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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1912-05-24

The de mons of the swamp are mos
quitoes. AS they sting they put dead
ly malaria germs in the blood. Then
follow the icy chills and the fires of
fever. The appetite flies and the
strength fails; also malaria often
pavss the way for deadly typhoid.
But Electric Bitters kill and cast out
this malaria germs from the blood;
give you fine appetite and reLew
your strength. ''After long suffer-
iny,n wrote VIM. Fretwell, of Lucams
&c, three bottles drove al the
malaria from my system. and | have
had good he 1lth ever since" Best icr
all stomach, liver and kidney ills.
Soc at w alton & Shoots.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1912-05-24

Woman's Way.
When women get the vote
What will they do?
Most prob'bly rock the boat
For something new.
The Gall Of Him.
"Huh! Do you think, Peter McGin-
mis-, you're the only young man that
wants to marry me?"
That's my guess, Kitty; I'm your
entire visible supply, anyhow"
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-04-25

Through Sorrow to Joy.
In labor lies health OF body and
mind: Ia suffering and din Guilty is the
soul Of all virtue and all wisdom
Carlyle.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-04-25

Mrs George Gilman. She Is In ex-
cellent health. She has three chill
dren, Mrs. Livonia Taylor, wife OF
George E. Taylor, of Skowhegan, Mrs.
Clara P. Adams, wife of Samuel Ad-
ans of Madison and Warren w. Spot
ford of Caratunk Mrs. Spofford mar
ried many years ago Eli Spofford, who
was a farmer. He died about II
years ago She has been member
of the Brighton Bingham Baptist
church for over so years. She is
great grandfather to ten children.
One of the interesting features about
this four generation family is that
each member of it is the second
daughter.
The4 next member in the family is
Mrs. Clara Adams of Madison, who is
now 81 years old. She is the mother
of eight children, seven of whom
are now living. The third member
is Mrs Lena Rogers of Skowhegan,
wife of William Rogers who is an
employee of the American Wooden
Company and the fourth member is
Doris, the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Rogers.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-04-25
A NEW INDUSTRY.
A Special Town Meeting Called Fol
May end

The outlook for Bingham having a
new industry is very bright at pres
emit
All that is needed now is for the
voters in the town to accept the rec
ommendation made by the Board of
Trade in regard to taxes on the
property of the company.
The new industry name is Skinner
French G. Co, who have for the past
10 years operated in Lowelltown on
the c. p. railroad
Having obtained a large holding in
the timber lands on MoXie Gore, they
looked for a good location to erect
plant to manufacture the lumber At
ter looking over several sites in diff
ferent towns, none seemed to offer
the advantages to be had in Bling
ham, first plenty of room for stalking
their lumber second. close proximity
to the railroad yards; third, first-class
fire protection, and fourth. short haul
lOl lltll lulllDCl HUN liS NOOho'
This company intends to erect a
factory for the saving of packing
cases, piano sounding boards, etc.,
from their lumber They will employ
at least 30 men on the start and
more later.
The citizens are very much pleased
at the prospect of this addition to the
town and much credit is due to the
Board of Trade and especially the
committee ON Manufacturing in Sc
curing it.
A special town meeting is to be
called for May 2, to see what action
the voters will take in regard to the
amount of tax that shall be required
of the new industry.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-04-25
Here Is the Grocer's Side of the Story.

So much has been said about small
dealers who cheat their customers by
selling underweight, and so on, that
the following extract from letter
from a grocer, published in the April
Woman's Home Companion, is inter-
esting:
There are honest grocers, and one
does not need lantern and tub to
find them. Look at the other SIDE
Take coffee at twenty-five cents
pound. Mrs. Smith wants ten cents
worth done up in bag THAT, of
course costs nothing, tied with string
(Which is even less tax on the gro
cer). Does she get ten twenty-fifths
of pound? Most certainly not; and
any grocer who would give 1t to her
deserves to go into bankruptcy. This
coffee costs twenty-one and a half
cents per pound in UNDERGROUND
sacks; weigh it out in ten-cent par
cells, and you get slightly over nine
ty pounds. Where is the grocer's pro-
fit?
Another mistaken idea is that cash
buys cheaper than credit. At the bar
gain counter of any and all kinds of
merchandise and inferior grades 1t
may; but of staples-no, decidedly no.
II you get staple, grocery or meat,
at less than the regular price, there
is something wrong with it.
Again, if l weigh exactly and do
not give DOWNRIGHT, | cannot keep
Mrs. Bjones's trade. She never kicks
at half or one ounce overweight on
her sugar or meat, and 1t Is impossi-
BILE to cut meat and shade it so fine
| ly; but If the scales do not come down
with a bang, she complains of dis
honest weights, etc. And Mrs Bjones
is the personification of the housewife
in America.
| There is another thing. Some Sat
urday night Mrs. Brown comes in and
says: "Mr. H., my husband was not
working last week, I'd like to let my
little account go over
she Is a fair customer, pays once
week or month, and get her credit
at cash prices, as everyone else does
in any reputable store, so it's All
right, Mrs. Brown and l carry her
right along for two or three months,
paying my wholesaler every week or
thirty days, as his terms may be. If
she pays in the end, I'm safe; If not,
I've lost.
Now when sickness or loss of work
interyenes, it is not the big Cash
Store in the center of town on the
main street. that helps the customer
along; it is the little corner grocery
in your neighborhood, that you have
been maligning for not selling you a
dollars worth of goods for ninety nine
cents"
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-04-25
NOTICE.

NOTICE.
To Lyman L. Walton Esquire JUS
tice of the Peace in and for the Coun-
ty of Somerset.
worth f. B. Curtis and Elmer L. Har-
ris owners of peWs and part owners
in the Island Avenue Congregational
Meeting House in Skewhegan in said
County of Somerset, 1t being the only
Congregational Meeting House in said
Skowhegan respectfully represent that
there has been no meeting of the in
eorporated pew owners or proprietors
or owners of said meeting house for
more than three years. Wherefore the
Undersigned pray that you will issue
your warrant to one of the undersign-
ed directing him to notify the pew
owners and part owners of said meet
Ing house to meet at the vestry of
said meeting house on Friday the
seventeenth day of May A. D. 1912 at
100 o'clock p. NJ, then and there to
act upon the following articles, to
wit
side at said meeting
ITO choose a clerk to keep the
records of said meeting.
3.--To see what action the pew own
ers will take relative to a change be-
ing made in the meeting house so that
portion of the auditorium, making sale
of the old organ and replacing 1t by
a new one.
ITO see what action the pew own
ers will take relative to the insurance
upon the meeting house, paid for and
now standing in the name of the
Skowhegan Congregational Society,
and also as to the sale of pews to that
Society.
April % 1912,
JOHN E WADSWORTH
f. B. CURTIS
ELMER f. HARRIS.
To John f. Wadsworth of Skowhe-
gan, Somerset County. Maine.
IL. s.
Pursuant to the foregoing application
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-04-25
SPOFFORD-ROCERs FOUR
GENERATION FAMILY
The Oldest Member Mrs. Nancy Spot
ford, Remarkable Woman

One of The many remarkable things
about the oldest member of the Spot
ford-Rogers four generation family
of Somerset County is that she has
knit in her lifetime by hand over 1900
pairs of mittens and stockings. Up
until a few years ago she raised the
sheep, spun the wool and did the en-
tire work. This person is Mrs. Nam
cy Spofford of Bingham. For many
years she knit as many as 30 pairs
of mittens and stockings in year.
She is now 81 years old but this win
ter she has knit about 10 pairs of nit
tens.
Mrs. Spofford lives on farm in
Bingham with her granddaughter,
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-04-25

of them at least is famous cornet
player. Victor Robbins the leader of
the orchestra has been heard by a
governor and so pleased was he with
the boy that he ran to the stage and
took him in his arms. Victor is now
fifteen years old and the son of vii.
liam Robbins, a noted player Vie.
tor has a brother that has marked
ability as a violin player. The orches,
ira furnishes the music for all the
entertainments given by the town and
is in a great demand for town func-
tons.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-04-25
SOLON

The ladies' Aid will meet with Mrs.
John Rowell, Tuesday p. M, April 80.
A number of the friends and neigh
bors Of Daniel Lombard met one day
last week at his home and worked up
his wood pile. Mr.. Lombard has been
under the Doctors care all winter and
is still very sick so this deed of
charity was much appreciated by Mr..
Lombard and his family Below is
!. list of the men who were there
Cyrus Goodrich, John Tuscan, AL
phonso Games, Roscoe Stafford, c. A.
Merrill, Oliver Hilton, Tilson Jones,
Obed Moody. Josiah French, George
Longley, Fillmore Cooley, Timothy
Clark, Philip Capino, D. X. Williams.
Tilson Jones. man over 76 years of
age was present and worked all day
as active as a boy; but since had
fall in his stable and broke his arm
near the shoulder
DIR. P. A. Wood of Bingham will be
In Scion, Thursday, May 2, for the
practice of dentistry.
Mrs. May F. Cunningham has COM
pleted her spring course in the Stan
dard Millinery College, Bangor, and
returned, home She will have a
small line of hats for ladies and chill
dren at her home.
Invitations have been received here
to the wedding and reception of Miss
Ethel NJ French and Carl Hunnewell
on the evening OF April 80.
Charles BONN has moved back on
to his farm In South Scion after
spending the winter in town.
Clifford Abbey who has been quite
sick for few days is gaining.
The Grammar School class who
gave the drama Friday had a good
house and received a good sum.
Miss Alta Gray was home over Sun
day.
A. w. Starbird Is having good
rise of water and has this years
drive and some left from last year
almost down.
Miss Gladys Moulton is at work for
Mrs. Sumner Rowell.
Miss Wlnnefred Wheaton, trained
nurse, who has been in town for the
past ten days returned home Satur-
day. Both Of her patients are do
ing nicely.
Mr.. and Mrs. Aston Rowell made
business trip to Skowhegan, Satur-
day.
Ernest Decker of Skowhegan was
in town, Tuesday.
The measles are coming this way.
They are sick with them in the homes
of VIM. Mcdonald and Joseph Hun
newell.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-04-25
Tranp Not Wholly Lost.

A tramp stealing ride on a train
jumped of as 1t passed burning ho-
tel, aroused the sleeping dodgers and,
his rescue work done. regained his
place on the bumpers before the train
left the yards. A pretty full volume
Of comment on American human ma
ture is contained in the brief report Of
the incident.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-04-25
MADISON HIGH SCHOOL
ORCHESTRA
The Members Possess Remarkable
Musical Ability

One of the most remarkable school
orehestras in Maine is found in the
High School at Madison. The mem
bers are all natural players and one
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-04-25

Lace is much used as ruffles on
skirts of evening frocks.
Many of the newest evening coats
are made with a single seam.
After a girl finds out how a man
dances she is willing to decide about
his brains.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-04-25
ATHENS

DR.. Ellingwood's farm work last
week was done by Joseph Chucot of
Skowhegan, instead of Mr.. Demo as
mentioned.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-04-25

you are hereby required and directed
in the name OF the State of Maine to
call a meeting of the pew owners
aud part owners of the meeting house
mentioned in said application, to meet
at the vestry of said meeting house on
Friday the seventeenth day of MAY A.
D. 1912 at 7.30 o'clock T. M, which
time and place l appoint for the pur-
poses mentioned in said application.
which is made a part of this warrant,
by posting cert flied copy of this war
rant, three weeks before the time of
said meeting, on the principal outer
door of such meeting house, and in one
or more public places In said town of
Skowhegan, and publishing 1t In the
Independant- Reporter, newspaper
published in said Skowhegan.
Hereof fall not and make due return
of your doings thereon.
Given under my hand and seal at
said Skowhegan on this twenty third
day of April A. D. 1912.
LYMAN l.. WALTON
Justice of the Peace
l certify that the foregoing Is a true
copy of application and warrant, and
notice of said meeting Is hereby given.
JOHN e. WADSWORTH
STATE OF MAINE.
County of Somerset IS.
April "a, 1912
Personally appeared the above NAM
ed John 4. Wadsworth and made oath
to the above certificate by him signed
Before me,
L. L. WALTON
Justice of the Peace,
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-04-25
NORTH ANsON

Mrs. Hannah Young Is visiting her
daughters, Mrs. Lena Steward and
Mrs. Ella Walker In Portland.
George Flanders has sold back the
blacksmith shop to Jack Austin.
H. e. Skidmore planted six hills
Of potatoes on the 10th.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1912-04-25
Additional County Correspondence
will be found on page nine.
Great Value of cocoanut.

VTSdt VdTuc OF OUCudHUts
| The cocoanut is not only valuable
as sourcesof food and drink In trop-
Ical countries, but is also the best of
all trees for shade.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-06
FICTION
Books of Mere Nonsense and of
Mere Gloom.
FUN AMONG SICK FOLK.

WHERE THERE'S 4 WILL. BY Mary
Roberts RInehart. illustrations py =
VauX Wilson. l2mo. PIP 35@. Inc BoDps-
Merrill Company.
Mrs. Rinehart puts her stories TO
gether with a generous hand as re-
CARDS incident. There are thirty chap
ters in this book, and while we nave
not gone back through them 10 check
them all We are pretty sure that come
thing happens in every one OF tnehh'
At all events the author conveys
broad impression Of llghthearted bus
tie. OF steadily increasing excitement.
It is a book Of farce, and this In spite
Of the fact that IL describes events at
a winter sanatorium. one would sup
pose that the people gathered around
the mineral spring In this story would
be too sick indoors and too fearful of
the cold outside TO allow themselves u
be involved in any tangle OF absurdity.
But with Dicky Carter 10 the fore, AMI
Minnie, the redheaded spring girl. and
Mike the bathman-to say nothing o.
Mr.. Pierce-a parcel OF cast iron
images on a lawn would surrender TO
an appeal 10 dance. Dicky owns the
sanatorium and for certain legal rea-
sons must take charge OF II at tho
time OF the opening OF the tale. But
Dicky delays, having carelessly eloped
with the daughter OF one OF the pa
irons, an irascible millionaire. so Mr..
and then the troubles begin. Chapter
by chapter they grow dreadfuller and
funnier, until the reader settles down.
II we may SO express Il, 10 a comfort
able grin. II Is a preposterous book
and well worth reading
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-06
MANY LURES.

THE Lure. Ry T.. s. stevens Emo
DID, 3s7 John Lane Company.
The lure OF Africa was strong IN the
pages Of Mrs. Stevens's first novel
"The Veil" and to Africa she returns
in the later half of this new story, an
other able piece of work, though II
lacks the fascination Of its predecessor
There are many lures here-the lure or
an INSCRIPTIONS, accomplished man OF
the world for an inexperienced young
girl-the lure OF loves counterfeit.
Then there is the lure Of gold, strong
enough 20 prompt 10 crime, ana the
lure Of duty. which the British soldier
and administrator follows 10 the ends
OF civilzatio and, finally, the lure OF
the Nile Thus the story, begun in
London. moves 10 Khartoum, and
thence further up the river, where the
plot reaches it's elimination. and the
heroines eyes are opened 10 true love,
TO treachery and to the heroism Of a
mothers devotion. The story, then, is
mixture Of psychology, adventure
and crime; a successful mixture on the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-06

Of Wales shortly after the accession OF
George II, and married a penniless
naval officer. who almost Immediately
afterward was sent on service abroad,
the marriage being kept a secret.
Pleasure loving. indiscreet even in that
day OF indecorum, she made her merry
yet calculated way through the loose
society OF her day until. her husband
having become the next heir TO the
earldom OF Bristol, she bethought her
of securing proofs of the legality Of
their union, then changed her mind
when he death of The Duchess of
Kingston made II possible for her she
thought. to marry the duke. whose
mistress she was. She denied the first
marriage in court, swore that she was
spinster and married her protector.
only 10 be tried for ,bigamy escaping
the severe penalty for that crime on
the plea that she was n member Of the
peerage as Countess Of Bristol. even
II not as Duchess OF Kingston. Mean
while, the duke had died opportunely.
leaving her an enormous income. and
she set out upon her travels amid bar
barrie splendor. She visited the, court
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-06
A CURIOUS HEALER.

THE FLAW IN THE CRYSTAL. BY
May Sinclair. limo pp. 1877. F.. y. Dut-
ton co.
The very first page OF this brief mar
ratiye is eloquent Of the throbbing
agonies TO which the reader Is to be
treated:
!, va. Friday, the day he always came
AT all. II always was, the week
end being the only time when ho could
get away; the only time. he had eN-
planned 70 Agatha werLsi' when getting
he would have broken down. Agatha
called II getting away from things but
she knew that there was only one thing,
his wife Bella. To be welded To a mass
OF furious and malignant nerves (Which
was all that poor Bella was now simply
meant destruction 10 a man like Rodney
Lanyon.
poor dear when. on those ineffa bic
Fridays. he broke away from Bella +?
Did she pat his fevered brow? Not at
all. She yearned over him. what time
he yearned over her. What had once
touched and moved him unspeakably
in Agatha's face was the capacity II
had. latent in it's tragic lines. for eX-
pressing terror Terror was what he
most dreaded for her. what he had
most tried 10 keep her from. 10 keep
out OF her face" Imagination boggles
al the thought OF how Rodney might
have felt II on one OF those Fridays his
Agatha had developed n case OF mumps
We would not be cruel. but II Is OF just
such prosaic things that we are driven
to think when In the presence OF this
amazing pair and their friends, the
Powells. who presently come TO stay In
the same rural solitude. Agatha pos
sesses mysterious gift Of healing
She heals Rodney. She heals Bella.
She even heals poor Powell, who is por-
trayed In general as a victim OF insan-
gentle stock broker" In short, they
all draw dividends from Aggie's gift;
but that. unfortunately, is only work
able 20 long as she remains pure"
The moment she begins really TO care.
mortal fashion for Rodney. a flaw de-
velops in the crystal. and the healing
processes get all awry. Some such
situation as this we figure through the
mist OF psychic sentimentalism pervad-
ing the book. When the author devil
ates into dialogue she uses the EEK
quisite" method OF disciple OF Henry
James, and thereby puts the last touch
to her grand. gloomy and peculiar little
piece. Why We wonder. do people
write such humorless books? Perhaps
they write them for gentle stock
brokers
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-06
CHINE AND LOVE.

oECuErL. BY Mrs. Belioc
MARY BIS PEN i3mo, PIP. ss4 Charles Serb
ncr's Sons.
NJ, p.,,oc is certainly versathe'
zach If her successive novels thus ia'
Roc heen venture into a new neio'
-. resemblance exists between 'nem
ho,ro found only in the excellent quar-
itv OF her workmanship. MARY
cbell" depends so largely upon 'he ue-
ve,onment Of its plot that nothing can
no said Of II here, lest the reaoei
Measure in following its unfoid'hs NC
marred but II may be stated 'ha' N''
characters readily claim for 'pe'"
.alves our sympathies or antipathS'
Looking backward, after hnishiis ''i'
tale. one cannot but admire tne III
penious introduction Of half-conildehce9
made by the man who knew their oan-
ger. He keeps his secret, his ldeh'i'S'
from the reader and his enemy-iroi''
his frhnds-tll the moment LOT ca
posure comes, but by that time the
battle is won. the victory OF strohs
man over a bloodless, systematic, mar
rowly righteous one, the contest FOR i
true woman's love that gladly pays the
rrice exacted. The scene is rurai
England, the initial motive the love OF
an ancestral home, but all this and
the minor characters are kept in proper
minor relation TO the sterner business
OF the three leading personages. one
reads on till the welcome, romantic
end with undiminished interest.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-06

the natural order brought us into phys
ical being the spiritual universe has
from above taken hold OF us. The
much desired atonement Is realized
when, on discerning our privilege In
the event. We proceed 10 achieve
spiritual autonomy. This means that
for the sake OF its own perfection the
soul turns back 20 the realm of expert
cnce from which at first II was striving
10 be free. Mourn as We may the i'm
mersion OF the life I'm mundane affairs.
it Is nevertheless by these contacts, by
hard work in relation 10 men and
things. that we may approximate ideal
ends. by means Of such moralizcd &C
tivity uhe coined word is "activism')
the old antithesis between Inner" and
outer" is overcome. For example,
with the sculptor working on marble
the result is neither the mere reception
and copy OF an external world sur
rounding us nor Is II a mere setting OF
a ready made inner life, but both in
ward and outward are raised into
corporate region ~ life. and here n
one another and through one another
are carried further. Or. Eucken pro-
ceeds.
Such acccptation 81 the external Into
the particular lie makes IL conceivable
how work can become ones Own aim
how We can love IL and bring II 20 sacri-
nee. ana how w are able 20 drown all
our sorrows and needs IN the Joy which
lies beyond them. The task ~ laid upon
Us mainly through an external necessity.
ana often IN the initial stages IL - dis
covered 10 be a painful burden. But
when the task enables Us TO fasten 90 u
an inward staple. when N II able 10 be-
come thing 81 value for rs. and when
out OF the obligation freedom and Joy
burst forth, then the seeming stranger
proves itSof clearly enough 10 be
piece 81 our very lie. We af'lrm and up-
lifi ourselves whilst We serve the neces-
sity OF the facts.
Professor EIcken's impressive ansly-
ses OF the facts 81 the spiritual order
are all employed by him IN the cNposi-
ton Of religion proper Toward what
he regards as vital values in religion
he devotes patient discussion. but az
In his doctrine OF "Activism" life's
basis must ever be won anew. so In the
religious sphere the spirit OF man finds
new roads Ancient symbols should be
preserved only as they embody living
moral treasure
Quench. then. the altar nres OF your old
Gods
Quench not the fire within,
When the esteemed scholar comes 10
these shores TO lecture at Harvard
University next winter he will md
among US an eXpectant constituency.
There IL a growing inclination 10 weigh
the conclusions Of a teacher who can
bring TO bear upon technical philosophy
so wide human interest, a moralst
who believes so fervently that what
makes history Is not the struggle for
existence, but the struggle for a spir-
itual life.