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Forty-Second Year ^T-Ayer, Mass., Saturday, January 8,-1910 No. 17. Price Four Cents '

An Actual Fact ' . B856 MLEfr for $71.27. This Is tbe n i n b a r of'adles ran by a model 10

Bidekfrom Kar 8th .ahtfl jlfor; 1 s t ': Xhe price: toisIiidedaU repairs, and aU snpiriUles, fuel, oQ< g j ^ teak, « ^ T h e ' e a r - ' i n u r i u ^ ^ t ^ aU kinds of ireather day and iiigbt,'»ti tree 90t laid np B dngle day* Who can beat this J The ovrner Ures In Ayer.

FOR SALE -OK£ B i a i B I E B T O i m r a e CAB.irith/defaidbable tenuean, Jost the thing

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Trea^ Yew tires,' new tires In front, G e n n ^ r u i d S ^ i M h l i g h t s . $150.00.

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Ifews Items. Edmund B. 'Wintherbottom. is con­

fined to his home with sickness. The ladies of the Universalist church

will hold a supper and entertainment in the church vestry next 'Wednesday evening, January 12. The entertain­ment •will be under the direction ot Mrs. B. M. Ballou. Music, also a farce, "The love of a bonnet," by Ayer talent. Public Invited.

The civil service reform, legislative and civic committees of the Altrurian club have charge of the next meeting, which will meet January 13, at the Congregational vestry at 2.30.. The committee bave engaged the well-known speaker, Miss Clara Bancroft Beatley of Boston, who will give an address touching on these subjects, commencing at three 1>. m. All friends ot the club are invited to be present as an exceptional flne lecture is ex­pected.

The ladles ot the Universalist church called a meeting, 'Wednesday, and made all arrangements for a fair, to be held In the I. O. 0. F. hall, Feb­ruary 9.

The Ladles' Aid society will also have a supper and entertainment at the church vestry, Wednesday, Janu­ary 12. All are cordially invited to attend. An entertainment will be giv­en assisted by Ayer talent, whp will present a farce called "The love of a bonnet," with music and other num­bers for entertainment.

Mrs. Julia Kilburn Is confined to home with sickness.

Misses Madeline and Mary Ann Cor­mier left town, Tuesday, for Memram-cook, N. B., to be present at the oc­casion ot their sister. Miss Bella Cor­mier, who is to receive the veil ot tbe sister Notre Dame. Before returning home the Misses Cormleir will- visit friends in Rogersyille, N; B.

Dominie Bourgois, formerly a resi­dent here, arrived in toWn, Tuesday, from Rogersvllle, N< B.

The January meeting of the iOild Shirley chapter, D. A^ R„ was held Monday eveninis, with the, secretary, Mrs. Qeorge 9. Wells. The hostess provided each member.wlth paper and pencil. 'The'paper 'contialned flfteen Important'dates in American blstorr to be flll^ in with the events.' When time was (^ led all made a good showr

- ing . After.'a grame of m'onths.i'efire^-ments were served by Miss OEHeanor Miner and Mtsj^filancbe A^eils. A v^ry IntfereBtla^Heting will be held in February. >_

The Congregational phurch held its annual dinner and. rollcall. In the church vestry, Wednesday, afternoon. Dinner was served at 12.30, followed

••hy reports. E l iner^ . Alien waa Chos­en'moderator. . About sixty wero'pres-

• e n t The following, officers were elect­ed to serve during: the year 1910:

Mary A.' Parfc 'church ' olerk aitS trea*.; Walter.KnowIe«, Sunday school •upt.; Victor O'Brien, asSt. Sunday •onool supt I Bdwln H.-Conant,. ohurch oorn. 3 yr.a; Frank P.' R u n , ' Rodney Brown, Stanley Wells, ushirsj

The Franco Independent clnb held, their regular meeting, Wednfssday evening. In St''Anthony's hall , when

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the following' oflicers- were elected to serve during-the year 1910:

Sylvester ThoiriaB, pres.: Richard Cor­mier, vloO-pres.; Roger Gionet. fln. sec; Felix Gionet, treas.; John J. Chalsson. cor. sec: Michael Gionet and Charles Gionet. sergr. at arms. George Stebbln.s. William Qlonet, Willie Cormier, stand-ins committee.

The installation will take place next Wednesday evening, January 12. At the- close of the ceremony there -will be a Sociable basket party.

Moses Chalsson and Hubert Arsen-ault ot Lawrence, also Rufus Buote from Prince Edward Island, were vis­itors at the home ot John J. Chalsson, new year's day.

Luther and Raymond Richardson of Worcester retnrned home first ot the week after spending a week with their grandparents; Mr. and Mrs. Herbert B. Richardson, Sr.

J. C. Ayer lodge, A. O. U. W.. will install Its officers, Monday evening, January 10. Deputy A. W. Allen with suite of Lieominster will bethe Install­ing offlcers. Refreshments and a social hour will follow the ceremoiiy.

W.'liloyd Allen returned to the Bos­ton University law schooi, Monday, after spending tfae holidays at home. ^ Miss Isabel Hazen, who has been Spending the holidays at her home, returned to her school duties at Lee, first of the week.-

Mrs. E. H. Allen, in company witli her mother, Mrs. M. Michael, started Tuesday for a visit of about a week at the home ot her daughter, Mrs. Daiui B. Somes of Pittsfield.

The old Shirley chapter, D. A. R., is making extensive preparations tor the production of a drama at Odd Fellows' hall, with over flfty young people In the cas t Miss Minnie L. Alien has charge of this event, which will be one of splendor and'merit.

Tho regular meeting of Court Jacque Cartier of . the society T^ssumptlon, was held In S t Anthony's hall, last Sunday aItemo<Hi. Three new mem­bers were Initiated and the officers tor the ensuing yesir were daly Installed. Alpha* L4g6re of Fitchburg and Amos Gionet.of.Lowell with suite installed the. following offlcers:

Amos Olbnet, ehan.; John J. Chnis-Bo'n, pres.; Edward Gionet and Philip tietrer,vlce-prests.; Michael Glonct, nn. «eo^ Sylrestor, Thomas, rec: sec.; Frank X. Oionet, treas.; Joseph Chalsson. ». a.r Sanday.Olcmet.,2d s. a.: Alex. Gionet, William Gionet, Roger Glonct, dtr. •

Those Who attended the lecture .In the Universalist church, last week Sat-urditty afternoon, given by Miss Stella A. Woodward of Fitchburg, wero slm-jily delighted with her talk on "Holi-dto^s and holy days in Euroi>e," and Miss Mabel Hazen, under whose aus­pices the lecture was held, is tp.be cdhgratiilated on the success of her endeavor to help a' worthy young mah with .no financial means of support to obtain &- college education. Miss Hazen netted over fifty dollars.

Miss JSdith L. Conant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin H; Conant start­ed for Chicago last Saturday, to itai* fall charge.of the welfare'depsr^eiit of the Irrge'and well-knownhouw ot Montgomery, Ward & Co Miss Conant is splendidly equipped In every yaf-tlcular for the many andiTaned dutfes ot her new position^ haying boW1i)Of.{-

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tions in clerical • work .and beiiig a graduated nurse from a leading hos­pital, besides having experience ih set­tlement work and endowed by.nature with, a kind disposition; also, being fluent and tactful'ln conversation: It is generally conceded by all that Suc­cess in this iinportant position Islpi-ac-tlcally assured, and that Montgomery^ ^Vard & Co. and Miss Conant arelioth to be congratulated in their sfelection and acceptance, . , .,

. Misses-' Minnie and May Chklsson entertained a tew.ot their friends at, their home, new year's night. Games with vocal and instrumental^ music were the features of entertainment Refreshments were served during the evening, and those present were

Miss Lucy Chalsson. Miss Ella ATsen-aiilt and Miss Frances Gaudet of Ija-(\-rence; Miss Emily Chals.- on fit North Grafton; Miss Clara Gionet, Emma LAri-diY, Katie Perry, Tanis Landry LtSvl Landry. Ell Bolger, Bertie Tatro Har­old.Landry, Emlle Guenette. Wlillo Cor­mier, .-Ubert Gionet, Felix Gionet Peter Perr.v. .

The Christian Endeavor society of the Congregational cburch has elected the following offlcers for the ensuing term: . ••. '

Mrs. Herbert W. McCoy, pres Ship­ley Ricker, v. p.; Miss Mary A Park, rec. sec. and trea.-).; Mrs. Frank Brockel­man, pianist; Andrew Phelps, cornetist

Committees: Lookout. E. H. Conant, Mrs..Rugg. Mrs. Phelps. Sarah Knowles , Grace Adams. Prayer meet ing Mrp Wright, Mra. Collyer. Mrs. Holbroolc Miss Dadmun. Social, Mrs. Holbrook, .Shipley Ricker, Herbert McGoy, EOld Hanna. Inez McMurray. Missionary Mrs. E. H. Conant. Eugene Livermore Leonard Hooper. Mrs. Prank Brockel­man, -'Calling, Mrs. E. L. Harris, Mrs Pomfret, Emma Knowles , Mrs. Brons­don, Eleanor Miner, P lower Maty Park, Arnle Wilbur, Edna Harris, Flora Shepherd. Kussell Miner Ush ers. Leonard Hooper, Stanley Wells Lester James. - V •

Mrs. M. J. Collier of Watertownt.fbr many years a resident bf this,town, fell down stairs recently, whiclii-vw^ a serious affair for one who is eE^ftt^-three years ot age. Mrs. Cblljer^s one of the oldest subscribers o t this paper, and in her letters of a few days ago speaks in the. highest terms of its excellence and that she could not be without i t BT>wlinir.'" - • - - '

The bowling teams have been organ­ized in Shirler consisting o f t h e fol­lowing local howlers:

BurrlU's Team. Day's Team. Latin Allen, E. Gately, W. Gilraartin, O. Slhley, P. Dadmun, C. Stebbins, F. Pierce, F. Mansur, T. Burrill, capt. .M. Day, capt. Hocquard's Team. Collyer's Team.

E. O'.Neill, C. \Vhlte, J. Gately, R. Pomfret, B. Bodah, G. Cook, J. McGinnis, J. Leoi)old, P. Hocquard, capt. H. Collyer, capt.

The first game was played Tuesday evening hetween Collyer's team and Burrill's team. Collyer's team won by taking the first and last strings and also winning the total pinfall by a close margin ot three pins.

The special features ot the game was t!io fast rolling ot Frank Pierce, who stored 120 on the second string and finished with a score of 307. The summary:

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SO 68 90 72 80 92

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229 2BS 250 240 307

414 452 42S 1294

rhnrrh Sprvlc^n. Rev. c. A. Knickerbocker will oc­

cupy tils pulpit at the Universalist church, Sunday m o m i n g , January 9. nt eleven a. m. Regular meeting of the Y. I', S. C. U. In tne vestry nt seven p. m. Subject, "Mission study topic;" leader. .Miss Mildred McNeil.

Hev. A. A. Bronsdon wil l occupy his pvilpit at the Congregatlonnl church. Sunday morning, Jannary 9, at 10.15 a. m. Mr. Bronsdon' wil l a lso preach ngaln In t h e ' e v e n i n g at seven o'clock, the regular^ endeavor meet ing being omitted.

Rev. W. H. 'r>es]ardlns wi l l preach at the Baptis t church, Sunday, January 9, at 10.46 a . ,m. and seven p. m.

HOLLIS, N: H. Abont Town.

Mrs. Flora Ord spent the day in Bos­ton, Monday. •

A new year's dance was given in th^' town, ball on Friday evening. Music was by French's orchestra of Nashua.

F. A.'Jones .was in Boston on Mon­day and Tuesday, ; Matthew M. Jameson wns in Ronton

on Monday.- , Mrs, EUa M; Farley is in Nashua for

a few days'vlslt with friends.

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Prices, $8 .47 , $I0;00, $15.00, $18.00 and 1^20.00

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Prices, $28 .00 $ 3 5 . 0 0 , $50iGb;^nd $60 .00 . FUR COATS—Men's Fur Outside Coats, made from Dog Skin, Calf

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DRIVING COATS—Men's Heavy Driving CoatsJihnade from Montana Buffalo and Astrakan Cloth. They are made with large storm collars, and are wirid p>roof and storm proof.. \"

Prices, $15.00, $18.00 and $20.0b:'';§J^ BOYS' OVERCOATS—We are showing the new modeli in Boys' and

Children's Overcoats. Prices, Ages 3 to 10--$l.g8 to $ 5 0 0 : Ages IQ.to 16—$3,47 to $IO.CO ^zM. SHEEP-LINED COATS--WehaveafuIllirie of Men's Sheepskin-LineJ

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lage life. He has been an active mem­ber of the grange, aerving efficiently as its lecturer, chaplain, and on its com­mittee for entertainment courses for several seasons. He has also been most helpful in the Tadmuck club since its organization. Mr. Marshall resigns to accept the pastorate of the Washington Street Congregational church, Quincy, which Is a much larger field than this. Botb he and Mrs. Mar­shall and the little daughter of tbe par­sonage, who has been the pet of the whole parish, will take with them the heartiest good will and good wishes of the Westford people.

Saturday, .Jantuiry 15, 1910.

W E S T F O R D .

Centre. At the monthly meeting of Edward

M. Abbott hose company No. 1, the sup­per was. in charge of John Feeney, Fred Clement and J. Henry Colburn. Committee appointed for the supper at the next meeting is Alec Fisher, Peter Clement, and W. E. Carkin. The topic uppermost in the minds of those hav­ing nimble feet was the second annual ball of tbe company, which is schedul­ed for the near future.

John R. Draper has been enjoying vacation days with bis old school friend, Leon F. Hildreth.

Frank C. Wright and S. H. Balch, the two R. F. D. carriers, had a well-earned holiday new year's day. Sun­day coming the next day made a two-day's rest which after the Christmas work and the hard traveling from the snow storm must have been particular­ly welcome.

Schools reopened Monday after the winter vacation. Miss Norris, teacher ot ability and experience, takes the place of Miss Babbitt, resigned. .Miss Edith Lawrence did not return this week owing to an attack of tonsilitis.

Fred A. Smith went last week to Lake Weir, Fla., expecting to be gone until the flrst of April. This is the same town where Mr. and -Mrs. A. H. Foss and Mr. and Mrs. Pearl Harmon are located for the winter.

Miss Althea Smith has been spending the Christmas holidays in town.

Mrs. James Spinner is ill at her home with pneumonia and at this writ­ing is quite fairly comfortable.

Rev. Mr. Marshall gave his hearers a talk suitable to the new year, Sunday morning, at the vestry on "making good" in whatever we undertook. He sent out on the flrst of the year cards

y.-'of greetings and good wishes to his parishioners. During the remainder of their stay in our midst, Mrs. Mar­shall will preside at the organ for the morning service.

Elizabeth Wells is the name of tbe little lady who bas come to dwell in the home of Dr. and .Mrs. Wells. Bnnairay.

Late last Thursday afternoon, when S H. Balch, carrier of R. F. D. route No. 2, returned to the postoffice at the center he left his horses standing for a moment unhitched while he went ^nside. The animals were tired and fretted with the severe cold and start­ed for hom;e on their own account, breaking into a gallop down the .Main street. They ran straight by their home driveway, and it was well that they did, for they would probably have had an upset at the pace they were going. They ran for about a mile, and when opposite George Whitney's, Will E. Wright, who was coming from Low­ell with his team, met them. He at once took in the situation and with characteristic dexterity and precision stopped the frightened animals, which is something of a feat where there ure

'two. . Nothing waa broken and the out­fit was safely returned tb its owner.

Tadmuck Club. Owing to the severity of the weather,

Tuesday afternoon, it was but a small group of th emembers of the Tadmuck club who met in Library hall for the flrst meeting of the year. Miss Loker was unable to be present, and -Miss Ella F. Hildreth, the vice-president, presided. The subject for the after­noon was the tirst ot the series on Alaska, this one being "Alaska: top-raphlcal features," Miss Emily F. Fletcher, chairman. .Miss Lawrence, who was to have given a paper, was unable to be present. .Miss Cushing and .Miss Grant gave their respective parts describing the route one would

About Town. Miss Sarah Richardson, who has

been seriously ill with Indigestion at her home at Brookside, is regaining her youthful appetite and other sym-toms of recovery. .Ninety-one years does much for constitutional ability and the skill of Dr. Wells to encour­age.

Wednesday was inauguration day at Boston. Among those present as part of the new state government and as a wise advisory councillor to the go\'^r-nor, was our own well-equipped Hon. Herbert E. Fletcher. If he proves as wise in council for the state as In council to himself in business and so­cial life, those who would disapprove ought to go way back and sit down In the lonesome corner.

Mr. and .Mrs. Eben Prescott an­nounce the engagement of their daugh­ter. Bertha Amelia, to William Henry Benjamin of Watertown.

J. Albro Fletcher, having tired of zero and the frosty gingle of sleigh bells, has hied himself to the sunny and more equatorial clime of the south. When three persons froze to death In sunny Alabama during the last snow blizzard, it is a query wheth­er the change will warm the situation or not.

Preparations are being made at Councillor Fletcher's stone quarry to Install in the spring one of the large sized stone crushers capable of tak­ing In the ordinary derrick scoopful. The one to be discarded, which has been long in use, is a pepper box in comparison to the new one.

Alvin Polley, who has been shortened up in usefulness with rheumatism and other adversities of old age, has tem­porally at least got a walking start of thera, and is out and around the farm­yard barn.

Patrick .McNulty, who perished in a snow blizzard November 17, at Joliet, .Minn., while in the service of the U. S. R. F. D. route, was a cousin of our James H. O'Brien on the Stony Brook road.

The .Molly Varnum chapter of the D. A. R. gave a new year's reception, Tuesday afternoon, to the Lydia Dar-rah and Bay State chapters .at the Spalding house, Lowell. Among those present who assisted in serving were Mrs. Herbert E. Fletcher and Mrs. Es­ther Perry Taylor Snow, both of whom are members of the -Molly Varnum chaper.

The W. C. T. U. met with Mrs. S. L. Taylor, Wednesday afternoon, the pre­sident, Mrs. Frank C. Hildreth, presid­ing, read a letter from Catherine Lente Steveson, who at present is traveling in Australia, giving an account of tem­perance work in that country. The minutes ot the last meeting were read by .Mrs. Emma Day. The company sang the State song with Mrs. Janet Wright as accompanist. Voted to have a food sale January 21 at the home of .Mrs. Emery J. Whitney.

The annual fox hunt is to be held at Bedford, January 10-1.'. Ilarry .\. Fletcher of Graniteville is one of the directors, and Henry A. Fletcher of Oak hill, is a member of the club.

The ".\t home" sentiment met life-size illustration January 1, when the family of -N'else .Nelson moved from West Chelmsford into their cosy bun­galow cottage at Brookside. New bright light.-: and new bright faces add much to the life at the eastern bound­ary of Stony Brook valley and close to the shadows of Brookside mills.

John AVilson Is seriously ill of heart troublf at Coshocton, Ohio, whither he kad gone to attend the funeral of his nephew, Edson Wilson. His nephew w;ui prominent in town and held many ini;ioriant town offices.

.Middlesex North will light up with a farmers' institute at Westford town

a short time age and broke her wrist, and owing to ber advanced age re­covery is doubtful. Dr. W. H. Sher­man is attending her. •

Miss Cecilia .May of Long Island City Is visiting relatives here

Victor' Pigeon, the butcher, who was burned oul In Graniteville a short time ago, has purchased a piece of land from George 0. Jackson on Pleasant street and Intends to build an up-to-date meat market. The land adjoins that of Cameron school.

The Daniel Gage lc« Company com­menced harvesting their ice crop at North Littleton, Thursday. They ex­pect to get through In time to com­mence on Forge pond, Monday morn­ing. The Ice at .North Littleton is seventeen inches thick and of excellent quality. ^

The members of the John Edwards'-hose company of the W. F, D. held the first meeting of the year at the club rooms, Wednesday evening, and elected the following officers for the ensuing year: Richard D. Prescott, capt.; Ed­mund Hunt, 1st lieut.; Edward T. Han­ley, 2d lieut.; George H. Weaver, s e c ; Walter Precious, treas.; William Hunt, stew. After the business meeting was over the following committee was chosen to make arrangements to hold their annual dance: Edward T. Han­ley, gen. man.; James Whigham, J. W. Catchpole, Walter Precious, assts.

A Fierce Combat A well-known resident here was

startled out of his slumbers at 12.45 Sunday night, when he heard terrible moaning as if some one was in mortal agony on the piazza of his home, and the shuffling of many feet as If more than one person was trying to gain admittance. Bang, bang! went the door several times in succession. Jumping out of .bed he hastily don­ned bis clothes, while his better half threw open the window and called out who was tbere. Receiving no answer, but groans, which grew fainter, he thought some one must be dying and decided to go out and investigate. Upon reaching the door, however, imagine bis dlsg;ust when Instead of the prostrate form of a man, he found a flerce cattfight In full progress. Grabbing a dipper of cold water to throw at them, be returned to the door to flnd the disturbers of the peace had already departed. He Is now vow­ing vengeance on all cats that come within easy reaching distance. That the fight was a flerce one was seen the next morning when the door mat was found to be thickly covered with pussy's fur.

take to visit this country. At the close of the program those present enjoyed \ ''all, Wednesday-, January 12. The ad-informally an inspection of the first i <iress in the morning will be given by group of pictures now on exhibition • ^'''orge Albert Drew, whom all West-of scenes In the famous Yosemite v'al-i f^rd once knew. His subject will be ley. At the next meeting, January i.y, i Orcharding." The afternoon will be Principal Woodward of the atad'.tny ; given to variety with a humorous read-will have charge of the program, the er as a basis subject being "The history of .Maska and its inhabitants."

BesIgiuHon. On Sunday, at the Coimrfgational

church Rev. Mr. Marshaii gave his hearers a good sermon based on les­sons of the Christmas tid.-. After the preaching service he ronducted the sacrament of the Lord's supper, and at the close of this members were ask­ed to remain for some Items of busi-

Entertalnment. The Chrisimas concert at the I'ni-

larian church postponed on account of the storm, was held in the veslry, Sunday evening. Christmas and new-year's songs were sung by the Sunday school. Recitations by Master John Fletcher, Bertram Sutherland. Miss Marjorie Seavey, .Miss Lillian Suther­land and .Miss Pauline Dale. Miss Evelyn Hamlin delighted with a solo

ness, and when these were concluded ' on the violin. The Sunday school was L. M. Wheeler, clerk of the church, liberally remembered with gifts, gifts was asked.to take the chair, Mr. Mar- to read, gifts to eat and some tender to sball retiring from the assembly. The I look at. The sick and those limp with following letter which speaks for Itself was then read by the clerk:

.To th* Union ConirreKatlonal Church. Westford.

Dear Friends; It Is nearly Ivo years since you called me to be your pastor. .For all the kindness you have shown to ug I want to thnnk you. These over four years have been happy ones, they

• will live In our memories as we cannot hope any others ever will. Westford must ever be remembered as our flrst home. But I feel that the time has come for me to ask you to release mc from this pastorate on Jan. 3Ist.

For me to KO means not only the breaking of my relationship with the church, but also my citizenship In a, town which I have enjoyed and Into the life'of which I have entered with Rreat pleasure and above all It means a sep­aration from friends we have both learned to know and love.

It Is only the duty thnt I feel thnt I Owe .to the kinirdom thnt makes mo ask that this pastoral tie be broken end that I may be allowed to take up .another work.

Most sincerely yours. CHARLES P. MARSHALL.

age, or shut In from the sunny help fulness of weekly meetings were ten­derly remembered. These outward tokens of good will received a stimu­lant In a few wise words from Rev. Benjamin Bailey, who emphasized the vital utility In Christmas and new-year's. ________^

Forge Tlllnge. Christmas services were held in St.

Andrew's mission, Sunday evening, January 2, and were attended by a large number. Many were present from St. Andrew's church, Ayer. The mission house was beautiful In its dec­orations of laurel, Christmas bells and many flowers, and tbe singing of the festival te deum by tho vested choir was of the. nsual high order. Rev. Thomas L. Fisher conducted tbe ser­vices and held the close attention of the congregation during the sermon.

Tbe teachers df Cameron school are planning to give tbe pupils -a .sleigh ride' in the near future.

Beginning

Monday, Jan'y lOth we offer for sale, for two weeks, the fol lowing goods at

Greatly Reduced Prices

SetUed In California-The many friends of Mr. and Mrs.

W. E. Parsons.will be glad to hear news of them. They have left Rainier, Oregon, where they went the last of November, and are now at Riverside, Calitornia, where they intend to spend the winter. The distance from Ranier, Ore., to Riverside, Cal., is one thou­sand miles.

Mr. and Mrs. Parsons reached there Sunday afternoon, December 18, and are now staying with relatives, but intend to commence housekeeping un­til they return here. Mrs. Parsons writes that sbe can sit at ber window and reach out and pick all the oranges she can eat. The roses are all in bud, but were nipped by the severe frost which the residents there say was the worst in many years. The roads, she states, are of crushed stone aud oiled, which makes traveling a pleasure. She sends greetings to her many friends.

GranltoTille. Ferdinand Pervin, an older brother

of .Mrs. Hyacinth Le Due of this vil­lage, who has been in poor health for several months, fell down slairs on last week Thursday, breaking his right arm in two places and Injuring his collar­bone, besides receiving a severe shak­ing up. Mr. Pervin has made his home with the La Due family for several years, and considering his age, that is seventy-two years, his recent mishap, coupled with his previous Illness, leaves him in a serious condition at present.

On last Saturday, being a holy day of obligation, mass was celebrated in St. Catherine's' church at 7.30 a. m., Rev. J. J. .McNamara being the cele­brant. The mass was largely attended. At the regular 9.45 mass, celebrated In St. Catherine's church on Sunday morning, the pastor. Rev. Edmund T. Schofield, delivered an eloquent ser­mon, appropriate for the new year, which made a deep Impression on the large congregation present.

Many watch meetings were held here on last week Friday night, and those who watched the old year depart an,d the new year come In, passed the time pleasantly with many vocal selections that were nol entirely of a religious character. The custom Is somewhat new to the people here, and If every­thing Is all right at the next new year. It Is thought that the chorus will be augmented by several new voices.

The regular meeting of Court Gran­iteville, F. of A., was held In their rooms on Thursday night. Considera­ble business of Importance was trans­acted, and all the newly-elected officers duly Installed for the ensuing term by R. J. McCarthy, D. G. C. R.

All the schools opened up here'at the usual time on Monday morning, and the children returned much refreshed after their brief vacation.

It was voted to accept this reslgna-tloii with much regret. Mr. Marshall .. , . r ^ « ,

;. Kas made many warm friends among I Mr. and Mrs. John Daly welcomed -•hta church people and In the commuhl- a Httle daughter.at tbeir home, Tbursr

. ty, entering Into their lore and sorrows day, December 30. '^-itdtb a genuineness and sincerity wiblch I Mrs. Courtney, inother of Mrs. O. E.

ZiZtiWl always be cherished He also bad Mountain, is at this writing critically ''~i^0 energy and ability to identify him-j ill at the home of her daughter Mrs. •'"Jieit with tbe Iftrger wflUare of the vII- Courtney fell on t^e railroad crossing

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A Few Pre.sent Many people from thc village went

up to Forge Village pond on last Sunday In the hopes of witnessing a trial of speed between several of the fast horses In this vicinity.. A few of tho "speeders" were present with their drivers, but the surface of tbe pond was In such a slushy condition that it was thought advisable to call it off for the time being. Foreman William Leahy, who has charge of tbo Icebotises at the pond, said although that tbe Icc was in poor condition for speeding horses, it was tn excellent condition for cutting, for they bad twelve Inches ot good solid Ice tbere, aiid all tbat was needed was just one nligbt of freezing after the thaw of Sunday and every­thing would be In readiness for har­vesting the annual crop. It la thought tbat the work of cutting will commence (his week, either at Spectacle or Forge Village ponds, botb of whicb are -very near together.. • . .

The new temlnai station of tlie Pennsylvania railroad in New York bs* sixteen mlleci of track*

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Begalar Kow Faney Detjorated Vase Lamps, wi th

globe, all complete $3.50 $1.50 Rayo Lamps, nickel bowl, -svhite shade 1.50 1.00 H a n d Lamps , large size 65 .40 Hand Lamps, small size 35 .25 " G l o w " Night Lamps 25 .15 Brass Lanterns 90 .40 Lamp Shades , decorated 1.75 .75 Lamp Shades , plain 1.00 .50

W A T E R S E T S . Large Pitcher, 6 glasses and trays .$1.50 $1.00

W I N E . S E T S . Decanter , 6 glasses and tray ..$1.50 $1.00

T O I L E T S E T S . Blue and Brown Figure $2.85 $1.25

L A D I E S ' TOILET SETS. Comb, Brush and Mirror $1.45 .90

C H I L D E E N ' S SETS. 3 Knives and Forks 25 .10

CHINA. 3 Old Fashioned Blue Pitchers (Im­

ported) 1.75 .90 5 Doz. Creamers 25 .10 C r a c k e r B o w l s . 68 .30

B R E A B A N D M I L E S E T S . Bowl, P i tcher and Plate 28 .15

SLEDS, GO CARTS, DOLLS, ETC. Girls' S l eds . ,$2.25 $1,50 Girls' Sleds 1.50 1.00 Girls' S leds l!00 .50 Girls' S leds 95 .45 Girls' Go Carts 1.00 .50 Girls' Skates 1.25 . .90 Girls' Dol l s 1.00 .50 Girls' D o l l s . . .- .50 .25 B o y s ' S leds 3..50 2.50 B o y s ' S leds 85 .60 B o y s ' Skates 75 .50 Hockey St icks 25, .15, .10 .05 Express "Wagons ] .00 .70 Expre.ss W a g o n s 90 .50 Children's Bank.s 25 .10

• OIL STOVES. .'3 Burner $] .85 $1.25 2 Burner ] . ]5 ,75 1 Burner 55 .35 Oil .Stove Ovens ].25 .50

B A S K E T S . Clothes, obloni: $1.25 .90 Clothes, round .50 .35 16 Qts.. round 42 .30 12 Qts 35 .25

B L U E A N D W H I T E E N A M E L E D S T E E L W A R E ,

Warranted.

6 Qt. Prineoss Kett le . . .'. 75 .50 3 Qt. Coffee Pot 75 .50 8 Qt. Preserve Kettles 75 .50 8 Qt. Windsor Kettles T. . ^90 .50 10 Qt. Wind.sor Kettli's 1.00 .50 6 Qt. Princess Sauci' ]',ins 75 .50 12 Qt. Water Pails 1.00 .50 Tea Ket t l e s 1.25 .50 Galvanized Wasli Tuhs 90 .50 Galvanized Coal II.i.ls 35 .25

Kegular Now Galvanized Pai l s .35 .25 Galvanized Ash Barrels 2.25 1.50 Galvanized Ash Sifters 3.75 2.50 Galvanized Oil Cans, 5 gals 1.00 .75 Galvanized Oil Cans, 1 gal 30 .20 Galvanized Foot Tubs 55 .30 Up-to-Date W a s h i n g Machines 8.95 7.00 Majestic W a s h i n g Machines 6.50 5.00 Boilers, copper bot tom. 1.90 1.00 Dinner Pa i l s ; 25 ,15 Dinner B o x e s .25 .15 Dinner Baske t s .48 - .40 Dinner Baske t s 42 .30

F O L D I N G CLOTHES DR"7ERS. 14 A r m s .98 .65 7 Arms ; l o ,05

A D J U S T A B L E I R O N I N G B O A R D S . 14 Inch $1.25 .85 Sleeve Boards .35 .15

B R U S H ® : . Hoof Brushes . - 25 .15 Cattle Q^rds. . l o .05 Curry Combs .20 ,10 Tie Ropes 25 .15 Dust Brushes .33 .25 Shoe Brushes 25 .15 Clothes Brushes .1.5 .10 Shav ing Brushes . 25 .15 Shav ing Brushes , .10 .05 Hair Brushes 10 .05 Combs, rubber 10 .05 Combs, F ine 10 .05 Combs, B a b y ' s 25 ,15 Shoe M a k e r s ' Kits , consist ing of jack,

lasts , knives , hammer, awl, etc 60 .25 Shoe S h i n i n g B o x e s 50 .15 Handled A x e s 95 .65 Axes 1.00 .50 Axes .55 .35 Hatchets 3,5 ,26 Hammers .35 ,25

M I S C E L L A N E O U S . Flat Irons, three in a set $1.50 $1.00 Flat Iron Handles 10 .05 Carpenters' Aprons 35 .20 Bread Steamers ,55 .25 Water Kett les 38 .15 Toasters 10 .05 Cake Turners 10 .05 Iron Mix ing Spoons 12 .05 Wash Bas ins .14 .10 Spiders 25 .15 2 Qt. Jl i lk Cans 30 .15 Shaker Husk JIats .50 .40 Chair Seats j o .05 Savory Roasters 1.35 ,90 Kitehen S a w s . 35 .25 Knife Sharpeners 15 .10 .Japanned Dust Pans ]0 .05 Carpet Beaters 3.'3 .20 Dry Mops 3.3 .25

Rotary Flour Sieves 25 .10

Blue and Whi te Cuspidors 20 .10 Japanese Umbrella Stands 2.50 1.00 .Jardieniers, large 2.25 1.00 Fancy Cups and Saucers 25 .10 Shaving Mugs 25 .10 Cake Plates 25 .10

All of the above-ment ioned goods on hand, and Must Be Sold.

P. DONLON & CO,, Ayer, Mass. BOXBOROUGH.

News Items. Priday evening, January 14, the offl­

cers of Boxborougb grange nre to be Installed by .Mrs. Mabel Thompson of Hopkinton, assisted hy Mrs. .Maria Gilmore ofvWestborough.

New year's night quite a large num­ber of friends accepted the invitation given by tbe sons and daughter of Lewis Richardson to call and give Mr. and Mrs. Richardson a sort of sur­prise on the tenth anniversary of their marriage. The evening was spent In a social way, retrcshmenU of Ice cream, cake and fruit being served. Many souvenirs of tin were left.by tbe guests who all united in wishing tbe couple many happy re­turns of tbe day.

Mrs. Shattuck and children spent last "week In 'Worcester. ' MisB Florence Moore was the guest of Miss ^ a r y Nelson during a part of the. hplldaya. •

Nelson Cobleigh is quite sick. Dr. Task^r Is In attendance. ^

Wilton, B. Hager and friend were at hl« father's over Sunday.

MUs 'Waterman Is visiting in Provi-dsooe, '

Cards have been received announc­ing the marriage of MIsb Helen 'V. Mason to Henry B; Rus.ieirof Suflleld, Conn., Jan. 1. Many will remember Miss Mason, who was a popular teacher at No..3 about ten years ago.' From here sbe went to tbe JLittleton primary school, .tben to Newton, wbere she bas been ever since. Mr. and Mrs. Russell are to live In Suffield.

At the annual parish meeting, 'Wed­nesday aftemoon, A. W. Wetherbee, who has served as treasurer for a great many years, resigned and S. B. Hager was elected in bis place. Mr. Wetherbee still retains bis place as clerk,

R. Y. Nelson was chosen on the church comiuIttee> In place of S. B. Hager.

BMward Donglas is to occupy the tenement vacated by Mr. Smith.

Miss May Hasting^ spent part of ber Christmas vacation with Mrs. Page.

SllTCr Weddlntr. With' the. mercury registering ser­

eral degrees }»loW zero In the morn­ing and flirting with. It' all .day, tbe grouiid covered idth iiiiow, the wind blowing a-gale and heaping it In drifu, December SO, 1)KI9, was in marked contTMt 49 2}««fUbar VX, 1884, vhen

Albert Littlefield of Boxborougb and Jennie A. Hiemenway of Framingham were united in marriage at the bome of the bride. Then doors and win­dows were thrown wide and open, and­the south wind felt like June.

That the weather does not keep country people at bome was shown by the large number who gathered at the Littlefield homestead, last Thursday afternoon and evening, to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the host and hostess.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Hemen­way, father and mother of Mrs. Llt-i-tlefleld, assisted In receiving.

Guests'wierd present from Concord, Medford, Framingham, Acton and Lit­tleton, as well as Boxborougb.

Many tokens of regaM In tho shape of sllvei', china, cut glasa, books, pic­tures, gold and silver coins, were re-ceived. " . .

Ifew Adrertbements.'

Wood and Lumber __Am In tho market to buy standlnK 'Wood or. Lumber Lots. 'Will pay higb­eit Cash.PHce. t tU • O. M. BAI.I,Oir. Sklrler. Maaa.

POR SALE. — A Good One-Hone Pung, also Extra Good Hor«c J R. HAWKES, Qroton. Mass. Itl?*

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The S u p e ­rior Quality of Napole­on Fiour. AKD WHY IT IS RECOGNIZED AS THE BEST ON THE MAU-KET TO-DAY BY THE MOST EXACTING HOUSEWIFE. AVE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE YOU TKY ONE BAG AND COM­PARE IT WITH WHAT YOU ARE USING.

Mul l in B r o s Ayer, Mass.

Edwin N. C. Barnes Yolee and Publ ic Schoo l JInsIc, Sym­

phony Chambers , Boston. Chollfoux Bui lding, Lowe l l , Mondays.

Training of Supervisors and Grade Teachers In Public School Music. 'The course Includes the work of the Tonic Sol-fa College, London, E!iK.,.ihe Amer­ican rnstltutc and observation work In the principal cit ies of America.

CUSTOMERS WAITING From Joseph Breck &.Sons, Real Es­

tate AKency. and from my own efforts new inriuirers and farm hunters are still coming almost dally in spite of winter being near.

So lontf a.s snow keeps off there is a good chance that I can sell your place, if it Is attractive and the price right. 324 different inquirers since March 1, some of whom are stil l wai t ing for me to find tlie right i>lace and price for them. \Vhat liave you to offer? Offers on five places now under consideration.

Who wants an apple farm bargain for $3500 with good buildings that has sup­ported a family and cleared $2800 in the last 4 years? Spoak quickly!

Do 1 »u want a fine dairy farm. 1 mile to depot, tax rate $9, Ii. F. D., trout brook, pond, wood, running water, slate

.roofs, free from stone, level, complete •with hay, tools, wagon.s, sleds. 16 head stock, 2 fine horses, etc., etc., for $4000, one-half cash?

KDAVAIID H. ni .ISS, "The HllUIdc" [•tone 3C-3. , Ayer, Maim.

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No job too large or too small for me to handle.

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My equipment for handl ing Posters of every variety Is one of the best In New England, hav ing a large stock of Wood Type , Borders , e tc .

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COJIMONWEALTH OP MASSACHU­SETU 3. Middlesex as. Probate Court. . To the noxt ot kin, and all nersons

Interested tn the es tate of F R E D DOB­SON ot Ayor, In said County of Middle­sex, an Insane person.

•WhtteaB, JOHN M. MALONBT, guardian o t s a i d ' Insane person, has presented.his pet i t ion tor authority to lease tor a term o t years . cer ta in real estate therein specified of his ward at a\rental therein speclfled or~upon such terms as may be adjudged b e s t

Tou are hereby cited to appear at' a Probate Court, to be held at CambrldRe, In said County ot Middlesex; on tlie

. tenth day of January, A. D, 1910, at nine o'clock In the forenoon, to show cause. It any you haVe, w h y the same

' should ao t ne irranted. ^ And said petit ioner Is ordereid to

serve this citat ion by publishing the. same once In each week , for three suc­cessive weeks , in Turner's Publio Spirit,

. a. newspaper published In Ayer, the last publication to be one day, a t least ,

.before said Court. vritness , Charles J.'Mclntlre. Ssqulre ,

First Judgr* of . sa ld .Court . this twenty-second day of December tn the year one thousand nine hundred and nine.

I t l 5 W. E. ROOEBS, Register.

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Nathanie l Wentworth, Charles Clark and F r a n k Brown, Bah and g a m e com­m i s s i o n e r s , held a bear ing a t the s e ­l ec tmen ' s room, Tuesday, December 28, and decided to c lose L a k e Potanlpo for Ice flshing for an Indefinite period, in order to protect the Ice crop.

Ro l lo Austin and family have moved to MUford.

Leroy Putnam has purchased , tho Levi P u t n a m homestead at Milford and will move there.

E r n e s t W. Nye and daughters , Doris and Ruth , ot Sandown, were n e w year's g u e s t s of .Mr. and Mrs. George H. Nye .

The Christmas concert, which w a s pos tponed at the .Methodist church, wil l be presented Suuday evening, January 9. .

Parker Webber and family have moved to the I. .M. WillUuns' home­stead.

E d w a r d P. Gerrish was remembered by his m a n y friends on hia birthday wi th a large shower of postal cards.

F. B. Rockwood and wife . Miss Ma­bel Rockwood, Stanley Rockwood, S t e p h e n Marshall , Norman Spencer, E l i zabeth Wilklnsv Vince l la Wright, Nina Bra ley and Alton Jensen , united with t h e Congregational church last Sunday.

Miss Helen Pratt, George Freeman, George Stanley and George Fagan united wi th the Methodist church last Sunday.

Miss Kathleen O'Herne of Leomin­ster a n d Miss Myrtle Eddy of Nashua have been guests of Mrs. L. P. Pea­body at the Elmwood.

Alpha Hall and family a r e at the home of Mrs. J. A. HaU for the win­ter.

Se l ec tmen Harry .Marshall and. Geo. L. Dodge were al .Manchester, Monday, on t o w n business.

Mr. and .Mrs. Harry C. Gilson of T o w n s e n d were holiday g u e s t s of -Mrs. Clinton D. Gilson and son.

Wal ter E. Corey and sons, Lawrence and Walter E., Jr., have heen ill wi th a s e v e r e attack oC grippe.

J lrs . Hattie Sti les , Miss Josephine Seaver and .Mrs. William Ladd Dodge are detained at home wiili the prevail­ing co lds .

Mrs. H. Arthur Brown presided at the o r g a n at the .Methodist ol'.urch last Sunday.

Mrs. Josephine Sti les will sjiend part of the winter at Nashua with her daughter . Miss .Marion St i les .

Mr. and Jlrs. Arthur A. Goss at­tended the Pomona grange meeting at J lerr imac, Wednesday.

E d w a r d J. Farnsworth has been suc­cessful in recovering the horse wliicli v/as recent ly stolen from his harn. It w a s found at Waltham and the gui l ty party arrested.

Jlr. and Jlrs . Will Shattuck and litt le daughter, Thelma, of Reed's Fer -r.v, have been recent g u e s t s of Jlr. and Jlrs. H e n r y Shattuck.

Rev. Warren L. Noyes wil l com­mence a series of six s ermons on the four g o s p e l s , Sunday, January 9, at the Congregational church.

Henry Shattuck, WUl Shattuck, Arthur A. Goss, Herbert Corey and son Harry , enjoyed a fishing trip to Lake Potanlpo. Jlagter Harry captur­ed the first fish, a handsome three-pound pickerel . Will Shattuck also caught a pickerel from the same hole tliat t ipped the sca les at three pounds.

A party of young people watched the old year out at the home ot .Mr. and Jlrs. Horace Randall.

Jlrs . P. J. Randall s l ipped on the ice and fell Saturday, severely injur­ing her back.

Edward C. Tucker has been reap­pointed agent to issue hunters' li­c e n s e s for- the ensuing year.

Born, December 18, a daughter to -Mr. and Jlrs. Clarence G. Frost .

KollcnlL The annual church meet ing and roll­

call ot the Congregational church took place, Thursday, December 30. An ex­ce l lent dinner w a s served under the superv i s ion of Mrs. Helen M. Hall, about s i x t y partaking. The Congrega­tional brotherhood served a ten-cent supper, and in the evening Rev. C. F. Robinson of Milford gave an intense­ly in teres t ing address re lat ive to the brotherhood. The foUowing officers were e l ec ted:

Miss Marlon A. Stiles, clerk an-l ti-oas.; Miss Helen M. Hall. asst . clerk and treas-: Dr. C. H. Holcombe, deacon for two years; Miss Myrtle I.,. Shattuck. Perley L. Pierce, prudential com.; Mrs, Nancy J. Daniels. Sunday school supt : Harry M. Hall, s e c : William S. Brown, treas.; Edward R. Pierce, lib.; Mr. am! Mrs. Per ley L. Pierce. Mr. and Mrs. Luther Lawrence, Mr. and Mrs. William Hall, Fred A. Hall, social com.; Mrp. Emma Valedge, chorister.

A larger amount w a s pledged for m i s s i o n s for the ensuing year .

"Voted, to make changes in the church creed and committee appointed

J londay, January 3, the annual meet­ing of the Congregational soc ie ty was held. T h e ofiicers for the ensuing year a r e :

Arthur A. Goss, mod.; Dr. C. H. Hol­combe, clerk.: Perley L. Pierce. Arthur A. Goss, Chester B. Valedgre. .atam!. com.; Wil l iam H. Hall, treas.; Kdward P. .Gerrish, asst. treas.; William S Brown, Perley L. Pierce, audlt<)rs: Frank E. Gilman, Edward R. Plerop. ushers.

T h e annual meet ing of the toadies' Aid s o c i e t y w a s held, Monday, and the f o l l o w i n g offlcers e lected:

Mrs. Helen M. HaH,. prcs.; Mrs. Km­ma "ValedKe, vice-precr,; Mm. Nancy J. Daniels , 8ec;'Mr8^M. L. Brown, treas.; Mrs. Per ley L.''Pl«rce, Ist mnn.; Mrs. Helen M. Lawrehce, 2'd man.: Mrs. Mary Noyes, 3d man.; Mrs. Mary Gerrish. 4th man.

UTTIEipN. ISotn I t e m s .

Under t h e Backlog auspices the an­nual w h i s t party will be held, T h u r s ­day even ing , January 13, at the bonle of Mr. a n d Mrs, F. C. Hartwel l .

Mrs. Hat t i e Quffrey, pros.: Mrs. Alice Kimball,' 1st vice-pres.; Mrs. Edna .Davis, -Zd vice-pros.: Miss Elizabeth Thacher, s e c ; Mrs. Adallne Knowlton. treas; .

Bnttei^mtlk Is good, e spec ia l ly i n fever , a s an article of diet. A cup of f r e s h hnttermllk every .day, , I t l a . sa ld . Is a,'^arA 'cure for liver c p m p l a l n i

C^biyaga Is made digest ible by . f irst s l i c i n g and then heat ing In bQllHi]^ w a t e r , ^ t h a pinch of s o d a - s n d s o m e sa l t , a n d boi l ing Just flfteen minutes .

§&miy^ h ual Saie of -\ rimme

All Trimmed and Untr immed Velvet and Felt Hats at ONE-HALF PRICE.

GEO. L DAVIS. Ayer. Mass.

A WAG has said that married men are divided into two classes— those who put in all their coal at once and those who buy a ton at a time.

It doesn't make any difference which class YOU belong to, the TELEPHONE is your purchasing agent. It saves you delays, steps and trouble, and meets any emergency that can arise.

To the COAL DEALER, the telephone is indispensable. It keeps him in constant touch with both ends of the track,—the sources of supply and of demand,—for the Bell Long Distance lines cover the country. ;

New England Telephone andTelegraph Company EVERY BELL TELEPHONE IS THE CEXTRE OF THE

SYSTEM

Globe Special Mountings Toric Lenses

G. H. Bullock Optometrist ^ Optician

R. R. S q u a r e , East Peppere l l , M a s s .

A HOLLIS, N . ^ ; XeiTs I t e m s . ' .• ,,

The Hol l i s Evangel ical society met in the vestry , Tuesday afternoon, for Its annual bus iness . M. J. Powers w a s elected moderator for the sess ion. W. P. Farley was re-elected clerk; .Miss U M. Stratton, treasurer; Hon. Frank­lin Worcester , .Miss Emma Van Dyke aud Will is C. Hardy, committee for the ensuing year. It w a s voted this com­mittee he the one to serve with the committee elected by the church for tlie iniproveiueni of the clmrch edi­fice. This committee was authorized to consult with the town regarding co-oi)erutiiig iu the repairing, as the town a!.so own part of the building. Also voted the building be insured.

The Ladies' Heading and Charita­ble .society met with .Mrs. .\. L. Ilar-d.v, Thursday afternoon, and tea was served.

.Mrs. P. Riley, wlio was so seriously iil last week with piieurnonia lliat fears wore entertained for her recovery, is improving and is l ikely to get well,

A' last Sunday's churcli service .Nlrs. Jennie W. Parker and her three daugh­ters, Genevieve, Hazel and .Marjorie, were received into the church on con­fession of faith.

The Y. P. S. C. E. lias raised money enough to purchase chairs for the vestry, instead of the settees wliich have been in use so long. The Evan­gelical society have donated the se t tees to tlie Endeavor society, who will se l l theni.

The Holl is grange installed its ofli­cers for ensuing year, Tuesday eve­ning.

UTTLETOBT.

. ibout Town. At the annual parish meet ings of tli"

L'nitarian society the old officers wer,-nearly all re-elected. Parish conniiit tee, P. B. Priest, J. M. Hartw<Hl, W H. Titcom'b; clerk, . \ . H. Whitcomb; .1. W. Ireland having served se\'eral yeitrs as coi lecter and treasurer, declined a j-e-plQiCtion,- and D, G. Houghton was unanimously chosen.

Edward Stone', wlio has faithfuiiv served, a s treasurer of the rnituriaii Sunday school, resigned the po.sition, and Roland Houghton wtia thosen in his place.

Last Sunday Rev. P. G. Eavor read his resignation as pastor of the Orthodox eiiurch here, to take elTect I-'ebruary 1.

There will be a reunion temperance rally meet ing, Sunday evening, in the Unitarian church. A sjieaker from the Boston no-l icense leaj,'ue has been promised to address tlie meeting.

At the annual meeting of the King's Daughters' circle the fol lowing offl cers were elected:

>'ew AdTertisements.

A R E YOU S A T I S F I E D WITH YOUR STOMACH?

Do you want a better one—one that woat belch gu, or turn sour, or feel beavy bx make jroa feel miierable?

MI'O'HA Cures Ind iges t ion

It relieves ttomsch distress b five minutes. It turns old, unsatisfactory, rebellious stomachs into new oces, ever tczdy to digest tbe beatti* est meal.

W o guarantee Mi-o-na tab­lets to cure stomach disease. Money bach if they faib

50 Cents a Large Bos

WM. BEOWN, Ayer, Mass.

Oculist Prescr ipt ions filled. Open W e d n e s ­day a n d S a t u r d a y Evenings. ,Will call a t your res idence on request . Tel; 12-3.

Every Sa turday Evening

BIOGRAPH

Pictures Page Hall, Ayer

Marion Valentine of LoWjeW, who sang so acceptably Christmas Night, will be a regular feature hereafter. Gome, and hear the latest Illustrated Songs Sling by a Fine Singer.

CO.MMON\VE.\LTH OF M.\SS.\CHU-SKTT.S. Middle.scx fis. Probate Court.

To the devisees under the will and all other persons Interested in tlie es­tate of FLORA M. HARTWELL. late of Shirley, In said County, deceased, and to the Treasurer and Receiver General of said Commonwealth,

Whereas. FRKl)i:RICK W. DALLIX-GER, administrator with the will an­nexed, of the estate of said deceased, has presented to saiil Court his petition for l icense to set] at private sale, In accordance with the offer nained In said petition, or upon .' uch terms as may be adjudged best, the whole of a certain parcel of the real estate of said deceas­ed for the payment of debts, and charges of administration, and for other reasons set forth in said petition.

You are hereby cited to appear, at a Probate Court, to be held at Cambridge, fn said County, bn the twenty-fourth (lay of January. A. I). HilO. at nine o'clock In the forenoon, to show cause. if any you have, why the same should not be granted.

And said petitioner is ordered to rve this citation by deliverinj? a copy

thereof to each person Interested In the state fourteen days, at least, before aid Court, or by publlshlnB thc same nee In each week for three successive

weeks.in Turner's Public Spirit, a news-l>aper published In Ayer. the last pub-• ication to be one day, at least, before said Court, and Is further directed to deliver to the Treasurer and Receiver General of said Commonwealth a copy of said citation fourteen days at least before said Court.

Witness, Charles J. Mclntlre. Esquire, First Judge of said Court, this third day ot January, In tho year one thou­sand nine hundred and ten.

3tl7 W. E. ROGERS, Register.

To the H o n o m b l e Board of Selectmen of the T o w n of A y e r ;

The Lowel l and Fitchburg Street Hal lway Company respectfully, petl t ion your honorable board for permis­s ion to transport a s common carriers newspapers , baggage , express matter and freight upon any and all parts of i ts l ine wi th ia the l imits of said Town of Ayer, In accordance with the pro­v is ions of Chapter 402 ot the .Acts ot the year 1907,

Lowel l and Fitchburg Street Rai lway Co,

By D. C. Parsons , Attorney.

Ayer , Dec . .20, 1909. Upon t h e - t b r e g o i n g petition It i s

ORDBRED, tbat .a public hearing be given itk t h e Selectmeti'8 Room In t h e Town Hal l , on Monday, Jttnostty 17, 1910, a t 7.S0 o'clock p . n . ( and that t h e petitioner' g ive public notice thereof by publ i shing an at tested copy o t said petition and th i s order thereon in Tur­ner's Puhl ie Spiri t and the Ayer N e w s , newspapers publ ished In said Ayer, fourteen days , at least , betore the date o t said hear ing

Edward A. Richardson. F r a n k s Pierce , John M Maloney,

S e l e c t m e n o t Ayer. A copy of petit ion abd order t b p r ^ ? .

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THE LARGEST MAKER AND RETAILER OF MEN'S FINE SHOES IN THE WORLD.

„ •SUPERIOR TO OTHER MAKES." ' I have worn W. L. DouKlas »hoes for tho

past iix years, and always find they aro far superior toall other high srade shoes in stylo, comfort and durability." W. O. dONES,

It I IJ "i'' Mo>«>rd Ave., Uticd.W. Y. It I could take you into my large fac­

tories at Brockton, N^aas., and show you h o w carefully W. L. Douglas shoes are made, you would realize w h y they hold their shape, fit better, wear longer, aod are of greater value than any other make. <^\ i v r i o x - s « ti,at W. 1., DousiM name atij pnee Uft.ninpwl on the botloMi. Xiike .%» Hiii..iliiiie;

II your di..-vlcr caiii.ol rtl you Willi \V.I_I)ou>rlnsHiof,, wnle for JIail Order Cilaloa. W.I.DonuIij, IJioctw^ ^""»- FOR SAXE BT

G E O . H . B E O W N , A y e r M a s s .

PROTECT YOUR, THROAT I t i s one of the most delicate parts of your body and should be carefully guarded in the severe winter months. Many dangerous diseases attack the throat directly, and an inilamed throat lays you open to ali kinds of illnt-ss. You ought to stop a sore throat as soon as you get it, and the best way . to do this is with

Throat Gare:le It reduces inflammation, takes down swelling, and you can depend upon it to stop your sore throat. Nb disease germs can possibly lurk in your throat after you have used it.

Every family should i ave a bott'e of this great saie-g-jarj and curo ain-ays on hand.

P r i c e s a C e n t s .

BROWN'S The Prescription Drug-

Store , Ayer, Mass-

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Call on or Address , GEORGE H. B. T U B N E B , A T X B .

MOBTGAGEE'S SALE OF

REAL ESTATE IX SHIRLEY, MASS.

B y virtue of a power of sale , con­ta ined In a certain mortgage deed giv­en by Melina Des CotJaux t o Theophile Lambert , .which said mortgage i s dated the fourteenth day of October, A. D . 190S, and recorded wi th Middlesex South District Regis try ot Deeds , Book 3397, Page 465, and for breach of the condit ions contained there in , and for the purpose Ot forec los ing the same, w i n be sold by public auct ion on the premises hereinafter described, ^In Shir ley , aforesaid, o n SatnrdAf, t k e Fifth dajr of F e b m a r y , 1910, a t t w o ' o'clock In the afternoon, all saA^ s ingular the premises described i n andr conveyed by said mortgage deed, tO' w i t :

"A certain tract of land 'wlt^ the 'buildings thereon, s i tuate . tn sa id Shir­ley , o n the norther lr s ide of Fredonian Street , and bounded.: B e g i n n i n g at a s take and s tones o n sa id Fredonian Stree t ; thence South 6 8 ^ ° S a s t 70 feet a l o n g said F r e d o n l a a Street t o a pos t at a c o m e r ot'&'Bt'reet; thence on said: s treet North 1 8 ^ ^ B a s t 105 feet i a . I a n d of Nelson B r a s s e a u ; thence North 68%° W e s t 70 feet o h said Bras ­s e a u l a n d ; thence South 18%* Weat 105 fee t o n said B r a i s e a u land t o the point o f beginning. Conta in ing-seven tboU' s a n d three hundred fifty (7850) f ^ e t "

T h e above described p r « n I s M wi l l b e so ld subject to any Unpaid taxes ^ or l i e n s > .• »

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• ' f ^ V * ' * ! r ' ^ . ' S r S J " " * ' " •»" ' ^"^ was stored thirty years, flnally brbught Townsend''• i V t ^ e . forenoon;' :*i>aper,i- Mrs. Clarence E ! Streeter Is-iiiftrlnB " ''•''' ZA^yTf'" '• '"' yy':'''' t •' "'-Z .••..•:Z.,y.. v Z zZ .;•;:' '• . •.:• 7.\.y'. ' MlUi ' .H.-Toiaeirr 'PubUiher : aad Pro-..,- >»rletar .

: Adverttslngr rates reasonable and fur-nlsbed on application.

. I t e m s of local interest are solicited. and* must always be accompanied by the name ot the writer, not for publica­tion, but as a eruarantce ot fjrood faitb, and vrlll alwaya he considered strictly OOnfldential. Kindly tnall Items soon after tbe day of occurrence, and do not wait unnecessarily.

^The dally labors ot the Bee, Awake my soul to industry; Who can observe tbe careful Ant, And not provide for future want?"

Saturday, January 8, 1910.

The circulation of our nine papers Is> ten times larger than iibut of auy other paper, circulating In the nine towns.

was stored thirty years, flnally brought to this state and hangs over tho Q. A. R. holl in Marlborough.

Thomas Gilson, the only survivor ot the "Old Sixth" in Groton, told of the medals to be awarded the last surviv­ors of that historic regiment, one hun­dred in number, for being the flrst to take up arms in defence of their country. Interestiug remarlis were made by Mr. Carneil, pastor of the Baptist church.

The corps received many compli­ments for the elllciency of their worlt, especially the Installing oflicer, .Mrs. Parkhurst . At the close of the e.xer­cises ail retired to the banquet hall and partook of a bountiful supper, prepared by the W. R. C. The day's

I entertainment closed with ali joining in singing patriotic songs.

OftOTOS.

Townsend In t h e . forenoon; paper,] Mrs. Clarence E. Streeter Is iiarlnK "The hou8e.fly,".Jttr8, Grace Bradshaw, ' for Mrs. H. L. Stickney,, who Is atlll Ayer; paper, ' T h e Roosevelt Jdaa , ! ; I aulte seriously il l , a t her ho;ne, and .Mrs. Alice Sterling.:X,unenburg;. 5 p e ^ - Miss Marlon Kellogg Is assisting in. er, C. O. Bailey,, secretary of, s t a t e ! the home. Her. "daughter, Miss Gladys board of forestry. 'Subject , "TheVpftra-1 Rawson, who has been conflned to her sites that will save o i t r l ru l t and-shade home for several weeks by Illness Is trees." Recitations and music. Open improving. . ' to the public at 1.30 p^ m. I woitoi- VI'IIHO.. t,.a. nr j

Grotc,,; i^ngiue and.,Jlose Co. No. 1 f o r ' s r o n ' ^ ' ^ r C a m b S r ^ w r r e ' S f will hod their t w e l t h annual conpert ' jg serving on the Jury, and bail in tuwn h a l , Prid&y _evenlng, , , , „ , ° „ , _ ' y

Groton Historical Socleti The annual meetiug of the Grotou lotte Robbins, .Mrs. n. Bowles. Mrs.-. W,

HiRtorlcnl ^nciefv wsm lipid nn TIIPK- '•• Whitehill, Mrs. J. Hawkes. Mrs. C. rtistoricai societ.v was. "eia ou tues , nickford. ex. com.; .Mrs. E. M. Need-day evening, January 4. The mem-|i,. , ,„, .^r.,. c. K. isiBelow, Mrs. Qeorge bers flrst assembled In lower town i). Blood, nom, com. ; hall, but accepting the hospitable lu-l A flshing party among whom were vltation of .Miss Boutweli, adjourned A. L. Ames, Jr., Joe Bateman and Geo.

pleasant residence, where a Tuttle, caught thirty-seven good-sized

Miss Helen Troupe ot Quincy has been a recent visitor at the home of Dr. and .Mrs, Ely.

.Mrs. Ford Reed spent Sunday at her home ' here, re turning to Bostou the flrst of the week.

Miss Agnes Thompson has finished .. ber work as clerk at I. P. Sherwin's

F. A. Shei-whi, c, H. Woods, vice-prea.;. Store, and is visiting friends and rei-Miss I., w. '•=""'•• -"'<'"^;^*"g»uN^ig'/f atives in Boston and vicinity.

January 14. .Music by Nev^rs' Second Regiment orciiestra of Cohqord, N. H.

The Village improvement sgJBlety met with .Miss t;. A. Boutweli, Tues ­day afternoon. January 4. The follow­ing olhcers were cliosen for the ensu­ing year:

Mrs. KiiKtne F. .NiUtInK, pres.; Mrs

GH.03 T U R N E R C c s o N 'ATJBR.MASS.

M. Ulcliaids. see ; Miss G. A. BoutWe: uud.; MIS. Fred \V. ^lunsur, MIsB Cha

Lawrence Academy >'otes. The Chinese students at the Acad­

emy have, with the consent of the principal, formed a club to be known : in"~ha as The Chinese ,«t"<lentB club of uome-lIke business meeting was eu-1 pickerel through the ice at Cow pond. Lawrence academy. It holds its meet- j . g d with a pleasant soclal inter- ' fast .Monday i~ . Ings every week, and the object of the course ' " .> . . club Is. t raining in English comiwsi-1 Among those taking part activelv

Miss Grace L. Seaver of .Montclair, N. J., who has been spending the holi­days with her father and sister in Bos­ton, visited the home of Mr. and .Mrs. G. A. Seaver a few days last week. . Leo Russell has been quite iil at his home in Joslynville for the past week, and his place as clerk at i: P. Sher­win's store has been taken by Perry W. Sawtelle.

Mrs. J. H. Cox returned last Friday .Monday

I The readers of the Watchman a r e tlon and speaking. The offlcers of the ! werr"caDt"M">"parmer"Rev"~ 'G' \" i ' ^ y y "'*"•«• " o * and then, contrlbu- | i rom a week ' s ' v i s i r t o ' he r^daugh te r club a re Ye-fah Chen p r e s ; Vyi Chi H O V ^ C F ' ^ M . BoutweU and M!SS B o u t - , ' ' ° , r ' " t'oTo^ t 'he BaDUst"ch.fro?i''n' "? °°'- '=^««^"' where Mr. Cox is stop Mel, vice-pres.; Fu Liang Chang, sec. ,„.„ii .i ,^ i „ „ „ , . „ „ H I „ „ „ ™^„. <„,..--1 "«"• P' 'O" ° ' "^^ Baptist church In

The first meeting was held Christ mas day, and after the excellent and praiseworthy addresses, this question was debated:

well, the latter reading a most Inter-1 jj^jg" j^^y,, esting paper relating largely to the , ,,, , .u .v. i _- .., history of the Groton High school, ' }^°'^ T^ ^Kt^^lu R°^^^^^ ^^^l which reached its fiftieth birthday an-. °^>" ° " . " ^ ^;„^^- Shattuck woodlot

. niversary this last December. The w ' Hushed Wednesday. T h e mill Resolved, that the railroads in the paper speaks of painstaking and care- '^ ' " ^^ moved to the so-called Henry

United States should be owned and f^^^ research and is reliable as are all | ^^'"^'^'^ place, owned by J. B. Raddin operated by the government. It was decided in favor of the negative.

A second meeting was held January 1 and the following question was de­bated :

Resolved, that Crcesus was a greater general than Napoleon. This was also decided in the negative.

the writer 's productions. The list of! where some more lumber is to be teachers from the first to the present. sawed. with brief comments or sketches, a r e ' Lawrence academy reopened ThurB-given. L/Owthrope school, the third day. and latest incorporated school in Gro-1 The Baptist church held its annual ton, and the only one in the country to rolicaii and dinner, with business meet-teach landscape gardening and flori- ing, on Wednesday, but on account of culture to women, is given mention the rainy weather Thursday, we were

Principal Clough was the umpire of I ^.jjh its faculty. The paper closes not able to get a satisfactory report, the flrst debate, and Rev. George M. with a t ender t r ib i i t e to the^ memory ^ which can be given next week.

Mrs. Tweed and daughter. Miss Mary Howe, of the second. These meetings i ^ d services of t h e l a t e Col. T. L. Mot-, , , „ , „.een ann niuirn.

^ r t r r n ^ e : ; ^ L r t 7 v f g ^ r o [ " a ^ i ' ] ? J - , y ! - i ^ i ^ ^ ; ^ l - % ; : : } t t ^ ^ ^ ; r x : r ? - o T . ^ ^ : e r e guests a t the boys is shown in the preparation

"and delivery of their several pieces. t t is -worthy of attention tliat two

Groton Historical society. Th^ paper Ghoton Int, this week, from Wednes-is instructive and of historical value -^^y „; ^t until Fridav. and so interesting that once begun it _ . ^ . ,

, . will be read through to the cloSe. We ^ ^''°y School reopens next week of the meetings have been held during ^ o p e it will be printed entire in the Tuesday, the vacation period, the boys being ^ Landmark. | Charles M. Raddin commenced work •willing to give the time whioh other i The following officers were elected: .cutting ice on Baddacook, Wednesday, boys have used for pleasure and per-1 ,jj^„ g ^ Green, pres.; F . M. Bout- | Miss Fannv Blood, who is caring for sonal enjoyment in the preparation of well. Capt. M. I-. raimcr. Rev. a .M. y,i^s. Livingstone at Aver, was in town t h e work assigned them. • u.-.„.^ v...o.,^-„. • i o,.-,^,,,... no-i.

The winter term opened January ' . Nearly all the boys were on hand ready for work. Work in the gyni-

' nasium will be carried on in earnest this term. The boys regret that the room Is not large.enough for basket balh As the school increases in num­bers , among the pressing needs of the Institution are a gymnasium buiit and equipped for the uses of a school, larger chemical and physical labora­tories, and more apparatus. The room no.w used for a "gym" is needed for recitation rooms. Cannot some friend of the academy start the ball rolUng to raise funds for a gymnasium?

The boys are already looking for­ward to the baseball season, and the outlook is bright for a very fast team at Lawrence.

The latest school to grant the certi­flcate privilege to Lawrence is the Colorado School of .Mines, and in so doing President Alderson wrote a per­sonal letter to Principal Clough stat­ing, "1 am pleased to say that I know of the good work you are doing at Groton, and. should any of your grad­uates wish to continue their educa-tlpn with us, I shall be pleased to ex-

• tend to them every courtesy in my power."

Wedding. "SevenGables ," the pleasant home of

Dr. and.Mrs. George F. Balcom, Swan­zey , .N . 'H . , was the scene of a very pret ty wedding, Wednesday afternoon, December 29, when their only daugh­ter, Florence Houghton, was united in marr iage to Frederick C. Richardson of West Swanzey, by Rev. George .\. Furness , pastor of the Congregational church.

The bride was attended by -Miss Eveline Richardson, tiie young daugh­ter of the groom, and Frank B. Rich­ardson, a cousin of the bride, acted as best man. Only a few near rel­atives were present.

The bride was very becomingly at­tired in blue silk and wore a tieauti-fui necklace of Roman pearls, a gift from a very dear friend.

After the wedding ceremony dainty refreshments were served, and th.-couple left for a short wedding triii through Massachusetts, followed by the best wishes of their many fri'-mls On their return they will makf tti-ir home at the "Seven Gables."

Many beautiful and useful iir-^. i.:s

Howe. vice-pres.; Lawrence f'ark, - •* j , - , . , cl.rk; MLss U W. Kane, treas.; Miss G. for a few days this week, returning .\. Hunt Well, hist.; Miss Kmma Blood, Wednesday night to her position. lil..; Mrs. .-Vddle Woods, chairman ofl ^^ „ c. -j r ^ ™w„ o. c m . on relics;, the presidinK ollicers I Born, Friday. IJecember 31, a son .111(1 Mrs. !•:. M. Needham. e.x. com.; J. to Mr. and -Mrs. WiUard Tolles. The H. Kobbins. aud. , baby is named WiUard Franklin

The next meeting of the society will Tolles. be the first Tuesday in February, j Bovnton s bread and cake bakerv. Rev. G. .M. Howe will speak on Abra- ;„ rear of Tainter's store, is electrical-ham Lincoln. ^ j jy lighted, the wires passing throu'gh w ,t • T, ^ t . I ' ^ Store, which will probably have Inllux 01 OenUsts, i jater the same lighting service.

The delay in the arrival of Dr. | judge Arthur Stone ot Boston was E}ames' furniture and consequent oc- ;„ town, Wednesday cupancy of the Dr. Bristol house has I , , l , .„ , . ' . _ been .because of the weather and bad' \ y Charles Lawrence went Tues-traveling. He is expected soon. Dr. ^^^' ^° ^°^"^ ^^ George E. Hodgman s. Eames stands high in the dental pro-j .N'esbit L. Woods has been ill this fesslon and has years of experience, week requiring the attendance of a If we are correctly informed he wi l l l)hysician. have days for practice in Groton and j John T. Gay has written to his pa-elsewhere. His family consists of liim- rents of his safe arrival at Economy, self, wife and son, a young man having Pa., on Friday, December 31. H e the same profession as his father iind found more snow there than he left who practices In Boston. | in Groton.

With Dr. W. A. Gobie successfully ^he Ladies' Benevolent society o t established here, with Dr. Branigan. (he Congregational church.wiil give a who has come with nis fathers and his supper and entertainment on Thurs* own reputation to recommend him and jay evening, Januarv 13. The supper who has bought the dental mstru- ^Q be served at 6.30, followed by en-ments, etc., and occupies the office of tertainment at eight o'clock. Thev the late Dr. Wetherbee, Groion teeth have secured .Miss Marion Wiison of ought to be well attended to. j xew York, who will, in costume, give y. ,, . " "" a remarkable series of character stud-ucauis . I ies and clever personifications. A

There are some in town who will fine supper and a fine entertainment at learn for the first time on rending a reasonable price ought lo attract a this of the death of .Miss Harriet large attendance Friend, which occurred at San .Mateo, The new year barn dance held in Cal., the latter part of December. Miss ^^e town hall is reported successful. Friend s lioine was m the vicinity of 3^^^ Dewberry knows Uow lo get up Boston. She was a graduate of the ^ ^ ^i^^ j ^ ^ ^^^^ f , ^ ^y^ Salem .Norn^;,! schooi and had taught ^ave not the facts about the overalls in Groton riii:-ing the past eight or ten ^„,i „„,; .vears eith , „ c. , , • and caliker dresses, but have no

in the Groton School lam- ^^^1 ,^ ^^ ^ . ^ .^ ^,,^ ^^^^^^ g,^.,^ ^^^ U i e s o r a s principal of the seleo priv-igj„nni„ j ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^ ate scljcu! nn_ Partners ' row. (enough had the pleasure of wishing

On ih- Closing of her work l.-re a ^..^h other a happy new year. year or ••-'.n ago. Miss Friend est;i!^lish-1 ,, r. „ . y ,. .. , ed her-.<..l;' in a similar but larger ' " ' \ .Sampson of Omaha. .\eb.. school in California, it was a t:reat writes of recently going to Minneapolis respoiiMbility and required ,,rduous ^ ""^ '""" ^^e Harvard College Glee club. work. I;esides the regular dutips o f The annual dinner and roll call of the .-i-iool year, she tutored during va-: the Congregational church was held ciiiioi, ;ind it is thought by her fr iends 'on Wednesday, January 5, with a very tliai the work was too severe for her good attendance considering fhe se-ei.(!nr;ince. The cause of denth was; verity of the weather and the pre I • ;•• b:al hemorrhage.

.Mis.s Friend had many friends t';- \ illage outside of tho families with: aiso the bountiful dinner with plates whnni she had interests as a teacher ot well taken. There were forty-six re

valence of illness from colds. The in ' socia! hour was very enjoyable, as was

received from friends

their children, and the news of her sudden death w-as received by all with sincere regret.

Once more, and again with true heartfelt sympatliy, Groton sorrows

many; with Rev. Sherrard BiUings. passing' followed the roll call, the statistics

were near .

-The bride came here fiv, from Worcester and has ; warm friends during her In this place.

The groom is a well-ki. - respected man of this t the employ of Brindell manufacturers .

Dr. Balcom, the f a t l ' r of thc bride, Is a native of Groton. He wa.s a ^ bro spinal meningitis. Her age was successful practitioner of medicine in 2 yrs. .'> mos. The little child, h.appy Worcester trom 1870 to lfO.">, when he Und apparently in the best of health, retired and removed to Sw.anzey.N. H.,j had gone to spend Christmas at her where he -purchased a village farm grandfather Stockton's, 31 Common­

wealth avenue, Boston, and it was while there that the fatal seizure came.

sponses in person to the roll call and fifty-five by letter or proxy. At the beginning of last year there were 116 members. Three have died during the year, and there have been seven­teen additions. The business meeting

t.-sidence through the deep overwhelmini; wat­ers of afliiction, the choicest e;irthly

X-. and much posse.ssion remaining to hini, his prec 11. and is In I ious little daughter. .\daras, box .\iary Stockton Hillings passed on

from hia sight and care Tuesday, .lan-'I uary 4. after a brief illness from cere-

of thirty acres and is sheep raising.

Instjtilntlons. The joint installations of E. S.

Clark post and W. R. C. was held In Grange hall, Tuesday, January 4, com­mencing at two p. m. Com. Francis

The funeral services were arranged for Thursday forenoon in Boston with interment in Groton cemetary In the aftornoon of the same day. Some who loved tho little one almost as tenderly

Cragin of Ixjwell was the Ins ta l l ing ' as If she were their own went down offlcer for the post and Mrs. Marcia | from Groton to the last service. Be-Parkhurs t of Oroton for the corps. The E. S. Clark otllcers were as fol­lows:

D. R. Steere. com.; C. H. Berry, s. v.; B Harrlnprton. j . v.; Jnmon Moore, chap.; Dr. 8. Green. surR.; C. Torroy. a5t W. Souther, o. K.; M. P. Palmer, <I m.; Thomaa GIlHon. q- m. «.; H. Shat­tuck. 0. o. d.

The W. R. C. officers Installed were: ' ' Janet Ward, p.; Kfllc Harrlnston, «. V Blanche Firaln. ). v.; l.Ir.jilc Parker, g Mary Fletcher, a. (c.; Edith Benedict. <• Hannah Whitehill, a. c ; Jane South­er chap.: Alice Rockwood, BCC: M. Gertrude Balcom. trea».; Emily Blood, , , . , . , , t> 1 : Emma Collier, p. c ; UUlnn WII-' church parlor, Monday, January 10, at flams, Clara Torrey,- Mary D. boynton. Sadie Patterson, color bearers.

sides the father, a grandfather and two aunts are striken by this sad event.

To a sacred sorrow only their own friends may approach to soothe, yet faith speaks to all of a safer fold and a tenderer shepherd than earth af­fords and tells that hope and love arc undying,

After Installation services, remarks were 'made by members 'of both post and : corps, which were Interestlhg

Mrs. B. Ward Dix passed away In Boston, where she was spending the winter, Wednesday nIghlS. Funeral services will be held In the Unitarian

eleven a. m. Intermentj ir lvate.

>'0W8 Items. The Middlesex -Worcester Pomona

grange will hold the flrst meeting of and instructive, Capt. Palmer related [ 1910 at Fitchburg O. A. R. hall. Wed t b e capture ot a large bell by .h is | nesday, January 12. Report ot offlcers t^giment during the Civil war, which and In'stallation by T, E. Flarity ot

from which have not yet been obtained. On Mond.iy afternoon of this week,

the members of the First Parish l,"ni-itarian churcli and the pastor, Kev. P. H. Cressey, met in the church parlor, fhe particular matter under consider­ation being the church covenant of faith, which had remained unchanged since 1826. It was decided to adopt a revised and modified covenant.

The last cold snap of Tue.'sday and Wednesday morning was the coldest of the season thus far and the coldest on record since 1907. The mercury went down in several places to Kr, 1,5°, 18° and 20° below zero, and at North Gro­ton when .Mr. Smith, the milkman, went out to his work at about tour o'clock in the morning, he found It 24° below. This difference, we sup­pose, in the registered temperature, Is to be accounted for by difference In location, exposure and thermometers.

TOWIISEND.

West The Young People's Dramatic club

met, last week Thusday evening, with .Miss Blanche Sprague at O. A. Seav

ping under the care of a specialist, and his many friends are pleased to hear that his condition Is slightly im­proving.

.Miss Grace Thompson, who has been spending her vacation with her moth­er, Mrs. Charles E. Patch, has return­ed to. Brown university. Providence, R. 1.

Mrs. Martha Howard, a former resi­dent here, celebrated her seventy-fifth birthday at her house In South Lan­caster, December 31^ entertaining a party of sixteen relatives and friends, ind enjoying the occasion most heart­ily. One of the enjoyable features of the occasion was a shower of birthday post cards, receiving over two hun­dred, for which she was very grateful. Her sister, .Miss Clara Hosley, was present from this village.

Two of the men employed at Clar­ence Stickney's mill have been drawn on the grand jury this term, Fred Whittaker of Mason, N. H., as well as Walter Wilder from this placo.

Mrs. Winfield Upton of Joslynville is on the sick list, but' Improving. Her daughter, .Miss Laura Upton ot Milton, who has ben visiting her, has returned to her home.

The Men's club held their regular business meeting last Tuesday and se­lected the following offlcers: L. C. Barker, pres.; Alexander Reed, vice-pres.; Carl B. Willard, s e c ; Fred A. Patch, treas. A lunch of doughnuts and coffee, sandwiches and cheese was enjoyed and the topics of the day discussed, but the address by .Mr. Bar­ker was postponed until another meet­ing.

^I'ss .Marion Kellogg is visiting at her former home in West Swanzey, N H.. and the .Misses Inez McEIligott and Agnes Thompson are spending a few weeks with friends in Boston.

Men's Furnishinp-s

Center. ;Mrs. Emma Josselyn is very IU with

bronchitis at her Harbor home. It is hbped she -will soon be on the road to recovery.

.'The chimney of the Henry. Spear's house at old city got afire last week, but was put out by the timely use of a fire extinguisher. The chimney at R. T. Eidridge's got afire the same af­ternoon, but with the aid of near neighbors was soon put out.

Rev. W. J. Murray of Boston occu­pied the Congregational pulpit last Sijhday to the pleasure of all who heard him. He will also supply this coming Sunday.

The officers of the grange will be installed this coming .Mondav, Januarv 10th. " • "

A sleigh party of young people from Lunenburg enjoyed a supper at the Park hotel, Friday night and watched the new year in.

A Joint Instiilliition. The Anson D. Fessenden Camp 82,

S. of v., and the Phoebe Weston Fann­er Tent 38, D. of V., held a joint in­stallation at Odd Fellows' hall, .Monday evening. The officers installed were as follows:

Cnmp—.Iohn J. Haiv.-v. com,; Melvin liavis. s. \-. c ; r. B. .' haw. j . v. c ; Per­cy K. Klovd. J. \V. l--r.-nch. K. J. Fes­senden. camp council, I:, t;. Fessenden p. i.; Wilbur L. Bruce, tlmp.; T. J. Har­vey, .sec; Carl H. \niiairl, treas.; Frank Brown, c. h.; Hoy Hiown, g.: Harrv K'nlKht. I. K.: Harold Parker, o. g.

Tent—Hattie Smith, ]>res.; Inez Rich­ards. (?. v. p,; I.:flie M, Hiown. J. v. p.. Kllen G. Howard, chap.; L. "Elnora Smith, treas.; llattie 11. Cook. Flora I. •Vtwood. .Mary J-l. Tay:or trustees; Hel-• n I). Norman. [,. 1.; s Faience Crowell. sec; Grace Wi-i;,-lit. is Hattie O'Brien. «.; Hattie K. .Misner. a K. ; Florence ilwinn, mus.; Alice l;.)wlev. Fvelvn S,inders. Flora BUIKCSS. Catherine A'r-tln. color bearers.

A. M. Levy of the Fitchburg Camp wa.s the'installing officer for the camp, assisted by Div. Aid Leon Watkins and Dept. Pres. Mrs. .Maliel H. GOodIng, Tent 12, Boston, for the Tent, assisted by Sen. V. P. Mrs. Gertrude Holbrook, Waltham Tent 26, installing guide.

Speeches were in order from the visiting officers and a general good time enjoyed.

Death. Abel King died at the Burbank lios­

pital early Sunday morning, where he was taken In haste Friday iilght suffer­ing from stoppage, The funeral was at the Congregational church, Tues­day aftemoon, at two p. m., Rev. B. A. Willmott of Lowell, a former pastor! offlclatlng. ,, Mr. King has been employed b'y the B. & A. D. Fessenden Co. for a num­ber of years and was a faithful work­er and well liked, among his fellow-workmen, who will miss blm In his quiet pertbrmance of his duties. This is' the secbnd time within a few months that death Jias entered this family, and much sympathy Is expressed tor Mrs

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For 1 5 Days we will give you a great dis­count on Holiday Goods and some o ther lines of Goods for GASH. A good time to make presents to some tha t have been overlooked.

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Mrs . 'C. B. Shaw, and son Cheater ^iS5il.— •- — 2tU' , have returned trom California, where WASHnias WAjgPBD, to take home they .have spent several months with » S n , l t " M « " Teio?hi^ ' i^?5 ' r ' 'R ' ?"&" relatives. No i, Orotoii.' i7tf ' A>/er Vaniety Store

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Saturday, January 8, 1910,

A T X l .

>'cw Trains . T\yo new passenger trains , the 4.29

p. m, for Boston and the 9.14 p. m . from Boston, arriving here at 10.19, seem to Indicate a policy Ot faore s e r ­vice rather than curta i lment on t h e part of the Boston and Maine ra i lroad.

This Is interest ing'In v iew o'f m a n y pess lmest ic ant i -merger predict ions .

If the roads are , pract ical ly m e r g e d , a s popularly supposed, and the r e s u l t Is more and better .service, i n s o m u c h of course merger Is a good th ing a h d isn't it real ly a question of pol icy i n management rather than stock o w n e r ­ship?

-Amory A. Lawrence of Groton a n d Boston , who Is a director, w a s Inter ­es ted In and ass i s ted In get t ing t h i s extra service , and It Is hoped that t h e patronage g iven these trains wil l w a r ­rant making t h e m permanent .

Found Dead. John L. Farnsworth of Woods 'Vil­

lage , son of the late Calvin F a r n s ­worth, a we l l -known flgure In A y e r , w a s found dead, "Wednesday af ternoon, in his house in that place. He l ived alone, and w a s last seen al ive M o n ­day afternoon, January 3.

D n Cowles , medical examiner , w a s called Wednesday afternoon, Ja i iuary 5, and the body w a s found on t h e floor beside a chair In a posit ion c o n ­s is tent with a fall "

b e r . o t ithe.ltidliBa' auxfl ian^v"** 'Rev . P. 3. Sheedy.. ,Ali' exce l lent , time- w a s ^njoyedjbjr.everyoae. '*•;.:>. ' v , ' - '.Chl.. p»turd/iy e v e n i n g , ' ' J a n u a r y ' 8 , tbere^.wlll be t w o g a m e s of basket ball in t h e t o w n h a l l b y - ' t w o ' t e a m s rep­resenting^ t h e Lowel l y : M . ' C . A., The regular Ayer Civic c lub gymnas ium team will p lay the Indians and the A. C-C. intermediates wil l play the Cen-tralv l l les .

Wm, C^ Small , Jr., who w a s a for­m e r draughtsman ut the Chandler P laner Co. for a couple of years . Is n o w -with the H. H. Frankl in Automo­bile Co. of Syracuse , . \ . Y. His family Is with him.

.Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Savage and danghter Helen , left last Sunday night for Montreal for a stay of three weeks during the carnival fest ivit ies;

Rev. George Mecklenburg of Boston will del iver a stereopticon lecture In the M. p . churoh, Saturday evening, January 8, a t e ight o'clock, on "A trip through Europe." - ,

George W.' Scott , w h o worked for Samuel Andrew for some time, is now driving team for the fruit store.

The Ladies' Benevo lent soc iety of the Congregat ional church will hold their regular supper in the vestry of the church, Wednesday afternoon, January 12, a t 6.30 o'clock.

C. H. H a t ' d y . h a s jus t completed a very desirable barn on the Woods' farm, Groton road, for Mrs. A. B. Fleet .

The Ayer Woman's c lub are Invited to attend the l ec ture by Mrs. Clara Bancroft Beat ley before the "Altru­rians" in the Congregat ional vestry, Shirley, at three p. m., January 13.

The W. C. T. U. wil l meet at Mrs. Charles Scruton's, Friday, January 14, at three o'clock.

P. Donlon & Co., grocers , otter a great sweep ing reduction in prices on m a n y ot their l ines of goods. Never

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ably mainta ined by t l»Svi»^i ;^of: tra 'a Dwine l l a s Instal l ing'off lcer,:ably as^ s i s ted by A. A- PIl lebrown.«8 marshal . P r e c e d i n g the Insta l lat ion a fine turkey supper w a s served In charge of Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Bigelow. At t h e c lose ot the formal exerc ises the' meet ing w a s put in care of the n e w master , R. H. Irwln, and a very choice entertain­m e n t fol lowed by the Standish Male quartet of Boston and the reader. Miss Bertha Wel ls , a lso of Boston. All the selections' were encored. The program w a s quite varied and everyone had a thoroughly enjoyable evening. The of­ficers Installed are:

R. H. Irwin, m

whi le the body w a s limlTwIth no move""-i^®f°r w a s there such a° s laughter Tn ment afterwards. The body w a s f r o z - l P ' " ^ ^ ^'i^^ " ® offering. The sa le

Is on Monday, January 10, and their advert i sement will be found on the

.third page of th i s paper. .Make your •purchases early In the sale before they are snapped up.

-Mr. Green, pres ident ot the Lowell and F i t chburg e lectr ic railway, re-

I turned Wednesday from Gloversville,

en. There was no disorder about t h e premises and nothing w a s d i scovered sugges t ing any other than a , na tnra l cause of death.

He had a heater in the house, but when the body was discovered t h e house w a s cold and no flre in . t h e heater.

He w a s a native of Shirley and w a s - '- ^•t ^'^ home and where he spent the a g e d 48 years , 8 months , 8 days. T h e i hol idays. •• . body w a s brought to the under tak ing I J l i ss Hinck ley of Fi tchburg .Normal rooms of W. Wright & Son, W e d n e s - i school , ts filling the posit ion as teacher day night, and the funeral w a s F r i d a y I of the seventh grade, taking the place afternoon, January 7, at the Unitar ian of Miss Stubhs, and Miss Farwel l , also church, Shirley Center, Rev. Dr. F i s k e of the Fitchburg Normal school , is of Ayer officiating. I t eaching the e ighth grade. The former

It was a sad ending ot what m i g h t teacher w a s Miss E a g l e s , have been a useful life. He leaves real | T h e North Middlesex Savings bank v a h , / n 7 T l t ' ' T / n ^ n ' ^ r ^ " ' H ' " ^ ' " ' ' i 2 ° ' ^ y e r from their s ta tement issued L i T L . M I * ?'.?!• ^l^ ? ^ ^ ^ • January 5, bave a s s e t s ot f 1.318,301.31,

The o n l y relat ives he has a r e and the individual depos i t s amount to • » r n ^ , . ^ ' ; ^ H ^ T W ^ " ' * l ^ ^ ' 2 5 ? ' 2 " - l l . wi th a surplus of $59,-o r n . w n ^ h • „•. Shipley, I 7p7.iJ. Herman S. Hazen of Shirley

w a s e lected as one of the trustees to fill, the posit ion made vacant by the death of E . G . - H a r l o w . The other of­ficials are the same a s last year.

Edward Sherman, who is employed as brakeman in the yard here, receiv­ed a shaking up las t Saturday night whi le shift ing in the southern division yard. It s eems that he w a s hanging otf a car and s truck a switch, knock­ing out his front, t e e t h and he also

l e ss . cous ins , and and .Melzar Farnsworth • ot Samuel F. Farnsworth of Aj'er, .Mrs. L. W. Bowles and Mrs. Stocking of L u ­nenburg, and -Mrs. Aldrich of Leomin­ster.

Death . Clarence C. Tebbets , formerly of

th i s town, who carried on the j e w e l r y bus iness , corner of .Main and P l e a s a n t s tree t s , died at Pasadena, Cal., S u n ­day, Dec, 26, aged s ixty-one years .

Although .Mr. Tebbets suffered a _ ., paralyt ic shock six years ago and h a d received an injury in th'e back of the

Tjead. Although h i s - i n j u r i e s are not ^ r l o u s , , a e wlD b e compel led to lay

been an inval id s i nce ; tl^e immedia te cause of h i s death was Bright's d i s ­ease . He w a s s tr icken ill with t h e oft for a l i tt le while, fatal malady about a month ago and failed rapidly until the end came. H i s wife w a s at his bedside when he died.

-Mr. Tebbets went to CaJifornia; in the fall of 19U5, after he'Had suffered

Ahout Town. At the meet ing of the Woman's club,

Wednesday afternoon, the program w a s lu charge of the Household Eco-

a paralytic stroke. He remained there i nomlcs committee , Mrs A. .M Sar-unill the spring of 1907. He went to i gent , chairman. The meet ing was ad-California in .November, 1908, w h e r e i dressed by Mrs. El izabeth B. Denison ^\^'^l.^'jy remained., of South Framingham, who gave an

.Mr "Tebbets was . born Jn Waldohoro, account of the work that is being done -Me., July 23, 1848, and during his ear ly a long that l ine bv the state federation childhood removed with his parents to Bangor. He was educated in t h e public s choo l s of that place, and son of John W. and -Mary Tebbets .

In 1865 .Mr. Tebbets went to W a l ­tham and learned the j ewe ler ' s trade in the store conducted by Warren & Starbuck in that city, serv ing an apprent iceship of four years , and after­wards came to Ayer, While here he married .Mary A. Evans , daughter of the late .Mrs. .Mary J. Evans , who re­sided on Church street , the next house to the Baptist parsonage, and two chi l - I dren, Fred C. Tebbets of Waltham and -Mrs. .Mary Stowel l of -New >orK city, w h o survive him.

Mr. Tebbets after successful ly c o n - j duct ing the Jewelry business here for

. , , . , , . GcorRc O. FUlebrown, s. w.; Warren L. Preble J w • Geo H BLxby, treas.; E. H. BIKCIOW, ieo.; 8. N.' I;?"Bee. c h a p ; I- G. Dwinell, marshal; W . " . Fairbank B. d.; B. H. Hopkins. J. a.t Chaa. A. Nourse. 8. s.; P. H. An­drew, J ».; Slanley h. Cott«n. 1. g.; ElllB B. Harlow, orKimlat; H. K. Sanderson, tyler.

InsfuUed. In G. A. R. hall on Tuesday evening,

took place a triple instal lat ion, George S. Boutwel i po.st, W. R. C , and 8 . ot V. All three organizat ions enjoyed a sup­per together iU; the Unitarian vestry. In charge of the execut ive board of t h e W. R. c. , ass i s ted in serving by mem­bers of the S. of .V. A t its c lose ad­journment was inade to the town hal l , where the oflicers of the G. A. R. were Installed by Walter E. Mellish, a past commander of the post, ass isted by J. J. O'Brien as offlcer'ot the day:

•"•A ^ - Ba'com, com.; J. B. 'Wood, s. v. c ; G. F. Lewis, J. v. c ; H. C. Sherwin, q. m.: Augustus Ixjvejoy, surg.; William Crombie, sjt.; M. H,-Sherman, s.. m,; B. p . Marten, q. m.j.C, E. Craig, o. d.: Herbert Richardson, 0. g.; "VV. E. MelllSh, chap.; W. E. Cram, p. I.

Then fol lowed the Installation ot the offlcers of W. R. C , efllclently perform­ed by Jlrs . Annie C. Shattuck of F i t ch ­burg, a past department president, a s ­s isted by .Mrs. Emma Wood as con­ductor: .,,¥''''• S- C. Wentworth, pres.; Mrs. Eileen Sawyer, s. v. p.; Mrs. A. J. Wells, j . v. p.: Miss M. M. Beverly, s e c ; Mrs. N. B. Lovejoy. treas.; Mrs. A. D. Scruton, chap.; Mrs. A. M. Crawford, c.; Mrs. J M. Crawford, a. c ; Mrs. E. F. Tarrant, K.; Mrs. Annie Clark, a. g.; Mrs. S. E. Prab^ , p. l.iMrs. L. E. P. Kennison, p. c.: Miss Ethel Andrew, mus.; Mrs. Eliza­beth Kyle, Miss Bess ie Glazier, Mrs. Elsie Waterman and MlSs Bva;,ohe Far­rar, color bearers, 'v .^

T h e Installation of the S. of V. was conducted b y N,, C. Upham of Fi tch­burg, a past division commander, a s ­s i s ted by C. L. May a s guide. The ofl!lcers instal led were :

E. E. Sawyer, c ; J. W. Wentworth, s. v. c ; J. W. Ward. j . v. c ; H. B. Evans, s o e ; George S. Cobb, treas.; Arthur wes t , p. 1.; E. B. Harlow, chap.; J. M. Oolloir, c. b.; H. C. Harlow, g.; W. S. I-o\iKee, mus.; H. S. Nutting. 1. g • G P. Beverly, o. g.; J. c. Davenport, H.-M. Beverly and H. E. Wood, c. c.

.Miss Ethel Andrew was organist tor the work of the G. A. R. and S. of 'V., and Miss.;Edlth Longley for the W, R. C. An .en ter ta inment fol lowed, which included^vlolin, 'cello and piano trios , Ruel P. and W. S. Lougee and Miss Edith Longley; reading, "The dandy fifth," Mr. .Mellish; speeches by Mrs. Shattuck, Mr. Upham and others.

WE SHOW HERE One of the Splendid Values we a r e offering to the Holiday Shopper , a 6 ft. Extension Table in Amer­ican Quartered Oak polished top with heavy claw feet, a bargain at $ 9 . 5 0 .

Fancy Rockers, Rugs, Pedes ta l Cent re Tables, Desks, Buffets, Children's Rockers , Tabore t s , Pic­tures , E to , in large and varied assor tment , making selections an easy mat ter .

W. WRIGHT & SON, AYER. IB improving at the t ime of writ ing. Y>r. Hopkins has had charge of the case.

.Miss Zi lpha Wright has returned to her lioiMo in Plngreyl l le at the conc lu­sion 01 lier mi l l inery season a t Fi tch­burg.

A sijecial meet ing ot the g r a n g e will be held at the town hall next Wednes ­day evening, when a c las s af seventeen will bo initiated into the first and s e c ­ond degrees . OflJcers of the grange win confer tho first degree , and the ladies' degree staff wi l l confer the second. A full at tendance i s much desired.

Guest evening will be observed by tbe Woman's club at the Unitarian vestry next .Monday night. .Miss Mor­gan, w h o read at the midsummer tSte, will recite "The dawn of a tomorrow," by F. H. Burnett. The Cynthonlan or­chestra wil l discurse music . There win a l so be several s e l ec t ions by a quartet from the Woman's c lub and by a famous out-of-town soloist . T icket s c a n be purchased by a l l mem­bers of the club of .Mrs. Chester M. Hartwel l and Mrs. D. H. Woodbury Mrs. F. B. Priest and .Mrs. J. H. D. Whitcomb have charge of the refresh­ments .

and the various c lubs . The music was a piano solo by .Miss F lora Cole and se lect ion by the High School Mandolin c lub.

At the anual meet ing of the Unitari­an parish, Wednesday evening, Stan­ley L. Cotton w a s chosen moderator,

and the officers e lected were : Arthur Fenner. clerk; George H. HIU,

treas.; Charles Sherwin, S. L. Cotton ,-ind .Mrs. Susan M. Cotton, parish com­mittee; .Miss Millie M. Beverly, collec­tor; Mrs. Barker, ways and means com.: -Mrs. George J. Burns. Mrs. J. W. Kit­tredge. Mrs. E. H. Bige low and Mrs. A. C. Perkins, music com.: Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Perkins, de legates to the A. U. A.

The -«1I1 Whist c lub met, Tuesday afternoon, with Mrs. Nel l ie Fox.

Mrs ; -Susan M. Barker attended in tour or five years , he sold out in 1877 I Boston at- the Vendome on Friday af-and removed to Waltham, purchas ing I ternoon a meet ing of the nominat ing the bus iness in that city of Warren j commit tee of the State Federation of & Starbuck, which he succes s fu l ly Women's clubs, of which she Is a mem-carried on until 1897. In that year he ber. sold his jewelry bus iness and became identified with the Waltham E m e r y Wheel Co., so success fu l ly carried on by Henry Richardson, and for many years was treasurer of the corporation. Owing to 111 health he sold out h i s Interest in the company. In 1899 he married Abbie Carpenter, who surv ives him.

Mr. Tebbets was a thirty-second de­gree .Mason, receiving his degrees whi le a member of Caleb Butler lodge of th i s town. He Joined .Monitor lodge ot Waltham, September 21, 1885, and w a s master of the lodge in 1896-97. He received degrees in Waltham R o y a l Arch chapter In June, 1889, and w a s a past thrice I l lustrious master of Adoniram council . Mr. Tebbets y e s a l so a past eminent c o m m a n d e r , o t Getbsemane commandery, ' K n i g h t s

•Templar, He w a s a member ot Pros­pect lodge ot Odd F e l l o w s and- Wal ­tham lodge, A. O. U. W.

Bes ide the -immediate members o t h i s family, Mr. Tebbets . l eaves a broth-

' er, John. Tebbets ot Bangofr, M6., and a s ister , Mrs. Hatt ie Parker ot t h e s a m e city.

. T h e body w a s brought to Wal tham tor burial. .

K e w s I temsi John ,B. Hosmer , las t Monday, w e n t

.to h i s daughter's , Mrs. Loretta Graves In Grobon, where he •will 'be tor t h e r e m a i h a e r b f ; the winter . • •,.-: .Division 7, A . O. if; held, their In-insta l lat lon of oflJcers o n ' S u n d a y af­ternoon,' January 2, and the fo l l owing offlcere, w e r e Instal led by Thom&$ E^ •Walsh, w h o watf InBtalllng> ofBcer:' C. A. McCarthy, pres . ; Wi l l iam W a l s h , v. p . ; Krancis B. SulUvan, .Tec. setf.j J o ­seph H., McGtiane, fln.-sec.i'Jaines/J. HorAn, serg . -a t -arms; Mlcht^el J. B a r ­ry , t reas . Vis i tors jvere p r e s e n t frotp Leopainster and Peppere l l , ' and ,a .&am-

Miss Els ie A. Craig, daughter of .Mr. and Mrs. Charles Craig, and Henry L. Waterman, both of th i s town, were married new year's day in Nashua, N. H. They will res ide In Ayer. The bride w a s Installed Tuesday n ight a color bearer In the W. R. C.

The Unitarian Woman's Al l iance met Wednesday afternoon -wi th- Mrs. Bar­ker. • The program w a s a -d i scuss ion of some Unitarian problems.-- .Refresh­m e n t s were served d u n n g a social hour. ., •

A quiet wedding tOok'p lace , Wed­n e s d a y noon, at the h o m e ot Mrs. Hor­a c e Damon In Fi tehburg , when her daughter , Mrs, Cora L. Mills , w a s mar­ried to Will iam Pj -Hi l l s ; ' Both were re s ident s ot Lunehburgi where they wi l l reside. Mrs. Mi l l i frwas . tor many

r/%^prv n t f i l t n t i S U - ^ t k i T ^ - T Td'^''^ « "'* '" ^°r 't evei' s ince It was ^h^il.-.F^A^^'i^^^y^^^^V^^^' "']^'<'S"ed and IU appearance here will be w h o c a r r e d on t o r y e A f a the dry goods jthe flrst outside of the large cities, h v M U ? M P?K« 51»?^in.<^W-<:<?"''"<''^'' The . feature attract ion. , wi l l he ac-b y Miss Mellle Beverly.-: oompariied by the usual flne regular

T h e Peace and Unity club celebrated , prograin o t careful ly se lected films. Its forty-s ixth annual cpncert and bal l , ! Inc luding some rare comedy ones, Monday night, in the t o w n hall. There ' which wi l l cause a roar ot laughter. w a s a large gather ing . The c o n c e r t | A complete l i s t i s a s fo l lows: "The w a a by the Dunbar orchestra of Bos- pay car," "The Ypllow Jacket mine," t o n , and w a s great ly enjoyed. An a d - j a great wes tern Sel lg , "The nntl-fat d r e s s of a patr iot ic nature was made , sanitarium," "TTie' dog pick-pocket," b y the president. In the grand march , two flne .comedies , "Versailles." a t h e r e "were bver a hundred couples . ! scen ic picture, '"They robbed tho chlof A turkey supper with all the "flxins" I of pol ice ," a Pathe comedy, "The w a s . s erved in the lower hall at o n e , s eventh day," "Oh, u n c l e ! " a comedy. o ' c lo tk and dancl i ig continued t in The tisual i l lustrated songs by Marion inorn ing . A very large number of; Valenjtine. ot Lowel l complete the pro-s p e c t a t o r s were present , which i s a gram and promise a. bill ot unusnnl

Chnroli Servicea. Unitarian church service at 10.45.

The subject of Rev. Dr. FIsk's sermon will be, "The natural evolution of hu­man social relations." Sunday school at twelve.

.VoTlng Pictures . A treat is promised those who at­

tend the Blograph moving plttureil Saturday night. The management has been fortunate to secure the great Kalem film, "The pay car." This pic­ture Is given a superb sett ing, and is conceded by all who have seen it to be one of the most realistic examples of motion photography ever produced. Locomotive life on the s tage a lways at tracts and holds the attention of an audience. Plays without number have been written around the steam engine. In childhood we are fascinated by these monsters , and as we progress through life, there is still a feel ing of wonder­ment with most of us as to the power which your engineer controls . There is a lways a certain touch of romance about railroad life; so that the Kalem company show considerable acumen in se lect ing these themes for one of tlieir feature fllms. The picture is noteworthy from the fact , that it shows the actual life on a railroad. The ad­ventures that c l ing around the track ore natur;U and by no m e a n s extraord­inary. Very early in the picture we see the e:igineer about to take his po­sition on the locomotive, and unfor­tunately h.s man appears intoxicated, and. of couri^e. Is prevented trom tak­ing hi.s position on the engine. He vows veniiraiue, and In later scenes we find thai i!.o pay car on its way through tl.e country is in danger of being derailed hy an obstacle placed across the t:acks. But a good geniu?; in the shap- of a girl w a v e s her red petticoat as a signal of danger, which is seen iti time by the engineer. The girl is forritii.v carried off by a g.ang of rufiians. wlin. however, the engineer and his assnriates soon run to earth and kill. The fllm ends with the de­l iverance of the girl and a happy re­ception in the embraces of the brave engineer. This Is eminent ly a picture which will please the y o u n g folks, for the locomotive Is a s large a s life, and the pay car, on i ts i irogress throuKh the country, meets with many adven­tures ft is a picture that will cause thrills and excitement , because the action is natural and spontaneous . It has heen pronounced by a high rail­road official a s a perfect picture ot re vl railroad life.

This film is ot recent i s sue and Is in great demand. The management has

g r e a t h e l p financially.

M a s o n i c Install i i t loD. T h e a n n u a l instal lat ion o f t h e offi­

c e r s of Caleb But ler lodge took place , Monday eren ing . In Masonic hal l . T h i s bcc&sibn lB,'T6ry dignified a t d Imnrla-

length and exce l l ence .

LlTTLETOlt.

Vews Items. ' .Mrs. H o r a c e Amsden ot Pingreyvi l le ,

has been very s ick with pneumonli greater part ot t h e winter,

Sunday morning each of h e pulpits will be suppl ied by representat ives of the ant i - sa loon league. Rev. Mr. Cool-ey of Clark university, Worces ter , will speak at the Baptist church; Fred S. Retan of Bos ton will address the Con­gregat ional worshippers ; and A. L. Saunders ot Boston, the Unitarian. These m e n come highly recommended. In the even ing there wil l be a temper­ance ral ly of all the churches in the auditorium ot the Unitarian church at seven o'clock, Mr. Retan will give the address . It i s hoped that the at­tendance wil l be large.

The commit tee on dramat ics in the Backlog club has decided- .npon "Es­meralda" for a drama.

Rev. P. G. Favor read his res ignat ion at the Congregational church las t Sun­day morning. He spoke with affection­ate interes t of bis minis try ot two years in Litt leton, the deve lopment ot the church and society in tbat t ime, of p leasant re lat ions with ajl the peo­ple, the harmonious co-operation of pas­tor and parishioners , of courtes ies re­ceived and the heartfelt regre t s that he and .Mrs. Favor exper ience in sev­ering their connect ions w i t h th i s church. He accepts his n e w pastorate of the Prospec t Hill church In Somer­ville a s a duty and a priv i lege to per­form a greater service tor God and hu­manity. Mr. F a v o r attended the an­nual church meet ing and supper ot the Prospect HIU church in Somervi l le •last. T u e s d a y evening. " T i i e s d a y evening, January 11, the Congregational parish m e e t i n g will be held in the vestry to hear reports, choose offlcers and act upon the pas­tor's res ignat ion. The annual church meet ing and rollcall with dinner will take place at the Congregat ional vestry at twe lve o'clock noon today.

The lecture , January 4, by Dr. Gor­don Lyons , Ph. D., D : D . , brought out a good number considering the condi­tion of the weather. .Mr. Lyons Is an easy speaker , of very p leas ing per­sonal i ty , w h o possesses a weal th of valuable information on the subject of the Holy Land. His i l lustrat ions , some fifty in number, are very good. The speaker is one of the directors in charge of the extens ive excavat ions now in progress in Samaria. Harvard col lege has already spent $35i000 for this purpose , and has made Important d iscover ies , among them the unearth­ing of the palace of Ahab that dates back to 700 B. C , and over which a Roman t e m p l e had been erected dur­ing the reign of Herod.

The thermometers in Litt leton reg­istered from 10° below zero to 22° below; the latter record was made in •Newton.

-Mrs. R. C. White's danc ing c lass meets t h i s afternoon at two o'clock in town hall .

On the even ing of Januarj' 12 .Marv B. Ireland and Frank Hibbard will be united In marriage at the bride's home on Harwood avenue.

Mrs. A. W. Knowlton, ass i s tant post­master, wil l take Miss Ireland's place in the postoffice during the next two weeks .

The n e x t meet ing of Loyal Nash­obah lodge , I. O. 0 . F., M. v., will be held Monday night, January 10. The newly-e lec ted offlcers will be instal led. After the bus iness is concluded the members wil l partake of an oyster supper.

Horn, December 29, to Rev. and Mrs. Ashley D. Leavitt of Concord, N. H., a aon. .Mr. Leavitt resided during several y e a r s of his childhood with his parents and three s i s t ers In Mrs. P. S. Whitcomb's house at Litt leton Center. We are glad to note the flour­ishing condit ion of h is church. If It cont inues to. grow as It h a s done under his ministry, doubtless the new assistant pastor wil l prove a much needed acquis i t ion.

The offlcers elected at the annual bus iness meet ing ot the King's Daugh­ters , Tuesdaj- afternoon, w e r e : Mrs. J. W. Godfrey, pres.; Mrs, Evere t t Kim­ball , .1st v ice-pres . ; Mrs. Wi l l iam H. Davis , 2d vice-pres . ; Miss El izabeth Thacher , s e c ; .Mrs. A. W, Knowl ton , t j e a s , . . .,

It Is reported that Bernard, son ot Wil l iam L,- Kimball , formerly of Lit­tletoii , w a s married Chris tmas day, and will l ive in Cleveland, Ohio,, where he -ho lds a very gbod position.

It l i rumored that the Chemical Com­pany | w i l l d i spense with much of the heli> tor an indefinite period ot t i m e

Johp A l l e n of London England, has gone t o W a r s a w , Russia, in t h e in­t e r e s t of t h e company he represents rte wi l l remain there through the

'With him

K. \V. Stone moved his family and goods to -New Bedford this week. He is ut present l iving at Mrs. A. W. Knowlton's, but expects to join his family iu a few weeks , when he severs his connection with the Avery Chemi­cal Company.

P. S. Whitcomb attended tho funeral of Samuel Holden, oldest conductor on the Fitchburg division of the Boston and .Maine railroad, at Orange, last week Friday.

The y o u n g people of Littleton have not forgotten E. J. Wilcox's l iberal i ty In giving s traw rides, and he hasn't forgotten that they enjoy nothing bet­ter than a jol ly s le ighing party. Sev­eral t imes s ince the snow storm of two weeks ago he has demonstrated the tacts .

• Miss Nel l ie Whittier, who w a s e n ­gaged to substitute in the West pri­mary school during Miss Cushman's Il lness, w a s taken sick Monday and o b ­liged to give up her position. The school was then closed for the rest of the week.

Elmer Sti les and Miss L«na Donkin of Truro, Nova Scotia, were married at the home ot the bridegroom's broth-er, , i^red O. St i les , last Monday eve-.nlltg. • Rev. H. B; Drew performed the dseeaiony In the presence of the im­mediate family. Mr. and Mrs. St i les will have apartments at Mrs. .Marv Foley's on Goldsmith street.

Mrs. Katherine Lane and daughter, -Mrs. Kerwin, have engaged apartments in an artist colony in southern France, where they expect to remain till June.'

The new offlcers of the grange were Installed last Wednesday evening by Willey Wright and Mrs. Gregg of Westford. Next week Wednesday there will be a special meeting of, the grange to work the flrst and second degrees.

.Jam§s F. -Moore attended the joint instal lation of offlcers of the E. S. Clark post and the W. R. C. at Groton, Tuesday.

Several cases of mumps In t o w n are reported. .Miss Helen Cushman, teacher at the West primary, is one of the. victims, and others are m e m b e r s of the Everett Kimball, Michael Brad­ley and George Little families. Miss Nell ie Whitt ier is subst i tut ing for Miss Cushman. John Hutchinson and Austin Hartwell have been shut in with meas les .

Boston papers have made considera-

For the cure of coughs, colds, astl i­ma, whooping cough, and all d ise jAej of the lungs , one spoonful of common tar, three spoonfuls of common honey , the yolk of three hens' eggs , and ,i half pint of wine. Beat the tar, e g g s and lioney well together with a knife , and bottle for use. A teaspoonful every morning, noon and night, before eating.

A very s trengthening drink Is made of healing the yolk of a fresh egg with a little sugar, add a very little brandj , beat the white to a strong broth stir It into the yolk, and grate in a litt le nutmeg.

I t e m s of Interest .

, For the flrst t ime in twenty two years the seven benevolent organi /d-t lons supported by the Congregational Churches of America are out ot debt, and. they are planning now to start in on ra i s ing a $2,000,000 fund for m i s s ions . It i s proposed a l so to cpl lect an endowment fund ot ?2,000,000 f o r Con­gregational theological s choo l s and col leges , trom m e n and w o m e n o t wealth. T h e plan ot divis ion wUI bo arniortloned a m o n g t h e - . A m e r i c a n Board ot F o r e i g n Missions* the Con­gregational H o m e Miss ionary soc ie ty , the .A.merican Missionar'y. assoc ia t ion , the Church Bui ld ing- soc i e ty , the E d u ­cation society , t h e S u n d a y School and Publishing s o c i e t y and the Soc le t j o t .Ministerial A i d . . :

Rev. Dr. L y m a n W. Powel l , rector of St. John ' s . church , Northampton, be­l ieves that min i s t er s , from this out , must share- t h e "commanding center on the s t a g e ot human action" with m a n a g i n g edi tors arid actors. He said so flatly to the Eplacopar ministers ot Bos ton a t their m e e t i n g In St. Paul 's par i sh rooms , Tuesday, in a discuss ion of the Emanue l movement . Dr. P o w e l l urged that the minis ters co-operate w i t h the doctor and keep offlce hours l ike the doctor. "Then people wi l l come to him," ue said, "with their troubles and rece ive sympathet ic treatment,

Congress wil l resume its s e s s ions In a few days, and it is expected t h a i then tbe polit ical s i tuat ion wi l l b e In­terest ing, for with the determinat ion of the, Insurgents to make t h e m s e l v e s heard and telt , and with the Imminent breac'h be tween ' the- speaker ot the hbuse and the' pres ident , there is prom­ise of disclosirre 'and matter of m u c h Kio nf *Kn -„« „ . 1 . r . I ""= "•- u'3i;""»ure anu matter o

±f.,'^VJ'Z\'^'jyyy'iy'}y: interest in the c o m i n g motiths. sand dollars by the Henry S. Brown Co. ot Boston through the embezzle-nient of their bookkeeper. The latter is sate behind the prison gates await ­ing further developments. .Meantime Archie Shafter has been engaged a s bookkeeper for the firm.

HartweU & Hosmer have made the ir annual distribution of calendars , which, as usual, are very artistic and attractive.

Deaths. Seldom it ever has it happened be­

fore that on three consecutive days

Reports from Chili say that near Concepclon there is a coal field w h i e h i s about thirty square mi les in e x t e n t and which c o n t a i n s 80,000,000 c u b i c m e t r e s of soft coal . The ve in Is a b o u t e leven and a halt feet thick. '" Scot land Yard h a s fodnd t h e flngerr-prlnt, a valuable th ing in tracing and. identifying cr iminals . I t s report says-that last year the method w a s used, with s u c c e s s In 9440 cases .

Successful exper iments have- b e e a conducted in Germany with a n e w compound known a s "apokonin," f o r

bodies have arrived in town over the laying dust and Improving the surface Fitchburg division of the Boston and of roads, and technical observers be-.Maiue railroad; yet such was recent ly ; Ileve that it Is the best and most l a s t -the case. On Friday, Saturday and ing road covering y e t produced. Ra lph Sunday, respectively, the remains of C. Busser, an American consul , s a y s Mrs. Batt les from West Acton, of ; that the process of manufacture Is se^ ' George Parker from Atlanta, Ga., and ' cret, but i t i s k n o w n that coal- tar o i l s of -Mrs. James .McNiff from Boston, • are the main ingredients . The heavy

penetrating qual i t i es of the o i l s g ive great binding p o w e r t o the compos l -

were taken from a train at the Fitch­burg station.

Funeral serv ices for the late George I'arker were held at tlie home of h i s aunts, Mrs. A. .M. I'arker and Miss •Inlia Conant, shortly alter the arr ival 01 his remains on the afternoon t r a i n Sat urday; Rev. Paul G. Favor w a s the ofiiciating c lergyman. . \t the c lose' .ot til.- s e r W c e s t h e body was placed in t h e r.( eiving tomb.

Mrs. James -McNiff passed away Sat -iiriiay at the St. Elizabeth hospital , whoro she had been taken some twe lve ila.\s previous tor treatment. Al­ti.r.isli the physic ians spoke rather (lisr -.uraglngly trom the first, they ga\o the relat ives reason to believe t:;.i- recover}- was not impossible . M' , Iihyslcal s trength diminished rap-:<i: . however, and with it her mental :a: ire kept pace. The body w a s re-;., .ved to her home on Newtown road, .•- i:iday, and the funeral serv ices were 1 -!.i in St. Mary's church, Aj-er, T u e s ­day morning. Rev. P. J. Sheedy offi-' iating. T h e burial was in St. Mary's < emetery.

Constable Fred C. Reed received a telegram Monday from the chief of police Ih Washington, D. C , ask ing him to locate the relatives of Reuben Drew, who died in that city, last week Wednesday. At the t ime of wri t ing Mr. Reed has been able to find no one In town who Is related to or even ac ­quainted with the man.

Things Worth Knowing.

tt Is said t w o parts tal low and ono

tion, and this together with the p r e s ­sure applied produces a formation Iron-like in its cons i s t ency , m a k i n g the surface of the c o a l - s o s m o o t h - a n d hard that snow and ra inwater cannot penetrate. Another i m p o r t a n t ' a d v a n ­tage l ies in its sanitary qualities,* a s It Is asserted that the creosote -present in the coal tars , together with the'high-temperature of the composition, c'om'-

,blne to destroy all the bacteria in ther ' .dust.

"Dp you bel ieve there is anything In menta l s u g g e s t i o n ? '

"Not a thing." "Don't y o u think it Is possible it ond

person k e e p s his mind steadily fixed on a certa in th ing which he wishes another t o do that the other will be infiuenced s o that he will eventual ly do it?"

"No, I don't be l ieve in the theory at all. I've been -wishing tor a week t h h t you'd pay m e wh'ai you owe me w i t h ­out making It n e c e s s a r y for me to ask you for it." • ' '

Until t w o y e a r s , a g o , , when he w a s hit on thc head by a negro who used a club, Patrolman T h o m a s P. Cuddiher w a s one of the h o n o r men of the St Louis police department. Then he de­veloped murderous tendenc ies and tried to kill his wife and chi ldren. He w a s sent to the s tate Insane asylum,, but, the homicidal m a n i a continued, ' a n d the doctors decided to find out tho trouble. They removed a plepe'iOt bone which pressed on tbe brain, a n d Cuddiher wil l return to the f o r c e a well man. » . '.

s lv f i .ahd ItSvCbaracter •was yery credit- i -and In c a r e of a competent nurse- She Is o n e of t h e directors of t h e company

Bunions may b e cured by apply ing iodine freely, twice a day, with a feath­er. For cure of corns or chi lbla ins the same i s recptfimended.,"". , •;, •

To make . cake . .wi thout e g g s , take two-thirds, ot a cup ot sugar , one-third cup ot butter, two-thirds cup of s w e e t milk, t w o cups of flour, one tab lespoon , ful ot cream ot tartar, and one-half teaspoonful of soda. F lavor to tas te .

Clinkers may be loosened from flre-^ bricks by throwing in the firebox, when very hot , one or t w o quarts of oyster or c lam s'hells, br a l e s s quan­tity of salt , a l l owing tho flre to g o ont , and then c leave ott the c l inkers

A flannel dipped iii boi l ing Water and sprinkled w i t h turpent ine I ^ d on the ches t a s quickly a s poss ible , wi l l re l ieve tho w o r i t , severe cold or hoarsefless . - " i

s inging teaket t l e s . A n . Iron , ket t le , o therwise quite .ordinary, l iaa the a l ­most l lte-Iike character i s t i c of' burs t ­ing into s o n g w h e n t h e • water' boi l s . The sounds , they' s a y , are produced b y s t eam b n b b l e s e s c a p i n g £rom s h e e t s o r i Irdn.fastfened act<M».tJia kettle,Hear the '^ bottom. Ski l l e t s recitlltM. not only. In, m a k i n g t h e m / b u t i i i r^gtilatlng the flre '<<:. ' under them. .These-, s n r l o u s k e t t l e s " '' have .beea In u s e majaj^'years. g

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The Wheel-Motor Traction Co. This company has the sa les monopoly ot an improved torm ot commer­

cial automobi le , n o w in successful use by the U. S. Government and leading bus iness concerns . The $25,000 accumulated by the sa le of t h e s e certificates is to be used for one purpose only—buying machines at the factory to fill orders. T h e m a c h i n e s are then shipped C. 0 . D. to the purchasers . Thus there is no credit risk, and the investors ' money is neither t ied up In equip­ment nor diss ipated by expenses , but i s either in cash on hand or convertible thereto at short not ice .

Inves tors in th i s purchasing fund have the option of Tvithdrawal of principal before maturity. A s trong National Bank has agreed to act as Trustee of th is fund for and on behalf of investors—to see ttiat it is kept i n t a c t and used only a s a purchasing fund. This bank -n-ill pay dividends as they fall due nnd irlU return to any certif icate holder, upon si.xty days' notice, tbe umonnt of bis Inrestnioiit or any part of it, should he desire to withdraw same at any t ime before maturity.

The total I s s u e is only $25,000, each certificate being for $25. For the present , wi th each $25 certificate is given one share of 8 per cent, preferred stock, par va lue $10; and with each $100 purchase five shares of preferred a r e g iven. Thi s unusual opportunity really brings the net return up to about 12 per cent. , w i th the prospect of se l l ing the preferred for nearly enough •to pay for the w h o l e investment . We make this offer so that it will not be n e c e s s a r y for th i s announcement to appear e.>:tensively, as previous i s sues h a v e been l a r g e l y oversubscribed.

It in teres ted in absolute security of principal, large and definite interest Teturn, and opportuni ty of speedy withdrawal ot principal before maturity

. i t des ired, th i s inves tment should receive your Immediate attention. Com­m u n i c a t i o n s and orders should be addressed, and checks made payable to,

T K E WHEEL-JIOTOB TB. iCTIOX COMPACT.

J(, E . Dis tr ibut ing Plant . \ l l s ton Distr ict , Boston, Mass.

Something New In Ki tchen W a r e

T h e "1892" Puro Spun Aluminum Ware is rapidly coming into use for cxitiing purposes. It is taking the place of agate and i.-namol ware because while i ts first cost is a tnfie more than ordinary ware, it is really much cheap<r in the long run, a s it is guaran­teed for twenty-five y e a r s and will last practically a l ife t ime.

T h e genuine "1892" Ware , made only from pure SPUN (not cast) Aluminum, will not crack, scale , pee l , break, scorch or bum.

I t lo<.ks like silver b u t w e i g h s only about one-quarter as much, is easi ly c leaned and handled, and will not rust; corrode or tarnish. Absolutely pure, non-poisonous and wholesome ; s a v e s money, Ume and doctor's bills.

B « l u r « you Kft itie originsi tnjl B«n. ^in« ware stamped with thc Maltese 'Croa*. At your dealers.

A. A. Filiebrown

Ayer, Mass.

MAKING HISTORIES.

An Interesting Game For a Party or a Stormy Afternoon.

Histories or biographies, which lat­ter Is really u better name, are most interestiug to make and have been tried most successfully a t grownup "aHalrs."

T h e articles needed are a dozen or t w o of oljl magazines (il lustrated ones), half, a dozeu pairs of shears , a couple of paste pots and the "histories." These latter should be prepared ahead of lluie, but are easy to make. Get plain sheets ot white paper, about note paper size, al low about ten or a dozeu to each book and fas ten tho sheets together with clips. On the trout sheets ot each write, "An Illus­trated Life of Margie Blank, by Tom­mie Jones." The names, of course, are left blank, the hostess s imply writing the name of one gues t or chlld-on each book. The bostess distr ibutes the Uttle' books. Those of the girls are gK'en to tho boys, and vice versa. T h e person who prepares the history -wTites his name on the blank le"tt tor It.

On each page of the blank history there is a caption or heading—"At the .-ige of Three," "How H e Looked Whep H e W a s Six," "His First Love," "Future Occupation," "Greatest Ambi­tion," "Final Career" and any others a long the same Ilne that may suggest themselves .

T h e Idea is to cut out Illustrations from the magazines and paste them on the pages signified to carry out the Idea suggested. The pictures may be wise , fuuny or semiserious, jus t a s the historian desires.

S imply dump tho pile ot magazines in the center of the table, give each child a blank history and let them go to work.

The advert isements of the magazines are rich in suf.'Ke-'^tlon. Some of the fa­mous "varieties"—Klank's Soap, Some­body's Paint—"ill furnish abundant Il­lustrations for the child wi th a sense of humor .nnd an eye for the ludicrous.

When tlie histories have been com­pleted and each page Is properly filled —for more than one il lustration maj be put upon a page—the Ilttle books should be exchanged and returned to their owners.

And what fun they will have "seeing themse lves as others see them!"

Ruth and Jacob. One player is blindfolded. The rest

dance in a circle round him till he points at one of them. Thi s person then enters the ring and wheu the blind man calls out, "Ruth." answers, "Jacob," and moves about within the circle so as to avoid being caught by the blind man and cont inues to answer. "Jacob," as often ns the blind mau cal l s out. "Ruth." Thi s cont inues until "Ruth" is c a u g h t "Jacob" must 'then g u e s s w h o it is he has caught . It be g u e s s e s correctly "Ruth" takes h)> place, and the g a m e goes on. If li' g u e s s e s wrongly he cont inues to I "Jacob."

A Shrimp as a Siphon. A n amusing trick Is to make a si

phon out of a shrimp. Fill a wlin' g lass -with water and place a shrlmii w h i c h has been soaked In water, on the edge of the glass , as s h o w n In the

The Bab.bitt Co Opticians

81 Merrimack St. Lowell, Mass,

2 7 7 Main Street Nashua. N. H.

BOSTOX and NOETHEBK ST. BY. CO. LOWELL DIVISION.

TIME TABLE. Issued June 21. 1909.

(Subject to chanKO without notice.) WEEK DAT TIME.

Leare Slerrimack Sqimre, LoTrelli for Boston via Tewksbury and Headlntr

to Sull ivan Square Terminal. Charles­town—6,46 a. nt. and every 30 mlns. until 9.45 p. m. Sundays—Same as week . days. Return—Leave Sull ivan Square—6.45 a. ni., and every 30 mlns. until 8.45 p. m. Sundays—7.46 a. m., and every 30 mlns. until 9.16 p. m.

Boston via North Billerlca, Bil lerlca Centre, Burlington, '\Voburn. Winches­ter and Medtord to Sullivan Square Terminal, Charlestown—5.25, 6.26 a. m. and every 30 mlns. until 9.66 p. m. (10.26 p. m. to Woburn only.) Sundays —6.55 a. m., and overy 30 mlns. until 9.66 p. m. (10.25 p. m. to Woburn only.) Keturn—Leave SulUvan Square—6.32 a. m. and every 30 mlns. until 9.32 p. m. Sundays—7.32 a. m. and every 30 mlns. until 9.32 p. m.

Lawrence—6.15. C.15, 6.40 a. m. and every 30 mlns. until 10.40 p. m. Sun­days—7.10 a. m., then same as week days. Return—Le.ave Lawrence—5.20, 6.10, 6.60 a. m. and every 30 mlns. un­til 10.50 p. m. Sundays—7.20 a. m., then same as week days.

North Chelmsford via Middlesex Street—5.18, 6.00, 6.30, 6.65. 7.03 a. m.. and every 15 mlns. until 11.33 p. m. Sundays—7.33. S.03 a. m.. and every 15 mlns. until 10.33 p. m. Return—L.eavo North Chelmsford—6.30, 6.66, 6.30, C67. 7.18 a. m., and every 15 mlns. until 11.03 p. m., then 11.48 p. m. Sundays— 8.03 a. m. and every 15 mlns. until 11.03 p. m.

Nashua—6.15 a. m. and every 30 mlns. until 10.15 p. m. Sundays—7.15 a. m., then same as week days. Return .—Leave Nashua—6.35 a. m., and every 30 mlns. until 10.35 p. m. Sundays—7.35 a. m., then same as week days.

Tyngrsboro via Middlesex Street—5.IS, 6.00, 6.65, 7.18 a. m.. and every 30 mlns. .until 9.48 p. m.. then 10.48 p. m. Sundays—8.18 a. m., and every 30 mlns. until 10.18 p. m. Return—Leave Tyngrsboro—5.40, 6.20, 6.57, 7.33 a. m., and every 30 mlns. until 10.33 p. m., then 11.33 p. m. Sundays—9.03 a. m., and every 30 mlna. until 10.33 p. m.

THOMAS LEES, Supt.

LOWELL nnd FITCHBUEG S T E E E T E A I L W A T CO.

Change ot T i m e Beg inning Monday, O c t 12. 1908.

First car leaves Ayer for North Chelmsford and Lowell at 6.06 a. m., than flve minutes past every hour up to and Including 10.06 p. m.. connecting with cars from Fitchburgr and Leomin­ster.

First car leaves LoweU for North Chelmsford, connectlngr for Ayer, Westford, Fi tchburg ana Leominster at 6.18 a. m. The next car leaves Lowell at 6.33 a. m., then thirty-three minutes past every hour up to and Including 9.33 p. m. The 10.33 p. m. and 10.48 p. m. cars from LK>weIl for Ayer leave North.Chelmsford at 11.18 p. m., due at Ayer at 11.58 p. m.

Snnda7-« . First car (rom Ayer 7.06 a. m.; last

car from Ayer 10.<)6 p. m.; flrst car from Lo-well 7.33 a. m.; last car from Lowell 9.33 p. m. for Ayer, Westford, Fi tchburg and Leominster; last ear from Lowel l 10.33 p. m. for Ayer only, leaves North Chelmsford 11,05 p. m., due at Ayer a t 11,60 p, m,

•U H. CUSHINQ, Snpt.

TO CUBE A COLD IN OXE DAY ITAKE

CJtEgyQUimNi Breaks Up a

O n c e Coid at

Its very easy to prevent and cure a cold. There Is really no excuse for any one havlngr a cold more than one day. The flrst t i m e you shiver or have an Indication of a cold coming on take 2 tablets of Bruce's Laxative Celery Qnullne. If t a k e n at once you will be surprised to find the cold has failed to materialize.

3 5 Tab le t s , 25 :Cen t s ' Sold by d r u g g i s t s and'country stores.

Manufactured Only by

Clinton L. Bruce, LOWELL. MASS.

It you c a n n o t get Jlrnce'« Laxat ive Criery QnlDlne Tablet* of your drug­gist , send 25 c e n t s and they wil l bo mailed you, w i t h sample ot Court P l a s ­ter.

J. MUBRAY Merchant Tailor

TURXER'SJBLOCK

Ayer, Mass. Tcl . lOfr-2.

Jas. P. Fitch JEWELER

CAKLEY'S BLOCK, MAIX STREET NEAR P. O., AVER

Tel. Cou. 5

El D. H O W E . D. D. S.

Dental R o o m s

OVER 'WHIPPLE & TO'WER'S STORB EAST PEPPERELL, MASS.

Electric Lamps

1 am sellingIGuaran-tee(d kCarbon Electric Lamps, 8 an(d 16 c.p., for $ 2 . 0 0 a dozen.

Give them a trial.

Geo.'.H. B. Turner, Ayer

Illustration. T h e body of the shrimp vrtll then act as a siphon, and the con­t en t s of the vessel will continue to drip from the feelers of the cmsta-<;ean until the level of the liquid la lowered to the end of the tall.

Sportsmen, Attention! L. SHERWIN & CO.

HAVE A GOOD LINE OF

Revolvers, Rifles and Guns, Ammunition, Etc.

In addition to thei r large stock of o the r goods.

Main Street, Ayer.

The Water Trlek. Procure two pieces of g lass abont s ix

Inches square, join any t w o of their s ides and separate the opposite s ides w i t h a piece of w a x , so that their stir-f a c e s may form a n angle of aboat t w o or three degrees. Immerse this ap­para tus in water, and the water wil l r ise t>etwecn tbe plates and form a beautlfnl geometrical figure.

The Ayer Electric Light Co. A R C AND I N C A N D E S C E N T

L I G H T I N G AU applications for service will receive

prompt of attention

RATKS REASONABLE. SPECIAL IXPUCE MENTS TO LARGE CONSUMERS

Office at the Plant DISCOUNT

ALLOWED ON METERED BILLS PAID BK FORE THE TENTH OF EACH MONTH

NO DISCOUNT ALLOWED AB'TEB THE TENTH

Augustus Lovejoy Insurance Ao ent

and Broker Farm Property written; also, al! kinds ot Property placed in ( ood stronR companies.

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

Union Cash Market

AYER

Feathers of Snow. Old Mother Ooos» I< now (haklns ber

feather*. She's nurse to the fairies who dwell In

the skies. On her it depends whan tha nicest ot

weathers Comes down to delight all the little

folks' eyea

6h« thma from their cradles, each wee sleepy fairy

So snugly tucked nnder their covers ot blue,

Vhen throws off each. counterpane, laor and' airy.

Just a s we've watched often our own mothers do.

Z wish trom mjr heart that she wtta not •o lasr, .

Bnt shook (rat eacb mattress of dalntjr • whit* «lond

Drery day, so ths bresiss, >n sparkUas ' anArotSxy,'

Wotild elpths • ) ! ths Mcth ia a reantSe eo proQu^

—mUd«tphl* SSOOTA.

STRICTLY FRK.sn EGGS, 42c. doz.

B E S T .TAPANESK KICE, 4 Ihs. for 2,'Jc,

POEK, ROAST. H e . Ib.

OOOD SIRLOIX STEAK, 1 8 c Ib.

ROUXI) STEAK, 15c. lb.

GOOD ROAST BEEF, Vic and 12c Ib,

FOBEQUABTERS OF LA3IB, 12c Ib.

SIBIOIN BOASTS, 16c lb.

BONELESS CODFISH, 8 lbs. for 26c

7 BOXES SARDINES, 25c

NICE C00KIN6 BUTTEB, 2«c lb,

POTATOES, 70c In flye bushel lots.

BEST SEEDED RAISDi'S, 10c a pack­age, S for 2&C

OTSTER CBACEERS, 4 lbs. 25c

flINGEB SNAPS, 4 lbs. 25«

A foil line of California Emits at ihe . lowest prices In Ayer.

A N i c e Assortment of

Democra t Wagons

Concord Buggies

Carriages, Butcher

. C arts Harnesses

A GOOD ASSOBTMENT AND AT ALL PKICES.

CALL AND SEE THEM

Carriage Repairing in All Its Branches Promptiv

Done ALSO, HORSESHOEING AND GEN­

ERAL BLACKSMITHING

Frederick Whitney ATER, MASS

FLOWERS For Every Occasion

DESIGNS A SPECIALTY HARUy ORNAMENTAL

PLANTS, TREES, SHRUBS A L L ORDERS OIVKN PROMPT ATTENTIOM

H. HUE'BNER G R O T O N , . M A S S .

Greenhouse near Groton School. Telephone Connection.

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E. D. STONE, Insurance Agent and Broker

SECOND FLOOR, PAOE BLOCK,

A Y E R , MASS.

Offlce hourfi,8a.na.to4 p.m. Saturday 8 to

F O C C ' S ORCHESTRA

B o c k l a n d , M a « s .

Music For All Occa.ioni J O H X S. FOGG,

Mantk^cr . Tel.Con. P.O.Box 165

C. W. Green Piano Tuner, Littleton A G E N T FOR T E N M A K E S OF P I ­ANOS A N D T H E R E S T P I A N O P O L ­I S H M A D E . Telephone connection.

FLOWERS FLORAL DESIGNS A SPECIALTY

F F I O H Ayer, Mass •t i—I I—( V. * 1 1 Teleulioue Connebtioi

Telephone Connebtion

Lyman Kenneth Clark Counsel lor-a t -Law

417—421

OLD S O U T H B U I L D I N G , B O S T O N .

Telephone 9-2 , Ayer At Residence, Washington St., Evenings

Roscoe M. Lindley Funeral Director

Registered Embalmer Telephone Connection.

R E S I D E N C E , H A R V A R D , MASS.

When You Kill Your

David Baker

Bemember the Place UNION CASH MARKET, Main Street

Ayer, Mass.

FBANK S. BENNETT S u c e e i i o r to ARTHOR FENNER'

Inistirftnce Agent and Broker Main Street,'Tanier'8 Bnflding

AYEB> MASS. RUTH T. FBWWBna,' TyiXWrHinK.

F O R BAI^ .—Fi f ty B u i h e l i CarroU Ih lota to su i t ; 40 cent* per bushel de-l lvered. U . ,W. CARET, B o x 6, Shirley C M t o n . • , • , 1 J «

tUfmyp oil)But.—For Sale a t U c l l t t

LADIES' snd

GENTS'

Custom Tailor

Dressmaking . A Specialty

Suits Made To Order

LADIES' AND GENTS' GARMENTS CLEANED, DTED, PRESSED AND JSBPAIBED IN THE BEST POS- •

8IBLB MANNER AT SHORT . ^ . NOTICE

MERCHANTS' BOW, AYER, MASS. Tel,79-«

Send Us

The Hams The Shoulders

AND

The Bacon hor Curing

HARLOW& PARSONS Ayer, Mass.

Telephone 21-8

V&a. nA7tM^-tn Fitchburg', a- Tw»i Tenement H o o i * w i t h modern Improv*-' menta, near Normal School. Inquire of W. A. ATWOOD, 444 U a l a Bt , Pltett-burr, Ua i* . 4 t l l V :

On the Date of Your Paper

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BAY STATE'S HOMyFFAIRS

Discussed In Governor Draper's Address to the Legisiatyre

ECONOMY IfTlxPENDiTURES Necessary Because of Present Condi­

tion of Commonwealth's Finances— State Troops'Pay—Industrial School Problem—Meat Inspection System Should Be Reorganized—Milk Pro­ducing Industry Declining—Patients In Insane and Other institutions Greatly Increased In Number—Ef­fective Automobile Law—Railroad Bonds as Bank Investments

Gentlemen of the General Court of Massachusetts: In presenting my second message

for your consideration, I desire flrst to thank the people of Massachusetts for their renewed expression of cor fidence in me.

Fll^ances The net direct debt of the commo.

wealth of Masaschusetts on Dec. 1 1909, was 118,980,755.42. This debt on Dec. 1, 1908, was J17,669,372.69. During the past year, therefore, the aet direct state debt increased $1 , -311,382.73. The net metropolitan debt, or contingent debt, aa it is called in the auditor's report, was, on iJec. 1, 1909, $60,676,311.03. On Dec. 1, 1908. this debt was »60,428,-223.14—so that this debt has in­creased during the past year'$248,-087.89. There have been Issued dur­ing the year, charged to the net state debt for permanent improvements, new bonds amounting to $2,326,300, while bonds have been paid amounting to $2,552,500. The metropolitan debt was Increased by bonds Issued for permanent improvements amounting to $1,643,000, and was decreased by payment of bonds to the amount of $8000 and a contribution to the sink­ing fund of $1,368,912.11.

The receipts from miscellaneous sources of revenue during the year ending Dae. 1, 1909, were $7,694.-776.10. The state tax was $4,500,000, BO that tlie total revenues for the year, exclusive ot cash on hand, amounted to $12,194,776.10. There was paid out for expenses during the year $12,-822,559.24, so thatthe cash on hand was quite substantially reduced from Dec. 1, 1908, to Dec. 1, 1909.

We have In the last year, In both classes of debt^ Issued bonds for per­manent improvements, but we have not increased either class of debt as much as the amount of such bonds. The net debt was. however. In each case greater on the flrst day ot De­cember, 1909. than it was on the first day of December, 1908.

The annual charge for Interest on the net direct debt In 1909, reckoned at 3% percent, would be something more than $650,000 a year; while on the metropolitan debt the annual in­terest charge, which has to be paid by the metropolitan district, at the same rate ot Shi percent, would be more than $2,100,000 a year.

I call these matters to your atten­tion, and ask you to seriously con­sider whether it is not time, in mak­ing your appropriations, to provide for a substantial payment each year on the principal of the net direct debt. It also seems to me that it Is time that the principal of the metropolitan debt should begin to be decreased, as the annual Interest charges are con­stantly growing larger and becoming a heavier burden.

The expenses of the commonwealth were materially enlarged during the past year because of the greatly in­creased number of unfortunate people who had to be cared for In our vari­ous Institutions, and we must expect this to be larger In the future. This fact should be taken Into considera­tion in making your appropriations for the current year. It is obviously necessary, with the finances of the commonwealth in thelr,>present condi­tion , to practice economy In every ex­penditure, and certainly no large new undertakings should be started which are not absolntely necessary, except those which are for the proper ca-of our sick and unfortjinate. Municipal Accounting and Reglttra

tion of Municipal Loan* The.bureau of statistics is doing a;

large amount of work la connection with municipal accounting reform. It Is a legitimate function of the com­monwealth to assist i u municipallUes, and especially the towns, In devising methods by which their affairs" can be better adininistered to their own ad­vantage, and It is highly desirable that It should do g(T In the Interest of all

. ourcitlzens and of Investors In mur' cipal igecurlUes. ' •

The very unfortunate occurrences which came to light during the paat year ia connection with the finances of the tbwn of Framingham have bronght forcibly to the attention of the people the necessity for some reform In the' method of iasalng tnanlcipal loftns. • ,

T suggest tliat some plan be adojit-•a reauiriiig the registration and cer-tiilwtlon ill the offlce of the buresu ol sUUsUes, .of all town and oltjr loans.

Il iere are.maay.peoplb Iriferested la tU$ snbject who have suggested varl-' ous methods by Wiiich this can bl

'.'J<>S' "

doae, aad~I stiDaut the.geaera^ sub -Ject to your sttentloa, with aa; earnest request for jprompt and wise action.

. Interest on War Losns It hts been called to my attention

that there are certain equitable claims for ^I'eimliursetment of gold premium and Interest charges paid by the com­monwealth on its war loans, which the federal government may properly'ba asked to pay, after enabling legisla­tion has beea enacted at Washington. The sum at Issue is a large one, amounting to more than a million dol­lars. . .., .

At the present tirae there is no au­thority in law which would allow the governor and council to make proper contracts and arrangements for the presentation of these claims. Under section 79 of chapter 6 of the revised laws, the governor, with the advice and consent of the council. Is given authority to make contracts to collect moneys due the commonwealth of Massachusetts, "except any claim for reimbursement of Interest paid by tbe commonwealth on Its war loans." These claims to which I have referred ara In part for "interest paid by the commonwealth on Its war loans," and it is necessary for the legislature to take aetloa, In order to give the gov­ernor and council authority to make proper arrangements to prosecute these claims. I therefore recommend that such action be taken.

Education The reorganized board of education

was appointed on the thirtieth day of June, 1909, to take office on the the first day of .luly. The members have necessarily had Ilttle chance to do anything up to the present time except to familiarize themselves with present conditions and engage a commission­er of education. As the old commis­sion on Industrial education and Its officials went out of offlce when the new board came in, the members of the new boajiflwere themselves obliged to devote a great deal of time and at­tention to the ordinary routine work which was required until they could decide on a commissioner of education and get the nev board thoroughly or­ganized. They have now engaged their commissioner, and are carefully studying the questions which come within their province, especially the matter of industrial education, and how best to adapt it to our present school system.

They flnd that the statutes under which Industrial schools may be and have been established are not clear; and, because of this lack of clearness, many questions have arisen in the past, under the commission on in­dustrial education, in regard to so-called Independent industrial schools, which need to be settled and which can be cleared up only by new legis­lation. The board of education will ask for such action as it deems neces­sary, and will explain la detail the reasons therefor and what It desires to accomplish.

This question of industrial educa­tion and how It shall be worked In harmony with, and very likely become a part of, our public school system,

•Is a great one. The board has not had time as yet to properly study out and formulate a definite policy. It is not desirable that the commonwealth should rush into this matter haphaz­ard, and without careful considera­tion and a definite plan. \

We have an able board of educa­tion, which is earnestly devoted to Its duties, and during the present year it will have time to, and will, formu­late definite plans as to what should be done for the real advancement of this Important work. In the mean­time, It would be an unwise policy and bad judgment to create separate and individual schools for industrial education which would not be Integral parts of our whole school system.

Much can be done this year by the board, and legislation will be request­ed which win permit such work as is deemed proper; but it will, after the

vPas.sage of new. legislation, require some time to study out a system be­fore the board will be able to go ahead with a completed plan of education which shall Include industrial educa­tion as one of its principal and com­ponent parts.

State Library More room has been given to the

state library, and the trustees and the librarian are planning to use this space for legislative reference work. This will necessitate the employment of an assistant In this department, and I recommend an appropriation sufflclent to meet this extra expense, and also a reasonable increase in the salary of the state librarian.

Free Public Library CommlMlon This commission has done excellent

work for many years, and the people of every town In the commonwealth now have the opportunity to obtain books from a free public library. It is not desirable that the towns should have too mnch state assistance In this direction, but it is essential that the commission should be given more assistance. The appropriation of the commission shoald be somewhat in­creased, BO that It may have addi­tional help for performing its clerical work atid visiting the various libraries throughout the commonwealth.

Meat Inspection . During the 'last -year much inter­est was taken In and attention given to the improving of conditions under which meat, to be sold for food to the tiebple, .should be slaughtered and prepared for sale. There was a feel­ing that nieat Infected with the germs of disease might be sold as food; and the fear that such conditions existied cansed the legislature to, pass laws In­tended'to prevent the sale of iafected meat, and also to order an iaqniry by

me state .noara ot healtli lato tSe methods ot slaughtering,:-In Massa' chusetts, of aolmals to be' used for food.

Of all the animal food products consumed In this commonwealth, a very large percentage is brought in from otter states. In these oases, it being interstate business, the food products must be Inspected by offi­cers of the United States stationed in the slaughter-houses where the aiil-mals are killed, and these animals and carcasses are examined thorough­ly, by trained men, before ahd after being slaughtered. If there is any­thing which renders meat unfit for food. It Is seen by these inspectors and the carcass Is destroyed; and only meat which is fit tor food is permitted to be shipped from one state to an­other or to other countries. I have personally looked into this examina­tion In various slaughter-houses, and I am satisfied that the government In­spection is scientific and adequate. This applies to the great bulk of the animal food products, consumed by the people of this commonwealth.

The local conditions which are per­mitted to exist in this state are not, in my opinion, good. The slaughter­houses are not properly kept, and many Inspectors in the different sec­tions of the commonwealth do not properly understand their duties; the inspection is not sufficiently careful, and It Is Inadequate.

A reorganization ot this system should be effected, so that the com­monwealth may be divided into dis­tricts, having expert inspectors who shall superintend all the conditions under which animals for food are slaughtered, and who shall also ex­amine the carcasses to see that they are in proper healthful condition to be sold for food.

The appointment by the common­wealth of a given number of such In-Bi^ctors to look after these condi­tions would cost considerable; but whea the fact is considered tbat the people would be better protected from disease than they now are in the meat which they use for food, the extra ex­pense, although quite an Item, should not be controlling. While the expense would be quite large to the state, much of it would be saved directly to the towns and cities, as they would be relieved ot that which they now have to incur for inspection.

I recommend that careful considera­tion of this subject be given, and that action be taken so that all these, con­ditions may be improved and a new system of local slaughtering estab­lished; and I suggest that the stand­ard of Inspection be made the same as that now required by the United States government. I do not think our conditions in this respect are worse than in many of the other statea, but we cannot afford to be below the United States standard, which Is the best; and I urge prompt and wise action in dealing with this most important question.

Milk Conditions The production of milk and the w.

It shall be sold Is a problem which seems very difflcult to solve satisfac­torily to both the producers and con­sumers. There has been much dis­cussion as to whether the standard now required by law, of 12.15 percent of milk solids and 3.35 percent ot fat, is right. I do not pretend to express an opinion based on knowledge In this respect, but I have not been able to see any way in which the consumer and the honest producer ot milk can be properly protected, unless a stand­ard of quality shall be established and maintained by law.

While I thoroughly believe in a proper standard, established and malnt.iinoil by law, some conditions existent today seem to cause a hard­ship to the Massachusetts milk pro­ducers, hwause milk from other states can be sold In Massachusetts under many less restrictions than Is the case with the iiroduct of Massachusetts farmers.

It Is further a fact that for some reason the number ot neat cattle In the commonwealth of Massachusetts Is decre.TslnR. In the year 1908 there were ri.'ino head less of neat cattle than In 1907, and on Nov. 30, 1907, the record showed a decrease ot nearly 10.000 from the previous year, so that there were 13.000 head of neat cattle less In Massachusetts at the begin­ning of i!)09 than there were at the end of 1906. This proves conclusively that the keeping of cattle for milk In Massachusetts Is not an industry that !.<; crowing, but ohe that is declining. This Is unquestionably bad for the commonwealth. As the consumption ot milk seems to be constantly In­creasing, It must be brought in trom other states. Our farming Industry in this respect Is not flourishing. ' It is not profltable for tb* farmer to raise and sell milk under existing condi­tions.

I believe that the legislature should pass laws. If necessary, so that the farmers of this commonwealth can ship their milk through the direct agency of the railroads, rather than be obliged to deal through contractors who practically handle the shipping of milk for the railroads. Whether or aot this would result in cheaper milk to the coasumer, I do not know; but I do aot believe it wise for the great carrying agencies operating in the-cominonweaUh of Massachusetts to sublet these privileges to any one.

Every inan who desires to ship milk to the - cities of this commonwealth Ovw the railroads of the state should .ha,ve the right to deal with them di­rectly,, ftiider proper regulations and condltlo'is'. Tho railroad should rc-ceire proper pay for the service rend­ered, and should aot be obliged to

take milk at every statloa; but proper provisions . should be made so that milk delivered in reasonable quantities at particular points should.i>e carried by tbe railroads at reasonable rates te the large oenters of population where It is to be consumed. I be­lieve if this were done many of the complaints which now exist concern­ing tlie milk question would disap-Sear.

Military Matters Thc militia is in excellent condition.

The maneuvers which were held dur­ing the past summer were most bpne-ficlal and advantageous. All the con­ditions of actual service In war time were present except the terrible car nago which results from actual con flict. Our troops were ordered to mobilize on a given day at given points, ready for service. This proved a severe tesf ot thc commis­sary and quartermaster.departments, which were admirably met. The troops of all arms. Infantry, artillery and cavalry, arrived at the designated points on time and in good condition. They were well fed and cared tor dur­ing a week of most active service, during which time there was some very severe and disagreeable weather. Arrangements were made to prevent flres, and the dcmage done to the property of our citizens by the offlcers and men was almost; negligible.

Under the Dick bill, which was passed by the national congress and approved on Jan. 21, 1903, It was provided that troops serving from a state in connection with national troops under special conditions should receive certain pay. This did not contemplate that the state troops so serving should be paid both by the national and state governments; but some confusion in regard to the matter has arisen, and certain of our or­ganizations which have done special military work In, the past have re­ceived pay from both state and nation, while the great bulk of the militia has been paid only the amount specified by the commonwealth.

It does not seem to me that this Is wise or just, and I believe provision should be made so that the pay of all the state troops should be the same, and that any money whlc^ would un­der certain circumstances be paid by the national government to such troops, either for service or subsist­ence, should be turned into the treas­ury of the commonwealth to assist in the general payment of military ex­penses. I would suggest to you that a proper law be passed to bring about this result.

Institutions The various state Institutions are 1

good condition and doing their usua. good work. The Lyman school for boys and the state industrial school for girls have both been somewhat crowded, but new buildings which were authorized by the last legisla­ture win be completed early In 1910, which will relieve the situation. This also applies to the Massachusetts hospital school at Canton, which is a new school, doing well a very import­ant work.

The nurses' home at Rutland is nearly ready for acceptance, and the sanatorium Is full. The new accom modatlons which were provided for at the state hospital at Tewksbury have not been completed as yet. but they are badly needed. The industrial school for boys at Shirley has been opened during the year. There are now ninety Inmates.

The North Reading sanatorium for consnmptlves was opened on Sept. 22, 1909. and Is substantially full at present; the LakeviUe sanatorium will be opened in January, 1910. accom­modating 150 more people; and the Westfield sanatorium is expected to be opened either in February or March, 1910, to accommodate the same number.

At the Masaschusetts hospital for epileptics at Monson a building was provided for last year which will ac­commodate enough patients to relieve the crowding which exists there at present, and this building will be ready in July, 1910. The new Wren-tham state school which has been es­tablished for the feeble-minded has about flfty patients at present, and new buildings to accommodate about 200 patients will be ready in about three months. At the Massachusetts school for the feeble-minded at Waverley there are at present 1261 patients.

The prison eommtssion reports that there is no immediate need tor In­creased accommodations in our pris­ons.

The Insane in our state institutions numbered, Oct. 1, 1909, 11,490—an increase of 499 this year, against 789 last year, 402 being the average an­nual Increase for the last five years. It is safe to assume that the number of in.sane will Increase in the Imme­diate future at the average rate of 600 per year. The hospitals are now crowded, and there are more thaa .1800 beds set up In the day rooms and corridors, half of-whlch have to be removed and stored every day.

Under these conditions. It will be necessary for you to make appropria­tions which will provide for something like 800 patleats for the oomiag year.

While economy should be constantly In our minds this year, we ought to provide well for the care of our nn-. fortunate Insane, and erect whatever additions to our Institutions as aro necessary for this purpose.

The trustees of the Foiborough state hospital'for laebriates have arrived at the'point where th^y desire to make a begianiag for *a aew Institution. They* feel that they should ereatually hare a location much larger than their present oae, whero they can have a

large amount of Iaad on which maay i poraUoas under general laws. The of their inmates could work, and where arrangements could be made for a greater sub-divisLon of their pa­tients. '

I understand that if this should be done, the board of Insanity would uUlize enUrely the Foxborough insti­tution, and that they could use It to most excellent advantage In caring for the Insane, the number ot which un­fortunately increases from year to year. I think that the trustees of the Foxborough hospital are obtaining good results, and that your honorable bodies should take such action as will enable them to make a start in the direction indicated.

In this connection it has been called to my attention that where land is bought by various boards of trustees, it often happens that they procure land which is mortgaged. The mort­gagee will not discharge his mortgage until he is paid. On the other hand, the state offlcers will not pay over the money to the owner v(ntil he can show a clear title and the deed Is received for record. Under these circum­stances, some member of the purch­asing board has acted as an attorney for the owner of the land, while at the same time he Is acting officially as one of the purchasers of the land for tiie commonwealth. This ought to be changed, and it might be wise to pro­vide that the attorney general should be given further power to act in such transactions, and any member of the purchasing board be relieved from acting in a double capacity. . This suggestion Is made as a general proposition which might be carried out la the purchase of aay lands which the commonwealth might wish to obtain.

State Highways The automobile law which was

passed by the last legislature is work­ing well. It is expected that It will produce a net revenue of $175,000 during the next year, for use on the state highways; and, with the au­thority given the highway commis­sion to check the reckless driving of these vehicles. It is , in the opinion of the commissioners, the most ef­fective automobile law of any state.

The highway commissioners should be allowed to have sufficient money pn hand to enable them to make advances to laborers and others for repair work. Whero this work is done at present—there not being money on hand to deal directly with such men —the repairs are unnecessarily ex­pensive.

They should be given authority to buy small sections of land in differ­ent parts of the commonwealth, to be used for the storage of their ma­chinery; and, when opportunity of­fers, should have the right to pur­chase land in various sections which furnishes good material for road building.

All these purchases of land, either for the storage ot machinery or for the deposits ot material for repairs on roads, should not be completed without the approval ot the governor and council.

I recommend that authority be given th^ highway cfjmmisslon In both these directions, because I feel certain that it win save money for the common­wealth and permit the commission to render better service.

Boston Railroad Holding Company The Boston Railroad Holding com­

pany, which was established by an act of the last legislature, chapter 519, has issued certain bonds based on Its holdings of Boston and Maine rail­road stock. These bonds are guar­anteed by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad company, and are, la my opinion, a sate Invest­ment.

As the holding company needs more money to expend for improvements on the Boston and Maine railroad, it will he necessary for It to issue more bonds, and as the money for these bonds Is advanced It Is necessary that the New York, New Haven and Hart-ford Railroad company should be able to dispose of these bonds rather than hold them in Its treasury and so tie tip a very large amount of money.

These bonds bear 4 percent Interest, and, being based on the stock of the Hoston and Maine railroad and guar­anteed by the New York. New Haven and Hartford railroad, would be, I be­lieve, a most excellent Investment for our savings banks.

The Boston Railroad Holding com­pany, la my opinion, will be a great benefit to tho railroad situation In Massachusetts and New England. I believe the individuals who control the stock of this company Intend to very greatly Improve the physical condition of the Boston and Maine railroad. If this is done it will be a great benefit to Masaschusetts and New England, and these owners should be encouraged by proper legis­lation. '

Massachusetts canaot expect great improvemeats in railroad properties unless she Is willing to help la proper ways those who, are wllUng ,to put money Into such developments. I understand and' hsliere that Important and • extensive improTemeats are very

,sooa to be uadertaken on these .prop­erties, and I think it is in the inter­est of all oar-citizens that those mak-iDg these large expeaditures for such improvements should be, encouraged to do BO. I therefore recomaiettd that these bonds be made a legal Invest-ment for Massachusetts savings banlcS. Savings Banks'and Trust Companies

Prior .to the passage of the bnsiness law of corporations/ saTlngs banks and trust companies were organised by special law and their chatters made

geaeral law of business coriwratlons enacted in 1903 coatalas provisions excluding from its operation certain classes of corporations, among others savings banks, trust companies and co-operative banks, but also enacts that "such provisions should not bo construed to prohibit the organization of a corporation tmder the provisions of this act for the purpose of carrying on any lawful business, outside of this commonwealth."

It is thus possible for savings banks, trust companies and co-oper­ative banks to be organized under our general laws, subject to no supervision or control, to carry on business out­Blde the state.

The result is that there are two classes of trust companies, savings banks and co-operative banks which may be organized In this common­wealth—one to do business within tho commonwealth under restriction and supervision, the other to do business outside the commonwealth with no such supervision and subject to no restriction.

This condition seems anomalous, and I recommend the subject to your consideration for correction.

Civil Service The work of the civil service com­

mission has become much greater in the last few years because of the very large Increase In the number of peo­ple who are employed In the classified service. By the action of Oie last legislature very important work has been added to this department. In connection with the certification of fitness, of important appointees :of tbe mayor of Bostoh. The'commlssibners need a deputy examiner, ^ d they themselves should ber paid larger sal­aries , and be ' required to give more of their time.to the .work. I trust that action win be.taken by you to bring about these results.

Forestry Careful 'atteiUion Is being, given to

our standing forests, and our non­productive or waste lands should not remain Idle, as large possibilities for the future are to be found here and great results will come from a well-directed forest policy. Our moth work would be more effective In the saving of our trees If the lecal moth superintendents In towns and cities should receive their appointments sub­ject to the approval of the state for­ester,

I believe much better results In all our towns and cities could also be ob­tained were the siate forester given authority to advise and assist the lo­cal tree wardens.

Publicity I recommend the enactment of a law

which shall require the Issnance an­nually of a pubUc document contain­ing correct laformatlpa in,regard to the salaries or pay of the employe* and members of each department, board or commission, so that sucb salary or pay. and also the date of election or appointment and residence-of each offlcer or employe of the com­monwealth , may be easily ascer­tained . , • '. :' I

Senators and Representatives:—I am glad to say that the material con­ditions In the commoiiwealth ahd tha nation have been very much better during the past year than they were In 1908. The great crops of the west have been boimtlful, and the prices of which they have sold have been high. The cotton crop of the south Is prob­ably less than usual, but the farmers who raised it have received such good prices for their product that they are prosperous. The manufacturing in­dustries in all lines are busy, and the people are employed at good wages. The whole nation Is prosperous,

As a people, however, we ara not economical; we are unnec^sarlly wasting our natural resources, aad

.extravagance has become a habit. The price ot everything is high, and. thlB ought to put a premium on economy. This is not a proper time or place to* discuss the reasons for. these high prices, but It is well known that the enormous increaae In the production of gold and the higher wages paid In every vocaUon of life must be two of the great contributory causes.

In spite of these high prices, Mas­sachusetU has been extremely pros­perous and our savings banlts have shown the largest Increase In d ^ s -iU of any year In our history, the to­tal increase being $83,581,761, mak­ing the toUl amonnt of deposite now on hand in our savings banjts $743,-101,481. The dividends declared to the depositors In our savings banks during the past year have amoimted to 127,110,047. The deposits pot In these banks In 1909 were abont $1G,-000,000 more than In 1908, while the withdrawals ot . deposits in 1909 were I16,000»0b0 less than ia 1908.

The abore shows In a moat sraphio manner the tremendous change la condlUons which "las taken plac* in the last year. Notwithstandlni the prevalllag high.prices, onr .people have saved moaey, and this'means prosperity.

You, as the representatives of the people, have a.sacred tmst Imposed npon you; it-is your duty to see that the rosources of the commonwealth shall not be'wasted, and that the sioney of its cittsens thai] be wisely and properly e'itfeiided. ' The legla-hjdures of the past In Massaehnsetta have, estabilshed a' great reooid fbr ' th»;enBctnient of laws» wblcb have been fo th^ tme Interest o t ttfe people. Tonr immediate predeeesanrs xaUa. tained Ute iigti standard which UtA beeiaOttoetSiim, I Kav*,Ad tfooht^ -, ^ that ^on.wlli; do eqTuUV,»elj/|uil^„c^J^'•

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employ. This man has been with him her generosity bountiful, andhisr char-some time, having been given work ity never falling. . , and home when he was down and out; ' • Mrs. Jewett -is survived by two but he showed his appreciation in an daughters, Mrs." Mary M. Pond of Pep-unusual manner. Mr. O'Gee gave him perell, and Mrs . 'Bess ie ; MacCarthy, about forty-tour dollars Wednesday • wife ot Dr. P. H. MacCarthy of Boston,

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to the house for sometime, is now able to be about some.

Miss Mary Baker has been quite ill a t her home, but has been moved to the retreat, and her triends look for quick recovery.

Clarence Dow is On the road lo re­covery from pneumonia.

Mrs. A. S. -Mc.N'ayr has been very ill with tonsilitis, and her daughter Beth is ill with a severe cold.

Charles .M. Blood recently butchered the heaviest porker ever seen in this section. It belonged to Henry c. Blood of Hollis and tipped the scales at 66S pounds.

All in this section are very grateful to R. F. D. carrier Henry Wright, who has delivered the mails so promptly in spite of the severe siorm.

Notwithstanding the delay in arrival ot leather for the shoe shup, consider­able is being accomplisiu-d in the lu-terium. A large order of nuners shoes are being rushed and it is liopetl the stock tor the mamniotli onl-i- will soon be here. The few pairs o: tliese boots which have been tried m ilio mill, where men are obliged to stand in water for,hours, have proved higlily satisfactory and up to the guarantee as to being waterproof.

M r s . Carrie Elkins Pitman has en­tered the employ of the Fle.x-i-dura Shoe' Co. as stenographer and book­keeper.

There was no school, excepting in the high school, Tuesday, because ot the

, Inclement weather and bad traveling. New year 's was ushered in by many

householders in East ViUage with the old-time custom o£ lighted windows. Part icularly noticeable were the resi­dences of E. W. Blake, -N. W. Apple-ton, C. B. Taft and G. G. Tarbell.

The signal department of the Boston and Maine have installed an e-Ntra lamp near the Fitchburg division d--pot. This fills a long-known ne. ; In a verv dark spot between .Main | street and the depot. -A work train is a; the Worcester, .Nashua and Portland depot, where a crew have been repair­ing the sidings.

The 7.30 train, Monday morning, on this division met with a peculiar acci­den t about halfway to Groton. The «ngine broke away from the train and went a considerable distance betore re turning to hitch on. The ease with which the passenger cars stoiiped by the automatic working of the brakes • y'as particularly noticeable.

i t pays to advertise in these columns. •George H. Stewart sends word to this office that through the advertisement published a week ago, he has recover­ed the valuable robe which he lost.

D. E. Weston is busy placing new sections in the heater in the building occupied by P, J. Hayes' grocery. Ssveral sections were injured by over heat without water.

.Miss Clara Nichols has returned to her home on Tucker street from tbe Groton hospital, where she had an op­eration for appendicitis, which was very snccessful.

The selectmen met last Monday ..•,.-ning, but the senior member, fht^r'.,-^ H. Miller, was too ill to attend.

A number of the members of H-.i' -:. lodge went to Shirley, Thursda.v ;•:..: • to attend the installation s.f.. •-. ;• Fredonian lodge.

Stenstream & Deloiri ha \ - ::'. • :- i-ally attractive line of kit : • • ..:••. See their advertisenieni :•.: . . < ial sale.

Mrs, Spooners sistc Ohio, has arrived to who was so serious; week. She is rei>or ceptionally \vell for -jury.

At the business r... . t ing of the Con­gregational chur l i . Thursday after­noon, W. S. Woo.is, Esq.. was re-elect­ed a deacon. Tl.e superintendency of the Sabbath school Is still undetidod L C. Blood was elected to succeed Miss M. L. P. Shattuck. resigned, but he declines to serve and this will have to be concluded later.

The body of the arrested man who died from his Injuries last Thursday evening, has not as yet been identified.

Word was received Monday of the death of Frank W. Hunt ot this town at Nashua. Mr. Hunt has not been in the best of health for some time. He was very popular In the business dis­trict, where he was well known, and particularly by many traveling men who met him at the new Prescott hotel where he lived when in town.

Prank Mahoney has- left Tarbell 's grocerj- and is in partnership with his brother on the meat route.

The unusual cold weather has caus. ed considerable trouble, the suffering and freezing of water pipes. Those readers who took note of the warning In these columns some weeks ago did not have frozen pipes. Don't forget when you shut your water off close to the cellar wall to open your faucet and let the air in. This oversight Is causing manj- to have the plumber.

Gratitude poorly expressed might suit the following incident. Our cob­bler and all-round good citizen, Nel­son O'Gee. suffered a severe^ loss, as well as an incredible reward for k ind ' ness he has bestowed on a man in his

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evening and sent him to pay the taxes. Man and money have not returned and the taxes are unpaid, but the thief has been traced by our police as far as Boston that evening, and it is hoped he will be apprehended.

There are heroes in all walks of life, and it is nothing short ot heroism on the part of our R. F . D. carrier to get through his long and dillicult route and deliver all the mail practically on time. A great amount of credit for etliciency, as well as courteous at­tention to the public, is due Mr. Wright, our postmaster, and Miss Har­rington, his assistant, during the holi­day rush and great amount of busi­ness. They have performed remarkable feats In handling excess mail. Sever­al days before Christmas the number of postal cards alone handled daily was near the 3000 mark.

Superintendent Rice ot the Cam­bridge district, held the Fourth Quar­terly conference a t the .Methodist church, last Sunday evening. The stewards and trustees were re-elected for another year, and the usual com­mittee were appointed. Dr. Rice preached a very interesting and help­ful sermon Sunday morning.

F. W. Lockwood of Boston, a rep­resentative ot the Massachusetts anti-saloon league, will deliver an address at the .Methodist church next Sunday evening at seven o'clcok.

Miss Helene N. Moore of Worces­ter spent a few days at the home of Francis Hamilton on Main street the past week. .Miss Moore is the well-known soprano soloist of L'nion clmrch ot that city.

Sincere criticism are always in or­der, and as frequent and full ot honest intent as the news item have been from time to t ime, just so are the laudatory item of news, and with the needs of additional lengths at the dark lonesome covered bridge, supplied by the splendid new' l ights installed last week. The best of merit is due the town ofBcials.

It is understood tha t as soon as the weather permits several coats of whitewash will be applied

Forrest Winch has received the ap­pointment of driver of the steamer team to supply dur ing the illness and absence of Henry W. Lakin, who is ill at his home. jvlr. Winch is a mem ber of the steamer company', and is not only accustomed to and fond of horses, but has won the praise of his superiors and fellow members by his interest in the fire department. He is at the engine house all night, which is a new point in aid ot efficiency of the department when called on.

I. J. Rowell lost a valuable horse, Tuesday morning. it was the black colt which he raised and it is under­stood valued at over $300.

The L. B. S. of the Congregational church will hold i ts regular meeting. Thursday afternoon, .lanuary IS, at 2,30 o'clock. Business ineeting at three p. m. prompt.

.Mr. and .Mrs. 0 . A. Gelina of Lowell, \:.",d .Mr. and -Mrs. .Albert Brad, n and

liter ot Beverly, were ent.'rtain-

and two granddaughters, . .Helen M. Pond and Constancis P . MacCarthy.-

The funeral services u t the Jewett bome on .Monday afternoon, a t two o'clock, were conducted by Rev. R. W. Drawbridge, assisted by Rev.-aJ.. B. Thrall ot I^eicester. Mrs. Hutchinson and -Miss .Mary Wood sang "Abide with me." Many beautiful fiowers were sent by loving friends, fitting tribute to the fragrance of the life just ended.

Center. The Christmas concert, which Was

given by the Sunday school of the Trinitarian Congregational church, last Sunday evening, was very mucb enjoy­ed by a large audience.

Miss Annah P. Blood, who spent the greater part ot the Christmas holidays at her early hothe in Pepperell, re­turned to her business In New York city on Sunday night last.

Miss Corinne White ot Clinfrnville, Ohio, has been visiting the friends whose acquaintance she made during her father's pastorate here, and who were all pleased to meet her again. She left home on new year's day. Her brother, Corydon, has left Springfield and taken up a residence in Brockton.

Miss Lucy Woodward returned to her school in Newton on Sunday last. .

Tbe reports of the mean temperature this week have been almost fabulous, varying from ten below zero to twenty-eight on the morning of January 5.

The ^yoman's club was entertained last Tuesday by Rev. Mr. Crathern of South Braintree with readings from Browning.

Deacon Warren S. W'ood's family went to Brighton .to spend Christmas with members of the tamily who have their homes in Jamaica Plain and the vicinity.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Boynton vis­ited at Winchester on Christmas, Mrs. William Belcher's home. .Mrs. Clausen makes her home with her children in Winchester now. She lived in Pep­perell many years with .Mrs. Boynton. By a typographical error last week Mrs. Clausen was given as Mrs. Bel­cher's sister, instead of her mother.

Mrs. Henry A. Wright returned to her home last week trom Shelton, Conn., very much improved in health. Her daughter and granddaughter, who have been in the hospital tor treat­ment with typhoid fever, appear to be quite well now.

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by .Mr. and .Mrs. Archibald (; -r ilie holidays. ' , 1 ' . . -ru. .--d l e t t e r s .-it t h e F.iis-••- . :...>.i.>l!'.ct'. .JanLiai-\ ' 3; t i:.. !.^i:-l. I ' . r a m b a s t a I'a!-.-!. !•'-l..i . .L;.as<. .Mr.-.. M a i.'f,'it- I . . -az . i t l

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Tlie following oflicers were elected at the last meeting of Prescott grange:

\\'al:..r .-^liat-;;c-k, ni,: I-'.'rest .\iuli'i-;ws, o.; .-laiah Tiick.-f, 1.; I-'iarik .Mahont-y. s.; i.;ui-l .-It.. ^ a::, a. s,: .Mar>- I>.'nnen, chap.: I'ark..f K.-aiii. :,: .-s. I.i;,-ila I'ark.-r. st-c: Kre.i I'.ancr'.rt. K- k.: Lt-iia McOiath. c.: ("arri.- I ...r.r...ri. [..: c'airie Stewart, f.; .Harri..[ 11 .1 ".'.iSi .:i. :. a. s.

The installation of the officers w.ill take [>Ui(>•• Friday evening, J a n u a r y i 4 . Kacli !:;..|:jber can invite a guest who is ilit(.:•-^:.•d in the .grange.

Dislricl ^ur^(•. i:;.1.1.it. Ills are at jiresent illuslra-

ti\.- o'. ^.t '-ess in the matter of a dis-ti i ' - ;.;i.si-. It is understood that ; . : . ;• i.ree hundred dollars lias been ii:..'i.-..il and considerable more terr i -• :', :.. be reported. It has been no >:::,[. amount of work to accomplish •• - r.'sult, and means stil! more for ::..>.- who have interested tli.^mselves, - i '!iat a whole town may be beauti-: . il. Various theories are Ijeing put •ll tlie test of daine gos.sip. Some ot

has the semblance of narrow Jeal-usy. Surely those who think it a

huge undertaking can best aid it by silently watching instead of purposeful criticism. .Vewroniers to our town cherish the feeling of capable health, helpful co-operation w-bich will win for til.- town those incalculable bene­fits, which are only enjoyed bv a united municipality. "I>GI US tlun be up and doing." This is sonieiliii.c; to aid you and me as well as him ainl be The issue is humanity. I'leda.. ymir dol­lar and if you iiefd a nurse and can pay. do your duty, ami if any one needs a nurse and cannot pay, you have done your aliare in supplying that need.

Oliltunn. A laurel wreath on the .lewett fam­

ily pew in the Congregational church on Sunday last, reminded all who saw-it that a rare spirit h.id passed from among us. Mrs. J. E. B. Jewett, after an illness of scarcely a week, died of pneumonia at her home on Main street, on the List morning of the old year.

The early life ot Frances I^ncy was spent in East Jaffrey, N. H., where she was bom .Vovember 15, 1833. Her pa­rents were Harvey I>acy and .Martha Whitney I>acy. As a young lady she attended the Townsend Female semin­ar}' at West Townsend, at that timo an excellent nnd well-known school. She was married to Rev. J. E. B. .Tew-ett In 18.'i4, and they lived In Pijst Jaffrey nntil 18.=i9, when they removed to PeppereU. In 1882 Mr. and .Mrs. Jewett entered t he service of the American Missionary association in the south, and continued in this work for twelve years, re turning to Pepper­eU in 1896.

Mrs. Jewett was a woman of great strength and loveliness ot character. She lived a' well-rounded life as an ideal minister 's wife, a most beloved mother, a teacher of unusual ability In both day and Sunday' school, and as the friend of all who knew her, especially of the desoltcte and lonely ones Her sympathies were world­wide, her judgments wise and kindly.

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Death. Last Friday morning, the last day

ot the year 1909. bur dear friend, Mrs. Frances Jewett was taken home by "Him whose love exceedeth ours." Al­though Mrs. Jewett was very trail, her death was sudden. She was taken with pneumonia and her last illness \yas very short. It may truly be said ot her, "None knew her but to love her." She was a devoted member ot the Evangelical christian church from her youth and every good cause ap­pealed to her ready sympathy. She was a prominent member of the W. C. T. U. from its organization. The American board ot missions found an active and wise helper in her, when with her husband and daughters she entered its work in the southern states and among the mountaineers in Ten­nessee, and also in the Dakotas. She had expressed the thought that those were the happiest days of her life, to be enabled to help the helpless. She gave some of the best years of her life to the missionary work, and her health has been failing for several years.

Her husband, Rev. J. E. B. Jewett passed away October 4, ISOS. and her second daughter, -Mrs. Ella Thrall who was also in the mission work ir the west, passed from earthly care and labor many years ago. Two daughters, Mrs. Mary Pond and Mrs. Bessie Mac­Carthy. and two granddaughters sur­vive. Her funeral took place on Mon­day from her late home and was large­ly attended. Rev. J. Brainerd Thrall and Rev. R. W. Drawbridge were the officiating clergymen.

BELLAMY'S Successo r s to G. H. Swift

East PeDoerell, Mass.

Sale FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND MONDAY Of White Enameled Ware

S tanda rd Turquoise, First Quality, Acid Proof

We Offer These Barga ins for These Three Days ONLY:

.\liout Town. .\n eight-pound boy was born Janu­

ary 2, to .Mr. and ^I^s. Merle V,. Sellew, former assistant teacher at the high school, now of Wallingford. Ccnn.

.Mrs. Clara Bancroft Beatley ot Rox­bury will give an address on "Two pil­lars of strength," before thc L. S. C. Alliance branch of Pepperell on Fri­day afternoon, January 14. at 2.30 in Central hail.

Selectman Charles H. Miller is con­fined to the house with a very bad cold.

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew- Jackson Wood­ward will start for the south, Wed­nesday, January ,">, for the winter months.

Miss Corinne White ot Columbus. Ohio, a former resident ot I'epperell. was in town visiting among her many friends.

Mrs. Stella Mention, a relative of Luther Boynton, is visiting with him this week.

Verner Bancroft, the second son of Fred S. Bancroft, who is sick, is Im­proving.

Henry l^kin . driver for the Pepper­ell flre department, is conflned to the house with rheumatism. Forest Winch has been appointed driver in his place during his Ulness.

Mrs. B, W. Parker, wife of he su­perintendent ot the town farm, has been in poor health tor a short time, being run down from overwork.

James Gray of Park street has mov­ed his well-drilling machine to Deer­field, N. H.. where he is drilling wells.

It is said that Edgar Frost, who was taken to the Massachusetts General hospital. IB improving rapidly and will not have to undergo an operation.

News Items. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Coulter of Wal-

tham.were last week-end guests at R. M. Llndley's, the lat ter a sister of Mrs. Lindley's. . ,- .!••

Next Friday night, Jalnuary K, Pi M, Harwood wUl deliver an illustrated lecture on tho subject, "Milk." This ought to be of vital Intierest tonhe residents of our town, especially Wheii presented by so able a matt as Mr Harwood. '

10 Qtiart Covered Austrian Kett le . 17 (ijuart Deej) Di.sh Pan 10 Quart Lipped Preserve Kett le. , . 6 Quart Covered Koyal Sauce Pan . 12 Quart Water Pail

Regular . .$1.00 . . 1.00 . . 1.00 . . .85 . . 1.00

>'ow .69 .69 .69 ,69 .69

Regular G Quart Covered Berlin Kettle Si) ;i Quart Coffee Pot, Enameled Cove r . . . .00 Xo. 180 Tea Kettle, Seamless Pa t te rn . . 1.50 Our Leader for this Sale is a 6 Quart Lip

Preserve Kettle Eeg. Price .60, now .29

>'ow .69 .69 ,69

cSS •^-^-r .r^TT-i Railroad St., East Pepperell, Mass. I^l-o.anin.Toin.g'

Monday night at the Harvard lodge N'o. 60, I. O. O. K.. I), D. G. .M., George Buxton and suite of Shirley will install the ofTicers for the year 1910, A col­lation will be served at the close,

Reuben Reed is on the sick list, con­fined to the house with a severe cold.

Owing to the railroad accident at Sterling Junction, last Thursday, the R. F. D. mails were delayed about two and one-half hours.

Miss Pearl Webster from Montreal, nnd Miss Osee Webster, Cowansville, Quebec, are with their parents here tor a month's vacation.

Miss Phcebe Maria I.oe died January 1 at the homo of Miss lx>ul8a Dwyer after a short illness with erysipelas. She had been in poor health for a num­ber of years and had come to Harvard to regain her health. She had taught school a number ot years in the south, and retired a tew years ago after near­ly forty years' service. Deceased was seventy years old. The body was sent to Wayland for interment in the family lot by R. .M. Lindley.

Up-to-Date Clnb. The flrst meeting of the club,will

be held with Mrs. Charles L. Clay on Tuesday aftemoon, January 11, at 2.30. Current events will be given by Mrs. Clay, and Mrs. Shores will give some facts concerning the life and work of Judge Lindsey. The club announces the following as a partial program for the winter:

The second meeting will be held with Miss C. C. Qamage. Miss Qamage and Mrs. Helen Hildreth, leaders.

Mrs. Hartshorn has charge of the fourth meeting.

Any person who Is Interested is cor­dially. Invited to become a member of the club.

Sbabofcen. , January i Mr. and Mr^ "Willard S. •Dudley of Prospect bill, celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of their mar-rtags. About forty of their friends land relatives called during the day irith gifts and g<ood wishes. Post cards land letters of con^atulations from

all over the country were received.' of his at the Polytechnic Institute in They are the recipients ot many beau- r titul presents, consisting ot silver­ware, linen, pictures, a Turkish couch cover, purse ot silver dollars, etc., from Camden, N. J.; Rockwood, Mich,; Atlanta, Ga.; Concord; Nashua, K. H.; Worcester; Arlington; Waverley; Wes­ton; Clinton; Fitchburg; Ayer; Gro­ton; West Groton; Still River and Har­vard.

Cuthbert Wrangham shot a big buck Sunday morning. It was feeding with flve deer on his winter rye.

Two young children of Charles Cam­eron living on the Dickinson farm commenced going to scliool this term.

Gladys Porter Is at home sick with a hard cold.

A new telephone has ben placed In the stables of Mrs. H. A. Dickinson.

Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Dickinson,, 2d, have taken apartments on Packard avenue. West Somerville, tor the win­ter. .__

Still Blrer . Wednesday was the season thus far,

the mercury a t - t h e railroad station being 20* below a t five a. m„ and on Thursday It was over 40° warmer.

The- frost got into, the Iron of the stand pipe where engines take water at the station, so that wh'en a fireman of a freight on Wednesday morning tried to get water, as he pulled the spout around, it snapped oft and fell over onto the tender. As these stand pipes a re made in Chicagd, it will be several weeks beforia a naw one can be got to replace the broken one/ •

The "District schobl a t 91t:eberry Corners," as given by the young peo­ple ot the village, Thursday evening, December 30, Was a great success, the andience being kept In a . spirit of laughter from the beginning to the end, and theJr have been requested to repeat the same a t the town hall In Harvard, and i t is thought that they inay d6 s o . ' - . .

F, 'VKr, Bateman atteniied the funeral of Mr. Tolli&n'ln Worcester, Wednes­day. Mr. Xdlltnan was a classmate

Worcester thirty-eight years ago, and this is the flrst break by death in tho large class.

The Sunday school gave their an­nual Christmas concert, Sunday eve­ning, as it was stormy the previous Sunday it could no get given

-Mr. and Mrs. Burnett of Clinton were guests ot .Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Haskell last week Thursday, to attend the school entertainment in the evening.

Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Hutcherson had a niece and two children from Con­necticut visiting them last week.

HOLLIS, N. H.

About Town. Edward W. Carter of Roxbury was

In town to attend the new^ year 's dance and remained tfter Sunday.

Hotlis grange is Invited to neighbor with Hudson grange on Thursday eve­ning, January . 13.

A daughter was bom on Monday to Mr. and Mrs. William Bishop.

Miss Mae Lawrence of Boston IS spending two weeks with her father, Dudley P. Lawrence and family.

Grange Installation. Tuesday night was Installation of of- '

fleers a t Hollis grange. The fourth degree was conferred on Milton "Col­burn, Celia Dunklee and Mrs. Arthur Patch, and a harvest Supper was serv­ed. The offlcers.elected a r e :

Charles P. Brown, m.; George W. Hardy, o.i Mrs. Emma M. Oreenleaf, 1.; Henry D. Blood, a,; Frank B. Ellsworth, a. »,: Mrs. Harriet S. Dudley, c ; Qeorge F, Hall, t.; Mi's. Addle S. Hall. ».; Wal­ter C. Dunklee, g,-W.; Mrs. Luoy B. Brown, c ; Mrs. Flora E. Hardy, p.; Miss Edith W. Mason, t,; MUs Helen T. Pow- • ers. 1. a. 8.;-Mr8. Florence C. Ladd, p.

The Installing oflicer was B'red' B. Kimball, assisted by- Miss Green and. Miss Kimball of Greenville. ' A vocal duet was rendered by Miss Ber tha M. Hayden atid Mrs. Annie V. Coburn.

Adloph O. Rbseman of Mechanlc'Arts high school, Boston, spbnt h i s Christ-, mas vacation with T; B. Mason and­family..

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