The independent-reporter., 1910-09-29
SkOWHEGAN LOCAL NEWS

VI l1ChiS Aal anu WiAV.
The tenth of October, Mr.. and Mrs.
Nutting leave for Los Angeles, Cal,
where they will make their home for
the future They were old time resi-
dents of Skowhegan.
The people of the First Baptist
church will hold services at the G. A.
R. hall next Sunday, both morning
and evening Morning service at
1915, with sermon by the pastor.
Subject: THE Story of the Seventeen
Scales" Mr.. Morris will also preach
in the evening at o'clock. Repairs
are still going on at the church.
The Philathea class of the First
Baptist church met at the parsonage
Tuesday evening. officers were elect
ed for the coming year. and commit
tees appointed for the fair which will
be held in Novembef The next meet
ing of the class will be Thursday,
October 4. at the parsonage. An ur-
gent request is made that every mem
Der be present.
"Grandmother's Grandmother the
beautiful little poem of the olden time,
written by Miss Louise Coburn, which
appeared in the American Monthly Ma
gazine for June, was the same poem
which was read at the State meet
ing of the Daughters of the American
Revolution held here last March, to
the delight of the listeners. Miss Co
burn has written other graceful and
pleasing verses but none with more
delicate and loving art than this, a
tribute not only to her grandmother's
grandmother, but to all those blessed
and heroic souls, the wives of the
pioneers who made those homes in
the wilderness, whose shelter and
safety we inherit.
w. B. Whittier was appointed chair
man of the fair committee at the reg
ular meeting of Skowhegan Grange
Wednesday night. His associates ap-
pointed at the same time were: Chair
man supper committee, Mrs. Vesta
Withee; chairman musical commit
tee, Leroy Sanford; chairman adver-
tising committee, c. Davis Miller;
chairman hall committee, w. D. Brad
bury; chairman ticket committee, c.
D Eaton; chairman entertainment
committee, Dorothy Elliott; secre-
tary and treasurer, S. H. Bradbury
Chairmen of the different sub-com-
mittees were authorized to choose
their own associates and make all
detail arrangements. The date for the
fair will be fixed at the first meet
ing of the general committee. Secre-
tary Danforth resigned because OF
having gone to Orono for the winter
and S. F. Emerson was duly elected
and installed to fill the vacancy
Chairman H. G. Emery had been eX-
pected to give a lecture on the plans
and workings of the new Federal
Tariff board, but wired that he was
unexpectedly detained in Washington
The paper which he had prepared was
read by Lecturer Marston, and was
followed with keen interest by all
present.
At Kingfield, Me, a Skowhegan
party recently crossed the Carrabas-
sett on the old chain bridge which
has the distinction of being the only
bridge OF similar construction in the
State. This bridge was swung across
the stream in 1853 or 54. Twice the
down river chains have broken in
that time. The last time, year or
two ago says an old inhabitant 1.-The
fault was not in the bridge" Negli-
gence allowed too great weight OF
snow and ice to collect on that side
and when roller was taken on to
roll down instead of removing the ac-
very charming view up and down the
rocky channel of the Carrabassett is
obtained in crossing. Just above is
another bridge over a branch that
comes into the main stream at the
head of an island. This is a very
ordinary little structure but it pos
sesses originality in its habit of go
ing up stream sometimes in times of
freshet. We suppose the pressure OF
ice jammed in the narrow channels
between island and main land is the
cause but one can not help attribut-
ing the freak to the stubborn little
bridge. That part of the country is
partial to swing bridges A cable
structure crosses the same stream
near West New Portland village and
in several places there were noticed
leading to intervale land across the
river from the farm houses, bridges
strung on wires and swaying to the
slightest touch like hammock. They
looked like nothing in the world so
much as the pictures in the old geo
graphies of the frail structures swung
across Andean chasms.