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WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY Eveiiings

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We have just received our first siiipment of Hart, Scfiaffner & Marx Suits in ;aii" tfie iatest modeis and coljjrings. Grays, Fancy Biues and Biaclcs. Caii and see them.

Hawes; Hats. Walk-Over Shoes. D. W. EietQiiir & Son, Opp. Depot, Ayer, Mass trated by photographs, taken by MlSs Alice Marshall, both of Still River.';-

The article Is an acconnt df historic places In Still River, entitled "AhcleBit homesteads In America," and the'pho--tographs.are of the following housed Joseph Willard house, built about 1730,;. and especially in evidence at the first ordination in-Harvard in 1733..: This place is now pwned and occupied by James Murchie. . . •!

John Bigelow house, built about 1690, the picture taken before alter^-. tlona -were imade.in the house,: a few-years ago, and show what was the flrA schoolhouse in StUl, River, and)whlcti was used as an ell to the house,,after being discarded, as a schoolhouse. < . -The Henry 'WiUaird-house, nowcwn}-

ed and occupied by W. B. TVillard. This house was built In 1687. .. (

The -Thaddeus Pollard house, -no-* o-wned by Isaac H. JMarshall, is one of the oldest houses, but it is not knowh when:it was built. . .- : . . : . ' : The James Houghton garrisoa hous^

i9 ne.xt shown, built .about, 1692i'an& now owned by Edward W. Houghton.!:

The Joshua Atherton house, built about 1700. In this house two British ofiicers, on parole, were quarantined' for many months during the revolut tionary war. This is now owned by Her­bert IV. Atherton . of Holyoke, who comes to the old homestead for-lilB summer vacation. • - • -.'ij

The last of the illustrations, iaithe' house o-wned by Luther Willarf,-which was built many years befor? America was a nation, and was'i-'a meeting place for the patriots during the revolution. '.; i

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At Page Hall, Ayer Winner of Tuesday Eveningrs Contest

announced Saturday Night

Prices, 10c. and 20c. HAEVAED.

Fair. There was an unusually large num­

ber out to the annual fair and snpper, given by the ladies of the Orthodox society. About forty-flve dollars was taken at the supper table..; Nearly all of the supplies on the different tables were sold before the entertain­ment, and the ladies are very much pleased with the success of the affair. The entertainment consisted of-views of Harvard, groups of children and characteristic poses of different men and women of the town. These latter brought out repeated laughter and ap­plause. The pictures were all shown on a twelve-foot curtain with a fine calcium light. Rev. H. B. Mason, who took all the pictures as well as oper­ated the machine, deserves much cred­it for his work. Supper was in charge of Mrs. S. J. Savage, and was all that could be desired. Mr. DIU presided at the carving table.

>'ew8 Items. Sunday afternoon three automobiles

laden with twenty passengers from Lowell took a run out to the beautiful town of Harvard. About two miles from the Center the party alighted at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thohias Grif­fin, and enjoyed the hospitality of that estimable couple 'for' Beveral liours. After the bountiful supper had been enjoyed, there was music and general good cheer, and the time for the home­ward start came too soon, but all ^ood things have an end, and goodbys. were said and the party headed for home,

F. W. Dixon has sold his place in East Bare Hill to parties taking pos­session at once.

J. Frederick Barry has been spend­ing a few days with his parenta at the Barry homestead.

Dr. Howard P. Rogers !• reported to have sold his farm property^ in Old Mill, the purchaser taking possession April 1, 1910. The new man will oc­cupy the year round.

Miss Annie Belcher of'V^altham has heen for the past week « guest -with Mr. and Mrs. Lindley.

' Orrin A. Fairbanks intendi to move hls' tamily into his newly-phrehased property on Lo-ver's lane early next yreek. •' •. .,. — •,•...- •:,•, •,'. : . , , . •

E.'W. Boyd, who: for several years -Tisited annually at the farm of H. A.

. .iMtence, Is for a:short, time a soss t ' ar''*The elms,*' the homeof O. C. "May-

Mrs. Avery, of the Old South Home, is staying for a few weeks with Mr. and Mrs. John P. Harlofr.

Thoma»:Hasgert]HMui secured work at Budsoii and intends to move there with his' family.

Miss Mary Bull is visiting for the present -with her consin, Mrs. H. E. Whitney.

Mary Davis has been visiting with friends at Fitchbnrg. .

tMiss Bra Kilburn is stopping with Mr. and Mrs. Stowell W. Davis.

Miss Alice -Ames of Groton has been visiting this week with Mrs. A, T. West.

The town of Harvard offers a re­ward of seventy-flve doHars for the arrest and conviction of party or par­ties who broke into the cooper shop of E. P. Houghton the night of Novem­ber 3. .

NOTICK—Prom November 1st, 1909. to April tat. 1910, OS has been our cus­tom (or a nuinber o( yeap^ our store will be closed every evening ezeept Sat' urday evening: at S.30 o'clock. ~ day evening at nliie o'clock, rence & Son, Ayer, Mass.

Situr-A;;E;. I A W -

Stfll Blrer. Miss Ethel Parker is now mtich bet­

ter, being able to sit up gnite a while, and.her_rrie4ds..are inakihg her happy by sending her souvenir.postal, cards, of -which she receives several in every mail, and they serve to help her pass many, an'hour that otherwise would be dreary In a hapl>y'manner.

Wednesday eTsnlng,,A.^ A. Hutoher-son and S. B. Hftynes went to Worces­ter, on the invitation of Ralph Whit­ney, and saw'the first \Iegree of Odd Fellowship worked on nine candidates.

Lost Sunday, there being no services in the chureh here, In the moming quite a number attended the. Congre­gational charch ih I^arvard, and'some went to LancaitfSr. In the evening Mr. Haynes had charge of the meet­ing and gave an acconnt of the Lay­men's Missionary movement meeting, that he attended in Worcester that day.

, L«(st - Satorday.. afternooon' Ijister Keyes of Springfleld made a short -visit 'with his'modier, Mrs. A. H. Keyes. . Napoleon Oodda ot Winchester was

the. guest of- Mr. and Mrs. Luther Wil--lard this weelL ^

Miss Alice Marsiiall Is vlskthg rel­atives m HetadM'ni K. J . ' . -

HIrtorie HoMM. : 'Tbi vJoptaat i^t. American' HlstfAry, of recent 4ato, has an a'rtlcle written by Miss Laura A. Browq, and illus-

MIss Elsie Graves of Boxborpcigh is visiting her aunt and cousins at Cherry Hill farm. : • • ; . .

Our young townsman, Herman-' S. Willis, was at home for the weetendl with his father, who is poorly in health. ': :•

The fair held at Grang'e hhli bjr' the Matrons' Aid -was a great succese^ both, from a £nanciaX, and social view­point. In the guessing contests A; Adams, A. Cumtnings' and B. Huh)>at-4 were the winners. Adams won th? whip, Cummings got the comfortable, so he can keep warm this winter, while Hubbard "took the cake." The contributions of fruit, vegetables, etc., were auctioned ofl to the highest bid­der and a good sum was realized, after which an entertainment, con­sisting of music, recitations, tableaux, etc., concluding with the farce, "A kiss in the dark."

At the first Parish church, Shirley Center, Sunda}-, November 7, at 11.15 a. m.. Rev. George WilUs Cooke will preach.

Unitarian. Rev. J. Willis Cooke fllled the pulpit

at the First Parish church, Sunday, and preached a strong' and helpful sermon on "Loyalty," taking for his text the parable of the ten piles of money deducing the conclusion that the lesson Intended Is not so much that when we are faithful to a trust we have done our duty to a friend, a neighbor or an employer, but we must consider tbe matter as baving relation to posterity, and that whatever of suc­cess a man may attain to whether it be tbe accumulation of wealth or reaching the light of inventive skill or fame in any direction, he miist re­member that his talents, his abilities are a heritage from those that have preceded him, and that the greatest reaches of achievements of the future along any and all lines rests largely upon.the loyalty and fidelity with which we grapple with the opportuni­ties of life.

Grange. A regular meeting ot Shirley grange

was held Qt Grange hall, Tuesday eve­ning, November 2. A-good number were present and a -very Interesting program was carried out It was his­tory night and the wortliy master, M. W. Longley, was the principal speak­er ,and- he gave a very instructive and concise, history of the town of Shir­ley, making mention of many of the prominent old-time families, whose names are held'sacred by the present generation, among which the Whit­neys, Chandlers, Holdens, Edgartons, Longleys, Browns, etc., may be men­tioned, -paying a high tribute to the memory of the lato. Edwin White and Jonas Longley, who was a faithful and'Tonscientious worker for the towh, holding the offlce of town clerk for a long term of years.

NOTICE—From November 1st, 1909, to April 1st. 1910, as has been our cus­tom for a number of years, our store will be elosed every evening except Sat­urday evening at 6.30 o'clock. Satur­day evening at nine o'clock. A.E.Law­rence & Son, Ayer, Mass.

Items of Interest £higene 'V., Debs may be wrong In

many things, but he was right when he said: "There Is something wrong •with a conntry whireln the wealthy and arl8tocratle~w6men -will pay one hundred dollari fd'r a pug-nosed bull­dog to hug and U s s and fondle while many a briglit little orphaned child .holds up Its tiny han()s In a vain ap­iieal for a' ihother's "love and car-« « • ; ; . . - : / . - • : - - • ; . " ; ; • ; • . • . • ; . ' -

For Men and Youths Our Overcoat Stock is the pride of our

store and every Man's Overcoat is, here. No matter what a Man's. Overcoat. liKing may be/there 's a Coat her0 that will suit hlm.

Does' he prefer a conservative stylle:? We have many Blacks and Oxfords for him. ;,

Does he prefer something more sti-jk-ing ? -We have many, very Fancy. Over- • coats in the very latest models and fabries.

A Smart Overgoi^ For a man who i^ tired; of.i:t>^;iarne old

thing in Overcoats, we can shovv.him the new creations. These Coats-have style and character. They a re cut in single-

: breasted;button through model, and can . be buttoned close an.d: high in' mititiary

^ style. The materials a r e fancy/stri^^^ f.and,mixturBS;.that are designjed especially

for this styIe,!^of Ov^rcpafc^ j ^ nation of style and corn fori;, look att this new Military Coat. . .

If you-wish something new and different,—an Overcoat with a distinctive style about them, don't fail to visit this store. We '11 be pleased to show you.

Regular Cut Overcoats in Black and Oxford Kersey and Black and Oxford Vicunas, cut 4 4 inches long.

Prices, $10.00, $12.00, $15.00, $18.00, $20.00 and $22.00.

The Young Men's Fancy Overcoats, some cut with the new Auto and Military Collar, cut very full, with broad shoulders and large lapels.

Prices, $10.00, $12.00, $15.00, $1,8.00, $20.00 and $22.00. .

Fur-Lined Overcoats There is a great deal more doing in FUR-LINED bVERCOATS

than used to be. A Fur-Lined Overcoat is getting to be r ^ a t d e d as a necessity for the man who is obliged to be but in all kinds of weather. Our Coats are made by . one of the BEST MAKERS IN THIS COUNTRY. They are well made, good'fitting, a n d . m a d e very full and large. The shell, dr outside, is made qf heavy Beaver or Kersey. The linings are made from Dog/Muskr£it and Marmot Skins. The collars are made of Marmot, Blended Musk-rat and River Otter.

Prices, $28.00, $30.00, $35.00, $50.00 ^nd-$60.00 '- -.••:: -'-.•'•-/: Jr-

Fur Coats For those who prefer Fur Outside instead of Fur-Lined, will firid

here a large stock from which to make a, selection. All ^dod, large, roomy Coats. AH well made and put together fop'service and dura ­bility.

The outside is made of SIBERIAN DOG, RUSSIAN BEAR, RUS­SIAN CALF-SKIN, GALLOWAY and COON-SKINS..* - ' -

Prices, $18.00,$20:00,$25.00:$28.0o'and$30.0Q • t , tx.1- '1

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F^cCQon Coats, a very godd^-'ciuatijty^^

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Adds ta'hoJesomeness to the food,.

B&kliv^poWdei' Makes the finest grained and lightest

breads and cake.

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Saturday, >'0T.ember 6, 1909.

WESTFOBD. Abont Town;-

Emery J. 'Whitney has been appoint­ed by the selectmen Inspector of .meat in place of 'Wilbert E. Parsons resign­ed. Mr. Parsons has returned - from a short visit to Ne-wton, Me., -where the alfections of earlier life repose in the cemetery, among -R-hom are his flrst -wife and three children, the lat­ter all dying in ohe year. This visit was preparatory to leaving town for California and Oregon.

Deer are holding camp meeting in the forest near Cold Spring, and can be seen with the naked eye in the mowing fields that are- close by. Give them a chance to eat a little old grass fog, and don't for mere sport give aim with shot gun and dog.

Mrs. David L. Greig and Mrs. Alma Richardson started Monday for New York and New Jersey for a two weeks' visit. If they expect to see all, hear all and tell all in that time, it will be a busier two weeks than the berry sea­son at the fruitful Greig farm with haying following as a close second.

Rev. Seth Walker of the 'Walker homestead on-Main street has opened a school for boys on Foster street, Lowell, to be under the control of the Advent, society, of which Rev. Walker is the minister for Lowell. He holds otit a wide open welcome to the people of his hatiVe town, to attend services Saturday afternoons at Branch street, Lowell.

Unless the elements of nature and other unforeseen contingencies form a modern trust to prevent, Rev. B. H. •Bailey will exchange with Rev. P. H. Cressey ot Groton nexl Sunday. Odd age, you know,-has to guard carefully its promises of exchange, as the ap­proaches to that season of the year are close by when we shall be remind­ed of the words of Emerson, "herald­ed by all the trumpets of the sky, ar­rives the snow."

The annual church fair of the Uni­tarian church will be held nexl Thurs­day evening, November 11. There will be a whole roomful of attractions to see, hear and taste, and everyone is sure to get a flt along some of these lines. The ladies of the parish are its guardians, and they have sublet to the men folks of the parish, who will be inquired of their stewardship In the matter. Let there be no excusing ot duty behind the tangles of "Too busy, couldn't attend to it."

-Mr. and -Mrs. William Parfitt have moved onto the Tallent farm on Stony Brook road. This is the farm of her uncle, the late Eben Tallent.

The Overlook farm on the Tenney road. North Westford, has not been overlooked in the distributions of na­ture -where crops are good and stones are plenty. The potato crop has been a regular Aroostook style, large and smooth, but free from machinery. A recent digging unearthed sixty pota­toes that weighed seventy-flve pounds. This farm is owned by Fred L. Snow, recently of Lowell. Conundrum, it he can raise such potatoes as these with­out knowing how to farm, what will he raise when he does know? To be answered by Stony Brook potato rais­ers. Their answers are liable to be a sort of small potato affair of a half century's gathered experiences.

May 1, 1909, »1,833,214, a gain of $80,-765 over 1908. Number of horses, 382, a loss of 16; cows, 781, a gain of 30; swine, 80, a loss of 70; hens, 4882, a gain qf 1637; dwelling houses, 507. a gain of 3. Nimiber of assessed polls, 690, a loss of 2. All other cattle com inonly classified, as neat stock (with­out being neat many of tbem), 206, a gain of 2. As usual the rise was mostly in the manufacturing villages, which already pay over half of the taxes of the town.

Fsrmers' Institute. The Middlesex North Agricultural

society win open the winter campaign of farm instruction by holding its first institute at Groton next Wednesday. Prof. L. B. Clinton of Storrs Agricul­tural college, Connecticut, will give the addresses of the day. Forenoon, "Soils;" afternoon, "Trend, country-ward." This Is a non-excusing oppor­tunity for the farmers in the north­west tier of towns of Middlesex coun­ty to hear a speaker who knows his subject by speclal education and ex­perience. The writer knows whereof he afllrms when the statement Is made, that Professor Clinton Is one of the brightest and most satisfactory institute speakers .Middlesex North has on its lists. Let there be no stay-at-homes in the vicinity of Groton on any scare of "Ephraim Is joined to his idol, let him alone." Brush oft some of the old cobwebs that have been allowed to tangle over the life for lack of contact.with Just such a live wire as the Institute •will; prove to be. It will be surprising what a healthy happy shaking up it produces. The towns down Lowell way will do well to inquire about the express stopping at Groton for this institute.

Gain in Tnlnntlon. The valuation of the town is still

gaining, and.we are becoming wealthy so gradually and so extensively, ter­ritorially considered, that we may. not be aware tit It.unleis figures are quot­ed. Here are a few out of the many thousand that the assessors have painted on the valuation books In

(rW; black;*nd-.white, and they are all rtghf. ^ Total'valuations ot ' the 't6*i}

To-wn Meeting. Election passed off with the usual

hurry-up calls of automobiles and horse carriages '.in the interest of favorite candidates. The contest of the day centered largely over the registerof deeds for northern Middle­sex. It is to be regretted that nature, having specially, equipped Horace S, Bacon for this position- and almost audibly saying "Thou art the man',' that he should be allowed to be de­feated In the district by 196 votes, Without questioning the fitness of his opponent, it was poor business judg­ment that voted this change. The town stood loyally by him with 206 votes to 92' for his opponent. Precinct 3, the Brookside precinct, seems to have something individual that the public takes to. It has with business ability represented the state two terms In the house of representatives and three terms in tbe senate, and the recent election has furnished a member of the governor's council. Three cheers for Hon. Herbert E. Fletcher and hur­rah for Brookside precinct clear to Oak hlll. Those who served the Brookside precinct as election offlcers were warden, Michael L. McGlinchey; clerk, William R. Taylor; inspectors, Houghton G. Osgood, Peter B. Mc­Glinchey. Owing to sickness, absent-ism, worldly-mindedness and a per­verse spirit, the showing except for register of deeds was not up to expec­tation or previous record. Only forty-seven votes were cast out of sixty-two registered. The vote for governor was, Draper, 23; •Vahey^ 14; White, socialist, 7. For lieutenant-governor, Frothingham, 21; Poss, 15. Register of deeds. Bacon, 31; Purcell, 10. Councillor, Fletcher, 26; Callahan, 9, Representative, Elisha D. Stone of A>-er, 22; John .M. Fletcher of Westford, 16. The vote ot the town for repre­sentative was Stone, 158; Fletcher, 145. It there are fiowers and disap­pointments in election results dis­tributed over the state, none of them were distributed to the candidate for representative from 'Westford. For smiles that will last, for smiles well charged with grateful appreciation, peruse the vote for representative by precincts, and then apply for a bill of particulars at the home of the Lincoln street candidate. The citizens should feel that while they maj dlirer widely politically, there Is no signed protest of alarm against the propriety of their election as happened in a close-by dis­trict.

Center. Diphtheria has made its much-to-

be-dreaded appearance In the Wiiliam E. Frost school. Two of the children In the family ot Joseph Seara are in quarantine with the disease.

Mrs. Ocar R. Spaulding entertained the members of the Thimble club and their husbands at Halloween wblst Saturday evening. The score cards were unique designs suitable to Hal­loween. Mrs. G. W. Goode made the highest ladies' score and received first prize, a dainty brooch pin, in Canadian design. The honors all went to the same family, Mr. Goode securing the gentleman's prize, a particularly hand­some pack of playing cards. Tradi­tional Halloween refreshments were served during the evening, and later ice cream and cake were enjoyed b'y all present.

The Unitarian ladles are busily at work preparing for their sale, Novem­ber 11. A farce Is in preparation, which pro.Tilses well for the evening's entertainment.

The Edward .M. Abbot Hose com­pany held their regular monthly meet­ing at their headquarters, Tuesday evening. The flrst supper of the sea­son was served. This was an oyster supper and was In charge of J. Her­bert Fletcher, Edward M. Abbot and Aaron Tuttle. At the business session the name of Frank E. Miller was pro­posed for membership. John Goode was appointed second lieutenant In place of Albert Heywood resigned from the company. A good represen­tation of the membership went to Graniteville the night before to help at the Healy flre.

Mrs. David L. Greig and Mrs. Alma M. Richardson are enjoying a trip of a week or ten days to New Jersey. They expect to visit Mrs. E. H. Bern-hart at Newark, Mrs. George E. Jen­kins at ^lorristown, and Miss Martha J. Taylor at Bound Brook.

Irving P. Wright and Ilttle son Fletcher have been visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Wright, and his Ulster, Mrs. 'Walter J. Merritt.

Mrs. Charles P. Marshall and Clari­on have had a thoroughly enjoyable visit of a few days with their old friends and neighbors, at their pleas ant home In Grafton. During one ^ay of their stay Misses Sarah and Lillian Atwood, while on a business trip to 'Worcester, came out and speht several hours at Grafton.

Aaron Tuttle-has accepted^a posi­tion with a .Low,eIl: flrm as night watchman and fireman.

Th^ Ladles' Missionary society of thjs Congregational church held a good mestl^g with -Mrs./ John B. Fletcher, hn ToeedAy'tsitetnoon.- ' ^

Edward M. Abbot Is. otf to the Maine woods for his annual- hunting trip.

Colds are very prevalent. Mrs. James Spinner is convalescing from a severe attack, of bronchitis. Miss Edith Babbitt of the academy teach­ing force was detained from the school­room two days last week with a hard cold.

A Pleasant Home. Messrs. Needham and Kletcher have

the house they have been building for .Mrs. Mary E. Fletcher and her daugh­ter Nellie nearly ready for occupancy. The linishlng touches are going on rapidly, and Mrs. Fletcher expects to begin moving wlthln a few days. Notbing but the pleasantest comments have been heard from every side about this house since it began to take form and sbape as a dwelling.

It is delightfuly located in the flrst place, being readily accessible to town hall, church, library, etc. It has the desirable southeasterly exposure and is placed so that the drainage is ex­cellent, always insuring a dry cellar. This lot on which the house Is placed Is what was known a s the "pear or chard," a part of the large farm which was .Mrs. Fletcher's home for thirty-seven years, and was reserved by ber at the time of the sale early last spring, and it has made a most desir­able building lot.

The house Is a model of convenience and comfort. Every bit of floor space being planned to the best advantage, and while It Is compact the wide arch­ed doorways and 'good lighting gives a spacious appearance.

The main house is square, measur­ing 28 by 30, and the eli 12% by 28. The covered piazza extending across the front, the convenient side piazza, the dormer window, lighting the attic, and the bay window at the side, are all arranged In a way to give harmonious outlines-from the outside. There are eight rooms with pantry, closets, bath­room and attic. As one enters the ves­tibule front door there is a iarge hall with stairway with landing lighted by a large ornamental -window. At the right of the front door Is an arched al­cove with built-in seats. Beneath the staircase is a good coat closet At the back of the hall is a library, and at the left of the hall is -a pleasant- sitting room with southeasterly exposure with bay window and corner iSrepIace. Back of this is the dining room with built-in china closets. In the ell are the kitchen, pantry, back stairs and a back room for fuel, refrigerator, etc. The arrangement of this part of the house is so sensible, practical and pleasant that it at once appeals to the hoosewife.

Upstairs are four pleasant, airy chambers with bathroom ahd linen closet,.and over this a large unfinished attic. A feature of one of the front chambers is a built-in chiffonier.. These upper rooms are all papered in light,- pretty effects, while downstairs the hall is in conventional design, the sitting rooni' is two-toned effect, and the dining room In plain color half way up the wall and flowered design above with moulding between. All or­namentation is placed with simple and effective good taste. The house Is heated with furnace and the plumbing Is of the hest. There are hardwood floors throughout. The flnlsh is of cypress. All of the windows in the front of the house are of plate glass. Outside, Mr. Tarbell, the landscape gardener, has laid out the ground In a way that gives a most excellent re­sult.

This home makes a pleasant addi­tion to the village and its new occu­pants have the best wishes of their many friends for the enjoyment of their pleasant home.-

ll.st of Xew Books. New books have been recently pur­

chased for the library, and a short list of those ready for circulation is given below. As other lists will ap­pear soon, some readers may choose to save and use them.

FICTIO.N-. Barr . A. E. H a n d s of comp-j!sion.

B 26S.20 Bazln. R. "This, my son." K .-is.-j.s Cabot , O. Man w i t h o u t a iiliado-.v.

C 11«.2 Crawford . F . M. W h i t e sister. C ^99.38 Uavls, R. H. W h i t e mice. D 2»;< 12 E a t o n . W. P. and Underhi l l . E. M.

R u n a w a y place. E 145.2 Glasgaw. B. Komance of a plain man.

G 5-tS.6 Gran t . R. Chippendales . G 7fi2.s KInBsley. F . M. Transf igura t ion of

Miss P h l l u r a . K 564.5 Lincoln, J . C. Our vlllaKe. L ;.-)S 6 Lynde. F. K i n s In Arcadia. I. iks..-! Merwln. B. Girl and the bil). .M 5T5S.2 Miller. A. D. Less than kin. M S4GS.2 Pr . i t t , L. Ezekiel . P 916.2 Rice. A. H. Mr. Opp. H 462.4 Rideout . H. M. DrapTons blood. P. .",45.3 Snndeman. O. Uncle Gregorv. s; 1946 2 Webster . H. K. KlnR In kh'akl.

W 3SI.4 Whi te . W. A. Cer ta in rich n.an.

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Fnterhiinment. The flrst In the series of socials for

the winter season at the Congrega­tional church, last Thursday evening, was a pleasant event, and successful from the standpoint of a good social time and a creditable amount for the treasury.

An oyster supper was served from half past sJx to eight, and was well pa­tronized. Those who presided over this feature were Mrs. D. L. Greig, .Mrs. J. E. Knight and Mrs. S. L. Tay­lor. The dining room was decorated with autumn foliage and tbe tables were brightene'd with the berries of the alder arranged with greenery. This was the deft handiwork of .Mrs. A. W. Hartford.

The entertainment at eight consist­ed of a piano duet by Mrs. .Marshall and Hazel Hartford; recitations by Mrs. Oscar A. Nelson; duet, .Misses Cushing and Burnham; piano solo, Sa­die McMasters; readings, S. L. Taylor. The entertaliiment concluded with a short play, entitled "Six Ilttle grand­mothers." The various numbers were well rendered. Mrs. Nelson's recita­tions were much appreciated. Mr. 'I'aylor regretted that his readings were ones that he had given before, but the applause he received must have convinced him that people liked his selections second hand as well as some at first hand. later there were games'and singing around the piano. Mrs. S. B. "Wright and Fred A. Smith contributed duets.. ; The ne?t>event-that the ladles are planning'is a food sale, to be held'at the home of Mrs. O. W. Goode.

Granlt«Tin^ • Th* tUnt^ ai?hlversary dance given under the'auspices of Conrt Oranlte­

vllle, ^. of'A., was held in ^ w n hall,' Westford,,on last Friday night ^ d , was a grand success. Kittredge'sr or-1 chestra of Lowell furnished excejlent' dance music, and at Intermission afine oyster supper .-was served In the lower hall by caterer P. A, Smith. The af­fair was welt attended,' many being present from out of town. The fol­lowing committee had charge: Gen­eral manager, Edward Riney; assist­ant, A. R.AVaU; aids, Fred Defoe, John Spinner, H. J. Hemeh, 'William Wright, Dr. C.- A. Blaney, J. B. Riney, Lester .McLenna, George McCarthy, J. Austin Kealy, J. B. Healy, Henry Leduc, Omer Leduc.

Election day passed off very quietly here. Not a very heavy vote was cast, and the ticket was pretty well split up. Precinct 2 went republican with the exception of the vote for register of deeds, which was won by William C. Purcell, democrat, 41; Horace S. Ba­con, republican, 36.

The members ot the St. Catherine's Temperance society will hold a soclal dance iii Abbot's hall. Forge 'Village, on next Saturday night.

Miss Sarah Teague' and .Miss Ahce C. Sheehan of Lowell we.e • recent guests of Mr. and Mrs, Joseph Wall in this -tillage.

Jlichael J. Rafferty of Hardwiek, 'Vt., Is now visiting at the home of his pa­rents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Rafferty Inthis village. The Sargent school was closed on

Friday of last week, as all the teach­ers were attending a teachers' cCnven-tion in Boston.

Ftee. ~ What might have been a serious

firo broke ' out shortly after nine o'clock here Monday night, when the large barn belonging to J. A. Healy was completely destroyed by the flames. As It Is the loss on the build­ing and contents will approach $3000. The structure was & large- affair, hav­ing a flfty-foot frontage and a rear length of one hundred • feet. In it were fifteen horses, two cows, several pigs and many wagons and carnages. Several tons of hay and straw were also in the burned- building. All the live .stock and carriages were saved, but the barn and the hay and straw are a total loss.

How the flre started Is unknown. It was discovered breaking through the roof over the harness room shortly after nine o'clock by Fred Defoe and William Buckingham, who gave the alarm. Mr. Healy was returning from a firemen's meeting In the club house when he heard the cry of "flre." He soon found It was his own barn blaz­ing, and hurried at once to the scene. .Meantime the neighbors had gathered and begun to take out the live stock. .Notwithstanding the heat of the fiames, they worked so quickly and so well that In a short time no living animal was left in the doomed building. Help was pronipt In arriving, the A. R. Choate hose company of Graniteville, the John Edwards company of Forge 'Village and the Edward M. Abbot company of Westford responding with­in a short time, and did valiant work In staying the progress of the flames. The town water supply and hose equip­ment certainly paid for itself In this Instance, and much credit is due the flre department for their excellent work. The house and paint shop owned by Joseph Wall, but twenty feet from the burning structure, was saved by the flremen, who poured tons of water on the house. The loss on tbe barn and contents is protected by Insurance.

This is the second loss sustained by Mr. Healy, whose house and barn were burned out eleven years ago last June. Both flres started the flrst day of the month, June 1, 1898, and November 1, 1909, at about the same hour of the night.

Fortunately there was very Ilttle wind onMonday night, and the good w^rk of the flremen and townspeople confined the flames to one building. The lire attracted a great number, who stayed until the fiames were under control, which was shortly after eleven o'clock, altho-i2gh watchers were kept all night.

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, I win wli you « Lot 60 ft. by 160 ft. for $100, situated on West M.ln, Stf, Ay"r, on Hoe of electric cars. City water and, tiktU located. Chanee to make (ome money. AD.' ply to * ' Itf PATRICK DONLON, AT«|».

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to users of Mother's Cereals These cereals are famous for quality among, the, housewives of America. Carefullv our buyers collect the finest grain in all American markets. They are known as being finicky. Ca refuUy our mills pick from this cream the ripest, choicest grains. Carefully our mill hands pick from these kernels the biggest, the fattiest, the finest. Only the best grains ever find their way to aMbther's package. Carefully this product is selected from the select, is cleansed, then steriHzed and packed in a Mother's sanitary package. Here is a list of Mother's Cereals. Every one is the best of its kind. Mother'* OaU

Not like other oatf. Not only rolled . to make their cookmg easy, but cruihed to make them eanljr digeited.

Mothef'a Wheat Hearts (TIM crwun ot th* vAaal)

Is a pure granulated wheat (ood, thoroughly tterilized and caiily di­gested. '.

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Mother** Old FaaUooed Steel Cut Oatmeal

ThoTotighly pan rokated, all of the satunl sweetness of tfae oats retuned

Mother'* Yellow Corn Meal The kind from which you can make the com bread, cakes, mush and mulEni.

Mother** 'White Com Meal Carefully prepared from the finest gaiaii Delicious for com bread and cakes. The kind dearest to the heart of the southem housewife.

Mother'* Granulated Hominy Made from carefully selected white

. com, by modem methods of manu-bcture. A food far superior to tho ordinary hominy.

Mother** Coarie Pearl Homiqy Mode from selected white flint com of the highest qiiality.. Coarser than Mother** Hommy Grits arid requires a little longer in the coolcing. and makes the best gmeb

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If your "little one" starts ofl in the morning in not the best of health you can rest easy as to his well-being with the telephone at hand. In this way the home and the school work in closer harmony in the care ot the youngsters.

Then, too, the Long Distance Bell Telephone lines put parents and the older children, away at boarding school. Into constant communication.

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A f t e r N o r e m b e r flrst J . , B . S p l a i n e & C o . a n d H a n l e y & C o . w i l l c l o s e t h e i r s t o r e s e v g r y T u e s d a y a r i d T h u r s ^ d a y e v e n i n g s a t e i g h t o ' c l o c k - t i n t l l f u r t h e r n o t i c e .

H e r b e r t C a t c h p o l e o f B o s t o n w a s a w e e k - e n d g u e s t o f h i s b r o t h e r , H e n ­r y C a t c h p o l e .

M r s . D a v i d L o r d a n d M i s s M a r i a L o r d s p e n t S a t u r d a y a n d S u n d a y a s g u e s t s o f .Mr. a n d M r s . H a r r i s o n S a r ­g e n t o f P e p p e r e l l .

M i s s A n n i e . C h a m p l l n g a a d M a s t e r F r a n k C h a m p l l n g of L a w r e n c e w e r e o v e r - S u n d a y v i s i t o r s o f M r . a n d M r s . E d m u n d H u n t .

C o m m u n i o n s e r v i c e s w i l l b e h e l d a t S t . A n d r e w ' s m i s s i o n o n S u n d a y , N o ­v e m b e r 7, a t n i n e a . m . S u n d a y s c b o o l a t t h r e e . E v e n i n g s e r v i c e a t s e v e n .

H a l l o w e e n P a r t i e s .

T h e l a d i e s o f S t . A n d r e w ' s p a r i s h o f A y e r e n t e r t a i n e d t h e c h o i r o f S t . A n d r e w ' s m i s s i o n o f t h i s v i l l a g e a i a H a l l o w e e n p a r t y , h e l d a t t h e v i c a r a g e i n A y e r l a s t S a t u r d a y e v e n i n g . S u p ­p e r w a s s e r v e d a t 6 . 3 0 , a n d ' t h e flve l a r g e t a b l e s w e r e e l a b o r a t e l y d e c o r a t ­e d In k e e p i n g w i t h t h e d a y . . L a r g e p u m p k i n s s e r v e d a s s u g a r b o w l s a n d b u t t e r d i s h e s , w h i l e a p p l e s w i t h c e n ­t e r s r e m o v e d a n d c a n d l e s p l a c e d i n t h e m f u r n i s h e d t h e l i g h t . T h e w a i t ­r e s s e s w e r e S a l e m w i t c h e s a n d a t t i r e d i n w h i t e w i t h p o i n t e d h a t s a n d b r o o m s . T h e y p r e s e n t e d a g h o s t l y a p ­p e a r a n c e a s the j^ c o n t i n u a l l y c h a n t e d v e r s e s i n k e e p i n g w i t h t h e o c c a s i o n . T h e l a r g e r o o m w a s b e a u t i f u l l y d e c ­o r a t e d w i t h a u t u m n f o l i a g e , c o r n s t a l k s a n d g r i n n i n g J a c k - r O - l a n t e r n s . A f t e r t h e s u p p e r w a s ' o v e r m a n y g a m e s w e r e w h i c h c a u s e d m u c h l a u g h ­t e r , f o l l o w i n g w h i c h a m u s i c a l h o u r w a s e n j o y e d . T h e p r o g r a m c o n s i s t e d o f a p i a n o s o l o , o f h i s o w n c o i h p o s i -t i o n , -Mr. H i g l e y o f G r o t o n s c h o o l ; p i a j i o s o l o , s e l e c t e d . M i s s . M a r y C h e r ­r y ; p ian'o s o l o . M i s s G l a d y s G l y n n ; s o l o , " . M e d i t a t i o n , " M i s s P h i l l i p ^ ; p i a n o s o i o , s e l e c t e d . M i s s E v a B i o d ^ g e t t ; v o c a l s o l o , " F l i g h t o f A g e s , " M i s s T h e r e s a L o w t h e r ; , v o c a l s e l e c ­t i o n , " Q u e e n o f M a y , " M i s s K a t h l e e n X o r t h r u p ; r e a d i n g , " W h e n t h e m i n i s ­t e r c o m e s »o t e a , " Mlss^ M a r i o n F a r n s ­w o r t h ; v o c a l s e l e c t i o n , " L o v e d i v i n e , " M i s s T h e r e s a L o w t h e r a n d R e v . T h o m ­a s L . F i s l i e r . T h e c h o i r s p e n t a v e r y e n j o y a b l e e v e n i n g . T h e y w i l l i n t u r n e n t e r t a i n t h e A y e r p e o p l e i n t h e n e a r f u t u r e . Tne f o l l o w i n g c o m m i t t e e w e r e i u c h a r g e of t h e a f f a i r : R e v . a n d M r s . T h o m a s L . F i s h e r , M r s . H o w a r d N o r t h r u p , .Mrs. F a r n s w o r t h , M r s . D u d ­l e y , M r s . P a r k s , M r s . O l k l e y a n d M r s . C h a s b a r n .

M i s s e s C h r i s t i n a a n d T h e r e s a L o w ­t h e r e n t e r t a i n e d a n u n i b e r o f y o u n g p e o p l e a t a H a l l o w e e n p a r t y l a s t S a t ­u r d a y e v e n i n g . T h e a f f a i r w a s g i v e n i a h o n o r o f t h e i r n e p h e w , E d w i n C h e r ­r y o f X e w Y o r k c i t y . a n d A l b e r t , w h o s a i l e d T u e s d a y , N o v e m b e r 2 , f d r L i v e r p o o l , E n g l a n d , w h e r e h e e x p e c t s t o s p e n d t h e w i n t e r . ' T h e e v e n i n g w a s v e r y p l e a s a n t l y s p e n t i n p l a y i n g g a m e s , t e l l i n g f o r t u n e s a n d t r y i n g t r i c k s , w h i c h w a s t o d e c i d e t h e i r f a t e . A t t w e l v e o ' c l o c k , t h e " m a g i c h o u r , " a d a i n t y l u n c h e o n w a s s e r v e d , f o U o w ­i n g w h i c h g h o s t s t o r i e s w e r e t o l d . A p r i z e w a s o f f e r e d t o t h e o n e w h o t o l d t h e b e s t , a n d M i s s M a e L o r d p r o v e d t o b e t h e i u c k y o n e .

A n E n j o y a b l e B a l l .

T h e e i g h t e e n t h a n n u a l b a l l o f t h e I. 0 . 0 . F . , .M. U., w a s h e l d i n A b b o t ' s h a l l , ' W e d n e s d a y e v e n i n g , N c f v e m b e r 3 , a n d p r o v e d t o b e a v e r y e n j o y a b l e af­f a i r . M a n y g u e s t s w e r e p r e s e n t f r o m o u t o f t o w n . T h i s b a l l Is . l o o k e d f o r ­w a r d t o a s t h e l e a d i n g e V e i t ot t h e s o c i a l s e a s o n , a n d t h e c o m m i t t e e i n c h a r g e s p a r e d n o e x p e n s e t o m a k e i t o n e l o n g t o b e r e m e m b e r e d . A t 10 .30 a c h i c k e n s u p p e r w a s s e r v e d , .a f ter w h i c h d a n c i n g w a s r e s u m e d u n t i l oi^e c l o c k . T h e f o l l o w i n g c o m m i t t e e h a d c h a r g e o f t h e a r r a n g e m e n t s . G e n e r a l m a n a g e r , F r a n c i s L o w t h e r ; a s s i s t a n t m a n a g e r , A . 'V. N e l s o n ; floor d i r e c t o r , J a m e s W h i g h a m ; , a i d s , . F r e d D a v i s , H e n r y C a t c h p o l e , W i l l i a m B a k e r , J o h n B u r n e t t a n d G e o r g e W e a v e r . H i b ­b a r d ' s o r c h e s t r a o f L o w e l l f u r n i s h e d t h e m u s i c f o r d a n c i n g .

A c c i d e n t . '

W h i l e t h e J o h n E d w a r d s h o s e c o m ­p a n y w a s r e t u r n i n g f r o m t h e fire i n G r a n i t e v i l l e . M o n d a y n i g h t , t h e wblt-fletree b r o k e , c a u s i n g t h e h e a ' v y i j q s e c a r t t o ' s w e r v e t o o n e ' ^ s . C a p t a l a E l m e r E . N u t t i n g w a s t n ' o w n o o t a n d h i s l e g r e c e i v e d a s e v e r e s p r a i n . ' J o h n C a r m i c h a e l , o n e o f t h e r e g u l a r m e n , j u m p e d , b u t b e f o r e h e c o u l d c l e a r t h e s i d e o t t h e w a g o n It s u d d e n l y l u r c h e d b a c k , t h r o w i n g M r . C a r m i c h a e l o n b i s h e a d . S e v e r a l s t i t c h e s w e r e n e c e s ­s a r y t o c l o s e t h e w o u n d .

T h e a c c i d e n t w a s n e a r t h e r e s i d e n c e o f F r e d R e e d , a n d o n l y t h e f a c t t h a t t h e d r i v e r , K. D . P r e s c o t t , c l u n g t o t l i e r e i n s rind q u i e t e d t h e h o r s e s , t h a t - a v e r y s e r i o u s a c c i d e n t w a s a v e r t e d . D r . O. 'V. W e l l s w a s h a s t i l y s u m m o n e d a n d a t t e n d e d b o t h m e n . N e i t h e r i n ­j u r y p r o v e d s e r i o u s , a l t h o u g h t h e fire­m e n a d m i t i t w a s a v e r y c l o s e c a l l .

TOWNSEND.

C e n t e r .

F r a n k C h l s h o l m , w h o o c c u p i e d t h e C o n g r e g a t i o n a l p u l p i t l a s t S u n d a y , In b e h a l f o f t h e T u s k e g e e I n s t i t u t e , g a v e a v e r y I n t e r e s t i n g a d d r e s s , w h i c h s h o w e d t h e v a s t g r o w t h a n d g o o d w o r k d o n e b y t h i s i n s t i t u t e s i n c e i t w a s f o u n d e d b y B o o k e r T . W a s h i n g t o n .

T h e M o n d a y c l u b m e t w i t h M r s . J o h n J . P i p e r t h i s w e e k . T h e s u b j e c t o f t h e m e e t i n g w a s u p o n I t a l i a n a r t . a n d w a s i n c h a r g e o f M r s . A n n e E. F e s s e n d e n . T h e f o l l o w i n g . I n t e r e s t ­i n g p a p e r s w e r e r e a d r ' J " I t a l y ' s S u ­p r e m a c y i n a r t , " -' b y J f r s : A n n e • E . F e s s e n d e n , a n d " M i c h a e l A n g e l o , " . b y M r s . E . A . F l a g g . P r o f e s s o r A . O. S e a v e r r e n d e r e d s e V e r a l d i f l l c u l t s e ­l e c t i o n s u p o n t h e p i a n o , - a n d M r s . -E v e l y n L . W a r r e n g a v e a n ' e x c e l l e n t a c c o u n t o f t h e l i f e a n d w o r k s o f R a p h a e l . R e f r e s h m e n t s w e r e s e r v e d .

N o v e m b e r 8 , a t t h e g r a n g e , t h e f o l ­l o w i n g q u e s t i o n s w i l l b e d i s c u s s e d : " W h a t w i l l b e t h e p r a c t i c a l b e n e f l t o f t h o P r e s i d e n t ' s c o m m i s s i o n o n , c o u n - ; t r y l i f e , " b y p a s t - m a s t e r r i , - d a l e n A.' P r o c t o r a n d P . J . K n i g h t ; a l s o " H o w f a r a r e t h e m l s f l t s 6f• l i f e . tOtponaiVle f o r t h e f a i l u r e s , " b y T . B . F l a r i t y ; r e a d i n g , W . H . S c a v e r ; a n d c u r r e n t e y e i j t s . G a m e s , In c h a r g © .<rt M r s .

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Items of local Intereat are solicited, and-'must always !>• accompanied by­the name ofthe '<rrlt«r. not tor-publlca-tlon. but as a jBttarantee. of KOod (alth, and will always be donsidered strictly confldentlaL Kindly mall Itema soon after the day of occurrence, and do not wait unnec^sjarUy^ .--^,,

"The dally labors x>f tbe Bee, Awake my soul to Industry; Who can observe'tbe careful Ant And not provide for future want?"

Sntnrdar, Xerember 6, 1909.

GEOTON.

>'ews Items. Vesper service will be held In Law­

rence academy, Sunday, November 7, at flve o'clock. Principal Clough will address the meeting. The public is invited to this service.

It is said that a Mr. Sullivan of Pep­perell has bought J. A. Sanderson's place in North Groton.

Miss Myra Hosmer from 'West Ac­ton was an over-Sunday guest at Charles A. Hodgman's.

Rev. C. SV. Turner has returned froin a vacation in Nova Scotia.

Everett T.Warren, who wa,8 at home last week, has returnefd to bis work in Fitchburg.

Lteonard C. 'Williams, who has been away during the summer and fall; re­turned home last week.

Miss Margaret Cleary is visiting Sir. and Mrs. Donnelly in Cambridge.

Miss Mary L. Hutchins remains very seriously ill, the outlook for recovery or improvement not hopeful.

Mr. and Mrs. John Folkins from New Brunswick are visiting their daughter, .Mrs. H. Frazee and family here.

Bight young ladies, finding tbat tbe dance expected to be given In town hall last Saturday evening was not to be given, bestirred themselves and got up a Halloween dance^ which had an at­tendance of a hundred and flfty, and proived a satisfactory party^Mlss De­lia Haley, presiding at the ,{)iano, fur-' nished lively music.-Mrs. C. Z. South­ard, and Mrs. William A. Gobie were matrons.

Mr. and Mrs. George Boynton went last'week to spend a vacation in Lovell, iiaine. . . .

Mrs. George Brigham with her child

A singular little animal IB attract­ing attention in J. H. Sheedy's store, where it is frisking around ln a cage. Ifou may call it a squirrel-rat, for It is a mixture ot both. It has a rat's long t ^ r and hind legs^ and fur up to the .nectc,.and'then'all the remainder Is a red- squirrel. The motion's iand habits are like both creatures. Mr. Sheedy caught the freak on his roof. Some showman like, Barnum would probably like to add It to his animal curiosities andf make a good thing out of it.

The Ladies' Benevolent society of the Congregational church will give a harvest supper and concert at the church rooms on Thursday evening, November 11.

Deacon and Mrs. Thomas R. Clough have returned from a three months' trip through the west, taking in the exposition and visiting .Mrs. Clough's sister in Seattle.

Page ilack, chauffeur for Mrs. Dwight, a wealthy lady of Boston, was in town, and-at Groton Inn^ Monday. Mr. Mack had opportunity to call at the home-of bis sister, Mrs. Boynton and family on Whiting avenue.

Miss Carrie E. Clarke takes tho place at telephone offlce vacated by .Miss Jewett.

Mr. and -Mrs. Artbur C. Tuttle will start soon for Florida, where they will spend some weeks, going partly on business and partly for pleasure.

At the recent Pomona rally day at Townsend Harbor there was quite an attendance from Groton grange, somo of whom were the worthy lecturer, Mrs. L. B. Starr, Jlrs. .Millard SawyeV,' Mrs. E. Collier, Mr. and.Mrs. J. R. Hawkes, Mrs. Edith Kierstead, Miss Elsie Bailey and others whose names have not been given. Box lunch was enjoyed at noon with hot coffee serv.ed by the . Townsend Jadies; Busin'ess meeting, speaking, dls'cussiohs,' papers helped make up the program of an en­joyable day's meeting.

any 8 president, Mr.'Peabody was' Robert Fulton's Ulness .continues to elected his successor, a position which keep him from his accustomed place he continued to flll for many years. In Conant & Co.'s store. For a long time/he also w a s a director f^roAMnam.,.'. t«».i„ K».. a :.. .

which later became the 0«,«r«i •!=!.<».-• but is reported muc i S r ; which later became the Oemeral -Elec trier- Compiahy. .For niany. yeari*,; also, he was president ;Of the Salem' Nation­al bank.. ' •", " • . .

At the time of his death Mr. Peabody

Miss Mary HartweU of'Boston was a guest of her aunt. Madam Lucy Har wood, over Sunday. Miss Helen Hart

was president and director of the Elec-1 *®"' f.,**^'®'';.J'*?„'^**'®°"y accepted trie Corporation, directpr in the East-• S . . , ? f ° i , n „ ' ' Miss Capen In the ern Audit Company and the Salem Na-' Z-aii ' •'H^S^ preparatory school at tional bank, and trustee of the Massa-1 ^"""'*™"*"'--chusetts Electric Companies ahd the' Fred C. Hartwell has been spend-West End Land Compapy. i lag a few days of vacation in North

In K48 Mr. Peabody was married Conway, N.. H., where he enjoyed the to- Alarianne Cabot Lee, daughter of 'ree life of: a" sportsman. the late John C. Lee, one of the found­ers of tbe banking house of Lee, Hig­glnson & Company. Beside the widow

At a recent meeting of the Frank­lin County Teachers' association, Al­lan C, Cummings of Orange was

nve children survive; John Endicott,'chosen treasurer and Herbert E. Rich-a designer and interior decorator since ardson chairman of the executive com-1887, prior to which he was In the mittee. . , banking business abroad; Francis A number of the Littleton youilg

Accepted. Rev.. Henry A. Cornell has accepted

the unanimous call extended by tbe Baptist church of this town, and bis pastorate begins November^-flrst. The Baptist parsonage. has been put In readiness for occupancy, although Mr. Cornell, being a wldo.w«r, will reserve for his own personal use only a part of it. The remainder of the house is to be,let to some suitable family.

It will be of interest to the people was in town^a few"days ago on a visit' to whom Rev. H..A. Cornell will mlnis-to her husband, who is foreman of the ' ter, and to thej public generally of Gro-men of the electric lighting line work, ton, that Mr. Cornell's resignation as

Peabody, a member of the .Massachu setts bar; Rev. Endicott Peabody, D. D., head-master of Groton School; George Lee Peabody, a member o f the banking house of Lee, Higglnson & Company; and Mrs. John Lawrence (Martha Peabody) of this town.-

.Mr. Peabody's Boston home was 40 The Fenway. His summers was spent at the old family mansion, "Kern-wood," Salem, which had been- his father's bome.

Mr. Peabody was a frequent visitor in Groton and was one of the trustees of Groton School.

Final tribute to the memory of Col. S. Endicott Peabody was paid Tuesday afternoon by a large number of Salem and Boston business men. The, ser­vices were held in the North Unitarian church, Salem, Rev." Thomas Bacon of­ficiating. Ther© were musical selec­tions by the choir. The floral tributes were profuse. There wer eno .pall­bearers. . . •• • " The ushers at the church were Gebrge .P.. Gardner of Boston, Robstt Saltonstall of Beverly, Endic'ott Peg-body Saltonstall of Beverly, James Lawrencer J[r., of Milton, 'William C. Endicott .and :Capt. Jacob C. R. Pea­body bf Dan'vers,-'

J. Plerpont Morgan of New York city- was expected to be present, but at tbe last moment, owing to the death of a near friend, he was unable to come.

Bnrial was In Harmony Grove ceme­tery, Salem.

B. B. Lovett holds an assembly in town .hall, Wednesday evening, No­vember 21), the night before Thanks-, giving.

The Catholic society give a supper and: entertainuient, foJJOwed by a dance In town hall, Thursday eve-ning^'Novelnber 18.

Mr."'and~MrB. Roland Allen have Just gone to housekeeping in tenement'

pastor of the Immanuel church, Low­ell, waa accepted by that church with regrets. During the two ahd, one-quarter years of work there he ren­dered faithful and self-denying service onder conditions difiScult and discour­aging. Mr.'Cornell-bas'been:clerk ot the Lowell Baptist union and recently received- a vote of thankis for hls effi­cient service.

His many friends in Lowell and vi of W. W. Ames' residence on Willow cinlty are glad that this new charge Dale street. | over the Baptist cburch in the at-

The Groton relatives and friends of tractive town of Groton, where he be-Herbert J. Parmenter heard of his be-1 gins work at once. Is to be wlthln ing hurriedly Uken to a hospital in easy reach.

''Waltham one day last week for an im-mediate operation for appendicitis.' Town Meeting. Mr. Parmenter was for several years The vote at town meeting for gov-a clerk in Stevens & Tainter's store ernor was. Draper, 180; Vahey, 67; here and active in the Baptist church, lleut-governor, Frothingham, 175; He letf town a year or two ago to re- Foss, 77; senator, Hibbard, 182; Dra-turn to work on his father's large per, 55; representative, S. W Longley farm in Wayland, where he was when 194. taken ill. | The four articles in the town meet-

Miss -Mary Lawrence, daughter of 'ng for town business, relating to the Mr. and Mrs. John Lawrence, was sue-1 electric lighting, to see if the to-wn cessfully operated on for appendicitis vlU vote to appropriate sufficient mon-at a Boston hospital last week Friday. I ey to complete, operate and maintain .Misis Lawrence is the second daughter of Mr. and .Mrs. John Lawrence, and will be recalled by the Groton public as the young lady who appeared as Lady Mary in the play given in Groton town hall last spring for the District Nurse

the electric light plant until April 1, 1910; to see if the town will appro­priate a sum of money to e.xtend the electric lighting line from Hollis street, along Martin's pond road, to Lawrence Brooks' gate; tp see-.if the

association, and very charmingly yet' town wlil vote to put an electric lamp modestly gave a violin solo with en- a t t h e Junction of the Ayer road and cores. Peabody street; to see if the town will

William A Woods, local commission- a-PPropr'ate motiey-enough to extend er on moth work. Is on the war path' 1"^ electric line from Main street to with his assistant, Millard Sawyer. As house of George Prescott; were all yet .Mr. Woods has gone over only Passed ^ d an appropriation amount-about one-third of the territory of the ' ° ^ ^° * ^ ' ^ "^^^ '*°'^"' town, but flnds even many more gypsy moth colonies in the area already gone over than in the whole town area gone' over last year. This shows an alarm­ing increase. Owners of property must look sharply to their own trees In ad­dition 10 the commissioner's work.

Dr. Harding of Boston is about to taken an ofltce in Groton for the prac­tice of d^tlstry. . •• • ,^

The'j-'first to'the, season's coursei ot the Luther Blood Free Public lectures wllh bft-- given In own hall, Thursday evening, .Vovember 11, by Prof. Spill-map Klggs. Subject, "Musical aiid misfits."

A Worthy Citizen. The purchaser of J. R. Hawkes'

farm, situated on the Ayer road,' is Samuel Ramsden of Cambridge. Mr. Ramsden was very much pleas€a'"wlth' the location, and after. remQdelling the

people attended the husking at E. H Flagg's last Tuesday night.

Mrs. Bert Bower,. n6e Grifflths, of Waltham; has a young daughter that was .born last Sunday.

The Littleton 'Womaa's club will hold its flezt meeting in the Baptist vestry Monday afternoon, November 8. Mrs. Mary J. Priest will 'present a paper on Labrador, and a news letter from Mrs. Ida Thompson will be read.

' Ih the obituary of Mrs. M. E. Somes, printed In last week's Guidon, was a statement made through misinforma­tion, viz., that Walter is the adopted son of Mrs. Somes.

Last Sunday was observed as "pris­on day." at the.. Congregational church. . The pastor, Rev. Paul G. Favor, preached an earnest sermon on the subject of prisons, giving start­ling statistics In. regard -to, the num­ber'of inmates cared for In the prison, reformateries and other institutions for - correctlbh of '..evil, in Massachu­setts, described the methods pursued with wrong doers and defined the duty of the christian l<iward the .released con'vlct. •;,.-"•

J. H. Whitcomb>etnmedirom SoUth Wellfieet Monday,.»fter„fivo weeksiof pleasure wUh Jils.gun., Jame&.Nlxon Joined him for.nearly two .weeks. They. bring, with them no marvelous Ules, but it is understood that tbey found plenty of ducks and seldom missed aim. Mr. Whitcomb-has spent several days this week at Mrs. iGard-ner's In New. Bedford. Next Monday he returns to his position as conductor on the theatre train between Boston and Troy.

Fh-e. —•• -The are bells and factory whistle

buildings,'intending to make it one of 'called out a good number of would-' the fine'st homes In Groton," "fflll oc-'^be helpers at Elmer Fletcher's on Lit

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Flannelette Night Robes made from very best grades of Flannelette, cut full and long. Bqst values for the money obtainable. Ladies'sizes, 15,16,17. Prices, 50c., 75c., $1.00 Children's sizes, 4, 6, 8,10. Price, 50c. Men's sizes, 15,16,17,18, Prices, 50c.. 75c.

cupy for a summer residence. While Mr. Hawkes has been success­

ful in his farming a'nd -w'as' n b t v e r y anxious to sel l-his placed he 'tiiought if besftb'do esZwbii:tt Iffcb'uld b'e'soid to good advantage. He will remain on tbe place until next June.

Mr. Hawkes was received most fav­orably in Groton as the large vote cast

tleton Common last Saturday night about 9;30 o'clock. Jlr. Fletcher, upon his^ti irn.from a,hunt with his dogs, IdlsMve'fed" the odor,.of'.smoke in' his "barhi'ahd'iipoh" iiivestlgation found a closet all ablaze. His presence of mind served him a good turn, for im­mediately he closed the door, gave the alarm, and lost no time in getting a

Deatb. Dr. Endicott Peabody, headmaster

of Groton school, was called to Salem last Saturday night by the death of his father at his home In that'city.

Samuel Endicott Peabody, long iden­tified with banking Interests In this country and Europe, but who bad-4>e«tv-retired frbm acUve business life for sever&l years, die^ Saturday nlght^at hls.-sumther home, "Keruwood,';;; in Salem, where he had been islhce-the early summer. Mr. Peabody was

, stricken with apoplexy about three fits years ago, from which he. partly re-

About six months I covered. About six months ago he Although Groton School came home slipped on a polished floor lu his Bos-

defeated by their rival, St. .Mark's, in ton home and fractured his hip. In their annual game, played Wednesday i t'me the fracture mended, and he was afternoou, they had tbis to comfort' taken to bis Salem home. The shock them. 'The game was acknowledged'of' the accident, however, was such to be the most interesting and the jthat he had failed ever since, most even ever fought out by the two' Samuel Endicott Peabody was born schools,, and that it is-the flrst foot-j'''.Salem, April 19, 1825.- He was the biill defeat experienced from s t second son of Culr.nel Francis and

for him last April fcir selectman plain- sufficient amount of water to extln-ly showed, and he has proved himself gulsh the. fire unaided. When help a worthy citizen, ohe whom the town came Mr. Fletcher In his usually calm wodld be sorry to lose. "But Jir. 'and"°*"°®''^'"'°"°*^®** "'^ conquest of the Mrs. Hawkes both like Groton and^are ^^^t *Wch in a few moments might contented to stay here, so It is hoped: ^^^^ ^^^^ beyond control. that they will flnd some other place' "^^^ """igin is not positively known. in Groton to settle. ^' ** supposed that the children In

_____^^_ their Halloween revels, visited the HnAnihil \n l*s closet for some purpose and uncon-

T I.T ,', aaa A aa sclously ignited With their Jack-o'-Joseph Lavalley, son of Mr. and Mrs. lanterns an article of clothing that

Frederick Lavalley of Pepperell, was | hung there. operated on for appendicitis last Mon- Mr. Fletcher's return at that very op-day, and Is doing well. He la a ..poftune time probably saved a con-nephew of M. J. Cleary of this town, j flagratlon, for tbe Baptist church and

La-wrence G. Park, a prominent citl-' the sheds so near the Fletcher barn zen of this town, was operated on; would have been in great danger, as Wednesday, for appendicitis. ["well as the adjoining buildings and

The case of Miss Vlnlng's empigy^.l^''® ^°'^^ ° ^ f L ^ Z : _ _ _ who was operated on for hernia, some' i h„_t Town. two orth'reiw^^ks. 'ago, terminated j ^ ; . r ! - % ~ * . . fatally Wednesday night. I " ' ^?^ Westlapd quartet, which is

Miss Inkbelle DorritV of West Gro- *° open • the^ l^beum course Tuesday .MISS inaoeiie uorniy oi west t-ro-, eveniiig, >'ovember 9, the following aZrofir'iTfhf^'^lJf" ° P " ^ ' ° ° f°'-j-f8 taketi from the Portsmouth X H ! appendicitis,this week. Times: "A delightful concert was

XOTICE-From November 1st, 1909.'fi^®° ^^. }^,^ ^,f,'"^5^ quartet, and to April 1st. 1910;. as has been our cus-.lthe> certainly achieved a most notable tom for a number of years, our store: triumph In'the cordiality of their re-•wlU be closed every evening except Sat- I cention nnd tho diatirtnt im„r.,„„i..., urday evening at 6.30 o'clock. Satur- if'^: ' ^°° , "® Olstlnct Impression day evening-at nine o'clock. A. E. I-aw- made upon a large and rather critical rence Sz Son, Ayer. Mass. audience. Encores were frequent,

and the quartet was the most highly appreciated upon growing acquaint­ance. Their works blend with re­markable nicety. There Is refine­ment and grace In all their singing, and the-arrangement of the program was exceedingly: felltlclous."

The guild at the Unitarian churoh will- be lead by Rev. ilr. Drammond, Sunday evening. Subject, "Some Ro­man Catholic symbols."

IjyiT.F.TOH.

The Fnir. _. The annual .lair and.supper held at the Unitarian vestry last week Friday afternoon and evening were well pa­tronized.

Booths were attractively decorated with laurel, trailing evergreen, white pine boughs, bitter sweet berries, crepe paper and artiflcial flowers.

Tbe tables were abundantly supplied with fancy and useful articles, plants, candy, peanuts, vegetables, fruits. Jel­lies, etc., and a large variety of wares offered by a bevy ot irrestlble sales­women.

Littleton Historical Society. Its annual meeting was held In the

library Tuesday evening, November 2. Reports of the secretary and treas­urer were read and accepted. With the exception ot historian for tbe so-

At six o'clock a bountiful supper ciety pre\-lons offlcers were re-elected was served by adepts in the art. OfjH. J. Harwood,.pres;; F. B. Priest, this It may be said nothing was want- vlce-pres.; Miss S .F .Whi te , sec. and' ing In quantity, quality or service. [treas.; the sai|ie.pfllcers to be also an

.Mark's Xor the past nine years. The • • ' •" -'' (Endlcotti Peabody/the latter ><'et receipts amounted $230, plus a executive, cotnmlifee; hard and fiercely-fought contest gave =* <"''6'=' •'^scendunt bt John Endicott, Jolly good time. I As Joseph Ai Harwood could no a score of-6"to 0, in favor of St 'he first govemor of iho Massachusetts -One Incident, however, marred tbejlonger continue the work of historian .Mark's ' i ^^ Colony, who..settlfed-In 1628 in ] occasion for a few unfortunates. Some on account of absence from town, ' . .. „ . . , . ' Naumkeag,-whicli ••afterwards became i of their possessions disappeared very "'— ' - " - " "- • -

Among the Groton townspeople who Salem. Mr. PCabody* fSther was a t mysteriously. Sooner or later the ''^''r>,^°.^*' n J'"' ct M t- ^ . famous S-ale'tn merchant and a large'the guilty party will be detected and watch the Groton-St. Mark's game' gi,ip owner.

Miss Julia S. Conant, who has pre­viously fllled the offlce very accepta­bly, was elected In his place. .Mrs. J.

suffer from.hamiiiation and shameout M. Hartwell was appointed and elect-S I ?. I J^' ?! '- i ? " J ^' The son gained his early education of all comparison with the ralue of ed to have charge of the Scrftp booTc. Fred O. Porter, Clayton Sheedy and ]„ his naUve city. He entered Har-jthe treasures appropriated and thef F. B. Prlestreported the giving to others whose names are not jaoalled, yard, bnt remained there.-only one' gratification of a base desire to get! the,society by Mrs.. Samuel Sargeiit, fourteen In all. • . J year, preferring a life ot more acHvlty; without giving. It Is sincerely to be Arthnr ,-Satgeht and MIOT Sargent!

Mrs. Jane Clark was called'profes- than a college career held out. He boped that whoever yielded to the, some ^'pap61rs'belonging •'to' Capt.' sionally last week to the family at went to sea In one of his father's ves- . temptation will think the.matter over • Charles'Bulkeley,''a citizen of Little-^ Brown Loaf farm. isels, and on his return engaged In seriously, allow the better Impulses! ton many years ago,, and then occu-

Last Saturday night .Mrs E A Bar- business with Franklin Curtis, on In- to gain ascendancy and make possible pant of the boo^ei m which the late rows' home was the scene-of a Jovial dla wharf," under the flrm name of the restoraUon of the articles to their..Mr. Sargent resided.-, fcaptain Bulke-gathering ot young people who enjoy-'^"^'* & Peabody. their trade being rightful owners. ., .,|ely was associated "at one time with ed thoroughly the Halloween f estlvl-:'f"^'' }^,^ ^?T ?ast. Mr. Peabody con-1 .the celebrated Robert Rogers of Ran-tles. .There were some twenty pres-, *'""«^ '" '•''^ business for many years. Xews Items. ger fame, and pay-rolls, lisU of scl­ent, Ihcludlng Datae Fortune In the' '" }ll^.'^K' Peabody with his family | Forty members of Littleton grange'^ IT' "P*.,*"^'" ?^A'*". ""ecorded by corner. Among others present were amoved to London, where he became attended the neighbors' night meeting T -. ^iL .i ?! ^^^ '* Interesting George Barrows, a student- al ciark *jP*'"'°*'l*V .^* 8 M ° ' / - ? ' at Groton last week, and from their l^,.^°,"*'iii?° j i ^ ' ' > ? ' * ^^'^°^ ° ' 0"r college; Fred Barrows, the proficleni ? i ^ £ ^ ° v ^ ^ " ' ">en among the lead- number supplied the program of the i^*lv'^i«i^Mf^B °v *^l*® P"P«"^»« musician and their sister Miss Violet 'iigT>anTcer8, and eariier known as evening ' ' ' , much appreciated by the society, and

to America with the" Intention'Of re- 'P^n' A ^ ^ . ^ l ^ ^ m f r v n i f * ' "' ' '" • ' " ^ ^ CiPtaJnftui^ieV^ R o b e r t X g ! ISS life, but this could ^°^° , ^ ? * . ' » 2^'?^?.*^'"^,, . ers, and the historical period of tSdr

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r!^^J?:.l^."^tir^^m^rt^\„ I I S f « "ring from business life, but this could -""" ,«^«8 / ^ ^ ^ ^ y " , — . ers, and tne historical period ot thelr i ^S.^~ „n,i H ^ V C ^ S n ^ I ^ H r i ^ r f : «<>*' "lO' " *'» energy eo asserted It-' Mrs. George F. Itoown and daughter, day were'glVeH' by Mr. Harwood and f ' i " twl^^,?iS*';„ ? « A v ^ l ^ l ^ «e" Oi't he was soon Induced to re- Mrs. Wheeler. ,.v(^^iJnt<>wn. last Mqn^ Mr. Priert. • -• > : • , freshmtSnts added to tne e i^yment of. t„,.n j^^ugjnggg^ ]l(g . jay . ' ' ' • 't...;. •....•...,•: ,,.•-.' . . .;.—•, -tbe Halloween p a r t ^ . - c r - , r,|-'Ac6ordltfgry. Mr. Pwbody accepted! Waltir^-Klmbill'tmd ' a fine l a r g e \ o ^ p * f f f i n : I M " ? ii^SSlT^!:'"*' »»».

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Sews Items. The annual harvest supper of the

Sandy Pond School association will be held in the Sandy pond school, bouse on Thursday evening, November 11. Supper served from six to eight p. m. Price, flfteen cents. Don't miss tbis delectable affair.

The Congregational church will hold its annual fair and entertainment In Page's hall, next Monday and Tuesday, November 8 and 9. The entertainment is Monday evening beginning at eight o'clock. This consists of a farce en­titled, "Arabella's poof /ela'tlbns." $ee large poster to get a view of "Uucle Joshl There will also be readings, solos, chorus of six In .unique condl tions and good music by'niBxiidolIn club. On Tuesday- af four the tables will be spread with useful and fancy articles and all that pertains to a good fair. Supper ready at 6.30. Come and help us.

-Mrs. Lillian Moore of Grove street was •taken to a, homeopathic hospital in Boston, Thursday. She is in a very critical condition and her only chance is an operation. It Is said to be can­cer of the stomach.

Dea. H. D. Evans is very critically sick. For the last, few weeks be has failed very "fast and unless a change for the better comes soon he cannot survive long.

Married at the Congregational par­sonage, Wednesday, November 3, by Rev. U-- E. Perry, Frank C. Brockel­man -and Miss Annie Mabel Slocomb, both ot Shirley.

Rev. G. H. Moras of Stow preached last Sunday at the Congregational church for Rev. !>. £}. Pen7> ae tbe latter was in Berkeley, wbere he offi­ciated at the marriage of his nephew last Saturday morning.

Judge George A Sanderson has been assigned to the December sitting of the superior civil court at Worces­ler.

The Ladles' Aid society of the Efap^ tist church will hold their annual fair in lower town hall, Tuesday, De­cember 7.

Services at the Baptist church, Sun­day, November 7. Preaching at 10.45 a .m., followed by ooQununioo-Mrvlce at twelve. A full attendance desired. Praise and -evangelistic services at seven in the evening.

The Loyal Temperance Legion will meet in the Baptist vestry, Thursday afternoon, Nov'ember 11, directly after scbool. • The Abigail Wright W. C. T. U. will

meet with .Mrs. Charles Scruton, Fri­day afternoon, November 12, at three o'clock for the election of officers.

Rev. J. W. Thomas, attended . the Ministers' conference, which met in Fitchburg last Monday morning nnd conducted the devotional exercises of the meeting. Rev. Mr. Robbins, who has been in attendance at the great laymen's gatlierings in Buffalo and Cleveland, gave an Inspiring report of the enthusiasm of those meetings and some account of his work In the Phil­ippines.

Cushing & Co. of Fitchburg have lowered the, grain storehouse on'^ark street a. foot, as it was tob high,;and Mr. Morin of Fitchburg did the Job.

The top of the tall chimney of the lo'sser sawmill of Mr; Phelps IS being re­paired and the apparatus used to reach the-top Is a novel one. (It runs up by the pulling of rdpes on the corners of tbe chimney, which makes it an easy matter to repair Instead as before of erecting staging from the ground..

A young doe last "Tuesday forenoon was leisurely walking about the streets of the town, and when last seen was wending its way from Pleasant to Park streets. It was a hand­some young creaturf. - The election officers at town meet­

ing were: G. G. Osgood, J. H. O'Brien, ballot clerks; C. K. Sherwin, H: O. Tumer, P. H. Hooley, J. J. McGuane, tellers; E. H. Bigelow, ballot box; J. H. O'Connell, constable. • Tbere were cast 415 ballots out ot 603 on voting list. For govemor. Draper, 209; Va­hey, 184; lieut.-gov., Frothingham, 208; Foss, 180; senator, seventh Middlesex district, Bennett, 221; Kingsley, 139; representative to general court, E. D. Stone, 260; Fletcher, 126. E. D. Stone had thirty-nine more votes: tban any other candidate on the,ballot. '

There'was a Halloween'party at the vicarage of St . -^drew's church last Satur'cl»r Q -enlng> ahd the choir of St. Andrew'^ mission of 'Forge Village were entertained and supi>er was serv-'-ed. A more extended notice of It li under the Forge Vfllage heading on page three o f uila pajier..

A boy was'born 'W^nesday, Novem­ber 2, to Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Plrone.

The Unitarian women's alliance met Thursday, afternoon with Miss S. R. Tuten'. An appropriation was voted tb the Pacific agent of the A. W. A and to the building fund of All Soul's church In Winnipeg. There'was a reading, by Mis? Tuten, which was foi-. lowed'by a discussion. A soclal hour closed the meeting, during which re--freshments Were served.

E. O. Proctor bought Tuesday of Bartholomew McGrall the lot of land on West Main street from his barn to the brook.' It has a frontage'of nlnetjC feet. Mr. Proctor will have the fouhda^ Uon In this fall for'bis garage,.and 1< the weather Is favorable ihaiy comr mence work on the building tor the garage before long. ' . - f.

.Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Wyinan have moved Into their.winter, quarters .this week In the bank building from their summer residence In SblrleT'^Center. :

Michael MbGrall of Boston mftde it visit here, with his' brother, Bftrlh- oloriiew. McGrall, and nis . sister; iXtii, Mcltay, coming Wednekday.' and -IeaT« Ing Friday aftemoon tory,Bi^ion, ; The Unitarian social gathering meetSi

Tuesday, November. 9, a t three o'Qloclfj fltl) Mrs. Albert C.'parkins. , '.'•,, q V^x^-^.t-i.y.•...-:.•.• •.i.—y : •y^.t^-ztti .:•-•• . ' . r u

The Ayer. Electr lrt lght Co. have all the wiring ^.qne to th'e Groton line, and It Is ^iS^cted .the eleStrfcal cur-t'.ent .will "be set Jn' motion about No­vember 16.', "T ,• Mr». C j C White's, next dancine: class will be neld' Tuesday afternoon, No-,vemb«r 1«, In Page h«H. Instead of No­vember 11, as previously announced.

Unclaimed letters at Ayer postofHce, November 1: A Ferrandl, iirt. J. H. Flynn, New England Box Co., Patrick Roper.

Symnasinm Coarse. The evening of November 11 will see

In Page hall a most intelligent, artis tic intpereonatlon ' of characters in costume. Persons of historic interest and modern popularity; types of the country, city, society and fiction, dra' matic and humorous, will be realisti­cally presented by Miss Wilson of New Tork. • B.et;iyeen scenes there will be varied vocal and instrumental music by local tale.n^jand every moment of the eve­ning,,'Wul'be occupied In profltable en­joyment',, ' The,C}ylc club, in taking up the win ter'a.'fvpi^k tor. the boys' physical de-velopmept and moral welfare, seeks the Trilling cooperation of the people of Ayer, and presents this entertain ment In aid of the gj'mnasium fund.

Standish-Perry. . , A very pretty liome wedding oc

curred In Dighton, on Saturday after­noon, October 30, at flve o'clock, at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. Edith Standish, iwhen Jier daughter, Mary Carver, was united in marriage to Harry Clifford Perry of Berkeley, son'of Herbert-A. Perry, brother of Rev. L. E. Perry. The home was dec­orated with; a profusion of ferns and chrysanthemums. The bride was be­comingly: attlfed In white and carried, roses; The ceremony was performed by Rev. Lewis E. Perry, pastor of the Congregationai churcn here, and uncle of. the gttiom. The double ring ser­vice Was used. The wedding march from Lohrengrin was played by Ray­mond LbVely,"who also furnished mu­sic dnring the brief reception which followed; The young cbuple made' a novel start on their wedding jr l^ i y leaving In a motor boat on the Taun­ton rlVer, near the hbuse, tb < connect with the Tall River line tb Nc'w York.

Accident Quite a,'number visited the aujtomor

bile that was stranded on "th'e' Grotbn road near the Ayer line on Tuesday. It belonged tp Mr. Gardner of the Gro­ton Scbool.; It^ad just been furnished with a new top and that was not In­jured. Th?. auto, ip. charge of the chaiiffenr, was't>roceedlng at a good spe^d.atthe time the att«intion ot-J^bS driver wai 'fixed, on a particular part of the machine,, whbn-On looking up he noticed that he was not In the mid­dle of the. rbad ^nd m^?-,too quick a turn, the auto going over, a stone wall, just miss ing , a ibig'. tree and dig£;lng Into the ground. The driver escaped injury; but the machine was consider­ably damaged.

Dropped Down Dead. George H. Stone., baggage master

of the Greenville branch of the Boston and Maine, railroad',' running from Ayer to Greenville, - died at his res! dence in Greeavile, Thursday night, October 18', ot ialvular disealse of the heiri , aged sixty-seven years. , Abont ten days previous to his deatlr he quit running on the train, not feeling, welL The night of his death he got up to g o t o another room, and on going back to his room dropped down dead.

Mr. Stone was a native of Groton, and over forty years ago he was em< bloyed in a livery stable located near where is now the E. A. Whitney stable. At that time Mr. Kingsbury was conductor of the Greenville train, and Leonard Felch baggage master. Mr. Kingsbury wanted another man on the train; i n d ^ Mr. Felch Secured Mr. Stone aS passenger brakeman for the position. When Mr. Kingsbury left the branch to run on the main line ot the Fitcbburg railroad, Mr. Felch was promoted- tb conductor and Mr. Stbne !to; b h g ^ e mastel-i i

Idr. Stone has been In thfe railroad service for about forty-three years, and thirty-six of that time baggage nlaitei'. In' ft71 he was married to Miss Abbie'. 3. Flanders. He is sur-'vlved by his wife anff a daughter, Mrs. Eva JVin^lps of Nashua.

Mr. Stone was a member of Dunster Hill lodge, I. O. O. F., of Greenville for a good many years. The funeral took place^ ^ast Sunday and burial was in Greenville cemetery.

There are only two left of the men on the Greenville, branch—Conductor Leonard Felch and Mr. Sherman, ex­pressman, who^were running over for­ty years ago. Within a few years four bave died running on that branch of heart disease, Muzzey, Cushman and Crosby, engineers, and Mr. Stone.

W.B.C.Fa]lr. . The annual fair of the W. R. C. was

held Thnrsday afternoon and evening In'the tbwn hall. A fine-supper was served at slx^ o'-cloc'k In the lower hall to over one hundred people. • It was In charge of the' executive comn&lttee of the toiTW.^Irs. -Mary A. Beverly, chalr-mah'-'-'The skies were In the'upper hall which *ras gay with the pretty booths. The harvest booth wbs in cbarge ot Mrs. Elizabeth Kyle and Mrs. Edith Downing; candy, .Mrs. Fred Allen and .Mrs. Mildred Stroud,' fancy, Mrs. Eil­een Sawyer and Miss Millie Beverly; mystery, Mrs. W, W, Wentworth'; apron ta"ble, sflss'Addle Lovejoy and Mrs. Abbie Wells; Japanese.', rolling board, Mrs. Clara C. Wentworth; Ice cream, Mrs. Laura A. Hardy and Mrs. Nellie.. WJnslow. ',.11ie'. evening closed wlh an enter-talninsiit'which Included music by the High.,echooi mandolin club; qiiartet, 8. of y,; piano duet Misses Helen Hardy and Edith Longleyi comic drama.-"Mrs. Willis', will," by a club from Brookline, N, H. . . . ' ' '

Mrs. Charles Scruton was given tho pair of blankets as the most popular past president ot the W.R.C, and G. P. Beverly, the.plu for the most popular offlcer of'the S.' ot-V., and .James J. O'Brien the gold-headed cane for the most popular past commander bf the G. A.. •R.';.'^ • '•• ' " , ' •• •

M'eTifag--lPtetwre8._-- - •••.— The feAtnrb'liiiii for Ssitnrday eve­

ning's performance at Tage'hidI .Is .en- Utled "Fighting Bob;';: Thlp ((i S) Sellg

production and Is In a class by-Itself from a photographic. standiK>|nt,-.i;md has few equals, while the plot ahd sen­sational features are startling intheni-selves and leave nothing" to be desired In.the way of scenic equipment, ability of interpreting company, .or originial, effects. It is a wonderful production In many w'ays. . ' .

Other subjects are: "Cupld'a fbiir darU," "The dog detective," "The way to happiness," "Eddie Is a live one," "An obliging friend," "A profltable marriage", "The bachelor's wife," "Mr. Fllpp." ,

Saturday evening will be announced the winner of Tuesday evening's guessing contest, and there will be an­other of those popular guessing con-contests for next Wednesday eve­ning's exhibit. The management has secured special attractions of unusual merit for that evening, all of which bave created more or less of a sensaV tlon upon their appearance In the •realm, of motion photographs. Illus­trated songs both evenings.

Teachers' Gathering. The 'Teachers' Institute and seven­

teenth annual convention of the Nbrth-west Middlesex Teachers' assoclatibn assembled In the high school building, Priday morning, November 5, at'nine o'clock. Devotional exercises were led by Rev. T. L. Fisher-oi the Episcopal church. The convention then divided Into three sections. Mr. Clark of Bos­ton gave a discussion on penmanship in primary grades; Sliss Annie S. Crowell of the HyahniS Normal schooi spoke bn hygiene, and Alford M. Hitch­cock of Hartford, Conn., high school, discussed "Engl i sh In the second­ary school." Miss Kendall of the Pltchburg Normal gave a very practi­cal talk on language In the primary grade; and -Prof. Samuel P; Capen of Clark college told of a new method of admission to college.

Dinner was served at the Unitarian vestry to one hundred and thirty peo­ple. . '

In the afternoon the exercises were held In the town hall. There'was mu-sic-by the-High School Mandolin clnb, songs by the quartet of theHtUeton •Woman'a olub, and-addresses by Alton E, Briggs of tbe-Ghelsea board of con­trol, by Willis B. Anthony of Pltch­burg-Normal on Industrial trade edu­cation, and by Professor Hart of Mas-, sachusetu Agricultural college on the agricultural side of industrial educa­tion.

. Miss Inez .McMurray spent last Sun­day with relatives in Boston and vi­cinity.

Burt Gately of Springfleld, a former resident, spent last. Sunday in town with relatives.- / . • W. L. Allen of the Boston univer­sity law school spent the week-end and last Sunday at home with his pa­rents, .Mr. and .Mrs. E. H. Allen. _ The Alliance meeting, with Mrs. Ab­bie J. Wells, on Thursday afternoon, October 28, was well attended by members and Invited guests. Mrs. Bridgman's paper, describing various summer conferences, was most enter­taining. The next regular meeting will be on .Vovember 11, with Mrs. La Forest Carpenter.

Old Shirley Chapter, D. A. R., held Its regular meeting .Monday evening with .Miss Gertrude Conant. After the business session .Miss Minnie Hobbs gave a ver.v interesting talk on her life In Lorenzo .Marques, in the province of .Mozambique, Africa. She also show­ed several irictures of the scenery and people.

George N. Cross, A.M., will give an illustrated lecture on "Washington, the beautiful capital of a great na­tion," Monday, November 8, in the Congregational church vestry, under the auspices of Old Shirley Chapter, D. A. R.

Miss Mabel Miner of Keene, N. H., ipent last Sunday With - her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Miner.

XIlss Jessie Love was very pleasant­ly surprised on Friday 'evening, when about thirty of her young lady friends called at her home and congratulated her, the occasion being the anniver­sary of her sixteenth birthday.' Dur­ing the evening's festivities Miss Lovb •was pre'sented with a very fine mani­cure s e t Refreshments •were served,, and music and games were enjoyed, •when after the evening's merriment uie guests all departed for their homes, wishing their hostess many happy re­turns .of-the day.

The ladies of the Universalist church tvlll hold a food, apron and candy .sale at their vestry, Wednesday . evening, November 10, followed by an entertaln­inent In charge of Mrs. M; "W. Hazen, Sale Is to commence at seven o'clock.

It Is expected that Professor Har­mon of Tufts college will preach In the Universalist vestry Sunday morning at the usual hour.

They Spelled Him. Last Saturday night there was a live­

ly scrimmage in the house on West Main street, better known as the Truda house, where quite a number reside, and It is now known as the House,of Israel. Jlr. Slovsky, Junk dealer, as near as can be learned, took In a part­ner to help him conduct his husiuess and there was some trouble over the deal. His partner was the moneyed man. It was not a case where Oi-eek meets Greek, but Jews confronted a Jew, and they spoiled him so badly that Slovsky had to take to his bed, where he lay several days done up—in bandages to rest his battered head and punched body.. It was not a .fair stand-up flght between two contest­ants, but the onslaught on Slovsky was a family strike, the entire group strik­ers, flve df them, the youngest IsraolUe of the family, the broom-handle strik­er, aiming for Slovsky's head at Inter­vals with full of opportunities, while the rest of the family were pummel-Ing him elsewhere. It Is to be fully aired in court, November 6, If Slovskv Is presentable.

NOTICE—From November 1st, 1909, to April 1st, 1910, as has been our cus­tom for a number of years, our store win be closed every evening except Sat­urday evening at 6.30 o'clock. Satur­day evening at nine o'cloclc. A. E. Law­rence & Son, Ayer, Mass.

On Sunday, November 7. service will be held In the Unitarian church at 10.45. The sermon will be a review of tiro recent book of ex-Presldent Ellot on the Religion of the future, and of Dr. George A. Gordon's book on Chris­tianity and miracles. The purpose of the sermon will be lo show that the religion of these representative schol­ars of the Trinitarian and Unitarian churches Is the same.

Regular services at the Congregation­al church on Sunday morning at 10.45. Communion and short sermon by the pastor. Subject. "The Real Ministry of Jesus." In the evening at seven the subject of the service will be "The world as Christ saw It."

By the agreement and co-operation of seventeen denominations, thero wtll be throughout thc United States and Canada a period of united prayer and nreaching from November 28 to Decem­ber 6. Into this large national move­ment the church In Ayer will enter, by engaging In common prayer four con­secutive evenings. Tucsday, •Wednes­day, Thursday and Friday, November 30 to December 3, inclusive. The meet­ings combine prayer and the study of prayer. For tho teaching of the mo­tive,- object and result of prayer, spe­cial preachers have . been engaged. These will be announced, together with thc hours and places of each service.

SHDILET.

.Vews Items. Three ot the boys at the Industrial

school are conflned In the hospital ward with diphtheria, and three ot the boys who ran'away wcre taken to Concord reformatory, Tuesday morning by Forrest Hooper.

At the Universalist church, Sunday morning, November 7, preaching at eleven o'clock. . Regular meeting of the Y. P. S. C, U. In the vestry at seven p. m. . . .

Services a t the Baptist cburch, Sun­day morning, November 7, at 10.45. In the evening at seven.

Fr^k; Balcom of Baldwinville, and Amasa Balcom of Boston, were visitors first of the week at the home ot thetr parents," Mr. and Mrs; Oliver W. Bal­com.

J. b.'Ayer lodge, A . ,6 . U. W., will hold its regnlar meeting, Monday eve-nlng„'Novemb«r 8. .

Marshs^l'Perry of La'wrence, Mr. and Mrs. Prank Allard of Leominster, and Emanuel Bernard of Lowell were visit­ors in. to'^n'Jasi; Suiiday. ,>mo8 "GJonef of: xowell visited

friends Jn town the latter part of last w e e k ; • - ' • - . • ' ' " - ; . ' • ' •

. J. TW, Chalsson of Chelsea visited Ms lirother," John' J. Chalsson, last Sunday- and Monda7,r

Wedding. Frank C. Brockelman and Miss Annie

ii . Slocomb were united in marriage at Ayer, Wednesday, November 3.

The marriage was a decidedly quiet affair, as not even the relatives ot eltheif party- were Informed or knew anything of the marriage till the an-nouncemeAt.cards.were received from Boston, Thursday.

The young couple are well known and highly esteemed. The groom Is In partnership with his brother^ In-the drug and periodical store in.rSHl^'Iey, known as Brockelman.' Brbthers. '•-

The bride Is the daughter of John W. Slocomb and for, years past .has resided here,. -with her, aunt, Mrs. Banks. She is a member and also the organist at th'e Congregational church .and has a host of well-wishing friends. • They will be at home after January

,{t?;1910. .

Thoronghly Repaired. The auditorium of the Congrega­

tional church, which has been closed for repairs for the past four months, has been thoroughly renovated at a cost of about $1500. • The repair com­mittee, consisting of H. Allen, chair­man, Eugene Livermore, Mrs. Edwin H. Conant, Miss Mary A Park» all have given a great deal of time "and thougut to this wprk, and before giv­ing tne contract ^jlslted many church­es out of town ill order to be intelli­gently informed as to the details, Char'dcter of work, artistic designs, etc., and to obtain the best results possible, and their efforts have • been overwhelmingly' crowned with suc­cess, as Is freely admitted by all those whb have had only the remotest ex­perience in the remodelling of church­es.

The work accomplished as a whole consists of a new steel ceiling, which is conceded to be one of the flnest pieces 'of workmanship ever execut­ed in this section; new carpets have also been laid, and the walls, ceiling, organ and pews have all been re-painted'and decorated in a very artis­tic manner with delicate restful shades, so that they all blend In har­mony "and present a very striking effect.

The side pews to the right and left In the front of the church have been taken away entirely, and the pulpit has been built longer. Considerable work bas also been done on the ex­terior, such as the reshingling of the edifice and the removing of the horsa sheds from the side to the rear of the church, and other incidental but nec­essary repairs attended to.

Money could never repay the com­mittee for the vast amount of time they have found It necessary to put Into this Important task, which means so much not only to the attendants at this church, but to tbe community as a whole.

The Phi Alpha Pl fraternity of boys connected with the church wishing to have a share In the repairs of the church have paid for the laying of cement walks leading from the two front entrances to the sidewalk, which is so very mucb ap'preciated.

Celebrated. Last •week SatuVday evening the

Society I'Assumption, Court S. J. C , celebrated their third anniversary. The evening's enjoyment consisted of a whist party followed by a clam­bake, which was much enjoyed.

At the close of the feast the -presi­dent of the society Introduced as thc flrst speaker ot the evening Rev. J. H. Cot6, parish priest, who extended to all present a very cordlal welcome and outlined the Important work that has been acompllshed by the society since Its organization, and also wbat waa pbsslble to accomplish In the tu-ti»re. He closed his address by Ih-tbrmin^the membera that it was his earnest:desire to sec the society.pros-pe)r-,in;hl^; parish and that he could always be depended upon to assist ih any wdy when opportunity offered^

(John ,H. Le'Blanc of Fitchburg, gtynd - secretary of. the assbclation; waa the next speaker, and he remark-fid'-bn the "principles of the aSsbbla-

tlon and what they were based npon. He alsp gave a very lengthy historic account of their country, Canada, an,d the Acadian French, .but laid strong emphasis on the fact that they must all be loyal to the United States, their adopted country. Both speakers were loudly applauded at the close of their remarks. . .

The winners of the prizes at the whist game were:

First prize, ladles. Miss Odella Chals­son; second. Miss Lillian Descoteaux. First prize, men. Gus Chalsson, second. Arthur Morin. The consolation nrlzes were awarded to Philip Vleu and Miss Agnes Cormier. Other prizes were won by William Glonec and Albert Gionet.

Town Meeting. Election day was passed unusually

quiet. Herman S. Hazen, town clerk, called tbe meeting to order at eleven a. m. It was voted to lay on the table tbe articles relating to town buslhess till 1.30 p. m. Ohly 162 votes were cast out a registered list of 295.

At 1.30 town business was taken up and D. C. Parsons was' chbsen mod­erator. The following busiuess was transacted:

Voted, that the lown accept the pro­visions of section 367, chapter 560, of the acts of 1907, relating to choosing selectmen and overseers of-the poor, which means that at the annual town meeting In Aprll, 1910, the citizens will elect their selectmen—one for one year, one.for two years, and one for three years, and at each annual meeting thereafter it shall elect one for the term of three years, as the term of office of one, two or three expires..

The election offlcers were: Count­ers, J. H. Flynn, H. W. Brockelman, F. P. O'Neill, H. H. Lynch; ballot clerks, Harry Collyer, Q. C. West; check list, -Walter Knowles; ballbt box; E. J; Stevens; gate • tenders, P. P.^Rugg, Thomas 3: Gately.:

The vote for goveriior^—Draper, 113; Vahey, 43; lieut.-gov., Frothingham, 108; FQSS, 44; senator, Hlbbard, 100; Draper, 47; representative, S. W. Long-ley, 121. .

Altmrlan: Clnb. The regular meeting of the Altrurian

clnb Was hfeld at their room, Thurs­day afternbon, the president, Mrs. Mary W. Hazen, presiding. The secretary. Miss Grace M; Kilbourn, being absent, owing to Ulness, Mrs. F. M. Ballou acted as secretary pro tem, and the minutes of the last meeting were read and'approved. An In^vItation from the Ayer Woman's club wee extended to the Altrurian to attend a lecture De­cember first; to be given by Dr. Prank Holt of the Massachusetts hospital on "District nursing."

MIJS. .M. W- Hazen gave an account of the'veclproclty meeting at Ayer, and reported a very pleasant receptlpn.

Mrs. Martha Cooper was appointed a delegate to the convention at Brock­ton next •week. , The chairman of committee on rum­mage reported' a successful financial sale, having netted over fifty dollars In two days.

Sirs. M. J. Conant, chairman of di­rectors, stated that Lucy Barney Hall, M. D., instructor at Boston University School of Medicine would lecture bn "Practical home nursing," at the next club meeting, Novemberl l , at the Con­gregational .vestry, opening at.2.30.

The papers tor the afternoon- were: "How other small towns help 'their mill population," by RIlss Cronin, who had given the subject close attention, and a careful account of different towns' assistance to their help, was quite Instructive.

Mrs. Hariow read a paper on"Tbe du­ties ot overseers of the poor," giving an Interesting account of their duties.

"What shall \fre do for our youths" was responded to by Mrs. Ida Wolff, giving her own views of the question in a very practical and interesting paper.

The papers were followed by a dis­cussion on "How shall we treat the tramp."

After a short intermission, meeting was adjourned. {

ter and a clothes pin race -w'^etfin-; joyed. Miss Baker was presented -with a signet ring. Refreshments of Ice cream and cake were served.' '

The operetta, "Cinderella In flower-land," will be presented In t i e town hall bn Thursday evening,. Npvember II, for the benefit of the church im­provement fund.

T. A. Greenleaf, who has been quite III, Is better at this writing and able to be out of doors.

Miss Nellie Wood- of Groton visited her parents, J. E. Wood and wife, on "Thursday.

The Plain Trnth. From Leslie's Illustrated Weekly.

October 28: The publisher of a weekly new»pai>er

In Chicago has just been sentenced to six months In jail on the charige of making false circulation statements, lu order to'secure the privileges of second-class mail rates from tha post-office department. The publisher ad­mitted that. In order to secure adver­tising, he had represented Ills clrciila-' tion to be 100,000 when. he. had,but 1000 subscribers. If auch a statement deceived the advertisers, the latter were themselves responsible, . for in, these days every reputable publication stands ready not only to givo its cjr-culaUon, but to guarantee It. Not many years ago It was custoinary for newspapers to claim any.-circulation •they pleased. This claim was-usually based on that,of its rivals, so that In the. end It became a rivalry, of false statements; We recall two .daily papers, warm competitors In.an In­terior city, neither with a circnlation of over 5000, that for years repbrted their circulation.in the, ofilclati',year-'. books of certain advertising agencies as over 20,000. Circulation statements naturally, became a by-word and a laughing stock among advertisers. : In these days the leading publishers not only give their circulation, but guar­antee Itiand open.their books for thei Inspection of thc advertiser. The Sat­urday Evenlng:Pbst, enjoying the larg­est circulation by far of any publica­tion oMts high character, prints on ita cover every week Its cIrculaUon state­ment.:! Leslie's Weekly does'the same and has done It for a long time. State­ments of this character are accepted-by advertisers for the publishers stand ready to guarantee their correctness, ' and to this end open their books with utmost freedom to any advertiser who desires to make an investigation. I t tbe Chicago pnblisher who had 1000 subscribers .and claimed 100,000 de­ceived any of his advertisers. It is . therefore, their fault

To guarantee our circulation the , subscription books and suiUtiiig lists are always open to advertlsergy ;

B O X B O B O U Q H .

News Items. Mr. and Mrs. Salmon, Sr., bave gone

to Somerville for the winter. W. H. Furbush returned Monday

from a business trip down in Maine. Owing to ill-health, Mrs. Nellie

Whittler has. been granted leave Ot ab­sence from her school duties until new years. Miss Tucker of Truro, N. S., Is substituting tor her.

Announcement Is made ot the en­gagement of Miss Catherine L. Mead and Frank W. Dodge.

.Melvin Cobleigh made a short visit with his mother before starting on a two weeks' hunting trip In Maine.

Last Friday evening about twenty-five young people enjoyed, a husking-bee at C. L. Woodward's. After the corn was all husked and the red ears disposed of, the party adjourned to the house, where a fine spread await­ed them.

Miss Alice Crane of Somerville was a recent guest at S. D. Salmon's.

Mrs. Norman Wetherbee and Mrs, C. T. Wetherbee were recent guests of Mrs. Elsie Davidson at her home in Lincoln.

Last Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wetherbee and daughter,, and Mrs. •Wetherbee's brother and wife, came up In an auto and took dinner at Norman Wetherbee's; '

Edward Wetherbee has sold - his farm In Norton and Is working in Nortliamptpn. , '

Several from here attended the lec­ture by Jacob Rlls at West Acton, Wednesday evening. '•••':•'.

HOLLIB, N. H. \ Abont Town.

A daughter has be'en born/Ttfesday morning, to Mr. and Mrs. WHllam X". McMaster. •••-•!.

Brigham's orchestra of Marlborough; Maiss., Is to furnish' music'.'for the 'Thanksgiving dance.-: ' . .

A social dance •was held Thursday evening In the to-wn bil l uhderfhe adsplces of the high ttchool.basket ball,team.-, ,••,'. •;, ..•,,., .,'..;.'".;'.-,,'•;,i..

Miss Jean Baker vnlA tltyvo ei tot. prise, party, "l^t 'W:edn>8da:y' Avehtnir, by the members'of t h ^ l i l g f a ^ j ^ f and the last class'm\'the gnunmar.sc'hbbl: The games of winknm,-spin the plat-

Elbert Hubbard, saya "rlie. was., near-, ing the end. bf a'lecture before-1000 attentive inmates of a state insane asylum, wheh an old woinan' caine screaming down the aisle -wavihg her arms frantically,. "My Godl I can't stand this, nonsense any longer,!" "That," said the siijierintendeht.to Mr. Hubbard, "Is the first, sign she has. shown of, returning sanity.".:- ,•''.; , "The .inother.who, dow^not-t»ch, her daughter tp dp housework'-is not'-do­ing justice ipi-her, danghterVior- hoif' fatnre -sbn-In-Ia-iv." ;'--•—.;----- ,_•.-—,•,

The girl -who knows'how^'to cook may sometimes have to get the "meals-while her sister entertains the youn^i man In the parlor, but she is the kind the wise will tie to. . ,

A news item Informs us that Mas­sachusetts-school teachers receive' an average salary;of ?550; a year. 'This Is Isss than f L75 a d£^ fbr'work that requirea oyears ottk.peoAte prepara­tion; while the mb8t:{gnorant-Honte-negraa fresh from -Europe'^dbininands more than that' salary'-for''shbyellhg dirt; An. ediiiSa'tlon Is - npt'.'kl'ways a paying fintoolial: Investment ;•;,';:;

Great men are seldom apprediited while alive. Even the savtbr-wfts one-of the most maligned of. men during-

Sew AdTertfaeihente. E. p. HrTOBUrS has- moved his fiari

ber Shop to 7* East Main Street,-Ayer, where he will be pleas«d to see his old customers and as many new ones aa may come. • jtS

We cordially invite the People of Ayer and vicinity to cali.at our store and inspeGt the new line of HOLi-: IDAY GOODS just­received from New ^ York , consisting- of

; Vases, J u ^ s, Toilet Sets, Bow.I.s, G^me§, 'Dc^tsi (Airi Shirssq^^j : nemaUgt4{itii'^cl>t(!/', scope. Albums, Cards, P o ^ t ( p ^ ^ ^ A e s , .

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School Census . T h e resu l t of the enumerat ion of

school ch i ldren compared with that of last y e a r . i n , S h i r l e y :

Sept. 1, Sept. 1, ISOS. 1009.

Boys between a g es of 5 and 16 1C3

Girls between ages of G and i s . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 5 C

Total . . . . ; 319 Boys between ages of

5 and 16 .165 Girls between ages of

6 and 1 6 . . , .144

Total 299 Boys between ages of

7 and 14 124 Girls between ages of

7 nnd 14 97

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359

166

172

337

129

116

245 .Total , 221 Puplls In private schools Puplls In out-of - town schools Pupils In parochial scbool Puplls In the town's public schools 188

C. L. CLAY, Knumerator.

MOBTGAGEE'S SALE

128

A Snccess fn l Party . The Hal loween party held at I. 0 . O.

P . hall last week Saturday evening, un ­der the ausp ices of Mary A. Liver­more Rebekah lodge, -was a social and financial succes s . A large number of people were in attendance. The dec­orat ions were a very attractive, feature of the evening , cons i s t ing of unique d e s i g n s in autumn l eaves and an abun­dance of flgures represent ing devi l s , cats , - w i tches , spooks , e tc . Jack-a-lanterns , pnmpkins , apples , wi th other reminders of H a l l o w e e h were in ev i ­dence, al l serv ing t o yield an appro­priate and decidedly weird effect.

Refreshments ot Ice cream and cake were on sale,' and w e r e l iberally pa­tronized. Johnson's orchestra of Leominster furnished mus ic tor the danc ing , ' which came to an end promptly at twe lve o'clock.

P a r t i e s were , present frbm Boston, F i tchburg, Leominster , Lancaster , Ayer and other p laces . .

T h e committee , cons i s t ing of Mrs. C. H. Weare, Jr., J l l s s Margaret Love and Mrs. Eddie Gately, is to be con­gratulated for i t s splendid efforts, which were cro^wned with succes s , and Mary A. Livermore lodge has add­ed another g i l t -edged l ink to Its chain of social s u c c e s s e s .

Congregatlonnl . Reopening s erv i ce s wil l be held at

the Congregational church, Sunday, November -7. At the morning serv ice there wil l be a sermon by the pastor. Rev. A. A. Bronsdon, communion and the reception of a n e w member. T h e evening service wil l be held at s even p. m., and Invitations have been ac­cepted by the Baptist and the Univer­sa l i s t churches to attend that . serv ice . F o l l o w i n g is the program for the eve­n i n g serv ice :

Organ vohinary; responses by the choir ; invocat ion; anthem; responsive r e a d i n g s ; . • s o l o ; scripture; hymn-; prayer; r e s p o n s e ; remarks . Rev. Dr. H. A B r i d g m a n ; s o l o ; remarks, Rev. W. H. Des jard ins ; s o l o ; remarks . Rev. C, A. Knickerbocker ; h y m n ; benedic­t ion. An invitat ion Is extended to all to attend these seryic'^s on Sunday.

The supper and enterta inment held in the Congregat ional church vestry , "Wednesday evening, w a s attended by a goodly n u m b e r . . -The entertainment consis ted ot r ead ings and mus ic by Turner ' s 'orches tra ot'Ayer.

Sew AdTert isements .

COMMOXWEALTH OK M.iss.iCHUsvrrrs.— 3!iJdIe,'-ex. s?. Probnte Conrt. To

all j>eraons ihterested in the estate of Henry Baldwin, late of Pepperell, In sild County o'l Middlesex, deceased.

Whereas, E. Alonzo Blood, the adminis­trator of said estate, has presented to said Court, bis petition o11ej;ing that he Is in donbt s.1 to the validity of a claim presented ae^lnst said estate by Lydia A. Bs.selton of Townsend In said Countj. and praying Ibat he may be authorized to pay said claim or so much thereof as «ald Court may authorize.

You are herehy cited to appear at a Pro­bate Court, to be' held at Cambridge, in Said County of Middlesex, on the thirtieth day of Novemt>er, A. D . 1009, at nine o'clock in tbe forenoon, to show cause, if auy you have, why the .same ebouUl not lie graDteU.

And said petitioner U ordered to serve this citation by m.-\iiing a copy tbereof to each of you fourteen days, at least, liefore said Court, and by publUhthg the !<ame once m eacb week, for three ^nccc»9lv* weeks, in Turner's Public Spirit, a newtpaperpublshed in Ayer, tbe last publication to be one day, at least, liefore said Court.

Witness, CHARLES J. MCINTIRK. Esquire, First Judge of said Court, this third day of November, lu the year one thou.tand nine hundred and nine.

3t8 SY. v.. ROGKHS, Register.

By virtue of a power o t sa le con­tained in a certain m o r t g a g e deed, g iv­e n by Luther W. Blodget t of Groton, in County of Middlesex and Common­weal th bt Massachuset t s , to ' A d d l e Whitford of said Groton, dated March 29, A. D., 1898, and recorded with Mid­d lesex South Qlstrlct Reg i s try of Deeds , Book 2644, P a g e 97, which sdld mortgage has s ince been ass igned by a instru­ment In common form, to Alec Fisher , of W e s t f o r d , in said County, and for breach of the condition of said mort­gage , will be sold at publ ic auction, upon the premises , in said mortgage deed described, on Tuesday , tbe Thir­t ieth Day of November, A. D . , 1909, a t T w o o'clock in the af ternoou, all and s ingular , the premises conveyed by said, mortgage deed, v iz . :

A certain piece or parcel of land with the bui ld ings thereou, s i tuated In the Southerly part of said Groton, bounded and described a s fo l l ows : Beg inning at the Northwes ter ly corr ner of the premises at a s take and s t o n e s In the corner of the wal l a t cor ner of land of the he irs of Blnathan B r o w n ; thence Eas ter ly a s the wall now s tands , by said he irs ' land to a corner of tbe wal l ; thence Northerly by said heirs' land, a s the wal l now stands, about twenty rods, more or l e s s , to a corner of the wa l l ; thence Eas ter ­ly by said heirs' land, a s the fence now 'stands, to a corner at another' •n-all; thence Southerly , as t h e wal l now stands , hy land-of one Whee lock to the end of the wa l l ; thence In sahie direc t lon to t h e pond; thence Wes ter ly by the pond and a , d i t c h by land of said Whee lock to land o t Wi l l i am Ward; thence Northerly by land of said Ward to a corner; thence Wes ter ly by land of said Ward to a corner a t an oak tree by- land of Joseph Prescot t ; thence Northerly in a curved line, a s the fence now s tands , to a wal ­nut tree in the pond h o l e ; theuce Xortherly to a s take and s t o n e s in the fence; thence Wester ly , as the wall now stands, to a corner of the wall by land of George D a y ; thence Xortherly a s the wal l n o w s tands , to the : po int of beginning. Containing about seventy acres , more or l e s s , and being the same premises conveyed to m e by deed of said Whitford. Said premises wil l be sold subjec t to all unpaid taxes and a s s e s s m e n t s .

Terms, $100 cash at the t ime and place of sale , and the balance •within ten days thereafter, on delivery- or tender ot the deed. Other terms made knowu at sa le .

. ALEC F I S H E R , Ass ignee of said mortgage .

Westford, Mass., Nov. 4, 1909. 3t8

School children

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MOBTGAGEE'S SALE OF

REAL. ESTATE In Groton, M a s s .

By virtue ot a power o t sa le con­ta ined in a certain m o r t g a g e deed g iven by Hannah Reardon to Jul ia E. Hannis , dated April 3d, 1901, and re­corded with Middlesex So . Dist . Reg­is try of Deeds in book 2887 page 57, will be sold by publ ic auct ion upon the premises below described on Slonday, the 32d day of ^'orember, A. C. 1909, nt T w o o'clock In the after­noon,^ al l and . , s ingular the premises convej'ed by said m o r t g a g e deed, and therein described a s f o l l o w s :

"A certain parcel o t land s i tuated In the Souther ly part of said Groton on the Wester ly s ide ot the main road leading from said Groton to Ayer, and bounded and described a s follo-ws: Beg inning at the Southeas ter ly corner of tbe p r e m i s e s ' a t the Northeaster ly corner of land formerly of L e w i s , now owned by Sargent ; thence Wes ter ly by said Sargent land One Hundred Sixty (160) feet more or l e s s to land of George Whitney; thence Xortherly by said Whitney's land T w o Hundred and Slxty-Slx (266) feet more or l e s s to land this day conveyed by Julia E. Hannis to El len P o w e l l ; thence E a s t e r l y by said Powe l l ' s land One Hundred Sixty-Six (166) feet more or l e s s to said road; . t h e n c e Southerly by said road about T w o , Hundred S ix ty -S ix (266) feet to tbe point o l beginning."

The premises -will be sold subject to all unpaid taxes . Other terms m a d e known at t ime and place of sale .

DELIA McRAY, Ass ignee of said mortgage .

Aver, Mass., Oct. 29, 1909. 3t7

COMMONWEALTH OK MASSACHCSKTTS.— Middlesex, ss. Probate Court. To all

persons Interested in the estate of .Sarah C. Severance, late of Townsend. in snid Countv, deceased.

Whereas. Lnnetta .J. Fowler, thc execu­trix of the Hill of .<'ai<l deceaseil. ha,-* pr,,"-,'icntcd for allowance, tbe .-K-couut of her administration u|>on tbe e it.'ite of said lie-(cascd:

You are hereby cito<l toappcarat.'iProbate Court, to be held at t'ambridf^. in said <;ounty, on thc nineteenth day of November. . \ . D. 1909, at nine o'cloclj iii tho forenoon, to show canse, if anv yon have, why thc -.amo should not lie aifowcd.

Anil said execntrix i. ordered to serve this citation by delivering a copy thereof to all persons interested in the estiUc fourteen davs at least liefore said Court, or by publisli-ihg the same once In each week', for three successive weeks, in Turner's Pulilic Spirit, a newspaper published fn Ayer, the Last publication to Ije onc day at least liefore said <;onrt, and by maDing, -post-paid, a copy of this citation to all knowu persons Interested in thc estate seven d.ay8 nt least liefore said Court. -

Witness, CitARLr.-? J. S tc IxnnE, Esquire. FIrstJudgeofsald Court, this twenty-tccond <lay of October, in thc year one thousand nine hundred and nine.

3w7 W. E. RooKRS, Register.

RUPERT L. BWOD

Custom Butcher

Drop him a car<d when you have someth ing

to sell

Te lephone 5 9 - 4 East Pepperel l R F. D.

OOMM0>-WTi:AL-m OF M-4SS.\CIIUSKTTS.— Middlesex, ss. Probate Court. To all

persons interested - in the estate ot Mary D. Stanley, lute ot. I'epperell, iu said County, deceased.

Wher«.is. Charles D. Hutchinson, thc ex ccutor of the will of said deceased, bas pre-Keute<1 for allowance, the Hxft and final ac­count of bis administration upou tfae e-state of said deceased.

\'ou are herebv cited toappcarat a Proliate Court, to lie held at Cambriilge tn said Coun­ty, on the twenty-oecond day of Xovember. A. D. 1909, at nineo'clock inthe forenoon, to show cause, if any you have, why the -ame ^ihould not lie allowed.

•Vnd paid executor is ordered to sen-c this citation by delivering a copy tbereof to all liersons interested in the estate'fourteen days at leost liefore saiil Court, or by pubiishin.K; the same once in each week, for three succes­sive weeks, in Turner's Public Spirit, a newspaper published In Ayer, the last publication to lie one day at least before taid Court, and liy mailing, postpaid, a copy of this citation to all known persons Interested In the estate seven days at lea.st before said Court.

Witness, CHAHLES 3. McIxTiitE, Esoulre, Firat Judge of said Court, this twenty-eighth day of October, In the year one tbousand nine hundred and nine.

.'3t7 W. E. KodKRS, Register.

OOjniOXWKALTH OF MASSACIIUSKTTS.— Middlesex rs. Probate. Court. To all

persons Interested In tbe estate of. William E. Beck, late of Townsend, In said County, an Innne person:

Whereas, Bernard L. Beckonert, guardian of said ward, hai presented for allowance, hls l int account ss guairdlan upon tbe estate of said ward. , .

You are bcisbv cited to appear at a Pro­bate Court, to be held at Cambridge, In said Coanty, on the thirtieth day of Kovem-ber, A.,D. 1009, at nine O'clock In tbe fore­noon, to (how canae. If any you bave, why the same sbould not be tllowed.

And said guardian Is ordered to terve this citation by dellverlog a copy thereof to all penoni Intereated In the eitate four­teen days, at least, before said Conrt, or by publisblng the same once In eacb week, for three nicoesdve weeks. In Turner'a Pobllc Spirit, a newapsper pub­lished In Ayer, the last pnbllcatlon tobe one day, at l eu t , before said Court, and by null­ing, poat-pald, a copy ot tbla citatfon to all known persons tDterest«d In the estate seven days atlMSt before n l d Court.

'WItneas Charles J. Helotlre, Eaqnire, Flrat Jndge of said Court, tbit tblrd day of Novembers In the year one thoaSuid nine hnndred snd nlae.

8t8 W. E. BOOKRS, Register.

Money Back 'Wm. Brown SeUs a Bemedy for

Catarrh on that Liberal Basis.

Breathe Hyomei over the germ-ridden membrane, and it will kill the germs, and cure catarrh.

There is no other way—you must get where the germs are be­fore you can destroy them. • And when catarrh germs have disappeared other things will hap­pen ; there will be no more hawk­ing, hot even in the morning; that offensive breath will disappear; there will be no more obnoxious mucous,.pr coughing, or sneezing, or huskiness of voice, or difficulty in breathing. All these disagree­able accessories of the demon ca­tarrh will disappear, and as they go the glow of health will return, aud all the strength and energy that was formerly used in combat­ing the inroads of catarrh, will bring back your vitality and am­bition, will Edake a new, healthy, happy being of you in a few weeks.

Wm. Brown will sell you a com­plete Hyomei ontfit for $1.00. This, includes a fine inhaler, a bottle of Hyomei (pronounced High-o-me)', anil instructions for use. Sold by leading druggists every^vhere. Ex­tra bottles, 50 cents. And bear in mind, money back if Hyomei doesn't- cure.

miOHA Ciiies ln(di'6estron

I t re l ieves stoniach misery , sbnr stom­ach, belching, and cures a l l s t o m a c h di» ease o r m o n e y back. Large b o x of tab­l e t s CO cents . D m g g i s t s m a l l to'wns

David Baker L A D I E S '

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Custom Tailor

Dressmaking A Specialty

Suits Made To Order

LADIES' AND GENTS' GAR.MENTS CLEANED, DYED, PRESSED AND

RKPAIRED IX THE BEST POS­SIBLE MANNER AT SHORT

NOTICE

MERCHANTS' ROW, AYER, .MASS. Tei. 70-3

Shor t Days and

Long Evenings Mean extra strain on the eyesight. If you notice that you are unable to read with ease, or if you have to squint or strain your eyes, you may know that yoiu* eyes are at fault and need some help.

See to it that you furnish your­self with glasses. We guarantee to please you. We have the "know how," use the best quality lenses and mountings, and aro sure to please you.

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GRADUATE OPTICIAN

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SIC, SYMPHONY CHAMBERS BOSTON

Trainlntr o t Sapsrvlsora and Grade Teacher* in Pobl lo School Hualc. Tha course Ineludes . the trork of the Tonlo Sol - fa Col lese , Ix>ndon. B n r . the Amer­ican Ins t i tu te and observation work In the principal d t l s s ' et America.

BBOOELINE, N. H. Kens I temg.

Warren Barnaby, w h o Is a quarter­master In the United Sta tes s erv ice and been s tat ioned at Porto Rico , has recently vis i ted his father, J. Clark IJarnaby.

Andrew Marshall captured a hand­some otter last wek.

.Mrs. Martha Bromley Is the g u e s t of her s ister , Mrs. Warren L. Noyes .

.Mrs. Sarah Smith , w h o has spent the summer at the Sawte l l e home­stead, went to Boston , Saturday, to' remain through the summer.

Mrs. Horace Randal l and Ilttle son Herbert ars v i s i t ing triends at Mai­den, Mass.

.Mr. and Mrs. Warren Truel l (n6e Susie Campbell) are rece iv ing con­gratulations upon the birth of a son .

An extetislve auct ion sa le of the real estate of the late Imla M. W i l l i a m s will take place Thursday, November 11, under the supervis ion of t h e c o m -miss loners , Charles J. Hadley of Man­chester and Clarence R. Russe l l of Providence, Including nine t racks of land, three dwe l l ing bouses and about 600,000 feet of s tanding pine and chestnut t imber.

The friends of Mrs. Daniel McKen­zie, who Is a t ' t h e Burbank hospital at Fi tchburg, remembered her wi th a shower of pos ta l s Monday.

T h e . t h i r d and fourth degrees w e r e conferred upon Mrs. E m m a Jennes s a t the local grange , Wednesday even ing , October 27 , Worthy deputy Fred Dud­ley of Hol l l s Inspected the g r a n g e . •Vocal duets were s u n g by Ethel and >Iaud Taylor . The farce, "Cheerful and musical ," w a s presented. P a s t -master Shat tuck ot Ashby grange g a v e two recitat ions . Cake and coffee w e r e served under the superv i s ion .o f S irs . Clara R u s s e l l .

Mrs. N e w t o n Holcombe has been d e ­tained at home with a severe a t tack of muscu lar rheumat ism.

George L. Dodge found one of h is driving h o r s e s dead In the stal l one morning l a s t week, and George B e t ­ter ley and W i l l i a m Matthews h a v e recently l o s t va luable . he i fers tbat were pastured at Mason.

Rev. Warren L. Noyes gave a very Interest ing account of the convent ion of the American Missionary as soc ia ­tion a t Burl ington, at the Sunday morning service at the Congregat ional church. Communion service Sunday morning, November 7. Mr. and' Mrs. Chester B. 'Valedge, Sirs; 'Vielle Dodge and Mrs. Louise Bragg will unite with the church.

George L. jPerln, Jr., the l i tt le son of Rev. Oeorge L. Perin and wife , has been cr i t ical ly 111 with diphtheria a t their h o m e a t Brookline, Mass., S a t ­urday, and his condition w a s consider­ed very serious . . The ir many fr iends will be g lad to k n o w , t h a t favorable reports wUl be received. Monday and that he Is now improvins-

Mr. and Mrs. F r a n c i s Lawrence have recently entertained at Hill Crest the Misses Corinne and B. Chapman of Boston, L e w i s W. Parker, N e w York, and Louis Thorner of Phl ladalphia .

Miss Be la G. Cochrane observed her eighty-fourth birthday at the home of her son, Carl W. Cochrane at Wol las ­ton. F l o w e r s , lov ing tokens and friendly gree t ings added to the hap­piness of the day.

Frederick Koch and family of T o w n -send have moved to the Hall cottage near the parkway station.

An old-t ime husking was held at the home of Herbert Rockwood last Sat­urday evening , and seventy-s ix bush­e ls of corn w a s husked. A tempt ing supper w a s served, the menu Includ­ing a c lam chowder .

Freeman B. Wright has become the owner of the handsome Leighton s i l ­ver cup, having won It by be ing award­ed the f r u i t premium tor t h e best g e n ­eral exhib i t of tho N e w Hampshli-e Hort icultural society.- at Peterborough for t h e ' s e c o n d yeari Mr; "Wright;wa8 a l so awarded over thirty premiums . His exhibit w a s certainly an honor to Brookl ine, and he Is enti t led t o the hearty congratu lat ions of the c o m m u n ­ity.

Mrs. W. T. Bol tenhouse , super in ­tendent of the D e a c o n e s s home at Ba l ­t imore, Md., has remembered several of her friends with the annual report of the home, finely Il lustrated.

Organ Bec l taL About e ighty enjoyed the del ightful

organ recital g i ren at the Congrega­tional church, Friday evening, by Prof. Edwin H. Hig ley of the Groton School . Rev. Warren L. Noyes intro­duced Professor Hig ley In a p leas ing manner, referring to the meet ing of the blind organist with Mendelssohn. Professor H i g l e y has t h e touch of an art is t and brought out the full vo l ­ume and s w e e t n e s s of the organ. Rev. and Mrs. Drawbridge of Peppere l l charmed all with their beautiful s i n g ­ing. The ent ire program -vas one o t culture. T h e Chautauqua sa lute w a s given by the audience at the c lose ot t h e program. The platform wa* a t ­tractive with autumn fol iage, arrang­ed by Mrs. Helen Hall , and Mrs. Ber­tba Brown and Miss Marlon Holcombe served a s ushers . Mrs. Fred Love-Joy and daughter were in at tendance .

H O L L I S , N . H .

Ifews I t e m s . Several tr iends and schoo lmates ot

.Miss J'ean Baker vis i ted her las t w e e k Tl iursday even ing , October 27, t o h e l p her c61febrate h e r birthday. . T h e e v e ­n ing w a s ' s p e n t In g a m e s and a good t ime. Is, reported. T h e party broke up at a la te hour.'

T h e H o l l l s "Woman's c lub w a s h e l d wi th t h e pres ident , Mrs. W. C. Hardy , Wednesdajr' at ternoon. Owing t o the s t b r m i l e a t h e r only s eventeen l a d l e s ^ e r e m ' i t t e n d a n c e . Current e v e n t s w e r e ^ v e b ^ b y s t i v e r a l l a d l e s ; a v e r y Interest ing paper on the geography of H o U a n d ' w a » ' « l v e n : by Miss: Sti^atton. T w o Diitch: p o e m s .--were read by Mrs. D a v i s ; a D u t c h poem by-Barnes 'Vnilt-comtM R l l e y ; a Dutch lu l laby by E u ­g e n e . F i e l d c : ' U g h t retresbmentfl w e r e served^-- . ; • , ; . ' . ' . , • , . . . . .,x. ..

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Call »t or writs to Publie Spirit <MBeS; Ayer.

The Babbit t Co Opticians

81 Merr imack St, Lowell, Mass.

2 7 7 Main S t ree t

Nashua , N. H. ' Commonwenl th of SInssachnset t s .

Lund C o u r t Pet lUon by Cyrus P . P i ckard .

Respect fu l ly represent s Cyrus P, Pickard, o t Li t t l e ton , In the County o t Middlesex and C o m m o n w e a l t h of -Mas sachuse t t s , that he i s the o w n e r of a certain parcel ot land w i t h t h e bui ld­ings thereon, s i tuated in sa id Lit t le ton, and bounded and descr ibed a s fo l l ows :

A certain tract or parcel of land containing one hundred and flfty-flve (165) acres more or l e s s w i t h build­ings thereon, s i tuated In eas t er ly part ot said Lit t le ton, bounded and de­scribed a s f o l l o w s : B e g i n n i n g - a t the County Road at tbe c o r n e r of land now or tormer ly of F r a n c i s P l a g g , thence tbe l ine runs souther ly and wester ly a s wal l n o w s t a n d s b y land of St i lmai i S. F l a g g to N a g o g Pond, thence runlng souther ly o n sa id pond t o , l a n d now or former ly o t I saac L. Hosmer , thence running , norther ly and wester ly on said H o s m e r land to land formerly of A u g u s t u s W. Walker , n o w of one Cash, t h e n c e nor ther ly by .said las t -nnmed land and land of. he ir s ot Reuben Hoar and land ot J o h n K i m ­ball and land ot E lbredge Marshal l to land formerly of Geo. "Vinal, thence northeaster ly and n o r t h w e s t e r l y by land formerly of sa id Vinal a n d land of -Wm. Kimball , thence nor theas ter ly by land of said Kimbal l to o ther land formerly of said Vinal , thence eas ter ly and northeaster ly b y la s t n a m e d land and land of the he ir s of Jefferson Reed to the road, thence s o u t h e a s t e r l y by said road to the point of beg inning .

That he obtained t i t le thereto by deed ot Daniel P ickard , dated June 28, 1866, recorded -svlth Middlesex South Distr ict Reg i s t ry of Deeds , l ibro 982, folio 516, and by deed o t Danie l J. Pickard, dated March 6, 1879, recorded In said Reg i s t ry l ibro 1505, fo l io 237.

That tbe record t i t l e of sa id land i s encumbered by t w o und i scharged mort ­g a g e s ; one tor F ive Hundred ($500) Dol lars from Elbredge Q. Bart le t t of said Litt leton to Wi l l iam S t e a r n s of Boston, dated March 3, 1856, for one year, recorded in said Reg i s try , l ibro 734, folio 182; t h e s e c o n d for F ive Hundred ($500) Do l lars from Elbredge G. Bar t l e t t to S a m p s o n W a r r e n of Charlestown, dated Apri l 1, 1857, tor two years , recorded in said Reg i s t ry In "Littleton Book," page 41.

That your pet i t ioner h a s been In un­interrupted p o s s e s s i o n ot the premise s aforesaid tor more than t w e n t y years after the expirat ion of the t ime l imited In both of the above m o r t g a g e s tor the full performance ot the condit ion therein. •

That s ince your pet i t ioner took pos­sess ion of said premise s ne i ther he nor anyone e l se , so far a s he Is a w a r e , has made any p a y m e n t on account of the debts secured by said m o r t g a g e s or the interest . If any, w h i c h accrued thereon.

That no person wil l be prejudiced by the discharge, of e i ther ot said mortgages .

Wherefore your pet i t ioner prays that the court may Issue such decree or order a s wil l be n e c e s s a r y to render said property tree from the above-mentioned e n c u m b r a n c e s .

CYRUS P. PICKARD.

Middlesex, s s . October 20. 1909. Then personal ly appeared t h e above-

named Cyrus D. P ickard and m a d e oath that the s t a t e m e n t s conta ined In the foregoing pet i t ion are true t o be best of h i s k n o w l e d g e and belief. Before me

Patr ick M. Keat ing , J u s t i c e of the Peace .

A True Copy. A t t e s t : Clarence C. Smi th ,

Recorder .

Commonwenl th of H a s s a c b n s e t t s . Land C o u r t

Middlesex, s s . (Seal)

Upon the f o r e g o i n g pet i t ion. It Is ordered tbat the pet i t ioner g ive n o ­t ice to al l persons interes ted In said petit ion to appear before the Land Court, at Cambridge , wi th in and tor our said County o t Middlesex, (where appearances and a n s w e r s m a y be flled with Edwin O. Childs , Regrlster of Deeds for tbe S o u t h R e g i s t r y Dis tr ic t ot said Middlesex County, a s A s s i s t a n t Recorder of satd Court) on t h e first Monday of D e c e m b e r next , by c a u s i n g a t rue and a t t e s t ed c o p y o t Bald petl t lon and t h i s order t o b e publ i shed forthwlth^ o n c e a week , for three , suc­c e s s i v e w e e k s . In t h e Turner ' s P u b l i c Spirit, a n e w s p a p e r publ i shed In Ayer , In sa id Coimty of Middlesex , the la s t publication t o be fourteen d a y s a t l eas t before sa id flrst Monday of D e c e m b e r n e x t ; .by s e r v i n g e a c h k n o w n respond­ent wl th ln the . C o m m o n w e a l t h w i t h a l ike at tes ted copy of sa id pet i t ion a n d order, fourteen d a y s a t l e a s t before said first, Monday o t D e c e m b e r n e x t ; and by s e r v i n g . a l ike a t t e s t e d copy of sa id pet i t ion ' and order, by reg is tered mal l on e a c h - k n o w n respondent w i t h o u t t h e Cominoh--wealtb, a s s o o n a s m a y be, , and In any event fourteen d a y s a t l e a s t be­fore said first Monday of D e c e m b e r i iext; that a l l r e s p o n d e n t s m a y t h e n and there s h o w c a u s e w h y t b e prayer o t said petit ion shou ld no t be granted .

By the C o u r t A t t e s t : Clarence C. S m i t h ,

Recorder . Dated, October 20, 1909.

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"That Gordon McFiirlnnd." remarked D a v y .Moulton. "Is the llralt H e hasn't couroge cnougb to prop'ose."

"Hub: Do you wui i t ' to marry Ulm tbat yon nro so mixlouu about I t V

"Xo; I b a v e n t cherry lips and dim­ples"—

"Never mind the Inventory, Brother Dary ," she replied.

"All right, s is . but It'll never happen unless you propose. In the presence, of h is dlvlult.v—meaning you—be i s re­duced to n pulp."'

The s t ing to this teasing w a s In Its t m t b . Gordon wns devotion 'Itself, yet It was a s i lent adoration. H e seeined unable to titter a word lu her presence. She h.id Klven blm many opi>orttinltle8 In tllilt un(!.\plnliinble way it woman has. inid once or twicp be bad flonn-dered iind »tninin('re<l with effort uutii In .rexatlnii slu> li.id retorted so whim­sically tbnt s h e bad si lenced blm com­pletely.

"Ob. be'K Just too ridiculous, n great big thing like blm. s tammering and b lush ing ' l ike a schoolboy. It fairly makes me ashamed," sbe grumbled.

A woman's niotlv<'s nre difficult to fathom. Bess, In an unusual flt of graclousncKs. bad al lowed Gordon to escort her to a ball. She w a s just ly vain of ber escort's appearance a s sho snuggled beside him In the depths of the carriage. But by the t ime they hud arrived ber manner bad changed visibly, so mucb so tbat s h e almost Ignored him after the conventional first dance. U e had tangled his feet hopelessly In ber train and missed step until Blie was nearly beside her­self wltb mnrt|ticatlon.

Thore w a s ample excuse for his be­wilderment. Sbe w a s Intoi lcat lngly lovely, with her draperies floating. cloudliUe. about ber bare sireulders. and the aush of exercise t int ing her face l ike a rose. Davy's comment was . "Gordon looks as If be would like to eat ber."

B e s s w a s so provoked at this that she Intended to punish Gordon by flirting outrageously. "Besides, If I could make blm cross, be inigbt pluck up a fraction o f conrage." s h e tbought. It vexed her still more because sbe felt tbat lie understood her motive. So did Davy , aud he would not fall to tease ber on tbe morrow.

Carelessly tossing Gordon her bou­quet In passing, she walked off with Gerald Stotie for an Ice.

"Queer duck, tbat Gordon. Doesn't appear to bave mucli to say," remark­ed Gerald InRinimtlnely.

Here llie eternai feminine came to tbe surface. ".Ob, I don't knowl" Her tone wan resentful in the ex-tr«me. The next Instant sbe said sweet ly . "Here's Just the nook for a quiet cbat. Let us sit here awhHe. 'Xbe Ice cnn wai t ; so can Gordon; He'd hold iny bouquet all night." laugbinKly.

An bour later Gordon sat abstract­edly pulling at Ihe petals of tbe roses. He bad hoped that the flowers might convey to her that which be fonnd so dlmciilt lo say.

In upon his nui.sing dribbled thc con­versation of two acquaintances.

" S o Gerald Stone has won Bessie Moulton'; 1 thought Gordon w a s to t>e tbe man, but be lacked courage. He deserves to lose her. B e should know a woinan despises a faint heart." said a voice lie knew.

"1 wonder how she would like it If she knew that Gerald boasted to me of his conquest? He told as a great Joke that s h e bad left Gordon to moon over her bouquet. Said tbey wero going to slip a w u y and let him hunt for ber when he had tired of the flowers. Seemed to think It mighty funny," an­swered tbe speaker's companion.

"It's oonteniptil)le. 1 wouldn't bave (bought It of Bessie Jloniton!" w a s the reply as tbey sauntered down the room.

Tbe sturdy independence of Gordon's Scotcli aiK-cstry rose within him. He attached bis card to tlic flowers and left tbem In tbe cloakroom: then, wltb a determined step, he left the hp^se.

Bess loitered In ber frivolous chat with tlie man she detested, dawdled over ber Ice and finally sauntered back to tbe dauolng ball, apparently oblivi­ous to tbe fact tbat she had promised this twostep to Gordon. Sbe expected him to bo wai t ing for ber. When he w a s not to be seen ' sbe w a s perturbed.

"Come on, let's fake this twostep." said Gerald, with great f.amlllnrlty.

"No, thanks." hotly resenting his tone. "Yoti have had more tban enongh of ray company for one evening." she added Ilgbti.v lest she betray ber an­noyance ns to Gordon.

An hotir or so Interyshe cnlled Ger­ald to ber side. "I claim a woman's prerogat ive -1 hare changed my mind. Tou may take mc home."

As be bowed his thanks he thonght of his lx)a«t lo Van Aaylt lne and smiled. "1 suspect It w a s he w h o tat­tled."

Be.<<s kept up a m n n i n g flre bf non-Bense all thc w a y home, cffectwally ex-rludlng sentiment.

Gordon waited in the s h a d o w of the trees until tbey arrived. H e meant to assure himself that he w a s not being i.ilsled nnd that, he w a s d o l n g her no InJnstlfP.

"Xot dignlfled. this , but I nnist make sure. I do not bin me her for It. but she might have Iieen more Itln<l'nbont

'It. 1 certainly, stibjecited her to ridl-

cu(r, and then. , when sbe showed me heV favor so plainly and I rras'snch a" tongue t i ed ' foo l Ibat 1 couldn't take adrantage of If. she must bare thought —ob. I do npt' know what she could think but that-1 was d fpoir* be mut­tered bitterly.

He., watched Gerald assist her. from the 'carr iage wltb wbat looked to bis jealous eyes like an embrace, and as (be turned to enter tbe honite be g a v e ber tbe flowert. She tossed t b e m . l n t o the s h m b b t r y dtsdaibfully. " I don't want the .withered, things." sbe sa id .

Gordon .gathered one-rose, frpm the apparently despised bbnquet .and plac­ed It i n a book, a s If be bad need of a token by which to remember t|ilE one night.

In tbe meant ime Bess, In her room. wyaa pressing b!» carid to her lips w l tb tears and inarticulate mnrmnrlngs.

» » . • , « . « • *

T w o years later .Gordon McFarland sat in his offlce writing. It w a s after btisiness hours, but be had remained tp.tblnk out certain points in qniet and BOllthde.

Turning in bis chair, he p lcked 'up the telephone rec^ircr.

"I will call . lones and flnd ont w h a t he k n o w s about this bnslness,^ be Bolll.oqulzed. He w a s on the point of call ing "Hello, central!" when the sound of his own name arrested his attention. " T h a f s the nuisance of a party Ikic," be muttered. He had no Intention of listening, but bow could he help it when be beard bis o w n name; in . tha t wel l remembered rolce?

"Ob. Gordon McFnrtand? Well . If' you'll nerer . nerer breathe It I'M tell yon. H e took, me to a ball. aoii. yes , Grace, be left .roe to get bome as best I conld. ••

. ' ? N 6 ; certainly 1 don't think be w a s to blame. It must bave been some of Davy ' s mischief.

"Yes. of course Davy denied it, but I k n o w . i t wns . Gordon would not bare done it i m l e s s be thonght be w a s just i­fied.

"WTiat's that? Did I really care? 'Well, yes , 1 did, and I don't care If you do k n o w i t

"No, DO; w e weren't engaged. H e w a s so bashful.

"What's that? Enconrage blm? 1— I did. I tried to make him jealous of tbat abominable Gerald Sto.ne. a n d -and I succeeded. That's how It all happened.

"Yes. t h a r s so. It isn't the th ing to talk secrets orer a phone. Those hor­rid operators a l w a y s do listen. Well , goodby! Corae orer tn the morning— 824.Fourth street, you remember. Good night.'" .

Gordon cailed in bnrrjedly l>efore sbe conld h a n g up. "Hello. Bessie!"

"Well, wbat Is It, Grace'/" "This is not Grace. Bessie." "Gordon McFarland!" The exc lama­

tion w a s one of dismayed surprise. "Yes. I h a r e recovered from my

bashfnlness. Wlil you marry me now. Bessie?"

"Indeed 1 will not! You're jnat too awful ! Yon listened!"

"1 couldn't help it. and I'm glad I didn't try. Don't you hang up that re-ce lrer or I'll be there wltbln ten min­ntes." he threatened.

"Then I'll hang It up. If you want an a n s w e r to that question come and get i t " And he heard the receiver c lang a s It reached the beok.

The Deer's Eyes. A CanadUn hunter tells this inci­

dent of bow be once came face to face with his quarr.v and hadn't the heart to fire: "It wasn't a case of "buck fe­ver.' such a s a novice might experi­ence, for 1 had been a hunter for many years and bad killed a good many deer. This w a s a particularly fin* buck that I had followed for three days . A strong man can m a any deer to earth In time, and at lnst I had my prey tired eut . From tbe top of a bill I s ighted him a f ew miles a w a y . H e bad given up the flght and had stretched himself out on the snow. A s I stalked him he changed bis posltloti and teok shelter t>eblnd a bowlder, and. a s lng the same bowlder fdr a shelter. I c a m e suddenly face to face wi tb him. H e didn't attempt to m n away , bnt stood tbere looking at me witb the most piteons pair ef eyes I erer saw.

"Shoot? I could hare no more shot blm than I could bave shot a child. H a d the chance come from a dtefance of a hnndred yards 1 wonld bare shot blm d o w n and carried hts^ antlers home tn triumph, but once har lng looked into those eyes tt would bare been nothing less tban murder. I bare hnnted deer since then, bat I find the sport affords me little plensnrp.. When­ever. I draw a bead the picture of tbose mute, appealing eyes comes be­fore me. and. though It has 'no t pre-, rented m e from pulling the trigger. I hare a l w a y s felt glad somehow w h e a m y bul l i t failed to flnd ita mark."

Matr Sense. A Scottish lad bad his leg Injured at

n factory and w a s treated for some time by the doctor withotit fdrorable results.

H i s mother had great faith In a loc.il bone setter, and wanted her son to go to him. but tbe boy objected, prefer­ring, a s he said, the "reg'lar faculty."

FlnaUy. howeror. he yielded to his mother's persuasions nnd waa taken «o, the fambus^bode setter. T h e leg w a s d « V ««'"'"*<'• ""* " '"'* tootid necessary to pull it rery fiercrely In order "to get the bono I n , " . a s the bone set ter expressed It.

The p.Mlent howled In agony, but a t last the bone w a s "got In." nnd he waa bklden to g o home^ln n f ew d a y t he would be all right and could resume work.;

"XXldrt't he do It wel l?" said fhe joy-oiis old lndy rift fhey started hornetrtird.

"Yea. he d id , mother." snid the lad. "He. i i t i lM I .well, but yc k r t T' wfl« nn s ic « fool AR, to gfe laltn ,t^ .]lt^t leg."-Loijdon'i"«»ler. , .

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WANTED.—A resident, a young wo­man to ass is t In the offlce of the Pub­lie Bplrlt, Ayer. •

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Special attention given to Cleaning, Pressing, Repair ing and Dyeing La­dies' and Gentlemen's Garments .

Suits mnde ap from $16X0, $20.00, $25.00,to $85.00. .

Overcoftts mnde to order from $12.00, $18.00, $25.00 to $10.00.

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I have the l a r g e s t Job PrInUng plant In Northern Middlesex, fully-equipped with all t h e latest and best Type and Machinery.

Xo job too large or too smal l for me to handle.

A specialty of color and half-tone work.

My equipment for handl ing Pos ters of every variety Is one of the best In N e w England, having a large s tock of Wood Type, Borders , etc .

My facil ity for Book and Pamphlet work Is unsurpassed , a s .with a Lino­type Mechine lam able tb ge t out this kind of work quickly , and n e w type for every publ icat ion. . I am able w i t h a large force of workmen to handle x u s b orders better than anyone In th i s v ic in i ty . .

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B E S T LEGS OF LAMB, 15c.

F O B E Q U A B T E B S OF LAHB, 12e. Ib.

SUGAB-CTBEI) H A H S , ISe. Ib.

SIBLOHi BOASTS, lOe. lb.

S X O K E D SHOULDEBS, 1 2 c Ib.

BOKELESS CODFISH, S lbs . for 2 5 c

7 B O X E S S A B D I K S S , 2 5 c

KICE COOKIJiG B U T T E B , 2 0 c lb.

S W E E T POTATOES, 18 lbs . for 35c.

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GUrGEB SXAPS, 4 lbs . 2Se A (nil Une of CaUfornla F m l t s a t tlie

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Bargains on Canned Goods

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COMMOXWEALTH OF JUgeACIIUSETT.': .— Middlesex, IB. ProbateCourt. Toall

pertont infere»t«d in tbe truKtx under the will of Lydia R. Hudson, late of Ayer, ID nald County, deveawd.

Wherciis, a petition bns heen prc.<;ented to tkid Court by Orrin S. Fowler of Haynard, In the Countr of Mtddletcx, praylnfr to be appointed tnifte* under tba n-ill of raid de^ ceased, n'htch baa been provan in said Court.

Tou arc hereby cited to appear at a Pro­bate Court, to lie held at Cambridte Iri said County bf Middlesex, on thc ninth day of Hovember, A. D. 1909, at nine o'clock In the forenoon, to show cause, it any you have, wby the same sbould uot b« granted.

And ssld petitioner Is ordered to serve this citalion by publisblng tbe same once in each week, for tbree >nccctsive weeks. In Turner'a Public Spirit, a newspaper pulilivh-ed In Ayer, tbo last puhlication to bo one day at least lietoxa saiil Conrt.

Witness, Charlen J. Mclntlre, Ksquire. First Judfire of ssld Court,tbts dftecntlfday of October, in tbe rear one thousand nine^hun-dred and niac.

8t6 SV. E. RoGBRS, Kegisler.

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BADLY MADE GOWNS.

Famous French Dressmaker* Who Think Good Sewing Beneath 'Hiem. The. declsloa of a French court that ,

nn American mos t pay $5,000 fpr g o w n s she ordered In spi te of her pro-' test thut they were badiy made will . ndord some sat is fact ion to other American women w h o b a r e had tbe r.i me experience. T b e y may not b a r e refused to pay, and tbey may not have been ordered t o . d o so by a court of Jastlce. But how many of tbem bare protested In vain aga ins t tbe bndly made, poorly s e w e d and ill fitting g o w n s that have been m a d e for tbem by Par i s dressmaliers of repute? I t used to be said that the hurry of most Americans made it necessary for the women to put the g o w n s together a s best tbey' could, but t h ^ e Is no longer any validity I n ' t h a t excuse . G o w n s aro jus t as sketchi ly . p a t ' t o g e t h e r a s they ever were. American w o m e n w h o are buyiug .for thp first t ime In P a r i s , are dstonlsEed a t ' t h e careless s e w i n g which Is accepted a s a matter o f course. And It i s In the expens ive shops a long the Rue d e la Palx that this de fec t . i s most l ikely to exist . T h e smaller coatnrleres In tbe, s treeta far a w a y frora the haunts o f the strangers ai'e more careful about their work, al­tbougb In neatness and thoroughness they stand far b e h U d the American dressmaker.

Most Americans In the habit o f bar ­ing g o w n s made i n Europe are acctis-tomed to the methods In the s e w i n g , rooms and haiad o r e r t h e l r g o w n s to their own m a i d s t o ' b a r e tbeir neat fingers repair^ the d a m a g e that -the flrst wear ing iBiSure t o prodtice. I t i s the inexpcrienpefl-alone t h a t go rush­ing back tp the dressmaker to show him or her the poor sewlnjg. There Is the perfunctory express ion of regret and surprise, and the dress Is s e n t to the workroom to. be i repaired and is delivered the n e s t day—In precisely the s a m e conditlott. N o amonnt of complnlning will b a r e the least effect on the g a r m e n t

W i s e wpmen take them as they are. are thankful for the smartnes s in t h e general des ign, w h i c h Is al l t h a t even the Frenchwomen are able to g e t out of their seamstresses .

"It Is not only the Americans that suffer from the III made c lothes ," said one of the buyers for a dressmaker when she came back from Paris the other day. "Tbe Frenchwomen haye just as thoroijigUly ccosed to espect well made dresses . Xbey bave their m.tlds s ew them up aftter the first f e w wearlugs jus t a s a matter o f course. The average Paris dressmaker consid­ers i t beneath her dignity t o look after such unimportant th ings a s whether the s t i tches will hold or not. Her am­bition Is tp supply someth ing smart, someth ing that , wi l l look wel l a s to the outs ide on' tbe woma,n sbe bas made it for. She bas no tl ine to both­er her head aB to w b e t b e r tbe s e a m s are holding inside or not."

HINTS WORTH KNOWING. F i v e cents ' worth o f w h i t i n g kept In

a bathroom closet Is a cheap and quick polisher of nickel fixings.

A d d a teaspoonfnl o f l emon juice to the .water in which prunes are cooked. T h e sirup will be mucb 'Improved In flaror.

If oilcloth i s g iven a coat o f v a m l s h tw ice a year It wears longer. Is more easi ly kept clean and does no t lose the pattern.

Parmesan cheese sprinkled thickly over s t ewed tomatoes t h a t are later browned in a baking d i sh g i v e s them an added zest.

^Vben chopping s u e t add a Uttle flour. T h e suet wil l separate better and the work be done mnch more quickly and easily.

T o secure the m e a t f rom pecan nuts. It Is claimed they will break and the kernels will cor i- out eas ier i f the nuts are soaked in water o v e r n i g h t

Jns t for a change try filling apples wblch have been cored ready for bak­ing wi th orange marmalade or raisins and a Ilttle butter and sugar. T b e re­sult is delicious.

A saucerful of l ime placed In a damp closet will act as a d is infectant and absorb dampness . T h e l ime should be renewed once In t w o w e e k s or a s often a s It s lakes .

Discolored Ivory kni fe bandies should be d e n n e d w i t h lemon •Juice and s a l t Cat n lemon In half, dip It tn sa l t and with It rub the Ivory. Wash off Imniediately w i t h warm wa­ter nud wipe dry. . - .

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Nagging a Poor Policy. H e r e Is another lesson for the nag­

g ing womau. Nngg ing never accom­plished anything c i ther In domestic life or In politics.

Sarah Grand, thc author of the "Heavenly Twins ." c la ims that nag­ging is the curse of the suffragette cause: She herself i s a suf fragis t but not a suffragette—note the dlstlnctlos-r-ond s h e t h i n k s ' t h a t tbe suffragettes have made a . fatal mis take wbere they n i g h t h.ive made a •bri iyant stroke. When they first broke out and start led the world by their mlHtant t i c t l c s they did a bril l iant th ing 'and made n brilliant political play.- But they foi led stupidly when tbey kept I t . up. for, a s s b e expressed' it, they cxthiblted themse lves in the inpst of­fens ive of human relationship^' tha t , (if nagging.

Nobody ever had a n y . sympathy or fpleratlon f o r . a nagg ing man or'^^or man. .The poUcy of a na(i("l«,,worse: that futi le: i t i s d isas trous . I t bns Rllenatcd fr iends <and. copverted I the

.Indifferent Into enetaieei.':,,,,,.,/,',.' .: y..Ilbat 1« tbe wsiy fl..brlcbtnW«n>«i) ban ftummed - up tbe aagsfng'btCmi • n d . tr6etb«r t h e ' p n i M M la apftUed to politics oi^-negIe<:thil biUiMmds, b«ii J est imation p* it Is T^brifly- tre«.' • ' 11

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. Among tbe many tooth pastes^ powders and washes w e sell.'vro, speeUlly rrecommend.' - RexoU Jintlsepite Tooth FoiifdairZ It makes the teethpe«Tly,.itweet-:. ens the. brejUh, ;';Cleans^ t t e t&onth and • destroys germs . 8«ld with tiie R e x a l l {;ti«nmtee. Large, decorated fin box , 25c. '-'

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At Residence, WashiDgton S t , Eteabigr

WILLIAM E. WHEELER

General Blacksmithiflg. Horseshoeing a Special^. ALSO, A L L K I N D S O P C A R R I A G E

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GOXMONWKU.TB o r SUSSACHDSZTTS.— HIddleBn,a^ . Probate Court. To tbe

Iielr»-at.law,.nezt of k(n, snd all other per-•ons Intereated In' the eatate of FnnelDa Buttcrflcld, late of Shirley, In said Comity, de­ceased.

'Whereai, a certain tnstrumanl pnrportlog to be tbe laat will and tMlament of raid de­ceased baa been preaented to said Court for Probato, by Julia E. Holden. wbo prays that letters testamentary may be tasned to ber. the executrix therein named, without giving a surety.on her offlclal l>ood.

You arehereby cited'to apptar a t a P r o ­bate Court, tn be held at Cambridge, In said County- ot Middlesex, o n t h e tenth.day ot Kovember,A;P. 1909, at nine o'clock in the forenoon, to ahbw cause. If any yoa have, w h y the Kame sbonld not be granted.' 1 >

And said pctitloner is hereby directed t o give pnblic notice tbereof, by publishing tbis citation once In each week, for three inocis* sl.ve.weeks, in Tomer's PublicSplrlt,aiMWS. paper ^ poblbbed: in Ayer.' the last s o b . lication to be od< dav. iat .feaat, before said Court, and by mailing, pos^IMdd, ordeUftfr. Ing a copy of this citation to all kUoWb pkt-tons intereated .in the-estate, seven dftM,at least, before Mid Court. ';' ".^ •

TViinew.'On'A RijM J. MtitsrimttiuSirtte, First JUdge-of- Mild Coai^,. tbi* W < a t w £ day of.October, in'tbo^yeat one tbonsafld ninebuDdred*ndintne<:<;.<:ii •» ... n,., .

8»6 • r:,. y yf.'^Momm aSigtstw. . ^?^^^^ Intend_to etiifaA th* w i n ­ter In Flprldsi^ and w i u M i l a t very low prloea . 3 'Double -raAnef M d t StnKle-runner Ptirictf.' » S i i ^ * kttd 3 Double-runner Pleasure Sleftlui. r some baire been used b tr t , «» . a r e . I n Kood order; alio T>«mocrati-<xrHeOte:ieoaO:, Blq^resa aad, Fart t .Wacons and Cartas S a n i e s . Stanhopes > and^To'p . B u g g i e s ; iSarnaaa o f . a n kiHds^ Robe*. Wl^p*^ jBiiuiicMa and BoriM CRM>dS: \A««iit^oFi. H n b t e r d r s J n r U U s e r ^ . «•. vB..- I ^ U E R . .Canrtage, BKraeas and I02plemeat ,D«U-

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All Adrertisemeiits Appear In All t h e Nine Papers we FabUsb.

We Publish the following--Papers: Tnrnerfs Pnbllc Spirit, Ayer, Hass, Tbe Groton Landmark. . The Pepperell Clarlon-Adrertlser. The Littleton Gnldon.-•• The Westford IVardsman.. The Harvard Hillside. The Shirley Oracle. The Townsend Tocsin; Thc Brookline Beaeom

were placed on slides and special work • done to meet the popular de­mand. This paper was honored by a call for, news from the front, and it Is a proud achievement to bave been able to supply and to be the only source by which these reports were handled in conjunction with the gen­erous attention by the telephone com­pany.

E. JI. Stewart has disposed of hls splendid estate on Oak Hlll street, near Hovey's corner. Miss F. J. Bow­ser of "Winchester Is the buyer. This is recognized as one of the choice bits of real estate In town. Sale was made by Bdward P. McCord.

Watch the Date on Your Paper j The pople ot Pepperell and viclblty n' 'lho '' ^;!'!,'. i'£;jLi^,'^^i?,,^','^"?P.^5 I should not miss seeing Miss Marion «n the margin shows to what time ,,.., , »,__ -c-^.i. _ii„ ....v.^. ....

your subscription l.s paid, and serves 'Alison of New York City, Who ap-as a continuous receipt. J pears at Prescott hall, Tuesday, No-

. Change ol Addrc«. I ?""'^'" ^^i S°u^T;^'*''® xf^^^wn ° ' Subscribera wishing the postofflce ad-! Acoma Rebekah lodge. Miss Wilson

dress of their paper changed must send presents a series Of characteristic u% both the old and riew address. sketches in costumes representing

such cbaracters as Teddy Rosevelt, Jlrs. Abe Lincoln and historical and present-day types of cities and towns. She comes highly recommended and is in a class by herself in this line ot entertaiument. There will be danc­ing alter the entertainment.

Considerable discussion is heard

pest on their property,.'take counsel with the warden and do not confound the brown-tall and gypsy moth.

A large number here have secured tickets for the Harvard-Yale football game at Cambridge, November 20.

The Driving club tnrnjsd over to the selectmen a portion of the profits of the Field day results. Friday work was resumed ou the public play­ground by teams of I. J. Rowell.

Dr. Charles 6. Heald is taking a special coarse at Harvard Medical school, and will not be at his offlce Fridays during November, December and January. •

Flre. Jlr. and Mrs. Henry Lakin returned

Monday from a few days with their son at Greenfield, N. H. Henry had an exciting welcome home. For only a few minutes after his arrival the fire alarm sounded and he was soon at his post at the steamer house, su-perinending the preparation to put out a brush fire. This fire ^ a s in tbe iine chestnut growth belonging to Elijah Reed, and was evidently set. from a fire which some one had made In the trunk of a dead pine. Very little dam­age was done, for a farge crowd ar­rived in answer to the alarm and what credit there is belongs to the chemi­cal. Aside from his, special mention of the response by our volunteer de­partments is in order. The greater part of these men left their work at the call of the alarm.

TOwnsEm).

Saturday, NpTcmber 6, 1909.

PEPPEBELL Xenter.

The reception which was given Fri- , tS-k) evening, October 29, to Rev. and j .Mrs. Dudley R. Chllde, in Central hall, j wa^ the most prominent spcial event over the article in last week'e issue of last week. It was largely attended. { regarding compulsory vaccination, and Mrs. Elizabeth B. Heald and Jlrs. Clara it Is only fair that everyone should W. Reed were the patronesses, and understand that the statute quoted Frank and Fred Bennett the conduc- j retiuires all childreu not vaccinated tors In the introductions. The hall; to bave a physician's certificate, or was tastefully decorated with autumn be vaccinated. There are very few foliage; A. very large fern upon the j antl-vacclnatlonists in town, but they platform, .iil front of wblch the par- should not have had any difficulty In ties t o o k j b e i r stand, added to the getting certificates for their children -effect. After tbe ceremony of intro- i if desired.

Ruction a ^•social hour was^ spent^j Tarbell's Opera House has an ex-"Cbol- e refreshments were passed to, .^ . ^ ^^ amusements for next Lhe companj^by the ladles of_the con-, Beginning Jlonday with "Mur-gregation. Every one enjoyed the oc­casion.

.Miss Annie Gilson left town last .Monday for California, where she will occupy the same position in the family of .Mrs. Margherita (Tsola) Hyde, which she had last year. She travel­ed alone.

The ladles of the L. B. S. of the Congregationai church met on Jlon­day to pack the missionary barrel, to be sent to Xorth Dakota to the home missionary there.

Miss Angie JI. Jordan has been vis­iting her friends in Providence the last two weeks.

The Woman's club had a pleasant meeting last Tuesday In the banquet hall, Saunders' Corner. An exceUent musical entertainment was given by local talent, both instrumental and vocal. The usual business program was carried out. Mrs. Dudley R. Child has become a member of the club.

Jliss Anna French has returned from Jlanchester, where she has visited several weeks with friends. She Is preparing for si>ending the winter in 'Worcester.

.Miss Margaret G. Blood returned on Tuesday from a weeks' visit in Con­cord Junction. She attended a Hal loween party In Acton on Saturday night, October 30.

The Kovember business meeting of the Ladles' Social circle of the Uni­tarian church will be held in the la­dies' parlor, Thursday afternoon, No­vember 11, at three o'clock.

East Unclaimed letters at East Pepperell

postofflce. November 1: 'WaUnce Blake, Frank Elklna, M. Goodman. Auerustua Monlton, CoUn F. Mclnnis, Mra. Georgie A. Bogrera. .•

t b e foUonrlng Is the vote" at town meeting Taesday: Obvemor, Draper, 171: .yahey,: 122;, Ueut.-gor., Frothlng-bam. 173; Poss, 119; senator, eighth Middlesex, Hlbbard. 1?1; X>raper, 113; rfepteaientative to general court, S. W. Lonigley, 196.

Beacon lodge, I". 0 . 0 . P., work the. initiatory, degree on two candidates, Thursday; eyening.

The Norember meetlbg of tbe Prti' dence Wrigbt Chapter. D. A. K., will be held at . the bomft of Mrs. Bdward L. Tarbell, Tuesday aftemoon, Novem ber 9, at •2.30 .o'clock. Board meeting at two o*cIoc)t .>XaII attendance Is desired, as ,tl»ere Js. business of Im­portance, to .oome'ro"? the-meeting.

JanjM .&ray: ifl* , ia4 hJ* '*''?'' ''''5® V connected by telephone.

• Tbe 'moting^ plcttires at Tarbell's Opera House. Tuesday erttelng. were a popular ailal^. The elecUon.returns

phy, the Irish lord," a sparkling musi­cal farce. It is bright, tuneful, full of merriment. It is reported the big­gest attraction yet witnessed. Bar-beau's brass band and orchesra are special features.

Jlrs. F. S. Bancroft returned Tues­day from a week of visiting friends and relatives In Hudson, Jlelrose and Boston.

Wednesday appeared to be a day of many legal personages in town. We noticed Judge W. Atwood, John Jl. Maloney of Ayer, F. G. Hayes and a Boston attorney. It is understood that the water board were able to straighten out a number ot important points In the town's favor.

H. F. Hobart has made a good start with his trapping of foxes, having to date captured three, one of these a particularly beautiful fur. There has been more or less said In regard to the breaking of their legs when caught in a trap. Inquiry falls to substan­tiate such. On close examination it was Impossible to tell which paw had been caught. Many are afraid their dogs will get Injured if accidentally caught, but this danger'is down to a minimum degree, as Jlr. Hobart visits his traps every day.

J. S. JIarshall and family have re turned to their home on Frai>klin street.

Last Monday evening's meeting at town house bt the Farmers' and Me-chaiilcs' club had a much better pat­ronage tban many previous meetings. It was voted to have a fair next fall, and tbe election of oflicers resulted In re-election of the present holders.

Dr. P. W. Lovejoy has purchased an^aUto. ,. . • .. • •

A. -A. Tarbell has purchased the balance of Gebrge'.H. S'wUt's flne stock of clothinc:,.and the additional cut tn prices bas caugbt the attention of bargain .seekers. - The schools were, all closed Friday, teachers attending the Institute at Ayer.

Last week's news contained an er­ror. Tbe delivery wagon of George S. Day, wblch was so attractive in its fresh colors, was fiiilsbed In the shop ot painter, Herbert G. Way, Railroad Square. • Tree Warden John P. Tune wishes

to have everyone interested in tbe dis-trnctibn bt tbe gypsy motb to be care­ful l a the method used to destroy, taking away tbe nests making a bad matter worse,' as. tbe eggs scatter and tbeir destmction in tbat way is Im­possible. The only way is to creosote tbem. If property owners discover tbe

IVest The,.Ladies' Literary and Social cir­

cle met a t t h e home of Jlrs. Herman W. Lawrence, last Friday afternoon, taking tor their topic, "The life and works of Oliver Wendell Holmes." Selections frbm his writings were read by. the'imtembers, a:nd'light .refresh­ments were served during the. social part of the program. The next meet-lug will be Friday afternoon, Novem­ber 12, at the home-'of Mrs. Edward Craig.

The L. B. B. S. held a meeting at the Baptist vestry, Wednesday after­noon, to compiete preparations, for their fair, which is to be held iu Sem­inary hail, Wednesday- evenin'g, No­vember 10. An excellent program has been planned, consisting of readings, illustrated reading, entitled "The bat­tle ot Blenheim," and a farce,', "The business meeting." There will be the usual sale of. fancy work, confection­ery and refreshments, and the pro­gram .will be followed by a social.

Mrs. 3. H. Cox bas returned from a brief visit to ber daughter In Dor­chester. •-•, •

The public schools enjoyed Hal­loween exercises on Friday afternoon, the rooms being darkened and lighted by Jack-o'-lantems, and Halloween sports and games being enjoyed dur­ing the closing hour. /

Rev.' Mr. Upton, from New Ipswich occupied the Baptist pulpit last Sun­day morning and evening, and is also expected to supply for tbe coming Sab bath.

.Miss JIarion Hicks and Jlrs. Keefe from Boston have .been recent guest? of Dr. and Jlrs. Ely.

.Miss Ora Craig, who teaches at Leb­anon, N. H., is at her home for a week's vacation.

Mrs. James A. Willard is visiting her daughter, Jlrs. S. W. Tyler of Clinton.

Jlrs. Roland Allen from Greenville has been at the home of her mother, Jirs. Robert Kaddy, for a few days be­fore commencing housekeeping in Groton, where Jlr. Allen is employed.

William Sullivan aud family visited relatives in Derry, N. H., the first of the week.

Ivers P. Sherwin has been enjoying a few days' hunting in Rinage, .'.. H., with very successful results.

E. T. bavls and family have return­ed from Stoddard, N. H., where they have spent the summer, and opened their home here.

Jliss Isabelle Hellur, who has been enjoying a week's vacation, has re­turned to her duties at a hospital in Worcester.

Jlrs. Edward White of Ayer has been a recent visitor at the home of Jlr. and Jlrs. Justin C. Hodgman.

Jlrs. Bolster of South Paris, Jle., is a guest of Jlr. and ilrs. Charles R. Morgan.

Winfield Reed of Boston spent Sun­day with his parents. Jir. and .Mrs. Alexander Reed.

The Ladies' Whist club met on Thursday afternoon for the first meet­ing ot the season at the home of Mrs. George Tenney.

Edward Patch spent Sunday at home and on Saturday evening went out and captured a coon for a souvenir of his visit. • Jlrs. Oscar Evans has been quite 111 at her home In Joslynville.

Mrs. George Roebuck and children closed their cottage here and left Thursday for New York city. She was accompanied by her brother, John Willmott, who will remain with her for the present.

George JIcElligott of Boston bas been a recent visitor at the home of bis mother, Jlrs. Louise McEIligott.

Miss JIarion Kellogg Is spending a few weeks with relaltves at the CeU' ter.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Homer have returned to their home in New York city for the winter.

Alden P. Sherwin and James P. Dodd spent last Sunday with friends in Boston and 'vicinity.

Mr. and Mrs. Ford Reed have re­turned from New Ipswich, where they spent the summer at the E, W. Seaver cottage, and Miss Clements of Boston Is acting as housekeeper for them.

Miss Blanche Hall of Brookline, N. H., has been a recent guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Webster.

Halloween Party. A very pleasing Halloween party

was held in Seihinary ball last Jlon­day evening under the auspices of the L. L. A. B. A "brief.prbgram, consist­ing of a piano duet by two ghosts; a recitation,. "My: pumpkin face," by Miss Gertmde Hamilton; a song, "The sandman,^ by Oladys Veno; and a se­lection by a quartet of ghosts was heartily enjoyed, and the remainder

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of the evening waa passed In games and social diversions. .One of the fea­tures of the evening was the unwind­ing of the cobweb, tollowed by an orig­inal ghost story, a la Peter Coddle, in which a large number took part-Refreshments of apples, cornballs and doughnuts were senred and an appe­tizing and elaborately frosted cake with a miniature pole with a Teddy bear at the foot, bearing the legend, "Peary or Cook," was contributed to the occa­sion by Mrs. C. S. Homer, and was par­taken of by all present with much pleasure.

Birthday Anniversary. Mrs. Edwin Streeter celebrated her

eightieth birthday at her home in Jos-lyn'vllle, Monday, November first, and enjoyed a family reunion, as well as tbe congratulations of a host of neigh­bors and friends. Her seven sons, George, Clarence and Ashbel, from this 'village, Ralph and Orrin Streeter form Nashua, Harry from Waltham, and Julius from Thornton Perry, N. H., gathered around the table with her, and also her three sisters, Mrs. Robert Nicholson from Clinton, Mrs. Holman from Kingston, and Miss Em­ma Olmsted from Waltham, helped to make the occasion most enjoyable. Mrs. Clarence Streeter of this village, Jlrs. Julius Streeter and Jlrs. Orrin Streeter accompanied their husbands. In the aftemoon eight, members from the L. L. A S. called-to offer'their best wishes and congratulations.^and presented a bOttque{.,ot eighty beauti­ful carnations, and a bouquet of ex­quisite chrysanthemums was also pre­sented by one of her friends, as well as a number of gifts and bouquets of cut flowers.

Center. Misses Adelaide Well and Elsie Pow­

ell gave a Halloween party at the bome of Mr. and Jlrs. George Brackett ot old c l^ , Saturday evening. The rooms were prettily decorated with au­tumn "leaves. All kinds of games and tricks were played. Refreshments were served, and a general good .time enjoyed.' There"wero iabout.'tweiitty.' five in number wbo, attended. <.

Mr. and Mrs. Prank Wrigbt of Ayer have moved into the.tenement lately occupied by Gordon WblUock. Mrs. Wrigbt Was formerly Miss Georgie Weayer and used to live here.

CitVM oi Sliootlng, Jealoniy. ^B^ward X' IHxon of Eltcbburg, son

of jfaines.IMxon of tbla town, shot and severely-i i^ufed-Mrs. Addie,Berry.' tiU(( of Prank Berirj^ at bet home In tbat«city« T^esdayi and then sbbt hlm-< sel£: - The bullet entered. Mi'i, Berry's haid. Just iinder*tbelej(t;ear, and on ^iaUtnaUoft bjr the fa&irMd]u>».^'^as '"=^* i to t hw, wbiri*;j»iu' not flttal.

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Berry, daughters of tbe injured wo­man, stated that morning that Dlxon was jealous and probably committed the double deed because their mother 'and fatber, Prank Berry, a travelling salesman of Watertown. were soon to be reunited. •

Dixon is married imd bas one child, but bas been separated from bis wife. The Dixons have been living apart for some .time, but got together several times, af tet- separating. On June 26, of the present year, they mutually agi'eed to live apart and on separate maintenance'proceedings he gave ber the 'suW bf $1000. On the ^ollowing-j^j day be bf ought divorce proceedings against-her; claiming desertion^ Ac­tion :was brought in the .Middlesex county court at Cambridge, and she bad been .living in Ayer with ber bus-band.and both are well known in that to^tn.. , .

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