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Ayer, MasSr, Sil^flay, September 14, 1918

Lie SPIRIT.

JBIOIfTH

Weekly Special Sales SEPTEB^ER, 1 6 TO" 3 1

a2-qt, Galvanized Water Pails; fa'gular price 76c. Special at 67*^

If it's.HardwBM we have it '] ,

If we haven't it, we'will get It' -, If we can't, get it, it is not made

"WE IIAVE ALL SIZES OP WINDOW GLASS IN STOCK

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T h e I fork o f the fall a.-;: ., on now" a n d It'w-lli be a • , - . dif ferent o r g a n i z a t i o n s car--. e n o u g h In t o u c h with e u ' i

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' keep other's

We also carry a complete line of

TAINTS, OILS and VAENKHES at Seasonable Prices

We have been appointed distrib"utora of.IL J. Smith Company's

Insecticide, Sprayers and Spray Pumps, Arsenate of Lead and Hexpo

Order for Spring delivery • " • .

^^'^ S*f««* AYEE, MASS. ^^ o°e 531 One .minute from Railroad Station

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THE FARMER IS THE MAN .WHO FEEDS

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WMteil 200 More Jitneys For.-GROTON FAIR, SEPTEMBER 27-38

It's very necessary that you make application at once. All must be licensed at Ayer before taking on passengers. Have onl^ a : ew' ^pplicaJtipn;? at -present. ^

CLUB, Groton, Mass.

d a t e s s o . a ^ n o t to have cr . - , „ . , . , . h a p p e n 'aa t h e y did t h i , iV, ' ' • ; , ? - ' ' w h e n on o n e d.ty the L'ni. irWns hi",' a food s a l e nt t h r e . o'clook :'•'"Con g r e g a t l o n a l l s t s a supper ,- . - - .A I t h e M e t h o d i s t s a law,, p .„ i ,' ',;'" "Z"^ .und Ice c r e a m at .even o-eioi" 'l"'^''' t h e c r a d l e roll, t h e . h i ! d r : : ' : ; " , „ ^ ^ r - u ho O r a n g e and the union p icr ic on

three s u c c e s s i v e dav-. THO ,. , o r g a n i z a t i o n s and so'ci^.tie/'o'^r t ^ / d " ! f e r e n t c h u r c h e s hav.. ,i ,oir vexf^t'l, d a t e s a n d w h e n a n affair was to S r a w f u n d , f rom t h e gene,-.-,, public the d X

th? S^ "T^*" '"•• "'""'^^ »>"d and the d a t e s g i v e n to the press so not to e m b a r a s s , p e o p l e w h o want to ."ttend and c a n n o t s t a n d thc strenuoslty

C h e s t e r H a m i l t o n an,! his m o t h e r w e r e c a l l e d h o m e from H a m p t o n B e a c h last S a t u r d a y by ,he . u d d o n i l lness of F r a n k Hami l ton , w h o nt 'ast repor t s . Is m u c h betti-r. T h e r e "are e g h t c e n In t h e fami ly at the H o m e ­s t e a d a t present .

M i s s Mi ldred L u n t i» s lowly i m p r o v .

B lddeford , Me.. S h e is n o w able to s i t up a l i t t le w h i l e In a chair .

T h e blue a n d w h i t e flag a t St J o ­s e p h s c h u r c h Is t h o service flag, w i t h a large s t a r In t h e center, and In t h e c e n t e r of t h e s t a r the n u m b o r C3 In­d ica t ing t h e n u m b e r from that p a r i s h In t h e seh- l ce . T h e r e arc n o w t w o g o l d e n s tar s to be added. T h o S u n ­d a y s c h o o l of t h e c h u r c h jiaid for t h e flag.

T u e s d a y n o o n Mrs. J o h n O. P a r k e r of H a m i l t o n . Q h l o . . left Mrs. Addison W o o d w a r d ' s , w h e r e s h e h a s been .v i s i t ­ing. Mrs. P a r k e r h a s been on frorti t £ e -west s i n c e e a r l y In J u l y and h a s been v i s i t ing w i t h Rev . A. C. W h i t e In T y n g s b o r o a n d a t o t h e r p laces In the cast . S h e f o r m e r l y l ived In the p lace on Heald" s t ree t n o w o w n e d by Fred B a n c r o f t .

T h e Mt . L e b a n o n as soc ia te s h e l d the ir s e s s ion w i t h Mrs. Warren F u l l e r o n W e d n e s d a y -with fourteen m e m ­bers present . T h e b O y s ' suits w a s the w o r k on h a n d . A t 4.30 the b u s i n e s s

n a m e d for _Mni.- .ElJaailieth Heald ami M i s s M a r i e ' J o r d a n , - M j l w h o had hc-r Hfth a n n i v e r s a r y titito w e e k .

T h e r e Is a g o o d c to jp .o f fautternu'.s this" y e a r - a n d t h e ttfouts shou ld 'n... t h a t t h e y a r e a l l saVed. t r a c k out t h -m o a t s f o r m o t h e r t o ..'Use i n ' b r e a d . -c a k e a n d s a v o t h e h a r d - s h e l l s to n,..'K.-g a s m a s k s . L e t t h e nuts dry .befor . -c r a c k i n g . S a v e the" riieats a n d suve t h e s h e l l s . I f y o u , doh't w a n t th.-ni t h e s c o u t s k n o w h o w t o u.so t h e m

T h e L a d i e s ' B e n e v o l e n t soc i e ty , , ' f h e C o n g r e g a t i o n a l ' c h u r c h win hu ,i •', suppfir o n .September 2C,

M l s s M a r g a r e t D e w a r e went to n . . . ton o n T u e s d a y a n d before s h e -.-t u r n s s h e wlll v i s i t her .niater -M-^ P r e n c h In W a t e r t o w n . She Is e^cpect-e d b a c k - h o m e t h e las t i f this week . •

T h e r e wil l be a c o t t a g e m e e t i n g a' t h e h o m o of Mrs. B a k e r on Shcpiev h l l l . n e . \ t w e e k T h u r s d a y even ing .

S e v e n t e e n l itt ie b luebirds c o m i n -h b m e from sehoo l l i t o n the C o n g r e ' g a U o n a l p a r s o n a g e g r o u n d s last Tues ­day . Of course all b i rds l ike corn but t h e s e s e e m e d especlall}- . to de l i gh t in tho roas ted corn w h i c h MVs. Lew's h a d prepared f o r t h e ' l l t f . c b ipeds .

• L a s t S.aturd.ay t w e n t y - Girl , S c o u t s

u.t K hil l ha, l . oh land . b e l o n g i n g to H a r r y Hobart . T h e r e were prepara ­t i o n s f o r a corn.roast:wttrch Were ful ly carr ied out. but n o i ji'ulte l lko the d u s k y maidens o f t h e 17th c e n t u - v w h o no doubt, a t e the; green roasted m a i z e o n those s a m e hi l l s . T h e s e fair S ir l s of the 20th ceht'ii.'y h a d the roas ted corn and a p p l e s , a n d added b a k e d potatoes , t o a s t e d m a r s h m a l l o w s a n d h o t <loss.

Glrl Scouts m e e t , a t -Hutchinson's c o r n e r at s e v e n o'clock; th is Saturday cvcnln.c . Invltatl(jii . t o .corn roast at Lt ic lus Wilson's , T o w n s e n d ' s t r e e t .

T h e G i r l S c o u t s ' a r e t b ' h o l d a n o t h e r d a n c e In Pre.scott Ijall iitlth a s good m u s i c a s t h e y h a d a t t h e i r l a w n party F r i d a y e v e n i n g , S e p t e i n b e r 27. This Is Just a dttncing pdr ty atid everyone i s w e l c o m e to c o m e : i n d e p j i y the good t ime . P r o c e e d s .for' s c o u t Jpurposes.

T h e C a m p F l r e Glr l» h i v e paid for t h e i r l iberty b o n d , s o ' t h c y wil l soon b e r e a d y t o . t a c k l e s o m e t h i n g else . -

T^ie Mis s ionary s o c i e t y e o n n e c t e d ^wlth t h e C o n g r e g a t i o n a l o i u r c h w h i c h '.-.'.^ds I ts ahnu.-Li TnAAftt.i»',A- ..A... TT-.'.*

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o t the d a y w a a begun.' T h e T e p o r t i f ' ' A ' ' ' ' ' ^ ' " P " ' ' ^ ' " " f o t i ^ V';-'^'"'' '*•?"* an; I t e m . t h a t ail shou ld

JOSEPH CLS.HiY, Chairman.Ex. Com.

pf t h e t r e a s u r e r a n d secre tary wero read Mrs "Warren C. Ful ler r e s i g n ­ed a s p r e s i d e n t of the . assoc ia t ion . S h e h a s b e e n a g r e a t Inspirat ion a n d he ip a n d h e r remo\ -a l to the m i d d l e wes t for t h e w i n t e r ' wi l l be a g r e a t loss T h e as soc i a t e s - c h o s e Mrs. A r ­t h u r B a n n o n a s pres ident . T h e nex t m e e t i n g wi l l be h e l d wi th Mr?." "Walk­er, a n d o n T h u r s d a y , t h e day f o l l o w ­ing, t h e a s s o c i a t e s a r e to h a v e a p i c ­n ic at t h e b o i l i n g .springs.

•Warren C. P u l l e r left f o r - O h I o o n W e d n e s d a y , w h e r e h e h a s a c c e p t e d a pos i t i on a s t e a c h e r . «•

. "Word r e a c h e d t o w n o n T i i e sday o f t h e , d e a t l i -ot M r i Ot to B . ' S n e l d e r v

. , , , . . . . _ . . . ............,...,M, ai i B,iuu,u v . / m e m b c r t h a t t h e "Jrilte bo.ves" are to bc co l l ec ted oii t h a t date.

T h e Woman's" B r a n c h All iance: of t h e U n i t a r i a n c h u r c h reet a t Mrs E l i z a b e t h H e a l d ' s ' c a b l n on T o w n s e n d s t ree t , T h u r s d a y , a b o u t twonty-f ive be ­i n g p r e s e n t . . T h e t n b m l n y w a s t a k e n u p w i t h bus iness a n d lu'nc'i w a s s e r v e d a t a b o u t one o'cIocE" In. the s u n s h i n e in f ront of t h e calj ln. • The s p e a k e r w a s Re v . Mri ToWnsend, of N a s h u a ; t h e topic , "CarTy...on.'' H e t o o k u p h i s t o r y In Its .early 'stages, s h o w i n g h o w e v e r y a d v a n c e ' j v a a m a d e by the s u c c e e d i n g ones " j a n y l n g on." the ad-' v a n c e g a i n e d , eyeh,-brlnging t h e car.-y the^ d e a t i o t M r i Ot to B.' Snelderv !5 ,"^««»"«S ' .« ' ' f"»<hr lpgmg t h e car.-y

: ±bf.AMMn a r ^ - o s p I t i H n NewtTdirfc- iS^^^J&^L^'lS : ^ l ° * 5 S ^ ^ *=^'-o n S e p t e m b o r 5, f r o m per i ton i t i s ot-^^^"^"^ ^^^'^H't>rlK<a!t,ies- ot o n S e p t e m b o r 5, f r o m per i ton i t i s of-t h e b o w e l s . H e r husband . Rev . Ot to E Snelder . w a s t h e pastor of the U n i ­tar ian c h u r c h here s o m e years a g o . a n d .R-as we l l l i k e d by ail the people-9f di f ferent d e n o m i n a t i o n s . Mrs'. Sne lder l e a v e s a ten^year-old son n a m e d for h i s fa ther , and a l i t t le d a u g h t e r , Ellz-tUsth .Maria, w h o is

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

A THOUSAND OE MORE PAIRS OF MEN'S ? 4 AND ? 5 SHOES ON SALE NOW AT

S2.08 a Pair Eleven hundred pairs of Men's Shoes, raade at the McEhvain shops and thoso of Hut..li­

inson, & Winch—good grade, sorviecable shoes, not damaged, wide toe lasts, i". iblueher or button styles. While these shoes represent several dLseontinu-.d !in.--. we can offer all sizes, 514 to 10, at a price that is less than the cost of i;i,iki;i!j totiay

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Underprice Basement DRY GOODS SECTION

Nainsook—100 pieces of Fine Nainsook. :?() inches wide, 29c. value 2 0 r -,ird Curtain Muslin—25 pieces of Curtain Muslin, .'36 inches wide, fine .lunlity. l.-ii'so .i. . . ;'

ment of patterns, 20c. value at ' . ' ' i,5<- ^ .,rd Wool Finish Blankets—300 Gr.iy Wool Finish Blankets, full sizo. sindo finish l.otli t-.'l-.

, worth .$4.50 a pair, at $1..50 oac-li Percale—Four cases of Yard Wide Percale, light and dark colors. 'Xie. value, at

- - 2 5 ^ v,ird. 4 X.,; i Sl.OO Bleached Domet—Fine quality of Bleached Domet. full pieces, nice soft fic.-,-. •! :;.,.

value, at 32<. ,.,rd Bleached Cotton—Mill Remnants of Bleached Cotton. 36 inches wide 'i:i,-. v -.luo 15o vard

. Seamless Cotton—Mill Remnants of Bleached Cotton, .36 inches wide, 'i.".,- x. 15<^ 'vard Seamless Sheets—20 dozen Bleached Sheets, made of good, qualitv ,.f soa:;ii. ss sh,-,.;-

ing, .size 81x90, $2.00 value, at ' ' S1 .45 each Crash Toweling—Bleached and Unbleached Crash Toweling, union linon full ;• . - . s '2:,o.

'^•'''"«' »t 15<^ yard Cretonne—Mill Remnants of Good Twill Cretonne, large a.ssortment of ii.ntiori'.s, 2.'')c.

value, at • 1'5^ j.^pd —: 1 . _ . - . ....EEADY.TO.WEAR-SECTION - Middy Blouses—Ladies' and Misses' Middy Blouses, made of very fine quality of jean.

Made in large assortment of new summer styles,'$1.50, garments, at 95<J each House Dresses—Ladies' House Dresses, regular and extrai large size. ,Made of line quali­

ty of percales and gingham, light, mediuin and dark colors, $2.00 value, at 9 1 . 5 0 eaeh Rompers—Children's-Rompers, made of good printed cheviots, in medium colors .50c

value, at , . 25<'each-_---> OENtS' FURNISHma SECTION

Men's Hose-^ioO Dozen Men's Fine Silk Plaited and Pine Lisle Hose, high spliced heel — — - a n d toBrdoublesoles; Hecondqnality of 25c. and 35c value,.at 15<J pair

t h e Church m u s t b e - c a r r i e d o n . a n d t h a t the mora le of t h e c o m m u n i t y de ­p e n d e d upon the c h u r c h . If t h e y did f e d e r a t e that the.-e w a s ye t the ir o w n

.specia l worl: to carry on. H e bro-Jjht I a m e s s a g e of c h e e r 11 all .

Jlrs . David Westor,, P i e a s a n t ,^treet, is . b o a r d i n g v.-ith M,-s, C h a r i e s !>ark-

t cr for a w h i l e befor-.- takin.s a tri.o t-j v is i t her ni^ce.

On the Saturd.iy before l .ahor d-rxy Mrs. .McCurdy. .,; I.ynn. her son ;in.i d a u g h t e r , and Jame.s Clark, c im.? to s e e Mrs. Mary McElh lnney of Oat: hill a n d t h e y r e m a i n e d until i l . jnday . On t h e s a m e M o n J a y .Mrs. Greenw.^od arr ived and s tayed ever n ight , and on 'Wednesday Mr. and Mrs. B e e d e e . of L y n n , c a m o . remain ing unt i l .'Satur­day . Mr. and Jlrs . K n o w l t o n . of Cape Corne.-. wi th friends, w-ere there on S u n d a y , aiid J o h n Hohannon. a civi! w a r v e t e r a n , is ther^ p e r m a n e n t l y .

R e p o r t c o m e s in Ia:e t h i s w-eek t'nat \y. H. Annis . the ol.; i n s u r a n c e m m . had fa l l en d o w n the - ta lrs at the yon-t er s t r e e t e n g i n e ho ,,-e and w-as c. a-s l d e r a b l y hurt,

I-ast Th-jrsd.-iy M-s, G e o r g e .^mi-.'n w-ent to Frank Le-^.s' on t.'hirop.-e road a n d did rot .--turn unti i T-Jts-day .

A c c o r d i n g to the Boston Pos t v.o r.".in had faiier. on . - -p temner 1- t. r t h e ias t ten v.. i rs :r.til T!-.urs'ia\ — a n d It near iy n-.;s,seii .: tha t .ia;,-,

T h e r c ' w e r e -.ver 1 . w-h.. re.:i.-;t-^r^.i

ix fV" 1,.,-en v i s i t ing .\Ir. i •l'.ir:,i-ii a n d .Mr, xi-.x,i .\ •rtxKii st.-eet, o n tiu-.r tw ^l-.".. . e t j r n c d to t!:c-:.-•i'ork . r. T u e s d a y .

The .Misses Dorotii'. !>.'ri3 H u i e r let t towt: •Jttend t!:.. K r a m i n g h i!i Uennen v.'as t h e r e ';i-Hutler is to t a k e a >. .,r sc ience .

.Misa .Margaret lior-.xx.. xo r e s u m e h e r t e a t l u : . ; :: .N'ew b o a t o n , .N' H

Mlss F l o r e n c e Fiy,..., ;s still -.vith us xxere. we a r o gla-i to say,

Mr. a n d Mrs. He.-.ry Tarl.Hi,; -.vere " .ti l led t l ia t the ir s.jn Fre'l w,is .sick lu B o s t o n . .Mr. an.l .Mrs. 'I'arljt-ll attd 'On T h o n i a s . motored that n ight t o Uoston a n d foi:nd Fred in th.- C a r ­negie hcspltt i l . .\Iri., Tarljei; r..-nialncd until -Monday, w-hen ,-he .-eturned. l eav ing F r e d m u c h improve-J,

J l iss Kl i zabe th \Vri„-lit, .'"ark s t ree t , left M o n d a y to r e s u m e -nev s c h o o l d u ­ties in A r l i n g t o n . '

T h e r e w-as a l i t t ie tea party h e i d o n last w e e k T u e s d a y for .Mr.s. .Mary E . .Swazey. v.-here the c o m b i n e d a g e s of thc . three w-omcn s i t t ing at t h e tab le waa 25t>. yeurs . Mrs. S-A-azey w-as thc younges t , SO y e a r s ; h e r si.ster. .Mrs. Lucy B o y n t o n , S7 years , a n d ' Mrs. I^eahy, Mrs. T h o m a s K e n n e d y ' s m o t h ­er, 81* years .

At iast a c c o u n t s , J t r s . S w a z e y i s no bettor.' a n d i h e r e arc ex tra n u r s e s in a t t e n d a n c e n igh t s . J lrs , Hay-A-ood. Mrs. G e o r g i a n n a Kimba i l and Jlrs . ,Jame5 Hil i a n d t h e , d i s t r i c t nurse are a i s o thei-e a t t imes . J lrs . T h o m a s K e n n e d y i s g i v i n g her extra care , but h a s to h a v e s o m e s l eep .

Jlrs, H u m p h r e y . H i g h street , w-as a t ho.me o v e r S u n d a y t r o m the H a v e r h i l l hospi ta l . I t is u n d e r s t o o d t h a t s h e h a s a p p l i e d tor the pos i t ion o t d i s tr i c t nurse, m a d e v a c a n t by the r e s i g n a t i o n of -Miss Ham.l l ton.

J lrs . Fred S. B a n c r o f t h a s Just re­ce ived a l e t ter f r o m Lioyd Bancrof t , w h o i s in F r a n c e . H e s a y s t h a t he has b e e n p r o m o t e d to flrst c o o k and that h e l iked I t -better now. a s h e cou ld s l eep n i g h t s Instead of daytimes!. H e Is to-ha-.-e a seyen-day.s ' f u r l o u g h t h i s m o n t h a t U n c l e S a m ' s p i a y g r o u n d for our l^oys a t Ains,8-les-Baine's, w h i c h used to be a faahionatKe resort be fore the w-ar.

R u m o r s abot i t t o w n : T h e g o v e r n -m e a t h a s t a k e n over the C h a m p i o n Codted P a p e r C o m p a n y ' s s h o p for a muni t io t l s f a c t o r y and t h a t it wi l l bring e m p l o y m e n t to m a n y w o m e n : t h a t t h e D i s t r i c t N u r s e a s s o c i a t i o n is J i a v i n g s o m e trouble to find a s u i t a b l e reg i s t ered n u r s e to flii t h e p l a c e of Miss H a m i i t o n . w h o h.as r e s i g n e d : t h a t the r e s i g n a t i o n of Rev. D u d l e y R. Child w-as a g r e a t surpr i se , to m a n y a n d t h e y feel very s o r r j , a s t h c y know-it c a n n o t he lp but take h i s . Interes t a w a y , part ia l ly , if not -wholiy t r o m th i s c o m m u n i t y : tha t t h e ' j j i g h s c h o o l ' h a s t h e best corps of t e a c h e r s it e v e r h a a i . t h a t Dr. D a v i s , w h o h a s tr ied •matty t i m e s to en^.Ist. h a s - a c c e p t e d a pos i t ion in the B l u e Cross, "which i s t o the horse.! w h a t the R e d Cross is to h u m a n s , and h e i s to leave at o n c e for France ,

No. 2. Price Four Cents funera: wus held T h u r s d a y aftern. jon. Rev . II, 1.. <.'aulkms ot l i c .a tmg. and the infrrM.,nt was m a d e m W e s t l a w n cemetery , .Mr. I'.per is s u r v i v e d by hia w i r - an. ! tli.-ee y o u n g c h i l d r e n , be­s ides his parent.s. .Mr. und .Mrs. Wii ­i iam I'iper, and several b r o t h e r s a n d sisters . T h e ,Uecea.s.,-d w a s a k i n d -l iearted friend and i:i-:ghbo.-, a fa i th -

fu: e m p . -y . , .i::.| a d e v o t e d hui iband ami father , ii.- xxxxoio a l ong , va l l tmt l ight :'or •:.,,.:th a.-i I w o r k e d for t h e s u p p o r t ,,f nxs fami iy wi th h e r o i c e f . forts wi ien -ilseas... w a s . sapping h i s s t r e n g t h and vitality, Hia u n t i m e l y d e a t h is m u c h lamented a n d h i s w i f e and o t h e r re la t ives l iave the s y m p a t h y of t h e i r f e l low townapeop ie .

K N N O U N C E M E N X

'x W. S. BECKFORD District Agent for

Winona Mills Produa:s *I.s ready to show Samples of

Hr'.-<ii-:RY, U-\I>ER\VKAB and SWEATERS for ME.\. WOMKN and CHILDRE.X

Direet from-mill to wearer—not sold in stores

Carley's New Blook Upstair..^ AYER, MASS.' '

Office. Room 4 Hours. 1 P. M. to 9 P. M.

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in P r e c i n c t A w e r e 1P.' . ;-. o v e r 300.

T'he Ei)w.,r d a y evenir.Li c h u r c h : topi l i f e . " l.y.oi-f

-Vayr. I j t s t iveoU. W.ii

ftnt s tree t , m •. 'd n i n e t y y.-ars , i i, on She:!l.-I.i - t i e . ' boen a s k e d x.- .ir­ii is reported T' ,.:

Syb i l Jier:.. ,<t St. Joseph'..^ I:. -1 ! a n d i s m u c h :; ,; • ye t h a s anoth...:-p e r f o r m e d wh.-: -

T h e past n'.i :.. b o k a h l o d g e s ,,i -G r o t o n on T::-s.; w i l l h a v e dinn.--

M l s s J o s s i e . . s c h o o l d u t i e s 1:-, Wook M o n d a y

J e r r y - F l y n n . . y e a r s h a s been ; -C h a m p i o n Paper . c a t i o n a couplf o w n o r s w a n t e d Jlr 6 t h 6 r ' f a c t o r y ir. h a s (tono there of t h o P i n e Orrl' ir p l a c e !ls w a t c h n i i : w o r k s .

Mr. a n d Jlrs n Mlsa L i l l i a n .«:ro S p r l n g d o l d last Sa: M o n d a y n i g h t .

F r c d 'Woodwar.i a n d O e o r g o Won. iwird , o f N a s h u a , w e r o w e e k - e n d visitors of t f io ir m o t h ­er, Mrs . Melora Sc i i c s , P a r k s t r e e t w h o Is conf ined tn h. r r o o m .

M i s s Mol l l e Frizi-r a n s w e r e d a t e l e ­p l i o n e . c a l l on Tiii->''l.i>'. s h o w l n s t h a t s h e h a d re turned frmn h e r r e c e n t v i s i t a n d I n t e n d s to nccept t h e m'ost p r o m -IsJnir p l a c e o''»'-"'i :hat -win bi-Inir h e r In l i n o f o r her de'- ires—that o f b e -Qomlns; a g r a d u a l " nurs*. , s h e w i l l M s l t t h e R c d Cros.> h e a d q u a r t e r s in S o s t o n a n d o ther j hcoW^ -All c e r t a i n ­l y w i s h h e r t h e be t of ffUcceas.- •

M r a n d Mrs Thomai-|fiifte|lif_'.'Wlfo

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will :r.ect f^un-at ;he -JI, K,

-teward.xhl]) of Elizal e th :-!(-.

I Hennet t . i 'U-is-• i.;d m o t h e r , . v e r

to her .>id h o m e . -rnan IJlood ha.-.

V g u a r d i a n , and has a c c e p t e d , re turned from n S e p t e m b e r 1

i in h o a l t h . and ' o p e r a t i o n to be

< s t r o n g e r , nds of t h e R e ­sect ion m e e t in

• ' temljer i:4. and on. .^turned to lior r l d g e w a t e r last

.'s hi l l , w h o for P i t c h m a n a t the

h a n g e d h i s lo -^ . c k s a g o . T h e

. :in to g o to_ a n -v.-ence. a n d he

' P h r e y S u l l i v a n , - c t i o n . t a k e s hla ' t h e C h a m p i o n

. . \ I»ut T o w n .

Tl ie atten.ia:',.?e f .r work at the R e d ^"r.-.ss r j.jni on We.Inesday and isatur­day al".e:':',o')r.s is incre.asin--, m a k i n g the w-or:-: ace nip: .shed m u c h m o r e satisfy..--ory. Many c r e s s i n g s h a v e be-r. c -x:x',,iete,l an.! a good am.'.urit of sev.::-.: :;a> ijten do:ie. T h e r e ;- stii l . h . ,v.'.. •:,•, ::-.;;ch tu ixe done axx.i we ilu; -- :' r ::x-.:v.y m...r- v.-or'.cers, I: there .ar.-- rixxy ::::--.-t?steii .r. ta'.ving a co-arse

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'.'i^T^iv.'.? ;4ease_ romor.i'oer s.s o:' e igh teen ;s four.d : h e h.- i 'Jucarters •Aill s end a r..'*:rL:r:or and :he fee for - sir.;i!:. Any in teres ted In

r.ir.untcate w i th

in h-:.:;:---that if a c". P.e'i r'.'-os.-corr.peten-. '.ht- cour.se such a COT. Mr.-;. E. D i-fr.-^e. Save al". p-^ach .stones and t;n •: :-i\. They :ire n e e d e d in the n:ani::--i'-:L;re if g'as tr.ai?ks for our ^o'ldier^- T h e y :r.ay (le left w i t h Mrs. Freder ick H. I'arker.

P'^nd V.ef.:>r- >'--,ite:iiSer K- t.. Dr. J. X. Murray. Lit*.:':-: .ir,. :'-3r er.:r\' for the d o c .-how t.> he h'-!d Gr-.:. :: Ka!- - . -r - ' .'.-.•: Mech.. .-:

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from O l o u c e s t e r .

M.ss .'•:• o.i::ei;,. .'• • wi.:.k r,x : the ye:,r

Miss !. :1 2.'! to Ilr .. yenr . .:':. chietl.\ ,'.:',

Mar,; !,i--worts ,-. ;' V i l lne s s . '.' Mayrar . i

Mrs. .1 ;.. Ing her -: ,- . s tree t .

A n.npp,-p e o p l e :in 1 Tue.sd.ay n; .

Mr.s, r.e.. w e e k in N a '

A r t h u r a R i c h a r d r.n W'ere recent c o m b h o m e s

Mrs. J, N O r o t o n fair ' e r dogs , n:; . d o g breed t h r o u g h th.. a n d atlll r i kcnnel.s .

J a m e s P ir a w a y Mon I l lness tormit

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PAGE TWO

SATURDAY, IM '^k -si'^'

ONE DOUUAR AND FDFTT CKNTS VE^ YEAR IN APVANCE

QEORGE TUnNEIl, PnkU»h«r

Wo publlrfJ the foUowlnc I ' « p e « : ,.„ri>cr'.s I'ubUc .Spirit. Ayor. SIu*-Tbo Groton Ijindmnplc The reppere l l ClaHon-.^aTcrtisir Tbo UlUcton GuUloo Tbo 'Westford Wardsman Xbo H n n a r j l Hillsido •tho Shirley OnKOo Xho Townsend Tooedn Xbo Brooklino (N. H.) Beaoon rtM Hollla (N. H.) Homcstemd

Sntered as «econd-cl»»i matter at th» MatofSc* at Ayer. Ma»i.

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Saturday. September 1-1.

WESTFORD

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schools is as follows: ^''''•''- /''•"'°' 124, hiKh school CD ''-h* I^R;;-'*' I" ;^ cent years) . Granitevilie I'l;'. 1"'-i--VlUaee 138, Parker Village .-•

Send before Septemi.er 15 1 ° / ^ ' ' ' J ' N . Murray, Littleton, for ent^- b anks for the iloB show to l)e held a t tne o ro tbn Farmers ' and .Mechanics' club fair. September iiii.

riKht as aftalnst micht—"HazardinK his iife to supply that which was lacK-InE in your xc-rv.ce." as St, I 'aui wr.-te of hia fi-liow-worker to the peop.e .•. I 'hillppi. , ., .,

And America- hii.s ni-ver f.'rtto thiM whlte-soUleil. wiirm-h.-arteii y, in the hazanl of his servic-e ti-

I 'i'he.-i the time came fur cur ans I -l'h- o'.itraKe on i'.elitlum ar..us>-.l I ;,;•,.., .Menace.i xuxd OleedinK I'i. i ' ...U.i foMh o'Jr Anu-rlcan kni|:l'.'

t ii-ir love for that which must h- •• - , -,',.i u-enerous and noMe in human .i.e ] ami service—m ImliviOuaiiy a:;.l >:• L-overnments.

' Victor Chapman. i t ichard Hall. M-.n W•^-ltar-Har^'axd bred and New E r . " a ul's e l e c t - a n s w e r e d l.afay^ette s h-^ar 1 alter nearly one hun.lred and ^ A V ' n e years. Whitc-souled, warm-hearted v o u t h - k n i g h t s of our Ameri-can democracy. From the S^ '^ ' b -yond. the spirit of l^ifayette n>us t have saluted v o u - y o u must have paid .i ptlce even higher than tha t paid b> 'll,. hazard of the French knicht . " Ir his "Ode in memory of the Ameri-o-.n volunteers fallen for Franc ' . . which was to be read before the statue of i af.avette and Washington on Dec-o aVonday . May 30. 1916. Alan i5eegcr wrote of those Ainerlcans whose fate he was soon to share '

dauKWer. Mrs. Har ry Haeiisler. whose husb.ib.l was a soldier a t Camp Dev--,, .s 1.11' who Is now in tho otllcers u'.l'ni'iK school at Camp Taylor, I ...i-vlle Kv. r u n e r a l was held on Wo,nesd.t'y a t t h e h o m e of her sister

l a i l i s were Kittery.

mm'-

il, who has the past two

15 to Dr. J . entry blanks held a l the

i-hojilcs' cluh

Yet souKht they nor praise. rather. France dered thanli

neither recompense

to you they ren

;„ (.'ainbrrdBC- ' ' '^* '^ tak.-n to hcr native pi. SU.. tor burial.

A num^icr of the m< .Mary A. U v e r m o r e Heb.-l tended the school of ii s on Tuesday tit I'rosj.ci i.eominater.

Mrs. Gforge W. Hi.:, been ill a t he r home fc: weeks. Is Improving.

Send before Septomi.- x N. Murray, Litt leton, i ' i for the dog iho-w t.» " Groton F a r m e r s ' ond .M-talr, September 2S.

Center. A Ford ca r Stolen m l-""';''>"'"5. f"

Monday night was recovered ' " Shir­ley. Tuesday. The car »'«^>°"8Cd to^a par ty from Ashby and was t aken while s tanding In the street m Fi tch­burg: . A search was started In thla vicinity on Tuesday, as it was known

tha t a m a n .in ""«<>••"' " = ' ' ' \ \ ^ ' ' " \ t d machine and the 8"' 'rds on the state road were notified. The third machine stopped by the guard at -"^orth Sh.r-ley after the warning was the missing machine. T h e soldier who was f J - ^ ;

This i i t aiid gas rqiige witti^t^ i s a w ^

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fainily by gas i^waim-^eather or^bywl or W . m e n in ahuriyboth ^en^ can be W the other for pastry bakmg. It certauiJy does J»aKe v wiii* s _ ..

Ixitter from Ovcnscos. The lollowinK letter has. been re

ccived bv Mr. Seavey from his son Marden, dated Somewhere ' " E n g l a n d August' ii. and may prove.of In.erest to his frierids here.:

Dear Fa the r -^How are you alU •While I have heen bounding over tne waves a n d speeding through the coun­try in trains you've B^b^t -> ' ,^ '^ '^^^ tha t I could be with you all th rough

^:ti^^z^x^^^^^^^B X p i r u s w ^ h ^ U r L s ^ r u l l G r a n l t e v O I e ,

. ? n of our ships crossed without a sub- The members

N.-iv, rather, i-rance. i" .•"- —--' machine, ' i no soiu.v. ••—- "-..viine • • " dered thanks , ^j^imcd that he had a machine (Peeing .they came for hqnor. not ' " f ' t ^ = \ .^^^eone must have changed

them your glorious gain), \K'iho. opening to

And t i r r r a r ' ^ ' S r l v l l e g e of dying well

ine It ciaimcu tiiat ••>- *—- -a^^d ha t someone must have changed t h e numbers . He w.-;s turned over-to the military authorit ies for fur .her investigation.

Chief of Police Riicy met ^'ith 'in accident on Tuesday while teamlng^a

^ _ . ., 1 um-nn frrtni the >or tn . ./VIIU v.nnr . - . - .-- - ^-tAfknt n n T U C S U a y W i l l i e fct"* r. -

Menaced • her liberty who foremost ( E'f._ "f^L^ ,he hlll near the Center

Europe^s " r i g h t flag of freedom, some

a5l '«»«e'l ;Sf«lf&^iJ^M'W:

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Who. nSt'unmTndful ot the aMWue debt Came baok the generous path of La

fayette.

^ • • v ^

all of our snips crosoc" "'.—— - -inarlno having a chance to get in a t us . with so m a n y chasers ever on the w i t t h . The ship I was on was In the oenter of the fleet, an^^ «p -"'orrying about being blown up .dldn t trouWe lis any. ' I don ' t blame the Germans ?or hes i t a t ing ,abou t serving In sub m l r i n c s ; they notice that many d o n j come back. Wi th us they had as ^uX chance as a ra t in a roomful of S t s . and if it wouldn't be censored I could tell you what .happened.

Qn s^lP we haci no drilling, nothing hut '?! !* usual fatigue and Euard du >. lilfe m c s c r / e r s were worn constantly " n d . / u r sh^es laced but four holes up^ However. I had all I wanted of the sallrfr's-life, and i t . seemed as i. we woul4 never get over here. I don t wonder Columbus and his crew had a h a r d . t ime of it. .

•V To! disembarked at last, and had a long rai lroad ride to our present camp, o r s i p - o v e r , ra ther . England is a beauiiful country, green hi.ls and field?.: but very little woods. The cities a r e c ie in , homes are very nca . w l h gardens around the h o u s e s ^ h e UtteK being built, oX .brick. ^Vomen ride bicycles a n d , there « « "»••« °^ them than automobiles. Traffic goes ),„ tho left side of the ro-'id. i o u n.i'^c heard i b l u t the railroad cars being

' mvTded into many littfe compar tmen .s — a squad o f us rode m each. T..e freight cars a r e about as large as a g o o f ized packing box. The engines ^ook like toy ones but they can speed

. ' ^Tur^ ' camp is pleasant, affordin.. „.^nd v^cw of the country around about ? h e food is g o o d - b a c o n g raham bTead, good stews and cheese

-"rnf'^i^.^JSi'^rAm:;^ • " -or it is a large camp. I

-hat many of tho English f-Khteen years old.

of Court Westford. \L C O F., held a very successful dancing party In Abbot's >-»''•. 5°^«« Village last weck Friday night. Brod-r S oVchcst^L of Lowell furr^shea

excellent music for ' I ' ' " ' ' " ^ ' '^"'^.*'. ' '^ termlsslon refreshments were seized. There was a large number in a t tend-ance many soldiers being present ?rom Camp"^ Devens. M.ss Belle Car-pentier had general charge of the af ?alr, assisted by members of the order.

P.ev. Emile Dupont. the new curate, celebrated both masses In St. c a t n -erine's church on last Sunday mprn­lng. , , . . Miss Helen M. Furbysh spent tne

'week-end with friends in Harvard.

C Leo Healy left here this week for Worcester, where he will enter . . lark ur.iverpity.

The" Granrteville baseball club vvill n'ai- the Westfords on the home ^ " o U s h e r e t h i s S . a t u r d a y ' : - . t h e l a s , l home game of the se.ison Both clubs are evenly " " t c h e d and the fans will surely see some good, fa^t base­baU in this rtnal home game. Gran-; rteville win stick to the »°<=»1 P'^>„! . .-IS'touch .as possible, and t h e b a n promises to l e . ta exciting one. Game called at three o'clocli.

ThP Ladies' Aid society of thc M. K. c h u r c h ' m e t with Mrs. F r a n k Caunter on iast Thursd.ay afternoon.

'Edward Delx>renzo. who w.-is injur­ed i t his work in Dedham. a short t ime age i.. improving rapidly and hopes to Resume.his 'duties in a short time,

ll -s well to bear in mind tha t the local I;••'.! Cross meets in its rooms over the postofflce evory Wednes.lay afternoon. It is essential tha t every member should make a special . ITo t to attend these meetings and contin.H-the good work tha t is now neede.I „,ore than ever. Come Prepared .o do vour share. Ix is expected .h... the night work w;',' bf- started verx soon.

and an overturned load « ' ^ ' " " • - "^J' Rlley. who jumped from the lead, es capcd uninjured.

Mrs R L. O'Brien enteriained a „ a r y of soldiers .from CamP Devens a t a-corn-roast at her homc on Pa rke r ?Jad. Tuesday evening. The m^en,In­vited were those who were " "ab l e to dance and so have "ot had a chance •to enjoy themselves at .he man> dances for soldiers. .

Mr and Mrs. J. Otis Evans and ba?y • have returned to Pennsylvania after a short visit at the home of Mrs. J . W . Evans.

Shirlev Grange neighbored with Peppeiell Grange on Friday evening of t h i s w e e k . ., ,.„

Mrs. R. L. O'Brien and {^'''•'•^>''J^° have-bcen occupying ^^^^^J^^l^,', V Grout on Pa rke r road tni» summei . e . p ° « " o re turn soon to thc-ir homc nx

IBoston. , ' . Mr. and Mrs. Bertrair. Hai! am.

family, of West Acton, ^^^f^f-":^ last Saturday a t the homo . . -..!-. - i . -Mrs C B. Bradford.

Mrs. Mahel Graves is spf- ''-•P ^ few days this 'week in E,-.ndolpn. % t.

Mr and Mrs. Arthur I'r.iy ?i""t ---e wc'ek-en.l a t their house on ,xxr,.:v

road. . r- ..-." •.. The. next meeting of Shirley O . - . - e occnrs on Tuesday evening. S';P'V.;' V.'. IT and wiil be "Past lecturers nii-h.. The program.' for the evenins is '-.'. Ih^rg'c o'f Mrs. George Buxton^ M,^^ Horace C. Harr i s and Mrs. Ar.. . i . . Cummings. .

Mils Vera Bradford left Mondaj foi Bath Me . where she is to resume he: work ' as a schooi teacher.

M^ •.".,, Mrs. Charles Dustin. o, r i d d i n g : were visitors-on JUmday at

t ^ e home of ^ ' - ' « ' ' ' " ' « ^ ' " ' " ' ' " ' , Shooting on the rllle ^ - " i ; ^ ,.^;.

^"••"";,' Woodsville began - ^ e'^me ' Moji.-> " - ' ^<" ' ' morning, g u a r d s w.th red fla.- - ^

stationed alons: the state .o . i. „n traffic and send it around. T.^e r.amei ,.f thos. who go th rou . - . l—c

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-.aker. It ,

cor.ti;

and they go at : Understood that •je.i untii the '-r

Fe'.'.^io

i S^i^rtitv •*«r-»*y.«»wy/'wwp^

'M ^r^mr^fm-nf^t^^i

Mr, .::id Mr., staniey -c.t'.iri-.c.; to th . i r h . imein -.-•":_^ ^^ spendint a few c . y s iit t..e - --.Mrs Heri-.ian ?. Haztin.

Miss Mildred Evans returned h ;a;t week alt'-r . vacation cf ^ov

a t

— Lau and See tiiis' Wonderful Ckwking Machine

1.1. Barry ^ Co..'Ayer

spe- v.-it!-. her brother. ,.,ns. m Maine. ,-. i„ H.olden

r" week-en of

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(".raves. ::-.(- dra: i'ri.; -, . I ' P

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and accepted Elmer Wilkins.

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W..S also examin. eed in class 1.

M

(If-nio. rac> t h i n g s of Hoth pcoj ,legr..e Ihim ary " ' " " ' • ' r . .mmon right 'o Kovevv .

-:^:,-T,.r::xXh,rt,-^'^^--' „r;!ken hi b...» - ' ' " "^^ ,1 ; : ; ; ^ i j r - . . ' noliry and a procedure th..r h a r ' " r - c h o . f . b e i r V - - r m - . - r g . ' V

fayette 's motto read on his cont o ^^^,_ _^^^^ ...^^ .

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,...;, wi l . . , .. : .csm..r.'i :

women .•' I 'ornet ban.

;-r.«hments .. ' , ,, ndy were

. ;. liy patroniz ' , ..,,ic,yed. The

.. .ind more tii'. .,,- the Red Cms-

.. Ruth Know!. -,,,^ left tnwn f--' vy la.st Tuesd.iy :. .

Mrs Harr ie t T. ."Jw-iln v ' -.„ x-ne home of Mr. an.i , 1 , Holliind last Sundny <•-• i hear t disease after nearly ' ne..s. aged AftV-two years. Mr- -..

.Miss .Mar \.orn. Spent .-,f her par r Hol.i.n,

Kari A. class r f'f last week

i limited sc I Woodsville, . week and p". i K.-v. Arthur 1-. Bumpus . o. l^''^'^'\ !-.-, V Y,. formerly P-a-st-'.r of S, A..-' ;-;'-^.'w's' church, Ayer. will proa. .. ' f r i n i ty chape: Sunday afternoo- at

'^l,,„ C .: Lane and fami'.y. -.'..'. " „,nr,<r several week- .t 1 uiive be»n spen<.ing " ^ 7 * . |

. „ , i , >,ouse on Burrage ^• ' • " ; ' ' „ - ; ' i ! • last week Frid.ay to their hon.e

mbridge. , Mrs Cora 1- Hills . n t e r t a i n - . .-e .ance. on last weei<Tniirs, .a>a_ her ,,,,„,(..r home on I- 't " . ' ',, ..^^ - - There w.as a g 'od -'-'^^'''^^

v., -,-ogram for the afternoon v-is a -,,... . ,s hv Miss Annie i :a.nes. o, t . : ' , ; ;:ntion House. Ayer, on deacon •-

Mlss Raines wa- a l"fa. ] •-.„ Kcr .and described .n deta. . -',,:';, „ , the order which - . e n , . - .

, , . .ectar lan in character .a t^d . ,^^ ..,,. ,1 without pay. • A s ....i [•\ . \ , , , „ Miss n a m e s for her w,,,

Ihe soldiers, and . • ." ' . l o furnish the e n t e r t a i n m e n . .

i--idav evening .at the 1-<'i ---. I.ight ref reshments we e

,he hostess and her as.-,s . -.,,. meetipg adjourned ...

, n , Wilkins. a t Woodsvi-'. ' „ : «iio iast .v?eek,_"slng tlv. . . . of Mr. B a r t c t i u x f ' f ' h e •

. . „ , -< K. Graves is fll.. -- w;ck and is URlnt= «"^^"

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Mrs. F r e d A. Patch v i s i t i n g her son B r o o k l i n e . haa r. h e r e .

Mr.s. . \ . D, W i n s h i i w h o h a s 'oeexx a s s i s t i n g at the I iom- of Mrs, Ciara

T h e m a n y f,f;en.ts of .Miss B l a n c h e >\ liltc.>m', a n l ' K a y m •'Od >'.K;gr,iIUl

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m i r.i.tii w-ere lii .-iiiber. . ' 111 t i l - .Methodist ehur..-i i ia. 111.: been organis t , 'r!i..> tneir :i.,nie In New-castle, .N .Mr l i - c . f t Is e m p l o y e . ! .. "I lUtli navy y a r d .

Ow-mg ;„ t h e very ;, ,,, -Mrs, (.'liarlea G o w e r , s h - an

I ..and g a v - up t h e i r ;-n..i,. |-; i market aloro a n d n.t ,rii.;, j ll'.Ilie in i l a l n e last w . - k

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Burry Building Ayer, Mass,

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i - a t l y fr.un m e l a n c x:-x of the ar ter ie s ,

-Mr, a n d Mrs. O - o r g - I, 'l.i i ittie s o n , G e o r g e I , jr,. '...-n s p e n d i n g severa i week: . .rents . Mr. and .Mrs. J a m iirest. re turn to the ir h o n i -ylvunia. Saturday , Septeni l

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a hoapltal .-•Itl- aulfers and h a r d e n -

Gi ichres t '•vho h a v e

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J a n i e s A. I . i lchtie lJ a t tended tile a n ­nual reunion of h is reg iment , t h - 40th -Massaoh.Jsetts. a t Hotel l i e l i evue . , in Hostun. iast Sa turday , .Mr. I . i tchtield is a O, . \ . P., m a n and veteran uf t h e Civii war,

fcidwin C. S m i t h and two o t h e r s o l ­diers from C a m p D e v e n s a t t e n d e d m o r n i n g serv iee in the Con-gregational c h u r c h last S u n d a y .

Inatead of s p e n d i n g the w-inter in F i t chburg , a s l ias been their cus ton i of late yeara. .Mr. a n d Mrs. W. F. Hilla wili i ive wi th .Mrs. E d w i n C. S m i t h and m o v e d in on S londay .

H e r m a n W. B r u c e of G l e a s o n d a l e is bor ing a n a r t e s i a n well for W a r r e n Lew-is on the land betw-een the s t o r e and the tow-n hal i . At the present w-riting they h a v e g o n e d o w n s ix ty feet , but h a v e . n o t yet found w-ater sufflcient to sa t i s fy t h e d e m a n d . .

New- t e l e p h o n e s in tow-n—Melvin Ase i ton 34-U' . Wi l l i s O. Perry 5-1.12. Lew-is L. Har. - ington 15-12, ali on Masisachusetts a v e n u e , and C l e m e n t El l iot t , Arbor s tree t , 15-2 .

Send before S e p t e m b e r 15 to Dr. J. N. Murray. L i t t l e ton , for entry b l a n k s for t h e d o g show- to be held a t the Grnton F a r m e r s ' a n d M e c h a n i c s ' c l u b fair, S e p t e m b e r 28. *

HARVARD

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jiuininer for Alexiiii'Jti* b u m e d hlH HtUiliy.s u*. hlijh school .

Uev . Chi>:on il . i'.< vi l le Divini ty fcchool. •will p r e a t h at the I'r. on Suii'-lriy. Dr. l iowei l a w of iWv. Henry H t i m e minis ter of this c h u r c h .schoul rnee t.s ii

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BROOKLINE. N. H.

N e w s I t e m s .

. Miss G l a d y s B u r n s , of .Miitord. w-.as a g u s t of h e r s i s ter . Mrs. S i las W h e e l ­er. Monda.v.

. \ t the R e d Cross m e e t i n g of s'jrgi-cai d r e s s i n g s on T u e s d a y a f t e r n o o n a d e m o n s t r a t i o n o t t h e front l ine p a c k ­e t s w-as g i v e n hy Mlss Smith , of Mil­ford. A g o o d n u m b e r of lad ies w e r e present .

-Miss H e l e n R o c k w o o d h a s e n t e r e d h igh s c h o o i in T o w n s e n d .

P a u l i n e W i l l i a m s , i ittie d a u g h t e r of Mr. a n d Mrs. Harry W i l l i a m s , w a s o p e r a t e d o n for a d e n o i d s at St. J o ­s e p h ' s hosp i ta i in .N'ashua on last w e e k W e d n e s d a y . S h e re turned on the f o l l o w i n g day and is J o i n g nicei.v.

All t h e s c h o o l s o p e n e d last »-eek T u e a d a y . w-ith Mis.s P a r s o n s , of Glo u ­c e s t e r . M.ass.. as t e a c h e r ait the N o r t h p r i m a r y ; Miss -Mildred D o d g e , of G r o ­ton. Mass . . a t the v i l lage pr imary , iind Miss Gardner , of l.o'-.veIl. iMass.. a t the g r a m n i a r schoo i .

Misses Marion St i ies a n d Brow-n re turn- i ! to the ir schoul . .n iast Sat'-'rilay,

A rth'.11 f ew .1.1%-:-.Mrs, Wi Mass,

Mary l u t i e s

P.row,n h a s iieen spen i i ing a of h i s v a c . I . o n -.vith .Mr. and 1 itockw'oo.!, in t.'anil..riiige.

s p e n d i n g a tew •me in F i t c h -

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w h o ha.s been Edl^'ard P a t c h , of

t'jrn-.i t o her hoir.e

i.'s H..ic.-ini!.- and i-iideij the K..I1111-- l u n last Mon. iay , Illd fa in i ly a r - e n -

- k s v.acation. T h e y m p D r u m i i n . Merri-

the h o m e of

!>r, nn.l Mrs, (-h dau--i iter .Mari.-.n 1, son re'jiuoii in l.it

Itev, E, I', Kelly j o y in g a three-- .v--are v i s i t ing : mack . Mas-i.. an.l als ills mot l i er in .Xiib-arndale,

Morton Kl ine and Krank T a y l o r conveyed by a u t o the b o j s to and fr.jin I 'amp I ) e \ e n s at the last l i e d Cr.i.ss en ter ta inn ient . T h e -pr.jc-.i.ds aniounte . i to $:: i i ,n, The im. i Shat ­tuck suid over live uoi iars ' wtn-th of popcorn .

Hev, ('- W, I>.rkr, i l .jcciii . i- . i x'r.e

P e r k i n s , h a s returned to her h o m e A yer .

Mr. Conw-ay. .it Sai recent g u e s t a; th.» h Mrs. . \ , J. Manches ter

Mrs, . \ d d i e K^ar.s .v.as r.i W o r c e s t e r th i s w---k t. i t ten . i nera l of her i.r .ih--i ,n-!aw', W y m a n . of that . .ty,

Mr.s. S. E, W,, . te , v i s i t i n g at the h..nie r e t u r n e d iast w - - k i-' w , i l t h a m .

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A n o t h e r sever'-in t o w n F r i d a y 6, w h e n A l b e r t ' s e v e n y e a r s , r e c . h a n d b y comlnc: a c i r c u l a r s a w . w a s sawing- woo'l Caso l lno enRlne i: helping:" h i m . in ^ m a c h i n e h e p u : <v; a m a n n e r t h a t it v t e e t h of t h e s a w . I> a n d f o u n d t h e ha:.^ t h a t it roqulro I -a n d h e convoyef l !. p i ta l , w h e r e It w -t o ampuCftte t h r o -flncor, n l s o . w a s • s e e m s a p r e t t y v • m a n h a s h a d the -h a n d f o r clfrhty-p'^-d e n l y l o o s o s o , In; -e v e n l h o Uttle'p'^ badl> m a l n e d

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c o m f o r t a b l e . ' eed v a c a t i o n m g e r .

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pulpi t Sur.flay :i.<i i^ational churoh .

T h e Hiifliey ho is cloned fnr :hr garot HaiiU'.\- an.i turr.eil :.. r a n i i i -

Mr. an>l Mr.> and Mrs. > 'l.'irf n---Stoddard ; 1.- : Sn;; PiU'her .M. th.-ir 1

Mr. • loton, Milfor. ''larer. iiay.

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t h e mornin i ; service, ih;s t i m e be ing t h c most t-o 11 v«-nif r.t and d e c i d e d u p o n a t the*t*onfe;x-n(f U.it .Sunday. Xot icea f o r the church calendar s h o u l d be sent to Miss l.ilV.br.dKK- on or before Sep­t e m b e r 1'').

T h e \Vor!ian'.s A l l iance m e t w i th Mrs. A \V. Uryunt and •was wel l at ­tend',d. a::d a g r e a t dea l a c c o m p l i s h e d .

^Tho s.Tinoii t h e m e at the Conijre-g a i i o n a i e i iurch on S u a d a y mornlni< w::i i-e " ' 'hr i s t iani ty In a c t i o n . " It is desirt-il tha t all intere.'Jted in this church be present , s ince It wi l l h a v e a Vita: c o n n e c t i o n wi th plan.s recent ly f o r m u l a t e d tn meet the need.s of a progress ive church .

< >n Monday a f t e r n o o n G e o r g e F. P o l l a r d - o f th is t o w n w a s ca l l ed into the office of Far ley . H a r v e y & Co.. of B o s t o n , and t h e r e rece ived o n e of the m o s t h a p p y and p leasant s u r p r i s e s of his Ufe. T h i s c o n s i s t e d of a large sil­ver lov ing c u p p r e s e n t e d to h i m by the firm a n d h i s a s s o c i a t e s a s a t o k e n of the ir l o v e and e s t e e m a f t e r ftfty years ' a s s o c i a t i o n wi th t h e m . E n ­g r a v e d o n the l o v i n g c u p w a s the fo l ­l o w i n g : " G e o r g e F. P o l l a r d f r o m Far ley , Har\*ey & Co.. in r e c o g n i t i o n of fifty y e a r s a s assoc iated . 1S68-191S."

T h e iadies of the B e n e v o l e n t s o c i e t y m e t wi th Mrs. F r a n k D . R y a n for a n a l l - d i y .work on R e d Cross s e w i n g . -A lar^e n u m b e r of the lad les w e r e pres ­e n l a n d enjoyed the day ver>' much.' B a s k e t lunch w a s served , Mrs . R y a n f u r n i s h i n g cofCee. baked be;an3 and b r e a d , w i t h h o t j o h n n y c a k e to a l l present . Mrs. R a y m o n d W r i g h t , pf Lancas ter , and Mrs. R o b e r t McGray. of Ayer , both d a u g h t e r s of Mrs. R y a n , w e r o p r e s e n t a s g u e s t s for t h e day.

It wil l be of interes t to t h e w i d e c irc le of f r i e n d s of P a u l i n e L u n d ­s t r o m to k n o w t h a t s h e h a s been d i s c h a r g e d f r o m t h e c h i l d r e n ' s h o s ­pital in B r o o k l i n o as c o m p l e t e l y c u r e d of h e r h i p trouble . J u s t f o u r y e a r s a g o th is m o n t h Mr. a n d Mrs. L u n d ­s t r o m took her to t h i s hosp i ta l for t r e a t m e n t a n d t h e i r m a n y f r i e n d s re­jo i ce with thenri a t t h e r e a l l y w o n d e r ­ful cure of the ir l i t t le gir l . B o t h are s incere ly gratefu l t o the m a n y fr iends of the ir l itt le girl , w h o ' h a v e m a d e par t i cu lar effort to h e l p s p e e d the weary, days by the ir g i f t s and t h o u g h t for her comfort s .

Miss H e n a Maret re turned o n last W e d n e s d a y to Yonkers . N. Y.. a f t e r a t w o - w e o k s ' visit w i th her fr iend . Miss B a k e r .

Mi5ks I,:!:i.an Tay'vir i? a r t i n g as a s ­sist .tnt at the. p."ist'df.c-_- '.:; , p lace -jt Mr.-' , t .'leaves.

Mr. and Mrs. Ber t C l e a v e s are e n ­j o y i n g a t h r e e - w e e k s ' v a c a t i o n at l -ake Winn^ipesaukee. N. H.

I n ' ' a ta le of exc i t in . : adventure.-^, thr i l l s iind s u s p e n s e , E(Ji.th S t o r e y wlli be s e e n in "Treasure of t h e soa" at the m o t i o n picture sh.>w t h i s isatur­day e v e n i n g ; a lso . Screen Tele::rr.am,

Sen.l before S e p t e m b e r 15 to Dr. J. X. Murray. I . i t t ieton, for entry blank-: for t h e d o g s h o w to be he ld at tho Grotun F a r m e r s ' and M e c h a n i c s ' c lub fair. S e p t e m b e r -S. *

Otis H. Forbush, fiuction-?er, wi;: sel". bv piiblic auct ion 35 head of cat t .o at th*^ f.u-m of M. E. Grimn. H.irvarJ. Th^j milk route of iO can.s a day is aL wJ for ^al". Th" sale wiU be held on Monday atttTHOon. Septeniber 10. at on-j o'olock.

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P h o n e 20 U A R V A R O , M A S S . Oraduat* N. E. G. of Music. B o s t o n T»n ytt.rt w i t h A«ol l»n Co.. Now York

Affont for HoltOB B a n d Instrumanta fliLaoa F o r S o l e ttaul R e n t l y l t *

PRANK S. BENNETT SuccsMOr to A R T H U R FE.VNKR

Insurance Agent and Broker U a i j i S t r e e t T u r n e r ' a B i d e .

ATEB, M A S S .

Mos for Hire 5- and 7-Pa3senger Cars

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E. A. W h i t n e y AYER, MASS.

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Harry Erys lan . w h o h.as b e e n e n ­g a g e d a t t h c K n o w l t o n f a r m , left last T u e s d a y to beg in a course of s t u d y a t t h e . M . A. C.

Mrs. Harry D u s t i n is e n t e r t a i n i n g f r i ends f r o m Shir ley this w e e k .

.Tohn D u s t i n h a s re turned f r o m a vis i t to h i s s i s ter in P e t e r b o r o . N. H . i T h i s is Mr. D u s t i n ' s lirs; v is i t f r o m h o m e tor t e n years . I

A 1>. B a g l e y v i s i ted h is d a u g h t e r i n ' S p r i n g f i e l d , Vt . , o n last .-Saturd.ay.

C o r n e l i u s K c e f e is r c p o r t e i on t h e s ick list. Mrs. M c K e n s l e , as nurse , i s in a t t e n d a n c e .

T h e n e w draft a g e l imi t i n c l u d e s t h e f o l l o w i n g n a m e s : C l a r e n c e L a ­F o u n t a i n F r a n k C o n a n t , H o r a c e B u r ­b a n k , T h o m a s H o l l o h a n , f h a r l i c K-ng l . o u l s J o s s e l y n , G e o r g e Gi l ­chres t , H a r r y and W a l l l e D u s t i n F r e d K o s s Char l i e S p a u l d l n g , Clifford K e e t i a n , E u c l l d e C o r d e a u . H a r r y W r i g h t , E n g e n e a n d O s c a r B l o o d . H e n r y B a r l o w and t w o F i n n s

W. E. MUBPHV Distributor for Ayer and vicimty

Phcue 531 or 86-2 AYB&, MASS.

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Mr, an'l Mr-. M"S.-l,v i ia H a t h . M e . i-y •' ••^" • w h e r e Mr" Ha ing t h e surnni.

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m e a n to see o w o u r boys m a c k of t h e m •; m o r e . It m i s -

for G r o t o r has n ,, , ' l a i n . In t w o He'I ' 'r" h - . e Kbertv l o n n s , ami ' ' . , , v " w e h a v c g o n e we. l "' , .„ . . , " F i r s t in M n s s a c h n -ihe l o p l " flhould he our sloi.-. fourth l o a n . T o ., res ident of G r o t o n , be s u b s c r i p t i o n i s c r e d i t e d 1' if you b u y t h r o u g h a hank m

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t.-i e n t e r week .

Mr. and Mrs, V e w p o r t , N- H., w e r e gues-,,-,,! Mrs. J a m e s T. B e n n e t t ove -,v - r-K-cnd.

,\lr. and Mrs. Kichar- l L a w - e n r I ' h h u r g . s p e n t Sun ; . i , u r e n c e ' s p a r e n t s . M

l e a s o n . MI.S G l a d y s S w a l l o w b e c a n his^

,,t a S o m e r v l l l e s choo l on • ' T h i s Is h e r s e c o n d

h a s b e e n v e r y succe; ss I t u t h IV.ood Is back in

h e r s e c o n d year , w o r k . and Mrs. H o w a r d W h e e l o c k i i -

-vr, for a t i m e b e f o r e he .; 'Cs ii,. > . . . rv i ce of t h o T . M. ('• A. - . KUz.abeth B l o o d retun-e ' l • . i: . academy. A s h b u r n h a m , t . i - „ M i s s H e l e n G a y t o B r i d e "i , ,

M I S S . .U ice M o l s o n to t h e 1 " - -. -',-.s college.--

. , , . , , „ „ .A.: . .Ballcy. f-amlly. - , • i.,'on a t t h e i r f a r m s i n c e t h e . -

, . c h o o l in J u n e , r e t u r n e d t.. ,\ „. t h i s w e e k t o b e r e a d y for t,I

, , . , .„ to e n t e r s c h o o l o n Mon. . .A. . . .1 , 'rs w e r e r e s u m e d <^\^^ y \ . ,n ' h u r c h l a s t S t m d a y , B e v . --.'::,';;,:;ingthepuipit^Two-,"-- s w e e t l y r e n d e r e d b y Mi.«s i i ^. „• o f -Mrs F r a n c i s I - i w r e n c c c o m - •

, . J h r l d c e T h c a u d i e n c e ; from C a m b r i a g e . * , .,,i i

-.-'"^ jeT^o^^^^r^ _ l » i n n w h o are n lwuvs

c o n g r e g a t i o n ^"•" .,,, , , . . - i c o m e . S u n d a y s c h o o l wi l l b j

s e s s i o n s o n t h i s S u n d a y .

Mrs j-'-ivinir ' iuties in W a t e r t o w n .

Cioing on F r i d a y spent the w e e k - e n d in Al l s ton . re turn int' on Mon.ia*. e v e n i n g .

P.oscoe HiU-lhas b e e n ill wi th

Has moved to - . Main '''^""i Ayer, Mass.

1 FAR SALE d e n t a r m y

E u g e n e E s t c n e^'^^J*"''. J^o'ctobe"; P i g s , s i x w e « k 8 o ld . Beag le -n t a r m y t r a i n i n g c a m p in Octooer^ i ^ ^ ^ s ^ p u p p i e s . L i v e f o w l , rt

WANTED S e c o n d - h a n d l o g g i n g s l e d .

S. W . S A B I N E ,

1—Fox-r o a s t e r s

M i s s e s K a t h l e e n a n d ^ M a r ' ^ ; ^ - - ^ ^ „ ^ , u , k e .

wi l l l e a v e h o m e to

" l , r S ; w n l n g g a v e a b h ^ d a y ^ of h e r u n c l e . E d w a r d

Mrs. S p a u l d i n p

t o n -sUit - . sand as soon a* a b l e wlU under-

-o xxxx opera t ion for tons i l s an. ! a d e -

""'xri.'and ai d E d g a r L c h r c e q u c -.'ho .'e-e.i a pa l o c h i a ! s c h o o l in N a s h i a . , . . . tr. returr, o n S u n d a y , a s they are lii^.r.-.- spirits .and a p p e t i t e s .away . i . ' in

' h HI" and i'i .r«nts. •ri„. meiiib'-rs of t h o m a g a z i n e rir.i

. . nsked 1" m e e t w i th Mrs, hpa. i . . , , \ - on Mon.li. -• e v e n i n g to e lect a i.re--,.-. 1 f, r lh. ' e n s u i n g y e a r .

T h e a n n u a l b u s i n e s s m' .\« Y o u L i k e It c lub w a s h e l d o n d a y at S a c h e m Vi l la . Ofl icers for t h e c o m i n g y e a r were e l e c t e d a^ f o l l o w s ; Mrs. C h a r l e s N o y e s . p r e s . : M i s s H e s ­ter B u r d e t t . v. p . ; Mrs. R. B . A d a m s . sec. a n d treas . „ ^ soc ia l a f t e r n o o n f o l l o w e d t h e b u s i n e s s h o u r . T h c n e x t m e e t i n g w U l - b e w i t h Mrs. L a w r e n c e Morgan .

e e t i n g of t h e U y at t h e b o m e ^ " ^ ^^r . . . ^

held o n T u e s - ' • ' ' " e e n a j . achoo l i _ nt h e r s c h o o l m a t e s . h a r e d t t r g o o d ^ m r p r o v - ^ ^ ^ way ot g a m e s , Ssunts a n a re i on h e r t e n t h b i r t h d a y .

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. o n d b e f o r e S e p t e m b e r ^ \ ^ :^^^^i^\^^\,r:^-,,(hUall ''

KOB SA>,F^4 Z'eaj, w o r k Horses .

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3m 50 Groton, Maas.

H o u s e fully eQUippeu "•^- j -^ <, ^ ^ ^ o , conven iences ; ' " ' " " " S H. P A R K E R ,

. Murray, L i t t l e t o n , tor cn for t h c d o g s h o w to b e h e l d a t t h e Groten F a r m e r s ' a n d M e c h a n i c s c l u b fair. S e p t e m b e r 28 .

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w i n trade for c o w s or nei i' ". - ^^ HEALY & SOS. G r a n l t e v i i ' e . ^^^ Te lephone Wcstfora I V

h a s good Z Zv CHASE of I.I«<le«o° h a s gooo , ^ k ; h - f " t a l e t \ 4 c e n t s per p o u n d

HARVARD

I tems . . - , v h o reg i s t ered on T l i . i i

. , . , - -he h e w draf t law i,i 'Iv l i n e d to a t t e n d t h e •.nilitm

'1' '1 • .-cry M o n d n y e v e n i n g . ., , . i 'k , t t h c t o w n ha l l . Tl ie

w. ; t o t h e m e x c e U e n t instr-.i . , ' rc .I'dng to c a m p and s.i

I'M , , , n M a e n i b l y - n h e a < . of . '. 'uar a t t h o v e r y heglnnii-.v. . ' w ' l bo on h a n d e s p e c i a l l y t..

of t h c s o n e w m e n and every

X o w s I t c n w . T h c surg ica l d r e s s i n g s e o m m l t t c c of

N ' w t o w n m o t for w o r k a t Mrs . St.acy < Hates' h o m e T h u r s d a y a f t e r n o o n .

M'Uit a 125 m e n w e r e e x p e c t e d to " - s t e r .-t thc t o w h ha l l on T h u r s d a y .

. -reder lck J o h n s o n w e n t to B o s t o n Mr-,iday to beg in t h c s t u d y of n a v a l i . \ i i i ; ion.

T ' c Misses P o r t e r of W e s t A c t o n 'i.-.,i'e b e e n the g u e s t s o f t h e i r n i e c e .

. \;-s N H W h i t c o m b . t h i s w e e k .

t h e i •'• ^'- ^'o-^tfe ' ' ''»^°"' - ' " l ^ . r i l ^ i ^ " work a f t e r Vls -Wn«r- l i lncs9 a n d - t r e a t -

i i i .n ; at the h o s p i t a l . Mr. and Mrs. J e r o m e B u r t t a n d b a b y

SouaBh for

.^<ii<i r - » n w a s bui l t be fore thc w a r , . „ r h ' « % ^ h ^ , w % h t of meta l ^o m a k e

- l s . T i n r " g M W c " - O ^ K S . Groton. Mass. Tcl . I— ' - _

POTATOKS' . OR S^""' Tclepho:

i - n n SALE—I 1916 4-cyl lndcr . 7-pas FOR sAi.."^-^ ;_'_=",^ nrst-cl .ass condl

for good b u s i n e s s 1060 to 1200 lbs

Bu lck and a 2 l E . M . . J ' n j , j .

fO\v«i ond H E I F E R S K O ^ ^ i ^ ' . ^ f S ^ K . ' ^ S ^ o V G r o t o n . M a ^ s s . Tc l eohonc 19-21. _^ . H

4-cyl lndcr . I - P a s -

-"^"^'^?f,'''i!i.%'"for'g';or'bu^s?n"e'^; ll"„?sc"weT^hinr^rom'°i0B% to 1200_lb._ hVrM i:og.SlCd. . . .OEOKGE.M._I'iERC;E.

the

Should m a k e . • • — " ; | ^ ^ - ^ - - ^ ^ ^ T ^ J u ^ ^ ^ ' ^ r i e e , ,. „ , . . , e o tO,hl<nself to c o m c and \ : ^ ^ ' ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ t h e m . u p o n t h e i r

I ' . i i i i i i y h e r e a f t e r . ^.,^ t.^r, to O m n g e a n d v i s i ted ' t h e r e . s i .-iaiia W e b s t e r , f o r m e r l j o . e

, „ i"wn ^•fris.'li v i s i t i n g t h i s w e e k , Mlss Heryl B i g e l o w .

Faheriy^' of W o r c e s t e r

he.autlfin and t h e e ^ P ^ ' ^ * ' " " " -" f '.'^" a u d i e n c e w e r e gratlDftd. T h e h a U w a ,

ded and s o m e o f t h c p e o p l e h a d

. l o h n s o n . of s a c o . Me. , is k e e p . 1..,I

M. H o w . , „s , , f o r . R e v . , G e o r g e "xf'ov. h a v e b e e n . r e c e i v e d this

- . . ; V ; ; o n i : ^ t , o f t h e G r o t o n b . .y .

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w r e k s and ' e e n i ^ ^ ^ J J ^^^^g^. T h e y ; I ted and c h e e r e d b y . * ^ ' - , ,

^'m:o '-

•iffeaxtfrxf,

of t h e . b r i g h t l i g h t s ^ ' ^ u n s e r . s e t of t h e s u m -herc . n o w a profe.s.sor a

coUegft l« a w e e k - e n d , h c M i s s e s K c r l c y . Mr. , y s c e t U n g b a c k t o H.ar-"w d a y s e v e r y s e a s o n a n d

I t ; ' ; ; : : , w . i I a c a u a I n t a n c e . ' w h o a r e

i ikew.s" .,,"1 t o s e e h i m h e r e .

The 'loiir,; 6 { ? ^ « > » " - ' " - V " C " l ' " - 0 ' " w , '-,11 o n S a t u r d a y e v e n i n g .

.;;tcm, ri; r«.m^30 to i..o;?.oci. to add

p j rcuirn po\oral dayfl.

T h e p h o t o p!.ay ^ I v e n ^ a t . t h e m o t i o n •,,ict ure enter ta inm'ent W e d n e s d a y c > e -l ing rece ived u n i v e r s a l l y t h e m o s t f.av-

Mso . hors<l Oroton Mas.''

A11TOMOBII.K-FOR S A 1 . E - - A D o d g e Roadster , in KO'>V'^ ' ' 'MURPHV, PVrk full equipment . W. r;- " i J " ' f ' • Street . Ayer. Mass. P h o n e .>3i. .

n o v W A N T E D — T o w o r k on truck . x - J ' y > t y , T H » r . i ^ U N D R Y , Ayer,

F O R S A I . F ^ A s e c o n d - h a n d P M l o r Stov" as good »" n e * - , ^ . J ? , ? S , o n l MOnUAY, Ayer , Mass . ^eiepn^^.j. 419-11'

, r . l l ie

'MlcirnwSStbthe VotinW "St

cro V.-to standi. •

Mr. and Mrs. G a r d n e r W . Pt-outy w e n t to H y a n n i s f o r t h e i r ^""""1 ^!»-cat ion and a r c e x p e c t e d h o m e n e x t

" " j u d g e S-ahderson i n d W« » 0 " - 3 ° ^ * " and V. T. E s t c n a t t e n d e d t h e W o r c e s ­ter fa ir .

Ck lcr A p p l e s ao l lv icrcd t o m y « I U

In Stffl n i T c r , Maaa.

l y i L U A M B . H A S K E U ; ,

Wc want yoa to Imowr that we Vcxp cvetytKins' for the convenienc* tmd co™«* of the anoker. Not o ^ the choicest line of Ggar».Q8«-ettes and Tobacco, biit Briar W o o d P S p ^

maonchama'Pip<» C o r a C o b P ip«»

T . p . C U y P i p e *

P i p e fcje«B«r» M a t c h B«ftte«

^ C i g a r H o I d e r * . '' "c igaret te H o U e r a "

Oor Cigars are kept in P « J fect condition and tbls U what lho pi i t lcular, critical smoktr r e o n W W e handle aH the popular brands of- Cig*,'*, » -Coding the various "Nationil" brands -which have proved tbemie lves »o deservedly pop-

„ ular. ' - -

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SATtirtDAY/i 81 BER 14, 1918 ONS D^XitiAK Ain> v n r x CENTS

FEB ZSURT IN ADTANOB

An AdvertlMmeata Appear tn All tbe ' Ote Pspeza I f • PniiUab

'.••Tli to tb* Pen and Press ws'morUU -iow»,

*3\ we^beUev* and «Uao»t.-»n -w»

• Ttemi ot-local Interest are •ollelted aad must always be aocompanled by to* same of the -writer, not for pubU* eatiop, but a« a ruarantee of »ood *?' f t , " ^ will alwaya be considered,

. atrloUr conndantla). lUndly mall Ufma •o«» after tha day of occurrenoe-and « • nat Trait tinaaceaaarlly. , -

Saturday, Scpfemlwr. Xi, 1918,

A Y E R • - c -News Items. .

There is to be, a concert Irt the Sol­diers' club, West street,, Wedn'esday evening, Sep.tember 18, ,at halfipast seven by Yvonne de TrevlUe, formerly

' prlhria donna soprano of the Belgian Roydl Opera House,' assisted by three other eminent artists. The special featiire will be J'Daughteiv of the regl"-

, , ment," by Uonlzetti, given In-costumei • PubUc invited.. .„,'--

' The Wberty Sing will be held as tis­ual at the Soldiers' club on Monday, evenlnsr, September'16, led by Jack Archer, Carnp ^Devens' song leader. Publio-invited.;"- • ,•

' itr; C. N. to l lard, plaiilst. is re­ceiving pupils on Thursdays In Aye'r >)f etich week. Special attention to younger pupils as welj as to the more advanced. Address care,o£ this otBce.

{"ederated churcli, Stjntlay; rally day —•10,30, Rov. Charles E.i Spauldlng, superlntetiderit Worcester district of M. E. churches, v i l l spealc. Rally of Sunday4 school ' i n ' auditorluni at twelvo o'clodk,-at which Mr. Spauld­lng will also speak.- Young p'eople's rally meeting at.6.30. Rev. Robert M. Pierce, speaker. Mld=week service on Thui^day. everilng af" 7.45.' ". -

Alfred E. Olkle IMIS enlisted in the . .Canadian, Expeditionary Forces and •• leaves''-next Moriday ftfr'Nova Scotia.

. The following motion pictures wlll 1*e.given .at Page hall theatre next •week: x Monday, Constance"Talmadige in ."The shuttle"; Tuesday, William Fox's- superb production, "Blindness of di-yprce";'s Wednesday, Emmy •Wielaii. in "The. house of gold".; •Thursday, .Varney Sherry. in "Real folks"; Frlda'y, Norma Talmadge .in "Delux Annie"; Saturday, -\^irglnla Pearson i n ' T h e - f l r o brand."

Tlie Unitarian'Girls', club -will hold their next regular meeting In the Unl-

- tarlan vestry at 6.30 o'clock Wednes­day evenlng.iSeptember 18, Miss Net­tie Roo and ,MiEa: -Abble Robinson, hostesses. The members are to bring contributions to the mystery supper in a covered dish. • ,

Unitarian church—Sunday servlcci • (in tlie vestry) at 10.45. Preacher. Rev.

Frank B. Crandall; subject, "The de­mocracy of the kingdom."

All wishing to attend Neighbors' night at the Littleton 'Grange on Wed­nesday night, September 18, will please notify the cohamlttee, H, Bad­ger and J, M. Boutwell, not later than Monday night. Transportatlori -will be lurnished for thoso reporting.

Maj.-Gen. Heiiry P. McCain -will hold the first revlew-,of the 12th di­vision at Camp Devens Saturday morn­ing at...8.30./ There- will-'fcelJO.OOO

• troops in line. -' Brlg.-Gon.-. John N. Hodges-'-will • lead'ithe -niarch at .the head of the i23d infantry. Brlg.-Gan. Jbhn E. Woodward will head the 24th Infantry brigade. The 212th engineers. 212th fleld , signal battalion. 34th machine gun company and division trains will be the other units In order.

Construction- has begun for a new laundry building at Camp Devens, where 300 women will be employed to do all the washing'for the camp. It will be finished In a month and oper­ated by the quartermaster corps, reclamation department.

Send beforo September 15 to Dr. j . N. Murray, Littleton, for entry blanks for the dog show to be held at the Groton Farmers' and Mechanics' club fair, September 28. •

St. Andrew's- Episcopal church, Sunday—Holy communion at elgh\ o'clock; morning prayer, litany and sermon at 10.30; preacher. Rev. Angus Dun.

with DO chance for a war cross and a few military' police recel\ed several good Jolts that suf-ely remained with them for a few da>»

The enrollment of the schools this year-Is unusiiaHy'large. Thd hlg*! school Is lOO.'elglTth.'grado 42. seventh grade 3G, sixth grado C4, fifth grade ,63, fourth grado 58, third grado 47, prlmartce—Washington street-primary 4,4, East Maln'strcet 44, Shirley street 2T. This school has no third grade this year. ^ »

Happy Jack Is back In the schoola this week and Is trying w-lth the en-thuslasttc co-operation of the teachers to have every, member of-the schools the owner of a war stamp by the end of the year. Every sch'ool has been, visited this week except the high Bchool.'-aTiid-that will have its turn on Monday, which day is to be thrift day ,in the schools, and Happy Jack hopes the children will remember it, so that Mrs.-Barkei- may save time as well as all ofhers assisting. Happy Jack urges his clul) mero,ber» to earn- at least a part of the mohey they contribute and will ask them next week how many hav9 done so. i

Edward Sawyer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward E. Sawyer, has entered Cush­ing • academ'y. In Ashburnham. He went on Monday, being taken up by Edward Hopkins in his auto.

Norman D., Fletcher left Thursday for St. Lawrenco university. Canton, N. -Y., where he wUi take a college course. He haa lAen studying all summer to complelVhls preparatory cotirse. He takes t t trip by wiy of Now York city and «<• Htid-" ' ' h n .

' «a» found « h,-rii and "I'l-iiiit for

-'u -iy and ••"ry.- Free-'-. 'I charge

Kd-SIO

Andrew De Proprio wh guilty of not Bounding > was fined tlO on a c overspeeding hc w is toj the case placed on file. (; man-was found not guilty "i ,, of overspeeding and dlschn.-ni-ward B; Crompton paid n • ] , , for overwoedlng. On t),.. c'„„„:aint against-him for not soumluiK his horn ho was found not guilty aa.i discharg­ed. The same dlsposltl.m w.is made I n , the case of Charli-,, Maughis charged with similar ortcn,.,-. Louis Rabll was flned five dollars on a find­i n g of guilty for not sounding his horn On fhe complaint for e.-icessiy "ng he was found not Kuiuy, Kotoskl, • charged with

speed-Adam

^erspcedlng.

thus in

of one

state,

Capt. Herbert B. Priest sailed from Rlza), Philippines, August 7, for Vladi­vostok, where he will be stationed with tho Amorlcan Forces In Siberia. Mrs. Priest expects to leave for home as soon as she cari get transportation, which wlll be very likely by the Sep-

' tember boat. MIss Mabelle Pickard, of Washing­

ton street, is spending her vacation of a week In Goffstown, N. H.

Miss Virginia Nlckerson, of Naw York city,' Is visiting this week with Mlss Helen Savage, Washington street.

Married In Ayer, by Rev. J. W. . Thomao, ElarlR. Blevlns, a soldier, of

Eldoroi' Kan,, and Edith V. Tibbetts, of Wilmington, Dela., Septem'ber 6;

; September 7, John D. Rlco, a soldier, and Eleanor Shelton, of West Vir­ginia; Robert Bowman,'A soldier, and Nelllo Howard, of Dca Moines, la.

There was another baptismal serv­ice at the Baptists church last Sund.ay evening, Preaching Snnday morning at 10.45 by tho.'pastor on "Tho men who brought a good report." Sundny school at twcivc o'clock. Praise meet­ing at 6.45 by young people's chorus and congregation; a short sermon at seven o'clock. B. Y. P. U. Tuesday evening at 7.30. Mid-week prayer meeting on Thursday evenliig at 7.30.

Three persons were slightly Injured on Tuesdtiy at the camp when a motor bus containing fourteen ' passengers capsized when In collision w-ith a mo­tor ambulance. Ml.«s Stcll.i Brown, ot Shurlcvllle. X. V.. received wounds of the f.acc and shoulders: John R. Wai­dron, Company K, 74th Infantry, w.as cut over tho left eye. and- Ualph Rpearin, Company 20, Depot Brigade, had his hands cut by flying glass. The

, ' Injured-were taken-to tha-baso.hORpl-tal, where their wounds wcrc dressed.

Quite a lively mixup took place In front of thc C. R. P. Company's store l.ast Sunday afternoon when a "regu­lar." more or less under tho influence of Intoxicants, broke loose and started to clean up, a few military police who

_,-had endeavored to quiet his uiyuly ways and escort him to a propcr rest­ing up establishment. For a few mo-men'ls It seemed hs tliough he was go-

, „ Ingjo hayc^hls.say: liv th'c_tn<itter. but reinforcements of iocal police .bltlfco'rs and a few more military police, soldiers and ofncers finally got him In_ a non-combative position and the're ho rest­ed Until the .patrol arrived for him, from the camp. Here again a marry

.time was had in getting him into thti patrol, but at last the combined ef­forts of his capUves managed to bundlo him in. In thje mlicup -a state offlcer who got into the engagement.

taking some advant connection With the ney'. ' , ,

The Unitarian chui open on' Sunday at twv the new church ball.

Rev. H- Gralnt' Person, Newton, minister of Ellot ch of the strongest churches In . , wlll be the speaker Sunday i^ght at t h e : Federation House, Wejt Main street.-^ Dr. Person Is very popular as a speaker for soldiers and sailors and has-spoltcn in'a- nuinber o t camps. The townspeople' who attend will hear a great address and at the same time be.cooperating In the,Important work for the,soldiers the Federation House Is doing, •

Mlss S ^ a h Priest of Littleton is vis­iting Mrs. 'Lucy A. Pickard of Wash­ington street this-week. •

The Ladies' Aid o f . t h e Baptist .church wllj serve a bake'd bean supper on Wednesday evening, September 18,-from .sl.-c to 7.30 Iri the vestry of tlie church. * . , '

Among the niembers of the last high scbool class who are going to school further are Bertlja Phelps; 'who goes to Lasell seminary. Lucile Hollls to Wheaton seminary. Elizabeth Ben­nett to Walnut Hill Girls' school. Carol Pierce arid Irene Hassam to Boston university. Phyllis . Poor and Hazel Scruton are thinking a little later of entering a training school for nurses.

The Wild Rose troop of Glrl Scouts met Thursday afternoon with their captain, Mrs. Susan M. Barker. The Scouts are working on their second examination. They mado plans for thc year's work. .Meetings have, been held somewhat informally all summer.

A son was, born Sunday, September S, to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Slcsca' of Providence, R. I. Mrs. Moses was Miss Pearl Carley of Ayer. The boy has been nanaed Alan Winthrop.

R. M. Graham is having her! fall opening in millinery fhls week Thurs­day, Friday and Saturday In her new quiirtcrs in the Barry'bulldlng.

The motion picture program at the Federation House Is as follow-s; Sat­urday. September 14, at 2.30 and 7.30, Path* News;' Wallace Reid In "The firefly of France," and Arbuckle eom­edy. Monday evening at 7.30, Burton Holmes Travelogue; J. Stuart Black-ton in, "Wild youth," and Black Dia­mond comedy. Wednesday evening at 7.30, Corinne Griffith in "The wild strain"; Big V comedy and Bray Pic­tograph.

Mr. C. N. Pollard, pianist, i.-i teach­ing 'Thursday in Ayer. Applications for tuition In surrounding towns can be made In care of thc Public Spir.lt ofRce. *

Rcsi-''tralIon Day. Registration fr.r military service of

men between the ages of IS and 46, except tho.se -who had already re.iris-tered, or who are in the service, took place on Thu.-sday het-A'een seven in the morning and nine o-clock in the evening. Lyman K. Clark, tho chief registrar foi Ayer, had several assist­ants to help In enrolling .the large number of registrants, tho w-ork being done in the town hall. The total, number of registrants w.as 456, which was many more than expected. This large tota! places Aycr In the second place in the district in regard to the number enrolled. Maynard being In flrst place. Almost everj- nation in tho world were represented in the registrants.

A, very unii.sual circumstance was thc registration of Walter P. Byrne and Ijiwroncc J, Byrne, father and son, whn registered at the same time in the afternoon. The scene attracted much attention.

Everything throughout thc day passed- off very smoothly in spite of tho large rcgiBtr.ation. • It was eleven o'clock hefore thc final tabulation was made and the returns made to the ex­emption board.

The following .acted ns assistant reg­istrars: Harry E. Fisher, Eugene .' -E.arry, George L. Osgood. Theodore W. Barry, I^uls H. Cushing, Percy A. Atherton, Harvard. John M. Maloney. Peter B. Murphy. Thomas K. Mulllti, Lorlng' Carman. Frank J. .Maloney. N. A. Gans acted as inspeqtor.

District. Co»trt. Tho cases of jitney operators charg­

ed with the vlol.atlon of tho law gov­erning thc movement of automobiles continue to take up much time of the cburt nnd tho police. - Thc Incomo from- flne», -however,- which nre - i m -poRcd on this cl.-u's of law-breakers, compenR.ato In a good measure for the time and labor spent by the police and the court In bringing them to Justice. Last S.aturday morning'a group of this class of violators of the law appeared In court, .all of whom are attracted here by tho business of transporting soldiers .and visitors to and from the camp and to cities nnd towns. In this vicinity. Pnactlcnlly nil of the de­fendants were arrested for overspced-I'nV or f.tlltirc'tO'iBOimd their horns at Gilson's corner, on the Littleton road, where .a trap was set by,tho police to catch this class of offenders. Chief Beatty st.atca to the court that such action was nccensary In view of the many accidents happenlngifrorii driv­ers who failed, to obscr\-e the la-w in tho above classes^ of, Complaints. Those charged with breaking the law at the abovo point tvere:

was foupd not guilty and discharged Henry-Petlna paid »D for not sound­ing- his horn. Henry l,Jn,ick was found guilty of driving at excessive speed and not guilty for not sounding his horn. On thc former complaint Tfie was fined $10. A similar dispose tlon w a s made of similar complaints against Robert H. Keating. He ap­pealed the sentence imposed for over-speeding and furnished sureties for his appearance at the October session of the superior court. Theodore Katador paid $6 for not sounding his horn. The complaint for overspeeding was filed after a flndlng of guilty. William Sexworth was found not guilty of over-speeding and discharged. Albert M. Leavitt was found guilty for not sounding his horn and fined $10. Jerry Calif, a soldier, was found guilty of overspeeding and not guilty for not sounding his horn. Hc was turned over to the military authorities at the camp, where his case v/as disposed of. Fred H. Wolft paid $10 after a finding of guilty for driving at excessive-speed and on a complaint for not sounding his horn he was found not. guilty and discharged, George H, Foster was charged with excesslve'speed and not sounding his horn at the corner of Pond and. East Main streeU; on the former complaint he was found guilty and fined $10, and on the litter cha,rgo he was found not guilty and'dlscharg-ed. James Violet was. found guilty of overspeeding and for not sounding his horn. On the former complaint hc was fined t.lO. The latter case was filed after a flndlng of guilty. Louis Ailman was flned $5 for not-sounding his horn, and on a complaint for over-speeding • he was found not guilty. For not having a town license Gcorge Gaudette was flned $10. He appealed and furnished bail of $100 for the su­perior court in October. Georgo Frledland was" found guilty on a com­plaint for not sounding his horn and the case was filed. Complaints against the Waldorf Auto Servfce Company, of Boston, were not disposed of, owing to the failure to proctire the name of the driver of the car, who was Charged with-operating the ijiachlne and not sounding his horn. A representative of the company was present and ex­plained the situation. Several other defendants failed to appear and were declared defaulted.

The continued cases of Flora Bishop and Hattie Bent, of Worcester, for Improper conduct, were called for trial. Both w'ere found not guilty and discharged. They were represented by Atty. Lyman K. Clark.

L. J. Wella, a soldier, and Minnie Regan, ot Utlca, N. Y., were charged with misconduct. The former wan given over to the custody of the camp officials. The latter was found not guilty and discharged, upon condition that- she return to her home and keep aw-ay froi^ this section In the future.

Charles D. Morris was before, the court on ' Monday morning charged with assault and battery on Abraham Davidson In Aycr. Morris- was found guilty and paid a flrie of ten dollars.

On Wednesday morning John W. Hart was before the court charged with violation of the automobile laws In Ayer: for failure to sound horn ar.d for overspeeding. The first charge was placed on file, and Hart paid a flne of ten dollars on the second.

Franciszka Szarafmka and John Smarza, of Shirley, charged with a I Reports statutory offence, were discharged on ' agreeing to return to Shirley ar.d iie married.

autumn, for nearlythlrty years, wlll i,e held Friday everifng. September 27. This event Is meetini v.-ith thc usimi cotJi.cratlon among the workers, al­though subject to war tune condlti'uis,

Mrs. Fall of Ipswich and Mrs, Ober of Arlington Heights ,were guests this weck of Mrs. Bartlett ut K. j , \\-i.;ii,,.y

Mlss Pauline Dole has been a visitor at Mrs. Alma .M._ Hichardson's this week.

The flrst meeting f'.r the fall sea­son of the Ladies' Aid society was an all-day session .on Thursday at the bome -ot tho Mlssea Green on Lowell road. -1 'Work for the coming fair was the order of the day, with good resuliti. and not the least of the day's assets was the good cheer and pleasant .so-ciablllty. Basket liinch, with hot cof. feo-and other good, things were supple-mented by the hostesses at n".jii. There were fourteen seated at the I lohg dinner table.''_

Mrs. Donald M. Cameron entertain­ed a very pleasant afternoon party on Thursday aftemoon of this week. De-llghtful sociability, knitting, needle­work' and dainty refreshments made up the afternoon's pleasure.

Mrs. George P.' 'White has been to Nashua, N. H., two days this week. called by the serloiis Illness of her father.

Touches of frost on Westford hlll on Wednesday and Thursday nights are reported and more serious frost In the low-lands.

PAGB TIVE

Glrl Scouts. The Oak troop held its first meeting

of the season at the Girls' clubhouse at four o'clock, Thursday. Oflicers w-ere elected and plans discussed for the following winter. The girls de­cided to Ilnish the afghan started at camp. They are all eager to begin second class work and win the coveted gold stars for each new point. Several of the girls have made a fine start. Irene Halleran hns pa.ssed in cooking and signalling and Margaret Murray and Ruth Stone have passed in cook-Ing and sewing.

Everybody is saving peach stones to make gas masks for thc soldiers "over there." One hundred stones will make one mask. All the troops are ?rolng to save these stones and' it w-lll be interesting to see how many masks can be furnishei by each troop. It is .a flne way for scouts to do thcir • • b i t , "

Tho Girls' chihhoiisr is open to nil the scouts and those wh-o were in the habit of taking ihrir lunches there last year are cnrili

I come this fall dun i lunch hours.

It Is hoped that :! favoraldc this fal! fr taken after schr--!. This will not "nly good time, but uil opportunity f"i I'-'-' teats. Clrls who scouts are ci-rdinlly the Thnr-sdii.v nie<-ti

a::>- welcomed to II: recess and the

IC -Acathcr will be r numerous hikes, ind on Saturdays. Kive everybody a

be an excellent sing flre-building wish to hecome Invited to attend

WESTFORD

Center. l-pon ciit'-rink' Ihc village from thc

v.arious i-"ii'is very neat and plain signs have been placed, instructing auto drivers lo Vi'-cp niufflers closed. With this fair warning this ruling will bc adhered to, • Mlss Klizaheth Klttrcdge;--nftcr n summer of study and before entering her fnll work, is having two weeks of vacation at her home.

Mlss Hazel B. Hartford Is to h.nve the next two weeks of vac.ation from the John Hancock Insurance ofllcc in Boston,

Mrs. I.. W. Wheelor has been ap­pointed curator of the historical and loan collection at' the J. V. Fletcher llbrnry by the trustees. Anyone hav­ing contributions to this colleotion or-rcferrlng to It In anyway -will please communicate with Mrs. Whcelor and not with the llbrnrltin Whom the trus­tees h.ave decided has enough to at­tend to w-lthout this added care.

Xtrs. J. W. Bright went Friday for a v-lsit with relatives In Wilton, Me.

Tho annual agricultural fair, under tho auspices of the Congregational church, wbich has been held e-very

Abotrt Totvn. The next meeting of the Grange will

be held- on Thursday evening, Sep­tember 19. The niusic committeo will be the controlling Influence In the lec­turer's hour. - The nine o'clock electric Monday from Brookside slipped one over on the highway, near Tadmuck brook, and in two hours slipped one back on the rail. This slip off, slip on was caused by the encroachment of gravel on the right of way bf the rail, caused by too much automobile pressure.

W. R. Taylor had charge of the draft registration at Brookslde.

Almon J. Downing on the Walker homestead had a narrow- escape last Saturday from-losing thc connections between the fingers and his hand. Thcy were badly, gashed while sawing wood byi a revolving circular saw-.

Lasi year a severe frost caught thc corn belt. This year a severe August drought has caught the corn belt and the government is revising its forecast of the number of chickens it expected to hatch now that the hatching has occurred. The revised flgures makes a refluctlon of 317,000,000 bushels In the crop forecast, bringing the loss in prospective production since July of 487,000,000 bushels. A corn crop of 2,572,000,000 this year has been fore-Ciist from conditions .<;eptember 1. which would be almost half a billion bushels less than last year's corn crop and slightly smaller than the average for the last flve years. To offset thfs loss spring wheat increased 21,000,000 bushels, bringing the crop up to 3-13,-000.000 bushels. This, with winter wheat of 556,000,000 bushels, makes a total of 889,000,000 bushels, or 250,-000.000 more than List year; SO,OOO.­OOO bushels more th.an tho average for the last five y'cars.

Boston parties have been in town with a view of purchasing the farm on Francis hill recently" sold by John H. Keefe to C, E. Sweatt. of Melrose.

The first frost." with Ice accompa­niment of the autbinn- season lit for business Monday night and w-as ready for exhibition whfeh the curtain arose on Tuesday morning. Pumpkin vines and bush he.ans had a limp to them; pole beans climlied out bf reach; corn for the most part had got hardened enough to hit lack and the frost had nothing on potatoes, w-hich is the largest crop in the Stony Brook val­ley since some other time, but the present price o:' two <lolIars per bushel in digging tim-' seems to indicate a shortage some--*-here .along the line,

re out that the potato crop in France, i^v.-iizerland. Germany and other far off j-laces is in a serious condition ^'winj. to a .serious drougth.

In sc'me par>- of Russia sugar is wortii three d"ilars jier pound and flour $1,25 per pound, and yet we think we are h-ird hit with a limited su:.'ar supply a: ten cents per pound and a combir.at.cn flour supply.

The contractor for, the Granitcville road is surfac.iig the road with thc finer gravel fi in the gcavel pit of Fr.ank 0, Drew on the Lowell road.

Daniel H, Sh-ehan has sold some of his' jiortai^le ei-gincs—there are oth­ers.

Now that the .Middlesex-North Agri­culturai scciety is to hold its fair with the Groton farmers on September 27 and 25. will -omeone be authority enough t-' broidcast some premium list so that wo may know how much of a pumpkin to bring on our shoul­ders and about how many cents it w-ould be worth for folks to admire..

Mrs. F, A, 5-'r-jw gave a very de-,Lrty to the younger -ir children on Sep--t Chelmsford. This

.ts it was l.afayette anniversary of' this

Governor McCall had ,.nce. Incidentallv- it birth'lay of I'erry T, •dous porch ' lent it­to such ,a (tatheriiip, io a group .at one end

played on thc lawn -nd the kindergarten '-r end of the porch. kinds of (tames an.i the ,little folks, who number. Of course hday cake with cau­ae ChiMrcn. an<l iro -vn-ups were trcatcl

Saturday afternooiT Mrs. -Samuel Wethorbeo with, her mother and two sisters started tor Camp Devens from t h e i r h o m e in Ha in ln i ; s , I n p a s s i n g through Littleton they were run into by Ull auto from Groton. Their auto was overturned and tlte occupants I)lniicd beneath it. S'jfiie passing sol­dicrs liberated theni and strange to say, none of them wet" seriously hurt though badly shaken ijp. Thc auto was wrecked. They tele;,honed to Leon Wetherbee. who broujtiit ihem to Wal­nut farm. The party causing thc dam­age promptly made restitution.

Mrs. Herbert l.lvernio.-e Is cntcrtarn-luK hcr brother from California, who lu inaklng his .'inal -.i.-.; east for ten years. ,

.Mr. ttnd Mrs. Aivin Itlchardson are making their anirjaj trip to Stoddard. N. H,, this week to bring home their Ittrge herd of catti'.-.

Deacon M. K, W'.ud Is reported ao being very sick at his home in West Acton.

With regret the people here npte thc departure of the suminer guests. On Saturday the Turner family left I5lde-a-Wee, the Kimlialls also went on .the same day. Thc Vi'ilsons follow­ed on Monday and the Linghams will go the coming week.

Mrs. Randall Livermore and . son Herbert have gone to New York. ;

Frank Dodge has taken a position In Boston and will movc^is family -as soon its he flnds a desirable location.'

Mrs. Charics Richuirdson returned tho flrst of the week fi-om a two w-eeks' visit in Bridgeport, Conn., her former home.

Quite a heavy frost visited the lower part of the town Tuesday night, doing considerable damage.

Tho tax rate this year Is $18.00 per $1000.

Miss Marion Burroughs has returned to her school in Waltham.

Tho weekly meetings of the Red Cross w-Ill be rcs'umed 'on Monday. Everyone is welcome, whether a meni­ber of the Red Cross or not. As the allotment has all been given out, the work win be patchwork for quilts, which will later be sold. All chn lend a hand In this very practical work and your welcome will be heartier It you bring along a generous supply of pieces to work with.

Albert Walker.- Is visiting friends In Swanzey, N. H.

Mr. Withlngton's two little grand­children, who have been here most of tho summer, returned to Lincoln last Saturday.

Frank Furbush is teaching manual training at a school In Manchester. N . H . -

Mllton Hager has enlisted with the engineers and his two children who have been with Miss Mary Hager dur­ing the, summer are now with their grandmother.

Scild'before September 15 to.Dr. J. N. Murray, Littleton, for entry blanks for the dog show to be held at the Groton, Farmers' and Mechanics' club fair, September 2S. •

In Arabia there is a tract of unex­plored terrltoo' nearly flve times the size of Great Britain, while nearly one-fourth of Australia has never been visited by civilized man.

New Advertisements TO LET—Part or all of a nine-room

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TIIOMAS F y.V.A.IS. i;oo:'.. . I'.:ir.k Hi:.Id;; n. A y r r .

DAY .WI)

Brookside Branch

Gash Discount StorG •The opening of school hascome,

again. Your little girl's ^chopl frock and things shpuld be rc- • plenished now. School days are hard on clothes and -you can't have too many to start in Avith. If you make them jonrself we have just-the materials, trimmings, buttons, etc., you need.. We also, have a good line of Beady-made Dresses in pretty Ginghams at

- very reasonable prices. •

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? 1 . 0 0 A Good Line of Children's and Misses' Hosiery in Black, •White and

Tan at all the Popnlar Prices

Eeady-made Dresses ChiMren's Middies Children's Middie Dresses

PICTOEIAL FALL STYLE BOOK NO'W ON SALE

H.H.Proctor PAOE BLOCK A'Y&B. UASl

R. M. GRAHAM ANNOUNCES HER

pftLL ftND YYlNTeR^ QpeNING OF

7V\lLLINeRY • ^ ^ e P T e M B e R 12, 13, 14. 1918

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The New Hat Shop On the First Floor of the New CARLEY BITILDING, for your

Fall Hats _ -•\ \'.-\i:n-:TY OF STYLES .\T HK.VSOXAHLK PKICKS

Emlli] Louise Nagle, Prop, j Main Street AYER, MASS.

so. 'Kor. whoso hiisTi.-in-l

"Iy, will movp frcin ne to Fotith l.itncus-

-• avtill of tho coUo^r -r t h r c o s o n s , a p o d hroo.

- nmi hltt sistor, Mr;;, returned to thoir

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Daniel w . i ' rbee and Kllnt Kur­bush, who ..-•• in a training cninp In SprlnKflolil. v.r- home foi- a short fur­lough lnst .•••,.' irday.

Charlos I-Tnit'it, who recently wont to work Ir i;i".ison<JtUc, !s bnck In town, (US ho ; ind thc work too hard for him th.ro.

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Froiph! nxxxy ho shipped to Shirley, Leomln-ii.r. l-'itchbtirs. 'Woreeater, Gardner, . :!iol and other Dlaces

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P. Donlon & Co. Mead's Bkick ATITt, MASS.

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Yoil Should Sond Pretty rostcnrds to Yonr I->1cn(ls

Wc havc n very lionntlriil sclc<-aon tliU so.-i.son. with ItJTtily, hntwj-mnrtt? carols nt rldicnloiuly low pHccs.

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GET RETURNS FROM POULTRY

On Many Farms Products From FcwU Can Be Counted on at Practically

Clear Profit.

(Prepared by the Un'Ued States Depart­ment of Asrlculture.)

' The farmer who raises the onllnary grains and keeps some Uve stock has

. _pcrhaEs_lhe greatest opportunity that has ever come -to him tor making prollt from poultry. .The possibilities ior proflt are perhaps not so large as they nsea to be for tho special poultry larmer, and that fact ipay have led eome general farmers to beUeve that t h c sltnatlon applies In some way to Ithem; but there exists Just here an •nniistial paradox. The very conditions ttat may make poultry and egg pro-4lticUon a losing enterprise on the spe­cialized poultry farm tend to mnke It :an Increasingly gainful one for the igeneral farmer. Where nearly aU of his-'feed has to be bought at high •prices, the margin between cost of pro­ducUon and proceeds from sale be-icomes extremely narrow, but where

" practically -all of the poultry, feed Is -made up of waste materials that -wonld otherwise not be utilized in any man­l ier , the percentage of proflt becomes 'Teiir much larger when prices are bigh-than it ever could have been Mien prices were. low. Poultiy on ,the farm obtain a 'very great part of -their feed by foraging, by gleaning the iwaste froin stable, yards and feeding •lote, by consuming the scraps from the lUtchen door, by preying upon insect [peste in pasture .'and field, and In •nnly-a relaUyely small degree from [grain or othe^ commodities, that wonld ibe marketable. A- farmer whose poul-jtry Is fed In this way may connt >«U of the money received for eggs i«nd snrplns potiltry as practically •dear profit. 'When, therefore, egga •land poultry are selling nt higher prices ithan have tisnally been obtainable, the {farmer's margin of proflt without ex-•Iienditnre is very greatly increased. , It i s , therefore, to the fanners of the country tliat the nation mtist look .tor the greater part of the Immedl-jat» Increase of poultry prodncte which rtfffl make It possible to sopply onr itrnn army and navy with red -meate 'and «t the same time fnrnish the allies !\rltb tbe anlma^foods tbey need..

JDISINFECTION OF HENHOUSE

•structure Should: Be thoroughly Cleaned Out and Sprayed at

Least Onee Every Year.

(Fnparad br tbe trMted Statea Depart-, ment of A^ealtnre.)

Onee a year the p b n l ^ bonse should Iw thoroughly cleaned^ont and sprayed With one of the eoal tar disinfectants IBT given a good coat of whitewash containing 6 per cent of crude car-boUc acid or creosol. Unless the ex-jlerior is painted, a coat of whitewash 'will help preserve the lumber and give la neater appearance to the building; ISpring is one of the best seasons to iiileBn Up and whitewash the ponltry bonse. A weU-made whitewash is the

New 'Vorker'a Experience Seem» to Corroborate Tale Told by tho

Kalter't Pre«» Agent.

This Is the time of the yenr when flsh stories ure permissible, so the kai­ser's press agont cannot be blamed for pulling that one about the frogs croak­ing in such deafening fashion that they enabled the Germnns to bring up their batteries without being discov­ered by the allies. Hnnk Newman, who Invented tho famou.s "snapper" elixir, partly bears out the statement made by the Hun war correspondent. He knows all the hnblts of the Johnny Crapauds and he declares that they can make some noise when they begin to croak. "I don't know anything about those bloodthirsty frogs of the Chemin des Dames, ttowevef," explained Mr. Newman. "But down in'Ozone Park.-•where I Uve. there Is a frog pond, and hundreds of them live a quiet, peace­ful Ufe. In fact, the frogs down m y way are mnslcal, for they Inll the na­tive to sleep. There Is one big feUow, however, who has a hlgli pitched voice. I named him Caruso Jbecanse be -war­bles louder than any In the flock;- For some time Caruso and me were .qnlte chummy. As soon as he heard my alarm clock go oft at five In the morn­ing, h e would come to my window and sing' a roundelay, which indicated that, he was hungry. That was when I-had daylight work. Now. Tm on nights-and don't get to bed nntll three In the momlng. .And for f^e past three weeks Caruso and his entire chorus made sleep Impossible for me, so I fonnd It necessary to move far from the frog pond."—^New Tork Sun.

JUST SIMPLE COMMON SENSE

NEW STYLES OUT OF OLD FABBICS

American Designers Exploiting Fresh Fashions by Use of

Discatded Materials.

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The bargain ,<(>a i - ^-ni'C<iwn was designed;'i'S ' i .•mnv Uat'.'ly. It was copied'Mrfe; ' i t tb-» other •49 scarfs meltefli^aw " <''io-f-aSas ot eoap in hot watifr. ': ;"' <h -ac- was offered as a first fasu,'r

.That is a good eiui-plo o ' ^ * change that ha» come over the Ameri­can merchant and the American de­signer. 'We no longer huve to ask what is the-fashion, but are probably enabled to make the fashion for our own continent

Management ef Black Taffeta. It is easy to r«allzv that taffeta bas

come Into a flrst aummer fashion, al­though the popular tnlnd does not re­gard it as one of the lovely weaves

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, Really Nothing to Be Alarmed. About When Speaker Usea pretentious

Werd "Psyjshology."

' - One way to get an 'audience nowa­days Is to call the subject of one's talk "Psychology." A - Hairvard pro-, feasor recently amazed a convtotlon of clothing manufacturers and deal­ers by delivering an address upon this topic. In which he laid down several principles about the effect of clothing upon the wearer, and the surprise ot his hearers -was due to the discovery that what the learned "man had digni­fied by a long word was nothing more than what more commonly passes for common sense. A good many of the things'be said were already known to them, If they had stopped td think. •When be placed them under the head .oif psychology they sat up ahd took, notice, says the Oregonlan.

H e said, for example, that the well-dressed man Is 10 per cent more effi­cient than the poorly dressed man. He ?ald that clothes that do h o t f l t pre­vent the wearer from doing his best. Cleanliness promotes self-respect Self-respect Is contagloas, like confidence. The man-who does not think weU of himself is nnlikely to win the good opinion of others. - Comfortable cloth­ing, made of good material, well brush­ed, w a s the foundation of the snper-structure, he said. He was talking to hard headed business men. and they believed him, because their own expe­rience showed his statements to be true.

Country No Longer Muet Ask What U the Fashion, but It Enabled to Pro­

duce Sufficient to Supply the Demand.

New York.—Paris i s never handi­capped in creating fashions by the actions of other designers. That Is why she Is powerfuL America bas al­ways suffered under this handicap be­cause she has followed Paris, asserts a prominent fashloa authority. She has never been Inclined to risk the exploitation of fabrics, fashions and colorings that were'not sponsored by the mother of fashions.

It Is said of us that we acknowledge the best In every nation nnd bring it to our shores. We know the hest i n every department of a r t science and Uterature. If we are compelled to put our knowledge to practical use, we at least have the best to go on. We are not Ignorant

The time bas come for this experi­ment, as wo all know, and the observer thinks that a few medals of honor should be distributed to those who have gone "over the top" In designing clothes. In this country. It took great commercial courage and It retiulred a sound knowledge of the Ainerlcan public.

' What France Did America Does. • Here are two anecdotes which ac­centuate, the point They happened a dozen years apart Mme. Paquin saw several bolts of checked silk in a man­ufacturer's hands. Neither the weave, the coloring nor the design was In fashion, to quote her ow-n phrase. The manufacturer complained that he had no call for this quantity ot material and tliat he would sell It for about a franc and a half a yard. Mme. Pa­quin took it aU, went, to her salons on the Bue de la Palx, turned, the cheap check sUk Into an alluring frock of"her own design, and then wore It at TrouvlUo-by-the-Sea. She made the frock, the design, the color and the fabric fashionable. Everyone wanted to wear what she -wore. She sold every Inch of the material at a price that brought hier unmeasured proflt on the transaction. ; Last moiith an American designer was looking over the stock of a lace

BLAiFOitSUMMER

Hapless Clarlbel's Encounter. The snn was slowly sinking In the

tisual place.' Claribel Sklppenhop, over whose youthful head scarce thirty-sev­en summers had lightly flown, isat In a regulation-size hammock. Idly swinging her foot to the tune of "Keep the Home Liars Squirming," played on a Hottentot bagpipe 42 miles away.

Suddenly a thought seized her. She tried to scream and bresik Its hold. She sncceeded In both. Probably one and flfteen elght-mllUonths ot a cubic second was allowed to elapse between her scream and the time the thought was cowering at her f e e t

"Avannt." she cried. "Don't you know this is my thoughtless day? Now, doggone It I'U have a headache."

Then she went back to svi-lng her foot and the hammock.

Bucket Spray Pump, Useful In Disin­fecting Chicken House.

cheapest of all paints, and If properiy mnde serves equally well either for ex­terior or Interior surfaces.

A good whitewiish can he made by niaking nbout 10 pounds of quicklime In a pall with 2 gnllons of water, covering thc pnll with cloth or bur­lap and allowing It to sinke for one honr. Water Is then added to brine the whitewash to n consistency which may tie applied readily. A •na-tcrproof whitewash for extorlor sur­faces mny be made ns follows : (!) Slake 1 htisliel of qtiirklime In 12 gallons of hot watfr. (2) dl.-JSnlve 2 pounds of comnion salt an'! 1 potind nt KUlphnto of zinc In 2 cullons of hoillne water; pour (2) ii.-o (1). nnd ndd 2 pnllons .if skim mil'-; and mix thoronithly. V.-hitcwiish is spread liRhtly over th<" siirfiioc «i;h a hroad hnish.

Flrst-Hand Earthquake News. A volcologlst of the Carnegie

Geophysical laboratory reports that he hns nearly perfected apparatus for re­cording upon wax cylinders the subter­ranean sounds of earthquakes. 3ay.s the Scientific American. "The ordi­nary commercial c-ylind. rs are unsult-.able for this d.Mlcate work, and accord-Injrly the lalioratory hns secured a snp­ply of cylinilors of the old. pure wax type. The microphone usod in this con­nection ha>i al.-io tlllon creatly improv.^d and a perf. i-t lit;'..' portable field outflt weighing le.ss tiinn a pound has been evolved."

Guineas Gaining Favor. Oulncn fo-.vis iiri' trrowine In favor

ns n substilut.^ for camo liinls. with the restilt that enlm-a raising Is be­coming more iirofltnhle.

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AM in Some Day. iv at a Sonth.-rn o-nflp ono of

III soldiers was showinc mo a pin with Ihroo stars whk'h ho

nlways carried In liU piiokft I n.sked him who the roiarivoi were nnd hc re-nlled: "Ono is fo' mnsolf an" the other two Is fo' ma iiniddors; one Is golns to enlist an' tho other la In the next Iraft."—Exchancp.

Herd's a blue serge coat «pllt up the bsck to make commonplace blue sf-qf less insignificant There Is a I0-7 cuirass of colored embroidery or blue tricot, and the eoat Is - i- i Id to a deep V baek and front t- r. -.pay the vivid undergarment.

i- - "Nothing new," said the - H e r e I am held up with • .-Spanish lace scarfs which

; - 1 venture, thinking I could •lom in the trade In Amer-

» r • ono took them. The one 1 • r - ,s that they are not In

,.-nor said that. If the Im-.,'i give him one he would • I a govra-that.woBld seU

ior .scarfs, on condition that i n commlsiflon on their sale.

One of the newlblack taffeta gowns that U far frorj commonplace. The skirt la a seizes of small ruffles edged 'with wrhlte silk cord and cut in peif-top fashion. The slim bodice

I Is mounted oii a yoke of taffeta braided with white cord, and the short sleeves are cut In one with the yoke. There Is a pink rose with

, green leave* at|the waist, and there are green' shoe^ and stockings. .

of the world,, becanje it is.plentiful. There Is no trontile about getting all the taffeta one 'wants, and It Is best that we model out -wardrobes for the near future on the materials that can he bought In this -ironntry in sufflcient quantity to correspond to our needs.

Much can be. dine with this mate­rial that wIU r ^ i i t in a gown out of the. ordinary and- conspicuous for charm and cleverness.' If ybu could have seen a w o n w i who came into a restatirant for dinner wearing a cer­tain black taffeta gown, yoa wonld have been convinced In the twinkling ot an eye that the fabric matters noth­ing if the designer has cleverness.

The skirt was , made of narrovf ruffles that extended - from waist to ankles, each ruffle edged with a white-sUk cord. The hem was excessively narrow. The foundation for these ruffles fltted the flgure like a sheath. There was a bodice, straight i n d sim­ple, and the major part of It was a yoke with short Bleeves which was braided with white cord in a fantastic ddsign. At the side of the waist was a deep pink satin rose -with green vel­vet leaves. The slippers and stock­ings were green. There 'was nothing demure about this black taffeta gown.

Treat Blue Serge in Various Way*. Blue serge Is a fabric that wUl al­

ways be with us, as far as the manu­facturers and the war board can look ahead.

It Is nsually midnight blue, and, given a few yards of It In this color, the designers do not -want to sit down and turn It out Into Insignificant frocks and Inconspicuous stilts.

.*. woman who came to a "defense" luncheon one day wore a blue serge gown that was the product of a clever designer and It surely tnmed our Ideas about suits topsy-turvy.

The coat was split Tip the back as well as the front It was wom over a long cuirass blouse, tiie kind that gains In Importance every day. The blouse was made of a richly embroid­ered tricot In blue, black and dashes of dull red. It did not cUng tightly to the flgure, hut outlined It more thaf usual. Over It hnng the loo^e bin. serce coat, opening in a deep V In thi middle of the front and the black, 1 wns closed at the neckline and had 1 collar of the serge. There wns a loosi belt of the material, and the sklr was exceedingly narrow and short.

By the way. It is wise for any wom an who orders n new snlt today to set that the skirt has a sizeable hem, foi the new order to the shoemakers given hy the povernment which de­mands low shoos fi.r the duration ot the war, mnj- rlian^.- the skirt length.

I douhf It. Tho length may be chanced, hut It wHi not be beeause of the low shoos, for . t i ters , which nre made of fahrir. mi,- be as high ns desirod. and wono-, prefer them to high ll.lilts.

We may niso adopr the French fash-Ion of woarinc sorvi-eable Oxford tics with stralcht lioois und ronndcd toes. Tho hootmiikers snv they have more orders for theso today than ever. With surh slioes lho average woman does nnt earn whether her—Bklrt.l3. eight or ten Inches frnm the JSTonnd, unless she is civen to suffering froin expospd ankles. (Copyrieht, r.il!. by tho McClure Newspa-

por Syndicate.)

It-kll began by my XoUowlng an Im-pulae to rtde on. Un^ merry-go-round at Old Orchnrd. last:iBummer. I felt ex­tremely looUab, aiter aeaUng myself on one.'of tl>e, p r i c i n g ponies and glanced aronnd at the people stand­ing near, boding ^ shonld see no one I kne'i*..: Oarrfnily I • Inspected the crowd and'recognlced'none of them, so proceeded I t o e n l o y - m y ride.

Soon a jronng man "walked around the corner- o f ' t h e ticket stand and stopped l a froiit of ,the how moving horses. It "waa Tom- Campbell, the very same tell, good-looking Tom I had chummed aronn'd.with in Law­rence a year oir so.before. Through a slight mtsundentandliig,, before my retnrn to'Maine, I-'lutti'lost track of him, which fnlly explained my sur­prise on seeing him at this summer resort In spite of 'onr disagreement 1 StlU beld a. friendly feeling.toward him and thrilled'with pleasnre at see­ing him onco again. •

"As' soon as this merry-go-rpuhd stops I will go and Speak to him," I reassured myself.. Thus thinking, I kept my eyes' on bim at every, turn, waiting for him to glance in my direc­tion. He soon spied me In my ridicu­lous position, and, I 'imiled toward him. Again he looked at me, then tumlng walked to the end of the pier.

This was too,mnch for my reason­ing ability and ntterly nnlike Tom. Therefore I felt Inclined to thhik be still remembered onr difference of the •previous year. Otherwise "how conld he bave failed to recognize me.:

The fault baving been mine, I has­tened after him as soon as the merry-go-round' slowed do-wn. Intent upon be­coming- friends again. He was, 8<>on found leaning Idly against the pier railing, watching the waves on tho beach below.

•'Won't yon -speak to nn old friend, Tom?" I began. ' ,

"Tes—er-;-lndeed; of course I ain glad to speak to you, Mlss—ep—"

This last was followed by a signifi­cant pause. At his flrst words I had looked at hia face again. Looking at him at (Close range showed .me not Tom CampbeU but a darker looking yonng man, greatly resembling Tom. 1 was frightened at my mistake and conld-not speak.

•IBeaily yon must pardon my for-jgetfulness, but your imme has actn-r ally sUpped my mind."

His voice stirred me and I hastened to apologize, explaining how I had mistaken him for Mr. Campbell, a friend of mine. Very poUtely he told me hla name, that his home was far from Lawrence—In fac t he l ived'In Canada, and while he -was sorry he .>vasn't the original Mr. Campbell, he bad no grievance against being mis­taken for bim.

Perhaps it was his frank, good-na­tured smile that won me. At any rate, I soon found myself laughing over my mistake, nnd he appeared so little like a stranger that I told him ray name and w-here I .was sttiylag. With that I dared not prolong the scene further, for fear he would mistake my Intent

Joining Ity friends again, I re­turned to the cottage, my thoughts far frora their ever-cheering chatter.

Several times daring the following week we passed on the beach. At flrst he merely tipped his -hat whUe I acknowledged his greeting with a smile, and as I thought very proper "How do you do?" The situation amused me, and when he stopped me on one of my morning walks to ask. permission t o . accompany me, I put formality aside and'gave him permis­sion. A few such meetings left me flrmly convinced that if there wasn't such a thing as liSve at first sight there surely was at second' or third s ight

Fate befriended tia and we were formally Introduced at one of the cot­tages where I visited now and then. Then foUowed a series of walks, ex­cursions, .boating trips and dances, ending In my return to town at the end ot tbe season the proud posses­sor of a bright new diamond ring and his return to Canada to prepare for an early wedding. (Copyright, 191«, by tho- McCluro N«w»^4-

por Syndicate.)

Mourning Color for street'Wear ~" and Social Functions.,

Upkeep of Countr/a Optimism Could Beit Bp Maintained by the Wear^

• Ini),of Oayer Colore.

Another departure from tha fashion as laid down by Paris this year la the wearing of black. This Is not for mourning, l)iit for atreet luncheons, dinners and the theater.

It ta really nQt n good fashion, and those' who cry for the morale of a na­tion^ which merely, means tbe upkeep of Its optimlsm-^ln the highest form, would prefer to see this a season of gayer colors, states a, fashion corre­spondent There ' WlU probably bq enough mourning i n t^ie land, and otir millions o t soldiers do not wlah to see all the womeh garbed in black. It does not make them look upoo life with more Joy.

However, we have started on a career of black .for this summer sea­son, nnd only the\lndlvlduall3ts depart from I t It Is a ctaidltlon for gratitude that we have entj-gh rcbeUlous souls

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to Insist upon b' 5, pink, green and ...,ii„;*-''o'.S"a cpti .ast "to the 1

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Yoiir IM^eslioii inStepc . Many ailments are caused

by s tomach' weakness . ' . Faulty digestion leads to biliousness, sick headache* d i z^es s , sallow skin and eruptions. M a i n t a i n a healthy condidon, of the stomach and you will get rid bf the chief cause of your' sufferingSi. Do not neglect the laws of h«ilth. Keep stomach, liver and bowels in order Isy timely use of.

.ast "to the moving, tnlle,

Jersey, .bout this fashion for

b, . w e are truly grater f tij , j i e manner In which it Is p There Is nothing gloomy or dl. g In' the way It Is han­dled.- ,' the color Itself strlkes.a somber, jte. But color Is always the note of victory, the sounding of the cym­bals of a deed well done, and as the psychology of .the masses Is the most Important thing of the hour, we shonld become students of this jiecnllar sci­ence o f t h e mind nnd exploit It, to. the greatest extent

It might be wise for us to foUow In detail the psychology of the general­issimo of the • nlUed armies,, General Foch. One who knows him well, says that General Foch thinks that to be gloomy Is to admit that "matter has contiuered spirit Hopefulness Is first tn hla creed of victory. He beUeves that depresslott Is a confession of In­tellectual weakness and will lose more battles of every kind than any.' other single canse. Mind power, thinks Gen­eral Foch, can- snatch victory out of the arms of defeat as weU as the-pom­lng of unexpected re-enforcements. He said dnring a battle tbat no man need ever be Ured at a crisis If he manages his mind right One of his great max­ims is"Resist the Irresistible," and an­other favorite maxim during his long Ufe tn the thick fit things was "Vic­tory U a thing of "th^'^wlU."

There Is no getting beyond the sen­tence that "victory 'is a thing of the WlU.". It is this psychology, that we should •work upon, and the constant wearing of black does not help to­wards a more brilliant expression" of the WlU and the spirit. Therefore, If we must wear black gowns, even though we are not In moymlng,. let ns have them as gay aS'posslble. •

BrlUIant Jet contributes tp the viv­idness of a black gown, and i t has been reinstated by the designers In a fascinating fashion. Entire frocks are made of it for dinners and dances.

l/^ill,s S«Un<mrlwra. Iabox«.10e..2Sc:.

• Pepperell. A.ug. ^ 0 , 1918. To~^Ujb, MIddlosox County Commls-

iidoners: ; •Respectfully represent the iandor-

slgaed Irihiibltants of the town of Pop­perell In said County, that the Rlvcr Road or River Street In bald town, which runs froni Ua .junction with Elm Street northerly to Mtiin Street. Is In need of relocation, and speclflc repairs.- ' , -

Wherefore, we pray you will relo­cate: said r'oad and-direct speclflc re­pairs thereon, particularly from tlie end ot said roai as Irn proved by the State, County and town In 1917, north­erly. •

Charles H. MUler, ' . . Alta A. Shattuck, •

Addison Woodward, Warren M. Blood, L. .0.; Shattuck.

FASHION HINTS.

The average width of a wash sltlrt Is two yards.

Velvet and organdie make a fash­ionable combination.

The sleeveless coat fashion Is gain­ing in popularity.

Fonlard in large polka-dot design la very fashionable. T A ne*v. style of cape for sport wear is of neutral Unen.

Chenille dotted velUngs have taken a new lease of life.

Sleeveless gulmpes are made to wear with bolero Jackets.

Black satin and gray crepe de chine make a pretty frock.

A new rongb swlss straw appears among the latest bats.

Tailored bine serge la a standard style for Uttle children's coats.

Commonwcalta of Massachusetts. Middlesex, ss. ,

A t , a meeting o f . the County Com-, missioners for the County of Middle­sex, at Lowell. In said County, on the first Tuesday of September, h» the year of our Lord one thotisand nine hundred and eighteen, to viit, by ad­journment at Cambridge in said Coun­ty on the fburth day ot September A.D. 1918. .

On the foregolnjr petition. Ordered, that the Sherltt of jsald. County, or his Deputy give notice to all persona and corporations interested theroln, that said Coromisslohers wlll meet for the purpose of viewing the premises aiid hearing the parties at the Selectmen's Room In the Town Hall In Pepperell In said County, on Monday, the fonp-tccnth day of October, A.D. 1918, ot ten o'clock in tho forenoon, by serving the Clerk of the towti of PeppereU. ,wlth a copy of said petition and of this ' ordeothereon. thirty days at least be­fore fcald view, and by publishlne the same In the Pepperell Clarion, a news­paper printed at said Pepperell, three weeks successively, the last publica­tion to be fourteen days at letist be­fore said view, and also by posting the same In two public places in the !5ald town of Peppereil, fourteen days before aald view; and' that ho make return of his doings herein, to said Commissioners, at ihe ilme and place fl.xed for said view and hearing.

JOHN R. MacKINNON, Asat. Clerk.

Copy of petition and order thereon. Attest,

JOHN R. MacKINNON, Asst, Clerk. .

A true copy ot the petition and or­der thereon.

ALBERT A. FILLEBROWN. 3tl Deputy Sheriff.

JAPANESE PANAMA SPORT HAT

1 Cockpit* In Seaplanes. | 1 Stories of honors for heroes of the jaIr show us that there are cockpits In 1 Lscaplanca, nnd so the word has ac-jqulred a nnw meaning. Shakespeare, | sneering at hla own Globe theater, 1 asked, "Can this cockpit hold thc vasty j flelds of France?" 1-nter. the word j grew to mean a plncc where nations I flght so that poor Helglum has lone been the cockpit of Kurope, •n-hile on 1 board ship it wns 11 place on the lower deck peculiar to tho surgeon nnd the purser. On the seaplane It Is peculiar to the pilot or obs'crver.

Buster's Meaiurement. Frances wns measuring her little

cousin with a yard stick which she ac-cldentnlly held with the smaU numbers nt the top. After a few moments' study she cnlmly announced: "Bnster is ."iVi inches not to thc end."

Stomach Vereue Soul. If you want to know the plnln trnfh

nliout i t tho average man's stomnrh will exercise a great deal more Infln ence upon his -check-signing hand than his soul wlH.—Houston P o s t

h- i ' - i

Excuses of Little Value. • orld does not-wattt inen wbo tenses In placfe of aecompUsh-Dften It Is compeUed to accept

~ Often It experience* gennine > f.ir the mnn who, ln*tCSd Of Mne. brings back a aatlsfactory

• for failure. Bnt when the -i.- .idvnnccmcnt comes, the man - pushed forward Is be'who has 'he work, who has not offered •xri: stories In place Of success-firt. In him confidence can bo

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Reserve Stock of Patlen'ce. The patience man expeilda In bear­

ing his little trials of: hl» daUy life nature stores for him as a WOndrona reserve in a crisis of lUe,—W. Q. Jor­dan.

Origin of Cotton Boll. The pink hnll wnrm. the wotst enemy

known to the mtton crop of India, probably orlelnnted there. Later It was found In Bnrmn. Ce\ion, Kgypt and in almost every other cottolt district on the globe.

He Had Proof. Bobby Is three years old. He has a

new pair of white shoes, and on first donning them last Sundny Insisted bn being tnken to his aunt's house to ex­hibit the spoUess footgear.

Auntie lives several squares frOm P'Obby's home, and before half tbe dis­tance was covered Bobby gave evi-d. nee of waning enthusiasm. Finally he asked to be taken home. "I'm aw­ful tired," he declared. "Oh, no." fa­thor nnswered, "you're not tired al-rt'july."

•" •''5'. I Is," Bobby nnswered, begln-nir.i; to snivel. "I 13 too Ured. You fi-<I my fipt daddy, and see if I Isn't."

Fish Fleur In Nonflhy.; The rnyiil N'orweglan provisions de-

pnrtm.nt hns offlcially .fth'honnccd thot r.'cnt . xtieriments at Bergeii to pro-dnre hroad containing 20 per cent of tish hnving proved successfnl,'a trial In thp s.ame direction will pow bJ made iu <,'hristi:tnia. . " :

It is the Intention of the provisions department to coKiperate with the state for the purchase o f . the 'neces -snry mnchinery for the preparation of Ihe Ilsh. which •wUrtife'~ml»d--wiai-brend grnln In order; to make the ra­tions Inrger. The bread prepared In this mnnner Is said to b« good and palatable.

Uncle Eben. -"An optimist" said OncleBben, -1a

all right 'ccptin' when be gits so com­fortable In his mind dat be goes to sleep on de Job." •- , -,

COilMONWEALTH OF MASSACHU­SETTS. 'Worcester, ss. Probate Court.

To the helra at law, nert ot kin, creditors and all other iperaons Inter­ested In the estate ot ABBY B. TOOK­ER late ol Harvard In said County, de­ceased. Intestate.

'Whereas, a petition has been pre­sented to said Court to grant a letter of administration on the estate ot said doccased to snijDRED B. KEYES of Harvard In eald County of Worcester, without Kl\-lnK a surety on her bona.

You are hereby cited to apnear ot a Probate Court to be held at 'Worcester, In said County of Worcester, on tho twenty-fourth day ol September A. D. 1918, at nine o'olock In the forenoon, to shoiv cause. It any you have, why the same should not be granted.

And the petitioner is hereby directed to Blve publlo notice thereof, by pub­lishing this citation onco In eaoh week, tor three successive weeks. In thc Har­v.ird Hillside, a newspaper published In Ayer, fho last pubUcatlon to be ono day at least before said Court

Witness, WllUam T. Forbes, Esqulro, Judge ot said Court, this twenty-ninth day of August in the year ot our Lord onc thousand nine hundred .-vnd eight­een.-3tl HARRT H. AT\rOOD, Register.

Wool embroidery It the only trim­ming on this hat, which le finding much favor with the womenfolk.

Care for Your Hands. After washing dishes or dusting or

doing any honsehold work, always wash the hands thoronghly -with soft water and a good toilet soap, not a kltcheli 'oF Tauridry' Spal)~"8iid"'wircfi' thcy havo b«en wiped with a towel pnll on a pair of old loose kid gloves and let them atay on for flte or ten min­ntes while you pnt away tha dishes or tidy up the Uvlng room. .

• Dally Thought Conversation 19 the vent of character

08 weU ns of thonght—Bmerson.

Muteulir Activity and Heat Owls and other birds which are aeUva

nt night show a rise of temperatnro during thc hours of darkness and a-fall during the day. This ts a result of the well known fact that mnscnl.sr, activity means ah Increased• prodnctlon .(If heat

•?>>

Better te Qe Slow. If yon try to live two days at bnce,

yon divide np the strength with which you shonld be getUng the very best ont bf the present Every regretful linger­ing over past mistakes, every fojre-.boding thought of what the future holds, diminishes yonr present effl-dencyj by, jnst so much.

COXLMONWEALTH OF MASSACHU­SETTS. Middlesex, ss. Probate Court.

To the hclrs-at-l.iw. noxt ot kin nnd all othtr persons Interested In tho es­tate of K,\.THEKI>rB McN.kiIARA. otherwise known as CATHERINE MC­NAMARA and KATIE MoNAMARA late ot Uttleton In said County, deceased.

Whereas, accrtain Instrument purport­ing to be thc last wlll and testament of said deceased has been presXntcd to said Court, for Probate, by iUCHAEL .McNAM'ARA who prays that letters testamentary may be Issued to him. the executor therein named, without giving a surety on his offlclal bond.

You ore hereby cited to appear at a Probate Court, to bo held at Cambrldgo In said County of Middlesex, on the eighth day ot October A. D. 1918. nt nine o'clock In the forenoon, to show cause, Jt any you havc, why the same should not bc granted. . . . . .

And said petitioner Is hereby directed to give public notice thoreof, by pub­lishing this citation once, In each week. lor..three.«u.c.c.e»aiyo_-w«ekB. in the Lit­tleton Guidon, a new4pSP«r PTibltimBd In satd County, tb« last publication to be one day, at least, beforo said Court, • and by mailing postpaid, or delivering a copy of thU oltatlon to all known

Sersons interested In tho estate, thirty ays at least beforo eald Court. Witness. Charles J. Mclntlre. Esquire.

First Judge ot said Court, this fourth d'ay ol siptember In the year ono thoutand nlno hundred and eighteen. - 3H • - F. M. ESTY,- Register.

TIRES & TUBES VULCANIZED

LAWN MOWERS SHARPENED

Bliot M. Young Littleton, Mass. <J

Advertisements Inserted, in oar. <ea pnpem brinK seod reenit*.

:>fH^^ zr. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1918 PAGE SEVEN

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FRBSH S U m - T OF

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• CHARICS A. McCARTHT, Prop.

CUTFLOWERS, PLANTS, FLORAL DESIGNS, BTG. HARDT

- , ORNAMENTAL TREES,'' • S H R U B S A N D ,'~

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H. Huebner Florist

Groton, Uaaa.

OrMshoncM noar OrotoB 8eh6«l

Fighting Fourth Liberty Loan Facts and FiguiFes

BUYING BONDS IS NOW A HABIT

fruit Jars { Jelly Tufiiblers " Dryers, Canners

Jar Holderg'and the other Preserv-' ing Eqmpments

Fruit Jars ?1.00 to ? l . i p doz. Jelly Tumblers, tin tops 5(J each Jar Rings, Good tiuck

15^J doz., 3 doz. torZS^

• To buy a Liberty Bond has become a bablfivith the people ot tbe TTnited States, a growlns habit, and no one is complalnlnj.'. This Is proven bj; tbe BgureB. . •

On Mar 2, 1917, the First Liberty X/oan was announced and the cam-^ g n began one month later. Two blUlpn dollars lii 3%% bonds were of-.tered-ah'd brougbt tour and one bait million' .enbscrlberB. The ' subBcrii>: tlons amoimted In all to- more than' three billion dollars, ot -wblcb only two billion were allotted. Tbe out­standing, feature ot this Srst loan iras tbe promptness with wbich it •was ar­ranged and conducted. Toting only two weeks to. be formed and selling to four and one half million people wbere only 300,000 people were habit­ual purchasers of bonds, presents al­most a miracle in finance.

To tbe Second Liberty Loan, offered tor sale Oct. 1,1917 and closed Oct 27, 1917, tbere 'n;ere nine million subscrib­ers and' tbe amount subscribed was »4,617,692,000. Onlr $3,808,766,160 was allotted. The outstanding feature ot . th l s campaign 'Was the Important part which labor, fraternal organiza­tions and the women.ot the country had in i t

Tbe, Third Llbertr l o a n campaign 'was inaugurated on April 6, 1918, the anniversary-ot tbe entrance ot this country.into the war. Three bUllon dollars vrere offered. About seventeen million people subscribed $4,170,109,-650, -all of 'Which was allotted. This campaign was made notable br its wide distribution among the^ people and the large response made to it br the rural districts. -

The newest .loan, the Fighting Fourth, is to be placed on sale Sept 28. The sale will close Oct. 19. a pe­riod ot tnt, three weeks. 'V7ithin tbat time i t 'Will be necessarr to sell a very much larger volume ot bonds tban was sold in' any ot tbe three preceding campaigns. Tbe amount of bonds to be offered has not been officially an^ nounced but-because of smaller de^ mands being made upon us to flnance our Allies not more than flve billions mar be offered. T

However, it is dertain that- the amount offered for sale •will mark the Fourth Loan as one ot tbe greatest pieces ot governmental financing that .the world has ever known. If onlr five bllUon dollars of tbe Fourth LIbr ertr Ixion are offered for sale and are disposed of witbln three weeks,' It 'will be the largest offering ever made br anr govemment and subscribed to In so short a tlnie.-

The ,new loan is "The Fighting Fourth", a title that has been adopted tor It br the Piibllcltr Committee of the New England District Our armr fn France has begun to take Its stride and additions to the armr from now on will show in a'growing degree the flghting spirit manifested up to: the present time. Tbe people of the TJnlted States, the stay-at-homes, in subscrib­ing - to the Fighting Fourth Llbertr Loan are simply keeping step to the same tune which is animating bur sol­diers and sailors and airmen.

WHERE THE MONEY " _COMES FROM

"Where does all the money come from to carry on thib Htupendous war?" The <lueBtlon U a common one but the facts are assuring. There is •In realltr, more gold in this country today tban there was before the war; and certainlr there is much more pa­per .moner- "

Accordliig to a statement trom 'Washington there Is more actual ^noneri soli, silver and paper cur­rency in circulation' now than at any previous time In the Nation's blstorr,-•and there Is a bigger share for every man, woman and child.

In brief, it Is wealth, or goods. In some form which has been destroyed. The cost of the iv-ar is - largely repref sented by the destruction ot goods, re­ferable to money only as a means of; recording their value, and that money, in this sense, plays a role secondary to goods. It Is the quantify ot goods demanded by war which forms the real economic expense of this terrible struggle. Money remains; goods are destroyed. The war is really being carried on by credit.

A United States Treasurr report on August 18 showed $5,559,000,000 In clr-culatfon—-1700,000,000 more than' a year ago and $175,000,000 more than a month previous, making an average of $52.44 for each person.

These flgures on the stock pt money bear Uttle relation to tbe nation's ac­tual wealth of to Its credit resources, since these amount to monr times tbe actual moner available.

The abllitr of the govemment to borrow and to obtain enormous sums ot purchasing power over goods need­ed In the war, thus depends hot onlr on the wealth of the countrr, but also upon Its sound finance and the skilled mobilization of Its resources. That the flnances ot the 'United States are sound, the mobilization ot its re­sources skilled and the confidence ot its people in tbem absolute, is more than proved br the raplditr and eager­ness with which. Us three Llbertr IJoans have been over subscribed. That tbe Fighting Fourth, about to be launched, wlll meet 'with an equal resitonse cannot be doubted br anr one who knows the spirit of the Amer­ican people.

,> Also a fnll-line of

STONE CROCKS for Fickles and Preserves

Ayer Variety Store

I n the P o n n l t of H e a l t h

t V A T C H Y O C R T E E T H

N o t e e t h , no s t o i n a c h ; n o s t o m a c h , b r a i n ; no b r a i n , n o m a n .

•Wc fix t e e t h .

THE SIX ISSUES.OF.LIBERTY BONDS

WHAT THE LIBERTY BOND DOES

Three Llbertr Loans and six Issues of Liberty bonds, so easilr understood br the financier, need a little explana­tion to those patriotic cltlzena who are Just beginning to place their savings In Government bonds. Tbe Govern­ment bas sold three Issues ot bonds, the First Liberty Loan 3%% bonds, the Second Llbertr i% bonds, and the Third Llbertr loan 414% bonds. The first and second Issues were made con­vertible into those that followed (on terms ^tated •within). •When the First 3%8 and Second i s are converted into higher Interest rate bonds the bonds received bear the appellation "First" or "Second" ot the bonds converted and are like them In respect to due date and redemption conditions. Otherwise they are like the issues into whlth they aro converted, tbat Is. as fo interest rates. Issue dates, and con­version and tax ciemption""j)rivlleges. Thus a First 4 means a 4% bond con­verted from a First 3%. In this way there aro now six issues of Liberty bonds, three original and three con­verted issues.

Having bought Liberty Bonds most purchasers would like.to know In wbat particular way'the moner ther bave so gladlr given Is to be expended In the conduct ot tbe great -war that has en­gulfed the world. In response to this silent appeal the War Department of the United States Govemment has computed the cost of various things and just what bonds of different de­nominations will do. Five hundred $1000-bonds. for Instance, will buy an amount of powder equal to the output for one day of one of the Government powder plants while one $60-bond will provide. dne soldier in the American Expeditionary Forces with food tor practically tour months or exactly'116 days and a tinr fraction over.

Ono $1000 bond will provide one 16-inch shell, ready to fire; or smokeless powder enough to propel three 16-inch coast shells and T. N. T. 'enough.to burst 50 three-Inch Stokes Mortar shells. Six $100-bonds will provide 10 airplane flares or 50 three-Inch shells. One $500-bond will provide two ma­chine guns or 300 steel helmets.. Two $100 and one $50-bond will purchase meat cans tor two soldier companies, or bacon cans for four soldier compa­nies, or 300 intrenching shovels.

CONVERSION OF LIBERTY BONDS

WHY BONDS FLUCTUATE

Dr. C. A. Fox, Dentist BurT7 B i d s - T«L C e a , A r a a , K a a a .

WAEEEN A. WINSLOW (Successor to Augustus Lovejoy)

Fire Insurance Agent FamM, I>wcUlxi£s, Fumlturo and Mer­

cantile Property 'WrJttcn In Strong Companies

Wnahlngton Street A^VER, MASS.

ANYTHING BETTER In I o o C r e a m m a d e b y t h e B o s t o n I c o C r e a r a Co. , wi l l b o h a r d t o flnd, a n d t h a t is w h y w c a r c s e l l i n g t h e i r KOods t h i s s e a s o n . If y o u h a v e n o t t r i e d t h i s Icc c r e n m c o m e a n d see h o w g o o d I t Is . W e a l s o h a v o a l a r g e v a r i e t y o f n i c e , freiih g r o c e r i e s a l w a y s on h n r t d . W o a r o nKcnt.s for t h c N a t i o n a l

- B l s c o i t - C o m p a n y ' 9 produolJ i . w h o n e e d n o I n t r o d u c t i o n f o r t h e i r fine v a r i e t y a n d q u a l i t y of g o o d s .

O u r S p e c i a l t r to t l i « H a n d l i n g of t h a T o r y B e s t

Vermont Bntter and Cheese

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It is otten asked by iswners ot Lib­erty Bonds if It is wise to convert their first and second Issues into high­er interest rate bonds. To them It should be said that the First 3 ^ s are completely 'ax exempt and conse­quently there is a demand for them by presons subject to high rates ot,addi­tional taxes. This demand has caused them to sell higher In the market than the other issues. They therefore should not be converted, but persons with ordinary Incomes will probably find It advantageous to sell tbem and purchase 4V4s. It would seem gener­ally advantageous to exchange the 4 s for 414s. This can be done only be­fore Nov. 9, 1918. Most banks will at­tend to exchanges, sales and pur­chases.

Fluctuation In the current price of Liberty Bonds, so bothersome to the person who Is unaccustomed to bonds, sbould not alarm them as It in no way affects the real value of the bonds. Bonds are like other commodities, prices go up and d0X4'n' according to demand and supply. Tbere are now more sellers than buyers because those who wish more bonds are patri­otically saving their money to buy from the Government when the next loan. Is offered, and those who have been unable to pay for their bonds, or for other reasons have been compelled ta sell them, are ottering them for sale. The result is'a current market below par.

This should not disturb bond-hold­ers or raise any question as to tbe real valne ot tbe bonds. They will be paid for by the Government at the full face amount when due, and In the mean­time. Interest will be paid promptlr so that the bonds form an ideal Invest­ment.

LiTngTON X o w s I t e m s . I

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OKB DOIJJAB AND FIPTT CKNTS PER XKAB IN ADVANOB

TUm Paper U SoI« br W. A. Dmmoiejr. Eaat PeppeKll Bdward U HarWaa Poatoffle*, ShlrU7 UrscktlBua Bro* Shlrler M. P. Talater Grolon Coaaat * Co Utt letoa Conuiea O. W. Hlldretk. Towaaead C. R. P. Co, Malm SUeet. Ayer

• Ckaaxe o( Addreaa 8ub»crll>or» wUhlnr the i>o«tofflco

address of the paper changed, must send us both the old and new address and also tbe name ot tbe paper they receive.

Watek the Dato oa Tonr Paper The date with your name Is etamped

on the marKln and showa to what time your subscription Is paid, and -'"" Mrves as a continuous receipt.

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Saturday, Septembor H . 191S.

PEPPERELL

Is Gilman

Nows Itcnw. Mlss Maacline Gruham exiiocts to

bcxal led for overseas caniogn work In the Rcd Cross about October 15.

Parkhurst & Dutton, the contrac­tors, M'ho bought the lumber on thc Henrj D. Shattuck lot, sold t.he trash wood to Clement Noyes, who. In turn sold the wood to the Tuckers as soon a s he can get It cut. .

Eugeno Cleveland, who Is superln tcndent at the Hnrr>- White farm report fd to have leased the Blako place, near Blakesmere.

Mr and Mrs. Elmer Ellsworth Shat­tuck, of Rutland, motored last week •Wednesday to see his sister, Mlss Ida Shattuck, Oak hlll.

The Nashua St£am laundry, who havc been collecting laundry In town OT Tuesdays and returning It on Fri­daj s, burned a few'daj-s ago, but we understand that there were no goods from this town In the building at Hhe time md that all that, was In their charge was sent to some other laun dry for Bnlshlhg and .will be returned In dueseasoBi

In response to i petition quite-wlde-' ly circulated In tho old. section of

PeppereU relative to the openlng^of tho Towiisend street schoolhouse for the small children, a meeting was held on Monday evening In the Towns-end street schoolhouse and the sub ject was discussed and each thought the other had talked Tho condlUons are that a teacher would cost »6S0, fuel UOO and Janitor J130, i n d some thought that the S

MISTAKEN PUNISHMENT. The man who flrst said: "Splire th^

rod and spoil tho child," has been dead for muuy years; but he probably caused mori- sufferlns. to children than any other man before or since, suys Dr, A. McKay Jordan In Hu­manitarian Masazlne. We have.iiot yet l,ost entirely the barbarous Idea thatj it is necessary to punish a child con­stantly In order to Insure thnt he should become a wise and virtuous man.. Thero l i n o child that deserres, punishment for any_ of Its actions.! Apart from the usual • childish pranks' und scnipt'S which, through lack of. sympathy und understanding, we' ciders Bnd so annoying, any 8<w»lled fault which a child commits Is due l cither to III health, or Improper traln­lnK, and ill neither case should a sin which Is not his be visited upon the child. A baby cries because' It Is hungry or otherwise unhappy, and slapping It is but a poor jemedy for either unhapplness or hunger. The juvenile delinquent errs because', he has not been correctly trained or be­cause he Is Incapable of proper train­ing. In the'first instance It Is his elders and not the child who deserve punishment, and Inthe alternative case all the punishment In.the world wlU not prove a remedy. -•

side fair.

780 ought to he used otherwise when al l were clainorlnK tor a reduction In the running expenses of the town. The matter was flnaily left with the school committee. •

Arthur "Blood, of Gardner, formerlj-of Pleasant street, , has'been visiting his daughter,' Mrs. Arthur Bartlett. He was seen on Main 'street.. Tuesdaj-, talking to old- friends,-and he wa.s looking: in excellent health. . ',%,

John.Carr, of the South road, ha i Uad his house newly shfngled and Fred R/ngdahl has Just had the eli to his hous^ shingled. ;

Harold Anies. came-from Alabama to visit his mother. Mrs. Frank Ames, Shirley street, arriving last week 'Wed­nesday. Mr. Ames occupies a promi­nent position m the Alabama Electric Power Company, which controls the electric power for the entire state of Alabama. He has a fine little blonde son that Grandma Ames saj-s looks just as Harold used to look. The Har­old Ames family will return, to Ala­bama this week.

One can see the women at work in the nelds and helping run the ensilage cutters now-a-days, which shows what the w.ir is doing to the farm homes.

•e\ e people of Townsend street wlll mlss Mrs. CampbeU and her grand-d lUKhters. who have occupied the Tarbeil house for some time, and who i-c antlcipatinK moving to Fitchburg sooi .

Mr and Mr.s. Charics Eakcr m.ide a I %ls't to Peachcroft in HolUs iast Sun­daj

On last week Thursday Mrs. Leten­der was taken ill. and as soon as she rallied wera to her <laughtcr-s m 1 eomlnster.

Mrs Kalph Buck has taken thc po-- tion in the Nashua River Company vacated by Mlss Hazel Soule.

Last week Miss Hazel Soule com­menced a cl%-ii service course at the LoweU Commercial college.

That America Is capable of deslgiilng and buUdlng speedy Islngle seater air­planes for battle serviee Is evident from the Bcrckmans speed scout, re­cently put through rigid tests with the most satisfactory results, says- Scien­tific American. Piloted by Bert Acos-ta, this little maChlneTiscended to 22,-000 feet and retumed to the earth In 27 minutes. The general speclflcatlons of this Interestlns little machine are as follows"; Span, npper plane, 26 feet; •

. lower plane, 19 feet; chord, both planes, 4 feet 11 Inelies; gap, 5 feet 3 Inches;,' stagger, 17 degrees; length of machine over aU, IS feet ; height of miichlne over all,-8 feet 9 Inches;.net weight, empty, 820 ponnds; gross weight, load­ed, 1,190 pounds; tiseftil load,. STO pounds; engine, Ch V. C. Gnome rotaty. seven cylliiders; 100 horsepower; speed range, 115-54 m. h. p.; climbing speed. 1.100 feet per minute; gliding angle, 8 to 1 ; radius of action 2% hours. -

FIREARMS ARE NOT FRAGILE

Shotgun Properly Cared For Is Said to Be Good for a Hundred

Thousand Shots.

A (luestlon.f requeatly asked Is, "How long„wlll my ubptgun last?" or "How many shots .cnn I fire from my rifle or revolver before It wears out?"

It Is ImposKJIble for anyone to say. just how loh^''^'^flrearm will last, be­cause^ It Is Impossible to tell before-'hand whnt'klnd^of care It is g o l n g t o set, and the ciire It receives makes all the difference Between a few hundred shots and a. lifetime of faithful seryice.

Assuming .that tbey are cleaned care­fully ajid'consistently a good shotgun will show practically.no failing off In

I pattern ot penetration for probably I well over 100,000_ shots. A 22-callber

rifle and a revolver are botli good for 30,000 or 40,000 shots. A high-power rifle Is igOod for about 8,000 to 5,000 shots, usually the higher the velocity the shorter tho life of the. barrel.

Judging from these, facts it would appear that the higher the pressure developed by the explosion the more wear on ti ie barrel, for the shotgun de­velops tho least pressure and the hlghr power rifle the mos t

A rather interesting sidelight on this question of barrel Ufe is a determina­tion of the actual length of. time to which a good shotgun'barrel Is sub­jected to the force and burning effect of the powder charge during Its life-, time. If 100,000 sh.ots are fired from a shotgim the inside of. the barrel Is ac-' tually exposed to the flame of the powder charge for about four minutes.

AMOUNT OF FOOD NEEDED

Committee of Experts Has Decided Just What'Must Be Supplle'd to

the Average Man.

Yesterday It svss only the tnen/who •went forth to -war while the women remained behind to keep up the home and cultivate the fields. Today the

•women still keep npthe home and cul­tivate the fields, but thcy also do their ;tf«—a 'splendid" part—lu the aettM ^ ^ o f carrying on war. Thousands of these women are' scattered about the United^iOngdom'and In ;France; many: of thfem rery close to theactual batUefront, rUklng their llves'and giv­ing themselves as freely* a s unselfishly and courageously as thelir men do to drive from the earth all f e a r of the Iron heel of Prusslanlsm, says New Success. They-are In the base>and field hospitals, and canteens and dress­ing stations. In tha T. M. C: Ai huts-^, everywhere, and are an Indispensable factor In carrying on the war.

But a short 'thne ago pessimistic writers were hysterically bewaUIng the deterioration of American manhood. They saw evidences of it In the fac­tories. In the public schools. In every walk of life, and prophesied that In a few years we would be a pathetic race of pygmies, says Philadelphia Tele­graph. In any. of our national en­campments one may now see the flnest specimens of manhood on the face of the earth. American manhood Is far from deterioration. As a matter of fact we are growing stronger every day. Advancement In the sciences, clean living and a better upderstand-ing of hygienic essentials have placed ns in the foreground of physical de­velopment.

As a basis for calculating the amonnt of food which must be provided for the human system the InteraUled scien­tific food conimission has found that

^anaveragemanof 104j)ounds working eight hours a day requires food having, an .energy value of 3,300 calories.

The-commission consists of repre-sentaUves, of the United States, France, Italy, iBelglum and Great Britain, and Its. purpose Is t o consider the food prob­lem of tfte allies from a scientific point ot view.anditaagreement with the In-.teraUled executives to make proposals to the aUJei jjovennnentSi

" , The.cominlBsJon Agreed that. In event "it.slwuld become' Impossible to supply 3300 calories of food,, a reduction of 10 per cent could be suffered for some Ume, without.Injury to health. The •minimum ration of ,fat for the "aver­age l ian" was detenhlned upon as two and five-eighths ounces a day.

The .commission recommended that a urdform. average' mlUlng extraction of 85 per cent for wheat,' be adopted throu'gliout .-the alUed conntries, but this extraction .naay vary.from 80 per cent.In summer to SO-per cent l a win­ter. ,••-,, • ••• ,

. The corh'misslon held sessions in London, Paris and Eome. •

AN EDISON EPIGRAM. Thomas A. Bdlsoa is « ra»n <>' " ^

words, andr Uke many a man ot sim­ilar habits, often paciis away a lot of wlBdooa In a bijef .sentence, suys Phil­adelphia Bulletin. He was talking a few nlghU agOJ>f the gigantic tasks and responslblllHcs the war Imposed on the nation/and particularly ot the necessity of speeding up, when he let this spark fiy: r.'-It Is not a question of what we must not do, but a quesUon of what we must do." If the truth of this sentence were to be recognlred by legislators nnd administrators, the task of govenjment in war would be easier, and results inlght be far bet­ter. T h e Inventer was speaking ot the waste , of mental and other energy at Washington In seeking to put aside the "nonessential" <)peratlon3 ot the coun­t ty , and his immediate application of his 'nut-shell philosophy was that It the governmeiit. were to devote Its en­tire cnerpy to stimulating production of the things necessary for the conduct of the.war It need not bother with non­essentials. sO long as thcy did not pre­vent or Interfere with war work. But the thonght deserves a .wider appli­cation, and the OTbsHtutlon of "do" ^or "don't" would simplify a lot ot more or less successful government regulation. ', ' .

. "Old men for counsel?' Is the say­ing, "young m ^ for war." But this WOT rather faUIfies the old adage, says Spokane j Spokesman , Keview. At seventy-se'fen Clemencean: of France remains^ so., energetic that he StlU deserves 6l8 cognomen of, "the tiger." Joffre'was an old man when he won the hattie of the Mame.. Lloyd Gcorge Is noterac t ly young. Wood-row Wilson Is past sixty. But none of them seemsl tp\ require the. Osier m.ethdd of being chloroformed out of existeiice. -Hitte veterans do not "lag. superfluous on Uie stage."- • Cato learn­ed Greeit at . elgiity. 'Chalucer com-posed, his ."Cfenterbuty Tales" a t sixty.- -Goethe jbUed to the end and his "Fanst""wai not completed .till, he had outlived elgjty>, SImonldes won-k i r i z e for poetc3{.and Sophocles -tTrote "Oedipus," whettwich had passed four-, scope.. Thebphastus outdid them ttU, for he was iilnenr,.wljen he commenced' his "Characteisfbf Men."

Tlj* Flr»t Envelope. +"» a w t euTelope of which Uiiere Is

any Iffldwedjte-Inclosed " a letter sent In lM6,J>y s ir •wmiam TurnbuU to Sir James -OgljTle, The eplstie, wltii Its covering, U saji preserved In.the Brit­ish inn»enJa.';'At that period', and long afterward, It .was th'e general custom to fold lettetB and seal them with wax. Early In the, riast century envelopes, began .to^eom«) into' more general use, and.stamped-envelopes nAleved wide popularity In England shortly after the estnbUahment o t the penny post In 1840. By 1850 they were largely used on this side df^the Attantic

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'" Triumph'Of EnjjIneerlnB. One of the grefttest engineering proj­

ects of the world, the Suez caniil, was formaUy opened 48 years ago. The canal cost $100,000,000. /The"festival given by the khedlye In commemora­tion of the opening'of the canal cost'^ $23,000,000, or a fourth as much "as the. canal. Cairo, was gallydecked for the event, which, was attended by the em­peror of _ Austria, the empress of Ehrunce, and niway other'high "perspn-. ages. The,engInieeHng work of the ca­nal was under the direction of the great French engineer, De Lesseps. The canal ls-88.mUes long. ,

For ten days—Stirling September l e . t o Septeinber ,256, inclu­sive,,we are going to sell Fabric Tires cheaper thai) ever: before sold . in this section.of the state.""\Ve have-always sold at Boston prices, ; hutfor thesoJt.eji days v;e'will save jj.urcustome'rs .more, money thau heretofore.' ' •'. .„'" •" • . ,

The •.following v/ell-known makes to clioose from: . , '

UNITED; STATES FISK AJAX HOOD MILLEE,

• ' •, "All-Firsts and Fully Guaranteed ,-

If you are going to n?ed a .tire for the^ next six months—Luy now •

The DuRa^ Phannriaciy' George^ H. D u P a w , R e g i s t e r e d / P h a r m a c i s t • *; .

^Father of FUhel.'r- , Probably the. most ^topus' of our

ash culturists—by reaSbn?>oi:liils long 'service and remarkable.succesa—was Seth Green, famUlarly- foowo as ,the "Father- of Fishes.". .His'experiments oegan In 1884, and.he discovered the-so-called "dry: method" • of impregna­tion- so extensively used In later-day practical trout'culture.^-Hfs .early work was done In the Caledonia creek-ha tch-. sry. The artlflclal propagation of shad in the Connecticut- river was success­fully attempted by Seth Green In.188T. -—W. W. Wood, In the American Ang­ler.' • "•- . - • • , :

T e l e p h o n e .Connect ion EAST PEPPEEELL, 'MASS.

PEPPERELL

What She-Wanted; / Mary had gone to one of her friend's

birthday-parties. .At the party choco-. late and coconut cakes .were' served. •The"''Eidy that served the cake Usked Mair what kind o t cake'" she wanted. "Thif cake with the noodles on It;" was her.prompt reply. - •• ••

Killed In AoUon, Mark Rlley. Jr., the .son o£ Stark

and ISIlen iHinila) Rlley. was born in Groton on October IS. 1896. His par­ents movod to F.ast PeppercU and ho attended the pul.lic schools. When he v.-as at school, . nd only eisht years old. | on beinK c.-iUod on by his teacher t i do somothlnp sun^t tho sonf:. <ild camp Kround ;im bie pnou

he chose to sing, and | -TontinK tonight on the

.md said. ••When I tth I'll go there.'" "ft'hen

and lar.ge for his age. nother to allow him to

,'. \ l>m ho \vas too yonns ,..':. 1,0 did enlist in the • ctober 'it. IPIC nnrt «•"" thoro. Thc iast time his

,. - .,iw him -svas a year afjo lost • throillh tho aid of Mayor Crow-ot N-asiuia. N- H-- wlion ho exixxx" •orl.ftnouth with a load of pr;s-s from South (-.•iroliii:i. Thc <:o-x 1 his parents ro.-.-ivo.l from hxox .\ui;n::t -. whon he stated t i i ' should sond no more letter.- :i ;•

. hos;iit.-il No. "' ixx Id soon bo w-ith 1;.-ixxes .-ind «-onld I"' ro bo^ids-- to pioros.

ho w-.is slxtcrt ho bou'cod 'u-;:n :nto ' bi- xx., tl-.o Hos.-.--.

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oiior won \v;t s they dros I'-v.-i:

"It Is of the highest importance, af­fecting not merely the curriculum of onr scliools, but their continued exist­ence, that all the people of.the United Stntes shall como to read and speak a2tr*J?!ink in the one prevailing ian-^'a^e.-^ Thi.'! Is the conviction er-p'rSed by Ellhu Root In a sttttemenc in N'ew York on the subject of the tc.irhins of German in Atv.erloan schools.

: . .A Reel Treat -'"Ladles and gentlemen," began, the

manager of the DUlydaUy moving pic­ture theater, appearing in front of the screen, ".It affords me: pleasure to as­sure-you that we are about to present •for your entertainment a unique de­parture. Ini modem motion pictures—a 1,000-foot film, oh which, after about SOO feet have been used In exploiting the title, the name of, the author, the DxUke countenance of the famous star. Francis X. Mashman, the fact that it was produced under the personal su­pervision of a igreat genius of whom-you never: beard before, and the Infor­mation that ;the photography, which, Is no better and no worse than common, was done' by another total stranger, there wUI posiUvely be nearly 200 feet of pictures given!"—Kansas City Star.

Epidemic Record of 1917. Disease scoiirges took a great toll

m the orient during 1917. Cholera pre­vailed In southern Asia from Asiatic Turkey to the Philippines, striking down 55.000 In the Indian region; there were 8,870 cases in the Philippines and many deaths In Burmah. Bubonic plague belted the tropical world from Peru to Hawaii and New Caledonia. In British India the largest mortality took place; there were .590.000 cases, with SGO.OOO deaths. The disease area ex­tended as far north as Egypt and Sen­egal. Yellow fever appeared In Af­rica. Mexico and S^uth America. The death.s were not above several hun-dreU.-

Slnce It Is the. part of wisdom t o turn eVerythlria .pyph; misfortune, to tise, there Is ctjnsloerable Interest In what good eftectenjay.be had from.the varions food shortages which are with us and In prospect Kobert Hutchin­son points out l i British Medical. Jour­nal that thongh k reduction In thei fat ration of half aipCund a -week would, entail a loss o f w e ^ h t this IqsS Is not progressive, tho^'lndivldual. being able^ to maintain a IftweV' wjelght oi i 'a di­minished d ie t " ™ s , , 1 s due t o the lessened output ofl'gnergy. required fo-transport a smaUetf body weight , —A lesser body surface; .a^o means a smaUer heat loss.;.., Tfhe conclusion i s reached that there j^.no reason to sup­pose that smaller, .rations means a lowering of healthT-probably the re­verse is the case.

Unprepared. " Paughter ' (weeplhg bitterly)—"Oh,

do have pity, papa,' and Jet Edward and me be happy." Pfipa .(naturalist, furiously)—"What I Tou think of. mat­rimony, when you don't 'eyen: kno>7 how many vertebrae there-are;In the ^spinal column,of a lizard I"—Christian Beglster.

Trutliful Aphoritm, , . -In a. catalOgue-.bf-'ophteiims :in a

newspaper" we'find tills:;"A"-woman's -smu'e is • more'"datigerona? t i a n -her frown." There Is a,semblance of truth

• Ini the saying, and, the ;semblance occu­pies the forefront of the; aphorisnj. There may be indny- ipeil who -wlil tes­tify to the •wis.dom. of. the saying.-^ Ohio State .Journal,-,

The president tells us that in the antnmn "a much larger sale of long­time bonds must he effected than has yet been attempted.V.This wlU-mean.a Liberty Loan of more'than $3,000,000,-000, tlie highest figure. The fact that the oversubscription of-the third loan to­taled ?l,500,000,000'.c^"ates an Impres­sion that possibly.Uie next call may be for between ,$4;000,00b,000 and' $5,000,000,000, says'Syractise Journal. But Americans will fobt the bUl, what­ever It may be and In whatever form it may be demanded.- They realize, as the president says he does, that "we are not only In the midst of the -war, we are at the very peak and crisis of I t"

Beyond Comprehenaloh. Kant, whose searching analysis of

the pure reason, probed deeper than any philosopher before him into the mystery of • conscloiisness, confessed that two things filled him with awe, as beyond the faculty of the hunian mind to grasp—the Immensity of the starry heavens, and the moral sense implant­ed in the soul of man.

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pnpo

•:isnn w-hj- the callow youth o L'S splndlo-shnnkod. nar-.-mr! Oancc-cni7.y is th;a he

-iiitted to live in a poriod < the height of fn.sliion to rollars nnd use two pints

otboar LTo:iso on his hair every •

'd to tho

. \n nnny ruling Is that a < Ilfo insiirnnre must be tallon fnvor .if his legnl wife. Will

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,if-tion'" on l.r:itod Sat-

h 11 rch fnr tho doo."<».'d.

He loavos both p,-\ron! ters nnd throe lirothers ence Sullivan. N.-i-ohua. Mrs.

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throo slf-Mrs, I-'Ior-

1 I HiKhland stroot. iau^^e Oardnor. i.oiph-

ton atreet. Pepperell. and Miss Hianrh Rlley of Ayer: the threo V>rothers all beliiK in the service. Sorgt. ?:dw.-ird .Joseph Rlley. Company U. 501th Kngl-necr.i, Sd Battalion senlco. A. I-:, K,. Krance; Frank Riley, Quartermaster's Corpa C.tmp Merritt. Hoboken. N. J.. and I^roy Riley, who haa been over-ac.ai and is nbW en rntite for hnme, invalided. I-eroy Rlley was two months in the hospitai at Rrnnshot, England, before he wna .sent to Liver­pool, where he embarks for home.

People are sympathizing with tho family and partlcul.arly with tli^ moth

who is much depressed "" "

to mind airiiln thnt the illoznl wifo has a vory poor standing In this vulo of tours.

Surely Has "Done Hla Bit." ."I tliink this man Is doing his bit."

writes an nrmy correspondent who sends tlie following dispatch to the .\rmy and Navy Joiimal:

"G.-orso Borden, a negro, of Golds­boro. N. C , has furnished sons to thc wnr In thc sum of neariy two squads.

, llo is thc father of 35 children, 21 of 1 tir-m livinc and 14 of them in the Unit-! "'i States army either In this conntrj-; or in France,

"Ho hns heen married three times i;;-! on four occasions has been th •:-:ior of quadruplets." .

Housewives are reminded that the fly objects to oil of lavender, a s weU ns to honeysuckle, hdlotrope and hop blossoms. His tast^ Is unrefined In what he does not like as weU as in what he does, and the determination to keep him out g t the dining room ond awny from the baby's cradle should not be receded from In the slightest degree. -;.

Relieving Our Minds. •VThat passes for reasoning on most

occasions Is a series of vocal sounds which serve—to use a phrase at once popular and sclentlflc-rto reUeve onr minds. Argtiments employed In political addresses, sermons, and newspaper editorials are commonly Uttle more than mere ejaculations, called fqrth by feelings of approval or disapproval, conifort or alarm.— James H. Boblnson, In Atlantic

Tliere Is said to be 3,000,000 dogs In Great Britain, and the war exi­gency for food wlil lead to putting them on rations. In all. the war countries across tho ocean there i s competition fot every crust of brei^d.

Flying Gratshep'pers. . A species of grasshopper Imown to

be capable of flying great distances Is at times found far from land. The bureau of entomology recently received one of these Insects which had been captured at sea. 12,000 miles from the African coast The specimen was cnuKht on the deck of a Norwegian vessel, and was one of a great swarm of the Insects encountered In that re­gion.

Anotiier way tn Improve the verse of three-fourths of the war poets Is to put them In the trenches where they can cot the inspiration of the battle itself.

Wo snsce.st that tho maximum draft aeo be high cnonch to rover Ihe fol­low- who l.s ahvays sayini;: thoucht I wns really needed I like to go."

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"If I would

pr-. Ith-

Many Feeble-MInded. ^niplc>te census of the fceble-I in the Dnited States has never tikon, but It Is estimated that

- nno feeble-minded person to J.-.0 of the population, or ap-,:itoiy 400,0Qb In all, according to i-otary of one Of the New York

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The nvpTiige womain finds OTjf Kow her husband likes to hnve her do n p her hair and then she does It np some other way. ;

Esquimaux .Own Land In Common. There is no suffrage question among

the Esquimaux—the woman owns the icloo with the man and has equal voice in the councU meetings. And there are no vexatious questions' about property richts to settle, because besides the igloo and personal belongings there U no property. The Esquimaux caimot conceive of land as belonging to any one person. When told how It Is held as privnte property, in the states, they showed great istirprtse and one old man nsked if the white men also di­vided the oceans in the same w a y , -•Worid's Outiook. - - ,

N'cvra Items. ' The electric men call the square cage on the NasliUa Illver Paper Com­pany's grounds, near the bridgo, "tlie booster," "as it increases* or intensifies the current. It is labeled "Danger."

The registrars of votera will, be a t ,their,;rooms in ihe town houae on Monday evening. Septembe'r 16. from 7.30 to 9 o'ciock to register voters. ' Mrs. Wllliatri Withrow. Pari; -street. was called to 'Waltham, early - in the week, aa her daughter,- Mrs. Russell Haynes, had a surgical operation;

-Jlrs. Withrow is expected hpme the last of, this week,

The autoists aro certainly living lip to go%-ernment requirements: when Main street is as quiet Oh a Sunday .as a basebaU field in winter. , One. raajf. traverse it. but there is no fun in it. -- Mr. Drur>-, of JJa'wrence, formerly

of Pleasant street, w-as in town on Tuesday and It was surmissed that he. had some connection with fhe report­ed taking oyer, by the gpvernment of the-Champion works, • '

The Shirley Eiectric Comp^any are erecting a lot of poles 'around tho pld Parker mlU property.

Mrs. H. E. Deal of Forest Hilis came ^Vedpesday. September 4, to visit her sister, Mrs. Johas ' Andrews, and on Sunday they both went to Ayer to .spend Sunday with Mrs. Earl Farris­worth and-Monday each; returned to .their respective-'home.

- Miss Ahna Pealbody and Miss L-ewis left town '.on "Monday,-one ?going to North Adams and -the- other to -Au 'burn.' , • ; , ' • • ,.'-,

Geo'rge -GI Tarbeil Is .hbt'sprlntlns for amusement now ds he had the mishap-to faU ten or- flfteen foet a

w e e k ago and hurt his feet in the fail, but he is now Improving. :

The pastor of the Methodist church' Rev. B. W. Rust, will Ifave for the morning service next Sunday- the top­ic. "The over-coming chitrch." The topic for happy hour service is '-The one talent man."'

The meeting of last Sunday evenins at the M. E. church was the flrat of, the Federated vserles." -Rov. Ai F. Reimer of Boston spoke-on "T^e new church and the new day."- The aud­ience certainly appreciated the flno address and it was spoken of from several homes, ijr. Reimer was a double classmate of Mr. Rust's, being with him In ccxliege and in the theo­logical school, a friendship of over seven years.

The patrioUc helpers will resume their work this Friday at the Methcf-dist parsonage.

• The annual" harvest supper ot the Methodist church will be heid Wed­nesday. September 26. and the mem­bers of the Epworth League wili serve the repast.

The peach stones and other materia! for g.as masks desired by the-govern­ment may be left at either drugstore in tow-n.

Don't target the urgent need tor the members of the Special Aid to be at their rooms next Monday. Business meeting at three p. m.' '

The members o^ the East Village Social club"met with their president. Miss Marie Jordan, at Blakesmere on Wednesday. September H ; and had a very nice time. They made iittle crib blankets for refugee children.

The sixty-seventh Rebokah anniver­sary will he oljserved by Acoma Re­bekah lodBc, I. O. O. F., Tuesday evenins, September 21. at 8.50 o'ciock in Oddfeiiow-s' hail. A short address and readings will bo given by Mrs. May H. Gaynor, p.ast president of the Rebekah assembly, follo-rt-ed by a musical program and readings. Ali Ocidfelibw-s and resident paatcllows with, their families aro Invited. ^

A new- vegetable called "summer asparagus," grown on the Wilson farm in Grotori, has been tried accord­ing to directions -by thc grower and others and pronounced a decided sue . -M! . . . 1 . 1 , . . « . « A n . V . n . Ittsa n SlinTiniei

his woric. A peculiar thing about this frost is that i t w a s - s o much liarder on the hiU . thanln the vixliey. whore, there was-very Uttlo damage done.- ,

lAst Saturday Mrsi Stella Mention roturned to Bedford after a month's sojourn^at her ttiftaa home on- Oak 'hUl.

Miss Neiiie'Fltcli, of Maiden, Is at the home of her cousin, B.-'W. Parker, for a short time. \ •

Raymond GasldU aiid Miss Laura Hobbs, of .Nashua, were; at; Mr, Gas-kill's last Suriday, aiid Raymond :came baclc on Thursday-to-register. ^

Corp. W. S. Boynton. D . - E . O. C . came home Saturday orj a'ten-days' furlo'uish from the Watertown arsenal,,, where he'hois been for nine months.,

'Watch out for. the entertainment .s^'ij Oak,hiU haU on Frlda:y OTeninfe,-S«^jJ. teibfier 20.' The committee^ils.„t5jrI>tBr-;- ; to get the musicians from .C|amp;;W«r--'' • ens and put p ir t of the procfedir^o-; ward Red Cross work.;, T.he«:e-;win bo -posters 'nrinouncliig the;music'asifoop. ../ as I t i s settled. . , ' • • ; : - i'^i^•^.i.-lfi^.i . Other. Pepperell-ltems ,bn flrsbpaie.',-'

Congregational Notes. ' ' : ' , / " . ' < , ' • Rev. J. B. X.ewls''wtU preacli In the '

•Congregational church Sunday morni-ing arid eve'ning. At the mornlnB seirv­ice hts topic -will -be-"Toung people -. and the war." . i t la a matter'pf most • serious importance to the nation, that our young men and women- receive the training and education^ which pre-' pares them for life and leadership In the new world which the .war is bring­ing m. - '

Sunday school>vvlU' meet a.t dobn. ., Rally day will be observed in church .. and'Sunday-school on Septeniber. 29. ;

The Women's- -Missionary' society' wUl meet at the parsonage riext Wed­nesday . promptly "'at three o'clock. There wlU be a short business meeUng; for election-"of offlcers". followed by re-" ports and plims; for '-the year. AU women interested are invited. "

The peopie of tlio Congregational church; have been asked to furnish entertainment and; liglit, refreshments, for" the soldiers at ..the'Church Feder­ation-House in Aye'r this Friday eve­ning. , : . - • • ' ' ^ '

Canip Ffi« Notes. •^The'-'Paugus Camp Fire Giris hold

their regular monthly business meet- . ing with Mrs. Levfis inst'Priday. Af­ter the opening patriotic service re­porU from the secretary and treasurer were glyen and new offlccrs chosen. It was voted that each girl" should try especially to help more definitely her church Bible school and give regular Ume to thb Junior Red Cross work. Plans to meet the needs;of the tres-ury were made. Several girls are working for advanced rank of wpod-gatherers and some are approaching the rank of flre-makeis; Mrs. Lewis invited the camp for supper and raost of them attended 'the Forward club corn roast In the evening.

The Junior Camp Fire and Blue Birds met after sohool Tuesday for a corn roast and out-door ganies. They will help. In Junior Rod Cross work thU wlhter, besides being generally useful. " .

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ceased wrote his .sister that flKhUng for the safety of such girls .as she and to mako the world a safer place to livo in. saying th.at she could not know what he had seen and knew.

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The astrnnnmors have discovered n lew star, hut thoy are not making so much fuss nbont It as would sn Ira-.Kfte.t-.'U) v.-ho lualtes a slniilar Oi;;c-)v-3ry. " ..

Put In Everythlno-Doctor—"There's the original pre­

scription. I can't imagine how yon made that mlatolfti In jmtting it up!" Druggist—"HumphI I must havc mli­ed your signature In wlUii t i e other In­gredients."—Judge.

Iivgletin oFganir.atrons. Abeut l-j->" men have'been e j e c t e d from

;tlM- i,o-.v naflonalarmy on-ncconnt of 'norvA.is nnd mental disorders; and , .mo-tiiird of the'Se were rejected on

account of fceble-mlndedncss.

Threats of soap shortage ought tp stimnlate lnvcntor3*of.substitutes, such na wood nshp.<;,Kand.and.P.th,er_.scour­ing mntorlnls. . •- . •

Swift Divert."- - ^ . A whale struck by a Jiwiwoo^""

bein known to dive a t the ttte of 800 yards in a minute., '.i.^^.....™,.-.,, ..J;.

Somethlnfl They Didn't Want Some ot these nnmerons and voclf-

•rous folk w:ho are always crying for ustlce may stfme day get I t Then vhat will they sayT—MUwaukee News.

Her Coming Out, • » , I t W«r«. 1 Wee Mnry was In the.-WWn "(rten I the telephone rang and '"• ' . •I ter Biut-i nbcth, ngcd eleven, was Iwtog " " " ' ^ i to go skntlng, Mnry I n ' « « » t * ^ .

mcnt rnn to hcr motli«» Bayl"*" "What you think, ma has hcr first attempt'

BUzabeth

Tt Is a good thing: that our popnlar Idols are not, judged by the cigars that are named after "theni.

Matt***.-; Mnltcse Is a moSt'pecnUar language.

It Is of Oriental :d«U?>.. Arabic. In its chief charactcrlsUca, but sprinkled all through wlth'llSuiBS" JBCorpora-tion.i. It hns no gtanunar, Is phonetic and Idiomatic. ,;_

Dloolno.' It Is seldom that men discover rich

mines without digging. Nature com­monly lodges her treasnres-and^Jewels. In rock ground. ..If. the matter be knotty and the sense Ue deep, they must stop and buckle to It , nnd stick npon It wUh labor and thonght and close contemplation, and not leave It until they have mastered the difficulty and got possession o f , the truth.— Locke. • '

Mouth iikmrimrtor. Fqr thc use of phyatdans and den-

ti'5ts, a tongue ilcotpwInS! Instrument has been Invcntod4ai«ri«Wttc'ht8 M an electric light to Pimnmirtei^ a faitleof«

'mouth when It Is ijM4p»^3Botlffl()*i VctA.

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Good A'dvlee. ' •' rtalk' lcss aind eajr'mote?'^ W the ad­vice given to a gronp of girls. -No one expects a girl's conversatlpn t o b e pro-, found and philosophical,, but there U no doubt that more tblnldng before speaking would make the words of many girls better worth liearI'tig.''The tr{>nble Is not that girls ^ c k InteUI-gence, bnt that they are n t h e r Uuqr about using their bhUna. ^

•cess. While somewhat iike a summer squash it is different both in texture and taste. In form it somewhat re-seinbles a big cucumber.

Dr. Cleveland and famiiy. ot Hollls street, left Sunday for his winter home in Wellesley Hiils. His mother, Mrs. King, is solng to remain at the farm for a few- w-ocks longer.

Mrs. Clarenco Tucker, ot He'ald street; camo back from N'atick Last week Friday after a week's visit with her daughter. • p.'iui^Tfaxweir wa8'"fe6enily'" a-vlsltor

at the home of his parcn'.s, Mr, and Mrs. Louis Maxwell.

Charles Isola. of Mt Vernon, N, H., was lh town at Oie closing out auction sale at the Isola farm in Pepperell on last Saturday.

Mlss Mollie Frazer has beep on a visit to Natick and Boston. She did not wish to return to leaching thla fall. . t a s t Tuesday night the frost struck the eastern side of; Oak hlH very se . vcrcly, and the gardens containing- tp-matocs, squash, cucumbers and corn and In fact almost » « J ^ ^ ^ ' K , n « ' XKere badiy ddmnged. ;Prpbably. Ru­pert Blood suffered as »»«»»>» - S f / Sne, a , he had hfeTpeit P V I * " . O V I ^ ^ their land preparation. In the spring SO that his own garden wi" >f*«- ^"• other week o t good weather would C V e ^ V l e d hltn (o get fem.thtag for

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