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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-06-22
Post Master Elliott Receives Letter
Mr.. VIM. r. Elliott, Postmaster,
Skowhegain, Maine.

Mr.. Vim. r. Elliott, Postmaster,
Skowhegain. Maine.
Dear Mr.. Elliott
have received from the Central
Accounting Office of your state the
transcript OF account for the month
of May. and I am more than glad to
note the sales made by your office
amounting to $3.50, and to be able to
congratulate you on the success of
your efforts. With very few excep-
tions your reports have indicated
more and more strongly each month
the fact that the patrons of your
office are becoming aware of the in
vestment advantages offered by the
u. 8. Government and are appreciate
ing the safety and income which may
be derived from these securities.
The sales of your office are begin
ming to show a very impressive
amount of financial assistance for the
Government. and If fifty odd thou
sand post offices Of the country would
make as good a showing as you do
each month the entire maturity obli-
CATION of the 1918 War Savings
Stamps world easily be financed, with
a large amount left over to apply
against the redemption OF the Victory
Bonds, which are due next May.
| hope that each month may show
additional evidence of the oo-Opera-
ton Of your patrons.
II there is anything can do to be
of assistance please let me know.
Yours very truly.
F. C. AYRFS,
Director, Savings Division.
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Pennington Normal Notes
(DEFERRED)


Tuesday, June Ii. was planned as
the date for the annual picnic of the
graduating class at Clearwater Pond.
After the picnic lunch two Of the class
parts were given. history, Pauline
Rector and Eleanor Moore; prophecy,
Thelma Lawrence and Addie Reed.
Jeanne Thomson spent the weekend
at her home in Sllowhegan. Miss
Thomson is one of the cabinet mem
bers of the Christian Association who
is to attend the Y. w. c. A. conference
at Camp Maqua, Poland, at the close
of the school term. Five represents
tives are to go from Pennington.
Louise Palmer entertained her Sis
ter. who is in Boston, as her guest for
a few days last week, and the two
spent the Weekend at the home in
Emblem.
Last Thursday Mrs Odell assisted
by Miss Bauharah entertained the
Senior Glass of the Household Arts
Department at her cottage at Clear
water Pond.
Saturday, Witawentine Camp Fire
Miss Mantor, guardian. spent pleas
ant day on picnic at Clearwater
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Follows In Footsteps OF Ancestors

An interesting fact in Masonic cir
Giles and one Of unusual feature is that
Northern Star Lodge at North Arson
has had four generations of the same
family on its membership rolls. The
latest acquisition was Albert Moore of
Fairfield, rights Of jurisdiction hav-
ing been waived in order that he might
affiliate himself with the Lodge of
his ancestors. The great grandfather
of Albert Moore, who was Golf Moore
Jr., was made Mason Of Northern
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Arson Man Graduates

Lewiston. Maine, June 81 Harold
W. Manter Of Arson was graduated at
the fifty-sixth annual commence
ment of Bates College today Along
scholastic lines he waS one of his class
leaders. He was member of the
Spofford Club, an honor literary or
ganization and the Jordan Scientific
Society. similar organization in a
different field. For two years he has
been undergraduate assistant in biol
ogy He has been elected to Phi Beta
Kappa and was awarded an honor in
science at graduation,
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RECIPE FROM TREE ROAD
Cn2SSzN'

Thee Road Crossin'.
Las Satdy.
Mr. Etiitior those
Somare Independent Repertit,
Seogsagin, NJ s. A.
Dear fren:
jes got hold som those lastam
papir you get up and rede them re-
seats what you don't want nobody send
you some more JUS lax this. | think
those roobub pie one gon max yer fine
apple sass. l got one bout som chop
suet lax Chinaman dom know how he
gon max it. Took two pack those
spagarettieni and fry her TIL she tough
and all tangle up. Bake som two
tree slice balsen on fryit pan and dump
on her pound 10 inches humbug
steak with tree u pint whole onions
slice thin as her eye would let IT..
Bout tam those humbug steak burn on,
she dump to him those maconneti. two
tree can tomato ketchit, cup Blister
shire sauce, bunch celery also. spleet
him up fine Pep and salt to taste 1t.
She cook him slow till you done with
him and put her on table for eatin'
and not burn you darn mouth on him,
she hot.
You truly,
XAVIER CRAPEAU.
p. X.-You tink those folk rede Som
Independent Reportit gon care bout
hav been told what Tree Road UP to,
hey?
X C..
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You truly,
Card of Thanks

| wish to thank the ladies of Cara
funk for their sympathy during my
sickness and especially do want to
express my gratitude for their help
In doing my sewing.
MRS. PERLEY j. BEANIE
Caratunk, Me-, June %, 1922.
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Altha Robertson.

ending June .. Altha Robertson.
Hadalene Merriek, Lyndon Pratt, Ar
lene Osborn. Edna Mclean, Lena
Frost and bills Ellngwood.
Mrs. Sheldon Mclean visited school
"Wednesday.
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Star Lodge in 1920. in 1927 became
Master of the Order Albert Moore.
grandfather, was made Mason Of
Northern Star Lodge in 1S49 and
served as its Master from 1856 to 1865.
Mr.. Moore, it will be recalled was edi-
tor of the Union Advocate published
at North Arson. Ben Moore, his son
and the father of the Albert Moore,
second was made a Mason of North
ern Star Lodge in 1869 and was Mas
ter in 1S74-5-6 and 1879.
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Farm accounts make the farm oil
more account
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1922-04-14

TREE day after he getta deevorce
= weeth hees wife one my frien buy
da second hand fleever. He tella me
when he queeta hees wife he no gon-
ma hava trouble any more. But seence
he buy dat f1eeverShe gotta more trou-
BILE as seexa married men.
My frien tella me hees car was da
runabout. 1 geeva look and feegure
has been run about hundred tousand
mile. tink mebbe was runabout
twelva year ago, but ees runout now.
But my frien no like when tella
heem dat. He says he been out for
da ride two time and he only gotta
feex tree time. Ee- he getta started
from town he breaka da car. And eef
eh no can getta de car started he
breaka da arm weeth da crank.
Da guy wot sella my frien dat car
tella heem was stronga for speed. He
say can run one mile tree meenute
fiat cen dat car.
But my frien say he no can run tree
meenute weethout one getta fiat.
feegure eef he ever go one mile weeth-
out stop he maka all four fiat.
Everyone hees tire no feela good
eenside. Not one can holda leet1e air
on da stomach. One time when he got
ia puncture my frien say was no
moocha wrong weeth da tire, but da
air was too light. But he dunno soma
ting yer mooch wot's matter. Da
trouble weeth da car ees ALA same as
da weak mind weeth some people-eet
run cen da family.
Wot you tink?
(Copyright.)
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T@he Right Thing
I-aft he--
Right Time
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her time and calories of energy keep
ing her house clean and neat, scolds
and frets when that mud is TRAPPED
about the house. Perhaps the best
solution is this three-way brush that
the Department of Agriculture sug-
gests.
But wouldn't it be happy solution
of the difficulty, if American men
could be orientalized to the extent Of
learning to leave off their boots and
don slippers when they come indoors?
Rubbers and overshoes of various
sorts are not popular with the average
outdoor worker, so there seems to be
little help in that direction. Perhaps
the European peasant who wears heavy
stockings and wooden shoes, which
he removes in favor of soft. carpet
slippers indoors, is really doing the
most sensible thing.
But farmers are not the only Of
tenders. There are many city folk
who are careless in trapsing mud In,
doors. The careful person, if she
comes in on a muddy day, removes
rubberS In the VeSf1bule or entrance
hall of the house. While this is not
feasible when entering a church or
theater, you should at least wipe them
on the doormats that are almost al
ways to be seen at the entrance.
There IS one thing that no well-bred
young man ought to be reminded not
to do, and that Is to place his feet
for the sake of his comfort on the
seat of street or railroad train. The
business man who kept his feet poised
on his desk in order to gain full en-
joyment of an after-luncheon cigar, Is
fast becoming extinct. Perhaps this
is because of the present-day tendency
for men to have shorter working hours
and to work more and rest less during
those hours.
(Copyright)
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%MILDRED
MARSHALL
MABEL

MABEL is translated to mean be-
AVA loved and certainly the name has
a right to it's significance, since 1t
comes from the word meadhail, mean
ing "joy." The fashionable miss Of to-
day who spells her good old-fashioned
name "Maybelle" does not realize that
she is trying to paint the lily; no
name more redolent Of poetry exists
today than Mabel.
Mabel appears first as Meadhbh.
The daughter of Eochaid Freidhleach,
king Of Erin, was 80 called and was
such a beloved heroine of Irish ro-
nance that Con2al Claen, according to
the old story, bid the men of Can
naught, her husbands kingdom, to
Remember Meave in battle"
Meave, the diminutive of Meadhbh,
became popular in Ireland and, in
honor Of its first possessor, was be-
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1922-04-14
"What:s in a Narne?"
o. FACTS about Your name; it's hstorJ
~ MILDRED meaning; whence derived; ssn6
M<>Nof1AA1 canoe; your lucky day and lucky jewel
MISUNDERSTANDING

slowed on the Queen Of the Fairies.
Irish settlers brought her fame to Eng
land, where she was made immortal
by Shakespeare and Ben Jonson.
Mabel means "beloved," a signifi-
canoe probably given by the Irish who
are naively fond of fairy stories. In
France she Is called Mabelle. The
| name is too Kettle to appeal to the
Latin countries, so she has no equiva-
Tents in Spain and Italy. Maybelle is
merely an affectation and has no
raison d'etre except in the realms of
| fashion.
Coral is Mabel's talisman stone. 1t
gives its wearer wisdom and bodily
strength, possessing the power to fade
in color as a warning Of fatigue or
disease. If it is broken or even
Clipped, this power vanishes. Monday
is Mabel's lucky day and two her
lucky number.
(Copyright.)
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GATHER FOR JUDGMENT DAY
Sunday to Welcome the Dead,
Should They Arise.

The MOravian churches of this coun-
try have their Passion week, with
somewhat peculiar rites. They set
tied in Pennsylvania and North Caro-
lima. At Bethlehem and other places
in Pennsylvania they are the FREEDOM.
mating religious sect. At Salem,
N. c., they established a very inter-
esting and unique colony In 1853.
There they have a strong church and
one of the finest colleges in the coun-
try. Religious service Is daily oc-
currence in the church during Pas
sion week. The sacrament is admin
istered and many Of the younger set
are confirmed On Saturday, the
closing day, they have the love feast
and break bread together as one happy
family. The Juvenile pleasures are
not overlooked. Late in the after
noon of Saturday the children are to
he seen busily engaged about the
hedges and fences constructing rabbit
nests in which they expect rabbits to
lay eggs during the night, and they
are never disappointed; they always
find the nests bountifully supplied with
various colored eggs on Easter morn
ing.
The church congregation is up be-
fore the dawn of Easter day. They
assemble at the church and proceed to
the burying ground to welcome the
dead should they rise. They are led
by a brass band and church choir.
The concourse passes up the broad
graveled walk, which runs between
rows of ancient cedars, to the center
Of the cemetery, which is odd, quaint
and beautiful. There they pause and
sing hymns, in which all the people
join. The singing stops as the sun
light comes oxer the rugged eastern
hills. All is silent and solemn while
the clergyman reads out the names
of those who have been placed to fest
in the burying ground since the pre-
yiOuS Easter.
a. Sessfe1A r4a
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1922-04-14

It is bad luck to paint a cross on
Easter eggs, and good luck to paint
flowers on them.
If the sun shines on Easter it will
shine on Whit Sunday.
It is a good omen to have your babe
baptized on Easter day.
To cry on Easter is sign that you
will have a sad Fourth of July.
UnIucky Engagement Day.
If you see star fall on Easter night,
you will lose your lover.
IL you gel engaged on Easter Sun
day, you will not be married.
1t is lucky to receive the unexpected
gift of an Easter egg.
1t is a lucky thing for you If a
friend happens to bring an infant for
the first time into your house on
Easter morning.
To put garment wrong side out
on Easter morning Is bad omen.
In some countries, the children be-
lieve that the rabbits lay beautifully
colored eggs at Easter. This cOnnec-
ton between the hare and Easter orig
mates in the hares connection with
the moon, of which the hare has been
from ancient times a symbol, together
with the fact that Easter is to GER
tain extent lunar holiday. A few of
the reasons of the hare being identi-
fed with the moon are: The hare Is
a nocturnal animal and comes out at
night to feed. The female carries her
young for a month. Hare and moon
were believed to have the power of
changing their sex; the new moon was
masculine, the waning moon was femi-
nine. The young of the hare are born
with their eyes open, while rabbits are
born blind; hence the belief that the
hare never closed its eyes, and there
fore was considered to resemble the
moon, who is called the "open-eyed
watcher of the skies at night"
Popular French Belief.
An Easter superstition Of French
origin says that the young girl who
wishes to live long, marry the man Of
her choice, and prosper, must never
wear any other flower than the ssonquil
or violet on that day. These only
bring good luck.
The maiden who wishes to know If
her lover is faithful should rise early
on Easter morning and eat an apple.
Meantime she will say:
AS Eve in her thrift for knowledge ate,
30 I, too, wish to know my fate
If the seeds are even, he will prove
faithful; if there Is an odd number,
alasi
The usage of interchanging eggs at
Easter has also been referred for its
origin to the egg games OF the Romans,
which they celebrated at the time of
our Easter, when they ran races in an
egg-shaped rings, and the victor re-
ceived eggs as a prize. These games
were instituted in honor of Castor and
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{ and such storm as IL was. The
wind blew and the rain came down in
long streaks and poor Weathercock
did not have q minute to rest.
But after a while the wind stopped
blowing and again he began to COM
plain. Look at me-" he said, drip
ping wet and creaking in all my joints.
1t isn't fair, 1 say, to expect me to
work all the time.
"Now have caught cold and I will
be stiff and creak worse than ever. ]
have good mind to jump right off
this barn, and then wonder what
they will do without me. They will
not know when 1t Is going to rain or
which way the wind is blowing.
"It is time folks began to take no
tice of me, and I'll make them.
am going to jump. One, two, three
bang went Weathercock on the ground
by the barn, sending all the hens
scrambling away, for they were sure
the sky had fallen.
All day long Weathercock lay en-
his side in the mud, and all night, too,
and he began to wonder If, after. all,
there was much fun in doing nothing.
Better be up there whirling around
than here, and can't see thing. I
wonder how those barnyard fowls live
shut in this place Oh, dear, I wish
I had not jumped"
Just then the farmer came along,
and seeing Weathercock on the ground
he picked him up and carried him into
the barn, where he gave him a new
coat of paint, and the next day put
him back on the pole on the barn.
Weathercock went swinging merrily
around, without one creak, so glad was
he to get back to his home, and as he
whirled he said: ut Is better to wear
out than rust and that Is what l
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1922-04-14
Peanuts Hjoh Food Value,

Peanuts are high in food value, says
the United States Department Of Agri-
culture, but there is no foundation for
the report that peanuts promote the
growth Of hair. Investigation carried
on in the bureau Of chemistry with re.
gard to the chemical and nutritive
properties Of the proteins Of the pea
nut have demonstrated that, aside from
the oil, which is easily digested and
which fur fishes a large amount of
fuel or energy, the shelled peanut con-
tains about 20 per cent of protein Of
high nutritive quality.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1922-04-14

The opposite of the truth is lie,
and one of the six things we are told
the Lord hates is lying tongue. st.
Paul tells us in Phil. 4 IS to think on
things that are true, honest, just, pure.
lovely and of good report. If our
minds have formed the habit of enter
tanning such thoughts. we shall de-
veiop tactfulness and find it always
possible to tell the truth.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1922-04-14
A LINE O. CHEER
BY John kendrick Bangs.
MODELS

T SEEK no anchored fixity
i Like that of yonder tree,
Nor would l restless be,
AS is the sea;
But somewhat of them both
Appeals to me:
The tall trees steady growth,
With upward rise
To Gods own skies;
The seas unceasing effort, and its
power,
And in its quiet hour
Its serenity.
(Copyright.)
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of nature. The second or middle pha-
lanx of the third or ring finger (the
finger of Apollo) shows, If strong and
we'll developed, love Of work, and
great energy in carrying out ones de-
signs.
OF course, the clergyman, If he is to
preach well, must be possessed Of elo-
quence, and this trait Is marked In the
hand by strong tip Of the little finger,
the finger of Mercury.
Copyright
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Fear pays DO dividends.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1922-04-14
An Oriental DeVotee.

A devotee of oriental designs and
CAV colors works wide band Of them
about the hem of her skirt and the
edge of her sleeves. Other pyramidal
motifs on the waist and skirt are sep
arated by smart belt. A combination
of outline or satin-stitch embroidery
and bugle beads or one-stitch is best
for the designs. The one-piece dress
has a straight lower edge and slips
over the head. The low waistline may
be marked with an elastic in casing,
which gives the blouse effect. With
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1922-04-14
WEATHERCOCK GROWLs

0N TOP of the barn stood the
~ Weathercock looking down at the
barnyard where the hens and chick
ems were eating their dinner.
ut is a wonder l have minute to
myself" said Weathercock. II am at
the beck and call of every passing
breeze, never have any time to myself,
while those hens and chickens and the
rooster who live down in the barnyard
have nothing to do all day but eat.
at isn't right for them to have all
the good things while l have-yes,
just as I thought, the wind Is east
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1922-04-14

power of intuition. A cross upon the
mount of Apollo, lying at the base of
Apollo, the ring finger. is held to in
dictate deep religious feeling by some
writer's of chiromancy.
Dignity is, Of course, absolutely es-
sential to the successful clergyman,
and this is marked in the hand by a
long and strong third or lowest pha-
lanx of the finger Of Jupiter, the fore
finger.
II the third phalanx of the finger Of
Saturn, or middle finger is long and
strong, it is an indication of generosity
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1922-04-14
1t is better to learn late than never
PubIuS Syrus.
MANNERS AND FEET

A SIX any farmers wife what is the
"A bane of her existence and the
chances are even that she will answer
muddy boots" The better the house
wife the more she abominates them.
Recently the Department of Agri-
culture in describing simple brush
ing device that could be set up out
side the farmhouse back door recog-
nized this bugaboo of the neat farm
er's wife-recognized the fact that the
man who tills the soil has an ag-
gravating habit Of entering his house
with muddy boots and the other fact
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1922-04-14
EASTER CUSTOM SPREADING

In religious denominations which
used to pay little or no attention to
the festival of the resurrection there
is a great quickening of interest in all
that pertains to Easter. In towns
where the coming and going of Easter
was of scarcely any importance, two
or three decades ago, it is full of life
and color now. Music and art give
vastly more attention to Easter than
they did a single generation back in
America. Easter customs and Easter
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1922-04-14
Easter {
Lore the
World
Over

Superstitions innumerable have
chung around Easter since the days
of Beland Wooden. One of the quaint
est of these-that the sun dances in
the heavens every Easter morning
Is found in England, Ireland, and Brit
tany. Sucking alludes to this belief
In the often quoted lines:
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True Greatness.

He only is great who has the habits
of greatness; who, after performing
what none in ten thousand could &C.
complish, passes on like Samson, and
'tells neither father nor mother of 1t. +"
-Lavater.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1922-04-14
The Great Assembly at sheehem

And Joshua gathered all the tribes
of Israel to Shechem, and called for
the elders Of Israel, and for their
heads, and for their judges, and for
their officers; and they presented
themselves before God.-Joshua PAL.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1922-04-14
The Foundation of the World.

The Lord Numbered from heaven,
and the most high uttered his voice.
And the channels of the sea appeared,
the foundations Of the world were dis.
covered, at the rebuking Of the Lord,
at the blast of the breath of his nos,
trils.-II Samuel % :14-16.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1922-04-14

out it the dress Is straight There L.
a blouse body lining. Use silk crepe
fabrics, crepe de chine, crepe satin,
crepe meteor, charmeuse, foulard,
georgette, etc. Lower edge, 53h
inches.-Delineator.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1922-04-14
To Cultivate Sympathv

To cultivate sympathy you must be
among living beings and thinking about
them; to cultivate admiration, among
beautiful things and looking at them.
-Ruskin.