The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-03-13
SkOWHEGAN LOCAL NEWS

Mabel We're in Waterville during thu
day Friday.
James Donnegan of SomerYille
Mass, has been here this week owini
to the death of his father, John Don
negan.
Guy Savage Of Boston has beer
passing several days in town Will
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs E. L. SAY
age on Winter street
! Miss Jessie Roberts and Miss Eda
Moore trained nurses, have returned
to Lewiston after being here to at
tend the late Ralph G. Young.
Mrs E f sturteyant arrived home
from Lewiston Friday night sh'
was called to mat city owing to The
illness Of her brother-in-law. II. K
Dimock. whose death occurred on the
/ LIST instant
/ Charles L. Hill, landlord OF The OK
] ford, has been in Portland during
/ the past week That city was his
former home and he visited relatives
/ and attended to business matters
/ while away
E. A. Weber and A. Il. Burton, Sc
lectmen of Hartland were in town
1 Friday attending TO business matters
They paid a visit to the independent
Reporter office. where the annual re-
ports of Hartland were being printed.
A private dancing party was given
Friday evening in the smaller Hesel-
ton Hall. Fifteen couples were in
attendance and music was furnished
by Lindsey Nutting and Mrs. Derne
Greene. Lemonade was served dur
ing the progress of the hop
Out-of-town people here to attend
the funeral and during the illness of
Ralph Young were Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Fletcher, Irving Young, Scion,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Markham and
Alton Markham, Mr.. and Mrs E Mark
ham, Hartland. Mrs. Emily Levensel-
Ter and William Gilman, Pittsfield.
At result of a plea entered for
better freight service on the local
branch of the Maine Central. T. NJ.
Mclaughlin, the roads assistant su-
perintendent, was in town the other
day in conference with the Board of
Trade. Mr. Mclaughlin made no
definite statements that there should
be better service, but he got the ideas
of representative men locally on the
subject and agreed to work at the
other end to bring a better state OF
affairs. Owing to the late hour the
! freight reaches here it Is claimed that
perishables are unfit for consumption
at times
! Mrs. Fannie j. Cabot. librarian at
Skowhegan public library has submit
ted the following report for the past
year: There have been 1872 more
books put into circulation and 204
new names added to the number q
patrons during the year, making a
have been increased 81. Thirty seven
of these are given by friends of the
! library. The library has 1880 vol
umes. Accessions during the year are
as follows: Given by State. "a; United
States Government, So; Miss Louise
Coburn, 161; by individuals, %;
purchased from library fund, 1870;
from two-cent fund, So books deliver
ed for home use, %, 1872.
James Fleming has almost a human
and a year and half old, and will
do tricks that show that 1t has HUI
man intellect. One of the many tricks
1t does Is to cali its master every
morning at 430 and will do this by
jumping up onto the bed and putting
its paw against it's masters face. The
cat will sit about the house until
about daylight and then it will Jump
upon the table near the window, tax.
ing the curtain LetweoI it's paws ard
SO letting it up. Mr. Fleming with his
daughter act as night operators in the
building where the Farmers Tele-
phone is situated. The cat sleeps in
the telephone room and if the bell
rings for a call the cat will run to
its masters room to wake him up. Mr..
Fleming says that though he is poor
man he would not take $1,000 for the
cat. He says that inside of a year
he will have the cat talking.
Since the promotion of eight MEM
bers of Boy Scouts from the rank of
Tenderfoot to Second class rank, the
patrols have been reorganized as fol-
lows: Eagle Patrol: Friend, Thorn
son. Bailey, Brown, Buchanan, Jacobs,
French, Taylor. Beaver Patrol: Mer-
riam, E. Dyer, Pulsifer, Chase, Ger
IRISH, Cox, Badger, Haskell, Wolf
PATROL NJ. Dyer, Fogg, Oddly, Lyon.
Barker Pooler, White, Rayner.. Tt
ger PATROL Savage. Wentworth,
Steward. Merrill, Bison, Goodrich.