The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-02-27
ASSETS DEC 81. 1872.

chapter is a namesake of Eunice
Farnsworth At the close of the
meal the Daughters presented Mrs.
Hight With ten dollar gold piece,
basket containing one hundred roses
and a century plant. II was with
sense of personal loss that few of
the chapter went to Norridgewock,
July %, 1912, to attend the funeral
services OF our aged friend who had
passed her one hundred second birth
day three weeks previous
Our fifth Real Daughter, who is still
spared to US and who has ever been
the object of our loving interest and
tender solcitude, is Mrs Mary p. Ell
/ lott of Athens. Her father, Benja-
/ min Baxter served in the New Hamp-
| shire line. and after the Revolution
he became one of the early settlers OF
/ Mercer where Mrs. Elliott was born.
J With a few exceptions the chapter has
always paid Mrs Elliott an annual
visit usually in the autumn, 1t has
been one of the peasantest events OF
the year with the beautiful ride when
Nature has daWned her gayest attire,
the picnic lunch en- route, the cordial
welcome from our hostess and her
family, and the felictous Interchange
of experiences past and present Mrs
j Elliott has always taken a keen in
j terest in the work of the chapter and
has frequently contributed financial
assistance.
Our programs have dealt largely
/ with the history Of the War for In
i dependence That study of this sui
iect has not been overdone by some
Of our sister chapters the following
story told by an acquaintance will
demonstrate:
While | was travelling in the South
last winter | met one OF these Daugh=
tcrs OF the American Revolution who
hailed from Maryland She had on
one of the big shiny blue spinning
wheel pins which is their badge. Az
fer the preliminaries of our conversaa-
ton were over in which she had made
prominent her membership in the sis
terhood, she asked me where | was
from. ! said From Lexington.
Lexington, Kentucky" she asked.
oh, no." | answered, from Licking
ton, Massachusetts" Why | didn't
know there was Lexington in Mas
sachusetts." she exclaimed in the
greatest surprise. My acquaintance
further stated that the funniest part
of it all was that so many people to
whom she had told the story missed
the real point.
In March 1910, the Eunice Farms
worth Chapter were hostesses for the
State Council Our pride as enter
tainers was augmented by the fact
that our first regent Miss Coburn, was
as State Regent to preside over its
deliberations and that the original
talent of several OF our members
formed such salient feature of the
program. The poem Grandmother
Grandmother" by Miss Coburn, Miss
Lillian c. Smiths paper on The Early
Settlers of Old Canaan, Mrs. Elise
Fellows Whites skilllul rendering on
the violin of her own compositions,
some of which were further enhanced
by the beautiful voice of Mrs. Agnes
Steward, made this meeting one long
to be remembered by our guests as
well as by ourselves.
In the midst of these happy reminis-
cences shall we not pause to recall
one of these a charter member. whose
charming verse and brilliant prose
were so generously accorded to add
luster to our early meetings. Though
she has entered the Great Silence, a
profound appreciation Of her talents
will ever abide with us
The Eunice Farnswor;r Chapter
may well leel llSell ul'llhSu'oltd
above all others in that ii is honored
by having as members Mrs. White, the
composer of the music of our State
song, "A Song of Maine and Miss
Coburn, the writer OF its verses.
Many tangible results are there to
serve as milestones for our fifteen
year journey. In the summer OF 1898
during the Spanish American War fiji
teen dollars was sent to the American
Red Cross Society. The last resting
places of twenty Revolutionary sold
iers in the cemeteries in and adjacent
to Skowhegan have been identified /
BY application to the Government I
headstones have ben supplied for three
OF these and the customary markers .
used by the Daughters Of the Ameri- +
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