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Flanders"20" World's Champion

Ayer, Mass., Saturday, March 2, 1912. Soatoh

Flanders "aO" Touring Car $SOO

FLANDERS " 2 0 " holds all world's records up to twenty miles tor her class on the Indianapolis Speedway.

NOT ONLY AT RACING but at hill climbing has this light car demonstrated its prowess—its superiority over all competitors m events such as the Dead Horse Hill-Climb at Worcester America's great hill climbing classic—and a score of other events as imoor-tant. ^

THEN TAKE ROAD RUNS-such as the gruelling race from Los Angeles, Cal, to Phcenix, Arizona, in which $1,000 to $5 000 cars fell by the wayside, this great light car gave a splendid account of herself.

PERHAPS THE GREATEST OF ALL the great feats the Flanders " 2 0 " has performed was the "First to Hazelton" rtm, when this car undertook the task of laying out a road through the wilderness of,Northern "Washington—a feat no other car had dared attempt during the two years that .a trophy had been offered for the accomplishment.

AND IT SELLS FOR ? 8 0 0 , f. o. b. Detroit, and carries with it a full year's guarantee.

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SHIRLEY.

Guest Mght, The Ladies' Altrurian club of Shir­

ley observed their annual guest night on Thursday evening, February 29, in the vestry of the Congregational church, about eighty-five being pres­ent. It was marked with its usual significance and enthusiasm, but wise­l y lacking the excluslveness which has characterized Altrurian guest nights of former years, as the affair of the evening w-as decidedly informal and cosmopolitan in truth and spirit, as each and all seemed to be endowed with the genuine idea of neighborl.v fellowship, and the appointments ot the vestry were arranged to repre­sent the liome there with the glow cf flowers scattered here an-d there were all appropriate to the sentiment that predominated and held sway through­out the evening.

.Mrs, .-Mice L, Wright opened the Iirogram of entertainment with a novel leap year fad, entitled "Progressive conversation," each one pr-3sent be­ing presented with a program in the form of an order with the following numbers and suhiects written the same, the idea being to bring all pres­ent together in .animated conversation by relieving all fceline of reserve and embarrassment:

No. 1. The , \I t r in ' lan cluh. No. 2. r'roptdenti.Tl cnndidatp,'*. Xo. ."i. •^'(lur favoritt.' au thor . No, 4, The suirr.-i.tottP, No, 7,. Town iinpritvt-ments. No. f>. Do you favor the "cat*^ li­

cense bill? No. 7. Tho coun t ry versus the ci ty

as a residence. No, S, F e b r u a r y 2t', Uil2, Wha t may

happen In the next four year.s. The enlertainment of the evening

was formally opened by the president. Mrs. .Mary M, .Nickless. who made brief remark.s of welcome and an-notmccd the program to be rendered •ft-hich consisted of .Miss l>ucia Hutch-ins; of Fitchburg, a young lady of elocutionary ability, who gave sev­eral recitations of the humorous t>'pe •ivhich delighted her audience. Pleas ing piano duets were then given by Miss Margreta S, Hastings and Miss "Mabel Miner, followed with a piar.fi solo hy Miss Miner.

The entertainment committee c-in-slsted of .Mrs, Alice L. Wright anrt Mrs, Elmer H, Allen, Refreshments, substantial and dainty, were served by E. It, Nutting.-caterer, of Leom­inster, under J.he direction of Mrs, George O, Evans, who was treasurer of the committee. The^attentlve wait­ers consisted of Misses Gertrude L. Conant, Mary A, Gleason. Grace M. Kilburn. Lura A. White. Margreta S. Hastings and Mabel Miner.

The decorative committee consisted of Mrs. Mary M- Nickless. Mrs. Lydia R, Binney and Jlrs . Prances A. Her-som, while the affair of the evening •was under the entire charee of the executive committee, which consisted of Mrs. Mary M. Nickless, Mrs. Alice L. Wright. Mrs. Lydia R. Binney. Mrs. Frances A. Hersom, Mrs. Elmer \i. Allch, Mrs. Hittie W. Evans and Mrs. Amy C. Wheeler.

The guests of the evening were de­lighted with the hospitality together with the greeting and entertainment accorded them by the club members, »<hlch made the evening one at Ideal enjoyment. I

The Altrurian club was orgranlzed on December 30, 1897, Its past presi­dents being: Mrs. Maria T. Torrey, 1897-1901. Mr B. Mary J. Hazen, 1901-1903. Mra. Lydia R. Binney (unexpired term)

1903-1904.

Mrs. Martha J. Conant. 1904-1907. Mr8. Lucy J. Merriman. 1907-1909. Mrs. Mary W. Hazen, 1909-1911.

It Is worthy of mention to say at this time that everyone conversant with the splendid record of the Al­trurian club will agree with the fact that the town of Shirley owes much to the Atlrurians for the social edifica­tion of its people, not excluding the children, its progress along lines of culture and literary attainments, to­gether with its high moral tone, wh,ich has been a tower of strength in the commun.ity to say nothing of the sun­shine which it has diffused into a large number of homes in Shirley, where the hand of affliction has smit­ten deep and hard; also, its wide­spread attention to the sick and afflic­ted confined in various state institu­tions has made their influence for good works unlimited and in their efforts to build a club home should havo the undivided support of each and all.

the police force In his city. Veterans of the G. A. R. were present at the funeral services. The deceased leaves two sons and two daughters.

The annual business meeting of the West Groton Water Supply Company iwlU be held at the hall on Tuesday evening, March 5.

Rev. Dr. Walker, of Boston, will give an address In the chapel next Sunday evening at seven o'clock, "AJl are cordially invited to , be present. The chorus of the Thursday evening concert wfU give a song service try special Invitation of the pastor. -

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SncoessfuJ Concert ,.;•>. The old folks' concert on T b u r s ^ y

evening, giveii under the ausplce's'of the Ladles' Aid society, waa "ye gr la t success." The hall was well fil^d and the audience was pleased and.§p-preclatlve. A fine chorus of twenty-.••elght voices rendered songs ' of ye old-time. A diversity of old-time-cos­tumes and coiffures, all pleasing, some exceedingly effective, added greatly to the interest of the occasion. , , '

Miss Sylvia Lawrence, in a quaint costume of long ago, sang "Robin Adair," with "Coming thro ' the rye," as an encore. Miss Lawrence hae-'a voice of slngrular sweetness -whlqh cannot fail to give pleasure. Mrs. A. W. Lamb, in her mother's bridal gown, but In her Own sweet tone(s, sane- two dearly loved old song^, "Katherlne JIavourneen," antl "Annie Laurie." "Grandma's advice," hy Miss Ruth Mellish, caused many rlti-ples of laughter. The audience HB-tended with rapt attention and keen pleasure to the violin selections of the Misses Mary and Geraldine La v?-rehce, of Groton, •with liiaso.accom­paniment by their mother, Mrs. John Lawrence. These young ladlefi, charmingly attired as colonial'roald'-ens, gave to their listeners, particu­larly to -violin lovers, an enjoymeiit which -was greatly appreciated.

The director. Miss Susie P. Hill, and the pianist, Mrs. F . L. Blood, worked zealously during many rehearsals , and to their efforts the successful etvening Is largely due. The sum of $24.55 rep­resents the proceeds netted by the so­ciety.

Are Meeting with Success. !• Information for the follo^wln'g Itejn

Is contributed by a West Grotonfte who corresponds with various travel­ers who have -wandered far from their home town. We thus leam from:'a communication from "the sweet, sunny southland" that Elmer ,B. Small has been promoted to the posjtlon bt suijerlntendent of a packing house in Cocoa, Fla. Three carloads o t fnjjt are being shipped weekly and It Is ejx-pected that at least 20,000 boxes/of oranges will have been packed and shipped by the close of the winter sea­son. We are glad to know that a West Groton boy is " occupying this responsible position. We have not been informed as to the salary of Mr. Small, but we judge that It is « i b - j stantial. We are pleased to add thaf another West Groton boy. Prank A. Brown, is making the entire suppiv of bo.xes needed by this concern.

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Clean-Up Sale After Stock Taking lots^nd bf/fkl^n^«f ^^^^^^f^^^^'f^^'^^^*^^^^^^^ °^ ^1' ° "^ small store sizes and lines of goods in every department in our

We have just completed our Annual Stock Taking and we find many smaMots and slow selling lines still on hand. We are deter­mined to clean up as far as" possible before our new SpHnJ "Sc^^ds

W e d o t n i s as we have told you many times before in order tn avoid carrying over to the next season any of this season's me^^^^^^

MEN'S SUITS The sizes are broken, not many suits of a

Kind, but all sizes in something. $10.00 Suits, make way price §7.47 S12.00 Suits, make way price $ 8 . 4 7 $15.00 Suits, make way price. § 1 0 . 4 7 $18.00 Suits, make way price § 1 3 . 4 7 $20.00 Suits, make way p r i c e . . . . . . . . . § 1 4 . 4 7 $22.00 Suits, make way p r i c e . . . . . . . . . § 1 6 . 4 7 Also One Lot of Odd Suits for Boys, ages

15 to 19, now reduced to § 2 . 4 7

'MEN'S ODD TROUSERS' SALE One Lot of Working Trousers in Fancy

Worsteds and Cashmeres, the regular $2.50 grades, now reduced t o . . . , . § 1 . 9 8

One Lot of Fancy Worsted Trousers, our regular $4.50 and $5.00 grades, now reduced to , § 2 . 9 8

One Lot of Fancy Worsted Trousers, our regular $5.50 and $6.00 grades, now

. reduced to § 3 . 9 8 One Lot of Heavy Olive Brown Corduroy

Trousers, a regular $3.00 quality, now priced at § 2 . 3 9

GROTON. West Grolon.

Miss Isabel Bixby, of Boston, is a guest at the home of her parents, Mr, and .Mrs, Charles Bi.xby.

Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Lamb are en-fortaining Mr. Vedder, .Mrs. Lamb's father, of New 'i'ork.

Miss K. A., Tarbell. who has been In poor health for some time past, was quite ill on Thursday.

On Thursday afternoon, Miss Addie Rudolph, who lives with her sister, Mrs. W. V. Bixby, returned to Groton hospital for further treatment.

Miss Angeline Farnsworth has been in Shirley for some weeks, assisting in tho care of a brother, ill with measles.

•A W. Adams was called aw.ay last week by the critical illness of his father, and since his return has been in hoiirly expertation of a still sad­der message. Latest reports, how­ever, are somewhat more favorable,

Frank Powell, employed in I/iwell. was iit homo for the week-end and had many incidents to relate of his military service In Lawrence.

Rarl Sleeper, who has recently suf­fered with a severe attack of grippe. returned to his work on Monday,

Harold Strand, who has been for several years in Hall's jewelry store

'Hn Fitchburg. wishing to obtain a varied experience, has taken a posi­tion with a firm in Oldtown. Mo, In early boyhood this yonng man ex-preesetl a determination to become a jeweler and since entering tho bupi-ness has held steadily to this pur­pose and has already be.'iome quite proficient In some branches of his chosen calling.

It Is understood that Mr. UaCasse moved this week from the house in tho ixiper mill yard to the cottage on the back Groton ro.ad owned by H. E. Lindall.

Mr. and Mrs. .1. T. Shepley and Harry Kemp attended Iho funeral of an uncle, Henry 0. Seaver, of Towns-end, on Saturday, February 24. Three days later, on Tuesday, February 27. Mr. and Mrs. Shepley, accompanied by .Miss Flora Kemp, also attended tho funeral of an uncle, George E. Page, of Fitchburg, who will doubtless be remembered by some of our oldest residents. Mr. Page was seventy-two years of age. He was a veteran of the civil war, having seen three years of service. At ono tftno ho served on

BOXBOROUGH. Xews Items.

-Mr. and Mrs. Earl Littlefield went to the drama, "The colonel's maid," in Littleton on Tuesday evening.

Mr. and Mrs. R. Y. Nelson spent the week-end at Silver hill.

Mary Nelson is at home enjoying a short vacation from her school du­ties. ,

Quite a number from here -n-ent to see the drama, "Popping by a proxy," which was given by the Acton grange at Acton Center on Tuesday evening,

Mr. and Mrs. Prank Dodge, of Bev­erly, became the parents of a son last week Friday evening, which passed away two hours later. Mrs. Dodge is doing as well as possible under the circiunstances.

_ .Miss Anna Donovan, the teacher of .\'o, 3 school, went home over the holiday and as she took Friday for a visiting day, she did not.-return until Sunday,

Mr, and Mrs, Albert Hartwell nsltert out-of-town over Washington's birth­day.

Lewis Richardson and Chaunrey Robbins are both suffering from at­tacks of lumbago.

Rev, F. IL Viets desires a good at­tendance at church on Sunday, he-cause a missionary speaker will be present to address the congregation,

Eben :Mead spent Washington's birthday with his parents, .Mr. and Mrs. Edgar M< ad, but Is noiw working for Sterling Moore In South Acton.

Mr. and .Mrs. C. B, Robbins went to tho church fair hold in Stow on Tuesday evening,

Mra, Nathan Smith and three chil­dren, of Clinton, visited several d.iys .at .1. R. Cobleigh's recently. "

Elbrldgo and Wiirren Hatt. of <C lom. spent tho holiday at .L R. Cob­leigh's.

Quito a number of our youne folks gathered at the town hall last week Thursday evening to attend a Wash­ington's birthday party given by .Misses Grace CobleIgh, .Mildred Mc-Clenathan and Edith Woodward. Games were played and as each youne lady brought a box lunch, by having an auction sale each young m,in had both a partner nnd a lunch. Dancing wa,s enjoyed until eleven o'clock.

Tho friends of Mrs. Charles Myers are glad to see her once more among us after her long sickness. Mrs, Charles Knight Is Improving at last accounts.

At the last meeting of the grange, several of the members presented a minstrel show. The two end men. un

MEN'S FANCY OVERCOATS - Every oYercoat in stock no w goes at a cost

price. AH ne w, up-to-date styles. Sizes 32 to 40. $10.00 Overcoats, make way price § 7 . 4 7 $12.00 Overcoats, make way price § 8 . 4 7 $15:00 Overcoats, make way price § 1 0 . 4 7 $18.00 Overcoats, make way price § 1 3 . 4 7

Black Kersey Overcoats $10.00 Overcoats, make way price §7 .47 $15.00 Overcoats, make way price § 1 1 . 4 7 $20.00 Overcoats, make way price § 1 5 . 4 7

SHOE DEPARTMENT "We liave many odd pairs and discontinued

lines of Shoes for Men, Women and Boys, •which we have put «pon the Bargain Counter for this sale. Snch well-known makes as Queen Quality .Shoes for Women, W. L. Douglas and J. O'Donnell are included in this lot.

FURNISHING DEPAETMENT AU our 50C. Fleece-lined Underwear in

Single or Double-breasted, our reg-uglar 5pc. goods, price for this sale' 3 9 ^

All our 50c. Derby-ribbed Underwear in Blue or Ecru Colors, our regular 50c. goods, price for this sale. 3 9 ^

All our regular 2«c. Fleece-lined Underwear for Boys, now reduced to. 19^^

Gloves One Lot of Heavy Working Gloves and Mit­

tens, worth 50c., price for this sale 2 9 ^ One Lot of Heavy Working Gloves, a regu­

lar $1.00 value, price for this sa le . . . . 7 5 ^ One Lot of Jersey Gloves for Women, Boys

and Children, reduced to 1 5 ^ , 2 pairs for 25f>

Sweaters One Lot of Men's Coat Sweaters^regidar 75c.

and $1.00 goods, price for this "sale 43<J One Lot of Boys' Plain Gray Coat Sweaters,

now for 43«t One Lot of Women's Blouse Sweaters, the

regular price when they were in style was-$2.50 to $3.50, now'reduced to close to . -• . : . . . . . 69^~

BOYS' AND CHILDREN'S OVERCOATS Every coat now at a cut price. Ages 8 to 16. $5.00 Overcoats, now reduced to § 3 . 4 7 $7.00 Overcoats, now reduced to § 4 . 8 9 $8.50 Overcoats, now reduced to §6.47

Ages 4 to 10 $5.00 Overcoats, now reduced to § 3 . 4 7 $6.00 Overcoats, now reduced to § 4 . 4 7

CHILDREN'S SUITS Ages 6 to 16

$3.50 Knickerbocker Trouser Suits now § 2 . 4 7 $4.00 Knickerbocker Trouser Suits now § 2 . 8 9 $5.00 Knickerbocker Trouser Suits now § 3 . 4 7

WINTER CAPS 50c. Caps for Men now... 39<> $1.00 Caps for Men now.. 79<* $1.50 Caps for Men now. . § 1 . 0 0 25c. Caps for Boys now... 19<J 50c. Caps for Boys now... 39<S Misses' 50c. Angora Tams,

now 1 9 ^

A FEW SPECIALS

Men's White Handkerchiefs 3<* Men's Police Brace 1 5 ^ Men's Police Brace, the 50c.

kind 3 5 < One Lot of Men's Blue Ribbed

Hose, Heavy Wool, a regular 25c. quality, now 17<^

NECKWEAR BARGANS

One Lot of 25c. Four-in-hands now 17<j

One Lot of 50c. Four-in-hands now 3 5 ^

One Lot of 25c. Buttin-on Ties, now 15<J

One Lot of 15c. Bows, now 5 ^

tho others for the help which they ea\e them. The next meeting will be on St, Patrick's night.

Runaway .\ccldcnt. On last Saturday morning, when

Royal Wetherbee, the next to the youngest son of C. T. Wetherbee. was on tho milk team with William Bra-man On his way to West Acton, the horses became suddenly frightened while Mr. Braman was putting milk into tho team at Myron Wetherbee's and r.an away, throwing him out on hia head, striking dangerously near a Btone. tre« and •woodpile near the driveway which comes out from Mr. Brown's yard. The horses ran into Mr. Walker 's yard, smashing not only several things there, but also the wag­on. Royal was picked up soon after tho accident, and 'was soon conscious. After being carried home he became unconscious and did not become con­scious again until late In the after­noon. Drs. Royal, of Har\-ard, and Shaw, of Acton, pronounced It a case of concussion of the brain.

At the present Royal Is doing nicely. Mr. Braman tried to stop the horses several times, but because of the ice slipped down and came out of the accident with only a sprained thumb.

OVERLAND CARS 1 9 1 2

Xew Adrertlsemeiitii. FOR SAI.E—^Tilte Wynndotto and

Rhode Islnnd Rod ESTKS "Be, sett ing. M fortunately, could not take part," but: P," ^^-f}^ ^- S T A N L E Y , South Brook-the others did their best to mako up ] l i H U l L j i : , J £ i — for their absence. Stephen Salmon,' ROOM.S T O LET—Comer of Cam-

praise for their Jokes and songs, and , Spirit omoe. 22tf

Mbdel 58 R Two Passenger Roadster, 25 H. P. § 8 5 0 Model 59 T Five Passenger Fore Door Touring Car, 30 H. P. § 9 0 0 Model 59 R Two Passenger Torpedo Roadster, 30 H. P. §900 Model 60 T Five PaJssenger Fore Door Touring Oar, 35 H. P. §1200 Model 61 R Two Passenger Torpedo Roadster, 45 H. P. § 1 5 0 0 Model 61 F Four. Passenger Torpedo Roadster, 45 H. P. §1500 Model 61 T Five Passenger Pore Door Touring Oar, 46 H. P. §1500

All Oars F. 0. B. Toledo Be sure and examine the OVERLAND line before placing yotir

orders for 1912, . ; Write or phone for catalogue and demonstration. While at the Auto Show call at the OVERLAND space.

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Agent for .Ayer, Oroton, Harvard, Westford, Aototi aiM Uttletos

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Saturday. March S, 1912.

W E S T F O R D .

Center. Mrs. M. J. Gillette and Mrs. Henry

•Whitney were week-end guests at .Mr, and Mrs. Emory J. Whitney's this last week.

Word comes to the Westford friends from the Misses Atwood that they have left Los Augeles, where they have so thoroughly enjoyed their stay and gone to San Diego, where they will stop awhile, after which they will begin to come homewards.

Mrs. Thomas Lindsey of Somerville has been the guest for several davs this week of Mr. and .Mrs. E, J, Whit­ney.

Mrs. A. H, Sutherland underwent an operation Monday of this week at the Woman's Charity Club hospital. Brook­llne. Her many friends will be glad to hear that at this writing she is do­ing nicely.

Mrs. Mary E. Fletcher, owing to frail health, still remains in the shut-in class.

Mr. and Mrs. Will R. Carver's little daughter, Elizabeth, who has been so ill at their home in Somerville, is re­ported as much better.

The regular weekly prayer meeting •which has been held during the win­ter at the homes ot men.bers, resumed its meetings at the vostry on Wednes­day evening of this week.

Miss Elizabeth Kittredge, who grad­uates from Vassar college this coining June, lias the distinction in her class of • belonging on the honor roll ^ scholarship.

Mr. and Mrs. Walter . Prescott Wright, of Brookline, were at the Westford homestead on Sunday for the

. first time since their return from their foreign trip.

Mrs. Elizabeth Whitney has recently met with the H. B. Hills and the .Miss­es Atwood in Los Angeles. This' re­union of our Westford travelers must have proved very pleasant.

The h-2avy, wet snow of Tuesday morning made bad work for the flrst tr ips of our branch line electric car. Road superintendent. Frank .Miller, went over the road with the scraper, with four horses attached. Some sat­isfaction to feel that as far a s ' the cars are concerned t'.-.ere can't be many more hindering snow storms this season.

At the next meeting of the grange, Thursday evening, March 7, Joseph H. Peckham, a representative of the E. I. Dupont. De • Xemours Powder Company, has been engaged to give a talk on the uses of dynamite in agri­cul ture and orcharding. It has been fully demonstrated that dynamite has been a great help to the farmer in many -ivays and it is hoped all who possibly can will attend the meeting, •which will be open to the public.

The entertainment with th.e blind pianist, followed by a social at the tai \n hall this Saturday evening, prom­ises to b-,; one of the interesting events of the se.-ison.

The first in tlie academy course of lectures ^^ill take i)hice at the town hall ne.xt P"'riday evening, at eight o'clock. There will be a stereoptlcon lecture by Capt, Charles .Mason Full-, r, formerly of the 1', S, navy, on ••The great Panama canal," This is a timely subject, and Capt, Fuller is a fiiif-speaker and thoroughly qualified with his subject, .\dmission twenty-flve cents, '

Guest Melit. The ladies of the Thimble club gavo

their annual guest night for their hus­bands on \Vasiiingtor:'s birthday even­ing, Tliis was held at the home ot .Mr, and Mrs, H-?rbert V, Hildreth. and the lileasaiu hospitality of this genial host and hostess was fully maintained ac­cording to many pleas.iiit m-?mories of former occasions,

A co<)i)erative dinner was served at seven o'clock with covers laid for twenty-one. The management of thi.--had l;-»en placed in the hands of .Miss Carolyn Putnam We'liher. of Ixiw.Ml. and proved a highly satisfactor.v com­bination of trained skill in culinary ex­cellence and deftness of service on the pare ci .^Iiss Webber and her as-sist,ant. The dirininer-room deooratioii.s w r-: entirely in ke<-ning with the day. There w.-ri" flairs and huntiiicr, anrt over the the lirf'plaf-e were pictures of George and .Martha Washington draped •B'ith red, white and blue. Tlie table decnriitioTis were red carnations and ferns wit'.i place cards adorned with tiny fla:;.-. and a cherry cluster for e.ich guest. Also at each plate were little parrels wrapped in white paper and tied with red. white and blue rib­bon. Thes.-> were opened by each per­son Just before t l .e 'meal was served and were chosen to represent suitably in each case the inter<»sts. hobbies or fads of the person for v, li.im they were Intended.

As aach one in turn opened their parcel they were .accompanied by the reading of an original poem read by the hostess, Theso were a complete surpr ise and were so aptly and tact­fully chosen and so cleverly written up t h a t the real fun they caused must have compens.ated the capable and modest member who planned them and -wlio from this time forth will be t he cluh poetess.

After the dinner adjournment was made to tho parlors and progressive whJst- enjoyed. The score cards In colonial design w-;rc most appropriate. T h e highest score was made by mine host. A pleasant feature was the read­ing by the hostess of toasts and greet­ings from the only .absent members. Mr. and Mrs! Goode. In New "^ork.

The company broke up at a r^-ason-able hour, feeling that this was the bes t over in the annal of the club.

Tadmuck Club. The regular meeting of the Tadmuck

club was held In Library hall on Tues­day afternoon Ns-lth a good attendance considering the weather aud traveling. The committee on preliminary exer­cises had arranged for readings from Longfellow, which was especially ap­propriate, the meeting coming on his birthday anniversary. Miss Bertha Norris read with excellent effort the poems, ."Snowflakes," and "Spring." Th© pedestal with bust of the i>oet, which adorns the room, was ornament­ed with a spray of llowers.

The program for the afternoon was the sixth In the season's special topic for study of South America, the sub­ject being "Argentina and her eastern neighbors," and was In charge of .Mr. and -Mrs. L. W. Wheeler. .Mr. Wheeler presented a studious and well prepared paper dealing with these countries of Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay. This was . supplemented by .Mrs, Wheeler, who gave a travel sketch of a transcontinental trip over the Andes.

The next meeting of the club prom­ises to be especially attractive. This will be In the evening In the Unitarian church, and Mrs. Emma Abbot Kebler will present aa account of her trip through Africa taken last year. This will be illustrated with stereoptlcon and .Mrs. Kebler has some very attrac­tive pictures. After the lecture there will bo a social hour and tea will be served.

At the meeting on Tuesday after­noon Mrs. Warren H. Sherman, of Graniteville, was received into mem­bership In the cliib.

About Town. Charles Andrews, of Providence, was

in town last week, rnostly in the na­ture ot a business risit, calling at the ofTice of the Abbot Worsted Company at Graniteville and C. G. Sareent 's Sons' machine shop. Mr. Andrews formerly lived In town on the Tallent farm on the Stony Brook road, and will be remembered by all the Stony Brook friends and many others. Mrs. Andrews, since leaving Westford, has had several paralytic shocks, which have left her partially helpless. Their son Edward is living on the old Daniel Hayden place in Groton with his two children.

The republican caucus for the nomi­nation of town officers will be held at the town hall on Tuesday evening, .March .=>. The democrat caucus will be held on .Monday evening at the same place.

The board of registrars will hold a meeting at Healy's hall. Granitevill-3, on Monday evening. March 4. at Forge Village on Wednesday evening, .March 6, at Abbot hall. The last meet­ing will be held on Saturday, -March 9, from noon until ten p. m.,. at the town hall, Westford Center.

The ladies of the Unitarian church give an entertainment at the town hall this Saturday eve-ning. One of the unusual features of the evening will be selections by a blind pianist. Come and encourage the blind to see how you appreciate their efforts. Re­member the blind frequently have a keener vision than eyesight, and are very liable to tell whether il is a •sroalU, unappreciative audienc-3. It! would be discourteous to have that condition come to pass.

Hon. Herbert E. Fletcher has been chosen to represent the town before the legislative committee on a.gricul-ture in an effort to establish an agri­cultural school in .Middlesex county. As a member of the governor's conn-' cil. and four years' experience in tlie legislature he is well qualified to know the •wisest procedure, .-Vsidc from this experience he has the real goods in his personality and the ele­ments in success, which is his endow­ment by nature alwa.vs yield attrac­tive results. He appears to be b.v experience and nature the best ever the town has to move this new agri­cultural school into place. Oak hill h.as something the worth reckoning with.

On Sunday, March 3, at the l'ni­tarian church. Rev, Lyman B, Weeks will speak on the subject •'Foreign immigration jind national prosperity." The Sunday school, under the super­vision of Harold Hildreth. will meet after the morning service. The Men's Industrial class will meet at the same time in the church parlors. Full or­der of service in the evening at fiv" o'rlock, with address by the minister on "Some lessons to be learned from the 1-awrence strike,"

Elizabeth Kittredge was ono of a very few who cot high rank in her studies at Vassar college. She is a niece of Representative Edward Fish­er,

Houghton Osgood is painting his house, which adds much to the .sunny, thrifty appearance of Chamberlin's corner, Xathan Prescott handles the brush, which means real paint and not pretence.

The Chums Cozy club, which plan­ned for a sleighride la.st week, rari-cellod their intentions on account of the cancelled condition of the snow, and substituted a social and dance in Marshall's hall,

Palmer E, \Vhidden. of Whidden's corner, has presented to the West Chelmsford school three busts of George Washington. He was a scholar at this school when his father. A\igu3-tus F. Whidden. was station agent in the village,

F'red Snow la enjoying a btisiness \'Tication with pleasure attachments In New '\'ork city. He expects to be ab­sent from the clip and chip of busi­ness at Oak hill about a week, and then It will be the usual again. "Is Fred Snow In the ofllce?"

The steam shovel is still plunging away at the debris that covers the quarry on Oak hill. A recent break-ago caused delay until repairs ar­rived from Marlon. Ohio.

celved his encouragement by his pres­ence and contrlhuUon. He had held nearly all the town offlces and was treasurer of the town at the time of his death. He served three years in the civil war In Co. A, Second .Mass­achusetts infantry. This company was known as the Abbot Grays.

After his return home he settled on the old Butterfield farm, the place of his birth. In 1894, ho sold It and moved to the village, where he proved to be a familiar pillar In support, of church, school, town and wholesome activities generally. He was a mem­ber ot the Congregational church and for many years superintendent of the Sunday school. He was the first to sound the alarm at the burning of the church a year or more ago, being Janitor at the time. The new church on the ashes of the old was his last public effort. He was grandly good and wisely shrewd, and no one the poorer for his shrewdness. He was a familiar figure in the cluster of towns about Dunstable In North Mid­dlesex.

The funeral took place on Sunday-afternoon from Memorial hall, a large gathering beinc present, representing all tho nearby towns. The services were conducted by Revs. B. H. Wes­ton and Bernard Copping, former min­isters of the church. The latter gave an eloquent tribute to his lite as soldier, as citizen of the town, to his uprightness and one who hated deceit. The bearers wer© members ot the Ab­bot Grays, Co. A, Second Massachu­setts regiment—Capt. Comey, of Dan­vers; Lieut. William Taj'lor McAlpinfe, of Lawrence .and comrades Stickney and Fife, of James A. Garfield post, of Lowell.

Ohltunry. Dexter Butterfield. who died In

Dunstable last week Thursday, was a native of the town and nearly seventy years old. In his death the Middlesex North Agricultural society loses one of Its oldest and most active trustees. Prominent at the meetings, he always had an opinion on 'the management or tho society. The annual fair and the Farmers ' Institute In tho winter re-

Debate. The last debate at Historical hall last

week was .cheered by a largo gather­ing to hear the following question discussed: Resolved, "That the people are more responsible for the high cost of living than the trusts ." Affirmative, Samuel -Naylor, Clarence Burns; neg­ative, Edward Chapman, Charles Nystrum. From the floor Harold Hill Fletcher and James Dwyer reigned forth some telling opinions.

j^fter the arguments were all in, voting on the merits of the subject and arguments were called for. a majority voting in favor of the nega­tive on the merits of the question, and for the afilrmative on the merits ot the arguments.

The next debate will be held on Tuesday evening. March 5, when the following question will be discussed: Resolved, "That government owner­ship of transportation lines would be of more benefit to the country than Iirlvate ownership." Afflrniative, Will-Reuben Taylor, James Peck: negative, Capt, John J. Monahan, Frank Mc-Glinchey.

GriiniteTille. Both masses were celebrated in St.

Catherine's church last Sunday morn­ing by Rev. M'. E. Doherty. He also delivered a very strong sermon on "Temptation." Lenten devotions were held in the same church on Wednesday evening at T.30. and were largely at­tended. The services were conducted by Rev. Doherft', who gave an impres­sive sermon on "Death."

St. Catherine's church was repre­sented at the reception held in honor of his eminence Cardinal William O'Connell at St. Patrick's church, Lov\--ell, on last Sunday afternoon by the following men, representing the dif­ferent societies: Holy Name society. John F, Kavanaugh, J, .-k, Healy, Jas, O^Brien, A, R. Wall; Court Westford. .M, C. O. F„ C. E. Dudevoir; St, Cath­erine Temperance society, Thomas Hughes. There were also several oth­ers from here who went to I^owoll on Sunday and were fortunate enough to get a good view of the cardinal,

Mrs, Timothy A. Riney with her two little daughters, .\lice and .-V-nna, of Camden. N. J,, are now visiting at the home of .Mrs, Riney's parents, Mr, and -Mrs, Hj-ucinthe LeDuc here,

William Robinson, one of the road men with the C, G, Sargent Sons' cor­poration, s 'ho injured his hand while doir,g some "setting up" while in Can­ada recently, losinsr one of his fingers at that lime, is now g-2tting along well, but will not be able to use his hand for several weeks,

Joe Wall has recently finished the exterior painting of the postoflTice building and it now presents a very neat .appearance.

Miss Catherine E. Rafferty, a well-known and highly esteemed young lady of this village, and a daughter of .Mr, and Mr.s, Thomas Rafferty, was united in marriage to Robert .1, Mc-Xabh, a former resident of Fitchburg. at the parochial residence of St. .Mary's Catholic church in .Norfolk. Va.. Sun­day, February IS, Rev, Fr, James Healy w.as the ofTiciating clergyman. Mr, and ,Mrs, ,\;cNat>b will make their home in Norfolk, where Mr. .McNabb is engaged in the electrical business.

Miss Nora Sullivan of Marboro has been a recent guest of Mr, and .Mrs, J. A, Healy,

Business continues to be goo<l here, both in the mills and shops, and as srKin ,a.s better weather conditions pre­vail the different quarries will start up. .as It Is understood that the nu­merous granite dealers here have large standing orders to fill.

piano, and showed careful training. At the conclusion of the program a de­licious supper was served.

.Miss .Marion Bailey, of LO'ACH, spent Tuesday visiting .Mr. and Mrs. .Miles Collins.

.Mr, and .Mrs. Frank Connors, of Ayer, wero the euests on Sunday of .Mrs, Connors' pare-nts, .Mr, and .Mrs, -Matthew Elliott.

A grand concert will be held In Ab­bot hall on Tuesday evening .March 5, to ho given by well-known Lowell talent, Thomas Long, comi>oser and singer, will be assisted by Burnett .Marshain. Shakespearean reader, and Prank Higgins, Impersonator. A pro­gram of excellent numbers has been arranged and all who attend are prom­ised an evening of first-class music and entertainment.

-Mrs. John Spinner is still ill at her home. Dr, C. A, Blaney, ot Westford, is in attendance.

Miss Anna Keefe, of Townsend Har­bor, Wits the guest of her aunt, .Mrs, John Carmichael, over Sunday.

Well Given. . On Tuesday evening, in Abbot hall, the Catholic club of .North Chelmsford presented their second performance of "The district school No. 7," whicii they previously put on in the town hali, North Chelmsford. Tho hall was filled to its utmost capacity, and even stand­ing room was hard to find. The sketch was finely carried out and the house was kept In lauehter from the first appearance of the country pupils till the close of the session. The players deserve great credit for the success of the affair as also does Rev. .M. E, Doherty, who is founder of the club and also its manager. Mr, Doherty is a great worker and this is only an added success of his untiring efforts.

At the conclusion of the entertain­ment the hall, -.vas cleared and danc­ing was enjoyed, the Precious orches-; tra furnishing the music. A large suni was netted to be use.d for church ex­penses.

Forge Village. Communion services at St. Andrew's

mission will be held next Sunday morning at 9.30 o'clock. Rev. A. L. Bumpus offlciating.

On next Wednesday evening at 7,30 o'clock, I^enten services will be held at the St. Andrew's mission with a sermon by Mr. Bumpus.

The Ladles' Sewing circle will meet In Recreation hall on next Wednesday afternoon at tho usual hour.

Miss Alice L. Preasott returned to her school duties Saturday after a short vacation with her parents, Xlr. and Mrs. Nelson Prescott.

An eleven-pound baby eirl arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Col-latta. of Bradford street, on Wednes­day, Fehruary 21.

Miss Sarah J. Precious gave a most enjoyable musicale at her home on Saturday evening. Her many pupils were heard in several selections on the

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Ftrrmers' Institute. Tho unfavorable weather forecast

had little effect on the attendance at the Farmers ' Institute hold in Little­ton town hall on Tuesday, February 20. Froni Tewksbury and Ashby the people came, and all seemed interest­ed, enthusiastic aiid eager to learn and enjoy all that the full and profit­able program had in store.

Ho-ward Foster, of Tewksbury, pre­sented Albert F. i-laywood, of .-Vshby, who commanded the closest attention throughout his instructive and well framed discussion of the origin and characteristics of our best known breeds of cattle^

".Most ot our good breeds;" he said, "came from across the water, from England, Scotland and the channel islands." He distinguished sharply between the beef cattle and. the dairy cattle. The former came chiefly from the north- of England. The Durham cattle, ot Northeast England, belong to this class. They were taken there originally by the Danes, who settled In England before the time of William th.e Conqueror. Five hundred years ago fancy prices were paid for cattle. as illustrated by the speaker.

Two lines of breeding were early followed, beef and dairy, and the most desirable qualities persistently sought by scientific breeders until there are many varieties of cattl-3, each superior in certain points to other kinds.

.-V,mong the prominent breeds, Mr, Haywood note<I Herefords. Durham, Devon, Galloway, Aberdeen, .\ngus. Polled .-Vngus and a few other breeds from the British Isles, and from the continent of Europe, the Holstein and the Brittany cattle originating from the same stock.

Of the Dutch belted cattle, pwned by the nobility, few have been sent to this countr.v. The Ilolstein-Friesian cattle are the largest dairy animals and the larg-est milk producers. One family of Holsteins holds probably the best record as butter makers. Of the channel island breeds, the .lersey and Guernsey cattle. .Mr. Haywood spoke highly in regard to thoir butter mak­ing qualities, Tho .'Ayrshire cattle, ot .Northwest Scotland, possess many fine t ra i ts ; they are heavy milkers and their milk is especially good to peddle.

The tendency now is to breed whiter .-Vyrshire and HoI.-;tein cattle than formerly. The l-^rown Swiss are excellent dairy animais, but they have not the hold on the dairy population that tho other breeds have.

Wheii''-asked what kind .Mr, Hay­wood preferred tor dairy iiurposes, he replie<l: "A good black and white cow­ls my choice,"

John K, Whiting, of Boston, was next introduced. .Mr, Whiting con­fined himself chiefly to the production, tho transportation and the distribution of milk. One of the early proposi­tions was that of controlling the sup­ply and demand. Weather was a con­trolling factor in tho demand. Even­tually the surplus milk w.as converted into butter and cheese, and thus small creameries and cheese factories came into use. and a surplus plan of buying milk was introduced. This, however, gave away to tho Knapp tables! brought about by a desire to know what to expect for a can of milk. These Knapp tables would show what the farmer could get for his milk, .Mr. Whiting said that at prosent his firm Is buying only on the restriction plan.

Milk, In unmanufactured form, brings greater profit than when con­verted Into butter and cheese, conse­quently the contractor must guard against having too groat a surplus to be made into these products.

About the standard, Mr. Whiting did not care to say much. However, he hoped that if the Holstein breed of cattle were used for d.alry purposes. It would bo the kind that comes from Ayr.

Dr. North, who is connected «vlth the health department of New York. Is making a groat effort to have the consumers secure clean milk, that Is, a product whose bacterial count Is not over 500,000. the milk comlnf only from tuberculosis tested cows, and under tho most sanitary conditions possible. These extra precautions call for increase of ono cent per quart In

the price of milk, and to Dr. North's dismay he finds very little demand for this high-priced certified milk.

In regard to transportation, Mr, Whiting discussed the unjust arrange­ment provided by the Saunders' law, which fixes the same rate for shipping a few cans that Is In force for a car­load of milk. He hopes for a better adjustment of the transportation than that now In use. One of the "real problems Is how to meet all the de­mands of the consumer, who wants some fat In the milk, and requires that It be produced under sanitary conditions, etc. An enormous amount of condensed milk is consumed by Boston people, .Mr. Whiting spoke of James O. Jordan, milk insi)ector, as very efilcient and always alert.

He enumerated many perplexing ex­periences of the contractor. The tem-I)crature standard, the count of bac­teria and other regulations and laws of ctly and state are many times the cause of much trouble to the con­tractor. Some people (Would do away with the contractor, but .Mr. Whiting feels that a central, well organized force is needed-in the city to carry on the milk business for the pro­ducers. He believes that producers, contractors and consumers should co­operate for the good of all.

A good, substantial dinner was serv­ed to 150 or more by the grange dur­ing the noon hour.

The after-dinner speaking was In charge of Rev. H. L. Packard, toast-master, who filled the position to the eminent satisfaction of his audience. The resix)nses were crisn. entertain­ing and instructive, and received with hearty applause. This part of the program was as follows:

Cornet solfis. Char le s M, GalllfchV-r. accompanied by Miss E s t h e r Mcl-:nne»: "Co-opera t ion of b r o t h e r m t n , " Rev, H e r b e r t Cau lk ins : vocal solos, Mrs, Lc-s-Ik- HaKor. accompanied hv Mrs, C. K HouKhton: "H.-irvc-sting of frnll hi OreKon." H a r r y l iark . - r ; ••The I jawrcncc .«trlko." Rfv. J.ames K. Gregg, Lowell ; "Knffllsh horsc-s," .Mrs. Grace I-;. I .aw­rence : "Keep ing hens . " Nahum H. Wi i i t comb: gene ra l r e m a r k s . Delacev Corkiim, Bil lerica.

Mrs. E. G. Fairfield, the next speak­er, presented.a scholarly and practi­cal treatise on "Housekeeping and home, making." She would insist first upon cleanliness and plenty of fresh air. and then perform the essential and eliminate the unimnortant thiogs in housekeeping. Housekeeping she defined as a scioiice. and home making as a high art, iiivolvlng the greatest responsibility and attaining its high­est possibilities- only through the in­strumentality of the woman who is wholesome in body and devote in spirit. "Happy the woman who is a home maker." Hon. F. A. Patch placed on exhibition samples of seedless ap­ples raised by William Decatur.

Henry .M. Howard, of the State Board of Agriculture, was the last speaker of the day. His subject, "$1C00 per acre, or. money-making crops On small farms," was attrac­tive and w a s well discussed—$1,000 to the acre means four hundred dol­lars ' profit. Plenty of good fertilizer thoroughly worked into the ground are first essentials. Able, efilcient help, good seed and a generous sow­ing of it properly covered .and later thinning out of young plants, spray­ing with water, care in preparing products for market and the services of a good salesman were points em­phasized in Mr, Howard's valuable address. Lettuce, celery and beets are his principal products, and spin­ach, cauliflower and cabbages find some pla'-e on his farm, ,Much of the information received wns gained through .a quiz which Mr, Howard conducted the last fifteen minutes.

Grnnize. On Wednesday evening, F'ehruarv

21, the grange held an enthusiastic meeting with the following interesting program:

,^n c v f n i n i , ' i v l t l i W.i «hi n ! . ' l ' n nn<l I . ! ! i ' 'n ! r i : i i a t r i o t i c ^enK. b y a c h n r u s of vr.j,-,....: ri-artJnK, pot-rTi" o n t h e s i i h i c r t "V. a ? : h i n ( ; t o n .-inc! I . i noo l n . " M r s C h a r l o s K'imh.TJl: sk.- tc!^ of L i n c o l n ' s ' i f f 7;.--v I I , I., r . - i ck , i r r l : i r- ,n-l ;ni ;s . ' - W a . - h l i i K -t o n , " r ; „ r t r u d f . . \ I rCU-l 'a n. " r i n o of I l n -c . l n ' s fa \ -or !T ' ' so r i j r s . " . \ . -\\-, Srr . iMv son t - . , f - l io r i i s ; r r - r i t a t i on , • H o w - L i n c o l n olu.-r- h i s c a b i n f - t , " Mr.>-, R, T, B a r r o w s -s o n s , L ' r a n g c ,

John A, Wrieht reported $23,50 profit from the co:nplinientary ball supper and approximately thirty dol­lars from the institute dinner.

During the social hour there was a lively discussion of iiossibilities for the t ranpe in the line of town im­provement. It is expected that some of the plans under consideration will materialize in the near future,

Tho next meeting will be held on March fi, when tho first and second degrees will he conferred on a class of ten candidates,

5eTTs lirmg. Mrs, Douglass Whitcomb was a

guest of the Waltham Woman's club last week Friday,

Mrs. I). G. llor.ghton u-as a recent guost of her daughter. .Mrs, Priest, in c; rot on.

Miss Gertrude F, Sanderson gavo a most interesting and instructive ad­dress at thn Congregational church Sunday evening. Her subject w.as "Christ in art,"

Another of our aged residents pass­ed away Saturday night. February 17, Mrs, John Quinlan, who had been In feeble health for many months past. The direct cause of death w.as a shock. Funeral services were held tho follow­ing Tuesday morning. Rov. P. J. Sheedy officiating and the Interment was In Ayer. Mrs. Qnlnlan Is survived by one son John of Lynn, a grand­child and a daughter Margaret, who has affectionately cared for her moth­er In her declining years.

J. H, D, \Vhltcomb has beon at Lit­tleton, N. H,. for sever.al days cata­loguing some fine registered stock for a large sale which Is to be held soon.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hibbard and baby daughter of Ayer were holiday and Sunday guests at James W. Ire­land's.

In tho absence ot Mrs. Perley D. Smith, the regular organist at the Congregational church, Miss Marlon Sweatt played tho orean very accepta­bly last Sunday morning.

The Boston Dairy Co. has this week filled the larrfe Icehouse by the milk stand with fin excellent quality of twenty-Inch Ice.

DUNSTABLE.

Neirs Items. Rev. Bernard Copping, of Stratham,

N. H., a fortner pastor, assisted In the church services on Sunday, preaching the sermon lu the morning, and con­ducting the C. E. service in the even­ing. .Mr. Copping was called to o:»cl-ate at the funeral of Dexter Butter­field, which took place In tho afternoon at th© tovin hall, where a largo num­ber of townspeople, representatives of the .North .Middlesex Agricultural so­ciety, relatives and veterans gathered for the last service. The casket was draped with the national flag. .\ pro­fusion of rich and rare flowers spoke the sympathy of a large circle of those who mourn his loss.

Alice Goldthwaite met •with a seri­ous accident while coasting on last week Friday. ,

.Miss Isabel Menut was homo from Palrhaven for a few days recently.

-Mrs. Downs, the aged aunt of Charles Smith, In passing from one room to another, fell and dislocated her shoul­der on Tuesday.

On Wednesday of tbis week occurred the funeral of William Swallow, eldest son of the late Alpheus Swallow. This is the first break in that unusual fam­ily of ten sons.

' MM-:TP;K.V .MII.KS A SBro-vu n-lthout a jar. shock or dlstiirbimco. Is the aw-fnl speed of our earth tl>rbuKh space. We wonder at sucli ea.'--c of nature's inovoment. and so do thoso who take Dr. Klnir's New Life I>ms; No griping, no distress, Just thorouKh work that brings good health and flno foollngs, 25 cents at William Brown's, Ayer,

Xerr A d r t r t t M n e s t s

OAED OF THAHIS.

We wish to thank tho nelKhbors and fr iends who so kindly helped d u r i n g the s ickness and at the t ime of d<-ath of our dea r d a u g h t e r and s i s t e r ; to Rev. J. W. Thomas for his k ind w o r d s : to the s i n g e r s : to all who sen t words of comfor t and love: also, for tho beau t i ­ful / lowers so gener-jiiMv piy,.n

Mr, and Mrs, W, V. lie-wes and Fami ly .

Shirley. Feb. 28. 1912. •

CARD OF THANKS.

Wo wish to t hank the m a n v frl<>nds for the many k indnesses d u r i n g tho long Illness of our loved one. and for the beautiful nowers and s ing ing , •which we apprec ia ted .so muph a t tho t ime of our sad be reavemen t .

Mrs, E leanor H a y w a r d . H, F r a n k Bezanson and Family ,

E, Peppere l l . Mass., Feb, 2S, 1912,

I-'OU S.VI.E—Kgfc-s for H a t c h i n g , 11. I. Reds and Bar red P. Hocks ffull blood­ed) 50c. for 13. Chicks, 1 d a y old I . ic. w h e n ordered. C. WR,\NGM.\M, H a r ­vard. Mass. 412.5

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.Many people regularly use the vapor treatment at night in conjunction with the inhaler; claiming that it hastens results.

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HYO.MEI is guaranteed by William Brown, Ayer, to put an end to catarrh, or money back. A bottle of HYO.MEI costs .'JO cents; a complete outfit, which includes inhaler, $1.00.

(•OM.MONt\-E,\LTH OF .M.\S.^.\rHf-. S ? ; T T S , Mi(ld]e,«^x, ss. P r o b a t e Court

To all per.sons In teres ted in anv of the real e s t a t e of F I K K L l . l ' (• BKHP.KN.'^ late of Peppere l l In iMild County, deceased. Inte.'ttate

Whereas , FP.ANK H, BRHRt-;NS ot I epperell in the Countv of .Middlesex ha!, p resented to .laid Cour t a pet i t ion represent inK that he a.i the husband of ^jld deceased, Is en t i t led to t ake Ave thoiiK.and dol lars anrt one half of the remnlninK personal , anrt one half of the r emn ln lnc real p roper tv of said rte-censed: that the personal e s t a t e Is In-futncient to pay the said five thousand dol la rs and tha t the w-hole amoun t of the es t a t e of said deceased does not exceed In value the sum of five thou­sand dol lars over and ahove the a m o u n t necessary to pay dohts and cha rges of a d m i n i s t r a t i o n ; and pr.-\vlnir lliat the •>i-hole of th'- real estate" which is de­scribed in said peti t ion mav be asslRn-ed nnd set out to him bv the Cour t accord ing lo la-n-, to provide for said deficiency, at a value of two thousand dol lars , or a; such o the r va lue as may he fixed hy said Conrt ,

You are hereby elted to a p p e a r at ft P r o b a t e ' ' o u r t to be h-ld at C a m b r i d r e In said County of Middlesex, on- ihe twelf th day of March .\ . I) iril2 a t n I n ' o'rlock In the forenoon to sho-w rntsfe. If any you have, whv the same shoulfl not be e:ra:ited,

.And snld pet i t ioner Is ordered to serve this cit.-ilion by de l ive r ing a ropv th'-reof to each p.-rson In teres ted who rnn he found w-lthin the Conimon-wf-,->;.h fourteen days, at least , before snld ( o u r t ; and. If any one cannot be so found, hy publlshinK the same In T u r n e - s Publ ic Spirit , a newspape r published In .-\yer, once In each week for thren successive w-eeks, the last pubiicntlon to l)e one day. at least be­fore said Court,

•Witness. Char les J, Meln l l re , Ksciuire Fi rs t .ludfce of said Court , t h i s t w e n t i ­eth rtnv of F e b r u a r y In the vear one thousand nine hundred and twelve

S tU W, R, KOOKRS. Reg i s t e r

COMMONtVK.M.TH OF M.X.tS.XCH f-SI-jTT.S. Worces ter , ss. P r o b a t e (.'ourt

To the hei rs at law and all o the r s In te res ted In Ih - e s t a t e of ni>HR.\IM M, n u n c . K S S ia te Of H a r v a r d n said County, deceased.

Wherea s . ADEI.INK M. ntTBC,I-;RR ex-ecu t r lx ot the will of said deceased has preaeiited to .snld Cour t her pe­t i t ion for license to sell a t public auc -u o n or upon such t e rms aa may be nrt-JudKod best, the real e s t a t e of said decensed. for the purpose of d i s t r ibu ­tion.

You a re hereby cited to a p p e a r nt n P r o b a t e Court to be held a t \Vorconter In snld County, on tho n ine t een th dny of Mnrch A, D. 1S12. nt n ine o'clock In the forenoon, to show cause . If any you have why the snmo should not bo g r a n t e d .

Anrt snirt pe t i t ioner In ordered to serve this c i ta t ion by de l i ve r i ng n copy thereof to all persona Iniorcated. who can be found, by pub l i sh ing the same once In each v,eck. tor t h r ee successive •weeks, In the H a r v a r d Hil ls ide, a news ­paper publlahe^l In Ayer the las t publ i ­cat ion to bo one dny a t leant before snld Court .

Wi tne jn . 'Wllllnm T. Forbes . Ksquire .Judge of anld Court, th is t w e n t y - t h i r d day of Feb run ry In the yen r of our twefv""*^ " ' " " ''""''•"<'<' «nil 3t26 JOHN W. MAWnRY. Reg is te r .

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TOWNiSFND. Center.

Mrs. Jacob Aspinwali has returned home after caring tor Oren Ball at the Harbor, during his recent sickness.

Will Cowdrey returned homo from a Boston hospital last week Thurs­day, after having recovered from a successful operation.

J- F. Ripley, who has been In 111 health for some time, returned home from a private hospital in Roxbury on Monday. He underwent a verv suc­cessful operation for appendicitis.

There was an Interesting meeting and quite a few present at the grange on .Monday night when town affairs were discussed. Although the discus­sion was to be on general topics, it would drift in spite of all to the •eternal water question and several of the speakers waxed strong In their arguments for and against It, thus making the meeting a lively one. as In the old debating days.

Mrs. Dresser and her father, Mr, Gurley, have moved Into .Mrs. Emily Barrett 's houso and .Mrs. Dresser will have the care of .Mrs. Barrett. .Mrs Addie Whidden. a step-daughter, who has been with Mrs. Barrett for seven­teen months, has gone to Lowell to be with her sister for a while.

The next meeting of the Monday club will bo held on .Mondav after­noon, .March 4, at the home of C. W. Hildreth, Mrs. An.irle Lang and Mrs. Bertha Drake win be hostesses. The meeting is to be in charge of Mrs. Ellen C. Howard and will be "An afternoon with Dickens."

It is rumored that three more clubs have beon formed recently in town— Daisy club, Birthday club and the Tombstone club. It is understood that the object of the last named club is to repair with its funds the old tombstones.

Miss Harriet Miller, of Attleboro and David Howard, of Worcester Polj-tech, are at their respective homes on vacations.

Jfiss Grace Tarbell and Mrs. Minnie Withers, of Dorchester, wero at George Tarbeil 's recently.

Mrs. Charles Burnham, of Brook­line, -N. H., spent last week at B. D. Burgess' and returned home with Mr. Burnham, who came over for Sun--day.

John C. Dow, of Pentacook. N. H., Is the guest this week of his son, A L, Dow,

Mrs, .lohn Livingston entertained her sister from Hollis, N. H,, the past week.

Charles W. Hildreth. -who has been on the sick list for some weeks past, is now able to be at his store again.

During one of last week's windv days, Albert Howard's windmill blew over, frame and all. Mr. Howard had only a short time before been up in it and considered himself lucky later that it didn't happen to fall at that time. -Several trees in various parts of the town were also blown o'x-ar.

There will be a dinner served in the banquet room at Memorial hall on town meeting day, Monday, March 4, The Phcebe Farmer Tent. D, of V,, w-ill have it in' charge, .Mrs, Hattie Cook, chairman of commlttoo.

The Townsend high school lost once more In its debate with Lunenburg high at Lunenburg last week Friday night. The score wus closer than be­fore, however, the total of the points, averaged 78 for Lunenburg, and 74 for Townsend, The question in debate was: Resolved, '•That tho I'nited States w.as justified in abrogating Uie treaty of 18:;:;. with Russia,•' Quite a good many from all the villages went over and some had to remain all night as the traveling proved so bad that the barge cotjd not carry them all back.

The friends of .Mr. and .Mrs. Harding H. Brooks, of Ashby, former residents here, wero very sorry to learn ot their loss by fire of their barn .and part of their live stock, Including a pet colt of which they were very fond.

Mrs. R. S . E l y entertained the I>a-dles Wlilst club at her home on Wednesday afternon of last week,

-Mrs. Warren Hadley, from Charles­town, has been spending a few davs as the guest of .Mrs. Josephine Boyn­ton.

Edward Patch, from Boston, spent Thursday of last week with his par­ents, .Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Patch, of Josselynvllle, and Rev. and .Mrs. Cox of Dorchester who have been spend­ing a few days with relatives In bterling. returned there the first of the week to complete their visit.

.Mrs. Rufus Brown, from Brookline, N- H., a former resident here, who has not been in the village since she left twenty-five years ago, was In town last week Thursday at the con­vention of the .Nashua River Cnion Y. P. S. C. E.

Miss Grace Thomposn, who is at­tending Simmons college in Boston Is enjoying a vacation at the home of her mother, Mrs. Charles Patch.

.Mrs. .Mary Streeter, of Josselynvllle who was Injured by a fall in her door-yard last week. Is steadilv improving Her sister. Miss Emma Olmstead. of \yaltham, who has boeii with her since tho accident, has returned to her home, and Mrs. McRobie, of .Mason -will assist her until she is entirolv recovered.

The regular monthiv covenant meeting of the Baptist church will h--lield in the vestry at 2,30 on Saturdav afternoon and a good attendance 's desired.

The second part of the program i evergreen trees. To the front of the consisted of a stump speech, "The stage were festoons of decorative pa-mouse," by .Miss Annie Veno. A very | per In red, white and blue with little pleaslug solo was given by .Miss Alice Welch and a clever character song. "Doherty," by Thomas Veno. Tho program closed with the amusing farce, .Mrs. Fizzle. This was followed by a social dance with Ice cream and cake for sale, and guessing contests and sports during the Intermission. .Music for dancing was furnished by Robbins' orchestra, of Pepperell, and .Miss Letitia Van Etten, of the Center, acted as accompaulst for the min­strels.

6 ~ Roiird of Trade Moeting.

The Board of Trade and invited guests enjoyed a meeting and ban­quet at Odd Fellows' hall on Tuesday evening, Tho supper was served by members of the E, .\. Spaulding Re­bekah lod.ge, Mrs, Margaret B. Hig­gins was chairman of the supper com­mittee and with the aid of her able assistants made it all that could be desired. Oyster stew, hot rolls, sliced ham, pies, cakes and coffee wero among the good thin.gs upon the bill of fare, .•^bout thirty-five were pres­ent.

F, n, Higgins. president, presided at the meeting, and a copy of the town warrant was on deck for the evening's discussion. All tho principal articles were carefully gono over; also, the advisability of choosing an advisory or finance committee was discussed, and the matter ot tax collecting, there beinir oyer nino thousand dollars in uncollected taxes due at the end of the year: also, the matter of good roads, and the condition of sidewalks after snow storms, and several other topics Interesting to all citizens of the town.

West. Tho l,adlcs' Mission circle met on

Wednesday afternoon ot last week •with Mrs. S. D. Ringrose at the par­sonage, and a very interosting pro-gr,am was carried out. The annual election of officers took place, result­ing In the appointment of Mrs, S, D, Ringrose, pros,; Mrs. E. A. Craig, v. p.; Mrs. Herman W. Lawrence, s e c ; Mrs. Fred A. Patch, treas. After the program an hour of social chat with light refreshments was enjoyed.

Mrs. .Maurice Welch and her daugh­ter Alice are visiting Mrs. Welch's son in .North Rochester, N. H., this week.

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Smith and Mr. und Mrs. George - Upton have been called to Hillsboro Bridge. N. H,. by the death of the aged mother of Mr, Smith and Mrs. Upton.

Mrs. Edward A. Craig entertained the Ladies' Literary and Social circle at her home on Main street oh Fri­day afternoon of last week and there were eight members present, and one guest. Mr."!, J, H. Cox, of Dorchester, Quotations, current events, and the study of the Ilfo of Hiram Powers, sculptor, was the program, followed hy re f re^ments . Tho next two meet­ings win be held a t the reading-room and the topic will be miscellaneous articles at the pleasure of the differ­ent membera.

Emory Wyman. a well-known farm­er on the Pitchburir road, has had the misfortune to lose eighteen of his hens from some disease a few davs ago.

.Mi . and Mrs. Aldon Basfordi of Beveriy, have been spending a few daj>3 wiith >Irsl 'Basford's Iparents' ••Mr. and .Mrs. Frank Wheeler, on tho Ashby read. Mr. Wheeler has been in quite poor health this winter.

Tho Ladies' Literary and Social cir­cle will, meet at the reading-room on Friday afternoon, March 8, The pro­gram wtill consist of miscellaneous subjects.

•Miss Ruth Hayward passed away at her home on Bayberry hill early Tuesday morning, aged sixteen years, after a year's suffering from a disease of the lungs, .

The West Townsend Brotherhood will give their third monthly banquet to their members and invited guests in the vostry of the Baptist church on Thursday evening, .March 7. A sup­per consisting of oyster stew and cold meats will be served and the speaker of the evening will be Col George B. Grifiiths of Melrose, and vocal selections will oe given bv .Miss Farrar , of the Center.

Little Ella Wood, daughter of Mr. and .Mrs. Herman Wood, celebrated her fourth birthday on Tuesday by enjoying a visit of three of her little playmates of the neighborhood, to whom refreshments were served and the birthday cake with Its four can­dles was a revelation of great inter­est.

Rev, and .Mrs, J. E, Cox, of Dor­chester, are spending a few davs with .Mr, and Mrs. Justin S, Hodgman,

The public schools will close on Fri­day, .March 7, for a four-weeks' vaca­tion,

.Mrs, Joseph Thompson and .Miss Ivena Thompson are visiting .Mrs, Thompson's daughter, .Mrs, George Wright, of Winthrop.

Mrs, Warren Hadley, who has been visiting Mrs. Josephine Boynton. has returned to her homo in Charlestown,

William Upton, of Josselynville, has beon on the sick list for the past week, suffering from a severe cold, but is now improving,

.Miss Mabel Patch has been con­fined to her homo on Main street for a few days this week by illness, and ,Mrs. Fred A. Patch, of Jossoly!lvil^•^ has been substituting as postiiiistre.HS during her absence,

Walter E, Wilder, of Josselynville. spent Saturday and Sunday in Fitch­burg. whore he .attended a meeting of the suiierintendents of the Sunday schools, and assisted in preparing the program for the comintr convention, vs hich is to be held in that city in Juno.

.•V number of bargo loads, driven by Benjamin Hodgman. attended tho spe­cial union services of tho churclios at the Center, Ixiads wero taken on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday even­ings.

The L, B, B, S. held a special meet­ing at tho homo of .Mrs, I.ucy A, Law-renco on Wednesday and a dinner w.as served ,at noon to twelve.

Miss Cnara Hosloy, of Bayberry hill. who haa boon visiting her sister in Lancaster, has returned to her homo hore.

The Men's club held their usual meeting at the reading-room on last Tuesday evening,

Minstrel Show. The young mon of the village g-ave

a minstrel show lij Seminary hall on the evening of Washington's birthday, which proved to be a very enjoyable affair, and was well attended both by people of the village and from the neighboring towns. A very attractive program was presented with Jokes and local hits which won much ap­plause. William Mills acted as inter­locutor, with George M. Streeter and Thomas Veno, assisted by Albert •and Charles Koch, from Brookllne, N. H., as end men. The first part of the pro­gram consisted' of Jokes and solos by Herman Wood, Robert and Mattorson Tumbor, Thomas Veno, Charles and Albert Koch and little Gladys Veno, while two parodies, "Everybody works at Stickney," sting by Thomas Veno, and "Dixie girl," by George Streeter received repeated encores. .lames Dodds, of Josselynvllle, also rendered two selections which were received with enthusiasm, and a step dance by Robert Tumber was a very clever piece of worfc.

C. E. Convention. On Thursday, February 22, the Bap­

tist church of this village entertained the fifty-fourth session of the Nashua River Union Y. P. S. C. E., and the occasion proved of great spiritual benefit to all present. The guests wero met at the station by .Messrs, Ringrose, Hathaway and Sawtelle, members of the reception commlttoo, while .Miss Lena Thompson, Miss Alice Seaver, .Milton Wilder and Ian Rusk served on the committee at the church.

The program was opened by a de­votional seirvice, conducted by Rev, S, D, Ringrose, followed by the ad­dress of •welcome by the president ot the local Society, Miss Alice Seaver, A business meeting was next in order with the president of the union, Her­bert Taylor, of Groton, In the chair, A very Interesting and Instructive ad-dross on Washington, taking up the throe phases of the man, the soldier and the statesman was delivered by Rev. George M. Howe, of Groton, anil was greatly enjoyed by al l 'present .

About one hundred partook of the bountiful dinner served in the vestries and after an intermission, until 1.30, the afternoon service was commenced by a praise session with a chorus of young folks led by .Perry W. Saw­telle, and scripture reading and prayer In charge of Henry Hathaway.

Another brief business s'esslon fol­lowed, and Rev. C. L. Eldredge, from Greenville, N. H., was introduced and spoke for a few minutes on the Peters bill for a children's bureau In Wash­ington, and at the close of the meet­ing it was signed by many. A series of five-minute papers on the topic of the day, "Deeper spirituality in Christian Endeavor," was given and proved one of the most Interesting numbers on the program.

E. L. Haynes, of Townsend Center. read a paper on "Spiri tuali ty; its nature and scope," by Sidney Davis. of Groton; a paper on "Evidences of the need of spirituality," by Rev. War­ren .Noyes, of Brookline, N. H., was read by a member of that society; "Hindrances to spirituality," written by a member of the Dunstable societv, was read by Miss Alice Seaver, sec-retar>- of the union: Miss .Minnie Pan-croft of Hollis, N. H.. gave a paper on "Aids to spirituality"; Carl R, Br.vant, of Pepperell, on "Benefits of spirituality to a community"; Mrs. O L, Drake, of Townsend, on "Spiritual service," and the closing paper on "What C. E. has accomplished in sat­isfying the world's need of spiritual­ity," was given by Miss Sylvia Law­rence, of West Groton.

Two. solos, "The song my mother sang to me," and "The church across the way," were given by Mrs. Alden •A Sherwin.

The address of the afternoon was given by Rev. Albert No^vton, ot -North Leominster, who for a number of years in the past taught in this village, and received a hearty welcome from many of his old friends who were prosent. The topic of his .address was "Blemishes." and it was given in his usual witty and interesting fashion, and contained many home truths which will long linger in the niemorv of his audience.

The session closed with tho sineing of "Blest be tho tie." and the h.^n"dic-tion by Rev, Albert Newton, The next meeting of the union will he held on I>abor day at tho Congregational church at Townsend Center.

red Hugs Interspersed. Hibbard's or­chestra, of Lowell, furnlslted excellent music. The fioor was given up to the Cliildren from four to six o'clock in the afternoon, and dancing tor adults. tjegau .at eight o'clock.

At six o'clock a delicious salad sup­per was served which brought forth many compliments. A very pleasant Hinovation was the entertainment glv-"'1 in the upi)er hall during the inter­mission. Mrs. .Mattle Priest contribu­ted two vocal solos, accompanied at the piano by A. Heywood Knowlton; ('Oorglno Chandler pleased, the audi­ence with a monologue, and .Margaret and Elizabeth Brown each rendered happy piano selections.

-Many out-of-town guests were pres-•fnt. Among them were .Miss Jackson, of Leominster, tho guest of .Miss Mary .\farshall; five Waltham friends of •Miss Bartlett and six college and other friends of Herbert Whitcomb; A. W. True, of Allston; W. D. Hobart of Cleveland. Ohio; C. R. Lane, of Boston; .Miss Olga Applequest, of .'\lld-dleton. Conn., and .Miss Inez Lowe of Boston. The flnancial gain was ?36.50.

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On Sunday evening the second num­ber in the Lenten series will be given at tho Congregational church. The subject is "Christ in literature." In­terpretations of several religious poems will be given by different peo­ple.

Rev. H. L. Packard and others from the Littleton societies attended the <'hrlstian Endeavor convention held in Shirley on Washington's birthday.

Remember the oyster supper to be given by the primary department of tho Baptist Sunday school in the ves­try on .Monday, .March 4. A good en­tertainment will, follow the supper,

A good bakers' dozen of the United Workers attended the regular all-dav sewing, meeting at -Mrs, George Cook's, on Wednesday, and accomplished much on articles to be sent in the missionary barrels, besides enjoying a pleasant social and a good dinner.

Dr. .lames D. Christie has rented the George Brown place at Littleton com­mon.

-Miss Edith Fletcher, of Fitchburg .Normal school, was at home for the week-end and on Saturday evening gave a very successful party in honor ot her guests. Miss Lillian Comosky and James Comosky.

The following is a report of the treasurer of the Littleton lyceum for the year endinp in February: Cash received from C. F. John­

son and In tho treasury Feb­ruary. 1911 J19.63

Cash received from sale of tic­kets and door receipts l lS.oj

$13S.20 Cash paid as follows: for lec­

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The usual large number of ii(-r,<ons attended the meeting of the 'Woinnn's club Monday afternoon. The r-'cnrd-ing secretary was absent and .Mrs. Grace E, Lawrence was chosen s-ecr'--tary pro tempore, Mrs, Prie.=t, t!ie president, repeated the notice of the pure food exposition to be held in Worcester March 21 to 30, Xo im­pure foods or foods boarintr dip'inr.-?st labels will be admitted. The Wonirin's club of Worcester has an acti^•e in­terest in the affair and a most inter­esting fair is promised.

By advice of a committee chosr-n to make recomni-^ndations, tho club vot­ed to accept from the 'lealth cominiife of tho state federation, the trav.-:inc health library for a few weeks.

An invitation to a Brighton Wo­man's club was read.

Tho program for the afternoon w-a.-= pleasantly Introduced by a piano solo by Miss Helen Smiley and a vocal snio, "My dear," by Mrs, Cora Hagor, ac­companied at the piano by Mrs. Cor-triide F, Houghton, Dr, .John Baltzly of Hudson was then presented to the audience and held tho closest atten­tion throughout his brilliant and scholarly address on Browning as a religious poet. At tho conclusion of his address the club gave Dr. Baltzly a rising vote of thanks.

Rev. 0. J, Falrchild. In behalf of the committee that has charee of the Backlog club entertainment for :\larch 7, extended an Invitation to the Wo­man's club and friends to attend. On that occasion the centennial of Brown­ing's birthday will be celebrated.

The meetine was concluded hy a social hour and delicious toa served from a most attractive t.ablo hy Mrs Munson and Mrs, Hardy, assisted by Miss SIckmnn and tho club ushrrs.

Snnsct Tarty, The sunset party given nn Fehrti.ary

22. by tho Backing club, was one of the largest and most successful par­ties of tho season. The decorations in the hall wero hlehly praised. Ths wall at the rear of the stage was draped with a large fiag, at the center nf which was a picture of Georee Washington. On each side and a lit­tle In advance of the flag, were pret ty '

Cash in the t r e a s u r y Feb, 1912 $2.3.90 Waldo K, Conant , t r e a s u r e r .

Friday evening, Mary 8, there will be a union Christian Endeavor rally at the Congregational church held, by the Congregational and Baptist soci­eties, to which everybody is cordially invited, .A,n address v.-ill be given on ".\mong the miners of the Rockies," by Rev, .Joseph B, Kettle, of Leomin­ster. Mr, Kettle has lived among those people and has his information from personal experience. Miss Mary Pres­ton, of Boston, secretary of Junior work in the Woman's Board of Mis­sions, will also speak. A social hour and light refreshments will follow.

Last Sunday evening those who at­tended the se-.-vice at tho Congrega­tional church were much interested in the excellent address by Miss Ger­trude F. S.anderson, who discussed "Christ in art."

Harris Steele has been improving his newly purchased house on King street by putting in modern outside doors and cutting a new door in the ell.

Peter McNiff, who has been the Ayer. Littleton and Westford agent for the Riverview laundry, has sold out to a party that is driving a lar.KO autoraohile through hero.

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A Royal Guest • Col. Jacob Davis, born in 0.\ford. now Charlton, Mass., was the first sett ler In Montpelier, Vt., in 17S0, and named the town. An event occurred after he moved into his new house which afforded the settlers the un­expected opportunity of setting their eyes on embodied royalty in tho per­son of Prince Edward on the occa­sion of his passage through this part of the country from .Montreal to Bos­ton.

The prince was of course the son of the bigoted and muddy-brained George III. and must have been, if all accounts of him were correct, a true chip of the old bloclc. At all events his sayings and doings as he passed through these settlements furnished th9 people with food for many a com­mentary on his astuteness.

Reaching here from Burlington in one day he and his suite put up with Col. Davis over night.. Full of the notion that the Americans, especially on the border of the settlements of the North, when his countrj'roen in the then recent war had received several costly lessons, were little better than savages and probably still hostile in spirit, b e was a t first evidently keenly apprehensive of personal danger of as­sassination or poison. To guard against the former he had brought along with him a band of fifteen or twenty armed attendants, while to ensure his safely from the latter, he had provided sev­eral of what our people called his tas ters , who must examine, taste and eat a portion of every meal prepared for him before he would venture to touch it himself.

He was so far reassured, however, the next morning by a long talk with Col. Da\is, who greatly enlightened him in regards to the intelligence and moral sense of our people, and who told him he was far safer here than on the s t reets cf London that he consented to dismiss the greater liart of his armed retainers to return to Montreal and then resumed his journey in much better spirits.

His next stop was.at Judge Paine's,, of Williamstown, (the father of Gov> Charles Paine; of Vermont, 1S42-3), for his dinner. Here he began to be himself again and seemed to become quite chatty and jocose. "I suppot-e. madam," he said to .Mrs. Paine, among other efforts, "that ' you have never reaid anything but your bible and psajm book." "Oh yes we do," prompt­ly replied -Mrs. Paine, "we are all (luito familiar with the writings of one Peter Pinder."

Those who have read the scorching sat ires of Pinder on the character and capacities of the then royal family, •n-iU readily appreciate the keenness of the lady's retort.

Still another incident has always been related by our old people, of his journey through Vermont, which oc­curred at the house of a shoemaker in Brookfi<?ld farther on the road to Bos­ton, where for some purpose he had made a short call. By this time he had become so much like himself at home that he rudely stepped up and kissed the shoemaker's wife. In try­ing to soothe her evident resentment to this action, he said: "O never mind it—you now can tell your people you have had the honor of being kissed by a British prince."

"O never mind," exclaimed the in­censed husband as he unceremoneous-ly sent the royal puppy from the house by a kick und-;r the coat-tails in the rear, "0 never mind sir. you can now go home and tell your peo­ple you have had tl:- huuor of being kicked out-of-doors hy an .-Amer­ican cobbler.".

Col. Davis' farm included t!:» land where the state houf-;- is. and the land in that vicinity. Tha land whore the state house is and the surrounding ground, was a gift to thf state by the Davis family in ISO.'*, when .Mont-jielier was made the capito! of Ver­mont.

W i l l i a m 1!. I .y i i i i s . Low. - ! ) .

bury will sing. The farce, "A paper match," will be acted by Aunt So-phronla, a maiden lady, .Mrs. George Hodgman; Rose, her niece, .Miss Car­rie Clark; Sam Hunt, in love with Kose. James T, Bennett; Hezekiah Je-hosophat Brown, Henry Adams,

There was a good-sized and re­sponsive audience assembled Monday night at the public library to hear Rev. J. P, Trowbridge give • a talk on Charles Dickens. The speaker gave a sketch of the author's life from birth to death and burial in Westminster abbey. He told of his visit to America and spoke of his different writings. The threatening weather kept some from attending who would have enjoy­ed with others this evening on Dick­ens. A number of jmpjls were pres­ent. The library rooms made very pleasant accommodations tor the aud­ience.

.Mrs. Gilbert Durant. who has been at Groton hospital under treatment, has returned home,

.Mrs. .Margaret Kane is a patient at Groton hospital.

H. W, Whiting is much better and is progressing on the road to recovery.

Among the M, A, C, students study­ing floriculture and landscape archi­tecture, who spent last week Friday in Boston, under the supervision of Prof. E, A, White, was John Moyle, ]r„ of this town.

Prince Edward, aft.-rward Duke of Kent, and father of Que. r. Victoria, in the early part of 1734, pas.sed through Groton en his way fro:ii Canada to Boston. He is ?aid to have tarried one night at the old Richardson tavern, wbich stood on tl.e spot wiiere the BaiJtist meetinc house now stands, and which in its day was a famous hostelry.

To thp Editor: This Prince Kdward was the father

of Queen Victoria, gr.MI-grandfather of King Geoge V. He died in 1^20, when Victoria was one yr-ar old, hut I think he improved some as he b»--came a .Mason. He was :it a lodge one night wh.n poir.- of t;>e niemhers ad­dressed him as yo\ir royal hicrhiiess and he repiiod wo are all roya! hii.'hnos?o.. hero In tho lodsc rof)ni as M.asons The present kincr of Kncland is not a Mason. His father, Kiiiir Kdwar.l. was. and grand master r:i' Kniriarid The Duke of Connaught, a hrotr,or of King Kdward, now (•;o\'r;ior Ccnoral of Canada, is gr:inri tna.stor t,f ti.r Masons of Kngland now. \v. H 1..

>'eyTs Items. Mrs. John l>ee nf Xashua. N, H..

spent Tuesday with her cousin. Miss Kittle Denahy.

In giving the jiatrons .at the Wa.sh-Ington birthday party on Thursday evening.Fehrimry 22.the names should read W, A, Uawronc^. F. F, Woods and FVank F, Waters instead of those as given last week,

Charles M, Raddin and Walter Rose were the two firemen hurt by f.alllne a t the Talnter fire last woek, Mr. Rad­din hurt his knee and side so that he has not been able to go on his milk route . Mr. Rose hurt hia shoulder and arm .so that he has h'>en kept fTom his w(jrk at the b.akory.

The h'ext church social with supper and entertainment will be held at the Unitarian church parlors next w c k Thursday evening. The supper will be at'6.3.0, the usual hour, Tbe, enter­ta inment will begin at 7.4.5, fifteen mlnntes earlier than usual. The man­dolin club will open and close th^ pro­gram Wift s^le'ctlbns. Mrs. W. B, Oohle w i n read. Miss Alta Gilson of .Mlll-

The telephones at the passenger and freight depots of the Boston and .Maine railroad were taken out last Saturday,

Frank H. Palmer shot a large fox recently which had an extra good skin. .Mr, Palmer, who is very suc­cessful in capturing fo.xes, usually traps them.

.Miss M, T, Cleary. teacher at Gil-bertville, was home last week,

Mrs, Daniel Houghton, of Littleton, coming last week Friday afternoon. was a guest of her daughter, .Mrs, Herbert B, Priest, until Sunday aUer-noon.

-Miss Ellen Priest, who has been visiting her nieces, .Mrs, .N'orthrup and Mrs, Wood at Somerville and Woburn, returned home last Saturday.

Madame Sherwin, mother of F, A, Sherwin, met with a fall last Sunday and has not been feeling as well since.

Three little girls who are puiiils in the lower grade a t . the Butler school, have formed a club or class of their own for sewing and sociability. -A.t the business meeting last week they named it "The Kentucky Belle." after the catchy name of the coming high school play which took, their fanc.v.

The date of the gentleinen's night social at the Consreeational church is set for March 21.

Harry P, Tainter, with his wife and mother, have b..,-n staying at .Miss Fanny Boynton's, his wife's sister, since they were burned out last week,

Dr, Edward B, Branigan was called to Lawrence on Tuesday with the First Corps of Cadets, of which he is a member. During his absence. Dr, Arituir D, Hall, of Boston, will be at Dr, Branigan's office on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons.

There will be no sessions of the Unitarian Sunday school until further notice. While- it has been thought best and altogether wise to close the lower grades of the schools, it seems just as nece-ssary to prevent contagion among the children, that the Sunday schools or other children.'s meetings be closed until danger is over. There are only two cases of scarlet fever now in town, but the parents are very uneasy and hope every means possi­ble will be used to prevent the siiroad of the disease.

The r , S, S, Idaho is back again at the Philadelphia navy yard from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 11. W. .Ma­son, machiiiist on hoard, writes of a stormy voyage back to the home port. The Idaho is undergoing repairs to engage later in target practice.

.\ new desk has just been placed in the postofiice room for public con-venienco.

The residents along the stat-,' road, '"'here the state moth exterminators are at work express themselves as greatly pleased with the clean and thorough work being do:;e. Every briar and sh.rub, wiiere the posts can secrete are cut down and burned. The CiigJiways so rleanod up look likc-thos-? of a city, only tho poor iV-ncos are showiiie up in groat style. The men are workine this week along be­yond .Mr. Collier's. Capt Palmer's and others on the Boston road.

.Mrs, K. .-V. Barrows has heard re-cently from her grandson, Fred W. Harrows, who is pl.aying with an or­chestra al Galveston. Texas. Ho is located at the Gahoz, the grand mil­lion-dollar hotel of that city. yr Barrows writes very intorostiiiuly of tho condition and pecnliaritios of thai section of our country.

.-V parly of oigbteon, takr-n over hy •rohnson's team, wont to Littleton on Tuosday night to attend "The colonels maid," given by the liar-klog club. The sloichride .".lul the play were ti'ith most enjoyable.

H. P. Tainter has felt disheartened over tho wreck mado of his house and contents l.y the fire last week. A fire adjuster was up early this wook and it is understood that work pre­paratory to repairing or rebuildins: will begin next ".\eek. When t v houso was flrst bnllt no pains or ex­pense was spared In making It fire-liroof. Tho problem as to how or where the fire started remains as yet unsolved.

Walter Cressev-. the eldest of Rev. and Mrs Crcssey's children, has the scarlet fever. It Is a light case. As the f-amily Is under quarantine. Mr, Cressey will m'^.Tnwhlle employ a sub­stitute to occupy his pulpit. Rev. Jo­seph .v. Cardee ,of Bolton, will preach at thp chtirch on Sunday,

H. H. Gay had a telephone installed on Thursday afternoon, call 17-2.'?.

The public schools of the grades below the high In the Butlor building, and the two grades of the Chaplin school were closed on Wednesday af­ternoon until a week from next .Mon­day, This Is on account of the fear of scarlet fever spreading.

Miss Elizabeth A, Ratchelder, teach­er at Beverly, recently a teacher in

the Butler primary, spent last Satur­day here lu town.

.MlBs Eleanor Williams, of Somer­ville, is a guest of .Mrs. F, F. Woods, coming last week for attendance at tho Washington's birthday party.

James Bywater underwent an op­eration on one eye last week Thurs­day, Mr. Bywater returned home this week Wednesday and is feeling quite comfortable and encouraged. The op­eration was performed at N'ashua by Dr, .Nutter, an eye specialist of that city, who thinks that an operation may later be necessary uixin .Mr. By-wi^er's other eye,

.Miss Annie L, Gilson entertained -Mrs, Adellza Turner, of Ayer, and Mrs. Ellen A, Barrows at dinner on Wed­nesday at Groton Inn,

.Miss .McGrath, of .\atick. a particu­lar lady friend of Chief Riley, wtas here last week to spend Washington's birthday.

.Miss .Mary Dunphy, teacher at .North Attleboro, is enjoying a ten-days' va­cation at home, and returns "to her duties on next .Monday.

The Reading club meets next week Wednesday afternoon with .Mrs, A, G, Kilbourn,

Charles Shattuck and F, C, Tuttle, two well-known Groton checker play­ers, attended the checker tournament held at the American house, Boston, last week Thursday. They both play­ed on the All .New England-vs. Boston team, which was victorious. It was Boston's second defeat in seventeen years. Charles Shattuck won two ga.mes over his opponent and after the tournament went over to Roslin­dale to call on his daughter, .Miss Alice Shattuck.

At the next meeting of the Groton Historical society, Tuesday evening, .March 5, .Mrs, Marcia W. Parkhurst will give a paper on .Mrs. ." lary and .Mrs. .Martha Washington, mother and wife of George Washington. The meeting will be held at the usual hour and p!ace>'

Deaths. The funeral of .Mrs. Elfrlda Belle

(.Monroe) Thpmas passed through to the Groton cemetery on Sunday after­noon. .Mrs. Thomas will be best re­membered in Groton where she lived during her childhood and early youth as Belle Monroe. She always sustain­ed a good character and was always favorably and kindly spoken of. As .Miss .Monroe- she united with the Con­gregational church when living here, and has remained a member since. She passed away at tho home of her mother at East Pepperell on Friday morning. February 23. after a linger­ing illness. She is survived by a husband, a little daught-^r. three years old, a mother, sisters and brothers. Mrs, Thomas' age was 22 yoars and 6 months,

.News of the death on Wednesdav, February 21, of W, H, Swallow at his home in Chicago was received here by the relatives and arrangements made for the funeral at Dunstable on this week Wednesday, Mr, Swallow was horn in Dunstable fifty-nine years ago, the eldest son of the late .Mr, and Mrs, .A,lpheus Swallow, This death is the first in their family of children, all of whom were boys—Myron P. and .Marshall Swallow, well-known citi­zens of Groton. are two of the broth­ers. The remains were brought back to his native town and funeral services held on Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock from the old homestead now-occupied by two of the younger broth­ers, Harry and Herbert Swallow,

Everett Johnson, after a tremendous battle with whooping cough and scar­let fever, died Saturday morning, Feb­ruary 24, from the poisoning from a streptococcus sore throat, which sim­ply overwhelmed his heart.

With the closing of the earthly life cf this beautiful t>oy, a lad of about thirteen years, an inexiiressible sor­row entered into the lives of ,Mr, and .Mrs, .Maitland A, Johnson and family, Ue was an only son. carefully watcli---•d and tended, upon whom bright hopes were built. Well ma:in-^red and happy, he was a favorite among the townspeople as he went among them, and at the ac-adeniy, where he was tho youngest pupil.

His schoolmates sent a token of r-;--membrance, a beautiful bou(|uet of flowers. They were placed upon his grave,

T!rt" whole town is stirred in heart­felt sympathy for this bereaved fath­er and mother and sorrowing family still atnicted with disease. The daughter. Mrs Agnes .iohnson Evans, «ho was first taken with scarlet fever is still in bod suffering from whoop-ina cough, tho mother and grandmoth­er also havo the whoopin.c coueh. and al! are worn and tired with the anx­ieties and oxporienoos of the past weeks .

Thoro is tho hope of a horr.after to comfort them.

Vlth whooping cough, then with scar­let fever.

The news of his death was a great shock to the pupils and teachers, who were all very fond of Everett. His teachers have admired his patience, ambition and earnestness, and both teachers and pupils knew that he waa always ready to do his duty and enter into all the school life to the extent of his ability.

On hearing of his death the teachers and pupils at once sent flowers to the family, and a committee was appoint­ed to draft resolutions expressive of sympathy and regard. At the chapel service on .Monday morning. Principal Clough spoke words of appreciation and tribute in his memory, and espe­cially commended his earnestness In atw-ays being so punctual aud atten­tive to his school duties. Mr, Clough said: "I always expected to find Ev­erett in his place every school dav, aind he very rarely disappointed my expectation," and as he lived quite a distance from the school, he added: "That is high tribute that 1 am glad to give,"

The following are the resolutions adopted by the school:

VVIieroiiii, it has pleased God In hl.s Infinite wisdom to remove from our number our schooimate, Kverett I'arker •John.son.

Resolved: That we, the teacherB and pupll.i of Lawrence academy recoBnize the lo.-is of one who has con.-stantly been attentive to the life and work of our school, and who has made himself by his virtues and deeds, endeared to us all.

Resolved: That wo extend our heart­felt . sympathy to his parents and friends,

P.esolvert: That we send a copy of these resolutions to the parents, and cause a copy to be spread upon the minutes of the Gamma Beta society, of which he was a member, and send a copy to the press for publication.

Charles H, Green, GeorKe E, Hammond, William F, Loomis, Committee for the school,

Burke, Cameron, Bixby, Richards and Palmer represented Lawrence at the B, A. A. meet In Boston last Sat­urday, but owing to insufflcient prac­tise, they gained no points. Our only consolation Is that some schools made a poorer showing than we did.

On Saturday. March 9. will occur the open meeting of the Gamma Beta society. The question for debate is: Resolved, "That the constitution of the state of Massachusetts should be so amended as to provide for the initi­ative and referendum, Hallagan and Keenan will support the aflirmatlve; .Miller and Wallace the negative. The judges of the debate are Frank Law­rence Blood, esq,. Rev, G, .M, Howe and Rev, P. H, Cressey, The I^w-rencian will bo in charge of Richards, .Miss .Margaret Clough will give some recitations at this meeting. The pub­lic is cordially invited.

The senior class will give a dance In the town hall on .March 18. Thay­er's orchi:atra will furnish the music.

-AYBRMAaS.

A ain 4 Pair for 45c.. Ladies' Fast Black Hose, made with double sole and toe, high spliced heel. A regular 19c. for 15c. per pair.

4 Pair for 45c.

yen AdTertlsements.

The town books will be closed Thursday Evenin- .Hnrch 7. All bills against the town must be presented on or before that time.

ReiJorts of departments and articles for Warrants must be in hands of Se­lectmen not Inter than .March 9.

JOHN H. SHEEDY, FitANK A. TORRES', AMOS L. AMES, Jr.,

Selectmen of Groton. February 27, 1912,

(Jrangp. .•\ \ory idoasant evening was passod

at the regular grange mooting on Tuesday ovenini;. Tho first and so--ond degrees wore conferred on two candidates. II. M, Wheelock and Miss Herrha Clarke. The program of tho evening consisted mainly of sketches or mention otherwise mado cf dis­tinguished jiorsons born in February. Mr. Atkinson spoke of W.ashlngton: I>o\'is Woods, of Lincoln; a poem of Ixingfellow's was read by Mrs, Alice Fitch Miller; Guy Swallow told about Edison; .Stanley Sawyer, of E, A. Poe; .Miss Helen Barrows spoke ot Men­delssohn, and afterward Miss Barrows rendered a selection from Mendels­sohn on tho piano, with Henry Adams playing violin; .Mrs, Thomas Gibson spoke of Ixiwpll • a niano solo was giv­en by Miss Mabel Dickinson; recita­tion by .Miss Gillespie. Visitors were present from Hollis and Lunenburg,

At the next meeting of Groton grange. Tuesday evening. March 12, tho third and fourth degrees will be given. Deputy inspector Chester B. Williams of Cochltuate will be pres­ent.

Groton Approprititlon fomnilttcp will meet in I>owor Town Hall on Thursday Kvening, March 7, at height o'clock. All persons wishing to bo heard must appear at this timo,

Frank l^awron.e Blood, M, Joseph Cleary, Charles Bixby,

Committee, Fob. 19. 1912,

Auction

linwrenre Academy Xofes. Everett Parker Johnson, the young­

est pupil connected with l i w r e n c e academy, died at his homo last Sat­urday. He had been sick, at flrst

By virtue and in pursuance of the authority contained in an order and decree of the Supreme Judicial Court sitting in equity for the County of Worcester, upon the petition of .loseph Holden et als.. which decree was flled .March 17. 190f). will be sold at public auction on Saturdny. thp 18th dny of ."Harch, 1912, at One o'clock I'. .M., at the District Court Room In Ayer. the following described tract of land sit­uate in the southeasterly part of said Ayer and bounded and described as follows:

Beginning at the Intersection of the road leading from Ayer to Littleton and tho County Road leading to Sandy Pond; thence northerly by said Cotinty Road to land of L, W. Phelps; thence westerly by said Phelps' land to said Ayer and Littleton Road; thence southeasterly by last named road to tho point of beginning.

Terms mado known at time and place of sale.

For further particulars inquire of tho subscribers, or D. C. Parsons, Ayer, Mass.

JOSEPH HOLDEN. ANNIE L, WALKER. JOSBPHLVE C. JOSLIN,

Trustees of the United Societies of Believers of Harvard and Shirley. Ayer, >ras8., March 1, 1912. 3t25

Our Notion Dept.

contains a fine assort­ment of the small odds and ends which come under that name.

High S tandard of Quality

and Low Prices

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Wilhelmina S t rap

Reducing Corset

long skirt and Six Supporters.

Price, $1 50

Extra hips.

Ladies 'Home Journa l Pa t te rns RKD TAG MARCH SALE BED

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AYER VARIETY STORE BEGINNING SATURDAY, MARCH 2 , 1912

Read the Baxgains Below

ENAMEL WARE 90o, Keed"s 3-qt, Tea a n d Oof-

fee P o t s 6 9 * ^

40c, and :")0c, Reed. 's Bowls .

P u d d i n g P a n s a n d W a s h

Bas ins 23<J

20c. Sauce and Stew Pans 1 0 ^ 1.")(:. Wash Bowl and Dipper 1 0 < 2.")e. Covered Pail 1 0 < 20c. Bake and Fry Pans 10<* I.5c. Milk and Bread Pans 10<^

IKRR. PARR wftnfs n. position an niimo or housekeeper, or tnke care of old lady. Call at Paul Hamora, Shirley Street, Ayor, Mana. •

CROCKERY 6-in, Decorated Plates

5 ^ , 6^ each 4-in. Decorated Plates 40<J doz. Odd Decorated Saucers 2 ^ each White Individual Butters 1<^ each lOc, Decorated .Mugs 7<p each Mc, and 20c, Decorated Plat­

ters 1 0 < , 1 5 < 75c., 98c. and $1.25 Jardiniers

4 0 e , 5 0 < , 70<^ each 2-rit, Bcin Pots 8<^ each 20c. to :!.'>(•, Yellow I'udding

Dishes 1 0 < to 20<^ each

GLASS WARE lOo Decorated Gilt Tumhlers 5<^ 10c. Measxiring Cups 5<J 1-pt, Milk Bottle, with cover 5 ^ 8c. Effg Cnps 4 < 10c. Lemonade Cups 5 ^ 20c. Creamers and Spoon Hold­

ers 10<J 5c. Tooth Pick Holders 2 for 5 < 10c. Paper Weights? 5<?^ 10c. Vase.s 5<^ lOc, 15c. Iridescent Ware 5<J SOc. 3-qt. Pitchers 35<*

LAMPS AND LANTERNS

.$1,25, $2.98 Decorated Parlor Lamps 98<^, $ 2 . 3 8

$3.25, $3.50 Decorated Parlor Lamps $2.60, $2.80

Mantle Lamp complete $ 2 . 0 0 89c., 98c. Lanterns SO^, 7 5 ^

SATIN AND TAFFETA RIBBON

Ked. White, lihie. Pink. ]51ack a n d Xavy 5c,, G c 7c

l O c , 1211.C,.

3 ^ , 4^, 5<J Ribbon , yd. , now

15c. vd, . n o w 7<^, 10^, 1 2 1 / 2 ^

17c., 19c. yd. , n o w 14<^, 1 6 ^

L A C E

Torchon , E d g e a n d Inse r t i on . T c , 8c., 9c.. 12c. yd. , now 5<^

12-yd. piece lace 5 0 ^ 7c. yd . B e a d e d E d g e , now . 4<^ 10c. Oot ton Lace a n d Inse r t ion

now 12c., 15c. yd . l l a n i b u r g s now 5c. yd . n a r r o w Lace

2-in. to 5-in. w i d t h s

7c., 8e.. Oc. l l a m b u r g s 5<J

10<J 4 <

5<* o w d e r 5(J

5 <

10<J

2 for 5<^

M I S C E L L A N E O U S

10c. H a n d C leane r

10c. Tooth and Toilet I 'ow,

10c. Pin T r a y s

lOc. P i c t u r e F r a m e s

10c. Shoe B l a c k i n g

15c., 25c. S p o n g e s

5c. M a c h i n e Oil

15c., 25c. D o g Col la rs 10<>, 17<*

10c. IIou.schold Lu l t r i e an t 7<J

50-ft. C lo thes L ines 15<*

50c. Pos t C a r d A l b u m s 25<J

$1.49 p'ood C h o p p e r 98<^

$1.39, $1.25 Wn.sh Boi le rs 98<*

$1.50 P u m p Oil Cans $ 1 . 1 0

Silver Spoons, Forks and Knives Yz Regular Price

Bracelet.s, Chains, Emblems. Etc.. % Regular Price

10 Bunches White Envelopes 25<J 15c. Boxed Paper (Winifred) 9 ^ 2.5c. Boxed Paper (Colonial) 15<J 10c. Pound Paper 5 < lOc. and 15c. Whips 9 ^ 19c. and 2.5e. Whips 1 7 ^ 35c. and 50c. Whips 2 5 ^ , 3 5 ^

SPECIAL FOB THIS SALE 7c. Toilet Paper 5^ pkg. 29c. Box Chocolates 23c. box

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S a t u r d a y , M a r c h 2, 1912.

A Y E B .

X e w s I t e m s . Mr. and Mrs . P a t r i c k C la rk , of Grove

Blroet, r e t u r n e d f rom Lowel l l a s t S u n ­day , w h e r e t h e y h a v e been m a k i n g a s t ay wi th t h e i r d a u g h t e r for t h e p a s t t h r e e m o n t h s .

A fr iend ca l l i ng upon Rev. Dr. F i s k t h i s week found h i m conva lesc ing fine­ly, and in v e r y cheer fu l sp i r i t s . H i s b i r t h d a y w a s c e l e b r a t e d on J a n u a r y 23, a n d t h e flowers were st i l l f resh In t h e p a r l o r t h a t had been sen t to h im from C o n n e c t i c u t In honor of t h e occas ion . One of Dr. F i s k ' s p a s t o r a t e s w a s In Mlddle town, In t h a t s t a t e , m e m ­o r i e s t h a t k e e p affection a l ive a f t e r m a n y y e a r s . H e h a s se t a day when he hopes t o s t a n d in his pu lp i t aga in . I t is no t far a w a y , a n d we sha l l a l l be glad if he a l so m a y be glad in rea l i z ­ing t h i s p r iv i l ege .

T h e Boys ' c l a s s of t h e Loyal T e m ­p e r a n c e L.egion. wil l give a n e n l e r ­t a i n m e n t nex t .Monday even ing in t h e B a p t i s t v e s t r y . T h e p r o g r a m will In­c l u d e d i a logues , s o n g s , and r e c i t a ­t i ons . I ce c r e a m a n d cake will be on s a l e .

A p a r t y of f r i e n d s p l e a s a n t l y s u r ­p r i sed .Mr. a n d Mrs . J o h n C l a r k l a s t w e e k F r i d a y a f t e rnoon i t h e oocas lon b e i n g .Mr. C l a r k ' s b i r t h d a y , who r e ­ceived flowers a n d o t h e r gif ts . R e ­f r e s h m e n t s w e r e s e rved and a very en joyab le a f t e r n o o n waS spen t .

' H e r b e r t G. W h i t n e y h a s moved in to t h e u p p e r t e n e m e n t of w h a t is k n o w n a s t h e Mor r i son h o u s e on E a s t Main street."

A spec ia l c o m m u n i c a t i o n of Caleb B u t l e r lodge will be held on .Monday even ing , M a r c h 4. W o r k — E . A. de ­g r e e .

David K l r k p a t r l c k , of Cowansv i l l e , C a n a d a , who h a s been v i s i t ing h i s n e p h e w , J o s e p h K. Q u a c k e n b o s s , w ^ n t .home on T u e s d a y ,

Mrs , E l i z a b e t h H. Lew, of Lowel l , r e c e n t l y o b s e r v e d he r n ine ty- f i r s t b i r t h d a y a n n i v e r s a r y a t t h e h o m e of h e r d a u g h t e r , -Mrs. .Mary H a z a r d , of t h i s town, and w h o h a s been a r e s i ­d e n t of t h a t city f rom he r ea r ly g i r l ­hood. T h e day is a l w a y s a n t i c i p a t e d by h e r wi th g r e a t p l e a s u r e and on t h i s occas ion s h e w a s g ree ted by m a n y of he r r e l a t ives a n d f r iends , some c o m i n g from a d i s t a n c e . F o r t h e last iwt-nl.v-fivo y e a r s , no t a b i r t h d a y h a s p a s s e d t h a t s h e did no t have a g igan ­t i c b i r t h d a y c a k e m a d e espec ia l ly for t h e occas ion , w h i c h s h e herse l f a l ­w a y s c u t s a n d d iv ides a m o n g the g u e s t s p r e s e n t .

E. V: E l d r i d g e a n d E. N. Ph i l l i p s c a m e h e r e l a s t week F r i d a y , go ing ove r t h e town, t a k i n g t h e locat ion of al l i n s u r a b l e p r o p e r t y for the new p l a n s for t h e S a n b o r n flre i n s u r a n c e m a p , pub l i shed by t h e firm in New Y o r k ci ty, cop ies of wh ich , when com­ple ted , will be found in t h e h a n d s of a l l t h e i n s u r a n c e c o m p a n i e s of th i s s t a t e and o t h e r c o m p a n i e s a n d t h e i r a g e n t s a l so .

.Mrs. S a m u e l W. F l e t c h e r , of .New­t o n H i g h l a n d s , f o r m e r r e s iden t of th i s t own , u n d e r w e n t a ve ry s e r i o u s s u r g i ­cal ope ra t ion a c o u p l e of w e e k s ago , iu i th fear by h e r fami ly t h a t she wou ld no t recover , b u t is a t l a s t ou t of d a n g e r .

.Mr, and .Mrs, F r e d B, Fe l ch , w h o h a v e been for s o m e t ime a t T a m p a , F la . , a r e n o w a t San .Mateo. S o m e t i m e th i s m o n t h t h e y will s t a r t on t h e i r r e t u r n to t h e i r , home h e r e from J a c k s o n v i l l e by boa t , m a k i n g s t o p s a t Was l i ing ton and B a l t i m o r e , r e a c h ­ing h e r e some t i m e be tween t h e fif­t e e n t h and t w e n t i e t h of th i s m o n t h .

.Mrs. S. P, .Morgan, who h.is been livint; p a n of t h e w i n t e r wi th he r I b r o t h e r - i n - l a w , , \u ,gus tus Lovejoy, is atrain located a t he r p a r e n t a l home on I-;ast .Main s t r e e t .

F r e d Ruso h a s moved into the house on u p p e r W a s h i n g t o n s t r ee t la te ly va­c a t e d by .Mr. K e n n e y , owned by .\lr. I ' i ielps and kno.vii a s tho H a c k e t t p l ace , a n d a w a y b a c k a s the V a l a n -c o u r t S tone iilace.

On t h e even ing of F e b r u a r y 27, t h e H a y d e n Conce r t C o m p a n y gave a n ­o t h e r of the i r m u s i c a l e n t e r t a i n m e n t s in P a g e hall wi th an en t i r e c h a n g e of p r o g r a m , which w a s very h igh ly a p p r e c i a t e d by t h e a u d i - n c e p re sen t . T h e m e m b e r s of t h i s conce r t c o m p a n y a r e fast ga in ing in the e s t ima t ion of t h e publ ic w h e r e v e r they a p p e a r , and t h e y a r o very m u c h in evidence.

In the i s sue of F e b r u a r y IT, we pub­l i shed t w e n t y - n i n e c o l u m n s of local n e w s and in t h e i s s u e of F e b r u a r y 24, t h i r t y - f o u r c o l u m n s , t h a t week be ing t h e l a rges t a m o u n t of n e w s m a t t e r th:;n any previoi is week for the pas t fnr ty- t l i ree yei irs . Tliat is a r e m a r k ­ab le record for a local pape r pub l i sh ­ed In th is s t a te ,

T h o W o m a n ' s .Mliancp will m e e t wi th .Mrs. K. H. l i igelow on T h n r s d a y a f t e rnoon . .March 7. a t t h r e e o 'clock.

At t h e Y. P . R, V. l a s t Sunday , Miss R e b e c c a P i c r e e w a s leader . Mrs , Daisy Beckford g a v e a vocal solo and .\Iiss Evelyn .Sanderson a rec i t a t ion . Miss .Natalie l i ige low read a s to ry and .Mrs, B a r k e r gave an account of the w o r k of the Bi l l ings lec turesh i i ) cf the A m e r i c a n L 'ni tar ian a s soc i a t ion .

Rec ip roc i ty day will be observed by t h o Ayer W o m a n ' s c l u b on W e d n e s ­day . March 6, In t h o ves t ry of the C o n g r e g a t i o n a l c h u r c h , A b u s i n e s s m e e t i n g a t 2,30, a n d p r o g r a m a t t h r e e . G u e s t s a r o expec ted f rom t h e A l t r u r i ­a n c lub of Sh i r l ey , Ayer C u r r e n t E v e n t s c lub , L i t t l e t on W o m a n ' s c lub , Poppe re l l W o m a n ' s c l u b and W e s t Ac ­ton" W o m a n ' s c lub ,

F r a n y Maloney , of Springf ie ld , Is v i s i t ing M'rs, F r a n k O'.Nell.

Mrs . May L y n c h and d a u g h t e r Sy l ­v ia s p e n t S u n d a y In N a s h u a , N. H., a s g i i es t s of Mrs , T, W, Lynch .

Mrs , Lncy E v a n s , w h o h a s been v i s i t i ng Mrs . I da F l e t c h e r , r e t u r n e d t o h e r h o m e In G r o t o n on W e d n e s d a y .

T h e a l a r m f rom box 16 a t one o 'c lock on l a s t S u n d a y m o r n i n g p rov­ed t o bo a fa l se o n e , a l t h o u g h It had t h e effect of g e t t i n g t ho firemen ou t a t t h a t " u n s e e m l y h o u r , and sttch a l a r m s a r e e x p e n s i v e to t h o town .

T h e n e x t m e e t i n g of t h e Congrega ­t iona l m i n i s t e r s wi l l be held In t h e C o n g r e g a t i o n a l c h u r c h p a r l o r s on T u e s d a y , M a r c h 19.

T h e new l a w e n a c t e d F e b r u a r y 16, b u t t h i s y e a r n o t g o i n g In to effect un ­til March 17, i s a s f o l l o w s : C h a p . 110. An a c t t o e s t a b l i s h a , c losed season on p ickere l . Sec . 1. f t sha l l be u n ­lawful for a p e r s o n t o t a k e o r have In possess ion p i c k e r e l b e t w e e n t h e first day of M a r c h a n d t h e first day of May of a n y y e a r .

H a r o l d R. W h e e l e r , w h o h a s been wi th M r Love t t a s p i a n i s t for the p a s t t w o y e a r s , h a s s t a r t e d a c l a s s on p iano a n d h a s a n u m b e r of pupi l s . .Mr. W h e e l e r Is a first-class mus i c i an a n d t h o r o u g h l y u n d e r s t a n d s h i s bus i ­ness , hav ing a l a r g e c l a s s In M a y n a r d a n d M a r l b o r o .

Rev. T h o m a s L. F i s h e r , of I ^ o m -Ins te r , fo rmer ly v i c a r of St. A n d r e w ' s c h u r c h , w a s in t o w n l a s t Sunday .

Rev. E u g e n e M. G r a n t , of Wi l ton , N. H.. will occupy t h e p u l p i t a t t h e Unl-ta r f an c h u r c h on S u n d a y m o r n i n g and in t h e even ing •will a d d r e s s t h e Y. P. R. U. on h i s t r a v e l s In E u r o p e .

iTie Bos ton a n d M a i n e r a i l r o a d y a r d s a t E a s t Deerfield a n d Greenfield have been conBol ldated w i t h a v iew t o sav­i n g e x p e n s e s of o p e r a t i o n , and a t t h e s a m e t i m e I n p r e a s l n g t h e efilciency of t h e b ig y a r d s t h e r e . J o h n B. O'Con­nel l , of Ayer , f o r m e r l y . y a r d m a s t e r , h a s become g e n e r a l y a r d m a s t e r of t h e combined y a r d s w h i c h Is o n e of the m o s t I m p o r t a n t p o s i t i o n s on the F i t c h b u r g d iv is ion .

T h e flrst m o r t g a g e bond of t h e C h a n d l e r P l a n e r C o m p a n y for $1,000, sold a t auc t ion • a t t h e ofllce of C. F . W o r c e s t e r on T h u r s d a y m o r n i n g , w a s bid in by E. D. M a r t e l l , t h e holder of t he bond, for $450. T h e bond and t h e a c c r u e d i n t e r e s t for four y e a r s is w o r t h a b o u t $1200.

Newton S. J e n n e r s o n , of T o w n s e n d . w a s ad judged t o be In sane l as t Sat ­u r d a y . J o h n E. C o d i n g , of \ s h h v , was a l s o ofllcially d e c l a r e d i n s a n e and both w e r e c o m m i t t e d t o t h e s t a t e a sy lum a t W o r c e s t e r .

T h e St. A n d r e w ' s s e r v i c e s on Sun­day will cons i s t of a s e r m o n and holy c o m m u n i o n a t e l even a. m Sunday school and conf i rma t ion c l a s s at twe lve . On Monday n igh t , ther : ' will be an a d d r e s s by Rev; George A. Hood, of Wiscons in , and t h e l i t any a t ' 7 . 3 0 . Next F r i d a y t h e r e will be even ing p r a y e r and se rv i ce a t four p. m.

On T u e s d a y a f t e r n o o n , March 5, t h e m e m b e r s of, St. A n d r e w ' s gui ld will m e e t in t h e p a r i s h . r o o m s . At 2.30 on F r i d a y a f t e rnoon t h e W o m a n ' s a u x ­i l i a ry will mee t in t h e p a r i s h room.

.Mr, and Mrs , M, L, S a v a g e and Mrs. H u n t l e y S, T u r n e r r e t u r n e d on T h u r s ­d a y n igh t from t h e i r t r i p t o .New York ci ty , w h e r e t h e y en joyed t h e s igh t ­see ing , t h e few d a y s t h e y w e r e t h e r e , and wihere it W a s w i th difficulty to ob­s e r v e t h e sun o w i n g t o t h e s k y s c a p e r s on some of t h e s t r e e t s .

T h e s e r h e t o r l c a l s w e r e g iven a t the h igh school on F r i d a y a f t e r n o o n :

Selection, h igh school o r c h e s t r a : "The m u s t a r d p las ter ." F lo rence M. Fa l lon : "A young pol i t ic ian." F r a n k E. B r o w n : ••The pota to chi ld." E l i z a b e t h C. Sabln: "A race for life," E v e r e t t J. Hur l ey : "The keeper of the llprht." Sarah Rosa; piano solo. Pear l M. C a r l e y : ' T h e new Amer icanism." C la rence D, 'i'ouner: "Sandy," Helen C, M a r k h a m ; "Gabriel f l rub," Regina ld MacDonnel l ; ••The las t loaf," Pear l M, C a r l e y : •'An a b a n ­doned e lopement ," G e r t r u d e M. .Mc-

C.ir thy: selection, h igh school orches t ra . The moving p ic tu re show this Sa tu r ­

day evening is to be fea tured bv the fol lowing p ic tu res : ••One on li'eno.'^ B e t t e r man," ••The stulT t h a t d reams a r e made of." '•Date back. ' ' Three Illus­t r a t ed songs to to be given bv .Mr. Caskey, an o u t - o f - t o w n s inger .

ONl Y SIX DAYS MORB of our Clearance Sale of

MEN'S SUITS AND OVERCOATS Our Sale has been a grand success, still we have a number of good Bargains left, all

sizes and at the following prices: SUITS

$20,00 and $22,00, sale price. 5^15.47 $18.00, sale price 1 3 . 4 7 $15.00, sale price 1 0 . 4 7 $12.00, sale price 8 . 4 7 $10.00, sale price 7 . 4 7

OVEECOATS $20.00 and $22.00, sale price ? 1 5 . 4 7 $18.00, sale price 1 3 . 4 7 $15.00, sale price 1 0 . 4 7 $12.00, sale price 8 . 47 $10.00, sale price 7 .47

ONLY SIX P A Y S MORS

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T h e a u t o m o b i l e s h o w wh ich was held in ' P a g e ha l l on T h u r s d a y and F r i d a y , i nc lud ing t h e e v e n i n g s of both days , u n d e r t h e a u s p i c e s of t h e Ayer A u t o m o b i l e S ta t ion , R o b e r t -Murphy & Sons , t h e p r o p r i e t o r s , w a s l a r g e l y a t ­t ended and m a n y f a v o r a b l e r e m a r k s w e r e h e a r d in r e g a r d t o it. Th i s is t h e first exh ib i t ion of i t s k ind ever held in th i s s ec t ion a n d w a s very c r e d i t a b l e to those h a v i n g it in c h a r g e . T h e r e w e r e on exh ib i t ion t w o E-.M-F "30" and t w o F l a n d e r s "20" five-pas­s e n g e r t o u r i n g c a r s , and a F l a n d e r s "20" fore door r o a d s t e r . T h e r e were a l s o exh ib i t s of e n g i n e s , c r a n k shaf t s a n d o the r a u t o m o b i l e p a r t s , t i r e s , e tc .

The m a n a g e m e n t i s be ing ass i s t ed a t t h e shOiv by W. S. T e a c h o u t , of De­t ro i t , Mich,, a r e p r e s e n t a t i v e of the B-M-F A u t o m o b i l e Comi)any, Alfred "i'ates and W. E. M u r p h y , of R o b e r t .Murphy & Sons , a r e a l s o a s s i s t i n g in t h o d e m o n s t r a t i o n s of t h e c a r s . Geo. H. Rrown h a s an e x h i b i t of a u t o m o b i l e c lo th ing In c h a r g e of H . H, P roc to r , and George H. Hil l h a s a n exhibi t , c a m e r a s , t h e r m o s b o t t l e s and o t h e r o u t i n g supp l i es . T h e m u s i c is fur­n i shed by t h e A m e r i c a n o r c h e s t r a , which played a f t e rnoon and even ings . T h e hall was ve ry t a s t e fu l ly decora ­ted with A m e r i c a n flags.

M i n i s t e r s ' M e e t i n e .

The annua l moe t ing of the Min i s t e r s ' Cnion was held in t h e lower town ha l l on T u e s d a y . A ve ry i n s t r u c t i v e and i n t e r e s t i n g p r o g r a m was a r r a n g e d by the c o m m i t t e e h a v i n g t h e m a t t e r in c h a r g e , and which Rev. W . .1. l ia t t . of Concord . lunct ion w a s the p r i m e mover .

T h e m o r n i n g s e r v i c e began a t ten o 'clock. Rev. 0 . J . Fafrf ield. of Li t t le ­ton , spoke on t h o d i v o r c e ques t ion In re fe rence to a h y p o t h e t i c a l c a s e r e ­s e m b l i n g a ce r t a in c o n c r e t e ono, "Tho t r u e a t t i t u d e of t h e m i n i s t e r t oward i n d u s t r i a l d i s t u r b a n c e s , " w a s t h e sub ­j e c t of a n a d d r e s s by Rev . H. L, Pack­a r d , of Li t t l e ton ,

Rev, J . R, K e t t l e s p o k e on t h e r e ­ca l l of m i n i s t e r s . T h o book wr i t t en by Rev, L. B. McDona ld , en t i t l ed "Life In t h e m a k i n g . " w a s c o m m e n t e d upon by Rev. W. ,1. B a t t . of Concord . lunc­t ion . In t h e p lace of R e v . Mr. Tor.rey. of Bedford, w h o It •w'as hoped would be p r e s e n t for t h i s ^purpose.

In t h e a f t e rnoon , a t t w o o 'c lock. Rev. G. R. B a k e r , of L e o m i n s t e r , gave an I n t e r e s t i n g a d d r e s s on " P e r s o n a l work wi th unbe l l eve rg . " R e m a r k s were m a d e upon tho e a r a e s u b j e c t a f t e r t ho regwTar a d d r e s s w a s g iven , by, Revs . H . A. Corne l l , of G r o t o n : G-. H . H a r d y , of A s h b u r n h a m . a n d G u n n , of Con­cord .

R e s o l u t i o n s wer© p a s s e d f avor ing t h e p ro tec t ion of ch i l dhood , a bill for

t h a t p u r p o s e be ing n o w b e f o r e con­g r e s s ; on social s e rv i ce in s e t t l e m e n t •tt'ork; o n t h e p e a c e m o v e m e n t , u p h o l d ­ing P r e s i d e n t Ta f t ' s h a n d s In t h a t m a t t e r ; on un i fo rm d ivo rce l a w s ; on t h e f r a t e rna l f ede ra t ion a m o n g p r o -t e s t a n t c h u r c h e s , a n d o t t h e a t t i t u d e of m i n i s t e r s t o w a r d o r g a n i z e d l abor .

Votes of t h a n k s w e r e e x t e n d e d to G e o r g e E. Fe l ch , of Ayer , for t h e do ­n a t i o n of beaut i fu l flowers; t o Rev . W. J . B a t t , of Concord J u n c t i o n , for h i s w o r k in a r r a n g i n g t h e m e e t i n g ; to Rev. G. R. B a k e r , of L e o m i n s t e r , for h i s I n t e r e s t i n g a d d r e s s , a n d t o Mrs . J . W. T h o m a s and l ad le s f r o m Concord a n d S p m e r r i l l e for s e r v i n g tli6 fine l u n c h d u r i n g t h e noon r e c e s s .

A m o n g the c l e r g y m e n p r e s e n t w-ere: Rev, George T e w k s b u r y , Rev . W. J . B a t t a n d Rev . Mr, G u n n , of C o n c o r d ; Rev, J , B, Ke t t l e and Rev . G. R. B a k e r , of L e o m i n s t e r ; Rev, Mr. P a r d e e , of B o l t o n ; Rev, 0 . J . Fa l r f le ld , Rev . H. L. P a c k a r d and Rev . H e r b e r t C a u l k ­ins , o t L i t t l e t o n ; Rev. H. A. Corne l l , of G r o t o n ; Rev. F . H. "Viets, Box­b o r o u g h ; Rev. J . W. T h o m a s a n d Rev . A. L, B u m p u s , of A y e r ; Rev . G. H, H a r d y , of A s h b u r n h a m , a n d Rev . L, H, Morse , of Sti l l River ,

T h e c o m m i t t e e s e n t t o Dr , F i s k t h e i r spec ia l c o m p l i m e n t s in a b o u q u e t of flowers and e x p r e s s e d t h e i r deep r e g r e t t h a t he had been p r e v e n t e d f rom be ing p r e s e n t a n d p a r t i c i p a t i n g in t h e m e e t i n g d u r i n g t h e day.

R e s a l t s of I n q a e s t s F i l ed . Assoc ia t e j u s t i c e C, F , W o r c e s t e r

h a s filed h i s dec i s ions on t h e i n q u e s t s on t h e d e a t h s of L u c y L a i n b e r t , of Wes t fo rd , a n d of t h e u n k n o w n m a n who w a s found on t h e t r a c k s a t L i t ­t l e ton , on F e b r u a r y 10, t h e i n q u e s t on w h i c h w a s he ld l a s t S a t u r d a y .

On t h e flrst n a m e d i n q u e s t t h e c o u r t finds t h a t t he said Lucy L a m b e r t c a m e to h e r dea th a t sa id Wes t fofd on J a n u a r y 6, In c o n s e q u e n c e of s t r y c h n i n e ad ­m i n i s t e r e d by herself ' w i th su ic ida l in­t e n t , t h a t she a c k n o w l e d g e d t h a t she had t a k e n t h e poison for t h e p u r p o s e above s t a t ed . 'The c a u s e of dea th was f u r t h e r su s t a ined hy t h e ev idence of t h e phys ic ian , w h o wus ca l led in t h e c a s e and by t h e med ica l e x a m i n e r and r e p o r t of t h e chemis t , w h o examined t h e o r g a n s t u r n e d over t o him by the medica l e x a m i n e r . I t h e r e f o r e find t h a t t h e un lawfu l a c t of n o person c o n t r i b u t e d to t ho d e a t h of said Lucy L a m b e r t .

On the dea th of t h e u n k n o w n man found on the t r a c k s in L i t t l e ton on F e h r u a r y 10, the cou r t finds t h a t t he u n k n o w n man c a m e to h i s dea th hy be ing s t r u c k by a w e s t bound t r a i n on t h e F i t c h b u r g divis ion of t h e Bos­ton a n d Maine r a i l r o a d . I h a v e a r ­r ived a t th i s conc lus ion f rom the t e s t i ­m o n y of t h e e n g i n e e r a n d firemen on t r a i n 51.5, who on t h e m o r n i n g of said F e b r u a r y 10, d i scove red said body he-side t h e wes t bound t r a c k u n d e r such c i r c u m s t a n c e s a s t o p l a in ly indicate t h a t it had been s t r u c k by s o m e pass ­ing t r a i n . No p e r s o n a p p e a r s to have wi tnes sed t h e acc iden t , b u t t h e r e is no r e a s o n to bel ieve t h a t said un­k n o w n man -was a p a s s e n g e r or em­ployee upon, a r a i l r o a d o r a t r a v e l e r upon a publ ic or p r i v a t e way at a r a i l r o a d c ros s ing . I do no t find that t h e un lawfu l a c t of a n y p e r s o n con­t r i b u t e d to said death . .

Ath leUc Exh ib i t ion .

T h e a th l e t i c exh ib i t ion of a hifih o r d e r will be given in t h e t o w n hall on n e x t T h u r s d a y even ing , u n d e r the d i r ec t i on of the m a n a g e m e n t of the Civic g y m n a s i u m . T h i s exhibi t ion is a n n u a l l y given a t t h i s s e a s o n , after t h e baske tba l l per iod is over . T h e r e will be a full t w o h o u r s ' p r o g r a m , which is g u a r a n t e e d t o be first-class in e v e r y r e spec t . T h e p r o g r a m will cons i s t of d r i l l s , a t h l e t i c even t s and g y m n a s t i c danc ing . T h e j u n i o r c lass ­es will have four n u m b e r s on the p r o g r a m and t h e s e n i o r s four .

T h e F i t c h b u r g Y. M. C, A, l e ade r s c o r p s , composed of ten m e n , will give an exhib i t ion o£ dr i l l s , a p p a r a t u s work and g:ymnastlc d a n c e s t o t h e accom­p a n i m e n t of t h o p iano , t h o p laye r to be b r o u g h t h e r o from F i t c h b u r g for t h a t occas ion . T w o s i lve r cups will be g iven a s p r i zes t o t h e sen io r c l a s s ­es for t h e bes t a p p a r a t u s and a th l e t i c w o r k .

T h e g y m n a s i u m h a s had a very c r ed i t ab l e season , bo th to t h e p l a y e r s a n d t o t h e m a n a g e m e n t , a n d th i s oc­cas ion will g ive a n o p p o r t u n i t y for tho pub l i c t o m a t e r i a l l y e x p r e s s i ts a p p r e c i a t i o n for t h e good w o r k done.

Bhske tbnI I .

T h o fas t C e n t r a l v l l l e s . of Ix)wcll, won from t h e Civic c lub In t h a t city on T u e s d a y even ing by t h e score of 39 t o .21. T h e Ayer five w a s wi thout t h e s e r v i c e s of Ryun a n d Hooley . two of t h e r e g u l a r p l a y e r s , wh ich made It n e c e s s a r y t o c h a n g e t h e pos i t ions of t h o p l a y e r s a n d t h e add i t i on of sub ­s t i t u t e s , which hkd a t e n d e n c y to w e a k e n t h e t e a m w o r k , a l t h o u g h the Indiv idual p l ay ing w a s good .

T h e g a m e -was of p a r t i c u l a r In te res t bo th t o t h e Lo-well p e o p l e and the local fo l lowers of t h e g a m e , a s each t e a m had <v,r>n a g a m e . T h e con tes t

was u n e q u a l f rom t h e s t a r t . A t the end of the flrst period, the Lowel l boys were l e a d i n g by t e n po in t s , t h e s c o r e a t t h a t t i m e be ing 17 t o 7.

Ayer m a d e a be t t e r s h o w i n g In t h e second pe r iod which b r o u g h t u p t h e i r to ta l to twen ty -one , whi le t h e i r op p o n e n t s i nc r ea sed t h e i r lead f r o m t e n to t w e n t y - t w o , t h e i r t o t a l be ing t h i r t y n ine .

-Manning and Doole m a d o a l l t h e po in t s for Lowel l , t h e f o r m e r g e t t i n g twenty- f ive and t h e l a t t e r f o u r t e e n . J, D o n a h u e scored the mos t for t h e Civic c lub -with a to ta l of t e n . T h e s u m m a r y :

CKNTRALVII.LES CfVIC CLUB Doole. If rf, .SulUvan Manning, rf if, Green P., P 'reeman, G, Freeman , c, . . . c, F, D o n a h u e

Atkinson, lb rb, J, D o n a h u e Byam, rb lb. Hurley, M, D o n a h u e

Score—Centralvl l les 39. Civic c lub 21, Goals from floor. Sullivan, Green 2, J, Donahue 5, F , Donahue 2. Doole 7, Man-nIng 12. Goals from fouls. Su l l ivan , Manning. Keferee. Wilson, Timer , rtirown. Scorer, -Vullln, Time, 20m, halves .

T h e local baske tba l l s e a s o n c a m e to a g l o r i o u s finish s o far a s t h e t w o c o m p e t i n g home t e a m s »i-?re c o n c e r n ­ed on T h u r s d a y even ing , w h e n t h e Civic c lub five o v e r w h e l m i n g l y de ­feated t h e Cent rah- i i l e s of L o w e l l by a s c o r e of 78 to 10, and t h e Aye r high school t e am showed t h e I s o t a c lub, f rom Leomins t e r , s o m e p o i n t s abou t t h e g a m e which o u r boys won by t h e s c o r e of 24 to 16. T h e g a m e was a h a r d contes ted one t h r o u g h o u t , but t h e s u p e r i o r p l ay ing of t h e Ayer high five w a s a t all t imes a p p a r e n t , a l t h o u g h t h e y had to k e e p g o i n g to win.

B o w l e r a n d D o n a h u e for t h e Ayer h igh p l ayed t h e i r u sua l good g a m e and s c o r e d all bu t one poin t for t h e i r t eam, Maloney g e t t i n g one in t h e final per iod w h e n he took H u r l e y ' s p lace . T h e r e w e r e no specia l f e a t u r e s in r e ­g a r d t o t h e p l a j i n g of t h e v i s i t o r s . •

T h e Cen t r a lv l l l e s , f resh from t h e i r v i c to ry o v e r the c r ipp led Aye r t e a m a t Lowel l on Tuesday n igh t , c a m e to t o w n wi th t h e idea t h a t t h e y could r e p e a t t h e vic t ry . But a m o r e s u r ­p r i s ed b u n c h could not be i m a g i n e d , w h e n the g a m e got u n d e r way, w h e n t h e y s a w the locals p i l ing u p t h e h e a v y n u m b e r of b a s k e t s a g a i n s t t h e m .

T h e v i s i t o r s were eas i ly o u t p l a y e d a t e v e r y point , and m a d e a p i t i ab le sho'R'ing a g a i n s t t h e fast Civic c l u b t e a m . E v e n .Manning and Doole, t h e i r s t a r p l a y e r s , and t w o of t h e f a s t e s t men in Loavell, on ly got ten p o i n t s b e t w e e n t h e m . M a n a g e r Cou l t e r w a s k e e n l y d i sappo in ted a t the poor s h o w ­i n g of h is t eam, a s he w a t c h e d t h e m g o i n g d o w n to a c r u s h i n g defeat . T h e Civic five s t a r t ed r i gh t in in t h e first half a n d t h e b a s k e t s c a m e so fast t h a t it w a s hard t o coun t t h e m .

W h e n t h e perio'd had eiided t h e y had 55 p o i n t s t o Lowel l ' s 4. T h e y w e r e a l i t t l e m o r e merciful in the second h.alf be ing sat isf ied with 23 po in t s t o t h e i r o p p o n e n t s ' 6. Amio t t scored t h e mos t b a s k e t s for .A.yer, m a k i n g e leven , and M.anning for Lowell with four , Vxo from t h e floor and t w o from fouls , a to t a l of s ix.

T h e s e g a m e s w e r e the fas tes t p lay­ed h e r e t h i s season , and t h e l a r g e c r o w d k e p t up a cont inued c h e e r d u r ­ing t h e e n t i r e games . T h e s u m m a r y : CIVIC c i . f n C I : N T P , . \ I , V I I . ! . K S

Pnl l lvan. rf rf. M a n n i n g Green, If if, Doole Don.ihvie, c c, (;. anrt R, F r e e m a n .Vmlott. rb lb. Bvam Forbes , lb rb. , \ t k l n s o n

Score—Clvlo club 7S, Cont ra lv l l los 1(1, Goals from lloor. .'^iillivan 3, Dona-lu}e 7, fJreen K. ..\mlott 11. Fo rbes 7. Mann ing 2. Dnnlo 2. Goals from fouls. Sni l lvan -i. Donahue, .Manning 2. I'.ef-eree, Forbes , Timer. Mullln. T ime 20 and 1,') m, period,

AVKI? HTGH TSOT,\ CI.FIt F l l l eb rown, rf rf, H a s t i n g s no'n'ler. If If, Har reU D o n a h u e , c , r , I . o t t e r s . Sulilk** Brown, rb rb. Young Hur ley . Maloney. ]b lb. B a r r y

Scoro—.\yer high school 2(. Isota c lub 17. Goals from floor. B a r r v 2. H a s t i n g s 2. Bar re t t 2. Bowler ,',, Dona­hue 4. Maloney. Goals from fotils. Let­ters , B a r r e t t 2, Suhlke, Donabue 4, Referee. Forbes . Timer. Mullin. Time. 20m. ha lves .

LUNENBURG.

HcTTs I t e m s .

Miss M a r i a M. W o o d b u r y p a s s e d h e r n i n e t i e t h b i r t h d a y on W e d n e s d a y . F e b r u a r y 28. Many of he r f r i ends ca l l ed on h e r a t he r h o m e a t A. L. H o i s i n g t o n ' s . Brookiilde f a r m , and t h o s e w h o w e r e u n a b l e to call r e m e r p -be red w i th posta l c a r d s a n d o t h e r t o k e n s . F o r m a n y y e a r s Miss W o o d ­b u r y h a s been conflned to t h e bed wi th a b r o k e n h i p . u n a b l e even t o t i r rn h e r ­self In bed unaided , bu t she Is a l w a y s so b r i g h t and h a p p y and c h e e r f u l , even u n d e r such a d v e r s e c i r c u m ­s t a n c e s , t h a t It Is a real p l e a s u r e t o m e e t h e r , and her p r e s e n c e s e e m s a bened i c t i on t o all w h o k n o w h e r .

• Rev . E l l e r y C lapp of N o r t h a m p t o n filled t h e pu lp i t In t h e C o n g r e g a t i o n a l c h u r c h l a s t S u n d a y m o r n i n g . On March 3 , Rev . A. T. K e m p t o n w i n p r e a c h .

.Monday. M a r c h 4, will be t h e a n ­n u a l t o w n m e e t i n g . D i n n e r w i l l be served In t h e l o w e r hal l by t h e l ad ie s of t he W. C. T . • U, T h e n e w t o w n books a r e o u t a n d wil l be e a g e r l y s tudied .

T h e m i d - w i n t e r e n t e r t a i n m e n t by t h e Old H o m e W e e k a s soc ia t ion wi l l be he ld in t h e t o w n ha l l on t h e even­ing of .March 14. A good p r o g r a m is a r r a n g e d a n d t i c k e t s on s a l e a t the postofflce.

V e t e r a n ^ H o n o r e d hj G r a n g e .

On W e d n e s d a y even ing , F e b r u a r y 21, by previo i l s i nv i t a t i on and a r ­r a n g e m e n t , t h e v e t e r a n s of t h e civil •war n o w l iv ing in t o w n , w i th t h e i r wives , w e r e e n t e r t a i n e d by t h e g r a n g e . T h e p r o g r a m w a s in the h a n d s of J a m e s A. Li tchfield, w h o In t roduced t h e v a r i o u s n u m b e r s . T h e first w a s a n o r ig ina l p o e m , " T h e los t b a t t a l ­ions , " by H e n r y L, B u r n e l l , a f o r m e r L u n e n b u r g boy, a n d w a s r e a d by A, W. W a t s o n . T h i s w a s fol lowed by o t h e r r e a d i n g s , i n c l u d i n g a G. A. R. poem by E r n e s t A k e r ; " O u r flag," by .Mrs, .Marian C a s s ; " M a r t h a V i rg in i a ' s h a n d , " by EUhel Ehne r son ; ".My love a n d I ," J o h n W o o l d r e d g e , w r i t t e n by a con fede ra t e s o l d i e r wh i l e a p r i s o n e r of w a r on J o h n s o n ' s I s l a n d in L a k e E r i e , a n d w a i t i n g for h i s p a r o l e or e x c h a n g e ; " H a p p y l and A m e r i c a , " sunpr by J . A. Litchfield.

A n o t h e r p o e m . b y Mr. B u r n e l l . "One by one t h e ve ts a r e p a s s i n g , " jind read by S t i l l m a n S t o n e , w a s m u c h a p p r e c i ­a ted , and w a s fol lowed by " H a r d t a c k , " an old a r m y song , Mrs . ESnma P a r k e r ; "Old Glory , " w r i t t e n by B. JI , B r i g g s a n d a d o p t e d by t h e P o m o n a g r a n g e a s t h e i r n a t i o n a l song , in wh ich all u n i t e d in s i n g i n g ; t h e n " R e m i n i s c e n c e s , " w a s g iven by Com­r a d e s Litchfield, J e w e t t and S t o n e , g iv ing s o m e v e r y t h r i l l i n g and i n t e r ­e s t i n g e x p e r i e n c e s of t h o s e days •which t r i e d m e n ' s s o u l s . T h e n al l un i t ed in s i n g i n g " T e n t i n g on t h e old c a m p g r o u n d . "

D u r i n g t h e e v e n i n g and i n t e r s p e r s e d w i th o t h e r e x e r c i s e s v a r i o u s a r m y ca l l s w e r e g iven on t h e c o r n e t by F r a n k E. L a n c e y . who for t h e flnai n u m b e r g a v e t h e " g r u b " cal l , and de ­l ic ious r a t i o n s w e r e se rved . I t w a s a fine e n t e r t a i n m e n t and m u c h enjoyed by a l l .

Compet i t ive D e b a t e .

F r i d a y even ing , F e b r u a r y 23, t h e compe t i t i ve d e b a t e b e t w e e n L u n e n ­b u r g h igh school a n d T o w n s e n d high Was held in t h e t o w n ha l l . T h e q u e s ­t ion w a s , "Reso lved , t h a t t h e Uni ted S t a t e s w e r e just i f ied in a b r o g a t i n g t h e t r e a t y of 1S32 with Russ i a , T h e j u d g e s w e r e F r e d A, S h a t t u c k of P l e a s a n t S t r e e t schoo l , F i t c h b u r g , Roy Lord of F i t c h b u r g h igh school and Alvin M. B e a r s e of L e o m i n s t e r h igh school .

T h e c o n t e s t w a s a ve ry c lose one , b u t w a s dec ided in favor of t h e af­firmative, L u n e n b u r g had t h e aflirm­a t l ve and T o w n s e n d t h e n e g a t i v e .

D u r i n g t h e e v e n i n g t h e high school q u a r t e t , composed of J o h n Gi lch res t , B rad fo rd K e m p t o n Al len J e w e t t and A r t h u r Cur l ey s a n g s e v e r a l s e l ec t ions and w e r e r e p e a t e d l y enco red .

OAXD o r TJAUXS. Wo wish to t h a n k i l l who wera so

kind to us In the recen t be reavemen t ot our m o t h e r ; - a l s o , for the flowers sen t In. • •

MRS. G E O R G E BARRETT, South FramlnKharo , Mass.

MRS. F O R E S T KNIGHT. Groton, Mass .

F e b r u a r y 28. 1912.

OAED OP THANKS. VTe wish to expres s our grratltude to

the Groton F l r e Depa r tmen t , Chief of Police, ne ighbor s a n d all o the r s who rendered t imely and va luab le a s s i s t ­ance In t r y i n g to save our proper ty from des t ruc t ion by flr-e on F e b r u a r y 23. We also wi sh to t h a n k t h e m a n y fr iends for t h e i r k ind ly sympa thy for us a t this t ime. •

H A R R Y P. TAINTER and Fami ly .

Groton, F e b r u a r y 29, 1912.

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F O n S.VI.K—Single and Bose Comb Cockerels , also one flne Whi t e W v a n -dot to Rooster . H. .\. TH.WrCK. l i a r ­vard. Mass. Te lephone 54. 2fjr)

PIGS F o n S.VI.F.—Tteglstered Berk ­sh i re P igs for sale. A 1 breeding . Also Regis te red Ches t e r and Grade Pigs , DAVIS & DF.NNKN-, Peppere l l , Mass.

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COMMON'WEALTH O F MASSACHU­SETTS. Middlesex, ss. P r o b a t e Cour t ,

To the h c l r s - a t - l a w , nex t of kin and all o the r pe r sons In te res ted In the es ­t a t e of RUTH E, BURGESS la te of Ayer In snld County , deceased.

•Whereas, 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 bo the las t wil l and t e s t a ­m e n t of said deceased h a s been p r e ­sen ted to sa id Cour t , for P r o b a t e , by H A T T I E A. LONGLEY who p r a y s thaf Icjttcrs t cHtamen ta ry m a y bo Issued to her. t he e x e c u t r i x the re in named.

You a r e he reby c i ted to a p p e a r a t a P r o b a t e Court , to bo held a t Cambr idge , tn sa id Coun ty of Middlesex, on the e i g h t e e n t h d a y of March A. D. 1912, a t nine o'clock In tho forenoon, to show cause . If a n y you havo, w h y the same should not be g r a n t e d .

And said p e t i t i o n e r Is he reby d i rec ­ted to g ive publ lo not ice thereof, bv pub l i sh ing th i s c i t a t ion once In each weeft, for t h r e e success ive weeks . In T u r n e r ' s Pub l i c Sp i r i t a n e w s p a p e r publ i shed in Aye r t h e las t publ ica t ion to be one day , a t least , before sa id Cour t , a n d by m a i l i n g pos t -pa id , o r de ­l ive r ing a copy of t h i s c i t a t ion to all k n o w n pe r sons In t e re s t ed In the e s ­t a t e , seven d a y s a t l ea s t before sa id C o u r t

•Witness. C h a r l e s J . lrf<)Intl''e, K'squlre, F i r s t J u d g e of sa id Cour t , t h i s t w e n t y -four th d a y of F e b r u a r y In t h e y e a r Ono thousaird n i n e h u n d r e d a n d twelve .

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Ii'efrg Items. The Brotherhood of the Congrega­

tional church will holtl Its regular meeting on Tuesday evening, March 12, Supper •will be served at 6.30, under the direction of William J. Crommett, chairman of the supper committee. Each member will Invite a boy friend, consequently a largo del­egation of boys are expected to be present as guests of the Brotherhood. Mr. Fowler, the president of the Brotherhood, will also secure an In-tereetlng speaker for the occasion, and the evening unquestionably will be a very pleasant oue for the mem­bers and their young guests.

Philip Gionet, seventy-nine years of age, fell in his yard last week Thurs­day, breaking his hip. Au oiwration was performed by Dr, Cowles, of Ayer, assisted by the family physician, Dr, Lilly, of this town. It is tliought .Mr, Glonet will recover.

The members of tho St, Jean, Arti­sans, I'Assomption and tho Holy .\'ume societies will receive communion in a body on Sunday morning. .March H, In St. Anthony's church at the eight o'clock mass. Members of the ahove societies are requested to meet in the basement of the church at 7,45,

At the regular meeting of tiie mem­bers of Court Delorme of the Union St. Jean Baptiste last Sunday after­noon, three new members were initia­ted and one applicutiou for member­ship received.

.Mrs. John \Y. Slocomb attended the funeral of her aunt in Worcester last week Friday, a .Miss Chandelet. who died from a paralyiic shock. . The Lenten services at St. Anthony's church will be observed again this Saturday evening at seven o'clock.

Miss Arline Wilbur, of Cushing academy. Ashburnham, spent the week-end at home in company with her school friend. Miss Mildred Rich­mond. Both young ladies returned to their studies at Cushing academy on. Tuesday.

Mrs. A. A. Bronsdon has been called suddenly to the home of her father, :Mr. Abbott, in Keene, X. H.. who is in a very serious condition from fhe effects of a dislocation of one of his shoulders, caused by a fall.

J. C. Ayer lodge, A. O. U. W.. will hold a smoke talk in their lodgeroom

, at the close of the next regular meet­ing, Monday evening, March 11. A good attendance is requested.

At the evening service of the Con­gregational church on Sunday morn­ing, March S, communion will be ob­served and fourteen new members re­ceive the righj hand of fellowshii) and be enrolled as members of the church. A special sermon will he oreached by the pastor. Rev. .\llen A. Bronsdon, and the day as a whole will be of gladness and interest for all who at­tend.

Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Gardner and daughter Lucile, of Jamaica Plain, made a short visit at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Gardner, one day last •week. Their son Edward also spent Washington's birthday with tlirra.

Mrs. Joseph C. Provost is spending this •week in Uxbridge, .where she went to attend the funeral of a cousin.

Victor O'Brien, with his I'auiily, •n-ill leave Shirley on .\pril 1, for their new home in Kennebunk, .Me., where he has purchased a farm. He has resided in Shirley foi- the past ten years, serv­ing as clerk at tlie store of Conant Bros., where- his courteous treatment to patrons will ahvays be rememberetl. The townspeople regret their leaving town.

George W. Balch was c.-illed to Franklin, X. H., early .Monday morn­ing, owing to the critical illness of his aunt, .Mrs. Xancy Wiggin, wlio died Monday afternoon. ,Mrs. Balch went to Franklin last week to care for Mrs. Wiggin, Tlie funeral took place on Thursday,

Frank Parmenter htis siveii up in­door work and will resume liis old du­ties on .Monday morning ,is railroad crossing tender at the Pha>iii\ cross­ing. Mr. Parmenter, wlio is not as yet in tiic- best of ::falth, needs the out-door life.

At the regular nieetinir of J. C, .\yer lod.go, A. O. U. W.. on Monday .•voninir. Harry O. Hangs was duly installed as guide of the lodge by Edward II. Har­low, deputy, and suite of Leoiiiiiister. Pleasing remarks were made by the depui.v and liis suite.

Jacob r . Beach has left his iiosition as cari 'entor at the Samson inrdage works and has ac.-epted a position in South Franiingliam as a car|)ein<-r, and will locate tliere witli !;is family as soon as he can sell his house,

Mrs. Fr d Hill, who resides on the Edirarion and Hyde farm, saw ,a herd of Iwei!ty-one deer in the yard at t.If Tear cf lier home on Thursda.v morn­ing at about eiglit o'clock. The sight w.'is not only unusual, liut certtiinly must iia\e been inspiring. .Mrs. Hill s,ays tlie herd ranged in size from very sniall to extra large.

Mrs, T/Ouisa Butterfleld will leave town again the first of tho week for a montli's visit to .Vashiia, X. 11., and will reinrn to her home in Shirley tho first of .Vpril to remain for the summer.

The officers and teachers of the Congregational Sunday school were entertained on Wednesday evening at tho home of Elmer H, Allen, superin­tendent of tho Sunday school. Many plJtns wero discussed in tho interosi of' the Sunday school and committees npi)ointod on various problems con­nected with tlio school to rcjiort later. A Sunday school social and enter­tainment will be hold in the near fu­ture under the direction of one of the senior CI.TSSCS of young people. At the close of the business session, re­freshments wero served by the host and hostess <and a .social hour enjoyed.

his departure seeiiied near at hand he expressed himself as ready to go, and bade all farewell, giving such informa­tion as he desired relating to his affairs. He was a christian gentleman with a cheery disposition and was al­ways ready with a kind word and sunny smile,

-Mr. Wheeler w a s born In East Cam­bridge seventy-six years ago. and mov­ed to Fitchburg with his parents when a young man. He married Susan .Melissa .Monroe there, and shortly af­ter his marriage moved to the place in Ashby where he and .Mrs. Wheeler have lived for fifty-six years. He was a carriage painter by trade. He leaves one son, Edward L. Wheeler, of Ash­by, father of Ralph Wheeler, of this town; also, two daughters, Mrs. James Coton, of Ashby, and .Mrs. Etta Bar­rett, of Fi tchburg; nine grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren, besides a large number of cousins and nieces.

The funeral services were held from his late home on .Monday afternqon. Rev. W. L. Loomis, of Ashby, ofliclat-ing. The pall bearers were relatives of the deceased. Burial was In Ash­by cemetery. The lloral tributes were very numerous and choice.

.Mr, and .Mrs, Ralph \\'heeler and family of Shirley, with other relatives from this town, attended the funeral.

Center. A party of young people tendered

Ora E. Holden a surprise party last week Thursday evening. Owing to a mistake in the arrangements the party arrived In several installments, less­ening the effect of the surprise. The evening was spent with music and in playing games. 'Refreshments of candy were served. Those who attended were Earl Graves, Ralph Graves, Em­ma Hubbard, Edith Longley, Howard Longley, Marion Warren, Lottie Bo­hanon, Gertrude Warren, Kenneth Longley, Bessie^. Ross, Edith Locke, Margaret Evans, Gilbert Evans, Hor­ace Harris , Mildred E^Ttns, Franklin Horton, Thomas Evans.

Harry Hodgman, at the East has ob­tained a position at the leatherboard factory in West Groton.

Xomination papers are being cir­culated for George Holden for the of­fice of highway surveyor.

The Matrons' Aid held a very pleas­ant meeting on Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Ardie A. Adams.

up the matter, Walsh & Walsh, of Fitchburg, who found that the building had been tilled for several decades without any legal right. The building Itself Is in a dangerous condition and standing as It does near tho home of .Mrs. Holden and within a few feet of both the Unitarian church aud town hall. Is a detriment both to Mrs. Hold­en's proiierty and the Shirley com­mon. It is exi>ected that the bjilding will be torn down and removed soon.

A. A. Flllebrown, auctioneer, will sell a lot of antique furniture, old china, household goods, etc., belong­ing to John W. Far ra r on Saturday, .March 9, commencing at ten a, m„ sharp. Antiques in town hall at one p. m.

Pcntli. Rufus W Wheeler, aged sevonty-slx

years, died at his home in Ashby at .six o'clock last week Friday morning. Mr. Wheeler was well known In Shir­ley, 'Where he visited quite frequently. having many relatives residing here. Mr., Wheeler was taken, sick only a fe'w'days before his death, which •was caused by heart disease, which has troubled htm for many years. When

The Girls' Sewing guild ot Trinity chapel held their regular fortnightly meeting on Saturday afternoon at the home of Mrs, William E, Barnard.

Mr. and Mrs, Charles K, Bolton and two sons spent last week at their summer home on Center road.

Miss Angeline Farnsworth. of West Groton, is staying at the hoMe of Mr, and Mrs. Melzer F a r n s w o ' h at the Xorth, for a few days,

.Mrs, Albert Woods, at the East, at­tended the funeral ot her brother in Pepperell 'last week.

Christine G. Longley, of Qulncy Slansion school, spent the week-end with her mother, Mrs. M. W. Longley,

Miss Lottie Bohanon, of Boston uni­versity, was a guest of Mr, and Mrs, Charles Longley, the latter p a n of last •week.

Jlrs, Henry Farnsworth, of Woods­ville, moved her furniture to -•Vyer last week, to the ujiper tenement of the house belonging to Albert Downing, on Washington street. .Mrs. Farns­worth herself has not left town yet, but is staying at the homes of .Mrs. G. C. West and Mrs. William Wilkins.

George Wetsell took over the meat route belonging to J. W. Farrar , on Saturday evening, .\rdie A. .-Vdams, who is to look after the route, began his duties last week in company with Mr, Far ra r ' s butcher, Elmer Hubbard, Mr, Hubbard expects to move with his family to .Mr, p-arrar's farm in Pom­fret very soon,

Frank Farnsworth. at the Xorth who has been confined to his home with a severe attack of the measles, is rap­idly improving.

The Center school has been present­ed with two silk flags by the Woman's Relief Corps, of .A.yer. These flags are thirty-two by forty-eight inches, and are equipped with a six-foot staff and wall bracket.

Ora E, Holden was unable to attend high school Isat week on account of illness,

Ulysses Wilson, of Maiden, is visit­ing his sister. .Mrs. Morse, at her home in Woodsville. Mrs. Morse has not yet recovered from her illness and is expected to go to the Kilbourn hospital again in a f'?w days for another opera-tioiv.

Don't forgot tho locturo hy Professor Yean of . \mherst college on "The busi­ness of market gardening." at tho meeting of Shirley grange on Tuesday evening, March ."i. A short business moetinsr will bo hold at 7.30. The doors will be thrown open to the jiub-lic at eight o'clock. Mr. Yean is a good authority on the subject .and a very interosting talk is expected. Mu­sic and readings will complete the program.

Miss Etta M. Holden is confined to hor home with an attack of the grippe,

Mr, and Mrs, Charles K, Bolton saw a doer one day la.st week In the field in back of their home on Center road,

Ruth M, Graves returned home on .Monday after a short visit with friends in Townsend Center.

John and Mary Grout, who hnvo beon suffering from the meiaslo_s, have receovered.

Charles Hasklns and family moved last week Into the house at the North owned by John W. Farrar .

Amos Farr<ar. at the N'orth, has giv­en up his position In Ijcominster.

One of the peace petitions was cir­culated at the last meeting of Shirley grange, receiving about twenty or more signers.

Tho next meeting of the First Par­ish Branch Alliance will be held on Thursday. March 7, at the home of the president, Mrs. Ixiuls J. Farnsworth. An interesting program Is expected.

The old Icehouse which stands on the land belonging to Mrs. Hattle P. Holden, and which has been filled for about fifty years by the Shirley Mutual Ice Company, bas been closed against further filling by the order of Mrs. Holden. Mrs. Holden retained to look

LITTLETON. About Town.

F. B. Priest started very suddenly last week Friday night on a business trip through Southern California.

Miss Dorothy Priest will speak be­fore the guild on "The bright side of life."

The King's daughters ' circle will meet next Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. W. A. Davis.

The United Mission class of the Or­thodox society will meet next Wednes­day with Mrs. Frank Dodge, in charge of .Mrs. H. L. Packard.

.Misses Lucy and Emily Adams were in their old home over Sunday, having a friend, .Miss Greenwood, of Leomin­ster With them.

George Chandler is about to move' to Amherst, where he has bought a place. It is on the electric line, about ten minutes' walk from the classical college, and a little further to the agricultural cue. The two oldest girls wtiil remain here throup-h the school year, so Leona can graduate with her class. They will have a room at Mrs. M. J. Priest's.

Kntcrt;ilnmcnt The literary entertainment ot the

Backlog club next Thursday evening will be a Browning evening in com­memoration of the one hundredth an­niversary of the birth of Robert Browning, which occurs this spring. Characteristic selections from his writings will be presented, among the poems read being the beautiful love lyric, "The last ride together"; the poems giving dramatic pictures, " i ly last duchess" and "The pied piper of Hamelin"; the hero poem,"Herve Riel," which describes an historic incident in French history; a native poem, "Home thoughts from abroad"; and two showing his appreciation of the in­cidents that give life meaning and worth, "A grammarian's funeral" and "Up at a villa down in the city."

All interested are cordially invited.

Ford Automobiles Ayer, Sterling and Lancaster

R. B. ANDREWS Leominster, Mass. Agent

Go to Boston.Auto Sliow and see Ford Touring Car and Runabout. Call for R. B. Andrews

SaflroyacMiiiCleaiver CLEANS

EVERYTHING-EVERYWHERE P O R T A B L E OR S T A T I O N A R Y ,

• -DEMONSTRATION FREE. : ' Q l ^ ^ & #

ICIeauloK done by the bear. Prompt attention to orders.

Marshal l Swallow. Groton, Mass.

New Adrertigements.

DEVOE TAKES LEAST GAL­LONS: ALWAYS

Paint Devoe; it's the cheapest paint in the world: never mind the price; it may or may not be more. Less gallons will paint the house; and the paint will outwear anything.

Skip wear; you've got to wait, to find that out.' It covers more; you haven't got to wait to find that out.

It's the cheapest ot all; no matter about the price.

Mr, Frank A, Morse, West Rutland, Vt,, says: "An old painter, who had painted my house load-and-oil a good many times, said 12 to 15 gallons Devoe, I got 15; it took CV'., with l^i of oil,

Mr, William Maughan, Central Rut­land, Vt,, bought fl; had 'i left.

That's how. Sold by Wm. Brown, .\yor; The

.McLaughlin Co., Harvard; Edw, W. Brigham, East Pepperell.

Union Cash Market

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LOOK OVER THESE P R i r E S

ROAST I'ORK, 13c. Ib

FRESH SHOrLDER I'ORK, l i e . lb

FORES LAMB, 10c. Ib

LEGS LAMB, 15c. Ib

GOOD SIRLOI.V STEAK, 20c. H)

GOOD SIRLOIX R0.4ST, 16c. Yn

L.\RGE, SELECTED OV.STERS,

4,-)C.

4 lb OYSTER rR. iCKERS, 2r,e.

DILL PICKLES, lOo. qt.

4 m BEST HEAD RICE, 2.5c.

BEX HCR BREAD FLOUR, S.-.c. bag

PASTRY FLOl'R, 7.5c. bag

5 CAXS CORX 2,5c., or 90c. doz.

OOLOXG TliA, SOc. lb

CEYLOX TEA, 8.5c. lb

H lb CAX COCOA, Iflc.

GOOD COFFEE. 25c. lb

CHAS. E. PERRIN Plumbing and Heating

MAGEE Ranges and Heaters

Windmlife Punnps Tanks » Towers

Pneumatic Water Supplies

West S t ree t Ayer, Mass. Telephone Connection

You Could Not

SAVE MONEY any easier than to come, in and investig-ate my MARK DOWN SALE, for I am sellinff

Felt Hats from SOc. to $1.25 Made Velvet Hats from $2.00

to $5.00 in order to make room for my New Spring Stock.

Miss Ethel K. Bruce Up One Flight. Piielps' Bidg. AYER, Mass.

Oakland 1912 Models Out

Remember the Place

UXIOV CASH KAEKET, Main Street

Ayer, Xass .

AT LOWEST PRICES A FULL LINE OF

BLANKETS AND ROBES Stnble nnd Street Blankets, Collnrg, Harnesses, Storm CoT«rs nnd Whips never before offered at such prices at the Blacksmith shop of

WM. E. WHEELER Central Ave. Ayer, Mass.

Phonr. 74-3. Rr«. 78-4.

Carriages of all kinds repaired In a thorough manner, Rubber Tires Fur­nished, Carriage and Auto Painting and Oeneral J'obbing.

HOBSESHOEnre A S P E C I A L T Y

T h e Car t h a t s p e a k s for itself-a n d Durable .

-Quiet, Swift

Prices, $1000-$3000 One of the best line

of Cars on the Market Write or phone for

Catalog and list of vic­tories. Demonstrations gladly given.

R. Y. NBLSON, I^ocal 5tgcnt Phone, 19-2 West Acton, Mass.

Is Your Farm For Sale ? Let me Icnow if near Ayer where I can show it with auto. No expense

to you unless we sell. You reserve privilege of selling if you can when you deal with Bliss or BrecVs Agency, which I represent. We have plenty of good customers and want more attractive places, especially for fruit and poultry.

WouldYouBuyaFarm? See our list flrst, all kinds from $500 to $30,000. Some we do not urge

on you; but we have those we do not hesitate to recommend as worthy of your attention whore we know you will not blame us If you buy. This Is the kind we enjoy working on. 1/et us help you flnd a satisfylnf; place.

3ml 0 EDWARD H. BLISS, Ayer, Mass. Phone Connection

Jas. P. Fitch JEWELER

CARLBTTS BLOCK, MAIN STREET

ifOAR P. O., ATBR

For Sale A lot of .Good Hay and Pulleta

which will be sold a t a reasonable price for cash. Full part iculars will be given by writing to R. F. D. 58, Harvard, Mass. 4t24

Boston & Maine B. B. Time Table l l O H t O U

W e e k a. m .

4.49 e.36 8.1G 8.64 9.30

11.00 11.30

S u m 8.68 9.30

11.00

t o A y e r D a y s

p. m. 12.30

2.04 2.46 4.00-4.29 6.09 5.14 5.59 6.19 7.09 7.30 9.16

11.29 a y s

12.30 1.10 2.00 4.00 7.30

lO.O.T A y e r «o F l l c l i b u r i c

W e e k a. m. •12 .47

6.57 8.08 9.14

10.25 10.31 11.58

S u n d '0 .26 n.5s

A y o r t o

D a y s j>. n i .

12.54 1.30 3.43 3.4C 5.06 CIO 6.25 7.18 '.20 S.27

11.02 a y s

3.32 6.05 8.27

11.18,

A y e r to B o s t o n W e e k D a y s

a. m. 6.46 6.26 7.00 7.66 8.10 8.30 9.16 9.26

10.35 11.02

S u n d a y s 6.4 6 8.05 9.25

10.08

F l t c f a b u r s : io W e e k Da>

a. ni. 6.20 6.35 7.30 8.06 8.46 9.03

10.12 10.40

S u n d a y s 5.20 7.35 9.03 9.44

W o r c c n t e r — 5 . 1 7 . 8.03. a. m.. 1.01. 4.52. 6.14. 8.05. 11.17 S u n d a y s —8.06 a. ta.. 3.37 p . m.

p. m. 12.49 1.42 2.49 3.42 4.22 6.53 6.1 1 C.;i2 7.42 9.07

4 . U 4.42 .'•..,'•.3 6.52 7.42

. A y e r 8 p. m. 12.15

1.17 2.2S 3.10 4.00 6.27 6.38 6.10 7.20 8.42

3.50 4.15 6.27 6.30 7.20 9.13

WorceMter to Ayer—'3.5S, 6.33. 8.00 9.36. 11.43 a. m.. 2.36. 4.66. 6.35 p. m. Sundays—3.58, 0.46 a. m., 6.07 p. m.

Ayer to N'uiiliiin—S.04. S.54. 10.26 a. m.. 12.54, 3.45, 6.13, 7.45 p. m. Sundays— 8.08 a. m., 6.13 p. m.

Naataun to Ayer—4,42. 7.05, 8.34, 11,68 a. m., 4.13, 6.25, 7.25 p. m.N Sundays— 7.05 a. m., 2,43 p. ra.

Ayer to Lowell—•4.63. 6.53. 8.16 a. m.. 12.60, 6.20 p. m. Sundays—4.63. 8.15 a. m.

Loirell to Ayer—7.03. 11.59 a. m„ 6.10, 5.42, 10.45 p. m. Sundays—2.16 p. m.

Ayer to .Milford, >'. H.—9.13 a. m., 12.51. 6.10 p. m.

Milford fo Ayer—0.55, 11.30 a. m., 3.20 p. m.

Ayer to nrecovllle, N. H.—9.18 1.32. 6.15 p. m. Sundays—3.3."i p.

Greenville to Ayer—6.50. 11.45 n. 4,50 p, m. Sundays—0.50

•Dally ecept Monday.

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Lowell & Fltehbnre Street Railway Co. TIMB TABLE.

Cars leave Ayer for North Chelms­ford and Lowell—6.05 a. m. and hourly at 6 minutes past the hour up to and Includine 10.05 p. m. An early car leaves the Ayer carhouse at 5.15 a. m.

Sundays—First car leaves Ayer at 7.05 a. m., then same as week days. Running time lo North Chelmsford. 40 mlnutos. Runnlnsr time to Lowell, 1 hour and 10 minutes.

Cars laav« North Chelmsford for Ayer —6.29 a. m. and 20 minutes past the hour up to and Including 11.20 p. m.

Sundays—8.20 a. m., then same as we«k days. Cars connect at Ayer up to 10 p. m. for Fitchburg and l.eomin­ster. Until 9 p. m. for Worcester.

Cars leave Forge Vlllage for North Chelmsford and Lowell—24 minutes past the hour.

Cars leave Forge Village for Ayer— 40 minutes past tha hour.

Cars leave North Chelmsford for Brookslde—5.50 a. m. and 50 minutes past the hour up to and Including 10.50 p. m.

Sundays—First car at 7.50 a. m., then same as week days,

Leavo Brookslde tor North Chelms­ford, Lowell and Ayer—6.05 a. m. and 5 minutes paat the hour up to and In­cluding 11.05 p. m.

Sundays—First car at 8.05 a. m.. then samo as week days. '

Leave North Chelmsford for West­ford—6.59. 7.50, 8.60, 11.50 a. m., 12.50. 1.50, 2.50, 3.60. 4.60, 5.59 p. m.

Sundays—7.50, 8.60, 9,50. 10.50 a, m., 12.59. 1.50. 2,60, 3.50, 4.58. 6.50 p. m.

Leave W^estford for Lowell—0.55, 7.40. 8.40, 11.40 a. m„ 12.40, 1.40, 2.40, 3.40, 4.40, 6,40 p, m.

Sundays-^7.4«, 8,40. 9.40. 10.40 a. m., 12.40, 1.40, 2.40. 3.40. 4.49, ?.40 p. m.

All schedules subject to change with­out notice.

L. H. COrSHINO, Superintendent.

W. fl. DRUMMY XEW.SDEALEE

Ballroad Square, East Pepperell

Mr. Drummey is the Agent for the Pepperell Clurion-Advcrtiser, and all items and advertisements left in bis care for this paper will receive their proper attention. Subscriptions and renewals will also be received for this paper at his store.

At his new quarters you will find tho Daily Papers, Periodicals, .Maga­zines and other reading matter.

KOSTON und XOBTHEUX ST. BY. CO. LOWELL D1YISI0>.

TIME TABLE. IVEEK BAY TIME.

Lcare Merrimack Square, Lowell for Boston via Tewksburg and Kcadlng

to Sullivan Square Terminal. Charles­town—6.45 a. ra. and every 30 mlns. until 9.45 p. in. Sundays—Same as week days. Heturn—Leave Suillvan Square—C.45 a. m., and every 30 mlns. until 8.45 «p. m. Sundays—7.45 a. m.. and every 30 mins. until 9.16 p. m.

Boaton via North Billerica. Billerica Centre. Burlington, Woburn. Winches­ter and .Medford to SulUvan Square Terminal, Charlestown—5,25 a, m. and every 60 mlns. until 9,25 p, m. (Satur­days every 30 mins. from 12.25 p. m. until 5.65 p. m.) 10.25 p. m. to Woburn only. Sundays—C.65 a. m, and every 30 mins. until 9.65 p, m. 10.26 p. m. to Wo­burn only. Heturn—Leave Suillvan S,puure Terminal—6.32 a. m. and every 60 minutes until 9.32 p. m. (Saturdays every 30 mlns. from 11.32 a. m. until 9.32 p. m.) Sundays—7.32 a. m. and every 30 mlns. until 9.32 p. m.

Tyngsboro via Middlesex Street—6.18. 8.00, 6.55, 7.18 a. m., and every 30 mlns, until 9.48 p. m.. then 10.48 p. m. Sundays—8.18 a. m., and every 30 mlns. until 10.18 p. m. Return—Leave Tynss-boro—6.40. 6.20, 6.67, 7.33 a. m., and every 30 mlns. until 10.33 p. ra.. th»n 11.33 p. ro. Sundays—9.03 a. m., and every 30 mlns. until 10.3S p. m.

North Chelmsford via Middlesex Street—5.18. 6.00, 6.30. 6.65, 7.03 a. m.. and every 16 mlns. until 11.33 p. m Sundays—7.33, 8.03 a. m., and every 16 mlns. until 10.33 p. m. Return—Leave North Chelmsford—6.30. 6.6B. 6.30. 0.57. 7.1s a. m., and every 16 mlns. until 11.03 p. m.. then 11.48 p. m. Sundays— 8.03 a. m. and every 16 mlns. until 11.03 p. m.

Lawrence—6.16, 6,16. 6.40 a. m. and every 30 mlns, until 10.40 p. m. Sun­days—7.10 a. m., then same as week days. Return—Leave Lawrence—B.20, 6.10, 6.60 a. m. and every 30 mlns. un­til 10.60 p. m. Sundays—7.20 a. m.. then same as week days.

Nashua—6.46 a. m. and every 60 mfns. until 10.46 p. m. (Saturdays every 30 minfl. from 12.46 p. m. until 10.16 p. m.) Sundays—7.16 a. m. and every 30 mlns. nntll 10.16 p. m. Return—Leavo Nashua —6.36 a. m. and every 60 mlns. untH 10.36 p. m. (Saturdays every 30 mlns. from 1.36 Pk m. until 10.36 p. m.) Sun­days—7.36 a. m. and every 30 mlns. un­til 10.36 p. m.

THOMAS LEES, Supt.

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A Nice Assortment o(

Democrat Wagons

Concord Buggies

Carriages, Butcher

Carts Harnesses

A GOOD ASSOBTMBWr AND AT ALL PBICHS.

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AUGUSTUS LOVEJOY

Insurance Agent and Broker F n n n Property ^rrtttcnj nlao, an kinds of Property plaeed tn so«d, s tronr compnBfefi.*

42 E«gt g a i n Street . Ayer.

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BROOKLINE, N. H.

News IteMg.

Mrs. Ella Tucker and daughter, .Mrs. Badger, o( Qulncy, made a short call on friends In town on Thursday ot last week. •

Miss Eva Sawyer has returned to her home In Sterling, Mass.

Horace Nye and s o n Ralph, of New York state, are the g u e s t s of .Mrs. Horace Nyo and .Mrs. .Maria Hall.

Mrs, Julia Lawrence arid son Will­iam were tho guests of .Mr. and .Mrs. Walter Corey on Sunday.

.Mrs. Sarah Hammond, of Groton, has been the guest of her daughter, .Mrs. Frank Austin.

Miss Mertie Lawrence has returned to her home in Hol l i s ,

The fol lowing fourteen new books have been added to the library list:

Mistress of Shenstone. Kenncdv Siiuare. The Barrier. .Mother Curev's Chickens. The Call lns of Dan Matthews, A W eaver ot Dreams, the Master's Vio­lin, The Story Girl. Kln« Spruce. Hual Durkec. WInnInK of Barbara Worth, Harvesters, The Iron Woman, and Love that Lives.

The many friends of Mrs. Horace -N'ye are glad to hear t h a t she is gain­ing again.

The Brookllne grange held its reg­ular meeting on Wednesday evening, February 28. The program w a s as fol­l o w s :

State discussion; the articles of ouslness In tho town mee t lns war­rant; mock town meetlnp. all to take part; sonp, tJeorBe Cadv; seri­al story, chapter 3, Blanche Hall-readlntr. .Mertie Lawrence: song, W. M Kdward Pierce; conundrums. Matthew Burke; recitation, Ksthcr F"arn.sworth-piano solo. Mada Nve; farce "The crystal glazer," Mr.f. Klorencp OTon-nell, Mr.s. Clara Kussell; geographical march.

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Wish to call your at­tention to their stock of

CEMETERY MEMORIALS

wh ich they wou ld be pleased to have intend­i ng purchasers inspect and obtain prices.

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AU the schools In town were closed on Monday afternoon of last week for a recess until .Monday.

Miss SalUo Belle , an Instructor In the schools of Swampscott , Mass,, spent las t wook with her mother, Mrs. Anna Bell .

Otis Goodwin, of Lynn, Mass.. spent Saturday anij Sunday with his mother. Mrs. Goodwin. .Miss Mary RIood, of Ayer, Is vis it ing at Mrs, Goodwin's.

Robort Lesl ie went t o Worcester last Sunday to visit h i s father, H. A. Iveslle, whose Il lness w a s reported in

Our nine paprr« hove n very in'Ke this paper three weeks a«o. Encour-ctrenlatlnn. Advertisers net Bood "•'-I „_.„„ J „ „ - , , . „ ,„ „» »r_ T . .^n. - i _ •oKa. n« nil ndveriiKeraenti. iippenr In | aff ng reports are of Mr. Les l ie S Im all niae papers.

Our cart will be In Ayer erery Tueg-day and Satnrinr. We will endeavor to give the best quality of sooda at reasonable prices. Please give ns a trial and be convinced for yourself. peHvcrles made in Ayer^_ 8

STRAXD WAOOX COMPACT IVesf Oroton

Saves y o u , money on Farm WaKons and Tip Carts. Have Traverse Rnn-ners and Sleds In Stock. 'We build wheels . lyr lS

Current Events . Wednesday evening. March 13, is to

bo poultry night at the grange meet­ing. Tho fol lowing program is arrang­ed for:

Question, "noes It pay the Brookllne farmer to raise poultry?" .Mr.s. Lucretia Martin. Henry ShatHick. C. H. Itus.sell Freeman Wright; ••Incubatois or old hensi. which?" Mrs. Florence O'Connell. George .Mar.shall: •Food and care" Clara E. Russell: .song, Mabel and L.sther Farnsworth; serial storv. chap 4. Mrs. Hattle Pierce; song. .Mr.s.' Minnie Hockwood; readings, .Mrs. Elva Corey ¥,'",•''• •''i.".?'*' ^"i^^: piano selections. .Ml.s.s Alice Whitcomb; farce, .Tames GU.son, Chester Barnaby; pie social,

Mr. and .Mrs. Clark Barnaby attend­ed the funeral of a daughter of .Mrs. Barnaby ,it Derry, last week. Burial was at Xashua.

Mrs. .Minnie C«rey is poorly, need­ing an attendant most of the time,

-Mrs. Blnora Lamphey w a s taken ill last week and taken to the St. .Joseph hospital , .Nashua. The last reports from there say she is res t ing as com­fortable as could be expected after a ser ious operation.

Miss Lillian Worden has be«n seri­ously il! with the meas les , but is now con\'alescent.

Brookline was treated to its flrst thunder shower of this year on Thurs­day, February 22, from 1.30 to 2.30 o'clock. The thunder w a s not heavy.

John Dobson and daughter Helen, of Townsend, were gues t s ot .Mr. and .Mrs. Mary Campbell and .Mrs. Sarah Colburn on last Sunday.

Harry Campbell spent last Satur­day at Fitchburg and Boston.

One of the children of the Edward U i n c e y family is ill with the measles . Oscar Elliott is ill and under the caro of a doctor.

.Mr.s. Ix)rina Eddy is ga in ing so that she is able to be down stairs . Charles Russel l is also se t t ing a long comfor­tably.

Will iam Hall is spending a few days at home.

The national colors wore displayed at several places in town on Wash­ington's birthday. The wind was very strong and blew one fiag to the top of a tree and caught there, and Mrs. Edna Hall w a s just in t ime to save the one ,at Capt. A. H. Taylor's from blow-' ing away.

Fred Sawyer, of St ir l ing , whi le suf­fering with a broken col lar bone, is afflicted with a carbuncle on his neck and a s tye on his eye.

Mrs. Bishop, a former housekeeper in this town, has been vis i t ing hero a few d.ays, and last week went to tlie homo of Fred Campbell at Hol l is to take charge of the hou.sehold affairs.

Tho ice teams have drawn eight car­loads of saw dust from Worcester's mill and shipped to Cambridge, Mass,

A l itt le daughter came to the home of Fred G. Hall and wife last w e e k -Edna Hall.

Orville D. Fessenden has purch.ased tlie large woodlot in tho west part of tho town, formerly owned by the Ru­fus Cr. Russell hoirs. The timber, which is very flno, is being cut and drjiwn to Mr. Fossondon's mill at South Brookline.

.1. M. Horn, a former resident of this town, haa purchased tho "old school-house" In tho west part of the town, and Arthur Goss hrus taken tho job by contract to remodel tho btiildinps into a modern dwol l ing-house. .Mrs. Horn was in town this week to mako arrangements for Mr. Goss to begin work at once.

Mrs. Patrick Reogan, who h,as been on tho sick l ist the flrst part of the week, Is better.

Tho Ix)yal Workers met on Wednes­day with Mr?. Almond and Miss Olive Shiiman<,

HOLLIS, N. H.

to be removed to his home In Hol l i s . His wife, Mrs. Lesl ie , who hastened ot his bedside when the news of hie il l­ness reached here, has been with him all the t ime, and will remain there until he is able to come t o Hol l i s .

At a church meet ing held las t Sun­day, an Invitation was received from the Second Parish church in Port land. .Me., to sit in the council on February 29. for the examination and Instal la­tion of Rev. C. H. Davis as pastor of that church. Mrs. Mary S. P o w e r s was elected a s de legate to represent th© church.

.Miss Hazel .Marshall, w h o w a s e lec ­ted l ibrarian ot tho Sunday school li­brary, being obliged to res ign. Miss Lottie Les l ie was elected by the direc­tors to fill the position for the rest of the year.

Rev. T. C. H. Boynton. of Hudson, occupied the pulpit last Sunday. Rev. Henry M. Noyes, ot .Maine, Is expected next Sunday.

LITTLETON.

IIlMtorical Meeting. Tho meet ing of the Historical soc i ­

ety, held in the reading-room of the Reuben Hoar library on Thursday af­ternoon of last week, w a s cal led to order by the president, Joseph A. Har­wood. Miss Sarah F. White, s e c r e ­tary, presented her report of t h e last meet ing of the society, after which Mrs. Ellen F. Johnson gave the h i s ­tory of the Litt leton Temperance Cadets, an organization formed for the purpose ot instruct ing the chi l ­dren on temperance , and dating July, 18S6.

Frank Moore w a s their chosen standard bearer, and Burton S. F l a g g and Arthur Kimball , aids. Mrs. Har­riet A. Conant -was the flrst super in­tendent, a zealous and enthus ias t ic leader. Mrs. E. F. Johnson w a s sec ­retary, and an efficient worker. Mrs. George Conant gave valuable a s s i s t ­ance in the s ing ing of -w-hich s h e took charge. Th© meet ings -were he ld in the lower town hall, before that build­ing w a s dedicated. Forty-one chi l ­dren joined the Temperance Cadets. Addresses were given before t h o so­ciety by Rev. W. I. Nichols , Rev. R. G. Johnson, Rev. J. C. Staples , Miss Hannah Dodge and Hon. G. W. San­derson. Mrs. W. L, Kimball took an act ive interest in the cause and offer­ed tho chi ldren prizes for the best composi t ions on temperance . These were won by Frank and Fred Moore.

Mrs. Johnson gave an in teres t ing account of that soc iety as recorded in the secretary's book, and a l so read a letter from Miss Phoebe White, g iv ing recol lect ions of the Temperance Ca­dets. Rev. Wil l iam White w a s re­ferred to a s taking the flrst s t e p s in temperance reform in Litt leton, when he abol ished the use of •wine dt his ordination.

-Mr. Harwood read from a letter written by Mrs. C. A. Hosmer , con­cerning the Good Templars , a very popular order that held interes t ing meet ings from a l iterary point of view.

The ^ o o k s containing records of the various temperance organizat ions were given into the hands ot the Historical society; a lso , the banner painted by Miss Dodge for the cadets. Accounts were given of the W, C. T. U., the Loyal Legion, the Band of Hope, the Washingtonian movement of seventy -two y e a r s ' a g o , and other temperance interests by several persons present. .Mr. Harwood referred to the inter­es t s ot h is great-grandfather, Jona­than Hartwel l . in temperance reform by omit t ing the use of rum at tho raising of a buildinsr. when he erected one ot the barns on the present David Wilcox estate , and cut down apple trees because he objected to having apples made into cider.

Mr. Harwood read many interest ing reports of the Soldiers' Aid society, written by the secretary, Jfrs. Lucy M. Harwood, and giving a history of the work done by Littleton women for the relief and comfort of the soldiers dur­ing the civil war. The sum of $1039.:;2 was raised in town tor the aid of soldiers, and $100.25 was made at a tea party given by the organization for the same cause. Mr. Harwood read a letter and a paper written by Rev. Elihu Loomis. of Contervillo, giv­ing reminiscences of his work tor the ("hristian Commiss ion, and the expori ences of Dr. Patrick, who was also a member of that commiss ion.

Frank B, Priest gave an interestini; account of h is recent purchase of V,T1-uable re l ics found in an ancient houso in Sterling, including china, furnituro, samplers , etc. Gifts from Maj. Will­iam Emery were accepted by tho sn-cioty and a vote of thanks for tho same w.as carried.

HOW TO TELL WOMAN'S AGE.

This Plan Will Trap Her Unless She I t Suspicious,

Every man seems to be born •wltli a desire to know tbe age of ladies wi th whom he comes in contact. W o m e n also appear to have an Innate cur io^ty concerning the number of "summers" which have passed over the heads of their female friends. But there Is nothing more difficult to discover than the exact age of a woman who wishes to keep the fact a secret.

Now, here is a Ilttlo scheme which a mathomnticlan has just discovered t o find out the age of any person.

Having engaged that person In pleas­ant conversation, you proceed some­thing after the following manner, speaking very innocently, of course:

"There is a very simple problem In arithmetic which very f ew people are able to see through, yet it is a s easy as possible. I wonder if you can do It."

This sets the woman on her dignity, and she wants to do it at once.

"Think of a number corresponding to the numerical order ot the month In which yon -were bom. Oh, no, you needn't toll me."

To make the explanation clear w e will assume that the figure is 2, stand­ing for February, and that the nge i s thirty.

"Now, multiiily that figure by -2," you continue, "and add 5. Done that? Well, multiply that by 50 and add your own age. From the total sub­tract 305 and to the result add 115. Now. what figure have you got?"

"Two hundred and thirty," replies tho person addressed. "Isn't that cor­rect?"

"Exact!" yon exclaim. "Tou are one of the very f ew persons who have managed it."

And you turn a w a y to hide your smile of satisfaction at having dlscov-ere<l that yOur victim w a s born in February and that she is thirty years ot age. You have arrived at this re­sult by separating the figures 230 In 2 (February) and 30. And you can do this with everybody's age. Try It on .vour sweetheart .

RIJI'ELS ATTACK OF DIjIATH. "Five years ago two doctors told me

I had only two years to live." This start-llnK statement was made by Stillman Green, Malachite, Col, "They told tfte I would die with consumption. It was up to me then to try the best lung med­icine and I began to use Dr. King's New Discovery. It was well I did. for to­day I am working and believe I owe my life to this great throat and lung cure that has cheated the grave of another victim." Its folly to suffer with coughs, colds or other throat and lung troubles now. Take the cure that's safest. Price SO cents and 11.00. Trial bottle free at William Brown's, Ayer,

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HOW TO PICKLE PIGS' FEET.

Directions For Preparing a Cheap and Palatable Winter Dish.

Take a dozoii of the feet, scrape and clean thoroughly, soak for three hours in cold water and scrub again. P lace in a large kettle -with two tablespoon-fuls of salt and water to cover and simmer gently for four hours or until tender. Cool,In the liquor in -which they wero cooked. When cold pack in a stone jar, with a good pickle made in the following proportions:

To two quarts cider vinegar al low one quart of the liquor In which the feet were cooked, a dozen cloves, a teaspoonful mustard seed and a dozen peppercorns. Scald and put a layer of the feet in the Jar and over them place a few slices of onion. Then add more pigs' feet nnd more onions. When all the feet are in cover with the hot pickle and set away to cool. Leave several days before using.

J'or broiling, wipe the foot dry, split down the middle, season with salt and pepper, roll in ol ive oil or melted but­ter, then in bread or cracker crumbs and broil over a clear flre. a l lowing four minutes for each side. Serve with sauce i)iqu,Tnte or on pieces of toast with a quarter cup maltre d'hotel but­ter spread over them. Another excel­lent w a y to prepare them Is to dip in batter, then fry In butter and serve with nnist.nrd or piquante sauce.

REPORT OF THE CONDITION of tBe Townsend National Bank, at Townsend. In the State of Massachusetts, at the close of business, February 20, 191*.:.

Resources. Loans and Discounts $241.244.S6 U. B. Bonds to secure circu­

lation 100.000.00 Bonds. Securities, etc 67,429.13 Banking house. Furniture.

and Fixtures 1.000.00 Due from approyed Keserve

Agents 37,696.41 Checks and other Cash Items 1,345.06 Notes of other National

Banks 4,99'.00 Fractional Paper Currency,

Nickels, and Cents 56.42 Lawful Money Reserve In

Bank, viz: Specie $8,223.00 Legal-tender notes 6.000.00 14,223.00 Redemption fund wi th U. B.

Treasurer (5 percent of circulation) 6,000.04

Total 1462,991. iS Llabllltlea

Capital stock paid In $100,000.00 Surplus fund 20,000.00 Undivided Profits, less Ex­

penses and Taxes paid National Bank Notes out­

standing Due to approved Reserve

Agents Dividends unpaid .'. Individual deposits subject

to check 203,98

28,905.56

100,000.00

10,000.00 99.00

Tm PARK & PQLLftRD co;

DRy-MASH

.32

Total $462,991,88 State of Massachusetts, County of Mid­

dlesex BB. I. Henry A. Hill, Cashier of the

above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement Is true to the best ot my knowledge and belief.

HENRY A. HILL, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me

this 26th day of February, 1912. Henry B. Hlldreth, Notary Public.

Correct—Attest: Clarence Stickney, Alfred N. Fessenden, J. vr, Eastman,

Directors.

REPORT OF THE CONDITION of the First National Bank of Ayer, at Ayer, In the State of Massachusetts, at the close ot business, February 20, 1912.

Resonrcrs. Loans and Discounts $452,454.21 Overdrafts, secured and u.n-

secured '... 357.93 U. S. Bonds to secure cir­

culation 20,000.00 U. S. Bonds to secure U. S.

Postal Savings 5.000.00 Bonds. Securities, etc 103,710.00 Due from approved Reserve

Agents 49,945.21 Notes of other National

Banks 1,255.00 Fractional Paper Currency,

Nickels, and Cents 129.30 Lawful Money Reserve In

Bank, viz: Specie $19,835.45 Legal-tender notes 9,000.00 28,835.45 Redemption fund with U. S.

Treasurer (5 percent of circulation) 1,000.00

25,239.04

20,000.00 700.91

» w s . I t ems . Tho next of tho Congregational

social evenings will occur on March 13. and will cons i s t ot a musicale. Although the commlttoo in charge lia.s not yet authorized an annoimconiont of tho program it may be safe to pro-rticf one of tho mos t attractive ontor-tainmonts given in the town hall tliis season.

The C. F. topic for March 13 i.<; "Pationco." the third in tho series i)f christian virtues.

.Miss Margivret Walla.-o. who has been tho gues t of her sister, Mrs. II. L. Packard, during vacation, has re­turned to her school teaching in Choi-sea.

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Brown, of Bos­ton, were recently the guests ot their son, PauTL. Brown.

Edmund Childs and Robert Wliit-ney, of Lexington, were holiday visi­tors at the home ot Hon. Frnnk A. Patch.

Miss Lucy Houghton haa returned from Gloucester City, N. J., where she visited her sister, Mrs. Dodge, tor sev­eral -weeks.

The Al l iance will hold a food sale at the l 'nitarian vostry Thursday af­ternoon, .March 7, from t w o to four o'clock.

Harris Stee le has agreed to take charge of the town farm In Harvard and win move 'his family and goods to the n e w h o m e the flrst -of April.

The Groton School orchestra and dotiblo quartet have been engaged by a commit tee at the r Congregational church to give an entertainment In the

provcmont, although he la not ye t able town hall on March 13

How to Clean Willow Plumes. To clean wi l low plumes place them

in a long pan and partly cover with gasoline. Do not attempt to shake the feather In the liquid, but place In the pan nnd roll and rock gently back and forth, driving the gasoline from one end of tho pan to the other. Lift the feather gently out and place on a clean cloth to dry. When dry shake In the sun. and then, w h e n certain all the gasoline has evaporated, shake it slow­ly over a register to fluCT the tiny fronds. Wil low plumes ai e all hand made and not easy to clean, and if tho plume Is an expensive ono It would perhaps be better to send It to a re­liable cleaner, but for the cheaper or halt worn ones the home cleaning will probably bo quite ns successful If care Is taken.

Total $662,687.10 Liabilities.

Capltol stock paid In $76,000.00 Surplus fund 50,000.00 Undivided Profits, less Ex­

penses and Taxes paid National Bank Notes Out­

standing Due to other National Banks Due to State and Private

Banks and Bankers . . . Due to Trust Companies

and Savings B a n k s . . . . Dividends unpaid Individual deposits subject

to check 463.8 Demand certificates of de

posit Certified checks Cashier's checks outstand­

ing United States Postal Sav-

Ings Deposits

875.01

21,479.89 104.00

10

782.26 3.818.70

330.00

4S0.13

How to Wear Your Furs. The wearing of tho scarf now that

It comes in fur Is Just as Important aa tho long flat one of satin worn so tire­lessly throtighout tho summer, says a Paris correspondent. So pliable are the up to date furs that thoy can "ho twist­ed In curious ways .

The Frenchwoman has a knack of draping hor scarf around her back. Tho OIKIS nre crossed In front and then thrown back over and allowed to hang down the back. Other furs aro like two Immense stoles, which meet and hang well down below the wais t at the back nnd ond at the hem of the skirt In front.

How to Drive Nails. If necessary to drive a nail Into the

wall fo hang a picture, direct It down­ward, so tho cord or wire will not slip. As pictures are often jolted by slam­ming of doors and the like It Is a good Idon to hang the picture face toward the wall, turn It outward nnd the loop nt the . top will hold It more firmly. Doubled wires will not slip a s easi ly as a single wire.

How to Brush the Teeth. In brushing the teeth care .should be

n s « l to move tho brush up nnd do-wn as well as across the teeth. Brushing only ono w a y docs not perfectly c leanse the teeth, and it has a tendency to •wear grooves In the enamel.

Total $662,687.10 State ot Massachusetts, County of Mid­

dlesex, ss: I. Chas. A. Normand, Cashier of the

above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement Is true to the best ot my knowledge and belief.

CHAS. A. NORMAND. Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me

this 28th day ot February. 1912. D. Chester Parsons. Notary Public.

Correct—Attest: •Howard B. "White, D. W. Fletcher, Oliver K. Pierce,

Directors. REPORT OF THE CONDITION of the

First National Bank of Pepperell. at East Pepperell, In the State of Massa­chusetts, at the close of business, February 20, 1912.

Resoarees . Loans and Discounts $142,381.43 Overdrafts, secured and un­

secured 100.94 U. B. Bonds to secure cir­

culation 60,000.09 Other bonds to secure U, S.

Postal Savings 7,339.60 Bonds. Securities, etc 112,368.06 Banking house. Furniture.

and Fixtures 1,100.00 Due from approved Reserve

Agents 39,046.51 Notes of other National

Banks 325.00 Fractional Paper Currency.

Nickels, nnd Cent.s 110.40 Lawful Money Reserve In

Bank, v l i : Specie $5,253.90 Legal-tender notes li!4no!oo 16,653.90 Redemption fund with U. S.

Treasurer (6 percent of circulation) 2.600.40

Total MabllKles.

$371,925.84

Capital stock paid In $60,000.00 Surplus fund 6,500.00 Undivided Profits, less Ex­

penses and Taxes paid 8.076.13 National Bank Notes Out­

standing EO.OOO.Ot Individual deposits subject

to -check 257,482.27 Cashier's checks outstand­

ing 567-.92 United States Postal Savings

Deposits 300.52

Total $371,926.84 State of Massachusetts , County ot Mid­

dlesex, s s : I. H. F. Tarbell, Cashier of t h »

above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the above s tatement Is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. *

H. F. TARBELL, Coshlor. Subscribed and sworn to before me

this 27th day 61 Feb., 1912. Oeorgre O. Tarbell, Notary Public.

Correct—Attest: Arthur P. 'Wright, Harry F. Hobart, I. J. Rowell.

Director*.

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Feed the maturing pullets GRCtTirrS FEED and DRy-MASH mixed, but as socn as they begm to lay. give tbem the bk:f-MASH straight.

.,9?"'t delay, get them started now and you '"" ""^9, ?=*" *" winter. There are no " juit as good feeds and you have no time to try them — eggs aro too hlfh.

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PEPPERELL. Items of Neni.

The L. B. S. of the CongreKatlonal church win hold their meeting on Thursday afternoon, March 7.

Mrs. Abble M. Shattuck and Effle M. Robbins attended the Past Noble Grands' association at >1tchburg on Monday.

Elmer R. Foss Is soon to move into the tenement adjoining the garage, his place of business on .Main street.

Seventeen hands are now employed at the paper bottle factory.

Prances LawTence has moved his family to Franklin street, the home of Mrs. Lawrence's parents, .Mr. aud Mrs. Jobn Marshall.

Miss Burnlce Phinney spent a part of last week at her home on t'Vankliu street, returning on Saturday to .Mai­den, where she is employed as a do­mestic.

Thomas Howard has moved from North Pepperell Into John FroSsards tenement on Crescent street.

Maurice I. Gilchrest, who has been employed for a number of years by the N'ashua River Corporation, has se­cured a position at Windsor .Mills. Canada, and will leave for that place this Saturday.

The W. C. T. U. will hold the March meeting at the home of .Mrs. Edward Harmon at three o'clock on Thursday afternoon, .March 7. The Willard .Me­morial collection will be taken and a full attendance is kindly requested.

The D. A. R. social and sale hold In Central hall on February 22, was a success, socially and financially, al­though the ice'and high wind pre­vented a large gathering. An execu­tive boaid meeting was held, followed by a chapter meeting, called and ad­journed to the home of .Mrs. Heald on March 16 at three o'clock. Tea was served by Mrs. Heald, chairman ot the afternoon and the regent. Ice cream •was sold and ser\'ed by Mrs. Bancroft. The ^•arious • tables were generously patronized and a good sum •ftias netted.

A. A. Shattuck, of Oak hill, is a candidate for selectman for one year, to take the place caused by the resig­nation of F. Q. Hayes.

Henry Lawrence is going to run for assessor for another term. Reports otherwise are not true. '

The Civics committee of the Pep­perell Woman's club, Mrs. Charles Miller, chairman, reports good prog­ress being made by the young girls of the school grades under its charge on FViday afternoons. The pupils are attentive, interested and diligent. Mrs. J. L. Boj-nton is the instructor, and having studied the latest methods in this branch of schoolwork, brings ideas which add to the interest of the 'work.

The Lawrence librar>- is closed for its annual taking account of stock.

in town, but removed to Hollis, N. H., several years ago, has recently gone to .Maiden to live. Since the death of her husband, about a year ago, she has been living with ber daughter, Mrs. Frank Jameson. A short time since Mr. Jameson disposed of his business In Mollis, and now conducts a butter, cheese and egg business In .Maiden. .Mrs. Jameson, with her In­fant son, accompanied by her mother, have now Joined him.

To Hold Bazaar.

The Knights of Columbus are go­ing to hold a bazaar from April, 11 to 16. The bazaar will open on Thurs­day, April 11, with a minstrel show. Some of the best talent in Pepperell are rehearsing for the event. The entertainments for the following nights—Friday, April 12, specialties, home and out-of-town talent: Satur­day, April I?,, some of the best vaude­ville acts have been engaged; Monday. Ai>ril 1.5. the drama entitled "Red Acre Farm," will be put on. The council has been very fortunate in getting a very good cast to take the parts. Thursday evening, th-; bazaar v.-n\ close with a dance. The mer­chants and professional men of Pep­perell have been very generous to the bazaar soliciting committee.

Brilliant Guest Mirht The annual guest night observed by

the Pepperell Woma:i's club in Pres­cott hall on Monday evening was the grandest success in the history of the club. Beside the decidedly enjoyable evening, which is always provid-.-d, the occasion w.as made much more j-.le.ns-ant by t'.ie decorations w iie'.i wi-re very artistic and widely diffeieni from '\vhal is usually seen. The program, too. was arranged in a very plea^i;ig manner, which served to make the evenin.g passs all too .quickly. The many ladies in their beautiful partv gowns added the necessary brilliancy to the scene. .\s one entered tlie hall the beau'y of the decorations was at once noticed, tr.e color scheme being green, red and white, and tlie mem­bers cf t'ae eiulj in charge of this work cfrtainly were rewarded for their hard work. T'ne program was as follows:

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dialogue, ".\ mini.^tfi's inls-K. I.. T.Trholl .Tiul .Mrs. H. .X. Iii.ino i\:iet Mrs. ''..Tiro .Tlul Mrf.

: tlrill i>,v eicrht yountr l.iflif s. A dainty liir.ch followed, served by

a caterer of .N'ashua. X. H,. to about 2.TO peoj.Ie. and dancing lasted until midnight, and thus another guest night jiassed into history.

The club will hold its tiext meet­ing in Saunders' hall on Tuesday af­ternoon. .March .'.. Tlie subject will he "Sir Walter Scott." by .Mrs. Georgia A. Stickney. of Milford. N. H. ciir-rent events will be given by .Mrs. Min­nie B. Qua. A board meeting will Ix' held at 2.1.5.

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Current Events.

Elfreida I3ell .Munroe, •'wife of Daniel H. Thomas, died on Friday morning, February 23, at her homo on Crescent street, of pulmonary tuberculosis, aged 22 yo.irs and 6 months. She had been 4i sufferer from this disease for Bomo time, and the past winter proved too severe for her. She leaves a hus­band and little daughter, three years of age, to mourn her loss. Ser\1ces wero held at her lato home on Sun­day afternoon .at three o'clock, Rev. R. Vf. Drawbridge offlciating.

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wright havo re­cently returned to their home on Townsend street, after spending the 'Winter 'wIth their daughter, Mrs. Ar­thur Lawson, In New Haven Conn. They propose to remain here for a time, urJesB thoy can dispose of the property here, which they hope to do.

Mrs. S. J. Baker, who formerly lived

-Married at the .Methodist parsonage on .Monday, February 26, by Rev. James Sutherland, Frank P. Bien-venue and .Miss A.xzla Bouchard, of this town.

Willlam Davis, of Nashua street, who has been conflned to his home by Illness, is able to be out again.

Miss Mary .Mahony has returned from the training school at St. Jo­seph's hospital at .Nashua, to her home on .Mill street.

Mrs. Isaac Margeson, of E)ast vil­lage, who has been suffering from a severed artery in her baud is con­valescent.

Miss Ada Whitne.v, spent part of last •week with relatives in -Nashua.

Communion service will be held at the .Methodist church on Sunday morning. In the evening tho pastor will preach on the subject, "The value of a right decision."

.Mrs. Jennie Marshall, of Somerville, and Miss Josie Lawrence, of Park street, were guests of .Mrs. Sarah Patch on Friday of last week.

A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Lorden, of Tucker street, on Sunday, February 25.

Thg cutting-room at the Nashua River Corporation is being freshened with a new coat of paint and white­wash by EM. Geno.

Miss Margaret Burns •went to Bos­ton on Wednesday morning to resume the course of dressmaking lessons /n'lhlch were interrupted by her illness.

Harry F. Lawrence of Nashua road remains about the same, being con­fined to the house most of the time ex­cept on pleasant days. Both the local physician and the specialist he has consulted, pronounce his trouble of a scrofulous nature and give encourage­ment of his recovery.

Mrs. G. A. Armstrong, of To^n-nsend street, is entertaining her daughter. .Mrs. J. E. Smith, from North Auburn, Me.

Miss Ruth Wilson has been unable to attend school for the past week by reason of an attack of nervous in­digestion. She was one of those who took part in the high school play. This might seem to sustain the theory of many, that amateur theat'ricals are rather too strenuous for the young people •who need a more healthy form of recreation after their studies.

Miss Florence Flynn is out after her illness with measles, and is at­tending to their milk customers. Mrs. Flynn is still confined to the house.

Mrs. Sara Blood Elliott, who has been staj-lng with her sister, Mrs. Bartlett, since her recent return home, went back to Gardner on Wednesday.

Wallace Willoughby, accompanied by his •n-ife and infant daughter, Lor­raine, visited at the home of his broth­er, Arthur Willoughby, of Manchester, -N'. H., last 'week, returning on Mon­day.

Mrs. J. W. Hingley is still at Nash­ua with her little daughter Maude, who was taken to the hospital there some time since. The little girl had the measles during the general epi­demic this winter, together with her older sisier. When she commenced to recover from that disease, trouble in the ears and head occurred. .-Vn ab-cess was thought to be formin- and after her rem.oval to .Nashua hospital, two operations were performed. The child is gaining and Mrs, Hingley is expected home soon.

Francis Lawrence, with his wife and young son has gone to live with his wife's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Marshall, on Franklin street.

During the icy condition of the streets last week, the white., horse driven in Mahouy's meat cart, and broke' his leg while delivering goods in.that part of the town known as Nalick hill.

It is reported that Roy Sylvester has purchased the .Nutring house on River street. His place on Canal street is in the hands of Kemp & Ben­nett.

The remains of William Swallow, oldest son of .Alpheus Swallow, late of Dunstable, were brought on from his home in Chicago. Ill,, on Tuesday, The family is well-known in town and many will remember tlio fact that t'.iere were ten sons in the family. This is the first death among them.

Spring movings seem to have start­ed early this .vear. The f aniily of James Howard, of Hollis. moved into John Frossard's tenement on Cres­cent street this week. George .\lex-ander also moved hUs f<amily into Capt. I'almer's tenement directly op­posite.

The epidemic of measles seems to bo Just getting in its work on Oak hill. The families of Fred Parker and E. P. .McCord have been afflicted, and little Ellen Curtis in the home of Benjamin Parker. Tho members of Mr. McCord's family are now able to be out, but Mrs. McCord has been quite seriously ill as the result of nursing. The two little girls, IX)ris and Mary, are at present at the home of their grandmother. Mrs. H. E. Mc­Cord, Oak Knoll.

Frank Wright Is under the care of a physician at his bachelor apart­ments on Cross street. At present, only a hard cold ivith considerable fever.

and for the past thirteen months she has been a helpless Invalid, requiring constant attention. Through all the weeka of suffering, until disease weak­ened both body and mind, she repaid all care by her cheerful, bravo ways, and her appreciation of all that was done for her.

On Thursday morning of last week, she suffered a final shock, caused by cerebral hemorrhages, and remained In an unconscious condition until death claimed her on Fridav morn­ing.

-Mrs. Palmer was a native of Black River, King's coijnty, .Nova Scotia, going to Chelsea with her parents at the age of eleven years. She Is re­membered by many who met her on her visits In Pepperell after her moth­er's "removal to this town, twenty .vears ago. Beside her mother and a large circle of friends, she leaves a brother, Frank Bezanson, of Provi­dence, R. I., and a husband, who re­sides in a distant state.

Services were held at the house on Sunday afternoon at 1.30, Rev. R. W. Drawbridge officiating. The singing was by Mrs. Lovejoy, Miss .Marv Wood and .Mrs. Dra.w bridge. "When the mists have rolled away," and her fa­vorite hymn, "Jesus, lover of my soul."

The flowers were profuse, consisting of magnificent sprays, as follows:

violets, mother: spray . pink and white sweet pea.s. brother and wife: spray, shaded carnations, nephew an'd nieces: spray, daffodils. Mrs. KVUth Da­vis, of Worcester; large sprav mixed carnations. I>r. K. H. Simmons. Wor­cester; sprays—white carnations and violets. Mrs. Julia Chandler. Billerica-nilxed carnations, Mr. and Mrs. H. N'! Tower, H. I. Whlpole: white oarnatlon.s] Mr. and Mrs. George I.akin: pink car­nations, Mr. and .Mrs. Nell McWIlUams' white carnations. Mr. and Mrs. Charle.s Goodwin: mixed carnations. Miss Jo­sie O'Neal; sweet peas. Miss .\della Carter and Marguerite; bouquet cut tlowers. Miss Alice Marshall, and manv sprays from which the names wer'e misplaced.

Those present from out-of-town were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bezanson and son, of Providence, R. L, who re­mained until Tuesday noon; Mrs. Edith Davis, of Worcester; Mrs. Julia Chandler, Mrs. Conway and .Mr Diwyer, of Billerica, and Dr. E. H. Simmons, of Worcester, all of whom returned that night.

.Mrs. Hayward has the sj-mpathy of this community in her aflliction after her patient care during allthese many months.

Gnest Xlght.

The Pepperell Woman's club ob­served guest night at Prescott hall on the evening of February 26. The hall 'was very prettily.^arranged, and in spite, of a cold, stormy evening, was comfortably filled. The proeram for the evening's entertainment was entirely by local talent and each number was well received. It con­sisted of music by Robbins' orchestra, two selections by the club octet, com­posed of -Mrs. Hutchinson, Mrs. Tower, .Mrs. Lovejoy, .Mrs. Pike, .Mrs. Copp, Mrs. Dennen, .Mrs. Drawbridge and .Miss Mary Wood.

Miss Mildred Morgan was very pleasing in her two solos, and Miss Helen Lovejoy in her violin solo. The instrumental duet by Mrs. Gage and Mrs Tarbell was finely rendered. Two dialogues by Mrs. Tower, Miss Hinck­ley and E. L. Tarbell closed the pro­gram. Refreshments of ice cream, as­sorted cakes and wafers were served by a caterer from Nashua, and danc­ing followed for those who cared td indulge.

It was altogether a very pleasant occasion to remember.

Obltnnry.

Mrs. Estella Bezanson Palmer, a daughter of Mrs. Eleanor Hayward, of Crescent street, passed away on tho morning of February 23, after a long Illness, aged forty-three years. More than a year ago, Mrs. Hayward, who Is well-knofs'Ti in the many families In town, as well as Groton and Ayer. where she has acted as ntirse, lyas called to her daughter at Hammonds-port, N. Y. Mrs. Palmer had suffered a shock after being an Invalid for five years. On her partial recovery she was brought to her mother's home

To fhe Editor:

We left Pepperell on Tuesday morning, February 13, and passed through Worcester where we took the New York and .New Haven line for -New 'V'ork city.

We were two hours late on arriving in New "i'ork city, and as a conse­quence lost our train for Philadelphia. On arriving there we spent a delight­ful time at the home of my girlhood chum. Mrs. Lucy Woods Rementer, formerly of Ayer. and daughter of .Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Woods.

Wednesday morning we took he train at Philadelphia for Wash­

ington, and on Thursday mornin" we found ourselves in .North Carolina, where the rivers and brooks wert, flooded and overflowing, and aft'3r reaching Charleston, S. C, it was nothing but southern pines, acre after acre, mile after mile.

We reached Jacksonville on Thurs­day afternoon. It is a beautiful, hust­ling southern metropolis, and the pal'ms givo a warm greeting. From here we went to Green Cove Springs, which is a most beautiful all-the-year-round place. Orange troos loaded with fruit and roses everywhere in full bloom, sulphur springs and the five mile ride up the St. John's river.

On Saturday we started for Orlando, Fla,. a distance of 110 miles, where Mr. and Mrs. Emery Darling, of East Pepperell. are stopping. We also call­ed on Mr. and Mrs. George Miller, of I>eominster. At Orlando more tiian half the city have tourist flaus or apartments furnished with light housekeeping arrangements, Mr. and Mrs. Darling are very prettily situa­ted and enjoy the place very much. On Monday morning, with Mi-s. Darl­ing, we went to the citrus pack-house, where the oranres aro received by the load. The leaves are picked off and the oranges put in a large tank of wjiter. taken by machinery, rubbed clean between two brushes, rubber cables carrylnc them out under a blower and from there to tho auto­matic gates, where they aro sorted for color, to an automatic gr.ider, where they will roll into large bins assorted in six different sizes. They are then wrapped in paper and boxed ready for shipment.

At Orlando there Is a land craze and on Thursday. February 22, we expect to attend a land sale hy auc­tion. Thero have been of late two severe frosts at this place that have frozen the bananas, but the frost did not Injure the oranges.

MRS. r., K. PTATtR. Orlando. Fln., Februnry i20.

While doing a little repair work on the office chair at Blgelow's market last .Monday, Adln Murchie cut him­self quite badly Just above the right kneo with a bonlne knife. Dr. Royal took four stitches and Adln Is doing well.

The home of .Mr. and .Mrs. S. .M. Farnsworth was the scene of fun and festivity on Tuesday evening last. The event was a party given by .Miss Eve­lyn Farnsworth to a number of her friends here In town. Everybody re­ports an especially Jolly time. Re­freshments were served during the evening. Altogether the time passed so i>leasantly that it was near tbe midnight hour before the. last good night was said.

The schools close this week for a recess of two weeks. The several teachers going to their homes for rest and recreation.

L. Harlowe Morse. Viola M. Parker and Katherlne Waters, students at the Fitchburg normal school, are home for a ten days' recess.

Henry Veasie's new house is being puslied raiiidly forward. It is all shingled in and will be ready tor the plasterers the flrst of next week.

lieginning with March 1 the library will be open continuously from two p. m. to 8.30 p. m., Wednesday and Saturday of each week.

A fatal accident occurred Wednes­day morning at the new Job of Fiske Warren's while the men were pre­paring for their day's work. A young .Norwegian fellow In Contractor Cam-saw's gang, who are doing the ex­cavating work, was thawing out dyn­amite over a fire, when for some rea­son the stuff exploded, tearing away portions of the man's hands, his right leg and crushing his face and head. Dr. Royal was hastily summoned and after giving first aid removed the man by auto to the Clinton hospital. His injuries were so severe that help was impossible and he died very soon. He leaves a wife. His home was in Concord.

.Mr. Benjamin and Miss Helen Lis­ter of Watertown were guests Thurs­day and Friday 'with Mr. and Mrs. P.-O. Dickson.

The teachers of the center school started Friday noon. March 1, for a two weeks' trip to Washington, D. C. They anticipate a very instructive and interesting holiday from their school duties here.

The quadriannuai ball given by the Ladies' Leap 'i'ear club, February '29, has passed into history and will be remembered by all who attended as one of the pleasant and successful parties of the year 1912. Nothing that could be derised for the comforts of their gentlemen friends was left undone and certainly the ladies are to be highly commended for their good work. Music by Hibbard's orchestra. .A.bout eighty couples attended. Friends were present from Lancaster, Ayer, Littleton and Pepperell.

shock which affected her head, but she Is now apparently better, and hopos are entertained of her recovery. All three of her daughters are at home with her, from their school teaching in Boston, .Maiden and Springfield.

Dennis Noyland, of Readvllle, was the guest of his parents, .Mr. and .Mrs. John Neyland, on Wednesday after­noon.

.Miss Alice Harrod has been used up with a severe cold and sore throat, and on Sunday her place as organist at the Baptist church was taken by .Miss Helen Stone.

HARVARD. NewH Items.

Mrs. Charles T. Savage of l.eomin­ster visited this week with Mr. and Mrs. 'Wm. H. Savage.

Deaths.

The body of Mrs. Ella Farmer, wife of Luke Farmer of Boston, was brought to town on Tuesday,*Febru­ary 27, for interment at the Center cemetery. Mrs. Farmer was before her marriage. Miss Ella Whitnev, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Isaiah Whit­ney, whose home place was what is now owned b.v .Mrs. Carrie Hussey. Mrs. Farmer has been .broken in health for several yoarsi requiring constant attendance by a trained nurse.

Funeral services were held at their Boston home at 9.:;0 a. m., Tuesday, the funeral cortege coming up to Har­vard direct by auto. Mrs. Whitnev leaves m.any friends and relatives who though they grieve at her death, re­joice that she has b en freed from her sufferings. She was aged sixty-two years. The grave in the Center cem­etery is literally buried under a.mass of most beautiful and fragrant flo'wers. the last reminders to the public of the affections bestowed upon the de-ce;ised by her relatives and friends.

The regular meeting of the King's daughters will be h-3ld .at the Con­gregational church parlors on Thurs­day, .March 7, at 2.30 p. m.

/' The many friends of Mrs. W. P, Phillips of Cambridge were grieved to learn of her death last week at her home. The body was brought hero for burial at Bellevue cemetery. .Mrs. Phillips was a very estimable and agreeable Lady and has with ber daughters spent much of her sum­mers here for rhe jiast few years at their home on Oak liill. The sym­pathy of the friends of .Miss Joscjiliine Phillips, l.er daughter. :ind hor hus­band, a;e I'xtended to them in this timo of liere;ivement.

Obituary.

The death of .Mrs. Elizabeth Phillips at her wir.ter home in f';imliri,1ge last Wednesday evening has brougiit much sadness to her many fri >nds in Har­vard, where her home has been for several years. She was a woman nf raro refinement, with sweetness and strength of chararter, lovable and un­selfish, a devoted wife and mother, and an ideal homo-maker.

"Twin Maples" was a mecca for the legion of friends from near and far and hor gracious hosiiit.ality was never wanting. A great .sorrow Came to the home in tho loss of their daugh­ter. Miss Geneva, but this grief was borne by her with a p.athetic heroism and in hor distressing illness hor same forgetfulnoss of self and thought for others was wonderfully manifes­ted.

Mr. Phillips and her daughter. Miss .loscphino. both of whom rendered every service love and devotion could offer, h.ave the sincere sympathy of the community in this close bereave­ment, and none can but mouTn at the loss of so dear a friend and noble wo­man from our midst. R.

A .Success.

The Still River talent that gave "The Podunk limited," to a large audi­ence In town hall. Harvard, on Friday evening, February 23, and thereby netting over fifty dollars as a contri­bution from Still River to the Alcott home at Concord, are to give the play In Lancaster for the grange of that town sometime In .March. The follow­ing Is the cast,characters in the play: .Mary Boggs, Ilttlo girl. . Ethelyn Russell Ml3s Prim, an old maid, „ , „ Klavllln Bigelow Susie Olson, a Norwegian, , Huth Wlllard Woman, with baby Kdna Flanders .Mrs. Herbly. Interested In "remedies,"

Helen Stone Mrs. Deally, who doesn't hear verv

wel' Alice Harrod Mrs. Stutterly, with an Impediment.

Edna Robinson \Vom5n suffragist Jennie WlHard Marguerite, sutfraglst's naughty Uttle

girl Madeline Russell Musician Kleanor Haskell Farmer Boggs Chester Wlllard Tom Boggs. little boy.. Warren Harrod Grandpa Wiggins Howard Stone Colored porter Alfred McCllntock Newsboy Kenneth Russell Conductor Charles Haskell Fat man Wendell Wlllard Chinaman William Wlllard Groom Walter Haskell Bride, newly married. . . .Edna Flanders Miss HIghstyle Helen Morse Irish woman R„«'- Wlllard Grandma Wiggins. .Katherlne Lawrence Mrs. Boggs Fanny Haskell

TOWNSEND.

Center.

Samuel Gillis has Improved in health so that he was able to ride out this week.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Weston are now both ill. Mrs. Weston had a poor spell soon after .Mr. Weston took to fills "bed. wMch -was probably due" to her anxiety about him. She is slightly better at this writing and .Mr. Weston remains about the same.

Arthur Teehan, of Manchester, N. H.; was in tawm last -week,

Mr. and .Mrs. Russell McFarland, of Boston, are guests at the Park hotel this •week.

ords played. At the close of the lit­erary and musical program, luncheon was served.

.Mrs. Searle, who has been sick for several days. Is better.

The correspondent for this village desires to express through the col­umns of this publication his appre­ciative thanks for the handsome scar­let and silver badge presented to him by B. J., chairman of the committee, last Saturday evening before the as­sembled guests at Dinglewood.

LITTLETON. Xews Items.

By Invitation of the school board, a meeting of the townspeople was held on Thursday evening in the town hall to consider the possible addition of an agricultural department to our school system. Rufus W. Stlmpson, agent of the State Board of Education, who is establishing such deimrtments In farming towns, was present to explain the plan. The commoniwealth has re­cently passed a law by which towns desiring agricultural departments, shall, under certain conditions, "be reimbursed by the commonwealth to the extent of two-thirds of the salary paid to the instructors."

-Mrs. Grace Lawrence attended the funeral of her uncle, David Slade, the spice king, at his homo In Wakefield. .Mr. Slade died at the age of ninety-two in Everness, Fla.

Benjamin Peabody, of Pingreyville, is recovering from a severe stomach illness.

Death.

George Borneman, who has been ill for some time with tuberculosis ot the throat, •was sent to Rutland for treatment last week Thursday. The news was received Saturday of his death, although he had stood the Jour­ney very well and seemed to be some better and In good spirits when he arrived. The body was sent back to town and the funeral was held at the home of Everett Borneman on Tues­day afternoon. Rev. A. L. Struthers ofliciating.

Mr. Borneman •was thirty-five vears of age. and leaves a <wife and two small children; also, a father Jason Borneman, and mother, Mrs. Cora El­dridge, of the West village, and two brothers, Otis, of Waldboro, Me., and Everett, of this town. Mrs. T. Veno and Johnnie Eldridge, of the West vil­lage, are also half-brother and sister. Many beautiful flovs'ers were sent in from friends, relatives and shopmates of the r . S. .-Vdams Company. The family have the sympathy of all in their loss.

Still River.

On Wednesday evening. Che.stcr Wlllard carried a party to the annual chicken supper of the Bolton Farm­ers' club at the Bolton town hall. They report an excellent supper and a good entertainment furnished by the Shelan minstrels, of Lancaster.

On last Saturday, Mrs. M. A. Farns­­worth was stricken -with a slight

Harbor.

Sara Dwyer is visiting in Winthrop. William Wharff, who underwent a

se%'ere operation about two weeks ago at St. Elizabeth hospital, writes that ho is much better and hopes to be home by the first cf next week.

Several members from this vicinitv, among them Mrs. Fletcher and .Mrs. Knight, attended the Pomona grange at Littleton on Thursday.

Miss Dorothy Sm.ith entertained the Junior club at her home last evening. A program full of interest and fun was greatly enjoyed by the young folk. Tho entertainment closed with the serving of refreshments.

The former firm of Bagley & Kline, Bo.ston, is now known as Hagley &' Bagley.

Mrs. Harvey, Mrs. Bagley. Mrs. Jos­selyn and .Mrs. Jones were among those who .attended the old folks' con­cert at West Groton last Thursdav evening.

Harry Knight has been elected cap­tain of the Lanvrence academy hase-ball nino.

Mr. Noyes of Everett was a mid­week guest at Seven Pines.

Last week Friday Mrs. Frank Co­nant and Mrs. Fred Taft visited on Wallace hill.

Frank Conant and Will Cooper vi'ont lo Boston on S.iturdav last and while in town visited Will Wharff at the St. Elizabeth hospital.

Mr. and Mrs. Fxl. Wharff of W.all.ace hill spent the week-end at Westview.

On Tuesday ovoning Mrs. Bagley '«<as given a surprise party by the ladies of the Monday club and their escorts in honor of his birthday an­niversary. Whist followed by refresh­ments made a delightful evening's en­tertainment. Mrs, Jones and Oilman Conant mado the highest score of tho evening.

Mr. and Mra. Txirenyx) Doran en­tertained their neighbors at progres­sive whist on Saturday evening of last week. Mrs. Porter of Fitchburg, daughter of the host and hostess, waa a guest of tho evening, al.so Mr. and Mr.s. Ed. Wharff. After the serving of refreshments Mr. and Mra. R. B. Adams Invited the whist players to Rdgewood for tho coming Stiturday night.

On Tuesday afternoon the As You Llko It club met with Mrs. Ida Brown. Washington's birthday claimed a large share of the honors of the afternoon. Jfuslc was furnished by the secretary and treasurer of the club, Mrs. Flor­ence Conant. There were also a goodly number of phonographic rec-

Mell Attended..

"Th» colonel's maid," a drama re­plete with amusing scenes and inci­dents, brought out a full house on both Tuesday and Wednesday even­ings. The committee in charge is to be congratulated on the selection ot a play iwith rapid action, well sus­tained suspense, happy climax, termi­nating in a satisfactory conclusion and full of interest throughout.

It was well cast. The different ac­tors, not only displayed a fine con­ception of their roles, but were most successful in the execution of their various parts. Perhaps special men­tion might honestly be given, but it may be in better taste for the public rather than the press to take that privilege.

The music furnished by Elfot "ioung on the clarinet, accompanied by'.Mrs. Jessie .M. Young al the piano, and by the ladies' qaurtet formed an Impor­tant and very enjoyable part of the program.

All who contributed either to the dramatic or the musical entertainment of the evening must have enjoyed the sympathy of the audience which gave repeatetl and hearty applause.

The .Middlesex-Worcester Pomona met at Littleton on Thursday. Fellow grangers were present from Acton, Westford, Groton, Ayer, Shirley, Har­vard, Boxborough and Fitchburg. A hospitable welcome 'was extended to the visitors by R. T. Barrows, master of Litleton grange. Response was giv­en by George S. Knapp, of Groton. A flne piano sol was rendered by Lewis Knapp, of Groton, and encore follow­ed. Hon. Frank A. Patch, in a verv neat address on "Education in the grange," urged the necessity of great­er precaution and care in the signing of petitions addressed to legislature.

A bountiful dinner of cold meats, mashed potato, beans, rolls, coffee, broun bread, and all kinds of pies and apples were served to a hundred or more.

In tho afternoon Rev. O. J. Fairfield gave a most enjoying .address on "The west as compared with the east." A cornet solo by Charles Gallagher, ivith encore; song, by George S. Kftaijp and encore; jiiano solo and encore, by .Miss White, of .•^cton; piano solo.' Miss Cunimings, of Fitchburg, and vocal solos by Perley Smith and Miss Josie Foley, of Litleton, were all well ren­dered and much applauded.

Mrs. George Woods, of Groton. gave brig'.it, interesting commandments for the grange. Rev. H. L. Packard de­lighted his audience with an amusing recitation on ".Modern breakfasts." Mrs. Eugene Collier. Groton, read an interesting poem written by Mrs. El­len Barrows, of Groton, and Mrs. Charles Kimball, of Littleton, read a very helpfully suggestive paper on "The cultivation of flowers."

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