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The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-12-06
MINT MEADOW.

Health of community, good.
Mr.. William Cummings, Of Balti-
more, and MIR. Edward Cummings, Of
Pleasant Valley, were guests OF their
brother, Theodore, OF Mint Meadow,
on Sunday last.
Mr.. Plus J. Babylon has returned
home after spending few days with
his son-in-law, Dir. Theo. Cummings,
and family.
Some OF our young folks attended
the oyster supper at Tyrone on
Thanksgiving night.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1912-12-06
GALE O. LUMBER AND ON0o
~ TREE TOPS.

will hold the 7th Public Sale, Oh ~
premises of the late Mrs. Nelson -
Smallwood, on 10
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, lsl1'
at p. m, 10000 feet Of boards, o Ga9
plank and scantling, the latter Ds s,r,,t
2x4, 2x6 and 2x8, also 20 acres Of unS'
tree tops. 10
Terms of Sale-A credit OF moi''
will BE- given. enAIP
r. j. Albaugh, Auct. nov e.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-10
Women Should Keep Place.

At a meeting of a woman suffrage
organization in Kansas City, Kan, il
was suggested that the members talk
to their servants and other women
workers with view to forming an es-
innate as to the suffrage sentiment in
that particular locality. One member
who has employed the same washer
woman for the last six years reported
that she put the question to this
worthy lady:
Are you in favor of votes for WON
en-" the suffrage woman asked
I don't pay any attention to poll
tics" the washerwoman replied. !
leave all that to my husband
We'll. how does your husband stand
on woman suffrage?"
"He doesn't stand at all. He be
lieves In women staying at nome and
minding their own business.
How many families do you wash
for?"
six"
And what does your husband do
Mry?"
He amt doing anything right now
unless he found something this
morning. Kansas City Star.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-10
SOUTII MADISON

]. w. Blackwell had crew of men
filling his silo the last of last week.
The farmers of this vicinity have
nearly finished delivering their corn
to the Norridgewock canneries.
Ed Snow had a crew in this neigh
borhood packing apples last week.
A. NJ. Sweet is working for parties
on Blackwell Hill this week.
There was social dance at Perley
McKenney's last Saturday night
E. F. Sprague had crew threshing
grain at his place last Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. II. Luce and Frank
Luce visited their aunt, Mrs. Emma
Morrow last Sunday.
Warren Swain of Skowhegan was at
d. F. Wescotts one day last week.
There was religious service at the
Ward Hill schoolhouse last Sunday
conducted by Mr.. J. w, Packard of
Skowhegan. Mr.. Packard spoke very
forcefully from Acts, 4th chapter, Goth
verse, to an attentive audience of about
30. The musical selections were
numerous and we'll rendered. We
hope to have Mr.. Packard with us
again in the near future.
Mrs. Lena Ward and children of
Madison were at the nome of her pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. D. f. Wescott for
a short time Sunday.
Miss Mildred Wills was in Skowhe-
gan early in the week.
Mrs. Jennie Blackwell and Mrs.
Emma Clark were in Skowhegan, Mon
day.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-10
NORTH CORNyILLE

72-74-76 degrees from Satn day
Monday.
Harry Dysart had the honor o' tur
ing the first shoyelful of dirt Satu
day for the new building soou to
erected by II. d. Eaton Oh his far
home. They commenced eXca,atil
Saturday
II. d. Eaton, Esq. was up to bis far
over the Sabbath.
Charles Estes two four-horse team
have been hauling cement the pa
week to the H. D. Eaton farm.
Roscoe Libby of Wellington Was
town Saturday after his mother vi
had been visiting relatives the pa
two weeks here.
c. c. Kinsman has sold his lumo
10 the Du Pont Powder Co. and N
Burns will soon move in for about
years job.
: Miss Beulah Currie of SkoWhega
High School passed the Sabbath vii
her friend Lenora Bates, they rrtu"
ed TO school Monday.
c. c. Kinsman left Monday for Bin
ham where he met Charles Doe al
friend of Boston for a hunting rip
river
John Scott, Frank Paine and New
Hayden went up to kingsbury hunt!I
last week returning with one deer
Oscar Kincaid, Leland Bosworih al
Austin Collins left Saturday for
hunting trip on Brighton Commons,
Moccasins, rubbers, robes and oal
cts at G.. w. Bates.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-10
BILL NYE NOT APPRECIATED
Too Many In This Generation Neglect
h. the Works of the Really Great
Humorist.

There are too few of this generation
who appreciate the humor of Bill
Nye. The fame of Mark Twain out
rivaled his. The two were entirely
apart In their methods. Nye con-
vulsed you in the twinkling of an
eye. Twain draws your sense of hui
more with the elaboration of one
preparing you for treat. Nye was
closer to the west than Twain and
he was later Twain went west with
the gold seekers. Nye followed the
railroads. Twain followed the news
paper business with uneven success in
Virginia City, New, and became dis
couraged with his own possibilities as
a writer
1t was one OF his early ebullitions
OF humor that lost Nye his place on
one Laramie (Wyo) paper, and in
duced his friends to launch the
Boomerang Some of these same
friends helped defeat his ambitions
as a lawyer. They thought Nyes &C
cession to the prosecuting attorney.
ship would make joke OF the office,
1t is as likely that the responsible
ties of the Office and the prospect of
q legal career would have turned
Nyes talents into serious channels.
But, fortunately or unfortunately,
Nye's propensity for humor burgeon'
ed early in his western career.
When he was a justice of the peace
In Laramie his office was over liv-
cry stable. At the foot of the stair
way Nye nailed this placard:
Twist the tail of the gray mule
and take the elevator
II his humor was spontaneous, his
sense of justice was just as keen. Phil
osophy there was In his work Humor
is, in fact, largely philosophy.
Men will fight wrote Nye, until
it Is educated out of them. Most
wars are arranged by people who stay
at home and sell groceries to the wild
ows and orphans and old maids at 100
per cent advance. Weekly.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-10

at Jackman hall. Refreshments OF
punch and ice cream We're served by
Mr.. and Mrs f. Gilbert and Miss Ida
Louise Moore niece of the bride) and
Ralph Gilbert. The wedding cake
was served by the bride. The num-
erous and we'll chosen gifts which
were presented to Mr. and Mrs. Laws
showed the kindly remembrances of
their many friends, to which Mr.. Har-
~ Stilwell in behalf of the wedding
party thanked all Mr.. Laws is a
clerk in the employ of the Kellogg
Lumber Co. his former home being
Bangor, while Miss Moore is the
Youngest daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. A.
c. Moore TO whom a family of six
children have been born, all are mar
ried and settled in Jackman.
MIR. and Mrs. T. w. BARLEY and son,
Clarence, with Miss Ida l.. Wilson
gave a picnic supper of fried part
ridge and venison at Owls Head Sun
day, Oct. +, in honor of their guests
Mr.. and Mrs F H. Marshell of Water
vile who returned to their home in
Waterville, Monday.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-10
NORTH ANSON

Mr.. Ross of Skowhegan with his
workmen commenced, Monday to lay
iron roofing on the house of T. b.
Patterson.
The annual meeting of Foster Public
Library Association was postponed
one week and will be held, Monday
evening, Oct. 14th, at seven o'clock at
the library. 1t is desired that all
members of the Association be present
There is a large membership, as all
persons who have paid dollar toward
the library fund are members. The
subject of new library building is
being agitated and the report of the
committee will be heard at this meet
ing.
The pupils of the Mark Emery
School will hold their annual fair
Oct IS.
The Odd Fellows and Rebekahs will
have a six O'Clock supper Saturday,
Oct 10. The beans will be baked
in the ground.
The regular meeting of Ruth Head
Cragin Chapter will be held Friday
afternoon, Oct. II, at the home of
the regent, Mrs. F. H. Holley.
A delightful auto ride was taken
Saturday with Dwight French chauf-
feur, when Mrs. NJ. L. French, Mrs.
Sara B. Parlin, Mrs. V. d. Hilton and
Hovey Barnaby went to call at the
beautiful farm home of George Jones
in Madison. 1.-THE day was one of
those rare Indian summer days and
the ramble through the large orchard,
sampling the fine fruit of every tree
and viewing the charming landscape
which the high land afforded,-the
broad stretch of blue mountain ranges
and the brilliant autumnal foliage
all combined to make it most enjoy
able.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lysander Robinson
are visiting friends in Dover and
Bangor this week.
Clarence Tarr, clerk in the grocery
store of H. S. Bickford has been hav-
ing a vacation of two weeks.
The local d. A. r. Chapter was we'll
represented at Skowhegan when the
Arnold boulder was unveiled, Mrs
EVE Robinson, Mrs. Alice Simmons,
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-10
SPEAKS OF OLD SOUTH
RELIC OF OLD DAYS LOOMS IN
DEPARTED GRANDEUR.
Finest Hotel Before tho War; Now a
Pile of Crumbllne Ruins, With
Only Memories to People Its
Desertion.

On the crumbling black and white
marble foorings the water indeed,
was trucking into pools. And down
In the halls there came to US wander
Ing-strangest thing that ever stray
ed through deserted grandeur-a
brown, broken horse, lean, with a
sore flank and a head Of tremendous
age. 1t stopped and gazed at us as
though we might be going to give 1t
things to eat, then passed on, stumb
ling over the ruined marbles, writes
John Gainsworth In Scribner's.
For a moment we had thought him
q ghost-one of the many. But he
was not, since his hoofs sounded. That
scrambling clatter had died out into
silence before we came to the dark
cryptlike, chamber whose marble col
umns were ringed In iron. veritable
pillars of foundation. And then we
saw that our old guides hands were
full of newspaper. She struck a
match; they caught fire and blazed.
Holding high that torch, she said.
See! Up there's his name, above
where he stood. The auctioneer.. Oh,
yes. indeed! Here's where they sold
them"
Below that name, decaying on the
wall, We had the slow, uncanny feel
ing that some one was standing there
in the CLEAN and flicker of that paper
torch. For a moment the whole
shadowy room seemed full of forms
and faces. Then the torch died out
and our old guide. pointing through
an archway with the blackened
stump of it said:
Twas here they kept them-in.
deed, yes!"
We saw before US sort of vault,
stone built, and low and long. The
light there was too dim for us to
make out anything but balls, and
heaps of rusting scrap iron cast out
there and moldering down. But try
ing to pierce that darkness we be-
came conscious of innumerable eyes
gazing, not at us, but through the
archway where we stood; innumer.
able white eyeballs cleaning out OF
blackness. From behind US came a
little laugh. 1t f1oated past through
the archway toward those eyes. Who
was it laughed In there? The old
south itself-that incredible fine, lost
SOUL That "old time" thing of old
Ideals, blindfolded by it's own his
tory! That queer proud blend OF
simple chivalry and tyranny, of piety
and the abhorrent thing! Who was
1t laughed out of that old slave mar
ket. at these white eyeballs glarine
from out of the blackness of this dark
cattle pen? What poor departed
soul in this house of melancholy?
But there was no ghost when we
turned to look-only our old guide
with her sweet smile.
Yes, sub. Here they all came
twas the finest hotel-before the wal
time; old southern families-bought
their property. Yes. ma'am, very in
teresting! This way! And here were
the bells to all the rooms. Broken
you see-all brokeni"
And rather quickly we passed away
out OF that "old time place." where
something had laughed, and the drip
drip, drip of water down the walls
was as the sound OF spirit grieving
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-10
X The News of Somerset's Busy Towns *

Mrs. Maude Emery. Mrs. Lizzie Emery,
Mrs. Lena William. Mrs. Eta Games
being present, together with the two
Skowhegan members, Mrs. Sac Clark
and Mrs. Minnie Wheeler. Others
present we're Mrs. Samuel Bunker and
Mrs. H. B. Merry.
Miss Margaret Graves, granddaught-
er of Sara Parlin, is taking a course
in Domestic Science at Simmons Col
lege. Boston.
Miss Minnie Bunker has returned
from her trip abroad.
Samuel Foster and his sister, Miss
Grace Foster of Oakland, and their
aunt Miss Lizzie Phillips of Boston,
took an auto ride to this village Sun
day and called on Miss Hortense Pat
terson and met other old friends.
Formerly they all lived in this vii
lage. Miss Grace, who has been an
invalid for many years derives a
great deal of enjoyment from the auto.
Joseph Folsom is employed in the
hardware store of E. w. Scott.
Messrs. Simms e. Jecreys are buy
ing hay and potatoes in this section.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Paine and son
Harold of Portland were recent guests
of relatives here.
Miss Addie Robinson returned Mon
day from Essex, Mass, where she and
Frank Perkins had been visiting his
parents.
The Congregational society receiy-
ed $1,000 from their fair. The hand
some articles of embroidery attract
ed much attention. One was a white
waist pattern embroidered by Mrs.
Frank Pierce which was voted by the
patrons to Mrs. c. w. Rogers. The
other was large center piece worked
by Mrs. Eli Walker of Denver, Colo,
which was voted to Mrs. RoXie Mitch
ell. Mrs. Walker formerly resided
near here and is over so years old and
her embroidery was greatly admired.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Morrison of Do
yer, n. H. were visiting relatives
here Wednesday.
Miss Minnie Davis has full line of
materials for art embroidery.
Arthur Williams is attending Tufts
Dental College in Massachusetts.
Miss Elsie Murphy of Emblem was
visiting friend here the first of the
week.
Inc lOlIONIuS are the new DOOho
received at Foster library: The Pro-
missed Land; Girl of the Limberlost;
Little Colonel's Vacation; Slower at
| Yale; Chronicles of Avonlea; The
Lighted Way; A Hoosier Chronicle;
Woman from Wolverton; The Just
and the Unjust; Miss Gibbie Gault;
The Old Nest; Guests of Hercules;
The Street Called Straight; Polly OF
Hospital Staff.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. p. Barnaby and
children are moving to their new home
on Center street. The remodelled
house has been enlarged and render
ed very pleasant and attractive with
the large windows and the way the
interior has been changed. This
house was owned many years ago by
Mrs. Barnaby's great grandfather
Samuel Thompson.
Herbert Mitchell is working al
Deadwater for Preble & Robinson
The canning at the corn factory
closed Monday the pack being ~ GOO
cans.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-10
WARFARE THAT ENDED
MOST UNEXPECTEDLY
BY GEORGE F. sTAAT

Eggs again."
1t was query. an accusation and q
protest
Yep" said Tommy Thomas. Why
not? There's more nourishment IN a
oft-boiled-"
Feather bed" interrupted his chum
Truth is. you're too lazy to cook any.
thing else"
"Ooooh, you tell whops! And what
Mr. Simian Wellington. did YOU
cook last week."
Simeon was obliged to take the de
fenstve. CAV. but I didn't plain-boll
and plain-boil till the hens came
home. served those eggs in eight
different ways, and you know It."
"Yaas, and with the shells every
time Fact is. Sim. I'm tired OF pot.
wreslin'. I'll run you race to the
postofflce and back to see who cooks
for month"
Nay, SON Not being blessed with
drumsticks like yours. I'll have to de.
cline your gllttering offer. But III be
sportIer than that"
He picked up an egg. held It to the
light, listened at each end mysterious.
ly, and then rejected IT. He took up
another egg and did the same After
diagnosing the third his face lighted
with joy.
"A very strong egg. Tommy. A per
feet type of the Roman arch. Now.
sir, can fix this egg SO you cannot
break 1t with an iron implement-er,
that stove-lid, we'll say"
Just try me-"
IF you do, I'll cook for month.
II you don't I'm to have riz biscuits
and hot rolled oats for a month"
VI weep for a poor orphan like you,
Sim, but-turn on the blizzard"
yelling took his chosen egg-it
was a small one-and stood 1t in a
corner of the room.
1t was an ancient trick, almost as
old as the Columbus stunt, and Tom
my knew he could not hope to break
the egg in that position with the cir
cular weapon. But he betrayed nc
chagrin. He calmly picked up a poker
do well db LuC bNONS-llNi anu plOSCCdCh
to pry away the partitions forming
the corner
Il say" began Sim, fearsome for
the landlady's bill. Then a brilliant
idea bumped him.
Phosh A moist, warm, soft boiled
egg struck Tommy on his pet cowlick
and the effluvium began to cascade
into his collar, thence to the back OF
his vest
And the battle was on. Tommy
Jumped to the table and COM
Wandered the plate of cooked eggs.
Sim rifled the cupboard of the half
bagful of raw ones. Only a baseball
reporter could adequately deal with
the doings of those eggs thereafter.
Presently Sim retreated-or Tommy
thought he did. He ran downstairs
pursued by Yah, squealer, come
again!" from the apparent victor.
On the first floor was a grocer's
shop. A sign read:
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-10
HINCkLEY

Mrs. Eta Kicker of Auburn visited
friends in this vicinity Friday and Sat
urday of last week.
Mrs. Susan Frost of Hayerhill
Mass is on visit to her niece, Mrs.
NJ d. Holt and Mrs Alice Kelley.
Miss Inez Kelley and gentleman
friends of Waterville visited her PEG
pie several days recently.
Ere another Sunday arrives there
will have been wedding bells in this
place. All friends congratulate and
wish for long and happy life.
Miss Ida Kelley has been enter
tanning friends from New Hampshire
this past week.
The |. O. G. T. held box sociable
at their hall Friday evening and clear
ed the sum of $l100
Mr. and Mrs. Asa Pratt expect to go
to Massachusetts soon on visit TO
their daughters. Mr.. and Mrs. John
Walker will keep house for them
while away.
VI. D. Holt and wife and Mrs. Josie
Lancaster of Skowhegan, Carl Holt
and family, accompanied with Mr.. and
Mrs. Percy Williams and daughter OF
Canaan also Mr.. p. A. and l.. p. Kicker
and families and Clara Tibbetts took
a trip by autos to Atkinson (about 20
miles beyond Dexter } Sunday, going
through the villages of Canaan, Pal
myra, Newport, Corinna, Dexter, Dow
er Mills, South Dover and returning
by way of Dexter, st. Adams, Hartland
and Canaan. one of the pleasantest
trips of the season.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Goodrich and
Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin Gilchrist of Bos-
ton are on a visit to friends in Canaan
and vicinity. They drove through from
Boston in Mr.. Gilchrist's new auto.
This is the second trip of Mr.. and
Mrs. w Goodrich in an auto to Canaan
this season.
Miss Floy Walker was in Waterville
Saturday shopping.
Walter Palmer recently had a joint
from one of his little fingers taken off,
caused from blood poisoning, by get
ting a silver under the nail.
The death of Mrs. Olive Merrill oc-
Cured Tuesday, Sept. "a, from kidney
and liver trouble, terminating in a
shock She was eighty-six years of
age, August End, and was the last of
and Judith Burrill and one of the
seventh generation of John and Pris-
ella Alden. Until the Thursday be
fore her death she had been in her
usual health. She possessed a we'll
preserved mind and enjoyed conyers-
ing on all the current topics Three
daughters survive: Mrs. Percy Kicker,
Mrs. George Foster, Canaan and Miss
Addie Merrill, who has lived with her
on the home place since the death of
the father Amos Merrill, twenty-nine
years ago. Also three grand children
and two great grandchildren. Rev.
q. W. Hinckley OBLIGATED at the funer-
al The bearers were, Percy and Lee
land Kicker, George and Merle Foster.
Interment was in the family lot in Ca
man village cemetery A prof dsion
of flowers gave silent messages from
many lends of esteem and sympathy.
Among the relatives from away were
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Lee and daughter
of Taunton, Mass, Fred Burrill from
Madison and also relatives from
Fairfield and Skowhegan.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-10
Almost the Limit,

Professor George Lyman Kittredge
of Haryard's English department is
known not only as a student of the
drama, but as a satirical critic of all
local performances. At a recent per
Torrance DR.. Kittredge appeared even
more disgruntled than usual. At one
point the lights went out and the de
lay added to his annoyance. At the
close of the performance he sought
late supper with a number of his
club friends and was asked: How
was the play tonight, Dr. Kittredge?"
Disgusting" replied the critic. Even
the lights went out at the end of the
second act"
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-10
Sure 1t Was Wednesday.

The lawyer was determined to dis.
credit the witness.
You are positive this happened on
Wednesday," he demanded
Il am"
Sure it was Wednesday,"
Yes"
Cant be mistaken"
No"
why couldn't it have been Thurs
day or Tuesday? How IS that you
can fix this day SO positive In your
mind?"
Because" answered the witness
with some spirit, we had chicken that
day Chicken day is Wednesday
where board. louisville Courier
Journal
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-10
Flying Over the Desert.

Flying over the desert is quite sim
liar to flying over the sea, according
to the experience of the Italian avia
tors; but, while at a height of Loco
feet fine view is obtained, If the
aviator ascends 900 feet farther even
the earth is generally concealed by a
blanket of fog. 1t Is, therefore, diff
ficulty to reconnoiter at a safe eleva
ton. In experiments made to dem
onstrate the value of bombs thrown
from aerial machines, 1t was found
that generally the operator was unable
to determine the amount of damage
resulting from the bomb dropped and
therefore, 1t was regarded as advisable
to have another machine to follow thu
first for the purpose of noting the con
ditions after the passage of the first
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-10-10
EAST MADISON

A job of grading has been done this
season on South Main street hill
which will be appreciated by the trav-
cling public, especially in winter when
roads are icy.
Mr.. and Mrs Vim. Rowell of Scion
visited their niece, Mrs. Titcomb last
week.
The apple crop is rather small this
year.
Norris Cleveland, mail carrier, has
been off duty several weeks on account
of Illness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cate and Mr.. and Mrs.
Mcpherson of Providence, r. l., called
on friends in this vicinity Saturday.
They were returning to their homes
in that city from an automobile trip
through the White Mountains.