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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-07-24
LIGHTNING TURNS
STOVE ABOUT
And Throws Woman
Across the Room
In Il Shower at Bingham. 4. +.
D0nigan's Stable Was Struck
Especial from our Correspondent

Especial from our Correspondent
a very alarming shower or success
sion of showers almost approaching
a cloud burst visited Bingham, Fri
day. Commencing soon after noon
it poured a deluge for nearly three
hours accompanied by vivid lightning
and crashing thunder During the
shower A. F. Donigan's stable was
struck and somewhat damaged by the
lightning. One bolt came down the
chimney to the millinery store, knock
ing down the funnel and turning the
stove around. Mrs. Hight was thrown
across the room by the shock but eX
perienced no lasting injury. The
lightning also struck near Temple
Pond
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-07-24
BAND CONCERT
To be Given by the SkOMhegan Mill
tary Band

The following numbers will be
played by the Skowhegan Military
Band from the Russell Street stand
next Wednesday evening.
Sons of the Brave, march, Bidgood
Evening Thoughts, Serenade,
Rockwell
Chevelier lie Breton, Overture
Memories Dream, Waltz, st Clair
18th Reg't., march PAMELA
Spring Maid, selection, Reinhardt
(a) Billy, Billy Bounce Your Baby
Doll, arranged by Archie S. Ames
(b) I'll be Welcome in My Home Town
arranged by Calvin Groons
Serenade, Pleasant Dreams Ripley
On the Hike, march Brockensire
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-07-24
AUGUST SERVICES
In the Island Avenue Congregational
Church

The preachers for the month Of
August in the Congregational church
will be as follows:
August 3, Rev. Robert L. Sheaff of
Newcastle.
August 10, Rev. Charles Winter
Wood, of Tuskegee.
August IT, Rev. Robert L. Sheaff of
Newcastle.
August "a, Rev. Robert L. Sheaff of
Newcastle.
August 81, Rev. Frederick H. Means
of Madison.
During the month of August Rev.
Robert L. Sheaff will be the minister
in-resdence. Those desiring pastor
al service should call upon him at
the home of his son, Charles Sheaff,
Pine Street. Rev. Mr.. Wilson's va
cation commences on August first and
continues through the month.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-07-24
Mareh-ArmStrOng

According to a Portland newspaper
one of Skowhegans popular school
teachers was married Saturday even
ing. Although intimate friends here
have not been advised Of the wedding
the clipping under the head of
Bridgeton reads:
Dir. Richard March and Miss Mary
Armstrong were united in marriage
Saturday evening at Miss Arm
strongs home on Water street. by
Rev. s. T. Livingston. The gifts
were very pretty and useful includ-
ing several checks Dainty refresh
ments were served by the grandpa
rents, Mr. and Mrs William Foster.
= A serenade was given the
young couple by their schoolmates
after the wedding
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-07-24
Don't Ride In the Ruts

Don't ruin the roads by riding in
ruts," should be the motto Of every
automobilist Rut riding is one OF
the greatest causes of poor roads to-
day and Is something that everyone
should strive to avoid. We cry for
good roads but We do little on our
part to help maintain them and keep
them good after once we get them.
Rut riding is the result of ignorance
or the rankest kind of thoughtless-
ness; 80 cases out of 100 the latter.
Newly constructed roads develop ruts
much more quickly than old pieces of
highway, and for this reason automo-
bilists should use greater care to ride
all over the road rather than to fol-
low in the tracks of the man who has
gone ahead of him. Even after deep
ruts have developed, there is no eX-
cuse for riding in them, and in the
majority of cases, it is far easier to
ride with one wheel In the center and
one wheel to the extreme edge of the
road. The riding is far smoother, and
in addition it is very much safer.
Every city and town can show many
examples of where rut riding has
ruined an excellent piece of road, in
comparatively short time. If auto
mobilists on these same stretches of
highway had travelled all over the
road instead of following in the
tracks of the man ahead, they would
have been improved instead of ruined,
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-07-24
FINAL 0BSEQUIES
For Mrs. Edith s. Shepherd Held Sat.
urday Forenoon

The funeral services for the late
Mrs. Edith Stanwood Shepherd. widow
of General R. B. Shepherd. were held
Saturday forenoon at II o'clock. from
the Shepherd residence on Water ST.
The ceremonies, while simple, were
impressive and largely attend ID.
The flowers were rare and beautiful,
expressing silent love for the deceas-
ed and sincere sympathy for the sor-
rowing relatives. Rev Theodore
Halbert Wilson of the Island Avenue
Congregational Church, where Mrs.
Shepherd had been an attendant. was
the officiating clergyman. The pail
bearers were Or. F. o. Sawyer. J. p.
Oak, F. r. Philbrick, f. E. McNeelio,
Skowhegan; Gordon Dobson, Pittsfeld
and Archie Houston, Guilford. The
remains were inferred beneath a
mound of flowers in the StanTood lot,
South Side cemetery.
Out-of-town people here to attend
the obsequies were: Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Steele Farmirgton; Mr.. and
Mrs Charles Emery, Southern Pines.
y. c.: Mr.. and Mrs. S r. Haines. Mr.
and Mrs. William McGilyery, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. w. Manson. Gordon Dobson.
Pittsfeld; Mrs. Charles Bradbury
Green; Mrs. William r. Buchanan,
Brockton, Mass; Archie Houston
Guilford; Hon. Hannibal Hamlin, Ellis
worth; Atwood Spaulding, Caribou;
DR.. Oliver Sprague. Turner and Chas
Jones, Newport.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-07-24
LIGHTNING STRIKES
J. H. Gray's Stable In SoIon Village
Especial from our Correspondent

Especial from our Correspondent
A thunder shower accompanied by
an unusually heavy downpour of rain
passed over this place Monday noon
While there was not a great deal of
thunder and lightning, there We're
several sharp cracks to make the
timid take notice. One bolt in parti-
cular struck the west gable of J H.
Gray's old stable on the west side of
Main street, shattering the window
casing and ripping off some shingles
Fortunately no fire resulted.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-07-24
Dayis-Blaisdell

A pleasant wedding occurred at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. G. H. Blais-
dell, Norridgewock, Wednesday even
ing, July 16, at which time their eld-
est daughter Goldie H., was married
to Frederick G. Davis, son of Rev.
and Mrs Davis of Norridgewock, the
bridegrooms father, Rev. Mr.. Davis
Performing the ceremony.
Mr.. Davis is recent graduate
from Colby College and the bride is
the eldest granddaughter Of Mr. and
Mrs. S. F. Emerson of Skowhegan.
She has been teachitg in several
towns in Somerset county for the
past few years, recently teaching one
term at the Park school, Skowhegan.
They both are engaged to teach at
canaan village for the ensuing year
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-07-24
FIELD DAY
OF the Tswn Improvement Society
Held Yesterday

The members of the Town Improve
ment Society held their field day yes
terday on the spacious grounds sur
rounding the home of Levi Weston,
his daughter, Miss Gertrude S. Wes-
ton, who is vice president of the So
ciety acting as hostess.
The hours were spent socially and
happily, a picnic supper daintily
spread and served out OF doors, being
one of the prominent features of the
occasion.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-07-24

John Cox and son have returned
from a trip to Aroostook County and
New Brunswick
Mr.. and Mrs. J Lynn Viles, who
have been located in Skowhegan for
the past four months have gone to
North Madison. where Mr. Niles has
accepted a position with II. F. Dan
forth & Son, on their Hereford Stock
farm.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-07-24

Eugene Collins, who was formerly
employed in the Reynolds barber
Shop here, has gone to Bingham,
where he has located.
Sheriff Frank Thompson was in
flttsfeld yesterday His principal
business there was to appoint a dep
uty for that town to take the place
vi 5. H. Frost, who has lately as
sumed the duties of postmaster there.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-07-24

A Union Christian Endeayor meet
ing will be held in the Congregational
Vestry. Sunday evening at o'clock.
Mr and Mrs Thomas Simpson of
Warren have arrived for a visit with
Mr.. Simpsons brother, Adam Simp
son and family.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-07-24

The surest way TO advertise your
self as behind the times. is 10 mail
your letter in an imprinted envelope
or write on a sheet without a printed
business heading. 1t costs very little
to be up-to-date in these things. Write
the lndependent-Repor Office
Skowhegan, for samples and prices on
any kind of printing.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-07-24

The agonizing discomfort and sense
OF suffocation that accompany hay
fever and asthma may be greatly al
leviated by the use of Foley's Honey
and Tar Compound. 1t has a soothing
effect on the mucus Innings, and re-
lieves the gasping and tickling SEN
sation in the throat and bronchial
tubes. For sale by Sampson & Avore.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-07-24

Mr. and Mrs II J. Sehmitz are
passing the day today in Watery.lle.
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-04

are, so the interviewer's heart was
fully rejoiced at what she was about
to receive.
For eyes. witch hazel diluted as
much or as little as you like and ap-
piled with a bit of absorbent cotton
whenever the eyes are tired or dusty.
That cleanses and relaxes them.
But about real relaxation, l have
a theory that I most earnestly prac-
tice. Whenever fatigue threatens.
lie down fiat on my back with no pill
low to break the natural line of the
relaxed body. Really. I fairly flop
And there I lie with bodily tension
all gone, and mind absolutely blank,
and in state of restful suspended
animation And get up rested,
happy and ready to go on with the
days work.
Il walk, in spite of the fact that
most dancers think they get enough
leg motion and exercise in the prac-
believe one can have too much out Of
door life. and 1 believe in exercise.
so I go out and get them both, and
when I am tired, / just relax COM
pletely, as I have told you.
II don't sleep late, either, because
morning hours are best for accom-
plishing things"
And as delightful Dazzle has accom-
plished so much in short life--so
much for beauty and for art and for
Willingness to work and give more
and more OF grace and charm to the
world. conclude that her "morning
hours really have accomplished
things"
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-04

Der that? A good masseuse to rub in a
good tonic; good brush, with your
own arms to apply 1t faithfully, often
and long, and you'll have luxuriant
locks to aid an uptilted nose in giving
you a good profile. For carry the head
high is the first rule for good
profile.
"Oh, and brushing your hair Is flne
for your arms. Calisthenics and exer-
else will generally give you rounded
contours where you want them. I am
pretty slender. you know, and yet I
have not scrawny arms or shoulders.
Jiu jitsu did that, For two years
did jiu jitsu dance with a man who
weighed half again as much as / did,
but l was really and truly able to
throw him through my knowledge Of
the Japanese art, and frcm the begin
ming of that act I noticed how my
shoulders were rounding out and de-
veloping. Jiu jitsu ought not to be an
outworn fad In this country. 1t Is well
worth the consideration of any woman
who wants to develop into symmetry
and strength. That and deep breath
Ing gave me broad, healthy singers
diaphragm, too. oh. yes. Jiu jitsu, of
thee / sing! 1t gives woman con-
fidence in her power to take care of
herself, and 1t will aid the undevel-
oped woman to put q curve where she
wants 1t and the woman Of overluxu-
RANT figure to take off a curve or two.
II have two more little secrets that
7 will be glad to give you, went on
the generous Dazzle They are on the
subjects of eyes and relaxation"
FOR THE EYES
And very important subjects they
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-04

I<TvERY time my wife and I go
out walking" distressed
husband writes me, "she in
sists upon me pushing the baby car
riage.
When any of my friends see me
they laugh and make fun of me.
Kindly let me know If 1t is a mar
carriage"
No. it is not his duty. 1t never,
since life began, was his duty.
It is his PRIVILEGE,
Whose baby is 1t. you narrow
souled representative of your sex?
Isn't it yours? And isn't pushing the
baby carriage on the streets the
lightest OF many thousand tasks that
attend it?
Did your wife complain during the
long weeks and months she carried
it before IL was born? Did she fear
that her girl friends would laugh at
her. or taunt her?
Did she feel that she had griev-
ance when she went down into the
shadow of the Valley of Death. and
returned. spent with pain. with your
child In her arms?
Has she ever reproached you for
the martyrdom motherhood has
brought her?
She doesn't ask that you sit by its
sickbed through the long hours of the
night when every one in the house
hold is asleep. She has never ex-
pected you to be always patient, ten
der, mericful and forgetful of self,
denying yourself every comfort if
that denial made life happier for your
child.
you GO TO SLEEP
When you lay your head on your
pillow 1t is to sink into sound
sleep. When she goes to, bed IL is TO
hover so near the border of con-
sciousness that the faintest sigh from
the little bed near her own awakens
her.
When you sit down to meal 1t is
to crafty your own appetite. With
her her own appetite is an after
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-04
Science

= HAVE fallen in love with motor
boating, and yet I was never but
: once in a motor boat. 1t is the
romance of the thing that takes me.
It appeals to the imagination. 1t
makes you feel adventurous.
You can appreciate better the joys
OF Captain Cook and the other early
navigators when you have explored
a coast, or a crooked river. or chain
Of lakes. with their islands, in a motor
boat. As you cruise away a feeling
OF independence comes to you. and the
world looks different--bigger, more
interesting. more mysterious. You
have got out Of the old world. You
see things that nobody sees on land.
for your point OF view is changed.
You are as free as Ponce de Leon
searching for gold and magic foun-
tains among the emerald tropics.
For the first time you learn what q
wind Is. People on land do not know
the wind. There 1t Is q hot. dusty.
malicious demon of the air. but on
the water IL is spirit from the In
finite and Is free. like yourself 1t
becomes companionabie. You are pre-
pared for its freaks and you can
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-04
DAYSEY MAYME
AND HER FOLKS
Rx FRANCES l.. GARsIDE

-HE continued demand made upon
the time of Mrs Lysander John
u Appleton and her daughter. Day
sey Mayme, to reform the world mas
proved a blessing TO Lysander John
leaving him uninterrupted oppor-
tunity for research work.
- II feel" he said. calling the two
fat pillow cushions to order. as II
nv hands were being uplifted and
strengthened by unseen forces; as
though I, too, a mere man, have
hand in the progress of the world.
' He paused. The two fat pillow
cushions looked at him with such
blank expressions he realized that
they had reached the highest degree
of culture 1t meant so much to be
understood, and they understood him
"As a result of a weeks deep
study and untiring poring over old
manuscripts, / have found that the
following problems of life remain un-
answered. open my hand. as II
were, and fling them broadcast to my
sex for solution. Let them come
nobIy forward and take this share OF
the worlds work on their shoulders
Let them, 1 say. relieve our poor
struggling mothers, wives, daughters
and sisters of some of the burden
now rests with them.
First. 1 would ask: Which is
preferable to sleep with-A baby. or
one of those insects the common
place call bedbug, but which we,
who are more temperamental, know
as a crimson rambler?
"A woman will leave guests at the
table or her husband on his death
bed, 10 run TO the window to see the
fire engines go by, but would she run
IL in the midst of a marriage pro-
posal?
Does a wooden legged man take
. his wooden leg to bed with him?
%Is there more reason for a man
TO be grateful to his wife for cooking
g steak we'll than there is for her TO
be grateful because he bought 1t?
IF it is true that the spirits of our
ancestors are constantly flying around
us. are our women ancestors up in the
air all the time because of indigna-
tion over the scraps wasted that
would make quilts and rag carpets?
who is the more wasteful: The
boy who cuts up pumpkins for Jack
lanterns or the woman who makes
them into very poor pies?"
He paused to give his next question
impression and weight 1t was a
problem older than the world itself
and no one has ever solved it.
"On whose head" he> asked-then
he paused TO scratch his head after
the manner of those who are deep
thinkers-"On whose head did a GER
tain pair of insects travel on that IA
nous journey in the ark?"
FRANCES L. GARSIDE.
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-04
A HUSBANDS DISTRESS!
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX

thought. She attends to you and the
child first
When you take your pleasures 1t is
with the thought only of what pleases
YOU. From the hour her baby comes
her amusements are those that are
her childs.
You are stronger than your burdens
are heavy, and she has tasks before
her every hour that are greater than
her strength.
You know only your own aches
and pains. She suffers both her own
and every III to which childhood is
heir
Your apprehensions are centered
around self. She fears nothing for
herself and all that life threatens for
her child.
When asked to push the baby car
riage, you were ashamed. Ashamed
to proclaim by this little act that
you are the child's father.
She not only bore all the pain
alone, she is not only alone in the
wearying care Of your child. but she
stands alone in the pride that
glorifies parenthood.
THE MIRACLE
If you were more a man and less
an empty headed peacock, you would
Love has brought you. and would be
SO overcome with pride that 1t would
make you almost maudlin.
The father monkey in his cage will
chatter with pride when visitors in
spect the little misshapen image OF
himself in the mother monkeys arms
Every form of life, no matter how
low. is proud of it's offspring.
You call yourself NAN. and you
are ashamed of your own child! You
are not man. You are not OF as
high an order of intelligence as a
monkey. You haven't as smuoh heart
as the lowest form of creation.
Push that baby carriage, and push
1t with pride and gratitudel I warn
you that If you persist in your pres
ent attitude of shame for your own
offspring, some day you will find the
baby carriage has grown into car Of
Juggernaut.
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-04
The Magic of Motor Boating, and
Its Educational Possibilities

circumference of wheel. and only At
one little place there. and you are
going to be THE WHOLE THING.
You are going to know and do every
thing yourself
You will be captain and crew. car
penter and machinist. cook and pas
senger. navigator and engineer, with
the world before you. and the means
to meet all Its demands right under
your own control.
Such things as sugar. fiour, baking
powder. lard, ham. bacon. cheese,
pickles, soap. tea kettles. pans, pals.
griddles, cups and saucers. peeiing
knives, lemon squeezers, buckets,
mops, anchors. sails. tackle. oilskins,
barometers, compasses. foghorns.
boathooks and lubricating oils be-
come poetic in their Significance when
they are to be all under your own
hand to be used by you in your own
voyage of discovery and adventure.
You may even feel tempted to take
along supply Of glass beads and
other trinkets to dazzle the eyes Of
the natives.
Motor boating IL cheap--not neces>
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-04

enjoy them. as 1t sings in your ears
and freshens your breath. A sea
breeze is manageable. You can make
1t serve your ends and increase your
enjoyment, but what can anybody do
with a wind ashore. except wreck an
umbrella or drive windmill? AS a
cooling agent the electric fan sur
passes IT..
LIKE ROBINSON CRUSOE
The preparations for a motor boat
cruise interest me as those for a
voyage In an East Indiaman used to
do read about them in the Motor
Boating Magazine for July as eagerly
as once read about ships taking In
their stores for a trip around the
Horn. There you have the essentials
OF human existence brought familiar
~ under your eyes, and you feel like
Robinson Crusoe looking over his
stores before embarking for an ex-
ploration around his island. You are
going to cut yourself loose from the
workaday world, with all it's banal
subdivisions of labor and occupation,
and its human cogs that are good for
nothing except when flxed on the
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-04
|Up-to-Date Jokes
WHAT SISTER SAID

A small boy was seated in the par
elor with his sisters young man.
being of an inquiring turn of mind,
he asked Mr.. Gaysmith:
DO you weigh very much?"
About 150 pounds. my little man.
the hopeful lover responded
Do you think sister could lift
you?" the boy continued
oh, goodness, mol" said the young
man, blushing at the mere thought.
But why do you ask?"
Il don't believe she can, either;
but I heard her tell ma this morning
that she was going to throw you over
as soon as she could"
Charles Mathews, the famous actor,
one day previous to the period Of his
publicly proclaimed bankruptcy. in
vlted a friend to dine with him The
walnuts were washed down by some
rare East India sherry.
That's delicious wine" his friend
exclaimed 1T must have cost you
a lot of money"
"It didn't cost me anything that I
know Of" the comedian answered,
with q, shrug.
You had II given to you. then?''
the friend suggested.
"Oh, no." answered Mathews. II
] bought it From a place in Bond
street"
put he will charge you something
for it?" the friend exclaimed, in as
to1ishment
II believe he does write something
down in a book" Charles retorted,
Eravely. Let's have another glass
my boy"
At the close of the wedding break
fast a gentleman noted for his lack
of tact rose, causing keen anxiety TO
the bridegroom, who knew his fall
ing.
genialiy, II propose the health of the
Bridegroom. May he see many days
like this"
How are the plans for your new
house coming along?"
"splendidly. My wife has finally
laid out all the cupboards she wants
sand now all the architects got to do
1t to build the house around them"
First Office Boy-De boss grand
rnudder died las night.
Second Office Boy-Geei / wonder
II he's goin' to. de ball game.
rs your client going to plead in
- 7 haven't decided" replied the
fawver. He wants to look the
ground over and see which is the
easiest to escape from-the prison OF
the asylum
He-The hand that rocks the cradle
rules the world. Don't forget that.
She-Then you come in and rule the
world a while. I'm tired.
u
''Bixby keeps his place looking nice
He must be a good neighbor"
Fine. He borrows my garden hose
and washes all the dirt in his gutter
into mine"