Turner's Public Spirit: vol. 49, no. 5 (7 October 1916)books.gpl.org/greenstone/collect/turnersp/index/assoc/D1026.dir/doc.pdfForty-Ninth Year Ayer, Mass., Saiurday, Octobet 7, 1916

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At tho Methodist church Sunday Rev. Dr.-'Charlton will preach at the mornlner service on the topic. "A pray­ing savior." In the eveninK. "A sym­pathizing savior."

At the Congregational church Rev. A. L. struthers' sermon subject Is "The rules of the game."

Monday, October 9, will be educa­tional night at the Grange In. charge of Supt- Herman Knight.

The. members of the Monday club win bo entertained Mdnday at the home of Mrs. Fred Wood. The after­noon program in eharge of Mrs. Abbie Barber. Rev. Joseph MacKean 'will give an address ai}d Mrs. Alden Sher­win of West .village win render vocal selections W'lth Mlss Emma Adams as Accompanist.

A party of young ladles stopped over at the Park hoteu last Saturday after^ noon and Sunday, who w e r e ^ n a. "hike" fromSargerit's camp. 'Hancppk^ N. H.. to Cambridge, -where they were, to resume their duties at schoot. They had traveled ^ fwenty^elght miles that day. Their names we're Margaret M c Gregor from Detroit, Mich., Ruth E: Duesha of Mpntreal, Canada,. Emma Murray ot ;CoIumbIa, .Missouri, Elsie N'elson ot "Brdokllne' aVid t e a r l "Wed-enwald, Cft,l<^fe6, III-'

The flrst meeting for this season of the Parent-Teacher association will be held in the high school room .on Tuesday evening, October 10. . From 7.45-to 8'o'clo'ck there rwlll be an in­formal reception to the teachers, to be followed by m u s i c Business, -re­ports of committees and election of ollicors. ' Disduasion. "Somo needs of the schools in .Towr.8end as seen by parent members of the Townsend Parent-Teacher* association": partici­pants.' Mrs. G. B. Hayward. Mrs. P. H. Ormsby.-Mrs. C. .W. Mead. E. B. Morse. Rev. A. L. Struthers. The meeting will be open to all. A full attendance Is . desired. • - •.

•Miss Bessie Eastman resumed her duties this week a s . teacher In the Dover high school. . ,

Grant Maxwell and mother moved this- week from the cottage by the river • to the farm cottage recently vaci'ted by Mrs. Jennie.-Pow'ell.

Mlss Bessie Kllburn. of Dorchester, has been the guest this week of Mrs. Arthur Barber, Towhsend hlll.

Mlss Carrie 'Walker spent several days this week in Fltchburg. Leom­inster and Worcester.

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The new Ford cars are up-to-the-minute in'appear­ance, Witlrlat'g«f'radiator and enclosed fan, hood 'ivitl^ full sfreimli'ne effect. or6\yn fenders Tr'bnt and rear, black finish with nickel trimmings—a snappy look­ing car-^and with all the dependable, etiduring and economical qualities that have made the Ford "The Universal Car," One fact is worth.more than a ton of guesses. Ford ears are selling' from five to ten over any and. aiiother cars, simply because they give more satisfactory service, last longer and are easier to operate and cost less to maintain—and there's no guessing about thereliability of Ford Service. Run­about $345, Touring Car $360,' Coupelet $505, Town Car $595. Sedan $645—f. o. b. Detroit. On sale at J. M. HARTWELL'S. Littleton, JIass. Telephone 39. ' Ford agent for Littleton, Acton, Boxbofough and Westford. Ford Ser\-ice Station, Wood's Garage.

Methodist RoU Call. The roll call and fellowship meetins

of the M. E. ohurch was held Thurs­day afternoon with a good attendance. -A. most excellent feast was^ served at noon by an efflcient committee of la­dles of the church. At two o'clock was reports of committees and roll call was at 2.30." The church has a membership of one hundred. During the roll call Mrs. Florence Gulnn and Mrs. Icea Cowdry tang very sweetly "Crossing the bar."

The afternoon address was given by Rev. Dr. 'Wadsworth. pastor of the First Methodist church, Fltchburg. -Mr. Wadsworth's remarks were along the line of the far reaching Influence and lasting impressions \made on the church of today by the consecrated Jlve3.of.Ahosft'j>£_tlie.i!a5{Jlke._CImrles and John Wesley, Dwight L. Moodj-and others and at the present time the prospects awaiting the christian churches lin Xew England by the com­ing ot Rev. William Sunday, the world-renowned evangelist.

Prayer was offered by Rev. Joseph MacKean. and at the close of the .serv­ice a very impressive altar service was held. The church was very prettily decorated with autumnal foliage and tall asters-

The church has been newly fres­coed'sind steel celling added, the In­side painted and other improvements made Incidental to the renovation. The pew cushions have been recovered by thc ladles and a new center electric light chandller given by them. The tour frescoe plll^frs'back ot the pulpit and beautiful painting symbolic of the "three veils df the temple" was the gift o fMrs . 'George E. Clark. The In­side work Is a pleasjng blending o t colors and gives the church one of the neatest of auditoriums.

Born- on- -Tuesdiy evening at Dr. Kllbourn's :hospitali' Groton, an 8%-' pound boy, -Kenhst^.BenJamln, to Mr. and Mrs,. Georsre£.BCummlhss, o f - t h e Old Homestead.-'If.• - -

itho sad news Qf^thc passing away of Miss Mary; O. Cniikshank, whd has been housekeeper [kt Pinehurst slnce-the de'ath of- Mrs,^;pilver Proctor, was received Wednesday. A week ago last Saturday Miss..Cri)ikshank left Pine­hurst to visit" relatives In Medford. On last Saturdayjshe was taken 111 with "bronchitis, Walch developed into pneumonia. from;^SrliIch she died on Wednesday mdrri^i^^ at about ten o'clpck. The funeral and interment took place in. Med&rd this week Fr i ­day afternoon. . :'••£?;

The body of Beniamln Frank Clark ot Maiden 'was brought Into town ^for burial on Wednesday. About eighty years ago Mr. Clafk was born iti the house now owned- and occupied by Mrs. I.izzie Bald'wjn, In this village. At thc lime othls.biitjh this house formed part ot w h a t , 'wsw formerli' known as the Hlttlnger'(estate. Mr. Clark never lost his ihterest In the. town of his birth a n d was a frequent visitor at the home Of-'George Clark.

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.Center. > • Tho great value of having a Red

Cross enthusiast was demonstrated by Mrs. Ralph O- Reed of Manchester. N. H., on Monday last In front of her home, "Brown Gables." A frightful automobile accident occurred and Mrs. Re^d'and a triend tenderly cared for, the victims Ih her home, administering flrst aid to the Injured until medical help arrived, Mr. and Mrs. Reed 'are

both prominent in soclal, charitable and municipal functions of- thnt 'city.. An Ideal suggestion is gleaned from Mrs. Reed's experience In that a class of young people In Townsend join the Red Cross movenjent. . This teaches how to stop the flow Af blood by tour­niquets and bandaging broken limbs also resuscitation In its many. ways.

Mr. and --Mrs. James L. Perry and son John have beon the guests this week of Mrs. D. 'W. Faf'rar at the Park hotel.- ••- ,

.-Mraiit Town. George Ward has accepted a posi­

tion In Ayer as yard clerk for the Bos­ton and Maine railroad, and expects to niove his famliy there soon.

Mrs. Maud Denault and chlldr<Si. from Hollls, X. H.. spent Tuesday of last week with her sister. Mrs. Gilbert McNayr. In Josselynville. ahd called on friends at the Center.

Miss Bessie McGuire and a lady friend trom Boston, spent Sunday with T. J. McGuire and wife.

Mrs. Lillian Iten, of Buffalo, and Mrs. Fred Ross and son Richard, of •the Harbor, were callers In town last ,week. ' Mrs. Eva Yearns has been taking the place of her mother. Mrs. Sherrln. at Mrs. Ball's home, while Mrs. Sher­rln has h^en' away on a two-weeks' vacation.

Mr. ahd Mr&. 'George Clarke .and daughter Arilne. 'and Mr. and Mris. BVank Jefts- and children, motored to Danvers on Sunday and'sperit the day with Mr. and Mrs. Edward Harvey.

Mr. and Mrs. A. Eaton and Mr. and Mrs Samuel Scales recently motored to Montague and vicinity, visiting sev­eral places of Interest there and tak­ing dinner at Ijikc Pleasant. The trip was made In Mr. Eaton's Ford car. going a distance ot 146 miles on five gallons of gasolene.

WUHam Wright, of Athol, visited a short time fhls week with relatives in town.

Mlss Eva Stearns was In Boston on Monday and Thursday. Her. arm is gaining nicely since her treatment in Boston.

Mrs. Inez Cowdrey Richards Is In town, visiting with Mr. and Mrs, Henry Cowdrey. She expects to have an auction sale of household goods In the near future.

John A. Arlln and Charles Stickney are making dally trips to Lowell, be­ing called as Jurymen. .

Mlsa Edna Temple has returned to her home In town atter spending tho summci- at a resort in New Hampshire.

Mrs. William Spofta'rd, who has beon spending the summer with- her granddaughter, Mrs. Charles Fagcan. has been ill for tho post two weeks and Is confined to her room.

Mlss Arline Clarke Is at home after spending the summer Iri" West Towns-end.

HarlKir. As the Maiden schools are about to

open, Mlss Blanche Baldwin, as teach­er,-returned to that city ori Thursday.

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One of the mostf.helpful meetings of the Grang'e was held on Wednesday evening, when Mr." Wordsworth of the State lioard of Education, gave an ex­ceedingly Instrudtlve and practical talk on "The hew; movement in e d a -catlon." He made; a sur\'ey of educa­tion o n w l i a t Is being done and-what can be done for tbe good of the pupil .and the commuiii&. He spoke ot the junior high'schdcdkiFhidli Is a .aew d e -paTttiro. "Seiirr'BtiSSssfully worked, out in Rochester, N. Y; - The age limit is placed at twelve years, not under. A certain number of weeks Is devoted to flve trades or professions. Pupils work in .these different lines, are examined in those in which they individually prove most efficient and are then ad­vised in which subject to specialize.

.Mr. Wordsworth discussed proper conditions In and around the school­room, sanitation, light, heat, ventila­tion, parents, teachers, a teacherage or home for Instructors, recommended In general the employment of out-of-town teachers. This very suggestive address was received with hearty ap­proval. Supt. Hill continued the sub­ject, presenting some of the needs in our schools.. G. A. Cook talked brief­ly on the sanitary problems which he has met in our school buildings and suggested a remedy.

There were applications for ten can­didates. A social and the regular busi­ness meeting completed the program. On October IS the entertainment will be In charge ot the ladles' degree staff.

Clipping. Frora the Elmira Star Gazette we

quote as follows: A very pretty wedding took

place Saturday.^ evening In the parlors of the First Baptist church, made beautiful with potted palms, hydrangeas and tall baskets of pink and white cosmos, when Gladys, only daughter of .Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Bromley.. and Henry iXalcolm Priest, of Chicago, were united in marriage. Rev. William T. Henry, who united thc parents ot the bride In marriage twent.v-flve years ago. per­formed the ceremony, the double ring service beln'g used. The maid of hon­or was Mlss Ruth Smith, of Spencer, who wore white tulle over white satin with rose trimmings and carried pink roses. The bridesmaids were Miss Alice Sturtevant of Penn Van. who

w o r e rosc taffeta, and Mlss Florence Losle of Elmira. wearing lavender taf­feta: both carried colonial bouquets of pink roses. Little Mlss Polly Bullard was flower girl: she wore white and carried a basket of white mignonette.

The bride's gown was white satin and Georgette crepe with lace trim­mings, her veil being fastened with orange blossoms. She carried a bot(-quct of bride's roses and maiden hair fern. Henry Leet, of N'ew 'i'ork. was, best man. Messr-i. Graham and Lov­ell, of Elmira. wore the Ushers.

Before tho ceremony tho brld&l party was entert.ilned at a flve o'clock dinrjer at thc bride's home. - Covers werc laid for twelve. Mlss Laura Smith, pianist, .issisted by Mlss Laura Wilson, vlollnlsi. played fho wedding mus ic , .

• Following tho ceremony a reception was held In the parlors of tho church. The bridal couple were assisted in re-, celving bv Mr. and Mrs. Broniley and Mr. and i lrs . Frji'nk Priest, parents ot the bride and groom. The young -couple left Immediately for Chicago "where they will reside.. Both are well-known In Elmira. Mrs. Priest is a graduate ot the Elmira schools and attended Elmira. college for threo years.

Mr. Priest, who Is a M. I. T. '12 man, w a s for some time with the'American Bridge Company, and Is now located with the Rock Island R. R.. of Ch -cago. Their many friends are hearti­ly' congratulating the groom and offer­ing best wishes for tho bride's happi­ness In their now home.

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We pabllah tbe followtiic Papers: Vnrner's PabUo Spirit, Ayer, Maes. Xbe Oroton landmark !n>e Pe]H>ereU Clarton.Advertlser Xbe littleton Gnldon Itae'Westford Wardsman Itae Harrard HUIslde I b e Slitrler .Oracle I b e Townsend iy>c8ln Tbe Brookllne (N. H,) Bieacon Sbe Honia (N. H.) Homeetead

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Saturday, October 7, 1916.

WESTFORD Rcsl^:ns Pastorate

At the close of the morning service last Sunday the resignation of Rev. David 'Wallace -wais read.. During the service the hymns,-prayer, scripture readlfig and .sermon werc all chosen •with special slgnlflcance and were most Imi)re6slve, particularly the ser­mon, the . subject of . which was "Preachers and hearers," tho text be­ing choseh from the opening verses of the.fourth chapter of Timothy 11. At the close of the sermon .Mr. Wallace stepped forward and gave an earnest message to his people which was listened to •with the closest attention, This, he said, was his partlng^word. as he should attempt nO stereotyped fare-r well sermon next Sunday. After pro­nouncing the benedjlctlon Mr. Wallace, •ft Ith Mrs. Wallace,- passed out of the church and Moderator Arthur E. Day called a business meeting to order, to •»hrch>all present wore invited to re­main. L.. W. Wheeler, clerk, read the followlng'letter:

To the members and adherents of. the Union Congregational CJilireh',

Dear Friends—For the past- year I have felt that the time had come wheh 1 change of pastorates might be proflt­able for both the church and myself. Having received a eall, from the new Federated church of Assonet. Mass.. I •wish you would relieve me of my pas­toral duties on Sunday, October 15.

Sincerely thanking yo.u on behalf of our entire family for all the rich and blessed prlvlleses of our ministry, among you, and earnestly praying that the blessing of God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit might continue to attend you and crown your work with a larg­er measure'of prosperity and useful­ness. I remain, your servant In the bonds of E^esus Christ,

• David •Wallace. Mr. Wallace came to this church

in February. 1910, from Presque Isle. 'Nie.. therefore c'o'mplcting a pastorate of six and one-hailf years. Other pas­torates have, been in Lunenburg. Marl­boro,; X. H., and In Northern 'Vermont.

Mr. Wallace has served this church with the greatest loyalty and fldellty, ministering to its "people In their joys and sorrows-with s^pa the t i c insight; always the klndtaircouirteous, scholar­ly christian gen^&njlh'^and withal not lacking In the saVRIs grace of a sense of humor.

To his new fleld he carries the sln­cerest good wishes of the members of the church and parish and of the townspeople.

In all his work he has been ably and lalthfully supplemented by Mrs. Wal­lace, wh'o lias done such good work with the young people. Mr. Wallace occupies the pulpit on Sunday and a gbod congregation is hoped for.

Center. Mrs. Gertrude C. Skidmore is hav­

ing her summer home painted white •with green blinds which with Its pretty setting of trees will be most attractive when finished.

J. Herbert Fletcher shot a fox on Tuesday In the Paradise woods re­gion. Sir Reynard was an especially good specimen and had a fine brush.

Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Sutherland and Alfred Sutherland enjoyed a trip to Campton, N. H.. this last week, going Saturday and returning Monday. The trip was made with Mrs. Sutherland's sister. Mrs. Charles Clark and hsuband of Somen-llle In the latter's automo­bile. They visited Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Marden and son Everett. Mrs. Mar­den being a .sister of Mrs. Sutherland and Mrs. Clark, also other kinspeople in the vicinity. Mr. and Mrs. Marden and son are ple.isantly remembered as former residents xn town, livingr in the Westfdrd depot nelKhborhood. 'i'oung Mr. Marden's eUKagi-ment has recently been announced to .Mlss Eliz-.ibeth Munroe Pickering of Campton and who is proprletoress of the I'ine­hurst hotel. The wedding will take place in the late autumn.

Mrs. Edwin Heywood. who for ni.-iny • years lived in the Chamberlin Corner

neighborhood, was in town on T .:es-day. visitinK old friends.

Miss Freida Stilos is .issisting at the central telephone ofllce.

The flrst meeting of the season of the Tadmuck club takes place on Tues­day aftornoon. October 1,0, •and not on October 9. as was in.'tdvertantly stated In last week's issue. The meeting will be a reception to the incoming oflicers and will be confined to the member­ship. The Germania orchestra, of I.;owell, will furnish instrumental music and .Mrs. Fred 1.. Koberts, a favorite soloist with the club, will sing. The Incomin;.- president. Mi- s .Mice 2.1. Howard, will jjive an ojK-nins ad­dress. The meetine will bc held in the tJnltarlan churrh parlors at J.IIO. It Is expected that the attractive now club calendars will he ready for dis­tribution at that time.

Westford friends are glad to hear of good reports fmr.i Mrs. H. Bert 'Walker at thc l.owell Oeneral hospi­tal, where sho roremly underwent a serious surgical operation. Hopes are entertained for her retiiin home some time next week.

At the recent Fietrher family re­union In Boston John M. Fletcher, son John H. Fletcher', and grandson John G. Fletcher, of Westford. were among those present. A fourth John in this familv group at the dinner and exer­cises "was John rf. Wilson, son-in-law. •ind his wife, Edith Fletcher Wilson. Mlss Emily F. F'letcher was also pres­ent from.Westford.

Some especially fine specimens of W olf Klver apples were brought Into the postoflice this week, which even In this town of good ..apple growing would be hard to beat In color, form and size. Thcy came from Frank C. Wright's orchards and ono weighed flfteen ounces and the other ono

•pound. The board of selectmen have Issued

orders to thc several police o'fllclals to send nil young boys to their homes •who are found on tho streets after nine o'clock;at night. This order was Is­sued after complaint had been mndc to the selectmen arid means the In-BtalUng of a curfew law In the town. • An Interesting Incident told hy Jlr.

and Mrs. Sutherland In their trip to •the Whlto Mountains last week was eceing the men at work in the hazard­ous and difflcult undertaking of trying

to repair the Old Man ot the Moun­tain in the Franconla Notch. As is well-known, this famous freak of Na­ture, forming the outline of a great, rugged face with masses of rock, has been scaling off a bit whcro the rock forms the forehead and 'spoiling the outline. The New Hampshire legis­lature has appropriated, the sum of $27,000 In an attempt to repair the de­fect. The nien as seen at work trom the highway appeared like some kind of flics crawling about.

The Edward M. .-^bbol hose com­pany held their regular meeting with .supper at their headquarters on Bos­ton road on Tuesday ovening. Mr. and Mrs. Knight served an appetizing sup­per of cold meal, escalloped potatoes, rolls, coftee, pies and fruit. It' was suggested that the compahy move Its headquarters to thc old academy building and a committee was ap­pointed to Investigate the advisability of this change and report at the next meeting.

The first meeting of thc season of the Ladles' MIsslonar.v society of the Congregational church met at the home of Its president. Mlss Sarah W. Loker, Thursday afternopn of last week.

Mrs. Charles D.. Colburn is becom­ing one. of the eflicient lady auto driv­ers. dris'Ing hor Ford machine each day to carry her son and daughter to and from school.

About Town. The first Ice of the season was-scen

Monday morning—not quite, up to early skating drowning lce. .

Alice and Arthur.O'Erien. of Fram­lngham. were visitors Saturday and Sunday with their uncle. James H. O'Brien. Stony Brook road. ' They will be remembered as the children of Arthur' O'Bi^en, so well remembered as a scholaif at tho old Stony Brook school. He' passed away several years ago., . • • Danlel H. Sheehan lias a new auto truck and took a large party to ride last Sunday. His truck will prove convenient in. distributing his wheat from ' his incorporated 50,000-acre farm .In 'Virginia.

Mrs. Edwin E. 'Heywood, of Ax-Ungton. Is with tho Houghton G. Os-goods. visiting tho.se who for so Ions were neighbors when thc Heywoods for years lived on their farm near Chambcrlln's Corner.

The 101st session of the North Mid­dlesex conference of Unitarian and other christian chur(;hes will be held In Tyngsboro on Wednesday, dctober 11. with a very Interesting program. More than a century and.a half has passed -since the spire of this 'church pointed to high ideals. Thc town, though small In territory and popula­tion, is large iri native grandeur, as the Merrimack river in its charming curves divides the territory of the town, but leaves undivided beauty. These autumn d.ays should convene a largo conference-

The large unused barn on the old' Levi T. Fletcher place on the Lowell road. Brookslde, Is being repaired to match the Improved farm house,, the summer home of Mlss Ella Wright.

A large boarding and lodging house for children is being built on the Hi­ram Dane farm, overlooking Long-Sought-for pond- The farm is now owned by a Boston lady of wealth and this is her.overflow for humanity.

John .\. Taylor writes frm North Dakota that wheat is $1.50 per bushel. The yield Is from flve to ten bushels per acre; some not worth threshing, rusting badly owing to extreme wet and' hot weather. Potatoes have as­cended from thirty-five cents per bushel to ninety cents, and are liable at most any sunrise to rise again.

The Unitarian Alliance will hold its next meeting on Thursday afternoon. October 12, at 2.30 o'clock. Subjeot, "The church made by the Pilgrim Fathers and how it became Unitari­an"; .^. Mabel Drew.

Thc expected debate at the Chelms­ford Grange last week did not come oft for several reasons. First, one of the debaters was taken sick; second. One was not very well; third, one was out Of town; fourth, one forgot all about It. and therefore it has been postponed until the debaters recover back to being present.

David Polley. of l.ynn. was in town last -Saturday and Sunday, visitins his brother. Amos Polley. With Frank W. Banister and Robert Polley, ot North Chelmsford, they motored to Arlington and l.ynn.

Mr- and Mrs. Frank C. Wriftht at­tended the r.ockinghain fair this week.

Mrs. J. D. Sallee and baby, of l.ow­ell, are visitinp at the Old Oaken Bucket farm. -Mr. Sallee is teaching in the l.owoll hiph school.

Some folks are picking and eatin.s strawberries at the Old Oaken Bucket farm and frozen ice not .f.ar off.

The reoent order of the selectmen asainst profanity is vory nearly cor­rect English as it relates to conduct. Enough that some of us break this order whon we mistake our thumb nail for the nail we arc trying to hit with tho hammer, but to sit on tho rail of a bridge or other place of pub­lic resort ,'ind wholesale it forth for the sake of tho "so smart." is very liable to fetch thc individual up as.ainst cheap ideals.

The general inquiry is "Where aro the pheasants'.'" Go ask the "open soason" shotsun folks. We have been told that thoro was no rtanser of ex­termination, and lo. we are up asainst it In the Iirst round. If it was worth while to protect tho pheasant at all then it was worth while to protect them with both hands. But the open season and closed season is protecting it with one hand and shooting it with tho other.

The noxt nieetins of West Cholms­ford Granse will be hold on Thursday ovening. Octolier 12. Conferring ot degrees by regular oflicers and mon's degree statf; music. Grange quartet; vocal solo, .Miss Bertha Bilison.

At the recent primaries the follow­ing republicans werc nominated to look after tho interests of tho party in town; Herbert E.. Fletcher. Sherman Vl, Fletcher, Alfred W. Hartford. Ar­thur-E- Wilson. Harry I... Nesmith Julian A. Cameron, Harold W. Fletch­er. Frank 1., Furbush. Wlillam L. Wall, Frod A. Sweatt. Oscar A. Nel­son. Edward M. Abbot, Edward T. Hanley. Charics S. Edwards. S.amucl L. Taylor, republican town commit­tee: Alfred W. Hartford, Harold W. Fletcher, delegates to thc state con­vention; Edward Fisher, delegate to st.ate convention, democratic.

The W. C. T. IT. hold the' October meeting nt the residence of Dr.. Blaney. ' The devotional exercises were coridueted by Mrs. Clarence HU­dreth. After thc refrain ot the usual business thc president', Mrs. Janet Wright, with her usual- to the point Wiiy, presented Mr.'!.. Diivld Wallace with remembrances of her spirit of take-hold in thc cause of temperance and rlghteou8ne.<<s. Mrs. Wallace re­sponded with tearful effect. All this because so much that Is valuable Is aoon to leave town.

Death. Charles Andrews, a former resident

of Lowell and Westford. died sudden­ly last week Wednesday at his home In Dorchester. He was stricken •with apoplexy whllo at work, and death followed shortly. While In Lowell he was employed at the Lowell & KU-son machine shops- As a resident of Westford, moving here from Lowell, he ow-ndd the farm on Stony Brook road now owned by W. R. Ta'>'lor. and Is well remembered by tho Stony Brook Valley residents. He was at­tentive to business, temperate In habits-, frugal and economical. He was a member of Oberlln lodge. 1. O. O. F.. and Knights of Pythias <if l.ow­ell. He Is survived by a wife. .\da; a son. Edward, and,a brother. George. The funeral was from his home In Dorchester laSt week Frid.ay. The services were conducted by Rev. Charles Burton of thc Stoughton street Baptist church. .\ delegation from Oberlln lodge, 1. O. O. F.. at­tended and perfornied their burial services at the grave. Tho bearers were Charics Rosandcr and .-\mos Kondall of Oberlln lodge- and George Russell and Arthur Clark of Cheval-llor Middlesex lodge- Burial was in the Edson' cemetery. l.owell.

Historical. The Keyes family was the . oldest

familv In actual settlement In West­ford. As early as 1664, then Chelms­ford. Solomon Keyes was In possession of land on Francis hlll. He came from ' Newbury, where he married Frances Grant in 1653 and had a fam­ily of ten children. The home now standins was built by him in 1665. It was -well built and shows its good workmanship, but it Is in a neglected condition and Is not: owned by any of the Keyes family. When thc home and ftirm was In the Keyes family they wore all well to do people and thirfty as long as any of that famliy owned It. All of thc .\merlcan families in New England are descended from this fa'mlly.-. Solomon, id., was born In 1665. Westford was ma-de a town in 1729. This second Solomon had a son born 'in 1701, named Solomon, 3d,, who was •bounded in tho battle with the Indians at Lovewcll's pond, near Fryeburg. Mc. In 1724 he, the third Solomon, married and had eight children. Solo­mon and David were born here. He settled In Warron, Miiss.

The line is as- follows; Solomon. 1; Solomon. 2. b.brn In 1665; .Solomon. 3. horn In 1701: Danforth. 4. born in 1740. married ,Sara,h Cutler, settled in Warren. Mass!, was a colonol in the revolutionary war; Thomas. 5, bom in 1774, married Margaret Mac.^rthur. settled In Chelsea. Vt.: Henry, •;. imrn in 1810. married Emma l-". I'ierce. daughter of Carlos Pierce, of Stan­stead. Canada, the great Jersey cattle breeder, he w-as a merchant in .Xew­bury, V't., w-as- twice nominated for governor of Vermont by the demo­crats about flfty years ago and was defeated, was Interested in railroads and became wealthy, w.as-president ot the Passumpslo railroad, now the Passumpsic division ot the Boston and Maine, was also at one time president of the Atcheson, Topeka and Santa Fe raUroad; Henry W.. 7. born in 1862. a la-wyer, lives In Haverhill. X. H-. was a democrat until tho demo­crats got run away with Bryanism and the 16 to 1 silver craze In 1S96. he be­came a repubilcan and a few weeks ago was nominated by the republicans for tho ofllce of governor of New-Hampshire.

William H. I.ynds. l.owell.

Graniteville. The body of Arthtir Boucher, the

young man w-ho died on the way to the hospital as a result of falling on an lce hook w-hile working for the Bos­ton Ice Company in North Chelmsford on la.st Saturday morning, was remov­ed to the home of his sistor. .Mrs. Ernest Dumont. of this village, last Saturday evening. The body was sent to Canada on Monday, whero burial took place.

Harry Quinn, a formor resident here, w'ho has been ill at his home in Somerville for the past several weeks, has recently been moved to the Mass­achusetts General hospital in Boston, and the latest reports of his condition is that he is on the dangerous lis; with no hope for his recovery.

Rev. Samuel Dupertuis proached at the Methodist church last Sunday morning on the suliject. "Choosing a God." The sermon had its settins in the book ot Ruth and was lieartily appreciated by the congre.sation.

Both masses in St. Catherine's church last Sunday morning were cele­brated by Rev. Henry L. Scott, who gave interesting sermons on "The ob­servance ot the Sabliath." He also announced that the first of the Oc­tober devotions would be held on I-'ri­day evenins at tho usual hour.

Thirty cows and a bull will be sold hy auction at the farm of K. Paisnon. .Ir.. South Chelmsford, on Saturday afternoon. October 7. at 1.30 o'clock.

Death. Mary Ann Padnanna. ased nineteen

years, tbe eldest daughter of -Mr. and .Mrs, Gisachirio Padnanna, died sud­denly In bed carly last Saturday morn­ing. She was apparently all right and in good spirits the night betore and did not complain ot any illness. Dur­ing the night her sister Flora, who was sleeping with her. heard hor strug-plins for breath and hastily .aroused tho family, but Mary was dead. Be­sides her fathor and mother, she leaves a sistor Flor.a .and two little brothers. Fr.ank and Antonio. Dr. W. H. Sherman was callod and viewed the body, and owing to the sudden death the case was reported to the flistrict coroner. Dr. Frank S. Bulkeley. of Ayer. who ordered the body to the rooms of J. A. Healy, undertaker, whero an autopsy was hold. The autopsy was performed b>- State Medi­cal Examiner McGrath. of Boston, as­sisted by Dr. Bulkeley. and Drs. W. H. Sherman. C. A. Blanoy. O. V. Wells were in attendance. Dr. McGrath pro­nounced death due to natural causes.

The funeral of the deceased took place from hor home horc on Monday morning at 8.30 and was woll attond­od. At nine o'clock a funeral mass Wiis celebrated In St. Catherine's church by Rcv. Henry L. Scott. The regular choir was In attendance, and under tho direction of Mlss Mary F. Hanley. sang tho Gregorian Chant. There w-ore many flor.al tributes. The bearers werc Linga Ollva, Gulseppe Ollva. Antolino Nottc. Salvatore Ccrll-lo. Burial was In St. Catherine's cem­etery.

LITTLETON News Items.

Mlss Lillian Robinson Is attending lpwell Normal school.

Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur. Shattuck of t.€omlnster spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Newell.

Mrs. Coleman- of Somerville has beon thc guest of her cousin. Mrs. W. E. Conarif. tha wcelk.

F. P. Plummer of Marbiehead Is spending a few days with Mr. nnd i l r s . Thomas Stephens of King street.

All you have ever longed for in a range is found

in the Plain Cabinet Glenwood. It's made in natural black iron finish-^so« smooth and easyHio clean—the "Mission Idea" applied to a range. A room saver too like the upright piano.

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J. J. Barry ® Co., Ayer

The Board of Trado will meet in the town hall next Monday night.

The annual harvest suppor w-ill bo held at tho Congregational vestry on next Wednesday evening, besinning at 6.30 o'clock. This will be followe by a literary and musical entorta' ment. The Newtown hustlers ar the committee and thcy inteni , have the supper up to standard. All hands come- anil help make this a crowning success.

The annual sale at the Congrog.a­tional vestry will, take place on thc .afternoon of November 21. < Mi thc following evening' thore will be a su[,-per and entertainment.

Mrs. Annie Smith has boen spend­lns several weoks with friends ;i 'it­tle north of Plymouth. N. H., where-she enjoyed lifo .n a tent.

Tho Woman's club will hold tlu;:-opening meetins on Monda\- after­noon, 'ictober !<. it 2.30 o'clock. Tho meeting will be , pen and all tho wo­men of the town are cordially ir.vited at that timo. Tlio members will jilciisc brin.s their moir.bership tickets for the first few nvotings so- that the treasurer ma.v i-t able to <>bt:i:n a correct list of r embers. .\ccord:np to a vote taken Sy tho club tho dato for the payment of dues is fixed for the annual meeti:.g. or boforo July 1. so that the • dir* ctors need not lie handicapped in their work hy too great an uncertainty as to tho funds available- It i-s "noped that all dues will bo paid at th.; oponing moetins if possible- Mlss -Marie Saylu. of tho home economics department of the Massachusetts .\grlcultural collese. will speak on the topic "School lunch­eons." As said liefore. this will be .an unusually helpful lecture and the cluti extends a most cordial welcome to visitins ladios.

At the meeting: of tho school com­mittee on last S.iturday evenins sev­eral Important matters were consider­ed and acted upon. The state law re­lating to vaccination, "A child •si'ho haa not beon vaccinated shall not bo admitted to a public school except upon presentation of a certlflcate granted for cause stated therein, sign­ed by a resular practising physician that he is not a flt subject for vac­cination," will be enforced, and the superintendent ^\as authorized to soo that this law be carriod out beforo tho oponing of the winter'term, December 4. Thc regulation relating to admis­sion to grade one was changed to read "That pupils bo admitted tb the first grade only In September, unless fiuali-fled to take up tho t^'ork of the grade. No child shall be admitted to the pub-Ilc schools whose age shall not bc slx years by thc flrst of January follow-ing tho opening of tho- fall term." Thc, superintondent was appointed chair­man of an attendance department to consist of fho .superintendent, hia clerk, and thc regularly appointed at­tendance ofllccr-s. This Is to carry In­to effect a recent law relating to tho keeping of census records not form­erly required.

Ofllccra were elected by thc Inter­mediate C. H. society of thc Congrega­tional church last Sunday lis follows; Margaret Con.ant. supt.; Caroline Co­nant, pianist; Elizabeth PIckard. pros.; AnnaShowo. v. p.; Charlotte PIckard. sec; Hayw-ard Houghton, sec. If pleasant the meeting on Sunday will be held outdoors, on thc hlll behind the vlliage. The membcra and nny Ijoys Or girls who would-like to join

Z-- / will yeet at tho church at three o'cl'' /k and start on the walk to the ill'' -ting place.

There will be .an illustrated lecture ,.tl thc evenins service In the Congre-salional vestry on Sunday evening, 'fhe subject is "Springtime in Japan." The slides are remarkably beautiful. Time, seven o'clock. The topic cards with the names of loaders until Jan­uary 1 will be distributed.

.Miss Anne S. Buckley, of the Wo­man's Board of Mi.ssions- in Boston, who spoke in H.arvard on Thursday ii:-.d in South Acton on Friday, will VIS.: Rev. and Mrs. Alvord on Sat-ui-oay .tnd speak in Stow and .-Xyer on Sunday, in Pepperell on Monday, and at the W. B. M. Branch meeting in lloxiioroush on Tuesd.ay.

The annual mooting of the North -M-lillcscx P.ranch of the Woman's i-l'avd.of Missions at the Congrega­tlona'. church in Boxborough on next Tue- da.\- proniises to be of unusual in­terest. The l.'nited Workers will send a large delesation if plea.sant. and ex­pect to report a number of now- mem­bers.

The November meetins of the Phila-tJifa class will bo held with Mrs.

j Th-tmas Stci.'nens on November S. Thc niembers are making some of the aprons for tho fair next month.

The srand concert which took place in the Congregational church Tuesday evenins callod out a large audience and won tho highest plaudits from a

j most .appreciative people. Mr. .-Vdams. tho organist, proved himself to be an

• artist of consummate skill and ox-I ceodingly generous in his response to encores. Our local talent, Mrs. Hager.

1 .Mr. Gardner. Mr. Dodds and the male ! quartet. Messrs. Dodds, Wliitney. Hub­bard and Hill, onjoyod new laurels well deserved. Tho organ seloctlons and tho vocal music wore generally admitted to constitute one of the best entertainments of the kind given here in recent yeara. and It will not soon bo forgotten by anyone who was present on Tuesday evening. Would that we might havo another evening's enter­tainment by the same musicians. The receipts netted twenty-flve dollar.s.

The annual ' meeting of thc Back Log club for business will bo held In

i the Unitarian vertry on Thursday eve-i nins. October 12. at 7.30 o'clock. I .Mrs. Amell.a Wakefleld returned last I woek from a visit In Lexington, her si5;er returning with her.

.Mrs. Frank Chiiae was In town last week and visited with Mrs. Robinson at thc Common.

Miss Alice Wright. Mlss Susie Rob­bins. .Miss Ella Wright and A. E. Rob­bins attended the Bolton fair last week. .

Thc "cottage" which Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Cox lot to thc A. S. Knight family, and to -which they now return, would bettor bc termed the "stono palace."

Another correction in last week's column — through misunderstanding or unauthorized report—Mrs. C. A. Dodge was booked for Gloucester City a little carly In the fall.

Mrs. D. G. Houghton and her slater, JIl.ss Carrio Rcld. attended the anntial musicale In Worcester laat week.

Mlss Hatch, of Exeter, N. H.. was n recent guest of Mrs. S. E. Abbott a t "The Blossoms." .

Miss'Anno M. Evftna, investigator in Woman's Rural organizations, of the

U. S- Dept. of Agriculture, is visiting Massachusetts for two days. She is coming In touch with a number of clubs "which have accomplished some spociflc results, either socially or edu­cationally." and is receiving informa­tion as to how the w-ork was done. It is Intorosting to know that Miss Ev­ans selected Littleton as one of the places to visit and has learned from our ex-president. Mlss Alice M. How­ard, what the Littleton club has ac­complished.

Mr. and Mrs. Charlos F. Bromley have announced the marriage of their daughter Gladys to Henry Malcolm I'riest on Saturday evening.- Septem­ber 30- Mr- and Mrs. Priest will be at home to thoir friends at 217 West 72nd street, t.'hicago, 111.-

Miss .-Mice Howard joined Prof. Barton's party of sixty-nine excur­sionists to tho Hoosac tunnel on last Saturday and Sund.ay. Leaving the train at Charlemont. the company took auto busses over the Mohawk Trail to North Adams. In the evening Prof. Barton gavo an Illustrated lecture on thc goolosical features of the trip. Tho next morning t-he tourists ascend­ed Mt. Groylock for the flrst time in autos. Never was the view clearer or better in any of Prot. Barton's excur­sions. All w-ere enthusiastic over every feature of the trip.

On Tuesday evening. October' 10. thc ladies of the Baptist church will hoid an entertainment and ple aoclal in the vestry. Mrs, Helen Kelly will favor, the audience with musical se­lections and C. F. Watts will give hu­morous readings.

United Workers. Mrs. J. H. Kimball opened hor

homo to thc L'nited Workers Wednes­day afternoon for the flrst meeting of the soason with tw-enty-two present. Mrs. W. E. Conant. president, called on Mrs. Coleman, of Somerville. her cousin and guest, to lead In the devo­tional-exercises.- Mlss i-»lla S. Conant. chairman of the progrir^ committee, introduced the new text book, "Old Spain In New America," with a few explanatory remarks. Mrs. F. S- KIm­baU gavo a roport of thc evcry-mem-bor canvass committee which made sixty calls and personally Invited the ladles to Join the soclely or continue membership ' and help on tho good work of the organization- At this time the speaker of,lho afternoon arrived. Mlss Evans, of Boston, fleld secretary of tho Home Missionary society, gavc a splendid account of protestant mis­sions among the Spanish people In Porto Rico, Cuba, and Sew Mexico, present achlevcrhents and problems. Mrs. J. C. Alvord gavc current events, speaking chiefly of activities In the war sections of Europe. With the repetition of the Lord's prayer in uni­son thc meeting closed.

Reception to Elderly People The Forget-not circle of King's

Daughters wisely selected Tuesday af­ternoon. October . 3, tor their annual reception to elderly friends." The day could - not have bcon more fair and mellow. Jn harmony -with the weath­er every feature of the entertainment •was carried out very happily, and the hospitality of tho charming hostl'.^, Mrs. Paul L. B;rown, prefaced tho re­ception most auspiciously. Thirty guests responded to the Invitation and thirty-one King's Daughters gracious­ly attended them.

After the exchange of greetings Mrs.

N. H. Whitcomb, president, made a brief speech of welcome and plea-sant­iy referred to Mrs. Mary F. Robbins' birthday as having been a suitable date , for this annual assembly of friends. An interesting program was very much enjoyed. Mrs. Hager and Mrs. Hartwell sang two duets, accom­panied at tho piano by Mrs. C. K. Houghton. Supt. F. H. Hlll sang two solos, accompanied by Mrs. J. H. Kim­ball, pianist, Mrs. A. W. Knowlton gave a select reading, and again the company engaged in sociability.

Ice cream and cake werc served. After repeated expressions of thanks the suests returned home w-lth the feeling that this had been one of the most successful afternoons spont to­gether.

The oldest man preseni is nearly ninety-four years of age, and thc old­est woman is nearly ninety.

Death. On Sunday, October 1, George Ed­

wards passod away at his home In Saiem. He was born in Littleton in 1849, in the house now- occupied by Alexander McDonald at the depot. He was a son ot Peter and Elizabeth Hartwell Edwards, and his early boy­hood was spent in this town. At the ase of seventeen yoars ho went. to Worcester to learn the brass mould­er's trade and lived there for many year.s. In the year of 1870 he was married to .Mary Ireland, a si.ster of thc late Jamea W. Ireland of this town.

Tho deceased Is survived by his widow-, a son. throe grandchildren, two brothers and a sister. Henry F.. of St. Louis. Peter C. of New York city, and Mrs. Lizzie Stevens, of Cam­bridge.

He united w-lth the M. E. church In 1884, and all through the years to the ond his was a consistent christian life. Too much cannot bc said of the flne character of this brave, kind-hearted man; In the homo life he was ever the devoted hurband and father. It was said by those who knew him best that he never spoke a cross word.

For many yeai's he was an Invalid, but during all his sufterlng he was patient and always appreciative of the ministrations of his devoted w-|fo. Of a qulot and retiring disposition ho lived his Christianity, and by his ex­ample Impressed all who came In con­tact with him with the value of a "good faith." and truly "None knew him but to love him: None named him but to praise."

Services w:ore held nt his lato home in Salem on Tuesday afternoon. The burlai waa In Westlawn cemetery, Lit­tleton.

Government control of the tele­graph, telephone and postoflice sen-Ice has now been authorized by law In Uruguay. Provision has been mado for thc entire organization of these public utilities as soon as the govern­ment . can perfect arrangements for taking them over.

nON'T I'ET SKIX TROUIILBS SPRIi.lb Trivial blemishes are sometimes (ho

flrsf warning of serious skin diseases. Neglected skin troubles grow. Dr. Hob­son's Eczema Ointment promptly stops the progress of eczema, heals stubborn cases of pimples, acne, blotchy, red and scaly skin. The antiseptic qualities of Dr. Hobson's Kczema Ointment kill the germ and prevent the spread of tho irouble. For cold sores or chapped hands. Dr. Hobson's Hlczema Ointment offers prompt relief. At your Druggist, SOc.

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Mrs. Josepil Allen spent the week­end at the home of her sister In Cam­bridge, returning with her nephew to remain for an Indeflnlte time. •

Mrs. Richard Pomfret returned home the first of the week from a ten-days' visit at tho homo of her son, George Pomfret, In Waverley. '. .

George Colburn; of West Somcfvllle, is visiting a t ' t h e home of his aunt, Mrs. .Viola Hodgman.

Rev. G. E. - 'Woodman will preach his farewell sermon at the Congrega­tional church on Sunday. It is hoped a large audience will bo present. Mr. Woodman commences Tils pastorate at tho .West Boylston Congregational church on Sunday. October 16. Mr. Woodman and famliy leave town with

' the best; of. wishes from hla Shirley parishioners.

.Every member Is requested to be present at. the. meeting 'of J. C. Ayer lodge- on Monday evening. . Mrs. Walter Cole returned from thc CUnton hospital on Wednesday, w-here ahe was operated upon two weeks ago. Mrs. Cole has recovered rapldiy from the effects of the operation.

Mrs. M. J. Joiinson, of Boston, w-Ith son MUton arrived at the home of her

. parents. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Knowles. the flrst of the week for a brief visit.

George Desolne-arrlved at his home In town from the south last Saturday.

Miss Agnes Lynch, in company with her father, Harry H. Lynch, left Sun­day evening for Canton university. Canton, N. Y., where .she is enrolled as a student.

TJic development of the peat Indus­try at Tophet swamp is attracting con­siderable attention. The Boston and Maine railroad has ordered 50.000 tons of peat fueHrom the company, w-hlch Is sold considerably less than ordinary coal fuel. They have also booked large orders for peat to be tised In fer­tilizing. Machines for converting the peat into fuel -are being made in Kltchburg and extra help are liclng employed every week.

"The Universalist, Baptlat an'd Con­gregational-churches will hold a union service on Sunday evening at tho Con­gregational church which will be a farewell serv-ice In honor of Rov. G-E- Woodman, who leaves with his family next week for Wost Boylston. w'nere Mr. Woodman has been called as pastor of the Congregational church-In that town.

Mlss LUllan Johnson, of Bostoii. has arrived at the home ot .Mr, and Mrs, Walter Knowles for a visit.

The .Mtrurian club will hold its flrst raoetir.g of the season nfixt Thursday aftornoon at the home of Mrs. Abble J. Wells, tho meetins to be devoted to an experience party.

Miss Madeline Boland, of'the oflico staff of the President Suspender 'Com­iiany, was successfully operated ujjon Tuesday for appendicitis.

Mrs. Henry W. Eisner is spending a lew d.iys with Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Brockelman.

D.-. Charles Her-so:n, of (.'olumbtis. Ohio, spent the flrst of thc week with Mr. and ilrs. George X- Hersom,

Fred D. Weeks' mill at the village is being given a new coat of paint.

The l..adies' Circle of tho i'oiisre-gational church held its rtrst social, suj'.per and enter.tainment in the church vestry on Wednesday evening. .A. sub.stantial .tupper Wius served at seven o'clock under the direction of ^Mrs. John G. Conant, Mr.s. S. Louise Butlc:-. Mrs. Richard Pomfret, Mrs. GoorSro N. yersom. Jlis.-i l.ona Tewks­bury. Mlss Bessie Dadmun, Mlss Cora Jame:-. The servers were Leonard Hooper. Chester Hooper. Mlss Cora James. Miss Gladys .-Xnnis. At eisht o'clock the following entertainment was siven under the direction of Miss Gladys Phelps: Piano solo. Miss Hazol Ballou; vocal solo. Miss Mary BadstUbner; .readings. Miss Esther .\msden-; violin and piano. Miss Vir­ginia -McElroy and Miss Gladys Phelps; piano solo. Miss Gladys Phelps. The circle win meet at the Congregational church parlor on Wednesday after­noon, October 11. at three o'clock. The annual collection for home mis­sions will be taken at this time.

The moving picture show on last Monday 'evening was the best .ever seen here. On Monday evening the management offers ".\t bay." featur­ing Florence Reed, the noted actress. The play Is produced by George Scar­borough and Is shown in flve reels of much interest; also, a "Lonesome Luke" comedy which is very popular with the audience. Mi-ss Mona T, Klttredge, of Ayer, will be the pianist.

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Rev. and Mrs. H. A. Brldgman and family-closed their summer-home on Center road last week Friday and re-tifrried to Brookllne for the winter. ' Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Pray, of

Brookllne. spent the week-end at their house on Parker road.

Mrs. A. S. Burnham and family have closed their summor home at Woods­vUle and returned to their home In Revere..

Rev. J. A. Muller, of the Cambridge Theological school, conducted the service'at Trinity chapel Uist Sunday afternoon. On Sunday afternoon, at 3.15, Rev. Grover Harrison, of Groton School, will conduct the service. It Is expected that Mr. Harrison will have charge of the services at the chapel throughout the winter.

Tho bridge across the Mulpus on "Townsend road, at the North, has been torn up, and the now concrete bridge Is In process of construction.

John W. Farrar, of Hazen road, who has.been 111 for several weeka. Is now able to be out agalp.

John Hough, at the North, has en­tered Colgate college. In New York. Ho formerly attended Mlddlebury oollcge.

Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Bolton expect to close 'their summer homo on Center road next week for the winter.

Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Woodward, ot Fltchburg, have been spending a few days at the home of Mr, and Mrs. C. E. Bradford.

Tlie portable saw mill of Blanchard & Gould, of West Acton, has been moved' from the Holden lot at the North, the .work of cutting oft the lot having been completed In a very short lime. *

G. L. S now. of Newton, spent the w-eek-end at his - recently purchased home. Hard.wood floors are- to be laid In the second story of the house and othor repairs are to be started at once, after which Mr. Snow expects to move In with his family.

'Work Is under way on an extensive pig farm to be started at Woodsville by MI;. O'Donnell. son of Dr. O'Don­nell, of WoodsvUle, and a friend of his. It Is understood that the farm will lie started with one hundred pigs, the number to be Increased later to flve hundred. Mr. O'Donnell has purchas­ed an auto truck to be used In col­lecting swill In Fltchburg.

Wedding. Mlss Marjorle Fuller, daughter of

Harriet P. Fuller, of Providence. R. I., and a niece of Howard Fuller, and I.. Pierce Emerson, Jr., son of Lowell P. Emerson, of Providence, R, I., were married last Saturday afternoon at a verj- pretty w-eddlng at the home of Howard Fuller. The ceremony was held under the trees opposite Mr. Fuller's house, a very pleasant loca­tion, with the guests sathered around In a circle. Rev. Howard .\, Bridg­man othclated- The bride was dresse<l in w-hite silk, w-lth a white lace veil and orange blossoms. Following the ceremony a reception was held in the house, which was beautifully decorat­ed for the occasion. The caterers were Kenney & Hill, of' Fltchburg. The wedding was entirely a family affair, about forty relatives of the bride and groom from Ma.s.sachusctts. Rhode Island and Pennsylvania being pres­ent- .\fter the reception the couple left on a weddin.g trip and will later make t'neir home in I'rovidence. R, I.

GROTON

I.arf;c Class Initiation. Thc big cliiss Initiation to be held

by the .\. O. V. W. in this section on Columbus day promises to be of more than ordinary interest- The meeting w-ill take place at the rooms of Ta­hanto lodge, Loominstor- The lodges participating are J- C- Ayer, Shirley: Tahanto, Leominster, and Rollstone and Nashua lodges of Fltchburg. The special features of the day will be a parade, followed by the class Initia­tion. Refreshments will be served and speeches by grand lodge oflicers.

Members of J- C Ayer lodge are earnestly requested to attend and board tile electric car leavln.s at 2-15 in the afternoon from Shirley, as tho parade commences from Tah.anto lodgo rooms at three o'clock, headed b.v a Fltchburg flfe and drum corps. Thc grand lodge oflicers who have beon invited to attend are Frod A. Maxfleld, g.m.w-.; t.'harles C. Fearing, g.c; D, Chester Parsons, g.a.c: John B. Gallagher, p.g.m.w, George H, Gorman, of Fltchburg. Is chairman of the general committee, and Walter Knowles Is secretary. J. C, Ayer lodge received rlx applications for member­ship at Ita laat meeting.

Center. Mlss Marlon L, Holden. who is

teaching school In Templeton, spont the week-end with her parenta, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Holden.

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ware and fam­ily havo closed their summer home on Hazon road and ret'urned to their home on Hazen road and returned to their homo Iht Brookllne.

Mlss Florence Adams, who has been spending tho sunimer with her father, Albert Adams, returned ori Monday to Mt. Holyoke college, where sho has a position as Instructor.

The meeting ot the Matrons' Aid so­ciety last week was held with Mrs. Ora Adarhs. The next meeting will be held with Mr.i. Elsie Evans oh Tuesday, October 10. -

Tho Girls' Sewing GuUd will hold a meeting on Saturday afternoon, Oc­tober 7, at tho home ot .Mrs. Ethel S. Bolton on Center rottd.

The Center CamiJ-flre Girls hold a meeting last Saturday at the homo of their guardian, Mlss Venice Hough, at the North.

Mrs. Nelllgan' and JIIss O'Nell aro occupying the- bungalow on Centor road recently vacated by Sirs. Cynthia Lynch.

Hlsti)i-y of (iroton Buiul. The Dunstable Ixind was one of the

mim.erous bands which played at the celebration of President Arthur's visit In Boston. .The Fr^c Lancers also had a mounted' baiid Ih the pariide, tlio hor.se of each of the players being led by a boy. When, later on in the line, the Dunstable band .apjieared. their horses being in perfect lino, a n d u n -suided b.v an.vone savo the players themselves, they were continually sreeted with storms of enthusiastic applause. Wo understand that a num­ber of Groton musicians played with the Dunst-able band on that day,

Mr, Ames has played with the Gro­ton band every year e.vcept one since 1881 The sunimer of 1915 he was out of the band, being troubled w-ith his teeth, .\fter having some exten­sive dentistry done he w-as again hap­pily back in the ranks in 1916.

Charles Baldwin, who was .\mos Ames' sldo partner for years, as they both played alto, has been spoken of before In this work. Ke playod what is called a bell-front alto, which looks like a giant cornet. This kind of alto is not made today. When he wtus in Dunstable Mr, Baldwin played llute and before flute he played on a flag­eolet. We are told by an old man from Pepperell who knew Mr, Bald­win years ago, that Mr, Baldwin, tak­ing his diminutive flaseolet, would gravely placo each of his flngers in succession on his tongue to moisten them, and theri aftor this elaborate preparation w-ould squeak out o few notes, which could hardly bo called a tune. Mr. Baldwin laughingly admits that in those days tunes were not iimong his musical accomplishments. .\fter coming to Groton Mr. Baldwin played alto only, using one Instru­ment all the time and being modest In his ambitions waa satisfied to re­main always on the second alto part.

Charlos Eddy flrst became Interest­ed in music through hearing the band practice at Music hall. Long before taking up an instrument he was a rogular attendant at rehearsals. The flrst horn he played was Arthur Blood's old bass, which had been cut down. It originally stood as high as a man's shoulder from the ground. After playing this awhile he bought a circular bass. Althoug Mr. .Eddy prac­ticed some with both Mr. Duren and Mr. Ames, he Is largely self-taught. He had his share of the enthusiasm so rife In 1881 and used to walk from his home ncnr the old red bridge to rehearsals, never missing a night even In winter when he had to plod through deep snow. He says that for several yoars every man used to be at every moctlng, which were often heid twice a week. He attributes much of the men's enthusiasm to Gllman Bar­rows, who. he says, wns deeply Inter­ested In music and was energetic.In keeping the interest of tho band keen.

Mr. Eddy through his constancy became an exceedingly good baas player. -All of our Informants toll us that Mr. Souther says that Mr. Eddy had offers from Boston bands to go there and play and Mr. Coburn tells us that thc 'WaUham Watch Factory Band tried to get him several times.

Norman Shattuck tella us a- little Joke on Mr. Eddy which Is too good to kocp. Mr. Eddy and Frank Hemen­way were engaged to play with the Littleton band at Stow. They were going down to Littleton ih Mr. .Hom-cnway'a carriage and when about half way there Mr. Eddy happened to think he had left his tuba at home. Mr. Shattuck s.ays that If hd had play­od a piccolo and forgotten It It Would not have been so slr(ingc. but to for­get a mammoth bass horn was quite a dlfterent matter.

Mr. Eddy.has occasionally dropped out a year or two In the period since 18Sr. and In 1911 or 1912 ho waa

forced by iroubio with his teeth to wlthdray altogether. •

We must deviate from our chrono­logical order here and Insert a word about another member of the earlier band, whose name we have only re­cently learned. Homer J. Potter, brother of Sherman l\>tter. and now ii resident of Somerv-llle. He iil.iyod cymbals In the Oroton band tor iibout a year, sometime betweeii 1S75 and 1SS3, probably. Moses Coburn was tho bass drummer at tho time, Thc band's annual Job on St, Patrick's day in Lowell stands out In Mr. Potter's memory. Ho recollects with pleasure the- time spent at rehearsals with the band.

In the early eighties, probably In 1881. about the time the present band wtis. being organized, when Gllman Barrows was "rounding up" new re­cruits to keep .the band alive, he in­duced' his .friend, John Donahue, to take up the cornet. Persuasion argu­ments on tho part of Mr, Barrows' son Ulysses, familiarly known as "Uile," were also necessary In order to. overcome Donahue's dlHldericc In Invading the fleld of music. In recol­lections of this event In his life Mr. Donahue remarked that Gilman Bar­rows was "the best-natured man that ever- lived."

Donahue's first step w-as the pur­chase of an old rotary valve cornet: this he bought of Albert Souther. After a short period of diligent prac­tice. • under the supervision of the band's leader. Mr. Barrows, he be­came proflcient enough to be assigned to the post of third cornetist. During most of his stay' with the band he played the second and third cornot parts. He was also, about this time, the Janitor of Music hall, where tho band rehearsed, and on rehear-sal nights In the winter time, he used to lug four loads of coal to tho band-room on tho top floor of the buUdlng-

Norman Shattuck says .that Mr. Donahue used to tear the pieces ho didn't like out of his book. This was quite a novel Idea und one many oth­ers, we believe, like to follow, but Judging from the average dlftere-uecs In,taste among twenty men, especial­ly upon the subject of selections of music, we thirtk If this were practised today there w-ould not be a full sot of parts to any piece In the repertoire-After having played for sometime. Mr. Donahue got rid of hts first acquired cornet iind Ijought another of Gil­bert Barrow-s, paying thirty-iivo dol­lars for It, Mr. Barrow-s had previ­ously used this instrument in Woon­socket. R. I. '

Gilbert Barrows had left Groton and settled in Woonsocket some time betore this, and Mr. Donahue remom-bors that whenever, he came back to Groton on a visit he w-ould always at­tond a rehearsal of the band if one wero hold during his stay-in town. He seemed to take great delight in set­ting back and practising with thc band.

Mr. Donahue recollects .going to l-oweli on St. Patrick's day a number of times, and .also the Memorial day job in Groton and Littleton, and one year an extra job In Pepperell, when Jlemorial day came on Sunday. He also recalls a number of the serenades —those to Solomon Fletcher, to i.iz­zie Shattuck who married Mr. Floyd. and to M. J. Cleary. Durin.g his metn-bershij) Mr. Donahue witnessed a number of changes in the leadership of the band. Ho was a montber at the time that Gilman Barrows.

lady, H. A. Johnsoiil W. .\, Gardner, both awarded Istr^fcest pair carriage horses. H. A. JohnsOiT 1st. W. A. Gard­ner 2d; best slngte..oarriase horse. W. .\. Gardner 1st. .H. A. Johnscn xidx pony ng. -MIS. Maud E. Trayn-.

Class 4—^Yokeoxen, Fred il. Mav; yoke stt CIS, Ralph Sargent.

Class 7. poultry—Besttrlo I.lsht Brah-rnas. H. W. Farrar &.S.on», W'hlte Leg­horns. G, E. Gould 1st. .H- W. Farrar & .'ions 2d; Brpwn Leghorns. II. w. Far­rar & Sons; K. C- 'iLeghorns, H. W. Farrar & Sons 2d;CJ{. 1. Iteda. Pine Crest-Orchards^. R. I. Red chicks. H.-\y, Farrar & Sons: E. C. I'„ I, chicks, J- F, Peabody: Whit'e Plymouth Rock chicks, Mlsa Geraldine I-awrence 1st Taylor & Son- 2d;/L}Vhit>- I'lymouth Uock fowl, H. W. - . f a r ra r . 2d prize-Barred Rock chicks,', G, K. Gould 1st Taylor & Son 2d;-Barred Hock fowl Taylor & Son; Mlndrcas, H. w. Far­rar & Sons. 1st, 2df bantams, Taylor & Son; Guineas, H. 'w; Farrar & Sons; pair Muscovy Ducks, old. young. Indl-* an Runner, old, youns. ist. Indian Kunner young, .2d, H. \v. Farrar & Sons: Columbian Wyandots, trio, Ger­ald Breckenridge; Buff Leghorn fowl and' chicks, Taylor & Son 1st, chicks J, F, Peabody 2d; pair Jaiiajiese Silk­ies fowl and chicks,, Maud E. Trayne Ist. 2d,

class 9, vegetables—Best and largest variety -of vegetables,' .l<ilui Lawrence tst. Mlss Susie Shattuck ;;d: peck Early Rose potatoes. JohnMoyl.-. m-ck Green >Iountaln-potatbes,-.W..F. Whiirton 1st. -John Moyle 2d: squashes, ;; best, show John Moyle: plate of tomatoo.s. six' specimens. Taylor & Son 1st. .1. y Pea­body -id: 12 parsnips, W. F. Wharton-12 carrots. Mlss Suslo Shattuck.

Class 10, fruit—Best Hubbardstons Nonesuch apples, John Movie'1st W F. Wharton 2d: 8 Mcintosh Reds, Geo, S. Knapn 1st, F. D. Lewis 2d: S Rox­bury Russets, George S. Knapp Ist, F. D, Lewis 2d: 8 R. I. Greenings. W. F. Wharton 1st, Dr. F. E. Gllson ^d- s Gravestlnes. George S. Knapp 1st. Jas Frazer 2d: 8 Porters; George S- Knapp ist. Dr, F, E, GUson. 'idi s Williams, and S Wealthy. George .->'. Knapp 1st; John Moyle 2d, 8 Woalthv; .s Ben Davis W. F. Wharton 1st. Dr. F. K. Gllson 2d: 8 Snow or Fameuse/ F. D- Lewis 1st. G. S. Knapp 2d; 8 Sutton lieauty, P. D Lowls Ist. G. S. Kliapii 2d; S Rome. Pennock, Mt, Swago.-Stark. F, D. Lew-Is; S Black Astrachan, James Frazer: 8 Wolf- River, James Frazer 1st, Tay­lor & Son 2d: 8 Red Betty. .James Fraz­er: S Delicious, Wallliisford, Palmer Greening, G. S. Knapp; ^ I'almer Green­ing. Dr. F. E. Gllson 2d; 2d best Hol­land Pippin, W. F. Wharton, 2d best .N'ew York, Dr. F. E. Gllson: S Blue I'eai-maln. American Beauty. GiUlflow-er. Murphy. Arctic. Washington Sweet, Lady Blush. Nodhead.' Kooston Pippin, Dr, F. K. Gllson; 8 Orange Sweet. Fred Carpenter; S Bismarck. Queen, Long-Held, Winter Banana, Haas. Talman Sweet, George S. Knapp; !. Baldwin, F. 1>. Lewis 1st. 2d; 8: King. F. D. Lewis l«t, a..a. Knapp 2d: Northern Spy. Ger­ald Breckenridge lat. F, D, Lewis 2d .Vewton Pippin. Dr. F. K. Gllson; Gold­en llussftt. John Moyl---: Bellellow.er. G. S. Knapp: best dlsolay, 10 varieties, .1 each, George S. Knapp Isj, F, D, Lewis 2d. W, F. -Wharton 3d; .nears. s sin-clnu-ns- George'S- Knapp Ist." Fred (.'ainoiit.M- 2d: peaches. ^ specimens, F, [>. I.ewls; dlsnlay crab apples. Mlss Susi.- Sliattuck-

i'lass 11. bread,'; extixe, etc.—'Loaf ^vllito broad. Mrs. J. ?':azer 1st, Mrs. .lobii Cpton 2d; brown b:i-ad. Mlss: Lil­lian Kiiajip; half-dozen biscuits, Mrs. .Iclii! 'Muyle 1st. Mrs. Wheeler Ames •.;d. best show canned fruit and Jelly. .Mrs. .<. Kvans 1st.' domestic science c'ass. public schools, id: fruit cake, .Mrs. .1, Giaves; sponge cake, Mlss Alice Sticknev; gingerbread, Mrs, Wheeler .\mos: apple nie, Mrs. .lolin Upton.

Class 12, household manufacture— mill;, .Mis. J. Graves; fia pillow. Mrs. T. C. Smith 1st. illss l.UUan Tuttle 2d; ''i-'X- crocheting. -Mrs. .1. Graves -Ist. .Mrs. L. r. Williams J<1; • centerpiece, -Mrs. J. F. Peabodv Is;. .Mis. J. Graves

15'irrows on ••'''• -aisos; exhibit of embroidery, Mlss b-n.- inir t o w n in I S * - ! re l inf ' . i iUhe.J t h e I ' . ' " " ' " ' " " d : e m h r o l d e r e i l s h i r l w a i s t Or

lea'-mg town m is^o. reunfiuishod the .ire.ss. Mis. Graves 1st. Mrs. Stickney

SECRET WORTH BUYING 'Mr. Rounder (at police station—Can

I see the burglar who -.vas arrested for breaking Into my house last night?

Chief (hesitatingly)—Well. I don't know. What do you want to ,see him about?

Rounder—Oh. there's nothing se­cret about It. 1 Just want to flnd out how he managed to get into the houao without waking'my wife.

To 'remove motor grease or any dark heavy grease from washable fabric, apply a small piece of butter and rub In well, then wash with soap and rinse.

Otis H. Forbush. auctioneer, will sell on Monday afternoon, October 9 at one oclock, a lot ot cows, heifers, bulls and calves, the . pronerty of Benjamin Derby, Concord Junction.

UAD COLD!) FROM l-irTI.K -S.NKKZES

Many colds that hang on all winter start with a sneeze, a sniffle a sore throat, a tight chest. You know ?he symptoms of colds, and you know nromot treatment w-IU break them uu. Dr. King's New DIscoverv. with itif .soothing-antiseptic balsams, has been breaktn" up colds and healing coughs of young and old for 47 years ij,-King's New Discovery loosens the phlegm.^ clears -the head, soothes the Irritated membrane and makes breath­ing easier. At your Druggist. 50c

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EXCURSION NORTH LlDAMS

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BOARD OF SELECTMEN

position of le.ador. He says that after that L'. H. Barrow-s, George Blood and .N'orman Shattuck directed thc band for different perlod.s, and Mr, Nichols w-as hired as teacher for a consider­able time. On his removal to Cam­bridge, In 1887, Mr, Donahue gave up m.usic, nnd^a'lthotigh'he-camo back to Groton later, he did not re-enter the band. Kow-ever, he encour-iged his son to take ui> cornet ;ind the latter is al present the youngest player in the band. Mr. Donahue is now- po])-ularl>- known as '-.Lack." tin<i resides on Willow Dale street,

James O'Brien, cousin of Capt. James O'Brien, of Ayer, becante a meniber in ISSl, He -played E-llat cl.arinet and studied w-ith Thomas O'Brien of Pepperell, a well-known clarinet player in his day, and uncle to the Thayers of Pepporell. ."O well-know-n as musicians In this vicinity to­day- There are more good stories told about "Jim" and his Irish w-It than about any other member of the band. The follow-ing Is an example: Once on a St. Patrick's diiy in l.ow-eli, the marshal of the division, which w-as led by tho Groton band, fearing that some other organization w-ould get ahead of his in the parade, gave w-ord to thc band men as they w-ere m.arched into a side Street, that during his absence they should not let iinyohe pass, no matter who he might bc, Mr, O'Brien took It upon himself to carry out in person the marshal'.t behest. Pretty soon the marshal himself c.ame back. Mr. O'Brien, pretending not to know him, rushed out into the street wav­ing his E-flat clarient w-ildly in the aid, and stopping his horso. forbade him to pass. The m.arshal remon­strated, saying he w-as runnins that parade and nobody could stop him from passing, but Mr, O'Brien refused to let him, while the rest of tho band looked on In amusement. After a long altercation Mr, O'Brien w-as con­vinced!?) that the marshal was the same one who had given the order and he let him so by. He carried out the trick with such Innocent lo-tks and .actions that it became a st.and­lng joke .among the members of tho band.

Mr. O'Brien had a quick w-it and ready iinsw-er for everybody. Once at rehOarsiil he playod a couple of notes after the rest of tho band had flnlsh­ed. and when Mr. Barrows asked him w-hat that w-as for he quickly answer­ed that it w-aa a response. At another time, in a new- Selection. Gilman heard tcrriblo sounds coming from the clari­net section, and w-allklng over to Mr. O'Brien's chair put his hand over the piece of music and said. "What key were you playing In. J im?" Jim look­ed up In amazement, and then said naively. "Gawd. I don't mind the sig­nature when I'm playing above the staff."

Mr. O'Brien had a unique way of beating four-four time' with his foot while playing. He iVould beat down, on tho flrst beat, slide his toot, from thc heel .as a pivot, to the left tor the second beat, swing It to thc right for the third, and raise It from thc floor for the fourth beat. This aided him greatly In playing, but was amualng. 'tis snid. to w.1tch.

Mr. • O'Brien playCd steadily until he left in the ninetlea for the Klon­dike- He was never heard from after he arrived there, according to his cousin. Capt. O'Brien, and It Is thought that ho died in that far-off region.

(To be continued.)

2d; liand-made floor m;it. Mrs. Marion Sarsent 1st, Miss Mari.i May 2d.

<'lliss U. cut flOWi-rs—DIsplav of siadloli. Mrs. S. Evans 1st, Mrs, .W. T. Taylor 2d; display of asters. HiUbrook iarxn 1st, S. Kvans-sfld.

Premlnnw Awnrdcd. •The premiums awarded at the. fair

List week werc as follows: Class 1. plowing—L. M. Upton Ist.

Moseley Hale 2d. Class 2. drawing—Best pair draft

horses. Moseley Hole Ist, U M. Upton 2d: single draft, Moseley Hale.

Clasa 3, horses—Best horse driven by

THE PAPiglk FAMINE Thc price ot i^iper, which has ad­

vanced from 100 to 200 percent or more over price.s iiievailing a year ago. seriously threatoi-.s the lite of a large nuinber of publications throughout the country am; .itreatly lessons the prolits of others.

It is doubtful if any other large in­dustry in thc Cnitci! States has had to face' so serious .i situation, because w-hen prices of raw materials have ad­vanced thc manufacturers of the fin­ished products have advanced thelr prlces and thus thrown the burden on the ultlniiite consumer. In the news­paper btislness this has not yet been done. The new-spapers. from the lars­est dallies to the smallest w-eeklies. have beon bearins the burden w-hich to many publications will mean complete destruction and ti many others the wiping out of all profit.

Had tho new-spa;iers of the country been as prompt to defend their own Interests as they have tho interests ot othcrs, they, too. w-ould betore this yeiir have undertaken to save them­selves by the advance In subscription price and in advertising rates. Under existing conditions ^hey »-iU be forced to this sooner or later, and they- cannot postpone It much longer w-ithout sori­ous financial embarrassment to many of them. Hundreds of the smaller w-eekllos. includlns the religious pa­pers, w-hich havo h;ui but a very nar­row- margin between loss and profit, w-lll, we fear, surfer .most seriously; and niany. ot them disastrously, unless the public promptly recognizes the sit­uation and accepts an advance in sub­scription and in ;uivertlslng rates and thus save the situation.

Thc day laborer, the mechanic, the farmer and nearl.\ .ill business inter­ests. manufacturii-.L: and mercantile, under thc activity- of the tinies. .are showing larger o.\rn;ng than for years. But tho new-spape:>. as a w-hole, are meeting a more poi plexing problem in the doubling, and :ri some cases trib-llng. of the price oi paper, and in the absolute Inahility X" contract In ad­vance for suppbrs. than they have ever had to face liefore, "The state­ments which have recently appeared In tho dally pajieis on tho subject do not at all exagge: ite thc seriousness of tho problem—M;tnufacturers' Roc­ord. ^

STATE LA W.s: A PUZZLE The fi.sh and same commission is In

a quandary over thc confllctlon be­tween the state's s:ime law-s on shore birds with those of the federal govern­ment. The open se.ason on that class ot game opened Tuesday, but It hap­pens that under the federal law many ot . the birds It is permitted to shoot under the atatc lawa are perpetually protected under the national statutes. Among these Is the sandpiper, piper and kllldcer plovers, herons of all kinds, bittern, gulls and terns and aev­eral othera iit which a great.Jnany young hunters are willing to take a shot. The commission haa sent out a card cnumoratlns tlie birds that are protected asWell as those that may be taken, and this lays particular empha­sis on the fact that tho hunters' license does not permit the shootlntr on posted Innd. Thc new- law- regarding; the Is­suing of licenses makOs the city or town clerk sole judge as to whether or not a permit to hunt shall be grant­ed to any hunter.

It has been estimated that the earth can miilntain a population of 6,000,-000,600—n.total which will be reached about A. D. 2100. at tho present rate of increase.

You are hereby required on or be­fore December 31, 1916, to destroy the gypsy and brown-tall moths on "vour property In this town of Groton.

This notiflcatlon is in accordance w-lth Chapter 381, Acts of 1905, as amended by Chapter 268, Acts of 1906, w-hlch requires cities and towns to destroy the eggs, caterpillars, pupie and nests of the gypsy and brow-n-tall moths under heavy penalty fop failure to comply -with the provisions of the law.

If a property ow-ner fails to destroy such eggs, caterpillars, pupie anil nests, then the city or town is required to destroy the same, and the cost of the work. In w-hole or in part, accord­ing to the value of the land, is as­sessed upon and becomes a lien on the land. (See'Section 6. Chapter 381. at bottoBi.)

The selectmen ask ow-ners and ten­ants to co-operate with the town in its work on highw-ays and other pub­lic grounds by doing etfective work on their premises. Citizens who have cleaned their premises of the moths, but flnd their trees endangered by the neglect of owners of adjoining estates should make complaint to the select­men. ' The infestation ot a residential neighborhood by the neglect of a few nlU-not be tolerated.

The eggs of the gypsy moth should be destroyed at once with creosote. The'y should never bo scraped off the object on which they are laid- Care­ful search shoufd be mado for gypsy moth egg clusters, not only on trees but also on house walls, stone w-alls, fences and In rubbish heaps, etc. Trees In w-hlch cavities occur and w-hlch it Is not desirable to out should have thc cavities tinned or cemented. This is' important. The present and future cost of combating this insect can be greatly reduced by cutting and burning w-orthless brush, hollow- trees, otc. .- few- trees w-ell cared for are more valuable to the property ow-ner and the community than a large num­ber ot neslected trees.

The nests of the brow-n-tail moth should be cut from the trees, careful­ly collected and burned In a stove or fui-nace.

Full Instructions as to best methods of work against the moths may be ob­tained from the Local Superintendent. Herbert W. Taylor, or from the State Forester. Rootn -lOS. State House.'Bos-ton. Mass-

Work done b.vcontractors should be inspected and approved by the Local Suporintendont before" payment for the -same is mado-

WILLIA.M H- WHITEHILL, FRA.NK .\. TORREY. GEORGE H. McKEE,

3t5 Selectmen. September 21, 1916,

:1 WILLIAMSTOWN

THROUGH HOOSAC TUNNEL SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14

FROM

2.00 alTBR ROUND TRIP 2.00

Tickets -wUl be good golns on Special Train on above date, good returning 'bn Special Tra l^ Oct. 14; or.rctgular trains on Oct. 15 and 16. Special Train •will leave at 9 so-. A. M., returning Special Train will leave 'WiUtamstpwn at 4.45 P.M., Nor th Adams '4.55 P. M.,.stopping at Ho<osac' Tunnel Station

BOSTON Excursion Tnlnj will stop IS minute* at Greenfield in

both dlrectiona. allowlne time for Luacheoa aod Supper. TICKETS will be bn tale at Local Ticket Of Oce until

dep2rture of train.

C.M.'BURT GenlPiu'r-AKcnt.

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Model and Tailored Hats

Jennie E. Kittredge 26 Main Street Phone 209-12 AYEB, UASS.

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Fairbanks-Tylorse KEROSENE AND. GASOLENE ENGINES

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(Chapter 3S1, Acts o( 190,i. as amended by Chapter 26S, Acts of 1906, Chap­

ter 591. .^cts of 1908 and Chap­ter 124. .-^cts or 1915.)

.\n ,\ct fo Provide for SuppreHSInDr the GypM>- nnd BroiTn Tall Mothn

Section 6. The mayor of every city and the selectmen of every town shall, on or before the first day of N'ovember In each year, and ot such other times as he or they shall -see- flt, or as the state superintendent ma- order, cause a notice to be serit to the owner or owners, so far as can be ascertained, ot every parcel of land therein which Is Infested .with said moths; or. If such notification appears to to be impracti­cable, then by posting such notice on said parcels of land, requiring that the eXKs. caterpillars, pupre and nests of said moths shall be destroyed within a time specified In the notice.

The publication of the notice In newspapers published or circulated In the city or town at least three times durlnpr the month of October, shall be deemed a compliance with the law. If In the opinion of thc mayor or select­men such publlcatlo'n will bc a suf­ficient notice.

When, In the opinion.of the miiyor or selectmen, thc cost of destroying such eggs, caterpillars, pupte and nests on lands contiguous and held under One ownership in a cltv or town shall exceed one half of one per cent of the assessed value of said lands, then a part of said premises on which said eggs, caterpillars, pup.-c or nests shall be destroyed may bc designated In such notice, and such requirement shall not* apply to thc remainder ot said prem­ises. The mayor or scrcctmeti may designate the manner In which such work shall bc done, but all work done under this section shall, be subject to the Approval of tho st.ite superinten­dent. . . . _

If thc owner or. owners shall fall to destroy such eggs.. caterpillars, pupce or nests In accordance with the re-qulrcincnts of the said notice, then thc city or town, acting by the publlo of--flcer or board of such cltv or town designated or appointed as aforesaid-, shall, subject to the approval of'the. i>ald superintendent, destroy thc same, and the amount actually expended thereon, not excecdinir one half of one per cent of thc assessed valuation of said lands, as heretofore speclfled In this section, shall bc assessed upon the said lands: and such an amount In ad­dition as shall be required shall bo ap­portioned'between thc city or town and the commonwelilth In accordance wtth thc provisions of section four of this net. The amounts to bc assessed upon private estates as herein provided shall be assessed and collected, antl shall be a lien on said estates. In the same manner'and with Ih^ same eflect aa Is provided In the case cf assess­ments for street watering. - • ,

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^ e w s I tems . -- N -',•'' Mr. and Mrs. Frank Patterson,, of - Champney -street, bave as a very cn­

jpyable guest their llttie granddaugh-' ter," Helen Elizabeth, whb although not w r out from babyhood Is very con-

'. tented'away from her parents, Mr. and Mrs. 'William L- Pattcrspn, who are at their" home In Dorchester.' ' • C a r d s sent out by Mrs. Elizabeth "Weir Julla, of 'Worcester, announcing the marriage of her daughter. Miss Margaret Elizabeth, to Perlie P. Fal­lon, oh" Saturday, September 30, have

• been, received In Groton by friends, who «.re wishing Mr. ahd Mrs. Fallon

S iUfe-long happiness with great meas-re of success. They will be a t home

atter November 1 at" 2821 Brlggs Avenue, New ITork city, ' '-The high school class,of 1917 made k' most gratifying success at the Gro-t<jn Farmers' find-Mechanics' club fair last week Thursday. They realized <)Tcr all expelSses aeven'ty-^flve dollars, frjiey are still at work trying to earn nioney t o add to this fine nest egg by i n n i n g candy. Everybody • help them, l i t e r on, when all danger of conflict irtth other fpod sales seem to be past.

• {hey are going to hold an, attractive - ia le of food, for which.they, will solicit,

&nd no doubt the response will be wll l-: Ihg ftnd generptis. ' -"'

f ' T h e Al l iance 'wi l l irnee^''with. Mrs. Kcedham' Pn Thursday afternebn. Oc­tober 12; at 2.30 'e'clPck. There will b e . a roll call and each person Is ex-t>ected tP respond with a vacation ex-

' -berlence or a qliotatlon. • f i T h e annual meetlrig'of t h e Bird club.

•Win be'held In the lower tewn hall pn l^pnday evening, Ocjpber 16. at e'Kht o^olook.- •A^offle<>«>.artt^^o-be..eIected and-plans made for the .coming year. It Is hoped that--eaxdi-4jifimj3.er will make a special-fiffiort,-.to ,^)«rj»prcsent, aind tP bring i n ,a,new''XnenM'^t'-: - Tha subject for'.'the mprnlng "serv.lce

• 'at the Baptist church' will ,fie';«Xhe rich;christian. At the ev.enlng.servlcq.-

- subject, -"Spiritual health.". ••. ' Tiie" Girls'. c l i b pf 1th?- -Baptist

' church- held .-Its' first regular .m.eetlng of .tft'e'-Seasbil^^'on. 'Wednesday of .last week; wi th 'near ly all prese'ljt. 'After a social hour, which was'ei i joyed by all, a short business meeting was held at. which many plans fpr tJ i ecemIng season were discussed with: much In-tetfest.

The Boy Scputs held' their resular , meet ing on Saturday evening. Mes­sages were read, i r o m Bpy ScPUts pf Maiden and Whltlnsvllle. also from St. Albans, "Vt. It Is the plan of the troop to have in ccnnectlpn wlth. l t what Is knpwrr- as the asspclate scout. The associate scout' Is for the boy who c a n n o t attend the meetings of the troop, but who desires to be a scout. H e takes the scout oath and tries lo Hve up to the scout.laws.- He has the

. right, to wear the scout pin and suit .and Is counted a member of the troop. His dues are the same as the other

• . scouts. This gives every bpy In Grp­ton between the- ages, of twelve and

; seventeen a chance tp be a. Bpy Scout, "Whjert a bey fs pver seventeen he can become a veteran-scput.

The Ladles' Benevolent society ot the Congregational church -wllJ meet in the church parlor on Thursday af­ternoon. October 12. In the evening they wiUhcId the flrst church sociable of the season. The supper served at 6.30. under the directlpn pf Mrs. James B. Harrlngtpn. The entertainment at eight 6'clpck is iinder t h e ' c h a r g e of Mrs. \V. F. Gieaspn and Mrs. David GIbspn. There will be amlsce l lancpus program.

Mrs. Elizabeth A. McChlerle, has sold -her twe^ty-ftve-aCre farm In 'West. Grotpn. ;together with stock, ctolps ana tools; .to Howard rjr. Jewett. of Lunenburg. There is a" ^even-room

, house with modern Improvements, 40-foot barn and room for 500 hens. Mr. Jewett buys for a home and is taking possession. Mrs. McChlerle -will move nearer Beston. This deal .was handled by Fred A. Smith, of Ayer, local agent fpr P. F. Leland.

Mr. and Mrs Jphn Anderspn and Mr. and Mrs.-HlohTiDaggs,'coming by auto "from Kochester. N. "y.. are visit­ing Mrs. Anderson's sister, Mrs. W, T. Taylor.

Mrs, Moses Coburn is visiting Mrs. George Cary In Wakefield this week.

As the train out from Athol was, on its evenliig trip, where the Wachusett conference of Baptist churches was held on Tue-sday. and had neared Roy­alston, a delay was caused by an acci­dent. Two, boys gave the signal as the train was speeding along that .some­thing had happened. On stopping thc train, it was found that a woman had been- run, over and killed.) her body. dismembered In a most harrowing manner, sotne of her limbs had been scattered at quite a distance- The car in which R.ev. B- E. Tucker was riding on his return to Groton. was directly over the crushed body... When It WIS'realized by "the passengers that thc wheel of thc car that they were In had crushed the woman there was a great consternation and excitement, especially by tfie women. It was not kno'wn who the victim of the accident was or why she should be on thc track. An account was prohably in some of the Wednesday mornlnB papers. . . ,

There will be a meeting of ' the Spe­cial Aid Society .for American Pre­paredness at Mrs. "Frank A. Torrey's on Tuesday afternoon, October 10, at three o'clock. It IS hoped that there will be a large;a'tt«ndalicc. • ,'.'. • .

Thc Groton SaW)oVh"bys"i-erDrYicS on Tuesday, October 3, for the opening of the fall term. . . . i

The North 'Middlesex cOnfercnec bf Unitarian chtirch'cs meets in Tyngs­boro on October 11. The topic for the mprnlng Is "The new liberal evangel­ism and for the afternpon. "The ideal church budget."

ftev. Charles B- Ames, pastor of the First 'Parlsh Unitarian church, attend­ed the 100th anniversary of the divini­ty school of Harvard university In Cambridge ep Th'ursday. Mr. Ames is a graduate pf the divinity sohppl.

Thc auction b f ' t h e sp-rtilled Ban­croft, farm: prpperty cpmos pn this wc^H Saturday;. .. r.

The publlo schPPls have a vacatlpn o n next week Thursday^-:;Columbus d a y • ' • " • • • "

A N e w Hampshire battery- passed through -here prtafucsday night abput nine 'o'clock cn iWitfe-for the Mexican border. The train was made up of flvo passenger, flve fiat and flve box cars It was too late an- hour for anybody to be at. Jthe station to wave th em a gppd-byc pr make any dcmpn-stratlon. '

S o m e years ago Dr. Oilson initiated the direct shipping, pf apples by the farmers ,pt GrPton tP the auction room of England. This year he has Initiated the shipping of fruit by auto truck to the auction ropms of H. Har­r is ! &. .Co;, . Bpstoh, and tho. auto trucking ^ of same direct frpm ' the farmer's dpor to Boston market. Mr. Sabln« made arrangements with Mr. X o r l n g of Littleton IP mako three trips

a .WWlr Irpin-Grotonr •wJtJrJjte: truck. Dr. Gllspn's returns frpm the H. Har­ris & C P . auctlpn rppms were frpm •fp'rty' tp seventy-live cents mofe per box than from prevloussales-thls year. Farmers co(5pcrate ,for y o \ j ^ w n In­terests. " • ' . .-.'.

"i'he'Groton branch~ef*the Amrelcan Fund fpr French Wounded, w h i c h has been meeting with Mrs. Shaw for the pest year, will meet hereafter at the lower Odd- Fellows' hall. The flrst meeting ot the hall will be on Mon­day afternoon, October 9, at 2.30.

On Thursday forenoon, while Mrs. Gllman Shattuck was walking on the

.new piece of sidewalk In front.of the postoflice. on the -way to her home on Station avenue, she fell In some way and was so much hurt that she had to be helped home. Dr. Kilbourn thinks that her hip was broken by the fall ai)d will take Mrs. Shaituck en Friday tp the Burbank hospital,, Fltchburg, for observation and application ot the X-rays.

The food sale held .by the Alliance In Odd Fellows' hall on Thursday af­ternoon was given generous patron­age. All the fopd was sold.

Mrs. .Shelby Sawyer went last week Wednesday for a short visit to her daughter. Mrs. Alice French, and fam­ily. In Westbrook, Me.

A delegation from the Ideal society Is expected to be present at and take charge of the C. E. .meeting, on Sun­day evening.' It- is hoped that a good­ly number of our own'people .will be present to assist in the service. The hour of meeting has beeh BKanged to six p'clock to accommodate the visit­ing delegates. • ; ." The W. R- C- met on Tuesday after­

noon'. The work of Inspection comes on Tuesday, November 7. Mrs. Flofa ChapUn, of Worcester, is to be the in­specting officer. - ' - — ' '

"The Wonjan's club will hold its flrst meeting of the; season-next Friday af­ternppn In Odd Fellows' -hall at three p'clpck. Mrs. Mary Lawrence Sabine will favpr the assembly with viPlln se-lectlpns and it, is expected that seme gentleman •will speak pn the war. Afternppn tea will be served.'

Samuel WIUIs. elghty-slx years old, came over from Weatford. accompa­nied by his daughter, .Mrs. Bucking­ham, last Sunday, to visit his grand­son, Horace Buckingham, and fam­ily. This made a meeting of four gen­erations—the grandfather, his daugh­ter, his grandson and his great-grand­son, Ilttle Donald Bu<;kinghara.

At the Wednesday evening meeting the follpwing delegates were chosen to attend the Middlesex Union Associa-' tlon ot Congregational churches to be held In Ayer oii- October 18: Mrs. Grant W. Shattuck. Mrs. Marshall Swallow, Dea. Ansel M. Shattuck.

Last Monday RCv- George M. Howe presented the loving cup In behalf of the ministers ot the association who gave It as a twenty-fifth anniversary offering to Rev. George A. Tewksbury'! of Concord, who has-belonged that length of time to the associaticn.

Mrs. Harry C. White, pf Commpn street, returned heme this week from-a hospital In Cambridge, where about two. weeks ago she underwent an op­eration for appendicitis. The opera-t l o n w a s performed by Dr. Eugene-.A.-Darllng, who has a sUmmcr home here In Groton.

The expected happened when the play presented by Groton Grange on Wednesday and Thursday evenings proved such an unqualified success. The "local talent In the play did excel-leii> work.

The girls •with knapsacks on back, spme with sticks In hand, all In pedes­trian costume, who were noticed here aiid there passing along on otir streets last Sunday were on a hike from a girls' camp in Peterborough, X. H.. to Cambridge, w h e r e . t h e y were due at the opening of the fall term of the Sargent school of that city. The camp at Peterborough is an adjunct of this school. One group of three girls reached Groton, having pluckily re­fused all offers of rides and had made on an averaije twenty-five miles a day- They called at the Baptist par-, sonage for a rest, spent the nJght there and attended the evening serv­ices at church.

For other Groton matter see page three,

A large and attractive executors' sale by public auction to settle the estate ot the late Mrs. Mary J. Blgelow will be heid on Wednesday and Thursday.

himself could net be seen.. The rest pf the outguard was concealed at a point frbm which the sentinel and the ground"to the'front could be seen.

Pursuant to orders, Corp. Sabine s squad allowed two of- the hostile pa­trol to get past,- and then surrounded and captured them. Later a larger body attempted to cross the field In front of the Powers' house, where­upon he deployed his men across thc field, and held the patrpl In. check un­til recall was bipwn. Meanwhile three men succeeded In getting, throuph the lines, across the Park lawn, ami two of them, Lieut. Ayres and Sergt. Lamb crossed Main street and reached a point from which thcy coukl oh.«erve tho support. Sergt. Lamb had started back with a message when the prob­lem ended. This part of the patrol dUl considerable damage to the out­post, killing or capturing everyone \¥lt.h whom they came In contact, and wounding Carpenter (who was ,-icting as a visiting patrol) In the feelings by refusing to speak to him when he took them tor his men. and In t^e leg by an accurate and -timely flre of high-exploslve apples.

The exercise was Instructive as showing the possibilities of evading observation by a skilful patroh the advantages of quiet and delayed action on the part of an outpost acting against small bodies, and thc necessity of close tpuch between outguards. There was perhaps too much-firing Indulged In on both sides; • had • the rifles been loaded. • even with..blank cartridges only, the positions: of-tthe patrols'-ind'Of the outguards wouid havo been'so-clearly disclosed as to re­sult: i a a greatly Imlpalred efflclency of both partlest and in addition the sup­posed-main , body would have been aroused-and disturbed, for the sake of only'.eight men. The disposition of the-outguards. however. .was excellent' and the-men wel i j ln hand; and the patrols advanced boldly but with skill and obtained most of the information they desired.

On last Saturday at the rifle range the following scores were made at 200 >ards:

Priv. Kalnin 45. Sergt. Sh.iw -4-4. Capt. Powers 4 4, Sergt. Lamb 41. Lieut. Branlgan 41. Prlv- Carey 41. Priv. Robinson, J-, 39, Priv- Ebert 3i-

Priv- MUler also made a five-shot score of 21 and Prlv. Brennan one ot

The following appointments have been made: Lance Corp. Stephen W. Sabine to be' corporal, lance Corp. Patrick. :Malley to bo corporal, Prlv. P. W. Perrln to be corporal. Pilv. J. M. Donahue to be musician. Prlv, G. P. Sampson to be prlvaie hospital corps.

West Groton. Mrs. W. M. Kimball spent Wetlnes­

day In Gardner, starting the new sea­son with her whist club friends. She returned on Thursday morning,

Mr. Wright, ot Luzerne. N. Y., has returned to his home atter a visit of several weeks at the home of his son, Guy Wright.

Mrs. Andrew jarvis Is spending the week-end with , her daughter, Mrs. Childs. pf Fltchburg. @

Mrs. F. E. Harrington Is suffering from a cold of unusual severity.

Mrs." Edward Hallett, on Wednes­day, entertained her brother. Warren Bumpus,. of Wlnthrop.

Mr. and Mrs. Cllftord Bixby were members of the cast in the Grange play staged In Groton on Wednesday and Thursday evenings. ,

Harold Spauldlng. who left tbwn on Sunday ot last week, en route as he supposed for Cleveland, Ohio, found In Philadelphia a message from the home' offlce tor a business trip to Dover; N. H. After Spending the week In Xew Hampshire he returned to West Groton on Sunday, leaving again on Monday morning for Dover, thence to Cleveland on Tuesday. Mrs. Howard Spaulding. going on Monday, is spending the week with relatives in .\uburndale.

The Christian Union church of this village. In common with mariy others, will observe October 15, as the Pil-

.grirn tercentenary. Mr. a;id Mrs, John Carey moved

on 'Tluirsday trom Main street to the house a t ' V o s e recently vacated by Mr, DeKoche.

An excellent supper was given by the L. .\. society on Tr iday evening of last week and the tables were well filled. As the entertainment commlt-

she. carried bride's Toses. The'brides­maid wore palefryellow crop'e de oheno with chiffon fl6hu: Decpratlpns fpr the wedding were autumn leaves and berries. • .• »

" O n - t h e i r return from a trip, Mr. and Mrs. Strand wiU-reside on Walnut street. CUnten, and will be at home after November 1."

HARVARD N'cws I t ems . ,

Henry Waters will be one trom hero to attend the the opening same of thc World Series in Boston.

Miss Jane Blood, of Cambridge, spent the week-end and over Sunday last week with Mrs, Mary G. HU­dreth. Mlss Blood was with Mis? Xowell. tho original founders ot the famous Mary Jane tea shop.

Mrs. R. C. Davis, who has been tor a tlifno at. the Westboro hospital. Ia now at the home ot Mr- and Mrs, James Murchle in Boxborough. •

Friends of Mrs. Emma .\ther'ton will be grieved to know that she is about to leave town and'wi l l go to Troy, ,N . H., making her homo with her daughter Helen.

-Irving Mors©-sold his residence on Harvard'.common to John Lee. Mrs. Morse will remain as a tenant for tho i)rcscnt. ,. . . .

Mrs. Marcia Sawyer Is'enjoylng a. visit from -her daughter, MUs Lucy-Sawyer, of Worcester. ' - '

At the annual meeting of the Har­vard Historical 'society • the officers were elected for the current year. Net\' merhbers were added to thc so­ciety, Mrs. X. A. Dill. Mrs. Frank Sprague, Miss Marshall, Miss Jlary Abbott, Frank . Abbott and , ReUbcn Reed. '• ' '

Last Saturday. Ilr. and Mrs. J. E-Maynard, Mrs. Mary A. Maynard. Mlss Hapgood and Miss Hartshorn took a motor trip over the Mohawk Trail re­turnlns on Sunday.

The burial servico .for Mrs. Myra Hosmer Stevens took ' place In the Center cemetery, on Monday. Her sudden death 'at her home in West Acton came as a shock to her many friends here. Mrs. Stevens was- a native of this town and spent many of her years here, being very promi­nent In the social life of the town. As a singer she was with her brother Charles connected with thc Unitarian choir and all musical and dramatic aftairs Ih the latter easily thc slar of the town. . She was a woman ot charming, personality and loved to visit with her friends here. She was married last May to -Mr. Stevens. She was slxty-slx years ot age..

A "Harvest Week" wll! be a feature at the "Woman's club exchange trom October 16 to 21. .\ harvest menu win be served In thc tea-room from 11.30 until 8 o'clock each day, and there will be on sale an attractive lot of jams. Jellies, canned products. truits, old-time cooking, candles and holidav gifts- The exchange will be closed a t t e t Saturday, October 21. - George C. Maynard is in receipt of

a letter from F. 'W- Rane. .state tor-ester, notlfj-iTig him that his office was goliig to make a small exhibit at the-Fitchburg fair, October 11, 12 .and 13. The exhibit will be in conjunction with the W^orcestcr County Farm Bu­reau- Mr- Ramsey or Mr. Hatch will be in attendance. '

Eliza: Bateman :-entertai3»eiJ i'Mrs. George W. Perkins ahd Mrs. Cutler.on Monday, the' former addressing "the Woman's club In Harvard that after­noon. .

Frank Hunter, ot -West Nfewtori, w a s . t h e guest of his cousin. A; L. Hunter, Wednesday. ' Mrs. Annio M. L. Clark, of Lan-.. caster, was a visitor with her sister, Katherine L. Lawrence, last week.

Mlss Mary Cummlngs. of Leomln-r.tcr. ,1s thc guest of Mr. and, Mrs. Franli Sprague.

Joseph- Stebblns, who has worked for Chester WUIard several years, con­cluded his scr\-Ices there last Satur­day, and on Monday moved his fam­Uy ahd goods tb a place ho recently bought on thc Shirley road In Lan­caster. ' ',

Mr. Carruth h.is so far regained his health as to' go out to ride.

Mrs. Mary Haskell went to Worces­ter last Sunday' to see her mother, Mrs. 'Vaughn, who Is quite unwell.

On .Thursday" afternoon a number of the ladles of tne Baptist . church attended a missionary meeting at the Congregational church in. Harvard. „

The Boston and Maine railroad have this week replaced the did -milk plat­form with a new, up-to-date one that is an-improvement- over the. old-

McrrlU Spragiie Is going back and forth to the Clinton high school Ph a mptprcycle -that he recently pur­chased.-; ' Chester WUIard has this weelt been filling sllos fpr A. H. MCNPII , J. R. BIgelew and C. D. Keyes.

October 11 and 12. beginning promptly each day at nine In the morning. .\11 goods that may be left unsold will be sold on Saturday morning. October 14. commencing at thc same hour. Farm­ing tools, carriages, harnesses and other stable equipment and household articles will be auctioned by Otla H. Forbush, •

Boy Soout Council. • • On Monday evening. October 2. at

the home of F. L- Blood the following council was, organized for the Boy Scout.s of Groton: Frank l.awrence Blood, pres-; C. A. P- Lawrence, Al­mon L- Call. George T. Stevens, vice pres,: James T- Bennett, s e c ; Stephen W- Sabine, treas.; William A- Law­rence. Frank A. Torrey- The follow­ing were not pjcesent. but were elected members of thfe council ; as it was known that they are interested in the Boy Scout movement: Lewis Sheedy, Mark Blood. W a l t e r -Powers and Mr, Smith of West Groton. also Dr. E. B. Branlgan.

The work of the troops of Groton and West Groton now comes under the direction of the council. They arc to pass upon thc qualifications ot scout masters and a.ssistant scout rnas-; ters. register troops, patrols and scouts: to pass upon the recommenda­tions of the court of honor to the na­tional council for the award of badges and other honors: to conduct exami­nations for thc scout tesfs as prescribed by the by-laws: also to pass upon all appeals trom thc scout masters' de­cisions. All departments of the troops are under their direction and In case a scout master resigns they take charge of the troop and Its property until another scout master has been appointed.

Groton Military Training School. Thc drill Wednesday, evening con­

sisted of an outpost and patrol prpb-lem.' Two patrpls of four men each, comifian'ded by'Lleut. Ayres and Lieut. Branlgan, started from a p p l n t on the Lowell read, beyond Levers' lane, tP attempt to get through a line ef out­guards between the "Lpwell read and thc Bpston rpad. The remainder of the company served as the outpost. Corp. Powell's squad constituted one outguard. located behind the Unitarian mcetlng-houso on thc" Lowell road: Corp. Sabine's squad w a s posted on tho west s lepc pf Powder House road, and Corp. Parker's squad took up a ppsltlpn pn the side of the Bosten rpad In frpnt of thc I-owthr6pe sohPPl. The remainder of tho company, under Corp. Malley, constituted the support, which was located on Shumway fleld.

Thc patrols all came over the Park hlll in the vicinity of Corp. ,Saplne. Elach outguard had. one.sentinel post­ed near a street lamp In a position from which he could observe anyone -coming In the light, but where he

nueU- ^\s Llle Ktttt:, tat..iii.^... . . . . . . . . . . . . tee were otherwise engaged. Miss Edith Wright- kindly took charge 6t the social hour and with various games of competition kept the un­usual number present In Jlvely mood.

The Gun c l u b l s planning tor a hunt and supper on Columbus day. October 12. The captains. Earl F. Sleeper and Robert E. BUss, have chosen their men, about thirty-eight on each side. Each member has received printed In­structions as to points to be made, rules of the hunt, etc. The losing side win pay for the supper. Thc hunt Is .an annual affair and arouses much good-Jhumored rivalry.

The L. A. society met at thc hall on Thursday atternoon. Mrs. W. M, Kim­hall, hostess. Tying a comforter was the" work accomplished. A vote was pa.ssed t c defray the expense of a new carpet for the chapel platform. A very Interested and Interesting guest was Baby Arilne. youngest child of Mrs. Andrew Blood. A dainty lunch was served by the hostess.

Thc twb West Groton members of the senior class of Groton high school, the Misses Ruth Blxby and Ruth Mel­lish, desire, through the -medium of this' pajjer, to' thank most' sincerely alrtheir''West Grotdn frlenOs who so generously contributed candjr for fheir class sale held on the'falr grounds.

Wedding. Mr- ahd Mrs. L- G- Strand, accom­

panied "by Mr. and Mrs. Carl W . Strand arid Mr. and .. Mrs. L.. G_ Strand. Jr.. went by aiito on.Monday to Hyde Park, where they wore gu'ests, at a family four o'clock dinner,at.pie, home ot.Mr. and Mrs. Wllllarri'Scdtl, and later at the wedding of Mlss Isa­belle Scott and their youngest son Harold. Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Blxby and Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Blxby were also present at the marriage. About fifty guests witnessed the ceremony. There were many .and valuable gifts of money, sliver, llneh, cut glass, pic­tures and furniture. FoUowIng a short trip the young people are spend­ing the week-end with the groom's parents In West Groton. The follow­ing clipping from the Boston Globe of October, 3, wlil give other details of thc wedding:

"Harold Roy Strand, son o( Mr. and Mrs. I.awrenco O. Strand, of Groton, and ' Mlss Isabel , • Margaret Scott, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William W. Scott, of 111- Arlington street, Hyde Park, were married last evening at the heme of the bride's parents by Rev. Geprge W. Owen, pastor of the First Congregational church.

"Albert Dixon, of Clinton, was best than, and Miss Minnie E. Scott, sis­ter of the bride, t h e bridesmaid. The bride was attired In white,voUc trim­med with messaline. Her veil was caught up with lilles-bt-thc-vallcy and

H. W. C. The opening meeting of thc Wo­

man's club held on Monday in the upper town hall, was observed as presidents' day, the club having as its guests the president ahd one delegate from each of the.jCluhs of the neigh­boring towns ot ASK, Clinton, Groton, Littleton, West Acton ahd Shii'ley. and as the guest of honor. Mrs. George W. Perkins, past "president of thc Mass.a-chusetts State Federation of Woman's clubs, and now 3 director in the Gen­eral Federation of Woman's club and president of the Boston City Federa­tion of Woman'!- clubs-

The president. Mrs. George F. Cobb, opened the meellng with a tew hap­pily chosen words ot greeting to the me'mbers and their guests, Atter a brief business meetirig which tollow­ed. she presented Mrs. Perkins, who spoke on "The value of club life," holding the close attention of her audience for an hour.

In a concise manner she traced the evolution ot wom'an's position from the early days ot savagery, when she was Ilttle more than a slave, up to her pre.'^ent prominent position In thc home and society. Not content with this, tbe twentieth century woman is pushing forward toward a higher ideal, and in this struggle she Is seek­ing the co-opcratlbn of her sisters, so that we now find all over the country women banded together In clubs.

One object of the Woman's club is to help women both Individually and collectively In the development ot lives of greater service and useful­ness In the home and community. The two things which Mrs. Perkins urged most strongly upon club mem­bers were servlee and refraining from criticism of the efforts of othcrs. Every member should be willing to do something and forget herself In tho doing, nor shouM she be discouraged at apparent failure. "Success." it was pointed out. "dres not Uc In reach­ing the goal, but-In taking the right path." If tempted to unkind criticism let her remember that she may not know all the conditions under which her fellow-memhcr Is working- "Let her bc a Ilttle kinder than seems nec­essary."

Thc speaker admonished her hear­ers not to neglect their homes, re­minding them that "the virtuous wo­man looketh well to the ways of her household," and urged them to strive for greater efflciency In the manage­ment of the home, Mrs- Perkins' gracious manner won the hearts ot her audience. A reception and tea followed.

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On last Saturday H. D. Stone and family an'd'hls sister, Mrs. WllUam B. Haskell, went to North Adams In .Mr. Stone's automobUe, going via the Mohawk,Trail over tho Hppsac Mpun-talns; returning ort Sunday.

Tlie Tomb twins, whp have been staying with their grandfather, Capt. Drur>', the past few mpnths, started fpr their heme In" Washlngten, D. C , Suhday, gPlng with Grandfather Tpmb, who had' been visit ing' Mr. Drury. Mr. Hutcherson leok them to Boston by auto, where thcy topk the Federal express to Washington.

Mr. and Sirs, ricrbcrt 'Robinson, of Fltchburg. have been staying with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Robinson, this week.

Mlsa Van Dyke, of' Hollls, N. H., was a recent guest Pf Mlss Alice Marshall,

Mrs. Austin, of Boston, la the guest of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Hunter.

On Tuesday A. A. Hutcherson' took Rcv. and Mrs. L- H. Morse. Mrs. JuUa Keyes. Mrs. Hutcherson and Mrs. Jo­sephine Whitney to Athol In his auto to attend the Wachusett Baptist con­vention as reprcspntatlvcs of the Still RIvcr church.

AYER . -. . - ,;.'. Prowlers Around iigala.

For tho tillrd--time .within a few weeks-thfe peaceful-precincts of upper Washington street were Invaded early Moriday morning by nocturnal prow­lers, whose evident Intention Is tP rcr lieve the Inhabitants Of that section of somo of their surplus'weilth and Inci­dentally to keep them uneasy. It w a s not long-after the witching hour of midnight that the latest excitement started, and from then' until nearly four o'clock the unwelcome visitors werc evidently getting their hearings. .\t tho latter hour Mrs. O'Keefe. sis­ter of Mrs- Theodore W. Barry, heard someone about the outside of the house and hoard a man trying to open thc door and get in. She Immediately turned on the electric Ilghts In the houso which evidently frightened thc man away. When last seen they were In tho rear ot the house with what seemed to be a bag, such as burglars carry. In one of the men's hand, Mrs. Barry caUed up the police station by telephone. Xight officer James I. Mills quickly responded, but after a thorough search In the neighborhood failed to find any one-who m i g h t ' b e thc guilty person.

At about one o'clock the same morn­ing Frank S, Bennett heard some men around his house, who were comm'u-nicatlng with cacli other In an under­tone.

This section of the town is ah Ideal place tor depredations of this kind, 'fhere are several tracts ot wooded land and underbrush in which wrong­doers may easily secret themselves be­fore beginning their work. To the west of "Washington street there is a large tract of land extending to the railroad tracks and beyond with no house nearby-

iThe residents ot this section arc talking ot getting a regular offlcer tor night duty and something along this line is expected soon. The selectmen, after consulting with thc Ayer Electric Light Company, havo ordered the street lights kept burning until day­break until Monday, October 0, when other steps will be taken.

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Selectmen's Meeting. .\t the regular monthly nieeting of

the selectmen Monday ovening ar­rangements were made with I.ester Whitcomb. the local representative of thc .\yer Ffiectric Light Company, whereby the street lights, commencing last Monday, would be kept burning all night until Monday, October 9, a period of one week. On the latter date the selectmen expect to be In receipt of the Information they desire in regard to the cost of permanent all night Ecrvice, which Information Mr, Whitcomb will get from headquarters In Boston, This action was brought

.about by the desires of the residents of the hill district, represented at the meeting by Frank S. Bennett, Theo­dore W. BarO'. Eugene S. Barry and George I.. Osgood, who appeared at the meeting to confer with the town father.s. In regard to having something done to stop the breaks and attempted breaks by burglars In their section during the past few weeks. After talking over the matter It was arrang­ed as a present means to that end that the lights should be kept burning uijtil dawn, the well-established fact that persons bent upon mischief fear to operate where there Is light. This Is .shown In the fact that all the vLMts of the unknown prowlers have oc­curred after thc Ilghts were extin­guished at-one In the morning. The matter of making a contract with the company will be taken up at the meet­ing ot the selectmen on Monday even­ing, provided that the electric light com'pany will meet the terms asked 'tor by thc selectmen.

The selectmen granted permission to the Standard OU Company ot New York to erect four tanks for the stor­age and sale of petroleutn products'on land to be acquired of 1- 'W, Phelps on Park street, bet'ween that street and' the Greehvllle branch' track. James McKenzie, of Marlboro, In speaking tor' the petitioner, said that the above company would have the tanks erected as nca^ the track as t'd make it convenient td flll them from oil tank cars on avsldc-tradk which would be built for the use of the com­pany. Mr. McKenzie also said that thc company which he represented would build a flre-proof garage, stable .tnd offlce to bclodatcd on the front of thc lot of land' purchased facing on Park street If the petition was grant­ed. Mr. McKenzie further said that thc tanks and buildings would be Ilrst-class In every respect and a credit to the company and tho town. He stated that thc business of the company has Increased to such an extent that the present tanks and buildings arc inade­quate for Its use. There were no re­monstrants to the petition.

A Junk dealer's license was given to Samuel Sperbcrg, thc place of busi­ness to be at 2 For.est street. Mr. Sperberg's home is in Maynard, but he has been doing business in this vlcliiity for the past few years.

AUcensc was given John A. 'Wright for slaughtering-cattle.

Under Section 122 of the Acts of 1914, thc selectmen appointed Francis l-ovejoy as a caretaker of thc graves of thc soldiers and sailors who had served in thc civil war or tho Spanish war. A large amount of routine busl-nes's was transacted.

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Treasure Trove Chamctcrlicd by n jrreater myiitery thnn thc myMtery of the Lnnffhinic MaNlc in "The Iron Clair,** a crcntrr love IntereHt than thnt of the **Red Circle** and Kreater thrllla than thoMC ot ••The PeriU of Paollne*' and -The Kxplolta oil Elaine,** Pathe'n •Wonder Serfnl, *-THB SHIBLDING SHADOW." Trill be pre-«en<ed a« P.\GE H.\I, l , THEATRE on WEDXESD.VY, OCTOBER 11, and weekly thereafter. "The Shleldinff Shadow** feature* Grace Dnmiond, a chamilne and nppealInK K<rl. an actreuM of beauty, experience and. nblllty; Ralph Kellnrd, who ha» been ncei. in Mome ot Pathe's Gold Koovter Playji and ban had a ionic nnd KuccesKfnl career on the *taarc> and Leon Bary, a leadlnic flBilre of the French HtaEe and one' of the handMomeat men on thcffcreen, whose work In •'The Shielding Shadon" la »o sood that a lonn time contract haa been slicned >Tith him for futnre produetiona. Throuisb Ionic experience. throuEh carefully feelinB the pnblic'a pnU* aad iroaicins the public'* tante, the Pathe Company kuowa what motion pletare anillencea want. In "The Shielding Shadow," therefore there are a beanttfnl leadlnc'lndy anpported hy two aplendld nctorx, nud adventure, love, myatery, and a mtrong element of annpenae throuAhout. There U n m.vnteriona character called Ravenear, who will baffle the andlenceit more thon did the myatery of the LauKhlnK Maak in "The Iron Claw." Then there la the myatery of "The SbleldinK Shadow."- There are more thrilllj— real thrilla developing lof^fcally from powerful altuatlona—than there 'have ever been In any other aerial accordlne to offlclola of the company. There are a flre at aea, au eacape from a convict ahip locked In a coflln, a flsht with an octopua on -RnvenffTar'a l.edse, a two thousand foot drop Into the aea from a balloon and many other acenea of braver)' and darinic. It ia baaed upon a aclentlAc fact and a remarkable diacove'ry.

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Rarry*8 moonltftht tackcrs i\*ni hol<3 a soclal dance in thc town hall on Fri­day evening. October 20. Muslc^ by Vallfant & whecTcr'd orchestra. asBlnt-cd by John'Mahoney,. tenor soloist.

FOR SALE As I am going south this winter and

will probably make my home there, I will sell my property on High Street at a barf(ain for quick sale. The property Is a two-tenement house of 12 large rooms. 2 large pantries, larfee cement cellar partitioned off, 1 acre choice gar­den land, small orchard -of nice apple trees and small fruit. The property Is ftnlei)dldly located, as good as any In town; both town and nice well water: flush -R'atcr closets. One tenement Is wired for electric Ilghts—seven rooms, hall and: cellar. Come and look over the best bargain. In towh—don't wait until some one else gets It. Thc house was built by present owner In 1902. Positively no sale to brokers. A. Q. L.A'WREN'CE. High Street, East Pep­perell, Mass. . ^ 2tf

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'The wedding of-Miss Isora Jf.-Kel leran -to Arthur- Wt Cotton,'-, now-vot Mansfleld, takes place at the Unitarian church-on Mohday-evehlrig, October 9, at seven o'clock: No ca,rds havo been sont out to the friends of the well-known couple, It being, intended-that Interested friends of the couple shpuld feel free to witness the ceremony with­out this formality, and all are Invited

• to be present. Mrs- James B. Mullln has returned

to her home Iri New York city after a •visit to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wil­liam x3. Mullln, Grove, street. -Mr.-Mullin, .who haa been employed as baggagemaster orx the Bar Harbor ex­press running .between, the famous Maine resort and New Tfork city, will give up the position, when, ,thc train Is removed for the season'and return to New York.

R. P. Harriman', ot Stow, a former resident of Ajrer, _won the republican nbmlmttlbn-'fo'i^fepreS'ehtatlv'e' In the tenth Middlesex district at the *tate primary last week.'

Mrs. Mary. A. Jones returned to her homo in KOokland last . week Friday after a visit with Mrs. Herbert G. Whitney. 'ilj.;' ..^ .».. ., ., .

A regular communication of CaW> Butler lodge of Masons will be hield on Monday evening, at six o'clock. Benjamin. W...Clements, distrlot--dep.-.

•uty grand master of thc twelfth Ma­sonic district, and suite, will be re-

.celved for the pucpobe of^maJtlng hjs oihclal v i s i tat ion' no Caleb -Butler 16d^l—^fro^k^Ma'stef Masdn rfeferde-Supper served.in banauct hall at 6.30.

Rev. Frank B. , Crandall att,erided; on-Thursday.-. In-Cambrldee. the 10(Ah. anntvet'sary of 1h^ dr^nteatldn of the' Harjrand divinity school. » •< •

A special conimuhlraitlon of St- Paiil lodge of Masons will be held on Mon­day afternoon at oiie o'clockV-at w^lch' time dinner will be served in the ban­quet hall. .BenJarolnW. Clements,-dis­trict deputy grand master for the twelfth Masonic dlstrlbji: 5vith hia ruite, . will dine'"with the lo'dge and afterwards make his offlcial visitation for the preceding lodge year. Work-r-Master Mason degree.

"Are sin disease and death real?" is the subject for the Christian Science service Sunday' 'riiOrning." tDctObcr' 7. Service every Sunday • morning at 10.3.0 In, G. A. R. hall. All are in­vited.- • . ' , - ' • •-•••.

Wendell Niiltlng left last Sunday morning at about eleven o'clock for Brooklyn. N. Y., In his a'Jto and ar­rived there at midnight. He returned here Tuesday morning and left that evening for Williams college.

Mns. May Brown, of.1-lttleton. .speni XX few days wit^,her ^ister, Mrs. Eliz^t Palmer, last week., _ , •.

Edward .Hopkins, son of Dr. and Mrs. B. H. Hopkins, has entered Wll­braham academy for the fall term.

The Ayer high school football team opened Its season last Saturday after­noon at thc town park atid easily de­feated Pepperell High'40 to "6. Thc onc-'slfledness' o f ' thV gariie made It somewhat uninteresting; MacDonnell was easilj- t h e best- ground gainer on the Ayer team and to- his. efforts prin­cipally Is due the large score. He was backed up In good shape by his team­mates. - - . . . . . . '• . -

Rev- 'Vaughan Dabney, formerly nastor of the Congregational church In Ayer, and who accepted a .call to go to Cailifornla from here a (ew years ..CO. has accepted a call to the Congre­gational church in Durham, N. H., ills pastorate beginning last Sunday.

Michael J. tJa'r'ey^ Anff Cha'rles F : .McCarthy. repf-efe'erHlnfe Dl-t-Isitfn 7, A'.-O. H.. attended the county convention of the order in Maiden last Sunday.

In the new time' .schedule of the Boston and Maine rtiilroad. which went into effect last Sunday, a new train is added to the Fitchburg divl­.slon.. arriving here from the west at 3.08 and leaving at 5.13 a. m. The

• train formerly leaving here for Bos­ton at 5.40 a. m., now leaves at 6.35 a. m. The easft bound train which has been lea'V'Ing here.at 4.50 p. m.. is discontinued.. The theatre train leaves Boston at 11.-10 p. m., 10 minutes later than formerly, and arrives, here at thc earne time .as before, 12.57. There is a slight variation' In the other schedules.

Mr. and Mrs. -Almond Shuraan, of Washington street. Intend to leavo town about November I. ar.d will lo­cate In Quincy.

Work on the Park streot- and pln­greyvllle roads Is ,e;epected to begin in a short time, according to ,D| C. Smiih, superintendent, of streets.

A,spec ia l train bearing Battery A. field artillery, o t the,,New Hs^mpshlre N'ational Guard, arid equipment, stop­ped here for a short time Tuesday lllght en route for the Mexican bor­der. The battery has been In camp In Goffstown. N. H.. and entrained for the Journey In Manchister.-N. H. Thc train was composed of fourteen cars and left here at 9.35 for their.de.stlna-tlon over the Fltchburg division.-

The Firs t National bank of Ayer Is lifted as one of the creditors of Theron F. Newton, a grocer, of Acton, who recentiy.'flled a voluntary petition In bankruptcy in the United States Bankruptcy Court in Boston. The firm' o * e s the Ayfejr bank JS'SOO. The liabilities of "the "b'ank'rupf firm are $15,699 and thc-assets-$64^1. '

William Da'vlesand Stifekii'Elizabeth Farnsworth, both of Ayer. were mar rte1l at the Baptist parsonage In Lit tieton last Saturday evening at eight o'clock by Rev. H. L. Caulklns. The wedded couple .will live at 15 prospect Etreet. . . . , ' . i . . . . . . .

Federated church services—Sunday morning worship. at lO.4 6. Mr. Strong will speak ori tho subject. "Develop­ing, new aptitudes." The- m_embers of the boys' choir are requeste'd to be at the <>hurch. at,' 10.16: Sunday school at noon. C. E: meetlrig'&t six. At-the' evening service at seven o'clock Mlss Buckley will speak In the interest of the 'Woman's Board of Missions. Mid­week service on:;Thursday evenlng'at 7.30 In the'vestry. '- -.

Mrs. Gharles Trefethen, of Lowell, ' with her s o n ' Lest«r^jri8itcd in town

during thc past week. There Is a good Iriterest in the Bap­

tist church meetings,, well .attended and a.'splritual atmosphere ,pervades the -weekly gatherings., .A . Iady frorh Trcmpnt Temple, Boston, who Is visit-:, ing frlcnda in Harvard, has been pres­ent two or three Sundays and "likes the preaching." The pastor will tako for his subject on Sunday morning at 10.45,: "The Journey of a'day;" "Suh­day ischool at twelve with rehearsal for concert. At seven In the evenirig there will be a delightful praise «crv-Ice by tho young pepiile's chorus and congregation.. The theme of the even­ing sermon will bo "A victorious life." B. P. Y. U. meeting on Tuesday even­ing at 7.30 o'clock. Weekly prayer meeting on Thursday evening at 7.30 o'clock.'

"The memhers of thc boys' choir at

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to make a,4ineclal.efEorttiKb^.present on Sunday m6^niriraf l&. iS!^'- / - ^ ^ t ^ S U J K L W I U pu^'fifiJ.a'.thsee-aWvdrftrnaii'crover -{jriij,'' early'..in-Nc>verith«ty. - ' - , „ - _ i .... ' ,' ^ ,.-The;-iradiee<-Aid. society of the Bap-tlstfthusohrWlUmeet wHh Mrs. George Charidlef," XSrove street, on Tuesday afternoon, October 10, at 2.30 o'clock.'

Merrill U Webb has entered Wll­braham academy.

There will be a supper served In the Congregational vestry Tuesday evening, October 10, at 6.30, followed by a. drama.g iven by the,.Camp-llre Girls In the Parish house (Methodist auditorium), at eight o'clock.

Invitations have been received in town announcing the • approaching weddirig of Mlss Ruth W- Thacher of I.lttleton and Henry L. Brown-of this town., which takes place at the Con­gregational church In Littleton on Tuesday evening, October 24,

Mrs;-Siisan M. Barker attended tho opening of. the Tpckerm'an school in Boston on Tuesday." - The school has been removed from 25 Beacon street to 33^ West Cedar street, where the opening was'Held.' - Mrs. George C. Peterson went to the • Groton hospital Thursday evening for a surgical operation; w h i c h - w a s ex-pected'/to-be performed this Friday.

The phoral society, organized Tues­day evening with ' the foilowing of­tlcers: George H. Brown, pres.; -Miss Julia Hooley, s e c ; Frank E. Harlow, trear.; Mrs. Lena Graydon, pianist. It -was -voted- -to have the meetings on .Tuesday evenirigs at Hardy's hall.

Mrrf'A.' A. Fillebrown and Mrr. M: ••E; Ctocker arc at the Gra'tori/hdppltal,! •rtfcoi-erltig from surglca'l.-^perattoDS performed by Dr. Smith.

Mr..^arid^ilr8. Timothy Br iTcCiirthl', of Boitonr former reslderits of j^yer, who I^Ml-bcen ^topping, ^tSasidy. pond for a ;-we6k, retiirned -to their home last. Monday. ' .-- --. ..-•:'--' ' '

Charles W. Mason came to town for a^5)clef stay from his.fiumipar home in Center Harbor, N. H., this' week.

. Mrs. Elizabeth Whitcomb returned this week from the Clinton; hospital; where she has been .for. treatment. '

A meeting will be held in the lower town hall on Tuesday evening In the Interest, of the democratic campaign now under way. All democrats from the towns of Ayer. Shirley. Groton. Pepperell, Townsond, Littleton. Har­vard—and- Acton .have been invited. The meeting is caiied to talk over the political situation and.the^best means of asslst ins in ' tlie campaign- Abje spaakers wll l-bo on-hand to help the. cause along.

Mrsr-Jennlo E- Klttredge has been conflned to the bed for a few days this week from the effects of a very revere cold. She is now able to at­tend to her dutjes In her millinery sfo'fe. ' " "1 - - -

- ^ a r t l n H. (^'Xelll,-.of Ayfer. and Miss Bertha A. -DrIscoH. of-South Berwick. .Me-, were married Iri South Berwick on-Thnrsday morning. September 28, by Rev. D. G. O'Brien, pastor of St. Jllchael's church In that place In the presence of a large gathering of rela--liyes ,and .friends. Miss Helen. Qrls-coll, a Elster o f the bride, was ijiaid of hopqr,. irtiX: Francis J. Mafoney. of Sprlngfleld, a cousin of the groom.'was best man-. After the ceremony they left oh their wedding trip;-anti trpon their return will make their home In Ajer. , .

Augustus 'Lovejo-' and David H. Young have been drawn as jurors and reported for duty at the flrst civil ses­sion- of the superior ,<ourt Jn, Lowell on Monday.

Samuel Slofsky ran his automobile Into the Iron frame work of the Nash-

.ua, iiver,-l)ridpe..M.^ISph«lvllle Tues-*aa>' i eivenlrig^.: wTiIl^ returning from Shirley. Thc riHchlne'was completely wrecked. . The accident occurred as a result ot Slofsky's trying to avoid a collision w-lth another automobile coming in the opposite direction. Slof­sky escaped with a few slight bruises.

. \ . IX Holt, of Maynard. inspected George S. Boutwell post. G. A. R., on Thursday evening at the regular meet­ing of the post, .\fter the meeting the members of Capt. George V., Bar­rett canip. ^. ,0.„ 'V.. were, admitted. Remarks wer* made by Henry Jefts of Fltchburg, Patrick Donlon, an as-. soclAte nicinber of the local post, and EdWdrd E. l a w y e r ; - o f Capt. George V. Barrett calT\p,_ S;. O,; ,V. William' Jubb. of the local 'post, recited a 'poem' appropriate to the occasion. Augustus Lovejoy. commander of the post, pre­sided. Light refreshments were serv­ed. . . . . ' • , • ,

Miss Clarabel R. Scripture -has been promoted to the position of supervisor at the local telephone exchange, tak­ing, the place, pf Mlss Margaret J. McCar'thy,' w'hj' ^akes the' poslilpn of chief operator on-SUnday.' . Mlss Isora M. Kelleran. who has been chief oper­ator for thirteen years, retires from the service of the telephone company to be married to Arthur Cotton. Mon­day evening, October 9.' Mlss Mc­Carthy first entered the employ of the company as student operator on April 29,' 1908; August 23. 1908. she was made part time operator, and on Jan­uary 30, 1910, local operator. On No­vember 13, 1910, she \\-as promoted to .{DU.operator; on April,.28, I$ l2 , senior'operator; on-Jn'rie I, 1913, su» pervlsor, and takes the position of chief operator on Sunday. Miss Scrip­ture entered the aervlce .on, April 30. 191 l,_,as .student operator; No\;ember 6. 191 i . became toll operator, and on Sunday takes her' nc'* position of supervisor. . ....

Other, Ayer matter on opposite page.

and en»rgy,::started'vork on the case. Cities and ^towns wltihln- a radius of flfty miles of Ayer and some furthei-, w-ere notified, giving a description of the supposed crook, the stolen prop­erty and. the nsmber of the walch. • H i s elTorts were rewarded by the capture of John Mellen, the robber, In Manchester, N. H., Tuesday morning, while he was about to have the stolen watch repaired in a Jewelry store. All the stolen, goods, with the exception of one overcoat, .was recovered a'hd restored to Its owners.

The capture of the robber wllhin twenty hours of the crime Is highly creditable to Chief Beatty. whose prompt and- Intelligent action made such a rcsult possible. Mellen is wanted In" Hartford. Co'nn.. and H,iv-ei-hill for robberies. He was .irraign-ed In Haverhill Thur.sday morning and the case was continued. Later, he will be taken to Ayer for trial.

Sjicclol Town Mcc.Unp:. Thore was a largely attended special

-town hieetlng on Friday evening of last week in the lower town hall to take action on two articles relating to the construction of a section of atate road on Park street and for an appro­priation for the highways.

The meeting was called-to order by Guy B; Remick. town clerk. After the usual formality of the' reading'-of the warrant for tho meeting:,-'Lymanw-K-Clark was chosen moderator.

iL'nder article two of the warrant It' WOE unanimously voted that the town approprlato from, the unappropriated funds In the treasury the sum of $3600 to be expended on Park street, from the present terminus of the state road southerly to the.'.rallrpad. crossing of the Worcester, >7a«Hua and Portland division of the Boston and Maine Rail­road, with mac»dam or-othe^-rosd « ia -terlal, under specjflcatiaas to -be ap­proved by t h e Mikssaobuscsts Highway Commission, sa ld ,«oney to be expend­ed under the direction of, the select­men. -

Under article three it was unani­mously voted to appropriate $700 from imapproprlated'funds in the treasury to be expended on the highways.

It was flrst proposed that the meet­ing-vote to borrow money for building the section of Park street mentioned in the first article, the notes runninn • over three years, one to be paid each year. A motion was made to that ef­fect atid carried. While considering article three It w-as discovered, much to the surprise of all. that there was a clear $5000 of unexpended money in the town treasury. When the meet­ing was oflflclally apprised of the town's affluent condition it was voted to reconsider article two. when a sub-, stitute motion was made and carried that the town pay frorin the unexpend­ed funds In the treasury the amount required for the road.

grundy broadcloth -trith velvet hat~to match. Mr. and'lMrs. Sullivan will make t h e i r h o m e at..308 Orange street, Sprlngfleld;. and. wlil be at home after January 1. Guests from Aycr, Boston and Chicago were present at the wed­ding ceremony. , :. > ; •

BoTd'DayllgKt Robbery. I h e - b o i p c s t , dayllgh't rpy^eia- th'at

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Weddings. A very pretty wedding took place

Wednesday evening when Mlss Bertha Louise'Stone and Warren Allyn Win-slow were married. The large beau­tiful double house of Mrs. Helen E. Hartwell and Mrs. Hortense Stone, the mother of the bride; was the scene of the Interesting event. The rooms were artistically decorated with green and hydrangeas by the skilful hands of Mlss Bcrnice Staples and Miss Eliza Sloan. The bridal pair stood in a recess above which was a bell of hydrangeas and the sides of w-hlch were adorned w-ith pleasing designs of the same on a background of green.

The bride was gowned in white .- ilk, carried bride roses and in her -ivhite v-ell fastened with, flowers, was a sweet and charming picture. She was attended by her sister, Mlss Ger­trude' Stone, as bridesmaid. The groom, a p'dpular yoting man. trusted' and efflcient in business and society, was accompanied by Ralph Hastings of the North Middlesex Savings bank as best man. The ceremony w-as per­formed by Rev. J. S. Strong, pastor of the Congregational church, and the double ring service was used. Two little girls. Ruth Hutchlns and Evelyn Winslow-. cousins of the groom, were flower girls. The wedding march was played by Mlss Marlon Winslow, sis­ter of thc groom.

The ceremony was witnessed by the Immediate relatives and a few intim­ate friends. A reception followed im­mediately after, which was very large­ly attended. The ushers, were Howard Stone and Leroy Smith of this town, Ralph Hastings of West Acton. Ed­w-ard Hanley of Forge Village and Frank Palmer of Sprlngfleld. Misses Helen Hardy and Edith Longley ac­companied the festivities w-ith musical numbers on the piano. Rcfrcshment.s were served by Mr. and Mrs. Fred Smith, Mlss Mildred Sanders, Miss Amy Lougee and Miss Maud Whita­ker of Ayer, Miss Mildred Wllklns of Worcester and Mrs. Ethel A. Palmer of Sprlngfleld.

The groom's gift to the bride w-as a bracelet watch and to his best man a stickpin. The bride's gift to the bridesmaid was a gold brooch. Thc wedding gifts were numerous, and costly, voicing the regard In which these young people are held by their many friends. They Included silver, glass, china, .pictures, a clock and money in the form of checks, gold and bills.

The pair left In an auto followed by the, usual showers of confetti and by an auto party. At South Acton they took thc train for Niagara. Mr. and.'Mrs. Wlnslow -will be at home at 51, Washington street.pni their return.

Both young people are graduates of the high school, Thc groom Is In thc offlce of the Abj)ot. I^orsted,, Co. In Pranltevillc and the.bride ha,§-been,

, _i for several years employed In the North Middlesex Savings Bank, ,

Miss Madeline Hortense Parker, of •Harvard, daughter of Mrs. Edna Park­er, and Walter'- Coolidge .Sargent, ot Ayer, were united Jh Marriage at high noori dn Wednesday a t the Congrega­tional parsonage In Harvard by Rev. H. B. Mason. , M l t s Viola. Parker, a sister of the,bride, was maid of honor, and Harvey-Q. McCollester. of Aycr, was best man. The bride wore a blue traveling suit. After a short trip Mr. and Mrs. Sargent- w i l l make their home ht 9 Pleasant street, where they will be at home after Xovember 1. The groom Is employed as a transfer clerk at the local ofllce of-the National Express Company. •-The bride la a graduate of Fltchbtirg Normal school, class of 1914,. and its a school teacher by profession.

District .Cpilrt, Angelo S.wl.carlo.''of Forgo Vltlage,

was foiind guilty of two complaints for .assault and battery In that place and was-f ined-ten--dollars on each com­plaint by Judge AtWoOd last-Saturday morning.- •'----•' :. i ' . - -' -The complainants- were Mary Ellen pprani and Nora Shackelton.. of Forge !village,-who testifled that pn.the night/ of September 2 4 - t h e defendant as­saulted,them at their, heme. The llrst .named complainant said that the de­fendant struck h e r a b l o w iri thc face with sufflclent forceito loosen ene .of her teeth, arid then pushed her against an automobile standing near, bruis­ing her shojilder. Jri addition the wit­ness claimed the defendant called her a bad name. The "second complainant told the court that she was also as­saulted. Other witnesses for the plain­tiffs conflrmed the evidence given by the complainants.

Albert Monahan,"for the defense, stated that Mrs. Doriin struck the de­fendant In the face and the latter simply pushed her kway to avoid being ctruck again.

The defendant stated that Mrs. Do­ran struck him. the blow being fol­lbwcd by a rush toward him of several friends of the defendant, w-ho had gathered at the noise of the fray. He denied strongly that he struck Mrs. Do-an. John M. Maloney. counsel for the defendant, made an able defense for his client, but the court failed to sec wherein the defendant was not guilty.

The trouble started when Swicarlo, the defendant, was passing the house where Mrs. Doran lived, and where she was entertaining a party of friends, including some from Ijaw­rence. who had coriie In automobiles. The machines occupied all of the nar­row passage, dignified by the name of a street, back of the-house. The de­fendant, in endeavoring to get by In the dark, struck his leg against one of the automobiles, which naturally Ir­ritated him to- the.extent of uttering perfectly franlc oplrilons of the cars being left there. .His talk attracted the atteptlon of the Inmates of the house, who came o u t to seo what the trouble was. Wo.rds followed and then the physical combat.

The unpleasant attalr came at rath­er an unfortunate tithe, as the gather, ing in the hpuse -w-as singing the beautiful and appropriate sentimental song, entitled "The end of a perfect day-.' when the first rude sound pf discord was heard. •

David Reslnard, who claims that his home is in Lawrence, was arraigned on a technical charpS of vagrancy this week Friday mornlrig. -The real rea­son f o r h l s appedrnid^ was to provide medical ' treatirtent'-'ror. hlih In some state institution; Reslnard w-as taken into custody by Chief Smith of Pep­perell. Thursday evirilng. who found his charge In a very' weakened condi­tion. ^Medical attention w-as given him in Pepperell. but seemed to do but lit­tle good. At his own request Resinard was sentenced to the. state farm in Brldgewater.

noon at tho home of Mrs. Martha J, Lyon. Central avenue, "thtf articles taken were .a gold-filled watch, a charm-w-hlch she prized far above Its mpney value, twp gpld chains arjd two Ipckets arid a black'Iravelllng bag, all the prpperty pf Mrs. Lyon-arid-her-daughter. Mlss Edith L. Lyen; ai ault of ciPthes, an averceat arid a black travelling , bag, bclenglng tP' Rpbert Smith, whp pccuples a rooiii In the hpuse, and an overcoat belpngirig to ChoEtor ,E. Perrln,, whp also, has "h rppm tlijrc.;' >' ,. :.

Mrs. Lyon said'lh'dt early In the-af­ternppn a man called at the hpusc pc­cupled by herself and Mr.-and Mrs. Arthur G. Wentworth. The man stat­ed that he was an agent- for some well-kncwn magazines and asked Mrs. Lypn If she, cared tP suoscrlbe tc one pf the publications, to whlcn sho made a negative reply. The silppused agent

..«= jv-r^,, m.Mo w »..<} o,,,ic„i.uii-,ui. mu Mlss Katherlne E. .Gulney, daughter lecat police pccurfed on Mondaj^aftcr- of Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Gulney, cf 310

Orange street, Sprlngfleld, and a fprm er resident ef Aycr, was united In marriage Wednesday mprnlng to Dan­lel C. Sullivan, ef 170 Plalnfield street. In ,that city. .,:.

The cerempny w-as perfprmed l;i'the Holy Name church, Sprlngfleld, sif.. eight p'clock by Rev. Thomas McGbv-;. ern.

The bride was attended by Mlts Hazel Neylan, of Aycr, a - forriier schoolmate of the bride In this town. The grporosman was LcP P. Oulney, of Sprlngfleld, a brpther pf thc bride.

T h e - b r i d e .was dressed In white crepe de chine with net pvcrdress, castle cap and tulle veil, caught up with lllles-pf-the-valley and maiden hair fern. She carried a shpwer bpu-quet of bridal roses and lil les-of-the-valley. Thc bridesmaid.-wore a gown of pink taffeta with large black vel­vet picture hat and carried .a bouquet

asked soveral qvestlons about the peo- • pf pink roses and pink antirrhinums, ple living In the house and finally de parted. She thought np more pt the Incident urttlt she returned after about twe hPurs' absence, when she dlscpv-cred hor less. Mrs. Lypn'-described man as six feet tall, -28 tP 30 years o f ago. ^ n d y cpmplexlpn, with twp scars on left check, partly healed. He wore a gray cap and dark suit. The watch was a 21-Jeweled Waltham Inake, 18 size, number of mevement 8200454, and the num'ber ef the case 7601363. '

Thc rpbbery was,reported to Chief

The grpom's gift to the brido was a platinum pendant and chain, and to the beat man geld cuft links. The bride's gift tp the maid Pt hpnpr was a gPld pendant set with diamends. A rcceptlpn at tho bride's horiie after thc ceremony was followed by a -breakfast attended by fifty guests. The heme was prettily dcccratcd with autumn foliage and hydrarigeas.

Thc bride and groom left for an ex­tended trip to the "west and will ,vlslt Niagara Falls, Chlcagc and St. Louis.

the Federated church are requested Beatty, whp with his usual promptness The bride's traveling gpw^n was Brir

ciippbifr. The fpllpwinfe is taken from the

Nashua Telegraph: The summer session of XIrs, J. M.

MacDuffle's .school at her residence. 12 Courtland street, closed recently. About 16 were In attendance through the summer.

With her daughter, Mrs. Haug. as assistant, Mrs. MacDqfBo teaches chil­dren from six, w-hen tbey are learning to read, up to children w h o are study­ing Latin and algebra In preparation for the high school. Children who have been having difflcuity with com­mon fractions were taken three weeks ago Into the school and now have mas­tered the subject -so that when school starts In the fall they can go ahead with a clear understanding. .-Vnd so It Is with algebra and Latin. A girl who Is preparing to enter the junior high and who had never seen an al­gebra started In three w-eeks ago and now has reached and conquered long division.

All the Instruction is Informal and where possible the play method Is used. For Instance, when the study Is geography they play they nre up In an aeroplane and passing over the dif­ferent countries. She tells them what she sees beneath and the children tell the country. Arithmetic Is made a game and the.children like It so well that they want to i»lay It after they go home.

Conversational French is taught the very little children at the age when they absorb a Iangu,i.ge as a sponge doee-w-ater. Spelling as made attrac­tive, for Instance, the children spell all the-different days the sound "right" can .be uaed and give It? meaning In a sentence. One llitie tot but six was using "rile" properly.

The school ronm is well supplied with desks and blackboards and .all thc apparatus necessary. Great freedom .of movement Is allowed but the^dl-l-cjpllne Is perfect. So the children aro :riot; cramped and hindered w-tth artl-ficlal.-^restrlctlons. -. --,. i -

Although the work ;ls made pleas­ant It Is-not made c<iay,for the pupils. 'When a problem Is given that Is with­in their, reach the child does' l t with­out the tea'cher's help aind Is.no.t coax­ed pr "babied"'along. ' '"

Ing, ^unique, novel and laughable ex­periences were given by the large number present.' which caused much merriment as the original "poems" were repeated. The enthusiasm In which most Of the ladles ef the Al­liance resppnded to the appeal made at their annual- meeting last May was Indeed gratifying as a large sum' was realized and as strength Is In unlpn, this-year will bc made memorable by the untiring effprts of the ladies who have worked hard during the sum­mer mpnths tP accpnipllsh their de­sired success. During the social hour which foUow-ed refreshments were served by the hostesses: .Mrs Frank Lawton, Mrs. W. E. Murphy, .Mrs J S. Hall and Mrs. H. A. Bl.vby.

An Invitation from the Leominster Branch Is extended to the Aycr Branch to be present at their neigh­borhood meeting on Wednesday Oc­tober 11, at 2.30'p, m. Also, from the Ashby Branch to their neighborhood meeting on Friday, October 13. at 2.30 p; m'.

Fli-c. An alarm from box 14 at.the corner

of Forest and Grove streets at 9.45 last Sunday night summoned the flre department to a brisk fire In a room on tho second story pf the New Union hptel. The flre for a time threatened te . destroy the w-ell-knpwn hostelry until _.tho energetic work of the de­partrnent-soon put .the flames under :control. ' Several guests escaped from tho top-s tory-In their night clPthes by.: means of 'a-rope fire escape..; -

- Nlchclas Adains and F. A; Freeman, two boarders, were removed trom thc b'uilding' in a Semi-censcioiis- condition and were cared fpr by. Drs:-Sullivan and Priest. They later-entirely-recov­ered- frp.m thelr'.uripleasant experlence-

The fire-was discpvered: byriEdiward Hyde.^ whp-l ives Jnst/acrpss.thostreet from the hotel. ' He: at, once'soarided thc flrealarm-and then-rushed tP the hotel and gave an alarm. Were. It npt fpr his prpmpt actlpn much mpre scrlpus results would undoubtedly have fpllpwed. The fire spread rapid­ly and reached the tep story, when U-was cheeked.

The fire department again demon­strated Its ability In quickly getting the blaze under control, for w-hlch-it deserves much credit. That a more serious fire and postlble loss of Hfe was averted was due In a large meas­ure to the efforts of the flremen. The tlri root of the hotel, which In former times checked fires, proved Its va lue on this occasion In preventing the fixe trom doing more damage. The "all out" signal was glv^-n at 10.45.

Along w-Ith serious .side of the flro there were many humorous situations. One of the guests at the hotel In his excited condition ran over to Main street, w-here he met the Hartwell hose company beginning to climb Ihe heavy grade to the overhead bridge In Its long detour to reach the flre. The man caught hold of the rope on the hoso wagon and tried to have the flremen bring thc wagon across the railroad tracks and over two fences In order to make a short cut to the flre. This suggestion, ot course, was at once turned down, when the persistent Jn­dlvidual wanted .the flremen to bring' the truck through thc subway in erder tp shprten the distance to the flre. As. the subway is hardly big enough' to run a good - sized w-heelbarrbw through It. It Is no wonder that this suggestion.was also negatived ahd'the Individual threatened with summary punishment If he did not cease both­ering the flremen. He heeded the warning and departed.

The escape of the guests In various stages of negligee attli-e on a-;rope from the upper story made quite, fi sensation among the large audience and the sight pf the men dressing,,In the street was rather a nevel spec­tacle. - : .

The damage through smoke and -wa­ter to the building is- estimated; at $900. which Is covered by insurance. L. V- Berry, the proprietor of thc hotel, sets his loss on the furnishings at $600, ' with no insurance- The building Is ow-ned by the W'llliam Clark heirs of Boston.

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sohn, Mrs, Beekford and Mlss' Clark; poatUfde, "March," Chadwick. Preachi er. Rev. 'LeRoy Greene, First Parlish church, Chelmstord; subject, "Modern manhood and modern religion." Chui'ch school at twelve. ' — -.

A large additional furnace has'becn ordered by-the parish trommlttee aitd will be Installed In the 'ft'cSr future. It was preven Sunday ' that ' the present equipment Is adequate- 16'- heat - the church in more than ordinary cold fall weather.

The decorators hegan their work last week and flnlshed the walls ihls week. The color used Is the tVarm gray known as "French gray," which Is so extensively used for.the Interiors' ot modern churches.

The building ot the flre escape at the rear; of the church has removed the need pf the old staircase and hall­way ppening put pf the serving room In the vestry. The stairs «hd thfc par­tition were takeri out last Tuesday bjf Dr. H. B. Priest, Xoi'man Fletcher and thc minister. The work produces a desired enlargement of the fuel room.

Re v., £.;' LeRoy Greeiic, minister ot the First' Parish ohure'h, Chelmstord, offlclates Sunday a t ' the Flrat Unitari­an Parish church In an exchange with Rev. Frank B. Crandall.

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WA.\TED .\T OXCE—Table Girl at restaurant of PAPPAS & H'ABIB, Mer­chants' Row, Ayer.

FOU.VD—A LADY'S 'W.^TCH—Inquire of E. W. CARLEY,-Ayer, Mass.

W .V>TBD-—Experienced Man in the Grocery Business. Apply at once to MULLIN BROS., Aycr, Mdsis. '

Mrs. Jennie M. MacDuffle. a former resident of this town. Is meet ing with great success with her private schopl in Nashua; Applicant^ have been so numerpus that she has been obliged to open an.ethcr room, and whereas last year she w.as able lo attend tp the piano department her'self, she has been forced to hire Mrs. 'Velma Cum­mlngs Colo, who will teach both piano a'nd violin. Her puplls-eome from thc best families pt the city, and on ac­count of lack ot accommodations she has hnd to refuse quite a few appli­cants.- Her friends In town will surely wish her a continued success , in her work. . )

Alliance Meeting. A delightful Experience meeting of

the Ayer Branch Alllapce w a s held Thursday afternoon at Mrs. H..A'. Bix­by's. Follpwing the business mect-

A. W. C. The Woman's club held its first

meeting ot the season In Har<li!'s,hSll on Wednesday atternoon. The'ifflcers' are all new this year and had a very line meeting and an excClleiit pro­gram. The attendance waS'''large. There w-as a good deal of buslriess done at the opening. Miss -Esther Stone was chosen delegate to the fall meeting of the state federation. The literary part of the program was re­ports of the biennial and of state f ed ­eration and the musicale. A very flne paper was given, by Mrs. J. Edward Plimpton of Walpole, "A sketch of the Xew York Biennial." It was an ac­count ot the conferences and con­tained the best things from many flne speakers, among them w-ere quota­tions from poems. All was given in a very charming way by a speaker whose personality was Intensely In­teresting. Mrs. Clara F. Hlll gave a full and excellent report of the Lynn meeting of the State Federation meet­ing.

The musicale by Prof, and Mrs. John Craig Kelley was varied at^d very enjoyable. Thc numbers were, so arranged with the papers a^ ,40 give a flne program and opening of, the new year which promises much.

At thc "Mo\1es." This Saturday evenihg-thc feature

photoplay Is "The spell of the Yukon," a vivid drama o t Alaskan life In flve superb acta, with Edmund freese , tho criilnent dramatic-aotpr. In the-lea^lng rplo.. The Sf ory, tf adapted from',,the, f impus .ppsm ..of the same , jtameWby Rpbert W. gcrvipo.-,- . . ; , .;, ,",,

.Manager P.oui(.us .offers i;lie flrsijepl,. sode ot the new wond'er serial, "The shielding shadow,'"^ fpr next WeflnWi day night. The great stprj- cpifies tn flfteen epispdes, featuring.fhe'^iimotis actol-s, Grace . Darmcnd. . Ralph kfel-lird' and. Lepn Barj-. Thc bringing Oi •this, picture, to Ayer Is but anpther In­stance'of Sfahag'e'r Peiilltis' up-tp-the-mlfratc^DoIlcy'o;? fe'etllng the latest and best tor his patrons. This new serial Is off th'6 c&mcra only a week, an'd'but a very tew- theatres, even In Bostdn and tho other big cities, will have the fllm as soon as the local management. The scenario appears in the Boston Globe every Monday, Tlie flrst epi­sode, next Wednesday evening, fs en­titled "Treasure trove." Those who desire to fpllpw this great serial shpiiM be on hand tp sec the flrst epispde.

The management always believes In. giving gppd mcisure, se there will be a flve-reel thriller In addltlpn to the two-reel episode, and the P a t h t News, making an eight-reel show ot great pictures. The second picture Is en­titled "Dimples," In which Marv Miles Minter and.the popular actor, Thomas J. Carrigan. will lake the leading parts.

ITnitarian Cliurch Notes. Sunday service—Offlces: Confes­

sion, morning prayer and divine worship at 10.-I5. Music: Prelude, "Angels ever bright and fair," Handel) "Seven-fold amen," Stafner; "'Verilte,;' Boyce; "Te deum," Stanford; offer-torj duet, "Sabbath tnorri," Mendels-'

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T o thc h e l r s - a t - l a w . n e x t of k i n , c r e d i t o r s , a n d a l l o ther p e r s o n s Inter -t-ixed In the e s t a t e of H A N N A H . \ l . ) . \^ i s l a t e of T o w n s e n d in s a i d C o u n ­tv, d e c e a s e d , - In te s ta t e .

W h e r e a s , a p e t i t i o n h a s b e e n p r c -s f i i t e d to s a i d Court to g r a n t a l e t t e r of a d m i n i s t r a t i o n on t h e , e s t a t e not a l r e a d v a d m l n l s t e r . - d of sa id d e c e a s e d , to I'KP.P.Y B. HOW.VKD of W a t e r t o w - n in the C o u n l y of .Middlesex w-lthbut requirinK a s u r e t y -tn h i s bond.

Vou are h e r e b y <-i:ed to a p p e a r at a P r o b a t e Court to it he ld at .CambrldKe. in said C o u n t v o; Midd lesex , on the tw-i-iitv-tlVh-d "day of O c t o b e r -V. n. I'.iu;, at n ine o'clo--k In the f o r e n o o n , to s h o w c a u s e . If a n y y o u h a v e , w h y Uu- s a m e s h o u l d i:-t be granted-

. \ n d said p e t l t l o i . e r Is h e r e b y d i r e c t e d to Hive jnibl ic .notice thereof , by p n b -i i s h i n g Ihis c i t a t i o n o n c e In e a c h w-eek. tor three s u c c e s s i v e w e e k s . In T u r n e r ' s Pub l l c 'Spirit, a n e w s p a p e r p u b l i s h e d In .Wer . the l a s t p u b l i c a t i o n to be o n e diiv, a l l e a s l . b.-fore sa id Court ,

•VViniess, C h a r , ' S J. M c l n t i r e . I-ls<iuire. F i r s t Judp-e of .-.ild Court . Ihis l- .venty-t - i shth da'\- of .-September in the y e a r one thous.-ind n.-K- h u n d r e d and s i x t e e n .

;;t,-, F. M. E S T Y . R e g i s t e r ,

X e w s I t e m s . Mr a n d -Mrs, H, W, C r o o k e r w i t h

t h e M i s s e s B e t h a n d H o p e C r o o k e r l e f t ' M o n d a y tor W a s h i n g t o n , D . <-... w h e r e M i s s B e t h w i l l e n t e r t h e N a ­t i o n a l P a r k s c h o o l .

O n S e p t e m b e r 2fi t h e M i s s e s C u s h ­m a n r e o p e n e d " N a s h u a - n a . " t h e i r H a r v a r d s c h o o l . W i t h a n a d d e d n u m ­ber of s t u d e n t s a n d t h e " W e s t w a r d h o u s e o p e n e d for r e s i d e n t p u p i l s t h c y e a r p r o m i s e s to be a n a c t i v e o n e .

D r P a u l T h o r n d i k e h a s t a k e n a h o u s e in B r o o k U n e . t o r t h e w i n t e r . Mrs. T h o r n d l k e a n d t h e f a m i l y p a s s ­ed las t w e e k In H a r v a r d .

T h e p a s t o r w i l l be In c h a r g e of t h e mornins, ' s e r v l c o a t t h e C o n g r e g a t i o n a l c h u r c h m e n S u n d a y . A five-minute o b ­j e c t s e r m o n of s p e c i a l In tere s t to t h c c h i l d r e n w-ill be a r e g u l a r f e a t u r e of t h e s e s e r v i c e s h e r e a f t e r . T h e . b i b l e s c h o o l w-ill m e e t at t w e l v e o ' c l o c k . R a v a n d P a u l C h u t e h a v e b e e n a p -poi'ntcd g u a r d i a n s of t h e l l a g for s ix w e e k s . P a u l C h u t e h a s b e e n aw-arded a n h o n o r t o r r e g u l a r a t t e n d a n c e . T h e C E p r a v e r m e e t i n g is h e l d at s e v e n o ' c l o c k . "Subject. " H o w to be s t r o h g . " M i s s H a t t i e N. F a r w e l l i s t h e l e a d e r . M i d - w e e k p r a y e r m e e t i n g s w i l l b e h e l d e v e r y W e d n e s d a y e v e n i n g a t T.liO o ' c lock . S u b j e c t nex t w e e k , " T h e s e c ­ond c h a p t e r of J o h n . "

T h e p o s t p o n e d rr.et-.xxx-f o f the. King' , ; D a u g h t e r s wi l l be h e l d M o n ­d a y . O c t o b e r '.'. w i t h Mrs. J e n n i e D i c k e n s .

T h e U n i t a r i a n Sew-ing Circ l e w i l l h o l d a n a l l - d a y s e w i n g m e e t i n K in t h e t o w n h a l l o n T u e s d a y . O c t o b e r 10. Al l a r e e a r n e s t l y r e q u e s t e d to a t t e n d .

R e v . H a r v e y C. -Merrill w a s In S p r l n g f l e l d t h e llrst t h r e e d a y s b f t h i s w e e k , w h e r e h e a t t e n d e d t h e M i n i s -tens' I n s t i t u t e in s e s s i o n there - On T h u r s d a y h e a t t e n d e d t h c 1 0 0 t h a n ­n i v e r s a r v a n d A l u m n i a s s o c i a t i o n b a n ­q u e t o f " t h e H a r v a r d D i v i n i t y s c h o o l In B o s t o n .

" A n i t a ' s tr ia l , or o u r g i r l s in c a m p . " a p l a y In t h r e e a c t s , w i l l be g i v e n u n ­d e r t h e a u s p i c e s o t t h e C o n g r e g a t i o n a l s o c i e t y o n F r i d a y e v e n i n g . O c t o b e r 13 , In t h e t o w n h a l l . T h e c a s t Is m a d e u p of t h o f o l l o w i n g p e r s o n s ! M l s s M a r ­j o r l e H p u g h t o n . M r s . H e r b e r t C l e a v e s , M l s s M a b e l C r a n d a l l , M l s s L c e n a G a b r l e l s o n , M r s . W a r r e n W i l l a r d , M l s s E d n a F l a n d e r s , M l s s D o r i s • H o u g h ­t o n , M i s s C a r r i e H o u g h t o n , Ml.ss E t h e l R i p l e y . M l s s L i l l i a n T a y l o r . M l s s H t ^ e l H a r d y . M u s i c w i l l b e f u r n i s h ­ed b v M l s s B l a n c h e D a d m a n a n d A i l s s H a r r i e t T h a y e r . E n t e r t a l n m ^ t b e ­g i n s a t c l g h t o ' c lock .

M a s t e r H a m i l t o n e n t e r e d t h e M l d -dlescJs C o u n t r y s c h o o l In C o n c o r d o n W e d n e s d a y .

A v e r y p r e t t y w e d d i n g , c e r e m o n y t o p k p l a c o a t t h e p a r s p n a g e Pf t h e C o n g r e g a t l p n a l c h u r c h w h e n M l s s M a d e l i n e H o r t e n s e P a r k e r , p t t h s t P w n . w.as u n i t e d in m a r r i a g e tP W a l ­ter C p p l l d g e S a r g e n t . Pf A y c r . T h e c e r e m o n y t o e k p l a c e a t h i g h -neon p n W e d n e s d a y . R e v . H . B . M a s p n pf f l c la t -Ing. T h e y o u n g c o u p l e w e r e a t t e n d e d by M l s s 'ViPla P a r k e r , s i s t e r o f t h e b r i d e , a n d Mr. S a r g o n t , a - b i - P t h e r Pf t h o g r o o m . I m m e d i a t e l y f o l l o w i n g

COMMONWK.M.TH O F ^t . \SSACH^,-Bl-lTTS. Mlddl.-^ex, s s . P r o b a t e Court .

To the h e i r s - a t - l a w . nex t of k in , c r e d i t o r s and all o t h e r p e r s o n s Inter ­e s t e d in the e s t a t e of LUCY J. D O D G E la te of L i t t l e t o n In s a i d County , de ­c e a s e d . I n t e s t a t e .

W h e r e a s , a o e t l t l o n h a s bee.n pre ­s e n t e d to s a i d C o u r t to Krant a l e t t e r of a d m i n l s t r a t i - , n o n the e s t a t e of sa id d e c e a s e d to S.KNFORD B. H U B B A R D of L i t t l e t o n in s a i d C o u n t y of M i d d l e ­s e x w-lthout Kiv lng a s u r e t y o n h i s bond.

You are h e r e b v c i t e d to a p p e a r a t a P r o b a t e C o u r l to b e h e l d at Cambr ldRe , in s a i d Count-, of M i d d l e s e x on the t w - t n t v - t h l r d day of O c t o b e r A. D. 1916. a t n ine o'c lock in t h e f o r e n o o n , to show-c a u s e If a n y you h a v e w h y the s a m e s h o u l d not be g r a n t e d .

And t h e p e t i t i o n e r Is h e r e b y d i r e c t e d to Kive p u b l i c n o t l e c thereof by p u b ­l i s h i n g t h i s c i t a t o n o n c e In e a c h w-eek. for three s u c c e s s i v e w e e k s . In the Li t ­t l e t o n Guidon- a new-spaper p u b l i s h e d In sa id C o u n t v . t h c l a s t p u b l i c a t i o n to be one d a v at l e a s t b e f o r e s a i d Court .

W l t n e s s . C h a r l e s J- M c l n t l r e . E-squlre. F irs t JudKe o t sMd Court , th i s tw-enty-a e v e n t h dav of S e n t e m b e r In the y e a r one t h o u s a t i d n ine h u n d r e d and a l x t e e n .

:>t5 ' F. M. ESTY. R e g i s t e r .

PREPARE/WINTER! MAGEE HEATERS for either steam,

hot water or hot air produce continu­ous heat evenly distributed throughout the entire house, and are of such sturdy-construction that they will last with­out trouble or worry for a lifetime.

Don't experiment! Buy a MAGEE and be satisfied.

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' AYER. MASS.

Union Cash Market Ayer, Mass.

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b e s t c o m p o s i t i o n o n ft v i s i t t o a i i c l g h - t h e «<"-cniony Mr. a n d ^rs. '^ S a r g e n t b o r i n g m a n u f a c t o r y t a k e n b y t h e Ic i t t o r a w e d d i n g t r i p t h r o u g h t h e

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THE THINGS THAT COUNT!

KeSULTS P e r f e c t b r e a d .w i l l b e t h e h a p p y r e ­

s u l t of y o u r n e x t b a k l n i : d a y If y o u , use C e r e s o t a o r G o l d M e d a l F l o u r s , f o r w h i c h w e a r e t h e a g e n t s . ' 'We a l s o h a v e t h e b e s t o f e v e r y t h i n g Iti t h e g r o c e r y l i n e t h a t a r e s o l d a t a r e a s o n ­a b l e p r i c e . O u r s t o r e m a y s e e m s m a l l b u t w e h a v e p l e n t y of r o o m t o s h o w a \ - a r l e t y o f g o o d s t h a t w i l l s u r e l y p l e a s e y o u — a tr ia l w i l l c o n v i n c e y o u .

O u r S p e c i a l t y Is t h c H a n d l i n g o f t h e V e r y B e s t

Vermont Butter and Cheese

EAST MAIN STBEET GBOCEBY J A M E S E . G R I F F I N , P r o p r i e t o r

E a s t S l a i n S t r e e t • A y c r , M a s s .

L SHERWINI GO AYER. MASS.

D E A L E R S I N

Groceries Hardware Paints, Etc.

AMMUNITION

PBUIT

NUTS

FIGS

DATES

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Always a Good Supply of Staple Goods on Hand

ELIZABETH PATTEBSON M - A R I X E t i L O C O S M E T I C I A N

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B r o i l e r s ; a l s o P u U c t s .

O . B . O l i S E N T o w n s e n d H a r b o r

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A. D. MacLennan Agent for

Ford Cars

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H A R V . A R D , M A S S . •WANTED—10,000 p e o p l e w i t h C o r n s .

C a l l o u s e s . E c z e m a , or a n y S k i n D i s e a s e to b u y a Jar of H o n e y B e e O i n t m e n t ; K u a r a n t c e d to p l c 4 s o or m o n e y r e f u n d -i d GEO. H. B R O W N , S h o e s . A y e r . M a s s . ' * " •

COMMON-WEALTH O F M A S S A C H U -SETTTS. M i d d l e s e x , s s . P r o b a t e C o u r t .

T o the h e l r s - a t - l a - w , n e x t of k i n a n d a i l o t h e r p e r s o n s I n t e r e s t e d In the e s ­t a t e of C H A R L B S S. B A R R E T T l a t e o t A y e r In s a i d C o u n t y , d e c e a s e d . .

W h e r e a s , a c e r t a i n I n s t r u m e n t p u r ­p o r t i n g to' b e the l a s t w i l l a n d t e s t a - • m e n t of s a i d d e c e a s e d hag bcoii p r e ­s e n t e d to s a i d c o u r t , for Probate . b> A D A L. I R W I N w h o p r a y s ^ t h a t l e t t e r s t e s t a m e n t a r y m a y be I s s u e d to her , t h e e x e c u t r i x t h e r e i n , n a m e d , a s A D A

You* a r e h e r e b y c i t e d to a p p e a r a t a P r o b a t e Court , to be h f l d a t C a m b r i d g e In s.-ild C o u n t y of M i d d l e s e x , o n . t h e e lKhtec i i th d a y of O c t o b e r A. D . 1916, a t n i n e o 'o lock In t h e f o r e n o o n , to s h o w ? i u s c If . a n y y o u h a v e , w h y the s a m e

'" ' rnd \"a ld ' 'pe fmo" , ;?? - l« h e r e b y d i r e c ­ted to g i v e p u b l i c n o t i c e thereof , b y B u b l l e h l n g t h i s c i t a t i o n o n c e In e a c h w c d k ? f o ? t h r e e s u c c e s s i v e w e e k s . In T u r n e r ' s P u b l i c Sp ir i t , -a n e w a p a p e r J u b l l S h e d l n > y e r , the ' " t p u b l i c a t i o n to be o n e d a y , a t l e a s t , b e f o r e s.jld C o u r t , a n d b y m a i l i n g , p o s t - p a i d , or d e ­l i ver inK a c o p y of t i l l s c i t a t i o n to a l l k n S w n p e r s o n V I n t e r e s t e d In the e s t a t e , s e v e n d a y s a t l e a s t b e f o r e s a i d C o u r t .

W I t i i e s s , C h a r l e s J. M c l n t l r e . E s q u i r e . F i r s t J u d g e o f s a i d C o u r t , t h i s f o u r -f c e n t h d a y of S e p t e m b e r In The y e a r J '„?thou .a^ndnhie^hundr^.d_and^. .xu^en .

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Thomas THE.REAL ESTATE AGENT

In Reganl to Investment?

Room 3 Bank Bldg. - Ayer

E. D. STONE Fire Insnrance Agent

AntomobUe and Cordwood Insurance

Esther A. Stone, Typewriting Page's Block Ayer, Mass.

F. EABLAND GILSON Dental Office and Boomi

Frederick G. PlcrCe, D.M.D.-, -Assistant Lady Assistant Sml

Page's Blook Ayer, Mass. Telephones—Ayer 106-4, Groton 158-4

Speedwell Farm Pasteurized

CEEAM BUTTEB

FANCY CHEESES

We carry in. stock the following first-class cheeses:

Camembert Pineapple

Swiss Eoquefort

Parmesan (Italian)

Eoquefort and American

Full Cream (American) No. 1

Young America Chiley Cheese

Club GifiFord

Cream Cheese

Mullin Bros 9 Page's Block AYER

.\FTBR O.VF:: VISIT hero you v.-IH never dread BoitiB to the Ijentis: .-.p.-iin. •s\'e do e.\i)c-rt work EkIIilully and carefully.

%yc have an up-to-date efiulpment and every facility that aids us In do­me practically painless work. Try us for • ,

S.tTISFACTORV nENTISTItV

DR. C. A. FOX Dentist

Barry Bldg. Tel. Con. Ayer, Mass.

A GOOD ASSORTMENT

•OF —

HORSES FOR SALE

— AT —

JTcws Iteins. On- last week Tuesday evening,

while Mlss Josephine Reaver was re­turning home from the fair, she miss­ed her footing, on the piazza and hurt one of her ankles ko severely that she was conflned to the hou.se for several days. •

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dunbar List week entertained their daughter. Mrs ringrey. and their granddaughter. Mlss rjorothy Kline, of Fltchburg.

-Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bennett, with their (laughter. Mrs. Richard •Wright drove to Greenville last -week Wed­nesday. .Mrs. Bennett, with her grand.<ton, Xorman Frost, re.niained there for a visit of about a -n-eek with relatives.

Friends here have received word that Mr. and Mrs. William Scarritt are the parents of another daughter born recently.

-Mrs. Edward Parker, Mrs. Albert Pierce. .Mrs. Belle Hall and daughter Blanche motored with Ralph Per­kins to Fltchburg la.st week Wednes­day and attended a theatre there.

.Mr. and Mrs. Silas - Wheeler last week Thursday entertained Mrs. Isa­belle McDougall. of Goffstown. and the Misses Gladys and Daisy Burns of Milford.

FBANK S. BENNETT Successor to ARTHUR FENNER

Insurance Agent and Broker

Haln Street Tnmer's Bldig.

AYER, UASS.

Whitney's Stable AYER, MASS.

Telephone 29-3 3ml8*

CUTFLOWERS. PLANTS. FLORAL DESIGNS, ETC. H A R D T

ORNAMENTAL TREES. SHRUBS A N D

V I N E S

H.Huebner Florist

Oroton, Mass. Greenhouses Dear Oroton School

Hecker's Superlative

Flour $1.25 INTBODUCTOBY PBICE

N. fl. SPilLR I m Wish to call your atten­

tion to their stock of

GEMETERY MEMORIALS

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

PARK STREET

Ayer, Mass. TO REDl'CE STOCK will make prices

very low on Kxpress Wafron. Canopy .Surrey. Road Cart, Truck Wagon (low wheels). Trap. Etc., Plows, Cultivators, Hlllers, Drag Scraper. Custom Wheel-bairows (3 sizes). Harness, Horse ftoods. Ktc. ,F. B. FEIX;H. Carriage. Harness and Implement Dealer, Ayor. .Mnss. Tcl. 140-2.

Harlow & Parsons Tel 130 AYER, MASS.

Established 1875

Green Trading Stamps for Cash

IT IS A FACT that the 'Weet Oroton Blacksmith saves you money on Farm Wagona and Tip 'CarW. • We build Wheels and make Stono Drags. Iy27

AUGUSTUS LOVEJOY

Insurance Agent and Broker Farm Property irrttteni alio all

klads off Property placed In Kood, •tronff companlea.

S4 East Haln Street, Ajer

Wm. J. Mullin GEKERAIi JOBBING

Residence: GroTO . Street, Ayer All orders for, jpfeBlnsr done prompt­

ly and at rcasoilabte'--prlces. 36 Tel. 36-11 Ueeaaed Jank Collector

Michael Rlordan one day last week met with an Injury to his arm which required eight stitches to close the wound, and he has since been unable to work.

Alexander I'Ecuyer, who has con­ducted a barber shop here for more than four years, has been obliged to give It up on account of poor health, and has moved with his family to Leominster.

Mr. and Mrs. George L. Perrin. with Miss Ellen Sawtelle, motored here from Brookline. Mass.. last Saturday and spent Sunday at their respective summer homes here.

Mathew Burke was home on a fur­lough over the last week-end.

Mrs. Katie A. Williams, of Cam­bridge, spent last week in town, visit­ing friends and relatives.

Mr. and Mrs. George Betterley are entertaining their son and wife Mr and Mrs. Percy Betterley, and their daughter .Matilla. of. Worcester. Mass.

Prof. Yarrick entertained at Colonial club in Dorchester. Mass. Setepmber 27.

The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Attridge, of Pepperell, sympa­thize with them in the loss of their infant son,- born recer.tly.

The school children are making great preparations and eageriv look­ing forward to their fair and" enter­tainment which is to take place on October 13. Sewing, canning and vegetable.-;, as well as bird houses made by the boys and some of their school work is to he on exhibition. The teachers are now preparing them for the entertainment which is to be free and all are invited to attend..

Mr. and .Mrs. Clarence Russell last week entert.ained Eugene RIdeout and three daughters, of V,':Iton. and Clif­ford Ray. of this tow.-, and Dorches­ter. .Mass.

Mrs. William Matthews am! little son spent last week visiting her par­ents In Groton.

Fred Bennett ahd family, who have been stopping .it I'inecroft. have re­turned to their hom.e in Leominster.

(In readiness for the next meeting, October 11, and on- that same even­ing the lady members afe to have their program ready also, so that both programs are to be given on the same evening and are competitive. For tho l»st meeting the prugram consisted ot a piano duet, Gra.ce and Alice Whit­comb; reading, Blanche Hall; piano folo, Mabel Porter; recitation, Mrs Clara Russell; • corn.et solo, Harlati Whitcomb; . reading, Ge^jrge Cady; piano duet.. Grace and Alice Whit­comb: reading, Mrs. Geurge Cady: reading, Mrs. Clara Rut.sell. At the close of the meeting Clarence Kussell distributed a basket ot very ilnc peaches among the memljors j/resent.

HOLLIS, N7 H. -Vews Items.

Mlss Mildred French a?;ii .Miss Kuth Hazard left town thi> week for Wheaton college. Mlss Ha>.;ird be­gins her courfo, -while .Miss French enters as a sophomore.

The Grange held Its regular meet­ing on Tuesday' night in the town hall. Hudson Grange wa.-, invited to neighbor with ^thc local Grange and fijrnlshed the . following entertain­ment: PLano solo. Mlss -Kuth Har­wood; vocal Bolo, Miss Kuth Hill and a farce, entitled "The wrong baby."

Mrs. Charles E. Eastman, of r'hl-cago. Is s-pending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. Gllman P. Huff.

LUNENBURG" Xews Iteins.

Mr. and Mrs. William F. Hills left town last week Wednesday morning for a much needed and weil deserved vacation. They ylslt Fall P.iver and other places of Interest, expecting to be gone one Week. ' "

Carl E. Brown and- .-Jtm Earl aro taking a ten-days' vacation and auto trip, visiting Montreal. Quebec and other Canadian towns. Mr. Lewis has charge of the postofflce while the postmaster Is away;

Ernest K. Proctor, who was so seri­ously threatened with hlood poison­ing. Is able to be out again, and his arm is slowing gaining.

Harold L. Harrington went to Am­herst last week to enter the Agricul­tural college.

.\ large auction of farming tools, machinery, horses and lifty-one thor­ough-bred Guernsey eows was held iast .Saturday, a t . Sunnyslde farm, near Whalom. . It was attended by milkmen and farmers from all the ad­joining towns, a pair of black horses sold tor S23u, but the tools, machin­ery, milk wagons, etc., went compara­tively cheap. The lowest price paid for a cow was $43, and the highest was S127.50. the next highest $98. the ne.xt two SST 'each, and others rang­ing from $48 to $90,

Letter."; remaining uncalled tor In the postomce are for Mrs. Ella .s. Stearns. -Mrs. n. D. Hutchinson. .Mrs. Addie s-now. Miss J. A, Lowe. Miss M. Walsh. M. M. Brooks, Jean Gllchrest. James Massey, Harry L. Litchlield. Master William Noid, Will Nold, H. O. Read.

PAOB tors must be citizens of the United States, between 19 and 25 years of age and' must, before the date of entry oii residence af Oxford, have completed at least their .second year at some reg­ular degree-granting American univer-slty or college. Candidates having their domicile in the state, arid those who have received any large prrt of their education there are alike eligible

The qualifying examination will bc held on Tuesday and Wednei'dav Sep­tember 3 and t, 191.;. A state com­mittee ot selection chooses the scholar frora among tho.-e who have passed this examination. .\ppIieation should be made, to the chairman of this com­mittee, President A. I.awrence Lowell LL. D.. Harvard university. A memo-^ randum giving further particulars mav be obtained' either from thc chairman of the committee of .- election or by communicating with the dttlces of the Rhodes Trust, Seymour Hotise Wa-er-loo Place, London, S. W.

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Snccc5.sfiil Fair. Thc fair of the Loyal Workers con­

nected with the Methodist church on September 22 proved very successful In everyway and thc committee In charge feel very grateful to those who so kindly gave their time and services to aid In the entertainment, which was particularly good. The tables looked very attractive In their trimmings of evergreen and flowers, the candy table being in charge of Mr.s. Ellen Sweet and .Mrs. George Cady and the fancy table In charge of Mrs. Charles Dunbar and Mrs. Belle Hall. Thc program consisted of the following; Piano solo. Doris Xye of Sandown: readings. .Miss Leonora Bradley, whose Imitation ot the old lady with the many ailments was very funny and well done. The Leominster trio, composed of Clarenco M. Kline, Arthur- Quint and Alfred Cormier, gave an exhibition of banjo and piano playing that wa.s a treat, .Mr. Quint playing one piece' of his own composition. accomp.anled by Mr. Kline on the piano. Next were two readings by Mlss Doris Nye which dis­played the fact that sho Is a coming elocutionist of rare ability.

The program closed with a scries of tableaux by Ethel Taylor. Mabel Portor. Lllla Shatiuck, Charlotte Jensen, Mabel Popple, -Minnie M.ax-well, Annie Balley, Frances Farns­worth, Blanche Hall, In charge of the latter. Mr. Drake, of TowTisend, fur­nished the Icc cream.

Grangc-On account ot hot being able to get

some one to take charge of tlie men's program for the meeting the Grange ori the evening of September 23,' their entertainment did not materialize, but they have promised to have something

Octogenarians. _ There are several octogenarians in

this town who are In good health and enjoy life and a good social time ap­parently as well aa over. John Smith,-of Flat hill, eighty-seven years of age, attended the old home week celebra­tion on August 2, spent the day visit­ing with old friends and townspeople and returned to his- home at night "just a Ilttle weary," but otherwise none the worse for his day of recre­ation.

Charles H. Cunningham, eighty-three, walks from his home up the hill to the postofflce for his daily pa­per and keeps thoroughly posted and right up-to-date on all current events. He Is also a'veteran of the civil war.

Stillman Stone, a captain in the civil war. living on his farm a quarter of a mile out of the village, celebrated his eighty-first birthday on September 20 by digging potatoes-all day. then atteriding the Grange In the evening, where he received hearty congratula­tions upon his sprightly manners and appearance.

Francis A. Proctor passed the eighty-seventh milestone in his jour­ney through life on Thursda.v. Sep­tember 28. He is very fond of llow­ers and raises great quantities of beautiful ones, as a line thrifty border around his home place amply testi­fies. In addition to this he has a vege­table garden on the farm and also raised a flne piece of corn. When the '.veather is suoh that he cannot work out of doors he employs himself in rug making, both br;iided and rirawn-in, and has made i-.iany very hand­some ones. He lives with hi.< voung.! est son. Ernest K. Proctor, and family, in the center of the town, and as his birthday was approaching they con­ceived the idea of giving him a sur­prise birthday party of elderly people. This idea was most s-.iccessfully car­ried out. The weather was ideal and tables were set out "f doors on the pleasant lawn.

The hours appointed were from twelve at noon until fear in tlie after­noon, and included dinner at twelve, twenty-flve people sitting down to the first table and othcrs iielng served as they came, bringing congratulations and presents. Thc ages of eighteen who sat at the flrst table averaged 75 years and 10 months. The oldest man attending throughout the after­noon was SS, and the oldest lady S". and they were a jolly, happy coinpany of young old people, of which ten were over eighty years of age, and many were seventy-eiu-ht.

Mr. Proctor received many flne presents, with whi(-li he was much pleased, and rcturn>'d thanks, as he passed out and In rnong his many guests.

Miss Maria Woodl'iiry Is believed to be the oldest persf<n in town, as she parsed her nlnety-f"i:ith birthday on February 28. Several years ago she had the misfortune to fall on the ico In such a. manner that one hip bone L was broken, and as the -fracture was not properly adjusted, she has not been able to walk, bn! has been con­fined to the house and he. ^ed the greater part of tr.e ,-imc. •. But the beautiful Influence t'r.at .has gone out from her sick room lias been a bless­ing and a comfort to many, who oth­erwise had grown weary In the dally grind of thc struggle for life.

There arc several other ladles In town w'no have passed the four-score by several years, bright, cheerful, .so­cial, h^ppy Indies—^keeping their house and performing their dally round of duties and pleasures In such a plea.sant manner that they arc "twice blessed." for their Influence Is a blessing at home and abroad, to everyone with whom they may asso­ciate.

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($1600) per annum, tenable at the University of' Oxford, England, for- a period ot three years, boglnnlng'from October, 1917; will be open for compe­tition In fhe state of Massa'chusettif at the clore of the present yoar. " Similar scholarships will be awarded for. the years 1919, 1920 and 1S22. Compotl-

,. By virtue of the power of sale con­tained In a certain mortgage given to The A. E. Lyon Co.. of Fitchburg, County of Worcester and Common­wealth of'Massachusetts, by Alden A, Sherwin of Townsend. County of Mid­dlesex and Commonwealth aforesaid, dated April 12. 191G. and recorded with Worcester Northern District Reg­istry of Deeds, book 292, page 526, and Middlesex Registry of Deeds, South Distriet. book 4ft-<4. page 344. for breach of a condition of said mort­gage and for the purpose of foreclos­ing the same the flr.st tract will be sold at Public Auction on the prem­ises hereinafter described. Friday, October 20. 1918, at 10 .\. yi., and the second described tract at twelve o'clock noon on the same day namely:

.\ certain tract of land with the buildings thereon situ'ated in tho westerly part of said Townsend on the easterly side of the road leading from •\Vest Townsend to M<ason, New Hampshire, bounderi^and described as follows: Beginning at the northwest corner of the granted premises at a stake and stone.s. the same being the southwest corner of land formerly oc­cupied by E. D. Webster, deceased; thence N. 78° 15' E. by s.aid 'Webster land three hundred and thirty-three feet to a stake and stones; thence S. IS° E. by said Webster Jand one hun­dred feet to a stake and stones; thence S. 78° 15' W. by land of Wilbur Z. Sherwin three hundred and thirty-four (334) feet to the road above men­tioned; thence N. 17° 26' W. by the east side of- said road one hundred feet to the point of beginning.

Containing one hundred and twenty-two square rods, more or less, and be­ing the .=ame real estate conveyed to me by Wilbur Z. Sherwin by deed dated December 16. 1909. and record­ed with Middlesex South District Deeds, book 3488. page 3SS. Subject to a mortgage to the'Fidelity Coopera­tive Bank, of Fltchburg and any Hens for taxes or other public assessments.

Also another tract of land with all buildings thereon situated westerly from .Main Street in the northerly part of Leominster In said County of Wor­cester, bounded and described as fol­lows, viz: Beginning at the south­easterly corner thereof at a proposed 1 street fifty (50) feet wide leading westerly from Main Street and at .land \ of Nellie E. Flint, said corner being about 335.32 feet westerly from the westerly line of said Main Street: thence running N. 77° 15' W. by said proposed street sixty-three (63) feet; thenco N. 12° 45' E. by land of Edwin H. Blxby,, one hundred twenty-five (125) foet to land of Orlando W. Goodwin; thence S. 77° 15' E. by said Goodwin.land sixty-three (63) feet to land of said Flint; thence S. 12° 15' W. by,land of said Flint one hundred twenty-flyo (125) feet to thc place of beginning. Being a part of the land conveyed to Edwin H. Blxby and my­self by Will F. Russell by deed dated December 1, 1915, and recorded with Worcester Northern District Deeds, book 323, page 14. - .

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PEPPERELL N e w s Items.

Rev. and . Mrs. Robert W . . Draw-' bridge wore In town last week, tho guests ot Mrs. Gustaf Anderson, Oak mu, and attended the Federation fair on Thursday and Friday.

Miss Margaret Boynton returned to her studies at.Mt. Holyoke college on Wednesday. . .'

The marriage of Wlsner Park, of Concord, to Mlss Ghidys MacGregor.

' of 'West Acton., occurred at the latter place, at the" home of the bride, on Wednesday evening, October 4, at sev­en o'clock. Mr. Park Is well-known

. In. town, having visited here formerly a t the home ot his grandmother, Mrs. John R. Shattuck, and with his sister.

.Mlss Margaret; Park, at the home of Mlra Aiin Jewell; and other friends.

•Mrs. R. J. Early, of Dorchester, was the guest of Mrs. H. A. Pike last week.

Mlss Helen. Lovejoy returns to New 'X'ork next -week to resume her study

l o t - t h e VloUn at.the.Institute .of Music. Mlss Jessie :Flynn, now teaching in

Carlisle, spent Saturday and part of Sunday at home, being driven over to Ayer in the afternoon to take the elec­trics to-Lowell.

Rev. and Mrs. Frank Davis arrived here, on Friday from Norridgewoek, Me.; where they,have passed.the sum­mer. They, were, the guests of Mr. and Mrs.-B. A.' Johnson, leaving here on Saturday for Marshall. Texas, where

- Mr. Davis has a position m-Blshop col­lege. ' . • • , ,

iSIrs. E . F. Brown Is visiting rela­tives In Philadelphia, going last week with her sister and husband. Dr. and Mrs. 'Floyd, who recently visited here from-Wilmington, Del.' ;-

Russell C, Plummer Is confined' to the house as the result o f a- slight shock last .week, aftectlng ;the nerve centers and' his, left • side. He Is re­ported as gaining at present. , Mlss^ H. Elizabeth Shattuck spent the •week-end and Sunday at her home In town, returning Monday morning to her., studies at the Worcester Domes­tic Science ...school., ,

Pirescoti Grange will work t h e .first • and second degrees on a class ot can-

'dldates a t the next regular meeting. Ootobec 13. The gehtleftien's degree etatt Is to •work; the second degree, it

• Is expected. .-Jirs. -Samner Lawrence and Miss

Katherlne-were In town last week as the guests of Mrs. John Bennett and Mrs.- Woodward, coming frorh Fitch­burg to attend the Federation fair.

Mrs. O. M..-Nash Is still suffering from rheumatism, being confined to the house at present. Mrs. Laura Parker, the nurse, has been with her several nights. .

-Mr. and- Mrs. George E; Shattuck entertained Frederic Belcher, bf Win­chester, over ISunday, ' Mlss Margaret Anderson, who Is

teaching drawing Ih th'e publlc schools in Xorthboro, spent the week* end at the home of her parents on Oak hill.

Ernest Mellndy has rented the up­stairs teneinent In J. H. Miner's house. Townsend street, and expects to move there soon

Mrs. Samuel Wright and her son. Frank Wright, of Worcester, accom­panied by Mrs. .Nutting and daugh­ter, were in town for a few iiours Sunday, coming in their auto.

Wendell Lovejoy, with one of the autos he has been using as a Jitney in Bethlehem, X. H., and Mr. Grlswold. who has tieen operating the.other, re­turned here from the mountains on Sunday. Mr: Grlswold has been stop­ping In town a part of the week.

Leslie Darling from New London. Conn., came here on business last Saturday. It Is understood that he is negotiating for the sale of his house on Main street to the present occu­pant, Frank Conant.

Ernest Nash, who was In town with • his family a part of last week, left

on Sunday for New York and will make a trip west of about three weeks In the interests of the Caslne Mfg. Co. with which he Is now connected.

Mrs. Leonard Nodding and friends from Silver Lake, Wilmington, motor­ed here on last week Friday to at­tend the Federation fair, returning oil Saturday.

Arrangements are being made by the societies of St. Joseph's parish for a bazaar to be held some time in November. A committee ot ladles were calling upon.soihe of the mer­chants on the street on Monday to secure articles which could be used in the several voting contests which are soon to be started. The bazaar will probably be held in Opera House.

It Is understood that Charles Walte dnd family are soon to move from the Varnum place to the house on High street owned by Mrs. A. J. Shattuck. repairs being In progress there.

The .rroods of Mr. Oulton came from New Bruntwlck laat week I'riday and the family with Mrs. Copp. senior, are getting settled In the tenement with L. A. Johnson on Main street. Mr. Johnson having the upper and Mr. Oulton the lower part of the house'.

* Mr. and Mrs. WllUam Jewett en­tertained Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Carley and Mrs. Elizabeth Draper of Ayer over Sund.ay.

Allan Parker seems somewhat Im­proved In health ot late, being out of doors all the pletisant days.

Miss Alice Marshall, Mlss Emma Spauldlng and Mlss Nellie Attridge. who have been at the Highland house at Bethlehem. N. H.. since June, ar­rived home on Sunday. They made the trip home with Wendell Lovejoy by auto. The other young ladles who went to Bethlehem at thc same time are expected also this week.

Harvey Tileston Is now reported as gaining and expects to be able to get

- about 4oon with the aid of.crutches. Roy&l Thompson came from Fltch-

.burg, where he Is employed, to spend Sunday at ihe homo ot his mother, Mrs. Martha Thompson.

We note In the Nashua Telegraph - o f Monday, October 2. ot the sale ot

the Tremont house In Nashua to Les­ter F Thurber of that. city. He slates there- wIU "bo no Immediate change m the tenancy ot the Tremont house.

' but Intends ultimately to erect a mod­ern business block on thc site, the ground floor ot which will be occu­pied bv the Second National Bank.

• T h o m ^ F. Graham of, this town Is the present lessee, having been Interested Iri the hotel tor nearly twenty years, being flrst In company with Dr, Frank Bell and more recently with James H. Tucker The structure Is spoken of « one 'o t the oldest landmarks of the city having been built about 1840 as nearly as cpuld be learned.

•L. E. Henderson, foreman of the section on the Worcester and Nashua

,Sl lroa,d has been transferred to a aection near Oakdale and with his f i S n y removed there Wednesday.

,. ^ U p l a c e i ^ C p t t o « e street, which ho

purchased not long ago ot William Sllncv. has been sold by him to John Martin, foreman of the section on the Fltchburs division, who has been oc­cupying the house near the Fitchburg station. ' Alexander Odette and family moved Tuesday from the Palmer houHe on Tucker aveiiue, which they have oc­cupied about a year, into the ColHn house on P lc i sant street. ',

The first hard frost of the season around the village, took the more ten­der garden and house plants Monday mornins-

Mrs. Raymond Potter and two little daushters, Cella and Beverly, returned to their home in Brookline after a summer at her old home with Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Blake, her parents.

An auto party of Mr. and Mrs. Clar­ence Lee and children, ftom Marlboro, and Mrs. Whitney, from Stow,' were entertained at the homo of Mr. and Mrs. William Dow, HoUls street, on Sunday.

Dr. H. H. Cleveland and tamlly mo­tored to Baldwlnsvllle on Thursday of last week. to bring his mother back with them tho last of the -vi-eek. Mrs. Lillle Dow accompanied them as tar as Fitchburg, by invitation, making a visit with her daughter. Mrs. Lucius Stark, of that city.

Mr. and Mrs. William Hall and fam­ily moved back to town from Law. rence. Wednesday, and will occupy the house on High street recently vacated by Mrs. Witt.

William Greenwood, the fifteen-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Julius Greenwood. Mason street. Is again at St. Joseph's hospital, Nashua, N., H. This Is the fourth operation for In­testinal trouble he has been obliged to undergo since his operation for ap­pendicitis about three years ago. He has rallied trom this operation, al­though It was considered a difficult one tor him to endure-on account ot the preceding ones, and his general state- ot health. His aunt, CaroUne Blood, visited him at the hospital on Friday ot last week, carrying flowers sent by the high school freshmen, of which class',he Is a-member. He Is reported out o f danger this week un­less some new symptoms appear.

Mrs. Emma F. HIU, the nurse. Is \ islt lng at the home of , her friend, Mrs. Andrew Kemp, Shirley street. -

We have received news which Is suf­ficiently authentic, but lacking details, that another of our young Pepperell boys has becOme a benedict; This time It Is Ralph Lawson, son ot R. H. Law-son, w h o has a position with the tele-, phone company in West Harttord. Conn., his marriage occurring there. . Ell Supernault has accepted a posi­tion In the mlU here and Is moving back from Townsend Intor the Mrs. Bancroft house oh Railroad street.

Guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Dow. Hollls street, a part of this week, were Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Meager and children and Mrs. Laura Forest of Stoneham, and George Weeks, of West Hartford, Conn,

Mrs. W. H. Beers visited the first of the week with friends In South Athol. returning on Wednesday.

George and James Lawrence of Gro-' ton were in town on Sunday to attend the services held for their old friend and neighbor, Frank W. Ames.

The address given by D. L. Whlt­marsh before the Men's club at the September meeting was listened to with much appreciation and has been the subject of much favorable com­ment. The subject, "Town civics," was treated in the most liberal man­ner and applied In Its broadest sense to the needs of this community. A vote was taken by the club to have the address published, but the consent of the author Is lacking.

Mrs. Charles Burkinshaw, of New Britain, Conn., came on Monday for a visit among former friends and rela­tives. She has been the guest ot Mrs. G. Wardell Parker. Sheffleld street.

Miss Anne Hamilton, the nurse, will take a vacation of one week, com­mencing Saturday, October 7. Her substitute will be Mlss Falrbrother, of Waltham.

At a recent meeting of the board of engineers of the flre fire department, Harris L. Tarbel l 'was appointed one of the board to fill the vacancy caus­ed by the death of L. G. Robbins.

George Sargent, of Plalstow. N. H., has been visiting his sisters, Mrs. Mc­Donald and Mrs. Tucker, the past week.

Bernard Shattuck took an enforced vacation of about ten days receatly, through Illness, at the home ot his parenU, Mr. and Mrs. George H. Shat­tuck. returning to his work Ijv Boston on Wednesday. Miss Pierce, ot Mel­rose, was also a guest of Mrs. Shat­tuck for a few days last week.

The Epworth league are to sen.'e their annual harvest dinner at the Methodist vestry on Thursday noon. October 19.

Mrs. D. B. Robinson has returned home from a visit during September at her old home In Sherington, Prov­ince of Quebec. ,

Mrs. John Fredericks returned on' Wednesday from a week's visit with her mother In Brookllne. N- H.

Reports of the condition of J. J. Willoughby at the Groton hosp-ltal are that no great change occurs from day to day. but the effect of the pain he still .suffers Is necessarily weakening, undermining his strength.

Mrs. P. J. McDonald entertained her niece. Mlss Lulu Sargent, of Plals­tow. N. H.. over Sunday, who came by auto with a friend, Mr. Warner. An auto party from Clinton were also their guests during part of the day. Including the relative of Mr. McDon­ald. Mlss Theresa McDonald, and frienda, Mlss Gallagher, Mr. Lynch and Mr. Howe, all of CUnton.

Mrs. Charles Card, who suffered an acute attack of neuralgia around thc heart on last Saturday, Is slightly Im­proved, although stlli conflned to her room.

Following his re-nomlnatlon for representative by thc republicans of the twelfth district. Including tho towns ot Ashby, Ayer, Dunstable, Gro­ton, Shirley, Towhsend ond Pepperell, Joseph A.' Saunders was presented by thc citizens ot the town of Ashby with a handsome gold watch. The watch bears his monogram engraved on tho case, being a testimonial ot their ap­preciation for thc efflcient service rendered tho town In procuring the pass-age of an Important bill during last winter's term of legislature. The gift Is highly prized by the recipient.

Mrs. Carrie Pitman, who was able to be carried out o n ' t h e piazza on sunny days, atter her return home from the Portsmouth hospital. Is again conflncd to the bed, helpless ffom rheumatism.

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Stinerford are to move to Sheffleld, where he has secured employment. They have been living here since last tall, ooming then from Maine and occupying one of Mrs. H. A. Pike's, tenements. '

Mr. and Mrs. Li' N. Maxwell and Mr. and Mrs. Oeorge H. Shattuck start Thursday moming tor a White Mountain trip. ' '

Raymond Tucker has been 111 of es of yellow bltissoms here and there . . . - , _ _ - - 1 . - 1.- . . * \.t„ .,n-anta w o « ' Wtr l l f lno - - ST>inll n l t l A tTAP.H Xt'ttrtt ^\a^ i i .vi iu xui-fvt* 1..^^ ......... . . . —-

tonsilitis at the home of his parents on Nashua street. Mrs. Uaymond Tucker came from D e n y , N. H., on Sunday to see him.

Nine members of Prescott Grange. -Mrs; Lucy Perry, Mlss Lillian Holmes, Mrs. McDonald. Mrs. Tucker. Mrs. Shepard, Russell Wright, Lloyd Ban­croft and Fred Bennett, and Mlss Ber­nlce Holmes Joining the party on their arrival, went to Hollls, N- H , Tues­day evening to attend Neighbors' night. Hudson Grange was invited by Hollls Grange and other visitors made up the number to about two hundred. They all report a line sup­per and general good time.

Work on the Groton road, prepara­tory to and commencing oir the con­struction of the state-road from Pri­mus hlll, was commenced this week under the direction of Street Commis­sioner Blood.

- On Friday; i\ A. C, Sml'th. exten­sion Instructor, and Mr. Goodwill, as­sistant, trom the State Agricultural college, Amherst, are to be in town to make a survey of the grounds around the school buildings.' Mr. Smith visited the town a short time agb.-giving a lecture In the evening, and was Impressed with the possibili­ties ot the playground arid other parts of the town.

Robert O. Coy, station agent at the Fitchbiirg division, is tak ing a vaca­tion of a tew weeks. Mr. Provost, ot North teomlnster . Is taking his place at the statlon.-

Mrs.' George Herrig and Mrs-Carlysle Kelley motored here from SopiervIUe with friends ore Tuesday.

l5lttle''Evelyn Hutchinson, of ,Mll-f'ord, 'N.'H.-. Is 'spending rti, few - days with her coUslh;-Kenneth Cuthbert­son. Pleasant street.

Mr. and Mrs. Albert Everts, of Rox­bury, were guests a t ' the home of her parents over Sunday,

Mlss Esther Robbins Is resuming her musical studies this faU at the New England .Conservatory of Music, Bpston, where she attended last year.

iMrs. Herbert Raymond recently picked thre'e clusters of blossoms from a crab applo tree In their yard. The blossoms were large and perfect, and

was striking. Small pine trees were used effectively • at the corners of the booths, the white uprights rising above them. At the-r ight of the entrance, the corner was converted iijto a pleas­ant reception room by the aid of large rugs and Inviting groups of chairs. The Hrst booth claiming attention waa, ac­cording to the ybuhger set, the "sweet­est In the haH." -This was the candy booth, nearly circular in shape In the center ot the hall, facing the entrance. It was well decorated In crepe paper and greenery and proved most attrac-' tlve. This was In charge of Mrs. Taft. Mrs. Buss, Mrs. Hutchinson and Mrs. Handley.' - '

The fancy work occupied a long booth down the right hand side ot the hall. Many tasteful and elaborate ar­ticles were displayed here, the tables being decorated with the green and white and an abundance ot crepe paper ot. goldenrod design. Those In charge were Mrs. Mault, Mrs. Dunn, Mrs. Gutterson ond Mrs, Sylvester.

At the left ot the entrance a tent arose ot Arabian style furnished with rugs and bright cushions, which the occupants used in true Oriental fash­ion.' The costumes were flowing white Arabian; ones, covering the wearers entlrely.'save the eyes and forming a complete disguise. Mysteries were dispensed here-by the committee said to be Mrs. Maultman, Mrs. Wright, Mrs. Jewett, Mrs. Nokes, Mrs. Lawson and Mrs. iPrescoit.

The domesflo table In charge ot Mrs. HObart, Mrs. Rlchai-dson, Mrs.- Farley, Mrs. Weston, Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Bancroft, occupied the next space and claimed the attention of all good house wlVcs.'having a good assortment of such articles as they would find use^ ful;

The booth, of dolls, where the chil­dren congregated, came next and the assortment was so varied, .ranging from flve dollars to twenty-five cents. It would seem that all the patrons would'find something to buy. Articles tor babies were displayed here also, making the booth very dainty and charming. The ladles In charge were Mrs. Cook, Mrs. Pelton. Mrs. Jenks, Mrs. Robblhs, Mrs. Greene and Mrs. Frossard. ~

If every housekeeper In town did

small house nearly on tho site of the large residence sho was occupying at the time of her death.'

Mr, Attridge died in 1875. . They had slx.chlldren', three .sons surlvlving her. -These are James E., of Allston, Richard', of Hyde Park, and John At­tridge, who resides on Cottage street In this town. There are -also twenty-twro; grandchildren and four great­grandchildren. Thc sons and families were . present at the services which were held on Monday with the excep­tion ot a granddaughter, Mlss Nellie Attridge. now at Pensacola. Fla., who was to far away ahd another grand­daughter, Mrs. Mary Gleddls. of New, Bedford,, who was III.

High mass of requiem was cele­brated by Rev. J. J. Barry, at St. Jos­eph's church on Monday morning at nine o'clock and burial was In St. Joseph's cemetery. The bearers were tour brothers, neighbors, ot the de­ceased, Michael, John, James and •Daniel SulUvan. Thore were' many beautiful fioral tributes.

blossoms were large and perfect, and i t every housekeeper In town did as fragrant as regular spring-time not boast a new style apron Saturday blooms.' .. I morning the fault could nof be that • Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Gelger and a of the committee In charge ;Ot the

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part of their family are still at their summer place on Oak hill. Mlss Ele­anor returned to her studies at the Somerville high school last week and the younger children are attending In town. . Mr. Gelger expects to return to the city this riionth, but as Mrs. Geiger's health Is much Improved the family wUI remain here during the' faU and possibly the ' winter. Their farm on the Dunstable road has been offered for sale, and if disposed of. the nephew who now lives there will stay at the Oak bill place during the winter. . . Chester A. Parker has recently fin­ished-.a big contract for interior dec­oration for Mrs. Leonard of Groton at., her lately acquired Blgelow prop­erty;.

Sfrs.'L. P: Blood had a rare outing on Thursday, spending the day with her old neighbor. Mrs. Harmon.

Mrs. Maud Chick and a part of her famliy arrived here on Thursday from Brockton, at the home of her brother, A. H. Raymond. Hollis street, until hetr newlv acquired property on FrankUn street Is ready. .Many re­pairs and additions are being made here. The roof Is being shingled, the interior freshened with paint and pa­per, a bathroom fitted up, and tho house is being wired for electricity for lighting and household purposes, t-arger grounds are all that Is needed to make an Ideal cottage home.

Mrs. Clarence Hildreth, with Mlss Mae and the younger children, were at their home on Townsend street a part of the week, packing their goods preparatory to renting a part of the house, as the family are to remain In North Chelmsford for the winter.

Miss Blake, who has been at the New Prescott with her sister, Mrs. Thomas Graham, tor some time past, went to stay at the home of Mrs. H. A. Phelps. Park street, Monday, for the winter.

Mrs. George Smith and daughter. Mrs. Raymond, were Lowell shoppers on Thursday.

Rev. and Mrs. E. M. Slocombe and three chUdren returned to their win­ter home In Worcester on. Thursday, closing their cottage on Oak hill for this season. Flora Boynton. who has been assisting in the care of the chil­dren during the summer, returned with them tor a few weeks. The whole party were conveyed by Fred Bennett by auto.

A very excellent meeting of the East 'Village Soclal club -was held at the home of Mrs. E. F. Harmon. High street, on Wednesday atternooni with ten members present and a guest, Mrs. Haye.s. With an ideal afternoon, an Ideal spot and an Ideal hostess the meeting, which was held on the piazza was one of the pleasantest ot the sea-«on. Although easily accessible to the village the residence ot Mrs. Har­mon, at the end ot the street, pos­sesses the advantage ot one of the flnest views, with glimpses ot the riv­er and valleys at the south and west, and a beautiful sunset view, which was enjoyed by the guests. The after­noon was passed socially with read­ings by different members on points of Ihterest. The club were treated to the most delicious coffee, with cake and delicate tea cakes at the close of the program.

Mrs W. H. H. Bradley has been en-tertaliilng her friend, Mrs. George GlIsOw, of Everett, this week, at her home on Townsend street.

Mlss Katharine Murray, from Au­burndale, Is taking a week's vacation at her home on Blver street, coming on Wedhesda>-.

Federation Fair. Now that thc Federation fair has

been brought to a successful climax, on Friday evening of lasl week, tho,se who'have worked so long and well to bring about this result, can look back with satisfaction and say that the re-suits Justified the efforU. They might add that If It was to be repeated aii­other year thcy could beneflt by their experience, but on the whole the fair was harmonious and pleasant, a suc­cess - fraternally, socially and flnan-

' "rhe weather ot this flrst day was perfect and during the busy hours of the sale In the attcrnoon thfe hall was surrounded and banked In autos and carriages,.many coming from tho sur­rounding towns. The generosity of the patron's wa* evident by this first day's receipts. On the second day, Fri­day, the rain came too late In the eve­ning to keep m a n y away from either thc supper or entertainment.

The placo ot the, sale was the lower or town hall. On entering the visitor would be Impressed with the changes the commltteo on decorations had effected. The color scheme was white and green, overlaid and orna­mented with touches of yellow. The effect ot the feathery evergreen against a white backgiround with dash-

apron table, nor any lack ot these garjwents. ' There were hundreds dis­posed ot by Mrs. Hayes, Mrs. Parker, JIrs. Smalley, Mrs. Shepardson. Mrs. W'h'Ittaarsh and Mrs. Johnson.

The Jap'anerfei tearoom which oc­ctipled the' entire space across the end of the hall was an attractive place and well patronized. A white birch, lattice work, extehded across the front of the stage'and Inside thlsi-an Orl.entaI ef­fect was produced by the decorations of Japanese crepo paper and fans and by the costumes of flowing Japanese garmenU, confined by broad green sashes, which adorned the hostesses ot the room'. These werc Mrs. Pierce, Mrs. Appleton, Mrs. Bonnett,-Mrs. Tar­bell, Mrs. Durant and Mrs. Lawrence. The menus were dainty butterfly fav­ors, sandwiches, welsh rarebit, lce cream; cake and tea being served. The room had many patrons, especially on Thursday afternoon.

The entertainment both evenings in Prescott hall drew a good audience. Thayer's orchestra gave selections be­fore the farce and between the acts. The drama, "My brother's keeper," in three acts, occupying about two hours' time, was presented most ably by lo­cal talent. Mrs. Colter of Manchester, N. H.. acted as coach on three even­ing rehearsals on the w e e k preceding the date of the i»lay. The part of the dignifled meK-hant, Abel Benton, was admirably taken by W. H. Beers, his clerks being impersonated In a very natural manner by Jlessrs. Nutting. Wlllev and Wright. In his character of tlie dishonest clerk, Carnes. Jlr. Wllley seemed to find his role of ras­cality rather difflcult at times, to be sure, which might be set down to his credit, yet it was remarked that it apparently came easier to him the second evening, which might serve to Illustrate the force of habit, whether for good or evil.

E H. Bliss, aa Job Layton. the rag­picker, In thc flrst aot. Is easily a most conspicuous character throughout the play, alwavs on hand at the right time and saying the right thing in spite of his favorito expression of being "on the wrong .side." His appearance was greeted with interest by the audience as was also Mlss Ellen Miller, who gave evidence of unsuspected talent In her fine acting ot the spinster. Betsey Benton. Her costume and general dis­guising make-up were most effective. Mrs. Parker and Mrs. Attridge enact­ed the parts ot the young ladles of the play with true dramatic ablUty, win­ning applause as usual.

The play h-is a distinct story running through It. which was very well brought out ahd while It was of a higher order than many of the all-humorous plays. It still has situations which appealed to the humor of the audience, provoking laughter and ap­plause and .itterward, favorable com­ment. In the absence of Mrs. An­nls through illness the committee who acted were Jlrs. Bliss. Mlss Wood. JIrs. I-awrence, JIIss Robbins and Mrs. Beers. , „

Supper was served at the Congrega­tional vestry on Friday evening, plates being laid f .r 250 people. The tables wero prett.ly decorated with bou­quets and most appetizing In appear­ance Thore wero salads of various kinds, cold ham, rolls, baked beans and many kinds of plain and fancy pies and cakos and coffee. The supper committee—Mrs. Robbins, Mrs. Tow­er Mrs. Lane, Mrs. Andrews, JUss Lawrence and Mrs. Graham, were re-cnforced hv m a n y helpers and an abundant number ot waitresses. Sev­eral gentlemen also assisted, bringing trays of salads trom the Unitarian vestry, whero seve»'al ladles prepared them, for lack ot room where the sup-, per was being served. • All the committees are to be con­

gratulated on this truly Federated so­ciety fair and It Is sate to predict that most of them would vote tor Us repe­tition another year. The rece pts of the • sale, supper . and entertainment -were also most gratifying, although the committee are not yet ready to give . the exact figures.

Funeral Scri-loes. The funeral services tor the late

Frank Waldo' Aihes were held at the resldehce on Shirley street,on Sunday afternoon, Octb'ber 1.,' Rev. J; B."; Lewi's, of the. Congregational church offltlat'ed, the service being simply yet impressive: The flowers were numer­ous and beautiful, Burlai was In the tamlly lot In Pepperell cemetery.

The sudden death of Mr. Ames on the preceding Thursday came as-' a shock to the res ldenu of Pepperell. He • was .born at the Ames .homestead on Shirley street tn 1854 and-was the sbij of John- a'nd Eliza (Parker) Ames. H e -v<'as the (youngest of a family of four;'having two-brothers,'George and Theodore, arid a'sister; EUza. All are deceased, leaving him the last ot that famlIy«iWJth .the exception ot a few years he has made .the old -homestead his home. AlthQugJi he was never prominent In p'ubllc Ute he was a valued, and' respected citizen. Inter­ested always In whatever concerned the best welfare of the town and serv­ing it whenever he was needed. 'STet It will be for his deep personal Inter­est, his kindliness and unfailing cheer­fulness that he will be longest re­membered;

He' Is survived by a widow; one son. Harold L., and flve daughters—Mrs. Dallas Jlonk, and JIarlan, Helen, Flor­ence and Ruth 'Ames. Also, one grandchild, Harold L., Jr.

His family, to w h o m he was a de-vbted husband and father, most deep­ly hiourn his-loss.

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Churcll Notes. At the Methodist church on Sun­

day mo.rning at 10.45, the pastor will preach on the theme, "Wronging the soul." In the evening at 7.30 his topic will be "Eternity in the heart."

At the Epworth League sfervicc at 6.45 the subject will be "Witnessing for Jesus." Leaders, the Jllsses JIar­shall and O'Neal.

The Rally day exercises at this church last Sunday were carried out according to the program. The church was decorated In a very tasteful man­ner by a committee of youijg ladles. All but two were unable to serve, but the work was faithfully and well per­formed by Jlisses Gertrude Cherry and Eva Shepardson. .\ profusion of v.-lld asters were used, brightened by, crimson sumac and foliage.

The music of the occasion in charge of Jlr.s. .Mice Bartlett, chorister, was well rendered. In the opening volun­tary, tlie organist. Jlrs. Harwood. was accompanied by Ralph Buck with his clarionet. He also assisted in the song by the primary department. A solo by Jlrs. Bartlett was much ap­preciated by her audience. The sev­eral papers on the lifes ot the pioneers ot Jlethodisni were .itiven. the short address by the pastor followed along the same Une of thought.

There was a ^ood attendance at Sunday .school which it is hoped will be permanent.

The pastor. Rev. J. B. Lewis, will preach In the Congregational church next Sunday morning and evening. Sunday" school will meet at noon.

Rally day was observed last Sunday with enthusiasm and a good attend­ance, although many of the young people have left town thia fall. Thc pastor estimates that forty have gone away since the town schools closed In June.

JIIss Helen Lovejoy will render a violin solo next Sunday. This will be her last Sunday at home before re­turning to her music studies In Nev.' York.

JIIss . \nne JI. Buckley of the Wo­men's Board of JUsslons. Boston, wi : give an address at the church neM Jlonday evening at 7 45 o'cloc,.

Rev. and JIrs. J. B. Lewis attend­ed the twenty-flfth anniversary of the pastorate of Rev. George A. Tewks­bury of Concord on Jlonday.

At the Unitarian church on Sunday morning at 10;45, the pastor will preach on the subject "I believe." There will be special music with a solO by Mlss Elizabeth Wright.

Rev. D. R. Child returned on Wed­nesday from attending the session of the Unitarian Ministers' Institute, held this week In Springfield.

LITTLETON

Death. Mrs. Jlary A. Attridge. widow ot the

late James AtW-Idge. died at her home on Groton street, Friday, September 29, after an Illness ot about ten weeks. Her age wjis nlncty-clght years, and her death Is attributed to her extreme atte, with symptoms of hardening ot tlTe arteries. Frbm »ier appearance and industrious habits It would be hard to realize that ehe had a"f 'nea this age, as many' a woman of 76 or 80 might well l^^'* o"Y'e*„? i" ' ,A ' : tridge her health and strength up to the tlmo ot her last Illness. •

JIrs. AUrldge w a s a native of Ire­land, coming to the states •with her husband about seventy years ago. Thcy resided at th'e time of coming to Pep­porell on E lm street on the Lakln Place now occupied by ^ . T. H°bart. Later t h c y - w o v e d to 0 ' ° ' ° ^ "^e«*; about fifty-flve years «go , occupying a

About/Town. The October all-day meeting of the

L. S. C-. -Alllanco Branch of the Uni­tarian church In ' Pepperell will be held on Friday. October IS. at 10.3> In the morning In the church parlor. Business at eleven o'clock; box lunch at 12.30. At two o'clock Mlss Alice Brown will address the meeting. A large attendance Is requested.

A pleasant evening was spent at the home of the Misses Florence »nd Mary Supple. Leighton street. Sunday even­ing. A party of friends arrived from FItchbUrg by auto, returning to their home about midnight after enjoying games and music. Light refreshments were served. Piano seitectlons were given by Oliver Whlttemorc and AL-bert Anderson and vocal solos by MIsS Ida Lewis and Mr. Steward.

Miss HamUton, the district nurse, win be absent from her. duties tor one week. Her pltice will be supplied by another, nurse. . The Woman's club met Tuesday af­ternoon In Saunders' hall. There was a good attendance. The reader. Miss Sarah Mahler, '.gave selections that werc very entertaining, followed by si duet by Mrs.. Bliss and JIrs. Copp. a lso a solo by JIrs. Copp.

Jlrs. Walter Sherwood entertained her aister, Mrs. Perry, and little daughter Dorothy, ot Everett, over the week-end,

'Mlss.Jtarjoric Sherwood Is taking a vacation with relatives In Maine.

Mrs. Julia Lawronce entertained Mr. and JIrs. W. E. Carey and children, of BrookUne, N. Ht.. and Mr. and Mrs. W. K. Lawrence,' ot Shirley, at the home ot Calvin Lawrence, laj<t Sunday.

Mrs. Frank W- Ingerson, of Ashby, has been visiting with heV cousins, Mrs. Imogene E. Palmer and Mrs. Robert Wright.

News Items. The New England exposition and

National Dalrv show to be held In Sprihgileld, October 12-21. will attract many Littleton people who have plan­ned to attend part or all of the time. The plant fo be used for the purpose Is In keeping with Its big. Idea—a plant that has caused the best of ex­perts 10 voluntarily declare It has no equal for size, convenience and ap­pointments. The exhibit . Is planned on'ah. equally large scale and the city of Sprlngfleld and the committee In charge have spared no pains to make the exposition an event in a life time-Would that time and space could be given here to outline the program and present a good Idea of the magnitude of the exposition and the great bene­fits that may be derived from It.

JIlss Jlary Nye is spending a few-weeks wtth frlend.s in Boston.

George Bonnell, who has worked for F. C. HartweU ten years, has ac­cepted a position with tho Conant, Houghton Company at tho webbing factory. The company Is busy now making an addition to the plant. Jleanwhlle the factory is in operation evenings and new help Is demanded frcQuently.

JIrs. Wells, sister of Warren Fletch­er, her daughter and JIrs, Charles Call, all of Clinton, have visited Jlr. Fletcher and the Elmer Fletcher fam­ily this week.

C. E. Jackson was thrown from his mowing machine recently and su.staln­ed a fractured rib.

The ladles of the Littleton branch of war relief workers, are asked to meet with JIrs. W. C- Brown on Fos­ter street next Thursday afternoon. This organization, which has worked for three months under the faithful and efflcient direction of JIrs. Albert Lawrence, has sent several consign­ments of surgical dressings and com­fort pillows, numbering many thou­.sand pieces, to tha Peter Bent Brlg-'.lam hospital In Boston, where they aro received and. for-n'^rded to the hos­pitals In France to ' uc used for the suffering and wounded soldiers. We have received mppt. appreciative rec­ognition of our. work and with It an appeal for Increased effort, saying that the need tor our help Is greater than ever. We hope for a generous re­sponse of willing workers for our next and coming meetings,

Jlr. and JIrs. Willard A. JIunsOn. of Walpole, motored to Littleton on last Sunday and werc guests of the J. W. Ames family. JIrs. Ames returned with them and visited a few days this weok.

JIrs. Frank Hlll Is expected home from Portland, Me., today. •

Mrs, G. W. Canney spent-last week with her son Elmer In Cambridge.

Jlr, and JIrs. Elmer Stiles have moved back to Waltham. where he will again be employed In the watch factory. Jlr. Wood ot the Conant •Qonfpany force will occupy t i i c t e n e -rrtent made vacant by Mr. SJlles". r;e-rfioval from town. , , ,v

JIIss Ellen McKay, nurse, from Saco, Jle.. Is vlsUlng friends and rela­tives In town two weeks.

Hon. C. A. Kimball, ns delegate, and JIrs. Kimball, attended the political convention In Boston today.

E. C.,Jones Is making extensive Im­provements In his driveway. •"'Agnes Lee's home-made jellies and canned peaches for sale, Satiirday af­ternoon, October 7, at the "home ot Mrs. Albert Shedd. Boxborough road. Little­ton, Maas.

Gregor, ot West Acton, to Wlsner Parks, of Concord Junction, at the bride's home In West Acton, Wednes­day evening.

JIrs. John Harlow, of Harvard, and j i i s s Carlotta Bowers, of Somervlile. called on their old frlehds here on Wednesday.

Church Xolcs. Sunday services—Morning worship

at eleven o'clock'; preacher. Rev. G. JI. Jllsslrlam, the minister; subject, "The missions and the world crisis." Sunday school at 12.15. C. E. meet­ing and evening service at seven o'clock. The pastor will deliver the last lecture In the series. "Great preachers," on Phillips Brooks. .

The rnonthly missionary collection win be taken at the close of the ser­mon at the morning service. At the Sunday school a men's class will bo organized under the leadership of the pastor. All men and young men of the' town are cordially Invited to at­tend. Social and religious vital prob­lems win be discussed In connection with our lesson texts.

The annual meeting of the North Jliddlesex Branch ot the Woman's Board of JUsslons will be held at the church on Tuesday, October 10. There has been prepared a very useful and elaborate program for the morning and the afternoon sessions. Lunch will be served at twelve o'clock at a small fee. It Is expected that a large at­tendance will be present. Automobiles will meet trains from both directions betore and after the meeting at West Acton.

The Adclphlan club will hold Its regular meeting this week Saturday evening at 7.30 o'clock in the old town hall. All members are requested to be present.

S:BPILEY

BOXBOROUOH ^ Vews Items. | . d n last ;week Thursday Mrs. John

Coblelgh was taken to CUnton hospital for an operation. Her husband,and daughter,-Mrs. .Al ice Towne, ot Am­horst, adcompanled her and, remained until the operation was performed. At prcscpt' the ;t'cports are satisfactory and a speedy recovery Is expected.

Mrs. Clement Wetherbee, ot Bolton, was a visitor at Walnut farm the past week,' From here she went to the Careys In Worcester, Whose daughter, Mlss Dorothy Carey, Is soon-to be mar­ried. "

Jlrs. Jlary Pratt is visiting relatives here. Since her last visit here she has spent soveral weeks In Portland, Me. -

Mrs. Gartner has retuj-ned from her trip and Is again working at M. L. Wetherbee's.

The-Llttleflelds attended the wed­ding ot a relative, Mlss Gladys Mc-

Centcr. JIrs Saunders, of Kingston. Nova

Scotia, Is a guest at the home of Jlr. and Mrs. C. E. Bradford.

JIIss Constance Mackay and Mrs. R. G. MaBkay, who have been spending a few weeks at W. E. Barnard's, are stopplrig at the Hotel Martha Wash­ington In New York.

N. R. Graves, with G. E. Taylor, of Lunenburg,'attended the Brockton fair OH Wednesday, i

JIrs. C. E. Bradford spent Monday and Tuesday with triends In Box­borough,

Ralph I. Evans, ot Francestown. N. H.;' spent Sunday with Mrs. Evans and tamlly. He expects soon to movo his family to Francestown, where his portable mill is located.

.MIssj Edna Holden. ot Lancaster, spent the, week-end at the home of her parents, Jlr. and Mrs. Herbert Holden. .

Rev. WllUam G.. Adams had a good, practical sermon at the First Parish church last Sunday on "Superstition an~d~aupef8tltlpns." It was good to have iFraftlt J. La-^ton at the organ, lin o r ^ n l S t ot merit. In the ttiWh. He played for prelude' ah Adagio from organ sonata opp. 144, by Dr. WU-hclm Volkmar. a prayer response from Gounod's ^t. Cecilia Benedlctus. and -an .Offertolre In A-flat by Edward M. Read tor postlude. Mi . Adams Is to preach again 'on Sunday and Jlr. Lawton is expected to again, preside at thoO'rgan. Hour o t service, eleven o'clock. . .

Xcmrs I tems. Polly Comeau has left the employ

of Porter & • MarbW and has bought a palf' of horses and team and gone into bualness for himself.

The Ladles' Aid socioty ot tho Uni­versalist church will hold their an­nual harvest sale and supper at the church, next Wednesday evening. The sale cdmmencca at flve o'clock and supper win be served at 6.30. Aprons, vegetables, fruits and home-made candy, etc., will be on ^ale.

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