The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-09-07


face, 1t being cut with piece Of glass.
Mrs. William Rice who also occupied
seat near the window, was struck
in the eye by a piece of glass and
upon the arrival of the train DR..
Crossman was called to remove the
glass. 1t is not known whether the
ice was thrown purposely or not, but
there is a chance for investigation
and if found to be malicious in
tent. the guilty ones should be pun
shed. The affair created considerable
excitement at the time-Last week
we wrote short item, saying that
one of our townspeople. William Hen
ry Paine. had just made a very SIC
cessfu trial of a machine invented
and patented by himself for printing
OilclOth by steam or power. large
amount of money has been spent here
tofore, in trying to do what Mr.. Paine
has evidently succeeded in doing. To
afford him a proper chance to test
his invention Mr.. Paine associated
himself with one of our best known
business men, George Gushing, our
Town and County Treasurer, and they
have had trial machine made to
test the principle involved in the in
vention. The trial has just been made
and has even surpassed the most san
guine expectations of the inventor,
and that too with a rough machine
gotten up chiefly for this purpose.
Some idea can be got when ii appears
that thirty yards of olcloth can cas-
lily be printed in minute, on a
machine one yard wide, $4,000 yards
a day, and on one two yards wide &c.
00G yards per day. II takes only Two
men - run it. We understand that
200 yards is good days work in the
o d way of stamping by hand with
bic cks. Anyone can see by the above
that this invention bids fair to reyol-
utiOnizc the oil cloth business and we
congratulate Messrs. Cushing and
Paine upon their flatter ng prospects
John Priest. of Skowhegan, the eff
fcCtve pitcher of last seasons Angus
tas, has been engaged by the manage
mont of the A. A. team, of st. John.
to oGiciate in the box the coming
summer. Priest is one of the best of
Maine twirlcrs and will undoubtedly
give good satisfaction in st. john
pushor, who has caught Priest for
two years. is wanted for the st. John
team james Durrell has disposed OF
h barber shop to Joseph Ilutchins
who for the past eight years has been
employed by G.. +. Drew. Mr.. Drew
has been engaged as night clerk at
Hotel Heae,ton.- james o. Bradbury,
ESQ. was III town Thursday asst en-
route from Athens 10 Portland. He
In, in ~ nf tho
S. & NJ. Railroad Co looking over
the ground with view of extending
the road of that company from Hart
land to Athens. also prospecting from
the extension of "A telephone live wire
from Hartland TO Athens. The short
piece of road pittslield To llartnnd,
eight miles. pays running expenses
only, and the owners want to extend
TO Increase the business and improve
the property
Thursday morning a bear came from
Hedge Hog Mountain, called at all OF
the farm houses. lie was tracked
along the road as far as Mr. Har-
Wells the snow melted and the track
was lost Norridgewock A meeting
has been called at South Norridge-
wock to form a stock company to
build block. The block will be
erected on the site of the burnt dis
trict on Main street. One day last
week as a team of X. A. Davis. load
ed with wood was crossing the rail
way of Powers crossing. one of the
horses caught the sharp cork on one
of his feet under a spike and being
forced ahead by the momentum of the
load the hoof was torn completely
from the leg --Jackmantown-Th There
Is some prospect of our mail coming
by the C. =. Railway before long,
which VIII be more convenient for
our business men, and in fact should
Ike to hear from the down river
places oftenor than twice in six days.
We are expecting that the next cen
sus will show that this town has
gained more than 100 per cent since
1900, in pop5lation, and stkl they
come-Tho depot of the c, p. r. is
thronged with Canadians who have
teams here to catch a load to haul
over to Canada The bidding is quite
spirited whenever carload arrives,
and some get carried to st. George,
AZ miles. as low as $1.00.-Mr. Colby,
Prop. of the Colby House has valu
able American COW that dropped a
calf recently and the calf would not
own the COW. Mr.. Colby can always
find some way out of bad fix, and
thought of novel way to bring about
a reconciliation. He offered his hired
man, who is subject of Victoria,
and until recently resident of Can
ada, to remain with him while until
the obstinate calf got hungry and
see what they would do. 1t was not
long before the youngster took into
the situation and of the two evils In
hts own mind, chose the least, taking
a teat and pulling for the shore Tor
all he was worth" Since that he mas
been we'll. bot seeming inclined to be