The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1919-07-10
TREE ROAD CROSSING

Pete Dommage have bean work OK
rrodinary hard all these spring tam
and cot him paid off las weak Max
dag he go &c and not com back til
night fore those Fort JULY. We ask
him what he bean gon fer all that
lam and where he got it? He say
Navy. I con tol ven bout il you don't
20 fol sombod bout it. what YOU say.
say alright you 90 head. | nev
tol him not gon write bout It for
Tree Road Crossing, so he amt gon
he mad cause I no tole nobOd bout it. |
Pete say he hear tell way back las
sprung tam. bout how they new gon
be some more chance for get sWig me
hard drinkin Ticker after first day
of max Fort JULY. so he max up his
mind he CON say som money and 20
DOWN on Boston las weak on june
and get himself ckered up in good
shape onct more and then ne gon de
in nieces. He say he ride mos round
This world fore h. get on top Boston.
He fink there mus be lot of other folk
want 10 get nckered up onct more
too. for he nev see so big crowd OK
cept Watvil Fair on his life as was
rode To Boston th9t tam. lie INK
mos evrvbod on town mus be down 10
dpDot for see those train com IN.
There wa one fellow he tink must
have know he was coming for he com
right np and nee him and stick out
his hand 10 shake hands but he have
his suit case on i 80 he drop II ana
those fellow pick / up and lug II for
him right to a real swell outtomobeel
with glas on it side and ask him
where he lax for have him TAX him,
to the Sloppy Piazza or crowfoot
| House Pete say he tinn Old Crow
sound pref good 70 him. so he 90
there. Pete say il lucky thing he
save som money these sprung tam.
she cost so lax all Samhel to ride on
, outomobeels and hotels. He nave
one gloreius bat which take him two
day for got over, but he say he worth
it for she new expect to have som
other one. We ask him he bring
home som that fine red drinklh lie,
and he say he did but he bean tole
those officiaters look over fellows
suit case on train and rest him he
have som Ticker on it, 50 he brnng
home all his Ticker oneside of him.
Tree Road pass som YER quiet Fort
July this tam. In evening before
he begin those boy and girl set off
some snappit craeket and bang bust
its and fire blankcty blank blanks and
blow fshorns and boiler Long bout
m dnight they get pref tired but they
brace I'D for introduce Fort JULY on
GOOD shape. They get som old saws
off nv brother Hen and hitch him be
hind som fiverS which they fill up
with boys and canyon BRACKETS and
/ horns and all kinds of Mise they tink
they can make and ride round Tree
Road lax tam You could almoS hear
the noise above the racket the fliyver
max. To tree boy shun up r.dgepole
of schoolhouse and pound on ham
mer with those bell what have hang
there for tirty year sinct she loose
his slapper Bout one clock mos
evrybod all out, so they go home and
20 bed Bimeby they begun wake up
som more and she start pop, pop.
bang, whang round town til tan clock
when we have big peerade of horrid
bulls and other leadin cit2ans. Bout
noon tam mos evrybod hper for Jean
Chappelles barn where Mis- Chappelle
dish ont plate of bean, cup nee hot
coffy. JUNK bred. and dish roobub
sass for twent-fv cent which was all
right except she want yer sweet.
Aftnoon they have som ball game be-
tween Tree Road and Squintum.
These game com out on favor of John
Turcotte. who collect 1907 off those
who see it, Folk as had som supir
had to go home and get her. Mis-
Chapelle sold all her bean for diner
so she not able to sold supir lax she
plan on. On those eyenin Alex La
groine set off two pound dinam ght
and bust out half the winders in town,
but she max grand noise, and Alex
have winder glas for sale on his
store. Folk as had money to by fire
works set him off. which wasn't much
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