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CANNING SOME OF THE
FAVORITE FRUITS

The following strip is tho proper one
to use in canning berries OF all sor's,
currants and pears:
Put into your preserving kettle three
pounds and nine ounces OF granllated
sugar and add TO it one gallon oil cold
water. Bring TO n boil md continue 10
boil until the sugar IL dlssolved--theh
strain ut once, for use.
TO Can Berries: Dcwberries, black
berries, raspbcrries and Loganberries
are canned in exactly the same way.
"Sterilize" quart-size glass Jars 10y
'sterilize" ! mean boil the empty Jars
and their glass covers in clear water
for 10 or II minutes) then drain them
and pack them full Of freshly-picked
whole berries. Cover them with srup
made by the above-glvcn recipe. Sirup
for berries, however ~ much more salts.
factory if berry Juice is used instead
Of water; to get the berry juice, put
crushed berries in the top OF double
boiler with n little water, n few minutes
Of cooking will extract the Juice. Up
new rubbers in and out OF boiling water,
place thcso on the Jars, adjust glass
cover quitting top wire over but not
pressing down side wire) and put the
lsrs on rack in your wash-boiler. Add
hot water, but do not let it come over
the top of the jar Bring to boil, and
count the time after it first begins tt
boil. Process" (that is let the water
continue to boil around the jars IN tins
why, for IL minutes, remove Jars, com
pletcly seal, test and store. 10 test .
jar, remove the wires after it has cooled
and pick mp the jar by the glass cover
alone; if the cover does not come of
the jar is completely sealed.
Gooseberries are canned in exactly
the same way, except that they are pro
cessed in the wash-boiler in quart-slz'
jnrs for 20 minutes instead Of for II.
Currants: Follow directions glvei
above for berries, except in the process
ing Quart-size Jars containing currnnt
ARE progressed for l5 minutes, 10 seal.
Pears Select ripe, but not soft, pears
Seckel pears are canned whole, but tn
Bartlett pear is preferred TO other va
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Efficient Housekeeping
BY Laura A. kirkman

rieties, for canning because Of it's tex
ture and flavor. Pare, "blanch" for 10
seconds (by "blanch" ] mean PVT the
fruit into boiling water, IN cbeesecloth
bag, for the 10 seconds, then cold
Dip ms follows Prepare q soda bath by
dissolying one teaspoon Of soda in one
gallon Of water, and dip the cheesccloth
bag containing the pears into this cold
soda bath Immediately after blapching,
DO the dipping quickly Gust once ~
and OUT, then drain the furit and pnck
it into quart-size jars s'erilizcd ms de-
scribed above. Cover the fruit IN the
Jars with sirup'mnde by the recipe gwen
above, put on rubbers, covers, put top
wire up but do not press down side
wire. and process in the wash boiler for
% minutes. Completely seal, let cool
test for leaks, and store.
Note Take care To keep the pear
halves submerged in cold water after
YOU have pared them, ready for the
! blanching. or discolorntion will follow.
Tomorrow Helpful Contributions
/ from Readers.
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Every mother should be diplomat
Instead Of which she is generally cow
in china shop.
/ She ycarns TO have her children con
hdcntial with her. Their most casual
acquaintance knows more of their inner
/ lives than she docs She feels that she has
tight Ia guide their lives. They accept
any strangers advice sooner than they
/ do hers. She gives her very life IN dcvo-
ton TO them, and they repay her love
with Impotence.
No complaint IS oftcncr on a mothers
lips than that she cant manage her
children. The reason is that she doesn't
ga about il in the right way. The old
strong arm method Of Cocrcing child
along thc straight and narrow way has
passed away, and the majority of
mothers have not had wisdom enough
20 know that YOU must deal with the
modern child in the modern WAY.
That r7eans that the moth,r who
wishes 10 control her children must Ito II
by diplomacy instead of by force. Shr
must lead instead of drive. She must
heguilc them into the WAYS of righteous
hess Instead of ScourgIng them IN to It.
She must stimulate instead of trrrorlzc.
OF course the idea of using ANY
diplomacy in dealing with their children
is a startling one To most women. and
one that will not appeal 10 them. They
feel that they have perfect right to say
what they please TO the members OF
their family when and where they please,
and that Il Is asking too much OF them
10 expect them 10 spare the scnslbilltles
OF \ mere infant.
Therefore, mother has no hesitation
in correcting Johnny before people. OF
/, hetraving Marv's secret. or holding
Suilo up to ridicule, and then she
wonders why II j. that her children are
not confidential with her, and that they
keen ont of her presence as much q.
possible
1t is strange thing that woman
can bear child, and watch its daily
DEVELOPMENT without ever taking tho
7 trouble TO find out what j. the key to lts
character. She leaves Others to find out
the combination Ivy which her own chile
can be worked, and then she weeps be
cause strangers influence is NOR,
potent than hers.
| Mothers know so little of the psychol
ogy of their own children that the,
, apparently never find out that children
are even vainer than grown people, ant
may be flattered into doing things tina
I wild horses could not drive them int
doing. You can correct child for
breach of good manners n million times
? and he or she will 90 on committing tn
same error but you can praise 1T for goo
manners, and turn it into a polishe
little lady or gentleman.
Remark in Johnnie's presence tina
q Johnnie always stands when lady enter
the room, that Johnnie has beautiful
table manners, that Johnnie always take
off his hat in an elevator in which Their
are women, and Johnnie becomes Lor
Chesterfield because he feels that he ha
reputation TO sustain, but deplor
Johnnie's lack of manners publicly an
continually, and YOU simply confirm
Johnnie in his boorishness
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THE FRANK CONFESSION
THE GIRL MADE TO MADGE

The girl who hid successfully sham
med swoon directly following the auto
mobile accident in front Of our door,
promptly forgot her role when the man
whom she knew Ms Don Ramon AlmireS,
but whom | had recognized ms Harry
Underwood. said that he felt faint.
.Shc wrcnched herself away from my
supporting arm and turned TO him
'anxiously.
ooh! Don Ramon!' she said excltedly
."It is YOU who must come TO the house
and lie down. Are you very liz"
II told you," he said firmly, that !
only need little rest here. | do not
wish to walk as far as the house. Please
20 with Mrs. Or did your maid say
your name WAS Green2
lie inclined his head in courtly fash
ion toward me. guessed that there
was impish glee mirrorcd IN the eyes
screened 10y the thlck-lensed glasses, and
y paid tribute 90 the qmckncss OF Thought
~hlth had enabled hun TO retrieve an
embarrassing slip.
. Graham is my name" | returned de-
.murcly. then turned TO the girl and put
q firm hand on her arm.
= You will only hinder your friend re-
covery II YOU persist in remaining here.
l said And your mother is IN hysterc'
about YOU You must come to the house.
II do not need anybody help, Tho
eirl replied sulkily Ms We walked on.
viii You Tell Him.
But YOU forget" | said smoothly
"that YOU have Just come out OF 1
very severe swoon | cannot permit YOU
60 walk alone
oh. can that" she said roughly
'Nou. know as well rs | do that ! wa:
only pretending saw YOU looking at I'M
when | was pecking AZ Don Ramon, anC
l knew YOU wcrcn, fooled. But II wa
n good line for what wanted, all right
I've been trying TO bring him 20 book TO
riavs. DO YOU think II workedf Or
will YOU tell him | was foollng? Say
You couldn't be rs mean rs all that
Could you?'
And this WAS the new generatIonl
was So astounded ut her lack of reticenc
that forgot nv own code of behavior
and stared at her frankly for III instan
before answering.
70 Il shall. of course not tell him any
thing" | said frigidly. AS for the sue
cess Of Your line as YOU call IT, that
.of course. cannot possibly know. | III
sure. however," this with n sudden re-
Gembrance Of the necessity of keepin
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we all went in the dining room and pop
sat in back Of the chickin and started
10 carve IL, saying, Wat part DO you pre-
fer, Mr.. ParkiDs, | think / could pry
you on q leg without eny serious a,si-
dent.
Father will have his little joak,
father is bewtiill carver, Gladdis
sed, and pop sed, You Tern new things
about yourself every day, and Mr.. Par
kins sed, A leg will SCOT me very we'll,
thanks.
Wich pop started 20 cut of, ony
the more he. cut the more the Ieg stayed
on, pop saying, This chickin certeny
seems TO have an attachment for It's Leg,
or vice virtue ] sippose wing wouIdent
appel to you would it, Mr.. Parkins?
A wing mite he true 10 IFS nature and
| fly of for me, he sed
Now father, do stop joaking, Gladdi.
sed looking nerviss. Well, ali / hopo
] IS that this chickin is Jest q little play
| fill and not RELY tuff And he started
70 keep On trying 20 cut the Lex of and
the chrckin looked M If it would slide
of Of the plate eny minnit If il wasent
! carehll, and Mr.. Parklns scd, Personally
/ ] Ike TO see a woman carve.
Personally 50 do ] mother will you
/ please tawk 10 this leg vile. pop sed.
/ And he got up and changed seets with
ma, everybody being Jest rs satisfied
espeshilly Gladds
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LITTLE BENNY'S
NOTEBOOK
ny lee Pape

Ycstidday we was eatipg brekfist and
my sister Gladdis sed TO pop, Q by the
way, fathor, this is the evening Mr..
Parkins is coming for suppir.
All rite, | promise not 10 eat pecz
with my nife or enything pop sed and
Gladdis sed, Don't be silly, father, ony
RELY do think you awt 10 carve the
chickin, the men always carve nova
DAYS ware they're the slightest bit fash
ionable, don't they, mother?
Ccrteny, your father awt 10 carve all
the time, RELY, but think its the leesi
he can do tOnitc wen Mr. Parkins is
heer, ma sed. and pop sed, o all rite,
III carve, but YOU mite of had some
thing easy like Hamburg stakes insted
Of the hardest thing you could think Of
like a chickin.
And at suppir wen Mr. Parkins came
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Mothers AS Diplomats
BY DOROTHY DIX
The Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer.

Mcclure
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Her precious eggs might be broken
The FIRST time she left her nest ,
Mr.. Crow would never dream of
looking for her nest there-she was
-ure OF that--but after all she Won
dered as she peeped GU, of the pocket
" she had been wise IN choosing this
flace to bring up family.
MIR. Crow was busy just then picking
up corn, but presently he flew TO the
shoulder Of Mr. ScaTecrow and cawed
loudly Just TO show folks If they hap
pened TO he about that he knew per
fectly well there was no man inside
that coat and trousers
Mrs. Wren was getting very uneasy.
Mr.. Crow WAS too near her nest for
comfort now, but she kept very still,
Tor If she few out that would only
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MRS. WREN GIVES
MIR. CROW A SCARE

= Just how it happened that Mr.. and
Alrs. Wren used the pocket of the
coat of the scarccroy in the field for
ahcir home cannot be explained.
Perhaps Mrs. Wren thought it was
Mir Wren himself standing there. and
she Is fond of heing near folks, so she
may have dared even this, for Mrs
Wren is very daring little creature
anyway, there she was in one pocket
of the coat in the middle of the corn
neld which was not far from the farm
house, when one day along came Mr.
Grow.
- Mr.. Crow, being great disturber
cf homes for the song birds. was not
a welcome sight to little Mrs. Wren
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The Sandman Story
BY Abby Phillips Walker

Copyright. 1922. by the Wheeler Syndicate Inc y. V
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MRS. c. r. McKINSEY, so.
CELEBRATES ANNIVERSARY

Mrs. Catharine Frances Mckinsey.
residing with her daughter. Mrs. !.
Edward Stroup. at Roselle. yester-
day quietly celebrated her s0th birth
day anniversary. Mrs. Mckinsey Will
he remembered as having been an ac-
tive and enthusiastic worker in Union
VI. Z. Church. this city, and in W. c.
T. /. circles. for many years. This
aged woman is daughter Of Robert
and Catharine (Stroup) Wier, de-
ceased. who resided at Christiana
Her family numbers. besides her
daughter. two sons. four grandchil-
dren and five great-grandchildren
The best advice handed out in q
long while is. $50 live that you won't
ask to have It kept out OF the pa
pers. "-Bridgeport Post.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-12-07
NcSScrnnNett Grange

The annual election Of officers oil
Wcsscrunsetl Grange at Cornyillc oc-
CURED Saturday evening December
2nd III following officers were
elected: Master Walter Bowman;
ovcrseer. Lyman Scrihner; lecturer,
Carrie French; steward. Erwin Smith;
assistant stewart Ray Cole; chaplain,
Emma Smith; treasurer. Wallace Ira
Cyl. secretary, Herbert Blackwell; gate
keeper. Ralph Bowm IN; Ceres, Maud
Tracy; Pomona. Eta Seribner; Flora.
Annie Hafey; lady assistant steward,
Mildred Smith; pianist Winifred Gar
diner; ianitor, Wallace Tracy. After
election the following program in
charge of C. W. Blackwell was given.
Song by chorus, keep the Smile Of
Social Sunshine Rolling on" To-
pic. "The Most profitable crop I rails
cd this year. Reading Mildred
Smith; song, "llold ON To the Pillow.
By chorus
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Somerset County Agricultural News
z 3


aIR .s~ pull up when am passing
saaU il country road and almost al
a.t- in 3D. Village or city when see
u 5a4I passenger Who looks as if he
u eh. ..H.1t las ride. Many times
~ HHur s.eHz Ia confuse and the
aaft Hin look, If me with puzzled
EXPRESSION declining the invitation by
=6a3e ul 'de head or mumbled ne
cation Everything ;ndicatls that
=. e1.t quite comprehend WHY he
= oaecal ri1e and in his confusion
MN Pho offer down Don't do il
Whenever an autoist offers To take
- a5oard. limb in no matter how
much you my prefer to walk and
Has -hort distance you are going.
efhelNiec you discourage the automo-
aIle owner and he isn't likely 10 offer
Il rile thereafter
l. seems a good deal this way With
- anar OF the lndepende Reporter
r. publish ads FREE for its farmer
subscribers. The idea is somewhat
unusual For that reason We have
a bard time in making people under
=.ald IT, There is nothing mysteri-
on shout it, The lndepcndent-Re-
porter will be successful to just the
.xtanf chat it is useful OF course
il cannot abandon all sources OF re-
yanae. bat it can we'll afford for the
tine being at least. to publish ads
ff#e tor its farmer subscribers in
TIE effort 30 aid them in their bust
ness eudcayor.
Agriculture is SomerJct County's
foundation industry II it fails to
prosper The whole section and every
body in il viii suffer very seriously
- reason OF abnormal weather and
market conditions the business has
experienced mighty rough going the
past year or two. If the independents
Reberter can he of assistance to its
frairr subscribers under the circum-
stances il would be very pleased to
do q. The revenue sacrificed will
moi be an extraordnHY item and
whatever it is the sacrifice Will be
made with pleasure.
In sending in ads to be published
lree please state that YOU are farm
or and that you are a subscriber to
lhe Reporter Then state what you
0ant To advertise and be sure to sign
eour name Just as it appears on our
subscription book
The ad may be for another member
ii Your family or for a neighbor II he
IS "a farmer We wont he fussy about
that 80 long as il appears in our paper
IN the name OF the subscriber.
Remember you Gin use any form OF
advertising for whatever you want to
buy whatever you want to sell, or
for any other purpose. We do not
expect ads to be more than thirty
words long. but they will be accepted
to a reasonable extent even beyond
that limit.
This offer must not be made use of
by anyone other than Il farmer. but
otherwise than that among our sub
ecribers there is no restriction
INDEPENDENT-R REPORTER co
r. 7. PATTEN,
Business Manager.
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kennebec Valley Elects Officers

The annual business meeting OF
Kennebec Valley Grange. Madison,
was held Saturday evening. Dec. ..
and the officers elected for the com
ing year were. Master, f \. bins
more; oyerseer, Harvey Quimby. lee
turer. Fannie Clark; steward. james
Brown; assistant steward Harry
Gray; chaplain. Nellie Cookson treas
urer, Mark Gray; secretary. Mary
Dinsmore; gate keeper. Austin Pat
ten; Ceres. Sadie Gray. Pomona
Sadie Quimby; Flora. Cora Brown;
lady assistant steward, Gladly Gray;
pianist, Carrie Adams; executive com
mittoe. George Fletcher
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How 10 Eat BeeehnutS

One party in Boston, recently ord
ernR beechnuts, writes as follows,
Is there any inside dope on the
hest way of eating beeehnuts?
have not seen any Tor long time
hut my recollection is that II is IA
rather tedious proposition. partic-
ularly il ones fingers happen to
be numb from cold
Another party writes after rcceiy-
ing our shipment;
How do YOU eat them? They
ara the sweetest things ever
tastod but can't get them into
my mouth fast enough
There is really quite an art about
it, Making use OF a moderately
sharp knife one should cut off one of
the three sideB OF the beechnut, COM
mencing at the POINTED end Then
use the point Of the knife to lift ont
the kernel In this way. while you
never can got them fast enough to be
really satisfied, you can get them into
your mouth az fast as Is good for
the digestion,
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Buying Christmas Seals is case
of Rescue the perishing, care for
the dying"
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Concerning Frozen Fruit

Many pcOple in this section of the
81 ate lost Il great deal of money with
the bad cold conditions and doubtless
SOM Of them are quite discouraged
over the failure of their apple crops,
According to II. p. Sweetser. Prof..
of Horticulture at the University OF
Maine the matter of handling sweet
cidcr 50 that it may be commercial
lied is one which has been answered
in one or two sections Of the country
but so far as Mr. Sweetser knows
there is no one in the east who mas
attempted to push the manufacture
and distribution of sweet cider in bot
ties. Clark Allis of Medina, n Y.
has done a whole lot Of work on the
manufacture of cider and distributing
il in bottles in such a way that 1t re-
tains its sugar content without fer
mentaton This process as Mr..
Sweeser understands it is to pasteur-
ize the product at temperature not
to exceed l45 per cent. He holds
it for an hour or an hour and half
at temperature between 140 to 145
and Mr.. Swcetser knows from personal
experience that cider so prepared Will
hold its condition without fermenta-
ton for three or perhaps even four
years. how much longer he does not
know.
There is doubtless a big field avail
able for the manufacture of apples in
to various by-products and the only
reason that more information is not
ubtainable from the |, of NJ. Depart
ment of Horticulture along this line
is due to the fact that they are limit
ed in funds for such purposes at the
University
1T Massachusetts Agricultural Col
lege at Amherst. Prof, Chemowerth
has been employed for several years
and is putting all of his time 1t Is
understood, onto the study and teach
ing of methods of handling fruit by
products.
The following article Is submitted on
apple cider making.
APPLE CIDER MAKING
cider should be m4le at harvest
time from sound. clean apples, COM
mon fall and winter varieties. To
prepare cider which will keep as long
as possible for winter use, the apples
should be pressed during cold wealth
or and the juice kept at as cool tenn
perature as possible without actually
freezing If kept at the freezing
point. it can be kept for from six
weeks to three months before it fer
ments sufficient to he considered to
becoming hard" or sour"
The apples should be ground and
pressed in the small hand mills wide
ly sold for this purpose. If made
on the large scale standard cider
press must be installed and attached
To power.
The most convenient container in
which cider can be kept for use on
the farm during the winter is the
50-gallon barrel 1t should be fitted
with a wooden spigot near the bottom
so that the cider can be drawn on as
wanted The barrel must in all cas-
es be vented with small hole at the
top for the escape of gas formed in
fermentation.
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Health %ogi, during the past twenty
years baa added five Feae to me aver
re life
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Young Peoples Night al nartlaud

1t was "1oung folks night al Hart
land Grange, Saturday. De-. I'd. They
very ably filled the chairs and carried
through the business thai came before
the meeting. For the program They
presented the entertainment SPUR"
Judkins' PAIRING Bee A#H I'l-
lowing cast of character .'
Judkins, Harry Dor. AH
his wife. Mary liI-e..as
Judkins, the daugnt.a @5##s "tt
liams; Ezekial Judku- SO H'1EtI
the fiddle. Harold Whiue s4aa'l' "'
Cooper. Phillis Lander E.za il".-
little, Ina Field; Peter HaHksu 5.H-
aid Sleeves; Obidiah Higgins fall "l
conundrums, John Ha~eltiHHs 4IraW
Wade, Charles Springer Amanda
Smith, Vera Haseltinc; SsllE IiasAln~.
the village poetess. MariorI# 1ashs.
William Hines. the joke. DafIald Ne.
WE'LL Seth Dusenberry IL sPau'd-
ing; Sophronia WeatherbH H. e.'r'-
cutionist, Jennie Hubbard lA'N
were dressed in costumes al bong
ago and the parts We're fefN SWELL
taken Needless to say the Grlhr"
appreciates the efforts put forth Dog
the girls and boys to make their eF'n-
ing success and one long to Br r"-
membered. Next "Wednesday Pomona
Grange will meet at Hartland tnI
Saturday evening. Dec 9. viii be ci"D-
ton of officers. and the iirsi a.l SEQ
ond degrees will be conferred IN t0ur
candidates.
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Ripley Grange

Ripley Grange gave its children an
enjoyable evening. November IS when
the Jones district and Held-o Pond
schools furnished the program Sing
ing by the Head-of-P Pond school. read
ing. Elizabeth Pingree; song by Ger
trude and Lucena Richardson. cat
drill by four boys from Head of-Pond
school; song by Henry and Edith Ri
chardson; piano solo by Ethelyn Ad-
diton; speaking by John Woodcock;
keeping school by the Jones school
AT the close OF the entertainment.
refreshments of homemade candy and
peanuts We're served and games were
played by the children.
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Card OF Thanks

wish to thank all my friends for
so generously remembering M with
letters, cards. and flowers while !
was in the NJ. G. H. in Portland; also
the kind friends who took 50 much
pains to call on me-
Mrs. Hattie s Norton
Skowhegan, Dec 7, 1922
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OF INTEREST TO WOMEN

Nd news information fr the womans, page Of the morning edition
q J. ne herald should be in the hands Of the editor of that age befors
sIHock IN M evening. After that hour n o items will be accepted for
day. Ss p~e - "e NA - nc 'OAo"A