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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-08-08
Brides Pulling Order.

An absent-minded bride, anxious moi
to forget to order two chickens for din
ner, repeated to herself as while
clearing away the breakfast things
Grocer chickens - grocer - chick
ems"
The words became confused in heI
mind, so that when she went to the
telephone she asked: Have you any
nice young grocers?"
"Why-why-yes," replied an as
tonished voice at the other end OF the
wire.
WELL" said the bride, send me
two. dressed"
= Dressed" said the voice, more as
tonished than before
why, no." answered the bride, ~
believe you may send them undressed
II my husband comes home early he
will wiring their necks and the cook
can dress them"
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-08-08
Sewing Made EASY.

Persons with the store window habit
have found something to stare at in a
little notion store. Stretching across
the window are three strands of No
40 white thread still attached to the
spools Suspended from each thread
are twenty-five needles.
my little daughter threaded them, .
the storekeeper said They are a
wonderful convenience for people with
such poor eyes that they can't see to
thread their own needles. Here is a
whole bunch of them already threaded
and all the sewer has to do Is to I'M
wind the thread until she has the de.
sired length for the first needle. then
slip the other needles along until 1t
comes their turn. Maybe in some
neighborhoods that contrivance
wouldn't be appreciated very highly,
but here it is real blessing. Within
a few blocks of the store are three
old ladies' homes The old ladies like
to sew, but they have found it impos'
sible to keep their needles threaded
Now that job is already done for
them for the original cost of the
needles and thread. New York
Press.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-08-08
May BE Roger Williams Pantry.

The pantry of the home of Roger
Williams, founder of the state Of
Rhode Island. is believed to have been
uncovered by Workmen eXcayating
near the place, where the big fire
place, which historical authorities
have marked as that from the Will
liams' home was discovered five
years ago. Dishes and crockery Of
various sizes and styles, together with
bones, believed to be from human
skeletons, We're unearthcd by the dig
gers. who broke many Of the dishes
and bones before they realized the
probable importance of their find. A
bottle with dark liquid corked in
side was one of the articles found. 1t
will be analysed The bones, too, will
be subjected to expert examination.
On an urn which was among the
crockcry rescued is drawn in base
relief the crude figure Of an Indian
with outstretched bow. On a piece
of plate is a Dutch scene in blue. l4o-
cal historical authorities expect from
these and other articles to determine
definitely the period in which they
were used.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-08-08
ADVICE MANY MIGHT FOLLOW
alive Suddenly" Said Mrs. Brown to
Friend, and Results Amply
Justified the Counsel.

Mrs. Brown went In to see Mrs.
Smith, whom she found, tired and
pale. trying to sew with the baby on
her lap.
Life does seem hard" Mrs. Smith
said after a little ordinary conyersa'
ton; I've just had letter from my
sister wanting me to come there for
fortnight and bring the baby. II
looks like heaven to only think of 1t,
but. of course. can't go
why not?" asked Mrs. Brown.
"Oh, It would be perfectly impos.
slble. There's the sewing and the
cleaning, besides everything else
I've got to stay here"
Suppose you died suddenly-whai
them"
20, then, of course. they'd just have
to get along somehow"
Then why not live suddenly, and
let them get along somehow, just the
same?"
Mrs. Smith stared.
Live suddenly" she said. "Why, ]
never heard of such thing!"
But, nevertheless. Mrs. Brown man
aged to get her to do it, and the nexi
week she went of for fortnight and
didn't come back for a month.
What happened at home was like Q
miracle.
Elsie and Amy, whom their mother
never allowed to take the least care
took all the care and made father and
the boys have a regular picnic. The
boys turned In and helped clean the
house. Mrs. Brown cut out the sew
Ing and showed the girls how to
do 1t.
The whole family took hold exactly
as they would have done had the
wife and mother been suddenly
snatched away.
Only, as she was just suddenly
alive" instead, there was Joy instead
of sorrow, looking ahead, instead OF
looking backward
And then what a Homecoming, with
the baby rosy and all its back teeth
out, and mother not tired, not pale
not fidgety. not nervous.
Really and truly alive for the first
time in years. What stupid lot OF
big children we are, anyway, fumbline
over dirty old methods when the new
ones are showing clean, smiling
faces everywhere! Here's to no more
necessary people dying suddenly. :
Let's all Give suddenly" and be hap
by forever after.-The Nautilus.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-08-08
Spanish solf Yields 1856 an Acre.

SpdnI6n OOI flclQS pooo an ACFCs
The most intensiyely cultivated re.
gion in Europe Is that part of the
province Of Valencia, Spain, which
lies between the mountains and the
Mediterranean. It has a rainfall OF
only about seventeen inches a year,
but so fertile is the soil and so skilled
are its workers that 1t produces crops
worth an average of 1866 an acre, ac-
cording to report sent to Washing.
ton by Consul Robert Frazer, Jr.
There are districts, he says, where
100 acres support 100 families, and
where single families live on the prod.
uct of four-tenths Of an acre. Farms
are rented for $3.50 an acre, and the
tenant pays as cents an hour for
pumped water, which flows In a
stream of 200 gallons per minute.
Almost all farming Is done by hand,
as minute attention is given to crops
and even to individual plants. The av.
erage production of the principal
crops is as follows. in metric tons of
2,204 pounds: Oranges. 100000 tons ;
olives, $4,000; carob beans, $4,000;
peanuts, 13,500 melons, $4,000;
grapes, $4,000; peppers, 10000; toma,
toes. $4,000; wheat, $1,000; barley, 49,.
600; corn, $4,000; rice, 100000.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-08-08
Pantheon and Parthenon,

The Parthenon, or what is left Of
It, stands upon the Acropolis of
Athens. This most famous building
on earth was erected under the ad-
ministration of Pericles about B. c.
442. Its present ruinous condition
was caused by the explosion of a
bomb during the war between the
Venetians and Turks in 1887. The
Pantheon, at Rome, was built by
Agrippa in B. c. 81, and, unlike the
more beautiful temple at Athens. Is
still in a fair state of preservation
The Pantheon is. of course, we'll
worth seeing. both for its own sake
and on account of its historic inter-
est; but 1t does not hold the fame
belonging to the Incompatible build
ing on the Athenian Acropolis.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-08-08
Indian Killed On Track.

Near Rochelle, H., an Indian went
to sleep on a railroad track and was
killed by the fast express. He paid
for his carelessness with his life
Often its that way when people ne
elect coughs and colds. Don't risk
your life when prompt use of DR.
Kings New Discovery will cure them
and so prevent a dangerous throat
or lung trouble. ut completely cured
me, in a short time. of terrible
cough that followed a severe attack
of Grip" writes j. r. Watts, Floyda-
da, Tex, and | regained Is pounds
in weight that | had lost" Quick
safe, reliable and guaranteed. soc
and $1.00. Trial bottle free at r. w
Buchanan, Sampson & Avore, The Full
Ter Drug Co., G. r. Fogg.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-08-08
1t Grows Hair
Every Man or Woman Can Have an
Abundance of Hair Full of Life and
Beauty.

Mrs. c. Borchardt. No. 753 1-2 Stf
Street, Milwaukee, Wis, writes: 81 an
very much pleased with PARTISAN
Sage. This is my fourth bottle and
my hair is coming in nicely and get
ting thicker. | must say it is a fine
hair grower"
PARTISAN Sage does not contain
Sugar of Lead; poison that often
causes blood poison and sometimes
death. Ask your dealer if he can
guarantee some other hair prepare
tons not to contain Lead or Nitrate OF
Silver.
PARTISAN Sage is not a dye. Most
dyes are dangerous. 1t is a hair
nourisher, grower and beautifier and
quickly banishes dandruff, stops hair
from falling, and scalp itch. Large
bottle so cents at G. r. Fogg and deal
ers everywhere. 1898
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-08-08

The Bath Times is specializing as
to the future of Malaga Island, and
says now that it has been cleared OF
its undesirable inhabitants and the
State owns the island and the litt;e
$1,000 schoolhouse, which was built by
public subscription, many are of the
opinion that the State will soon be
ready to sell its holdings and maybe
someone will buy the property at a
low figure and build summer home
there.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-08-08

Held without bail for his prelimin-
airy hearing before the municipal
court on the charge of numbering
Naomi Eta Mitchell, Sherman Gray
of Carmel is confined in the Penob-
scot county Jail He takes his arrest
and confinement calmly and from the
time he was taken into custody in the
town of Brooks, he has given the of
ficers no trouble. He does not ap.
pear to be at all alarmed as to the
outcome of the case against him. and
talks freely with the officers about
himself and about the murder, main
tanning all the time that he is limo
cent of the crime.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-08-08
kINEO TO OAKLAND

f-Stop on signal or on notice to Conductor
+-Daily except sundays
daily. sundays included.
Daily except saturdays.
At Kineo Station steamer connects to and
from all points ON Moosehead Lake.
II. u. VA LDRpN, Gen. Passenger Agt
MORRIS MCDONALD,
Vice President and General Manager
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-08-08

The people of. Lubec are pleased
over a current report that the Maine
Central Railroad has drawn plans for
proposed railroad line into the
town, and the fact that several times
the necessary support required for
such a road has been promised. Lu-
bee is the largest town in the county
only 20 miles from the main line
with practically no contributing bust
ness at all, and Lubec last year raised
and produced over $4,000, 600 worth of
commodities.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-08-08

Eleven months after Bangor's big
fire, the assessors find an increased
valuation of $313,O00 Present indica-
tons are that, with the many build
ings now projected or in course OF
construction, that the valuation of
1913 will show nearly $1,000,00C
gain over 1912. The tax rate this
year, notwithstanding the heavy eX-
ira expense occasioned by fire, will be
$40.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-08-08
Here and There in Maine

While attempting to jump a Grand
Trunk freight train at Yarmouth,
Emil Violence, %, of West Spring
field Mass, slipped, fell to the track
and was run over by the cars. Both
legs were crushed so that they had
to be amputated. He was removed to
the Maine Eye and Ear infrmary
and died half an hour after reaching
Portland
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-08-08
Maine Central R. R,
TTiiT4 Arrangement of Trains
lId3sI1:JN In Effect June ID
WillIllGl 1912

i rains leave Skowhegan as follows "A and
SUI H. M. Tor all points west; also Ia b,...,
toNcroit Bangor and way stations. 4 49, a.
Tor Waterviiie. Oakland, bingham. IeWlsf4'"
AueuSta, Gardiner, brunswick, Portland ana
Boston, Dexter, Dover and Foxcroft en-,
Vile Bangor, Aroostook and Wa htupfa
Co, 81. John and Halifax. 80 T.. IN, 5,,r
NaterVil'e, enabling passengers To I "a kfaf-r
noon trains for bangor the New AarF i,
press and night Pullman for Portland ana
iioston-4.10 y. m, Sundays only. Ia NafeT.
vile. connecting for Portland. Boston ana
New York "
Arrivals lib n. m. from WaterN He dan,
except Sundays-l0.29 II. m. PASSENGER nm,
Portland. Oakland, Waterville. AupIisfa ana
BAngor-i.50 and 80 p. M, from ali points
and nj lJ.3O a. III. Sundays only.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-08-08

Enthusiasm is frequently arrested
for exceeding the speed limit
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-08-08

We cannot always oblige. but we
can always speak obligingly.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-08-08

And many a father loses all inter
est in the prohibition movement when
the baby cries for water at a. n.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-08-08

A fool insists on having his own
way but a wise man merely has it and
says nothing.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-08-08

In the eyes of a silly girl clothes
make mighty poor speciment of a
man look like the real thing
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-08-08

Some men are a great deal more
successful in concealing their yellow
streak than others.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-08-08

1t may be that piano practice ha'
reconciled many a father to the mar
rage of his daughter.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-08-08

Many woman who looks like {
fashion plate makes a noise like {
tin plate.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-08-08

Better late than never" is a poor
rule to follow in making mistakes.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-08-08

The wise wife never sings for her
husband as a means of trying to
keep hr at home evenings.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-08-08

Culture will do much for a woman
but it will not permit her to sneeze
gracefully
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-08-08

Champs" poor houn he pears ter
me "deada dawg!"
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-08-08

A free thinker is a man who isn't
married.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-08-08

At the present stage of the game it
looks as if the centennial anniversary
of Foxcrofts existence as town
would pass uncelebrated. and practi-
cally unnoticed except in so far as the
fact that the town is 100 years old
may be recorded in the diaries Of
some of the towns citizens. The mat
ter of celebration had been talked
up, but when the question was brought
before a special town meeting. We'd
nesday, it was turned down fiat. The
sum of $500 was all that was asked
for from the town. as it was intended
to raise the balance of the fund need
ed by subscription. The action of the
town was a disappointment to those
who have been interested In the
movement, as they would like to have
seen proper observance of the CEN
tennial.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-08-08

A work horse stolen from the sta
bic of William Reynolds of the Mount
road, Pittslield, July 80, was found in
the McGilvery pasture near the Way
erley, Wednesday morning. The
thief was reported to the officials of
Pittslicld early Wednesday morning
when Night officer n. c. Corey re-
called seeing a stranger leading a
work horse through the village about
II o'clock Tuesday night. Others had
seen the man with horse and it was
an easy matter to trace the animal.
1t is thought The animal was left in
the pasture by the stranger who
might return Il nightfall
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-08-08

At the special town meeting. Mon.
son voted to hire $500 on condition
that the State give $4,000 for the pro.
posed new road around Doughty hill
State Highway Commissioner Hardi-
son was heartily in favor of the build
ing of the new road and thought thai
the State would give double the
amount raised by the town. This
piece of road is on the main highway
to Greenville and sometimes 30 and
60 automobiles pass over the road II
a single day. The hill is in bad con
dition for autos and in order to have
it accepted as a State road it would
take a large amount of money to
build ii and lot more each year to
maintain it. The proposed new piece
of road could be maintained as cheap
ly as the average State road.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-08-08
Rubber Stamps
Stencils, Etc.

We have taken the agency Tor one
of the largest manufacturers OF KUN
Der Printing Stamp Goods IN 'H'
country, and will take orders for KUN
Der Stamps, Sign Markers, Stenc"S'
Brands, Check Punches, Nnmbefil7
Machine. ETC., at very reasonaD'~
prices.
Observation-Disclosures Office
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-08-08

While climbing in a poplar tree in
front of his house in North Orrington,
recently. little Fred Turkey, the five
year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. James
Turkey caught hold of an electric light
wire which came through the
branches of the tree receiving a
severe shock which held him captive
for nearly ten minutes until pulled
down by Walter Gilman of North
Bucksport who was passing by ON
Bakers Bangor & Orrington Express.
The little fellows injuries we're not
of a serious nature although it was at
first feared that he had been ter
ribly burned. DR.. James p. Russell
of Brewer was called but found that
beyond slight burns on the legs and
a shock to the nervous system the
boy was uninjured.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-08-08

1t is said that up at one of the
captain of the steamer which runs
there has set of signals by which
he notifies the chef at the camps how
many new guests for dinner he has
on board. One long blast on the
whistle means five extra guests. two
long whistles, ten. and so on. This
same custom was in vogue in the old
days of porgy fishing on the Maine
coast, when the steamers used to
notify the factories about BoothbaY
harbor and at other points by giving
a blast of the whistle for every LOO
barrels of porses they had on board.
When the narrow gauge road was
built from Pennington to Phillips
there were about LOO wooden trestlps
between the two villages. When the
Fairbanks trestle is filled in, on which
work is now progressing, the last
wooden trestle on the road will have
been done away with. Within the
past few weeks some 400 yards OF
granite construction have been put in
at this trestle, the work being in
charge of Roadmaster Walter Tooth
aker the engineer on the job being
Clinton Plumley, who is also in
charge of the construction work at
Sanders.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-08-08

Mrs. Gerard Tozier, who lives about
a mile out of Mattawamkeag village
on the river road heard a slight noise
at front wiadow, recently, and as
she looked out, a large stone came
crashing through the window striking
Mrs. Tozier in the forehead innicting
a painful but not serious wound. The
people rushed out but could find no
trace of the miscreant. The only clue
apparent is a strange man which Mrs.
Tozier saw a short time before or her
way home froma neighbours. The man
who appeared to be fairly dressed
lodged into the bushes when he saw
her coming. The Toziers are highly
respectable people and can give no
reason for the assault. The author
tiles are at work on the case.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-08-08

Marrying is like taking a flying
leap; You never know just how you
will light.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-08-08

Contentment is getting near The
jumping off place when it begins to
sit under tree and watch the weeds
grow.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-12-09
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arms
The problem is forced upon the
attention of Jersey City by a Fair
mount hotel against Clinton S.
Dow, a broker-a suit which has
for its focal point the question
whether Edwina Dow, 2 years old
and very sweet, is a better or
worse house companion than
'Red Mike, y very Irish and very
canine!
A few weeks before EdWina
was born, her father, it seems,
went to the management of the
Paramount hotel, where he had a
suite, and asked to be allowed to
move into larger apartment.
, He gave, as his reason, that he
expected an increase in his
family" Thereupon, he charges,
he was given to understand that
he chad better move, as babies
were not wanted"
=" But, l expostulated,' de-
clared Dow, that our dog, Red
Mike, had never been kept out of
the hotel So why should our
baby when it is born? Surely l
exclaimed, "a baby is more desir-
able in a, hotel than dogP"
But the management didn't
seem to think its guests would
agree to that, it appears from
BOWS testimony, and so, before
Edwina was born, he moved. And,
then, he says, he was sued by the
hotel for $50 on his unexpired
leasel
In trying the case Judge Err
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-12-09

After all testimony was in,
Judge Erwin announced that the
matter was foo weighty for snap
judgment and he promised, after
reflection, to render a decision
later as to which are really to be
preferred hereafter in this coun-
try as housemates-dogs or
babies!
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-12-09

later as to which are really to be
preferred hereafter in this coun-
try as housemates-dogs or
babies!
BUNCH OF JABS
Our county Democracy is a
bright and shining example of
the use of the strong arm of pol
itics.
But at that, the esteemed or
ganization known as Tammany
Hall was the real inventor of
Cook county Democracy meth
DDS.
1t was an excellent rabbit hunt
ing season in Ohio-nine hunters
were killed; 80 wounded. A few
rabbits also succumbed.
The English Socialists have &C
quired a member in the House of
Lords. He's bigamist, and serv-
ed three months for it.
"The church can lose without
loss, the wealthy man who gives
his thousands wrung from the
sweatshops and the degrading of
our womanheod.-Prof. Edw. A.
Steiner IN sermon.
The church can not only lose
them without loss, Ed. 1t can lose
them with gain.
Walter Dill Scott, of North
western university, is having fits
because the people no longer
stand in awe of authority"
Walter Dill's wrong. The pee
pie merely have made up thei-