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LITTLETON. A'ewH Items.

-Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jacobs visited tbe Frank Hartwell family in Som­erville the first three days of this week.-

Home from academies and colleges 'are.Miss Louisa Flagg, teacher from Wheaton; .Miss Lucy Houghton, stu­den t - f rom Wheaton; i l l s s Mildred Flagg, from Pembroke college; Miss Gladys Kimball, from Tilton academy; Misses Florence Whitcomb and Ruth Prescott from Cushing academy.

— The grange Is beginning rehearsals-agaln for the drama postponed on ac­count of sickness. .The high school Is also preparing for a drama to be presented In the near future.

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Ayer, Mass., Saturday, March 25 , 1911. Mrs. Oscar Farwell is visiting at

Douglass Whitcomb's. She has sold both farms on. the Harvard road; the first to John Murpby or Littleton, who will take possession immediately, and the second to an out-of-town party by the name of* Blodgett.

Miss Mary C. Downing of Cambridge was a week-end guest at E. P. Shee-han's. Miss Downing, who is a mem­ber of the Irish Choral society of Bos­ton, rendered a solo at the A. O. H. concert In Ayer on Friday evening bf last week. • • • ,

The second number of The Mystic Llght-hag-appeared-and-eontalna-muctr that will interest people, particularly the Masons. A copy may be found on t he reading-room table In the pub­lic library.

No. 28 . Price Four Cents

H Hats hl^wiha^'Zrf^ Y t h a t t i r e d ° f Winter feeling try one of our New Spring like a I w ' S f e ^ ^ T very becoming and they'11 make you look and feel liKe a new man. Ihe new Spring Caps, Shoes and Haberdashery coming in every day.

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Shall soon have on exhibition at my Garage and for • •demonstra-.tipn_a_Model_32 Buick Rbadster." Price. $fton _ _

This Car has Four Cylinders, and is 20 Horse Power, if you are skeptical in regard to its power, let me try it out against any so-called 2 0 Horse Power on the market, even if it is.claimed to

This car will climb develop 2 5 percent more power than its rating. Columbia Street, Ayer.

T h e Buick One Year G u a r a n t e e We warrant the Motor Vehicle manufactured by :us for TWELVE

MONTHS from the date of delivery of Car, and agree to supply free of charge such parts as appear to us defective in material or work­manship. The parts showing such faults must be returned to "us charges prepaid for our inspection. We do not.accept any respon­sibility for tires or ignition apparatus. These are fully guaranteed by the manufacturers, of same.

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H AVE secured the Agency for "one "of the E3est Tire "Reinforce­ments on the market. These enable you to get: 4 0 percent

-more-service out of a-new casing-and good mileage out of old casings. If you 'have a tire that is old and weak, do not throw it away but put in a re-enforcement. The amount of wear it will

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-give you, will astonisn you. A_t^tzesn_rai*TteTfi?r^_rcT<:—A 32 x 3~RZ costs $ 6 . 0 0 ; a 3 3 x 4, $ 6 . 9 0 ; a 3 4 x 4, $7 .50 .

E. O. PROCTOR, Ayer, Mass. Agent for Acton, Ayer, Ashby, Townsend, Harvard', Groton, Shirley, Littleton and Pepperell

Heady..... We are now prepared to show an unusual

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TMEW S P m ^ in the highest quality of Clothing, Furnishing and Headwear for Men, Boys and Children.

-See the New Models for .Spring from the best makers of Good Clothes'in this country.

We invite every Man-and Boy to call and see the good things we have for them to wear; in the New Spring Sty-les.-.-.. ..-. -._..-_. __,....+...• _.___-_....• ..-__.---•.. : Y-_;i__u ..; _.

We have something very special for the Young Men, having con-' sidered Age, Fitness, as well as Form F i tnes sY"—

We have the distinctively cut modelsjfor both Man and Youth_ Our lines of Spg-CiaJ^SLiits for Young Mprr ar-.vA ry•bright and snap

The Spring of the Year Finds Us in Stock on t h e Fol­

lowing Goods Swift's Animal Fertilizers Chemicals and Land Limeo Lime and Sulphur Solution for Spraying Arsenate of Lead for Spraying Myer's Barrel Spray Pumps

Chick Feeds, Water Founts, Mash Hoppers and Lullaby'Brooders, Grass Seed, Seed

Corns, Seed Oats, Seed Barley. Seed Rye

•poems illustrating his gospel of work, ii selection illustrating the romance in common life, a Toast on Literature, one of the Jungle Book stories, quo­tations by different members, and a song from the Just So stories.

A full line of White Mountain Seeds. 99 per cent purity, especially White Mountain Seed Oats, 9 7 per cent germination, guaranteed the cheapest and best Oats to sow for a crop.

Also, a full line of Grain, Flour, Feed Stuffs, Hay and Straw.

Don't Forget the Price of Coal Goes Down April 1st _ •

A. E. LAWRENCE & SON Telephone 7 . ' AYF.R, MASS.

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>'cws Items. . • Miss Miriam Cash has been sick

with tho grippe for a week past, but Is now convalescent.

The ladles' -circle -of the Baptist society announces a salad supper and entertainment at the vestry on-Tuesr evening, April 4.- . •>. '

Tho Ladles' Sewing circle of the Baptist church held a profitable meet­ing on Wednesday afternoon

Entertainment. The Backlog entertainment last

week Thursday evening was well at­tended considering the terrifying high winds that prevailed. Those who braved tho elements were well repaid for their efforts, for the program .}f great merit was given by Mr. and Mrs. Fairfield. Joseph Harwood, Mrs. Prank Priest, .Mrs. Mattte Priest and Mrs. Wilcox. It was a Kipling entertain­ment, and several, poems of the au­thor's soldier life was read;, also,

TOWNSEND.

Harbor. Mr. Bush of Nashua has moved with

his family into the hotel here. Mrs. Thacher of Randolph and Mrs.

Murphy of Hoston spent Monday with Mrs. Doherty.

Several from this vicinity" attended the Pomona grange at Leominster.

Mr. Riley and wife have moved into the Reed tenement opposite the church,

Will Dixon and family will soon move into the Joel Parker house.

Messrs. Puller and Richardson have been renovating the Joel Cook cot­tage, which will be occupied by Mrs. Lawrence.

Miss Melora Warner has returned to her school in Aahburnham.

Maitland Knight of Tyngsboro vis­ited his brother Frank the earlier part of the week.

Mrs. Knight Is visiting her friend, Mrs. Kendall of Boston.

Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Conant re­turned "frttm"'""Boston" on Thursday night, where they have been "visiting Mrs. Noyes,. Mrs. Jones" sister.

Miss Dorothy Smith Is' a guest of her sister in Cambridge.

Mrs. Thirza (Fitch) Wilbur of Beachmont, who lived in this villas.'-twenty years ago, spent Tuesday with Mrs. Cyrus Lane.

On Tuesday tho As You Like It r! .i> was entertained at Mrs. Ida Brown .-An interesting -program was furnished by the hostess, including charades, contests and music. The-sen-Ins. of refreshments closed the afternoon's entertainment. The next meeting of the club will be-with Mrs. Morgan at Fairview farm. .

Club Meetings. On Saturday evening of last v.><k

the C. C. whist club met .at l'inelmrst. The guests or the evening v.ore Mr. nnd Mrs*. II. Spaulding, Miss Tiirb. II nnd Mrs. Wlggln,.'_.ll of West Groton. The scores were unusually low Mr.

py, and are the veryj__atest Styles, both in cut and colorings of the Fabrics.

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MEN'S SUITS $8.47, $1.0«fi^.$.12.00, $15.00, $18:00, $ 2 0 . 0 0

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$8.47, $10.00, $12.00, $15.00, $18.00 a n d $20 .00

Also, the Very Popular Silk-Lined Overcoat in Blacks and Greys

$15.00 "ancT$20.dO~ "

MEN'S HATS In Cor rec t S h a p e s in t h e New S p r i n g Derbys and Soft Hats

STYLE AND QUALITY a n d Caps in all t h e prevailing "~ S h a p e s a n d Colors.

DERBY H A T S " - ~ : $i"'98, $2.50 and $3 .00 "",7

SOFT HATS

$1.00,.$1.50, $1.98, $2.50, $ 3 0 0 MEN'S CAPS, 2 5 c , 50c , 75c. and $1.00, BOYS' CAPS, 25c. and 50c.

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Spanlding made 36. tho higiiest num­ber of points. Gilman Conant • 33. While the cards of Mrs. Gray and Miss Myrtle Gray showed a tally of 16. Those of Will Cooper and Fred Taft a sore of 18. - Tlie club extends a hearty welcome to its latest mem­ber, .Willard Gray.

The mid-week club .held it's meeting on Tuesday at the home of Mrs. Lane. Tho rooms were prcttlls decorated

with cut flowers. The guest of the afternoon was Mrs. Wilbur. The pro­gram was a scries of contests be­ginning with that of prize speaking of wJitch phonographic records were made. Mrs. Wilbur and .Mrs. Keenan were the winners. Among the other ladies who received prizes in .Be**-various contests 'were. Mrs. Warner, for guessing nearest to the number of beans in a Jar; Mis Doherty for dex­

terity in a corn and oats contest; -Mrs. Henry Spaulding for blowing •> largest soap bubble; Mrs. Wilbur _orM quickness In replacing a row of phis. ' -" Af ter . the prizes were awarded "Mf^v" Hollohan gave .-two""vocal solos _.»._:* •Mr.. Lane played some of tho latest records on . the zonephobe. At ihe O'clock a chick silpper was --(rved The next meeting of the club will bo with Mrs. Warner.

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propria.©1" money instead of "raising," with' water; lights, electric cars, schools, play grounds, library, Are de­partment, churches "and sunset scen­ery sky high and the town dry. What Is' lacking?

Mrs. Toy'e and Mrs. .\ewbald of West Chelmsford, members of the Grandmother's rinh, made a friendly

Entered as second class matter at the postofflce ot Ayer, Mass.

' Saturday, March 25, 1811.

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The academy closed tills week Fri­day for the usual spring, vacation of one week while the Wm. K. Frost school has two weeks' recess, this week and next week.

Mrs. A. H. Sutherland is enjoying __a__-__eek's—vacation—from- househoid-

cares, dividing the time with her three sisters—Mrs. Marden of Woburn, Mrs. Clark of Somerville and Mrs. Cameron also of Somerville.

Mrs. Wayland F. Balch, who has had a serious ill turn, is reported as more comfortable.

Mrs. Rachael Reed, who has been spending the winter months with her daughter, .Mrs. H. V. Hildreth, has re­turned to her home in Graniteville.

A dozen of the young people of the village, mostly from the academy) went to Chelmsford last Friday evening to the 17th of March dancing party and report a very pleasant time. James D. Wilson took the party in his barge and Miss Edith Lawrence chaperoned the party.

grandmother visit with their com­panion grandmother, Mrs. S. L. Tay­lor, last week, at her home the "Old oaken bucket," Lowell and Stonv Brook road.

Town Meeting. At the annual town meeting last

Monday, Hon. Herbert E.-Fletcher was elected moderator. William H. H. Burbeck and T. Arthur E. Wilsioii were appointed ballot clerks; Walter A. Whidden, Joseph Wall, Walter J. Meriitt, William H. 11. Burbeck and T. Arthur E. Wilson, counting tellers. The polls opened at eight a. in., and i by special vote closed at 1.45 p. in. I Three huiidred^ and^four baljots, were I cast and two" registered women' voted"' for school committee. After five i hours and fifteen minutes voting, it ! was decided that the following per- I sons would be considered prudent | men to manage town affairs: I

Selectman, Oscar R. Spaulding; j assessor, J. Willard Fletcher; collec- j tor, Leonard Wheeler; auditor., Wil- j Ham R. Taylor; overseer of poor, Al­bert R. Choate; school committee, ! John Spinner, Fred E: Reed; ceme­tery commissioner, George T. Day; trustee bf library, Benjamin H. Bailey; constables, Eds'on G. Boyn­ton, John A. Sullivan; treasurer, Har­wood L. Wright; tree warden, the only contested ollice on the ballot, re­sulted in a vote of 175 for Harry I.. Xesmith. the present incumbent, to 116 .for Daniel J. McLeod. The vote.

The E-M-F Company Announces — A n a _ _ e r s ^ _ r Fore-Door

Rev, Mr. Wallace gave.an excellent on licensing the sale of intoxicating address Sunday evening to his hearers ! liquors resulted in drouth for another on "The church and the board of trade." He presented most sensibly what the church's attitude should be to the welfare of the town.

Mrs. Julian A. Cameron sailed on Saturday with her sister. Mrs. Julian Kebler of Brookline, from Xew York

•for 'a European trip. Mrs. Cameron expects to be away about two months.

The ladies of the Unitarian society are planning for a pleasant whist par­ty and social in their vestry the even-' ing of the' thirty-first.

-f-ruuge. ".'.."". At the last meeting of tlie grange

the business hour was occupied with voting on the names of the twenty-one applicants for membership. These candidates will receive the Hist and second degrees at the next nieeting April 6.

The entertainment of the evening consisted of a "Peddler's parade," in charge of Mrs. E. G. Boynton and Mrs. L .W. Wheeler. It was to be regretted that the weather for the evening was such that it could not but affect the attendance, but nearly everyone of those who took part, about twenty-five in all, were present and carried out the parts assigned to them most cred­itably, some of the costumes being particularly good. The audience. though small, was appreciative and later the wares of the ice cream, cake. candy, pop-corn, peanut and fruit ven­ders made very acceptable refresh­ments.

The ladies' degree staff, under th* direction of drill master, H. M. Wright. a r e rehearsing for their work for the second meeting in April.

Tadmuck Club. The regular meeting of the Tad­

muck club took place Tuesday after­noon in Liberty hall with, a good at­tendance. The program for the ____.-

year: yes,.1.13; no, 175, The town" voted itself able to raise

• and collect the following sums of money, and not a taxpayer doubted his ability to go down in his pocket and find his proportionate share: Public library, $800; cemeteries, $1.0' roads, $3,600; town debts. $6,500 ; support of poor, Sl.L'OO; public schools', $9,500; high school, $2,600; text books, $500; salary of superintendent, $800; repairs in schoolhouses. $700; spray­er for moth department, $550; moth department'. $800: fire rtpp-.nn_.nt

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EVER S ™ 0 % * - ™ M » ^ nearly twe.years j THE THREE-SPEED, SELECTIVE TRANSMISSION* is another feature that this sterling light chassis These 2 J . ' I ' , ' ° n " ' g , .-. r T ' " a r t- e 8 1- s t r o n S ' > ' t 0 the experienced. For the runabout models f ood folk w'hog fe l f X i ^c I , ; r d S ^o t q r f f S ord C a oT e d idn" " a t o d S p u ° t . ^ ^ - . - ^ a r e _.--."•-*«. 6"t Ifs a mistake and a grievous one •-1,000 or more into an automobile—of course, at Sl.'mo there's

ternoon was "The Panama canal." in charge of Mrs. B. H. Bailey. .Mrs. Bailey had prepared a most interest­ing theme full of research and giving a clear idea of the magnitude of this great enterprise. She outlined the Panama of fifty years ago and of to­

day, sketching the DeLesseps enter­prise and many other features of in­terest. .Miss Edith Foster supple­mented Mrs. Barley's paper with en­tertaining extracts from letters from a friend in Panama.

At the next nieeting the subject for the afternoon will be the last in the season's special topic for studv of ^'Spanish Xorth America'* and will be "Florida, past and present." in charge of Mrs. David Wallace. There will be a paper by Miss M. Eudora Jones Of Lunenburg on "Florida of the past" and one by Miss Lillian B. Atwood of "Personal recollections of Florida." j

-.bout Town. Joseph Morin, who has been serious- I

"> HI with pneumonia, died at his home near Westford station on Mon­day forenoon. He »as si-tv-five .oars old and a veteran of the Civil' war and has been a resident of the town for the past twenty years. He was an expert tool sharpener by trade and worked at the various stone quarries in town. He is survived bv a wife two daughters—Mrs. Isles and Miss Mary Moran of Westford. and one son —FTank Moran of California, two sis­ters and one brother.

Charles Raymond, who has been conducting a small grocery store and poolroom at Marshall-., hall at West­ford corner, has closed out his busi­ness and moved to Maryland. His father, who has been employed on the Fletcher quarry, has also moved back to Maryland with his family.

Arthur G. Boynton, who has been in the retail milk business for about

-twenty-five years,* during this period securing his milk In Westford has sold his route to .Mr. Carson of North Tewksbury.

$400; (ire extinguishers, $140;' medical inspector of schools. $75*; Memorial day, $150; transportation of library books. $75; notes and interest, $5,500; State and county tax. $5,600; hy­drants. $1,760, making a total of $32,040.

Article 3. To see if the town will vote to accept Chapter 423 of the Acts of 1909, entitled "An act rela­tive to the sale of ice cream, con­fectionery, soda water and fruit on the

-Lord's day." 'This article was laid on the table, pending a call for the read­ing of the statutes relative . to such I sale. The statutes not being avail- r able in the twinkling of an eye, t he ! town got nervous and proceeded with the rest of the warrant. Later when the statutes had been read and ex­plained, and there appearing to be nothing seriously inhuman or men­acing, to order in the innovation of John C. Abbot,, voted to accept Chap-

| ter 423, allowing the selectmen to j grant such licensing on the Lord's l day. The reports of the town of-! ficials were accepted as printed in the town report.

Art. 14". Relative to the purchase .cf a power sprayer for the purpose oi 1 destroying the moth pests, Capt. j Fletcher read a letter from the State : Forester, offering on behalf of the State, to pay one-half of the cost of

r-his-spr-ay-er-.—I :)Knt-t-lvi&-s.at-enietit-t he town in hurry-up time voted itself in co-partnership wi th the State and pur­chase a sprayer and contribute $.-,5o towards calling it a trade.

Art. 24. Relating to lighting the streets at Westford, Graniteville Forge Village and Brookside. the town listening to the report of John C. Abbot, chairman of the committee . to investigate the cost of lighting on the part of the Hoard of Trade, unani­mously vo-eii to constitute the se­lectmen and aforesaid committee a committee ;,, _,„(.,. j I l t 0 contrtK t with the Lowell Electric Light Company for lighting the streets for a period of !

five years. i

only one choice—E-M-F "30 TRUE, THERE WERE OTHERS-severa l makes of cars selling for less

than $1,000 and equipped with "touring" bodies. But in the eves of discriminating buyers these possessed disadvantages thnt letL them out of c-iisld.-_.tlon—for example: inadequate power and chassis

Mr. Brown of Lowell, who has more recently errgaged in the milk business has sold his likes and dislikes to Mor­mon Decatur, well-known In West­ford, as a nature of the Brookside pre­cinct. Those changes make a shake up in the long reliable plans and methods of some of the farmers.

The annual town meeting brought \ p u - the fact that only fifteen towns in ••'tiddlesex county have a lower tax r a t £? than Westford. Don't be afraid . ° A V a tarm- house or home In West­ford don. account of high taxes. Some of us _«re bound to keep taxes down if we h_Ave to be a minority of one to vote •' j-e9t'', on an amendment to "ap-

new .louses in process of erection on I nion street, the town generously voted to support another hydrant.

Art. 26. The town voted for more fire extinguishers outside of the water district. The names of persons In whose custody they are left to be pub­lished in the annual town report and said persons to be held responsible for the care of the same.

Art. 33. The town handed over a deed of thanks to Donald Al. Cameron Oscar R. Spaulding and William I ' .w00..B._ f o r s i f t o f l a n d t o enlarge the Whitney playground. If this is not sufflcieht compensation, may they draw heavily on the dividends of healthful pleasure that their land is dedicated to.

Art. 36. Relating to the suppres­sion of the liquor traffic, on motion of Edward M. Abbot, this article was laid on the table. ' pending the vote of the town on the license question ;

strength; two-speed transmissions—and mostlv of the. power-consuming, noisy "planetary" type. The planetaVv .trans­mission may be "fool proof" as claimed—but it does not appeal to

' the mechanically well informed. FLANDERS "SO* DID.VT BELONG to that class of cars at all. When En­

gineer Heaglet undertook to design this model for the E-M-F-Company he set himself a .high standard—that of creating a chassis of medium size that should combine all those features which here­tofore had been considered obtainable only in cars selling for

four times as much as Mr. Flanders proposed to ask for this car THAT HE SUCCEEDED TS HISTORY. True. Flanders "20" in its first

few months of existence had to pass through most of the infantile troubles that every new.model, no matter by whom designed, must pass through before it reaches that state of perfection that is the designer's ambition. Flanders "20" had its teething troubles, then the measles, mumps and a slight attack of the whooping c o u g h -that last is automobile language for carburetor crankiness.

PERHAPS THIS SURPRISES YOU-th is brutal frankness of ours. .It is the despair of our competitors. They never can understand', whv it does not injure us irreparably to tell the public what they consider factory secrets. Confidentially, we believe this is the secret, of our success. We are dealing with intelligent people—practical business men for the most part. Infallibility is not to be hoped for in human beings. So it has always been our policy to speak frSnkly to read­ers of our ads. It not only disarms unfair competition, but has won for us a confidence on the part of buyers that we consider our chief asset.

YES, FLANDERS "2(1" HAD ITS TROUBLES in the early days. But— and here's -What you are mostly interested in—every Flanders "20" car sold carried with it a full year's guarantee by a company-worth several millions of dollars. Not only that, but the buyer knew that the men who signed that guarantee were in the habit of splitting hairs—would make good not only the letter but ttie_

- spirifc-of-that-giiRranter—A.id-wtr-did==to^iTch an extent that there are today 7,000"boosters of this car—satisfied owners.

WHILE WE ARE OX THIS SUBJECT let's go back three years. E-M-F "30" was then in its first year. It also had its infantile aches and pains. This company was new then, but the men at the head of it realized that permanent success depended absolutely on backing up our product in the most liberal manner. We had expected small weaknesses to develop during the first few weeks that the new model was on the* roads in hands of owners. Why? Past ex­perience—which teaches us that, no matter how severely a new model may be tested by factory experts, defects will develop when 500 cars are in hands of owners operating under 500 different sets of conditions—defects that no one could possibly have foreseen or provided against. That 's the reason for a manufacturer's guar­antee—and before you buy any new model—ours or the other fel­low's, let us warn you to look well to tlie kind of guarantee that goes with it, and particularly to the character of the men or the firm that signs it.

noth­ing like it has been known in automobile history. For three years it has been first choice of discriminating buyers and every ear has

in a touring car. Not only does it interfere with the pleasurable operation of the car—and every Flanders "20" owner drives his own car—but it subjects motor and transmission mechanisms to undue strains when star t ing or climbing hills or negotiating very bad stretches of roads. It won't do. '

1.IIEEL BASE IS IIK 1.. CUES—only 6 inches shorter than the larger model. Ample room for five large adult passengers and longer than any other car of similar class. Weight, only'1600 pounds, and as this "20" horse-power motor actually develops about 25% more power than its rating you have power to carry you anywhere at as rapid a pace as you will ever care to go. And she's a wonderful hill climber.

LESSER IMPROVEMENTS ARE:—Detaching exhaust manifold. Formerly cast integral with the cylinders this feature developed defects sim­ilar to those from which other makes of higher priced cars, which also adopted this foreign idea last year, are still suffering. You don't know which ones? Ask your dealer.

CARBURETOR HAS BEEN PERFECTED so as to give still wider range of flexibility and with simpler adjustment—similar to Q-M-F "30." Flanders "20" carburetor now gives uniform results in mile-high Denver and sea-level Florida.

WORM AND WORM-WHEEL STEERING has been adopted in place of the former internal-gear device. Absolutely irreversible. Four times longer lived—because four times as much wearing surface. Also adjustable for wear. Equal in every way to that of E-M-F "30."

MAGNETO AXD COIL are part of standard equipment of course—Splitdorf, and attached same as on the. larger car. Accessible. So are several other parts that formerly were a trifle difficult to get at. Radiator is raised slightly so that the starting crank no longer goes through the radiator. Looks better, that 's all. Cooling properties of this car always were ideal. Rear axle has been heavier to support the heavier passenger load. Double strut rods. Brakes twiee as wide as before—will slide the wheels on any surface yet won't chatter nor jerk n o matter how-severely applied. Lined with thennoid.

SEVERAL.OTHER MINOR POINTS have been refined-improved is hardly the w;ord, for there was nothing to be desired in efficiency. Still, there was one point—valve action—where not only refinement was

—• pos-_iW«__lHH-_al>out—4»-_—iiver-ease—Hi— power was obtained. THINK HOW MUCH WISER IT IS for a concern to adhere to standard

models and improve from year to year as we have done with Flanders "20" and E-M-F "30" rather than to constantly chase false gods and offer'radically new models to the buving public as fast as the seasons roll round.

IS Ul AXV WONDER other concerns are trailing in the rear while the E-.M-F Company continues to set the pace and constantly increases the distance between? Vou know the A. L. A. M. report for the last quarter of 1.10, just issued, showed the E-.M-F Company to be the largest producer of automobiles in the world. Those figures cannot be refuted. And the chief reason isvwe do not run away from our troubles, but make good to every buyer—and we get our share of the unreasonable ones—and continue to improve and refine our product far in advance of the times and the demands of buyers.

Art. 25. Calling for an additional i hydrant at Forge Village, after ex- . WHAT A MARVELOUS RECORD E-M-F "3(1' lias made since that planation by Julian A. Cameron, that ' the new hydrant was needed near the

been sold, not by a salesman, but by another owner. And so well did we take care of those first 500 cars, any man who now owns one of that famous first, litter to which "Old Bullet" belonged, staunchly claims he has as good a car as we have ever turned out since.

FLANDERS "SO" REPEATED HISTORY—that s all. And today we are able to say of this little car it is as good as its older brother E-M-F "30"—and more could not be said of any automobile.

BUT ABOUT THAT TOURING MODEL. Until recently we have turned a deaf ear to the entreaties of dealers and individual admirers alike —those who wanted a Flanders "20" touring car. The reasons have been set forth above. We had determined first to give the car a full year ln hands of owners with the lighter runabout and subur­ban bodies—watch the performance of every car carefully, and make Improvements or refinements wherever opportunity occurred.

SHE IS IX HER SECOND YEAR XOW—infantile diseases long since passed and every defect however slight—whether in mechanical construc­tion or merely in exterior appearance—has been corrected and such improvements made as the progress of the science of automobile making and steel treatment has made possible. Today we are able t o say—and back it up with the same guarantee—that in all the world there is nowhere else such value to be had in a car of this type as in the Fore-Door Flanders "20."

verdict.

New Advertisements.

tnl-n i, i . "scertamed that the .! THE RULE WE HAVE WORKED TO In perfecting this light car model has town had voted a drouth, the select-i been" "when In doubt make it like E-M-F "30"—a rule some of our -I-.-1- Wer<!, R a n o p e n d o o r t 0 : esteemed competitors have emulated assiduously o t late, bv the monej and men to enforce the d ry , way. . You'll .find, therefore, many points of similarity In the two

cars—and that alone is guarantee of the excellence of the new Flanders "20" model.

ONE FACTOR THAT HAS HELPED in this process of improvement has been the drop in prices of materials—which we predicted In a recent E-M-F ad. and were roundly scored for by competitors who thought it was bad for the public to be advised of that fact. For example aluminum Is, much cheaper today than, two years ago. Result, we are able to use that semi-precious metal in . the motor crank-case and transmission housing of Flanders "20" now, whereas it was absolutely out of the question then. We reduce the weight very

READ THIS Send inquiries-to William A. Moods,

distributor of GRASSELLI LIME

ATE OF LEAD, who will quote prices the lowest conslstant with good goods. Telephone 27-13, Groton. Mass. Spe-cial rates to stores. 3m28->

CARD OP THANKS. . .W c-w_ - , h t 0 'hank our nclKhbors rtnd friend- for the many beautlfii flow*™ »ent u-.aml tho deep .ympathy which has been shown u» in many wiivs <lur-InR our late bereavement.

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Ivan K. Parker. Mr.. Robert Corbett nnd Family

T J ^ . Rav;VJ p ' l r , t c ' - nnd Family. Pepperell, March 16. 1911.

considerably by using aluminum.

NOW ABOUT THAT FORE-DOOR MODEL. First, let us say this body is not a makeshift one, designed to tit a runabout and be interchange­able. Not at all. It is specially designed for this chassis which, as we have shown above, had been designed to receive it. Ample seat­ing capacity and just as well trimmed and finished—just as many coats of varnish and same quality leather and hair as that used in E-M-F "30."

THE PRICE—*$_(.- IS SENSATIONAL—leaves no real competition for this car in the field. Meets exactly the needs of buyers who Just can't quite reach E-M-F "30"—and gives them a car made of exactly the same materials, by the same wonderful organization and backed by the same guarantee as E-M-F "30**—just a size smaller tha f s all.

NOW NOTE THIS CAREFULLY. Deliveries on this fore-door model will not . begin until on or about April 1st. And at first they will not come

very rapidly—naturally. Orders ahead for Flanders "20" runabouts and roadsters must be taken care of. This requires a large part of the factory equipment and organization.

BESIDES, IT BECAME NOISED ABOUT—despite our efforts to keep silent about this model until ready to deliver them in quantities—that this Fore-Door Flanders "20' was coming out, and astute dealers and buyers have already sent in tentative orders for several hundred cars—unsight and unseen and without knowing just what the price would be. Knew it would be right, of course, knowing the E-M-F Company.

SO YOU SEE YOU'LL HAVE TO TAKE YOUR TURN- in the line just as those thousands have had to do in the past who wanted E-M-F "30" or Flanders "20" cars. Order at once. Pay down a deposit and have your dealer assign you a definite delivery date. Then you will not be disappointed.

THE OBJECT OF THIS ADYERTISEStEXT Is not so much to sell these cars —word-of montli information among present-owners would sell the entire output-as fast-ns wo could get them out, Rut we wanted to give everybody a fair start—dealers and individual buyers alike. So this is the first official word about this model and you can rest assured there will be no favoritism—first in line first served and with ab­solute impartiality as ln the past.

HERE'S ANOTHER S U R P R I S E - W e did intend to reserve it for another ad.. but it won't be necessary'. We will Hcgin on April Jst to deliver a new Fore-Door E-M-F "30." wil l b e . ready to take care of the demand by that da te we hope. Chassis unchanged In any d e t a i l -same famous car in every particular sart-e only tho body which we think is the neatest, nattiest, "classiest" thing of the kind yet pro­duced. .Price will be $1,100—watch -c*m scramble! '

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, , . a l l d will m o v e t h e d e t a c h e d ' p a r t t o -Mr. a n d Mrs . F e n n l m o r e .Morton of • Russe l l s t r e e t and c o n v e r t it Into u

C e n t r a l s t r e e t a r e r e jo i c ing ove r t h e n r r l vn l of a baby boy a t t h e i r h o m e F r i d a y m o r n i n g .

Rev . .Michael E . D o h e r t y officiated a t t h e se rv i ces In Abbo t ' s ha l l on S u n ­day m o r n i n g , a n d p r e a c h e d a verv efficient s e r m o n on t h e gospe l of the day .

T h e mi l l s of the Abbot W o r s t e d Co. c losed on .Monday to g ive t h e v o t e r s a n o p p o r t u n i t y to. a t t e n d the a n n u a l t o w n m e e t i n g .

Se rv i ces , which w e r e ve ry well a t ­t e n d e d , w e r e held In St . A n d r e w ' s m i s ­s ion on S u n d a y m o r n i n g for t h e R u s ­s i an c h u r c h g o e r s of t h e v i l l age a n d vicini ty . T h e se rv i ce s w e r e c o n d u c t e d by Rev, J a c o b G r e g g o of Bos ton . In th_-_.____e___jjo--__a-usual-hour-Revr-Jfrr-

t e n e m e n t h o u s e .

B i r c k h e a d of Gro ton School c o n d u c t e d s e r v i c e s a n d spoke v e r y effectively.

T h e Ladles ' . S e w i n g c i r c l e he ld t h e i r r e g u l a r m e e t i n g o n W e d n e s d a y a f te r ­noon . T b e usua l l e n t e n s e r v i c e s were h e l d a t t h e mi s s ion W e d n e s d a y eye­ing a t 7.30 o'clock. T h e G.trls' F r l e n d -

. ly soc ie ty held t h e i r m e e t i n g af te r s e r v i c e s .

Se l f -He lp lodge, I. O. O. F . , M. U., he ld i t s r e g u l a r m e e t i n g iu> Abbo t hal l on Monday even ing .

M a n y from t h i s v i l l age a t t e n d e d t h e soc ia l d a n c e held in Ayer on St. P a t ­r i c k ' s n igh t .

B o r n on .March 17 to Mr. a n d Mrs . M. M a n t o n of P l e a s a n t s t r e e t a baby g i r l . .

C a m e r o n school c losed on F r i d a y a f t e r n o o n for t h e a n n u a l s p r i n g va­c a t i o n .

Miss S a r a h P r e c i o u s w a s t h e g u e s t ' o v e r * S u n d a y of h e r ' s i s t e r . Mrs . Mich"-*

ael Keefe of TownSend H a r b o r . Miss K a t h e r l n e Moffat, f o r m e r l y of

t h i s v i l lage , vis i ted h e r m a n y f r i ends h e r e a t t h e week -end .

a i r . a n d Mrs . J o h n G. C o n a n t of Shi r ley , w e r e S a t u r d a y and S u n d a y g u e s t s of, t h e i r L i t t l e ton r e l a t i ves .

C. A. K i m b a l l a n d Miss F . A S a n ­d e r s o n w e r e d e l e g a t e s f rom t h e Con-grega t l&nal c h u r c h t o t h e a p p o r t i o n ­m e n t c o n f e r e n c e a t Ayer on W e d n e s ­d a y a f t e r n o o n .

Mrs . D a n i e l , G. H o u g h t o n h a s a r ­r ived h o m e f rom h e r long visit w k b h e r d a u g h t e r s in N e w J e r s e y .

Miss F l o r e n c e B a r t l e t t is vis i t ing Mrs . H e l e n C u s h m a n E i c h l e r in Wal­t h a m . Mrs . E i c b l e r w a s a t e a c h e r in t h e W e s t p r i m a r y school t w o . e a r s ago .

W e n d a l l , t h e y o u n g e s t s o n of P e r -ley-SrnTth , wno h a s been very " s i ck"

___._... fln?" s e s s l ° " o f *h* b o a r d of r e g i s t r a r s of voters held ln t h e t o w n ha l l , S a t u r d a y afternoon a n d e v e n i n g t h e n a m e s of Henry L. Dodge, H o w a r d L. D o d g e , H o w r a d FUMP. - - - M y H e r

-Miss May Lord , o n e of t h e Village"-, p o p u l a r y o u n g l ad ies , h a s r e s igned h e r pos i t ion w i th t h e Abbot W o r s t e d Co. to t a k e up a c o u r s e in n u r s i n g . Mis s L o r d e n t e r s upon h e r n e w d u t i e s Apr i l 1st.

A l a r g e n u m b e r f rom t h i s v i l l age a t -t e n d e d the l en ten—serv ices—held ln H e a l e y ' s ha l l , G r a n i t e v i l l e , on l a s t T u e s d a y even ing .

T h e Misses Socha left T u e s d a v for Xew York .

A b o u t T o w n .

T h e l a s t f a r m e r s ' i n s t i t u t e of t h e s e a s o n will be held a t t h e t o w n ha l l , C h e l m s f o r d Cen te r , W e d n e s d a y , March 29. F . S. L a m e d will g ive a t h i r t y -m i n u t e t a l k on " P r a c t i c a l u s e s of ce ­m e n t for f a r m e r s . " T h i s will be fol­lowed by a n a d d r e s s by Prof . H. F . Ha l l of t h e Xew H a m p s h i r e a g r i c u l ­t u r a l co l lege on " S p e c i a l t i e s in f a r m ­i n g . " D i n n e r a t t h e noon h o u r . In t h e a f t e r n o o n Prof: Ha l l will g i v e , a n a d ­d r e s s on " T h e b u s i n e s s s ide o'f a p p l e g r o w i n g . " Dodds a n d S t r u t h e r s of F i t c h b u r g wil l follow wi th " L i g h t n i n g r o d d e m o n s t r a t i o n . "

T h e funera l of J o s e p h Moran w a s held from his h o m e on W e d n e s d a y a f t e r n o o n . Rev. David W a l l a c e con ­d u c t e d t h e se rv ices . T h e b e a r e r s w e r e

Is m a k i n g p r o g r e s s in t h e r igh t di­rec t ion , a n d h i s r e c o v e r y s e e m s cer ­t a in .

N a t h a n H a r t w e l l of S o m e r v i l l e is v i s i t ing his- u n c l e , N a h u m H. Whl t ­comb.

T h e W o m a n ' s c l u b m e e t s t h i s a f t e r ­noon a t t h e C o n g r e g a t i o n a l ves t ry . •Mrs. P a r k e r will t a k e u s on a" t r i p t o E u r o p e ; Mrs . R o b i n s o n will pu t us in t o u c h with ' t h e w h o l e wor ld , a n d Mrs . J o h n s o n will s e r v e a r e ­f r e s h i n g cup by t h e way.- D o n ' t for­g e t t o t a k e a l o n g a rec ipe o r o t h e r househo ld sugges t i on , a n d a l s o y o u r k n i t t i n g if you so des i r e .

E. C. Wins low of Bos ton , w h o r e p ­r e s e n t s t h e Li t t l e W a n d e r e r s ' H o m e ,

. h » . . h S I . e a k a t t h e Congrega t i ona l , c h u r c h t o m o r r o w m o r n i n g , a n d a co l ­lect ion for the c a u s e will be t a k e n u p a t t h e c lose of h i s a d d r e s s

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the ra i l road s t a t ion . Open Monday Wednesday and S a t u r d a y evenings ' Announcement of s p r i n g opening la ter

m a n S c h e n k were added to t h e vo t ing

Miss E t t a Holden. who s p r a i n e d h e r a n k l e l a s t week is slowly g e t t i n g be t ­t e r , b u t wi l l no t be out for s e v e r a l w e e k s , a s t h e sp ra in was a verv s e ­v e r e o n e .

L e a n d e r M a r s h , who h a s been very s i ck fo r s e v e r a l mon ths , w a s t aken t o t h e M a s s a c h u s e t t s Genera l hospi ta l a t B o s t o n .for t r e a t m e n t for blood p o i s o n i n g l a s t week Fr iday .

E d w a r d R. T h o m p s o n , who was op­e r a t e d o n s e v e r a l w e e k s ago for a p ­p e n d i c i t i s , r ece ived a r a t h e r severe s e t - b a c k t o h i s Recovery l as t week.

who were ass is ted by Mrs . H o o p e r , -Mrs. Annis and Mrs. Wel ls . At t h » close of the . " - " p W ^ ^ u V C s e c ^ r y 6

? " " - _ a - - n . _ u l b u s i n e s s of t h e Bro ther - ' was acted upon. A hood

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m , r . V ! l ^ i e , r b y , t h e ' , , r e S l d e n t ' E 1 -'I** Mansfield spoke for over a n

'our and gave a l e n g t h y and fn t e r e s t -w - . , a d (-* ' e

ls s o n . - t h e pos t a l s e rv i ce ,

which e m b r a c e d a vo lume of s t a t i s ­t ics r e l a t ing to t h e postofflce d e p a r t ­ment and from h i s l a r g e fund of in -

f r - , . , , a - , 0 n , 0 n t h l B 8 u b J e c t - a c q u i r e d - _. .- ,__,. wee K [,.. I S 1 - n . g e x P e r ' e n c e , h e c a r r i e d

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Meeting:.

A good c i t i z ensh ip m e e t i n g , u n d e r t h e d i r e c t i o n of t h e -Men's l eague , will be held in t h e C o n g r e g a t i o n a l ves t ry on S u n d a y even ing , M a r c h 26. ' The fo l lowing p r o g r a m m a y be expected-•^Privilege of c i t i z e n s h i p , " A lbe r t F . C o n a n t ; "A_ a, y o u n g voter sees i t " E r n e s t R o b i n s o n ; " T h e d u t y of a ci t i ­zen f r o m , a b u s i n e s s m a n ' s s t and ­poin t , " J o s i a h P . T h a c h e r ; " T h e du ty of the c i t izen t o t h e schoo l , " F r a n k H. Hi l l ; " T h e d u t y of t h e cit izen to t h e town official," C h a r l e s A. Kim­ba l l ; " T h e d u t y of t h e ci t izen a s seen from t h e s t a n d p o i n t of the chu rch " Rev. H. L. P a c k a r d .

T h e High School P i n y .

Pon*t t h i n k t h a t t h e high school , in­c lud ing t h e p r i n c i p a l , and—first a s ­s i s t an t , have h i t ched t h e i r wagon to a s t a r when you r e a d o r h e a r the a n ­n o u n c e m e n t t h a t t h e y a r e r e h e a r s i n g t h e play, " T h e m e r c h a n t of V e n i c e " t o be p r e s e n t e d to t h e p u b l i c on T h u r s ­day even ing , Apr i l 13, a t t o w n ha l l . T h i s is not a p r i n t e r ' s m i s t a k e . T h a t is t h e n a m e of- t h e play, b n t t h e p lay i tself has been so rev i sed f rom t h e o r ig ina l , so c o m p l e t e l y m o d e r n i z e d a n d is so finely a d o p t e d t o - t h e sp i r i t

or m e d i c i n e , h i s h a n d s l ipped and h i t ve ry fo rc ib ly a g a i n s t h i s h e a l i n g wound . I n s o do ing h e p a r t i a l l y open ­ed t h e w o u n d a n d r u p t u r e d a blood­vesse l , n e c e s s i t a t i n g t h e se rv i ces of h i s p h y s i c i a n , Dr . K i l b o u r n of Gro ton . T h i s wi l l de l ay h i s r ecove ry for s o m e t i m e a n d wil l k e e p h im confined to t h e house . His" b r o k e n foot i s n e a r l y we l l , so t h a t he c a n u s e it w i th t h e aid-of-A-c a n e .

T h e M a t r o n ' s aid will mee t w i t h Mrs . Mabel G r a v e s on T u e s d a y a f t e r ­noon, .March 28.

T h e m e e t i n g of Sh i r l ey g r a n g e on M o n d a y even ing , March 20, was g iven u p to d e g r e e work . T h e first a n d s e c o n d d e g r e e s w e r e worked on a c l a s s of five—Mrs. C l a r a M. F a r r a r H e n r y W. F a r r a r , L i n t o n Ward , M r s ' .Mary B . Dike and Mrs . Grace S i m p ­son . T h e first d e g r e e , w a s confe r red by t b e r e g u l a r officers and the s e c o n d d e g r e e w a s w o r k e d ' b y t h e men ' s d e ­g r e e t e a m . R e h e a r s a l s a rc u n d e r w a y for t h e t h i r d a n d four th deg rees which a r e to be c o n f e r r e d a t the next m e e t ­ing. .

-IX. Colby of Mitchel lvi l le is q u i t e s u r e t h a t h e s a w Char l ie Go ldsmi th l a s t w e e k in Bos ton . It will be re-

lus t ra t ions and t h r o w i n g m a n y s ide -inrt n ° " t h e - - i - e s a l u s e of t he . ma l l s and the many fatrlcate p r o b l e m s to be dealt with.

.Mr Mansfield g r e a t l y a m u s e d t h o s e wh i . ' i ' " - y , r e a d i » S a n u m b e r of l e t t e r s n-J . * l e » » i d - received from v a r i o u s " i t - of the coun t ry , m o s t of t h e m

-tm? i r S ' , ' " - I ' ' 6 _ P o s t " » 8 t e j ^ _ t o _ J n d :.!-. •' . " u s o a n d and a l so g i v i n g a

.. ? f t h e "ou r , so a p r o p o s t o t h e p u r p o s e I . W i l l a r d F l e t c h e r , F e n n i m o r e Mor- . o r w h i c h t he p lay i s g iven , t h a t it t on , J o s e p h S e a r s and J . W. P a r k e r B u r i a l w a s in F a i r v i e w c e m e t e r y .

H e n r y O. Keyes h a s s e r v e d no t i ce on t h e s e l e c t m e n jjf a n i n t e n d e d l aw­su i t wi th the town on a c c o u n t of a de ­fect ive h ighway .

T h e s a l e of the H e n r y B. Read f a rm to Gporge A—D__w__-i,s-_r-_iK>r_«d-:—Mr. D r e w will be r e m e m b e r e d a s a na t i ve of Wes t fo rd and a g r a d u a t e of old h i s t o r i c Wes t fo rd a c a d e m y , and at p r e s e n t m a n a g e r of a l a r g e e s t a t e in G r e e n w i c h / C o n n . Mr. R e a d will ve ry l ike ly be re t a ined a s m a n a g e r .

LITTLETON. T o w n Mee t ing .

T h e t o w n w a r r a n t c o n t a i n s for ty-o n e a r t i c l e s , some of w h i c h will d o u b t l e s s be d isposed of in less t ime t h a n t h e i r a u t h o r s r e q u i r e d to word t h e m . A m o n g t h o s e t h a t a r e l ikely to p r o d u c e m o r e o r l e s s e l o q u e n c e f rom t h e r o s t r u m a r e :

A r t i c l e 25. T o see if the t o w n will vo te t o sel l t h e t o w n fa rm, e tc .

Ar t . 30. T o see if t h e t o w n will b u y a piece of land a t t h e c o r n e r of K i n g s t r e e t a n d H a r w o o d a v e n u e and p u t a s t o n e c u r b o r o t h e r w i s e im­p r o v e t h e c o r n e r , e tc .

Ar t . 3a. T o see if the t o w n will vo te to fix t h e s a l a r y of t h e co l l ec to r of t a x e s a t a c e r t a i n p e r c e n t of t h e a m o u n t co l lec ted a n d m a k e it p a y a b l e a t t h e c lose of the m u n i c i p a l y e a r .

Art . 38. T o see if t h e t o w n will a p p r o p r i a t e $2,000 t o c o n t i n u e t h e m a c a d a m road on K i n g s t r e e t to t h e depo t , p rov ided the S t a t e will a l lo t an e q u a l a m o u n t .

Ar t . 39. T o see If t h e t o w n will vote t o a p p o i n t a ' c o m m i t t e e t o con­s ide r a n d r e p o r t a t a s u b s e q u e n t t o w n m e e t i n g , t h e ques t ion of p u b l i c w a t e r s u p p l y , pub l i c l i gh t ing , o r bo th , for t h e t o w n , o r a n y p a r t of it, r a i s e a n d a p r o p r i a t e $250 t o s e c u r e e x p e r t ad ­vice . If c o n s i d e r e d n e c e s s a r y by t h e c o m m i t t e e , o r do a n y t h i n g in r e l a t i on t o t h e s a m e .

A r t . 40. T o see if t h e t o w n wil l vo te t o r a i s e . a n d a p p r o p r i a t e $400 on t h e cond i t ion t h a t a c i t i zen of t h e t o w n c o n t r i b u t e a n a d d i t i o n a l su ra of •.poo, t h u s .making a v a i l a b l e . . . 6 0 0 . f o r t h e p u r p o s e - of • b e g i n n i n g t h e - con ­s t r u c t i o n of. c e m e n t c o n c r e t e s ide ­w a l k s -.In t h i s t o w n ; t h e w o r k t o b e b e g u n ' n e a r t h e Unjon schoo l b u i l d i n g a n d c o n t i n u e d a l o n g K i n g s t r e e t t o ­w a r d s L i t t l e t o n C o m m o n , o r d o a n y ­t h i n g in r e l a t i on to t h e s a m e .

is s u r e to be a g e m from r i s e to fall •">- cu r t a in . The t ex t of t h e or ig ina l play is not whol ly d i s r e g a r d e d . T h e r e will be the fair P o r t i a , _ h e . r e l e n . l e _ s Shylock . a l s o B a s s a n i o , Launce lo t , J e s s i c a , Anton io and all t h e rest .

T h e p u r p o s e of t h e p l a y i s to ra i se m o n e y for m a t e r i a l needed in t h e ou t --of=tftj_T 5ttrTeTic games-, which fn~ l a r g e r t o w n s is prov ided t h r o u g h school a p p r o p r i a t i o n s . Come and he lp (hem to he lp t h e m s e l v e s .

T h e cas t will be given l a t e r and t i c k e t s will be on sa l e in d u e season

T h e r e will be five a c t s a n d u n a d u l ­t e r a t e d fun all t h e w a y t h r o u g h .

When we tel l you t h e y o u n g s t e r s a r e hav ing the d r a m a t i c t r a i n i n g of Miss Mitchell we can be s u r e of some " c l a s s " on t h e s t a g e t h a t even ing .

SHIRLEY. Center.

T h e funera l of A m o s W. F a r r a r w a s held a t t h e home of h i s son . .John W F a r r a r on T h u r s d a y a f t e r n o o n . Rev Allen A. Bronsdon of t h e v i l lage of­ficiating. T h e b e a r e r s w e r e Mr Ad­a m s , J o h n W. F a r r a r . H e n r v W F a r ­r a r George F a r r a r a n d E l m e r H u b -

, . *- e r e w e r e raan>' v e r > - beau t i -fu floral offer ings . T h e bodv was t a k e n to t h e C e n t e r c e m e t e r v and placed in t h e new c o n c r e t e t omb to a w a i t f u r t h e r bu r i a l .

m e m b e r e d t h a t he d i sappea red from home l a s t fall a n d has not been h e a r d of s ince , a l t h o u g h a n extended s e a r c h w a s m a d e . W h i l e wa i t ing for a c a r in B o s t o n , , a - b o y came nn tn Mr Onl­ay a n d - a s k e d h im about the . car for R o x b u r y a h d t h e n hu r r i ed away . Mr. Colby w a s a c q u a i n t e d with C h a r l i e a n d a l t h o u g h h e did not recogn ize h im a t first, a f t e r t h ink ing it over , be ­c a m e c e r t a i n t h a t it was. he.

Miss H e l e n Monk, Miss Mary L a m b , Miss H e l e n C leaves and Miss A d w i n a K i t t r e d g e w e r e g u e s t s a t Rev. H o w a r d A. B r i d g m a n ' s ove r S a t u r d a y and S u n ­day .

Mrs . 'Al ice E. Cummings , Mr. and Mrs . N o r m a n Graves , Mrs. A r d i e ~A' A d a m s , W i l l i a m J u b b . X. Otis Col ­b u r n , MiTrick W. Carey, .Mrs. F l o r a Ho lden a t t e n d e d t h e meet ing of t h e M i d d l e s e x - W o r c e s t e r Pomona g r a n g e a t N o r t h .Leomins t e r Wednesday a f t e r ­noon . In t h e evening the fifth d e ­g r e e w a s confe r red , after which a socia l a n d g e n e r a l good t ime took p l a c e w i t h d a n c i n g and games . F o u r of t h e y o u n g e r m e m b e r s of Sh i r l ey g r a n g e a t t e n d e d the evening sess ion a l so ; vAll r e p o r t a most i n t e re s t ing m e e t i n g a n d a good time.

a c t r t i - . l e e S C r ! ; , U O n , 0 f W h a t ^ e c h a r t ac t e r l r t l c and m a k e u p , of t h e h u s -I'and o r wife m u s t be to m e e t t h e

I - e t t C e r - r e q U i r e m e n t ° f «>elr d S l w . ! L e t t e r s on o the r subjec ts was a l so read,, which c rea ted an a _ u n d t » c f i t fun and mer r imen t . . At the close of h i s a d d r e s s he was tendered a r i s ine vote of t h a n k s . n g

News I t e m s .

Mrs. Eliza S h e e h a n , who h a s been Hi for the pas t t h r e e weeks , is a l i t t le

•more- comfor tab le . '

F r e d Sawyer h a s a r r i v e d home from the wes t a n d .has accep t ed a posi t ion in the weav ing d e p a r t m e n t of t h e C. A. E d g a r t o n company .

Clayton. We l l s was o p e r a t e d u p o n a t Dr. F, H. C o h a n ' s hosp i t a l , L e o m i n ­s t e r , las t ' S a t u r d a y for h e r n i a . T h e opera t ion w a s v e r y successfu l a n d Mr Wel l s is do ing finely.

-Daudel in &' Cotton Inc., Dealers in

Soaps, Grease, Tallow, Bones and Wood Ashes

Ayer, Mass.

Wholesale Agents for GAMEO

22 Oyerlancl Models $775 .00 to $ 1675.00 :

The 20-horsepower Overland Eoadster, with 96-inch wheel base ieHs for $775, lamps and magneto included, The Overland Torpedo Eoadsters start in price, at $850.

The 25.ho*_sepow# Overlands, with lQ2.__.ch wheel bases*-se-lective type transmission—sell for $1,095.

* i.hoCn30'^rSepOWer E l a n d s , with 110-inch wheel bases, sell tor $1,250. They form our most popular cars. ,

..o T h r 4 0 - h o r s e P o w e r Overlands-with wheel bases ranging from 112 inches to 118 inches—sell for $1,300 to $1,675; ' -

rnnJSri™* ^Z'J™* "** «** o f t & ^ cars gives niore for the money .thaa any other new-model car. The higher-powered cars offer

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Mew A d v e r t i s e m e n t s .

FLOUR FLOUR

Ben Hur AND T H E .

Gold Grown

HUGH McDOMALD

AS

Xetrs I t e m s .

W a l t e r H . T i t c o m b , s e l e c t m a n for t h o l a s t t w o y e a r s , h a s c o n s e n t e d to s e r v e a g a i n on t h a t b o a r d If e l ec t ed .

F r e d L a D u k o h a s b o u g h t of F r e d C. H a r t w e l l t h e h o u s e on N e w E s ­t a t e r o a d t h a t hc- f o r m e r l y r e n t e d of Mr. H a r t w e l l .

J o s e p h S te in fo rd , a r e c e n t o c c u p a n t of t h o H e n r y R a m s d e l l h o u s e , h a s a g r e e d t o w o r k fo r t h e H a v a r d S h a k ­e r s , a n d wil l movp t o t h e i r v i l l a g e soon .

C h a r l e s F . J o h n s o n h a s b e e n a t h o m e for s e v e r a l d a y s , d o u b t l e s s o v e r ­c o m e b y s t r e n u o u s r e s e a r c h ln b i ­o log ica l f ie lds . '

T h e nex t m e e t i n g of t h e Gi r l s ' Sew­ing gui ld will be held on S a t u r d a v af­t e r n o o n , M a r c h 25. at the home of Miss R u t h G r a v e s .

N o r m a n "Warren ' t o g e t h e r with a fr iend from W o r c e s t e r spent Wed­n e s d a y wi th h is g r a n d f a t h e r , Cha r l e s Longley .

A l a r g e a u t o m o b i l e t ruck from Bos­ton passed t h r o u g h town last week F r i d a y wi th t h e f u r n i t u r e for the new h o u s e r e c e n t l y e rec ted bv Howard P u l l e r on t h e old F i s k e place.

Miss Haze l C u m m i n g s of F i t c h b u r g high school s p e n t t h e week-end with h e r p a r e n t s , Mr. and Mrs. A r t h u r R. C u m m i n g s .

A flock of nea r ly fifty wild geese w e r e s een p a s s i n g over town S a t u r d a y a f t e rnoon .

- T h e y o u n g people of the g r a n g e will hold t h e second of a se r i e s of d a n c e s In t h e t o w n hal l . S a t u r d a y even ing , March" 25." The music, will be t h e s a m e a s t w o weeks ago . Robb ins ' o r ­c h e s t r a of Peppere l l .

At T r i n i t y chapel on S u n d a y a f te r ­noon; Rev. A. I.. B u m p u s of St. A n ­d r e w ' s c h u r c h . Ayer. spoke on " T h e t e m p t a t i o n s of Chr i s t . " D u r i n g t h e n e x t t w o weeks Rev. M a l b o u r n e B l r ck -head will be absen t on his r e g u l a r s p r i n g vaca t ion . S u n d a y , March 26, Rev . H o w a r d A. B r i d g m a n will s u b ­s t i t u t e in his place.

Chas . P. Longley of Millburly s p e n t S u n d a y with Mr. a n d Mrs . C h a r l e s "Longley.

: Miss ' Rae S. Carpenter" h a s been h o m e from high school for s e v e r a l d a y s with s i cknes s .

All of tho suf fe re rs of t h e m u m p s h a v e recovered nnd r e t u r n e d t o school . T h e only new c a s e r e p o r t e d Is T h o m a s Kvans .

C l ipp ing .

T h e fo l lowing e x t r a c t s were taken from a long a r t i c l e pr inted in a re­cen t Issue of The Boston Post , to ­g e t h e r wi th a p h o t o g r a p h of Mr. Ives and his c h u r c h . This will be of much i n t e r e s t t o Sh i r l ey people as Mr. Ives was—very—well—known—itcre, ' having -

been t h e r e s iden t min is te r a t the F i r s t P a r i s h chu rch for a cons ide r ­ab le per iod , a l i t t le less than ten y e a r s a g o :

A new kind of a clnn-rh where "lan­ces, suppers , en t e r t a inmen t s , fest ivals and whist pa r t i es ro ta te with funerals , marr ia i res and sermons, is .the la tes t s ta r t l iM. innovat ion under taken bv the 1'ev. H-nry Ives, in the l i t t le vil lage of I'ott.•!• Place, neat- Andover. X. H.. In a n:"'!.-rn ftplift count ry crusade.

I:. 'Tie small htlildlllK SO hv ... feet. t h> y.niiiB c lergyman, a cradti.-ue of i in-vnrd Olvlnity school, lias set on ;•••'! a sociolo-rlcal venture which mav sp.-li a new forward s tep in the- moral !•••_•. h - ra t lon of all count ry people. The minister has named this church the 1 ; i . .o rhureh . Worsh ippers of everv .i.-r:<.:ni nat ion are welcome.

Arthur on t h - theory that the present • la-. <hi:rch in New Hampsh i r e vil-laires. if it is to cont inue, must adap t -s.-'f to new condit ions. Mr. Tves has

v. ' irk.d out his new- formula for the -elated communi t ies .

Many people in the out lylnj , d i s t r i c t s 'f Mr. Ives' pas to ra t e had never been :o a Sunday school. There was no 'hutch The smal ler chi ldren h a d ' n o t

even the slii_hest conception of one. in manv of these d i s t r i c t s the re had been no church services for months . Inirmur the winter , thp- bad^road. . and s tormy wea the r stopped all commun­ication with the vi l lage and i ts few activi t ies . It was to meet these needs that some t ime atro Mr. Ives organized a Sunday school and held shor t ser­vices In one of the d is t r ic t school-houses. Some two dozen people us­ually - ta thered at those services. As time wont on. small social affairs were ' " id. such as suppers , socials, a m a t e u r e n t e r t a i n m e n t s and such means of a-musement . It was the excellent suc­cess of these funct ions tha t led to the p lann ing and erect ion of the new church.

This huiMln-r. which Is modern In everv appo in tmen t , cost about $10,000. Inside the bui ld ing , which has aroused

much . c u r i o s i t y among res iden t s— opposi t ion from n few—is

every convenience In use it u o - t o - d a t c cltv church, a s been sot aside for re-osos This is nnlshcd In h a s a platform and s m a " 111 sea t near ly one hundred

Good a Flour as there is in the market.

jGi've them a tria_-85c. a bag $6.50 a barrel.

~ LITTLETON, MASS. -.-,-•-.~--

Agent in Ayer, Acton, Harvard, Littleton, Westford, Groton, Shirley, Pepperell and Townsend..

Our First Showing

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Distinctive with Spring Charm and Beau ty . . ; .

Tuesday, March 28 Geo. L. Davis, 26 Main St. Ayer

with som1

to be foil In tbe m One room liglous nu dark g ree t nnlnlt and peonlo.

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' fl.p "clii.rch aud i to r ium I* I. wh»\.o socials'. Vecture-.

dances , t hea t r i ca l s and such events m a y be ho ld . . A good-sized phi: -form s t a n d s a t . ope end of the h a " — v.i-h . - m serve a s a s t age or locti::*-p la t form.

In nrovldlno- this bu i ld ing Mr. I v » bas deHborntc-y launched his oxpe- ;

ment . Bv It ho hopes to remedy th-"o-ini evi ls of tho rura l d i s t r ic t . "Hi o d v e n t n r o u s c l e rgyman h a s made but one s t i pu l a t i on r e g a r d i n g ' tho use .•:' ' be h | .« l , l | n K T ) , | , |„ , ) , _ , | ( s l i . | : ; never bo a s ec t a r i an Inst i tut ion. 1-^Jifl'l a l w a y s bo open for w h o m s o . \ . • wishes ' to a t t e n d . As the pronprtv .. ' ""> "vhoie c o m m u n i t y , the now elm- ii • lus t no» lend Itso'f to tho Idea- ot , '»»• of 'ho ooon'o. I t is a union tknn• ' if anvthlnt r . and nnv n t tomnt to char lis c h o r a c t o r will bo contes ted l.v -projector .

i^TTtan-CHSTT- \ Market!

AYER I

RedTagSale CLOSES

March 25, 1011. .Vc s t i l l l i m e ninny BARGAINS. » i.-w

of wliicli we l i s . b e l o w : 30c. nnd 33c. H n n d L a m p s c«ini|.lc te

I3c . Mini 1-f. 10c. L a d l e s ' In i t i a l ' H n n d k e r r h i c i ' .

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•lc. B r e a d and B u t t e r P l a t e s . , | i , o t -l l t e<l 4(»C. .In/.

10c. G lass Vinejrar C r n e t s : • < • . 50c. n n d (we. E n a m e l Coffee and Tea

P o t s ._>-,,. 7c. To i l e t P a p e r . . . .

S P E C I A L S F O R S A T I R D A V OM.V .

. U _ . D _ _ . I E R S ! Wi th L a n d s c a p e desnrns In soft -hades

of B r o w n at* O N E - H A L . ' retrnlnr

price.

. " V \ / ' E sell all kinds of good

clothes, both, made to

measure and ready to wear, hut

We particularly ; re com mend

those we have made as each

customer wants them by;

Ed. K Price # Co, 4&'_§S

S t H K H A S T T A I L O R S C H I C A G O

You secure the advantages of a

personally selected style and

fabric, as well as a correct fit,

thereby gaining^disrtiijrctive-iij?--

awitMtBg^ of appearance, yet

the^pPis -way below what most

tailors ask for equal values. Let us prove it to you.

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12fJolasscs Kisses ilc.lb

AYER VARIETY STORE-

B r o t h e r h o o d M e e t i n g . '

T h e B r o t h e r h o o d of t h e Congr .na ­t iona l c h u r c h h e l d Its* r e g u l a r moot­ing on W e d n e s d a y e v e n i n g In t h e ves­t ry . SuDper-. w a s se rved a t 6..0. un­de r t h e d i r e c t i o n of Oliver W. Bal .oin . c h a i r m a n , W i l l i a m C r a m , Albe Annis. L e o n a r d H o o p e r arid Sta t i tcv Wells,

_ _ S 2 ? _ . M O N " W ' * : A L T H O F ' MASSACHU-at^rrs. Middlesex, ss. P r o b a t e C o u r t

To tho ho l ra -a t - l aw, nex t of k in , c red i to r s , and all o t h e r persons In te r ­es ted In the e s t a t e of KLLEN A DAVIS l a t e o t Townsend . In said Countv, de ­ceased . In tes t a t e .

W h e r e a s a pet i t ion h a s been p re sen t ­ed to said Cour t to g r a n t a le t te r of a d m i n i s t r a t i o n on tho es ta te of said deceased to KDWARD T. DAVIS of Townsend In the Counts ' of Middlesex, w i thou t BlvlnR a su re ty on his bond.

You a r c hereby cited to appear a t a P r o b a t e Court to be he ld at Cambridge. In said County of Middlesex, nn thc s e v e n t e e n t h day of April . A. D. 1.11. a t nine o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause . If any you have, whv tbe t a m e should not bo Kranted.

And the pe t i t ioner is hereby d i rec­ted to Kivc publ ic notice thereof, by pub l i sh ing th i s c i ta t ion once In each U'celf. for t h r e e succes s ive -weeks . In T u r n e r ' s Pub l i c Spirit , a newspape r publ i shed in Ayer tho last publ icat ion to bo one day, a t toast, before sa id Cour t .

W i t n e s s Char les J . Mclnt l re , Esqu i re , F i r s t .Tudfrc of said Court , this t w e n t y -secorjd day of March In the yea r one thousand n ine hundred nnd eleven.

-w_S w . K. ROGKHS, Regis te r .

GEORGE H. BROWN, M R , MASS. Farmers, Dont Forget

That We Sell

You all know their reputation. Call and get a booklet. Prices low.

HARLOW & PARSONS, Tel.. 130, Ayer. HAT-GAINS! I1ARGAINS!

1 nlco P a r l o r Organ , t hc New E n g ­land.- S octaves, 11 s tops , 2 swells , a beaut i fu l toneff I n s t r u m e n t w i t h ' h a n d ­some case, su i tab le for a sma l l church chape l or h o m e ; 1 W h l t a Sowing: Ma­chine w i th a t t a c h m e n t s , a l l In good r u n n l n g o rde r : 1 Oil H e a t e r , t he P a r k ­er , one of the bes t m a k e s , good as' n e w ; also, many otKer a r t i c l e s a t ve ry low prices. Call o r Inquire of O. W. SHATTUCK. 37 W a s h i n g t o n St., Ayer . Mass. ' . . . \ .t26

Strawberry Plants F o r sa le . S t a n d a r d va r ie t i e s , v i g o r o u s P l a n t s . - C . C_ LANE, Lunenburg ' C e n t e r . - -Tel . 10-1. _w28*

/. ? . ? n . . S A * _ . E — F u l l - b l o o d e d Eteptbh Collie P u p s , . 5 _»reb; Burpee ' s __r_.!r_ W. A . HARROD. E a _ t Peppere l l . M a w

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F O B SAliB—Toulon Oeese Kfrffs. IS cen t s each. OEOROI? HOLPKX, Sh i r ­ley, Mass. R . ' F . ©,',•'.-. s t_S

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Pub l i ca t i on Ofllce, Ayer , Jtn»__

. S u b s c r i p t i o n p r i ce , $1.50 pe r a n n u m , i t pa id in a d v a n c e , $1.00.

" I t e m s vt local In te res t a r e -Ul lcu .d . a n d m u s t a l w a y s be accompanied by the n a m e of the w r i t e r , no t for pub l i ca ­tion, bu t a s a Euarant_r_ of good fa i th , a n d wil l a l w a y s be considered s t r i c t l y confidential . Kindly mull I toms soon a f t e r the d a y of occurrence, and do not w a i t unnecessa r i ly .

C h a n g e of Address . Subsc r ibe r s w i s h i n g the postofflce ad ­

d r e s s of t h e i r paper changed mus t send us bo th the old and new address .

"The da l ly labors of the Bee, A w a k e my soul to Indus t ry ; W h o can observe the careful Ant . And not provide for fu tu re W a n t ? "

. S a t u r d a y , Murcli 2.., 1911.

GROTON. ~_._-t.g-iter_.g7

T h o m a s F . Donahue , s i \ , is mov ing t h i s week from his own house on Wes t s t r e e t i n t o t h a t of h i s son, T. F . Don­a h u e , Jr., on W h i t i n g avenue . .Mor­ton A. S o u t h e r will move in to t h e h o u s e on W e s t s t r ee t vacated by .Mr. D o n a h u e .

- A t e l e p h o n e has been p laced In A m o s L. Ames" house , C h a m p n e y s t r e e t , cal l 61-11.

t ing nn e a r l y s t a r t . B a n c r o f t ' s a t h ­le t ic s u c c e s s e s a r e ' t o o well k n o w n to need r e c i t a l . He, c a r r i e d h i s c r e w to vic tory , a n d h e s e e m s t o be a p p l y i n g the s a m e p r i n c i p l e s in a n a c t i v e b u s i ­n e s s a n d p r o f e s s i o n a l life. H e is a •son, a s e v e r y b o d y k n o w s , nf flon iffm

A. Bancrof t of t h e B o s t o n E l e v a t e d -ind Is a s o n - i n - l a w of C l a r e n c e "W B a r r o n of t h e B o s t o n N e w s B u r e a u whose l a t e s t avoca t i on i s t h e pure ' mi lk c r u s a d e , t o w a r d t h e s u c c e s s ' o t which he is a l r e a d y c o n d u c t i n g im­p o r t a n t e x p e r i m e n t s in Cohas se t . .

s u m m e r sess ion of t h e H y a n n i s no r ­ma l school a t H y a n n i s . T h e fo l lowing e x t r a c t , f rom t h e , r e p o r t of t h e s u p e r ­i n t e n d e n t of s c h o o l s a t C h i c h e s t e r , p r in t ed in t h e - t o w n r e p o r t , is p l e a s a n t r e a d i n g for .Miss D u n p h y a n d h e r m a n y fr iends ' : "Mlsls -Mary A. Dun­p h y of G r o t o n , .Mass., t ook u p t h e work in t h e C e n t e r school . .Miss D u n ­phy h a s had good s c h o l a s t i c t r a i n i n g , h a s much n a t u r a l ab i l i ty , i s r e s o u r c e ­ful and is c a p a b l e of b e c o m i n g a s t r o n g t e a c h e r . " •

Inv i tu t tons to the m a r r i a g e r e c e p ­tion of .Miss Viola Crouch , d a u g h t e r of Dr. and .Mrs. W. B. .Marple arid H a r o l d

; S u m n e r Smal l , on t h e e v e n i n g of S a t ­u rday , Apri l 8, a t 46 West F i f t y - t h i r d s t r e e t , New Y o r k city, have been r e ­ceived by f r i ends in Gro ton . ..Mr. Smal l w a s a s t u d e n t a t i A w r e n c e academy d u r i n g .Mr. B i n g h a m ' s p r l n -c ipa l sh ip .

T h e Gro ton f r i ends of Dr. and .Mrs. . . , — —-B.--M, -Bris tol -of-Cohasset- . ie t t r<t- -with -.--2U__-J-il--_-_v__.l_-.o- - It. V e r n o r r r r - T h e y -the deepes t s y m p a t h y of t h e d e a t h H r s t 8>S>>ted s n o w , wh ich lay In p a t c h -from p n e u m o n i a and c o m p l i c a t i o n s of e s > "lo"?,.f*!,e r o u t e t h r 0 l ' S ' > P e n n s y l the i r l i t t le son Phi lo , t h r e e v e a r s old. v a , l m - NV m l e s o u t " they h a v e w o r n on .Monday n i g h t of this week. i t l l e l ! l l m * e s t of s u m m e r c l o t h i n g and

i u r _. ., . I enjoyed eve ry m o m e n t s n e n t In t h e 4oh,i L a w r e n c e and d a u g h t e r s , t he , 8 U I 1 I l h l I l e o f* t n e I a u d 0 ' ^ ^ ™*

Misses .Mary and Gera ld ine L a w r e n c e , ,• ,„: , . „ „ „ , „ „ _ . " , . , , , , , o w e ™ . a m i sa i l ed l a s t ' - S a t u r d a y on the R o m a n i c i f-^i thev oo^frf H f n —' . " 5 ^ W 8 S

for the M p t e r r a n e a n coas t . i t o ^ i T . " ' ^ ? ™ ' D ii ' «ffl' . _ - , . , i o n a n a Deauty t o t h e i r N o r t h e r n Rev. H e n r y A. Cornel l will g ive t h e j f r iends . T h e c h a n g e in t h e t e m p e r ­

a t u r e f rom F l o r i d a t o t h i s .week's

. . e s t G r o t o n .

.Miss M. E . B r a d l e y , w h o has bonrd-ed a t J . T . S h e p l e y ' s d u r i n g t h e win­t e r , h a s r e t u r n e d * to h e r h o m e In G a r d i n e r .

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R e t u r n e d . ' '. ,

.Mr. and Mrs. Samuelf . I I . R a d d i n a r ­r ived in Gro ton l as t week F r i d a y eve ­n ing , h a v i n g c o m e o v e r t h e r o u t e f rom J a c k s o n v i l l e to S a v a n n a h , t h e n c e t o B a l t i m o r e , P h i l a d e l p h i a , New Y o r k und W o r c e s t e r . T h e y e x p e r i e n c e d no u n p l e a s a n t o c c u r r e n c e ou t h e i r t r i p J iome a n d when a t B a l t i m o r e / m a d e an

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tended by m e m b e r s of the E. S. C la fk week S a t u r d a y from W o r c e s t e r a c a d - ! post and W. R. C. will be at the Wes t

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emy for a w eek ' s vacat ion . A m i s s i o n a r y concer t will t ake the

p l ace ' o f tlie u sua l serv ice a t the B a p ­tist c h u r c h next Sunday m o r n i n g .

Wi l l i am V. Bixby a n d Amos L. A m e s Jr., a r e d r a w n as j u r o r s to t h e c o u r t s i t t ing in Lowel l . Te rm , o p e n s Apri l

T h e whist c lub met th i s week wi th Mrs. I. .M. Man.sur, Ho l l i s s t r e e t .

Several i n t e r e s t e d in- S u n d a y schoo l ! work a r e p l a n n i n g t o a t t e n d t h e m e e t -: ing of the Ayer d i s t r i c t , S u n d a y school , convent ion he ld in C o n g r e g a t i o n a l , chu rch . Peppe re l l n e x t w e e k . . ! Mr. I l ead le . a s s i s t a n t a g e n t a t t h e ' r a i l road s t a t i on , h a s h i red a t e n e -I merit in Mrs . R. C h a s e ' s h o u s e -on ! Hollis s t r ee t and will occupy wi th h is

.Miss. G e r t r u d e Gerr i sh and s i s t e r , Mrs. E l inor G. Eber t . spent last week F r i d a y most p leasan t ly with .Mrs. C. F . Worces te r at her home in T o w n -send .

Mrs . -Majuski. wife of F r a n k Ma- !.family, moving f rom N a s h u a . TJnski, who is a w o r k m a n on Gen. B a n - j T h e Gro ton B r a n c h -AlTIance m e t c rof t ' s fa rm, was successful ly o p e r - T h u r s d a y a f t e rnoon w i t h Mrs . Wil -a t e d on for appendici t i s Tuesday af- h a m A. L a w r e n c e . Mrs. E. .M. Need-t e r n o o n a t the Groton hospi ta l . Mrs . I ham read a very i n t e r e s t i n g p a p e r on Majusk i is a patient .of Dr. Pr ies t , who I " U n i t a r i a n 'women and w o m e n who t o o k , h e r t o the hospital where t h e have been a s soc ia t ed with t h e Al l i -

' o p e r a t i o n w a s ' p e r f o r m e d hy Dr. Ki l - \ a n c e . " .Mrs. Needham read t h i s p a p e r b o u r n , Dr. Priont assist ing, ' at an ovon ing ' m e . tin

" -At t h e m e e t i n g of the W. R. c . on •Tuesday a f t e rnoon it was voted to hold an o b s e r v a n c e of Pat r io t ' s day on W e d n e s d a y even ing , April in. T h e r e i s to be a s u p p e r , followed by an e n ­t e r t a i n m e n t . Mrs . .Maria A Bowers , p a t r i o t i c i n s t r u c t o r , h a s charge of t h e e n t e r t a i n m e n t . T h i s pat r io t ic obser ­va t ion is for t h e m e m b e r s of E. S. C l a r k e pos t a n d ' famil fes : a l so , for t h e m e m b e r s of the YV. R. C. and fam­i l ies .

-Mjss C a r r i e C la rke spen t last S u n ­d a y wi th he r s i s t e r . Mrs. H o r a c e R o c k w o o d , a t h e r home in L u n e n ­b u r g .

•Miss E l l a B l a k n e y went last week T h u r s d a y to till h e r new position a s m i l l i n e r a t W i n t e r Hill and so far is. we l l p l ea sed with her new place.

• C h a r l e s A. H a r r i n g t o n ' s term of s e r v i c e a s p a r k commiss ioner expi res t h i s s p r i n g a n d it is said he is not a c a n d i d a t e f o r ' re -e lec t ion , a l though

• th is i s no t .ve r i f i ed . I t is a l so said that J e r o m e C. S h a t t u c k and .lames \v. W i l s o n a r e c a n d i d a t e s for t h e office.

Men h a v e c o m m e n c e d w o r k on the r a i l r o a d c u l v e r t s w h e r e t h e double

he laid, n o r t h from the

of the c h u r c h some t ime ago and repeated it by r e ­quest a t t h i s Al l iance feathering of-T h u r s d a y a f t e rnoon .

The Bos ton A m e r i c a n of r e c e n t d a t e gives a g r o u p p i c t u r e of the c h a m p i o n basket ball t e a m of Smith co l l ege . One of t h e s e is .Miss Beat r ice D a r l i n g of Cambr idge , well known h e r e in Groton, w h e r e s h e spends t h e s u m ­m e r s with the family at he r f a t h e r ' s summer home, " D a r b u r k e n l odge , "

b l eak .March w e a t h e r h e r e wi th s n o w cove red g r o u n d , is m u c h m a r k e d and felt k e e n l y .

R e c e n t l y F o r m e d .

" T h e Bro the rhood , ' " a r e l i g i o u s o r ­g a n i z a t i o n r e c e n t l y fo rmed a t T r e -m o n t t e m p l e , i s c o m p o s e d of t h e bus i ­n e s s m e n and y o u n g m e n of Bos ton . It will soon r e a c h a m e m b e r s h i p of o n e t h o u s a n d . Rev . David M. Lock-row, who h a s been e m p l o y e d by the B a p t i s t .Massachuse t t s s t a t e mi s s ion ­a r y socie ty , h a s a c c e p t e d t h e l eade r ­s h i p of t h e b r o t h e r h o o d a n d wil l give It h i s e n t i r e t i m e , h a v i n g r e s igned f rom h i s f o r m e r pos i t ion . Mir. Lock-r o w w a s h e r e in G r o t o n t h i s pas t

N. H., i s s p e n d i n g h e r vacat ion a t h o m e .

M r s . C h a r l e s B ixby is suffering from a n a t t a c k of t h e .g r ippe .

.Miss Al ice H u m i s t o n , s t u d e n t in t h e l i b r a r y c o u r s e a t S i m m o n s col ­l ege , s p e n t a . n i g h t t h i s week w i t h h e r g r a n d m o t h e r , .Mrs. M a r t h a T a r ­bel l . .

S i r s . G. G. H a r r i n g t o n , . w h o h a s b e e n ill w i t h a s e r i o u s case of tons i l i t i s is c o n v a l e s c e n t .

T h e y o u n g e r g r a d e s of t h e T a r b e l l s choo l a r e en joy ing t h e s p r i n g -vaca­t i on . T h e g r a m m a r d e p a r t m e n t c losed y e s t e r d a y for a r ece s s of o n e week . .

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b r i d g e a t t e n d e d the G r e e n v i l l e Ne igh b o r h o o d conven t ion held In t h e Con­g r e g a t i o n a l c h u r c h of t h a t t o w n . Mr. T r o w b r i d g e gave an a d d r e s s on "A c o m p a r i s o n of Elijah a n d ' J o h n t h e B a p t i s t . " Mrs . T r o w b r i d g e r e s p o n d e d to a n a f t e r toas t . T h e m i n i s t e r s ' m e e t i n g a t Ayer on W e d n e s d a y Was a l so a t t e n d e d hy .Mr. a n d M r s . T r o w ­br idge .

On W e d n e s d a y , Mr. a n d M r s . Ge ra ld F l e w e l l l n g m a d e s h o r t c a l l s on f r i ends In t o w n , who were g l a d t o w e l c o m e

I t h e m a f t e r an a b s e n c e of. m o r e t h a n j two y e a r s . They a r e loca t ed In N a t i c k i at p r e s e n t , and if one m a y Judge f rom a p p e a r a n c e s , a rc wel l , p r o s p e r o u s and

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with a n a t t a c k of the g r i p p e .

W e r e g r e t t ha t the r e p o r t of the Pas s ion P lay , being n e c e s s a r i l y l a te , and l a c k .of space c a u s e d . t he o m i s ­sion of t h e g r e a t e r pa r t of it by t h e p u b l i s h e r . T h e beaut i ful d e s c r i p ­t ive s c e n e s of O b e r a m m e r g a u , t h e q u a i n t B a v a r i a n town and t h e r e a l ­is t ic r e p r o d u c t i o n s of s c e n e s from t h e play i tse l f w e r e t h o r o u g h . v _ - a p p r e c i -

w i n t e r ho ld ing "evangel i s t ic m e e t i n g s ! a t ed a s w a s the r e m a r k a b i v line l ec-wi th t h e B a p t i s t c h u r c h and m a d e t u r e t h a t a c c o m p a n i e d theiii m a n y w a r m f r i e n d s w h o a r e i n t e r e s t - We did not in tend In last week ' s f . , i „2 h e a r . , o f t h ! s w , d*f H e l d f o r " s e - . c o n t r i b u t i o n t o a r r o g a t e to o u r s e l v e s fu lne s s and good winch "opens to Mr. in W e s t G r o t o n an u n u s u a l d e g r e e of i -oca row. i n t e l l i gence . T h a t we a r e en t i t l ed to

-i—'•—'—. _——; ITT^ - * ! a s e l e c t m a n b__a_rse ol o u r capac i ty - . .nT-ence A c a d e m y > o t e s . ~ - ; f o r • • th ink ing . ' ' - w a s " f " s t a t i n .

T h e fo l lowing a r e t h e officers of I which o r i g i n a t e d in t h e p u b l i s h i n g of-t h e G a m m a Be ta soc ie ty for t h e next • fice. A " t h r i v i n g C o m m u n i t y " was the t e r m : George E. H a m m o n d , p r e s . ; '' t e r m e m p l o y e d .

? . S p S h a _ t U . k > V i c e - P r e s i d e > > t ; F Miss B e r t h a Bixby r e c e n t l y ava i led LeRov P a r c h e r t , sec . and t r e a s . herse l f of " v i s i t i n g day , " in Gro ton

E x a m i n a t i o n s t a k e p lace .Monday, , s choo l s t o vis i t t h e E d w a r d Devotion T u e s d a y and W e d n e s d a y of next week, i school in B r o o k l i n e , a lso , t h e S o m e r -Schoo i c loses W e d n e s d a y a t noon for ' ville s c h o o l s a n d w a s m u c h p leased

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former ly t h e Bur r i l l place. Ef for t s I T h e s c h e d u l e of g a m e s is a s fol lows a r e being made to b r ing t h e S m i t h ' champions to Bos ton to play s o m e of | the s t r o n g t e a m s who will give the ! N o r t h a m p t o n g i r l s a ha rd b a t t l e for i honors . ;

Mrs. Sus ie B. Condon , who h a s been i in poor h e a l t h for s o m e t ime , goes ', next Monday to t h e Cl in ton h o s p i t a l ! for an o p e r a t i o n which s h e will u n d e r

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go in a d a y o r t w o l a t e r . Dr. P r i e s t will be wi th he r . Mrs . Condon h a s t h e s y m p a t h y of m a n y f r iends in th i s t rouble a n d t h e i r bes t w i shes for a s speedy r ecove ry a s poss ib le .

The re w e r e e i g h t e e n from Groton grange, a t t ended t h e P o m o n a a t Nor th Leominster Wednesday . T h e y found it very enjoyable and wel l ' a t t e n d e d , both in the day and even ing g a t h e r ­ings. Mrs. H a n n a h Whi tehi l l of Gro­ton read -an i n t e r e s t i n g p a p e r on "Wha t the but ter f ly was. ' Th i s is the

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Dr. S. T. B o w t h o r p e is e n t e r t a i n i n g his s i s t e r , .Mrs. S p a u l d i n g of New H a m p s h i r e .

Mr. a h d Mrs . C. A. K e e n e and chi ld , St. Joseph H I K I , a t . . ro ton ' W n o h a v e f o r s o m e t i m e r es ided wi th Alien school a t West N e w - ' ' M r s . K e e n e ' s p a r e n t s , Mr. and Mrs .

T r a c e y of N o r t h Sh i r l ey , a r e soon to r e t u r n t o M a n c h e s t e r , N. H.

On W e d n e s d a y e v e n i n g Mrs . G. S. W e b b e r a n d Mrs . E. P . S h o r e s r e ­ceived t h e d e g r e e s c o n f e r r e d by Ida M c K i n l e y c h a p t e r , 0 . E. S. of A y . r .

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t r a c k is s t a t i o n .

T h e n e x t I ' n i t a r i a n church socia--b_e is—the first T h u r s d a y in Apri l .

Mrs . G. H. Rockwood. .Mrs. N. L. W o o d s . Mrs . A. A. Wood went over to S'ashua, T u e s d a y evening, to a t t e n d ., t h e mee t ing of Olive Branch lodge of ' Rebekahs . T h e r e was an in i t i a t ion 1

a n d an inspect ion hv t h e Rebekah a s - { P 'easat jU". w.th Mrs. Louis Rowe on sembly . the even ing be ing enjoved bv I T h u r s d a y ".uteriiooii. In spi te of the the Groton ladies. ' " ; c 0 ' ( ' March winds n e a r l y every inein-

, . j be r of the club was p r e s e n t Mrs . 1 ',K.r" j E d i t h B. Towslev from B e a r w n o n t . t h i s

— T h e second t e a m hasTafso a r r a n g e d a good schedu le . H o w a r d H . Havden is m a n a g e r of t h e first t e am and Le-

i for i m m e d i a t e o p e r a t i o n , n o r h a s t h e ! case been definitely d i a g n o s e d a s a p ­pend ic i t i s . Tons i l i t i s is u n d o u b t e d l y p r e s e n t .

Roy F . P a r c h e r t m a n a g e r for t h e " s c c -ond team. ,

last mee t ing of the Midd lesex-Worces ­te r Pomona unti l S e p t e m b e r S. when

meets with the T o w n s e n d g r a n g e . The Brown Loaf c lub met ' very

George T. S t e v e n s ' t e rm of s .is school c o m m i t t e e expi res s p r i n g and he will he a candida te l o r re -e lec t ion .

.1. H. H y n e s , t r e e warden, is a c a n ­d ida t e for re -e lec t ion .

T h e first a n d second dec rees will be worked a t t h e g r a n g e mee t ing n e x t week T u e s d a y evening.

Amos L. Ames . Jr.. has t aken o u t n o m i n a t i o n p a p e r s for t h e office of s e l e c t m a n , inc lud ing that of o v e r s of r ho poor and assesso r . T h e r e _Te i.ow four c a n d i d a t e s for th i s office. .

Th" Li<i. of H e n r y F. Miller w a s not i r i e i ,i. Mie Supe r io r cour t , bn t w a s • ontimieii unt i l .1-ine 1. In r h e ' m e a n -tinie, hv di rec t ion of ;:,,. d i s t r ic t a t ­t o rney ' s oflie.., the plaintiff. Mrs. Wil-111a Wood Miller, is to conn, to Bos­ton and live with her husband , who b a s in spi te of the present e n t a n g l e ­men t , a clean record.

The Gro ton School l>oys left T u e s ­day , on t h e i r sp r ing vacat ion.

Monday even ing the s t u d e n t s at Gro--on School enjoyed a s te reop t icon lee-l u r e on t h e P e a r y expedi t ion hy Geo. Horn p. one of the former s t u d e n t s . Who was with the expedi t ion . T h e c l e r g y m e n of t h e vi l lage, the hoy;; of the j u n i o r and sen io r c l a s s of the high school and severa l o t h e r s were invited over to the l ec tu re . Qui te a n u m b e r avai led t h e m s e l v e s of t h e privilege, of a t t e n d i n g and found i' very In t e r e s t i ng .

T h e Book and T h i m b l e c lub met th i s week F r i d a y Gil-on weeks ago . w a s with Mrs. Re l rhe i : of t h e Mill ne ighborhood .

Miss El len P r i e s t is vis i t ing he r nieces in Somerv i l l e and Woburn .

T h e d a n c e of last week T h u r s d a y w a s well a t t ended and was a p l e a s a n t and successfu l social affair.

Miss Mary D u n p h y visited the G r o ­ton s t r e e t s c h o o l s . EaBt P e p p e r e l l , l a s t week F r i d a y .

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To play t h e s c h e d u l e a r r a n g e d will i Bixby l as t .Monday e v e n i n g . Eight t a k e qu i t e a s u m of m o n e y and anv ! t a b l e s w e r e filled. A de l i c ious buffet f r i ends of t h e school w i sh ing to helji | l m l <*1 ' a " d a del ight fu l open fire add-t h e t e a m can send a n y s u b s c r i p t i o n ' e d t o t h e e v e n i n g ' s e n j o y m e n t . H igh-to t h e b u s i n e s s m a n a g e r or to the ' e s t s c o r e w a s won by J a m e s Hil l , p r i n c i p a l of t h e school . J f o r t y -n ine p o i n t s ; s econd , L. G.

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F o r s o m e y e a r s Dr. B r a n i g a n had m a d e h i s h o m e a t t h e A l g o n q u i n c lub a n d had an office a t 2 C o m m o n w e a l t h a v e n u e , Bos ton . H e w a s a p r o m i n e n t m e m b e r of d e n t a l f a c u l t i e s and last y e a r s e r v e d t h a t o r g a n i z a t i o n a s i ts p r e s i d e n t . He w a s a c t i v e in va r ious o t h e r soc ie t ies .

. Dr . B r a n i g a n w a s b o r n in Salem in 1858. H i s f a t h a e r w a s o n e of t h e old-t i m e S a l e m s e a c a p t a i n s . When abou t s i x t een y e a r s old E d w a r d B r a n i g a n w e n t to Ca l i fo rn ia , w h e r e for t h r e e y e a r s he e n g a g e d in n e w s p a p e r work .

R e t u r n i n g t o M a s s a c h u s e t t s , he en- ' t e r e d t ho old B o s t o n d e n t a l co l lege , f rom .which, he r e c e i v e d t ho d e g r e e D. D . .S . In 1S82. A f ew y e a r s l a t e r h e b e c a m e an I n s t r u c t o r in t h e co l lege , r e m a i n i n g t h e r e un t i l It w a s m e r g e d w i t h T u f t s d e n t a l s choo l .

Dr . B r a n i g a n w a s c r e d i t e d wi th h a v ­i n g h a d t h e w ides t e x p e r i e n c e in o p e r ­a t i v e d e n t a l w o r k , e s p e c i a l l y in ch i l ­d r e n ' s w o r k , of a n y m a n in t h i s c o u n ­t ry ,

H e wasi a t r u s t e e of t h e F o r s v t h e ae i i t a l i n f i r m a r y a n d i t w a s l a r g e l y t h r o u g h h i s efforts t h a t a l a r g e s u m w a s g i v e n fo r t h e f o u n d i n g of t h a t in ­s t i t u t i o n . ' ;

H e w a s a m e m b e r of t h e M a a s s a c h u -s e t t s d e n t a l soc i e ty , h a d se rved a s l ib ra r i an"o f t h e M a s s a c h u s e t t s fish a n d g a m e a s s o c i a t i o n a n d w a s a n a c t i v e m e m b e r of t h e P o i n t S h i r l e y y a c h t c l u b , t h e "Wollaston golf c l u b a n d t h e B. A . A: H e w a s one of t h e f o u n d e r s of t h e Megai i t fc f i shing c l u b and one of i t s d i r e c t o r s . ' ' .1, . H o is . s u r v i v e d by a son , Dr E d ­

w a r d B r a n i g a n of G r o t o n .

Sylvia L a w r e n c e . W. V. Bixby, W. A. Cooper of T o w n s e n d . T h e las t m e e t ­ing of the season will be held in S q u a n n a - o o k bal l on .Monday e v e n i n g . April :'..

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W e d n e s d a y even ing w e r e a s well a t ­tended a s the u n f a v o r a b l e w e a t h e r c o n d i t i o n s m a d e poss ib le . T h e s u p ­pe r c o m m i t t e e may well feel p roud of t h e i r a t t r a c t i v e l y laid t a b l e s a n d da in t i l y menu .

T h e a u d i e n c e w a s so wel l p l eased with " T h o s e old s w e e t h e a r t s of m i n e " t h a t s e v e r a l r e q u e s t s h a v e been m a d e for I ts repe t i t i on . T h e " l i v i n g pic­t u r e s " "were c e r t a i n l y a t t r a c t i v e and each p o s e w a s s u c c e s s f u l l y held . Miss H a r r i n g t o n , in br ida l c o s t u m e , w a s e s p e c i a l l y c h a r m i n g a n d Mr. Bowles , in h i s ro le of b a c h e l o r , won m a n y a p p r e c i a t i v e c o m m e n t s . . I r s . W i g g i n s a t t h e p i ano nnd Mr . L a m b with a v a r i e t y of s e l e c t i o n s on h i s fine V i c t r o l a . added m u c h to t h e eve­n i n g ' s e n j o y m e n t .

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F r e d A. W h i t n e y r e s i d i n g on Oak hil l , w a s be fo re J u d g e S m i t h a t Cl in­ton on W e d n e s d a y on c o m p l a i n t of a n a g e n t of t h e S. P . C. A., for k e e p -w i t h o u t p r o p e r food, c e r t a i n c o w s on h i s p r e m i s e s . H e w a s found gu i l t y a n d fined twenty-f ive d o l l a r s . Sen­t e n c e w a s s u s p e n d e d for t w o w e e k s d u r i n g which t i m e an o p p o r t u n i t y will b e g i v e n h im to i m p r o v e on t h e con-d i t l o n s . ,

..-.-.LP ' W,hJtney m c t w i t h ''ather a pa in fu l a cc iden t on F r i d a y a f t e r ­noon .of l a s t week . W h i l e l o a d i n g a ca l f a t S a m u e l B l a n c h a r d ' s , h i s h o r s e s t a r t e d c r o w d i n g Mr. W h i t n e y a g a i n s t t h e wa l l and g lv lng -h i rh a e e -Vere^SmJ?1rng' H , s h c a v* ft" «^at ??rt«^n.fnS1 raore 8crl0us InJury-H e Was f o u n d , u n c o n s c i o u s by Mr Blanch j t rd w h o ca red for h im until '

spen t the day wi th the f o r m e r ' s f a t he r Wil l iam S a v a g e , h e r e in t o w n . — M i s s - B e r n i e e ' - Sears ,- t eacr re r—of sc ience a t t h e Bromfleld schoo l , is en­t e r t a i n i n g he r s i s t e r , Maude S e a r s , from I ' rov idence , R. I., th i s week at tlie Ker ley house .

T h e t h r e e - a c t comedy, " T h e t ime of h i s life. " will he given in t h e town hall 011 .March 111. at e ight o 'c lock , by the pup i l s of Bromfield school . .Music by Bromfield Music c lub. T i c k e t s for rese rved s e a t s go on sa le on Mondav , March 27. a t Gale . Dickson' & C o . s s to re .

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Is from t h e Bos ton S u n d a y Globe of March 19:

T o m o r r o w the " c l o s e d " o r " l e a s e d " c a r in t h e mi lk b u s i n e s s w i l l go out of c o m m i s s i o n on t h e M a s s a c h u s e t t s end of t h e Bos ton and Maine r a i l r o a d . It w a s d i s c o n t i n u e d on t h e Bos ton a n d A l b a n y r a i l r o a d a b o u t o n e m o n t h a g o , b u t i s s t i l l in o p e r a t i o n o n t h e N e w York , New Haven a n d H a r t f o r d l ines .

T h e B o s t o n nnd Maine r a i l r o a d h a s d r o p p e d t h c u s e of t ho ca r b e c a u s e t h e c o m p a n y h o l d s t h a t it is i l l ega l u n d e r t h e S a u n d e r s l aw .

A n e w ra te ' for s h i p p i n g mi lk , ca l l ed t h o c a n r a t e a n d fixed by t h e i n t e r ­s t a t e c o m m e r c e c o m m i s s i o n , g o e s Into effect a t o n c e , a n d t h i s i s m u c h h i g h e r t h a n t h e r a t e a v a i l a b l e w i t h t h e " l e a s e d " c a r . R e c k o n e d p e r c a n of e i g h t a n d o n e - h a l f q u a r t s , i t a m o u n t s t o 2 .5" c e n l s ' p e r . c a n for t h e f i rs t t w e n t y m i l e s o u t of B o s t o n ; 3.5 for f o r t y i m i l e s ; 4.5 fo r s i x t y m i l e s , a n d 5.5 c e n t s for a h a u l a a l o n g a s o n e h u n d r e d m i l e s Beyond t h a t d i s t a n c e

By s t o p p i n g t h e u s e of t h i s c a r t h e r a i l road t a k e s t h e s h i p p i n g b u s i n e s s ont-^of t h e h a n d s of t h e ^os tbn==co-r^ t r a t o r s ; it g i v e s t h e m t h e s a m e c a n r a t e t h a t it g i v e s to the Ind iv idua l mi lk f a rm, a n d it will cos t bo th p a r t i e s c o n s i d e r a b l y m o r e to sh ip t h e i r M a s s a c h u s e t t s m i l k Into Boston T h i s i n c r e a s e a m o u n t s to a b o u t t w o c e n t s pe r can in t h e c e n t r a l zone.

All t h e c a r e and r e spons ib i l i t y f o r the mi lk f rom t h e t ime it is p l aced i n the r a i l r o a d company*s ca r unt i l i t i s de l ivered in Bos t n is a s s u m e d bv t h e r a i l road .

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Miss C a r r i e B i a d f o r d h a s r e s igned h e r pos i t ion in S o u t h b o r o and a c c e p t ­ed a second g r a d e room In Nor th E a s t o n .

Mrs . S h a t t u c k a n d d a u g h t e r vis i ted in W o r c e s t e r p a r t of l a s t week.

Apri l first F r a n k Davidson is to leave Danie l Cob le igh ' s , w h e r e he h a s been for t h c l a s t t h r e e y e a r s , and be ­gin w o r k on h i s f a t h e r ' s fa rm in W a v -land.

Miss F l o r e n c e Dodge w e n t to Cl in­ton on W e d n e s d a y f o r ' a few d a v s ' visit wi th h e r s i s t e r .

Mrs . A d a D u r k e e h a s been in Ac­ton C e n t e r , t a k i n g c a r e of Mrs . G e o r g e B r a m a n , w h o w a s on t h e s ick . l is t . •

n ..J"8".-0" X K n l K h t s p e n t S u n d a y -In Bedford wi th -he r d a u g h t e r H a t t i e .

F e r d i n a n d A. W y m a n , a w e l l - k n o w n l awyer of B o s t o n , w a s in t o w n W e d ­nesday c a l l i n g on old f r iends . T h e " r s t e igh t y e a r s o f l i is life w a s s p e n t In t h e h o u s e now k n o w n a s

Bede-a -wee . " '

S. B. H a g e r ' s f ami ly Is In q u a r a n ­t ine , c a u s e d by t h e i l l nes s of h i s s e c ­ond d a u g h t e r R u t h , w h o h a s d i p h t h e r ­ia, t h o u g h n o t in a s e v e r e form. *

L a s t week T h u r s d a y e v e n i n g Mrs . B . c . S tee le g a v e a p a r t y f o r h e r h u s ­band in c e l e b r a t i o n of t h e fact t h a t i t w a s J u s t ' t w e n t y - f i v e y e a r s s i nce h e c a m e t o t h e s t a t e s . C a r d s a n d r e ­f r e s h m e n t s filled a p l e a s a n t evening-.

Mrs_^ N o r m a r . W e t h e r b e e i h a s - b e e n -suffer ing w i t h b r o n c h i t i s , b u . i s s o m e ­w h a t b e t t e r .

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The circulation of onr nine papers fo ten times larger than that of any other paper circulating in the nine towns.

Subscriber's aVe urged to keep "their subscriptions paid ln advance. '

" 'Tis to the Pen and Press we mortals owe.

All we bolleve and almost all know." '.

Shoo fly," for the scene of the ac­cident'. Fortunately the accident was not a serious, one, aside from the in-Jury to the rolling stock. That there .wero no more injured- aud

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The most successful event in the history of Division 7, A. O. H., was its thirty-seventh annual concert and halLgiy.-. n .in thc_-tovvTi--haIl-Jast-v,'eek-Friday evening. The society is well and favorably known for the first-class character of Its entertainments and this year's event was no excep­tion to-the rule.

As'-'usual ho time or expense was spared in preparation for this event, and that the efforts of the'committee in charge of It were appreciated, was plainly shown by the presence of the greatest number of people on an oc­casion of this kind. Every"'available seat was occupied and many were obliged to stand.

Suspended from the arch over the stage was the banner of the division and a transparency with the words. Division 7, A. O. H., lighted by elec­tricity. Underneath -was the word, "Welcome," in large red letters. The whole w a s b d n k e d on either side by red, white and blue decorations. The front of the stage was covered with white upon which—were—the charac­ters "March 17, 1911," in .red, white, and blue, trimmed with green, wjth' figures of Shamrocks on either side. Above this was an upright frame-work decorated in green and white, which extended-along the edge o r the stage, while back of it on the stage were palm trees. From the chandeliers were, suspended streamers of white and green, caught up at the sides of the hall, and the windows were dressed in white and the American colors. Around the hall and stage were the

"American and Irish colors and ro­settes neatly arranged. The whole made a fine effect aud a very pleasing sight.

The famous Salem Cadet Orchestra, known as the best In New England, furnished music for the concert and ball. An extra feature on the con­

c e r t Drogram was the appearance of Edwin P. Gaffney and A. Frank Adams of Boston in vaudeville and musical

. sketches which were well received. After the concert the grand march

was formed, led by president Charles A. McCarthy und his sister, Miss Mary McCarthy. Dancing followed and was enjoyed by a large number.until three o'clock.

A supper was served in the- lower hall during intermission by -Mrs. Mar­tin Carrigan. They netted about $125.

- _ .,. mi loss of life was ,a miracle as the entire train was practically derailed and was running;at ' .a high rate of speed;

Two' persons were slightly injured, J. J .Hannigan of "Worcester, a passen­ger, and Edward Mayo, baggae master of Portland, Me.' The train passes through Ayer daily and runs between New York city and Portland, Me. At the time of. the acident the train was on the way to 'Por t land , and Is due to leave Ayer at 4.50 a. m.

A Very successful sale of aprons, food and candy was held on Wednes­day afternoon at the: home of Mrs. J. W.. Kittredge. The sale was for the interest of the Unitarian parish. Mrs. G«orge-JT-Bums-and-Mr«r-A_-G,-Per-kins were in charge of the apron table, Mrs. Joseph Graves of the food, and Mrs. Avis B: Fisher and Miss Mona Steadman of the candy. The patron­age was very liberal, the sales rapid, and the results satisfactory.

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The executive board of the Woman's club meets with' its president Mrs £v**8 _. ?*, ^.fJi' *ri(iay afternoon, March 31, at 3.30 o'clock.

Ministers' Meeting. The Middlesex Union ministers'

meeting held their March session at the Congregational pa'rlors last Tues­day." all: day". Dr. Scott bf Lancaster presided. The parts were given by Rev. R. W. Drawbridge of Pepperell, Rev. A. L. Struthers of Townsend. Rev. B. W. Pennock of Acton, and Rev. W. L. Noyes of Brookline, N. H. Tbe afternoon was given to the ap-

__po__Uonati__iplai),-Revr--C^Gr^Herrill -ofr Winchendon, for the National Coun­cil, giving an address. A dinner was served very acceptably at one o'clock by J. W. Brown of this town. Mr. Brown lost none of his fame as a caterer by his work at this time. The success of the church in cancel­ling its debt gave much added en­thusiasm to the meeting.

Address. Rev. Walter' L. Brown of .Maynard,

chaplain of the Ancient Order of Hi­bernians and auxiliary organizations

•-for this district, addressed a union meeting of Ayer and Division 29 of Pepperell, A. 0. H., in the town hall last Sunday afternoon. In addition to Rev. Walter L. Brown's talk, there was an address on the history of the order by John O'Connell of Pepperell; a song by Miss Mary Moore; piano duet, Misses Kathleen Hackett and Madeline McCarthy, and a song by John Skerritt, all of Ayer. A good-sized gathering of the above-named organizations was present. After the meeting refreshments were served.

\ o Further Than Ayer. The traveling public on the Fitch­

burg division of the Boston and Maine railroad, who live at Ayer or Fitch­burg, or points between, will be in­terested to know that some relief Is granted by the company by the addi­tion of a passenger coach to the American Express Company train which leaves Boston at ten p. m.

This train, however, will not run any further oh the Fitchburg division west of Ayer, but passengers for Fitchburg can make connections for that city by the electric car service on the Leominster branch. President \V. W. Sargent of the Fitchburg and I_eomlnster street railway has given orders that the car due to leave here for Fitchburg a t eleven p. m„ will be held here to make connections-with-the train from Boston. '"*

This action-left the passengers the alternative of leaving Boston at 7.15 p. m. /or to wait for the theatre train which leaves the hub at 11.29 p. m. Those who do not care to remain in Boston for the theatre train may therefore board the above train on track No. 2, in the North station, and passengers for Fitchburg and- in ter ­mediate points may take the electric car from here. By doing so they will save about two hours' time.

Call for Medical Aid. The accident which happened to

the train known as the New York express at Clinton Junction on Wed­nesday morning,- caused-.-some excite* ment here, a s the first reports in­dicated that a serious disaster had occurred. This impression' -was fur­ther strengthened by the fact ' that medical aid was requested from here. In accordance with the call; 'Drs. Sul; liyan. and Hopkins left here on the regular 5.17 a m. train, known as the the town

News Items. ' " •* "The mothers' day" entertainment,

to be given by the Loyal Temperance Legipn, will .be given In. the lower town hall, Monday evening, at 7.15. The program' will consist of vocal solos, readings, choruses, a cor.net solo and a dialogue by ten boys. There will be a wand drill by sixteen girls of the Junior class, and a scarf drill by five young ladies of the Young People's branch. The proceeds will be used towards paying for the piano.

At the regular meeting of the Wo­man's Relief Corps on Tuesday even­ing.; three .candidates were initiatedr Mrs. Nina B. Lovejoy gave a very in­teresting talk on her trip to Atlantic City, New Vork and Washington, which she made last summer. Mem­bers of the Sons of Veterans and Grand—Army post were present as invited guests. Lunch was served and the evening spent in an informal so­cial way.

-Mrs. L. H. Merchant is spending the week with her parents, Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Thomas.

Mrs. F. . W. Moses of Providence is the guesCthls weWoTTTer'sister, Mrs. J. W. Kittredge.

-Mrs. Clara E. Richardson, Mrs. Mary J. Farr and Mrs. Susan M. Barker of the Woman's club attended the con­ference of presidents of the State Federation held In Braintree on Tues­day.

Mrs. Avis B; Fisher,. Mrs. Nina H. Beverly, Mrs. Clara L. Burns, Mrs. Clara E. Hill and Miss Belle Murphy of the , Woman's .club -.attended the West Afton Woman's club on Monday.

At the metfng of the Y. P. R. 1.'., on Sunday, Miss Doris Fletcher was leader, the musician was Miss Myrtie Sniithp and Miss Madoline Whitney gave an account of the work of the international secretary of the A.* U. A., Rev. Charles W. Wendte.

Miss Josephine Murray of New York is to locate in Ayer as designer, for Miss O'Brien, milliner.

A special convocation of Bancroft Royal Arch chapter will be held on Tuesday afternoon-, March 28. Work —.Mark Master degree. Dinner will be served at one o'clock.

At the meeting of the—board of-registrars last Saturday night, five names were added and one dropped from the voting list. The last meet-.ng"of the* board prior to town eTec^ tion will be held today from twelve noon till ten p. m., continuously. Those who desire to cast a vote at the annual town meeting on April 3, must register before the latter hour.

Melville L. Savage came to town from Montreal last week Friday and returned last Sunday-night. The fore­part of April he leaves Montreal, Can­ada, on his semi-annual trip through northwestern Canada, to the Pacific coast, to be absent about three months from here.

The ladies of the M. E. church will serve a clam supper in the vestry of the church Wednesday evening, March 29, from six to eight.

Mrs. Frank B. Maynard of Brook­line, N. H., and Mrs. Henry A. Hall of Boston have been recent guests of .Mrs. William G. Lyon.

The Woman's Relief corps had aa food sale in the lower town hall last evening there was a whist party. Re­freshments were served.

Frank R. Mason of Groton has i rented the Bancroft house, corner of | Nashua" "and Williams streets and he j and his family have moved in. i

Mrs. Delia McRay took charge of j the Taylor house the first of the week. ! , ] o t t j>roble Michael J. Coughlin, who has been the j occupant since last summer lias

moved out. Mrs. McRay was for many years in charge of the hotel un­til last summer. She has been malting her home In Boston previous to her return here.

Mr. and Mrs. George G. Bowers of Nashua, N. H., visited friends in town Wednesday.

Miss Carrie Blood was a guest of her mother, Mrs. Avander Blood last Saturday and Sunday.

These members of the Woman's club accepted the invitation from the Altrurian club of Shirley to hear the 'Hddresftrof Mr. Adams on Gardening 'Thursday afternoon: Mrs. Winifred Proctor, . Mrs. Ida (*. Perkins, Mrs. Carrie Murphv, Mrs. II. A. Bixby: Mrs. Clara E. Hill. Mrs. Nina II. Bev­erly, Mrs. Susan M. Barker.

Miss Laura S. I_eavitt and Miss Ben­son, assistant teachers in the high school, started Friday afternoon on a tr ip to Washington. They will be gone during thc coming week, which is the spring vacation in the school.

Mrs. Albert M. Phelps and daughter Bertha went to U-iconia, N. H., last Wednesday for a week's visit with Mrs. Phelps' parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Morrison.

The sewing school of ihe Woman's club will close on Saturday, April .1, with an exhibition of the children's work, followed by the children's par­ty Much very creditable work has been done, and the 'friends of the school should attend this exhibit to encourage those in charge and show their appreciation of a - ood work in

• The feature 'p ic tures at the show Saturday night will be: "An en­gineer's sweetheart," and. "Romance of the Rockies." Lyman Palmer will sing '"scuse me today," "i wonder h o w t h e old folks are at home now."

The talented undergraduates, of the University of Vermont, members of "The wig and rusklii' club," one of the .strongest amateur theatrical clubs in the country, are to present in-Whit­ney hall, Coolidge corner, Boston, on the, evening of April 4, the four-act comedy, entitled, ."The Ispahan. rug." E. H. Lawton, son of Robert Lawton, a former resident of this town, is graduate manager. — Eighteen—members _____HaFblnger-lodge, K. of. P.. went to Fitchburg on Tuesday evening'to, witness the degree worlc by Alpine lodge of that city.

Mr. and Mrs. Fred B. Felch returned home Tuesday afternoon from the South, where they have spent the win­ter. Mr. Felch.speaks, .very Interest­ingly of their experiences there.

The marriage engagement of Miss Ruth Marion Streeter of Greenfield, daughter of .Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Street­er of that town, to George 0. Fille­brown has been announced.

Rev. William Greonough'Thayer, D. D., headmaster of St. Mark's school at Southboro, • whose name has been prominently mentioned for the bish­opric of western Massachusetts, is expected home soon- from California, where he went a few weeks ago.

F-thel K. Bruce announces that her millinery parlors are now -open in Phelps' block, Ayer. Mass.. epnosite the railroad station. Open* Monday," Wednesday «nd Saturday - pvunlngrs. Announcement of spring' dpcnlnj; later.

Remember the O. K.' .S. dance on Thursday evening, March MO. The mem­bers are working hard to make this dance the success of the season.

A private dancing party will be given by Cora A. Burnham In Pnge hall. April T. Music, Johnson's orchestra.

v " n a m , A . W r i S h t and Uie heirs of fc. .O. Harlow, who own land along tne.l ine 0f the proposed street. The only remonstrant point ""Who

was Louis lias claimed that there was

some misunderstanding when he sign­ed a deed giving the Lowell and Fltch-ourg street railway company sixty feet of land for their road. *Mr. La-poliite claimed that he only intended to give them thirty feet of land.and reserve tip. rest for himself as a 1 , ,0 ' ' -va'v' H e thought that he should get paid for this land if it were taken lor a public way. If he re­ceived payment for it he would raise no objection.

The selectmen, in reply, told Mr. La-polnte that if be desired a settlement, his remedy was to go the street rail­way eompany, that, as the deed now stands the property Is theirs and t h a t

Ttnv town o r X y e r has nothing to dp wit., the matter of the transfer of the property in question. The board also failed to see where Mr. Lapointe' could possibly be injured if the pro­posed movement went through, as he would then have a public right of way ii, p i a c e o f a p r | v a t e o n e a s , 1 0 % v

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Birthday Anniversary. -Monday, March 20. George Washing­

ton Stuart bbser.ed his eighty-eighth birthday at his residence on Washing­ton s treetr^IIe enjoys life fairly-well, although he feels old age creeping on. Mr. Stuart • is a native of London­derry, Vt., and came to this state in the.fall of 1849, locating in this vil­lage, known then as South Groton, January, 1855, and' was engaged in business, corner of Main and Wash­ington streets, where Mullin Bros, are now located. Mr. Stuart after leav­ing here resided in New Bedford for a number of years, where his wife died in June, 1903. He has been a taxpayer in. this village for flftv-flve years. .

Surprised. -Mr. and Mrs. Wellman J. Delano

were completely surprised bv a par­ty of thirty friends who calied upon them last week Friday evening In behalf of the company Warren L Preble presented Mr. and Mrs. Delano each with a silver fork and berry spoon. Miss Sophia Delano with a gold pin with amethyst setting and Philip Delano with a gold stick pin with an amethyst settinsr.

The gathering took the nature of a farewell party to the family who are soon to.'leave* town .for Ludlow, Vt.. where they will make their home. Refreshments' were served during the evening and a very pleasant time was spent. • ••

Mr. Delano has been superintendent of the town farm for the past twelve years and severs his connection with the institution on April 1. During that-time he and his wife have made a host of friends, who regret their departure from town arid who wish them success and prosperity in their new home. .Mr. Delano has purchased a farm in Lu_djpw where .he is gajng to l ive ,—

Bumnviiy. A runaway horse the property of

Harry F. Whitney, of Harvard was stopped on East Main street, near the public library by Carl S. Proctor last week Friday afternoon. An investi­gation showed that Mr. Whitney was at Samuel Blanchard's house in Har­vard, Just over the Ayer line, loading a calf. While thus engaged the horse started and the wagon crowded .Mr. Whitney against a wall. He received a severe shaking up and was rendered unconscious. Hc was cared for by Mr. Blanchard till he was taken home. Chief of police Beatty was notified of the capture of the runaway and took tlie horse and wagon to Whitney's stable to await a claimant.

• 3 0 " T o u r i n g Car wi th t o p a n d w i n d shield Good One 1910 E -M-F as new.

One 1.009 E -M-F " 3 0 " F o u r P a s s e n g e r Car , w i t h de t achab l e r e a r seat a n d windsh ie ld . In good r u n n i n g o r d e r .

One F l a n d e r s " 2 0 " Car . s u b u r b a n type , t w o o r four p a s s e n g e r .

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One 1910 H c 0 F i v e P a s s e n g e r T o u r i n g Car , w i t h t op , wind - l . , ^ s p e e d o m e t e r a n d c lock . Good as new.

One S ix Cy l inde r F o r d , t w o or five passenger , ful l ' e q u i p m e n t of tools , W a r n e r Speedomete r , Pr 'est-O-Lire t a n k . Th i s cai h a s e x t r a speed a n d p o w e r .

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Congregational church last Sunday there was a meeting of the mem­bers to take action with regard to­ward paying on* the debt of the church. Some time ago the Congregational building society made an offer to the church of a loan of five hundred dol­lars without interest and a gift of three hundred, wlth. the understanding that the church would take steps to pay its debt of $2300 at once. !

At the meeting in the morning J Gu-V B- Remick; selectmen and over $1500 was raised and enough more i s e e r s o f t n e Poor, B. D. Stone,~J: M.

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Candidates for Town • Offices.. The time' for filing nomination

Tapers for office at the town meeting, expired a t Ave o'clock Thursday a'-ternoon.. The following are tho can­didates "and the name's of the offices to which they aspire: town clerk,

was pledged to bring up the total amount to $1702, which exceeds the fulfiHmen_--of-the- conditions by $20_i. i Of the proffered loan of $r>00 only $300 will be used, as only that amount remains to be paid on the indebted­ness of the church.

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A missionary concert was given in the Baptist church last Sunday eve­ning by the children of the Sunday i school. A large number were in at- I tendance. Superintendent Warren I.. I Prehl.- presided and Mrs. Carrie Low- j ell «as organist. The subjects of the i reading selections referred to the mis- :

sions in Cuba and Porto Rico. The i . , ... -pastor. K.v. .1. W. Thomas, offered | *° r

o „ . * ; „ , . ^ '* | l ecessar>* prayf-r. The larger girls wore the " " " " ' " '"" ""* '"" red. yellow and blue colors of Cuba and tin- red. white and blue repre-sentiu-.' Porto Rico. They presented a v.ry pleasing sight. The songs ol tlie children were also good. The pro­gram follows: recitations, Edessa Crawford. Marguerite Rand, Alice Rand, Ksther Washburn, Earl Wilson, Howard Preble. Stanley Chafiln, Har­old l'illinan; readings, Irene Carter, t'assie Corkum. Ruth Powers, Hazel Murphy. Agnes King, \V. L; Preble; tableau. Marion Felch. Zeld^i Rey­nolds, Eva Chandler, Minta Mosher. Cassie Corkum, Rertha Scruton, El-

Fnund Guiitj. The appealed case of Michael .1.

Coughlin, involving two complaints for violation of the liquor law, came up for disposal in the superior court last week Friday. He was found guilty of these two complaints last September and sentenced to six months In tho house of correction and fined $l.*i0. From this sentence he appealed to the higher court. He pleaded guilty to both complaints and last week Friday the . case was con­tinued for a week on condition that he leave town. At tho end" of a week tho case- -would be again continued

Maloney, F. S. Pierce; tax collector, E. W. Carley; water commissioner. E. O. Procto.1-,-A. P. Fillebrown;. .con­stables, I_. J. faylor, .!. H. O'Connell, A. A. Fillebrown, T. F. Meehan, D. C. Smith; board of health, three years, E. E. Sawyer; assessor, three years, Charles W. Mason; tree warden, Cal­vin Blood, Walter Winslow; school committee, three years. Dr. W. X. Cowles; park commissioner, three years, T. F. Mullin; fish commission­er, three years, H. M. Beverly; aud­itors. (-. A. .McCarthy, H. E. Evans. G. O. Fillebrown.

According to the law governing the filing of nominations the written as­sent of the person, who is proposed

The only one who has not complied with this requisite is George H. Brown, who was proposed for library trustee. Mr. Brown is in the south and no word was received from him up to the time that the filing of nomination papers ceased.

This vacancy may be tilled hy writ­ing the name on the ballot at th. town election. The officers for -which n-March :!1, at .'5.30 p. m.

Whist Clnb. The Red Rose Whist club of which

George Barrows Is a member, n > royally entertained Friday evening March 17, at the home of Mr. and Mrs l'. H. Barrows, Pleasant street. Th. burnt wood score cards were a de­cided novelty, as they were also for­tune telling cards, and were high'.-. prized by the members as a souvenir of the occasion. Refreshments were served consisting of ice cream, o.-ike. crackers, fancy cookies in the shape of hear ts , diamonds clubs and spades and onfectlonery and lemonade.

The first prize was won by Miss Maud Whitcomb and the booby prize went to Harvey Winslow. Those pres-sent were Misses Marjorle Arm­strong, Margaret -McMillan, Clarlbel Scripture, Esther Stone, Maud and Winnie ""

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L. SHERWIN &, CO., AYER,

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w l » e " ^ h i 8 conduct ; B l l a 8 i Theodore d a r k , Chester Per-court i n ' June, is satisfactory the jail sentence would be remitted and the fine imposed.

The car inspectors employed by the Boston and Maine railroad here wen-organized Wednesday night by an'or­ganizer' from Fitchburg. They will have their meetings In Eagles' hall

Hearing. The hearing-on thc petition of K'l-

ward A. Richardson and others ter the laying out of Central evenue from Columbia s t ree t . to Sandy pond road. so-called, as a public way, was held program opened with a piano solo by In the selectmen's room on Thursdiiy I Mea Rachael Osgood, who was pianist evening.. E..D. 8tone..cha_rman of t!;c | for the whole evening^ The singers board of selectmen, presided. \ **cre the male quartet of the 'church—'

Edward A. Richardson spoke of tlif I Or. B. H. Hopkins, E. K. Bliss, H. C.

1 rin, Walter and Warren Winslow.

: Concert. The concert given In the ConKre-

Katfonal church Thursday evening was well attended, every seat filled and some chairs brought in to the rear of the auditorium. The program was wholly by the home talent of the church and it was very Interesting and very well received. The whole must take i ts place as one of the fine entertainments of thc winter. The

convenience of this way of travel and hoped tlfat the board would favor the petition. • William....U. Sherwin am! Thomas 1?. Mullin a l so favored the proposed movement. , Mr. Richardson satd that he a lso .spoke in behalf of

Harlow and ,E. B. Harlow, and their selections formed a good variety. Every number was encored, and the encores.given contained many pleas­ing and amusing allusions to thc pay-nent of the debt and the burning of

the mortgage soon to take place. The music was interspersed with

readings by Mrs. Frances E. Vlall, also a member of the church. The readings covered a wide variety of subjects, were, all well rendered and called forth enthusiastic applause.

The whole affair was a great finan­cial success, adding forty-two dollars to the current CNpensc fund.

Cluirch Service-. —At the Flrirt* Congrcgalldhi-l ""-liu'rcli the tlieme bf the morning sormonwlll be, "The double obligation upon our lives." It will be a Bcrvlco ot praise for the paying of the church debt. Thc ovenlnir audience will.loin In the union no-llcenBC .meeting at the Bap­tist church. •.

itov. Dr. Flsk will preach at the Uni­tarian church nt 10.45. Sunday .school at. 12 m. Thc Y. P. R. U. will Join ln thc union no-llcense meeting a t . thc Baptist church.

Services at thc Baptist church next Sunday will consist of preaching by tbo'pastor nt 10..5 a. m.. Sunday school dt twelve. In the evening tho last of thc scries of no-ilccnsc meetings will *•<• held. Rev. Frank Hnrgravo of the M. T'_. churi-h will be thc speaker.

Items of Interest.

Chester S. Jlorey, a civil war veter­an, though one of the richest men in Denver, applied- for and- has- been-granted a pension of $12 a month. He did. it for tho benefit of a comrade who has been unable to get a pension:* Every quarter Mr Morey turns the money over to this aged friend

HOUSEKEEPERS Spring house clean­ing is at hand. We have something now in a cleaning powder .

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Fred Davis Is at home recuperat ing from scarlet , fever, after a s ix w e e k s ' i l l n e s s In a Somervi l le hospital .

T. E. Flari ty inspected the Pe ters -ham grange on Tuesday evening . '

Mr. and Mrs. Luther Richards v is i t ­ed over Sunday at Merle Cassavant's at Marlboro. • Richard T. Eldrldge was called to P lymouth this week by the death of his grandfather.

Will Lang oif Boston was in town over Sunday. . '

Miss El izabeth French of Ashby has been vist lng her aunt, Mrs. Dr. A. J. Atwood.

It is said that Mr. and Mrs. X. J. "McGuire will soon move to the Chase h o u s e on Brookl ine street, which they have purchased.

Ivan Hiltz has purchased of L. r . Clement, the house i_ow.._________tpi«i-i>y-

West. • ... T h e Ladies' Study c lub Will meet ln

the reading room on Monday even­ing, taking up the topics , "Strange corners of our country," under the direction of Miss E m m a Adams, and "Alaska," under the charge of Mrs. C. H. Stickney. _ _ •

Mark Colby and-Mr. Colby will move into the X. J. McGuire tenement ns soon as they vacate for their hew home.

. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Miller, Ralph and Lesl ie , left Townsend the latter part of last week to visit b is people in Haverhi l l , and this week Wednes­day, they left for Vancouver, British Columbia, near which place Mr. Mil­ler will be engaged as a saw filer.

T;he infant daughter of Mr. and .Mrs. Burton L. Bruce of Forest Hil ls was brought here for burial on Tuesday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce form­er ly resided in West Townsend. !

Arthur G. Eastman has had the j honor of being elected captain of his j c la s s baseball team at M. I. T. for the

Will is Farwel l , a former aged resi­dent of this v i l lage , passed away in Pepperell last week. Mr. Farwel l will be remembered as a paper hanger and painter by many of the older resi­dents.

Miss M. E. Tower has purchased o t Alexander Reed a tract of land on Elm street, just a b o v e the residence of Will iam Thorpe, aijd is intending to build a cottage which she hopes to have ready for occupancy about tbe first of July.

Mrs. Naomi Wilder, who has been for several weeks in Milford, N. H., has returned to the home of her son, Walter E. Wilder of Josse lynvi l le .

~'"Mr. ~-.Fd~^rrsr'B_.rto7. -Bruce'?"a*nd son Nelson of Forest Hil ls have been at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. 0 . Bruce for a few days.

Mrs. Harry Marr and litt le daughter returned the first of the week from their visit to Fitchburg.

Miss Stel la Tucker is enjoying a two weeks' vacation, with her mother, Mrs, ."Mary Tucker.

Mrs. James B e g g of Leominster spent Saturday at the home of Mf. and Mrs. Fred Whittaker of Josse lynvi l le .

Mrs. Mary Foster, who has spent the latter part of the winter with her grandson in Cambridge, has returned and opened her home here.

Edward Bowen is recovering from an injury of his hand which neces -

rol l -cal l Wednesday e v e n i n g , March _9. Supper wil l _>$ s erved at seven o'clock. Rev. H. B. D r e w of Litt le­ton, .pres ident or the C. E . union, will be present. . Every member Is earn­est ly requested to be present .

J. Albert Deardon returned home last Sunday evening from tho Boston

coming season. They are scheduled I s i U l t e d n i s remaining home from h i s to play a game with Cushing acad- | d l , t i e s a t Fessenden's ri-jill for a few emy at Ashburnham about April _.<). ; d : i v s l a s t week.. - R e v . A. L. Struthers has en ter ta in - . ' °.u . l a s t F r i d *». ' e v e n i n g t h e - y o u n g ed his brother from Gardner.

William Lawrence of West T o w n s -end and T. J. J. Harvey of thc Harbor were drawn as jurors this week T u e s ­day, for the superior court at Lowel l . wtatctr-will convene on April :..

Six n e w . n a m e s have been added to the Voting list this year in antici­pation of town meeting next Monday.

Mr. and Mrs. Louis C. Shaul of Al­bany, ,N. V., vt^'re at Mr. and Mrs. Frank M.' Warren's over Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wilder a n d ' daughter of Fltchburs. accompanied | by friends, visited relatives in town ! Wednesday .

Mr. and George Bracket, entertained j t h e Old City band last Saturday night at their p leasant home, (lames were | played and there was music by the < band. A supper was served and sou- i venirs were given to all present, which w a s about twenty-fivel from Fi tchburg, Cambridge, Lunenburg and

""town. " T h e remainder of the evening w a s spent in a social time.

T h e Country club met last Fridav at Mrs. Irving Seaver's. Mrs. Emma Spencer being the hostess. The dec­orat ions and program for the after­noon were in accordance with St. Pat­rick's day. Refreshments were served.

T h e ladies of the M. E.. church held a "blue jay" supper Wednesday eve­ning , which cons is ted of ctthl meats. beans; fancy pastr ies , cake and cof­fee . ' T h e ves try w a s decorated with blue le t ter J's hung on wires and the s u p p e r tab le was decorated wiih tiu s a m e letter. A stuffed blue jay also held a prominent place aimnm the decorat ions .

A n n u a l Food Sale .

-The—Monday club.-.-__i_et a t the Van-: gregat ional vestries on .Monday af­ternoon for their annual food sale. The food table wits in charge of .Mrs. F lorence Fessenden and Mrs. Mar­garet Higgins. and many tempting articles of food were for sale, and a!so cooking receipts in prettily dec­orated covers. The entertainment was in charge of Mrs. Abbie Barber and consisted of t w o piano duets by Mrs. Wachs and Alberta Barber; song, Edna H a y n e s ; recitation. Helen Hig ­gins* and two .ci^ Sam ' Walt, r Foss* poems were r't-pS by Mrs. Marv Haynes . after '?_.-.. Barber's sketch of that poet's life and work,s. - 'Die ladies of the past, present . arid fu­ture a l so appeared during the after­noon, each in appropriate cos tume . They were represented by Mrs. Clara M. Farrar . Mrs. Eunice P. B r u c e - a n d Mrs. Iva S. Worcester , respect ive ly . Each read receipts or told s tor i e s re­lat ing to the century they represented. •\fter the sale , ice cream, cake, cook­ies and pastry were served. Several guests were present.

ladies' social dance w a s held in S e m ­inary hall and w a s very largely at­tended, many be ing present from out of town, and the y o u n g ladles c leared about fifteen dol lars a s a r e s u l t of the—affair, and - e o n t a

City hospital , where he had been a patient for one week. T h e physi­c ians at the hospital decided that no operation was n e c e s s a r y and Mr. Deardon's s i ckness w a s Caused by a run down condition. H e cont inues -to improve and will endeavor to a s s u m e his d u t i e s . a t the c . A. Edgarton Co., next Monday.

The Ladies' Aid soc iety of the Bap­t is t church will serve a supper in the vestry this week Saturday even­ing .from six to e ight o'clock. S u p ­per will consis t of baked .beans, sa l ­ads , hot rolls , pie and cake . There wil l a l so be a sa le of aprons and toilet art ic les .

_Abel Morin has left the employ of the C." ATTiJdgarTbn Co., w h e r e he has been employed as a weaver , and has gone to work iu the s a m e capacity for the N a s h a w a u n u c k Manufactur­ing Co. of Eas thampton .

lit he! K. JJrucu announces that her millinery parlors are now open In I'helps' block. Ayer. Mass., opposite the railroad station. Open Monday Wednesday and Saturday evenings Announcement of spring opening lute.

Dandruff Means Baldness Dandruff i s caused . by a germ—a

vic ious , pers istent , tenacious g e r m -that u p t o the discovery of one of the world'n greatest ocleirtlotci was sup posed t o be unkil lable. That discovery i s ca l led Par is ian Sage, and Will iam Brown, t h e druggist , guarantees it to kill dandruff germs, to remove all t races of dandruff, to stop fal l ing hair or i t ch ing scalp iu two weeks , or m o n e y back. • . • '

It conta ins Just enough of sage prop­er ly combined with other ingredients to m a k e any woman's or man's hair, grow luxur latn ly . It makes everybody's harsh, l u s t e r l e s s hair change to soft, lus trous , and beautiful hair. tlO cent s a large bott le a t Wm. Brown's, try it.

No. 664

Vermont Farm-, 8 && vt

another in the near future Mrs. George I'pton i s recovering

from a severe attack of grippe. .Miss Inez Munroe of Troy, X. H.,

spent a. few days recent ly with her sister, Mrs. S. D. Ringrose at - the par­sonage.

Frank Farnsworth lost a very val­uable work horse last week, the ani­mal being s ick but a very few days.

Mrs. Amidon who has been spending the winter with Mrs. Lucy A. Law­rence, has returned to her home in Chesterfield, Vt.'

George Willard of Boston spent Sun­day with his p a r e n t s , - M r . - a n d Mrs. James A. Willard. Miss Agnes Thompson of Worcester w a s at the home of her mother, Mrs. Charles Patch over Sunday and Frank Ham­ilton of Webster spent Sunday with his mother, Mrs. A u g u s t u s Stevens.

Next Sunday will be observed as mission day. at the Baptist church and tlie pastor will take up -Home m i s ­sions," in the morning and evening.

Tlie Y. P. S. C. E. -meet ing will a l so lie on tlie topic of miss ions and will be conducted by Miss Al ice Seaver.

On last Tuesday evening the Men's ehib met in the reading room and en­joyed a spirited discuss ion UIK.II the topic of the situation in Mexico. It was also voted that at their next nieet­ing. March 27. refreshments be served and u committee cons is t ing of Alex­ander Heed. L. O. Barker and Ivan Busk was appointed to prepare tlie re f re shments -and also.. Jthe .program for the evening.

The L. L. A. S. held their regular monthly meeting at the home of Mrs. E. T. Davis on Wednesday afternoon.

Lawyer Pickering from Somervil le has been a recent guest of Mr. and Mrs. George I'pton.

T o w n Meet ing.

Town, meet ing t a k e s ' p l a c e Monday. March 27. The warrant i s posted and conta ins art ic les to be acted upon, with nothing out of the ordinary to create exc i tement , consequent ly the bus iness of the meet ing , it is expect­ed, wil l be promptly acted upon by" the c i t izens .

T h e l ist of candidates , for town of­fice was filed with the town ,c lerk. Herman S. Hazen, last Thursday af­ternoon,- at w h i c h : ttme t h e - t i m e for the filing of nomination papers ex­pired. The l ist of candidates i s - a s fo l l ows : se l ec tmen for three years, George E. Harlow, F o r e s t Hooper: town c lerk and treasurer , Herman S.

for—three y e a n vi l l ion W. Long ley ; for one year. Fores t J. Carpenter; overseer of the poor for three years , Wil l iam E. Barn­ard; for o n e ' y a r , Ezekiel J. Wilson; co l lec tor of taxes . Wil l iam H. Cram; l ibrary trus tees , for t w o years , Wil-

_-'T.-.--}_llam H. Wilbur. .Charles_H. Weare^jr.;. cons tab le s , Arthur H. Basse t t , John A. Chesbrough, Frank Daley , Philip Hocquard, Fores t Hooper , John H. Logue; tree wardens . Henry W. Eis­ner, John E. L. Hazen.

QUALITY

5Hw ALL WOOL DRESS SERGE

THE STANDARD, STAPLE SERGE FOR

Suits AND Skirts

27^ ACRES; Large Set ot harm Build­ings, supplied'with Spring Water

by pipe, gravity flow; big lot of wood • 2 0 acres n e w s e e d e d to h a y ; 3 0 acres new plowed 100 aore pasture; sumnr.er.40 cows'" one mile to two villages; 7 miles by daily stage to a large railroad town; milk sold at door for Boston market.

PRICE" OF FARM Heavy Team, 5 Cows and Farm

Implements , .

DRESSMAKERS' WIDTH FOR FAMILY USE

4 4 i l l . Retails at 7 5 C , per yard. ' ' Al l the Popular Shades.

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Price, $ 3 2 5 0 Until Farm Work Begins Terms of Pay, $ 9 0 0 Cash,. Balance Easy

Geo. M. Moore, .Ludlow, Vt.

Registration of Voters

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A Bold l tol therj . The house occupied by .John C. Al­

len , n ight -watchman for the I!. & A. D. Fessenden Co.. was entered by a thief somet ime during Mondav night . whi le Mr. Allen w a s at the

viliaire was shocked ro learn sndde£>___ij(jc_th of - one of its

form, v r.-..!dei..J_'*_.bv l-p'ton of Han­cock. X. H.. the yjoj-mgest brother of Geoj-},'<- rpton, who w a s found dekd in his bed Sunday m o r n i n g of heart diseas.-. having retired in his usual health th.- .ve i l ing before. The bur­ial took place in Ashby on Wednes­day afti-rncion, s erv i ce s being held at the home of his cons in . Miss Al ice Careen. .Mr I'pton w a s very popular in this village, where his young days were spent, and his m a n y friends here mourn that he should be taken away

I in the iirst (lush of youth , being only : twenty-eight years of age. He l eaves

two brothers, George I'pton of t h i s vi l lage and Kdson K. of Hancock. N. H.

Another sad item of n e w s which ' reached the v i l lage Sunday was of the i death of l i t t le Marian, the infant

daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Burton L. Bruce of Fores t Hi l l s , former well

mill on duty, and $185 in money w a s known and popular res idents of th is s to len , bes ides a raincoat and a pair of s h o e s . T h e house is situated near the mi l lyard and when he "returned At the break of day. he found a win­d o w . b r o k e n in ; a l so , upon entering he s a w s i g n s of confusion, as if some one had been there . Thinking of his money which w a s hidden in his trunk, he immediate ly looked for it only to find the trunk had been tampered with and the money s to len . Further search revealed that a pair of shoes and a raincoat had a l so been taken. He immediately informed Michael O'Brien, chief of police; and the premises w e r e thoroughly searched for c lues which would point to the perpetrator of the deed. Foot prints were found lead­ing to the hou§e which were evident ly made in the early evening before the ground was much frozen, but from a certain point they confused with others .

A te lephone message w a s sent to the chief or police at Boston and a State detect ive arrived on the t w o o'clock train. Nothing definite l ias y e t been discovered. The thief w a s ev ident ly familiar with Mr. Al len's h o u s e and k n e w that he kept h i s money there, and w a s a lso aware t h a t he w a s a w a y night in tho mi l l s . Mr. Al l en i s a quiet man, who of course-, had t o -s leep dayt imes , and it w a s known that ho hardly ever went any­where t o spend money, and c o n s e ­quent ly it s tood to reason that he had eared quite a sum.

v i l lage , who passed a w a y after a frail ex i s tence of only six months . Burial was in the" family lot at Townsend Center on Tuesday afternoon.

Franklin Adams of Milford. a former we l l -known resident here, passed a w a y last Thursday after a brief i l l­nes s of pneumonia.

SHIRLEY. X e w s I tems .

I s '?) ;_ .Beach went .Monday, t o . th« Carney hospital , South B o s t o n , where an operation will be performed on his lame leg.

Miss Sarah K n o w l e s has accepted a position as bi l l ing clerk in the of­fice of the Alfred Burke company of I>eominster.

Krnest Stapleford of Litt leton has accepted a position in the weaving department of the C. A. Edgarton Co.

Mr. nnd Mrs. Amasa Ba lcom of B o s ­ton spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Oliver "W. Balcom.

Roy Manser of Ipswich , a former resident , spent a few days las t week wi th h i s s ister , Mrs. Thomas ' E . Whit ­taker of Chapel s treet .

J. C. Ayer Jodge . -A. O. TJ. W., wi l l hold i t s regular m e e t i n g Monday .eve ­ning, March 27. .

The C. E . soc ie ty of the Congrega­tional church will hold a ra l ly and

I'Vi-turfM of **Renl K-tnt ." and, "Suin-""•r Home" Edition, Satur­

day, April 1. Nowadays almost everyone Is Inter­

ested In "Summer Homes," either at the seashore, mountains or country. They will enjoy reading the speelaUv written art ic les on this subject wlilch will be published In addition to the popular regular features In thc Bos­ton EvenlnK Transcript of Saturday, April 1.

"How the Automobiles Has Helped Country Properties." is one of tile points to be covered and will prove an eiiBaKlnn topic. "Restoring Old Houses In the Country Towns." w i l l doubtless please many readers too There will be several articles which will surely have a real value to in-.A-stors and others concerned in the y e l f a r c of Boston and its suburbs Itirtlcularly those on "Industrial _\<1--tantasti- of Hoston." "Imjulrv for Busi­ness Sites." and "Itealty in tlie Sub­urbs."

Ileal estate men and individuals who have properties to dispose of or to rem should take advantage of 'this unusual opportunity and immediately -yecure place to properly space their holdings before so many* Interested persons as \vi 11 he i-eached hy the April

a of the Transcript, which will a much lamer circulation than

p r e v i o u s . is<jV!e,

The word "JERSEY" in Creamery or Dairy products represents rich­ness and quality in the highest degree.

It means exactly the same thing when applied to Ice Cream.

JEBSEY ICE CREAM is the best. Lodge or Society orders, .in quantities of two_gaUons or more, promptly attended to.

OEO.'H. HILL, Druggist, Ayer, Mass. -

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Xew AdTertlseraents.

MORTGAGEE'S SALE OF

REAL ESTATE

mortgage

thence wester ly by land formerly ot T_e"v_' Frost and as the fence now s tands to a cros s road, so cal led; thence southerly by said, cross road to sa id County Road; thence across sa id Cohnty Road; thence north­w e s t e r l y by said County Road to the p lace of beginning. Except ing , how­ever, a lot of land containing about one- th ird (%) of an acre, situated on the souther ly side of said County Road and conveyed by Charles A. D e n n e n to Augustus D. Phelps , by deed dated January' 25, 1878, record­ed w i t h Middlesex South District Deeds , Book 1464; P a g e 11... Sub­j e c t t o al l h i g h w a y s and town ways through sa id premises ."

The Board of Registrars of Voters will be i n sess ion In the Se lec tmen's Room, T o w n Hall Building, for the purpose of registering voters and cor­rect ing the l ist of voters,

Thursday , March 9, 7.30 to iUO p. m.

Sat.ir_.ny, March 18, 7.30 to 9.80 p. m.

Saturday, March _.>, 12 ni. to 10 p. m.

Reg i s t ra t ion will c lose at 10 p. m„ Saturday, March 25, and no r_ame£f wil l be added to the vot ing l is t after that date until after the next e lect ion, except the names of voters examined as to their qualifications between the preceding 30th day of April and the c lose of regis trat ion, or to . correct a clerical error or mistake.

P e r s o n s wishing to regis ter should bring a tax bill or a notice from the col lector o t _ l a x e s to show fliat they-have been assessed for the year 1910.

Natural ized cit izens wish ing to reg­ister must show their certif icate of natural ization.

•TOHX I_. KEXXIS&JS,-, PETER 3 . M!«&&#_-. ' ' -FRANK X r\im8ZEf~;>^ G I Y B. REMICK.

Registrars of Voters . 4t2.* By virtue of a power of sale con­tained in a certain mortgage deed given by tieorge W. Maynard to Har­riet S. Nichols, dated the thirtieth day of .August. A. D. ISO.**., and record­ed, in Middlesex South District Reg­istry of Heeds, Book :_242. Page 41?,, for breach of the condition thereof and for the purpose of fori closing the same , will be sold at pbbiic auc­tion upon tlie premises, on Saturday, April 15, A. I), l o l l , at two o'clock in the afternoon, all and s ingular the premises conveyed by said deed, namely:

"A certain pare. 1 of land, with the bui ld ings thereon, situated in the southerly part of I'opperell in said County of Middlesex, bounded and described as fo l lows: beginning at the souther ly side of the County Road leading from Groton to Townsend. at a corner of land of the heirs of j ' F. Conant; thence southwester ly by land of said heirs about s ixty-six and one-half (66 .4) rods to a corner; thence northwes ter ly by land of said heirs to a red oak tree marked; thence souther ly by land of said heirs to a stake, and s tones hy the Townsend Old Road, so called, at the town line b e t w e e n said Pepperell and the town of Groton; thence southeasterly by said Townsend Old Road to a corner; thence northerly by a town way to said County Road; thence across said County Road to a white oak stump at land of Joseph Warner: thence northerly about seventy-five (?:.) rods I .ration upon the e l a t e of said de-by land of said Warner to a corner; ' c e n_ , c ' 1

' *£ *„ M,d<1|e-'*e... ss. Probate Court. i o all person., interested In the es ­

tate ot MARY CONWAY, late of Pep­perell. In said Countv, deceased

Whereas. WILLIAM H. ANNIS. the executor of the will of said deceased. has prevented for allowance, the first account of his administration upon the estate of said deceased.

You are hereby cited to appear at a Probate Court, to be held at Cambridge in said County, on the tenth day of April. A. I), i n n . at nine o'clock in ' the forenoon, to show cause. If anv vou have, why the same should n o t ' be allowed.

•And said executor Is ordered to serve this citation hy delivering a copy thereof to all persons interested In the estate fourteen days at l east ' before said Court, or by ptibllshlnB the same once In each week, for three success ive weeks. In the .Pepperell Clarion-Adver­tiser, a newspaper published In said County, the last publication to be one day at least before said Court, and by maillng. post-paid, a copy of this ci­tation to all known persons Interested In the estate seven davs at least be­fore said Court.

Witness . Charles .7. Mclntlre. Esquire, First JudRe of said Court, this t w e n ­tieth day of March. In the year one thousand nine hundred and e leven.

3w28 .V. K. ROGERS. Res is tor .

COMMONWEALTH OK MASSACHU­SETTS. Middlesex, ss. Probate Court.

To all persons Interested In the e s ­tate of MARY F. BAKER, late of Pep­perell, In said County, deceased.

"Whereas. WILLIAM H. ANNIS. thc executor of the will of said deceased, has presented Tor allowance, the first arid second accounts of his admini s ­tration upon the

SATISFACTION GUARANTEED CHAS. c.. PERRIN, West St., AYER

Telephones: Shop, -_. Kes. 47-4.

Familv Ties Unbroken

^pu arc hereby cited to appear at a Probate Court.- to be held at Cambridge. In said County, on tho tenth day of April, A. D. 1911, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause. If anv you have, why the same should not be allowed.

And said executor is ordered to servo this citation by delivering a copy thereof to all persons Interested In tho estate fourteen days at least before said Court, or by publishing the same once In each week, for three success ive weeks , In the Pepperell Clarion-Adver­tiser, a newspaper published in said County, the last publication to be one day at Toast before said Court, nnd by mail ing, post-paid, a copy of th is ci­tation to all known persons Interested In tho estate seven days at l eas t be­fore sold Court.

Witness . Charles ... Mclntlre. Esquire, First Judge of said Court, this t w e n ­tieth day of March, In thc year one T e r m s : one hundred dol lars ($100.-

00) t o b e paid in c a s h at the t ime and thousand nine hundred and e leven. p lace of s a l e ; i h e remainder of **•"> 3 w 2 8 w - E ' ROGERS.. Regis ter . . purchase, m o n e y t o be paid upon the I- EGGS P o n HAtfC-TiNG at reasonable de l ivery of t h e deed. i prices. Crystal W. Rocks. Buff Rocks .

" HARRTRT t VTfWnT <_ , U U U . 7 S?,!-F,0*m-Pklni'' R ' c - R - *• R o < l s -H A t - H l f , ! s . .NICHOLS, A. W. NUTTINC. Fletcher S t r e e t Box Mortgagee. -56, Ayer, Mi\ss. 3t27

Away from home much? Do you long for a talk with wife or mother? Wouldn't you like to hear the baby's voice?

Call up your loved ones on the telephone. A little chat before going to bed is very comforting. It relieves your anxiety. Keep in touch with the home.

Your home can be reached from nearly every one of 5,000,000 Bell telephones in the United States.

The cost? Go to any telephone and ask the oper­ator to inform you. It's remarkably inexpensive.

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Gr. H . B U L L O C K Jeweler, Graduate Optician, East Pepperell, Mass.

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ASE YOU HIT? Groton

NO? ASK ABOUT OTHEES/ a. 120 acres, flnc hay farm, beantif,,. - „ m %.. finish, hard and soft water, extra 80 r w ? ' S t C a m . h C a t * CyprC*3

beforn rows 21 ,1-s h»n V t - b a r n ' 2 "0o>*». collar, silo, water before cows, 2„ tics, hon house, wood a n d t l m b c r , $5500.

We»-for_l. 45 acre fruit and berry farm Ton ..._._._. . _. " >_ . now barn, cosy 9 room c o t t a w T h i l l , . ? „ . I I M . " " ^ "' a s p a r a : 5 U 8 ' in woiron. nnd tools at *_o£>. *" a " d 8 ' g h t , y ' a b s c n t o w n c r *»r™°

Littleton. House and barn best for miles around, 96 acres fine land, 250 trait' trees, hon house, nice lot of cows, pure bred bull, horse and Ions list of

.tools, etc., for less than cost Vt houso and barn. .Shirley. One of the nicest homes In town, modern up-to-date house

chanco for hens, berries, fruit, fine lawn, wa lks , shrubs clcctrjo l ights , tiro protection, throatro train, etc., S4S00.'

Pepperell.'* <4 acres, hlsm, s ightly, $3200, plno t imber/ to pay half "ODDICS fron * .00 bbls. down, other fruit and berries, 8 room cot tage , 40 ft. barn rooml

for 200 hons, power house, land fertile and l ies wel l . '-TowawBd. . .-60 acres- f ine ly . located, extra good. land, 120 apple trees peachoBj

peara, pluma, borrios, good barn, corn house, old fashioned house 6 f lc f places, brick arch and oven, *250O. , . • . «.

EDWARD H, BLISS, Aj-*er, Mass,

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For Sale C o t t a g e Of s i x r o o m s w i t h a b o u t

250 feet of land _ro_p.ing on West Main Street, Ayer. Land high and dry and well-drained. Would matte three fine building lots. Will sell cheap If sold at once.

For particulars Inquire of

THOMAS P. MULLIN,*

Main Street, Ayer, Mass.—

LYMAN KENNETH C L A R K " Counsellor-at-Law -

.17—421 OLD SOUTH BUILDING, BOSTON

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

. Evenings

BROOKLINE, N. H. News Item's. • . -

The Loyal Workers will meet at the residence of Mrs. Cora Boulten-housp on^-Monday afternoon. March *27. A Dlteen-cent supper will be served from six to eight o'clock. A cordial invitation is extended to the public. .

MR*. WA-TED to act as local *«a> estate agepts where wc arc not rep­resented; no previous cx»orion_e nec­essary—Inclination and ability t . learn all wc require—we do tho rest. Commission only—we m a k o nothing from an agent's territory unless he does: we do the ndrpi-ti,|,fg - ' " B

William' C. Boutelle pointed sexton.

has been ap-

. D. W. FLETCHER S u c c t i i o r t o J o h n L . B o y n t o n

INSDBA_.CE AGENT AND BROKER

Conant Building, Main Street

East Pepperell, Mass.

A Xice Assortment of

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Concord Buggies

Carriages, Butcher

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A GOOD ASSORTMENT AND ^.T^ALL PRICES.

CALL AND SEE THEM

Easter concerts are in preparation at both churches.

—Mrs. Mabel—Tucker Badger or Quincy spent Sunday at the Tucker homestead.

Mr. and Mrs. Harry M. Hall were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Alpha A. Hall on Sunday.

Theodore L. Bridges of the Boston Weather Bureau spent Sunday- at tlie home-Df-hTs"" p*ar .fits. *"

Mrs. Ernest W. Nye and Mrs. Hunt­ington of Sandown were recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Nye.

All of the primary schools com­menced on Monday, and the grammar school on Tuesday.

Thomas O'Heren cut his foot while chopping in the woods Friday, March 17. .

Mrs. Edwin ButterBeld of the Mil­ford road has presented the Brook­line public library with eleven vol­umes by popular authors.

Mr. and Mrs. Albert Gilson of Wal-pole, N. H., are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Russell.

Joseph Duphrey has moved into the cottage owned by Mrs. Nancy Sar­gent.

Ernest Gilson, Newell Farnsworth and Walter Farnsworth have taken out-hunters ' .licenses this week.

Henry A. Hall of Somerville, Mass., was the guest of Mrs. J. A. Hall on Tuesday.

Mrs. Emma Valedge of Rockland is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Chester B. Valedge.

Dr. and Mrs. Holcombe, .Mrs. Minnie Holcombe and Miss .Marion Holcombe had charge of the entertainment at the local grange on Wednesday even­ing. State question discussed, "The election of .U. S.-se_u_tors-hy,popular vote." v& ' '

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o t h e r b u s i n e s s , If not t o o c o n f i n i n g -t h e r i g h t m a n r i g h t l y l o c a t e d , w i t h a g o o d t e a m r e q u i r e d , a c t i n g a s o u r r e p ­r e s e n t a t i v e - In t h i s s e c t i o n , s h o u l d w h e n o n c e e s t a b l i s h e d , m a k e m o r e t h a n m e n l n - a b u s i n e s s r e q u i r i n g ' c a p ­i ta l . M u s t b e a b l e t o s e c u r e e n d o r s e ­m e n t o f p r i n c i p a l t o w n of f i cers , o r l e a d ­i n g m e n o f t h e c o m m u n i t y . P r e f e r ­e n c e g i v e n to o n e r e s i d i n g n e a r s t a t i o n S e n d f o r a p p l i c a t i o n b l a n k . P . F . L E -' U ' D ' S F A R M A G E N C Y , e s t a b l i s h e d 1S92, 113 D e v o n s h i r e S t . . B o s t o n . U 2 7

ARE YOU DEAF? L-ntarrh Is Probably the Cause. Get

Kid of tbe Cause.

If

. FORD TOURING CARS equipped tvJth Top, Glass Front, Speedometer and Lamps, %780, f.o.b. Detroit

Ford Runabout, 3.00.

Few Second-hand Curs . ' .pry cheap. Touriiifr Cars, $200 to 1.70.. Buna. bouts, .100 to $100.

R. B. ANDREWS Leominster, Agent for Ford Automo­

biles Jn Ayer, Leominster, Pepperell and Groton. •

N O T I C E I S H E R E B Y - G I V E N t h a t t h e s u b s c r i b e r h a s b e e n d u l y a p p o i n t e d e x -f . - i V - . J . . - 0 . , n e w 1 1 1 o t H A R V E Y D . P R O _ w _ 5 _ _ ! . n t e 6 f L i t t l e t o n l n t h c C o u n ­t y o f M i d d l e s e x , d e c e a s e d , t e s t a t e , a n d h a s t a k e n u p o n h i m s e l f t h a t t r u s t b y g i v i n g b o n d , a s t h e l a w d i r e c t s .

A l l p e r s o n s h a v i n g d e m a n d s u p o n t h e e s t a t e of s a i d d e c e a s e d a r e h e r e b y r e ­q u i r e d to e x h i b i t t h e s a m e : a n d a l l p e r s o n s i n d e b t e d t o s a t d e s t a t e a r e c a l l e d u p o n t o m a k e p a y m e n t to •

F R A N C I S H . B R O W N . E x e c u t o r -L i t t l e t o n . M a s s . . F e b . 2 0 ; 1911 . 3 t2o

you have catarrh and have con­stant ringing noises In your ears look into the matter at once.

It's a pretty sure sign that catarrh s spreading and is making its way

through the Eustachian tubes that lead from the nose to the ars .

When catarrh gets to the ears par­tial deafness follows. If you have ringing noises in your ears go to i i ' . ' l a D 1 Brown to-day and get a* H-OMEI outfit and drive out catarrh

To cure catarrh HYOMEI should be breathed through a pocket inhaler for about three minutes,Tour.or five times _a.-_.y., .lust- pour-a-fcw-drops-lnto the" nard rubber inhaler arid breathe it for a i<-w minutes.

li -ills the germs; soothes the Irri­tation; heals the inflammation;

i.v. r 'K ' s P ' u i n E an._ snuffling. ino.MEi keeps the throat free from

mucus and prevents crusts in nose. • The complete HYOMEI outfit which

rnhh • lKe, " t t l e '"destructible hard rubber inhaler, a bottle of HYOMEI and simple Instructions for use costs .i.U-. Separate bottles of HYOMEI' nrT, . vnf n t S S l d r u 6Sis ts everywhere S- . - ' W i ! l i * m Brown's, who sells it on money back plan. Try it to-day for catarrh, coughs, colds or sore throat Free trial bottle by addresing Booth's Hyomei Co., Buffalo, N. Y.

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C O M M O N W E A L T H OK M A S S A C H U ­S E T T S . W o r c e s t e r , s s . P r o b a t e C o u r t .

T o t h e h e i r s a t l a w a n d a l l o t h e r s i n t e r e s t e d In t h e e s t a t e of R O S A A. -McNIFF, o t h e r w i s e c a l l e d R O S A M c ­N I F F . l a t e of H a r v a r d . In s a i d C o u n ­ty , d e c e a s e d .

W h e r e a s , M I L E S S. M c N I F F . a d m i n ­i s t r a t o r o f t h e e s t a t e o f s a i d d e c e a s e d , h a s p r e s e n t e d to s a i d C o u r t h i s p e t i ­t i o n - f o r l i c e n s e to s e l l a t p u b l i c a u c ­t i o n t h e r e a l e s t a t e o f s a i d d e c e a s e d , l o r t b e p u r p o s e of d i s t r i b u t i o n . , . Y o " * > - " e h e r e b y c i t e d to a p p e a r a t a I ' r o b a t e C o u r t to be h e l d a t W o r c e s ­t e r In . sa id C o u n t y , o n t h e • t w e n t y -e i g h t h d a y of M a r c h , A. D . 1911, a t n i n e . . c l o c k In t h e f o r e n o o n , t o s h o w c a u s e if a n y y o u h a v e , w h y t h e s a m e n o t be K r a n t e d .

And s a i d p e t i t i o n e r Is _ .-i-'rv .. t h i s , c l t a t l o n . b y d e l i v e r l n g - a c o p y t h e r e o f , t o a l l p e r s o n s i n t e r e s t e d " Who

« . . ' . „ - e ^ ° U . n < * w J t n " - t h e C o m m o n ­w e a l t h , 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 . - i d C o u r t , and if a n y o n e c a n n o t b e so f o u n d , b y p u b l i s h i n g t h e s a m e o n c e in e a c h w e e k , for t h r e e s u c c e s s i v e w e e k s , in t h e H a r v a r d H i l l s i d e a n e w s p a p e r p u b l i s h e d In A y e r . th . l a s t

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Mrs. Emma Valedgl'-entertained the Roman's Missionary society on Thursday afternoon, March T£. Tea was served.

Delightfully Entertained. The Sunbonriet club was delight­

fully entertained at the home of Mrs. H_. Arthur Brown on Friday, March l c A sumptuous dinner was served with an extensive menu. The tables was very attractive with its decora­tions of shamrock, Erin's flags, green and gold napkin rings holding dainty harp-decked napkins, in which were concealed quaint caps, sunbonnets and rdfts, which when donned caused a bit of mirth. Hand painted place caTds with familiar quotations designated the seat of each member, Sunbonnet postal cards and tiny flags from the Emerald Isle were the favors. Mrs. Lottie Rockwood remembered the members with St. Patrick postals.' Tbe day was replete with happiness and the pleasantest of memories will al­ways be associated with St. Patrick's day. A hearty vote of thanks was extended to the hostess for her hos­pitality.

H O L L I S , N . H .

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To a l l p e r s o n s I n t e r e s t e d In t h e e s ­t a t e of K M M A M. B L A K E , l a t e of P e p ­pere l l . in s a i d C o u n t y , d e c e a s e d .

W h e r e a s . E D W I N K, R I C H A R D S O N , t h e e x e c u t o r o f t h e w i l l o f .-aid d e ­c e a s e d , h a s p r e s e n t e d f o r a l l o w a n c e t h e first a c c o u n t o f h i s a d m i n i s t r a t i o n u p o n t h e e s t a t e o f s a i d d e c e a s e d

You a r e h e r e b y c i t e d to a p p e a r a t a P r o b a t e C o u r t , t o b e h e l d a t C a m b r i d g e A" *??ld. C o i i m y . o n t h e f ifth d a y of A p r i l , A. p . 1911, a t n i n e o ' c l o c k in t h e r o r e n o o n . t o s h o w c a u s e , if a n v y o u h a v e , w h y t h e s a m e , s h o u l d n o t be a l -

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W h e r e a s a p e t i t i o n h a s b e e n p r e ­s e n t e d t o s a i d C o u r t to g r a n t ^ a l e t t e r o f a d m i n i s t r a t i o n o n tho e s t a t e o f s a i d d e c e a s o d t o N E L S O N B . C O N A N T o f L i t t l e t o n ; in' t h e . C o u n t y o f M i d d l e s e x , w i t h o u t g i v i n g a s u r e t y o n h i s b o n d . .

Y o u a r o h e r e b y c i t e d t o a p p e a r n t a P r o b a t e C o u r t t o b o h o l d a t C a m b r i d g e , In s a i d C o u n t y o f M i d d l e s e x , o n t h e th i rd d a y o f A p r i l , A . D . 1911, a t n i n e o ' c lock ln t h o f o r e n o o n , t o s h o w c a u s e If a n y y o n h a v e , w h y t h e s a m e s h o u l d n o t b e g r a n t e d .

A n d t h o p e t i t i o n e r Is h e r e b y d i r e c ­t e d to g l v o p u b l i c n o t l c o t h e r e o f , b y p u b l i s h i n g t h i s c i t a t i o n o n c o In e a c h w e e k , f o r t h r e e m i o e c s s l v e w e e k s . 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 e r , t h e l a s t p u b l i c a t i o n t o b o o n e d a y , a t l e a s t , b e f o r e s a i d C o u r t .

W i t n e s s , C h a r l e s .T. M c l n t l r e . E s q u i r e . F i r s t J u d g e o f s a i d C o u r t , t h i s t e n t h d a y of M a r c h In t h o y e a r o n e t h o u s a n d n i n e h u n d r e d a n d e l e v e n . .

3W27 W . . E . R O G E R S , R e g i s t e r .

Accidents. A sad accident which occurred on

Thursday afternoon In Rock Pond woods, resulted fatally for Albert Baker. Three men were loading a large log with two horses when the chain broke, letting the log roll off the wagon. The three men jumped, but Mr. Baker fell, and the log rolled onto his chest. He lived until he got to his home, but expired just as they reached there with him. Mr. Baker was forty-eight years old. He lived in Hollis when a young man, after* wards going to Pepperell, where he lived several years. While living there he was married to Miss Sarah Hough. They came to Hollis to live about twelve years ago. He is sur­vived by his widow and one daughter Mrs. Frank Jameson. He was a man or retiring character, fond of his home and highly respected by those most intimately acquainted with him. His funeral services was held at his late home on Sunday afternoon and was largely attended. Rev. C. H. Davis was the officiating clergyman.

Mrs. Sarah Gilman fell from the steps as - she was leaving the store Of F. Jameson last Saturdav evening. and sustained a bad fracture of her leg just above the ankle.

Mrs. William Pierce suffered a pain­ful accident on Monday afternoon, when she slipped on a step and put her elbow out of Joint. Dr. Lovejov of Pepperell attended her

>"ews Items. Miss Lucinda Read is spending part

of her school vacation with relatives in Dracut, Mass.

Mr. and Mrs. Jason Read are mak­ing an extended visit with their chil­dren in Maine. Their daughter, Mrs. Martin .in Lewis ton, and their son. Lowell Read, who is instructor of mathematics In the Maine university, Orono.

Those farmers whose hearts were made glad on February first, when the milk car for Boston was put on at the Hollis station, are again In distress, or disgust, because the car is taken from Hollis station and they again have to drive to Pepperell with their milk.

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NOTICK OF HEARIXt*.

To the Honorable, the Selectmen of the Town of Ayer:

The Lowell & Fitchburg^Street Rail­way Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, respectfully repre­sents that its tracks are located in the town of Ayer and that it desires-a . location for the extension of its t racks on Sandy Pond Road, a highway in said Ayer, for the purpose of con­structing and operating a dead-end siding or turnout about two hundred sixty fett in length, partly on said highway and partly on contiguous private land owned by Frank S. Pierce as shown on the plan filedj herewith entitled: "Proposed siding of the Lowell & Fitchburg Street Railway Company to the ice-house of F. S Pierce. January 11, 1911. p a T k e r Bateman & Chase, Ayer, Mass Civil Engineers." Together with the right to erect the necessary poles and wires to operate said extension by the over­head trolley system of'electric power.

And said company requests that the construction and operation of such part of its railway as is shown on said plan to be on private land may be specifically approved, and repre­sents that the petition is executed in accordance with a vote of the directors of said company.

Lowell & Fitchburg Street Railway Company.

By James W. Gr,een, President.

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All p e r s o n s h a v i n g d e m a n d s u p o n t h e - M a t e of s a i d d e c e a s e d a r e r e q u i r e d to e x h i b i t t h e s a m e , a n d a l l p e r s o n s in t l -b ted to s a i d e s t a t e a r e c a l l e d u p o n to mal. 1: [ l a y m e n t to

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I ' I . M M I . X W K A I . T H O F M A S S A C H U -S ."I"!-.-:. M i d d l e s e x , s s . P r o b a t e C o u r t .

To all p e r s o n s i n t e r e s t e d In I h e e s -I " H N 1!. C R A H A M . l a t e of . in said c o u n t y , d e c e a s e d s. K M / I X Z O B I . O O D , t h e of the « -m o f s a i d d e c e a s e d ,

h a s i in-s . -nted for a l l o w a n c e , t h e a e ­on. . . i t ..! h i s a d m i n i s t r a t i o n u p o n t h e - s t a t e of sa id d - e e a s e d .

Yon a r e h e r e b y c i t e d to a p p e a r at a P r o b a t e c o u r t , to be h e l d a t C a m ­b r i d g e , in sa i d C o u n t y , o n t h e e l e v e n t h day of Apri l . A. I). 1911, a t n i n e o c l o c k In tho f o r e n o o n , to s h o w c a u s e . Ir a n v ynu h a v e , w h y t h e s a m e s h o u l d n o t be a l l o w e d .

And sa i d e x e c u t o r Is o r d e r e d t o s e r v e t h i s c i t a t i o n by d e l i v e r i n g - a c o p y t h e r e ­of to a l l p e r s o n s I n t e r e s t e d In t h e e s ­ta te f o u r t e e n d a y s at l e a s t b e f o r e sa i d Court , or b y p u b l i s h i n g t h e s a m e o n c o 111 e a c h w e e k , for t h r e e s u c c e s s i v e w e e k s . 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 e r . t h e l a s t p u b l i c a t i o n to be o n e d a y a t l e a s t b e ­fore snld C o u r t , a n d b y m a i l i n g , p o s t ­paid, a c o p y nf t h i s c i t a t i o n to a l l k n o w n p e r s o n s I n t e r e s t e d In t h e e s --Mo s e v e n d a v s a t l e a s t b e f o r e s a i d Court .

W i t n e s s . C h a r l e s ,T. M c l n t l r e . Kxnt i l re , F i r s t J u d g e of s a i d C o u r t , t h i s s e v e n ­t e e n t h d a y of M a r c h In t h e y e a r o n e t h o u s a n d n i n e h u n d r e d a n d e l e v e n

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A y e r , Mass . . . M a r c h l.*i, 1 3 1 1 . ' 'pon the foregoing petition, it is Ordered, That a public hearing be

given at the Selectmen's room in Town Hall in said Ayer on Saturdav, the first dny ot April. 1911, „t T-'JO o clock p. m., at which time and place all persons and corporations who de­sire will be heard relative to the mat­ter of said petition; and that notice ot said, hearing be given by publishing tin attested copy 01* said petition and this order thereon in Turner's Public Spirit and The Ayer News, newspa­pers published in said Aver, fourteen days, at least, before the time nf -hearing.

Elisha D. Stone. Frank S. Pierce, John .M. Maloney. Selectmen of Aye

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W h e r e a s . A U G U S T A II . W R I G H T , the e x e c u t r i x o f t h e w i l l o f s a i d ' d e c e a s e d , h a s p r e s e n t e d f o r a l l o w a n c e , t h e a c ­c o u n t o f h e r a d m i n i s t r a t i o n u p o n th.-e s t a t e o f s a i d d e c e a s e d .

Y o u a r e h e r e b y c i t e d to a p p e a r at n P r o b a t e C o u r t , t o b e h e l d 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 e l e v e n t h d a y o f A p r i l . A. n . l l M l . a t n i n o o ' c l o c k In t h e - f o r o n o o n . t o s h o w c a u s e . If a n v y o u h a v e , w h y t h e s a m e s h o u l d n o t b'.. a l l o w e d .

A n d s a i d e x e c u t r i x Is o r d e r e d to s e r v o t h i s c i t a t i o n b y d e l i v e r i n g a c o p y t h e r e ­of t o a l l p e r s o n s i n t e r e s t e d In t h e e s ­t a t e f o u r t e e n d a y s a t l e a s t b o f o r e snl. l C o u r t , o r b y p u b l l s h l n i . t h o s a m e o n e . in e a c h w e e k , f o r t h r e e s u c c e s s i v e w e e k s , 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 i n A y e r . t h e l s - t p u b l i c a t i o n to b e o n e d a y a t l e a s t h. f o r e s a i d C o u r t , a n d b y . m a i l i n g , p o . t -paW, a c o p y o f t h i s c i t a t i o n to nil k n o w n p e r s o n s . I n t e r e s t e d i n t h e e s ­t a t e s e v e n d a y s a t l e a s t b e f o r e sal.I

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Frldu. March 24 the grange held a mjs te i . night under the leadership or MIBS Ada Whitney, Mrs Lillian .McWIlllams, Florene Simmons and Mllllcent Richards. A mystery sup­per culled out many questions.

Prescott grange has the nucleus of a class, bu,t none ot tlie degrees will be conferred this month, but a class is arranged lor deputy Inspection on .May 12.

.Milk from the George Elmer Shat­tuck farm on the Nashua' road took second premium at the milk contest at Amherst Agricultural college dur­ing farmers' week, .March 13 to 17.

To Marry Hutchinson, selectman, is due tho credit ot having the town, re­ports out one week before the town meeting, the tlrst time in year», and he was well supported by the section

j of tliv town who knew how faithful ' lie had tried to curry out u public-' spirited policy. ; -Mr. and .Mrs. J. Willard (lower of Greenville. X. H., were guests of .Mr.

-uud .-Mxs...jCliarJes—l£eulield__Q_v_er. .Sun­day, .March 19.

I J Rcwell \l_lted a lumber camp In northern Vermont recently and found four feet cf snow on a let el

The large window of A. J.•:Saunders & Sons' store proves an Ideal place for the autograph quilt -which.tho la­dies of the Methodist society have Just completed. It will be disposed of at the coming Easter sale on- March 30, to the one who receives the largest number of votes. Not only | s it at­tractive for its beauty, but will be valuable, as it contains the autographs of some of tin- older people of the church.

.Miss Laura Herrig played at the Woman's club in Littleton last Mon­day. There were about ' two hundred present.

.Mrs. Gilbert Smith was a week-end visitor in Hoston.

David Cuthbertson is ill, threatened with pneumonia.

Walter Sherwood has been appoint­ed by the engineers of the lire de­partment • as superintendent of tire alarms , '

ings bring, ussures a large attend­ance

Edward t>. McCord Is now head book-keeper and paymaster a t ' the Huffalo Shoe Co.'s factory. His many friends will be. pleased to learn of his. promotion from the position of clerk when he entered the employ of this company a few month;, ago,—.Mr. Me

Tumi Alci'tiutr. The citizens of Pepperell elected

the following officers: Parker J. Kemp, town clerk; Edward L. Tar­bell, town treasurer; selectman for three years, Frederick H. Parker won by seventeen over Harry Hutchin-

[son; assessor for three years, Lyman j I*. Blood; school committee for three years, Mary L. P. Shattuck; overseer

.'. Watch the Date ou Your Paper ' o f t l l e I , 0 0 r ' t h l e e years. Lester R. SJP The date with your name is s t a m p e d ' Q u u ; trustees of public library for

on the margin shows to what ' time I three years, John L. Boynton, Horace your subscription Is paid, and serves! i Whipple- trustee of nublic library as a continuous receipt. » iuppi_ , uusiee ui puuiic nurary

_ : lor one year, Robert- \\ . Drawbridge; We Publish the following Papers: j water commissioner, three years, Turner's Public Spirit, Ayer, Ma.s. : Thomas .1. Drummey; water commfs-The p ro ton Landmark. . sioncr. Charles S. Denham; cemetery

commissioner, three years, Rolan H. Wood; highway surveyor, Warren M. Blood by nine votes ahead of his com­petitor. Silas M. Nokes; tax collector, Edward P. McCord; tree warden, John F. Tune; auditors, Marshall Merlani, Arthur Bannon; constable, Albert A. Lawrence.

Miss Fannie Tower- i s houje from j Alt. Ilolyoke college for a two weeks' vacation.

Cord Is cupable to fill any position that comes to blm. He is a bright fellow, Intelligible and up to the times.

Very Instructive. The moving picture exhibition ln

Lawrence hull by .Messrs. Wilson and Jones have been of exceptionally high character. The crowded attendance has shown the public's appreciation of the efforts of those in charge to give a first class show each and every time. A strong feature in holding public favor, has been noticed in the continuance of .Mrs. B. M. Wright as pianist and Miss Elizabeth Reagan as soloist. Tuesday, Alarch 28, will 'be a rare occasion, as the famous "Pas

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"sion play" Is to be shown, and just how the crowds can be uecomruodated is bothering those in charge. Satur-

r day_ evening's program for March 25 .Miss .Marion Hutchinson Is ill at 's announced with a long list of en-

her home on Park street with throat | tirely new features. trouble. • ' " ] Tuesday. .March 28.* matinee to be at

'The Ready Workers* circle will meet ! l , l l e e P- '"•• evening a t seven o'clock. at the ho.me of Airs. Warren Blood ! H e s i d e s the "Passion play." which in-on .Monday evening, .March 20 A j eludes illustrated songs of the "Holy good attendance is desired j c i t y a n d uiuh' times, there will be

Charles k Sylvester passed awav I " ^ - ^ m ! . ! "Mhioim »>«» <* drama at his home on Canal street on Sun- <*>.«*•«•••

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PEPPERELL. Death.

'Charles Sylvester passed- away at his home on Canal street on Sunday afternoon, _darch 19. Mr. Sylvester was bora in Pepperell forty-nine years ago the twenty-ninth of last January. He attended the school here at district No. 3, and at one time lived • with Newton Blood. About eighteen years ago., he went into the

, fish business, having a market on the Main street, and running a cart to Dunstable. Groton, Brookline and Townsend. He was considered a square dealing man and won respect. His health failed and he was operated on for gallstones, but he never fully recovered. He leaves a widow, one son Roy, one daughter Carrie, both children graduates of the same class in the high school, and a brother. The burial was on Wednesday ;»;..-,-hodn in Townsend. ' ,';:

-.Inet-eth Birthday. « Henry Blake of Blakesmere. Has; *j

Pepperell, passed his ninetieth "mil. -" i>i s tone on March 17, where he received '" a large number of friends the-entire 1';

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Following tlie pi-ayers 'at the house, the funeral services of Airs. Ivan K. Parker (n6e Christie Corbett), were held at the Congregational church on Friday afternoon.. Alarch 10, Rev. R. W. Drawbridge officiating. Tlie abun­dance of flowers were more than usu­ally appropriated, as -Mrs. Parker was very fond of flowers.

Tlie deceased was born in Gran­ville. Prince Edward Island, October 22. 1881, the daughter of Robert and Hawai i Corbett, and came to Massa­chusetts when eighteen years of age, spending most of her life here since. She joined the Congregational church at Pepperell during Rev. Air. Thrall 's pastorate, in January, 1910. She was united in marriage with Ivan K. Park­er of Oak hill, and that neighborhood has been her home since that time.

She leaves besides her husband, her mother. Airs. Hannah Corbett, three sisters—Airs. William Thorpe of Pep­perell and the -Misses May and Janet Corbett of Boston—a half brother, John Corbett of Prince Edward Island. She was of a very noble character and sweet disposition, and was loved by all who have known her. Tin; floral tributes were as follows:

day afternoon, after an illness of about three months of stomach trouble. He leaves a*wife, one son and one daugh­ter. The funeral was held from the Methodist church on Wednesday af­ternoon, .March 22, at two o'clock. He was a member of Beacon lodge. I. 0. O. F„ and Acoma Rebecca lodge.

Happening*. * The card party given by tho gentle­

men of the Unitarian church, was well attended in spite of the weather. Cards were' played the first part of the even­ing, followed' by refreshments of ice c e a m and cake .and two dialogues by Miss Nellie Gilchrist and Walter Reed, in which were given many local hits, and a number of selections bv -Mr. Thibault, -Rodman Blake and -.Ir_j. Bennett. Souvenirs we.re '• given to those holding the highest score, Air. and .Mrs. Bailey.in bridge whist, and Airs. Harr iman ajid Airs. Dunn in plain whist. Great credit ought to be

Town ....'(.ins.. Everyone should take an interest in

the town meeting on .Monday, .March -27. No doubt the attendance will be large. There are large appropria­tions to be made and this should re­ceive the consideration needed and sensible' debate will result in sound judgment and benefit the town where needed. The town reports reached the public in good season, consider­ing they could not go to the printer earlier, but dates of closing should be changed so that fiiey can be In the hands of the voters before caucus. — The town vote was unusually large on .Monday considering the weather, and certain activity contributed to this condition. .Many rumors were a-float on election day,but. nevertheless, the will of the majority prevails and it is expected that the practice of not allowing public office to be held too long by one will prove correct. Air

iven Edgar Blake, who had charge " e c . i o ' H o r teleetm . ^ ^ I°f "'*• f tho or,»„„»„;„™ . " I election ror selectman, was defeated by a small margin, showing ' that he and his opponent, Frederick H. Park-

-fest-va-—occasion and he "greatly ap­preciated the callers and gifts of" vari­ous kinds—books and flowers alwavs give him great pleasure. The tele­grams, telephone, letters and post­card greetings which brought silent messages from far and near with the presene of friends numbered two hun­dred and fifty. Air. Blake enjoys good •health and his daily walks. Cold weather gives him the vitality needed to prolong life and he says he looks forward to ten and possibly fifteen years iu this world, but is ready when the summons comes to cross tlie tide into the silent land.

- T o the Editor: Once again our town lias voted for

license and now is the time for fath­ers, mothers and all our citizens to fight against the foe and give other influence and protection to our chil­dren. We cannot keep this subject or temperance too deeply in mind, and we cannot begin too soon to teach young children the necessity of temperance in every form to make their lives what they ought to be. Can there be a mother or father who would willinglv see their sons and daughters led in the paths of vice? Think about it and realize what it means to them and to us. A good influence and example in the borne will do much to make pure lives and our town will be great­ly benefitted. N. n. A.

Items of .\evrs. Miss_ Carrie E. Shattuck is visiting

her friend. Miss Hazel Varney, in South Braintree this week. They were classmates at Bridge water ' normal school. Aliss Varney teaches in Fox-boro, and Miss Shattuck in Ashfleld.

The genial face of Wardell Parker is again seen on the'Perjfierell Spring Water wagon.

.Mr. and Sirs. George A. Mahoney spent Sunday with Air. and Airs. Fred Avery of-the old South Shaker home at Harvard. *

Mrs. Lakin, tbe mother of Airs. Alil-lie Richards, passed her seventy-fifth birthday on Thursday, March 23.

Those thfct attended the play " l ' n -der tho bear's paw," given by the Voung-Adams Co., Friday, March 17, really had a treat, as it was enacted well, costumed handsomely and tho vaudeville between the acts were real­ly high-class. The company were playing at tho - Nashua theatre, but had to lose the date ot March 17, the thcatte being let to other parties 6ome six months previous, so Pepperell had tho chance, and furnished a good-sized and appreciative audience.

Walter Winslow and nancfie. Miss Armstrong of, Ayer, were in town on Sunday! March 19.

i ' i l l ' .w of roses, plnUs and eali.is. •i:-ii.:Nd: spi-i.y of lilies, mo the r : spray : while roses and sweet . peas, s is ter

i. s.u-ay of -May-days, s i s te r May: i '.-:li ... bii-onia and Kalax. -Mi. and

l i - \V::;i.im T h o r p e : sp ray of pinks . ' - • l! : '- -Mi:s. i-ajl l.awj-iiiice: sp ray of I.'IKS .in.' nil ips. Mr. and Mrs. Cr.ori.. ' a r r a r a.i.l ta .nl ly: sp ray of pinks, l.il- I an l ' : i i l :e i . spray of lillps and pinks , )

" i-lie: : spray of p inks . George I i lea;: magnot in Tvre.ttri w l t h j

: lilies and vioi.-ts. .Mrs. Samite! "u. 1 liMuil: .spray of red roses. Mrs. M. H. ] . lolmsnn. spray of red pinks. Miss'l •iliiclys J o h n s o n ; tulips, the O. II. I. S. • spray of pinks, Mr. and Mrs. I .vmun t". Blood: ca rna t ion p inks and tu l ips Sir. and Mrs. Fred P a r k e r : p inks and tul ips . Mi. and -Mrs. Joseph Denault sp r ay of whi te loses . Mr. and Mrs. I toland i:;.„,d: spray of narc i ssus . Mi­ami Mrs Krlji-rt Wi l l i ams and famt lv : s p r a y ot pinks. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel D u n b a r , snap d r a g o n and roses, Mr. and Mi- . Willis- . ' l i a se : sp r ay of p inks . Mr. and .Mrs. Ki._;ene F le t che r : w r e a t h of p inks and roses. Mr. and .Mrs. H e n r v I.etend. i spray of p i n k s . Sir. and Mrs. •'- s - I: '>d and ch i ld ren : sp rav of Pinks . .\|. and Mr... S idn .v Chi / in: sp r ay ..i p;.,ks. Mr. and Mrs. Warde l l r . ' i rke . -pray of p inks . Mr. anil .Mrs. John M.-iirdv: s p r a y of cream roses . Mrs. NYr. !..., r::oo<l and l.ucy K. Blood.

About Town.

C h a r l e s P a r k e r , son of F . II. Parker , is sick with tlie m e a s l e s .

T i m o t h y H a y e s has a r r i v e d in P e p -H'is dogs came from the south. pet.-I I

later. Ktln-I Wells homo from school, is

spending her ten days* vacation in town. _ .

Kdna. Tarbell is at her home here from her school duties at Northfield.

Harvey Tlleston, who has been con­fined to the house with the grippe, is again able to be about.

Airs. Jasper Shattuck is suffering with an acute attack of stomach trouble.

Airs. K. A. Held has been tlsitlng friends in Salem and Boston.

Air. and Airs. H. B. Foster spent Sunday in Worcester with Air. Foster 's relatives.

.Mrs. H. W. Hutchinson and child started for White Creek. N. Y.. to at­tend her brother's wedding, Monday.

Air. and Airs. Gilmore moved their household goods on Tuesday to South Brookline, N. H., where they are very pleasantly located.

Airs. Hattie Hildreth of Worcester has returned home after visiting a \vc.______i___-h___slstG__.Mrs._C. .G_H_____ lett.

News H e m s . Sale and entertainment at the AI.

B. vestry on Thursday afternoon and evening, Alarch 30. There will be a sale of housekeepers' supplies, food, ice cream, home-made candy and a both useful and fancy articles. Sale opens a t three o'clock. Enter­tainment a t eight o'clock, consisting of instrumental and vocal music, and a •comedy, entitled "Mrs. Plodding's nieces." , .. Acolna lodge will have, lis first guest night on March 28, with a short min­strel show and social. Each member may invite, two guests.

of the entertainment.

Airs. Walter Driiry, with her mother and sister; who have been visiting her the past week, returned with them to their home in- Holden on Sunday for a short visit.

Airs. Clara Al. Grant of Springfield has spent a week in town with her son Vernon, at her aunt 's , Airs. AI. Al. Coffin.

The streets of Peperell at this time-are in poor condition and people hope that the road scraper and street clean­ing brigade will soon be out.

The Woman's club met on Tuesday at Central hall. The meeting was in charge of the music committee. Airs. Bennett. After the regular business the members listened to selections bv the dduble quartet; solo, .Mrs. Draw­bridge; 'violin solo. -Miss Laura Her­rig; piano'solo, -Mrs. Gage; a very interesting paper on "The origin of music," by Mrs. Child, and current events by .Mrs. Lovejoy.

Ralph.Buck came to this town from Fitchburg to attend the funeral of Mr. Sylvester.

The ladies of the Unitarian church give the d i n n e n a town 'meeting this year.

The East Village Social chrb will meet with Airs. Sarah E. Tucker on River street, Wednesday afternoon. .March 29. Subject. "Life."

A special board meeting of the D. A. R. was held by tlie executive officers at the home of Mrs. E. L. Tarbell on Wednesday afternoon at .1.30, to elect the nominating committee for new officers for 1911 and 1912.

Airs. Rainsford Deware was called to Berry. Quebec, to attend the funeral of her sister. Thursday.

The seniors of tlie high school went to Boston to spend the day with the principal. Air. Brayant. to hear a lec­ture about "Civics."

Airs. Weaver of New Boston. N. H., has been on a short visit at Mrs. R. Deware's on Main street.

Death. Charles I', Sylvester, one of Pep-

perell's most highly respected citizens, passed away .Monday morning at his home on River road He was born in Pepperell. January. 1S63. and had spent most of his life here. For many years he was machine tender in the mill and for the last fifteen years he had carried on a prosperous fish business. He leaves a wife, a daugh­ter, Aliss Carrie and a son Rov, be­sides a sister, Airs. Otis A. I'hinney of .Melrose, and two brothers, Quincy of Providence and Kdward of Wal­tham.

The ftiner.-il was held at the Meth­odist church on Wednesday afternoon. The Odd Fellows attended in a lK>dy] There was an abundance of flowers.

Gleanings. The Alassachusetts Sunday school

association, Ayer district, will hold their convention In this town on Fri­day, Alarch 31, at the Congregational church.

The opera house which has been .closed for about a year Is in he re-

er, are about equally popular.

SHIRLEY. . .Itruriun.

A regular meeting of the Altruriah club was held at the Congregational vestry on Thursday afternoon. The president being absent. Airs. .Martha A. Holden, vice-president/ opened the session at three p. m. The secretary -Miss Grace AI. Kilburn. gave the min­utes of the last meeting and referred to all correspondence*. The presi­dent then introduced Henry S. Adams of Jamaica Plain, who addressed the members and friends of the-club on "General gardening." Mr. Adams was a very interesting speaker and gave very clear statements of how the soil should be prepared and exhibited samples of thc different ingredients used in gardening; also, mentioned the very important methods of water-ing-the plants after,planting. "

Air. Adams also approved of plant­ing trees and "shrubbery around sta­tions and public spuajes to give_pleas-aiit impressions on approahing a town and showed many pictures of stations and buildings which had been improved by surrounding trees and plants. .Much interest was shown In his suggestions and many questions were asked and answered by Air. Adams.

At the close the meeting was called

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their secretary. Gertrude O'Neill, on Thursday evening. After the business hour, refreshments were served and a social hour followed, -March 30 the club meets with Gertrude Provost.

"UeV.J. w. Ttfomasrof Ay.r will speak at the 1-a.pilnt' church at 2..10 Sunday afternoon. Sunday school will follow.

TOWNSEND. Harbor. • ;. "On Thursday afternooii Miss Rob­

bins was in the village calling on friends.

.Miss .Myrtle Gray is visiting her sis ter, Airs. LeRoy of Pepperell.

Items of Interest .

The cucumber usually has a tem­perature one degree lower than that of the surrounding atmosphere, hence the expression, "cool as a cucumber."

The Holland Unitarian and Grace Episcopal churches of Grand Rapids. Alich., have started a free lunch scheme to at tract parishioners to the church and keep them there during the entire service. One of the churches served coffee, and .cookies Sunday, while the other serves tea and sand­wiches.

A market porter in Berlin, who had the reputation of being a mighty eater, undertook to eat at one sitting six mutton chops, twelve eggs, a goose, a duck, six pounds of potatoes and twenty-two pounds of hay. The spec­tators anticipated he would have dif­ficulties with the last course and many bets were made with him against the accomplishment of the feat. But the ingenious porter, when he had eateii the duck, set fire to the hay, pounded the ashes up with the potatoes and swallowed the lot. After a heated discussion the referee de­clared him the winner. —

A man in Stamford,' Conn., says he has a gray kitten that jumps up on a marble wash basin, toys with.the stop-, per of the basin, finally-getting it into the sink hole, and then waits until the leakings from a faulty faucet have made depth enough of water for the kitten to enjoy a good drink.

Rev. John Van Bunshouten of the Dutch Reformed church of America, who died in New York seventy-five years ago, left a will bequeathing

M I I R I . Comb Rhode Inland H«dp. nnd Ilnrrrd HI y month Korku, Line Bred from the bent ntrnlns ln America, -.1.00 per nett ing of 15 Esrnra, SXI.00 for

; .-•'_.<rn "elected Mock for -hor. pnr-POMIK, S2.00 per -rttlnir of Ifi Eesn.

Reference*, nny bn-lne«» Arm or Hank In Pepperel l . Come and Imipect the flock.

H. W . H u t c h i n s o n PEPPEBELL.

to order and the business continued. I $20,000 to the church on the "one-con" i he roll call was given and contribu- dition that his will should be read at lions for flowers collected. -: - * every mewing of the officials of the

•Mrs. Myra I_. Ely reported that all 1 church forever. The legacy was ac-money had been collected and sent to [ cepted and the terms of the will have

opened and it is announced at an early date with R. E. Tarbell as man­ager. This will please the public who have been patronizing the amuse­ments which come to town under the disadvantage ot smaller halls than the opera house, which it must be said is not excelled by that of many in larg­er towns than ours.

The O.'H. I. S. announce on oyster supper and entertainment at the hall Friday evening, March 31, followed by. dancing." The hall has recently been enlarged by the building of a large stage onto the.west end and other im­provements completed. The quality of their suppers and the abundance of fun and enjoyment these gather-

Concord, to aid in preserving the Al cott house. The nominating committee then read the names of candidates selected tb fill the offices for the com­ing year, to be voted on at the an­nual meeting to be held in two weeks at the home of Airs. Alartha J. Conant.

>'ews Item. The King's daughters met Tuesday

evening with Aliss Annie" Holbrook at her home on Center road. Miss Hol­brook invited her sruests to the dining-room where a dainty and substantial supper was served, followed by a so­cial half hour, after which the usual work of the society was taken up..

Airs. Charles W. Wolff returned home the first of the week from the New England sanitarium at .Melrose, after a stay of two weeks. She re­turned to the sanitarium for further treatment. She is steadily gaining and Is also attending to the duties of her own home without the aid of an assistant, which is a great surprise to her friends. Airs. Wolff has been confined to house now about six months and her recovery, which is hoped is permanent, is certainly mar­velous.

The Alliance meets with Airs. L. J. Farnsworth on Thursday, Alarch 30, at the usual hour. Papers on Alliance work will be read by Mrs. Farns­worth and Mrs. Kate E. Hazen. " At a meeting of the directors of the Shirley co-operative bank held Tues-day evening, the fonowins_ofrtce__t were nominated: D. Chester Parsons, pres.; E. H. Conant, vlce-pres.; Jas U Holland, s e c ; Charles *W: Mar­shall, t reas. ; Warren H. Atwood of Ayer, director for/one year; William H. Wilbur. William H. Cram, 'Harry H. Lynch, .Tohrr M. Stevenson nnd Rev. A. A. Bronsdon, directors for three years. .The election will take place April 18.

Philip E. Hocquard, who has just sold his house on Chapel street , has decided to remain in Shirley and will rent a house to live in. He eddd his house to^ Frederick W. Holden and gave up his position as carpenter at the Phoenix mill last week.

The R. H. club met at the home of

been complied with for three-quarters of a century, until at last, and without any imputation of ingratitude on the part of posterity, this reading has be­come just a trifle monotonous, where­fore the supreme court of the United States has been asked for an order au­thorizing a suspension of the cere­mony.

Six-year-old Dorothy Hamlin has reached Pittsburg after traveling alone from San Francisco, carrying a doll almost as large as herself. She was on her way to an aunt in Beaver. She was cared for along the way by policemen In the various cities, train­men and other passengers, who took an interest in her.

When John R. Hayes of Munroe, N. V., discovered liees crawling about the floor of his furnace room he investi­gated and saw they were coming from a bunghole of a supposed empty elder barrel. Hayes poked a stick into the barrel, which was covered with honey when withdrawn. Hayes plugged the hole, rolled the barrel out to the yard, left it there and chilled the bees. Then he knocked in the barrel and found 250 pounds of honey. There was a decided flavor of cider to the honey, it Is said.

Lancaster 's (Pa.) oldest bank, the Farmer 's , now 101 years old, has paid .3,891.910 in dividends'to date. I t paid at the rate of twenty-five percent in 1910, while Its regular ra te for some years h'as been twenty percent. . Lowell claims one of the 'bus ies t newsboys to be found ln any city. He

E. D. HOWE, D. D. S.

Dental Rooms

OVER WHIPPLE & TOWER'S STORE EAST PEPPBBEIX.

A New Year 1911 For All

Bat not n n e w year of bualneia ln palntinj. w i th AV. E . Chapman and bis employed, w h o have satisfied the ma­jority and endeavored . t o sat i s fy alt. ThnnkluK every one of them I am ready to pnlnt your house Inside and out, paper your rooms rind whiten your ce i l ings , pnlnt your carrlasres and wnirons, automobiles , and furnish you with paints and wal l paper, room molding, everything; In pnlnt l ine If the other man- can't.

W. E. CHAPMAN -Cnrrinsre,- Slpm, H o u s . - Pnln . luc ,

I urnlturr Pollshlnc-, Paper Hamrlne, Interior F in i sh ing nnd Decorating;.

Tel. 14-3. Pepperell , Mass.

MORTGAGEE'S^ALE OF

REAL ESTATE

confines his activities t o ' Merrimac square, where he is to be found fr6m early morning until late at night. He sells an average of 1,200 papers a day and his weekly profit is something like $20, it Is said. ~

JfeiT AdTertlsements

CARD OF THANKS. To the Kind's Daughters for their

kindliness and helpfulness arid to neighbors and friends tor their sym­pathy and >ooa will shown us durlnjr tho past tew weeks of RiifferlnK and bereavement, we wish to extend, our sincere thanks.

-Mr. and Mrs. William Hanna. Mr. and Mrs. Krncat Hapenny.

Harvard. Mass., March 23, 1911.

By virtue of and pursuant to .'-the- -S power of sale contained in a eer-i'i!*^? mortgage deed given by Floretta V i a - " ' ing to William A. Rust, dated Alarch I"., 1909, and recorded with Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds, book... 3-I'S. page '>":,, and for breach of the :.' conditions therein contained, and for the purpose of foreclosing the same, will be sold at public auction in lower Town Hall, Groton, Alass.. on Sntur-day, April __., 1011. at 10 o'clock'in the forcnoou, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage deed, viz.:

A certain parcel of land containing about thirty acres be the same more or less, situated near Ridge Hill (so called) in said Groton, and being the same premises conveyed by Angus- ' tine A, Far r to Elizabeth Jacobs and Charles Jacobs by deed dated Alarch 2. 1889, and recorded with said Mid­dlesex Deeds, book-1897, page 90. to which reference is made for a more particular description.

Also, another certain parcel of land situated In said Groton near Ixmg Pond and containing about sixteen acres be the same more or less, and being the same premises conveyed by Ephraim S. Colley et al. to Elizabeth Jacobs and Charles Jacobs by deed dated January 18. 1884, and recorded with said Aiiddtesex Deeds, book 16..... page 295. • Also, another certain parcel of land situated In the southwesterly part of said Groton, containing about nine acres be the same m o r e or less and being the same premises conveyed to Elizabeth Jacobs and Charles Jacobs by deed of Luther C. tipham, trustee under will of Clement Upham, dated January 25,'1888, and recorded with aforesaid Middlesex Deeds, book 1846, page 303.

Also, a certain parcel of land about ._ -one mile fium Grb'tfin Canter Village, . containing about one aero be the same more or less, and conveyed to Charles and Elizabeth Jacobs by deed re­corded with said Middlesex Deeds, ' book 1697, page 147. See deeds re­ferred to for more particular des-scriptions.

The above described parcels of land will be sold subject to all unpaid taxes or other municipal Hens. K

For further information apply to I Frank Lawrence Blood, Groton, Mass., attorney, for executors. --..•-,.-• : - - HENRY A. WYMAN,

• EDWARD HOBART, . Executors under will, of William

* A. Rust, -.-arch 24, 1911. 3w28

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