The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-10-19

street. to his new residence on Court
street.
Miss Adelaide B. Holway, a teach
er in the Madison schools, spent
Saturday and Sunday with Miss
Blanche Emory, teacher in the
Skowhegan High school.
Lawrence Hayden has arrived
home from Moscow. bringing with
Inn 212 pound buck deer that he
shot. This is the largest one to come
down over thu Somerset road.
William Hoyt and family have
moved this week to Skowhegan,
where they will make their home.
Miss Eunice Hoyt, daughter, has a
position as teacher In the Lincoln
school building.
Mrs. Benjamin F. Eaton and Mrs.
W. II. circuit of Washington, d. C.,
who Is visiting at the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. Eaton, went to Bangor,
Saturday, to attend the musical fes-
tival.
II. \. Pratt of Portland sent King
apple to a friend in Skowhegan this
week which is supposed to be the
largest one seen here for long time
1t weighed l pound and was 14%
Fire broke out Saturday morning
at about s o'clock on the roof of
the Skowhegan Foundry. Alarm was
rung in from box 90 but before the
fire company arrived the fire had
been extinguished. The fire is sup
posed to have caught from the smoke
stack.
Mrs. John w Steward entertained
the Afternoon Bridge Club, Friday
afternoon, five tables being gathered
for play. First prize was won by
Mrs. Morris Gledhill, second by Mrs.
David Steward, and third by Mrs. j.
P. Oak.
Isaac Turner has returned from
the Maine woods with a big buck and
a doe deer His method Of getting
these two animals Is unique. He had
been hunting several days and had
not come upon any of the game until
one day about noon he was up on
rising ground in hardwood growth,
and looking down through the trees
he saw a big buck deer. He raised
his rifle and fired, and hurried down
to where he had seen the deer; and
laying dead was small doe. Imag
the time he thought he had killed
big buck. He was about to carry his
animal to camp when he heard some
thing little distance away. He
looked again and about 100 yards
from him lay the buck struggling for
life, and before Mr.. Turner could
reach him he had died Mr.. Turner
found to his great surprise that he
had really seen a big buck first and
fired at him, ha dhit him, the bullet
had gone through him, hit the doe
that was standing beside him. killed
her and the old buck died from the
same shot.
No hunter from here has derived
Tor MI IN oh
bear than George Young did Sun lay
in shooting a specimen of the crane
family. But in this case the antici-
patton was greater than the realiza-
ion. DR.. Charles Viles was the
prime factor in giving Mr.. Young
this hunting opportunity. He evil
IDENTIFY saw the bird standing in the
water at Lakewood and hestened to
the cottage to tell George to come
with his gun. The latter acted
promptly and was shortly pouring
bullets into the bird. George had
always heard that these birds on
stills were hard to shoot and realized
it after he had fired six shots and
the bird still f1oated around in the
water. 1t soon dawned upon him
that there wasn't much satisfaction
in shooting at dead birds anyway.
He found that the bird was true
enough a crane but had been stuff
ed several years ago and DR.. Viles
had experienced a dull moment and
had placed the bird out there to liven
up things a little. He did all right.
George has the satisfaction of know
ing that the bird is now past useful
ness as an ornament.
The twenty-ninth annual calendar
of the Skowhegan Woman's Club has
just been issued for the coming
winter. The first meeting will be
held Oct %. The officers of the
club are; President, Mrs. Gertrude
Bucknam; vice president, Mrs. Hat
tie B. Fogler; secretary, Mrs Hattie
Danforth; treasurer, Mrs. Margaret
X. Goodrich; directors, Mrs. Ada R.
Dascomb, Mrs. Ina w. Goldsmith,
Mrs. Rose I. Merrill, Mrs. Lois w.
Patten, Mrs. Mabel w. Philbrick,
Mrs. Evelyn w. Pratt; flower COM
mittee, Mrs. Fannie G. Wildes, Mrs.