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CEM;r£R.—^Last Saturday-afternoon, in the perfect beauty of. the spring day, the, remains of th'e'late Mrs. Augusta- Butter­field, which had been entombed.in. the cemetery at Ayer, were brought-to West-fcnrd for bnrial at Fmrview. Hon. Geo. J. 'Bnrns and family werepresent, as -well as a number of former- 'Westford. friends. Bev. L, E. Perry of Ayer made the prayer and Bev. C. P. Marshall read the script­ures, after which eulogistjc remarks -were' made by Mr. Perry, and Mr. Marshall read the commital service; Mr. Burns, in whose family Mrs; Butterfield had liyed for many years^added words of appreciat­ive memory ot the deceased.

The funeral of the late Mrs. Sarah E. Drew took place at the family, home, last week Friday afternoon, at two o'clock, and was largely attended by relatives, friends aha neighbors, come to pay tbeir last respects to one who had lived her life faithfully and well. The floral offerings were numerous and of great beauty. Bev.

,-C. P. Marshall, in the absence of Bev. B. ,H, Bailey, -was the oificiating clergyman. Tlie bearers were Augustus Uunce, John Burbeck, W. "P. Balch and Henry Bur­beck. Burial was'in the family bt at Fairview.

G. W. Heywood, one of our aged towns--: men, hai been quite.ill the past week. .

Mrs. Alfred W.'Hartford underwent an operation for appendicitis at her home oh

, Saiiday. 'morning. It was performed by Dr. O. V. Wells, assisted by Drs. Sleeper and Sherman. At this •writing Mrs: Hert­ford is,doing nicely, and her many friends unite in wishing firmer health for her than has been her portion for some time past.

Mrs. Clarence A. Beid, who has been so seriously ill with pneumonia, is reported aS'gaining a little each day.

Miss Mary E. Drew has been spending the week with relatives in Cambridge.

The new four-room school adjoining the academy lot will bo open for inspection on

_Mempriald.gy.: This building is a model of itsliind and a credit to the contractor and the building committee, who faithfully performed their duties. Doubtless many people will avail themselves of this oppor­tunity, so thoughtfully accorded.

PARTY.—Mrs. J. Herbert Fletcher was a genuinely successful hostess to a large party of friends at her pleasant home on the Boston road, last week Thursday af­ternoon. The entertainment took the form of progressive whist, of which there were twelve tables. Mrs. Fletcher's sister, Miss Ella Gill of Ludlow, Vt., who has been spending the winter here, and who has so pleasantly identified herself ,with the so­cial and literary life of the village, ably assisted her sister in entertaining her guests; Mrs. Eliot F. Humiston won first prize, -vihich was .s beautiful hand-wrought handkerchief; the second^ i z e , a hand­some pack of cards, was won by Mrs. C. L. Hildreth. The rooms were tastily dec­orated -with beautlfnl spring flowers. Be. freshments of icecream and cake were served. ,„•;

Mr. Fletcher, not at all overwhelmed at b^ng the onl;r man at a ladies' party, and with-characteristic geniality, appeared to­the close of the gathering and greeted his wife's giiests, and assisted in dispensing refreshments.

.CONTEST.—The medal contest at town hiJI, last week Friday evening,-was of ex­cellent merit, and a credit to the'young people who took part and to those having the affair in charge. Mis< Maude Sargent was awarded fir;t prize and Miss Gertmde -A. Etamlin second. Following is the pro­gram:

Piano solo, Albert Dayjprayer,Eev. C. P. ilarsbalU recitation,' "'when the Sabbath bells were rlnRlng," Anna Symmes; mando­lin solo, Arthur Garland; recitation, " The two glares," IdaTraskjsong, Johns,Greig: recitation, ""Who struck the blow," Sadie 3IcMaster; song,"Good iiight," mate quar­tet; recitation, "Licensed to sell,", Addle L.' Day; mandolta solo, Arthur Garland; recita­tion, "Prohibition battle call," Gertmde A. Hamlin: 8ong> Miss Flagg: recitation, "One standard for both sexes," Maude Sai^ent; song, l«on Holland: dialogue, " A point on ptohlbltlon;" music, grange orchestra; re­marks, Eev. C. P. Marshall.. - ,

DEATH.—John M. Chandler died at his home in Tyngsboro last Sunday, aged 84 yrs. 4 mosi >Ir. Chandler was bom in Westford, on the farm near Flushing pond, and was one of tbelarge family of William Chandler. ..In 1849 he went to California and mhied in the gold fi'elds for three years. : He is survived by three children —;J. Frank of Tyngsboro, Harry A, of Billerica, ann Mrs. Emma M. 'Wright of Graniteville.,

The funeral was held at his residence on 'Wednesday. . Bev. Dr. B. A. Greene of .Grace Universalist chnrch conducted the services. Mrs. Clara Greig and Mirs. Charles Wright sang-cffecti-reh;, "Some­time we'll under8tand,"-and " The home­land," two favorite selections of the de­ceased. The bearers were J. E. Woods, Horace E. Gould, Geo. J. Sherburne and Otis L. AVrigbt Burial was in Hillside cemetery, Westford.

BASEBALL.—The largest crowd ot the season gathered at Stony Brook park last Saturday afternoon to witness the ball-g'lme between the Westford and Littleton teams, this being the second game between tha teams this season. As the Westford team won the first game by a score of 1 to 0, it was expected the Littleton team would make a lively dash to' -win, but the West­ford team have a 'degree .of trained skill that cannot be crippled by a dash, which was clearly proven as the game progressed, and fisslly rounding up by beating the Littletons 5 to'L

This forenoon at nine o'clock the West-fords are going to try something harder, and will meet the team from Nashua, which have a reputatien for winning; they are likely to have that reputation revetsed by contact with the home team.

Sprii^Suits andTopCoats WE A : B E mw I'liEPABED TO SHOW YOU A FINE LINE OF SPBING SUITS, IN THE

New Browns, Grays;and Tans, all Finely Tailored, and Prices fr-om. $10.00 to $22 :00 Y, ^ ^ * ^ '- ^ \'K CABBY HAB:^ SCHAFFNER & MABKS FINE MADE CLOTHES.

We: .also, have a connplete. line of Men's Hats^

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lage, where she formerly resided, are'wisbi. ing for her speedy recovery.

The new hose wagon,for tfie A. R, Choate hose company has arrived here' and will be put toprac^cal test in tiie near iutoe.. .-•

•tf. H. Payne, president of the StoSy Brook Beet Ca. reports business improv­ing, and everything points to a very suc^ cessful season. , . ; , . ' . : • , .

P. Henry Harrington* the welli-knowa contractor, has recently retnrned from Springfield, where he was a delegate fo the grand court convention ot the E?restera'bf America. ' Mr. Harrington represented court Graniteville of this village.

T H E SPECIAL TOWN MEETING Monday evenin" was largely attended, for the sea­son and an evening session. Tiie meeting was called to order by the town clerk, Ed­ward Fisher, who read the warrant and called for a nomination for moderator. Hon. H, E. Fletcher was nominated and elected. The second article was to hear the report of -the committee on enlariging Forge Village schoolhouse. A. R. Choate, as chairman of the committee, reported and submitted plans to the meeting and figures of contractors, the lowest figures being S6-100, which does not include the sanitary work. This will make a four-room building of modern style and con­venience, to complete which the commit­tee felt they must ask the town for 88000. The report of the committee was accepted. A motion to accept the report was ques­tioned by Capt. S. H. Fletcher, who felt tbat it might bind the town to the one plan submitted. The motion-'-was withdrawn.

Article three wa| to see if the town will appropriate or borrow money necessary to enlarge the Forge Village schoolhouse. _A. P. Choate submitted a motion in writ­ing, which in effect authorized the town treasurer to borrow S8000, to be paid in notes-of SlOOO each annually, interest not to exceed five percent. The motion was carried after the finance committee, by its chairman, O. B. Spaulding, reported in fa­vor of said sum, the vote standing 44 to 11. Geo. T. Day then made a motion that the building committee, consisting of five persons, be appointed b/ ' tha mc3erator, •with full power to act, such committee not to incur any indebtedness in excess of 880007 The motion was carried and.the moderator appointed as a building com mittee, Julian A. Cameron, A. B. Choate, John Spinner, Wm. fi. Taylor and L. W. Wheeler; .

. Article four, in regard to adopting the law preventing 'lUetting fires ,in the open air from Aprii 1 to Oct 1, was unanimous­ly adopted.

Article 5, relating to pro»-enting using the highway for dumping stones, brush,

NEW SCHOOLHOUSES.—Several of'the voters from this village attended the spe^ cial town meeting in Westford townhallj Monday night, the principal, busihessibe-ing to raise and appropriate 88000 forthe: remodelling and building of two additibnai rooms to the Forge 'village echoolbouso. This sum includes sanitation; heating and plumbing. The question was favorably voted on withont much discussion,-Md a committee was appointed to attend to^his' matter as soon as possible, so 'the neOej • sary changes will be made before theopen-ing of the fall term. 'When this building is completed Westford, can boast of ha,Viog' some of the best :equipped schools o? any similar sized town in the, state. Ttus ap­plies to both interior finish.and outward appearance of the buildings.

A; B. Chodte, chairman of the school libard, has informed the writer thatthe new tchool building in 'Westford Center, which is now completed, will be open all day Saturday, Memorial day, in order to give those who wish ample opportunity to inspect the building and see what a fine place the'children wiir have at the ppen-ing of the fairierm,and in fact, in the fu-tnre,_ for this building is a substantial one and is buiit for the coming needs of the town.

FORGE.—The Forge ViUage Lions jour­neyed to Groton Saturday and won from i the Groton team by a score of 2.to.l.in a-£s very enjoyable game. The same club held a social dance in Abbot's hall, last week Friday evening. All enjoyed the evening. Miss Precious at the piano, and Brown, •violin, furnished the music.

Miss Hazel Comey hail a very ill turn at school Tuesday."* Dr. Blaney was hast­ily summoned, and it was "some time be­fore she got relief. A heart trouble seems to be the cause. She is much better at time of writing.

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We have a fine line-of YOUNG MEN^S SUITS. Suits that- are dashing and distinctive. The styles may be called extreme foecause they are out of the ordinary. Every,,idea or kink t h a t ' s new is shown and the patterns and colorings a re very swell.

The long soft rolling lapels, the graceful form fitting cut of the coat, the sleeves .with cuff effect, the lower cut of the vest with,pocket flaps, and the e^sy fitting trousers, are a few of the principal features of the New Spring Coat.

The fabrics are entirely new and rather striking in effect You will find them in the New Browns, Olives and Greys,

Our prices are extremely moderte--they are always so. -

Prices, $10.00, $12.00, $13.50. $15.00 and $18.00

New Spring Styles IX

Men's Negligee Shirts.

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BOXBOROUGH.

.'- -ABQOT TOWN.—Union memorial' ser­vices were held at the' Unitarian cbn i^

. last Snnday. Owing to (he illness ofltev. B. H. Bailey, pastor of the church, Bev. C; PirMarshall Oonducted the reUgions ex­ercises and preached an exceptionally pa­trioUc and appropriate sermog for the oo-casion. Tbe'veterans were escorted from the town hall to the church by tbe Sons of Veterans. The church was appropriately decorated with flags and flowers. -.The singing by the united choirs was finely rendered, under the direction of Edwin

,, Barnes, supervisor of music'in thiipublic schools. An added attraction o^the mu­sic was the cornet playing of JUexHo-

' Pherson of Boxbnry, who also effectively played taps at the close of the exercises. ,

inie committee on enlarging the Forge : Villiu^ schoolhouse met at the^ office of

_ the Abbot company Tnesday afternoon, to '" orgasize. Jdlian A. Cameron was elected

chairman and Wo . Taylor secreury. - ' Jolin Greis Is tlie latest arrival to come

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refuse and other waste material, or piling wood and lumber, called out much discus­sion. Frank C. Wright wanted to know it the towii in repairing roads wonld be governed by this rule. At present they n k e the'stones and refuse from the roads to'the sides of the road, making as unsight­ly ah appearance as tHe private citizen that this vote is trying to prevent. Final­ly Selectman Abbot submitted a written motion, which in effect is prohibitive, ex­cept bpr permission of the selectmen.

Articles six and seven, relating to di»-continning old. iad unused roads, were passed withont oppotitios.

GRAOTTBVILLE,—Miss Judith Mattson of this village, who i l at the sanitorium in Bntland, has had an attack of pneumonia recently. The latest reports are that she is up and about In faerroom. Hergenehil condition i« much betterand she is improv­ing J»pidly.; . i - Thursday, being, a holy day mass was celebrated In St. Catherine's chnrch in the momiiig'at 7.80 o'clock. The usual May devotions were held in this church In' tbe evenli^ and were largely attended.

John Gillespie of Lowell has been a re­cent visitor heine. ,-Mr. Gillespie was inter­ested in the. lyot and shoe business het« some few yeanf ago. ~. . . .

Mrt. Thomas £.,Fisber of Lowell haa been a recent vUtor here. ^ ;

Mr*. A. .W. Hirtford ot, Weitfotd Cph^ ter, who widerweBt.as openttioB^for ap­pendicitis laat Sunday, Is now imptovine slo#ly, andi bertaany-^ friends la "this • £

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N E W S I T E MS.—Si-xteen members of Boxboro grange visited Acton grange, Tuesday evening. The third and. fourth degrees were conferred on a class of candi­dates and E. F. Bichardson ot Millis, deputy, was present for inspection^ Carl­ton D. Bichardson, worthy state master, was also a guest of the evening. The iioor work ofthe ladies' degree staff was very effective and received much well-deserved praise. A fine harvest feast was ser\-ed at the close of the degrees.

Gus Wetherbee has gone to AVarwick to stay with his nephew until the apple season opens again.

Monday afternoon, the West Acton Woman's club held its annual meeting at the new home of Mrs. C. A. Dudley in Littleton. It was an ideal day for an out­ing and Messrs. Hall and Knowlton added to the pleasures of the afternoon by fur­nishing conveyance in their antes to most of the club members from West Acton. The reports ofthe president, secretary and treasurer were read a^d a c o ^ d . The lOfficcrs elected for the foUowf^-year were: 'Miss Laura A. Brown.prcs.; Mrs. Arthur Blanchard, vice-pres.; Mrs. Eugene Hall, sec. and treas;T Mrs. John Hoar, Jlrs. Brooks Parker, Mrs. Clark Durkee, ex. com. ..

Fonr new:memberii.-were added to the club. Misses Helen Hi4l! Helen Knowlton, Katherine Bichardsoti; ikiid Mabel Bni^ roughs. The hostess sei-ved a dainty spread after which tho memben enjoyed a social talk over the work.for the comine

year. v , .. " Last Snnday Mrs.. Cunningham enter­

tained an auto party consisUng ol Oscar Brown andfamily of Hudson and Erastur .Yeaton of Lynn.

Thursday, a baby girl was welcomed into the family of J lr . and Mrs. S. D. Sal­mon.

-Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Bradford attended the golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Wal-t«»-HoIden at their; home in West Acton, Tuesday w e n i n g . ; - . . ';

i.?*?^?} yi!"'. ?«l>ieigh; Frank Davidson, Alfiwd Cobleigh and t*o children ot C. T. Wetherbee are sick with the grip.

Mrs. B. Y. Nelson was a week-end guest of Miss Florence Moore at her home in Greenwood. '. ^ ^ _^MK SwansoD, the new owner of the Lee Brown place, takes possession of his new homoj Satarday.. .

Thero'Is BO aciiool at No. 2 this week on ,«!Cfliiot,of tho Ulness of Miss Lipson, the teachcv.: ' , "-

_,'*'•• ;Mead ot Ayer is visiting her son, AOgai'C. Mead.-'

The largest variety and the handsomest patterns we have ever shown. They come in light and dark pat­terns with cuff attached or detached as you may prefer. The quality, workmanship and fit .ire of the bestj a^;^o carry only reliable makes. W e .also have the Coat style with cuffs attached.

Negligee Shirts, with'Ipuffs detached,

47c., 69c. and $1.00 Shirt, cut coat style, caffs attached,

$1.00 and $1.50 Boys' Negligee Shirts,

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Some splendid values in our line of Underwear.

Balbriggan Shirts and Drawers, in Ecru, Gray and Black. Price, each garment,

. 25c. and SOc Derby Eibbed Shirts and Drawers, ifcjEcru and Blue .

Price, each garment, ' '

50c Union Snitsj-in different makes. In regular and s toat

, s i z e s . ' L o n g and short sleeves. Prices ,

$l:d.5'and $1.50 Boys' Balbriggan Shirta and Drawers,

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MEN'S COMMON 'STBAWS, 25o. and 50c MEN'S CBASH HATSj

BOYS' STB AW HATS,

Straw Hat season is a t hand.-; It is t ime you had yptif^ Therp never was. a wider .choice .iri Men's Straw Hats than is shpwn this season. We have all the best and newest'shape$;for the young-fel­low;'^^s well as the staplp;shapes suitable-for t h e older -men. We have Strkw Hats for every type of face. ••

50c., $1.00, $1.50 ahd $ 2 . 5 0 ' $1.00, $ 1 . 5 0 , . $ 2 . 0 a a n d $ 2 . 5 0

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CHIXDBEN'S C L O T H : HATS, 25c. and SOc.

BOYS' CLOTH HA'M, 25o. and SOe.

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WEST GKOTON.

To THE EDITOR: We are all aware how fast our timber supply is being depleted. Not only in New Lngland, but throughout the country, and that there is only a sup­ply'o£ twenty years. In view of this fact, how important it is to impress on the minds ot everyone the great importance of tree planting.

-H.E. Kemp has this spring set out 12,-000 pine trees. If every person would do even a'small part of what he has done, what a wondersul change could be accom­plished in the next twenty-five years, s.

<' TYNGSBOROUGH.

' DEVTH.—John M. .Chandler, aged 84 jrears, 8 months, died last Sunday after­noon at.his residence in Tyngsborough, on the Westford road, near the line. Deceas­ed was bom in Westford and in '49 went to California and mined in the gold fields of that state for three years.- On his re­turn he located in Iowa and remained there several years, £nally coming back to Xyngsborough. He is survived by two eons, Harrj- A. of North Billerica and John F. of Tyngsborough, and a daughter, Mrs. £mma-M. Wjjjjit of Graniteville.

• LITTLETON.

FROM the Lowell Sun, May 26: The nest case called was that of Michael Lea-hey vs. Giles Barber oiLittleton to recov­er inoney he clums due as the result of a horse trade. It seems that Leahey swap­ped a pair of chestnut horses with Barber that -were valued at $550 for si-x cows vtd--Qed at $215, and Barber wa; to give him a lease on uie horses for the remainder of the amount. The horses were taken away but Mr. Barber afterward declined, to sign the lease and Leahey recovered the horses on account of replevin. When they came

,back, Leahey claims, they had depreciated xmo-half their value and hence the suit. When the case was started tbe witnesses for the plaintiff took the seats used by the jury near the witness stand. While cross-examining the plaintiff, his wife made a temack, in reply to one oT the lawyer's qhestioDS.

" Who made that remark," asked the court.

!• The wife of the witness," was the ans­wer."

" She shall remove to tlje farther end of the court-room," ordered the court, and Mrs. Leahey was escorted to a seat in the rear of the room.

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It began on tbe Greenwich local. Tbe man Bitting beside Henrietta on tbe cross seat was reading a typewritten manuscript

"Either an author or an editor," mus­ed Henrietta and soon allowed her cu­riosity to get the better of her to tho extent of looking over ber nelghbOE's shoulder and reading tbe story with him.

It proved to be a love story, and as it progressed Henrietta stole a surrep­titious glance at tbe man every now and tben. But his expression gave no clew to the Impression tbe story might be making.

Once, as he turned a page, he looked up suddenly and became aware that Henrietta was following tbe story.

She blushed and started to apologize, but he put her at her case !n'quite an unexpected manner.

'Tm glad you've been reading tbe story," he said, with a friendly smile. "A woman wrote it, and 1 hope you'll give me yolir opinion when we've fin­ished It"

So tbey read on together. When they had reached the end they

sat for a moment silent each evident­ly absorbed In thought .»

"Well," said the man at length, "that Is perhaps what would happen in real life, but the ending Isn't satisfactory from my viewpoint"

"And what is your viewpoint?" ven­tured Henrietta, her Interest in the sit­uation overpowering momentarily ber natural shyness. "Are you judging it lis just a plain man or as an editor?"'

Her query seemed both to please and amuse him, and Henrietta was sur­prised to flnd herself answering his smile quite as If tbey were old ac­quaintances.

"I am Judging i t" he said, "as an editor who tries to • imagine himself just a plain man. But what do you think about It?"

"I'm afraid I agree with the au­thor," answered Henrietta, somewhat timidly, "but really my opinion doesn't count In the least, because"—

"On tbe other hand," Interrupted the man, "it counts supremely. It Is tbe opinions of just such casual readers, as yourself that I have to study and^arn to understand almost Intuitively, as It were.

"But to get back to the point In ques­tion. You mean that 'love at first sight' Isn't worth writing about—that the type of woman who would consent to marry a man on short acquaintance Isn't tbe stuff tbat heroines are made of?"

"Not exactly that perhaps. But any one could make the story end happily —bave them marry, I mean. That would have been the ordinary way. It must bave taken some courage to end It the other way, and It seems to me the story's stronger for It"

"But you see," persisted the editor, "everything In the story goes to show tbat this man and woman, though tbey met just once casually, as you and 1 are meeting, were most remarkably en rapport Why, then, does the author never have them meet again after making her reader feel that they ought by all that Is happy and harmonious, to lielong to each other?"

Henrietta smiled at the man's ear-nes'tness.

Well," sbe began defensively, "per­haps the author was trying to show that, although a man and a woman may meet by accident like that and even feel and admit each to himself or herself that they really do belong to each other, yet neither one quite dares— Oh, I'm afraid 1 don't just know how to express It" she broke off, blushing consciously at h.ivlng spoken so freely to an utter stranger.

"Thank you," said tbe man, and his manner was both sympathetic and thoughtful. "I begin to understand. But I'm still unconvinced as to Its be­ing the popular or natural viewpoint If I could talk to the author herself, I feel quite sure that I could."

"Goodness!" said Henrietta, starting suddenly. "This Is my station. Good night"

The more Henrietta let her thoughts dwell upon this unusual littlo discus­sion tho more sbe found herself yield­ing to the editor's polritof view. There was no real reason, after all, why the man nnd •woman In the story shouldn't bave married and continued to "live happily ever after."

Still that would be a most common­place ending, after all, and she accused herself of being Influenced, as was the editor, not by the artistic but by the commercial value of tbe story.

So she tried to think ot new nrgu ments to defend the author's denoue­ment The heroine, she imagined, wns very much the same type of girl as herself and, like herself, therefore pre­ferred to keep thoSe few moments of chance acquaintanceship an idealt:^^ memory upon which she could look baek forever and 'a day with joyful satisfaction.

An ordinary person might yield to the temptation of following up the lead, bnt the heroine of tbat story was not ordinary. Upon tbat the autbot and Henrietta agreed perfectly.

She herself, for Instance, In her o'wn comparatively Insignificant experience would probably never meet the editor again, and -what would It matter? She had tbe memory of their pleasant In­terchange of though^ and he of course -would, never think of her again., But here the defense weakened-and bid her blushing face In her bands.

A toyf day* later 'when Henrietta re­

ceived a very courteous noje from th« editor of the Kew FIctfon Magazint

-asking ber to call a t his olBce for the purposo of Malking 'dver jier story sbe smiled archly, dressed bereelf most be comingly and made her way promptly, but more or less tremolouflly, to his august sanctum. It was a novel sltua-Uon.

What It be had reversed his orlglna) opinion too? Would sbe or wouldn't she be pleased? •>. "

The editor's surprise proved Intense ly nuj-'.sing to Henrietta at least

"You-the author herself?" was all be was able to gasp. Then he broke out Into a hearty laugh. In -which Hen rletta joined merrily. ^

"You stUl hold to your flrst opinion, I suppose?" Henrietta asked teata. tlvely.

"More firmly than ever," ivas the edl. tor's emphatic reply.

"Tben the stoiT la rejected?'^ queried Henrietta wistfully.

"Not If I can convince the author mto my way of thinking," he answered brightly. "I have great iconfidence in my own powers of persuasion."

Henrietta looked skeptical. Since be chose to be so confident, sbe would never let him know that she was half persuaded already. She would defend her original ending of the story, just to keep him guessing.

And tbe. arguments upon arguments that followed! Was ever tbe fate of n story held so long In tbe balance? And all the time that Henrietta .t^as de­fending the story as it stood,; in her own heairt she was recasting It.as tbe man willed and wanted.

. A suspicion of the true state of af­fairs gradually convtoced the editor that his best play was to confess him­self vanquished.

Henrietta was radiant "There!" she cried triumphantly.

"I've made you take It just as It Is. You didn't win me over, after all."

"Didn't I?" was air the editor said, but looked straight Into her eyes.

Henrietta lowered hers, but-made no reply.

And then tbe editor did a very cruel thing.

"I suppose you are going to put your theories Into practice, then, and never let me see you again? Of course you'd rather keep our acquaintance a mem­ory and not let It be spoiled by any such commonplace thing as love and marriage."

''Please don't" begged Henrietta, struggling to keep back the tears. "I told you the very flrst time we met that It took courage to end the story that way. It may be that tbe woman Isn't as strong as the author."

Tbe editor smiled very tenderly. ' "I accept tbem both,'' be said, loving­

ly, folding her to him, "jnst as they are."

But Henrietta would not have It so. "No," sbe whispered, "I'm going to

rewrite the ending. I know now what it ought to be."

You Will Need an Oil Stove /

fire was burning.

W h e n warm days and the kitchen fire make cooking a bur- ~ den—rthen i s the t ime to try a N e w Perfection W i c k Blue Flame Oil Cbok-Stpve.

Marvelous how this stoVe does away with kitchen discomforts — b o w cool i t keeps the room in comparison wi th conditions when the coal

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sizes and fully warranted. I f not with your dealer, write' our n&rest agency.

Everybody Suited. He prided himself on having the lar­

gest general store In tbe county. "If Man "Wishes It and It Is Made I

Have It" was the sign over his store and the motto which capped all his ad­vertisements in the newspapers.

"William," said he one morning as he was giving instructions to a green clerk, "no one must ever leave tbis store without making a purchase. It a person doesn't know what he wants, suggest something.- And, remember, we bave everything, from carpet tacks to mausoleums."

William's first customer was a leisure­ly chap who gazed about curiously, but had no definite object In view.

"Just looking around," he explained. "Wouldn't you like to take a look at

our new line of post cards?" suggested the eager clerk.

"No, not this time," answered tbe stranger. "I'm just a little short this morning."

"Ab," urged the new clerk, who was not familiar with the wonderful slang terms of the language, "then perhaps you'd like to look at our line of new and handsome stretchers." — Sketchy Bits.

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The Swaying Skyscraper. Through the obance perfect adjust­

ment In the way of balance of a row of large photographs tbat bang on the' wall of an oflice on the twenty-second floor of an office building downtown the clerks In the place have a good deal of quiet amusement with persons who visit the place for the flrst time. Owing to this balance the pictures are easily swayed by the wind that blows through tbe open windows, and since the office force goes in for fresh air the year round tho pictures are never still. Tbe joke lies In c.itchlng tho horrlfled expression on the faces of the callers when they get a sight of the swinging frames. Then it is always explained, with due solemnity It tbe boss Is not around tbat tbe swaying of tbe frames Is due to tho oscillation of the structure. It usnally takes some time for the object of the joke to see tbe point Meanwhile ho has suffered a considerable shock.—New York Press.

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Rifle and Smooth Bore. The main difference lietween a rifle

and a smooth bore gun is that the In­ner surface ot the rifle barrel has one or moro spiral grooves cut Into It The object ot this is to permit a portion of the material of the buUot or. projectile to sink into tbe grooves. As the pro­jectile is forced out of the barrel these projections Into the grrooves tend to re­main there, thus giving rise to a spin­ning motion. In fact, it Is not only going-forward, but Is rotating rapidly as it goes. The axis will tend—In ac­cordance with the gyroscopic prliiclple —to maintain without change Its direc­tion. Btit that Is really saylfjj that the projectile will tend to remain In Its true course. So this Is why a rifled gon shoots straighter than a smooth bore.^St Nicholas.

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PhjrslclAns Says It's at 40. At what age U man at hia best and

r e s t likely t o achieve hl» life workt Tho Rev, F. B. Meyor once put tho age at 46.—That seemed late to a critic, but Dr. Leonard Outhrle at th^ Royal College of phyalclans, support-ed the statejnent

i-. quoted Jasiier'B table dealing-wlth specially .precocious people,-which showed that the average age-at which,great artists did their best work was 18.8, their flrst great work, 23; their greatest work 46.7; and that the average age at death wa» 60.1. For poets, the flgures In the-same order wero 16.6, g'^.S, 48.9, and 61.6, for philosophers, 17.6, 82.1, 47.7 and 66.8. Here Is pomfort for thoso wbo think of middle-life as flat pros . -Sunday School Chronicle.

. Woman's Slave. Men may be "spoiled" as well a s

children, and tf too much be done for them by their wives or daughters, or even female servants, they will lose their'respect for the sex. But, treat­ed properly, the man will always bo woman's devoted slave, and the more She demands of him affection, respect, courtesy. Consideration or politeness, tho more will she get.them from him. —<}ueen.

Tho Maine. "The Maine, upon starting upon

he- flrst cruise from .the Brooklyn Navy Yard, did not set level with her waterllne. She, was 'down by th» head,' which -was logarded as an un­lucky omen. It Is not ncces.iary to ro-late her.successive misfortunes, con­cluding with her tragic end In Ha-vanr Harbor, with which began one ot tha interesting epochs in Amerl-c? I J'.Istory.

Dress Mado of Stamps. At a ball In Bermuda a'v/onderfn)

dress was worn, and In the making Of it over thirty thousand stamps were used. Years were spent in the col­lecting of the stamps and threo weeka in the making of the dress, which was of the- flnest musliiu. The stamps were not put on anyhow, but in an elaborate design. '

Birds in Family Escutcheons. Baron Peckover, one of the new

peers, who has decided to incorpor­ate the woodpecker In his armorial bearings," adds another to the long lis of members of the upper house who have laid ornithology under trib­ute in the composition ot their fam­ily Escutcheons.

Cotton Mill In Egjpt, ?ber£ Is only one cotton mill in

Egypt, which -zi this respect is b».. hind all other cotton-ralslng coun­tries, where the tendency is for the cotton mills to -iO to the cotton flelds. Iho anomaly Is due to taxes and to the InsuflScIency of efHclent help.

Dress of Madagascar Women. Women of Madagascar drape their

shawls as - the old Roman Senators did their togas. The Roman custom was to wear the toga wrapped around the body and across one shoulder, leaving tho other uncovered.

Expensive .to Run New york. It costs nearly as much to pay the

;,ala'-'e.. of the municipal servants of New York City as It does to support the entir«-army of the United States. The salaries amount close to seventy million dollars annually.

Got Rich Quick. ' Jesse IZ. Livermore, the plunger

W3. cleaned up $3,000,000 in Wall street, and now has 300,000 bales of cotton Is only 28. Ten years ago he was marking prices on thp board of a Boston broker's ofUce.

Silk Hnt Caused Riot. The first silk hat was worn in the

streets of London by John Hetherln-ton, a haberdasher, on January 5, 1797. He was arrested for inciting a riot, but wao dismissed with a rep­rimand.

Cathedral Damaged by Smoke. - The-'great catbedral at Cologne, although completed .but a few years ago, has so deteriorated from factory smo' a that 'he body of tbo church will bave to be renovated throughout.

Bread Prom Peanut Moal. They have made bread from pea­

nut uical' for many years In Spain. Tho bread Is light an'd porous, but rather unpalatable, and .'t Is oaten only by the lower classes.

Lawyers Out of I'ractlco. It Is estimated that In New York

City that are 12,300 men who Wfire educate^' for the bar who are In va­rious employments outside- of law of-flcos.

Constantinople Dentists D^Ar. In Constantinople it is nothing un­

usual tl be Charged,*5 for dentistry for which one would pay t l In the United SUtcs,

Egg-Dlstribtiting Stations. Ireland maintains nearly 400 egg-

dlstrlbntlng stations for tbe purpose of bettering the poultry of the coun­try.

The FUnaaxut bf .MMdagaacar. ^ The tourist In Madagascar; may

travel by the fltuiu&a. which Is inade-from tvrqi poles s ix feet long and With a seat anfl feet r e s t . .

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F L E A S FEED ON. T H E I R OWNER.

Tra iner Explains How He Provides Sustenance for Pete.

The little booth was decorated with gay cards, and, since It was. a holiday, the show of educated fleas drew well.

"How- do you feed your flfias?" • a man naked the trainer at the' end of tho flea funeral that concluded, the performance.

"I feed them on; my arm," the trainer answered. He turned back his sleeve and smiled at the multitude of tiny dark pricks in the skin. "You might, think 1 was a morphine fiend, eh? They look like needle marks, don't they?

"I feed them once a day," he went on, "In the .evening, before bedtime. Their supper occupies 26 minutes. During it I- read • the paper. At flrst feeding hiirt me, my arm was red and VwoUen, and. It itched like the deuce. Now I don't mind It at all." . H ^ u m e d down his sleeve and but­

toned his cuff. "Feeding my fleas," he ended, "I am

as heroic a flgure as the pelican moth-er that tears-her breast open that her young may nourish themselves- upon her blood."

SOCIAL L A W T H A T IS 'ADAMANT.

Impossible to Be Absent-Minded and IVIake a Success.

There are some rules for social suc­cess that It is wholly impossible to Ignore nowadays.

It Is the fashion to say everyone is bad-mannered, and, alas,, it Is quite possible to be atrociously rude In some ways, and yet be popular, but there are one or two things one cannot do with any hope of achieving social distinction or even, being merely toi-erated. These things are hidden, however, from those who fondly imag­ine they can imitate all the faults of society -B-lth impunity.

It Is the Infringement or Ignorance of these esoteric by-Taws which be­tray the "outsider." One such decree, for example. Is that in no circum­stances whatever Is absent-minded­ness permissible. One may leave notes unanswered, but one must not be absent-minded. This is a distinc­tion with a difference.

At a Chinese Funeral. The London Saturday Journal, in de­

scribing the weird rites at a Chinese funeral, remarks that In the usual topsy turvy way ot the Orient ' the Chinaman enjoys himself even at ob­sequies. The Journal adds: "The cof­fin Is placed beside the grave and food placed upon it. A white rooster, alive or dead, Is usually there, to lure the spirit of the man who has died abroad back to the home of his fathers. Whisky and tea and a bowl of rice with chopsticks are there, sp that the corpse may not starve in the next world. Gin and tea are then sprinkled over the coffin, and the bottles thrown away. The mourners stand around laughing, enjoying the fun. The coffin is lowered, candles are lit, a suit of paper clothes Is burned, and some pa­per money. Thus the corpse Is as­sured of clothes In the next world, and pocket money to put In them."

First Aid to Farmers. A farmer In Ohio wrote to the de­

partment ot agriculture that he had struggled for 20 years on an 80-acre farm heavily mortgaged but had been unable to" reduce his debt or rise above a poverty that made the bringing up of his family a humiliation.

He asked if there was any hope for him upon the farm or if he might as well give up the. flght. The depart­ment requested that he make a de­tailed report ot his farm and Its soils and upon this It based a plan of tarm-

-4ng which he was recommended to follow to the letter. According to a writer In the World To-Day, there was a proflt the flrst year of $2,000, and the department believes that ul­timately the despised 80 acres can be made to yield $5,000 a yeas.-

Art i f lc la l Gems. Last year a German association

caused surprise to some scientists and •disbelief in others by the announce­ment that a process had been discov­ered by which most of the precious stones could be produced by artificial means. "

Recently several official experts bave made an examination of about 40 of these artificial gems. In their re­port to the Museum of Natural His­tory they say: ^

"Of all the stones we examined, we can only call the artificial rubles a direct success, but the imitation of this species is no new Invention. We therefore declare that there is noth­ing new or sensational in the new in­vention."

Real Honesty. A story is related of a young man

who was recently : married to j the daughter of a wealthy merchant. The groom did not have a.penny, but he was honest. He'vrfts'so honest that he would not even prevaricate In the marriage ceremonj^. • He was repeat­ing,what the minister :sald,

"With all my worldly goods I thee endow," read the minister.

"With all thy worldly goods I me endow," replied the groom.

This was real honesty.—Sketch.

Early Training. "How do you account for Casey's

wonderful success as a.politician?" "The tact that he used to work In

thp ditch." "How does that account for it?" "It made hlni proficient In the art ot

throwing mttd.—^lUoatrated Sunday ^Magazine;

MOTHER'S G U A R D I A N .

I'm not a-goln' to cry, so thero! I haven't »hea a tear

Since I wag JUat a littlo bos'— It must bo most last year.

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I ain't afraid—I'm bravo as brave! There's nothing In tho dark!

I'll go alono right up tho stairs Without a whimper. Hark!

I.thought I heard a funny noise! I can't »co anything^

It's awful dark for little boys— 1 think I'd better sing.

"There is a happy land"—Oh, dear, I guess I'm selfish, quite—

I'll Just run back for dear mamma, For sho might bavo a fright.

—Baltimore American.

M A K I N G A L A W N SWING. '

A Comfort and Del ight tor the Hot Sl immer Days.

Where there are- no trees suitable for attaching a swing rope, an arti­ficial arrangement must be made use of. If the children are to enjoy the de-lights of a swing. Not only are strong pciints for the attachment of the rope necessary, but shade for the swing is also needed, since its use will be in the hot weather of the summer. In absence of. suitable trees, then we can erect some such framework as that shown In Fig. 1, the four posts of which are firmly set in the ground.

Framework of Swing.

explains Farm and Home. These posts should be 4x4 inches, with cross pieces and braces 3x4. The height may be 10 feet, or even 12 above ground. The -width and length can, of course, be what anyone may choose. In any case both length and width should be well proportioned to the height to make the whole look well.

To make a roof covering for this frame, bend three thin strips of ash

The Swing Completed.

or other pliant wood and secure them 'in the places shown by tho dotted lines, running a cross-piece of the same along the ridge, as suggested, to hold the whole firmly in place. It remains now only to cover the top with an awning as show-n in Fig. 2 to make the whole complete. Thus will be provided not only a shady swing­ing place, but when the rope is thrown up out of the way, there wiil be a shady spot to which easy chairs may be brought from the house for the use of the "grown.ups," while the children will flnd It a comfortable plape tor play of other kinds when enough ot swinging has been had.

A CANDLE TR ICK .

A Glass of Water, a Nai i and a Candle Is A l l That is Needed.

Take a piece ot candle and a nail and insert the point ot the nail into the candle, as shown in our Illustra­tion. Th^nail must be heavy enough to make the • candle sink up to the rim into the water without the fluid touching the wick. After lighting the candle, says the Detroit Free Press, tell your spectators that the wick of the candle will burn up completely notwithstanding its strange surround­ings- At the flrst glance this seems to be Impossible, but shortly every one

T l i e :Bu rn l ng Candle.

will be convinced that It can be done. While the burning candle shortens the vflck ifnd brings It nearer td the water the weight of the candle dimin­ishes In p'rotiortloirto it, and It rises in the water-In such a way as to keep the wick always out of the water.

In -Your Own Home. If a boy-should apeak,to bis friend's.^

mother as he does to his mother, or It he should be as surly and unkind to bis friend's sister as he Is to his own sister, we do not .think he would be asked, to. visit that friend's house more ihan once. It is a shame for anybody to behave bettef away from home than he° does at home. Let the boys know that bad maitners at homfl will soon be known to sdrthe nelgb. bora and friends.

MRS. SARAH P. D E C R E R .

Busy President of thf t General Fed­eration of Women's C l u b i .

Mrs. Sarah Piatt Decker, the presi­dent of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, Is a rare story teller, and tho situation is well portrayed In the following Incident, which she tells herself: Her name bad been attached to a petition to tho city council ot Denver, but she had failed to Indicate her occupation. .Upon this point a man was sent to ber home to inquire.

"What Is your occupation, madam?" he asked.

"I am a housekeeper, sir," she replied. "Well, that doesn't count." said the

man promptly. "WeU, I am both father and mother

to my family," she announced. "That doesn't count neither," he re­

plied firmly. ' . • "Well, I transact all my own busi­

ness." she said briskly. "I collect my

UBS. SABAH PIATT DECKEB TEIi I i ISO A BTOBY TO E B B FBIBNDS.

own rents and manage all my own af­fairs." Mrs. Decker has a private for­tune that It would keep the ordinary man busy to take care of.

"Have you got an office downtown?" Inquired tbe man.

"No," sbe said, "I transact all my business from my desk here In my home."

".\h, that doesn't count neither," the man replied obdurately.

"Well, sir," said Mrs. Decker at last, "I am president ot the General Fed­eration ot Women's Clubs, an organiza­tion of over 800,00(^ women, and I at­tend to all my own correspondence," confident this time thnt she had pro­vided something worthy the name ot occupation. But that man just took out his memorandum book and said, "Well, I'll just put you down as not doln' anything."

.many, shares her bedchamber with her girl visitor, knowing It will only add to •the plejisare ot the visit, for heart to heart talks cau be prolonged Indefinite­ly, tollft magic Interchanged, as well as mutual help lu that most despairing of moderu evils, the blouse or gown fastened up the back. All this is a plo.isu:e, uot a hardship, to guest as well as hostes.s, but there is one great druw-tmcb. Tlie dressing table and bureau are apt to be already over­crowded with the many dnlnty toilet accessories of tbe regular occupant ot the room, and the addition ot those of the modern visitor, whose belongings aro sure to be almost If not quite us numerous, add confusion and dismay.

One clever girl prepared for this by using au extra table, which, when she occupies tho room alone, stands at one side, but when a fair guest is expected Is brouglit forward to a good light, daintily covered and a small autlque mirror placed upon It. A chair Is ar­ranged before it, and the thought that it -svas put there for her own especial use adds to the pleasure of the visitor when sho spies it; also It adds materi­ally lu disslptiting that feeling of awk­wardness that she would be apt to ex­perience when unpacking her own be­longings and being forced to crowd aside those of the owner.

Novel Tapestry Square. Tourists on their return trom some

enchanting holiday trip abroad cannot fall to eagerly invest in a few of-the novel tapestry squares on the canvas ot which are depicted with the needle facsimiles of favorite paintings, stat­ues, churches, monuments, sea and landscapes, besides many picturesque views, notably those displaying the beauties of Switzerland, the Rhine and Holland. The subject itself is usually ready worked with either the patient and minute tent stitch, tlie coarser and quicker cross stitch or both combined, while the background is crossed with close lines of double s.trands ot silk or cotton to be overcast by the worker, •with merely the halt ot a cross stitch always kept turned in the same direc­tion. Sometimes, too, a sweet or se­vere mlnlature-lIke face animates a band of canvas covered with trails of flowers. Tufts of delicate blossoms, LoulsXVI. stripes, gay birds and Wat-teau or Dresden groups look equally ef­fective reproduced In this way In sin­gle thread canvas. These designs arc Intended to adorn cushions, blotters, portfolios, small cabinets, table screens, waste paper baskets and the like.

English Trunks. When the smart girl ot today goes

out ot town for Saturday and Sunday it Is not in a suit case that her things are packed. Quite superseding this fa­miliar piece ot luggage are small trunks —"boxes," as our English cousins call them—and with reason tho same term may be adopted here when speaking of these, for distinctly English Is the trunk.

To persons who are mucb on the other side of tho ocean the box Is as well known as are suit cases bere.

Only recently, however, have they been on sale In this country, but so manifestly and many are their advan­tages as to bring instant popularity, Such a "box" holds twice If not three times as mucb as a suit case and Is easily carried by a porter. It can be put on top of a hansom or on the box of a cab, and the owner has her lug gage with her from the time she leaves home until she returns. Tbere is no checking unless one wishes, for tho porter of a drawing room car cau stow away the luggage In a comer and put it off at the station for which Its own er Is destined.

The boxes are about two or two and a half feet deep and two feet tho other dimensions. They aro built In every Way like a. trunk and have sufficient depth to hold a big hat, wherein the advantage Is great over a suit case. They ure covered with black water­proofing, suggestive of patent leather, and the edges aro bound In raw, nat­ural colored leather. The straps iind lock covering correspond.

.O.n tho top Is a stout leather handle, and It Is by this the box is carried.

Even wheti packed the luggage Is light, for the trunk Is made of flber that weighs scarcely more than, paper. At the same time Ifc-Is .durable, so should the box be tiimed over to the tender mercies of an expressman it jwlil survive the ordeal without more than surface damage. • Wlthlp is a tray for small articles or to bold dinner and evening gowns should a;blg bat go in the bottom. In the latter.case small articles are ptrt with tbe hat

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Aid In Making Qu«tts Feet at Home. X>ftett the daughter ot<.the house, es*

pecti^tr If spare rooms be few or guests

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A Cooking Hin t . "Why is your dried fruit so much

better than other people's?" a regular old time housekeeper was asked the other day. "It never Is gritty, as so often happens, and It has a rich fiavor instead of a watery taste."

"I scrub my fruit through half a dozen different waters to get off the rough outer skin, using a long handled brush, the kind tbat Is sold for nail­brushes," was the reply.

"The fruit Is then put to soak over­night and is cooked In the same water in which it Is soaked, as iii this way much of the flavor Is retained.

"I let it cook slowly on the back ot the stove for several hours and add the sugar about five minutes betore they are done."

In winter, w-hen fresh fruit and vege­tables are out of the question in most homes, it Is a great thing to know how to prepare the various dried fruits so they are palatable, as they make a pleasiint and healthful dish tor lunch or supper.

Using Court Piaster. In mending articles with court plas­

ter never apply while the latter Is wet Walt a few seconds until it gets sticky; then there is no danger ot moisture penetrating the goods to make a soiled place on the right side, as many have experienced while mending In this manner. Turn the right side toward you, lay on It a clean cloth and Iron perfectly smooth. If any frayed pieces are noticeable, clip these -n-Ith a. pair of scissors. Mending tissue can be basted into place, as the basting threads are easily drawn out To take out a hem put In with gum tissue It Is only, necessary to run a warm Iron over the goods, and the material Is easily pulled apart

Fair Paid One Way

ULKIXt; THi-: -MOXTHjOF MAY •i'iil-; H.VFiHITr CO., OPTICIAXS,

WII.I. I'AV l l IK l-AllK yi'.OM AYKIt TO I.OWKI.I, OK AI.I. TIIKUt CUSTOMKll.S FltO.M TIIK TuW.Vs 01- A VKlt, UUOTOX, l IAUVAl t l ) A.M) 1.1 TTLKTO.S- WHO HAVK WO«K OO.VK AT THKllC .NKW OIKICK OVKll I .AWl.KIt 'S HOOK >T01tK,

81 .Mi-:UKIMACK ST., I>0\VELL,

BOSTON AND XOUTHEUN ST. RY. CO. LOWELL DIVISION.

T I M E T A B L E .

(.•iulyect to t-hauKe without uotice.)

WEEK DAY TIME. LKAVK M E I S U I M A C K S Q U A R K , L O W E L L ,

BRIT ISH N A V Y M Y 8 T ~ B R V .

Tradi t ions Regarding the Death o f

Sir Cioudesley Shovel. .

Of the almost complete wreck- ol a squadron under Sir Cioudesley Shovel on the reclcs off the Scllly Isles, ito-ge.ther with the death of Its gallant commander, the greatest seaman of the age, a number of curious tradi­tions are associated both with the ev­ents leading up to the catastrophe and the fate ot the celebrated Admir­al- . ' - ,

.The outstanding feature of the .ca­tastrophe Is the mystery of Shovel's death, which will probably never be solved, and the la&er turns upon the -Admiral's emerald ring. One sto-iy gccs that the body Was picked up on the shore by a solder and his wife, and buried by them oni>orth Helllcic sands. A spot Is still shown at Forth HelHck as being the burial place o t the Admiral, and acoofding to tradi­tion grass has never grown upon It. Subsequently tlie identity of the corpse was discovered. The remains

Boston via Tewksbury, C.-t-O a.m., and ev­ery 00- minutes until 'J.ia p.m. (Saturdays every 30 miuutes from I1.-1.', a.m. until 0.45 p.m.) lietum, leave Sulllvau Square, 6.45 n. m.-, and everj- 00 minutes until 8.« p.m. (Saturdavs, every 30 minutes from 11.4.0 a. m. uutil fl.l.') Pim.) ,. j j ^ . .

Boston via Xorth Billerica, 5.25 a.m., and'" •' ' " " ' ""' " * °^ conveyed to Lon-ever}- CO minute.s until 'J.25 p.m. (Satur- ^°"' ^'^ Plymouth, where they wett daj-jt every 30 mmutes trom 1-2.25 p.m. un­til 9.55 p.m.) Return, leave Sullivan Square 0.32 a.m., aud ev^rj- 00 minutes until 9.32 p. m. (Saturdays everv ;30 miuutes trom 11.32 a.m. until 0.32 p.m.)'

Lawrence, 5.15, 0.15, 6.40 a.m., and everv 30 minutes uutil 10:40 p.m. Ketuni, leave Lawrence, 5.20, CIO, 0.50 a.m., and everv 30 minutes uutii 10.50 p.m.

Xorth Chelm.isford via Middlesex Street, 5 IS, 0.00,0.30, 0.55, 7.03 a.m., and every 15 minutes until 11..33 p.m. Ketum, leave Ko-Chelmsford. 5.30, 5..55, C.30, 6.57, 7.18 a.m., and every 15 minutes until 11.03 p.m., then ll.iSp.m. ' . Xashua, 0.30 a.m., and everv CO minutes until 10.30 p.m. (Saturdays everv 30 min­utes from 12.30 p.m. until" 10.30 p.m.) He-turn, leave Ka.shutt 0.20 a.m., and ^very CO minutes until 10.20 p.m. (Saturdays, everj-30 mhiutes from 1.20 p.m. until 10.50 p.m.)

Tyngsboro via illdUle.sexSt.,5.18,0.00 0.55 7.18 a.m., and every 30 minutes until 0.48 p; m. Return, leave Tyngsboro,5.40,6.20,0.57, 7.83 a. m., and every 30 miuutes until 0.33 p. m., 10.33 p.m.

THO.VAS JmEB, Supt.

Lowell and Fitchburg St. Railway -Co.

First car leaves Lowell for Ayer at 5.33 a m., aud hourly thereafter until 10.33 p. m. Connecting at Xorth Chelmsford on the hour. Tj-ngsboro aud Xorth Chehnsford cars make connections. ,

First car leaves Ayer tor Xorth Chelmsford utU-a. m.

Cars arrive at .\.yer 40 miuutes after the hour ami leave ou the hour till 10 p. m.

First tar leaves Xorth Chelmsfonl for Ayer at C a. m.

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

Sundays, one hour later each terminus. ^irst car leaves Xorth Chelmsford at C.30

a. m., runninf; to Brookside onlv. Return­ing, leaving Brookside at 0.25 a. in.; branch connection 6.30 a. m.. running through to Westford Center; leaving Westford Center at 7 a. m., anil hourlv thereafter to 10.35 p. m. Hourly. leaving Xorth Chelmsford from 8.03 a. m. till 10.03 p. m.

The runnhig time from Aver to Xorth Chehnsford Is forty minutes. .\.t Lowell con­nections may be made for Boston, Lawrence, Salem and all adjacent points.

0 . V. M I L L S , " S U P T .

Boston and Maine Railroad THROUGH TRAIX SERVICE

IX EFFECT DEC. 16, 1907.

•5.05.

Appreciation Ih the Home. "As far as my observation goes, tbere

Is one fault by no means common to, men alone, I nm sorry to say. That Is the fault ot taking things tor granted in the home life," says a writer In Good Housekeeping. "There Is lack ot appre­ciation for the little things being done for one's happiness or comfort I be­lieve we all need to be more careful to show and express our appreciation In our dally lives for the many kindnesses wbich dre shown us and thereby radi-ate'n circle of domestic happiness." .

Roquefort Rabbit.' Taice about one-eighth of a pound ot

Boquefort cheese and mash with a sil­ver fork on a plate until soft and creamy. Add a half teaspoonful of salt and mustard and a tablespoonful of soft butter. Add ale enough to blend In a creamy mass, spread on toast or wafers and serve nt <Jnce, .

For the womnn who does her own laundry work great saving o t Ome and strength may be found In the use of the small flve cent vegetable brushes. They are Just the thing to rub soiled neckbands, wrists and all badly: soiled garments.

'A tiny soro at the corner of the lips thonrd be at onco well powdered with boradc acid powder and kept covered with'It tlU It disappears.

TRAINS LEAVK AVER Chicago—tl0.'26, {10..30 a. m., 'LSO,

tT-40 p. m. St. Louis—tlO-->C. 'Iii.a; a. in.. 'l.SO. *5.05,

t7-40p. ni. Montreal—{S.05.t!<.55. tio.27a. m.. tl2.00ra.,

{6.20, t7.35, tS-20. {s..-).s p.m. Buffalo—•;i2.47. tlO.-2C. flO.SC a. m., «1.30,

•5.05. t7.40 p. m. Clinton. Oakdale. Worcester —1-5.17, •8.06,

t9.15 a. m., tl2.59, (3.37. t4.52, •t6.15, • 8.09 p. m.

Pepjiereil and Xashua—'S-OS, -f8.55, tlO.27 a. m.. tl2.55, t3.35, tC.13, {6.26, t7.35 p. m.

Rochester, Portland--tSJSo a. ni., t3.35 p. m. Graniteville. Lowell, Boston —-Ki.55; J8.15,

•tS.lO a. m., tl2.50, t6.20 p. ill. South Lawrence—f0..55. -fS-lO a. ni., +12.50,

•H3.20 p. m. ' Boston (via Fitch. Div.)—•5.4G, +C.25, -Mi.57,

t7.55, §8.05, tS-10. tS.30, +9.1C,i9.38, tll.32, a.m., +12.49, +1.57, +2.49. +3.35, +4.29, 54.46, +5.53, {5.55, +6.11, +6.22. {C.26, 6.47, *7.32, tO.lG p. m.

AValthani —+6.2.1, t«..57. 58 05. +8.10, +fl.lO, {9.3S,tll.32a. m..+12.40, +1.57,+3.35,t4.29 i4.40, t6.ll. tO.22, {6.26, {6.47, •7.32, t9.16 p. m.-

Fltchburp—1112.47, t5..58, fS.OS, t9.14,110.26, tl0.31, 510.36,510.41 a.m., +12.00m., tl2.55, •1.30, {3.3-2, +3.35, t3.48, '5.05, t6.10, 6.25 t7.13,17.40, t8.20, §8.58, 410.39 p.m.

Milford—+9.13 a. m., tI2.4S, tO.lOp.m. Greenville—19.18 a. m., +12.65, {3.35, t6.15

p.m. Gardner, Athol, Greenfield-1112.47, 15.58,

+8.08, tlO.26, t l0.31, {10.36, a. m., tl2U55, •1.30, •5.05, f6.10. +7.46 p. m.

Shelbume Falls, Xorth Adams, Willlams--town—1112.47, tO.OS, fS.OS, tlO.26, 510.38

a. m., tl2.65, 'LSO, 5.05, t7.40 p. m. Troy, Albany—1112.47. +5.58, tS.OS, tlO.26,

{10.30 a. m.. +12.6.5, 'LSO, •3.05 p. m. Rottenlam ,Ict.—•1.30, •5.05, t7.40 p. m.

•D.iiiy. tDailv. except Sunday. HDaliy, except Monday. {Sunday only.

Detailed Information and time-tables may be obtained at ticket offlccs. D. J. FLANPERS, C. M. BURT, f P a s s . Tmf. Slgr. Gen. Pass. Agt.

COMMOXWEALTn OV M A S S A C I I C S E T T S . — Middlesex, S9. Probate Court. Tothe

heirs-at-law and all other persons interested in the estate of Gllliert Hardy, late of Ayer, In said County, deceased.

Whereas, Jerome Browne, ndmlnlstnitor ottho estate of said deceased, has presented to said Court his petition for license to sell nt inibllc auction the whole of a certain parcel of the real estate ot sild deceased for the pttj-ment of debts, nnd charges ot administration, nnd for othcrrcasonDect forth in said petition.

You are herebj cited toappcirataProbate Court to bo held at Cambridge, In said Coun­tv, on tho twenty-eighth daj of 3fav,A. D, ty, on I90S, nt ninc'o'clock lii the forchoon,'to show cauae, if nny you h-ne, whj' the same should not be granted.

And said petitioner is ordered to ser\ c this citation by delivering n copy thereof to each .person interested in the estate fourteen days, at least, before said Court, or b\ publishing the same onco In each week for three success­ive weeks In Tnmcr's Public Spirit, a news­paper published In Ayer, the last publication to ne one dny, at least, before said Court.

Witness, Charles J. Melntire, Esqnire, First Judge of eald Court, this fourth <]»y of day of Jkfay, in the year ono thousand nine hundred and eight.

8w84 W- E. BOOKRS, Register,

were embalmed. Lady Shovel rewaraed tho soldier with a pension for life, and re­ceived from him the ring found on Sir Cloudesley's finger.

Another story Is that Paxton, the ' purser of the Arundel, discovered t-wo St. Mary meti quarrelling over the possession of the ring. He at once recognized it as Shovel's ring,' and Inquired trom which body It had been taken and when that was found ho 'jnew and claimed the body. . Lastly. there is the startling narrative of font play, viz., that many years after, the wreck an aged -vvoman confessed to tho pailsh minister on her death bed that,, exhausted .with fatigue, one man, whc^ had been washed ashore on a hatchj reached her hut, and that she had murdered him -to secure.-the valuable property on his person. She then pro­duced a splendid emerald ring, taken, from the finger of her victim, and id­entified as the gift of Lord Berkeley to Shovel.

The responsibility for- this story-rests, upon the Admiral's grandson, the Earl of Romney, Modern re­search reports rather in favor of the murder theory, The ring was even­tiially recovered, and altered Into the form of a locket and set with dia­monds it is a precious relic Of the Berkeley family.

The theory as to how It passed into the possession ot the family ot the original donor Is that Lady Shovel received it from the murderess as stated and bequeathed it at her death to Lord Berkeley. Several old works ot reference contain the baseless story that Lady Shovel was aboard the As­sociation and was drowned albng'wlth her hus^nd. By the way, her lady­ship's ghost is supposed to walk at midnight In the avenue of-May Place. Dartford, Kent, once the home of the Shovels. -

' Wash articles of brass which aro tar­nished in tbe'water ih wblcb potatoes have been boiled and they will bo as bright as If new.

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Arthur Fenner Geheral Insurance Asrent

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l lu s S. K VKMfak. TH»)amtf*Htm-.< Z.

Tabulated Wedded Life. If any of the 100 residents of Chi­

cago recently invited to an annlve--sary party on November 7 hesltato to accept it will not be because they are unsupplled with information on the condition ot servitude, past and

- present, of the hosts-Frank Baiim, well known to the ''

j-oung citizens as Father Goose, and Mrs. Baum will celebrate their twen-tj--fltth wedding anniversary, for which they have issued invitations In booklet form. It contains, In addi­tion to the information that the party-is going to be a record of the mar­riage life of the hosts, which, la e i - ' -cellent.

The marriage certificate is repro­duced In full, signed by the 162 gnests • at the weddlng,-and Is re-enforced br the following record of their married lltr;

Resided in Syracuse, N. T., Aber­deen, S. Dak., and Chicago—the latter for sixteen years.

Raised four boys, smart as the av­erage-

Quarreled just a few. . ' Wife in tears three times, (a) Whea

cat died, (b) When bonnet was spoil' ed. (c) When she had sore toe.

Husband swore 167 tlines.' Wife swore none. • The swearing bt the husband Is ac- '

counted for on the grounds that bo was notary public for four years.

Causes of Jealousy—none. Broke occasionally. . - ' Bent often: Unhappy none. . < Future prospects good.—Chicago In­

ter Ocean. - ,,

"Honor Among T h i e v e s * y i °.:ave often been asked as to wheth-'

.-r "honor a'mong thieves" Is fact or "rtlon The question Is not easy .. answer. In the first place, honor

!s a relative term. Its interiiretatlon, so It seems to me, depending on place person and circumstance.

Those casuists of the cynical sort who affirm that all human motive is based on selfishness, will hardly except the attribute in question from their generalization.

However open to criticism this same generalization la as far as It applies to the average citizen, I d-j . j . " certainly Inclined to accept It wbc-s ' , • ' the crook is concerned Tne buslt:;;$ of attaching to yourself things tb^t So&'t belohg to y6a. Is plainly ot k . ' very selfish, nature. "' ^^ .«".}.

It has Ita inception as well as Itk- ^ execution In « desire to get as muck possible pleasure with as little<;pp^ dble tionbte as may be, and tba^ tboy-' >\}. while Ignoring th» incldentiti[„xfsht)i^ O ot anybody and evenrbqdy; ttjO-M*'^'"^ UMBt. M I t l t e tt; ic Vnntt)^ HUrl-. , ,

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•XX I>OI.LAS ASD TIPTY QEN-rS A YEAB . -IN ADVAXCE,

-, ONLT OSE SOLLAR.

Items of local interest are solicited, and vast always be accompanied by the name of the writer,-not for publication, out as a guar-nteeof good faith, and will always be con-Mered strictly confidential. Kindly mail Bams soon after the'day.of occurrence, and do not wait unnecessarily.

WATCB THE.DATE OX YOCK PAPER j Subscribers ar« urged to keep their sub-

aeilptionsjttid hi adv-ance. No paper will be stopped until all arrear­

ages are paid. . - CHAKGE OF ADDRESS

Snbscrtbers wishing the postoffice address Of their paper changed must send us both the old snd new address.

JOHN a. TtWKEB, PUBLISHER AXD PRO-' ~ ' PRIETOR. .

SA-tniiDATr, MAY SO, 1908.

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• O R O T O N .

N E W S iTEM8;r-The Grgton chapter, D. JLJt., met-with Mrs. "SV^ H.gn^e,May.21. Th.ere were ten.'memb^ and eight guests prese.nt.. A paper b^ Mrs. E. P. Kutting, mbject, " The religious 'aspect in colonial times;" 'wa.s read oy*' Miss Flora Smith; violin selections by' George Simmons and

' -Henry. Petersi accompanied by Miss Brucel A social iiour-Jirith refreslunents followed.

£!dwud, .^AitkiO:

Mra, mediat 7"'>vhich lie 'attended, -was closed for a firw days.

Althongh some were, kept-irom enjoying the'excellent concert given by the District Xorse association in town hall, Friday evening. May 22, there was' a large aiidi-tence ont notwithstanding the rain. The talent was as proniised, first class, and ap­preciated by the admiring listeners. The concert was-the best given in Groton for years, and the entire talent was a gift to the-associaUo'n. The-net resnits for the benefit of the cause was in the peighbor-r hood of one hundred dollars.

Kobert Sargent has recently bought the Gilson farm adjoining his ovra; on' the Ayer:road.'

Mr. and Mrs. Frederick B. Barnard and little daugh'teirare vidling Mrs. Barnard's mother, Mrs.'F.M. .Needham.

Shaicespeare'~set of. pictures wiil be on exhibition at the pnblic library until Jnne 15. . The library will be closed on Memo­rial day. .

Groton School plaiyed Stone school here Sstiurday afternoon and were defeated by a score of 3 to.2.

Phyllis Boache, a member of the fresh­man class of the hi|h school, has been ill since last week -with diphtheria,- but is now improving.

Tte iGrotoii Improvement society will 'meet with Miss Elinor Gerrish on Tues­day, June 2, at 3.30 o'clock.

Mrs. Alice Mead, Mrs. Harvey Etmt ington and children of Ayer, were over Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Lewis ofChampney-st.

Twelve of E. S. Clark post and sixteen of the W-.R.C. attended Unitarian church on membrial Sunday. The pastor. Rev. P. H. Cressey, preached a grand sermon, There were special selections sung, and the regular attendants at tliis cburch re­ceived their visitors very cordially. A much larger congregation was present than at ordinary Sunday services.

The delay of the 12.30 noon train on Tnesdaywas due to an accident at Htid' son, N . H .

Mrs. Carrie L. Lackey has obtained a decree of absolute divorce from William Lackey of Groton, on tbe gronnd of cruel

^ and abusive treatment. St. Mark's played Groton School Wed

nesdiiy, the battlefield being on Groton girounds. The visitors were victorious by a score of 8 to S. ' Tlere was a very large attendance as usual on tbis annual game between these schools.

Tbe Chaplin intermediate school re­opened Wednesday.

On Tuesday the official record for this town was 87° and on 'Wednesday 86°.

The funeral services of Mrs. Winkle of West Groton, widow ot James Winkle, were held from the Catholic chnrch here on Tuesday morning

The exemplification of w. R. C. wiil be held in Leominster on Monday afternoon, Jcme 1.

The Groton W.R.C. will meet, as is tbeir usual custom, for decoration of graves of deceased members, on Sunday afternoon, May 31, assembling at the cemetery- gate at three o'clock.

Calvin P. Lawrence of Pepperell, who usnally is withhis old Groton comrades on decoration day, may not be out this yeair, as he has iieen a sufferer from rheu-

^matism. ' There is a strong feeling in town against

making meinorial day a play day. Ball games should be postponed until the ser-

• vices are concluded. To make the day one for sport, being contrary to the spirit in which it was institnted, seema like de? facing a monument. Although not so in­tended, it speaks an indifference to the O.A.R. to the memory of our soldier dead, and an indifference to the feelings oT those tw-whom the. day brings tender and

^ sorrowful remembrances. As a patriotic jSaty let ns ke«]> at Ieasf half the day memorial " Lest we forget,'*

There will be a social dance, given by the social coinmittee of the I.O.O.F., M.r., in'Sqnannacook hall. West Groton, on friday evening, June 5. Music by Groton Ideal orchestra. ^

BIBTHDAY.—OtiSr citizen, Chas. Wool-ley, reached the.milestone marked fotur •core on Snnday, May 24. He passed the dayvery qmetlyathis home, incomplete ignorance of any plot, play or trap abont to be spmng upon him. But as generally happens when an anniversary fails on Son-day, there was pUnned an observation for the next day,-'Monday. Probably Mr. Woolley began to get tome light on the sabject when there arrived bis brother and wife, Mr; and l&s. James Woolley of East JBoAon; another brother.and'wife, Mr. aiid l&«.:.G«<wgeWooltor of Waltham; hU lister, Miit Jdaxt WooUey' Koberts ot WialthMii; « nephew and {(randnephew, Cbaxiet wooUey and son of East Boston. X}M*e;«tiMts inth hii own family made a -veiTWMsant group of Uasfolk, who tat iawujto.0. tamptoona dianen irith all ^ e ddckattsftdn'a ahd ^vetrthiog: nice that »toofitt{^;HkK Mr*; WooUey know* to weabotrjfiprvadfi. Itwasa^happyevcst'

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for all, and Mr. 'Woolley expj«sse'd him­self at delighted 'th^he real-snrprise his friends hadf given htm, and- the attentions, with cordiat congratnlationk and good wishes, bestowed upon him on his eightieth birthday anniversary. ,

GROTON GRANGE had -very'Deaiutiful and interesting exercises on Tuesday even­ing, appropriate for the Memorial wason. Tbe illustnited songs—" Colnmbi; "Vf Star spangled banner,''^ "Tenting' tonight," " The vacant.chair," " The blue and the gray," "The Spanish cavalier," " The soldier's farewell, and return," " Amer­ica," etc., were made effective by fine tab­leaux. There were speeches by Captain Palmer and Bowman Gale, and Sergeant Jubb, a guest from- Shirley, ap old soldier ofthe gtdlant 38d Mass.* He gave, .wiUi vivid description; accounts' of- war experi-ence«.. He snoke particularly of Sergeant George H. Wilson of Groton, whom he knew well, and paid a royal tribute to him as a man, a soldier and true patriot, shot at Lookout mountain and again fatally on the march to the sea. -

Henry - Brown of Shirley entertained very pleasingly by vioiip selections; there were alto pian'o selections by Miss Stevens a'nd Margaret Benedict Miss Inabelle Woods gave the bugle call. The veterans marched id to the music of the drum and piano. Altogether it was a most.enjoy-able evenly, giving ciedit to t ^ ^ ^ -Inari, Mrs. Georgia Mason of Ayeiv.:AdaIl

Tuesday morning, May-,26,"'after,a long illness, during the p4rf= 'seveas;wSek's of which'she has been .cohfitfed ti^SA bed. Miss Hemenway'was-Wlrn.tnrPeppfe'Sll.on July li-18S2, in the fiCrmbbute on die soiith roadreeentlyoccuniedby'lYaiaceSymmes. She waslh^daugtfieror^^emaafiemen^^ jn Gro&ii, HoUls, Pepperell, Lunefibi r^Ar^?i!*'^*'i4^^''^y a few months af- and RntlandT M . L a ^ n c e is empta ter the birth of this daughter. For some years he was the proprietor of the old brick tavern in Pepperell, the historic building now the property of the T. Hayes family. After the death of the fatber the family moved to Groton. . Miss Henienway's grandfather waa^ev.

Phineas Hemenway, among tbe firet/if not the very fintt minister iii Townsend, and held the longest pastorate of any.' Her mother was Indiana, the daughterof Zach-ariah Fitch, and. belonged to ihe/old Gro­ton family of that name, settjers^ere from an early date. "Their home was near Fitch's bridge across the river near West Groton, and received its name from the family..' One of this family was Captain Fitch, whose sword was given to tto Gro­ton j^istorical society. -The,'deceased was tbe last of fijgs family

of four childm^i; 'Jier sister Eliza was tbe wife of DSjViiUM'att, for many years the town cl?r!f jff| |?«f4>6rell! Sarah married Abel "Wina oi Pepjferell; her only brother was Samuel Hemenway of Groton.

Miss Hemenway, Uie snbject of tbis sketch, was a woman of ability and indus­try, interested in affairs of the town and country. She was always a regular at­tendant at the Congregational church, of which she had ijeen a memljer for about forty years. She was a member of Groton grange for over twenty years, and also be­longed to the Groton Historical society. She was a woman of strong likes and dis­likes, of strong prejudices for or against, outspoken and frank, free from hypocrisy, yet possessed of a kind heart, which prompt­ed oer to help wben she saw need.

Miss Hemenway had few near relatives, but these will miss her, as will the friends of many years. Among her dearest life­long fnends was the recently deceased Mrs. 'Valanctiurt Stone, who preceded her in death by_ less than two weeks. The nearest surviving relatives are two neph­ews, George Hemenway and Wm. Winn, and one niece, Mrs. Estella Mention of Pepperell.

The fuoeral was held'from her iate res­idence on Fridsy-ktterii'66Ti, May 29. The Groton grange attended in a body and the grange burialservice was used at the grave.

RESOLUTIONS—'Whereas, it has seemed best to our Heavenly Father to remove from; our midst our much-respected and beloved sister. Miss Harriet Hemenway, whose dear companionship we of Groton Grange have so long enjoyed, it- seems fitting that the members of onr Grange should place npon its records their appre­ciation of her worth as a loyai; true-heart­ed woman of our order.

Therefore, l>e it resolved that Groton Grange bas lost a true and faithful sister, one who has labored earnestly and. Idn'g for tbe upbuilding of oilr order, and tlie community a benevolent and sincere friend.

Resolved, that we tender to her relatives and friends onr sincere and heartfelt sym­pathy in this their hour of sorrow and af­fliction.

Resolved, that a copy of these resolu­tions be inserted in the Groton Landmark and one be transmitted to the family and friends of the deceased, and one be placed upon the records of our order. ~ -

• Per order of Groton Grange. •\ Groton, May 2."), IrfOS. •

The Smith famil; of .Cambridge, who occupied tbe.Guerrier cottage on Town­send-st^ last summer, wlil havei rooms in G. Dana'Bancroft's botite this season. ;

Last Mondav, Mav 25, -wais'-ijrs. Wil­liam Kendall's elghty-eecoo4--birthday. Her many friendt tnade it; a ^pleasant oc­casion for her with calls-asd gifts, > Z.

A confidence man in the role of an agent for a glasses firm was in town kst Tuesday and obtained money under false-pretences from credulous persons. ,: • • ..,

Dr. MacCarthy and family of -Boston were visitors over Sunday at Mrs.'.MacCar-thy's eiriy home. Rev. J. E. Bi. Jewett's. Mr. JeweJ,tis afflicted with sciaticai this season.

Miss.j^tt,ie Blood is recuiting. from the hotpit^jr^tment in Bos.ton'at the home of hermMh$r- She is able to .walk out aild enjoy country air and sceneiy;.

.The \v.a.T.«?> wiii meet with Mrs.E! F. Harmon, Thursday June4, atthreeo'clock.

Rev. Wm,:C. Brown will preach At the Unitarian church on Sunday, JUay 31, at 10.46 o'clock. Sunday school at-twelve o'clock. ^.

Rev, Otto E. Schneider-enteranjKmjfn-other year as pastor of this church" in! June. Hei has spent the past wee,k;in'Boston at the anniversary meetings^" Miss - Ruth Rogers and Mf8.'°E-. B. Heald are also delegates,

_} Dr. Percy AVickseil' and family of Bo»-'ton expect to spend the summer, at the homei .pf ms cousin,-Mrs. Ang'ostiis D. Phelps. . ^ ; --"i

The seventy-second birthday of Joseph H. Lawrence, Nashua-st, was observed by VVSrislow chapter, Epwojiljieagu^-whp sent a bonquet.of. chpifia'p^irpations. and ferns. Gilts, calls, and congratulations were received from friends and relatives

urg employed

in the grain mill of H. A. Parker, where he has worked for many years. '

I v I T T L ^ J E X O i y ,

'V.i.s.-—The 'Village Improvement, soci­ety of this-town is no longer- a puling^ jn-fant unable to stand up, but can BOW get about and take notice of what shoiild'and had best be done. This has hot all.beeii accomplished by seif-reiyiog and self-di­recting indefiendence,..but has' b e ^ con­siderably nurtured by the encouragement and material assistance, given in ^ i parts bf the town; Of the.'lSl young trees: that have been 'set ont;t' the ti-easnrer, G. H.' Barker, has not been called on to go to the bottom of hip .strong box, by any means, to pay for the planting. In all locations offers of assistance have been prompt and cheerful, not only in regard to the trees; but in caring for the littie triangles in dif­ferent parts of the town, in edging the same and helping to set out the shrubs placed there for ornamention. The foi-lowiug parties deserve honorable menUon^

Geo. 'W. Sanderson, Thacher & Ireland,-Pi J. Smith, C. A. Kimball, James Nickerson, HughUcDonald, C. A. Smith family, H. F. Proctor, C. F.' Johnson, Mr. Wilcox. C. C:' Hildreth. W, H. Davis, E. A. Cox, F. A. Patch, F. B. Priest, G. H. Barker, Conant & Houghton, R. H; Carey, Bov Canney, Hi­ram Brown, Geo. F. Proctor, G. H. Chand­ler, Geo. Johnson, John Ewings, J. W. God-trev.

Some of the lady members of the exeei utive committee have given personal at- tention to this work, but would hardly care to see their names in print in connec­tion with such a reach of masculine force. At the meeting of tbe society on Saturday last improvements that wiii be of use and value to all were voted and will material­ize later.

MEMORIAL DAY—The procession will form as near two o'clock as possible, at town hail, Groton band, E. S. Clark post, school children in barges, and citizens in carriages. On the return from the cem­etery there wiil be the usual exercises, and address by Rev. James C. Alvord. A self-appointed committee, consisting of Mr. and Mrs. W, E. Conant, Mr. and &rs. A. W. Drew anij' Mr. and Mrs. Eimar A. Flsgghave mal e complete arrangements for Tuncbeon, to be 8erve,d the members of the post .andrGroton tTand, and, we be­lieve, the visiting relief corps. This kind­ly attention to' our visiting friends savors ofreal hospitality. Nptice was given in ail the churches as usual on Sunday last, requesting the children of the town to bring flowers fo deck the soldiers' graves

APPOINXMENTS.—School appointments for 1908-09.are as follows:

Associate teachers, high school, Miss Haud F. Mitchell, Miss Theresa S. Mallory; grade teachers: Anna M. Woodbine, first and sec­ond grades; Edith C. Sargent, third and fourth; Bertha R. Davis, fifth and sixth; Emily A. Brown, seventh and eighth: Lora Agnes-Barnes, west primary; Abbie McXlff, west grammar; supervisor of music, Mrs, Ada h. Webber; supervisor of drawing, W, Ix>rlng A4iuns, Saxonville,

ford Cehter, will this'season'find acondi-tion of affairs that wilt bring to.mlndjthe old adage about the. frying paii and fire. A new strip of state roa<d..$s beihgbnilt from Chelmsford to Byius's''corner on the road to Littleton. "Dangerous bnt pats' abie," the signs reaij, but neither word jutt. fits the condition of the fMds'.' °,jt is worth the ditcomibrt.'experienced going over the road, to see th'e'tcbreor to mag­nificent .horses owned by the state con­tractors.

One of. the big Btiffalo steam rollers owned by the state went through town on Monday and caused quite a commotion, even among old horses supposed long ago to be well past the romance of life. The big machine was taken over the^tripof road built by the state from Minot'i cor­ner to Great road, near Nashoba, and re­turned to headquarters on Tuesday. -The horses are now used fo automobiles, bnt they draw the line when it comes to steam rollers.

Robert Roberts and Frank Smith while walking up Goldsmith-st, Sunday morn­ing, are very sure they saw a rattlesnake about I three feet in length. The reptile was just, sUpiping into a stone-wall, but they distinctly saw the three rattles and heard its note.-of warning to keep away from him. They did I

Mr. and Mrj. G, W. Prouty quieUycel-ebrstedthe tweaj&'-^fth anniversary of their wedding day oft'MXy.24, bvsgoing to Bos­ton and going the rounds sight7se^ing. ;• C. A. Hartwell, highway lurreyor;^ hiu been quite ill the past week, with inflame matory rheumatism, brought on by expos­ure while at work on the duties of his'Ofr fi«*' .-uo-.. . . . '•• •"•

J. M. BtffcWell'is building a new fonr, room bungalow at Glen-KnoUwold, be­tween his present camp house and • the entrance to the grounds.

The date of the L.H.8. jgraduation exer­cises IS at last placed for Fridav, June 19. This is as good day as any, only abit un­fortunate for those who wish to attend class day at Harvard. The speaker has not yet-been decided upon. -

tj J " ' " ^mma-E. Tenney and'her Little-i'Wn^pnpiU war |;ive a recital in the Bap-

Ust church vestty, Monday evening,-June 1, at 7.30 o'clock. All who are interested are cbrdially invited to be pi-esent .. Mr', and'Mrs. Sydney Jordan of Boston are to be week-end visitors. with, their friend. Miss Emma Tenney, arri-ving on Thursday. • "

Miss Marion Flagg. has been spendrng the past week with her friend, Mrs. R. G! Smith, at Hillsborough Bridge, N. H.

Miss Marion Hartwell, teacher of* physi­cal culture at Missouri university, Colum­bia, has been re-elected for the comingyear. She cwnes to town today and wiil spend part of her summer vacation with relatives ^ere. . . i_

..•^^^FT, TO%vj.'.—The Nashobah lodge of Oddfellows will hold their annual me­morial service in the UnitarUn church on Simday morning. May 31. Rev. C. A. Drummond will preach the sermon. _ Last Monday evening there were two initiauons-at the Nashobah lodge meeUng, a solid foundation of stone and r o c k -Frank Stone and Joseph Rock.

M M . Thompson, wifS^f a former super mtendent of schools; was the guest of Mrs, v,/Ox the past week.

The annual and

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T- .. , ,TT , '*^' meeting of the United Workers of the Orthodox church will be Iieid Wednesday afternoon, June 3, in their vestry, unless otherwise ordered.

The King's Daughters' circle wiU meet I-uesdav afternoon, CTune 2, with Mrs Anna Brown, the last meeting of tbe sea-son.

Rev. C. A. Dnimpond will conduct tbe }-oung^ople's^guild. Sunday evening, his tr,T„^ •„_ .. A«.— -^-jngyij tienomination-• Miss

CENTR.E.—Intelligence has. been receiv­ed tbis week from Mist Harriet Freeman bv a letter -written in HagcrstoWtr,-Md. She has spent the winter at the-contb and expects to visit her early friends in .Pep­perell, her^native town, this snmmer, and recall tbe scenes and events of her youth,

Dr. Scales of JBostbn' with liis automo­bile has been at the Legg farm tbit month recrotiog from overwore..

, Miss Martha. Swinerton, who is now teacher in the institute for the blind in South Boston, spent last Sunday in Pep-p ^ l l , where sbe was employed for several years in the oifice of Pepperell paper mill

- The infant ton of Mr. and> Mrs.-Frank Tyler Marston was brought to Pepperell for biuial Tuesday. -The child, Frank Tyler, jr., died at the parents' home in Melroie, Monday, May 26, siter having been loaned.to thit lite a brief period of one month and one week. The bnrial waa at tbe Stewart lot at Pepperell, cem­etery in charge of Rolan H. Blood-.. Pray­ers were held at tbe home of -Mr. and Mrs. Ellery J, Davis, Rev, R. W. Draw­bridge officiating. .:lZiLL . .Edward F. Harmon supplied &»(j)fflbit of the Congregational church last-Bunoay in the alisence of tho pastor, Rev.iGeorge Bennett.

jFre^Tarker has moved from Keald-tt. to Mrs. Dnrant's house on Toifosend-tt

Mrs. Gertrude Allen of Fitchbnrg has

Principal H. H. Pratt -will undoubtedly end bis service iii the Littletoa^hi^ school af thbcdose of the present terfaf.-' He is at present '• undecided -in- ~'r^ard to fnttire plant or placeof retidenee. Mr; and Mrs. Frati-ha-ve-made many warm friends, who hbpe] they will continne in their present '^hartersaa long as pdssibie.

St-ATEj.fBOADS.—^Notice was received bv the .selectmen^last Satw^ay of a new allotment by the state.highway commission of S2000, forjattrip,of state gravelled road between W. S,. Proctor's bill and Co­nant & Cq.'8 store at the Common, This it in place of the-$15.00 allotment made, two seasons ago, which for well-known reasons was allowed to lapse and was soon lost to view, Thit new strip will be a continnation of the road iaade not many years ago, leading from Mr. Proctor's in the oppositfiidi^etion.

Thero bas.fajso been another allotment by the itatejliighway cummitsion, under the small, ifowns' act, to be added to the SlOOO vot«d,,at Mah*-townmeetinefor improvemo^^; of highway from Litt^ton Comfaion t«t:(West ttatioo. |n addition to thit, S500 has been raised by private tub^ scription for this pon>ote,'HDaking a'total ofS2400, which is thought to be a good basic fond -from which to commence a macadam roadi The- .first, start will be made near the Ceoter tfore, the work to-be CMitioned toward wett station as long as fnnds hcdd out ;-,'

These idlotaMats have been secured on­ly by pertisfe^t/eifforton the part of the selectmen,'who'are already qnietly 'arrang-

• ""* detail leading toward ing^mtrchof t l i e „ an earljr atari On the work in both parti oftbo town. ' '

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KJcucnrnoi^'Paople who object r ^ r f » » g « V i ] | i W e e l „ tba Otber rOdte to Chelma-!

topic iieing, ai garden."

Capt W. H. Sawyer returned last Mon­day from his seven months' sojourn in Cal­ifornia.

Administrator's sale of antique and modem household furniture at the. fonner residence of the late Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Fletcher atthe Common on Saturtay, June 6, at one o'clock p, m., shaiy. Geo. A. Cook, auctioneer.

.,. DUXSTABLE.

NEWS ITEMS —Friday evening. May 22, a strawberry supper was given in tbe ves­try. Considering the showerv condition of the weather the attendance was good. niF?,'" " ''*?,''™®°'* « pleasing"prbgram of readings and mpyic was appreciated by an attentive at^dience. ilissMildr&d Sanders of Ayer rendered some interesting selec­tions. "

The Lend-a-Hand club are arranging for a dramatic entertainment and fair on June 3.

Conn., • Mrs. F. D. Sargent of Putnam was a gnest in town over Sunday. • Mrs. Calvin Austin is moving into her home this-Wftfek; ••'••• " .. ..,-._

The "ne*^«ftrn building stands comp#t=*' ed, andthe grounds, are now graded so that with the new roads latelylaid ontand .built and the surrounding places in mt^ condition, the village .Jiresents an'appear-ance Jd; keeping'wrfh 'fhe .'freshiies?. of Mother Nature. -,-; ^ - r T ..r?.

XEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

C°^9^.'"^*^^'^ OP JTASSACHUSETTS.— MiddI{|Sex ss. Probate Court To the

.helrs-at-hiw, next of kin and all other persons -totercsted in the estateof HarrietHemcnwav, late of;Groton, In said County, deceased., ' ' Wncreas,ccrtain instruments purporting to be tiielm will and testament—and one codicil ,—01 said deceased have been • presented to said Court, for Probate, by Arthnr P. Stone, who prays that letters testamentary may be issued to him, the executor therein nimed, without giving a surety on his official bond. • You are hereby cited to appear at a Probate &°tK^J^, ''*'" "t Cambridge In sidd Coun­ty of Middlesex, on the eighteenth day Of June, A.D. 1908, at nine o'clock In the fore-noon,toshow-5«osc,^If any you have, why tJnri»me thould.not be granted. • ' ' . Andmid prtltloner Is hereby directed to give pnblks notice thereof, by pnbllthlngfhlg dtatfon once In each week, for thrce^iuc^Iu tlve weeks, In the. Groton Lwidmark.a nem. ipapwpubltoied In said County, the last m^ S^"?" *5^S?'.,?"y' "4^*?*^ before said «jiM^n«&?U'^S^?« Uterestediathe ertate, seven days j * least before said <;onrt. ^ ^^

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OUR STOCK IS XOW AT ITS BEST AND SELECTING WILL BE EASY WE ARE SHOWING LOTS OF NEW MODELS-NO TWCV ALIKE.

FOR THE YOUNGER SET WE HAVE A § g £ " A L COI^ECTION SO VARIED THAT SOMETHING

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Prices Are Distinctly Moderate

Mrs E G. Duncklee, Ayer, Mass. A GOOD TIME TO HAVE THE

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SATCBDAY, MAY .30, 1908.

A Y E R .

NEWS ITLMS—Do not fail to attend the pul>lic spealcing of tlie liigh school on

/Fr iday evening, June 5. A program of new and interesting -selections will be given. Mnsic, consisting of vocal and in­strumental numbers by members of tbe school, will beyL feature'of the evening's entertainment*"'Admission ticketsfor sale by high school scholars may be exchaiiged for reserved seat tickets at George H. Brown's store alter nfne o'cloclj, M^SIyl June 1. Tbe entire proceeds o( the even­ing will be devoted to further instmction in voice cnlture in the school. Come and help a most worthy canse.^ ! V-,.!.:-..;

George Downing, who for years has been so companbnable, and has held firmly the reins and SO-J carefnlly gnidedv^th'e-aged^ Richardson steied—i familiar couple oh our streets that will Bg.ver' be forgoiten— and who has held lijs^'tiosition. with'such

;- copplaisancei and wHb has kep^^t|i4 aged steea.fro'm being fiisky and wa '4i &rd,4s

;, : now, accQrdlng.to jE'Fan.cieni title..'.' nug-• - ter of the hprje "-^the new one^wjfici: is-: ;• slowly but 8unBTy,moviog and bei^-ignid-

. e i i n the footsteps of his iUustrioospred' eces'sor.. Long may .they move< ^' J^ '

All tbe stores in town wiil close Satur-;.. day noon at twelve olclock.

Mr. aild Mrs. Herbert Farnsworth left Thursday night for Washington,- and re­turn next Wednesday. They went on the

; Railroad Agents' association excursion. Snnday services at St. Andrew's chnrch

^.^t the usual hour. The large nnmber ; present at the morning service last Son-

day enjoyed the singing by Mr. Lytle, th^ phncipaf of the Middleboro high 5chd6I, and it is hoped he will pay another vitjti

•here. '.• Geo. L. Osgood left Thursday night for

Snllivan, Me., ind returns 'next Tuesday. He was accompanied by' his daughter Hilda. v_/ ^ '.'

Mrs, Geo. H. Hill and Mrs. E. P. Bar­ker were delegates to 8i'e' 'meetings of the American Unitarian association, held in

' Bbston this ireek:' '-.. Ground will be broken next week for - the new honse for Theodore W. Barry, to '•' be built by Mr. Phelps on land formerly • belonging to Mr. Slocomb and Mr. Veino,

not far from, the house of Mr. Whifbher. L. A./D9wning about three weeks ago

missed his'gold watch; and word was sent to the pawnshops in several cities, giving

"^a description ofvit. Oflicer Thayer recov­ered it last Tuesday from a pawnshop in LowelL

Mrs. Clara E. Hill and Mrs. Nina H. . Beverly attended the annual meeting of

the State federation of woman's clubs in Boston, Thursday, Mrs. Hill as delegate from the Woman's club and Mrs. Beverly

• as appointee of the president wlio was pre­vented from going.

Th& Ayet i igh defeate^'.the Townsend high school last Saturday- afternoon at Townsend, by a score of -1 to 3, .the last

• pntout being made by McGuaue on first. The Ayer team did some very good work and are considered by "many as being a very good team, having been defeated only by one high school this season.

The high school and alumni have ar­ranged to play in the afternoon instead of

. in the morning on May 30, at three o'clock. Lancaster A.A. and Ayer A.A. play at Civic clnb grounds Saturday, May 30, at 1.15 p..m.

Mr. and Mrs. Albert Mudgett of Brook­lyn, N. Y , were guests of Mrs. Walter

. W. Manning this week, coming Wednes­day afternoon and returning to Boston, Thursday.

Mrs. Robinson, wife of Postmaster Rob­inson, is slowly improving, and_ -with the best of care that she is receiving-from the slcilful surgeons and nurses at Eliot hospi-

• tai, Boston, wiil ultimately recover and again enjoy good health, . ' i

The overhead part of the subway and cement at entrances have been very much improved by a coat of-white paint. The water leaks thioii^..the «i0es onio.tha walk through, the subway, which kee^£jt in a damp condition. Wben'tbecoveriogs to the entrances are erected it will ben^eh belter protected from dirt and rain- •'

Rev. L. E. Perry gave a very interest­ing address to tlie high school Thursday' afternoon on the topic, "The choicoof a •vocation."

Miss Avis A. Burns and Mrs. E. P. Barker were delegates to the meeting of the Unitarian Sunday School society held m King's Chapel, Boston, Friday.

At the Unitarian church on Sunday, at the usual honr for morning seo^ce, tliero —" be given a report of''s&m^ of the

The Middlesex,Country dub ha; voted to become a corpora^tpn having- ibo 'satao Dime. The first meetlog of the incorplora-tors, who arc meipbera.of the present clnb, was held'at the^Iubfa6nse, Tuesday even-ipg at eight Vclocld-Mlolm.M. Maloney was~'«lec(ed .«hafr$«i3^-I^'nIC Clark temporary cleflcr 'X^Vit^of-'bylaws was adopted and the following officers elected:

John P. tentz, pres. ;• Dr. B. H. Hopldns, vice-preg.: .TVm. B. Bums, sec. and treas.; a. governing .committee, consisting of tbe-above named officers and Edward E. Sawyer, Henry G. Turner, L. K. Clark; grounds committee, consisting of the president and E. E. Sawyer and H. G. Turner.

The steau) roller that has been here for afew days belongs to the state, and is loaned towns at the expense only of fuel and engineer. Main-st, where the stores are,,the,bu8.in?8s^pw;t.of the lovrn, is now to be macailamlzed, audit will take about eighteen icarloads df egg-size stone from the Massachusetts Broken Stone Co. "of Salem, to'make it-an. 'excellent pieceof roadway.'- CoinparatiTely speaking,it wUl bo free from the blinding dust that soiong lias been vsucb-a'-'nuisance from the east and-west'WiiJds.'-•;.

Mr. and Mrs. E. £L Bigelow entertained/ the ofBcew 6£Tda;McKinley chapter, O.E.' 8., of i907,.and their husbands, Thnrsday eJenio'g;:." .\yh'i»t wais 'played and songs were sung; by Mrs. Bisckford of Townsend, daugh'terof g lr / and .Mrs. Bigefiwr^K^ freshm|ffif were sefredi consisting of ice- creai^^Jl^bert, phncl^ assorted cake and /ancy fio^ters. Ajjuprise was the pren; ence.cifeS4n,"iuJRJchardson. The o c c ^ sion was the twenty-ninth aoniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Bigelow's .marriage, and about thirty were present to enjoy the fes­tivities of the evening, which las^d till high twelve. All pronouncied it one of, the nicest parties they had.atteijded for a long time. - -

partment, was on haod, and connecting the hOie kept in the cooper shop with the hydrant, soon had a stream placing on the fire, keeping it in check until the fire de-partaient arrived, when It was soon extin--, . , , . __-„, .,., ^ . _ „ „ , guiriied. It is supposed that a spark from 'Westminster, Lowell and Worcester. Miss

Anniversary meeting's held ih Boston this week. This will include that of the Alliance.

Members of post 48 have atcepted an invitation to'l>e present at'the Universa­list church, Shirley, on Snnday morning, May 31, and listen to a memorial sermon by Rev. C. A. Knickerbocker^ - <

Otis Parmenter of Greenvill^ N. H., , chjirged iritii disturbingthe peace at Ayer, ' May 21, was in court May 22, and pn ti^al

was found gnilty and'fined ten doliai-s. T^e charge of drtmkenness was placed.on file. ' , - • : . , i > JV -

Edwin Cotd of East Pepperell, drunken­ness at that place Mayr,24, wasln^onrt May 25, and on trial wasfonnd guilty and placed on. probation for six , months^ and paid expenses of court tszed at Sl.SO. .

The Congregational ministers of d i s re­gion, who make up the Middlesex Union association, held the last meeting of the seasoii in the Congregational church on Tnesday afternoon. May 26. Rev. A..H. Covell, pastor of the IwHstone church of Fitchtnirg, preached the sermon, aad Rev. C W . Loomis of Congregational church' of A a h ^ read a paper on "The problem of the fntnre life and its relation to this.'' Both th'e.seiuoto and paper were critf-cizjsdby all'the ministers present -7h6 meedng was vei7 Interesting.

Word has been-receivid in town from MiuKtdaG. Fletcber; wbf> isin-Taris, tbat she has met a number of fjoe artuts and heard them play, aad it esjoying bei^ selHiiiineiuely. Herrister, l(iuMamie,!

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MARY B . NCTTIXQ of Brooklyn, N.Y., executrix of tHe will of Lydia R. Hudson of Ayer, has -filed a petition of compromise in the. Middlesex supreme court at East Cambridge, and if the petition is allowed, the American board of commissioners for foreign .missions and the Christian and Aiislio'riary alliance of New York, whiph are named.as legatees under a residuary dan^e, j-will receive only half ofth'eirrei jmective bequests. ^ T h q wiil was allowed May 7, but:the heirs-at-law, Lillian P. and John R. Dra­per of Boston, minors, have appealed from the allowance of the probate conrt, through their guardian, Mrs. .Nellie- P. Draper. All parties'n&med in the will have signed tbe petifionof compromise, and ifthe su­preme conrt allows the petition, the chari­ties named will each receive S2000 less than stipulated in the will and the minor petitioners wiil receive each S2000 more. If compromise shall •be^Iowedj_all oppo­sition to the prdbate ofrtteCwill wfll- be-witbdrawn. '

Since the abiove was in type we leam that a satisfactory settlement has been made and the two mbtionary societies lose $2000 each, the SlOOO going to the Draper children of Boston.

W. H. SHER.MAN attended a re- union of bis company at the American house, Lowell, Saturday, May 23. Eight of the old comrades we're present On reviewing the original list of the company it. was fonnd that not more than eighteen are still living and are scattered from Maine to Caiiioroia.

Of the comrades present each had been wounded twice or more. This company was rmsed in Lowell on the morning suc­ceeding the attack of the Baltimore rebels on Massachusetts troops, and at once com­menced drilling. When the bodies of the Lowell victims of the Baltimore riot—Ladd and Whitney—were received, this com­pany formed a part of the escort.

Organized under the militia laws of the State, under the name of the "Abbott Grays," it aft^rirards became Co. A, 2d Mass. Inf. Th.e„'fabiJoU 'Giiys" at first had an attractive gray uniform faced with black and.a strong effort was made by some of the regimental officers to have tbis color adopt^, one officer saying he "hoped^^ever. to^see a Massachusetts sol­dier in the nniform of the regular army, that snch an attempt had nearly caused a mutiny in a Massachusetts regiment in Mexico." But Col. Gordon was firm, the Tegular uniform should • ba worn. ," It ^SoiJld be impossible for thV Governor to foUdw'each soldier to the field to supply a paitj of Massachusetts trousers, and all ^^t^ved^^iat Massachusetts regiment in 4leipco from, jrefurning.in the uniform of the Georgia militia^—shirt collar and pair of .spurs-^was due to the fact that Uiey were suppIied.'withU. S. uniforms, which they -wiore home." -

Co..A had good friends in Lowell and many good things were sent to gladden' -their hearts,, the city sending a large pack­ing case every two months in which pack­ages, limited to three pounds, could be sent to the soldiers. They repud the kindness on many a hard-fought field, among which" wer?- Winchester, Cedar Mountain, Antietam, Chancellorsville, GetQrjburg and others.

a chimney, had-set the roof on firewid bnmed through into the leftover the shopi and that it had been smouldering for sdme' time. The damage'to the building ts abqot 8300, on which there was insurance,'''and which the insurance companyhas agreed to repair.^- Abont two-thirds of the roof will have to be rebuilt. The damage to" mana-. factured keg8,-on which there wasnoiii-surance, has not as yet been estimated, '--' If it had not beenfor the prompt ser­vices of Mr. Rytin, nothing could l a-ve saved the building and contents. Mr.' Lovejoy.was in Arlington with his wife at the Ume and was telephoned to return at once.

MEMORIAL DAY EXERCISES In the to\in hall, Friday afternoon, Mav 2», were held as -lollowg; • Blano solo, Mildred Andrew Commemoration ode, Kathleen Hackett, V Jjconard Bowler, Chas. Mullin, Marlon

Farnsworth - , Song, Flag of our nation, Ten chUdreii t> . . . . .„.. ^ .. . Maln-3t Ichool Becltation, The challenge, • "

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list chnrph Sundav, ilay 31, at fonr p m. The o^er churches of the town are invit­ed. There will be papers on different sub­jects by members of visiting unions, from ^m^nster, I itchburg, Gardner, Orange,

Soni tation, Decoration day, JuIlaHooley

.UMitatlon-and song. Flags of many nations, -'^Prlscllla MulUn_and Chariotte Uiehardsou png, OuE'fljg, Second grade, WMhIngton-st

>!, , -^.>.- , . >• ,„;„ThIra.grade ., in memory bt soldiers; FiSurth gime

. tatlonj Decoration day, Lyman Sprafeue'' Exercise, Our con)lng men, .Ten boys ;_, ' 'WashTngton-gt., Second grade Flagspna. Shfrley-st., Second grade -BeclUfttoa,'A8 the soldiers march by, „ ' . Bertha Connors Song, Flaeotour native land, ; Tliljcd-anftide EecitaUon,.LI^ golden hair, Edith Neylan Choras, Sweet Kimcmbrance, 'Fifth grade Chorus with oilhfestra accompaniment, ^ , • Se\-enth and eighth grades Grating to G.A.R,, Supt E. P. Carr Address Song, America, All the schools

S H I R I v E J Y .

DEATB.—John Sibley, sixty years old, many years a resident, died at hi^ home last Sunday,. eTeoins froni theeffe^ of a shock which he. received last weeJt.,Thurs-day. Hehad- been in,-Very poor, health for some time. ''However, his deathcame as a big surprise to his. family and friends as his general condition of late seemed to give everyreason to believe that hisexit from this -world was some distance awav, notwithstanding that he had blen afflicted three or four times with shtfftks, and the last one which caoied His death came after a day's oatiag'ae''fishing,; which he seemed to enjoy. Funeral services were held Tuesday morning at S t Anthony's church, re(]ueim high mass'being celebrat-ed_by Rev. J. H. Cot6. Burial was in the family lot in S t Anthony's cemetery. The survivors are a wife and grown children. - up

T H E MEN'S CLUB held its regular meet­ing Tuesday evening in the vestry of the Congregational church and E. H. Allen presided. The usual routine of business was suspended and the eveniog was de­voted to an address delivered by Rev. A. J. Covell of Fitchburg, pastor ofthe Roll-stone Congregational church, the subjeit being "Europeansand .\mericans: similar­ities and differences.'' This meeting was open to the public and the ladies of the town were well represented.

Mr. Covell has traveled extensively through Europe, consequently his address was based uptta personal observation and experience. He held the keenestattention of his audience as he carried them along through the several couiitries, relating the customs of the people, habits, pecnliaritie'i, etc., together with a geographical descrip­tion of the various places he had visited that were worthy of mention, and very ad­roitly showed how the people compared or differed from .-Vmericans.

Mr, Covell is a very easy, graceful speaker with a good control of language. The audience wa<< delighted with his ad­dress and at its close ne was tendered a unanamons rising vote of thanks for bis Idndness in appearing before t}iis 6lub. A reception was tendered Mr. .Covell and aii were given an opportunity to meet him. The next meeting of the club will be held Tnesday evening, June 9, in engine hail, when officers for the coming year will be chosen. ' ',

Ek-TEiiTAijrtiEN-r.^-A very interesting entertainment was given in Page hall on Friday evening, Way 22,, for &e benefit of ^'^ CongregatKmail church.. The audi­ence was'ot good size in spite of the storm. The eicercises opened -with.-winding the maypole under the du?ection of Mrs, Jen­nie McCIean siiid Miss. Minnie Goodnow, hy these little people who did it very pret­tily: • . ' • ' -- B<^naU1 and Errington Uradshaw, Kmest and Donald Yates, Philip Livingstone, Wm. Sargent, Frank Parker, Kaymond ;Millcr, Irene and BenlahHassam.Mai^ret McLeOd, Buth Harlow, Alice and Lillian Lyons.

• Then followed the^drama,-" Popping by proxyi" a very amusing,play which was well given by , ; -- Charles E. Stone, Daniel W. Hason, Mrs. Grace M.Bradshaw,Miss Lillian A>WrIght, Mrs. Martha D. Stone and Hrs. Georgianna Hason. . - ' : , •

.The play was prepared; for the Groton giVnee,and.the.«iembers repeated it for the cburch beae^tr A vote of thanks was giveb the aetturs.^qr this courtesy '• Tlie plar was /oUowed.by a wedding diuice ana'- t^feabx;' aad: songs by Mrs. £ . '£. Sawyer iwd Clare'nce Anderson. The en-tertainnwit was varied with instmmental mnsic by HIM, Grace Steven; of Gtotos.

'Attbe.Congregattoual'ehatth on Sanday moniIngatlO.«S, the subject Will be, "The secret of happiness." ta tbe'v/etSog at'serea o'clockthe sdblect win be, "'The dlTue mean­ing of niaore."]___V_j_^^__^.-' ^% r.v',.;'•-

FisK.—Taeadax; forenoon fire waa dis-eoreifed in the iipper part of tiie eooper shopofAagas(asLoTe|]oy. Patnck Byim, wbo lirestM«i^^y;^lMiiih<r'bfcMii|^^d».

Mariop .Proctor, district superintendent, -wiU-jiaye cLarge of the meeting. Mem­bers from the state board will be present

• Post 48, G.A.R,, of Ayer has accepted aa .invitation to be present at thS Univer­salist chnrch, Sunday morning, May 31, to Ust^n to a mcmoria'l sermon by Rev. C. A. Knickerbocker. -;' Mrt. Alice L. Wright bas been elected secretary and treasurer of the Ayer dis­trict,; Massachusetts Sunday school asidci-ation.l .

- M i M j:ila Wallace and Iliss ElgH-'^' ams Of Fitchburg Normal school we<*i''ttie gnests over .Sundiy of Miss GertrudViMe-Nally-of Harvard road. :,.'oa •< . "Henry Moore of Vermont is visitiiig' at

the home of Mr. and Mr8."^Ge6:'S.''WelIs.'. Mr.land Mrs. John Conant spent first of

the week in Lynn as the guests of their daughter, Mrs. Pevear. ,''-' Mrvand Mrs. David Lindenberg of Dor-chestejr^were at their sum'miif home on Hwyard road, coming Saturday and re-' turning Sunday evening. " ' -

Bey. G. M. Howe of Groton will preach at the'-rCongregational church, on Sunday morning. May 31, in exchange with the pastor.y :-';.!;, .. ' - / i

.W'.^: Pratt ^will bcciipy'We'pulpit,of "*? ^iptist church, Sunday in'orning; May 31,-at 10.45, and in the eveoing at seven' oVilock win preach his farewell sefmbn. ^ • K ^ ^ " assumes .the charge of bis new parish at Brewer,-Me;, in June. ' 'The George WiliSn family have moved fcpm ^nker-hiil to AySr.

Miss Lucy Laliy of Allston is the guest of Miss Alice Flynn.

The regular meeting of the Y.P.C.U. at the Universalist church will be omitted Sunday evening. May 31.

Charles Leach-of New York city is a guest? of Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Mar-fliall.. . • ' -' T . rj.'Si'S'^dies' circle'bf the Congregational dhnrch' win;h61d theij' monthly sociarand

'entertainment in the church vestry, 'Wed­nesday evening, June 3. Supper served at six and seven o'clock, folUiwed by an entertainment - lRev;W:E. Waterburv of Springfield, the eyangelist, will assist' W. L. Pratt in his last day of service at Baptist church, WOnday," 'Mav 31. There will also be a paptism Snnday morning: ,,. I ; Mr,, and Mrs. H. D. Allen of Boston have arrived at the home of her sister, Mrs. Jnlia Kilburn for the summer.

Old Shirley chapter, o. A-R., wiil deco-rafe this year the revolutionary boulder at Cfenter cemetery. Memorial day.

The auction sale at the Brookside board­ing house continued from one till after ten p.m., Wednesdav, with only half the goods sold. Mr. and Mrs. Fred S. Brown will assume the charge of this well-known house as soon as contemplated repairs are completed. Both are young and capable and-endowed with good dispositions and a goodjsupply of ambitious energy, besides having the good wiii of the people, and if anyone can make a success of this house it 1*1416 to predict that they will.

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CoxGREGATioxAL.—The ladies' circle held'their annual meeting in the ladies' parlor ot the church, first ot the week. MissiMartha J. Hunter, the secretary and treasfirer, gave her report of the business transacted luring the year, which showed that thei sum of S533 was the total amouiit receiyed from all sources. It was voted that fhe report be accepted. It was also voted that the president and secretary be a codimittee to make up a list for the work of vijitations. Mrs. Alice L. Wright and MissjMary A. Park were chosenasacom-mitt^ to make ont a list ot members to serv«[ on supper and entertainment com­mittees-dnring the ensuing year. It was also yoted that Mrs. Edwin H. Conant, Mrs.'Alice L. Wright, .Mrs. Nellie W. Holbrook %e a committee to attend to the repan-s at the parsonage. The amount re-1 ceivedfrom foreign mission mite boxes was eleven dollars. - The following officers were unanimously elected:

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AJOTICE—Unclaimed Cattle. The Cattle J_> on the Patch Farm, consisting ot 1 Hol­stein Cow, 1 Red Cow and 5 two-vear-old Heifers, being unclaimed. If no owner of the above stock claims the same and pavs all charge-s, the cattle will be sold, to pay ex­penses, at Public Auction, after three inser­tions ofthe notice. <J..-II. Vaitt acting for Wm. E. Litchfielil,^os^>yro^ jlay 20,;jaO8.

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SuiciDAL.—Horatio L. Wilson,, resid­ing witb his nephew, Charles Wilson, on. Harvard roadj was found hanging to cross­beams in the loft'-6f the bam at the 'WU-, son place, esirly Monday morning, by Mrs. Charles Wilson, his niece. He had been dead some time when found. Medical-examiner Sleeper of Westford was noti­fied and was ^ early On the scene. After 'viewing the remains he pronounced the cause of death as suicide.

Mr. Wilson passed his ninetieth birth­dav Jast February and enjoyed t;eniark-ably good health for a man of his; ^ge,. and nevo- did anything out of the oi^nary that w'AiW give nse to snspicioi: of any­thing i o shocking. He passed ail day last Sunday as usual-and ate a hearty supper heiotertH^nng. The act occurred some^ time'betweefa thre^and siji; ;.a.m., for Mrs. Wilson heard him--aboiit" three o'clock coming down stair;, but pMd_iio. particu­lar attention to it, as it was'notbing un­usual for him to do. Bnt when she arose at six o'clock and the, old gentleman'had failed to come down stairs, Mrs. Wilson became alarmed, and thinking her uncle was sick,.went to his room, only to find it vacant. She then started' to search. for him, finding his body in the loft of the barn. The shock almost prostrated her, and -with difficulty the reached her kitch­en. On gaining suiticient strength she aroused her son George; whom she sent to notify her husband, who i» night watch- man at tho Samson cordage works.

The deceased has lived with Mr. and Mrs.: Wilson for the • past' thirty-seven years, where he has been-verrkindiy cared for, and came with the Wilsons to Shir-Wy' sixteen years ago, from Torrington, Conn.,; where he was born. He waa never niarriad, and he supported his aged father and-mother Until tbey. died. He then made his home witibiMr. Wilson. Notthe ^ightest reason can even be imagined for nis act of self-destruction. He was a car­penter by trade; -'aaS daring the day in ord'er to' pats the: time away wodid busy himself doing odd Jobs aroood the place.

JElonend- eervice* were held at his late lH>«i» Wedueadl* afteroooij, Rer. A. A. BrMtsddqofficIaUng. Burial was in the TiUa^eemeteT]!.

Ncwfr^iTBiiay—The Middlesex rally of ,„ Ha^Tjy '•tr. iriU be held in the TJnirersa-' Vew

Pr^s., Mrs. JI. Louise Uutler; vice-pres., Mrs.'Alice L. AVright; sec. and treas.. Miss Martha J.-Hnnter; ilirectresses, Mrs. S. B. Scott, Mrs. John G. Connut. Mrs. Kdwin H. Copant,;Mis. Richard Pomfret, Mrs. Augus-WsB. Cram, Mrs. Herbert Lawrence, Mrs. Nellie W.iPolbrook.

CailDREx's DAY,' under the auspices of tlie Altrurian club, was beid Thursday afternoon. May -21, at Oddfellows' hall, which was prettily decorated with lilacs by the entertainment committee. A short busiqess meeting was called by the presi­dent; Mrs. Lucy J. Merriman, who pre­sided in her usual graceful manner. The rollcall w^ responded to bnd report of tho last meeting- read. Committees for the comibg year were appointed and the meet­ing ^journed after singing America.

The arrangement of tbe entertainment for't^e^children was wholly in the hands of the directors—Mrs. Clara H. Miner, Miss.; Grace M. Kilburn and Mrs. M. J. Conant, wbo spared no bains in providing an e;cccllent program-: tor tho afternoon. " Thp Pixies " from Boston proved to be a very .unique and amusing company; who

§rea^y pleased the little ones with their ancirTg. and acrobat feats. -Miis Hannah

Wilsbn accompanied their daaeies with se­lections on'the piano. -A' piano duet was rendered in a very spirited- manner by Et­ta and Mary Dipnman, which was followed by a' reading, Eugene Field's'"Seeing thingjs at night," by Jllrs. MiIdft!d-;6ront, who read so impressively that (b($-ehlld<^n werejvery attentive and interested.''-'><Mrs. AlicoL. Wright also gave areadifik'en-titlec^ "Joe Lincoln's little brothARWin- a very ^pleasing manner and fully>emd; 'ed by al|. A'most bountiful aad daidQ^Obl-lation was served by the retirinjf Kbiljiital ity c<jmmitteo-^Mrs. M. J. Lyon, M k U a Warden, Mrs. Nel lie W. Holbrook.-' Vaho-ing by' the children, under the able^iree-tion of Mrs. White. The children had. a delightfnl time aod returned home yrelr-pleasbd with the afternoon's entertunmeot.

CtOMMONWTALTH OP MASSitOHUSETTS.— ^ Middlesa j SS. Probate Conrt. Tothe

helrs-at-law, next of kin, creditors, and ail other persons Interested In the estate of Nancy J. Richardson, late of Ashby, In said

I County, deceased. Intestate. . . •Whereas, a petition has been presented to

I said Court to grant a letter of administration"' on the estate of said deceased to Edwin A. Hubbard of-Ashby, in said Countv, or to some other suitable person.

You are hcreby'cited to appearata Probate Court to be held at Cambridge, in said Coun­ty of Middlesexi<>n the tenth dav of June; A. p . 1908, at nine o'clock In tha forenoon, t08how--oause,itanyyou.have, why the same shoujdj;ot be^;rantcd. . J ' - ^ ^ B ^ 6®.*'.*'°°*' 's hereby directed to give bUBHtjoiotice thereof, by publishing this cltatfoWbnMiln each week, for three succes­sive w«t*BL-& Turner's Public Spirit, a news-Psper PRblisJied In Ayer, the last publication to lie one. day, at least, before said Court, and by maning postpaid a copy of this citation to all-known pereons Interested In said estate seven days at least before said Court.

Witness, CHARLES J. MCIKTIRE, Esquire, Flnt Judge of said Court, this fifteenth day of May. ln the year one thousand nine hun­dred and eight.

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R e v . D r , T a l r n a g e ' s S e r m o n o n

R e l i g i o u s M u s i c .

-Its- Great Value In Worsli ip—The Need of Melodies and Words That

Appeal to the Emotions—^The Work of Hymn Writers and

of Gospel Singers.

tCopyright, 1908, by Louis Klopsch.] NE'W YORK, March 29.—In this ser­

mon the preacher tells of the power of s o u g as an Intlueuce on human life and character and especially of gospel soug a s n m e a n s of winning men from sin to righteousueffii. T h e text Is I Chron. vl, 31, "And these are they whom Da­vid s e t over the service of soiig in tho -house of the Lord."

I wel l remember a Sunday I once p p o n t u p o n the roof of the cathedral at

-Milan. I bnd been nway from home for m a n y w e e k s nnd w a s very lonely and homesick. Furthurmore, I w a s

. hungry for au old fashioned Christian serv ice of the type of the Ahierlcau meet ing house- I had been so loug w i t n e s s i n g the European desecration of the-Sabbath that I yearned for the sim­p le serv ice of ilR' o w n home church. I eutered the cathedral of Mllim thut moruiug - hoping that my loiigiiig for worship might l>c gratified; but, alas, none of it wii.s there.' That huge ca­thedral is capable of holding 4ij,000 worshipers . Thousauds of people were In the buildiuj; that inoruing. but oiily a l itt le handful were sea ted about the pulpit. Mo-st of the people inside the church -were tourists wander ing about e x a m l u i u g a s tatue here, a tomb there, a beauti ful column beyond. Sick at heart, 1 turned a w a y and begaii to c l imb the stairs which led uii to the roof. Higher and higher 1 weut until I s e e m e d to have left the world behind. Aloue I w a s walking upon those loftj l i e ights amid the marble s ta tues wheu suddenly I stopped short. Seemingly

" from everywhere aud yet from iio-•n-here lu particular the swee tes t an­them w a s rising in the upper air. Like the summer wind which kissed m y cheek, I could not toll from whence it came. Then as the voices rose and fell and .finally died a w a y lu a piaiu-t ive whisper I said to myself, "That m u s t h a v e been like the" s inging at the old temple of Jerusalem." It seemed as though choir loft was taking up the refrain • of choir loft, and the great Asaph himself, the chief of all the mu­sic ians aud singers w h o m Dav id ap­pointed, w a s leading in the service of soug.

Sit t ing there that Sunday afternoon on that Milan roof I thought of that service ot s ingers in Jerusalem 3.U0U years ago and of the s lug lug ot the long success ion of all the geuerati.ous of s ingers that in the Christiau church have w o n their triumphs during the p a s t centuries . It seemed as if they -were all united in one great service of

-song iu stupendous harmonies , fur w h e r e v e r you go you find the love ot music . T h e Engl ish plowboy s ings as he dr ives his team. The Scotch high-lander makes the glens aud gray moors resound with his beautiful songs . T h e muleteer of Sj)alu cares not w h o sits on the throne or stands behind it if they will let him have bis early morning carol. The vintager of Sicily has his evening hymn eveu be­side the fire of the burning mouut. The fishermen of Naples has his boat song to which his rocklug boat beats t ime on that beautiful sea. and the gondolier of Venice still keeps up his midnight serenade. So when travel­ing hy land or by sea w e find the in­nate love ot music w a v i n g - h e r inagle w a n d over the cradle as well as iu the e v e n i n g twi l ight ot the grave. .Vnd in­spired poets and musicians of the past and the present have merely liariicssi.'d lip that Innate love ot the heart of man and used It tor God and for heaven.

Today, Go<l willing, I want to ' load you a w a y from pulpit and lectern. 1 want to lead you a-n-.iy from altar anti chancel and out ot the c-lnirc-h audi­torium and have you sit with me as I sat that day upon the roof of the Milaii cathedral and give yonr thoii.glits to the s w e e t sounds in which the clr.ircli In all t imes has given praise to Co.l. I want to hnve a little quiet talk with you upon the inflneiue of gospel soni:. And after this talk is ended I w.iiit yon to go iiomi' and reverently tak.' down your hymn books and gatlii-i-your children about you and teach thom to s lug praises to God and utter In t imeful words the love of Chrlat fov all meu . "And these nre they -ivhom Dav id se t over the service ot song In

'"- t b e h o u s e of the Lord." N o w , w h y did IJnvld appoint mnsi-

c i a n s over the service of song lu tin-t e m p l e ? First, Iwcnusc muslo Is a com­binat ion of beauties In sounds, nnd no mari can truly come to the higher Christ ian life until he learns to appre­c ia te the beauties of ail Go<Vs cre­at ions . God docs not s i m p l y ' say to mnn, "I am God. creator nnd ni ler:" b u t he says , "I want you to notice thnt I h a v e made everything beautiful In i ts t ime ." Thus .Tcaus bade us look nt the Illy or the wild flower of the fleld and observe this care wi th which God had produced a masterpiece lu colors. -Hfe makes the leaf of thnt wild flower so beantiful that artists for cen­turies have tried in vain to reproduce i ts harmonies . Oh, the marvelous b lending of colors in the lea'f of one l i tt le dafrodlir Then think of God's nrphltecture! W h a t is the ca thedra l^ f St. P e t e r in Rome, or the cathedral at Colosme, or any of onr architectural niKsterpIeces, In comparison w i t h tho (pntDdenr of the Alps or tl^e beautie.i of tbe ^Orand canyon? Ood's love of bennty sl iowa Itself here, oa I t dees tn t b o flowetf ttuit a n In t h e s e gardens

'.•.•Atim pi-opavlng to make the world a i;lor!ous garden. W e kuow trom all his woilyi that he loves beauty nnd an-surt'' that whon we strive to make his worship s w e e t aud harmonious with ills gift of voice and wi th musical iu-sii-uinents w e are pleasing him.

Is not the voice of u groat congrega­tion lifting Its soug lu praise like the sound of luany waters? H a v e you ever iu>ti(-ed how many t imes' the Bible tells us to s ing the praises of God? Xot once, but many times, is the com-mandmont given. "Sing" Is the word. "Let evoi-ytliiiig that hath breath pnii.se til > Lord." When the t ime of worship which w e spend in the Lord's bouse is -so precious, would God be wl l l iug to waste any ot the time of church service Iti s inging It music w a s not a divine means of spiritual grace? 'Yes, here­after w e must look upon music as a l):eaclier. W e must reverently consider our liymn books as secoud only iu ini-portauce to the holy Bible itself. God has placed bis divine approval and iu-doi-sement upon theui.

Why does God honor sacred music in the .salvation of men? This fact should lie easi ly aunlyzed when you open any hymn book aud begin to s ing the grand old songs which have come ringing down, the corridors of the centuries. M'liat Is the keynote ot nine-tenths— a.ve, ninety-nine hundredths—of the hymns which are sung? God's wrath? No. It is Go<l's love. Of course there ure some of the old h y m n s which con­tain wnruiugs to the. sinner, but In nearly all »he hymns thnt w e love the central magnet of our alTectlou Is the story they contain of the cross- nud (Jud's protecting care for his children. Hell aud the terrors ot future punisli-iiiont may lift thelc red l ights of warn­ing, but It is only the cross ot Christ t'aat can make meu cling to God as a heavenly Father. Just read over the favorite songs of your hymn book aud see if w h a t I say is not true. . \ i id this is the reason why the soug which is sung after the sermon often does more good than the whole sermou. upon which the minister has o.vpended w w k s of lalior. Why? Because tlie pieacher too often wields the gospel bludgeon. He is bound to declare the whole counsel of God, and somet imes it must sound harsh. H e says , " T h e end of sin is death, and God will not by any means accept the impenitent." Then some s w e e t throated songstress ;ii-lso-s iu the choh- loft aud l ifts up Iier voice lu praise to him for h i s . m e r c y in redemption. . \ s the s w e e t m e s s a g e of God's love wings its w a y to the heart ot the worshipers men say. "I \vi!l do this, uot because I fear hell, but Ijf, anse t:hrlst died for me and 1«-c-ause Christ loves me." W a s not this fa<-t demonstrated in the great servi ios of I>wight L. Moody?

N'o intell igent man cau study the work of .-Vinerlca's greatest ev.ingel-Istlc preacher uuless at the same time hi' fo l lows the wonderful career of .Vmerica's most wonderful gosi>el .siiii.'-(•!-. "Wliat do you think of the work of Ira D. Saiikey?" I asked oue of the greatest and most influential ministers of the west . --He is empliatif-ally thi' liifss.Miger of gentleness. This fact w a s never l)etter il lustrated than liy eomparli ig the work of a >loo<ly and a Sankey." "(ireat team that." I said; "Yes. a great team." • Why? Because each man's work supplemented the woik of the other man. Moody was ;:;; earnest, conscientious lueacher. Moody would stir an audience until lucii and w o m e u could see their sins marching before them in an apiialling procession and they could realize tlie peril of their condition. Then Saukcy would s ing of the life line of the nine, ty nnd nine and the love of God touch­ed the hearts ot men until the whole audience would be melted into tears. Moody w a s essential ly tbe plower and the sower. Ira D. Sankey w a s the reaper. He w a s the one wlio could soften the heart and make sinners feel the love of God by the power of gosjiel song. Til? plowing had to lie done. Each man supplemented the work of the other man. Moody and Saukey formed the most potent evangelistic team of the past century.

But there is another reason why gos-I>el s inging bas been l)aptize<l liy the Holy Spirit for the .salvation of men. (Josjiel s ing ing st imulates the worshiii-or to do something tor Christ. It is his part of the cburch service. The min­ister may be praying, but the members ot the congregation may not be follow. Ing him iu his prayers. While the min­ister Is iireaching the solemn faced elder s i t t ing hefore him mny ho plan­ning how he Is going to run his hnsl-ness the next day. That w a s n quaint and l)eautiful compliment which Mark T w a i n g a v e to his minister some time ago. T h e great humorist met the preacher a t the door of the cburch aft . er the sermon and said; "My dear doc­tor, you w i n have to mako your ser­mons more unlntere.stlng or I cnnnot afford to come to church nny more. Sunday morning In church Is the time 1 a l w a y s expect to plan my week's work. You are preaching such Inter­est ing sermons that I have to pay at­tention, and you must l>ecome more stupid or e lse I shnll have to stay away ." But. alas, w h a t Mark T w a i n spoke In Jest Is only too true o t some hearers. Whether It Is the fault of the minister or nol, ono tact Is certain: Many n merchant hns p1niiiie<I out his business deals during the Sunday morning sermon, nnd many a tirwl mother hns taken n short cat nap dur­ing the long prayer of ,th"e Sunday morning service . But It Is so different during the t i m e of gospel s inging. It Is the difference of doing s o m e t h i n g for Christ and sitt ing passive In your pow.

'\Vhy did your mother have-yon chll-, dren gather aroiind that piano to s ing? W h a t w a s her chief reason? I t w a s to get yon to d o someth ing good to Iceep yon from doing Something posl-tit-ely harmfiil . O friends, do not think that the t ime you spend wi th your chil­dren s ing ing Is wasted t ime I f s o m e partints wonld do a little l e ss sooMUng

and a little m o r e - s i n g i n g w^Ith thol'-i-hildi-en perhaps tbey in lght have jn-; till' same spiritual Influeuce f o r . g o o l as Inul your saluted inother when si;.-galliei-ed the chlldrep about her evc iy Sunday afternoon to- s lug the gosju'l hymns.

But there Is another truth which comes surging over me wi th ovc:-whelinlng power when I think of tii.-divine purpose of sacred soug. That is the thought that the great bymiiolo gists liave a l w a y s been the gosjioi tea<-liei-s who have been able to over leap all the barriers of sectariau big­otry and narrow minded creeds. If the great hymnologlsts have' accom­plished no other good a t least tliey have taught us that Christ bas many other sheep w h o do not tieloug to oiir scctai'iaii fold. In olden t imes th;-Episcopalian rector would not al low the Presbyterian pastor t o enter, his chancel. And the Presbyterian and t h e hard shell Baptist .were jus t as lilgotetl In their w a y as their Episco­palian brothers. But no sectariau big­otry has been able to monopolize the makers of sacred song. In the secta. rlan churches w e have "spite fences" for evory one except for our poets and hymnologlsts. Bead over, if you will, the biographies ot the greatest of our gospel c-omposers. They Ijeloug to all churches. .

Charles Wesley may never h a v e been al lowed to preach in 'Westmiuster ah boy, but his great hymn, "Jesus, Lover of My Soul," has been sung thero a thousand t imes , Aud Charles W e s l e y w a s a .Methodist. W h o w a s Ray Pal­mer, the author of "My F a i t h - L o o k s Up to Tiiee?" A Congi-egatlonalist. Who w a s I lorat ius Bonar, the author of "I Lay My Sins o n - J e s u s ? " A Scotch Presbyterian. W h o w a s J a m e s Montgomery, the author of "Hail to tho Lord's -Vnoluted?" He w a s the son of a Moravian preacher. Y'et all these singing evangel is ts , wi th their many diffei-ent sectariau creeds, have their names and" their hymns priiited side by side in every church hymuftl. The church ot Bishop Heber may bel ieve in apostolic success ion for the pulpit, but it does uot believe in apostol ic succession for the choir loft, for Heu-ry. N e w m a n the Catholic and John and Charles Wes ley the Methodists aud Iloratius Bonar are a l lowed to s ing there even though they were uot al­lowed',-to preach tbere. -Oh, w h y do we not extend the hand of gospel fel­lowship to all tho members of the dif­ferent churches as we extend the band of Christian love to all the s w e e t s ing ers who bring to us their gospel songs': Ma.v God give to us a uonsectariai: pnlpit and pew as he has g iven to us a nonsectarian hymn book.

But (;od honors sacred music tor still another reason. The divine httt-mouie->-of sound place the haud of holy ordina­tion upou all those who are wil l ing to lift up their voices In his praise. In order to become a minister one has to spend years in study. Then presby­tery puts bim through the most rigid examinat ions to determine whether he is fit to preach. Somo of my minis-lerial brethren may bo in doubt alxnit lotting him pass at that t ime: but. thongh some i)resbyterios m.\y make mistakes in a l lowing a candidate to en­ter the pulpit whon not properly pre pared, no such barriers can kooji the trno gospel evangel is t from sin,i;ing the in-aises of (Jod. Ira D. Sankey not ouly led thousands into the kingdom by bis tnnoful voice, hut he sent a host ot singing evangel is ts to win other multl-tndos for the cross. In other words, as the good Ananias was oominanded to open the blinded eyes of Saul In Da­mascus, this modern Asaph has been ordained to loosen the dumb tongues of men who could have had no part in winning souls except by sacred song.

. \nd here let me state soinothing which lias been on my mind for somii time. In order to preach the gospei by song a man does not have to be a master ot cliisslcnl music. .Vfl that he needs to have Is a pure heart, clean lips and an ordinary sweet , true voice, and when he .sings the plain, s imple gospel songs from the heart God will bless his slnglng,~"*even as he blesses the simple prayers that come trom a devout heart. Mr. Beecher well formu lated this thought when he protoste.l In the fo l lowing words against the Pharisaism ot sacred song: "Music la not s imply a vehicle for carrying a hymn. It is something In itself. No tune is fit to be sung to a hymn which would not ix! plonsant In Itself without words. In se lect ing music w e should not al low nny fast idiousness in tasto to set aside the lessons of exiiorlonco. . \ tune which has a lways interested a congregation—which inspires the young and lends to enthnsiasm a fit expres­sion—ought not to be set aside because it does pot conform to the reigning fashion and fol low the whims of tech­nical science. Thcro Is such a thing as Pharisaism In music. Tunes may bo very faulty In structure nnd yet con­vey a full hearted current that wlil Sweep out of the w a y t h e worthless , heartless trash which has no merit except literal correcrncss. And when upon trial a tune Is found to do good work it should be used for w h a t It does and can do. Congregational sing­ing will never become general nnd per­manent until the churches employ tunes which have melodies thnt-.oUna to the memory a n d (ouch the fcolliig.i or the Imagination," What did Mr. Roocher moan b y all this? I will tell you.

A gospel h y m n Is a sermon. A gos­pel hymn Is a prayer. When .vou lis­ten to ft t e s t imony In a prayer moetlng you d o hot l i s ten to oratory, Y'O-J lis­ten to a m a n pleading for ChrLst. When you l i s ten to a gospel hymn, y o n l isten to a disciple of Christ pleading for the ^ra8ter in the same way, and, though yonr voice may not be mualtiil-l y trained, y e t w h e n you sbig Ood's praises i n \ a s imple gospel song God w n i b less you as he does when y o n arfc* t o tes t i fy for him in ^ m e e t i i i g Of prayer.'

Young Folk! NEW BEAN BAB GAME.

A Sport In Which Accurate Throwing Counts For Much.

A game which will amuse or inter­est a mixed company of young and old­er .jersons Is hard to find, but from per-Konal experience the one here described w a s no.t a failure in this respect

T w o round, tin pans, a small and a large, w e r e procured and a small bole made In tbe bottom ot each in the cen­ter with a nail,

Tbey were then riveted together, the one inside the other, with a. small cop­per rivet, a s s h o w n .In Pigs . 1 arid 2.

A number of bean tiags, wi th w h i c h most people are familiar, were made, and the game, commenced.

The pans were placed at one end of the hal lway, and the players stood a t the opposite end.

T h e younger members of tbe party formed one s ide and tbe older members

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Each player tossed a bag in t n m , try ing to get it into the small pan, w h e n ten points, or marks, were placed to h i s or her name.

F i v e marks were given for all bags w h i c h fell into the large pan and noth­i n g for those which fell outside.

The players on one side took their turns alternately with the players on the other s ide until ail had taken one, t w o or three turns each, according to the number of persons In the game, w h e n the total number ot ma.ck8 gained were counted and the winning side de­clared.—Philadelphia Record.

FAITHFUL STUB.

s t o r y of a Little Dog Which Bravely Did Its Duty,

Stub's master had gone away fof the n ight and had left the dog to guard bis aportments .

Iu the evening the house caught fire, and before the fire engine arrived the blaze had gained firm bold and little could be saved. Some of the men dis­covered the dog and tried to coax or drive him trom the room, but Stub held his p o s t His would be rescuers did all they could to g e t him out, but be would not budge . j Warning growls showed that he "Would use his teeth if the men-resorted to force, nnd flnally in their efforts to save the dog the firemen turned t w o s treams of water on him. E v e n this did not dis lodge him.

The dog's master w a s found and notified of the flre When he reached his home tbe roof had fallen In and the building w a s n mass of flomes. H e g a v e one clear whist le , and Stub, w h o had defled flre and water and all hu­man Inducements, bounded out of tho house and the n e x t Instant w a s l icking the hand which caressed him.

A Common Error. There Is an error of speech that is

m a d e by almost everybody, educated and uneducated, careful and careless , good speakers and bad. It i s the mis­plac ing of the nega t ive In such expres­s ions a s "I don't think I shall go to­morrow." You see the reason, don't y o u ? It Is your Intention to say t h a t you do think, not thnt you don't think. Therefore you should say, "1 think I sha l l not go tomorrow." It Is l ike m i s ­plac ing the word "only" In snch phrases a s '-'I only read one book Jast week," which should be, of course, "1 read only one book last week," the "only" properly preceding the object and not the verb.—Chicago News .

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If -you g o t o California today, you -find an Immense' and irrepressible fee l ing of race antagoni sm against " " tho Chinaman, and virtual ly none at all aga ins t the negro. There Is race" knov.-ledge concerning Chinamen, aud :^ enough Chinamen there to consti tute a' race menace, but. not enough ne­groes , says John Sharp •Williams, In the "Metropolitan Mazaglne "

If }^u g o t o Vermont , you wil l Hnd none against either.

If you go to Mississippi , you will dnd t h e same irrepreisslble outbreak-' ing -o f antagonism between the wblcs and the negro races, and verj- l i t t le aga ins t the Chinese.

A Chinaman, wel l dressed and ! :-h a v i n g himself, tak ing dinner a a Mississippi hotel , might exc i te so :;o l i t t le remark, but n o t h i n g more- A negro if. he were a graduate of Har­vard college, spot less ly clottied .i:id j u s t washed, would, if he were t»-j-mit ted to t h e dinner table at a hotel iu m y state, exci te a riot.

If, on t i e contrary, he went to ^ hotel in Vermont, the other guests would doubtless seek an introduction to h im, it being £in opportunity to seo and s tudy someth ing of a new and s trange type.

The total absence of th i s feel ing a m o n g people w h o have never felt the presence of the negro as a menace to the moral i t ies ot social l ife, to tne" whi te man's c ivi l izat ion or his code or ethics , will be realized, when you re­member that Carnegie, Wanaraaker, Bishop Potter, of N e w York, President Roosevelt , have all eaten wi th the ne­gro, as host and guest , al the same ta­ble. You would realize it all the more •

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are made of the intes t ines of sheep-The intes t ines of the full grown ani­mal are from forty to fifty feet long.

The raw material from the stock­yards is first thoroughly cleansed of fat and fleshy fiber, by dull kn ives ar­ranged on a drum turned by a crank. The white tough membrane that Is l e f t i s then banded over to the split­ter, w i o dexterlously spl i ts the ma­terial into even strands by bringing it aga ins t the blade of a safety razor set upright in the table before him. The s tands are then spun together and placed on the drying frames.

An American E viol in s tr ing re­quires s ix strands; the European four. The strands, at one end fastened to an upright post, are twisted toget...-er, whi le still damp and pliable, by m e a n s of a spinning wheel . Taken from the drying frames, the str ings are cut in lengths , coiled, and boxed In oi led paper for shipment- To pol­ish the str ings, very fine emerj- pap­er, laid on a grooved aluminum block, i s used. Whi l e the str ings, are still on the drying frame, the covered block is passed over the s tr ings , pol ishing as many at one t ime as there are grooves in the block. Tt can be seen that from the manner in which the strands are twisted the effect of pol ishing Is to weaken the , s tr ing.

In the essential features, the pro­cess of making the fine gut strings for surgical uses, or the heavy str!-:gs three-e ighths of an inch tnick some­t imes employed for machinery belting, does not differ from tbe method em­ployed in the case of the musl'-al s tr ings , except that the latter are handled with more care.

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w h o doesn't care a hang if every '^v,-Is Friday the 13th, ye t he used to i". one of the mos t supenstit ious of men. In September, 1907, when the 13th '-;il on Friday, he was cured. A huge sate • w a s be ing raised up to the s ixth ticnr of a W a l n u t street bui lding a s he was ' w a l k i n g a l o n g the s idewalk. Just a s he got under it some one callc'd. ' T o o k out-" H e grasped the s i tuation in an instant , and there passeil through his mind the tbought t t i t isince it w a s Friday the 13th, he w->s Sure to be eaugbt under the n e a w s;-.:'-.' Neverthe less , he Jumped for h i s l't-> and landed half la the gutter and h " " on the s idewalk. Then he lool •! around to «ee the havoc; .and diss'- -ered that the ropes had merely "-I -ped a- l i t t l e and that t h e s a f e w a s i n s hois ted-up as though'noth ing "I hr.p-pcned. A s h e lay stretched In "--> mMd i l l s - h a n d felt s o m e t h i n g rot.-i i nnd flat When ho rose and brus'-ed Off h i s c lo th ing h e s t i l l clutched tbe find, and upon e x a m i n i n g it he f o u i a I t . t o be a $?0 gbid piece that no one ever .c la imed.—Phi ladelphia Record ^ ,

-The Ideal s t a t e of t b e U. S i s mitt* rfmony, jMid p l e n t y ot It.

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V x 2 ' Frame Construc­

tion.

Ptrmanent Improvement Which Ono . Farmer Pul Itl Himself.

I.ocust Grove farm, -x-hicli belong.' to my wife, poss'.-sses a good spring of

. 2! .6*-j c r y s t a l water.

7 J Z ^ *'~ p l l . Years ago her fa-T7-"**°^Tjr ther piped the wa­ll 111 ' ul I Vir to a log trough,

near the farm buildings. ' Th i s primUlve trough lasted for many years , but finally sprung a leak, which soon made an ideal wallow­ing place^for the pigs. I did not cherish th!s sort of spot and ctuti about for ,4ume-

1 Hi r ril thing ot a permar-

I i" "J », ent character ' to Ju J l^U' . ! , \>J l f make a water

trough. I decld-rf.. J15CI1 c e m e s c and conclu'*i:i to c c .V

struct it myself. I E<|!«>i:'fed all t>^ ma­terial, including sand, grav^', boulder? and cement , and se t t^ A-orli upor. tli -frame. -

> The ^ frame w a s m»A-. Zi one-inch riank of difterent W>Jths. . The ac-f - m p a n y l n g l ine cut g ives a good idea of the method used in construcl i i is this frame. The outside fracie was ten feet long and 2% feet wide, with the ends bolted together, as indicated In E. The ends measure'! four feev

. ten inches hy 2»4 f e e t , - The lengtb ol the inside frame at the top was eljght f:-et -7%-Inches, at tho bottom eight feet 1% inches ; t h e . A i d s at the top three feet ten Inches and the bottom three feet four Inches. This frame Vas 2% feet deep. The figure shows how the c leats are put on" to hold tlie ends in place. I used e ight one-half-iach bolts for the outside and set t w o

, by twos, so the bolts would reach. By making the top of the crate

i . r g e r t h a n the bottom the wall at the bottom is thicker, thus making the inside wall s lope out. This g ives the thawing ice a chance to rise. Wedges should be used on end boards ot In­side crate and 'small hails for nail ing <.n the c leats for the ends of the in-

. j ide crate. T h e s e should be nailed iust so they hold the boards in place. 1 used rough lumber f^n building the crates , bnt would advTse the use of ; laned lumber Instead.

After get t ing the material in shape be sure the tank is properly locaterl. as it cannot be moved about whe.i ';nce in place as a wooden or steei tank. P lace the pipes where they cannot freeze. This is very impor­tant. Level oft and stake the founda-!ion about s ix Inches larger than out­side measurements of inside crate an-J dig six or e ight inch trench about thi--. deep enough to be below frost. This iviil leave a block of dirt. Take enough ott this to leave the foundation flve or ^Ix Inches deep, when concrete is put on, and see that there are no sof-places in it. In this trench put a layer cf clean boulders and concrete, usir.s -.mscreened gravel In parts of one to ten; then another layer of boulders ."•nd concrete, and so on, almost to the •-op of the trench, making the concrete richer of cement as the top is neared. The top should be made of concrete !n I'.-.e proportion of one to sl.v or seve.: . After the trench has been^ fllled con-t:-ete alone should be used, one to si.x, .and fllled to the proper height for the bottom of the tank. This should be leveled off and the crate set on this foundation.

After the space between the inside ant) outside crates has been divided. 'It Is ready to flll^ Mix enough con-

• Crete, one tp six, to make a six-Inch layer around the space. Do not use coarse gravel for this . After the con­crete has been tramped down place a No. 9 galvanized wire around the 'pace , so It will be about the center cf tha wall when completed, as shown at .-\. Secure the ends and see that the Tvlre does not come close to the edge cf the wall any place. Put In the next layer of concrete and the wire in the same way, and so on to the top. Tamp each layer well , so there w::. !ip no holes In it. Let this stand about 24 hours, then remove the inside crate, ')eing careful not to- break the wall in any place.

The outside wall should not be difc tiirbed until the inside Is flnished, j.xys the writer in Orange Judd Farm-'.r.- Plaster the inside one-fourth inch thick with sand and cenient, on-.-

_ to three, beginning a t a c o m e r and go-' l a g around the tank. Plaster the bot­

tom next. Care miist be taken In plastering the c o m e r s where the sides m e e t riot to l eave any place where it Is liable to leak afterward. The bolts can then be removed^ from the outside and the crate taken off. The' outside ghould be plastered. Including tbe top of the walls . Withji- brush and a litt le pure cement and w^ter the entire -sur­face should be washed; t h i s : t o s top any small pores in the wall.- Let this stand for about 12 hours before lett ing in the water. If the work has been carefully done there will be no leak­a g e s and the tank will be one that will last a century and still be in good con­dition.

pi»r«ell'«. "Endymlon" Fulfilled Expe> tatlont of Aufhor.'

.In- the year 1872 Lord Beaconsfield commenced h i s las tnove l , "Endymlon," a -work undertaken chiefly from the honorable desire to ohtaln a sum ot money that would' flnally wipe off a residue ot monetary engagements . H e worked at it pretty steadily, until tha general e lect ion o t 1874 called blm to office, when his literary work w a s se t aside. Still h e wrote at it oc­casional ly till the beginning of the year 1876, when the Eastern quesUon coming to the front and engross ing his attention, he, as he thought, fl­nally laid the work aside. • H e then wrote a letter to Lord Rowton. Inclos­ing the manuscript, unfinished by something l ike 100 pages of printed matter. H e stated h i s v iew that the pressure of public work would pre­clude his continuing the novel , and In the event ot h is d e c e a s e h e Instruct­ed Lord Rowton to finish the work, but not to volunteer the announce­ment that it had been left in an in­complete s tate or to avow his collabo­ration, leaving the book to stand sole­ly in the name ot i ts original creator. Lord Beaconsfield, however, l iving through his own administration and finding comparative leisure when in opposition, completed the novel with his own hand, and it w a s sold for the splendid sum of £10,000, a windfall which enabled h im to fulfill h l s c h e r r ished desire of paying off his debts.

WILLIAM E. WHEELER

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A Wireless Lovemaking.

NEIGHBORS KNEW HEft HABITS.

Matter That Pualed Mrs. Lawton Really Was Quite Simple.

When the Lawtons had lived in Wil­low park about a month they w e r e in­v i ted- to a success ion o t l itt le dinners at the houses of their new neighbors. Mr. Lawton w a s on a dyspeptic's diet, and Mrs. Lawton w a s endeavoring to reduce her weight . "I suppose we shall have fo eat all sorts of things we don't wish, or e l s e s e e m rude," said Mrs. Lawton, mournfully, as they set out tor the first dinner.

To their growing surprise the bill of fare placed before them at each din­ner, although not remarkably varied, was composed of such dishes a s they could both 'enjoy.

"I don't s ee how you all h i t on Just the right things, when Mr.. Lawton and I are such difflcult guests ," said Mrs. Lawton in a burst of confidence one afternoon when the neighbors were taking tea with her.

The ladles looked at each other, and then one of them spoke.

"You know Mary Sloan, who comes to wash for you Tuesday mornings?" she said. "Well, I have her Mondays, and Mrs. Green has her Wednesdays , and she irons for Mrs. Porter Thurs­days and scrubs for Miss Homer Fri­days, so you see—"

Her voice trailed off into s i lence, but Mrs. Lawton no longer wondered; she "saw."—Youth's Companion,

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Farms and all other risks written in good strong companies.

" Ingratitude to Employes. It Is a pretty serious thing, Mr. Em­

ployer, to vent your spleen upon those who are really doing their best to help .vou succeed. Did you ever think that your success depends very largely upon your employes , that they are really your s i lent partners, that you could not possibly ge t rich without them?

Did you ever think that many of those working for you might, given opportunities as good as those you have had, be vast ly superior to you?

Many employers do not praise, upon princiijle. They think It is very bad for the employe; that criticism Is much better than appreciation. Noth­ing Is falser than this Idea. Some people are so constituted that they live upon appreciation and praise.— Orisoij Swett Marden, In Success Magai lne.

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W e also have the Lawson Pink Brand of Cdrn and Peas, Beets, Spinach and Li­ma Beans, and the Heinz Pickles in bot­tles and bulk, aad last but not least.the Best Flour ever produced,

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The Life Earnest. High hearts are never long with­

out hearing some new call, somo dis­tant clarion of God, even In their dreams; and soon they are observed to break up the camp of ease and start on some fresh march of faithful service. And, looking higher still, we flnd those who never wait till their moral work accumulates , and who re­ward resolution with no rest-^ with whom, therefore, the a l t emat lon Is in­stantaneous and constant; who do the good only to s e e the better, and see the better only to achieve it; who aire too meek for transport, too faithful for remorse, too earnest for repose; whose worship is action, and whose action cease l e s s aspiration.—J. Mar-tlneau.

Try to deliver a superior article and keep your standard up. A good rep­utation—Is It n o ^ w o r t h striving for?

Unchanging Laws of Etiquette. It is astonishing to see how little

the standard of good manners , s eems to have changed s ince the middle ages .

The strenuous life and the- higher education have not altered our con­ception of the laws ot good breeding, evefS if they l eave u s l itt le t ime tor the carrying out of them, and the m l e s o t conduct upon which w e have a i r been brought up are in many re­spects the .same today- a s those pro­pounded in the manuals of et iquette ot hundreds of yeat'a ago,—Ladies' F i e l *

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B E S T S I R L O I N S T E A K , -27,0. lb, R O A S T PORK, 12c. lb. F A T S A L T PORK, l i e , lb„ 10 lbs,, SI, PORK B U T T S , 1-2C. ib. .0 Ib. PAIL P U R E L A R D , 55c. 10 lb. P A I L P U R E L A R r , S i . i o . •20 Ib, T U B P U R E L . \ R D , S2.10. 30 Ib. T U B P U R E L A R U , lOc. lb. F R E S H PORK S H O U L D E R S , 10c. Ib. SQUIRE'S B E S T H A M S , 12c. GOOD R O A S T B E E F , 12c. a lb. ALL K I N D S O F B E S T I.MPORTED

.MACARONI, 10c. per lb. COLUMBIA KETCHUP,-big bottles, 20c GOOD COFFEE, 20c. lb. Try it. F I N E F L A V O R E D T E A , SOc. lb. W e

. have a large sale for it. B E S T P O T A T O E S , Sl.IO nusiiEL. S P I N A C H G R E E N S , 20o. peclc. N E W CABBAGE, 3c. Ib. Good supply of Pure Maple Syrup by Qt.

or Gallon.

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Hit Chance. "But maybe you don't l ike to hear

the smart say ings of other people's children," said the man w h o had been reel ing them ott for an hour. .

'•'Yes I do." responded the other man. "I think they ought t o be Im-pertehably preserved. I sel l phono­graphs, dollar down'and a dollar semI-occasionally; H o w abotit one?"

There was nothing t6 do but I n v e s t —Exchange

For Sale Goml 2.J .Story House of n rooms with ell .iiiil piazza: town water; fruit and shade trees; good sized lot; centrally located; In good nel^borhood; near schools and stores; price. S2000. Other good values In farm property.

TH0.MA3 McGuA.VB, Pcarl St . , A Y E R .

TTIOK .SALE—Two Painted Bedsteads and JJ two Spring Beds. Apply at P. O. bos-24.5, Ayer, Mass. .•j,.

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[Original.] .. Hester Temple's tad—every one has

some f a d - i s boys. Any boy from t w o to fourteen interests her, and Frank Kimball , aged thirteen, ' Is her best friend. Frank lives half a mi le d o w n the road from Hester's. Frank's fad i s electrioiil kulckkuacks, of which his l itt le bedroom Is full. Sou can't ge t Into it without ringing an electric bell.

Frank's latest acquisition i s one ot those new short distance wire less tele­graphic njachines. He h n s it r igged in a lounging spaco on the- top of the hotise, where there are/chairs , a table and a wicker sofa, all under aii awn­ing. He has learned t o send messages to . Hester Temple, half a mUe up the road, w h o also has a macblno—he put It np for her—and she replies to them.

"My automobile wi l l be here next week. Father says so. It's a dandy," Frank telegraphs. "What lovely rides w e shall have!" Hes ter replies. "We can run away together." "And get married. Won't it be splendid?" "How old will you be when-I 'm twenty-one?" "I'll be twenty -e ight" That won' t be so much difference a s tbere Is now, •win It?" No,Mt won't be very much." A n d Hester smi les a t tbe boy's inter­es t in the matter. '

One fine summer's day recently Frank's grownup cousin, Clarence Dav­enport, an electrical engineer—science m n s In the family—came to his unele's to spend his t w o weeks' vacation. In the morning be went up on to the roof to lounge and smoke. The fli-st thing that caught his eye w a s the wireless machine. H e went up to It and rattled the key a bit. In a moment there came a message. . "Is that you, dear boy?" Davenport replied tbat it was . "I un­derstand that your cousin has come up from the city." "He has." "Js he nice?" "Nice doesn't express i t; he's a ilm dandy." "Handsome?" "A per­fect ApoUyon." "What'.s that?" "I mean Apollo." "Oh!" " H o w long is h e go ing to stay." "Two weeks . W h a t makes you take so much interest In him?" "Don't be Jealous, dear; I won't desert you for any one else." There w a s a pause. Clarence, w h o wondered as to the age of Frank's sweetheart , asked, "What's your bhrthday?" "Why do you ask?" "I've got a present for yoa." "Next December." " H o w old?" "Twenty-one." "Do you know what I'm going to do?" "What?" "I'm go­i n g to marry you before that next birth­day." If It had been a te lephone in­stead of a telegraph Clarence Daven­port would have heard a merry laugh. What he did hear was , "Very wel l ; Tm agrreeable." "Is It a promise?" "Cer­tain, sure." "See that you don't go back on it."

"Frank," said Clarence a little later, "how would you like to go to the city and spend a week or so with your annt?"

"And go to the shows and such things?"

"Yes." "I'd l ike It bully." The next day Frank w a s sent to

town. Before leaving he tried to say goodby to Hester, but there w a s a connection In his machine missing, and he failed. After be had gone Clarence called up Hester and conversed with her for an hour. Personating Frank, he told her that his Cousin Clarence w a s a regular crackerjack. Clarence w a s go ing to take bim to the city and show h im all the sights . H e s t e r told her correspondent to be sure not to go -without say ing goodby, whereupon Clarence a s k e d her If she would give him a part ing kiss, Hester replied that she never kissed boys after they were thirteen, and he being thirteen and a half she must , decline. But he pleaded hard, and she promised to give him Just a l itt le bit of a one.

Every morning for ten days Clarence called up his correspondent. She .isk-ed him w h y he never came over to see her, and he a lways had a good excuse. F inal ly h a told her he wns about to go to town with Cousin Clarence and would g o over the next afternoon to claim that parting kiss. At the t ime appointed after a glance at the mirror he strolled up the road. On reaching the Temple home he sent up his card to Hester . She came d o w n s o m e w h a t surprised a t seeing him Instead of Frank. H e said that he had intended to g ive himself the pleasure of cal l ing before, b u t had been resting.

"And w h e r e is Frank?" she asked. "Frank w e n t to the city nearly t w o

w e e k s ago,"

"You must be mistaken. He has been ta lking with rae liy wireless every day."

"I'm sure he has not been at home for fen days ."

The lady looked puzzled. "Possibly," said Clarence, "you may

hnve a friend in the spirit world or In the-flesh w h o has been ta lking to you,"

Hester looked half fr ightened nnd blnshcd.'

"Havo you promised him anything?"' Hes ter blushed somo more. "A k i s s ? ' • She reddened like a rose. "To marry h im?" H e r face g r e w posit ively s c a r l e t "Heaven grant that you havo n o t a

ghost lover w h o has been ta lk ing to you throagh ttie ethereal blno a n d w h o WiU carry you off to spirit land."

Suddenly an idea came to her. H e r eyes snapped ominonsly.' , Then s h e turned, Joso- l ike , and s w e p t o n t of tho room.

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CARE OF PARROTS.

Rovr r i i er : Shonld Il« F e d n n d Tataglit to T a l k .

The parrof s food may consist o f Warm sopped bread, boiled maize, oats , hemp seed and canary seed. I t wi l l thrive all the better for having small (luanUUea of ripe, sound fmlt—for in­stance, one cherry, grape, .strawberry or a slice of apple, says the N e w York Journal. The sop should be prepared by pouring boiling water over a slice or crumb ot bread and al lowing it to stand for a couple of minutes, when all superfluous whter may be poured off. The maize should be boiled till soft and a fresh supply of about four table-, spoonfuls g iven every morning, when the tin in which it is put should be scalded thoroughly. Maize left over from the previous day should be thrown away. The sopped bread should be laid above the maize, and the dry grains and seeds should be kept separately.

A f ew slices of ripe capsicum may be given to the bird occasionally If It Is a t all heated; or some cayenne pepper sprinkled over Its sop. The capsicum It w i n eat w i t h great satisfaction, th is forming part of its natural food in i ts wi ld state . Sometimes when the bh:d seems to be suffering trom indigestion it i s a good'plan to give a pinch of bi­carbonate of potash for a few days In a little water.

When a parrot takes to feather pluck­ing, bathing for a f e w . d a y s with cold salt water wil l generally effect a cure. If the feather plucking be very pro­nounced and this treatment proves In­effectual, proceed as fol lows: Take the bird into the kitchen every alternate-day for an hoiir and sprinkle i t w i t h warm water w i t h a smal l syringe. Aft­erward dust It well with powder m a d e of equal parts of fuller's earth, pound­ed 'quassia chips and Insect powder.

After t w o or three weeks it wi l l only Oie. necessary to repeat the treatment tw ice a week. Usually the cure Is wrought in about two months. When dry, the bird may go back to i ts usual place.

The best t ime to teach a parrot a sen­tence is a t dusk. The words should be repeated over and over again until per­fect, when the bird should be rewarded wi th some special dainty.

The cage, w h i c h shonld be large, should be' kept In a sitt ing room, not only because the bird l ikes h u m a n com­panionship, but because w a r m t h Is nec­essary. A temperature of from 55 to 65 degrees is excel lent for I t I t m u s t be-kept from drafts, and i ts cage should be scrupulously clean and liberally sprinkled wi th sliell gra-i-el.

H o w to .4void -WaiitlnB Celery l e a v e n All the fresh young leaves of celery

should be well washed, then shaken dry In a cloth and placed in a tin and dried perfectly In the oven. When dry m b In the hands to a powder, which should be kept in bottles, wbere it is a lways ready for soups and the like.: Mint nnd parsley may be treated in the same way.

HoTF t o R e m o v e Spl inter*. A splinter is a very little thing, but

capable of creating a great deal of mis­chief, discomfort and pain. Every mother of small children- should provide herself w i t h a pair of sharp pointed forceps for this emergency. Wheu the splinter Js imbedded in the flesh of hand or toot the point of a small pair of scissors—a manicure pair will very well answer—should be inserted di­rectly over aud following the path of the splinter and a small incision made. If there be any bleeding stanch it by a little pressure, then open the wound by stretching it a little, and with your for­ceps pick out the offending, o b j e c t When the splinter is under the naii cut a little V shaped piece out of the nail, and with the forceps the splinter is easily removed. Protect the cut made with a little collodion or a finger c o t

FIBRE SATURATION.

B o w t o Clean Braa«. Brass so mucb stained and discolor­

ed as to look a s black as slate (one sees this in old country churches somet imes where memorial tablets, let Into the wall have been neglected) cnn be easi­ly brightened with oxalic acid and chamois leather to look as bright a s when new.

There i s a seqoel to this s tory w h i c h wonld require far more t ime t o tell . I t Involves a pleading for forglvetfSis, a posit ive refasa l , a weakening , penance and absolnt ion. Then electricity and the a tmosphere g a v e place to pen and Ink and t b e mai ls . Last ly there w a s a confirmation o f the airy promise m a d e

HoTT t o M a k e S a n s a s e Meat. Butchers generally, with an e y e to

economy, m a k e sausage iHSirt of in­ferior pork. On this account thnt which Is m a d e In one's own kitchen is preferable. The proportions are: One pound of l ean , pork a n d ' o n e pound of lean veal chopped very fine, wel l mix­ed, and both very fresh. Season with salt, pepper, nutmeg and clove grated, nnd witli c innamon If liked, A yolk of egg may also be added to a pound of meat. It may also be mnde with one pound of veal and half a pound or less of pork, or wi th veal only or pork only , acconl ing to tasto.

H o w to R e m o v e the Odor of Oniona. I t Is worth knowing that the odor ot

onions may be almost entirely removed trom the hands by mbbing them w i t h celery tops. This means will a lso re­move tbe odor from dishes.

H o w t o Clean TVrinirera. To c lean, w a s h wringers' loosen the^

screw and w i p e the mlibcrs very dry, then w e t a dry rag with kerosene oil, rtib all over the rubbers until they are whi te ; slip a clean piece .of old musl in between them (the mbbers) and put wringer nway . To keep wash boilers from rusting rub yonr boiler dry and l o l d o^cr the g a s flnme or put on the cooking range uiitll perfectly dry. Then with a dry rag saturated with kerosene oil m b It all over (the inside of the ket­tle) and put a w a y , or, better still, b a n g It up in a dry place.

The Effect of Moisture Upon Wood Is.Easily Perceptible..

The effect of water In softening or ­ganic t issue a s in wet t ing a piece o t p.aper or a sponge, i s wel l known, and 1-0 is the stiffening effect ot drying The same law applies to wood. Uy di.'ierent methods ot seasoning two pieces of the s a m e stick may be given \ e r y different degrees o f strength

Wood in Its green e tate contains :nr-:sture' In the pores- ot the cells, ii.'a- honey in a comb, and also In tne Si-'.stance ot the cell wal ls . A s seas-(:.i::g begins the moisture in the pores ;. i'.ist evaporated. Thi s lessens the . visht of the wood, but does not af­fect its strength.

It Is not until t h e m o i s t u r e In the s'ibstance ot the cell wal ls i s drawn '.:ron that the strength df the wood l-;gins io Increase. Sclentiflcaliy, this I'j.nt is known as the ."flber-satura-ilon p o i n t " From this condition to ;hat of absolute dryness the gain in the strength ot wood is spmewhat re­markable.

In the case of s p m c e the strength, is multiplied tour t imes; indeed, spruce, in smal l - s izes , thoroughly dried in an oven, i s a s strong w e i g h t for 'weight , a s steel.' Evea after the reabsorptlon of olsture, when the wood i s again exposed to the air the strength, ot the s t icks Is stil l from bO to 150 per cent greater than when It i s green.

When, in drying, the nber-satura-tloa point is . passed, the strength of wood increases a s drying progresses, in accordance with a definite law, and this law can be used to calculate from the s trength of a stick at one degree of moisture what i t s s trength will be at any other degree.

Manufacturers, engineers and build­ers need to know no t only the'strength but the weakness of the materials they use, and tor th i s reason they are quite a s much interested In knowing how timbers are affected'by moisture a s they are in knowing how they a r e weakened by knots , ' checks, cross-grain and other defects.

It is clear that where timbers are certain to be weakened oy excessive moisture they wil l have t o be used in larger s izes tor safety.

So far, eng ineers of t imber tests , .whi le showing that smal l pieces gain­ed great ly in s trength , -do not advise counti i ig on the s a m e results In the seasoning of large t imbers, owing to the fact {hat t h e large t imbers usually fo'jnd in the marke t have defects which are sure to- counterbalance the gain from seasoning.—"The Strength of Wood a s , Influenced by Moisture, Department of Agriculture. *

Plucky Puma Cub. Hiss ing l ike a sul len geyser, tbe

great puma mother crouched wi th flaming eyes. Ridge of her tawny tack brushed up in rage, tail a-swltch, steel s inews rigid beneath soft skin, she glared at her four cubs In the cage comer . A fluffy ball of spotted fur sprawled on unst%idy legs across toward her. Out shot a mighty fore-paw; the baby was hurled suddenly ba(-k among his cowering brother and sisters,

".Vasty temper," I remarked to the Keeper; "has she been long like that?"

"•Started this forenoon,'' he shook his head in anxiety . " I don't l ike it I'll have to separate them, I fear "

The unnatural mother commenced pacing her prison, sparring viciously fit her offspring In passing. Three huddled together i n a pitiful heap, but one stood up aad defled her. A Jungle terror in miniature,' h i s t iny rage was m a n i f e s t Tense ly a lert betore h is trembling mates , he sh i t ted wari ly to meet each blow, dodging, spitting, s tr iking out an awkward paw at tne great thrusts .

They don't turn on their cubs of­ten. Only knew it once betore. You notice, mein Herr, her c laws are not out when she'strlkes. That may come —then we will lose some promising babies here." The young German keeper w a i ' g r c a t l y ' d i s t r e s s e d . I ' r e ­turned In the morning to see how the affair had progressed. Enter ing the Frankfurt Thlergarten, i found the lion house. My friend 'stood- in the empty corridor looking into the cage,

- s leek forms shifted rest less ly o a every side a pale l ight canio f rom-abrve , the place w a s c lose , wi tti a heavy oa -o r . • . . - V •' •

H e greeted me" mournfully. "The l itt le beggar w a s t o o spirited. She got him last n i g h t Jus t a second m her paws and the texidermist won't attempt to stuff the skin." The re- ' maining cubs peered- woilderlngly at us trom an adjoining cage, the mur­deress paced in si lence, but her .eves were al ive with a s trange fasclnatlrg l ight. The tragedy had stirred ti-.o rows of imprisoned beasts. An un­canny howl in a chi l l ing ^tey c i m e ' ' frcm the leopards, ttie l ion's •'- :x throated gnttni'al s ent •' unwelcr- e quivers through one ' s nerves.; ''

t left t t ie .bul ldlng, relieved to tcci the breeze and s e e t h e s u n l i g h t Poor 'itfle chap of ^ puma, he 'sure ly h- I tremendous pluck!". — Travel i fega-zine. ,

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qnoises m a y be cleansed by a brusb ins I w i t b methylated sp ir i t It wil l great ly | enhance their brilllan(jy.

Water-softening devices are success-ful'y used on Broi t l sh rai lways to gavt boilers They reduce the cost of ro-pairing boiler nearly one-half.

Cultivation of rubber t ree s Is beln/} carried on In yarlous parts of the world under expert surveillance. '

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SATURDAY, MAY SO, 1908..

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CENTER.—Townsend grange entertain­ed the meidbers of G.A.R., D. of v. aod s. of v^'n'Memorial hall last Monday eve­ning and a most enjoyable occa Am'was -the reiult The evening wasia charge of F.--J; Knight of the Harbor, pastmaster. An interesting program was given and re-

'freshments -were »erved;;;-iolloft'ed ' by "speeches by L.G.Chandler, T. J. J. Har­vey and Stowell of the <3.A'.n.; Sirs. A. .T.

''Atwood of the grange; RtJbert Fessenden ofthe S.O.V.; Miss Hattie Smith ofthe D.o.v. and othera. '• ~

Memorial service of the public schools was held in Memorial hall, last week Fri­day afternoon, presenting the following program:

Flag saliite; recitation and sons, Center primarv: Tccitation,"NewEn^ltuicPsTlead;' Blanche Wakefield telssrifrfst and song, " The vacant chalc '—Skr&br: song, grades 1,4: re.cJti>t!Qii and song, ' ^ est grammar; Bong',

' ''Siis.s Gladys Veno.: exercise and song, North End school: sons. '•Oiir republic," high; essay," Xatlonal hymus,''3n3s Hattie San­ders'; song," The star spangled banner,"- the schools; songs by Center,i,'rammar an.d inter-metliate.i; addre.«.s, Itev. J, H, Cox; song, "America." ., ••

: The many friends of Fairfield Wliitney, for'o'ver' ten years superintendent of Ine schools in this section, are very sorry to learn that'he is about to resign his position, having-received'a call to a similar position In Saugus. ^ The meeting of the Townsend hi»h! school alumni association will be lield in' Memorial hall, Friday evening, June '26. The program is still in tbe hands of the' eicecutive?committee, .Mrs, I. P. Sherwin,

; Wilbur Sfc'Wes, and Miss Kthel Hinds The officers are H. B. Boynton, pres., 'Kobert Copelarid, vice-pres , Mrs. Robert Smith, treas., and Miss Hattie Smith sec.

The graduating e.xercises of the high school class of '08 consisting of eight members, will be held in Memorial halt, Jnne 18. The valedictorian is Miss Lottie Bobannon; satutatoriaa, Diivid Howard: class history, Miss Helen Dobson; class prophecy. Miss Viola Misner.

Mr. and Mrs. Cliristie Gates and baby of Waltham, and Mrs. George Page of Paw­tucket, R, I., are visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Gates. • Mrs. Charles .Osgood of Oal^land, Cal,, is on for a few months' visit at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Blood.

Miss Mary Worcester of Boston was the guest of Mrs. Frank Warren over Sun­day.

Mrs. Franlc T. T. Shirley of Lynn is spending a few days at tbe home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Hildreth.

Miss Lillian H. Hildreth visited friends in Boston last week and Miss Hattie Smith assisted in the postoffice during her absence.

On Sunday evening the Memorial ser­vices at Memorial hall drew a large au­dience. Several excellent selections were well rendered by the Congregational choir and the address by Rev. J. H. Cox of the Baptist church at West Townsend won great commendation, being an original aod well presented discourse on "The testing of the nation."

Townsend grange visited the Brookline grange laat 'Wednesday evening,' and fur­nished the entertainment, a part of the pro­gram being the presentation of the farce, " Her weekly allowance," recently given by the Metbodist L.B.S.

Last Saturday afternooh' at Recreation park a close and interesting ball game took place between the Townsend high and the Ayer high, resulting in a victory for the visiting team, 4 to 3. The Town-send Independents visited Hollis on that same date and defeated the Hollis team 9 to 4.

F. B. Higgins injured bis hand, quite badly, breaking one of the bones of one of his fingers', playing baseball last week.

WEST.—The total number of books sent out from the delivery station at I. P. Sherwin's store for the month of May is 276. There will be no delivery of books next Saturday, being a hbliday, and all books leit.at the store before two o'clock Saturday, June 6, will be at the borrower's risk. - ••->

"G. E. AValker, whohas been con fi bed to his home for the past week by illness, has recovered and is able to be about again. ' The £.B.B.8. will hold their'Tegular meet­ing In the Baptist .vestry on Wednesday afternoon', June 3. ,.

Hr. and Airs. Charles R. Morgan have retarned from their -visit to Washington and'opened'their house-on Main-st., and Uiss.Ina Sargent, who has l>een visiting at hjer home in Ashby, has resumed her duties as housekeeper.

Burton Brnce and family, who ha^xe been stopping with Mr. Bruce's parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. 0.-Bruce, have returned to their home in JSoston.

Tadia Weston of Waltham, a former resident here, is visiting his sister, Mrs, Henry Bobbins.

Miu Laura Upton of Milton has been spendinz a few days with her mother, Mrs. S. W. Upton of Joslynville.

Miss Grace Thompson, wbo has been eajojinga brief Vacation at herhome here, hss retarned to her duties at Brown nni-rtguiy, ProTldence.

' Edward Patch ot Boston has been en­joying a briei vacation at the home of his

parents, Mr. and Mrs Fred A. Patch of Joslynville.

The '\\ est Townsend baseball nine went to Greenville for a game latt Saturda^ afternoon and w«.re defeated 21 to 10, but their courage is still good.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hamilton of Web­ster, former residents of this village, spent Saturday and Sunday witl),,Mrs. Augustus Stevens on Stevens'Hill.''ri:

George Willard of Bost'ou'lfeent Sunday with his parents, Mr.'and 'Mrs. James A. Willard. 'J.r;'."

Warren Elliott and family are to move from their tenement in .the Stowell house on Elm-st. to the Frank Adams place on Bayberry Hill.

Miss JLucy Brooks, teacher of tlie prim­ary school, spent last Sunday a( her par­ents' summer home in Ashby, and was ac­companied by Misa Wilda Vose, th.e gram­mar school teacher.

Miss Xellie C. Clarke of Boston.is visit­ing her mother, Mrs. Lucy A. Clarke of Elm-st. .

A. A. Jones, the engineer at the Bel­grade rug factory, has finished his work for the season, and returned Monday to Boston.

Mrs. George Thorning is in Harvard this week, caring for her sister, Mrs. Ord, who is quite ill witb pneumonia.

BEATU.—Mrs. Betsy G. Damon, aged eighty-seven years, died at two o'clock Sunday afternoon at the town farm, where she had been an inmate.{or;8bout twenty-rfive years. She had i>een confined toher bed for the past five years aod^rthe Cause of her death was exhaustion diiet>>{o her extreme age. She leaves but.one known relative, a cousin, Mrs, J.-Heselfdn of Townsend Centre.

Funeral services were conduc'ted'ai t£e farm 'at three o'clock Monday "afteSoOh under the charge of Undertaker Farrari Rev. G. S. Shaw ot Aihby being the oiKc-iating clergyman, and the" interment was in the family "lot at the Centre. Two se-lectionsw'eVe given by the Misses Good­win, and Clark of the Methodist choicand the bearers were John A. Arlin, Alfred Bumsted, Waldo Newell and'i^Lewis K. Blair. ' ;. L . . .

HABBOR—Mrs. Elizabeth T8r( <r'n died, after a short illness, Wednesday morning, May 27, at the home of her son',' Geo.' H. Brown.

Mrs. Mary 'A. Adams is ill and Mrs' Clifford Keenan is cariti^ for her. Wedi nesday her daughter and granddaugliter, Mrs. Deane and Gerti-ndeft-om Maynard. visited her. '' , Mrs. Emma Spaulding of Boston, a for­mer resident, spent Tnesday with Mrs. A. C. Josselyn, her niece, coming in her tour­ing car.

Other out-of-town guests! Mrs. Luther Butterfield at G. W. Adams'; G.-L. Bald­win o£ Fran'felin at Mrs. Elizabeth Bald­win's; Edgar;Babcoek*t Geo. Babcock's.

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KF.WS ITEMS.—George Haven Abbott of New York has presented the Methodist church with a beautiful silver individual communion service, consisting of thirty-siy silver cups in a tray, a silver wine re­ceiver and plate, in memory of his mother, Mrs. Theresa M. Abbott.

The little son of Ephraim Wheeler is seriously ill with diphtheria.

The many friends of Eddy S. Whitcomb wiil regret to hear that he has been seri­ously ill witb pneumonia at his home in Freemont.

Memorial services were held at the Con­gregational church .Sunday morniog. E. F. Harmon of PeppereU occupied the pul­pit. Special music was rendered by Mrs. M. Holcombe, Marion Stiles, Gladys' Ben­nett, Elsie Ware, Olive Sherman, George Cady, H. Arthur Brown and Harry Hall. The G A.B, was represented byCapt. Wm. Ladd Dodge, Capt. Alexander Taylor, Charles .RusjelLEzra Wright and Charles Gilson. .,..'.,,-' , .

Frank L, Willoby, our local jeweler, is interested in farming, having thirty-four •bushels of potatoes planted,

^ Samuel Swett, Alpha Hall and Edward V. Tucker are the appraisers of the. estate Of the late Pamelia 1). Putnam.

Mrs. Mary Gerrish of Ayer is visiting at the home of.her son, E. P. Gerrish.

Mr. and Mrs. Horace Xichols and their daughter Maxine of Brookline, Mass, are guests at John Porter's.

Greo. H. Xye was called to Keene, N. y,, Friday, May '22, by the death of his mother.

An alarm of fire was rung in 'rt'ednes-day and Thursday of last week for a brush fire in the vicinity of the Kery farm. For a while it threatened to be a serious con-flagratioih

Selectman Fred E. Rockwood recentiy brought in a handsome string of twenty-eight trout that tipped the scales at 4 lbs. 10 oz . •

Mr. and Mrs. Frank P. Kennedy and daughter Elizabetli, and little R n ^ H a t . Strom, are at home from Xew York, where they have spent tbe winter.

Harrison Senter, well known to m*ay. of our residents, was found.dead in hed at tjhe, boarding-house of Mrs. Dustin Mar-sH'all at Nashua, Monday morning. He. came from the soldiers' home at'Towns, Me., last week. ... ..,,

Harold S. Hobart, son of Will A. Ho­bart, a Brookline boy, is winning laurels plaviog with the Dartmouth college base­ball team. He is the star infielder of. tlie nine.

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helrs-at-law, next of kin, creditors, and all other persons Interested in the estate of David Cram, late of Townsend, In said Coun­ty, decciscd, intcst.itc. , 'Whereas,a petition h.-ui l)een presented to

said Court to gr.nnt a letter of administration on the estate of said deceased to Charles D. Cram of Everett, In the County of Middlesex, without giving a surety on his bond.

Tou arc hereby cited to appear at a Pro-' bate Court to I>e held at Cambridge, in said Connty.of Middlesex.on tho second day of June, A.D. 1803, at nine o'clock In the fore­noon, to show canse, If any you have, why the same shonld not be granted. ,

And the^pctitioner Is hereby directed to glvepnbllc^otlco thereof, by publishing this citation once In cach^wcek, for three succes­sive weeks, in Tnmer»s Pnbjlc Soltit, a news­paper published In Ayer, thc'littpnbllcatlon to Tbo one day, at least, bef or?iSSd Court.

Witness, Charles J. McInUre, Esqnire, First Jndge of icaid Cohrt. this eleventh day of May, In the year one thousand nine hnn-dred and eight.

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RED PEPPER Xo. 0802, RECORD, 2,17f. WEIGHT, 1025 'LBS.

UED PEPPER is a beau ideal Pacing Stallion. A chesnut horse with as much genuine quality as any animal possesses-. Is a beautiful conformation and has'won many prizes as a show-horse. Is very clever and perfectly fearless of all objects, and safe for a lady to drive. As A HACF.-RORSK HE STAXDS SKCOXD TO NONE IN XEW ENGLAND.

RED PEPPER can be seen at the stables of H. A. JOHNSON & Co., GnoTON, EVKRY TIIUKSDAV. FEE, S20,00. Mares kept at owner's risk, at §3,00 per week. Telephone connecUon. FR.A.XK C, BLOOD, 19^ Lunenburg St., Fitchburg, Mass.

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REAL ESTATEiReal Estate and IX LITTLETOX, MASS.

By-virtue of a power of sale grant­ed by the Judge of the Probatfe Court of Middlesex ss., I shall sell all the Real Estate, with the build­ings thereon, of the late James Ci Hazz.ird of Littleton, of said County, at Public Auction, June sixth, nine­teen hundred and^.eight at two o'clock, P . M., on the premises. Said Real Estate is located on the 'Haz­zard Rond, so-cailed, leading from Pingryville to Nortli Littleton, and bounded as follows : Beginning at a stump at comer of land of J. 'H. Tut­tle ; theuce by Hazzard Eoad south 66° west to an ironbound at land of H...O. Burnham; thence north 2 2 ' eagt by said Burnham land to an ironbound] th^cefljjrth 15" east by land of John Wrighi io an ironbound in Wall; thence soutTi 38° west to an iroijbound at ditch at land of G. H. Barker; thence by said ditch north 45^ east to stump; thence soutli.^-1" e a ^ to bro6'fe-^*nence following the br<»ok in a Ifoftheast direction to an irojbbound at conrer of lahd of if. 6 . Bnmham ; -thence south 15* east by ditch on land of "H. 0 . Burnhaai to an ironbonnd; thenCe foUowingfcen-ter of ditch north 75<*"ea8t toatffton-bound at end of ditch; thence nottbt"; THERE IS NOTHING BETl'ER

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Town. Charming locality, C5 acres of land, highlv improved; will now cut iO ton.s of hay: large woodlot; some tlml)er. Two-storv house, 9 rooms: the house is very convenient-Iv arrangetl and the rooms are •v'ery pleasant a'nd sunny. Large stable adjacent, which Is also very well arranged and In good repair. Many maple trees along the street; among other desirable estates. A KOO<1 place for the man who wants to make a business of farm­ing, or would make a very attractive summer home. Price 83500.

No. 2. HESE IS THE PLACE for the man who is looking for a pleasant home aud an ideal spot for raising poultrv and small fmlts. The house is un old style cott.ige, but it is in very good repair and has five pleasant sunny room*, good b.im and shop building, U acres of land, plenty of wood, and timber enough to keepbulldlng.s In repair; fine well water. This i» located about J mile from cen­ter of town, store, churches and postoffice. 1 miles to steam and electric cars. I can sell this pjj yefor JjOOO. The man who Is look-lng for a ariug'llttie farm for a little, monev vin hivc4)!Atethfs. •'1: l'^ J

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SuBP^SE.—Monday afternoon seveiity of the lady fnends of Misa Loniae G^e gathered at l.o.o.i. hail, each armed with a kitchen titensil.of some sort,, wrapped and'bearing a card with an appropriate original verse.!' Miss G8le,.meanwhile out driving, had arrivedhome, and;nnder soine pretext'waa'induced to go up to the ban­quet hall. Uttce there, the slide doora were opened, revealing her. friends in the main hall. "Tp say she was surprised woiild be putting it very, mildly. 'Words failed her for a moment. She was led to the center of the rbonii.Trhere she opened each package and read the accompanying verses. Mias Gale's friends must certainly have faith in the old adage .that " cleanliness is next tb godliness i" as soap shakers and dishes were in abundant evidence.

During the progreis of, this kitchen sbower Absalom B. Gale, aged ninety-four ^ears, grandfather of Mies Louise, came in.' The youngest present was the son of Frank HeywObdi aged four years..

N E W S ITEMS^—On Monday .evening last the grand master, grand instructor, and grand marshal of the Massachusetts lodge, I.O.O.F., paid ah oiScial visit toHar-vaW lodge. Supper was served before the meeting. After the lodge -vras. opened'by 'J. L. \Vhitney,. x.o., the grand oiBcers were presented, when the grand master gave a ver - pleasant aiid instructive talk to tte lodge. Following tfiis were remarks 'by the'other offiCein, including several 16-dal and' visiting past granqs.', ^Visitors .were'pVesent from Shirl^,'includ,iw'Bep-bty Lynch and suitet'i^n^.,fromj.^phiirt Barns lod^e of Ayer, as^trell.aB fronjtjev-eral otherlodgej. ! .,. ... ,

Orrin A. Fairbank has been drawn as juror to, the civil court, Fitchburg, and begins bis duties Alonday.

G. F. Pollard from'Boston spent Sunday last in town

Tuesday evening, June 2,- the grange will confer the first and second degree work on a class of candidates. The men's degree staff will mate their maiden ap­pearance.

Mention should be made of the work being done about, the commons by our park commissioner, J. Gardner Hapgood.,_.gie| is certainly making grea.t iinpjov^ment?,..,,

On Saturday, May 30, the G.A.B. .will arrive in Harvard about eleven o'dook, •when 'e.\ercises will bo held at the-.monji-ment and about the burial grounds^ Din-! ner will be served at the bail.

At the CE. service. Sunday the subject, "The christian at the ballot box," w'as very thoroughly discussed. Mrs. Dickin­son-had the meeting in charge.. There was also a special musical program. Mr. and" Mrs. H.'Cleaves sanga^anet, "One sweetly solemn thought," Mrs. Cleaves and Mr.' 'west sang a. dBet,''*'''God tbat madest earth and,heaven'?'-'ihd die trio sang the prajsjl'te^e?'!' BUJ-niDf ship •' cantata.

The King's Daughters will hold a regu­lar, meeting on Thursday afternoon, June 4, at 2.30 at Memorial hall. -

Sunday, May 24, a daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Albert Rockwell.

Thomas Dolan, who has been abroad for several weeks on business, returned and joinefl his family here last Saturday.

Tbis week Saturday the Bromfield ball team will play a doiible-header. In the morning they play the Boxboroughs and in the afternoon the Maynard h i ^ . Both games will be played on the Bronpfield grounds.

Last Sanday Mrs, H. E. 'Whitney en­tertained her brother, Quincy Bull, with wife and daughter.

James Woodland has moved his family from the Murchie house into the doctor's cottage.

Arthur H. Turner is making prepara­tions for building an addition to bis barn. The cliange will enlarge his cow stable and horse stable, with box stalls and other con­veniences.

Painter*iAnd paper-hangers are at work in the Orthodox parsonage making general improvementSr pre^iiratorv for the new occupanu. Rev. Chas. I'.. Ecitterbecker of Hyde Park, wbo preached two weeks past, will have charge of the .service on Sunday morning. '-,

I. o. o. F.—Monday evening last wasfa red letter evening for Harvard lodge, No. 60, I.O.O.F,, 'Wm. A. Hastings, G.M , Fred-crick Hersom, G.M.C, and M. W. Web­ber, 0,1., making an official visitation. H. H. Lynch, o.D.CM-., and suite, as well as visitors from Shiriey, Ayer ihd Fitchburg and a large number'of the home members filled the lodge-room. Supper was served at seven p.m., and was apparently enjoyed. One visitor remarked that if this was a eamnle of the cooking the women of Har­vard furnished, he was in the market for one as a wife at an early date. Hifad-dress can be had on application to the write'r. His social and fanancial standing can be vouched for.

After-supper and the usual weakness of the men had been indulged in—smoking— the Jotee was called to order by the N.G., James L. Whitney, and the literary ex­ercises began. Mr. Hastings, G.M., gave an address, which was heartily enjoyed; it was fnll ot- solid, practicalAdvice,-«nd if ^hen he was mayor of Maloen he'conduct-ed the duties of his'office, .as.eami^ly as he-advised us ia live np'the 'principled of Oddfellow8hip,-he ought to have beeh kept in'th'e'bfEce of mayor for life.

Frederick Hersom followed -with more of the solid advice. Mr. Webber's torn came, and • ail who have ever hewd him speak know what a treatwehad, and those who have not, missed' somethiiig every Oddfellow should have heard. When Bro. 'VVeb'ber hits yon a hard rap yon feel like asking for another, perhaps.

Mr. Lynch expressed his pleasure at be­ing present in welI<hosen words. Bros. Savillion Longley and Silas B./Gtaynes were moved by the spiritvto'.exbort-us to be faithful to our obligations. -Another brother said he felt he: could talk"for.half an hour, bnt would not - Both hadds were apprbach'la^the top of the dial of the clock when the K.o. called on a member of Har^ •vard lodge, who was moved to say a few words, after which the lodge was closed. It Was .a most interesting occasion, xl .

• MsMORiAi, ScjtoAY .SERVICES 'wer? hdd St the .Unitarian. c'hnrch in Harvard by the^nnited churches ofthe town! Rev. J. P.Sheafe-preached the sermon and Was •wistsd in the i«irvi(Jes byJEtey. L. H. MorSe of Still River. A Isrgeoitimber of thb members of post No. 48, accompsoied

I sDlre L (o fill the church. Tbe singing by I tbe'regalar choir of very appropriate mu­

sic, snd the sOlo by Miss Louise iSale, with 'cello obligato by W. S Lougee, were en­joyable and contribnted much to'the inter-,-est of tiie-occasion. Theisermon'was unr' usually appropriate for the opcasio'n, very

fiatriotic in character, teaching this great esson; that in the battle'for truth andjus--

tice i t has ever, been God's,battle, and: though the way be toilsome, full of Buffer-hig and even death, yet ultimate victory will crown the right. The cbmradeii feH amply repaid for attending, and had many words of praise for all the.service.^ An­other memorial Sabbath has passed; the. ' battle for.troth and right is still being' fought.'. Are you in the ranks ? "-rWhrch side are you 6n ? , .ij.

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