The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1911-04-13
Local News
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house on Dyer park
! The Congregational Working
! League entertained members OF the
Madison Congregational church here
/ today at the church parlors.
+. f. Davis of Madison has found
! that dairying pays. He keeps six
COWS and they average him $40 a
year to each cow This means about
$50 profit ON each COW.
Leon f. Frost, accompanied by DR..
W. S. Stinchheld, were passengers on
the morning train for Lewiston. where
Mr.. Frost will enter the Central
Maine General hospital for treat
ment.
Rev. C. E Brooks. pastor of NJ E.
church of North Arson. was in town
today in attendance upon examina-
tons being conducted by Rev. f. l..
Hayward for the Maine Conference
Board OF Examiners.
The story that is current that Ned
Lambert bought syrup that was found
to be impure is entirely without
foundation and furthermore he has
never bought any syrup but that was
/ found to be strictly pure.
David Corson living near East Mad
ison, died Tuesday. He was y years
Did. He leaves two sons and one
daughter. The funeral will be held
Friday at 10 a. m, Rev. George Mer-
RAM of the Bethany church oficiat-
! ing.
/ Among those who will experiment
OH alfalfa growing this spring will be
II. T. Patten. He plans to SOW q
small garden spot of it, also field
plot of it. He believes that this is
one of the crops that will bring sal
vaton to the farmer in Maine when
the secret of growing it has been
found.
The Happy Harvesters will hold a
fancy sale together with a cake and
candy sale next Friday afternoon
April A. in the NJ. 4. vestry. The
proceeds are to be used for good
purpose. When you learn this pur-
pose we are sure that you will be glad
if you have helped us. Your patron
age is earnestly desired.
A few of the friends of Mrs. Al
mena Whittier had a very jolly time
Wednesday afternoon at her home on
Leavitt street, it being a party in OBJ
servance of her birthday Mrs. Whit
i tier was pleasantly remembered by
some of the friends with gifts of
! beautiful flowers. After a pleasant
social time refreshments were served
the party by Mrs. Whittier consisting
of cake and other dainties. The par
ty was made up of members of Mrs.
Millers Sunday school class, Mrs.
Whittier being one of the members
| Those present were: Mrs. Mary p.
Archer, Mrs. Eva Williams, Mrs.
Frank Wyman, Miss Emma Written,
Mrs Ethel Ames and Mrs. David
Jewett and Mrs. Sophia Perkins.
One of the very pleasant occasions
last week was on Saturday when Mrs.
E. l.. Savage observed her birthday.
1t was a jolly time for 81 of her
friends, fifteen of them coming from
North Arson. They all represented
/ the Universalist Circle of that place
and here. The whole day was one of
joy but perhaps the best part of it
was the dinner, for Mrs. Savage made
everybody feel that it was worth
while ito live to eat The party
from No. Arson returned on the $3.50
o'clock car. These parties are COM
mon among the members of the Uni
versalist circles, they planning to
give each member a birthday party.
They believe this is a good way to
help arouse interest in the affairs of
the society.
The excessively muddy condition of
the highways upset the plans of the
lecturer for the meeting of Skowhe-
gan Grange Wednesday night, but the
gathering was full of interest for all
that. A communication from the Ma
tional Master started discussion of
Canadian Reciprocity, during which
Secretary Emerson astonished the pa
irons by announcing that after study
ing the statistics of trade between
the United States and Canada, he had
come to the conclusion that reci-
procity would not be a bad thing af-
ter all, r. f. Parker and A. E.
Jewett failed to agree with the secre-
tary, but B. A. Sawyer upheld his
conclusions very effectively. The
quarterly report showed a gain in
membership of 9, a loss of 10, and
total March 81 of 433. Average at
tendance for five meetings had been
143, and the receipts $19S.30.
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