The independent-reporter., 1913-04-10

was notified and went to Fairfield. He
returned home with his father who
suffered no Ill effects other than the
cold ducking.
A COW owned by George Tredic of
Ellsworth Falls, states the Ellsworth
American. gave birth TO freak Sa
mese-twn calves last week. The
calves were Joined at the muzzle, or
, rather, back to the eyes, just as II
| they had met head-On and been weld
ed together. There were two per-
fectly formed bodies back of this
point, each with its full complement
| of legs, tails ears, etc, but with only
two eyes between them, one in each
side of the joined head There was
no mouth or nostrils. They were
born dead
Mrs. Emma Groves, who toured the
country a number of years as the
bearded and fat lady," and who was
said to be the biggest woman in Maine
died, April 3rd. She weighed 507
pounds and had full beard. Her
waist line measured feet and s in
ches and she was five feet. 6 inches
in height Death was due to pneu
monia. She was born at Yarmouth
Me-, in 1866. Her twin brother died
when three days old. At the time of
her birth she weighted but four lbs
She grew rapidly and weighed more
than 1870 pounds when 13 years old.
At 16 her beard appeared and for
many years she shaved regularly, un-
til she decided to go on the stage,
when she allowed to it grow. She
wds the wife of Charles w. Groves
and lived at Maquoit.
Lewiston Journal; Ralph Gleason,
who has been one of the High Priests
at Shiloh, has just left the Hilltop,
bag and baggage, it is said. Mr..
Gleason has been one of the fore
been intimately connected with all the
work. He went to Jerusalem and
was there long time with that
colony. Mr.. Gleason would not tell
where he was going except to say
ito Massachusetts" He with his
wife and children lived at the big
hospital building called Bethesda
From words dropped now and then,
outsiders have gathered that there
has been trouble among the leaders.
None of the Shiloh teams were allow
ed to convey Mr. Gleason's goods to
/ the station at Lisbon Falls.
Plans are rapidly being completed
| for the reception of the Maine branch
of the National Association of Letter
Carriers, which will meet in Lewiston
and Auburn on Patriots day Com
mittees have been named and organi-
zed. Lewiston branch, 241, will have
! full charge of the convention and en-
tertainment, which will be held at
Clan Campbell hall. and Auburn
branch, 345, will be in charge of the
banquet to be held at new Odd Eel
lows hall. Auburn. State and city
officials, National officers of the asso-
citation and many congressman who
have been prominent as sponsors of
legislation for the benefit of postal
employees, have been invited, though
the number of the latter who will be
able to attend is doubtful on account
of the special session of Congress
about TO be convened.
Blaine S. Viles, land agent and
forest commissioner has announced
the appointment of Neil L. Violette of
Van Buren, as deputy forest commits
sioner to fill the vacancy caused by
the resignation of Charles w. Curtis
of Brewer Mr.. Curtis held the office
for several years under forest com
missioner Ring and Mace. He will,
on the first of April, enter the EN-
ploy of the Great Northern Paper Co
in its Bangor office. The position
pays a salary of $500 per annum.
The Maine sea coast missionary
yacht Sunbeam has been engaged in
novel work, states the Bath Inde-
pendent, that of moving the school
house on Malaga Island, vacated by
the wards of the State, who have been
removed to other localities, to Mus
congus. The building was taken
apart, loaded on a scow and towed by
the Sunbeam to Muscongus, where ii
will be set up and used as neigh
borhood house. The structure is 20x
25 feet and was built jointly by the
State and the women of Portland,
permission to make the change having
been obtained from the joint owners.
The passage TO Muscongus from Mala-
ga Island is one of 20 miles.
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