The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-10-23
NORTH ANSON

Mrs. Frank Parlin mas plnks III iull
blossom in her garden.
Miss Susan Paine who was the
guest of her aunt. Mrs. Almeda Cuts
for few days went to Foxcroft, Tues
day. where she has position.
Charles Crymble has bought of c. Y.
Bailey the lot where f. E. Sawyers
house was burned and is building d
house and has the frame up.
The Benedict Arnold marker which
Ruth Heald Cragin Chapter and Mar
earet Golf Moore Chapter have erect
cd TO mark the lane cut through the
woods by Arnold's soldiers to carry
their bateaux and supplies around the
falls at Arson village in 1776, will De
dedicated, Friday afternoon at two
o'clock
The postof1ice is to be located in the
new Fraternity block
Read ad of Skowhegan Garage on
page four.
Work on the new blocks is progress
sing as fast as possible, although 1t
has been somewhat retarded on ae-
count of the unfavorable weather.
Emerald Rebekah lodge held thoir
annual fair dinner and supper in the
Grange Hall, Wednesday of this week
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Wood of Bing-
ham we're visiting friends here Sun
day. They were residents OF this
place many years ago
George Perry came from Winthrop
and spent Sunday with his wife in this
village.
Mrs. Stephen NORM went to Read
field last week to see DR.. Hannaford
orip huu
since she began taking treatment of
the doctor.
l.. r. Lincoln went to Boston Tues
day to visit for two weeks his broth
or Llewelyn Lincoln.
Mr.. and Mrs Everett Sawyer of Nor
ridgewock were guests of his parents
during Sunday.
Nahum and Benz. Steward of Show
hogan are doing the plumbing OF sew
eral buildings in this village.
r. r. Patten and family of Skowhe-
gan were calling on friends here,
Sunday.
w. c. Robinson finished packing
apples at his orchard at Hillcrest
farm, Tuesday, and shipped carload
to Boston to put In cold storage. His
orchard, like that OF many others, suf-
fered severely from the heavy wind.
Miss Gertrude Locke of West Far
mington, stenographer, has taken the
place in the Newcastle Office made va
cant by the resignation OF Miss Edith
Faunce.
Mrs. Ada Wing, who has been in
Waterville for several weeks, has re-
turned to this village.
Horace Smith and his sister Miss
Grace returned from Lexington last
week, bringing home deer.
E. p. Barnabys mother and brother
Fred have arrived and gone to the
cottage at Lake Embden for a few
weeks stay.
One of the latest to get good deer
is Will Felker.
The rain of Monday brought up the
rivers to the high water mark. IL
was the heaviest fall of rain that this
section has been visited with for d
long time. There need be but little
complaint that the swamps are dry
now or that the wells and springs
are suffering for want of rain. Dur
ing the first twenty days of October
there were but two days In which the
sun shone all day. Surely. 1t was a
protracted season, and the farmers
begin to realize the late autumn time
IL fast approaching and large acre
age of potatoes is still In the ground.
1t will be busy time from now on
with the husbandman, but, after all,
who is better off than the farmer with
his cellar filled with the products of
the farm and orchard which will en-
able him during the cold days Of frost
10 Oh
Perley Hooper has moved back to
the village into the house of the late
Mrs. Amanda Thompson.
Fred Houghton has gone to Pleas
ant Ridge for few weeks, and Mrs.
Houghton and the boys are visiting in
New Portland.
October has proved such warm
month that the wild strawberries have
been deceived and are blossoming
freely Such is the case on Benja-
min Berrys land where he found,
Sunday, the ground literally white
with strawberry blossoms and small
green berries all set.
w. II. Williams went to Oakland,
Tuesday, on business.
Mrs. Lena Witham had scarcely got
settled In her new home when she
had the misfortune to sprain her
ankle, which has caused her much
suffering.
MRS EVERETT BERRY
Mrs. Everett Berry of Embden died
early Sunday morning at the age of
"a years and rs days. Although tor
some time past she had been in poor
health, the end came suddenly and I'M
expectedly to her family and friends.
Mrs Berry graduated from Arson
Academy in the class of 1900 and for
some time after was employed as
teacher in the public schools. On
January /, 1907 she was married 20
Everett Berry and moved into their