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Forty-Seventh Vear Ayer, Mass., - Saturday, March 6,7L915 % No. 26. Pripe Four Gents

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ElecStrical ContracStors Complete Stock of Lighting Fixtures Electric Supplies of All Kinds

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Salesroom ne.xt to the Po.stoffice

Main Street AYER, MASS,

MISSES DRESSES m a d e after

PICTORIAL REVIEW PATTERNS are diff'oror.t.

.' They have a chic and etyla not tD bc obtained from other patterns. ,

EicS of then mimberi 15 etrf...

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FASHION BOOK for Spring (Vou will be delighted. MARCH Foshiont now ready.

M. L. Brown THE CASH DISCOUNT STORE

Pafe't Block ' AYER, MASS.

HARVARD.

KewR Items. Quite a number of farmers and ap­

ple raisers met at tho Haiigood Me­morial hall on Wednesday, February 24, to decide on somethinK flnal as regards co-operation and they voted to merge their Interests with thc Ayer corporation which Is known as the Av-cr Farmers' Exchange. Those who wished to Join the corpor.-itlon. made application. Tlic following names are alrc-vdy on the list: Alfred S. Bran-son, Hov. Charles S. Rodwell, Arthur Bryant, Arthur H. Turner, Harold Tooker, E. Houghton, R. D.ivls, P. H.

B.ibcock, H. A. Thayer, Danlel Shee­han, F. P. Abbott, Dr. Austin Peters and H. H. Putnam.

H. A. Thayer has sold all, his wood and sprout land, some twenty-six acres, to Benjamin ,Ioy, cashier and

i<•e president of the .National Shaw-niut bank of Boston. Mr. .loy Intonds to begin nt once to erect ,i house for his use this .summer.

Walter A. Dickson roturned on last Sunday from his elcven-w-eeks' trip through the sunny south. Most of his tin;e '-(.is spout in Florida, although !;(> enjoyed several days In Georgia and .Vlali;ima.

L'nder thc personal supervision of

Alexander D. .Macl>.'nnan the young men. of-tho town held an exhibition of wrestling and fencing at the town hall on last Saturday ovening. The .boys showed good form and did some very clever w-ork.

The ladles of the l/'nltarbn church will hold an all-day sewing meeting with Mrs. A, H. Turner at her home on Thursday, March'!I.

Work at the towri hall is progress­ing favorably. The plutnber* will be through thoir work this week.

Harvard chemical company h e l d l t s flrat regular meeting of the year on Wednesday evenln|; ar tho selectmen's room.. Tho election of offlcers result­ed as fol lows: Irving E. Morse, fore.; R. A'. Reed, asst. - fore. ; W . At Dick­son, s e c ; Wiliiani J. Kerley, treas.; A. T. West, s tew.I .Bert Haskell and Fred Whitney, hosemen. It was voted to hold regular meetings ott tho first Wednesday of every month. -

Miss Carol i lason, of Wata.-town. was >;i guest this week at the Keri'jy house. - , .

Mlss Carrie Crossley, of Middleboro, is staying this week at Henry Cross-ley's residence on the Depot road.

Lew-is K. Savage ha.s been U'.ld up for a few days with an attack cf acute appendicitis. He is about again and feeling better.

.Morrill G. Sprague has given up his studlea at Bromfield school and is now attending th© high school In Clinton.

Arthur Calkins was in town this week. He expects to return here' with his family in about two weeks, open­ing the J. H. Whitney house on the common as his residence.

The nam© of Edgar P. Cleaves' youngest aon Is Earle Meredith Cleaves, and not Reginald Eaton Cleaves, as stated In the town renort.

Grange. Harvard Grange held one of its very

interesting meetings on Tuesday even­ing. The special committee appointed to arrange for the annual.Grange fruit arid ^poultry show reported favorably and announced their intentions to make this exhibit, of w-ider scope, giv­ing the ladlSs a specIM ©xhiblt ot fancy work, caimed goods": and other home industries. Plans are as yet not complete, but It will be safe to say tbat this fair will be one of the best to be held In the state. It might be of interest, to some to know that the fruit exhibit of last year w-as pro­nounced the best in the smail towns in the state and so close was the points for quality that one exhibit which failed to win a prize here was sent direct to the Rhode Island State fair where it took first prize. Better accommodations are also to be made for th© poultry. "The time now In mind is about October 20,

After the -bueiness meeting the lec-, turer put on the following program; Piano duet. Misses Reed and Whit­ney; current events, "The present war," Lloyd -V. Flagles; tenor solo. "The perfect day." Malcolm D. Camp-liell; current events, ".\t congress." .Morrill G. Sprague. The illiteracy test as applied to immigration restric­tion w-as taken up m a very interest­ing way by W. S. Watson and Rev. C. S. Bodw-ell. Music w-as in charge oi' Grace Morse.

H. W. C. There was an attendance of over

fifty at the meetin,? of the Woman'.s club on .Monday afternoon to listen to t'n«» address on anti-suffrage by Mrs. iienry Preston White of Boston, chair­man of the Publicity conimittee of the Massachusotts .\ssociation Oppos­ed to the Further Extension of Suf­frage to Women. .Mrs. White proved a- very bright and energetic speaker aild gave some vo.-y strong argu:n-ints why in her opinion tli-> ballot would be a great meiiacif to our women. She believes that w-otaeji can ^-xert more ;)owE-r for i;oo(i in I'm. 'vorld by being r.Dii-partisans. booause sh>> find.? tha: «-o;nen do not work together in poli­tics in peace and unity. Slic states tiiat :ihc- has found thi.- laws pas.sed In r-.'iual .suffr.ige states n j b.-;l';-r than i.l iion-suflrase stat is ,

.Mr.s. Whl'e believes In w",ni--:n's rights, but not in theii rigfi; to t'ne ballot, .Many nieiiilier.'i WPT- :i-,ii<h <T-.-thuscd during tho disc.iss:i);i :in(l '.' itl'.out doubl went lionie witll "ho drtennination to study further j:.tn these matters to face a situation which is bound t.'i co:n»i. We all adore a wonian with an opinion, even tho'.igh it may not coincide with ours.

.\n oil stovo .'.vas cn exhibition at this nuTtiii'.; which, has been donated to tho hoalth and hom» economics deiiartment "f our i lub

for future use in the gratniriar school building. The stovo is a gift from the Standard Oil Company and is well worth having.

The next meeting of the club will be held on .March 1.'., the subjeci be­ing current events.

Chnrch Notes. The Unitarian church will hold Its

usual service at 10.4.T Sunday morn­ing. The pastor's subject will bc "Tho vain flight from God," a com­panion sormon to that of last Sunday on "Veils between man and God." Mr. Thayer will sing tho tenor aria from the oratorio of tho Prodigal Son, entitled "Come ye childri-n and heark­en unto mc."

Tho session of the Sunday school will bo held at twelve oclock. A list of great American poets who have been Unitarians will tie made at this session. Tho story .at this session will be given by Mlss Bernice Sears. On tho next favorable Sunday the pastor will take photographs of th-- school by classes.

Tho Unitarian Nien's club will hold its regular meeting on Sunday even­ing In the lower town bill Luncheon at soven 6'clock. followed by a social time and brief business s-fslon. aftor which Ansel S. Richards, principal of Bromfleld school, will S;IO,I'K on "Re-.sponslbllltlcs In education All male

resldeiits'df Hatviird,' aged sixteen or over, are oHglbte for membership and are Invited 'vrheyier they 'wish to Join or not. , The' CQnjmUtee on, <;o6pera-tlon among, apjjei growlers 'will have an important r»port to make at this meeting. =

The usual service for public wor­ship win bo-beld at the Congrega­tional church, on Sunday morning. T h e thenje-of tlie pastor's sermon will be "With c i g e d topis." Following thc aermon the communion service will be observed! XTiiirift by the^'chorus choir. They wlH'slng "He leads us on" by E. S. Hosmer. ' ' ' ' ' -

The bible schoo lwl l l meet promptly at twelve o'cloek. The average at­tendance for. the last few months has equalled the total enrolled member­ship o f , a year ago,

Thc Y. P. S, 0 , E. pra.vor meeting Will be held In,"the church parlor at seven o'clock, 'With .Miss S. L. Jones as leader. The topic for discussion is '-How- to majte this a happier w-orld." TXe'^cboruo choir will pro­vide special .music and,.Mr. West will s ing Gray's "Heavenly song." ,

The annual meeting of the Evan­gelical Congregational nociety will: be hold on .Monday evening.-. "The busi­ness meeting W'IU begin promjitly at seven o'clook. . At 7.30 supper will be served by the Woman's Benevolent so­ciety to all- members of the parish, church and.cojigfegation. -.

At tho last meeting of the jflonday c lass a resume of current events was given by Miss Hi t t i e Farwell. Other parts w-ere takerj by Mrs.- Dill, Mrs. Savage-, .Mr. Dill and Misses S. L. Jones and Helen Hildreth. No meet­ing of the class will be held on Mon­day on account of the parish meeting, but regular meetings will be resumed on March 15,

A meeting; ot the W. B. class pf boys of which Mrs. Mason Is teacher, waa held at tlie parsonage on Tuesday afternoon of this week for the elec­tion of officers with the following re­sul t : James Canfteron, pres.; Wynne Cleaves. V. p.; Wilfred Ells, s e c ; Al­bert Veasle, treas. The class voted to hold monthly meetings.

SUU Rlrer. "", .' • • There will be a sociable and supper

In the ve3try next Friday evening. The .entertainment will be a firce, "More time out,"' This -a-IU probably be the last soclal of the season, so those who e n j o y t h e Still River sup­pers want to be OB hand.

Miss Maria Thurber, of Vermont, was a guest of Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Ston© a few dayjs lecently.

Miss Ruth Wlliarl is at home from­the Fltchburg Normal school this week.

.Mrs.. Sarah C. Scales is visiting friends In Walthapn for awhile?

Quite a numberln th© village have been sick with a sort of distemper, William B. Haskell, Luthor Willard, Mrs. Anna Flanders and .Mrs. C. J. Merrifield among them, and the latter is still quite sick; the rest are on tho mend.

Wo are glad to r?por: that Miss Katherine Lawrence i.s still improv­ing.

.Morrill Sprague is attending the Clinton high school, going bt ck and forth by train.

-Mrs. Hick.s, ot Boston, is taking care of Mrs. Thompson during the ubsenco of her sister, .Mrs. S'.-aies.

•feuAau "t-e^if^^^^ 'Area-A U U « .

THE FINAL CLEAN-UP . SALE OF

The season is fast drav/ing to a close and v/e wish tq dispose of all our Suits and Overcoats before Spring goods arri-v e. Buy that Overcoat. NOW for next wiriter and save from $4.00 to $7.00 on your investment. .Woolen goods are sure to increase in price —this IS your last chance to secure an Overcoat or Suit at such low prices.

, MEN'S.AND YO.UTH'S FANCY OVERCOATS $10.00 and $12.00 Overcoats now for $15.00 Overcoats, Fancy Mixtures, small and medium sizes, now $15.00 Chinchilla Overcoats now $18.00 Fancy Mixture Overcoats, $22.50 Fancy Mixture Overcoats

MEN'S WINTER SUITS $10.00 Suits marked down to $15.00 Suits marked down to $18.00 Suits marked down to $20.00 Suits marked down to

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$7.47 $8'.4T

$10.47 $12.47 $16.47

$7.47 $10.47 $13.47

. $14.47

SWEATERS

FURNISHING GOODS Many Special Bargains are being offered in

SHI RTS UNDERWEAR

Store Open on Monday, Friday and Saturday Evenings Geo. H. Browfi

TOWNSEND. Center.

Walter F.. Wilder will occupy the ."•lethodisf, pulpit on Sunday niorning.

At tho Congregational church on Sunday morning Rev. A. L. Struthers will liave as his sermon topic "Christ and his kini^doiu"; evening, union nioeting at the Congregational church, C. K. topic. -How to make this a hap­pier world,' Loader,Mlss Donnell.-

The next mooting of the Monday (lull will ti- h-;d in the vistry of tho Congregational church. Hostesses, o.\ect;tive botird of the club. After­noon eniertainni(-nt in charge of .Mrs. .Carrie E. Struthers, food salo in char;:e of .Mrs Jennie E. Wallac-.

Sudden PoRth, Karly .Moml.iy morning thi.s viliano

w.as saddened by the new-s that ilr. Luthf-r O. Chandler, the oldest phy­sician in town and one of tho i,ost' known, liad dlMl suddenly the nisht b<>foro ot heart trouble at his home on .Main street. ai,'C'l 70 yrs. and i mos. He had boon in his customary health and able to got about quite a littlo since breaking his leg three vears ago and was apparently gaining. Tho an­nouncement of his death came as a great surprise and shock to not onlv his friends but the entire communltv.

When Mrs. Chandler, his faithful and watchful wife, went to call him In tho niorning she found tho doctor had passed peacefully from this to the larger life beyond to the home of tho "groat physician,"

Ho was a native of Nashua, X. H. After attending thc schools there ho wont to Portland, .Me., graduatin,g from tho Portland High school anil Harvard Medical school. Later he served as a physician In the South Boston Insane Asylum. Soon after beginning practice he secured the po­sition of resident physician and sur­geon at Deer and Ralnsford Islands, Boston, remaining there about seven years.

.May 21. I.S73. he was united In mar­riage with Dora L. Hurd of -Boston. In 1S78 Dr. and .Mrs, Chandler came to Townsend and hav© been continu­ous residents of this town since that time. After coming to Townaend the doctor opened an ofllce In what Is known as tho Page place, where thcy were then bo.irdlng. Later they nioved to the prosont home on Main street.

The doctor so n built up n lucra­tive practice and he also became a leading publlc spirited citizen of thc

town. Faithfulness and ability won him various positions in the church and town.

He was a member of the Congrega­tional church since the pastorate of Rev. A. F. Newton and teacher in the Sunday school for twenty-flve years. He had served on the school commit­tee for twenty years and proved him­self an ideal man to woric in the in­terest of education,. He was a prom­inent and active Odd Fellow and a veteran of the Civil War, a member of coinpany H of t^e .fiJth Massachusetts regiment. . - ' "•'

"The doctor had been prominent for many years in the Worcester N'orth District Medical societ.v. and had been aailiated with other medical organi­zations.

The funeral was held f!;om his late home at two o'clock Wednesday, con-ductod by his iiastor. Rev, A. L. Struthers. The G. .K. R. committal sorvico was also conducted by the Fitchbiirg (1. .\. R post 19, of which tho docoasod w-as a meniber. Warren .-\llon. a bugler from Fitchburg, play­ed '.iry ;ni;iressively the song, "The boa'itifu; Islo of Somew-here." The familiar face in the casket so lifelike was surrounded by :> profusion of Rowers contributed by loving friends and rolalives. Kiving eloquent testi­mony of the esteem In which he was. heid! Veterans from the Townsend .Memorial association, S. of V.. D. of v.. Odd Kellows. friends and relatives wero prosont.

The bearors were Deacon A. K. Ty­ler. Deacon .\. .S Ho-A-ard. Deacon G. L. Whitcomb and ii I!. Hildroth. In­terment was in the family lot at thc Center cemet'-ry.

He is surviveil by his wife and one son. Dr. Clarence 1., Chandler of Fitchburg. p. younger son Albert hav­ing passed awav about flvo years ago, and two brothers—Charles Chandler of Harrlsburg. Pa., and George Chand­ler of Philadephia,

Dr, Chandler will be • missed In Townsond where ho has ministered to tho sick and dlstr.lssed as phy­sician for thirty-seven years and In thc church and town where his voice was always raised for tho good, of mankind and for measures he believed to be best and right for the better­ment of the community,

Hnrbor. Miss Jennie Taylor Is under' thc

doctor's care. As the result of three now families

moving Into thc Harbor the school has received an Increase of eight scholars.

.Mrs. Harry Tamlyn, who has been under treatment at tho Carney hos-plul , Iioston, for an car troublo. Is recovering.

Mlss Dorothy Smith, who Is attend­ing Cushing academy, came home on Wednesday with a well developed case of mumps.

Four members of Frank Conant's familv havo the whooping cough— Misse.; .Mildred and Addle, Ralph and Ilttlc Richard,

Mlss Ruth l!-rin and Iter hrothcr George are vlc'.it.is cf the prevailing, disease—whoo..Ing cough.

Mlss Carrie Hager -has nearly recov­ered from the scarlet fever. Her many friends were pleased to see her at chui-ch Sunday.

.Mrs. Betsey Mitchell and .Miss Mary Henessey, who have been on tbe sick list for iw-o or more w-eeks, are con­valescing.

R, B. Adams, who has been confined to his bed for three days with Influ­enza, is recovering.

.Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Blake spent the earlier part of the week In Boston. On Wednesday evening .Mr. Blake and his wife took the flrst and second degrees In the Lunenburg Grange.

.Mrs. Oren Ball Is critically ill. Last Thursday she had a slight shock; the second one. Her left side Is partially paralyzed, Mrs. Ball Is perfectly help­less add Is able, to take but little nourishment. .Mlss Nellie Burke Is In attendance.

Mrs. Henry Spaulding of Nashua and .Mrs. Mary Sleeper of West Gro­ton are among the out of town friends w-ho have visited .Mrs. Oren BaU dur­ing her sickness.

The personal property of the late Johnnie Leahy was sold at auction last Saturday and the house closed. The four boys have found good homes. Mlss Gladys Leahy is with her older sister. Mrs. Arthur Wilkins. The real estate will be sold in the near future.

L I T T U B T O N .

Xews Items. Arthur R, Barker has decided to

try farming in the middle w-est. He w-lll start for Illinois upon the com­pletion of his courso at the Agricul­tural college. Although sorry to leavo good old i.lttleton he plans to remain out there If conditions equal expecta­tions.

Mlss Edith Merriam has boon call­od home on account of ber father's Illness.

Thc Camp-flre Girls announco an Illustrated lecture by WlUlam Bain, of Boston, Tuosday, .March 16. The girls' will sell tickets next week. Further particulars will bo given later, -

Mrs, Crelghton (Harriman) l.ee, ot Winchester, Is visiting her cousin, .Mf8,-Chnrles A. Kimball.

The Alliance held an all-day sew­ing meeting In the vestry yfesterday. In the afternoon Mrs. Frank B. Pr ies t gave a review of Julie LIpt)niann'8 "Martha by the day."' •

Inadvertantly wc omitted the name of .Mrs. G. W . Prouty who played'for the marching at the Orange on Wed­nesday night.

The very Interesting - domestle drama. "Willowdale,"* will bo present­ed by Ayer Orange In , the town hall on Friday evening. March 19, under tho auspices of Littleton Orange. At Ita recent production In Ayer the play was well received and proved to be as good !>.8 has been shown In that town. This cast Is practically the same one as presented "Red Acre Farm" here two years, ago and cre­ated a favorable Impression on al l who saw it presented.

Fou'rteen members of LUtleton Grange attended- the Pomona meet ing In Shirley on Thursday and report a fine program and an exce l lent pinner.

Fifteen Littleton people, most ly members .ot the Woman's club drama, cast, went to Boston 'Wednesday tq see ".Mid-summer nights' dream." played.

The sale of magazines an<J,paper8 by the United Workers brought them a revenu-3 of }27.00.

A" committee from the Congrega­tional club -wtll f t tmish a supper and musical a n d ^ a r a r y entertainment in the CongTPgaBeaai vestt-y ou "Wednes­day-evening , March" 10, Supper a t t.ZO. Entertainment a t eight.

Tho.teachers and pupi ls of the 'West primary and grammar schoo l s wil l hold a home-made candy> -sal* 4n the schoolhouse on Tuesday - a'fternoon, March 9, from two to -four o 'dock Proceeds wUl be expended for re i^rds to be used on the new- V i c t r o l i '•'Music on the 'V^iclrola wil l be l u m l s l i e a ' d u r -Ing the sale. . •'•: ••:•-[

The Mary Frances s ewing-c las s has postponed the regular tneeting. which should be" held next Wednesday, un ­til two weeks from that date, i

Philip Cook ce lebrated 'h i s seventh birthdaj- on Thursday- afternobn by giving a party.to several of h i s school­mates and h i s cous in , 'Ruth l^tcomb. With plenty o f g a m e s and refresh­ments host and g u e s t s enjoyed o n e of the red letter days of happy rchild-hood. - ,

Clifton E. P l a g g of Bostom'-wa* granted a decree n i s l l n h i s ault for divorce agains h is wife , Mrs. I ^ n a A . Flagg of Acton, by J u d g e ' H r o w n In the divorce c o u r t They: were married in Council Bluffs, Iowa, September 13, 1886, and for m a n y yekr* lived in Littleton, from w h i c h they^ moTed a year or moro ago. H e a l l eged cruel and abusive treatment. T h e c a s e w a s not contested. . ' . •;

Back l o g Fareei .

. The junior dramatic cbmmittee ^an­nounce the preaentet lon Of the B i c k Log farce, "Let's aU g e t rnitrrled."' to be given In t h e town h a n on Thurs­day evening, M a * c h . l l . This two-act farce l» the production 6f Helen Bragg and Is one of the ia«iw p lays reeeivItiK high endorsement by dramatlo orttlea^ Reserved seats g o oti; 'mXi- Sattndi^, March 6 r » n a can b e obta ined of Mlss Jess ie Smith a t 3. P. Thacher's *tor^ or- Mlss Ora'ci» 'Nieedham a t Conant Company's s tore a t the common. The following c a s t i s s o wel l -known that it speaks for Itself: Prof. Maxweir Carrlnrton

Ethel CarrJngton, h is aister - ' Wl i -_^ Mrs. Marlon Chrtsfle Mlss Laura Ptum, hU aunt , , , . „ . . M t n Cora Davis Marjorle Miller, bis distant eoutia ' ^ ,.. . , _ Mrs. N«lll« « i « d « Goldie McOrattt, hit stanoKikbltfr .. i _ _ - .M(«s-bucr Bonsbton Everett Payii*, lawyer ,. Mr. Kabbey R«v. B«n]. Morn* B . a Backer Dick Haven*. nnd«rsrada«t« _ . .

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"We pabUsIi tbOsfoIIowing P a p e r s : T o m e r ' s PubUc Spirit , Aycr , Mass . T h e Gro ton l a n d m a r k • n w Pcppere i l Ctorlen-AdTcrtlBer T b e U t U e t o n Gnidon T b o 'Westford 'Wardsman Tbe ' H a r v a r d BlUsMe T h o Shir ley .Orade T h o Townsend Toceln T b e BrootOloe (N. H.) Beacon T h e HoUls (N. H.) Hoineeteod

Bnt^red^as second-cldwi mat te r a t tbe poatofflce a t Aycr, M a n .

Sa turday , I iurch 6, 1915.

WESTFORD.

Center. .Major Robert S. Holjls of Brook­

lyn, N. Y., and Miss Edha E. Gray of Roxbury were the guests of Mr. and i l r s . Wal te r L.- Cutter on Wednesday,

l i r s . Ivan L. "Kenney of Brookl lne is spending two weeks with he r mother , Mrs . Li l l ian. Lumber t .

E d w a r d Clement, conductor on our branch l ine electr ics , who h a s been ser iously s ick with bronchi t i s and

• th rea tened pneumonia, is r epor ted a s gaining nicely. .

W. E . W r i g h t joined his wife and little, son where they haye been vis i t ­ing re la t ives In Providence, a l l r e ­tu rn ing home together a t t h e end of th is week.

H. "V". Hi ld re th was -among those in at te i idance at t h e annual mee t ing and dinner of t h e Merrimack Valley T e c h ­nology c lub Thursday evening of l a s t week, wbich organization is composed of a lumni of the Massachuse t t s In -

-stUute of. TechnologJ-. At the bus ines s session .'dr. Hildreth was eiected r e p ­resenta t ive of the Technology counci l .

The r e g u l a r social for March, a t t h e Congregat ional church will be heid next F r i d a y evening and promises to be most a t t rac t ive . In the af ternoon t h e r e will be an old-fasloned ([ullting par ty a t -Sihich the ladies a r e most cordial ly requested to appear in old-fashion "costume. At 6.C0 a salad sup ­per will be se r red and in t h e even ing an en te r t a inment called " T h e coun t ry school" will be given.

Mre. A. H. Sutherland W a s a m o n g those pr<^ent a t the Mar tha W a s h i n g ­ton par ty , under the auspices of the King 's Daughte r s at the F i r s t Bapt i s t church , Lowell . Wednesday evening of last week, being the special gues t of Mrs. F r a n k J . Spalding,

-At the ias t meet ing of the se lec tmen Alexander McDonald was appointed super in tenden t of s t reets for the y e a r 191S. Leonard W. "Wheeler was d rawn to serve on the criminal te rm of thc super ior cour t . Franli L. F u r b u s h was appointed to have charge of, the board cf hea l th and Alber t .K. Hil­dre th us agen t for the same.

Under the auspices of the W. C. T. IJ., :.irs. Car r ie .-V. Robinson, fleid sec­re tary of the F r a n c e s E. Wil lard Set­t l ement in Boston, gave a t a lk last Sunday evf-ning at the Congregat ional church . Th-s was rep resen ted by many pic tures i l lus t ra ted by the church s tereopt lcon and sho-wed the growth and development of th is work most c lear ly, both in providing a home for worlt ing gir ls and the many activiti-es of the se t t lement work . The speaker a i so clearly presented the life a t L lewsac lodge in Bedford. The servico was supplemented with mus ic by the young peoide's choir.

Mrs. H. V. Hildreth, .Mrs. A. "V\'. Har t fo rd , Mrs. H. E. F l e t che r and Mrs, L. W. Wheeler a t tended the mid­winter m-eeting of the S ta t e F e d e r a ­tion of W o m a n s clubs in Somervi l le on Fr iday of j a s t week. Mrs . Hi ld re th and Mrs. Roudenbush v;er<: in atten,4=, ance i.t t h e ' A y e r Woman ' s c lub on gues t day, Wednesday of th i s wek.

Chi ldren ' s day at the T a d m u c k club proved very successful . Th is took pl.ice in the vestry of the Congrega­t ional churt-h on Tu'-sday af ternoon and a Iarg<- group of chi ldren were cnterlainr-<l and also tbei r e lders a s well bv .^iiss Anne V. Iiaiier in car ­toon siceichps. clay raod'-ling. imrK-r-Bonations. shadowgr.-iphK and piano­logues . Miss Baker proved he r sc l . a versa t i le and original ent ' - r ta iner . giving her varied j i rogram with much g race and sp i r i ; , and was much '-n-joyed by all present .

A v«.rv plea.sing d-.u-t wa.s ---iven by Mrs . Grace Lumb'-rt Kenney arul Cha r l e s Roby at the morn ing servi<;<-las t .'-Sunday at the Congregat ional church .

.Mr" II V. Hi ldreth ha.=> recent ly re­ceived a ie.tter from Prof. Waid at t h e Agr icu l tu ra l ro l lcge at Amher s t say­ing tha t he was much pleased at the In teres t manifested in hav ing a veexV of the extension school h e r e nex t sea­son, and dur ing the s u m m e r when t h e appo in tments wero be ing mado no doubt the application from here could be favorably considered.

Wil l iam F„ Wright has purchased a five-passenger Ford automobile .

Mr. and Mrs. William L, Woods , of Somorvl l le , were In town on Sund,-iy. coming by automobile . Mr. Wooda Js chang ing his two-paasenger Chevolet c a r to a flve-passenger ca r .

T h e E d w a r d M, Abbot hose com pany held thei r regular month ly m e e t i n g with supper a t their h e a d q u a r t e r s on Boeton road Tuesday ovening.

F r a n k C. Wr igh t is confined t o his h o m e wi th s ickness a n d . W . E. Green I s t a k i n g h i s place on t h e R. F . D. rou t e , ^

Cirange P r a m a . T h e G r a n g e play .it the town hal l

l a s t week F r iday evening drew out a good-slzod .audience to wi tness t h e p lay " J a c k o' hea r t s , " a pre t ty t h r c o -ac t comedy d rama . Tho wel l -known y o u n g peop le In the cast were a s fol­lows- Mrs . Wil l iam R. Taylor , F r a n k J o h n s o n , J o h n R. b r i g h t , Mlss Mat | tha G r a n t , Mrs . F lo renco Walker , Wil l iam R. Tay lo r , A r t h u r Walker , Mlss Haze l Ha r t fo rd . , . .

T h e l ead ing roles were sus ta ined hy Mr . and Mrs . Taylor , F r a n k J o h n ­s o n and Mlss Gran t . Mrs. Taylor ca r ­

ried h e r gir l ish par t with g race and simplici ty. Mr. Taylor acted -vsell the pa r t o t thc dignified .voung c le rgyman. Miss G r a n t ' s ac t ing was charac te r ized wi th p leas ing Bir.cfcrlty, while .Mr: Johnson put some good ac t ing Into his scenes that won him much appro­bat ion. The minor par t s were well ca r r ied and suppk-i::.-nted the o the r s nicely.

T b e s tage settlnv-'- "iid cos tumes w e r e m o s t appropr :a ;e and w-hile the plot of the play wa'( !:ot its s t ronges t point, t h r e e dlfferen: .-o.Tiances were, happi ly adjusted.

•Music between the .-i'-t=-, v.-as by .Mlss .Moreland and .Mr. Wall.'.c-, piano and violin, and some pre-.:y bal lads sung in cos tume by M.-f, ('. A. Blaiiey a s fol lows: "Annie I.a;-r;e. ' "The days of the kersey dance" x.r.xi "My bcnn ie . " Danc ing was en]c;ye:i lifter th'- play. The proceeds go to- -.se j'-uti.- G.-ange educat ional aid funi .

Abeut T e w n . T h e th i rd f a rmer s ' ;nsti , tu:e w a s

held In Dracut last week Fr iday . T h e Middlesex school band of S'orth Chelmsford, a l a rge audienc-<(, h igh-g rade speaking and a h igh-grade d in­ner werc the fea tures . H. F . T h o m p ­son, g radua te , of the S ta te col lege "at Amhers t , gave an address on " M a r k e t ga rden ing . " He ktiew his subject by exper ience and ob.scrvation as f a n n ­er .

Oscar R. Spalding is cu t t ing off the Rlley lot a t the junct ion of Groton and F o r e s t roads . It is ?. smal l lot of abou t fifteen a c r e s of pine l u m b e r and oak cordwood; cn the opposi te s ide .o f t h e Groton road and nes t l ing close by F lush ing pond. John A. Hea ly is cu t t ing off the Bacon lot. It Is all oak cordwood with an occa­s ional intent ion of lumber. . T h e next mee t ing of West Chelms­

ford Grin 'ge will be hold at Historical hal l on T h u r s d a y evening, .March l i . A deba t e is planned between some nea rby m e m b e r s . o f Westford Orange and West Chelmsford (;range mem­ber's. T h e lec turer h.-:s not decided on t h e subject for rie'-ate ye:.

T h e winds of Wed.-if-siiay and s p a r k s of. a locomotive on ,i:x" .Stony I5rook ra i l road s tar ted up a iii'^hir.g i jusiness in tlie role of a gr:-.:-:' f.r-,- soon af ter the noon hour, • The .-;r'- w-as lot-ated betw-een the railrosri and Stony Brook. Such -".i.s th-. at;-.bition of thc flre t ha t it thrcatf . ••(! lo do up said brook, bu'-soir.f hur.-y-up shovel w-ork control led it to burn ing- over g r a s s land of Amo.s n. Po:i'-y, W. R. Tay lo r Jind Bernard J. Flyr.n. In addi t ion the flre at tempted a canoe t r ip down the brook towards the sea, but after burn ing up the new canoe of Bernard J , F lynn it gave tip thc voyage.

A few of our townspeople have sffn robins and bluebirds , a welcome sight , as it a lways makes, us fe'-l that sp r ing Is coming, and the lutssy-w-iilows a re here , tod. Looking back over the winter w-e feel t ha t it has not been a severe one. It h a s been unu?ual per­haps in the amotsn*. of slippery ice which made it necc.-ifary for people to be careful w-"r;'-n walki:-,'-; o'it-Jr>or.s.

Deaths. Last w-eek Fridriv :.-,nr:iir.s T h o m a s

F rea r , of West ('h(-i::,3for(l, dropped dead at the s tone (j.iarry of H. E. F le tcher & Co., Oak hill. He w-a.s a paving cu t te r ,-tnd had b'-en in the employ of the H. K. F i e t rhe r (Com­pany for many y(-ars, • The funeral w-as held from his home last Sunday afternoon. Rev. Ephra im I.use, of the Village church, conduct(-d the serv­ices. A d<-legation from the paving cu t t e r s union .a t tended and the follow­ing from the union acted as b e a r e r s : Albert Rudkin, J c h n .Morgan, H e r b e r t Uaum and Will iam Har r iman . Burial was in the Village rcmetery .

Mrs. , George Good'- ar.d .Miss Grace Litchfield, so w-eli-kr.ow-n to the tow-nspeople. have rt terj t ly lost thf i r b ro ther . F rede r i rk H, Litfhfield, He died at bis lat'- horno. m .Maple avenue, Brightoi: . x,ix'r a br:<-f i l lness of pneumonia , IU- vioi xhe son of the la te Paul F. and Kara ( 'art '-r Litch­field, formerly r<-si(fi-:.t.-^ of tliifi town, a n d w-as hxtrn .r. (':i:',iy]ii f i f :y -on ' -years '.itxti. .K wiit- ,-,ir-. i-. -s him. a bro ther Wiiliarr: In ,\iayn;:r<l. and the two Kist'-rs abfjvf-:;.'-:';on<-'!. T h t buria l w,-;s ir. the '-..in^'y i'd in th'-(ireer. ctin.t-iexy.Cxic.n ]'. F*:,ruary ii,,

,\[rs (-axh.f-rirt- (- i ';li,-,'h* ,v t ,Io)i'---.-iif-'i at S I , if.'ax.'y 'nos; ;;';1 i:ii-t Sii;,-day aft'-rr.'ton aft< r ;. : r:*-f :lint-ss-aged thiriy-i.irjc v. xix- r-'xif wn-x th<-dau«ht<-r of Ja:.-.'.- ,ii.,! Ki; ' : i , .M'-fflinchfy :iiul ':.i-r '•;irl,v ii'ixni' nnd hfhf.fd tl'tvs waf: ;,.',; '.:' liii- .ilia::*-life of W'-Kiford '',rni- nnd W"-; Ch'-Iinsford. In ;;<'''. r!i<- •'•.'is :::.-,rr;<'l to f;' 'on:'- y, .!'jr.*-s. a ',r: '--:;nj" :-'-liolar of the Stoiij- I;r')'ik Mh'-o;. S.-i'- was

.Edmond B. Whitney, Paul Smith , George O. Spalding, F r ed L. F le tcher . T h e play and the cos tumes blended well with a t ak ing audience . Mrs. .Margaret Sa r r e , of Lowell , a s r eade r b^^tw-cen shifts, proved to be a good card .

Food Sale . T h e W. C. T. f. hnd a fine food sale

at the home of Mrs. George A. Walk­er which is well adap ted for sucii an alTair. Thc sale on T h u r s d a y after­noon, F e b r u a r y 2J, b rought out many people despi te the inc lement weather . T h e r e was a delightful l i t t le "enter­t a inmen t u t the beginning which was much apprecia ted . Hev. David Wal­lace and • G<-orge Walke r gave somo good music on their \ i 0 i i n s with MlsS .Mo.reland as accompanis t . Miss .More-land t a n g very sw-wtly and .Miss "i'oung In cos tume read several selec­t ions to the delight of the audience, Apron.s, cjuidy and food were on sale and a good li t t le sum was realized for the F r a n c e s Wi l la rd Set t lement h o m e which does such a commendable w-ark In the West End of Boston. T h o s e who served on the different commit tees were Mesdames A. Day, W. Fle tcher , D. Greig. P. Wripht , C. Blaney. S. L. Taylor and Miss Edith Wr igh t . -,

Oraal teWlle . " wi l i l am White, the wel l -known c u s ­

todian of. the Sargent school here , cel­ebrated his seventy-ninth b i r thday an­niversary on last Sa tu rday af ternoon by a little informal pa r ty held a t h i s home in Four th s t ree t , t h a t was a t ­tended by members of the famliy and a' few int imate fr iends. Dur ing the day .Mr. White received many tokens from relat ives tha t , were unab le - to be present on this occasion, a s woll a s receiving t h e congra tu l a t i ons of nu­merous friends. Luncheon wa? served du r ing the af ternoon, the pleas ing feature of tho even t be ing the fine big b i r thday cake tha t was presented by .Mrs. Whi te . Th is came in the n a t u r e of a su rp r i s e to Mr. Wliite,

Char les Day of Jacksonvi l le , Fla. , h a s been a recent visitor of bis moth­er , Mrs. Char lo t te D.iy, and Dr. and .Mrs. W. H. Sherman in th i s village.

Word ' h a s been r '-cently received h e r e of thf d'-ath of Mrs. George Joners of .Vorth Chelmsford. .Mrs. Jones before her mar r i age was known a s .Ml.ss Cassie .McGlinchey of West Chelmsford. The -deepest sympathy is expressed for t h e bereaved husr band and ilttle d a u g h t e r and the members of thc .McGlinchey family in this sod hour .

Andrew Johnson , with his daugh te r , Mrs.. Elliott H u m m l n s t o n , of West Chelmsfo.'d, visited .Mr. Johnson ' s b ro ther In F r a m i n g h a m recent ly .

Commencing last Monday, the mills of the Abbot Worsted Company will run on the five d.-iys jier w-eek liasis until further notice.

.Mrs. Minnie Gray, of Wil ton. .V. H., has been a recent gues t of .Mr. and Mrs: J. B. Carmichael .

T h e Voung Peoi)l'-'s c lub of this vil­lage pres'-nted thju s te r l ing romedy-drarna, "Liber ty Corner;;" to r-row-deil houses in Abbot halh Korge Village, Wednesd.-iy and T h u r s d a y t y t n i n g s of th is week. All did finely in the i r respective pa r t s and the play was \o t -ed a gr'-at success; Quite a neat .surn w-as rc-alized on this evi-::t.

of K-'.'.-.xii Itid m w-hich gath'-rf d to b< r a lart-'- aijt! las t ing frii-U'Ishi;: xXi.t- h.-ul !,'(-a t r c a s t i r T oi Kfr,} lixf.o'y: Cir r i" . F '. of A., W.-st Chelr.-.siord. for yvr-ra l years . .Sric it.a.fy h'-r husliand. | George F , ; a d;:i;i-ht'r. Uorothy .Vl.; • five s i s te r s . .Mr.s. .Mi'h.-i'l II, Donnelly. .Mrs. .Mary J. .Moom-y and the .Misses i Bridget , .Margare; ,-^'1 Siis;iii .Mc- | (Jllncbey of Westford Corn'cr; four b ro the r s , Peter. Frauk and Michael McGlinchcy, of Westford Corner , and J a m e s H. .McGlinchey, of Mlddlebury, Vt.; a lso, two n i ' c ' - s , H, Klleen .Mc­Glinchey and .Mary Donn'-ily. and five nephews , Fr.\nk and WaUer .Mooney, Will iam Donnelly and l^'o and Ray­mond Mc<Jllnchey, ail of Westford Corner .

E n t e r t a i n m e n t . Wes t Cholmsford Grange, assis ted

by Westford and Lowell ttilcnt, gave an e n t e r t a i n m e n t a t the t o w i hal l , .North Chelmsford last week T h u r s ­day evening. Those who were respon­sible for r e t a in ing and en te r ta in ing the hall full of folks for tho musical pa r t of thc p rogram were Donald Hanson of I>owclI, Mrs. Har ry Saxon and .Mr. and .Mrs. A r t h u r T. Blodgett Of Westford , Will iam DeRoehn of Granl tovl l le nnd Mlss I.ottle Vln.al of N'orth Chelmsford. The accompanis t s of thn evening were Mrs. Olln John­son, Mrs . E m m a Edwards . Mlss H a n ­son and Mrs. McKenna. After th is a farco w a s s p r u n g on the stirpris-> of t h« audience , ent i t led "The roscu.; ot Pocahon ta s . " In this pl.vy Westford cont r ibuted .Mr. and Mrs. V,'. Ryan,

Fo rge Ylllnce. , .Miss Leti t ia V. Ward, [irincipal of

Cameron school, is confined to her home by Il lness. .Mrs. Ixjuise Brad-den, of Tyngsboro, is subst i t t i t ing for hei- a t school.

.Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Coni;f-ll have welcomed a little daugh te r into tlu-ir home.

The mills of Abbot & Co.. which have i>'-en runn ing on a foiir-days-per-week schedule for s'-ver.-il months , commenced on last Monday n:orning to run fivf. days per w-eek. The com­pany orily collect'-d haif rent from th'-ir t enants du r ing the snor t t ime.

A student from Westford academy lef-, by ri:lstake on thc ?';tch!iurg nnd Av'.r car last w-ek T h u r s d a y , a liag containing a sum of money. On tele-lihonin:; 'O th'- ollic- fii the c,-,r harn til'- i:iissi:ig articl '-s were r'-lurn'-d to tt.e '.•.v:,or on Ihe r e tu rn t r ip through til'- i.on'-stv of the conductoi ' , ?.Ir, (itid-d.-,rd ,

• Ii'-i;:;;o:is m'-n of olden tini'-s " -wiixx ;: ,, yi.\.j,.,-. of K'V. Will is ton .• t. Ford'.s i—iiiT'' at St. Andrew'B nri.'-'.-iion on liiyx -.w(k T h u r s d a y evening. The s;;::.-;nt' '•! I.'-nt'-n hymna iiy th'- " i : . -L'r'-uatio!! w-as a p leas ing f'-:itur'- o: I!.'- ' - v n i n c s ' -nfer ta inment .

.Mrs, C'-nterliar, of Groinn. ' n t e r -! a ;n" l Mrs, ' ' l iar l ' -s I!lodi'-tt , .Mrs. W;;]-:ani lilodg'-tt. Mrs. Chesf- r Blodg-'-tt nnd Mrn, Will iain p.urn<-tt 'in W'-<1-n»-s'lay at her home,

Th'- r.T-rnb'-rs of thc Voung l''-/-iple's .Sor ial ( lub held a d r e s s reh'-arsal in Abbot ball on Tuesday evening.

The !.a(lif-s' Sewing Circl '- held the i r r e t i i l a r meet ing on T h u r s d a y after­noon In R'-cr'-ation hall .

Willinm B u r n d t a t tended the meet­ing of th'- v'-strymen ot St, Andr'-w's pj-.rish In Groton on Wednesday even­ing.

On Sunday holy communion wil! be admlnlRt'-red by a vis i t ing c lergyman at 4 Z<) in the af ternoon a t ^ t . An­d r e w s mission. Mr. Ford , thc vicar, will [.reach In Groton on tha t day. P lans a r c now under way to raise funds tor tho m a k i n g of window screens for St. Andrew ' s mission.

A servlco for the Russ ian popula­tion was hold a t tho mission on last Sunday morning , a Russ i an c le rgyman offlclatlng. T h c Russ i ans cer ta in ly do themBclvcs g rea t c redi t In t u r n i n g out to church services in such largo num­bers. Over one hundred were pres ­ent . Including many ch i ld ron .

J a m e s Bastow, of Hudson , was the gues t on Sund.iy of -Mrs. El iza Old­ham.

(Jeorge O. Jackson is III a t his home.

MUs Rose Peahody, of Groton, gave an i l lustrated l ec lu re on J a p a n a t St. Andrew's mission on Tuesd. iy evening. The congregat ion s a n g app rop r i a t e Lenten hymns .

F rank Bennet t and d a u g h t e r Roxle. of Worcester , spent Sund.iy a t the home of Mrs. H. E. Randtil l .

Nearly All Are Sold K n d M a y B e Tomorro^w^

The great sale of -"WHITE BEAUTY" Hoosier Cabinets will end Saturday at the latest, i ' i - . -haps t ' .mor ro .w . It' cai-h "!' l l i c liiiii) f iwii .s •«!: '•}-.-tf!'- il.i(is!<-r (.'ot.Tpaiiy litis iM-rmitlc.-i t h i s sa! - lio'-s .-is w e l ! ;,s v.-o ha- 'e hero, there ,wil- b'- no rrijuble aliout the fy.txo'rx (lonbiiiig of "'iVhiie li '-auty" Sales , 'r.-,cre i.s ' v e r y liidicati'!:: t ' .at the iiinltfd ni:.-r.b',-r .-liloted •.:s for this sal;- will i:ot l as ; till Si i turday night. We can obtain no more i,o s e l l ' a t the p resen t .(.I.- price, .'dost lik'.-ly you will yt-e tixe-.-t- cabinets In the hornet '•f S;-,':n'- o f your nearest and deares t fri'-nds. Why wait ur.t ' l the:: and re.ttrct thn! you rniss'-d the o.oportutiity that is offered to vou a.s'freely as to then.?

TOMOEROW PAY ONLY .?1.00—TRY THE "WHITE BEAUTY" IN YOUR OWN KITCHEN

^ This chance of a lifetime to secure a real Hoosier Cabin<-t xxi a. ii.iiO reduct ion-f rom the low- cash price, on t e r m s of oolv $1.00 dow-u and $i.00 weekly, may never occur again . The Hoo.sier Club plan of payment, has proved amazingly popular wi th thc foremost women in th i s community. Some of thern tell us it is tbe same way tha t they have bought fine edi t ions cf r a r e books. Vet it costs you noth ing extra to enroll in the Hoos ie r Club if .vou t-ome tomorrow-. .\'o in teres t . . \( , foes o; any kind.

EXCLUSIVE FEATURES See the wonderful shake r fiour sif ter; the Hoo.sier accotmr-

ing s y s t e m ; the cook-book ho lde r ; the food guide; the want i i s t ; t he p<-ncll holder; the money t r a y ; the emergency sh ' l f . tmd dozens of ' jthcr lab ' i r -saving devic.-s, 17 of wh.ich arc; en t i re ly new-.

DECIDE NOW—SATURDAY MAY BE TOO LATE , Other women a re m.-.king u;i their minds tonight to come

tornorrow- and select a l i o o s i e - . (-abinet while they ' a n save Si i'd. It won't take five m i n u t e s to decide when yo;i see; ii,

C"cme early—for when th i s lot is gone no iKiwer on c-a.-th could get you another "Whi te l ieaul i* ' at this price.

J. J. Barry & Co. Main Street T( ;* -phor .o Conr .e f ;•<•: Ayer, Mass.

TO TKE PUBLIC: We authorize this sale, limited to "White Beauty" Hoosier cabinets, at §2/50 less than the fixed cash price of these cabinets, this week only. THE HOOSIER MFC-. CO., New castle, Ind.

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r'lM.M'i.VW-^.M.-ru (1I-- M A K H . v m ' -.SKTTS M..i.l .y.x, yy. P roba te ' ' 'mr t .

Til :le- T-.T-.iii.]iiw. nex; of kin. creiiiio.-i.. .-.T,.: I,., other p'-rsonK Inter-cFl'i'l in ;y.. ,;xmt; ot F.DWAltll A. C K A K ; !h;. -; Troy In the St.ite of Sfw V'ir'K ii"ii,r.t;d, ihtcKt.ile, leaving cMiite In yitui (-ounty of Mlddiefex.

Wli' ri-.-is a ;,etiiion hflfl been pre-nenit'd ',o ,s;ii'I four t to gr. int a le t ter of adm!ni,i:r.-t:ion on the es ta te of ftaia <l'-ceai<eil Ul .MAIfV K. COUK CIIAK! and KAUI, <'f)!.r, Clt/MC, both Of I 'rov-lilence in th< State of Uhode Inland w-l!h'nii Ki-.inK !i surety on thetr WtnilTt,

V'lll are h-reti-/ cited to appear .-(t a Protmt': '-'iiirT :o l.c held nt C-imtirldgc. In K'll'l C'.iiT'-;' ot Middlesex, on th« tw-enty-j«e'-rin'l day of March A. I>. 19I.^. at nine it'fli,-y. m "the foronoon, to Khow rnnyf tt any •yon have, w-hy the name xboul'I no: l.'l. k'ranted.

And ih" iii-'i'ioner Is herehy directed lo Klve I, ii,::o notice thereof, hy piib-ilKhlnt- !hi. ci'.itlon once In each w-eek. for Hire.. !.-:ir...>ive w-eekn. In Turner 'n I'lilillc Siilrll a new-npaper publlnhed In .Vyer. xhf lav: jmbllcnllon to he on'-dav. a: le:,!,: t,,.f.,re ttxild Court.

\Vi;ne«.,i-h.-iri.-. J Mclntlre, Kn'inlre, First ,I,iilk->- or >ald ^'ourt, this iw-entl-• Ih dav (,; r-il.ruary In tlie year one :lioii-<.,n.l nini. >i ndred and flfteen.

:;i--'; w i; itdCiKIt.'f. li-Kiyx'-r.

." jiriiij:; is eciniin'; and tli'ise pil­lows Jtnd Iiols-fers need clciinsiiic. We have a inHcliinR that will d'l the Wdrk to your .satisfaction, and at a charge of 250 per pillow. Thc pillows and bolsters must lio stitched at tho opening to insure the feathers stiiying in rases. If not satisfactory your money l)aok.

We have a few wash boxes that wo wiil lease to any ono for the sum of 50<^. Tho.<!o boxes will bo paintod inside and out, and aro large ononRh to accommo<lato any ordinary family washing. Do not forget that we do Wet Waahings 5 0 ^

Rough Dry 7 5 ^ Eough Dry Mangled $1.00

- f36 Oat and J2 rouRh dry)

Also Panoy Ironing

ETHEL K. BRUCE PARLOR MILLINERY

Phelps' Block AYER, MASS.

Marked Down Sale

Home Portraiture

Jle\¥ Method lanndry H. 0. HARLOW, iProp.

Tol. 12-j Ayer, Maas.

Let ii-s make a Por t ra i t of Fa ther , Mother or Ckildrcn in

your own Home, with all thc charm of its .surronnding.s; a

Picture long to be r emembered of Jiomc tics and places that

i.s endeared in the year.s fo come. .Will go anywhere in the

sur rounding towns. CaU, writ* or telephone for appoint­

ment.

DEMPSEY STUDIO Tel. 26-21 Over Postoffice Ayer, Mass.

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T O W N S E N D .

C'eutcr. Mr. and .Mrs. . \ lbor t S. Howard en­

ter ta ined Mrn, Howard ' s .brother, (.'liarles W. Goodalo of Butti;, .Mon-taniv,.over tho w-cek-eud,

l.,ai!t Saturda.v eveu lng liie Tow-ji-E'ouJ Hill l inpr ' jveuient Kociet.v held oni> of Its usual l i i terestiuij atul in­s t ruct ive meet ings a l the brick col-lege. The subject of tlic evenin.:; wns "Grow-ins sniall f ru i t s , " conducted by Aaron D. Hinds. .\lr. Hinds luivitig had wonderful success and e:<|)erience aloitg this line for a number of years gave In his talk luaiiy helpful (loints aad suggest ions to fruit g rowers . .Mr. vVaro gavo some very line ai>lec-tion8 from bis Victrola and ruadlniss were givon by .Miss Kuth .Morji;. About thirty-flvc were p resen t .

Rcv. George It. Moody went to thc Burbank hosplt.al t h i s w-eek to receive t rea t inent for the Injury to his hip bone, rte is doing well and does not expect to make a long .stuy a>. ^he hospital .

Mlsa Ger t rude Uockv/ood. a f a c h e r in Beverly, Is spend ing a we^.'k's va­cation at her homo here . H e r s is ter . Dr. Ethel Rockwood, was hom-: (or over the week-end. Wa l t e r F. Uock­wood, who has been 111 for a week or more , accompanied his daugh te r Kihel upon her r e tu rn to Worcoster .

A littie daughte r , Rachel Clara , was born Thursday morn ing , F e b r u a r y 2.''), to Mr. and Mrs. C. A. I 'a rkor . of F l t chburg road.

Elarrj- Boyd of tho Ha rva rd Square-Savings hank, Cambridge , and .John S tewar t of Wayland spont ti:f» wcek-e.id with the l a t t e r ' s pa ren t s , Mr. and Mrs . W. .1. Stcwarrt.

Miss '.Marguerite S t r u t h e r s and Miss Hat t ie Smith of Fa i rhaven a re enjoy­ing a week's vacat ion at their re.spec-tive homes.

S A T U R D A Y , MARCH 6, 1915

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TowiiHun*} hill J;;iji( hall iMiKdiri;,' Jl'.')

and olfafilrm- brush on liiifh-tliOtJ, ashoMtoK cu rtil itt for "M.-. hall 5],-0—tot,al uiii>roin-ia;lo:iM,

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Snppcr and Kntert-iJnra*nf. An excellent sal.-ul suppe r and en-

joj-able en te r tan in ien l was given F r i ­day ovening in tho' Congregatlonti l Vestries under the supervis ion of Mlss Sanderson and .Mlss 'Twombly, tnem­bers of the Soclal commlt lo" . Thc evening 's en te r t a lnh ien t consisted of two farces, "The t r a in leaves in ten minu te s" and "tieat Streot ." Char­ac t e r s in tho fi-irces wero Impersonat ­ed by F lorence Lencey, Arl ine Clarke , George Sear les , Haro ld Gray, Hilda Johnson , Ralph Bush, Fi-ancis S t ru th ­e r s and Orville .McKenzift. Music was pleasingly rendered du r ing tho even­ing by the Young People ' s o rches t ra . Miss Maudo Hyde, pianis t .

Other n u m b e r s on tbe p rogram werc recitat ion, Orvll le .McKenzie, and music by thb Topsy Turvey chorus . Proceeds of the suppe r and en t e r t a in ­ment, eleven do l la r s , will be used to­ward flaying expense ot church calen-i la rs .

AnniuiI Town S e e t l a ^ . Meeting called lo o rde r a t 10,10 by

G. A. Wilder, town c le rk . T. K. F l a r ­ity was cho»«n modera to r . The fol­lowing oincers were ele<:ted tor the ensu ing yoar :

Kvcri'tt ,W, .Sfkvfr. .M.^xand-.-r i:<-c<l anil WllUiim W. Con-dand, .s(il.-.-trn-n. oyorye.iry ot iioor xtna boivrd .li h»!;iitli; \>f. V,-. <.-opi;!aiid, a.iM«,-.s.sor .1 y-.-arrt. ,<l«o, A. Wi!d«-r. io-w-n cl-.-rk and xr.iahureri i;(uirl<iti T, IIa>-n<-.H, Kr.-d J. I'lp'-r. Hob­ert .\. f'opt'liirid, nchool corniriUt.-« t.ir i ytyixrni fieorixe It. Har t fo rd , Ir,, to ill; unt:\i>lr<-d Xt-rm c.-iusoU by r»-;<iffniitlor. of I-;. K, '-ampb<-Il; Mlcfiael i)-I'.ri>-n, Willi.-iTu .\. t-ooi,itr and Kr*'d .\. I*-itr[i. conHt.-it»l(-a: Clar^-nci- .\. Klni;. Th'imaH J. SmUh, Ji»hri K. Ootioviiii. hii;h-A-ay .-ijrv.'Vori*; f.'laronce W. r^'ebsl'ir. t.'iX •.ollector; T. K. Kl.lrlty. It. Ii. .Sd.iui-s, T. J. Harvvy, audi torn.

Stj.xloni*.—Jam'-s I,. Karrar , Tr>w-u>i'»nd (.'•intiir; Jnstlli (.'. llodtfiiiati. W-HX Townat-nd; '"h.'trle.^ K. \\-orc»*n*.'-r. truM* t-.e or imbltc l ibrary for i yt-arhi . \ 1 -bftrt I). TuriH-r, cemetery rouirninsiont-r for n yc-am: Iir, Hichard .S. l-:iy, l".-rry \V. Kawtoll'.-. Hirh.-ird .\IcKlil-,-ott, t rus­tee.*! ef tht- Tiickt-r fund; f-rtiortr- I^ i\ijiK. xre.e warden; <.'harlf-.s K, Worc-H-t'lr. piirk coinrnlB.sioner for i j---ivr,s: Union H. Adam.s, Jull.-xn W. Ka.itTnan Itohirrt <J. Ft-.-^to-ndt-n. T. Jameii Marv.-y. Sl<!i)h.-n \V. K<-<-fe, <.'>iari.-.s K. .Mou: f.:i. (iiaj-'a M. .Sheldon, Ivers 1', Sh'-r\rln, Harry I* Whitcomb. public wtiiwte-rs; Nlcholan .1. .McOuire, CharleH li, Sticik-ney, Ila-rry I,, Wfillcvimb, cullers of hoopH and ntav-yi IJenlah H, .-^ivair" Joaeph I-'. Thompson, Krank W. Stick-n»?y, fence viewers; .Vrthur I', lilood. ./"oet S. <'ook. f'mtrK- *1. i ' lark. Harry f. Folch, Benlah if. Havaso. William J. Stt.-wart.- Charle.s li. Stickney, Charlfta A. Stlekney. William M. I .awrence. I-;d-v/ard 11, Mor.ie, <'h.-\rles K, .M-mlto:;. ("arlton P. MndKet-., J. F, Th'irniisor:. Ktmer W, Wallae.., I.eon /,, W,-ttkins. Harry I., Whitcomli, Hiir\-eyotH of w-ood Ir*rk fin«l lumber. I.eridall I.', itl'-ir.'-nt. Ailney W. d ray , Kr.ink M, I)oiit<-ne, committe*. on the .•)-ipitres,Hion of tb" ille;;al yaif ot intox.lcati nic ti')tiorn and vice, to art with tlie .M.»Iectmen.

:-i;iii'irj,s '.•.ill i -• til-, l.lt.- t'l ; •r t i iousand. Hide;- otiier arti'-le.i in

T.ie %-.-aiTai;t w-li;<ii ra i led ior iio ap-lu-oiirialio.iis wii., a.s fuilows:

' fhe ,.se:eet:r..;.-i w-ere ins t ructed to act a.s n.;oiiti to urfisei-uti' atid defend' all sui ts ill behalf of the town. The tnoney refunded from dog l icenses w-a.s voted to the use of the publlc li­b ra ry . Voted to accept from the es­t a t e of the late Isaac Warnvr the sum of SliOO, the Income to be expended for the perpetual care of the burlai lot of sa id ,deceased In Center ceme­tery. Voted not to accept chapter SOT of the ac ts of 1913, to provide for compensa t ing laborers , workmen and mechanics for, injuries sustained In publie employment . On account of tile r e t r enchment pollc.v the ' a r t i c l i> re la t ing to the G<>orge Washington .Memorial was passed over. The town c lerk -^ave a repor t of p rogress , con-c e r n i n s the publication of vital .sta­ti.stics.

The articl.^ reiat ive .to en te r ing the shade t ree p lant ing contes t w-as pas.s­ed. The t r e a su re r was author ised to borrow- funds- in acr-o,-d with th-; cus­tom ill vogue as found nece.ssary to meet tlie needs of tho tow-n. Article iil r '-lative to pe rmanen t sidew-alks w-as left with a commit te r , consis t ing of A. .\. Fessenden . J. F, Thonipson ami Galen A. Proc tor to invest igate and repor t at the adjourned meet ing March 8.

Voted to ins t ruct the tax collector to charge in teres t on taxes a t the ra te of six percent after October ir.. Voted tho nioney appropr ia ted ' for perma­nent roads on Tow-nsend Hill be ex­pended under the supervis ion of F.. E, Campbell in conjunction with thc selectmen,. Voted tha t the audi tors be i i is tructed to Include In their re­port to tbo to-A-n the nanies of all t axpayers remaining unpaid In whole or in par t for tho year 1913 and all previous years , a t the close of the fiscal year 19U.

Re,gret3 we're exjiressed of the re­t i rement of George A. Wilder from the school board, w-hero he has ' - se rved faithfully twenty-onc yearu. .V rising vote of t 'nanks was given M r . Wilder for h is long and efficient service.

R. A. I.ancey, after doing duty for sevoral years on the school board, declined to serve longer.

A bountiful d inner was served In the banquet hall by the member s of i ' h ' rbe Weston F a r m e r tont, EJ. of V., the president . Mrs. Hat t ie Cook, chair­man of committee.

have you kindly plaei. i within the co lumns of -.-I iaper , ,ad- . is lng them tin-few pa t en t s is only an ;i.-.-it is j 'e t a loiig road to lin eem. .Mr. and .Mrs. Gearne to;:, I 'ormorly of H.ir'va!-.!. 111,.- tieigiiborii. AsX him:

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Vote o;i liren.se. S7 no. lit y-.y I.ast yetir, 77 no, ii-; yes.

Before proceedini; to take up the annua l budget as prepared iiy tt:-' H---lectmen, was exidained to the meet­ing th<' Cfindition of the tow-n',s ll:i,tri­ces and tlie probable tax ra te if ail the amount.s wt-re voted as failed ftir in the budget. The following a:noi;:its were voted under the variouis depar t ­ments ns roquired by the bureau of s t a t l a t i r s ;

O-tieral KO\erninent—Salari'-ft and eX[ier.;'eM, select to.-n jr.l''. a-*.;MHi.r;H »:!00, ir'-asMier J-J.'.. town c!'-:k J n ' . . audi tors $21..^0, ,law $J.-.. re«i.-tr.i,rM Si-|,->. eleiitliili iilllcem j : . . ' . , miidi-ialor t.'. ro]-JectolH J.100, o\-erKeet.^ of tin* (loor t l ' l .

. town - ofIic.-r«- liondH Sl.'i. Inniir. 'nc-JI50.

Police depttrtment—^'hief-.n salarj-$2G, police e'x\irnyert tlitO. sealer of wolprhtft and mfanuren fuO, for the jitiii-promJon of the lllesral nalc ot Intoxi­cat ing ll'iuom nnd vice 1?00.

Flro department—Chlofn nalary 150. n-ilarled at Onti>r $110. salarlen at Went tiiit, poll taxe.-. IIOS. Incldnntal.H tlitO, llghlInK cnsrlne housen tm, teamii to nrr.t $7.'i. Insurance $-1. new hone }:7.'i.

Korcstrv department—Sii'^nre.^slon of mnthn titil. tree wardon li:.'i. npray-Intt <ilm beetle }I2; , forent flrcn IPIO.

Hea l th and nanftntlon—Medical In-npectlon of school children >5**, Inspec­tion of anlmaln antl moal tl*t0, vlt;\l fftlttliitiCA $20, use of rcsnen^Ien'B sew-r r UO.

HlUhw-ftyd and brblKes — Ulldrel 'i bridge l.'iO, street repairs.JHOO. break­ing snow rn.-\Hii J200. snow paths J ' . 'o, xtroot l ights »12.''iO. permanent road it.tiO. wa te r ing trouglm ^I^. Insuranc-$J.7r.. ^

Charlllos—Almshouse S1200, repal r t $100. oiitHldc xxetir $700. Ins'irance 5( j

F-MncatIon —• Salary siiperintendent $i>00, teachers ' sa la r ies I'l.HOO, Incl-tlent.al eypenses StOO. books antl H1I|>. piles $"fl.''iO, jani tors $000. (r.-m.-^porlatlon $2,r:no. r.-^palrs $-00. Insiir.inc.. $in^,

•public Iibrary <lsv.07. , necrent ton-- I'.i'k commissioners $tr..

Memorial day Jt.T,. b ind concerts $:00. Mlr.cclianetiuit -Soldiers' bejjents $2.',0.

Interest on tt,wn tiebt .and tax notes $22ri. lown debt $500, pr int ing to-.vn roports $.1.'i9. iniscellaneoii.s $;;',, grad-

To the Ed i to r : For fear that some one who may

not have the .amount of courage w-hich 1 have lif this wero po.s«ible). ma.v bo led as t ray , I des i re to crLtlcise an ar t ic le whirh I read In your paper some t ime aince, under the Townsend items purpor t ing to havo come from me.

While Southern California has such a beautiful cl imate, a s has so often been t ruly quoted, yet it is a very-easy ma t t e r for a Sew Eng lander to make an aw-ful mis take by giving up all the i r eas tern in te res t s and coming here . Would they do th i s if they knew-the real facts, which they cannot know-by reading the newspape r s? For the one w'no ha;4 made a fa i lure .seldom makes a public announcemen t of It.

'Tis t rue t ha t w-o have made a few small i t ivestmcnts s ince coming here last October, but "p rospe r i t y " could hard ly be called mine in so shor t a t ime, and at th is wr i t ing 1 feel it, my tluty to my "many f r iends" to say that couid I havo my same money back, which 1 have t rus t ing ly spen t since coming here, I am not suro but that 1 should accept it and as soon as sp r ing opens "hike back" to the In­ter ior , if not to .N'ew Kngland soil.

I may have "California fever " as i; Is ra i led here, bu t thi.s only comes on to a perstin after they have made their inves tments and is sort of a nervous disease b r o u g h t ou by worry , so the doctors tell us. for fear tho money 30 sp^-nt wii! not br ing the exiierted re­tu rns . , - . . . . .

I t houga t 1 could BO- •jiy -.vay c'.t-a:-. but when a fe-A- nire !<-tters come from the oiust a s a gentle, reminder »if ear l ier tlaya, one is led to loik at th ings from a different abgle , and then rotne.s a reaction, Nn, I do not like to ailmit that 1 am homesick, for liow t an on.- bo in such a beauiiful rl i i i iate? Hir. let me a s s u r e you thai 'in.!, cannot live on r i imato alon -. and ;lie finaiKial t lepression. w-hich I iin-tliTstaiiil extends al! over th.- -.vorlil, is n'lt skipiiir.g us lier-'. N'ever in all my tra-.ela hav.- I seen so many dis-apiio;nte-I people with ne i ther money or i-mployiiient. and w-ith ,no future ;,ro3p.'rt.s except to be .assisted by i-h.irit.ible in.ititution.s. as 1 have met sitii-'^ roming here.

Ves. I ha-.e an exhibit nt the expo­sition, but this only means sti l l more expense, or at least unt l ! aome appre ­ciative person ahall sec a posslblo mer i t In aome ot my Invent ions which I myself am some t imes inclined to doubt, s ince people look a t t h ings so differently. Possibly my Inventions a re no more perfect t han I am. My "iwtoty goggle" seems t o meet wltli rnuch approval but thc sa les have failed to cover thc expenses t h u s far.

And now, for fear ot t ak ing too much apace In your publ icat ion, I will simply say tha t many of the duffercrs a re too prond to admit of It. T h e r e is very l i t t le Industry hero and there a re too many people for each Job. Moral—"Don't comc to California un­less J-ou havo plenty of money and a re a cheerful loser."

The ra i l road companies , of. course, like to receive your fares , but they will not t ake care of you af ter coming here , and only a few- of the local ncwspnpcr.s will allow- the real facts to be published for a reason hest known to themaelves. hut I believe yon and your paper s tand for what l.s t rue and beal for nil. '

And lastly. ;":-it some fond hear t who knows of my na tu ra l generos i ty should be anxiously aw-aiting the re­sul t s of tny prosperi ty , I would like to

West, ' .Mrs. F.in:na .1. Le-is t-:;ii.:-;;i;nod t h ;

ly-aillej- Whist ciub at h.-r hon-.e oil last w-eek Thur sday afier;ioi;:i f.ir its regular for tnight ly meeting.

.Mrs. _Ciarence L. Wehst-r haa beon s p e n d l n g a few daya the pas : week with re la t ives in Fitchburi; ,

.Ml.i)s Gladys Raw-son spent the week-end a t the home of .Miss Arl ine Clark, of the Center .

Mlss Adelaide Well, from .".laynard, who- h a s tK-en enjoying a few d a y s ' vacation with relat ives in the Center , visited fr iends he re the pajt week.

Mrs. Sa rah r iodge and Miss Emily Orr have been on the sick llat, suf­fering from , the prevail ing se-.-ere colda. : .

.Mlss lyona Thomp.son, who has been enjoying a w-eek's vacation from her duties .13 teacher in .Norwood, r e t u r n ­ed Sunday morning .

'.M!.s3 .Maud Hodson, from R.^;iding. is vi.siting at the home of .''Ir. and Mrs. Char les R. Morgan.

Rev. .loseph .McKean preached a missionary sermon, a t the morn ing service last Sunday, and In the even­ing apoke from. tho subjer t of "Tlie godd Saniar i tan."- Miss Kstella Tuck­er h.ad charg.? of the V. P. S. C. E. meet ing ou the topic "How can w-e improve o u r prayer me.>tings?" and there was special music by Miss . \gnes Thomp.son and .Miss Gladys Raw-son which w-as much enjoyed.

Mr.'J. Hat t ie Blood has Veturned from a vLsit with her daughter- in Boston. ,

Tho Ladles ' Study cluh will meet on .Monday evening at the home of Mra. E . ' J . Lees, nnd the p rogram will be tn eharge . of Mrs. Alexander Ueed On the subject ' "Country goyttrnment."

The Ladies ' Bapt is t Benevolent so­ciety met on Wednesday for an a l l -day seasion with Mr.s. Mervin Hodg­man and thore was a large a t t end­ance, twenty being served at d inner . In t h e af ternoon a social hour was enjoyed, with piano selections by the hoatesB and s ing ing the old famil iar songs by al l . At the business meet­ing it was voted to hold an E a s t e r sale in the vostry on .March 31, with food, home-mado candles, cako and ice cream and myster ies pn sale, and the p r o g r a n r w-lll consist of an i l lus t ra te i l lec ture on "The Mlff-trt,.e," by Rev. Joseph McKean and speriai music will bo provided.

Mrs. O. E. Walker and t 'na have been visit ing relat ives in Wal tham the past week^

Mra. Wiil iam Robbins. of .Jo.sselyn­ville, ha.s been called to Greenville, -V. H., by the sudden death of her mother .

Mr. and Mrs. Harvey, from Leomin-' s ter , were guosts of .Mr, and Mrs. Coffee a t the towu t a rm this w-eek.

.Mra. Grace Hodson. who has been 5[>ending a few days w-iih friends in Boston, haa re tu rned to the home of Mr. aad Mrs. Char les R, .Morgan, w-here ahe is employed.

Mr. P.ideout. frcm Hoiiis. .N, H., is a guest of .Mr. and Mrs. McNayr, of Josselynvi l le .

Thc I- tdies ' Study club will moot on .Monday evening at the home of .Mrs. E. J. l ^ e s , the topic bt;ing "The government of the county," under th'> charge of Mrs. Alexander Reed.

H; J. Welsh, of JOEselynvilie. has entered the employ of Clarence Stick­ney at his mill.

Miss Holon P lummer is enjoying a varat ion from her dut ies at the n t c h ­burg .Normal aohool for one week.

.Mrs. Jt imes Boll has re turned from flrtt'iiiviil'i, .N, H., where sii- has lieen car ing for a patient.

The I.adies ' Li terary and .Soria; cir­r i^ will meet on Fritlay afternoon at the home of .Mr.s. Charles P, Pa t rh , T h " prograni w-ill ron t inu" t'.i-- s tudy of "The his torv of To-.vnsend,"

a r r anged for . the •••on-.e:;;,,i;.f. an;l quick hand l ing of the iiiaib.

.Mrs. Fred A. Pal r i i . -.-.iio haa iie-;: a s s i s t an t po8tnii9tre.-.s -,-.ith .Mr. Sii. i-win for a number of .v..-ars. i.i a.,si,.;-Ing Mr. Boutwell for a f-.'. tia-.-s un-il the w-ork f>( moving and s-ttihi;; ii-complete .

LUNENBURG.

Xews I t ems . On Februar.v, Sr; the Go-.drichiille

club met with Mra. !iai-vey Page . Thero was a larg<. a t tendance atul tho following prograni was .u-iven; Piano select ion, .Mrs, Frank Barney; readings . • Mrs. Saniuel Sinlth, .\irs. Pa lmer , .Mra, A. J.-Caliuui, .Mrs. Wes­ton; p iano select ion, Mrs. Loon Pago; vocal duet , Mrs. and .Miss Barney-song, .Mra. Leon Page; piano duet, Mra. and Mlss Barney. Ijainty r e ­f reshments wer6 serv.^tl by the hos t ­ess . T h e next meeting will bo with Mra. F r a n k Sa ruoy on .March 9.

T h e Camp-firo Giris. in company w-lth the i r leader . .Misa Elizabeth Bry­ant , held a very p leasant m e e t i n g ' a t the hom.> ot one o f . t h o i r metnbcrs , Mlss Vesfa Aloxander, on Tuesday afternoon.

Edward I.. Davis, of Worcester , paid a Hying visit to his g randparen t s . Mr. and .Mrs. C. B. I^ongley, dn Sunday af ternoon.

The 'meetings being held by the two churches , wi th Evangel is t Reuben S. Smith aa apeaker , a re continued this week, but will i irobably closo on Sun­day evening, unless ..special a r r a n g e ­men t s a r e made by which to retain thd serv ices ot Mr. Sinith a few days longer, ' T h e meet ings hav.; beon very well a t tended and much Intorest has been shown consider ing the many out­alde a t t r a c t i o n s , eapeeially for the young people. On Sunday m o r n i n g and evening .Mr. Stnlth preached in the Congregat ional church and on Tuesday , Wednesday. Thur.sday and Fr iday evening in the .Methodist church, w-here-he will also preach oa Sunday evenliig.

Much sympa thy is felt for Leo H. Hoath In the loss of hia wife by death , to whom he had been, marr ied Only two nionths . Thcy w-i. re living In r..akevlllo, where h - r death occurred on F e b r u a r y 24, and Interment was in thtit placo. John .VI. Heath and daugh­t e r s atten(V:d the funeral last Satur­day.

Dr. X W. Sanborn gave an address In the upper town hall last Sa turday evening upon the subject of chicken ra is ing. It w a s at tended by a large, numbor of Interested jiouitry men.

On last Sa tu rdav evening, in t h e , lower town hall, , t h e Lune.nburg w a - l ter company held a meeting w-hlch | w-as a t tended by about sixty votorij and severa l ladies. An in teres t ing ad-dreiis was given by Emerson W. Bak­er and George P . Grant, jr., membera of the wa te r board, telling of the do­ings of tho board, of their success and railUre, and giving all an oppor tuni ty to ask ques t ions . At tho close r e ­f reshments of hot coffee, doughnu t s and cheese were s?rved and c igars passed to all t h s njiin.

On last week Friday the pupils in .Mi.ss l ^ w e ' s room gavo a very pleas-" ant en te r ta inment , including a "car ­nival of h is tor ic days," beginning with October 12, and ta.king up T h a n k s ­giving. Chr i s tmas , .New- Year 's , Feb­rua ry 12 and 22, . \prl l 1 and 10, May 1, J u n e ! " , July 4, etc. Quite a num­bor of viaitors were preaent who very much enjoyed the program. Fru i t punch and cookies w-ere sorved by the chi ldren in cost'.im.; of the day each represented .

Tally Cards

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t id i l i t iun

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a Ciii-il I ' l i r t y is a ^'I 'eat

tu t h e evi..iiiiii„''.-s p . ' i . a su re a m i al.so

m a k e s a, l i t t l e s o u v e n i r f o r tip-

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3 0 < ? p e r tl.i-,;eii. \V,. ii;|..-e t i i - m in

s t o e k .

Have some at your nest party.

WILLIM BROWN DRUGGIST

Main Street Ayer, Mass;

Cesspools and Vanlts I am now p repa red to t ake orders to

Clean CosspooU and Vaults . Sat is­faction g u a r a n t e « l . P r i ce s reasonable. Te lepbone 141-3. 3m24

L E S T E B M. l U B T E L L , . Iyer

H.VTCIII.VO KGGS . \ ; T D CHICKS POR S-M.I-:—.Sinsle Comb R, I. Reds, Rood color and .ilze: htsavy w-lnter layers K(ofs for Hatchlnir, »3.eo per lOOi Day Old Chlcka, *I,-S.e« per loo, for s t rong and viKorouB stock. KanRo raised and opon-alr hou.ijo tht- year round, and In-fectuouB diseases unknown. G. H YAPP, Uf.ieton, Mass. Tel. 14-14. Order notr for future delivery. 10(21

" L a m s o n & Muhi ) ; t rc i " I itii.s M e n of d i s c r i m i n a t i o n ^.lo lo tin-s t o r e t h a t se l l s t h e m . T h e s oo t h e r e For s t \ ' l e~ - thc \ - <40 i l i e rc for valife—they go t l ie re io r sa t i.s! act ion

L o o k forth' . ' ,SUMO iii . i l tii,--;i>l.i . l i ic L.iin.son .S. 1 1 n i - I M I J .'">i.,;i.

Vou Sfiou(d Worry If it were difficult to find a safe and relialile remedy for the ailments due to irregular or defective action of the stomach, Uver or bowels. These aihnents are likely to attack anyone; likely, too, to lead to worse sickness if hotrelieved.

^oiJf^.tt *i° ^°l^^ ^/?^> 'sr ^^^' Poww *o correct «iese th^ K ^ "^'"'y '" aafely. Tbey cleanse tbe aysteni. p8rify Ui%°l°y ^'J.?" °3 °- general tonic upon body, brain and nervea. i.?„„? "«'"•''°"""' ?'' consupation mfeht, indeed, cause yoa pro-longed suffering and expose you to (bwger if Beecbam's Pilto

Were Not On Hand Sold «T«tywlwr». Ia bous . IOc. 25e.

Five Passenger

Homo-ied to . » w ( int i r ter t . Th^ movini? of the iiostoiTice from

the Ijrirk s tore to lt.s new 'luarti-rs .tfros.s the s tn-et in tho atore of \V. .K Boutweil removes it from a iorntion w-hicb it ha-s belli sine.- tbe days of l.ineoln'.s admlnLstratlon, wh>-n in !si;o or ISiJl, It w-as reinove'l from tht-Dr. Stifknoy hou.se. now- the i)ro|if>rty rjf y.r-.x. Fred T>:-nney. where Mrs. Ktifkney was post ni i.st r-s;s. to the iirifk stt>re undt-r tht^ change of Al-tii-rt How-e. as i ios tmas tT Hefore thesf days it -Aas in ;• room o;" the old Stniannirook hotel, wiiicii is ntiw usod as a billiard room, .iml eve;; liffore that it was held at '-the old- M.ianinK hous" on low-er .Main s treet , now oti-i-upled by .Mr. and .''Irn. Char l - s Hodi;-.-ii.in. On the death nf Mr. Ho-.v". th^' ass i s tan t . .Iohn Dii-ki-rnian. had the ollire for a number of years , after w-hioh it passod into tiie hand.s of Rlchartl .McP^lIli;ott. who hold his po­sition for about seventeen years . On his leaving, William M, I.a-^r.-'nce, w-ho was a propr io tor of th" store, was pos tmas te r for a nuniber nf years , and upon se l l ing out to Ivers P. Shorwln, Kave up thc pHlce.

Mr. Shorwli i has been postm.aster for about ten years , when last sum­mer tho method of beeomlnR post­mas te r w-as changed from anointments to t h e civil service examination, which were taken by both .Mr. Houtwell and Mr. Shorwln and several others, Mr. Boutwell b t i n g appointed a^ post­mas te r a few weeks ago.

A r r a n g e m e n t s were at onr-> made for the now position of the iilllre in tho roar of the white s tore with tho main e n t r a n c e on Elm street , a n t an cn t r .mco a l so from the sioro The new a r r a n g e m e n t glve.s .i modi-rr.. up-to-date office, freshly pain'od and now­ly papered, wi th new 1IO\.T^. in-^luding lock boxes, a money onb-r d.^partir.ont w-Indow-, e lec t r ic ra i l hell. :i-ivspapor w-indow-, where .Mr. I5out--io;i .vill ha-.o paper.n on sa le . A w-ritiii;; i^'ioif is placed betw-een tb>- twt) .v, nl'iw.s l,-i the on te r room for tlio ton- . f ; ; - i i 'o -if pa t rons of the ofUco and i;i ' ' ." -A'-irk-Ing bac'it of tho boxe:i . - v v : ' mi! is

ToiTD .Meeting. On Monday, .Mart;b 1, w-as held the

long talked of and anxiously ant ic i ­pated annua l tow-n meeting. The day dawned br ight and clear and at ten o'clock the town hall was fliled to the dcorii with tho larges t number of vot-or.s on a like occasion for many yoars . Tho nr.st business of the meet ing w-as to choose a mt>derator for one yoar , and James Hildroth, the veteran ru le r of such ga ther ings , was chosen for tho forty-fourth t ime. The meet ing came to order and She rman Sander ­son, the to-A-n clerk, read the war ­rant which ronta ined forty-six a r t i ­cles, the first of which called for the election of to-.vn officers by ballot, and resul ted as follow-s:

.-'ol.T.mt-ii—ll-rturd I). rielil 1^4. 'i.'orK.i !-'. Wlllinms lit:;, Chiirl'-s 1.. .MI'in 110, Krn-s; 11. i;'arnw-oll ll.T,

,<*'hfiol t,'«)niiTr,'••*•>—tVofKtj i", tlr.-\r.t jr. I I I . I-'r.iri!; H, I'.irr UO.

.M-.tl-ruioi- .l.,:r..-.s Hllrtrt-lh; xown e'.-Tix, F.dwir. i' Smith,; nsM.?Hst>r ftir :; yt-.-trs, t-l:nr;.-v I,. AlU-n: i y-axy i;.-orlf- H; Wii.1 •nil); tri-aauror. I-Mwln '- .•^-r.i'h: f..i!.-.;..r of t.-»x»s. Sh-rni;tii .- ;i:;<l» rn'>n: roiiy'al.lf, Jarnf-y I., Hrir-rilii^t'it:, tr-f- wnr'i---n. Jam.-.s .S. t ; i | . t-hr.-,ti, aU'liMrM. Norman tl. lti;c(-lt)w .\r;hi-;-<- f'.f.ix ::l)r.-iry tru.ttt-f.s, J.iin

Mercer Automobile •Will sell my .Mercer S-passenger

T o u r i n g , Car for IHOd. Motor Is 30 H. P., In good condi t ion; cha ins , tools , 1 ex t ra shoo, windshield, TrufTault Har t fo rd shock abso rbe r s , clock; body In good condit ion; very comfortable c a r ; could bo used tor Hght t r u c k ; cost J2,100. Hsive bought a aew car reason for sell ing. Demonst ra t ion gladly given. Tolophone 10, Harva rd .

AUGUSTUS LOVEJOY

Insorance Agent and Broker F a r m r r«»«r tT T»rif«e«i «l«« all

kiKda •* P T « p « t 7 vlaced la B««<I. Btroac ceatjMalc*.

34 E a s t Mirtn Stroet, Ayer

IN FIRST:CLASS CONDITION—A BARGAIN

WHITE BOCK £GGS Whlto Rock«. 1«0 Pullets, yearly

averant) ISl e«K8 oach, stronjr. healthy xtock; trei range. Hatching esKn 91.ee tor 13, WU5» for 50. «6,«0 per 100; pentt heatl*-^ with trap-nesttxl stock. Uoston .Show .-Irtl Cockerer. 3rtl Pulli>t; inspection invited. FI.AOG & I.U.VI) .Nasholxislilii Poultry Farm. Littleton! i lass . ; to]. K-2. "ml*l

COWS WANTED fJurnsoy Grades. Wri te or te le­

phone.' rJBLL DALE F.A.RM, Lake .Nagog, Littleton, .Mass, 412-4

Nickel Plated, Extra Large Headlights, Tires in Good Condition, and ready to run. Inquire at

PUBLIC SPIRIT OFFICE, AYER, MASS.

Mrs. E. F. Chandler. LADIES' HATTEB

East Main Street AYER. MASS. Telephone 35-5

CUTFLO'WEr.S, PLAMTS, F L O R A L DE.=!IGN'S, ETC. H A R D T

OP.N'AMENTAL T R B E S , S H R U B S A X D

V I .V E S

H. Huebner Florist

Groton, Mass.

Groenhous^^s noar Groton School

,\, I.il.l;;l-M. i-d.n \VooMro.lK-: - > f - l / ^ l „ _ 1 ) I tilt- i.iKhi .-..nimissif.nt^r. .\iiK„Mtu,^ ,\, 1 I M O O \—\C^Y^'T '7

Now Is The Best Time to buy a Farm—prices will be .higher in the spring. We have them—all sizes, kinds and prices—in the following towns: Littleton, Boxborough, Harvard 'Westford. Gro­ton, Ayer, Shirley, PeppereU, Townsend and Lunentu:^.

Bliss Farm Agency B. P. HABRTMAW, Mgr.

89 East Main Street AYEB, UASS.

.Many of ' h e o-iier ar t ic les In tho •.viirrant ealletl forth animated dlH- i t-iission and many excellent Bpccpht>s \ we.'-- niritle. hoth pro and con, showlns thf Keneral sen t iment of thc towns-peopio. espfolally In regard to app ro -pr la t ins SIOOO for the e lect r ic ilRht commlRsloner.s' ii.se and $500 for the water commission for the establlHh-ment of hyilrants , etc. Both voti>s were carrlctl . Thc polls closed at th reo o'clock .ind the resul t was de­clared at 4.SO. It was tho l a rges t and for thc grea tor par t of the bus ines s as hnrmonloufl a town mee t ing a s usual , notwlthstandlnj? the ar i fuments both pro and con. b r ing ing out many excel lent Ideas on both sides.

In the afternoon many v is i tors were In .attcndnni>>, including ladles , membors of the Woman 's c lub a n d the high school . One la4y from out-o t -town, nea r ly ninety yea r s of age was p resen t with n friend ' s h o w a s visiting and partook of t h e exce l len t d inner provided hy the -ff. C. T, U., and was apparen t ly as much In te res t ­ed In thc discussion as anyone.

HK.M.TH PROMOTKM HAPPl\E:<(f|

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1.1 Prci>arixl to do

Electrical Work

In all Its b ranches

ATER. >tA.S.S.

f'iliI.Mt^VWK,\r.TH OF .MAS.SACHL--SETT.'<. .MlJdlBscx. w. Probate Court.

To th" hi!lr/i-nt-liiw, next ot kin, credl-tor.4, ,in(l at] other perflonn lntt>reBtcd in the fut.-ilo of F.l.l'/.ARViTH t),\-VJE3 late of ,\>-er In said County, deceased, lnrt»stat".

t\-h*-rfa« a pftltlon han btjen pro-.«if»ntt-(l to snid (,'oiiri to (crant a le t ter of adrninl.Htr.-vtIon on tht> c.itait? of nald d«ct-.->.Hi-d to- Wll.I.I.Or DAVIES of Ayt>r In th<( fTounty of Middlesex, without KlvinK a durety on his bond.

You art- hiri^by cltod to appear a t a rroh.-Yt" t.'ourt to he he|d a t I.owel], In 5alil County of Middlesex, on the sixteenth diiy of ^fft^ch ,\. D. 191.1, ftt nine o't?lock In the forenoon; to show e.iuse if any you have, why the same .ihould not be ifr.lnted.

Antl th<- petitioner In hc^ehy direc­ted to Klvt! public notice ' thereof, by publlshinK thl.s citation oncc In eacii w-eek. for three .tuccesslvc weeks. In Turner ' s I'ublic -Spirit, a ne»-ap,->per pubilshe.! in .\yer. ihe I.-ist publication to b" on-' dnv. .-tl le.-tst. before said Court ,

Witnes". '"hlr l t « .1. Mclntlre. l-ls'iulre First .ludKe of sii-l Court, this tw-cnty-fourth day of C-itrunry In the yenr one thouii.'tnd :i:-i'' hundred and fifteen

it-ii, \V. J:. ItOOI-nt.t. llcKl.itcr. •

JOB WOBK is'what tve'want juat now. Doeaa't mat­ter how big or how little the jc>b is.

JOB PLUMBINO WORK about now keeps uabtisy. "We're patch­ing up many a pipe and &diig plenty bath tubs, water tanks and faucets, that weren't half done and need• repairing. When we're through vrith them they'll be good as new and cost of work won't -be much., Por plumbing get us.

CHAS. E: PERRIN West street Telephone 96^ AYEB, MASS.

Model and Tailored Hats

Mrs. Jennie T. Rvan 2 6 MAIN STBEET

Terms Cash

ATIB, MASS.'

Tdephon* 14i.ll

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OITB DOULAB ANP F I F I T CENTS ; F E B 'XEAB IN AD'VANOB •

GKOBGE) S.. Bt; TVRNEB, 'l^bllaker aeto»"irf. TURNER, Editor

VThe dally labors ot tha Bee, lAwttke my «onl to Industry:^ - Who can obseryo tJSo careful Ant. . ^ d not provld* for'future -wantr*

Subscriber* are urced to keep tbelr •ubscrlptlons paid In advance.

Satnrday, JIarch 6, 1915.

OBOTOir.

Kews Items. • i'h© annual parish meeting of the aaclent First Parish church will be held in the ladles' parlor of the meet­ing-house on Monday evening, March 8, at .7.30 o'clpck." The usual order of procedure -will prevail, that is reports of oJBcers and committees, and election of officers for the ensu­ing year. It is reported that the af­fairs of the parish arc In good shape-and is in an .unusually proisperous condition. ' . Miss Lucy Young of Winchester,-'

.formerly of- this town, has made a complete- recovery from her recent Severe illness of pneumonia. Miss Carrie Hartt was the nurse in attend­ance during tbis illness. . • Mrs. Jennie Hemenway is at hoine from Manchester, .N. H., where she has been.for the past two or three weelis taking care of Mrs. Guy Will-

,'oufhby and infant daughter.

- Mrs. J. R. Hawkes "ivas called to Northampton last Saturday to attend the funeral of .Mrs. Marsh, a sister of the late Mr. Hawkes.

Josiah S. 'Williams was in town for a few days last week visiting his sis­ter, Mrs. .M. W. Parkhurst of Champ-nej- street, returning home to Fram­ingham on Thursday.

The Improvement section of the .'Woman's club will meet at the home of Mrs. M. J. Blood on .Monday after­noon, March S, at 3.30 o'cloek. After a short business meeting Miss Hetzer of the Lowthrope School of Landscape Gardening will speak to the section on "Spring work." It is hoped that everyone in the department wMII take advantage of this opportunity to hear-most helpful suggestions. • The annual Gentlemen's Night so­cial with supper and entertainment at the'.Baptist church was.held last week Thursday evening, under the. charge of Dr. A. D. Holmes. Both the supper and the entertainment pro-.gram '.aried in some respects from the ordinary church affairs, but .both were enjoyed by the good sized crow-d ip attendance. The musical numbers ^consisted of singing by the ladies' quartet and a piano soio by A. B. Far-well. Rev. Nathan 'Wood of the Gor­don Bible institute of Boston gave a deeply interesting talk on "The chris­tian's view ot the -svar." it -w-as an

• unusual feature of a church social, but was neverless received with close attention and e\1dent feelings of ap­preciation.

Communion will be observed at the Congregational churcb Sunday morn­ing directly after the sermon.

The provisional program for. the Holy Week services is as follows: Tuesday e-.ening, sermon by Rev. .M. 0. Patten of Bralntree; Wednesday evening, sermon by Rev. 'William Breckinridge; Thursday evening, ser­mon by Rev. Sherrard Billings of Gro­ton School; Friday .evening, sermon by Rev. Pemberton H. Cressey.

• Last - -«k Friday evening Rev. G. -H, • Howe.spoke by special invitation •jpon t-he work of the American Min-

.ute Men l>efore the annual men's supper at the Methodist cburch in East Pepperell.

Rev. G. M. Ho-R-e attended the hear­ing at the slate house Wednesday on j March i' the amendment to the state constitu­tion prohibiting the appropriation ot public funds for sectarian or private objects.

Mrs. Marshall S-a-allow's aunt. Mrs. Kate Page, of Pepperell, is critically iU -K-ith some form cf heart trouble.

Tbomas F. Clough of the Ayer road is having an addition built onto his • Report iiay it ti; barn, work being done by John H. conipanidi him. Sargent and F. C. Tuttle. ; verified. • Mrs. Theophilus G. Smith ,-ittf-nd<-d j The .".liddl-so;

• thn wedding of Miss Hester Voung at l a povert

version of the flood" and "Auxjltal-lennes'.' by Mrs. Bessie Dole of Little­ton. "The farce, ".Mrs. Oakley's.tele­phone," wll! be acted by four l a d i e s -Mr*. A. A. Wood, .Miss Clarlss^ Co-burn, Mrs. Charles Harrington, .Miss Doretha Gleason.

The last lecture .of the season In the Luther Blood course will be given by Peter MacQueen, F. R. G. S., Wednes­day evening, March -10, in the town hall. Subject, "The great European war," fully Illustrated.

J. A. Sanderson, of West street, seems to be' Improving, though slow­ly. He is able now- to move to some extent his left side and foot which was paralyzed.

Miss Elizabeth GibEon Is at a hos­pital In Boston for i-.n operation for ey* trouble. - The open meeting in the town hall

on the evening of February 26, held under the department of civics of the •Woman's club, w-as addressed by Frank B. Sanborn, of Concord. His talk -was on Longfellow, Hawthorne, Thurlow, Emerson, Ellery Channing, the Alcotts and Miss Emily Fuller, sister .of the Countess D'Orsoli (Mar­garet Fuller) at one-time, a resident of. Groton, and others. His^ talR was exceedingly interesting, but the^ audi­ence was only about the number of an ordinary attendance at a Woman's club meeting. It seems that some do not understand that an "open meet­ing" Is meant to be equivalent to an invIta.tioa to the public to attend.

Mrs. Franlt„.tatW,so,n returned home from the Groton Private hospi­tal last Saturday,

The Pomona Grange met on Thurs­day with the Shirley Grange. A num­ber trom Groton Grange attended.

The anti-suffrage meeting held in the lower town hall on Tuesday even­ing was given a good attendance. .Mrs. Endicott Peabody introduced the speaker, Mrs, Thomas Ailen, of Brook­line, one of the state executive com­mittee. Mrs. Allen spoke very ably, giving the strongest arguments of those opposed to the further eScten-slon of suffrage. Her personality wa.s most pleasing, showing culture and refinement. A nurnbt-r ot gentlemen w-ere preseni and also some of the equal suffragists, and some, too, w-ho have made no decided stand on the question, but who -nish to hear both sides and learn whf-lher there are or

The W. R. C. met in regular session Wednesday afternoon. As this meet­ing was the nearest to Washington's birthday ' there were readings, etc., commemorative of that anniversary. Mrs. Dora Putnam presided in the absence of .Mias Elizabeth Gibson, president.

West Groton. At the meeting of the C. E. society

on Sunday evening a most Interesting part of the service conslstc-d of reports of the various addresses delivered at the convention on February 22. These reports were given by John Hough, Earl White, Lee Blxby and Richard Law-rence and w-ere much enjoyed by the large number, present. -

Mrs. Blood, mother of Mrs. Wilder Blood, who has been with her daugh­ter during the past w-eek, has entered Groton hospital for surgical treat­ment. -

Miss Grace Bixby is spending some time at her home here.-

Mrs. Wyman of Shirley visited at W. F ! Lane's on Thursda.v.

Mrs. M. P. Lane is comfortable, though still confined to the bed from the effects of her fall.

Ambrose Carson is quite se^riously ilj. •i The Five Hundred club will meet with .Mrs. A. F. Cottrell on Wednesday afternoon.

.Mrs. C. R. Dudley has entertained her sister this week, .Mrs. H. A. Kel­ley, also two nieces. Miss Ruth Kelley and .Mlss .Mellicent Hooper. These-young ladies enjoyed a candy pull on Thursday evening with several young people of the village invited by their hostess, a dozen in all.

On- Wednesday evening, March' 3, the Gun club held a special meeting in . Squannacook hall. Ten names were proposed for membership with a promise of five others to be brought in at the next regul.ir meeting. It was voted to change the date ot the next meeting from .Marcli 19 to Saturday evening, March 20, when a good old-fashioned oyster stew will be served to the members. Following the meet­ing a "stag" pitch party was held, en­joyed by the large number attending. The highest score was mad4 by Jos­eph Doherty, the recipient of a hand­some pipe and case as prize.

Mr. Trask, w-ho has been superin­tendent of Groton town farm for the

are not evils to be righted by the wb-1 Past four years, has tendered his res-

ers ?. fund of reirollcctions for-future enjoyment, leaving also a calm thai was simply—maf-velous.

L I T T L E T O N .

XeiTs Items. The King's Daughtcri-- fire prepar­

ing a farce to be given a: the;r an­nual Easter sale.

The speaker of th<- evening.at the Men's club. Concord Junction, last week Friday. evening v.-as Hev. J. C. Alvord of Littleton a.id his address was most Interesting. He spoke of his recent travels in Italy, of the cus­toms of-the people, their ideals and at­titude towards life in fienerxl. He also related a number ot personal expe­riences,

ro-*-, Ewings, Crosb.v, Cummings and Coughlin, the last substitiiting for Mr. Brown, conferred the second de­gree upon the following class ot can­didates; Charles Wellington, George E. Wood, Edith A. Fletcher, Mrs. Chas. L. Smith, .Misses Ethel and Jessie Smith, Cora Davis, .Mabelle Yapp. .Mrs. Qulnn, .Mrs. Clyde Crane, Mr. and .Mrs.

i J. C. Alvord, Mr. and .Mrs. Chas. F. Johnscn and Frederick Johnson. The, candidates received beautiful pink roses from the men's degree staff! whose work, as usual, was very meri­torious.

The third and fourth degrees will t e worked on Wednesday evening, March. 1". when the iadies, w-ho were defeated in the recent competitive en­tertainment, wlli furnish the- supper

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hiimorous and otherwise, I causetl by the present war in Europe. Api)lIcatIons for admission to thc

man's vote. . Postals from Florida show that .Mr.

and Mrs. John L. Gilson are enjoying their stay in the south.

Thc marriage of Miss Hester Emily Young to Rpland Charles Thompson which took place-on Wednesday even­ing, February 24, is of inierest to Groton people in as much as the bride is a granddaughter ot the laie Rev. Joshua Young, for so many years pas­tor of the Unitarian church here. The bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Young, of Brookline. and a Wellesley graduate, class of 1912. and the bridegroom, whose home was in Winchester, is an .M. 1. T. graduate, class of 1913. Thev have always known each other. The wedding, which was an elabo.-ate affair, look place in the Second church, .Beacon street and Audubon road. Rev. -\\'. I. Lawrence, officiating. .- reception follow-ed in the church parlors. .Mr. and Mrs. Thompson will live at &T Glenwood avenue, Rrockton.

:Mrs. W. M. Tyrrell. Mrs. F. P. Woods and .Mrs. Jan-.es Fitch attend-

ignation to take effect April 1 and will return to his former home "down East. ' .Mr. and Mrs. Trask have been quite closely confined to the farm, but have nevertheless made friends who will be sorry to see thom go.

Tickets are on saie for an enter­tainment under the auspices. ot the Ladies' Aid society to be held on Fri­day evening, March 1^.

An old-fashioned dance is planned by the executive commiliee of the Im­provement society for Wednesday eve­ning. March IT.

Miss Jessie Robcrtspn expects to spend a tew days in Hoston next week and while there to attend the auto show.

.Miss Rulh Kane spent last week in .^iilford. .\. It, and att.jiided the Red-men's bail.

.Vanelously Celebrated. A marvelous celebration o£ Wash­

ington's birthday vvas enjoyed by the .Marvelous club of City Point, Boston, the members arriving in town by vari­ous trains on Saturday, February

His entire talk was much enjoj-ed by the members who were present.—Ac­ton Enterprise,

.Mrs. R. T. Barrow read a seieelioh entitled, ''Lincoln." at the Acton Grange February 23. w-hich was ob-8er\-ed as patriotic night.

District president, A. Benj. Conanl. with district secretary. Robert Chris­tie, attended the C. E. meeting at Stow Sunday night, when a wide awake meeting was held, attended by 150 Endeavorers..

A coinpany of ten-year-oid lads met at F. S. Kimball's by invitation of his son Johnny and lasl w-<eek formed an embryonic boy scout organization, .^s the boy scout minimum age limit is twelve years they could not become full-fledged scouts for two years. Im­patient for the passing of those long years, they have banded together, elected their officers and have planned hikes, archery practice, etc-..' They follow the Boy scout rules and hoiie in two years to become scouts in name as w-ell as in spirit and i.-ractice.

State Road Heuring. Arguments were presented before

the Massachusetts Highway Commis­sion Wednesday ai Hoston on the mat­ter of reconstructing the road :"roni North Chelmsford to Oroton as a stine highway. Senator Charles .\. i-Cimball conducted the hearing and arg.inienti were made by Hon. Herberi E. FlHth-er, Hon. Edward Fisher, O.scar R. Spaulding, Capt. Sherman H. Fletch­er and Arthur E. Day of Westford, IJ. F. Small of Cheln.sford and S. H. Thompson and R. F. Marden of Low­ell. These speakers argued the im­portance ot this route (or a large amount of traffic and the suggestion w-as made that the line lo be improved should be from .N'orth Chelmsford along the broad road to a point near Long-^sought-for pond, thence through Graniteville and Forge Village to con­nect w-lth the present state highway running from Littleton to Groion.

From' developments in the discus­sion it is safe to prt-dict that the com­mission will arringe for the comple­tion of the missing link in the road, from Liltletoh Ccn:n;on lo Groton this .vear and that tlie .N'orth Cheimstord road will run sc as to connect with this Littleton road rather than follow the winding route of l;-.e regular Gro-

i ten road. ; I It was arciued tr.at Lowel! - m'-n i

need a good route to Wortest'.r and | that this plan i.roposed was a link in j a through plan from L-JWI-II to the i center of the state. The commission. I however, inferr-jd that this road to ] Worcester could not. in ai] prol.-abil- ' ity. materialize far ;v,-o .vars, a eth­er constructions pr«-\ iously . ; ' anni ; : . ' m.iis; lirst le accomplished.^

Grange were received from.Mlss Cath­erine Allen and .N'orman Bonnell. Two dollars and a halt was voted tor 'Vic-, trola records to be given to the West schools.. ' • . . .

.Mr. and Mrs.-Barrow, .Mrs. John H. Klmbali, Mr. and Mrs. John A. Wright, F. H. Hill and others from Littleton went to the .Middlesex-Worcester Po­mona mc-eting in Shirley Thursday. Mrs. R. T. Barrow read a paper on "Pleasures of country life" and Supt. F. H. Hill gave an address on "What the Grange can do tor the schools."

High School Dramatics. The enterprlzlng high school seniors

call the attention of the publlc once more to the high school dramatic en­tertainment in lhe town hall on Fri­day evening, March 12. when "Men. rnaids' and matchmakers " will be pre­sented. This is an up-to-date comedy in three acts, written by Eleanor* Maud Crane; and is replete wiih stim­ulating fur,. Thc casl is as tollows:

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H«-.i-.rlce \Voo(n>.:r:.-.M!sv I.-vCi:J:t'ri:ie Hou.- ' .rd F.-iitll K.-Lirn*-al . M I S S Klii'.atK'-.h i;v(-rt .U l.Hiiriee FiaxiX.-' .Miss .-Viif.-.vrarslin;i ' Ha;:.-! .Moi s -.\i::-.t S.-luia W i n l h r o ] ) !!:t;:t-l Morye

Itavhclor .^lon <;u:- H;cjiar<'.s ^;vor;^c- H.-^rtw.-;] f'i.ar.tl- iir.'-.vs:'.'!• L.-( ' i ia:(l K o ^ ' - - : s l;i)V Vine.-..:! Wi : ! - . l : ; op Ki-H'-V Sa::)::^v l a la;-:;./ c r . ; ;

R.es'-rved seat tickets en sale at Co­naht Company's store. Littleton Conj-mon. and J. I'. Thacher's store, IJl-il'-ton station. Come everj-body and hf-)|) o-jt once more oa that Washing­ton trip.

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ed the neighborhood day of the Ayer ! Dr. Kissener, being somewhat dela.v Woman's club on Wednesday

The Groton high- school senior class has voled to give a iilay, "Teddy, or the runaways." The date has no.t . as yet been fixed.

The Ciroton Historical socieiy will

ed, was met in Ayer by the entire party, who had anticipated a jo.vous sleighrlde. Old Sol, however, had de­creed otherwise and it was a merry wagon-load ot iieople, eleven all told, that, escorting the latest comer, ar-

season at the the home hold a meeting in the Io«.-r to.wn hall i rived in du , ,. ' ' ot their host and hostess for the

week-end. Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Har-on Tuesday evening. March IC. Owing j to the occupancy of the hall on March ; 2. and of the Granc-n nif-eiing on |

the histcr;c:!l n-.ecting is ad-i journed lo the date r.hove. !

The two childrf-n oi Mr. and Mrs. '. Lawrence Park, who have bten dan­gerously ill with croup, are recover­ing and out of danger.

James R. Packard, v.hose home in Groton was burned down last .April. started last .Monday ior California.

a; .Mrs. Packard ac-br.t this last Is ro-

Brboklin'- last week Wednesday and remained a few days after as a guest of .Miss Lucy Voung at Winchester.

Wo.-k on the Groton Inn barn which w-as moved from its former to a new position was finished Wednesday.

The new •Boutwell" schoolhouse on Hollis sireet is fast assuming a fin­ished out-A-ard Tippoarancf-.

The alarm for forest and grass fire sounded Monday evening at 9 1."> o'clock, calling the forest fireward department to .Mrs. William Peabody's on the old Ayer road. Thc fire ran over quite a large stretch of field, reaching up quite near the b.-irn. For­tunately Dr. Kilbourn, who was pass-

. ing saw the fire and gave tho alarm which started flremen with their ex­tinguishers before the general alarm Cdllfed out the department, so that the flre was well under control when the flre company arrived. The flre was set by sparks from si passing train.

The meeting ot the Neighborhood club last week Wednesday was "with Mrs. Anna Gray. After the usual quotations, current events and busi­ness meeting, a paper on "Places of firtercst In Boston" was given by Mrs. Rork. It w-as an. entertaining pro-

. ductlon. After a social hour and re­freshments the usual singing of thc club song closed the meeting, which all had found a very pleasant one.

The annual Gentlemen's Night at the Congrogationai church social will be held on Thursday evening, March 111. Supper in charge of George E. Meyet will be served at 6.30. The en­tertainment In charge of Mrs. Blanche Browp will have tho following pro­gram: Musical selections by the la­dles' quartet, which consists of the Misses Holmes, .Mlss Irene Tyrrell and Miss Almii Gray; vocal selection by Mlss Hazel Olbson, and musical selections by others; readings, "Mi's. OToole and the conductor," "Bridge's

part P.'-be'.<ah lodi-f- hr-ld r.r Ttir-sday iiii;ht.

Prizes w<-re awardi-i tl-.csc .L-arbi-d in the most povr-rty-s-rlr-k'-n c-ostunns. Darbce .Miller and Mrs (;r-orL'e I,.-r.v-rr-nre \v<-rr- the prize wlM.'-rs. .Afl< r the auards w-r.- nxad'- a ii'i'ti-rxy lunch v,-as servr-d.

The many (;rot.'.r. f-lr-r.ds of '.irs. Mary S. Gould and he- mother. .Mrs Sarah O. Trott. both of whom lived in this lown for sf-.^ral years, will hear with sympathizing Inu-rr-s" of th<-deaih on Tuesday, Fr.bruary 23, of .Mrs. Trott, who passr^l away at thr-home of her son in Monmouth, .Me. ; Her age was 90 years, 3 months.

At the annual convention of the .Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which was held this year in Pitts­burgh, Pa.. Henry R. Gllson, of Baden. Pa., son ot Mrs. .Mosely Gilson ot this town, gave on Februar.v 20. an address of w-hlch the subject was "Construc­tive criticism of the course In mechan­ical engineering at the .Massachusetts Instltuto.of Technology.

The meeting of Groton Grange on Tueaday ovening, .March 9, is open to the public. A cordial Invltatlort Is ex­tended to everybody Intei'ested to come and listen to thc address which will be given at that time by a speak­er from Amherst Agricultural col­lege. Subject, "Poultry husbandry."

Mrs. B. H. Tyrrell Is getting along as well as could be expected since thc operation for appendicitis last week at the Groton hospital. Her sister, .Miss Sampson, of Ashtabula county, Ohio, arrived thc same day Mrs. Tyr­rell went to the hospital and Is help­ing in the care of the children and horae affairs during her sister's Ill­ness.

At tho Baptist church on Sunday morning at 10.30. Rev. Wililam Breck­enridge w-ill preach on "Hr>alcd by his stripes," and at seven In the evening his subject will bo "A universal call," preceded by a praise service.

rington, whose elder son. V.'ebsier. is the youngest member of this mar--. elous club. Coasting, skating, sight-S'-eing and the joily comradeship for which this club is noted were enjoy­ed to the full during their stay, nor was church attendance omitted.

The. many accomplishments, which, exercised by the various members, have entitled this club lo ils nniriue i:ame. -Ae have not space -to enumer­ate. Its enrollment includes tw-o nurses of high standing, a mining ex­pert; also, a news reporter, whose n;arvelous ingenuity keeps his fellow members r.n the qui vive as to whiit will come next. We will SK.V, it. iiiiss InL'. that the least marvel';,; i tiling about tills gentleman is his patronytn-i'-. sijelled Patri'uiin.

Dr. Kissener. though last In arrival. b.v r.o means least in arhie-i-nu-nt. is an ardent advocate of physical ci;l-tiire. and naturally wishing to keep in practice, he demonstrated his ability, w-hilo coasting, in ;ierform-ance of the w-ing exercise. This, un­fortunately, had the disastrous eff'-.-. of catising the sled to take fliglii from I pleased its legitimate course to the accomp.i • ' niinent ot a chorus of screams flonr. its feminine occupants, though arriv,il on terra firma was attendei with no serious results. The experience.

Lecture. In a charniit.g illustrated iecttire on

"The land of the Shamrock." ^-i-.rn lie-! fore :•. crowjed house at the Peoples

chib in Lowell. Wednesday evenin?. Mrs. .Minna Kliot Tenney Peck hr Id ; her audience spell-bound from begin- ; ning to end of her talk on Ireland vvllh ' its wonderful beaut.v. charm and ; ciuaintness. Tr.e lec'aire was lllustra-; led by xx larf-'e nuinber of color---d ; view-s of renia.'kable brilliancy and j clearity, aul :-. Victrola ret.d'.-rr^d , several of .Iohn .McCortnack's Irisli j songs. H'-r talk was iiiterspersed ] with a ntimi.e.- of light and h-iimor- j ous touclies which found ready ac­ceptance. i'V CO-.ered ruins of the, pillar towers, th" slonr crosses, which may have bre:. iised by the iJriiids, the imposinL' stone <astlc-s of the ^'en- ' try, and ib.t- cr.iain- th.-itched-roof ! dwellings o: -:;e ]jeasa;;try were ;

ill c.'jlors. Sine- the i lies in the education ' rs, Pr-ck threw iiiion \ ' views cf pronil.leiit arning. The person- i

snow-n m o:-,::, hope of Ireli-t.c; of h"r .vcintii, . the canvas n.nx

I institntiotis <,i i ally conciiHt'cl j teresting ccr;:,:i I tic that ti>-r ,. had journeyi'! .

• the brin>- 'i'--;. I ric'k's belc,-,. (i ;

trip tnrotiL-n tnis ,- was inaclc- yo rr-alis-'iietice felt that th'-y Ith the speakfr across ;'.nd tiiron^-li I-'*, i';-.--

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Intere^tlnc lieailinir. Readers of ;i,c On-

wl-h ^--veral look ha-, articles

however, was thrilling and reminded one ot the surprising advenl.ires ot Baron .Munchausen.

.N'ot to the .Marvelous club alone, nor yet alone to Boston, nor .Massa­chusetts, belongs another member, Ihe far-famed Sam Richards, the mar­velous swimmer, and Incidentally broiher-In-Iaw ot the hostess. West Groton Is proud of Its brother-In law and his marvelous feats, especially his latest, swimming thc Squanna­cook at Its narrowest point, a daring deed, as all familiar with thc stream will concede.

We must not forget to mention thc mascot of this Jolly club with the mar­velously original Inscription on his collar; "I am Sam Richards' dog, whose dog arc you?"

Wc might 'speak of the holiday din­ner, the table laid with seventeen covers and marvelously decorated with the national colors, and place cards and favors emblematical ot the day, but lime and space forbid'turther description bf our visitors' numerous enjoyments.

All departed on Monday afternoon, February 22, on the .'..3.'i train, carry­ing with them many ploasant memo­ries and I'eavlng'wlth their cntertaln-

e been on the

Kreat Am>rl-,-,n composer, Arthur Whiting, and iiarticularly gratified to read his v.ry scholarly essay on 'The .•\merican roir.iioser." read before fel­low- nienii...rs of the National insti­tute. The editors count It a privilege to publish .Mr Whiting's article, which came betor<- the rc-ading public in the Issue of F'-bniarv 17, since, as they

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.Vbont Town. A citizens' caucus w-as held in the

town hall on Thursday evening and a good number were in attendance. Silas .M. Spaulding was chosen . mod­erator and George W. Woodin clerk of the evening. The follow-ing offlcers were nominated to be supported at the annual tow-n meeting on Tuesday. .March 9: E. H. Stratton, Samuel A. Bascom. Waller .N". Hayden, select­men; .\!berl F. Hildreth. town clerk; j Edson L. Hurt!, town treasurer. .

.'it tr.e next regular meeting of Hoi­iis Granse. Tuesday evening, .March 10. the following program w-iil be giv-j en: Song. .Grange choir and mem-b'-rs: essay. '-I-iow- to manage at house-cleaning time." .Mrs. Charlotte French: Grange Journal, Mrs. Estelle R. Hardy; readings. .Mrs. Flora Hardy; vocal solo. Hazel .Marshall.

Mlss f^unice Walsh and her fath­er, .lames Walsh, w-ere guests rcc-'-ntiy 111 Hucj.son al tho hotne of -Mrs. W. J, Hlood.

.Mrs. Hirbert .Spaulding and daugh­ters. Lorr.a and. Alberta, w-ere giiests of Mr. and .Mrs. John W. Phillips in South .Merrimack on .Monday.

.Miss Gladys Spaulding. who is sp'-ndins the wint-c-r In Calitornia. has sent many interesiing p.-3stcards to her frien'is. . .\mong them are pic­tures of the large ostrich and alli­gator farms at Los .-Xngelos and also the famous Busch residences al Pasa­dena, fa!., with their beautiful ter­raced, stinken gardens.

Cl-iaries W. Hardy, who has bee;; vrry poorly of late, is more comfor­table at pr'sent.

The four-moiiths-old daughter of Mr. and M's. Williain E. Lund has the whooping cough.-

.M:-. and .Mrs. f'rtink Libby and Miss Gladys Spaulding are attending the exposition at San Die.tro. Cal.. and ex­pect to attend the exposition at San f-rancl-^co. They will re'urn home Ih" latter par' of .-Vpril.

.Mrs Waldo Hill is caring for her son's vife at their home in .N'asiina,

Fred Whe"Ier rec-nlly lost a valu­able horse. Vet"rinary Davis of Peii­perell was called bill rould not sa'-e th' animal. Th'- veterinary reported knowl::'-- of fotir horses that w-ere lost within the w-eek with the same trouble -.vhich seemed to be a cold settling in the tio-A-els, .-\ yoting and valuable horse ow-ned by Warren A. Colburn was taken ill with the same trouble Dr. Davis was callod and fortunately the animal has recovered from the sickness.

^;^6. .Mabel fluething is fipending a few- w-eeks in Florida with Miss Mil­dred Goodall. .Mrs. Leonard lawrenee has rharge of the home while Mrs. Guething is away.

The Bluebirds met on Saturday at­tcrnoon with Mrs. Flora Hardy. The

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state. It Is not otten that thc creative! ---. . . . . „„„.(„„ „i, , . .... . . ., . ,., ._,.,-., -,.,,,... aflernoon was spent in sewing, plaj art Is combined with critical ability a.s It Is an uniisiial degree in Mr. Whit­ing. It -was only recently that the Outlook commented on his fantasy tor pianotorte and orchestra on the occa­sion of Its performance at the annual Joint meellng of the American acad­emy and National Institute of Arts and letters The editors speak ot the rhythmic character of this fine com­position as a happy exempllficjitlon of what Mr. Whiting, In his recent Out­look article, says must be the char­acteristic trait of American music.

Those music students w-ho have not had access to thc Outlook oi" Febru­ary 17. will bo glad to read this valu­able product from the pen ot Ameri­ca's distinguished musical composer and scholar.

Grnnge. At the Grange Wednesday evening

the regular ofilcers conferred the first deprre and the men's degree statf, Messrs. Wntts, Cash, Neagle, Uussell fl- I'riest, .Sanderson, Kemick, Bar­

ing games and with their dolls. Ber­nle© lyovejoy won first prize in a guessing contest and Bollc MacMaster was second. Tho next meeting, Sat­urday, March 6,- will be "council" meeting at .Mrs. Flora Hardy's.

Dr. George S. Hazard spent a daly In North Chelmsford last week.

Charics J. BeU has sold hlg Pep­pereU milk route to a Mr. Rogers, of Salem, w-ho has moved his family to Pcppcrcli.

The Uidlcs' Reading and Charitable society met In thc church parlor on Thursday afternoon at tw-o o'clock. Thc hostesses for thc afternoon were Mrs Robert French. Mrs. Marcellus Pow-ers and Mrs. William H. Dean%-

The regular annual school meeting will be held in thc lower town hall Saturday .afternoon, March fi, at two o"clock.

Town meeting will brvheld on Tues­day, March 9, at nine o'clock in tho lower town hall.

.M. J. Powers has returneJ from a ten-days' visit with his dattghters In Connecticut.

The regular monthly me'-tir.g of the W. P.. C. w-ill be held on Tuesday af­ternoon. .March i).

Pl nierson Pineo commenced his re-.v duties at.. Charles J. Hills' far;;: c :i Monday, .March 1. He will r'-inair :: the Pierce cottage tor the present, but expects in the near future to oc­cupy tlie place formerly occupied by the Kobarge faniily, wliicn Is to be enlarged and made into a comfortable home.

Kaiph Bascom. the yotinges'o son of .Mr. and "drs. Samue! A. i;asco:r.. who hurt his ieg a short time ago -A-hile sliding, has had the leg put into a plaster cast, as the injury proved to be worse than w-hat w-as first suppos­ed, it w-as thought at first that t'ne ligaments were only sprained, bul il prove;! to be more serious. I.ir. 'A'al-lace. cf .Nashua, attends hirn.

News Items. Miss Ruth Goodw-in from Palem

Normal schooi is home for a v.-eeks vacation,

.'.Irs, Kenry Goodwin :.-tr.r-i:ed from , her visit .n Mason lasl w-eek Friday.

.Mrs. Gething is spenfiinp a f'-w ' w-eeks it: tbe South. Miss Smith from ; Koxbury is staying w-i'h .'-irs. I-aw­

rence during her absence. Miss liattie Kendall ha.- r(t-:rr.ed to

Hollis atter spending a :'r-.v cia} s In !'ep;.r-re|i.

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; .News Items. ! Congralulallons arc ponrinj: In cn i .Mr. and Mrs. William Scarritt of Kan­sas City on thc birlh of a daughter, Kli-itabeth Scarritt. Mrs, S<-arr;tl was

1 before h'-r marriage, .^iiss Louise ' Parker, daughter of Walter I'arker. who owns one of the finest summer

I homes in lown. i Whiie engaged at his work at the [ice plant last Saturd.iy, Walter Farns­

w-orth tripped and fell against an Ice ' hook In such a viay as to cut a cord in the back ot his right toot making an ugly wound. He w-as put aboard the atternoon train and taken to Pep­pereU, where Dr. Lovejoy attended him.

Fon-icc Hall, Mattie Kent, Edith Bryant and Clayton Hobart w-ent to Boston tor the holiday and took in "Ben Hur."

Mrs. Harry Powers visited her moiher in Pepperell for a couple of days last week.

Mrs. George Falkner ot Milford and. .Mlss .Mildred Cross of Swansea were the holiday guests of Mrs. Carrie Whitcomb.

Mrs. Nellie Duprey has opened a new store In the basement of her home.

Albert Pelrce attended thc Middle­sex-Worcester Pomona Grange meet­ing In P<epperell last Thursday.

Mr and Mrs. Harry Hall and baby son dro-.-e over from Fitchburg last Monday to spend the day with Mrs. Hall's mother, .Mrs. Delia Wnitcomb.

On last Tuesday thc Loyal Workers met at the home of .Mrs. .Maliie Gil­son on Main street. There were ten present. The president, Mrs. George Betterly read a letlor from .Mrs. Susie E. French, which v.-as enjoyed very imich. The next meeting is to he licld at thc home of Mrs. G. E. Cady, .Varc-h fl.

.''Iiss Lilanche Fessenden w-ent to iioston for the holiday.

.Mrs. Peler Bouchard, sr., Is visiting her son in l.ynn, .Mass.

.Mrs. Willia.m Dodge has returned from a two weeks' visit spent al Hampden. Mass.

Those from oul of low-n who were visitors here for the holiday were Kate O'Heron of Leominster, Mrs, .Julia Lawrence and son James of Prim.us, Elizabeth Whitcomb of Fitch­biirg and .Marion Stiles of Nashua.

Brookllne Grange held a regular meeting lasl Wednesday night. Alice Whitcomb opened the program with a piano solo, follow-ed by Blanche Hail, who gave an essay on tho life of Oeorge Washington., Mrs. Mabel Per­kins gave a reading, after w-hich the kitchen orchestra entertained for about iw-enly minutes with Edward Taylor, director. The business artick-s in the tow-n Warrant w-ore discussed with much enthusiasm as thc suffra-iiettes were out In full force,

Clarenc" Hartlett has nioved his family and household goods to Boston, w-here he is to go into a now- business.

Miss Minnie Taylor of Fitchburg is spending a week with her grand­mother, Mrs. Carrie L. Whitcomb.

Freeman Wright was a visitor in Boston last week. • Mrs. Thomas Bartlett passed away at her home on last Wednesday atter a painful sickness lasting several weeks. Services w-ere bold at the home on Saturday morning atter w-hich the remains w-erc sent to Mil­ford for burial.

William .\. Dinsmore spent a couplo of days at Ixiwell lasl week.

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The peoplo in A.vcr 'v.-ho did not l ee "Willowdale,". preeoated by Ayer Grange In three aets,'.have the oppor­tunity ot seeing this lively little coun­try play presented In Shirley at Odd Fellows' hall on Friday evening, -March 12. The same cast, with one or two exceptions, which has had to be changed through iUness, will present fhe play'In Shirley through the Invi-•-alton of the Altrurian club.

.'lirs. Lt. .M. Martell has had at her heme a.great curiosity In the form of a cluster of apple blossoms, which blossomed out on February 5. - .

Governor Walsh's proclamation re­garding the checking bf the foot and mouth disease among cattle is posted 'and calls upon a l l to co-operate with the state officials In preventing the sp.-ead Of 'this dangerous malady.

A regular communication of Caleb Hutler lodge of Masons will be held on .Monday evening at 7.30 o'clock. Vv'ork—Fellow Craft degree.

• Alf.-ed Yates started' work on his • foundation to his new garage on

.Maple street Wednesday. ' Harvey "iVinslow will build It of Littleton unit b:lck. - .

St. Andrew-'s ch"rch w-ill hold holy comisunion service on Sunday morn-

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.Mrs. Patrick Clark, Grove street, Is sick and her daughter, Mrs. Graham Whidden. of Lowell, is caring for her.

The? feas: of tiie Puri.-^, a noted Jewish festival, was observed by the local members of that race last Sun­day and .Monday.

The Social GEtherlne'-ulU hold the regular business meeting at the home of .Mrs. Lyman Clark on Tuesday af­ternoon, .March 9, at three o'clock.

Mrs. S. .\'. Lougee was taken s"jd-denly ill on Thursday and Is now- con­flned to her bed, under the care of Dr. Bulkeley. .Mrs. Lougee has had her sister, Mrs. Kate Stone, and daughter, from Brockton, with her for a week or more, t.hey returning home Wed­nesday noon.

H. L. Everett, formerly, foreman of the repair department of the Chalmers Motor Car Company, has entered the employ ot Robi. .Murphy's Sons Com­pany.

Thomas B. Watkins, past chancellor of Webster lodge, Boston,' w1l! speak to the membeirs of Harbinger" lodge, K- of P., at th'eir next regular meet­ing, .Monday, March S. at eight o'clock. .Mr. Watkins i s oae of'the commission that Is appointed by the grand lodge to present to the order In this grand domain, the advisability of a Pythian state home tor indigent knights and their dependants. It is i o p e d that every member ot the order in the town w-ill hear him. Waller C. Winslow, c. c , who has been visil ing some of the lodges In and around Boston, especial­ly .Norumbega lodge of Wailham, will also speak of his trip. He was very much impressed with the dynamic personality of Dr. Roger Vork, g. v. c ,

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s^i'^'I^'n ^ h ^ ' n ^ ' " ' - '""•r'^'«'^ "-''^ 1 who"Ta's"thrprincTp"ai^ speak''e'r%f''th Slides on the Balopticon lantern be- evening. ' '

Some boxes 'of freight w-hieh had been opened and portions of the con­tents taken out, were found on the land of E. A. Richardson on the north sicle of the Stony Brcok branch track th is . side of Flanagan's crossing on Tuesday. The boxes contained vari-otie.s of freight such as come w-ith soap orders. The boxes had evidently been removed trom freight cars td the plac-- v,-here they w-ere foiind and there rifled. The jiolice are w-orking on the case.

E. D". Stone and his brother. Walter Stone and w-ife. of Waltham, left this week Friday for a three-weeks' south­ern trip. They will stop at -Norfolk. Va., and other points and. will spend the most of the lime in St. Augustine, Fla. They sailed on the boat leaving Boston Friday aflernoon.

.'ohn B. O'Connell, sr., Thomas C. Moore, -.loseph -M. Markham and' John D. Carney appeared at a hearing at thc State House, Boston, this week Friday morning as representatives of St. .Mary's parish to oppose the pro­posed constitutional amendm.ent pro­hibiting appropriations from the pub­lic funds for the support of privately controlled institutions.

The census figures given in a patent rn'-dicine directory just issued, gives .^yer a population of .'lO ii. If these figures are ccrrect it means r|uite an

longing to the church. This will be held in the guild room inside the

: .V-hu.'-ch. .-Ml visitors w-ill IK- very iveicome. . \o admission will ',3 :. sited.

Tne w-ork of cleaning .up tbe town i'ark is about done. The gathering, up x-i lhe underbrush is practically all :.-:al there is left to do.

Tho moth men are busy thi.? wce'iv 1:: the hill district cutting off n:oth i.ests from the pri-.-ate trees.

The local telephone office is affected i y ••th': retrenchm.ent • policy of the company on account of the so-called b.isiness depression. The operators a.-e off duly for a w-eek by turns in order to meet the requirements o f t h e ne-w- .order issued by the company.

-Mrs. Hiram K. Slayton. of Marlboro, . and iittl© daughter Edith, visiter her

parents,. Mr. and .Mrs. Frank J. Perrv, irom Friday to Tuesday. Mr, Slayton also spent the week-end at tho home of ,Mr. and .Mrs. Perr.v. : .

Miss Edith Perry went lo ^iarlboro on Saturday to visit her sister, .Mrs. Slayton, and returned Sunday.

A happy party of sixteen people, ten from Ayer and six from Littleton, went to Lunenburg on lasl week f'ri­day nighl, where they enjoyed a fine oyster supper and old-time dance giv-' il tinder the auspices of thc Lunen­burg Old Ho.me Week association. There w-as a very large numb attendance, many coming from the ad- i .'oining tow-ns and Fhchburg. and • everyone had a Hrsi-c'.ass lime. Those i -vho attended from .Ky.r .were Mr.i and Mrs. Francis J. I'erry. .Mr. :;nd | Mrs. Wil l iam,H. Landry. Mlss Hazel ^ i'erry, . \rchie .Maynard, Frank Farns­worth. Lticius Wheeler, .Mrs, .Iohn M. 'w'allace, • .Mrs. Arthur Fowler. The party made the trip in the auto truck ' f G. .K. Barber, of I-ittletoc.

Th.-; Massachusetts Ilumano socl ' ty .s trying to prevent a.s far as possl-ine drow-ning accidents throughoui the slate. in a circular sent a few-days ago to Chief Beatty the society r-rts forth its object and inci'.iires if *ii'-re Is sufiiclent proiec-tion ponds about -Aycr. • The soc lety is prepared to furnjsh towns and cities where there is danger fro:;i this cause coils of rope and life buoys VK-ithoul cost. • in ils work to less'-n the num-ti-r of fatalities by drov.ninc: the sri-citty asks all to co-operate w-iih it. The matter w-as referred to the select­men.

.loiin Maloney, a resident of this town since LSOS. died on Wednesday. .March 3. He w-as born in Mount ('alien Parish of Inagh. County Clare, Ireland, on May 'J. l.lllfi, Uo immi­grated to this country in if-t'/i, ,-ind lived in Earionvilie. Vt,. and Fitch-!urg prior to coming to .\yer. He wa.s m.-irrieri In ISGIl to Ellon .Mark-ha.m. He leaves Mrs. Ellen Malrmey, Ills -.vidow-; Frank J.. John .M. and James H. Maloney. sons, and .Mrs. Mttrgaret Sheohan. a sister. The fu­neial w-ius held at St. Mary's church or: Friday morning at nine o'clock --v-.i-a a solemn high mass of requiem, Kevs. McGinn. Houston and Sharkey oinciating. intorment was in St. •iary's cemetery. Mr. Malonr-y was a respected citizen. Mrs. Maloney is very feeble, and her death n.ay ocriir '.n a very short time.

The Ladies' Benevolent society nf the Congregational church will hold a meeting in tho parlor of the church on Wednr-sday afternoon at 2.30. Sup­per will be served at C,30.

A two-reel Keystone comedy will be the leader at tho moving picturr3 show- this Saturda.v. It's title Is "Dough and dynamite.'.' Another two-part story is entitled "The making of him," followed by "Fates and Ryan," "Thc coming of MjTla .May" and "Fatty and the sistor lawyer." Mati­nee at threo o'clock, evening nt eight. There will be shown a tw-o-recl Key­stone comedy.

Thc • following persons from this town werc present at Abbot hall. Forge 'Village, to witness thc drama, "Liberty Coriiers," given by the 'V'oung People's Social club of Graniteville, Wednesday evening: Ruby Crockett, Asa Taylor, Annie and Emma,Murray, Alice and Maud Luddlngton, Blanche •Little, Mrs. Luddlngton, .Mrs. Murray, Mrs. Leahy, Mrs. Burgess, Frank .Mc-Querrle, Arthur Luddlngton, George Henry. The hiill was crowded and the dram.a w-as ably presented by a large Ciist of characters. The music was by the orchestra of the young people of the -M. E. church.

The Ayer Auto Station, distributors of the Studebaker cars for Ayer and vicinity, will bc represented at the nuto show in Boston March C to l',.

The execuflve committee ot the union fair held Its flrst business meet­ing at the home of -Mrs. .Nellie F. Klt­trldge on .Monday and chose their chairmen for the different tables. Anv Information wanted can be bad from tho committee.

Thc'HJU Whist club met tkis week Friday aflernoon, with Mrs. c, H. Kin­ney.

The l'nitarian Woman's Alliance met on Thusrday afternoon with .Mrs. Hr A. Blxby and was entertained by .Mrs. Bixby and Mrs. J. ,M. Hall. There was a largo attendance. The program included a piano solo by .Miss Helen Hardy, piano duet, .Miss Hardy and -Mrs. Bixby; vocal solo, .Mrs. Daisy Becktord and .Miss .Mona Khiredge; readings,-Miss Dorothy Park, and an address, "Woman's place,"' Rev. L, W. Sanford. Refreshments w-ere served by the hostess during a social hour.

The Unitarian young people's Sun­day school class held a sociable in the vestry of the churc'a on Thursday evening. It was in charge of Miss Doris Fletcher and Miss .Mona Kit­tredge. The music and games filled a very enjoyable evening. Refreshments were served by the committee.

The topic of the day class of the Woman's club will meet on .Monday afternoon at 2.30 o'clock with .Mrs. I..OI8 Porter. The topics for discus­sion -Aill be "The woman's pe.ac& party" and the work of congress w-hich has jiist adjourned. The meet­ing is open to any member of the club.

The Edward Everett Hale club met Tuesday evening with Kondall Pierce. The evening was-spent in a study of the geography of Europe. Refresh­ments wero served.

.\|rs. Kmma Boynton, widow of J. Frank Boynton, died February 13 at Pasadena, Cal. She is survived by her daughter Be.ssie and one child. .Mr. Boynton w a s for a num.ber of years in t h e t i n and stove business in tow-n and his store was where is now- the laundry and shoemaker shop on .JIain street. He w-as burned oul in"' lhe great fire which sw-ejit the business porlion of Main street in 1872. 'After the fire he' moved to Florida and w-as in business in other parts ot the south­ern states. He came here from Bru:is-w-ick, .Me., and diod a few years ago.

The sermon subject at the Congre­gational church ou Sunday morning !

were devoted In"a degree to business men and salesmanship, the subject of efflciency was one .that should inter­est e-.oryone, as all persons w-ere In facl salesmen of^ome sort. The busi­ness man v.-as Intertmted In sell ing his goods at a proflt. The same thing, was true of thos* who sought to sell lheir labor and talents to the best ad­vantage, from the ordinary workman to and including the highest form ot professional labor.

The reason why some men received higher salaries for their work was be-causo they possessed the greater ef­ficiency in their dilfc-ent occupaitions. The development of efficiency lies in the power ot any man who will make a n ' e a r n e s t endeavor to cultivate It, Juat the same as a man can develop his physical povvers by using the proper methods, • To gain mental ef­ficiency the first recjuisite is good health, wiihout which a person Is at a decided dlsadvahtage. IThe various. <ilements necessary to attain success in making a sale of any kind are at­tention, interest, -desire, action, con­centration and satisfaction. Once you get the fa-.orable aitention of the per­son to whom you w-ish to make a sale -.vou get his interest aroused and th© other steps preparatory- to a sale fol­low, providing the ['"oper methods are follbwed. Thus there logically comes a meeting of the minds which results in a sale, whether it be that of mer­chandise or labor.

The speaker said that one thing Is c-eriain, and that is the more efficiency that is put into your business tho more you w-ill get out of it, and the less efficiency expended the less that will,, be gained in return. This Idea is summarized by Mr. Sheldon of the Schooi of Salesmanship which bears his name. In the following language: "TJie science of business is the science g< service. He profits most who serves best."

One of the gretitest assets in life, whether in the ihaterial or in the so­cia! life is cheerfulness, w-ithout which a person, is badly hamp-jred in his effort to attain sue-;ess. • .Mr. Cutting, by means of- his, chart, illustrated w-hat experience has shown to be the cr.aracterisiics o* a man who is v.-liolly efficient. The marks that spell success in exlendinj: b-,:siness area are ability, reliability, "ndurance and ac­tion. The firsl "letter of each -w-ord

will be "Christ as the foundation" of ^o"';?'' '"'*^ "'^ '••'^'•'^ «''^' ^'' s^en

j_, . .icrease since the last official census •' w-as taken fi-.e years a.?o,

Jajr.e,i J. C'Brien v.iil attend the atmual convention and banciuet of the Massac:husetts Accident Conipany at Voting's hotel, Boston, .Mondav and Tuesday. .Mr. O'Brien is the oldest afieut of the company in point of serv­ice, having been w-lth the company since its formation thiriy-cne years ago.

Ti.e foot and mouth disease w-as the principal subject for discussion before tho Hot Stove ci-,ib at. tills v.-eek's nice:lni:s, A committee w-as appoint­ed to in\osl lgate the subject, which is nr.t very well understood by the mem­bers, w-hich comniiltee will report at

tho a future meetingi The club sett led several international ciuestions in a short iL-ne Monday inorning.

Geor.cce }i. Brown has been confinerl l o . h l s home this week by a severe cold.

Mlss r^nris G. Corner, of lyiw-ell. formerly of .Aver, w-as in tow-n this ".voe'r:.

The s'jrvcyors, who haie been tak­ing ni'-asuri-nients for the ptist w-eek on and near tlie railro.-id tracks, are rot doing so because th',- railroad con:pa:iy is contemplating ail}' changes ;.- iir.-sent. These tnen are petting t..e .ii'-as;ir'-in'-iits of tiie land and roadbed owned i-y the comp.iny for til' i:ifor!nation of the In fr s ta fe Com-mrrc- ('oni:i.lssl.)n at Washington, i-v C.

Tho l;-ciies c -' the C'lrigregalional ch-trcii will r.n.li a 'ood sale in the vestry on Wednesday afternoon. Marcii 111. at t-irr-o o'clock.

Cracl'-s one to ,';x of lho pubiic o'-hocils will rinse on .'\larcii Ul for the spring vacation. All others close M8,-ch if-., atcl all wii; reopen for the s--r:ni: term cm .Monday. .-Vpril ."i.

.'•liSses Alma I. and Dorothy L. iSov.l'-s. teachers '.n th'- public schools in Springfield. daughK-rs of .Mr. anti .Mrs H. I). Bow-:es, aro a; home on a vacation.

Thomas F Kittredge. the penial -A'aiter al i i r o w n s lunch room, w-enl to Clinton, his home town, Monday, to cast his vote.

.K very unusual opportunity was en­joyeti by a large audience la-st w-cek Frid.-iy evening in tho lown hall in witnessing the presentation of Shakes­peare's "Mid-summer night's dream," presented by the Littleton Woman's club. Thc play w-as properly staged in a forest ot green. Thc actors, ap­propriately costumed, presented the whole varied play gracefully and In a very realistic manner that held the whole audience closely attentive dur­ing the w-hole performance. Every part was perfect, the whole show-lng tho rcsult ot careful and painstaking study. The Littleton club Is to be congratulated on thc educational value that thcy have both received and giyen In tho preparation and presentation of this play. Thc Unitarian Girls' club, undor whose auspicos it was brought here, did a very good thing In giving the townspeople this raro treat. 1

Tho Washington street primary school w-as closed this w-eck Friday morning owing to tho absence of Miss Genevieve H. Neylan. The school w a s opened again for the afternoon ses ­sion.

modern life." Sunday schoo! at twelve o'clock. C. E. meeting at 5.4.5 in the evening; topic, "'How to make this a happier world."" Evening service at 6.30; subject, 'tFalthfuI unto death."

The following rhetoricals were giv­en at the high school this week Fri­day: Teacher's Sifighrldo Ksthcir McDonal'l .Solltii'lL- - John Scully .Maris-U'.-i-lta , Hess-ie .lohnson .\ Welch Cliipslc Howard \V. l'reX,\-The riray .Sw-an Irene O. Ilass.-im Nalioieon'.s Farew-fl] Italph Meflux.n-lAxxie Hoy Blue Marv I.. HaHorari I'iano Solo Mona T. Kitt.-e'l^--rell to l l is Native .Moiin-.a::!.-'

Matthr-w .\npo ?.ia<le:iiie Verclu-rcs .Mie I.e.-ihv How- Ilid Von llio? Slani'.y .1, '-i,:.*f.ri .', C'onvt-rsational Wt-dilioK

.Minta J. Meyhef The Solrti'-r'.'i U.-f-ain l:.-tUih i •ooL'-i.iM I'onrerilr.ioiit I-Mnmiul .A. Willis How- Kdw-iird rrarti.>--'-'l I.. Jai-.. !:: i -;,-s '"akiiit,- a Ue"! Iioi-otl.'v .\. Koiitlii.s

speil area In cioEing, Mr. Cutting said that his

subject w-as so Jarge that it could not be thoroughly discussed in one even­ing. The points'that he was able to bring out werc the main ones in busi­ness building. The subject ot efll­ciency is comprised of sixty divisions and sub-divisions upon each of which there might bc given considerable time. He said that he felt pleased in coming here a n d i f Ills talk interested the Board of T'r,-»ae in any way he felt repaid for,his visit. -Applause tollow­ed his remarks.

The occasion j-as the regular monthly meeting cf :ac organization. T. F. .Mullin, ehaireian. who presided and introduced th' spf-aker. extended Mr. Culling a vote of thanks for his address in behaif cf the members. A lunch -A-as served :.s usual by B. T. Larrabee.

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Samuel Slofsky w-erc indicted for re-cr.:b Wednesday atternoon

on "Japan." l ie spoke at length of ceiving stolen propertv, the former I '^f "Pl'^-^'.'-nce. customs and beliefs

. - . . ;„ -...1 ! of the Japanese people and show-ed his audience many curios w-hich he

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defendant agreed-upon, with the -un­derstanding, according Xo the defend­ant, that the cost would not exceed fifteen dollars. The doctor denied having flxed such a 'price and the court proceedings resulted.

Previous to using this special treatment Dr. Lilley had been attend­ing the defendant's wjte professional­ly for quite awhile, but the case was so bad- that it refused to yield to the regular treatment and then the other was tried, •

Smith, tho defendant, claimed that he paid ten dollars on account and there was but flve dollars due the plaintiff, which he stood ready tp pay. Jaines H. McMahon, ot Fitchburg, represented the defendant, and E. L! Brockeli^an, of Leominster, was coun­sel for the plaintiff.

Judge Atwood, after taking the mat­ter under advisement, gave a decision In favor qf the plaintitf. Dr. Lilley, for flve dollars.

The Inquest on the death of Robert Henry, who was killed i n - a railroad accident In Westford on February 15, followed. The evidence given show-ed that Henry was employed In the sus­pender shop- in Littleton. Some time ago he took "a ^•acatIon on account ot poor health. The day of thc fatal accident he left his home In Littleton for a walk, as was his custom, and had proceeded about thi-ee miles from his home and was returning by the Boston, Nashua and Acton rail­road track when he was struck by an Acton bound mixed train. The train stopped and the injured man .was tak­en to the East Littleton station, where he died shortly after his arrival. •

Frank S. Bulkeley, medical cxam-Ineri ot Ayer, was the first witness heard. He told of going to East Lit­tleton to view.the body in response to information received of the death ot Henry and described in detail the injuries received by the decoased which resulted fatally. Such injurjes were not inconsistent with injuries that could be received from being struck by a railroad train.

Dr. James D. Christie, of Littleton. testified regarding treatment given by him to tho deceased prior to the acci­dent. .Mrs. Delia .Martyn, a sister-in-luw of the dead man, told of his move­ments during lhe day ot the fatal ac­cident up to the time he left his house for his afternoon walk. .Mrs. Martyn lived with the deceased and his wife for years. She spoke of Henry, her brother-in-law, in the highest terms both as to his reputa­tion and as a very kind husband.

Thomas F. Mullin, probation officer ot Ayer, followed Mrs.'.Martyn. Mr. Mullln went to the scene of the acci­dent by Instruictions given by the court and made an investigation, tak­ing several measurements of the land, at and near w-here the fatal accident happened. These measurements were shown on a plan prepared for the purpose.

Harry M. Whittem.ore, of Nashua. N. H., formerly of -Ayer, engineer, ot the train that caused the fatal acci­dent, said that the train, south bound, w-hlch was a mixed one, carrying freight and passengers, left Nashua at three o'clock in the atternoon Ion the day of the accident. The train reached Pine Ridge station in West­ford about tw-enty-three minutes late. After the train left this station he noticed a man walking on the track quite a distance ahead. The man was going in the same direction as the train. Ho blew- the w-hisile fo.r the crossing w-hieh the train was ap­proaching, and seeing that thc man

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l e J ^ ' o ? r b " \ T k i n " - ' d l f nf-,"r,or"^n'rv ' •!•!>'- r"<'"> ^"s decorau-d under .Mrs. | was not getting off the track, gave grand jurv direct The r o \ « n ivo- • '^"^ ^^''•''•'^' ^'^""'^ direction with ' the alarm whistle, which Is a quick 'for this -Tctinn 1,;. , L . . . i i-! , ,^ '"'"* " j.lapanese lanlerns, parasols and peach ; succession of sharp blasts. The ne.-it for th.s action b> the railroad com-i | „ „ , , ^ „ ^ Q., ^ne side of the s.age ; that he knew of the m,an was when

! was a curio shop and on the other a : lold by the fireman that he w-as I .lapanese garden w>th a table at w-hich I struck.

Mr. Whittemoro said that ho ap­plied the' emergency brakes and stop­ped the train. The injured man w-as

Guests were present from just alive when the train crew- reach

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pany-s attorney w-as due to the great' expense of the prosecution if the reg­ular course w-as pursued, wherein t h e i M , „ c , , ; , n .-.- -.5 >. n -. ^ hearing w-ould be first held here. | ^^'^ 't' ; • X , f " - ; . f ^,.^'"' " , This would mako it necessary for the t f ^ l ' f ","''• ^^ ' waitresses and goyerr.meni's witnesses to apnear ! |![,-:t"';'' ' ' =" '^"^^ "' ^''' '-'''•""' ''""' twice, onco here and again before- tlte ' superior court. By taking the cases

the foliow-ing cluhs: Harvard. Liltio-j ed him. He w-as removed to the East ton. Altrurian of Shirley, C.roton. Gro-1 Litllelon station, where he soon afler ton .Neighborhood. Current Events of idled. .\ir. Whitiemore said that the

!anroad " c o n l o ^ U o , i ^ \ i n ' ' ^ a v e ' \ i i ^ : ;'^^•"^ •^''''P"^ Pep--| train was going about twenty-flve half the expense in w-itness feos and pereil, and eacii visiting club reported miles an hour when the accident ha'p-

other charges incident to their ap­pearance before the court. .As sev­eral of the government witnesses l;v -in tho middle west, such an expense would bo considerable The bai! cf the defendants was raised from Jit.Mi each, w-hich was set at tho tiine ot their arrest, to .$!Oro, which fo-low^-d the action of the grand j'.ir.v. H;;il was furnished.

lioth defendants w-ent to Cambrldee on .Monday to plead to tho indi'-ni-r.tf-boforo .I-.idge Urown in the stiper.or court. Both pleaded not guilty.

The cases which w-ere s'-t for trial .Monday niorning in the loca! court w-ere callod and aftor hoaring p.-ank J. Mtilonoy and .Iohn .M. .Maloney, at­torneys for Slofsky .p,nd Schw-artz, re­spectively, .lud.go .-Mw-ood. by agroe-mcnt of counsel and in compliance I w-ith tho reeiuest of the district at- ' torney, ordered the compl.-.ints dls- ' missed. Thc further procoodincs will j take place In tho superior court. The ! sotting aside of the original bail ofj f6.''iO follow-ed the dismissal of the | complaints. '

nn the special work it had done dur 1 ing the year. . . T'r.e music tor the afternoon consist-1 ed nf a piano solo by .Mrs. Len.-i Gray­don and a -ocal solo, ".laptmose love son;:." by .^!is^ '.-ona Kittredge.

The club \oted to form a music de­partment and Mrs. .\\-is B. Fishor w-as elected chairman by the board

The fo!lov.-|!it- departm.ent notices w-oro given: The literature class w-ill moe- with "Irs. Clara Hill on We^l-i.e.-dp.y aitorn"f.::. March 10, at throe o'clock. Tho ,'.rt class w-i!l m'-ol with -Mrs. Edith .io.-ir.snn on Fridav ovon­ing. March IJ, at 7.30. The topics of tho day cla?s will meet -w-ith Mrs. Lois Itirter on .Niot.ilav afternoon, .March .'<, a t 2.-.)(.:

pened. Ho said that he w-as employed by the Boston and Maino railroad tor forty-one years. The testimony of tho fireman and' conductor w-ere mainly corroborativo of that given by .Mr. Whitiemore.

The station aftent at East Littleton was the lasl witnoss. He was asked

• by Judge Atwood ciuestions regarding his knowledge ot the deceased and his disposition, and of the amount of travel over tho railrnad crossings In that vicinity. Charl.;s H. Montgomery, of West .Medford. an inspector con­nected w-itb the Massachusotts public service commission, was present at the inquest.

Judge Atwood. in summing up the ovidence finds that no unlaw-fnl act of any person or t-orporation contributed to the death of tho deceased. District Cnurt.

-Mattl i le inon'n. of Ashbv, was i brought into co-irt on Wednesday j S H I E L B Y , morning by Oflicer Carl Svord ot that ' placo, charged wl-h drunkenness anri | Center. disturbing the peace. The evidence I AHSS Vora Bradford of the Emerson showed that Heinonen, who is a Finn,! school of Oratorv has be-en spending

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entore<I a nelphbor's house occupied by a fellow- countryman In an intoxi­cated condition and refused to le.ive The law was thon appealed to to re

The Ayer Bo.ird of Trado has had 1 move the undesirable visitor from the the raro good fortune of listening lo 1 house. In answer to a question by some very able speakers since its j the court regarding his condition formation, but it Is only fair to say that never was a more Intoresting and practical address given betore Its members than the ono delivered on Wednesday evening. Tho speaker was Alfred W. Cutting, of Woston, and the suhject ;was "The development of hu­man efflclency."

Mr. Cutting, In his preface to thc address, sa id that he w-as formerly connected -with tho Sheldon School of Salesmanship of Chicago, which h.id branch ofilces In many ot tho larger cit ies throughout the country, one ot which was located J n Roston. Kc had appeared before many business organizations, giving them the result of h is studies on this verv practical and Important suhject.

By means of a Iprgc chart suspend­ed In plain view of the audience he proceeded step by step to enlarge up­on his subject In a clear and convinc­ing way, and which engaged tho clos­est attention of his hearers until thc end of his address. While his romirks

w-hen he entered the house tho pris­oner said that he took some alcoholic drinks for a severe cold and had prob­ably taken too much. The court thought that he had taken an over doze of his cold medicine and Im­posed a flne of ten dollars for drunk­enness. Tho complaint for disturb­ing the peace was filed.

Thc civil suit of D.-. Thomas B. Lilley against George E. SmUh, both of Shirley, was heard last Saturday morning betore Judge Atwood. The action was one of contract In which the plaintiff seeks to recover $31 25 with Interest which he claims the de­fendant Smith owes him for profes­sional services In treating the latter's wife. The main contention between tho parties was thc administration by the physician of a special treatment for .Mrs. Smith, who. ia aftlicted with a very severe attack of rheumatism. Thc doctor recommended a remedy and a course of trcatilacnt which- the

the w-oek at the home of her parents, .Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Bradford.

Mr. and .Mrs. J. C. Ayres visited last wook In Westminster at the home ot Mrs. Ayres' sister, Mrs. Emmaline How-ard.

Thomas H. Evans went to .Frances-town, ,V. H., tor a few- days, returning on Saturday.

Thc first and second degrees w-ere w-orked on a c lass of ten candidates at the meeting of Shirley Grange ,ph Tuesday evening. The degree work was carried out In a very creditable manner. Visitors were present from Groton and Lunenburg. The third and fourth degrees w-IU be worked at the next meeting on Tuesday, March 16.

MisR Elsie Kirby has been qulto 111 and unable to go oul for over a week. She Is, however, slowly Improving.

Mrs. Clifton Derby of N'orth Leom­inster Is spending a few days' at the home ot her parents, Mr. and Mro. George Holden. on Clark road.

Mrs. Anna Xuttlng Is visiting for a few days at the home of her niece, .Mrs. Luther E. Holden.

Thc main feature of the musical service at Mrs. Winslow's on' Sunday

evening was an address by Mrs. Shep­ard. of the Salvation Army. The mu­sical program included: piano selec­tions, Harold True Shattuck; piano and organ selections, F. J. Law-ton and Mrs. Wlnslow; vocal solos, Mrs. Ruby Smith and Mlss Marion Low-e.

All the children at the .\orth who have been sutfering from attacks of the mumps have recovered and re­turned to sc'hooll.

The next meeting ot the Matroii's Aid socieiy on Tuesday atterhoon. March S, wlli be held at the home of Mrs. Lather Holden, Elm cottage.

The First: Parish Branch Alliance held its regular monthlj- meeting on Wednesday afternoon at the home of .Mrs. Doris Wilson at the village.

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Austin Peters ot Haf'vard gave ih Interesting and Instructive address on "Diseases ot cattle" before the Grange last week Friday evenihg. ' Waldo. Livermore played a piano solo; Miss Marion Viets gave an mandolin solo, accompanied by her mother at the piano and .Miss Maria Steele gave a vocal solo. The surprise part con­tributed by Lucy Wetherbee and George Richardson, consisted of a lit­erary test, the names of books given ahd the author guessed by the audr ience. Mrs. Lewis Richardson won the prize and all shared in the peanuts given by George Richardson. The next meeting is musical night and the dramatic committee are rehearsing

a play to be given sometime next month.

Mrs. Charles Knight, who has been very sick with pneumonia, is better and it is now expected she w-III recov­er. -Mi-s. .Martin is with her. Mrs. Jiimes Knight, who teaches No. 4 school, has remained, at home and; her place at schpol has been filled by Miss Sara Richarflson, who is having a va­cation from her own school w-ork in Spencer.

Albert Walker got a bad tall on. the ice some lime ago and as the result is in bed under the doctor's care. Xo bones are broken, but he i s -badly bruised all over.

Ernest Barteau spent Sunday w-ith a sister in Wakefleld.

John Sherry went to a hospital this week to have a troublesome finger taken ott.

Willie Gooch aud family are visit­ing relatives at Assinippi.

The Neighborhood club spent a de­lightful afternoon with Mrs. Albert Llttlefleld on Monday.

The next meeting ot the Ladies' Missionary socieiy will be at Mrs. John Cobleigh's on Wednesday, March 10, at three o'eiock p. m.

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SHIRLEY.

If eng Items. •The three-act countr.v pla.v, "Wil­

lowdale," glveii b.v Aj-er Grange, will Ije staged In Odd Fellows' hal! on Fri­day evening, Jlarch 12, uutlor the aus­jiices of t.ho Altrurlan club under the direction of f. H. Barrows. Kcservtd seat tickets will go on sale at the store of Brockelman Bros., Monday

• evening, March S, at seven o'clock. The above play was staged in Aj'er recently and was received with de-Jlght by-the large audience present. Ben Rubin, the Hebrew comedian of Boston,, who has made such hits In the Industrial School shows, will ap-vemr in Hebrew monologue, character

.songs and clog dancing between the acts. U Is an excellent play, the char­acters, are excel lently portrayed and there, is plenty of comedy and pathos throughout and deserves a full house.

The Ladies'Circle of the Congrega­tional church, having several . coai-torters to tie and wishing to dispose of the w-ork as soon as possible. ' »ve decided to hold a.progressive qti-.tlng party and invite a!l their triends to help. Conseaiiently, the ladies and their friends will- ijreet in the church n-estry from two ufull eight o'cloek •Wednesday atternoon and evening, March 17. Atsi i .o 'c locktheworkersand their friends will partake of a basket aunch, coffee being served by the la­dles.

The Brill family have moved from Slab City, so-calied. Into one of the tenements in the Sanderson house op­posite the public library.

The Altrurian club will hold its reg-•nlar meeting on next week Thursday afternoon in the vestry of the Con­gregational churoh jit 2.30 o'clock. Sirs. Grace A. Johnson, of Cambridge, wil l address t h i members on the sub-dect ot "Suffrage." The .public are cordially invited.and it is hoped the men will be largely represented. - Mrs. Uohnson is a fine speaker. The meet­i n g will be opened to the public at three o'clock. Me.'ubers -will please snote the change in time. .

Rev. W. P. Burnell will occupy the ipulpit ot the Universalist church on Sunday morning at eleven o'clock. Sunday school at t'-velv'e.

A nine-pound son was-born dead to Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Brockelman on •Wednesday - morning.

The sale and entertainment at the Congregational church, under the di­rection of the Ladies' Circle on Wed­nesday evening was a pleasing social success. There •were sales tables con­sisting of fancy articles, aprons and candy w-hlch were wel! patronized. Ice cream and cake was also on sale. The entertainment, w-as all that could be desired and consisted of a farce by Mrs, CoIIyer's Sunday school e lass and several selections by the Old

Folk's Concert Co., under the direc­tion of Arthur X. Hersom.

Miss Gladys Love, of Littleton, is sewing at the homes of Mrs. John G. Conant and Mrs. Alice L, 'Wright.

The Alliance met Wednesday after­noon at the home of Mrs. Doris A. ,'Wilson. A large number of members •with visitors enjoyed a paper given toy Mrs. George Wells on "Indian in­dustries." Mrs. Wells also exhibited many articles of their handicraft such as blankets, pottery, basket work and loom and bead work which was kind­ly loaned by Mrs. Mary W. Hazen. .The business concluded, refreshments fwere served, a song was sung with Blrs. .Mary Tucker at the planb, and rthe meeting adjourned to meet in two weeks.

The I.adies' Aid o.' the Universalist church will hold a food sale in their .-\-estry on 'W'ednesday afternoon. March

,.<i(l. Sale at four o'clock. About a score of the citizens assem-

•bled at the, home ot Gilbert M. Bal­lou on Wednesday evening to discuss nnd make preitjninary plans for the organizing of a Board of Trade In IShirley. All phases of the subject •ivere thoroughly thrashed out and it v a s decided to elect temporary of­flcers in order to make a start. Gil­bert M. Bal'.ou was chosen temporary chairman and Charles H. Weare, jr., secretary. It -^as voted to hold the next ineetlng in Engine hall on Wednesday evening of next woek at T.:iO o'clock. •when it is hoped that ail citizens who aro interested in a Board of Trade for Shirley will be present. Incldentaliy t h e question of a Board of Trade is now out of the hands of the Men^s club of the Univ.-rf-.alist church and is a public question for the citizens of the town to act upon and decide.

Miss Grac? To-wkshury. of Cushins academy, sp<'nt the week-end anil over Sunday'at her home on Center road

Mrs. Ida M. Warr,:'n is spending .two weeks at the home of her sister. Mrs. Dudley Shea.

Miss .Mary Flynn, who s!!JT«.-red the elfects ot a shock Ia.st week Thursday, if. Improving, much to the delight of f.-iniily and friends.

Mrs. Herbert V. Martin, of Fitch­burg. with son and daughter, spent the week-end and over Sunday at the home of her sinter. .Mr. and Mrs. George Clark.

Mrs. Esbon A. .Miiis, who has been nursing in the family of Fred Murphy. of Leominster, for the past two weoks, h a s returned to her home.

J. C. Ayer lodge, A. O. U. W., will hold Us regular nioeting on Monday evening.

At the high school assembly held t a s t week Friday the following pro­Kram was given: Piano solo. Miss Corlnne Tremblay; debate. Resolved, "That millionaires are a beneflt to thc country," Miss .Mabel I. Osborne and SIlM Hazel Ballou, afflrm.; Miss Mar­greta S. Hast ings and Mlss Sarah S. StcvcnBon, neg. Tho judges, who wore Mlss Ruth Carter, Miss Mildred Day nnd Thomas Burrlll, decided In favor of the negative side.

city of St. Cloud. His specialties a ions this line are api>le.-i. pineapples and potatoe.s. harvcatln? t-.vo crops each ;:ear. .Some of his prize apples measure twelve inches in circuraf.?r-ence and six inches in diameter. He has also a large poultry yard which has in it a mixed breed, and during the year -ISl-J they netted hi::i over fi.j.d each.

The-abo.-e facts are not taken from Mr. Baker, but from the St. Cloud Tribune,, the leading paper of that place, who liave on their staff an agri­cultural editor who makes reports to his paper from personal Investigations and proof.

-Mr. and .Mrs. IJaker went to the south tota! strangers. Their only asset was a couple of thousand dol­lars, but by perseverance and hard work they have dlst-lngulshed them­selves In the agricultural line, besides buiiding a flne bungalow for a resi­dence nnd gradually accumulating more land for raising garden truck. It is about live years, s ince Mr. and Mrs. Baker left Shiriey for their new-home In the south and they most as-suredl.v planned well. In brief the following is an extract frora the St. Cloud Tribune, w-hich speaks tor It­self:

':.Mr. Baker has two lots on Ken­tucky- avenue and Sixteenth street on w-hlch he has a cottage for himself and w-ife. We have not mentioned all of the garden produce, neither have w-e mentioned the numerous kinds ot thrifty flowters and trees. We are sure that Mr. Baker w-ouId enjoy hav­ing .vou there to see the various kinds of garden truck that can be raised in St. Clcud soil."

Funeral. , The funeral of William Q. L.von, ot

Ayer, took place last Sunday after­noon -with service al the Universalist church at three- o'ciock. Rev. Edward B. Saunders, ot Leominster, officiat­ing. The church choir rendered "Somew-here the sun is shining," "Sometime we'll understand" and "Abide w-ith me." The bearers were C. R. White. J. Edwin Pomfret and Will iam H. Wilbur, who represented Fredonlan lodge. I. 0. 0 . F., of Shir­ley, and Joseph Kyle. Robert H. Irwln and Charles Washburn, of Robert Burns lodge, I. 0. O. F., of .\yer. There were large delegations present from Robert Burns and Vesta Re­bekah lodges of A.ver,"and also from Fredonlan- lodge and Mary A. Liver­more Rebekah lodge of Shirley. The Odd Fellows' burial service was per­formed at the cemetery under the di­rection of. Earl C. Merriman. noble grand ot Fredonlan lodge. The ni-ral tributes were rich and bountiful. Burial was in the family lot at the Village cemetery, Shirley.

Interesting . \ddresses. JIrs. Shephard, brigadier of the Sal­

vation, army; occupied the pulpit of the Congregational church on last Sunday morning, speaking from the topic "What is religion?" In the eve­ning, at seven o'clock, Mrs. Shephard addressed a union service in the audi­torium of the Congregational church on the subject of Salvation army re­lief work in Boston, w-hich w-as in­tensely interesting throughout. Mrs. Shephard, who is no stranger in Shir­ley, made a-decided impression on her large audiences at both services. At the evening service she made an ap­peal for cast-off clothing to be given to the destitute and unfortunate of the city cf Boston, and requested that w-hatever the residents of Shirley iiave to give to give quickly as the demand this winter at the army headquarters for clothing and shoes had exhausted the supply. All those w-ishing to con­tribute w-lil please send or take the same to the store of Conant Bros., as Jo'hn Conant has '.-ery generously con­sented to box up all contributions and forward to the army headquarters in Boston.

Staking flood. L. I... Baker, of. St. Clonrt. Osceola

county, Florida, is now one of thc foremost cit izens in the above place. Mr."Baker w a s formerly a resident of this town, l iving on E,il!ou's hill , and followed the business of carpentry tor a l l y i n g . Since going south Mr. Baker has proved himself to be one of the best truck and fruit growers in the

Saturday evening. Stanley F. Whit-^ of the village also attended the ban­quet a s delegate fro.ii the Yale chap­ter of the fraternity. ,

Mrs.-David B. .Mar.sh visited .^!r. and Mrs. Ralph I. Evans in Francestow::. .v. H., last week, whore .Mr. Evar.s is located with his portable s-dwmili.

Miss Ruth M. Graves arrived horn.-from Royalston last ,?.aturday for a three weeks' vacation from teaching school. Miss Graves is recovering nicely from the effects of her bro'K.-r. arm.

Miss Hazel Cuniniings. w-ho has been suffering from a severe attack ot inflammatory rheumatism, at last reports was able to sit up a little.

Howard M: Longley and Norman R. Graves attended last week the Pren­t iss and Lovell sa le of pure bred Hpl-stein-Freisian cattle at Bel lows Falls , Vermont.

The Girls' Sewing Guild was pleas­antly entertained on iast Saturday af­ternoon at the home ot Misses Carrie and Helen Bradford.

The inside work on Mrs. Cynthea Lynch's new bungalo-*- on Center road is nearing completion and the bunga­low will soon bo ready for occupancy.

QROTON.

HistorltaL The following names are the heads

of families in Groton in the first cen­sus of the United States in 1790:

John .-VrchibalU .Vn-.os .\mes i i o b t - r : Am*..-j John -Vmes If.uh.Mno9 JoStn>h .^llen Be.ijamln ,\m.-«l.;n John Adnms Garon Brow-n James Btood JAmes Bloocl. Jr. Lev! Blood . Peter Blood .Xn-.azlah Blood Henry Blood Henry Blood

.Monthly Meetlne. The .Men's club of the Universaiist

church held its regular monthly meet­ing on Tuesday .-vening in the church vestry. Supper was served at T.HO under the direction of the following committee: Earl C. Merriman. Harry O. Bangs, Alvah R. \ratton and .\ust;n F-sh.

.•\t the ciose of the supper, the pres­ident. J, Edwin Pomfret. caiied i.-i meeting to order and at his sugges­tion the regular order of busin'-ss w.is suspended.

James L. Holland, chairman of thf entertainment committee, intrnducert ilirani E. Tuttie. se<~retary o:' the Waltham Roard of Trade, w-ho xiav- a varied and interesting talk on I'nt-f>rganizat;on of a Board of Trad^ .-ind li;e benefits the town derived from r.neb nn organization. nobr-rt H. .\'e-.vco!nl>p. manager cf th* indns'rlal department of the Boston and Mainv raiiroad, w-as the next spoak'^r. v.-ho toid what tho Boston and Mnine rai:-road vvas e:ideavoring to do to hooni .N'e-A- Kngland from an industriU a:-,-l agricultural standpoint, and how th-" industrial department oi the Boston and .Maine railroad conld be of beneflt to Boards of Trade and maniifactur-.'rs who were seeking new locations and individuals who were looking for serviceable farms.

P.oth speakers in closing urged the booming of Shirley by the forming .i' a Board of Trade and cited what had been accomplished In other towns as examples. They were given a rising vote of thanks. A few- ot the mom­bers availed themselves of the priv­ilege of asking questions which In .-i measure tended to bring out thc nega­tive side of the question.

The meeting was strongly in favor of a Board of Tradc. for Shirley and at the suggestion of the president it waa flnally decided that ali those who wero in favor of a Board of Trade should Aieet at thc home of Gilbert .M. Ballou on .Wednesday evening at 7.X0 ©•clock, when w-ays and means were argued at length. About forty -Acre present at thc meeting.-

Center. Harold Thompaon, who is ,st,aylng

.at the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. L.-.ther Holdon. is recover­ing from an attack of the mumps.

Robert H. J. Holden attended thc annual- banquet of tho Harvard chap­ter ot Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity at the Hotel Thorndike In Boston on last

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T h e W . J, H A N D L E Y CO, 101 .UtiioQ 8t. BostBD, S a s s .

A GOOD ASSORTMENT — OF —

HORSES FOR SALE

•AT —

Piano Tunino T C M N G AND n E P . \ I R I X « PROMITI,X ATTENDED TO

J . F . Cliaffin Co. Tcl. 8-16-W Fltcbburi;, Mass.

r l a n o H . IMano r i n y e r A , V I e t r o l n a a n d a F n l l L i n e of R « c a r d « , M u a l c n n d

M a a l c a l I n a t r t i m c n t a

E. D. STONE Fire Insurance Agent

Antoiqobllo and Cordirood Insurance Esther A. Stone, TypewriUng

Pace ' s Block Ayer, Masa.

F. EARLAND OILSON Dental OfHce and Booms

DR. RAIiPH H. WYIiIE Assodato Assistant DentUt

ZtatAy AaslBtaitt Sm3

Cage's Block Ayer, Mass.

Whitney's Stable AYER, MASS.

Telephone 29-3 3m5*

A N e w Lot of Horses Re­

ceived This Week

I Asparagus Bunchers

BOTH FOOT P R E S S U R E A N D H.\NT) P R E S S U R E

TheHO machines pre«s and cut oft tho butM at ono operation with the raliia in placo near tho top ot thd bunch ready to tlo and cut off -with snvall knife on top of tho clamp. Th« but.s when cut drop thro'Jgh an open­ing in tho top of table Into bo.t or basket.

Semi Bt.a.-r.p for circular and price ll-'it to 3 m l 5

S. H. Houghton Harvard, Mass.

r h o n e 14-2 P. O. Lock Box 17

Man! Hungry Man! .-\ famous philosopher once aaid that

the way to reach a man's heart Is by the way ot his stomach or words tn that effect, 'i'ou married women know you Uke your husbands pleased a s to their meals. AU the' Uttle things in the grocery lino may bo found In our littlo storo to pleaso the most fastidi­ous men. A trial wUl oonWnco you. We aro the local agents for the ce le ­brated CcrcsoU and Gold STedal Flour* —none better.

Our Specialty U tbe Handling of tbe Very Bort

Vermont Bntter ftnd Oheese

EAST MAIN STBEET OBOCEBY JAMES E . ORU'JblK, Proprietor

EOAt Main Stroet . Ayer, Man*.

^ G E O . E. FELCH " . F L O R I S T i

AYER. MASS.

DAY OLD CmCES W R I T B R O C K ! ) , P l a l i r l a t r a l n . tlS p e r

100. C U S T O M n A T C H I X O , » 3 p e r 100 cBaw.

O r d e r e a r l r

E. M. YOUNO Littleton, Mass. I Acent for "nUPPAI.O" I.fCUn.VTOns

ood tIROODRRS Write for partlenlam lm21»

N.A.8PiPS80NL LITTLETON. S A T U B D A Y , M A E C H 6, 1 9 1 5

Wish to call your atten­tion to their stpck of

GEMETERY MEMOfALS

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

Ayer, Mass. FEtANK S. BENNETT

Kuccessor to ABTHUR FBNN'ER

Insurance Agent and Broker -Main S t r ee t T u r n e r ' s Bldg.

A V E R , MASS. **""• " . M. Stone, Pnbt ic TrpeTrr lKr

I

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W H Y NOT D R O P I X AND S E E

Mullin Bros ^ Tljcy Imve never shovm n I.-trccr and

t.etnxr s tock of good t h i n s s for tl»e Hol idays .

Nuts . Dates

Oranges Grapes

A .Splendid Assor tmen t of

(.'AXUY AND, S r x . S l I t \ E COOKIES

Tliat will m e l t In your m o n t h .

W c will give yon a good t r a d e in

China as vpe have some that we are going to sell at eome price-wlthlu the next t4;D dnys .

A4ullin Bros. 0 Page ' s Block AYKR, MASS.

Union CashMarket Ayer, Mass.

I 'OOK O T E R T H E S E P R I C E S

SIIILOIN STE.VK

FRE.Sn SHOULDER,S,

KOASr PORK

SLICED HAM,

SKIN BACK HAMS,

2.je. Vt

13c. n.

l-2c. n,

•25e. lb

15c. It)

Union Cash Market Jlaln Street, Aycr, M.iss.

A N'loe Assor t inent of

Democrat VVagons

COX'CORD

BUGGIES

Carriages, Butcher

Carts Harnesses

OTTs I t e m s .

Her-oex'i F.. \Vh:;:::'-v < - r ; : r , . : r ; u> inip.'o-.-e.

On T.uesUay evt-nlrg tx s-.ipue:- and ' . 'ntertalnment w i r e ;;!-••( n hy the Krankl in class Ih the Uapt is t vestrv, the boys doing wai ter (.ervice. con-d-jcting some a-ature.s of thn sa ie in tlH; aftt-rnoon and (irovidii.B a brief e n t e r t a i n m e n t in ti:e t-venins witb much credit to themsolvc-s and thi-ir teaciier . .Mrs. E lmar Flagg. Someth ing over fifty dollar.s wa.s realized from the sa le and supper.

T h e iyceum meets ne.\t Tuesdav evennigr for one of Us chief at i ract lon 's of^ lhe Hlnton-Verdi cc.miianv. Miss Ethel Hinton limits herself to cha- -ac tc r i za t ions In dialect tha t h.'ive made he r so popular th,-.t hor ent i re s u m m e r s a re now engaged for t-wo .yea.'s in advance. Ple t ro Verdi, who !s known a s •"the one-man band " is a host In himself• and together they give an en te r t a inmen t of worth from every s tandpoint . A number of I tal­ian folk-songs will be given in cos­tume .

Rev. 0 . J, Fairf ield 's , sermon sub­ject Sunday : morning will be "The tonic o t r ight th ink ing tha t is so es ­sent ia l a t all t i m e s ' f o r human prog­r e s s and contentment and needed now in this w-orld cr is is ."

E d w a r d P. She jhan s ta r ted Mon­day af ternoon for California to visit fr iends and see the country . H i s va­cation will continue one month and he p lans to be a t heme again the first of . \p r i l .

Con-.munlon will be ob.'icrved a l th.e Congregat ional church Sunday, when the following persanK wiii be admit ­ted in-LO membersh ip and felio-Aship: .Mrs. Ix)ve and th ree daughte rs , Glad­ys . E e r t h a and .losephine, from the Concord church, and .Mr. and .Mrs. F r a n k Chase from the .\shb.v- church .

Tho v.-inter term in the elenientarv schooLs wili ciose Fr iday. March I'i, for ?. vacation of two weeks. The high school vacation win begin a w-eek la ter and the senior class, chapc-roned by .Mis.s .Marion Flagg, will ic^ve town J Ia rch I& oi: their long contem­plated •Washington, IJ. C,, t r ip of one v.-eek.

.Misses Fannie , and Gei-irude San­derson s ta r ted .'.ionday r.oon for Chioapo. 111., a r r iv ing a t the i r des­t inat ion Wednesday morning. They -.viil be the gues ts of Mrs. Helen Mor­r is th rough the present month.

Albert Shedd is the new foreman at the Harwood farm. His household goods, now in transit", will be moved tn to the Harwcod tenement house shor t ly . In the Interim .Mr. Shedd has acco.-nrcodatioiis in, the H'arry Hume, family.

Li t t le ton friends have learned that E. A. Cox has been very ill a t his present home in Karre and in ca re of a t ra ined nurse .

Many of the l 'nited 'U'orkers w-ere unab le lo at tend the me<-ting a t .Miss -•Eiizabeth-Thacher's cn V.'ednesday af­ternoon, but seventeen were present and the program, very unitjue and nove), was one of the . most enjoyed this season, l 'nder the direction" of -^Irs. A. M. Parker , a course in a r g u ­menta t ion favoring missions w-as conducted; Mrs. W. E. Conant, a s sum­ing non-belief in the subject, w-as (iiially convinced of the value of mis­sions th rough a series ot a r g u m e n t s given in dialogue form by other ladies present . Let te rs from Rev. Gfrorge B. Fros t , of Andover, were read. .Mrs. Fr i - l S. Kimball read-a i>aper cn "Ed­ucation in foreign count r ies , " and .Mrs. .1. C . Alvord gave a talk on "The educat ion of Jewish ch i ld ren" and "Educat ion ;n biblical l i t e r a tu r e " and also led i n . t h e devoti0!:al exercises .

The prepar . i tory lert;:r^ was held on Thursday evenihg at the Congrega­tional vestry.

.Mrs. J. C. Alvord wi!l.i.-ive a ser ies of Sunday evening ta lks on sacred a r t , beginning .Sunday evening w-ith an int roduct ion on "Tlie spiri t of the old mas t e r s . "

The high schoo

being qu i te en thus ias t ic as to the val­ue of the "every memb'-r f-nv'i<^s '• a s a means of promoting ac r.iaintance .•;r:d gc;,d fellowship.

Conference.

-Monday everiing the.-, was a confer­ence of Sunday school iea.-"he-s -ind omcer.-; a t the Congrejratio,-;.-.J pa r son­age, which was attended b v . n e a r l v the en t i r e force. Chas. ..\. "Kimball", bunday school supe r i t - e roen t pres id­ed. Each t eache r told of tlie a ims of hlB or her own clas.s, and discussed ..he specia! problems. The organized Classes, tho Baraca and the Pki!ath(.ii •A-<-re represen ted by their respective ' pres idents , A. B. Conant and Miss Marion W. F lagg . Mrs. Carr ie Gor­don Leland, who has had etitenslve c t p e r ence in St. Louis Sundav schools and e lsewhere , was presen t and spoke on tho subjeci of Sundav school w-ork and workers , emphasiz­ing j h e impor tance of visiting pupi ls in the i r homes and the value of each class accompl i sh ing some definite s tudy befo.-e pa s s ing on lo thc n e x t higher c lass .

•Miss El izabeth Houghton , Miss A!ic-<- Wright , :\llss .Myrtle- F l e t che r and .Mrs. J. C. Alvord were chosen a committee to o rgan ize sys temat ic Bible study In the school. N. B. Co­nant . Mrs. A. F . Conant and Rev. J . C. .Alvord were chosen a commit tee to secure pe rmanen t t eache r s in the school. By .Mr. Alvord 's suggest ion the Congregat ional pape r s will be subst i tuted for those of Cook Pub ­l ishing Co. At the close of this busi­ness meet ing a social hoflr with r e ­freshments cont r ibuted to tiie enjoy­ment of the evening.

ed by Morr is HlUlquet t , seemed to be a very d lHerent sor t of men. The evidently knew- w-hai the for. They whose 1

muf,'";;!, '^''"'•«'"-'» for nearly all dcnoml-

knew what they were ther"e yeliil?ii'"^hir^':V", nurvlce and Sunduy ;y knew how tlie bcf ine . s ar! ,.: b^ie'YodJe "•^h^i,**'"' '" ' ' ''"-•'•<-• a b o r e r s they ,..;,:.e>^"t;d; I ' ' ^ z J ^ ' / l ^ V ^ i i t . ^ T Z . ^ ^ ^ l l ;

PAOZ SEVEN r?v-V h . . ^ ' ^ ""* ' "* ' ' . and upon hl« a r -

n,".w,^''"h:?' ">? rye meal and onions to wen . , r f L ° H ' 'he TnKrc-drenT.i°rhc^S h,'."\^?..l!!l.h°!"^o' the patient and make wer had

A GOOD ASSORTJIEXT AND AT ALL PRICES

CAUL. A N B S E : B T H E M

Its Carriage "Repairing in AU Branches Promptly

Done AZ^O, H O R S E S H O K I N O A N D O E N -

E R A L BLACKSMITHINO

y^xx'.ortt, pers i s t ­ent in their efforts to secure the sum needed for their Washinptor. t r ip , a n ­nounce tha t they will seii ico ( r e a m at the danc ing school Ihis wtek Sat­urday evening.

Rev. O. J . Fjiirfield, express ing his sympathy with the high .<^ehool sen ior .-.mbitions. gave a splendi'l lec ture on Veilowstone .National Tarl;, showii.g a miinber of beatitiful slides fast Sa tu r ­day evening, thus adding ten . do i ia rs to the i r t r ip fund. Their r'ood .sal'- in the af ternoon ais-n heip-d along tho good cau.se a good bit.

Tho King 's Daughters held a proiit-a l / e nv-etiiig w-itli Mrs. Ireland Tues­day af ternoon. Busines.s and wt.rk lilled. up the t ime and much w-as ac­complished. Notice was given of the King's Daugh te r s ' co\inty convention to be heid in the West Somervi l le Baptist church on April I.'.. The Lit­t leton circle wiil bo weil r fpresentod. King's Daugh t e r s ' fair on April fl.

The Woman ' s ciub d i rec tors held a meet ing at tho close of tho l ec tu re on Tuesday af ternoon to consider the ad­visabili ty of milking some minor changes In the const i tut ion. The m a t ­ter will be pre.sented at the next c lub meet ing for consider.ation and possi­ble discussion.

.Miss Ida Dow-, music teacher , was unable to meet her c lasses at Mrs. Hal l ' s last Sa tu rday because of Ill­ness .

The. Woman ' s ciub was at tended Tuesday by abou t half the usua l num­ber due t o - t w o o t h e r a t t r ac t ions that demanded the presence of manv club women. Afte.-. t he reading of the sec­re ta ry s r e p o r t the pres ident review-ed the p rogram of- the mid-winter s ta te fooeration. .Miss. Ber tha Love plaved very acceptably "The hun t ing song" by Schumann . "The housewife 's hymn" .by AngeHiK. Morgan, was read by .Mrs. .Mary Xiiacher. and .Miss How­ard then gave ' the meeting into the hands of the cha i rman of Household Economics commit tee , .Mrs Ma-y Brown.

The l a t t t r spoke of the-ef for t s of her cominittoe in prac t ica l l ines and paid an ar tect ionate t r ibu te to the la te Ellen H. Richards , , pioneer in domes­tic science and au thor , whose Ilfe and social activiiie.-, in Li t t le ton a r e pleas­ant ly remembered bv many of the club inembers and o thers , and rec­ommended her books on the subject of home economics . She then presen t ­ed the speake-r of the af ternoon. Miss Laura Comstock of Amhers t Agricul­tura l college faculty, who gave a val­uable talk on budget m a k i n g and

I nousehoid accoun t s . She also gave a high t r ibu te to the service and valua­ble l i t e ra tu re in the economics de­pa r tmen t cont r ibuted bv Mrs. Rich­ards .

Ill making a forecast ,of e.\-penses or budget she would claasifv expenses under food, c lothing, shel ter , opera t ­ing e.vpen.ses and higher life. The outgo for each siiould be a certain percent of the income, t h e ' p e r c e n t of the income e-.vpended for food increas­ing with the lower incomes, since food is the g rea tes t necessity of life, the opera t ing ex| ;enses decreasing" most percept ibly and the h igher life expenses , t ha t is those devoted to l i te ra ture , e n t e r t a i n m e n t s a n d . such i th ings as cont r ibuted to the intel lec­tual and spi r i tua l development de­creasing ne.-.;t in lhe smal ler incomes. Hav ing cast the budget Miss Cora-1 stock wouid next keep accounts svs-tematical ly . a sys tem for which she exhibited. The speaker w-as hearti lv applaude-d by her small but very en­thusias t ic audience.

The Amhers t t rave l ing l ibrarv of household economics books is "now lent to our ijubiic libi-ary and at the free disj.o-.a; of aii who wish lo take them.

produced and the work..-.g c .street end of t h e inana^-eniei.t.

Even one poor working luan, su.-j-.-moned to a p p e a r beicre thc ;-oi/.,xi--tee, knew W h y he to-.-.Id :.((t ;;-,-... cn $L60 a day, m a r k e d down from {i.oo. Though he could hi. he seemed g rea t men fact he knew ly fired oft h i s j o o wn-i-. t.(. p . from giving h i s testi inon\ ' which would seem to shov.-: that some one w-as In touch, wi th v.hat was going on. All of which f - t s (;.;t r t>oid relief thc b ru ta l i ty oi " b i g ' busi-

A Letter.. ~ .A le t ter from the r-jrmer correspon­

dent for the Guidon w-ill in teres t a host of f r iends in this and neighbor­ing t o w n s :

Dear Friend—No. 1 h.-.vc not fo.-Kot-tcn my promise lo -.vri-.e >ou a:id -.til you how I llkfed Klo.-laa. u has xa'a-n all this time to m a k e >.;'p niy xnint: 'or .cominif here one ."n^.m witli a ' fa.-iiiorc violent change t-.'.a.n u tressini,-tho BJ-cat Atlantic . Tir.i.ie i.s siornethiiiK so .strange, w-elrU. BO1< rr..'i on th< who'e face of na ture tha t yo.j eon-.n to a corn-p i t tc mental statnl[K.;.-it when p e o n e casually ask youi •.•.»;], now oo you like i-lorlda';- I a!-.vay> want -o m y the country around l>: ra.sfi,-iatj.;j;, a lur -•InK. yet elusive, sonit.xhin^; yo-j' c-i"-' <|Uite Ket hold of '.hax Ke. p.s. yci-j rrom t ay ing in spite of i t t .-jiartv tharins- "l-*s the most beautif-j. atitn .;.-i ...-i.-...-•

t-o'j.i wanes when work .swinK.

•rtiere Is a largo lumber rr.lll wc i>aKi. dally when going Into :ow„ , 5 ? " "til: irilllloii ieex or lumber Is c-ul i"o:ith,y, and .»uch fir.ooih. loally liuii . .some lumbfi-—Klorida pine. The own.

- very kindly^ took mc- all over tho

Juachiiiery, placed into a ru t Vvith alli­um,"?'" ..'''n'".'. "'*!', ""*-•"* o '<"' '"'-o what the., call the ullccr. operated by four b.ack men, who Btood on a. platform opc-ratlnK brakes, as they slid from one end of the slippery platform to the o ther , ull tho while showing their. K.eainlnK-white tc6ih. Thcy wc?c nart uf the fascination of the place. These bonrdi.. were cut intcf different widths and Hke maific put a w a y Into the stor-aKe rooms or sheds, .vll the odds and ends were forced up into a high chute which empties Itself onto a huKC DMC that burns niKht and day. AU cm-'•o%m ' ' ^ ' ' ' ' " " ""• " ' " o " 'hey wan; •tZrn\';^,:d'"t^f"' '""" "••'""'•' • " -

i^e^iPSF£S'\^'-^-.flven him „ P ncarK- twi^d.-ty, pn •fj.!"i -'.'•'"<'!'>'.''ClnK- applied' "X

doctor had revloQs

t Ihat

- "wx:!y ., " „ " '^ '*'" adjoining Ayer. >a.s a desperate eas ' -This

Iloor as Ity, . . J M ""•»* ' 'hem to thc ,'.!".,'j\-r.' ?" <hey were oppljed. and

^ u. iew oa5.s was restored to and healt

; .Mr. Hartford

The Leading Lady . All tbe farm's a stage and tfae

hen just now is the star; she is laying tbe jToondation of future p o u l ^ profits.

tSe,eoe,lOe,tlMl:tSlb.tiaa$tM gives health and thereby in­creases the niunber of fertile e^gs. ' Result^more and stur­dier chicks.

Pratts Baby Chick Food ' SSo, BOo a-nd $1.00

istbegreatestchieksftverlmown. . Bef OM nbctituteii: iiuUt «n P n t t c

Satb&Ktloa GBsraniecd or Hooey Bed! g CMFratUieOjxietPDuUryBook

Sold by Grain Dealers nnd d e n e n l Stores

• JK W i l l i j ; .

y Ti-[,iion. unex.ini!.

f'.ead : try nl

I'!U--1! < ! • . . .-:

XTn lo r

, . i . - : - e . i : < j . T-nx far-<:Omi)ie;c hnv- .-X'

':.i: hay

V.'e

.K Contrast, The

FREDERICK WHITNEY A T B R . UASS.

SflARTINft, n t l l .T INa , Pt.-I.l.EYSi ETf., FOH SAI.K—Cheap for e.ish. All

Visitation P n y .

T h e Bapt i s t church enjoyed on Sun­day a day of visi tat ion among the m e m b e r s of tho church and congrega­tion. Sixteen visi tors went In pa i rs , two men or t w o ladies, dividing t h e church ' s l ist a m o n g them, so tha t du r ­ing the af ternoon near ly , if not qui te , all received a call . The vis i tors we rc Fred .McCoy and George Kimbal l , Evere t t Kimball and Hiram Sauler , .Mrs. Edi th Sau le r and Mis.1 Marjorie D o d g e , . M r s . Kred McCoy and Mrs. Annlo Smi th , .Mrs. Alice Kimball nnd Miss E m m a Tenney, Mrs . E l m a r F l a g g and .Mrs. George. Whi tcomb, Mrs. .Maud K. Caulk ins and Mlss Olive F lagg , .Misses Gladys Kimball and Ruth Robinson. In thc evening service

, . „ „ . , . , . , . . _ ^ , . . „ ^ . „ . ^..„„. „ . . '^^ * '" ' church the visi tors met and in good"con'dTtVon. ^ApTly""to^Turnc'r 's I 'compared notes . All enjoyed the i r Publ ic Spirit Offlce, Aycr. Mass. I Sunday af ternoon experience, Rome ' apponrcd"bc>Me"tho

recent Hearings b.-i'ore the Waish commission on- ' lndustr ial rela­tions heid in .\ew- 'i 'ork a re interest ­ing ill that they show up what the kint 's of finance don ' t know about their own b' lsiness. The test imony of such men as B"!n;ont. Guggenheim, KoekefeU-r. .Mor::aii. Roger W. Bah-f'oii and otliers as to what they don't know about tiie conduct of tlie various concerns in wiiicii they a re sujiposed to act as director.^, if taken at ifs face valu'-, goes tor to prove the contention of tho sociai is ts . tiiat the k ings of ilnance are - o : necessary to the suc­cessful coiiciiictiii.g of ijig business en­terpr ises .

One and mor r of the i)„nch admit­ted at different ' imes dur ing the in­vestigation tha t they did net know in what counlie.'-, tlie activities they w-ere supjiosed to direct were located, did not know even approximately how-many men thcy employed, what wages were, how many hours the men were supposed to work, wliat the living condit ions of the help were, or in fact any th ing about the conduct of the bus iness except the amount of divi­dends it r e tu rned .

Roger W. Rob.son, publisher of con­fidential r epor t s on business condi­t ions, testified a s followsi •The one thing t h a t In te res t s Wall s t ree t Is dividends, i t doesn ' t mat ter whether these d ividends a r c produced by fair means o r foul, by old or new machln-.«ry, by good o r bad management . The t e s t o t al l t h e s e t h ings Is whether tney produce d iv idends o r not."

T h e r e you h a v e it In a nutshel l . According to t h e tes t lmonv of these g rea t men all one h a s to do as a di­rec tor in one of t he se mammoth enter­pr i ses is t o h i r e a competent man­ager , give him h i s in s t ruc t ions and all responsibi l i ty so f a r a s he Is concern-ea Is a t an end. T h e manager ' s In­s t ruc t ions need consis t of but two w o r d s : " P r o d u c e dividends ." The Boston P o s t pu t t h e m a t t e r very neat­ly when It r eve r sed the subject edi­tor ia l ly and said subs tan t i a l ly : "If these men tpld t h e t ru th thev are unfit to hold tho posit ion of director in a big company , and If thev lied thcy o u g h t not to bo t rus ted in sueh a posi t ion."

•Tho r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s of labor who: commit tee , hcad-

Klorida is really ei innnlte var iety of Ire';.-:, lluITy Kreen pine iii.iin to. and Juat a t thi.i ;.:ii are tieautlful bcyon-i the softi new leaves .-.. deep red c lus ters th.-it banks In all dIrectK i.yi i-' low JasminC'twines .:..,.•• ( nnd IlvinK tret.i a:..l lilled with It. I'tav.i ;..-;:! are now covered -.-.•.:h is white bjos.-^oms and 'h.i i in spite of the ien-..".ir;;r,K 1: trees, arc beKinning xo ;, IraKrant blo.-^so.^is. loty-it ties, have been In f.-.-.^rai! many weeks und In the' I; the dltrcrent variet ies of Jaiianes.- i y-biscirs. violets and hvaci.iihii.

Fifty miles far ther south ..^tr.-wt .---rios arc long jiast tiieir fi.-st iilckiiii.-and In our own ImnL-Tliate lo^.-ui-y a. sorts of ear ly vegetables ha-/e been on our table for many week.s and s i ch delicious, sweet, tendcr-v.getabie« they are:—boots, tur.^lp!.. :e:tu'..;, enlonj--sweet potatoes, etc.. and ior ; ' j ' - pa-it two weeks Kreen peay. T.'i-.se have - " come to matu r i ty ;.-. sp.-e <.' COK' weather, not a frcezJ-.K C"'d, lor x^o'-me.-cury has not fc.-m ilc-A-n -o -he Ire-ezlnK point but one-. ; ir.al wa.s .- he-i-the middle of Xove.-nce- i-i,j- :- ]^ ..' damp, chill cold, thai ir,af;.-s llle i.r'Kh't lire In the b i s nre-j.-iacev very a;-rac-tlve. In spite of this iXnirixint;'-.' -,o C:-sccma to take cold, ar.d the '" er da Climate Js said to" o> :.:,,i;v spVci'ic Ior the cure of asthni:. a.-.d .v-is. I have talked -nit-i iin ties who told nie cf --if-.-cure many years ago. \V.-periinced a ra ther cold wmx tor Florida, but tnrf..ii.',n . corne frerjuent warr.--., hriKl.l wouid convince a noTXht i:.-; run oould be In thi.*- ixi-iX'-t chose.

My winter hoir..^ iix.- te twelve-acre orange Krove ef leen -years- Krowth. xr.- -i-, past nine years be.-irinK x.rtiXil are one and a half miles frc rn -o-.v-i and one-eight of a mile i;,,,,, i,-.i' .-.i'. t rance Kate, for all holdiriKH .-.re e-i-

1 Closed w-ith wire f.-ncini; to oro'eex from the cattle and i.igs iba- : .ii; a t IarKC. • Our bunKalow IK on ;:ie ..h-i--of L-ake Tsplapopcka, which is about

I Hit feet from our front vCra-nia I liked rowing on the lake unlil 1 saw the alliKators. w-l*ich a re now i.-irX-,.tt ninK to comc to tl..- shor.-; O u r I; rr' --I it consists of my cou.--in, h.-r tv.o y''.':',^ ' -iwenty-Ilve and seventeen years f'-'-tlr- 1 myself and the bl.-.ck hoiive b rv ' w.'io -is at least thlr ty-eiKh; yea i s old." 'Tti-yt- f men are traln"l-d to perJ-.-ct j-ioii^e s*-• -icc. bm are called "iK.y.s" lo ihe .-W.'-<- " their life. In times of si ress t-:- oi xht- out.«lde hoys who woik ,n t ' e Ki-ove can bc called In to nssiv; ro-•hey are all used to hous'*.V').-k ' (-'-present cook Is a..^slstant preat; . . - ' ;" ' ; his church, so If he is ah.s«in--m -<v<i in the least wc know he is w-toj-Kii-'-crinK for his coming service.

flux Ilttlc town of Inverness -s *'f county sf-at of r i t r u s connty, "ci nyitie'--ed the Kreatest rishlng and huit lntr Krounds In Klorida. I t is the "i,;,r--men-s paradise for the fish a " ' i-ime arc protected liy law. In t ; ' . ' .'.'••'.se I-arls bear, deer and wild t i i rk-v- ---found, and It Is said.-.-t K(|ulr-'e' ''<i-every tree. In the pme -A-oo.is nu: ;': abound In .abundance. The tv>v'- ' , -,. are K-r'-at hunters .-,r,d r|-iaii en -<'.•.'• • lilMll potted or tT.'-i.nKeed wll, •,'•.. re-m a Kreat luxi.ry ;o me aKain

.VmobK the predi.-etH nf the s';-< - - . r.iauKes. Krapefrint lemons. ' 'i't-. iriia-.^ns Kiapes an.l i.e-ans w-hirh K:.,-,.' in abundance; al.'--o. e r n whea; t pot.-itoes. sweet r.i.'i tr.yti. •.•.ate.—'e . , '•n.s and canteloup. .-. In a ' recen- i"--., ' ride I passed l i . d s of hnndred^" . ' | .acres a 1 laid ou; Xt-r watermelons io- ' the early market.^ -riie Kround ia r,--- , buined over and i; i" one of the i—e-,- ' siKhts to sec field" r.-,d trees burrir .K' n preparation for :^e plowinK < •> '

in awhile we con-,e ;,. .a' tree fha- > -burned nway al i;^ bjuse and fa ' •' .-ici-oss the road, and lucky for -^ driver If In the ndjoinlng land -h--Is a place to drive the cTr a"( -n'<" i-To meet theso obstacles nfter'

plete dlstructJon" ot"the"tre'c" on V h ™h . g r o w s It looks very ar t i s t ic w-hen

It is a t first mixed In ' the pretty r i v c ' o;,ks or any other tree, for It Is theii of XI soft. Breenlsh gray, and -looks Mtal .and graceful, but year bv vear it i-aps the vitali ty of the trees .and In time, probably inany y.ears, I t d i e s and nothinK Is left but tho bare tree with Its Kauiit. crooked, outstrctchlnK. fan­tast ic Ii!nb.s, looking as thouKh thev v.-ere reaching out to catch hold of -th'e eiieiny that has destroyed It. Still af ler ail, what would Florida be with­out i ts moss-draped t rees? JJette- 'ct ;aiise and process be forgotten' and lOok lit them as thoy are at prese'nt III their K.-acefuI. tlowlng outlines, and --X the rest alone.

i must not forKet the grand old hickory trees. There Is also the hard-•w,od mill not far fro.-n the center of .he town and. this hickory wood fur-.",',".^';^, i"!^ lumber for the spokes of aiKomobile wheels, v.-agon rJms. hoc .tnd shovel bandies, etc. tVork a t the turpent ine . stills are at . present "n

c i i n d m o n s . " ^ ' " ' " ' ""•'"*-' "«"="" " ^•*'-V.' ' r. "??• "°*y pear I came to for-

- . P a t i e n t from tH^HirKc n u ^ ^ . ^ J he hais treated Winters ago h »l^-:":<ii- .V;^

One lad ter of cess that

' •"•aM.'wi'^"^^' ' ' ' ' ' '" '^'••'"c a let-u ' h c r c a s - ° " . , . " r ° " " ' "f "= S"c-, :_"'^5.'^^='--- and goes on to s.ay

IS used for caskets or h igh-grade fur­niture. During the civil war the gov­ernment let contracts to the hard­wood s.-iw mills of Florida to prepare ..'-.e keels and ribs for their steam .and •>a..InK vessels from the wood of the ilve oak tree,

.-\nother Industry Is the pencil man-u..-jcture. made from the abundant '•edar trees in the state. " It Is also from Florida larKcly that thc cvpVess

.-Ul.? watSi-^'l^nk's"^" " ° " ' ' ' ° ' " ' '> '"«'^- ' /•.an you read all this with patience?

\ \ e l l you know of old how I used to •run on when wri t ing on any sub-

..-ct I was Interested In. I>:-1 me speak of the red and blue­

birds and the dear little mockluK birds ;..at a re so tame they come right onto c . r veranda. in thc earlv morning .here Is a concert of them all, and robins too. in thc fringe of w-oods . h i t borders thc lake so near our ..eu.«e. Good fishing in that lake. too. ri':--..,^, V'"^ ."•'• ''° ' ° beautiful ' .•ir>stal river for our oysters—such t eau t i es and only twenty-flve cents a euart . It Is a Ilnc run of onlv twenty fx.i-y. There Is a typical 'southern • i.-aKc there, too. and 1 a lways stock up on postcards In thc apothc-cary store It., re. 1 bought so many there the ' - l . - r day 1 warmed the man's heart

I he gave nic a rattlesnake^s set of

Wished":^'""'"''"''? "'• °"ee If •wished to see their mother her casi"uttc?l>?'ho"nri, '""' g-'onounccd r i^h . ..r . . " . . . "^ . ""nf lcss . She had the

Ihey ever a' lve. As . . . . . . v^Li ic r

had pronounced

•'.""/i,?'.' '_'' O"! or dange?.

AYER, MASS.

D E A L E R S I N

Groceries Hardware Paints, Etc.

AMMUNITION »

PEUIT

NUTS

FIGS

the mother In a

' V M . a V ? ? ; " l ^ ^ „ ^ > ? ; : : - ' - _ J n . Spring, this Htalemcnt -Til"' r'"'™"'a. made

^^"Iv^ry^n-'^^^'k^"^'^''^ account of" Vhe w'o'nd'^r';',,," * - , -wonderful

dr.-.wlnK. and the hlf.' V" onions arc IbK. Thl» o.Jii.K,'"",^'"'^"^'' scat ter-

functions. 1 could k

again resume their

New .Advertisements

DATES

OANBT

Always a Good Snpply of Staple

Goods on Hand

; l ! Th.- tow-n of Chrystal River Is onlv

•-wt, miles from the r.ulf of Mexico .rom -which the oysters are shipped ^ .Now I am don.-. 1 hope vou vvlP - a v - t.me to read i; all and remem-'••r I (:a\^e up my afternoon auto -ide I" v.rlte to you. I did it v.-lth grea-;..easure. Faithfully yours.

'.;i;.\ci-: K. i.Awrsri.vcK. I.-iv. .-n-S!-. Fla.. Feliruary 20. 1915.

i;i';.M!-;ijV vov. T H K C U R E O F P N E U -.MO.M.t

o'u^r^iL.- ^Ifr^J;'?.^.?.". >{??. -? ' - -aT-fou^ pe -•Ma tlon. P.. I!.. Siass.

a.S8. Te' H-\ S rt ti • ' ' ' " l e t o n . „„ r, , . - i: •'• 1 - O., Concord .I..r,„.

especially if the lami.s'r'efuBo to wo^!;' I . ra ther dlsnlrl l ing, but noTh 'rl; phases a Florldlan. notnir.f.

The roads I consl.ler p re t ty good for there are more miles of rock road I han In

Its nir.e. Jam a word

other s ta te nccordlng

:.iK.- s.x to ten onions, according tc ;he;r si;:e. chup fine and put In a large sjii'lcr or ."lew pan over a hot lire, l^ct them cook ior a few minutes, then add about the same .lu.-intity of rye meal. If rye IS not olitainable use Indian. tnen add cnouith \-ineK;tr to make a t.'iick i.aste. Let this eoek a few min­utes, s t i r r ing It thai It may bc thor-";;)--a:y heated. In th- meantime have iw.i eotton bags m.-wle large enough •It 'Over the hliiKs, fil! on.- and apply •'• ;h.- chc.-.: a.- hot ;ts lb.- patient can •-•.-:-. anrl in \0I>- s.-.-.-r.- cases it is X'.--i'. xo j!pi)iy tr, ;)-.. hack ai.^o. Dur-i.j.- this prepare :niother poultice to

ii-H- the ])la<.. oi ;•!. Iirst. and applv :i x-n or llfteer. i;ii,!u;es. Then th'e

i.-y run be reiie.iterl and applied again, c'iT.iinue thus until ;ne pa tpn t Is out o. danger. T-sila:i\- :l;:ec or four appll-(.i-.e.-is a rc snlJlcienl. ^ li there Is the '.-iiyi rr>]istipatlon or .ev-r a lways giv.- a large dose of ..psr.rn sal ts or t-.'.-o ;ablesi>oonfuls of (.jMor rdl ml.ti-d -vith one teaspoonful o. .Mr.cu juice, as j ; Is essential to carry everything down from the vitals. 1.-. case of typhoid pneumonia this '•'peeiallv is imimrtaiit. as lhe polson-eus fev.r Kcrm-s for the first day or xtto nr- In the Intestines and ."ecrc t.o-,s anil either of these cath.artlcs wi.l carry them out of the system.

of tho most severe cases have rured even when the patients

In nearly every case as ."oon as tho lungs

Concord Junc-26tf

F-.'r'm''^ l^^i'„ "'• ' e lephone-" lU-2 for J.-rm, Democrat. Exorcss w.agon^

'F^rr,"'?- ^ ° F B.VsTFer't?r„«°S«^'' i

.MORTG.IGEE-.S S.iLE OF

REAL ESTATE In (.'roton, Mnss.

s ta tes . Most of the very ySung trees wero apparent ly hilgh led In Novor^bor

Inverness Is ns a t t r ac t ive a i m i ^ southern town .as anv I have seen in ho s ta te . The main s t ree t has a on2

" " « o f P r e t t y hotise.«, all more o r ' l o s s p re ten t ious . All have iho wide , „ , ff ern voranda. double In many | n g | a „ i . , ' tha t Is. one above the other , an f l^ f ; •'»'•« surrounded with the p a l m , ?.Ji," and (lowers thnt only g r o w unrter ^ southern sun. The southern neiJ^il®'^ " hospitable and frlcnri y to Sn^'',^L?h''

'J,^^^,',- * • " "" ' ' " * ' ^ ' ' them a io i?,an; ambit ious young couples from thn fjJU Kngland s ta tes who havo chosen f o . . ^ tho slmplo life m a compaTOtwJiyVew ptirt of Iho country. ' " ' v e i y new

Wo wore par t of the ChHstmas n n n v i^?,' ^.V, enter tained nt the home S f n delightful couple, both frrtiSaait,. Ji one Of the New-Rtigland col)?^e?''TVe?5 homo was nnturnl ly ns haro anfl rtJ?.i lato looking as the usCil co,?n??; homes In tho state, hu t wai. ^ , 5 * ^ h-" 'fht with electric l i gh t , a n ^ b . ^ . t t l " ful wedding silver, china, and («h , ; linen of the dainty y o u n g ' w i f e S ^ ' S cheery comfort and hi lar i ty r ^ ^ ^ ^ never associated with In one e v e n w

Invernosii, being the coun ty gcat JV^ •^"l"'' h o " " " l«. of course. hci4, a «Dlen jno.OOO high school .ind MB.OM ja i i ^ ' nS

bee: , were delirious, the ii-ver leavi are ci.-.arr-d.

This simple remedy wns formulated by one of thc most remnrkablo physl-clans .Now England has over known v.-ho gained his renown by cur inc per­sons after othor physicians hnd pro­nounced their cases an hopelcjrs. Dur­ing his long prnctlco he never lost a patient from this ailment or from ty­phoid fevers. By a Mmplc remedy of hla own he cured every c ise of gan­grene he was called to. But unfor­tunately for humanity thc knowledge of that remedy dlod with him.

^oout thir ty years ngo this formula for the cure of pneumonin wns pub­lished In this paper. This wns the Orst time It was mnde public. And If a rocorri of all thc lives It has stived from thnt time to the present had been kept the records of sueh would un­doubtedly make a Inrge volume. These record.s referring only to those that hnd been given up to die by their physicians. Dr. Mcrollester. of VTAI-tham, saw at oncc that It was Inval­uable ns a remedy for the disease and had It plnced among hla most highly Drljied medical formulas. Ho s ta ted before he died that ho. hnd never lost a case during tho twenty yonrs that Tie had used It. He snid he tried his own remodlea flrat. When they fnlled he a lways fell back on thla with success In every cnso.

A w-ell-known man In .Shirley s ta tes '_hf|t_some_ yonrs nfo a young mnn was

no^'er '^r^"^ °' ""<* pursuant to a power of sale contained In a eertaiii jlortgage Ueed given by Frank^H Sherwin of Groton, .'^IlddlcseVcoumv' commonwealth ot .Mas.,achu=etr to Emma P. Shumway. of said Groton

«.a>, dated April 25. 1910. and record-<1 with .Middlesex South District

K h of°fh '^'^'.."fSe 3ST, and for tainpH 1 , ? < °"'""<"'s therein con-

nl ?,^.,'"' ^'""''' " "'>' ^ sold at pub­ic auction on the premises hereinaf-91-. ^t'l""^ on Sotordar, April 8,

viven K " " ^ ; ^ " ' '^« premises con-fheMi ^i ^"i^ mortgage deed, and therein described as follows-hnfi.if^''^^ "'"•'=*' of land with thc bttildlngs thereon situated In said t on of " r " '"^ Common at the Junc­tion of Common and Hollls streets.

\eyed to the said Frank H. Sherwin hLt^i of Frederick A. Sherwin, and bounded and described as followi: of .!.!J" "^ *.' *••* Southwest corner fhonoi v'' .t'"'*<*» " said Common; ?tro.f •>''«,'>'*-esterIy by said Commoi n\lt *.w '""d of heirs of -WTarren C ark; thence Northeasterly by said Clark land to Breakneck road, so call-mJ„.. " ^ Southeasterly by said last mentioned road to land of Theresa Brennan; thence Southwesterly by said Brennan land to land formerly of Mrs. Carleton; thenco Westerly by saltl Carleton land to a corner; thence Southcaatcriy by said. Carleton land to land of Millard P. Smith; thence Southeasterly by. said Smith land to said Hollls Street; thenco Southerly by said Hollls Street to said Common-thence Southwesterly by said Com­mon to th© place of beginning, saving and excepting always that portion of the above described premises which has been released to Hi K. Richards.

Terms mado known at time and place of sale.

MOSES P. PAL.MER,

$1.15 A Bag

" . I 1

Harlow & Parsons Tel. 130 Provisions Ayer

Piano Tuning R E P A n U N G , R E Q T O A T m O

WILMOT B; CLEAVES P h o n o 20 H A R V A R D , M A S a

? e r y - i ' ? . ^ - U h % ? o n i ' „ ^ ; & . ^ , « ? S .

PtAJTOS F O B S A I i E lytf

ivcn up to die hy two'physTcIans who Assignee of said Mortgage, ttended him. A -hurry cnll was sent Groton, March 4, 1915.

SHIRLEY G^H MARKET Try a Can of

XIBBY'S ASPAEAaua or ASPARAGUS TIP8

Nothing equal for a canned vege able The name" " f f l ? denetea No. 1 quality;:. . "

We also, cany; the- foiled-articles ot. the labfey J Vk -eljr! Cateup, Oyster . C o c t t k a ' l & S ^ Picklee, sweet rmxa^ nota^^

CHAS. A. mCARTBY *>»frietor.

U^phoistering

Ai B. tarn. Ant,:

£';Fi

3w26 X4» BOO moVBATOIl Wttm.t mM^

Publle Spirit OffliSl ' ^ '**Wy ,a»

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PAGE EIGHT S A T U R D A Y , MAECH 6, 1915

S a t u r d a y , March C, 1915.

PEPFESELL.

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ti

Abont Town.

!MrB. M. -M. R icha rds s p e n t Monday j(a Boston on a combined p l e a s u r e and l ius iness t r i p . •

.Dame N a t u r e commenced her a n ­n t ia l s p r i n g c leaning o n , March 1 by a n energe t ic sweeping and h a s k e p t t t lip a l l t h r o u g h the week. I t h a s n i a d e a r a t h e r cold t ime f o r . t h e occu­p a n t s h e r e a b o u t s , a s she w-ielded, he r b r o o m from t h e Nor th .

• -Ice c u t t i n g was. renewed th i s week •Ion t h e B u r k i n s h a w pond by 'W. E. C h a p m a n ' s c rew to flll some houses fWhose o w n e r s did not s ecu re enough »f t h e flrst good c rop . -

Mrs . P r a n k Conuant w a s called to h e r h o m e a t Barns tead , N. H.. F r iday , F e b r u a r y 26, by neivs of the sudden d e a t h of h e r g randmothe r , who h a s J i v e d - a t h e r home. The funera l se rv-<lees w e r e held on Sunday a t t e rnoon .

' Mrs . Rainsford Deware s p e n t Sun­d a y -with he r d a u g h t e r s a t Smi th col­l e g e .

' Mr. -and Mrs. J o h n 0 . Benne t t .are spend ing , a few days with Mr.s. Sum­mer L a w r e n c e in F i t chbu rg .

Gladys Wi l i i ams left Tuesday for L a w r e n c e , y,-here s h e w i l l b e t h e gues t of h e r a u n t . Mrs . H a r r y Newell for a, few d a y s .

The- P a u g u s Camp-fire Gir l s held t h e i r flrst ceremonial mee t ing oa F r i ­d a y a f te rnoon of last week a t t h e i r r o o m at the -home of Mrs . Le-vi-is, T h e flrst honor beads were given out a t t h i s t ime .

F l o r a Boynton left S a t u r d a y m o r n ­ing : for iSouth Hadley to ' spend her school vaca t ion with he r s i s t e r Mar ­ga re t .

C h a r l e s ' P a r k e r and g r a n d d a u g h t e r . H e l e n wefe guests of his son, T h o m a s

P a r k e r , of Nashua , t he first o t th i s •week.

Mr. and Mrs . .Edward Whee le r and d a u g h t e r , from Smlthvllie, N. H.. were gues t s th i s week of Mrs . -Whee le r ' s -mothe r , Mrs . Florence Robbins , a t J . •J. Wl l loughby 's .

Miss Mary A. Pearson, of .North Ad­a m s , is a gues t of her s is ter , .Mrs. J . B . Lewis , a t the Congregat ional p a r ­sonage .

T h e Alpha club met with the i r Sun ­day school teacher , Mrs. C. H. Miller, o n Monday afternoon. A s h o r t bus i ­n e s s hour was toilo-wed by a social t ime. A story, is being read a t t h e s e meetingrs and each member b r ings h e r sewing. Refreshments were served by

• •Jli-s. Miller and each li t t le gues t went home happie r for the p l easan t occa­sion.

T h e members of the Ready Work -.era" Circie of Acoma lodge me t on T h u r s d a y evening of last week with

- Mrs . W. G. Smalley ins tead of with Mrs . Robbins , a s announced. They voted to hold a saie on Fr iday , March 26, a t the banquet hal l . I . O. O. F . . de­ta i l s of which will be given la ter . The hos t e s s served a lunch after the b u s i n e s s and work meet ing. The next mee t ing will be held on the evening uf March l l ' w l t h Mrs. L. O. Robbins .

George W. Sargent , of Hudson . .V. •H.. was the guest of his s is ter , .Mrs. p , J. McDonald, this woek.

Negotiat ions are in process befwccn C. T r u e m a n Williams and Messr.s. Tykeson & West for an exchange of proper ty , which will undoubtedly he brough t to a close tbis week. -Mr. Wil l iams ' place is on Lowell s tn ;e t , and the farm of the real e.state deal-'e'rs of Evere i t is tho one known a s the Hale farm on the Nashua road, r ecen t ly exchanged with these dea le r s 1)}- t he las t occupant , .1. Dotello.

The young ladies a t t end ing the . F'i tchburg N'ormal school from this

town, Ireni- Whi tcomb. K a t h e r y n e Thayer F lo rence and .Jessie F lynn a n d . Mary Hagger ty , a r e enjoying a week's vacation at tbei r homes .

Will iam F a r n h a m canie from Wil-b r i h a m lasl w^ek to thn home of his sister , Mrs. Goori^e .N'ewhall, at the t ime of her recent affliction in thc death of her infant son. The remains of the child v.-ere taken hy the pa ren t s 1)y' autornobile to Saugus for b u n a ! on last Sa tu rday .

Thc Oak Hil'.-Woman'.-; <'ir.b nif-t a t tho home of .Mr.-. Otis M.-rrill on Wed­nesday afternoon. March .;. the at tend­a n c beini? somewhat small on ac­count of t h - tra-.-niint . The raeetinsis will be held here e-.ery oth-,-r week

•• un less otherv.-ise reuirt'.-d. The ladies ' r luh. thc "J.-jriy Ki«!i!."

met with Mrs. P'rcderick Buss on Mon­day evening. Februa ry 'ii, ^ "'"."^^.f'?'• ' tuck, a t l end iu? with-her friend. Cladys Wil l iams, was the gues t of the CN en­ing A verv plc-.isant e-.-ening w-as en-Joyed, del icate r e f reshments beinK served bv the -lostess. The uext mect-ing w i l l ' h e held on Monday evening. March 8. at the lio::ie of Miss Mar­guer i te Donnelly.

The Champion card shop haa been shu t down this week.

T'-ie I/adics' Henevolenl society of the Congr.->?.ational church wil! pre-H«nt two farces at the vest ry T h u r s ­day evening. March 11. a t T.-ir. o'clock

. .The farce enti t led "Mrs. Oakley s ic le-, phone , " will be presented by Miss

iWaite, Mrs. Bliss, Mrs. Wal te r Sha t ­t uck and Mrs. .Iohn Bennet t . T h e

.' fa rce ent i t led "H?r weekly a l lowance , will be presented hy Mr. and Mrs . Ai-

, * e r t P a r k e r , Miss M. L. P . S h a t t u c k ^ MUs a a r a M. Sha t tuck , Mlss Mar tha ' Swine r ton . Mrs. H. N.- Tower , Mlss

Oladys Will iams. Miss .Marguerite '' Donnel ly , Mrs. Buss, -Mrs. Dow

H a r o l d Tower . Sidney Tower, " S t e w a r t , Mr. Will iams, Mr '""

Mr. Bll»s. Howard Denham, from Lowel l , w a s

nt t h c home of hia p a r e n t s in town over t h e week-end and Sunday.

Mrs . A. A. Blood, ot Gardne r , was In town laat week, coming to a t t end tho annua l men's supper a t t hc Meth-

*• od i s t church . She r e tu rned on S a t ­u r d a y , h e r little g r anddaugh te r . Gen-

-, . l eve Bar t l e t t , r e tu rn ing with her for a few weeks .

Mrs Ralnsford Deware was called sudden ly to her re la t ives In C a n a d a on Monday, s t a r l i n g on t h e n igh t t r a i n .

Mr. a n d Mrs . Samuel Shap le lgh . of •Aahbumhaffl. Mate recent ly been t h e g u e s t s of Mr. and Mrs. ' M l l l a m H.

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Ta rbe l l ,

Annis , a r r i v i n g last week in t ime to a t t end t h e exerc i ses a t the .Methodist chu rch oil F r iday evening. Mrs! Shaple igh will be remembered by m a n y in town as the widow of the la te Rev. A. W. Baird, who held one of t h c ca r ly pa s to r a t e s c t the .Meihodist c h u r c h in th i s place.

.Mrs. J o h n Pierce will enter ta in the ladies of the Eas t Village Social club a t be r home o n Hollls street Wednes­day af ternoon, .March 10. The meet­ing will be made bolh Instructive and e n t e r t a i n i n g by t h e ar l ic les on cu.r-r en t e v e n t s read by each member.

.Mrs. A. H. Gilbert, who has been confined to her home since Chr i s tmas , now h a s her aunt . Mra. Henry 0 . Sha t ­tuck,. s tay ing witb her for a few weeks, hoping to regain h e r . s t r e n g t h .

J o h n S. Marshal l , who has beeji ill for several weeks, is improving, being ab le to sit up for a short t i m e each day. His recovery seems a lmost mi racu lous .

It Is rumored on good au thor i ty t ha t ; the farm of the, late Samuel Lakin- on Townsend street has la tely been sold. , Mrs . .Mary A. Cuthbertson, ot F i t ch ­burg , has besn in lown. coming F r i ­day to a t tend the annual church sup­per of. the Methodist society.

Mrs . John Fros.sard went to Som­ervil le on .Monday to her daugh t e r ' s , he r g r anddaugh te r Phyll is r e t u r n i n g home after a few days ' visit w-ith her .

Announcement of the m a r r a i g e of Helen , youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. F . McCormack. to Henry Hlll, Of Brock ton , was recently received by fr iends, t he same occur r ing on Jiin­ua ry 27. Miss Helen -was formerly a Peppere l l gir l , moving to F l t chburg wi th h e r p a r e n t s a few- years ago, and Is well r emembered by her old school­m a t e s a n d friends here. Mr. Hill is employed on the force of the Brock­ton en te rp r i se .

Mrs. Dew-are, moiher of Rainsford D e w a r e , who resides a? his home; has been qu i te ill for the past week with a heavy cold. At one time her physi ­cian feared pneumonia. Her daugh­t e r s , Alice and Mrs. Elsie Copp, have been with he r much of the t ime.

Mr. and .Mrs^ Herber t Cress , of Bos­ton, were recent guests a t t h e home of Mr. and .Mrs. F . B. Simmons,_ go­ing from here to visit in Nashua , N. H-

By a vote of the town at l a s t yea r ' s town mee t ing the flnance commit tee will hold a public meet ing in the town h a l l on Monday evening, .March 8, a t 7.30 o'clock, a t which t ime and place t h e heads of each depar tment In the town will recommend to the commit­tee w h a t s u m s ot money the tow-n should r a i s e for thei r several depar t ­men t s for t h e ensu ing year.

Rober t B u r n s , of Boston, is visiting his mothe r , Mrs . Raymond Burns , of P l e a s a n t s t r ee t .

R. P . J o h n s o n , from Strat ton & Co., g ra in dea l e r s , of Concord, N. H.. w a a in town on Wednesday at t h e s tore ca r r ied on by F o r r e s t Andrews for a yoar or more . I t is rumored tha t the bus iness is to be closed out and vari­ous indica t ions point that way.

Mr. and Mi-s. Ray Boulia, I rene and Doris, s t a r t ed oiit lo occupy one of the cot tages n e a r .Massapoag pond for a flsliing t r ip . It is somewhat expecied that the cold weather wil! shor ten their s lay.

Mrs. Ber t Bra inerd spent Wednes ­day in N a s h u a shopping aud cal l ing on fr iends.

An invi ta i ion from the Ayer Wo­man ' s c lub was received by the Pep­perel l W o m a n ' s cluh to a t tend the meet ing on Wednesday a t te rnoon . Mrs. John ^ Boynton, pres ident of th i s c lub, and Mrs, .M M. Richards . Mrs Cha r l e s K. Taft, Mrs. E. L. T a r ­bell, Mrs . W. W. Lunt. Mrs. Abble Woodward and .Mrs. J a m e s Dunn at­tended to represent this elub.

Mrs. H. N, Tower and Miss Fann ie spent Wednesday in Boston.

.Mrs. Edward Dw-yer spent Tuesday with .Mrs, P.ose Dinan Davis in Gro­ton, going to Townsend to si>end thc remair .der of the week w-ith he r par­en ts .

.Mrs. F r a n k Bennet; went to Boston on Wednesday for a day'.s .shopping.

The Sunday sehool c lasses of .Mrs. ('. H. .Miller and .\iiss l-'ann;e "Tower united in spending a jovial ev<f!.inu' on Wednesdav a t the home of Rev. and Mrs . J, B. Lewis, It was called 11 --cob-wel)" par ty und the roo:.-is aav-: evidence t ' lat the sch'-i.-,.- w-r,s wei: carr ied out. This act.-d a.!:n'r:il)!y as an int roduct ion to :;lio!is,i :i:,y s-iff-ness . and many o i i l ' r ira-.ni-y followed with enjoyable refre.-^hir.ei'.t^; a> a f;'.-ishiiv.i; touch.

We have re.-elvel th - :.')!' r.\ 1:,^ ile-tail? eoiie./rnini: the ni:ir.--ia-:e o:" .Mi.-:-("hinn, oeurrinir last werk: --.Marrle:! at St, I'.iv.rs cathedral . V,o?.ifiix. Ffii-ruary 21. by V.i-\. Kdinu:;:! S. Hou-manicr.:?. .Mi?,-; Aliee F. Chinn, of Bri^rhtoii. to Cr.i-.er (', f 'hilt ' .n. of Kansas City. .Mi, Tl'.ey w-er- a t tended hv .Miss Harr ie t Cliinn. a sister of the hride. and .loseph A. .Mcflrai!. of Pep­perel l . Ininiediaiely nfter the cere­mony thc couple lefi for a shor t t r ip to Worces te r and Springlleld. On the i r r e tu rn a very informal recep­tion was given Ihem a t the home of the br ide ' s pa ren t s . They received manv gifts, Including cut glass , silver and o the r useful th ings ," Mlss C;hlnn Is wel l -known in town, having res id­ed h e r e with her pa ren t s , Mr. and Mrs. Sydney Chlnn, at Oak hill, for many yea r s .

Mrs. O. A. Gelino. of Beverly, has been the gues t ot her niece, .Mrs. A. G. P ike , th i s week.

.Mr. and Mrs. William Stewar t , of T o w n s e n d s t ree t , spent a pleasant visit over the week-end with friends In Low-ell, Haverhi l l and Groveland.

Mr. nnd .Mrs. Carlysle Kelley spent a pa r i of last week and Sunday a t Woodslde . r e tu rn ing to Tufts college on Monday.

T h e Dis t r i c t Nurse associat ion needfl t h e a t t en t ion and co-operation of all publ lc-splr l tcd and benevolent citi­zens . Good work is being done. This Is a ha rd win ter and many need he lp and It l.s hoped that th i s work, so much needed, will not go begging.

.Mrs. E m m a H a r r i m a n , P leasan t s t r ee t . Is hav ing cJectrlc l ights Instal l­ed. E lec t r ic ian Jel ley Is doing the work .

The gent lemen of t h e commit tee connected with what has been called the "men ' s supper ." which was serv­ed last week Fr iday evening a t the .Methodist church , des i re tha t t h e members ot the Ladies ' society w-ho solicited,, a r r a n g e d and served th i s supper th is year should receive the praise tor the exce l lence of it. In re turn , some of thc iadies might th ink it advlB-able to keep up the name "men ' s supper , " t h a t the gent lemen should no t lose all fu ture responsi ­bility a long t h i s line.

.Many of the town t eacher s went to thei r homes du r ing vacation week. .Misses Has t ings , T u c k e r and Hay­ward , teachers a t the high school, wen t to their respect ive homes in Boston, Reading and Water town. Mlss Har r ing ton , teacher of the second and third grades in the ,Main s t reet build­ing, w-ent to Lunenburg , and Mlss Ad­ams, t he sewing t eache r , wen t to Wal - ' tham.

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph . \ t t r idge enter ­tained the H a r d s c r a b b i e Whist club on Thur sday evening of last week at thei r p leasan t home on .Main s t reel . A buffet lunch and punch w-ere enjo.ved dur ing the evenin:;. The prizes wero won bv Mrs. .M. E. Gaskill and .M. H. Lane, 'first; Royal Thompson, subst i ­tu t ing for a lady, and Mr. Gaskill an ­nexed the booby prizes,

.Mrs. Emily Gicdard. of Salem, is visi t ing at the home of her g rand­daughte r . Mrs. William Stewart . ,

Nomination papers liavc been Hied by Henry C. Thurs ton , candidate for assessor ; Beiijaniiri W. Parker , candi­date for overseer ot poor, and Silas M. .N'okes, candidate for liighway sur­veyor.

Nomination papers were tiled by George J^nks as candidate for select­man for th ree yea r s and also by .Miss M. L. P. Sha t tuck as candidate tor school commit tee for three years .

Mrs. A. A, H a r r i s was forcibly re­minded of her ihiny-flfth b i r thday on .Monday evening by a surpr ise par ty of about fltteen ot her neighbors and friend. It was ar ranged t o be a com­plete surpr i se , but on tlio morn ing of that day .Mrs. Har r i s gathered suf­flclent hints together to warn her of the event of the evening •.•:o she was duly prepared lo otter the gues ts :. line collation. Games wer.; enjoyed by the Jolly mixed company, who loft many remembrances of thei r friend­ship behind them.

.Mrs. -Mary Slew-art, of Houl ton, .Me., who has been s p e n d i n g t h e winter a t the home ot her son, Will iam Stewar t , of Townsend s t r ee t , went to visit re la­tives In Cambr idge Sa tu rday .

.Mrs. John Mart in has been enter ­ta ining a friend, Mrs . King and son Roger, ot Lt inenburg.

Mrs. J . M. G r a h a m re tu rned on Tuesday trom a week ' s s lay in Derry, .N'.H., with her daugh te r .

Next Sa tu rday w-lll furnish the las t opportuni ty for those to regis ter who wish lo vote a t the coming tow-n meet^ ing. , Considerable Interest is being manifested by the women and a num-tK-r will register . It has been noticed, however, tha t only a few n a m e s ot w-omen voters appea r on the polling list. .None can vole fbr school com­mit tee w-hose n a m e s do nol appear on tha t list.

.Mrs. .Margaret Sylves ter en te r t a in ­ed the L,adles' .Kltl socieiy on Wednes­day af ternoon, about twenty ladies at­tending. Considerable bus ines s w-as accomplished as well a s sew-ing. The ladios voted to hold their Eas i e r sa le on Wednesday, .March 17, Mrs. E. E. Handley being cha i rman of the com­mittee for .March. A special meet ing w-ill be held in the ladles ' room on March 10, to flnisli. a r l i c les intended for the sale. Mrs, Sylvester served a fine iunch to the society.

About tw-o hund red people, men, w-omen and chi ldren , ga thered in Railroad squa re on Tuesday evening lo listen to an a d d r e s s delivered by Warren P. Landers , of Boston, secre­tary ot the .Massachusetts Total Ab­st inence league. It was unfor tuna te ly a very cold, windy evening, bul many •xer,- sufliciently in teres ted by Mr. Landers ' e a r n e s t n e s s lo spek the shel­ter of lhe s t o r e s and r taxain to the ciose of the. a d d r e s s . - I t was a plain, tonvincini; ta lk upon the evil effects

hlhlllon the fr,M.. ex - ro ' s - ih-ri-ol. uor ,)f Richard T. Bar row, mas te r , ot Llt-rown. 'vrllaier••or"°oVr;V;^;^T.^l^\-,slo^.• t ' ^ O " - A p l ea smg mcldem ot the

- - ' m o r n i n g w-as the presenta t ion of a -A-aich c h a r m to .Mr. Bar row In recog-

liun of h is klndnes.s In furn ish ing

l-y ; Ude itx prf>pi;rly or cr.-'lil yr uny tuei rjil.sv-fl by taxation or oth'-rwl...e. .-luthorlze elth.-r to it- i!-<-'l for purpone of founiJICK UT.ilTilalnl:i.f - - ; , . „„ . . . . . . . , „„ , > ... , - . .u-aidiuff hy approi«-iati-.u -,iayi:i.-::t for con.e .vance from t h e stat ion to t h e Kervlo..'.-', expejues or In .i!:y o 'h - r m.iu- hall for the members trom out-of-tHin o r ^ e a ; ; i ; ^ s : s ^ ; i ; ; f y ' o r i n y ' i ; ' s t ; : l ' ^ ' * " " ' '»>« '='« meet ing a t Li t t le ton, tutioi). .school, so^tviy. •>(• und»'rUiWu.>? which in l : iria.ii o

T h e l i t e r a ry p rog ram of the day was wholly or in paJt r.n(J.-r ^-c- oi)«;::ed by the address of welcome,

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He said that t he American .Minut-.' .Men had a different o'ojec' for ils ex­is tence from -A-hal the .'i. P .V 's had. F i r s t it Is not ;•. sei-r.;t o igauizal ion nnd possesses no featcros of secrecy, but des i res to have it-i work kno-.vn. It does not o p p o . ^ any chur;-a as a chu rch , bul does oppose all political m e a s u r e s that tend to subver t the foundat ions of o u r republ ic . He urged al l pa t r io t ic Amer icans to s tand up and be counted on the side of the pr inc ip les which were advocated.

T h e impor t an t pa r t of the program lo m a h y centered in the burn ing ot the churcl l mor tgage , whl-Jh wa.s's-Jc-cessful ly accompl ished by the t reasur ­er of the t ru s t ee s . Djivid Elmer Wes­ton. This w-as n-.-ide possible by the g e n e r o u s offer of one who hus proved a benefactor to the society in i::a::v . ways , seconded by t h - efforts nf some i of the m e m b e r . s ' a n d fri-iids o f t h e society.

It is the first t ime t 'le cliurrh Itas been t ree fro:ii dehl I'-ir .--ve.-al yeur.i. T h e parsonaL'C wa.s built dJr ; : ;^ t::» pas to ra l e of i'.ev. P , C, .s;o;ier a l o u t lSS.';-7 and t h - amount of th.- indebt­edness was aijain iiicreas-jd in lite bu i ld ing of the annex or vestry, dur ­ing the pas to ra l e of Rev. A!fr--d Woods , 1891-4. - '

A gene rous bequest was made in the w i n of the la ie H. C. Wlnslow. to be appl ied to the debt and the Ladies ' society have diminished it. year by year , and as sumed the in teres t . It was with much satisfaction tha t the w o r k e r s witnessed, its end.

Rev. P. R. St ra t ton . the pas tor , made a shor t address and announced t h e rece ip ts ot the evening.

Rev. George B. Dean, the d i s t r i c : supe r in t enden t , addressed the audi-

givei; by the mas te r cf Presco t t Grange . Wal le r L. Shai tuck . Response was -:;iven by Andrew- Cal lum, of Lu­nenburg , A very Interes t ing pa|>er on ".Mas.'jachusetts—her agr icu l tu ra l re- ,

t^ources and i>038lbilitles," was read by John T. Lesure , of F l t chburg . H e s|K>ke of t h e ac res of waste land In the s t a t e good tor farming, fores t s or pas tu res . Ho also spoke of the la rge opening tor poul t ry ra i sers , a s only a smal l propor t ion of the egss con­sumed In the s ta te today a r e being produced he re .

Ad journment w-as mado at, noon to the lower hal l where a sumptuous din­ner v. as served to about swocity-flve under the direct ion of Mrs. McDonald and iier many ass i s t an t s . '

Th.-- ufternoon session opened w-ith a<'-vit:x'ii. song which was tollow-ed by

i a - ; a ; . - r , "P rob lems of a niodern fam-i 'y" Iv .Mrs. Lilla King, ot .Leomin-s t - r . .Sh.- dwelt upon ih-^ .!ack ot real l;r/::;e.:;.,i:.-.ers today and upon the lack

.ov.-le-l;ic of home iiygiene and nursir.:,-. '

.Mrs. El-ls.s rendered a solo in her usua! p leas ing .manner and responded •o an encore . Herber t Hlll . of F i tch­b u r ; . spo'ite of vocational educat ion a s it was being applied In his own cily. A .special course is a r r anged in the high school . The boys work in the sliops of the city one w-eek and s tudy at school t h e next. They a r e paid someth ing by -the manufac tu re r so tha t many of t h e poorer c lass a r e able to s lay in school aad g radua te . T h e plan mee t s with the approva l of the school commit tee , the mill ow-ners and the boys. Mas te r Bar row spoke of apple ha rves t ing , packing and m a r k e t ­ing in a m a n n e r both pleas ing and Ins t ruct ive .

T h e a d d r e s s ot the af ternoon was

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ence in place of Bishop Hami l ton , who j given by E. F. Richardson of the S ta t e could not a r r a n g e to be present . He took tor his subject. "Tho past, pres­e n t and future of the church ." and em­phasized the fact that a church can­not l ive on lis pasl . ne i ther can it s imply rei>eat what the fa thers have done , for the fathers had their prob­l e m s and we have ours . But while t h e problems ot today a r c not mere repet i t ions ot past problems, yet we need the samo divine help and power to enable us to do our work as well today as the fathers did the i r work in the i r day. We may exiiect success if we work unitedly, while sepa ra t ions a m o n g ourselves will mak.? us even w e a k e r than the world to accomplish the work which God has given his chu rch to do. In union there is s t r eng th , in division there is weak­ness and defeat.

He a lso assuiiied the task of secur­ing enough more pledges to cover the deficit ot t he . year, left unprovided tor . By his clonuence and good-nat­ured |>ersistenc.v he finally ' accom­plished this , a l though the hour was la te .

The society is •indebted to iii.-.i for his un t i r ing exer t ions , as wel! a s to all the workers and for xhe assist-juce rendered from many friends.

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F i r e . A fire occurred about six o'clock

on We-inesday evening in the house ot MioTiard Copp, High s t ree t , p r a c ­t ical ly destroying It. Ext remely prompt actioii and an abundance of wa te r were two pow-erful factors in saving adjacent proper ty . The -flre was discovered by Mrs. J e r r y Annis. who lives directly across the s t reet . She immediately telephoned to thc centra l oflice and also a l a rmed her i neighbors. The cen t ra l lost no t ime , in notifying the proper par l ies and an i a l a rm was started from box i.i. The ; system failed to work proper ly and . the whistle :it the Nashua River paper 1 mill finished it out. i

Dr i i e r Ln'kin had the hose oh th.e; scene in a very few- moments and two ; s t r eams f-i water from the hydran t direct ly in front of the house. F:verv-1 one worked with has t" , for by t h i s : t ime the entire roof of the house -'.as , in a blaze and the high w-ind which

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Grange. H i s subject was " T h e a l t i ­tude of the Grange toward the p r e s ­ent war . " He was very In teres t ing , a s usual , speak ing briefly and to t h e point. He also spoke a l length ot the work ot the .Mass; 'chusetts S l a t e Grange, aid fund tor s tuden t s . .Kt t h e presen t t ime this . fund is he lp ing forty Grange s t u d e n t s t o a h igher educa ­t ion . One h u n d r e d ' d o l l a r s a yea r is loaned to each of these, t he work be­ing la rge ly suppor ted b y ' t h e Subor ­dinate Granges ,

Read ings were given by Mrs. M. M. Richards , .Mrs. Kimball and .Mrs. Wal ­te r Sha t t uck .

The meet ing held by Presco t t Grange on Fr iday evening was not especial ly well a l lended. T h e fir.st and second deg rees were worked on a class of candida tes .

T h e next r egu la r mee t ing will be held on Fr iday evening. F e b r u a r y 12. The th i rd and fourth degrees a re to he worked and it will be inspect ion night .

Caucus . The ci t izens ' caucus held on Mon­

day evening, .March 1, w-as w-eil a t ­tended, about 2u0 gent lemen and a dozen ladies being present . . Follow--in-^ the announcement of H. N. Tower several 'weeks ago tha t he proposed to resign from the board of t h e school commit tee .a contest w-as expected over his successor . Several have been ment ioned as candidates , Ha r ry F. Hobar t among o thers , but il w-as un ­derstood he did not care lo run th i s year , so it w-as a ma t t e r of some su r ­pr ise when " the dark h o r s e " came for--.vard a t the caucus and won the nomi­nation.

T h e r e w-as also a contest over the

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of liquor w-liich any w-orking man could unders t and . He aiso siioke of 1 was blowi:^;; was dr iv ing it over tiie necessi ty of no-licen.^e for the 1 o ther ho isir.s I:, t ha t vicinity, iifixid ni the "conimuni ty . The rro-^-d Tlie firen ;:ener;ill..- ."(cmed to give good :it!en- f|iiie): mn tion anci were quie t and orderly

Cliurch .Mortirago Rnrned . The exerc ises th i s year he;d in con

n<-f-tion with the annua l .Men's Sup-P'-r ,-'t t he Meihodis t church were of unusual c h a r a c t e r and most in te res t ­iliK. The re was a large numher pres ­ent on Fr iday evening . Februa ry 'ifi, many w-ho had been Interested in the work of the chu rch in former years being i iresent t rom out of tow-n. Ahout one hundred and fifty were servetl at i h " first tallies and more t h i n one hundred at the second. It is most c redi tab le to the cha i rman of the supper commit tee Mrs. J . .N'. An­drews , tha t t h e r e was nb sho r t age - in any a r t i c le on the menu.

The d in ing-room, which w-as br ight and cheery with i ts festoons ot crepe paper and fine I l luminat ion, w.as ably presided over by .Mrs. J e r r y Annls . Char les .Marshall with his emcient corps of four teen men wai te r s proved themselves compe ten t to give good service, even to so la rge a crowd.

T h o aud i to r ium was woll fliled a t eight o'clock and the excel lent p ro ­g ram was enjoyed hy al l . Mrs . L a u r a Her r ig Kel ley, who had kindly con­sented to a r r a n g e to bc presen t , r en ­dered several violin solos , which were charmingly a r t i s t i c She was accom-panicjl by Mrs. L. M. Goodwin of Leominster , the chu rch o rgan i s t . Thc many -who enjoy t h e s ing ing of O. M. .Nash werc d i sappoin ted to mlss h is solo, a s he was suffering from a hoarse cold.

Rev. George M. Howe of Groton held the a t t en t ion ot h is audience In his a d d r e s s on "Pa t r i o t i sm . " He spoke of the proposed a m e n d m e n t to the cons t i tu t ion ot .Massachusetts which provides for the prohibi t ion of sec ta r i an legis la t ion and the suppor t of sec ta r i an Ins t i tu t ions from public ffinds and which he read ;i3 fol lows:

No law Bhall be paused respecting an futabl lshmcnt ot rcllfflon or pro-

n from Uie Center made a :.. ,1-0 .-ind altac'.ied to the '.',

it t:,- foot of High sTeet , -•, :.,;:',ut'-s the flames v:er.-'.'.'. ;,;.der controi , althoujih ; y,'

'ill,Iter of its anairi h r ' - a k - l ' - , • ::,.; fanned hy t!>.- gale ti.at ; ;'_

;:,':ip.-s of the hous'- liap- ; '.,• ,iiiser.l at the lime. .Mr ^•' 'll - .son Harold were do-.vn i ; ,

rs. Copp w-as at UK- noxtx- '.-i d Dew-are t ak ing c;ire of' T; :-, -yixn is ill, Sho was noti- ' -:,'• cent ra l ami w-ii!i Miss

',.r<- reached the house in '••\ out some small valuables ,-,L- T h e firsl ones on the • • ii'.yo able to t ake out r|uit>-

of furni ture and the piano. :l,;s was car r ied to the Mr. Annis and .Mr, Butler ,

piano and heavie r a r t ic les

nominat ion of selectman, a s se s so r and highway survoyo.-, and it is probable that nominat ion papers may be filed hy e i ther or all of tiiese defeated can­didates .

The meet ing was called to o rde r a l :.:,.i by the low-n clerk. P. •). Kemp. .Iohn I... Boynton was elect<-d lo se rve as c h a i r m a n and P, .1. Kemp, c lerk . Proceeded to the nominat ion of can­didates , w-hich resul ted a s follow-s:

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a cen tu ry" by. three essent ia ls , be na­tu ra l , don' t w-orry and look on the sunny side of life. He held the close a t tenl ion of a la rge and appr..'-cialive audience from beginning to end.

The I 'epperel l Eciual Suffrage leaguo will meel w-ilh .Mrs. E. L. Tarbel l on Tuesday a t t e rnoon , March H, a l three o'clock. Al! memlK-rs a re urged to come and br ing new- members . It you a r e in teres ted in this live cause Join the league and show your colors .

The Camp-fire Gir is held thei r first cerenionia! me<-ting at their room at the Congregat ional parsonage on F r i ­day a t t e rnoon of last week a t three o'clock. Every girl had her ceremo­nial outfit. Honor beads w-ere award­ed. The larges t numti«r of honors were given to F lora Boynton, Zilpha Woodworth and Ger t rude Cherry . The nexl nieeting will be held a t their r o o m s on .March ."/ at t h ree o'clock.

Tlie Village .-Md will meet with Mrs. L. It. Qua on Wednesday afternoo.-i, March 10, a t 2.30 o'clock.

31iss Gladys Klark and her company open Tarbe l l ' s Ojiera House .nex t wc-ek for th ree days . The initial play is !-;u-.;eiie \V:ilter';s iio;iular American lilay. "Ihii'l in full." .Monday night ; ' T h e wolf." Tnesday n igh l ; '-The tig­er and the iuiiiii," 'A'edn.-sday r.ii^ht.

The pa ren i s and two eldest childr.-n went on Sa tu rday m o r n i n g by moto" to Saugus ; lo place the l i t t le form In the family lot. The family have the sympathy of all -A-ho a r e privileged I ; know- them.

.>Iethodist Church . \o tes . Thc sermon at the Methodist churcii

on Sunday inorning w-i!l be upon "Th-;" t r a n s f o r m i n g power of a .spir i iuai vision," anti will be followed by' lh>; s a c r a m e n t of the Lord ' s supper . At seven in the evening the re will be a pra ise se rv ice ,and p reach ing upon the subject "Why:;Ver'.goest t hou?" The bright hour service -of the Epw-orth league w-iil be held al six b'clcjck. Subject. - T h e promises o t sonship to God." Leader , l>ucius T. Wilson

The servi(-e tor p rayer and w-orshi:i will be held on "Tuesday evening .i-7.:'.0 o'clock.

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(>);i;) a:.'l lO'.vn :i: i ' l of lifli:-,-: her n.oth' lied ir.nr. Alic.- I)e tim.- lo -and do- . scene w.­ll ci;ia;;t,;:, Some of siable.s ol but the , were only taken in to thQ enclosed piazza of the cU and w a , ^ b l i g e d 'o be left there, t h e men t ^ n g driven from their posts by the heat within and thc volumo of wa te r from w-llhout.

Watchmen were left bn the scene during the night , bu t no outbrea'<s occurred.

As thc flre seemed to break out over the cntfrc roof, house and ell. the more plausible theory of the ori­gin of the fire s eems to be a defec­tive electric l igh t wire , a l though the Idea of a defective chimney was held by some. The r e p o r t of the s t a t e of­ficial Is not ye t made . The loss Is estimated to bo about $2500,^ which .Mr. Copp stated w a s par t ia l ly ' cover­ed by insurance. T h e damage on fur­niture Was more by wate r than fire, and al.so the d a m a g e in the lower story of !he house .

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fJranec No(p», •The Pomona G r a n g e held a t th i s

place on T h u r s d a y , Feb rua ry 25, opened with a l a rge r a t t e n d a n c e than the weathor of t h e morn ing ssemed to warrant.' The m o r n i n g session was devoted lo Ijuslness, being In c h a r g e

>'ews I t ems . Thc L. S. C, BraiK-h .-Mliance of the

Cni ta r i an cliurch will hold an al l -day meot ing at the ladies ' room on F r i d a y , Marcii 12 al U>,?,0, Reading at eleven o'clock Box lunch at I2,:io and bus i ­ness meet ing a t two.

Henry C. Thurs ton of the board of ass . issors , who has served t h c two vears unexpired t e rm o t H a r r y F . i . awrence , deceased. Is a cand ida te for ro-election and h a s filed h is nomina­tion pape r s with the board of reg is ­t r a r s .

Rev. .Tohn B. Lowis .will p reach In the Congrega t iona l church on Sunday m o r n i n g a n d evening. At the close of the m o r n i n g service communion will be admin i s t e red and a new m e m b e r received. On F r i d a y evening ot t h i s week the F o r w a r d club w-IU have a social In t h e vest ry , Mlss Mar tha ' Swine r ton being In charge.

T h e Lad les ' Aid of the M. E. c h u r c h have on exhibi t ion In A. J. S a u n d e r s & Son ' s window, a sewing screen. F o r a smal l sum someone has the oppor­tun i ty of obta ining a useful and o r n a ­menta l sc reen . Mlss McN'ayr will be pleased to explain It8_ uses and the m. inner of secur ing I t . '

T h o Peptferell Woman 's club met a t t h e Congregat iona l vestry on Tuesday . T h e pro.gram consisted of a vccal solo by .Mrs. F lo rence Hutchinson, follow­od by a very Interest ing l ec tu re by Rev. E r n e s t Pugh, In which he de­scr ibed tho secret ot "How to live

(ieiirt-'c Henr i Newhall . Did you know- Goorae Henry. T h -

bright , sunny, acl ive li t t le boy who was the sunbeam in the home of his pa ren t s . Rev, Georg.! .M. and .Mrs. Alice (i-"arnha:ii) .Newliall. of To.vus-end road. Pepperel l .

ll.- c:in:e into t h - lio:ne on October IS. Ifti:'.. :ind Iiassed out on Fel i ruary 'ii. During ilis short s tay. 1 yr . 4 mos. it days, h - had found a w-arni place, not only ju tin- hea r t s of his |i:ir»nts. but also '.vith Grandma F a r n h a m , b ro thers Karl and Ellera, s is ter J ean ­net te and all w-ho came under the In­fiuence of his smile. The only expla­nation of this sudden going away seems that Clod's purpose in his life had been accomplished. It r eminds one of the slory of the ga rdener , who had been watching anxiously the unfold­ing of a very choice flow-er. In the morning he found someone had pluck­ed it. l 'pon Inquiry he was Informed tha t t he m a s t e r had picked It. Evi­dent ly the Master had need ot t lys choice bud.

Services werc held a t the home on Fr iday , F e b r u a r y 26, a t tw-o o'clock. Rev. H. G. Buckingham, of Worces ­ter , a t o r m e r pas tor and a friend, read app rop r i a t e sc r ip tu re and spoke comfort ing words , following with a suppl icat ion for God's peace and t rus t . Mrs , Gwinn, of Townsend . s a n g very touchlngly " J e s u s , lover of my soul" and "Safe In the a r m s ot J e s u s . "

The ne ighbors and many kin l inger­ed to look upon the peaceful Iltt le s leeper , who, seemingly weary of ga the r ing flow-ers, had lain down to res t on a snowy white couch scat tered over with del icate pink rosc buds and valley-li l ies. Many silent tokens of sympa thv were about , a m o n g which werc not iceable a lovely bouquet of small pink r o s - s relieved with light blue forg- ' t -mo-nots, sen t from the Mission H o m e ; a lso , a beautiful spray of whi te p inks from the s i s t e r ' s c lass , P. H. S.

TARBKMAS OPERA HOUSK

Knst P e p p e r e i r

THRKK DAYS STARTIXC MOND.IY

March 8

GLADYS KLflRK And a

Company of S u p e r i o r Excellence

VnadCTllle Betvreen the Acts Change of P r o g r a m Xlghtly

MOXDAY XIOHT

Paid In Full P r i c e s tOc„ 20c^ 30c.

NOTICE. n'>;c!nnin8r Tuosday. March 2, I will

fall for anil OoIIvcr thr; Rnmo day and w-fkly t h T f a f t c r Wet Wanfa at nOr, pr r box. IM' nne prlvo mt* a trial ord'er. Call, writo or tolophone 106.

I.LOYD K. nANCnOFT SmC3 Pepperell , MmM.