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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1921-12-15
IN Interesting I,eni in Lie nj Jane
Galway

James Calaa. told tie Reporter the
other day o. a rather curious happen
ingi his lie leading up to the same
with the following story:
When he was II years old. he
thought he would like to learn To play
the fiddle 30 he consulted his father
about getting Il violin His fatheT in
formed him that there were eight
cords of wood in the yard to be saved.
saying. If you saw the wood | Will
see that YOU get a fiddle So James
went to it and sawed wood after
school hours every night and Satur-
days for ten days, completing it on
a Saturday night. After supper his
father went with him to get the prom
iscd violin that he had well earned.
The instrument was purchased in the
music store once owned by man by
the name of Staples, located where
the ViCue a. Hall barber shop Is now.
As James did not know anything
about fiddle he had to find someone
to teach him. lie went accordingly
to tho home of the late Moses Clou-
tier, then a young man, who lived
with his parents back Of the I.eagitt
street school building. Arriving at
the house James was informed ny the
young mans mother that Moses WAS
Al q neighbours close by So James
went as directed and found Moses at
John Leo's house. James informed
Moses what he wanted and was invit-
ed in to the dwelling, He WAS given
= seat near cradle containing an
infant that MAS asleep, Cloutier in
forming him that he wanted to tall
with Nr Leo few minutes. after
which he wonl 20 home with Inv
and teach him h.W to tone a violin
Al this point the STORY grows more
interesting. While lamcs WAS waiting
for Cloutier. the baby n the cradle BIZ
gan to wake ZIP ana fuss. 50 Jane,
being near the cradle. commenced to
rock the child. and that little infant
e.rl that James undrrjopt 10 quiet is
hts present wifo Hes father is q
sro,estono entier a. Tire Marble
Works.
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ila779d rough galnes Which had no VI
tai meaning; while here and there IN
groups. with hands gesticulating. some
fanatics declared their principles And
the principles of every man In the
Sore fleet so far were embraced In the
four words--wages. food, drink. prize
money.
Presently Feren~ stopped short.
Listen" he said.
There was cry from the ships side
not far away, and then came little
bursts of cheering.
by Heaven, its the Delegates coin
in here - lie said. He held up warn
Ing palm, as though commanding 81
lenee, while he listened intcullS. ~ g.,
its the Delegates. Now look at thai
crowd of scamen :"
lie swung his hand toward the
bowels of the ship. Scores OF men
were >prugiug to their feet. Present
II lhcrc came a great shouting and
cheers ana then four new faces ap-
pearrd on deck. They were faces of
Intelligence, but one Of them had the
enlightened look of leadership.
"By Judas, it's onr leader, Richard
Parkcr!' declared Ferens.
What Dyck saw Nils good evidence
If the progress of the agitation. There
we're officers of the Ariaduc to be Sen.
hut they wisely took 10 noii>' Of tie
breaches Of regulation which followed
fhe arrival of the Delegates. byeb
zaW Fcrcns speak To Richard FarEet
after the men had been i'm conference
with Parker and lie Delegates all
then turn toward himself. Iieha I
ppar.rr came to him
We are reloH -couuirlmcu.' he sal
eenially. Il know your history W.
are out to make the navy bcttet-to
get tie men their rights. l understand
You are with u.s.
Dyck bowed. = u Will do all pcs sIbe
10 ct reforms in wages and food PIT
through, sir
That's good said Parker "1hefe
are some petitions you can draft, ah3
s3ule letters also to the admiralty aul
- the houses of lords and commons
u am at your service" said D&et.
He saw his eAanee 10 secure ieilg-
enee on the Ariadne, and also IL %
saad 10 tho service. BcSidcs, h. tej
ae mieht hc able Ia check the @arst
eXee~sra Of tie agitation, If liz ett
power under Parker. He was free
from amy wish for lnutlnY, but he Nas
tie friend of ri agitation which might
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Gro be continued
Real Estate Transfers

Tho following were among tic
leeds recorded AT the Somerset Reg
istry of Deeds Office during the past
several days
Canaan Richard p Chase to Sal.
y Y. land containing aGout fifty
iefe8
Aorridgcwock f'idelia A. Johnson
10 Amos A. Johnson. land with buil1-
ngs; Thcophilns G. Abbott to Bess io
. NJ Abbott, land
s;koWhcgan belmont +. Mason t.
Alhert f. Jcr8on. land on the cast 81 l.
| Il Madison avenue, Eta ]. Day t.
j Omar Bcuulier, land with buildings.
trmnda f., Smith to Harold Holden
tfa1 with building on Beech street;
ise.#is A. CaaweIl L. Archie II. Go.e
.aas
i WcsJ FORKS Claudia Y, Wilson =
/ 8lf1m Nugent land with building
/ lsusioM William NcGilyer} t.
rham4s ". NrQuade. land with build
NJ; AuburrcthY VI. Cox of Bradford
! to Gyacc NJ. Tompkjns, land viii
] buildings known IS the Verde PACK
I'd s'nrr. laforest Burton to Earl +
zanaorn. land with buildings; WI
Hm NrGijycrt 10 Harry \. trlerd
faad with buildings: George p. Nc
ALLY OF UoNter To George l.. Tphcl
lan1: Il'!cn $. Tobey to- Charlie {
ze5eb lapd.
Hinlo rrcd l.. 1ibbctts, Of DeAie
- Arshjc Forrill land with build
M thr homestead farm OF IepnaaH
II y5I.,ii.
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The Late Mrs. Ezra stevens

| Memorial services for the late Mrs.
Pauline (Beedel Stevens, wife Of Ezra
kleyens. were held from the house
saturday afternoon with Rev. George
Merriam of the Bethany Baptist
thurch officiating. The deceased who
MAS rs years old. was born in Monsoon
April %. 1S45. When she was seven
hears old she moved with her mother
|spd stepfather to Cornyille and mar
|ried there on Feb. Is, 1864 Mr.. SteV-
lens. After living in Cornyille FOR "A
New years the couple moved to Il farm
m the Pugh Corner neighb0rpood at
Madison and then moved to d farm in
|Cornyillc where they RENAME until
|about four years ago when they came
10 their Maple street home. The &c
leased was the mother of four chill
|dren, Miss Ella, who died at the age
|of sixteen. Lester &. Stevens, we'll
known farmer of the Hilton Hill see
|lIon and twin daughters, Mrs. X. ".
French and Mrs A. *. Rowcll, Mr..
Stevens was for many years loyal
member of East Madison Grange and
|leayes large circle of friends VINO
|sympathze with the mourning rcia-
|tiges in their bereavement. The re-
|mains we're inferred in the FAMILY
burial lot at the North Cemetery,
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Cnlb, ollcgc Note,

Christmas ,4eation cNtends fr'" d
u. mn. FRIDAY December Is until -
IN. Thursday. January r, la22
The lnterclass Volley BAH Tourna
rrYt of the Women's Division 81
p'aroi oil tbs week, tn" sen IN
ON Tuesday and the finals on Weinr -
day The following girls are among
these who llayed on the first team
for their classes. Miss Beatrice RdE-
er Mary carl. Ruby Dyer Eleanor
HAYES and ethel Reed
The Literary Society held its ofeu-
ing meeting last Friday evening the
program WIS humorous debate Re
solved. That it is better to be a tiap-
ner than a Phi Beta kapper, Miss
Ruby Dyer WAS chairman of the al
Grmative team and she gave also, the
rebuttal. Miss Eleanor Halves took
mart in a tHbleau introduced by the
same team. representing further the
Flarper element
Mrs. A. T., Dyer Mrs. George Ner-
RAM and Mrs. J. ID. Symons. ali Of
Skowhegan, visited their respective
daughters at Foss Hall last week.
" D~-4~., ~ ~ r. 49, "
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BEWARE OF SYMPTOMS!

u;,h The scarlet fever epidemic
ain breaking out in Skowhegan and
ssinity after a long period of attempt
N control the disease, the serious
o of the situation should be grasp
and every effort made to control
came. These cases should all be
s.orted to the health officer and fam
~ should take every precaution
sore symptoms of the sickness oc-
[.r A local physician calls the at
[.r,on of the Reporter to the results
, the malady in Rumford and we
{.hlisb the newspaper article refer
Ia to the same in order to call at
{'.lion to the direful results in that
frnmunty and which may COME to
soubegan if the adyiees of the health
lfeer and physicians are not needed.
1 Rumford - Elmer Wulff, 10.
urominent local young man for
'overal years IA we'll known ath-
lote of this section of the State.
died at his home late Sunday
ripht. Death was due to scarlet
fever.
He graduated from stephens
High in 1920. While at high school
ho became prominent for his ath4
letif abilities, and was fOur-let
Tor man. Since leaving school he
has played semi-pro baseball here.
There have been several deaths
from scarlet fever in Htumford
this fall.
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a voyage With us. You've only TasIeil

A voyage with us. You've only Gasle1
the life In harbor. Good God, this
life Is heaven to what we have at sea
We don't mind the fightin'. Wed rath-
er fight than eat" An evil grin covered
his face for q minute. YES we'd ralh-
er fight than eat. for the stuff We get
to eat is hel's brol. God knows! Did
you ever think whai e life Of tie
sailor is, that swing n the top Of "A
mast with the fra in his very
soul. and because 49, TO-. OWN ia
the cold, gets twenty lashes for not be-
in quicker? Well. I've seen that, and
q bad sight 1t is. Did you ever see a
man logged? 1t amt "A pretty sight
First. the back takes the click Of the,
whip like. Id washhoard, and you
see the ridges rise and 70 purple and
red and the man has his breath
knocked clean out of him with every
blow. Nearly every stroke takes oil
the skin and draws the blood. and
dozen will make the back ditch OF
murder Then the whipper stops, looks
mt the lashes, feels them tender like,
and out aud down it comes again
When all the back Is ridged and
SCARED. the flesh, lint looked clean
and beautiful, becomes bloody mas.
Some men get hundred la>hcs' aud
that's torture and death.
Mind YOU, there's MANY man %els
fifty laShes that don't deserve tarm.
There's many men in tie fleet i.tt'.
stirred to anger at ill-treat1aelt gutl
now, in these days. the whole lot j.
ready to see the thing thruu-I-hF
heaven and by h--llw
The mans face had taken on an ri.
most CHASTITY feryor, Until il wose3
like distorted cartoon-sin5utNe.
fanatieal but Dycll Oh the edge col the
river of tragedy, VAS IN ready to
lose himself in the stream Of 81.
As he looked round the ship hc felt
a stir of excitement lil1e na'ujug IL
had ever known, though L. iad been
brought up in country Who're men
were by nature reyoGiioW~ls, Hnl
where the sword was rs olt"H outsido
as inside the scabhard There was
something terrible in II sh.r5aard ael.
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this: The night you got letter from
Virginia we was pennless; 80 AT last
| went with my watch To the pawn.
brokers. You said you'd wait till
got back, though YOU knew not where
| was goin'. When got back. you
were still broodn'. You were seated
on u horseback by the CHEMISTS lamp
where you had read the letter. It's
not for me to say of what you were
thinkln but could guess. You'd
been struck hard, and there had come
to YOU a letter from one who meant
more TO you than all the rest of the
world; aud YOU wouldn't answer 1t be
cause things weren't right, As stood
lnokin' at YOU wundcrin' what To do,
though | had twelve shillin's In my
pocket from the watch I'd pawned,
there came four men. and knew from
their looks they were rCCruitin' officers
of the navy | SAW what was in their
eyes. They kneW-aS why shouldn't
they. when they saw gentleman like
N0n in peasant clothes that luck had
been aG'in' US.
"WIat the end would have been
don't knnv II WAS Won thai solved
thr #u,nl,Inn. moi ihem You looked NJ
the first man Of them hard. Then you
gal Ia your feet,
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men you MaNea manu- 10 ',ie
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Card 0f Thanks

| wish to extend thanks and heatt-
fell appreciation to the employees oil
The Indian Spring Mill weave ~room
Tor the sum of money contribute
towards flowers and fruit; also to all
my friends that assisted me during
my recent illness and the Sunshine
Society for the nice fruit received
from them while was at the hospi-
tai
Mrs. Chas. POmCrlc1u
Madison, Dec Is, 1921
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All =la~e Ba..af aB &c hold. Col
bs = - art N.ne college which
"'.,! be Haps ea.LicJ there. Since the
haasar Na4 a.t 'nr Hfe day. con
siderable 55tcrial viii be neelcd Tor
tao Cory sale. counter. Viii all
CoihN pe.ueu and-anr uthes5 who are
kindly interested. please make some
contribution a. early q possible? f.
pcciaili those articles which SAVIOR
of Maine are desired ,neh a, Gr pill
low, braided Emitted or woven rugs.
QUIT tufts. etc The articles need
not necessarily hc brand new but
of coar the mus: 10 clean and not
at all worn out. The college girls
are working very hard IN collecting
this material and ans Colby girl will
he glad To see that your contribution
reaches the Boston Bazaar Miss
Beatrice p Baker. Eos Hall, Colby
College, Wateryllc. Maine is chair
man Of the Somerset County group of
workers. she should have all this
material early in January. The pro-
ceeds are to 80 to the Alumnae Build
ing Fund.
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Card 0i Thanks

We wish to express our heartfelt
thanks to our friends and ncighbors
for the acts of kindness given ana the
expressions of sympathy received at
this time
Delbcrt Whittier
Miss Harriet NJ Whtller
Franklin Whittier
Sherbon Whittier
Mrs. Mary +. RowclI
Dee. 10. 1921
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Cash After Jan. |

Notice Is hereby given that AL
ter January LIST, 1922. the
Hincklcy Farmers Union will
: do practically u cash business
All accounts must be settled b,
above date (Jahuary istD
We take this step hoping II
viii be best for all parties.
Thanking you for past ia,.
ors and hoping that this VIII
work for our mutual benefit
We remain,
YOurs truly.
HINCkLEY FARMERS UNION
; By order OF Board OF Directors
2w504
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Continued from Last Week.
CHAPTER X.
The Hour Before the Mutiny.

"IIOW did It happen. Michael3"
As he spoke, Dyek looked round the
forccaStle of the Ariadne with rest
less and inquisitiye expression.
Michael was seated few feet away.
his head bent forward, his hands
claSpCd around his knees.
well, it don't matter one way or
MOTHER he replied; but it WAS like
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-04-29
BR0WN-TAIL MOTH IMPORTED
inspection Of French Nursery Stocks
Results in UncoVerIns Many
Nests of Insects.

Federal and state inspection OF
French fruit and rose stocks during
recent months has resulted in the In
perception of 50 nests Of the brown
tail moth In 30 shipments, in contrast
with 63 infested French shipments
which have arrived In this country
during the Inst nine years. The find
ing of so many nests in such a brief
period indicates that the French in
spection service Is much below the
standard Of previous years. To meet
this situation, all French shipments
OF rose and fruit stocks are being
fumigated at the port Of entry under
the direction of the Department of
Agriculture, as well as inspected at
destination by state inspectors. Fur.
thermore, a warning has been sent to
the French nurserymen and the
French inspection service to the effect
that II shipments continue TO arrive
infested with nests of this injurious
insect, 1t may be necessary to cancel
all existing permits to import French
stocks.
interruptions have been made by
the state inspectors of Connecticut
New York, Indiana, Iowa, New Jersey,
North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Mary.
land and federal inspectors IN New
York city, Philadelphia and Washing.
ton, D. c.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-04-29
BETTER CONTAINERS NEEDED
Millions Of Dollars Worth Of Perish.
able Products Destroyed An
nually in Transit.

Perishable products worth millions
of dollars are destroyed annually on
account Of breakage in transit of the
containers in which they are packed.
More than one railroad has appealed
TO the United States Bureau of Mar
kets to help to remedy this situation,
a high official Of a southern railroad
stating recently that, In his opinion,
shippers should be compelled to use
containers Of adequate strength. and
that proper car-loading methods should
be exercised.
II is vastly to the interests OF the
shipper to use containers Of a strength
that win carry perishable products
safely to market. and the bureau Of
markets has made many investigations
aud experiments to determine Just
what strength retainers should be to
accomplish that result These inves-
-tigatious are still in progress, but the
sinfa-matlon already collected is sufi-
-cientIy complete to enable the bureau
30 advise shoppers with regard TO the
oest containers 10 use In shipping
specified fruits and vegetables
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-04-29

higher than the outside ground sur
face, and 1t is advisable to renew them
every year by removing the contami-
mated surface down 10 clean soil, and
to refill with fresh sand or fine gravel
and earth.
A board floor is generally used
where the level of the floor in the
house is from / to feet above the
ground surface, and in portable hous-
es on land which is not well drained
Board floors harbor rats, and rot quick.
ly, and should be raised some distance
off the ground so that cats or dogs can
get under them, and also TO allow a
free circulation of air to prevent the
wood from rotting.
Cement floors are adapted to Der
manent laying houses, to brooder
houses, incubator cellars, and to all
permanent houses where an artificial
floor Is required, and can be built on
the ground level, These floors are
easy to clean very sanitary, rat proof,
and comparatively inexpensive. If one
has a cheap supply of gravel or sharp
sand.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-04-29
FRUIT FOR AVERAGE FAMILY
Everbearing Strawberries Should Find
Place In Every Garden Where
There Is Space.

Plenty of vegetables for the table
should be the first consideration of
every home gardener but fruit trees
and some bush fruit should be plant.
ed, say specialists Of the United
States Department Of Agriculture. II
does not take very large space for
growing enough fruit and berries of
the different kinds to supply the aver
age family.
Everbearlng strawberries, which
were a novelty few years ago are
now being planted by thousands of
gardeners, and they should find a
place in every garden Of the temperate
region where space will permit.
Strawberries, however, can be grown
under very wide range of climatic
and soil conditions. The same is true
of the blackberry and the dewberry.
Raspberries are more limited ms TO
distribution, and will not withstand
the heat of summer in the South or
the extreme cold Of the North. Their
planting is confined almost entirely
to the temperate regions, the Contra;
and Eastern states and the Pacific
Northwest, Certain varieties Of the
red raspberry that are practically
eyerbearing, or that at least produce
both a summer and fall crop Of fruit.
are now being developed. Raspher.
ries, blackberries and dewberries do
Wen when planted along a fence.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-04-29
GROWING MUSCADInE GRAPES
Best Results Obtained by Training to
TreIlis, Using Three Wires
Instead Of Two.

The muscadine grape will produce
the best results when trained to
trellis, using three wires Instead Of
two as IN training the -bunch" va.
rieties Posts should be M least eight
to nine feet In length. and set two 70
three feet IN the ground. The wire
should be two feet apart on the posts.
which should be sixteen feet apart.
The vines should be set at least
twenty-five feet apart In the row.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-04-29
NICOTINE SULPHATE
is LESS EXPENSIVE
busting Found Effective in Con.
trolling Pests.
insects Hard to Reach With Ordinary
Sprays Caught by Floating Dust
Settling on Under Side of
the Leaves.

Prepared by the United States Denart-
ment Of Agriculture)
10 the sorrow of some Of the In
sect pests which feed on the under
side of plant leaves and so escape the
effect Of poison sprays, the bureau OF
entomology United States Department
OF Agriculture, has been conducting
experiments with nicotine sulphate an
Piled IN dust form. Mixed with kaolin
to give the poison bulk, 40 per cent
strength nicotine sulphate did remark
able work in controlling melon, cab
bage and pea aphis, onion thrlps and
western cucumber beetles. AN these
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-04-29

marked that he had spent two years
of hard work and had consulted more
than 200 books I'm composing SThs
White Company"
The numerous Sherlock Holmes tales
and the historical rOmaaceM show but
two sides to the authors unusual Yer-
sntility. He has always kept up his
keen interest in medicine, his first pro-
fession. In 'eFhe Crime of Congo he
wrote about the crueltIes of King Leo
pOld's administration of the Congo
rubber traffic. In South Africa, and
more recently in France, he has studied
and written about modern war. Long
before the great war overwhelmed
Europe he saw the storm cloud gather
Ing and in short stories he forecast
some of the terrOrs and marveis of
war as II might be Rnd as II proved
to be. In "Great BritnIn and the Next
War;" In 1913. he exposed the specious
arguments of General Bcrnhnrdl.
For 80 years he has been Investigate
WINGED unbeliever. More and more he
has been won over 10 complete faith
in communications from the spirit
world, and In numerous articles and
"The New Revelation" UO1s) he has
set down the story OF his progress
from skepticlsm TO belief, and is now
playing a prominent part in the great
spiritunlistic movement which IN |
sweeping over England.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-04-29
CONTROL OF BLISTER MITE
Very Thorough Spraying, Covering
Every Part Of Tree, Is Recon-
mended as Satisfactory.

Early spraying win control the
blister mite on apple trees. The trees
should be sprayed when the trees are
dormant or when the leaf buds ars
swelling with lime sulphur spray in
about the proportion Of one gallon OF
the concentrated lime sulphur to nine
gallons Of water. The spraying must
be very thoroughly done. covering
every part Of the tree. Unless the
spraying is done early the result wiz
not be satisfactory.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-04-29
SUBSTANTIAL FLOOR
FOR POULTRY HOUSE
Specialists Say There Is No
One Best Kind.
Everything Depends on Son and Use
Of Structure as to Which Is to Be
Preferred-cement is Most
Sanitary.

prepared by the United States Depart-
ment of Agriculture
Cement floors for poultry houses are
ehampioned by some poultry growers,
while others declare a good dirt floor
is the only kind to use. The fact is,
poultry specialists in the United States
Department of Agriculture say, that
there Is no one best kind OF floor. 1t
all depends on the soil, and the use
of the house as to which type is to be
preferred
On light sandy, well-drained soils a
dirt floor is satisfactory, especially for
small or colony hen houses. Such
floors should be from . to 6 inches