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State LII)i„,l,H, ItODfon

FiftiethYear Ayer, Mass., • Satorday, August 17,-1918

Ayer Hard VV are Go. SUCCESSORS TO

Ayer Auto Supply Co. FOUETH

Weekly Special Sales AUGUST 1 » TO 2 4

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Hardware 316. 600,iaepliant,PacUock; regular price 25o. Special at

B^arni I m p l e m e n t s "Wood Eake Eegfular price 76c. Special at

:;.: ;i:::.;-• _::^^ •; Harv^d Paring Knives Ei ^nlar price 15c. Special at Seen Edge Paring Knives Eegular price 20c. Special at

Bl^ctricalv S u p p l i e s Wood Electee PtBh-brittona Eegulirprice 20c. Special at Electrio, liouse Bells liegular Price 75o. Special at

AittomLoblle Suppl i e s ^Trene Fire-Extingnlriiers Eegular price $10 Special at ? 9

•For;^ouse;and automobile—\vlU reduce cost of insurance 15%

'mSSSDA'l-ASilPB TOR HOUSE ANT) AUTOMOBILES

h e r l a t e home on jhU Saturd nonn nt two n'rloclt,—(»tr the Hillside cemetery, besiu • liusband, Frank Weston

1 nxxl son •'••• been

and vi-'••:'l .Mrj , -':: their

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Weat. Mr. ahd Mrs. Charles Sm,

Edward, from Athol, who visiting relatives in Beve,-: cinity, stopped with Mr, Perry W.-Sawtelle, ,Monda> way home to Athol,

Mr. and Mra, Enjor, overseers at the town farm, entertaineJ jii auto party from Woburn, Sundav compos­ed of Mr. and Mrs, Carl Cariberg and Xw^x-childr«Or^nd-Mr--nnd MrsT^en^ pamin Canwell and daughter Dur-ne the afternoon Mr, Carlbers afforded great pleasure to the ttve inmates at the farm by taking tbem gut for an

privilege whica they

known resident heri Athui, IB at the Mllleia H.iv.--y hospUai In Wincheijdon,,whejj* he underwent a successful operst l& Monda.v.

The regular.-W«e)A' band conc-rt by the TowTisend bsifel-will be (sivm In the schoolhouse S||)unds o:i Fridav evening. In connectUjn with tlu.s con-cert there win bea: l^wn party under the auspices of the protherhod ana

No, 50, Price Four Cents without convpvan.-e Th,. w. ir; „-|ii bu made soon after nine. .\s in previous ,vear8 the Invitation is to all our '-ownspeople to join in makinK It a 1-ittleton picnic, though ti was planned by tlie offlcers of the i:nitarian school. th- chairman of the coinmittee being Roland U, Houghton

auto , ride, a greatly enjoyed

Charles'F, Flags and .Miss .Marlon

Ladle,;:Auxlirarles--lflth -booth-s "fo; I t X o r T o r M o n i " " " ^""' ''*"'•'" the sale ot ice cream:and soft drinks i t i ou inituua. and liberty packages'-will also be on I "^^^ '^'•^^^ of Edward I'. Uurke, of sale. If the weather Should be stormy •' ' *'W Highlands, whose oar struck the affair 'will be h^Id on Saturdav!''''^ telephone pole near the Congre-evenlng. -, ' ' " | national church a '

MBs B l s e h ^ ^ p a g u e ; ',vho has bee-i spending the past mobth a- the home of Mr. and Mrs, George .^ Seaver left Wednesday evening for Worces­ter, w h e r e s h e will spend a week be-, tore returning to her.home in Reads-i'-'"""ge. Long po.nd, for two weeks'

_ few Sundays ago. I camd up In-court on Thursday morn-I in< and he was fined live dollars for j not having his license with him. j .Mr, and Mirs, A L. Kane, of Wor­

cester, are in camp at W, L. ,Mitcheir3

• :. "Wc are pleased to announce that Ave now have completed our

Window Glass Department and have. all sizes of window glass in stock

- We also carry a compIeteTine of

! PAIKTS, OELiS and VAENISHES at Beasonable Prijes

P u k Street

, Phone'531 AYEE, MASS.

One minute, from Railroad Station

TOWNSEND

'Center. , Word has been received that Parke StrutherB'has received his'cominisslon as second 'lieutenant. Aviation t:orps, aeronautical dlvlsiqp..

' , The" members o i ' the "^Country club , tendered a surprise last 'week 'Wednes­day;, to Mr. and Mrs. Irving Seaver of

: -'.^oath row on their fifteenth wedding •f«iaiMWU?«?aaix^ An,^lit,d6or. 4?lcnlc.;d.ln-

. -.ner - •was enjoyed and a social atter-. npOn spent. During the atternoon

they were presented with a three piece Pyrex set from the club as a pleasant reminder of the occasion, ,

Mrs, Carrie I.ane, of Gardner, Is the guest ot Mr, and Mrs. I, A. Seaver.

Mlss Adelaide Weil has been spend­ing a portion of her racatlon with friends at liake Boone, Stow,

Miss- Beatrice Andrews, of Sharon, Is enjoying a visit with her friend, Mlss Adelaide Well, at the home of George Brackett, Old City. In honor of: her guest Mlss 'tVetl gave a neigh­borhood veranda tea' party' on Tues­day afternoon when'a social time was enjoyed and refreshmentsrserved.

Mrs. Annie.^ Qreenleafjviot Old City, Is 6n tertalnln'g>£»r-slster;--26«.-Brya'sr and daughter, Miss -Eva Bryan, o f Dorchester. . - -

Mrs. Ruth J. Weston, aged seventy-, six. years, who has been an Invalid for about nine years, passed away early Wednesday momlng at her

Mrs, Eliza Tebbetts, who is stopping with her mother, .Mrs, Cliarles R Morgan, has returned to her home In Reading for a few days' visit.

Mrs, Laura Windsor, from Waltham; is a guest at the home of ,Mr and Mrs Perry W. Sawtelle,

Rev. Joseph -McKean expects to preach Sunday inprning from the topic "Wheat and chaff," and in the even­ing the Y, P. S. C. E, service will be conducted by Miss Alice Seaver. the. topic being, "Using our pens for Christ." : . -

The most severe thunder shower of the season took place on Wednesdaj-atternoon about flve o'clock, following a day ot extreme heat and wa? pre­ceded by a severe gale which laid flat the cornfleld and blew down trees: Part of a large, old buttonwood tree In the entrance of Herman,Stickney's yard was blown down and blocked the Main street for about halt an hour.

An alarm was sounded at one o'clock Wednesday afternoon for a brush flre In a woodlot near the home of Mr. and Jlrs, Rodney Richards, This flre was discovered on Tuesday afternoon and apparently was caused by careless­ness on the part of a smoker. Mr. Richards left It apparently out on Tuesday night but the high wind caused it to spring up again and about one o'clock it had got beyond his con­trol and he called the fire department. The brush firemen responded with chemicals and In a short time it was gotten t^gain under control and left with a flreman on watch and the heaw shower of the late afternoon flnished the work and no special damage was done,

Mr, and Mrs. Fred Bruce of Bqston liave beea recent guests of Mr, and Mrs, Augustiis Bruce,

Mrs, Lois Vose, who has been spend­ing the summer with her daughter oq Staten Island,' K.Y;, has returned to the home of her niece, Mrs, Ivers P. Sherwin, who with her Uttle son Rog­er, has accompanied her husband on a week's business trip.

Word was received here that Mrs, Included Iff ths-ditiage done by the -eiaMnce:.ItawjpJkls-;!(flrioiisIy'iUljjUh. wfiid on-WednesdfcjVwere^'maay large appendititls in Burbank Hospital.'Mrs: branches' twisted "d'ir;:.^%g'-<Im"'up'.

hoine. The funeral win be held, from George Marshall, a former

H, H Stickney. Mr, Rawson's mother, Is spending a few days at the home.

Mr. and Mrs, Harold W>'man and child, from Worcester, are guests at the home of Mrs. D, 0. Evans,

well-

A, G, Pollard Co, LOWELL'S BIGGEST AND BEST DEPARTMENT STORE

IN OUR GREAT

Underprice Basement Percale—Four cases of full yard-'wide Percale Remnants, light and dark

colors, large assortment of new summer patterns; 29c. value 20^''yard Dress Gingham—Mill remnants of Dress Gingham, large variety of pat­

terns and fast colors; 29c. value 17d yard Bates Gingham—Four dbses of best quality of Bates Gingham, in remnants

of 2 to 20 yards long, full assortment of patterns; also, ;fplain Chambray; 35c, value • 19c yard

Bleached Cotton—2000 yards of good Bleached Cotton, 36 inches wide. soft finish, in remnants of 5 to 20 yards; 25c. value 18c yard

White Voile—Mill remnants of White Voile, good quality, in large rem­nants lOe yard

Turkish Towels—Turkish Bleached Towels, hemmed, medium size, good weight; 19c. value lOd each

Readv-To-Wear Section 5 0 Dozen Ladies' White Skirts—'Made of fine cambric and nainsook, deep

lace and embroidery flouncing; $1.29 value 7 5 ^ each

Men's Overalls Slightly Stained by Water and Smoke—Nov/ on sale, about 70 dozen of

Men's Union Made Overalls; pin checks, milkmen's stripes, blue stripes and white; Slightly stained; $2.00 to $2.50 value ?1 .50 pair

A, G, Pollard Co

boro, Vt„ where sheWill resume her school after Labor day.

Mlss Freida Jodery of Concord is stopping at the L, P. Wood place for a tew weeks,

Mrs, -Margaret Tei^y and friends, from Boston; are stopping for a few 'weeks at Twin Maples. '

Mrs. McNayr and cliildren have been making a brief visltj to relatives In Hollls, N, H„ and Freeman Mq.N'ayr wlllj remain for the rest of the week. . Ojwing to thu extreke heat and the

thwhder shower the attendance at the meeting of the WaW Relief. Workers at the Red House-c^Wednesday was small, but the work:iwas-coatinued on clothes for the deStltjite Belgians

Harbor. •'.'_'»

Frank Gilchrist lefl for' New York state college in Albaiy. Thursday, for the special study ~o gasolene and steam engines. In :otder to prepare for overseas'Tvork In that department,

Herbert Harvey andifamlly, of Penn­sylvania, are spending several days al the home of ,'r.. Jt^Harvey.

Mrs, Esther Balley;and her daugh­ter. Miss Sybil Bailey, are spending the week-ends during August in this village, -.'.

Postmaster Josselj^n spent Thurs­day at the beach., ' ',

-Mrs, Ada Howe, ot West Boylston. returned home-last Saturdiy from a visit at Willowbrook. -

Miss Marlon Hollohan. of Waverley, Is visiting her broth'er aad other friends In this villag?-, .'

.Mrs. Strout, returned this week from a visit .to her' daughter, Mrs. Proctor, of Waltham..' -

Miss-Susie Phelps'has returned to the home of her sister, Mrs, Anson Spauldlng,

Mrs. James Bennett Is meeting with great snccess in selling war-savings and thrift-, stamps. : Her last sales amounted to nearly,$220,

Miss iMary Heneo;^,' o t Boston, ac­companied by a friend, has been spending a week^wlth ,\Irs. Betsey Mitchell, . '; .

rooted off'the Fletcher estate, and the Baldwin flag pole blown down. But the birdhouse in Depot square still stands, an ever present reminder of the leaning of Pisa,

The regular meeting of the As Vou Like It club was held on August 13 at Westview with .Mrs, Frank Conant, Everyone exclaimed "How cool it is," when they entered the shady rooms decorated with cool green and dainty • Princess Lace flowe^,^, Because of the •extreme hot weather a very simple program was planned by the lecturer, Mrs, Lawrence Morgan. While the la­dles busied themselves with knitting and fancy work. Mrs. Galen Prootor read the touching story ot "Three things," Mrs, Ransom Adams gave a sketch of the life ot Lucy Stone, founder of woman'-< suffrage, Tues­day, August 13, was the anniversary ot her birth. .\ very pleasant after­noon was enjoyed. The (;lub adjourn­ed ' to meet in two weeks with Mrs, Hannah Foss; -Mrs, G, A, Proctor, lec­turer.

Mrs. Perry and Miss Perry, of Rochester, N. Y., are guests of Hon, F, A, Patch and his sister, ,Mi8s Hat­tie White, of Andover, is another .of their guests.

Mr. and Mrs, L. C, GiUett, with Hon, F, A. Patch, .Mlss Ewings and Mrs, and Mlss Perry, as auto guests, went to Salem, where they were week-end visitors at the home of .Mr, Gillett's sister, Mrs, Bosshart.

Several heat pi'ostrations on Tues­day and Wednesday necessitated med­ical treatment, Dr, J, D, Christie at­tended Mrs, Osborne, Mr, Davis, of the common, and others who were partial­ly overcome.

The .voung Crosby lad cut his foo: while in bathing at Long pond. Those broken bottles are still bringing dis­comfort td the bathers who happen to step on them. ,

Mrs, Douglas Whitcomb is visitin? her daughter, Mrs, Stewart, in Wor­cester,

Mlss Mildred Wright is visiting her aunt, .Mrs, W, E. Conant.

Mrs, Chester .M, Hartweli', of De­troit, and her two children, are at J. M, Hartwell's,

Miss Persis Jacobs is with relatives in Somerville,

Mrs, A. W, Knowlton soent Thurs­day as the guest of Mrs, Hazel Brad­lee Martyn In Nashua, .\', H. Mr, and Mrs. Martyn expect to move soon to New Haven. Conn.

Mr?. John Priest, of Allston; Miss Harris, of Lexington, and her sister, Mlso Harris, prlnclnal of a school building in Cambridge, are at .Miss Marshall's.

Mrs.jLothrop. of Newton, was a flve-day gt(est.of her sister. Mrs. A. F. Bradlee, last week.

Mrs. L, A. Hager and daughter Patti leave home today for Lake Winnl­squam, N, H„ where they will stay through the month at Lakeside hotel,

Mrs. Ada Bradlee is ^'isiting her son's family,

Arthur F. Bradlee returned to his office work on Thursday after a vaca­tion of two weeks, pleasantly spent at his home and in day trips with his family.

Maples Tea Room AT LITTLETON

A'utomobile Parties Accommodated

Chicken and Steak Dinners Telephone , Li t t le ton ,'>

Do You Know that This is the Time to Save? And the

HTCHBURG CO-OPERATIVE BANK

offers the way

Inquire at the store of

/ . / . Barry, Main Street, Ayer

a*mteth v n 4 «

LITTLETON Xews Items.

An auto accident occurred betwi?en the Proctor house :ind H, J, Couper's residence about 5,r.0 o'clock Sunday afternoon, when a iittle too much high speeding aad crowding caused a jit­ney. In passing, tc hit a Ford and overturn it, causing slight bruises on the bodies of two cn:ldren in the Ford, but otherwise doin-c little Injury.

Thomis Chappell- has notified his paper customers that as soon as a tenement in Concord Junction is va­cated he will take up his residence there, and the publ '; -will have to de­pend on his ,'!ucces-3r for the Sunday morning p,ii> r.-(. Mr. Chapelle has lived in town ;ibo;.'- twenty-flve years and he anrt hi- fa.'iily will be missed by a larg.? r r :,> of friends, whose good w-isries .i-rem: them.

Miss Lizzi- F.ir-ir Is apending her vacation of ' -* • Peppe-rell

MlsR Ruth .- is visiting :;i»r bails.

Mrs, Ada 'i' liam are i> ' W. Ireland ::i

Mrs, Frfd li Reading, W . T -the G, F, H:ii: .:

The Winton S: In the accidf^n* .i Monday mor::;r, fragments b.v th, Ing evidence '••f .'Karlton K I

from the Fren :: ers'tralnlngsrh') warmly ot Lit

•ks with friends in

-ey, of Auburndale, ^ n s . the F. S, Klm-

' and and son Wil-r, and Mrs, Harrv

,- iner this week. ,--i and son Carl, of

Sunday guests of

:at was demolished \ e w Estate corssing :ies In a heap of relght house, bear-

i sad fate. •st has 'graduated tllcers' commisston-n France. He writes

„ „ - friends and hopes aome day to retnm to them. Richard Q. Conant is a:<-. ."eported as baving taken the oflir--r- training' course In Prance.

•islng» workers met •"Stry. on Thursday

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The 8urgir,ii In the Unitarii afternoon.

Rev. and Mr:; ' J. Palrfleld re tum-l on Saturdav it-'tn ari enjsyg^ie out-

..jg trip by aut- to Maine, where they made a call on xxieir danghter Faith, who is a wa:'--'s3 at the Poland Springs Hou.se

Wednesda.v :< ' :<" day for the Sun­day school pirn which is to be held this year at No- ::nbega Park. Those who have auto-^ -vitb extra seats are asked to be a fh-' tJnltarlan church at aIne o CIOCN to ti iM those >fho are

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Blue Serge THE IDEAL SUMMMER SUIT

There is nothing that will take the place of the Blue Serge Suit for Summer Comfort—it's the ideal suit for warm weather.

Our Blue Serge Suits come from good makers—the better grades from that reliable house of

A. Shuman & Co. Boston

We also have many Two-piece Suits—just Coat and Trousers—in fancy mixtures. Our prices are very much less than today's market price for clothing of equal quality and make.

Blue Serges Outing Suits

$15 , S18, $22, $25 $10, $13.50, $15, $18

H o w About

COOL U N D E R W E A R ?

Metr.s Uti.

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In .• horr sii-

kne." \o-.iif

thrci"-qil:lt"-

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m a n y k.' ':•

P r i c e s -

Union S::".;

\ : i in,sook,

- Oil (;(iod,s,

s'.-ovps; in

'"tisth, or

:i !eg,<5: al-

! rwear in

T.}** to ? 2 Shirt.; .md Dr.i-vers 7)0^ to ? 1

F o u r Msr. :r. Every F i v e 'Wear

BELTS

C ):ii '• -if now Holt

W e h:,-

•2r>c S l . O O

If 'Vou Neecl a

BATHING S U I T

w e hxw - . ti' : ::'• in plain or

fanoy o . ,- • - tl;-:- fine or the

two-p:" •' - • •-

M e n ^ -S1.2.-> to ^ . 0 0

BoT> - "^'yc to ? 1 . 0 0

S T R A W H A T S

-V splotuiid assorfmon- .>f the

host .<^tr.iw K a t s made . .M; kind,-^

of braids and m a n y kind-; of

sh.apcs to ohoose from, Al.so,

somp Pennine Panama,s in ncw

s fy l e s nt l ow prices . Sp lend id

v a l u e s for tlio pri.-os a sked . The

.shapes and styi.^s art- abso ln tc ly

correct .

Men's Sennett Sailors

$ 2 . 5 0 , S 3 . 0 0 and ? 3 . 5 0

Men'a Panamas $ 5 . 0 0

Reg-ular Straws (>5f to $ 2 . 0 0

Time to Put On a Pair of

L O W S H O E S

Try oi;e ..f ,'ir sro-xl :ii:i',<-, .ti

B laek d'lin M.tltil or the tieu durk-

shade> -;• Tan I.ealii-r^ .i:: r.-v-

and oorrei-t in s ty le .

P r i c e s — S 6 . 0 0 , $ 7 . 0 0

Y o u Wil l Certa in ly N e e d a F e w

S H I R T S

W h:ne a sp lendid as,<or!m''nt

- h:i:i<is,)nie c-iIorinRs and i^ood

qii,ili:ies. '^'our ehoiep of Laun­

dered or .Soft Cuff:^: Col lars on or

no C o l l a r s ; W h i t e and Faney

Co lors ; al.so. S i lk Shirts

P r i c e s 7 5 < to $ 2 . 0 0

S i l k S h i r t s $ 4 . 0 0 to $ 5 . 0 0

C A P S

A l l tho la tes t shape.s and eolor­ings in M e n ' s

C a p s ; mnde b j

bard.

Prices—Men's Boys'

and Roys" Oolf Lamson Sc Hnb-

e 5 < to $ 2 . 0 0 2 5 ^ to 75<

Agent for LEW ••I DO'S Laundry and Dyehouse

GEORGE H. BROWN Top-to-Toe Outfitter Ayer, Mass. -.j

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PAOB TWO 8XtU^b:AY, AUCUST 17, 1918

ONB DOIiIiAR AND FIFTT CENTS P £ R YEIAR IN ADVANCE

SEORQE n. B. TURXEIt. PmblUktr

We publlsb tbe toUoviiae P a p e n : Tnrsor's PubUo Spirit, Ajrer, MWH. n>e Groton IdrndmBrk Tlie FcpIX^rcU Clarioo-AxSTertlscr no tdulotoo Guidon Tbe Wcbtroni Wtbrdsman TtM) Hiin'ard UllUdde Tlie Sbirley O m d e Tfae T^ownscnd Tocsin Tlie Brookllne (N. H.) Beacon Xbe Hollls (N. U.) Uomcstciul

Kntered At «econil-clasa matter m the »o»toinc« t t Ayer, M m .

Skturday, Xogvist 17, 1»18.

> WESTFORD Center,

-Tbe SpauWhig-Light Cavalry s i sc - . elation te ld its annual reunion with .business meeting, sriorts, ent<-rtain-ment and luncheon on Thursda.v af­ternoon of this week, a more extended

•^account of which -wti: he siveu ncxt •week.

The single service of thc day for the vacation month was held Sunday evening at the Congregational church, J. W, 'Rafter was in charge of the inceting which was well attended and 'well "sustained.

Miss Dora Hawkes, of Melrose, is spending vacation days with her aunt. Mrs. A, W. Hartford,

The Pitkin family, "who have been living in the Hamlin house,,facing the coirimop, have moved froni the village, going to the Charles Whitney house a:

. Banister's corner. Rev, and ' Mrs, David .-'Wallace ancj

Miss Pauline Wallace were in town on Tuesday, calling on friends and form-

• cr parishioners. Master Harold Wright is put again

'after an attack of tonsilitis. Mrs. L. W-.-Wheclcr is entertaining

, her aunt, Mrs. Emny W. Paine, of Providence, and her cousin, Mrs. Merle

,H. Rhodesi ol Boston. MJfB, Mervin Steele has gone to Can­

ada :t6 visit relatives. • Mtl' and. Mrs. Perry Shupe are at

tlieli.'farm in South Merrimack, N, H. ' Mrs.-Joseph .Moran is spending two

-we^s with relatives in Providence, " Mrs. Wilson, of Lowell, and her at­tractive little son Richard, who have

. been boarding for a number of weeks •with Mrs. Walker, have relurned home.

Mrs. Fred A. Hildreth, of Maiden, is a guest of the H. 'V, Hildreths,

Miss E^a'F, Pyne is enjoying a vaca-. tlon visit in Warren, N, H.

Postmaster J. Herbert Pletcher and Dr. C. A: Blaney have been enjoying their ten-days' auto and fishing trip in Maine. They are eSp'ected home this week-end. John G. Fletcher came home Wednesday after several weeks spent at a.'boys' camp iri the Lake Win­nipesaukee cotintry. .. tiie 'Westford company, M. S.'G,. held their regular drill on, Tuesday* evening. 'In accordance "with instruc­tion's from the regimental commander thJs company will go to Camp Gardi­ner, Framingham, August 22, for a

- tour of duty lasting through August 25. Each member received a printed list of InBtrutcions and outflt to carry. Al­fred W. Hartford has been appointed mess sergeant, and Privates Johnson and Harrington as cooks. All mem-

•" bers of the company will report at the town hall on Thursday morning. Au-

. enst 22, at 7.30 o'clock, and will be transported from there to Framing­ham by automobile.

LltUe Dorrls Carkin, aged eight years, of'Ts'ngsboro, was fatally in­jured by aa automobile at Woods' cor­ner, just out from Tj-ngsboro, Cari Peterson, the driver of the ear, !>:i:il that the little Kiri came running ou; from the bushes beside the road ;::iil ho eould not stop tbe car in t i s e tn avert the accident. She was takci to the Lowell General hospital, whefi- slie died. She was the daughter of' .Mrs. Eva Carkln. widfiW 6! james K. c:i;-kln, who form<-rl.v lived here in Wi st­ford on Oak hill.

T.'ie paFSing of Mrs, Sara R, Hil­dreth makes the fourth wonaaii in Westford to have passed on in recer:t yea.-s atter reaching the century mark. The other three were Mrs. Hildreth, grandmother of MlBs Ella Hildreth; Mrs, Garvin and .Mrs. O'Toole,

Mr, and Mrs, LaBouteley are receiv­ing congratulations on the birth cf a little daughter at Mlss Garratfs hoE-pital in Lowell,

Seth Banister, in service in England, has sent by mail some valuables to the Banisters ..and Barnes on the Lowell and Providence roads.

MORTGAGEE'S SALE OF

REAL ESTATE

Abont Town. The funeral of Mrs. Mary W, Byam

was held last week Wednesday from the home of her son. Otis Byam, Low­cll, T,'ie services were conducted by Hev E. -A- Robinson, of Chelmsford, Miss Etta B, Thompson and Edward E, Adat.'.s sang "Beautiful isle of soraewh( r< " and "The homeland," The bearers -'.'re her four tons, Otis, Her­bert W,, Ralph W, and James E, By­am, Burial v,a,* it. K:.rt Pond ceme­tery. South C.-.tinisford. She will be better remembered by srtne of the old­er residents as .Tiss ."'lary M, Canen, i o r n in Shirley. Her girlhood cay:-were passed in Westford, where she attended Westtord academy in lS4i'', 'When John Kebler was preceptor, and Miss Lucy Eliot Abbot, o: Hampt-ct; Falls, .V, "H„ was pree.-ptress.

At a recent rneeting of the finant committee, H. V. Hildreth was chos<'n nhairraan and V.', R, Taylor as secre­tary:

The ;arr,'.r.ouse re.-ently vacated b:,-Charles H, Whr.ney :s now occupi-'d by the Pitkin farr.,',y, r« r-ntly of West-lord Center.

The largest fhirmT.ts of sweet corn to Boston is from th> P'.<.anson farm j on FYancis hill, Th.s f.-rn was plant- j ed extremf-iy farly ari,-; w,-is above t h e , ,;'jne frost zone wh:r,-, hit within .. ^ few rods of the tomato ?,one of Robf-rt ; Prescott lower do'-i'r the hill. Thei writer iriadn a personal inspection at that tim<' f.-xr fros- freaks. The foot of the h.ll was protected by a fog be,t: above this belt a strip 'o.'as frost swept nntil th'- altitude was too much of a rlimb for the frost,

120,001'' b'ashels of beans af" 1-:' over from the i'.'l' crop anrt lh" '-•-,-<rnment is teasing ',is to turn ir.tr xr.-vnle of rorsumer arid market :;.e-.. With the government wisely 'nfo-- ::a .-I curtailment of the- use of bread->'::ft • it is evident Ihat t,-iese bcan,» v •-• held in violation of the law of sutp i ' and demand, and thf writer has :,• sympathy exc^p- frvr the constir:' r w-hn w-ould hxfre i tak'-ti rmir tionate to he 'ii :ari:e er rates, or r.<, l-'' h a v been I'f' -'-e the laarke: is :',r r-i xtvt ,1V pr.-' 'S rnntftt;.-'t'>o .in'l ^ -iindcr i;ia'/rant,::-

Amos Poiiry, or. ''::e ; preparing: iatid for wheat in the inter(>:s bre.id, V,'h<'at raisinc ftetts seems to he romjing again. In 1917 there were 700 acres r.aised in this state; in It'lS, aceord­ing to government rrop r'ports arc 20ftfl acrea of counly and nearly represented. |

Amos Policy and other kinsfolks mado an auto tour Sunday to Conrord | Lexington and other surrounding towns. He reports a large acreage of 'uncut hay and backward cro^s ns com­pared with the Stony Brook valley.

Miss Hazel Fletcher has gone to ' Mackinac Island Lalte, Mich,, which is a beautiful and oxclnsive summer re­sort She win be the f^est of her friends. Misses Marlon Thayer and Mary lAtham, at their summer homes.

Death. Mra, Sarah R, Hildreth passed away

last weck Friday at the home of her daughter, Mlss "Martha M, Hildreth, aged KK) years, 6 months, 20 days. It is an unusual distinction which was h?rs to have rounded out more than a century and have maintained her fac­ulties up to the end. Last winter she celebrated her 100th birthday and was the center of much attention.

On Janu.iry 21. 181S, Mrs. Hlldreth was born in the north part of the town in a house which her father built, that part of the town was called Ten-nev's corner, in honor of her father. He- parents were Samuel Tenney, cf LUtleton, and Rebecca <Clark) Tenney, of Concord, She attended the old dis­trict school, known as No, S, On Jan­uary 3, 1S41, she was married to a schoolmate and neighbor, James Hil-. dreth. The ceremo'ny was performed by Rev, Leonard Luce, She weat to live after her marriage at the well-known Hildreth piace at the head wa­ters of Long-Sought-for pond. Here most ot her lite was spent—in a place of natural beauty. On this farm were the Immense boulders which have at­tracted so much attention In later years. Seven children were born at this homestead, four of whom are liv­ing—Samuel Tenney Hildreth, of Dra­cut; Mrs, Emma A. Chandler, Frank H. and Martha M, Hiidreih, all of this town, , .

The deceased was well known here, having spent her loug lite in this, her native town. She .was a woman of sterling qualities, having those good, rugged characteristics which we are pleased to consider as the makings of a real New Englander, and with all her seriousness she had a pleasing sense of humor, and even until the last this was apparent. She had a genuine love of people and was friendly and cordial, fond of a "chat" with her friends. She loved to recall the pleas­ant incidehts connected with her long and nseful life. With bright color in her cheeks and a lustre In her eyes she would, converse with her friends. She took an interest In the war and related how in her youthful days It was Napoleon who was the centre of atten­tion. Mrs. Hildreth Was able to sew and knit and enjoyed it.

The funeral service was held from her late home on Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock, conducted by Rev. Louis. H Buckshorn and Rev. Howard A, Lincoln. Mrs. Nettie A. Roberts, of Lowell, sang several beautiful selec­tions. The burial was at Hillside cem­etery. In the Hildreth lot. The com­mittal service was read by Rev, L. H, Buckshorn and Mrs. Roberts sang. There were heautiful, flowers from friend,'*. The bearers were J, Willard Fletcher, Francis W. Banister, Horace Gould and Hammett D. Wright^

Now Advertisements

ern clad to have ;,., reely at prices prope • r-op. which must h: '.•;a-h to have sold at I.'' ,, ;,;n..'ifir, bushels w.-'; ' r:"'. Much tha' is . - '..r.xr :i-:ces and ;,

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"Lonl^for thc Tripl-Seal" JERSF.Y ICE CREAM CO.

LAWRENCE, MASS. "^ For Sale by

ity virtue of a power of sale con-' tf.::ied in a certain niortgage deed gi'.ei; by Kelley P, Hatn, ,1, Edward Heiinessy, Edward B, O'Brien and Rohert E, Buss to David Felnburg. d.f.<id Ootobor fliird, 1017 and reeerdtd with Middlesex Southern District Deeds. Book 4171. Page H-'>. will be sold at public auction on the premises on Tuesday, the tenth dii.> of Septem-l)er, 1918, at three o'clock In the af­ternoon, all and singular the premises conveyed by said mortgage deed, namely,—a certain parcel, of land with buildings thereor, situate • in Aycr, in the County of Middlesex and Commonwealth of ,MassacbUEettB, westerly from and near to the Rail­road Station, and boun-Jed and de­.scribed as follows:

.Beginning a t , , the .Northwesterly-corner of the premises, at a corner of land now or formeriy of the Fitchburg Railroad Company at a stone set in the ground, and there running Easter­ly by «a!d land now or formerly of said Railroad Company two hundred (200) leet; thence Southerly hy said land now or formerly of said Railroad Company ten (JO) feet: thence East­erly by said land how or formerly of said Railroad Company ten (10) feet; thence Southerly by land now or formerly of Levi W, Phelps seventy (70) feet; thence Westerly by land now or formerly of said Phelps twelve (12) feet; thence Southerly by a line passing through the center of the chimney a-s It now stands, and by land now br formerly of said Phelps forty-three (43) feet All of the fore­going boundaries being right angles; thence Northwesterly by land now or formerly of said Phelps about two hundred and three (203) feet to a point eighty (SO) feet Southerly from a stone set in the ground a t t h e point of beginning; thence Nonherly on a line that will be at right angles with the first described line therein seventy (70) feet.by land now or formerly of said Phelps; and thence teri (10) feet by land now or formerly ot said Rail­road Company to the point of begln-ntng,

.41so a certain parcel of land in said Ajer adjoining the foregoing de­scribed parcel, bounded and described as follows, viz:

Beginning at the .Northwesterly corner at a point eighty (SO) feet dis­tant from the Northwesterly corner of the parcel hereinbefore described, and then running Southerly by a right of w a y formerly owned in commoa bv the Haynes-PIper Company anii said Phelps, forty-three (43) feet; thence turning at right angles and running Easterly. one hundred and ninety-eight (198) feet to a point in the center of 'a certain brick chimney now standing one half of which is on land now or formerly of Phelps; thence turning and running North­westerly by the first parcel hereinbe­fore described two hundred and three (203) feet, more or less to the point of beginning.

Together with the right to lay and maintain a sewer and water pipe from said premises herein conveyed/.r the pond over the adjoining land ni>w or formerly owned by said Phelps, as mentioned in deed from J. FYancis Adams to the Hajmes-Piper Company, dated August 1, 1903 ahd recorded in Middlesex County Registry ot Deeds Book 3053, Page 566.

Also the right to use in common with others entitled thereto that par­cel of land described as follows, viz;

Beginning at a point ten (10) feet Southerly from the point of beginning of the first parcel hereinbefore de­scribed and running Westerly by said land now or formerly of said Railroad Company thirty (30) feet; thence turning and running at right angles thereto Southerly by land now or formerly of said Phelps, onehundred thirteen i l l 3 ) feet; thence'Easterly by land of Fhelps in a line paral­lel with said Railroad Company's land about thirty (301 feet to land secondly described; and thence running North­erly to the point of beginning.

.\lso the right to use that strip of land thirty CiO) feet wide on the East- i eriy side of the parcel herein first de­scribed and extending Southerly flfty-oije I.M I lifcJ>?*oath from said land of said Railroadt'ompany, Being a part of the premises conveyed to David FeinEurg by the Haynes-Piper Com-1 :inv bv deed dated April U',, 1917, re-c:.)rded"in said Registry, Book 4i:;t'. Page 4, and being the same preniisfs conveved to Kelley P,, Ham, J, Ei-ward Hennessy, Edward B, O'Brien and Robert E, Buss by said Feinburp b%- deed dated October 20lh. 1917, re­corded with Middlesex South Distr:et Deeds, Book 4171, Page 61,

Pubject to all unpaid taxes and -••--sessments.

t aid premises are subject to a vrx. -:i.,,rtgase given by Kelley P, Ham, ,1 }-Lward Jennessy, Edward" B. O'Briei. ;,-•' Roherr E, Buss to Max Schwart:-, , „-"d O'-tnber 23, 1917 and recorded •n-xx ,Middlesex South District Deeds, i: f'-; 4171, Page 63.

T- rms $200 cash at time and place , - , e- balance within ten days there-

... , • ?.t.-.o ::..\VID FEINBL'RG, ,\lortKacee.

BEST fiOWNS ARE STILLJ[FAVpR

Conservation, Topic of the Hour, .—Mixed With Entertainment .

of Soldiers.

LAVISH USE OF ANGORA WOOL

Short Tunics Have Parisian Sashes-Many of the New Govms Look as

^ If Taken From "Chu Chin - ; g ^ . I ,; Chow."

••nnU aftop where yon con set sonie-tWn^ that "looks like France for $10 ;'JWaiiy.ot them'hnve also quickly sdbpted the government's "Ins'idc-out" wjESestlon. It Is uot unusual to sec a woman holding up the-tunic or panel O'^hfer skirt In thc middle ot Main street, as ghe greets a friend, saying, ."Here's my ''inslde-out' gown; how ROei Itr* Women confidentially whis-Vvr W.&ch other ut commltlet ine«t-Ings nbout the secret UtUe Paris dress-tnnk^r who Is usedl.to the economical tricks of the French dressmakers lu turning and twisting to save money-— and these .(iddresses are only ex­changed as n great privilege.

AH of which-Is exceedingly good for the nation as a moss.' As for the high-

New Tork.^—It is Impossible to r.void-bltter dlscDSSlon on the question of en­tertaining our soldiers and sailors. As this struggle progresses, writes a fash­ion correspondent, it iti«y he thnt the entire social fabric will cease to rend Itself apartWith personill nnd nntlontil nrguments for and ngnlnst people, in and out of power. Institutions for the good of the' cause, und the various phases of inoney expenditure that have arisen in the last year.

Anyone who goes about in vnrlous sectors of society—nnd^ by thft Js meant the grouping of people for all purposes, not alone gayety—bcpins to feel that thc hdte which Is engendered on the battlefield has Its reflection In the minds of those whp are not in thv struggle, 'except, on the side-lines.

A Civil war veteran jsays that this pitching of, woraen Into the public arena, with its'alleged bad effect on their tempers- and temperaments, has nothing to do with tbe situation; that the Civil war engendered the same kind of personal animosities. Yet the Civil wnr—with all Its tragedy, hate, death and sacrifice, which necessarily af­fected the personal llve,«! of everyone In America more than this war has done—did not throw women together In groups;Of thousands.

Is It odd, therefore," in this rather malevolent turn -which emotions have taken during a yoar of war, that thc question of entertaining our soldiers should be thrown into the arena of argument?

Reaeoni for Brilliant Costumery. Now wie come to the question ot

fashions. Sit Is not possible to separate clothes from ,:tbls peculiar and em­phatic situation which has arisen through the conviction that the fight­ers must: be entertained, going and coming.

Whatever-the government has nskcd women tri do In the way of clothes they have, done gladly, but that docs not keep-;'them from dressing well every day and night fls thcy pass to ahd from one entertainment to an­other.

These go'vms are far from expensive in the mass' Of course, the Individual who. has money continues to spend It In going to, her own dressmaker and paying well for excellent cloth, good fitting and perfect finish; but the aver-" age woman, 'even thbtigh she have money, has begun' to find out all kinds of places where smart-looking clothes

; athan W, French, 4r, Milk St., Boston,

.-Mtomey, .Mass,

M.M:-r l i l M

C. H. HILL. Druggist

'AYER CONF. COMPANY there I

v.-heal and eiovy i , verv -own iv< T" :

Aver

Ayer HOTEL DEVENS

W. H, BRUCE. Druggist. Croton

CEORGE NEWCOMB Littleton

DuPAW PHARMACY East Pepperell

. • , :M. .N'^VBAI-TH O F M.\ .«s .yiu • . s Middlesex^?. Pro l« . -< oun.

.\I.\l-OK A. PBR-RI^ i Ul- ',' '-^ ,„„.rtv of CHARLES K I-1-. .1,1>

, • of Aye - In ' * '< ' ' o u n t y ot - . \ ,in a'buontee nm) <o^-^'-)','','

• tl'.IN- the wife .111/1 ; TI-; A. PERRIN thc mlii' .

, , , the 'WALKER & I'l;.\TT ' \ V ' ' T I - R I S G COMP.XN-i a co, -

•» pHnclpal place of biism.--, , i„' the county of-f"'^"'".,,':;: .,: to tiali CO"""' „'";„''",'

•h,-it Jts claim of »92,50 and :> • -.:v be proved an '^J^"^^ l\fjy\'\

:"e.'! B Porrin and acainst i. s "• • ;ul e8t«"c"'"ln-the - hnii'lf ••• V i--rrln rocolvor ,<>' '"T P';,"''", . ,1 -hscntco nppolnted hy !,:,x,i ;;i",hat an order be entereri .,>

,.,.:t iiiroctinK such rccoUer ,e . • xn oald petitioner om of tli. • ,,nU funds m her handj a ^,x -, -...unt to dHoharpe sal.i dcM

• s.ich further order« an<l .le-- 'o Ilie Court ehall ntrtxm mee, -,. hereby cited tp appear at r,

. <-nurt to bo holdcn at i ,•im-. . ,„ ».irt County of Middlesex nn

• l'l .lav of .ScptemUcr A. p . isiv. .. ' .',-inek in theforenoon to fliow

- tf any you have ,aKaln»t ilie

.;:v,fS'ri?i.ifi/s5rr^^

Frock by Pat^uin, showing a tunic with a military f a t h . I t i t a part of a navy blue tcrge frock, an'a it fattens on thc r.cht shoulder. Buttons and buttonholes are of o!d-blue silk. The Msh is of apple-green silk, and thc tassels are arranged as bags.

before paid ,, .-, Aycr. - , -:.( one d.'iy. at .,J«a»»'

^vVtne.s, Charle. j/««I"i}"-,>^1''^'f';';; ^7ef'!;-^„t''fn^S5^«-uiy,55

hundred and >)gWMi- j j^^„ i„_ ::t40 M---

mny !..• b.qijrlit for smnll pricet:. They tire i.i-o inrning out a good deal of w.irk in tl:eir own sewing.rooms, nfter the fa^hi.,11 i.f 23-years ngo.

r.y llie wny, one of thc ,«trlkinc \d,:x-, s ef this war Is that women boast of the eheapnesg'Of their Clothes, nnrt re^iile eaeh other 'WlUi the method of 11 akinc old clothes Into new, nnd tbe

Egyptian Reed Pipes. Siieeimen< of E g y p f a i reed ptpe^

some of the in m<)re than 3,000 years oUl, have feiind their way Into thc museums. In theni ttte, perhaps, to be found the secrets bf those scales which nre nil that irarvlTe of a musl-enl nrt'too imelent for history. One writer nssuines'that the Instinct for harmonious proportions *nd symmetry possessed hy primitive man led him to place the boles at eqtial dlsjjiiiccs along his reed pipe. Thns a / ^ ^ e m of scales cnme into. t)«Il*. 0""* uatup-ally by purely iseeMnieaI_meai>s,

A mustard gown Is better than mus­tard gas, and the suit by Paquin in this color Is a departure from the conventional coat and skirt. There <s a Medici collar, a b'lack satlti cra­vat and a narrow belt-of the material which ties In baclc- -

priced dressmakers, they have their own clientele who will probably never leave them, so they do not worry. 'As they say, there are always enough women In the world who must have Individual fittings, which require ex­pert workers. So everyone Is satisfied, economically' and commercially.

New Clothes That Paris Sends. Now, of one thing be very certain:

that while thc French do not entertain the French poilu. they nre most excit­ed about the Anglo-Saxon idea.

The result Is nn inrush of gowns to this country during the last few weeks, nnd these are sent over in order to allure these who nre dancing and din­ing the fighters. The gowns are ex­pensive, but they will be speedily copied by the Inexpensive shops, nnd so 'Arriet, who goes out to an ente^ tnlnment with 'Arry, 'will have the chance to buy for eight dollnrs and a half a copy of tbe French gown that cost $300. Thnt is the happiness found in treading the sartorial path la America.

It is good to get these advance thinps from Paris. They foreshadow what Is to be shown to American buy­ers. J

If they are honest forenmners of our early antamn costtnnery. then Paris has not created a revolution In the silhouette, as was i)erslstently ru­mored during thc month of Jnne. The snlient points of these new clothes are slendemcss, shortness of skirts, an at­tempt to revive the minaret of Panl IViret fame, an Insistence npon sashes arranged In army fashion, a repetition ,f hplRC. mustard nnd tnn colorings, anil the Introduction of broadcloth.

Floating panels, which have for six months dotted the entire surface of eloilies in America, have been abol-isl:eii, if we judge by these forerunners.

There aVe capes on evening gowns wliieh are made in the most brilliant fairy tnlc manner, reminiscent of the extrnvnganzas in . the old dnys at thc 1 'rnry l.anc theater In Ixindon.

There are no high collnrs. Thc Ital' lan (leeolletage Is retained. The se­vere neck line, wlthont a line of white. remains n part of thc fashions.

Medieval Tunics Still In Fashion. Tiere hHK'bccn no disposition on the

r xxvi of tho French designers to lift the j tittie out of Us popular position In np-1 parel. Thcy do not Insist upon It in i Q ^ „ g ^ r e S u l t S . if. t', niiine Slavic style, but they use \ ' & • it iis il model for much that Is done In the w.iy of over-drapery.

There nre funics .thnt nre cut to n (le(r point nt each side ri^trnfc nbth-int- l.nt side pieces over a long em­broidered cuirass that reaches nearly to the knees of a darksklt t . (CeryrtKht, 1518, by the McCluVj! ICcwspa-

por Syndicate.)

AUTO SliPPLIES As a motorist you are looking for something in the. line of sup­

plies. Whatever you'-desire will be found at ftiis garage. We pro-vide-all auto accessories and parts of all makes of cars ia the shortest possible time. ' ,

•No matter hp-sv powerful or'steady your engine may be, your auto is worthless if it has poor tires, A car is no stronger thah wiy one of its tires. In supplying tires and inner tubes we deal in only the standard, well tested makes, which wear well and are guaranteed.

Carburetors, magnetps,' differentials, batteries, engines, rejuve'- ' nated here. Made to operate as they did When they left the factory —spark plugs that stand long usage.

HONEST WORK AT HONEST PRICES

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The subscription books and mailing lists are open to all advertisers for their inspection, and a sworn statement-is furnished advertisers when requested. ^

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Curing Elephant's Cold. A clrcns man, caught In the act of

curing nn elephnnt of a cold, was dared to take his own medicine. He -declin­ed, but invited the Interviewer to re­tum tho next dny and sec the elephnnt cured. And the ncxt day- the elephant wns rid of thc cold.'The keeper placed a bucket of boiling hot vinegar In a bag and then tied the latter about the animal's trunk so tbat he was com- ) pclled to Inhale the beneficial fames 5«hefhcr he wished to or not.

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their stock of -

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which thoy would be pleased to

have intending purchasers inspect

and obtain prices'. '

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Ayer, Mass.

WEDDIM GIFTS Something for the Newly-wed*

—it's a difficult problem to select a gift that will not be-duplicated by someone else. Wc have helped many fiuzzled people make judi-; cious selections. Let us help you to make yours. Step in and get suggestions before you go any further.

JOHN H. SAin)£:BSON Watchmaker and Jeweler

Pleasant St. AYEB, IXASS. Bear of Fletcher Bros, Store

SATURDAY, AUQU&T 17, 1918

- TOWNSEND Cente r . ' -

Rev..Mr. V/aterijouae and family,/of l>yna. are/Spendlngr a vacation In. town a n d a re occupying the Methodist, par-aooage, - Rev. and •Mre.-'Van Kirk, who have - been s b y l a g a t the parsonage -during hlfl, vacation, returned by auto with friends on Monday to Dorchester, wbej-e Mr. Van Kirk will resume his dut ies as pastor o ; the Parkman 'street aiBtUudUt LUu.xh, Mr. Van Kiric am

-/ been ^upplylns the Methodist puipit j he re dur ing his stay in town and it is , expected tha t -on-Sunday Rev. Harry

L. Wriston will preach at the morning service. '

', Old-ne7/apa;i9r3 are still being so­licited tor the' Sdneflt of the Red Cross and Mrs, R-^hert Smith continues to have charg'j of tlie receiving of same. About e'a'.'e.i dollars has a l ready been rc i l l zed from the sales. .

Mrs, Delia Goodwin Morgan has gone to New York to be near her hus-l)and. Pr iva te E, C. -Morgan, while he Is stationed a t Garden CUy, L. I. Pri v.ite Morgan expects lo soon sail tor,

• Krance .

Mr. and Mrs. Fred -Bru^e. of Boston, have been apending a vacation with Evere t t Brace, '•, - ,

Miss Isabell© McMaster is visiting wi th friends in Hollls. N. H . '

Mrs. Ber tha Drake and Master Rob-, e r t Drako a r e visiting with relatives in

Cfreeafleld, . . - , \ '. Mr. and Mrs, Waldo Adams, of Low­

ell , have, been the guests ;o t Mr. A^-. a m s ' mother, -Mrs. JIary White. .

Mr. and Mrs. Francis Spring, of Lin­den, a r e enjoying a visit with Mr. and

,- Mrs.' P r a n k Spring. _ ,

Dr. Ethel Rockwood, ot Long Island • hospi ta l , 'Sas 'bean the recent guest at

the home of her father, W., F . Ro'pk-w o o d . " '; . '

Miss Neiiie Barker, of Attleboro. Is t h e gftest of Mi^s Harr ie t Miller,

Mrs, Horace Woods has been visiting 'With friends la Brookfleld.

Mrs . Atti© Streeter, of ^Valtham. was ' t h e -week-end guest of her mother. ' M r s ; T. E. Flarl ty. , •

, Miss lJouise:'Whltcomb Is substi tut-: Ing 'a t ' - the talephone exchange ' in .CooleyvIUe. •

The body ot Roscoe Wakefleld was h rough t ,to towti from Milton. N. H„ : last wisek Thursday, for burial in the

• f a m i l y . lot . in the Hillside cemetery. , M n Wakefleld was seventy-three years

o f -age and formerly lived in' Towns-;: «iid,. ,working a t the Adams kit mill.

I n ' l a t e r years he became blind and ^.sihce then he had made his home with

his daughter . Mrs. Herber t Finnegan. ia, i l l l ton , N. H. Besides Mrs, Finne­gan he Is survived by two other d i u g h t e r s , Miss Mary Wakefleld, of

, E a s t Rochester , N. H,, and Mrs, Stella .:Wakefleld Piper , of this town; also, a ' s o n , . Ches te r Wakefleld, ot North

Rochester , N. H, E rnes t A. Btrch and bride, of New

York state , \are visiting Mr. Birch's pa ren t s , Mr: and Mrs. C. F . Birch.

Charlea Grist, of' Leominster, Is t h e -guest OtMr, and J l rs . George Kendall.

: ; • Corp.,.Gardner, Sergts . Schmitt and , .Stewart , ot Camp Devena, and Mrs. .S tewar t , havfe been recent guests of Mr. a n i - a i r s . J. Halllsey.

Eaat Pepperel l , the single r ing service being used .>J ie r father gave her awav and her slater. Agnes Halllse.^, acted as bridesmaid and Mfs. '^^lUarn Stew­a r t was m a t r o n : o f honor. . Corporal Gardner was .be^ t mail and little :.t!s3 PhylUa 'Wilson carr ied the silk service flag. The young bride, was very lov.;-\y In her gown bf white satin aiul crSpe de •'chine with pearl triaimi:i;;j and veil which- was full ' length, becom­ingly, fastened at the coiffure with a coronet of bi idal iBses 'and aweet i),;iib, Hter bouciuet was of bride's roses and she wore a gold neck chain with gold cross pendant. , The bridesmaid wore white voile and carried pink roses and the matron of honor wore green silk and carr ied ' the bride's pra.ver books and rosary. Following the cere­mony Mendelssolin's ivedding march was flayed »is', a recssioniil, a t te r which, the bridal party were conveyed by auto, which was decorated with the American and' service flag to the liome of the bride 's parents , where an informal reception n a s held and luncheon served.

It was regret ted that the seventy-flve soldiers from Sergt, Schmitt 's company from Camp Devens could not arr ive at the hour appointed fo r . t he wedding, also that Lieut, Heunch-burger was delayed on account ot auto trouble. All. however, were pres­e n f a t the reception to extend, con­gratulat ions and best wishes to the bridal couple,- In the afternoon the happy couple lett by auto to take a train for Brooklyn, N, Y,.j where friends awaited them and a reception given In their, h o n o r , b y Sergeant Schmitt 's p a r e n t s ' a n d brother. The bride's t ravel ing suit was of blue serge with white hat with silver lace tr immings.

They were the recipients of many useful wedding gifts,, among them being fifty doilars in gold arid twenty dollars in bills from the 1st Co., Q. M. G. ot Camp Devens. There were a l so pret ty and dainty gifts for the bride from her sehool girl friends.

Mr. and Mrs. Schmitt have the best wishes of their many tr iends tor a happy and successful tuture.

Sergt. Schmitt had a furlough c t fif­teen days and they plan to spend part ot their honeymoon in Brooltlyn. N, Y„ and the remaining days in Town-send. I t is ot Interest to know that on the quar te rmas ter ' s service flag carried a t ' t h e wedding a s ta r was placed for the bridegroom. Sergt, Schmitt, and the other for his broth­er, Sergt._ Harold Schmitt, who is in seryice o v e r s e a s and who e,xpressed the wish that he might be represented at the wedding by the star, beside his brother 's .

Rony Cowdrey from the Ce-: ass i s t ing as clerk a t W. A B:) a tore dur ing tn© absence of M. Streeter , who is taking a v,

M!BS:Bel!© Lovering t .-c:; ' ' : . s te r Buent the week-end '.v:;'^ ;• en ts , Mr. and Mrs, Oscar l, .

•y.: aad Mrs, Justi:i C, i: : who h'i vo,been In Maine sin . ' : ial day week spending tii.-with r-elatives. have retur:;.-! - , hnim. nf.-oinn-iniP!l hv t'i,.> ,--

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pxpect to receive th'Blf'iSunun soon to, cross the wld«-jce.i:

The Boy Scouts ar© pla:::: .:ito camp a t Stodge, .me , • •veek. They expect to ren: i)urnh;im eight o r nine da, •

Kalph M, Bickford ha» au!'i •'ii'rd new home place to Cl:.-:rey, ot Leominster, and w:

. session about the first of S-: ; Cllftord C, Lane has bee::

ona very t'»wt»w.«w»»fr»»sftt«,w,jeft«i9aft

Mrs, 'George West, and da'.;^ ion. from Lewistoii, .Me.

Mr, . and Mrs, Bert Fliv daughter . Miss Ceelle .VXexx Mr. and '.Mrs, Charles 'io^t Athol. were week-eml gue.-;: aud Mrs. John Clark a::(l -,\' F le tcher remained t'o.- a f.-visit with Jliss Jan,,-c '."lar!;

Mrs. Mtaette aad ,".!Us P, from Boston, a re e.-.;);.;ni; , ai the Squannacook .'::ii.

Mrs. Katherine t'ole:-, fr) burg, has movec^ into th.- ll­ton house in Josselynv:;;-.

Mlss Margaret Adams :'r;:;; "Ga,, who is spending r';.. i -Bpston, was a week-end ^-i,-arid Mrs, Franlt Hamilto::!

Mrs, Marjorie Fass, 'Aho h:is •aeen a guest a t the home o:" Mr, a;!a .Mrs, Rodney Richards, has returnei to he r

,. jm'ur fur lUe uilm'Inal superior court in FItchbur .'August 19! • ' '

'The Fog' rx%

By LOUISE OLIVER

'J^S£f-''-^ •** vs/^J^^/v^^^*^-

at.on

.Vt;a::ta^ :i:u.'r In '. Ol' Jlr,

home in Jamaica Plai:;, at.-by h e r son, Bdward J-oder

Charles Lundburg, of (.";: former, resident here. ha= b for a tew days.

::i:)auiod

i'.ntd, a in towu

: • A P l ea san t Gathering. A ;very pleasant gathA-ing o f the

,; Meth'odlst churoh pepple-and friends " .was held in their social h a l l ' o n last .,, week Thuraday evening. - The com­

pany ' en joyed a suppe.r and sing to-; gether . which v/as followed by an in-

/ formal reception to the visiting minis-' -ters in toivn, . Rev. Henry L, Wriston, whose suoi-. m'er home is ia town, and who has

been supplying, the Jlethodist pulpit p a r t of the summer, was master of

• ceremonies, making appropriate Intro-. dnc to ty remarks and flttingly intro-- ducing the ofcer minister speakers .

Rev, B, W, Rust, ot Pepperell , was present and spoke bf the christ ian fel­lowship derived from this friendly and neighborly meeting together. Rev, Will iam Hodge, who has spent seven

; of the twelve summers in town since his Methodist pastorate here, spoke of the pleasure he and his tamlly had de­rived a t re turning, to the picturesque

; l i t t le vlliage, and ot their continued love and interest for the church on tbe hill .

Rey, Walter W. Van Kirk, a western s tudent a t Boston unjversity. now ot Dorchester , who was the last minister of the Methodist church, referred in h i s r emarks of being tar from home and home friends w h e n , coming to Townsend last winter, and expressed grateful and heartfelt appreciation tor t h e kindly reoeption he received and the personal Interest shown him while here . He further expressed the senti­ment tha t he, too, would a lways cher­ish a warm place in his hear t for the church and cominunity who had ex­tended to him the glad hand of chris­t i an fellowship and Interest, Since leaving Townsend he has married, and dur ing thia evening's reception many Improved the opportunity to happily meet and greet his bride,

Mr. Wriston, in his remarks , men­tioned the good work ot another wes­t e r n , minister . Rev, Mr. Tut t le , who

' faithfully served the church as pastor for a tew months last summer, but -who lett in the fall tor a larger field

' o t usefulness a t the Federated church, n e a r the Ayer camp. He also paid a tender t r ibute to the memory ot the la te Dr. E. C. Charlton, who had tieert pastor of th© Townsend Methodist church.

. S e r g t WiUlam Stewart and wite a re guests of Mr. and Jtrs . J, T, Halll-

.sey. Miss Halen Miller ot Quincy was the over Sunday guest of Mrs. A. D, Fessenden, Fred N. Davis ot Boston spent the week-end at his home here ,

' M a s t e r Crandon Woolley ot Newton Highlands is visiting his grandpar­ents , Mr. and Mrs. James 'Woolley. J o h n J . Atwood ot Charlestown was

. t he over Sunday guest at the home ot W. J . StewarL Misa Dorothy True ot Freemont , N. H.. ia the guest ot Mrs. Ivora Austin. Misses Edith and Edna

:,Merrlck,_ot.L3.Qmin8tcr, formerlj^ of ~ th is town, are visiting at J. Arl ln 's .

Mlss Carr ie Walker with Mr. and Mrs. Char les Stickney as auto guests motored Tuesday to Henniker, N. H.. making a several days ' visit a t the borne of Mrs. Blanche Stickney Ward.

Weddluff. , T h e wedding ot Miss Fr ieda Patr icia

-Halllsey, daughter ot Mr. and Mrs. J o h n T . Halllsey of th i s town, and Sergt . Eugene J . Schmlt t of Camp

"DSvens, son of J l r . and Mri . L, Schmltt ' o t ' Brooklyn, N. Y., occurred Sunday

a t t e a a. m . ' in St. John 's Catholic churcb, Townsend. Lohengrin 's wcd-

-dlng march was played by Mrs. Nellie .'Whitcomb, organist , aa the bridal par­ty entered thfe church and approached

• the a l tar , where the nupt ia ls was sol-' .emnlzed. the"' ceremony b e i n g , per­

formed b y Rev William 3. Bar ry of

'i!^ii>:AiJ^''%>,^'

'West On Monday atternoon Mrs, Louise

McElligott received an oflicial com­munication t rom Washington stat ing that her son, George McElligott, a flrst l ieutenant in the infantry, is re­ported missing in action since July 15, Both the mother and sister were nearly prostrated by the sad news, but are courageously hoping for a tur ther report tha t he may be heard from. He enlisted in Somerville. tak­ing officers' t ra ining in Harvard and in P la t t sburg and upon his being sent over In the spr ing Mrs. McElligott and- her daughter Inez returned to their home here, George is a native ot this village and has a host of friends who are anxiously' hoping tor goo4, news.

Miss Laura Upton and Kenneth Reed, who. were in towa last week, have returned to their respective homes in Bostoa,

Dr. and Mrs. R. S. Ely visited friends in Quincy and vicinity the last of the week, c a k i n g the tr ip by auto.

Mlss Myrtle Robert of Waverly spent the week-end with her mother, Mrs, Mary Robbins, and Jlr, and Jlrs, Rich­ard Keefe and l i t t ls daughter from the Harbor were also guests of J l rs , Robbins Sunday.

J l rs , Winfield Reed and little daugh­ter and Mrs, Fred Dwinell, who are stopping at Alexander Reed's, spent a few da.vs the last of the week in Boston and vicinity.

Ernes t Kaddy and tamily frora Re­vere motored to town for the week­end, Jlr, Kaddy re tu rn in i to the city, but his family will remain with Jlr . and Mrs. W. W. Webster for the week and Miss Ainsworth of R-ivere is also boarding with them,

Everett Pierce and a-ato party from Brookline spent the 'A'?ek-end with his family at t':ieir sumnier cottage, "Twin Maples , "

Carl B, Willard visited his brother, Ralph H. Wilia.-d, in Bel'.:ioa; tor the week-end,

Jlr, and Jlrs , Perry W, Sawtelle, who have been visiting relatives in Beverly, have re turned to their home.

Owing to the fact rhat something was wrong witli the electric lights at the Baptist vestry on last week Thu r s ­day evening, the regular mid-week prayer service was dismissed after a prayer by the pastor and a song.

Miss JlcDonald, who has heen visit­ing at the hom^ of Mrs. George Roe­buck, has returned to her home in Winthrop,

J l rs . George Ball and children, who have been spending a tew weeks at the L. W, Wood house, have returned to thcir home in Concord,

Jlr, and J l rs . Martin K, Foster, from Taunton, a re spending their honey­moon at the Squannicook Inn, Jir, Fos­ter being a tormer employee of the landlord, W, C, Winchester,

George JI, Streeter , clerk for W, A, Boutweii. is spending his vacation with relatives in Pl>Tnouth and vlcinl-tyv and Jlrs , .Mae Stetson, his house­keeper, and a friend of the family, accompanied him,

J l r s . Hazei Bond,-a probationer from the Sherburne reformatory, who has been assis t ing a t the town farm tor the past th reo or tour weeks, was ar ­rested FViday a t ternoon by Officer Hathaway a t te r three at tempts to break her parole and Escape, and was returned a t once to the reformatory on the arr ival ot the state officer.

- Mrs.^ M a r r foley." ' t rom- Pl tchburg. has moved her household goods to the Qcorgo Upton house, where she ex­pects soon to t ake up her residence.

Mrs. Fred Davis and sons and Mrs. Lucy Lawrence have been spending a few daj's with relatlvea In Mllford, N. .H. ,-. . . . . - - . . . _,. .

'William Spear, from Beverly, who Is visiting relat ives In New Ipswich, N. H,. has been a recent guest ot Mr. and Mrs. Henry B, Hathaway.

At the coming f i t e to be held for the beneflt ot the Rcd Cross a t the Center, at Wyndecres t , the beautiful home of Jir . and J l rs , Robert Fessen­den, August 23, cars will b« run from tho square In the a t t e rnoon ' and the big auto t ruck ot Damon & Richard­son win car ry passengers In t h e even­ing, the proceeds to; be given to the Rcd Cross.

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Fune ra l . The funeral services .->'. ;:-,,? late Jlrs,

S. W, Upton, v.-ho passed a'*ay on Wednesday morning of last week at the Chapin Memorial h')spita!. Spring-field, were held at the home of her

•daughter. J lrs . Alexander P.eed, last week Friday afternoon at three o'clock, and a s.vmpathetic gathering of old friends and neighbors joined with the family in the iast tribute oi respect to one who has speat a long and useful life in the village. Rev. Joseph .McKean read the scriptures and several selectioas frdta the poets, among them the favorite poem ot the deceased, "Thanatopsis ." by ^William Cullen Bryant, closing the service with prayer, and the body was taS'ea to Ashby, and after the committal Serv­ice by Rev, Tredgworth.v, was laid to rest beside her husband in the family lot. The bearers were Alexander Reed, Winfield Reed of Springfleld, Kenneth Reed and Fred Dwinell, from Boston,. Relatives, friends and neigh­bors expressed their sympathy by a profusion ot most beautiful flowers, a fitting memorial to one who all her life had beeu a lover ot flowers and most appreciative of the beauties of Nature in every form.

A social nature, with a keen sense of humor, given to hospitality, tond ot books and music, s turdy and independ ent in spirit and kindly ahd helpful in disposition, charac te r i s t ics . which the passing years bad but slightly dimmed, sho will Ije greatiy missed in the home circle, in various organiza­t ions of which she Was a member, and .by many friends and associates by whom her memory will iong be cherished.

Otis H, Forbush, auction.-• Ny public auction, cowe, h.-i:. - - : , , - . rntlk eann arul :r.llk bottle.-, - : - .,>;,. i-rt>- ot Mlas E. L: WymaTi l>, \\ ,-.-..-.^ir.?et, Woburit. The sale w, : :,- •.,. ,\ oil Krlday morrilutf, Auau.s- . :, j - , -,-:, o'olock, .^^

y p w AdvcrtlacnuMiL-.

c;oMMO>rwiBAiyrH or .•.:.>s,-.\ M!-. SETTS,- Middlesex, as, • ' P " . - . , : - ,';.'x

To the helrs-at-iaw. nex: .y k;ii .••:i all other persons IntereJ*:-'! ',:-. '.,., •ate Of LUCY A, SARUi:.S'T :a;.- .,: .v.ver In said County, dec.--:i-..I

'whereas , a certain lnst-,rL;,;n: \ir--portingr to be the last wi:: .,'.\.\ .,^s-,i-rnent of said deceased lia.. Xi"en \,r--sented to aald'Court, for l-.-obute, i.', tlHQROE A. SAROE.NT vrho prays th.,': letters testamentary rnay b-- i .-rued -.<, Illm. the executor therel.-i iijineJ, wi:!i-oot giving a surety on hl.» om-:lal bon-l

You aro hereby cited to ap',.-ar x,x ., r robate Court, to b-.- held.at Cambri.la­in said Countv of Mlddl»-...-x, on ;;;-eleventh day of September ,\ D, l:-:s, ax nine o'clock l/i the foreiiuo',. to ?jh.,-,v c-au3e, if any you hive, wliy the .-ame should not b- granted.

And said p..titioner ,is here:,/'dir-ec-ted to (five ;'-jblic notice th-reof. b-,-vubltshlnjf tlu-'.citatior*. once- in .-acii woek, tor thr-f ,'.'j-cesilve .veek-i. In Turner's Pub:i .Spirl:, a r.ew.spaper published in ..\:.--r, t;ie last p iblication to be one 'lay ax :east, before said Court, and by iiallir,? postpaid, or de­livering a cop- ot this citu: on to all known per.-ions ,:itere->ted in the estate, seven days at :-i.-t before »al.l Court,

w:tnesa, i:har -.s J, Itclntlrt-, Es-iulre, Hrs t Judge o; said Court, thla thlv-tteenth day of A-j^uat In the year oii-tnou-.and nine ;:::r,dred and eiKhte-n,

:". ' ')• f. M,,ESTY, P.eslHter.

LUNENBURG Xews I tems.

It has been decided hy the e.tecutive committee ot the Woman's club fnat after the summer vacation the meet­ings will he resumed in Octoher. The flrst one of the series will be held at the~-home of Mrs. F. C. Cross on Oc­tober 4, The entertainment will be a l i terary program in charge ot Mrs, Loren H, Brov/n and Miss Eth.^1 E, Emerson, On October l'l and Novem­ber 6 the meetings •xtiX be in the Con­gregat ional , vestry and other ladies a r e cordiall'- invited, whether they are members o; the club or not. The w-ork will be se-A'ing for ta? Red Cross. On November 15 the meeting will be with Mrs. C. A, Woodwo.-th, with a musical program in charge of Mrs. ,Woodwa.'-d, On December 4 and 18 will be meetings to sew for the Red Cross, to whic'a all ladies who are will­ing to work for this cause are sure of a welcome and most cordially invited.

Eighteen members of the surgical dressings class me; last week Thurs­day and raade 1 00 gauze strips and .80 4x4V; comijresses for Italian relief work. The we-^k before the work done was for the same worthy object, and 270 g^auze strips were .'uad.' or brought in. The class has not yet been as­signed their quota t'or .\ug'ast, but will certainly find some branch of relief work to keen t'iie:n b'jsy until tiie as­s ignment comes,

John Wooldredge, chairtnan of the assessors , gave tite very iileasiag an­nouncement iast Saturday that the tax ra te for thi.-: year would b. $1S, which is S3,£0 les.; tha:i last v^ar, and $3,70 less than '..Mfi The cut;::;g of appro­priations Il i-s :nade this possi'oie, and the inc3:ne tax being a b o j ' $1000 more than last .vear, has .lis.j been a help in reducing the -ate .\:; .vco pay taxes will be glad to kn.v.\ ;';!.. rate is less, rather than more

J l rs Edward JI, Cor.-'- an i sister, J l r s . Williaat F. Girar,!::;. .i:id littie ones, Lilliaa and IJOO. t 'ok a trip to Worot^ster on last Siturd.iy. spending the w.i?k-end 'J'ith t'r." - i.i'.er. J lrs, E t ta Wyman, and f,r,i::':- They re­turned on Sunday

J t rs . Gertrude daughter Dorothy guests of their s J, Phllii) C.i:chr.\s

Arthur C, Sm:: spending his vara! with his mi":': and his broth He will also

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J ames S m ' h . fore he retur:!:

The many fr erson were \-^:

i('-i'i<' R.'Cd and of N-".' ,I-'rsey, are X"- .vxA aunt, J l rs , a n ! family,

, .>:" T-'iapleton, Is :.v.\ .if three weeks

r, Mrs Sarah Smith. :.-, :-'r->rl and Warren, v.si- hi^ .sister, Mrs,

. be-Stoddard, N, H., o ills work, nds of Italph ^•. Em-gl.iii to -.".'elcome him

home on Satur-iay for even a short visit. This is the first time he has been home s;nc.> going into service a t Camp Devens, and altliough his pass wa? ot only thirty-six hours ' ' duration many triends aad acquaintances had t h e opportunit.v to give him a hear ty handshake and a very cordial wel­come. He is looking fine in his uni­form and says he is well and full ot pep.

Word has been received' by Dr. C. E. Woods ' tha t hi.s son. Arnold H, Woods, h a s received his temporary commis­sion a s ensign and will go to the An­napol is navai academy on October C for further training.

Mrs, Elijabeth E, Keese. ot Ash­burnham, only a few years ago a resi­dent ot Lunefnburg, has received word ot the safe arrival ot her son, S e r g t Will iam JI, Keese. somewhere over there . , Vernon Heath and Clarence Chase havo also been heard from alnce the i r arr ival over there . We a r e glad lo know their ship was not torpedoed On Its way. Many moro of our boys

• COMJK'N\Vr:A:.TH- OP MA-SSACHl'-SKTT.S, Mid.il-!ex. 33. Probate Court.

To the heir.^-at-ta-w, next ot kin and al: other pers..iis intereated in th- es­tate ot JL'LI.K H. HOI^DEN late ot Shirley in saii County, deceaaed.

Whereas,, a certain Instrument pur-portln«. to il- the laat will and testa­ment of sai-I deceased has neen ;ire. seated to said Court, for Probate, hv t-RKUEr-ICK S. HOLDEN who pray's that letter,. te3t,imentary may be is­sued to him, the executor ther-in named, w-ithout saving.a aurety on his-ortioial bond, / :

You are hereby cited to npjear at a Probate Court, to be hold at Cambridite in said County of Middlesex, on the ninth day of September A, D. 19!^. at riine o'clock in the forenoon, t-) show caus?, if any you have, w-hy tlte .- anie should not be !?ranted.

And said petitioner ja herebv dire--ted to Kive public notice the.-eof liy publishins this citation onc. in each w-eek, for three auccesslve -4-e^ks, iri the Shirley Oracle, a new3p,iper pab-liahed- In aaid County, the lust publi­cation to be one day, a t leant, before aald Court, and by malllns postpaid, or- dellverinsr a copy of thi> citation to all know-n persons lntere,<;ed in the estate, aeven daya at least before said Court,

Witneas, Charles J, Mclntir-, Esquire. First JudKe of said Court, this sixth day ot AuBust in the year »ne thou­sand nine hundre-l and' eii?ht-.-»n,

3t50' F, M: ESTY, Fteglster,

^ COMMON-WB.U.TH OF M.\SSACHr-Bt-TTS. Middlesex, as, Probite Court,

To MAUDE .v. PERP.IN r-ceiver ot the property of CHARLES E. PERRI.N formerly ot Ayer in said County of Middlesex, an absentee and o MAUDE A. PERRI.V, the wife and MAR-OLERITE .\. PERRI.V the minor child "',.??'** absentee, tireeting:

Whereas, the S, I t HOtVES COM­PANY a corporation dulv organized bv law- and havlns Its principal place of businesa in Boston in the Countv of Suffolk has presented to,aald Court Its petition, prayinjj that t ts claim ot one hundred and forty sii.j.ttd ,15/100. dol­lars may be jirove-i as a -d-bt against said Charles E. Pe:-rin arid against his property and estate in liie h.ands of Maude .\. p-rriri. rec-i\-er ot th- p.-op-ert>- of ..aid absentee iiiipoiiiteil b-- sai.l . 'ourt, and that a:i ord-r be entered 'iv sai'l Court dire-iting s-jch recelv-r --y pay o\'er to said petitioner out o, th-property and tunds in her hands a suf-ricient amount to disciiarrr- sai l i- ii-aii.i tor such further orders and dece-.-^ as to the. (.'"lurt shal: a-em ni?et, ^ Y.,u are liereby .:ite>: to npiiear ;.' a i^robate Court to be holden a' Ciiin-hridge in said Cot'uty -,t Mid-l,-sex, .jii the tenth day of .-Septeinber A. ti. V.'is. at nine o'clock ir, the f-irenooti. to sh'«v cause, if any VO-LI have, against t;ie same.

And said petitior.-r i-i or'ier,-d l-J serve this citation :iy delivering or itialiinc a copy tliereo: to each of v.ju : tourteen days, at le.nt, before aa;d! Court, and by publishiii,{ the same on-'e ' a week, tor three succ.-£slve w-eeks, ;n Turner's Public Spir;' a newspaP'-r published In Ayer, th- last publication to be one day, at :,-:.st, before said Court,

Witne.is. Charles j . Mjlntire, Es-iuir-", l i r s t ,Iudse ot said C-i irt, this seventh day of .\u«rust 1,-1 :he -.-.iv on-, thousatd nine hundred and -igii'een.

•••ia.) ^ F. M, BSTY, P.egister.

ICopyriaht, 1913, by tlie MtCluro Newspa­per .Syndicate)

,\li i-:ist wind was 1,1'>\-. ;:i.; wlicn the Kardsi.-.vs nwolte on .Moii'j.iy mornin};. Al.so !lh-y had had a fi-w ;ri,-iids In to a Intit Slipper .Sunday iii;:!i!, at which Mrs, li;n'd.dey hud concoi-tpil one ot her fainous rubblt,-*, Ii wus rich und chw,sey, unci Mr, Biir'.l>;.-y hnd hud two servln^ts In spiti- nf the doctor's orders ubiitit u light di.-i.

S't, of course, wli.-ii .Mrs. Bnrdsley asked hllll ut the lireiiUCast table for an incren.se in her we.-kly iillowatice. It wns not strniiKe thnt her husband should itrowl out ;in unfeelJuK refusal, lidding Ihat there was one other sure thing besides taiatluM nnd ileath, and that wns a Wdinan's Innbllity to be satisfied.

Now, .Mrs. Bard.sley hnd felt her re-(luest .so justitied since Katie had au-tonnitlinlly added ii dollar n w-eek to her own wnses, the laiindrynian, un­ashamed, charKCd her twice as much for her Imshand's shirts, und everyone from the ftarlinjje man to Xhra, ftas com­pany wns iiolitely nnd delicately plck-Ins her pocket, thnt Instead ot weakly and miserably cryln« about his re­fusal she hecntne aosry—In fact, she sot mad clear through for the first time nimost ,since their marriage.

• "LfX)k here. .Thomas!" she said crisply, liltin:; oft each word with a snap that made her husband Jump, "Wlll yotl tell tne why you married me—"

j "I elve up," he retorted. "Phono­graphs (ire cheiir>er and they occasion­ally say something pleasant."

"—if you can't give me enough to live In peace nnd comfort without hnv-Ing to worry jny head off all the time about money?" she finished. Ignoring his Interruption.

"Well, Lord knows I'm not made of money, I've had to dig down In my Jeans for so many things lately I'm nearly strapped all the time. I t you tried you could manage differently."

"How?" "Thafs up to you. I'd let Katie go." "And do my own work!" "Wouldn't kill you. would It?" "Thomas Bardsley. I never did a

day's work In my life!" "Then It's time you were benefiting

by my admirable example and begin­ning."

Mrs, Bardsley rose from the table, her eyes flashing dangerously. "Very well. Thomas. I'll do my own work.

NOTICE OP HEAEING.

Ayer, ,Mass., ,;ane 24, 1','MS, To the Board of Selectmen;

The undersignM r-apectftilly asks for a license to keep-store-seli oil .ind gasoline in ,'iOO gall, a underground tank at my residence it Harvard R:i:, Ayer,

N'ame, Chas, E. Sto::>, Residence, Ayer, Ma-s, ' Application received J u n - 24, 131S,

JOHN n CARNEV, Chair.Tian Boa.-d at Selectmen.

BOARD OF SELECTMEN

there wns one thin;; I.lUlun knew how to do It was to cure n hen-lni'he. ,'<lie »'a,s 11 liorn nurse. As In- loclle.l ,:\x Ills desk nnd itliv.- :, f-.r .-nr; •ln-.^ tlcin.s f'lr Tlle ne,\r 'lay, \Is:ons or h ,; wuter bottles, ' •M ei,, '!,, •,v, !, i-e, :, quiet, durkerie-l rooin iii.'i -,i e.-rraii, S p e C l t i e o f w l l i e l i ! , i , s ' w i f e k n e w l l l "

•secret, tloated i„-|,ire hi.s -y.-s. Tln-i: later a hot, d.-I 'mns ijroih, and l,il ilun'!

lU.OOU TI<:STinONIAI.S from MOTHBBS 'if 'h.Idren who huvV aucceaafully used :.l' 'li-T Orav'd Sweet Powdera for Chll-

' : ' i - ' -• •.•"i-l" a r i d r e g u l a t e th«» ' •' - : - . i - .- l - ' - v ' . - r i s h n - . - i s . T e e t h i n i t

: - - i ; . ' i i t . i • i o n . h . ^ i ' ' a ' - h e s , d e s -• • • - • • . 1 , 1 I • , . : (u . - l , t V b r e . i l ; UJI

. ' • ' ' • • • ' , • J •. ' IS..-. P - , i ivder> , •• •:. ••- ,. ,'.- i r i d r - -

' ' • , • , - ' . -,1 I , I i ,*. l ier«

Tim nrh: irrn

Her Head on His Shoulder.

Bnt that doesn't include anybody else, remember. Where sliall I send your things—tn the clnli or a hotel, or would you prefer to i,'o bnck to your mother's?"

"Oh, s.-nd Ill-Ill to the devil," thun­dered Mr. lini'-lsley, jnniplntt for his hat and riisiiin.: f'-r lie- door.

"I will," cii'l-d Mrs, r.iirdsley after him, "1 jiisi wtinte*! t.. know his ad­dre.ss."

Mr. Banls|,.y [.ro. d.-.l to his of­flce, the enst wind nnd shades ot Welsh rnliliit,-" followint;. Things went

moot] evenin- ptipei-s.

Out on the s l - - . - he itr-ipi-d his,wny lo the eiirh t'l '111! •! inxiculi, Ue was suriirlseil at tli- -l-nsity of the t'n;. He cogl'l hear ,-,.-,)!,;.. ,|nit.- near walk­ini; and tulkiii,;, hn: i-.,ul'l see ii'i one,

Tlien 111- dls-ov-r'' 'l tlmt no taxis were running, o r i'.,urse, notlilii;; 'm wheels.would vi-nitir i- In thnt black destruction iliroii^'li •„!iie!i no li',;lil coulil iieneirate ni'ir- ;!ia:i a 'oot or two,

111 SOIII'- r'-rn:irl:'ilil,- -,-, ay lie ^ot to a subway slation, ni, ! linally, after a few niliintes, r,:i.li.-,l his „w-n stntlon nnd street, nn.l pr,.' i,.,| us before to feel lil.s way l,i|t;,i:y to his own house.

He hllll- tr, fi.niilliir Ir'on rnillngs, followed Willis nnd gi-ojied aloni; hedges until nt lust he felt Ihe rough brlck.s of his .,wn liouse. lilinilly he stuiiibl.'l ii|i the sti-ps, turneil the key In th- lork nud pnslreil oii.-n the front door,

.V hollow volil su'l'leiil.v seemed to start np ami fairly strike hhn In the fnce, .^Ithouili the foK hail penetrated Inside, he conld still see clearly enough to know thnt the hall nnd adjoining rooni,s were eniiity. Carpels, hangings, furniture iiml id! •,vete Koiie, His own breath ,sounde'l like thunder In thnt vast, i-inrily ^soliiiidp, nnd his footsteps like the explosion of artillery. He. shivered nilseriibly. It dinvneil on hlni by deitroes that I.illian had meant what she said when she nsked where to send his things. She certainly had lost no time. Theu he went to his club.

All day long Mrs. Barils-ley hnd tried to keep up the white fires of hcr In­dignation, but failed ml.serably as the afternoon wore on. She had a presenti­ment that Thoriins would come home with one of bis headaches. Two serv­ings of rabbit always did It. Poor man 1 .\w-ay off working his head off In an old stuffy ofllce on such a day with a ,headache. When she had a headache she could Ile down! It was true, all he snld. He did have It harder thnn she did. She would take his ad­vice, give Katie a week's notice to quit and do her own work. Then she hunted up his dressing gown nnd slippers, pounded up the pillows on the sitting room lounge, and got things ready gen­erally.

But six o'clock came, halt-past, seven o'clock, eight, then nine. At last It dawned on Mrs, Bardsley that Thmnas had taken her at her word nnd gone somewhere else.

Her Indignation returned. Well. It he felt that n a y about It. he could go. Surely he Iniew her well enough not to take her too seriously when she said things. It merely served him for an excuse,

. \ week passed. One evening Mr. Bardsley could not resist a lOngIng to see the old place where he hnd been so happy. It wns a soft, starlit evening late In May, and a sort of helmweh gripped him. There hnd been no word from LIII inn In all those weary days, and, not 'I.-slrini; a public scunilnl, he had made no efforts to locate her.

Ah! Tlii-re u a s a light In the win­dow. Some on.' had moved In ilien—a happy family, no douht. as his had once been.

He pause'l, his head on a l e v ! with the window. He conld not resist n lo'ik within. There—at the .same table, tii-nenth the same old li-ht. In the satne <dd chair, sut Lillian sewing.

"Of conrse. It wns the fog, dear," re-niarki-d Mrs, Banlsley later when, her bead still on Mr, Bnrdsley's shoulder, they were trying to piece together their Chinese puzzle ot experiences, "You tnust have passed nur honse and gone to the Smiths, They moved ont sev­eral weeks nito, I told you, but you'd forgotten."

1' all soes to show that rabbits are bad at night and London fogs bad In the daytime, hnt niiick tempers are bad things ultoseth.-r.

When Yaur Dver is ©III G! Order

Yo-a Know the ,signs—a heavy head, sick stoinach, bad taste in thc mouth, lat';nt_dyspepsia. Pay strict attention to these sympftoms and get prompt relief by using Beecham's Pills. A few doses will stimulate the liver, help the stomach, reg­ulate the bowels and make a great difference in your general feeling. Nothing will put J13U on your feet so quickly as a dose or two of

BEECHAN'S nus

t u r M t Sala of Any M^dlcmo ia tlia WatU, ' Sold «r«orwh«»«. Ia boiM, 10<:..2Ser^

Ralph H. Wylie DENTIST

Barry Building Ayer, Mass.

Telephone 15-3

LANCfDON PROUTY

Insurance Agent and Broker

F I R E , L I F E and AUTOMOBt tE

I e l . 20 lilTTIjETON, IIASS.

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Planp Tuning WILMOT B. CLEAVES

Phone ZO HARVARD, MASS. Or»au»t» N. K. c . of Muilo. Boston T«a 7*«ra with AaolUa Co,. Now York

Jkcaht (or Holton Band Ini t rumsnta PUnoa F o r Sale and Ren t l y l t *

FEANK S. BENNETT

SuocMaor to ARTHUR rJBtRfBR

Insurance Agent and Broker I t a t n Street T o m e r ' s B ids .

A'STER. MASS.

Mos for Him 5- and 7-Passsnger Cars

Promiit an.i Knicicat S e n i c * with

( ari'iul Drivers

E._A. W h i t n e y AYER. IVIASS.

Oilut- hand.v to Railroad 3ti",:.in —

ask an.vone—the.v a'.! kno-A- IS'^rx-.-aey.

Telephone ".3-:;

ORDERED, t •.!• 1 ribllc hear ing he held on the t.ir"^o : : petition on the second day of Si-pi.-miier, A. D. 1918, a t eight o'eloek 1', M_ in the Select­men's Room in :!; T .vn Hall In said •Aj'er. at which tin. 1 place all per­sons interest.'il ;r -,d petition m.i>-appear- and will ' , . 'ard; that the petitioner Kive n v if the t lmo and place of said hi^.i- : - >>• publishing an attested cop,v of ,>.i,.; pet i t ion-and of thla order thenvm Turner ' s Publ ic Spirit and the Av-- ,\.--*-s, newspapers publlshcd In said .\v. r, a t least four­teen days prior th- r.vo, and tha t the Clerk ot the Board m.ul writ ten notices of the t ime and p lan of said hearing a t least seven days [)riror there to to all owners ot r-al .-^late abu t t ing on the propert}- wher- nii t ank la peti­tioned to be locnr-'d, as such owner­ship Is determln.vi !iv the last preced­ing assessment for tavatlon, ,

JOHN 11 TARNEY, DO^'OI.\^; C. SMITH. EI.WI.v H LONGLEY,

s • '-men ot Ayer.

A true copy • - ition and o r d e r thereon.

At tes t : DOUGLAS- ( - - HTH, Clerk.

wrong all dny, 11 rltnted him. beyonil omli: ftislnc to ho a mini! r'-nil-stnndinc wlmt In- in--:.-it • of whnt he <liil >!i,v u i tation.

The typovvrit.T v,-,-: ' santly on raw -.x.-r: •• . • ttme tho toloph.i:— r:,xx: 1 t h o u c h n Slll ' l l I ; : ! ' , !• !'

wind hnd broi^: • ••:..r.. ' Wnke also, licsl l.-- irr;-:.-. domestic dl-ic-'r'! S;:,., air hnd tlllrk--:;-•: •:i'! • •• mixed Willi T!I,. -•• .!,••• •:--fnmnres, x, h.-.tf-. i".i'­first oonsin 1.- I -"Xtx:':.- 1 settled (loMn ..-.•- xi... "i t rated hnildirij-. h-,' •; <,-until Mr, lt:,rd-i"-f -.i i his own ilosl..

The resnii .-f -- -and Indlecsti.-n r""'' surely the wnr-ley hnd eve-Stood It nnlll (OlTed to pnll -.1

-iioirnipher Ir--:-x..'e by re-- find nnder-. -::;. instead - .. -ook dlc-

tap Ince.s-.m.I every

• tumped ns The east

•"uhle In lt.<! I n.'r%-cs and XX " ' . ' lockthe I- nse<I until . II inllLs and • irnhle fog, •ndoner. hnd > It pene-

; and offices -;«-arcely see

norvc strain 1 slowly b u t

l;n IH- Mr, Bnrds-In his life. BTe ..-.•I.I.-k, then te-,"xi for homei. U

Champagne for the Trenches. ChampaRne is .served out to the

French arrny twice !i year—on the i natl-)nal fet.- dn.v on ,7uly 14 and at j Christinas, on.- l.ottl.> to every four men. The lirnn.l.^ nnd vintages aro I not romnrknM.-, but it unque,stlonablv flzze^, An.l ov,.n «t S1.2,-> a bottle th.- ! bill is H li.-avy ..no, so It bas on- ' ourr-il to (.'rtaln taxpayers to direct attention to tli- oimrmous .stocks of Gert.ian-ownoil .hanipaffne maturini,' In tl.e I'.einis .•.llnrs.

It has lioi-ii s;ii;,'i-st..il to distribiito It niiioni; tti.- nrni,v, which would plehs-' tb.- p..Has ;,n.l reduce Hnn comp-tltlon \^ii!i Kr..ni'li brands nfter the ^^ar,

Dehydrating Methods, Exieriin.-nial work that will bave

an Iniportant b.-;irlii.- .KI tho problom of f.-.-dlnj; tro.Ill- a.-r..s- tho sen will be umlortnkcn by th.- ti.-u .I.-partment of vital econonil.-s ..f 'li-- rniv.'r-.ity of Rorb.'sler, N.-w Yorii. -.iLrkini; In co­operation with th.- M.-. ;i:i!ii.<i institute. This work will invi.ix.i -.i ~-i;]y nf tho best processor f.ir •lr.\ln- v.-t-.-tablos, w-hlch havo b-.-n nn iinp.>rt;i:i- part of the army r;.it..nv, t-.<p..i-i:ii;, ;:i places w-here snppll.-s ..f fr.-sh V.-L'.-;:!!*!---. are unnvallnlil.-.

Excuta and Failure Synon/moua. An excuse is -m admission of fall,

tire. It Is a i>i.M for lonlency. for sus­pension of si-nlcnc-. It is a step to­ward loss "f -.If (onliilonce. It Is the beginning oi iif- failuro. And tha t man or woman " h i -xpects success to crown his or hor "id nge should go to apy legltlmiito .-xtromo to prevent the W s l b l l l t y of havim: to offer excuses for failure in o\-rnti.in, Excu.tcs a r e the aliases of hi.nkmpt lives. Achieve­ment Is diniriilt, hut profltable In Its large and eaiaful r-turns.- ~ " ^

Mourning Substitute, Presldi-nt W.milrow WlLson in.lors-s

the Iden of tho^o In mournlne for deaths of rol>itiv-s in the sorvice ot their cotiniry "f w.-arine a blnck bnnd on the arm i^ith a t-ilt stnr for eatii member of th.- f,-imily lost.

.O-i-r llOOK — In :iCQOra:ix:C" -,vith <'h,xpt..r I'tio. Section 4-J of -1-.^ ,v."t- of l?Oi ,-.nd amendin-_'nt..- t-.-,"r"Xo r.itn-.- ix, her.-hy ,i?i\-.-n th.it B.iok N'o tot?,: tin:. been lost and .,n7,ixr:ix:-,x: .,L.s !>--TI ma.i- f.jr the i-.-liar..-- ..: I .i-;:)l:,-.it'-,, book. .\"Oi;Ti! Miiii>i.F.-<i;.\- .i.\v:N'.-,.< 3 . \ N - K .

i:,-iiph I,. Hasllr.c.-. Tr-.i;-,;rer, .\y .- NLK-is, ,iiui;iist ',', :L>M T-ttf

I,()»r nooK —la ,K-cor.!,-in-- with t 'hapt. . '.;..>. Sect,on t't ,,f the .\cts of Xi'Xti .• i .inielidments th-reto. .-.-Jti.-e is >,..r--l.. ^: \ -n that B.iok N.i. : tr.OO ;-,.i.'. hee:. .-t aad application hds be-n a-.ot.. 1 '• xi," payment of th,.- an-,'f,iTtt ..: . I- . . - - ;-•;ir.-sent---l by s.ii-i book N.-Ui'ii .Mii.i.i.i.irtF.x s.\vi.\'.;.s H A N I : .

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Y o u a - . - i l . - - . . ' . - ;•-. ! '-.- '.':.• . - ,- . P r . > h n l , . . • . . -- : , l l . . : . 1 , . ,x ' .,-• .-, I c i n s n i . i . • • -v . . : ,M:. l I .. . . . \ .>•• r i . t - n t h . 1 . . ' .-• • t - T i i l i - r .\ : • ' 11 - . n i n e n ' e •. . t h e f , i - , T - . ( . i , ' i - l - o ^ Cll.ISO i; :: . , l l . i v . . -.',i:- -ix' . - . - i t . -s l i o u l r l 1 .. - - • • • n - - 1

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. " t l - 1-" M K S T V , r , - s : i . s t . - r .

"Let the Sunshine In." " I t Is well known," says the Chicago

heal th bulletli^, "that planta win not thr ive without sunshine. The same Is t m e bf human helncs. The home and workshop should have plenty of sun­shine."

V;!/

How to Teach, A most Important point for the moth­

e r t o realize Is the necessity of stick­ing t o t h e lessons she needs to teach, every single day, until the richt hablta a r e permanently formed In hcr child.

TJ, .Bd5irve5s»«d5ocid u)ec!clir\i^tati|r^rl^

^iiiirt*!/ furnished

Call at

P i n j L I C SPIRIT OFFICE, AYltH

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PAGE rOITB sAtiiR^^AUcusT 17. i ^ l ^ i ^

ORK DOIiIiAB AND F I F T r CTdtTB P E B 'XEAR IN ADVANtJBl

Saturdaj, August 17, 1918.

OROTON

>ewR lt*m«. Mr, and .Mrs.

are vtr Barr of Willow Dale

ery p-inorty

brother and wife, Mr, and Mrs, Egbert Eaton, at their home on HoUIs street.

Twenty-four young ladles from this town at ten^d the Red Cross dance in Ayer on Thursday evening of last week,

Charles Smith, who Is emploj-cd in the Hollingsworth t 'Voae paj^r mill, slipped on the wet floor one day last week and fractured a rlh. He-was at-tcnrifd to by Dr, .\. Q. lf.ilhotiTtii

Charles If. Gardner, high priest of demeter, and others. They all were excellent and listened to with closest attention by the audience from all s ec ­tions.

Tho grounds are fine to look upon —Kri-enhouses -tilled with everything rar.- and beautiful. .Automobiles con­veyed the'pepple around to tbe poultry houses, dairy, gardens, etc. Rooms were furnished in the college dorml-lory withtmealg at the liinillt hall Of

to-the UtUe £.;i-'* ""<> '>'-' >°"J^,^ hostess w«C» tl.e -eclpiei,; of many gifts.

Death. . John Cropin

Shirley 8nd''We> eriy on Sunda.v nine. Hts son here were not:! ness and took t. Wavorloy An \V.

•i.rroer rotulent of (i'-mon. Oittl In Wav-. • ttie use of seventy-; ,! dauKhler residing ,; (i! his serious 111-:l!.oi:i(-'ht ii"'° "•'I' ' ° I-. -dav inorning, In-

Mlr^ind TStB. Herbert-Atherton, of Hoiyiirtt«i arrived "t the old homestead on'.Thursday for a t^o-Tfccks' stay,

.Onebl :the'old families of Harvard, Abel'.WllJard and family, who havo lived on the Prospect hlll road since 1872, moved away on Wednesday, They'eold .their fai-m to Miss C, E, Seara and bought a house in Lancas­ter Center. They aro certainly a great )o«8 to Still River and their many frtends wish them much happiness In ineir s e w home.

.Ml«» Bsteiie Holrn, of Framingham, was a, recent guest of Miss-Anna Flan derSi . .

Fred Bateman apd sister Eliza were visiting their brother Luther and fam­ily to Arlington one day last week when there came a terrific thunder storin «Lnd,vir)nd.,'A large tree in front of Mr. iBatemaa's 'house was blown acro«B-.th<)-;.8treet and another tree in his b a ^ y ^ d was atr.u'ck by lightning. LUtherBateman's,daughter, Louise, Is now in hospital work at Washington, D. C , and expecU soon to go to France.i She-has .a lieutenant's com­mission. •

CREP£ CAMISOLES George .Mason is working in Leom­

inster, W W, Ames spent last week in

Hampton and Salisbury. Mrs, Emma Blood has received a

letter from her son Roy from overseas. He states that if any of the neighbors want a piano moved when he got home he would take it on his back and carry It anywhere, for It would be nothing compared to the loads he has to carry now.

John Forcino has a new horse—he don't have to take anybody's dust now

Mrs, Ruth Keen, of WestBeld, with her two childrt-n, is visiting her grand-, mother, Mrs, Gardner Randlett, and other relatives in town.

Mrs. .\lice Sawyer, of Martin's pond roud, is spending a tcw weeks with friends in Pepperell,

.More Books Xeeded. The public library has received a

request from the American Library association headquarters In Washing­ton for more books from this commu­nity for the men overseas. The appeal

». ,. -».,.- Trn,r»« n Andrews of 1 from Washington states that new no-Mr. and ^ " - ^orrest 0„ f°^'^*;„"^ Lj^ and good western stories (whether

Nashua moved to »o*° " ' \7rs Sam new or old) are most needed. Books ' " , " , ° ^ ^ V » \ ^ * n d e w s mother by Zane Grey, pex Beach, Jack Lon-Tiel L. Blodgett, Mrs Andrews motner, | ^^ ^^^^^ Connor, Owen WIster and

There will be a band concerttrom ^ Henry are very; populajj the bandstand on SSturday evening Mr. and Mrs, Charles Chapman

spent the day Tesuday at A, B, Far­well's, coming by auto from Brant Rock. " M r s ' J a m e s Hill has returned home after a week's visit with her mother in Merrimack, N, H.

Mrs!'Grace Graves, ^ster of J. P . Adains, recently entertalijed __ Mrs. Adams, A. J. Dugas ' and chlidren, Charles and Esther, at her summer home m WeUesley. '

Bernard S h A w l n of--'WeBt Groton has'been Bpending^everal weeks with Mr. and Mrs. B; J. Crowley.

Mrs. J, E. Messenger and daughter Edith are enloylng a vacation of two •weeks at LaKc Sunapee,.N.-H.

Mlss Margaret Crowley has-been en-tertal nlng Mrs. P . •: H; Crowley and daughter Mary.-Of New York ,city.

Mft . Edwin'L.eonard and daughters. Misses Marguerite and Edna, with Wlss Florence-SRoache and.MIBS Sellna

" Bradley,.returned Friday night from a vacation in South Hero, Vt.

Mr. and Mrs. Millard Sawyer motor­ed to -Marblehead on Sunday to visit their son Howard, returning home on Monday. •

Groton Grange held Its regular meet lnr on Tuesday evening, 'This wds a "swap social," each member bringing a package of lunch .which was exchanged with other members. The committee.furnished fruit PMch and watermelon. There was a short

at private houses for sum.

Although the sun did not shine everyone had a good timt- and made sunshine, both on the wa,v and while there, as It was a trip with no blow­outs or anything to mar the pleasure of such a trip. Those who had the opportunity of enjoying tbis p l e a s ^ t and profltable meeting were Mr, and Mrs, W. A. Brown. .Mr, and Mrs. Gcorge H, McKee, Mrs. F, C, Bishop, Mrs. Jennie R. Hemenway, Mrs, Her­bert Foikins, Miss Florence Foikins, Russell Woods, Lyman A. Cook, Mrs. E,,P. Woolley and Mrs, Alice Howe of Maynard.

West GrotJn. Word has been received that Asel

Bates of the U, S. navy is at present

reasonable t e r m e h t w a s in >t Marys cemetery Aj-er. His four -"t-s were '"'f • " » ; .

Mr. Cronln v,.- born xtx Ireland coming to this thtry when a young man. He liven ter many years in North Shiriey at.l about ten years ago moved to Vose, Wt-st Groion. "t- was during much of this "me emplcy-a by Hollingsworth i- Vose Co,, and wiis a useful, welMlked and respetttcl ct i -

The public Olbrary ann,Ojincea" that . ,„„„.•„„ „ , It win receive and forward all suitable in Scotland, though exact location or books.thatare turned in. It urges thc the. nature of his work cannot be dl-

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friends of the eoldiefs and sailors, many of whom have already respond­ed most generously, to give more l>ookE. The books go on the de<*s of transports. In cargo vessels"'Wd •' In naval vessels, "Those that goiton. the d?cks of transports, are open.-,^ that the men may have reading matter for use on the voyage. AU these books are gathered together again, however, replaced In the caaes and delivered-to the proper offlclals in Prance.-

In France the books are distributed by an experienced llbrarlani -reijre-sentlng the American Ubrary asso­ciation. Most of them go to the Y. M. C, A., Red Cross and Salvation Army huts, hospitals and canteens; others go directly to chaplains and of­ficers.

Food Adndnlstrntlon >'oti*«. The atteiition of iSroton resideiits Is

called to two Important rulings by. the stato food administration:

1. Graham and whole wheat flour-Temporary permission i s - g i v e n to Massachusetts retailers to scU with­out substitutes from the stocks of graham and whole wheat flCur on hand August 1. This order is rnerely to dis­pose bf a small excess-ln Massachu­setts. In the country therie Is stlU a wheat shortage; consumers are urged to use wheat sparingly, and, if they buy graham or whole wheat flour -ylth-out substitutes,' to use-It instead; of

program of readings and "^"s'^' ;;Vlte flour. There Is no change In the Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Lamb ^^s''** Z e g "elating to bakers' use of

,relaUves in New York last„week, go- ^ ^ 4 * , ^ ^ rog by, auto. - Claude C. Farwell of Harvard Cadet school, Cambridge, spent the week­end with his grandmother, Mrs. CJiap-man,.-at Braiht fiocls.,, -.

LaAt week Thursday, one of. the hottest'days of the • summer... Wllllam A. Parkhurst.. elghty-flve years of ape. •worked at ditching on his.farm. Mr. Parkhurst may well be proud of ms age a n i ability. '

Leonard Dodge with a party of friends has b&en enjoying a vacation

2, Cards for canning sugar—On ac­cotint of the abuse of canning cards in many sections, cards already Issued have been recalled and grocers are Instructed not to sell on tbfe old cards. -New-'-cards-will lie Issued by Mrs, Frank Torrey." These must be coun­tersigned on the .reverse side by the county, administrator and by the local administrator, A second card will not be issued without special written per­mission from the countj- administra­tor Groton Food Administration,

,n camp at Island pond-Harvey Woods, son of Mr, and Mrs, Abont Town.

Alien Woods, is in Anglers. France, Daniel -Whalen has purchased the •iTid iB of Co, A, 116th Engineers, house onoe owned'by the later Park-

Mrs. X ; E. Miner has let t h c t e n e - er S. FuUer. Mr. Whalen buys-for a ment'over her store to Capt. Town-send.

Superintendent of schools, Edward P. Fitts, and Mrs. Fitts are spending their vacation in. Northboro.

Odber S. JTolkins and son Clifford etart Sunday for a two weeks' outing In New Brunswick.

An automobile accident occurred on Monday night at the foot of Ballard hill Lancaster, at 9,30 o'clock, when a seven passenger Reo car. driven b,v Lee M Revnoids, of this town, crashed inlo a tree. In the car with >Ir, Rey­nolds were Philip H, Block, of Provi­dence, R. I., Fred D. Smith, of Fitch­burg; Joseph Murphy and J, M- Agel, •Mr Block was killed, the automobile striking the tree with such force that his body was thrown twenty feet from the tree Mr. Reynolds and Mr, Smith were very seriously injured and were -taken to fhe Clinton hospital, where thcy were placed on the dangerous list, sufferiiig from brusises and shock, A warrant charging man­slaughter was issued on Tuesday ior the arrest of Mr, Reynolds. The war-rant was issued at the request of Chief Sampson'of Lancaster,

Mrs Alice Miller, who has b c-n visiting the E, C, Williams family at Fitch Bav, Quebec, and her brother, of this town, nas return-d to Ke-ne, X, H.

M-« Irvln Howt vi-it«-d Jhe past week with Mr. an-l Mrs Wal lac A. Brown .ind er.joy-rt ..:. auto trip to <'ocn.-cticnt with tr.rr, '-Irs. HOWP is lecturer of the Midiii-f-x-Centra, Po­mona Grange

rnion sf-rvices of ;,-,.- Congrepatiori-"' -.r.l' Baptist fhiurhes will b(- held •„ -he Congrecationai .hurch on Sun­day • T!(-v K. Lyman Hood, of .-Mlaii.a ('la ' will occupy tho pulpit on that o c cttsion. All arr w-.lcomc

Francis W. K. Pm,th, s.in r' ' r and Mrs, T d. Smith, has V.'-r .,i--(lointed Ift lieutenant, Kneinoor , r ..-Fnr tho past four years h" ha- '"x practisinc law with an ofTit' ..• State street, Boston Previon- • ,-. -graduation from Harvard iav.^- -•--ne reeev.ed a de^tr'-e of B. ;- r • Tufts university, lie was en . , . • • thre<- years ns . ivi: engineer ••• -o.hi.'h were spent lor th< (.-ove-nn,';,: n-irt t.t fxt-.T.-,i Hum

bome. E Dexter Howe and Charles B.

Eddy started last Sunday morsing in the rain for a pleasure trip to Canada, to be gone ten days or more,

Mrs, E, C. Leonard and daughters, Marguerite and Edna; also, Miss Flor­ence Roach, returned from South Hero. "Vt,, last Saturday after having spent a pleasant month, Mrs, Meyet and Mrs, Durant wUl remain; until next week.

Miss Cullen, our kind and devoted nurse, is taking a two-weeks'; vaca­tion. We hope no one win be ill and need her services while she is away.

Colonel David Child Dodge, who was reported in these columns last week as having died at his home in Denver, Col,, was a cousin of the late Charics Woolley of this town,

Groton Grange held their regular meeting on Tuesday evening and had a pleasant meeting. It was a 'swap'' social, each one carrying a box of food, and they had watermellon and fruit punch. The program consisted of a solo bv Ethel Patterson i read-i ngs hv .Mrs. Gilson and Miss Gllson, |

vulged. He enjoyed the trip across greatly.

Mlss Hazel Bates returned on Tues­day from a week's stay with relatives In Portchester, -N. Y.

Miss Hazel Thompson Is entertain­ing Miss Helen Dana, a friend of hos­pital training days,

Mr. and Mrs. Otis Lackey of Wor­cester were guests last week of Mr, and Mrs. A, W. Adams,

Mlss Nellie Eastman of New Hamp­shire Is assisting at the home of her cousin, Mrs, G. H, Blxby.

Miss. Mildred Blood has returned from a visit of several weeks with var­ious relatives and friends in Boston and vicinity.

Rev". WlHIaro. Ganley Is visiting In Barnstable. Mrs. Ganley and daugh­ter Ella are guests o t friends in Salem, N.-H. ,

Mrs. Lee Blxby accompanied Mrs, Ganley 1 to §alem,' returning on 'Tues­day evening.

Mr. X Snd Mrs, Oliver -Hallett were called to, Yonkers. N.,Y„ by the death of IMr. Slocum, Mrs. Hallett's father, who has been critically 111 for several months. Thcy are to return on Friday evening, ..

Mrs. Clifford Blxby with her baby daughter arrived home On Wednesday afternoon from St. Joseph's hospital, Nashua, where she has been a ;^tlent since June 25. Mrs, Hlxby's many friends are sincerely glad to know that sfie Is bome again and hope that she wlU gain rapidly in health and strength,

Mr. and Mrs-. G. H, Bixby are enter­taining a niece and family, Mr, and Mrs, Fred Ebelhardt and child, of Newark, N, J. Mrs. Ebelhardt was known here formerly as Miss Mar­guerite. Sprague, of Denver. Col,

The Misses Elsie and Olive TarbeU left home on Wednesday evening, un­der Bed Cross orders. Later move­ments are not definitely known even to themselves.

Robert Bliss resigned his.posit ion at the papermill on Thursday, He ex­pects to be called to camp on August 20 and will probably be located at Camp Jackson.

Mlss Ruth Blxby is. entertaining a college friend. Miss Lols Meyers, of Framlngham.

A, F.-Bates, with two ot his younger chlidren. Elizabeth and Norman, re­turned on Tuesday from a week's stay with relatives in Northern Vermont, The youngest daughter, l.ouise. also returned from a visit with relatives m Fitchburg,

A box sent by the Red Cross Aux­iliary to the French wounded, repre­senting work for July, contained 6 sheets, 1 blanket, T bed pads. S sm&ll pillow cases, 5 hot water bottle covers, 260 fermentation cloths. 150 eye dress­ings, 13 shirts, 1 sleeveless vest, 11 comfort piUows, 10 serviettes, 1 towel, 6 handkerchiefs, 2 tumbler covers. Also to the Groton Red Cross chapter were sent 75 surgical dressings and 75 bags to hold them. 12 pairs of socks and 3 sweaters. In addition to the knitted articles sent to the Red Cross, each West Groton hoy who joins the service Is furnished with two pairs of socks and a sweater.

The Misses Mary and Lillian Clark, !of Pepperell, and their brother Wil-

coming on Saturday evenini;.

* e n ^ '•• . ^ A The deceased is survived by a ^ iQ-

oW; four.-Bons. Cornelius of Leon.in-Bter; Lawrence of West Groton, John of Belmont, WIcbael of Fitchburs i n^e daughters, Mrs. John Long of ' e8t Groton. Miss Mary Cronin of Boston, the Misses Nellie and Anna Cronin ind Mrs. N; H.' Schottmiller, all of Waverley, and fifteen grandchildren, thirteen of whom live In West Groton,

Mr. and Mrs. Cronin left West C.ro­ton on June-'12,, and at the time of Mr. Cronln's death were with i.'.c.r daughter, Mrs! Schottmiller,

BOXBOROUGH

UTTLETON Xews Items. ... : „ ' -

The Rifle club will hold a concert and dance on ftiday evening, .August 30. in the town hall for the beneflt of the boys in the service from Littleton,

Our local food administrator has re­ceived a price list of food products that should be of value, to. the consum­er In these days of temptation to the profiteer, Wc would suggest that this list be posted in the postofflces.

Anto Accident. IMr. and Mrs. Frank Hibbard con­

verted their home into a temporary hospital on Wednesday night w^en a Cadillac Sixteen. No, 61,308. cafrying five Eoiaiers and their chauffeur to Camp Devens, hit a telephone pole near the Congregational church, turn­ed, shot through th? fence and land­ing right'side up in the L. A. Hager meadow, several feet 'below the road. Although' the brakes were applied, such was the momentum that the car pushed ahead some thirty or forty feet.

•Ueut. iGera'rd, bne of the new French listructors at the camp, sus­tained a-gash In his head over the right eyie, requiring six • stitches. Sergt. Shea, from the base hospital, was cut hver the bridge ol his nose. The ottier soldiers were more or less shaken up, biit not seriously Injured, The chauffeur. Walter L. Shaw, of Boston,-escaped wlth.a few scratches,

Dr J, D. Christie promptly respond­ed to a caU for service and gave aU necessary, treatment. An ambulance from the'caiiip. carried the injured to the cantonment and the crippled car was later removed to. the road and driven home. The top of thc auto was torn from the body, the windshield was smashed, and a mudguard was bent, but the Sngine was in running order. The owner. Cari Maxwell, ilves kt IC FrawUy street, Roxbury.

HARVARD

News Items. ; .Mrs.'McAllister and three chlidren,

from' Manchester, are spending their vacation with Mrs. Emma Porter, Mrs. McAllister's mother, Mr. McAllister came down for t h e week-end. ' T h e - C ' T. "V^etberbee famliy enter­

tained their aunts, Mr^, EUa Johnson, of Portland,'ind Mrs. Mary Pratt, o' South Acton, several days' this week.

Miss Helen Flerra has recently re­turnedfrom a week's visit with Mrs, Joseph E. Grossie, of Cohasset.

MIsB Mabel Wetherbee returned from Hyannis last Saturday, bringing a friend from Springfield with he,r.

The Camp Fire Girls held a.-sticcess-ful dance' at Library hall' on Tuesday evening, ExceUent music was furnish­ed by the Colonial .orchestra'.. -

Sergt: Kendall iW. Blanchard, of thc base hospital. Camp Devens, was a week-end guest of Mrs. A. Plerra.

The regular Red Cross meeting wili be held on Monday aftemoon. •

Mrs. Porter received the announce­ment of the marriage of her spn, Zenos Lovelace, to a young lady in Ardgay, Scotland, lastjweek; Mr. Love-j lace went to Scotland over a year age with the sawmill unit from this lo­cality.

The Misses Ruby and Marlon Viets of Waltham were recent guests of MISs.Marlon Burroughs.

Handsome new styles just receivea, some-trimmed ' with wide fillet lace, some hand embroidered, ' • with iFrench Knot embroidery $1.25 'to $1.98 .

,-CREEE DE^CHINE ENVELOPES: ; y Lace^rimmed, hand embroidered • V $2.75 to $3.98.-

., • SUMMER -SWEATERS ; ':' ' / Made from high-grade, all wool yarn; plain and- :

fancy Stitch; sailor collars and sash; colors, Gopen. Purple, Green, Nile, Rose and Sal-'

^ $7.50 to $12.0O " -29^ to 7 5 ^

mon Bathing Caps

Geo. B. Turner & Spn Telephone t231-2

LAST OPPORtUNITY , TO BUY OTAKANTEED ELECTRIC APPUANQES OF PEpVElT

QUALTTS"—PEIOES ADVANCE AUGUST 10 .S Platirons from fSiS'o ^" ?5 .50 , .--Eifectric Fans as Ipw as ?5.pO :

Eed Seal and;Colnmbia; Batteries 35<(> BeUs Blinkers . telegraph Keys -WWng Et^airs/ '

SUNBEAM MAZDA LAMPS FOE HOUSE OE AUTOMOBILES

West Str,eet Telephone Connection, . . AYEB, KLASS.. ,

i n g f n.v .Airs , imaoii » . . " . . . . « » . - . . ; U a m and a paper by Mrs, Lyman Cool: "" 1 ^.^^e guests of W..V. Bixby and fam the tri.i to Storrs, Conn, | jiy_-wiii(ani untii Sunday evenini,-.

At :h' Tied Cross meetinp on Wed- i ^j ^j,j voung ladies until Wednesday ne^dav f-.^ning the attendar.fi '=» j morning" On Saturday. Donald, Rob-

--'-^•" •o 'h" ^^ Irene and Mabel Bixby'. with their three guests, and Miss Loraine Stone-

very -xxxxf.i. owing probah h ^ a v y s h n a ' c r .

.ia:;,. s Bf-nn(tt and family s' son," X-XXX' at their camp thi> weeV

>ews Items. ',' '- ' ' V Chief Petty'' "OfHcer - •Conley, of

Charlestowii, h b * stationed,at Quincy in the naval service. Is enjoj-lng a nine-days' furlough visiting With his friends, William Keriey and the Misses Keriey,

Mrs, Annie Barrett, of Dodge, is visiting this W;eek with friends in tcwn.

The annual church lawn party given by the catholic parish, is to taJie place on next Thursday afternoon and eve­ning at the town hall. Music will be furnished by the Jazz band from Camp Devens, T t e , party opens at 2.30, and at eight o'clock there will be a social dance, given by the Berkley club. Everybody will be welcome, •

.Mr. and Mrs. A, H, Turner attended the funeral of Mr. Freeman, whose daughter Louise is Mrs. Earl Turner, Thursday of iast week, at his home in .Xeedham,

Mrs, George Kavanagh is \isiting with Irving .Morse and famiiy at their heme in New IJampshire,

Kerlev, Reed' & Bryant are having a fire escapf built on the west side of their store ,building,

George Ryan has' severed his con­nection wit'n the ice business of L, K, Savage, and is working for Frank I'ierce in .^yer.

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M, Hunt, of ,.\uburn, N, Y...announce the engage

Chnrch Notes. Sunday services—Morning worship

at eleven o'clock; preacher, Rev. G. M. - Missirian, the minister; subject, ••Christianity—a religion of convlc-dons," Sunday school at ]2,lo, C. E.- meeting and evening service at sev­en o'clock. Topic. "Using our pens ofr Christ"; leader, S, B, Hager, 'The pastor will give a talk on "Jeremiah and his message ,to our times,'

At the close of the service last Sun­day raorning the pastor read his resig­nation over his present Pastorate, wishing that it should take effect by October 1. A meeting of the church will be held on Sunday, morning, after the service, to' take action thereupon, Mr Missirian is considering a com­bined call from a -church in _New

1 Britain, Conn,, and to be a 'if, M, <-,. I A. speaker at' the New London navy station, •

At the neighborhood meeting this week at the home of Mrs. A. B. Hart­weU ^Ir. Duckers, of New York, took part in speaking to the-«r'eat pleasure of those who w«r©-present. Next week the meeting will be held on Tuesday evening at 7.45 at the home of Miss Marion Burroughs. 'All the townspeo­ple are cordially Invited,

The annual meeting of the cradle roll and Woman's Missionary society •was held last Wednesday afternoon on the church lawn. A good number of ladles and chlidren were present, Mrs. A W, Nelson had charge of the pro­gram. A group of girls presented the sketch, "Finding of Baby Moses," Miss Ruby 'Vlcts, of Wallham, gave, a very interesting and instructive talk on the gifts from our mission lands. Lemon­ade and cookies were served, and the meeting was dismissed undvr beauti­ful impressions.

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THE ENLISTED MEN, BASE HOSPITAL

Bringing

Stranded in Kairo Produced under the direction of IVIrs. Pearl Keating

of Boston

To

Town Hall, Ayer THUESDAY EVENmO, AUGUST 22—8 o'clock

•See tlie'ioys as'Pretty Girls Catchy Music.

Novity Dancing Don't Miss It

Ecserved Section 3 5 ^ Admission 2 5 ^

Grange Xotcs. ,. •* At the last meeting a special 't?«!si-

cal program was provided under -ir.e direction of the committee, consisting of several delightful numbers render­ed bv the Misses Marion and Elizabeth Perkins, Helen L Burroughs and Maria E, Steele, the flnale being a song in unison, lce cream was served and dancing concluded the program.

The chairman of lawn party com

and Arnold Ganley, enjoyed the V ^ ^ : r K ^ < i n r ; o I mittee reported e s t ^ a t e . r . t^ p r .

Tr.e eiev..x form S.T irtt

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the I ay ' ment of the.r oaugnter i^auivii.ie lu , ........^ J ' " „ sjo nn nnd the Pound

Word has-been received from Eldo­rus Fessenden and Robert Taylor that they have landed safely overseas.

A son was bom to Mr, and Mrs. Al­bert Jensen on Saturday, August 10, weighing ten pounds.

Eugene Ouelette, who is stationed at New. Haven,, Gonn^, has recently been promoted to the rank of ser­geant. His brother, Addiord, who is in France, is an Interpreter of lan­guages.

Tbe Ladles' Aid met at the honie of Mrs. Hattie Pierce on Wednesday afternoon.

Alvin H, 'Wheeler and son Bernest were week-end visitors in Lyndeboro

The Infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs, J Warren Barker, died last Saturday in Brookllne, Mass., and was brought here tor burial on Monday by her father, Dr. George L, Perrin, ,Mr, Barker is in the service and is some­where overseas.

ailed for We(lne>';ay j Isabel Bixby accompanied the V. the lower tcan na;:

-::..' :'.i the interest of th-xxx'-xtthoTS ctt the U'llst li

V :.ri?;poned b e c a u s e t':.- SI • i x.o: be present .

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T!nprite<} tri.- |.iiit'-< h i i r ( , - i . a v t S.ii i ' l . - . union ser-- .<" 'i .'- ' grepatlnnai chiirrV,

Miss Huth S-e.. ; " tiss norcit,'-,y, ,;re Wenham, i

The honseho,.! courts of Iohn I,o("Ke| were taken this week by aiiln trxich from his former home, Martin's pond rond to Clinton C.vtiie. N. 11 .Mr and Mrs Ixickc own a tarm there whieh they will make- their future home.

Mrs, Etta Armstrong, of Mald'-n, visited her mother. Mrs Mary Shat­tock, at hcr home on Station avenue, last weck.

Henry Floyd, who has a position as night watchman at thc .Myer's Thread Mills, Lowell, recently visited his mother, Mrs. Lizzie Floyd.

Mrs. Laura Qulmby. of Franconla. N H with two children. Is visiting her mother, Mrs. Mary Baton, and her

nialde Trip. : any of t-.\elve w:-,o • .0-, ' . .t.neeticut, starting >.st . ,.0'ning and returnini: S-.

- •: - report a most - x.\of .• • . • , • of interest am! .i'n--,.-,, - art to finish, Thev .vei,-'hr-r..x->-,tx. Conn., about tN-ent> . . ; , . i .vond Worcester, anil .ttei

'.:. , ; dav, where there wa,; ,- cat ;L- •• over 200O Granaer.- troni •.,-it;d, and whore three £ ,ert; • re to speak. The cat.ie-.ni: . ,- on the estate of a »• r rti.er and they had ei-rMlri,^ I, .ke their stay most rlea'-nt't ircest flag soon hy most of tr,. .,-,v -R-as used to decorate tl.. ranre to the harn. the strip-s ichteen inrhrs -.vide, witb t • t, rorrespfindin;: size and it <-,vas a liea It tv

uss sold ice t-"x, I It began to ;.. tnd thc spealiit . ipted,

from New 'S'ork at lonttli and was listened to v teresi. ,-\s thc large crowd hardlv he accommodated under Ihev began to disperse, and r-Grnton party had a forty-m.,e ,. to reach Storrs, where the bic inc of Saturday was to be he-o.. -did not hear thc speeches of th x errors, but arrived at their dest t .. at about five o'clock. The tne^tit . held at fhe Connecticut Agr.r t • college, where thc grounds cov. r acres, and the buildings are ;r bnilt of fireproof brick, A let;. ; gjmnaalum was the place of m.e whero the speakers wcre the le.tu of the Stat© Granges of Mam.. Hampshire, 'Vermont and ,M»s«a.h-i setts; also, John C. Ketchum. of \i :; gan lecturer of the National V.V-AV,^.

The He' l l made over ?-

the Cnn- . af!' r inm ii 1 grea'h inter

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0 t on their return to Pepperell, Mrs - ! V Bixbv and baby daughter, gome 1- on Montlay night, spent Tuesday « ;• Mrs, Clark in Pepperell,

Miss Doris Northrup, ot Tx>well, t - lending the week with her cousin, .Mrs, G, W, Wheaton,

Miss Ruth Mellish is '-njoyinc a va-•u: ..t.nn from her duties in the Ayer

1 .National bank. Mrs John Dugan and Miehaei Mo-

• -.,:, of Leominster, visited their moth . on Wednesday.

Mrs Frank Worster and daughfrs ,,,,e on Thursday for a short i-;i->

.. -h her mother, Mrs. Wiiliams, Mnong the many callers at the -Tat--

. ; home this week were ,Mr and Mrs el Donovan and daugh.er \>-..:

ii.irdner, - t- some unexplained reasot, th-

- for this column last week fai, -t -aeh the office and the follow- -.-: memory arc therefore aomew. -.(1 time:

and Mrs. J. T. Shepley w ..; suddenly to Vermont. Roin- : "esday* morning. - . \ H -ffiomp'sOn and daucr.---, are enjoying their usual s.initr.e-., in Whalom. s. norothv Thompson has v-

: . d , " h e r duties, at the Kllbonrt

M:':'ih ! r h ^ ^ ^ ^ e r e r ^ S l ^ ^ b c ^ ; , - a ; ^ v ' r e ^ ; c r t h e money^lnves^ tor

h . i i sh . . Of th.: Zi^.n. go with ^ ^ - ^ ^ ^ . ^ ^ , ^ , ^ ^ 1 ^ ^ ^ ,

lie can net enough then for another his firs; st is x.oii :-. st x--.i: .-rhool.

\v;.;;,ice !

toward matrimony. Hf ^tent at the Harvard inerii-

Let us examJne your eyes now t o determine whether you need glasses or advice to enable you to read or do any Xind of eye'work in solid comfort. Only" the actual experience of -wearlFie our glasses wlll enable you to apprec­iate how much better you can per­form your dally tasks with glasses than you are now doing these things without glasses. Consult us today.

F. H. GATHERCOLE OPTOMETRIST'

Mead's Block AYER, MASS.

vant, .Frank Abbot, C:

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,-ihd bigger hond come out patrons to the next meet-

; a v , s . ^ r y .Jones and - ^ ! ; - S f - ^ n l ^ r S l ^ ^ J ^ ^ ment: let US give them a.hearty wel-r,-inie and sincere encouragement. Four , andidates also are to be voted upon,

nrop a card to Our boys who have rr eently gone across: a line from home will surely be welcome,

ilnr worthy master was the omy i.atrou from Boxboro who enjoyed the annual state Grange Field Da> n Westboro on August 7.

w.. are glad to note the return of lYgovernment work ahd oar worthy secretary to her duties.

- . home here, Hercs ic i . s l " ^ M iiOOL.committee, much •.o\ B R O O I C U N E , - N _ n . ..' he townspeople. Hew. i s j _ _

Ne"- Items, \:-s George Abbott, of New Ynrk

r- nt. Heatr leave 'next week fci- : :. "ir-davs- f .-:,-ip with the state iciii.r ;n f'raminc.".. -h,

.M.ss Gr.ie. 'Welch, teacher in -h. I.r,marv pra,. 8 heris, has resigned, :, tak. p'pos.t n In Stoneham, much •. •he recrtt . her pupils here, whe-sh- was a ; t-ular teacher.

Mr. anil NV •«. Brewer, of New ' 'or I itv, :,re I.-1- --s this week al the hom of M rs. George C. Maynard

B, Dlxon has acc-f)>ted

- s t a n d efficient . • I s .

*-lill l!i^er. 7,- ,v m.a: Sunday school r,nd •..'.-

..,.,.„ . . . , - .r a- Turner's abort- on Thnrs-- - It.usually pleasant it was

,.- .i" , d.iv and a good number wer. : •• -- t t From out Of tOWn were noted ':-- H'hrv jgennett, and daughter jo; Mrs,

was a guest of her aUnts, Mrs, He.ttie s t i e s and Miss .losle Seaver, Monday.

Mrs Laura Webber; of Gardner, Mass,, has bccii visiting hcr s ater, Mrs. Henry Bailey, the past week,

Tiie Sunbonnet clnb met at the home Georg* Dodge In West Oro-

Deatli. Miss Caroline A. Shattuck passed

awav at her home last week Tuesday, She' was the daughter of William Gardner and Harriet (Dyer)_ Shat­tuck, She was born in Brookline and has resided here most of her life, and was seventy-five years of age. True to the promise made to her mother many years ago she had cared for her sister since her mother's death wlfh faithfulness and devotion. Seldom has this community witnessed a life as useful and self-denying as hers. Her life has been given for others and she has earned the "Well done, good and faithful servant" from the Master.

Funeral services were held at the Congregational church on Wednesday afternoon of last week at two o'clock, Rcv E P, Kelly offlciating, 'Mrs, Min­nie Holcombc and Miss Marion Stiles sang "Nearer my God to thee" and "There's rest f o r t h e weary." S h e l s \ survived' by two brothers, Henry and^ Warren; a sister. Mary, and several nieces. Burial was in the family lot at thc South cemetery,

N'cw Advcrttscnacnts

• : a l . Miss Irene Blxby, •Who is cmpif^-,..i

Itoston, is enjoying a two w'e^.s . .ttion at home. . , i hin> M-s. w, V. Blxby »nd.''»''L?on^^bis ^"^ s„e,i her brothers In Acton this „,.„ ...K remaining over night and the, ^,.

i lowing day. Hazel Thompson IS entertain

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Mrs Hai;. 'Whitney and daughter l.an. of Worcester! Mrs, Belle Roh-

<t >i ids.m; Mr. and Mrs, Charles tl'l.i of Bolton! Mrs, Baisol ett ami t.w6 Children, of Clinton; 111(1 Mvi Gobgin, of Worcester;

; n.ihert i-'iilier and family, of Cam­bridce M-- Kverett Hawkins, of I-an-

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S o m e t i m e M o n d a y n i g h t a F o r d c a r r a n i n t o t h e f e n c e a t t h e o v e r h e a d b r i d g e on E a s t Main s t r e e t , bad ly d a m ­a g i n g t h e m a c h i n e . 'When t h e w r e c k w a s d i s c o v e r e d t h e p l a c e w a s d e s e r t e d , . T h e n a m e of t h e d r i v e r c o u l d n o t b e l e a r n e d .

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WOODLOT PROVIDES WINDBREAK AND SUPPLY •' OF FIREWOOD, FENCE POSTS AND LUMBER

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INot Only Is a Well-Managed Farm Timbsr stand a Source of Fuel, but It Shelters the Farmstead From the Prevailing Winter Winds.

[(Prepared by the United Statea Dopart-. ' ment of Agriculture,) ' Trees 'and shrubs about the home

land lannstcad not only Increase thc (vaiue of the property but nial;f cou-

Sttlpns pleasanter and more healthful, , limited amount of planting; muy bc

{done, therefore, for comfort alone Ir­respective of other return. Where a jconslderable plantation Is contem-.•plated, however. It Is essential to (know what- material may be grown leconomlcally and the tjses to which It anay"be p u t ' ' , '

On: the average farm In the plains |reglo;i;the first effort In planting Is |to','provide a small grove plantation jwhlcb will protect the buildings from Isevere winds and furnish shade for lereater cpmfort of both man and ani­mals. Sometimes -'when such a wlnd-ibreal^ bas been established the owner tries to 'make It furnish a supply of material for use on the farm. This lis a mistake, for If s. belt of trees is (planted' jprimarlly, "as a protection 'against.the wind the pruning and re-imoval .of much , large material may lessen or even-destroy Its protective .valne. . .

' ' • ' , . Value of Plantation. The .'value of a .plantation, other

jthtm a windbreak, on the farm lies iln, Its ability to furnish fuel, posts land a rllinlted amount of lumber and ixepjilr material. 'Within a very few greara after planting the plantation jwUl nised to'be pruned nnd the prun­ing will ftimish considerable fuel, de-

/peiidlng upon.the size of the plpt. If (good care i s given the trees tbey will ideydop rapidly and some thinning wiil have to be done to prevent harm-

• Xol: crbwdlog. The material thns re-imoved will cbntrlbute materially to th'e upkeep of the farm by furnishing jposts and stakes.- When the planta-itlon Is. still older more valtiable ma-iterlal iinay be harvested. Small tim-jbers- for- 'btdldloK cohstructloh,' poles: jfo'r. Implements, also . t o o l handles, inedcypbes, eveners, whlffletrees -eind. In Avpt^blealtQatlons, .a, l imited amount jof lomber Is'provided at home a3 ineeded.

Thronghont the plains region there lis a marked scarcity of timber which rwiil produce even a fair grade of lum-Iber and this fact should be taken linto account when species are select; 'ed for planting. When a large planta-

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tion Is established care should be taiien to put out such trees as will give the maximum, amount of body material und to arrange them so as to derive the greatest benoflt.

Secure Best Results. In windbreak planting the best re­

sults usually nre secured when the shortest trees arc placed on the side facing the •n-lnd. so that a s loplngface Is presented and the air currents are deflected upward. These short trees, sbould have low-branching.habits and dense foliage, in order that they may offer as much hindrance t o . the pas­sage of air currents close to the ground nj) Is possible. The Russian olive Is probably the best for this. Not Infrequently, when complaints nre made of the reputed Ineffectiveness of windbreaks It develops upon esaml-natlon that the planter has either used unsuitable species and given them poor car.e or has failed to estab­ilsh belts of) suiQcient width.

Species for Northern Region. The northern half of the plains re­

gion, w-hlch Includes tho eastern por­tion, of Montana, Wyoming and 'Colo­rado and the western poiilons of the Dakotas and Nebraska; is character^ Ized by lower temperatures, heavier precipitation, and a shorter growing season than the southern half. The

.species recommended for it are: Hack-berry, honey locust, white elm, cotton-wood, narrow-leaf cottonwood,: white poplar, white willow, diamond willow, Russian olive, buffalo berry, Siberian pea tree. Jack pine, western yellow pine.

Species for Southern Region, All the species recommended for

the northern portion o f t h e plains re­gion may be planted in the southern, portion, which includes southeastern Colorado, western Kansas and Okla­homa and northern Texas, and on ac-^ cbtint'of the more' moderate/tempera­tures It Is possible to extend the l i s t The : following additional' species ' are recommended: Box elder, green ash, black locust, red cedar, Chinese arbor' vitae.

Speclflc information on these spe­cies is pabllshed in Farmers' Bulletin No. 888. a copy of which can be ob­tained by applying to the United States department of agriculture, Washington. D. C.

Fowls Should Be Selected for Size, Proliricacy and Vitality—Tou­

louse It Largest.

(Prepared by tho IJnlted Statt-s Depart­ment of Ajfriculturt-,}

In order to obtain best results in i-iiising geese they should be selected r<ir sl-.!e. prolificacy, and vitality. Six breeds of geese have been admitted to the American standard of perfec­tion, naniely Toulouse, Eiubden, Chi­nese, African. Wild or Cunadlau, and Kgypfian. In addition to the stand-

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jQABBAGE WORM MOST 1 ^ DESTRUCTIVE ENEMY ^ • •

^praying Is Effective Remedy in Combating This Pest

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Extensively—Leave Few Pols-oned Stalks for Traps.

]CEVom the United States Department of ' Asriculture.) '• The common cabbage worm, the most destructive enemy ot cabbage and re­lated crops in the United States, be­gins Its depredations as soon as the young plants are set out In the spring and continues Its work throughout the summer. Control measures, to be ef­fective, should bee^n as soon as the in­sect makes Its appearance.

Although the In.sect caused the total destruction ot cabbage, cauliflower, and other crops in large areas In the years immediately after its tirst ap­pearance in tills country in the sixties, control measures hnve now hoen per­fected to sueh a degree and adopted to such an extent tliat losses need not be great. Spraying with a solu­tion of two pounds of powdered arsen­ate of lead, four pounds of arsenate of lend In the paste form, or one pound of paris green to 50 gallons of water should bo begun as soon as the planta arc set out and should be repeated as often as exainlnatlon of thc plants shows It to he necessary.

The common cabbage "worm" Is tho larva of a white hutterlly having hlacli-tlpped w-Ings. The butterflies appoar on w-arm spring days, and continue about gardens and flelds until after several severe fail frosts. In the Gulf region they nre present throughout tho season, Kggs nre laid on "ahliage and relnted plants where they hatch In from tour to eight dnys.

The caterpillar Is velvety grt-en. about the color of tho cabbage foliage. It cats voraciously and grows rapidly, •becoming full grown in froip ten to fourteen dnys nfter hatching. Throe; Kcncratlona occur each ,>(eason In lho northeast and probnbly six In the ox-

—treme South. Th» flrst generation usu­ally develops on wild plants.

Hand picking may be practiced snc-cessfuUy In small gardens. Whero sprays are employed they should be

Toulouse Gander.

BEADINQ FOR FINE BLOUSES

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It Is easy to spot :i made blouso becau^• caro •tt'lth \sJilch iii: done. Usually seatn er with beading or

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applied In a fine mist, since coarser ap­plications tend to gather la drops on the leaves and run off.

Community action In combating the cabbage worm Is desirable wherever cabbage and related crops are grown extensively. Agreements should be entered by the truckers of the commu­nity for each to spray throughout the season and to carefully clean the flelds of the bulk of the old stalks as soon as tbe crop Is harvested. A few stalks should be left at regular intervals as traps on which the last generation of female butterflies will deposit eggs. Such stalks should be poisoned freely with arsenlcals so thnt the worms of the last generation will not develop.

'^ INCREASE SUPPLY OF CHICKENS AND EGGS

(Prepared hy the Unltt?d States De­partment of Agriculture.)

Every commercial breeder, ev­ery farmer, evory back-yard poultry rais.jr, is urged to keep these aims steadily in view:

1. Keep l)etter poultry. Stand­ard-bred poultry improves the quality and increases production,

f 2. Seleet liealthy. vigorous J breeders tu produce strong S chicks. * 3. Hatiii early to produce fall 4 and winter '..ly-rs. ? 4. Pres.rv.- i- js whea cheap A for hom.' u.-.-, \ ft. I'ra * cei»t fov lia;. g I!, t.'u:I lil. ^ i:npr'.li-;iti:.' % ~i- lv,'o\, ^ Ilo-'k tl) su;,] 5 ,S. t'.roiv a ^ as pos.sihli-, 5 r> !), I-;:it ne.re ponltry and esi!,s & * tn (i.ns.-rve the meat supply, g

Preserve Eggs for Winter. It is tlie duty of every fanner n .t

tixxi'. Ill [iri-serve eggs for his own u,-«e, bnt ll. nri,-.- his friends living in town to presL-rve eggs for next fall and win­ter U^e,

Piay** We'il Meaning. ! Play, according to Professor Pyle. Is -the revival of man's older self. It Is the truest expression of his real self, •tripped of the latter-day formalities. dl{:nltles, habits and other artificial things with which "society" hedges abont an otherwise free man. The middle hged man con bo looked at ei­ther as a mold Into which some snpcr-TB^nkensieln hnd poured the youthful enthnslasm, hopes, alms, honesty, candor and muscular play or a s a mad­man pbsessed •with his own selfishness.

ard breeds there is the so-called Mon­grel goose, which Is a hybrid made by crossing one of these varieties, or the common goose, with wild geese. Crosses of the varieties of geese, espe­cially of the Toulouse and Embden, are occasionally made, but wlthont any apparent gain. The Toulouse, Emb­den. Chinese, and African are easily the most populac breeds of geese In this country, the flrst two greatly fend­ing the other breeds. All ' economic breeds of geese are kept primarily for the production of flesh and feathers; and although their eggs are occasion­ally used for culinary purposes on the farm, there Is no demand for them for food purposes in the markets. • The Toulouse, the largest of the standard breeds of geese, i s , a good layer, producing from 20 to 35 eggs a year, is docile, grows rapidly, and makes a good market bird. However, its dark pinfeathers make It a slightly less attractive market goose than the Embden.

The Embden, a large white goose, slightly smaller and with somewhat longer legs than the Toulouse, Is only a fair layer and is usually less prollflc than the Toulouse. Thft breed has white pin feathers. Is a rapid grow­er, and matures early.

The African, a gray goose with a distinct brown shade, about the size of the Embden, Is a good layer nnd imakes a good market goose, although It has the objectionable dark pin feathers. It Is a rapid grower and matures early.

There are two standard varieties ot Chinese geese, the Brown and the White. Both varieties mature early and arc said to be prolific layers and rapid growers, but shy and rather dlf­flcult to handle.

Tbe wild goose Is bred to some ex­tent In captivity, and the young are sold to hunters to use as decoys. The wild gander Is used to cross with either the common or the purebred goose, producing the so-called Mongrel goose. This Mongrel goose Is highly prized as a market goose, but Is sterile and cannot breed.

The Egyptian goose Is a small, brightly colored goose, kept for oma' mental purposes and rarely seen In ! this country. It resembles the wild ; goose In shape and weighs two pounds less In each class.

1 inipnrled hund-iif the extreme Ihe tinisiiiug Is are put logeth-

ntre-deux. This ogero a DuggcBHea i" ""' haiim auwer wbo seeks to rival the Importers In h e r o w n hand-made lilnuses. She cau make her own entre deux and maite it in such a way that it "ill form u trim­ming for her blouse as well, according to a fashion cbrres|iondent.

First of all there is the regular fllet mesh—Just One row of it. To strength­en this for use in Joining scams it is well to go over the edges with a sin­gle crochet. Yo'ji may be able to do this 'When you are Joining It to the ma­terial at each side, Sslng a crochet hook and slip Stitches to hold beading and seam together..

Two'Spanish designs for entre-deux are especially lovely. One In pyramid eftect Is done as follows: Crochet six chains; in the fifth make a single crochet, in the fourth a single. In the third a double. In the second a triple (made by wapping thread twice over needle before Inserting It In chain and tnking oft two stitches at a time). In the first chain an extra ."long" stitch (by •nrapplng thread three times over needle and taking off two at a tliiie).

Repeat these pyramids for a suffi­cient length, then turn and riiake five chains for the base of each .pjTamid. fastening the chain' with a single be-fA'ccn each two pyramids. -At the end of the piece of entre-deux make seven chains for a turn, and attach to the point of the flrst pyramid with a sin­gle crochet, chain flve between each pyramid, fastening the chain at each point with a single.

The second Spanish beading Is done by chaining • enough for the length you desire. 'VVork three, doubles In the .sixth stitch, but do not pull the thrend through' the liist stitch of any of the double icrocbets so that when you finish you| have four stitchers oa the needle; those ybtv take off at once. Chain 2, three Roubles into third chain from last group, e t c

Hairpin lace; also makes exquisite beading. It is hot easy to explain thi% lace in print, but almost any old-time needleworker ^an show the amateiur in two minUteSi

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FORAGE CROP IS IMPORTANT

TliViE FOR DEEDS OF VALUE

Women Should Conserve Strength Wasted in Arjxiety Over Hearsay

and Concentrate Efforts.

Nothing is more Important than tak­ing the big view of life, especially at the present tlme^ which is a crisis in the world's hlstot7. Men and women have been too self-centered to be of much use or service to anyone, even to themsclvesi b ^ now, If at no other time, there most be a settlement of this stage of affairs, a writer states,

S( !f-centere'l folk merely .Consider smail events ani jl the .natural aftroitits they take at petty. thlf i^--whlch are of no moment wlatev^-—catise a logs of the big opportonl&'ifislta the'^consld-eratlon of these affairs^ mrhich are so trivial that they are not •worth a mo­ment's notice.

The woman who bos spent so much time considering what other folks say and what the world's opinion means In every passing evept of her life has begun to feel that after all "they say" does not count for much, aud it ts what she is really doing that amotmts to anythliig. If she has any worth whatever, she will make up for lost time by conserving the strength wast­ed in anxiety over slUy hearsay and concentrate her efforts to accomplish deeds of value and good service.

PRETTY CAPES FOR SUMMER

INCREASE IN POULTRY URGED

infertile eggs, cx-. hing.

IliiclvS to eliminate priniurers.

small back-yard ;>' the family tahle. . much poultry teeii

Poor Policy for Novices to Begin on Large Scale—Quite Likely to

Lead to Failure.

fPrep.ircd hy tho tJnlted States Depart­ment of Agriculture.)

If should be bome in mind thnt an lai-r.-!;se in poultry production Is sought nut for this year alone, but for the en­tire ilnrntion of the war. It Is not iiT- eil thlit novices -without cxperl--n •- . n-.iffo In poultry keeping on a Iar;.- -.-.ii.-, Tbat Is recognized ns a pn.ir ;i li.y at any time and IS more lil<|': ll. lead to failure and eventual lier,-. ,.e than to a Steady and perma­nen- reuse In production. 'What is nrj. ;!,:it those who are nlready I'll-: •- :.-riuvers to some extent and V"-- It— information and ability n ..vi:iros,sfully to Increase their SI • -; 111 I i.rnductlon should do 80.

This exquisite creation takes flr»t rank among the many capes designed for summer wear, for besides an

plcliiru. Of Which a brlght,"attructive-looklng girl ,vng xh.^ center. She was Just Inside.the fence of a clover field nnd was daintily picking the lucious red tops. Then she .would-150 to the separating btirbod -wire fence, reach through and pet. converse with and feed a "White-speckled calf, plump, friendly, and spoUess of grime or brier.

'Tvo an.Idea—the fatted calf!" abruptly chuckled the'-onlooker. "Al­most as pretty as the gifl," and he np-liroached the fence near which Hilda Strong stood.

"Pnrt 'of the big -farm a bit back wiiere they're'selllug out?" he asked.

The girl, quite startled, flushed and fluttered and gave a confused assent. "I'll tnke that calf If the figure is right," restimed the.stranger.

"But 'Vyhitey Is .not for sale/'- an­nounced Hilda., "She does not belong to the farta. Mr. Warren gave her to nie when she W a s the tiniest little thing and I have raised her."

"i'ou wbuldn't-sell her. then?" "Oh, no! Never! That is—unless I

had to. - And maybe that may come," said Hilda, a mournful shadow cross­ing Uer pretty fiSce. -"Sfr. Warren is breaking up and Iimustlook for~a new homc. I am an orphan and have only a fe-.v distant relatives.^

Her artlessness charmed Bart Mil­ler and her simple w a y s aroused his sympathy and Interest.

. "Heigho!" he uttered; "We're pretty near of a kind. I've been an orphan myself for ten years—that la, I ran away from home and haven't seen fa­ther or mother since." ' ',,

"Oh, dear! how could you stoy away from them?'" chidod Hilda.

"Well, rgot going careless and rotigh ,and bad. Then in trouble, and finally I settled down to life among the hard­est crowd a ranch ever knew. If was cards, drink and fighting^ most of the time." ' ~

Hilda had shrunk a little at the con­fession, "rou don't look very careless, and rough, nnd bad." she snld. • He laughed quite boisterously at her In­nocence.

"I'm not—now. That's why Pm going back home."

"Oh,.are you? Are you?" cried Hil­da, sprightly. "How glad your folks will be to see you!"

"Father Is dead." said Bart, "but mother Is living, and Pve sort of spied out the land before I ventured to let her know I was around As I said,, I was a reckless one until a year ago. I had'. gone to prospecting.; Bad as ever, I trained with a hard crowd. One day I took a drop too much, and a tnm-

.ble. I went Into a pit—It mjost have been over flfty f ee t How. I escaped being killed I conldn't reckon out 'When I landed It was on a soft bed of sand—on my knees." '

He spoke the last ^words solemnly. A strange, spiritual-expression came ihto his eyes and (llumined bis face, lintil Hilda was fascinated in an In­tense, hypnotic way..

"Tes, on my knees," repeated Bart. "There I was—saved by the Almighty. I was. as I had been at my mother's side way back In chlldhobdl All my bad life flashed upon me. The words of 'Now I lay me down to sleep' drift­ed dreamily, through my mind. I couldn't stir tor over an hour. All the time some new spirit seemed to^come over me. Young lady, I crawled out of that pit weak and broken—a new man."

"Oh, how glad your dear old mother •n'lll be when you tell her all this!" cried Hilda.

"With good behavior came good luck." went on Bart tersely. "I struck a rich mine. I saved. Instead of squandering. Pm going home a pretty rich man, and my money will do some good, for I found my mother poor and neglected. I'm still queer In my no­tions, young lady. I know what moth­er wlll say when she sees me coming back."

"What?" urged Hilda breathlessly, as absorbed as though _ listening to some entrancing fairy story.

"Well, mother is biblical, and it •would be Just like her to say. In her gentle, kindly, iforglvlng way: 'Prodi­gal son, you are welcome, and for you shall be killed the fatted calf.' B u t you see, poor old soul; she has no fatted calf. And your Whitey str'iSc my fancy. And I thought I'd buy.', > . lend her to the old home;—it's only ten miles across the country—and say, 'Mother, I've brought the fatted calf, and a bag of gold, and my worthless self, all at once back home.'"

"Oh, she won't, think you worth­less : And what a grand man you have been to stop—Stop being rough nnd careless, and all that.aijd thinking so much of your dear Old mother! Aud what a blessing yon will be to her, and I'm so glad I met yon,for you can take Whitey. and you're welcome to her, nnd it's all like »)me beautiful story," nnd. overcome by her emotions, Hilda

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Essential for Successful ana ticonont-Ical Production of Poriiti—Crops

• for Many Sections.

(Prepared by the United Statea Depart­ment of Agriculture.)

The successful and economical pro­duction of porii- tlepcnds In a large incjtsure upon gbod . permanent pas­tures supplemented by. other forage crops. There should be on an average one acre of permaneiit pasture for each brood sow kdpt. Green forage Is lit­tle more than a maintenance ration, nnd if rapid gains are desired hogs should have a^llberai allowance of grain. Growing forage crops and graz­ing them off is a good method of Im­proving soils lacking In organic mat­ter. "

Kinds of crops: (a) For the cotton belt Bermuda, biir clover, white clover nnd Lespedeza niake good permanent pastures. These should be supple­mented by smail grains and rape for winter, crimson clover and vetch for spring, cowpeas and sorghiim for sum­'mer, corn'witb soy beans,'velvet heans pr peanuts for fall, (b) For the cen­tral and middle Atlantic states. Includ­ing the blue-grasS region, blue grass should be used largely for permanent pasture. It should be supplemented by rye for winter, -rape for spring, red clover for eprlng and summer, corn with soy beans and rape for fall, (c) For the Northern and Eastern states blue grass or redtop provides perma­nent pasture. Supplementary gfazing should be furnished by oats anTI peas fpr spring, rape and red' clover 'tsst Slimmer, and eariy fleld com for^fall. (dT for the West grazing is furnished' 'ly alfalfa and Com. Com should be ."iogged dowTi." .

French Gratitude ' to Amerlea U ' Deeply Engraved on the! Hearts

.; . of Hep Peop'le.

Kathleen" Norrls, .'writing. In the .Woman's Home Companion, gives an imaginary conversation with-a yonng B'rench girl describing the pomlng of the American soldiers to France as sho tu tuppogad ta romembor Iti -

SHIPPING SWINE IN SUMMER

Hot^ Weather Precautions to Prevent Loss of Important' Part of Na­

tion's Meat Supply.

(Prepared by tho United States Depart­ment of Agriculture.)

Every^og, t i a t ils killed in transit dne. t o . overcrowding • or mishandling means a loss, at present prices, of prob­ably more than $30 to the shipper as well as a waste of meat needed by the nation. Mortality In transit or after arrival at the central market can be lessened greatly In hot weather by the practice o f the following simple plre-cautlons on the part of shippers and dealers: •

1. 'When hogs- are very h o t dnring or after a»drivB, never potir cold water over their backs.

2. Before loading, cleiin otft each tar and bed It with sanil which, dnring dry, hot weather should be wetted down thoroughly. Hogs in transit during the night only are not so likely to be lost frora overheating as are the animals shipped In the daytime. 'With day shlp-

. ments in hot weather i f Is'highly ad­visable to suspend burlap sacks of ice from the celUng in variotis parts of fhe

"'And men—to stand beside onr-mcn—from America! 1 remember -standing at the chateau giitewayT>ini~^ bright November aftetnoon and seeing them cbme up the road. : Soldiers I We

Avere used to soldiers I But these were different. Grandmere w a s with me,, wo had been here oil the'tline.

" T h e y came along, in tlio stream­ing afternoon sunlight, and they smlled.i-and waved at roe. "They are t i e Americans 1" grandmere said, and ehe began to cry -softly. "God bless them —(Jod bless them!" she' -whispered, over and over. And that nlgbt,<as you know, we had their oflicers at tho chateau, and one of them told me ho also had a daughter, not niuch younger than I, nnd that ber name was 'Vlr-g ln lc—•

•''I don't know why — for, God knows, there were hard times, and dark times, ahead. But from that mo^ meat I felt—hope. Child that -I was, I seemed to see, behind those march­ing men, the big and generous nation that was dedicating Itself to their serv- -lce, the women everywhere, with their sewing' and cooking, saving and plan­ning, their letters and -their prayers-^ all one In their,work for an Ideal be­side which the comfort and the ease of this geiieratlon was as nothing 1'"

REAL JOB, THAtOF THE "UMP"

Man Who Holds Indicator In Profes­sional Ball-(aame Surely Has

No " iof t Snap." '

TherOi are those who •will scoff at the Idea that umpiring a bjiU game Is work; but let these, Just once, stand out In the broiling sun of. July or Au­gust a n d , Judge a . two^hour game, . while watched Intently everjr moment By two, keen-eyed- managers, thirty; or forty .players, as familiar with the rules as the indicator holders, and several thousand excited, restless and shouting spectdtors, every one of. whom is anxious to detect some slip in . Judgment upon the part of the man In , bine. Let them labor for that length of time without enconragement, but with shouts of-disapproval ringing in their ears at frequent intervals,, or have several players step on their toes •with their spiked shoes, whllo making threats and re fen lng In sllghting.terms to every one connected with them from their remotest ances­try down to the priesent iieriod, and they •will be ready not only to admit bnt to make affidavit that the nmplro actually works.—^Leslie's Magazine! ,,

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abundance of other good polnU It has | hrol<e down In tears.

Bene In Confinement. Hens like freedom, hut good feed

nnd caro reconcile them to conflne­ment Mature, rhgged hirds often lay more egits in cio.ie conflnement than when at liberty.

Beqinning With Poultry. If lh- N'Kinner has had experience

in I III--, keeping, It -win be all right in rni- !.n-e egg,s and StaRTwini sSt-' fin.- i-i.i:; Otherwlse'Tre'lJBbul'irbegln ivi-h 'h- fo-^is nnd thus igain some kn.iM Iel,;. „f caring for potiltry before atl-rontiai; to raise chlckens. •

Said to Be Better Than Starch. By boiling seaweed with carbonate

of sodn. nnd treating the filtered solu­tion with sulphuric acid, a substance Is produced that hns more viscosity thnn starch or even gum arable, and that ran bo profltably employed In stilTening various textile fabrics.

Useful Invention. A re.-enf inventJrjn eoables-a person

fo take a steam or hot air b«tl» at home, n hood flttlng-over 00© end Of a hnth tub rnnflning the vapOT fifOm the regular hot water gnpply.—Hotiston Post

Dally Thought Women like brave men exceedingly,

but audacious men still more.—^Lcme-sies.

Typewriting on Parchment Fadea. It han heen found that typfl-wrltlng

"n r,'irrhmenf deeds is nbt dlBfable. In dep.N deposited within very/ recent

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the additional advantage Of being dlf. ferent in material from the majority. It Is made of black velvet Instead of wool, tafteta or satin, which have been usually employed this year.

Clean Refrigerator. Five minutes a day and half an hour

extra fnr the weekly cle4!ilngrT« little more thnn an hour a week—will keep the refrigerator In sanitary ahd satis­factory condition t h r o n g th* warm weather.

Early Egyptian Map*. I Maps originally appeared among thej

early Egyptians. Thcy were wooden, tablets on which land and sea, roads' and rivers were fnlrly accnrately out-i lined. The evidence of incll n a p s Is not only furnished In the old Egyptian papyras mils, hnt some of the actual maps have heen discovered! It was once contended thnt the Greeks were the Inventors of the art of cartography, bnt It hns been proved that the Egypt­ians nnd Rnhylonlnns aiitedated them-, Inthis rcsticct • '• ,1 . '

It was n-lth a .pret ty ribbon tied around her neck that 'Whitey was led away from her devoted young mls-tres,s. • ^

Hilda had urged him to tell her the end of the charming story ho, she, the old mother and 'Whitey were acting out. "Jlother says she must see yon," reported Bnrt twa.day8.1ater..^'HlIda,. we haven't known each other very long, but long enough for mo to know that I love you, and want yon to help me make mother happy.-''\, , ,, •

- Dally Theagtit. Honor Is the recoovSii le of those

who do right without seeUiig recom­pense

Mass of Materials In Nest. Study n completely flnlshed oriole's

ncst, 'What a mass of -trtngled flla-hient,i, strings, grasses, flbers!, I hnve often wondered whifh wns the flrst string thnt wns put on, how wa? Itipnt on, nnd what camc ncxt In the order of bnilding, says Edward T. Hgelow, in*Boys' Life. ^

AeHal Tank. An aerial tank has beea Mvented

and put Into pmctloal nse by Italian soldiers who have astounded the world by their extraordinary feats in moun­tain warfare. An Anetrian machine gun emplacement w a s so situated on loi iriountalii slde'that it poured a har; assing fire into an Italian j i o s t T h e Austrian position was unassailable by ordinary ineans. but It was necessary that it be wiped o u t A "Teleferica" car, many of ivhich are operated by the Italians across chasms and up mountain sides, was armored and equipped with machine gnns. 'Volun­teers were called for, and from the

\ m a n y who responded two were choscn >o man the guns. This Improvised i.'^rlal drepflnanght was then swung out across' the valley. After one or two exploration trips at a dizzy height the men In'the car finally located the Austrian post and quickly put It out of action.

Hogs at End of Their Journey to Mar­ket—Do Not Run .Risks by Over­crowding During Any Part of This Trip.

car in order to reduce the temperature and. Incidentally, to sprinkle the an­imals with cool water. The ice some­times Is placed In sacks on the floor, but the animals are likely to pile and crowd around the cakes so that only those close to the lce are beneflted. The ice should be sufficient to last to the destination.

3. Do not overload. Crowding hogs In a car during warm weather is a prollflc source, of mortality.

4. The feeding of com, because of its heating effect, before and during shipment in hot weather, should be re­duced to a minimum. Oats are prefer­able where a grain feed Is necessary. The maximum maintenance require­ment of hogs in transit for 24 ho,urs is one pound of grain a hundredweight or approximately three bushels ot corn to a car. In the past thousands of bushels of com have been waited In live-stock cars.

Salvage. The following letter was •written by

the wife of a man flghting overseas to , a member of the Salvage club, an offl­clal organization ,for preventing war waste:

"Dear Sir: I called at yonr office on Wednesday at one o'clock, btit was told you were engaged on salvage, and that I could not see yon. I wanted to ask you about Bert's teeth, what, he lost at the front in the mud—do I stlU havo to keep tip the payments of them on the Installment plan? I f e e l quite sure that your Salvage club what they talks about wonld have the matter put right If you would only mention It. Tours respectfully <—."—London TIt-Blts. / ' *-:

Need of Wool and Mutton. The general need of Increased pro­

duction of meat nnd wool, together with their high values, has given sheep mising a new appeal to the older farm­ing areas.

Cleanllnesa Pays Dividend*. In fee<llng dairy calves cleanliness

(lays big dividends In the health of the animals.

Thots Teethaomer Ap|d«- Plea." The origin of tll« toothsbme variety

of pastry kncnvn teofankxUy and. prao tleitUy as apple pie h t s long: been, shrouded In mystery. That It !&B8 had a long. If not eventful history, la eti-denced by the'.distinct.recollection of men now approaching the period of the sere and yellow leaf of the apple plM "mother used ^to make," -and' which formed snch a prominent place in the dinner pall menu at the midday recess of the old-liashloned district school.

Speed Indicators. A nseful Instrument especially In

clouds. Is the air speed Indicator. This tells the pilot his speed through tho air. It also helps him to know wheth­er he is rising or descending. For in­stance, if the speed of the machine fly­ing level Is 100 miles an hour, any speed registered above tbat •will, show that the machine Is coming down, and anything below it that the machine is climbing. The ditterence in speeds •will show to what extent the craft Is descending or climbing. There is also a proper fore-and-aft level to indicate climb and descend, but for various technical reasons the pilot usually de­pends on the air speed indicator.

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Jerusalem Enjoys "Movies." The moving picture has acquired a .

sudden nnd enormous popularity in Jerusalem, partleularly among the na­tive population, - according to letters from soldiers, there. It Is Impossible to accotnmodate the crowds that try tb'attend the-tfieater;" People almost fonght to get Into a big theater when -the film depleting the. occupation .of Beeraheba was shown.

w a t c h O u t Now that tlto inmigriphers have be<

gnn to ask "'Wtat has bacont« of tb9 old-fashlpned man.wlio nsedi to shsve the back of his neck?" It's time for the barbers, to stt up and take noUce.—> -Buffalo Times. ^

Soine Sattafaotlen. , Another reason why It Is better to be,

an aviator thani a motorist is becatise if your hat blows off the other aviators don't n^n over i t

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YDIIR SON'S UFE OR A MEW SUIT

What it Means If 105,000,000 People, Refuse to Economizfl

t » o l o « f ;«o Uft c a n . V n l e e e that b e d o n e w « m u s t b u y addi t iona l food in n e u t r a l c o u n t r i e s , t h e r e b y UBIHK ton­n a g e t h a t s h o u l d b e k e p t avallalju. for o u r m i l i t a r y ' o p e r a t i o n s and Incr.-aBlnr b u r d l f f l cu l t ies In a d j u s t i n g our trade b a l a n c e s 'with n e u t r a l countm-e

" H u r t * Uf le le 8 a m In Mnny w.-;ys. T o r e t u r n t o our s tory o! iji,,, su i t

of c l o t h e s : D u r i n g l a s t year the United - S t s t e a — h a d — t o — I m p o r t — < : ; i . o o o , O O J p o u n d s of w o o l r e p r e s e n t i n g a value of a b o u t tl72,000,<WO. About halt of t h i s b a m e froii i A r g e n t i n a , Our tu l t s of c l o t h e s c a l l e d for a substant ia l port ion o f t h i s w o o r a n d therefore lo that e x ­t e n t r o b b e d t i n o l e S a m of the u s e of h i s s h i p s . MoreoTor, our factories b e ­l n j b i i s r In p r o d u c i n g the th ings re-Q u l r e l f o r t h e prosecut ion of the w a r a n d o u r h o m e - o o n s u m p i l o n st i l l pro­c e e d i n g a t a l m o s t top speed, the q u a n ­t i t y of g o o d s a v a i l a b l e for uhlpment t o A r g e n t i n a i n i ) a y m e n t for the w o o l ( o r for t h a t m a t t e r to Chi le for nitr'ateo, t o P e r u for t o p p e r , and so o n ) , le Insuffl­c l e n t A s a c o n s e q u e n c e tho U n i t e d S t a t e s h a d t o pay for moro g o o d s i n S o u t h A m o r i c a than South A m e r i c a h a s h a d t o p n y for goods bought in t h o U n i t e d S t a t e s , t h e r e b y caus ing a de ­c l i n e of d o l l a r e x c h a n g e In these - 'neu­tral c o u n t r i e s . T h i s shr inkage In t h e p r i c e of t h e dol lar m e a n s tha t It h a a l o s t a c o r r e s p o n d i n g part of I ts pur-, c h a s i n g ' po-wer In neutral c o u n t r i e s . T h e ; Bcarc i ty of g o o d s a v a i l a b l e f o r bur e x p o r t t r a d e h a s t h u s b e c o m e a a e r i o u s , o b s t a c l e In our w a y In t r y i n g t o s e c u r e a t r e a s o n a b l e p r i c e s or in ade-((uate q u a n t i t i e s s o m e o t . t h e t h i n g s t h a t w e a b s o l u t e l y require f r o m for­e i g n c o u n t r i e s . '

M y s u i t of c l o t h e s b o s h a r t U n c l e S a m . t h e r e f o r e , in s e v e r a l w i l y s : I h a v e c o n s u m e d more w o o l t h a n n e c e s ­s a r y a n d t h e r e b y forced t h e - U n i t e d S t a t e s to impor t a c o r r e s p o n d i n g l y l a r g e q u a n t i t y of t h i s a r t i c l e ; I h a v e c o n s u m e d m o r e c o t t o n j^oods t h a n n e c ­e s s a r y a n d t o t h a t e x t e n t h a v e d e ­p r i v e d U n c l e S a m of t h e m e a n s w i t h w h i c h t o p a y for t h e m i n i m u m , of w o o l w h i c h w ^ m a y h a v e to import .

C l o t h l n q BLit One of M a n y , I h a v e u s e d t h e l l ln s t ra t lon of a n e w

eu i t of c l o t h e s ; i t - w o u l d b e e a s y , t h o u g h s o m e w h a t t e d i o u s , t o s h o w t h a t w e h a v e b e e n d e a l i n g o n l y w i t h o n e c a s e in po in t . T h e c o u n t r y i s s h o r t a t t h i s t i m e of h i d e s a n d s k i n s a n d h a s t o Import l a r g o q u a n t i t i e s f r o m n e u t r a l c o u n t r i e s b e c a u s e w e a r e ex­t r a v a g a n t i n b u r Indiv idual p u r c h a s e s o f s h o e s . S imilarly , ' t h o u g h w e a r e t h e l a r g e s t p r o d u c e r s of copper , w e a r e f o r c e d to I m p o r t copper , from P e r u be­c a u s e o u r c i v i l i a n popula t ion h a s n o t b e g u n auff lc ient ly to curta i l I t s u s e . In l i k e m a n n e r w e m i g h t a s k o u r s e l v e s i s i t a t a l l e x c u s a b l e t b a t a t t h i s t i m e w e s t i l l m a n u f a c t u r e s u c h a r t i c l e s a s s i l k s t o c k i n g s , w h e n e v e r y t h r e a d of s i lk m i i s t b e i m p o r t e d , w h i l e w e c o u l d u s e o u r o w n c o t t o n ?

It Is I m p o s s i b l e a n d u n n e c e s s a r y t i i e n u m e r a t e t h e m a n y a r t i c l e s t h a t a r o i n a s i m i l a r pos i t i on . M a n y b i l l i o n s of d o l l a r s c a n e a s i l y be. s a v e d w h e n o n c e w e a r e c a p a b l e of r e a l i z i n g t h e c u m u l a t i v e ef fect of Indiv idual "sav­i n g ; " t a k e t h e w o r d " s a v i n g " in . i t s l a r g e r m e a n i n g , a s I n v o l v i n g n o t o n l y m o n e y , b u t a l s o g o o d s a n d s e r v i c e s .

,'If e v e r y i n d i v i d u a l cou ld b e m a d e t o s e e 'With.his o'wn e y e s t h a t n e g l e c t of s a v i n g of t h i s sor t m e a n s d e c r e a s e d w a r e f f lc lency , a p r o p a g a n d a of t h e w a r , a n d a l a r g e r n u m b e r of " c a s u a l ­t i e s ; if e v e r y o n e w h o h a s a s o n o r d e a r r e l a t i v e o n t h e flghting l i n e s a c r o s s t h e w a t e r cou ld be . m a d e t o f M l ' t h a t m l l l l o n a of s m a l l s a v i n g s d i r e c t l y a f fec t h i s b o y — t h e r e . w o u l d ' b e n o d o u b t tha t w e cou ld s e c u r e , t h e m o s t c o n s c i e n t i o u s and e n t h u s i a s t i c c o - o p ­e r a t i o n of a l l t h e peop le . T h u s f a r — w e m u s t s a y w i t h r e g r e t — o f 105,000,-0 0 0 . p e o p l e , 100,000,000 do n o t s e e t h e c o n n e c t i o n b e t w e e n t h e su i t o t c l o t h e s and t h e l i f e of t h e boy,

G e r m a n y ' a Enforcec^ EconopDy. G e r m a n y ' s m i l i t a r y s u c c e s a Is l a r g e ­

ly p r e d i c a t e d u p o n h c r ab i l i ty t o c e n ­t e r t h e e n t i r e n a t i o n a l effort n p o n t h e b u s i n e s s of w a r . It Is s a f e to s a y t b a t s h e n e v e r w o u l d h a v e b e e n a b l e to b e a r t h e b u r d e n s of t h e flght a s w e l l a s s h e h a s d u r i n g t b e s e four l o n g y e a r s had It n o t b e e n for t h e e n f o r c e d s a v i n g s In m a t e r i a l , m o n e y a n d m e n b r o u g h t a b o u t throt igh t h e B r i t i s h b l o c k a d e . If It had not b e e n for t h e s t e r n n e c e s s i t i e s c r e a t e d by t h a t b lock­a d e t h e O e r m a n p e o p l e w o u l d n o t h a v e b e e n w i l l i n g to s u b m i t to f a m i n e r a . t l o n s a s to food, c l o t h e s , s h o e s a n d o t h e r s i m i l a r ar t i c l e s . I n d u s t r i e s c a ­t e r i n g to t h e a p p e t i t e s and e x t r a v a ­g a n c e s of t h e m a s s e s would h a v e k e p t m e n and m a t e r i a l from t h e g o v e m m e n t Ins tead of m a k i n g e v e r y t h i n g a v a i l ­a b l e for t h e w a r work of the g o v e r n ­m e n t , a n d financially she w o u l d h a v e e x h a u s t e d h e r s e l f by b u y i n g t h i n g s abroad t h a t s h e could go w l t h o n t or tor w h i c h s h e had to s tra in h e r In­g e n u i t y In flndlng or c r e a t i n g s u b s t i ­t u t e s .

It Is dlfflcult to bring a b o u t d r a s t t S e c o n o m y w i t h o u t the c o m p n i s i o n e x ­e r c i s e d b y h a r d n e c e s s i t y , P o r u s t h e p r o b l e m Is w h e t h e r or not . of o n r o w n free wl l l , w e shall be a b l e t o e s t a b ­l i s h our o w n v o l u n t a r y b l o c k a d e a g a i n s t w a s t e and e x t r a v a g a n c e . I t Is a p r o b l e m w h o s e so lut ion r e q u i r e s t h e g r e a t e s t I n t e l l i g e n c e and t h e g r e a t e s t d e g r e e of unse l f i sh p a t r i o t i s m . I t Is a p r o b l e m that wil l put t h e s p i r i t o f o u r

PAOE SEVKN HAR^RD

>'cws Items. M l s s E u l a W h i t n e y coii}rii..nci-;l wdrk

on.{Monday In t h e offlce of ih<- Sliirh-.v El'cctrlc C o m p a n y a'hd is ,-^tayliiK wni-, -Mr, and' .Mrs . T h o m a s Winutla-r, ,-^iiir-l e y . . . .

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I .•tfOKTGAGEK'S KOKKt I , ( )S l -RE

I SALK OF

REAL ESTATE

LITTLETON

Sf. A i i f h o u j ' s F i e l d I t a } . -

St. A n t h o n y ' s ch-.irch held i t s annual p i cn i c and fleld day l a s t Satu. 'day at W h i t e l y park, the n:any .-vjnuiK-ments and a t t r a c t i o n s be ing l ibera l ly patron­ized. Rev. R o s a r i o R i c h a r d w a s on hand d u r i n g the day and e n d e a v o r e d to m a k e the o c c a s i o n o n c of real e n ­j o y m e n t f o r - a l l -R-ho a t t e n d e d . The S h i r l e y cornet band f u r n i s h e d m u s i c t h r o u g h o u t t h e day and t h e c o m m i t ­t e o : I n ' c h a r g e are to be c o n g r a t u l a t e d o n -the splendid s u c c e t s of t h o day. T h o follow-ing i s a c o m p l e t e l i s t of d o n o r s and w-inners of p r i z e s :

P r i z e o n l a p s . S2 .50 i n K O l d , K l v e n by .Mr.s, C h a r l e s A , M c C - i r t h y , w o n l)y .Mrs C a r t l e r : w i n o . s e t . K i v e . n t y 0 « i a ; ; C ' l i . i i s j s o n , w-on b y O s i a s c t i a i s M o n : s i l v e r p l a t e d c h e e s e ' t r a y , Ki -^en b y t \ l r s i i o s* -M c G r a t l i , w o n b y M r s . f - - ra i ik ' I ' l i o m a s c u s h i o n , " C a m p D e v t n s , " :ri-.-.-n h y M - s M i n n i e B u l K C r , w-on r,y .Mr.s. . l o h t i S l o ­c o m b ; w - h l t o b c d a p r c . - i d , B i v e n b v . M r s . ( . e o r g e S t e b b l n s , - w o n b y A t h i n u e L a n ­d r y ; !ii:i5 r u g , K i v e n b y , V r s . P a n i - l C r e d i t , v v o n b y M r s , B r i n d l e ; • f2 ' ,0 i n K O l d . s i v e n b y M r s . : - : i i i - . abe th c i o n e l . w-on b y M r , s , P l a c l d e C a s . - y S.-i 0 0 i n K o M , s i v e n b y M r s . W i l l . a i n l i i o n e t , w o n b y I t a y m o n d S m i l h : -A- I I I ; . - t a b l e . - io t ,h K l v e n b y M r s , M i c h a - 1 G i o n . I , w o n b-,' A p n i e S e w - e l l : t a b u - c i o t h , K i \ ' - -n b v I ' h i l l a n c e G i o n e t , w-c.n ttv C t . - o r r . - Te*-l o t e ; » 2 , 5 0 i n Ko iO, K - v e n ' b y M r s . P r o ­v o s t , w o n b y M r s . -l.v.xile f.i. 0 ' . \ - . - i l . $2 ,-,o l n e o l d , g - i v e n b y M r s . .1. D e s m o i u l , w-on b y G c o r g e F o l e y , bo.-c c i g a r s g i v e n b y J o h n F l y n n , w-on b y J o h n J . ' D e s m o n d p o r t i e r e s , g i v e n b y N o r a ( l l . - a s O n , w-on b y J o s e p h G i o n e t : $:'.,'".0, g i v e n b y . M r s . L o g u c , w o n b y J o h n F l y n n ; $ r , ,00 g o l d p i e c e , g i v e n h y . M r s , (;, H , T r e m b l a y w o n b y M , J e b h , F i t c h b i . - r g ; c h o c o l a t e s o t , g i v e n b y .Mrs , F e n f d e - t . i l i a r t l e r , w o n b y K v a ( J i o n e t : w a t e r s e t , g i v e n b y L a u r a G , l l l i e n , w-on b y ,Mrn , L l i n m a C r e d i t : J 2 . : . 0 , g i v e n b y M i s s A m , i n d a J o y a l , w o n b y i - : t h e l B , B u l g e r ; g o l d p r u y e r b e a d s , g i v e n b y C h a r l o t t e B o ­d a h , w o n b y R i c h a r d B u s h n o . - , J 2 , 5 0 i n g o l d , g i v e n b y R e n l e M l c h a u d , w-on b y \ \ l l l l a m G i o n e t : m a n i c u r e s e t , g i v e n . b y F l o r i d a G i o n e t , w - o n b y . M r s . J o s e p ; - i A l l e n ; J 2 . 5 0 , g i v e n b y Lod.-i S m i t h , w o n b y E d m u n d B u l g e r : s i l k u m b r e l l a , g i v ­e n b y F l o r a T h o m a s , - A o n b y J e a c h i o m • l e a n : j a r d i n i e r , g i v e n b y E m m a T h o m ­a s , w o n t)y J . ,M. C r e d i t : . ' .O-ya i -d d a s h f o r g i r l s , C o r a I . a m b e r t 1 s t , s i l k u m ­b r e l l a ; 1 0 0 - y d , d a s h f o r b o y s , C h a r l e s G o r d o n 1 s t , $ 1 : ; . 0 - y d . d a s h f . i r b o y s , i : toTo y e a r s , F r a n k . " i d i l e a a 1 s t , S l . : s a c k r a c e , K u c l i d e J o y a l 1 s t . ( iitf b u t t o n s -d o - j g h n u t r a c e , E u c l i d e J o v a l l^;t, S I . p o t a t o r a c e , I . o ; ; i s . - T h o n i i i s I s t . S! b r o a d j u m p , ( - h a r l e s F r e i l . r ."'O-yd. < l a s h f o r b o v s a n d . - : - M a l s k i 1 s t .

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aatlsfy all wants and.that.unrestrlcted attempts on the part-of each Individual j people to the severest teet,-to satisfy his own requirements may lead to a wild scramble and destruc­tive coinpetltlon with the govemment. resulting In fatal delay and endless In­crease. In prices.

The loat of bread available tor our­selves and tor our allies is not large enough -to-"go around" • ^ we-all -wint to cat moro than Is absolutely neces­sary tor our maintenance. It Is every­body's duty, therefore, at this time to "tighten his belt" and to make a genu­ine effort to live on as thin a slice ol

Pottery the Oldest Art. Pottery Is the oldest, the longest and

most widely Olffused of all human arts. Its history. It recorded, would be as old OS the history'of man; Its record­ed history begTns with the bnllding ol tho tower ot Babel. -The. oldest pot­tery knowni is Egyptian, biit'eveiy peo­ple, clvIMzed or barbarian, has prac? tlced' the art In ono or another form. All sttidy ia e*Sor department oi art begins ot or period not>long after the Uosalc delngci bnt uottery is the earliest of all forms of art

The government Is not devoid of means of promoting economy. - Tho war Indostries board, the food and fuel admlnistratlonn, tho capital Issues committee, thc departmont ot labor and department of agrlcultnre all move In the samo direction ot fncreaalng. necessary production and" decrei'sling; unnecessary consumption.-• Full success, however, may be cotmt-ed upon only If the whole-hearted co­operation ot overy citizen ot the United States can be enlisted.

Cleaning Pearls. To clean pearls soatf them In a hot

soup prepared from bran, •with o little ci-eam of tartar and'olnto.' As sootf as cool enough, mb tbo pearls between tho bands. Repeat application' until discoloration disappears. Thin rinse In Inkcwarm •water and lay pearls on white paper In a dark place to cooL

Copper MInM aml.TypheM. -Workers In coppcar a lMt tre mm Ui

b« eenerally tsunnne <nim tj^iotd.

SHIRLEY Ne^^s I t e m s .

J a m e s Ches'ooro-.igh, w h o passed tiie Fitchb-,:rg er,i is;n:ent office last week ihT t h e ' r . a v y , •wa? re jec ted in I'ost.):!, b e i n g si;; pounds under we ight .

L e s l i e 'U'ells ;:as e n l i s t e d in ti ie r a d i o corps of the n a v a l s e r v i c e ,

Tile B a r r e t t house , o c c u p i e d Ijy tite J o s e p h T.-r,-n'ol a;, f a m i l y and -iie M i s s e s Xar,e, has been sold ,

Friinlt H. 'Wheeler h a s a c c e p t e d a pos i t i on a s tran. 'portat ion a g e a t i-.r Jarnes ,;, Storrow,^ fuel a d m i n i s t r . i t o r of M a s s a c h u s e t t s , " Mr, Wheele:- w i l l cor.tir.'je h i s coal and w o o d b u s i n e s s , a s t h e a b o v e posi t ion i s o n l y t e :npor-a r i l y a s s i s t i n g the federa l g o v e r n m e n t

M i s s 'Virginia Fifield and Miss "Mil-d r e n Coie , of Ti l ton, \ . H , ; a l s o . S a m ­uel Mather , of New 'i'ork, and .Miss Ora B r o o k s , of Bos ton , are g u e s t s at t h e h o m e cf i\!r. ,md Mrs , T h o m a s E, W h i t a k e r , Clyde B r o o k s , a nephew-of Mrs, Whitaker . i s conf ined at the 'W.hitaker m a l a r i a .

Capt, ar.d i.ir: t a i n e d ;.t t.'ie:: F r i d a y e v f : . : n p n u r s e s frcr:; th De-.'ens, ': l;cr,( D o r i s :.i, Farrar e s s w a s assist* F e r n a l d r.ad 'r orat ions , were a

Josei>h L.M.dr t h e e o l o r s .ir.vi o n "vVediiesti^v,

T h e S,-i::s, -t h e i r jilant ,.: o w i n g to tt;-

Mrs. W a •' f e w d a y s ;.• • .-in P r o v i d e : •

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•Mr. and " -t h i s v.'eek S;.' t i o n ,it I s ia : :

M i s s Lir.;... t e r , s p e n t a !• h o m e of !:er : e l m a n .

T h o r e s i t ' E d w i n Poif , : : - ' scene of a : • 'Wednesday -Earl F, Por.fr-' party by a :, friends in h, day. Games ments serve

l:cn;e with a n at tuck of

i a m e s B o w e n e n e r -;.;)artment last w-?ek ; party of o ir icers and

.'lase h o s p i t a l . C a m p • Of thSir g u e s t . Mis'-

>f B o s t o n , T h e l iost -: by Mrs . K a t h e r : : , .

Guy Cook. T h e d •r-

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h a s b e e n c a l l e d t-i tered C a m p Deve:i,=

- r d a g e W o r k s cl.^sed ^'ednesday afternn.-ir,, - nse h e a t , , •:owIea Is s p e n d i n i . ; :iome of her hroth-^r ' ;-, and Mrs, R o b e r ' ;

:i)hn T, •Smith I c f o j ••'' for a w e e k ' s --ac i- i

-k. R, I. 1

k c l m a n , of T.anoa = - | i.iys t h i s w e e k at tite ;

•r, H o n r y W, Bnici-;- j

( e n t e r .

, Sir J a m e s Sai .ds , .!res:d.-;:t ul - :,e • i c s i s l a t i v p asse:,:'D!y cf the Bahii:;.:..-

and Lady S a n d ; w . r e i;:io.-;;.; of i'.ir'. and .Mrs. C, K. Bo i t cn a=- S a i i i r d a ; .

.Miss ?;]eanor 'i.r.T.L.i'xy r ' t ; :rnei ' ixo:.." i a s t Stiturday ,-,:;er s ; -nd i : i ; : ,i v,,-.l^ w-ith lier s i s ter , '.liss .•.;,\rr,-i;et Lo: i:-

• ley , ill Winthrop.

.Mr, and .\[rs. (l i. S'l.c-, lett op. T u e s d a y for :' ix.xr.i.t.. . - l -oofhlc-" U a r b o r . Me.

Robert H. J. i-icidf: -. -.iu-.. ly - e -cnver i i ig frem a:i attf. i. .f l i i - . j i -h . ' . s .

.Mr. Wi!so:i . of M a i d - : , ••;•.,: ;i lc-,v-on T u e s d a y ':in(i r- njci-itnods from tlte t-:,'-;::* cupi'-d by ir.s s i s t - r , ,' is iil at the Grc:-.r. h(

Staiiw-oo.i K P.litc.r on .^londa,-.• f.'ii..wir.c ' .-• disti,: of t i le H;ir\.-irfi K O 7 • ' . wli i . Ijoeii in c:t:u;. ::. I.. ::• . -'• r 't:!,'; mer.

M r . i i i i . i M : - . T s ' . . :.• : : .- :

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of Mr. a n i

Miss H--:-:-x:t Hnsion f

Robin M:c tile holl le of I 'ercy MacK.

>"e«s I t e n i s .

.Many L i t t l e t o n fr ient is r f s r c t to iearn of .Mlss L u c y A. S a r g e n t ' s d e a t h at her h o m e in . \ y e r last w e e k . H e r tht ldhocd and m o s t of her l ife had been spent in S o u t h L i t t l e t o n , at t h e farm o w n e d a n d carr i ed on bv her father, S a m u e l S a r g e n t , S i ie r ece iv ­ed her e d u c a t i o n h e r e and w a s a m e m ­ber of L, H, S, 1S8J, It w a s her a m ­bit ion to t e a c h s c h o o l , but hej: hea l th in ter fered a n d s h e w a s &bHge(l t o remain a t h o m e for the , m o s t part, ivhere s h e p a t i e n t l y bore her infirmi­t ies . Miss S a r g e n t w a s very quiet and re t i r ing in m a n n e r , but g e n t l e and very s w e e t In dispos i t ion' . A l t h o u g h s h e w a s u n a b l e to t a k e an a c t i v e part in any m o v e m e n t her i n t e r e s t w a s by no m e a n s l a c k i n g , and h e r inf luence W a s pos i t ive and e v e r h e l p i n g .

T h e C o n g r e g a t i o n a l c h u r c h w-ill be c losed a g a i n on S u n d a y , but on the fo l ­l o w i n g S u n d a y it w-ill be open and t i ie pas tor wi l l r e t u r n to h i s pulpi t . It i s hoped that a l a r g e c o n g r e g a t i o n will t e p r e s e n t to g r e e t h im on tl iat day ,

Mr. and M r s , J . H, R e m i c k motored to R y e , . \ . , H, , w h e r e they spent last iveek-end w i t h h i s peop le ,

Mrs, M. B, W i l d e r , of .Vew E s t a t e road, e n t e r t a i n e d a party of s e v e n fr iends l a s t S u n d a y — s i x f r o m X e w t o n and o n e frora W a s h i n g t o n , D , C.

The D, G, H o u g h t o n s . motored to ,Greenwich 'Vi l lage . S u n d a y , a n d brought w i t h t h e m on the ir re turn trip Mrs, L u c y H o u g h t o n Zappey,

Mr, and M r s . J o h n H a r t w e i l , of SomerviUe , a r e r e c e i v i n g c o n g r a t u l a ­t ions on the b ir th of a n o t h e r son . born last week T h u r s d a y .

Owing to c h a n g i n g condi t ions , the pageant at C a m p D e v e n s referred to in this co lumn a fe-w w e e k s ago , h a s been indefinitely p o s t p o n e d ,

L i t t l e ton w a s v i s i t e d by a r o u g h w i n d s t o r m and h e a v y t h u n d e r s h o w e r on W e d n e s d a y e v e n i n g , W'e fail t o iearn of m u c h d a m a g e d o n e , but t r e e s were b l o w n o v e r and b r a n c h e s w e r e torn from the t r u n k s in m a n y p l a c e s .

J. B. B l o d g e t t w e n t to Groton . Mon­day, and b e g a n w o r k i n g for Dr, Ki l ­bourn at the h o s p i t a l , Mrs, B i o d g e t t wil l not f o l l o w unt i ! n e x : m o n t h , w h e n the son , W i l l a r d B i o d g e t t , w-iil e n t e r the Burdett C o m m e r c i a l c o l l e g e .

An a t t rac t ive porch i s in p r o c e s s of instruct ion at J. F. .Moore's r e s : c - n c e : K i n g s t r e e t .

George Moore ,;nd fami iy , wh.' •. i s i t -- a t .1. F. .Moore's for x, le-.v c e e k s

re turned to the ir :,.:::.- i:: I S : S a i ; i r d : i y ,

By v ir tue of t h e p o w e r of sa l e c o n ­tained in a cer ta in m o r t g a g e deed dated A u g u s t J4, 1900, g iven by P icrro •Mlllett to -Martha G. P a l m e r , and re ­corded In the M i d d l e s e x S o u t h Dis tr i c t R e g i s t r y of D e e d s , Book ii839, p a g o •i'is. for breach of t h e cond i t i ons of said m o r t g a g e a n d for the purpose of f o r e c l o s i n g the s a m e , t h e r e w-ill bo se ld at publ ic a u c t i o n on- the p r e m i s e s on S a t u r d a j , the 3 1 s t day of A u g u s t , I'Jlh. ut 2 p . in . a l l a n d s i n g u l a r t h e p r e m i s e s c o n v e y e d by s a i d m o r t g a g e , and descr ibed a s f o l l o w s ;

"A certain parce l of l and w i t h the bui ld ings thereon s i t u a t e d on a pr i ­va te way s o u t h e r l y f r o m L e i g h t o n Street in, tho e a s t e r l y par t c t said Peppere l l c o n t a i n i n g o n e - f o u r t h of a n a c r e more or, l e s s and b o u n d e d and descr ibed a s follow-s: n a m e l y ;

" B e g i n n i n g a t t h e s o u t h e a s t e r l y corner of tho p r e m i s e s o n t h e s o u t h ­e r l y s ide of sa id pr iva te w a y a t land noy,- or former ly of A l b e r t L e i g h t o n -t h e n c e s o u t h e r l y by s « d Le ighton land about o n e hundred and fifty-two • feet to land of E d w a r d G o g g i n s , t h e n c e w e s t e r l y by sa id Gogg ln land about s e v e n t y - t w o fcct to a c o r n e r ; t h e n c e n o r t h e r l y by land n o w or form­er ly of sa id G o g g l n a b o u t o n e hundred and fifty-two f e e t to t h e said private w a y ; t h e n c e e a s t e r l y h y said w a v a b o u t s e v e n t y - t w o f e e t t o t h e point of b e g i n n i n g ; b e i n g t h e s a m e p r e m i s e s c o n v e y e d t o m e by A u g u s t i n e Mll le t t dated A u g u s t n i n t h , 1900,"

T e r m s ' c a s h ; o t h e r t e r m s a n n o u n c e d at the t i m e and p l a c e of s a l e .

M O S E S P, P A L M E R , A d m i n i s t r a t o r of t h e E s t a t e o t Martha

G, P a l m e r , M o r t g a g e e . 3t48

P e p p e r e l l , Mass . , J u l y 30, 1918.

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t h o presenfa t ; . :: to E a r l of a p a i r o t g o l d cuff lin'K- he g i f t of t h o s o w h o i n v a d e d t h e ho:.;e u n a n n o u n c e d . D u r ­i n g t h e cvei.:: L ice c r e a m ; c a k e and p u n c h w a s - n e d . T h o fo lTowIng y o u n g p e o p l ' - ' T O prcson't f A l b e r t D e a r d e n , E a : i P o m f r e t , E a r l 'Weave, H o w a r d K n o w l e s . C h a r l e s P e n e s e a u , E r n e s t 'White, c h a r i c s a n d F r c d 'Will, H e r b e r t B irchs tead , R a y m o n d C h e s -i ) o r o , C l a r e n c e H o b p e r , E v e r e t t B a r ­n a r d , R u t h Coddington, L e a h •Wheeler . E t h e l K n o w l e s , 'Katherlne SJJner. A l i c e a n d M y r t l o Cioi*', R u t h H o o p e r , O m a •Wolff a n d Dorothy M i l l i k e n ,

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