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GBOTON. West Groton.

Mrs. E. K. Harrington has fully re­covered from the attack of quinsy sore throat with which she was re­cently prostrated.

Irving Moore, an efficient engineer employed by Hollingsworth & Vose Co., was stricken with a se/ious ill­ness while doing, some repair work at the mill last Sunday afternoon. Suddenly complaining of a strange feeling in his head, he immediately fell to the floor and has since been power­less to speak or move.. The case is particularly sad, as Mr. Moore is com­paratively young and has a. family of young children to support. Much sympathy is expressed for him.

Friends of Mrs. Angelo Rlbod have received letters recently, stating that she is well pleased with her accom­modations at the Deaconess Fresh Air home in Haverhill.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bixby re­turned on Tuesday from their trip to Nova Scotia, both feeling better for the change and enthusiastic ovor the beauties of th.2 region,' particularly those of Grand Pre, the home of Evan­geline. -

Miss Mabel Fuller, sister of Mrs. Charles Bixby, returned this week to her home in Wellesley.

Howard Thompson, starting on Fri­day morning of last week, spent the' following four days in Sheldon,* Vt., returning-on * Tuesday morning.

Miss Nellie Cronln, -a teacher in Waverley, is visiting a t her home here, .but, is hoping to return to her duties next^ Monday. She has recently' been

Ayer, Mass., Saturday, October 7, .911.

SSCAL .uuiiuuy. one nas recently- Deen:]*""««« *»u in Waltham hospital with a case of. ? v % ' i n -t h M l t f / i n A j *.~,~*XU,__1__ . . T * r i _ I l 1 i l _ - i " .' • . a*\iJ-'- «'

his .collection weighs twenty-flve lbs. and he has fourteen averaging about the same weight.

Rev. and Mrs. Trowbridge are spending the week-end with their daughter in Swampscott.

Mrs. Lester Powers, late of Texas,-now of New York, is visiting her sis.-' ter-In-law, Mrs. E. P. Shores.

Mr. Fuller of Wellesley, brother of Mrs. Charles Bixby, was in town on Wednesday. He Is the civil engineer ejpployed by the water commission­ers, who held a business meeting on Wednesday evening.

J. T. Shepley started on Friday morning of last week on a business trip to Sheldon, Vt. Among other heavy undertakings this season, the Missisquoi Pulp Company are blasting off a ledge for a building'with stor­age capacity of ten thousand tons. Iu the preparation for this building they will remove fifteen hundred- cu­bic yards of stone. :.

H. Spaulding, R. F . D; carrier, tyas ill with a severe attack of indigestion on Friday of last week, and his substi­tute, J. T. Shepley, being away; the route was served by G. S." Webber. By dint of strenuous treatment on the part of his physician, Mr. Spauld­ing returned to his route on Saturday, though not able to resume other work till thor following day. _ The chicken supper given by the L. A. society on Wednesdav evening was the, usual success despite the somewhat unfavorable weather. .The social which followed was enjoyed* by •a. good number. Readings were given £y'-Mrs. • J. P. Trowbridge and Miss ,Alma? Bowles, and piano solos by Mrs.

No. 4 . Price Four Cents You won't hav6 to stop and think about your appearance, if you wear one of our fine/new suits, made especially for us by

Hart Schaffner .& Marx you're i S ^ T * ^ ^ t h e m t h a t m a k e 8 y 0 U t M ^ a n d * * ' * » * know why; it's kind of an unconscious feeling that

We also carry a complete hne of the, American Standard Clothes. Prices: , 1 0 . 0 0 , $12 .00 , , 1 5 . 0 0 > 1 6 5 0 , , 1 8 . 0 0

Opposite Depot AYER .'•- MASS.

9.30 until twelve o'clock. I.ce cream and cake on sale in the lower town hall throughout the evening.

H O L L I S , N . H .

News Items. The social library was opened the

afternoon and evening of September 28. after being closed for about six weeks while being catalogued. Those ladies who have spent so many days the past four months were present to register, as there is a new system in charging the books. Each one who is to have the privilege of taking out books must register.

Emerson Plneo, with his wife and three daughters, who made a three-weeks' visit at his home in Nova

threatened typhoid.. While there-she made the acquaintance of Miss Hazel Thompson of this village, who is ln training at the same hospital.

Miss Addie Rudolph, though still In her physician's care, has returned from Groton hospital.

The Magazine club held its annual meeting.last Monday evening and has started another year in prosperous condition, having ten members and subscribing to thirteen leading peri­odicals.

The C. E. society held a social on Friday evening of last week. Owing to the heavy downpour but twenty-three were present. However, these report a good time and a very small amount was added to the treasury.

Reports from Henry ki t t redge lo­cate him in Spokane, Wash., (where he. has obtained a railroad position in the station, it is understood, and is liking well, though finding the climate colder than In the east. Mr. kit tredge was for a short time employed in Al­berta.

Mr. and Mrs. James Perry and chil­dren of Danvers were recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Dudley. Little Elliott returned with his aunt, Mrs.

. Perry, for a visit in Danvers. Mr. and Mrs. Waterhouse of Pep­

perell are occupying the cottage of the late Angelo Blood, recently purchased

—by-Mrs,—J.—T. Shepley. Mr. Water-house is machine tender at the paper mill.

The Fallon cottage, located on tho back Groton road, lately vacated by Mr. Craft, who has moved to Ayer, is to be occupied by Thomas McMahon. Fred Foss and family are to move into the house vacated by Mr. McMahon, while Earle Sleeper will change his residence from the Kemp house at the P o i j-~i j - o mill to the tenement in the double * CI 1 1 1 L O house lately occupied by Mr. Foss. r ,

Miss Elsie Tarbell has returned to ! L f l n t G r n S her position as stenographer in the ' paper mill offlce. I P Q U l t r V W l T P

Elliott Blood is attending a manual \ L ^ ^ ' "-' V v v i i o training school in Fitchburg. \ A / J v~, s~i s~_ / "^ 1

Provost Thompson received second ; V V l l l C l O W O l S S S premium for largest collection of veg- ! etalfles in the school garden exhibit I

••Nrfe first of a series of entertain­ments and dances to be given by Squannacook lodge, I. O. O. F., M. U., will be given on Friday evening, Oc-

c e r t b y T h a y e ^ T c h X a five'nie'eTs" 0 u r o w n cmDtry' A t t h e W»" *< rsB,sL7byTthaS b e s o m e i t e m ° f c u r

at eight o'clock sharp. Dancing from e->enis.

Scotia, re tu rned-home on Saturday evening. ••• ;-,

Mrs. Abbie (Hills) Abbott of Florida is visiting relatives and friends in Hollis. She is- a sister of the late James Hills.-• At the baby show held in grange hall on the forenoon of the Hollis fair, prizes of silver mugs were award ' ed by vote of the visitors to the fol­lowing: Arlene Mamie McMaster, hand­somest; Hillard Wheeler, fattest; Dorothy Childs Hills, best natured. China mugs were awarded Elvira -Maxwell. Howard Clayton. Maxwell, Althea May-Nute, Genevieve Mae Mac-Veagh. - A n babies at this exhibition' were two years,and under.

The Hollis Woman's club held Its first meeting of .the season with Mrs. Anna Bell on Wednesday afternoon; The inclement Weather kept many o t the members away. The.general topic of the year l s : Japan. At each meet-; ing there will be a paper- on Japan, or an illustration of Japanese life;, also, a paper on. some vital topic of:

our own country. . At the roll-call the;

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Miss Ethel Goodwin went to Pep­perell on Monday to care for her aeed aunt, Mrs. Sarah E. Lawrence, who fell two weeks ago and dislocated her shoulder.

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LOST—A Small Open-face "Watch with the Initial••"T" on the back of the case. Finder will be suitably rewarded if left at the First National Bank of Pepperell. 4

Miss Ida E. Dow Soprano Soloist

Teacher of Voice and Piano. Mando­lin and Sight Singing, will be at Mrs David Mllletfs, Littleton, Saturdays, to arrange classes for cominR season. Bos­ton address: _t2

003 Huntlncton Chamberx, Ronton

Successor t<y Dwinell & Moore

Phelps' Block, Ayer, Mass,

Groceries Hardware Wall Paper Driving Lamps Roofing Paper Oil Heaters

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Men and Boys Fall Suit arid Overcoat time is here and we

are showing a most complete line of this season's correct and best styles. The clothes We sell are good clothes and they come from the leading and most reliable makers of Clothing in the country. The fabrics and the patterns were selected with the utmost care. The cut and make are of the very latest and best. Among our Men's Suits will be found a* very full line of Suits made by A. Shuman & Co., of Boston, one--of the leading makers of good Clothing in the

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etauies in tne scnooi saraen exniQii

at Groton fair. The largest squash ln | s . & H. Stamps given on all Cash Purchases

Immediate-Delivery 1912 Models

Smart Glothes for Y d u n g ' M ^ ^ We fully appreciate the desires and requirements of the young

men. W e : are showing some smar t and snappy styles in Suits made especially for Young Men, who like something that 's different from the ordinary. The fabrics a re Fancy Worsted - and Fancy Scotch Mixtures in many new effects. The cut a n d s t y l e is of the very latest. You will have to see these Suits in order7tq'fully a p ­preciate them. Glad to have you come in and look them over and try them on.

Men's Suits, $10.00, $12.00, $15.00, $18.00 ' $20.00..and $22.00

Young Mens Suits, $10.00, $12.00, 615.00 N * $18.00, $20.00 and $22.66

' FLANDERS "20," 3-SPEED 1912 MODEL Pore-Door Touring Oar, Pive-Passeager $ 8 0 0

•Boadster, Two.Passenger, Fore-Door $ 7 5 0 .Sqjrarban, Four-Passenger, $ 8 0 0 Bacy Roadster, with Cowl Dash, 7 •"• •. $ 7 5 0 Coupe, 7 ' . $ 1 0 5 0

E-M-F "30," 1912 MODEL Fore-Door Touring, Five-Passenger, $ 1 1 0 0 Roadster, Two-Passenger, Fore-Door,. $ 1 1 0 0 Detachable Demi-Tonneau, 4-Passenger, $ 1 1 0 0 Coupe, $ 1 4 7 5

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SUITS MADE TO MEASURE For those who desire their Clothes made to,measure we have

a very extensive line of Samples in all the hew •Fall fabrics. The Suit is made to your measure and exactly as you Want it made. A fit is guaranteed or no sale. Come and look over our Samples and get the price.

Prices run from $15.00 to $40.00

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Cen te r . Mr. a n d Mrs . C u t t e r a r e r e jo i c ing

over t h e a d v e n t of a baby d a u g h t e r in to the i r h o m e , come to join a fami ly o t t h r e e b r o t h e r s .

R o b e r t S. Y o u n g , who h a s suffered a p ro longed pe r iod of ill h e a l t h h a s no t been a s we l l t h i s week a n d r e ­q u i r e s t h e c lo se a t t e n t i o n of p h y s i c i a n a n d n u r s e .

Miss M a r t h a H i l d r e t h and h e r m o t h ­e r . Mrs . J a m e s H i l d r e t h , have c o m e to s p e n d t h e w i n t e r w i th Mrs , F l e t c h e r P e r k i n s , a n d h e r s i s t e r , Miss L u c y T o b e v . Mrs . H i l d r e t h ls n i n e t y - t h r e e years" old, t h e o ldes t w o m a n in t o w n . Mrs . P e r k i n s is eighty-five and Miss Tobey is s even ty -n ine , which m a k e s q u i t e a househo ld of e lder ly m e m b e r s .

Miss R u t h F i s h e r h a s been obl iged t o have a l eave of a b s e n c e f rom he r school du t i e s , havinsc b e e n s e r i o u s l y t h r e a t e n e d wi th a n e r v o u s b r e a k d o w n , a r e s t a n d c h a n g e of s cene be ing or ­de red bv h e r phys ic ian . Miss C l a r a S m i t h and Miss Ed i th F o r s t e r a r e s u b s t i t u t i n g a t the F r o s t schoo l in Miss F i s h e r ' s p lace .

Mr. and Mrs . H. B. Hal l and Miss Mar ion Hal l l eave th i s next w e e k t o spend t h e w i n t e r in Cal i fornia . T h e y have r e l a t ives ih P a s a d e n a and L o s Ange les , and t h e i r son, H a r r y H a l l , who is in Cal i fornia , will spend t h e w i n t e r wi th h i s p a r e n t s . Miss Mar ion h a s s ecu red a nice posi t ion to occupy herse l f wi th whi le t he r e .

Mas te r J o h n Gill F l e t c h e r h a s been suffer ing wi th abscesses in bo th e a r s a n d w a s t a k e n to Lowell by Dr. W e l l s o n e day l a s t week for spec ia l t r e a t ­m e n t , by a spec ia l i s t .

Mrs . J o h n B. F l e t c h e r , who h a s been in t h e hab i t of s p e n d i n g h e r w i n t e r s in Che lms fo rd , will r ema in in h e r o w n home t h i s w in t e r , and Miss Del ia "Wheeler is to s t a y wi th her a s com­pan ion a n d h e l p e r .

Mrs . S a r a h J . Drew, w h o h a s been suffer ing w i t h a n a t t a c k of b r o n c h i a l p n e u m o n i a , is m u c h be t t e r a n d m a k ­ing good r e c o v e r y .

Mrs . George W h i t n e y is ill a t h e r h o m e suf fer ing w i th a b s c e s s of t h e s t o m a c h ,

T h e n e t p r o c e e d s of t h e r e c e n t a g r i ­c u l t u r a l fair w e r e a b o u t one h u n d r e d a n d fifty d o l l a r s .

E . S. R a y m o n d , w h o i s s u c h a good f r i end of our t o w n l i b r a r y , h a s r e ­c e n t l y p r e s e n t e d s o m e beau t i fu l vol­u m e s of J a p a n e s e a r t w h i c h a r e mos t a t t r a c t i v e and well w o r t h p e r u s a l .

T h e first m e e t i n g of t h e T a d m u c k c l u b wi l l be he ld on T u e s d a y af ter­n o o n , Oc tobe r 11, at t h e U n i t a r i a n ves t ry , a t t h r e e o 'clock. T h e m e e t i n g is in c h a r g e of Miss E. M a r i o n - S w e a t t , M r s . C. A. B l a n e y a n d Miss Winn i f r ed

" B u r n h a m . I t i s t o b e a " h o m e af ter­n o o n , " a n d m e m b e r s will a n s w e r the ro l l - ca l l w i t h use fu l h o u s e h o l d h i n t s ; a l s o , h i s t o r i c a l s t o r i e s of t h e town. T h e l a d i e s wi l l b r i n g t h e i r s e w i n g and h e l p m a k e t h i s a n in fo rmal affair. A m u s i c a l p r o g r a m h a s been a r r a n g e d a n d c l u b t e a will be served.

C h a r l e s D. Colburn . who so s e r i o u s ­ly in jured his left hand in a n e n s i l a g e c u t t e r two weeks ago, is m a k i n g a s good p rog res s with the i n j u r y t o w a r d recovery a s can be e x p e c t e d .

The. West ford B o a r d of T r a d e held a well a t t e n d e d m e e t i n g a t t h e t o w n hall on W e d n e s d a y e v e n i n g . T h e com

. G r a n d p a Calvin H o w a r d In . r e c o v e r i n g from b i s r e c e n t accident.""". " ' .

C h a r l e s L. W a t t s h a s left t h e e m ­ploy of t b e BrookBide m i l l s w h e r e he h a s been e m p l o y e d m a n y y e a r s , and h a s moved to C l in ton In t h e , e m p l o y of P a u l Wise , a f o r m e r s u p e r i n t e n d e n t of t h e B r o o k s i d e m i l l s .

T h e o b i t u a r y no t i ce of Dr . J o h n Sco t t Mason , w h i c h a p p e a r e d in las t week ' s Issue , a n d m a k i n g h i s w i n t e r h o m e in Wes t fo rd , h a s led t h e w r i t e r , a s well a s al l Wes t fo rd , t o i n q u i r i n g " W h o a r t t h o u ? "

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Middlesex Nor th P o m o n a g r a n g e held i t s m o n t h l y m e e t i n g wi th N o r t h R e a d i n g g r a n g e on F r i d a y of l a s t week. T h e a d d r e s s of we lcome w a s given by C h e s t e r H a y w a r d of t h e lo ­cal g r a n g e , r e s p o n s e by R e v . J a m e s Danfor th of T y n g s b o r o , c h a p l a i n of the P o m o n a g r a n g e . T h e fol lowing ques t ion was h a n d e d out for g e n e r a l d i s c u s s i o n : " W h i c h is m o r e s e rv i ce ­ab le to a f a r m e r — p r a c t i c a l k n o w l ­edge ga ined by e x p e r i e n c e , o r k n o w l ­edge ga ined from a g r i c u l t u r a l books and p a p e r s . "

Afternoon sess ion was an a d d r e s s by E l m e r A. S t evens , t r e a s u r e r of the c o m m o n w e a l t h . H i s a d d r e s s fitted c lose ly the a p p r o p r i a t e n e s s of speak ­e r a n d h e a r e r s , on t h e sub jec t of " S t a t e e x p e n d i t u r e s . " Th i s was fol­lowed by m u s i c a n d p a p e r s . At 6.30 t h e d e g r e e of P o m o n a was confe r red on a l a r g e c l a s s of c and ida t e s .

T e m p e r a u c e Meetln_r. The s e m i - a n n u a l m e e t i n g of t h e

Middlesex N o r t h w e s t t e m p e r a n c e un ion will be held in the C o n g r e g a t i o n a l church , , West ford , on T h u r s d a y , Oc­tober 12, c o m m e n c i n g a t 9.45, wi th d e ­votional serv ice by Rev . David W a l ­lace of Westford. T h e vote in Maine and its bea r ing on t h e t e m p e r a n c e cause at l a rge will be d i s c u s s e d by-Rev. Si las X. A d a m s , Concord J u n c ­tion, and Rev. G e o r g e M. H o w e , Gro ­w n . At 11.1.4.". an a d d r e s s will ba g iven by Rev. Herber t S. J o h n s o n , p r e s i d e n t of tlie an t i - sa loon l e a g u e , on " T h e an t i - s a loon U ague a n d i t s w o r k . " Gene ra l discussion a t 1.30. P r a i s e se rv ice , Rev. Kcij.-ar C r o s s l a n d , Sou th Acton. At 2.1".. an a d d r e s s on " T e m ­p e r a n c e , " by Rev. George F . K e n h g o t t of L o w e l l ; folej'ved by g e n e r a l d i s ­cuss ion .

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^•;//-?s-y£^^^;m-^>>:'^: the i r " s i s t e r ' a n d a u n t , Mis s E l i z a b e t h P l u m m e r of t h i s v i l l age . Miss C r e s s y wll l r e t u r n t o C a l i f o r n i a s h o r t l y t o c o n t i n u e in h e r p r o f e s s i o n of t r a i n e d n u r s e . .

A son w a s b o r n l a s t w e e k T h u r s ­day to- Mr. a n d Mrs . G e o r g e H o w a r d of L i t t l e ton . Mr. H o w a r d i s t h e we l l k n o w n c l e r k for C o n a n t & Co. •

Miss G r a c e L a w r e n n e . wim h a s b e e n s t o p p i n g a t Maplewood , N. H. , h a s r e ­t u r n e d . S h e s a y s t h a t t h e ' P r e s i d e n ­t ial r a n g e is cove red w i t h s n o w , wh ich looks to be a f o r e r u n n e r of a cold win te r .

To be Closed. T h e N a b n a s s c t f a rm will t a k e on

the ev idences of c los ing , a s t h e o w n e r h a s decided to c lose down for t h e p resen t . T h i s is one of t h e l a r g e s t nay p r o d u c i n g f a r m s in Wes t fo rd , i t being m a d e a spec ia l ty . I t is l oca t ed at t h e ou t l e t of N a b n a s s e t t l ake on the eas t , t h e l a k e ou t l e t p a s s i n g t h r o u g h the cen t e r of t h e f a r m a n d close to the farm b u i l d i n g s ; t h e n c e on to S tony Brook and t h e n c e by-cana l from West Che lmsfo rd t o t h e mil ls owned by Mr. Moore a t Nor th Chelmsford . Wi th t h e c los ing of the farm will a l so be t h e c los ing of t h e b o a t h o u s e . T h e f a rm h a s s e v e r a l h u n d r e d a c r e s of p a r k fo res t ry s u r ­r o u n d i n g N a b n a s s e t t l ake .

W. C. T. U. Mee t ing .

T h e XX. C.'-T. U. he ld its Oc tobe r m e e t i n g w i th Mrs . E m m a Day, Cold S p r i n g and G r a n i t e v i l l e road on W e d ­nesday a f t e rnoon w i t h twe lve m e m ­be r s p re sen t . Mrs . J a n e t Wr igh t , t h e p res iden t , p res ided . After the u sua l rou t ine bus ine s s , a r r a n g e m e n t s w e r e made for the t e m p e r a n c e union m e e t ­ing which mee t s in town next T h u r s ­day. The union is n o n - s e c t a r i a n and is it hoped the town will be l a rge ly r ep resen ted and c o n t r i b u t e t o w a r d s the comfor t and e n t e r t a i n m e n t of visi­to r s . The c o m m i t t e e on the d i n n e r a r e Mrs. S. L. T a y l o r . Mrs. H o m e r M. Seavey, Mrs . J o h n Mc.M as t e r , Mrs . Emery J . W h i t n e y , Mrs . Longley , Mrs . C. A. B laney . Mrs . Q. A. Day, Miss Louise Crosby , Mrs . Al ice L a m b e r t .

Forge Vi l lage .

.Many of t h e v i l l age people w e r e p resen t a t t h e f o r ma l open ing of St . C a t h e r i n e ' s c h u r c h on S u n d a y a f te r -

m i t t e e for a d e s c r i p t i v e p a m p h l e t of l noon. T h e y had t h e p l e a s u r e of l i s -t h e town r e p o r t e d a n d the p a m p h l e t a s ou t l i ned b y t h e m was o rde red p r i n t ed . T h i s i s t o con t a in views and r e a d i n g m a t t e r wi th adve r t i s ing , t h e l a t t e r to d e f r a y t h e expense of i ts n e t t i n g u p . T h o s e in c h a r g e of o i l ing s t r e e t s r e p o r t e d a n d it was s t a t ed t h a t fully half of t h e expense had been met by p r i v a t e s u b s c r i p t i o n , t h " r e s t to be m e t by t h e town . T h i s o i l ing *"as proved i t se l f a good th ing .

! t en ing to M o n s i g n o r T e e l i n g , D. I)., of i Lynn, t h e first m o n s i g n o r to be wel-i c cmed t o t h e t o w n of Wes t fo rd .

T h e L a d i e s ' S e w i n g c i r c l e me t in R e c r e a t i o n hal l on W e d n e s d a y a f te r -

: noon at t h e u s u a l h o u r . Rev. A. L. R u m p u s w a s the g u e s t of t h e m e e t i n g .

, T h e r e g u l a r m e e t i n g of Loyal Self-| He lp lodge. I. O. O. F . , M. • I"., w a s ] held in Abbot ha l l on M o n d a y e v e n -| Ing. P. P. G. M. G e o r g e E m s l e v of

T h e E d w a r d M. Abbot hose c o m p a n y j i_0 WelI was t h e g u e s t of t h e e v e n i n g , J i ts r e g u l a r m o n t h l y m e e t i n g on ; a n c i e n t e r t a i n e d t h e m e m b e r s of t h e 1 eld

Tuf-s. 'ay e v e n i n g . About a dozen hy d r a n t s w e r e o p e n e d and t r ied out . a n d l a t i r a b u s i n e s s m e e t i n g w a s held a t t ' :e i r h e a d q u a r t e r s .

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Aboiit Town .

Eben A. Wuod r.f Nicholvi l le h a s been m a k i n g a shor t visit r e l a t i v e . Miss Loker . at t h e denoe farm. He h a s been c o r r e s p o n d ­e n t for a P o t t s d a m paper for t w e n t v -five y e a r s . As such he b a s p r e s e r v e d h i s c o r r e s p o n d e n c e which h a s been g a t h e r e d in to seve ra l vo lumes . !

The y o u n g e s t d a u g h t e r of Mrs . R o b n r g e of West Che lmsford h a s s c a r ­let fever. T h e y fo rmer ly lived at Brooks ide .

OT . rue P e r k i n s , who h a s been su ­p e r i n t e n d e n t of Ihe Nabnas se t t f a rm for e ight y e a r s for George C. Moore , h a s bought, a f o r ty - ac re fa rm in P a x -ton . W o r c e s t e r coun ty , and moved on­to it. T h e family will he m i s s e d a r o u n d Brooks ide and W->.t C h e l m s ­ford for t h e i r good, who le snn i " com­pan ionab le w a y s .

Cur t i s P . Mason , employed a t t h e Read fa rm, h a s been s e r i o u s l y ill a n d removed t o t h e Lowel l hosp i t a l .

A n d r e w A. S a c k e t t . a f a r m e r s e c ­t ion m a s t e r on t h e H. E. F l e t c h e r r a i l ­road , h a s been v i s i t i ng old f r i ends on O a k hill a n d W e s t Che lmsford .

T h e h i s to r i ca l ske t ch of t h e old No. 2 Moors ' school Ih Gro ton by E d w a r d A. R i c h a r d s o n of Aycr , p roved l i k e h i s fo rmer r ev i ew of " A n n a l s of a n e i g h b o r h o o d , " a c h a r m i n g e x p o s i ­t ion of s c h o o l d a y life a n d t h e o n l y r e g r e t t a b l e w o r d "conc luded . "

S i rs . G e o r g e H . W h i t n e y i s seriously-ill a t h e r h o m e on E a s t Main s t r e e t , c o r n e r of P r o v i d e n c e road .

C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s t o G e o r g e E . H o w -

lodge by a well chosen s p e e c h . J o s e p h Benne t t a l so e n t e r t a i n e d wi th p h o n o ­g r a p h i c se l ec t ions .

Miss T h e r e s a L o w t h e r and Miss ] R a c h a e l C h e r r y w e r e p r e s e n t a t t h e I mus i ca l fest ival held a t W o r c e s t e r

las t week. T h e y w e r e e n t e r t a i n e d (hi r ing t h e i r visit by Mr. a n d M r s . B a k e r cf Col lege hil l .

Supt . F r a n k H. Hil l a d d r e s s e d t h e t e a c h e r s of C a m e r o n school a t a m e e t ­ing held at the school on W e d n e s d a y a f t e rnoon . Mr. B r a c k e t t , s u p e r v i s o r of d r a w i n g , a l so m a d e a few r e m a r k s .

Mr and Mrs. John C a m p l i n g Of ! . awrenoc with the i r family v i s i t ed at the home of E d w a r d J. and W i l l i a m H u n t over S a t u r d a y and S u n d a y .

John S p i n n e r , jr . . h a s a c c e p t e d a posi t ion in the e x p r e s s office a t Ayer .

Mrs. T. T h o m p s o n of Bos ton is t h e t ue s t of Mr. and Mrs. G e o r g e C o u g l e .

T h e S u n d a y school t e a c h e r s of S t . A n d r e w ' s miss ion a r e busy a r r a n g i n g for a c h i l d r e n ' s c o n c e r t to b e he ld in­t h e n e a r fu tu re .

Mr. and Mrs . G e o r g e Cougle h a v e sold ou t t h e i r b o a r d i n g h o u s e in B r a d ­ford s t r e e t , wh ich t h e y havo s u p e r -In tended for t ho p a s t s e v e n t e e n y e a r s , and have se t u p h o u s e k e e p i n g In E d ­w a r d T. H a n l e y ' s t e n e m e n t on C e n t r a ' s t r e e t . M r s . Mil ler w i t h h e r d a u g h t e r a n d g r a n d s o n n o w h a v e c h a r g e of t h o b o a r d i n g h o u s e .

T h e J o l l y S ix he ld a s o c i a l ' d a n c i n g p a r t y on F r i d a y n i g h t in Abbo t h a l l . A de l i c ious o y s t e r s u p p e r w a s s e r v e d a t i n t e r m i s s i o n .

A C a r k i n v is i ted h i s d a u g h t e r , M r s . Ca i s se of L e o m i n s t e r on Sunday .

H o w a r d N o r t h r u p h a s r e t u r n e d f r o m ' a vis i t t o r e l a t i v e s in the. P r o v i n c e s .

| M r s . G e o r g e W. C r e s s y of S a l e m ard on the arrival of new hopes and and Mlss.Edlth Cressy of Xos Angeles, promises. May it priove medicine to1 Cal, have been recently,the guests of

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News I t e m s . Moving on H a r w o o d a v e n u e h a s b e ­

c o m e t h e fashion o r fad. Next w e e k Clyde C r a n e mpves i n to t h e house w i t h M r s . C r a n e ' s p a r e n t s a t L i t t l e t on Common ' ; Clifford S h e d d m o v e s in to t h e C a l l a h a n house v a c a t e d by t h e C r a n e s , and t h e n e w b a r b e r , Wi l l i am A d a m s , moves to t h e t e n e m e n t in W i l ­l a rd Gibson ' s h o u s e v a c a t e d by t h e S h e d d s .

E d w a r d P. S h e e h a n a t t e n d e d t h e B a r r e fair on T h u r s d a y of l a s t w e e k .

Ra lph Hil l , who is s t u d y i n g a t t h e Y. M. C. A, s choo l In B o s t o n , bo'ards a t home th i s y e a r , a n d g o e s b a c k and for th on t h e t r a i n .

J . H. D. W h i t c o m b i s one of t h e j u d g e s a t t h e B r o c k t o n fa i r t h i s week .

J . T. W a r r e n v is i ted h i s d a u g h t e r . Miss C o r a W a r r e n , in Bos ton l as t S a t u r d a y . •

. M r s . J o h n L e m l e y a r r i v e d in t o w n l a s t w e e k F r i d a y , c o m i n g from C a n ­a d a . At St . A n n e s h e s a w a n d h e a r d P r e m i e r L a u r i e r d e l i v e r a f a m o u s s p e e c h on r ec ip roc i t y f rom t h e v e r a n ­d a of a ho te l t o a n a u d i e n c e t h a t t h r o n g e d t h e s t r e e t s a n d occup ied e v e r y ava i l ab l e s p a c e w i t h i n h e a r i n g d i s t a n c e .

Revs . Fa i r f ie ld a n d B r o w n a t t e n d e d t h e m i n i s t e r s ' m e e t i n g a t Aye r on T u e s d a y .

Mrs . L u c y P i c k a r d w a s a week -end g u e s t of h e r d a u g h t e r , Miss Mabel P i c k a r d , in. Bos ton .

Mrs . A n n i e C. S m i t h a t t e n d e d a j o i n t r e u n i o n of t h e M a s s a c h u s e t t s F a m i l y a s s o c i a t i o n and Colonia l f am­i l i es in K i n g s l e y ha l l and a b a n q u e t in F o r d h a l l on T u e s d a y a f t e rnoon a n d e v e n i n g . W h i l e in Bos ton she was a l s o p r e s e n t a t tbe fo rma t ion of a S m i t h a s soc i a t ion .

M r s . A u g u s t a O. D e w e y vis i ted he r s i s t e r in Brook l ine l a s t week .

M r s . Lay ton and l i t t l e d a u g h t e r E l i z a b e t h r e t u r n e d h o m e from t h e i r long o u t i n g on T u e s d a y noon .

George F . S tone h a s c o n v e r t e d t h e Nor th s c h o o l h o u s e i n t o a de s i r ab l e t e n e m e n t h o u s e and h a s le t it to a Ho lb rook fami ly from. F o r g e Vi l lage.

Miss A n d r e w s , t e a c h e r , w a s sudden­ly called" t o h e r h o m e in Maine by s i c k n e s s . A F i t c h b u r g N o r m a l s t u ­den t is s u b s t i t u t i n g for h e r .

Mrs . W a r r e n F l a g g h a s gone to Al ls ton w h e r e Mr. F l a g g m a k e s his h e a d q u a r t e r s . T h e y h o p e to s e c u r e a t e n e m e n t soon a n d beg in h o u s e k e e p ­ing aga in .

Mrs . Lesl ie H a g e r p l a n s to accom­pany he r h u s b a n d on a bus ines s t r i p in t h e Moxie a u t o i n to t h e B e r k s h i r e s n e x t week. Mrs . H a g e r visitc-d re la ­t ives in Mel rose l a s t week .

P e t e r C. E d w a r d s c losed his s u m ­m e r home on F r i d a y , and with his family , left for New Y o r k ci ty, where they will r e s ide th i s m o n t h .

Dr. Chr i s t i e is m a k i n g eye, ear and nose t e s t s of the pub l i c school chi l ­d r en .

Mr. and Mrs. R a l p h XX. Conant r e ­t u r n e d from t h e i r w e d d i n g t r i p on S a t u r d a y evening . T h e y visi ted t h e i r r e l a t i v e s for a few d a y s and l e f t ' t own on T u e s d a y for t h e i r h o m e in Chicago.

Rev . and Mrs. W i l l i a m Channin<z B r o w n a t t ended the Connec t i cu t Val ley con fe r ence at Deerfleld on T u e s d a y e v e n i n g and W e d n e s d a y . Mr. Brown w a s o n e of t h e s p e a k e r s on d e n o m i n a ­t i o n a l work . T h u r s d a y , Mr. and Mrs, B r o w n w e n t to T e m p l e t o n for th^ W o r c e s t e r County confe rence . They p lan a l s o to a t tend t h e fall confer ­e n c e to be held in W a s h i n g t o n , D. C . t h e l a s t w e e k in October .

A r t h u r W. Drew s t a r t e d on T u e s ­d a y for a t r i p a c r o s s t h " con t inen t . H e wi l l first visit a t Minneapol i s , and l a t e r go to Sea t t l e and o the r p laces of i n t e r e s t , r e t u r n i n g home in six or s e v e n w e e k s .

Mrs . I r v i n g Bailey of C a m b r i d g e s p e n t S u n d a y at her h o m e in L i t t l e ­t o n .

B e n s o n P r i e s t and family a r r i ved in t o w n l a s t week

S o m e of the pipe for t h e wat ' - r w o r k s h a s a r r i v e d a i d has been t e a m ­ed t o Oak hi l l .

Miss Mabel Sargent e n t e r t a i n e d h e r m o t h e r , Mrs . Sa rgen t , of Mon tague Ci ty , a t M r s . A. \V. K n o w l t o n ' s last S a t u r d a y a n d Sunday

Dr . S a v a g e of Host MI w a s a S u n d a y g u e s t a t F r a n k Fa rn . ' - r ' s .

C h a r l i e J o h n s o n , son of F o r e s t J o h n s o n , h a s been v is i t ing his g r a n d ­f a the r , E. W. Maxwel l . He is one of t h e in fan t i l e p a r a l y s i s v ic t ims of t w o y e a r s ago , and -still h a s to use c r u t c h e s .

F r a n k P l u m m e r ' s fami ly of May­n a r d s p e n t S u n d a y a t T h o m a s S teph­e n s ' . Mr. S t e p h e n s ' cond i t ion does no t i m p r o v e .

T h e p r a y e r m e e t i n g ' t o h a v e been held a t J o h n M c K i n l a y ' s last week F r i d a y , w a s p o s t p o n e d a week because of t h e s e v e r o s t o r m .

T h e Misses E m m a a n d G e o r g e Whi t ­c o m b h a v e moved t o S h i r l e y vi l lage.

As O c t o b e r 12, C o l u m b u s day , is n o w ' l ega l ho l iday , t h e r e will be no s c h o o l . O c t o b e r 18, t h e N o r t h w e s t Midd lesex t e a c h e r s ' conven t ion will b e h e l d a t T o w n s e n d , a n d the schools wil l be c losed t h e n . As t h e t e a c h e r s wi l l a l s o b e e x p e c t e d to a t t end t h e Midd lesex t e a c h e r s ' conven t ion a t T r e m o n t T e m p l e in Bos ton on Octo­b e r 27, t h e s c h o o l s wi l l aga in be closed on t h a t d a t e .

S u p t . F*rank H . H i l l w e n t t o W o r ­c e s t e r y e s t e r d a y for t h e m e e t i n g of schoo l s u p e r i n t e n d e n t s . ,

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The Dust Ti ht Cover t o b a r r e l is "another e n t i r e l y n e w Glenwood I d e a and is v e r y ingenious . T h e A6h C h u t e is sold com­p l e t e w i t h b a r r e l and ail connec t ions , a s i l lus t ra ted , a t a m o d e r a t e p r i c e to fit a n y c a b i n e t s ty le Glen­wood. T h i s is only one of t h e splendid i m p r o v e ­m e n t s of t h e P la in C a b i n e t Glenwood t h e R a n g e w i t h o u t o r n a m e n t a t i o n o r f a n c y n ickel , " T h e Mis­sion S t y l e " Glenwood. E v e r y essen t ia l refined and improved upon .

Up-To-Date Gas Attachments This Ranp-e can bo had with tho latest and moat improved Ele­vated or Enfl Gaa Ranee attachments. It has a powerful hot water f rent or for country use a Larue Copper Reservoir onftho end opposite fire box. It can be furnished with firo-box at either ri_rht or left of oven as ordered. When, the Ash Chbte. cannot be used an Improved Ash Pan is provided*

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It is not a luxury. In some cases it is a necessity. In every case it is a decid­ed convenience.

Perhaps you could do without one, but would it be economy ?

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Miss A u g u s t a Nye and S t a n l e y H a y n e s a t t ended t h e B a p t i s t conven ­t i o n a t H u d s o n on T u e s d a y . P r o m t h e r o they w e n t t o B o l t o n t o vis i t a m o n g f r iends for a week . '

Mr. and Mrs . F r a n k D o d g e s p e n t a f ew d a y s l a s t w e e k w i t h r e l a t i v e s in G r e a t e r Boston. . '

A. F . C o n a n t h a s been a t h o m e sick w i th a cold for s eve ra l d a y s , a n d r e . t u r n e d t o h i s d u t i e s ' i n t h e s to re ! on M o n d a y . ' '• *, '

M i s s E f a m a C a l l a h a n s t a r t e d t h i s w e e k for Mansfield, Ohio, w h e r e s h e wi l l v i s i t h e r s i s t e r , M r s . J a m e s L a w -t o n .

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fac tory . H e s t o p p e d a t Atho l t o see bis m o t h e r , M r s . J o s e p h C r a n e , w h o bad b e e n v i s i t i n g t h e r e for s e v e r a l w e e k s . M r s . C r a n e r e t u r n e d t o L i t ­t l e ton t h i s w e e k . ' H e r h o u s e h o l d du­t i e s h a v e b e e n p e r f o r m e d by . " h e r d a u g h t e r , M r s . Day , of L y n n .

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ment o r halm- to compare w i t h Buck len «' Arnica Snlvc; I t ' s t h c one perfect h e a l e r of Cuts . Corns , B u r n s . B ru i se s . Sores , Scalds. Bol ls . Ulcers , E c z e m a . S a l t ' R h e ­um. F o r Sore Eyes . Cold Sores . Cham­ped H a n d s o r So ra ln s Its sup reme , u n ­r iva led for P i l e s . T r y It . Only 25. cen ts a t W i l l i a m B r o w n ' s . Ayer .

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- Both Mrs. Mary Tucker a n d - h e r daughter Stel la are quit , i l l , a t their home.

Miss B l a n c h e Sprague was cal led to her home in Readaboro, Vt., by the death of her grandfather. She left on Friday morning .md returned on Monday,, and there was no se s s ion of the grammar school during her ab­sence . • • . ' • ' •

_ T h e total number of books distribu­ted from the reading-room for the m o n t h of September was 203.

Miss Mildred L. Seaver of Nashua, N. H., was at her home here over-Sunday. .'.'

Miss Freda- Jodery, from Concord is at .the home of her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. L. F . Woods.

F. H. Ormsby of Boston was in town las t week oversee ing the install­ing of a t w e n t y ' h o r s e p o w e r gasolene engine in his rug factory in Josse lyn­ville.

Mrs. El len Pratt has returned from a few days' visit to her son in Leom­inster.

Mrs. Amel ia He l lur and daughter Isabel le from Xashua, N. H., are stop­ping at their cottage in Josse lyn­vi l le (or the present.

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Manchester returned on Saturday from a few days' visit to relatives in Salem, where they at tended tbe wedding of their niece, Miss Bess ie Conway.

About twenty from here attended the rol l -cal l of the Congregational church at the Center last Thursday: .

Mrs. Jewett , fronv Hubbardston, is a s s i s t ing at tbe home of Mr. and Mrs. Perry W. Sawtel le .

Dr. Henry Boynton has been spend­ing a few days' vacation out-of-town this week, enjoying a fishing trip to the south shore with a narty of friends.

Miss Julia Ford of South Deerfleld called upon friends in town Satur­day, and Mrs. Joseph Hornig of Aver, with her t w o children, visited her friends here no Thursday.

At the meet ing of the Ecl ipse en­gine company on Saturday, evening, the committee on the s ick benefit fund cons i s t ing of A'. J. Manchester. Alex Reed, Thomas Smith and Clarence Webster, gave in their report and it was' voted that Dr. H. B. Boynton act as physician of the company at a stated salary for the remainder of the year, which expires on December 31. A new set of by- laws was a lso adop­ted.

•impersonator of great talent, who Is received with enthusiasm wherever she performs. Ice cream and cake and home-made candy will be on sa le during the evening, and at the Close ot the entertainment.

On Saturday evening the pupils of t ' - public schools of this vi l lage will «•••" an entertainment in Seminary b•;•; i. for the benefit of the two chi ldren "f . lames Bell, who was recent ly burned out of home (ind all h is be-1'-igings. The chi ldren-are pupi ls in ' ." grammar school and their school -" ites are anxious to have a ' s h a r e in ass is t ing them in their need. The •ntertainment will consis t of s o n g s , r' c itat ions and exerc i ses learned at school, and will commence at 7.30 promptly on account of the younger members . At the c lose cf the pro­gram there wil l be a sale cf home­made candy.

Y. V. S. C. E . • On ' Sunday evening the regular

semi-annual bus iness meet ing of the Y. P. S. C. E. w a s held In the vestry at the c lose of an informal service at which the pastor officiated. In the absence of both president and vice president. Miss Mabel Thompson was chosen president protem and oc­cupied, the chair. The fo l lowing of­ficers and committees were e lected: _ Foster Hamilton, pres.- Miss Br-rtlia Boynton, vice pres.: .Mabel Thompson, s e c : Ian Ruck. treHK.: I.*n<-v H Hathn-"•ay. chairman. Miss Bertha Bovnton. Mr., and Mrs. Foster Hamilton i>i-avei-meeting com.: Alice V. Soav.-r chair­man. Miss Stella Tucker. Miss M Klin,,.-Tojyer and Milton Wilder, lookout- com

'-«. Mabelle Wilson, chairman. Mr. ami Mrs. Benjamin Hodgman and flim-ie* •'"dgman, social com.: Rev. S I) p.in--™ M . chairman. _M | s s Gladys Rawson

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to rescue any of their belongings , ex ­cept the dog, a family pet, which s h e was able to save by breaking ln a window with a large stone. By the time the lire company arrived on the scene the building w a s past s a v i n g and their efforts were directed to sav­ing the barn and out buildings.

Mr. and .Mrs. Bell were taken in an auto to the home of their daughter, Mrs. Johnson, of lower Main street where .Mr. Bell Is in quite a serious condition as a resul t of the shock. The entire community express great sympathy for the family in their trou­ble and stand ready with offers of clothing and money to ass i s t them in their difficulty. Mr. Bell is employed on the railroad and has been ill for several weeks , and they have only owned their home for a few months before this calamity came upon them.

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Xews I tems .

Tbe enterta inment at the local grange on Wednesday evening, October 11. will be in charge of Mr. and Mrs Albert T. Pierce.

Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Swott are uc Milford attending tbe carnival this week.

Frank Gilman has accepted a re­sponsible position at Gardner, Mass., and later contemplates locat ing there. Mr. and Mrs. Gilman have been publio-spjrited people and will be much m i s s ­ed from the community.

Mrs. M. Emma Jennes s will sell per­sonal property at auction on Saturday, October 7. O. D. Fessenden , auct ion-

. . . . • _ . - - ' ; r Mrs. Jenness , daughter Lena, and Miss- Lena Thompson, missionary | son George, are to move to Nova

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Edward Patch and Ralph H. Willard from Boston spent the week-end with their parents at their respect ives homes.

Walter Carter from Xorth Roches­ter, Vt., who was formerly emploved at. St ickney's mill, visited friends" in town the last of the week.

Mrs. Lucy A. Lawrence celebrated her sevent ieth birthday at her home on Elm street last week Thursdav by enterta in ing a party of twelve of" her relat ives, and the occasion was most enjoyable. During the afternoon and evening a number of her friends and re lat ives called to offer their congrat­ulat ions and best wishes . She was well remembered by gifts and a postal shower of over one hundred cards, one of the features of the day which was much appreciated bv the recipi­ent .

Ernest G. Wilson is at present em­ployed at Janes' .Market in Waltham as a meat cutter.

At the recent business meet ing of the church it was voted that the Finns in this locality be al lowed the use of the Baptist vestry to hold a service some t ime this month under the direc­tion of the Finnish minister from Fitchburg.

Miss Maud Hodgdon from Melrose, and Mrs. Elmer Tandy from Milford, >>'. H., have been recent vis i tors at the home of .Mr. and Mrs. Char'es R. Morgan.

Mrs. Mary Tucker is taking her daughter's place in the Belgrade rur factory, until she has sufficiently re covered to resume "

. It was voted to entertain the Nashua River union here on February 22, and also to present the piano fund .with eight dol lars from tho proceeds of the harvest supper.

P leasant ly Surprised. On Thursday evening of last week,

the y o u n g friends of .Miss Inez Mc­Ell igott gave her a surprise party at the home of Mrs. S. O. Ringrose, where s h e was entertained to tea. About s ix teen were present and a most enjoyable evening was passed in _ames and music. Refreshment.- were served and Miss McElligott was 'pre­sented with a silk umbrella as u n.kei. ! of the love and esteem of her fr.'.-nds ' and their best w i shes for her happi­ness in her new home and success in her new work.

On Saturday evening the members of the L. B. B. S. and the L. L. S. C

cotia. The many friends-of Mrs. Jen ­ness regret that she is. to leave town.

Rev. Warren I.. Noyes wil l preach a special sermon to tli3 men and boys tomorrow morning upon "The forward movement in religion."

Sunday. October 15, w i l l be rally Sunday at the Congregational church and Sunday .school.

.Miss Ellen <*, Sawte l le , Miss Martha Wright of Boston, Alan' Parker and Herschel Sculner of Lowel l , Mass., were guests at Four P i n e s over Sun­day.

Misses R. Deverd Parker and Edna A. Parker spent the week-end a t ' Inn­croft.

Mrs blehead for the week

Mr. and Mrs. F r a n k Austin have been visiting re lat ives a t North Adams.

Miss Clara A. Gilman of H e p p n e r met in the vestry and ,g?ve a farewell 0 r e S ° n . and Miss F lora A. Skinner of

A FEW FALL FARM BARGAINS Groton depot 1_ mi les , a $5,000 place for $S£0O. F i n e buildings and

shade, 86 acres . $1,200 cash will win It.

HarTard offers two good trades just now. Extra house , 225 apple trees, other s t rong points , $5,000, terms easy. Another finely located, good house, crops, hay, horse , four cows , tools , wagons , s le igh, all complete for quick decision, $3,700.

Close by Ayer over s ixty acres, 8-room house 0 . K., barn, ctr.. variety of fruit, near trol ley, early productive land, hard wood and young pine, $2,500.

$2,300 trill buy a compact one-man farm of forty acres , depot l V. miles . High, s ight ly locat ion, good neighbors, abundant water , 100 good fruit trees, nut trees , berries , asparagus , plenty wood, s o m e ' t i m b e r , cosy 7-room house in good repair, extra fino cellar, barn, three -henhouses . Enough for price, but w e feel generous this t ime and throw In horse , t w o cows , two heifers, forty hens , harnesses , farm wagon, cart, democrat, s l eds , pung. s leigh, new mower , n e w rake, p lows , harrows, cult ivator, grindstone, drag, hay, crops, etc, If you w a n t moro for th i s price, go long, don't bother me.

supper to Mrs. Louise McElllgott. A very dainty supper was served and at its c lose Mrs. McElligott was present­ed with a silver cold meat fork and two desser t spoons engraved with her init ials and the date. The presenta­tion s p e e c h w a s made by Rev. S. D. Ringrose , and Mrs. McElligott. though taken ent ire ly by surprise and great ly affected, w a s able to respond by a few words of thanks.

Mrs. McEll igott and her daughter left on Sunday morning for their new-home in Somervil le , where s h e - w i l l keep hpuse for her son George, who is at the Boston Art school, and her laughter wi l l attend the kindergarten in the city. Both have been a great ''elp in the social life of the v i l lage and will be great ly missed by their neighbors and many friends.

Wedding.

James B. Dodds of Scotland, who is employed by the West Townsend Granite Syndicate, and Miss Elizabeth A. Conway, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William H. Conway, of Salem, were united in marriage at the chapel of the Church of the Immaculate Con­ception in Salem, at four o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, September 27. Rev. Jeremiah Herli ly officiated. The bride's s ister, Miss M. Louise Con­way, acted as bridesmaid, and wore pale blue silk and carried pink car­nations, and her brother, William H. Conway, jrs. , acted as best man. The bride's gown was a white embroidered pattern dress and her veil was fasten­ed with a spray of the rare white heather, sent for that special pur-.

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Concord have been the gues t s of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Lawrence at Hi l l -crest. .

Charles XV. Shattuck of Maynard has been a recent guest at the home of Mrs. Clinton D. Gilson'

David Burge of Vineland, N. J., a former resident, has been visit ing his niece, Mrs. Adel la Whitcomb.

Mr. and Mrs . Freeman E. Wright are to occupy the apartment at Mrs. Cora Boultenhouse's for the winter.

Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Towner, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Tomer of Melrose, and Mrs. Lydla Tomer Miller of Rochester were gues t s at the Elmwood over S u n ­day.

Misses Grace Whitcomb and Mertie Whitcher have been g u e s t s at the Whitcomb homestead.

The fol lowing have taken out hunt­er's l icenses: Edwin E. Smith Robert H. Taylor. Edward R. Pierce . Reuben F. Kecy, Ernest L. Gilson, Newell F. I

Cbarles St ickney and Chester Valedge sweet ly sang, "Will there be any s t a r s in my crown," and "Jesus, lover o l my soul."

The burial took place ln the fami ly lot at the Sbuth cemetery, George Edward Rockwood, . Will Hasse l ton , Howard Carter and Fred Sawyer serv ­ing as bearers. Many beautiful floral tributes bespoke the love and e s t eem of a large c irc le of friends. A widow a son, George Edward Rockwood. of E v ­erett, a daughter, Mrs. Clara H a s s e l t o n -of Townsend. t w o grandsons , three granddaughters and many fr iends mourn his less .

Among those in attendance from out-of-town were Mr. and .Mrs. George Edward Rockwood and son Clair of Everett , Mr. and Mrs. Will H a s s e l ­ton of Townesnd , Howard Carter of Oak Bluffs, Mr. and Mrs. Fred S a w ­yer aiid daughter Eva of Sterl ing. L u ­ther McDonald of Maiden, Mrs. E l m e r Wal lace of Townsend. Edwin Edson of Leofainster, Mr. and Mrs. F r e d Rockwood of- Nashua, George Li tch­field, Mr. Whitcomb, Mr. Kllburn of Lunenburg, Mrs. Walker and son of Fitchburg. Rolan Blood of Repperell Eldora Fessenden. Newton.

LITTLETON. About Toiyn.

Next Sunday even ing the Guild wi l l be tbe hos tess to the neighboring guilds, they all hav ing been invited to be present.

. Mrs. Sargent of Montague City spent the week-end' and over S u n d a v here with her daughter. Miss Mabe'l

-Sargent, the West school teacher, at Mrs. Adeline Knowlton's . i Frank Pingrey and Harry XV. Ire­land began their duties a s jurymen in Lowell last Monday.

Miss Marion, daughter of Dr. Wal ter Tyzzer of the St. Louis , Mo., hospital , is a guest of her cous in , .Mrs. A F . Hopkins. ...

•Mrs. E m m a Kimbal l L e m l e y i s s t o p ­ping just now with her brother, A T. Kimball . She has made no definite plans for the future.

Pictures of Colorado's grand s c e n ­e r y and v iews are on. exhibit ion at the library.

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Jess ie Dodge w i l l Improve his house by the addition of a piazza and hav ing them painted.

Edward E. Parker is at Mar- \ As required b y l a w the new individ­ual dr inking c u p s were u s e d - a t the . communion serv ice at the Unitarian *"• 7 ' church l a s t Sunday.

Mrs. Frank Litchfield, who f o r m e r l y " lived here, is on from California how, 7". " fpr a short s top among old f r i ends . . : , ,

Roy Jewet t s tarted Tuesday m o r n - • ing for Florida, . -where he intends to 7 spend the winter .

The Lovejoys all Jeft l a s t F r i d a y : for their Cincinnati home. . •

Mrs. Grace L a w r e n c e . sa i l s for Bos-S-ton on the Winnefredian of-the" Ley -land line on October 7, reaching home"" about October 15.

IVclchborhood MectlnB. ':''• '•' . T h e -Young People's Guild o f t h e Uni­tarian church win hold a neighbor­hood meet ing in their ves try on S u n ­day evening at seven o'colck. A speak­er w i l t be provided from the National organization in Boston; and reports wllljbe given from.thc various societies represented, and durlnur-th'e social hour l ight refreshments wil l be -served. A cordial invitation is extended to al l ahd the; young people of the parish are especially ^irged to be present.

GIVES AID TO STRIKERS. /. \ . ' Sometimes liver, kidneys and'boweis'

t ? i ? . t p £ 2 o n a s t r | k e and'refuse to work Farnsworth. Walter A.' F a r n s w o r t h , A / i f s t r ^ . r ^ k . r ^ & ^ ^ l ^ ^ y ^ .

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her work Mr. and Mrs. H. Brown of Bedford,! their home in Soctland and"l7

and .Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Taylor from ' 'met w a s bride roses . Milford. N. H., have been recent , After the ceremony a reception -.v..; guests of Mrs. Lucy Lawrence . . held at the home of the bride, v.':: -r<

Miss Violet Hiscock. w h o has been " I a r S e number'of gues t s from Salem at the home of Mrs. Mary Tucker fori W e s t Townsend , Washington. Host-n the summer, has returned to Boston. a n d N e w Hampsh ire .were enter: ii:; >d

The first meet ing of the Woman's T h e decorati'*>n8 were of autu

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club w a s held in the reading-room on Monday evening with e leven pres­ent, and was devoted to bus iness and plans for the winter's work. It was decided to take up the study of Shake­speare and the "Merchant of Venice" was decided upon for the first. The meet ing was changed from Mondav to Thursday evening to suit the con­venience of many of tho members and a good attendance and good work is expected to be done this winter.

George M. Frye has closed his rooms at R. McElligott's house on Elm street and is out-of-town for a few weeks .

Miss Graco Thompson left on Mon­day morning for Boston, where she will enter S immons co l lege .

Mrs. El iza Wheeler, who has been in. ill health for a number of years , has left her boarding place at J. A.

age and Miss Alice Conway had ch»---i--of the gift room, where manv b<-:i-.v\-ful and cost ly gifts of si lver, liu. :: and cut g la s s were exhibited.

After a trip through the Wl i••-• Mountains and into Maine, the hapi-v couple will make their home at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Man­chester in Josse lynvi l l e , and win he at home to their friends after l>ec-mi-ber 1.

Ralph O. Greeley, Walter E. Corey! Wendall H. Taylor, Oscar F. Elliott, Richard F. Wright , Clayton Hobart, James H. Gilson.

Hunter's l i censes can be obtained of Mrs. Ella W. Tucker.

Children's night was observed at the local grange on Wednesday evening, September 26, and the program was finely rendered by the children, unSer the supervision of the lecturer, Mrs. Edna A. Hall. Promenadintr was par­ticipated in, Mrs. E m m a Valedge pre­siding at the piano. Ice cream and cake were served. Several invited guests enjoyed the evening .

Little Miss Esther Martin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Martin, was awarded the prize of a s i lver child's set at a ser ies of enter ta inments given at Tarbell's hall, rece iv ing the largest number of votes. Rodney Wright , lit­tle son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Wright, captured the second prize.

Mrs. N. J. Danie l s wil l spend the week-end and Sunday at Putnam. Conn., the guest of Rev. F. D. Sargent ;md family.

™ * l i P 1 " s ~ t 0 . 8 r l v e them natural aid and gent ly compel proper action. Excellent health soon fo l lows. Try them. 25c at William Brown's- Ayer . .

S e w Adrert l seraents .

Bantlst church building, and the communitv awaken ed to see the northern sky i i luminated by the flames caused by the des truc­tion of the Oren Manning place in the north part of the vi l lage, which caught fire from a defective chimney. Ent ire -

, . . , „ _,, ^ , - „ . . . , '>' away from neighbors, the family, Wil lard s, and i s in a sanitorium in ! which consisted of Mr. Bel l who w a s

Pleasantly Kntcrtainrd. Mrs. Edward E. Parker entertained

tlie Sunbonnet club on Wednesday, September 26, and dedicated the spa­cious new barn at Inncroft by serving dinner therein. The national colors

. , , : u u l n a P s save it a gala day appear-At two o c l o c k on Sunday morning j ance and the table with i ts beautiful

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the tempting v iands made a charm-

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Worces ter for the present, Tho L. B. B. S. met In the vestry

on a s ick bed threatened with typhoid fever, h is wife and a y o u n g son, had

on Wednesday afternoon and as few ' n a r r o w escape from cremation and were present on account of the storm. I l o s t . everything they owned except the it w a s decided to meet again on n e x t ! f | 1 w garments they flung around them Wednesday afternoon and m a k e plans for. their annual fair, which' wi l l be held n e x t month.

making their escape from the ames. Tho fire was discovered by Mrs .

Mr. and Mrs . 'James A. Wil lard are j , ' ° 1 1 ' - Y h o ^ ' a a awakened by a stifling v is i t ing relatives in Clinton th i s w e e k 7 s f i n « a t iOn and heard a strange noise • T * < . « « n ' . . i n k I , . I J i t . . <, .. I"1 t h 0 a « ' c . and upon opening tho

i n J o f , W » S « « n ot .£C'r 5l*St m C P t " ' , l n o r t 0 Investigate she was met by a o n f - r ! J ? d « 3 r f I l i V c a d l n i ? " r o o m r , , 3 h o f flames- Q»><*«r «>"•'"« the e n t Carl r\T w n L I " ? • MWn, P r r S " ' '"o o r s h e r u 8 h e < 1 t 0 >'" Husband's room e n t Carl B. Willard Is s erv ing as and with the help of the son suc -

B a * n t a 8a n ' e c r r r T h a n d U • ° i W e d C d I n s m k s h ' " « "l.t the* window' isariter a s secretary . . T h e evening frame and

was p leasant ly p a s s e d - I n a discn ' sion of current events

A \ e r y h igh-c lass entertainment wil l bo given ln Seminary hall n o \ t Tuesday evening under the auspices of tho Baptist church, one-half the proceeds t o be u s e d tor thc piano fund T h e program wi l l Jbe Hi-, en by Miss Marlon "WilBO-o of N e w York, an

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l ift ing the 's ick man through, and had h i r d h gotten out with the ir burden when thc ce i l ing fell and tho entire building -nas a mass of flame

While tho boy hastened to the U l ­lage to git© the alarm and get a s ­s i s tance , Mrs Bell eared for her h u s ­band and they were obliged to watch the'r h o m e burn, without any chance

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ing picture. Whi le the small boy was not in evidence, surely his whist le was . The afternoon w a s a - happy one, marred only by the thought that sev­eral of the members were soon to leave us. At the c lose of tho day a visit, to the c o s y bungalow at Mrs. Edward Hadley's was enjoyed. Those in attendance w e r e Mrs. Edward Had­ley, Mrs. Chester "Valedge, Mrs. Ed­ward Tucker, Mrs. Albert Pierce , Mrs. William Hall , Mrs; Alpha Hall , Mrs. Geofge L. Dodge, Mrs. H. Arthur Brown, Miss Blanche XV. Hal l .

Death, ~

Will iam Brooks Rockwood, a native and lifo long: res ident of Brookline, passed away on Thursday night, -Sep­tember 28, after an i l lness of sev­eral months , aged 76 yrs . 11 mbe. A kind, genial , hospitable man c lose ly allied with the town. . H o was a s taunch democrat and a l w a y s inter­ested in political affairs A man who seemed to be a part of the town During his long I l lness he has been tenderly cared for by his wi fe '

The funeral took place a t the home on Monday Afternoon,, R e \ F. D Sar ­gent of Putnam, C o n n , under w.hose pastorate Mr Rockwood united with tbe Congregational church, officiating.

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For catarrh, a s thma, bronchit is , coughs, colds and catarrhal dea fnes s HYOMEI i s guaranteed by W i l l i a m Brown. Complete outfit inc luding i n ­haler and bott le HYOMEI $1.00, s e p a ­rate bott les HYOMEI if af terwards needed 50 cents .

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NOTICE IS H E R E B Y GIVEN that the subscriber has been duly appoint­ed administratrix ' of the estate of ANN McDADE lato of Harvard ln the County of Worcester, deceased, and has taken upon herself that trust b> s i t ­ing bond, as thc law directs.

All persons having- demands upon the estate of said'deceased aro'requir­ed to exhibit the same, ahd all per­sons Indebted to said estato are called upon to make payment to

EMMA J. FINNEGAN Administratrix

SO Pleasant Street, Dorchester, Mass., Sept. 16. 1911 3t2

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHU­SETTS. Middlesex, ss . Probate Court.

To tho he lrs -at - law and all others Interested In thc estate of JOHN 1_ FARNSWORTH late of Shirley in said County, deceased.

Whereas. CHARLES F. WORCES­TER administrator of the estato of said deceased has presented to said Court his petition for l icense to soil a t public auct ion, 'or upon such terms as may bo adjudged best, tho real e s ­tate of said deceased, for. thc purposo of distribution, In separate lots a s described ln said petition.

You aro' horoby cited to appear at a Probate Court, to bo held at Cambridge. In said County of Middlesex, on th« ninth day of October A. D. 1911. at nino o'clock ln tho forenoon, to show cause. If any you have, w h y th* same should not bo Kranted.

And said petit ioner Is ordered to serve th!» citation b y del ivering a copy thereof to al l pel-sons Interested, who-can be found within the Common* wcnlth fourteen days , at l east , before said Court, and if any one cannot t>» so found, by publ ishing tho same one* In each week, for three «ucoentv« weeks . In Turner's Public Spirit •.& newspaper published ln Ayer t h V u a t gubllcation to be one- day, '»t*y |»st .

efore said Court * i*r \ Witness , Charlos jr Mclntlre.' *B**ntre.

Flr»t Judge of said Court t h l * e ight ­eenth d*y of September tn.the, r«ar ono thousand nine hundred and. e leven.

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a r e a n n o u n c i n g t h e e n g a g e m e n t of t h e i r d a u g h t e r , R u t h T. R o c k w o o d , to H a r o l d R. Sheedy . bo th wel l k n o w n y o u n g peop le of t h i s t own .

Dr. E. B. B r a n i g a n h a s j u s t b o u g h t a h a n d s o m e new a u t o wh ich c a m e to t o w n on W e d n e s d a y n igh t . . Mrs . R e g i n a l d F o s t e r , s i s t e r of J o h n

L a w r e n c e , is w i th h e r d a u g h t e r , s t a y ­ing for a coup le of weeks a t Gro ton Inn .

At the G r o t o n fa i r d a n c e on S e p t e m ­be r 28, J o h n D o n a h u e "bad a t w e l v e -do l l a r r a i n c o a t t a k e n .

T h e e igh ty - f i r s t a n n u a l m e e t i n g of t h e Midd lesex Union a s s o c i a t i o n ol C o n g r e g a t i o n a l c h u r c h e s , composed of t w e n t y - f o u r c h u r c h e s , will b e he ld w i t h . t h e C o n g r e g a t i o n a l c h u r c h a t L e o m i n s t e r , . W e d n e s d a y , Oc tober 18. T h e G r o t o n C o n g r e g a t i o n a l c h u r c h be­l o n g s ; t o t h i s a s soc ia t ion .

-Apple b u y e r s w h o have been h o l d i n g off before , h a v e been in t o w n t h i s week a n d seve ra l of t h e o r c h a r d i s t s h a v e sold t h e m t h e i r a p p l e s .

T h e r e a d i n g c lub met W e d n e s d a y af ternoon- w i th Mrs . M. C h a m b e r l a i n of t h e A y e r road .

The ' s e m i - a n n u a l m e e t i n g of the Middlesex n o r t h w e s t t e m p e r a n c e u n ­ion will b e he ld n e x t week T h u r s d a y in t h e Union C o n g r e g a t i o n a l - c h u r c h a.t Wes t fo rd . Gro ton is one qf t h e s ix t een t o w n s c o m p r i s i n g th i s o r g a n ­iza t ion. Rev. George M. H o w e , p a s t o r of t h e C o n g r e g a t i o n a l c h u r c h h e r e will s p e a k on " T h e vote in Maine and i t s b e a r i n g on t h e t e m p e r a n c e c a u s e a t l a r g e , " which comes a t t e n o 'c lock in t h e fo renoon ' s p r o g r a m .

J a m e s L a w r e n c e is in New York for a-few days , and is s t a y i n g a t t h e Hotel "Woleott. • E d w a r d Cleary began w o r k in the

W e s t Gro ton paper mill t h i s week . M r s . J o h n T r a y n e went en W e d n e s ­

d a y tb Bos ton where an X- ray i x a m -ina t i on w a s m a d e for her old k idney t r o u b l e .

T h e W. R. C , a t a recent m e e t i n g voted to hold a food and ap ron sa le in t h e h e a r fu tu re , t h e p roceeds to r e p l e n i s h t h e i r t r e a s u r y . One of the c o m m e n d a b l e ob jec t s in view is to s u i t a b l y i m p r o v e the so ld i e r s ' lot in Gro ton c e m e t e r y . T h e commi t t ee for t h e c o m i n g food and a p r o n s a l e is M r s . Al ice Gilson, c h a i r m a n , Mrs. L e o n a r d , Mrs . Whi t eh i l l , Mrs . Bene ­d ic t , Miss Gibson and Mrs . Col l ier .

Mrs . G r a n t W. . S h a t t u c k took the t r a i n on T u e s d a y m o r n i n g for ;Milford. go ing to t h e h o m e of h e r s i s t e i \ w h e r e t h e t w o had p l a n n e d to enjoy a ca r ­r i a g e dr ive to P o r t s m o u t h , N. H. They wi l l be gone a week .

T h e c a r s m a d e t h e i r first r egu l a r r u n n i n g over t h e d o u b l e t r a c k th rough t o P e p p e r e l l l a s t S u n d a y .

• A sma l l s e m a p h o r e s t a t i o n has been p u t - t i p n e a r t h e r a i l r o a d b r i d g e on the c r o s s i n g next to Mrs . B a r r o w s ' lund. A.- R.' McDona ld from Cl in ton is the o p e r a t o r .

'W. F . Bixby, fo res t e r and t r e e su r ­geon , w i t h h i s force of four or five m e n , is to beg in w o r k soon for John L a w r e n c e . Mr. Bixby was or ig ina l ly f rom T e x a s , b u t r e c e n t l y of Provi­d e n c e , R. I., a n d c a m e h e r e from Low­el l .

F o r t y h o u r s ' devotion se rv ice be­g a n a t S a c r e d Hea r t church on Sun­day .

T h e open ing game of t h e footbal l s ea son at Groton school w a s p layed last . S a t u r d a y with Boston L a t i n . Gro­ton won over the v i s i to r s bv t h e sco re of 12 to 0.

Miss E l l en D e n a h y is t a k i n g he r va­ca t ion from t h e Misses W a r r e n s . T h i s week Miss D e n a h y , in c o m p a n y wi th h e r cous in , M o r r i s Lane , is v i s i t ing r e l a t i v e s in Bos ton . Next week Of­ficer L a n e r e t u r n s to his du t i e s in San F r a n c i s c o , Ca l .

E r v i n g C. Dav i s of Ac wor th , N. H., h a s been a g u e s t for a few d a y s t h i s week of h i s b r o t h e r , S. F. Davis , and s i s t e r . Mrs . XV. A. Moore. On W e d n e s ­day, M r s . Moore r e t u r n e d wi th h im to A c w o r t h . Mr. Davis will nex t week become a benedic t . His b r i d e - t o - b e 15 Miss G e r t r u d e C h a t t e r t o n . a t r a i n ­ed n u r s e . T h e i r f u t u r e h o m e will be i<t the nid Davis home in A c w o r t h . Mrs. Moore will r e t u r n h o m e n e x t Monday, a l l o w i n g he r b r o t h e r . S. F . Davis, and her d a u g h t e r . Miss H e l e n Hell Moore, to a t t end t h e wedd ing on t i e fol lowing Wednesday .

T h - new hay s e a l r s a r - finished and r eady for use.

T h e s e l ec tmen h a v e had t h e old I t own p u m p removed and a s e c u r e I cover placed over the old well , and ! t h e g r o u n d s a r o u n d t h e r e smoothed j off and put in be t t e r shape .

T h e K. O. K. A. held the i r first j m e e t i n g s ince the vacat ion at the f r i t - j t a r i an ve s t ry on T u e s d a y e v e n i n g . ;

We h e a r t h a t t h e West s t ree t b r idge recen t ly bui l t , has heen c o n d e m n e d by s t a t e c o m m i s s i o n e r s , who find t h a t it is no t b road enough to a l low of a u t o s and o t h e r vehic les p a s s i n g each o the r and t h a t t h e r e is a w r o n g in­cl ine.

T h e local W. R. C. were f o r t u n a t e in h a v i n g a p l e a s a n t a f te rnoon on T u e s d a y s a n d w i c h e d in be tween r a i n v and c loudy d a y s . Al though it w a s cool e n o u g h to w e a r w r a p s , it was good Oc tober w e a t h e r . However , when one of t h e m e m b e r s . Mrs. Edwin A. S h a t ­tuck , c a m e t o look for h e r ou t s ide g a r m e n t a s s h e was leaving the ha l l t o go h o m e it was n o w h e r e t o be found n o r h a s It s ince been h e a r d from.

Mrs . G e o r g e F r a n c i s Banc ro f t a n d d a u g h t e r a r e h e r o from O m a h a , N e b . Mr. Banc ro f t , w h o came e a s t w i t h t h e m r e t u r n e d , b u t wil l l a t e r c o m e b a c k t o ' G r o t o n , w h e r e t h e f a m i l y will m a k e t h e i r h o m e , r e s i d i n g in t h e h o u s e of h i s a u n t , Mrs . C a r o l i n e R . Banc ro f t , on Main s t r e e t M r s . C a r o ­l ine Bancroft , , w h o i s qu i t e a g e d , wi l l l ive In t h e f ami ly of h e r : n i e c e , .Mrs . C h a r l e s H . G e r r i s h , of the* P o w d e r H o u s e r o a d . ' ' 7 - , 7 :

C. H . G e r r i s h i s t o h a v e a h e a t i n g p l a n t i n s t a l l e d in h i s h o u s e .

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W o r k on t h e P l e a s a n t s t r e e t r a i l r o a d b r idge . Is be ing p u s h e d r i g h t a l o n g a s f a s t a s . poss ib le . B l a s t i n g s is b e i n g d o n e a s n e c e s s a r y . T h e s e ­l e c t m e n h a v e a s ye t fai led t o s ee t h e ob l iga t ion of t h e t o w n to p a y t h e $550, sa id t o be a s k e d of t h e m a s t h e i r s h a r e of t h e cos t in bulldlno- t h e b r i d g e , b u t a n a g r e e m e n t m a y be r e a c h e d l a t e r on.

T h e I m p r o v e m e n t soc ie ty Will m e e t w i th t h e Misses W a r r e n o t t . S londay a f t e r n o o n , Oc tobe r 9, a t 3.30^'o'clock.

R. M. E r v i n g received a l e t t e r on T u e s d a y f rom a fr iend i n t h e W h i t e Moun ta in r eg ion who w r i t e s t h a t h e a w o k e on t h e m o r n i n g of S e p t e m b e r 30, t o see Mt. W a s h i n g t o n c o v e r e d w i th s n o w .

Born on F r i d a y , S e p t e m b e r 29, a t t h e h e m e of t h e p a r e n t s on C h a m p n e y s t r ee t , a d a u g h t e r to Mr. and Mrs . Wi l l iam C h a r l t o n .

C h a r l e s E. Osgood, s eeming j u s t a l i t t le improved , was t a k e n to his borne on C h a m p n e y s t r e e t from the Gro ton hosp i ta l l a s t week S a t u r d a y , a l t h o u g h st i l l in a ve ry weak and a i l ing con­di t ion. T h e las t r e p o r t s hea rd from h im a r e t h a t he was about t h e s a m e .

G e n e r a l S a m u e l C. L a w r e n c e , w h o died r e c e n t l y in .Medford, fitted for co l lege a t i L a w r e n c e academy in Gro ­ton , a n d h e a l w a y s exp res sed a d e e p i n t e r e s t in t h e ins t i tu t ion . A m o n g h i s b e q u e s t s i s one of $25,000 to t h e a c a d ­emy. , to be pa id a f te r t h e d e a t h of h i s widow.

Miss M a r g a r e t W i s e m a n is a t t e n d ­ing the. B r y a n t & S t r a t t o n s choo l of Bos ton .

G r a n g e .

The nex t m e e t i n g a t Gro ton g r a n g e , T u e s d a y even ing , Oc tober 10, wil l be observed as c h i l d r e n ' s n igh t . AH t h e g r a n g e c h i l d r e n a r e u r g e d t o be p r e s ­ent and enjoy a g e n e r a l good t ime . It was voted at a r e cen t m e e t i n g of t h e g r a n g e to d i s c o n t i n u e t h e g iv ing of t ab le c lo ths and n a p k i n s a s h e r e t o ­fore. T h i s leaves one se t on h a n d . Next T u e s d a y even ing t h e s e a r e t o be sold by auc t ion t o the H i g h e s t ' b i d ­der . O the r a r t i c l e s b r o u g h t in by m e m b e r s will a l so be sold in t h e s a m e way. J . W. Wilson a m e m b e r of t h e g r a n g e , will be the a u c t i o n e e r . T h e m o n e y ob ta ined from th i s s a l e is to s e r v e a s t h e nuc leus of a b u i l d i n g fund. T h e mee t ing of n e x t T u e s d a y even ing will open a t 7.45 s h a r p , a n d c lose e a r l i e r t!:an usua l on a c c o u n t of t h e c h i l d r e n ' s a t t e n d a n c e . .

I n s p e c t e d . T h e W. R . C. me t for i n s p e c t i o n on

T u e s d a y ' a f t e r n o o n wi th Miss E l l a K. Boss of F i t c h b u r g , i n s p e c t i n g officer. Mrs. G i l ch r i s t from F i t c h b u r g , a f o rm­er r e s i d e n t of Gro ton , a c c o m p a n i e d Miss Boss . T t e r e w e r e a l s o p r e s e n t , c o m i n g from Ayer , Mrs . K e n n l s o n , Mrs . E m m a Woods, Mrs . W e n t w o r t h , Mrs . W h i t t a k e r , Mrs . S a w y e r , p r e s i ­d e n t of G. S. Bou twe l l c o r p s , Ayer , and d e p a r t m e n t a i d ; a lso , Mrs . Love ­joy. c h a i r m a n of the' d e p a r t m e n t of t h e e x e c u t i v e boa rd . Miss Boss r e ­viewed t h e work of the c o r p s wi th m u c h sa t i s f ac t ion , s ay ing for one of i ts s ize, s h e c o n s i d e r e d t h e i r w o r k a s well d o n e a s a n y s h e had ever in ­spec ted . O t h e r lad ios spoke in p r a i s e of t h e local co rps and joined wi th t h e i n spec to r in w o r d s of a p p r e c i a t i o n of its p r e s i d e n t , Mrs . Effie H a r r i n g t o n . After the in spec t ion a socia l h o u r was enjoyed and l ight r e f r e s h m e n t s of cake , c o c o a , ' s a n d w i c h e s and frui t were enjoyed.

Auto Acc iden t .

T u e s d a y m o r n i n g , an exc i t i ng and expens ive a u t o acc iden t o c c u r r e d at the r a i l r o a d br idge on Main s t r e e t no r th , go ing t o w a r d s t b e mil l . Mr. Clinton of Ph i l ade lph i a , p r e s i d e n t of t h e c o p o r a t i c n o w n i n g the N a s h u a River P a p e r C o m p a n y mi l l s of P e p - ! porell a n d G r o t o n , was , with h i s chauf- I feur. d r i v i n g to the mill when j u s t i a s they r e a c h e d tlie br idge they s aw | Dr. K i l b o u r n in his a u t o c o m i n g a t full speed up the road , which is a c o n t i n u a t i o n of G r a t u i t y road a n d r u n s p a s t G. H. Kemp ' s . To avoid t h e i m m i n e n t col l is ion, t h e chauffeur , Mr. F i e s t e r , quickly t u r n e d his ca r .out b u t s t r u c k the a b u t m e n t c r - b l g t i m ­b e r s which a r e ho ld ing u p t h e b r idge .

Mr. .Clinton and t h e chauffeur w e r e t h r o w n out but e s c a p e d with s c r a t c h e s a n d a bad s h a k i n g up . T h e i r h a n d ­s o m e and powerfu l seven t h o u s a n d d o l l a r ca r was bad ly wrecked . T h r e e a u t o m<-n c a m e ou t from Bos ton a n d with th'- chauf feur w o r k e d on t h e c a r unt i l twe lve o 'c lock t h a t n igh t to g e t it in s h a p e to be towed to the c i ty . It is e s t i m a t e d t h a t it would cost t w o t h o u s a n d d o l l a r s to pu t the c a r batik a t a i n in good o r d e r . In a l l p r o b a ­bil i ty if -he chauf feur had no t seen Dr . K i lbou rn a n d s w e r v e d out a s h e did, t h e r e would have ' been a fearful c o l ­lision a n d a sad and fatal a c c i d e n t , a s well a s a n . e x p e n s i v e one .

dor Bacon g a v e , a s m a l l l u n c h e o n . Bes ides the . wedd ing p a r t y t h e g u e s t s i n c l u d e d M r s . - M o n t g o m e r y S c a r s , Miss S e a r s , C o u n t e s s Mol tke , H e n r y S l o a n e , Miss S l o a h e , W. N . ' K e r n a n a n d t h e e m b a s s y staff.

T h e . b r ide . is t h e ' d a u g h t e r of t h e la te J o s e p h R. S w a n , a l a w y e r of Utlca, N. Y . H e r b r o t h e r , J o s e p h S w a n , a b a n k e r , a n d h e r s i s t e r , Mrs . ' W a l t e r K e r n a n , bo th live in New Y o r k city. T h e b r ide ls well k n o w n in s o ­ciety and a r t c i r c l e s aud h a s won f ame as a p o r t r a i t p a i n t e r . P r e s i d e n t Taf t . gave her s i t t i n g s l a s t y e a r .

T h e b r ideg room is t h e son of Mr. and Mrs . J a m e s L a w r e n c e of Groton.. H e h a s made bis h o m e in N e w Y o r k c i ty for severa l y e a r s and is a well-­k n o w n m e m b e r of the K n i c k e r b o c k e r c lub of t h a t c i ty . Mr. L a w r e n c e ' s s i s t e r is Mrs . N a t h a n i e l F . E m m o n s , and h i s b r o t h e r is J a m e s L a w r e n c e of Mil ton. T h e r e is bes ides a l a r g e L a w ­rence family connec t ion , a m o n g whom is B i shop L a w r e n c e . Mr. L a w r e n c e Is a m e m b e r of t h e S o m e r s e t c lub .

F u n e r a l . T h e funera l of So lomon F l e t c h e r

was held from h i s l a t e h o m e on P l e a s ­a n t s t r e e t , S u n d a y a f t e r n o o n , Oc tober 1. Rev. H. A. C o r n e l l b e i n g t h e officiat­ing m i n i s t e r . R e l a t i v e s , n e i g h b o r s a n d ' o t h e r f r i ends w e r e p r e s e n t to show t h e i r s y m p a t h y , wh ich w a s f u r t h e r ex­p re s sed b y , a n a b u n d a n c e of floral of­fe r ings . . T h e i n t e r m e n t w a s in t h e fami ly lo t in G r o t o n c e m e t e r y . .

Mr. F l e t c h e r w a s b o r n in Gro ton and h a s l ived h e r e t h e g r e a t e r p a r t - ' d f h i s life. H i s a g e w a s 74 y r s . 6 m o s . ' 25 d a y s . He w a s t h e son of J o h n and C l a r i s s a (Smi th ) F l e t c h e r , a n d be long­ed to an old New Eng land- fami ly . H e w a s a good c i t izen a n d n e i g h b o r . A m a n of few w o r d s bu t h a r d w o r k i n g and one who s u p p l i e d b i s househo ld well wi th t h e n e c e s s i t i e s and comfor t s of life. H e w a s of ten employed by t h e t o w n to w o r k on t h e r o a d s o r o t h e r ­wise arid w a s c a p a b l e in h i s l abo r s .

B e s i d e s t h e widow, he is, su rv ived , bv t w o s o n s , W a l t e r and R o b e r t j F l e t c h e r , and one d a u g h t e r F l o r e n c e l of t h i s t own , a n d t w o d a u g h t e r s . Mrs . E t t a S t e w a r t and Mrs . Ida J e w e t t of P e p p e r e l l .

Weddlni rs .

Miss A n n a E. Gilson of G r o t o n a n d Ot to S h a t t u c k of P e p p e r e l l w e r e m a r ­ried b.v Rev . p . H. Cres sey a t t h e U n i ­t a r i a n p a r s o n a g e , Gro ton , on W e d n e s ­day . S e p t e m b e r 27, a t e i g h t o ' c lock . T h e b r ide is a d a u g h t e r of S t e p h e n t ' i i son of ib i s t o w n a n d is n i g h t o p e r ­a to r at the G r o t o n c e n t r a l t e l e p h o n e s t a t ion . T h e b r i d e g r o o m ' s h o m e i s a t ' h e P r e s c o t t h o t e l . P e p p e r e l l , w h e r e ;e b a s a g a r a g e . Mr. a n d M r s . S h a t ­tuck . s i nce t h e i r r e t u r n f rom a few-d a y s ' w e d d i n g t r i p t o Bos ton a n d vi­c in i ty , h a v e been s t a y i n g m o s t l y a t the ho te l . T h e i r p l a n s for t h e f u t u r e n r ? no t dec ided . Mrs . S h a t t u c k l e a v e s he r pos i t ion a t t h e t e l e p h o n e ofllce on N o v e m b e r 1.

T h e m a r r i a g e of R i c h a r d L a w r e n c e of G r o t o n a n d N e w Y o r k c i t K a n d Mis s Lois S w a n of New Y o r k c i ty t o o k p lace in P a r i s on T u e s d a y , S e p t e m b e r 20. A civil c e r e m o n y in a c c o r d a n c e wi th t h e F r e n c h l a w w a s p e r f o r m e d In t h o f o r e n o o n a n d t h i s w a s fol lowed by a r e l i g i o u s c e r e m o n y in t h e e m ­b a s s y , w h e r e R e v . J . B . . M o r g a n , p a s ­t o r of t h e A m e r i c a n E p i s c o p a l c h u r c h of- P a r i s , so l emn ized t h e m a r r i a g e . W i t n e s s e s for t h e b r ide w e r e M r s . A lex i s S t e r n a n d A r t h u r Sco t t , w h i l e W i l l i a m I s e l i n a n d W a r r e n , R o b b i n s , t h e n e w l y a r r i v e d s e c r e t a r y of . t h e e m b a s s y , s i gned for t h e br ldegroom.-O t h e r w i t n e s s e s w e r e Mrs . W a l t e r N. K e r n a n o f N e w York , A m b a s s a d o r R o b e r t B a c o n a n d s e v e r a l o t h e r m e m ­b e r s of t b e . A m e r i c a n e m b a s s y l n P a r i s A f t e r t h e c e r e m o n y ' A i n b a s s a -

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Fair. . T h e C o n g r e g a t i o n a l c h u r c h fair is to be he ld in t h e town hal l on T h u r s ­day , Oc tober 12, C o l u m b u s day. T h e d o o r s wil l be open to the pub l ic a t 2.30 o 'c lock in the a f t e rnoon . T h e r e a r e to be seven boo ths al l p r e t t i l y t r i m m e d in na t iona l co lo r s and seven t a b l e s a s fol lows, wi th t h e c h a i r m a n of e a c h :

Ice cream and eake . Mrs. W. A. Moore: home-made candv. Miss Fann ie K. Tay lor : fancy. Mrs. Wal lace A. B r o w n : domest ic and apron. Mrs. Chas, Ha r r i nR ton : whi te . Mrs. r . .1. Benedic t : chi ldren 's . Mrs. T h o m a s Ai tken : gift. Mrs. H. XV. Wh i t i ng .

S u p p e r will be s e rved in t h e lower town hall a t t h e h o u r s of six and seven . S idney F . Davis , c h a i r m a n of commi t t ee . Af ter s u p p e r , and com­m e n c i n g a t abou t e i g h t o 'clock, an en­t e r t a i n m e n t will be g iven in the ma in town ha l l . T h i s e n t e r t a i n m e n t will be opened wi th a p i ano solo by Lewis Knapp . a f t e r w h i c h t h e one-ac t comer, dy. " M r s . . T u b b s ' t e l e g r a m . " by Katlj-i e r ine McDowell R ice will be given,.' Tb i s is a b r i e h t l i t t l e play, full of fun-and has proved a g r e a t success wher ­ever given. Tha cas t of c h a r a c t e r s is a s fo l lows: Mrs. T u b b s . Mrs. T.iira A t o m s

Children of Mrs. Tubbs : Howena Mrs. Klizalir-th Adams Mm-lla (lenieve HarrlnKton

T o m m y . .Malcolm Wood T<-d<ly Char les Murphv Other l i t t le Tubbs.

Bea t r ice Murphy. Blanches Benedict Mrs. Raven Mrs. Alice Rockwood Mrs. bonne l l Miss Kftie H a r r l n c t o n Miss Slmpklns Mrs. Jane t Wood T e l e s r a n h m e s s e n g e r . . Kmineth Sawvt-r P lace—Kitchen of Mrs. Tubbs ' a t Cin­

der Corner.

Much t ime and l abor h a s b-?en spen t in p r e p a r i n g for t h i s fair , and the la-d 'es hope the pub l ic will r e spond gen-e r c u s l v and find t h e m s e l v e s well s a t i s ­fied with the t ime and mon?y expended .

P r e m i u m s Awarded .

T b e fol lowing p r e m i u m s were a w a r d ­ed a t the Groton F a r m e r s ' and .Me­c h a n i c s ' c lub fair last w-^ek T h u r s ­day . T h e exh ib i t s w -re f n v e r in some c l a s s e s t h a n in. some p rev ious y e a r s . P e r h a p s the ra in and c l o u d y ' s k i e s of W e d n e s d a y t h r e a t - n i n - , a r a i ny dav . fcr T h u r s d a y had s o m e t h i n g to dp. wi th t h e s e s can ty exh ib i t s . T h e m a n ­a g e m e n t were very fo r t una t e in hav­ing a b r i gh t , c l ea r day and a l a rge a t ­t e n d a n c e .

T h e . sofa pi l low exhibi t of g i r l s of t h e Groton Sewing school was very i n t e r e s t i n g . It w a s a specia l and in­d e p e n d e n t exhibit not c l assed wi th t h o s e compe t ing for pr izes from t h e F a r m e r s ' and .Mechanics' c lub . L a s t s o r i n g a t the close cf t h e s e w i n g schoo l sess ion . Mrs. J o h n L a w r e n c e gave to a n u m b e r of g i r l s m a t e r i a l for sofa pi l lows and ma te r i a l for w or k ­ing t h e m . These were to be finished a n d s h o w n at the f a j r M r s L a w r e n c e offered four p remiums—fi r s t and sec ­ond to g i r l s over twelve , and first and second t o g i r l s unde r twe lve . E igh t n r e t t l l y worked pil low cove r s weTe s h o w n . The w i n n e r s w e r e : G i r l s ove r twe lve . I r ene Peabody 1st. Rob ina Gi lson 2d; g i r l s u n d e r twe lve . Bea t r i ce M u r p h y 1st. Cecil ia C lea ry 2d.

T h e p r e m i u m s a w a r d e d by the F a r m ­e r s ' c lub w o r e :

Class 1, plowing-—John Gardne r Ipf. Rober t Sargent . 2d.

Class 2, d r a w i n g — u n d e r 2500. Samuel Blodget t . 1st: J o h n G a r d n e r 2d: over 2<!00, Rober t Sa rgen t . 1st : Ar thu r R a r t -r a m . 2d: s ingle d ra f t , Robert Sargent . 1st : XV. I„ Wood. 2d.

C lass 3, horses—Bes t pa i r e.irrlnsre horses . F". J. W h l t t e m o r e : best c a r r i age horse , H. A. Johnson . 1st : Austin Healy. 2d; bes t one -yea r -o ld colt. K. J. Miner, 1st : H. A. Johnson , 2d: G. A. Gilchris t . 1st a s s t u d : best brood mare , H A. Johnson . 1st : G. A. Gilchris t . 2d. A f reak of n a t u r e — a th ree - l egged horse — w a s one of thc cur ios i t i e s shown and a t t r a c t e d much a t t e n t i o n tM-oughoiit the day . I t had no contpet l tors and w a s not on tcred to t a k e a premium In a n y c lass of exh ib i t s .

O'asseB 4, 5 nnd 6 had no en t r i e s Class 7. pou l t ry—R. I. Rods J o h n

Cla rk , 1s t : Gcra ld lnc Lawrence 1st, R. I. c h i c k e n s ; W h i t e Let-horns H M. T.onglcy. 1s t ; pa i r ducks . M. A J o h n ­son, 1st ; pa i r sjecse. M.'A. Johnson 1st.

C a s s 8. g r a i n — B e s t t race of fle'd corn, George S. K n a p p , 1st: F r a n k H. W n d s . 2d,' • • • ' , . i

Class 9. vege tab les—Bes t nnd l a r g e s t v a r i e t y . T a y l o r & Son. 1st: pota toes . I r i sh Cobbler*. J. F . Penbodv. 1st- Green M o u n t a i n * , - w . F . W h a r t o n . 1st: j ( F . Peabody . _2d: b e s t show of mcjdns, T a y l o r & Son, 1st ; bes t twelve pamnlns , T a y l o r «VS6n, 1 s t ; best twelve ca r ro t s . T a y l o r t t Son, 1 s t : t h ree bunches of ce lery , Taylor- & Son, 1st; po ta toes .

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En \ Rose, J o h n Mo j lot 1st , Cow Hoi n put noes S t . B lodge t t , 1st t h r u b u t s(iu.i.-bc8, T a y l d r & Son, 1st : John Mo> le-2d. Genera l d i sp lay—Bes t show of squash. J o h n "Moyle, 1st ; Taylor & Son. 2d: beans, h a l t - b u s h e l , colored. Tavlor & Son. 1st; t h r e e bes t cabbages Taylor & Son, 1st; show of cabbage . Taylor & Son. 1st: t h r e e bes t pum»klns. John Moylv. 1st; onions , half-bushel. John. Moyle, 1st: t u r n i p s , half-bushel . Tavlor & Son. 1st; J . F . Peabodv 2d.

Class 10, f rui t—Hubbii rdstons . Chas. H. Berry. 1st ; A r t h u r C. Tuttle. 2d: Mcintosh Reds, George S. Kmi"" l»t ; A. C. Tut t le . 2d; Koxburv l iussetts . D. W. Mason, Ayer , 1st ; A . ' c . Tuttle, 2d; R, I. U ieen lngs , George S. Knapp, 1st; W. W. Ames, 2d; Oravenstelns , George S. Knapp. 1st : A. C. Tutt le , 2d: Por te rs . George S. K n a p p . 1st : Charles H. Berry. 2d; Wil l iams, George S. KnapD, 1st: W e a l t h y s . George S. Kra«l> l s C C. H. Ber ry . 2d: Snow. George S. Knapo. 1st: Baldwins , George S. Kn.-iu". 1st: Dr. F. R. Gllson. 2d: Bon Puvis. Or Gllson, 1st : C. H. B e r r v , 2d: Northern SD>\ Daniel XV. Mason of Ayer. 2d: Belle-lleur. Mal t land A. Johnson. 1st; Tay -lpr & Son. 2d: P a l m e r Greening H. M. Longloy, Shir lev. 1st: G. S. Knaob . 2d ; .peaches . M. A. Johnson, I s f . -pcars , George S. Knapp , ls't: John Moyle, 2d: gene ra l display, ten varieties, George S. Knapp . 1s t : .Canada Bed. John Moyle. 1st; Sheepriose, Wm. I-'. Whar ton; 1st: Pennukee . M. A. Johnson. 1st: Fa l l a -wate r . A. C. Tu t t l e . 1st: Pound Sweet, A. c . Tut t le , 1st : Blue Pea rmaln . Dr. Gllson. 1st : Fa l l Pippin. C. H. Berry . 1st: best p l a t e of grapes . W. Tay lor & Son. l s t , ' Cla^s 11, b read , cake, pas t ry , etc.—' Best whi t e bread. Mrs. M. -A. Johnson , l s t : Mrs. Millard Smith. 2d; best g r a h a m bread, Mrs. George . L. Smith, l s t : best b rown bread, Mrs. Michael Denahy. 1s t ; Mrs. George I.. Smith. 2"*: best Si dozen rolls. Mrs. Millard Smith, l s t : best b iscui t s . Mrs. W. W. Ames. l s t : best frui t and jelly. Mrs. George ' . . Smith.. 1st ; Mrs. Millard. Smith, 2d; best fruit cake . Mrs. George L. Smith, l s t : Mrs. Mil lard Smith. 2d: best sponge bake, Mrs. George I.. Smith, l s t : Mrs. Millard Smith. 2d: best g inge r bread. Mrs. Mil lard Smith, l s t ; Mrs. XV. XV. Ames. 2d: best d o u g h n u t s . Mrs. George T,. Smith, l s t : bes t apple pie, Mrs.

•Michael Denahy. l s t ; Mrs. M. A. J o h n ­son. 2d: best squash pie. Mrs. Georare T.. Smith. 1st ; best fancy pie. Mrs. Mil­la rd Smith, 1st. ' Class 12, household manufac tu re s— SUk quil ts , Mrs. N. C. Anderson, l s t and ,2d: best made apron , Miss Kvelvn Shat ­tuck : .labors. Miss Evelyn Sha t tuck , '1st and 2d. Under this class were •shown some beaut i fu l pa in t ings and needle w.ork which c a m e ' I n too' la te . .There w a s exhib i ted a violin and check­erboard not m a r k e d for premium.

Class 13. school gardens—Collect ion :of veL-etables, H a r r y Davis, l s t : P ro ­vost Thompson. 2d: Ralnh Sargent . 3d.

Class 14. .'cut -Mowers—Dahlias. Mrs. .'"". -V. Johnson . 1st:, a s t e r s . Mrs. M. A. ' Johnson, l s t ; po t ted plants , best d is­play, Miss Gera ld ine Lawrence, l s t .

T h e r a c i n g w a s t h e bes t of a n y he ld in r e c e n t y e a r s . T h e g r e a t e s t i n t e re s t c e n t e r e d in t h e . " f r e e for a l l " c l a s s . Red P e p p e r , owned by F r a n k C. Blood w a s t h e first ho r se on the g round , c o m i n g ove r to t h e t r a c k sev­era l days before t h e fair, and a s -u sua l , b is o w n e r c l a i m i n g to bave his horse in condi t ion t o b r e a k the t r a c k r s c o r d of 2.20*%. As t h i s is an a n n u a l s t a t e ­m e n t t h e m a n a g e m e n t was not s u r ­pr ised to find t h a t Red Pepper . w a s out of h i s c l a s s . Dolly C , owned by .1. A. Hea ly of Gran i t ev i l l e , showing him t h e w a y for t h e th r?e s t r a igh t hea t s . Dolly C. p roved to be the d a r k hor se . Red P e p p e r ' s t i m e in the sec­ond and t h i r d h e a t s w a s t aken as 2.28 a n d 2.29%. In t h i s c l a s s "Caffeno," owned by F r e d H. Be l lows of Boston, a l so s t a r t e d . H e a p p e a r e d a t t h e ' r a c k abou t 10.30 for several days before t h e fa i r . •. It w a s ev iden t a f t e r the first hea t t h a t Red P e p p e r a n d Caffeno had seen be t t e r days . It is sa id t ha t the foollsh :

ones los t qu i t e a l i t t l e money on Caffeno. Mr. B i l l i ngs was su rp r i sed to get h is f rom one of the f a r m e r s up in t h e c o u n t r y . T h e r e su l t of the r a c e s fo l low:

2.27 c lass—Sis te r Patch , 1: Whi r l ­wind. 2: Col. Pa tch . X: Nellie Kemper. 4. Time. 2.30. 2.2«],i. 2.2T.

Kr te for al l—Dolly C . 1: O. F lana­gan . 2: Red Pepper . :s: T>.. Band. 4. Time. 2.23, 2.22'- . 2 .22 ' i .

Got race—Joe Hooker . 1: Handv Dandy, 2: Colonel. 3. Time, 2.;:i>... 2.5S.4, 2:Tt4_.

Xew A d v e r t i s e m e n t s .

IIUKSK F O R SALE Bay Horse , nine yea r s old. weight 1011,. Sound, Is not afraid of autos nr s team cars . Absolu te ly safe for a lady to drive. Will w o r k s ingle or double. Inqu i re of JAMES A. BARRY, Har ­vard, Mass. 414 '

TO LET—A T e n e m e n t of Five Rooms on Groton St ree t . Ayer. F. G. OSBOP.N, 14 J a m e s Street , Boston, Mass. l t f

F o r Quick Sa le s p l a c e you r F a r m s and Vi l lage P r o p e r t i e s wi th

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GEORftE A. COLE, Ayer Local A e e n t for

Ayer . Gro ton , S h i r l e y , Leomins t e r , L u n e n b u r g . P e p p e r e l l , T o w n s e n d , Hol l i s . F i t c h b u r g , A s h b y and Brook­l ine and Milford, N. H. Send pos ta l and we will come and

t a l k i t ove r T e l e p h o n e 3*i-2.

P. DONLON I CO. Dealers in

Groceries Tea, Coffee

and Spices Hardware

Woodenware Galvanized and

Enamel Ware China, Crockery . -

Lamps, Lanterns and *

Carriage Lights

Agents ior Canard, w_jfc S(»r, _>j . land and Anchor Line Steamships.

P7iNi;iG0r ' Ayer, Tbkt."

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To meet the demands of the season are here. Excellent* qualities and moderate prices '* '•'-•-";7

New Outing Flannels V; JW;, Fine colorings and patterns at ; 1 0 £ per yard

Ladies' Outing Flannel Night R&fe Entire new stock. Pure white robes, made full size,-of heavy.' . " . 7 .7 .

weight outing at.. . . - . . ; . - .- . . . 9 8 ^

Heavy Weight Pin.k and; Bfue Stripe Outing Robes , .

Trimmed with silk br_id. Sizes 15, 16, 17, 19 and 20, at $ 1 . 0 0

Double Yoke. Outing Robes Made full size, braid trimmed. Sizes 15, 16, 17, at 7 5 ^

Children's Outing Robes . Pink and blue: Sizes 4, 6, .*S, 10, 12, 14 years, at . . . . . : . 50<£

New-Aviat ion Caps Made from Aviation Yarn and Eiderdown Wool

Children's, all colors, "af 5 Q > ; Ladies', all colors, a t . - . - . ' : . . . . . ' - . , 5 0 £ and 9 8 ^

Men's Furnishings Fall and Winter Weight 'Underwear a t . : 5 0 £ , 7 5 £ and 9 8 £

New Line Outing Flannel Night Shirts, sizes 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, at 9 8 ^ Railroad Overalls . 7 5 ^

.Made from extra heayy blue n'nd brown denim, full sizes:- Remember * . our price is 7 5 ^ , don' t pay more >

Miss Ethel K. Bruce Has a Splendid Display of

FALL.MILLINERY At her Rooms in

Phelps' Block, Ayer, Mass.

CHAS. E. PERRIN Plumbing and Heating

. MAGEE Ranges and Heaters-

Windmills Pumps Tanks Towers

Pneumatic Water Supplies

West Street Ayer, Mass. Telephone Connection .. ..

Autumn Millinery Opening

We are nowfully prepared to meet the demands of the Fall Trade and we invite you to our

OPENING "* Friday and Sa tu rday

October 6 and 7 . •**

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' N e W Items. The following named Unitarian min­

isters were guests of ReV. Dr. Flsk at . the parlor of; the church on.Tuesday:

Charles E. Billings and George C. ^"rlKht of "Lowell, James Danforth and N. 8. Hoagland of Tyngsboro, P. H. Cressey of Groton, Oliver J. Fairfield of

' Littleton, William Channlng Srown, New England Held secretary of A. U. A„ Herbert -Matt of Nashua. N. H., and

•H.'R. Hubbard of Francestown, N. H.

Boy Scouts' football eleven, will meet on this Saturday at 1.30, at the vicar­age for a- t ramp to the Peters ' farm. Harvard a n d ; a bonfire. All former Scouts are invited.

The Ladies' Aid society of the Bap­tist church will serve a bean supper in the Vestry on Wednesday, October U, at six o'clock.

A son was born at- Ashland; Va., October 1, . to Dr.v 'and . Mrs. E. B. Crooks. Dr. Crooks ls* a former pas-

. tor. of the Congregational church in town, and is now located at the North-

... western university at Eyanstpn, 111. ',-•"" The Unitarian Social Gathering will

hold its regular business meeting on Tuesday afternoon, October 10, at.four o'clock, in - tho 'ves t ry of the church. It is hoped tha t all members, will be present at this- meeting. Supper will be served at six o'ctock. All welcome.

Those who attend the moving pic-ikiy evening will see one of la, ever 'made by ' the 'Bio-

graph 'company,, entitled, "Fighting Blood." It - Is ona-of their late pic­tures • and has made a decided hit

.•wherever shown. The subject of the . other feature picture is "Across the

plains." Joseph Cohroy of Boston is to be the7sihgsr'in three, of the latest illustrated songs.

The ladles of the Helping Hand of the M. E. church will meet at the home of Mrs. George B. Turner, EaBt Main street, on Wednesday afternoon at 2.30 o'clock to sew. All should be present.

Rev.' Paul .E./Secrest i a. graduate of - Boston university, has been appointed

pastor of the M. E. church and began his duty Friday night of this week. There was the usual prayer meeting at 7.30. Sunday morning service at 10.45. Sunday school a t twelve. Eve-nine service at seven. All are wel-

. come. Tho batter boards are in .position

for a new house facing Third street next to the residence of Charles E.

- Craig, which will be built by Capt. M. P. Palmer of Groton.

- MIJJS Persis Bartlett of Fitchburg will-give up her position at the local telephone office tonight.

Mrs. Mary McGuane and little son visited at H. L. Whitcomb's, Towns-end, this week.

Edward A.- Richardson moved . his ' family to town from his summer cot­

tage at Sandy pond on Tuesday. -. Rev. and Mrs. J. W: Thoinas, Mrs. J. C. Reynolds and Mrs. F..W. Lowell attended the meeting of the Wachu­sett Baptist association at Hudson on Tuesday afternoon. .•,."Mr£.,. Mafia .Lovejoy and daughter, Miss Sadie Lovejoy,' in company with Mr. and Mrs. George R. Houghton and daughter, Miss Elsie Houghton, of

-Jiar.vard,_left here on the 1.30 west­bound express on Tuesday, afternoon.

:for Fallbrook, Cal., where they will1

remain a short time as guest6 of Mrs, Elizabeth Findlay, formerly of Ayer! They were joined at North Adams by Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Mitchell of Barre, Vt., Mrs. Mitchell being a daughter of Mrs. Lovejoy. They will make their permanent home in San Diego, Cal.

Mrs. Frank S. Bennett and daughter Elizabeth and Miss Charlotte Sander­son, daughter of Judge and Mrs. Geo. A. Sanderson, attended the musical festival at Worcester last week Friday

•and enjoyed a very fine artistic con­cert.

.', Frank L. Smith, who has been spending several weeks with his par­ents in Melrose, and who visited in Ayer a short while, last week, left for Chicago on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Smith had all thir children with them last Sunday at their home in Melrose: Mr. and Mrs: T. A. Hag-gett and children, Glenn and Gordon, of Everett, George P. Smith and fian­ce, Miss Ida Williams .of Wollaston, and Frank L. Smith 'of Chicago. Miss Rachel Morton of Everett and Percy V. Monk of Boston were also in the party.

W. Edward Murphy will leave for Detroit, Mich., Tuesday, as a guest of the Studebaker corporation, visiting the plants where the E-M-F "30" and Flanders "20" are manufactured. The special train that leaves Boston will take as invited guests all the New England-agents of the Studebaker corporation.

A unanimous call was extended to •-Rev. John- Whitley of Dorchester to {"Become "pastor of the Congregational ^church at a meeting held last Monday

evening. Mr. Whitley was pastor of the Congregational church at Lebanon, N. H., for several years. He is now taking a course at Harvard university Where he ls working for a Ph. D. de-gree.

;•; Next week Friday, Mrs. S. M. Davis ' a n d her son , 'Ar thu r B. Davis, and

'. wife and two children will leavo for Santo Barbara, Isle of Pines, located off the coast of Cuba, a possession of Spain. They will make their home there for the winter. Mr. Davis has a t ract of land and will engag-3 in tho cultivation of tropical fruits. There are many New England people resi­dents there.

Mrs. S. H. Pierce left on Thursday for Fitchburg, where she will make hor home with Mrs. True, a relative. •Mrs. Pierce was ninety-one year's of ape last-February. A number of years ago she was a nurse and was employ­ed by a number of families in this town. From here she went to Har­vard and'af(,er residing there a few. years, moved back to Ayer. For the last seven years she occupied the up­per tenement of .the houso of Mr. and Mrs. F . B. Felch on Pleasant 's t reet .

The alarm of fire on Friday after­noon was for a fire I n , t h e house of Mrs. Kate Toohey on West Main s t n e t , just over the bridge. The ' cause of the fire was a spark from the chimney to t h e ell which « t fljrj. tp,tje, |l)tsjgl:s.

and was easily extinguished by tbe house hose. -The damage..w^s slight.

Mrs. George Tiarrigan of -.Portland, Me.,-who has b?en"l.sitihg at the home of her mother, left for home oif Fr l - ' day'. ' , , -The Ayer high school football team played, ttie "Fitchburg high at Fitch­burg lats Saturday and were defeated by a score of 41 to 0. This Saturday they play the, Fitchburg freshmen at the town park. • .. .

The Ayer Military band are to give a dance In Page hall on Wednesday evening, October 11. The band will give a short concert in front of the hall 'before the dance.k It is the pur­pose of the band -to collect money enough, to carry them through the winter so as to be ab le to give open-air concerts next summer.

The Y. P. R. U. had a very interest­ing meeting on~ Sunday evening. It opened .with a brief business meeting at r which the report of .the annual meeting was read and an invitation accepted to hold the meeting on Oc­tober 8, with the Littleton Guild. The leader was "Miss Pauline Sherwin, The program included an .excellent report of the annual meeting of the National Y.* P.. Tt. V. by Miss Natalie Bigelow, the delegate; a piano solo by: Miss Mona Steadman and a reading from Dr. Crothers' book, "Work and wor­ship," by Mrs. Ruth C. Sherwin.

Mr. Lovett will reopen his classes ln Pago hall on Friday afternoon, Oc­tober 13; at four o'clock for the Juven­ile class, and the same evening at eight o'clock for the adult class.

"Wedding. Edward H. Bliss, a well-known real-

estate agent of this town, and Miss Ida G. Willett of Barre, were married on last week Wednesday at Boscawen_ N. H., by Rev, 3. H. Bliss, father of the groom. The ceremony was per­formed in a piHe. grove' close to his sister's home in that town, and every­thing in connection with it was as informal as possible.

After the ceremony the wedded couple left on a bridal journey by-automobile, spending some time at Webster lake," N: H.- They will make their home in Harvard on the farm owned by Mr. Bliss between the de­pot and the.center .

The bedding was originally planned to take place in Massachusetts, but it was found that Rev. Mr. Bliss being a New Hampshire clergyman, could not perform a marriage in this state. Hence it was necessary to make the Journey to Boscawen for the ceremony.

Official Visitation. A visitation to Bancroft Royal Arch

chapter of Masons was made on Tues­day evening, October 3, by Charles W. Godfrey, d. d. g. h. p., of Fitchburg, representing the , eleventh capitular district. He was accompanied by Fred A: Watson, d. d. g. c." of h., and other members of the suite, among whom were Robert Browning, p. h. p., of Concord Junction, a former deputy for the sixth capitular district; Ben­jamin Taft, p. h..p., of Bancroft chap­ter, and companions Henry A. Ahcill *Xnd* George E. Seabury of Clinton chapter. At 6.30 the companions and guests sat dowrrto'ia supper prepared by E. H. Bigelow, the caterer.

BolIowTng* flie'offlefai vlsit_tion"&n'd inspection came a most enjoyable fea­ture of the evening, the presentation of four past high -priest jewels to companions who have presided over the chapter. In behalf of the chap­ter the presentations were made to Frank S. Pierce by Charles F. Watts; to Charles F. Watts by XV. E. Mtfrphy; to W. E. Murphy by John F. Lentz, and to John F. Lentz, the retiring m. e. h. p., by Albert A. Fillebrown, king. The recipients all responded feelingly and expressed their appreciation for the brotherly spirit which led to the gift from the chapter.

In addition to the work of the visita­tion the .deputy installed the newly-elected and appointed officers assisted by Companion Watson and John G. Faxon as d. d. g. c. of h.

The following officers were install­ed:

Albert A. Fillebrown. h. - ; Herbert H. Proctor, k.; Huntley S. Turner, s.; Stephen N. Lougee. Chan.: Frank S. ; Pierce, treas.; Bison H. Bigelow, sec; i A. P. Fillebrown, capt. of tho host; •". \. Richardson, p. s.; Ellis P. Har- i low. r. a. c : -Charles H. Weare-. jr.. Shirley, m. t. v.; Oscar A. Nelson. West­ford, ni. s. v.: Joseph W. Fletcher. West­ford. m. f. v.; Louis H. Cuxhlng. s s : George H. B. Turner, j . s'.; Oliver K Pierce, tyler.

The chapter is entering on i' | eleventh year with every prospect of; the continuation of the success which has marked Its growth in the pre­ceding year.

Enthusiastic Meeting. Another fraternal organization was

added to the local list on Thursday evening when tho Ayer grange was formally Instituted by Charles M. Gardner of Westfield. tho master of the state grange, who was assisted b -Edward E. Chapman, the state grange overseer, and Miss Bertha M. Fams-* worth, Flora of Groton grange. Forty-seven members were initiated. The exercises took place in Kagle's hall. The officers of Groton grange formally opened and closed the meeting. One hundred and thirty local and visiting grangers were present.

The nominating committee consisted of Leroy C. Smith, Walter Winslow, Mrs. Emma Wood. Miss Lillian Wright and Alfred Oikle, This committee brought in the following list of officers who were installed:

H'.'W. Itobblns. m.: W. C. Winslow. o.; -Mrs. Margaret Hand, lect.; C. h. Stone, stew.: F. T. Anltl. asst. stew.; Mrs. Emma Wood, chap.: Augustus LovcJoy treas.; Chester P. Perrln. sec : v E Oik" g. k.: Miss Grace Dott-rl'dge Ceres': Mrs. C. P. Perrln. Po-m.Sa: Miss Martha A -Wilson Flora; Mr« Wilier C Winslow. lady asst. stew.: i " W. Carley. Berton Williams. J. L. Kennlson. ex. com.

After the ceremony of Installation refreshments were served and a soclal time followed. . •

State Master Gardner made remarks saying ho was well pleased at the prospects of a prosperous and success­ful grange here. Edward E.- Chap­man, dverseer of the. state grange, s ing two solos during the evening which were well applauded. The meet-Ine broke up about eleven o'clock.'

Members were present from the fol­lowing granges: ' J

Littleton, Groton. Dracut, Shifter,', Wachusett of Leominster, Ludlow, Vv outlaid, Townsend, Watatlc of New

Ipswich,, N. H Fitchburg. Harvard and Progressive of Do< rilcld, N. H. . .

The new organization wwill meet in Eagle's hall. West Main street, on the first antTTtMr'd Thursday evenings of each month for the present. C. H. Hardy, who is "to erect a building on Central avenue, Is considering adding another story to tin- building, where the grange may h_\<. permanent quarters in the future

The full, list ot charter members follow:

Mr. and Mrs. H. XV. I'.iMilns. Mr. and Mrs. Chester P. Perrln. Mr... Margaret Hand. Miss E. K. Bruce. Mrs. Larned. Mrs. Oikle, Mrs. AldrU-h, Mrs. Woods, W. C. Norris, Warren A. Winslow, Mr. and Mrs. F. T. Auld. Marlon Winslow, Miss F . K. Mason.-Martha M. Wilson. Grace Dottridge, Mr. and Mrs. Walter C. Winslow, PhlJeas Daudelin, ltuv-mond E. Wright, Mr. and Mrs. liei tmi Williams. Lillian Wright. Mai-ion w. Itobblns. John L. Kennlson. Mr. and Mrs. Ell Webb, Wilbur A. Robbins, Stanley L. Cotton, Augustus . l,ove;yv, Edna L. Starr, Mr. and Mrs. I.amoreaux, lo'a M. Morse, Mr. and Mrs. (.'. E. Stone, Mrs. Mary I. Mills, Alfred K. oikle, Leroy C. Smith, Mrs. Ncjllle K. Winslow;-Mrs. Cora A. Burnham. Harvey B. Winslow, Grace. -B. Winslow. I-;il w . Carley, Mrs. Susan Fitzgerald. Mrs. Louisa Hall. B; T. Larrabee, Miss C. B. Scripture. Nettle E. Johnson, Myrtle E. Quackenboss, Hilda Quackenboss, Geo. M. Barrows, A. M. Winslow.

Wedding. Miss Julia E. Ladoo, daughter of Mr.

and-Mrs. Paul J. Ladoo, was married to Gorge F. Pushee of Northampton on Wednesday, October 4, at the home of her parents in Liedminster by Rev. George R. Baker. There were present many from Ayer, Groton, Pepperell, Northampton and Boston.

The couple wer,e attended by Ray r mond B. Ladoo, brother of the bride,, and Miss Maud L. Whitaker of Ayer.-The wedding march was played by Miss-Etta Harrington. The bride wore a white gown, trimmed with em­broidery and insertion. She wore a veil and carried a wreath of bridal roses. The ushers were Harlan Mc­kenzie of Fitchburg and Thomas Jones of Ashby. *

Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Ladoo and daughter were former residents of this town. "*'

Woman's Club. The woman's club held the opening

meeting of the year on Wednesday af­ternoon in the vestry of the Congrega­tional church; where its meetings will be held during the year. At the busi­ness meeting seven members were added to the membership. The ad­dress of the president, Mrs. Carrie Bigelow, was a review of the work of the club and an outline of what might be done by this important or­ganization for the upjift of its mem­bers and the good of the'ifjwn. ;..

A report of the annual meetfng of the state federation was given by Mrs. Nellie L. Brown, "Bermuda as 1 have seen it," was the subject of a very interesting and realistic paper by Mrs. Avis B, Fisher. It was illustrat­ed with many beautiful views. There was a piano solo by Mrs. Blanche D. Whitney and a brief poetic tribute' tb Mrs. Emily M. Cotton, read by Mrs. Frances E. Viall.

At the close of the literary program refreshments were served by the hos­pitality committee, tea being served by Mrs. Ruth E. Sherwin and Mrs. Maiide-E: Sullivan: . -:. •- ... ,

The program for the year is largely in charge, of the study classes and the federation committees of which there are six: Civics, education, forestry, health, household economics and lit­erature.

TOWNSEND. Center.

Lewis Howard, recent graduate of Bates college, left here on Sunday af­ternoon to begin his journey to the Hawaiian Islands, where he is to ac­cept a position as chemist on a large sugar plantation some distance out from Honolulu. He joined his uncle, William Goodale, for whom he is to work, at Washington on Tuesday and they will make the trip together, the uncle having been here on a business trip. Word has been received that they left Washington on Wednesday night and they will sail from San Francisco on October 11. His parents and brother David saw him off from Hoston. His host of friends and well wishers know that he will succeed in his new work and wish him God speed.

Will Hale, who has been at the Bur­bank hospital for treatment for an abscess caused by the appendix, has returned home and is able to be out once more.

Prof. F. XV. Rane. state forester, of Boston, gave a lecture on the gypsy and brown tail moths on Monday even­ing at Memorial hall. The lecture was illustrated by many beautiful slides, showing bushes, shrubbery, spraying the trees, etc. Quite a few-were in attendance and the affair was in charge of the board 6f trade.

Mrs. Mary McGuane and little son of Ayer were at H. L. Whitcomb's this week.

Townsend Harbor. Steven Frost of Fremont. N. 11., re­

cently called on old friends here. Charlie Adams, who for many years

has sent milk from the station In this village to the Boston Dairy Company, is now shipping milk from Pepperell to parties in Cambridge, with whom he has made far more satisfactory arrangements.

Adney Gray, superintendent of the leatherboard mill, started on his va­cation trip last Monday.

Court adjourned last week Friday night and Frank Knight, who was one of the jurymen, is again at his place of business. On Wednesday morning. Harry Wright resumed work at West Groton.

George B. Cummings, who was re­cently employed as machinist by the Spualdlng brothers a t North Roches­ter, has accepted a more advantageous position in Springfield. • Mrs. Minnie Knight, who has heen confined to her bed with a. cold, is re­ported better at the time of writing.

Dr. Harriet Lawrence, who has been here for the past few weeks on ac­count of her health, returned to Bos­ton last Monday to resume her stud­ies. ; , • • ' • . . - •

Herbert Cummings went to Pnducab, ky.. o.n Wetfriesday- to, accept a fine position as d rog ' i s t

fcrank Wood has sold his place on South row and bought the estate at the Center formerly owned by Mrs. Bursess.

The family at the Plnehurst were sorry to learn of the burning ot the hcuse en the back road to West Townsend as .this, was the birthplace of Oliver Proctor's mother.

Th<- first regular meeting of the As You Like It club was held at Edge-woo rl wit), j [ r s Ransom Adams and Miss Mary Adams, hostesses. In- ac­cord with the new by-laws formally adopted by the club at this meeting Mrs. George Jones was enstalled lec­turer for the ensuing month.

•I. Harold Locke and N; G. Proctor returned from their tr ip to Sunapee lake last Tuesday night.

Miss Rosa Doran, who formerly lived at Cape Corner, but who now re­sides with her brother in Seattle, Wash., ls one of the recent subscribers to the Townsend Tocsin.

Mrs! Fred Taft is visiting her moth­er and friends in Framingham. Fred Taft recently returned from Swanzey, N. H., -where he spent his vacation. ...

Will be Greatly Missed. The many friends of Miss Isabelle

Ewens will be pleased to know that Ehe .has been eiven the position of hpme secretary at the Y. W. C. A. oi Nashua, N, H. i Miss Ewens'is the youngest member of, the association in Townsend and is a graduate of the Townsend high sqhool, class nf 1908, and was an ac­tive member and ever willing to do her part. i "Mjss Ewens has always been active in "church, Sunday school and social work of the town, having at one time .been teacher and secretary of the Sun­day school at the Harbor and will be greatly missed by her host of friends who wish her the best of success in her new work.

H A R V A R D .

Xews Items. • , A full house attended the mock trial given under the auspices'of - the Uni­tarian ladies'at the town hall on Wed­nesday evening. Judging from the continued applause and laughter the people certainly enjoyed every • mo­ment. Arthur- H. Turner, who was on trial accused of the theft of a Plymouth Rock rooster from the ,-OOD of A. F. Ripley, was found guilty, but sentence was suspended provid­ing he. make full restoration to the plaintiff. Settled with a Rhode Island Red rooster which the plaintiff promptly recognized as his. Certainly both Col. Newton and his son, E, O. Newton know how to handle this case to the enjoyment of all.

Married at Alston on September 29, Edward Thomas Riley to Marguerite Helena Yanke. Miss Yanke Is the niece of Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Ripley of this town and is well known here, having spent several summers here with Mr. and Mrs. Ripley. The best wishes of- the friends of the young couple-are extended them. : Mr. and Mrs. Leon Dadmun of West Somerville announce the marriage of -their eldest daughter, Miss -Alice -Loonore, to- Jens Henry . Rhonstpck. to take place on Tuesday evenfng,"Oc-tober 17. Both Mr. Rhonstock and 'Miss Dadmun are well-known here. For several years the}- have spent their summers at the cottage of Mr. and Mrs. Dadmun on Lovers' lane. They are very popular with the towns­people and several of the more inti­mate friends of the family will attend the wedding reception at the home of the bride's parents at West Somer­ville,

The I'nitarian Ladies' Sewing cir­cle will hold an all-day sewjng meet­ing with Mrs. XV. E. Dickson on Thurs­day, October 12.

Mr. and Mrs. James Ellery Eaton of Toledo. Ohio, are guests this week with Dr. and Mrs. H. B. Royal.

On Saturday last, while workine on the roads with his team George Hardy was taken with abdominal pains. He was taken home and Dr. Hopkins who was called ordered his removal to the Groton hospital where he was oper­ated on. Just w.hat the trouble was is not stated. He is getting alone; as well as can be expected, .lust how long he will be confirfed to th.- hos­pital is uncertain.

Miss E. Gertrude Smith is taking a rest from her work at Abbotsheil and is visiting with friends in Delaware.

Miss Georgia Bryant, who has been visiting her uncle, F. S. Beam-, at Hallowell, Me., returned to Harvard this week. She Is working at tlie of­fice at Abbot'shell.

On Tuesday, John A. Cleaves took an auto trip with his family to Head­ing, where he visited his unci •. Alden Bachelder, and family.

Earle Turner is attending t ie Mass­achusetts Institute of Technology, Boston.

On Tuesday evening the grange, at its regular meeting, discussed the question, Resolved: "That election of U. S. senators by direct vote of the people is a benefit to the country." Aft., A. T. West, Cedric Webster, XV. B. Willard; neg., E'. J . McLaughlin, W. J. Kerley, Henry Knight. By vote of the grange the question was de­cided in favor of tbe negative. Music was furnished by Miss Grace Morso, violin, Misses Reed and Dudley, piano.

Friday evening, October 13, Shirley grange will neighbor with Harvard and furnish the entertainment. Bas­ket lunch. Coffee served by the home grange. Visiting patrons aro wel­come.

lady from Worcester helping her for a while."

Last Saturday evening, quite a num­ber of the young people made a call upon Mr. and Mrs. Alfred McClintock and tendered them their good wishes upon their beginning a new home here and also brought substantial wedding presents with them.

Wendell B. Willard has tho batter hoards up for bis now house, aud is getting the foundation in and hopes to get at the building soon. The new house will be a little farther to the south than the old one which was burned on last Thanksgiving nighc, and is to set back farther from the street, both of which will be Improve­ments. '

Mr. and Mrs. Thorndike-of Auburn-dale, and Mr. Haskell of Boston came to Still River last 'Sunday in Mr. Thorndike's auto, and called upon friends and went into the church to seo the changes that had been made;

Services Resumed. Repairs on tho churcn and vestry

are practically completed and on Sun day services will be held In the church for the first time in sev.eral months The auditorium' has been frescoed painted,' the floor finished, new carpet for the aisles, choir loft and puinit platform, a new platform of oak for pulpit built, the vestry frescoed, and the stove taken out and rebuilt into a furnace and put under same, the church painted on the outside and one side of the roof reshingled. All of this work has cost about $775. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Thorndike of Auburn-dale paid for the outside painting arid also for having the pipe organ repaint­ed.

Money left to the society by the late Miss Sarah Haskell, with' what money tlie Ladies' Benevolent Society have on hand will, with seve'ral dona­tions pay for all within'"about fifty dollars, it is thought and hoped that this amount will be raised sopn, so as to leave the society without a debt. It is hoped that the church will be filled tomorrow with those interested in seeing the improved' appearance, and not only tomorrow;*'but all the Sundays following.

L I T T L E T O N .

Tin' Fairs. ' .•'•'• An auto party consisting of Mr. and

Mrs. D. G. Houghton, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. D. Whitcomb, Mrs. F , S. Bingham of Montclair, N. J., Harold Conant and. Miss Lucy Houghton enjoyed a pleas­ant day's outing at the Barre fair last week Thursday. / Judging from familiar faces on everylside one might conclude that the rest if Littleton was tit tlie Groton fair. JGeorge. Yapp's horse met with an accident while rac­ing. He reared and than settled down upon a wheel of the lulky, crushing the latter, and throwjng his driver and himself. Mr. Yahp palmly ex­changed his sulky and continued in the race. His trotter, Col. Patch, won second prize in trotting, and Arthur Barteaux's pair of work horses won second prize in a team drawing con­test. >. -

Still Rhcr . Mrs. Haynes and Miss Lida b a t e ­

man attended tlie musical festival at Worcester last Friday afternoon.

Tuesday, Mr. Hutcherson carried a load of the Baptist people to Hudson In his auto, to attend the Wachusett Baptist association which was held with the Baptist church there.

Mrs. A. H. Keyes, who has been spending the summer with her son, S. B. Haynes, went to Springfield on Friday of this week to visit her other son, L. B. Keyes, probably for the winter.

Mrs . -Herber t Whitney is laid up with a bad knee, and can get around only en Crutches , Sho has a young

Well Attended. The opening meeting of the United

Workers, held with Mrs. "Waldo -[E. Conant, Wednesday afternoon, was well attended in spite of threatening weather. About thirty-five:~women'r mostly members of the organization, were present and listened with much interest to the program of the" after­noon. The meeting was opened with devotions, led by Miss Julia S. Conant, president, who afterwards introduced the speaker of the afternoon, Mrs. Vaitses of Melrose.

In very pleasant manner' and easy speech Mrs. Vaitses outlined her ex­periences in christian interests from the day she began the study of English in her native city, Constantinople, to the present time. Twenty-six years ago she came with her husband and one child to Andover, where Mr. Vait­ses pursued the theological course for the purpose of entering the ministry in Greece, his former home. At that time Boston had sixteen Greeks and Lowell two. Today Boston has four or five thousand and Lowell ten thous­and Greeks. To these, their fellow-countrymen in Lowell, Woburn and Stoneham, Rev. and Mrs. Vaitses have devoted themselves fn various relig­ious and social ways throughout near­ly all their life in America. The suc­cess crowning their efforts is far reaching and in some instances little short of marvelous.

At the close of tho address Miss Grace Davis favored the audience with a beautiful solo, accompanied at the piano by Miss Smiley. -Mrs. Conant served light refreshments and a brief but pleasant social followed.

JTcws Items. Mrs. Wallace B. Conant was soloist

at the Trinitarian church in Concord, last Sunday evening when the twen­tieth anniversary of Rev. George A. Tewksbury's installation as pastor of that church was celebrated.

Judge Elihu G. Loomis of Bedford has been operated on for appendicitis and is reported convalescent. He is suffering, however, from nervousness and insomnia. Ralph Lane Loomis returned from Alaska last week, cut­ting short his trip, on account of his father's iHness.

The Woman's club will open a t tlie Unitarian vestry next Monday' after­noon at 2.30 o'clock with a parlia­mentary d r i l l ' a n d debate on equal suffrage by.club members.

Roland G. Houghton was at home from Cushing academy Sunday and Monday.

Dr. Savage of Boston was the Sun­day guest of Frank Farmer.

The meeting to have been held at John • McKinlay's in "Newtown last week Friday evening. was postponed ono week- because of inclement weather.

Benjamin Priest,^.surveyor for the public water and lights committer, has arrived with his family from East Or­ange, N. J. '. Wilbur French, the young grandson of Henry Works, has returned recent­ly from -Wellesley hospital, where he was treated for. hip'disease He Is a sufferer from tuberculosis ,and Is further- inconvenienced by having to -iso crutches. '

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Sir. and Jfrs. Phllbrick of Marlboro have been the guests of the Elmar Flagg family this week.

Winslow Wetherbee and his cousin, Miss Cora Brown, of Plngreyville and .Miss .Mead of Boxboro went to Ply­mouth, Thursday. ,

Miss Laura Amsden' returned Sat­urday from Petersham-, where she has spent tho summer.

Rev. A. S. Woodworth of Lowell, who preached at the Baptist church last Sunday, will again occupy the pulpit tomorrow.

Mrs. J. C. Dodge, Miss Emma Tenney and Mrs. Hiram Sawler, delegates, and Dea. Wm. H. Tenney. Mrs. Everet t Kimball, Mrs. Mary Millard. Miss Au­gusta Nye and Stanley Haynes a t ­tended the sixty-ninth annual con­ference of the Wachusett Baptist a s ­sociation a tHudson Tuesday.

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dodge and Mrs. Elinor Fletcher attended the Milford, N.. H., carnival Thursday, governor's day.

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Neighbors' night was observed a t the grange last Wednesday evening Three visitors from Groton, several from Westford and Harvard, and a few .from Cnelmsford granges wore present. About 135 in all were pres­ent. The entertainment was furnished by Harvard and Chelmsford* granges. A party of Chelmsford grangers who started for Littleton and expected to take part in the program did not a p ­pear. It is probable that, they yrere detained through accident.- ... Mrs, Spaulding from Chelmsford, however, was present and read very acceptably. Harvard furnished a very amusing peddlers' parade ln .which the par t s were-admirably taken. .-.-•••••

An appetizing supper ' wag served, consisting of oyster, stew, cold meats , rolls, coffee and fancy pies.

WESTFOBD. 7 Graniteville.

Little Henry Payne, son of Mr/ and Mrs. James Payne was struck by a carriage driven by Jiames B. Healy on last Sunday and knocked down. The boy was badly shaken, but no.ser i ­ous results a re anticipated. ' :

Thomas Denio, the well-known s ta­tion agent at West Graniteville, had the misfortune to break his "right wrist while cranking an automobile a few days ago ahd wfll be unable to work for several weeks. Mr.- Crane of Sprlngvale, Me., Is now substi tuting in his place.

C. T. Kellogg, the state auditor,-who has been a t the office of the Abbot Worsted Company 'here for the .past few days, received a' painful irijury by having a heavy limb fall on his head while walking under a tre'e-'here-early on Tuesday afternoon.' -The wound bled quite freely and D r r S n e r -man, who attended him, found it ne ­cessary to take several stitches to close the cut. ' .' Misses Mary and Kitty Rafferty, who have spent the summer months a t the H,awthorne Inn, East* Gloucester, and Slisses Annie and Lena Healy. who have been at the mountains have-returned to their home-in "this v i l lage/ ~-^Wallace Walsh Isicrw, at'.T$sT„^____ chusetts General hospital 'in Boston, slowly recovering, frbih an operation

-that-was performed-on-his-leg;—Slr.-Walsh has been lame for a long time, and strong hopes are now entertained that he will receive the full u se ' o f his limb when he is discharged from the'Hospital. ,'"/ '

Formal Opening. The. formal opening of St. Cather­

ine 's-church, an event that has been looked forward to with deep interest by the parishioners for the las t few weeks, took place here at 4.30 o'clock Sunday morning-and r .was*largely a t ­tended. Last Sunday-was holy rosary Sunday and was set" apar t for t h e formal opening. The pastor. Rev. Ed­mund T. Schofield, ever.; mindful ~qt his parishioners, had secured Rt . Ror, Monsignor A. J. Teeling, D. D., p a s t o r ^ of St. Mary's church of Lynn, to o N ' V ficiate on this occasion, and the people here had the pleasure of welcoming-a monsignor for the first time in West­ford. Monsignor Teeling was heard in a very pleasing address, opening his remarks by congratulating the pa s ­tor and. his parishioners on the fine appearance of the church.

Rev. Schofield made a few introduc­tory remarks, then the rosary was recited by Rev. -Michael' Doherty and the congregation, and'then benediction was celebrated by Monsignor Teelln«». assisted by Rev. Schofield and Rev. Doherty. The regular choir, under the direction of Miss Mary Hanley, assisted at the service; '

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T h e next regular m e e t i n g of the Matrons' Aid will* be held a t the home

• of Mrs. J. Walker Ward on Tuesday afternoon, October 10.

Miss Mar lon .Fo l lonsby of Camden, Mel, w a s a guest of Sirs. Henry F.

. Grout the latter part of last week. Mrs. Stee le MacKaye and dalighter.

Miss Hazel MacKaye. expect to c lose up the ir . summer home on'Monday and return to Cambridge for the winter.

X. Otis Colburn was the only mem­ber of Shirley grange to attend the joint meet ing of the Worcester East and Middlesex Worcester Pomona granges hold at Leominster Center on Friday of last week.

Hazel and Horace Buckman'of Xeed-ham were visitors at Henry F. Grout's on Saturday.

Ralph Evans and Edward Farns­worth, who have been serving on the jury at Cambridge, have completed a three -weeks ' .session and returned to their homes .

Mrs. Cbany and daughter. Miss Re­becca Chany. who have been s taying at W. E. Barnard's the greater part of the summer , expect to return to Wash­ing ton on Saturday of this week.

Miss Helen M. Winslow and adopted daughter Alison, spent Friday of last week visiting in Cambridge.

Mr. and "Mrs. Emmanuel Chevrette of Leominst'*T; have moved into the house with' -Mr. Chevrette's paren-s. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Chevrotte.

Miss Minnie Hobbs has returned from a short visit in Attleboro.

Mrs. Wil l iam Berger and son Ray­mond of Fitchburg spent the week-end with Mr. and .Mrs. Edward F a r n s ­worth at the Xorth.

Dr. Ful ler of Boston was a guest of Howard Fuller over Sunday.

The Girls' Sewing Guild will meet with Mrs. William E. Barnard on Sat­urday afternoon, October 7.

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur H. Pray spent the latter part cf last week on an automobi le trip in the state of Xew Hampshire..

At Trinity chapel on Sunday after­noon, Rev. A. L. Bumpus of St. An­drews ' parish. Ayer. spoke upon "Friendship with God." Mr. Bumpus is to conduct the services throughout the winter . At the meeting of the Sunday school a letter was prepared and s igned by all the members to be sent to Mr. Ogilby in return for his letter about the Philippines, which was read in Sunday school the Sunday be­fore.

The Burnham house at the East is rece iv ing a new coat of paint.

Rev. Howard A. Bridgman and fam­ily, who have been spending the sum­mer in Brookl ine, returned to their house here this week.

A family from Connecticut moved last week into the John Stickney house recent ly vacated by the Misses Whit­comb, their furniture coming bv auto truck.

R u t h Lawrence of Wes t Groton has accepted a position as private instruc-*«oy.forr -Harriet and Edwin Brldgman and Shir ley Lawton. She began lier

October 12, at tbe home of Sirs M A. Lynch on Center road. At this meeting Mrs. Lynch will'read a paper on Charles.Dickens. •

Trinity chapel Kuild meets , on this Saturday afternoon.

At Trinity chapel on Sunday, evening aervlco ut 3.30, Hev. A. L. Bumpus. preacher. Sunday school Immediately fol lowing.

Funeni l . Tho funeral of Henry < L. F a r n s ­

worth w a s held on last Saturday after­noon at his home at the East . Rev. J. W. T h o m a s of Ayer officiated and tho body w a s taken to the Center cemetery for burial. There w e r e m a n y floral tokens consis t ing of sprays and wreaths of roses and pinks. •

Mr. Farnswor th was born in Sh ir ley on February 11, 1SGC. His father w a s George Samuel Farnsworth, and bis mother, Harriet (Waters) Farnsworth . In June 1908. he married Miss El iza­beth MacDowell of Ayer, who survives him.

Mr. Farnsworth had been sick for nearly a year, but was taken worse last week and was removed to the Groton hospital on Tuesday of last week where lie died two days later. The cause of the death was pronounc­ed as general paralysis .

He was e lected in I9U9, to the posi­tion of .highway commiss ioner and served the town s o well and made such decided improvements in the roads that he w a s reelected In 1910 and 1911, the last term being unfinish­ed. He had a l so been carrying on tlie basket bus iness at the East for about a year and had built up a very successful business , there being m a n y -.infilled orders on band at the t ime of his death.

Mr. Farnsworth is survived by h i s widow, two s is ters , Mrs. El la F a r l e y of Pepperell and Mrs. Hart of Ayer , a brother. Waldo Farnsworth , of E a s t Shirley, and his father, George S. Farnsworth. of Xorth Shirley.

was Re\ E C Porter ol Boston, who Is always welcomed here. The follow­ing ofllcers were.chosen for the* en­suing year: .

J. XV. Eastman, treas.: Mrs. Emma Josselyn, . c lerk: .V K. T y l e r / d e a c o n for f o u r years : all . the • officers Sot mentioned were - - - -oc t ' ca l ly tho same as last w a r ; A. S. Howard, supt. Sun­day s c h A l ; G. L. Whitcomb and T j Harvey, ass i s tants ; Amy Whltcomb' -sec: K A. Blood, l ibrarian; A. K. Tyk-r' r J Harvey. A. H. Bumstoad, GeorKe Davis. Howard Eastman, ushers- Geo • . Whitcomb, T. J. Harvcv and H B Hildreth. com. on pews: K. A . Blood •.•••urjre E. Gates, A. N\ Kessonden, Geo; i . Whltcomb, com. on parsonage; Mr and Mrs. K. I_ Haynes and Mr. and Mrs" W. !•:. Hruce, com. for church dav 1912 :

Wl'lisim Kusseil, Mrs. Addle Wallace and l>r. I.. <;. Chandler, de legates to Leominster convention: Charles ' T Haynes. deletcatc to stute associat ion. '"

IS THE WOULD GKOWIXG UETTEHf Many things ,go to prove that It is. The way thousands are trying to help others Is proof. Among them ls Mrs. w W Gould, of Pittsllc-ld. N'. H. Finding good health by taking Klectrlc Bitters, she now advises other sufferers. ev_rvwher« to take.them. "For years I suffered with stomach and kidney trouble." she writer ••••.very medicine I used failed till I took hlectric.Bitters. But this great remedv helped me wonderfully." They'll 'helii any woman. They're the best tonic and linest liver and kidney remedv that's made. Try them. You'll see. r.0 cents at William Brown's, Ayer.

Her. Hair Grew l l iat 's W h y a Thankful Woman,

Kecommends Piiri.slun Sage.

Will iam B r o w n ' w i l l sell you a fifty cent bottle of PARISIAN SAGE and guarantee it to banish dandruff, s top fall ing hair and i tch ing scalp, or money back. It's a del ightful hair dress ing that makes hair lustrous and fascinat­ing .

"In the spr ing I'was recovering from a severe c a s e of erysipelas, which left m e virtually bald on the front of my head and n e x t to my ears. The hair kept coming out rapidly and nothing I used stopped my gett ing entirely bald, until I used t w o bottles of PARISIAN SAGE. Thi s tonic made my hair s tart to grow in and, in fact grew m e a good fair amount of hair, and it has entirely-stopped my hair falling out.

It is with pleasure that I give, a pub­lic recommend to PARISIAN S A G E ; which I know ls u wonder." Mrs. El la Gilchrist , XV. Pitt St., Bedford, Pa.

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The ch'i' ( ii parlor w a s wel l filled at the Alliance meet ing last week Thursday. The subject for the after­noon w a s ••!..-,-.aardo'da Vinc i 'and his art." which, difficult subject w a s handled by Miss Sara A. Dunn in an easy and interesting way. On account of the recent tli-l't from the Louvre of the artist's, c l - b r a t e d painting, Mona Lisa, more than ordinary' interest at­tached-to the subject under cons idera­tion. Miss Jnmn brought into "high light." a s it were, the chief points of her paper, touching briefly the fac t s of the artist's life, his nersonal i ty , h i s accomplishments , the chief character­istics of his strle, together with a con­sideration of Ms masterpieces inc lud­ing the Last Supper, as well as a r e ­sume of the effect of the Greek influ­ence upon Italian art in its especia l relations to the Italian Rena i s sance . Photographs and copies were used to i l lustrate and a t its conclus ion hearty applause testified the appreciation of the hearers of the paper. • At the c lose of the meet ing refresh­ments were served by the hospital i ty committee.

-'Save taklns; up carpel*, nave t ime, labor, trotiMc nnd money. • Cli'nii ev­erything: and every place thnt In dimly. Redtlee slander of dust diseases.

You can linve the Hand Snssto or Klee-trle p o n e r tn nine nnd price to fit your house. —

Enisy to operate. Uent made. Wil l Inst a l i fe-t ime.

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Presentat ion of Portrait . The First Parish branch Al l iance

has been presented with the portrait of Mary Ann (Hazen) Parker, w h o

Word has been received that Rob-1 - V ^ - , h e - . w l f e o f A u ^ t u s G. Parker , er t E v a n s has successful ly M, I). She w a s born on .Tune 30, 1799, final e x a m i n a t i o n s - a n d has b ^ et'll ? n d . t

d i e d ° n M f * h , 27'Jf7* ^ h e por-rol led in the c lass of I9ir. in Bowdo.n ' ' W a S " a m t e d b ) ' R ° b e r t P e c k h a m

c o l l e g e .

H e r m a n E. Wil l i s , who has been -visiting his s ister, Edna R. Wil l is , at t h e North , returned to Boston last •week.

Rev . G e o r g e Lincoln .Mason of .Marsh-field occupied the pulpit at the First P a r i s h church on Sunday morning, Oc­tober 1.

Eliab Going, who has been l iv ing for nearly a year at Charles Longley's , left last week for Townsend to stav with his son, Chester Going.

John Brown, at the Xorth, w a s con­fined to the house with i l lness last week.

Miss Annie Costern of Lynn is visit­ing .Miss E l s i e Kirby this week.

Dora B u r n h a m of Revere entertain­ed a party of her young friends at the Burnham h o u s e at the East last week. They were as fo l lows: Eleanor De-vine, R u t h Keeping. Thelma Little. Edward Oar, Stanley Stowers , Aust in Curtis and Phil ip Dalrymple.

A large number from the Xorth and Center attended tlie Groton fair last week Thursday. Howard M. Longley brought home first prize for White Leghorn ch ickens and for Pa lmer Gr.-eiiiiii; apple . . He also exhibited one of last year's Palmer Greening apples which had been kept over.

Mr. and .Mrs. Charles K. Bol ton closed up their summer home nn Center road on Monday and returned to I'.rook-I what better lin" for the winter.

Charlie C. Lonsley of Millhurv was a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Charles "l.onss-ley over Sunday.

Miss Els ie Kirby nnd Frank .,. Law-ton are hav ing a large strip of the woods between :heir es tates cleared out.

in 1x41, and is presented b.v Mrs. Sarah Hazen Whitman, a niece, who l ives in Westminster. The formal presenta­tion was made by Mrs. Kate E. Hazen at the' Al l iance meet ing last week Thursday. It was voted to send a let­ter of thanks to the donor. The por­trait Is in an exce l lent state of preser­vation and is considered a good l ike­ness. Mrs. Parker is well remembered hy the older residents as an ardent supporter of the old First Parish church.

TOWNSEND. Center.

The Monday ciub met with Mrs. John Piper this week and had a very enjoyable meet ing . Mrs. He len Pot­ter F e s s e n d e n read an interest ing pa­per upon "The MacDowel l idea,'* and photographs were shown of the Mac­Dowell house and grounds at Peter­boro, X. H. John Piper played sev­eral se lect ions upon the French horn and was accompanied by Prof. A. G. Seaver, who w a s a gues t for the af­ternoon. Dainty refreshments w e r e served at the c lose of the meet ing.

Mrs. Evelyn Warren is enjoy ing a visit with her daughter, Mrs. Louis Shaul. who res ides in Albany, X. Y.

Mrs. T. .1. McGuire has again been finite ill with liver trouble. Miss Bess ie McGuire was at home over Sunday and found her mother s o m e -

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Mrs. Butler of the vi l lage has a po­sition with Mr. and Mrs. Herman S. Hazen, taking the place of Ethel Hold­en. who had to return to school .

The dance which was held on Sat­urday evening by the young people of. the grange was a decided s u c c e s s in every way. The local orchestra although it was its llrst appearance, did wonderful ly well and w a s much enjoyed. Refreshments were served Another dance was announced for Sat-

. urday, October 21, with the same music .

Etta M. Holden of Leominster spent tho week-end with her parents Mr

> and Mrs. George Holden. ' " '

Howard Ful ler is building an ad-dltion at the back of his home.

Wi l l iam Wilkins , at the East, has a cockerel he considers to be a curiosi ty and which i s well worth see ing i t is pract ica l ly covered with a soft downy hair, instead of with f e a t h e r s a n d Is unable to u s e Its w ings to fly with. H e c la ims that it i s a Mexican bird.

o J 1 ! 0 next__ regular meet ing of tho Shirley Firs t Parish branch Al l iance wil l bo he ld on Thursday afternooil ,

Mrs. Georee McGuire and l i t t l e daughter of San Diego. Cal., comple t -

their visit here this w e e k and ed after a stay with some re lat ives in Connecticut, they will depart for the ir western home.

Miss Ethel Rockwood left last F r i ­day for Balt imore. Md.. where s h e wi l l continue her course of s tudy in t h e Johns Hopkins Medical school , and Miss Gertrude Rockwood s tarted in this Monday for a course of k inder­garten work at Boston.

Mr. and Mrs. John Boute l l e of Demorest . On., are the g u e s t s of h is sister, Mrs. A. D. Fessenden .

Mrs. Clara Hese l ton received, the sad n e w s of the death of her father, Brooks Rockwood, at Brookl ine , N. II., last week.

The Phoebe Weston Farmer tent , D. of V., held inspect ion night th is w e e k Tuesday and Dcpt. Pres ident El izabeth T. Kirchgassner w a s present to do t h e work, ass i s ted by .Miss Gertrude H o l ­brook, guide. A banquet w a s held after the. work and speeches w e r e made and a social t ime enjoyed.

Annnal Chnrch Roll-cni l . A p leasant day w a s the m e a n s of

bringing one of the largest ga ther ings in recent y e a r s for the annual church roll-call , w h i c h w a s held last T h u r s ­day. I n . the morning the t i m e w a s devoted t o b u s i n e s s and b y n o o n t h e r e w a s a l a r g e number w h o enjoyed a bounteous d inner In the ves tr i e s b e ­low. T h e speaker for the afternoon

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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHU-fef-.TTS. Middlesex, ss. I'robate Court.

To the he lrs -at - law, next of kin, creditors, and all other persons Inter­ested In the es tate of CHARLES E fJHKEN" late of Ashby in said County, deceased, intestate .

Whereas, a petit ion has heen pre­sented to said Court to Brant a letter of administration on the estate of said deceased to F l t E D H. GREEN ef Ash­burnham ln tho County of Worcester without s l v l n g a surety on his bond.

l o u are hereby cited to appear at a Probate Court to be held at CambridKe. in said County of Middlesex, on the tenth day of October A. D. 1911. at nine olclook in the forenoon, to show cause If any you have, why the same should not be granted.

And the petit ioner ls hereby directed to Rive public notice thereof, by. pub­l i shing this citat ion onco In aach weok. for three success ive weeks , ln Turner's Public Spirit, a newspaper published ln Ayer. the last publication .to be one day. at least, before said Court.

Witness . Charles J. Mclntlre, Esquire, First .ludfre of said Court, this fifteenth day of September in the vear one thousand nine hundred and eleven.

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Care should I be exercised when selects, ing forks, spoons ana fancy serving pieces to lee thaty

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TIIFU which tump* them the rrn-nlne Rogers silvetplated -ware. Foe tr*tt 60 yeati j "1847 ROGERS BROS." fUrer bit been fint in the 1 heart of the boas<lcccp»rf b*-e a w of its wearing qoati.v, woxkrruDSbip - lad (-iriien.

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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHU­SETTS. Middlesex, ss. Probate Court.

To the he irs -at - law and all others interested ln the estato of BARTHOL­OMEW McGRAIL late of Ayer In said County, deceased.

Whereas. MICHAEL D. McGRAIL. surviving administrator of. thc estate of said deceased has presented to said Court his petition for l icense to sell at private sale. In accordance with the offer named In said petition, or upon such terms as may bo adjudged best, tho real estate of said deceased, for the . purpose of distribution.

You arc lieroby c i t ed- to appear at a Probato Court, to bo held at Cambridge, In said County of Middlesex, on thc s ixteenth day of October A. I). 1911, at nrnc o'clock In tho forenoon, lo show cause, If any you have, why tho same should not be granted." >

And said pet i t ioner Is ordered to servo this c i tat ion by del ivering a cony thereof to all persons Interested, who can ' bo found wi th in the Common-Wealth, fourteen days, at least, beforo said Court, and If any one can*not be so found, by publ i shing the same onco 1n each week, for three success ive weeks , ln Turner's Public Sph-it a newspapor published ln Ayer, thc last publication to be' one day, at least beforo said Court. *

Witness, Charles J. Mclntlre. Esquire Firs t Judge of said Court, this twen­tieth day of September ln the year one thousand nine hundred and eleven

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_ TC ° ? P I O N T E A I ' T H O F MASSACHU-bi!.TT_. Middlesex, ss. Probate Court.

To the helrs-at- law, next of kin, creditors, and all other persons Inter-?>*U?d. ,'" t n e e s ' a t e of MARY ANN-DOW late of Pepperell In said Countv. deceased Intestate.

Whereas a petition has been present­ed to said Court to grant a letter of administration on the estate of said deceased to JOHN L. BOYNTON of Pepperell In the Countv of Middlesex, without g iv ing a surety on his bond

l o u are hereby cited to appear at a Probate Court to be held at Cam­bridge, ln said County of Middlesex, on the nineteenth day of October A. D. 1911. at nine o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause if any vou have why the same should not be granted.

And thc petitioner is hereby directed to give nubile notice thereof, by pub­l i shing this citation once In each week, for three successive weeks , in the Peo-perell Clarion-Advertiser a newspaper published in said County the last pub­lication to be one day. at least, before said Court. - Witness. Charles J. Mclntlre. Esquire.

F irs t Judge of said Court, this twentv-fifth day of September In the year one thousand nine hundred and eleven

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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHU­SETTS. Middle-sex. ss. Probate Court.

To all persons interested in thc e s ­t a t e of NATHANIEL P. SMITH late of Groton in said Countv, deceased.

Whereas. ARTHUR F. POOLE the trustee under the wil l of said deceased, has presented for al lowance, the sec­ond and third accounts of his trust under said will.

You are hereby cited to appear at a Probate Court, to bo held at Cambridge. In said County, on tho s ixteenth day of October A. Ii. 1911. at nine o'clock In tho forenoon, to show cause. If any you have, why the same should not be allowed.

And said trustee Is ordered to serve this citation by del ivering a copy thereof to all persons Interested In thc es tate fourteen days at least before said Court, or by publishing tho same once in each week, for throe succes­s ive weeks , in Turner's Public Spirit. a newspapor published In Aver tho last publication to bo one dav "at least before said Court, and bv mail ing post-paid, a copy of this citation to all known persons Interested in tho e s ­tate seven days at least beforo said Court.

Witness . Charles J. Mclntlre. Esquire. First Judge of said Court, this t w e n ­ty-third day of September in the year one thousand nlno hundred and eleven

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Fred O. Stiles Orchardist and Apple Speculator

Littleton Common, Mass.

Fruit bought and packed in the 'Orchards. Also, dealer in Barrels and special Apple Boxes, Liners and Pulp Spray Rumps and Spraying Chemicals, • In fact everything used jn the Apple Business. zmi$

. Ladies' Garments re-. modelled.

Cleaning, Pressing and Dyeing- neatly done.'

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Another Reo Sensation* 7 Drop of $250 and Improvements Both77 7

Hare you seen. It? The new cur for 1912: All pronounce It a beauty! Remember also, "Handsome is as handsome does," and study well her record before you buy. Until the Keo went from New York to San Francisco last summer in 10 days, 15 hours, 13 minutes, the best time was 15 days 2 hours • 12 minutes and made by a $4,000 car. This record-breaking car (not race track spurting), but for reliability has been refined and brought up-to-date and sells for $1,000. Find its equal if you can for classy appearance, and general every-day useful qualities. She will give you a comfortable ride either fast or slow, and climb anywhere. If experience repeats herself she will cost you-less for repairs than anything in sight. Ask Beo owners who don't change every year, and who care for their own cars, seldom going to shop. .'

EDWARD H. BLISS Local Agent AYEB, MASS.

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Our Floor Coverings in Axminster, Tapestry and Crex Bugs in all sizes made, together with a strong line of Inlaid and Printed Linoleum and Oil Cloth, combined with Straw Matting and Fiber Carpets make a desirable line to select from. . .

Children's Carriages and Refrigerators Are suggestive at this time and you will find them, favorably priced.

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P1CKLIXG OXIOA'S, 20c. pk.

SIRLOIX BOAST BEEF, 16c. to

FRESH PORK SHOULDERS, ISc. lb

FOBES OF LAMB, 10c. It.

LEGS OF LAMB, 16c. 16

GOOD BIB BOAST BEEF, 12c. to 14c. lb

SILVER SKIX OXIOXS, large, SOc. pk.

4 lb BEST CABOLIXA HEAD BICE, 25c

GOOD CHEESE, 15c. lb

BEX HUB BBEAD FLOUR, 80c bag.

GOLDEX CBOWX FLOUB, SOc bag,

WHITE ROSE PASTRY, 75c. bag.

5. CAXS COBX 25c

8 CAXS STRIXG BEAXS 25c.

GBAPEFRUIT, 4 for 25c.

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Ayer, Mass.

LYMAN KENNETH CLAEK Counsellor-at-Law

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Universalista will be held in the Uni­versalist church, Shirley, Friday Oc­tober 13. The morning session 'wil l be devoted to the usual yearly busi-ntsE of the conference. <ind at .ho afternoon session, the. Woman's '.f's-sionary society will give r e p o r u ' a n d transact all other business in connec­tion with their work. There will be a basket dinner, coffee and tea being provided by the ladles of the church Everyone ia cordially invited to a 7 tend.

Mrs. Louise S. Butler has gone to reside for a time with Mr. and .Mrs Herman S. Hazen of the Center.

The Sunday school of the Congre­gational church are planning for an entertainment to. take place on Wed­nesday evening, October 18.

The Ladies' Circle'of the Congrega­tional church have organized for th" work of the coming year with Mrs Alice L. Wright as president, .Mrs. Edwin H. Conant, secretary, and Mrs Ernest Harris, chairman of the board of directors.

•Miss Libertha Kolowrath of Little­ton, in company with Miss Emma Knowles of Shirley, started on Sa tu r ­day, September 30, for a vacation of two weeks. They went direct to friends in the vicinity of. Lowell, and aft°r spending a few days there, will go to the Kolowrath farm at East Taunton for the remainder of the time.

Stanley P. White of Worcester, who recently entered Worcester Polytech­nic,.spent over Sunday at home.

Herbert M. Dickson is spending a few days with friends in Montague.

arHv'J"1* M r s - , H e n ' ' y W. Brockelman arrived home last Saturday from a two-weekfl vacation spent ,.t Ben­nett s landing, Jefferson, N. H Miss Mary Desmond, Who accompanied them, arrived home the middle of last week.

Mrs. .Will Love, In company with her daughter, Miss Nan Love' spent last Sunday with relatives in Boston and Everett.

Joseph Landry, formerly teamster at the Samson Cordage Works has accepted a position with G. M. Ballou as driver of his- single team.

During the month of October, mass­es will be celebrated in St. Anthony's church on week days at 7.30 a m the exercise of the rosary being ob­served at each mass.

Arthur Boucher employed as elec­trician in Worcester, was visiting at the home of his parents last Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. Jaines Gionet of Roy-a ston were visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Thomas last ounday.

Philip Leger visited friends In Fitch­burg last Sunday.

J. C. Ayer lodge, A. O. U. W., will hold its regular meeting next Mon­day evening.

Herbert M. Dickson has recentlv completed the building of a neat and attractive conservatory to the resi­dence of. his sister, Mrs. Louise Liver­more, of Chapel street. It adjoins the southerly part of the house, and it already contains a fine "assortment of potted plants.

At the session of the Sunday school of the Congregational church last Sunday, Miss Altie Howe, assistant superintendent, was chosen to rep­resent the Sunday school at the twen­ty-second annual convention of the Massachusetts Sunday School associ­ation to be held in New Bedford on October 10, 11 and 12. .Miss Howe Is also the superintendent of the home department connected with the Sunday school and is a very efficient worker in the Sunday school.

With Rev. C. A. Knickerbocker in the pulpit and the new choir made up of Miss Ruby Felch, soprano, Mrs C W. Wolff, contralto, Frank Harlow' tenor, George E. Byram, bass, and George J. L. Colby, organist, officiat­ing, the Universalist church opened for the season last Sunday. Rev. Mr Knickerbocker took for his subject the Bible story of the talents, and de­veloped it most interestingly The musical program consisted of a vol­untary by Mendelssohn; solo, "Lead kindly light." Miss Felch; anthems!

Rock of ages" and "Only wait"-postlude, Guilmaut. There was a large congregation present.

It was erroneously stated in a paper not the Oracle, that George j . I.. Col­by had removed to Boston. This is not the case as he is still a citizen of Shirley.

Old Shirley chapter, D. A. R . held Its first regular meeting at the home of the regent, Mrs. Elmer Alien, on Monday evening. Business occupied the time. Notice of a bazaar to be held in Boston on Deeembr 0. 7 and' 8, was given. Arrangements are be­ing made for an illustrnt.il lecture to. be given soon, nurinir a social hour refreshments w re served by the Misses Eleanor Miner. Leah Meader and Blanche w.iis The next meeting will be with Mrs. Hlttle Evans.

J. Edwin Pomfret attended the re­publican state convention hold in Bos­ton on Wednesday.

Herbert W. McCoy has taken the contract to* paint the residences of E l»e r H. Allen. Harvard road, and Frank W. Snell, Center road.

The Brotherhood of the Congrega­tional church will hold its first meet­ing of the season next Tuesday even­ing... The supper will be served as usual In the church vestry at .30, under the direction of the following committee: Herbert XV. McCoy, chair­man; Henry \V. Eisner, Ezekiel Wil­son, J. Albert Deardon and Stanley Wells. ' An address and socinl hour will follow tho supper.

Mrs. P. Meader is a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gsorgo S. Wells. Mrs. Meader is a sister-in-law to

Mrs. Wells nnd will in the near future join her husbind who is now located in Se-ittlc

HnrTC-t Jiilr. The Ladies Aid sociejty of the Lnl-

\crsalist church will hold their annual harvest sale on Wednesday evening, October 11, commencing at six oclock'

, f n . n £ g L 7 M r J e t yI , ? f substantial and

and some extra fin© bargains ar« a l -rSaV w m t , V " ^ a n n u a l "'_&. There will be tables of fruits, vege-

kinds; also, a sale ,„ aprons and homemade.candles wl{h o t h e r m l s c e l . laneous articles. Th„ UHUa, 8 t a n ( J a r d supper will be served at seven o'clock, t h * menu .cons is t !^ ,l( c o l d m e a t 8 bftked beans, brown „11(1 w h l t e b r e a d with cakes, pies and <r„.„c A bright and snappy entertain;,,, , l t w'ill follow the supper under the di; r . j o n of Mrs Laura Ballou. '

Large Attendance. The supper and entertainment at

the Congregational church on Wednes day evening was attend, il bv a large number of. people, the w.siry beini; comfortably filled. A delicious supper was served at seven o'clock under the direction of the following committee-Mrs. John G. Conant, Mrs. j _ l l g K u r ! i ' Snell, Mrs. Eisner, Flora .Shepard'and Gladys Annis. Excellent service as waiters was given by Leonard Hooper Stanley Wells, Leslie Weils and K S I -neth Horton.

The entertainment was verv unique and most enjoyable, and .Mrs' Coll ver and Mrs. Goodwin, under whoso direc­tion .it was given, were the recipients of many congratulations. The nro-gram was as follows:

Selections by an orchestra composed ?•„„*'.. J ! a r i "°ws, cornet: Mrs. IrvlnS nlVrfnWl?.' v i o " n : M r s - '<•"*"•• Col lye f ?f . £ • GeorK" D. Hadlev. jiiccolo and w X ? V a M e , ? l

l ' hV l 0 , i V '-<*"'a,,onsabv wai ter fc,. Mellish and comic dialect songrs by Matthew Carboni " l a l e c t

U. H. Barrows, who contributed to the entertainment, is the musical di-w<?f°.!" a t ~ t h e I n d u s t r i " ' school, and Matthew Carboni is one of the. talent-ed boys from the school. A delegation of the school boys were also pres-

tor i? °hM rBe. ° f 2 I r ' N e ' s o " ' instruc­tor cf cabinet and carpenter work.

BOXBOROUGH. Xews Items. . Mrs Litchfield of Los Angeles, Cal is visiting at C. T. Wetherbee's.

«rin!i-! a D i M r s* H e n r y A d a n ' s are

m> _ u £ 0 T . c E IS HEREBY GIVEN that

the .7t ! ^ B 0 y ^ a v ' n S demands, upon e<l . 7 ; _ M h u S ^ d ' l e a s e d a>*o reqflr" «on« i„.i . . '.' t h e 8 a m e - a n d all per-un , ._ nl „d t 0 "a l < 1 " t a t e . are called UIMJII ,o ma.).0 payment to

';t;OUGE A. SANDERSON,

____.'••''. Maws., September 13^ _ l i i . t 0 r ' 2

Where'Z<X?R.SAl'E-rDelivert* OII7-o 7 , w, t, l , l'> four miles for the fol-?"• 'h «P7riC

ntS: Hai"*J W 0 0 d CUt StOVO

c i , 7 7 \ - ! i p i r c.l>rd: P l n o "mb wood . 7 , l e n R t h . ' , * i - 0 0 : P l n 6 "mb wood

« 7 , ll0n,B' l3*00' r a l s o have some w. ,,.nt wood cut stove length for $8.00 w o i ' ' i « ' '><,d'*es8' LOUIS J. FARNS-v*.-)!{TH( North Shirley. Telephone,

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TV'A&TSOi I ' l P T l ME.N A > D W OMCN

To Tnke AdvnntnKc ot Special Offer SUde by HIU'si DriiK Store

Goorgro H. Hil l . 'Aycr, tho entorDris-« n £, < ^ U £ 8 '"- i l 8 a<lvcrti»inK today tor rYt y , h T ' i , n n d V'° .m e n J 0 t a l t « advantage of the special half price offer he Is ? n ^ Si? /' °" . D r* Howard's celebrated eR^iSr? i**0r "'.*-' c u r c ot constipation and 2r'-S28?-Venef ?5Ctc?n?,"y C ° n t " M «

So positive. Is he of the renmrltnl.t,. HZV a . T,rCCin? »» eSroXtnh,..r?nd.il. Hvor t°o„i,n'i a . s „? l c . k hcuduchen and tilnA ,Z U "• '"at ho uifreus to ro-thP. , ^ ' ! r e . t 0 a " y customer whom and c_Vl. 0 t - s " o t " u l c k l > ' rellc-vu

nhT„h|'n en *}" u , l l l*;''al opportunity to obtain i,o doses of the best medicine ever ...ade for half Its regular price k ,»• r " * 1 Kuaruntee of a well n, , , v , ' '5C 'M m a n t o refund the

if 7 7 U Aoe" n o t - f-'lv** ««tl»factlon. Jf >ou cannot call ut Hill'* drut. store-

to ay, send 25 cents by mall and be charKes"p

daldyOU * " a C k a B < *' 1»<"»»"V-Hill's druK store bas been able to

secure only a limited supply ot tho specltc. so trrcat Is the demand, and of th.h°ii,ild " ? ' ie)aK,tal<"'« advantuKo thli week1*' ° ' J 1 ' " l s m a k l » K

, SHIRLEY * CASH MARKET

McCarthy & Jlnrkhain, Prop.

DEALERS IN

Meat a n d Provisions

Tel. Con. SHIELEY, MASS.

Our cart will be in Ayer e r e r r Tuesday and Saturday. We will en­deavor to give the best quality of goods at reasonable prices. Please give us a trial and be convinced for yourself. Deliveries made in Ayer 47

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fl AJTED—Boy .s ixteen years old-to do chores for board. L. STANLEY South Brookline. N. H. " A - I . ^ I J I .

Just One Trial

EVAN P . TTENTWOBTH, D. M. D. BUBT M. BBISTOL, D. Iff. D.

DENTISTS « 0 Boyl i ton S t ,

Telephone Boston, Mass, Dr. Bri . tol , Ilo.ton, Mondarsi and Wed-

nesdaj-ss.

c s a ' r I l r d ^ d . ' M S k ' . C h a r i e s ^ n i ^ ' spent Saturday in Boston. Frank Bancroft returned on Tues­

day from a week's visit in Athol. Mrs. Albert Littlefield and Miss Cora

Hartwell visited Mrs. Littlefield's mother. Mrs. Charles Hemenway of Framingham on Tuesday.

Miss Ethel Wiggins of Boston spent Sunday with Mr. and .Mrs. Joseph roland.

Mrs. Stephen D. Salmon, 3d, is visit­ing Mrs. George D. Bushee at her home at Marblebead Neck.

Mrs. Norwell of Harvard and her daughter Mary were in town for a short visit with Mr. and Mrs. Salmon.

Mrs. Laura Fitch of Boston was a week-end guest at her sister's Mrs Albert Hartwell.

Inquiry has been made when the mechanical toy awarded the town for the station crossing by the Massachu­setts railroad commission is to be in­stalled. - • • • - - - •

The schools will possess a verv pa­triotic appearance with "Old Glory" suitably displayed as required by the new law enacted this year.

Elmer Smith of Lancaster has en­tered the employ of Albert Littlefield.

Xew Advertisements. M A:\TKI)—Two sisters or friends

one to do cookinp: and laundrv work, other second and nursery work Call or address MI!S. ARTHUR VV. I.AMB; \\ est Proton. i t 4

W.WTP.D—Cood Housekeeping Mag­azine requires the services of a rep­resentative in Ayer to look after sub­scription renewars and to extend cir­culation by special methods which have proved unusually successful Salary and commission. Previous ex­perience desirable, but not essential. Whole time or spare time. address, with references. J F. FAIRBANKS Oood Housekeeping Magazine, 3S1 Fourth Avenue, New York city. 2tol

SOFT HATS I n „ ^ c h V e ' ° , u ". no°by eff«H in grey

L. & H. DERBIES . U ? " ^ J * 5 1 1 " d Wmte"rtyle, have th« tup.to-d.te effect that ha. marked each Masons development of the (a-mou. Lamson & Hubbard Hats. Made in Boston for over 30 years. "We grantee you a perfect fit and a stylish

SOLD BY

fiEO. H. B R O W , Ayer

Get a Piece

WHITE AND WHITE ENAMELWARE

REED MAKE 25c. Each

WILL DEMON­STRATE TO YOU

The S u p e -riorQuality of N a p o l e ­on Flour. AND W H Y I T i s RECOGNIZED AS T H E BEST ON T H E MAR­K E T TO-DAY BY T H E MOST EXACTING HOUSEWIFE. W E WOULD LTKE TO HAVE YOU TRY ONE BAG AND COM­PARE IT WITH WHAT YOU ARE USING.

FEANK S. BENNETT Successor to ARTHUR F E N N E R

Insurance ' Agent and Broker Main 8treet, Turner's BoHding

AYEB, MASS. 311»» G. M. Stone, Pobllc •Proetrrtter

Mullin Bros. Ayer, Mass.

11, 12-Inch Wiish Basins -, 3-quart Pudding Pans 2, 3 - q u a r t Mi lk P a n s 2, 3-(juart Mixing Bowls

Also, Cups, "Kettles. Dippers, Etc., in SILVER STEEL Enamel

N.A.8p.Si-8i Wish to call your at­

tention to their stock of

CEMETERY MEMORIALS

which" they would be pleased to h a v e intend^ ing purchase r s inspect and obtain prices.

I.ovrcll & FitchburK Street HoIIsmy Co. TIME TABLE.

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

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

9«JS l c a v c Jforth Chelmsfora for Ayer —1.20 a. m. and 20 minutes past the hour up to and Including- 11.20 p. m

Sundays—S.20 a. m.. then same as week days. Cars connect at Ayer up i?'J 'rV T.*, 'Sr F l t c hburf . and Leomin­ster. Until 9 p. m. for Worcester, ^i. , 8 ' e a

Jv e Eorge Vi l lage for North

^lm.ioru a n d Lowe"—Z< minutes past thc hour. *nC£,B * . e a v e F o r f c VIllaBe for Ayer— 40 mlnutc» past the hour.

Cars leave North Chelmsford for ?r? . 0 ^S l d H~ 5 - 5 0 a- m - a n d 5 0 minutes past tho hour up to and Including 10.50 p. m.

Sundays—First car at 7.50 a. m.. then samo as weok days.

Leave Brookside for North Chelms­ford, Lowell and Ayer—6.05 a. m. and lieJAeVl^A ? ? s t t h e h o u r UP t o nnA In­cluding 11.05 p. m.

Sundays—First car at 8.05 a. m„ then same as week davs. •

Leave North Chelmsford for West ­ford—6.50. 7.50, 8.60. 11.50 a m 12 50 1.50. 2.50. 3.60, .4.50, 5.50 p m. " ' , . S . 'J n d a J l n — 7 - 5 0 - 8-sn. 9-60. 10.60 a. m 12.60. 1.50^2.60.-3.50. 4.50. 6.50 p. m < Loivc Westford for Lowell—6.55. 7.40, lift' P H - O V ' m" 1 2 '4 0 ' 1-40 ' 2-*<>- S- O 4.40, 5.40 p. m. •

12.40. 1.40, 2.40. 3.40. 4.40. 5.40 p. m. out not 1 subject to changro with-

L. H. CUSHING, _____ >. Superintendent.

SPECIAL PRICES

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER .10 to OCTOBER U

% Ayer, Mass.

WM. E. WHEELER General B lacksmith ing

.AND DEALER IN

SuUky and Walking iPlows; Disk, Spring Tooth and Cutaway Har­rows, Wheelbarrows, Bakes and Mowing Machines,

Logging Trucks, Express and Concord Wagons, Harnesses, Etc.

Carriages of all kinds repaired in a thorough manner. Rubber Tires furnished. Painting and General Jobbing. Horseshoeing a Specialty.

Central Ave. Ayer, Mass. Phone, 7 , -3 . Rem. 78-4.

^%;--AB *DOI._.AKS—Buy Now—Two *2*-2ZmW Mo**r,ers' Two Rakes, Ono n l w e V C ? i1 e . ? , * t l l p ! e ?orn Planter, al l ?.?-»• W l n s e l 1 a t about cost rather than carry over. Concord, Democrat. n n S f S " 5 n d F a r m y a f o n s a t redSced STJ.rte.' " " " e s s a « d Horse Goods, a l l kinds. All hand-made. Double Team Harness at $50, a corker. Rogers and Hubbard's Bone Base Ferti l izers. A Fine Rubber-tired Station W a g o n cheap. F. B. FELCH, Carriage, Har -MaSsSs. a Tei ; l ? . _ ? e m e n t »*•*<". Ayer .

AYER VARIETY STORE MORTGAGEE'S SALE OF

REAL ESTAT E

ENGRAVED CARDS

SO EngTaTed Cnrds In Script, Inclnd-Jng PIntc, $1.00

Tnlillc Spirit Oflloe, Aj-cr.

Electric Lamps

I am selling Gnnrnntced Carbon Electric lamps, 4, 8 and 16 c.p., for $2.00 a do?en.

GlTe them a trial.

GEO. H. B. TCBJTEB, AIER.

By virtue and In execution nf a power to sell contained in » <, ;-taln mortgage given by Floretta Ym-mg to the Trustees of tlie i ;•••)-,o?u '\I!Slst**!Tlal Fund, dated 0,',i,er 10th, 1907, and recorded with th- Mid­dlesex South District Deeds, hnok 3331, page 497, for the breach of con­ditions of said m -tgage and for the purpose of fore-closing the same will n ^ S < i d aLP!**bIj£ a uc«on on Satiirdnv. October 21st, 1911, a t eleven oVl.uk In the forenoon, all and singular tho premises conveyed by said mort^a.c deed, and therein described as fol­lows:

h „ n ^ , C e r t a l n u t r a c t o f I a m l «*ith the buildings thereon situated in said fol°ow" -an b 0 U n d e d a n d described as

Beginning at the' junction of the dwe.Mn'I ' e a d i n K / r o m Ayer past the duell ing house of the grantor to Gro-

on

mM"e; hT'lh t h e h i « h ^y lading

from said highway easterly past the dwelling house formerly of Charles " . Lewis; thence northerly by the

, « r t . 1 ' m e d h l g h w a y t 0 l a n d of gran-i or; thenco easterly by land of gran­

g e and land of F. E. Gllson to a ' C T J

n c ^ : „ t h e n c o s 0 , I t h e r l y by land of said Gllson to said highway leading past the dwelling house formerly of < harles H. Lewis; thence westerly by last-named Men way to tho point f*r beginning, containing about two and three fourths acres, and'belng the same premises conveyed to Charles •acobs by deed of Marcella A. Durell •lated Decembor is. 1SSS, and record­ed with the Middlesex South District Deeds, book 18S4. page 228.

The above premises will be sold subject to all unpaid taxes and assess­ment";

Terms $.00 00 at time md place of "•ale, and balance upon delherv or tender of deed

. OTIS F IH \HA\ r . f-ii-irdlan of Peter H Hndlock. as­

signee and present holder of said mortgage 3 t3 -

"12 Old South Building, Boston, Mass

D. W. FLETCHER Successor to John J_. Boynton

Di'SUEAXCE AGEXT AXD BBOKEB Conant Building, Main Street

East Pepperell, Mass.

E. D. HOWE. D. D. S.

Dental Rooms OVER WHIPPLE & TOWER'S STORE

EAST rEPPEBELL.

-THIS-

This Is the Senson of FOEEST FIRES We can insure your cord-wood at reasonable rates.

ALSO, AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE

E. D. STONE, Insurance Agent Page's Block, Ayer.

0. W. GREEN Piano Tuner, Littleton

AGENT FOR TEN MAKES OF PI­

ANOS AND THE BEST PIANO POL-

ISH MADE. Telephone connection.

LIVE POULTRY WANTED I buy all kinds of live poultry and

plpoona. Drop me a postal or telephone and team wil l call.

o . n . OLSEN Torrnnend Harbor, Slnnsi.

Telephone. Pepperell 69-12. 6m39

Tooth Preparation Stops Tooth Decay

I t get* into ercry uneven patt at dxe J tooth—penetratea every cxerace. "^r^r I and outside the tooln.

Cavities unie&eH&bIo with powden am sQsxck!/ rlwincd with ~

3kfXatZ .

mmm IOWH PASTE t\s it carrie* the antiseptics to the ray p'.-co ceeJed —the nntwii opening! caused by the decay.

Packages aralu^c, handy and eco­nomical. Ail yoa havo to do is squeeze out on your bruh jut 'what yoa want. The iliu^ration shows how its done.

The flavor is particularly pleaang. Price, 2 S c

BROWN'S The Prescr ipt ion D r u g

S t o r e , Main Street i Ayer, Mass.

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LELAND FARM AGENCY £££•*»! esteteoteireiydescription. WetUjdrcuUitne Affents Wanted where not newrcprtscsted. seisd for blaak. Please mention this'paper. P . F . Leland, 31 MUk Street, Bottoa, Mass,

Jas. P. Fitch JEWELER

CARLEY'S BLOCK, MAIN STREET NEAR :P. 6., AYER

I closie Thumiln. « nt noon ilurlnc July sind Ancritist'

Art Studies PHOTOGHAPHS from XIPK MODELS

Finest Collection for 7Vrtlsts ' nnd Art Loyers •

Illuatrntcil Cnfnlojrne Sent Free on D c -mnnd.

V Y] flRY'*103 A T c n n c c Vllllers O. lYLHlU PARIS (PRAXCE)

^ GEO. E. FELCH ? F L O R I S T £

D o s i ^ i i K n S p o r i n l t y Q-

AYER, MASS. fi

COMSIONWEAL.TH OF MASSACHU­SETTS. Middlesex, ss. Probato Court.

To tho helrs-at- law. next of kin, creditors, nnd all other persons Inter­ested In the cstato of CATHERINE E. GREENWOOD lato of Groton In said County, deceased. Intestate. -

Whereas a petition has boon pre­sented to said Court to grant A l e t ter qf administration on thc cstato of said deceased to PAUL L. GREENWOOD ot I^xlnstort In tho County of Middlesex, without (rlvinp a surety on his bond.

\ o u are hereby cited to appear at a Probato Court to bo held at Cambrldife. in said County or Mlddlosex. on the tenth day of Octobor A. D. 19H » t nine o'clock In tho forenoon, to shot? , cause if any you havo. why tho gumo" -should not bo (tranted.

And tho petitioner Is hereby dlrec-• 0 i , . , o ^ . K l v o . P u b " 0 notico thereof, by publishing this c i tat ion, onco In each YL c c k v . ' o r thl"co successlvo weeks . In i , ,Ki i C i r o i 0 . n ^nndmark, a newspaper published In said County tho last p u b - / said C t ° n 0 d a y , a t 'east., bofore • _ Witness, Charles J. Mclntlre. Esquire, r i r ^ K J S d K 0 2 f c , 8 a M C o , , r t - this n ine- , toonth day of September In the y e a r / / -one thousand nlno hundred and e l e v e n / / . .

! » ' XV. E ROGERS. R e s r l a t e r ^ **

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William R. Burns i^l

INSURANCE^' ' ^

^iK'47 w, ^ ^__*$6i&M

TOWT5'1!

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Royal has no substitute for making delicious home-baked foods

liOYAI Baking Powder

ABSOLUTELY PURE

The only Baking Powder made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar

Saturday, October 7; 1911.

PEPPERELL. Items of Xews.

The town water committee have cut their road recently from Mason stn.-;*t to the standpipe so that people can get to the hill top.

Mrs. Lamb of Townsend street and Mrs. Durant of Heald street attended the W. C. T. .1". convention in Boston

• last week Friday. Rev. William Lindsay of Sunderland,

England, will preach in the Unitarian church tomorrow in place of "Rev. Dudley R. Child, who had tlie sorrow pf losing his only sister on Friday, September 29.

William Dole returned to Lyman Blood's on Wednesday afternoon.

Thomas O'Brien has been spending •a;.few days with his sister, Mrs. P. L. Sullivan. He has been working with his brother, George O'Brien, in Wor­cester; who has had charge of the

. building of the new L'nion station, one of the finest depots in the state.

The farmers of this section are 1)3-ing hard hit. this year, for most all of them have lost part of their ensil­age corn and the price of hay is going to be high and they have no bumper crop of any kind, and these last few rainy days are spoiling the late crops with rot.

The 0. H. I. S. will hold a dance at their hall on Oak hill on Tuesday' evening, October 10. Music by Thay­er's, orchestra. • Mrs. Henrietta McGord returned to

Oak Knoll on Tuesday, having spent a-delightful summer with friends in Canada.

It Is reported that T. F. Graham Has purchased the PWllips place on Park street. • Mr. and -Mrs. E. J. Darling have just 'returned from a very enjoyabl" trip,- visiting their daughter, Mrs. ('. H. Harr is , and other "laces in New York. They also spent a few days in -Fittsfield—with-relatives.-

The lecture by Mrs. H. Josephine Hayward of Woburn before the Wo­man's club Tuesday. October 2, was enjoyed by a large and appreciative audience. Her subject. "Cuba and her people," was dealt with in a most realistic manner which held the close 'attention of her licarji-s to th? very end. This lady, who is of a very I _, pleasing personality, is a relative of to Mrs. George W. Pierce of this town. at whose home slia spent Tuesday night.

The civics committee cf the Pepper­ell Woman's club purpose to hold a food sale at Mrs. Brigham's on River street Friday, October 13. Sal;- com­mences at three o'clock. The pro­ceeds of this sale are for the benefit of the public playgrounds. All per­sons interested in this object are in­vited to contribute either fruit, vege­tables, food or money.

The next meeting of Acoma Re­bekah lodge will be held October 10. It will be roll call. It is hoped that each member will kindly respond by-letter or by person.

An entertainment will be given in Prescott hall,' Monday evening, Octo­ber 0. under the auspices of the L. B. S. of the Congregational church. Miss Marion Wilson, impersonator, in her unique and clever costumed character studies. Miss Wilson's work is of an exceptionally high grade and covers a -most remarkable range of imper­sonations. Music will he interspersed during the evening.

Miss Edna Kittredge is home from her duties at Rindge. X. H.

Mrs. Alice H. Bartlett of Spencer is a guest of her brother, W. A. Kemp.

Emory "B. Woodward died at his home in Milford Monday, October 2. He was formerly of this town.

Miss Sadie Woodward of Lenox is a guest of Mrs. Spurgeon Cuthbertson.

The household goods of the late John R. Shattuck will be sold at auc­tion Tuesday. October 10, at ten o'clock a. m. Mrs. Shattuck will go to make her home with her daughter, Mrs. S. Thompson Blood of Concord Junction.

The Woman's club will have a club drama -in Prescott hall Monday night, October 23.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wright have returned from a ten-days' camping trip at Greenfield, N. H. •

The postal savings bank will open OD this Saturday and remain open until seven p. m., and will bo open for business on all days except holidays. Call at office for leaflet of particulars as to opening of accounts, etc.

come by Richard Barrows, master of Littleton grange and the routine busi­ness transacted, the question will be discussed, "Should mothers be pen­sioned by the government?" "Is the mange becoming a woman's club, if so why?"

The. speaker of the afternoon will be Rev. A. H. Wheelock, chaplain of tlie state grange, who will give the same address that was given a t the field day in Pepperell. The following program will in all probability be given in the afternoon as the evening is given over to the third "Merrie" of this grange with a slight program:

•'How nmch land does a man need to makf a living on?" William Jubb, Shirli'v: •Skunks as the farmer's frii-mls." -Mrs. Flora Holden. Worces­ter: "Could farmers form a board of ai-lutriiiiun to settle their local dis­putes?" Hon. Frank A. Patch. Little-tnnton: "Cons.-ivation." Miss Ida Shat­tuck. Pepperell: readlnK. Mrs. Georgi-annii Kimball; "Pepperell duck rals-liiif," George Stewart. Pepperell: cor­net solo. Clarence Daley. Littleton; suii«. .Miss Josephine Foley, Littleton: "Pickles." Mis. Dora Atkinson. Pep­perell: "Tree surgery." Unit-ton tree warden.

The evening special session will be called to order promptly at 7.45, and the fourth degree work insisted on. The work of the evening will proceed as fast as convenient with the follow­ing program:

Music. Crot'in grange orchestra: solo. Mis. Annie Greenleaf. Townsend: soncr. | grange: original poem. O. U. N.: sons, "Happy peasants": song and march and the Merrie will begin when any mem­ber who lias _ lady friend, or lady who has a gentleman friend not belonging lo the grange will be admitted: Quaker march and old-fashioned games till ten o'clock, when old -time dances will hold sway until twelve.

day's program ended -nith a dance at Prescott hall in the eCenlng

It was" impossible to get a fall .1st of the premiums in this week's.paper. They will -. be given in next week's issue. -A partial list of the prize win­ners is given below:

Plowinsr, Joseph Savage lst. J3: A. S McNayr 2d, J2; hand, R. 13. Sargent. Groton,"- let. ?3. - Best floats In parade. A. A. Lawronco lst. $6; Lane Bros., 2d, $3; W. E. Chap­man 3d, 12.

Kxhibltlon of colts, stallion, Dennen and Davis 1st: '2-ycur-old colt. Harry XV, Hutchinson 1st. IS. S. Durant 2d; 1-year-old colt. K. S. Blood 1st, Albert Parker 2d; mare and colt. Fred Mc-Innis.

Five varieties of apples, Miss Clara K. Tully of Dunstable lst, Charles F. Spaulding 2d; largest squash. Hdward W. Cuve, Hollis. X. H.. lst : largest pumpkjn, Kdward W. Cave; best dis­play of squashes, Jonas E. Andrews: assorted fruit. A. S. McNayr ls t : 10 varieties of apples and second premium grapes,, James E. Dunn: display of potatoes and apples, tlrst. premiums, James K. Dunn: pumpkins and pota­toes. Henry C. Gray lst; grapes, beets, tomatoes, melons, cabbages, largest head cabbage, carrots, peppers, LoRoy Shattuck lst, who also won second premiums on potatoes and quinces-pumpkins, I'balt Caplstan 2d: quinces, apples. Hervey McPhartland: brown bread. Mrs. G. L. Smith of Groton lst: canned fruit, Mrs. G. L.'Smith of Groton: fancy work hardanger. center piece, cushion cover, pin cushion, but-terily embroidered center piece, crochet­ed bed spread, first premiums, and sec­ond premium embroidered center piece. Victoria I.arsen: handkerchief. Mrs. C. I.. lienils lst : sofa pillow. Mrs. Bemis 2d: two quilt tops and one set table mats, Mrs. Charles Hamblett 1st.

* There was a splendid exhibition of vegetables from the Keyes farm which was not entered for competition. The officers and committer to which the success cf the fair is due are:

Recent Guests. Mr. and Mrs. George H. Dow of Ni­

agara Falls, X. Y., and Mr. and Mrs. William Brltton.of Piercefield. N. Y„ were guests of Mr. and Mrs. William W. Dow, coming in their auto. They made a number of stops, starting from Piercefield to Montreal, Benton, Woodsville. Berlin, X'. H., and from there to Rumford Falls and Livermore Falls, Me., Lawrence, Haverhill. Low^ ell. Reading, Amesbury and Pepperell. From Pepperell they went to Towns-end and Fitchburg,. and from there to Keene, X. H.. and from Keene to Walpole to I'tica. X. V. On leaving Mr. and Mrs. Dow go b.v rail to Buf­falo and then to Xiagara, a distance of 2S0 miles. Mr. and .Mrs. Britton

in the auto 2GS miles from t 'tica Piercefield. arriving on Sunday,

covering in all nearly two thousand miles without ever a break or ski]) of t!'e auto.

Grange. The second meeting of the Middle­

sex-Worcester Pomona grange will bo "held on Wednesday, October 11,. at Littleton, and there is an especially attractive program. A large attend­ance Is anticipated. After the wel-

Pepporell Fair. The fortieth annual fair of the Pep-,

perell Fanners ' and Mechanics' club was held at Babbatassett driving park on Thursday and as usual was largely attended. Tlie usual attractions seen at a fair were to be seen, including the fakirs and intinerant merchants who make a specialty of following the fairs.

The parade formed on Leighton street at s.:'fi o'clock and preceded by A. A. Laurence, chief marshal, and Cummings* military band of Xashua marched through the principal s treets to the park where the program of the day was started. The chief had as his aids, Richard H. Savage, Thomas Murray. F.rving Church and William Reed. The floats in the parade were beautiful and attracted much atten­tion. Those having the floats were A. A. Lawrence. Lane Bros., W. E. Chapman and Harry Hutchinson. The town farm team was also in the par­ade as were teams of W. E. Drummey, newsdealer, Silas Xokes' ice wagon, and the fire department wagons.

A feature that was very at tract ive was the Iloat representing the original states and the Goddess of Liberty, impersonated by fourteen young la­dies dressed in appropriate colors. The goddess was represented by Sliss' Hazel Soule, and tlie various states as follows:

New Hampshire. Miss Gertrude Cherry: Massachusetts. Miss Evon Par-adis; Rhode Island. .Miss Doris Dur­ant: Connecticut. Miss Florence Salter; New York, Miss Rvon Cato; New Jer­sey, Miss Doris Butler: Pennsylvania, Miss Ruth Wilson; Delaware, Miss Doris Boulla: Maryland. Miss Florence Boynton; Virginia. Miss Dorothy D*cn-nen; North Carolina, Miss Althca Sar-telle; South Carolina. Miss Georgianna Maynard; Georgia. Miss Catherine Mc­Grath.

Those who arranged this float were Miss Mary Woods and Miss Clara M. Shattuck. ' ' - . ' . . Upon the arrival at the pa rk there was a trial of draft horses, ploughing match and trial of carriage horses on track. Dinner was served a t twelve o'clock to a large, number of people.

Tho first number on the afternoon program was an exhibition of colts on track, which was followed by - the horse races which were of sufficient interest to keep a large ;part of the attendance a t . the race„traek during the afternoon.. - There" were' three classes; the 2.27 trot or pace, the 2.16 trot or pace, and the local class. ' The

Current Events. Mrs. Xellie Wright and son Frank

of Worcester visited relatives in town last week.

Sirs. Fidelia Buck has returned to her home in this town from a 'visit with her daughter in Connecticut and son in Xatick.

Herbert Wilson of Brookline street has been very sick, but is now very comfortable.

Edgar Chase has bought the black­smith shop and tenement over the shop on Main street of Mrs. H. A. Pike.

Mrs. Harris Tarbell returned to her home in Wellesley last week Satur­day. Her niece, Miss Bertha John­son, accompanied her to remain for a week or longer. . Mrs. Jonas Andrews, who has been visiting her sister in South Boston, came home on Saturday of last week.

Mrs. Edna French of Chelsea has been a recent guest at the home of Mrs. Elmer Andrews and Miss H. L. Lawrence. Mrs. French went from here to Troy, X. Y., on Tuesday.

Miss Sadie Woodward of Milford, X*. H*., visited her sister, Mrs. Spurgeon Cuthbertson, last week.

David Cuthbertson, who has had charge of the stable of the Xashua River corporation, is now employed as teamster by the same firm.

Mrs. S. J. Baker, who has been visit­ing her sister, Mrs. L. H. Bean, re­turned to her home in Hollis, X. H., on Thursday of last week.

Dr. and Mrs. F. 'W. Lovejoy and Mrs. C. M. Pierce spent a few days in Ca­naan, r- 'I

Mrs. .1. Yi. Shattuck and Mrs. S. f. Blood of Concord Junction are at the home of Mrs. Shattuck on Main street, coming on Friday of last week.

•- Rally day .'will be observed at the Methodist church on Sunday, October S. There will be a special sermon in the morning on the "Value of the Sunday school." Durin<* the usual Sunday school hour there will be ex­ercises, recitations, speeches and special service of song. All interested in Sunday school work or in the chil­dren and the children also are most cordially invited to be present.at both services.

Mrs. Jasper Sharp of Watertown. a former resident of this town, was the guest of Mrs. Harris Tarbell during her recent visit at the home of her parents, Mr. tind Mrs. Henry Lakin.

Frank Mahony. who had an opera­tion last week Tuesday at St. Joseph's hospital in Xashua. returned to his home in this town on Saturday. Mr. Mahony is doing well and will soon be in the store again.

The report as printed in last week's paper that Charles Waite is to move from Dr. Qua's house into the Brad­ley Varnum house, is without founda­tion.

H. Chandler Tucker, chief yoeman of the repair ship Panther with the Atlantic squadron, called on his moth­er, Mrs. S. E. P. Tucker, of this town last Thursday. His ship is in Xew York for a very short time. It is un­certain where the squadron will be ordered next, but they expect to cruise in the Mediteranean, calling at all the principal European cities. At the end of this voyage Mr. Tucker will have completed a fifteen years' service in the navy.

A cottage prayer meetin" will be held at the home of Mrs. John Mar­shall on Franklin street. Friday eve­ning, October 13!

The East village social club will meet with Mrs. Winsloww Parker on Wednesday, October 11, at 2.30 o'clock. Subject, Miscellaneous.

The Epworth league of tho M. E. church will serve their annual har­vest dinner in the vestry Thursday, October 12.

.Frank Taylor of the Vale mills, Hudson, manufacturers of clastic webbing, Henry Pat ten of thc firm of Fuller, Chandler & Patten, shoe man­ufacturers, and Mrs. Patten, all of Hudson, -were guests of Mrs. S. E. P. Tucker las t Sunday, coming by auto­mobile and returning in the evening.

Mr: and Mrs.- Luther Holdch were in town last week and moved the fur­niture of the- late Mrs. Francena But­terfleld to their home In Shirley.

Russell Davey has been visiting his grandfather, Charles Davey of Holy­oke, leaving hero - on Saturday last. While away he intends calling on Geo. F. Turner, a former principal of the high school, in this town. Mr. Davey will .return through Deerfleld and will make a short s tay with Leslie Reed jwblle there.

Mr. and Mrs. Harriman, who for a few.months, have rented Mrs. Nellie

McGrath's fcouse furnished, have moved to Philadelphia

Miss Mildred Mprgan of Towinvsend road, who was graduated In the class of 1911, Pepperell high school, is at­tending the Boston conservatory of music and is studying both vocal and Instrumental, music.

Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Tarbell of Main street are soon to move into the house in the rear of the Elias Chapman house, so-called, on Main street.

Clarence Franklin Anderson of Gro­ton and Miss Ruth Moore Palmer of this town were married by Rev. James Sutherland at the Methodist parson­age on Wednesdav, October 4, at twp o'clock. At the" Boston and Maine station where the happy couple took

.the four o'clock train for Portland, they were showered with rice and con-flettl. After their return from their wedding trip, Mr. and .Mrs. Anderson will make their home in Worcester.

Leaves $14,200 to rimrlty. The will of Miss Kdith Child of

Brookline has been filed fro probate at Dedham. -It contains the following bequests: To the Hale house asso­ciation of Boston $.',"oii. the American Unitarian association of Boston $5000, the South Congregational church of Boston $2000. th" I'nitarian Sunday school society of Hoston $1000, the Xew England Peabody home for crip­pled children of Hyde Park $1000, the South End Industrial school of Rox­bury, for the benefit of its carpentry class, $200.

The remainder of the estate is be­queathed to relative?, and she names her brother. Rev. Dudley R, Child of Pepperell, as executor.

Miss Child"was hern in Boston and was the daughter of the late Dudley R. Child, the antiquarian and one of the founders of the Bostonian society. She was a member of tlie Society of Mayflower descendants.

S H I R L E Y .

News Items. The selectmen met in the postofflce

on Tuesday to listen to an argument in favor of deciding the bounds on certain streets in the village. It was decided to postpone the matter until the town meeting in Xovember.

Thomas C. Burrill attended the dem­ocratic convention in Boston on Thurs­day. Mr. Burrill was the delegate from Shirley.

Mr. and M r s . Frank C. Brockelman started on Wednesday for a two-weeks' vacation at Reeds Ferry, X. H.

George Christianson. one of the State school boys, injured the thumb and two fingers of his right hand very severely on a circular saw while at work iu the carpenter shop on Thurs­day, making it necessary to take two stitches.

Mrs. John H. Logue fell in her yard on Tuesday, inflicting a slight frac­ture of the right elbow. Dr. Lilly attended her.

Oscar B. Smith, one of the State' In­dustrial school boys, was taken on Tuesday noon to the Masaschusetts General hospital, where he was im-. mediately operated upon for appendi-' citis. •• He is recovering nicely.

The R. H. club held its first meet­ing of the season on Thursday even-ine October 5, at the home of Miss Jessie Love. Officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows: Mary Gleason. pres.; Ruby Felch, vice pres.'; Gertrude Provost, s e c ; Gertrude O'Neill, treas. Arter a socialhour the meeting adjourned until October 13. when it will be held at the home cf Mary Gleason.

Francis Hocquard of Xew Carlisle, P. Q., has arrived at the home of his brother, P. E. Hocquard, for a two-weeks' vacation. Francis Hocquard was a former well-known resident of this town.

Tlie Spirella Corsiet. Selection and. fitting done in your own: home. Boned only with SPIRELLA .BON­ING. Flexible, light sanitary, comfortable. Admits of frequent laundering.

Guaranteed one year against breakage or rust. Appointments to your convenience.

Send post card ' • ' " • •

Mrs. Ida M. Boynton, Corsetiere PEPPERELL, MASS.

Read.the Spirella advertisements i nXad les 'Home Journal, Delineator, Designer, New Idea and Vogue.

Sold only by trained Corsetleres

Fall and Winter

nin Friday and Sa tu rday

October 6 a n d 7.

Caroline A. Conant E a s t Pepperel l

All a r e m o s t cordially invited

Daudelin & Cotton Inc., Dealers in

Soaps, Grease, Tallow, Bones and Wood Ashes

Ayer, Mass.

Agents for " U S E ME" H a n d S o a p

New Advertisement.

A Policy of Great Value A blRKcr money Hiivcr than liintirnnoe

on life or Are IM to keep your build-in s» painted and to have them done by a man TVJIONC policy IH hon eat labor for n houcNt Ilvlnc. which U the policy of W. K. CHAPMAN aud liU employed.

Established 1S95.

W. E. CHAPMAN House, SIpn and Carriage Painting

Furniture Polishing; nnil Pnper HniiKlnc. Interior Finish­

ing nnd DccorntinK SHIRLEV STREET, PEPPERELL

Telephone Connection

Registration of Voters

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The Board of Registrars of Voters will be in session in the Selectmen's Room, Town Hall Building, for the purpose of registering voters and cor_ recting the list of voters, Saturday, September 23, 1911, from

7.30 to 9.30 p. m. Saturday, October 14, 1911, from 7.30

to 9.30 p. in. • ' Saturday, October 28, 1911, from 12

m. to 10 p. m. Registration will close at 10 p. m.,

Saturday, October 28, and no names will be added to the voting list after that date until after the next election, •except tho names of voters examined as to their qualifications between the preceding 30th day of April and the close of registration, or to correct a clerical error or mistake.

Persons wishing to register should bring a tax bill or a notice from the collector of taxes to show, that they have been assessed for the year 1911.

Naturalized citizens wishing to reg­ister must show their certificate ot naturalization. _

, JOHN L. KENNISON, PETER B. MURPHY, FRANK J. MAWNEY, GUY B. REMICK,

7t l / Registrars of-Voters

B. F. Keith's •: T h e a t r e /

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CO.

Prleess 10c. to rVOc—Mntlneo. bent neat 2.-MJ.—Phone 28—Box nmre Open

from 0-10 n. m., to 10 p. m.

Now is the Time to Bny For the next thirty days 1 will sell

the entire stock of the late S. P. "Hor-g-an, consisting of Harnesses, Collars, Blankets, Whips, Sweat 'Collars, Etc^ at cost, {o make room for a new stock of goods, at

. Tbo Old Stand, East Main Street

Repairing of All Kinds. Specialty

Xcvr Work a

L.K. Barker Proprietor, Aycr, Mass.

September 21, 1911.

H. I. STEVENS, Florist Park St , FEPPEBELL, Kass .

Cut Flower* and Designs . , '*>•' Orders Promptly Delivered

Telephone Connection 3 m 51*

HigLGradeJPor traiturc ALSO

Amateur Work Of All Kinds

Orders for Out-of-door Photography Attended to Promptly 3m48*

Ayer Fruit Store

Mead's Block, Ayer

Grapes Concord, Delaware, Tokay,

Xew

15c. basket 18c. basket

10c. IT)

Line of Souvenir Post Cards one cent each.

All kinds of vegetables in their sea­son. Frui ts of all kinds.

CAXTALOPPES, Best Colorado Rocky Fords, 6 for 25c.

Ice cream, AH Kinds of Fnvors Amount Delivered,

n Specialty.

Ajiy Catering i

Parties wishing anything In our line, telephone 26-5, and orders will be promptly delivered.

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Mend's- Block Ayer

FOR_SALE Dwelling House

on Church Street, Ayer, Mass.-, containing 2 ten­ements.

Sale necessary for set­tlement of estate of the late Samuel Childs. .

For terms and particu­lars apply to

; Clarence. M. A. Childs , Trustee

Ayer, Mass..

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