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Forty-Seventh Year Ayer, Mass.,. Saturday, April 10, 1915

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GoorRC KavanaKh h:\y rained the ell of hlH hovisp, addinn a serond Iloor. Jind Is to put In an extra chamber and I)^throon7.

GeorKC Kyan h.ix hired tho north tenement of the Lucie Patch house on thc little common and will keep Ills waKons .and horses .it William llanna's barn.

Thc law which requires thnt all roaAn leadlns out from the center,of town.s .shall bc wide onough for two &utoM to pass Is a Kood one. Tho en­croachment ot lawns on the highway may b c to thc eye of the landscape arlLst, a thlnft of beauty, but as a "safety first" idea' It is not so pr,actl-cal.

M1.S.S Betty B.acon. of Albany. N. '\'.. waa thc guest over last Sunday with Dr. and Mr.s. Uoyal.

On last Saturday ovenlnK a I'ack-ard-stx. coming up the Littleton road. failed to scc tho turn owing to the blinding snow and drove over tho curbing on the common, narrowly miKting one of thc large elms on tho common. In dropping over thc oppo­site curbing the pan was damaRcd and' othor p.arts dornnKOd. nocessltat­lnK tbo leaving of thc car Irr town. Thc couplo. who wero from Lowell. hired anothor car and proceeded to •JVorccstor, their destination.

Al>oot seven couples from hore at­tended the annual complimentary l>ail jrtvcn at thc armory, Clinton, by the CJlntonUns on last Wednesday.

II. -\. Thayor sang at tho Apollo club concort In Symphony hall. Uos­ton. Tuesday evening. Besidos tho rogular club there were lifty jiast active mombors of tho club. 140 mom-bors of tho Harvard alumni chorus and tho Harvard Glee club' of thirty-live, making a male chorus of over 300 voices. The Apollo club was the llrst of the male choruses organized In this country and Is considered one of tho llnest singing bodies of mon in tho world. .Mr. Thayer was a member for ten yoars.

In response to manv requests for Information concerning thc "other sldo" of thc suffrapre question, the Harvard liranch of thc Massachusetts AK.sociatlon Opposed to the Further E.xtonslon of Suffrage to Women has placed in the reading-room of the publlc library a. scrapbook of pamph-ict.s. tilers, newspaper clippings, etc., showing the "anti" side of the move­ment. This book will be added to from time to tim'c and in it will be found supporting opinions and argu­ments by such women as Ida M. Tar­boll. .loannottc L. Glider, .Ma1>cl T. Boardman and others.

Tho guest night of tho Har»-ard •Wo­man's ciub proved a very deiightfui affair. In arrangement and decora­tion tho hall was ,at its best and over 200 woro prosont at rocoptlon and on­tortalnmont. .nil seeming to fully ap-procl.itp "Vo Olde N'ow Kngland Ch.olr." who yo ch.armlngly entertain­ed during tho evening with their varied .and artistic i>rogram. The sonf^s and costumes seemed to so com­pletely blend that all were carried

No. 31. Price Four Cents back to "ye olden-days." Tho reader who accompanied them proved most clover. In her ilne and hold the audi­ence spellbound through hor various sketches. Dainty refreshments of cream and cake werc served by the hospitaiity committee and the ' cliib colors, green and whit<^ appeared in the cream aa well as In thc whole color HCheme of the evening. For aU efforts that made this an evening of delight to a ir the cliib is extremely grateful.

- At the recent annual meeting of the Union.Mutual Fire Insurance Co.. of Providence, It. I., F. W. Moses was eiected president to lili the vacancy iij»'Ie .by the death of ioyeph T. A, F,d(../j: This i » a large and inlluentlal company arid carry only , dwelUng house insurance.

Tho next regular mooting of the Harvard Equal Suffrage league wiii be on Wcducsday. April 14. at three o'clock, in the Memorial rooms.

Mis.s Margaret Eell .of (Arlington is a guest this Weeic with Mr. and Mrs. Georgo Maynard.

Mrs. Wellington and her daughter of Xewton, friends of Mr- and Mrs. H. A. Thayor, who- have beon at Mrs. Ripley's, left here for their, home on Thur.sday,

Xext Sunda.v morning at tho Uni­tarian church. Rev. Lewis G. Wilson, secretary of the A. t.'. A., •will con-(luct thc regular 'service of worship.

The U. S. C. wiii hoid an all-day sewing meoting with Mrs. K. M. Big­elow on Thursday, April 13. .

Guests this w e e k at Mrs. 'Ellen Mon­govln's are Miss Carolyn Martens ot Jamaica Plain and Miss Loretta Des­mond and MLss Cotter of South Bos­ton. They arc here for a w-eek.

Mr.s. Mary D. Sherman is qUite ill. She has a' spocial nurse caring for her.

In spite of the fact that other .social a'ffairs were in progress on Tuesday evening the Grange held a very in­teresting meet ing with a good attend­ance. The program w a s a piano duet by Miss. Rccd and MiB.s Stone: song by .Mr. West: current events by Miss Reed: question, "Is the keeping of live stock o.s.sentlal to thc successful growing of fruit." It was very ably discussed by Luther H. Mead; the Grange critic. R. A. Reed gave some very concise, points on the conduct of the meeting. Thb committee on pub­lic entertainmont report a minstrel show, uride'r rehearsal, to bo given April 23.'

H.aroid D. Bigelow cmi>Ioycd with, the Boston Plato Glas.s Co.. Is home for a two week.s' out-door- rest. . James Rlley Is working with H. .K. Skilllngs for this summer season.

A double birthday party was celebra­ted at the homo of Mrs. W. S. Dudley on Prospect hill on Tuosday last, the honors going to Miss Edith Dudley and Mrs. John Dickinson, hor cousin. Relatives and frionds attended. Mrs. Dudloy servod a birthday dinner to tho party and iii the afternoon gifts w-ere presented tmd music and games pa.ssod tho time away. Mrs. Dickin­son came Saturday iast and is spend­ing this week at the Dudley's. Dr. and Mr,s. Dickinson are planning now to return to Alaska In May.

E. T. Ailing, who has 't>cen for thc past throo nionths In Boston, whore ho has boon enjoying the comforts of tho citv homo during the w-lntor. ro­turnoti to his dau;.'hto-r's homo horo. Mr.s. H. .\. Thayor. for tho summer soason.

Work on tho collar of tho now Ed­garton house on the Bolton road is boing pushed. Mr. Kittrodgo of Ayer has the contract.

It win be Interesting to people horc to know that the .Mas.sachusetts High­way commis..<ion will grant the sum of i5,p00 to be put with tho JS.O'OO voted • l>y the town to huild a stone road botwoon Harvard and Stili River.

.Mr. and .Mr.-*. Warron <>. Willard start for h.Hiie from 'Florida no.\t woek.

Rosw-oll D.avi.s- -.vent to W» >rce..*ter on Thur.-da.v to visit his daughter. .Mary Davis, w-ho Is (niito ill ax tho Memo­rial hospital, whore sho is employecl as a nurse. It was at tirst feared an ()poration would bo nocossiiry. l>ut later this is not coiv-iiflerotl necess.ary.

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tion to you to <:onie and see how well we've, made our preparations. If every man and young man in this community isnH stylishly dressed in the best clothes made, at prices that afford real economy, it will not be our fault. We've got the goods here.

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omitted on .account ot the vory dis­appointing woathor the attendance at the church service.^ was above tho average on Sunday morning, (in ac­count of the absenoo .at tho Congrog.a­tional church of Miss I'arkor. sopr.ano. it w-as noco.ss-ary to omit the anthems arrangod for. Mr. .Mason gave ono of his vory intorosting sermons, taking thoughts from the story of the resur­rection. .\t tho t'nit.-irian church the music was \-ery s-jccessfui In spile tit the fact that the storm made condi­tions such th-it two numbors wore omitted from the service. Itov. Mr. Lawrence, ot" IJ'.st^ui. w-ho supplied tho pulpit, remarked that it w-as tho best sm.all town choir ho had over heard. .Mr. Th.-iyer will sing "The ninety and nine."

The usual ser\-ice for. pul,lio wor­ship w-lth jiroa'-hing will bo hold at the Congrogationai church on Sunday morning. "I'he thiuiio of tho pastor's sormon will bo 'ISoomorangs." The chords will sing ".Vwakc thou- that sloepost." The bible schooi moots at twelve o'clock.

From April to Dctober the Y. I'. S. C. K. prayer meeting will bo hold at 7.30 o'ciock. 1 >n Sunday ovoning tho .subject ot tho mooting will bc "Con­quering dlscour.agoment." with scrip-tur.al reference. Mrs.- Olive Bryant will be the leader. Thero will bo spe­cial music.

A Hpccl.ll offering for tho .Ministerial Aid society win be' taken on Sunday morning. Envelopes for this offering will be found In the pows,

The t;nltarlan Men's club hold Its regular meet ing on Sunday ovoning and listened fo an oxcoodlngly Inter­esting and Instructive locturo on "In­finity—It.s cause and prevention." by Dr. Frankwood C. Wllllani.i. who proved to be -.\ clean-cut and plain speaker. The noxt mootlm; of thc club will bc on Sunday ovoning. .May 2.

Stm nivci-. ""~" " The snow storm of S:'ilurdav made

tho worst drifts of the winter and made bad traveling for F;astor Sun­day and only a sinall numlier wont to church In tiie morning. The church was prettily decorated with potted plantn. several Eastor lilies and othor flow-ern wero ordered to lie dolivorod Sunday m o m i n g . but owing to snow the florist had to cancel tbo ordor. There WOM npeclal music in tho morn-

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AYER - MASS. ing and the pastor proached a line Ea.stcr sermon. Ih tho evening tho Sunday school; gave their annual con­cert, which was unu.sually good .and there \yas a very gpotl attendance.

Mrs: L.- H. Morse visited hor sister. Mrs: Bagster, In 'Worcester to help her celebrate her' birthday, which was Easter Sunday.

Mi-ss Eleanor Hudson of Winchester speht a few days with her uncle. W. B. Wiilard, remaining over Sunday.

Ruth Willard w a s atTiomo from her school duties lit Fitchbur-,- last woek. returning TUcsday. .

Mrs. Fanny Haskeil and Mlss Edna Flan'ders visited. Mlss Esther .Stone of Ayer Friday and Saturday, all going to Boston Saturday, hut did not enjoy the trip as much us hoped for. owing to the snow. -

Rogers Morse returned to his stud­ies at Xew Londoti. X. H.. Monday.

Edna Robinson spent Eastor in Fltchburg.

Mrs. Josephine 'Whitney of Wor­cester has beeh the guest of Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Stone Several days this week. She came Monday to attend guest night exercises of the Woman's club at Harvard that evening.

Rev. and Mrs. L. H.' Mor.se. Mr.s. Jennie Wiilard. Mrs. S. B, Haynes, Mrs. Fanny .-Haskell and Eleanor Haskeil attended the Ayor district Sunday school convention at Ayer on Thursday.

Miss Carieth and friend ot South Fr.amingham were .guost.- o'f her parents over Easter.

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XcMs Items. Miss Lona Tewksbury went this

week Friday to Concord. .V. H.. for a w-eek's visit with frionds; als.,. on <a business trip for her home photo­graph w-ork.

Mrs. F. C. Severance anti daugh­ter Fern: also. Miss Hildred Jtams-y. all of Dorchester, are visiting at the homo of Mrs. Lavonne Edgarton.

.'\ltrurlaii. Thc Altrurian club celebrateil its

twenty-second anniversary at ' tho homo of -Mrs. .Martha J. Conant. where thoy were recoivo.l very .cordially. A large numbor were present. The president. Mrs. Myra E. Ely. opened the mooting at threo o'ciock and mueh business was attended to. An invita­tion w-as extended to the president and bve mombors to attond the reciprocity meeting of thc Littloton club on .\pril 12. The program for tho afternooii was exceedingly Interesting. The club chorus gave a song entitled "Summor breezes." A reading frbm the diary of Delia by Mrs. L.)ulse M. Butler in Irish dialect was v. ry amusing. Ques­tions and answers were given the mombors on "Iteminlsccnces of tho club." a very pleasing foaturo. ,\ farco w-as givon by four membors on "Woman suffrage ' The quartet gave another song entitled "Love's old swoot songs," aii'i the meetini: ad­journed. A bour.titur collation was served by tho members of the oxecu­tivo board, assiste.i by the teachers.

The houso was beautifully decorated by lovely Ea.ster lilies, pinks and daf­fodils, lending much cheerfulness to tho largo rooms.

Comer. An auto containing Mr. and .Mrs.

Thomas Miirtin. newly married, pass­ed through the ('enter on the way to Ayor. .Monda>. .Mr.s. Martin was formerly .Miss Kuth Hayden. of Wost Townsond. They were attended by George .Martin and Mis.s Rachel Lowe, both of whom hold positions at tbo home of Mrs. Grace Wlnslow.

Thc horse belonging to the Junk dealer at the village was taken sick nt tho Center one day last week and is being cared for at Longley homestead. Dr. Vean. of Fltchburg. Is the attend­ing veterinary, and It Is expected that thc horso will recover.

Linton W.ard. who has been visit­ing at thc homo of his grandfather. Daniel Bartlett. loft on Weflnesday for Maine, whoro ho has an eJccellcnt po­sition on a farm.

At the meeting of Shirley Orange on Tuesday evening tho lecturer's hour was In charge of Arthur R. Holden. lecturer pro torn. Thc prograih In­cluded songs. Grange; paper. ."Most proHtable crop In this section," Wil­liam Jubb; paper. "Farming In Hun­gary." Miss Carrie Bradford; vocal selections. Mr.s. Inez R . . L y n c h ; de­scriptive talk on Florida from por-sontil expcrioncos. Linton B. 'Ward; Mr. Ward also pointed out Interesting differences between the milk business In Mass.achusotts and Florida; . re ­marks. Merrick w;. Carey; Gettysburg story, WUIlam Jubb. This meetin.g proved to be one of the most pleasant nnd entertaining meetings of the year. The lecturer's hour w.a's foIlo-n-ed by a soclal hour with promenading .-ind games, with .Mr.-s. Waldo Farnsworth at the piano.

I'hillp E. W.od. as a result of his succcs.s In the recent Berkeley, Cat., high school dramatics, has been of­fered .a prominont part In a play to be given this summer at the Son Fran­cisco expcsltlon.

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Center. : . Miss Ituth Fluher'a many- friends

•were fc-lnd to welcome her back In town recently, havlnsr spent several days with JJlss Eva E. Fletcher.

Mr. aiid Mrs. Arthur T. Blodgett are 'movlns to Maldeh and the -tene­ment vacitcil by them will be occu­pied by Mrs. Nellie E. Carkin and son "Warren.

Miss riickcy and Miss Smith, who taught at the academy last year, -were in town Monday ylsltlne friends.. Miss HIckey is ffow teaching In Chel­sea and Miss Smith In Concord.

Severe colds and .grippe arc pretty prevalent, keeping the doct9rs busy. Among those conlined to their homes this Ipst week have been Mis.i Emily F. Fletcher; and. • Mrs. J. Herbert Fletcher.

Next Tuesday afternoon the pro­gram for thc.Tadmuck club -will be In charge of the music committee ot the club. Miss Mary Rllcy, chairman of the -music section of the MId<Jle.sex Woman's club, Lowell, will be pres­ent and give a lecture on Edward MacDowell. Illustrated with both vo­cal and piano selections from the

' works of this composer. The music "teachers ot 'VVestford, Graniteville. Forge "Village and West Chelmsford and their pupils ivlll bc especially in­vited-guests for the afternoon. Other guests will .be welcome by the pay­ment of the customary fee. ' .

Announcements have been received this -w-cek by the Westford friend's of the marriage bf Miss Jeanette Evelyn Sutherland to William Herbert Chris­tie at the Episcopal church. Maiden. Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Christie will be at home to their friends after June flrst at 115 Lexington street, Waverley.

Mr.s. Edmund Baker has been among the shut-ins all winter with illness. .

Mrs. Ida Cumming-s Allen's West-lord friends enjoyed her millinery opening .at thc home of Mrs. J. Her­bert Fletcher. Monday. Mrs._ Allen certainly understands all the "clever de^-ices of the milllncr.s' art and her

.different models were attractively in­dividual .and consenatlvely titsteful.

• Word' was received by the relatives • here last S.aturday of the death of

Percy Rockwell, the seventeen-year-old son of Guy L. Rockwell of Lowell. The young man died after a brief ill­ness of pneumonia. The funeral was held from his late home In Lowell, alter w^hlch the body was .brought to this town for Interment ih the family lot- in Fai^^•iel:s' cemetery. '

Owing to t h e ' unusually stormy •weather for Easter the special musical services arranged for last Sunday at the Congregational church were post­poned until this coming- Sunday, When the special musical program previous­ly outlined in this column for both morning and afternoon service -ftill be given. At the evening service Miss Young -ft-ill give appropriate readings.

The car men on the branch line will have occa'.flon to remember this ye.ar'» Ea'ster Sunday not, too pleas­antly. While making the Saturday evening trip thc car got off the tracks .about a mile frdm the center on the home trip and the passengers were obliged to walk to their hon>es. Reg­ular trips were not resumed'until the follow-ing afternoon.

peated at.somo future time. The clos­ing: number was .a medley of songs and- bright hits by "Jbndru and Ka-rooso.", otherwise Edward Blodsett and Frank Johnson. .Miss Gertrude Hamlin accompanist.

-Those in charge of- the entertain­ment were Miss Mary O. Balch arid Miss Gertrude Hamlin: in charge of the zoo. Miss Mabel Drew ond Miss Grace Burbeck. Others who assisted with decorations, refreshments, etc., wero Miss Humlln, .Mr.s.' Wells, .Mlss Mary Burbeck, Mlss .\gnes Balch, .Miss Grace Bennett. Mr.s. Ruth Ben­ault. Mrs. H. V. Hildreth. .Mrs: Ed­ward Fisher and other willing help­ers- who cooperated In every way to make the alfair the sueee.ss It wa.s. Fully thlrty-tlve dollars v.-ere realized for th'e church treasury.

.So<Lil. Tho social at the Unitarian church

vestry Tuesday evening proved a mo.st cpjoyable and original affair. Xot--wlthst-anding the damp, cloudy weath­er fl largo attendance were present to enjoy the attractions of "Gayland park." This pleasant, old vestry lent it.self admirably to this transforma­tion, being copiously decorated with pine and hemlock, llowers and many Informing signs. There -was every at-'traction of a well-appointed park with candy and lemonade booths, res taurant. theatre, a fine menagerie, sou­venir booth, fortune teller, etc. Thc menagerie claimed well-merited at tention early in the evening for it was, then that the animals -were especially on exhibition. Alfred Tuttle w.as the keeper of the zoo and Edward Kisher w.as a pretty Impressive looking park olllcer and policeman in ,hi» uniform The little people who impersonated the menagerie In their unique cos­tumes were as follows:

Frogs. Marion Fletcher and Ruth Johnson: rooster. John Fletcher: white hen. Mildred Fletcher: chicken. Wallace Johnson: tortoise. Gordon Seavey; seal. Morton Se.avey: bunnies. Elizabeth Wells. Ellz.abeth Carver •and Alice Heywood: monkey. Everett Beneault; tiger, Clifford Johnson: bear, Fred Robinson; buffalo,* Alice .and Freda Johrison.

Also, early In the evening. "Oulda." the fortune teller, who somewhat re­sembled Mrs. Frank Miller, w.as kept busy plying her art. Some spirited 'Victrola music was furnished by Mrs. Tuttle. The vaudeville entertainment In the theatre began at eight o'clock and each number was well carried out. •

First came a piano overture by Freda Johnson, followed by a pretty one-act comedy entitled, "Rubber boots," acted by Gertrude Hamlin. Marjory Seavey. Grace Robinson and Frank ' E: Miller. These three young ladles carried out their girlish parts

-most attractively and Mr. Miller, as the Intruding tramp -was excellent.

'• Next came "Mcrrlgy and Merrlgy," -who In natural life were Miss Mary O, Balch and. Miss Mary G. Currier, ^ e y - presented two very enjoyable skits original with Miss Balch.. called "Photographs," and "At the ball

. game.". , Mlss Balch's clever and orig­inal work as an entertainer Is too well known to need enlarging upon, but she was especially versatile In her portrayal ot a dear old lady who help­ed take the tangles out of the pretty Ilttlc schoolmafm's romance and as the devoted ' and enthusiastic base­baU fan a t the fame with his best girl, and In both ol whiclr Miss Currier charmingly supplemented Mlss Balch. Many -were heard to express tho wish that these two sketches might be ro-

Seath. The.dcathof Arth'Or J. Tatro. con­

ductor on the Nashua and Actoii rail­road, was reported at I'iiic Ridge last Saturday. This, deatli seems especial­ly sad as It is the third conductor that has died within about a year on this line, the lirst one' being Charles ^lac-Duflle In'Januar.v; ISl-I. and the sec­ond one, Frank Norri.s. in-November, 191-4.

Mr. Tatro hadbeen baggage master on this road for twelve ytars, and af­ter being appointed conductor, was only able to serve in that capacity for two mont'hs when -he was taken sick. H e w a s sick for several months suf­fering gre.ally with .abscesses of the lungs and'ha.vlng submitted to four operations for relief, but at the last succumbed to acute. Bright's disease. His home was In Nashua, where he leaves a wife and lour children. He wasHfty-four.years of a';e.

.-\bout Town. - Those spread rails soem to bc doing

busine.ss enough to keep some of. the unemplo>^d busy in these days of un­reliable ties. Such befell the three o.'clock car on Wednesday from West-fordto Brookside'on thc Lowell road, a few rods west of the residence of I'rank C. Drew. After' getting the car back to railing the .conductor and motorman were driving new spikes to hold the- rails. The ties we.-e non-resistant.

The assessors are making a new-valuation of the tov.-n .and are after those liable tb taxatien with an auto­mobile.

Arthiir M. Winslmv aixd sons, of Ayer, are doing the jiiastering on the new residence of \V. i:. T.-iylor'.,

Otis and Albert Day. Cold Spring and Graniteville roads, have a healthy display of Incubator chicks. The brooders .are modern heat and of the movable pattern. The chicks -are White Rocks and Rhode Island Reds.

The' Middlesex-Northwest Temper­ance Vnlon will hold its quarterly meeting In the Congregational church on Thursday. April 15.

The hurricane snowstorm of"Satur-day .sent in a terrltic swing at the silo of William Pollock on the Cold Spring road which sent it- dow-ii for the count. The sllo was in an uncom­pleted .stage of construeiltin with the staging still around It. ' No damage was done except the exi)fcnse of re-bulldlng.

The Fletcher Cold Spring farm are In a plow-ing hustle beginning Wed­nesday near the Cold Spring road.

The F. W. Banisters havo a hot bed on the hustle with tomatoes that threaten to starlte tho Stonv Brook farmers with suriirisos in early to­matoes.

Charles W. Whitney is carrying milk to -William J. Burbeck. Lowell, from the following farms: David L. Grelg. Frank C. Drew. William Pol­lock, F. W. Banister. Josoph Cote. Guy R. Decatur. Amos I'olley. Mrs. Charles W. Whitney and .Samuel L. Taylor.

The W. C. T.- U. held its .\pril mtet­ing at the home of Mrs. Quincy Day ort "Wednesday .'ifternoon. The prin­cipal work of the afternoon w-as the tying of a quilt which is to be sent to Llew.sac lodge in Bedford. The quilt was contributed by Mrs. Emory Whitney, and Mrs. Emma Day got it ready for the quilting. Thc union plans to make a trip to Bedford this summer and seo tho lodge which is doing such a good work. Mrs. Kornii-han and anothor mombor from the nowly formed' union in r;ranitoville wero present for tho mooting. It w-.as w-ith regret that tho union ho.-ird that Mr. and Mrs. Kornah.an "w-ould be as­signed to anothor i>laco.

Rev. Ch.arles Anderson, of Virginia, formerly pastor at tho Graniteville Jlethodist ehurch. is at rhe home of his father-in-law. Charres Wright. He came up on business and. will at­tend the .Mothodist conference which moots in Boston soon, .\ftor that ho will return to Virginia. L.ater ho and Mrs. Anderson and son, w-ill como to Westford for tho summor and livo on tho Rlood farm which thoy bought a short time ago. i

E. I*. Myers, of I^aw-ronco has m-.v-od onto the Loron .•\. Grilli:'. farm nn j the. Flagg road. j

An afternoon fire startod last w-iok j Friday tin w-oodland of (tscar ii. ; .Spalding, a little west of a fornior ! evening tiro in that vicinity rc(-ontly. ! H.arry L Nesmith. forest firo w;irdon, I w.as on the LowoH r<ta(l about a nx'iie j off and w-as iirst to discitvor tho Iiro. ; At the samo timo the liobiiis" hill lirO ! observatory- sont in an alarm. Tbo j Stony Brook lire oomp.-iny loft tlu-ir | cornliold plantings .and hoadod thoir! foot towar<I lho tiro, .\ftor thro.-iton- ; ing to burn ovor all Sandy Plain trats | It was boat into rotroat to .a fow acros easterly of Stony I'.rook road.

Hon. Graftoi-i D. Cushing will ad­dress the Voung R<'publican club at the town hall on Kriday ovoning. April 2.1.

The noxt social mooting of tho Wost Chelmsford Benevolent socioty w-ill bo held In the vestry of tho village church on Wednesday evening. April 14. Mrs. Charles Byard. of Whld­den's Corner, will have charge.

An East Chelmsford farmer plant­ed three bushels of pe.as about three weeks ago. L.aat year he raised $S00 worth of peas, the first picking being on June 9. The writer had peas three feet under a snow drift Monday. This don't look much like Juno 9.

William Clement, of Brookslde. has been engaged by thc cemetery com­missioners to help preser\-e thc (esthetic side of Falrview cemetery.

A. G; Lundberg, who has made a local reputation for himself through his skill In making monuments, h.as leased part of the Dunn place ^t Brookslde. where he can carry on this line' ol work.

The funeral service of Percy L. Rockwell, who died In Lowell , Last Saturduy, was'hcid from thc home of his father, Guy L. Rockwell. In that city at ono o'clock on Monday. Rev. Charles H, iiavis, ot "the Highland Methodist church, conducted the -serv­ice. The family will be remembered as fonner residents,of Westford and Forgo 'Village. Tho mother, who -was an adopted daufchter of Al Blcknell,

died about a year ago and this death of the oldest child at sixteen years of age Is a double affliction. The bear­ers at the funeral were'Fred and Ar­thur Goodall, Roger Haywood and Dwight Barnard. There were many beautiful' flowers from friends and relatives, from classmates and teach­ers In the Lowell high school and from thc overseers In the ViS, Cart­ridge Co. Ttie burial was In the fam­ily lot at Falrview beside the mother. Aside from the father tho young man left two younger brothers. M. Web­ster and M. Clifton Rockwell. . There was an unexpected change In the plans for Sunday service at the Unitarian church, a chango made ne­ce.ssary by the sudden summoning to Wilson. .N. C. of Rcv. Julian R. I'cn-nlngton on account ot the death of his mother. Mr. Pennington had just returned from a visit with his mother and the sad moM.sage was unlooked for. The sympathy of the townspeo­ple goes out- to him. In his absence Rev. William W. Locke- conducted

the Easter services. He gave-an elo­quent' sermon on the subject "There shall bc no more sea." Mrs. .Harry Saxon, of Whldden's Corner, was the how soloist. Others who added effec­tiveness to the choir wore Maude Rob-uison, Marjorle. Seavey, . Edward Blodgett. - Frank T. Johnson and of course it was refreshing to see Henry Smith back as tenor after several Sundays of absence on account of ill­ness. Mrs. Bryant, of Lowell, was or­ganist after,.a lapse of sever-al years' absence, taking the place vacated by George R. Smith.

The next meeting of tho Grange will be held von Thursday evening, April 15. This will bo inspection night. Deputy Brown.conducting the inspec­tion. ' The snowstorm l.ast Saturday up.set all lire calculations anil also upset the running time of the electric car from Westford to Brjiokside The late Sat­urday night car got stalled at one o'clock on the Lowoll :road near the John H. Decatur place and remained thero until the dawn of the S.abbath. It .started up, ran u rod and got dcr railed by Ice. .\fter several' hours' time in a backward iind forward onto the track movement they started for Westford. run. to tht; .sharp c u n e at B.'inister's Corner, when the car bo-'came derailed again ' by .an ob­struction wedged in tho groove of the rail. It required .several hours of the same movement of tho previous ex­perience to Induce it to the rails. At three o'clock in thc afternr)on w-as the llrst regular care .sin.ce the .Sat­urday night installment jilah.

Mrs. >iar.v Moore, wife of the l.ate Edward Mooro. was burled in Fair-view- cemetery on .Sunday afternoon. After a long, illness at the home of her sister, Mrs. Tyler. Haverhill, sho pa.ssod' on to " t h e great beyond" Thursday, April 1. Mr. ar.d Mrs.' Mooro lived for' many years in Brook­side. Mr. Moore having charge of the mill of his.brolher. George C. Moore. JlrsI Moore was a w-oman of great re­finement and gentility and a most lo>-al worker at the Methodist church In West Chelmsford. She Is survived by .a son, Clifford C.,-who-lives in Lynn: two sisters and three brothers, J.amesi Lincoln .and William Roddick. The funeral was held in Haverhill on Easter Sunday.' Friends and relatives came from there in automobiles, the body coming in-an automobile hearso for the committal service in Fairview cemetery. : The burial w-as in tho fam­ily lot beside her husband.

The case of Frank C. Drew, of Westford and other Stony Brook farm­ers against Jo.seph H. Boardman. of Somerville. milk contractor, wtus tried In the district court at Ayer last week Thursday before Judgo Worcostor. Tho court found for the plalntiff.s. Edward Fishor represented the plain­tiffs.

Pomoiui Meeting. At the last meeting of .Middlosox-

North Pomona Grango last w-ook a resolution was introduced instructing the roprosentativos and senators in this Pomona to vote for the bill .ap­propriating $200,000 annually for live years for improvements at the Agri­cultural college This hrought up all the orators of this Pomona for voice culture which lod to arguments warm­er than the weather. After the oppo­nents wore pushed to the ropes for the count tho Gr.ange voted. 20 to 1-1. to instruct $200,000 w-orth of Im-provomorits. tl was also voted to havo an excursion on August 6 and .a liold day somo other timo. Commlt­toos for both days were choson. Tho question for discussion, "Should pop­ular songs be censored'."' brought out much that was strictly individual in oi,inion.

The aftornoon was given over in part to singing of tho Glee club boys of Carlislo undor the direction of Krank Wilkins: readings. Miss Spald­ing of Billorica: violin solo. Miss I'et­erson of Carlisle, and an address by Hoiv. Charlos E. Ward, of Buckland. a mombor of tho Board of Charily and Insanity. Mr. Ward served sovor.al ycirs in tho hou.se and senate and is a bright and active man. and bis ad-dross was very much like himself. It sparklod with, gold dust Ideas.

forge Vlllncc. Tho sympathy of tho villaeo Is ox-

t< nded to -Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Prinn and family in the loss of thoir Uttlo Ilaughter .Mary, who died last weok.

St. Andrew's mission held a largo congregation on Ea,stcr Sunday morn­ing, although the heavy, snowstorm Iirovontod many from attending sorv­ico. Thore was special music by the vested choir and a mo.st interesting sormon was delivered by the pastor. Itov' W. M. Ford. There were also lloral decorations.

The condition of George Cougle. who was stricken with a shock while-at work over a week .ago, remains un­changed. His two sisters. Miss Claris­sa Cougle of Boston, and Mrs. Wilfred Morton of Bridgeport. Conn., are at present assisting Mrs. Cougle In the care of her husband.

The children's Easter carol .scr\:-Ice Is to bc held on Sunday afternoon at four o'clock iit S t Andrew's mis­sion. Thc children will arrive at the usual time and potted plants will bc distributed after tho service. The usual church services will bc held at 4.30 o'clock. • '

The many friends ol Chester Blodg­ctt, of the Ridges, who severely In­jured his leg "last January, will bc pleased to learn tha t he has Improved to such on extent that he Is how able to go about with the aid of one crutch. Instead of two, as. he has used formerly.

Tho sympathy ot tho community Is extended to the stricken faiiilly ol Mrs. IxiUls Boudreau, ol GranltevlHe.. who with her baby daughter, died at her home on last week Friday morn­ing.

Mrs. Fred A. Sweatt has recovered from her recent lllncfw.

Rcv. Endicott Peabody. D. D., head master of Groton School, conducted the Lenten services at tho mission chapel on Holy Thursday evehlng, as­

sisted by Rev. W. .M. Ford. Holy communion was udinlnlstered.

Much praise Is' due Stephen Healv, teamster for Abbot & Co.. for his thoughtfulness In driving the snow-plow "early Sunday morning. This act of kindness enabled many pooplo to attend-church service who otherwise would have been unablo to attend. In many iilaces the snow- was very ileop ftnd sleighing w'lis good in thc morn­ing. •

-Mrs. Margaret Wlb-on Is recovering trom her reoent illnoss.

<-'ruitItevllle. TlioglorloUK festival of Kastor was

fittingly observed in St. C-athorlne's church last Sunday piornlng,. when two m.asses were colobrato<l bv Rev. Edward C. Mitchell. A low ma.ss was celebrated at 8.45 and at 10.30 a high mass w-.'is celebrated during which the choir, under - thc diroction of .Miss Mary F. Hanley, rondorod a Very In­teresting musical prograni which was given In the. usual capable Inanner so characteristic of St. Catherine's, church choir. Tho soloists were .Miss Rebecca LeDuc. -Mlss Christine Louth-er. Mrs. .Mary G. Chariton. -Mrs. Sadie Smith Kelley, Jamos Bvrnes, Honry LeDuc.

The blizzard of last Saturday was one of the w-orst storms of the yoar and there was sulBclent snow on the ground tq. Insure fair sleighing during the early morning hours on-Sunday.

,_ .Mr. and Mrs. • Thomas Monohan have been on the sick list, during tho past two weeks and owing tb their Illness the house parly that thcy had planned to take place this week has been postponed for thc time being. '

The members of the. A. R. Choate hose company held their - regular meeting In the Ore house on last Mon­day night. Busine.ss of a routine oi'­der was transacted, after which a so­cial hour was enjoyed.

There is considerable .sickness. In the village .at tho present time. James .M, Sargent Is now (|Ulte III with a tralrjcd nurse In attendance, and Mr. and -Mrs. A, C. Sargent are also on the !!ick list. F. G. Sargent has been under the doctor's care for sonic time with a triilned nui'so in .attendance. Aside from the ..above there ai-e sev­eral oases of scarlet fever among the children, while Marv, tho little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. J. LoDuc. is ill with diphtheria, but is gotting better.

.The Ladles' Aid .societv of the M. E. church met with Mr.s. William Welsh on last w-c-ek Th'ursdav aftcr-n(;on, and at that time the antiual election of ollicers took place.

Frank Healy and Edward P.incy .-iro serving on the jiirv oi the suijorio'r court in Lowell.

Deaths. . Little -Mary Prinn. the ilve-yoar-old

daughter of .Mr, and .Mr.s. Alfred Prinn. diod at lho home of her par­ents here after a brief illne.ss ot bronchial troublo on Krlday. April 2. Her death was unusually sad a.s she was a bright littlo child and bploved by .all. Besides her parents she leaves two sisters. Carrie and Eliza­beth, and one brolher. William Prinn.

1'he funeral took place from the home of her "p.arents at one o'clock l.ast Sunday afteriiiion and was large­ly attended, malny being prosont from out-of-town. A prayor service was hold at the home and w.as conducted by Rev, Edward C. Mitoholl. curate of St. Catherine's church. The serv­ices were very Impressive and Mr. Mitchell spoke words of deep con.so­lation. to the bereaved family. Sel­dom has fl death of so young a per­son caused such wide regret as the jiassing away of "little Mary Prinn. and people in largo numbers called at fre<iuent intervales to offor thoir condolence to the bereaved family. .There was a profusion of beautiful lloral tributes which tesji.'ied to a marked degroo to the love that was borne little -Mary, and the .sjmpathy expressed to tho bereaved family.

The bearors were Fred Healv, Ar­thur Healy, Thomas Gower and Ger­ald Defoe. Burial was In St. Cath­erine's comotory.

Mrs. Mary Boudreau. wife of Louis Boudreau. diod under vory .sad cir-cum.stancos oarly Ia.st week Kriday morning aftor giving birth to a baby girl, mothor and child dying within a few minuto.s of oach other. Mrs. Boudreau was forty-three yoars of ago. and bosirtos her husband leaves eight childron. tho oldest boing nino­loon years of age It was really a vory sad tay- aud the .sympathy of the villago po,,iiio Is deeply expressed to the boroavod family.

Tho funor.-il took place at eleven o'clock last .Sunday morning and was attondod by s..rrow-ing relatives and frionds." Th<- O.KIV wtis taken to St. Caihorinos (hurch. w-herc aftor thc socond mass iho committal prayers w-oro rocito.l l,v Rev. Edward C. .MItcholl. Til'- 1.oarers were Conrad P.ioard. .1. .- , , , ! , f.-,rpontior. Rudolph liichard. i;i.i..,,i, i>. LeDuc. Amodoo Coto. Kr.-.! Huroau. Burial w-as In .St. Cathori:;.- s oomotory.

LITTLETON News Items.

Almut si.x:-.-tivo persons attondod tho fJiKKl |-ii.i;,y union son-ice In tho Congrog.-Hi,,:,..,! , hurch last w-eok F'ri­day afton;...,,, .-md it w-as gonorally consider. <|. !.. .-uitifur and Impressive .Scriptur.-s v.ro read by Rov. H. L. Caulklns. |,:.,y.r w-as offered b'y Rcv. J. C. Alv...-il. .-iTi,! both ministers spoke with miuh f..-ling on the significance of tho <.-,<,:,\ii„|. Rcv. O. J, Falr­lleld was tiMt'd to Ware to omclato at tho ton.'mi ,.t a. former parishion­er, but S.-I,; llis regrets and helpful thoughts (.1, 'iK- subject of thc crucl-Mxlon in :i l.-uor which was read to tho con>,-r.-.-.,ii.m. George A. Cook sang th.- l..ri,uiful solo. "Calvary." and Miss Kmma Tenney presided at tho organ A chorus of female voices .and .Mr. ('....k kd In the singing of hymns.-

Acconlint' to a letter from Con­gressman .1, .[. Rogcrs.to tho Fish and Game association. Forge pond Is one of sovoral waters In suburban Lowell to bc stocked this month with rain­bow trout by the National Bureau of Fisheries, which Is sending thc larg­est consignment ot flsh ever allotted to ono as.soclatlon a t one time.

Sherman H, Jewett observed his seventy-fifth birthday on April 9. He enjoyed calls, congratulatory notes, a postcard shower and other attentions which w-cre gratefully acknowledged.

Hiram Brown's condition does not improve at present. He Is very weak and unablo oven to leed himself.

The town of Clarcmont. N. H... re­cently votod a $65,000 addition to the high .schr«,|, of which A. C. Cum-mings, formorly Littleton high achool teacher. Is principal. , Eight Boston and Maine railroad employees have hired Camp Hay­ward of Arthur Drew for- tho season and aro occupying It over Saturday and Suiulay for thb flrst tlmo this yoar.

Mi.ss Laura B, Chase, teacher of the West grammar school, has been this week with .a party to Washington, D. C and in her place Miss Olga Hof-gren. of Lowell Normal senior class, has taught.

Encouraging nows has been rocoLv-cd from Allan .Stllcs, who Is a: thc Bay State hospital. Bay State road, where he, had a decayed bone re­moved from his ; forehead last week Thursday. It is hopod that the cause of his.physical ills has been removed and th.at his hoalth will Improve rap­idly now.

Roy Jewett and family aro living with his fathor at the Center and Mr.s. Jowott is aitonding to the affairs of the houso.

Tho funoral of Miss Sarah M. El­liot, who died at her brother's. Thom­as H. Elliott. March 30. of myocar­ditis, was hold at his home on Fair-view street. Lowoll. last week Thurs­day afternoon. Services were con­ducted by Rov. Charles T. BllUngs, pastor of tho First Unitarian church. Ai>propriate selections wore sung by the Mendelssohn male quartet. Tho bearors w-oro Robert H.. Horford N. and Maurice Elliott and Charles E. Dane. Burl.-il was in the famliy lot in Lowoll cemetery:

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For the Land's Sake Use Bo^wkcr's Fertilizers

' liuy yoiir NITEATE OF. SODA before .inother ri.se; "also, BASIC SLAG and LAND LUBE.

For the first week try PEATT'S BABY CHICK FEED on the .small Chieks and .save them—it will do the iriek—and then feed WYANDOTTE.

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condition. $20 or so for a new apron win make it like now. $25 takes it. DELL DALE FAR.M. Littleton. Mass.

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Coal i s at Sunimer Prices Today The first run of eoal is the best. Get your order in. We have

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NOTICE—Our Store WiU Be Open Saturday Nights until 8 o'clock. All other Nights We Close at 6 o'clock

Auto for Hire Parties lakcn to or from ^alns .

Touring, Sight-seeing or Commercial trado solicited.

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Carries a full line of Spraying Chemicals, Lime-Sulphur, ATSCH-

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I also handle -the "Empire K ing" Spraying Outfit i have a fine power sprayer which sells complete, ready for work, for 9 1 0 0 . Best Spraying 'Hose in all lengths always on hand.

THAT WAS THE MpST DELICIOUS

that we kave hiad since we kept house. I believe they call it the

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HOLLIS^ N, H. i N e w s Items.

Miss Mildred French returneil ~on |Tuc!«lay night to Wheaton college.

Tho W. R. C. will hold Its regular [moctlng In Grange hall on Tuesday; [Apr l l . lS . , ,

M l i Daisy" \yoods Is III with laryh-[Slt la Her school begins on Monday.

Mr. Lothropc, who formorly work-' ed for.C. J. Bell, now- working on a i milk team In Nashua, Is threatened

with pneumonia. Holtis people will be glad to know

that Mlss Mary Hardy sat up for the Orst tlmo -last Saturday. She .stood It very well nnd will be able to sit

• up a Uttlo while at a time quite often. Arthur Strong spent the week-end

In Waltham, Mass. His wife has been there for several weeks. She I* very poorly and Is not ablo.to return.home.

Arthur EH'hcrbrldge, who has been •rery Ul with pneumonia. Is doing as

,wcl l as can be expected. Henry Q, Cameron has rented his

houso to Mr. Baxter. - James F".-Gerold- has taken a letter from the Congregational church of Hollls to the St. Mark's church, Min­neapolis.

Mrs. Mary Ann Riley, formerly of - this town, died on Wednesday, .March 30. . Funeral services w e r e held in Tottmscnd hnd her remains - were brought here on last week Fridav Ior tntertncnt In the Xorth cemetery. Sho is mtrvlvcd by a husband, two sis­ters,. Mrs. Fred Mill and Mrs. Ira Hlll , of Andover; Mass., .and ono brother, George A. Colburn. of this town. .

Mlss Helen Powers and an aunt are sponding the Easter vacation witn

> Mrs. M. J. Powers. Mlss Ruth HUls spent a few'd.-iys

with her mother, Mrs. James Hills, and returned on Ilonday to i^lmmons college.

Scott Farley returned to the Unl-ycrslty of Vermont on Monday.

Arthur Wright Is spending a few days In town.

Tho cooking class has beon post­poned until April 13.

Mrs. . Leonard Lawrence has re-t a m c d to the cottage where she lived last suinmer.

Mrs. Lewis Wood, of Groton, spent . tho week-end with her parents, Mr. . and Mrs.'James \yalsh.

Mrs. Addle Clark has returned to hor • home oh the depot road. Hor daugh­

ter Lotta Is spending the Easier vaca­tion with her.

On Easter Sunday thd church was decorated very prettily with llowers. A beautiful ijouquet'.of pink snapdrag­ons adorned the tablo in front of the altar. On the altar wore an Eastor lily and a bouquet of carnations, and

I a rod rose deconatcd the organ. On . thb tabic on the platform w a s a pink ;. begonia and below, on the Iloor, white ' scranlums and green plant.s. A very • small congregation was present.

Mrs. Francis K. Sweetser Is at home f o r t h e Easter vacation. . Tbe teachers have returned and on Monday morning schools began.

William J. Mills has returned home after spending a good part of the winter with his daughter. Mr.s. Ar­thur Fields, - of Amher.st.

Eugene Whooler has boen III with the grippe cold. Mrs. Wheelor has also been III with laryngitis. Both are Improving.

Hervcy Gticthlng was home the first of the week.

-Last week' Thursday the V. P. S. C. E. gave an April fool's social, sup­per and entertainment. There was 4Uifc a good number present and a good time was enjoyod by all.- Tho following program was given: Piano duct. Miss Lillian Lovojoy and Elwyn Wheeler; piano solo. Hazol Lougee; recitation. "Doubling Dick." Ellen Clark; platio solo. BOrnice Holmes.

The fire department held Its annual election of ofilcers on Monday night, resulting as follows: Leslie Locke. stew.; M. J. Powers, clerk and trea;<.: engine company—Wesley Ladd. capt.; Archie Colburn. 1st lieut.; Charics Bolton. 2d lieut.; chemical company—

• Harold Hardy, cajit.: Goorgo Rob­bins. 1st lioul.; i''r.ancis Cavo. 2d Ilcut.

Mrs. Geoi-gian.a Kimb.'ill -was in , town the first of lho v.-eok.

Mrs. Louisa .M. Hinkloy i.s vory ill. She has been unable to .see anyone for a week.

A.S there was a small ationdanco at thc Grange on Tuosday night it was voted .that the matter of w-hethor or not It should bo best to have a fair waa poHlponod until the next moot­ing. All membors are requested lo comc and give their opinions at the next meeting. Thc meoling was rath­er poorly attended on account of the •weather and much illnoss. The dep­uty, who was oxiiectod. did not como on account of the woathor. The en­tertainment was as follows: Paper, "Hints and helps of the household." Mrsi Walter Flanders; paper, "Broad mixers," Mrs. Marcellus Powers; pa­per, "Labor s.avlng of lireloss cook­ers." Ml.ss Lillian Lovejoy. Rofrosh­ments consisting of cako and coffoo

.were served and a social tlmo w-as enjoyed.

comfort In making his farm' one to bo proud of. He leaves to mourn hiss loss a widow; a daughter, Mrs. Keyes; a son Arthur; a sister and two Krandehildren. besides other rela­tives. The fact ^hat his son Arthur was scrIou.sIy III with pneumonia and under the care of a trained nurse at tho . t ime of his father's s ickness'and death seemed to make. It "doubly sad for the family, and the son had not been told of -ihe sad news which awaited him.

Mlss Lucy I'atch has boon III with an attack of laryngitis the pa.st week.

.Miss Maria Hlll, at the N'orth End, has been Iir with one o f ' the prevail­ing hard colds. '.

Pcrley A. Lund has purchased a farm on I'roctor hill, formerly owned by Fred Campbell, and Is making re­pairs and putting It In readiness for further occupancy.

Arthur W. Lund w a s recently pre­sented with a farm In Dunstable, re­cently owned by Freeman RIdeout. Arthur had some time ago w'orked ansl lived at the home ot Mr. Hideout In Dunstable. ' . .'. Mr. McGuire Is on the : meat cart again after being laid up for some time with a bad ankle which h e hurt In attending a lire..

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BEOOKLINE, N. H. News Itcnis. -

On Monday, JIarch 20. a son. Mal­colm Verne, was born to Mr. and -Mr.s. Henry' Bailey. Her mcthor'. Mrs. Frank Gllman. of Gardner. MaS.s.. is with her.

Francis and Jessie Farnsworth, who attend a private school in Merrlihack, Mass.. are home for Iholr two-week.s' Easter vacation. '.

Dr. Charles Holcombe was a visitor in Boston last week Wednesday.-

Edward Pierce attended tho meet­ing of Hlllsboro County Pomona Grange In Litchlield last week Friday.

Mrs. Lcda DcCoste. o f Somerville, Mass.. was the guest Ia.st week of Mrs. X-cIlIoDuprey.

Mrs. Vernal Wright.* who has been visiting with Mrs. .Mary Gerrish for the last three weeks, has returned to­her home in Worcester.

Mr.s. Peter Bouchard. Jr.. and soh Wilfred, went to I'epperell to spend Easter with her mother, Mrs. John LaBean.

Mrs. Emma Bo lduc bf Now Bod-ford; Ma.s.s., has returned to her home after a two-week.s'- visit at the home ot her daughter. Mrs. Michael Dumals.

Albert Pierce'took a combined busi­ness and ploasure trip to Xashua on last week Friday. . The. whist party at the hall on last

w-eek Friday ovoning. w-as very well attended -and much enjoyed.

On Saturday ovening, at her home on Mason stroot. Mrs. Xellle Duprey and Jean LaBounty. ot Town.scnd. were united In marriage.

John Holden, who has resided .with his aiint, Mrs. Lizzie'RIordon, all win­ter, has returned to Melrose, Mass.

Joseph Morol.and was a visitor In Lowoll. Mass.. on Inst Saturday.

Isabelle Wheeler was the guest last weok Of her grandparents In Milford. , Mr. and Mrs. Charlos Gllson. as­

sisted' by their nephew, Mathew Burke, are to conduct the boarding house formorly run by the late Mrs. Samuel Fuller.

Mrs. Richards,-of Pepperell. w-as a visitor In towri last w e e k Wedn'osday.

Silas Wheeler, entertained his broth­er last weok, Alvln H. Whooler. of Lyndebo'ro. • Patrick Shaughne.ssey has returned to town aud expects to go to work at the ico plant sooh.

With about liftoon inches of snow covering the ground, not m;iny woro able to got to tho Eastor services at the church, consequently tho childron will repeat their Ea.ster concert on Sunday.

Frod Campboll had to u.se a toam of h'or.-<es and a large pung with which to deliver his papers with last .Sunday.

Pauline Wallace of We.stford with Mlss Xellle Jones, Mlss Jonnio Ellis of Boston with Mrs. P.alph lilokford. •Mlss Lllla Lancey or Rblgo'.vood. X. J., with hor parents, Mr. and .Mrs! F. E. Lancey. , '

Mr. and'Mrs. Oscar Lar..<on; of Wost Groton, visited a tv the homo of .Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Burrage'last wook.

Mrs. Robert A. Bryant wont to Pa^vtuckct. II. 1.. on .Monday niornlng to spend the week with hor daugh­ter.

ill.ss LlUa Lancey roturi:o<l to school duties In RIdgewood. .\. J Monday.. . . .

After a long and painful lllnoss, Mrs. i lar ia C. (Litchlield), wife of Robert T. Whitcomb, pa.ssed away on Wednesday morning, March .n . aged 77 yrs. 4 mos. 3 days. She was for many years a member of the Metho­dist churoh In Lunenburg, which membership she retained until her death. Sho -wis a worthy woman who wjll be greatly missed by her family, neighbors and frlend.s. She Is sur­vived by her aged husband, one son, two daughters, seven riirandchlldren and two - great-grandchildren. The funeral was held on Friday afternoon of last week and the bearers were four of her gnjndsohs. Howard and Ralph Whitcomb, Clement and Otis Elliott. "

Woman's Chib Meetings. - Tho Woman's club meeting was held In ' the chapel of the Mothodist church on Thursday, April 1. and was well, attended fiy members and their invited guosts, nearly every seat being filled. After the usual business pre­liminary the presiding offlcer Intro­duced- Prof. Courtney Langdon, of Brown' university, who for an hour and a half ehteriained the audience with the reading ht the great French play, "Chanflclcer." When Finished he was given hearty applause and a rising vote of thank.s. 'The hostesses were Mrs. Frederick C. Cross. Mrs; George P. Grant, Jr.. Mrs.. Mary E. Ewing and M.s. Arthur' O. 'Scott; who served retreshments of hot coftee and sandwiches.

• The next day. Friday. April 2,. the club held a meeting In thc lower town hall • to Interest tho children of the town in gardening. Last summer they did some fine work and raised some splendid flow-ers and vegetables. The ,committees , hoping they will do even- belter than last year, engaged Prot. Gardner Boy-d, of thc State Agricultural college at Amherst, who gave them a fine talk upon garden­ing, how to prepare, what to plant, etc.. to which the children listened with undivided attention.

The Woman's club have offered prizes for the best garden, appear­ance, productlveno.ss. etc.. and it Is hoped there will be goner.il Intere.st show-n. The committees chosen are Mrs. P'rederlck L. Francis..Mr.s. Xet­tie J. Barter, Mrs. Frederick C. Cross, advisory; Miss Mabel Allen. .Mrs, A. S. Mills. Mtss Blanche Whit­comb, distrlbutlnii;; Mr.s.- George H. Wakefield, Mrs. T. A. Archibald, Mr.s. George T. Greenwood. Inspection; Mns. C. E. Woods. Mrs. Oeorge P. Grant, Jr.. Mrs. William B. Hayward, fall exhibition.

Prof. George H. Ha.stings. ot Fitch­burg. has very kindly offered to assist the pupils by advice or servlco. and all who w-ere In the contest last year remember with gratitude his kind hclpfulne.s.s.

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Showered. A shower w-as givon Miss Helen

Powers la.st Saturday at the home of Mrs. Charles E. Hardy. 'The weather was so stormy that very few wore expected, but about llfty attended. Miss Powers received many pretty and useful presents. Thc first part of tho program was conducted by Mrs. Hardy's Sunday school cla.ss and consisted of a piano solo, Clara Wright; piano duet. Misses Clara Wright and Berylc Reed; piano.duet, Mrs. Leonard Lawrence and Miss Clara Wright; chorus singing by the class. This was follow-cd by a read­ing; "Dimdcnce,"' by Mrs. F. Leo M c ­Ennls. After the Inspection of thc presents tho guests were Invited lo at­tend a. mock wedding ceremony. The wedding company was composed of Mlsa Helen Powers, Miss Louise Hardy, Mrs. Ralph Herrick. "Mrs. Harold Hardy. Mlss Agnes Tenney. Misses Xlorla-Lovejoy, Elizabeth Wor­cester, Berylc Rccd, EUen Clark, Car­rie Brown, Frances Goodw-ln, Ixils Brown. Mrs. Robert French per­

formed tho ceremony. After thc pro-sentatlon of thc guests to thc wedding conipany refreshments were scrx-ed by Misses Clara Wright, Mary Lawrence, Helen Worcester and Clara M. Smith.

Aboat. Town. •The funeral of Daniel Ethcrldgc,

•who died at his home at Patch's Cor­ner, was held from thc Congrcgatlon-mlohurch on last week Friday after­noon. His body was laid to rest In the East cemetery. Mr. Ethcrldgc had been In poor health for some time, but his last s ickness was of Tery -short duration and his death c u n e as a sudden blow to his family mnd friends.. He was a very quiet. home man and took great pride and

Xows Iteins. . Tho .anniKil mooting of tho I..adio.s'

Aid socioly of tho Alothodist churoh and oloction of ollicors w-as hold on Wo<Inosday. March .11. Reports woro road -showing tho society in good Itn.anclal condition and iiroving that a largo amount of work had boon'done during tho year, bolh for tho ohurch and individuals. Oflioors woro thon oloctod as follo-.vs: , Mr.s. John Kon-ney, pros.: Mrs. 0..«?ar Wost^m. v. p.: Miss Esther Dudloy. soc. .and troas.; commlttoos—^Mrs. Alfrod Xoon. press; .Mrs: W. It. Peabody. Mrs. Herbort C. Ealon. Mrs. Georgo H. Whitcomb. en-leriainmonl; Mrs. .lames L. H.ari-ing-ton. visiling: Mrs. Oscar Woston. Mrs. Edw-ard .K. Washburn, w-ork. The so­ciety will sorvo dinnor in the chapol on Wednesday noon, April 21.

All the schools In town opened on .Monday morning afler a two-wook.s' vacation.

The annual meoting and elootlon of officers of the Ladles' Auxiliary to tho Athlotic a.ssociation was hold on Sat­urday afternoon at tho home of Ml.ss Marian Warron. Thirteen new mem­bers were admitted. The following officers were elected: Ml.ss Mabel Al­len, pros.; Miss Blanche Lancey. v. p.; Miss Eleanor Harley., sec. and treas.; commltlees-^MLsscs Allen. Barter and Harley. athletic; .Mlsaes Warren. Wll­la Harley and Ruth Goodrich. Icc cream at band concerts; Misses Allen, Blanche Whitcomb and Elizabeth Alexander, old home day; Miss War­ren, Mrs. .Arthur O. Scott. Misses Blanche Lancey. Margaret Grant. Frances Harley. Beatrice Archibald, ways and means.

The George H. Winchester place on West street has again changed own­ers. It having been sold to Oliver J. Carter, of South Fltchburg, who has taken possession. It Is also reported that tho Stephen Adama place, so-called, has been sold to Mr. and Mrs. G. E; Peabody, who buy for a home.

Thc annual meeting of the Soldiers' Memorial association will bc held In the town hall on Monday evening at 7.30 o'clock. ,

Thc union service at thc Methodist chapel on Good Friday, conducted by John H. Frye, w a s well Attended by all denominations, nearly every seat being filled. It was a very Im­pressive service. On Sunday, despite the heavy snowstorm of the day be­fore, the churches' were very well at ­tended and all were pleased with thc floral decorations and special music. The Easter concert at four o'clock was much enjoyed by all, particularly the dIaIogue_by Miss Margaret Slat­tery, as It was beautif i iny'given by tho members of Mlss Bryant's class, "Her Ea.stcr choice." After thc cloae of thc service beautiful potted plants. Illlcs. tulips, and o t h c r s . w o r e carried out and given to the sick people In town.

' Easter viaitors In town werc Miss

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You can't prevent an attack of rheu­matism from coming on, but you can Slop it almost immediately. Sloan's Llnimont gently applied to the sore joint or muscle penoirates iu a few minutes lo the inllamed spot that causes the pain, l l soothes the hot, lender, swollen feeling, and in a vory short time brings a relief that is almost unbelievable until you experience It. Ijet a bottle of Sloan's I.iniment for 2oc. of any, druggist and have It In lhe house—against colds, sore and swollen Jolms, lumbago, sciatica and; Uko ailments. Your money back If not' .satisfied, but it does give almost in­stant relief.

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"We also' carry the following articles of the Libby variety: Catsup, Oyster Cocktail Sauce, Pickles, sweet mixed, sour mixed, plain, sour and sweet varieties, Mustard, Canned Peaches, Pine­apple, Dill Pickles, Olives and Canned Meats.

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I.OST HOOKS—In acfoi-lalic- wilh I'liaptor OUO. .Soction 10. ol l!io .Sets of Uo)s Mass. Legishuui-o an.l ainond-monls Iheroio, noiico is li.Tobv givon that Books .No. lO.O.'.O iiioi ll'i Wave iit-en lost and paym.-nl on tlio .--amo s topi io i l . .N'OHTII .MIDDI.K.SKX ^ .\Vl.s'f;.'; HA^JK.

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If you do and haven't tried the new disc records that can be play-edon'VlctororColuinbia machines you have missed something. A few titles: Ben Bolt I tVant to Go Back to Michigan Sllrer Tbreadg Among the Gold A longr 'Way to Tlpperarj-'When the Angelas Is Ringing My Crooney Melody • California and Vou Voa're the same old Girl Along Come Bnth

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Cesspools and Vaiilts 1 I am now'prepared to take orders to

Clean-Cesspools and Vaults.'- Satis­faction guaranteed. • Prices reasonable. Telephone 141-3. . •3mi24'

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H.VTCIIIXG EGOS AND CRICKS FOR S.\I,B—Slnglo Comb R. I. Reds, good color and size: heavy wiriter layers. Eggs for Hatching, J.I.OO per 100; Day Old Chicks, «ir>.00 per 100, for'strong and vigorous stock. Range raised and open-air house the year round, and In-fecluous diseasos unknown. G. H. VAPP, Littleton. Mass. Tel. 14-14. Ordor now for future delivery. 10124

Tlie "West Oroton Blacksmith Sares Ton Honey on Farm Wagons and Tlp-Carts. Hay For Sale. L.. G. STRAND.

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COMMONWKALTH OF MASriACHU-SKTTS. Ml(l«l!c-sex. ss. I'rol):ite Court.

To the hfir.M»:it-laT\-. next of kin, crf'ditoPK. antl all other piTHons in-torenteil in the estate of Kl.'DOHA H. I>liAI'!':il late of Ayer in said County, 'iecea«ed. Intestate.

Whereas a petition has been pre-s'Mitetl to aald Court to Krant a letter ilf administration on th«' t-slati* of said deceased to HARP.V Ii. iJflAPKIt of Ayer in the County of Middlesex, with­out Kl 'iriK a surety on hfs bond.

You are hereby cited to appear at a Probate Court to be hfld at CambrldK't*, In said County of Middlesex, on the twenty-seventh day of April A. ]>. 1915. at nine o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause If any you have, why the same should not be wanted.

And tho potltloner *s luTehy direc­ted lo Klvo publlc notice thereof, by publishfnfi: this citation once In each week, for threo successive weoks. tn Turner's PubUc Spirit, a nowapaper published In Aycr, the last publication to be one day, at least, before said Court.

Wltness.Charles J. Mclntlre, Esquire. First JudKO of said Court, this sixth day of April In the year one thousand nine hundred and nftetjn.

3t31 W. E. ROGKns. Rofflstor.

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COMMONWEALTH OF -MAKSACHU-SETTS. Middlesex, xn. I'robate Court.

To tho helra-at-law. next of kin, credltora, and all other persona Inter­ested In the estate of .MAIIY JANK WIOHT. formerly MARY JANK CR.\IO late of Troy In tho State of Now York, deceased. Intestate:

Whereaa, a petition has been pre­sented to said Court to grant a letter of administration on the estate not already administered of said deceased, to EARL, COLE CRAIG ot Providence In the State ot Rhode Island without reqalrlnir a surety .on his bond.

You are hereby cited to appear at a Probate Court to be held nt CambrldKe. In said County of Middlesex, on the twenty-seventh day of April A. 1>. 191S, at nine o'cloek In the forenoon, to .ihow cause.^ If any you have, why the same should, not be irranted

And Bald petitioner is herfbv dlrec-i**l,.**l.'f'^* publlc notice thoroof. hv fuoUsninit thla citation onco In each week, for three successive weeks. In ^"'"er a Publlc Spirit, a nowspapor publlahed In Ayer. the last,publication .to_ I>e one day, at least, bofore said court. I:.I1!L1'",**J-^''*'"'*» J- Mclntlro. Es'iulre. i-lrat Judgre of sald.Court' this alxth ?•> °J -^Pfll In the year one thoii.'<and

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A N e w Lot of Horses Re­ceived This W e e k .

Man! Hungry Man! A famous philosopher once said that

the way to reach a'man's heart is by the way of his stomach or words to that effect. You married women know you like your husbands pleased as to their meals. All the little things in the grocery lino may be found in our little stdre to please the most fastidi­ous men. A trial will convince yon We are the local agents for the cele­brated Ceresota and Gold Kedal Flonrs —none better.

Onr Spodalty Is tho iTan^ifng ^f Q ^ Very Best

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JiewH Items. T h e holy week services of last week

wore of great Interest and well at ­tended, . Tho Easter Sunday services •were somewhat affected by the effects o f Saturday's blizzard, but were a l l exceUent and uplifting. ' \

Mlss Vinnie Holmes ha.s .been ,111 this week with pleurisy.

The .Ladles' Benevolent society . o f the. Baptist church held a very s u c ­cessful food sale in tho lower town hall: Tuesday afternoon. Eveo'thJns •Vt-oit' s o l d . " T e d d y , or the runaways," is to "be

given' by the senior class, -Groton high schboU oh Friday evening, Aprif 23. T h o s e w h o remember the great sue-, cess of " T h e rustic Romeo," which was the last play given by the high school senior class, will await with eager anticipation the presentation by the class of 1915. Miss Fannie E: "Woods as coach will drill them for'

'a- success. Tickets' Will; go. on sale^ Thursday, afternoon. April 15. at two o'clock at Bruce's drug, store. •:The cast follows:

Irene Peabody Alice Cleary

Christine Rockwood • Helen Gay

William Connolly Robert May

: James Cleary Sheriff Jim Larrabee Leslie Blood

The mortgagee sale "advertised to take place last Saturday by M. P. Palmer did not come off, thc busine.ss having been satisfactorily .settled a few days previous. ..

ThOmas F.-.Donahue. Jr., our new postmaster.- took possession of the 'po­sition of the offlce oh Monday, • .

Dr. Kilbourn'• atid family are get ­ting settled in their new home resi­dence on.Pleasant street.

•Walter Sargent, son of "William M. Sargent, of Ayer. returned home from the Groton hospital this week.

D. "Wyman Gibson came home last -week on a vacation from Dartmouth college.

Henry A. Johnson has a netv s ix-cylinder Buick automo'bile.

"Mr., and Mra. AVilliam'P. "Wh.irton have returned from their stay in tho south. ; , . . •

Mrs. Helen Eddy Chrlstensen wns operated on for appendicitis at tlie Groton hospital last Saiurday and is doing as well as can be expected.

A letter from Rev. C . W . Turner, former pa.stor of. the Baptist church, states that seven- members were re­ceived on Easter Sunday.' Among the number were his two daughters. Olive and Dorothy. This makes twelve new members added to the church since his settlement in North Bennington, 'Vt., six months ago.

Rev. John B. Lewis, of Pepperell, •Will occiipy the pulpit of the Congre­gational ciiurch on Sunday mornin.i,'-in exchange with the pastor. Mem­bers of, the church, w h o on account of the inclemency of the weather wpro not .able to be present last Sur.day morning, are requested to preser.t their Easter envelope offering Sunday morning.

The forty-ninth .innual encampment of Massachusetts G. A. R. opened at Faneuil hall on Tuesday morning for a two-day.s' session. Comrades' Chas. H. Berry and E. S. Hlgley iittended on Wednesday as delegates from E. S. Clark post. Groton.

Tho April meetlnR of the Groton Bird club will be held on Monday evening, April 19. at eight o'clock. The place of meet ing will be announc­ed next week. Charles B. Floyd, vice president of the Brookllne Bird club, will talk on "Wild ducks."

The Village Improvement section of the Groton Woman's club will be h e l l with Mr.s. Fred W. Mansur on M o n ­day afternoon, April 12. at 3.30.

The public schools reopened Mon­day after a week's vacation for the spring- term.

The fire alarm oii Thursday .after­noon was for a brush tire or. the Riv-Grdale farm. F. L. Howe's place, on Farmers' ro-w.

Prof. Scott of Tufts college and Coolidge Corner. BrookUne, is visiting his sons "on Chicopee row.

Rev. G. M. Ho-we, H. H. Gay and . perhaps others from Groton churches

arid Sunday sch.iois attended the Sun­day school convention in .•\yer on Thursday.

Mi.ss Hannah L. Parmenter passed away carly Thur.sday morning at her late home on Court street. Mlss Par­menter was seventy-one years of age. born in Wayland. but has lived in Groton for about thirty years pa.st. She had been out of health for a long time, but had only failed perceptibly

"for thc past two weeks. During her long coplinemont to her home she Was pleased to receive her. frionds and was

.-- Jntercstcd and kept well informed on all that pertained to town and church ufr.airs. Miss Parmenter had for many years belonged to, the Baptist church

- here and to that elsewhere previous to uniting with the Groton church. T h e funeral will bc held from her late residence on Court street Saturday forenoon. Rev, William Breckenridge

' ' officiating. The interment will "be In • -SWa-yl&nd. She wtis ,in aunt of Mrs. F ^ G e o r g e T. Stevens of this town and of

"i-Jlflgs Mary Parmenter. teacher In one ot the Groton schools. Her nearest

'-• . re lat ive la a brother. -* ' '•- M i * Blleri Roache Blakcney, wifo of

Burp^"B'a-''o"*y' <"*' "* ''*'• home on . ' 'Tfuesday," April 6, of bronchial pncu-• "* tliohla." "With contributing concussion • ^ft*!* i fall. Mrs. Blakcney was b o m

Ih Ire land seventy-one years ago. F u ­neral senrtcea were held from the

- cathol ic church on Friday, April 9. •with Interment In Ayer. Besides her husband s h e Is survived by one son by a previous marrlasrc, Edward A. B o a c h e , of th i s to^yn; also, several Krandchlidren, three l iving In Qroton and one. In "West Groton.

T h e remains of Mrs. Green, T»ho formerly Jived on "West street with

• h e r brother's family , were brought to t o w n for burial on "Wednesday. She w a T a n aunt on h i s father's; sfde of Klmer S a w y e r of the -Martin pond road. . . ," • • .

T h e next regular , supper and social kt the Congregat ional cJiu^ch wlU bo he ld on Thnrsrfay ev-enlng, April 16.

The supper Is - under • the charge of Mrs. A. A. Woods. At the entertain­ment, under the charge of Mrs. "W. A. Brown, there -wi l l be musical se lec-tIoni< and a lady speaker f r o m . B o s ­ton, formerly of Littleton, who has travelled extensively and will tell of her travels and experience in India, She Is said to bo a most Interesting speaker .whom the people will bc glad to hear. . . .

Fred H. Torrey-has accepted the po­sition of, bookkeeper .at Groton' School and w i l l begin work .sometime next week.

"We understand that it is proposed .to bring soon before the town to be voted upon,an article or proposal a.<k--Ing that the town instruct the school committee to clo.se all the public schools otitslde the village and have the pupilH conveyed to the Boutwell school . This will of necessity compel what-win In eftect alriount to the drivr ing of. four new barges, taking the children now attending thc Moors." .Chicopee and Trowbridge schools.

Mr. and .Mrs. Arthur C. Tuttle nre at home, having arrived from" Sa'n Mateo, Fla., last week Thursday.

The Mlddlcsey-Worcester Pomona Grange met here with Groton Grange on Thursda.v,and proved a very inter­est ing and largely attended gathering.

Mrs. Ellen Coyne." formerly of this town, died at the home of her niece, i l r s . Margaret JIurphy, in Lowell oh Monday morning at the age of sev­enty-eight years al ter an Illness of several years. She was a native of Ireland. Miss Coyne lived in Qroton for a great miiny years, w h e r e she w a s employed.as a housekeeper, t^-ter she and her sister, i l i s s Margaret Coyne, purchased a house on Broad-meadow street; w h e r e they lived for several years. The latter died .March i, 1906. T w o years later the deceas­ed" became an invalid and went to Lowell , where for the past seven ;years she- .was kindly cared for by her niece. Mrs. Margaret (Davey) Murphy, who will also be remembered as a former Groton woman. Funeral services were-held in Lowell on Wcd-nesdaiy morning, following which the remains -svere brought to Ayer on the noon train for interment at St. Marj's cemetery. The deceased left no im­mediate relatives.

T h e Easter concert at thc Baptist church was given a large attendance. Revs . William Breckenridge, pastor, and.G. M. Howe, of the Congregation., al church, occupied thc pulpit. The mus ic of the cantata w'as grand and upl i f t ing, and a suitable clo.sing of Easter day sen-ices.

The' ta l l chimneys left standing af­ter the Mrs-; Peabody lire of March 27. were'such dismal and pronounced witnesses of the calamity that all the neighbors were.glad to have them d e ­mol i shed-a few days l.ater. In look­ing over the debris" it -was found that the old brlcked-ln Duteh oven, with the place underneath where in olden t imes the hot embers and live coals were put as they were shoveled from the oven, and closed in by an Iron door, w-erc all Intact. Mr.s. Peabody. of course, had not used the Dutch oven for b.-tking, but had kept a large supply of ;matches In the lower part of it, and on opening .the door the matches were found untouched by the fire and in as perfect condition as ever. The place had proved a good safety deposit. In spite of the fire and great heat tho Whole panful of one kind and large packages of an­other kind of rnatches'had not been lighted.

James A. Balley now l ives) rode up and shouted: .'Samuel, notify your men; the British are coming.' Mount­ing , the general's horse the young farmer rode at thc utmost speed, call­ing out the rninute-inen In his circuit which comprised the southerly part of t h e town now-,Included in the tow-n-"ship of Ayer. After riding a distance of seven miles in forty minutes he returned to his fnther's hou.se and afterward Joined his company at the church." • All this and much more concerning

MaJ^ Samuel Lawrence took place 140 years ago. The house from which he went -was the Mrs. Wi l l i am Peabody place Just burned dow-n.

It is of further historical interest that this samo Maj. Samuel Lawrence, after the war. e.stablished the Saniuel Lawrence homestead on Farmers' row-, the home of the late" J a m e s L.awrence.

According to F, M. Boutwell 's book on some old Groton homesteads, the W'llliam Peabody- huuse that w-as burned was built In 1770, ISS yoars ago. .. •

.K Word of .Apiireciation. It is Just and but fit and proper

that a few public words of apprecia­tion should be said of the long and a lways - faithf ul service of Kred H. Torrey, our ex-postmaster, recently retired from the charge of the Gro ton . po-stofflce. He "wa.s appointed by President Roosevelt twelve years ago a n d . has* continued In uninterrupted and p;<rfcctly satisfactory iservlce since that tlnie. About eleven years, ago he established, the R. 'F'. D. roiite which has pro'vcn such ii success , pat­ronized by a large riumber of people outside the center., o f the town. Mr. Torrey has i i o t ' o n l y been faithful, but has carried \yith the ' duties re­quired of his positiori. a helpfulness and courteous assistance extended to all of wh.atever iige « r condition.

So .strong a desire w-as manifested by the citizens that he be reappointed that a long petition containing hun-di-eds of names and led b y ' t h e most prominent and influential men of the town w-tis sent to Wa.shington. D.. C.,, asking that his serv-ice be continued. But the evident undeviatlng policy of the administration, "to the victors-be­long the spoils." has been applied in this case; as in all others when possi­ble, . ' .

-W'liilo the public rogrots most sin­cerely the loss of our former jiost-master it has no unkind feel ings for Postmaster Donahue. The best' wish that personal or political friends can hold for him is that he may att.aln to that high standard of efficient faith­fulness and popularity reached by liis predecessor.

plans Mr. Elwood gives advice when­ever w e . ask. for -it. Massachusetts has passed a" law- by whlcb a" town can appoint a planning board, which shall consider the lajing out of now streets, care of roads, tree.s. parks., etc.

Perhaps in thc future, a not long delayed future, Groton will decide to have such a board composed of men and women,; who will be ablo t o make better plans for tho improvement of our town than is possible for thc or­ganizations working separately to ac-.complish.

GKORGIAX.VA .\. nOl-TWKI.l,. President Grotou Wuman's Club.

Lawrence .-\t'adcniY Xotos. The spring term opened on Tuesday

w-ith a full attendance. . \ danco will be given on Monday,

.-^pril 10. in the town hall for the benefit of tho " Athletic association, i Valiant & Wheeler's orchestra, of i Leominster, wili furnish tho music.

Tho first baseball game of tho sea­son is s'chodulod with Lowoll Toxtilo school , at Lowoll. Saturday, ,\pril 10.

Historical Iji iulmark WliK-d tlut. When thc tire of March ;;7 destroy­

ed the ^Irs. Peabody .house it w-ipod j out an ancient landmark of historical interesi ahd import.ance in Groton. | T h e solid oak and probably hand- | hew-n timbers on that fateful day j burned as though reluctant to yield ; to the fire demon devouring thom. i

Records show that " -'E.nsign Na- { thaniel Law-rence in 1CS3. or o.arlior. J bought a f.-irm on tlie 'Mill-Highway,' i so-called, n.ow tho road to .\yor. about [ three-<iuartors of a milo :.:outh of the center of the town and near tho 'In- ! dian Hills.' This estate is now tho residence of William Peahody."

In his book. "Historical records of tho Lawrence family." published in ISSS. the author. P.. -M. Liiwrence. M. D.. says; '-The homestead in Grotnn. ' now ow-ned .and ficcupled by William Poaboly . lias an intoror^t to xhe Law- , rence family on account of its t-:ii-U-and later .•i..;soci.ations. Tho hon..,i . is a somowhat prominoni'landmark be­cause of its elev.ated jiositi^.p. ..n a ridge overlooking .lamos- brook, -phoro j is nothing in its outw;tr<l aspoct ti. dis­tinguish it from hiindroils of thrifty Ifioking farmhouses scnlterod ^tvor , Now England. To t r a c thi- ownt-r-ship of this homestead tmnx ttu. (l:iy.i [ when tho dusky Redman .-till l.irkf-d ' in the heighborhood has in en a i,U.:ts'-ant task.

"Ensign Nathaniel L-iwri-nco 3ivr-.1 i here somo ye.ars. h.-i\-in;: purch.-isf-d probably in 1CS3. Early in rh- fol- ^ lowing year ho bought of J..hn Morse ; a four-acre lot .adjfilnin^- his farm. : and bordering on tho Grf-.-ii road to i Koston and thc Indian hills. Aftcr-w.ard tho estate came into tho po.-i- ; session of Danlol Cady. .who sold i t ! May 1, 1707. to Jonatlian Whitcomb.! a tanner. On .March 2, 1710. the place w-as sold to .Samuel Barron, who own­ed it for nearly forty years and -AIM conveyed it with olher lands. Docorr.-ber 19, 1748. to Amos Lawrence. Thus the latter, influenced partlv by practical reasons and partly by senti­ment, acquired the former home of his gr.-indfather Nathaniel, Here his children. Amos. Jr., Nehemlah and Samuel, were born.

"In 1785 the .place w.as Inherited by his eldest son Amos nnd after his death In 1798 It was ns.slgned to his widow Betty and her children. She died In 1822. The farm then beeame the property of her son, As.a Law­rence, who continued to live there unti l 1838, when he w-ent to live In Belvldere, III., with his only son, Ben­jamin Franklin Lawrence. After 1838 tho homestead p.asscd into other hands and has been owned succes­sively by Andrew Shattuck, Stow-e Hildreth and Will iam Peabody."

Some very interesting facts and tra­ditions are given In these "Historical records of the Lawrence family." Thcy show much military spirit of tho sons of Amos Lawrence.

"Thc first Intelligence of the bat­tle of Lexington reached Grotpn at ten ,o'clock In the forenoon of April 19th. Samuel Lawrence was at work ploughing In the field "near his home ( t h e very field of this "WUllam Pea­body farm) when his neighhor. Gen. Oliver Prescott (who lived where

To the Editor: Ma.s.sachusetts through ils agricul­

tural college at Amherst .offers help to the farmers and towns of The state In laying oUt roads, proper sites of buildings, sanitation and beautifying parks and roadways. The Groton Im­provement society, now the Civic sec­tion of the Groton Woman's club, thought it w-ise to avail itself of this help. This organization In the y e a r s since it was organized has done much for the improvement of our vil lagt; in keeping the sides of the .streets clear, of jiapor, etc.. caring for the commons and in other "ways. It w-as thought best by them to avail them­selves of this export help. -

I'rof. Elwood came to Groton, April 1. as has already boon noted in theso columns. In the morning • he rode through the village, visil ing the L*om-mons from George -I'roscott's liouse to cemeterj' and around Farmers' row to Grotort School. In the after­noon he gave an informal talk, w-hieh was attended by most of the members of the committee on parks.

He lold us of work done in many places, showing tho nood of different plans for tho larger towns, the grow­ing towns and those like ours. He emphasized tho idea that led us to ask his a.s.sistanco. that it was wise to havo a ctimiirehensivo plan mado for all the parks so that thoy should lie harmonlou.s, and produce at the same time varied results. He lold us if we began in a haphazard w-ay,that as wc progressed and gained in knowledge we were likely to need to do over much of our work, which added to the expense. That if we had a plan made we did nol need to spend more money oach year than wo had usually spent, but that every dollar spont would show in the general re-si:It. He told us. novor mentioning nanies cif course, that he made .a plan for a Jiark which was to cost five thou.sand dollars. When shown il was urged that thoy coiild not ali'ord it. Ho s.ai(l,you spend annually tlve hun­dred dollars, it will t.ake you ten years to Mnish this plan, but each year for the live hundred dollars sjiont you will have more to show tnan when you spent the money be­fore you had the plan. Thoy wore .so pleased that threo t imes livo hun­dred <lo!!ars was ajijirojiriated the -irst yoa r. •

It was especially noticea'olo in all j his remarks the iiractit-al sense ho ' showed, not advocating oxjionsi\-o s(-homos. He .s.aid it was unw-iso to make our parks into lawns. That thc iijikei'ii. meaning frequent mowing. etc.. ainoiinted to so much money that littlo was left for improvements. Tnat tho caro necessar.v for kcejiing i.'rass in good condition and green was all that was wise lo undertake. He ajijirovcd of the undulating ground, only tilling such holes as wero so deep as to hold the water. Ho suggested planting of shrubs, and not undorta4<-ing Uower beds of annuals. That as our town w-as a wintor town that wo should h.ave spme shrubbcrj- and trees that were attractive in w-inter.

He etiiphasized the Idea that 'some­thinK should be done to rnake thc grounds around the tow-n hall attrac­t ive He spoke of thc .approach along tho raUroad boing so attractive, that the station gave .a good Impression and that the town hall was thc civic center of the tow-n and represented the culture of thc tow-n. That it was seen by every-one who came here and we wero Judged as a community by that. Tho building was good but the grounds should bo made attractive, a proper setting for the buUdlng. In short that as a tow-n we ought to make as good a show-lng as we -could

He also dwelt upon the point that thc different organizations of the town should work In harmorty In Im­provement: no one organization should wish to obtain the credit.

The Improvement society does not expect to carry on this work, a s It will be planned above. All t h a t "Wo hope to do is to make a beginning this year and each year to do w h a t wo can. We hope other oi'ganlzatlons may do their part.

Thc plan o( asking Prof. Elwood to make plans for us s eems to bc thc best plan for the town, a s a whole to adopt. He Is an expert In his profes­sion arid the expense Is much les.s-than it would bc if wo employed, an expert not paid by the s t a t e W c pay, onjy actual expenses. The- work on plans Is under his supcrvl.slon antl the cost Is twenty-flve cents an- hour for his helper. In carrying out these

West Groton.. Mlss Bridget -Mornii of Fltchburg

was a recent guest of friends hero. C. R. Dudley has obtained .a posi­

tion ih Fitchburg and remains in the city during iho wook.

C. E. Blood and .Michael .Moran are w-lth other West Grotonitos ih Wul-pole. -

Wobster Harrington, who has been with M. F. MoGowan since leaving high school, has entered the omjilby of 1. G. Dwinell of .-Vyor.

- L e e Blxby left town this week on Tnesday and cards received at his home announce his employment on a large farm in . \mherst. He considers that ho has been fortunate In sccurii.g so quickly t h e - k i n d of position he" sought.

Mr." Flaridy has' obtained work on the railroad and leaves Aycr each ^morning at six o'clock. It is reported also that Mr. Malloy is eriiploycd on the B. & A.

The Uncertainty that has been, felt concerning the rebuilding of the leatherboard is ended. The now mill, larger than the old. and of brick con­struction, is to be erected in the very near future.

H. -Spauldlng spont Wednesday In Boston.

Gtorge McCurd.v, of Dorchester, w-as In town this w-cck.

The Boy Scouts w i l l be coached for baseball . by a .stUdcht o f Groton School. They .will ^ncet on the usual Held a t four o'clock on Friday- after­noon, April 16. for their first prac­tice this sprins.

Mrs. M. P. Lano. who suffered an ill turn some .weeks .ago. Is now" able lo w a l k w:Ith but little a.ssistance, and hopes to gain still more rapidly .as warm weather apjiroachos.

Mls.s K. A..Tarbell is entertaining a friend. Mrs. Mary Peckcjulnot.

Frank Powell has been emploved at the Lowell General hospital as fire­man. A roport not verified, is that he will change to a position in Leom­inster.

The Ladles' .Aid socioty will moot on Thursday afternoon with .Mrs. G. 1. Woolaver,

JIrs. A. W. Lamb is ontortaining a guest from Walpole.

The Five Hundred club clo.sed for the season -with gentlemen's nig'ht on Wednesday evening at tho hall. Mem-bens, . subst i tutes and guests, thirty-si.x players, were present who passed a most enjoyable evening. Ladles-first prize, a bou<iuot of pinks, w-as won by Mi.ss Lizzie Jarvis. while H. Spa'uldlng captured first prize for men. a pack of cards, ice croani. <-.ake and wafers were servod by the commit­tee, assisted by .K. F. Hates and G. H. Bixb.v. • '

The wind blow- and snow fiew on lasl S<aturday. but the Boy Scouts met as usual only to hoar that the scout­master could not be with them for it was "moving day" at the doctor's and there was much l o d o and help was scarce and-^righl here the noisy shout. "We'll help the doctor out. each and every loyal scout." and away they hiked to Groton. Thoy brought and carried and lifted, cut brush, picked up and jiiit aw-;iyjand'rendered assist­ance in various ways. Then followed a joily timo which the doctor .attended a hospital cai-o,- Tho barn proved an ideal jdace for wrestling and various sports dear to tho boyish hearts and liistly throut;!) the falling snow, wrapped in fur coats and robos, and bundled one and all Into the doctor's auto thoy were taken, each scout to his nwn clocir by thoir appreciative scoutmaster, .a happy climax to ono of tho man;, ii.-ijipy timos exjiorionood by Wo.'it Croton .Scouts.

LITTLETON News Itonis.

.Mr. and Mry. John Wrisht. Mr. and .Mr.--. I". .\. Patch. .Mr. and Mrs. F, H. Hill. -Mis... Hazol Wright were among tho number nf those w-ho went to tho Grange m e t i n g in Groton Thursday. A fine tini", with splendid jirogram and ajijK-tizint.' dinnor was rejiorted.

.Mrs, '.\rthnr Wright, of .Mlston. was a. visitor- ut William J. Dodds' this wook,

Mrs, Hen: town. \v;i> -Mrs, I>, S, w-ook,

-Mrs, T'i-. 11., is v:s! Bortrio" ill

Rolibins. of Now-:ho ;,- uost of hor mfithor. ^^•hitcomil, tho first of the

ili.-on. of Fitzwilliam. N. x: bor daiightoi-. Mrs, J. Kott. of Harwood avonue

I-'rank liiil,hard, instructor in Cor­nell uni-.-.-r-i-y. and liancfo wero mid-wook ,-ii.>;v ;,; his father's on I-'oster str(-f-t.

Will-.:,,:, Huiiiiard. of New York, was :iii ..vf-r Sundav guest of llis father, .s, I;, Hubbard'.

Hev, H I;, Drew, formor jiastor nf • -;•-: c-hurch in Littleton, bas

:i^cejited a jiositinn .as pas-.M'.rristow-n, -N", J,, Baptist

the l;;,i rocenll;. tor in c-liurcli.

The K,sKr concert givon bv the children -i tlu. Baptist Sunday school dosor\es :, -ood word for all who wero rev|„,,,wii,ip {(,,. |t„ marked suc­cess, "llu music, the .speaking, the exorcises. .,nd the palsor's talk com­bined III n):il:o a splendid program. Mlss Kuth itobinson. Sunday .school suporintemlont. w-hose efforts arc so constant and successful, again mani­fested her intorest and thought for tho wolfaro of the Suriday school by

•pYescntini; a carnation to all thc yoUnR.'.r members and most of tho old­er porsi-ins in the school, and much credit i,s due her for the excellent ccn-cert.

Tho Misses Sanderson are taking the bound trip leisurely, coming from Chleago to Cincinnati, then up through the Alleghany arid Blue Rldgo mountains of Virginia, and on to Washington for a few days, thence to Philaik-iphia, from which city we last received Intelligence of their travels/

Mrs. LeiKhton. of Hollls, N. H.. was the week-end guest of her sister, Mrs. Irank Dndge. ot Klni? street.

The F,. n. Woodbury Xamlly Is out of quarantine and Mr. Woodbul-y and his children have returned home. Beatrice Woodbury has been staying at Everett Kimball's since her return from Washlngtoti.

The high school honors have fceen .announced as belonging to Hazel Morse, Laurice Flagg and Faith Fair­field.

Ralph Libby, a nupll In Amherst grade schools, has fjeen at home for the spring vacation.

Tony Mallse. who 'works .as section hand on the Boston and Maine ra lU road track, had his ankle badly In­jured by the handcar Thursday af­ternoon, s lv lng Dr. Christie another of his long; series of accident calls.

Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Conant have the prevailing grippe cold.s..

"Willowdale," the dratiia given by Ayer Grange was certainly a splendid performance given beforo a very ap­preciative but not crowded house. Wc can truly endorse the words of com­mendation publlshod In the Ayer column In regard t o the cast and their very clever work.

Mr. and Mr.s.'AV. S. Proctor are en-Joying a box of ripe fruit recentiv re­ceived from relatives In Florida.

Mr. and Mrs. Goorge H. Barker, who have been sojourning In St. Petersburg, Flu., arrived'a few days ago In Wash ington . D. C , In a snow­storm.. They are'now. having delight­ful summer weather. , Thoy attended Easier services a t - the president's church and saw liresident IVilson and his daughter.- Mondav thev attondod egg rolling .on the White House lawn and a concert by the Marine band. They are evidently enjoying the beau­tiful city. '

The! minstrel show on .Monday eve­ning is progressing on Its w-ay to lho big event of the s'eason.. Lots of music, funny sayings, Joltcs, etc.—everything up to the minute and original. The' local Hits are also worked up to date with new fealures. •

On Tue.sday evening is the caf<-chantant which'IS cau.sing considerable speculation .as to w-hat,ll l.s. follow-cd by-dancing. Music furnished by New­ell's orchestra of Marlboro. An en­tertainment with unusual feature.s, dtiring which time ice cream, tonics, etc., w-lll be served.

In his - sermon at the Unitarian church tomorrow- morning Rev. O. J. Falrfleld will, by request, preach" a doctrinal and denominational" scrnioiT on the need of a .sane and ,sw-eet spiritual religion, explaining w-hy Billy Sunday thinks he hates the Uni­tarians so. There wilt be no evening service.

Herbert Wliitcomii is a member of tho oast in tho Tech show, "Getting acro.ss.-' whicii wi l l be twice present­ed in Boston Opora hou.se noxt week Saturday for the Hrst time. The per­formance w-lll be i^epeated In Maiden and at Smith co l l ege Northampton.

Thc MLs.ses Fanrile and Gertrude Sanderson are expected home t h e l a s t of this Week or the Iirst of next week.

Mi.ss Dorothy Blodgett, of Concord high school faculty, is at home for the E.aster recess this Week: .also. Evelyn Woodbury, of the freshman .class in Concord.

Miss Marion Whilcomb. of the Wheelock kindergarten irainingschool. is spending her vacation at tho old homestead.

A company of about twenty mem­bers o f . t h e .L'nited Workers'attended, the missionary meeting at Mrs. George A. Cook's on Wednesday afternoon. MLss Elizabeth Houghton, vice presi­dent, opened the ,meet ing , and after the brief business session, following the report of Miss Susie Robbins. sec­retary, sho presented the leader. Mrs. Thomas Blodgett, who took charge of the devotions and called' ujion Mrs. J. G. Alvord,and Mrs. Carrie G. Le­land. both of w-horh gave v.aluablo and very helpful talks on "The child at worshiji." advancing their own ideas and experiences and adding much by way of Illustration. The meeting aroused much thought and intorost on the subject of christian training of chiidren. Aftor tho repetition of the Lord's Jirayer in unison the ladios en­joyed a brief social.

The studio reception slated for Ajiril 11. has been jiostp<ined to Tues­day evening. April I'O, .and will be Kiven at lhe Congrogationai vestry as jiroviously jilanned.

.Mrs. Carrie G, Leland's Sunday school class of boys met al the par­sonage with their teacher on Tuesday ovening and spent an hour or two very Jiieasantly. They jilayed thc It.allan finger gamo iiitroducod by .Mr. Al­vord. and this rosulled in a lie be­tween Gordon Lovo and Howar<li Kim­ball. , The boys h.ave taken tho namo of the Nashob.ah class.

A church calendar from .Ml'Saints' church of Now York gives the ordor of four ser\-icos for Easier Sunday. fine fit the chants was the Comjiosi­tion of the organist and choirmaster, V, C. ICdwards. of New Vork and Lit­tleton.

Thc public are looking forward in high expectation to the minstrel and v.audoville ontert.ainmont to bo givon undor the ausjiicos of iho Clioral so­cioty in the town hall fin Ajiril 12 and 13.- Flyers and posters, aro ovory-whore. the managers have dono scime clever w-ork b> way of proji.ar.atlon. and from tliolr wit and witticism, as well as thoir Jino chorus jiractice. wo have reason to .anticijiato "a first-class ontortainment.

The Odd Fel lows h.ive boon for­tunato in making arrangements with the management of thc Shirley In­dustrial school to h.ave tho boys of tho schooi ijive ono of their famous minstrel shows in the town hall on Friday, April 23. Tho boys have re­hearsed all w-inter for this entertain­mont.

.Mrs. Law-roncc loft Florida Ajirll 4 and arrived home tho middle of tho wook. Her sojourn in the "Sunny South" the pasl five inonths has boen very delightful.

Roland Fletcher spent Easier with his' home peop le Richard G. Co­nant. of Pas.salc. N. J., was also w-el­comed Into the home circle on Sun­day.

.Miss Cora Warren, of. Boston, is resting from her school dutios for a week and Is at her father's for the vacation. . • • ,

Reciprocity day will be observed at the Woman's club on Monday after­noon", and members of clubs In the neighboring towns' have been invited to be present and take a part In the program. As tho Woman's club meets thc second and fourth Mondays of each month .during the club -sea­son the meetings are usually every other week, but sometimes they are three-weeks apart, a s Is the case this time. Not ft few of our- cltib ladles were planning to attend last Monday since the last meeting w-as two weeks previous to that day. A glance at the constitution will help out. tho memory In regard to the club days.

Littleton' w a s visited last Saturday by one of the worst storms this sea­son. Snow plows were broiight Into service Sunday morning on roads and sidewalks, . There 'are people In town who remember a snowstorm that totally eclipsed this In severity, which 'camo thirty-nine yenrs ago Monday, April 6, tho day on which Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Drew wero^ married. On that occasion tho Invited guests met with serious dlfflcfiltlcs In, their at­tempts to pass throvgh the driving

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Geo. B. Turner & Son and drlftlDB snowstorm to the home of the bride, w-here the w-eddluK was solemnized. - .Iohn HoWTird wa.s at work trim­ming trees in his f.ather's orchard last week when he fell lo the Kround. a dl.stance of ten feet, and dislocated two bones in one foot, necessitating the use of a plaster cast.

Willard A. .Mun.son has received'his | appointment as farm asent for Nor- 'i folk county and has already be^un his w-ork. The family will probably move to Dedham. . During their resl"-dence In lown Mr. and Mrs. Munson have taken .a genuine interest In the community and given freely of their services for the good of Its various or-Kaniz.ations, They carry the best wishes of a host of sincere friends,

Al Gilmore. the well-known horse trainer, of West .^clon. has moved inlo summer <iu,arters at the trotting park. Russell street.

The funeral of the lale Myron Go­ing, of Somerville. w-ill bc held in the Unitarian church. Littleton, Saturday afternoon, April 10. at two o'clock. iJr. .Going's death occurred In a Fall River hospital. He and Mrs. Going, who was Maria Taylor, daughter of Henry Taylor, were residents of Lit­tleton m.'iny years during their early life. Burial will be In the family lot. •'Westlawn cemetery, , beside 'Mr. .and -Mrs. GoinR-s only child. Ken. w-lio was stricken down in m.iture manhood a few-.years a^o.

The Odd Ladies will hold a food sale next week Saturday afternoon in the Baptist vestry, beginning at two o'clock .

Dancing lessons will be resumed this afternoon by .Mrs. White In the .afternoon and by Miss Weeks In the evening.

Allan Smith is reported convales­cent. Hiram Hrown has been more comfortable the last few days.

The legislature adjourned on "\Ved--nesday out of respect to the late Kx-governor Curtis li. Guild.

Bird evening was obser\-ed at the Grange on Wednesday night. Mrs. G. W. Prouty opened thc program w-lth a piano solo, entitled "Birds In summer." Ivo .RusseU read a lec­ture on birds nnd a series of slides showing the birds named Tn the lec­ture, lent by the Audobon society, and very well presented, to the audience by means of the rellectoscope was In charge of Principal Charics H., Cum­mlngs. Many of the pictures w-ere very beautiful. "The song sparrow," a. poem, was read by Mlss Edgerly; Mrs. Susie Smith sang w-lth pleasing CfTect, "Mother MacCreo."; ' Mrs. Prouty playing the accompaniment, and a bird selection w-as read by Mlss Augusta Smith.

A m o n g the Littleton Grange m e m ­bers w h o attended tho. Mlddlesex-'Worcester, Pomona Grange meet ing In Grotori on Thursday wero Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Barrow, Mrs. Charles L. Smith, Ma. Charles F. Johnson, Ed­ward Blgelow, Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Cook, Mrs. John H. Kimball. Mrs. Charles A. KImbaU and Mrs. Clyde Crane.

Many LItUcton peoplo are suffering from severe colds and sore throats. A m o n g the victims aro Alexander Gregory, who has been- very miser­able; Albert Hall, w h o lives with Mr. Gregory, and Peter DeSlIvlo's children of Taylor street. -

El lsworth, second son ot • George Bonnell , has recently undergone ari operation for the removal of adenoids.

MIsa Hawes, who has been spend­ing t h o year ,at E. C. Jones', w-as call­

ed to her home In Xew York through sickness in tho family, and loft town last week.

.Mllton. only son of E. M. Ruggles, has been desperately sick with double pneumonia, bul at time of writing H slightly better.

AYEE To tlie Editor:

Ourir.g a strike of street railway employees in an Arizona city during the past, winter the automobII« was pressed into public service. So suc­cessful was this method of transpor-tatioi) that they soon appeared jn many of the cities of the Paclflc coast as competitors of the electric l ines, -•is these jitney busses did much of the short haul passeiiger service their activity was an annoyance and caused m a t e r i a l l o s s of income to the cor­porations. About one hundred wero doing business in Spokane. 'While the city council was considering an ordi­nance Imposing,bonds and restrictions upon their operators the state legisla­ture passed an act covering tho sub­ject and requiring a $2500 bond t o protect the public. Without doubt this will materially restrict the n u m b e r u s the surety coiripanles must exact a heavy premium for such risks.

These bonding companies havo been meeting heavy losses of late In these parts. The National Surety Company was behind the state treasurer o l Idaho, who was defaulter to th© amount of $.50,000. The county clerk of Spokane, Wash., who went out of office early In January, and w h c is still at large, is another victim of be­liig about ten thousand dollars be­hind and bonded by the same company.

With a responsible company to pay judgments against these owners of j itneys no doubt they would bo the victims of designing passengers w h o would bring many accident cases .

Regarding the foot and mouth d is ­ease this state has been practically immune though there w a s one con­signment ot blooded stock shipped from Wisconsin to Spokane during the winter that were condemned, kil led and cremated in that city. Thc loss of $25;000 was shared etjually by tho state and the owner. No other caaes have been reported. In this , state.

The commercial and booster clnbs throughout the coast are very act lre In solicit ing tourists to the fair to look over their bargain counters of farm.and city property. The Stato of Washington, besides approprlatJns generously for a building and ezUltit . will spend 160.000 In advertising IK-eratnre If Governor Lister's recom­mendation materializes. The entire coast hopes to proflt from the, b ig fair which will be Indirectly the means ot Inrestment of eastern capital In Tarl-ous parts- of the c o a s t

D : H. KELCH. Cheney. Wash., March 11, 1916.

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"The dally labors Of the ^Bee. Awake my soul to Industry: Who can observe the careful Ant. ..nd not provide for future wantr '

Pubscrlberr are urged to keep their •Mhccrlptions paid In advance.

. Saturday,-April, 10, 101.>.

AYEE KcT -s i tems.

Chief Beatty received notice from Natick. his home town, last week that be had been drawn as a Juror for tho civil session of the superior court v.-hieh opened at Lowell la.st Monday morning. Thc chief was excused irom such d.uty as the luw exempts chiefs of police from .serving as :urors. ' ,

S A T U B D A i Y , A P E I L tO, 1915 Rev. and Jft-s. A. D. Stroud", with

two children, of Ipswich, came here Tuesday o n a v U l t - to -Mrs. Stroud's parents; Mr. and JIrs. Samuel J. An­drew-. Mr. .Stroud leaves this Satur­day and Mrs. Stroud will remain two weeks longer. -Mr. Stroud Is a -well-known former pastor of the Methodist church here. He Is meeting' with notable success In his present pastor­ate. Last- Sund.ay llfty-elght new members were admitted to ,his church and more are expected.

E. D. Martell- and Krancis Lovejoy attended the G. A. R. convention In Boston this- -week as delegates from George S. BoutweU post. James J. O Brlen. past commander of the po.st, also attended. Mr. O'Brien and Mr. Lovejoy hold the positions of .a ids to tho national commander. Ruel .Scru­ton and Holden C. Harlow represent­ed Capt. George,V, Barrett camp. S. of \ . Past commanders- E. E. Saw­der and John C. Diivcnport also at­tended as delegates. It being the rule that past commanders arc by virtue of their positions entitled to sit In all conventions with all the- powers of >f". M 'IS'=''<'<"««<1 'delegates. .Mlss M.

The hearing on the petition of the Zlrt^llT,^LTelt\ottttS^^^^^^^^^ from George S. Boutwell corps. Mrs' Mary A. Beverly., of Aver, and Mrs! Abby •WeUs, of Shirley, .also attended

lelephono company arid the Ayer Klectrlc Light Company for permis­sion to set poles for their joint use on Jackson. Groton, Main, High, and i'ond streets took, place before thc board of scjectmen in their room In tke tow-n hall building on Wednesday evening. There were no remon-Ktrants and the hearing closed.

.Wililam C. Doherty, of the lirm of Doherty Bros.. Lowell, informs us that he had J28.000 Insurance on his pat­terns and other property which w-as

'- burned In the Chandler machine shop at the big Hre on March 25.

George H: Brown has returned from his trip to Washington and New •York.j • The Infant daughter of .Mr. and Mrs. Herbert A. Downing. Prospect street, that was born on March 29. died on y»l)ril S. a little over a w-eek old. -

Rev. and Mrs. Thomas L. Fisher, rector of St. Mark's Episcopal church,

- Leominster, goes on Monday to Lit­tleton and will occupy the summer residence of Judge Sanderson for r6st a few day.s. .Mr. Fisher was the form­er vicar of St. Andrew's ehurch here.

-Mrs. Elizabeth Tarbell, w-Ife of Abel Putnam TarbeU.' son of Peter Tarbell of this town, died at the san­atorium in Pembroke, N. H., of pneu­monia, where she had been for treat­ment for three weeks. The remains were brought here oh April S for burlai in Woodlawn. cemetery, w-hlch is to.take place ori Saturday afternoon, April 10. She was born In Houlton, Me., and w-.as married In Xew Bed­ford eight years ago to Mr. Tarbell. Her maiden name was Elizabeth .Nedeau. Her home was in Man­chester. N. H., and she was forty-six years of age.

Chorlotte Sanderson, daughter of Judge and Mrs. George .K. Sandcr.son, who w.as here over the Easter 'holi­days, relurried this week Tuesday to Walnut Hlll school In Natick. Their !-on. Bennett Sander.son. returned lo "Vale college on "Wednesday.

Llev/eUyn T. Savage; son of Mr. and .Mrs. .Melville L, .Savage, who came to his home here Tue.sday of last w-eek to spend the Easter holidays,.returned to Worcester .academy to resume his studies on Wednesday of this w-eek.

A daughter w-as born lo Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Beers on April 9.

^•Iss I'earl Carley lett on Tuesdav for a six-weeks' visit In Philadelphia and Washington.

Mr. and Mr.s. Charics Perry and son from Edgewood. K. I., have been the t;uestK of Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Cushing.

Those Intending to take part in tho military whist siven next week Thurs­day evening in the town hall by»Ida .McKinley chapter. O. E. S,. are re­iiuested to make an effort lo be pres­ent .at eight o'ciock sharp, as the schedules have to be made up and Iho.se coming late will not have an opporuinity to play.

Thc Sunday morning service nt the Unitarian church at 10.45 w-lll bc held in the church auditorium. The pastor will take for his .subject, "The crea­tion of the world." This will be thc firsl in the series of sermons on the following subjects: " "The creation of the world." " T h e crc-itlon of man." "Man meets temptation." "Man slns," "Man learning to live In his environ­ment." "Man's ultimate goal." .

The civics class met yesterday after­noon at the high school. Tho subject was .a general review of govornment as related to the United States. The speaker w-as Mr. Peck. It w-as a meot­ing of unusual Interest. The next meeting will be ori Thursday. April la. and , fortnightly thereafter. This ch.ange is made to accommodate the institute lecturers. Dr. Bele Is prom­ised for the next l ime.

-Mrs. A. M. .Sargent is the guest for a few d.ays of her d.aughter, Mrs, Jen­nie Johnson, in Winthrop. She will .attend some club meetlng.s with her daughter.

The Unitarian Sunday school open­ed .a series of Easter concerts last Sun­day a.fternoori at four o'ciock. The

• program Included music, bihic work and recitations by Ber.vl Proctor. Irene McCollester. Gladys Proctor. Dorothy Carman. Margerie Fletcher, Elizabeth Proct'ir. Cleo Baker. Helen Authler. piano yolo by Marlon Dwinell, .a story by the superintendent. Mr.s. Barker, and brief address by the pastor. Rev. L. W. Sanford. The church was very prettily decked with yreen. plants and flowers by the Girls' cluh.

Mrs. Susan M. B.arker attended thc heal th conference of the St.ate Federa­tion held last Saturday In Boston In the rooms of lhe New England Wo­m.an's club.

At the Sunday m o m i n g service of the Congregational church the pa.stor will spe.ak-on the subject, "The heroic Christ." The subject for the C. E. meet ing will be "Getting ready for the next life." Tho evening service will be omitted on account of a union meet ing at the M. IC. church. Be ­ginning with April IS, the time of the evening service will bc seven o'clock. Instead of 6.30.

There will be a uriion meeting at the M. E. church on Sunday evening at seven o'clock. This Is Intended as a

• farewell service In honor of Mr. WIschmeler, who closes his pastorate' In Ayer on that day. A general In­vitation to bc present Is extended to the publlo.

The Unlthrlan Soclal Gothering will meet at the home "of Mrs. A. C. Per­kins on Tuesday, April 13, at threo p. m. -

The future plans ot tho Chandler Machine Company, whose plant wos destroyed bv firo on March 25. are at present unsettled. Thc Company In­tends soon to occupy •, tempprary quarters In the SIgsbee Company's building on Central ayenue. The com­pany Intends to Jicglri w-ork In about two weeks. In the account ot the fire we were misinformed about thc controlling Interest, In tho company, a s It Is a stock company.

-•V stranger has been about tow-n re­cently trying" to .oass checks on. thc unsuspecting public. The people are, warned to bo on the watch for hlin.

Webster Harrington-, of West Gro­ton, has accepted a position as drivor of thc order w-agon and clerk In 1. G. Dwinell's store. He takes the place of Leon Brlggs,' who concludes' his duties this Saturday evening. Mr. Brlgjis leaves In about a week for Ixis Angeles, Cal.. and later will visit other points of Interest In that state.

Charle-s F. Worcester, associate Jus­tice, h^s given a decision In favor of Frank C. Drew, of Westford, the .plaintiff In a cLvU suit tried here rc-ccntly. The action of contract brought by Mr. Drew- w-as. against Joseph H. Boardman. a milk contractor, of Som-trvllle, whom the plaintiff qiUegesfall-ed tb pay him for milk delivered by him. There were six other suits brought against Boardman bv resi­dents of We.stford. t was agreed by counsel that the case of Drew against Boardman should be tried and w-hat-tver the outcome, the plaintiffs In the other suits should be governed ac­cordingly. The following are :the amount-s awarded by the court: Frank C. , Dr.cw S134.13. Amos B. Polley t39.7S. Guy R. Decatur $39.84, Frank "VV: Banister $18.-S8. Arthur Coif $25.92. Samuel L. Taylor $21.64. Ch.a.s. H. Whllney $19.64.

Chief Beatty had ten wayfarers a s lodgers at the police .station ori Wed­nesday night. This Is the record night for the year In-numbers. They w-ere arr.aigned In court on Thursday morning and their ca.ses were filed, .which Is their usual disposition.

Charles W. Mason returned Mon­day after tho winter's sojourn In Seminole Heights, P'la. He says that the winter there w-as unusually cold for that .section and not-.a day passed but that It w-as necessary to wear an overcoat for comfort. Although the temperature there was not very low-thc dampness of the air makes It feel mueh colder than the thermometer Indicates.

The Baptist Y. P.. U. will hold a social this Friday evening at 7.30 in the church ve.stry.

Thomas A. .Martin, of Aver, and Mlss Ruth H. Hayden. of We's't Towns-end, w-ore united In marria«e at the home of the bride's mother. .Mrs. Sarah Winship, .Monday afternoon at 2,30 o'clock by P.ev, .S. IX Klngrose. pastor of the Highland Baptist church, Fitchljurg, The .single ring, service was used. The bride w-as at­tended by Miss H.ae Low-e., of .Shirley, and the groom's bi-other. George Mar­lin, of Ayer. was best man. The groom is a well-known antl popular lineman of the telephone company with headquarters in Ayer.

The asMe <*ors•. Charles tV. Mason. Warren L. Preble and Charles C. Wood, .are making their annual rounds looking up asses.s.able proper­ty. They do not intend lo slight any-on<?.

George S. Poulius & Company have procured a Ford truck for use .at their new store in Brookline. The truck was put into commission on Friday of this week.

"Every inch a king," in two jiarts. featuring Francis .X. Bushman, thc famous actor, will be the leader In the moving picture shows this S,aturday. "Everything against him'" will be an­other good one. "Little Mlss .Make Believe." "The winning whisker.s," a Kalem film, and .a two-reel Keystone comedy w i n comprise the remainder of the bin. Matinee at three, evening at eight.

We notice" that In the sun^ouiidlng towns the state flsh .and game commis­sion is having tho ponds stocked with fish every year. So far Ayer seems to be entirely Ignored In this regard. With the good pond.s in the limits of tho town it .seems only fair that they should receive at least some attention from the .state commission.

The "hearing on the petition of the Lowell .and Fitchburg .Street Railway Company for permission to extend its tracks from Its western terminus on Main streel to the eastern terminus of the Fitchburg- and Leominster Street Railw-ay Company on the same streel .over the present location of the W.orcester and Nashua r.ailroad cross­ing was held in the selectmen's room on Tuesday evening. Ch.arles F. Baker, of Fitchburg. attorney for the company, spoke In favor of the grant­ing of the petition and described the location of the proposed extension on a plan which was prepared for the ptirpose. There were no remonstrants and ^the selectmen took the matter under advisement.

The Ladle.s' Benevolent society of the Congregational church w-lU hold a meeting In the parlor of the church on Wednesday afternoon .at 2.30. Work will be ready.

At the annual meeting of tho Mid­dlesex Country club held on Tuesday evening. April 6. the following were the ofncers elected tor the ensuing year: Howard M. Beverly, pres.; Holden Harlow, v. p.; Eugene S,' Barry, sec. „and treas.: , Kenneth Clark, John Traqualr, 'Salter Wlns­low, governing com.; -John Traqualr and 'Walter Wlnslow.. grounds com.

A large number of the members and guests of the Aycr Woman's club Attended tho riicetlng on April 7, to hear Mlss Laura-A. Brown, of West Acton, speak on Indian basketry. She explained the symbolism ot the dif­ferent weaves and patterns In a very Interesting way and showed the audi­ence a number cut baskets of her own weaving which were niade of such materials (is raflla, meadow grass and porcupine quilts. The Barry trio tur -nlshcti music before and after tho talk and responded to encores. Chil­dren's day will be observed on Satur­day afternoon, April 10, at 2.30 In Hardy's hall. An enjoyable program

has been planned for their entertain­ment' under the direction of .Mrs Frank Bonnett and .Mrs. Lols Porter The literature class win meet with -Mrs. Clara F. Hlll on "Wednesdav af­ternoon, April 1 i, at three o-clo'ck. '

E. A. W'hltney. received a new" lot of western horse:* this week. They arc an extra fine lot.

"Ayer, In common with the rest of the eastern section of the country, suffered from the most .severe bllzzarti In years last Saiurday. The snow-drifted badly In places and walking was extremely dlfiicult.' The snow was driven by a fierce northeast w-lnd which added much to the otherwise disagreeable conditions. Snov.- plowa w-erc out on both electric lines keep­ing tho tracks clear, an uniisual sight for April. The storm, coming at this late season, , caught evervbody un­prepared, which added much to the general discomfort. ; One. ot the most singular "cases 'of

assa'ult ever committed here occurred at the home of Dr. L. D. SuUlvan on Pleasa,nt .street at 8.l.i on Wednesday eyenlng. At that time the ofllce door bell rang and when Mr.s. Sullivan, the doctor's wife, who was alone in the hot i se 'at the time, opened the door she was struck in the face by some unknown per.son who quickly escap­ed.. Mr.s. Sulilvan was somewhat bruised from the assault and for al time was unconscious. The doctor; who w-as down tow'n, was" serit tor arid cared for her. The person who com­mitted the assault Is still at large.

• Walter C. Sargent returned from the Groton hospital the first of the w-eek where he recently-underw-ent a surgi­cal operation. He is-able to be oiu.

A s o n ' w a s - b o m to Dr. and Mrs. R. H. Wylle at- the Clinton ho.spital on Tuesday. .

Mrs. John. F. Lcrifz. who was re­cently operated upon a,t the Groton hospital for appendicitis. Is expected home on Sunday.

Mr-dnd Mrs. C. W. Brfggs, of West stroet, attended the sliver wedding an­niversary of Mr. and .Mr.s. -Thomas Gardiner, of Lowell, la.st week' Fri­day.

"Kitty's nightmare." In five acts, was presented by the Ayer Dramatic club In Page hall on Thur.sday even­ing. Sunder the supervision of Lucius Fairchild, with lhe following In the cast: _ Fred W. Burrlll. Izora M. Kelleran. Evelyn N. Fairchild. Tliomas A. Klt­tredge, Blaiiclie IJ. Whitney. Harvey McCollester, .-\rthur H. .Mason. Evelyn P. Sanderson, .Arthur W. Colton. Lucius C. Fairchild. Archer W. Nutting, Her­bert G. Whitney. Ruel Scruton, A. J. iJugas. A. Double, .Iohn M. Wallace, George Barrow.s. Mildred Sanders. Dal.sy Beekford. .Mice Sanderson.

Suriday wi i r 1/e the last Sunday ot the pre.sent conference year .and also of the present pastor.ale at the Methodist church. Sunday school w-lll be held a l len o-clock. preach­ing at eleven and evoning at seven. Opportunity, for baptisms and for uniting with the church will be given.

A regular communication ot Caleb Butler lodge of Mason.s will be held on Monday even ing April 12. al ".'30 o'clock. Work—Fellow Craft degree.

'Dr. Norbert Wiener of Cambridge will soon establish another Harvard record, that of being the youngest lecturer enrolled on the college board. The Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences has jusl authorized the ap­pointment of the twenty-year-old savant to give a course of lectures on "The theory of knowledge"" during the first half of the academic year, which starts In Soiitcmber. Dr. Wiener's matriculation at eleven years in Tufts college wax %vldely commented on. . \ t fourteen he w-aS a Bachelor of .Arts. After his eight­eenth year he was i.warded degrees of Master of Arts and Doctor ol'l Philosophy. This is his second yea^ as a holder of a Sheldon traveling fellow:ihlp and his college year was to have been spent In Cambridge col­lege. Eng.. but for the War. Dr. Wiener Is t he , son oi Prof. Leo Wie­ner of the department ot Slavic languages arid literature at Harvard. He Is a graduate of AVer high school.

.An Easter carol festival service for­the children of .St. .Andrew--s will be held on Sunday evening at 7.30 o-clock. 'The story of the resurrec­tion'- will be sung by the schdol and the girls ot Miss Elizabeth Sabine's cla.ss and of .Miss .Marion Farns­worth's class will sing a special carol. Plants in blossom will be given oul. All members of St. .Andrews are In­vited to this bright service. There will be no morning service, but the Sunday school wiil meel at twelve o'clock as usual.

The following rhetoricals were giv­en at the high schofil tliis week Fri­day: The UOK and tbe ('amc-l

Kll7„'ibc-th -Murray Thc r.aee Kc-nilell \-. Pierce >Vas the Man Kilinl?

CJi-ncva M. Richards The Power of ." OHK iJforge .M. Crowley A Sketch Helen Savago l o u .Never C:in Ti-il Mason P. Wllllama .Angela's .\Iisslo:ulry iilTcrlnK ^, , I'ccella .Maynard The Jfstfr Con(!e:n;u-(! to Death

William W. Drew Piano ."Solo Irene <i. Hassam" A Shaker P.oniaiic-o .Marlon .1. Polch Famliy Counci! Harold .A. Griffln Cutting from (j-.iincy .Adams Sawyer

, , Nancy S, Keegan In the C.overnors rifflce .Merrill 1,. Webb The Willing Worker P.uth K, Zoller The (-rate of .Society rnni W. Carrigan

would receive 11.000,000 In lieu of dower, rights.. The will gives Mrs Davis 1100,000 and joint occupancy o t ' T h e Reet»," the Davis home, here, with Mrs. E m m a B. Audrews of Wash-^ Ington, D. C ' The Later, who for many years was a inc-mber of the Davis -household as companion for Mrs. Davis, Is given $50,000 outright a l l - t h e contents of the Davis home! the gardens and meadows adjoining.

EuKtcr Sunday: The following program wa:j given

at the 'Baptist chur'ch on last Sunday evening at 6.30 by the children of the Sunday school, and was in charge of Warren L. Preble, .superintendent of the school:

Songs, school; rc'.-jonslvi.. leadinK and prayer: recitations, lielen Whit­ney, Frank Harmjin, Cora <,-urtls Ed­na Mosher, Dorothy ''haiKllcr, Gladys Plllman, Avis Chandle.-, .Minta .Mosher Lucille Hollls; sonj;. p:-|riiary depart­ment; exercises, Gladys I'iiinian. Helen Whitney. Carrie I'le.st-otu .Marguerite Rand, Etta Corkum, AntiU Hayden Dorothy • Preble.. Kly:.. :uid Evelyn Harmon, Gretchen 'foiUlard. Marah Whitney, Lillian Ly<.ii, jcri Prescott Edna King, Chandler .Mosher Evelyn

.Harmon, Edw-ard l-iliman. leir.a'rks pastor; 'benediction.

At the; Methodis' ehurch this pro­gram was given and was in charge of H. J.' "Webb. superinlenOenl of the Sunday school, the exerciyey begin­ning ht severio'clock:

Songs, choir: recli.-:;;onH, Kvelyn \ a t e s . Charles Frcs; D.jns Parrtu-

.Melvln McDowell, Pi„ra .McDonald. Annie Luddlngton. .lohn Webb Her­man McDowell, Etta Green, i.:velvn Taylor, Elsie McDowell. Ceorge Mill-son. Marlon Webb., Uuth Downln" Marlon Davis. Alfred Yates • Carrfe McQuarrlCr Stella Taylor; tllaloKue three girls , of primary cla».s; duet "i know that my redeemer lives," .Mrs Adanis and Mlss Anna T.aylor*-- sonir" Mlss Murray-s class: solo. "The'Easter morn.", Dorothy Daniels; dialogue young ladles' class: «O.-IK, nrirnary class: dialogue. chllUrcn of the orl­mary class; song, -•-The gloi-.- ef the mOrn," choir.

The- following program was given at the Cbngrcgationai church at five o'clock: • • .

Opening chorus: rosiionsive reading-prayer, pastor: sonK. -scliool. recita­tions. Margaret .M:irsh«|). , Freddl" Cobb, Donald- Taylor. Huth Stone Edith Wlnslow. Isabelle Traqualr Laura Pray, Robert Winslow, Donald Martin. Evelyn Johnson, Helen Stone: songs, school: song, primary «l.as3i song. Barbara .Dicke:m.-;;i: dialogue Eva Wallace, Marlon Stone; exercise "A better, country." .t.;ris:er ey.t--eire' ten girls; hymn: bcn'-(iict:o:i.

Sunday School .•\s.s<>(.ii,tloii. • The anriual meetini-- <d the Ayer district Massachusetts Sunday Sehool association wa-s held in the Methodist church on Thursday. The proeram of the day was carried out -.w announced In this paper last week and was very-Instructive and Intere.sting,

"These offlcers were elected for Ihe coming year: H. J. AVebb. Ayer. pres.;. Rev. L^H. Mor.se. Still River, v. P.;:Mrs. Jennie M. McLean, Aycr, .sec. and treas.; --secretaries—Miss Helen Hardy, Ayer, elementary division-; Mrs. iMaroI,a Parkhurst, Groton. teen age; L. F.' Wilson. Pepperell, adult division; Rev. W. M, Ford. Aver, teacher training; Miss Altie F. Howe. Shirley, home dept,: executive com­mittee, division secretaries. A. S; How­ard. Townsend; Rev, GeorKe M. How-e. Groton; Mrs. Hiram .Sa.-Aler. Littleton.

The district comprises seven towris. containing 20 schools. 225 officers and teachers, 1463 scholars. 8 home de­partments, 4 02 members. 12 cradle rolls, 293 merabei-s. There are seven towns In th.o Aver district, including Aycr, Grotori, Shirley. Littleton. Har­vard. Townscrtd and I'epperell.

Dinner was served in H.a.-dy's hall by the ladles of the Ayer churches. About 150 were present.

have to overcome past traditions and pr^udlces regarding this question

The great argument in favor of votes for .women Mrs. Park said, was that where It was tried it w a s a suc-ccfs. Toda.v, said the socaker the movement has spread to many states, most of them in the West, which ro-gethcr-with Alaska, which is also eq-ual suffrage territory, compose 49% Tho r';.!^''"'"'*' '" ^^^ U""«^ s tates . 7hisf?rH? "P""'' of the movement In this territory was a still stronger proof ."Lit,*"''"'" '" " '^°'-'>- "an-ounce of theor • '"* * was worth a pound ot

.,7^" srantlng of suffrage to women does not neces.sarlly imply Hiat wo­men would be candidates for ofllce tb .'iny j-reat extent. Experience has shown that In the . equal suffraKC states very fow women hold otllcc and fev.-er still hold tho principal ofllcee The publlc positions held .by women arc as a rule ot a less Important grade and w-omcn are not particularly anx­ious to hold offlce. ,btit thev do ask that they be allowed to express by ballot their opinions of matters con­cerning welfare of the state and the candidates for ofllce. who. If elected should enforce the laws fol- the bene­fit of all.

•Mrs. Park handle'd her subject in an able rtianner and at the close of her address she was given applause. She answered many questions w-hlch were asked by those present and her alwayis ready, replies showed that frtie was entirely familiar wi th her subject

Several of the,Sutrragfe' club com­mittee, of which Mrs.'-Theodore W. Barry Is chairman, attended the meet­ing. To Mrs., Barry Is the credit due for procuring such an excellent speak­er as Jlrs. Park, T h e usual lunch was .served. , :

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DLstrlct Court. The Inquest on the death of Henry

Crelghton, who was killed In Tow-ns­end on Thursday, April, i , vras held' on Thursday morning. Judge Atwood presiding. .

Dr. Frank S; Bulkeley: medical ex­aminer, ot Ayer, thc first' witness, staled that he went to the B. & A. D. Fessenden .cooper shop In West Townsend on the night of the accident and viewed the body. He found that the dead man had his skull fractured and his head partially crushed. Death was due evidently to the fall of the elevator which resulted frOm a broken chain. Thc doctor arrived on the" .scene at 9.40 p. m.. and trohi the ex­amination which he made should say that the man had been dead tor sev­eral hours. The Injuries noted above were responsible foi^. th6 dealh of Crelghton.

Thomas F. Mullln. probation offlcer of the local district court, testified as to an Investigation made of the accident and drawings m a d e ot the premises by direction of the court.

Charles A. Packard, the chief en­Klneer of the shop for eighteen years, .staled th.al he last saw Crelghton alive at 3.15 In the'afternoon on the fatal day; was familiar with the ele­vator and ,thc machinery about the building. The elevator dropped be­cause.'of a weak-link In the Chain on one side.

The remaining w-ltnes.ses, W. S. Whitlock. the blacksmith;. W. T. Hes.selton. foreman of the yard, and H. A. Wilson, all employees of the firm, failed to throw- any material light on the case. The court reserv--ed Its decision.

Hot Store Club. 'Members of the club are hereby

notified that their presence at the meetings is earnestly requested In order.that the business can be prop­erly transacted. There are several important questions to be settled and more -are added to the list every few-days. The importance of holding reg­ular meetings therefore is plainly ajH parent. It is hoped that it will not be necessary to call attention to this mat­ter again.

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plan has been rapidly taken up l),v Studebaker dealers "in the iiopulouV automobile centers. 'While l(!cal con­ditions cause certain variation^ in it. In thc main the plan Is everywhere the I , ,.. ,,-• _ ._, . same. The car lb brought to the dealer !< "-"° would otter this explanation: on tho appointed day and yxnne over I The club will either disband when carefully. It come.s in twice lho :irs: j warmer weather arrives or else month and every 30 days thereafter change its name, w-hich ot course will for live months._ 1 i,e inaiipropriate when the hot stove a t ^ V n ' ^ c ; ; " T h ' ; ^ i ^ • f ' " ••'"'"^ -"•':'• i season has closed. In order to have at a Klance what is done on <*;icli vinit ; i, *i_ j • * . i « , there are 61 operations to bo ch^ck';! I ••"'' "''^ ''°'"es of meetings recorded off by the In.spector. Thus both dealer I "no*"" the present club name the ne-and owner know that the car ha.s Ueen "Cessity compels the club to rush mat-gone over thoroughly. The vital p.'irty • ters along, t h e future of the club

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name, who Ined at one time in Lit­tleton or Harvard, the place being un­certain. There was talk of bringing the boy to court for disturbing the meeting, but such action was frowned upon as the poor boy was only doing as he was told and meant no harm. The meeting then adjourned.

N e w AdTertlsements.

of the motor are Inspected anci ad Justed, valves, carburetor and i«nition .system. Then there is a careful scrci-tiny of the electrical system., starter. motor generator, Ilghts and wirintr.

Where thc owner, has been ncKlect-ful the fact is called to his attention. Thus he Is educated to givo his auto­mobile proper care. -When he Inivs

will be disclosed later If a quorum ean be obtained.

A short routine nieeting w a s held last week. In the social hour that followed two ot "that reminds me" stories were told. One ot the mem­bers told a story ot his boyhood days w-hen the tamiiy were obliged to econ

his machine a card Is given him on • oniize on food. One of the staple w-hlch appear the dates upon which he i articles of diet was rye bread which

Contests Hnir-BrotlUT-s Will. .Mr.s. W. H. .Atwood is contesting

thc will of her half-brother. Theodore M. DavLs. of .Vewporl. It. I. .Mr. Davis w-as a noted Egyptologist; and

-his will makes specific bequests ot $200,000. .Mrs. Atw-ood. under the w-lllj would receive a part of a trust fund, and she h.as not yet stated the reason for her contest.

A contest over tho will of Theodore M. Davis, the F:g>-ptologlst, Is Indi­cated by the filing of a bill In equity by his widow. .Mr.s. Annie, R. Davis. The w-lll came up for probato In Newport, R. I., but the bill acted as a stay. The qualification of Thomas L. Manson, of New "i'ork. as executor Is the only official.progress In the case. There probably arc not sufllclent funds In the state to dlspo.ie of the $200,000 In personal bequests ot Mr. Davis, and It may bc necessary to sell part of his famous Egyptian col­lections. This collection. Including the m u m m y and thc gold-lined tomb of Amenhotep, IV., Egl-pfs "heretic king," and other antique pieces ex­cavated under Mr. Davis' direction, was conditionally bequeathed to the Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York. One condition was that, should the estate prove InsuBlclent to meet the several other bcqucst.s, tho collec­tion; or part of It, .should be sold. In her bin In equity Mrs. Davis seeks to purchase the entire collection, turn the funds Into thc e.state, and pre­sent the valuable antiques to the museum aa the gift of Mr. Davis. In another proceeding which she has an­nounced she will soon begin she seeks to establish thc existence of an .agree­ment with her hu.sl>and by which sho

should bring it in. Several day.s before each of these, some dealers .send po.st-card reminders. The owner must ad-hero to the dates. Otherwise there w-ould be congestion in.the garage and delays annoying to oWhers. If a date Is mls-sed. a speclall. engagement must be made.

In practice It Is working out that owners who have enjoyed the SLUle-baker .systemic service plan .ire .anxious to continue Its benefits, some­thing one can do by the payment of a monthly fee. A nurnber of men who

BOABD OF SELECTiyiEN Aycr, Mass, April 5. 1915.

Notice is hereb> g l \ en under Chap­ter " 100 of the Rc\ l scd Laws that "VVILLIA.M BROIVN has applied for a license to sell Intoxicating liquors .as a druggist of the Sixth Class at No. 12 Page-s Block, Ajcr, Mass , flr-st floor, and basement for storage

JOHN D. CARNEY, 2w31 Chairman of Selectmen.

was usually hard to eat. One morn ing he was served a piece ot the bread, its nearest rival tor hardness being stone. After vainly trying to puncture the crust- with his teeth he went to tho back door and threw ft at •A large ox standing outside. Thc bread struck the aiiimal In the head, killing him instantly. Several .skep­tics were outspoken in their belief that the story was slightly exagger­ated, but the member said he could

purchased .Studebakers before the prove it. The proof, however, Jias not plan went Into effect, with cars in use I yet been produced "" '"^ nS''f'o'"r?h''"s:ll,r"'*""• •"*' "'"• •"•>- The second story related to a dls-ing for the service.

Interesting Address. "Equal surtrage" •was the subject

of an Interesting and timely address which -was delivered by Mrs .Maud Wood Park, of Boston, before the members of the poard of Trade at its regular monthly meet ing on Wed­nesday evening.

Mrs. Park said that equal suffrage is coming not only to Massachusetts, but to thc ent ire-nat ion. -The time when jiUfhsO-result ,Will bc achieved Is uncertain, but It Is bound to come within the next decade In the nation and state, and very probably in the state before that time.- She advanced the usual rea.sons why women should be given tho ballot, auch as their right to vote on all matters affecting the home and In other matters in which women naturally are better able to deal with thain men. .Women also who either directly or Indirectly pay taxes, and nearly al l are Included' In both cla.H.ses, should have the rleht to vote as to how their taxes are "ex­pended. . ^ .-^ - ,

_By-combining the wisdom and the eftorts of both sexes toward good' gov­ernment. It ean be readily, seen that much progress could bo niado along this line than Is. now possible where only about half the cItlTens vote The agitation for equal sUfTrage began In Massachusetts and N e w y o r k • In the East, but the ftrst state to give votes to wonien was Wydmlng. a. western ?^'";- J^}^" '• '"^°" f o r t h l a Is that the West being a comparatively new sec­tion would take up a ne-w Idea quicker than tho states In the East which

BOAED OP SELECTMEN Ayer, M.ass., Ap'rll 5. 1915.

Notice is hereby given under Chap­ter 100 of the .Revised Laws that GEORGE H. HILL has applied for a license to .sell Intoxicating liquors as a drugghst of the Sixth Class at No: 7 Page's Block, Ayer, Jilass., first floor, .and basement for storage.

JOHN D. CARNEY, 2w31 Chairman of Selectmen.

/''•-V'TBD—A Competent Girl fbr gen­era housework. Must bc a good plain cook. MRS. EUGENE BARRy, Ayer.

TO LKT—A Pleasant Upstairs Tene-S w l l .°'-,?.®.T.S" '•<"""s. Inquire of MRS. EMMA WOOD. 63 Washington Street Ayer, Mass. , 2t29

cussion between a "drummer," other­wise called a traveling salesman, and aa old settler in a rural railroad sta­tion not many miles from Ayer. An argument started, it is said, on politi­cal matters and in a tew minutes thc discussion grew pretty hot. For sev­eral minutes the subject was argued pro and con with neither having any apparent advantage. It was therefore agreed to call It a draw. The drum­mer then asked the old settler how far it was from the railroad station to-the business 'section of the town, to which the latter replied: "About a mile and a half up the road." "Why on earth didn't they build the railroad station nearer the town?" inquired the dn im-iner. - The old settler grinned and said: "I don't know- why the railroad station was not built nearer the town, but I suppose the reason was that ther wanted to have the, station near the railroad.:' There was ndthlng further said.

During tho' social hour the meeting was disturbed by a boy upstairs wbo" was trying to find oiit "Why should the spirit ot mortal bo proud?" No one seemed able to answer blm be­cause he kept repealing the question over and over again. Finally a com­mittee of two," consisting of th's ser-geant-at-arms and one private, decid­ed to make Investigation. It Was tound that the boy was rehearsing a well-known piece ot poetry -wHtteh by a man named Knox or some such

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SHIELEY N e w s I t e m s . ° •' ' A l b e r t H . . S h e r m a n , g a m e w a r d e n , r e c e i v e d l a s t w e o k K r l d a y t r o m t h e s t a t e ' fish o n d g a m e c o m m i s s i o n s i x c a n s o t - w h i t e p o r c h w h i c h h e d i s ­t r i b u t e d a s t o l l o w s : O n e c a n Ih I t o b ­bins" p o n d , o n e c a n In D e a d p o n d , o n e c a n In W h i t e m i l l p o n d , o n e c a n

• In P a p e r m i l l p o n d a n d t w o c a n s In K e s e n - o l r i p o n d .

M i l l i e P a r k e r h e l d a v e r y p l e a s a n t • E a s t e r p a r t y a t h e r h o m e o n L a n ­c a s t e r r o a d l o s t S a t u r d a y a t t e r n o o n w h i c h w a s . d e l i g h t f u l In c v e r y p a r t l c -u l a r . A d a i n t y l u n c h w a s s e r v e d a p ­p r o p r i a t e to E a s t e r a n d e a c h l i t t l e

• g u e s t w a s t h c r e c i p i e n t o t a n E a s t e r e o u v e n l r . T h o s e p r e s e h t Were V i r ­g i n i a 'Whcc l cr , A l i c e M c D e v l t t . F r a n ­c e a H e r s o m a n d D o r i s K n o w l e s .

M i s s M a r g a r e t L o v e a r r i v e d h o m e on- M o n d a y t r o m D e l a n d , F l a . . w h e r e

. s h e h a s b e e n a s s i s t i n g 111 a l a r g e , h o t e l . , "

J . C. A.ver l o d g e . A. O. L'. W . . w i l l h o l d U s r e g u l i i r m e e t i n g o n M o n d a y e v e n i n g .

S t a n l e y F . W h i t e , of Y a l o c o l l e g e . . I s s p e n d i n g . f : a s t e r h o l i d a y s a t h i s

h o m e In t o w n . M i s s e s G r a c e T e w k s b u r y a n d A l i c e

H o r t o n , o f C u s h i n g a c a d e m y , a r e s p e n d i n g t h e E a s t e r h o l i d a y s a t t h e i r r e s p e c t i v e h o m e s . -

M l s s G l a d i - s E i s n e r , o t W o r c e s t e r , Is s p e n d i n g a t w o - w e e k s ' v a c a t i o n a t h e r h o m e in t o w n . . • . . -, A d a ELsner i s c o n l l n e d to h e r h o m o •with t h e g r i p p e .

Mr; a n d Mr.s. E . H . Alh?n s p e n t t h e E a s t e r h o l i d a y s a t t h e h o m e o f t h e i r d . i u g h t e r , M r s . Dana" B . S o m e s , B o s ­t o n . ;

T h e a n n u a l p a r i s h ^meet ing o f t h e C o n g r e g a t i o n a l c h u r c h wi l l b e h e l d o n M o n d a y e v e n i n g in t h e v e s t r y a t 7 .30 o ' c lock . . T h e A l l i a n c e m e e t i r i g h e l d a t t h e

• h o m e o t M r s . A t b l c J'. W e l l s l a s t w e e k T h u r s d a y p r o v e d m o s t e n j o y ­a b l e . A r e a d i n g wi i s g i v e n hy M r s . G r o u t a n d r e t r e s h m e n t s w e r e s e r v ­e d b y t h e hostes . s . T h e f o l l o w i n g o f ­l i c e r s w e r e p r e s e n t e d by t h e n o m i n a t ­i n g c o m m i t t e e t o . b e v o t e d u p o n a t t h e a n n u a l m e e t i n g In t h e F i r s t P a r i s h c h u r c h . S h i r l e y C e n t e r . A p r i l 2 9 : Mns. L u c y J . M e r r l m a n , p r e s . ; M r s . M a r y M. Xlckle.s.s. v, p . : M i s s A g n e s M. H o l d e n , rec . s e c ; Mrs , L a -

: v o n n e J. E d g a r t o n . cor . s e c . ; Mr.s. l 6 i t e E . H a z e n , t r e a s .

T h e U n i v e r s a l i s t s o c i e t y h a v e e l e c ­t e d t h e f o l l o w i n g offlcers for t h c e n ­s u i n g y e a r : B e n j a m i n S. B i n n e y a n d G i l b e r t . M. B a l l o u . d e a c o n s : J. E d -

•Wln P o m f r e t , c l e r k ; Mrs. M a r y M. N i c k l e s s , t r e a s . ; Mrs. H i t t i e W . E v ­a n s , co l . ; M r s : F l o r e n c e M. B a l l o u , a u d . : T h o m a s L . H a z e n , F r a n k H . W h e e l e r . H a r r y H. L y n c h , p a r i s h c o m . P r e p a r a t i o n s a r e b e i n g m a d e t o r t h c r e c e p t i o n of R e v . E . L . H a l f -a c r e , t h e i r n e w p a s t o r , w h i c h .will c o n s i s t of ro l l c a l l a n d s u p p e r in t h e e a r l y p a r t o t n e x t m o n t h , .

M r s . C a r r i e E . T i l d e h a n n o u n c e s t h e e n g a g e m e n t o f h e r d a u g h t e r , M i l d r e d E d g a r t o n T i l d c n . to B u r t o n W o l c o t t C a r y , o t B r o o k l i n e . S i n c e h e r g r a d u a t i o n f r o m S m i t h in 1 9 1 3 , M i s s T l l d e n h a s b e e n e n g a g e d in s o ­c i a l a n d e d u c a t i o n a l w o r k . Mr. C a r y la a g r a d u a t e o f t h e M a s s a c h u s e t t s I n s t i t u t e of T e c h n o l o g y , c l a s s o f 1 9 0 8 , a n d is a t pre .sent e n g a g e d in t h e p r a c ­t i c e of l a w in B o s t o n .

T h e I . a d i e s ' A i d s o c i e t y o f t h e U n i -, v e r s a l l s t c h u r c h w i l l h o l d i l s r e g u l a r

m o n t h l y s u p p e r a n d e n t e r t a i n m e n t in t h e c h u r c h n e x t W e d n e s d a y e v e n i n g ; S u p p e r wi l l b e s e r \ ' e d a t s e v e n o ' c l o c k . T h e e n t e r t a i n m e n t w i l l c o n s i s t o f v o ­c a l a n d i n s t r u m e n t a l m u s i c a n d r e a d ­i n g s .

T h e M e n ' s c l u b of t h e U n i v e r s a l i s t • church h e l d i t s r e g u l a r m o n t h l y m e e t ­i n g in t h e c h u r c h v e s t r y o n M o n d a y e v e n i n g . A n o y s t e r s u p p e r w a s s e r v ­e d w h i c h w a s f o l l o w e d w i t h a v e r y e n t e r t a i n i n g a d d r e s s o n C a l i f o r n i a b y L e w i s L . P.-\rson.s. w h o is o n e o t t h e m a r k e t f r u i t g r o w e r s of t h a t s t a t e .

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W i t n o s p . \\'i::;itri T, Vorbea. Es^iuiro. .luilKo of sat. l ' • . , ; : • liiin thirtiet-h • d a y of March , iii •! . . . ...u- o n e t h o u s a n d nino hundr.-d :" 1 i:tt...-n. 3w30

i i A l i i i v :; • •: w i i i i i ) , n e g i s t o r .

C O M M i i N \ V ; ; \ i . 7 i i iiK .MA.SSAOHU-SKTT.S. .Mi.l.r •- v - s , i ' r o b a t e I 'ourt .

T o the h.-ii-,--I- : .w n.^xt of k i n a n d al l o t h e r p-ryf ,. - ,- .-rested In thc e s ­t a t e of ALVA 11 !• .STK'KN'KY. l a t c of T o w n s e n d in , ,. ,t '•.>:]nty. d e c e a s e d .

W h o r e a s , a i;n i n s t r u m e n t p u r -port lnK to ll- I,- as t w i l l a n d t e s t a ­m e n t of said : ,i.i,.d h a s b e e n p r e ­s e n t e d to -.ai.l I ,•;,:. for P r o b a l e . by K R A N K w ,--:'i' KNBV. w h o p r a y s th.-ii I c t l e i s :• • ,:: . i i t a r y m a y bc Is ­s u e d to hm;, • .. . . xecutor t h o r e l n "SI".'"'',' " ' ' " 1 " - " -• .!,.{ a s u r e t y o n h i s ol l lc lal bond

You an- h . . : . s . , : . . , ! tn a p p e a r a t a P r o b a l e C o n - -,, ,„ i;ol,l a t C a m b r i d g e In sa id Count ,.i Middlesex , o n t h e t w e n t y - s o c o n . l l,, .- of April A. D. ISl.'i. a t n ine o'l-;...-.^ ;.. the f o r e n o o n , t o s h o w c a u s e if I.T.:- you h a v e , w h y t h e s a m e s h o u b i IKI- \,O Kr.anted.

And said p.-t:i-.,.,..r ia h e r e b y d i r e c t e d to g i v e pui.ii. . noti,.,. thereof , b y p u b ­l l sh inK th i s f i a i o i i .)nc.< In c o c h w e e k , f o r three sijre.-.,,^... w e e k s . In Turncr -» P u b l l c Spirit , a n.-A-spaper p u b l i s h e d In A y e r . the last p i l i i i c a u o n to be o n o d a y , a t l e a s t , Iv.fore said Court , a n d b y m a i l i n g postpaid . ,)r d e l i v e r i n g a c o p y Of th i s c l ln t lon to all k n o w n ' p e r s o n s n t e r e s t e d in tho . .»tate. s e v e n d a y s a t

l e a s t Irefore sai.l Court W i t n e s s , ct inrips .1. .Mclntlre . E s q u i r e .

F i r s t J u d g e of .,aM Court , t h i s t w e n t y -s i x t h day or .March In t h c y e a r o n e t h o u s a n d nlfio h indrod a n d flfteen.

3.130 w . K P.OGKKS. R e g i s t e r .

NOTICK IK HKItKBY G I V E N t h a t t h e s n o s c r l b o r s havo been d u l y a p p o i n t e d 5,9!7''"'"'!"=»"^i'' of the c s t a t o of E D -VVAni) . \ . I 'RAH; l a t c of T r o y . In tho S t a t e of Now- vorti. d e c e a s e d , a n d h a v e i^..i«" V"", ""-i i isolves t h a t t r u s t b y ?. V!f^,!^r,'.' ""'' iHPOInUng C H A R L E S . ; . . J . ° ' * '"r-^''^''- of T o w n s e n d , t h e i r a g e n t , a s the )aw d irec t s .

All Per.soiiK h i v i n g rtomands u p o n t h e ^ i^ . l" . ." ' , ' '^"' •''"'''•scd a r c r e q u i r e d to exHlbi t till- ».-,tn", and a l l p e r s o n s In-rJT ~ , '" '••'''' "State a r c c a l l e d u p o n to m a k e pa-.-inont to tbe s u b s c r i b e r s .

H-\I'.Y K. COLE C R A I O , KAP.L c. CRAIG.

A d m i n i s t r a t o r s . 33 H a s k i n s St . P r o v i d e n c e . R. I.

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J O E W A L L , A u c t i o n e e r

P . 0 . Bo.'C ST -• . T e l . 4 2 - 5

G r a n l t C T l l l e , M a s s .

S c e n e r y a n d p r o p s f o r a m a t e u r d r a m a t i c s a n d a l l l e g i t i m a t e g a m e s f o r c h u r c h f a i r s . J o d g e s , e t c . A l s o , P a i n t s , O i l s a n d G l a s s . S e n d f o r s a m p l e s of W a l l p a p e r . 3 m l 9

Upholstering A t M c C o I l e s t e r ' s , A y c r ,

M a t t r e s s e s c u s t o m m a d e a n d m a d e o v e r . P a c k i n g . a n d c r a t i n g F u r n i t u r e t o r s h i p m e n t . C a b i n e t w o r k . I m 2 4

A . E . T I T C S , A.ver.

DAY OLD CHICKS From my Bred-to-La.v White

and Barred Rocks and Single Comb R. I. Reds, ? 1 4 . 0 0 per 100.

20 0. B. OLSEII.. Townsend Harbor, Mass.

T O T H E H O N O R A B L E T H E J U S -" T I C E S O F T H E S U P E R I O R C O U R T

"W'lTHI.N A.N'D F O R T H E COU.N'TY O F . M I D D L E S E X :

R e s p e c t f u l l y l i b e l s a n d r e p r e s e n t s I D A M . S H E P A R D o t S h i r l e y , in s a i d C o u n t y , t h a t s h e •was l a w f u l l y m a r ­r i e d t o A L D E . N W . S H E P A R D n o w o t p a r t s u n k n o w n , w h o s e l a s t k n o w n p l a c e o f r e s i d e n c e w a s S h i r l e y a f o r e ­s a i d a t T o w n s e n d In s a i d C o u n t y o n t h e tw-ent j ' -n in th d a y o f D e c e m b e r A. D. 1881 , a n d t h e r e a f t e r w a r d s v o u r l l b e l l a n t a n d t h e s a i d A l d e n "W. S h e p ­a r d l i v e d t o g e t h e r a s h u s b a n d a n d w i f e in this" C o m m o n w e a l t h , to w i t , a t T o w - n s e n d a n d S h i r l e y a f o r e s a i d , t h a t y o u r l i b e i l a n t h a s a l w - a y s b e e n f a i t h ­fu l t o h e r m a r r i a g e v o w s a n d o b l i g a ­t i o n s , b u t t h e s a i d A l d e n W. S h e p a r d b e i n g w h o l l y r e g a r d l e s s of t h e s a m e , h a s b e e n g u i l t y of c r u e l a n d a b u s i v e t r e a t m e n t o t y o u r l i b e i l a n t , a n d b e i n g o f s u f f i c i e n t a b i l i t y , g r o s s l y , w a n t o n l y a n d c r u e l l y r e f u s e s and, n e g l e c t s t o p r o v i d e s u i t a b l e m a i n t e n a n c e t o r h e r ; a n d t h e s a i d l i b e l l e e h a s c o n t r a c t e d g r o s s a n d c o n f i r m e d h a b i t s o t I n t o x i ­c a t i o n c a u s e d b y t h e v o l u n t a r y a n d e x c e s s i v e u s e o t i n t o x i c a t i n g l i q u o r s ; a n d t h c s a i d l i b e l l e e , o n or a b o u t .•\pril, n i n e t e e n h u n d r e d a n d t w o , u t ­t e r l y d e s e r t e d y o u r l i b e i l a n t a n d h a s c o n t i n u e d s u c h d e s e r t i o n f r o m t h a t t i m e t o t h e d a t e h e r e o f b e i n g m o r e t h a n t h r e e c o n s e c u t i v e y e a r s n e x t p r i o r t o t h e f i l i n g o t t h i s l ibe l .

W h e r e f o r e youi - l i h e l i a n t p r a y s t h a t a d i v o r c e t r o m t h e b o n d s of m a t r i ­m o n y m a y b e d e c r e e d b e t w e e n .vour l i b e i l a n t i n d t h e s a i d A l d c n W. S h e p ­a r d .

D a t e d t h i s s e v o n t e o n t l i d a y o t .March A. D. 191.',.

I D A M. S H E P A R D .

C o m i n o u w o a l U i o f M a K s a o l i u s c t t s

.Middlesex , s s .

S u p e r i o r C o u r t , M a r c h iil, lOl't. I ' l w n t h e f o r e g o i n g l l b e i , i t i s o r ­

d e r e d t h a t t h e l l b e l l a n t n o t i f y t h e l i b e l l e e to a p p e a r b e f o r e o u r J u s t i c e s of s a i d C o u r t , a t C a m b r i d g e , in s a i d C o u n t y , o n t h e first M o n d a y of M a y n e x t . Ijy c a u s i n g a n a t t e s t e d c o p y o t s a i d l i b e l a n d o t t h e o r d e r t h e r e o n , t o b e p u b l i s h e d in T u r n e r ' s P u b l i c S p i r i t a n e w s p a p e r p u b l i s h e d in A y c r in t h e C o u n t y o t M i d d l e s e x o n c e a w-eek, t h r e e w e e k s s u c c e s s i v e l y , t h e l a s t p u b l i c a t i o n to b e f o u r t e e n d a y s a t l e a s t b e f o r e t h c s a i d l a s t m e n t i o n e d d a y , a n d t h a t a n a t t e s t e d c o p y o t s a i d l ibe l a n d o r d e r t h e r e o n b e s e n t b y r e g i s t e r e d l e t t e r t o t h e l a s t k n o w h r e s i d e n c e o f t h e l i b e l l e e , t h a t h e m a y t h e n a n d t h e r e s h o w c a u s e , i t a n y h e h a v e , w h y t h e p r a y e r In s a i d l ibe l s e t f o r t h s h o u l d n o t b e g r a n t e d .

W.M. C . D I L L I N ' G H A M , C l e r k . .

. A t r u e c o p y o f f h e l i b e l a n d o f t h e o r d e r t h e r e o n . • A t t e s t ,

•W.M. C. D I L L I N G H A M , C l e r k .

CAI , ! . ON o r t e l e p h o n e 146-2 f o r F a r m , D e m o c r a t . E x p r e s s W a g o n s , S u r r e y s a n d T o p B u g g i e s , H a r n e s s a n d H o r s e O o o d s . A l l k i n d s of F a r m I m ­p l e m e n t s . W h e e l b a r r o w s . Etc . , a t B a r ­g a i n - P r i c e s . 8 e o o u r . D o u b l e T e a m H a r n e s s a t MO. A g e n t for R o g e r s & H u b b a r d ' s B o n e B a s e F e r t i l i z e r . F . B . PEI>CH. C a r r i a g e . H a r n e s s a n d I m p l e ­m e n t D e a l e r , A y e r . M a s s . it

DAY OLD OHIOES • W H I T E R O C K S , F U h e l s t r a i n , f l S p e r

100 . CUSTOM l i . \ T C H I ? f O , » 3 p e r 100 eggu.

O r d e r e a r l y

E. M. YOUNO Littleton, Blasg. A K C B I f o r "BXTFFAl.O'' IILCUBATORS

• B d B R O O D E R S i V r l t a f o r p a r t l c n U r a ' l m 2 1 »

THE MANY FRIENDS OF

Mr. H.F. Proctor OP LITTLETON

will be interested to learn that he is now connected with the great Boston niusic house of

GEOEGE LINCOLN PAEKER, 100 Boylston Street, BOSTON.

This firm is one of the best-known ih New England and handles full lines of EDISON DIAMOND DISC.PHONO-GUAPHs, VICTOR VICTROLAS. Complete libraries of Edison and Victor Records. KnAKAUEii, EMERSON, R. S. HOWARD P1AN0.S. PLAYER PIANOS, with full stock of player rolls.

ALSO A PINfi'LINE OF USED PIANOS OP ALL MAKES AT ATTRACTIVE PEIOES

Under George Lincoln Parker's own management is operated a

FACTORY AND COMPLETE EEPAIE SHOP for llie rebuilding or skilful repairing of pianos, player-pianos and phonographs. Only cxpcriciiced mwi are used for this work. Piano tuning, polishing o r - r e -finishing in your own house if desired. Call on or write to

George Lineoln Parker 100 Boylston street BOSTON, MASS.

. T^ elephone, 0.^ford 1971, or H. F. PROCTOE . ^ Telephone 12-5 LITTLETON-

BEGINNING SATURDAY, APRIL 10th And Continuing for Two Weeks

OUR FIRST ANNUAL

sprino Housef urnisnino Sale .Kitchen, Dining-Room, Chamber, Parlor and Living-

Room Furnishings, China, Cut. Glass, Lamps, Rugs . Curtain and almost every other Household Utility

AT REMARKABLY LOW PRICES In our sale stock we have one Dining-room Suite,

which we consider a most extraordinary offering, consist­ing of •

Dining Table, 54-inch top $40 China Closet $30. Buffet • $47 Silver Table $17 4 Chairs, Leather Seat, ea. $6 Armchair $8.50

Prices given are prices of articles sold separately. The nine pieces, complete, we will sell for $160. This set-will be displayed in our window.

J. J. Barry & Co. Main Street-

BARRY BUILDING AYER, MASS.'

"Lamson & Hubbard ' ' Hats yVlen of discrimination go to the store that sells them. They go there for style —they go there for vaiue—they go there for satisfaction

Look tor t he .store that d i s p i a y s t h e Lam,son & l iub i ta rc i S ign .

THe Next) Tewone DireGtoro Now m\m

IF YOU ARE A TELEPHONE SUBSCRIBER and are contemplat-. ing any change that will affect your listing in the telephone directory you should give your order at once.

IF YOU ARE NOT A TELE­PHONE SUBSCRIBER there are only a few days left in which to give your order sb that your name may ap­pear correctly in the next, issue of the directory. . -

The manager will take your orcler if you will eall him—free . from any teleplione

NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY

L. B. Vail, Manager.

;...«l><a«^^l^ftrt^tel^wiWlWww»«.%w»^»ww*w•'«^^^^ . i - j e~

N. A. 8PENCLR1 SON Wish to call your atten­

tion to their stock of

GEMETERY MEMORIALS

which they would be pleas­ed to have intending pur­chasers "inspect and obtain prices.

Ayer, Mass. F E A N K S. B E N N E T T

Successor to ARTHUR FENNER

Insurance Agent and Broker Main Street Tamer ' s B ids .

AYEK, MASS. MIoM C. M. • s tone, Pablle Trperrrlter

S A T U R D A Y , A P E I L 10 , 1916

Speedwell Farms

Pastuerized

Sweet Cream

Wholesale and Retail — BY —

Mullin Bros Main Street Ayer, Mass.

T O W N S E N D C<'ntor.

An iilarm for n Ktubborn brush lire on the T h o m p s o n lot on Bayberry hlll waH Klven l.out week Thursday afternoon. After the brush (Ire squad arrived on t.hc scene It was found necessary to ulve a second alarm. An area of about twenty acres was burn­ed over. Great credit 1» given tho lire Ilfthters In protectlnj; udjolnlnn property.

About thirty were present last week Thursdny at the meeting, of tho.Birth­day club hiid at thc home of Mrs. L. ' C. Jefts, with Mrs. Bertha Drake. Mrs. Everett Borneman, .Mrs. Levi Rich­ardson ai)d Mrs. Jefts as hostes.sea. At roll call the members responded with quotations from Longfellow. HcadlnKS wero Riven by the president, Mrs. Flora 1. Atwood, .Mrs. Lllla .Seav­er and .Miss Alice Seaver. During the social hour there was a Kucsslnn eontest as to the number ot seeds lii a (,'rapefrult. .Mrs. Helen J.cfts re­ceived the priK.e. tiucssInK nearest the correct number. Hefreshments were served by the hoste.sses.

Mr. and -Mrs. Leander C. Jefts and .Mr. and .Mrs. Kranklin K. Jefts at­tended the fune'rjil In Fltchburs of Ex-mayor Charics H. Blood, held from his l.ate home on Tuesday after­noon. .Mr. Blood was a nejihew of .Mrs. Leander C. Jefts.

Rev, B. A. Wlllmott, of Bethanv ConKreKatlonal church. Quincy, a. former pastor here, announced his resignation at thc cJo.se of the serv­ico last Sunday evenint,'. Thc rcslgna-tlon will take effect on May 1,- when he will a.ssume the pastorate of the Immanuel-Walnut avenue Consrcsra-tlonal church. Roxburj:. Mr. Wlll­mott has been in Quincy for three years.

T h e publlc schools commcrtccd on Monday after a fortnight's vacation. Mlss Florence Blalsdell returned on Saturday morning from Worcester to her boarding place at Dr. Boynton's, and Mias Bertha Held returned on Sunday afternoon from hor home In N'orth Reading to Miss J. Elinor Tower'H.

Mrs . . .Andrew J. Manchester,' ef Josselynville, has been on' tho sick-list tor a few days with the grippe, as has also John Campbell and Mrs. Sarah Dodgo.

Quincy Adams is iniiie ill with tho grippe at his hom(.

-Mr. and Mrs. Welsh and • famliy have moved from the Wilder cottage in Jo.s.selynville Into iho cottage on the grounds of the Helyrade Com­pany.

Edward .Morey, who has been stop­ping at the Baptist parsonage for n few day-s, returned on .Monday even­ing to his home In Worcester.

.Mrs. G. E. Walker and little daugh­ter Una have returned from a visit With relatives In W.iitham.

Clarence .Stlekney is quite ill with the Krlj)pe at his home. .. • •

.Mr.s. "rrerman • AVood and little daughter Ella have returned from a .visit in Bo.ston and are again at the .Squannlcook house.

Why not try it?

UmonCashMarket Ayer, Mass,

liOOK OVER T H E S E PRICES

SIBLOI.\ STEAK 23c. ft

FBESH S H O C I D E B S , ISc. Vb

.SMOKED .SH<)VLDER,S 13c. It)

SLICED HAH, 25c. n>

SKIN BACK HAMS, l o c ID

CaKXED BEEF 12c. to K c m

CIBEEN .VT. SEED POTATOES 6dc. bushel In 5 busbel lots

GOOD CBEAMEHY BUTTEB SOc Rl in 5 It) lots

Union Cash Market Hntn Street, Ayer, Mass.

A Nice Assortment of

Democra t Wagons

CONCORD

BUGGIES

Carriages, Butcher

Carts Harnesses A GOOD ASSORTMENT AND

AT ALL PRICES OAIiL A N D S B B T H S U

Carriage Repairing in, AU Its Branches Promptly

Done AliBO, HORSBSHOBINO A N D OBN-

ERAIip, BULCKSMITHINO

FREDERICK WHITNEY A T B B . MA«a.

RHAPTINO, nKl,TnfO, P»i:,I.EYS, ETC- FOU SAI-B—Cheap for ca»h. All In good condition. Apply to Turner's Publlc Spirit omce, Ayer. Mua.

Fa t:illy. Injured. On Thursday «aftcrnoon. April 2,

about three' o'clock, .a sad accident occurred at thc 13. & A. 'D. Kessen­den Company's jniU. when Harry C. Crelghton lo.st his life by the. break­ing of the chain of an elevator used jn hoisting slaves and wood in one of the . storehouse.s. There had been a brush lire that .ifternoon and in re­sponse to .1 second alarm the mill w.-is shut doNvn .and the men sent to the lire. ..Mr. Crelghton was at work alono on the ui>i)er Iloor .-J.iwing staves, running out thc waste wood and staves'into the storehouse. "

At about eight o'clock in thc even­ing the engineer. C . A. i'ackard. noticed th.it thc motor was running In the dry hoiise and upon investiga­tion Mr. Crelghton was found pinned between the car and the side of the elevator well.' With the bre.'iking ot the elevatfir chain tho car tilted, pin-, ning him against the side, fracturing hi.s skull, aiusing instant death.

Mr. Crelghton ha<l heen a faith­ful emi)loyce.of the comp.iny f(>r sev­eral years, coming to his work on the morning train from his home in Ma­son, N. H.. and returning at night. his tr.igic death e.tsts a feeling o£ s:idness over those w i t h w h o m he as­sociated an<l much symjiathy is c.\-prcssed for his sorr*.iwing wife and four children.

Moiiday Clnb Meeting. The Monday club met on Monday

.afternoon .at .the home of Mrs. Elmer Wallace, with Miss Clara Sheldon and Mrs. W.allace as hostesses. The pro­gr.am of the aflernoon was in charge of Mrs. Angle Lang and consisted of the reading of "newest bits of domes­tic science and inventions" by tho cluh members; "Tho thunderstorm, bugaboo," .Mrs. Abbic liarbej-; paper, "My trip to the southland." written by Mrs. Sylvester V.. Robertson, an honorary member of thc club, read by Mrs. Lang, and huntorous readings by Mrs. Louise Tenney. entitled "The great day when M.atilda voted." At the conclusion of, the j)r(jgram deli­cious refreshnlcnts were sorved by the hostesses. Guests of the ciub wore .Mr.s. J. .Swicker, Mrs. Nellie Whit­comb. Mlss Helen Dol)son and Mrs. S. Sheldon of Ashby. The next meet­ing win be the annual meeting, to be held with Mrs. Albert S. Howard on April 20. •

West. Rev. Josei)h McKean will occupy

his pulpit at tho J3aptist church on Sunday.

Rev. Joseph McKean returned on Tuesday evening from Springfield. Ho was accompanied by his daugh­ters, Mi.ss Georgiana McKean. who will remain during the rest of her vacation, and .Mrs. Swith, who with hor little son, will remain for the prescflt.

Clarence Stickney is quite seriously ill with pneumoni.a at his hnme on" lower Main street. At l.ast roports he was reported as comfortable as coiild be expected. .

Miss Mabel Thompson is enjoying a brief vacation from her dutios In Bos­ton at tho home of lier mother. Mrs. Ch.arles Patch.

F. H. Ormsby antl f.amily. from Wlnthroji. arrived, at^ thoir summer home, in .losselynvlU*.' this wfek.

A son arrived at the home of Mr. and .Mrs. Kugene Robbins on the old road to the Center Tuesd.ay morning.

Mrs. Jamos Willard. whtt has boon .spending the winter in Dorchostor. has arrivo<l at her homo hero and was .accomjianied on her return by her daughter. Mrs. S. W. Tyler and son Kllot. Hor son Carl, who h.as been bo.arding at the Centor. has .also re­turned to his home.

William Adams, of Bellingham. Wash., has been enjoying .a brief visit with friends in town'this week.

Mrs. Alden A. Shorwin h.as been en­tertaining her sister. Miss Anabelle Troupe, from Quincy, for .a fcw-<lav«' visit.

Miss L<via Thompson, who enjoyed a few days, at her home horc, has returned to her school'In Xorwood.

Mrs. Frank Boutelle w.as called to Leominster Siturday to attend the fu­neral of her brother. . Tho Tr. P. S. C E. held their reg­ular monthly bURlncRfl mcctinK a t thc homo of Ian RuBk, tho president, on Tuesday evening with an attendance of twelve. Bcftldcs tho regular busl-nciw I t .was voted to givo thlrty-flve dollarn, thc proceeds of the last en­tertainment, toward thc piano debt. P lans were also dIscuMCd for attend­ing: the Y. P. S. C. E. convention at tho Center on Saturday.

The Ijndios' Study club will meet at tho reading-room on Monday even­ing for their last mcctlriK of study, taking up "Tho federal executive and political reforms," In charge of Mlss Alice Soaver.

Hev. Mr. Crone, from 'Wakc(lcld. conducted tho services at tho Daptlst church on Sunday morning and eveh­lng nhd the V. P. S. C. E. meeting was conducted by Mervin Wares. Mr. Crano w a s entertained a t tho homo of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. HodRman.

Ml.ss Agnea Wilson, from.'Waltham, spent the week-end with hor relatives hero.

Funeral. The funeral services of Mi's. Ida E.

McKean. wife of Rev. Josei)li Mc­Kean. pastor of the Baptist church, who died early Wednesday" morning T>f kist week after forty-eight hours' illness from the effects of a cerebral hemorrhage, were held at the Bap­tist church at two o'clocl< on last week Friday afternoon and the body of the church was HUed with the large gathering who had met to pay their last tribute of respect t o - t h e dead and of sympathy to the sorrow­ing mourners. Rev. A. L. Struthers, of .the Congregational church at- tho Center was the ofllciating clergyman and a visiting pastor. Rev. Samuel D. Rlngrose. from Fitchburg. offered a. tender arid symjmthizing prayer. Two selections. "Some-day the silver cord w i l l lireak" and "Load kindly light" were rondored by the choir.

Mr. Struther.s. in hfs address, drew thc jjortralt of noble christian Wo­manhood as exemplified in thc life of her who. -had been called to the higher life beyond the port.als we call death and It was a solemn a n d ' i m -prc-islvo sight as the long line of people liled past the silent form' peacefully sleoiiing aniong tho beau­tiful blossoms she lovod. and many teari; wero shod as thcy took their last farewell of one. who during the fow mrinths she had lived in this community, had in her . (juiet w a y v.-on the" hearts of all who knew her.

Tho casket was covered ..and sur­rounded with a most beautiful dis­play of floral tributes from relatives and friends and thc bearers were Justin C. • Hodgman. Abbott Hodg­man. George .K. .Seaver, Henry B. Hathaway. Walter K. Wilder and Fred .K. I'atch. Saturday morning the body was taken to Spflnglield for burial. '

Those .attending -the service from out-of-town were Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Swift of Springlleld. Mi.ss Georgiana McKean of Brattleboro. Vt.. Peter >IcKcan 6f Woonsocket. R. I.. Mrs. Belle N.ason of L'pton. .1. W. Morey and Edward S. Morey of Worcester. M1.SS Alice M. Whooler. Miss Angle T. Woodbury and Mrs. James H. Mil­ler of Winchendon. and Rev. S.. D. Ringrose and friend from Fitchburg.

Mrs. McKoan w.as born in Paw­tucket. It. 1.. fifty-nine years ago in January and was the daughter of S. F. and Mary E. Tow-nsend Coombcs. Her childhood from thc ago of five years was sjiont in North Bell ingham. where her jiarents movod to their an­cestral home, and In that town, and .at the Framingh.am Normal school she received her education. In June ot ISTfi she was baptized Into the Baptist ehurch of Bellingham and w.as married on September 10, of thc same year, to Rev. Josepli McKean, of Cary.<\-lllo. During his twenty-nine years of. faithful and successful serv­ice she lias proved a true and de­voted liolpraeet. Efllclent .and con­scientious iri all hor duties, endowed w-ith a tactful and kindly spirit, she has w-on a" host of friends in every field w-hcre she has boen called upon to labor. In the ladies' organizations of the various churches she has been exceptionally .successful. A thorough bible student, she was very popular as a Sunday school teacher, especially among the young women of the jilace of w-hom .she h.ad a cl.ass of eleven mombers.

A loving and devoted wifo and mother the bomo is indeed left deso­late without hor loving presence; a noblo christian worker, the church and Sunday schoo! deeply, feci her loss, and her winning smile and sym­pathetic word will long bc mis.sed by hor friends. Her tjuiet infiuence ha-s left its mark for good In many lives and in many hearts will linger tender memories of her who was laid to rest in tho beautiful Eastertide, awaiting tho glorious resurrection of tho s.aints.

The llora! n-monibrances wore as follows;

Spravs—I'ink carnations. Itov. Jo­soph .McKoan anil .Mlss t;etirglana Mc­Kean; jon.juils. Mr. and .Mrs. S. C. Swift, of Sjirlngfield; pink and white snapdragons, Mrs. Itellc Nason. of Up­ton; tulips anil diifTmllls. .Mr. and Mrs. .Iohn Morey and Kdward Moroy. of Worcester; pink tulips, Mr. and Mrs. Willi.am .Mony and .Mr. and Mrs. Wal­lace Morov. of Worcojiter; Fiaster lilies, F. and A. M. Blazing Star lodge. Tow-nshond, Vt.: pink carnations. It. I). Phillips nnd family. Townshend. Vt.; whlto carnations. Miss I.aura W.aro, Townshend. Vt.; pink rosos, Leland & Gray sominary. class 1910. Townshend, Vt.; ?napdragofis and sweet pe-att, Mrs. S. Uand and Miss N. L. Grosvenor. Hartford, Conn.; pink tulips, L-adles" society.. Fall River; plnka, Mlss Edith A. Francis, Fall Ulvor; roses and vio­lets. .Mrs. Elizabeth Bickford and son, Boston: carnations, from thc teachers and c'alla Illlcs from friends In Brat­tleboro, Vt.; Easter lilies nnrt'-pih-ks. friends In Winchendon; froih .-West Townsend were white carnations. Bap­tist church; pink swoet peas.- Sunday school c lass: calla Illlcs, Brotherhood; Bastcr lil ies, Ladles' Baptist Benevo­lent socioty: lavender sweet peas. La­dles' Literary Circle; pink tulips. Mr. and Mrs.' Clarenco Stickney: day-break pinks, Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Rusk: pink rosea, Mr, and Mrs. R. 8. Ely: wreath of magnolia loaves and roses. Ixidles' Liberal Aid society; pillow of pinks and rosos, Y. P. S. C. E.: wrealh of lilies, carnations and roses, church at Townshend, Vt.

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ring service w a s used and the bride was attired In' her, traveling costume o f Belgian bluo with a hat to match. Besides tho family, the only guests present Were George Martln.,u broth­er thc groom,: and .Miss Rae Low-from Shirley.; Mrs. Airthur Jonos of South Actotl. and .Mli.s Alice Welch of this vlllago.

At the close of tho ceiemony a dainty luncli of ice croam, cake "and punch was served .and the hajipy couplo loft by auto for .\yer. where they will reside otr Kast .Main slroot, after being generously showered with confetti and old shoes.

The Crldo has bcon for tho jiast two years a toachor m Greenville. .N. H., graduating from tho Townsond high school and tbo I'itchburg .N'or­mal school. The gnji.io lioUls an ex­cellent position in Ay<r as an elec­trician. The young ....uiiio woro . the recipients of many jirotty gifts in cut glass, China and lin. n have the litest wisln I; ..( ti, nlty for a; lonk ami i,iij,j, gcthcr. -

UarlKir Items. The follow-ing i'.or.':s v.-.r

after -our -jiapcr *.v week:"

Mlss Flora Farrar R. I., w-as an .ovor-l Mrs. Ida Brow-n's.

On Tuc.sd.ay <-f 1 Kilbourne. who is to calm. 'X. H., calloci tho Cape.

Mrs. Gilson and daiit-htor F.'ancos .and Miss- Katherin.! ;\U-.\'o,-;l sjiont Wednesday of l.-tst wo<.l; with .Mr and Mrs. B. C. Cummings.

Mrs. Strout. who has boon with hor mother a greater part of tho wintoi-, has reopened her house i:i tiiis vil­lage.

Mi;8. Oren Ball loniains about the' same. She Is able to sit uj, a little while each day :i:»l .-ilthough her mind Is weakened and siio is jiartially paralyzed, she can iiartly food herself.

•WllUam Poblnott was elected, a delegate . from Anson lx>. I.'essonden camp tb attend Ih- mooting of the Sons of Veterans hold in l:<is;<jn this week. . Last week Monil.-iy ovonini; Ksther Bagley returned fr.nri iOa.st Boston. w-here she has beon visitin;-' relatives.

Mr.s. Cummings has sc. far im­proved as to be ttliio in tako ujj some of her lighter houso.holri (Uitios.

Orie of the cars' rocontly lo.-idod with lumber from l'rocl'ii-"K'mill was bumped into so f..roiiiiv li-.- ;!io freight train that it :oi;ijirod .••oloart-Ing.

.Mrs. Tamlyn ha.••• nlMcst -.vholly ro-coverod from hor oiioratii.ti at tho ho.spital.

Mr. and Mrs. H. .N'. Biirbahk of d e m o n s . N.- Y., woro rocont guosts at Christlebrook, the homo of .Mr. arid Mrs. Keefe. Mrs. Burbi.nk is a sister of Harry Atwood.

Mrs. A. A. Cheney, w h o has spent a la.rger part of tho winter with her sistor, Mrs. Keefe , h.-Ls loft for Pasa­dena, Cal., there, to remain several months. Cin her way bad: .Mrs. Che­ney will visit the Paiiam.-i exposition, arriving at Chriatioljri.ok next fall . ,

Jlr. Knowlton of Chelsea, who has purchased the homestead of the late George Brow-ri, will tako po.ssession in the near future. .Mrs. Ida Brown and famliy have nut yot matured their j)Ian.s. Thcro will lie no auction as much of the farm c'luipmcnt. in­cluding the tools', go with the place.

Last week Monday morning Her­bert Cummlngs left for Winona, Minn., where ho will enter' thc em­ployment of thc Watkins Medical Co.. one of the largest concerns of ils kind in the worid. L.ator .Mr. Cum­mings will have charge uf one tti the branch stores.

' Recently Frank Conant sj.road .some hay that he had bought lately on the floor of several ot his hen­houses. In less than twenty-four hours seven pullets died. As soon as Mr. Contint saw thc havoc ho re­moved the hay. In all he has lost twenty fow-ls. Whatever—It is, the disease acts (juickly, the combs turn black and the birds drop dead. The h a y - l a s t summer was put Into tho barn before it was fully dried.

PAOZ SBVZir LUNENBURG

Xews Items. _ Georgo Winchester has recently re

turned from Florida, where he .spent thc winter. has

C. P. Dickinson and .son Portc-r re­turned recently from Miami, f l a . . Where they have been spending the past few weeks. .Mrs. Dickinson and daughlcr Anna wero obliged to' re­ma n Indellnltely on account of the serious Ulness of tho latter w i t h ty­phoid fever. She Is reported as. rest­ing- comfortably as may be expected under the circumstances.

The aged black cherry tree on the front of the Congregational church Itiwn showed such evident signs of age and decay that it- was considered unsafe during thc high winds of spring and was thought best for jiub­lic safety:that it should bc removed rhls hiis been done and It will now make fragrant fuel for the parsonage

James Robbins, recently of . \ sh-burnham. - a former resident of this town, died at the Burbank hosjiltal last week Monday morning at the age of sixty-live years. He had been in failing health for several months and on thc advice o£ his physician in A s h b u r n h a m . w e n t to the Burbank

.ho.spltal, where he gradually failed until the end c a m e He leaves throe brothers and one sister. .Th.e funeral was held on last week Thursday and interment, was In the famliy lot in the Xorth cemetery, Lunenburg.

Charles Pago and family have mov­ed from thc Xoithfleld road to their new- home near the Fltchburg line on the road to Fltchburg. . Henry Kelly and family have moved from the Hunting house, so-called, to the cot­tage recently vacated bv Gustave Rosen on the Fltchburg road.

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.Sold by Grain Df.i lers and General Stores

Gale. Dldcson & Co, H a r r a i d ' Conant & Co. U t t l e t o n Clarence Stlekney Wort T o w n a e n d ' C. W. XAne . .' Toivnsend Harboip

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SINGLE GOMB RHODE ISLAND RED. FOWLS

Wcddlntr. A very pretty home wedding took

place on Monday afternoon at thc homo of Mrs. Sarah Winshlp. when her daughter, Ruth' Hazel Hayden, wan united In marriage to Thomas Clyde Martin, of Ayer. the 'ceremony bcIns performed by Ilev. Samuel D. Rlngrone, of tho Highland Baptlnt church; of Fltchburg. The single

Coming on P'rid.ay, Dr. E. D. I'otors. Miss Cushing and Mlss Adams sjiont Easter at tbeir summer I'.oino, Hickory farm.

Mlss Dorothy Smith returned to iior studies at Cushing academy Monday.

The Monday club met at the home of Mr.s. Thomas Harvey.

George H. Jones has reccivod tho contract for erecting ,a barn and .seven large henhouses at Dr. E. D. Petons' place. Myron ' ILarvey of Lunenburg has the contr.act for thc cement work for the same.

Mrs. K. I!, . \dams, who is undor the doctor's c.-tre for tonsilitis. is slowly Improvln:^.

Clifford Hlake. who has boen spending tho p;uit wook with his

• brother Ualiih at Hickory Jarm. re­turned to Wollaston laat week Kriday on his motorcyclo.

Mr.s: Ralph 1!. Brooks and sor:. of Uoston. are guosts at Dudley Bagloy's.

Miss Bllen liarvey, of 'Verona. N. .1.. came on last xv-oek Krid.Ty to sjiond her vacation with her itarent:-. . ir. and Mrs. Thomas Hxr-/oy.

Herbert Harvey and . family can.o from their homo in Boston by auNi *.n Monday to spen.l thc week wit!) tiio former's parents.

Among thc new ones added to thc sick list this week arc Miss Slroiit and' Jocl Cook.

Walter Foley, of East Boston, h.is commenced work .at Mr. Bagley'.s.

Mi; at the Harbor to Mr. Macomber and family.

Mlss Amos, who haa bocn tho guest of Mrs. Wat.son, was soloist at the Harbor church last Sunday. ,

Thc As You Llko It club met on Tuesday at thc homo of Mrs. Adney Gray. .

Announcements havo been received of tho marriago of BYedcrlo Tanglcy to Rcubcrta S. Parkhurst to take place on April 19 In Chelmaford. Mr. Tanglcy will bc remembered aa clerk for several years at A. C. Josselyn's store. He Is now located In Provi­dence, R. I., where thoy will reside.

Miss Carrie Hager returned to her duties at the Jlomeopathlo, hospital, Boston, after a week-end with her parents, Mr. and ."Mrs. Chtirles I:ager.

Mlsa Marlon Dana is spendlnf; her vacation' with her aunt, Mrs, A, D. Cooper.

Lost week Friday ft bnish hre was I discovered on land belonging to Oalen Proctor on thc Luncntiurg road by a passing.. automobllo party. It w a s soon under control and but Uttlo d a m -ago done.

Mrs. Lorenzo Doran received word on Monday morning of the death of her mother. Mr.s. Brcan, of Fitchbnrg. Death was due to heart disease. -

To lay, Hens must nave'Vigor. Our Bock has been carefully bred for twelve years, hatched and brooded by hens, raise?, on free range, wintered In open front houses and fed on tbe dry grain principal. As a result the birds are of uniform color and shape, are large, vigorous and absolutely free from disease.

By breeding from this type you eliminate that loss ot baby chicks which is ' so fatal to the poultry keep­er. Eggs ?1.00 per 15; $5.00 per 100. Call and inspect the flock. Im28*

Bliss Farm Agenpy OFFICE IX • n i E DOBSON BUILDIXG

Corner of Park nnil West Main Strccto, . \ } c r

nh„„y''^r"'^'-"',''°.""*•'' "' < -«' "<'n' l""il In Lunenburg, all tillage or mowing; barn ' I v f ? " .^r*"!; , v s".!' '""••• '=°"'''''<' """^^ ° ' « '<«•'"«• » "nnnlshed; barn 23x15. with ell. H.xl2: m miles to Shirley Village: good elevation? overlooks a large lake ; Sn.lO—S.IOO down.

In Lunenburg. 30 acres, 12 tillage .and mowing, 18 hill pasture, deep .oam sol ; 85 apple and peach t t .es . 13 bcirlng, balance 2-year-olds; 2-story nouse with. bath, furnace, hardw ,od lloors UT, and down: fine b a m , 36x30-c.-irnagc shed: henhouse, 36x12. all new buildings; 2 miles to Leominster; .4 mile to electrics; 5c. fare, to Fitchburg; S5500, including 1 horse, 4 c o w s

.ind good line of farming tools and wagons.

R. P . B.4RRIMAN, Ayer.

Piano Tuning REPAIRIXG, REGtJIiATING

WILMOT B. CLEAVES Phone 20 H-UIVARD, MASS.

Graduate N. E. C. of Music. Boaton Ten years with Aeolian Co., New Tork

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Geo H.-Brown-, Clothier MAIN STREET, AYER> MASS.

These m.aohines press and cut off the buts at one openuion with tho rallia in place near the top of the I.unch ready to tie and cut oft with small knife on top of the clamp. Thc tints when cut drop through an open-

Hurdeu has rented her place I j"?*-''" "1^ ' " " , " ' ''''''"^ Into box or . . . . - . "-'."jv" "e> pi."' basket. Send stamp for circular and price list to 3m27

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H. H O U G H T O N Harvard, Mass.

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JOB WOKE ia what we want just now. Doesn't mat­ter how big or how little the job is.

JOB PLUMBma WOBK about now keeps us busy. We're patchy ing up many a pipe and fixing plenty bath tubs, water tanis and faucets, that weren't half done and need repairing. When we're through with them they'll be good as new and cost of wprk won't be mnch. Por plumbing get us.

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FOR SALE—One Automatic Perry Pumplmc Outnt. complete, with motor, automatic switch, complete. Used only a few months when town water w s s put In. Gives better than eight g«llon* a minute. Co«t t350, will sell for t338. Apply to JAMES M. SAROENT. Oran-Itevtlle, Mass. Telephone Westford «2-«. 27tf

FOR. SALB^-One ..Z^horse Swivel I Plow, price VS. No. I have not sold [out. Any work In the cesspool line I IwHl attend to. T. W. TITUS, (Vindy ^Pond Road, Ayer. TeL Con. 28ff

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.Satiirday, AprU 10. .1913.

PEPPEBELL

The supper which was to have been held In the Congrregational vestry on Thursday. April 8. -wan obliged to be postponed, probably until the fourth week of April, Jis so many of the la­dles connected with ' the. committee were 111.

. Arthur Tower and Boynton McrrlU are spending their two weeks'' vaoa­tion at their homes In town, as Dart­mouth '.closed; last week F'riday, for the Easter va'catlon. -

Atmut Town. A ''White Easter Sunday" Is soinc-

thlng which the most ';of us fall to remember, .as It Is of rare occurrence In this section: I'he-storm of Saturday resulted In six to eight Inches of snow, which was blown Into drifts during t h e ' gaie that night. A few sleighs were out early Sunday morning, but soon disappeared. The sidewalk plows were again called Into use and people had to get out the snow shov­els ' they had packed away for. the summer.

p imer 'E . Shattuck. ofHcgr at the Concord reformatory, spent Sunday In' towi i a t the Shattuck homestead on 'West street with his sister. Mlss Ida'Shattuck; who resides there.

i l r s . A,; C. Stewart of Oak HUI Is visltliicr 'at the hotne of her mother; Mrs. Fletcher, of Groton. v „

Mr. and Mrs. Otto B. Olsen have been afflicted w'lth ; the prevailing Krippe • colds, bielng threatened with pneumonia. .

•-Katherlne Thayer Is visiting her brother,- Jerr>- Thayer, and family, at Eppliig, N. H.

•'Mrs. Leonard Nodding of Somer­vi l le -with her two children, Phyllis and Ruth, spent a part of this -n-eek a t ' t h e ' h o m e of-her parents. Mr. and •Mrs. Frossard, . On returning home she intends to take back with ' her the second little daughter, who has been visiting her grandparents for some weeks. .

Everyone has? been Inclined to lay t h e 'blame of so inany hard colds to dust, more or lesi, the past weeks, but now that the dust Is so thorough­ly settled by the snowstorm. • the Kilpp'e seems to be doing a' thriving business,. Just the same.

JIrs. A. A.' Blood .of Gardner came Tuesday for a few days' v l s i t w l t h her daughter, Mrs. Arthur Bartlett.

Mlss B e r t h i Johnson w a s at the h o m e of her. parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clncoln Jolmson, during the latter part of last week and Sunday, suffer­ing, from a sever .cold. .ilr. Johnson has also been afflicted w i t h the pre--valllng grippe cold, and i.s unable to attend to his work. Miss Johnson

• returned to her work at Boaton on Monday.

' Albert PlUsburj- Is at present work­ing at the .s table of E. S. Durant and act ing as driver of the barge. ' Mr; and Mrs.' R. K. Burns, their

daughter Almira and . their little grandson, Spurgeon 'Weaver, who has heen living with them, have all been Jll from the prevailing grippe. The little boy had an attack of croup on Jionday night, so severe that a doctor •was called in haate to relieve him.

Mlss H. Elizabeth Shattuck return-! -ed to her schoor at Cushing academy, Ashburnham, this week.

A special train of seven Pullmans •and two or three baggage cars pa.saed through Popperell Tuesday morning. foUotvlng the 7.30 regular train into Ayer. The passengers were the boya

-of St. Paul school, at Concord, X. H., going to their homes in this state, Connecticut and Xew "i'ork for the Easter vacation.

A. H. Thompson of Pleasant street is Improving slowly and will probably. t>e able to be out when the weather becomes warmer.

The second annual dancing party of the telephone operators will be

'Monday evening. April 12. There Is much anticipation concerning the oc-

' casion by all who recall the brilliant ' '«vent last year. An additional plea-s-

' ure will be given all lovers of good orchestral mualc. aa Dyer's orchestra of Worcester, bas been engaged for

: the concert program from eight to 8.30 o'clock and for the dancing which will follow until one o'clock.

. 'The orcheatra la to .consist of nin'e pieces, being three pieces more than when this orchestra pleased their •hearers at the firemen's ball in town this winter. It has been decided Iv the committee thnt arrangements will i e made to furnish refreshments of i c e cream and cake at the hall.

The reports of the condition of F. E. Dudley who underwent ai critical operation la.«t week at the N.a.shua hospital, is quite encouratiing. He is expected home, if nothing new takea place, in two weeks or a little more.

' The cutter glrla at the Xashua > River Paper mill, who have been out

for a week, were called In Wednesday mornins.

Mr. and Mrs. Harr.v Trcnholm from Fltchburg were week-end and Sunday guests at the home of Mrs. Tren-i iolm's daughter. Mra. Frank Smith.

Mlss Ada Whitney baa been con­fined to her home with the epidemic «o ld the p.ist week.

Mrs. I<lzzie Gil.son of Goffstown. X. H . waa a recent guest at the home of her Telaitlvc, Mra. Elmer Weston.

The Indies' Aid' society -wIU meet In tbe ladies' room at the M. B.

«hureh on Wednesday afternoon, ' APi'il ^*> * ' 2.30 o'clock.

Mrs-Charlcs Miller has been quite ' i l l with the prc\-alting cold. • Her sis­

ter, MIss Susie Woods, went from Mrs. E O. Chapman's to take care of her and was also taken 111 In thc same manner, proving these colds to bc very «ontaglous.

Mr. and i lrs . H. W. Hutchinson -welcomed another little dauithtcr Into t'helr home on Park street on Easter morning.. The Uttlc 9H tli. girl la a particularly flne Easter gift.

The Misses Deware, who have been -s'pending their vacation at home, re-tumfed' to ' the ir studlea at Xorthamp­ton on 'Wednesday.

Kathryn Carter returned to Provl-•dence, R'. I., on Monday to resumte

' her teaching, after spending a week's vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Carter.

, •' -The Forward; club will meet at the , Congregational viBstry this Friday eve-

•nlnK tor a so«laI occasion.

Mlss Margaret Boynton was-unable to return this week as planned to her studies at Mt. Holyoke college owing to iUness caused by a'cold.

The marriage of J. J. Willoughby. of this town, and Mrs. Florence Rob­bins,.of Smithville, X'. H.. occurred on March 11, Rev.. J. B. Lewis ofllciating. Mr. and Mrs. Willoughby arc now re­ceiving the congratulations of their frlehds which are rathei- belated ow­ing to the fact that they did not cause the announcement to be made publlc.

Mrs. Harry .B. Foster Is conflned to her room with the grippe cold. Miss Emma Stone Is as.sisting in the house during her' iUness .

The ladles of the Unitarian society are rehearsing the children f o r a sec­ond May party. Over^ one hundred children are gathering already. The party th i s -year will bo held on Fri ­day evenlns . April 30, and-on Satur­day afternoon, May 1. The proceeds from the Saturday aifternoon perform­ance is to be given to the Distr ict Xurse association. The Maypole dance will be given the same as last year, biit the other features ot the program w i l l b e entirely new.

Sllsji Helen Keefe. of Roxbur>-. Is a guest at-the home of Mrs. P. F. Sulli­van this w e e k .

• There will be a meet ing Of the Wo­man's Equal Suffrage league oh Tues­day .-afternoon. April 13, at three o'clock.at t h e h o m e o f ' the president. Mrs. F. W . Lovejoy.' AU ladles in­terested a r e . cordially invited lo be present. , '

•Miss EUzabeth Wright Is spending her Easter vacation at the home of her -parents, - MK and XIrs. Frank Wright, Park street.

An ehterfainment will be given by the class of Mrs. J. B. Lewis at the Congregational vestry on Friday eve­ning, April 16. The farce. "Mrs. Oak­ley's telephone." is to be repeated, and the rest of the program is to be "Cross Questions" and "Crooked an­swers"; also, shodow pantomime. Ice cream will be. oh' sale. '• Mrs. Georglanna KImbaU has been visiting her old friends in Hollis this week.

Anna Boynton, from Xew York, and Rayetta Boynton. from Pltt.sfield. iKime last week -for their Easter vaca­tion at the ir home.

An eleven-pound daughter was born to Mr. and Mr.s. George Williams. Main street, on Wednesday morning, April 7.

Miss C. L. Smith, proprietor of the .restaurant, went to Winchester the flrst of the week to pack up her goods from the house she formerly occu­pied there.

The marriage of Miss Emma Stark to Merlin Salter, both of this town, occurred Sunday afternoon at the home of the bride's mother. Mr.s. George Stark, Main street. Rev. J. B. Lewis officiating. They will reside with Mrs. Stark for the present.

Mias Llla Stratton'came home Sat­urday from Xew York state, where she has been teaching, to 'spend her Easter vacation with her parents. Rev. and Mra, P. R. Stratton. She went to Sprlngfleld the first of this week to visit friends.

Miss Carrie Sylvester, who h:i-- I ren visiting friends in Windsor Locks. Conn., returned home this week.

Charlie Parker, of Phillips aead­emy. Exeter, haa been enjoying his Easter vacation at the home of hla parent,s. Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Parker. His cousin, Harry Jewett , and a class­mate were also entertained there.

Mr. and Mrs. George Loring, of MoultonvUle, X. H., left for other parts of the state on Thursday after an extended visit with Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Blood. Oak bill.

Mrs. Daniel Lorden and daughter. Misa . \nnie. apent Monday in Boaton.

Mr.s. George Wiggin returned to her home in Xorth Conway. X. H.. on last Saturday. She has been spending the latter part of the winter with her shitcr. Mra. Lyman Rob­bins. and has been a.saistins in car­ing for her and her little daughter for the past three weeks.

Ralph Buek returned from Xew York thia week, where he has been through the winter, taking a .special course in plumbing.

George Hanna has flniahed hla work as teamster for I. J. Rowell and win remove to Wilton. X. H.. with his family, where he is to carry on the farm of hia aunt.

David Belyea went to Xew Bedford laat week to atay with his daughter and haa now secured employment on a farm.

Mrs. A. G. Pike haa been quite ill the firat of thia week with the pre­vailing grippe cold.

Gerald Shattuck. of Dartmouth, has been in town at the home of his par­ents for the Eaater vacation.

The Camp-fire Girla and guardian. Miss Carter, were entertained by Mi».« Anna Boynton at her home on Wed­nesday evening. A aoclal tea waa en-Joyed together ahd a merry evening of games followed.

Mrs. Ida M. Boynton haa h.-td a tele-, phone in.stalled at her new home In. Hutchinaon's block. 91-4.

The.marriage of Roacoe Woodward, son of Mr. and Mrs. Addison Wood­ward of this town, to Mls ^ Gertrude Townsend of Lockport, X. Y..- oc­curred in that city on Wedneaday, April 7. Mr. 'Woodward Is now loca­ted at Chicago, having formerly been employed near Lockport.

Mlss Ethel Hall of Lawrence Is vis­iting at the home of Mr. • .ind Mrs. Leroy Xuttlng.

Mrs. George Pierce was called to Some^^•Ille to the home of her daugh­ter. Mrs. Herrig. on Thursday morn­ing, her' Uttlc granddaughter Rachel being 111, according to thc report, with the measles. Mrs. Herrig. who went from here a short time ago to a.salst Mrs. Herrig,' had unfortunately gono to Hudson recenlly to care for an aged- lady, Mrs. Chamberlain.

Mr.s. F. B. Simmons and Mrs^ R. H. Lawson visited at the home of their relative. Mra. Henr>- Balley. at Brook­Une. on Wednesday. Another littlo aon was added to the family of Balley children on March 29. Mra. Balley will be remembered here as Mlaa An­nie Oilman.

Mra. Jbhn R. Shattuck, came Thurs­day f rom Concord to AlKlt''with friends for a few days.

Mrs. Susie Dort, teacher at the Main street school, was obliged to give up her duties t h i s week on account of a severe attack of thc grippe.

Mrs. Joseph Graham went to visit her daughter at.Derry, N. H., on Fri­day, expecting to return Sunday. w

The Ico has lingered in Cowdreyls pond until Thursday, when the ther­mometer reached the 6B° mark.

Prescott Grange was well represent­ed at the meeting of the Middlesex-Worcester Pomona Grange meeting held at Qroton, Thursday. Among those, who went by team, auto, and train were Mr. aijd Mrs. George E. Shattuck and >Irs. Richards, Mr. and Mrs.- O. M. Xash, Mrs. Sumner Shat­tuck, Mrs. Lucy Page, Mrs. Bert Me­llndy. Mlss Effle GUlesple, Mrs. Ellery Davis. Mrs. Frank Conant, Mr. and Mrs. E . M. Stewart. Mlss Sarah Tuck­er and Mlss .Rose Alden. A very pleas­ant day is-reported wl th-a fine din­ner at noon, served to nbout 175, and an attendance of 200 or more at the publlc afternoon session.

M., K. Club Minstrels." The M. K. club again proved theii-

abll lty to produce a fine minstrel show on Monday evening last with local talent. It called out a good house, as useul. who seemed to appreciate all the humor and excellence of the program. This was opened by an overture by Robbins' orchestra, who afterward furnished music for the dahcing. L. G. Robbins alsd served as musical director during the even­ing and' Miss Robbins as platilst. -

Hale Jordan,was interlocutor, John Haggerty, Harold "Tower and Joseph Attr ldg^ tamjios, and Bussell- Wright, Samuel MarshaU and . Roy Xuttlng, bones. There was a solo by Hale Jor­dan, also by MLss Mildred Sanders of Ayer and Miss Beatrice O'ConneU. There were also tlve humorous songs by the end men which were well re­ceived, as well a s ; the songs, by the chorus i n ' t h e opening and grand finale of national airs. RusseU Wright, WiUiam Breen and John Haggerty proved fine specialty ' artists.

The characters' In the farce, "Dr. Dobb's assistant," were well taken by RusseU Wright. Raymond Paull, Jo­seph Attridge, John Haggerty, Ernest Keith and Roy Xutting.

Easter' was obser\-ed at the Unitar­ian church In a fitting manner. The sermon by the peistbr waa adapted to the day and the music rendered was very Hne. The vested choir rendered as the processional, "H-ail him lord and leader." The anthem. "God hath .sent his angels," was rendered by JIrs. C. A. Mills, soloist, and the chorus choir. Miss "Elizabeth Wright render­ed a selection In place of Mlss MUdred Morgan, who was Indisposed. The mu.slc wtui under the direction of Mrs. Leon Richardson with Mra. J. O. Ben­nett at the organ. The church waa appropriately decorated with Easter UUes and cut (lowers of carnations and daffodils.'

.There were Easter servicea at the Congregational church Sunday morn­ing, but the Easter concert was given up aa so many of those interested were sultering wilh .cold.s. The church was decorated with Easter lilies and pot­ted plants and hyacinths, which were furnished by the Alpha club. After the sen-ices they were distributed by these yoOng ladies among the shut-ins. At the seven o'clock • service Boynton MerriU. Dartmouth, spoke of, deputation work connected with his coUege. Mlas Anna Boynton also gave an Interesting description of set­tlement work in N e w "York city In which she Is Intere.sted.

Y. M. C. A. Deputation. Considerable Interest is being shown

by the young men of Pepperell In' the proposed visit of a delegation of col­lege students, under the auspices of the college secretary of the atate Y. M. ,C. A.. Clarenco P. Shedd. There will probably be four college men with Robert L. Moore ot Worcester as lead­er. The progrSm Includes an athletic meet on the playground. Saturday af­ternoon. April 17, followed by a sup­per for all young men over twelve years of age. given- in one of the churches, after which the students will speak of college life and there will be a general social time.

On Sunday morning the students will be seen and heard at the varloua churches. In the afternoon there will be a life-purpose meeting for young men only, and In the evening a clos­ing rally (for- all the townspeople at the Congregational church. .

Boynlon Merrill has'becn doing this kind of deputation work from Dart­mouth In Xew Hampshire and speaks very enthusiastically of its results. He has given the committee of young men the benefit of his wide experience.

Jlay

Easter Sunday. Easter Sunday was observed at the

Methodist church last Sunday, both morning and evening. The church was tastefully decorated with polled plants and Easter Illlcs, the decora­tions being in charge of Miss Mc-Xayr's Sunday school class, assisted by Mrs. Stratton and the l eacher .o f the class. The extreme stormlness of Saturday afternoon made it" dif­ficult for plants and flowers to be brought out.

The services in the morning con­sisted of an appropriate sermon by the pastor and .special music by a chorus choh- of young voices under the supervision of JIrs. L. JI. Good­win, organist. The duet, "Easter bells," by Mlss Ruth Harrington and Hazel Soule- was particularly enjoy­ed. In the evening the children and adults of the Sunday school gave a fine coricert, the subject from the Easter leaflet, entitled "The king Im­mortal." The music waa in charge of Mr.s. Goodwin .and; the recitations in charge of Mlsaes Farley and Soule. The large chorus choir of about thirty voices rendered the foUowing a n ­thems: " A l l hail, his name." "Jlorn of Rlor>-," "In rapture sing" and "Praise awaits thy name," showing exceUent training. There were also anios rendered most effectively by Mrs. P. It. Stratton. Jllsa Alice Marsh­all. Jli.sa Hazel Soule and Eather JIar­tin: also, a duet. " G o d will send his angels." by Jlary Butler and Ruth Marahall.

The exercise. "God's garden," was finelv given by Rosa Prescott. Violet Hill and JIandana Hodgkins, The exercise. "Little garden," by the lit­tle ones of the primary department, was very pleasing. There were many recitations interspersed during the program bv Ruth MarshaU, Albert Stratton. Jl'ary Butler, Althea" Win­shlp, Viola Harris, Harry Dunton, Dorothv Soule, JIarj- Parker, Elial Lakin. "Bennle Kreba and Philip Pres­cott. all deserving praise.

A Hne program was arranged to be Kiven bv the members of the Sunday scbool on Oak hill last Sunday after­noon at three o'clock, the hour be­ing cho.sen as the least conflicting to any other ch'urch service. The com­mittee in charge were Lyman C. Blood of tlie music, and JIrs. George Stewart o f - t h e exercises and recita­tlon.s. The hall was hitndsomely dec-onated, particularly about thc stage, by JIrs. F. A. Parker and Sirs. A. C. Stewart. Feathery branches of h e m ­lock formed a ver>- pretty back­ground, adorned witii white Easter Illlcs. Festoons of purple and white crcpc paper were artlfrtlcallyrarrang-ed for further 'ornamentation. T h e large white cross .which was used In the exercise, "Crown the risen king," appeared on the stage after the pro­gram, being very effective' as an Eas ­ter scene. Thc program was as fol­lows:

".Ul hall his name," chorus of about twenty voices, under thc direction of l.yman Blood; scripture reading and prayer. Rev. J. B. Lewis;- selection. "Thc man of glory," chorus: reading. "Easter message." Mrs. George H. .Stewarl: duet and chorus, "God will send his angels.': reading, "We shall know them," George M. I^orlng; recita­tions. Koger Ijtwrcnce, Phoebe Blood and Helen Rice; exercise, ten boys and girls: "He-lives again." chorus;' reci­tation, Uora Ric*; reading, "Easter to­day," Mrs. Jfary A. C. Blood; "Oh tell thc Easier story." chorus; ' responsive scripture reading; "Praise awai ts thy name." chorua; recitation, Edith Stew­art: Kong. primary .departmetn; recita­tion. Albert Parker, Jr.; exercise, aeven boys and glrla; "Sing of h is royal vlstory." chorus; exercise, "Crown -the risen king," flve girls; solo and chorus, "My heart.goes out to thee"; readings. Mrs. Fred A. Parker and Mrs. Maud Maxwell; remarks. Rev. J. B. Lewla; closing hymn and benediction.

N e w s Items. The. Pepperell Woman's club met

at the Congregational vestry on Tu.es­day. The meeting was In charge of the conservation committee. Rev. JIanley B. Tow;nsend gave a very, in­teresting lecture on "Our natlv.e-birds an.d. -why we should protect them." He , gtive two reasons for protecting birda as 'teathetlc and economic, and on theae points based his lecture. Tlhere were reports from the Groton Bird club by JIlss. Gerrlsh and from our own town by JIrs. Jlaxwell for the Oak HIU club, .Mrs. Woodward for the Center Bird club, Mlss Edna Tarbell for the Nlsslttisslt Square club and JIrs. Harrlgfbr the Babatas.sctl club. Jlrs. PauU and Mrs. Bancroft save reports of t h e mid-year federation meeting. Club tea was served by the hospitality committee. • The following is a schedule of the

baseball games of PeppereU high', the places where the games are to be played alao being given: April lOr^I-awrence academy :d, Gro­

ton. 4—Groton School id. Groton 1—Townsend. Pepperell. .^—MUford, JUlford. S—Open-.

-li—Oroton high; Peppefell. 1.')—Townsend, Townsend. 19—Bromfleld, Harvard. xxi—Lawrence academy 'id, Pep­

perell. ir,—Groton Schooi 2d; Groton. ;:&—Milford, Pepperell..

.lune. i—t:)pon.

.".—Ayer.-l*epperell." 9—Groton high. Groton.

16—^.\yer. Ayer. I'J—Bromfield. Peppei-ell.

Churc-h Xotes. Sunday will be the last ono In this

conference year and Rev. P. R. Strat­ton will preach hia cloalng sermon frorri the word's "He that hath an ear, let him' hear." At seven In the even­ing there will be a pi^aise service and preaching upon the subject.. "Christ's tenderest question.',' The bright hour service of the Epworth league will be held at six o'clock. Subject. "A sing­er with a consecrated voice." Leader, Lucius T. Wil.son.

The New England conference wUl be held at Pefople's church. Boatouf' commencing April 14 and closing on April 19. For this reason the Tues­day evening service -.will be omitted for thc next two weeks, b u f t h e r c wiU be preaching everj- .Sunday morning and the Sunday .school will bo held at the noon hour.

evening the flnalunlon'passion week services were held at tho Corigrega-Uonal church with an organ recital ahd ^vesper service pr6cedlng the ser­mon by Rev. A. L. Struthers on the "Power of the resurrection." The choir was assisted by Mlsa Jlildred Morgan gf Pcpporcll and there were pleasing solos rendered by JUss Jlor­gan' ipind JIIss Stella. Farrar. These union meeting held throughout the week have been especially helpful and impressive.

Club Mcotlnga. The Country club held 'lis meeting

Wedneaday atternoon at thc Donovan farm with JIlss JuUa Hurllhy as host­ess. The Hrst part of the program was devoted a o the subject ot Easter. Eas ier songs were pleasingly render­ed by JIrs. LiUa" Hayward and Mrs. Annie Greenleaf. A , v e r y Interesting paper on "Easter customs of other lands'' was given by Mrs. Annie Greenleaf. The second part of t h e pro­gram was patriotic. Patriotic songs were sung, readings bj- Mrs. Spencer, "Concord and Lexington".and "Storj' of the war" by Mrs. Lllla "Seaver were thoroughly .enJoj-ed by all.

Retreshments were served bj- the hoste.s,s. JIlss Rachel Hurllhj-, a guesti favored the cliib with- exceptionally fine, selections on the piano.- Jliss" Catherine Hurllhj- was also a guest of the club.

The ne.xt meeting ot the club will bc hold the second Wednesday In-Jlay with Mrs. Jiilla Seaver.

At the meeting of the Jlonday club, which was held at JIrs. Elmer Wal­lace's this past Jlonday afternoon, the program of the afternoon was some­what more varied than was.expected. During the reading ot one of the rnost interesiing papers.of the afternoon, to which the ladles werc rcspectfuUj- and attentlvelj- listening the telephone s,udderily rung and kept up with a violence * h i c h showed thai the c.ill could nol go unheeded. What was the a.stonIshmenl bf the Hostess lb hear a masculine voice from parts un-knotvn announce in gleeful tones the result of the Johnson-WlUard prize flght. It is needleaa to say that It broke up the parly for a few minutes to the satisfaction undoubteillj- of the culprit who is stronglj- suspected of residing in the near neighborhood.

"That's rl:iht: Keep us up with the tlmesl"

called and after removing the forel.gn matter Inserted by the saw, and bath­ing the wound In lysol, took a stitch or two. The boy Is doing well and has won the praise of those who saw his fine dlsplaj- of courage under the treatment thai was re<iulred. His eyes escaped bj- only a hair's breadth and the famllj- is very thankful that conditions are . no worse. He will not carry the ugly scar that waa feared a l the t ime of the accident.

How to Lire Cheaply. . T h e fo l lowing advertisement over,

the name of a local meat shop re­cently appearied in a Denver paper:

MR. WORKINGMAX 'Buj- from Us

'" If .You Want to Have

:A F C L I . D I N . N E R PAIL .

Fresh pork backbones S lbs. for :Sc. Fresh pigs' feel, lb..' 5c. Fresh hog snouts and ears, Ib ' 6c. Fresh pig talis. Slbs 26c. Pre'ah- tripe. Ib.' 6c. Fresh hog kidnej-s. lb . . . Sc. Fresh hog meltz. l b . . . . . . . 4c. Fresh o x . tails, each Sc. Fresh hog brains. 2 sets for 5c. Fresh Iamb livers, 3 f o r . . 10c.

liev. G. M. Howe of Groton will preach in the C'Diisregational church next Sunday morning in exchange with Jlr. Lewi.s. Sunday achool will be held al noon. The Sunday school Ea.ster concert, which had to be pcst-poned on account of s ickness and the atorm, will be given Sunday at seven p.' m. "Her Ea.-'ter choice." an Eaater dialogue for ten stirLs, by Jlargaret Slatterj-. wili he xi'ivcn and there will be mualc by the choir.

The Young Women's class of the Sunday .school are i>lanning -an enter­tainment to 1)0 .uiven in the vestry on Friday evenina. .\pril 16. .A. .shadow pantomime. eroys questions and crooked an.swer.- . and JIrs. Oakley's telephone, reiieated bj' request, make up the Iirogram.

Rev. J. B. Lewis gave hia lecture on "The passion iilay" at the town farm la.st .Mon<iay evening.

TOWNSEND Center.

Jlr. and Mr-.. L. C. Jefts and -Mr. and Mrs. !•'. li. .lefts were conveyed by Stanley Mc.Vare In hla auto t o Fitchburg- o;5 T:if-sdav afternoon to at­tend the fuiK-ral of Ex-mayor Blood.

Mias lvor:t ^;.lwlor.• - w-ho haa been acriou.-'ly ill f"' the past weeks, was taken .Monii:iv afternoon to the .St-. Joseph's h(...pit ll. .Vashua, X. H.. to be treated by a .-o.-claliat. Dr. Smith. The Xew Haniii.-<hi.- .. a:«ociallon of doctors met at thiy h..spital Thuraday and It Is reported thit .Mlsa Sawlor'a case was allowo'l rMiisultatlon b>* them.

At thf. M..th..dlst church Sunday mornins lii-v Honry Xewhall will oc­cupj- the piiip:-

Al the V'.i .;r..i:atlonal church Sun­day niornir.i: llev. A. L. Struthei'a' topic wil! 1... "Seeking the beal things." C K .vening topic. "Getting ready for ;!.• i.-\x life." Leader, Ch.as. Howard.

JIrs. Turror Goodwin is very ill again with hi-inchltia.

Jlra. Geor:;.- Krench is quite alck With the Knp|.(..

Wedne.sday inornlng a Utile daugh­ter Celia WAS wekomed inlo the home of Jlr. and .Mrs. I'.oy Wright, weight eight pounds •

It is reported that last Saturday w-e had the heaviest fall of .snow of any month of April s ince 1894. The ground was covered with from seven to twelve inches of snow. .

Mr, and .Mrs. Charles W. Hlidrcth spent a few dajs this week In Boston and In Ea.st Doston' at the home of Mr. Hlldreth's si.ster. JIrs. James Woolley. While In Boston Jlr. Hll­drelh attended the G. A. R. conven­tion.

Mr. Whitehouse of JIalden has been the week-end Ruest "at the Seaver homestead. South row.

Eastor .Services. Thc glorious Easter w.is obser\-ed

Sunday by aiiproprlate exerclaea at the Jlethodist and Congregational church­es. Sunday morning- at the Jlethodist there were exi^rtlacs by the little folks under the direction of JIrs. Walter Farrar and .Mrs. Marj- Spring.

At ' the Congegatldnal ehurch. dur­ing the Sunday school hour, readings (ind Raster exercises were given by the different departments and espe-olal- vocal aolos rendered by Harold Gray and Robert Copeland. Sunday

HarlK)r. Joel Cook l.s on the sick list. JIrs. Strout has been a recent, victim

of the grippe. . Mlss Ellen Harvey ret'urned on Sat­

urdaj* to her home in Xew Jersej-. Jllsa Al ice . L. .^mes of Winthrop

spent Ea.ster at the l iarbor farm.-JIrs.. R. B. Adams is recovering

from an attack of erj-sipelaa. Jlr. Anderson has purchased of Jlr.

Smith .sev.cnty-five chicks as a slart'er for a small poultrj- plant.

Jlr. Knowlton. whd recently pur­chased the Brown estate, hns began, work on the -farm.

Willowbrook ha.s been rented to an employee of the -jlarbor farm. The famllj- will take possession nexl Wed­nesdaj-.

Adnej- Gray made a busSneas trip to Xorth Rochester the latter 'jarl of last week.

JIrs. Brajant. who haa spent the greater part of the winter in Boston, returned on Thuraday and opened her house at the -Cape.

JIrs. Bowsfleld. who has been a guest of her daughter. Jlns. Ralph Blake, at Hickory farm for the past week or two. returned on Friday to her home in Xorth Adams.

On Jlonday JIr.s. Lorenzo Doran re­ceived the sad newa of the audden death of her mother. Mra. Doran has the aym|)athj- of her many friends and neighbora.

Jlias JIarion Dana, who haa been spending the Easter recess with her aunt. Jin's. .lennie Cooper, returned to South Xorwalk, Conn.. Friday'.

Clarence LaFountain. who had his hand badly cul and mangled in the "Jordan pump" at the leatherboard mill two weeka ago. reports the in­jured member doing as well as could be expected.

Alfred Weaton spent part of hia Eaater vacation with friends and rel­atives In Boaton and vlclnltj-.

On last week Friday forenoon a tele|)hone me.s.sage waa received at Pinehurst from the look-out station on the aummlt of JIt. Wachusett. atat-Ing there waa a fire in the woods south of the Harbor near the Lunen­burg Une. As ho smoko could bo seen thc message was thought to be a mistake. Ho-.vcver. In the afternoon a second message was received this t ime trom Lunenhurg. Upon inves­tigation the fire waa found to be in the wooda be lons ins to tho Proctor estate. Although the ground had been burned over several roda along, the roadside, there was llltle trouble in putting out the flre. caused probably by the carelessness! of smokers.

While on a recenl vlalt lo Boston. Jliss Esther B. Bagley attended the performance of the "Creation" by the Handel and Hajden society.

Albert Morris of South row haa so far recovered aa to be able to return to bualnesa.

On Tuesday the Jlonday club met at the home of JIrs. Thomaa Harvey and enjoj-ed a bountiful dinner.

Mra. Ralph B. Brooks and j-oung son of Boaton havo been spending a few days al the home of A. Dudley Bagley.

The family of Thomns Harvey cn-Joj-cd their customary holiday home­coming al Ea.stcr.

J. c u t l o n Blake of Wolla.ston was a recent gueat of his brother. Ralph Blake.

There has been much sickness In cur •^•lllage. but at this writing come good reports.

"Special features ot the:5Easter ser\--Ice-were as follows: Solo. " T h e res^ urrectlon." by H. F. Gray; duet. "Jlag-dallne." Mr. and JIrs. -Blake; "Im­mortality." JIrs. James Bennett : solo by JUss Alice Ames, "The holy city."

A barn 35x55 ft. is. soon to be' built on the opposite sldo of the road from the dwell ing house at Hickory farm. George H. Jones has received the con­tract for the ' carpenter work. The ma.sonry will bc In cliarg.^ of Jlr. Har­vey ot Lunenburg.

LITTLETON . Ncws-I tcnw.

A. B. Conant. with his automobUe. took JIrs. j ; M. HartweU. of the school board, lo Fltchburg Normal school to a meeting of school comnilttees and superintendents which proved very helpful as well as Interesting. Supt. and Mrs.' Hlll were also present. •

John- Qulnlan's Ilttle slx-j-ear-old son Harold was looking up at a work­man w h o was trimming a tree at the common when a large saw fell from a Umb and cut a gash on the bridge of the boy's-nose. Dr. Christie was

Government experts .are constantly, working to flnd out the nutritive qualities in bran, cotton seed meal and various' other cattle feeds, anci sug-r gcst lng bow tbey can be made use of to lessen the l iving expenses of the working-man, whi le one enviable old geezer, who evidently ha'l nothing to do but experiment on himself, recentr ly camfe out -with facts, figures anti blueprints to show how he had actual­ly existed on less than ten cents i>er daj- for a considerable time. All these various d o g s . are "barking up the wrong tree." ' * '

What the -workingf-man would like to know. Is not hpw^he can keep lite In blm for nothing 6r less, but how he can get a Job where he can earn enough s o that h is family can live de­cently and eat what appeals to his appetite without being obliged to pinch dents in every cent before he spends It. tte would not object to earning enough to be able to have a Uttle fun occasionally as a "side line."

A Journalistic wise man suggested the other day that If flour got too ex­pensive corn meal was nutritive atid palatable and somewhat less costly, which may be' true, but he stopped, short betore explaining why having owned the wheat the people of this country should ship it to Europe and live on corn meal.

We have as yet seen no reason ad­vanced that holds w-iater why tho man who is able and will ing to work should not have- a decent living; any sound reason why he should be reduced to the .necessity of living on hog snouts and ears or lamb livers because tbey are cheap. What particular good all this advised pinching on the part of the working-man would d o . d o e s not very clearly appear.

The first and most obvious results would be a further reduction in wages and a corresponding increase in the proflts of the exploiter of labor, which does not seem to be a result worthy of mighty concerted effort along the lines suggested.

We are of the opinion that the hon­est working-man is as much entitled to a good Uving as are the tramps and miiUonaires who produce nothing, but who live otf their fellow men who do work.

We often wonder what would hap­pen it every working-man who earns say less than fifteen hundred a j;ear should suddenly put into practice the advice to economize that is so freely given. Should all these start some fine morning living on the cheapest thing they could get that would sus­tain life and spend not a cent that was not ab.soluteIy necessary what would become ot the business boom that is so much advertised as coming our way in the immediate future?

It the o ld saying "every part strengthens a i)art" is true, there is something to be said in favor of tho above bill of tare. If a diet ot "pork* backbones" and "hogs' brains" would fit the working-man to see his inter­ests and vote for them it would be worth trying. - V. T. E.

ITEM OF DJTERBST.. .

Would the women vote for prohibi­tion? Five thousand o l them voted the wet ticket In Chicago and 2000 voted dry.

Dr. Harry A. Weymouth of Saco, .Me., has a wlcked'iooklng knife which was taken froiu a' notorious Spanish ban­dit In • Havana, just before' the out­break of the Spanish war. It has a bone handle, and was made by hand by some one of the band of murder­ers. The blade,, which is nearly eight inches long. Is of the best steel, and with the e.nd ground down'to a needle point. Is a murderous looking weapon.

After remaining practically untised In the. belfry of the'Phoenix hall In Fairhaven for sefventy years, the bell. Which w a s placed there In 1792, Is to be moved to a schoolhouse in North' : Fairhaven an'd there used both for school and the flre alarm system. It was the first bell In the town and was inade by Paul . Revere.

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The mayor of Boston' says he finds no law to prevent men making bread ot plaster paris. Still there mUst be some kind of law to apply. The law of unnecessary expense might flt.. Portland cement is cheaper. Make bread of that. Put bread Into the list with whisky,and patent-medicines and have the makers s tamp'the rontents " on the outside.—Worcester Telegram.

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PATRICK SUrPLK •and Family.

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George Goodearl. who attends Con­cord high school, too.k j>art in the plaj- "Endj-mion." given bj- the pu­pils laat week. Hia brother Arthur, a student at Clark univeraity. is at home for a week's vacation.

JIrs. N'orman Wetherbee received news' of the death of her brother, James Wheeler, In I..lncoln, the tlrat ot thc week. • Charlea Sherry's family haa moved into the JIcGrath houae. Jlr.-Sherry has bought several acres of land'nice-Ij' located on the at.tte road and in­tends aometlme later to build there.

Jllas JIabel Wetherbee is at home for a week: alao. the children who attend thc Concord high school.

Jllsa Jlary Hastings, of Brighton, ia the guest of Jlra. . \nna Page this week.

This lown received JIOOO as Its share ot the sum appropriated by the atate to furnlah work lo the unem­ployed. Of thia class we have few. If any, and It is usually much easier to find work than men. Farmers, have manj- problems to- meet,' but lack .of work Is not one of them.

We had thc unusual sight Easter Sunday, not only ot seeing the roads broken oul bofore the milkmen could get through, but also to .see It done with - an auto truck which wa.s cer­tainly a novelty here.

The wel l -known entertainer, Pr'of. Jl W, Jlaynard, the blind musician, of Roxbury, g a v o an entertainment In the town fiall Wednesday evening un­der the auspices of the Ladles' So­cial Circle. Arthur Xelson convej'ed a truck load from Acton. JIany pres­ent had heard Prot. Jlaynard before and found he stUl retained his won­derful skill as a musician and power to hold tho audience. .

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