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Fortieth Year One Dollar and Fifty Cents a Year To AdvancTTTyin^ Subscribers Only One no l l r

ORDER No 907 New Rules of the Post

Office Department The followinlt section is takoii from

the latest revision of postal laws of the official order of the Pos tmaster General nffcoting iicwsjiapers in force J a n u a r y 1 1908

Renewals of Subscriptions 3 A reasonable time will be allowed

publishers to secure renewals of subscripshytions but unless subscriptions are expressshyly renewed after the term for whicli they are paid within the following periodsmdash dailies within three months triweeklies

Aver Mass Saturday Fchruarv ISTl-QOS

Dutchess No 22 Price Four Cents

Tllhs IS l I lK TIME OE THK YEAR WHEN vor WONDER IK A Trousers

-bdquo 111 lutc UJU11U13 triwecKues - - -laquo AIS i i within six months semiweeklies within I ^J- chairman who had prepared i -bull-bull - - bull bull bull 3 aolj-written well-delivered paper that I nine months weeklies within one year semimonthlies within three months monthshylies within four months bimonthlies within six months quarterlies within six months mdashthey shall not be counted in the legitishymate list ot subscribers and copies mailed on account thereof shall not be accepted for mailing at the second class postage rate of one cent a pound but may be mailshyed at transient second class postage rate of one cent for each ounce or fraction thereof prepaid by stamps aliixed

A 11 o I- T TOWXmdashGilbert A Hood a veteran of the civil war died at his home on the -Vcton road on Monday aged sevenshyty years Mr Hood enlisted from Lowshyell in Company K heavy artillery and served three years He is survived by a son and daughter who live in the west For the past twenty years he has made his home with Mrs Mann The funeral took place from his home Uev I- H Bil-Ungton of the Unitarian church of Carshylisle officiating Burial was in the Edson cemetery Lowell Wednesday afternoon

Wallace W lohnson has finished harshyvesting his ice about 1000 tons fourteen inches thick

The birthday of Lincoln was observed AV ednesday and the schools of the town were closed in the afternoon

The sum of fifteen dollars was netted from the food sale held at the home of Mrs A M Richardson last week Friday The occasion was enlivened by selections from the Victor talking machine exhibitshyed by Mrs George T Day

V vesper service at Unitarian church last Sunday was well attended Rev 1 H Bailey delivered an appropriate sershymon The choir of the church was assistshyed by a male ifuartet from Lowell The anthem Hark hark my soul contralto solo by Mrs H M Seavey and Miss Ger trude 1-letcher soprano was exceptionally well rendered Miss Fletcher and Mr Ward tenor sang the duet Let not your heart be troubled with the spirit and the understanding Two iiuartets were sung by George -Maguire Henrv Boyd John Ihompson and Mr Ward of Lowell Mr Warren of Lowell sang the solo bullbull Beyond the gate^ of Pirad1se Mrs Fred K Bryant organist rendered an enchanting voluntarv

On Sunclay afternoon at (iii the youu peoples guild ofthe Unitirian church

Mrs John Feltli and sou Edward have moved into the tenement over the old store Edward is in the eiuplov of John bullbull C Vbbot

CiiumdashOne of the best programs of the season was given at the meeting of i Tadmuck club Tuesday afternoon at 11-1 brary hall In the opening eiereises Miss Loker the president with happy felicity referred to tlie close proximity of the dav I wr i ^J u wrs i i-jj- ( H F V I O T ^ AMTi crvi-i-r-ui-c to Lincolns birthday and paid loyal trib- o r ^ f f r ^ ^ ^ ^ T ^ bull x bullbullgtCOJCHLS YOU CAN EASILY SELECT A PAIR ute to the memory of this great-and good I V V O O T T e r S O m O F i n G B U P S ^ f ^ 9 0 0 ^ O P^t^ C t O r r rt^ ^ - ^ ^ man Mis Lva L Fletcher supplied a ^ ^ CI 1 U GCD CX L O ^ U U O - ^ b U C D O 0 0 S 3 B O ^ A DCV uiost interesting group of current events EveVV P a 1P V V i r r ^ i rnf o H 1 0 ^ t^ ^o V ^ ^ - W W v p O O W C p ^ V J L T after which came the subject of the afterbull i^vlaquoiv^ t^aii va i r a n t e d lOc a Bu t ton Or Si OO if tht^V Rit^ noon which is the last in the series in fmdashN 1 r - T bull ^ ^ ^ _ _ ^ - y r i i p charge of the domestic science committee i Ihis^subject wtis bull Sanitation Mrs II bull

uan who had nrenared i OPPOSITE DEPOT

^ ^ ^ s ^ THOUSERS WILL HELP TO FINISJl THAT GOOD COAT AND

OENEUALLV THEV WILL AXD FKOM O l K LINK OF FINE WOHSTEL CIIKVIOTS M r bdquo bdquo ___ A PAIR

held the closest attention of her audience to the end She said in introduction that sanitation was not so much a product of modern thinking as is commonly supposed giving an outline of the place it held amonf ancient peoples The speaker as is necesdeg sary in a thorough treatment of this subshyject covered a wide range and amon some ot the sub-topics all clearly and aptdeg ly illustrated were the location ot the house and sunshine pure air and dryness as essentials thereto as sunshine and health go hand in hand the menace ot unsanitary cellars giving a sharp contrast of an unshysanitary cellar and a sanitary one The speaker then spoke of the value and necesshysity ot pure air in the house the differshyence between sufficient oxygen and oxyshygen starvation and the worth of well edushycated olfactory nerves then the best methshyods of heating and lighting the house esshypecially recommending open fireplaces but with little approval of the oil heater The furnishing ot rooms kitchen appointments eare of the refrigerator wells the bathshyroom freedom from flies and mosquitoes personal hygiene the value otaknowledt^e ot sanitary science to the housewife the desirability of wise janitors tor all places where people gather the dailv sunninltr and airing of the home wereall wisely treacd

A short paper on the same general sub-ject written hy Mrs Frost and read by Miss Manuel was then given and Mrs C L Hildreth closed the program with selections from Mrs Ellen H Kichards latest work Sanitation in daily life

At the next meeting Feb 25 the subshyject will be -Birds Miss Clara Fisher chairman

-voiy I ctu vvcurantea lUc a Button or $100 if they Rip

D W FLETCHER amp SON AYER Mass OPPOSITE DEPOT - ^ 1 I i V l d O O

U U Johnson who furnishes the enshytire town of Westford with ice finished harvesting his crop this week This ice IS uken from Burgess pond and is of exshycellent quality (^uite a number of Granshyiteville men have assisted Mr Johnson in this work

The ladies aid society of the Methodist church met with Mrs J B Carmichael on rhursday afternoon

The weather has been extremely cold of late and on several mornings the past week the mercury has passed below the zero mark The lowest point reached so lar IS fourteen below

Mrs Sarah Bowers Holland aged thirshyty-nine years died at the home of her sisshyter Mrs William Welch in this village on Monday niht after a lingering illness She was the widow of John Holland whose death occurred but a few months a^o and leaves to mourn her loss a son andtlaugh-ter Leon and Madeline Holland as well as many relatives and triends in this vi-cinitv

o entertain thu Tyngsboro guild per will be readby the ishn Westford guild has chare of tlu-with special music

West Chelmsford wis we at the vesper service at Lnitariiin cluirch last Sunday as a result of the new electric line which has not only the power of conshyveyance but the jiower of introducing to new asioltiation and making the seemingly far oir close by It is the lirst introducshytion to this ancient parish in real numbers to a Sunday evening service from the pretshyty little Methodist village of West Chelmsshyford The electrics are doing much to eliminate town boumlarius thev mav ilo much to modify denominational boundaries

There will be an entertainment and dance in the town hall Fridav evenin Feb -21 for the benefit of a disableil vtt-eran Joseph Wall is the real active anshygel of mercy in this enterprise Ho is apshypealing to all to serve as lieutenant angels in helping him in charity work

The next meeting ot the grange will be devoted to the consideration of Bonnie bullScotland Paper bull Scotland before the reformation Rev B H Bailey ^Scotshyland after the reformation Kev C P Marshall music old Scottish ballads

T H E KEMAINS- of Miss Sarah B Abshybott whose tragic death at Groton Sunshyday brought sorrow to many former friends here were brought to Westford Tuesday and placed in the tomb at Fairview where later interment will be in the family lot Her father Rev Ephraim Abbott was a former preceptor at Westford academv and the family residence was the one now occupied by H B Hali and later for a much longer period the one where Mrs C II Fletcher lives Miss -Vbbott was of a retiring disposition nnd durimr the later years of her life waJ handicapped by much ill health but those -vdmitted to the inner circle other love and friendship cin testify to her lovable qualities She was a most intelligent reader and a great

lover of all that was beautiful in nature A pa- I ind ever faithful in the discliarge of dailv

guild duties as thev came to her To the be-fivi-e reaved brother and sister the Westfonl

friends eitend most sincere svmpatliv represented

(11 INIKmdashAt the gran-e last week ihnrsday night promptness in bcinnin^ I a goorl attendance- anl the new official I stall acting well their parts were note-

Vfogt 1 1 bull I bull mauer ot not ikinc the water

the early part of the week many of the pipes in the different houses were frozen up but this was soon remedied and as the weather has moderated since it is thought that the householders will not be caudeglit napping again

CENTKImdashMiss Mary Morin our vilshylage nurse is again conducting a lioltjiital on a miniature scale at her home The little twin laughters of Mr Longof (ran-iteville were operated on Saurilay foreshynoon formdashwell the writer does not know the technical term but the every-ltlay term would ba extreme bow-legs The operashytion was by a Boston snrgeon assisted by Dr Wells Both little patients are doing well and are happy in the thought that they will oventuafly be able to run about hke other children They are children ot a very large family and the father is doing all he can to meet the medical bill and anyone feeling kindly disposed to send in fruit or other delicacies may feel very Mre that they are doing a really helpshyful thing

Charles L Hildreth has been makingtraquo the most ot the good sledding and filled his icehouse this week from Burgess pond

The repairs in the gate at the bottom of the standpipe on Prospect hill which broke Saturday with a loss of many hunshydreds of gillons ot water have been comshypleted nnd householders are again enjoyshying the use ot the water Temporarily being without after getting a little used to it made the users appreciate the blessshying all the more

^ A good^ cE service was held at the Congregational church Sunday evening it being to observe the anniversary of the founding of Christian Endeavor Various phases of the work as a whole and in tho local laquoocilaquoty were ably treated by John P J^right A E Day L W Wheeler and Mr Marshall A solo was rendered by Mrs 0 DColburn

worthy features sion the lecturer program vocal hiet C A Reid and E G Boynton with Mrs Keid at the piano-qu-irtet Messrs Foss Bovnton Reid and Hildreth An encore was responded to after which came the address bv worthv state cliaplain Kev A 11 Wheelock on bull1 he grange and the public good Mr gt lieelock said in part that for fullnes- a man needs to belong to more than one orshyganization There are three foundations of societvmdashthe home the church the school There is a place for the grange alongside ot these and helpful to theSi having a purpose outside of the dh-ect field o the church and yet akin to it He deshyplored the appearance in our country ot the eniphasis on class differences as not

I helpful to the community One ot the most valuable principles of the cranc is its insistance on the democratfc spirit

the grange honors the labor of the hands holding the labor of the lieM equally honshyorable with that of theilesk Inspcakinrr of the home he said tbat it is required of a man that if he marry he can support a home so it should be required of a woman tliat she can care for it An institution or individual that exists tor itlaquoelt alone canshynot continue so let each local grange enshyter into the public life ot its community by Uking an active interest in village Imshyprovement library schools etc Readshying circles in the granee were advocated Create a feelldg ot fellowship with any other organixaUon in the community let grange and church cooperate for each can help the other

A rising vote of thanks was extended to Mr Wheelock for his excellent address At the business session the members votshyed withafino touch ot patriotic sentiment to spend five dollars in the purchase ot a Hag to be used at the meetings

Hunsov DvRLiNG a former resident of this place was seriously injured while at work at the icehouses in Sast Groton last Saturday afternoon Darling was at work on the run when in some unaccountable way the chainwhich carries the ice from the pond to the house slipped ofif breakshying the run and carrying Darling to the ground with it He was struck by one of the large cakes ot ice and rendered unshyconscious and his face on the hard icy ground did not help matters any Dr Lovejoy of Pepperell was summoned and stated that Darling was injured internally but was not ready to make anv definite statement as to the extent of his injuries until the man had regained consciousness He is now in the boarding house at East Uroton and his brothers wife Mrs Elshylery Darling is acting as nurse until difshyferent arrangements can be made His condition is considered dangerous

WATKI SLTPLYmdashAfter manv months of waiting the Westford Water Co has got matters adjusted so that water was turned on in the houses here last Saturshyday Before this the main pipes had been thoroughly flushed and evervthing got in rcidiness It is not expected that this water will be at its best for drinkin purshyposes at the start but even so it isdegmuch better than the average well water in this vicinity at the present time and the conshyveniences for household purposes to be deshyrived from having running water in the house will amply repav the consumers on that point alone the rest will come later there are still many however who have not had their houses piped as vet but it IS ihouglit that when the warm sprinltT days lt-ome they will soon fall in line for It IS not a matter of not liking the water

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Our Annual Mid-Winter

Following our custom for many years we will during the month of February hold our Annual Clearance Sale of the balance of our stock of Winter Clothing and Furnishings We wish to close out our stock of Winter Wearables and we are quite vvilling to grant you big price reshyductions in order to accomplish that object

Now IS your time to buy Clothing Its our profitless timemdashyour money-saving time Ev-

S-^ bull fu^ deg^ deg ^^degc^ ^ d let nothing-stand-in the way of our making this sale a -recshyord breaker

The original price tags together with the-reshyduced price on every garment

Here are some of our inducements Everv Item a money saver

bull bull 1

Mens Uercoats Not a siii-lc ^iniieiit rc-^ervcl All hi

ments nnd not a jioor -tylc in the lot

Overcoits that were sect7 47 iiw

Overcoats that wen- SldOO now

bullJvercoats that were sect1200 now

Overcoat- that were $1-0 00 now

Overcoats thai were $ 1 8 01) now

Ovorcoals tliat w-rc sect2000 IKW

Overcoats that were sect2200 row

Kle 2a Mens Suits

sectbull-

s

11 11 15

IG

loHoKmdashtJertrude little daughter of Mr and Mrs Ernest Mountain is verv sick with pneumonia Mrs G H Pres-cotts recovery is slow but we are glad to report that ihe is gaining Miss Marion Sweatt had quite an ill turn on Saturdav night but ismuch better now Dr Blanev was called

The little twin daughters of Mr Lon are at estford for treatment to their limbs which were quite deformed Their mother died a short time ago and one of the older daughters takes chartre ot the household duties of the home deg

The ladies circle met last week Thursshyday with Mrs Randall She has very kindly offered the use of her house for these meetings as it very convenient for most ot the members

Mrs Catchpole entertained a number of her friends at supper last Sunday makino-a very enjoyable reunion

Letters from William Orange of Comshypany Q n t h Infantry tell of his serious Illness in the hospiul at Fort Russell Wyoming

William Wilkinson of Hartford Conn and his sister Miss Dells are visiting their parents

A number of the village people attended the funeral of Mrs Holland at Granite-l i ir children and her sister Mrs Welch have the sincere sympathv of their friends in this village

Miss Plummer has been called to Salem by the illness of her sister

Mens Fur Coats and Fur-Lined Coats

Kvei-y garnu-nt now crocs sr a cut ]vr-

F u r Coats that wi-i-o S2o()0 now

F u r Coits that were sect2=)00 now-

F u r Coats that were sect3000 now

Fur-Lined Coats regular S3000 quality

Fur-Lined Coats regular S3750 quality I now

now

sect13

10

25

25

47 47 00 00

Mens Drixing Coats Coats that were sect 15 00 n o w

Coats that were sect18 00 now

Coats that wore sect2000 now

30 OO

sect11 47 14 47 15 47

A large number of Suits from which to make a selecshytion All size J4 to 44mdash

1 lot of Suits that were sect7 47 now

1 lot of Suits that ivere sect1000 now

1 lot of Sui ts that were sect1200 now

1 lot of Suits that were sect1350 now

I lot of Suits that were $1500 now

1 lot of Suits that wore sectKS00 now

sect 5 47

7 47

8 47

10 00

11 47

14 47

Boys Long Pant Suits 1 lot of Suits that were sect747 now sect 5 47

1 lot of Suits that were sect847 now 6 47

Childrens Two-piece Suits Ages 3 to 16

1 lot tha t were sect275 now

1 lot t h a t were sect3 50 iTow

1 lot tha t were sect500 now

$ 1 98 2 47 3 47

n fl^l Peoted citizens has been On Sunday afternoon at 430 Rev Sher-r e i r ^ i u ^ pneumonia but the k f d Billing will preach in the mission

n t l r rL r bdquo tbdquoJL laquol^^^^^^^^ raquo ^ ^ 5 - ^ - ^ ^ goes o the twedegn-now on the road to recovery His daughshyter MISS Margaret has also been on the sick list but is now convalescent

Mr and Mrs John R Healy who reshyside on the Daniel Ward plaio on the i^unsublo road are rejoicing in the arshyrival of a baby girl born last Saturday

Many people from here joumeyed to Forge Village Sunday to w i e h thVlaree force of men of the Daniel Gage Ice d at work^ Thi work will be alllompleted

fear for an ice famine next Mmmer

tieth anniversary of a -church in Ssueus h u i t b y h i m while rector of St Lukes Maiden

^I^W ADVERTI8KMENTS

LOST On East Main street Feb 11 Ladies Natur-Sif- Sif)^ ^^f-Jdegltgterple^ mrnunl-H^7jt ^ ^ ^ n Ayer Box 882

y f d I sect ^ ^ ^ r d S deg e t ^ x ^ - J^raquolaquolaquoraquoraquot^ere$amp75 now Groton Mas gt^^- raquoraquo^fraquoICoatt that were $760 now

Boys^ Overcoats Overcoats th-it wore sect 1 0 00 now

Overcoats that were sect800 now

Overcoats that were sect747 now

Overcoats that wore sect500 now

Childrehs Overcoats Ages 3 to 10 years

Overcoits tha t were $5 00 now

Overcoats t ha t were $4 00 now

Overcoats that were $3 00 now

Mens Odd Trousers Many hargains in Mens Odd Trousers

1 lot regnlir S200 goods now 1 lot regiiiar 8250 -nd $275 grade now 1 lot regular $300 and $350 grade now

Mens Negligee Shirts 1 lot of Mens Negligee Shirtp regular 76c

value now

Sheep-Lined Coats In Duck and Corduroy outside All reduced

Coats that were $300 now Coats that were $500 now Coats that were $amp75 now

sect7 47

600

5 47

3 89

$ 3 89

2 89

1 08

Si 59 1 08 2 47

Childrens Three-piece Suits Ages 9 to 16

1 lot of Suits that were $500 now

1 lot of Suits that were $650 now laquo2 50

3 25

59c

$i 00 4 00 4 75 6 66

Winter Caps All our W i n t e r Caps a t reduced prices

Mens S i 0 0 Caps now

Mens 75c Caps now

Men s 50c Cips now

Mens 25c Caps now

Boys 50o Caps now

Boys 25c Caps now

Tams and Toques Tams that were $100 now Tams that were 76c now Tams that were 50c now Toqnes that Were 50c now Toques that were 25c now

Sweaters Childrens $100 Sweaters now Missis $ 150 Sweaters now Ladies$200 Sweaters now Ladies $300 Sweaters now Ladies $860 Sweaters now Boys $100 Sweaters now

Mens Working Shirts 1 lot of Mens Working Shirts 60o gnd^ a b ^

M

76o 500 S9c 19c 39o 19c

SOo

35o S9o I9o

768 1 19 1 50 2 00 350 706 lt

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A PEANUT SPREE

Suggestions For a Merry Evening With tho Toothsome Nuts

From six to ten Is the best number t o play this game A leader Is chosea who arranges tho order of events and takes down tho records with pencil a n d paper Prizes may be given to t he winner In each stunt or to the one who a t the end of the game has the laquoreatest numlier of successes to his c f t d i t

Two or three quarts-of peanuts are ^ r e a d on a table In the middle of the room

A dish of any kind Is filled with the a n t s and each player guesses how numy i t contains

See who can hold the greatest numshyber In one hand without the assistance o l the other In placing them there

A peanut la susigtended by a thread bull I w u t a yard long and on the floor Is placed a vase with mouth just large enough to receive the nut Each playshye r In turn holds the string so that tlie peanut dangles a foot or more above t h e vase and tries to drop it In Each person Is given five peanuts

laquond a t o signal all begin to shell them H e who finishes first is the winner Tbe Inner skins must be removed and BO nut broken If one gets broken nn-other may be taken In Its place

Five nuts are placed on a chair at one end of the room Each player in t n m must take them one by oue and p a t them on a chair at the opposite end of the room returning them in like manner The one doing it most quickshyly is the winner

A large pin is stuck upright in the floor and each player in turn pitches five peanuts at it ono by one He who makes a nut remain nearest the pin w l i s

Each shells five peanuts aiul the one who catches the greatest ntinibor of these In his mouth after tossing them Jn the air wins

A player is chosen by lot to stand a t one ond of the room with mouth wide open while each of the others t i les to toss three peanuts into it one a t a time

A SMART SCREEN

It Is Made cf Light Blue Sheer Lawn or Any Other Color

Something beautiful in a window tcreen will cost yon only the price of some very thin blue lawn provided you already luivo a frame and many homes have screen frames wbich have once doue duty and ouly await someshything new in a covering It takes a double thickness of lawn for the screen because the deslKns are pasted | lightly between the covers xuid when | the light shines through the screen there is a beautiful shadow ellect One neat design is a stork standing amid cattails and pond lilies another is bunches of grapes aud leaves aud the odd little ligiires of dancing Dutch children or pretty geisha girls make good shadowgraphs 1 handsome covshyering can be made with white lawn the pictures being in colors which reshyflect through the material it is lgtest to cut the patterns from paper and paste ver^- lightly to ono piece of the material after it has been tacked in place lways Iron the pieces to the material to prevent wrinkles or the patterns can be cut from dress goods and attached In the same manner V large screen will be attractive if covshyered with cheap unbleached muslin and the flgures cut from heavy paper which show in bold relief on the white background Shades for lamps can be made in the same manner either with floral effect or any of the conventional patterns commonly used

PRETTY FEET

HoA to Shape and

ELECTRIC DEVICES

They Aie Not Expensive but Are Very Convenient

The electric range that must have special wiring is costly But other devices are within easier reach They are operated simply by attaching the conviction to the electric light socket froril wiiich the ordinary bulb is temshyporarily removed for the purpose Among these conveniences ire the elecshytric flatiron maintained at the proper tenii)orature while ujoviutr over tho Ironing board in action the electric

Conundrums It a father gave 19 cents to one of

his sons and C cents to the other What t h n e w o u l d l t be A quarter to 2

If a postmaster went to a menagerie and was eaten by one of the wild beasts what time would it be Eight p m

I f a guest a t a restaurant ate a lobshyster and a second guest did the same wha t would be the second gtiosts teleshyphone number 8-1-2

How can you spell barge with thirshyteen letters Bee aye are gee emdash barge

To what state should maidens and bachelors go To Mary (marry) land

Why is borrowed money like a man without friends Because it is a loan ltaIone)

Preserve The Condition

Th-i a pretty foot Is one of womans greatest chunus Is universally concedshyed and the woman who wants to preshyserve the shape of her pedal extremi- i lies nmst perforce bestow considerably i more attention upon them than she Is credited with doing says the Chicago Tribune To keep them trim aud li-Iiely iiot baths should be resorted to Ilecpieut change of shoes Is ad-visabk IS It rests the feet and helps to keep tlici] III good condition After a long tniMi l i t he them in warm water afterward rob ing with bay rum or coshylogne But after all the weekly jjcdi-curlng shoiilil not be forgotteu It Is just as inipunaut as maulcuring Aft-er a hot foutbiith all callosities should be treated with pumice stone and if one desires to pvevent their return apshyply a plaster cf chamois skin with a hole in the lteiiier This will not only relieve but cure Toe nails do not need triiniiilng as often as finger nails They should be trimmed square across kept at a moderate length and otherwise treated as those of the fingers

The feet should be washed ever-morning If it were made a dally cus-torn the beauty of the feet would be better preserved and there would be fewer corns blisters and bunions Should the feet ije prone to dampness the stockings should be changed every day and the soles of the clean stockshyings should be sprinkled with some good toilet powder

Patent leather has a bad effect ijn many feet and therefore women with tender feet should avoid It Slippers of a much thinner leather called patshyent kid can be obtained This looks quite as smart and does the feet far less harm

A GOOD TIME TO HAVE THE

Furnace Steam OR

Hot Water Plant Fixed Up for the Winter

Is Now GETS PIIOMPT ATTEXTION AND THK

Best of Work A A Fil iebrown amp Co

DEALER IX

STOVES ALL KINDS OF

Heating bull Apparatus AXD ONLY FIRST CLASS PLUMBIXG TIX SHEET 1 R 0 AXD

COPPER WORK

Watch the Date on Your Paper SUBSCRIBERS ARE URGED TO K E E P THEIK SUBSCRIPTIOXS P I D

IX ADVANCE OXE DOLLAR PER YEAR

IF XOT PAID IX ADVAXCE OXE DOLLAR AXD FIFTY CEXTS

A New Version

TROXISG WITHOUT A STOVE

dining room set of teakettle chafing dish and coffee percolator which will merrily cook on the brealcfast table the second course while you are eatshying the first and the eectTic heating pad of eiderdown that takes tho place of the hot water liottie iiy of these works al a cost of aboit 2 cents an hour Beyonil then iliere s so much that may be done hy eiectricity that it sounds like a story of ift Indian magic

Hov to Check Bleeding The country boy knows that the fine

dust of tile brown fungi he calls puff-balls will stop bleeding says Harpers Bazar When ho cuts himself he hunts for one of tliost if the cut Is not serishyous If the cut is deep it is wise fo tjathe it In warm water with carbolic in it or a tablet of chloride of mercury dissolved in the water Carefully reshymove all foreign matter in the washshying and then pinching the lips of the cut together put on strips of adhesive plaster Be sure to leave little spaces for pus to run out This ruuning ot pus Is a natural process and Is not alarming unless persistent and the pus comes in unreasonable quantities Sometimes the blood flows so rapidly that you cannot close the wound with plaster If so tie a bandage tightly above the wound before you attend to the wound itself This will stop the flow of blood and nature having formed her clot you can do your part with plaster

Ola Mother Hubbard oho wrrt cupboard

And what do yon think = l-f f Iter doR and hf-r cTt Had boon thore Iwforf thit

And left all the cupboird shr-ivs bire

o tho

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What She Feared I am not a bit afraid of the dark

bullaid little Kthel to her mother one n igh t Of course youre not What bullhonid you be afraid of queried her inother Well once I was afraid when I went into the pantry for a

t a r t Why what were you afraid ltrf then Ethel I was afraid the t a r t might not be there answered Bthel

ADVICE TO PLAIN WOMEN

What They Must Do to Liie Up With the Beauties

The first thing a plain woman must do is give her figure careful attention A stylish or even well rounded body will nine times out of ten carry one through-far better thau a pretty face The individual with a poor lgure who Is short waisted flat chested may Ije Improved by suitable corseting Pettishycoats must fit such a figure perfectly The plain woman must avoid everyshything In dress that will by comparison only emphasize her lack of beauty Smart looking she may be but al fripshyperies must be set aside The fit of her gown is most Important She should buy material of a -ood quality and employ the best dressmaker she can afford Two or three well made dresses ivlll le hotter than a dozen mediocre ones Youthful elTects are likewise f-tal

Above nil the hair shouid he modish and becoming Neatness too is an Imshyportant factor Her colLirs must be Immaculate She must take especial care of her complexion never failing to take her nightly facia tubbing In hot soapy water rinsing In several warm waters and then applying a good skin food

Hov to Cure Asthma With Coffee i Coffee Is a ven- excellent remedy for i

asthma Those who do not know how to cut short their attacks and have not tried coffee should do so by all means says Kaniily Doctor It often succeeds adm-Thly when almost everything else has failed Thepe are one or two little points to he attended to in taking cofshyfee for asthma In the first place it bull liould be very strongmdashin fact perfectshyly black Weak coffee does more harm than good If made very strong much of it need not be- taken A large quanshytity is a positive disadvantage for it is less rapidly alisorbed and only distends the stomach Then It should be given without sugar or milk pure cafe noir It should lgte given on an emptv stomshyach for when taken on a full stomach it often does harm by putting a stop to the rrocess of digestion

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Two Resolute arid Effective Attacks Upon Vessels

While cruising in the South Seas the whaler Essex on November iO 1820 was furiously attacked by a cow sperm whale s-jpposed to have been the mothshyer of a calf which had just been harshypooned The whale had not been wounded herself and her attack was very determined t her flrst rush she )as-ed untN-r te Essex ami carshyried away a great length of her false keel then coming to the surface a considerable disaice away she appearshyed to take bearings and deliberately charged the vessel again ramming her with such viol-nce that she stove In the bows vie the ship rolled so heavily that the captain thought she must be dismasted The case is memshyorable because te crew bad t gt aban-dun the vest^e anl one boat wus nevshyer heard of again

A more singiar Instance of a whale attacking a vesse occurred in 1895 the singularity lies l i the fact that in the case of t i e Handa Isle the atshytack was entirely unprovoked This vessel a briganliie of 2G0 tons was on her way to S dney -with a cargo of timber On Aiq-iit 24 abjiit noor a couple ot sperm v-haU-s rose very close to the vessel and while the crew watched taem sporting across her bows the pair suddenly slewed around and came straight for her One thought better of It ami dived below the Handa Is|e the other struck her fair and square on the beai crushing In her timber^ Having rimmed the ship in this reltoe ra-hoi it sheered off terribly d-n bull i bullyt in^ head and presently s- ii fist

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How to Preserve Parsley The table can always be inviting and

dainty if the dislies are garnished with a sprig of green Use freshly gathered parsley wash it free from grit and dust put It into boiling water slightly salted and well skimmed then let It boil two or three minutes Take It out and lit it drain and put It before the fire wi-n It should be dried ns quickly as jossihle Store it away In a dry plalt in bonles and when wanted for ise ox over T little warm water and bullel it stand five minutes It will be Ike fresh parsley

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Opp R R Station Ayer Mass

No Job Too Large or Too Small You Get Your Work When Promised

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The Weight of the Spiders Web Here Is something you never hoard

before and will doubtless find hard to believe when yon do hear it although Jt Is true The spiders web Is so light t h a t If you were to take n pound of It and tmravel It It wonld be long enough t o reach all tho way round tho world bullwith a snfflclent quantity left to reach from New York to San Francisco

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Geographical Conundrums make the fnllowiuu lines into

bullitis and answers ly jParing the What Is liefore ealth one and iii have some Interesting ronun-

most religious statemdashMass cleanly statemdashWash most egotistical state^Me sickliest statemdash111 most maidenly state -Miss medical statemdashMd most paternal statemdashPa mining state-Ore deep in debt statemdashO coy statemdashla personal slatemdashI swift divorce statemdash D liquid statemdashKla card sharp s t a te -Mont tho oldci^t statemdashrk

Hov to Obtain Gloss on Pie Crust Kven when the oven Is quite right

and the pastry has been made modshyerately rich a woman will feel dlssat-Isfieii at the appearance of a pie l)e-cause she misses the rich brown gloss that she has seen on pastry made by prariirnl ci- ks To oltain this gloss she needs a wrinkle says Ihe Rnstou Iost It Is proilneed by egg wash n egg Is beaten np with a little sug- ar aud a small quantity of milk Isi added With this wash the pie Is | hnisbed over after the pastry has l)eeii finished

Did Hi Bett My goodnessl exclaimed an anx-

lons inother What In tho world mad yoor face so dirty gillie

Vohnny Jones an me had a light oyialned Willie an be throwd more ittrt in tny face than X conld swaller mdashbullMltraquothlaquoilaquo Magazine

Eating When Tired It Is fhe greatest mistake in the

world ever to eat a heavy meal when tired Indigestion Is sure fo lie set up and the food never nourishes the body After a long fatiguing expedition or Journey or a days shopping a woman should never sit down Immediately to a heavy d inner or supper Let her take a ctlp of beef tea or a sandwich or a glass of wine or a gass of milk and rest Ia half an hour or an hour Bho can then cat the meal she rcqnlrcs with benefit More women become plain by eating too heavy food a t Injn-dtclous times than Is Imagined

How to Keep Stray Hair In Place Tho little wisps of hair which cause

so much annoyance on windy days can be kept in place with Invisible hairshypins But few women know how to keep in the pins Push the locks io place slip in the pin then turn back one point of the pin until the end touches the top They are easily takshyen out but will keep firmly In even the roughest wind

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Printing Commercial Color Poster

Y O U R A T T E N T I O N The time to alvertise is all the t ime in advert isement is never idle il

IS senduig trade to you wliile you are asleep or wliile you are awav on E vacation bull

The man who stops advertising because tralo is dull is like tho man wht neglects to incnd a leaky roof in dry weather because it does not leak theu

Any one ol a thousand devices may serve to catch tho eye and r ivet thf attention for an inst-tnt but the newspaper advertisements arc read -ind pondered over ind rcmemhored and when the reader wants any particular article lie goes to the place where i t is advert ised to be on sale

The following arc the papers we publish w e e k l y

T u r n e r s P u b l i c S p i r i t T h e W e s t f o r d W a r d s m a n T h e G r o t o n L a n d m a r k T h e L i t t l e t o n G u i d o n T h e H a r v a r d H i l l s i d e T h e S h i r l e y O r a c l e T h e P e p p e r e l l C l a r i o n T h e T o w n s e n d T o c s i n

T h e B r o o k l i n e B e a c o n

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How to Keep Pancakes From Sticking Add a tablespoonful of melted lard

or shortening of any kind to pancake hatter and yon will not need to grease i mdash-your griddle thereby doing away with all the disagreeable odor of burnt A L L A D V E R T I S E M E N T S A P P E A R IN A L L N I N E P A P E R grease abont the house r u n o

T h e combined circnlation of the n ine papers is much larger than all tho o ther weekly papers circulated in t he n ine tovnis How to Keep Bacon From Molding

When mold appears on a flitch ot bacon scrape the mold off and singe the bacon on all sides oyer a gas Arc Thte will keep the bacon fresh and sweet for many more days

t h i s Newspaper Office w a s Established in ldltJ8

Advertising rates given on application to

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An aged n c r o w- s - l l - i TS a wit ness In an Alphiir ltbullmdashr IJ-fore he was sworn the prcsidin- niagistrate directed the usual q-iesllon bo put to the negro Do you know the nature of an oath

The old man shifted himself from one foot to the other hefo-e replving A sly ffrin crept into his face

Well jedge said he I calnt say how tis wld mos folks but yo honoh I reckon Its sorter secon na ture wld me

Rest assured that most of vour stray Ideas have come over a neigh bors fence

To be Tvlns said tho man m | be great i

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L A Z Y DICK

Sue got his sl ippers but He Had Reashyson to Regret I t

He had Just come from the golf inks and he flung himself Into the

hammock with a weary yawn Tired asked Elsie In the adorshy

ing sister tone

Very dead beat in fact Run upshystairs and get m y slippers theres a dear

ward notice beyond a shrug of his shoulders and brushed away the Inshycident in preparation for a morning ride upon his wheel It was to be a long one so he was delighted to And

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s o m e day wish you hadn t Ill g ive you a moment to reconsider

Not for worlds Miss Susan B a t e s My heart I should say my sole yearns after those slippers I accept your kind offer thankful for this brief reshyspite ot repose and he rolled over la pretended slumber while Sus ie went upstairs smil ing with grim deshytermination

She brought the slippers and Dick put them on with a murmured -n-ord of thanks Then the subject was dropshyped and apparently forgotten

The next morning as Dick entered the dining room the saw a parcel adshydressed to him He opened It In some haste and pleasant expectation to findmdashhis s l ippers

He tossed them away and glared at Susie apross the table That young lady was calmly eat ing buttered toast and heeded him not He took no out

IDEAL DINING-ROOM MADE THING OF B E A U T Y

ARTISTIC DECORATION BY

Wal l Panel Design In Bunches GrapesmdashWhite Woodwork and

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Flung Himself Into the Hammock

Did I hear you upstairs and get

and stared at him ask a girl to run something for you

Sure My sl ippers Elsies a brick bhe knows her poor l itt le bud Is tired fehe s nicer than some p e o p l e - c p u s -ms for instance mdashvvus

Im glad Im not your sister reshytorted Susie to fetch and carry Dont you go Elsie and picking up the falshylen book s h e held it fast fearing that she might yield to temptation and aim l a z f o i c k a he lounging figure of

Poor f e l l o w - -fiegan Elsie s i 7 f deg T 5^^^laquo^- You shant go EI-

^^ bull ^^^ Aunt Margaret Dick bullbullinlf^ blistered groaned Dick and I v e s tumped each toe about a dozen t imes and

I ^gtn get your slippers said Sue with her head u) and her nose in the

ty he threw himself on the ground

fn h i s s f -^^ foundthere bull t i - h l s Slippers With a l ine from Su-

-May these sandwiches prove as tough as shoe leather

th^m l^^r^f ^ P ^E and bore them back si lently The postman left them at the door

the next day in a box Anothed d a shy

table ^ t ^ rtrade - ^ - ^ ^ hts c h a l Th ^ lt=bull bull^^d-Hfe ^ n l l ^ deg deg raquobullbull deg his life indoors which passed unhaunted bj the slippers Even when the fel-l l l n n e T f ^ ^ ^^ ^ ^^^^ he suppers were somehow smuggled in with the luggage Dick grew sick of r v i n 7 bdquo T degJ ^ ^degd -ed o

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An attractive dining room recently seen In an apartment had the wall panels covered with paper the des ign of which was beautiful bunches of grapes says the N e w York Even ing Post The cel l ing was ot a cream tint and the woodwork white The floor was of course hard wood with a rug

I In two tones of brown At the wln-- dows hung simple yel low silk curtains

coining just to the sill Brown wall paper is also much used

for dining rooms It can be had In various shades from the l ightest to the darkest This paper i s particularly good for rooms having a southern or eastern exposure If this color Is deshycided upon a light shade should he used for the space above the chair rail while that below should be a darker brown The woodwork should of course harmonize A brown backshyground will display pictures and most furniture to advantage especial ly weathered or Flemish oak If mashyhogany is the wood a buff wall paper m a k e s a better contrast

When choosing new furniture for the dining room be careful to se lect chairs with not too curved legs They may he very handsome but If vour room is small you will find It difficult to seat your guests c lose together at a dinner or luncheon as is somet imes necessary T h e bow in the legs of the chair takes up a too generous amount of room High-baclved ones are unnecessary and Inconvenient whon It comes to serving and are a lso cumbersome One is not exshypected to lean back when at the table so that for all practical puriioses the low-backed chair is best for the dining room

It has been found that head fringe on a droplight Is not a s good as silk as the former streaks the faces of the g u e s t s s itt ing around the dining table

BERLIN WOOL W O R K AGAIN

Fashions Whet Timer

Has Brought Old-Into Favor

So many of our new things turn out to be old thiAs sl ightly disguised and brought into fashion by a turn of the wheel Heres lierlln work as the latest arrival This Is work In wools oa canvas in e i the i -cros3 or tent stitch TJie cross-stltch Is the easier and on the whole the better adapted-to elaborate patterns It was in cross-stitch that the dSmes of oidea days embroidered the elaborate tapes-tries that adorned the wal ls of hall and castle some of which are highly esteemed as art treasures

If a jjirl is very enterprising and wishes to give a very haindsome jiresshyent to some friend she could not do better than work a chairback and seat cover The back of the chair might be woiied in the coat ot arms ot the recipient Cross-stitch lends itself particularly veli to such conventional designs The seat of the chair might be the crest only Care must be taiien-to do the work In the very best grade of wools as the others are liable to fade Sofa jilllows worked In cross-stitch are a lways acceptable and many charming patterns (most of them old ones revived) are shown this season Hand fire screens are very pretty but they should be worked In silk on very fine canvas A very little practice will enable any girl to pick out even the most complicated pattern with ease but for the lazy patterns are bought already stamped on the materialmdashDetroit Free Press

A sKiX OF GOOD PLUMBING is the luiekneraquo^ with which peop legtho have eaiployed us onue send for us again when anylhina goes wron

SLEEPING BY MACHINERY j

Science Has Devised a Simple Cur For Insomnia

Science has devised an a lmost ceiraquo talu cure for the chief curse of the bralnworkermdashInsomnia The princishyple is extremely shnple and Is baselt upon the well-known fact that reperaquo tltiou means monotony and monotonj slumber

The machine can be made by a n j one with a s l ight gift of mechanld^ It consists of a clockwork apparaios above which are mounted two rodl painted black laid horizontally aai made to revolve in opposite d l r laquo i tions On each rod an fixed s e v e t pieces of mirror

To use the machine you place I p deg e a r vour bedside In such a posit ion IKOlLI- ] o IKiV10L-SLY P A I D that it is faintly i l luminated by 1

PRETTY AND CHEAP SCREEN

Beautiful Ornament for Any Room in the House

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Another artistic dining room In a country house w a s finished-with-a chair rail and plate shelf the walls being papered In shades of old blue the deeper tone being used below the chair rail whi le the l ighter shade was above The woodwork w a s a dull oak wi th a heavi ly beamed cei l ing A h a n d s o m e mantel was built of s tone the fireplace being large enough to burn huge logs Andirons and other fixtures were of wrought Iron The furniture was of dull oak to match the woodwork and at the left of the sideshyboard was built in a useful and atshytract ive china closet with a chest of drawers below The cupboard above

brjli prices for plumbinj were a little afraid that our moderate charges indicated moderate ibility Uut wliea once they employ us they have no more such fears The only rejret they have is that thev didn t eai us in before We have an idea youll fee the same wav if vou have us do yonr next plumbing

Day phone bull21-4 i ht phone KJ -12

Forest Hooper Co AYEK VXD SHIRLEY

night light then you set It in moUoi and lie down As the bars begin t o re-vclve the seven miri rs blink at yotraquo as ittle spots of light and then dlsgt appear

riiiyiiiL- with tire is dangerous That Is e-c-ictly what you re doing as long as you rc-

We donotbe-Ileve vou are dellhentelv iakingthe chaiTcc Of mm to save the moderate cost of the polshyicy we issue We prefer to lielieve It is a mere ca-e of forfretfulness The holidav seashyson IS usually accompanied bv manvfires Heed this reminderandprotectvourself from the loss that oue mav cause vou

E D STOyte AYiiE MASS

toward the front door then she faced about and caught the occupant of the hammock chuckl ing quietly between the brotherly winks at Elsie

I beg you Io understand Dick Carleton that Im not meek If you et me get your sl ippers for you youll

bull5 dead beat hi c-ept up to his room for his slippe = before he sought the comfort o f t h hammock This waltj = bdquo whiM laquobdquobdquo surrender ^ bich Susie acceptod gracefully am rom that day the slippers ceased

a pear at regular and irregular inte ai - mdashWashington Star

INTERESTING WORK

Pretty Gifts Which Can be Made by the Gir ls

bullrc yo-1 the kind of child that likes to make pretty l itt le gifts for your parent- teacher or friend If so you v-ill b- interested in this rolled pen-

^ pretty colored ribbon ending with- a bowr T a k e a piece o hnen scallop the edges with heavv

f b e c e e r ^ o ^ ^ - deg - S r a r i n - l e center of one side Fit this line- over the straw part of the broom lea^-

^ng^ here the linen and ribbon mee-ltgt a graceful bow of the ribbon O -^bull^rse explains Philadelphia Led^e

part laquo h e n you clean with it but when

ho c i laquo h t h f ^ ^^^ - - - ^ ne Cloth the decorated broom is a-

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s ign The walls were devoid of all orshynamentation save for the plate shelf bullvhich held a quaint collection of brass and old china S imple window

Something beautiful in a window screen will cost you only the price of some very thin blue lawn providing yon already have a frame and many homes have screen frames which have once done duty and only await someshything new in a covering It takes a Biui thutlixe iasiiranve double thickness of lawn for the screen because the des igns are pasted lightlj between the covers and when the light shine through the screen there is a beautiful shadow effect One neat design Is a stork standing amid eat-taiis and pond lilies another is bunches of grapes and leaves a n d t h e odd little flgures of dancing Dutch children or pretty ge i sha girls make good shadowgraphs A handsome covering can he made with white lawn the pictures being In colors which reflect through the material It is best to cut the patterns from paper and paste very l ightly to one piece ot the material after It has heen tacked In place Always Iron the pieces to the material to prevent wrinkles Or the patterns can be cut from dress goods and attached in fhe same manner A large screen will be attractive If covered with cheap

A r t h u r Fenne r General Insurance Agrent

and

Broker MAIV-ST -ruRNERs BLDG AVER MASS

Mita R T FEaxKE TprEWRmso

had leaded glass doors in colonial de- nbleached musUn and the figures cut from heavy paper which show in bold relief on the white background Shades for lamps can be made in the same manner e i ther with floral effect

curtains were of yel low silk coming ^r any of the conventional patterns Just to the sill A yel low and blue ( commonly used Enelish rug on the floor completed th furnishings

but know

Pen Holder ^ d Decorated Broom

wiper Take a piece of chamois skin four Inches wide and 12 inches long out a fringe about an Inch deep on each side for e ight Inches leaving the other four inches plain Roll a piece

-of thin cardboard t w o Inches square around a lead pencil Then roll the chamois around that commencing with the plain end until It Is all rollshyed up Tie with a pretty colored ribshybon and pull tho pencil out which l eaves a spaco In the center where a pen and holder can be inserted This Is eas i ly made and Is useful as well as ornamental

Another nseful gift i s a l i t t le broom l ike yon s e e In the pictnre to dust up wooden floors or s t o n e hearths Buy a tor brtKSm for ten c e n t i cover tho

COLD WATER MUSIC

How You Can 7 i 7 ^ e Melody T h t Lurks in Glass of Water

This^ls a very old amusement only those who have tried how much melody may hirk in a glass

biers of the same slz^ and shape vou ran make a musical scale quite eas ih Kach tumbler contains a cer l in amount of cold water more or less according to the volume of sound re nnlred this you mav find ou U ^ tlcally by dipping vour flnge bdquo ho water and drawing briskly round i n d round the sharp outer rim o vonr g l a s This p r o d u c e a muca[ nodegt

The fuller the glass the deener the note The swift motion of the Sn eer round the edge produces a vibra-tlon on the surface of the watPr n i t tlcularly If the edge s t h r ^ n T ^ n

The glasses with graduated amounts of water might he placed In Tegumr sca le order on a- table covered wUh both cloth and table felt At Jach g lass put a performer with a Z^ ear for music and a s t l a d v miHdegf flnger which Is the best fnd Z Z e s t o use Each g lass must be held firmly quite near the bottom so as not

deg f l^ degdeg ^ gtlaquo rorefrnger tho thumb of the left band In thU way an familiar airs may bo produced with some really s w e e t vibrations If you know how to use your finger to the best advantage ^ ^

Just the Tall Moved El izabeth w a s asked to go into the

next room to s e e if the clock there was going Shortly s h e returned with this InformaUon

bullClock i s s tendln st i l l but the tall is waggla I

ngs -A violet luncheon was recently

tiven by a bride to her six bridesshymaids The table laid for seven was unusually attractive and beautiful -v large cut-glass bowl filled with violets served for a centerpiece Violets tied with bows of ribbon of a l ighter shade tormed into a chain by connect ing the ends of the ribbon together made a border just inside the covers on the tabic When the chain was disconshynected the bunches were g iven as favors The table was lighted vith candles having violet shades The ice cream was served in heart-shaped violet colored boxes and place cards were decorated with the same flower

Frui t Rolls Two cups of entire wheat flour four

level teaspoons baking powder one-half level teaspooo salt two level tablespoons shortening three-fourths cup milk and water mixed melted but-ter two l e v e r teaspoons sugar one-fourth level teaspoon c innamon three-fourths cup raisins (seeded and cut into small p ieces)

Sift together the flour baking pow der and salt Work In the shortening with fingers then mix to a dough with the liquid Toss on to a floured board and roll out one-fourth inch thick Brush over with melted butshyter sprinkle with the sugar and cinshynamon mixed then with the raisins Roll up like a jelly roll and cut in pieces one inch thick Place these on the flat surface an inch apart on a buttered baking sheet and bak a hot oven for 10 or 12 minutes

Spice Fingers Cream thoroughly three tablespoon-

fills of butter with a scant cupful of brown sugar adding a teaspooaful of powdered cinnamon a half teaspoonshyful each of nutmeg and allspice a quarter of a teaspoonful each of gin-qer and salt Stir one teaspoonful of sifted baking soda into one cupful of rich sour cream and as it foams add it to the spice mixture alternatolv with enough graham and white flour I half and half) to make a soft dough Turn on a floured board and knead into it three tablespooufuls of seeded raisins three of currants and one each of chopped citron and candled orange peel Roll out very thin cut in strips with a jagging iron then sprinkle with powdered sugar and bake in a moderate oven until brown and crispmdashThe Circle

Buttermilk Biscuit Two cups flour one-half level teashy

spoon salt one-half level teaspoon soda two level teaspoons cream of tartar three level tablespoons shortshyening buttermilk

Sift together the flour salt soda and cream of tartar Work in tho shortening with the fingers then add buttermilk to make a soft dough Toss onto a floured board roll one-half Inch thick cut with biscuit cutter and place in a buttered pan one-half inch apart Prick the tops with a fork and bake in a hot oven for ten minshyutes

BOSTOX Aigt X O R T H E R N S T R Y CO L O W E L L D I V I S l O X

TIME TABLE

(bullsubject to change without notii-e)

WEEK DAY TIME LKAVK MFltIUMACK SQCARE LOWELL

FOR Bogtton via Tewk-bury Glaquo ambdquo and evshy

erv iO minute^ until ntt pm Ketum leave bullgtullivaii viuare Ctt am and everv-30 minshyutes until il-) pui

Io-ton via Xbdquorth lillleric-a -)-igt C25 am anil even- ii minute- until gtgt) pm n o 23 I)in to oburn only) Keturn leave Sulli-

umil9 iMltni bullbull ^bull ^ e Iawreiite j ii- liw am and everv

raquo minutegt until 11140 pm Keturn leave lawreiu-e -211 iiiii-( bdquo n e ( 3^ minutes uutii lo-fi pu

Xorth f-hcliu-^fonl via Middlesex Street nVlt laquoit laquor- Tnn rmbdquo and ever^^ l mfn-iite- uutil Ui pm (11-20 pmtoVooltl Jtrcetoiily) Ktiini leave Xorth Chelms-for1 11 bdquo-bull -gt ti 7s am and evshyery I imuut until lo4ti pm

-yri- bullbull bullbull-bull bullgtbull f^ery 30 minutes until bdquoi) i)in then everv hour until 101(0 p in gtitunlay- every iJj minutes until 10iO pan Ketuni bullIJo am md everv jO min-u egt until s-o pm then everv hour until 11pm ^itiinlay- every -uminutes unshytil U)igt pm

Tynil)oro iu Middlc-cx Street fiOO (5V) Is am ami everv bull

SHADOW SKETCHES

Nature Was the First Ar t is t a Shadow the First Picture

Nature was the first artist and a shadow sketch was the first plctnr made She Is still spreading her beaUT tiful designs wherever a beautlftU object stands In the sunlight and w laquo are about to learn what she c a n teach us of her method In g o i n g along country roads and paths haVe you not admired the shadows t h a t the flowers and all graceful p l a n t cast on the ground Those of leaver and v ines actually display the o u t l ines of the plants to even b e t t e r advantage than can be seen In the olraquo-

J e c t s themselves because shadow have ho perspective and no s h a d i n g An easy way to arrange a vase oC flowers or of leafy twigs for d r a w i g i s to study their shadow on a waU w h e the v a s e is s lowly turned untO the shadow shows them to be s n l t a h ly placed

As a rule objects l ike large l e a v e and birds nests are best for s imple outl ining while delicate ana c o m p n cated shadows like those cast by v i n e and by most flowers are best for t h o blackened surface of the s l lhouettfc Shadow outl ines m a k e good reco-d of flowers and plants If accompanied by the usual notes on color and ha l t -

Baby Bait for Crocodiles __ Wot do ye think said the sJtflorV Of usin l ive babies for bait W done it In Ceylon

Babies for halt I l s h l n e fop shark bull

No crocodile Baby bait i s t h on ly thing for crocodile and every body uses i t Ye rent a baby d - w n there for half a dollar a day

Of course t h e sai lor w e n t o n the thing aint a s cruel as It sounds N o h a r m e v e r comes to the babies^ or else o course their mother wouldnt rent em The k ids i s smipu ly sot on the soft mud bank o f a crou codi le stream and the-hunter lays M 4 near them a sure pertectlon

bull T h e crocodile Is lazy H e baska in the sun in midstream Nothln wiU draw him in to shore where w e c m jpot him_ But s e t - a ^ l t t l e - f a t - n a k e d

IS am ami e cry -(a minutes until O+s p m i-tuni pa e Tynltltl)oro)40 rgt20 COT laquo a m anl everv 0 minutes until 033 n m 111 pm

THOMAS LFES Supt

Lowell and Fitchburg St Railway Co

Apple Pudding Scald one cup of milk and pour it

over a pint of dry crumbs Stand unshytil very soft then beat Into them the beaten yolks of four eggs t w o cupshyfuls of peeled and chopped apples a teaspoonful of mixed c innamon and mace the grated rind of a half-Iemon and all the Juice a quarter-pound of s eeded and chopped raisins a cup of sugar and a teaspoonful of brandy Beat all well together folding In at the last the stiffened whi tes of the eggs Bake In a buttered dish covshyered for a half hour then uncover and brown Eat hot with a hard sauce

To Cut Hot Brown Bread Draw a clean strong whi te thread

sharply and firmly across the loaf pushing it down e q u i l l y on either side Tho result will he c lean smooth slices free of the s t i ck iness that comes from cutt ing with a knife

Brown Bread Sandwiches Cut brown bread Into thin s l ices and

butter Mix grated c h e e s e and finely chopped English walnut m e a t s and season with salt Spread on half of the sl ices and cover with the remainshying sl ices

First Lar Icava- Irf)weJl for Ayer at 5 33 a m anil hourlv thereafter until 1033 p m Connectinff at North Chelmsford on the hour Tj-nirslioro and Xorth Chelmsfonl cars make connection^ -^^First ca^lea^e- Ayer for Xorth Chelmsford

Car arrive i Vyer 40 minutes after the hour and leave on the hour till 10 p m

Jirstcar leaves Xorth Chelmsfonl for Aver nt (1 a in

Cars arrive at Xorth Chelmsford 40 mln-ites after the hour and leave on the hour till

Sunday- one hour later eich terminus t irst oar leavegt Xorth Chelmsfonl at 830

a mbdquo riinnma to lirookslde only Kctum-mg leaving Itrookside at CM am branch connection C3- a mbdquo nmning through to AVestfonl Center leaving WestfonI Center at am and hourlv thereafter to 1055 p sm m u fo A ^^^ Chelmsfonl from 803 a m till 1003 p m n T yrPjI bull trade Ayer to Xorth n^Slfdeg bullforty minutci AtLowellcon-S^i^bdquo-v bullbullde for Boston Uwrencc Silem and all atljaocnt points

C V MlLLSrSUPT

haby on the bank and the crocodile soon rouses up in he comes a greedy look in his dull eyes ana t n e a ye open fire-

I have got as many as four c r o shycodile with one haby In a m o r n i n g flshln Some Cingalese wonian w o t l ives near good crocodile s t reams make as much as two dollars a w e e k reglar out o rentin their babies fop crocodile bait

There was so much ceremony c o n shynected with a church corners tone t i y ing in Xew York City a few weak ago that the moving picture m a c h m man felt warranted to take a c o o -ple of miles of photographs

These pictures proved to be vorj^ good and large^crowdrwere d e l l g h t l ed with the exact reproduction o t tbm dedicatory exercises

I l ike the moving pictures bet ter than I did the original service c o n shyfessed a prominent member o t t h congregation

You do gasped a devout e lder Im surely pained to hear yon s a y BO W h y should you prefer the p i c tures

Because the picture m a n ana-frft^ ed the prominent member pleasantly^ cut out all the sermons

Worried Batter One thing Is very necessary to reshy

member Do not let tho batter ge t chilled or worried In any way keep It the same even temperature and you win have nice crumpetsmdashBaker and Confectlqner

To Make a Glass Box A pretty g lass picture box can be

eas i ly made of old window g la s s by cut t ing s ix squares or any shape wanted Bind up edges with m Relief for Choking Irich ribbon si lk or velvet fasten at A raw egg swallowed Immediately c o m e r s It Is ready to Jut together 111 general ly carry a flsh bone or limply by fastening the c o m e r s to- other substance down which cannot ther leaving corners loose so as be removed from the throat hy the ut-to foini a lid most exertion

TRAOE M A I M S D m o N

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In a Texas court not m a n y m o n U i ago the clerk asked

Gentlemen ot the jury have y o u agreed upon a verdict

We have said the foreman What say youmdashdo yon find tlgt

prisoner at the bar gu i l ty or not g a l l t y

Wo do replied the foreman Tou do Do w h a t asked t h

clerk We find the prisoner a t the b a r

gui l ty or not guilty said the for-m a n

But gent lemen you m u s t explain s a l d t f f e clerk

Of course responded the f o r m a n You see s ix of n s And b l m g u i l t y and s ix of us find h im not s o l i -t y and were agreed t o l e t It 8 t laquo a d a t tha t

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WMath h a s gqne^ t 6 hlaquor 1UlaquoampT

bullcAiai ^jyuyraquoWKWfiraquoj^-iwltfs^j i||(tilti 5iWiaslaquoffi8aBiaEBtaLgtbdquoiiiaiamp bull bull gt -^y

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A x x ADVERTISE-MKNTS A P F E A H bdquo x i P p bull^- 1 bull f degbseryation was made of Liiicou-6 Mary E Dodge after wTiich the regular I impressive by colored stereopticon views TH N I N E P A P E K S w-K PuuLisi i j birthday at the regular meeting of Groton program for the afternoon Colonial l it- Dr Bicknelrf v-u raquol H

bullOOD POBlTiov GIVEN EVEUv ADVEB-| B^nge- Tuesday evening There were erature was given in charge TISKMKNT

W e have over 10000 readers every week bull The date with your name is stamped on Ute margin Biw-s to what time your sulgt-bulleriptlon Is paid aud serves as a cuntinuous loupt

This paper is entered at the postoffice as bulleeond class matter 40Bir H TCRNEK PUBLISHER AD FEO-

PRlETOn

S A T U R D A Y F E U K U A H Y lo I90igt

G R O T O N

D E A T H S mdash M i s s Catherine Kane daughshyter of Mrs Delia and the late John Kane died in Groton oii Saturday Feb S aged 28 yrs 2 mos Miss Kate had been emshyployed for the past year at Uroton school wbere her mother was also employed On Tuesday of last week she endured here an operation for appendicitis hut succumbed

bullto pneumonia which afterwards set in T h e deceased i^ spoken of as a young woman of excellent character The funershya l was at her late residence main road Xahant with high mass of requiem at St Thomas church She leaves one brother besides her mother for whom the Groton friends express much sympathy

Miss Sarah B Abbott died from accishydental burning at her home Sundav mornshying Feb 9 aged 66 yrs and 6 mos The poblic has been shocked at the unusually sad circumstances attending the death of iSiss Abbott who was an invalid and parshytially helpless I t is supposed that her clothing took tire from a heated airtight i n her room where she had retired for the mgbt and was alone It cannot he e-^actly known how it all happened for life was extinct when her sister entered her room in the morning Much sympathy is felt

for her relatives

Miss Abbott was the daughter of the late Rev Ephraim Abbott formerly pastor of the Unitarian church of Westford Through his wife who was bigail W Bancroft the family are connected with the old Dr Amos Bancroft family of Groshyton After the death of Kev Ephraim Abbott the family removed to (iroton where Mrs Abbott died quiet a number of years ago There survives no-w (Jeo E H Abbott and Miss Lucy -Vbbott brother and sister of the deceased

T h e funeral -was on Tuesday afternoon Bev P H Cressey officiating Pleyels hymn and While thee I seek protecting power favorite selections were sung T h e floral tributes were numerous and beautiful Interment was in family lot Fairview cemetery Westford

Charles Henry Hill for many years a resident of West Groton and a well-known citizen of this town died at his home very suddenly on the evening of Friday Feb 7 Mr Hill was the oldest son of the late Henry and Abby Cofiin Hill and was born in Groton seventy-three years ago With his parents he removed from Groton early afterwards for a resident near Boston where his father was in business When a young man the subject of this sketch did business between Groton and Boston and was proprietor of the village store in ^^est Groton from which he retired to the farm where he has since lived The cause of death was heart trouble which it seems had been recognized by him for some time and a sudden passing away not unlocked for although it must have come as a seshyverely painful shock to his family He was found as he fell where he hail rrone out to attend to his work at the barn that night

T h e funeral was on Monday afternoon bullwith Rev G M Howe as oiUciating minshyister A mixed quartet of singers rendershye d sweet music and the (lowers were many and beautiful He is survived by a widow two sons and four daughters one son hav-ingdiedlw07eajs~agb~atso two hfbtTjers and one sister The interment was in the family lot in Groton cemetery

N E W S I T E M S mdash T h e Groton friends of Miss Maria Woodbury heard with sincere regret of the serious accident which befell ber recently She fell upon the ice when walking and broke her hip in such a way that recovery is not expected Miss Woodshybury formerly lied here in house on Sta-tion-ave She is now in the old ladies bome in Igteominster

William Pate of North Shirlev has bought the Owen Keegan place in Groton bullwith stock and tools

Miss Nellie Trayne is making a good re-coverj- after the operation for varicose veins which she underwent a week or two ago

Mrs O Folkins and son Clifford and Townsend Folkins went last week to atshytend tha funeral of Iladlev gtomcrville at Berwick N B

rousing patriotic songs both as solos and choruses speeches and readings- The re-

marks of Bev 1 E Perry were especially interesting Thoaias Gilson and C 11 Berry veterans of the civil war gave some reminiscences both having seen braham Lincoln

Walter Davis is recovering from a severe attack of the prevailing influenza

Arthur Kitchener and James Rutledze went last week for a visit to M Kutledges old home in Oronocto N B

D R ^teere commander and C 11 Torrey adjutant of E S Clark post atshytended the -Massachufetts GAI encampshyment in Faneuil hall Boston Tuesday There were 210 posts represented every commander of the posts being present Commanderin-chief Burton of Missouri with his suite was present and made a ratshytling gootl speech He said that just as he was starting east the Sulloway widows pension hill was passed The encampment in Boston passed the resolution to be presshyented to congress that the jgtension should date from the death and not the date of application provided it was within six months ot the decease of the veteran

The members of the Groton cE are

Sjanning to attend the meeting of the ashua River union at Hollis next week

It was Mrs Harry Nutting who entershytained the Club of ten so pleasantly a few nights ago and not Mrs Eugene Nut-ting as given in this column this week

The harvesting of ice for tlie Lawrence creamery continued this week

Flags were displayed from schoolhouses and private dwellings on Wednesday in I honor of Lincoln dav

Dr Bicknells statements of a soldiers II- I 1 II igt- bull I ge of Mrs ] life were very real He hoped it might be Elizabeth II I roctor who had prepared a strongly impressed on the farge audfence line paper adorned ( ) with extracts from [ especially tiie children the sufferings and htera ure of the colonial and revolutionarv horrors of war and what the soldiers have period Ihese readings proved the e lev i - done for tlieir country tiou in intellectual and religious sensibil-1 ity of the present time in comparison with that of the earlier date Keadings by Mrs Fannie Woodbury some of them eni- Vn^c i-i-i- u - 1 bull taphs and other selecVions from ^ w X -C t h ^ V d ^ e o T t t T ^ i t l r i T n e t lags of Michael i g g l e s w o r t h w h i e h ^ a v e will hold a colonial party and salad us an ajtush chilly sensation Quotations per in the town half Supper at six

rraquon T laquobullbullbull edited by Lven The entertainment^ at e i g U will I-rankin about be vear 1732 were dis- Uavor of the spirit of7C and will introduce

1 he niu 7VjTr^r V^^ ^^S- ^^^ ^^^^-^^bull^on the Harvard quar^t len gtL l - ^ deg ^ ^ J r ^ bull J^H^ we known for eflicient work Mattie I two se

H A R V A R D

up and

Ilartlaquoi| u I Vr uu mdashgt i ^ raquobullbull lur cnicieni worK Pni^L f 1 bull 1 bull bullV^^ i bulllaquolaquolaquo anJ Martha Washington will serve I r e s t wasof a high order T h e tea throughout the evenin- Candy will

T h e l T n ^ P ltJ a l raquo o b e f o r a l e After thent^rainmen lT^^f^^- lt S^deggtlaquo of songs and there wil l be dancing with the old-fme

^liss Emma orchestra The committee having the matter in charge are

Mrs K M Bigelow Mrlaquo W K Uicksou -Mrs L I Watson Mrs A H Turner Mrs Geo Morse Mrs A F Kipley

The annual meeting of the Harvard imshyprovement society will be held in the com-

especially well rendered Tenney accompanied

GB0J3 TURNER zsrs^Tq -AYJBRMASS

St-s-SEi IAUTvmdashIhe J2d of February is so near at hand that this issue is none too early to draw attention to the annual Sunset party in town hall that always materializes about this time or rather on bull r - that date Thi vear there are wide-awake P T^deg^ the library Tuesday even-ones at the helm Mr and Mrs D G ^ ^eb 18 at 3u p m Houghton chairman and Mr and M r s esday evening Feb 18 the grange i W II Davis chairman of the supper com- Y O W r e g u l a r meeting at town hall inQ S t r o n g a n d miuee This means that things will move - bull^ s he jirange will entertain the right along in all directions The com-1 ^^^_^P^^idegPlaquolaquohe order luittee have been fortunate in securinthe bull - bull bull mdash bull - - - bull

Store News F O R

Economical Shoppers

Clearance Sale

P E P P E R E L L

NEW I T E M S mdash T h e Pepperell Womans club will meet in Central hall on Tuesdav Feb 18 at 24J pm The exercises will consist of a musicale by home talent under the direction of MissMary Wood chairshyman of the music department and a talk on finance by Mrs L E Starr who will exhibit her large collection of valuable coins

The study class of the i -ie alliance hoaoch of lnitarian church will meet with Mrs Wm F Heald on Thursdav afternoon Feb 20 at 230

C E N T R E mdash I h e LB s of the Congregashytional church held a food sale Wednesshyday D abundance of food was donated which found a ready sale In the evenin a Lincoln entertainment was given Pashytriotic songs and recitations were in order followed by light refreshments A pleasshyant and profitable occasion was the result Tbe patronage was not up to the usual order and considerable food was lef unshysold The Lincoln entertainment was enshyjoyed hy those who attended but there were comparatively few there Mr Drawshybridge was out of town

Mrs Anna D Thrall of Leicester has l)een a guest of Mrs Marshall Merriam returning lo her home on Tuesday Mrs Merriam gave a reception and five oclock Feb 8 when ijuite a number of her friends spent a few hours in conversation with her

_ Kev 15 W Drawbridiie poke on the life of Abraham Lincoln on -^undav evenshying and called on Mr- Tbrall to follow him in another talk to whirh she respondshyed (|uite pleasantly

Henry and Brainerd Thrall hf oldest sons are employed in Minnesot- where Rev J B Thrail has a sister living Mir-riam is teaching in Leicester and Marv is in Framingham normal school

Eighteen of Walter Averys bov friends gave him a surprise party Feb C the fourteenth anniversary of his birth pleasant occasion was enioved mdash M r s Davis of Petersham has been a guest of her ltister Mrs 11 Nelson Tower recently

Mrs Julia B Johnson and her daughshyter Gladys are enjoying Uie pleasant clishymate of California this winter

Mrs Elisha Markham has gone from Mrs William Kendalls house to Mrs L E Starrs for the remainder of the winter and is assisting in the care of an a^ed ladv who is a member of the family

Mrs Francena Butterfield received a telegram on Monday last announcing the birth of a daugliter on Saturdav Feb l-_raquo to Mr and Mrs Steplien Daupliinee of -bullVmesbury formerlv of Pepperell Mrs Dauphiniie is Mrs liutterfields niece nee Annie Chapman The babe is their tirst born child

services of -itwooda orchestra of Lowell and the selection meets with the approval of all the interested ones Dancing for the children from four to six adults till 1130 pm Supper six to 30 X o need to say come and have a good time only come and the rest will follow If anyshything happensmdashif the supper or the ga gives out call for D G Houghton

EVERCISESmdashIf any of the descendants of Abraham Lincoln had been present at the tributary exercises to that martyred hero by the school children of this town on Wednesday forenoon Feb 12 thev would liave been prouder than ever of

The

A dancing party will be held on the eve of Washingtons birthday under the aus-picies of the Groton Branch Alliance in town hall Groton Friday evening Feb 21 with dancing from eight till twelve Music Thayers orchestra of Pejipercll Matrons are Mrs K B (Jerrish Mrs A W Hant Mrs C ^outhard and Mrs E M Ncedbam -Ml are cordially invited to attend

An entertainment for the benefit of the IA athletic association will be iven in Lawrence academy building on Saturday evening Feb I) at eight oclock There -will be readings by Mrs Laura E Kichards and mnsic by the students of the school

T h e degree team of l^acon loltigc of oddshyfellows of Pepperell came over in a barge Monday evening to confer tlie first degree o n a class of the Groton 1 OOF which bcld their regular meeting at their hall on HoUis-st that night

Students of the Fitchburg business colshylege enjoyed a slcighridc Tucsdjiy evening of several miles arriving at a hotel owned bjr one of the students of the school After an excellent supper there was music dancshying and games and the young people had laquo delightfnl time The principal Mr Fallfflerraquond bis wife acted as chaperons Herman Huebner jr and his sister were among the invited ones

T h e Groton Improvement society will bo ld a tale ol flowering bulbs in lower town bal l Wednesdav afternoon Feb 19 at two oclock Shonfd the day be stormy the sale will be continued on the (oltowing afternoon a t the laquoame bour

A free diicourie on the divine plan of t b e agef will be given by John Harrison i a town ball Groton Monday afternoon F e b 24 T b e laquonbject will be aononoced bull e x t w ^ e k

Miss Annie Murpliy writing from the vessel in which she sailed for Iennuda says they encountered a storm and laid over on account of a wreck ten hours They rescued nine of the crew

The Zahn family who have occupied tlie house on Townsend-st vacated by Mrs Avander N Blooltl are to move to Plymouth next week where Mrs Zahns brother lives

Thomas Keaverlev of Holyoke has been in to^vn this week Mrs Keaverlev is here on account of lier mothers illness Mrs Palmer is more comfortable She has been suffering many months with rheumatism

Mrs S Thompson Blood of Concord Junction has l)een visiting ber relatives in Pepperell this week I fcr son Kenneth returned to Boston on Tuesday last the commencement of the term at the institute of technology where he is in his year

The third and fourth degrees will be con ferred on a class of candidates The lashydies degree team will give the third deshygree work and the regular officers the fourth degree There will also be the regular harvest supper to which all pashytrons are expected to contribute ^isiting granges cordially welcome

WantedmdashMen for the 28lh of Februarv -ipply to 1908 club

Friday evening Feb 7 at the town hall Mrs Mary Loomis Todd gave a verv i n-teresting lecture on the subject Latest news from Mars closing a course of lecshytures that have been higlily instructed and interesting Contrary to the supposition

1 1 bull --l^at the lecture course was losin the in-their hentge not only by reason of their gt terest of the people stands the fadeg t that at connection by birth and nature but in the bull all of the lectures the hall has belaquo1 filled understandingoftheever-increasingesteem to its capacity with the exception of one and laquo-orship which is the pleasure and very s tormy^vening whe-f even then duty of the passing generation to instill in there was a good attendance The eourse ettott ^JTlbullu ^- rH ^ i^eludedsome of the besi t a t n t in the n M n b M ^^^^^^ assembled country and the committee have spared no

in town hall and parents neighbors and paius to make this course one for the pec^ pie to understand and enjov

A B O U T TOWVmdashDied in Harvard Feb 13 Miss Elizabeth Sprague daughter of the late Loel Sprague aged 83 yrs 9 mos 3 days Her last illness was of some durshyation aud death was from the effects of several shocks Miss Sprague was the oldest of the family of children and was born in Bedford the native town of her father She leaves three brothersmdashJohn of Shirley William of HubbardstonChas E of Harvard and two sistersmdashSarah of Harvard and Mrs Eunice H Randall formerly of Hudson but lately of Harshyvard The funeral services will take place Monday afternoon Feb 17 at her late home and will be private Burial in Belle-vue cemetery Rev J P Sheafe will ofshyficiate at the funeral _ Monday afternoon tlie -ic club met at

the Hapgood memorial ami voted to have a winter picnic in the near future

Monday tlie state inspector of buildings was in town

Tlie coasting has been very (jood indeed and our younp people haveenjoyed tlit-tlne moonlight evenings

Horace llildreth was in town Iliesilav

Last Saturday Mrs C A Moore of Mill-bury visited her broher Char es Russell who is convalescing from an attack of bronchial pneumonia

Continued all the s t rong a awai t ing you

Next Week Here a r e a few of U n u s u a l Ba rga in s awai t ing -i

S h e p h e r d C h e c k F l a n n e l e t t e W r a p p e r s D o m e s t i c B r a n d size- 36 4 0 4 2 - 1 6 R e g u l a r pr i ce 1 3 9 S a l e p r i c e 89o

Chi ldren s B e a r S k i n B o n n e t s s i z e s 1 4 1 5 1 6 S a l e pr i ce (gt9c

R e g u l a r price 9 8 c

L a d i e s P leece-Lined J e r s e y D r i w e r s s izes 4 S a l e price 19c

ind 5 K e g u l a r price 26c

L a d i e s H o s e fast black d o u b l e h e e l a n d toe size- 8 i i Oi 10 Ke

lar price 15c pa ir Sa in pr ice 1 doz ^

12c 40- inch U u b l e a c h o d C o t t o n fine pr ice 9c

$1 2 0 J d o z C^c

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10c 36 incl i

pr ice Sc Ll ibleached C o t t o n fine qual i ty m e d i u m wei(v|it sale

friends filled the remaining seats exercises were as follows

Reading of scripture and praver Kev K H Carey soiifr primarv classes exercise bullbull Twinkle twinkle little star lt-entcr prishymary recitation LincolnGodtrev Row-lev song Flag of our nation west lower primary recitation --Vt least we l l trv west primary exercises bull Lincoln west ^bullrjde3 recitation bull king Evelvn Woodshybury fong Dear to the heart center upshyper primary recitation --V tribute to Linshycoln Kdna Kierstead exerci-es bull Memories of long ago west intermediate comet solo Charles Gallagher recitation Idella Stone exercis-c center intermediate song grades 7 and gtbull recitation Captain O mv captain Heywood Knowlton song bullbull To thee O country intermediate grailes readings -A perfect tribute Karlton Priest Ruth Ires-i-ott Vlice Libby song Columbia high school Vmerica audieiice

-Mthough this is the actual ])rogram in detail only slight mention can be made of the preity marches by the children the waving of the flags the illustration by the hoe brigade the miniature log cabin and the canal boat which bear so picturesque a part in Lincolns biography The names of the two little shavers who gave the joint recitation with little William Ireland have escaped us But Villiani with his large Hag held up his end aii right The singing was of a really high order and reshyflects credit on tlie singing teacher Mrs B Webber Supt eblier had the exercises of the forenoon in charge

X K W S ITKMSmdashMrs Grace Shattuck of Leominster has Jjeen in town the past week caring^or her motlier Mrs Fannie Sherbourn who lives in B S Haers house She was assisted part of the time by the trained nurse from Salem who took such excellent care of little Ethel Rankin _ Mrs Sherbourn who was threatened with j the wars of 18r2 and 184) T

Mons AVorking G l o v e s m a r k e d d o w n to 3 9 c

M e n s H e a v y S t r o n g ( j l o v e s m a d e of H o g

l ined s o m e unl ine i l s o m e w i t h l o n g ltMuiitlet

S a l e pr ice 39e

S k i n a n d Cal f S k i n -jome

w r i s t r e g u l a r pr ice 5 0 c

M e n s Piill S i z e H e m s t i t c h e d H a n d k e r c h i e f r egu lar jirice 60c dc S a l e pr ice 48c d o z e n

N e g l i g e e S h i r t s

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You All Know

Items of Interest

The civil war claims bill was reported to the house this week This is one of the stand-by measures aud usuallv includes claims not only of the civil war but that date back to the revolution and include

lis vear it

Boynton-s Per fec t Bread

But All Do Not Know About

iTHE NEW K I N D O E A CRACKER

carries 8315545 as reported to ihohouse and doubtless will pick up almost an equal amount in amendments when it passes through the senate

It is estimated that approximatelv 700tiiiO00 acres in the western states are underlain with coal The coal varies in ([uality from the low form of lignite to the liighest form of coking coal Between luly 190C and December 1S07 by exshyecutive order Cfifi3SS0ii acres of land were withdrawn from entry for the purshypose of determining whetlier or not thev were underlain with merchantable coal

NKW ADVEHTISKMKXTS

junior

pneumonia is much better

Revs R H Carey and Paul (i Favor exchange pulpits Sunday morning

Mrs V Conant and her brother William Patten of Worcester attended the funeral of their cousin Miss bbott at (Iroton on Tuesday who met with such a distressing fate by fire on Sunday mornshying last

There will be presented to the public in the very near future a high-class enter-laiumeiit by the ladies of the Lnitarian Mliani-e The program is at hand and will be given to the public a week or two before the date set for the entertainment

-Mrs Lawrence and Mrs Annie Smith of the Womans club attended the midshywinter meeting of the Massachusetts state federation of womens clubs held in town hall Winchester on Saturday last

Miss Beckwith a former teacher and for nearly two years engaged in Ihe far Qiir A n n u a l S t o c k uod west IS taking a much-needed rest and will be witb Mis Marshall for a few weeks

Colli weather in Littleton but over ail llic bright February sun (iood level sleiltliing and ice moving on the roads in every direction Il good weather conshytinues all the houses will be filled by the end of the weekmdashBoston Dairy Hartwell amp llosmer and the assoltiated farms

The outlook for business being rather more promising at the webbing factory the firm Conant amp Houghton tiecidixl to

That W J Boynton Baking Co on Sale

Have Just Placed

THE BUTTERETTE

S a u n d e r s Corner ANNUAL MARK DOWN

Red Tag- Sale u c i n g Sa le wil

Comii ic i ice

mc

F E B R U A R Y 1st Five H u n d r e d Genu

Barga ins W i l l be m a r k e d w i t h R e d Ta^rs ind

Offered o u r Cus tomers

S a t u r d a y Fel j ruaryls t run this week on a fiveday basis This) ^ i s wil l be 1 go i ln ino m a r k - d o w n

they hoigte lo continue until the old time lie c o n s i s t i n g of e v e r y descr ip t ion I rudence Wright chapter DA i t attend schedule can be resumed | of H o u s e f u r n i s h i n g G o o d s and M e r

d l 7 m o r i ^ =bullbull= bull S- 1 The funeral of Hadley W Somerville c h a n d i s e from o t h e r d e p a r t m e n t s on ^ ^ deg^ took place last Saturday afternoon at he whic l i w e are ovcrKtocked o d d p i e c e s

MetholtIist church m Berwick Kingraquo coun- o f furn i ture e t c m a n y ot t h e s e g o o d s

LwcmdashAll agreed that the afternoon ^ ty N B I h e church was wl l filed at l e s than manufacturers pricl-s

ith relatives and friends Among he v bull bull I^^ spent with the Womans club on Monday ral tributes was a large pillow inscribed l^^eryone appreciat ing h a r g a m s last was one of the most inieresting in the -va Nashohnh loltlge N o 7957 i oo bdquo J^jl^^bull^ course so far Thi club voted to have the president write to Senator Tjrrell at Washshyington asking him to opjgtose the present census bill wuich provides that the adoi-tionnl employres needed for taking the census of 191U shall be appointed through non-competitive examinations This is a service due the civil service commitlteof the general federation

Air Smith correaponding secretary of the club read a paper briogiug to the

T h o s e w h o r M ibdquo of whi h tlTe deceased was a bull a ready faniil i ir wi th this annual chartermember James Ewingsanil Tames e v e n t k n o w w h a t i t m e a n s w h e n w e

in represented Nashobah loltlgu at a d v e r t i s e m a r k - d o w n bargain a-ales

bull t h e y are g e n u i n e mark d o w n s S t o c k

Law funeral

Sold in Ca r tons 2 5 c Each

For Sa le by All Grocers

Try T h e m a n d Be Conv inced

Ayer Variety Store

Valentines liIlKCT I M P O B T A T I O X FROM GKl MANV OF V A L K N T I N E S

B L L S r s TO G I V E YOI W O N D K H F r L B A V ( A I N S

15rbdquo a n d 25c Valentines only 5cx 50c Valentines only 25c

A L A R ( E V A R I K T Y A L L X E W nESIOX-^

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AYKR V A R I E T Y STORK O P P O S I T E R A I L R O A D S T A T I O X AYEIi

AnotiT TOWNmdashMr Allen housekeepshyer fur the Misses White fell on the ice a few days ago dislucating her left ankle She is getting along as well as^an be ex-pt-ced

Rovier Priest will speak before the gnild club many of the interesting features of Sunday on Sampson the program eojuyed at themeetiog ot the statu federlaquotiun held In Winchester un Saturday hut when the Furttiigtiily club WM the hoetesa A very well pr-pared current evenu paper was read by Mrs

Mr- Waltt-r Titcomb sails March i fur Kniland tu visit reladves

Tim old war veteran Or

i n c l u d e s S i d e b o a r d s Buf fe t s C h i n a ClosetH B o o k Cases E x t e n s i o n Ta-blea P a r l o r T a b l e s Cha ir s R o c k e r s C o u c h e s R u g s e tc

S A U N D E R S CORNER

C O U N T K Y D E P A R T M E N T S T O R E I E A S T P E P P E R E L L MASS

Bicknell of ^ i w n m D x i e bdquo bdquo Tui-sdity-uveDiDg making his lecture more Maw

VTTANTKDmdashA ^)a or more of Cabi mnall and loose beadH a e all r l ^ t

Millinery At Especially Inviting Prices

- r J i J ^ y^^^ C H A N C E TO G E T S O M E T H I N G F R E S H I N M I D - W I N shyT E R A N D IXIOK Y O U R B F ^ T A T A S M A L L COST

A Dressy Black Hat in th is season s popular shape m a d e of fancy braid a n d velvet

tr innmed with taffeta bow a n d quills $148

Geo- L Davis 26 Main St Ayer

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S A T L - K D A V FEUIIL-AKV 15 1908

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N K W S ITKMSmdashThe Middlesex Countrv club will give a select informal dance on Thursday evening February -20 in Page hall The Aver people are familiar with the parties held unler the auspices of this well known organization and it is suliicient to say that the high standard of the past three years will be maintained Thayers orchestra of Peigti)erell has been secured and as they come highly recommended it is to he hoped that everyone in town who enjoys dancing under themost sociable and refined conditions will be present

In the issue of last Sundays Boston Herald is a list of deposits in Massachu setts savings banks that have not been claimed for many years Presumably in some cases the owners have died and in other cases have moved away hut the money remains to their credit -Vccord-ing to the list the Middlesex savings bank at Concord has a sum of money to the credit of Mary J Burgess of Groton and tbe City Institution for Savings at Lowell has more than S300 to the credit of Mary J Clarke of -^yer The Lowell five cent savings bank has money belonging to A E Prescott of -Vyer

Mr and Mrs E W Carley Miss E iz-abeth Sanderson and Mr and Mrs Edshyward A Richardson attended tlie concert given in Steinert Hall Boston Saturday evening Feb laquo by the glee mandolin and banjo club of Pennsylvania univershysity of which Arthur Carley is a member

The rhetoricals at the high school last week Friday were witnessed by quite a large delegation of the townspeople The program was ([uite varied and inclided a

l ^ n T J ^ f tradelt of There are complaints against Skyros he 1904 association national [convention Korakakos George NicolarSs Jaaies Ko-

wK c held m Boston Feb 10 Mrs Nina rakakos and Geofge Jewas charged with B Lovejoy was elected third vice-presi- assault and batterv at Ayer on G e o f e E

dialogue on The trials of an intervflwer hy Frank P Grilfin and Arthur Coughlin a story The bachelor and the baby Frank E Griffin and the Misses Mary Sulshylivan Edna Brown Helen Hardy and Rebecca Pierce T h e burglars Hazel Vmes Adventures with a guide in (ien-oa Madeline Russell The courtier Helen Hardy n invalid in lodgings Edward McXilT Ear ly rising John ONeil song by Miss Lucy Wyman Miss Mildred Andrew accompanist piano duet Helen Hardy and Edith Ljugley a soig by the school

Wednesday Feb IH is guest day in the Womans club Each member may invite one guest for whom a ticket must be seshycured of the custodion Mrs E O Proctor The program wiil be a musicale in charge of Mrs ( ieo J Barns An interesting afternoon may be expected The Art class will meet Fridav evening Feb 21 with Miss S A Blood

The 1222 club an organization formed of the members of one car in the trip to the (7Ai encampment in California five years ago held its fifth anniversary at the Quincy house in Boston Monday night Of the original forty-one members twenty-one were present -Augustus Lovejoy was elected president for the coming year He has been present at every meeting and Mrs Lovejoy until this year when she was prevented by an attack of the prevailing influenza from which she has not yet reshycovered

The art class of the Womans club held a very interesting meeting with -Mrs E P Barker Tuesday evening In the Curreni -Art News was an account of the new art museum which is building in Boston The program also included questions picture ^tudy and pajjers on -bull (Jeor^ione Mrs Carrie L)nds Paul eronesc Mrs Marion -Morse -(iiulio Koinano -Mi s S -Vdelaide Blood

The twentieth annual convention of the -Middlesex C K union will be held in tliu Congregational cluircb Saturday Feb 22 These speakers will be present rthur W Kobinson Natick Kev E ictor Bigeshylow Lowell Rev Wm W Sleeper Wellesley Kev James E Norcross Jashymaica Plain

The ladies benevolent society of the Congregational church instead of meeting as usual in the parlor of the church turned their meeting into a surprise party for Mrs -V M Winslow on Washington-st Wedshynesday afternoon They report a delightshyful time After the usual business meetshying refreshments were served Mrs Win-slow is an active member of the society

The temperance cause is flourishing throughout the country l-ven the society known as Good Templars which was so popular thirty years ago is being revived An effort is being made by two ladies of the grand lodge of Massachusetts one from Lowell and the other from Gardner to start a lodge here in town Is there room for one more order in yer

Eltlward Lowell who is employed in the upper yard was taken suddenly ill last Sunday night and upon calling in Dr Hopkins was informed that he bad a seshyvere attack of pneumonia and that a trained nurse would be needed to look afshyter him Mr Lowell is in a very serious condition

Nelson Root is recovering from a severe attack of pneumonia During his sickness Miss Agnes Walsh a trained nurse took care ol him

Miss Carol

dent She was also elected an alternate to attend the national convention at Toleshydo Ohio in September 1908 at the de-partiuent convention this week and was nominated as a member of the department executive board but she declined tlie latshyter honor for this year

There will he a special meeting of wii C gto 49 on Saturday afternoon Feb 15 to consider the invitation to attend Shirshyley grange on Tuesday evening

Mr and Mrs A E Lawrence and Mr and Mrs Percy N Lawrence attended the complimentary bail at Lancaster Fridav evening Feb 14

Lewis A Davis who for some time past has been in the employ of the SUndard oil company in diiving their oil delivery team to merchants in this and surrounding towns got through Wednesday Frank A Cash of Portland Me arrived here Sanday and took charge Monday of the Standard oil companys business here

The board of harbor and_lan3 commisshysioners have in accordancewith the proshyvisions of chapter 360 of the acts of 1900 sent la the town clerk of Ayer two boundshyary atlasesof the city of Lowell and the towns of Ayer Billerica Carlisle Chelmsshyford Dracut Dunstable Groton Littleton Pepperell Shirley Tewksburv Tyngs-borough and Westford One of these boundary atlases may be found at the pubshylic library and one at the town clerks ofshyfice

The icehouses of the Boston ice comshypany at Sandy pond are filled with an exshycellent quality of ice fourteen inches thick and the fiUin was completed by Thursshyday noon The ten icehouses hold oO000 tons and were half full of ice that was not used last year so they harvested 20000 tons this winter

A Mr Brown of Forge Village who has been working for the Boston ice company at Sandy pond was badly hurt Thursday morning by having one of his legs injured between two cakes of ice

bullnother man Thursday morning while at work in the icehouses had his arm inshyjured by being pierced with a hook The same morning two men had some of their fingers so badly frozen that amputation was thought to be necessary One of the men Mr Daly came to work at the iceshyhouses from Lowell

The library trustees have purchased fifty volumes that are to be placed in the reading room where the public may have access to them This will be a pleasure and advantage to many especially to the young It is a privilege that is being given to the public in many libraries The fifty hooks are duplicates so that this will not interfere with the books that may be taken away Among these books are Dickens works Scotts Stevensons There will also be some bound volumes of Harper and St Nicholas

Some memlgters of Ida McKinley chapshyter oEs are busy this week making preparations for the oEs bazar of nations to be held in Horticultural hall Boston all next week This chapter is to have a candy table The section that it belongs to represents Italy These are members of the committee

Gallos and John Piniaras Feb 5 and the case comes up Saturday morning Feb 10 for trial bull -gt =bull

Wm A Graustein of Somerville charged with trespass at Littleton Feb 7 The case came up for trial Feb 11 and was continued to Feb 17 The complaint reads that he d id unlawfully andjnal i -ciously enter upon certain lands of one A W Drew and thereon then and there did cut certain quantities of ice having been first forbidden by the said W Drew to do the same

P A K T V mdash M i s s Mary McCarthv stenogshyrapher at the Ayer electric light planT was given a surprise Wedntsday evening in A on hall During intermission she was presented by Frank Sullivan in beshyhalf of the donors with a very nice gold chain and pendant Miss McCarthy in a few well-chosen words thanked all who so kindly remembered her Tlie party was a complete surprise Games and a grand social time were enjoyed by oil The folshylowing persons were present

LeKoy Smith Frank Sullivan ChestcrTar-rant Joseph Walsh Walter Filiebrown John Ilooley Hartwell Bigelow Charles Mullin Dr L D Sullivan John Carrijan Frank

Mrs I- II lii-elow Mr inil Mr ( Y Vitt- Mrs K E ltivycr JIrgt W lt lir-laquons Mr- C F Johnson Mr- A K Lnv-rcncc Mr-- Albert gtltar -ent -Mrr i l ( Tur-iicr Mr- Will Kcyiiold^ Mr K V lt-ir-liy iii(l Jlr- Ii H Irwin

The lnitirian social gathering will serve its annual Washington birthday supper Satunhiy evening Feb L- from six to 7 iii oclock in the vestry of the church There will be escalloped oysters cold meats salads and many other nice things Tbe public is cordially invited

The ladies auxilliary ofthe voii inshyitiated seven candidates Thursday evening iri their hall ~

Jacob Fine the shoemaker in the launshydry building sold his business on Monday to Samuel Smith Mr Fine has moved with his household effects to Lowell

n accident occurred early last Saturshyday morning when the engine of freight train 22i on the Fitchburg division going west ran into the tender of the Portland freight that was tt the railway station awaiting for telegraph orders to proceed throwing over the tender The wrecking train was not long in putting things in orshyder and both trains proceeded on their wav

Lynch -iVIIIiam Fitzgerald Charles McCarshythy Kdith Lyon Annie Leahv Lillian Leahv Madeline McCarthy Mary Moore Susan McshyCarthy Agnes McCarthv Maud Caruev Agshynes M alsb Susan Neylan Catherine McCarshythy Hannah Hackett Nora Culllnan Mary Dailey and Julia Hoolev Leo ONeill Harrv Bangs Lena Gately Gertrude ONeill Eva O Nelll Paula Badstubuer Hannah Wilson Shirley Margaret McConnIck Hopkinton

T H E C U H H E X T EVEVTS CLUH met by special invitation with Mrs J W Kit-treiige Monday afternoon Feb 10 Othshyer guests present were Mrs M N Bruce of the Mount Vernon club Mont Vernon N il and Mrs E H Brenan Whie the ladies plied their needles thev disshycussed the presidents message the closshying section of which was fineiv rendered by Mrs Carolyn Bulkeley Hon Geo J Burns was then introduced hy the presishydent and gave an interesting talk on the advantages the nineteenth century has brought to women The hearty thanks of the club were extended to Mr Burns for his courtesy in devoting a part of his busy days to the entertainment of its members

-V light lunch was served followed by music by Miss Avis Burns and Mona Whitman and the adjournment closed a very delightful afternoon

Tt-FTS GLEE CLVmdashThe glee and manshydolin clubs of Tufts college gave an entershytainment in the townJiall Friday evening Feb 7 which delighted all Everv memshyber of the company was present in all twenty-eight and the audience was large Seldom is an audience more responsive Every part on the program was encored and responded to but one At the close one could hear members of the audience all over the hall expressing their satisfacshytion with the evenings entertainment A very pleasing feature of the affair was when the manager of the glee club asked if there were anv graduates of Tufts colshylege in the liall and Dr B H Hopkins arose and was cheered and then invited to the stage and join with tbe glee club in singing these words

While iiur i-olor-ll(gtit IIHIVC WC the home wc lovp

Where ilrpi(ly raquobull Innc Life in hishiiiL foim in

for their subject Abraham Lincoln bull Mrs C- 1 i illard and Miss Harrod opened with a piano duet Golden star read inge Lin obi in the south Aneidotcs of Lincoln bullbull Jbe perfect tribute and other -eadiii-s by Miss Brown Mrs W C Haskell sung -Marvland my Maryshyland and the bull ijattle hvmn of the reshypublic was sung Mis s s tone played I n May nigbts fragrance N e x t week the club will meet with Mrs E W Parker

arren Harrod has so far-recovered from bis rheumatic fever as to get down stairs Wedntsday

Dennis P Neyland of Bellows Falls t was at liis StiUKiver home Wednesshyday and Thursdav

Hai-ry J^ainpson has gone to Pater-son N J after staying at Mrs Parkers for the winter

Mrs Adeliza A Turner is visiting her brother Herbert W Atherton in Holyoke

Rogers Morse has been quite ill with tonsihtis so that he had to he kept home from school for a fortnight

Station agent S B Haynes has a pocket book that a Harvard lad_y left in the stashytion He does not know her name so canshynot notify her

BOXBOROUGH

N E W S ITKMSmdashMr ahd Mrs L W-Richardson attended the Pomona grange meeting at Stow Jan 30 In spite of the extreme cold weather there was a large attendance 198 persons sitting down lo dinner and more coming for the aftershynoon session Unfortunately Henry C Burnham of Ashland who was to have been the speaker in the afternoon was sick but Elmer D Howe of Marlboro filled the vacancy with an interesting address

At the ladies circle last week Friday evening the supper was in charge of the young people after which the farce Lushycyslaquold man recently given at the grange was repeated by request

Mrs Elsie Davidson was at the home of her father]Norman Wetherbee last week

-Andrew Walker is visiting his sister in Spencer

Daniel Wetherbee and Ralph Lawrence were at home over Sunday

-Mrs Martha Whitcomb who has been living with her brpther in Bolton since leaving here has bought the Faxon estate in Stow Siie buys for occupancy and will soon commence to remodel the place

Miss Florence Dodge is in Lawrence for two weeks

W H Furbush and R Y Nelson filled their icehouses the first of the week

Ernest Davidson has been on the sick list this week

House and Lot For Sale in Ayer

W E 0 F F E R F O R S A L E T H E j H O L S E A N D LOT N O W O C C U P I E D BY MR F L E W E L L I N G S I T U A T E ON E A S T M A I N ST AYEK A D shyJ O I N I N G T H E R E S I D E N C E O F J II W H I T C O M B

The House is in excellent condition contains 8 rooms good dry cellar good woodhouse and also ahenhoiise The lot is 66 feet on East Main St and 132 feet deep Vn abundance of Grapevines Pear Trees and Shrubbery on the place Conshysidering the location of this property the condition of the buildings and large-sized lot the reasonable price asked and the easy terms of payment required all comshybine to guarantee a quick sale

Price $1600 AITLV IMMEDIATELY TO

P Donlon-amp Co A Y E R MASS

There is Only One Way

THAT YOf CAN- IIAVE

Beaut i fu l Soft Sk in bull ASD THAT IS liV ISING

Grays Solidified

Glycerine IT IS A N E X Q U I S I T E A N D D E shy

L I G H T F U L T O I L E T P R E P A R A T I O N A N D I F U S E D R E G U L A R L Y W I L L P R O D U C E T H E S O F T E S T T E N -D E R E S T A N D MOST B E A U T I F U L SKIN I T QUICKLY A N D E F F E C shyT I V E L Y C U R E S

Chapped Hands Chapped Lips

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tered on the shore raquoed by Almi Mater wiir

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Sifc arC _ _ ^ bdquo^ ^o we hail thgt- firown find lihic with loM-

forever true bull ftcr the college yell a rousinj cheer

was sent up for the Congregational church under whose auspices the entertainment was jiriven

CEVTKRmdashOwing to the bad weather and traveling Rev Granville Pierce was unable to be present to address the Allishyance on Thursday Feb 6 as expected The few who ventured forth liowever passed a pleasant afternoon with Rev and

^ Mrs E B Fairchild At the next meetshying on Thursday Feb 20 with Mrs L J Farnsworth each member is requested to come prepared with some selection comshymemorative of Lincoln

-Miss Allison Winslow gave a party in honor of her fifteenth birthday on Friday evening Feb 7 and entertained her little guests in a very ^raceful manner After the playing of games and other amuseshyments the merry little party bade their hostess adieu It was an evening of much pleasure fo them

^ The sewing guild met with Mrs Edward Farnsworth last Saturday evening It was gentlemans night and quite a number attended After lunch games were played and all enjoyed a good time

Regular services at Trinity chapel^ Sunshyday afternoon TehT 16 at 315 bull

A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs LaForest J Carp^ntier Feb )

At the ConLrregiitlonal church on Sundav moniint at Iii^ the subject of the i^ervice will IK- Insincerity At the evening ser-vilt-e at 7 oclock the subject will be bullbull (iods i-ire of human life the fifth and last in the series on bullbull The fall of men

FOR SALE A L O T O F L A N D ON T H E W E S T

S I D E OF P A R K S T S U I T A B L E FOR COAL S H E D S O R D W E L L I N G H 0 U 5 E S A L L G R A D E D A N D D R A I N E D

O U R COAL S H E D S L O C T E D O N T H E B amp M R Rbdquo L O W E L L D I V I shySION W H I C H A R E I N A V E R Y GOOD C O N D I T I O N

O N E O N E - H O R S E T R A V E l l S E R U N N E R S L E D A N D A O N F -I IORSE D U M P C A R T N E A R L Y N E W

A L L OF T H E A B O V E WILL B E S O L D C H E A P IF T A K E N A T O N C E

W E A R E S E L L I N G COAL F O R S750 A T O N A N D A T O N IS 2000 LBS

A E Lawrence amp Son AYEn M A S S J A N 27 1908 20

C~-10MM0N-n-KALTn OF MASSACUUSETTS y Middlesexss ProbateCourt Tothe

helrs-at-law next of kin creditors and all other persons Interested iu the estate of Johanna F Crowley late of Groton In said county decciscd intestate

Whereas a petition has been presented to said Court to grant a letter of administration on the estate ot said deccased to Patrick H Crowley of Groton in said Countv ot Middle-sex_ without giving a suretv on his bond

iou are hereby cited to appear at a Proshybate Court to be held at Cambridge in said County of Middlesex on the fourth dav ot MarchAD 1908 at nine oclock in the foreshynoon to show cause If anv vou have whv the same should not be granted

Vnd the petitioner is herebv Jirccted to give public notice thereof bv publishing this citation once In each week for three successhysive weeks In the Groton Landmark a newsshypaper published in said Countv the last pulgt-licbtiou to be one dav at least before said Court

Witness Charles J Mclntire Estjuire First Judgeof sail Court this twelfth dav of February in the year one thousand nine hundred and eiht

bullif-i W K KCK-Ki- Itegister

Browns Drug Store

Main St Ayer Mass P DONLON amp CO

BKALERS IX

Fine Groceries

AND

General Merchandise

AGENTS FOR

C U N A R D W H I T E S T A R A N D A N shy

C H O R S T E A J I S H I P L I N E S

Desirable Village Propshyerty bought and sold

G I V E US A CALL A T M E A D S

BLOCK M A I N ST

A Y E R MASS

NEW- ADVERTISEMENTS

T H E

Uss I aroline S Hutchinson a former resident of this town ltlied Feb 1 in Lonshydonderry N II wliere she had lived for the past seven years She was over sevshyenty Interment w8 in Shirley cemetery

Tuesilay evening a party of young peoshyple availed themselves of the fine siei-h-ing and th- moonlight and had a sleigh-ride to Leominster where they enjoyed a turkey supper at the Columbia hotel In the parly were

Mr and Mrs H Ibdquo Farnsworth Mr and Mrs II o Turner Mr and Mrs Koliert Murphy Mr and Mrs H M Beverly Mr and Mrraquo W II Keynolds Mr and Mrs Igt N U-iwrcncc Mr and Mrs Ihil Andrew MIss Madolin Whltnev Miss Flood Miss Huso Miss Hume Miss Kiley Carl IriK-tor Herbert Iroctor Harry Draper Fred Morshyrison and Fritz Moses

The new law with regard to the election of assessors is that one is to be elected for one year one for Iwo years and one for three yean- and ufei wards one each year forlthree years

Two m-iiibers of this committee will he present etcii day Mrs Lawrence and Mrs Sawyer go on Mon ay

Frnncis Lovejoy and G-o V Blaquorrett attended th- encampmenl and bancpiet of the O AI in Boston this week

WR c No 4D was represenUiil at the deparimi-Mi conveniiun in Boston this week by Ih premdent Mrs Nina B Livejoy delegHie Mrs Mary A Beverly also Mr Liicgt S Richardson Mrs Dnii^l H Dckinsim

Harry Ball a pupil in the high school building had a narrow escape from serious Injury at Sandy Pond Wednesday after noon He went up on the run where the ice is taken up slipped and fell a distance of sixty feet He was taken up unconsshycious but recovered sufficiently to walk home He is p-etty badly shaken up and confined to the house but it is hopeil no serious injury is done

WiiiiAM C DoiiKRTV chairman of the boird of health of Lowell bas the proshyfound sympathgt of his many friends in this town who have confidence in bis inshynocence of the off-nse for which be ha been indicted We are pleased to note that the charfre is purely statutory under the caucus act iind dolts not impugn Mr Dohertys orticial integrity or personal honesty It is charged that as chairman ofthe board of health he u ed his official authority and influence to coerce the politshyical aciion of one Thomas F Garvey an employee of the health department for the ptirpose of securing the political influence of Garve bulllarnes

I-lH(iltAiH Pfii-ITmdash lnitarianmdash aving ones soul After all there is a higher

purpose in life and religion than the saving of ones soul It is csscntiallv and fundashymentally selfish in its motive It igt not an ii-t to he commended The better -ind finer aim in religion is the saving of all life from sin anil sorrow- It is indeed a i|uestlon as to whether a man can save his soul except In the attempt to thus save others Make this at-tempt try to save your fellows seek to iil-inll all men into the heaven of happiness inshyclude all souls in your salvation proltess anil you will find tbat as a result vour own soul wiU lie saved bull

S T I L L R I V E F i

KuVAWAVSmdashThere was considerable excitement for a short time Monday mornshying at the railway station --bout 7)ii oclock four girls -n-ho had escaped from the Lancaster reform school came down tbe track and two of the smaller ones Slopped in tbe i-rossini tenders sliantv to fit warm for they were rather lin-iitlv dressed for a tramp in nine below zero weaiher as it was that morning Tbe other two started up the hill toward tbe village but had gone but a few roils when tbey met a man from the school lookinc for them He immediately jumped out of tbe sleigh and caught oneot tliem but the other one ran away and he was obliied

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S P E C I A L FOR A L I M I T E D T I M E O N L Y

R E D U C E D PRICES

C A B I N E T S S300 PER D O Z E N H A L F CABINETs 200 I-ER D O Z E N -MINIATIJRES 100 PER D O Z E N

West Groton Blacksmith

COMMONWEMTII OF MA-SSICIKSKTTSmdash Miililksexss ProbateCourt To all

persons interested in the estate of Henrv -paulding lute of Townsemiin said Countv ilii-eascil

Whereas Ella E Spauliling the executrix of the will of said deceaseil has presented for allowance the account of her administra-trat^ioiiuiion the_estate otsaid ilpi-eispil bull

i ou are hereby cited to appear at a Probate Court to Ire held at Cambridge in said Counshyty on the nineteenth dav of Februarv A D IfKW at nine oclock In the forenoonto show cause if any you have whv the same should not be allowed

And said executrix is ordered to serve this Illation by ilcllvcring a copv thereof to all persons interested In the estate fourteen davs at least before said Court or bv puhllshlrig the same ouce in each week for three successhysive weeks in Turners Public Spirit a newsshypaper published in yer the last publication to be one day at least before said Court aud by mailing postpaid a copv of this citation to all known persons interested in the estate seven days at least before said Court

Witness CiiARLys J M C I N T I R E Ksquire I- irst Judge of said Courtthis tnentv-eighth day of January In the year one Ihousnnd nine hundred and eight

f- W K ItoOERS Register

Remove the Cause

How- TO R E M E D Y MUCH OF T H E S L F -

FKRING IN Y E R

Union Cash Market

AYER

Has a First Class l-hore Sled for sale for T I bull i J r bullbull bull Si500 lthoc your SleighsS2r)0 New Tire t hero is hard ly a f a m i l y in for vour luggy$400 Make Wagon Jacks w h e r e there are n o t o n e or for 8100 ^lake Fann Wagons and TIpcarts with low front wheels Have a large shop and better faiilitios to ilo work on short no-ti-o Ill L G STKAND

- - wvii wiic inii avny nnu ue was ODIlireU ey and his friends in b half of | lo let her go for the time being while he H Carmichael a candidate for came lo the station with the one he had

nomnaion to ihe office of mayor andput her with the two who were get-Mr Doherty claims that he had no in- tibdquog warm intothe care of Mr PortTey

terest in Mr Carmichael s nomination and crossing tender while he went for the did n t even vote for him and there- bdquobdquoe that had given him the slip He went fore had no motive m soliciiin anyone to up ihe hi 1 to the village but could sec no work for Ins nomination Mr Doherty signs of her so lie relumed lo the sution further claims that at that lime Garvey and lelephoiied to the school at Lancaster was nnder charge fur irreguUrities for lor aiolher man and team to come and which he has since been removed frnm Iv office by the boanl of healthun ch made and prov il oi full hearing

AUfiUSTCS LOVEJOY

Fire Insurance Agent and Broker

bulli-2 EAS-I M A I N ST AYER MASS

Farms anil all other risks strong companies

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agHin started out He finally found harges the girls tracks where she had jumped

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the wall and he tied his horse and foi liwed the tracks around for quite a way across the railroad tracks and to the high-wlaquoy bridge He then came back to the s anon and viras starling for his horse when the girl was seen conii g up from Hie bridge having decided that it wlaquo8 no fun (u be going alone and so he had no Uouble getting her then After giving tiieni A chaitcM to get warmed up and the raquo cond sleigh had come they surted for ne scho I all laughing and apparently

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Thomas McGuane

Real Estate ANn

Insurance PEARL -STKKKT Ayer Mass ^Groton Ideal Orchestra

MUSIC FOR A L L OCCASIONS

D A N C E MUSIC A S P E C I A L T Y

H M ADAMS Manager G R O T O N M A S S

W m Crombie

MARBLE AND GRANITE Works

N E W T O N S T A Y E R

A y e r m o r e

m e m b e r s w h o suffer it times from t h e ef fects of a weik s t o m i e h

I t miy he that th is o c c u r s o n l y afshyter e a t i n g s o m e food t h a t d o e s n o t igroe or because of a s u p p e r late at n i g h t or it miy be that t h e s t o m a c h is so wc-tk t h a t s carce ly a n y food can bo e a t e n w i t h o u t p-iin and distress

T h e o n l y w iy to trelt a c o n d i t i o n of this k ind success fu l ly is w i t h Mi-o-ni I t i -cmoves t h e c a u s e of indi shyg e s t i o n wc ikness of t h e m u s c l e s of t h e s t o m a c h a n d bowe l s a n d r e s t o r e s t h e w h o l e d i g e s t i v e s y s t e m t o h e a l t h a n d s t r e n g t h s o t h a t i t t a k e s care o f all t h e food t h a t is e a t e n

G e t w e l l ind s t r o n g b y u s i n g Mi-o-na tab le t s T a k e t h e r e m e d y at the first s y m p t o m of i n d i g e s t i o n w h e n y o u can be c u r e d eas i l y w i t h a f e w d o s e s H o w e v e r n o c a s e s tomj ich trouble is t o o s e v e r e c h r o n i c for Mi-o-na t o o v e r c o m e

W i l l i a m B r o w n se l l s i t u n d e r an abraquoo lute g u a r a n t e e t o re fund t h e m o n shye y u n l e s s i t c u r e s A 6 ( k e n t b o x lasts for a c o u p l e o f w e e k s a n d w i l l d o m o r e real g o o d t h a n a dozc i i b o x -es of t h e o r d i n a r y d i g e s t i v e t a b l e t s

The following Is a partial list and the p rices -

P O J i K ^ B U I T S lOc lb- -

L E G S L-iMB 15c lb

F I N E C R E A M E R Y B U T T E R 33c lb

F I N E R O A S T EORK l i e

F R E S H PORK S H O U L D E R S lOo Ib

S M O K E D 10c and l i e

F R E S H H A M S 12c

SQUIRElS B E S T H A M S 12c lb

G O O D R O A S T B E E F l2c a lb

S Q U I R E S B E S T B A C O N 15c a lb by the strip

A L L K I N D S O F B E S T I M P O R T E D MACARONI 10c per lb

C O L U M B I A KETCHUP-big bottles 20c

GOOD C O F F E E 20c Ib J T ^ J t

F I N E F L A V O R E D T E A 30c lb W e have a large sale for it

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U N I O N CASH M A R K E T

Main St Ayer

COMMONWEALTIt OP MASSACHCSCTTS mdash -Middlesexlaquolt ProbateCourt Tothe

heirs-at-law next of kin and all otherper-sons Interested In the estate of Susan MWhlt-ncv late of Ayer in said County deceased

V horcas a certain Instrument purportlnir to be the last will and tcsUment of said dis ceased has been presented to said Conrt for Probate by i^cderlck Whitney who prays that letters testamentary may be Issued to him the executor therein named wlthont giving a surety on his official bond

You are hereby cited to appear at a Proshybate Court to bo held at Cambridge In said County of Middlesex on the third day of March AD 1908 at nine oclock In the ore-noon to show cause If anv you have why the same should not be granted

And said petitioner 6 hereby directed to give public notice thereof bypublishing this citation onco In each week for three successhysive weeks In Turners Public Spirit a newraquo-paper published In Ayer the last pnh-lication to be one _day at least before said

j pound Court and by mailing postpaid or deliver y^ Ing a copy of this citation to all known pei^

sons Interested In the estate seven days at least before said Court

Wltnew C B A R L B S J H c L v n B s pound s q n h laquo First Judge of said Court this eleventh day or Febniary In the year one thousand nine bundled and eight

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Wln t It you d o n t sit d o w n a n d be quie t youl l be ove rboa rd In a minu te I ve w a r n e d you t w o or t h r e e t i m e s DOW and I m t h r o u g h

Ta lk a b o u t be ing qu ie t sa id Wln t You have c lacked Incessant ly l ike a s i t t i ng hen eve r s ince I t h r e w m y flrst l ine No w o n d e r we don t ge t a bife

W l n t Miller t u r n e d a r o u n d to look a t his friend J a c k B a r n e s l igh t ing h is pipe m e a n w h i l e

AH r ight you c l u m s y ol^l th ing I k n o w w h a t I m t a l k i n g a b o u t g r i n n e d J a c k You m o v e a b o u t In th i s l i t t le r o w b o a t a s If It w a s a n ocean going s t eamer Look t o y o u r l ine t h e r e

W l n t t u r n e d s u d d e n l y a t the m e n t i o n of the long a w a i t e d hite C l u m s y ho m i g h t be b u t J a c k loved bis c h u m Jus t because ho w a s c l u m s y a n d a l w a y s needed his he lp T h e t u r n w a s fa ta l Wlnt lost h is b a l a n c e h is foot s l ipped on t h e w e t bo t tom o t t h e boat a n d b a c k w a r d h e w e n t for a cold a n d unshyexpec ted d ip F o r t t m a t e l y t h e w a t e r w a s only five feet deep a n d W I n t s head appea red a b o v e the w a t e r In a second pipe In m o u t h and t h e fire sti l l going

Curses on you J a c k B a r n e s You did t h a t purpose ly a n d you l l p a y for th i s g rowled W l n t a s h e t r i ed t o c l imb aboard

J a c k s convu l s ions of l a u g h t e r did no t help n](-ters m u c h a n d w h e u be did s top f o r a m o m e n t i t w a s only to h e a p coals of fire upon WiiifSr we t head

My fau l t Well I like t h a t yon old landlubber I told you to keep quiet bu t you k n e w it all Now o u r d a y s fishing is spoi led nnd 1 can s t a y home and n u r s e yon Cl imb aboard and let s ge t bome before you deve lop t h e meas les or w h o o p i n g cough

I t w a s a very sul len pa i r t h a t unshylocked t h e door of t h e i r fishing h u t a n hour later W i n t w a s sh ive r ing a n d J a c k w a s m u t t e r i n g u n d e r h is b r e a t h T h e y hun ted in va in for d ry clothes a s they had come d o w n only for a d a y or t w o to rough it J a c k t u r n e d to his fr iend wi th a he lp less express ion

Wln t t he r e s only one t h i n g to do We l l have to pack u p a n d go over to Lncle Wil l s a n d see If they will t a k e you in Youre sneez ing y o u r head oft now and by m o r n i n g you l l p robab ly h a v e a fine case of pneumon ia I h a t e to do it for u n t F a n n y doesn t apshyprove of me o r m y fr iends e i t he r for t h a t ma t t e r a d d e d J ack

Again the p a i r s t a r t e d off a n d walkshyed th rough t h e w o o d s to a p r e t t y l i t t le co t t age set in a m o n g the p ines A u n t F a n n y Beal me t t h e m a t t b e porch She w a s a w o m a n w h o held he r h e a d high a t all t imes bu t j u s t n o w it seemed to be s t r a i g h t e r t h a n ever

So i t s you is i t sho said a s J a c k ex tended bis h a n d W h o is th i s pershyson wi th y o u s h e added a s she glanced a t t h e figure of W i n t covered w i th red mud a n d ha t l e s s

Oh I say Vunt F a n n y be easy W e v e had a n acc iden t Th i s is ray bes t friend Mr W l n t h r o p Miller l i e feli overboard a n d we ve come over t o - s e e if you w o n t t a k e u s In for t h e n igh t lintil his c lo thes ge t d ry W h e r e s Uncle Wi l l He l l undershys t and

Your uncle is in town a n d Belle a n d I a re alone Blood Is blood a n d you cannot deny y o u r own Ill t a k e you In for y o u r m o t h e r s s a k e w h i n e d A u n t F a n n y a s s h e opened t h e door In a n y t h i n g bu t a w e l c o m e m a n n e r

Neve r mind a b o u t me A u n t F a n shyny cheeri ly a n s w e r e d J a c k a s h e s a w t h e door open for t hem B u t W i n t m u s t get dry H e s c a u g h t a d read fu l cold I fear

H e doesn t look exac t ly f ra i l sugshyges ted Mrs Beal a s she g lanced a t WIn t s s o m e w h a t a m p l e p ropor t ions H o w e v e r como In a n d go u p to y o u r uncle s room I s u p p o s e you will l eave t h i s evening You k n o w w e h a v e no s p a r e room s h e added les t t hey should avai l t h e m s e l v e s of a n i g h t s lodging

W l n t did not leave t h a t e v e n i n g nor for many m a n y e v e n i n g s the rea f t e r A t 5 oclock t h a t a f t e rnoon t h e doctor w a s sen t for H e looked a t tho flushshyed checks nnd t h o pa rched tongue H e l istened to t h e w h e e z i n g b r e a t h a s i t c a m e so ha rd a n d shook his head

W e mus t h a v e a n u r s e a t once Mrs Real T b e m a n Is very sick H e m u s t h a v e c a r e or he will die 1 will send a n u r s e a n d will call aga in la ter Good a f te rnoon a n d tho doc to r w a s gone

F o r weeks W l n t hovered b e t w e e n life and t h e g r e a t beyond No one enshyte red t h e room b u t (ho nurse t h e docshyt o r and Isabcl le Bea l J a c k s cous in She relieved t h e n u r s e and s o m e t i m e s even t h e doctor w o u l d call h e r In t o give a few d i r e c t i o n s J a c k c a m e d o w n every dny or t w o bu t n e v e r w a s a l lowed to see h i s c h n m Slowly t h e b ig man m a d e his flght s lowly

n o t 1mdashI Uke you c ause you r e yon a n d m a y b e w h e u y o u r m o t h e r sees me d re s sed l ike a w h i t e m a n s h e won t t h i n k I m such a t e r ro r I cer ta inly d id look like a day labore r ou t of a j o b t h e a f t e rnoon 1 l a n d e d on t h e front p o r c h

I knojv sa id I sabe l l e a s she laugh ed hea r t i ly a n d laid d o w n t h e book I t m u s t S a v e been so funny Mothshye r s t e r r ib ly proper you k n o w

Daj s w e n t on l ike th is aud Mrs Beal w a s g r a d u a l l y w o n over to the e n e m y s c a m p E v e r y one w h o k n e w W l n t Mil ler loved himmdashloved h im deshysp i te his care less h a p l e s s ways for h is k indly sp i r i t and o t h e r th ings bu t mos t ly because he w a s he In the d a y s t h a t fol lowed he h a d m a n y nurses a s al l t he family took t u r n s whee l ing h im a c r o s s t h e room so t h a t he migh t bask In t h e sun l igh t bu t h i s happ ie s t hours w e r e w h e n Isabel le w a s in cha rge

One a f t e rnoon a s s h e p a t t e d the pll- l o w s a t t h e back of h i s cha i r and left a g l a s s of milk a t h is e lbow he c a u g h t t h e h a n d t h a t had b r o u g h t so m a n y comfor t s to h im d u r i n g h is Illness

W o n t you s t a y a l i t t le longer Miss N i g h t i n g a l e he p leaded a s he held t igh t ly to t h e h a n d I m so lonely In t h e t w i l i g h t W a l t un t i l J a c k comes H e s due In a few m i n u t e s now If t h e t r a i n i sn t la temdashplease

i ou old s i l ly sa id Isabel le a s she s a t on the w i n d o w ledge wi th the s h a d o w s enc i r c l ing her

I wish you k n e w m o r e abou t m e sa id W l n t I wish you would a s k s o m e of t h e fe l lows If I m not a decen t s o r t You see I ve s o m e t h i n g t o say to you bu t I c a n t un t i l you know me be t te r I t wou ld be l ike t a k i n g an unshyfa i r a d v a n t a g e

Oh b u t I k n o w all a b o u t you alshyr e a d y s h e sa id gay ly J a c k and 1 ta lk a b o u t you all t h e t i m e

H e reached ou t a n d pul led ber a litshyt le closer

I m a c l u m s y old th ing a s J a c k alshyw a y s says b u t t h e r e s no th ing very bad a b o u t me a n d I d o n t play th i s sick t r ick very of ten You wou ldn t c a r e for a life j o b of nu r s ing would y o u H e w a s ho ld ing t ho band very t igh t ly n o w as she looked up a t him a n d said coy ly

s k me w h y d o n t y o u H i s a r m s w e r e not very s t rong a s

ye t bu t both of t h e m w e n t a r o u n d the gir l a s he d r e w her t o h i s Wps

S w e e t h e a r t h e wh i spe red Wel l Ill be h a n g e d W l n t Miller

n o n e of t h a t s a n g ou t J a c k a s he stood In t h e d o o r w a y g r i p In hand a s h e had h u r r i e d from t h e t ra in I b r o u g h t you d o w n here to fish not to s tea l all t h e p r e s e r v e s on fhe family p l a n t a t i o n

Yes J a c k sa id W i n t a s he reached out oue free hand You b rough t me d o w n to fish a n d I m t h e champion for here in my a r m s Is t h e ca tch of t h e season t b e best eve r

The Cause of a Cold ^ j R cough cannot a lways b e

t r aced It is sufficient however to k n o w that

you h a v e one and ought t o g e t rid of it G r e a t oaks from little acorns g r o w a n d too frequently t h e slight cough of t o d a y is t h e pneumonia of tomorrow

Cherry Juice Cough Syrup-Igt the belt cough injurance in the world Aa a remedy for coughs hoarseness difshyficult breathing etc it is without a peer It soothes and heah the ioflamed throat and passages and restores the voice to its natural tone all in a very short time Cures die most stubborn coughs Very pleasant lo lake perfectly harmless and good lot children as well as adults Try a bollle I

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T b e r e Is the t a n d e m eel t b a t you h a v e all l ieard of W h e n thoy go down or np the s t r e a m from the i r ( juar ters for the w i n t e r or s u m m e r they go in single liie ono behind tbe other like t b e iprimeval man T b e y leave evact-ly siv inches of space be tween the i r noses and the tail of t ho eel in front W h e n an eel sees t h a t t h e fellow ahead Is l eng then ing tb is space he sp r ings f o r w a r d and se iz ing t h e tai l of the ofshyfende r In his mou th pul ls h im back Into place I d r o p p e d m y hook d o w n r igh t in front of a s t r i n g of t a n d e m eels a n d t h e ba i t w a s accepted and I j e r k e d ou t tho eel T h e one behind s ee ing t h a t fhe fel low a h e a d w a s runshyn i n g a w a y obeyed his Ins t ruc t ions a n d seized his tal l fo pull h im back and so did the one behind a n d so on to the l a s t one a n d 1 pul led t h e m out h a n d o v e r h a n d till I h a d a g r e a t m a s s of s l ippery eels a b o u t me mdashStrand Magshyazine

In this floor jjlan t he cow-s tab le 34 by SO f(-laquo-t which fo rms t h e h e a d of t h e T and so m u c h of t h e s t e m of t h e T as covers t h e d r i v e w a y floor would have s to rage s p a c e a b o v e for forage bedding and g r a i n In th is plan we have in m i n d a s t a v e sllo e rec ted a s r e p r e s e n t e d w i t h a conshyc r e t e foundat ion e x t e n d i n g t h r e e feet below the level of t h e feed ing floor and r is ing 27 feet above i t b u t covshyered by t h e roof of t h e m a i n buildshying and s u p p o r t i n g a w a t e r - t a n k to supply the needs of t h e outfit If s u c h

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C u r s e s on you J a c k B a r n e s You did t h a t purpose ly and you l l p a y to r t h i s g r o w l e d W l n t a s he t r ied to c l i m b a b o a r d

J a c k s convu l s ions of l a u g h t e r did no t he lp m a t t e r s much a n d when be did s t o p t o r a m o m e n t i t w a s ouly to h e a p coa ls of fire upon Wi i i t J we t head -^

My f au l t Well I like tha t yon old l a n d l u b b e r I told you to keep quiet b u t you k n e w it al l Now Our d a y s fishing is spoiled and 1 can s t a y homo a n d n u r s e yon Cl imb a b o a r d and le t s ge t home before you deve lop t h e m e a s l e s o r whoop ing cough

I t w a s a very sullen pa i r t h a t unshylocked t h e door ot the i r fishing h u t a n h o u r l a te r W i n t w a s sh ive r ing and J a c k w a s m u t t e r i n g u n d e r h i s b rea th T h e y h u n t e d in va in for d ry c lo thes a s they had come d o w n only for a day or t w o t o rough It J a c k t u r n e d to his fr iend w i t h a helpless express ion

W l n t t h e r e s only one t h i n g to do We l l h a v e to pack u p a n d go over to Unc le Wi l l s a n d see If they will t a k e you in i ou r e sneez ing you r head oft now a n d by m o r n i n g you l l p robab ly h a v e a fine c a s e of p n e u m o n i a I h a t e to do it for u n t F a n n y doesn t apshyprove of me or my f r iends e i t h e r for t h a t m a t t e r added J ack

Aga in t h e pa i r s t a r t e d off a n d walkshyed t h r o u g h the woods to a p r e t t y l i t t le c o t t a g e s e t In a m o n g the pines A u n t F a n n y Beal me t them a t t h e porch She w a s a w o m a n w h o held her bead high a t all t imes bu t j u s t now it seemed to be s t r a i g h t e r t h a n ever

So It s you is it - she sa id a s J a c k e x t e n d e d bis hand W h o is th i s pershyson w i t h y o u she a d d e d as she g lanced a t t h e figure ot Wint covered w i th r ed m u d a n d ha t less

Oh I say Vuut F a n n y be easy W e v e had an acc iden t Th i s is ray bes t f r iend Mr W l n t h r o p Miller l i e tell o v e r b o a r d and we ve come over to see If you w o n t t a k e u s In to r t h e n igh t un t i l his c lo thes g e t d ry W h e r e s Uncle Wi l l He l l undershys t a n d

Your uncle is in town a n d Belle a n d I a r e a lone Blood is blood a n d you c a n n o t deny you r own Ill t a k e you In for y o u r m o t h e r s s a k e w h i n e d 4unt F a n n y a s s h e opened t h e door In a n y t h i n g b u t a -nelcome m a n n e r

N e v e r mind a b o u t me -Vunt F a n shyny cheer i ly a n s w e r e d J a c k a s h e s a w t h e door open to r t hem B u t W i n t m u s t ge t d ry t i e s c a u g h t a d readfu l cold I f ea r

H e d o e s n t look exac t ly f ra i l sugshyges ted Mrs Beal a s s h e g lanced a t W I n t s s o m e w h a t a m p l e p ropor t ions H o w e v e r c o m e In and go u p to y o u r unc le s room I suppose you will leave th i s even ing You k n o w w e h a v e no s p a r e room s h e added lest they should ava i l t h e m s e l v e s of a n i g h t s lodging

W i n t d id not leave t h a t e v e n i n g nor for m a n y m a n y e v e n i n g s the rea f t e r A t 5 oclock t h a t a f te rnoon t h e doctor w a s sen t for H e looked a t t h e flushshyed c h e c k s nnd tho p a r c h e d tongue H o l i s tened to t h e wheez ing b r e a t h ns i t c a m e so h a r d and shook his head

W o m u s t h a v e a n u r s e a t once Mrs Beal T h e m a n Is very sick H e m u s t h a v e c a r e or be will die I will send a n u r s e a n d will call aga in la ter Good a f t e r n o o n and tho doc to r w a s gone

F o r w e e k s W l n t hovered be tween life a n d t h e prreat beyond No one enshyte red t h e room bu t Ihe nu r se t h e docshyto r and I sabe l l e Beal J a c k s cousin She re l ieved t h e nu r se a n d s o m e t i m e s even t h e doc to r would call h e r In t o g ive a f ew di rec t ions J a c k c a m e d o w n e v e r y dny or t w o bu t neve r w a s a l lowed t o see his c h u m Slowly t h e b ig m n n m a d e his fight s lowly his eyes lost t h e g lassy look and finally I t h e d a y c n m e w h e n t h e n u r s e w n s no longer needed I sabel le could m a n a g e bullwith J a c k s help nt n igh t i

I sny n u r s e sa id W l n t one day ns I sabe l l e s a t r e a d i n g to him I m glad t h a t o t h e r n u r s e bea t It I l ike you fcetter

B u t yon k n o w I m not ronlly a n u r s e a t al l Mr Miller sa id Isnbolle a s s h e b l u s h e d n t the Inferred complishym e n t I m J n c k a cousinmdashAunt Fnn-n y s d a u g h t e r you u n d e r s t a n d But I l o r e J a c k a n d Ill do a n y t h i n g for his

bull f r iends a n d s h e bcgnn to rend npnln D o n t le t s r ead a n y m o r e said bullWlnt J n s t l e t s t a lk I don t caro bullwhether y o u r e a real ly t r u ly n u r s e or

I not bull 1mdashI l ike you c ause y o u r e you a n d m a y b e w h e u y o u r m o t h e r s ee s me

d r e s sed l ike n wh i t e m a n s h e won t I t h ink I m such a t e r ro r I ce r ta in ly

did look like a day l abore r ou t of a j o b t h e a f t e rnoon I l anded ou t h e front

po rch I know sa id Isabel le a s sho laughshy

ed hea r t i l y a n d laid d o w u t h e book I t m u s t S a v e been so funny Mothshye r s t e r r ib ly proper you k n o w

D a y s w e n t on like th i s a n d Mrs Beal w a s g r a d u a l l y won ove r to the e n e m y s c a m p E v e r y one w h o k n e w W l n t Miller loved himmdashloved h im deshysp i te h is ca re less hap l e s s w a y s for his kindly sp i r i t and o t h e r t h ings bu t most ly because he w a s he In t h e days t h a t fol lowed he had m a n y n u r s e s a s all t h e fami ly took t u r n s w h e e l i n g him ac ross tho room so t h a t he m i g h t bask In t h e sun l igh t bu t his h a p p i e s t hours w e r e w h e n Isabel le w a s In c h a r g e

One a f t e rnoon as she p a t t e d t h e pilshylows a t t h e back o t h is c h a i r a n d left a g l a s s of milk a t his e l b o w he c a u g h t t h e h a n d t h a t bad b r o u g h t so m a n y comfor t s to him d u r i n g his I l lness

W o n t you s t ay a l i t t le longer Miss N i g h t i n g a l e he p l e a d e d a s he held t ight ly to t h e hand I m so lonely In the twi l igh t Wai t unt i l J a c k comes H e s due In a few m i n u t e s n o w If tbe t r a in Isn t la temdashplense

You old s i l ly sa id Isabel le a s she s a t on t h e w i n d o w ledge wi th the s h a d o w s enc i rc l ing her

I wish you k n e w m o r e a b o u t m e sa id W l n t I w i sh you would a s k some of t h e fel lows If I m not a decen t s o r t You see I ve s o m e t h i n g t o say to you bu t I c a n t un t i l you k n o w me be t te r I t would be like t a k i n g a n unshyfa i r a d v a n t a g e

Oh b u t I k n o w al a b o u t you alshyr e a d y s h e sa id gayly J a c k and I ta lk a b o u t you all t h e t i m e

H e r eached ou t and pul led he r a litshyt le closer

I m a c l u m s y old th ing a s J a c k alshyw a y s says bu t t h e r e s n o t h i n g very bad a b o u t me and I d o n t p lay th i s sick t r ick very often You w o u l d n t c a r e for a life j ob o t n u r s i n g would you H e w a s hold ing t ho h a n d very t g h t l y now as she looked np a t him a u d said coy ly

Ask nie w h y don t you H i s a r m s were not very s t r o n g as

yet b u t both of t h e m w e n t a r o u n d the gir l a s he d r e w her to his lips

S w e e t h e a r t he w h i s p e r e d Wel l I ll be hanged W i n t Miller

none o t t h a t s a n g ou t J a c k as he s tood In t h e doorway g r ip In h a n d a s he had h u r r i e d from t h e t r a in I b r o u g h t you down here to fish no t to s tea l all t h e p rese rves on t h e family p l a n t a t i o n

Yes J a c k sa id W i n t a s he r e a c h e d out one free hand You b r o u g h t me d o w n to fish a n d I m t h e c h a m p i o n for be re in my a r m s Is t h e ca t ch o t t h e season t h e bes t ever

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I l should be unders tood t h a i an enshygine tha t would bave sufficient pow-er to run a feed-cut ter would ha rd ly be economica l to run t h e s e p a r a t o r for so smal l a p lan t a s 40 cows I t Is possible however t h a t if a smal l r e f r ige ra t ing p l a n t were to be Ins ta l led tor use mos t of the year a type of p l an t migh t be adop ted tha t would p e r m i t I ts be ing r u n for a couple of h o u r s n i g h t and morn ing a t t h e t ime mi lk ing Is done a n d tho work in t h e da i ry a t t e n d e d to 80 t h a t t he s e p a r a t o r could be run t a k i n g oft Us power when o t h e r needshyed work is be ing accompl i shed Grindshyi n g and p u m p i n g could o t cou r se go on a t t h e s a m e t i m e because a bin could eas i ly be a r r a n g e d so t h a t t h e mill would bo fed au toma t i ca l ly t h u s r equ i r i ng no a t t en t ion excep t to s ee t h a t It w a s feeding r ight

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b u t t e r f a t wi th t h e r ight kind of a c o r n t h a n It does to produce a pound of beef C o m p a r e pr ices

Recipes for Making These Deliclout Confections at Home

T h e s e a r e very nice w h e n m a d e a t home Select a br ight c l e a r day for t h e work and do It In a r o o m w h e r e t h e r e is no moi s tu re P r e p a r e o r a n g e s for the glace some l i t t l e t i m e beforeshyhand so tha t t h e pee led q u a r t e r s or e igh ths may b e c o m e q u i t e d ry T a n ge r lnes a re exce l l en t tor t h i s purpose be ing na tura l ly dry Cut Malaga o r T o k a y grapes from t h e b u n c h e s leavshying the s t ems as long as poss ib le Cut c i t ron in pre t ty forms and if you use brandied che r r i e s d ry t h e m Preshyse rved wa te rme lon r ind d r i ed ou t In the oven Is a lso n ice Shel l a s many peanu t s Brazil nu t s h a z e l n u t s anil w-alnuts as needed A l m o n d s and c h e s t n u t s mus t be b l a n c h e d a s well as shelled then t h o r o u g h l y dr ied T h e la rge F rench o r S p a n i s h c h e s t n u t s should be shel led t h r o w n In boil ing wa te r a few m o m e n t s t h e n sk inned and af te r t ha t be s i m m e r e d a l i t t le In boi l ing wa te r unt i l t ende r b u t no t too soft Drain and dry W h e n cool Inshys e r t a small wooden t oo thp i ck In each nut

To m a k e t h e glace p u t a pound of g r a n u l a t e d s u g a r and a s c a n t cup of cold w a t e r In a s a u c e p a n a n d l e t It s t a n d ha l t a n h o u r unt i l t h e s u g a r Is dissolved T h e n s e t ove r t h e fire w h e r e It can be t r u s t e d to boll wi thshyo u t s t i r r i ng o r J a r r i n g t h e ke t t l e T o I n s u r e safety It is well to p lace an asshybes tos m a t u n d e r t h e pan W h e n t h e bubbles on t h e su r f ace of t h e s i r u p begin t o look tough l e s t by d r o p p i n g a teaspoonful In a cup of cold w a t e r If It falls to t h e b o t t o m w i t h a b r i t t l e c l i ck ing sound add t w o tab lespoonfu l s o t v i n e g a r and lift a t o n c e from t h e flre Se t t h e p a n in a l a r g e bas in o t h o t wa te r and d ip o r a n g e ca rpe l s he ld by t h e t ips c h e r r i e s g r a p e s and o t h e r frui ts in one by one t h e n p lace on oiled paper to h a r d e n Do not use much mot ion In d i p p i n g t h e fruit lest t he s i rup g r a n u l a t e

A candy d ippe r t h a t m a y b5 purshychased a t a n y d e p a r t m e n t o r c a n d y s t o r e fac i l i ta tes t h e d ipp ing C h e r r i e s and g r apes or a n y frui t tv i th s t e m s a r e easy to dip b u t t h e n u t s a r e hardshyer I t t h e s i rup b e c o m e s t oo cold beshyfore all the frui t h a s b e e n d ipped U can be rehea ted 4s f a s t a s e a c h p a n is filled with t h e g laced f ru i t s e t In an open window or o t h e r co ld p l a c e t o harden I t t h e g lace Is n o t c o m p l e t e with the flrst d ipp ing r e p e a t t h e opshyera t ion again add ing a l i t t l e m o r e w-ater to the s i rup and r e h e a t i n g unti l it s t a n d s the tes t F igs d a t e s and p r u n e s a r e all n ice for a g lace mdashKanshys a s City laquobullraquo-

Morning Glor ies Morn ing glor ies can be eas i ly g rown

in t h e house d u r i n g t h e win te r s ays H a r p e r s Bazar P l a n t e d in pots t hey win bloom In abou t s ix w e e k s P u t t h r e e or four s eeds in each pot and place n e a r a w-indow If p lan ted la te in the win te r p u t t u m b l e r s over t h e m until they g e t s t a r t e d L e t t h e m run on a baske t reed o r p iece o t feath-e rbone and w-hen i t is n e a r l y covered bend it over and s t ick t h e o t h e r end in the pot and t h e r e will be a circle of b lossoms T h e v i n e s can be t r a ined on cords and so de l ica te ly outshyline a frieze which would be c h a r m i n g in a b reakfas t room N a s t u r t i u m s m a y be used in t h e s a m e w-ay and coba ra is a lso a good r u n n e r tor t h e house

Bread Griddle C a k e s Tw-o cups o t b r ead c r u m b s one cup

flour th ick sour milk one-half level teaspoon salt one level t ab lespoon sugar one egg -R-ell b e a t e n t w o tableshyspoons mel ted b u t t e r soda

Soak the bread c r u m b s In cold washyte r for one hour t h e n d ra in dd the flour and enough s o u r milk to m a k e a good b a t t e r L e t s t a n d over n igh t W h e n ready to use add t h e sal t sugar egg and b u t t e r and one-hal t level t e a s p o o n o t soda for e a c h cup ot s o u r milk Disso lve t h e soda in a bit ot cold w a t e r before addshying Mix tho rough ly and cook on a hot well g r eased g r idd le

Cold Meat Sa l ad T a k e e i the r cold po rk or l a m b roas t

cu t in to small p ieces p l ace in d ish on ice a sho r t -fthlle t h e n to one h e a p i n g cup of the chopped m e a l a d d one cup of boiled I r i sh p o t a t o e s w h i c h a l so h a v e been cu t in to sma l l p ieces t hen add a small p iece o t finely chopped onion a lso ce le ry It de s i r ed Over all pour a salad d r e s s i n g m a d e o t one egg bea ten light one teaspoonfu l o t musshytard tw-o teaspoonfu ls of suga r half t easpoon each of sa l t a n d pepper smal l piece of b u t t e r S t i r t o g e t h e r well t hen add one t e a c u p of v inegar P l a c e on fire and cook un t i l stiff stirshyr ing cons t an t ly

Of the Ladies W h a t Sha l l e x p o s u r e s s t op a t

po l i t i cs a n d finance A r e t h e s h a m e s of t b e c i t i es t h e on ly s t i ames Is t h e s ign o t t h e d o l l l a r t h e only wickshyed p o r t e n t Not s o mdash a t h o u s a n d t i m e s no t sol It w-e a r e tu have exshyp o s u r e s let us expose a l l L e t no gu l l l y o n e escape

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T h r e e m o n t h s ago and tnese two w e r e s t rangers If you h a d t a k e n t h e lady In to a c o r n e r and w h i s p e r e d J o h n J o n e s In to h e r t a r h e r face w o u l d h a v e r e m a i n e d Dlank o t a n y look of j o y o r expec ta t ion Mean shywh i l e J o h n J o n e s was l iving his l ife s e e i n g n o d a n g e r t e a r i n g no evi l d r a w i n g h i s $25 every S a t u r d a y afshyt e r n o o n a n d k n o w i n g t h a t It was h i s t o s p e n d a s he p leased

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H e p r e s s e s t h e p i c t u r e t o h i s h e a r t d r e s s e s h imse l f wi th c a r e a n d r u s h e s o u t to h i s doom

A h m o a n s a n o t h e r y o u n g mai i T h e w a y s h e fiuters he r eye l ids w h e n a fel low k i s ses h e r

H e t oo d r e s s e s w i th ca re a n d h e too r u s h e s o u t to h i s doom

H a c r i e s a t h i r d y o u n g m a n T ^ e w a y s h e p u t s h e r a r m s u p a n d fixes h e r back h a i r

H e d r e s s e s w i t h care a n d be r u s h e s ojut to h i s d o o m

M m m m m m m exc l a ims a f o u r t h T h e way s h e c loses h e r eyes a n d

o p e n s h e r m o u t h eve ry t i m e s h e l a f f s bull

A n d h e r u s h e s o u t to h i s d o o m T h e n e x t m o r n i n g e a c h of t h e s e

y o u n g g e n t l e m e n b u y s a d i a m o n d r i ng a n d f o u r y o u n g l a d l e s b r e a t h e h a r d w i t h p r i d e a n d satlsfactlOD

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b r e a t h e so h a r d w i t h p r i d e a n d s a t shyi s fac t ion a u d a s you h a n g y o u r l i e i s in confus ion aiyl gu i l t a r l n g --jg voice e x c l a i m s a g a i n

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vls lhi l i ty and we will see for ou r shyselves a s i g h t or t w o

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P r e s e r v e d Apple Select six p o u n d s of pe r f ec t ly sound

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Baby C lo thes H a n g e r Coat h a n g e r s of v a r i o u s s o r t s h a v e

long heen famil iar A n o v e l t y In t h i s l ine Is t h e baby c l o t h e s h a n g e r w h i c h Is m a d e In p rec i se ly t h e s a m e fashshyion a s a h a n g e r for t h e c l o t h e s of a d u l t s b u t of on ly ha l f t h e BIZObdquo a c o a t h a n g e r In m i n i a t u r e bull Baby c lo the s h a n g e r s m a d e of t w i s t e d w i r e a r c w h e n u n t r l m m e d sold a t a v e r y low p r i c e t r i m m e d w i t h s i l k o r w i th r i b b o n s t h e y c o s t m o r e h o t t h e y a r s al l v e r y cu te

t ime a n d a g a i n s h e bashfu l ly o p e n s Ler fan l o o k s a t an I m a g i n a r y y o u n g man o v e r t h e t op o t It d r o p s h e r eyes nnd s i m p e r s O h George I t h i n k Coure s o m e t h i n g a w f u l

Th i s Is a fa i r one p r a c t i s i n g her A-lles

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wiles A n o t h e r T h i s g i r l ca re fu l ly

w a t c h i n g he rse l f In t h e m i r r o r g ives herse l f t h e facial express ion of q n e who h e a r s t h e a n g e l s s ing a n d s h e m u r m u r s O h F r e d I could j u s t Cie wTien you a r e pra7lyig the~^reP^ n j h e t Is p r a c t i s i n g h e r wi les

u h let us leave whi le yet we m a y I r if o u r c o a t s of invis ib i l i ty s h o u l d i r i o t t h e i r office w e o u r s e l v e s wou ld 1 - h i t c h e d d o o m e d a n d lost fo reve r I e l e a v e t h e m t h e n bu t we p a y 1 a Hying vis i t a m o n t h l a t e r

bull gt ng a l each p lace for a m o m e n t iie t h a t each gi r l it w e a r i n g a

I i a i e on t h e t h i r d finger of h e r I n a n d And as we l eave t h e m -- s t a r t s h i v e r In a la r jn a n d p r e s s

r fingers In t h e i r e a r s whi le a -tlgt voice e x c l a i m s How- did you g e t t h e m l a d l e s

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W o u l d a n y of t h e m w a s h on Mon- a y I ron on T u e s d a y b a k e on W e d -L t s d a y s w e e p o n T h u r s d a y d u s t OD F r i d a y a n d b a k e a g a i n on S a t u r d a y

W o u l d a n y of t h e m s a v e h e r h u s shyb a n d s m o n e y k e e p ch i ckens p a i n t tho p i a z z a roof dUr a g a r d e n k a l s o -m l n e t h e K i tchen s i f t the a s h e s a n d c a r r y u p t h o c o a l

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y o n n g m e n a r e n o l o n g e r sa fe and t h e q u e s t i o n haa b e c o m e a nat ional o n e h a v i n g a l ready expanded far b e shyy o n d t h e t e r m a o f I n q n l r y o r i g i n a l l y s e t 4 o w n a b o v e T h w w teirma w e c o n s e q u e n t l y s e t a a M a u t r a g e d y tnrowB a w a y Ita m a s k and the inters rogat ion n o w b e c o m e s s a d thunders gt^ IS T H B RaPTTBJ^O TO BtiDVl^t

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The sale of alum fooi has been made illegal in Washington and the District of Columshybia and alum baking powders are everywhere recognized as

To protecr yourself against alum when cdering baking powder

ROYAL^Kgg and be very sure you get Royal

Royal is the only Baking Powder made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar It adds to the digestibility and whole somenesis of the food

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bull C I - N T E I mdash T h e Townsend high school hockey team played the first game of the season with Lunenburg high school at the lat ter s grounds last Saturday afternoon ThirtyKJne young people including scholshyars t eachers and friends went down from Townsend During the game a lunch of i ho t cocoa and sandwiches a3 served bv the thoughtful hosts T h e game which ended in a t ie was very exciting in spite of the severe cold weather and was enshyjoyed by all present The return gume is to be played at Townsend hockey grounds tbis Sa turdav A large a t tendance is de-

j John Manchester recenlly enjoyed a brief visit to rehitives io Salem

i Carl Willard spent last Sunday with hi-orothers in Boston and Mr and 5lrs h e r s V ^herivin spent the div with relatives in Hollis I I

Mrs J 11 C6lt is spending a few weeks at the home of her daughter in Somerville

Willis Xelson and Clarenc-e Hawson have entered the employ of I 1 Sherwin at his glove factory

The IVS met on ^ ednesday afternoon at the home ot Mrs Mary Streeter of los-lynville and preparat ions are going on for a Washingtons b i r thdav en te r ta inment

Mr and Mrs L K Gould-have returned from Littleton Mass and will occupv part of the double house on Mason-st owned I by Mr- Sarah Colburn for the wi- ter I In the spring they will return to tlicii farm in the we-t par t of the town

Miss Marion A Stiles was one of the speaci-rs ai the eighth annual baiiHict ol the l-irt liapiist cliurch r K j at Nasliua I-ridiiy evening Feb 7

Tuesday evening the young people iraiu a (leligbtful eiiiertainiuent for tlie heiielt | of the piililii- library and over iwentv dolshylars were rt-aiizcd The re was a large at- | tendance Thi- program was in charge oi I Mrs riiria- leniiess Kandall and M i s s Blanche W Hall and to them much credit I is due for llic success of the evening i Jach nunil-r on tlie program was Hneh | given and won merited applause I ar bull of the program -on-isted of selections bv I the orchestra and tlie laughable farce A kiss in the oiirk w-as [ireseiited Kai-li charicter was well sustained A vote of j thanks in bchalt of tlie Irustees of the lishybrary was cMciidcd to the youn people abso avote of tlianks to Kev G Benshynett for his cllitit-iit assistance Iromeii-adiiig was partir-ipated and lilt_dit refrc-Ii-inenls served Mrs Iho-be Jenness Pvaii-dal was the acconijjanist of the evcninw ^ Miss Constance Hungerfordof Hartford

Conn is a guest at the Seaver homestead and Milts Kdna ll ickcr of Charlestown a guest of Mrs J A Hall

The program at the closing eiercises at the e s t Primary scliool Miss Hat t ie gt hitcomb teacher was

^V^y= for raquobull wauon school recita IIJ^ bullbull Kouhiird Ida Ilufrhes son-- ll i i S r bull v^ oraquol recitations Eugene Ouellette Mary Kejiau Matilda lietteflev sou^ 1 adille your own (-nnoe school- cxer-i-isc- Ueore Washiiiton fourl ovs poem 1 he tirst siiowrall school Americ -chool

(ieorge A l l oba r t who has been seriousshyly ill IS improviu

Mrs A Dion and daughter Helena of Kochester are guests of Sir and Mrs lames HjJi

Miss Sadie Balcom of Milford has been the guest of Miss Laura Oilman

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SUPERIOR

Celebrated for its purity and perfect baking results For thirty years the choice of the most particular cooks

Made from a SUPERIOR grade of pure grape cream of tartar

B R O O K L I N E s i red

Mrs Tigherleigh has gone to Por t land i bullIO-^IILA I H O B A K T a well-known and Me to visit her brother highly-respected ci t izen died Wednesdav

Mrs L o c k e and son Harold who have j S- igtb-5 after a weeks illness with

been guests of Oliver Proctor have ^e-i ^ P P V ^ ^ ^gtbull bull ^ - deg ^ ^ - ^ ^ bull - deg tu rned to thei r home in Providence i ^ bull= deg deg laquo trade o k l m e Dec G I^-2^^

i f a s h e son of David and Lunice A s l e i - h m g party came from I-i tchburg WHght l lobar t Kor se-eral

ednesday and had supper a t the Park irove the I S mail coach to hotel

M a r y Vttridge of Ayer is spending her vacation with friends in town

Uu th W a r r e n and friend irotu e ies-ley college are visiting with her parents

A daugh te r arrived at the home of Mr and Mrs Taft this week

A E Bur t t i j cu t t in on h i s farm

strip bull)I tiijLr | ^1

W K S T

appointed -James L l-lynn ha- be-- re-by Pres Cole at Brooklvn X

as school commissioner for a term o five years Mr Flynn is a well-knowi summer resident of this village Miss Bella Wal lace who spends her suigtiiers h e r e with M r s Flynn haspasse - the v -aminat ions and has been appointed a t-aoh-er in the publi-- schools in Brookivn X Y H e r many frien-ls are plfa-gtd at her

mdashgood foriuue

Miss Kmma Adams who h i s been s- bull ing a few weeks at the home of her s-st-r Mrs K 1 IJrayton of P r o v i d e n c W has re turned to her home

Hoyt S teJnun ani son Charles of Camshybridge w-ere recent uests at the home oi Mr and Mrs Leavitt Flls of To-IynviUe

Mrs Mary Wilson of Xew Ipswi I Is ar the home of her son lgtnest Wilson

Mr and Mrs W Sherwin are ei te -taining Mr and Mrs Thomas Pliimm-- o Somerville

F rank Wilkinso o filon-estt-r has In--- a recent guest -K the home of liilt rirh-r 1 H Wilkinson

F rank Far ley of Concord was in town last week F r idav and visiteil his cousins Mr and Mrlaquo Fred A Patch of b- l n- ville I

F rank Wes ton of Joslynville has lieen I filling his ice houses the past week getiinu I his supply at Thompsons pond

T h e l ibrarv at I P Sherwins wil not

years he Tow-nseiid

and Pepperell and was -jlso engaged in farming and coopering He loved bis home w-as loyal to his native town ind was always ready to render assistance to his neighbors He always had a cheery creeling for all H e was one of the four Hobart brothers who for so many years

i have bi-en a part of the community ami always iiiterestei in its w-eifare A wld-1 ow a son Ceorge A a sister Mrs u- gusta Smith and two brothers Xathaiiit-1 and Ceo W I Hobart and many friends j mourn his loss T h e fumily havethe svm-

pathy o a large circle of friend- The I funeral took placi at the home oi Kri(]a afternoon of las w-eck liev (i Beii- nett ofliciatin and tenderly ofi--rini words nf comfort Mr ami Mrs H lirown i Miss Hatt ie ami IMdy S Whitcomb -weet-

ly sauL --lesus lovlt-r of my sot and i--- riii^ -iVL-el bye and bye - AuKn-4lie io-al tr ibutes were i beautiful i w wreath friiii the wife garland of pinksMr and

Mrs W K Kockwood boiLjueto Ln-jlish i violets i-v and Mrs (L L Pier e roses V 1 Hobart Mrs Celia A Pow-er^ I Ilie iiii wis in the family lot at the south I enietery Kdwin Smitli W l Koekwood Kiiiier Wallai-e H F Hobari nephews Iif the deceased were the bearshyer- rolai F Blood of i epperell con-lucteil the ervii-es inon- thn-e in at-tendam e from ou- of toraquo-i -vere lohn Ho-iart Miaer Mrs C Powers Mrs F X Perin ISrookline Mass W F Uoi k-wfx^d Mi - M K Vhi t ro in Townseni H F Hobart P pperoU Mr and Ms Ijt-ter Fiichli-irc

S H I R L E Y

D K A T I I mdash H o s e a H Ballou a-red N3 vrs 7 mos died last Saturdav niornina at the home of his ton Gilbert M Ballou l i e was active up to within a few weeks of his death Deceased was born in Alon-roe but has spent nearly all his life in Shirley H e followed the business of car-

enter For many years past be has made home with his son He was a man

of very quiet and retired habits and charshyacter H i s whole life was one of usefulshyness and thrift coupled with sterl in^tiual-Uies of hear t and mind and as he palaquosed on to the sun-kissed hills of the great beshyyond he left behind the rellections of a splendid type of New Kngland manhood that will grow brighter and brighter as time rolla on its ceaseless round

inm l l l l l l l l l l l l J i L I L U I I I I J l l l l Dennis ONei l l chief engineer of the

tire depar tment who has been confined to his home with sickness for several weeks re turned to his duties at the Sampson cordage works Monday morning

T h e ladies circle of the Congregat ional church will hold a missionary tea w-ith Mrs K H Conant on Tuesday Feb 18 at -245 pm Miss Vlice M Kyle of Bosshyton field secretary of the wii M a well-known and interesting speaker w-ill id-dress the meeting

hi

I- uneral services were held Tuesday af-l ^ deg ^ of liissoD (iilbert

llou Kev C V Kniekerbot-ker pas-the Universalist church ofHciatin

M Ball

tor of cue uiiiversaiisi cnurcu otliciatin J he lloral tributes were beautiful Burial was m the family lot village cemeterv I h e survivors are his son and a daughter Mrs Harr is of Leominster who is confined at home with a very dangerousi l lness of the heart and WAS not able to aiten-i the funeral

ihe reaper death has taken another of our practical men and created a void in the community that never can be filled His relations to the human familv can igte summed up in a few words that speak volshyumes in the life of anv m a n mdash - The bull bii-dren ili loved him

ilii M K s x i r i i held igt-eioar meet-in i uesday evening at engiiiL hall the president K 11 Allen pre^iiiing 11 ( j Lvan- (-hairman of the ioint ^jmiuittee repre-entinL Altrurian and Mens clubs ibdquo the entertainment eourse given iliiriiv tl|e

has jii-t been Ijroisht letailed report which

had been re-

Victor OBrien Conant Bros popular clerk has heen confined to his home this week with a severe attack of grippe

Mrs Shucrowe is very dangerously ill with bronchial pneumonia

T h e net meeting of Shirlev grange will be held in town hall Shirley Centedegr Tuesday evening Feb Is fter a busishyness meeting from )o to eight ocloc+c the grange will be open to the public patriotic entertainment will be given Jhe w-i( and (iA i of Ayer have been inshyvited also the IgtAII of Shirley Kach grange lady is requested to carrv cake T h e next meeting of the matrons aid will be with Mrs Mabel Graves Sa tu rdav afshyternoon at two oclock

Vt the close of the Sundav school ses-1 sion at the Congregational church last I Suiiday Rev A A Bronsdon presented i bibles to the following members for be in present at every session of the school durdeg ing the year 1907

Elelnor Miner Kdna J Harris lijaiu-he Veils Bertha McNally Esther Harris -tau-

lev V ells Leslie WellsKoilnev Brown l u -sell Miner Leonard Hooper Books were a so presented to Mr- Louise M Butler anl J l rs Louise F Livermore

Mrs Joseph Thompson of Xorth Shirlev died Wednesday afternoon of pneumonia her hnsbaiid Mr Thompson is also critshyically ill with the same disease and his physician has faint hopes of his recovery

Mrs liose Walsh of Boston is visitin--her sisters the Misses -Vnn Sophia Kane

There will be

Mid-Winter Millinery

E V K R Y T H I X G I N C L L D I X G O U R LATEST A R R l V A L s T O L O W E S T P R I C E S

M A R K E D D O W N

bullMrs EG D u n c k l e e Ayer Mass W H E N

Hams W H E N Y O U K I L L Y O U R P I G S E X D US Y O I U

Shoulders a n d Bacon

Kate and

A N D W E W I L L C U R E T H E M BY T H E SAME P R O C E S S T H A T I I A V E

M A D E O U R S FAMOUS

Tel 2 1-2 Harlow amp Parsons Ayer Mass

whit-h tave

season anT to a lose gave information that -Mi ceiyel from the sale of course tickets ani ^iKLi from loor sales making a total of bullsl)L the expenlitures w-ere talent rui-i gt277ii for incidental- -1 total of SI-27i which gt20 The report was motion of Mr Kvans it this balan-e be given th-

took

^ bull-gtbull for making

left a balan-e of a-jeptel anl on w-as voted that

-Vltrurlan lt-iiib ^ely anil sjiirited discussion then Lace in regard to the lire alarm si-

XKW- irKM~mdashMrs T h o n n s lbdquo-tinctt severely sealled her foot Tuesdav- mornin with hot suls while assisting inrenioviiiraquo a wash boiler from the stove

Mrs Mary Smith and Davil l iarnabv a r e at their homes ani James Whitman j ot Xashua has been a re-ent visitor in lown

1 - - I i I r ed Keniiev of Charlestown has been be opened on Satunlay J e b -22 it bein (jjp bdquo bdquo bdquo ^f yj^ i i own na iieen

j thews f- I Air ani Mrs Kdiy S Whil--mb have bullbull bull entertainel Mr ami Mrs Walter Willer

a public holiday

Ernes t Co who has been at lioni fering from an a t ta k of tonsiliti- turned to his work in Boston M morning

Mrs Michael ColYey has been |uite

anl Mrs William Mat-

t IS iniprov

^I daughter lois and son Frel of W i Townseni

^lt I Forrest anl Rujscll Hall of Athol have been guests of their g randparents Mr ami Mrs William Hall

Samuel Swett has been dt ta ine l at home with the prevailing distemper

Mrs Lovinia E d d y of Xashua has been the guest of her daughter Miss Mvrtie Eddy at the Elmwooltl

Rev (L A Bennet t will attend the Sou-hegan Minister s union at Milford Monshyday Feb 17

Mrs Minnie RockwooltI and daughter Helen returned from New York last week after a delightful out ing a t the home of Mr and Mrs F rank P Kcnnedv

T h e Loyal Worke r s will meet at the

and under the doctor s care but ing

Miss Lucy Brooks has been on the sick list t he past week with a severe coll bu t has been able to at tend to her duties as the teacher of the Pr imary school

T h e West Townaend granite syndicate h a r e t aken tbe contract to supply the granshyi te for t h e new high fchool a t Salem T h e t V c s f Townsend pink rani te was selected b r t h e archi tec t of the building against t h r e e o r four other competing g ran i t e companies of this state They are also hraquoTine many o ther calls for estimates from N e w Y o r k Philadelphia and other large cities since sending out samples and in- ^ ^^^ tend in the near future to employ a good home of Mrs Clinton I) (Jilson Thursdav force of g ran i t e cutters on orders already afternoon

^ ^ ^ u -ru ^ Congrceational cliurch last Sun-T h e ladies whi i t club met last Thursday day mornine C 11 Hamilton of Pepperell

afternoon wi th Mrs T E Davis and on ] w-is the organist and rendered as a vocal F n d a y a l t e m o o n Mrs Herman Lawrence solo Face to face e n t e r t u n e d t h e ladies l i terary and social c lub ins tead of Mrs Ellen Pra t t as it was given ou t last week C la rence E St ree ter is confined to the house a n d suffering severely from a carshybuncle

Mr M a r y Kelley of JoilynTil le spent a few dayf last week a t he r former home in Boston

F r a n k H a r d y irnquite ill a t his home on B r i d g e - f t

A ten-cent supper and social will be held at the residence of Mr and Mrs George H Xye Tuesday evening F e b 18

Miss Gladys Bennet t conducted the cE meeting Sunday evening

Work a t the icehouse has been disconshytinued for the week and the employees from Boston and vicinity have re turned to their homes La te r 15000 cakes more will be harvested local he lp beine emshyployed

na system owing to the fat that the tiwn hal appropriated money at the last annushyal town meeting and also aopointed a -oni-mittee to atti-nl to the installing of the same but nothing as vet hal been done by tbe coinmittee It was votel to inshystruct the secretary to write the selectmen in regari to the matter

The sympathy of the club was then unanimously eNprcssed for G H Ely a member and former secretarv of the -hib who is very ill anl it was voted that the secretary loseph H McClellan act as a messenger and representative from the club to carry flowers and convey the svm-pathy of the members to Mr Eiv

A debate then tofik pla-e in regar i to public ownership of all utilities the larger part of the members present taking he negative sile The dis-iission lasted for about an hour ami at its close a vote was taken on ihe question which showed conshyclusively that the members of the club did not favor public ownership while a couple believed that in a few instances small towns may get lietter service if nothing else The meeting then adjourned

XKW-S ITEMS mdashThe regular meetinc of Old Shir ley chapter D A I was held Tast week with Mrs Mary W Hazen Mrs Hapten outlined a plan for celebrating tlaT day and a committee was appointed to ar^ range for the same After reading of curshyrent events by Mrs Clara H Miner a word game was introduced and mnch enshyjoyed by the ladies Mrs Hazen was preshysented with a silk flag by iMrs Alien as the prize won by her in the president game at the last meeting T h e chapter Is to give a drama the last week of March or first week of Apri l

Miss Hazel L Allen Smith college iiS daughter of Mr and Mrs Herbert Allen has composed an anthem which will be sung by the college choir a t chapel Sunshyday Feb 6 Miss Allen s work in mushysical composition found very favorable noshytice in N e w York where it was used as an illustration in a lecture by Prof Sleepshyer of the college-faculty

Mrraquo L A Harr ing ton of Leominster who has been spending a few davs with her daoghter Mrs C G D y k e has re-t n m e d to h e r home

meeting open to the public on the afternoon of Wednesdav i e b I j in the interests of the anti-tuber-1 culosis association which is ioini so much (^^bullgt i^ gool -work in this and other stales The i ^ ^ Millle-ev -uoject of the district nursing association will also be presented The speakers a re to be Dr Mabel M Cook of F i t chbu r - who is very active in the work and Miss Ellen T Emerson who is a valuable memshyber ot both associations The re will also be -ome local speakers The meeting ^^ill be hell in the Coauregatioiia vestrv deg V ilors from other towm

ties of live fowls to Boston Mr Hooper then secured the evidence and placed his man behind the bars Ollicer Hooper deshyserves credit for his work on this case as North Shirlev has been terrorized for some | time by chicken thieves some coops hav-1 ing lost as many as fifty at one time It i is understood he had anaccomplice who is at large I

From the Pine Woods

HviMKts VKOMTII- Viu I- ( bull I AII S-

rFKi) r) C L I I I CVT I I I I OI

Ciraquor XoTiiiNi

NEW ADVEHTISKMENTs

1111 gtr Missvi nL-Kri Iloliute (ourt To all

|(-rgtii int-re-t-l in tl- o-tate of Flliriil-e Miir-hall of Littlelm in sail ( ouiitv

Whereii- A-ahel AV Siiw-ver ofi-erviito- l the projierty of -ai Klfril- Mur-hali hc- ijre-entel fir alliwaii-- hi- i--ount i--iieh gtii-ervitor

bull u ure her-ly Ji-- tiiiip-ar at i lrbt-lt iirt ti b-h-l| titi imlrii-c iii--il i 1-ty on Ih-thirl lav of Mar li A Ii iiiis -it

-are-exjieetetl-ftod all are invited

bullV large number of the townspeople were hi- -present at the l niversalist church Wel-1 bull I nesiay evening to eniov tl

how -ui-i Ju|l-l(t-tlaquo-

mdash ( W lien t i s i n g t h e H y o m e i t r e a t m e n t _ j t h o tlir y o n b r e a t h e is l ike t h a t o n mdash 1 t h e m o u n t a i n s l i igh a b o v e sea leve l

w-here t h e [lint- w-ools fill t h e a i r wi t l i a r o m a t i c l i o a l i n g t h a t g i v e s h e a l t h a i id s t i - j n g t h t o t h e s e su f fe r ing f r o m clisf-ascs of t h e i-espiratot-y oi-gaiis H r e a t h e l t l i ro i ig l i t h e n e a t pocket inshyh a l e r t h a t coiiic-s w-itli e v e r y ou t f i t t h e iic-aling balsams of l l v o m e i r e a c h t h e m o s t r e m o t o a i r cel ls of t l ie ihi-oat

^ bull bull l l appo in te l i j 7 v ih supper and the larce -Vt r e t r ea t which j bull was presentel with -oo elfe-t bv lo-al talent

il bullin-er atir i-tutiin by iiriii_ i

n- int-re-tel in tin I-fiin- -ail I bull

rl- 1 t

-bullIiv th-e-tat f

urt o- 1 ur

-er(-if to

en 1-ul

in ilish

G F Lewis gate-t-nler at the crossing who has heen confined home with sickness for two weeks turned to his duties a-ain

Joseph Thompson of Xorth Shirlev is hovering between life anl leath w monia anl faint hope his recoverv

village to his

bas re-

Fith piieu-are enter tained for

I u iii-isiiailaquo-r pul I liratiiii to be 01 I lurt aiil I I thi- bullitation to all kr

ill Ihe -tat- -ii la-I Iirt

WitiKmdash ( iiAKii- Fir-t Iu- f -ail ( if Keliruarv in tl v Iiiiiilrel anl ei-ht

u-gt-J K

bull bull bull I U- in -a-li u--k fortiirce riiriK-r-gt Iulili Spirit i in yi-r the la-t pub

111- lay at li-a-t lifri- ^ail mailing Ii-l-pail a -0]iv if

11 I-r-ii- intorf--t-l V- at lea-t lefir -ail

) M INiiiiK K-iuir- bull urt tli el-entli lav bullar 10 thu-anl nine

1 y^ ii-i-ter

M

Mrs Xewton Wilson receive worl on i unday of the sudden ileath of her sister 1 rs Mar tha Thorpe of Philadelphia S B Scott has heen confined to home

with sickness for the past two weeks Mrs Scott is improving

The condition of (i H Kly selectman remains about the same witl ment

c MMiNwKUI 11 If I4ssA-in-gtrrrNmdash Wone- t - r - IribatfCMirt To the bullat-law nft of kin ami all other ler-

siii- int-rcstel in the estate of Sila- DuilVv f llarvnrl in -ail Countv ik-ca-el

j e r m s lief tiiul c u r e

s t i -oying all iic q u i c k

Cti-r c -

I l y o i m - i l ias bull racu lous cin-c s t o r i n g h e a l t h h a d si iven

eirs

ate I

no improve-

T h e Kings Daughters of the Cc

raquo liereas a certain instrument purprtin ti I- th- last will anl testament ot sail 1--ccasel ha-lipen prc-eiited to said C u r t fir prolat by Willarl S DuIlev who iravs that letters tc lanientary mav loi-uel to him the pvceiitor therein named without ivin-a surety on his official bond

nbdquobdquo I ^ ^e hereby ciicl to apiiear at- Ir)-

tionalchurdi met^ith ^^^^Z^^^Z^^^lk^^^J^ liTZ^^^ ^^^ the parsonage on Wednesday evening | Mar-h AI) llKXS at nine ocloi i rih7ore

Annie daughter of Mr and Mrs Victor I hbdquo bullJ- if gt you have whv

^r^l^^r^ bull- prevailing iX^nir^^t^r^^^v bdquobdquo enza Mr () Brien who his confined to i-v-publi-notice thereof lv |li-hinL- hi his home with same complaint is improv- -tion one in each we-k for three siilt-gtc-ing ^ j sive week in Ihe Harvar1 Hillsilo a news-

Har ry ( Holden who has been sick for io bull ^ne dav ^ ^ ^ ^- bull - - bull gt a month at the home of his parents Mr I 3 and Mrs George Hoi the same

It

t h e use

ill all

r iu- l a l m o s t n u -i-atarr l i o i t c i i re -liriiiii cases t b a t liojic of r e c o v e r y

bes t a t - t ion i^ a t t h- s t a r t of tli-liseaso w-licn t in- b r e a t h is l i ccomin t r o f fens ive a n d v)i--ii d is - i ia rgcs f rom t h e n o s e i r o p j i i i i g s in t l ie t h r o a t a n d f r e q u e n t s n o c z i i i g o r s p a s m o d i c c o u g h shyi n g b e g i n t o m a k o lifi- a b u r d e n -Vt

first s_vin)toiii of a tar r l ia l t r o u b b -H y o m e i a n i s c - l i t w q u i c k l v y o u

g e t re l ief a n d c u r e T h e e o i n j i l o t e ou t f i t c)sts b u t 100

a n d is so ld I n - W i l l i a m B r o w n t i n d e r g u a r a n t e e t o i-ofiiml t h e m o n e y if it d o c s n o t g i v e s a t i s f a c t i o n

W h e n I t s a Ques t i on O F E Y E S K r i n I T IS

D I S P L A Y W I S E T O

at least liofore sail (-ourt 5f his parents M r J mailini postpaid or leliverinx a len remains a b o u t l -^ citalion to all known persons hi-

tercHtclin the estate seven |-y at lea | e C G Dyke John Logan and Howard

Longley have been confined to their homes with the grippe

Misses Maggie Love and Rena Chntfch-ill spent last Sunday with friends in Bos-

loseph H McClellan spent last Sunday with friends and relatives in Boston and Waver ly

SENTEVCEDmdashJoseph Fl int was arrestshyed in Pepperell last Monday charged with stealing fowls at North Shirley Oflicer Forres t Hooper who made the arrest conshyfined him in the Shirley lockup T h e case came up for trial a t the Ayer cour t Wedshynesday morning and Flint was found guilshyty on two counts and sentenced to serve one y e a r in jaih

Fl int about three years ago lived here in the village and was employed by Mr Ballon H e later moved to W o o d s Vilshylage where he commenced selling liquor illegally and was compelled to leave town H e then took up his residence in Peppershyell

M r H o o p e r w e n t t o Pepperel l in terviewshyed tbe police there and arranged with them to watch Fl int Officer Hooper was notishyfied^ t h a t F l in t was i b i p p f a i g t v ^ qoant i -

fore sail Court WitncssH-illiamT Forbes Ksgi i i rc lu lce

c l V l i t gtbullIltbull hunOre1 anl

_laquoigt2 (yx)nrK II IlAKiow Kegistcr

N a t h a n Katz

Merchant Tailor

Kennisons Building Kast Main Street

Ayer Mass takes this mctholtl of Informing the people ot this aiid surrounding towns that he makes a sprclalty of ilolne all kinds of tailor work snd Intends to make a house to house call for

S d T i s o a b 7 r t c e l deg ^

N a t h a n K a t z t h e T a i l o r A Y E R

Foresight A N D P K O M P T L V S I B M I T T H A T Q I K S T I O X T O MK AND I W I L L G U A K A N T K K T O G I V E Y O I S A T shyI S F A C T I O N

F L WILLOBY High Class Hepai r ing a Specialty

Spends every Tuesday in

T O W N S K X D MASS A T P A U K H O -

TKf M A I N S T

Telephone connect ion

Boyn ton amp Parker

INSURANCE bullGENTS

OFFICKS

E A S T Pur rKKELi A N D GHOTON- M A S S

TpARMSmdashl n Z^U ^^^raquo=-^ood ones JD pood buildings IKSH of neighbors ccn-iSrlX deg 2 J S 3 A ^^^ clcctrlwi antirsteam cars bull2700 to vmgt TIIOMAS McQUAfjK PearL St Ayer Mass

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