The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-05-22
NORTH ANSON

Mr.. and Mrs James Thorns went
to Lake Austin Saturday and remain
ed over Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Omar Sawyer
The Marcellus Perkins Circle OF
Madison will visit Capt. Hutchlns CIR
Gle. Saturday afternoon, and as there
are candidates the visiting Circle VIII
do the work.
Mr.. and Mrs. W S. Jones have re-
turned from Belgrade Lakes.
Amos Hoyt who has been " ONO
for "A few years at college has return
ed home for the summer.
Mrs. Beola Webb Of Lexington IS
taking care of Mrs NJ q. Emery.
Emerald Rebekah lodge will confer
the degree Saturday evening
Mrs Mary ingram OF WaterFllle re-
Gently visited her brothers, Fred and
George Pnllen and her niece, Mrs.
Nellie Dick.
Miss Hazel Flanders has returned
home from Stgatton.
Mrs. Eta Eames returned Saturday
from a visit at Skowhegan and Oak
land.
Your correspondent has two more
names to add to the list of persons
over eighty years of age in this town.
They are Mrs. Lucy tButts) Caryill,
born August f8, 1924, and Jacob
Bailey. born February 2, 1929. This
makes twelve persons found thus far.
Are there no others?
Mrs. Betsey Savage is visiting her
niece Mrs. Isaac Wheeler at Show
hogan.
Arbor Day was observed by the
schools on Thursday on account of the
Teachers Convention. Trees were
planted on the grounds of the Mark
Emery school with appropriate exer-
cises by the pupils.
Mrs. Forrest Colby and Miss Bray
of Bingham were here, Tuesday call
ing on friends.
Mrs. Rufina Mckinney and Mrs.
Clara Weeks are visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Pierce.
The teachers from this village at
tended the Teachers Convention at
Madison, Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lowell f. Bailey went
to Boston Monday where Mrs. bailey
will enter hospital to be treated for
throat trouble.
Miss Minnie Greenleaf, a former
teacher of Manual Training in Arson
Academy is visiting her grandparents
Mr. and Mrs. c. S. Pullen. Miss
Greenleaf has been teaching in New
ton, Mass.
Miss Ruth Spiller, who has been
working at Dr. Andrews for several
months, went home, Saturday, for a
vacation of two weeks, after which
she will enter Carney Hospital, Bos-
ton, to take a two years course for
trained nurse.
The G. A. r. Memorial sermon will
be given in the Methodist church, Sun
day morning, May 25. 1t will be a
union service Rev. Gardner Will
preach the sermon, and Rev. c. w
Rogers assisting in the service. The
veterans and Ladies' Circle will meet
in Grange Hall and march to the
church in a body. The evening
meeting will also be a union service
Mrs. f. NJ. Wing recently visited heT
son, Prof. W. E. Wing of Portland.
Alfred Berry cost good colt, Tues
day forenoon, while attempting tc
plow 1t appears that he hitched two
colts, for the first time that they haC
been harnessed together, to a pillow
and before getting underway remov'
ed the brides to adjust them more
satisfactorily when the colts finding
that their heads were free, started tc
run In opposite directions all the
while being hitched to the pillow. The
knife of the pillow struck one of the
colts legs and nearly severed 1t be-
fore it could be stopped, so that II
was necessary to kill the wounded
animal.
Road agent Pullen purchased good
pair of heavy work horses In Water
willie, Monday. They weigh 30 hun
bred and are to be used on the high
ways and on his farm during the sum-
mer
Some good catches of fish are being
taken from Lake Embden this spring.
DR.. E. c.. Andrews has returned
| from California where he had been
several weeks.
Rev. Gardner WILL the new Metho-
dist minister and his wife arrived
here last week and he occupied the
pulpit of the church in this village
for the first time, Sunday morning.
Mrs. M. G. Emery was very much
pleased to receive a bouquet of car
nation pinks from the Sunshine So
ciety of Madison. These beautiful
flowers from the neighboring Sunshin-
ers afforded much happiness to Mrs.
Emery.
Pigs for sale at the Newcastle Farm
North Arson, Me.
This cold, dry month is somewhat
backward for farming. Many of the
farmers are doing little in the
way of putting seed into the ground
and some who have sowed grain are
wishing 1t was in the bins instead of
the ground.
NJ. Weinburg went to Boston,
Thursday on business trim