The independent-reporter., 1910-09-29

Charles Noble of Augusta, Is the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. H. F. Trask.
Mrs. Allen Prescott of Augusta, Is
visitor at the home of Mrs. Carrie
Prescott. 80 Bloomfield street.
Mr.. and Mrs. FolsomJo Jones have re-
turned from a visit to her mother Mrs.
Rockefeller at Rensselaer,, y. I.
The marriage intentions OF Haroiu
". Bradley and Eta May SWEET are re-
corded at the office of the Town CLERK.
Mrs. c. NJ. Gallup. who has been VS.
iting relatives in Brooklyn, Conn., tor
three weeks. returned home Saturday.
Mrs. Delbert Judkins OF Spring
field Mass, is visiting at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Goodrich for
a few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perley Eames OF
Worcester, Mass. were IN town the last
of the week, guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
p. E. Stevens.
On last Saturday Sheriff John A.
uooers made a seizure of q pints Oh
whiskey under a bridge in keenVlile
over the highway.
w. H. Paine, accompanied by ). w.
Packard. held services at Frienos
church. North Fairfield and BlgeloW
Hill school, Sunday.
Mrs. Nathaniel Jones of South
Windsor, and her son, Fred, drove up
from Connecticut in their automobile
last week and are now the guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. c. J. Abbey.
A daughter was born TO Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Williams recently at their
home in Mt Vernon, Wash. Mr.. VIII
liams was formerly resident OF
Hartland and is we'll known in Show
hegan.
In taking down the list of premi-
ums for the Skowhegan Agricultural
fair we overlooked the name of E. b.
Curtis. Mr.. Curtis had exhibited and
won first prizes on corn and potatoes.
His exhibits were some of the bert
shown here for some time.
Milburn Commandery, No. 305, held
its regular meeting on Thurs
day evening, September %, in Hesel-
ton hall, it being the first meeting
held in their old quarters since the
recent fire. A goodly number was in
attendance, and prospects for new ap-
plications we're received. A short
social was held after the meeting and
all enjoyed a good time. These usual
good times will be continued at each
meeting.
Next Sunday will be observed as
Rally day at the Bethany Baptist
church In the morning there will be
rally day sermon by the pastor, Rev.
George Merriam. At IL o'clock there
will be rally exercises in the Sunday
/ SCHOOl. III tilC evening ~ SAO~N
there will be special exercises by the
children of the Sunday school with
special music. Everybody is invited
to attend all of these exercises.
Mrs. John Mullen of Brooklyn, N.
Y, mother of Mrs. w. T. Clark, was
taken suddenly i'll two weeks ago and
was removed from her home to the
hospital where an operation was per-
formed. Great fear was entertained
for her recovery on account OF her
age. She was 81 last May, but she
has entirely recovered and will be
discharged from the hospital this
week. At the same time Mrs. Mullen
was stricken, Mrs. Clark was taken
ly i'll, but is now all right again.
Former Sheriff Smith of Somerset
county claims that potato vines in his
garden are yielding at the rate OF $50
bushels per acre, and that the vines
are Sllll DcdTlu6. ne pdyb lhio 40 ~
accident, but is due in part to meth
ods not yet practical on CONNER
cial scale, owing to lack of necessary
machinery. He departed from the
standard practice by applying fertiliz-
er on the installment plan. Here is
chance for implement manufacturers
to turn out the necessary machinery
for increasing the efficiency of the
chemicals in various fertilizers by ap-
plying the same during the life of the
plants which 1t js expected to nour-
ish.-Kennebec Journal.
An exciting runaway caused by
horse being scared by a passing auto
mobile occurred Thursday afternoon.
The horse at thee time was hitched by
the bride to a post in front of Jew
ett's meat market and Mrs. Frank
Harney was occupying the wagon.
When the auto passed, the horse
jumped for the sidewalk breaking the
bride. Then he ran up the street
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