The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-04-24
County News
HARMONY

PolioWluS are Tue tedcneTS IN Town
for this spring: Grammsr, Helen
Nash. Harrington; primary. Rena
Jones, Unity; Mckinley, Bernice
Bean. Pennington; Sugar Hill, lisa
Herrick. Harmony; Klondike, Fannie
Crymble, North Anson; Whittier,
Helen Palmer. North Anson; South
Road, Lillianton Boynton, New Glou-
cester.
Miss lisa Herrick arrived in town
on the early train Saturday from New
York where she has been spending
the winter.
Harland, the young son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Sumner Mitchell, who has been
seriously i'll with pneumonia is slow
ly recovering.
Stanley Hight, who has recently
purchased a new Yale motorcycle Is
agent for the same in this town and
all the surrounding towns.
During the thunder shower on Sat
urday afternoon the lightning struck
so near the Maine Central Station as
to effect the telegraph instrument.
Earle j. Longfellow, telegraph opera
tor, received a decided shock.
Charles Mclaughlin is having an
| artesian we'll drilled by Richard Ever
EFT, who has just completed a well for
| S. w. Herrick. A fine supply of wat
| er was secured for Mr. Herrick at q
depth of Al feet.
The farmers report the roads very
bad. Some roads are almost impassi-
| BILE.
| There is considerable interest mani
tested in a project to start public
library. 1t is suggested to start with
that room in the school house be
scholars be designated as librarian
and it is hoped to procure modern
works including magazines and fiction
as well as reference works. Sever
al contributions of an educational ma
ture have been promised and it is pro-
bable that a meeting will be called in
the future to arrange some way of
providing funds to advance this work.
The Odd Fellows have voted to be-
gin repairs on the store in their
block, formerly occupied by C. F.
| Spaulding. 1t is intended to paint
the store inside and to put in new
front with large windows that will
make this the best store in town.
Such spirit speaks we'll for the lodge
and for the men who compose it.
There is some talk of a hotel at
Harmony, which Is very badly needed.
c. C. Mclaughlin Is working days
helping In the new store and working
nights trying to raise litter OF
young pigs that were very nearly
orphaned through the ambition of the
mother to engage in the concrete
II To 70 q a
large portion of a bag of cement
with disastrous results. The latest
reports say that Charles has steady
Job. By the time the last one is fed
the first one is hungry.
Mr.. Hight, the R. F. D. man, is car
rying the mails over his 25-mile
route on foot. He says he has played
out two horses and doesn't propose to
take chances with any more.
A. F. Marble is having his store
raised about three feet in anticipation
of a change of grade in the street. Mr..
Householder of Wellington is doing
the job.
R. E. Gould is moving his furniture
into the upper tenement in the Spaul-
ding house, which he recently pur-
chased Mr. Spaulding will continue
to occupy the house for a while till
he arranges to buy or build. 1t Is
rumored that Mr.. Spaulding will put
up a potato house to buy potatoes
this fall
D. C. Hamlin has a large crew of
men and teams at work grading for
a new spur track. When this track
is completed Mr.. Hamlin can ship ten
cars of pulp daily. He will ship 5000
cords this season.