DEVOTED TO POLITICS, 80IENCE, AGRICULTURE^* J^YHOLE INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE.

EL1ZABETHTOWN, ESSEX COUNTY, j£ £., THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1914

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Toe •ubMriptioiiyiict >C t o t t i fiOO

p t ecun .Toe •ubMriptioiiyiict > tlie Port aod

Ctoetteis fi.OO per year, payable itrictly

r-W.;F. I3ouj?htot) 0*i bi|d *80,J?82.7r),

"feoad io./part 2. I' j

—Th<J 100thj ttuniversarv of theo'iJJatale of Lun|3y's Laue was cde-J fcrateU fit Nu^ara Falls. Ontario,;"S&turdrtjy. :

-Essex Co unity Fair at Westport| August 25, 20, $7 and 28.

j —Moving picture show at the Vil-j luxe Hall every featurday ni#ht.

—Annual fair aud sale of the Eliz-abeth town Baptist Church August?.

1,1.1 r-Mr.! and ftif Lowell, Mas

p|»tUeir old b|gf§$£^-friends a

~-*Joha R Graiy loaves next Tues-day on a business trip to New York

John M. Adams | City.

louio village, wheree pleased to see them

Special gQ l<j> church matter onRead it and

Miiholland aud all his j|j©tiry base1 ball »toV...__ i^ l^^soWe-W' t ry"IJa&Mt.'Hubert's dianwud Sat-f;&fiern<x)u, August 1st, t tie /

J«aanofuKat3o'olocl<sburp. kidnapped recently but dually «ot, back home,

;fi*Mr. fttid Mrs. Huury A. Aird of; Tiroy moored iuto town Thursd

George H. Stage Goes Abroad.Sunday uight George H. Stego

of Brooklyn, N. Y., who has beeuat The Windsor the past few weeks,loft town for New York preparatoryto Bailing Tuesday asoueof a Com-mittee of three to visit Austria,Ilussia, Germany, France Nother-

H aud Great Britain to reporton Terminal aud Market condi-tions. Mr. Stege expects to hoabsout about two mouths aud afteihis return to Ne-w York plauscomeback to Elizftthtown fora .sojourn. Many friends wisir-Mf. I jStege a

[Lewis.' • j |

—A South Glens Falls <r

mount, Rarrch,j agreehble sojourn abroad aud a].,safe ret jam.

, nopo, making headquarters at ftlaple-t Wood Ion for a few days. Mr:^Aird called ou rnauy old friendsV^jhilo here.

fMe^SftrS. 'John Hurley who has beenat Houses Poiut of late is the

tar parents, Mr, and Mrs.^^feon^sByao on Shnonds' Mill iu, this town, having arrived Saturday

^l^^-—'Crown Point, New Y«*rk, claims"^H|ilbe largest tree in the country.jRfp fee t Hio'biW trees of California. Tbe;^;piW|f'iiN3e at;Crown Point is an elm4-f^?Jtttd measures twenty-seven foot io: §|s^J"cutijfurenee. [Troy Times.]

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•^M'^'-^-r^A'yj' Wad hams and family ar-t^^iVepl/at'^SuQuy Luwu" Friday

-tg||!i|^l^|iiu^oli!a few. weeks sojriurn.|M||*^b lF raatiyl friends hope and trust

,^SS|||^t^Jjeit s ay here in the old home.,Mi?§iPa^eofMjrs. Wad bams may be one^^ofttallojedj pleasure.•^al^A$hiey p. 'Ladue, Town Clerk^|B^dpeStma^ter of Lewis, favored^ p i ^ e p d e with a friendly call Satur-

Ashley had some? old documents with him

•jselnchjwe shall endeavor • totttbre -extended reference wheo2^^b;psrtnit.;:. - ; .

organized last night, starting with21 members.

—A look at Tlie Windsor gardenfairly entices a person to become aguest of the hotel.

—ErnestC. Cltark is ou Elale Hillbuilding a cottage for Calvin Pardee,owner of Hale Brook Park.

—Some men would have a bardtime to get the wing tobacco if theirwives should lose their jobs.

Joseph Shovan has been pickingripe tomatoes several days whichspeaks well for Deer's Head Inngarden.

—Caleb A. Smart weut to Platts-burgh yesterday afternoon to re-ceive treatment at the hauds of Dr.Barnes.

—For Sale—New Potatoes andhigh grade Jersey Butter, PleasantValley Farm, New Russia N. Y.LJuly30w3]

—HOD. Smith M. Weed of Platts-burg celebrated his 81st birthdaySunday; receiving the congratula-tions of many friends.

—-We acknowledge the reeiept"rom Ectward JF. Irish, President ofthe Pottersville Fair Association, a!'JSo'uv«tfir Bool17 concerning the^ ^ ^ k 4 'W' i 'k

and Lake Placid—andffiK

' Arable Forks, Lake Placid'WtUsboro, Westport, Crown

r '.aod Elifedbethtown, the bther— * ost Office? IQ the county being*" class, there bemg 58 in all.

—'It is annqunced that a'civil ser-araination will be held at

^ e , N Y , Saturday, AugustSth,t< w.as a result of which it is expected

£. s certifioatioo vill be made to fill aC.' oontemplated vacancy in the position* of4tb class Posmaster at Keene.

* Compensation at the Keene, N. Y.,£ V Pdst Office was $316 the last fiscal' year.

11 —Many friends are K ad to seer- M. C. Stanton home a^aiu. He came*• down from Plattsburph on the boat

4 ' to Westport last Frrdlay morning,~; riding io from Westport in an auto.•' „ H is ijoderstood that he stood the^ - Irip well and is getting alon{j nicely'" since his arrival home, all of which'kjK id good news to his friends here and* elsewhere.

—Daniel A Defandorf of Wasfa-« injjtou, D. C, connected with U. S

,fL C«D8US-,work aud "ii<|htuing man"* aj^ftjrures, was a jjfuest in Elizabetb-

tqwfl over Saturday aud Sunday.^ r . Defaodorf was formerly ofOoblesklll, N Y, having been a

\ IKtBooltnate of Schuyier F. Herrocu Wfeo was Priecfipal of the Elizabeth

tfipn Bigh Sehool 1894-1897.

-KIizabethtown haof

been Jbesensations

_ .. W^^Mtiri^tfidse : ^pfee termed1 qt the diamond^V-twooft&e latter having raa-

t this, Veek, necessitating,J|p3iyjUJe ol a-detective, etc. Howev

•M?^l^ We understand it. the excitefifi|jf<|llt superinduced by the diamond

^^Asodeshaspracticallysubsid^ii|i|W?beautiful i mountain-borderedjjpfcpiirii is again apout normal. Lastly<Mk$& editor of ttw Post is not afraic**f|^idsiBg aoy-cjlarnotids, as they are"''IliBBOpiD his line !unless those iu^iNsars come forward faster !

IS?*:>-.u{Did you < ver hear a piece^jpfe ta lk?" staid Edwin I. Stearns

••fl§<|£,scbool-rooi]p full of wrig^lin,-|j||sibilitles> MNope" said a snapp

ufc 1 heard itWheoJMr. Stearns put thai

i of chalk |own the boy knew^ ^ a i a e h a l k talk was. Not a word^l^idftrdaadfotgcjiitten but a photographIfjttpeti the eternal retina of iilustis&foiiih. This rlian who benan life a:^\A fccf in'1 .a" Pennsylvania coal min%fv5iia is now.heHing tr> dig the deo•^H^^aVe.for tbe American saloon i

• ^ i « g ' t e r e <4 August twelfth. Hir^B-^ia.uuS^ue. Uc kills tb

'py

-Elizabethto^n Tent, K. O.T.M.,

are LOW only a few of Company K ' h'eft. May 28, 1861, Company I t | ! i

with tbe big men iu tbe ranks [ b ^ r a u

looked iioe as the line formed inTrout of wliere Maphvood Iuu now

"sunnyny iall 1

tands to start for theath." Of survivors

W m i Mitchell of Beloit,Kansas,Everad Martiu of Faitburry, Ne-braska, George P. Bolitwell of)learwater, Minn., George Luck

of Keene Valley, S. A\ West ofReber, Win. H. Cornwright ofLewis, M. V. B. MacDougal ofElizabethtown, Nelson Sheue audJohn V. K. Williams.

St.Beede Brothers at Work in

Lawrence County.Beede Bros, of Keeoe Valley, who

have the contract for building theCantou-Pierrepont road have ship-ped thier crushing plant and otherroad building equipment to Cantonand the work of building concretesluices and culverts on the roa4 is

if25, 26, 27 and 28.

—News ^as5 received in Benniag-ton, Vt., Monday evening of the ar-rjval at tb^ir bome in Manchester,N. H., of thenmety^six carrier pige->ns that were released in Benning-

ton Sunday morning.

—The 25th annual convention ofthe Woman's Christian TemperanceUnion of Essex.County, N. Y., willbe held in the Methodist Church at3rown Point Wednesday aad Thurs-day, August 19 and 2<Vl914.

—The O'Neill boy, whose beinghurt on the stajte road and beingtaken to Plattsburgb for treatmentwas referred to in our last issue,died. It developed tbat a fallingtree struck him; on the head andcrushed bis skull. This boy wasuniversally ltk^d by all who knewhim and the father, brother aud sis-ter have the sympathy of the com-munity.

Bay, just north of Port Herday. Deceased had oaly

New Eltzabethtown Dam Being BuiltA dozen men iand two teams are

actually at work hauling long timberand building a new dam on the sitef the old dam ou the Fioquet River

just east of this village. '(

St. Hubert's Defeats Saranac Lake.St. Hubert's' base ball team de-

feated the Saranac Lake team atSt. Hubert's Saturday afternoon,tbe score being i) to 7. A largecrowd witnessed; the contest, jn-ctrio'fng so-ver'nll "Elizr\h^thnwn fan?.

Lieutenant Governor Wagner Favors

the Office of the Post With a Call.We ackaowledg^, with due appre

oiation, that Lieutenant GovernorWagner, who was temporarily aguestat The Windsor, favored this officewith a friendly call Saturday after-noon. LieutegantGovernor Wagnerwent fromPlacid. -

Elizabethtown to Lake

Catholic Bazaar.Held at the Opera House tbeafter-

aoon and evening of Aug. 5tb from3 until 10 p. tn. Sale of Fuuey , ar-ticles. Food sale; Served Sand-wiches and coffee and salads'and icecream and cake. All are invited.

B. GRAY

ninn DIVORCE YOURSELFFrom Dirt, Dust and Drudgery

1 J ? Located at No. 4

I %oDOUGAL BLOCKALBANY

BUSINESSCOLLEGE § Combination Pneumatic Sweeper ,

_ _ ua and fifting {ummne sod fao* tfte <kng«tou« icattenng I131 f d l b r ^ f

}AMUITIOUS YOONO M^^ Who

want to succeed and to accomphsh the m<>st of which thty attcapable, will find out tech mealtraining the means of mcreased

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Patronage Solicited.

Best of Work Guaranteed

Survivors of Company K of the 38th

New York Volunteers, 2d Scott

Life Guards. | Dr. H. 0. iTallmadge of KeesewlleJames Kee arrived iu Elizabeth- Celebrates HlS 95th EIrtltflay.

town Friday, his 75th birthday. O u r o u | ] d hwhXy e B t e e m e d

'Jim" us hisoldcomradesiuCom- f r k , u d D i . H t > u r y o T a n r a a d K e o f

pauy K of th© 38th N. Y. Vols., j Keeseville, dean of Essex Couuty(2d Scott Ijife'Guards) kuow him,! pbysiojaus, celebrated his 95this in pretty good shape for n mau | birthday Saturday last, having beenof his age. Aud by the way there j born July -">, 181fi

d, after

practice of medicine inKeeseville his palatial residence be-ing on the mainstreetof that village,where he still resides. Three daysbefoi

Boy Drowned in Mullein Brook Bay.Chester Stevenson, 17 years old,

sou of Mr. and Mrs. James Steven-s drowned in Mullein Brook

ry, S.un-recently

•aten dinner and weat iuto the waterbefore cooling off and is thought tohave been seized with cramps.

Hon. George S. Weed's Recent Appoint-ment.

Superintendent Riiey has appoint-ed Hoc. George S. Weed of Platts-burgh chief clerk in the prison de-partment. Mr. Weed will also be amember of the Parole Board and inihe absence of Mr. Rilev will beDractically vested with all thepowers of the superintendent, beingpractically at the same time legalsoucsL'l to tbe department.

Methodist Episcopal unurch NotesServices will be held as'usual at

the, Methodist Churches of Kliza-betbtown and Lewis. Sunday, Au-

.t ad.

Hon. John E. Osborne Now First

Assistant Secretary of State.

Hon. John i£. Osborne, Govor- jnor of Wyoming from 1893to 1897 reclamation

able•e his !),">th birthday the vener-l)r. U. O. TaH-madge, seated in

an automobile with his sou Dr.Andrew T. Tali mad gc of the NewYork City Health Board, rode fromKeeseville to Elizabeth to wo, callingon the editor of the Post, after whichthey vvcut to Keene and theucedowntbe A usable River through Jay toA usable Forks and thence throughClintonville to Keeseville. Manyfrieuds unite with the Post in hopingDr. H. O. Tallmadge, who has high-ly ornatneuted a profession,may live do pass the century mark.

Educating The Child at Home.The editor of tbe Post acknowl-

edges, with due appreciation, an io-scri bed .copy of that tno^t inacid em iflejutly pjraotipil

Frances tiynch, founder of tbe indi-|*vidual school of instruction. "Per-sonal training and tbe work habit"touch a tender spot here inthis office whore "prevalenceis all pervading." ENu FrancesLynch i.s a daughter of Daniel Lynch,the venerable surveyor of Minerva,Essex County, X. Y., and sbe hascarved her way to fame by "thework habit" and knows whereof shespeaks. This talented Essex Coun-ty teacher and author has our thanksand best wishes.

IE, W. RICHARDSHAS JUST RECEIVED

Up-To-Date

in this

Prices G-aaranteed

George Long's WorkGeorge Long is a fair target for

a whole «ity's cougi'atulationTs^outhe occasion of this, the fifth an-niversary of his founding of theInasmuch Mission, of-which he is,and lias been since its inception,the supariuteiuleut. But Georgedoes not want congratulations.,The work that he is doing is so iu-j

[finitely greater than any individual, j'that it rightly overshadows the1

men engaged in carrying it out. ]And" lie is big enough to see. andappreciate this clearly.

Fur it is a wonderful thing, this'rk, this di.'iug down

Trimmed and Untrimmed HatsAT A GREAT REDUCTION.

If you have ai l PKiCTTY B R i i I I > H A T i l T HO MIS

Bring it and have it sewed over.

ALL WORK GUARANTEED.

PANAMA HATS CLEANED

MRS. BYRON G. POND, - r.ta::; ^u :t

to 18U9,is the new iirsfc assistantsecretary of State. John E. Os-

and Member of Congress froml897j into the human substratum and !

fishing, up living beings so encrust-jed with drink am] drugs aud crime;as to lose almost all hiiniau seta-jl>laiu-i«, and thru washing and jnursing them back to the birthrightthey were letting slip from them—if not actually throwing away,

borue was born ami rearedCounty, N. Y.Westport, Esses

and graduated from tire MedicalDepartment of Vermont Universityat Burlington, Yt., in the classwith Dr. W. E. Pattison of West-

IJ"iAnd George Long knows it is,wonderful, but he doesn't think!port, after which he located

Wyoming, where he has since re-1 that his part in it is auv move]sided. His father, the late John]wouaerfv.l than that of a" leather!Osborne, was Wcstpurt's harnessmaker for m;iuy years.Osborue is a brother

Johf G

Live Wire From Start to Finish.

Rev. Rennetts C. Millebrother of the Rev. O. Reditor of the Reform Uuiicat a UDion service iu the Klitown Baptist Church hist

•Jbillt pleasantly and painlessly, 'evening, his message tj

Onborne, who is personally knownto many of our readers. OurWyomiug friend has made goodand we congratulate him upon theposition secured next to Wm, J.Bryan aud so near to I'rosideutWilson.

Good Roads Meeting.T h e g o o d r o a d s m e e t i n g in m u l f<>

E s s e x C o u n t y w a s h r l d a t ( in - C m i rH o u s e in t h i s v i i h i g e T u e s d a y uft,-tn o o n , coKi i iHMic ing a t 'J n V I u c k . h c in t y C o m i i i i s s i i i n c r W i l s o n ; m d .l-.d( i i c k w e r e l i r e s e n i , t i n - f n r t u n - ^ i v

rein because it guides >rse m•. He

st givps all tho credit to the Clodi is surving iind goes light ahead

the bands of ;i skilful dr.

with the day'"chance" to inau\

ork, utferiug ahad

one nefiu'e in tla-ir lives.But the hundmls j ind hundreds

of men who have In-co me such on-ly afti-r passing through the Inas- } —

much Mission ,~.nnn>t l.o expected | M A K E Y O U R O W N f'to taki.' i|iuh> such nn nnper.souaL -rt'jg DAIMT I

1 lu-itlier c a n ! T^SW ^ A l I S l *YOU will SAVE

„[(;,.„„„. f.nn^uullnsnohle M«lf-! ^ « r r T 10f 58 CtS. PER GAL.

The New Alkaline Fertiliser

for Agriculture PurposesTurning under green crops, allow the sue oeeiling crops

to ccrae through the months of July aud August with the aid of aminimum rain fall. Never under any condition allow a 1ie!d togo-through the winter without a cover t-rop. To illustrale wegive two characteristic examples. If vour eroji is ensilage i-oi-n,ju^t before the last cultivation broadcast a mixture of 21 bushelsof*y-e with not less than two pouuds of Alsike C'IIVIT JUT :I ••••ItJ^the case ol a crop of potatoes, prepare Uie -miiiul alter Uiucr&p is gathered and sow rye and clover, same amounts as aboveusing Dot less than 300 ths. of Barium-Phosphate per aere. Rveaod clover can be sown as late as just before frost if not possibleto get it in earlier. When this cover crop is ploughed under iuthe spriuy, plough somewhat shallower than the usual practiseand use not less than 31)0 Itis, Uarium-Phusphatc per acre at. timeof plaatiug.

We recommend fall seeding of timothy and clover, but ifseediog in spriD^ is: made, use not less than ],Hi)0!!>s. of iJariun:-Phosphate per acre.

For further information and prices apply to

WITHERJJEK, SHERMAN & COMPANY, INC.Fertilizer Plant,

Port Henry. N. V.

Better Walk and CeilingsUSE

plastU E Beaver Board instead of lath andplaster. It never cracks; needs no

repairs, does away with- unsanitary wall-paper ;. is easily and quickly put up at anytime of year; suits any kind of Duilding.

"Let us show you how it looks.

BEAVER BOARDR. Prescott 4* Son

I Keeseville, N. Y.

Riverside FarmWould it mean anything to YOU to have the purchasing

power of a doJlar increased 20 per cent.? Dealing with tbe River-side Farm Market will mean EXACTLY'that to you. Beef, Pork,Fowls. Mutton, Lamb, Sausage, etc.

Maple syrup, our own product.Vegetables in season.I pay highest prices for Beef hides, Veal skins, Sheep pelts,

Deacons, 2.50 to 4.00 for horse hides.] have good pasturing for cattle and horses. Call me up/

When you want to BUY something good orWhen you want to SELL something good 'Call me up!

H a r r y IE. JOWADHAMS, N. Y.

Watches, Clocks & Jewelry

For Sale

Watch and Jewelry Repir i iELIZABETHTOWN\ N. Y.

1'-Jc Sa'e —Three bear traps. Forfurtliei- particulars inquire of Fred•• V . !I :— .• X. V.

— The Catholic Society will holdtlie aniiis-il Fair on Aug. 5th iu theVii'.iL'i' il.i'l. (Julv23w2)

- i.i-sl--A l'rost-O-Lite. New aud

—LOST. —Between Miss Bale'shouse on Water -St. and the FourC\»-MITS-- a smail gold pin. set.with clear stones resembling dia-monds. Reward if returned to MissHale.

— Wanted—Woman to do goueralhousework where washing is putout. Applv to or inquire of Rev.H. i bert Ford, Elizabellitowu. N. Y.

ass barber. ! _ T h p K o p n

:nl good wages pai1

K Abbott, Cairown, N. V.

Lrht grav ( vercoat.•oi'ii Westport and

Kimior will returnii iei' of the Post and

nl .

r i truth, v\t, a n d s u r p r i s e s a l l 3 f rom s t a r t to fin The m(vjthjopt forgetting wliat | al and civic battles which the t\

jhting in tli; ttfc th€j jfclbabetbfowa Village 'state are worthy of the tlunigbtf

| consideration of Christian people.

M a k e s 7 g a l s . P a i n t for $ 9 . 9 5

It's only $1.42 per gal.

What Country Business Men Should

Do.Kar l .v t n bi- t l , m r l v U> r i s eW o r l i l i k e s i x ! v ; U H I ;ni v e r t i s i '

M.C.SfantonM. E. MoRory, PortF.W.Allen. Westport

i to anoouuee that trage Co.will keep

on hauda full HUG of Fovd parts.Work promptly done at reasonablerates. U0

English Home of George Washington's

Ancestors Gift to People of

United States.

S n i p - a y e , K n g . , J u l v "J.".. T i : e

f i r s t f u n n a l c e r e i i i c n y in 1 >v H

1 0 0 y . ' . i r s of I O . I C C b e t w e e n Yluuh^n

s p e a k i n g n a t i o n s o r r n n c d IN I C

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h o m e of l h ^ fain I •• ..f ( I . M I ^ -

W a s h i n g t o n , p u r c h i v s e d for s k!,(KH>

s u b s c r i b e d in G r e ; i i l i i f a i u , \ \ ; i s

h a n d e d o v e r t o m o , !.. . , ,.f i h f

c e u t e u u r j ' c o i m n i t t e o a s n gift ( "

t h o A m e r i c a n ]>eo]ile.

Reading the Wrong Way.Fortune Teller—"You will be map-

, i rled four times." Actress—"I wantor rmiui- : tQ kQOW t h e f u t u r d ( n o t t h e p&3t>-

For Your InformationUnder the provisions of our State Law, Savings Banks and Trust Companies

cannot pay a higher rate of interest than FOUR per cent until a surplus of tenper rent has been accumulated. Thw Bank declared an "extra dividend"to depositors in the Savings Department on February I, 1914.

Fwlra cUvidends may be declared in the future if earnings warrant.Our interest days are February and August first. Deposits made on or

Ix4me the fifth of a month draw interest from the first. In the months of Feb-iiinrv <>ncl August deposits made on or before the tenth will draw interestI..,,,; the first.

1 THE BURLINGTON TRUST COMPANYI SVII :TY VIRST" I City HalJ Square—North

City Hall SquareNortBurlington, Vermont

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