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Mn.'ana^ll^ra. Trank B. Turner vis­ited ill'town over the. week-end, com­ing IrOm :West ^iTansfleld, where they now live. .. They were the guests of tlielr daughter, ..Mrs. David F: Hills, and family; at their new home on 'High 'street,. In the- doubly tenement .house with Mr.-Parlejr., -Mr. and Mrs. Turrtet- were o n - their wa>- to visit relatives at Athol -and left here on Tuesday libon.

•A belated announcen}ent has reached friends in town-of the marriaige of one of our Pepperell. High school boys , of soine years ago, Albert Pills-bury,, the .oldest, son of Mr. and Mrs; G. A. PHIsbury, now of Micidleborp. The .bride was Miss'Marion -J. Tallman -of that place, thoceremony being per­formed by Rev. Ji-H. Buckley at the MetUo'dist. . p a n i i i i h g c DeeembiBr.! } ( . Mr. and Mrs. PilbbQTy ;ar.e r;esldtn? in Attleboro, wbere.he ha4 a-poaltlott tilider. W. - O. . Atklnsbn. on;'ah estate'.. Although ... spmewjbat, late; - hla inanyi friendB.,.berei -friiOi' him «(n(i''lil«^ ypttt'ng

from France, ts somewhat"expected in to-wn to see his relatives, this week. He is not yet discharged from the goverhmeiit hospita.l on Parker hill, Boston, altbo.ugh his wounds are all healed but two, and according to' his

telephone message he; can walk nearly as well as ever, 'and without even a cane.' He is granted . fre<)uent fur­loughs from the hospital and was -vis­iting his wife at Mllford, N. H,, when he-was heard froin,' He.has also been to Lynn tb see his- mother, who' is visiting there.

i l rs . E. P . .Nowel l and family; ex­pect to move into the Pike house pri Main street by February 1, as plan­ned.. .The plumbers have finished their work this week and were suc­ceeded^.by the painters and other .workmen, who will probably .finish their work this week, also. They are the more anxious to get settled as Mrs. Willoughby, whose furnished rooms over the store they have-been renting,' Is now -wanting. them, back; as . she expects her son. and 'possibly Kay Willoughby back home soon. '

Mrs, Mary Jordan has returned irom- her extended %-istt with relatives at Manchester and other places In New -Hampshire, , Mrs. WlUpugbby has been acting as housekeeper In-her absence, . '..'^.i:':" 'ir,-..;- '•",' ...

Miss Ethel .Wells .tecentl5r.,jnade ilflfrai^WWFM^^aiaBlPJ^-jlU^^^ ^l»S«k.:endrv{slt atrtlie'jho*»'fcof-«er*'Jn»,-•~" Royal rrtoinpson^jfiswntly. refet-iiei'a^ her

work' at the P'e'rklris^-Instltuto, Boston, for two days only. Miss'Winn is re­covering from her 4ndlsposltlon of a few weeks ago, and was able to at­tend the flrst of the church services at the new Community church.

, Ayer, Mass., Saturday, February 1,1919 No, 22, Price Four Cents The. white elephant sale last week,

4tnder the auspices of the D. A. R., was ono of those aft-alrs »o success­fully carried out that the committee are even now planning a. second sale of the same character, after house­wives, shall have completed their an­nual spring clearing ot their houses. The sum of $33 was realized from the sale,

Wlnfred S, Boynton ha.s been spend­ing a short time at his home on Park street, having recently received his commission as lieutenant in the Ord­nance Department at the OfBcers' Training School at the Rarlton Arse­nal, New Jersey. This Is one" of the smallest and hardest departments to qualify for, and so far as we have heard Mr; Boynton U the only Pep-prell boy who has attempted to win the rank. He experts to go from- here In a few days to a new position, ' Walter Bosworth came from .Ben­nington, N, H., Tuesday, where he has been acting as nurse for a party and visited his mother, Mrs, Maude Chick, of Franklin street over night, before returnigh to 'report, for diity at the hospital, Manchester, \ N . H. . .Mts. Louise Dunton and. Mrs. Marf

tha 'Thompson, who have'been-stay­ing with their sisters, Mrs, Willett and Mrs. Ham,. at Lynn, are expecte'd iiome this week, ^ - ' ' M r . and Mrs, C, A,. Cook went to

New Jersey this week to. s e e ' tiielr nephew,. Lieut "Jiouglitbh,' who Is ,to be o n e o f the.flyers who are to make-the'itest for the government of taking a n ^ r o p l a n e into tho clouds for three djiy?.

WlUlam Chapman has finished cut­ting ice on the Burkinshaw pond and a small quantity of Ice frodi the porid on the Elijah Reed place.' :He conj-menced on the Blako pond, in Nlssl-: tissltt river, this week. The Ice there iff reported about eight' inches thick.

The all-day meeting of the Alliance Branch win be,;'held at the^home of Mrs, E. D, Walker,'Mt, Lebanon street, Thursday, February 6. Business meet­ing at eleven o'clock. Lunch at one, o'clotk, Mrs, 'Walker, hostess. There wiir be a short program of readings and the, work for the day will consist of sewing on refugee garments.

Arthur W. Lawson of' Hartford, Ct.. manager of the Tel. and Tel. Company, came to Boston last week on business and spent the week-end nnd 'Sunday at his old honie in town. He reports his family, also that of h'ls father-in-law. Henry Wright, a former resident, all in good health.

Red Cro.sB Notes. Special meetings,and extra workers

have made encouraging progress on thtf last consignment of garments which were sent here for the Red Cross society to make for the refugees. Oarinents, are also being made at the hotnes of tnany who cannot attend the 'meetings. Now that the raw materials are available in any (fuantlty the work li; being rushed in response to the ap peals from the workers across the seas;: , -.. ..'•':!.

hers! have been received by the Red Cross and place^ in' Railroad, square and across the street lri;;frflltH of the Red Cross roonis at the hbm6>of E. " Durant. '

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The Wonderful Values

OFFERED IN OUR BASEMENT DEPARTMENT CLEARANCES

'jSfdjxght throngs of eager buyers to the several sections. Our great Under price ^^rttenthas^ since its inception, been ever the foremost bargain pluce of this section of New England. Now when we offer our own bargains at rMuced priced' it means values that no economical shopper will care to miss. Yesterday saw every sektion crowded to its utmost. Today should not be one whit lacking in excitement—"F.or there are great money savings here," such as

In the Dry Goods Section 3000 yards of

nice soft finish. 3 0 0 0 Yards Bleached Cotton at 15^ Yard—25c. value,

full yard-wide bleached cotton, very fine quality, slightly imperfect; 25c. value at 1 5 ^ yard

2 0 0 0 Yards of Domet Flannel at 1 0 ^ Kard—2000 yards of Domet Flan­nel remnaiits, nice v/arm fleece; 15c. value, at 1 0 ^ yard

ladies'l,ong Silk Gloves at 2S((;-^1.00 tc>^$l.SO value. To close, about -7-'30;dozeTiiiadies'-Long Silk HGRiovesi very fine quality, black and colors

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Ladie^ Mercerized Lisle Hose at 25^ Pair—^c.,^ value. Two cases of ladies'fi/ery fine qxiality Merceriz6d Lisle Hose, double soles, high -splicedvheel and toe; black and white; odd lots and run of the niill; 50c. value, a t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ; ; . . , ; . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Sf^pair

mutilty associates are also working ex­tra time on the garments furnished them by the Red Cross local brunch, realizing the necessity,- An all-day meeting was'held.bn Wednesday at the home of Mrs, Edwin D. Walker in or­der to accomplish better results, and It was found to be so satisfactory that another all-day mooting is planned to bo held with Mrs. Arthur Hayes, of Townsend street, next Wednesday, A box lunch is In order at.noon, hot cof­fee being served by-the hostess,, and planned In this way. t(>e work is no great tax upon the time of any one person and hinders the sewing very little. On next Wednesiay a business meeting will be held, also. Although these workers have rather smaller at­tendance, now* that so.' many of the summer people have rejurhed tp their winter homes,-yet the Interest'is sus­tained and all respond nobly lo the work set before them; whether the ooarser garments for men and boys or the dainty layettes for Infants,

Men's -Club Meeting.. ' At the meeting of the Men's club on

Slonday evening in Saunders' hall there was a good attendance. The business of. the evening Included the admission of the following new mem­bers: Wendell Lovejoy, L^ T. WlUon; Chester A. Parker,; Chairles P,,Spauid-, ing, Thomas - E. ' Benner. Fred. W; Tiine, Frank T. Wright and 'William Paradise. ' The "progtani' eoijimlttee reported-progress on their'plans for tho entertainment which is to take place on.February 24, aifd the follow­ing .com'mittees wore appointed on ar­rangements for that evening: E." S. Durant, Fred Bennett, ^LeonRlchardr son, transportation; ^eorge DuPaw, John T, SuIUvah, 'TOlUam Paradise' and F. H. Parker, advertising; E. Ij. Tartell, Addison -Woodward, Chester A. Mills, hall\arrangements.

The speaker,-accordliig to* program, was to have been F,-.<'W.. Wright, of Boston, _jleputy commi'ssloner of edu­cation. He had engagements for the evening elsewhere jind Rev, William H. Morrison, D. Dl, pastor, of the First Universalist church of Nashua, N, H:, was secured as the speaker of the evening. He chose'as a topic, "The wonderful age iniwhich we live," and proved-a inost entertaining and practical speaker, giving many lesr sons In the course of his talk that,the great -war has taught the whble world. His standpoint was broad and Intel­lectual i n d enjoyed by his audience.

Conunnnlty Chnrcfa .Workers. On Thursday' -afternoon of last

week there -was a 3oint .meeting of the two ladies' societies of - the Congrega­tional ahd tinltariah: churches. The meeting was held in the vestry of the Community church.' Mrs. George H, Shattuck, president of the Ladies' Benevolent' society, formerly of the Cons^egational church, iprcislded as chairman. The purpose of the meet­ing, to form 'a unioii of the two so-i cletlcs. was taken under 'discussion,, and it -was voted that'-the societies

Two 'fin^'^new'•''Wfeipome'^om^'' ban-r should- unite.jindittrfxWJiame,. '.'Cora-munlty' church workers.!' A- commit tee was appointed to withdraw and bring Ih the list of nominations for the officers for the new- society and ali>o to draw up the constitution and by-laws for the new society.

Preceding to elect oflicers, the following were chosen: Mrs, George H, Shattuck, pres.; Mrs. M. G. Greene, Mrs. E.'S. Durant, vice pres,; Mrs. Ad­dison Woodward, s ec : Mrs. L. P.. Qua treas.: i l rs . James Dunn. coL; Mr.s J. O. Bennett and Miss Ellen Miller, aud. ,

The meetings are to be hold on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month at the ladles' rooms of the Community church.

-Mr. und Mrs. Bailey wcii^ rescued and are now bcliiK cared for by the Ameri­can Hcd Cross at Messina. It wus re­quested that communication be made to tiie family. The communication was signed by William t'ann, director of connular seri-lce, tor acting secre­tary of state.

As there are no members of the Bailey family now living here In town. Mr. Lawrence communicated with Mr.s. E. J. Dlirllng, who notified'.the rela­tives in Fitchburg, and also Mrs. Edith Plahor. in Maine, with whom the elder Mr, Bailey has been staying.

Mrs. I)arllng has also received a postal direct from Mrs. Bailey, but the date Is December 30, and It was mailed from Bordeaux, France, December 31. The writer speaks of their pleasant trip across the Atlantic 'and that a wireless had been sent to CUCford at the next port and thcy were hoping he yould meet them. No further mes­

sage has been received by Mrs. Darl­ing- or other friends here, although it is now- hoped that if -Mrs. Uaile.v's Injuries are not such as to make it Impossible, they will receive a message direct, very soon, as she will realize their anxiety.

N'cw-.s from .\broad, Mrs. J. Edward Clement recently

received a copy of the Stars and .Stripes, the official newspaper of the A. E. P„ published In P'rance, from her husband. Mr. Clement Is still with the army of occupation in France and thinks they will get in a year there before gettlnj; home. He went over -with the 76th Division last July. The paper gives an Interesting account of the Christmas celebration, when many of the little French children were re­membered by "Yankee Santa Clau.se»." Nearly all the men received their 9x4x3's, or Christmas boxes, from

home in tiiu.- for the event. As re­lated, t.he •.v..,rk of distribution to tho soldier !,oys sliows remarkable effi­ciency. Kifty-Hve carloads of tho lit­tle pasteboard i,oxes were sent to tho front from Bre.st alone. Twenty-sev­en carloads were sped out of St. Na-zaire. and tw-elve more from Bor­deaux. One of the "Christmas pack- ' age boats" arrived a bit lute, but ytas unloaded in record time. At the de­barkation camp at Sl. Nazaire 1S,000' "Vanks were w-altlng for home-bound boats, and thcy shared their Christ­mas treat with the French children, so that their last memories of Franco were pleasant ones. The main fea­tures of the dinner of the army of oc­cupation were German geese. whlclL the soldler.s obtained from the Ger­man "Frau," giving soap In exchange. Every man In France or Germany re­ceived a Christmas package from the T. M. C. A- •

Getting the Most for your Money There's a way to do that iri clothes buy­

ing—and here's th6 place-. The price you spend here for a . . -

Hart Schaffner <& Marx Suit or Overcoat

is as good as a Jot more money other places ^because of the quality you get. All wool materials; made in the best .maimer; in stylish suits that v/aste no fabrics; in models for men and young men. Such clothes are economy because they last longer.

• Your satisfaction is guaranteed in these clothes^ If- you don't think you get it, you get your money back. •

HART.fi^HAFFNER & MARX SUITS AND OVERCOATS $28. to $ 3 8

OTHE^-MAKES ^ i s ' t o $ 2 5

OPPOSITE DEPOT AYER, MASS.

Si>CcUil Aid XotC«. The Specla'r Aid society, held a busy

meeting: on Monday at their, rooms. There • •as a large attendance and much work was accomplished. In re­sponse to a request from tho headqu.'ir-ters of the American Red Cross in Lowell the society accepted a consisn-ment of work to be done in conjunc­tion with the special aid work. Most of our local boys having: returned from-the campfi. and being already well sup­plied, the work for them has lessened. Thus the society has been working on garments for the refugees.

On Monday the society made thirty flannel shirts for the refugee men and boys. So much appreciation was shown by the I-owell society that a larger consignment is to be sent this week, together with knitted work to be done, and all members and inter­ested workers are invited to come to the rooms and assist. Work ia also expected from the Special Aid head­quarters in Boston, as there are avla-tork i t s unflnished.

The Special Aid society Is an auxil­iary of the Red rross and orrty recent­ly has the I.owol! division been advised that they stood ready to do their bit In'Red Cross woik. The work will bo furnished dirortly from the headquar­ters in I.owoi; to the chairman of the Special Aid hfro in town, and will bo

Overcoats OF EVERY KIND FOR MEN AND BOYS

You will find here a large stock of handsome and de­sirable Overcoats. Every man will find here an Overcoat that will be sure to please him.

Here is the dressy Overcoat in Black or Oxford, with velvet collars, and the attractive Fancy Mixture Overcoats in a variety of styles, all stylish and well tailored. Here also is the long Storm Coats with large storm collars cut 52 inches long.

We are offering all these coats at prices very much under their present market values.

Come in and look them over, as that is the only way you can gain an idea of the superior values we are offer­ing.

$15.00 to $28 .00 $22 .00 to $28 .00 $24.00 to $35 .00

Fancy Mixture Overcoats Black Kersey Overcoats Oxford Mixture Overcoats

Indcpenflont of chapter of 'i> many nion-ilHTs alPO nicmt-ors n clsowhor^.

A hr lo f l.;-,>i In which tho r ond troasiiror

:'r.o work of the locn'. T.ed Cros.s. a l t h o U R h

I f the Special Aid are -hf Ited Cross here or

PALMfiR STREET BASEMENT

o"? meetlnK w-as helO pnrts of the sccrctary -orc read. The treas­

urer reporte<l tho "laR day" receipts as HBO, This ninoimt win bo used for tho welcome hanquet for the roturnlnj; soldiers, which ts to he given soon.

The society voted to afllllate In any way possible with C. B. Hamilton, who has been recently appointed chairman ot the local rommltteo for home serv­ice by the Lowell branch of.the Cross.

The society Is to meet each Mon­day afternoon at their rooms.

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Mceanxc from \Va.«hlnKton. . . Tho rumor concemlngr Mr. and Mrs,

Bailey, as survivors "from the Pre.nch Steamship Chaouia, has now beotrtion-Jlrmed, On Monday, Xi-K. Lawrence, acUnff chief of police, reAelred a com­munication trom the Department of foreign Service, Woshlnarton. D. . C , sayinc that thcy had received a cable­gram from the American ambassador In Rome, Italy, stating th»t the French Steamship Chnoula WM Vank 6y col llslon with a mine near Messina on January U, and there were two Ameri­cans on board the vessel at the time of its sinking, Mr, and .Urs.'- Thomas H, Ballky, of East PeppeteW, Mass.. Both

SHEEP-LINED COATS Sheep-iined Coats in different lengths,

made with Moleskin outside and with large fur collar?. Just the coat for a man who is out-of-doors this time of the year. They will !:iter--'st yo'a—better step in and look them over. •*

Short Coat< $d.^O'Vo $20.00 Lonsi Coats $ 2 0 . 0 0 to $35.00

D,'?/17,VG and STORM COATS

Henv; garments made of Montana Buf­falo C'oth and Astrakhan Cloth; have large storn' coiiars and are storm and wind proof.

$25.00 to $ 3 5 . 0 0

SWEATERS How about a good Sweater—we have

them. Men's Boys'

All kinds and pnces $ 1 . 5 0 to $10 .00

$ 1 . 5 0 to $5 .00

WINTER CAPS

Every kind of Winter Caps in Cloth or Fur; also, a big line of Yarn Toques for Men and Boys.

Men's Warm Caps $1.00 ,to $2 .50 Men's Heavy Golf Caps $1 .00 to $2 .50 Boys' Heavy Golf Caps 75c^ to $1 .50 Heavy Yarn Toques 75d to $1 .50 Men's Fur Caps $3 .50 to $7 .50

RUBBER FOOTWEAR

We have everything you can possibly need in the way of Rubber Footwear. We carry the best makes and the very best qualities to be found in the country.

Gold Seal Ball Brand Goodyear Glove

Are you acquainted with the above makes? You will find them here and you will pay no more for them than you are accustomed to pay for the ordinary makes.

Reliable Clothier and

Head-to-Toe Outfitter Geo. H. Brown Ayer, Mass.

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We pabUah tbe (ollowine Fspesa: giuuCT's PubUo Sixlrit, Ayer, M a o .

.Xlw Groton T«ini1in»rk Xbe rtippcrUl CIarioi>-AdTertlaer n > e Edttleton Gulden Xbe WesttOrd 'Wardsmaa Tbe Barranl Hillside Xbe Shirley Oracle Xtie Townaend Toooin Xbe Brookline (N. H.) Beaooi* Xbe HoIIl* (X. H.) BomcstCMd

Satsrsd as secoad-clas* mattsr at th* *««tofflc* at Ayer, Hasa.

Saturday, Febmary 1, 1910,

WESTFORD Center.

The home (fuard drill on Tuesday evening at the town hall was quite -well attended. After an hour's work a light lunch was served by A. W. Ilartford, mess sergeant. Capt. Rob­inson then Introduced Major Jeycs, of l^well , who told his experiences in the national guard' on the water front In Boston, guarding the piers, catching the Ul-dlsposed, and loading trans­ports. Next, Lieut, Barton,'of North Chelmsford, was introduced-, and told hla experiences on tho fighting line of France. An Injured arm had released hlni from the army. Both nieti's stories were exceedingly Interesting, The home guard dance, February 19, 5s being looked forward to with Inter­est. Poole's orchestra, eight pieces, of Boston, .win furnish the music. . Con­cert from eight t a nine; dancing from nine to one. A, ,W.-Hartford, Kobert JPrescott, William .E. Wright. Fred Naylor of .Forge Village and Albert Delay he of North ChelThsfA-d are the committee iri charge.

Miss iJthel Webster, of Lowell, Is visiting her aunt. Mrs, -Josie A. Pres­cott; and both w;ero among the work-

. e;^ at Wednesday's Red Cross meeting, JUilss Webster has a brother, Corp, Herbert C, Webster, a member of the military.police of - the 26th Division Who has been choicn o;[ie of four, as a •body-, -fguard of President Wilson In France.:

'Mric' Minnie Panton. of Lowell, Is a guest';6f Mrs. George F. White. Mrs.' "White's .mother, Mrs, Dustln, is also staying ~wl& her,

Mrs, IVllilam G, Roiidenbush, presi­dent of the Tadmuck club, was In at­tendance on Thursday at the. presi­dents' conference at the Hotel Ven-idome, followed by a luncheon,

A recent engagement announced is aa.follows: Mr, and Mrs, George E,

•^_Worth announce the engagement of their- daughter Orrle to Archie A. Hartford, of 'Westford.

Alfred W. Tuttle gains somewhat slowly and has not yet been able to go

• hack to work on the branch line elec­trics.

.Recent surgical cases of "Westford people at the Lowell General hospital are all' doing nicely. Mrs. Houghton G. Osgood is now gaining each day. Miss Elizabeth Wells was reported "Wednesday as sitting up for the flrst time. Mrs. John O'ConncU. who re­cently returned home, is making a sood convalescence at her home at Nashoba farm, as is also Mrs, Ralph

" Brldgeford at her home.

Conslden^le sickness is reported among the children in town. The two younger children of Mr. and Mrs. A.

,E. Loveless are sick with Influenza. Town nieetlng is Monday, February

10. The Westford Water Co. held Its

annu.il meeting Saturday of last week and elected Jo'nn C. Abbot, pres.: Charles O. I'rescott.. vice pres. and tre.as.; Cap:. Sh>-r!r.,Tn H. Fletcher, manaijer: .Mor.zo H. Sut'nerland. yupt.

The P'renoh re'ie!- wor'K K 'O.S or. w-ith jrood interest, hr.ldir.p its meeting e,-.ch Friday .-.fterr.onn at the home of Mr.«. Julian .\. Cameron.

Ne.\t Tuesday ,-ifternoon at the meeting of th ? Tadmiu.-k c-l-. li at Li­brary hall .Mrs. I'.tuh -Steven.-; Re./il •will lecture on --Ilettf^r dressing nn .smaller e.xpenditures." c.mie and le.arn ho'i\- it can be done.

The second ail-day Kefi Cr^ss nieet-inpt at l.ibr.ary hall on We<lr:osday proved successfui in attendanf-e and work acconiidished not-n-ithstandin^ what started in to be a stormy day. There were between- twenty-livo and thirty pre.- ent and the leliet garments -worked on w-ere toys' clothes, wom­en's warm jackets nnd men's shirts. Mrs. .Idhn I-'ecney w.-is in charge of tho lunche'-.n at nr.on. assisted by the president. Mrs Hildreth. an<l was a success in satisf.i, tnry ed-.Mes for time and work involved.

The many Westford fri'-nds of Mrs. * 'William I.. Wonds have been gl.ad i>f

more encf-.uraginj:: reports from her home in Somerville. where she is so .serio.isily ill with pneumi.nl.a follow­ing influenza.

At the ('.-.ngregfitif.nal church Sun­day morning P.ev. (). I.. Hrow-nsey-s morninc stibjett -.vi:! he "The city with twelve gates." and m the evening "The drift fw.-trd r*-i;Erion.-- .s.',;nda> :*cbool with meirs , lass at ne.in .'it whieh eiirren- even; flrst half h'.vir Th • harvf "t .Mrs Co:,. ing a r d the evei-v-r ..f Mr-, c H \V::L-

rliei.rs w r e :r.i-ist successful las ' Sur.. d,-iy. There were fourteen singers a; the merning sr.i-\:re and at the e\en-

s ^-il! occ ;t)> ;hf -• chorus choir .11 irn in ihe nuirn--er-.ice in (-hari.-"

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jng se^^-:'-wi!h a dii .Me-./- K. a ti*l .--x '-r 1 1 . .\1 f C1 :

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.M -i:r was sui'plem'-r.r •- Wright and .Mrs. -,l-,rs botll r;.' rnil.Li :-.e laller I ' r Henry ..lert of ;h. ' .-t.ite er,rr"s;:. , ,ir | - K

town. Is seriously 111 with pneumonia ut his home in Pelham, N. H.

Butter In England i.s $- a pound, and eggs 52.25 ti dozen, und milk so scarce that It Is not tiuoted. With these prices, w-hut have w-e been squealing about for theao four years.

Intensive fruit surveys have been made, in \i few .spei-lallzed fruit sec­tions of the United States. Seven or eight such surveys htive been seen to date. The county horticultural agent, after discussing the matter with prac­tical frult-Krowers in Littleton, with the pomology department of the Mass­achusetts Agricultural college, und with the trustees of the farm bureau, has decided to make such a survey In Littleton. The survey will Include a study of varieties, soils, pruning meth­ods, cultui-al methods and fertilizing und spniying practises. Prof, Sears of, the college will assist the horticultural agent. Nothing of the sort has been attempted before in New- England, and it is expected to prove a benefit to the surrounding towns.

At the Ittst farmers' Institute, Dra­cut, last week, the speaker of the morning, R. W. Merrick, of .Quincy, said many bright things. But In the following ho portrayed the true and vital situation In New England that it needs to be quoted with a special em­phasis of seriousness: "Ne'W England does not prodtice anywhere near the amount thai we consume. It will be necessary for us to produce more If New England Is to continue to prosper. Until we can get a lower cost of liv­ing for operatives In our various in­dustries New England Is going to suf­fer severely. It will.mean If we look forward far enough, the abandonment of many of the Industries, It Is not a question of how niiuch money a- man earns, but a question of the buying power-of that money,"

Oscar R. Spalding is making lumber of the to-wn farm lot with portable saw mill. 'Wallace Johnson Is doing the skidding, hauling of logs and lum­ber.

At tho republican caucus, Monday evening, the following were unani­mously called to service.: Herbert V,

(Hildreth. chairman; Alfred- W, Hart-'fprd, sec,: Charles L, Hildreth, town clerk; Capt. Sherman H, Fletcher, se­lectman; James W, Rafter, asse'sso'r; Samuel H, Balch, overseer of -poor: Leonard W, Wheeler, collector: Har­wood L. Wright, treasurer: Fred A. Smith,' auditor; Frank L. Furbush, John P. Wright, school committee: Charles O. Prescott, library trustee; David L, Grelg, cemetery commission­er; Harry L, Nesmlth, tree warden: Herbert E , Fletcher, moderator. These are the persons to be marked up for approval at the' annual town meeting oii Mon.day, February 10,

The claim Is made that the potato crop'in Middlesex county w,as disap­pointing last year and the claim Is ad­vanced that it was due largely to home grown seed. The Rhode Island experi­ment station has been making a com­parative test of home grown potatoes and selected State of Maine potatoes for planting. The last extended over a period of six years and the average for the six years per acrg, was home grown seed 185 bushelsi.State' of Maine seed 286 bushels, an acreage ot more than 101 hu*« l s ' more per acre In favor of Maine stock. There is much In this experiment and much that Isn't in It. The less adapted the soil by nature to raising potatoes the cftener should the seed be. changed. Market gai-'den land In Middlesex county is poorly adapted to potatoes,' not so much by nature, but made so by too long, continuous manuring and pulver­izing for other crops, Vnder such con­ditions the seed potatoes should come from Maine every year.

The next meeting of the Grange will be held in the tow-n h,-<ll on next Thurs­day evening, and will go down into history .as "valentine night." in charge of the Misse.s Marion and Mildred Fletcher and Ruth Johnson.

John C. .\bbo;. betides having bought Kennedy hill off the Charles D. '.'olburn I'arni. has now bought the --Maples" on the opposite'side of the ro.i.l. We expect these purcha.-es are

i for their aesthetic value, rather than I for cordw-ood pasture valuation. The I hli' is an appealing Intluence to as-j cer.d it for recuptration fron; the I weariness of the financial underbrush

1 tangle of our valley living, and the

-'Maples-- are too holy a j 'art of the

aesAietic to be sw-a;,l>e(l fi-r cordwi-.od.

The next meet ing of .Middlesex-

North Pomona Grange w-lli be held in

(idd Fellows' hall, P.ridge street. I.ow--

ell. Friday, P'ei.ruary '• The new old

lecturer. Mrs. Warren A Sherburne, of

Tyrgslioro, w-ill httv^ something to

keep you b-isy.

Mrs. Catherine ' Hor.in 1 Kvarts

died at the home of her sister. Mrs

.loseph Des.iardins. Lowell. Monday

She was born in \VesIford. her home

being on I'itieon hill, on the Stony

Brook road, i e m g one of five children

of Thnma.s ai,.! BridL-et iCi-Prieni H- -

ran. The family were industr ious an.;

ju-ospf-rMus ,-.•: -he w-ell tilled farm an.i

built the new house nn-.v occ-.ipied b\

members of th - family. She w-a-. on,

of the old-rime scholars in the 'i. ' .

Story r.r.-.-k school in the .lolly .i.,>s

of the :irt;,' re.- scho. .Iho ,ise. She v. ,;s

a'l apt scholar .ind a most oomiia nr .n-

at.;.- s/ho,-Mm.ire. brimnlint: wirh lauci.-

• -er :-rOi so, labilitv enlivened bv a w --

' : \ - .1 • -.-rsation This she exeini-ilitV-..

•o r l . . list Sh<- is --irvived i>\ h.-

^ hist.,ii-.l, C h a r b s H Kvnrts: --.x •• >i--

: , . ' s , .MI.- Maria 1'esiar.lins. ••:' 'iV...-'

f.T.l. -ll'.! Mri. c,.;ia l.es1;i-d ' - '

: Lowell. ,. brother, .lohn H. H • •• "i

j l'..,slon. and sev.-ral nepll. w-

Corporal Frank Curtis and Private Charles .Morris at Camp Devens ut an enterttimment given by Co. L at l.lbet-ty theutie. Corp. Curtis received his dlschurgi Wednesday and Pvt. Morris expects to bo released the last of the week. They will both return to their homes in Worcester and return to their former -positions. During their stay at Camp Devens thcy were en­tertained at the-home of Mr. und Mrs, Buker here,

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Reed of Haw­thorn street, Lowell, and the Misses Betty and Sadie Ross of Ayer were the guests Sunday of the Misses Edith and Sarah Precious.

The many friends of Lieut, Albert E. Jones will be interested to learij that he expects t o 'be home shortly from Franco. In a recent letter re­ceived by his grandparents, Mr, and Mrs, William Burnett, he states that, after the last drive only five officers were left In his division and they were all wounded, Lieut. Jones was Wound-, ed In the back with .a piece of shell While stooping to assist a fallen com­rade. He has been.in the hospital over three months and will return on a hos-pitalship. Theyoungsoldlcr.wholsstlll In his'early twenties, has seen a good deal of army life. He was down In Mexico when the trouble broke'-'but and later -was One of tho flrSt to go to France. He is a native of this town, but resides with his wife, also from here, and two small children In Wor­cester, He is with the 26th division, A.'E. F.

The Ladles' Sewing circle are plan-' nlng a Washington pie supper on Washington's birthday for the beneflt of the Mission house.

GnuiitcvUlc, Uleut, W, H. Sherman, M, D„ who

recently received his honorable dis­charge from the U. S, Medical Corps, has been a. recent visitor here.

The Red Cross meeting .was largely attended on Wednesday afternoon and much work was accomplished.

The younger element.-have been en­joying some excellent skating here the past week.

A letter has rcce»tly been received by Mr, and' Mrs. Peter. Healy from their son John, now with-the A, E, F, "Jackie',' Is now In Paris, having the tl'me of his life, and states that he doesn't figure on being home before next fall,

Walter Bcebe, another Granlteyillc boy over there, has recently been heard from, and he states that he I.s well, but don't know when he'll be back,

Frank H. Sullivan, another West­ford boy, ha? recently written to friends here. He Is how doing mili­tary police duty In the town of Ark En Barrels, about thirty kilometers from Chanmount, where President Wilson and General Pershing review­ed the big mllltJiry parade on last

about forty days with very little snow. He is in hopes of getting homo in time for the btiseball season.

Notices have recently been posted In the Abbot Worsted mills here that beginning this week the mill will ruh on a schedule of four days per week.

The members of Caineron circle. C. F. of A., held their regular meeting on Tuesday evening with a large num­ber in attendance.

last few weeks, m<.st of his work ha \ -Ing been done on lake .Niigog.

A half-dozep Llttb ton farmers wc;e present at the ugruulturul meeting held In Waltham last week Friday, There was also'a-g.od representation of our townsmen at the farmers' insti­tute in Ayer this week Wedne.Hduy.

H, S, Barker went to Hollls, .N. H., r"ecently and sold William Proctor's cattle, as Mr, Proctor s broken hip un­fits him for tho care of his herd, and hired help Is unobtainable.

Langdon Prouty. who has been quite sick and in care of a triUncd nurse. Is reported decidedly In the gain, with the prospect of a speedy recovery.

'Walter Kimball is the owner of a new Dodge car.

Miss Ruth Morris, of Chicago, w,as the Sunday guest of the Misses San­derson,

Foster Kimball, of the aviation forces, has been honorably discharged from government service,

Michael RIvetU has bought the hoiise and land of F, C, Hartweil, lo­cated on Taylor street.

Mrs. William Dodds has received a very cheery letter from her brother. Carroll Wright, In France, who looks forward to an early return from over­seas duly. He was raised' ot\ his twenty-fourth birthday to the position of master engineer, senior grade, the highest attainable of the.non-cominls-sloned o/ncers.

"Stories of old New England meet­ing-houses" will be the subject of the paper given at the meeting of the Al­liance on next week Friday afternoon at 2.30 o'clock. The meeting will be held at the home of .Mrs, A. E, Hop­kins, and the paper -will be given by Miss Alice. M. Howard, Music, show­ing some of the old-time hymn tunes. Is expected. All ladles In the parish are Invited

The board of registrar^ meet this evening in the selectmen's room to add names to the voting list to be used at the coming town meeting.

The meetings of the Baptist church on Thursday evenings have grown In Interest and attendance. The meet­ing this week was held at the parson­age; subject, "The Inside Of the cup," Next weJk ti>e meeting will be held at the hom,e of George A. Kimball; subject. ""Victbry and victors."

The school committee Is fortunate In securing .the gcrvlces of Francis J. Foster, ot Danbury, Conn,, to fill the vacancy in the teaching staff of the high school, jnade by the resignation of Miss Marlon Haskell!

Next Sunday is the arinlycrsary of Christian Endeavor. The topic, of the evening will be "The best things In Christian EJndeavOr," followed by a brief address by the pastor, Rev, H, L, Caulkins, on "Religion with a punch,"

was very unfortunate that men favor­able to th^ idea could not have been found to tAke charge! We all" know and the.managers of the roads them-sclvcs^dirfltted, they were .tt tho end of their resources and the government took hold o t the matter because that was the only thing to do. The govern­ment did what England did the first week ot, the war,'and for the same reason. I t waa.frOm grim necessity. With terminals blocked with freight, cqulpinent .Inadequate to bundle the traffic, and things generally so badly balled up.lt was next to'Impossible to get anything oy^r, the roads—every­thing was In the worst possible shape for the. government to make a show-ins. Is It any wonder, under these conditions, that. It-tt>ok some time to bring order out ot chaos, and that the railroads or the government lost money In doing It*. No dotlbt the dis­continuance of trains and many ot her changes that inconvenienced the pub­lic more or ^less were necessary ' in order that war-time work be done as promptly as possible. .

Where the firie Work was got In for disgruntling the public were the little, petty rules that amounteil to nothing one 'Way or the other so. far as hand­ling the trafficWas concerned, but were Just little, Irritating Inconven­iences that hit everybody in a greater or less degree.: The big things the public could stand; they could,see the reat-on for thes.e changes. The petty rules were without any apparent rea­son and therefore- the more Irritating, We stlU think Jhe thlng.has not had a fair trial, but are willing to let 'con­gress thresh out the matter and w e have no desire to argue the question while congress Is on the job, V,T,E.

Banquet, _. _.. The first annual banquet of the Boy

Christmas day, F r a n k l s well and saysj Scouts, held in the Congregational that there has been rain there for* vestry Last week Friday night, proofed

Officers Installed. Healy's hall was the scene of a

very pleasant gathering on last Sun­day afternoon when. the officers of Court Westford, M, C. O, F., were duly Installed by Charles M, Ryan, d. K. c. r., and suite, from HiiverhiU court. The conductors were Mrs. White and Miss Farley, while Miss Rachel Wall w-as the pianist for- the ceremony. .After the installation brief but interesting remarks w-ere given by Deputy Ryan and John Murphy, from Haverhill, and several of the officers of the Westford court. .\ buffet lunch was served that w-as deeply appreci­ated by all present, .\fter luncheon a short but pleasing musical program \ -as gi^-en. consisting r.i' the follow­ing numbers; PI:ino solo. Miss Rachel Wall; songs, "ti rose from .No Mans Land" and "God be with our boys to­

night." Mr.s. White: songs. "When the great red dawn is shining' and "When rightfully carried out. and the guests Tony goes over the top." Frank Charl ton; song. ".\ dream.' Miss Rachel Wall; vocal trio. "Smiles' and "Till we meet again." Mrs. White. .Miss Wall .'.nd >Ir. Charlton. .

The whole affair proved a great so­cial success . and w.as thoroughly en­joyed by the large number present. The year just closed finds Westford court in a sound financial condition. Several applications for membership have been received and the prospects for the i.resent year look very prnm.is-irg.

a distinct social success. Including scouts and their guests there were thirty present. The vestrj- was dec­orated in excellent taste, suggestive of the scouts' lite and pastimes, with an arch of birches at'the entrance, rtilnlr ature evergreen trees 4nd tennis rackets at some windows, green trees and sklls at othA-s, and a group of evergreen trees, a wigwam and an open fire on the platform. The tables were attractive^-; set arid the service by the scouts was as nearly perfect as one could wish. A very palatable menu was relished by scouts and their guests, consisting of, tomato bisque, po­tato salad, beans, sandwiches,, cake, coffee and apples. Pardon us for over-Jooking the place cards, one of the most unique features of the occasion, a pleasing souvenir of the event.

After the inner man's taste was fully satisfied there followed a feast of wit and a flow of soul that won the admiration of all, w-ith Rev. F. W. Lambertson as a most entertaining and mirth-provoking toastmaster. - He Introduced as speakers. Warren Priest, who gave an amusing account of his first experience in camping: Rev. O. J. Fairfield, who gave reminiscences; Dr. Christie, who related his experi­ences at a southern camp, and N. H. V.'hitcoiiih. who spoke on the scout and his father. Plvery feature of the evening was carefully planned and de

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AU persons having demands upon the estate of said deceased are required to exhibit the same; and all persons In­debted to said-estate are calld upon to make payment to < . '

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West Somervllle. Mass. January is'th, 1919. 3t22

at least, are decidedly enthusiastic over the entire entertainment of the evenir.g.

LITTLETON News Tlom.s.

The United Workers w-lll meet with Miss E. W, Thacher on next Wednes-.!;,;, afternoon, when Mrs, Dexter, of I'-.hburg. will addre.'s the ladies.

.\' the business meeting of the Phil-'.. a class last week Friday, the of-i

T, < r- wer,. re-elected: Mrs. H. F. V,. ,-ks, pres.; Mis." Marlon 'W. Flagg. - 1 . Mrs J. W. Dodds. s ec , and Mrs.

, b. Crane, treas. Many business - . ,".rs received attention, and the

, -- • ted to hold a rumma.ge sale

M. Henrietta Rwirtgs spent two ! ,- week with friends In Ix>xinc-

• ho r".T rest of handl ing frtiir

imp.

vn il 1

.-Mxtnt Tow-n. R e - , ' \ ••; i i i l l N - b h i s s o i . l

abnu; th.itv ac-r(s •,'. llie lot.i.lo.v l.iild r,n th.e MtW.T farm --• ': !.-•• • • ':,,^. son. of :-..ri.-e \-i:t.i-.:e

Miss ,\i'hei( SMV-IO,"' . - ll' I ! ' . " - -

pll.nl m Post . ; , fre-u ••: . p' ' for

app< ndicitis.

I.est we forget — it

t he re should be a ll

t he meet ing in : h "

d.Ty evening, .'-"el,ruary " .o -ii'- o -

terout "f --(letter method^ - f s i r . r r g

.-ipple."." Tf ihere K inti-rest enough

nho-«-n to make It worth while other meetings will be held here; if i o-, ilie meeting."! will lie held elsewhere. This town la the cent*r of large i-rchiiidf and plenty of interest should be shown

Gr.-iham R. Whldden is cutting off hla ,lumber lot near Westford .station .ind opposite the saw mill of Hugo T Page. This lot also borders on Grassy pond, when there Is water for it to "border on, ' Eben Tallant, who formerly lived in

l - ' i ; t e . l S t a t e s o r ' l i e W . o l d is

I Mrirshall fiirni in I'l;- hi ur.;

I 'orge \ ' i l lagr .

The en le r ta lnment ilia: ^vo-

glv'-i here for ihe Sunday s( iv

jdr'-ii of St .Vndre-.v's mi.sslon ' .

• posi j . 'o i d for Ihe second I n "

i Lie it fle.irge Pfiwell. w-h" •-

• i^tui :u-1 ;--f.ni the war zone u

mine layer of the I

•aine.l the fir.st of tl

nie of lUr. and M i

i -.vas Ol [ -,vn s ' 1 . :i: t h e

Shr idd l

1 T h e ,11-', on

• '

t ' h

< k

m

\-« of the Abbot Woi-

mning four days n "

' Mbss Kather lne O'Neil. -.<

ibren ill with pneumonia, is -i-

i l . . sit up each day for a sh.o;

She was the recipient of m a n .

esti'ig let ters from Westforrl ,o

pupils, -A-here she is in tho fr.

lass . .

Miss Ethel Ripley, a senior i

ford academy. Is confined at lo

illness.

William Bake r and two dan

the Misses Gladys and Oertrud. er, were the guests Tuesday evem

;..ic-.- n.-iughters v,-m hold • _-i;ar meeting with Mrs.

wn next Tuesday afternoon. | f • - who have not already paid to,r ,.^, s-nients arc urged to do anl M

The executive committee j i.iiN •s . , visiting and sunshine com- I the

r. II Ford has been called i 'i'l .ugh the sickness Of his}'"' -

• ';. rce Newcombe,returned t<> ..:- .1 the Center oh .Tuesday. N.w nibc'r. brother came with

helped open the home. . Wimhali is in Kcw Jersey this

suing his sister Gladys, at • . \ and visiting tho attractions • i.'wn and country-

ok .MoPndden, released from 1 :11. nt .'ervice. camo home this m l took his former position nt

es K ('ay's, ar th6 Wildomcss. ige H, Kimball, who has been r.r a few weeks, Is gradoally re-i: normal health, although hla

still weak

I., w . c. Mrs. Lillian M. Priest opened her

homo to the Woman's d u b on Monday as Mrs. Brown was unable to receive the club because of illness. The presi­dent. Mrs, Hartweil, Was in-the chair. and brought up several matters of business. .Miss Fannie A. Sanderson was chosen delegate to the civic con­ference in Saugus, January 28. A sum of np.ney w-as voted the committee for the w-.irk on child labor.

Announcement was made that the moni^y for the support of a French orphnn has been collected and for-war.l'-l to headquarters,. The secre-tar;, s r.-'port w-as read and approved and . ther business was brought before the 1 lub.

M,-s .\Iririon W. Flagg rend "The club, a poem, by S.am Walter Fo.ss, Mrs. l.illiiin Priest gave a faithful and in:e..,st;ni.' review of Mary Waller's -Mill of Ihe silences," a present-day

ron,III,..', wh.'se hero joins the Cana-diiiii :-..rre,. an.l enters sei-vlce over-S...-IS .Mrs Priest reproduced the plot. 111.1 -rail many sections to give por-tra>-al ,,f character, descriptions nnd n,.M,ii rs of special value. The si.eik.r, ..s usual, commanded the rlosi sl ;i':.n!i..n. and the president, in bei,,, - ,,f ih. club, thanked Mrs. Pries: f(.r 1. iM., ,-in.i Interesting prescnta-

I'-r subject.

.\ Sanderson reported the ' i.lirg interest to come before

It ;e during the present aes-

COMMONWBALTH OF MASSACHU­SETTS. Middlesex, ss. Probate Court.

To the helrs-at-law, next of kin and all other persons interested In the es­tate of JOHN SPRAGUE late of Shirley In'said County, deceased.

Whereas, certain' Instruments pur­porting to be the last will a n d t e s t a -ment—and one codicil—of said deceased have been presented to said Court, for Probate, by SILAS B, HAYNES who •prays that letters testamentary may be issued to him, the executor therein named, without giving a surety on his ofhciai. bond.

You are hereby cited to appear at ,a Probate Court, to be held at Cambridge in said County bf Middlesex, on the sev­enteenth day of, February A. D.. 1919, at nine o'clock In-theforenoon, to show-cause, if any you have, why the same should not be granted.

And said petitioner Is hereby directed to give public notice- thereof, by pub­lishing this citation once In each week, tor three successive weeks. In the Shir­ley Oracle, a newspaper published in naid County, the last publication to be one day, at least.'before said Court, and by mailing postpaid, or delivering a copy of this citation to all known per­sons Interested In.the estate, fourteen days at least before said Court.

iWltness, Charles J, Mclntlre, Esquire, First Judge of said Court, thla twenty-, eighth day of January In the year oife thousand nine htindred and nineteen.

3tl'2 F. M. ESTY, Register.

' COMMON~«'E4LTH* OP MASSACHU­SETTS. Middlesex, ss. Probate Court.

To the heirs-atrJaw-. next of kin and all other persons Interested In the es­tate of S.A.RAH A. MORSE late of Townsend In said County, deceased.

Where, a certain Instrument purport­ing to be the last will and testament of said deceased has been presented to Bald Court, for Probate, by LEWIS E. MOF.SI-: w-ho prays that le t te rs t e s t a ­mentary may be issued to him, the ex-ecut.jr therein named, without giving a surety en his official bond.

'i'eu are "nereby cited to appear at a Probate Court, to bt held at Cambridge in said County of Middlesex, on the i?eventeen:h day of February .\. I>. lt'19, at nine O-CIOC'K in the forenoon, to show cause, if aiiy you have, w-hy the same sht'uM n^.i be granted.

l.\n(l sai.l petitioner is hereby directed to give public notice thereof, by pub­lishing this citation once in each week, for three successive weeks, in the Townsend Toscln. a new-spaper - pub-lisheiliin said County, the iast publi­cation :o be one da.v. at i'-as:, before soi'l Ct.urt. and by mailing postpaid, or delivering a copy of this citation to al! k.-.own persons interested in the es­tate, seven days at least before said Co-Jrt.

WitU'SS. Charles J. Mclntlre. Esquire. First Judge of said Court, this twenty-fourth day of January in the year one thousand nine hundred and nineteen,

'•••'•••!- F. M. ESTY. Register.

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Messrs, AllcB and Wood, sum'ncr

-leetlnp. a muslcale, will •he home of-Mrs.- Ethel j • street. Tho artists will

;e c.llman Edwards, of nd Mrs. Reed, ot New--

III I V|.l:.

wro'.L- 1

Fi.le - ,

mer.T f

er.shl;. '

Inter,: :

the g.,-.

not o\y

Of cir.-

pow-er

Pak-

ng of

at Fort pond, bave filled .atronglx . « . t - f^m^. D 4IH_ yit^^l f^l^T-

i residents . . . - „ . - ^ .

their icehouaca this wo«lt . ' ;Ivo Rus­sell has been very busy cuttInK and harvesting Ice for different pftrtw* the

and If the 1.1.

ing success

,11 ion.

•> s-ford correspondent in .-1 .'irtlcle anent the r.illroad

,s to be l.iboring under . .rsion—.'"barking up the

fact.- Wc did not con-le In question an argu-

gainat govcri?ment own-. -.'Mda, It-Was Simply our ill I'tentlon to the fact that 11 t In nssumlhg control— s-li. was totcei by stress - 1 es to place In places of - ho were v e r y naturally : f iv.r of prlvato ownership

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No, 7071 Commonwealth of Mas.sachiL'^'ttfi

LAND COURT

Tn MICHAEL BRADLEY and EM-M.-\ crii . i .IER. of Groton, in the Coun-t;,- of Middlesex and said Common­wealth; PARKINSON ODDY of Little-Ion, in said County of Middlesex; ,any heirs, devisees or legal representatives of JAMI-«S R. EATO.N'. now or former­ly of Nashua, In the .State of New Mi.mpfhire. deceased; and to all whom i' "lay concern:

^vhe:eas. a petition has been pre-ser,;e.l to said Court by MARY MPS--.-'KXCKR. of Boston. In the County of ."- -iff, Ik and said Commonwealth, and . M . . \ ' ; ( ; A ! : K T D F F F Y of Detroit, in ' l e str.te cf Michigan, to register and 0 rf.rin their title in the following dc-•- ; 1 ;,f-,'l land :

. lertain i,arcel of land with the '• .11 l.rLs thereon, situate partly in said (It.iou an.i partly In stild Littleton. bo 11 i'.i and described as frillows:

.V, -'hwesterly running on the line of • .' '1 on land of Michael Bradley; :,, r l . ;;>;„r|v on I.ind of Emma Col­

i n , . .,:,,s..,r!y on land of I'arklnson * ' I , -outherly on land of I^arkinson

I' ''I ' • a: .1 southwesterly on the Coun-I ;-• .0: .containing about eight acres j ' f 1 I ni.ire or less. j • ..i.o'.-.. described land Is shown ' ili.n filed with said petition and •• imulary lines arc claimed, to .be 1 11- .1 on the ground as shown on

'..11 are hereby cited to appe.ir ,at " . I ••vl Court to be held In Boston, ll -ll.' '• unty of Suffolk,'On the seven-'""i l i lay of Februarj- A, D, 1919, at ten ., lork in the- forenoon, to show e.iii '-, if any you have, why the prayer of so 1 petition should not be granted. An! unless you appear at said Court al the Mnio and place aforesaid your dc-fatii; will bo recorded, tind the,.said pe- till.11 v,-iii bo taken as confessed, and you will be forever .barred from con­test,ng fnid petition-or any'decrco en­tered thereon. « •

Witnes.^ Ch.irlcs Thornton Davlsi Esquire. Judge ot said Court,, this twentieth day of January In the year nineteen hundred and nineteen, •

Attest with Seal o'f said Cou_r^ i 3t21 CLARENCE C SMI'TH,

(Seal) Recorder."

The ten -papers we publish fully cover the towns of Ayer, Groton, Pepperell, Westford, Littleton, Harvard,. Shirley, Townsend, Brookline, N. H. and Hollis, N H.

Turner's Public Spirit, Ayer Townsend Tocsin Groton Landmark Harvard Hillside Pepp'erell Clarion-Advertiser Shirley Oracle Westford Wardsman Brookline Beacort Littleton Guidon Hollis Homestead

The circulation of our ten papers is ten times larger than that of any other paper circulating in the ten towns-This is worth remembering when Advertisers use the col-ums of these paper's in advertising.

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

When you advertise know for a certainty the circula­tion of the paper.

Advertisements are inserted in all the tan papers andi you get results.

FOR SALE—191S Model Ford Touring Car, run about 500 miles; demountable rims: A-1 condition. CAPT. ROBERT J. OWENS, -HJd Reserve Labor Battal­ion, Catnp Devens, Mass. Tel. Con. 2t21*

noYS tVANTED to sell vanilla flavor­ing .-ifter school hours nnd Saturdays: send tl.OO for 8 bottles that retail for 26c. each; send post card for free sample bottle. WAKEFIELD EXTRACT CO., Sanbomvlllc, N, H, St21"

COMilONWEALTH OF MASSACHU­SETTS. Middlesex, «s. Probate Court.

rro the helrs-at-law, next of kin, creditors, and all other persons Inter­ested In tho estate of JOHN GA1.ACH who died In Ayer In said County of Middlesex. Intestate, being a resident of Shirley In said County and leaving cst.ite In said County of Middlesex to be administered, and not leaving a known widow or heir In this Common­wealth, and'.to the Treasurer and Re­ceiver General of said ComihohWcalth.

Whereas, a. petition.haa been pre­sented to said Court to Krant a letter of-administration on the estate of said deceased to C1L\RLES A. CASTLE pub­lic administrator In and for said Coun­ty of Middlesex, . You ore hereby,^Ited to oppear at a Probate Court, to bo held at Cambridge, In said County of Middlesex, on tho third day of.February A. D.. 1919. at nine o'clock In tho forenoon, to show cause. If any you have, why the same should not be granted, - .

And the said public administrator ts hereby directed to give public notice thereof, by publishing this citation <>nee In each week, for three successive weeks, In Turncr-a Publlo Spirit, a newspaper published In Ayer.'the fast publication to be one day at least bo-fore «ald Court," and l» further directed to deliver t o tho Treasurer and Recelv-er General of said Comra6hweftlth a .copy of said clWtlon.fourteon'.days at least before said Coort.

.Witness, Charles J. ICOlntlre, EsdUIre, First-Jadc«. ot said CourL t h l s t e n t h day of January In th* year one thou­sand nine hundred and nineteen

<>t3t F. IC ESTT, RecUttr

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the subscriber has been duly appointed ad­ministratrix of the estate of- JOHN NBYLAND, otherwise called JOHN NALON and JOHN NEBLAN, late of Harvard, In the County o f Worcester, deceased. Intestate, and has taken up­on herself that trust by giving bond, as the law directs.

All persons having demands upon the estate of said deceased are required to exhibit the same; and all persons In­debted to said estate are called upini to make payment to , .

WINNIPRED P. NEYLAND, Admx., . c/0 Fowler, Bauer & Kenney, 60 Congress, St.. Roston, Mass,

Harvard, Janiiary 21, 1918,- 3t21 ' COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHU­

SETTS, Middlesex, ss. Probate Court, To the helrs-at-law. next of kin and

all other persons Interested In the es­tate ot eoPHlA LAWTON late Ot Ayer In sBldCounty, deceased. ,

Whereas, a certain Instrument pur-portlnft to be the laift will and testa­ment of said,deceased has txeen present­ed to said Court, for Probate, by FRED A.'LAWTON who prays that letters tcs-tjxmentftry may, bo- Issued to him, the executor therein -named, w-lthout giving -a surety onhlttodlclal bond.

You are -herSbjr Cited to appear at a Probate Court," to be held at Cambridge In said County of Middlesex, on the third day of February A, D, 1919. at . nine O'clock In the forenoon, to ahoW cause. If any you have, why the same • should not be granted. - And said petitioner Is hereby directed : to give public notice thereof, b y pub­lishing this citation once Ineaeh week, -for three successive weeks, In Turncr'ir: Kublle Spirit, a newspaper published In Ayer. the last publication to be one day. at least,.before said Court, and by mail­ing postpaid, or del lverlngi l copy of thiu citation to all known persons In­terested Ih the estate, seven days at least before said Court:

Witness, Charles J. Mclntlre. Esquire,. First Judge cf said Court, thlg foiir- -teenth day of January In tho year on* • thousand nine hundred and nineteen.

3t20 7. M. E9TT, R«Kltter.

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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1919

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• . • ; ; ' : ; • . : , HARVARD;,:, 'Serin I tcnj* ' '

The Groiigo'.TvUl entertain a t the i r nex t mootlhg 'wltb a mock town meet -

: I ng on Tuesday evenlngi Februa ry 4,-, i lverj 'bddy Is In-vlted to bring In a t this

. m e e t i n g such articles as. they'Wish dis­cussed, sensible or otherwise, local h i t s or anything that may properly come before this meeting, F r a n k P . Abbott , Dr, Austin Peters and A r t h u r

. T, West a re the committee In charge,

.. P r o g r a m s for t h e ' y e a r wlil also be ready.fordlstr lbutlon^

Tho-Uni tar ian Men's club will hold i t s regular inceting on Sunday eveiiing

. a t eight o'clock. ; John W. -Wood, t e a c h e r a n d principal of tho Rjndge Technical school, will ispeak on "The place of manual t ra ining .In ed\ica-tlon," ' The public Is Invited to a t tend th i s meeting, - ,

Rev, William C - A d a m s , of Cam-br idge . -win preach at the Unitarian c h u r c h - o n Sunday, Sunday school a t twelve -o'clock, •,

Joseph Spooner, who was o u t . on ball, cha rged -vf 1th assault on Thomas

4 Colbert, was arrested In Raiioolph, Vt-, l a s t week "Thursday by Constable 'SVIl-11am Hanna , of th i s ' town, and taken to the Clinton court, y h e r o his charge

. was changed tb murder , following tho dea th o t Mr, Colbert a t the Clinton

, hospttAi; Ho was placed in F i t chburg jiiil wltfio,ut ball and win be ^ v e n a hea r ing ,on February 8, and If the e.vldenco ,warra?itfl, such a coiirse he -will be boun/i over t o await t r ia l be­fore tho gVand-^ Jury , ' ,

Tho Ladles". Benevolent society held tiiclr annua l business meeting, oh Tues­d a y afternoon when the same officers of 1918 were re-elej ted to serve for the year 1919, I t was also voted to hold a .public enter ta inment , -B'lth' Chas, N, Pol lard. Miss Amsden aiid Mr. West

, a s a committee. ' The annual par ish . supper Is to bo held In March.

The liifluenza still ' continues to find new fields of work . ' Ne'W cttses a re winslow' West, Sally" Westcott . Ellen Leldy. Cathe'rlne Munjhy. Miss Ayers and Miss Urquhar t , A l l ' a r e convales-ce'iit, Mrs; Cleaves Is subst i tut ing for Miss Ayers In' the tlfth a n d sixth grades and Miss Urquhar t ' s room, the first a n d second -grades pf the g ram-

•mar school, lias been closed.

'silss i c ad lhe -Walke r . I s 'work ing in Boston, ' ' ' is flllng clerk In a largo In­surance office. " -

Mr. and Mrs . ' ,George F . Cobb, of .Bostoii, spent Monday at the i r farm home on Oak hill. .

The Bromfleld school sleighing par ty h a s been postponed, b " ' only until suf­ficient snow shall arrive to make this event possible.

At tho meet ing of the Woman's , club on Monday, Mrs. Charles K, Bolton read a paper oh "New England homes of 100 years ago,", the mater ia l for which wals taken from diaries k e p t by t h r e e succeeding generations of one family In a nearby town, covering a period of 106 years , 1772-1878, The o u t d o o r ' a n d liidoor life of the farm were both Included, as well a s the so­cial and religious life ot t h e c o m m u ­nity. Miss Josephine N, Baker sang

. "'Honey mine" and "Roses In Plcardy," - accompanied by Mrs. HerlJort'A, Thay­

er, - --:;•_ , At the motldn p i c tu r^show this Satr

. u rday evening Tom Mix.will be seen in "Westeftj blood," He Is the grea t ­es t cowboy actor In the whole wor ld ; come and see a , crowd of cowboys In •full dress suits. Tom MIX was b o m In Texas : also a Mut t and Jeff cartoon.

To«-n McctlnR. ' The annua l town meeting will be

held In the upper town hall on Mon­day, February 3, a t ten o'clock. The polls for- the election of town officers will bo open a t 6,45. in the morning .and will remain open until 2.30 In th« tifternoon. Every voter should Inter­est himself to come out and vote.

.^mong the articles in the town war-rttnt tha t a re of more than usual im­portance are to see If the town will raise money for town scales: to see if the town will raise $1000 for the . \yer road: lo see if the town will lease the town farm to Herber t C. Watson, the present warden, who has made such a creditable showing for his work the

• pas: year; to see if the town will put in a piece of .state road beginning at the Ayer lino on the Ayer road: to see it the town will fix a itrice for the rent of the town hall to Harvard Grange: to seo It the town wlU raise money tor new fire appa ra tus . .

As Is customary at the annual town meeting, tho ladies of the Benevolent society will furnish a dinner In' the lower town hall a t twelve o'clock.

doesn' t falter. I t s ta r t s out to do a certain thing..and I t ' does I t^ro 'm the first sentence to ' th 'e l as t -^ Ie lv lng tbe thintf done; You have a- 'sense—I mean- the reader -hasr^not only of s t rength and rafcldlty of wing, but of t h e unwavering Instinct t ha t gets from point to poliit wi th the least ex­penditure of effort.

And thiii economy of effort—which I dm sure , Is instinctive—greatly en­hances th"e' force bt. tho flne Imagina­t ive quality. From . t h o Imaginative point of view the book Is big. The basic conception of Seth ,Ware's love for Lo%;o Is as cha rming as It Is new. The character's havo gehuinc vitality, while the whole a tmosphere . Is t ha t of a sober poetry tha t t akes the reader r ight Into itself, -In a very special de--g r e e ' y o u t ranslate the . 'spirit o f . t h e long-settled New England valley, with: Its visions anti humors , so tha t your reader feels. a lmost - a s strongly as yourself the something spooky In !the otherwise wbolesomo life. The carry­ing of -Hannah Tiirner. ove r ' to her half-sister's house Is an episode t h a t .Thomas Hardy could not have handled better. The book makes me think ot Hardy—?-wlth, a dlflteronco; and of Hawthorne—with a difference, 'You have the same a r t of trajislatlng the narrow and rural Into the correlative te rms of the human and the big that they have. You have , I t with a note Of your own, however, which brings me to the next . thing I have to say, tha t the book Is not a n old tale told again—It Is a new title.

I t Is new, not merely because the basic Idea -Is unusual, bu t because the whole blcad of sympath ies Is fresh. This Is an Illustration of wha t { said on "Tuesday—that t rue • originality Is Ih ttie writer himself, and tiiat tha t or iginal i ty Is Inexhaustible, The trouble with mOst of our writers Is t ha t they are afraid of being them­selves, and either consciously br un­consciously try to be some one else, •You are not afrald-^and yoii get your results, I take, it t ha t Is wha t you meant when you said the other_day tha t you had to wri te In y o u r ' u w n way, and Just tis yoti felt. Of course! It Is what the born writer canlt help doing—and what the wr i te r who ,1s no t .bom but made has to learn—-If he can. After all, the a roma of the book, the quality tha t lasts , on when the book has been finished and gives the real aiid permanent pleasure, conies from the contact of the reader 's mind with the writer's, "This qiuiUty Is not to be .captured and printed In a page —It Is in something more subtle—but ndturally enough the more there Is In the wrltcr''s mind the more stimulus the reader 'gets from the contact. That stliiriultis <;aV£ help being new because the writer -himself is like no other in dividual,'

FACT THBEB

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J o i m J . i; G l o n e t , . Cha r l e . i lih G l o n e t . .son, a u d l -

The Sunday school of the < tlonal chu rch ' co l l ec t ed t l r thirteen dollars for the r.ii. Armenian^ and the sum of j glvoh«by liicmbers of the . ; Ihg a total of 118.00.

Sergt, Coddlngton eiit.;-,. members ,of his Siinda.v ,>. ; at his home on Mnday e. , i . i were 'p layed and refr4.!.iini, i '

The SoclctC" rAsso:i.i.'.,.i; tts otllcers a t four o'clotk ,, afternoon. The Installiai; ,.:li. Elphege Leger, stran.i ,^,.<i..' suite, o f FItchbur;.', ,A. tii.-thfe Installation cereiii.j.,,. \ dresses were, made \>y :.-.i. offlcer and'.Rev. l'harl..^ i-or.i f/)llowlng Is a list (.f ;h..- o:l stalled: Rev. Charle Mlchii'el Glonet. chuii.; Kr...,i Grath, pres,; O.HIUS Chai-.s. Sylvaln Thomas, cor. .-i.i-,; Chalssqn, Hn. sec.; Wiiim; treas.; Joseph I', Gion.t Chalsson,, sergt. arii-.s.; .lo.-e i l lchael Glor.et. c islas (;iKi;s tors.

Roumias Cairchla v.an arrested by Chief Sawin last .Saturda;.- aight on the charge of raising a dLsturbaiice Iri North Shirley. He was on parole from the Industrial School and officers from t h a t institution went to the lockup and took Carrchiu in custody and re turned him to the school. Carichia Is only nineteen,years of age. and ;i few years ago resided with his parents at North Shirley. He was exiielled from the public schools of the town , for t h r ea t ­ening to shoot the teacher. His next episode was^ holding up Emerson W. Baker, of P^tChburg, with a revolver, while Mr. Baker was returning to his home In his auto on the state roa.d In North Shirley. A few weeks ago he was arrested in Boston for carrying a revolver and cartridges.

Preceding the morning service a t tho Congregational; church last Sunclay morning Sergt. and Mrs. WlUlam Cod­dlngton and their two daughters , the Misses Ruth and Genevieve, were ad­mitted into membership of the church by letter.. A solo was rendered by Miss Eva Case, of Boston, both morning and evening.

A Complimentary Letter . The following letter has been writ­

ten to Miss Clara Endicott Sears by Basil King, the novelist, concerning h e r book "The belt r inger," which is meeting ,wlth a tropiendous sale and receiving the plaudits of newspapers all over the country:

Now let me tell you with what great pleasure I have read ."The bell-ringer." As you kno-w, perhaps, I have to be a very slow reader, managing no more t h a n a few pages a day; but for tha t reason I th ink I get the real flavor of a book more thoroughly than those who are able to t r ip through t h e chap-tors easily. With mo each line, each -Hord, gets time to sink In—and In tho case of "The bell-ringer" I have al­lowed a few,days to go by since finish­ing it In order to analyze Its power.

Power Is the word I select. I might h.ave said charm, or I might have said spiritual beauty—but when all is said nnd done power is the Imprcision tha t remains with mc. It Is very distinctly a strong book. You take hold of the subject with vigor. That is one of the rarest qualities among our writers, .as It Is among our actors, painters, and preachers . It Is one of the two essen­tials to authori ty, the other being technique. And what a delight au­thori ty Is; How one lies back to en­joy one's self the minute one opens a book In which the flrst pa rag raph shows thn t the writer has a firm

' g r a s ^ orT h i sHia t e r l a l—cr some one s teps on t h e Dtago who shows by the

' very manneir^of his entry t ha t he Is accustomed to being there. I t Is by -/Igor, and by vigor chiefly, t h a t the European -writer gets ahead of us. W e can easily rival h im in technique, bu t t h a t Is .only ono of the. elements In author i ty . As t o th'e o ther wo are t l m l d - ^ o a r e n o t sufflcie'ntly suro of ourselves—our men and "women tako u p thei r pens a s If they were not rea l ­ly, permeated with w h a t ' t h o y ' h a v e to say. Thjjy lack sweep and d a s h - ^ a n d you' havo It. •, ;

And by thc'so words I do not m e a n —-of course not!-:—a . mer6 "energet ic t rea tment of ^no'g theme, I • mean sufoness—the kind of soreness ono sees m a bird 's flight t h e minu te It swims off the branch. Your story swims off In the same way—and it

. SHIRLEY Jfovrs Itams, • • . '

Mrs. M. J. Brockelman. Mrs. Louise Baker, Mrs, Louise Adams, Misses Flora Shepherd, Bessie D a d m a n . a n d Beulah 'Br i l l at tended the Installation of officers at Prosperity lodge, Leom­inster,- Tuesday .evening.

Mary A. Llvermore Rebekah lodge will entertain the Alpha Pas t Noble Grands ' association on Februarj- 21.

The Ladles' circle of the Congrega­tional church met on Wednesday af­ternoon at the home of Mrs. Walter Knowles. After the business of the afternoon w-as disposed of the ladles were busy with sewing-untl l the clos­ing hour of five o'clock, when the meeting adjourned to meet In two weeks w-ith Mrs. F. S. Goodheart at the parsonage.

Mrs. Janette R. Beach has returned to her home w-ith Mr. and Mrs. John T. Smith- after' an absence of several weeks at Wlnchendon Springs.

Edward Warren has been discharg­ed from military service and is now at the home of his aunt In FItchbur;::. He was formerly clerk a t the st..re of H. O. Peasley..

The Brotherhood of the rongrepa-tlonal church met Tuesday evening' at the parsonajre. The p.astor outllne.i in brief the possibilities of the Broth-erhooil whc-n reor.sanized. It was voted that the executive committ.3.;-ilraw anil present at its next meet­ing' a simple and broad eode of h,v-law-s to -.rovei-n the newly-orcanlzed Erotherho.j.l. It was also \-ote(l tr. at­tend church In ,a hod.v on Roo.'.e\-.-lt day. Sunday inorninK. February ''. and listen to an address on the life o' Roosevelt. Mr. Goodheart then c:av*-a brief a.ldress on the prohU-nis con­fronting the peace conference. .*t the close of business refrcshment.s w-ere served by Mrs. Goodheart. The next meeting w-ill be held a t the home of Walter Knowles. Tuesday evenln?. February 111

The Shirley ladies who havo heen mending garments for the soldiers at Camp Devens. w-ith those from Fitch­burg. Leominster, Lowell and Pep­perell, w-ere entertained last Saturday evening by the Y'. M. C. A. and the .T3d Infantry at H-iit 30 at camp. Each lady was privileged to bring an escort and there were about 100 in the imrty. The entertainment feotures Included songs, violin solos, piano selectlohs.

Olrtccrs In.stjmcd. Marj" A. Llvermore Rebekah lodge

installed officers for the ensuing year last week Friday evening. The Instal; latlon ceremony was performed by the following suite from Ayer: E m m a K. Dudley.'d. d. p . ; Mary J. Wheeler, g. w.: Jennie E. Hazen, g. t reas. ; Mary L. Wyman, g, m.: Gertrude M. Harr is , g. herald; Sarah J. Cook, g. chap.

Following the Installation brief ad­dresses were made by the deputy atid her suite. Preceding the ceremony of Installation t h e ret ir ing noble grand, Bessie E, Dadmun, was presented with a past noble grand's collar, the gift of the lodge for services rendered In pass­ing through the sever.il chairs. The present.itlon was made by the deputy, Emma K. Dudley.

Supper was served under, the direc­tion of the following committee: Jen ­nie S. Knowles, Et ta Holland, Rena Burra,?e and Agnes Holden. About forty w-ere present 'and the evening as a whole was most delightful from a social standpoint.

The following is a list ot the ofBcers installed: LOtrise-Baker, n , 'g . : Beulah Brin, V, g,; Altle F. Howe, s e c ; Mae Coddlngton, t reas. : Et ta A. Holland, w.: Bessie A. Buxton, chap. : Margaret J. Brockelman, r. s. n. g.; Ella F. Law­rence, r. 3. n. g.; Agnes M. Holden, o, g.; May Walton, r. a. b. : Alice M. Eurchstead. 1. a. b. The inside guardU an. Josie E.- Dunn, was absent, and will be Installed at some future meeting.

The following is a lint ot committees appointe.l by the noble s rand to serve during the yoa r ' lSU ' ; Visiting com­mi t tee— Monday, .Mae Coddlngton: Tuesd.ay, Beulah- Brill; Wednesday, Bessie Buxton: Thursday, Rena Bur-ra?e: Friday, Louise Baker ; Saturday. .Margaret Brockelman: Sunday. Et ta Holland; finance committee. Bessie Buxt.in. Helen McCoy. John E, . \da-ani.i; orijanifit. l.nuise . \ dams : dej;ree iiiistresy. Altie V. How-e. Vi.sit.^rs w-ere pre.-.n; from Fitchburg. I.e.jn.inster anil .\-.er.

greo staff, A. A. Adams; muster of lecond degree: Mrs, Mabel Gruve.s. master of third degree.

.lohn Fa r r a r . a t the .North, wh., has '..-en in t ra ining u t C.aiiiiJ li--. i-n,-, i,.. ceived his d ischarge from -erv..,. ,,,; .'.loiula.v.

.Mlas Evelyn Snow, of yili;-,'. .\!:,i;. .•li.'ii school, spent the wi.|.l;.|.n.: with | her parents, Mr. and .Mrs, t;, i. .-iiLiw

Cards havo been receive.! in t,,wn from Hamil ton "L. Wood, a form.-r resident, who Is now a lleutfri.in:, .\, E. F., with the a r m y of ncc'jjj.ition.

Uev. Roscoe Thomas. ..r (;r-.jt.,n School, conducted the j...iv:ce at Trinity cliapcl last Sunday ufteriiDnii, Regular service a t o.ly evcr,\- Sun.lay afternoon, followed b y Suiulay , t,-ho.>l clauses, -

tJeoi'ge F a r m e r , a-, the ,S'.)fh. i.« confined.to his home with ilhu-s.s.

, A civil service c.xumlnatl..n will hi. held In Ayer on March s t..) till the va­cancy ,of fourth-class- jiostniaster ut the Center. The compensation of tin-postmaster was $316 for the last tlscal year. Applicants must be tweiity-oiu-years of age and reside within the ter­ritory supplied by the pcstolllce for which the examination is announced Applications and full Information con­cerning the requirements of the exain-Inatloiycan be secured from tho post-mastOrSii^thc place of vacancy or from the Unlt td States Civil Service Com­mission In Washington, D. C.

Mrs. Flora Hardy will entertain the Anna Keye.i Powers chapter. D. .V li.. .^^aturday afternoon, l-'i-bruary ' . at I ' l! ') , T h , . j i r o n r a l n i-i In c h a ' - ' i ' of M l . , Ki.;. 11. ; .u, . . , ;. :,iil,lc :r t h i -

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lca>jintly Surprised. H .ward ^I. Knowles w',-is i ..ndered jui-pris.^ party at his hi.mo on Front

utreet, Wednesday eveninK. the motive prompting the occasion heir.it the fact that ..n that d.ay Ho'.vard .-itta.r.ed his sixteenth birthday. Game.s w-i-re play-e.i, music enjoyed and ref:-.r>h:nents .'•erveil. The special feature < e\en:nf^ was the presentation to ard of a choice fountain per of the guests of the evenim;. w-as also the recipient of nth

:' the How-e cift

Howard • remin­

ders of hi.5 birthday ann;ver.«ary and the occasion as a w-hole w-as one of pleasant m e m o r i e s for How-ard and his ituests. Those present w-ere Doro­thy Milliken. Oma Woltt. I.eah Wheel­er. Ruth Coddlngton. .\lice Cole. Mari­on Juhb. Genevieve Coddlngton. Kath­leen Miner. Myrtle Cole. Ruth Hooper. Doris and Ethel Know-les. Charles Peneseau. Harry- Brockelman. Herber t Hurchstead. .Mbert Dearden. Everet t narnard. Earl Pomfret, Earl Weare.

e.l w-i;h the music.

(•4'ntor. Th.e next meet.ns: of h

"s.lay .^vrnli < r " i s i r - h d a y il l l c o - s i - t r .,.; - f r - t o m ,,r ti.tr., I in. n Lii ;h . l a ,riii. ry

till . 117. r-.l to

M r

Icavo

Ch.i

, ..r.'X piif i i i i ; •• irriir.iiic ^.'

r i -d Mrs . (". :;< \ t \v«^ek ('•

riio I,,'>n::'i»'>

Clarence and Georse Hooper. Miss bell ringing and other musical special- Ethel Peaholy wi's present and assist t ies; also, s e v e r a l ' n u m b e r s by Kate • - •' •'- - ' -Ryan, an old-time performer at the Boston Museum. The ladles carried cake and treated their hosts.

Rodney • H. Brow-n. of Greenfield. spent the week-end w-lth his parent.s. Mr. and Mrs. William H. Brown

Fred W. Raw-yer started to work ttp,lin on Tuesd.ay innrninit in the weaving department of the Frosivlent .Suspender Co.

Elmer l i ; Allen left Ttiestlay even­ing for New "i'ork city on a Iv.isln.-'ss tr ip antl will re turn home Saturday.

The I^-xdles' circle of the Consrefta-tlonal church will sorv-o ,a supper in the church ,vestr>' next Wedneiday evening. Supper w-ill. be served at seven o'clock, followed by an .enter­tainment at eight o'clock. There -will also bo a sale of aprons.

Sergt. Coddlngton enter ta ined the members ot his Sunday school class a t his home on Mbn-Bay evening. Games were played and refreshments were 8cr\'Cd, Those pro^oht were Er­nest Cole, Elmer Cole, 'Warren Eurch­stead, Harold Walton, Har l an Rich-ardson, ^lerr l l l James , Leonard Jubb, Howard Lynch and Wallaco Hanson,

Town meeting con\es on Monday in Odd Fellows' hall a t the village. The polls open at 11,30 and m a y bo closed a t 3,30 in tho afternoon. There are twenty-six articles In t h e war ran t . Town business will be t aken up at one o'clock.

Je r ry Mushrael Is critically HI a t the home «f his daughter , Mrs. Michael Glonet. ' Tho Shirley Service,club will hold a faney dre«« valentine pa r t y In Odd-Fcllo-ns' hall, F r l d t j e \pn lng Febru­a ry 14

Gran:;e oc--'el-riiary 4. k-ht " T h e

i-t of I n c l i l e n t s 11 m.^nil. '^rs. a n d in. n .-1 t i .wn .-ind

of .- 1 . r l fy G r a n K e

ill wh.-. recently I.v fron-• M,ilne.

\\ r'^ln'-- in a loir-' -, .-r:.- ill with in­ll.:i hut is report-

I. Hnow- plan to ,1 trip to Florida. ,' Milll.ury. spent

the wpek-en.l .o: Hi'' hon.e of Mrs. Charles Longley . M i s s Mildred Evans. Ot Dedham. spent the week-end at the home ot her mother, Mrs, J, W Evans.

The progr.ims for the Orangfc for 1919 have been prepared by the lec­turer, Mrs, Mahel Graves, and distr ib­uted. 'They promise a very Interest­ing and In.itructlvc series of meet ings for the year. The followfcig Orange committees are announced: A., A, Ad* ams, Mrs, H. L. Freeman, E l m e r Wood, George F. Buxton, Mrs, E v a L, Marsh, Mrs. Henry Far ra r . r e l l e f ; Miss Carrie Bradford, Percy Farnswor th , Mrs, Mabel Graves, Mrs, Sybyl Hol­den, Everet t Buxton, Mrs, Ida Evans , receptlortj^ Mrs. Ger t rude Farnswor th , Miss Mildred Evans, Mrs. Alico Cum­mings, Mrs, I ne i Lynch, J, E , Adam's, Miss Helen G. Wood, music; Mls.<i •VangeJIne r r e e m t n , MKi Madolon Kemp, Earl A Orases, l i terary, de-

BROOKLINE, N. H. NCTTO Itcnvt,

Mrs. Thomas Bennett of Ayer, Mass., has been a visitor at the home Of her daughter* Mr.s. Charlotte Wright.

Har ry D. Corey returned to his home last week from New York, hiiv­lng received his discharge from tho navy,

Lucy Whcelor, little daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Alvln Wheeler, has been taken to Eliot hospital, Manchester.

Mr. Bugbee, who has been to this town for many years as a salesman, has given up the route and is em­ployed a t Hdlbrook, Marshall & Co,'s at .Nashu'a.

Mrs. George Cady was a visitor in Nashua Friday,

Mrs. Adella 'Whitcomb and Mrs. D. W, Jenness spent a few da.vs last week at the home of Mrs. Harry Hall in Fitchburg, Mass.

Mrs. Mary J. Hobar t was a visitor ia Pepperell Thursday;

Mrs. E. L. Hadley of Cambridite. Mass., spent the-day iu town Saturday.

Mr. and Mr.s. Percy Betterley and Miss Matilla Betterley of Worcester. Mass., were week-end suests of their parents, Mr. and M.-s, George Better-ley,

Church services will he held .at the Methodist church during the months of February and March.

The I.adies' Aid w-ill hold ^n all-day session rit the home of Mrs. Hattie F. Pierce on Tuesday to make garments for the Belgian refugees.

Mr. and Mrs. F r a n k Jefts and family waiked to Brookline, from'Townseiid Sunday afternoon and w-ere visitors at the home of Arthiir Brown.

Brookline Gr'ango held its regular meeting Wednesday evening. January 22, and was In charge at the lecturer, Mrs. Charles Dunbar, Roll call; Our new year resolutions; reading, Mrs. Charles Dunbar ; sons . Velraa Taylor. It was voted to celebrate the 25th an­niversary of Brookline Grange March 12. The next meeting vvill be Wash­ington and Lincoln night in charge of the lecturer.

HOLLIS. N. H. ,Vcws Items,

.\t police court Monilay f..renofjn In Nashua Mrs. .\.lu:e P. G.ile was lirl.i in JL'OO bonds on tho change ot' u;.'-sra\-.ited as.sanit on William S, I'n-.i--tor of Hollis *>t'tober ? ami in i l ' l " h.in.ls for toarini-' .low-;-, a fence of Mr, I'liictor's. She w-a.s rejirfsent'id i y T, .1. Leonard as counsel. Ju.leie Krmk Kittredse apI.earin,^' as cui ise l fi.r .Mr, Proctor, The case is ilei,a>-.-.l till March 7, as .Mr. Proct.ir is in St, .!....-cph's hospital w-ith u l.rcken hit), caused by the assault. Mi.s, GuI.. i.s al.so sued in ci\-il suit for Jlo.O'lo l.eciuse of the ass:iult an.l h.'-r i>rO|-.erty ot-tached. The trouhl,? it w-as claimeil in a heated arciumeii: betw-ien coiii.s. I d.ated back some time. Mrs, Cale'ii

A l . - i f r ,,,.,,,,v,-.l tl .Miii.s V;,,; D y k o . s i .ys , oo-.UK a.s w-fli a s cou ld

A rol l of h.iMor h a s liti-ii plac..."! m til.- h b r a i y , th... gift to tlu- t.^wn of t h . . l i o n , D a n i e l . ' , Mayd . n a n . ! c h a r l . . . J Kell . I t bear-.s t h i r t y . l i v e n a m i . s , in -. lutiini,- M a r y ( ' Icas l .y , wl i„ vnlist . -d a s a nui-.se, a n d s e n t to P a n a m a , a n d f o u r s t u d e n t s o l d i e r s . T w o tuei i , N i c t o r -Vaitafr a n d K l w y n S. U ' h e e l e i . w e r e kli:e-.l in a c t i o n , a n d H e n r y T. G u e t h l n j ; d i ed In D o v e r . .N. J . , of d i s e a s e ,

. Jason R e a d w-ent to A y e r l a s t w-eek We. lne .s i iay to a t t e n d a s a l e of h o r s e s .

A lari, 'e a m o u n t of r e f u g e e w o r k w a s (inished at the Ited Cross nieetlng on las t w-eek W e d n e s d a y a f t e r n o o n a n d s e n t a w a y .

Fifth Monarchy Movement. I In the latter Imlf of the seventeeoth I century, during th.. time of Oliver

Croiiiw,..|l. ttu-r..- s;,r:,ri;; u(> lu Eiiglund a Purituii sect »l,i.-lj un.lertook to lu-terpret the pr.jplii.-t Uuulel's version of the four beti.'st.s. as related In the sev-entli diuiitur of Duiilel. They iiiu.le sad wor); .,f it und mixed religion, pol­itics ujid fniiutlclsm iu a w-ay thut wus

•very coufu.slii>;. They believed thut the four moiiiirchles ludlcuted by tlie prophet hud passed away und that tbe time hud come for the beglnnlu;; of Christ 's mUleniilal reign on earth, thut Is, for the beiilniiing of a new mon­archy with Christ as its head, l icnce they were culled aud willingly accept­ed the deslKijutioii of Fifth Monarchy men. At OQU time thcy conspired to oiurder Cromwell, but he got the flrst move uud urrested their leaders untl put thuin under guard. Later, In the reign of Cliurles II, u few of them, led by u cooper named Tlioiiias Venner. undertook to establish the Kingdom of Heaven by force, but they were ut-

, tucked by the kln^-'s troops and routed, and on January 19 to '21 Venner and ten others were executed for high treason.

We May .- ! ' . ; within It.s wall* ••1.' jroii.l thIiiKs tha t

';! 1*1 .1 oi-^ 't-r store, -I,' tiinl t i l ' , j . t j . t . s o f ;. .rti..!! t.. tin; iiuality , . .. -; . . h . l ty ..f t h o

.: .1 ll.. , s , i i ' , I . I .:. t h e '1 :. -; 111 will c-oii, int-o

• I - 111.- <., K, Wu I 'ph ••: tl, .- p r o . l u c t s

l i . - i U,' C.,n,j , ; ,[ .y oil

O u r SpecljUty Ut t i l e H a n d l i n g o f t h « Very B e a t

Vermont Butter and Chees©

EAST MAIN STEEET GEOCEEY J.VMES Z. GRIFFIN, Proprietor

Eaat Muln Streoc Ayer,

Compensations. No one ctin do really good work with­

out making money along with It. In this day and generation, when good, work­men a re n t a premitim. If you are a good workman, working for the love of your work aa well as for Its money value, yon may know that yon will find your compensation In I t And i t will be more than a money compensation, you may be very sure.

.3

History-Of Freedom of Speech. The Issue, of free speech Is really

modem, and emerged ciearly as a de­fensible proposition only -with Milton's Areopagltlca, to be followed by the widely divergent reasoning of Jeremy Taylor nnd Joseph Glanvll, and by Locke's classical first "Letter on Toler­a t ion" (1689), which says almost the last word on the mat ter so far as re-llgloiis dllterenccs are concerned.— James H. Robinson In Atlantic.

Earl Has Railroad at Home. Police constable the marquis of

Downshire, the on-ner ot about 120,000 .acres , who has tnotored 50,000 miles In the course of his duties as a "spe­cial," Is a practical engine driver. In the grounds of Hillsborough castle. County Down, he has a mlnla turera l l -way. The small train consists of an engine, one carriage and a guard's v a n ; If need be he can travel a t the ra te of 40 miles an hour. The marquis has a fairly long string of Christian names —Arthur Wills John Wellington Blun-deli Trumbull HlU'—and. par t of these be owes to the morrlnge of bis ances­tor, the second mdrqnis.

From the Bible. I t will be found that the Bible Is

responsible for several of the common comparisons that we use most freely In our daily conversation, as n o t e : Meek as Moses; wise as Solomon; old as Methuselah ; hairy as E s a u ; strong lis Samson; cruel as Herod; virtuous as Joseph; wise as a serpent ; sweet as honey; high as .Human; true as Gospel; false as J u d a s ; harin!e.ss as a dove; swift as an eagle; bright as the sun ; big as Goliath ; clear as crysta l ; fair as a lily: w-ickeJ as Jezebel ; white as snow; red as scarlet : patient as Job ; poor as Job's turkey—though we must acknow-ledge that careful re­search throughout the book of Job faiU to establish any (-onnoction between the patient gentleman and the cenus Me! eagris, lut or lean.—Boston Globe.

Dog Days. Dog days Is the name applied to

the hottest season ot the year at the time of the heliacal rising of Slrlus, the dog s t a r ; tha t Is. the time'-when It rose Just before the sun. They usu­ally lasted for about 40 .days. We still retain the expression ot dog days as applied to the hottest season of the year, but owing to tbe procession of the equinoxes It is no longer the time of the heliacal rising of tbe dog s tar . The time of dog days dates from the time when Slrius rises a t the same time as the sun. Because of the pro­cession of the equinoxes, th is t ime comes earlier every year by 20 min­utes, 20 seconds. The almatiac mak­ers of t!Ois.y In this, as in many other cases, enter to the old-time supersti­t ions of the Ignorant, and mark t h e dog days. Some of them reckon the dog days from July 24 to August ^ tbe time of greatest beat In summer In tbe United S ta tes ; others da te them froai July 3 to August 11.

Intensive Farming Aids England. For a thousand years and more

wheat has been n staple crop In Great Br i t a in ; a few hundred years meas­ure tbe period of wheat growing in Cnnoda, and In par t s of Canada—-the naturally fertile valley of,the S t Law­rence, for Instance—the growing of wheat has practically been abandoned because the yield Is not ' a rge enough to make I t pay. Great Bri tain Is nn old count ry ; Its fields have been cropped tor more than ten centuries. Canada Is a new country, much of i ts soil having been first tilled by Its pres­ent occupiers ; but in Great Bri ta in the average yield of wheat per acre. Is almost 32 bushels, whereas In Can­ada it is only 20 busbels. The climate Is in Canada's favor; i n t ens ive farm­ing is In Britain's, and the resul t Is U bushels a n acre more.

Canals In the Suez. Before the construction of the Suez |

canal, completed in 1869, there was noi direct water communication between the Mediterranean and the Bed sea,i but a t various eras such communlca-: tlon existed 'xsj •way of the Klver Nile., From an lnscr!ptian on tbe temple a t Karnak It would appear that a canal. Joining tbe Nile and the Red sea, ex­isted at the time of Sctl L, 1380 B, C, This canal diverged from the Nile near Bubastls and was carried along the fertile Wadi Tumllat to a port at the head of the expanse of water known today as the Bitter laite, now forming part of the Suez canal route. The channel ot this ctinal is still traceable in par t s ot the Wadl Tumllat. Other ciinuls connecting the Nile and the Red sea were built In nnclent times.

. \T .vri D

_ I'.-«i.1ter.-d I 'olaii .I-c.-hiua Hoar o'Jt o t , 00 -pound a n d iO ' j -pound s. i , . an.l d a m . M a k e s a f a m o u s -.-ross w i t h i 'h ,?s ter W h i t e , I m p r o v e y o u ; h e r d ; don ' t b r eed to a scrub.

P, H, BiUJCOCK Telephone 94

IIur\arU Fruit Fa rm IIar%-nrd. Maas.

;^GEO. E. FELCH

^ F L O R I S T i O R I S T ^ a S p e c i a l t y ^

MASS, i"

Mo§ior m% 5- and 7-Passenger Cars

Prompt and Efficient Serrice with Careful Ihirers

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

Office handy to Rai l road Station— aslt anyone—they all know Whitney.

Telephone 53-2

Piano TunlDQ •WILMOT B, CLEAVES

Phone 20 HARVARD, MASS.

Pianoa For Sale and R e n t ly l»»

FRANK S, B3ENNETT

SuecaMor to AJtTHtJR F E N N I R

Insurance Agent and Broker

K a l a Street T u n c r ' a Bid*.

hXER, SCABS.

Religions of the World. .\cr.-ir.linL' l.-i the hiti'st uviulnl.Ip fiu-

! ures. th..' r«.'liL'i..ii.s of the- w.irl.l iir.> .ii-vlcit'd ii,s f.ill.iw-s: Christiiin.^. .".i',4,."ilO.-

cmn-sel claiinc-.l cnii)h.iticiiHy thnt thf { 000; C.ihflKiiuiii.'it.'i iinil Tii.ii-t.-i, HiKI,-pre.sent cai.-(.'.- wer.- iniie bluff vun.. . b.-ickini; up a f.ilsc- rlaira f..r SlO.ii'iO, while the coim.it-l fur Mr, I'r.-ictor re-tiliateil by statini; that Mr.«. Gal.? w-as .1 trouble ni.akr-r ami had hct-n for ye.irs and shouKl l.o put iii-..ior bon'l.^ to keep the peaco.

At the rCKUlar nifetiiitr of the W. P., C. Tuesday afleriioon the president. Mr.s. Flor.a <', Hiir.iy, appointed the follow-init cnniniittee.li Miss Hattie Hayden. Mrs, Nellie I.. Hardy. Mrs. Florence T.add. relief: Mrs, Wllhel-mina Barnard. Mrs, r i a r a M, Smith. Mrs. Alice .Messer. executive: Mrs, El­sie Haydon, Miss Mabel Hinkley, con­ference: Mrs, KIsie Wilson. Miss Kate Hurd. Mrs, Mar>- ?'last'j. auditing, MIsa Hatt ie Hayden installed Mrs. Ad­dle Hale, ti-.^ii- , arul Miss Hinckley, color bearer-, us the\- were unable to be at tbe insiiilli.to'-,.

Miss Minri . l: rpendinp th.- -.v -ii-her sister i i .-- i 'luite a sieti.' 11 ,' -

M r s . 111111.1- i:-S t t n i p s o n , 1 -, - • w-ith l i t t l e h 1 -

F r h a t . . I'l , r.r.-.My , . l is . • • , . ' ' a m p n e \ . - i - " w-as pivf 11 ; h e w-as tli.-i

M r s , H . i ' , v e r y 111 v. iili ' ' • b e t t e r .

Mr.». WiHinii (-.• poorly for se\ < fined to h.-r !'•' I» carlnK for li-

Fred r Hn-Week-end \is '

W a l d o I ' l i i i t-attendcd an n', Ayer on Tuesrii.y.

At the .«tiid\ ehih. who met .it the Mrs. Ralph I b r r l r k s last Saturday af­ternoon. Mrs Arnle V. Colburn read tho flrst ohnpier. written by herself, of a novel t.i h- writ ten by the club members, an,i ii.-v Robert M, French

1 "Habits of our wln-h was served by the

830,OW; M.ihinnmeiliins, L'ill,SL'.''..i"KT: Hindus, 2IO,.'')-!0.0<)0: Aniniists, I.IS.-270,000; BmWhists, Ll^.ii.'il.fx).): Shin-tolsts, 2,">,000,iH,iO; .Tews, l-J,'.'ir,,C«»; un­classified, l.T.,'JSi.i,t>iO.—I'eople'.-i Home J o u r n a l ;

-.-II.urn. w-ho is 1 New ' i 'ork w-lth 1 1 < beer, h a v i n ; r • --r ippe,

-T ..f Mrs, H e n r y 1.1 h e r h o m e ,

.>.' . .\e; y,

' - : r . e ^\-lis l i on -- oiu s e r v i c e .It

^ Ppe.-ial n o t i c e ,1 c . in. luot w h i l e

w h o h a s b e e n is r e i i o r t e d ell7.a

i ;- .^-, w-ho has been : ^yeeks. is now con-

Mrs, Lester Hayden

..f Fitchburg, was a 111 ;..w-n.

.1.1 Genrsrc W. Hardy ion sale of horses In

read an nrtieU ter birds." 1 i: hostess,

Tho W'onri' Mrs, Flora H. noon at 2."'i

The Ladle-society will \vcck In re> 11

: club win meet with ly on Monday aftor-

lea.llng and Charitable meet until the second

The Milky Way. The arch nf the Milky Way stretches

across the evenin.: sky from east to west, rlsin>: between ririon and Gemi­ni, -w-here ,Tuptter seems a gorgeous diamond depen.lini; from its laces; passing througli the colden chain of Cassiopeia in the zenith, and descend­ing to the west.'rii horizon between Vega, the (iiizzl):!:; getii in -Apollo's lyre. '

Snakes There niiiy .-r

thInK as a s,n,v talnl.\- are si.; . e ore num.T,.11- •, thnt liv,' \\\ 1 ': . tho eels, of . 11 salt wiii.-r : 1 : . nroun'l s..-;:l:. -i bande.l s, , .; r orotini! 11- !"'.i-. 1 swim w if tl ;:r. :.;

The White Sea, The 'VThlte sea in northwestern Ru.s-

sla Is a branch ot the Arctic ocean extending Into the provinces ot .Arch­angel. The sea Is about 100 miles w-ide betw-een tho Kaninskala and Kola peninsulas, but it narrows to less than 50 farther soutii, widens again and forms three gulfs—the Kandalak gulf, thnt ot Archangel, into which the River Dwlna falls, nnd that Into which the River Onega falls. The sea-routo into the White sea was discovered In 1553 by Richard Chancellor, a daring English sailor, w-ho w-us brought up in the household of the father ot the fa­mous Sir rb l l ip Sidney.

the Ocean, 111: V 11,.; he s u c h n p. ; ', l.'it th.ve cer- : ;: -- , n.^eaii. There ' •1 , - f -ir.iill snakes 1 ••..:•- : 'll. 11 tliere are

- : '„ zo from the III tlio wnters

\ " , 1" lives the 1 , I ., ll lias stripes I

' 1- 1.1 tail, and can

R.cH StranL'.'

grown ..11 I Rhino an.l -Johnnnlsbii-i; produce.i ',,,.-: the Ubii'.' n less, the the Mos. claim nf •wenith.

Rhine Coijntry, i> 'll., i,ne grapes nre . .-t.-rr, slopes of the

' ,'i-inest varieties, ns r ill! stelnhorgcr, a ro - ii; the river, south of v.i .e. It Is, noverthe-

h.' vine, especially lie vi.ii.-y. The .substantial the i.rovince Is Its mineral

liiri.l

World'* LIflhteit Wood. The balsa tree, which Is now bclntf

cultivated in ('"stn Ulca, produces the llghtcst-known wood In the world. I t is in greit demand for all purposes where lii;hti..ss of construction Is of importnn-.'. it i'l very porous and ft good insii 1 ' ' - ii"'l is much used In air­plane bull.lull.- as It offers the mini­mum aiii.-iii' of air resistance.

Children's Belief In Fairies. To the children fairies stand for all

the wonderful nnd unpredictable pos­sibilities ot lite, tor all the magic ot It, Its charm of unexpectedness. A child Is a bit puzzled by the Inevlt-nble; in the fniry \y.irld it does not ex­ist. In that world he slips away trom the yvorUI nf grown-ups. with Its end­less eonse.^ueiices remorselessly hound­ing the cay. lrresp,.nslhl.> little child doings. He loves the crowti-tips an.l it is not from th.-iii that lit* wishes to escape, but fr-m. :li»-ir w.-rld. their .iif-flcult, luiyinMiiii; "orM. — Topulnr Science Monthly.

0,-lrt Fr'-dli. S.'a ur, I ' - , J , . : ' •

Ion as \\., ., - 11" , .-,, Mexicans ii-.- i; \ - .- \ after rem..vill:: •';., -';IIL-sort of oni.•!.•:. peculiar sort . large variet.\- ..i pers nre drle.i in portions of I

N J . gPEMR J gON Wish to call your attention to

their stock of

CEMETERY MEMORIALS

' which they would be pleased to ' have intending purchasers inspect j and obtain prices,

I PARK STREET

Ayer, Mass, j WARREN A. WINSLOW

(Successor to Aiie-jstjs Lovejoy)

Fire Insurance Agent Farms, Dwcllln;;*, Fu rn i tu r e and Mer .

caatUo Proper ty 'WHttcn in j Strong Companies

I Washington -Street AyKR. MASa.

I POULTRY WANTED I FOWI.S. RO.\.STERS aJld BROH-ERS

FOR \LVRKET; Also, PULLETS

O. B. OLSEN TowTLscnd Harbor . MHAS.

T^^l'^phnno, Pepperell S9-12

I E. D. STONE ! Fire Insurance Ag-ent j Autocnobilo and Oord-wood Insunui«e

I EprtJicr .K. Stone, Typ«vrrltlnx VnK^f, lUock Ayrr, Ma«L

.HERE IS A CHANCE

r - i M , \ ? r Ml i , : . : \

B-ink R i i l M I n c , Ayer

i l , i . a I'l..TV l l i i i . r A -'s iiii'l L-riiss!i.,[.. .,.,k'e.i. by pe,.|.U> \r;iMa an-l Syrin,

Artistic Shop Siont. Botw'oen i'u7.-.i nn.l Mil.-hu Plecbu. In

Peru, are quaint vi::ns Indicating w-hnt Is sold In the IiuliiHi huts. A small bunch ot wheat ..n ili*- end of n pole In. dicates chiclin- ,!ive .-orn beer—for sale within. .\ _-"• .-n wreath means bread for snle. " I , . i piece of white cloth Indicates lu , ll.'nte. a power­ful v h l t c nmi.

Dad Kn^w. "Dud. what nre iii.- -:i..nt wntrhes

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A t five o 'c lock t h e 6 th of A u g u s t wb s a w for t h e first t i m e t h a t h i s tor ica l l i t t l e r i v e r w h i c h w i l l g o S o w n In h i s ­tory a s t h e t u r n i n g p o i n t o t t h e w a r , t h e Marne . ' I s h a l l n e v e r forge t m y first t r ip a c r o s s t h e M a r n e . r i v e r . W e wfere c a r r y i n g t w o l a r g e field d e s k s , a b o u t a l l w e c o u l d carry . Our outflt h a d g o n e o n a h e a d , a n d t h e P e r s o n n e l Ofllce f o r c e w e r e left-'to s h i f t for t h e m ­s e l v e s t h e r e m a i n i n g dist t ince a b o u t t h r s e - t j u n r t e r s Of a m i l e . W o finally m i i d c , l f a n d g o t q u a r t e r s In Mont St, POre, a t o w n o n t h e h e i g h t s o v e r t h e r iver , S e a u t l f u l o n c e , b u t pret ty w e l l s h o t u p by ' t h e y a h k c e g u n n e r k I t w a s h e r e t h a t w e g o t o u r t r u c k s , a n d a l s o h e r e t h a t w c wi l l g e t cred i t for b e i n g In t h e C h a t e a u T h i e r r y dr ive .

. • ^ e s t a y e d h e r e t l l l ' t h e H t h , t h e n h a d t h a t flne r i d e a c r o s s t h o c o u n t r y In trucks , ' I t w a s on t h i s t r ip tha t t h e G e r m a n s g a v e uii .a d e m o n s t r a t i o n on " h o w t o d o l t " In t h e sky . T h e y b o m b ­ed t h e t o w n s a l l a r o u n d us , but" did n o t b o t h e r us , a s w e 'were o u t In t h e m i d d l e o t a fi«^d. B u t I tell you It w a s e v e n m o r e e x c i t i n g t h a n deer h u n t i n g .

W o a r r i v e d a t A, P , O, 775 on t h e 2 4 t h \ of A u g u s t . I left here a b o u t t h r e e w e e k s l a t e r w i t h Just a b o u t s i x fr,ancs b u r n i n g a h o l e In m y p o c k e t . B o b g u e s s e d w e w e r e n e a r N a n c y . A g o o d g u e s s — t o r w e w e r e r e a l l y a t T o u l , I t w a s h e r e w e s o m e t i m e s g o t u p f o u r t i m e s In o n e . h o u r oii a c c o u n t of . F r i t z . . . B o b , . I ._wager_tha' t o n c e .1 ran 100 y a r d s In s e v e n seebmls, ' ' W a s . s l o w In turn l i i g b u t o n e n i g h t w h e n the s i r e n b l e w a n d g o t d o w n s t a i r s t o find F r I U a l r e a d y rlffht o v e r h e a d a n d k i c k i n g o u t b o ml )8 ' w i t h b o t h fee t , I s h o u l d Judge , b y t h e s o u n d , B l l h u b e r Was w i t h m c . W e h a d o n o u r t in d e r b i e s a n d g a j i j iasks . H e g r a b b e d m e b y t h e c o a t t a l l a n d , a s J i e a f t e r ­w a r d s sa id , " H i s f e e t o n l y to i i ched t h e h i g h s p o t s , " — h e c e r t a i n l y m u s t ^ a v e b e e n s t r a i g h t ou t : W o flew a n d , t h o f a s t e r w c w e n t t h e f a s t e r w e w a n t e d to g o . W e l i k e d t h e oxerc lsb ,

i t w a s T o o l c a t h e d r a l w e w e n t t h r o u g h . I t r e a l t y U w o n d e r f u l , . H e r e w e w a t c h e d t h e St . M l h i e l d r i v e t r o m p r e p a r a t i o n t o . c a f m l n a t l o n . a n d s u c ­c e s s . . A f t e r t h i s w a s o v e r w e . i n o v e d a g a i n t o t h e n e x t b i g one. ' , S t o p p e d a t Lft V o y e o n S e p t e m b e r 1 5 ; ; 9 1 8 . S a w

t h o l o s t o t t h e 'Verdun d r i v e . N e x t m o v e w a s a b o u t t h r e e m i l e s . o n t o F l e u f y St^ Aire , w h e r e w o s t a y e d unt i l J j g v e m b e r 8,

On N o v e m b e r 8 w c le f t f o r G l s n e s , a r r i v i n g lAte at n i g h t t h e . s a m e day, a n d h e r e w c aro still , h o p l r i g t h a t t h e n e x t m o v e will be " H o m e , " H e r e i t w a s t h a t w e heard t h e Itist s h o t s o t t h i s g r e a t w a r a n d . s a w s o m e of t h e d e s t r u c t i o n w r o u g h t by t h e retrea' t ing G e r m a n s .

It . y o u w a i i t to k n o w w h a t d r i v e s T h a v e been In, I h a v e s e e n a c t i o n a t C h a t e a u Thierry , St, Mlh ie l , . t h e las t ot t h e 'Verdun, a n d t h e A r g o n n e p u s h , ' A l t h o u g h our corps w a s n o t In t h e front l ine t r e n c h e s . It w a s v e r y n e c e s ­s a r y to t h o s u c c e ^ of t h e m o v e m e n t , -

N e w A d v e r t i s e m e n t i s

PIGS FOR S A L E — C h e s t e r W h i t e and B e r k s h i r e , crossed, w e i g h i n g from 65 t o 70 pounds . ELLIOT L, BLOOD.' W e s t Groton, Mass . Tcl.. Groton 107-11. •

- KINDLIKG 'WOOD F O R ' S A M i - ^ E . F. HOUGHTON, Harvard , Mass , T e l e ­p h o n e 24-12, 4t20«

OABD OF ETHANES

W e w i s h to thank our n e i g h b o r s anji f r i ends ; a l so , the Odd F e l l o w s . - f b H t h e m a n y a c t s of k i n d n e s s and e x p r e s s i o n s of sympnthjr in our recent bereajVement.

A m o s I* A m e s ^ ., Al ice H. AjrieB, . f H. Augrusta H a r t w e i l .

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.. 17ons';Itqpia< . -llo^ard, B ^ e r l y wiis elected ..treas­

urer,, of Banc»:bft Royal Arch chapter at:' th«Ii'..'r««u1a:ir convocation Jield, on 14»t 'w,e$k., Tuesday evening, - __,' '

\MI»s Ruth ^ U e r will 'assist a r t l i s store ;.bf-^9rton 'Williams, beginning

' nextljUcn^ay. •'. '., . 'Mr*. OUid'ys' Briggs Williams return,

ed oil'Wednesday from a month's visit ;.wlth her -husband's parents,' Mr.' and' Mrs. Wlllinin G. Wihlams, at Stantbrd,

• Conn. 'Mi-s; 'Williams returned with Jier.vfo'r-a'-vlslt'ln Ayer.'

. - Eir''Wr;''.fcarley Is at home 111 with thtf jgfluenia. ^

l3 I*s Margaret Peabb, of Marlboro, formerly a t ' t h e Ayer telepbohs , ex-change, returned .Wednesday, after spending three weeks with M(sS;H?len Savage, Washington street'.. ^

. .-Mlw:; ''William. Sargent i s . In .'Wln. thro Ji,'. caring f o r ber da'iight^r, i l rs . Jennie. Johnson,', v h o is 111 with in­fluenza. ' . ' "

• Miss Abble Rbbinsoii,."teacher In .the sixth grade; was called home op Wed-

.. nesday; Jiy.. the -suddeiv de&fh ' of 'her father-in'Exeter,-.N, H. Her place I9 being mied by' Miss Agnes" MoNarthy, a former teacher of the third.grade, who gave up .that pbsltlon to care for her sIlTc mother, .,

Train No, 78 oh the Fitchbyrg- dii' -vision, .beginning ,Monday, wlli leave Ayer at-6.06; ji, m„ arriving'In; Boston

^ at 6.10, -wjth stops, being niade.at Wal-' Iha'iS) and Gaipbridge.. ' .'' '"" •

The "resrular-m'eetlng'of the tlnltarU a n Girls' clubTWlIl be held on Monday evening at the 'Unitarian vestry.,

. D A . ' R . H . Wylle has. returned to his duties.;after, a 'week.;at . h o m e . w l t h laryngItlft.V' ,.',; ' ; - ':.. ',•.•;'' ' ". .,

"A representative, of the'Massachu-'' li>come, tax.department ,wlll be' at the

town hall oh'Febniary-4.tind l lLfrom 10' a. m, tb ,12 m.; a n i "froin" l,!i?.",'m.

. to 6 "p.'m.; to Jielp.'.taixpayers maice b.ut their income ".tai^retums-to; the 'state'. It Is tlie desire of the department that the taxpayers Use'th'e'blanks mailed to them, but hlanks rnay also be obtained from the • riepresentjitiye. . T h e de-partmeiit Informs the, publisher of this paper that it has^ been. Its experience that returns' inade up "and filed during the rush:period In the last week In February usually .entail .considerable

. correspondence and oui" readers should usc; this opportunity to have their returns full and complete In every detail. ' -

Special communications ot Caleb Butler lodge of Xfasons will be held on Monday and Friday evenings,'Fei)ru-nry. 3 and 7, at seven o'clo.clc.,;jpn tho first mentioned date the.^Entered Ap-/ prentlce and Fellow Cratt. degrees will be worked, and on the latter da,te,. the -Master Mason degree, .with limch, .

A special convocation of. Bancroft Royal Arch ^chapter ;of Masons will be held qn Tuesday ^venlngi,February .4,' Work—Royal '.^rcji 'degree^' Lunch, , "

The followinK Iiaiiies have been add­ed to the list of vdtefs by'Pli VeglsTrars this.year;?,'Harris T>. Badger, William J,'Barrett, ^rank E. Bblsseau, Harry

, S, Bray, Ralph' H. Brown, Ell Cor-nelller, Callxte H, Glrard, Henry W,

. Harrington, Richard D, Hurley, Albert B. Irwin, John A. Lyndh,''John F, Lynch, Au'drcwT S, MacKean, Thonias C. Martin, Charles T, Mullln, Michael T, Murphy, John E, Pender, Alfred P, Richardson, John C, Sullivan, Bert K, Tweedle,. Irving M. "Ward, Charles I. Washburn, Albert W, Wood, Clarence D. "young.

Frank Moran, arrested for robbery in Boston, has been identified, the po­lice claim, as Joseph Sweeney, a South End habitue, with a record at police headquarters. He was sent to Cliarles Street pall in default of bail, Sweeney is a deserter from Camp Devens, tlie police assert, .and Is wanted for the larceny ot J282 at the military post as well as for white slavery and stealing an automobile.

Thousands'of troops from all parts of the country.are" being detained at Camp Devens becatiac of the lack of tourist cars to take them to their de­mobilization centers, it was stated re­cently at army headquarters, Boston, The cars have been ordered tor weeks, but the railroad administration has sent all the tourist ca'r,s available to Hobbken, 'N. J„ and Massachusetts miist, -wfilt. At Camp Devens it Is said tfae-delay means uncomfortable con-giestlon In certain sections of the can­tonment. Col, J, 6, Edwards, debar-kfl,tlon.'^>fllcer for Boston, Is in New T o ^ ' s e e k i n g a remedy for the sltua-tt tm.-- - • ' ; - , - •

The final payment of thirty percent on fourth liberty loan bonds Is due at the Federal Reserve bank, Boston, on Thursday, January 30, together with accrued Interest."' All subscribers •through the-. First" National Bank of Ayer are requestet) to make payments to that bank on or before January' 29. Interest as follows: »B0, 37c.; »100, 74c,; »500, »3,6S; »1000, $7,36, •

The main features for next week at Page's hall arc: Monday, William S, Hart In his latest success, "Branding Broadway"; Tuesday, Evelyn' Nesblt Thaw in "Tho woman w h o . g a v e " ; Wednesday, Emmy Wehleh Ip her

. latest,'"His bonded wife"; Thursday, Enid Bennett In her newest Para­mount picture, "Fuss and feathers"; JPrlday, Alico Brady In her latest select proiJuctlon, "Her great chance"; Saturday, William ' Fox will present Gladys Brockwell In "Kultur." The

' drama of a woman's part In starting tho world war.

Mrs^ Helen M. Turner, of Prospect street, spent Thursday a s . a guest bt MissXleorgiajina A, .Boutwell In.Gro-

"tbh," .' ." ' ' ' Norman" Beers,, of Orotbn, formerly

of this town, who met with Ian accident recently at the Ayer Machine shop. Is able to return to his work again,

Victor L,'Flllebr'own.ls now with the Manufacturers' National Bank o»,Cam­bridge,- beginning with them last Mon­day. •. ' ;

Christian Science j iervlces, will bo held on Sunday morning at 10,30 in Turner's block, 'cbrner of Main and Washington streets. The. subject will bo '.'I-ovo,", T h e reading'and writing room; open to soldiers and the general

• public. Is maintained by the Christian Science.war, relief/*pmmltteeMn Car-ley's new block. Wednesday livening meetings are. held'«ach.:.week «^ 7,30 Jn Turner's block AU «Jre liivlted.

A fl|Le^Jnipl>er wal|;'%em(l iv- the 1»-'4lM^of.;,tlie^.^ptli|t c U v e h ' i n . their, vestry ori .W tdbeMUy evtiUoir..it seem-e'd'-jOko'loId tliiiitls'.loithVabuhdaiiM and Yiiiefy of •the'' menu..' The committee In'jj.h'iVg^. w'ete.'/.Mrs...J. W, Thomas, Hn.'' 'Byroii '.Mfijphyr -Mrs. Warren i'reblo. Mrs.' Hbrbarf , JPIlIman, Mrs. Jennie Chaffln and Mrs. Xlta Hollls. Mlsse* Evft and Avis Chandler, Marlon Felch aiid Hoiel Scruton were assist: aiits lii-serving, •''" s

Happy Jack'|(,.''Th,rlft'club has so-cured the .sfilo/thls week .of 74 thrift stamp^'and 4"«jrar stamps, ,, >

St, Andrew's ciiurch—^Sunday morn'^ Ing servlce'at 10,30;-'holy communion; the vlcjir will preach on' "Religion In the family."' On account of tbe der mobilization of the 12th Division the evening service,'.which h a s been large-, ly supported by soldiers, "will be dis­continued for, the present. Mr., and Mr*. Dun will continue' to have "open house" at the> vicarage for. soldiers and their frietids.; '; ,'•'". ^

The FebruajT meeting of the, Wom­an's Alllance.wlU be held in Mie Uni­tarian'Vestry on Thursday. r%bruary 6. Hostesses, Mrs. E,"H. Bigelow, Mrs, 8;H,-Prbctor,' Mrs.'F. S. Pierce, Mrs. E, ,B. Butterfield, Mrs. George H, B, Turner. Mrs. Helen M. Turner,*-MIss E, B, Buttorfield; ,It Is to be a Bed "Cross sewing day.'from- teno'cl&ok In the inorhlng until five In thO'afternoon. Business meeting at '2:30 . At noon there will be a' 'surprise dinner, to which each member la asked to.con­tribute something In a covered' dish. Tho.hostBsses_wlIl furnish coffee.

The annual truest hight.of tiie Wom­an's club wlU'bjs'observed, lo. the towtt. hall o;i Wednesday, February 6.- Any number'of'.tickets may be purchased by club, members from the custodian; Mrsl'Jennie Chaffln. \ .Club membeirs win be admitted by presenting their membership cards. Tickets for guesu may be procured -from Mrs. Jennie Chaffln. Pleasant street, on Febrtiary, 4 and: 6, In the. forenoon. The regular meeting of t}ifrexecutive board'wlil be held At the ^ o m e ot the president'bn FrIdaS' evening,*'Jiinuary 31; at seven tfClbck." ~ • . " -'-' ••

T h j Wl-^K, Ci have changed Jts day of rtieetihg.to the first Thursday even­ing of; eaclt'hionth: The corps will meet at 7.30, February- 6..In Hardy's ijalj. . dnicers not present at the reg­ular Installation win be Inducted. Into offl,ce at this time,. . '' ' The pastor of the Baptist church, R'ev. .J,;W. Thomas, 'Went to Boston, Thursday to see his daughter and her husbandr^Mr. Merchant; .who is quite ill'&»'^;the', result of Inlluenza. —Next Sunday ".tlie iiastorwlU speak at IT*.46 on' "The^tTread of life." Sunday school 'a't twelvo. Service'of song at 6,45, breaching at seven, B. Y, P. U. Tues­day at 7,30, Mid-week' meeting on Thursday at. 7.30.

,, The folloivlng Is taken trom the Newburj'port Times: '"The city au­thorities-, have co-operated with the Girls' Ser\'lce league In making-'posil-ble military drill for the girls'of I^ew-buryport. Girls of the,city have'ex­pressed a desire to take up hillltary drill, so every "Thursday night traln-hig"WlH be given at city hall at 7,30. Lieut. Fftlcbrowh, from Ayer, has been obtained to conduct the drill. He Is 'splendidly trained and equipped tor this; and win make the drills attrac-. tlve, All girls over fourteen years of age are cordially Invited. There., will, be .no charge for admission," ' - <-

Annual Meeting. ; ""TheAyer Fariners' Co-operative l i -

change held Its annual meeting at Hardy's hall on - Wednesday, - i t ' the business meeting, -which was called to order by DT, Austin Peters, president, the usual reports were read and ac­cepted and, the following officers elec­ted: Directors, 3 years, W. P, Whar­ton ot Groton, A, N, Calkins of Har­vard, E. M, Davis ot Shirley; John H. Storer, Jr., of Groton, treas.: auditing committee, S, W. Sabine of Groton, A. W. Br5-ant and H. T. Webber of Har­vard: R. G. Davis, Berlin, clerk. Tho directors met following the Institute and'elected W. P. WTiarton of Groton, pres,; W. J. Fish of Lunenburg, v. p.; R. G. Davis ot Berlin, clerk,

A rising vote*of thanks was extended to tho retiring president, Dr, Austin Peters, to whom much credit Is due for the present sound condition, ot the business. Dr. Peters has served the exchange as its presiding officer since its inception and worked hard and un­tiringly in Its interests.

Following the business meeting. Prof. J, A. Foord, of Massachusetts Agricultural college, gave an Interest­ing address on "Farm management."

Dr. F. P. Sturgiss, State Bureau ot Animal Industry, gave an address bn "Swine and some ot their diseases," which proved to be a popiilar subject and arousdd much Interest, as did M, J, B. Abbott, county agent, with his talk on "Economic aspects of. milk produc­tion in -New England and its .future outlook." Mr, Abbott feels that under the stimulating effect of high prices the farmera have increased their dai­ries through New England to such an extent that the. future production would Increase and eventually, prices must fall. He recommended thkt tho farmer Increase tho raising of grain,

John D, Willard, the new assistant county'agent leader, from Massachu­setts Agricultural college, gave an in­teresting address on the conditions as he'has seen them, relative to food and grain production and distribution and what might be expected In tho future.

Lunch was served at noon by mepi-bc'rs. Between sixty and seventy peo­ple were present and adjournment was at 3,46,

;^cdcraUon Hoa<*c Notes. Saturday, February 1, at 2,30 and

7.30 p. m„ moving pictures—"The old homestead" and PathS news. Free to soldiers; civilians 16c.; children lOo,

Sunday, February 2. at three p, .m. there will be a rehearsal of the ora­torio "Creation,'" More singers are needed; At 7,30 ji, m„ Dean Blmey -ot Boston university, will bo tho preacher at the religious service. There"" win be solos by Miss Ruth B, Mlteholli contralto,:- •- - - • ;-

Tuesday, February, 4, at ,7.16 p, m„, game night, free to'soldiers.,

Wednesday. F'ebruary 6,' at 7.30 .p. m„ moving pictures—Jack Pickford In his especially popular, five-reel fea­ture, "Seventeen," \ adapted ,from Booth Tarklngton'a book of thb same name. There wHl also ,be a Burton Holmes travel picture. Free to sol­diers. ClvlUatis and "children regular rates the same as Saturdays,

Rev, Laurcss J. Blmey, D.D.," w"to be the preacher on Sunday evening. This ahnouncement deserves more than passing notice. Dr. Blmey It tho" dean ot the School ot Theology.of Boston university and has had In that position an unusuaV reco.M of suceess In Infiuendng the lives and power of

rAGOB n v B tli» m a n y students. In-'that school, Wh»'n-c«ll,ed to .the, chair In the unl-v'ersl^ Dr,-Blrnoy.wos pastor of the large,.iIfld"»i},Cepter M.. E. church, where be h a d . h a d . a remarkable suc­cess as a parish minister and preacher. This last Slimmer'Dr, BIrncy went ori a mission to France for the Y. .M. c. A, Jfoyi/M w"h' the American army at ' Chatoau-Tbelrry and experienced wlth'tj ie b o y s ' o f t h e front some ot the great doys.of the drive against tho Oermans,' Sliice his return Dr. BIrney 'has been much sought after as a speaker before large gatherings to tell Ills thrilling story of the great batt lef ie ld: ' 'The Federation House hall shbuld he well filled to hear'this great man anil preacher on Sunday evening. '

Fedcnttea Church. . 'The . pastor . will preach Sunday moralnK on ."Faith." Sunday school at .twelve o'clock; ElIU B, Harlow leader of the men's class; Miss Mary Johnson, leader of the women's class. A t ,6.30 the young people's meeting will be led by Mrs. ChalTee; subject. VBooks that have helped me." 'Tho congregation meets at the Federation Hquse at 7.30 to hear Dean «Irney ot Boston ,^ great preacher and leadei*.

. Mid-week .meeting on Thursday evening at ,7.30. ,

'^he -Mohawk and Nonaibolcus Camp'PIre Installation was held last Sunday evening at seven o'clock, A large number of the friends of the inembers were present to enjoy the In­teresting occasion.

The qiiarterly conference met at the' church on 'Monday night. The officers were elected for the next year. The reports for the past year were given. Rev. John L. Ctilrns of St. Paul's church, Lowell,' presided. Abel 'B; Campbell, ot the same church, also siioke. It was a fine meeting.

Arrested for Coal'^Thcft. United States Deputy Marshal J. H.

JuIIfayee arrested Harry Simpson, of Ayer; Clarence B, Reed, of Catribrldge, and Ei-nest L. Tupper, 'of Ayer. Mon­day, on warrants charging that thcy received government coal, knowing it to be stolen from the camp-' Roland Bi Strong, of Gloucester, was arrested charg^ed with tho larceny ot threo tons of coal.on November 26. . '• •

Th'ey were arraigned Monday night before . United States Commissioner JOhn M, Maloney;,pleas of guilty were entered by Slinpson,'Reed and Tupper and a plea of nbt guilty by Strong, Edward A. McKeiiney, a camp coal trucking contractor, furnished ball at $500 e'ach for their appearance Thurs­day morning, when they were again helil In ?500 bonds tor their appear--ance at the next term of the U. S, dis­trict court in Boston on the first Tues­day in March, , . • • . The warrants wei-e served In camp

when the four men were finishing their labors tor the day as coal truck drivers.

It is admitted that the Investigation has as yet merely scratched the sur­face of conditions which it is alleged have existed for a year and a half. Hundreds of coal deliveries are claim­ed to -have been without proper- au-thprizatibn. If' not actually illegal. Hay, oats, gasoline and oi l .are other artny>8upplles which are being traced.

Officers are involved iii the allieged irregularities in. the procuremeiit of government supplies for private use, although no direct charges have been made.' .

The failure of Major-General. Mc­Cain to order the release of Capt, H. J. Harris from arrest,, having had the verdict from the court martial board, In his possession tor soiiie days. Is re-, garded as almost concliisive that a verdict of guilty was returned.

Warrant Posted. Tho warrant tor the annual meet­

ing on Monday has been posted' and contains sixteen articles. The first ten- articles* are those, found In the warrant everj-, such as election ot of­ficers, salaries, etc. The remaining articles are as follows:

Article 11. To sec If the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $1200 for the employment of a district or other nurse, said sum to be expended directly by the town through its se­lectmen or under the direction' ot the board ot health when authorized to do so by the selectmen.

Art. 12. To see if the town will vote to authorize the water conimis-sloners to furnish water to the public convenience station without charge and to authorize the selectmen to fur­nish heat and light therefor without charge.

Art. 13. To see i,f the town will ap-ptopriate the sum of $160.04 to be ex­pended by the boi^rd of health In the payment ot expenses incurred by the board ot heiilth In caring for per­sons suffering from Influenza during the epidemic which occurred In the town durlng.the months " of Septem­ber and October, 1918,

Art. 14. To sec If the to-wn will erect a suitable fence around that part of Woodlawn cemetery owned by the town.

Art. 16. To raise and appropriate $100 for care ot public dumps.

Art. 16. To raise and appropriate a sum of money to Install a public sew­er system in the town, or appoint a committee to investigate the needs of ,». sewer system in the town.

many years and •Ifc.I'M.'a great satls-tactlon tb everyone xhat he had re­turned from his w a n wprk overseas In time for this function. He asked .Mr. Chaftee to call the-roll , which wue a very Ibn^ one Jind.was varied at in­tervals with singing-.of hymns by the audience,. Mrs. -I.ena- Graydoii being accompanist.

The rpll wias'responded to by the members present •with an appropriate sentiment. And by many absent mem-beri b y letters .whjch were read. Greetings of love and sympathy were voted tO' be.sent'^to many members who had iiuffered losses or misfortune of any kind. . . '••

The, formal roll call being finished the toastmaster called upon many present for remarks. The . responses were bright, earnest and thoughtful, all showing:the.good that might come and was coming Xrom tlie war, and all breathing a spirit; of unity ot together­ness. Dr. Hopkins, volce'd this strong. l y a n d paid tm 'earnest tribute to the work of tho Red Cross, All were mov­ed by his earnest tyords for he had been In It and spoke with authority. A loving tribute "was paid to the sol­dier b'oys, tblrty-r^o In number, who had gone out trom the church and Whose stars are on the service flag.

Among the speakers were Rev. F. B. Crandall, Herbert Farnsworth and Mrs, S..M. Barker, frbrji the Unitarian church; Berton Williams, trom the Episcopal church; Miss Annie Raines, hostess at the Federation House; Mrs, Eldredge, from' the "White Ribbon Homei Mrs. Stroud, wife ot Rev, Mr. Stroud, of' Ipswich. Arnong. the tqpeakers from the home cjhurch were Miss Sl A. Blood, the librarian; F, C, Johnson, superintendent ot the public schools; Ellis Harlow, Mr, .'Webb, Mrs. F. C. Johnson. 'S; J. Andrew, John Traqualr, J, M, BbutweU and two civil 'war veterans, Francis Lovdjoy iind Hiram Clark, • ' < :

There was miislb that varied the prbgram pleasantly. ' It .Included a solo, "The battle Hymn of the repub­lic," by Mrs, Cfiirfir, with chorus by the audience, and^lan Instrumentaltrlo by Mrs. "GraydohT'MIss Esther Stone and "Mrs. Grace 'Lehtz, The meeting Was closed In ''earliest'- words by Mr, Chaffee.

The whole atfalr, was a return to the good times ' before the war, but with added fervor for christian fellow­ship In the work of, life.

Annual Roll Call. One of the very plCapant occasions

of tbe winter took plac* Thursday eve-ninp In tho observance of the .annual roll call of the Federated church In the vestry of the Congregational church. The rooms were very artis­tically decorated by the commlttefc, Mrs. B. W. Carley, Mrs. Grace Lcntz and Mrs. William Reynolds. Notable features were the abund,ince ot fiow-ers and Improvised fire-place, which waa-bright and cheery and very realis­tic.

The evening opened with an excel­lent and abundant supper In charge bf this committee—Mrs. J. M. Boutwell, Mrs. Herbert Pollard, Mrs. Q, K, Brook.s. Mrs, I'rcd Smith,, Mr»....Hbl. don Harlow, Mrs. John' Wentworth, Mrs, Flora Potter and Mrs, •Jennie Leahy, These were assisted In serying by the Camp Fire Girls,

The tables were filled , with • tho members ot the hostess churches and the Invited guests from the other 'churches, to whom special seats were allotted. At all the plates were dainty Souvenirs which were cards In­scribed with brief, appropriate septl-mcnU. These were prepared by Ula* Bernlce Staples, the drawing teacher Of the public schools. When, the 'wants of the Inner man had been sat­isfied tho minister, Mr, Chaffee, • wel­comed the people and. Introduced Capt. B. B. Hopkins a s , toastmaster and chairman of the exercises. ._Dr. Hopkins has held this posllloti. for

IHstrtct Pomt. ', ".,. - At the civil session last Saturday

morning the tort action for conversion of a Cow brought by Kustc Kalincn against Albert P^trrailoe, of Townsend, was continued until February 1. 'The plaintiff '.was represented by Atty. LIzotte, and tho defendant by Atty. Casey of Fitchburg,

The remainder of the session was taken up with the- action brought by Henry J: Murphy, ot Littleton, against John W. Wentzaell, o f Ayer, tor injuries to the plaintiff's cattle. It appears that Wentzell, an Ayer jitney driver, met the plaintiff's herd, of twenty-two cat­tle on the road from Littleton to West­tord, while they were being driven by the plaintiff and his hired man from the pasture to the'barn. The defend­ant drove through the herd, knocking 6ne cow down and hitting two others, injuring one 50 badly that It had to be killed. The court found for the plain­tiff. Murphy was-represented by Atty, Fisher, and Wentte'U by Atty, Carney of Ayer, ^

-On Thursday four jitney drivers were found- guilty ot violating thfe local Jitney Jaw anil a'9»V °t ten dollars was Imposed. In each case. They were'Ja­cob Pckol, 'of Lawrence; Joseph Co-melto, of Boston: Peter L. Burbank, of Worcester, and Harold Sawtelle, of Wlnchendon.

The case ot Frank Lowe, ot Lynn, charged with larceny ot a muskrat coat, was continued for two weeks. The coat, which was the property of Ml.ss Elizabeth C. Sabine, was taken from the ladies' room at the Soldiers' club on Thanksgiving night, during a dance which was piven tbere 'for the soldiers. At the time there was no definite clue as to who took the prop­erty, but Chief Be,itty, with great ef­ficiency, finally recovered it on Tuesday in a p;j-wnshop in Lynn, where It had been pa%vned liy Lowe. Lowe is a dis­charged soldier from Camp Devens, and claimed that he pawned the coat, but did not take it. His wife. Grace Lowe, claimed that she took the coat. The case J •a5 continued for two weeks.-

Death. Peter B. Murphy, a life-lonp resident

of Ayer, passed away Tuesday night after a very short illness, death being caused by pneumonia. He was a son ot Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Murphy, and was born on May 12, 1868, on Shirley street, where he h,is always made his home! He received his edu­cation In the local schools and gradu­ated from the high school in the claiis of 1886. He was employed for several years in the freight house and then took up stenography for a time. Later, he took up newspaper Vork, which he followed up to the time of his death. He reported for m.iny years tor the Lowell Courlcr-Cltizen, and since Jan­uary, 1911, has been connected with the Public Spirit, He also ,icted as a local correspondent for the Associated Press, ^ e was active in the demo­cratic party and took a deep interest in politics, both local and general. He was a member of the Knights of Co­lumbus and the Foresters, and was a member of the bo.-<r<l of registrars, for many years.

The decease«l is survived by three brothers and .1 si-tor, John N. and Bartholomew Murphy, of Lowell: Frank J. Murphy of Peabody, and Miss Julia A. Mnrjihy, of Leominster,

The funernl wns held on Friday morning with hich mass nt St. Mary's church nt ninf < clock and was In charge of the K, of C.

Page's Hall Theatre

Main St„ AYER, MASS,

The House with a Long Reputation George S, Poullus, SIunagcT

Matinee Every Day at 2 o'clock

ETrerdngg 2 Performances—6.30 and 8 . 1 5

Attractions for the 'Week BEGINNtXG FEBRUARY 3d

-MO.NDAV—WILLIAM S. HART In his latest Artcraft production, "Branding Broadway." "Brand­ing Broadway" Is riotous fun from start to flnlsh, A twO-reel Mack Sennett comedy; one reel Vltagraph comedy and latest Paths News, 1

• ., , I n TUESDAY—_EVELY.V NESBIT TH. \W

and her son, Russell Thaw, In a William Fox six-reel pro­duction, " T h e Woman Who' Gave." Mutt and Jeff cartoijii; A Harold Lloyd comedy . and Fa thf News. ^^-

WEDNESDAY—E.MMY W E H L E N in a Metro latest production, "His

. Bonded Wife"; a two-reel 'Vlta­graph comedy and Path6 News,

THURSDAY — E N I D B E N N E T T In her newest vehicle, "Fuss and Fea the r s " ; a two-reel L-Ko comedy and latest Pa the News.

FRIDAY—.4LICE BR.ADY In her lat­est select production, " H e r Great Chanco"; a two,reel Tri­angle comedy, latest War Re­view and Pa th* News.

SATURDAY—GL.\DYS BROCKWELL In "Kul tur , " the rape of

- Democracy, Who started the world war? See "Kul tur ," A two-reel William Fox comedy and Pa thf News,

N O T I C E ^ W l t h a special a r rangement with H c a r s t - P a t h i t}i!s theatre -will show News while they are News, every day—with two changes a week—Monday and Thursday, Yesterda'y's happen­ings,you'll see oh our screen to­day: '

es headed for Camp Lewis, Wash.; Camp Bowie, Tex.; Camp Funston, Kan., and Camp Dodge, la. The western and southern soldiers who ar­rived ten days ago on the Canada and Mellta departed Wednesday,

The' first locomotive known to be owned by the army quar te rmas ter corps Is in operation at the camp. It Was formerly engine 205 on the New Haven system, and recently was ovef-hauled by the Baldwin works. The working crew of this small "Mogul," which is numbered "Q. M. C , U. S. A , 1," nre E. \V. Smith of Nashua, en­gineer, and V. P. Theroux of Nashua, fireman.

Lieut . 'Kenshalo is investig.\ting the tale of Priv. Paul Nace, absent with­out leave from the 301st arti l lery since last May, that he was shang­haied by a German agent and k e p t Ji prisoner aboard a L'-boat. I t close­ly resembles the published story of two oflicers recently returned home.

Plans aro ready for the operation of the camp's own "rapid t ransi t" system, consisting of seven passenger buses, which will connect .-xll part.-^ of the cam;) with the depot. The army automobiles are new anil specially constructecj for this service. They will be operated by rhe motor transport corps an(i no fares wiil be ch.'trs:e(l. Their use is limited to oHicer.' and to enlisted'men on oflicial business. I 'n-llke the private auto bus lines, they will ha'vfc re.cular running schedules and will meet .iH trains. The ji:ne\-drivers are dismayed at this encrnac'n-ment on their business and th:e.t:en to leave camp.

The 30'.st trench mort-'ir hattalion reached Camp Devens early Thursday morning: from Camp Merritt.

"Miss Mae liynee. soprano, of St. Peter 's church. I.owel!. w.-is a visitor in camp d'.irinir the week. Miss Kynee visited the Hostess Hi-use. headquar­ters of the V, • V. (". A,, and the main Knights of Columbus building.

Universal appreciation is the term to apply to the ser.timer.ts daily express­ed in this cantonment '-y the thousands of returning soldiers who are beinp de­mobilized fiom hi-r.', -Everybody' welcome" ajid "F.verythmK free" over here and 'over ther t ' is a -'.opar. not soon to h,' f.-.r?otton hy the .-\merican fighting mf-T-,, Thi,-- slopaii of the K. of C. hns hec-r iiyed up :o i:; Camp Dev-ens, ns in ;i" other ;hf;,tres of opera­tions. On ,T-riv.-i; ;,t Di y.-ns from the transports :!,.- ;i,'-:i a:-.- met hy Knights

of Colunii.;;s rotiir,.'--, \vho (l:,>trihute cigarettes S'-irinu- th ' t,rnl'letn of the Natioi-.-Ji i-.oh <:io \V,i; ' •ov.-.tc,]. also, candies at-,! --t-,f: ro:r,' ,:t-. The men

!-,.-. ;,,,-; t ion of K, of •h.^ -..-eiye writing •--1; •_• .<o of this for -.-,-...•- , ;• their s.afe

;ri-- \ • ..s they call

Camp Notes. This week aloiit 4000 soldiers, have

received honorahie dlschnrges and 3000 other soldiers hnve been shipped to other cnmps in troop trains.

This Is the greatest exodus ot men from camp sinre demobilization be­gan, and Is comparnblo with the over­seas movement of the 76th division, when nearly ?.0,""0 men were sent out ot camp In twelve days.

•<VIth the release ot the 12th divi­sion men, %vhioh wns completed this Friday, the permanent camp person­nel win hnve a rest of a day. a'nd then the tide of Inooming troops will begin again. On Fei.runo' 9 a bfg ship­ment of troops Is expected through tho port of Hoston, The scheduled krtiral each day ot several hundred overseas men and casuals from other eampa will keep the demoblltzlns mn ehlnery bu.sy

Thero were nine trains full ot sbl-dlorsthat left ramp Wednesday, sbme of them troop trains of tourist coach-

nt once II -1 r . huts, T; mnteri.'ii '•'• InformirL- ' : iirrival ir, ' V it.

Puriru- V-,' tnl o- 11- " boys froni tbe K of • • ice \ ,T -:; -,- -IuniVu< -. -

On !.,:a - -homes, *1-,. diers r--, • signia "1 wherein diseh.nr.;. nt the ,'; '•

A n;--tivltirs C. pil)-'> Catho;. for^v^lr'',- -Of the i-:

A : • • -• , •

Cnin. 1- ; r . he,i ' ' tlon \v:i-whlch I lot St ,\

,- w >-- •V.oT in hospi-... , t '•:>: racks, the-rh' •••" ,ire visited by ., :,^ ,,'iil eyery herv-f :l-,, Kt.ifhts of Co-

; ;,. :-,-tiirn to their .' '\ ,: ;-eh,irped sol-,^,,. t.^.-irinsr the in-i.hls "f Columbus. ,, iheir rertlflcnte of

men .-ire on duty , .-• .laily. . ' I ta of cnthollc nc-

-:, piled by the K. o t ,, -. for the National iriri!. and hnve been • hrmton for the usc the war. Major-Cener.-ll Mc-

t, was held ,nt K, of eoently. This recop-the TSrd Infantry, ot !,-y, former chanccl-fln,. Is ehnplnln.

Unll.-irlaii ' Inin-li. ^ Sun"! 1 ----•"« li.<S, regulnr ot-

0^^,. .,, -triion rreacher. Rev, Fr,->nk 1; - r,it il.-ii!, the minister. Sub-*cct ' T'f- ! . '=ing of the candles,"

E. E. Gray's

Weekly Specials ON SALE SATUEDAY MOBNINa

Teas, Orayt'ii brand, Formosa, Oolong, Engli,sh Breakfast, Mixed, Pan Fired Japan ; per pound

Peas, Fancy Wisconsin Sweets, 1918 pack; pi.-r can Tomatoes, Fancy Hand Packc-d, 1918 pack ; per can : Salmon, Fancy, Medium Red; tall can Raisins, Fancy, ,Seeded; 15 ounce package Pineapple, Fancy Hawaiian, sliced or grated; So. 2 can Peaches, Sliced, -Grayco brand ; per can Minceiaeat, Condensed, Nonesuch or Grandmother's; 2 pkgs. Evaporated Milk, Lion or 'Van Camp's; tall can,. 'Jiffy Jell, all vai'ieties; per package Export Borax> Soap, per bar Self-rising Buckwheat, Grayco brand,' per package 14< and Onions, per pound

Oranges Pigs Dates

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Main Street .Carley's New Block A7ES, MASS.

Gash Discount Store Now that the time for eivlnic to

over, women are beginning: to think of something tor themselves. January Is one of the best months In our

CORSET DEPARTBIENT-

•We havo Just received many of tho new Sprlns Models In Itoyal Wbroes-ter, Bon. Ton, R. & G. and Nemo Corsets at the followlne prices: ' '

Royal 'Woraoste* $1:50, $2.00, $2JS0, $3.00

Bon Ton . . $3.50, $4.00 R. &:G:

$1.60, $2,00, $2010, $3.00, $3JSO Nemo $3.50, $4.00, $ 4 j » , $5.00 Pink Models $U60, $2.00, $2JiO

Nemo—made In short, medium stout and tall models. In pink and white $1.00-$1JSO.

Pink Models, bi'ocaded and plain 5SC.-79C

Main Street Page Block ATEB, MASS.

Church school at twelve. At 7,30, eve­ning prayer and sermon; preacher. Rev. Frederic H. Kent; subject;"The new British attitude toward America."

Rev. Frederic H. Kent was appoint­ed a war -work secretary of the 'i*. M. G. A. in 1»18 and immediately sailed for England in March. On his arrival in London he .was appointed secretary of the library department'of the Y: M. C A. for the United Kingdom. He has now been appointed a Billings lecttir-er to visit as many of our churches as possible and to .*«peak before audience.^ of every kind that - tin be secured. He is to speak upon the new British feel­ing of frienilliness toward the United State!".

New -\dvertlsenjentfl

FOl ' \D—.\ EraoeUt. Owner call at the home of F. P.AN<'HV.VOSKJ. :; I'e.irl St.. .\yer. Mass.

KOll SALE—^Kodce Bro.-.-. To-.iritiB Car eariy 1!'I^ inodei; winter tot) .iml sum­mer. I*r:c.- rtsh:. In<r.i.re of .\. .\I'.M-.- TFtf>N'i;. Sai\-,ttion .Vrmy H-.;:. near main >;ate .-it <.'am;j r>e-.-eris. *

Proctor's Strand I'P.OCTOP. .>i Dl iN.-^HUI5. Leasees

•'reseru the foHowir.p:

.^.^TiT.n.w. F ! - : B R I - A K Y 1

"City of I*urp!c Dreiim.s,'^ ii reels. .\ SeliR i-'rotluct!r..n. witii FRJTZI I!RI'-\'KTT1-:, " n e -f the best dramas ever ti imcl. Gaumor.t Graphic; "Rcjiintet-.t of Two." 2-reel comedy.

.'U.XDAY. FF.niU-ARY : "Gartlcn of .Vllnh," .S i-ecls. A Pelis

production Just rele.a.setl for Sunday. C'r.e-reel comedy, a Stupendfpus production.

MONPAV. FKBRUART 3

'Stoppinc s tones." FR.VNK KKF..N.\X you all k-.u-w. Gaumont Gra­phic. Tw..-re.I Keystone C(tm-edy.

TI'ESDAY, Fi ' .r . l :I 'ARY 4

".-\ (,<KMI l.<>*<*r." .\ "VV'.-stern I-Iay. Iv,:;

r.oT t' <-i n;-.;rh so. Two-roe]

\V?:PNKSPAY. K!-:n!:rAi;Y F.

"Hobbs in :\ Hurry. " B riN'N. l.i(;h;n::m

h i s r.. ThinEr o:: "Hii r r ioare

• I-.-e ;ie L-.ts po u.

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:••]: M-:t; a:;-! .left !;•• I Cr-'ss Xew^

Turr.s'P.xY. !-Kri;rAi;v ••. "Tiu*~c WTio r a> . " I'lit!. Arliu.-kic

Come.U-. (-1-., r''e; ro:-ie(l.\.

F R H W Y . r i : i : r . f . \ U Y 7

"Go Wcsi Yimiii: M'lii." Tom Mo-ir,-Releas , . ) ' I* -inl-ei- 2?. no-.-. play:-.i- •-. I'-o^ti.n.

S A T r i : i > \ ^ ' 'K i ' . n rARY •*

".Stolen OlxloT-s " (i r,-<ls, A hik- liroduc-tlon; yoo • ]• ;;eht !n the .areo-plane and -iii-ji itit^) the harbor . Charl ie ( h.'ipli" i'l "Tlio Fi re­m a n . " Oni!' :ii Graphic The Gntimont G:..,-hir Is news; you

- ' , • never saw bef - r .

COMMENCING MnN;.AY. .lA.N. 27th

Matlnoc at 2 P . M. -" . Evcnlnfco—6 and R P . JL

POR SALE—Dry Hardwood, sawed and delivered alongrslde your cellar. S1S.50 per cord. Apply FBCULOSB COM­PANY OF AMBRICA. Ayer. Mass. 3t20

JOBBINa I am equipped to do U g b t Anto

Trucking and Gencxal Jobbtsg; Ceas-pools aod Vaults Cleamed SattsZactor-liy and groaranteed. 3ml7*

JOHN E. KEEGAK Tel, 37-3 AYEB, MASS.

P. Donlon & 6 0 CHOICE WKSTERN B E E F

NATIVE PORK. UUIOKENS, FOWIA LAMB

FEGBFABLES FKUITS

CANDY AND CIGARS TEAS AND COFFEE

BREAD AND PASTRY BUTTER, LJVRD, Ol iEOMARCUtlNE

FRESH PISH AND OYSTERS E r e c j 'Week

Asenta for ACME OLEOMABGAJRINIS

Tbe Qoest and beat snhotltiite for But­ter. Ooa be naed on tfae UiU*

LARD OOMI>Oinn>

Cheaper than Lard aad gtres better Resnlta

FIRST QV.MJTTY WKSreXS BEEV

P. Donlon & Co. Mead's Block ATEB, M A M

Telephone SS

47 Views of Cam]] Devens

Miulc Into a hand.<w>Tno

SOUVENIR BOOK

11x14

Fj»oh book tied 'with jdlk cord and onclof>«l in a titled cnvolopo, T t e orlRlnal photos wcro made ondor onir personal snpcrrlsJon by the AIbc«typo Co, of New York, with spcdal permit from tbo War Doporuncnt at 'Wnsh-in^ttou.

Tbia la by far the flnont oollcctloB of pictnrcs of tho camp ever made and is n boantimi work of art and sonvcnlr to keep or to send to friends.

PRICE $1.00

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I H i m a l a y a s H i g h e s t Mountalnt^ T h e h i g h e s t m o u n t a i n s In the w o r l d ,

t h u t Is, cuut luuous range o t Rreates t uveruKC hvlKbt, ure the HUnulayu luuuntuln!; In Asia , T h e niUKO or s y s ­t e m Is near ly l,riOO mi les loug, m o r e t h a n 100 m i l e s wide , contu lns m a n y u ioui i ta lus from 10,000 to 18,000 f e e t hlKli, and u number much hli iher. C u e o t thum, M o u u t Everes t , r i s e s t o 29,-iMi l e f t und I.s the h ighes t o n t h e g lobe . T h e r e ure fltteen o ther m o u n -t n l u s In the n i u x c f rom 2'.>,'240 t o 28 , -2T8'feet In he ight . Of 20 m o u n t a i n s In t h c ' w o r l U , w h i c h arc over 22,000 f e e t hl^ti, .15 arc lu tbe H l m u l a y u s a n d five l u the A n d e s In S o u t h A m e r i c a , t h e l i l t h a s t lu the A n d e s be ing a n e x t i n c t voJ?ano 23,000 f ee t . T h e f a m o u s Chlm-borazo . In E c u a d o r , long b e l i e v e d to b e t h b ' h i g h e s t m o u n t a i n in the A n d e s , Is n6 \T-khown t o be on ly 20,498 l e e t a b o v e SCO leve l , a n d . t l i e r e a r e a t l e a s t s e v e n oUicr p e a k s l a t h e A n d e s t h a t ure h i g h e r . T h o h i g h e s t in t h e K o c k y m o u n t a i n s a r e M o u n t McKlnley , 20,464 i o e t , a n d S t . E l l a s , 18,010 f ee t , bo th In A l a s k a . T h e r e a r e m a n y p e a k s In tbu E'ocky t n o u n t n l n s f r o m 10,560 to 15,840 f e e t , o r f r o m t w o t o three mi les . T h e r e a r e S,280 f e e t in a m i l e .

'8ATiiRpAY.,FEBRUARVi'l,'i»ti^|^'||jJ;g'

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l i t t l e w e t c h e e k s , m u r m u r i n g : ."Deares t , I d idn' t m e a n to hurt your

f e e l i n g s , b u t I. w a s d e t e r m i n e d to m a k e y o u l o v e m e . I c o u l d n ' t l i ve w i t h o u t y o u , d e a r . Can ' t y o n s a y y o u l o v e m e n o w , B e t h , s w e e t h e a r t ? " . " T e s , T o m , " w h i s p e r e d B e t h . ' T v e h a d al l t h e g o o d t i m e s I w a n t a n d 1 w a n t y o u n o w , a l l t h e t ime, T o m d e a r . "

T o m ' s v o i c e w a s h u s k y w h e n h e n e x t s p o k e . "My o w n Utt le girl," and h e b e n t a n d h u m b l y k i s s e d t h e upturn­e d l i p s .

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• b e c o m i n g M o h a m m e d a n s e v e r y ^ y e a r t h a n a r e turn inc to C h r i s t i a n i t y , - b u t p r o p o r t i o n a t e l y Chr i s t ian i ty Is l e a d i n g In g r o w t h , h a v i n g Increased 2 5 p e r c e n t In t e n y e a r s .

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Mrs, A n g u s M l s n e r Is s p e n d i n g a w e e k In B o s t o n , v i s i t i n g re la t ives .

T h e T o w n s e n d HUL I m p r o v e m e n t s o ­c i e t y h e l d t h e i r m o n t h l y naeetinfc l a s t S a t h r d a y e v e n i n g a t the "brick c o l ­l e g e " on .the hi l l w i t h a Rood a t t e n d ­a n c e and a l ive ly • d i scuss ion by t h e m e m b e r s on t h e subjec t . " W h i c h d o e s tho m o s t h a r m to the f a r m e r , t h e h a w k or t h e c r o w ? " At the c l o s e of t h e d i s c u s s i o n It w a s dec ided t h a t t h e h a w k w a s a g r e a t e r e n e m y . P i a n o s o l o s w e r e rendered by Miss R u t h Morse a n d r e a d i n g s by Miss A l b e r t a B a r b e r d u r i n g t h e even ing ' s p r o g r a m .

T h e r e w a s a g o o d a t t e n d a n c e at t h e C o n g r e g a t i o n a l c h u r c h last S u n d a y e v e n i n g w h e n a "victory s i n g " and pra i se s e r v i c e w a s g iven by t h e c o n ­g r e g a t i o n u n d e r t h e d irect ion of Miss E m m a S o u t h w i c k , wi th s e r m o n o n " M a k i n g A m e r i c a n s , " by R e v . J a m e s L. K l lbourn , t r c i s u r e r of t h e M a s s a ­c h u s e t t s H o m e Miss ionary s o c i e t y , B o s t o n , Mr, K l l b o u r n he ld the u n d i ­v ided a t t e n t i o n o f h is h e a r e r s , r a d i a t ­i n g h is ta lk f r o m three p o i n t s n e c e s ­s a r y In t h e " m a k i n g of A m e r i c a n s " — u n d e r s t a n d i n g of. the E n g l i s h , l a n ­g u a g e , l i v i n g u p to a n i d e a l a n d fo l ­l o w i n g t h e e x a m p l e of Chris t by d o i n g g o o d .

T h e M o n d a y c lub m e t on M o n d a y a f t e r n o o n in the lad les ' p.arlor of t h e C o n g r e g a t i o n a l c h u r c h a t t h r e e o 'c lock w i t h t h e pres ident , Mrs, A n n i e Bl i ss , p r e s i d i n g . Af ter the b u s i n e s s m e e t i n g a m i s c e l l a n e o u s p r o g r a m w a s e n j o y e d -when the member.-! r e s p o n d ­ed w i t h r e a d i n g s of prose and poetry . T w o Tme p o e m s befitt ing ti le n a t i o n ' s time.s. "The h i s h e r cul l" and t h e " P e a c e m o o n " w a s road at t h i s m e e t -ing, w-hich w-ere w r i t t e n by a n h o n o r ­ary m e m b e r of the clult ;ind f o r m e r M e t h o d i s t pas tor ' s wife , Mrs. E t h e l y n R o b e r t s o n , n o w of S u n d e r l a n d .

At the G r a n g e meetini^ on Monda>-e v e n i n g in Odd Fellow-.-*' hal l , a very in teres t in ; ; rei)ort of the r e c e n t .State-G r a n g e w-as g i v e n I'y Mrs. E d n a W. Bray , m a s t e r . I'leasin^- p i a n o s o l o s w e r e r e n d e r e d l)y .\. G. Peaver .'tnd a r e a d i n g w. is g iven • ijy M rs. V ic tor ia S w l c k e r .

Mr. .and Mrs. Char les Hil l , of .South-b r i d g e , w e r e the Sunda\- g u e s t s of Mrs. . \ . L. Fes .senden.

Miss E v a W h i t c o m b , of .«alem. w-ith Miss R u t h Sargent . ,as gnes t . s p e n t t h e w-eek-end w i th Miss W h i t c o m b ' s par ­e n t s , Mr. a n d Mrs. G. I.. W h i t c o m b .

Mrs. F. B . HlKt'.ns r e c e n t l y v i s i t e d h e r d a u g h t e r Gertrude at The F r a m ­l n g h a m N o r m a l school .

T h e ca l l c o m e s to the T o w n s e n d b r a n c h of t h e I'.-d 1'ros.s. t o g e t h e r w i t h o t h e r b r a n c h e s in the N e w E n g ­land d iv i s ion . th:it speetl in t h e c o m ­p l e t i o n of t h e (.-arnients fr,r t h e r e f u ­g e e s Is a b s o l u t e l y ossent ia l if t h c y are to b e of u s c this w-inter. T h e o n l y t h i n g t h a t s t a n d s b e t w e e n t h e s e p e o ­p l e a n d suf fer ing or d e a t h f r o m t h e l a c k of necess i t i e s of l i v ing i s t h o A m e r i c a n Red Cross T h e R e d C r o s s h a s he ld be fore i; ^s an Ideal in i ts w a r w o r k the a l lev iat ion for t h e p e o ­p le of our a l l i es as well a.s w-ork for o u r o w n a r m y or r.avy. Our a r m y a n d n a v y fou--hl ' •: an ideal a n d it n o w r e m a i n s f..r the P.ed C r o s s to d e m o n s t r a t e its li-Mief in i ts idea l by c a r r y i n g on th.- work w-ith t h e .same m a g n i f i c e n t si'.ri- s h o w n in t h e p a s t a n d c o m p l e t e tin* order on t i m e .

A t t h e C.ii5L-ret-a!ional c h u r c h o n S u n d a y , the -,as! i, Hev. A. I.. S t r u t h ­ers , -R-lll e x r h a l i c e pulp i t s w i t h R e v . A. J. D y e r , of Sh.iroii, I 'n ion e v e n i n g s e r v i c e in t h - • oi s r e g a t i o n a l r h u r c h .

T h e Tiirth.li;. .~''ih w-lll m e e t n e x t T u e s d a y wi;li Mrs ( t c o r g e D a v i s .

W e s t , M r s . i-'re.l iii-w.-iril. f r o m S t o n e h a m .

Is s p e n d i n g .. '• -v days w i th h e r g r a n d ­m o t h e r , .Mr.:. Susan M o r g a n . . .

Carl H. Wi: : 1. w h o h a s b e e n s t o p ­p i n g at '.ho .-'I . .•nniconk I n n d u r i n g t h o . n h s e n i o ..; his m o t h e r , w h o Is s p e n d i n g th. " ,i' .er w i t h h e r d a u g h ­ter In Dor . )i. •-" has r e m o v e d t o t h e C e n t e r for tii. i . m a i n d e r o f t h o w i n -t o r . In or<l<r ! - i e nearer h i s w o r k .

S t a n l e y I l n l v of A s h b y , w h o Is s t o p p i n g wil l ' h s Kr,andmothor, i t r s . H e n r y B. 11 . i i . ivyay, h a s su'tTlcIentl}-r e c o v e r e d fr.-m his r e c e n t I l lne s s t o b e a b l e t o n t i e n l the p u b l i c s c h o o l h e r e .

Q u i t e a 111 'V f i o m h e r o a t t e n d e d t h o d a n c e m Memoria l h a l l a t t h e C e n t e r last w. (k Krlday e v e n i n g .

F i v e ca.«es of influenza a r e r e p o r t e d f r o m o n e f a m i l y — f a t h e r a n d m o t h e r , a n d t h r e o chil i lr .-n—Mr. a n d M r s . 'Wal­ter B e n n e t t fJordon. H e l e n n n d R a c h e l all «ick in b e d , a n d five s m a l l ­e r c h i l d r e n la tho f a m i l y t o b e c a r o

for. Mr. B e n n e t t h a s just roturnod from a hospi ta i in B o s t o n , w h e r e he undcrw-ent a >;erious operat ion at C h r i s t m a s t ime, und evi-ry ertort is be­ing m a d e to sect ire the s e r v i c e s of a nurse to cure for the pa- innts and th. ch i ldren .

.Mrs. Ak- . \ander RecU . . -s isted at-:ri . r e a d i n g - r o o m on Sutur.l. . , . v e n i n g . Mr. -Mis.i .Seaver w a s in chart-.- dur ing -.i;c i i f ternoon.

T h e infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Itoy P. B r o w n h a s b e e n n a m e d P l c h a r d Anson . Mrs. Urown, w h o lias li.-.-ii qui te lil wi th t h e inriuenzu s ince iiis birth la rapidly recover ing .

Miss B e r t h a B o y n t o n re tu ine . i ..•; Saturday f rom a few- days ' visit to re la t ives in Lowel l .

One of our old res idents , Atty . Al-vah .\l. Levy, of F i t c h b u r g , v is i ted the v i l lage , s t o p p i n g at tho .Sfiuannicook Inn iast week,

(-'harles D o n l e y haa b e e n on the sick list for a f e w days , but h a s rei-ume'l h is d u t i e s at W. A. B o u t w e l l s s tore , (.'. L. W e b s t e r a s s i s t ed In t h e s tore dur­ing h is a b s e n c e .

Char lo t t e a n d F r a n c i s H o d g m a n . ch i ldren of Mr. a n d Mrs. C h a r l e s H o d g m a n , are on t h e s i ck list, s u l f e r -Ing from s e v e r e co lds ,

Mrs. S. E. Wai te , f r o m W a i t t i a m , are s p e n d i n g a few days :a the h o n i e of Mr. and Mrs. G. A. S e a v e r .

Miss Marie L e w i s , p r i m a r y t eacher , s p e n t t h e w e e k - e n d at her h o m e in W e s t Ber l in , and .Mi.ss M y i l y k a n g a s . t h e g r a m m a r t eacher , v i s i t ed her h o m e in F i t c h b u r g a s usua l .

Mrs. S u s a n H o w a r d , w h o h a s been v i s i t ing her g r a n d m o t h e r , Mrs. C h a r l e s R. Morgan, h a s r e t u r n e d to h e r h o m e In S t o n e h a m .

Mrs. Fred T e n n e y , of t h e Center , v i s i ted f r i ends in t o w n on ,Sunday.

Clarence L. W e b s t e r ' h a s been s p e n d i n g a f ew d a y s w i t h ' f r i e n d s out of tow-n, r e t u r n i n g to h is h o m e here on Sunday .

E d w a r d Bel l , -,vho h a s b e e n s e r i o u s ­ly ill In M a y n a r d , is r e c u p e r a t i n g at h i s h o m e in the n o r t h part of t o w n ,

.Mrs. H e n r y B. Hath.aw-ay h a s b e e n on the s ick l ist for ji f e w d a y s w i t h a s e v e r e co ld , b u f h a s n o w r e c o v e r e d sufnc ient ly to be a b o u t a g a i n .

T h e m a n y f r i e n d s of H o m e r F l y n n , s o n of Mr,, a n d Mrs, J a m e s L, F l y n n , w h o h a v e a s u m m e r h o m e h e r e , are p l e a s e d to n o t e t h a t Corpora l H o i n e r F l y n n , of t h e 4 0 th E n g i n e e r C a m o u -i lage Sec t ion , arr ived in N e w York on t h e S.S. G o e n t o e last w e e k Fr iday . H e w a s on t h e f r o n t l ine ten m o n t h s w-ithout relief, . c a m o u l i a g i n g bat ter ies , g u n s , h u t s , roads , e tc . H e is -A-aitIng at. C a m p Merrit t . N. J., to be m u s t e r ­ed out .

A n o t h e r m e m b e r of the B e n n e t t fami ly , F r a n k , o n e of tho y o u n g e r ch i ldren , h a s been s tr i cken w i th t h e influenza. T w o nurses are in a t t e n d ­a n c e , Mrs. McKenz ie , n i g h t nurse , and Miss Evely:^ N e w t o n , day nurse , b o t h f r o m the Center. Mr. B e n n e t t ' s m o t h e r , f rom Worces ter , h a s arr ived , a n d is a s s i s t ing in the h o m e , i iut the o ldes t daughter , R u t h , is ill w-ith the m e a s l e s in Worces t er , w h e r e s h e is e m p l o y e d .

. T h e West T o w n s e n d pupi l s a t t e n d ­ing the h igh school , w h o were m e n ­t ioned In tlie h o n o r list, pul)j ished re­cent ly , were D a n i e l Ormsby , Doris T e n n e y and L u c i e R e y n o l d s , and h igh h o n o r s . Miss F r a n c e s S h e p h e r d .

T h e body of Mrs. Caro l ine S h e r w i n , of N a s h u a . N. H.. a g e d n ine ty years , widow- of Char les ,Sherwin of th i s v i l ­lage , w a s i>rQUght h e r e on t h e m o r n ­ing train. W e d n e s d a y , for burial b e s i d e her husb.and in t h e f a m i l y lot. P r a y ­ers w e r e o l fered at t h e g r a v e by R e v . J o s e p h McKettn. ami t h e r e m a i n s w e r e a c c o m p a n i e d by her s o n , C h a r l e s ,sherw-ln. of N a s h u a . T h e i iearers w e r e A l e x a n d e r Meed. W. C. W i n c h e s t e r . . \UKustus B r u c e and l i e n r y P,. H a t h a -w-ay. Mrs. .^her'.\in, thouj.'h not a res ident , was a freijiu-nt v i s i tor in th i s villa:,'e diiriri;< her Ion;.' l ife and is pleasant]:.' reir.enilit rod by iii.-in.v.

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PEPPERELL , ^ s i s a ttoms. . .

Chester- B. Hamilton, "the soldiers' -Xrlcnd.-" has-been appointed chalrinan

lOt the homo service work here In Ve]>-peccU for disabled soldiers and suil-ors, througrh-the L.owelI division, Am-^riclin Red Cross, from the depart--m e n t of civilian relief of Washington, » . -C Miss -Alice SulUvan of tho Red Cross headquarters in Lowell, who «4Ln>e to Fepperell the latter part of

. Jaat week to perfect arrangements, ex­pressed herself as much pleased to

-sacAra the services of one who has so (inuich experience In .war work for this pt^ltlon /Certainly ' Mr, Hamilton's tutlrlnsr and. persistent work In behailf o f the boys In the service during" the war are a suBlclent guarantee of his interest in .the boys and bespeak his success In this, new phase of .the wprk, TTho relief work Is a department of tho Rod Cross quite Independent ot

'.tbe Ufuai wo^k or demands made iipon •;'TOi( ''JU)cal Red.',Crosa chapter and -will _,Jbys qqijductpd as such. . M. ICn. Samuel J. < Blood was taken 111 ,aqv.uoi)day evenlng;anil her' symptoms /iftero-those of acute appendicitis. On r'Znasdiagr ntomlng by advice of herphyi-fxtelp^nA-slie was . taken' to.St.' Joseph'b f/^XipKwt »kt';Niuliua, .where an .opera-:ftiins$9aU^-performed shortly after noon. tiabe>.>«rai<.i]Bi>ort«d OA »nt- of the ether

a£el^it>o'elock that- evening, the case JttffJtg,!^ n;i:l9U8«<I>ut not a critical one.

-;5^M'W!ftfpes<ULy, morning she was said .tJ);yjbJ9--.restlnK; comfortably. -iin.Iklxair-GeorgeDurKln writes to her /frlenOs' ih to'ivn trom' Pine' Mt„ Harlan ceranty/sot her-'work In behalf of the children; of the poor whites, In Klen-titcky.'; Althotjgh some of her tasks

'•trottld: not naturally appeal to a woman "ortaei' status and Intellect, yet she Is ' persevering In'her work for the better­ment of thosd.aniong -whom she finds kerself.;-'Her experiences when she re-ttirns next, summer, as she is expected to,' wlH be-WBII.worth listening to.

'A- good .number • gathered at the . home' Df :Mr8. M. C. Lane on 'W'ednes-day attemooit at the .meet ing of the East' '\riUage club and a pleasant and •profitable-.aftemoon was passed In sewing on refugee garmentJs and lis­tening-to^readlngs. and discussions on tbe subject,'' " T h e care of children." Xdttle Esther Martin also^ sang for the <nu&. T h e next-meeting"In^ two weeks,

^Jf^tlttrvkiy. "12,-. rn^y be of patriotic na-i i r e : ' ' I t l i to.'be at the home of Mrs, N. 'W; Appleton.

" Bark'll'Goss-lij reported as gaining, TO^'..that'-.he Is. able to be about the House again, although his long Illness has had Its effect on his memory and Wft him enfeebled.'

The marriage of-Miss Gertrude lola, ypungcsst daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Aivih 'Wright, of Brooklliie- street, to t i ^ l e . S , Stewai;t; son.of .Mr. and Sirs. A.' id' Stewart,' bf .Oak hill, took place on Saturday, January 25, at the Unl-t!l«an''t)a«Oiiaie at Tyngsboro, Rev. A;-C. White. 0.'for»ner pastor of this tpWh, o'fliclatlrigf.'' The couple were at­tended by the sister of the bride and hoi'-"'hbs'band, Mr, and Ml:s, Donald Shattuckl The groom has been em-pl6ycd -at the Xashua river paper mill ana also at work lumbering at Pitts­burg, N. H. He Is to take a position at"Ayer soon and It Is probable that Mr. and Mrs. Shattuck and possibly Mr. and Mrs. 'Wright wiil move there also, 'as w o r k is more plentiful and Mr. Wright already has been at work there for nearly a year. At present Sir. .and Mrs. Stewart are residing with the parents of the bride on Brookline street.

Although the Lcnd-a-hand club were disappointed In the' arrangements for their entertainment and saeclal or­chestra last week a dance was held on Friday evening at Prescott hall, which will net them about $13 for their work in the line of charitable doings. A col­ored orchestra was obtained from the camp In place of the 212th. which are now dl-sbanded and discharged from tho service. The music by this jazz band was very spirited, a singer ac-cp?npanylns' them. Dancing was en­joyed, until midnight and ice cream aad cake were on.sale.

iCards havo been received announc-Inu'thft graduation of Miss Ruth Hodg-kisanMorgan on Febt-uary 4. from the Margaret Pahnstock School of Nurs­ings iNew York city, when she becomes a. -registered nurse. She has accepted a position with a surgeon in the city. temporarily, and next fall is to take an InHtitutlonal position under Miss Muriloch, who is at the head of one of tlic. dep,'vrtmcnt.«i of the training jichonl, from which Miss Mo-g.in is sradtiatcd. As a Peppereil Hii:h acbool girl and the youngest dauc'ntcr of one of our citizens. I.aw-rcncc Mor­gan, a vory natural interest i.s felt in her sticce.-^s,

Ray Wiiinughiiy. who h,a.< lioo- in i'he. aviation sors-ioo in i-"iarro. h i> written from Hobokon of his s.-ii'" .ir-rivah from overseas, but that ho wonid probably ho in camp a fow di'.y. 'lo-fore iieini: grnr.tod a ftirlourh of a w*v.k or so at lionio. Ho is ;-.o-.v o \ . porto»l on any tr.'iin. IIis serv:oo ki* arrived by oxpross on Mnnd.-iy.

A lottor roooivod liy tho t>aronts of Walter Hnliivan statos that ho has been put on j>oiioo duty and may lio Kent into fierm.any. so that it is im-possiblo to toll when ho wiil bo homo. l l Is imdcrstood that Sydnoy Tower now writes that ho also may bo given mlllUary police duty and dotaine'd longi;r than he cxpootod ovorsoa.s.

The dancing class of Miss Holen M. Robblns, which was rocontly started, will meet at Saunders' banquet hall every Monday evening until further .notice.

W. E. Corey, a Brooklino trader Tvell-known .among Pepperell business men . ; Is reported as recoverinj? from a n attack of cerebral hemorrhage, which followed the Inflticnza. Ho has liccn critically.Ill, with several doctors in consultation.

Russell Wright last week roceivod his : discharge from the service nt Camp Devens and Is at present In tho employ of the government at tho Metz lactory at Waltham, which w,-i» taken over by the government at one time for the manufacture of aeroplanes

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The regular meeting of the execu­tive board of the District Nurife asso­ciation will bo held with Mrs. M. M. .Pond .on Monday evening, Februarj-3, instead of at the liome of Mrs, Hutchinson, OS previously announced. The hour Is 7.15.

Mrs. Clarence ''. Tucker, who )uu been In'Natick with her daughter, Mrs, Paul Maxwell aiid family, dur­ing their Illness froui Influenza and convalescotico, returned, home on Mon­day, Mr, Tucker having gone to Nu-l lck on Saturday to make the trip home easier for her, Mrs. Maxwell and little daughter Elizabeth, also re­turned with them for a visit.

The flr.st intimation that many. Jn town had that there was a lire on , toQ-' day morning was when the "aU'-but' sounded, not far from six o'clock, 'Th*, alarm wus given by the regular ralj-roud tire aUrnal, a long and two short whistles, by an early freight train,' and was not noted, or understood to mean lire, by many. It was a chimney Are, in the house occupied by Patrick Sliney and family, which stands near the track and just above It, on Hotel-place, The sparks were coming otit like flroworks when first seen. , The danger was soon past, the engine jteam coming to their relief with fire ektlt^-gulshers, and the all-out 'sounded. There was no damage to the building.

Miss MoUIe Fraser, who has been in, Lexington since November, Is ex­pected back soon on a. vacation at her liome In town with the Misses Tucker, On Heald street.

Miss Alice West, who has been em­ployed at Littleton, recently 'returned here and entered the Pepperell Braid­ing Company's'enii>loy.

Mr, and Mrs, A.'p, Wright returned last week from a few days' visit with friends at Brlghtorr and Boston, ' ' •

Mr, and i l r i , i"orrest E, Winch are receiving congratulations on the p-d-vent of a son into their honie on JRIv er streiet on January 17, Mrs, S, J. Clapp Is offlcIatIn(5 as nurse and at present Mrs, Theresa Shatttick I s a s i slsting In the household and In the care of the older'chlld," little Shirlle. The newest ar'rlval Is to be called Har­old. Miss Shirlle Morse recently visit-; ed her new ffephew. and her sisteri Mrs, Winch, coming front 'Worcester.

Mrs, L, D, Cushing has had electric lights • installed at the pierce home­stead, where she resides.

The death of Rev, Elwln Hitchcock, at One time presiding elder of the M. E, churches In this district, and a well-known lecturer here, occui-red xtn Jan­uary 25 at his present home fit New­port, N. H. l i e had held pastorates at Haverhill, at Nashua, N, H„ and at Manchester, N. H., where he was dis­trict superintendent for six years. Since leaving there he "has preached at Dover, N. H., and at his present place, Newport, He was In his seven­tieth year. The officiating clergyman •jvas a life-long friend and coUegemate of former days. Rev, Dr, Edgar Blake, now of Chicago, services being held at the church on January 29,

The flre alarm was sounded' from box 37 on. Sunday evening, but En­gineer Tarbeli. who was the flrst one on the spot, could find no trace either of the ones wJio pulled in-the alarm or of any flre. Ho immediately rang the all-out to prevent the response of the department tor ^ e false alarm.

Henry 'Verow. a former m i n . work­man, who hasboen^ln.?Icw Hampshire most of the winter, -came here last week to assist.in moving his goods and family to Groveton, N. H. Hla goods were loaded for that place oi) Monday. The family have been occupying the tenement In Mrs. Jordan's house. Cross street. ' .. .

Mrs. C. D. Hutchinson attended the conference ot the District Nurses' as­sociation at the T-wentleth Century club. Boston, last week Thursday. In the interests of the Pepperell District Nurse as.sociatlon, ot which she is president.

Frank Conant. who recently return­ed from working in North Chelms ford, has taken up his old work of carpentering for C. H. Miller.

Miss Hibljerd, teacher of English at the high school, has resigned, and re turned to her home in Toronto, Cana d.a. Mr. Nichols, of Erie, Pa., takes her place.

Tho Woman's club will meet " at Sa'.:r.ders' hall on Tuesday. Februarj-4. Board meeting at 2.15 and the reg­ular club meeting at 2.45. There are to be solos hy Mrs. C. D. Hutchinson and Mrs. Eisie Copp and patriotic song.s Ijy the club. Rev. William Por ter Niies. rector of the Episcopal church, Nashua. N. H.. will address the club on "Current events." This mooting is open to the public, the us­ual admission being charged.

Augustus Shattuck. now in his ninc-ty-fo-.irth year, and tbe oldest man in town, is .suffering from the infirmities incident to advanced age .and is con­flned to his home at his son's. A. .\. Shattucl;. Mr. Chamberlain is assist­ing in caring for him.

Deacon ar.d Mrs. Ansel Shattuck of Groton woro callers last week upon their relative. Mrs. Sarah Patch, w-ho has iieen suffering an attack of rheu­matism,

Mr. .ind Mrs. Edw-ard T.ynch moved iast w-ook front Nashu.a street into tiio Hay-.vard uoi]i>lo tonomont house, cor­ner of Mill and Oroton streets.

.V lottor iias been roooivod iiy tho fatho- i.f F.ari l.availoy. w-ho was ro-port",! s"\oroly wounded in Frar.co. ;:-

t whi':-. h.: s.ays ho is now n*; ri;rii- | l:i.:ait- -ii- .loos not itivo tho r.:r::'.-o ,,;•[ t f >:;« :-.r of his wounds, \\hioi-, .: <> -ins 1 I ;.-.;! h.TU in or.o of tho hospit.-il-i for | i a wil ilo, I

I <'ar! l-ii^sliury of tho I', !-'. s \V: - I ' o'--,;:-.;.- is hoard front as sti'.l :r, :rh \ ) ploasoii w-ith lifo in tho navy ii" ro-1 rontiy oajoyod a fiftoon days fur-

iough. which ho spent w-itii. iiis par­ents. Mr. and Mrs. Charles riilsivir\. at Middloi>oro. returning to his siiip at Now Ti'ork. Ho w-as looking in o\ . oeilont health and wearing tho g.-id bars to which his service nliroad on. titled him. He expects soon to leave for Culian waters.

A most successful supper w-as served at the Methodist vestry on Thursday of Last week to about a hundred hy tho Ladies' Aid society, Mrs E. K. Handley, chairman. Although tho date was changed and tho supper placed a week ahead of the timo orig­inally Intended t ^ make way for tho concert of this "week at tho same church, tho plans were well oarriod out and a flne suppcr served I: was a pleasant social affair and also the sum of $20 woa add^d to tho tr"a.siiry.

.lames Attrldge. who rccentiv aooop-tod a position with tho wholosn-" gro. oors. Boston, 'Webster. Thom.i'^ .<- '"o . w-as in town as usual with his f.imily over tho w-cek-end. They ni.i .i"rido to remove to somo stiburb of i". --.ir. In the spri'ng.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kennedy arc In New 'i'ork, where they wont at the be-vlnnln~ of the year, and will probably remain there for a few weoks longer. Mr. and Mrs. Chester Shattuck .are taking caro -OX their residence, "Plne-hurst." , ;. .. , - '

Tho basketball .game scheduled b'e-tweitii the Mllford and Pepperell teams (o i>« played' at Mllford, N, H„ last week l-'rlday night, did not materialize, as. thcy were, notified here that the hail was not available for that even­ing. It Is expected that the Stearns school team will play the local Jiigh school teatii here this week F*rIdoy evening^ ' ' ' '

' C. F. Moffltt met with an accident while at w 6 r k l n tlie wood yard of I. J. Roweli 'Vast Saturday. While -en­gaged Iti' sawink wood, v/lth the po'wer saw, he let his right hand slip In some' manner; Just enough to catch oiie ot his , fingers In'the teeth of the saw. The end, up to tho flrst joint, was nearly- severed, and he was Im­mediately taken to the office o t Dr,' Lovejoy. where the wound was dress­ed and tho Injured man made as com­fortable as possible. It will be som'e weeks,'probably, before he can resume his work again,

John I'tossard started Monday for Kalamazoo," Mlofi^ attd the rnlddre' west on a -business trip to establish some ot Kis palendor cleaning - ma­c h i n e . He expects to be away sonic weeks,

Mrs, Constant Jaglellovicz, who re­paired her house and store on Parker hlll.,after her flre there not long ago, has -npw purchased the adjoining doufele tenement house of F. H. Park­er, and is shingling and making other irepairs on that' also;

StUl River, Mrs, -Chester.WUlard and four chil­

dren, Hope, Rowland, Alma and Hazel, are the latest victims of tho In­fluenza,

Eleanor Haskell has recovered so as' to be at her duties In the postofflce, and Walter Haskell Is able to be do\vn stairs.

Miss Laura A, Brown, of West Acton, Is the guest of her sister. Mrs. Jennie' WUlard.

Fred Heeley, Charles Thprnlng and Milton 'Walker have received their dls-Tcharges and-are at home.from Camp Devens, .

Mrs, )!., H. Morse has been visiting relatives In Worcester this week.

Miss Edith Aroy, of Salem, was the guest o t . her cousin,' Mrs, Mabel Spr$.gue, over Sunday;

Alvln Walker.Is also one of the In­fluenza victims, but It is a l ight castf.

Mrs. Haynes attended a meetlni; of the W. C, T, U,-ln Worcester on Thurs-i day,, . , ; ' - . - . •

.4.pi>otntod Actiiory... The tollbwlhg clipping, concerning

a former Pepperell boy,- was taken from one of the Hartford (Coiin,) dallies:

•"Insurance Commissioner Button Mansfield Tias appointed Thomas F; Tarbeli tp be actuary of the state Ih-r surance department- In place of.'"Hi Pearson Hammond, -who resigned to take a position In the actuiiry depart­ment of the :Travelers Insurance Co, Mr. Tarbell's salary wUrbo J3600 a year,- Mr, Tarbeli-Is thirty years old and a graduate of Williams college In the class ot 1910,- He htis been con­nected wl th . the Now TorlcMutual Lite Insurance Company since he left col­lege: "-His predecessor, Mr. Hammond, was graduated froni the same college In iSOS./and was also connected with the Mutual Life before he took the state department post. Mr. Tarbeli w-lll be In the city on Mon'day, when he win be inducted Into his new posi­tion by. Mr. ; Hammond, The latter will retire trotn tho position January

3lBt," We might 'add that Mr, Tarbeli re­

ceived his ..early education ,here In town and was one .of our high school boys. He Is the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry P. Tarbeli.

Church Jfotea, At the M. E. church. Rev. B. W.

Rust, the pastor, will preach on Sun­day at 10,45 and 7.30. The general subject win be "The stewardship of lite," CThe morning topic, '•Whose am, I?;'. The evening, '.'The. r'omance of .a. dedicated life." Sunday school at noon and Epworth League at 6.45.

"The pastor will conduct the prayer meeting at 7.30, Tuesday, and the theme Is "Fellow laborers."

The regular Scout meeting of Troop 2 will .b.e he ld 'at the parsonage on Thursday -at 7,30.. . Miss MacDonald, the district nurse, will be present to glvo iiistructlons In first a.Id work.

Friday'evening the Epworth League business meeting and social wIU be held In the large vestry at 7,30,,

At the Congregational parsonage on Tuesday evening the Pilgrim Training class wuil meet at 7.30. Rev. Mr. Lew­is -nill . cpnduct the lesson from the chapter on."Story telling."

Services will be held at the Com munity church at 10.45 and 7.30, Sun­day. The pulpit will be supplied by the MassaehuaetUs Federation of Churches. Sunday school at noon as usual.

Grange Notes, At the' regular meeting ot Prescott

Grange on Friday eveiiing of last week the attandlince w.as not large, but pleasantly social. The committee who were on the schedule for the evening's program were Miss Ada Whitney, who was out of town, Mrs. Simmons, who had other engagements, and Mrs. M. M. Richards, who rendered assistance to the lecturer. Miss Katherine Blood, and provided the following program, although at rather short notice: Piano solo. Miss Muriel Robinson: reading. Miss Ellen Miller; song, Mrs. Grace .Shattuck; talk on bees. Miss Sarah Tucker: reading, a monologue. Mrs. . \my Shattuck; the remainder of the evening was taken up by charades, in which many joined.

At the next regular mcciting of the Grange. February H, It will be "Birth­day night," and a part ot the progr.am wiil also be ot patriotic nature. The committee In charge are Mrs. E. S Blood and Jliss Sarah Tucker.

day. evening, February 7. B : R . Baum-gardt will glvo an Illustrated lecture on the ""Fjords of .Norway,"

To tho Editor) I Would like to have you print this

letter I dm sending- you In the Har-vafd Hillside, and also say that there Is not a word of truth In the letter. The one who sent it was ashamed to give their name. William 'Hanna, '•Mr, Hanna—The latest story abo(Jt

town is "That you were called by Culr bert'the hlghi"hc got hurt. That ydil went up there but did not go Into Cul-bcrt's, you 'weiit In to Spooncr'-s and remained there," Is that so?

.SHIRLEY Xcfns Items.'. '• i

. Mr, aiid Mrs. Edwin; Conant were entertained Thursday at the home of Mr, and Mrs. WqJAo.Conant, of Lit­tleton. -.-•J^-.f - ' / ; .

. Mr. and -Mrs. Ed-wln Conant will have as their guests this Saturday their daughters. Mrs. I. W. IDanibn. of Gardner, and Mrs. Leslie iMossman,; of Nei^ Hamtishire,- the occasion being Mr. Conant's birthday,

Mrs., Frank Park is wilth her daugh-' ter, Mrs. Adrlance, .of Fltchbiirg, who Is HI, - , . ' . ; ' • .'•

Mrs. David' L. Llndenberg Is conr fined to he'r home with a severe-cold,

Harrlman Longley and his son. Wade G, Longley,' are spending the winter at Fort Meyers, Fla.

The Altrii'rlati club met on Thurs­day afternoon at the Service club rooms, the president, Mrs, Amy" C, Wheqler, presided, 'The'' meeting was Ih the hands of the health and house­hold economics committee,. Several members read papers or gave, flve-mlnute talks on the current tbplcs. M.rs. Alice L. "Wright read a paper ^n fpod conservation, written by Mrs, Ai­thea W. Llndenberg: Miss Altle F. Howe, meat substitutes: -Mrs. Mary E. Lilly, conservaitlon of food; Mrs. -Amy C,' Wheelei\ laundry; Mrs.- Jennip S, Knowles, economic- clothing.- Miss Ikllnnctte Zuver explained to the-mem­bers the excellence of canned ^'elder­berries, dempnstratlng by serving the fruit to all pi'esent. One new: 'na'me was proposed-:tor-membership. The next meeting, February 13, will "be held at the home ot Mrs,. Walter Knowles. . . _ _

T'S^'A*'!l»tirnorous description of the **^*«>«'n«;<jf the vlUiige, Mrs, Ran-•""U: B. 'A-a,un,. poem was of historical value-and .was of general interest,

- A committee; of two, Mrs. Lawrenqe Mocgan and-Mrs. Frank Conant, was api>olntea'to « lve: prizes,. Tho prizes 'were, awarded,-to. Mrs. Helen Warner and Mrt, Ranaom Adams for tho two .Best .poems.:. The prizes were centcr-plec^s, -t^^.Jiandlwork. ot the hostess, A libertj;Vunok. was served In the dInlngi|:5om, . ,-. "

After1unch'ti'e"'gue8ts'had a merry time weighing each other. The re-BulU s^iow.ed'that, the As You Like It ia a clulj' o f some -wolght in the com­munity, '•- , •'!. ;-•-

Mrs; 'PranK Conant win entertain the d u b at her "iibme. West View, at IU next nieetlnar. February 11,

EtOXBOROUCH ' Kbws I tems . ' '.•:",..

The last-meeting o f the Grange was open to the -public, ^and In normal times would have been greatly enjoy­ed, 03 tt .was botli entertaining and in­structive. Robert T.-Trask ot the Mid­dlesex County; Agricultural School di­vision, gave an lUustrated ^lecture on' children's school gardetra. The views were mostly of ;yiraltham"and Kramlng^ ham gardens, A. j / j e n k s spoke on home economics and extenjslon schools. It Is hoped that the extensloit school here, which had t o , be postponed on account of the influenza, can be held sometime in March,^ . ' . ;

The next meeting of .the Borough Pomona Grange •will be held in Berlin on February 13. . , -,

Andrew "Walker is-vlsitiag his sister In Spencer.^; ...,-'. . . . . . ..:,....::,..• V /

Howard Porter ha i -be in a'fhotoe a few daystthis--"week.' 'He Ts'ttbrTring near Manchester, . • : " - ; • . - •'

C, B, Robijins. Is niaklhg the; aiiriua^ Inspection 6f bartts, ' , ' , ' ; _

Private Anthony Arruda, i j6thDlvl-slon; who', "was wounded In France some time ago'and returned to a New Jersey hospital.' has recently^ visited the Flerra family, where he worked before he enlisted, : '

Nelson Coblelgh Is comjjletiiig the bungalow on his land , . the 'ce l lar :o f Tvhich was dug pome time ago. iit. Sawyer, of South Actohi is helping him.

David Walker, of Boston, spoilt Sun­day-at home.' : . ' .

Elsie Graves Is spending a week" with Mrs. Frank Dodge In Nortij. Lex­ington,

Miss Ethel Mead spent the week-end with her sister in North -Lexington.

Mrs. Marlon Morse spent Sunday with her daughter' Hazel, who Is teaching in Greenfield,

Miss Maria Steele Is spendliig two weeks with frie'nds In Sharon,

No new eases ot Influenza are re­ported this wee^. and most of the sick ones are getting, along .well.. The Swanson chlld^ ivhose recovery, was very doubtful for several,days, seems to have passed the critical point. '

Mrs. Alfred Coblelgh Is sick and LInwood Richardson has been.con^ fined to the bed with rheumatism,

Irving Clairk -has recently returned trom a short vacation," the first one he has had tor seven years.

AlKiut Town. The executive board of the District

Nurse association will meet with Mrs F'-.nd on Monday evening, Fcbrttary "

Tho \Voman's club "Will hold their noxt mooting on Tuesday afternoon i)i KaiH dor.s' hall; speaker. Rev. William 1', Nilos: subject, "Current events.' i'a:! fi:io music.

' - .< r Pepperell matter on page 1.

HARVARD \(-\\ s Itonxs.

Mr and Mrs. Ralph Emerson woro :•! t.iv.-n on Monday. They report Mr. I'.honstork as still very III, but slowly rorovoring. Mrs. Dadmun and tho rhil.iren are up and around,

.lames I;. Whltney-I»-JH-w^'h- the jrovaiilng malady and his wife, Mrs. Ilolon Whitney, IS at the 'Peter Bent lirigham hospital, Where she Is-rccov-oring from an operation,

Frank Abbott "who has . been 111, Is able to bo out of doors, ''•,'

Mrs. Thayer spent last Sunday -wHth hor daughter, Mrs, Elleryr-Roynl, at their new home In Worcester.'

Nfrs. Edith Haskeiv suffered a bad fall on the Ice this weelc. Her sjster, Dollv Howard, of Bolton. <»nTO over for a few days to aAl«t In the house-, hold duties ajid care o f t h e Children,

The Efflclency c l a M l B • « « * ' " » ' ' ' " moot in the lower towin »i*ll,on Wed­nesday afternoon.of next wedk nt two o'rlork. ' '.''.

The next and last- fecture' In the Warner course Is t o he *l.v»n O"'*^'''-

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A b o u t T o w n . • ,, . •'.-:.-.• Old Shirley chapter. D. A. R;,.iield

Its regular monthly- meeting oh Tues­day evening at the home of - Mrs. Charles H. Tewksbury, 'The attend­ance was good and-a pleasant evening spent. Reports of .war work are be­ing called for by the state and nation­al societies and the local chapter Is making a good showing on Individual work. .A sum of -monoj^Was voted toward- the fund for the restoration ot the French village Tilloloy. An en­tertainment called history questions was prepared and given by Mrs. E. H. Allen.

The First Parish Branch Alliance will meet at the Shirley club Thurs day, Februarj- 6, at 2.30 p. m.

Mr. and Mrs. Eli Momsen and daughter Margaret IcVt town Thurs­day morning for their home in St. Paul, Minn. They will visit New York and Washington while on the journey. Mr. Momsen has received his honor­able discharge from the service at Camp Devens. where he lias been at­tached to the 12th division, 26th In-fantr>- with rank. of first lieutenant. The Momsen family have, been living at the home of Mrs. L. J. Edgarton for tho past three raonths or more and have been very'popular socially in the military officers' set. A position in his father's business Is awaiting Mr. Momsen.

TOWNSEND

Harbor. Mrs. Strout has returned home from

an extended visit .with her daughter in Needham. . _; ,, •-•,: .

Mrs. Charles Monroe, of Beverly, is a guest of her mother, Mrs, Helen Warner. - . .

I'red Longley. of -Chelmsford, w-a.s in tow-n a few days ago, calling upon old friends.

.\s a result of thc^,summer activities .ii Hariior farm, Including the uso of .1 stato tractor,, a large crop of oats is i.i-ir.'..- threshed.

\ s You l.lkr It Club. : . Tho afternoon ot January 2S, was

-:-.• :o ll'. romembered by members of !;:" As You Like It club. The mcet-i-ir wi'.s hold at Sacliem 'Vllln. Mrs.

iiar;iuh I-'n.ss was the hostess, assist-i-d liy hor riau^hter,'Mrs. Charles Noyos At the business • meeting a nia^-;'zino exchange, was planned hy whiih each might benefit by the niajazlnos of othef members. Mrs. riiarlos Noyes conducted the program and each ono had been requested to write n poem-on—Townsend—Harbor.-Tho oiiih is ever ready to do Its part in Tarrying out Its-president's ("equests and this w,is no exception.

.Mrs George Jones', poeitl exempli-flod tho statement that "brevity is the soul of wit." Mrs, Noyos;-not' being a native of thla town, entitled her poem, "That's the wfay t^ej" 'tell. It to mc." Sho described In a humorous' vein some of the thinirti: Ihal PP*.'ulRht hear. Miss Hester :iSordett's was .an historical sketch -written/III an able manner Miss Mary-'Aifanis' praised the khaki-ciad who'vhive done their bit and will soon be returning to the Harbor and vlcItUtjr, Mrs, - Galon Proctor iloKoribod the Harbor as dif­ferent poets might "l»ave done (but didnti tirst ns Mary'^ Sawyer, then Shnkospoaro, Mother 6oo«^, lA)ngfcl-low, Kipling M r * Helen Warher

Churdi Notes. t . The oiiiiual business ineeting &! tlie

church was -Tield at the -vestry last w-eek Thursday aftempon, (iharles H.' Waltt, chairman of the trustees, was elected moderator, and In the absence of the church clerk, Mrs, R. Y. Nel­son read the records. The reiiort, of the auditor, Frank W, Dodge, was fol­lowed by- several other reports. The ofliicers for this year were, elected as follows: Mrs. W. H. Furbush, Sunday school supt.; Simon B. Hager, deacon. 2 yrs.; Dea. Lewis W. Richardson, trustee, 3 yrs.; Arthur W. Nelson, church clerk; Simon B. Hager, church treas.; Henry F. Lawrence, auditor; Edgar C. Mead. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Y. Nelson, examining com.; Edgar C. Mead, Charles Waitt, Jr„ ushers; . \n-ton .Swanson, Charles Waitt, Jr„ offer­tory collectors; Misses Marie E, Steele and. Prlscllla Hager, assts.; Mrs; G, W, Burroughs, organist; Miss Ethel Mead, asst.; Arthur W. Nelson, chorister.

Rev. Mr. Handanlan. from Scaconk, preached last Sunday and everyone was very favorably Impressed with his Interesting and practical sermon.'

Although the church is waiting to find the right minister., the pulpit will bo supplied every Sunday. Preaching service at eleven o'clock. Sunday school at 1..15. All are cordially wel­come.

LITTLETON News Items.

The Alliance will meet with .>Irs. Albert E. Hopkins on next Friday af­ternoon at the usual hour. Miss Alice Howard will be the speaker and an In­teresting program Is promised.

"Tho value ot Immaturity" will be the theme for Rev. F, W, Lambert-son's Sunday morning sermon,

Tho bean carnival will be held In the vestry of the Congregational church on next week Friday night to take the place of the Christmas party that was omitted on accouftt of Influenza.

The Thursday evening meeting of tho I'ongregatlonal society was at the homo of N. B. Conant this week!

The regular meeting of the Grange is slated for next Wednesday evening.

Miss Fannie Sanderson attended thO; oivios conference In Saugus on Tues­day.

Mrs. .\. w . Know-lton returned to .^oiiiorviilo on Wednesday to remain with relatives there for the present.

Hnrton ,S. Flag'g and-family, of An; dovor, and the C; Kr'Houg'htons were Si:nday guests at C,^F, Flagg's,

Mrs. C. K. Houghton and sister, liliss .Marion W. Flagg, visited theic niece, .Mrs. Ruth TlmcheL§?L<?.WGj:jt>?_Ayer, this wee'k, ' .. '.

Allan Fay. who' recently underwent a serious operation at tho hospital, Is doing as well as can be expected, •

Town meeting for the annual elec­tion of officers and other Important business win be held a week from Monday,

Mrs. J. H. Kimball visited her par­ents In West RIndge this wceh

Oeorge Brown haa wired his house at tho common and hopes to have the connections for electricity soon

The next meeting ot tho Merry Oo Rounds will be held 'with Mrs Ernest Roblnsoii.

Julia bownlng Is sick with tlte In­fluenza at E -P Sheehan's

Mr, and Mrs W E Conant contem-'>late taking a trip south next mbnth

Air FrroOBUBO'S Bia KA2tKETS i;?\i.'

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YEABliNO L^MB Stewing Pieces 1 2 ^ lb." ' Fores 1 5 ^ , 16^ lb.

.loins 20^*, 22<yj3). , , 1»gi 2 3 ^ , 30< lb

; GEKUINE/SPBINO LAUB ^ o r Stews 20<* lb " ' Pores 22^ , , 2 4 ^ lb.

Loins 2 8 ^ lb. Lpgs 3 5 ^ ib,

POBtt: TO BOAST Whole Loins 2 6 ^ lb.' Small Boasts 2 8 ^ , 2 8 ^ , 30< lb. Fresh Shoulders 25f lb. Smoked Shoulders 2 8 ^ lb. Sugar Cured Bacon 39< lb. Sliced 43< lb

Omons 3 ^ lb, 10 lbs 2 8 ^

j_ SATUEDAY MOBNINa

S , Steak-27c. lb. Only 1000 ponnds'to offer at this price

NATIVE POBK—ALL OUTS 1 5 ^ to 40^f'IH.-

BKEF BoUIng Pieces , ' . 12c., l - i c Ib. Pot Jloasts . . 17C.-20C lb.

' Ch,nxA!. Roosta 22c., 24c. SSc. Ib. ;n'tit ie Rib Roasts 2e|c -SSc; Jb. 'Boneless Roosts 28c. lio SSc, Ib.

* Open Kettle

. . ^ N E W OBIiEANS MOI/ASSES

For Home-made Candles Molasses Cookies and Gingerbread iQoort 30c. ) i gallon I^'c.

Gallon $1 10

Ixittucc Celery Canllilowcm, Spinach. Etc

PAKCy STATIVE VEAIi • Stcvrlng Pieces I M , I^c , 20c. Ib Roosts 24C..2SO. ib lKib)L,Roa&ts . . . 2ec.'-.30a. lb. Iiegs 32c.'SSo.'Ib. Forcqnoitcrs 25c.<:28c. Ib

"NATIONAIi B i s e c t * ^ " S, 8. Bntter Crackeis, regu­

larly 2SC. 22c podcage l<noeaa Biscuit, rcsuloi ly lOc. ,

8c. package Hot BaLcd Beaoa and Brown

Broad at our Bakery ConnUMr 2 P. M , Saturday

Tako Home sonto ot ouT Bread, Cokes ood Pastry

A FEW OF OUR MONEY SAVING SPECIALS Crlsoo, 1 Ib cans Compound Lard

, Best Tub Butter ..Grated Nntmcgs 'ea-IO Prunes

8 c , i;

2 8 c 2 4 c Ib 00c. Ib

IHc- can 16cv Ib.

Del 'Uonto Sardines, 3 kinds 15c. can

F ine Formosa Tea, special price - " 45c lb.

JSchlltz Malt Xonic . 1 7 c botae Solder's -& R. R. Soup l i e can White Rose Bloc and '\fllk ,

6c con Armour's Ketchup 19(£ bottle Armour's 3X Olofmargarlne

SSc Ib Prindno Baking; Powder

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' ITEMS OF INTEREST

In Russia bricks made of cbaj, dust, Combined- Wltlf-resinV'are us€d' ^or paving. " * Bracelets have been worn -from t ime fmmemorlal. but few wearers of the golden bands of the present ddy know-that they were oru:e used to dlstln-ijulsh the Insane. Bctor^f lunatics were conflned to asj-Iums they w'ore an armlet for distinction.

Quantities of honey are found in the African forests by the natives In hol­lowed trees. The honey Is generally at the summit of the tree, and the men. knock down the tree, and smoke the bees out of - their lodging -with, burning grass. The honey ii; then quickly collected "and taKen.to camp.

New AdTcrtlsements

. W'.ASTBD—Woman- or Girl to learn :hc work at tlfe Harvard Braiding Mill, corner Mill and Depot Roads. Inquire HARVARD BRAIDING MILL. Harvard, Mass." - 1122

• FOR S. LE--—Two .-new milch .Cows: three good business'Horses; one-good Traverse Runner Pung. and one 2-hor8e Sled. ADAMS' STABLE,- Groton.' Mass.

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'•WKStED—A Cook In family of six, -where second girl Is employed. Ad­dress B03C..7-1, 'West Chelmsford, Mass., or telephone S64-W Lowell. It22

WK ARE AGENTS for the \Mr Porta Poirer^llie mechaatcal f«nn-liatid« We have machines on hand and are ready to demonfltftfte at any time. Call-and see them.'-R., i i & W. H. HACKETT, East Pepperell, Mass. Tel. H3-3, 1122

TIRES FOR SALE—30x3H. non-skid, VlT.Mr 'J4X4, non-skid., »32JS0i- 30x3H. Inner Tubes. 93.50. These are new tires but are sold low to reduce stock. R. L. & W. H. H A C K E T T , . Bast PepperclV Mass. 'Tel'DliO'X 113-3., tt22 .

. 'FOR SALE:—A 1918 Buick Touring Car. 4-cyIlnder: run about -9000 miles: In. A-1 mechanical condition. R. L. A •<\\ H. HACKETT. East Pepperell, Mass. Telephone .113-3. • lt22

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:GHaImers Automobiles

NEW AND r S E D CABS

Shown and Demonstrated at

Shattuclc's Garage C. G. B £ A I i D , Dealer

Eost Pepperell,' Mass. 13tf

Amos D. Mahony; , BEOISTEBED EMBALMER

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40 East Main street A'TEB

TeleRhone 116-2 :;

Ayer, Mass.

F R E S H SHOUIiDERS

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CORES and LOtNS, ToarUng 20c. lb.

CREAM CHEESE

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