The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-10-12
SKOWHEGAN LOCAL NEWS

Herbert Wentworth has returned
from a business trip to Boston.
Miss Edna Porter is spending a
week with her parents in Dorchester.
Massachusetts.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Tilton of
Bangor spent Sunday at their home
on the Norridgewock road.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. NJ Hoyt of Ripley
have leased the Brainerd house on
North street, and will move into 1t
Oct. 18th.
Mrs. Lottie Dow has been called to
Somerville, Massachusetts, by the
serious illness of her sister, Mrs.
| Thomas Lowry.
Earl Huckins is substituting as
clerk at the oxford daring the vaca-
ton which Manager Frank Gould is
taking in the Franklin County woods.
Miss Bertha knight of Fairfield ar
lrived here, Saturday, to care for
RS. Nellie NJ. Taylor, who is very
low. Miss knight is a professional
nurse.
MIR. and Mrs. Fred Hazeltine OF
Ripley have rented house on East
Leavett street, and with their three
children will make their home In
Skowhegan.
Frank Gould, Howard Durrell.
Blaine Emerson and George Laskey
will start early Monday morning Tor
a hunting trip. They will travel In
a two horse blackboard, and go into
the woods over beyond Eustis.
| Mrs. E. w. Ochampaugh arrived
Saturday afternoon after spending
the long vacation in Fall River, Mass.
Mr.. Ochampaugh, the local super
visor of manual training, arrived at
the beginning of the school year.
The shift to the winter schedule
by the Maine Central railroad has
brought Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Tour
ney back to make their home In
Skowhegan Mrs. Tourney was for
merly Miss Nellie Kennedy, and one
of our most popular young ladies.
S. II. Swain reports the following
farm sales during the week past: The
Bert F. Taylor farm in Skowhegan to
Charles Drees of Jersey City, N. j..
and the Charles II. Smith farm in
Norridgewock to Albert Parsons OF
Bridgewater, Maine.
d. l.. McCurdy of Waterville, was
in town, Saturday, driving buggy
that he had built himself for his son,
DR.. d. H. McCurdy of Blue Hills.
The vehicle is particularly light,
natty affair, but the most unique
feature was the seat. This was con
structed in two sections, so that the
turn of a handle would widen out
sufficiently to accommodate two peo-
ple. For ordinary use by the doctor
II will be shut up to the usual size
! of a doctors rig.
On Friday Mrs. Frank Lessor saw
a partridge flying around the house,
and, going out, she opened the barn
door and the partridge flew in. They
caught it, and now have the
partridge as a pet. A few days ago
Mrs. Emma Dunton was at work in
her kitchen, and suddenly she heard
window crash, and Immediately
partridge was flying about in the
room 1t was in the forenoon and
Mrs. Dunton was about to go to the +
telephone to order her dinner; but |
the partridge came just in time
c. r. Drake of Larone presented /
Forrest Cross on Monday, with a
very peculiar piece of wood. 1t was
block of hard maple, about a foot
long, and perhaps four by five inches
square, and contained three augur
holes, where the tree had at different
times been tapped. Two of these
holes still contained the corn cobs
with which it used to be customary
to plug them after the sap had ceased
to run. The holes originally were a
hit under two inches deem. and the
wood that had grown over them was
from five to six inches thick. The
number OF the annual rings that
could be counted showed that the tap
ping had been done very nearly
century ago.
Quite severe accident occurred,
Sunday, on the Canaan road, when
Mrs. Warren Winchester and daugh-
ter, were thrown from a wagon, and
one of Mrs. Winchester's legs was
broken. Mr.. and Mrs. Winchester
and their daughter were taking
ride, and when part way to Canaan
they drove out beside the road, and
taking the bride from the horses
head, let it feed, Mrs. Winchester and
her daughter staying in the wagon.
The horse suddenly became frighten-
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