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TURNER'S RMB T One Dollar and^Fifty Cents a Year T o Advance Paying Subscr ibers Only One Dollar

Fort ieth Year Ayer, Mass . Sa tu rday , April 4;'M908 No. 2 9 Price Four Cents W E S T K O R D .

CENTER.—The ollicers and members of the new J)dward M. Abbot hose company, No. 1, are as follows:

CapU, L. W. Wheeler; 1st lieut., J. Her­bert Fletcher; 2tl lieut., Edward M.Abbot; steward, Aaron Tuttle; clerk,' Howard H. Ferguson; treas., Aaron Tuttle; standing com., Wm. L. Woods, Alec Fisher,' J. Her-l*rt Fletcher; regular men, AV. L. AVoods, E. M. Abbot/ J.H. Fletcher, Alec Fisher, .John Good, L. W. Wheeler, H.H.Ferguson, W. E. Carkin, Peter Clement, i>e<l Clement, Aaron Tuttle, Albert Heywood; call men. Alec McDonald, Timothy Sullivan, Frank E. Miller, John'Feeney, O. E. Spauldbig, H. L. Wright, S. B. Watson, Geo. M. Balch;

Aaron Tuttle, who has long acted as Janitor at )he Center primary, has gradu­ated to a like position in the pretty new

.lour-room schoolhouse on Ma'u^s'-Mrs. Clara Wright Anderson in Virgin­

ia writes to the home people of the recent moving to a new parlsb where Mr. Ander­son has been appointed. Mrs. Anderson meets the new experiences with character-isticcapable energy and cheerfulness, which makes the home letters most entertaining.

The ladies' degree staff of the grange are rehearsing, preparatory to conferring the third degree on the eighteen candidates on'April 16.

Miss Grace Lambert is at home again after spending several weeks with rela­tives in O.xford.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Wright gave a reception for their son Warren and his bride, Saturday evening at their home. The pleasant event was to give young Mrs. Wright opportunity to become more acquainted with the relatives and friends here. There were about forty present and a merry, social evening was enjoyed. Mrs. C. A. lleid, one of the guests, furnished some e.xcellent music at the piano. Re­freshments of icecream and cake were served.

Miss Eva M. Pyne had the misfortune to spend a good part of her vacation with a siege of tonsilitis; but was able to resume her school duties Monday. Miss Pyne bas forty-si.\ little ones in her class and thoroughly enjoys her work.

' There has been a general change of mo-tormen and conductors on our branch line of electrics. Iu the morning Motorman Robbins and Conductor Hartford make the customary trips in place of Blodgett and Goddard, and in the afternoon Motor-man Fitzgerald runs the car and. Conduct­or Sargent takes the place of Conductor Smith. _ _ _ _ _

Ci.un.—Atthe Tadmuck club Tuesday afternoon, March 24, in library hall, it was, owing to a combination pf circum­stances, another afternoon of substitutes. However, it was a program of great ex­cellence, and it was unfortunate that the attendance was not quite up to tbe aver-

. age. . It was the tjdrd, and la-st. ir,the>bio^ graphical series. Miss Martha J. Taylor, the chairman of of the afternoon, was un­able to be present, having been called out of town, but she bad prepared an able pa­per on the life and work of Samuel Grid-ley Howe, which was the subiect for the afternoon's study, outlining the lifework of this truly great man in alleviating con­ditions in the limited lives of the deaf, dumb and blind. This paper was read by Mrs. Chas. L. Hildreth. .Miss Eva Fletch­er read Mrs. Laura Richards' account of her father's life; also, extracts from the centenary anniversary of Dr. Howe's birth, giving part of Senator Hoar's speech and a letter from Helen Keller. Miss Loker read ,1. G. Whittier's and 0. W. Holmes' poetical tributes to Dr. Howe. Current events in response to the rollcall were answered with general (juotations.

The next meeting will be in charge of the philanthropy committee and the sub­ject will be "Prisons." Miss Ella Hil­dretb, chairman.

The delegation of four inumbers from this club who attended the meeting of the club in Littleton on the preceding day thoroughly enjoyed the visit with its cor­dial welcome and its program of rare ex­cellence.

T H E F U . V E R A I . of Hiram Whitney, whose sudden death last week Thursday in Lowell came as such a shock to the townspeople, took place from the family residence Sunday afternoon at three o'clock and was largely attended by relatives, neighbors and friends. The lloral offer­ings were ot great beauty. Rev. B. H. Bailey was the officiating 'clergyman and brought a message of wise and tender sym­pathy. A ([uartet rendered some beauti­ful selections—" Le,id, kindly light," an<l " Abide with me." The bearers were Sherman H. Fletcher, Edward Fisher. Os­car R. Spaulding and C. Willis Hildreth. Interment was in Fairviewcemetery in the family. Mrs. Whitney's many friends are very glad that her daughter, Mrs. Wright, is staying with her.

TOURISTS.—Westford will feel a sort of connecting link with old world travel this summer from the number of her peo­ple who are planning to spend the coming summer, enjoying a trip abroad. This month Mr. and Mrs. Abiel J. Abbot, their son John and daughter Alice C. sail for Genoa. Mrs. George W. Goode was in town Tuesday, saying goodbye to friends. Mrs. Goode bad come on from Now York to make a littlo farewell visit with her mother and sister in North Chelmsford and expects to sail in about ten days on tho Lusitania from New York, going with

- a lady friend who lias prerlouily enjoyed foreign travel. Their itinerary includes England, FranceandGermany. Mr. Goode remains In New York, but later in the sea­son may Join his wife and accompany ber home. The third group includes Mr. and Mrs. Donald Cameron, Mrs. Josephine L. Fisher, the two children, Donald and Mary* Cameron, and maid. They plan to sail from Boston April 22/and spend the sum­mer touring Scotland and England. Both

/Mx. Cameron and Mr. AbMt ship their owb touring cars across the water.

ABOXJX TOWM.—At the republican cau-cos Xnesda/ evening, Soo. B . £ . Fletch­er, ehftiman of the town committee, read the call. For {wnoul reasons be waived

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the common courtesy of serving as chair­man of the meeting, and on motion of Capt. S. H. Fletcher, S. L. Taylor was elected chairman, who called for Ui6 nom­ination of secretary. Wm. R. Taylor was elected, on motion of Senator Fletcher. .The polls were opened' at 7.S5, and from that time on for the next half-hour the polls were ready to, receive proposals for delegates to the state and congressional conventions. At the close of tbe polls tbe following were found to be elected: state, Geo. T; Day, Sherman H. Fletcher; con­gressional, G«o. H. Hartford, Samuel L. Taylor. They were unanimously elected, and are imanimously unpledged.

Edward Gray, who bas been employed in the foundry at North Chelmsford, has gone to work for Henry B. Read on the farm, and moved his furniture last week to the Read farm.

George Regis bas moved from Lowell to the J. Murray Chaniiberlain cottage on Main-st. He is a milk contractor and has a retail route in Lowell. He has bought the dairies of Cold Spring farm near West­ford depot and John Haley on the Stony Brook road. . The firm of Fletcher & Leahy, who have been large contractors in the stone quarry business at the quarry of Hon. H. E. Fletcher, has been dissolved by mutual consent, and .ip its place rises up tbe Fletcher-Leahy Co., with Thomas Leahy, president, and Herbert E. fleteher, treas­urer. /

Setb- Walker, as he was familiarly known in his younger days when he was one of the boys at the old Stony Brook school, is now visiting from California at Walker homestead-, with bis wife and two children. He appears now as Rev. Seth WalJcer. All the old Stony Brook associations will rejoice to think that one minister was evolved from that harmless, lawless, heter­ogeneous gathering.

Mrs. S. Augusta Butterfield died in Ayer Tuesday evening, wbere she had made her home for several years with Hon. Geo. J. Burns. Mrs. Butterfield was bom in Westford in August, 1828, and was in.ber eightieth year. She was the daughter of Levi T. and Amy (Richardson) Fletcher, of old-fashioned, hardy New England stock. Her father's farm was near Brook­side and in her youthful days was one of the largest in town. She was the last of several children. She leaves an aged aunt at the old homestead, Miss Sarah Rich­ardson, who is eighty-nine years old. Mrs. Butterlield was cousin to Charles E. and Augustus F. Wbidden of this town.

Rev.B. H. Bailey, who has had a vaca­tion of illness for four weeks, has recov­ered to normal conditions and now pro­poses to recover his flock, who have been variously occupied in other than—well, perhaps church-going. Next Sunday will offer an open door at the Unitarian church, a new, pppqrtunity to recover bacjt any de­cadence toward tne open door.

The selectmen have appointed Harrv L. Nesmith to have charge of suppressing the moths, browntail and all other colors. Having contested all the riglits of the moths on all the highways, Mr. Nesmith and his men are now sampling private land. At present they have a busy under­taking on the acorn orchard of Chas. L. Hildreth on Prospect hill, known as the Proctor lot.

A petition is being circulated and signed, to be presented to the county commission­ers, with a view to some adequate system of caring for the surface water on the main streets.

Word was received Monday from Ed­win C. Perha'm, cattle inspector of Chelms­ford, to be on the watch for a dog that escaped from the barn of Amos B. Adams, where it was confined, awaiting the result of the recent mad dog scare in the town. The dog is described as a large yellow dog and quite lame. The manner of escape seems to indicate that it was suffering from rabies.

GRAN'ITEVILI-E.—The now fire company tbat has recently been organized here cx-tendsitssincere thanks to Albert R. Choate for his generous donation in the form of a substantial check, which will enable the company that has been named in his hon­or to start with very bright prospects in its new line of work.

W. (). Hawkes, the popular station agent at the southern division depot of the Bos­ton and Maine, has just completed twenty-five rears of faithful service at this station, and his village friends are congratulating him on the length of service ana hope that he may continue and have good health for twenty-five years more.

,Tohn Donahue has accepted a position with the Boston and Northern street rail­way company and left here to resume his new duties last week.

The lenten devotions that were held at St. Catherine's church on Wednesday eve­ning were largely attended and the ser­mon preached by the pastor. Rev. Edmund T. Scooficld, proved very interesting.

Arpoi.NTMEXTs.—The Westford board of education met at the town hall Satur­day and organized for the ensuing year. Albert R. Choate was elected chairman and Walter C. Wright secretary. The following members ofthe board will serve on the-different committees:

Supply agent, W. C. Wright: transporta­tion, Henry B. Beatl, John Spinner, Albert K. Choate; text books, Chas. 0. Prescott, H. B. Real; mntic and drawing, John Spinner, H. M. Seavey; assignments of schools: C. O. Prescott, high and Center grammar; H. B. Read, high and Stohy.Brook;'H. M. Seavey, Minot'H comer and .Parker village; John Spinner, Forgo Village; Walter C.'Wright, Graniteville aud Kabnassett; A. K. Cboate, Granltorllle grammar; Dr. Cyril A. Blaney, medical Inspector; J. A. Healy and E.G. Boynton, truant officers; C. 0 . Prescott and H. B. Read, high school graduation.

NEW sctfoot.—The entire school com­mittee recentlv inspected the new school building at Westford Center, that is now practically fiiiished, and are very mnch pleased with the work done bjr the con­tractor, P. Henry Harrington, who ha* had full charge of the entire work. Tbe boitd-ing-i^ a flue one and utHto-date in erahr particular. It is a ondlt to the tolra «nd

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SpriniSuits andTopCoats WE A&E NOW i'KEPARED TO SHOW YOU A FINE LINE OF SPRING SUITS, IN THE

> New Browns, Grays -and Tans, all Finely Tailored, a n d Prices from $10.00 to $ 2 2 . 0 0 REMEMBER WE CARRY HART, SCHAFFNER & MARKS FINE MADE CLOTHES.

W e also have a complete line of Men's Hats, Caps a n d Shoes

D. W. FLETCHER & SON, AYER,.Mass. OPPOSITE DEPOT

second to none of similar graded schools' in Middlesex county. The building com­mittee, which is composed of H. "V. Hil­dreth, O. R. Spaulding and H. B. Read, are to be commended for the deep inter­est they have shown in their work andthe practical knowledge that-has been mani­fested in the details of construction. The town certainly owes them a vote of thanks for their excellent work. For the inter­est of the public the school committee' is authority for the statement that the new school will be opened fot the regular ses­sions of schopl work not later Uian May U, and tbe parents and relatives of the school children are cordially invited to visit the rooms of this new building at their earliest convenience after this -date, hot onl ' for the purpose of looking at the in­terior finish of the building, but to study the methods as laid but by the school com­mittee in regard to the transportation of pupils. This is an important work and tbe committee is desirous of getting the opinions before beginning the school year.

FoiiGE.—Hose -company No. 3, W.F.D., held a meeting this week at the home of John Edwards. l.t was suggested that hereafter it be known as the John Ed­wards hose company. Walter Precious and John W. Catchpole. were added to the list of regular fire and call men. '

Frank Collins of Lowell spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. andMrs. M. Collins.

Mr. and Mrs. Lyons and son Harold of Melrose spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Parsons.

A. B. Paine of Boston has purchased Fensmere farm, Groton, of Miss Piper and has come there to live.

Stephen Haley and family have moved to Graniteville.

A liltle son came to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Orr on Tuesday morn­ing; also, Mr. and Mrs. Merrick welcomed a boy to their home.

Schools reopened Monday morning with the same teachers.

TIK Dcijaurie famil)- and the Vincents have gone to Canada to live.

Mrs. A. AV. Carkin spent Wednesday with her daughter, Mrs. Caisse of Leom­inster.

Miss Delia Blodgett was a week-end guest of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. George Blodgett.

John Burnett and wife are visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Burnett.

S H I R L E Y .

DKATII.—In the early morn of March 28, at bis home in North Shirley, the spir­it of Joseph P. Thompson, returned to the God that gave it, after an illness of over six weeks. Comrade Thompson was born in Concord. N. H., in March, 1844, and was at the time of his death sixty-four years of age. His early life was spent among the old Granite hills.

In 18.00 he married Miss Abbie C. Hook, also a native of Concord, and a schoolmate of his all their school life.

Late in 18C1 Comrade Thompson enlist­ed in the New England cavalry at Con­cord, N. H., and saw hard service under Gens. Shields, McDowell and McClellan, on tbe bloody fields of Virginia. In No­vember, 1862, he was discharged for disa­bility contracted in the field. Early in 1864 he enlisted in the navy as fireman, and was assigned to the U. S. steamer Al­batross, then on the blockading squadron off Mobile, and was discharged Aug. 9,

On his return home he served full time, learning the msson's trade in New York city, and in 1870 he came to Shirley and lived in the house now occupied by Wm. Crockett in the north village. Later he traded for the old poor farm, so-called, and there he spent the remainder of his life.

The fortunes of life brought him to my acquaintance in tbe earlv seventies, which, as time went on developed into a very warm friendship, each for the other, which haa lasted undiminished to the end.

Comrade Thompson was not a man that was easily understood, to many he seemed cold and distant; to those to wbom he was really adapted, he wa* a very cordial, true, devoted friend. In bis family he was a very kind, tender, affectionate husband and father. Everything tbat he could do for their comfort and happiness, he was ever willing to do,'ahd few there are that could boast of a'pleaaanter home thaa his. But all things change, to that happy home came tho angel of death and bore away the loved wife and mother, day by day be too was Expected to follow; a brief respite was given that the two little grandchildren should so first, then only one week elapsed before tbe final call. It was indeed a sad. duty that his children, friends and com­rades of the o<A.n. were called upon to perform last Monday afternoon. Everyone seemed to feel thatitwas agreat personal loss, and many -were tiie tear^limmed eyes "aa Rev. L. E. Perry performed his'part; even he was deeplr afiected, as for the third Ume he stood In that sad place, ahd the fourth time .he ha^ been called npon to perform • like terrioe in that same fam­ily in forty-five days.

The final *tevlce of thiB O.A.R. at the tomb, the lalf^oUeyar of th» old guard, and Comrade l^omijAoa waa l«ft with his wife Md ^gitadehUdiM forever.

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L a m s o n & H u b b a r d Men s Hats Correct

SpringStyles spring Styles O u r display of the correct a n d prevailing s h a p e s in Men's Hats is

now ready. Hats for the conservat ive m a n a n d Hats for t he s m a r t young dresser . Our blocks a r e absolutely correct. We have Derbies in different width of br ims a n d heights of crowns , in blocks t h a t a r e stylish, but with enough variat ion to fit the figure a n d the face. O u r special blocks a r e the

Lamson & Hubbard and Suffolk in both Soft a n d Derby styles. ' T h e Soft Hats for Spr ing a re very swell.

Derbies. $1 98, $2.50 and $3.00 Soft Hats, 100, ,1.50 and 1/98

Men's Overcoats For Spring Wear

Here a re showing the very latest styles in a variety of shades a n d fabrics.

MEN'S SPRING OVERCOATS--These Coats come in Plain Black, Oxford a n d Tan Coverts and- a r e the very latest styles.

Prices, $10.00, $12.00, $13.50 and $15.00 MEN'S RAINCOATS—Shown in the New Fancy Mixtures a n d Fancy

Wors t eds m a d e from Cravenetted Materials and cu t 5 2 inches long.

Prices, $10.00, $12.00, $13.50, $15.00 and $18.00 C A R P E N T E R S

We, tlie Carpenters of Aver, united, ajtrce and lurthormore say that the hours of labor for the coming year shall he eight hour." for a day's work, wages to remain the .«nnie as last year. All Carpenters please keep away from Ayer until present troulile l.s over.

I w a i C.MIPKNTEUS' L'N'IO.V X o . (ilil.

A U T O M O B I L E S I have .secured the Agency for the well-

known Stanlev Autos., Murray Auto. Tops, and Puritan 'fank.s. If you arc thinking of buying, now Ls the time to order. Auto, sup­plies ol all kinds, f;.Kpert on Stanley Cars.

iimgi) CiiARLK-s L, FORD, South Acton,

NOTICE I have placed my name on the ballot for

Tree 'Warden, to be voted on at the annual town meeting. In compliance with the law. 1 have had many years' experience and feel conttdcnt I can givo satisfaction. • CALVIN HLOOD, 'Washington St., Ayer.

Barred Plymouth Rocks C H I C K E N S

100 \Xi CKNTS EACU. S12.60 PER

Order Now E6GS, 7.5c.—Sl.OO PER SETlJ^fG

BROWN L O A F FARM Phone, 17-13 GnOTOxj tliK^.

• F o r Sale , Good 2i Story Houce of ft rooms with ell and pUzza: town water; fruit and shade trees; good alzetl.lot; ^centrally located; In good DMehhorhood; near schools and stores; price, 92000. Other good values In farm property. I'aOltAS McOuA.NK, Pearl S t , AYKR.

BCIOS 3WJ& HATCHING from Plymouth BoeK and B.I. Beds from the best. TSc

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THAT OX APRIL l.'sr WE SHALL HAVK A FULL LINE OF FERTIL­IZERS, CHEMICALS, LAND PLAS­TER, GRASS SEEDS, FODDER CORN AND A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF CHICK FEEDS, PARK & POLLARD'S AND T H E •\VYANDOTTE ESPE CIALLY,

COAL WILL BE AT THE LOWEST PRICE ON APRIL 1ST, FOR THE SEASON, AND WE SHALL BE PLEASED TO BOOK YOUR ORDERS FOR THE COMING WINTER AT 87.00 PER TON OF 2000 LBS., FOR A LIMIT­ED TIMEt

THE D. & H. ALL RAIL COAL IS WHAT WE SELL. TELEPHONE YODR ORDERS TO Np. r.

A.E. LAWRENCE & SON AYER; MASS.

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weare agents for one of the largest£a« grtkrfnK flims ia New Tork eltr, aad caa gwantce satlafaedpn. PilcM a « , W arta. c«Ml»t«nt*tthgoodj»o(*. A(HM«» OtoS*. Weddftig Edgr»vla4f£t»UJrfiidf,«to„,,^,'3 •

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A Card o f Thanks. Wc wish to express our sincere thanks and

appreciation for all the khidness and sjrt> pathy shown In our recent sad bereavement: also, to the I adles' Benevolent Society ia Groton and .til othera who contributed such lieautlful flowers.

MR. WALTKR SfEAn, MR. AND MRS. CIIARI.F.S H . MEAD, MR. AND MRS. WAI.I.ACE A. BROWN.

West Acton, March 30,190S.

Spring, Easter and Easter Bonnets. They will all be here soon. You look stunning ii> that Bonnet. Why not let

The Photographer make you a Portrait In It. Mr Spring Style* too are here. You ore cordially. InvltM to Inspect them. ,•

V. S.—Do not forgcf. a good fraihe Inoreaata the beauty of a good 1 ° ' most artistic and

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A girl to learn to set type. Agood.oppot>>.. tunity. PUBLIC SPIMTOFI'ICE, Ayer. \^ iH^l " ' ' '* ' ' * 'I • •—^•• i^» '••—•n.M I 111 .1 •• s I i la ( « >y T

EGGS TOR HATCHBfO.-WhlhrTPJsi'Ji^ ' mouth Koclqr, Graves' strain, #2.00 ietti. t'M

Ing. : Haivklng . strain. $1.00aeittin((18 vm^ r^v^% Auo,-a few FanoT OD^kerels-for sale. CSf- 4('5J respondehce solicited'. «P.'0.addr(!ls«>fiu>tit«^./? lV.8Mrrn,boie03,EastPeiB)((i;eU.^^ j ^ ^

'nmBE£.^Bv%6n«t&T)ted to hMt'4 <lehKif;' JD ' onstratibn of Vlctot Ulklng jrtiJKir' aad record*. Also, Indestruetlole Ba tor Phonographs. & A. 'PtuTt, o n e >«y»«,Arer. _,-_ _ , >.. /.-._ 3 yl^.-,^

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ORDER No. 9 0 7 New Rules of the Post

Office Depar tment . The. following section is taken from

the latest revision of postal law§ of the ofBoial order of the Postmaster Genieral affecting newspapers in force January 1,. 1908:

' Renewals of Subscriptions 3.^ A reasonable time will be allowed

: pobl i shen to secure renewals of subscrip­tions, but unless subscriptions are express­ly renewed, after the term for which they an. paid, within the following periods— dailies' within three months, triweeklies within six months, semiweeklies within

• nine • months, weeklies within one year, •emimonthlles within three months, month­lies witbin four months, bimonthliss within s ix months, quarterlies within six months —thev shall not be counted in the legiti­mate list of subscribers, and copies mailed o n account thereof shall not be accepted for. mailing at the secdnd class postage .rate of one cent a.pound, but may be mail­e d at transient second-class postage rate o t one cent for each ounce or traction thereof, prepaid by stamps affixed.

S. LeRoy Longley '

Real Estate and Fire Insurance

>'o. 1. A GOOD CHANCE to exchange your farm for a eosey home within ten miles ofBoston.eonBisthiKof a pleasant »l.\-room house with piazza and baek po«-h, fine cellar, i acre of land, lieautlful shade trei . , junction of two streets, two electric lines pass. Ten cent fare to Boston. Three minutes' walk to depot. City water. This Is a place with all the comforts of city and countrv combined. 1 will exchange this propertv fora small farm, must be located in, or near some good town with from flfteen to fifty acre.s of fiind and a comfortable set of buildings.

^'»- -• "EHE IS TilL*^ PLACE for the man who is looking for a pleasant home and an deal spot for r.ll»Iug poultrv and small u , , ^'^^ bout^e is an old stvle cottage, but It is In very good reuair and has live pleasant

WASHING THE-HAIR. H o « to C l c « n . e t h e H e a d W i t h o u t

I n i a r l n s t h e Sca lp . There is a right 'way a s • w e i r a s a

wrong way to w a s h the hair s a v s a writer lu the St. Louis Globe-Demberat and oue of the wrong Ways te to apply the cake of soap directly to the head Nine out of ten people do this, but It is wrong nevertheless. W h e n the cake of soap is rubbed on the hair Jt crusts there nud often oanuot be rinsed out with the most elaborate applications of water.

To wusb the hair.properly, so as to cleanse the head thoroughly and a t the same time leave the hair In good con­dition, a lather should be made from «oap In somewhat the same general Way as for shaving and this lather

Put This Stove in Ktlcheii

. S A T U R D A Y , A P R I L 4, 1908.

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M E W S ITEMS.—Friday evening, March * 27 , iibout si>ly ot the friends of Mrs. Ella Bocicwood completely surprised ^her and reminded her that she had reached anoth-«r milestone. Innumerable pound pack- ™ £ ^ " K -agea were presented to Mrs. Kockwood by j '-r~, i Ker . George A. Bennlett in behalf of her j ] n &iand8,.Mrs. Rockwood gracefully res- j ponding. Graphophone selections were I raven by IiVed £ . Rockwood. Games and old-time sociability added to the pleasure of the evening. Light refreshments were •erred.

Mrs. Hattie Stiles and Miss Josephine Seaver went to Xew York on Wednesday t o spend a few weeks with Mr. and 'Mrs. G. H. Abbott. They will also visit friends s t Hartford, Conn. '

£Csses Eliza J . and Louise Parker and H r s . 'Walter Parker ot LoweU were at the Patnam homestead, Monday.

Dr. Holcombe attended the semi-annual ineeting of the Kew Hampshire surgical d n b at Manchester, March 25.

Mr. aod Mrs. A. T . Pierce were called t o l iashua by the serious illness of Mrs. Pierce's mother, Mrs. C. H. Goodwin.

James Campbell • still continues very fealile.

The grammar school will commence on IMonday, April- C, with Miss Elizabeth Parker*of Milford as teacher.

M i u Grace "Whitcomb is to teach at Fre­mont Instead of Miss Alice Whitcomb.

Miss Myrtie Shaituck assisted in serv-i i ^ c a k e and cocoa at the reception given t o Mr. and Jklrs. AA'hitcomb, and Llewellyn Powers gave violin and piano selections.

Presiding elder Elwin Hitchcock occu­pied the pulpit at the Methodist church on Sunday morning, and Mrs. Will Boutelle sweetly sang a solo.

'A concert was enjoyed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F.-L. Willobv last Saturday evening by the aid of the Victor talking machine.

The profrram at the local grange Wed­nesday evening, M a r c h e s , was furnished b y fhe married members and consisted of

•Vocal solo, Mrs. Minnie Holbrook; cornu­copia, Mrs. Marv- Barber; farce, a pair of lu­natics, Clara ana Clarence Russell; report of State grange meeting, Mrs. Mary Barber; co­nundrum supper served Ijy Mrs. Lucv Mar­shall.

Mrs. Clarence .V. Hobart has been seri­ously ill with typhoid fever at her home at Nashua.

enough to keep buildings hi repilr; fine well ^^°^id be used iu making the lather "•""" ^'"••'•' • - • • — • • ' - " •• '- I whi le borax and Just a .drop or tTvo of

ammonin added will do much toward preserving fhe natural softness of the hair.

H o t water ought ulso to be used for the rinsing save toward the-f inish of the operation, when cooler water may be employed to prevent any possibility of taking cold when the hair i s drying. The rinsing should be most carefully done, for the smallest quanUty of soap clinging to the hair will prove a verita­ble catch-all for dust and germs and perhaps lead eventually to a diseased condition of the hair and scalp.

One thing that people should avoid In cleansing the hair Is in rubbing too hard. Men especially are prone to use theh- finger nails on the scalp, and the habit Is found to some extent among women also. The scalp Is not rendered any cleaner by doing this than It would be by drying gently, and the hard scrubbing will have a tendency to Inflame the roots of the hair and cause It to fall out.

w ater. This is looated about i mile from cen­ter of town, store, churches aud postolllce. l i miles to steam and electric cars. I can sell this place for JSXXt. The mau who is looking for a snug httle farm for a little monev wifi investigate this. „,?'°' L "^™/L'T IN some personal prop­ertv with th s farm of 75 acres, nice set of buildings, plenty of wood for home use, the location Is high and healthy, about l i miles from depot, stores, churches, etc., one cow, horse, and all the farming tools go with this farm for $2350.

If you are looking for a farm, drop me a lhie,orcallattheoftice. Ithink I can inter­est you.

S. L E B O Y Lo-NGLKy, 129 Jlaln .St., Fitch-SJ"^'._ •'*•'*'' "' Residence Shirley Center,

' ' " • Telephone 11,32, 3m27

MoruUig and Evening.

ere is Only One Way

THAT v o r CAN IIAVK

Beautiful Soft Skin A.VD THAT IS BY ISI.NG

Gray's Solidified

.Glycerine I T IS A X E . \ Q U I S I T E A X D D E ­

L I G H T F U L T O I L E T P R E P A R A T I O N A X D I F U S E D R E G U L A R L Y W I L L P R O D U C E T H E S O F T E S T , T E X -D E R E S T . \ X D MOST B E A U T I F U L S K I X . I T QUICKLY A X D E F F E C ­T I V E L Y CURES

Chapped Hands, Chapped Lips

AND

Roughened Skin

Brown's Drug Store

Main St., Ayer. Mass.

H o w l o Cnre Inaigrentioii. Glycerin is a really valuable remedy

for indigestion, and In the eourse of a few days or at most of a fortnight a sufferer may expect to be cured. Mix a small teaspoonful of pure glycerin with water and take i t with or imme­diately after each meal. Of course the patient should also use discretion In the selection and In the amount of food, for if t h e diet be at fault It Is folly to epect health.

It is wonderfully' convenient to do

kitchen work on a stove that's ready

at the instant wanted, and out of the way the moment you're done. .

Such a stove is the New Perfection Wick Blue

Flame Oil Cook-Stove. By using it you avoid the continuous overpowering heat of a coal fire and cook with comfort, even in dog-days. The

MEW PERFECTION Wick ffluc name (Mi C a ^

'IZ^r^^T'^'^ "^^^ '^°' ''^^ perceptibly to the heat of a loom; the flame bemg directed up a retaining chimney to t^s tove top where it is needed for cooking You can

see that a stove sending out heat in but em di­rection would be preferable on a hot day to a stove radiating heat in all directions. The '

New Perfection" keeps a kitchen uniformly comfortable. Three sizes, fully wananted. tt not with your dealer, write our nearest agency.

^"^'^av&^cmp i'dca'i ^^^^ lamp

. ^ ^ ^ for family use—safe, convenient, economical and a great light giver. If not with your dealer, write ourn«ir-e«t agency.

S t a n d a r d O U C o m p a n y o l N e w Y o p h (Incorporated}

Union Cash Market

AYER

Frank H. Jenness has been appointed a member of the board of health.

Miss Elsie Ware of Hancock is to teai-h the village primary school and Miss Edna Ricker of Charlestown, Mass., the west primary.

The selectmen have received one hun­dred dollars from Miss Eliza ,J. Parker for/ the perpetual care of the .Joseph . \ . Put­nam lot; also, one hundred dollars from Miss Martha Perkins for the perpetual care of the Perkins' lots.

How to Save Money and Health.

The following if a partial list and the prices :

F A T S.vLT PORK, l i e . lb., 10 lbs., SI .

P O R K B U T T S , luc. lb.

L E ( ; S LAMB. i cc . II).

F I X E R O . \ S T PORK, i i c .

FRE.SH POKK .SHOULDER.S, !.c. ib.

S.MOKED, .sc. and Oe.

S Q U I R E ' S B E S T H A M S , U e . and Vie.

G O O D R O A S T B E E F , l 2 t . a lb.

S Q U I R E ' S B E S T BACOX, i-to. a lb. by the strip.

A L L K I X D S OF B E S T I.MPORTED

HoTv to tVaab a F l a n n e l Bloniie. This Is not a difflcult task even for an

inexperienced person; but, l ike every­thing of Its kind. It needs a little care to prevent the blouse shrinking. First make some soap Jelly and dissolve two tablespoonfuls of it In half a gallon of warm water . Add one teaspoonful of ammonia and put the blouse In this, letting it soak for about ten minutes. Wash the blouse In the usual way, tak­ing care to rub tbe parts which are most soiled. N'o soap must be rubbed on the blouse. Squeeze the water out and wash In fresh -water prepared in the same -n-ay. Put it through the •wringer, then rinse It in clean tepid water to which ammonia has been add­ed in tbe same proportion as to the lather. . \ga in put it through the •wringer, fold it evenly and pass it through again and yet again. By fak­ing this precaution the moisture will nearly all Ve pressed out of the flannel, and it wil l only require to hang out for a short -n-hlle.

T i \ ^ ^ P °™.? ™'"'« o ' that Drv Hard

ii,r,ir»v^ ?*%''?T''- ^^'«o. some Good Hay. - <Mre.v«, L. J. FAm;swoKTii, Shirley, yjtL

\J Mlddle.se.x.»ij. ProbateCourt. Tothe devisees under the will and all other persons ntcrested in the CKtate of -Milo U.^iiFes w

late of Groton In said County, dee?a."e, Jl^T^'^'y^'"''' B- Stiles c.xecutor of the r,^ L^L'"''' -deceased, has presented to said Court his petition for license to sell atpub^ lie auction the whole of a parcel of the r e ^ estate of said deceased for the pavment of

petition. You are hereby cited to appear at a Probatn

Court to be held at Cambridge, in.said Count^ ?f-^J^'e«ex. on the sixth^day of April T D. 1908, at nine o'clock in the forenoon to * ° « ; f « " f . « any you have, whv the "ime should not be granted. " :.- ." _''?A' petitioner is ordered to serve this

tra-rea.sons set forth in said

citation by delivering a copv thereof to eii'li \r''t"^'=^^ person Interested in the esfcte fourteen .lavs. ?11"''!!J.M'!!.>''''"' """ thou.«:m<l nine hun-

CCNIMON-WEALTjr OF MASSACHUSETTS.— Jliddlese.v ss. ProbateCourt. Tothe

helrs-at-law, nc.\t of kin. ereditors, and all other persons interested In the estate of Augustie M. Jnbl). Jate of .Shirlev, in said County, deceased^ intestate.

Whereas, a petitioii has been prescnte<l to said Court to grant a letter of acfministration on the estate of said deceased to William Jubl) of Shirley, in the Countv of .Middlesex, with­out givini; a surety on his bond.

l o u arc hereby cited to appearata Proljate Court to be held at Cambridge, in said Coun-1 1^ ^^'il'I'esex, on the seventh dav of April A. jp. 180S, at nine o'clock in the "forenoon, toshow cause,if any you have, why the same should not be granted.

And the petitioner is herebv directed to give public notice thereof, bv publishing this citation once m each week, for three succes­sive weeks, in 'furner-s Public Spirit.a news­paper pub ,shed in Ayer, the last publication t o ^ one dav, at least, beforo said Court.

Witness, CHARLKS J. MCLVTUIE, Esquire, First Judgeof said Coun, this nineteenth day

at least, before said Court, or bv publishi'ni.; I '^!J,T1°°?.«. '?_«i'^'^ week, for three suc^-'

i dred and cicht! 3w27 w .

day m

K. UoGEiis. Register.

.mv^apertubI^he^l"rAve^r''';he . ' " / " V i Cr^Vn^^'^^'"^" "" ^^-'^^^cuvsirrr..-

Witness, Charles J. Mclntire, Ksquire, Jf M»S*'?n°/h'""'' ^ ° " " ' '5'" '""rteenth dav Urill"nd eight".' ^''"'' ""' "•""•'"'"I "'"e hun-

'^'-" W. E. KoGER.s, Register.

M A C A R O X I , 10c. per lb.

Most people have some trouble with C O L U M B I A KETCHUP.-big bottles, 20c their health which they would like cured if it could be done easily ami cheaply. Dr . Greene, of .34 Temple I'lace, Boston, Mass. , who is the most successful special-i ( t in euring nervous and chronic diseases, makes the following offer: He gives you the privilege of consulting him, free of charge, through his great system of letter correspondence. Write him just how you feel and what symptoms trouble vou. He will answer your letter, explaining your case thoroughly, telling just what ails you and how to get strong and well. He gives the most careful attention to every letter, and makes his explanations so clear that yoii understand exartly what your com­plaint is. And for all 'this you pay noth­ing. You do not leave your home and have no doctor's fee to pay. The Doctor makes a specialty of treating patients through letter correspondence, and is hav­ing wonderful success. He is the discov­e r of that celebrated medicine. Dr. Greene's Nervura blood and nerve remedy. I f you write him at once you will doubt-le ts be exited

G O O D C O F F E E , 20c. lb. Try it.

F I X E F L A V O R E D T E A , ao,-. lb. have a large sale for it.

B E S T P O T A T O F : S , Sl.OO m s i i E i . .

We

HOTv t o F r e i i t i e n F n m .

Fur often gets rublied and crushed, and the best w a y to freshen it is to brush it •with a clothes brush that has been dipped in cold •«-ater and then shaken as dry as possible. Brush the wrong way, then shake thoroughly and dry in tbe open air. beating it occasion­ally ivith a stick. Some kinds of fur need 10 be combed when dry, but it must be carefully done.

ildlescx.ss. ProbateCourt. Tothe law, next of kin, creditors, and all

rh„rk'H''!'.",", l'"<--'''-'ed iu tlie estate of CharlesH. Jli 1, late of (iroton, in sai.l Coun­ty, deceased, intestate. ....M/."''®''"'' " P' 'it'O" ba,' been presented to nn fiw"»''J'," *''••?"' •',!'••"«'• of administration ?iiiiH ?-"•'"; "' •''"'' '''"-•'•'"'Wl to Harrv A. ilillof Jitehburg, m the Countv of Wo'rces-ter, without giving a suretv on liis Iwud.

\oii are hereby cited to appear ataPro­bate Court to be hel.l at Canibrid-c, in .said

Remember the Place.

U X I O X CASH M A R K E T ,

Main St., Ayer.

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

. A.Card of Thanks. The imdcndgued wish In this way to extend

their heartfelt thanks to all who have Iwcn so U n d to n» during the sickness of our loved Father, Rone, tfrthc Rev. L. K. Perry for so

« maay Wnd acts and words, to our neighbors « A>r (o great favors, and to tbe comradcx of

the G. A. R. We can simpiv say we deeply appreciate everything that has I>cen done for

^ na Ip this sad time. M R . A N D M R S . E . R. TiioMr.sox. M B . A N D M U S . W,M. THOMI-SOX, M R . AND M R S . H K N R T FARRAR, M R . AND M R S . A L B E R T DOW.

,' 81itrleyyAprll2,1908.' •

The Indian Motorcycle \$ F o r «p«Bd, safeto,comfort, strength, rcllabll-'i'J.'r »y»0<Iea«eof/ontrol 1» un«urpasfic<l. Call

,) tor demonstration or send for Catalogue flood'teeond-hand machines for sale at rea-•»iattiU prices.

W h e n It's a Question O F E Y E S I G H T , IT IS WISK TO

D I S P L A Y

Foresight S^-LT?oT?[^!Ml'i^>'^I ^w ltl G U A U A N T E E TO ( U V E YOL" S A T ­I S F A C T I O N .

F. L. WILLOBY High Class Repairing a Specialty.

Spends every Tnesday in

T O W N S E N D , MASS., A T P A R K H O ­

T E L , M A I N ST.

Telephone connection.

' iw29» h / 7>, GiUON, Groton, Massi

Agent for Groton and vicinity.

A U G U S T U S LOVF«JOY

Fire Insurance Agrent and Broker

42 E A S T M A I . V ST . , A Y E R , M A S S .

s t ^ t ^ A l ' " ' *'.' "*''" ' '''*" ^•'^'««n 'n good strong companies. 6""^ ~ ~ ' • ' ' ^

Arthur Fenner General Insurance Agrent

and

Broker

Ilovr to Make Lemnn Marmalade . Take half a dozen good large lemons

and slice tbem very thinly, rcsorvinf.-the seeds in a separate basin. To evory pound of thinly sliced fruit add tliree pints of cold water and let it stand twenty-four hours. Place the seeds in a piece of muslin and boil with the pulp until all Is -well flavored, then remove the pips and continue cooking the fruit Ull it is quite clear nnd tender. Pour the pulp, etc., into a china bowl and let it stand until the next day. Then weigh it, and to every pound of fruit allow one pound and a half of lump sugar; boll all together till the sirup Jel­lies and the chips are slightly trans­parent

H o w t o BrlKhlpn Cnrpctn. After having thoroughly swept the

carpets go over every Inch with a clenn mop ^vrung out of half n pail of tepid •water to which have been addetl half a cup of camphor and three or four ta­blespoons of ammonia. This applies to dark carpets, of course, for these are the sort that generally need brighten­ing.

HoTT t o Ue Popular . Be natural. People aro quick to dis­

cern affectation of nny kind and have a [ contempt for it, so give up affectaOon. I Be neat. There is great charm In neat­

ness. Be affectionate and sympathet ic nnd don't be self conscious nnd asham­ed to show either quality. Be home lov­ing and kind to all old people, poor peo­ple nnd children. These are womanly quallUes and nil love and admire the womanly girl. Don't have "moods." Avoid the bines. People l ike to know how to flnd a girl, not to have to renew her acquaintance every t ime they m e e t B e athletic, a s that m e a n s health, and healthiness m e a n s wholesomeness.

pOM.MOXWEAI.TH OK M A S S A C I I L S K T T S . -V_y 3Ilddle.sex,ss. ProbateCourt. Toall persons interested in the estate of .Mar\- F

S'Kp5.te:;.S3',''"'"""" '•'•'is^^z.^T'^Wf^F^

»S''''^"" "SS T£'SS'z : K H S J ! sir "•- '^

thuTil^r!:' f ' T ^ ^ ^ - "••O' red to serve huiidi^^nd ;.H,1!"^ •""" "'" "'""-^'"' "'"^ this citiition by debvenn.,..-u-opv thereof to all i - ~ -persons interested in the estate fourteen davs ! at le.-i.st before said Court, or bv imhiishing ptO.VM(.xwi;.u.rii

\V. K. 1; (K;I :I ;S , 1!. -'1,-ter.

the same once in ouch week, for "tliree suc­cessive weeks, in Tnrnei--s l>ul,lic .Spirit a newspaper published in .\ver, tlie last pul>-ication to be one day iit least before sai.l MI? M'f„"« ;' '"ii'l'"-- )'"st-paid. a copv of

this citation to all known pcrson.s iiit.rosted 111 tlie estate seven days „t least before said Court.

Witness. Charles .1. Mclntirc. Ks.niirc nrst Judge of said Court, Ibis thirteenth <liiv 'lay of .March in the year one thousand nine hundred and eight.

•^'-" W. K. RoGKii.s. lic^-islcr

/^ lOJIMOXWK.U.TlI HI- M . ^ s v u 111 S i m s -V^' -Middlesex, ss. Probate (Hurt. To-ill persons interested in the estate „r Kli < Clev m u i' '"''• i?' "':<">klinc, in the Countv of Hillsborough and .State of New lluniiisliirc deceased, or m the personal property icreinl af er described, and to the Treasurer' and lle-ceiyei (.eneral of said Commonwealth.

M hcreas. Corn F. Boultenhouse, appointed administratrix ofthe estate of said .lecease.l. by the Probate Court for the Countv of /ni ls! borough in the .State of .Vew Hampshire, has presented to sai.l Court her petition repre­senting th.at as such a.lniinistratrix, she is en-titled to certain personal propertv situated in teJisVll!'w"''''"j'"'\t<'"J'^ Deposit* an.l In-FirhV , , ,7^'' .^^^'' ^"i ^"'•'"""" Institution, Fitchburg, Fitchburg Savings Bank, Xorth Middlesex .Savings Bank, Ayer, an.l praving bat she may be licensed to re. ive or to scfi

by public orpnvate .sale on such terms an.l to such person or persons as she shall think fit-or otherwise to dispose of, an.l to trans­fer an.l convey such estate.

Yoii arc hereby cited to appear at a I'rob.ite Court, to be held at Cambri<lge,lnsai.l Coun-i ?. ,i5,o"'''"''''-"" ""= 'ift«enth .lav of April

A.U. 190S, at nine o'clock In the forenoon, to show cause, if any you have, whv the same should not be granted. '• • uA"*'..•?,'*' P<'""on'>r is or.lere.| to .serve this citation bv publishing the same once in each week, for three successive weeks, in Tunier's Public Spirit, a newspaper pub­lished In Ayer, the Tast publication to be one day, at least, before snid Court, and bv .serv-Ing a copy of said citation on tho Treasurer and Receiver General of said Commonwealth fourteen days at least before said Court.

Witness, CHARLES J. JICLNTIRK, Esquire, First Judge of said Court, this twenty-thlrJ day of March, In the year one thousand nine hundred and eight

3w28 -W. E. RooKn-s. Register.

1 , , , . , , , <.K .M.\ss.u;inM:TT.s.— V-y -Middlesex, ss. I'rohate Court. Toall persons intcroic.l in the estate of .•\Iil„ H Miles, latoof(ir..t.;n. in ;,i<| (•ount.v.,!..,'eas-

Z,LV]°^ ^i"' '.''•'•'••'•'•'I- 1'"- Dreseiitcl for illoHaii.'c, th. lirst a.vountof his a.iniinis-tration upon the estate ot sai.l .le.-c'ise,| Conrl' f,'";""';'',-'• '•';•••<' "^^'lip'-aratal-robate .our . to !,c he 1,1 nt f'ambri.lj.'c. in sai.l Coun-

t.v on the sixth .lay of April A. D. IWs, at niiicocl.H-k 111 the for,'ii<,oii, to show cau-c

'.llo"ve,r" '"''• "''•' ""• '"""^ '*""'''' """'"• .\n.l sai.l e.v.cut.ir is ..r.lcred to .serve this

.•itatiou hy <l.-liv.Tin.- a -ops thereof to all persons intcr.'ste.l in tho estate fourteen davs at least before -aid Court, or l.v puhlish-iiig the same on.'c in ,.;ich week", for three suc.-essivo weeks, in Turncr-s Pullli.^ .Spirit ii,!!,';ri'''?''T I""'""'!'-'' i» -^.ver. the last pu -

Mc V, .""'•'• "';!'''"«• Po^'-Pni'I, "copy of nThnAV?'"-""^?""" P"'-' ""- intereite,

Court. • ' " ' " '•'" •" ''""'* '""'o™ "«''' •Hitnes.s, CHAKI.KS .T. MCINTIRE, Esquire

.lav'o/M''*'^''- '-V'' ' '""«• """ fO"rte';n,i; hii-nd/efan'ihigVt'." """' """ "'°""''"'' "'"«

^"•^" W. E. ItoOKits, Register.

W ^ ^ J P P ' T ^ " ^ " ^ general Housework a v y capable girl in a small famllv. In-

qulre at Public Spirit Oflice. Aver.

WILLIAM E. WHEELER'

T f i f L*<JN<S~HA'ftl 0"P QENroa,

Btorlea of Famous Men, Whoso L o c k s Were In Demand.

The late Sir Augus t Manns had a . luxuriant growth" of hair, which , when he first came t o Kngland, niany years since, w a s Jet black. On Its ac­count he was' subjected to no l i t t l e chatf. "Week after week," he s a w . i n the course of an Interview, "did th© postman bring m e big letters w i t h curl-papers of e v e i y description, ac ­companied by neat ly written advice how to use them, and tiny pink l e t ­ters with enclosures of three penny bits, with the request to go to t h e barber and have my hair cut."

The celebrated viol inist , Paganlnl was economical In all his ways, even to the disposal of h i s hair, of which admirers would at t imes request a locH as a memento . The demand was never declined, but the lock s e n t w a s of the most scant description, and never without a strongly-word­ed request for a handsome subscrip­tion towards some rather indeflnito charity in which the musician w a s interested. "With Pagranlnl charity often began at h o m e and ended there, too.

A pretty story ig told of Mendels­sohn. Once, when in Paris, he waa approached by a poor woman with a prayer for alms. H e was about to accede to the request when he rem­embered that he had no money upon his person. He had a sharp knife, however, and producing this he c u t oft a lock of his hair, which he hand­ed to the suppliant. Mucn surprised was the latter, and sti l l more so when a passer by. who had recognized the musican, rushed up "and offered her for the hirsute a piece of gold, which it Is needless to say, was gladly ac­cepted.

On one occasion says Ti t -Bi ts , when Wagner paid a vis i t to the hair­dresser he was accompanied by h i s wife who carefully collected and made into a parcel the shorn hair. preparatory to removing it from ..e shop. The barber w a s aghast, for he had already .sold, and received payment for, the master's clipped locus. He implored Fraw Wagiio; to reconsider her intention, but the la­dy w a s obdurate, only relenting so far as to remark that her butcher^s hair was very s imilar in color to that of her husband. The hint was taken.

In the cause of a' deserving cliari-ly Verdi agreed to part with a num­ber of his locks, for which demand was to be made by letter only. .Many applications, accompanied by remit­tances, arrived, and were duly hon­ored, much to the benefit of an ex­cellent cause, and by no means to the detriment of the composer^.s hair, which, despite the many calls upim its growth seemed as thick and long as ever. A most unaccountable phe­nomenon, his friends thought, in i they gradually changed their m i n e s and exchanged smiles when they not­iced how verj- bare a certain servant, whcse hair much resembled lii.s mas­ter's was becoming about the pate.

-Mario, the great tenor, on being aslied by a pretty nut rather bold member of the fair sex for a lock of his hair. ]ai;ghingly proposed a race, .'Stipulating that, in the event of h is being tbe victor, he should receive a kiss from the loser's lips, bu: that should fortune decide against him, ha v.-ould agree to submit his head to til.- conqueror's c issors . Off the :):•;•,• start(?d, and the victory seemed to be in -Mario^s grasp, when he tripped and fell, a l lowing his fair riiTl' lo reach the goal first. He at oi; ,.• ,-ral- ' la.-itl}- paid forfeit, and the b. iy " i h' Cfiua! coiirlcsy awarded Him tiie pi ize that, had he won, would have- been .'lis due.

The barber of Indianapolis chancing to possess one of Presii Abraham Lincolirs razors, dr.-. iiri.'k trade- of charging tho»c ..; cu.stomers on who.se ch ins ii .jp. cd au extra half dollar must vie; ptilm for originality to a W,\,t-.j!icl F.garo into whose shop Gounod once c:;anced to stray for the purp.jKe of having his hair trimmed. By p i g . aro, who was of a musical turn. i;us good fortune was duly appreciated. He preserved the hair cutt ing cloth as it came, plentifully besprinkled with hair, from- the composer's neck, to be used thenceforward only by such customers as were wil l ing to pay handsomely for the honor.

•.••no, i . ' i i t

0 a

Ji is

;rat-the

Wheelwright Shop L I T T L E T O N COMMON, MASS.

H o w ^o R e m o T e 'Wenther 8<atna. It Is qnite easy to remove tho ugly

green marks cansed by damp on stone, tile and brick floors and steps, dil that Is necessary betoff. a 'good scrubbing with water In •which a small quantity of chloride of Ume has been dissolved.

• ;>•>»

I have bought the Wheelwright business of Gco.ge Johnson, and I am prepare,! to do all kinds of Wheelwright wor^ fc ^th^roueh manner and at reasonable prices. cJmo «ml see me. M A U R I C E ' ^ L . Q U I N l ^ i l .

W m . Crombie

MARBLE AND GRANITE Works

NEWTON ST., AYER

General Biacksmithing. Horseshoeing a Specialty. ALSO, ALL K I N D S O F C A R R I A G E

K E P A I R I N G , R U B B E R T I R E S i

P A I N T I N G A N D J O B B I N G ' '

P R O M P T L Y D O N E A T N E W S H O P '

ON C E N T R A L A V E N U E .

India's Tiger Bird. Indla'.s tiger bird, so-called because

ho Is the one thing the royal l - a s t fears. Is no longer than tho s p a r o w Yet so bold and combative is he that if the great cat Is surpriiicd ;,v a Kufflclent number of the Httln crea­tures far from the protecting ;>irlter of tho jungle it will go hard with him. When alone the bird will m.ike no attack. Supported by a l!orl; Of friends, however, often n-.mrbVr.ng several thousands, the bird v.- ;• orejj out h i s heredltarj- foe and give 'aat tle.

A Great Bencf.ictor. If people of other countries were

asked the name of the Engl-n-i'-Lin

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THE STORY OF BUCK AND BRIDE

"I Grabbed the Reins and Jumped Back."

"Oh, sayi grandpa," said Dickie, and his head was burled so deeply in

"a big old trunk in the bari> that only a pair of sprawly legs and two long feet hanging on to a nail in the floor by the tees, and a dusty trouser seat could be seen;

"Oh, say, grandpa, here's two of the dandiest pairs of co'ws' horns with l i t t le brass balls on tJiem. Only three of them look as if they had been broken off. Can I have 'em, grandpa? I asked first"

"Can't I have one pair, grandpa?" begged a voice from another corner, then a rod-faced boy appeared.

"Let me see them," said grandpa. "Why, they are old Buck's and Bride's horns. No, I guess I'll keep them a l i t t le while longer. Upon my word, I'd forgotten about them.

"But, boys, I can tell you a real good story about them," he added.

"When? wheu grandpa? Now; will you?" And Dickie swept off a clean place on a bench with the s leeve of h is coat.

"Well, suppose we wait until after supper. That'll be a good t ime and I can think about it a little."

So In the early evening—the t ime for story-tell ing—grandpa sat down before the fireplace, with a boy on each side of him. Each lad had a s t i c k - a n d a jackknife, whitt l ing.

"Well, to begin at the beginning," said grandpa, "when I was a little boy we didn't have as many horses in our part of the country as there are now. But we used oxen, which are just as strong and somet imes as swif t as horses. Though usually they are s low. I guess you have not seen them very often. They are fastened I together by a wooden yoke and driven j by rein sometimes, but oftener con­trolled by a person merely speaking and cracking a whip.

"Father gave mo a pair of young ones , black and white, and said I was to train them. 1 was much pleased and made up my mind that they would be the best team in the country. I named them Buck and Bride. I was a lways gentle and never abused them, and soon they grew to love me and would do anything I told them to.

'•One day 1 took them to be shod. An ox. you know, has a split hoof, l ike a cow. and so each foot must have two shoes. That makes eight s h o e s to an ox, doesn't it? I must tell you how they shoe oxen, as It i s very different from shoe ing a horse. T h e ox is flrst led Into a frame about three feet wide, which is built of s trong timber, with a floor In it. Two heavy poles push up on each side of the ox's shoulders, holding him firm; then two more just back of h i s horns, to which ropes are attached, and these hold his head and shoulders per­fect ly still. Two broad leather bands, fastened loosely to poles as high as the ox's back, are next passed 'under his body, and hook on the other side to another pole. These poles are turned around, shortening the bands until the ox Is raised off h is feet. The feet are then roped back, hoof up­wards to other poles, and tied t ightly so they cannot move. The blacksmith Is then able to nail the shoes on quickly, without being bothered by the animal's struggles .

"Buck and Bride could go so much better after they had been shod, as they dtd not sl ip in go ing over the rough roads. Ice and mel t ing snow made It very slippery, and ono had to drive with great care.

"Ono day, a long in April, father was chopping with a very sharp ax, and It slipped and cut a g a s h in his leg. The blood spurted high and we both knew that ho h a d cut an artery. Together we managed to bind It up above the wound and s top the blood flowing; but father w a s dreadfully weak.

"You must get me down to Dr. Mead's right away," h e said. So I managed to partly carry h im to tho s l e i g h and wrap a blanket around him. H o held the s t ick with which w e had t w i s t e d , t h e bandages around hts leg , and I drove. W e started pret-

' t y fast , bnt I had good control of tbe o x e n , s o I didn't eare. . But Ji^st at a t a m i n g point in the (oad I heard a n o i s e and looked back. Father •was

lying -with his eyes shut and the blood •was bouring from his leg. 1 lopped the reins. I was so frightened 1 did not know what I was doing and sprang to his side. In a minute I had the bandage t lghteend. but I had to hold It. The oxen were running very fast now, and the reins were dragging. I dared not leave father a second and could not have got them, anyway. I called to Buck and Bride; they tried to s lacken, but could not. Fas ter and faster w e flew. .The road was narrow ahd very steep. 1 was terrified. The oxen were beyond their own contrd now. W e were near a turn In the road. They switched to one s ide sud­denly and struck a small tree. It snapped off and on we went. Another curve and so sharply did we turn that the sled partly slipped over the side, but only for a second. On It went, the oxen taking great leaps, unable to help t h e m s e l v e s a bit.

•I had all I could do to hang on and bold father. W e were approaching the road and on the further s ide was a rail fence. On we flew, scarcely touching the ground, swerv ing from side to side, till at last we reached the road and jumped across It Into the fence. There was a quick stop, then on again, but slower. I cal led loudly to the oxen and they then s lackened up and stopped. Both were tired out and could scarcely stand or breathe. But I grabbed the reins and jumped back into the sleigh. 1 then managed to turn around and drive back to the road by somet imes kneel ing on the reins and turning with one hand and by cal l ing to them. Father was still in a faint. I drove right to the doc­tor's and knocked on the door. The doctor and I carried father In.

" 'Just in tlme.^ said the doctor. •He^s pretty far gono.^

"Well, w e took hira home and put him to bed. I unharnessod the oxen and it wasn't till then that I saw both of Buck's horns and one of Bride's liad been broken off. I went back to the fence and found them. Good, faithful animals l They had done their best in coming down tbe hill without any guiding and had lost their pretty horns. I ' felt awfully bad becaus.:> they did not look near so fine. I gav" them a good supper and let them r"s* for two or three ('ays. The other one of Bride's horns we sawed off.

"Father got well again In a few weeks and we were soon hauling wood again. But we could never get Buck and Bride to climb that mountain as long as they lived. They would go any place on level ground, but stopped and would not go a step up a hlU. Father did not try to make them do it. as he said they had earned the right to do <is they wished about It. W e had them for many years and flnally they died of old age.

"Those horns are tho ones which were broken off in our wild rido down the mountain. You may have thom. boys, but take good care of them for the sake of my two good old oxen.^ —Marlon A. Long, In Detroit Free Press .

Queer Positions of Hearts. There Is one curious fact that not

everybody not ices about the common, flnger-long, green caterpillars of our larger moths . Their hearts. Instead of be ing In front, are at the back of the body and extend along the entire length of the animal. One can see the heart dist inct ly through the thin skin, s a y s St. Nicholas, and can w a t c h i t s s low beat, which s tarts at the tall and moves forward t o the head.

Hear t s of th is sort, reaching from head to tall, are not at all uncommon In the s impler creatures. The earth, worm h a s one, and so bave mos t worms, caterpil lars and other crawl­ing th ings . Hearts In the middle of the back are a l so quite a s freqilent a s t h o s e In w h a t s e e m s to us to be the natural place. Many animals , the lobster, for example, and t h e cra'w-flsU and. t h e . crab, which h a v e short hearts l ike those of the beas t s and birds, never the l e s s h a v e t h e m placed Just under t h e shell , in what, In oiir-se lves , would b e . the small of tho back. ' .

FOR PERFECT SOUP .T MUST NEVER BE ACLOWED T C

BOIL HARD.

Old-Tlme Recipe for One Kind That Has Been Highly Praised—^Dev­

iled Kidneys and Other Chaf­ing Dish Specialties.

In Goldsmith's amusing e s s a y , on that - Imaginary character, Mr. "The. Clbber, h e speaks of his fondness of the good th ings of this life. He loved good c lo thes and good living, and w a s not too particular how he obtained them. . In his old age he ate ortolans and green peas and drank gravy soup when he could get it.

To make this soup take six pounds of shin of beef and a large knuckle" ot veal, to which quantity of meat a l low six quarts of boiling water. If any trimmings of ' poultry can be had so much the better. For the fiavor tbere must be two s l ices of lean ham of the best quality. Further, have a quainter of a pound of butter, four carrots , four onions, one turnip, a small head of celery, one blade of mace, a bunch of savory herbs, five c loves , nine pep­per-corns; sa l t to taste and add three good lumps of sugar. Cut the m e a t into pieces of three inches square, put .the butter Into the soup boiler and sl ightly brown the meat, st irring up the pieces from below with a wooden spoon. Be very careful not to let them burn In the least. When sl ightly browned stir In the boiling water, and as the scum rises at once take it off.

When no more scum Is thrown up put in the vegetables and spices . The so'jp must now simmer gently for six hours, and there shonld be no furthei stirring up from the bottom. W h e n the six hours have passed remove It from the stove, let it sett le , sk im off the fat as well as can be done now, I'.nd then pass the soup through a cloth or strainer. Every particle of fat can be taken off when quite cold. Xow carefully take off the clear soup without moving the sediment that re­mains, which should not be wasted, but used for gravies for poultry.

The art of making good soup Is In never a l lowing It to boll hard. Flavor­ing Is one essent ia l , and If In making this soup both be-attended to all will a s r e e that Mr. The. Clbber was a man of good tas te .

Deviled k idneys are prepared by taking two fresh, firm lamb kidneys, wash ing and skinning them, cutt ing them open In the usual way and fastening the sides back with tiny ske^wers. Then take a lump of butter and heat in a chafing dish until It Is very hot. Put in the kidneys, cook them three or four minutes, turning from side to side. Then turn the silt side up and put a bit of butter In the cenier of each, sprinkle over a little salt, some paprika, mustard and

"chopped parsley.

Risotto Is made by using a quarter pound of cooked rice, one small onion ^noI.^ chopped, butter, some .grated cheese , pepper and salt. Put the onion •n the chafing dish with the butter and fry until It begins to brown. Th<T. add the -r i ce and a cuj) of good sor.p -•itock. Whon tho stock has boon ab­sorbed and the rice seems tender br.t '"ini, stir in the salt, pepper and •^hpf-sp. A little garlic is said to im­prove the flavor of the risotto, whirh is an Italian dish.

3^hrimps cooked with rice are appp-fizing and easi ly prepared. Take liaif p :.int of fresh shrimps and pick tlipai •vr.r carefully. Melt a large plecf of ')ut:pr In the chafing dish, stir In hnlf •\n onion chopped fine, add a half cup o' cold boiled rice, half a cup of swpm <rfun. the shrimps, a tablespoonful of 'o:i:ato ketchup and let the whole coo!; :'!:ily for a few minutes, then serve ir;

hor plates or on crisp s l ices of toast-

Macaroni De Bos. ''j'.ie pint of oysters, one stock of !TV. liquor from one can of toma-PS. one-half pound of American

' ipGse. one package of macaronL an'?-"iiarter pound butter, salt and pepiior 10 taste. Boil the macaroni for ;;•' minutes, blanch In cold water; prepare-liquor from oysters and tomatoes , cu: •plery fine and boll until celery is te;: i'.-)r. Throw in the oysters and aMov. •'no edges to curl. Have macaroni in '.i-c;e baking dish and put all togethc: "••V, on broken or grated cheese and

•'X thoroughly. Place little lumps •' butter over the top and allow t;

'•Akp to a golden brown.

When the Clock Stops. Take it down, screw off the bar

:;i>-.v in It to take out some of the <'.u ••0 that the pendulum Is strai?;! • :ve a little kerosene In a cup. dip. :-

; -aw In the oil so that ahout on 1 f.p will adhere to It. Apply tho o :

•••> the frame where the axle Co.-.i s 'hrcugh, putting about one drop i .: •'3ch axle at back and face of •vorks. Also put a few drops on t'"'

rtiall wheel where the pendu .; ••'.vlngs from. Screw on back, set cl'.' ' ••tck In place, start It, and It will :• i • ?,T ? year or t\*o.

Cream Flnnan-Haddie. Take one-halt pound of finnan-ha '

die, pick apart, and cook In one hce-l:>g tablespoonful of butter till heat^.l through; then st ir In one tablespoo.i ful of flour, moistened In one cupful .• ' 'r.»am, or rich milk, and let It cook foe flve minutes;- add the yolk of one e g c -x dash, of pepper, and one teaspoonfui it grated cheese . When smooth s e r v immediately o n hot toast and garnls'i •vlth parsley. .

' C r a n b e r r y Frappe. S tew one! quiart of berries with on-

' alt cup of water . Strain, add to t> Hilce two c u p s of sugar 'and the jn of ono Itfmon. Serve in cups • strips of candled orange peel on

y HINTS ON HOW TO DARN.

Wi l l Be Found Very Helpful to the Busy Housewife.

The darning of narrow lace e d g e Is a most dillicult matter. ,,

If Ihl- tear is a serious one the edges of the lace c'an be basted upon the selvages of the muslin and placed In thf embroidery hoop.

Carp must he taken not to sew Into the muslin.

If the edge is destroyed entirely or In part, the lace may be basted upon white letter paper, and st i tched sever­al times to form a new edge aud cro.<sthieads st i tched to hold this edg'! in iilace, then the paper pulled away and the remaining st i tches put in on the machine or by hand.

Hamburg edgings and Insertions can be darned In the same way. They should preferably be free of starch and smoothly Ironed to facilitate jier-fect work.

White mosquito nett ing that has been washed will be found to g ive a good foundation for darning coarsely woven underwear on the machine, and soft black mosquito nett ing should be basuKl under the holes in the knees of boys' stockings.

It should be basted directly across thp hole and the machine darning be done directly upon It. The rough edges and threads can afterward be triiiinied away.

When you are through darning upon the machine, do not forget to replace tlie pressure on the pressure foot and the stitch action to the feed, other­wise you may bo much puzzled the next time you go to the machine and wonder why it "won't make a stitch."

ONE OF SEASON'S NOVELTIES.

T ry Parisian Charlotte at Your Next Luncheon or Dinner.

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Parisian charlotte is one of the nov­elt ies of the season. For it, soak one-^quarter of a box of gelatin In one-quar­ter of a cupful of cold water. Scald in a double boiler one-half pint ot th in cream or rich milk . -Pour it over four eggs beaten well with a half cupful of sugar and stir over the fire-until It thickens. Add the gelatin, stir until dissolved, then strain and set aside until chilled.

When It begins to thicken add one-q'ljarter ot a pound each ot stale mac-caroons and lady flngers broken or cut in pieces, one cupful of freshly grated cocoanut, one teaspoonful of vanilla, two tablespoonfuls of sherry and one cupful of heavy cream which has been whipped to a solid froth. Fold and mix lightly, turn into a wetted mold and stand aside where It will stiffen. Turn out carefully ( this may be done early in the evening) and garnish with a little whipped cream, tinted pale pink, and half a dozen quartered can­died cherries.—What-to-Eat.

To Serve Ices. Get a paper watermelon mold, which

will cost about 25 cents , and line it throughout with melted paraffin so that the moisture wiil not ruin the mold. Line this slightly with green ice cream, then put In a layer of white Ice cream. Have a pink lemonade par-, tially frozen and fill the mold. Place in the half frozen Ice a handful of soaked black currants which will re­semble watermelon seeds. Place this where It will freeze. When placed on the table, stand a few black penny dolls in the Ice. It is a suggest ion which oan be reserved for future use when the genuine watermelon shel ls can be used for the purpose, taking the iilace of the paper mold.

Removing Bruises f rom Furni ture. If the bruise is slight soak the

place in warm water, and hold a red hot poker near the surface of the wood, keeping it constantly wet until the bruise disappears. This will oc­cur In a few moments. If the brui.^e Is largo, an actual dent, wet the place with warm water as before directed. Then take a piece ot brown paper, fold it six or seven t imes, soak In warm water and place over the spot. Against the paper place a hot flat-iron, keeping It there until the mois­ture has evaiiorated. This process should be repeated until the surface IS again level .—Suburban Life.

Hem the Ends of a Veil. .•\s a rule It is no easy matter to

hem a veil, as the flimsy ends have a :iiost provoking way of slipping out of the flngers and from under the r.eeillP. It Is really easy, however. If dor.p in this manner: Baste an Inch hem in each end of the veil and then baste a piece of paper under the hems . When this Is done, st itch the hems on tho sewing machine through the pa­per. The paper then may be carefully torn off. The veil should be pressed with a warm Iron and special atten-tion given to the hems,.

Flower Po t s on TalJle. Tiny Dresden flower pots are the

latest In table decorations. On the everyday table nothing could be daln. tier than ono of these l i t t le pots with a tiny pink flower or one of the novel­t ies In dwarfed trees . - T h e perfect little trees are only about s ix or e ight inches In height and are now brought to such a perfection that they, are a we lcome ctiange from the various l i tt le ferns thai have been used for so long.

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To Keep the Closet Door Shut. / I had tried all sorts ot ways.tor In­

duce m y son to make an effort to keep the c lose t door shut. Finally, he him­self sugges ted tbat I hang on the out­s ide of the. door his favorite picture^' the; one h e a lways wishes to see '»hen he enters the room. It hurts httn so mn^h t o s e e the picture turned to the wal l^tbat be Is fast learning to keep the- door closed.— Oood Housekeeping

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Tooth and Clark's Cufciway Harrows, Iron Age, CultlvatorB, E c l i p s e Com Plsnteru, .Stone Bottt«, .Sueecss Manure Spreatlern. and all kinds of Farm Implement.-". All Hand-Sewed Double Team Harnesses at 855.00, F. }i. Ei'.Lcn, Carriage, Hamewj and Implement Dealer, Aver. Mass.

A SIGX OF GOOD P L U M B I N G

is the quickness with which people who have employed us once, send for us again when anything goes wrong.

PEOPLE ^\-H0 P R E V I O U S L Y PAID

high prices for plumbing were a little afraid that our moderate charges indicated moderate ability. But when once they employ us, they have no more such fears. The only regret they have is that they didn't call us in before. We have an idea you'll feel the same way if you have us do your next plumbing.

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Forest Hooper Co. AYER AXD S H I R L E Y

R e m a r k a b l e Cave viscoreriL T w o gold prospectora r e c ^ U / d l » - .

covered In the S a n t a ' S u s a n n a M o u a - y ta ins , about fifty m i l e s f r o m •Loa ' A n g e l e s , Cal., the larges t and 'most r e m a r k a b l e cave In W e s t e r n - A m ­erica . Whi l e look ing for Ind lca t lona ' o f go ld they found an o p e n l n c w h i c h t h e y entered. The open ing led to a g r e a t cavern, cons is t ing of many p a s . s a g e s , s o m e of them w i d e , but m o s t of t h e m narrow and lofty. T h e paa-s a g e s lead Into .great ha l l s , s o m e a n acre In extent , s tudded wi th s t a l a g ­mites and stalact i tes In s o m e c a s e s so th ickly that It la difflcult to g e t ' through . The wal ls o t one of t h e s e ha l l s are covered with rude d r a w i n g s , s o m e admost obl i terated, but othera st i l l clea'r. The drawings represent Incidents of the 'cha.-:e, s h o w i n g In­d ians on foot pursuing bear, deer and o ther animals .

BOSTOX AXD N O R T H E R N ST. RY. CO. L O W E L L D I V I S I O N .

T I M E T A B L E .

(.Subjcet to L-hange without notice.)

W E E K D A Y T I M E .

LEAVE .MEKRI.MACK SQUARE, LOWELL FOK

Bo.ston via Tewksburj-, 6.45 a.m., and ev ery 00 minutes until 9.4.') p.m. (Saturdavs every 30 minutes from 11.45 a.m. until 9.45 p.m.) Betum, leave Sullivan Square, 0.45 a. m., and everj- 00 minutes until 8.45 p.m. (Saturdavs. everv- 30 minutes from 11.45. a. in. until 9.15 p.m.)

Bcston via Xorth Billerlca, 5,25 a.m., and ever}- (K) minutes until 0.25 p.m. (Satur-d-ay» every 30 minutes from 12.25 p.m, "un­til 9..')5 p.in.) Keturn, leave Sullivan Square 0.32 a.m.. and everv 00 minutes until 9.32 p. m. (Saturdays everv 30 minute.« from 11.32 a.m. until !t.3-i p.m.)

Lawrence, 3.1.'), 0.15, 0.40 a.m., and every 30 minute.s until 10.40 p.m. Ketum, leave Lawrence, 5.20, 0.10. b..")0 a.m., and everv- 30 minutes until lO.-W p.m.

Xorth Chelmsford via Middlesex Street, 5 18, G.OO, 0.30, 0..55, 7.03 a.m., and everv 15 minutes until ll.:).3p.m. Ketuni, leave'Xo-Chelmsford. 5.30, 5.55. 0.30, 0.57, 7.18 a.m., and everj-15 minute* until 11.03 p.m,, then 11,48 p.m.

X'ashua, 0.;iO a.m., and everv 00 ndnutes until 10.30 p.m. (Saturdavs everv .30 min­utes from 12.30 p.m. until" 10.30 p.m.) Ke­tum, leave Xa.shua 0.20 a.m., and everv 00 minutes until It).20 p.m. (Saturdays, everj-30 minutes from 1.20 p.m. until 10..50 p.m.)

Tyngsboro via JliddiesexSt...5.18,0.00 0.55 7.18 a.m.; and everv 30 minutes until 9.48 p. in. Ketum, leave Tyngsboro,5.40,0.20, 0.57, 7.33 a. 111., and every 30 minute.s until 9.33 p. in.. 10.;>i p.m.

THOM.^S LEKS, Supt.

Lo ell and Fitchburg St. Railwav Co.

First tar leaves Lowell for .Vver at 6.33 a. m., and hourlv thereafter until' 10.33 p. m. Connecting at North Chelmsford on the hour. Tyngsboro and Xorth Chelmsford cars make conneetions.

First oar leaves Ayer for Xorth Chelmsford at 0 a. ni.

Cars arrhe at .Vyer 40 minutes after the hour and leave on the hour till 10 p. m.

f'irstcar leaves Xorth Chelmsford forAj-er at 0 a. ni.

Cars arrive at Xorth Chelmsford 40 min­utes after the hour aud leave on the hour till U p. m.

Siiiulays, one hour later eaeh terminus. First car leaves Xorth Chelmsford at 0.30

a. ni., running to IJrookside onlv. Ketura-ing, leaving Brookside at 0.25 a. in.; branch connection 0.35 a. m., ninning through to Westford Center: leaving Westford Center at 7 a. m., .ind hourlv there.ifter to 10.85 p. m. Hourly, leaving ii'orth Chelmsford from 8.03 a. m. till 10.03 p. m.

The running time from Aver to Xorth Chelmsford Is forty minutes. At Lowell con­nections may l)e made for Boston, Lawrence, Salem and all adjacent points.

C. V. MILLS, SUI>T.

Boston and Maine Railroad T H R O U G H T R A I N S E R V I C E

IN E F F E C T D E C . 16. 1907.

THAIXS LEAVE AYER '

in., 'LSO, V^OS, Chicago—tl0.20. {lO-.'W a, t7.4ft p. m.

St. Louis—110.20. }10..'30 a. m.. '1.30, •,5.0.'>, t7.40 p. m.

Montreal-W.05,t8..55. tl0.27a. m., tl2.00in., §0.20, 17.35, 18.20, §8..'->8 p.m.

BulTalo—^12.47, tl0.20, M0.30 a. m., 'LSO, •5.05, +7.40 p. m.

Clinton, Oakdale. Worcester-+5.17, *8.00, +0.15 a. m , +12,59, }3.37, +4.52, +0.16, +8.09 p. m.

rcpporell and Xa-shua— •8.05, +8.55, +10.'/? a. m,, +12.85, +3".35, +0.13, {6.20, +7.35 p. m,

Uoehcstcr, Portland—tSJXS a. m., +i3.S5 p. m. Graniteville, 'Lowell, Boston—+0.05, }8,16,

+8.19 s. ni., +12JSq, +0.20 p. m. South Lawrencrf--ffl.65. +8.19 a. m., fUM,

tO.20p. m. Boston (via Fitch. Div.)—•5.46, +0.26, +OJ57,

+7.65, §8.05, +8.10, +8.30, +fl.l0, §9.38, +11.32, a.m., +12.49, +1.67, +2.49, +3.35, +4.29, §4.46, +5JW,'§5.65, +0.11, +0.22, §6.28, 8.47, *7.32, 19.16 p .m. ^

•Vyaltham —+6.25, +0.67, §8.05; +8.10, +0.10, • §0.38,+11.32 a. m.,+12.49,+1.67,+3.35,+4.20.

{4.40, +0.11, 18.22, §0.20, §6.47, •7.32, +9.18.

Fllchbnrg-1I12.47, +5.58, fS.bs, +9.14, tlO.SO, +10.81, ilO.36, <l6.41 a.m,, +12,00 m., tl2.Wi *1.30, §3.82, +8.35, +8.48, •8.05,+6.10,0.26, +7.18, t7.40, +8.20, §8J58,il0.89 p.m.

Mllford-^«.13 a. m., +12.48, +0.10 p.m. Greenville—+0.18 a. m., +12JS5, §3.33, +6 iS

p , m . y •• Gardner, Atbol, Greenfleld—^12.47, 18.68,

+8.08, +10,26, +10.81, {10.86, a. m., +12.681 •1.30,»6.(B,f6.10,tT.40p.m.

Shelbume Falla, North Adiunii, Wllllams-' town—1112.47, +5JS8i t8.06, tlO.28, §10.86

a. m., tl24»,'l-SO, •6.08,+7.40 p. m. Troy, Albany-^112.47, +6.68, +8.08, +10.26,

§10.86 a. m.,.+12.66, •1 .80, '^oe p. m. Bottcrdam J c t - » l . a ) , » 6 . 0 ^ . t 7 . « p. m.

•DaUj. tDaUy, except Soadsy. ipa l l y , ceeBtHondat. {Snndaj'only. I>wm InfotiMt'oB lid tuae-UblM iaat

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Auvil as a T o m b s t o n e . ' >u the death of a b lacksmith n a m .

.-.. -Moehle of Bel levi l le , III., in tho United States , a tombstone was er ­ec ted to his memory in the very ap­propriate form ot a mode l anvi l . Moehle was a vi l lage b lacksmith , a n d for over thirty years he had tolled a t the same anvil , which had been g iven bim by the old b lacksmith t o w h o m he was apprenticed at P i lo t Kuob. He became great ly ' a t t a c n e d to the old anvil , and m a n y t i m e s e x . press jd a wish that he should not ba separated from it In death , but t h a t It should be his m o n u m e n t . In ac -ordance with his wish the olJ anvU

was coated with enamel , topped w i t h large horseshoe, and se t in a, baso .solid granite . The old t o m b s t o n e

Is one of the s ights of the c e m e t e r y . Loudon Tlt-Blts .

i''f;s Tai ls as B a r o m e t e r s .

T n e secret of "Uncle BlUy.^'War-Ing'a abil ity to forecast the weat i i er has leaked o u t Recent ly he nad been able with an exac t i tude n o t e q u a l l e d by ' the best barometers t o lell h is ne ighbors twenty - four a n d s o m e t i m e s thirty-six hours a n e a d what weather to expect . H i s pre ­d ic t ions have been of great be i iedt to farmers . Now it is learned that n e g e t s his t ips from his two pigs i n dry w e a t h e r the tails of the lU^i b a v e one curl, in wet weather two curls, and Just .before a' rain t h e i r ta i l s h a n g l imp.

P o w e r o t I i ights . A compar i son has recent ly -bpeix

m a d e of the power of the l i ght s l a F r e n c h l ighthouses 'a t var ious p e r i o d s la the last 35 years. In 1 8 7 4 , w h e a only oi l l ights were .used, the h i g h ­est power was equal to 5 4 , 0 0 0 c a n d ­les . In 1S82, when the i e l e c t r i c l ight w a s introduced, the power r o s e to a max imum ot 8 2 0 , 0 0 0 c a n d l e s . S ince then frequent i m p r o v e m e n t s h a v e been made in the e lec tr ic l i g h t s unt i l at present the m o s t p o w e r f u l l i g h t h o u s e s project an l l lu tn lnat ioa n e a r l y etjual to 3 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 cand le s .

Lincoln on Law Observance . There Is even now s o m e t h i n g o f

111 o m e n among us; I m e a n t h e d i s ­regard of law. ' There, then , ia o n e point at wblcb danger may be e x ­pected. The quest ion s e e m s : H o w shal l we fortify against it? T h e . m -swer Is s imple . Let every A m e r i c a n , every lover ot l iberty, every we l l -wi sher to hie posterity, swear by t h e blood of the Revolut ion never to v io ­late In the least part icular the l a w of his country and never t o t o l e r a t e their vlolalon by o t h e r s . — A b r a h a m Lincoln .

Independence Day E l s e w h e r e . Independence Oay in Brazi l Is

September 7; that of Mexico Is S e p t ­ember 16 ; that ot Uruguay 1. May 2 5 ; that of Chill Is S e p t e m b e r 1 8 ; that of Columbia is July 2 0 ; t h a t o f Haiti is January 1, and that of C u b a Is February 2 4 — t h e anniversary of the beg inning ot the final s t r u g g l e for Independence.

Novel Means of S i n g i n g Mass . A novel method of s a y i n g m a s s

has been adopted by t h e cure of L a Martre, In- the D e p a r t m e n t of t h e Var, France , owing to the f a c t t h a t he has nei ther pfecentor nor c h o r l s u ers In his church. He h a s fitted a p a phonograph i n . t b e chance l , w h i c h not on ly makes the c u s t o m a r y re­sponses , but a lso s i n g s t h e cantic loa.

Death F r o m Bul le t S W R U O W I O K . It w a s s tated at an i n q u e s t on a

peasant In a Servian v i l l age that the m a n died from s w a l l o w i n g t o o ntany bu l l e t s , which h e \yas a c c u s t o m e d t o tnke . In c o m m o n with all the i ieas a n t s in that district , w h e n e v e r h e leK 111.

Maid Growing R i c h . T h e bead maid of t h e Queet. ''•iw,

ager o t Italy , m a k e s a thousuad pounds a year from t h e s a l e of ner mis tress ' casj-olf c l o t h e s , , w h i c h are g iven to her . a s a. perqi i ls l te . T h e pi irchasers a r e , . f o r the most part , Amer ican tourUts . -

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K o a c h c s t o r Cnrranta in Cake-. ' A ' C h i n e s e 'Shopkeeper in L o n d o n

ct iarged 'w|th s e l l ing a- c a k e contatn-Ing cockroaches instead of carrknta and centlp^deii Instead of c ^ n d t M peel exp la ined t h a t t h e del icacy w a s so ld in m i s t a k e ; It w a s rea l ly a medx^ i t i n e cotui ioanded for^hla o w n too.

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Q R O T O N .

T o THE E D I T O B : Probably it might interest your readers to read a peculiar in­cident which has iust come to my notice, as y o a will find by tne following letter, which

- IS an anawer to a note that 1 threw over-l)oard ^rom S. S. Halifax on July 81,1907, j iu t inside Halifax harbor, Nora Scotia,

'' while on a voyage from Halifax to Boston. I t was picked up near Havana, latitude 36° a., on Jan. SO, 1908, having travelled in the ocean six months, a distance of some 2000 miles. K E N N E T H G U A H A M .

POKT STANLEY, FALKLAND ISLANDS, Feb. 15,190S.

Dear K. Graham,—I suppose you will be quite surprised to hear that your little meseage, which was thrown overboard from S. S. Halifax, has been fouDd,.and remem­bering the "story of Jonah," which you

, mentioned in your note, I thought that you wonld be pleased to find out that the bot­tle arrived safely after travelling nearly two thonsand miles.

I found it on the 3pth of January, 'OS, near Havana (Lat. 80° K . ) . I am making a trip around South America, Africa and Australia, and then to New York, on a navigation course. I am visiting Boston next June and will bring your little bottle back to you again for a souvenir. ' W e are leaving for Monte 'Video, Soiith America, today and if we land in any port I will send you some, postals. Don t for­g e t to answer as'soon as possible, as it

•takes a long time for a letter to come. • Gix>dbye. '• Remember the story of Jo­nah."

E D D I E GREGOIRE, Monte Video, S. A.

F R O M the North Adams Transcript of Harch 28: Mr. and Mrs. E. A. McMilUn | df Fleasant-st, this afternoon announced the engagement of their daugliter, Eliza­beth, to Ralph F. Culver, a native of Grot6n. The announgei^ent was made at a card party given 45y Mrs. McMlUin at her home in honpr of the prospective bride. About twentyj5*oung women were present

Both Mr.,^nlver and Miss McMillin are well known and extremely popular in Nortlv -Adams society, and their engage-

^•.-OATi/i comes as a pleasant surprise to a ^ r ' ' host of friends. Miss McMillm is a junior

. ^ in Wellesley college and an attractive girl of the tall, willowy type. Mr. Culver holds an important position with the .Ar­nold print works, and is a graduate of the Lowell Textile school.

The announcement of the engagement was made in a charmingly original man. ner. The card play began at two o'clock,

.' and at the luncheon which followed each gnest was invited to draw a daffodil from

' a l a ^ e basket in the center of the table. T o the stem of each flower was attached a card on which the announcement was written. The table decorations were yel­low and white, daffodils being the blos­soms-used. The card game played was fire hnndred.

Those present w-ere: The Jlissese Brtha Clarke, Helen Uardenbergh, Jennie Bond, Ellen Cutting, Lola Gadsby, Harriet Hanley, Harriet Stroud, Christine Phelps, Ruth Ham­blen, Bertha Sykes, Mary Parkhurst, Maria Sykes, Mrs. SlacFarlane, Mrs. Chase, Mrs. Potter of this city; Mrs. Foulder of Schenec­tady; Ui«sPl3ck of Mt. Holyoke college, Miss Cate of Brookline, Miss Rogers of Chicago, Miss Heleu Legate of Adams.

KEW.S I T E M S . — D r . Jacob Chamberlain died at his home in Madanapelle, Madras Presidency, South India, on March 2, aged seventy-two years. H e was of Groton de­scent, as his mother was a Miss Nutting of Groton, with relatives still living there. Dr . Chamberlain was one of the pioneer medical missionaries of IniUa^ and his -writings on the bible and on the habits and wants of the Hindus have had a wide cwculation in this country.

Mrs. George S. Webber of West Gro­ton has returned from a short trip to New

,• York city. Master Edward has bfen vis-'> iting his grandparents at Knopps pond

farm.

Mrs. Robert Forbes and daughters Ger­trude and Helen went last Saturday to Sharon and AUston to spend the vacation week.

The next session of the subscription par­ties will be on evening of April 7.

There are five inmates in the almshouse and the oldest woman is 9-2 years of age. The ages of the others are 7:). Co, 7,2, .'iS.

Miss Alice Woods of Dean academy, Miss (Jenevieve Hodgman of Wellesley college, and Miss Helen Eddy of Mt. Ida seminary are at home this week for vaca­tion.

Howard L. Tuttle, who is pursuing a course of study in pharmacy, began work in Boston city hospital.

The financial condition of the town of Groton shows a balance in its favor of 81284.83. Few towns have such a favor­able showing.

Herbert Bosfjuet, recently superintend­ent of town farm in Harvard, has been ap­pointed to a sunilar position in Reading, and went with his family to begin dnties there this week.

The warrant for the annual town meet­ing contains twenty-three articles.

The following are the ramlidates for so-1 lectmen, overseers of poor and assessors:

One year, W. II. Whitehill, . \ . II. Thomp-BOn; two year.s. F. A. Torrev: three vears, .1. F. Ryan, J. R. Hawkes.

There are fonr candidates for the oflice of tree warden:

Robert Forties, C. M. Raildin, J. A. San­derson, Wm. A. Woods; for school oommit­tee, O. T. Stevens: for park commissioners, J . L. Denahy, C. A. Harrington, W. B. Kol>-inson.

J . H . Hynes, who has worked for Mrs. E . M. Keedham for the past seventeen

Jeats, leaves her emplov this month, as Irs. Needham has decided not to keep a

hired man. Mr. Hynes and family expect to remain in town.

Mra. Wm. F . Gleason is preparing the Sanday school children of the Congrega­tional church for what promises to be a delightful Easter concert.

B o m in West Groton, March 2u, a danghter to Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Wheat-en ^ C u Florence Flewellyn).

S a l t e r Davis, overseer of the .Toy farm, i t in poor health, following an attack of the prevailing influenza. ,

iSn, Grant W . Shattuck is recovering from the German i^eatles.

T h e follotring ttatbtic* are from the town cleric's report^for the year 1907:

S Births, 44; marritges,42; destht,2C. Work on tbe .'Ptoperell-.Groton bridge

over.the'Nathtt'aat BoUingiworth-will be cMBBiad next Monday.

T h e men's supper and social at the Bap­tist church last week wat carried out suc­cessfully and with a good attendance

The Groton improvement society will meet with Miss Boutweli op Tuesday, April 7, at 3.30 o'clock.

Mrs. Dunphy, Miss Nellie Fitzgerald and John Fit;:gerald attended the funeral of their relative Mrs. Doran in Worcester, Wednesday. Mrs. Doran was a freijuent visitor in town.

Mrs. Chandler of the mill neighborhood is very ill

Groton school, Lawrence academy and all other schools in town are having" their spring vacation.

The Groton historical society will meet at the old library room, Tuesday evening, April 7, at seven o'clock promptly. Law­rence Park will give a paper on architec­ture, illustrated by drawings. All are cordially invited.

Clarence .1. Hemenway began work this week for Mrs. B. Ward Dix. . Mrs. Wallace A. Brown was called to West Acton last week by the illness of her mother, Mrs. Mead, whose death oc­curred on Friday, March 27.

Mrs; William B. Warren opened her house this -week.

The polls will be opened on town meet­ing day, April 6, at 7.30 a. m. and may be closed at ooe p. m.

Married in Groton, Saturday, March 28, by Rev. P. H . Cressey, Nathaniel C. An­derson and Bessie Sophia Tolles..

The annual meeting of the proprietors of the Groton cemetery is called by the clerk, Charles Woolley, for Tuesday even­ing, April 7, at 7.30 o'clock. The follow­ing articles are to be acted upon:

I Art. 1. To choose officers for the ensuing I year.

Art. 2. To hear and act upon the report of the treasurer.

Art. 3. "To hear and act upon the report of any committee heretofore chcsen.

Art. 4. To transact any business that mav legally come before it.

Last week ttfe remains of Mrs. Almira, widow of Charles Kendall, were brought from Sterling to Groton for burial. Mrs. Kendall was seventy-seven years of age and died of diphtheria. Her first husband was a Mr. Cammings.

The remains of Mrs. Mary (Farnsworth) McPfaerson were brought from Clinton, where she died March 26, aged 59 yrs. She formerly lived in Groton on the road to Ayer, towards the river. She was mar­ried first to a Mr. Messer.

The public schools open Monday, ,'Vpril 6.

Mr. and Mrs. Israel LeFavour, who re­side at their summer home in Groton dur­ing several months of the year, are send­ing out invitations to the marriage of their daughter, Grace Strickland LeFavour, to Dr. Adelbert Melvin Bruce on Tuesday evening, April 21, at eight o'clock, at Washington-st., Beverly.

The ladies' benevolent society of the Congregational church will hold an enter­tainment in town.hall, Thursday evening, -•^pril 9. The entertainment will consist of a farce, entitled, "Sunset ," given by Clinton talent. There will be also musi­cal selections, the whole making what is expected to be something good. Com­mences at eight o'clock.

The annual offering for the home mis­sionary society will be taken at the Con­gregational church next Sunday.

A son of G. H. Woods found among the debris of the house his father has been taking down, a .Spanish silver coin about the size of our quarter. By the inscription it was minted in 1780, during the reign of Carlos III . Another son found a copper coin of about the same date and descrip­tion as the silver coin.

Mrs. Charles II. Torrey is recovering from a recent illness, which has made nec­essary a physician's care.

Mrs. (ieo. L. Boynton is on the sick list. The mud on the roads outside the state

road has been something unusual even for the season and to be avoided if possible. It has been remarked by some who have always lived in Groton that they never re­member it worse. On Long bill, for in­stance, anyone riding had the feeling of sinking in almost interminably. The roads are improving now every day.

the .summer resi-Tho;nas Bancroft, now dence'ofiMr. Holt.

The Woman's club will meet in banquet hall on Tuesday afternoon, April 7 . 'Board meeting at two o'cIeck,>harp. Regular meeting at'2.45. The pixjfgram is a s fol­lows: -

Music; report of chairman of nurse's com­mittee, Mills Anna M. Jewell: report of visit­ing committee, Mrs, Adelaide L. Ifaswell-address by Miss Ellen Emerson, (daoghterof Ralph M'aldo Emerson), on Tuberculosis and Its treatment; remarks on kindred tonics bv Miss Ida Shattuck aud Mrs. L. E. Starr.

Henry Baldwin, an old resident of Pep­perell, died at the home of his niece, Mrs. Frank llaselton, in Towpsend, March'23. He was born in PeppereU, Aug. 21j 1822, the son of Abiel and Lucy Gassett Bald­win. He was il;e youngest of a family of twelve children and the last survivor. H e became deaf at the age of fourteen and never regained his hearing. He was a shoemaker by trade. About forty-five years ago he bought a cottage honse -built by Joshua Blood on what is now ca l lWest -st., where he lived alone.

Mrs. Florence E. Swain of Cambridge accompanied her mother, Mrs. Eliab Blood, who has spent the winter with her dangh­ter in Worcester, on Thursday to PepTCr-ell. They have been guests of Mrs. Sarah Lamb this week. '•

Quite an excitement was raised in town on Wednesday evening, and a large force of men were Out in search of a lost woman, a new boarder at Mrs. Clarence Tucker's, who was the missing one. She wa^fonnd at ten o'clock in the vicinity of the Tucker farm in what is called the gulf, where she had lain down on the ground and covered herself with leaves. Her friends were notified on Thursday to come and take her home. Mrs. Tucker was not aware that her mind was disordered when she agreed to board her. She was carefullv guarded until she left town.

F ' E F ' F ' E R E L l ^ .

C E N T K I : . — T h e remains of Frank Howe were brought from Boston, where he died, last Saturday for interment in the familv lot in Park-st. cemetery. A committal service was held at the grave. Uev. iX. W. Drawbridge officiating. .Mr. Howe was a native of Pepperell, the son of Dr. James N. and .losephine (Farrar) Howe, who for many years conducted the Cutter re­treat. He was a very genial man and had many warm friends. His sickness was a lingering one. He was fifty-seven years old. Dr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Heald^ M T . and Mrs. James Mace and their son Don­ald, Arthar Howe and wife and the hns­band of their deceased sister, .'Vnnie Howe, accompanied the remains from Boston. They were joined at the cemetery by friends of the family.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bolles are visiting in Watertown.

Mrs. Nellie Fuller ha? returned from her work in the home for working women in Boston, where she has spent two months as a substitute for Miss Annie Murphy, while she has been in Bermuda.

Mr. and Mrs. John R. Shattuck have been visiting in Concord Junction this week.

N E W S I T E M S . — M r s . John A. Coffey has been sick for the last week with the grippe and tonsilitis. Mrs. Bean has been caring for her.

George Swift is about to move his fam­ily into the house known as the Gilman Blake place.

James Attridge has concluded his s vices as clerk at E . E. Tarbell's.

Fred Webber of Newport, R. I., has been a recent visitor to his father's, Rev. Putnam Webber, this week.

Laura Herrig came home Monday for a short vacation from her school duties .in Wollaston.

Howard S. Denham has been visiting at his home on Main-st.

George Swift has moved from the Bou­telle block to the new store of A. A. Tar­bell.

The large vestry, ladies' room and kitch­en connected with the JJ.E. church were lighted by electricity last week Friday evening for the first time. The Thimble club connected with the church paying all expenses of the same. Later on it is eX' pected that the whole church will be so lighted.

The Thimble club will meet with M n r iel Robinson Monday, -ipril 6.

The republican caucus was held Tues­day evening, March 31, at 7.45 in the town hall. Charles Denham was appointed chairman and H. N . Tower the secretary. Then they adjourned to the registrars.' room where the polls were open for half an hour to elect the following delegates :

.State—C. .S. Denham, K. W. Blake. Con-frre.ssional—W. H. Drury, J. O. Bennett.

Chas. E. Boynton is visiting in Swamp-scott.

There is a dangerous place in the con­crete sidewalk in front of the telephone block. It is expected it will be repaired before anyone is injured, if people will please not get hurt until it is fixed.

The steamer team has been busv this week drawing cinders from the mill for a very bad part of Cross-st. near Hollis-st. This is a good move as these ashes well mixed in the clay-like pudding now tbere should make a serviceable road. It would be a paying thing to do the same for Park-st.. beginning at the Col. Shattuck hon.e-stead. There is not a street in town so bad, which has the travel Park-st. has.

There will be an Easter sale and sup­per in vestry of Congregational church. Thursday, .-Vpril 9. .Sale begins at fo.ir p. m.

T H E CHICKKN I-IE SCI'I-KK given Fri­day evening, March 2 7, by the men con­nected with the M.K. church was the mo^t successful event of the season both finan­cially and socially. About one huniired and fifty were present. Arthur Wright, assisted by an able corps of men waiters, bandied the crowd well, and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. During the evening music both instrumental and vo­cal was interspersed with readings by Miss Susie Andrews, who was very pleasincr jn her manner. Much credit should be given T. Linsey Crossley, who had the entire charge of the supper and entertainment, and when he made the announcement that the entire amount needed to make up the deficiency for the current expenses for the year was received (8217.7-4) everyone .seemeti pleased. The evening closej by singing America.

and card shops i i very dnll, probably an indefinite shut down soon and a general curtailmg of expense? in all stores is in pragress now.

H A . R V A . R r > .

N K W S ITEMS.—Tuesday evening, March 31, Miss Mildred Tooker.celebrated her eighteenth birthday anniversary, ai her home, a number of her friends being present to assist in making' the event a memorable one. Games were played nntil 10.30, when a lunch was served of cakes and ice cream. After lunch Miss Tooker was presented with a handsome gold monogram bracelet in behalf of those present. The party was then entertained by readings by Miss PetUngill, music by Miss Cameron, and genera! singing by ^1. Everybody had a pleasant time, Mr. and Mrs. Tooker sparing no pains to see that all were entertained in thorough style.

Next Tuesday evening the married members of the grange wiU give Uieir entertainment in competition with the unmarried members given at the follow­ing meeting. Both evenings promise to be full of interest and a fnll attendance is hoped for.

Sunday, April 5, Rev. Albert H. Plumb of Roxbury will preach at the CongregationA1 church during the morn­ing service. Mr. Pliimb wfll also con­duct the service in the evening at the close of the c.E. service.

Saturday, April 4, the willing workers will hold their regular monthly meeting at the church parlors.

Friday evening, April 10, the 1908 club will hold a complimentary party at town hall. Music bv Cart-wright's orches­tra. Members of the club only and their guests will be admitted.

T h e evening whist club met at i.o.o.E. hall, Thursday evening, for a social game and general good time. A large number were in attendance. Light refreshments were served during the evenin"-.

Mrs. W. P. Farwell and daughter Ger­trude are visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Percy Willard at New York city for a couple of weeks. While there thev will attend Miss Bessie Pollard's wedding, whiDh takes place on Saturday.

Miss Abbie Murphy of Concord has been spending a few days in town.

•ATBR,mAa8.

Men's

Department.

Close Negligee Shirts Final Reduction to Clear Various Lines. One

Price on Entire Lot,

T O W N M E E T I N G . — A special town meet­ing was held in town hall, Tnesday, March 31, at eight o'clock, to take action in re­gard to supplying the town with water.

Art, 1. Shall the town accept the pro­visions of chapter 111 of tbe acts of the

The pupils of the public schools have I'*8'8l«"re of the year 1908, entitled, "An been enjoying a vacation this week

Mrs. Sarah Fletcher, who has been vis­iting her friends in different towns throngh the_winter, has returned to her home on Heald-st., and is now visiting in Cambridge^

Mr. and Mrs. Charles E . Boynton have visited their relatives in Swampscott, this week. *

Mrs. William Belcher of Winchester has been visiting at her sister's home.

Kdgar Larkin of Hudson has been in town this week. He is administrator of the property of the late James H. Blood.

act to authorize the town of Pepperell" to supply iuelf and its inhabitanU with water.

Re8ult-=-yes 322. no 85. N o votes cast 407.

Art. 2. Voted to choose three water commissioners as follows:

E. E . Tarbell, one year; Waldo Spauld^ ing, two years; Geo. T. Keyes, three years; from the next annual town meeting.'

Art. 3. Voted to issae bonds, notes or scrip not to exceed the ainonnt of one hun­dred and twenty thonsand dolUu-Sjand the interest on this sum of money not to ex­ceed five percent. T h e bonds, notes or scrip to be paid within thirty years. N o of votes cast 361; yes 264, no 97;

Art. 4. 'Voted,to instroct the commis-

S T I L X ^ R I V K R .

D E A T H . — J a m e s Humphrey Atherton died Thursday, April 2, at the age of 82 years, 22 days. He was born and has always lived on the home place, a man that has always lived a. quiet life, honored and respected by his neighbors. Although he lived twelve years beyond the alloted time, he was to a'll appearance a man many, years younger. Only Mon­day, he went to Ayer, to call on his daughter's family, and was full of life and fun. He returned the same night and on Tuesday he was stricken with "an attack of acute indigestion, which affected his heairt, and he died very suddenly.

His daughter, i l r s . Elisha D . Stone of -\yer, was with him at his death. Be­sides Mrs. Stone, and her husband of Ayer, he leaves a son, Fred L. Atherton and wife of Clinton, and three grand­children, also a sister, Mrs. Emily Robin­son of Lawrence. His wife died several years ago. The funeral will be from his late home, Saturday al two p. m.

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aged 75 yrs. 10 mos. She was a native ' of Portland, Me., the daughter of Capt. ' Keuben and Eliza Chandler, and was mar-' ried fifty-three years ago to Walter Mead j of Boxhorough, where thev resided until! fourteen years ago. She is survived bv a ' husband, one son, Chas. II. .Meadof West I Acton, and a daughter, .Mrs. Wallace A. I BrowQ of Groton. The funeral was held ! Sunday, March TJ, at -.'..W p m., Rev. Sid- ' ney Willis ofKciating. Interment at .Ml. ] Hope cemetery. Manv beautiful floral tributes were received, wbich showed the esteem in which she was held. i

The body of Mrs. Whitcomb Houghton was • last survjvi and goi ter eighty-three years of age.

Funer.il services of .Mrs. Oliver Mead i were held at her late home Tuesday after- I noon, Kev. Sidney Willis, the Universa- j list minister of West Acton, officiating. I The West Acton choir was also present.! The deceased was a sister of Norman and ! Edward Wetherbee, and was eighty years I of age. o .• ^ I '

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Mrs. Benjamin Parker, matron of the almshouse, bas been out of health through I

, , , . _ . , . ' „ era in letting contracts to employ Pepoer-. ^ v ^ ' ^ " l ' ^ ' removed from River-rt. eU workmea a t £ar as they conld do iT t o t h e Parker farm on TowMend-su last^ A g o o d deal of tnterest, both for and

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C K N T K K . — A lecture was given in town' hall, last Saturday evening by Prof. .J. E . Chandler, a member of tbe American scientific society, Smithsonian institute, ^yashington, the American historical so­ciety and the Philological association of Cambridge. His lecture was very inter­esting and was given in a very able man­ner, with illnstrations of the planets and stars. ProL Chandler formerly lived here and has relatives who were pleased to greet him.

The sowing guild will hold a social at the town haJl, Saturday evening, April 4. Games and amusements of different Icinds will be enjoyed. Refreshments will be served during the evenioc.

T H E A L T K U R I A N CLUH met at their room Thursday, March 26, and enjoyed a pleasant afternoon. After the business hour, the president, Mrs. Lucy J . Merri­man, referred to the' reciprocity meeting held at Littleton, which sbe and the se<^ retatyt Mrs. L M. Ballou, auended Mon­day, by invifatioa. They were cordially welcomed and pleasantly, entertained. Mrs Ballon gave a brief acconnt of the' delightfo) program offered'for the after­noon,, which coiicliided with a social tea. , T h e ctnb program for the afternoon were |>aj>ers on^ edncation in England,

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DEAITBS.—Mrs; Siuan Augusta Butter­field died at the honie of lion. Geo. J. Bnrns, Tuesday, March 31, after an ill­ness of ten days; from an intestinal ob­struction. She was bora, August, 1828, in Westford, the oldest of six children of L e v l T . and Athy Fletcher. She was educated at Westford academy, LoweU high school, Lawrence academy m Groton, and Mt. Holyoke seminary when it was in the care of Mary Lyon. She married Reuben J. Butterfield about thirty-eight years ago, and they lived in Westford, a very devoted couple, until Mr. Butter-field's death about, seventeen years ago. Since then Mrs. Butterfield has lived a part of the time iU' Westford on the old homestead which has been in her family for 150 years, and part of the time in the family of Hon. Geo. J. Burns, in whom she has been interested since he was quite a young boy. Mrs. Butterfield has been a meinber of the Congregational church in Westford for many years.' She has always been active and inteiested in church work. She was quiet,' refined, a true type of the old school gentlewoman, a very loyal friend, keeping bright to the last an active interest in all things. She never forgot her Alma Mater, Mt. Hol­yoke, but always responded to its calls for aid. Her nearest surviving relatives are her mother's sister. Miss Sarah Richard­son, the youngest of the eight children of Samuel and Amy Richardson, who at the age of ninety is now living at the West­ford home, and her cousins, Miss Ella T. Wright of Cleveland, Ohio, formerly of Lowell, Mrs. Elizabeth McBride of Cleveland, and Chas. W. Wright of Chi­cago. ' Mrs. Butterfield has been for eight years a me'mber of Ayer Woman's club. The funeral was held at the home of Mr. Burns at two o'clock yesterday—;-Friday— afternoon, and the remsuns will be placed

in the tomb in Ayer till June, when inter-1 ter and turned it over to John M. Maloney ment will be in the family lot in West. „. tn,wn „nnn.ol On TnooHov tlio laff*,. ford. Rev. L. E. Perry of Ayer and

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frace and pbysidal carriage was exhibited y^his girls' class than any dancingculture

can prodace. The ..yonng ladies of this generation, under similar training in many of our cities and .towns, .will create a bet­ter balanced womanhood than the fair sex has ever attained in .the'pait.

No pen description of tbe exhibition can adequately picture the fine symmetri­cal exercises in which both boys and ghrls engaged so successfully for our benefit. Weare gratefully indebted as a town to the courtesy qf Mr. Waters and his Y.H.C. A. classes, and to Mt. Merriam,,our own gymnastic instructor, and under their stim­ulus we shall hopefully expect to justify their efforts on our behalf, and qualify our boys and girls to illustrate the intentions of the'Ayer Civic Welfare gymnasium.

The prizes, blue ribbon first, red second and white third, tbat have been won this winter,'were aniiounced by Geo. H. Brown, president of the club. 'They were:

Henry Brown, blue for standing broad jump, two standing broad jumps, fence vault and'runnlne high Jump, and red for standing high kick, nve blues and one red; Geo. Mc­Guane, red for standing broad jump and Btandlng high Jump, wblte tor Btandlng high kick; Philip Delano, wbite for standbig broad jump aud fence-vault; Arthur Sullivan, red lor running high Jump; Joseph Donahue, blue for runnlngihigh kick and white for two standing broad Jumps; Henry Donahue, blue for standing high kick, red for running high kick; John Ryan, wbit« for standing high jump; Nelson Turner, red for Xence vault, white for standlnK broad jump; llof Smith, blue for standinglilgh jump, white (or run­ning high Jump. In the pass-club relay race between the leaders' coros and evening class, the Ayer boys won. The principals in the mock duel were Nelson Turner and Herbert Hardy. The seconds were other members of the class. .

FALSE RSOIBTRATION.—As a result of rumors which reached the ears of the reg­istrars of voters that cert^n names hul been improperly placed upon the voting lists, .they deciaea to investigate tlie mat-

Rev. Mr. Marshall of Westford -were the officiating clergymen.

Mrs. Ermina Louisa (Mead) Kingsbury died on Wednesday, April 1, from the ef­fects of a fall just a week before. Mrs. Kingsbury was born March 29, 1858, in Boxhorough, the younge.«t child and only daughterof Benjamin S. and Rebecca C. Mead. She was educated at Lawrence academy.' She was organist at the church and teacher in the .Sunday school at her home in Boxborougb. She married Geo. F. Kingsbury in 1879, and after two years they took charge of the dormitory at Law­rence academy where they remained five years, when they came to Ayer, Here Mrs. Kihgsbur)- has made a home for the public school teachers, as well as many other people. She has been an active, christian woman, admired and beloved by a large circle of friends. The teachers will especially miss "Ma Kingsbury," as they always lovingly called her. She has been treasurer of Congregational church for fourteen years. She was a charter member of the Ayer Woman's club, of which she has been an officer, and at whose home its initial meeting was held. The whole town mourns her death. She leaves her mother, husband and one brother, Ed­gar C. Mead of Boxborougb.

The funeral will be held on Sunday at 1.30 p.m., from the Congregational church, of which she was a member.

EuGKSE BARRY of the firm of Eugene Barry & Son, and a member of the .-Vyer board of trade, gave the ninth in a series of smoke talks before a large representa­tion ot the members on Wednesday even­ing. Mr. Barry held the close attention of the members as he told them of the work of making different kinds of leather. Pres. Geo. H. Brown introduced Mr. Barry as an expert in the world of leather. Mr. Barry began by saying that the tanning of the h; 'es of animals for leather is as old as man himself. The Esquimaux pro­duced leather by chewing tbe bides of an­imals. Vegetable tanning was early used, but the method proved too expensive. He remembered when hemlock bark could be bought for six and seven dollars a cord, now it is fourteen dollars. Chemical tan­ning came along because of its being less expensive, for economy in the tanning business is the order now. Mr. Barry made good use of wit throughout his ad­dress. .Speaking of chamois skin he said, " I have never seen any." The chamois skins are generally.maile from sheepskins. He said that kid gloves were very scarce, and added that probably the audience had not seen any, and that he had only seen a few pairs. " Most kid gloves are made of lambskin," said Mr. Barry. Speaking of patent leather the speaker said that they had got the art of making quite reliable goods, but as they had now the art well learned the people did not want patent leather. Mr. Barry said America was ahead in makin" machinery for purposes of tanning leather. In a humorous way the speaker alluded to manufacturers be­ing the greatest corrupters of the legisla­ture, and then quickly added, "I am a manufacturer." Mr. Barry said he be­lieved in tariff reform, speaking in connec­tion with duty on hides, as he closed one of the many interesting and instructive addresses which are given from time to time before this bodv. Refreshments were served and delightful social hour followed.

EXHIBITION.—The winter term of the Civic Welfare gymnasium was concluded by a successful exhibition Thursday even­ing in town hall. A marked feature in this season's method has been the grading of boys in the extent of exercises, by their age and physical development. 'The re­sults presented in the exhibition showed a very sane moderation, and commended the good judgment of Clifford Merriam, our instructor. Instead of the most diffi­cult fancy stunts of the circus order, onr boys presented the normal, average, health-giving exercises for tbe development of muscle, suppleness and Inngcapacity. The classes also engaged in exercises of grad­ed difficulty, so that'-adTancefflent and promotion will follow, as in mental stndies, from term to term. From the more ex­pert and diligent will be developed a " leaders' corps," as in the Fitchburg Y. M.c.A., so ably represented on 'Thnr^ay nighrty the young men, nnder tbe.direc-tion of Mr. Waters, head of the Fitchburg physical culture. Mr. Waters ia certain-^ a wise and discreet trainer andisextirfr-ing a most beneficial infiaence over the methods of bodily development

His success bas been equally marked in the physical training of girls, and the eight yotmg ladies who carried ont his directions

as town counsel. On Tuesday the latter filed two complaints with the board of reg­istrars, one alleging that Luke S. Dion was illegally registered in Ayer because he had been registered in Lowell, October V 1907, bad voted there at the last state election, and had not resided in .\yer for the six months ne.xt preceding the annual town meeting; the other idleging that Charles F. Smith was illegally registered in Ayer, because he had not resided here for the six months next preceding the an­nual town meeting. The registrars sum­moned Dion and .Smith to appear before them at seven p. m^ Friday, April 3, to answer to the complaints.

The assessors' records show that on March 19, 1908, Dion with John D. Car­ney and Martin .Scullane as witnesses, swore that he moved into Ayer, July 1, 1907, and resided here for the six months preceding April 6, 1908; and that on the same date Smith with E. L. Whitcomb and C. II. Harvey as witnesses, swore that he moved into Ayer on August 1, 1907, and resided here for said six months.

On Thursday, Chief of police Thayer made complaint against Dion for illegal registration in the district court and ar­retted him on a warrant issued by that court. Friday morning Dion was arraign­ed before .Judge Atwood and pleaded not guilty. He was represented by David I. Walsh, esq., who asked that the case be continued until April 11, which was done. Bail was placed at S500, which was fur­nished, .1. Narcisse Cornellier being ac­cepted as surety.

NEWS ITKMS.—The little son of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore W. Barry was taken suddenly ill .Sunday morning with an in testinal trouble of a serious nature, which resulted in causing the child to be taken to Boston to a specialist on the Sunday morning train. The child's parents, Eu­gene Barry and Dr. Hopkins all went with the child to a private hospital, where two specialists examined him. They returned VV'ednesday night, the child being much better, and no operation was necessary.

Rev. Dr. Cbas. L. Slattery will preach in St. Andrew's next Tuesday evening at 7.45. Dr. Slattery was rector of St. .Andrew's from September, 1894, to .July, 1896, and then became dean of the cathe­dral in Faribault, Minn. Recently he has been made rector of Christ church, Springfield, Mass. .\ cordial invitation is extended to the townspeople to hear Dr. Slattery Tuesday evening.

P ev. W. G. Colgrove, M. F.. church, whose pastorate in Ayer terminates with the coming annual conference, will preach his farewell sermon to his congregation Sunday morning, .4.pril b. Mr. and Mrs. Colgrove will attend the conference at Worcester on April 12, and will leave for their new charge in Swampscott on the following Wednesday.

The schools in the Pleasant-st. building opened on Monday. The four teachers, who boarded with Mrs. Kingsbury, re­tain their rooms at her bome, but take their meals at the American house.

Mrs. Fannie R. Harvey has been se­riously ill for the past few weeks at the residence of her sister, Mrs. Alice B. Fleet of Park-st. On Wednesday, Dr. W. W. Gannett of Boston was called in consultation with Dr. Cowles, the attend­ing physician, and gave encouragement for her improvement.

Twenty-three members of George S. Boutweli post, o.A R., attended the funeral of their comrade, Jos^h P. Thompson, at Norih Shirley, Monday afternoon.

The art class of the Woman's club is postponed to Tuesday evening, April 7, on account of the lecture by Robert Luce on Friday evening.

L. W. Phelps is preparing the grounds io rear of the cooper shop and vinegar factory for a spur track, some 800 feet in length, for hU accommodation in the better hand)'.,g of his Inmber and logs. He will stop any more dumping on his dump.

At the republican cancns for the elec­tion of state and coogresiional delegates Tuesday evenbg, £ . D. Stone called the jneeting to-order and was chosen chair­man. E: A. Richardson was made secre­tary. The tdlers appointed were: Fred­erick Whitney, B. H. Inrin. The polls were open half an honr. The following delegates .were elected: Walter W. Man­ning, Hoirard B. White, state; John. M. Maloney,. Warren H. Atwood, oongres-sionaliwho will asisist to-elect delegates who will nominate a president this - 'snm-mer. "They are unpledged,'bnt in faVor-of Taft. ' . , -

The Alpha past noUe grand associa­tion o( Rebekabs, an organucalton includ-

towns.'beld its monthly miftetingiiij-Bobert iBnrns lodgerpoms. Wednesday "afternoon. A fine supper was served by members of Vesta Rebekah lodge: Mrs. Martha J.^ JLvon, Miss Ida Fletcber, Mrs. Mary Messer, Mrs. 'Juliette Kidder, Mrs. Mary Mansur.

Miss Madeline, Burns is bome • froni' Smith college for the spring vacation.

The high school commencemept honors were assigned on Monday to these mem­bers of the graduating class: May Briggr, Blanche Farrar, Lois Leavitt, Edith Lyon and Elizabeth Sullivan,

The sewing school of the Woman's clnb -will bave ah exhibit of the work done this winter, in the town hall • at 2.30 this Sat­urday afternoon. All interested in the school are invited to be present to exam­ine the work and listen to the entertain­ment by the children. At its close the pu­pils of the school will be served with re­freshments.

James McRae of tbe Taylor house is ill and is confined to his room for several days past.

A. H. Payne, who has been superin­tendent of Ayer Electric Light Co. fpr a number of years, got through April '1, and George B. Spring of Leominster is now filling the position.

At the meeting of the stockhplders of the Chandler Planer Co. last Monday, the following board of directors was chosen:

Geo. J. Burns, Harry E. Fisher, T. Frank KiilUn, D. Lyman Chandler, Geo. H.Brown, Ayer; 0. F. Edgarton, Concord Junction; Michael Sheedy,jr., Groton; Wilbur F. Whit­ney, South Ashbumham; wm. A. Russell, Townsend; Chas. H. Waterman, North Scit­uate; A. L. Goodnow, Fitchburg.

Mr. Edgarton, Mr. Waterman and Mr. Whitney were ehosen a committee to ar-rangewitb parties with regard to the tak­ing of tbe plant and continuing tbe busi­ness.

The annual meeting of the Civic club •willbe held in the board of trade rooms on Wednesday evening, April 8, at 8.30, according to the articles of the constitu­tion. Show your cooperation by your works.

Mrs. E. D. Stone was called to StiU River Thursday by the death of her father, James H. Atherton.

Mrs. Patrick Clarke and daughter An­nie are visiting Mrs. Jennie McDufEe in Nashua.

The topic of the day section of Wom^ an's club meets Monday afternoon, April 6, at three o'clock, with Mrs. Crombie.

At the Congregational church Sunday morning at 10.45 the subject will be, " Les­sons from Jesus's own prayer." Union prayer service in the interest of no-license at seven o'clock.

The ladies' benevolent society of the Congregational church will serve an Easter Bupper, Wednesday, April 8, from six to 7.30 p. m. Price, twenty cents. There will be a sale of aprons, candy, mistery packages and Easter eggs. Sale will open at fonr o'clock.

The Unitarian Woman's Alliance met with Mrs. Alice Butterfield Thursday after­noon. The ladies voted to have a sale at. the annual meeting in May, and elected the committees for it. The neighborhood meeting will be held in May. Mrs. Law-ton, Mrs. Spaulding andMrs. Farnsworth were chosen a committee to nominate offi;, cers to be voted for at the annual meeting next month. The literary program was short readings and stories. Refreshments were served during a social hour by the hostess, assisted by Mrs. Emily Cotton.

The Fitchbvrfg chapter of the P.A.I:. meets this Saturday afternoon with Mrs. Mabel Conant Manning. The regent of this chapter is Mrs. M. J. Conant of Shir­ley. The committee for the afternoon meeting is Mrs. Manning and Mrs. Belle L. Osgoo<l of .\yer; Mrs. Conant and Mrs. .•\my C. Wheeler of Shirley; Mrs. Annie Shattuck, Mrs. Ethel Reed and Miis Kate Chaffin of Fitchburg. The subject of the afiernoon papers and discussions is " Old-time gardens." There will also be music. Dainty refreshments will be served by tbe hostess.

The reception tendered Rev. and Mrs. E. II. Brenan, who leave ;he Unitarian churcli this month for Danvers, was held at the bome of Mrs. .John W. Kittridje, Thursday evening and was largely attend­ed by tbe society. It was in charge of Mrs. Kittridge and Mrs. Lyman Clark, and was a very pretty and enjovable occa­sion. Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Taft assist­ed Mr. and Mrs. Brenan in receiving. To them the guests were presented by Miss Elinor Clark and Miss Madolin Whitney, the ushers. Miss Millie Beverly introduced the guesw to the dining-room, where they were served with refreshments by Miss Bertha Sherwin and Miss Hattie Hume.

The health meeting being arranged by the Woman's club will come on Wednes­day afternoon, April 15. Fuller notice will be given next week.

Let everyone visit the sewing school ex­hibit in the town hall this Saturday after­noon at 2 30 o'clock.

Ida McKinley Chapter, o.K.s., will hold another of their popular whist parties in the banquet hall of the Masonic rooms on Thurfiday evening. April 9.

The four voung men—Patrick O'Lcsry, aged 15, Edward Flynn 16, Wm. H. Co.\ 16 and Frederick Dorman 15, all residi-nts of North-st., Worcester, who broke into a car last Saturday forenoon in the lower yard and helped themselves to canned fruit, etc., came to the station and board­ed a freight train for Boston; Word was sent to the officers at South Acton to take them and they werei placed in the lockup there. Officers Thayer and Mullin went to South Acton Saturday afternoon and brought the boys here and placed them in the lockup. Monday they were brought into court and case was continued to Mon­day, April 6, and they were taken to I^w-ell jail.

The four juvenile offenders—Howard Downing, Nelson Sherman, Archie May­nard-and Walter Fletcber, were brought before Jndge Atwood Monday for break-ing and entering the Rural Home and damaging the baUding, and were placed on probation. The damage to the building, abont fifteen dollars, is to be paid in equal parts by the parents of the boys.

Twenty-three members of Geo. S. Bout well Post 48,0.A.R., went to the camp-fire of E .V. Sumner post in Fitchburg, Monday night • - •

Mahon of Fitchburg and others.' TFine mnsic'was furnished by a Fitcbbtirg^quar-tet, stories were told by the comrades and refreshments were served. Atnong' the members of this pqst who attended were:

Commauder Dieklnsoh,comrades Crombie, Donlon, Wright, O'Brien,Sherman, A. Love­joy, Cbii.. and (Jeorge Barrett, Wentworth, Lougee, I're tun, Atherton, Martell, Balebm, Melllfh, .Jubl.. Craig, Pull'er,Lawrence, Sar­telle.

The convention for the nomination of a candidate to represent the fourth congress­ional district, comprising forty-five towns, is to be held in .\yer.

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clnb, \\'ednesday afternoon, in charge of the Art class, a program of unusual in­terest was iiresented. iliss S. A. Blood, ohairman uf the class, presided. Mrs. Barker gave a paper, illustrated with pictures, on •• Andre del Sarto," the Florentine a ti t, and at its close recited Robert Browning's poem on that artist. The paintings presented as living pictures were: Richter'B " (iueen Louise," Mrs. Marion Morse; Bodeohausen's "Nydia, the blind girl," Miss Nettie Roe ; Millet's "Angelus," Mrs. Eva Richardson and Mrs. Morse. The music, in charge of Miss Whitney, was a piano duet by Mrs. Richardson and Mrs. Morse, and a man­dolin duet by Misses Madeline Russell and Bertha Perry, accompanist, Miss Mildred Andrew, who responded to an encore.

At the business meeting there was an appropriation for flowers for the funeral 01 Mrs. S. Augusta Butterfield, the club member who died Tuesday. A letter on public health by President Roosevelt was read and a petition urging the passage of the health bill by congress was circulated and signed.

To THE KDITOR: Kindly permit me througb the columns ot your psper to place myself fairly and squarely before the citizens of -Vyer regarding my candidacy for iselect-man.

AVhen it waft tirst Suggested to me that I enter the field of contestants, 1 fully realized that my candidacy might not be favorable to many int-e I am'not so far advanced inyears as most of the aspirants to that office. Yet I felt that my age was of sccondarj- importance as compared to the capabilities of a man no matter what position he seeks.

Having been associated with successful bus­iness men of other towns lu'our state for the past few years, men who act officially In the localities In which they reside,! feel, with my ability, and the experience thus gained, tbat 1 have a grand opportunity, if successful, of serving my town In the capacity of selectman in a practical and business-like manner.

I wish to emphatically deny any report to the effect thati entered this contest to lessen any other contestant's chances for success, or that 1 represent any particular persons or factions, or that I bave made any promises in the event of my success.- I entered this con­test with the interest and welfare of. this town at heart, and to serve the town to the very best of my ability, THOS.T-. •WATSII.

To THE EDITOR: Your paper was sent to me containing a report which was read be­fore the Board of Trade by .John M. Maloney, esq., furnished bv a committee consisting of G. H. Brown, J. i l . Maloney, L. K. Clark, T. F. Mullin and G.H.Hill. •

It was Interesting so far as its historical value was concerned; its attempts at the hu­morous were amusing. Its omitting what must have been known to any committee, which had scrutinized the facts to the extent which this committee did, to present such a report, was not ouly unfair but misleading, I will not attempt to follow throughout the ramifications of the history of the Ayer Klec-tric Light Co., but it serv-e's one purpose, and that Uto show to any fair-minded man that up to date the Ayer'Electric Light Co. has feen an absolute failure to its owners, exact­ly what was claimed by the writer at his visit to the Board of Trade some weeks since. Such beius; the case, as admitted by your com­mittee, is the best reason in the world for the Ayer Klectric: I.ij;ht Co. refusing to proceed any farther on those lines, and juntlfics the very plain statement of the writer at the meet­ing above referred to, that the Ayer Klectric Light Co. did not propose to continue as a chariuble institution simply for the benefit of the town of .\yer, and tHat it demands a " quid pro quo," and that it has a perfect right to put the company on a fair business running basis and not permit it to go to ruin, as each of its predecessors bave done, simply l)ec»use they have beeu cajoled into doing what common bu-siness instinct should have protected them from.

I have asked the secretary of the Ayer Elec­tric Light Co. to make me an analytical report of the street lighting in the towns uf Massa. cbusetts, and his results, which accompany this letter, show that including all the fid companies, and less, that the committee re­ferred to. that there are only three towns iu the State petting electricity for street lii htiug at the price that the villageof .Vyer is -etting it, measured by the lamp hour, whi(-li is the only fair l>asis of comparison under the cir­cumstances. It bears out what the writer stated to the lioanl of Trade that $'2-2 per an­num w:i.s what ought to be i)aiii to give only a fair return to the (-onipany for the number of hours the street lights were burning iri the village of .\yer, and shows conclusively that If the average price paid in .Massachusetts per lamp hour were paid in -Vver, the company wonld receive $-24.05 per lamp per year for a 24 candle jiower lamp lighted 20-26 hours, where it is now getting $lo. Therefore, the committee stands committed by its own state­ment that •' it is entirely unfair to' ask the eompuny to furnish sucli alight at $17.50," the difreren<-e being a loss to the company, unless the commercial customer pays the loss. This simple prol)lem In business "arithmetic must appeal to .an ordinary Intelligentmind, and could not deceive an Intelligent audience.

Business enterprises in Ayer have been un­fortunate. Tbe present owners ot the Ayer Electric Light Company were doubtful that the Electric Company dperatcil in tho town of Ayer could ever Iw a paying proposition under present conditions, but It did hope that under different conditions,!. c. if Ayer could 1)6 supplied from « large central plant, It migbt be regarded as a customer for electric­ity lo the extent of Its demands, which would change its status.

It Is noticeable that the only successful com­pany that compares In lamp hour cost per year with Ayer la the Lynn Electrie Co., which receives $70,000 a year for street light­ing! alone, besides its immense commercial business. This compared to a $10,000 total business makes it seem ridiculous to presume to obtain lights at anything like tht rate that a town of the Importance of Lynn receives.

In view of the facts deduced'from the sworn and printed statements of the various companies of .Massachusetts to the Board of. Qas and Klectric Light Commissioners, It would seem that the demand of the present owners of the Ayer Electric Light Co. is way below the average price that other towns, even of larger populatIon,are paytngforthoir light, and therefore the company feels per­fectly jnstlfic<l in making the demands which they have of the selectmen ot the town, aod It most appeal to any fal>m1nded bnslness &an as h«ng fair and reasonable.

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lamps. From this number 1 have selected 40 cities aud towns all of which are larger than the town of Ayer, and which pay a consider­able larger amount per year for public light­ing than does the town of Aver. In some cases the number of -i'j c. p. lamps niay l>e smaller than in the town we are considering, but any detleiency in lamps of that size is more than made up by .ire lamps or incandes­cent lamps of other sizes. The total installa­tion for public lighting is l)est shown by the column which states the total amount paid by each city or town per year.

By referring to sche<lule Xo. 1, which in-cluiie.s the 40 eitie.s and towns above mention­ed, vou will notice thatthe various places are liste'd acconling to the price paid per lamp hour, which varies from $1.21 down to 79c., the average for the 40 cities and towns l>elng H.X-. This is for towns averaging a popula­tion of SOOO, and paying 87100 per annum for street lighting. The town of Ayer pays ,')7c. per lamp hour, and a total pjivment for street lighting of only $1905. If Ayer is to get It« street lightning at the same average price paid by the above towns, which is more than ft ha.s a right to expect, considering amount of street lighting it does. It should pay for the 'i6'20 hours it now bums per year, $24.9.') per lamp per year.

I also present schetlule So. 2 covering the balance of the cities and towns using •27> c. p. lamps. Some of these are. very small towns where it might reasonably l>e expected that the cost of Ifehting would be high, but I par­ticularly call to your attention the fact that there are but three companies In Massachn-setta supplying 2. c. p. lamps at less than tbe rate pai<l for Ayer. Tho 'Lynn; Electric Co., which supplies'four cities and towns, and re­ceives bver $70,000 from public lighting alone, furnishes '25 c. p. lamps in Lynn for S5c. per lamp hour and the Webster Gas and Electric Co., which supplies three cities and towns, and receives from its public lighting over $13,000 per year, supplies Webster at 51c. per lamp hour; and the town of Dedham, through a ten year contract with the Old Dedham Co., now out of existence, gets a rate of 45c. The Edison Co. of Boston, which took over Ded-ham'B business, will not renew It at present rate. It should bo noted also tbat the Lynn Co. In supplving Saugus and Xahant charges 72c., and that the Webster Co. In supplying Oxford charges 8lc.; and the Edison Co. In places the size of Ayer, Holllston for Instance, charges $1.02. As against the three places

getting a lower rate than Ayer, there are 75 titles and towns paying considerable higher rates.

Of tbe communities which pay less than71c'. per lamp hour, the companies supplying Huntington and 27antucket have never paid a dividend, the latter never having even earn­ed Its expenses, and tho Plymouth Co. has never earned or paid a dividend In 15 years. Tho other communities are cither supplied by the Edison Co. of Boston or such l a m companies v> the Pittsficld, Kewton and Wa­tertown, and the Maiden .and Melrose Co., to which Ayer can bsrdly be compared.

TheNeiedham Co., apparently, according to the Commissioners' report, gets its lighting for BSe. per lamp honr, hot tms Is for the cor* rent pnly, as tbe town'owns, or did at that

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"He That WInneth Souls Is Wise" His Text-^Advlce to the Man Who

Wants to Make the Most Out bf His Life.

, tCopyright, 190S. by LouU Klopsch.) LOS ANGELES, Cal., Feb. 2 . - I n this

sermon the preacher describes the no­blest of passions, the pursuit ot which he assures us will bring to us mortf satlafacUou and enduring happiness than anything else on earth. Tho text te Proverbs xl, 30, "He that wlnueth souls Is •wise."

Every man wants to make tbe most out of his lite. As the blossom cbauftes

. . t o tho bud and tbe bud opens Into Ibe flo-wer, so man \vauts tbe latest buds oC his better life to mature and ripen and then spread their leaves far uud

. -wide that ho may .scatter their fra­grance everywhere. The heart i.s not a silent tomb Ulled only with the dc.

; composing corpses of dead mo in orie; I t Is n great hall In wblch myriads of voices are" chanting in chorus. .Vnd all these voices are sounding a clarion will to the higher life, which God bJd.s all his children live.

Of course man does not always olwy these calls to the higher life. The spirit may be willing, but the flesh is

. very weak. Thi.s means In plain Kng­lish that our good futentlous are often like the seed Christ descrllwd lu the gospel of Mark: "And sqme fell by the •ivay-slde, and the fowls cnme and d-i-voured it up. .\ud .some fell on stony ground, where il li.-id not much earth, and Immedlatel.y it spraug up. bwaiise It. had no depth of earth, but when tbe

.stin ' •as up It was scorched, and be­cause It had no root it withered .-nvay. And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked It." In other -(vords. our goo<l Intentions, like the good seed in the hand of the sower, are In our hearts, but no sooper are they planted thau the thorns of temp­tation rise up aud choke tbem. and in­stead of our llvejs iH'couiiiig a iiower garden they arc nothing but a barren -waste. But that does uot disprove the fact which I have already asserted— iiamely, that our hearts are great inu-

— file halls in -n-hich myriads of voices ' united in chorus are sounding forth

the clarion calls for us to lead thf bet­ter life.

King Solomon in my te.\t tolls us how Tve can make good use of our lives. He says: ".Soul winning is the greatest of all work ojieu to us ou earth. It Is better than seeking gold. It Is better than .seeking fame. It is better than having high political posi­tions. Its returus overtop those of all other mental and physical and spirit­ual endeavors. Xo matter what your brain or worldly opportunities may be. the grandest, tbe Ijcst and the happiest work on earth is the work of brin.iring men and women to the cross." "l!i. tha t wlnneth souls is wise." or. to put this truism In another way. Solomon is saying, "Np matter what a man siiuy be accomplishing, if he. Is not ;i sou! winner for Christ he is mi.ssing tho greatest opportunity of his life.''

And this assertion is the more nma?.-Ing because we find it in the bool; .ii" Proverbs. Of all tbe writers of tlic two Testaments there is not one who represents -worldly wisdom in its eh-.\r-est type as did King .Solomon. .\ man may not believe in tho rest of th.> Bi­ble, but he must believe in tbo truth of most ot these proverbs. Indeed, it has lK>en asserted that .Solomon could not have written the book of Proverbs, hut must have c»llootod tho proverbs of many lands and combined tbem in ono book. And .vet right in the midst of those Invaluable nuggets of worldly advice he wrote tlioso words of my text: "He that wlnnotb sonls is wiso " IvOt us study for a littlo wbilo wliy tho occupation of soul winning is tlio greatest and tho most iniport.-mt ami tiie hnjipiest btislnoss in which any Ann can engage.

In the first pl.ioo. whon a ('h"isti.-in •wins a soul for Christ ho doais with the only pnrt of a man that Is immor­tal. He deals with tbe only par, of a man that will novor die. Tho son! is that unweighablo. Mn,-inaly:<aliIo •^,v:i"-tJiIng in the bnman body which cln,.;!-. In the flesh, lint whirh spring's onr of the Hosh when that ili'sli dies. .\n,i then, taking upon iisoir tin. plm'ons of lininortalily. It llios away lo aiotlio;-realm, .-inotlior world, another pi.- if oxistonco. wboro i; lives and ciMi::n':c-to live after tho worlds t!iom-<-'\c shall be no moro. Tbo soul will r.rv, . die

Now. If tho soul Is tho only part of mnn tbat Is going to llvo on throngli the coming ages the wisest not of onr Ilvei must be to put tho chief oniplia-sis of our work upon that part of man tvhioh alone has Immortal life. You surely are not going to expend all vour energies of mind upon the phys­ical liody, which at most can live only n few years, while tbe soul Is going to live forever. You mny sny yon love the body, and so you do. Bnt you merely love the Ixxly liecause the soul Is in It. 'When the soul Is gone, then that body will soon liccome a mass of decomposition. I wns talking aliont tills matter the other dny to a friend of mine -who hnd lately lost his moth­er Her body, according to ber ex­pressed wish, -was cremated. Her ash­es only a few days'before had been brought home and deposited In a bronze n m on the-pnrlor table. "Thai Is uncanny." I said, "that a fine, strong woman- like your mother should b» broagbt home a little liandfnl of ash-esw For my own part. I believe there li

'Jt sacredness In tbe use of a family plot A holy re-verence,comes over ui irben we realize that the sacred dnst ot our parents Is sleeping in God's

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acre." "Oh, no," answered my friend, "that should uot be. If I Injure my leg and have It cut off, I do not want •to preserve my leg because It Is part of me. Wheu my leg Is cut off It ceases to be liie. I t Is then only a,dead piece ot tlesh. And when the soul of my loved one leaves the body all that I loved uud clung to Is gone. It makes very little difference then what we do with that body. The soul is the vital and the beloved part—the soul and not the body."

I could understand my friend's atti­tude. It Is not the body of my dear mother whose memory I cherish. I lovo that soul which took wings and Hew away from her poor suffering body on Aug. ,'5. 1803. It Is that soul, which for years Impelled that poor suf-fering pain racked body against Its will to lalxir tor me, that I venerate and love. When her body in suffering was crying: "I..et me lie down! I^t me sleep: Lot me rest!" her soul re­minded hor of her children. When at last my mother's liody cried in sheer weariness. "Come, let me die!" the sonl answered: "Nay. nay! You luay die. but I shall live! I shall live and continue to llvo and uever die!" Xow, if the body Is so frail, so evanescent, so transitory, so short lived, do you not think it foolish to -n-aste so much time iu tr.vlug to gratify ItV What is the good ot a Michelangelo trying to dupllc.-ite his statue of a David or a Moses out of a snow bank? What Is tbe good of a Jeweler trying to make diamond rings out of a dewdrop? What is the good ot trying tp build.a forti­fication upon the shifting sands?. "Is not the life more th.in meat and the body than raiment?" Is not tbe soul more Important than the body, which will be do.id In a few years at the most?

Oh. the infinite iriiportancc of the Im­mortal soul! Oh, tho never ending ex­istence w-lilch is stretching out iM-fore all of us after our bodies are dead! Can you not catch a faint glimpse pf that apocalyiiso? In one of our great ediieatloual Institutions some years ago there was a student noted for his luuthematlcal genius. He loved to challenge his follow students to a friendly trial of skill In flgures. Buv one day a Christian student entered his room and said, "Tom, here Is a problem I wish yon would try to solve for me." The mathematician took it and looked at It and then read the words. "What shall it prpflt a mnn It he shall gain tho whole world and lose bis own soul? " Iu anger he tore the paper up and throw it upon the floor. But after bis Cbristian friend had loft bo proceeded to study the problem. He began to oomputo tho value ot money ind fame and position aud worldly siK-(-ess. Then bo commenced to weigh tho valuo of bis sonl. "What shall it i)rotit a man If ho sli.-ili gain the whole world and lose his own soul?" At last a revelation ot tbo soul's value above tho comliiiiod value of all other tilings camo to him. Then ho dropjjod npon tlio door and cried ont. --(Jod bo meroifnl to mo and save m.v soni:" V-o I put tho cpiostion to yon. llo you de-- iro to mako tho most unt of yonr life? What. O man. is to \„- your lil'o's work'.-

[l luw shall yon .i,'ot the ma.\imnm of i'i>turn for yonr labors? Iio yon not SCO liow this lexi rises and,spreads nn­til at last it girdles the oartli and gir­dles tho ho.-ivons .-unl girdles tbo oterni-tios? "He that winnotli sonls is n-isc"

Hnt thoso words of my text are si;;-niiicant for anothor reason. Sonl win­ning' is not only the greatest of al! w.ii-l;. Imt it is also the most rational. Uur Lord Coil is not nnreasnnablo nor doos ll,. roqiiiro of ns moro than we can do, hnt ho says: "(Jo forth in this mighty work of sonl saving, and I will bl' with tlioo. 1 will give theo divine power, and 1 will work tlirough tiioe as 1 worked throngh tho groat son! winners of olilen times." Paul o.xpros/-L'S my moanini; in words moro jiowor-fnl than any living man i-oiild frame. Ilo maps ont a great evangelistic c.ini-paigii for I'hrist. Ho maps ont a L'r.-at roliiilons campaii;n tbat from a liniiiaii siandiioim apiio.irs that of a <-i-ank or ;i fool, l-'roni tlu" linnian standpoint I'anI seoms to bo tho wildest of fanatics but for ono reason. Ho says: "In my own Jiower 1 can <lo nothing, hnt in tiio liviiio powor I can do ovorytbin;:. I

can do .-ill tiiin.gs tlirongli Christ, which sti-ongtboni'th mo." In other words, ho bolioved that (iod would ro-onforco him. as ho will ns. witb divine powor in tbo groat work of saving a sonl.

. \b . this Is ,1 lilossod. a mighty on-coiinigomont: I lin not fool we Inn.' a riuhf !o spc'ik tlio words of m.v text nnh'ss at the same timo we do ii in Ibi' spirit and r-.,nridenco of I'anI. Con-sidor what it is that wo have to do. Wo bave to wrestle with Satan for bis proy. 1 llo not oare whether .von call the ovIl spirit sill or Satan or tbo devil: it is all one and the same. No sooner Is a child born than tbe ovil spirit giX's to tbat orndle and says: "I will hover over this child. I will fol­low lilm step by step. I will study bis ntioestors to flnd out their moral weak-noR.ses. I will offer him the form of tehiptation which Is licst suited to hia taste. Then I will say: 'Drink, friend. Drink. Drink until your temporal life Is Imblttered nnd your soul Is poi­soned." "

Have you over had nn cnem.v on your trail? Have .von ever had a man or n womnn with bitter malice tollo^v you step by stop, undermining your life's work? Hnve you had a foe mis­representing .vou and thwart ing yonr efforts while you kept silence for the sake ot the work which you were try­ing to do? Or, -n-hat Is infinitely worse, hnve yon ever had a friend whom you loved as a brother—aye, loved as your own child—whom you have lived -with nnd helped and encouraged and aided In his work, s u d d e n l y ' d r a w - a knife and treacheronsly drive It Into your back? Oh, yes. we have all had these troubles f B u t T want to tell yon that no human enemy, co modem Brutds^Is «ver so Blj, so stMlthy, so malignant;

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so cruel, as Is the spirit of eylt. Ho will follo^w you. He wUl flatter'you and throw you off your gonrd. But when the time comes he w'Ul drive Into your heart the poi.sonous fang, and theu. from a human standpoint, there will be no hope. Do you not realize that today over every Immortal soul are fiends Innumerable—fiends strug­gling, fighting aud battling? From "a human standpoint every soul Is a lost soul unless It Is saved by. divine grace.

But, thauk God, divine power cau save tbe soul. Tbojigh .temptation has an arm of iron, yet God, -who made the Iron, Is stronger. Though the serpent of slu has a fang charged with deadly poison, yet ono drop of Christ's slicil blood is au antidote for that poison. "O death, wliero is thy sting? O grave, where Is thy victory? The sting of death Is sin. and the strength of sin is the law. But tbank.s be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesiis Christ." There is the keynote of the whole te.\t. God Is not asking you to accomplish the Impossible. He says, "With uiy help ypu can win souls for Christ." Will you today seek that hclji? Will you today con­quer lu that divine work? "He that wiimoth souls is wise."

Bnt I waut to draw your attention to this text tor .another reason. \Wby is the word "soul" written In the plii-ral form? Why did not King Solomon say, "He th.at wiuneth a soul Is wise'.'" Because he know how much was lu-volved in winning a single soul. I-'or each life Is like tbe link ot a chain. Each one grips on to other links. Wheu you save one sonl, you reach out, to save many souls wblch are directly or Indirectly connoctefl with thnt life. And how- far the influence of that life extends no one knows, and no oue cau ever estimate this side of heaven.

But tbere is another truth connected with tbis subject. Who are to bo my companions iu heaven? There is a per­sistent voice withiu me assuring me that I iim immortal. I know it. I feel it. I also feel aud know that I am to bo a conscious Individual, with the same identity as I have now, when I sball enter that other world. I am not to be a living creature, like the lily or the rose, which has no thinking power. In that other world I shall Jive and breathe and talk and associate with other Immortals just as I am associat­ing w-ith meu aud women on earth. I am to be myself, glorified in heaven. I am to have all my faculties, all the loving capabilities of my heart. But ill that other world I shall be eihancl-pated from all weaknesses and mean­nesses aud sin. In other w-ords, I shall be. as Paul expressed it, changed into the divine image. I shall be clothed with purity and truth and love and gentleness, jierfect as'God is perfect.

-Now. if I am to be my glorified self In heaven the ijuestion that Interests me is this: Who are to be my companions in that eternal world? Who are to live with me lu heaven as my dear ones live with me on earth? We aro to have onr loved ones and our neighbors and onr friends. We are to associate with certain immortal S])irits who will bu onr companions. Who are thoso spir­its wbo will live clo.sest to u.s? Why. for the most part they are to be the immortal souls we have won t'j Christ. They are to bo the sonls for whom we have prayed and agoni-/..M! ami with tears of joy led to tho mercy scat. Tbore is no doubt abont that. !: is tlie most rational thought. Can a niotlior forget her own child of the tioshV Can a dlsciplo of Jesus Chi-is-foi-i;ot his own child of tho spirit?

This siiirgosts anothor overwholniin--iboiiglit. If wo aro going to associa;'' throngli all eternity witli tbo.st; who have saved us and with thijso wlin:ii we have saved, some of ns may h.iii' nwfnl i-ogrots if wo tind some ph-, . -tbore not filled by those ile.ir o:i--whom wo conld ha\'e brought to r h i - t if wo had only tried. Wo are in e\o~.-~-_ touch with husband, brotbirr. sist.-, wife, child, fatber and friend. W.- :.. .. thom. and they love ns. Bnt somoli"-.' we h.-ivo not a holy, absorbing pass: 'i to bring them to tho cross ami hi-; i thoir. there. We may go to cluir.;i once in awbiio with tbem. We n:.,-ovon say a few good moral things to thom. Bnt have wo ever gone to thi--a and said. "Brother, sister, loved <,'.:.'. will yuii not surrender yonr heart lo Christ?" What aro .von going to '.o whon yon roach heaven If that IM... that husband, tbat sister, novo;- con .-. to live with you? You can take then there If yon will. O Christ, shall there In- any vacant places In my ni.in:-ic,-i of ho.-ivon? .\m I wise? Am 1 win­ning sonls for thee? .Am I pleading with my dear ones of earth so that they w-lll live with me in heaven?

Uomomlior the words of the prophet •who bad so clear a vision of the fu­ture. "Thoy tbat be wise shnll shine ns the brightness of the firmament ami they that turn many to righteousness as tho stars tor ever and ever."

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Swo<len have yielded to the moro III)-oral Ideas of modem times. The horny liande<l toller Is more respected than he used to lie. But yet a kind of ont-waid show of humility and doffing of cap Is expected of the man In the humbler walks ot life by his more prosperous fellow Christian. Only the other day a letter carrier wns Insult­ed, .set upon and rnpjied on the bond hy a wholesale merchant for not tak­ing off Ills cap when entering the int-ter's office to deliver mall. Tho mall carrier wns afterward reprimanded by his superintendent, who hold that, while the postal regulation!* did not specifically bid the mall cnrrle'r to take off his cap when entering n plnre. yet It wns plainly his duty t^ do so. as one; of the rules gave the carrier permis­sion to salute ih military'fashlnn with Mp on when ontdowrs, from which It \ a? to be Inferred that the cap should co-ne oft Indoors.

lOrlslnal.] Margaret Parke vras a very superior

girl. If you usk In what way she was superior, I can't tell you. She was in­tellectual. She was dignified. She w-as above tho petty jealousies that are common among a certain class of women. And yet I question If these are really the reasons of her superior Ity.

Emerson Falkner as soon as he knew her wanted her for his wife. Why he wanted her he could not explain even to himself. It was not because sho was Intellectual, dignified or free from pettiness. About the only reason he could have expressed In -n-ords was that she had a musical voice. She couldn't sing a note, but one wbo heard her low pitched tones would pro­nounce them melodious. But Falkner didn't consider this' a good and suffi­cient reason for choosing a wife.

Falkner was a methodical man and never went about anything of impor­tance without thinking out how It had lietter be done. "That girl can never be won by nonsense," he said. "She must first bt all respect the man she marries and love him for bis moral and intellectual worth." Acting upon this, he began his courtship by Intro­ducing, when w-Ith her, topics In which she -was most Interested. l ie found that her taste for books ran In much the same lines as his own, aud this made them companionable. . \ t times they differed on the matter of favorite authors or philosophical or psycholog­ical questions, but Falkner never yield­ed for the sake of pleasing. The con­sequence was that there was often spirited sparring between them that added zest to their intimacy.

His Invitations to her were In ac­cordance with his estimate of what pleased her. If he invited her to the theater, tho play must be of the high­er grade, it to the opera the music was usually by either Beethoven or Wag­ner. But more than to the theater or opera he took her to lectures.

Thougb Falkner was a good talker, ho was a better writer. As an ama­teur he had done some very good lit­erary work. His forte was the essay. (3n one occasion when absent he wrote Miss Burke a series of letters which When he returned she told him were well worthy of publication. He sug­gested that she keep them, and some day they might find their way Into print.

When Falkner had thus doue what he could to commend himself to the lady he desired he went to see her one evening braced for a proposal. He told hor that his friendship with her hnd been so delightful that he feared to risk it by mentioning the word lovo; that If that word would spoil the other, friendship, he desired that she would consider It unspoken. She seemed moved by this delicate way ot putting It, and be was encouraged, but she asked for time, aud wheu he received his .answer It -n-as that sbo w-ished the friendship to bo continued. He nat­urally Inferred that this meant she de­sired the love left out. Ho w-as great­ly dlsapi>oIiited.

Ho resolved that it should be exact­ly as sho desired—a case of friendship. His attentions w-ore continued. He gave ber books, took her to amuse­ments. .\ftor tbis bad continued for some time bo said to her oue day he had often iieard that a word ot love spoils a Ilteiime of friendship, but In tholr case they had proved the state­ment false. She made no reply to this, and he construed her silence to mean a.sscnt.

Wheu Miss Parke was about to go to the country for the summer Falkuer called to say goodby. On the comer just before reaching ber house a boy put a bunch of violets under bis nose. Their perfume was delicious, and It oc­curred to Falkner to take them with him as a parting gift. Miss Parke's eyes lighted as she received them, and she thanked hlin with a kindly smile. They conversed for half an hour, dur­ing which sbe wore the flow-ers.

In his heart Falkner did not give up hope ot ultimate success in winning the girl bo w-anted, but during this summer he tell 111 and during his Ill­ness showed a weakness -nhlch he sup-posed wonld ruin all. He wrote Miss Parke how miserable he was and ended tho letter with theso words: "I He hero thinking of you as I saw you last with the violets In your corsage. I have sent out for some that I may Inhale their perfume the better to bring yon back to me. . I wish, dear heart, that you were really here to place a cool band on my thiMbbing temples."

The next morning he felt much bet­ter and nsked If his letter had been mailed. Intending If it bad not to de­stroy It. I t had gone on Its way, and he groaned. The next day he was worse and was tempted to write again, "maudlin," as he expressed It, but re-, sisted. On the morning of the third day who should be ushered into his room by his landlady but Miss Parke.

A few days ' nursing brought the In­valid to coMvalescencc, during which Interval the-e cnme about a betrothal. The lady hrd changed her mind, bu t womanlike, could not or would not give a reason.

One day later on Falkner asked his wife where the letters he had once written her.were—those she had com-' mended so highly. A friend—an editor —had expressed a desire to see them. Mrs. Falkner could not remepiber them. for some time,- and when she did ad-inltted that she had bnraed them. Tben another' day nestling In her treasure box Falkner fotind the letter he, had written her when be .'was Jll. He. blDsbed as 'le read I t tben tore np the •maodlln scrawl."

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How Pheasants / ^ Shot in Englanc and Elsewhere. '

Kaiser Wllhelm did a little hunting during his recent vlait in England, and the rumor was circulated iliat In the course of a plieasant drive at Windsor he bagged no less than .M birds. Inasmuch as he shoots witn only one hand with guns of espechilly light weight, manufactured tor blm, this record Is regarded as phenomcn-,-il. But over In Germany such do­ings are better understood and create less Interest. It Is the usual thing fc: the Kaiser to bring in the largest b?:: of the day. Indeed, no one who Is aware ot the etiquette of the Hem darcs to approach his record. Once lu a while some stranger to the ur.-wrltten law of the coverts blunders ahead and kills more birds than ti-.e Kaiser and then he finds that he has b'.'come persona non grata. He !s uovcr again Included In the list cr g'- . ' ts at a royal shoot.. InasuKio";! ift. I'.ie Kaiser shoots ou the prescr. to cf !il5 titled subjects quite as iiiuc;; ns on his own it is incumi;ent itpna !::« hosts to keep a close watch up.oa the performances ot their ot!>-:-giicsts. It is good form to mls.s. ba.l form to hit too often. There ;i!(-v.his.oers, too, ot keepers doing thli-.jjs t'> the returns that would make c.

T;i:iimany election clerk green wiii; e t i v y .

i'-'i\-en hundred pheasants In ou-i ila.v: 'mat Is called sport over ;;i K'.island. A crowd of men advai; •<:• in a long line across a wide est.-ifc. which has been carefully preserved from poachers for months and wher.' t'.:-i birds have been ted and tendc;! •lii': almost tamed. Beaters =o tlirough the bushes ahead of the s-.::i-'!' r.s and ccare-up the creatures. Thr:. the slaughter begins. He Is a bad alio: who cannot bring down several • dozen during the morning. , An American guest at one ot these -.vholesale blood-lettings Inconsider­ately asked what was done with Mie victims, which sometimes in the course of a single day number several thousand. He was puzzled by the strained silence that followed, and l.'itor pursued the Inquiry with one of the beaters, who informed him that the birds were shipped to tho London market, the rel urns from which formed a considerable part of th" income of the noble family. This, indeed, is generally accepted as a

ipteady source of revenue, but no one 'is ever so rude as to hint that there is anything Inconsistent In the tact of an aristocrat selling game to the London market, and at the same time refusing to countenance the social as­pirations of those who are in "trade."

Probably King Edward finds some other way to dispose of tho birds be and his guests slay. But, whatever the economic aspect of the huntlr.s. tho thought of so much llfe-Laklng is certainly unpleasant. There is a r.i-eat deal of barbarism still In t.'ils v-.>;Id of ours, after all—Washington Post.

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I Passing.of Boy's Worst Job. One of the changes that have taken

place within a few years, and which n:o.it people have forgotten, is the re­moval of the front yard fence. ,K<. on'- time every citizen who had things as they should be had a fence, picket or othi^rwise. around his house, either h--:-A'.'.?,e of cows or custom, or both, r,'-a'ijally. as the cows ceased to he dv:vf<n through the streets and custom r;-.nnged, one person after another re-n^oved his fence until now thpy are thing's of the past.

."iiid the iKjys of today are s p a r d roii.^iderable trouble by this chanco. for every fence had a long gate whl'-h hr.d to be opened and closed when a tf.^ni went through, and it was the

I b'-: 's duty to be gate tender. .4noth-I e- .nnd a worse job for the boy was

r'':-itlng the fence. Some maniita---turer.ii, in order to show the magnitude of their business will state that If their yearly products were placed enii to end they would reach around tho Flobc. more or less, and the l>oy who h.- d to paint a good sized picket r?pr-e f-'lt before he got through that If the r-.*ire surface could be spread '.:it fl-.'- two sides and two edges of the pickets, and the top and bottom and sldoR of the rails. It would go around tbr, globe. We speak from sad cx-P'-'rlence.

Much the same change has tak^n plire on the farms by the removal of ro.id fences. And the change Is a source of profit, for It was considera­ble expense to maintain the fences, and the land that was occupied b-^ thmi nnd was lost because of Inabill-

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quake produce effects which, when compared. Indicate but little varia­tion, save only in their Intensity, A rumbling sound Is flrst heard, and this Is oulckly followed by shocks, under which the ship trembles or Is so siic-donly arrested In Its course that It produces the Impression of grounding "ron a rock. A number of attch shorks may be received In sueccfl.'sion. Rfter -^-hIch the ship appears fo slide over the shoal and continue Its course ns before. When the lead Is dropped thf> ship is perhaps found to be over trreat depths of water, so that the noMlblllty of grounding is excfiidcd.' Tho fact that the ship has not gone to pieces under the shocks'" or t c t n left stranded is In ItscU a criterion ot tho earthquake.

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A CONVENIENT FEEDING RACK..

One Which Can Be Easily Built in the Stock Shed.

Inclosed is a sketch of my feeding rack, which I use in a shed about 30 feet long. 1 find this a very handy and economical rack In all ways. The fotm-dation of thisjrack, you will see, Is the bottom beam of my shed. The rack is three by six Inches high. It Is high enough that the cattle must take their feed from through the spaces and not over.

I took a scantling, 2x4 placed it cor-nerwlse, thereby givlag a straight edge from side of scantling to beam, giving me this-straight edge on which to nail

The Feeding Rack.

my boards; spiked this scantling solli In place and stayed It to the wali. in center. Next, I took boards five Inches wide and placed them along the rack, running them from beam to scantling, six Inches apart. Through this spaco cattle take their feed.

Any straw or food which falls on the ground is not trampled or soiled, and can be gathered up for bedding, or even replaced In rack again; thus one has no waste. This rack Is a model on a small scale ot those used In the Montreal stock yards. It has given me the greatest ot satisfaction. I trust I have made this plain enough to be understood, and that it may be a benefit to others.—Samuel Xesbitt, In the Farmers' Advocate, Canada.

DON'TS FOR PIG FEEDERS.

Don't give the liquor In which po­tatoes are boiled to the pigs. The tannin destroys the lining of the stomach.

Don't keep pigs in confined places up to their bellies in mud. They are not dirty in thoir habits except you make them so.

Don't send discolored grain away; it win pay yoii, better to give It to the pig, and let him do the marketing.

Don't discard straw, or any straw stuff that will do for bedding. It will give comfort to the pig. and ultimately make good manure for the farm.

Each individual animal is a sepa­rate machine and our work is suc­cessful only when this machine Is a profitable one.—Farm and Home.

Corn and Oats as Food for Horses. Com Is an excellent addition to tho

horse's feed when hard worked in cool weather, but not as suitable as oats in hot weather. It is incomplete as re­gards mineral iratter needed for bone and sinew-making, ingredients ir. which oats aro rich. Yet. if properly fed. com is an excellent food, but does not take the place of oats if the grain is old and sound. Oats make mu.scle and at the same time snpply vim and vigor, some he.at and much force, while a surplus is capable of being stored up in tho tissues as fat and nItro.genous matter to be drawn upon :inder extra stress. Corn, on the other hand, is In the animal economy mainly for the generation of heat and the sur­plus all goes to form heat fat. The work horse needs food that Is not only concentrated but nutritious.

Give Variety in Pig Feeds. If pigs are allowed the run of pas­

ture they will eat more concentrated feed and make more rapid pains than when being fed in dry lots. If the i-atlon contains plenty of protein the .advantage ot pasture does not amount to much so far as the amount of feed consumed per 100 pounds of gain 'is concerned, but it makes a big dif­ference In the condition of the pigs at the end of the fattening period.

In tests at the Iowa experiment sta­tion the cheapest gains when feeding young pigs were obtained from a ra­tion of corn, with the pigs on clover pasture. The greatest profit w.as made whon a mixed ration was fed.

The Filthy Sarnyard. There Is nothing so repulsive as a

wet and filthy barnyard, In which the animals are compelled to walk knee deep In filth. Such a condition Is not necessary and can be prevented If the barnyard Is kept well supplied with absorbent material. Throwing wholo cornstalks Into tho barnyard Is the old method, but cornstalks do not absorb until thoy arc trampled to pieces and in the meantime much of the llqiild Is carried off by the rains. It will pay to shred the corn stalks or cut the straw for bedding, while leaves and dry earth may also be used In the barnyard with advantage.

The Cured Fowl. Curing diseased fowls Is scarcely

worth tvhile, because they are not •'iteJy to be "as good as new." They aro likely to become diseased again, hnd to perpctuato disease again, ana ^ rOr--^''ate f-" '•ame sort of sick, acss In t' sir oT .. g

FORCING OR. RETARDING.

Suggestions Offered by an Expert Poultryman' Concerning Pullets.

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James E. Rice, poultryman of the Cornell university experiment station, issued a bulletin relatire to the pos-. sVbilitles of feeding early batched pul­lets during tbe summer by retarded or forced feeding. . - By retarding Is meant the Idea that feeding Is necessary during the laie summer to. check the early tendency of laying, with the hope of getting a larger egg yield in the early winter.

By forced feeding is meant the glv. Ing of a rich stlDruIatlng mash to in­duce egfe production.

'Concerning the results of his work Mr. Rice has certain findings drawn from data which are submitted below:

1. Forced pullets, made a better profit than retarded pullets.

2. Forced pullets ate less food per hen at less cost per hen than retarded pullets.

3. Forced pullets produced moro eggs of a larger size, at less cost per dozen than retarded pullets.

4. Forced pullets produced more eggs during early winter than retard­ed pullets.

5. Forced pullets hare better hatch. Ing results of eggs than retarded pul lets.

6. Forced pullets made a better per. centage of gain In weight than re tarded pullets.

7. Forced pullets showed less hroodlness than retarded pullets,

S. Forced pullets had less mortality than retarded pullets.

9. Forced pullets showed better vigor than retarded pnllets.

10. Forced pullets showed the flrst mature molt earlier than retarded pul­lets.

11. Retarded pullets gave better fertility ot eggs than forced pullets.

12. Hopper-ted dry mash gave bet­tor results in gain of weight, produc­tion of eggs, gain In weight ot eggs, hatching power of eggs, days lost in molting, mortality, health arid prpfit per hen, than wet mash.

13. Wet mash and grain fed pullets consumed slightly less food at lesp cost, and produced eggs at slightly less cost per dozen than dry mash and grain fed pullets.

14. Wet mash and grain fed pul­lets produced slightly larger eggs of slightly better fertility, and showed less hroodlness than dry mash and grain ted pullets.

15. Dry mash and grain ted pul-lets laid eggs of good size at an earlier period than wet mash and grain fed pullets. ,

16. Hopper-fed pullets ate more than hand-ted pullets.

17. Pullets having whole grain ate more grit and shell than those having a proportion ot ground grain.

IS. Pullets fed on grain were more Inclined to develop bad habits than those having a mash.

19. Earliest producers did not give as many eggs In early winter.

"0. Early layers gained as rapidly in weight as those beginning later to lay.

21. Prolificacy made but slight dif. ferc-nce in weight of ben and weight of egg.

22. The most prolific pullets did not always lay earliest.

LOCATING THE INCUBATOR.

Room in Which There Is No Stove Is the Best Place.

WitlL a standard make of machine, the location does not matter matei-ia! ly. The farmer cannot afford to have a specially constructed Incubatoi- col­lar, nor is this necessary for one or two machines. Few farmers operat; more than one or two machines at the most and with this small number as good results can be obtained in the dwelling house as any place, providing the farmer has room there for them which he usually has. We never likod the idea of having an Incubator in a sleeping apartment, however, says the Epitomlst. for the fumes and gases from' the lamp as well as from the ma­chine Itself, are anything but health­ful. A room In which there Is no stove In operation makes a better In cubator room than one that Is heated, on account ot the air being purer as a rule. A cellar makes an Ideal loca­tion providing it Is dry and well venti­lated, but a musty cellar Is a very poor place Indeed for successful Incubation.

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boards, hung a home-made door to bottom of box and our house was done. These houses, says Agricultural Epitomlst, serve the purpose for grow­ing chicks as well as those we.used to buy already made. They require sb ll^ tie -work and are much cheaper. -

Raise Laying Strains. I n securing a: good supply, of eggs

the iabom.tendency of heaVy laying is an Important point. It is a tendency which goes In ciertain strains the same as In certain famillea of cfittle, and without, It no .amount of skillful cafe and feeding will pfodtice the best re* suits.

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By virtue of a power of sale con­tained in a certain mortgage deed given by Peirce L. Lithgow, of To-wnsend, in the County of Middle­sex, in the Common-wealth of Mass.t-chusetts, to Ezra Hinds, of said Townsend, dated November Twenty-fifth, 1902, and recorded with. Mid­dlesex So. Pist . Deeds in book-2999, page 563, and duly assigned to George W . Brown, will be sold by public auction at the dwelling house upon the premises below described, on Mon­day, tbe Twentieth day of April next, A .D . 1908, at Two o'clock in the Af­ternoon, all and singular, the prem­ises conveyed by said mortg-age deed, •and therein described as follows:

"A cert.iin tract of land with the buildings thereon situated' in the Northerly part of said Townsend on the Westerly side of the road leading from the liouse of D. Oscar Evans to Brookline, N. H., and bounded as follows, viz.: Beginning at the Nortli-easterly corner of the premises, by said road, at a corner of land owned by 0 . D. Bai'her; thence Westerly by said Barber's land tibout One Hun­dred and Thirty-Five (135) rods to a st.-ike and stones near a brook : thence Southerly, as the fence now stands, about Fifty (50) rods to land now or formerly owned by Samuel D. Evans ; thence E.asterly by said Evans land to the above named road ; thence Northerly by said road to the place of beginning; and containing about Forty-Two (-i?) acres, be tlic s.ime more or less."

Said jircmiscs will IK- sold subject to any taxes assessed thereon remain­ing unpaid at time of sale. Other terms made known al time and place of sale.

GEORGE W . BRO-WX, "20-30 .Assignee of said Mortgage.

Townsend, Mass., March I-t, 190«.

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Church organlzatlODB ol the United States have Eometimes been accused of lack of enterprise, but Innumei-able Instances ot .extraordinary en­deavor may be cited in retatation ot tbis charge.

The pastor of a church at Cripple Creek, Col., has introduced the free lunch feature in connection with his church work. He announced in the papers that all who attended his ser­vice woiHd afterward be prroyjded with free food in the Sunday school room. '

For the sake of novelty a New York preacher employed a whistler and later a vaudeville artist to en­liven the services at his church. Not long ago the writer nad occasion to make an extensive trip over the Un­ited States, and in eleven different cities pastors of various denomina­tions went to the trouble to copy his name from the hotel register and send invitations to attend their meetings.

In many cities clrOrch advertise­ments now appear in th'e street cars anrl otier public placer The convic­tion seems to be growing that tt pa> s to advertise religion as well as any­thing else.

A Chicago minister £it upon a plan to encourage housewives and yoiihg motbers to come to the Sunday morn­ing service at his church. . He estab­lished a creche or day nursery In au adjoining building where he installed a corps of nurses under' the charge of a competent matron.

Mothers of babies and young child­ren are now invited to bring the Uttle people along and check them, free of charge in the creche, while they-at­tend church next door. Their minds can thus iJe free from worry: in tne thought that tbeir cbildren are near and are l>eing. well cared for.. .

The man who objects to foreign missions and thinks that nothing is being done to spread the Gospel at home will be surprised to know that a great; organization is at work es-tp.hl'shing churches' and Sunday £',:hools in the out of way plsices of this country. There are miasionarles of She various denominations still ira-.'clUng much after the &shioji of old time circuit riders, or. with ir!.:;e teams hitched to Gospel wag­ons.

There are also a number of chapel cars which the Western railroads haul on their trains free of charge. Tha car Emmanuel runs on the Paci­fic Coast, the Goodwill mnkfts one night stands In Texas, the Evangel Is in the Indian Territory, the Mes­senger bf Peace In Missouri, while the Gl.id Tidings and the Herald of Hope come as far E ast as Wisconsin and Michigan.

One feature of the work ol the Sal­vation Army Is the effort it makes to encourage self respect and s|eU help among the unfortunates whdih.it assists. The old clothes gathered from various sources are sold to the deserving at ridiculously low prices, but the purchaser his manhood by paying for them. • —

In most of the large cities wagons are sent around to collect old pap­ers and rags tor the Industrial homes. The man In charge of this work In one city declares that if everybody would save his papers and rags and give them' to tbe Army collector, the simple task of preparing this rubbish to ship to the mills would furnish occupation. for practically all the homeless vagrants in the city.

Some of the oldest ch'tnrches estab­lished under the patronage of the En­glish Crown are still standing in this country. In many instances\the royal arms ana-displayed of the walls, and the altar holds communion sli­ver marked with Inscriptions express­ing the King's good will to his faith­ful subjects; Notable among these Is King's Chapel In Boston inow a Unitarian church.'

The Epworth name from the England, where born and raised.

League derived its Efpworth rectory la John Wesley waa In politics the Con-

gregationalists look upon'the famous Ordinance ol 1878 as their own. It* passage was said to be due chiefly to the efforts ot one Manasseh Cutler, a Congregational minister. It prohibit­ed slavery In the Northwest Territory now Ohio, Indttna; Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin, osd abolished' 'the law ot prlmogenitare, 'which made the eldest son the only heir to his fath­er's estate.

A notable fact about religious con­ditions In th« United States is tne scarcity., ot Mohammedaos. Although the followers of thia tdlglon 'nnm* ber hundreds ot mllUons, there Is a mere sprinkling ot them In this coun­try. There are only three Ottoman subjects i s CSklcaso. The latgeft Mo* hammedaa eolony is at Worehester, Mass., wherA several htmdred Turks and Knida/«»' emptayad as factory workerik '

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• CENTER.-r-The many friends of the Methodist pastor. Rev. Zentz, are sorry to learn that he takes his departure thi's year to accept a pastorate in Xantasket. During, bis pastorate here he bas woo many warm friends, who, while thev re­joice with bim at the betterment oi his prospects and wish him and his family all prosperity, yet are b t h to have him' de­part from a field where he is doing such good work.

Miss A Bessie Eastman, who teaches in Flainville, is enjoying the spring va­cation at her home here, as is also Miss Harriet Miller of Westford, and Miss Lillian Seaver of Harwich.

• C. E . Hudson and family are soon to move into the house on" Brookline-st., owned by Mr. Dudley, and formerly known as the Ko, 2 schoolhouse,

Mrs. Frank Farrar returned this week from a brief visit to friends in Boston.

Miss Katherine Spaulding and Miss Jos ie Warner, who have been for several treeks in Orlando, Florida, have returned to their homes.

Perley Eastman of Amherst has been enjoying a vacation at his home and has also enjoyed an attack of mumps. - M i s s - R u t h Warren of Wellesley is

spending a - brief vacation with her pa­rents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank AVarren.

Miss Lillian Seaver has returned to her duties as teacher in the public school at Harwich.

Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Miller are soon to move in the Boardman Manning house on Main-st.

Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Harvey and Uttle daughter from N e w I'ork have been re­cent guesti of Mr. and Mrs. T. ,1 Harvev.

Lewis Howard of Lewiston is enjoying the spring vacation at his home here.

T H E AX.NUAL TOWN- M E E T I N G will be held Mond'dv, April 6, and the warrant contains twenty-si.x articles In addition to the regular town business, are articles calling for appropriations of monev as follows :

Fbr a purchase of a working set of weights and measures, as required by law : to paint and repair the 'West Townsemi school buildings ; to paint the enaiine house at West Townsend: to purchase carriages for the transportation c)f the school children; to rebuild the platform for fire purposes in the rear of the Kap-tist church at West Townsend, ami grade the approach to the same : to place tablets in Memorial hall containing the names of soldiers and sailors who served on the Townsend ijuota during the civil war; to purchase fire e.xtinguishers for use u old city and south row; to place electric lights near the residences of G. E. Kini. W. Z. Sherwin and L. R. Richardson ; to see if money refunded from the ilos licenses be used for public library, or schools ; to appoint a committee to devise a system of accounts for all town oflicers; to hear report of selectmen relating to bonding town officers; to hear the report of the fire department on thn condition of the steamer.

Also several articles in regard to accept­ing bequests fo various lots in the dilTer­ent cemeteries, and a bequest of 3:!00 in trust under the will of Harriet X, .Spauld­ing, to the persons having charge of the Susan Emory Wilson endowment fund.

F I U K . — T h e little cottage on the read to Ihe Harbor, owned by Mr. Ma^'uire, was entirely destroyed by fire last week The fire started from an over-heated stove and, as there wa.s no one in the house at the time, it got a great headwav before it wai discovered. Owing to its (Iistance from the village, and being awav from neighbors, the only article faveil was a sewing machine. The unfortunate occuirence leaves the family in almost destitute circumstances, and many of the friends and kind-hearted people of the village are rendering all the assistance in theiir power in shape of clothing and financial aid. The building was insured and will probably be rebuilt as soon as possible. •

D K A T H S . —Joseph L. Pip«r, a well-known and popular resident of this vil­l a ^ passed away at the home of his son, John J . Piper, on Tnesday morning, March 24i Funeral services were held at t h e houfc on Thnniday afternoon. Rev. G, IL S h a w officiating, assisted bv the Mt . BonlsloDo lodge of Odd-fellows of Fitchbut^, of which he bad been a mem­ber for thirty-nine years, and the North S t i r lodge of Townsend. Tbe bnrial was in the family lot.in the cemeter}-, and the body was committed to (he grave with the Odd-fellows' biirial service. Mr. Piper was leventy-fiTC years of age, and was a native of Greenland, N . H. , but has re­sided in this town for fifteen years. He jeaves a 'widow aiiid five children : George Piper of Leominster,, Mrs. George A. Garten of liebanon, N . H. , Richard Piper of Spencer, and in tbis village,

^mdattd John Piper, with whom be made 'h{*;bome.

Warren' Gilchrist of Lunenburg, who died last Thursday, wss a native of tbis town<wid.,win doubtless be well romtm' boroA']bjj maay ot tbo older ^aitdeats.

H e was the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Gilchrist of this town and was educated in the district schools here. He was seventy-seven years of age and had been a resideiit of Lunenburg for several years.

WEST. -—The Ladies' Literary and So­cial club' met last Friday afternoon, at the home of Mrs. Fred Patch ot Joslyn­ville, and held a very interesting session. Six members were present and light re­freshments were served during the social part of the evening. The subject was the " Life and works of William CuUen Brjant.'.'

T w o of the young ladies of Main-st. celebrated their birtlidays last week. Miss Nancy Reed entertained a party of her friends on the occasion of her four­teenth birthday at ber bome on Monday, and Miss Inez McEIligott celebrated her eighteenth birthday by an afternoon tea to a few of her friends and schoolmates on Thursday afternoon.

Mr. and Mrs. WiU French and son Harold from Milford have been guests of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wilder of Joslyn­ville during the past week.

Arthur Smith of Waltham spent Sun­day with his wife, who is stopping with Mrs. Daniel Smith of Elm-st., during the absence of Mr. and Mrs. Perry Sawtelle.

Mrs. Simon Francis of Joslynville, who has been quite sick for several weeks, is now recovered from her illness.

Mrs. Edwin White of Ashby. a former i resident of this village, visit-ed relatives here recently.

Miss Grace Thompson, who has been spending her vacation here, has returned to her duties at Brown university. Provi­dence. ,

The manv friends of the venerable Deacon L. i . Wood are pleased to learn that he is much improted in health dur­ing the past month;

Benjamin Lawrence has been enjoying a visit from a friSnd from Soutli Acton.

Miss -Vddie Sanders has returned from a visit to relatives iu Cambridge.

Miss Maud Hodgdon, who has been spending several weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Morgan, returned last Satur­day to her home in Melrose.

Miss Martha Jones, who has been spending the winter at the Squannicook house, has returned to ber home in Mason. N. H., and opened her cottage.

The friends of Richard McEIligott wish to announce that he will be a candi­date for selectman from West Townsend this year.

Mrs. Frank Farnsworth is enjoying a visit from her sister from Townsend hill.

The regular church covenant meeting will be held in the Baptist vestry on Sat­urday afternoon at '2.30.

The total number of books distributed frqm the branch library for the month of March is 295.

Mrs. Fred Smith, who has been caring for Mr. Smith's mother at Hillsboro, N. H. , has returned to her home.

Harry .Streeter of Waltham has been visiting his mother, Mrs. Mary Streeter of Joslynville, and Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Eddy of Gardner have been the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Simon Francis.

Oliver Kirstead of Townsend Center has opened the blacksmith shop in the rear of Thompson's mill, and has hired the HcKlgman cottage, where he wil! aoon move with his family.

The Icilge in the north part of the town now employs over forty men. and has a large contract under way for stone for the high school at Salem, anci also a contract for cut stone for I'hilaclelpiiia.

Mr. and Mrs. Cliarles S. Iloimer, who have been spending several weeks at their summer residence litre, returned to New York Tuesday.

The L.B.B.s. met the home of Mrs. E. A. Craig of .Main-st., Wednesday after­noon. Among the business transacted was a vote to hold an experience partv and supper on May i;, and ail interested arc requeste<l to earn one dollar in some unusual manner and present an account of it at the entertainment following the supper.

X.Mii'.i.iw EScAi'K.—Little l.oi.s Wil <;« of Joslynville. .-iged si.x years, narrowlv escape<l drowning at :he --rond bridge oil the Xurth road about si.x o'rio'k. Wednes­day aft/rnoon. She had .iccompanied her little pl.iymale. Josejihine Phelps, on a ride with .Mr. Simon l-'rancis to tli-Evans hou.se, just above the bridge, and the children s arted ruuning on ahead, and stopping to play at the bridge, where there is a poo! five or six feet deep at the deepest point. In some manner little lx)is slipped under the railing and fell into the water; fortunatelv her playmate liad presence of mind enough to run lo .Mr. Francis, who was coming up the road some distance away, instead of to the child'.* home, which wan in sight at the end of the road. .Mr. Francis ran to the re.scue and succeeded in reaching the i Titcomb, child as she sank from sight for the second | [WOr. In

thirteen years of age, where she remained till last fall, when, after tbe sudden death of her father, she closed the bom.e there and went to spend the winter with her sister.

IIA it no It.—Henry Baldwin, who had lived alone for many years at his home, a short distance from the village, suffered a paralytic shock and was removed to the home of his niece, Mrs, Hazelton, where he passed away on March 23, aged eighty-six years. Funeral services werd'hefd on Thursday. March '26, Rev, G. H. Zentz officiating. Burial was in Townsend.

Rev. Granville Pierce has accepted a call to Warwick, and much to the regret of his many friends here will soon leave town,

Recentout-of-town guests: Herbert' Har­vey, wife and daughter from New York city, Edward Harvey of Ayer, Misa Ellen Harvey of Fitchburg. at T. J . Harvey's; Miss Hattie Blood of Worcester at Mrs. M. E. Baldwin's; Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Shattuck, at A. W. Cray's: C. R. Spauld­ing, at C. R. Keenan's.

Mrs. P lla Spaulding, who has spent the winter in Nashua, returned to her home on Wednesday.

H. L. Kelley has returned, home from Pinehurst, N. C.

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with no opposition. Other appropriations were:

Debts of town, SlOOO; supt. schools, 8200-tran.sportation of scholars. ^1300; repairs of l.i,?hway». »2ii00, $1500 to be spent on (redei^I repairs and f 1000 on road leading fromCom-mou to depot; railing highways, $200; Me­morial day, « ,0 ; town olHcers, « « 0 nnd uu-e.xpended balance of last year; miscellaneous eipeuses, 82500; tteuben Hoar library and Uoughton memorial bulldlns, «600;browii-Uiil and gypsy moths, $400; wliool physician,

time. She was severely chilled by hei drenching in the icy water, but it i? boped she will suffer no evil effects and at this writing »he was resting comfortably.

D E A T H . — M i s s Adele I. Boodry, a na­tive of this village, pas-ed away last

TOWN .MEETI.NC;.—The same old town lueetiug in same old place, and tlie same crowd of citizens, who to our partial,eyes do not grow old with passing time, but if anything, present themselves brighter and fresher of aspect year after year. But to be candid and express ourselves freely, without prejudice in opinion and judgment, it will have to be admitted that some of the peculiar and very human qualities in the nature of all mankind seem to be de­veloping in this town year by year. This change in.spirit is always hastily laid at the door of the newer element that comes hand in haod with manufacturing inter­ests. But it is not so. That element mav help low.ird certain ends, but there are others who hy long years of enviroument and beiltting mental cultivation, are sup­posed to possess that proper benevolence and sense of jusiioe that would incline them to the golden rule as easilv as tbe needle is drawn to the magnet. But the whole Guidon does not bebng to Littleton people this week, and facts, not fancies, are called for.

All who were truly interested in the af­fairs of the town were supposed to he pres­ent on Monday last at the annual town meeting, and those not interested would care little for ought but solid facts. The warrant was read by C. F . Johnson as us­ual, prayer by Rev. R. H. Carey. Chas. A. Kimball was chosen moderator.

Article 2, to hear and act upon the re­port of town ollicers and committees was accepted with only one criticism, asking for clearer details in future reports. Vot­ed to accept treasurer's report, auditor's report, browntail and gypsy moth report, animal inspector's report, report of assess­ors and overseers of the poor, report of cemetery commissioners, also report of school coinmittee. This report brought qiiite a lively discussion before the me'et-ing, N. B. Conant, N. A. Taylor, P . J. Smith and A. W. Sawyer all taking earn­est part. The economic spirit which is and forever must be present when the town money is expended, prompted tree expression in regard to wliat at first thought seemed excessive expenditure for repairs and improvements at west school. W. E. Conant, secretary of school hoard, read a letter from the state inspector of factories and public buildings, which ciUed imme­diate attention to the fact that certain change^ must be made.' Mr. Conant con­sidered that the changes made were abso­lutely needful, an opi.-.ion in which he was supported by J. N. Murrai. member ofthe board of health, who said that the work done was with their sanction and under the order of the state inspector. Modera­tor C. A. Kimball called X. B. Conant to the chair and went upon the Iloor to dis­cuss the subject of west school repairs. .- 3 chairman of the school board he was well fitted to put the matter before the meeting. Work worth doing at all is al-

I ways worth being well done, and after all, I those most inclined lo view with disfavor j tlie woik of past year at west school are j tliosc who have no children to send. One cause for disgruntlement rested on the fact

I that til... board acted solelv on their own j judgment and the advie-of state inspector,

witli„iit calling special town meeting to ob-] lain sanction of the citizens. AU was har­

monious, liowever, and the motion was made and Seconded to accept the report of school board for past vear. Report of trustees of Reuben Hoar library was ac-ceiitcd, also the report on town records.

Town officers chosen were C. E. John­son, who receivi-.l the entire vote for town clerk; a large number of votes were cast for selectmen, with the followinir result • F. A. Patch, G. H. Harker, Walter H.

who are also overseers of tlie accordance with new law en­

acted last year a scf.araie board of assess­ors wa.s chosen—Osman Needham, N. B. Conant, E. P. Sheelian. Un school board W. E. Conant was reelected for three years. A. II. Knowluin as town treasurer and collector was re-elected, salarv same

Xl, , • " ,• T.- „ -, - — "* '*" •***'"• ^ '' H- Tenney was'chosen IhurKday evening, at the taulkner hospi-, trustee for the Reuben Hoar librarv for tai, Jamaica Plain, alter nearly four j three years, .Miss F. A. Sanderson for two

years. W. II. Davis, whose term as cem­etery commissioner expired this vear, was chosen for three yearn. E. H. \Voodbury was chosen member of hoard of health in place of H. F. Proctor, who declined re­election. Auditors chosen on one ballot were F. A. Hosmer, N. H. Whitcomb; surveyor of highway, C. A. Hartwell; con-

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months of severe suffering from a com­plication of diseases. She was agcil just thirty year* and leaves but one relative, a sister, Mrs. Warren Hewitt of .Jamaica Plain.

The body was taken to her former bome in Lowell, where funeral services were held Monday morning, and the interment took place in the family lot in the West [ stables. E. C. Reed, A. E. Hopkins S B lownsend cemetery, .Monday afternoon. Reed : tree warden, G. H. Davidson: field I h e casket was opened at the grave and drivers voted by nomination were Frank quite a large number of her friends and 1 Jacobs, tieorze .Johnson and Monroe Ful-former netehbors of this village took a , !er: pound keeper. G. H. Chandler. The

The appropropriation for repairs of high­ways is something in excess of any sum ever previously appropriated, but the con­ditions the present vear called for strenu­ous action. C. S. Kobbins very ably put the condition of the main street before the meeting, and we have all been there and could say " amen " to his arguments. The present highway surveyor and the select­men, to wbom tbe direction of work be­longs, have a real good chance to do them­selves proud tbe coming year. May all who are not lost in the mud of 1908 see a happy condition in the spring of '09.

\ oted for the town to pay the expense of receiving sureties for the town treasur­er and cpllector, and for the treasurer of the Reuben Hoar h'brary.

Article 2", to raise and appropriate money for school building repairs and new. furniture, brought before the meet­ing the discussion of tbe most vital quei-tion of the day. W. E. Conant spoke of the present crowded condition of librarj-school room and high school. The state inspector said that he could not permit the present number of scholars and that it would not be permitted for any length of time. Sanitation was faulty and ventila­tion bad. Talk upon the matter of a new high and grammar school building worked toward a point when the introduction of architect D. H. Woodbury with plans suit­able for a new building, with recitation and demonstration rooms, laboratories and gymnasium, convinced all present of what the near future probably had in hand. I h e estimated cost of such a buildin<r, in­

cluding foundation, but not land or school­room equipment, was about SI4,000. Af­ter much.discussion, every word of ithiirh-ly interesting, it was voted to leave The matter m the hands of a committee to look over and consider plans and to secure a site for the building, and to rfeport at a fu­ture town meeting. This committee con­sists of C. A. Kimball, F. B. Priest, El­mer Hetcher, J. P. Thacher and G. W. Prouty.

Voted to leave matter irt regard to re­pairs on town hearse in hands of select­men.

Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of 8150 and the unexpended balance of last year for transcribing, indexing and printing the early town, church, court and private records.

Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of $150 for repairs and maintenance of the sidewalks of the town for the ensuingyear, to be left in the hands of the selectmen.

Voted to raise and appropriate the sum of 8"5 for repairs of fence near the G. A. Sanderson house.

Voted to grant permission to F. C. Hart­well to move his building overthe carriage drive at the southerly end of Westlawn cemetery.

Voted to have tbe old records of the town, being reports of the selectmen, as­sessors and other town officers, bound and put into permanent form. These records include the one spoken of eariier in this season, whicii has been preserved by the new process, and is the record of the first sale of land in Westlawn in 1801. N. B. Conant, chairman of cemetery commis­sioners, presented this to the attention of the meeting in its new form of preserva­tion. '

Voted to pay the sum of SJ to Fuller Bros, for loss of time caused by condition of liarrard-ave. in spring of 1907.

Voted to pay Geo. H.Davidson the sum of S75 in full of all demands, for injury to his eye while in the emplov of the town on browntail and gypsy moth' work.

The lengthiest and most dignified dis­cussion of the day was at the point where article .39 was reached, " To see if the town will authorize the trustees to incor­porate Reuben Hoar library and Hough­ton memorial building under the Mas'a. chusetts laws, or do anything in regard to the same '• F. A. Patch, pro the "article, and H. J . Harwood, con. both did no lit­tle brilliant talking. Late as it was, no one left the hall when once the argument was full under way. On motion of N. B. Conant it was voted that a committee be appointed by the chair to look into the matter and report at the next annual town meeting. This committee consists of H. J. Harwood, F. A. Patch, Rev. W. C. Brown.

T h e vote by ballot " y e s " or " n o '' on the question, " Should licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquor be granted in this town'.'" was, no, 82; ves, 9. Last vear, no, 74; yes, ».

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N E W S I T E M S . — A concert will be given by Nashoba male quartet Thursday even­ing, April 9, at town ball. Tbe quartet will be assisted by Miss Alice Travers, reader; Mrs. Ada Briggs Webber, so­prano ; Clarence E. Briggs, mandolin solo­ist. Following is tbe program:

'• Courtship," quartet; March," On dutv." Mr. Brijftcs: "The lie," Mi«.s Travers; "'in Pkardic," quartet :"'Twa.s In a l:iud,""Mv heart's a-maving," Mrs. Webber; march. "Ideal," Mr. Briggs: "Excelsior," Messrs. Dodds and Piper; " Sunset," quartet; read­ing, selected. Miss Travers; plantation mel­ody, quartet.

Mrs. E. A. Cox returned from Barre on Tuesday last. Her little granddaughter is in an improving condition. Mrs. .lohn­son remains in a critical condition.

Mrs. Case returned from the Boston hos­pital on Wednesday.

Misses Delia and Laura Martin visited, their sister, Mrs. Henry, at the Arlington Heights sanitarium last Saturday. Mrs. Henrj''s improvement is so marked that it is expected sbe will soon he able to re­turn to her home.

Mr. aild Mrs. G. E. Sawtelle have re­turned to their home on Goldsmith-st.

"Repairs are being made on King-st., where deep holes bave been made, caused by digging out swamped automobiles.

Mrs. Webber calls a rehearsal for the Woman's club cantata Tuesday afternoon, April 7, at four o'clock, in the high school room.

•The young ladies of tbe Congregational society will give a supper in their vestry Wednesday evening, April '22. Details which promise well will be given later.

Leland J. Goucher of this town, who has made a ^ood record for himself in the baseball world, especially as a pitcher for the Athol team in the Miller River league, last season, and also some of the independ­ent teams of Fitchburg, has signed for the present season with the Portland team of the new -Atlantic league. H« leaves for Portland, Me., April 10. to begin practice j for the season's work.

There will be a temperance address by Rev. J. C. Alvord at the Congregational vestry Sunday evening, April 7), subject, " Light wine drinking in France." It will be an account of observations made while on a walking tour of 700 miles in that country, during which time Mr. aud Mrs. Alvord sought not the highways of travel, '^•y '^'•, seven p. m., in vestrv, subject, but the more picturesque byways, stopping j'.' •''"urise in the sunrise kingdom." This frequently with the peasants, and learning '* *'*" ^ ^ < ay when the union begins the much of the very heart of life in that coun- '''"* ^'^'^ white contest and a large atten-try. The address cannot be otherwise ! ''anee is desired.

ing delicacies were indulged in and the evening wag a very enjoyable one. Aside from tne unpleasant thoughts of partin" with their dear friend, who left town Wednesday for her new home in one of the suburbs of Taunton, wbere her pa­rents bave purchased a farm. Miss Kolo-wrath has resided in Shirley for the past three years, and by a gentle and kindly disposition has endeared herself to a large circle of friends.

Mrs. H. A. Bridgman of Boston paid a flying visit to her summer home at the center Tuesday.

Clayton 'SVells is still confined bome witb sickness. The nature sickness makes his improvement sarily slow.

Harry G. Holden's condition seems to remain about the same. We are glad he is holding his own.

Mrs. E. Trask Hill of Somerville, state secretary of King's Daughters, died at her home last Sunday. Mrs. Hill organized the King's Daughters of Shiriey, and gave an address at tbe Congregational church last January, and was. taken sick soon after and compelled to cancel all her offi­cial engagements.

Wm. Grossman is still confined to his home with sickness.

The board of registrars of voters will be at engine hall, Saturday, April 4 , from three to six p. m.; April 8, from seven to nine p. m. The last time for registration will be April 11, when the registrars will he at the town house, Shir­ley Centre, from twelve o'clock at noon to ten p. m.

A supper and entertainment will be given by the gentlemen of the Universa­list society, in their vestry, on Wednes­day evening, April 8, and promises to be a record breaker, as this event has been in preparation for some time past. Sup­per will be served at seven o'clock, to be followed by vocal and instrumentai music, readings by Rev. C. A. Knickerbocker and the laughable farce, " The uninvited guest," by well-known local talent.

Rev. A. A. Bronsdon will preach at the Congregational church Sunday =iorning, at 10.45. Regular meeting and monthfv rollcall of the C.E..S. at seven p. m., in the vestry. Subject for the evening, " The men whom God accepts."

Rev. C. . \ . Knickerbocker will preach at Universalist church. Sunday morning, at 10 a. 111. Regular meeting of the Y.p. c u . at seven p. m., in vestrv

than interesting.

S H I R L E Y .

I Miss Sarah J. Conant, daughter of Mr. jand Mrs. E. 11. Conant, was pleasantly j surprised at her home, Mondav evenin",

by a few of her friends who tendered her I a picture shower. .Music and games were I the features of entertainment. Post-

of selectmen.

last view of one who held a ^ _ ... __ „., tJ)C affection and regard of a l fwho knew I and h'airk her. Prayer was offered by the Rev. were wi •Tphn H. Cox of the Baptist 'church and j year, and a l)eautiful solo was rendered bv a friend '" from Lowell.

The floral offerings were abundant and most beantiful, the entire lot being covered with a mass of bloom and set pieces of exqnUite bcaoty, testifying to the love and esteem of her many friends.

I t was a peculiar coincident tbat six yean ago tbat day the bodj- of her mother was placed in the same spot-where her casket stood.

Miss BoodtT was bora in this village aad her childhood was passed here, tat

A.v KYK WIT.VKSS Saw at the west sta­tion on the arrival of the 3.07 p.m. train from Boston on Saturday last, an incident that came so near being a fatal accident that everyone in the vicinity feels that it ought not to pass unnoticed. This train was in the midst of discharging passen­gers, when the down express, regardless of all signals, tore by without slackening speed, and came very near running over several people, one woman escaping only by four feet of space. The prompt action of a bystander saved her from destruction.

This is not tho first time tbat this di­gression of railway orders has occurred, bnt all complaints are answered by the of­ficials in thia w a y : " W e will discipline the offending employee for tbis offence." What redress has the travelling public against such an outrage? When we get tbe long distance electrics the Boston and Maine may not need a station at west end.

CONSIDKRABLE I.VDIONATION w a s f e l t toward tho party of five, wbo in a biw auto were passing along Great Road near tbe north end Icehouse the latter part of last

. - - . - ^ - . . , - . week. A party of well-known young men rk and measurers of bay and grain in tbeir Sunday clothes were walking to-ith few exceptions the same as last | ward them, but knowing from past experi-nd can be found in last town re- | ence the shower of mud tbat wonld cover

port. Voted to accept tbe jurv list, sub- ' tbem, tbey made a quick run for the stone ject to a few changes, to be left in hands ' wall and adjoining field. This brought

' ' t joy and laughter to the autoists, but the

ilgh place in | surveyors of lumber, surveyors of wood

petit between men and women. Mrs. E. J. Stevens has charge of tbe ladies' side anti K. R. Graves is chairman of the commit­tee for the men's side. Much interest is being taken in this contest and both sides are striving to gain the victorv. All patrons attend and decide for themselves who wins. The entertainment given by

grange last Friday evening was a the lay iallv

Articles 10 and 11 were favorably voted on.

On article 12, tbe town authorized tbe treasurer to borrow money for town uses.

priate money for schools—S250O for com' mon schools, for hieh school S1400 and the accruing income from dog tax and tho Lydia Johnsoa fund. For school supplies $500. Thia waa the amount mored br W.

next moment one of the rear wheels w*nt into a hole and settled there for a long rest. A'jack and shovel were brongbi into use, tCudthoAte men got a good dose of tbe

Voted on article 13 to raise and appro^ same mad they thought to rtway over the

mored to LoweU when abont tweire or E . ponwi^ of the school board, and met

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young pedestrians. Wi ththe helpof rails taken from the'roadside, and 1 ^ dint of poahiog abd coaxing the tatdlsh macbloe t & ^ a t laat got aa onward more. Bttt ibtf tefCthe hole in tbe mA voSHod aad tito thtf mdlf ia tbe hig^wqr % lome

NKW.S ITK.MS.—Thenext meeting of Shir­ley grange will be held in town hall,, . , , Shirley Centre, Tuesday evening, April 7.1 ""•'"ress Mrs. Kate E. Hazen. with There will be a competitive entertainment I J*"'' M " ' ^-'arrie R. Bruce, were present

from the postoffice, where Miss Conant serves as one of Uncle Sam's courteous and popular clerks. The affair was a genuine surprise, which greatlv added to the success and pleasure of the occasion. Refreshments were served. Miss Conant was the recipient of twenty-five beautiful pictures.

Miss Ada Dodge of Worcester spent over Sunday as the guest of Mrs. E. H. Allen, and E. II. Allen spent over Sunday with relatives and friends in Boston.

Mr. and Mrs. K. Ii. Winterbottom spent first of the week with friends in Lowell.

.Miss Louise K. Noves of Boston, field secretary of tbe Woman's.home mission­ary association, gave a verv e'nthusiastic address in the vestry of the Congrega­tional church last Sunday evening, to a good-sized audience. Miss Noyes is en­dowed with a very charming personality and bas acquired a large fund of informa-Uon upon the work Of home missions and made a deep impression upon her hearers as she related the trials and diflicnlties of the missionaries in the far west, and the many heroic sacrifices tbey were making in tbe performance of their duty. Mrs. Bessie Collyer and Jliss Nina Holbrook rendered a duet, i l i s s Noyes was enter­tained over Sunday by Mrs. Alice L. Wright.

Tbe Congregational church have ap­pointed the following delegates to the Middlesex union conference, to be held a t the Congregational church, Boxborougb, Wednesday, April 15 : E . H. .Allen, Mrs. Nelhe W . Holbrook, Mrs. John 0 . Conant, also the partor, church clerk and Sunday school superintendent. '

John Kokiwrath with family moved Wednesday of this week to the farm he purchased near llaunton, his honsehbld goods going by rail. Mrs. Kolowrath's family consisted of two sons and one daughter. H i s oldest son Alfred went t o . live on the farm when porcbaaed, a few montha ago, to take care of the stock, etc. I h e botise they b a r e yacated io

the

see "The pedler's parade."

Republican caucus was held in the engine hall Tuesday evening. W. H. Wilbur, chairman of the repulilican town committee, called the meeting to order. D. C. Parsons was chosen moderator and F. H. A\Uieeler, secretary. G. O. Evans was elected delegateto the state conven­tion and D. C. Parsons was the delegate elected to the congressional convention.

Mr. and Mrs. E . H. Allen entertained as guests for a few days tbis week Mrs. Everard Dodge of Newcastle, Me., Mr. Henry Dodge of Clark college, Worces­ter, and Prof. Albert Hopson of Cusbioe academy. "

The Remembrance society of King's Daughter. , connected witb tbe Conereza-tlpnal church, will hold a bard times social and enteruinment in tbe church vestry Tuesday evening, April 7. I'he committ«e in charge have made special preparations for this event, and a good time is in store for all who attend. Re­freshments served free Public invited.

Mils May Warren of Cambridge was ftjguest first of the week at the bome of Mrs. Ida M. Warren.

Comrades Balcom, .fubb Bichardson M d MelUih attended the campfire at ritebburg Monday evening.

t n ? * " ' ^**^^> " h o resides near Tinker niU, la confined to her home with' IUness.

Mlaa Labertha Kolowrath was tendered a farewell soreriae Party a t tbe home of Mita Gertrude McNalfy, Tueadar even-> « * Of a number of yauat ladr friends, who pretested ber with a ^ £ « * tOt euo a « ' « sobttantial t o k t e of O t i r ettaei i . .

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