving the Other,
untouched to yibrate sympatheteaIly. This il
the action Of the left pedal in the grand Diana
forte; in the upright it moves the hammer ae
ton nearer to the strings so that the hamms-
describes smaller arc in reaching the string,
and it's force is lessened; in the obsolete SONAR
it interposed a strip of felt between the ham
mers and the strings and thus softened tbs
tone.
The soft pedal movement OF the grand does
more than diminish the volume Of tone. ths
tone emitted by the strings which have not fel,
the impact of the hammer but vibrate sympa
thetically-that is To say. in response to al
mospheric waves sent forth by their unsons-is
of an seolian sweetness and lends a color o,