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Forty-Sixth Year Ayer, Mass., .Saturday;.September 5,1914 . No. 52. Price Four Cents

Official A. I . A. Oarage

School time has come again and we are prepared to solve every problem in the SchoolWardrobe for the Boys

New Fall Goods

Phone 86-3 AYER. MASS.

Boys'Suits $3.50 to $6.00 . - Boys'-Blouses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25c, and 50c, Boys' Pants ," '. •.• •.• • 50c., 75c., $1.00 Boys' Shifts , 50c. Boys' Caps •'•• • • • • • '^Sc and 50c. Boys'Neckwear . . : . . . : . . 10c. and 25c.

, . ;. BLACK CAT HOSIERY IN ALL. GRADES : 15c., two pairs for'25c. , v s '•' 15c. a pair "' " 250, a pair.

We also have a Complete Line.of School Shoes Call and see the N.ew Fall Hats

Opposite Depot

AYER- - M A S S .

Large, roomy, stream line. Five-passenger Touring Car, Delco Electric- Self^starting;and tighting System. No side lights. Dimmer in head lights. Non-skid tires on rear. Electric Horn, New Style Ventilating Windshield. Ne'w Style Operating Side Curtains..

Price - ? 9 5 0 , F . 0. B. Factory-C-24 Runabout ^900 F. 0. B. Factory C-55 Six-Cylinder, 7-Passenger Car $ 1 6 5 0

This is the Si.xthat runs 900 mi!«s on a gallon of oil'and 19 miles on a gallon of gas. Exclusive FORD Agents for Ayer, Shirley and Groton. Ask about

the ne'w jproflt-sharing plan.

E. O. Proctor Company Telephone Connection AYEB, HLASS.

LITTLETON. News Item.s.

Connections have been- put Into the dwelling houses ot the Italian colony In Xewtown where the electric light­ing exten'slon has just been completed.

H. J. Couper, of Great road,' has the electricians at work wiring his buildings.

Mrs. Charles A. Kimball and sons. Prescott and Richard, went to York Beach on Thursday and will be the guests of her sister. Mrs. George H. •Warren, and family until Monday.

Mrs. Curtis W. Drew and daughters spent last week with friends In Bos­ton and Dorchester, and Saturday ac­companied Mr. I>r6w on a trip • to Plymouth, returning home on Sunday,

Littleton KChooIs will • all open on next week Tuesday. Mlss Hazel Bradlee- ha.s reMgned (rom the West grammar Fchool to accept a similar position In Hudson, N. H.. her home. A classmate at Lowell Normal. Mlss Laura B. Chase, of Somerville. wlU succeed Miss Bradlee at the West school.

Mrs. Minna Tenney Peck and party. Including Mlss Lucy M. Adams and Mlss Ophelia Brown, arrived on. the Devonian In East Boston On Tuesday morning and Mrs. Peck came shortly afterwards to her father's In Littleton. She tells of varied experiences, but th inks that ehe and her friends were favored much. Upon their arrival at Liverpool thej- found their baggage secure In the staterooms which they were to occupy.

James E. Smith, foreman, started on Thursday for Winnipeg, where he' will attend the convention ot the In­ternational Brotherhood ot Mainte­nance" ot Ways after auditing ac­counts and meeting other members of the executive committee In busl-

.ncss. H e expected to be away front h o m e one month.

Percy Blood, of Yonkers, N'. TC., and h i s son Donald, who has been stay­ing with his grandmother In Granlte­vlHe, were guests of A. T. Kimball on Thursday.- Mrs. Glood. (Bertha Kimball, has been visiting her sister, Mrs. Agnes Hardy, In Utah.

Mrs. A. M. Parker and sister, Mlss Julia 8. Conant. returned this week

• from Ocean Park, Me, ' Mlss Dewey arid Bister, • Mrs. McLaughlin, who have occupied thelt- apartments dur­ing the summer left tho first of the week for their Brookllne home.

Dr. Ernest Brown, of Sprlngfleld. • government Inspector, and Mrs.

Brown and their daughter are spend­ing two weeks with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Brown, at the com­mon.

A party of Mlss Esther McEnnls' teacher friends from different places are In camp In one ot. the A. W.

. Drew cottages and Judging' from ap­pearances are having a joyous out­ing.

Mrs. J. N. Murray has sold one of her famous bulldogs to a party In Detroit. Dr. Murray, has the care of F. B. Priest's dog whose leg was se­verely cut by the mowing machine a week ago.

The A. H. Gregorj-s carried their

her hew bungalow on the Contoocook river, near Concord, N. H.

Mr.- . James W. Ireland and Wil­liam. Mrs. Mary F. Robbins and Mr. and Mrs. George Howard and Ifttle daughter are at Hampton. Beach. -

Mr. Wiggin, who works for J. H. Hardy, has moved Into the Sanderson tenement over the C. W. Hunts.

Mr. and Mrs. Whittier left town for their new home In Taunton on Thurs­day.

"Tony." the well-known Italian of Russell street, has another Utile one to help swell the number of sunny faces In "Little Ital.v."

Esther and Dorothy Conant. who have been visiting at "Grandpa'sv" have returned to their home In Arling­ton Heights, and are ready tor school,

Mlss Helen B. Hartwell, ot Xorth­ampton, . is visiting her aiint, Mrs. J. A. Harwood. andMlsra Grace P. Co­nant.

Edward Phllbrick Is having excel­lent success In his sale of aluminum In Littleton and vicinity.

Everett Kimball and his two boys. Foster and Allan. H. J. Couper and George A. Kimball attended Rock-Ingham fair on Wednesday, going In the E. Kimball auto.

Miss Faith Falrfleld returned on Thuraday from a visit In Wlnthrop.

Patrick MoNllT. the genial and pop­ular gate-tender, has taken a.- week off, which he spent In part at Mon­treal. Eugene Esten has taken his place at the gates meanwhile.

Mrs. Albert Shedd. of X,i.shua. X. H.. Is visiting her niece. Mrs. X. B. Conant, a few days.

-Mlss Caroline Conant has visited her • brother Wallace In Concord this week.

Paul B. Oilman and wife, of Co­hasset, and Mrs. Oilman's mother. Mrs. Cllley, of Brookline. were week­end guesfs at the Ledges.

Joseph A. Harwood has learned of no second-hand copies of Littleton's history written by Col. H. J. Harwood that are on sale, but would be very glad to buy any that present owners wish to sell.

The Orange held Its regular meet­ing on Wednesday evening. Mem­bers were disappointed not to greet State Master Chapman and family, who were expected to give a muAlcal program,, but were glad to welcome Mr. and Mrs. Sarre, of Lowell, and enjoy the singing of Mrs. Sarre. assist­ant steward: also, choice readings by Mlss Connell. Refreshments of sand­wiches and fruit were se.rved and a soclal completed the program of the evening.

Mlss Mary B. Sylvester, of Seattle, Wash., and-Mlss Ann Fisher, ot Cam­bridge,'frienda ot Mlss Marlon Flagg, and associates on her European trip, were her guests this past week.

Mlss Hattle Shatter returns Mon­day to her 'school duties In X e w Bed­ford. . All the services of the Baptist

ehurch will be resumed on Sunday. The order of service In the mornlnjr will Include an organ selection,; the "Prelude" of Oeorge Rosenkrane, by Mlss Olive Flagg; " T h e - n a m e of

ton, of Gardner, enjoyed a beautiful trip by automobile to .Burlington, Vt.^ going as far as the Canada-line, then to Lake Champlain and Lake George, the Adirondacks, Mt. Lebanon, X. T.. where they called on one of the most flourishing Shaker communities In the country, Lenox, the Berkshires, Xorthampton, Mt. Tom and,., other places of, Interest. They took the journey leisurely, pausing of ten • to view the most picturesque scenery, and returned invigorated by the splen­did outing,

Mlss Hattle Shatter, -^ilrs. George H. Kimball and baby and Mrs. Fred Kimball and chi ldren' enjoyed the hospitality ot Mrs. H. F. Proctor and children at a very pleasant- picnic party In the Proctor grove on Mill street, Friday. . ;

Wc are told on good authority that the Littleton pageant will be repro­duced. In part at the moving picture s h o w l n Littleton town hall this week Saturday evening. . ;

Mrs. Thomas Stephens- sp.erits tWo weeks very de l ight fu l ly 'a t - the home of relatives In Swa,nzey. X.- H., re­turning home on last Saturday.

Mlss Olive Thacher. L. H ; S . ' 1 < leaves home next Monday for-North-field seminary., and Mlss - "Margaret Thacher will accompany her; stopping at Greenfleld for a visit with Mlss F. B. Bartlett. . The Backlog harbor excur.ston made

a pleasant outing for thirty or more young people who had an Ideal day on W.ednesday for beach amusements., and according to reports they made the most of it and would gladly take a similar trip next year.

A good ' representation ot King's. Daughters was In '.attendance at the ilrst meeting of the new season. S ^ sides sewing and pTanhIng out work the. ladles discussed the reception for senior friends and decided on , the date which Is to be September 21; also, the place, which is at one of King's Daughters' homes.

•neuABUt f*iAra,

For;the Boy

C. E. Rally.. Thc Second Local Mlddlestex Union.

Including the three Actons. Boxbor­ough and Littleton, held a Very suc­cessful and largely attended C. E. rally at the Congregratlonal church on Wednesday evening. Mlss Ellabeth Burroughs, vice president, preslded.-The program Included the singing of two. hymns, prayer by Rev. H.- L. Caulklns, violin solo 'by Mlss Kath­erlne Kimball, address of welcome by Benjamin Conant, president ot the local society of the. Congregational church, address by Rev, Mr. TIngley ot Acton, urging attendance at the Middlesex local convention In Acion on Labor day, address by Robert Wood ot Concord Junction In beh.ilf of C. E. lo>-alty and enthusing the audience with a desire to join In the Xovember convention ot C. E. socie­ties In Fitchbiirg. orchestra selections by the Misses Flagg, the reading of the convention program by Mlss Bur­roughs, vocal solo by Mlss Bertha Love, accompanied at the p iano, by Mlss Evelj-n . Klmbali, s inging of Sagamore Institute songs and a social time In charge ot Mlss Ruth Robin­son, chairman of the social committee of the Baptist society, game^ and re­freshments ot Ice cream, cake and fruitade.

When the boy starts for school in one of our School Suits he ' will look.'well, the suit will wear.well and he will be satisfied •with his appearance.

Our Suits are made from the most durable pf fabrics and are stylish and good looking Suits as well as very durable.

They are made to stand the stress of being worn by-healthy, romping, strenuous boys. "; „.

Bring the boy to this store for his New School Suit and-We know that you will come again.

, . j$3.00, $3.50, Hp0,$5,(». and.$6.50,

Boys' Furnishings and Shoes You will find here all the little things that the boy will rieed when he starts in

once more to attend school. '•'-•••••.

Boys' Caps. 25c. and 50c. Boys' Hose 15c. and 25c. Boys' Shoes $1.00 to $2.50

Boys' Shir ts . . . . . . . Boys' Blouses . . . . . . . Boys' Extra Trousers.

. . . . . . . . 50c. 25c. and 50c.-39c. to $1.»)

last company of c i ty children t a t h e , Jesus," by the full choir; " T h e angel station on Wednesday. Like similar serenade." organ, violin and 'cello, by other groups they Improve* much In • the F lagg sisters; sermon by the pas-the country air and sunshine and tor on "When Christ ts master." under the good treatment received Strangers and visitors are always wel-from this kind host and hostess. i c o m e . , ' -, ,

Mlss 'Emma Tenney Is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. qharles K. Houghton, Mrs, Fickett (n6e Mabel Mason) at In company with Mrs. -lohn Hough-

Death. Mrs. Delia Parker, widow of the

late George Herbert Parker, passed away at her home at' the common on Saturday. August 29. aged 33 years and 1 months. While' not In the best of health for some time past, no seri­ous Illness was suspected until by a. sudden stroke of apoplexy the end came. Mrs. Parker was well-known-In Littleton, where she, has made her home for the".!ficW-'-ergh'teen years, be^ Ing a member of the order of Odd Ladles and of the Grange. A woman ot excellent natural qualities she will be greatly missed In the circle of her friends and aaaoclates.

Her only child, a son of ten j-ears of age;' a father, Hiram Cochren, of TopsHeld, Me.; four brothers and tl%-e sisters survive, her.

Services were held on Tuesday af­ternoon In thc Baptist church, of which she had been a member since March 20, 1902, conducted by the pas­tor, Herbert L. Caulklns. Thc or­ganist and niembers of the chair ren­dered fitting and appropriate selec­tions. A profusion of floral'tributes surrounded the casket. At the ceme tery the Odd- I>adles performed the funeral rites of their order.

.Mrs. Parker was born In Topsfleld, Me., and came here to live ahout .sev­enteen years ago. Her life has been a busy and useful one. She not only •made a pleasant, comtortal>le home for herself and her son, but did much for the happiness of others. Rhe was forelady In charge of the windine de­partment ot the webbing factory where she was well liked by those un­der her supervision, and her plur.- will be hard to fill.

The deceased held an Important of­fice' In the Grange and at one time w a s ' o n the ladles' degree staff. At the time of her death she held the ofnce , of elett lve secretary In the Orange.

lUPOBTAITT NOTICE—This Store will be closed every Thursday at 12 b'clock noon until September 10 . Store open on Monday, Fri­day and Saturday evenings.

Geo. H. Brown

!irinet7.|ieT«nth Birthday. Our venerable townsman. ')rman

Ewlngs, received many plea.sant a;-tentions at his home, Hon. 1'- A.

Patch's. Thursday, September 3, his ninety-seventh birthday. His daugh­ter. Mlss Henrietta Ewlngs, and Mr. and Mrs. Patch did much to make the occasion one of the pleasantest In his life. Friends from out-ot-town, neighbors and other townspeople called or sent postcards, and many tokens trom King's Daughters and several Individual friends reminded Mr. Ewings that he haa a large place In their.afltectlon; He Is well preser%'-ed and looks many years younger than ninety-seven. H i s Interests In affairs of the present day are keen and he reads and l istens to the read­ing of others about topics discussed in the. dai ly-papers . He enters Into his ninety-eighth, year mentally alert and physically strong for one of his years. . ...... -•• - -. '- ^

TOWHiUUn). Center.

The Birthday club met on Thurs­day afternoon at the Congregational vestry with Mrs. pil ls-- Cook, Mrs. George O. Clarke and Mrs. _ Frank Jefts a s hostesses. Twenty-tour were present, the subject being "Our flow­ers." Readings about flowers were given by differeht members, refresh­ments were served and a most pleas ant atternoon passed. . The club has grown so rapidly that the experiment of meeting In the vestry Is to be tried for three months.

Rev. A. L.- Struthers and Deacon George L. Whitcomb, of the Congre­gational church attended the recep­tion at West Townsend on 'Wednes­day evening given to the new min­ister. Rev. Joseph McKean at the Baptist church.

"There will be a union ser\-lce at the Congregational church on Sunday, ns Rev, Oeorge Moody ot the Methodist church has not returned. Rev. A. L. Struthers will t a k e for his subject "What makes men ahd nations great?" In the evening Mlss Violet McKenzie will have charge of the C. E. meeting on the prayer verse. It will be a consecrotlon meeting.

Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Fessenden en­tertained a house porty of eight for the week-end. Saturday about thlrty-.•tve relatives and friends from this and other towns enjoyed their hospi­tality for a delightful evening, The party w a s given to celebrate the com-

I plctlon of their n e w tennis court, but on account of the Inclement weather

' the court could not be used.

Misses Mabel BUss. Hilda Johnson and Lillian Floyd returned on Wed­nesday trom Kennebunkport, Me., where they have been this summer. .

Harbor. :For the first time since her Illness

Mrs. George Wilder, of the Center, on last Monday left her home and called upon her friend, JIrs. Josselj-n. of this village. For fourteen j'ears Mrs. Wilder has been conflned not only to the house, but to her bed as well. Of the changes that have taken place In all these years Mrs. Wilder says the growth of the trees Impressed her the most. Mrs. Wilder made the trip to the Harbor by auto and at the-end of the ride was not over fatigued. The latch strings are out In all the homes ot her many triends who hope at an early day to welcorne Mrs. Wild­er and make her an honored guest.

On last week Friday the funeral of Mrs. James P. Farley, who died In Winchendon, was held In Chelsea, where the deceased had passed many years of her life. On account of the Cambridge Home being; closed for the summer the services were held In the chapel at Woodlawn, Rev. Oran-vIUe Pierce, of-Kingston, offlclatlng.

On Friday evening of last week oc-cured the the annual band concert, the proceeds of which are used for the beneflt of the Sunday school. Ow­ing to the unfavorable weather the attendance was much' smaller than usual. The grounds about Depot square were so wet that the band w a s Installed in Harbor hall, bot no twi th ­standing this handicap the flne music was greatly enjoyed by those who braved' thc weather.

The noise that several people In this vicinity thought was thunder on Thursday evening proved to be flre­works on the fair grounds In Fl tch­burg.

The Harbor school opened Monday with Mrs. Edna Wilder Bray a s te<U:h-< er and with an attendance of thirteen pupils. - ,

Mrs. Thomas Hallorhan has return­ed from St. John. N. B.-, where she has been spending the past two months. She w.-is accompanied, by Mr. Hallorhan. who has been .enjoy­ing a month's vacation In the same place.

Mrs. Anson Spalding and'Miss Siule Phelps returned last Thursday- from a visit In West SomervIIlB. They are cnterulning at present their broth-j atternoori.

er, Luther Phelps, who Is to go later to Miami, Fla., where he will spend-the winter. ,

Oalen Proctor and Will Cooper took parties ot friends In their autoti to Rockingham - fair,' Wednesday.

Mrs. ' Hattle Lane, who has b e e a visiting, at Poplar'Villa, returned los t Tuesday-to her home In- Leominster.

' Mlss Hazel Cummlngs, accompanied by her brother Herbert, came from Nantucket last .Saturday. T h e y a r e spending a week ot the home bt their father.-B. C. Cummlngs. This Friday Mlss Cummlngs left for Toledo, Ohio, wh^re . she has a position as teacher for . the coming year.

H . B. Mitchell of Boston Is visiting friends in town.

Among guests ctt A. D. BagleyV. are Mrs. E. C. R. Bagley, wife of Senator Bagley, and Mrs. Herbert CoIIey o£ Bast Boston. ; -

Mrs.' Dole' of South Row etitertalned a party of friends at a tea at her home on Thursday afternoon.

.Roland H. Spauldlng, son of. tha late J o n a s Spauldlng, and & native of this town, has received the nomina­tion for governor by the' republicans of N e w Hampshire at the primaries held In that state September I; ' H » -Is in business In Rochester, K,.H.'-

H0LLI8, K. H. Aboat Town. -..'.. ': .'

>MIsB Alice Jones; of Chelsea, f o r m ­erly of Hollls, has 'b««n bosiMag at Frank Spauldlng's for a Short t l m ^

Mlss Hazel Stark, who v l s i t e i l ' r s -cently at O. W. Hardy's,, returned' home on Monday. -- William H. Lund and family,- irlt l i

other friends, drove to "Pumttoryl ' l a Mt, Vernon on Sunday and sp<»ttt th«' 'day. ' . '.!..,'• .'

Mr. and Mrs. Wellington Bairdy aott Mrs. Jbhn Sawyer and. son returned home on Monday afCsr.boardltMr * few weeks with Fr«d O.^Mu

Frank 'W. Libby Is havia tire buildings painted aaA,'\^il1 MacMaster has the contraot^'-

Mra Julia Fuller, ot'Lynn,' who spent threb weeks with har BIfeoik Mrs; Warren : A s , CoAorn.; r a t u r M d home on Monday,-^•. .'•..V,7'., - .•^ri.i ; . Mrs. Mabel . a u e t i i l n i c a V » . 4 ' i » i l i i y » ' ' p:irty to several of h«r f r l t t n a - c b l u r pleasant home on last treek F^iMt-

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li^^d^ 0' ^• SATUEDAY, SEPTEMBEB 5, 1914

O N E DOIiLAR JiKD -piFTX CEXTS P E R TiVA-R I N ADVANCE

CIBORGE H. B. Tl'RNER, PablUher JOF.N H. TtR.NEB, Edilor.

, W e -puhUsb thc followlne Papers:. Tnxnfjr'B PubUc Spirit, Aycr, Mass. T b o Groton Trnndmnrk

. T h e PeppereU Clarion-.^dvcrtlser •n>e. Idttleton Guidon T b e Westford Wardsman -Tbe'Harvard BiUsido T h e Shirley Oracle T b e Townsend Tocsin •nie Brookline. (N. H.) Beacon •The Hollls (X. H.) Homestead

Kntered as second-class matter at the postofflce at Ayer. Mans.

Saturday, September 5, 1914.

- WESTFOED.

-Center. . -. Senator and Mra Edwa.rd • Fisher

and two Uttle daughters are enjoying • a vacation at LIncolnville, Me.

Mr, ahd Mrs. Oscar R. Spalding have, been spending a.- vacation In Portland, Me., and other points of Interest In that, vicinity.-

We are glad to. change the amount given In last week's Issue resulting from the Tadmuck club's out-door play and lawn p a r t y , t r o m forty dol­lars lo $60.23. T h e club programs for the season of 1914-15 will be dis­tributed In about two weeks and the result of- the faithful 'and efflcient work of the program committee promises an Interesting and varied season's work.' The. opening meet-

• Ing of the club.wrlU be on Tuesday, October- 6.

Rev. Frank M. J^aker .and - two chiidreii have been visitors at Mr. and Mrs. John P . . .Wright's for a' •week. s .

William Sutherland Is away for a two-weeks' absence visiting relatives In Nova Scotia, • '

Frank C. Wright, of R. F; D. route No. 1, .Is having h is annual vacation and William E. Green Is substituting for him.

A son was . born bn Thursday, of last 'week to Mr. and Mrs. Walter L. Cutler, come tb join a family of three other boys.

Word has b'een received tram Mlss Mary Morln and her mother of their safe arrival in California and a pleas­ant trip acrbss the continent.

The A. H. Sutherlarids have been enjoying camp life at Forge pond the past week.

The pleasant home occupied by Mrs. Ella Langley has been sold to a Mr. Borland and family, of Boston. Mr. and Mrs. Burland have a family of four youns people, the youngest being fourteen. They expect to take possession In the near future. ' Mrs.. X-angley goes to Nashua, N. H.', where she has a married daughter.

The Edward M. Abbot hose com­pany held their regular monthly meeting and try-out on Tuesday eve­ning, opening hydrants In front of the Unitarian church, Wright & Fletch­er's and Mrs. A lma M. Richardson's.

Mlss Florence -Roys and Miss Mary Smith, of Clifton Springs, N. Y., and Mlsa Ruby Stoutenburg, of New York city, were guests th i s week of Mrs. WUIlam. C. Roudenbush. Mrs. Rou­denbush and her friends have recent­ly spent a week a t Naples and Ocean Park. Me.

Timothy Sullivan, who had some young stock out to pasture recently lost one of his calves. The animal •was found sick and afterwards died. Nearby some grass had been thrown over the wall where the calf could get at it upon which were evidences of parls green.

William C. Roudenbush on last Monday took a sixty-mile circuit on his bicycle, going and coming by the way ot Concord and passing through the towns of Maynard, Stow, Gleason­dale, Hudson; Marlboro and Sudbury.

Arthur Manchester, of Newport. P.. I., joined his wife and daughter who have been visiting at Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Wheeler's for the week-end and returned with them the first ot, the week to their h o m e in Newport.

The Boy Scout!?' camp at Long-Sought-for pond was a succes.«..ever\--body apparently being satisfied with the fun they got out of the ten day.s. Even three or four daj-s of rain did not dampen the ardor of the boys who found plenty . to amuse them whatever the weather. On Thursday of last week, visitors' day. fifteen Westford people came to the camp and hardly a day pasised without Kome one coming from town. Sev­enteen tioys took advantage of the outing, although not all were pres­ent at any one time, the average at­tendance being twelve. Three tents furnished ample accommodations for everybody, the boys constructing their bunks of burlap and poles which thev cut from the woods near the camp.

Mrs. Sydney B. Wright and Mrs. Sarah Harris have recently enjoved trips to Whalom pond and to Canobie Lake Park.

Rev. Howard M. Bridgman will preach at the: Congregational church on Sunday morning. The Westford people are fortunate to have so able a man a-s Dr. Brldgman for one day. He has just returned from abroad, •where he went to attend an impor­tant conference and like manv other Americans travelling abroad was seri­ously inconvenienced by thc war and «lad to get back to his native .Ameri­ca. Dr. Brldgman is a member of the editorial staff of the Congrega-tionaIi.«t and h.as a .summer home in Shirley, where he Is .stayinc at the pre.sent time. Regular church.services' were re.iumod last Sund.ay after four Sundays of vacation. There was a sood attendance morning and even­ing and especially good mu.slc. In .-the evening Mrs. Grace Lumbert Kenney i)reslded at the piano.

A good number of residents have attended the Rockingham fair this week, going hy auto truck, in single automobiles nnd by train or electric.?.

Schools, .Schools open the day after Labor

day. Both the academy and.Wllli.am E. Krost buildings have been cleaned thoroughly and put Into good shape for the opening of school. At thc Frost building thc halls have been newly painted nnd some changes made In the doors tor more ready exit In ca.se ot flre, these latter changes or­dered by thc state Inspector of build­ings. The teaching staff In this school remains thc same as l.vit year, namely MIra Clara A. Smith. Mlss Edith For­ster, Mlss Edith A. Wright. Miss Martha Grant and Miss Mattie Crock­er. At the academy Principal Rou­denbush has two new assistants. Mlsa Marguerite 'Young and .Miss .Marion C. Moreland. MISB Young is a grad­uate of Smith college, with a, year's special work at Simmons, and she will have charge ot the commercial department Mlss Moreland will

teach English, science and mathemat­ics. She Is a graduate of Radcllffe: college and has taken a year at -Bos­ton. Normal school. Besides this she has taught, several seasons In a sum­mer school In Waltham. These out-of-town young -ladles will board' at Mrs. Walker's.

About Town. The valuation of the town will be

Increased next year by so much as a small new house will rise too, which Is being built on the Littleton road about twenty rods east of the Llt-tleton-Westford town line boundary stone. This house Is being built by Italians on land purchased of B. N. Robinson of Littleton. The land Is being cleared of stbne. bushes and other nnprofltable native crops, and corn, cabbages and other civilized crops are' substituting.'

T h e selectmen have appointed Harry Saxon special police tor Whld­den's Corner and. Nabnassett. Com­plaints are made of thieving of the farm produce, presumably by .the under-fed and under-paid. Now what Is needed Is not more police but more holidays, more Saturdays and Sun-da>-8 In a week.

Charles B>-ard. on the Groton and Oak HIII road, Is adding a modern extension to his house, .Including niodern sky- roof sleeping quarters.

Henry O. Keyes Is building a mod­ern house on Cold Spring road on the ^e land lot'. . . .

Services at the 'Unitarian church will be held ori Sunday. Kev. Julian R. Pennington will assume the du­ties of the parish; having received such Invitation a t . a meeting of !the parishioners In May.

Another old landmark elm has suc­cumbed to the -Infirmities of old' age, or the Infirmities due to the elm beetle. This, old .elm Is a few rods west of Stony Brook schoolhouse on land of the old Oaken Bucket- farm.

The T. M. C. A. boys broke camp at Nabnassett last week Thursday. It has been a camp of sports, study and nature for Lowell and the youth of Westford and other clvlllaztlons.

A deer of youth and beauty . was seen In the' forest and bpen around Nabnassett pond recently.

Mrs. Elmer E. Trull and infant are visiting for rest and soclal change at Mr. .Trull's mother, Mrs. George H. McGregor, • at Westford Cprner.

Some folks still persist In cooking potatoes they never oWned, by a fire from wood they never owned, on -land they never owned. "Reaping where you have not sbwn and gathering where thoui hast not strewn" Is very-much involved in this system of self-helpfulness.

Martha Taylor Howard and George Taylor Howard In the role of kid son are now a part of the soclal reservai tlon of the Old Oaken Bucket farm.

Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Taylor will do Saturday, Sunday and Monday at Framlngham.

The electric cars were stalled to a standstill at Brookslde about the sundown hours on Tuesday on ac­count of a shortage of current power.

The Frank C, Drew farm has a large acreage of newly seeded grass and One of the best eared cornfields' that shades the Stony Brook valley.

Graniteville. The Sargent school will open here

for the fall term on Tuesday with the following staff of teachers; Mlss Issle Parker, .principal, Miss Mar>- A. Dunn, .Miss Esther L. .Smith, .Miss Lillian Wright. , Nellie Healy is spending her vaca­tion with relatives in Charlestown. -

The mills of the Abbot Worsted Company will close Labor day week, starting up again on September H.

Graniteville A. A. will play the stronf," Manhattan baseball team of Lowell on the home grounds Satur­day and a great game Is exp^ctird. The Sullivan brothers' battery will perform for Graniteville. Game call­ed a: three' "'clock.

Many people from here attended the Rockingham fair this week.

l»ic-nlc. The disapreeable weather of last

Saturday caused the manaRement of St. Catherine's picnic that was to have been held that day af Cameron Park. Forge Village, to alter its plans to a great extent. Of course, under the rainy conditions that prevailed at that time, all out-door sports, ball game and other attractions were consider­ed out of the question, and Rev. Edward C. Mitchell, who was the prime mover In this Enterprise, sug­gested that ' Inasmuch a s everj-thlng was in readiness that the scene of action be transferred to Abtiot hall. -Forge Village, and the original pic­nic plans be followed out as nearly as po.<iSible. This met with the hearty approval of J. Omer LeDuc, general manager, and the other members of the comnfilttee, with the result that the Middlesex Training School band came for the afternoon and under the direction of James P. Larkln gave a fine concert program that was thoroughly enjoyed by all.

During this time the different booths. Including the candy and Ice cream tables, were doing a flourish­ing bu.slness, while the fishing pond and tonic Kt.-ind drew liberal patron­age from the large number present who br.aved the elements.

On one side of the hall a miniature "midway" was In progress and tho.se in charge of the cane stand, fishing rings, to.ss the hoop and candy game were kept busy at all times.

At five o'clock an excellent old-f.ashioned supper was served In the (lining hall and It surely lost none of Its flavor hy not being .served under the tree.s as originally planned. Kverything was flrst-clnsw and the service left nothing to be. desired. Mr.s. Ellen Healy. wa-s matron, a.sslst­ed by Mr.s. Catherine Daley and a large number of waltre-s.se.s.

Promptly at 7.30 In the evening IIll);>ar<l'.s orchestra'of Lowell started the first waltz and from then until 11.30 dancing was enjoyed to the fiill-€-st e.\tent. The dance, as well as the affair In the atternoon, was largelv attended, many being present' frotn out-of-town.

The whole affair was given under the direction of Rev. Edward C .Mitchell; with J. Omer LeDuc. gen­eral manager: A. R; Wall. s e c . and Edward T. Hanley, treas., -n-ith the various committees in charge of the sport.", etc.

returned from their wedding trip and are now settled In their new home.

Mr. ,ind Mrs. Percy Hargreaves, of Beverly, and nephew. Master Cecil Alderson. t>t Somervlile. wi th Mlss Lottie Hargreaves, of Kelghle.v, Eng., have returned ' home after a very pleasant visit with Mrs. M. A. Lowth'-^ er. - . •

Mr. and Mrs. Peter Delaney have received word from their son, James Delaney, of Keighley; Eng., that he has Joined his regiment, the Third Battalion of the King's Ro>;al Rifles. He Is now In France. Mr.' Delaney has served Iri the English army three yeara and Is a reserve. He has a wife and three children In England, and his' parents and three sisters reside here.

•Mr. and Mrs. Charics Blod'gett, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Blodgett and "Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Blodgett. of the Groton Ridges, took In-the Fltchburg tair on Wednesday.

Forge Vlllnge. .Mr. and Mrs. John Babb, ot Shir­

ley, were entertained at the home of .Mr.s.- H. K. Randall the Ia.st ot the week.

. .^''^x Gface L.awrence and Miss E. -M. Plummer, who has been spending a vacation at Hampton Eeach, have returned.

-Mr. and Mrs. Henry Catchpole have returned from a two-weeks' visit spent with Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Degc. of Greenville and Norwich. Conn. They were also the guests of .lT,-,„ •''"<' •' '"- .Robert Kitchen, of Wlllimantic, Conn.

Mr. ahd .Mrs. Frank .CeUlM have

LITTLETON.

News I tems. Mrs. Douglas Whitcomb, Herbert

and Marlon 'Whitcomb, Mrs. H: F. Proctor and A. W. True of Arlington started Sunday on a n automobile trip through the Green. Mountains to Montpeller and Burlington, Vt„ across Lake Champlain to Essex, N. Y.. and enjoj'ed the hospitality of friends along the route who are at their sum­mer homes . The. party visited Aus-able Chasm In the Adirondacks ahd returned home by Lake George and Saratoga. Lenox, the Berkshires, passing through country whose scenic beauty ahd good roads are unsurpass­ed In the east. .

Edwin ' Knox has suffered much from an infected hand and the little McGovran girl next door has had a badly Infected knee. Both, patients are now convalescent.

Rev. William Channliig Brown's family returned last ' week Friday from Chautauqua. Mr. Brown preach­ed in 'rt'lndsor, Vt. . - last Sunday and afterwards Joined his family Iri their home Ori Poster street.

Mrs. Wood, of Cambridge, is visit­ing her sister, Mrs. Merrifield, of New Estate- road.

Mrs. Henry WlUard, of Fairhaven, has been visitirig her aunt, Mrs. A. M; Hehdley.

Supt. F. H. HIU.-has returned from his sununer home and Mrs. Hill and Jhe younger children are exp.ected the flrst of next week.

J u d g e Sanderson and family will return to winter nuarters in Ayer the first of next week.

Clifford Smith, of Ashcroft . . has visited his home people this week.

vr. L. PIckard met with an- accident in Boston last .week. He cranked his auto truck which started before he could get in and the wheels went over him. Although somewhat bruis­ed and sore he drove home and con­tinued his dally work,, although feel­ing none too well.

The Littleton Historical society on Labor day, September 7, will make a trip to Groton by automobiles and visit points of interest there. All persons interested., whether members of the society or not, are invited to come. The start will be at two o'clock in the afternoon from the Reuben Hoar library. All who -would like to go and who have no. automobile con­veyance, are asked to give early no­tice to F. B. Priest. Those intending to go who have automobiles with spare seats will also confer a favor by notifying Mr. Priest.

Rev. and Mrs. H. L. I'ackard. of Sheiburne Falls, received a mo.st cor­dial welcome by their former parish­ioners at the Congregational churc-h and by many fellow w-orshipers from the Baptist and Unitarian societies last Sunday. In addition to Mr. Packard's practical sermon there was special music by A. P. Gardner, bass soloist; Miss Katherlne Kimball, vio-lirilst, and Mrs. A. P. Gardner, or­ganist, all of which, conjblned with the anthem by the regular choir and the usual features, made an - ideal service. The violin used by Mlss Kimball was the late George Patch's and was played by him in the weekly service at the Unitarian church sixty years ago. Rev. and Mrs. Packard remained in town a few day.s callinfi on and visiting members of their i»ar-ish here and their old neighbors. To­morrow the pulpit Is to be supplied by Rev. C. 'W. l>oomis. of Leominj-ner.

The demand for good home-made food is so great that the skillful sis­ters of the Baptist church have been prevailed upon to hold a food sale In the vestry on Saturday afternoon of this week and another next week Saturday afternoon at the usual time.

The P. C. Edwards family closed their pleasant summer home. The Ledge.s, and left Thursday for New York.

Dr. and Mrs. J. D. Christie have gone on a vacation of several days. •They art accompanied by their par­ents. Mr. and .Mrs. Sweatt. of Forge Village. In an automobile trip to the White Mountains. Dr. Christie has left a sub.stitute who will attend to his patlent.s.

Many Littleton people attended the moving pictures in Ayer Last Saturday night and some went to the fire In Itobt. Murphy's Sons' automobile .storehouse.

The item in last week's issue rc-ferrltig to Ml.s.s- Lucy Adams, for which the Littleton correspondent was not responsible, would lead one to believe that two women by Jhe .same name have, been travell ing In Kurope. since .Miss Adams, of Llttle-t'ln. was then on her way home with .Mrs. .Minna Peck's party, and her name headed the list of passengers in the Devonian which arrived in port on Tuesday. -Wc can well Imagine the dism.-iy of the Devonian l)a.s.sengers when they learned short­ly after embarking frorri Liverpool that the steamer must return to Eng­land with a di.sabled sister ship that needed her assistance.

resigning to enter buslne.'>s with his father In Littleton.

That he Is exceedinglv popular In that town Is-demonstrated by the fact that he Is. serving his second year as a selectman. He" Is al.so iirominent .n the JCnIghts of Columbus, being a member of Ayer Council, and has held all of the various offlces in that order and Is at present secretar.v. His experience Ih business has peculiarly litted him for h i s new position and no dqubt he will give an administra­tion that will reflect much credit to himself and - general satisfaction to the publlc.

LUNENBUEG. News Items.

Thc C. E. society on Sunday even­ing was led by James A. Litchfleld. The subject was '-'Why and how to abolish war," and it proved a most irtteresting one, especially Just at this particular time, when ' the' whole world nearly Is disturbed "bj- wars and rumors of wars." There were forty-five people In • attendance and the majority o t them took a part In the discussion. "Everyone.had some­thing of Interest to offeV, showing that all had bestowed niuch thought upon the subject, -but no one could .tell how or when the dreadful car­nage would end. '

The i iatt ic D. Stone tent, D. of V.,. held its regular semi-monthly rneet­ing at Its rooms in the loR'er town hall on Tuesday afternoon. Mlss N'.innle Litchfield was c h o s e n - a s a delegate to attend the national con­vention at Detroit, Mich., and start­ed on Sunday for that place,'

Mr. and Mrs. William Aker. ot Sjirlngfield, have been ylslting' at the home of Mrs. Aker's -pareiits, Mr. and Mrs. James M. Brown.

.Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Marden have returned from . Amherst, where they have been taking a week's course ot instruction in farming methods at the Massachusetts State Agricultural school.

The W. C. T. U. held an open-air meeting at the Y'. M. C. A. building on Friday afternoon of last week. Basket lunch was served Iri the roof garden. During the afternoon a busi­ness session was held at which Mrs. 'William R. Proctor, the preslderit of the organization, presided. Quite a number of letters were read by the secretary from other unions and of­ficers of. the state and the blanket re­port was shown and talked of and will probably be filled, out at the next meeting. The afternoon was much enjoj-ed by all. The next meeting wlU be held at the home of Mrs. Julia E . Longley on Friday afternoon. Sep­tember 11. This •will be thc flrst reg­ular meetirig after the summer vaca­tion.

Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Woodward an­nounce the engagement of their only daughter. Miss Hazel Jane, to George Henry Gay, of FltcHburg. • Rev. David Wallace, of Westford,

officiated at a very pretty home wed­ding at the home of. Mr. and Mrs. George F. Tyler on Monday afternoon, when their daughter, Mlss Florence Belle, became the bride of 'WUIlam Murray Harley, of Fltchburg. The couple were unattended and only the Immediate relatives of the contracting parties were In attendance. A recep­tion followed thc ceremony after which Mr. and Mrs. Harley started on a weddirig trip, expecting, to be gone ten days or more. Many beau­tiful presents testified to the populari­ty ot both bride and groorii.

Quite a large number ot the towns­people are attending the exhibitions of the photo draina of creation at Whalom theatre, this week and are much interested in it.

Vacationists. Miss Ethel Ferry has returned

from a two-weeks' visit with friends and relatives in Framihgham. Dr. .McKee and family, ot Xew Jersey, who have been occupying a pretty new bungalow near Lake Massapoag, have returned to their home, and Mr. Thomas and family, of Leominster, in another fine new summer, home near the same lake, have all returned to their homes in order that their children may be in readiness for the beginning of school on Tuesday. Mrs. Lydia E. Gilchrist returned on Sun­day from a week's visit at the home of her granddaughter and three great-grandchildren in Townsend.

I Everett Btlxton. who has spent a j week at the home of his grandpar-i ents, Mr. and Mr.s. Myron E. Harvey, i has returned to his home in Shirley. ] .Mlss Lucy ,^, Magovern. who has j spent the summer as an attendant at I the home for feeble-minded children in Waverley, has returned to her home in Lunenburg and expects soon to resume her duties as teacher in the Mulpus school district.' MLss Bes­sie Nicholson visited in East Temple­ton last week.

Miss Mabei Leonard, of Townsend, returned to her home on Saturday, having spent a week with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Pow­ell. How-ard and Blanche Whitcomb are spending a few days at Oak Bluffs. .Mlss Mary Keith, of Marble-head, Is visiting with her grandpar­ents, Mr. and Mrs. Orin M. Bennett.

Clipping. We nre j)Ie.asfd to quote from thc

Acton Enterprise thc fol lowing com^ pllmentary article of one of Little­ton's i>rogressive young men:

Alexander H. McDonald, who was recently appointed postmaster of Lit­tleton, has received word of his con­firmation and win assume -.his new duties September 1. This nAvs will be exceedingly pleasant to his large number ot friend-s In this neighbor­hood who admire Mr. McDonald for his mariy excellent qualities. He Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Mo-Donald, of Littleton, where he was born and where he attended the pub­lic schools. On his graduating .from the high school he entered the Bur­dette Business coUege, Boston, to fit himself for a business career. On graduating from that Institution he entered the employ ot the Fltchburg Railroad Company In the capacity of bookkeeper. He remained In that po­sition for six years, following which he entered the employ of the Na(lonal Biscuit Company as a demonstrator, whl?h pQSItlpn he filled for two years.

Ulrtliday .Anniversary-. Tue.sday. September 1. marked the

eightieth milestone In the life jour­ney of Mrs. Susan Shattuck. widow of the late Mllo Shattuck, of Groton. Mrs. Shatiuck Is stopping at the hos­pitable home of Mr. and Mr.s. A. L. Hoisington on Lancaster avenue, and thither her children and their fami­lies went to bid her good c h e e r - o h her eightieth birthday. Gifts they brought with them, and birthday .cake and a great profusion of beautiful flow-erj!. roses, pansles and many oth­ers, each one with Its fragrant breath and beautiful tinting telling of the love of the giver. Three son.s—Grant Shattuck and wife, of Groton, bring­ing a beautiful great blrthd.ay cake; Dr. Albert Shattuck. wife and son. of 'Worcester, and James Shattuck, wife and son, of Boston—each with their gifts, gathered around their mother and.gladdened her heart with the knowledge that although she had fully rounded out her four-.scorc years she was not forgotten and should not be neglected by her chil­dren.

A flne dinner was prepared by their- genial hostess which was much enjoyed by each one. During the af­ternoon the guests , returned to their several homes, lea\irig their mother with love and many kind wi.shes for the future. •

Cotton goods constitute'about one-third ot England's manufactured ex-ports.

N e w AdvertLscments

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. WILMOT B. CLEAVES Piano Tuninjf $2.00

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Graduate N.. E. C. of .Music. Bonton Ten years with Aeolian Co.. New York

^X^rd LOWEE PEICES ON I P O E D CAES

Effective,August 1st 1914 to Augu.st Ist 1915 and guaranteed against any reductions during that time. All cars fully equipped f. o. b. Detroit

Eunabout - . $ 4 4 0 Touring Car - . 4 9 0 Town Car - . . -•. 6 9 0

BUYEES TO SHAEE IN PEOFTTS All retail buyers of new Ford cars from August 1st 1914 to August 1st 1915 'will share in the profits of the company'to the extent of $40 to $60 per car, on each car they buy, PKOVIDED we sell and deliver 300,000 new Pord cars dur­ing that period. Ford Motor Company. •

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Telephone 21-5 Littlaton, Mau. . Agent for MickeUa Tnbtt and TirM—All rices

always oa haad

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WHITE AND MID-SUMMEE NOVELTIES

Terms Cash Telephone 148-12

Fruit Jars Jelly Tumblers

Stone Crocks MASON JAES .

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SAFETY VALVE JAES V-2 Pints 9 0 < doz. Pint.s $ 1 . 0 0 doz. Quarts ;. ? 1 . 1 5 doz.

LIGHTNING PATENT JAES Vo Pints ; . . . . e5<J doz. Pints 70f^ doz. Quarts 7 5 ^ . doz.

JELLY TUMBLEES Plain Tumblers 2<* each Jelly Moulds 3 ^ each

ENAMELED PEESEEVnTG KETTLES 8-Quart..

10-Quart.. 12-Quart..

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NEAR SHIRLEY CE.NTER_12 acrea (rood land; good set of buildings; s ix-room souare house, maple shade: fine for country home or chicken farm «l«00.

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BRYANT & STRATTON COMMERCIAL SCHOOL

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opportnaltr for stadf and practioa tinder the direction and saperrlslon of a lan;e corpa ot well known sad exnerlenoed teaehers.

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Brer/possible reqnUlte is alTdrded for p e r s < ^ safeto', rapid proeress, with cbeerfal and healthral snmnindinES.

This school does not employ acsnta. solieiton, canraaen cr ronners. PenoBswhoeannot eall tor penonal interriew may hare printed information,

of terms and ooodltlins br mail. 17111 rsopsD Smtember 8th. H. B. BoBAkD, Filaeipal, SU Bejistos Street, Beston.

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S A T U E D A Y , S E P T E M B E E 5, 1914

TOWNSEND.

Center. - • • " " • Mlse 'Amy L. 'Whitcoml)' went last'

week Thursday to Norwulk, Conn., t o the Merrill Business coUeste where s h e is to teach shorthand and type­writing the conilnif year.

MlB9 Nellie 'Weston has been spend-Ing a vacation at 'Wln.throp and 'Wal­tham with Mlss Ellabeth Hodge.

Mrs. Martin Whltcom'b Is recover­i n g from a dislocated shoulder which she- received by i ijill cau.s?d by >llp. p i n s on a £lP£^ Of }'>ip't-r i^ ^^^ floor.

a Af- and Mra. Herbert F l n l ^ * ' ^ •and daughter, ot North Kocheater, H., spcrit the week-end with Mr, Flrinegan's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Flnnegan.

Mr. and Mrs. Leon Watkins were in Franklin, N.' H., for. Saturday and Suriday. On their return Beujamln Burgess accompanied them In their auto.

Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Hayucs, .of • , Methuen, were over Suriday guests at

Clarence \V. Mead's.

. Mrs. John Augur, of N c w Y o r k city. Is at t h e . home of her sister, Mrs. Sarah Ball, to. renialn through the fall.

Mr. and Mrs.. Robert Turner attendi-ed the funeral of Mr. Turner's aunt, Mrs. Lydia C. Farley, In Chelsea, last •week rKrlUay.

On accotir\t of the heavy rain the ball game between Westford A. A..and t h e Townsend A. A: did not take place last Saturday.

Miss .Lizzie Whitcomb. Dr. Ethel Kockwood. Mlss Gertrude Rockwood, accompanied b y . Mrs. Minnie Hol ­combe, of Brookllne, N. H.. left on

; Tuesday morning' In the Rockwood , . car for a trip through the White,

mountains. . ' Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Scales have

returned from a week's vacation spent In Manchester, .N. H.

Mlss Harriet Miller Is visiting her sister. Mr.*. Richard T. Eldredge' In Plymouth. .Mrs. Henry ,1. Miller sperit -several days Lost week at Mrs. El-

..<)redge's. ^ Mlss Violet McKenzie. Mlss Hattle

Sanders and Mlss Estella Farrar re­turned from Oak Blufts on Monday, where they liave been this summer.

Mr.*. George E. Clark has begyn fitting up the building which until recently .-he has rented as a market, prepanitory to moving her store Into It. It Is expected that the telephone companv, will move their ceritral of-' Jlce Iriio Mrs. Clark's present store

• about the tirst of November. Mrs. Frarik Woods is entertalriing

her niece, Mlss Ida Hughes, of Brookllne, N. H.

Kobert Smith and family have tak­en possesslori of their riew home on School street and Enos Swicker has moved Into the house vacated by Mr. SmUh.

Rev.Albert Kilbourn, of Enfleld. N. H,. Is vliltlng relatives In town this

' week. Mrs. Luella Jenrierson. who has

beeri at Swampscott this, summer, has . • returned and Is at J. W. Eastman's. .

Last week Thursday evening Mrs. - Arthur Sloan fell down the cellar utairs at her home and broke her left leg. She was taken to Burbank ho.s-(pital. Fltchburg. The accident Is idoubly unfortunate as only about a

• year ago she had the misfortune to break her right leg.

Mondhy afternoon Mrs.' George A. Wilder enjoyed an automobile ride In F. W. Woods' car. This Is the first time In thirteen .vears that Mrs, 'Wilder has been out of her own door yard. Much of this time has been

• spent In bed. but of late she has be­gun to get about the house a little and it is a great pleasure to her friend* to s.ee her improvement.

Mrs. Clarence King and little .son have returned from Nova Scotia, 'Where they have been spending sev­eral weeks,

Townsend A. A. plays Derry. A. A. oh the home grounds this week Sat­urday. Monday. Labor day. the Westford A. A. against the home team will be the attraction.

Oliver Clark is to occupy the house ' on Brookline street recently vacated

by Enos Swicker. It Is rumored that Wililam Spauld-.

ing has bought the Richards house on School street v.'hich he ocoupie.s.

Mlss Clara M. Sheldon. Who with a party of relatives' and friends has been spending the summer with her brother. William A. Sheldon. In Colo­rado, returned on Wednesday to her dut ies In the offlce of the B. & A. D. Fessenden Co. Before her return ehe went as far west as Salt Lake City, Utah.

Nelson A. Bruce, of Forest Hills. Is npending the week with his grand­mother. Mrs. Abby E. Bruce.

Mrs. Walter E. Bruce went Wed­nesday to Maine to visit relatives at Cape Neddlck. and at Kenneburik-port.

Mrs. C. J. Ro.ss-werit to Wellesley the first of the week arid little Jo ­sephine, who has been visitirig her aunt, there returned home with her.

Eldori .S;iriders. who has been spending his vacation In Maiden with •his people there, returned to Al Rich­ards' lasl week Friday.

The 'following teachers go from this town to their schools next week; Mlss . Sarah Copeland to Montclalr, N . Ji, MIsa Harriet Mliier to Attle­boro, Mlss Isabel Morse to North At­tleboro, Mlss Gertrude Rockwood to Beverly, Miss Bessie Eastman to Dover, Mlss Alberta Barber to -Ma­son, N. H., Miss Ethel Upham to Ash­field. .illsB Adelaide Welld to May­nard. Miss Eva Stearns to Hamilron, Mrs. Jennie Stearns. Stevens to £-6m-ervllie. Miss Eva Whitcomb to King­ston and Miss Hattie Smith and Miss Marguerite Struthers to Fairhaven. Mlss Bessie Parker has already be­gun her school duties In Madison,

.N. H. George Moody, Jr., goes to Olen Rock. N. J., and Mlss Helen Moody to Blddeford, Me., where she Is super\'|gor of music.

The Townsend Center stores wi:i c lose on Saturday afternoon from 2.30 to five o'clock, during thc .ball game .

•Mlss Gladys Underwood, of Orange, formerly a teacher .In Brookllne, N. H., who has been at Oak Bluffs with the Townsend girls. Is t h e . g u e s t of WIHS Violet McKenzie.

J. B. Blood. Leander Jefts and Wil­l iam Bush attended the reunion of their regiment, the B3rd, at Fltch­burg on Wednesday. Thoy report that the yoilngest- member Is sixty-eight years of age, while thc oldest Is ninety.

Herbert S. Stearns and family mov­ed to Fltchburg last week Friday.

The Fltchburg Gas and Eilectric Company hnve niedj with the .5elect-tmen ot this town a petition for the erection of poles for the transmlsslori of electricity for light, heat and pow­er. A public hearlnif will be given In the town hall on Wednesday after­noon of next week at two o'clock.

'^V.IOQoa HIU I tenu. Mlsa Alice Brooks, who spent a few

days with her sister, Mrs. WllUam Ware, has .returned' to her parents* Ftome in Lincoln, wbere she will visit betore taking up her work as a. teacher in the south.

MLss Isabel Morse has left for At­tleboro, where she Is" teaching. She has been promoted from South Attle­boro' to the Center school.

Mr. and Mrs. Truell and children havo returned from a n extended va­cation.

Herbert N. Wright, v ice president and treasurer of the Wright .Wlr» Co., of Worcester, will spend'a weeh sylth hla family at Peachcrofti

(^".ulge Beckonerl- has recently pur-chaseu * Ford automobile.

Mlss i . 'ary Beckonert,' of Fitchbiirg. visited her niother this week.

Mlss . Avis Kemp, of Hartford. Conn., will 'spend" " few days with her cousin, Mra. Herber' K, 'Vyrlght.

Mlss Alberta Barber' {K."'returned from a Jihort visit to Swamp."'^""'

While William- Ware and H.^^''^t^* Wright were giving their weekly v '? ; i rtli'^ll''",'^ three wild deer dame Jn. " a neighboring fleld and listened at tentively fo.r ten minutes or more

Mrs. Milton P. Higgins, who is to speak in Townsend this fall-concern­ing. t.he > parentrtcacher association work, has .arranged to hold a mass nieeting for three days, October 14 15 and IS a^ Worcester. Mrs. Her­bert N. Wright, who Is president ot the br i t ton Square - branch of the Worcester as.soclatlon, has been ask­ed give a talk at thUr convention on arranging programs for parent-teach­er associations. Mrs. Wright, who hxs done lecture work for Mrs. HIg­glns and prepared jpapers for the help ot leaders of various associations, has recently.written a series of articles to be. Used during the fall and winter. An article on feeding children for mental p o w e r . a n d physical strength is.-soon to be given In this paper. •

Mrs. Brooks, of Lincoln, with hei* daughter. Mlss Sarah Brooks, have been guests at the home ot her daughter. Mrs. W(lliam Ware.

Mrs. George Waldo Browne and daughter, Mlss Rllma Browne, of Manchester.. .N. H.. are visiting at the home of Mra Browne's parents. Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Barber. .

Roscoe Campbell, who' spent sev­eral weeks at the home of Mrs. Dan­ie Campbell, has returned to Fall •Klver.

with his father, E, A. Craig a f o w ' daya this week.

Kenneth Reed has returned from' L>-ndonville, Vt.. where he has been spending a part of the summer vaca­tion. ^ .

Clarence "E. Streeter has changed his boarding place trom Mrs. Far­rar's on lower Main street to the home ot Mr. and Mrs. Herman L. Stickney.

Mrs. Louise McElllgott. an old res­ident ot the vlliage, now ot Somer­ville, is spending a few days with friends in town.

Mrs. Fred A. Patch Is in charge at the postofflce and William Lav/riiaot; ttt Sherwin's store durlnc '»««' severe nines? ot the proorletdr.; JJj. ghfirffln-

Reception. ' • A. public reception was tendered to

Kev. Josetih .MvKean and family at the Baptist vestry on Wednesday evening. In spite of the extremely warm, weather about seventy -we're present and the occasion proved most enjoyable to all; The vestry' was very prettily decorated l>y the members o t the L , B, B. S. and the receiving line', which was composed ot Rev. and Mrs. McKean and Mlss Qeorstana Mc­Kean with Deacon and Mrs. Fred A. °atch and Mr. and Mr.s. Perry W.

^ wtelle,. was formed at 8.30 o'clock, Mr'„ Abbot Hodgman, Mlss Alice £ ' , ' , and .MI.S.S Gladys Rawson act-oea ic i «her.>i. • , .-

T h ? on, -f?'-t"wn guests were Mr. and M r ^ S ^' ^" ' '^ ""*' '=""">- fi-ora Springlleld^-.M..-»' « « • ' " \t"tF ^ "ausH^^

'a n d°'M; i - S^"^ ntng^'ol^^Tn^ ^^^n Roger'^Mr. ''and''-Mr.'' " s f ^ ' • „ r ' " = * ' ; burg, and Kev. A. L. ^"^u^^A^^ ^"''-' Georjge L. Whitcoml. froi.'' ^^^JiT^^^^l

Iti lh<i absence of both '-"^^|'<^!"' and vice president. Herman x. ' i i ^ v , ' ney. .secretary ot the Brothe. , • P, ' had eharge ot the program wu."^" consisted ot remarks ot welcome fr^n.. Rev. * ' "- — • to

w h e « . ttim o t f ^ . y o ^ p ; ^ ones w e ^

Shy on Names. Oae would sappose that even In

large famlllea parents w.9uldn't rtin out of n^unes to -sire tb'elr cblldren. Bnt a. certain lack of I m a e ^ t l o n - r o i material—Is evident 'ia Mcttona: ot ty foreign populated ^ e « t Ofi.'e. A I K , ''^ Charities w o r k w oin ORb ot ber ' ' " ^ Invest lgat lM, « jUiir«^ « S /

|sg^^i^^d^rpro^"e^': . ^ / r * ^ e - Tbe mother simply liked f r . . . ^ ' " ® " " ' ' ° ' ' too'' the path of '«»?'- resistance. / ^ ' B n t , " asked the vUltor, turning to one of the llttie fellows, "how do you know when to come when your'mamma wants you?" ••

"Oh, that's easy," was the reply. "When she wants me sbe-calls -Joe.' and .1 come, and when sho wants my brother, why, he comes." . This explanation Is-still rather un­satisfactory, but the practice of calling several children ia one family by the Jjqjig name, 1 undei^tand, is not gn-co'mmon -In CJiiO&go.-Chlcago later OceaiL _ - _ _ '

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West. W. A. Boutwell. proprietor of the

white store., has been on the sick list for a few days and left Saturday for a tew days' vacation with his family in Barre.

George Adams Is attending the G. A. R. encampment In Detroit, Mich,, this week.. Mr. Adams lived in that city for a number ot years and Is an­ticipating much ploasure In visiting familiar piaces.

Miss M. Elinor Tower, who has l)een conflned at the home ot her aunt, Mrs. Samuel Wares, for a week or more with a badly Injured knee, returned to her home last week. Her' friend. Mlss Bos.s, -who has been spending the sqmmer with' relatives in Canada, has arrived at her home for the winter.

A most enJo>able lawn party was held at Vinton pond when the girls ot Camp Vinton, the working girls' summer home, entertained their triends and well-wishers at a lawn party and social dance at the club room last week Thursday afternoon and evenliig. A number from here and the Center attended and report a most enjoyable occasion.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles P.. Morgan have been enjoying a visit from Mr. and -Mrs. Fred Howard, from Melrose.

Mr. and Mrs. Justin C. Hodgman are entertaining their son Harvey and friend from Lewlston, Me., and Mrs. Hodgman's cousin from Westford.

Little Mis.? Plummer, from Somer­ville, :.•» visiting Miss Helen Plummer at Dr. and Mrs. R. S. Ely's. •

fan Rusk was oh, the sick ILst at his home for a few days last week, but is now entirely recovered.

Mr.s. James Bell, who with her fam­ily have sperit the mo.st of the .sum­mer out-of-town, has returned to her home.

Mrs. Hamilton, of Charlestown, formerly Mlss .Minnie Culbert. of this village, with her son. spent last Sat­urday in the village revisiting the scenes ot her youth after nearly forty years' absence.

Mr. ,-ind Mrs. Robert Copeland, of Townsend hill, were guesLs at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Perry W. Saw­telle over Sunday.

Everett Pierce of Brookllne. Mass enjoyed, a motor trip to town and spent Sunday with h.s family at Ihe Pierce house.

Ivers P . Sherwin. proprietor of the •brick store. Is very seriously and dangerously III at the Burbank hos­pital, where he was taken on Mondav atternoon and operated upon immedi'-ately upon his arrival and a large ab­scess found In his .-?lde. At last re­ports he was as comfortable as could be expected, but was In a serious cori­dltlon.

The publlc sohools commenced on ."Wonday -with seventy pupils in the two rooms. Owing to the large num­ber of pupils another grade has been formed. reclUng at present in the hall under Mlss Reed, ot North Reading, and owing to the change In the ar­rangements ot Mrs. Bessie Clark, of Clinton, Mlss Blalsdell, trom .Maine. Is In charge of the primary .school. About twelv-e from this vlliage are at­tending the Townsend high school this term.

^ MISfT Ruth Hayden has returned . ^ .'\ two-weekv vacation sperit

with friends In Maynard. Mre. E. R. Brajtbn and son Ran-

deU, from Providence, R. L. are visit­ing at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Adams.

.•^}^,i' j " ^ '^'"' ^^^^ A. Patch have returned from their summer .sojourn at Oakledge. East Harpswell, Me.. Iu9„ oP^n'ed their home In J o . w l y n -

?H^.„ ^frfO"..''"'' ""'«• Mr. and Mrs. way ho i^ ' ' • " ' Brookllne, on their

George Willard. of Brookllne. spent

Ma'r irw^l fu^l^ '"" "'* " " " • ' " : • ' '"'

z,.™'"'';!."^""'" Wood has returned rrom the Boston Homeopathic hospl-t i l . wnere she wns operated upon for appendicitis several weeks ngo.

Andrew Whalen has purchased a fope-Hartford s«ven-passenger tour-ng car tor taking parties and carry­

ing passengers from the trains. ' .M?9» Ruth Bennett h.-is returned from Worcester, where .ihe has been spsndlng the summer with her grand­parents.

A Treak In. StoST,' -»-~^.^ The rocky maze of PracUov, n'eai

Japan, In nortbem Bohemia, Is a ver liable naturareurloslty. It has been well described as a gigantic "freak In stone." To'enter th'^ laByrlnth with; out a guide Is a perilous proce'edinff

"- . . . . . . . „ o , . . >vv-.come ircK. - ?^ "5. "fwary adventurer frould prob-ev. A. L. .struthers In behalf of t/f.«\ "Wy speedily Ce.losC in tbe tortuous

wer!! o„"n1i','i^'/',"''';,''*"^f,i1^«' ''"^^"^ ' W-^^OltS of the mfl«f iThoVA'»""„:"! were concluded by Mr. Whitcomb, to which Mr. McKean responded In a •ery pleasing and appropriate mari

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ner; the right hand of fellowship from the church was given by the senior deacon. Samuel Wares. ' and l .ev S. D. Rlngrose of the Highland Baptist church brought greetings from Fltchburg and the Wachusett association. After the program re­freshments of Ice cream. and cake were served and a social hour enJoVed by all present. '

LITTLETON.

.When Paint Scales—Bills! > . ^^p fij;st paint scale is a danger f signal. Moisture seeps through, 3ie

wood swells, cracks, decays. The ; house goes down in value.

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It can be tinted, the color you wish for "• your house. Its,beauty lasts for years! \

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MI.<w Ora B. Craig h.i. returned from Old Orchard. Me., and Is at her home here for a few days before re­suming her duties a s a teacher In C.aremont. N. H., and Earl C r a l f a n d wife, from Providence, R. I., have been

N'eivs Items. .X. H. Whitcomb .-I'nd family took a

tew days for recreation last week ahd autoed Thursday i„ Norwell, whero they visited the Hayward Hartwell family. Mlss Emily . \dams took charge of the hou.sehold affairs In the VVhitcomb home and entertained Mlss Greenwood, of Leomlhster, over Sunday.

The registrars of voters will be in .session at the low.-r town hall Tues­day evening, September s. from 7 30 to 9; Monday e\-ening. October 5. at the same time and plaee, and Satur­day. October 24, from twelve noon to ten In the evening.

Ralph Hlll began his riew duties as teacher in Southbridge on M.onday.

Well-known in Music Circles. Prof. Charies Whiting returns to

his winter home in Cambridge this week after a very pleasant month spent In Littleton. He an.tiousIy awaits news of hU' son. Prof. Arthur V hitlng. the famous pianist and com­poser, and Mrs. Whiting, who have spent the summer .abroad. Many friends of Prof. Whiting, sr.. have taken much pleajiure In reading Sig-mund .Spaeth's e.xcellent article In the Opera Magazine of April, 1914. on

Musical uplift for the colIej,-Ian " which relates to his noted son and h'is popular lectures Illustrated by him­self and other artists In musical courses at .New England and other colleges in the east. The article s accotnpanied by a picture ot Prof. Whit ings baa-reliet, the work of a young artist who Is said to have giv­en Justice to the original.

Prof Whiting spends 'his summers in London preparing tor winter pro­grams which are designed to educate college men in serious music. He gives a practical presentation ot clas-.slcal music In our colleges and re­vives sijch archaic Instruments as the harpsichord and the clavichord and gives One results ot detailed study of the color In pianotorte music, . h . ...l*. ''*'''<'*? " pianist of almost .^tv, '""^P^*" '^'"** ' "'1 <>• composer

both prolific and popular. " F i n a l l y the writer continues, "It Is not too

v"irHc..H° ^I L"^' ^^ '» '*>« ' * ' ^ ad­vertised and the most scholarly musi­cian now living in the United States." He supplemented his musical educa­tion received In this country by ad­vanced study In Munich. ' ' " h JUr^^^Kr'"" . ,S>'mPhony orchestra h?. «*'l ' ] ' ' " ""*> * performance of inCif^rf ) , i " " ^ ° " ^ " ^ composition and inMted him to conduct the perform­ance, the flrst time that such a dU-tlnctlon had been conferred upon an outsider In the audience W M Mlss Grace Gorham. who laughingly In­quired of a friend the name ot "that funny little man on the p la t form" I-our years later she became his wife • In 1907 Prof. Whit ing begaiT to nsplre American college men wi th a

love of serious music, flrst at Prince­ton and shortly afterwards at many other colIege.s. principally those In the east. He Js Immensely popular at Harvard. Yale and Princeton. He Is ably assisted by sololsW who help In the Interpretation of the music.

Vnltarlan. Services will be resumed tomorrow

at the Unitarian church and Sunday school atter the sununer vacation. In the past tew w e e k s . much has hap­pened to give us new points of view and new opportunities for service. Littleton has had a noteworthy cele­bration, the late head of the catholic churoh has passed away and the greatest war of all time has broken out In Europe. It Is a time for all to . strengthen their hearts for the new occasions that await us. In his se.rmon tomorrow morning Mr. Falr^ fleld will take for his text "The things that are unseen are eternal." and will speak especially of the life of thc late Pope Plus X and the work he at­tempted tor humanity. In the cvcn-ing at seven o'clock Mr. Fairtleld will

iKi^OingB ot the maz5, where tJje paths af* fcty pfifrovr and crooked and the cliffs otft t ie '^ld^ 60 high tbat the ex­plorer sewn }osSi all Jdea of locality. In days of flerj' persecution the Mora­vian and Boheffllan bretfiren'fl secret' prayer meetings'used to be held here, just aa the early Christians assembled to worship In the cata.cotnbs. The cliffs are buncycombed with cells, and at tbe far end of tbe maze Is a rock castle'wbere In the old days a robber baron lived and took toll of all way­farers. Tbe shape of some of the rocks Is very curious. There are, for In­stance, the "bishop' and miter," the "Madonna and the child" and many others.—London Sketch.

.Boys and Steep. One thing a growing boy wants to be

Jong on is sleep, and y e t be Is most apt to be careless about I t It Is during sleep that it boy grows most and catches tip. During his waking hours he tears do'wn and b u m s tip more tis­sue than he builds. Good, sound and sufiBclent sleep Is essential to growth, strength and endurance. A boy scout should have at least nine or ten hours of sleep out of 'every twenty-four. If you lose out on this amount on one day make It up the n e x t Whenever unusually tired or when you f e e l o u t o f trim stay In bed a few honra more If It Is possible. A boy should wake up each morning feeling like a .fighting eock. When he doesn't he otight to get t£ bgd w l l e r J b j t W s h t . Slee£ Is a wonderful restorative" find tonic, "ft helps to store up energy and conserve strength.—"Boy Scouts of America."

Voq Sbou(d Worry If l^^*^^^'tS^%rtV^?^^^l^S

'^JT^rt^y IS^^^l!^' %L^±J>°^'l^^ ~ ^ t .these

Were Nof On Hand sold ^rtrwhtt. Ia boxu, lOe, 2Se.

Manners In Russia. Mme. Vlardot, the famous mus)claa

g ives one a poor impression of B u s slan manners, from the account she narrates In her "Memories and Adven­tures" of a visit, to the Crimea In 18S0. Their "want of logic" amused her.

"It enables them to be scrupulously clean In their persons," she says, "and yet they are not nice In their table manners. One substitutes bis finger for bSa fork, another drinks out of tht cream Jug. a third cools his perspiring brow with the bread knife."

But, if their manners were doubtful, their music w a s divine. "The whole natloii is thoroughly musical, down to the lowest." And. in the matter ol manners, as In other things. Russia has traveled a long way since 18S&

E T H E L K. BRUCE PARLOR MILLINERY.

Phelps'Block .AYER, MASS.

This Millinery Parlor .will be Closed from Saturday, August 22, to Taesday, .September 1. fel . Groton 9-2.

Ths Orange. The orange was brought from- Asia

to Spain and Portugal in tbe sixteenth century. It was taken-to South Amer­ica by the early explorers and ran wild In' the forests of the Amazon. Orig­inally a small, sour fruit, it has been cultivated np to Its present size and sweetness . The orange Industry be­gan In the Dnited States about 1875 and about 1885 was well advanced. The number of orange trees in this country; is now close .to 10.000,000, of wblcb California bas abont 60 percent and Florida 30, tbe remainder being chiefly in Louisiana and Arizona.

HAEnrO OXJT .BILLS seema to be the best «ccompIiih. ment of tome plumbers. They tx% very particular to have them larf* enough, ; though they hayea't shown any exceeaive zeal in the work they are snppoaed to repr*-sent. .

WX ABS DUTXKXNT We oan do real plumbing work better than we can make out billa. Try our ability the next job yon have.

CHAS. E. PERRIN Weat Street Telephone 96-4 ATBX, MABS,

Massachusetts Woman Says: Mayr Stomach Remedy Came as Blessing

Mrs. W. H. Brown Tells How Sbe 'Was ReUeved After Ijons SnlTerlnK

Slve a lecture- on the great war, no, as an expert, but a s one who Is Ip-iJI^fi®'' I" '^''*' •« KOliK on in thP r?J^r. .*"* '"^'' Wishes to undor.ilan.l v^Sl'"°'3?. ***<'*y '" "wildest Kuropo." «.„!!.• ^ ' " ^^ shown on the rHIector-JfSf - ' S " " ' " * **»« hew wa>-s of w;ir-.fare and what the struggle mean.<.

CHII.DRRTt'S SICKNES!* nt'K TO WORMS

. h J ^ T child will not be sick If you r!.l l - i « i , " " " " i ' . """l bowels ot worm-. r;,!-!,^'*'"' -.Worm Killer will do !• ? . .^" l t .*9 ' ' j '"" 'y - Makes the worm^ fi/,„''l.*i"". *"""* * » ' " • t i e <rentle,l.iXT

ih l K ? ~ ' . " " * , " " " v e s them throunh

W.SI.«^'"'?i"*. .*""* promotes .i!e"p. n f«,-,n",L..'*' 'a.ko—children like I:. Guaranteed.. Only 2C«. at your tlru*?-

And He WantMi More. "Do the Irish like the Italians. P a t r "Sure they do." answered Pat

"There's 5,000 of 'em wber« 1 work an" I wouldn't mind If there were 5,00( more." .

"Where do yoo work?" "In an Italian cemetery."—Phlladel

phla Ledger.

Mighty Careful. M a r c e l l a - Y o n r , frieiid "Beanbrough

seems to be greatly bothered with in­digestion. W a v e r l y - l shonid say sol He absolutely refused to attend a mov­ing ptcttire sbow the other evening be­cause oaie.of the scene* bad a banquet In It—Judge.

Mrs. W. H. Brown of Danvers, Mass., was a victim of s tomach trouble which tortured her for years. She tried many treatments and medi­cines and got little relief. '

Then she took May'r. Wonderful Stomach Remedy and got results right away. In telling of her case she wrote:

"For years I have suffered terribly wKh stomach trouble. I could find no relief. Then, like a blessing frbm above, I heard ot your remedy; sent for it, and after a few treatments a m being cured. I am going to tell all my friends of your miraculous rem­edy."

Such tetters come from s tomach sufferers all over New England. This remedy Is known everywhere because

of lis genuine merit. The flrst dose convinces—no long treatment.

Mayr's Wonderful Stomach Remedy clears the digestive tract of mucoid accretions and -poisonous matter. I t ^n^'l.'^"} f l?""' *» •n terers fronx . aliments of the stomach, liver a s d . i ? 2 ! 2 V . . ^ ' ' dec lare .K has saved-tnem from dangerous operations aad many are sure It has saved their lives,

-B»c«use of the remarkable success of thU remedy there are many imlU-i 2 ^ . i S , •>• cautious. Be sure Ita MATR-a Oo to >Winiam Brown'* drug i tore. Ayar, and ask about the wonderful resulU it has been aocom-pllshlng In cases they know about—or f?.°'',r? , * ^ 2 2 . . ^ **»"•• " ' « • Chem­ist. IS4-15« 'Whiting St., Chicago, IU., for free' book on stomach ailment* and many grateful letters from peopla who nave beea restored. Any drug- . gtot can tell you . l u . wonderful re-autta. '

Badly Smitten. . She—I most leave yon here. Tm go-

Ing to have a tooth extracted. H e -Ob. I think I'U bave one taken ont too.—Fllegendo Blatter.

Riches and Happiness. Seek not to be rich, bdt happy.' The

one lies In bags, the other in content, which tvealth can never glv*.—'Wil­liam Penn.

Cultivation Is aa neoeasary to tbe mind BS food to the body.-Gtcero.

Refrigerators and Porch Chairs

Summer Needs You Gan Supply from the Store of

W. Wrights SpnW Furniture, Floor Goverihgs, Etc

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8atard»y, ^ September S, 1014.

OBOTON. N e w s Items. -

'Walter Errington, Who Is employed 'by Frank l a w r e n c e Blood, is to move into Geo. H.TVoods: house on 'Willow­dale street about September 11. This Is the house o w n e d a n d occupied Until recently by J. H. Hynes. ,

George McLellan, an employee at the papermlll,' Is to move Into the l iouse vacated by Walter JErrlngton and family.

The Book and Thimble club meets t h i s week with Mrs. WUIlam Souther.

Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Whitcomb of Boxboro arrived Wednesdoy night, guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Brown and with them made the auto drive Thursday to the Rockingham fair. . Appjcton H.-Torrey, Frank A. Tor­rey, Fred H. Torrey, James B.- H a r ­rington and Joseph. F. Peabody made an auto fuir of men oft on a fishing trip Thursday tb tr>' their luck In a pond out towards Worcester .

A number of Groton people took In the Rockingham fair. Among those attending- were Dr. Goble, Frank F . 'Waters, J. B. Harrington, Leslie Blood, Stanley Sawder, Mr. a n * Mrs; James P. Fitch, Samuel L,. Blodgett and members of his family. . The Pomona Grange "meets with

Groton Grange Thursday, September lO; The exercises are open to the, publlo In the afternoon. T h e pro­gram as arranged calls fdr an address •on "Home economics" by. Mrs. Geo. H. -Ladd, a farce,, whistl ing and'piano solos, an original poem by Mrs. E . A. Barrows, readings, a paper by Mrs. E. O. Collier on "How can a huaband assist In making an Ideal home?" A paper by Mrs.' Bo'yntoh on "How cari a woman assist In making an Ideal Jiome?"

The sign "To let" has been, removed from the so-called Tweed house on Farmers' row, near Groton School. Report has it fhat the place has been

• purchased by Mrs. John Lawrence for her • daughter, ^ I s s Mary'Lawrence , and thal^ Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Fay , who "have been living there will' make their home In Cambridge.

Miss Florence SOiither is having •her vacat ion' from work as a tele­phone,, operator at central on Station avenue.

The' Congregational church picnic at Baddacook- proved to be a very pleasant soclal gathering with some-

. what , about seventy-flve In attend­ance. T h e r ? . w e r e many others who wouldi b a v e been pleased to Join In the outing had not pressing duties e lsewhere prevented.

Mrs. "Verena Dugas has been kept from her work at the telephone of­fice by an 111 turn. Dr. Holmes attend­ing.' He found fhat she had every symptom of typhoid fever, but that now he had succeeded In mastering It.

Among the arrivals of last week from their European hol idays was

. Rev. Sherrard Billings, of Groton • School.

Henry R. Fitzgerald, road commis­sioner, who has charge of the Ia>ing of the new cement sidewalk on North Main streefi>feels very much dlspleac-

-ed with the mischievous boys who made footprints and other marks de­facing the cement surface. He sa.v.>. the town had better stop buildlnK sldewalka If It cannot look after .such boys. 'Wednesday night somebody stole one _of the lanterns put out where the 'sidewalk is under construc­tion. This, too, needs looking Into a-s the safety of travelers over the road Is endangered.

Herhian' Huebner, jr.. and ftimily have moved Into the George Culver house.

There will be a band concert with .1 line program this Saturday evening. 11 Is the last one of the season.

Prof. O. A. Morton, of Amherst Agricultural college, was In town on Thursday Inspecting the school and hL-me garderis. Prof. Morton Is the state supervisor of children's garden work and is bu.sy all the time, hav­ing between two and three hundred towns to visit.

.Everett C. Will iams Is spending sev-, eral weeks with his brother, S. H.

Williams, at X e w Haven, Co.nn., and getting a niuch needed rest.-'

A letter received this week from Clay McKean by .his parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. P. McKeln . of Chicopee row, tells them that . he Is still at Vt-ra Cruz. Mexito. but " e.xpects to le.ive there by September 15. He has been Ijromoted to brigade bugler.

The Wheelock family had a fire on Wednesday night which they knew nothing about until Thur.sday morn­ing when they found that their black­smith .shop at the rear of the barn' had been completely burned down. They had had a flre there on Wed-nesclay.

Mlss Mary McKean. who has been oi- a visit to friends in Boston, return­ed home on . Thursday night.

Miss Evelyn Fernald. at Hopedale. M;.<S Gladys M<ison at Springlleld. MLss Thekia Huebner at Baldwlns%-ille and (>t!o River, Mlss Marguerite Leonard at Chicopee and Mlss :Mar-garet Cleary at Gilberts\-IIIe begin thc fall term teaching next week.

Mr. Smith, of Clinton, who w i s helping drg a well at S. P. McKean's Kome few days ago. w.-us taken ill there. A doctor was called who pro­nounced It pneumonia.

Rev. C. A. Flnnegan returned from his vacation la.st Saturday.

Andrew Kelley. of West Groton. has bought the R>-nn place on Main .street in the paper mill neighborhood.

.Mrs. William F. McMahon Is doing well, since Her recent operation at the hospital.

.Miss Emma F. Blood h.is arrived »iafely from thc European war zone coming on the Devonian which dock­ed at Boston on Tuesday.'

.Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Smith ar­rived from their European tour on the Franconla which docked at East Bos-Jon la.st Suhday forenoon. They had no unpleasant experiences coming ex­cept that of a rough s»a, making nearly all thc passengc^j sea-sick. They were met by friends as they came ashore. After a short stay In Groton Mr. and Mrs. Smith went to their home In Nashua.

Fred Sleeper, of Shirley, will play "Bonny Elolse," the baritone solo, •which has been so well received In Ayer and Shirley, at thc concert giv­en by the Oroton band on Saturday night.

The Baptist church, which haa been <:losea for the past two weeks, will re­open on Sunday. The pastor. Rev. William Breckenridge, will preach at both services. A t 10.30 thc topic will bc "TJie christian optomlst," At sev­en In the evening, "The mystery of the gospel." The week night service will be resumed on 'Wednesday- even­ing at 7.30, when a study of the <-pl8tle to the Phlllplans will begin.

Agnes I « w i s i s entertaining visitors from Leomlhster and Shirley; also, Mrs. Walter Northrop and daughter from Winchendon are •visiting her for several days. .

The Colonial Dames of Massachu­setts propose to-.publish a book on samplers. It will contain copies of Interesting specimens and describing them, etc. It is hoped that a suf­ficient' number of samplers will be warrant the undertaking. Any per­son who has a sampler made before 1815 will confer a favor It they will report the same to Mrs. Charles K. &olton, Shirley, or . to Mlas Georglanna A. Boutwell, Groton. It Is not neces­sary that the sampler should be made In Massachusetts—any good specimen Is solicited. Photographs of the samplers will be made at the owner's home or at a place satisfactory to the owner.

Oh Mondiiy night some chicken thief or thieves stole twenty White Wyandots from Wheeler 'W. Ames.

The public schools open on next week Tuesday.

Lawrehce academy will open on September 22.

Wayne Stiles Is visiting Lewis M. Knapp, his classmate at Amherst col­lege.

Rev. John Barstow, of Weathers-field, Conn., making an auto drive with two of his daughters, were re­cent callers on his friends and form­er parishioners, Mr. and Mrs. Henry W.-Whit ing . Mr. Barstow's two Sis­ters were also of the party calling at Mr. 'Whiting's. It will, doubtless In­terest other former parishioners of Mr. Barstow- ,t.a„learn that his son , Robert and daughter Harriet are both training to enter the missionary fleld.

Groton • Scbool will open on Sep­tember ,15.

Mlss Geneieve Hodgman, one of the Groton tourists abroad, arrived safely in Philadelphia on the American steamer. Merlan on Monday morning, August 31. The M<;rlan sailed from England on August 19. A telegram home announced.to her parents that all was well and that she would be home to. spend the week-end. The 'West Springfield high school where Miss Hodgman is teacher of German and English, opened its fall term on Wednesday morning and as she was at her post on time it was Imposslble-to--.come to Groton earlier than the last of the w'eek. '

Gharles H. Torrey resumed work on the R. F. D. last week Thursday, hav­ing enjoyed a fifteen-days' vacation. Mr. ^nd Mrs. Torrey spent a>part of the vacation at the home of their son. E. H. Torrey. who carries on a prosperous •. garage and - automobile business at 'Concord. He took them on auto drives to Salem, .Revere Beach, etc. A part of the time was spent at their own home here In Gro­tbn. Mr. Torrey began, work again much refreshed and with encouraging outlook for good' health.

Groton A. A. will play their third game of the season on Lawrence playground this Saturday afternoon at 3.15 o'clock. ' This makes the sec ­ond game with the West Groton team and a good one may be confldently expected. On the afternoon of Labor day the strong Granltei-llle team and the Groton A. A. will play here on Lawrence Pla^•ground at 3.15. The management assures the Groton fans of a good game and hope they will show their generosity and encourage­ment while the hat Is being passed, a s they rely entirely on their support in meeting the expense of the games. • James F. Shattuck and family are visitors at Grant W. Shattuck's.

, James M. Donahue is stenographer at the .'••eeretary's office, Groton School.

Mr. and .Mrs-. S. R. Mason, of Chi­cago. III., concluded their visit in Gro­ton on Tue.s<lay,. leaving .T,t noon to make short visits in Dorche.ster and Meadville, Pa..' on their homeward trip.

Services at the Unitarian c-hurch wll! be resumed on Sunday. 'I'heir Sunday .school picnic will he held at Baddacook on S.'tturday. .Sei^tember 12. .\ barge will be in wailing at the town hail to convey the younger chil­dren.

Ali.ss Elsie Brown, of Winthrop. is visiting her cousin. Miss Mildred Brown.

.Mj.ss Madeline Coughlln, who was a recent visitor of Mrs. H. R. FItzger aid. has returned to her home at Hyde Park.

The Torrey family have broken camp at Sandy pond and are at home again.

Mrs. I. M. Mansur died this Friday morning. .September 4, at her home on Hollis street, after a linge.-lng Ill­ness. The funeral 'will be from her late re.sldence on Monday afternoon September 7, at 1.30 o'clock, Rev. P H. Cressey ofilclatlng.

.Miss Helen Forbes entertiJned her normal .school friend. Mi.ss Eleanor Jenkins, of Leominster this week.

The warrant is posted for a special town meeting to be held on Monday. September 14.

Mlss Gertrude Forbes spent most of her two weeks' vacation at her home here, a part of It was spent •with her aunt at Sharon. She returns to Wor cester next Monday evening.

Lost in Transit. A news letter containing a number

of items for this column was some-, how lost In transportation last week and has not yet been heard frorri. One of the Items lost was an account of the violent thunder storm of Fri­day, August 21. It was, up to date, the worst thunder shower, of the sea­son for Gro.ton. It was heralded .here as In-the other nearby town's by the approach of heavy, black clouds, over spreading darkness, then sharp ,llght-nlng and . thbndel- and pourlngr rain. The lightning w a s particularly busy and freaky In Chicopee row.

At the Scott home there. Mrs. Scott, h e r . t w o sons, her sister and her sis­ter's daughter, making- a family of flve, were all more or less affected, al-•though-Tio place, w a s found about or near the house where the bolt enter­ed. The sons', two young men, were sitt ing -pn the' porch enjoying the storm when, the electric current threw one. to the. floor rendering him un­conscious for over half an hour. The other son bore heavy marks and was lamed for several days. Mrs. Scott was marked very visibly on her neck and arms, as was also her sister.. Mrs. Scott's niece was violently thrown down and also received marks. It was all terrifying, but the electric current apparently left nb permanent Injury.

The Wheelock family felt severely shocked ahd a tree w a s struck at Mr. Breckenrldge's on the same street. In the vlliage a tree w a s struck back of John L. Gllson's house ' and several lengths of wlre'fenqlng torn up.

Weddings. At 7.15 Tuesday morning Hchr>- II.

Erving and .Miss Mary M. E. Bowen. both of this town, were united in mar­riage at the catholic church by the pastor. Rev. C. A. Flnnegan. The bride was gowned In white satin and wore a veil. She was attended by her sister, Mlss Abbie Bowen, as brides maid. The best man w-as James O'Leary, a cousin of the bride. After the ceremony a decorated automobile conveyed the bridal party to thc home of .Mrs. Richard O'Leary. an aunt of the bride, who gave the wedding -re.ikfast. Later Mr. and Mrs. Erving

were taken by auto to Pepperell. where they took the train, going to spend a honeymoon In New Hamp­shire. Returning, they will live at the hou.se on Mill street which was form­erly the family home of the late Mr. and Mrs. J,-»mes Bowen. parents of thc bride.

At 6.45 on Wednesdav ' morning. September 2, Thomas V. Haley and Mlss Ellazbeth J; Keating were mar­ried at tho catholic church, thc pas­tor. Rev. C. A. Flnnegan, ofllciating. The bride was becomingly gowned In white. Her sister. Miss Charlotte Keating, was • her bridesmaid. The best man was J a m e s Haley, a hroth-er of the groom. Mr. and Mrs. Haley took the train for Boston, thence •went by boat for a honej-moon trip down e.-i.st. Mr. and Mr.s.. Haley arc both Groton young people and both have been employed for. several years In thc family of Rev. Endicott Pea­body, of Groton School. They will go to housekeeping In their home on Pleasant street made all reiidy for their occupancy.

interesting Addrcfw. Rev. John Howland, D. D., of Guad-

alajava., .Mexico, now stopping at Danielson. Conn., occupied the pulpit at the Congregational church both morning and evening last Sunday. He gave a most edifying u l k on Mexico and Mexicans. He gave a much more optimistic view than has usually beeh given of thos< neighbors of ours

whorh^we have looked upon as cruel and unreliable In the extreme. Dr. Howland has lived a m o n g them for. thlrtyTtwo years. He says they are warm-hearted and responsive, will do right If treated right, and that the United States has not alwaya done right by them.

H e tells of their eagerness to throw oft their bondage of miserable pover­ty'. Ignorance and mis-rule both' In civics and religion. Dr. Howland ought to khow and hls'audlence-when he was done felt more hopefully ot this people than before. Mexico as a country, fie said. Is the richest In pos­sibilities of any on earth. •

West Groton. The Connecticut River Power Co.

has obtained right of way frbm Tow-nsend to West Groton and Is plac­ing electric light poles.

Mr. and Mrs. W. V. Blxby with their four youngest children spent trie week-end Iri Waltham with their sis­ter, Mrs. M. J. Shepley. While there they visited Norumbega park and other points of Interest.

Rev. and Mrs. Trowbridge returned on Tuesday from their month's vaca­tion In Plttsfleld. Mr. Trowbridge Journeyed 1200 miles during this time, walking 250 miles.

The usual church services will be resumed on Sunday.

Mrs. G. I. Woolaver Is entertaining her niece, Mlss Loretta Hogan, of Boston.

Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Adams attend­ed the dedication of the Masonic temple In 'Worcester on Thursday.

Mrs. Charles Bixby. who was called to 'VVellesle-j- by the illness of her sis­ter.- has returned and Is able to give a favorable report of the invalid, who has many friends here.

The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Wright has been named Helen Ellabeth.

Mr.s. A. F. Bates, who has been con­flned to the bed during the last seven weeks. Is reported as having gained with In the last few- days. Her moth­er. Mrs. Andrew Jarvis, spent the day with her on Tuesday.

Dorothy Thompson, who has been ill with diphtheria, is suffering from complications, but has been quite comfortable this week. A trained nurse is In attendance.

Mr. and .Mrs. Liacos recently en­tertained Mr. Xucos and friend, of Boston. -• Mrs. E. P. Shores, of Leominster.

with her mother. Mns. Power.s, and her, three children, visited friends in town on Thursday.

West proton schools w-ill- open on Tuesday. September S. It Is under­stood that the primarv department will be In charge of .Ml.ss Bertha Bix­by, and the Intermediate of Miss Syl­via Law-rence. Mrs. Wiggin will re­turn to the grammar department.

Mrs. Grace M. Vinton, a nurse, -who at one time attended .Mrs. A. P. Blood. Is a guest of Mrs. Ludden. Mrs. Vin­ton has heen in Dakota during most of the year. She was desirous of be­ing present at the dedication of the new- school building in whieh she w-as greatly interested, and considered herself fortunate in being able to at­tend.

Mrs. L. J. Strand and Mr.s. G. H. Blxby learned of the "death on Friday of la.st week of a brother's wife. Mr.s. James Mitchell. The funeral was held in Leominster on Tuesdav. Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell lived for several ye.ars in this village. .Mr. Mitchell be­ing superintendent of the leather-ooard mill. Later, he held a similar po.sltlon In Bar Mills, Me.

Mrs. Burton Is visiting at the' home of her brother, A. W. Lamb.

Owing to the rain there was no ball game here on last Saturday. On this Saturday afternoon the West Gro­ton A. A. will play in Groton against the Groton A. A. On Monday aftei noon a game is scheduled between tne West Groton A. A. and the Towns-end seconds In West Groton. It Is expected that a game w-lll be.played on Monday forenoon, but deflnlte ar­rangements have not been made.

IK-dlcntlon. The weather on Thursdav after­

noon, though at flrst threaten'ing. was all that could have been desired by the committee In charge of the dedi­cation of the neiv .school building. O. H. Blxby. as chairman, announced the various numbers of the Interesting program, w-hlch wc present In full:

Music by the orchestra: prayer. John P. Trow-bridge; dedication song, the people; singing, school children; "History of West Groton school." G. H. Blxby; music, orches­tra;' presentation of keys to school committee, Mr. .McKee; accep.tancc of keys. Rev. .Mr. Oay: singing. Hchool children; addt-csses. • Rev. George M. Howe. Rev. Pemberton Cressey, Rev. J. P. Trowbridge: raising of ilan and flag salute; singing, "America"; music by the orchestra during the inspection of the building. -

The Groton orchestra, formed' by members of the band, with Mlss Gleason as pianist, gave excellent mu­sic, which . everybody seemed great­ly to enjoy. T h e history of the school as given by G. H. Blxby .was very Interesting, especially to tho old­er Inhabitants of thc village. As this may be j'eporte<V more fully later, we wi l l .quote but llttie trom Mr. Bixby's paper.

He mentioned as the oldest living teacher of the school Oliver Piroctor, of Townsend, now In his ninety-sec­ond )-ear, who still enjoys quite an active life at the Proctor homestead In Cape Corner. Mr. Proctor..-was school master at Squannacook sixty-

four years ago. His sister, Mlss Sarah Proctor, now Mrs. Ralph Ball, of Townsend. was named as the flrst normal teacher of West Groton. "Mlss Marlon Kemp, now Mrs. A. P. Blood, of West Groton, was a teacher held In high esteem and loving remem­brance by the speaker, once her pupil. I J"". McKee^ ,^ presenting the keys in behalf of. the building committee, urged the children to bear alwaj's in mind that t h o u g h . their.> fine new Pu S "J?. ^'°"'d eventually be demol­ished, they were builders ot character '•";, ^'ernlty. Rev. Mr. Gay, In be-nair of the school committee, express­ed appreciation o f the labors of the building committee and earnestly thanked them for their efforts arid the results accomplished. The three speakers of the afternoon gave short *'u' '"«?'•,*»"''»-addresses. All em­phasized the value of past efforts the work through the >-eqrs of the many teachers who have labored for the youth of West Groton, and who, step by step, have struggled toward a higher standard.

As the flag .was u n f u r l e d a n d "The Star Spangled Banner" was sent floit-ing out upon the breeze, the children grouped upon the steps of their new school home, raised their hands In salute and their sw-eet voices were heard In the familiar words: "We pledge al leglancejto our ilag, a n d - t o the republic for w-hlch It stands, one nation Indlvlslblej. with liberty and Justice for all."

The dedl<;ation ode, written-by Rev. J. P. Trowbridge and sung, to the tune of Hebron, follow-s: • Vc meet, when o'er the sea, t o d a y

rhe clash of arms arrests our ear-But not for u8 Is War's display.

Or d,\yelllngs fliled with death and Tear.

Our heart.--', our hopes, are turned w-lth Joy

To other scenes than tboye of strl'<-And .this fond hour' -.ve- now emplov '

In blessed ministries of life.

Within the.'.e new--bi;lit walls we stand ro dedicate them with our prai,se,

A reverent and a-peaceful .band.' , , \ \ l th holy thoughts for future days.

Here may the teacher and the taught . A l i k e gain wisdom, skill, and truth-"'}S,^°" '"'^ spot-may there be wrought

The nobler heart and mind of youth.

Spare us, and spare our children. Lord Olve heavenly aid through countless

days. '^1^',..^''' "'"' *'"*^ '"'"h one accord .Thine everlasting psalm of,praise.

.HOLLIS, N. H. About Town.

Born to Mr. and Mrs. G. -MUton Co-burn, a llttie daughter on ..Mondav. Mother and c'h'ild are doing w-ell and are being cared for by Mrs. Francis A. Lovejoy.

Mrs. George W. Coburn left for Hampton Beach on Thursdav, where she •R-III remain for a short t ime visit­ing friends and relatlve.s.

George W. Coburn attended the Rockingham fair on Thursday.

.Mrs. Henry 'iVorcester and daugh­ter Bertha, who recently spent two weetts at .Mlss Abby Read's, returned to their home In Maiden, Mass., on Tuesday, making, the trip in an auto,

-Mr.s. Annie Grant" and little child spent a few days the past week w-ith her parents, .Mr. and .Mr.s. George Jiayo.

.Mr.«. A. F. Hildreth and son Henry sptnt the past week In Francestow-n wr.h her parents, .Mr. and Mrs. Hunt­ington.

The .Misses Christine Scott and Bea-tnce Stlmson and Perley. and Ray­mond Lund enjoyed an outing • at Canobie Lake On. Wednesday.

Bert L. Peacock and- Mlss Lena Guest were united In marriage in Nashua on Tuesday. They were at­tended by Mlss Gladys Denault and Arthur W.. Lund. They expect to re­side on Proctor hlll,

Hannah French entertained several <f h(-r little friends at her home on -Monday afternoon, it being her birth-(iay anniversary.. A .merry time was • njoyed by all. Games were plaved and dainty refreshments w-ere ser^-ed : efore departing.

George Stickney and little .son, of Waltham. Ma.ss.. w-erc In tow-n visit­ing relatives for the week-end.

Jam.es Oikle. of Ayer, Mass.. has (omfvto town to cooper for Worces-t«-r Bros., boarding at Xorman Ben­nett's. It is his intention to move his :amily here In the near future.

-Mr. and Mr.s. Robert T. Babson and two children, from Gloucester, Mas-s.. w-ho boarded with Mrs. Josie Max­well for two weeks, returned home on .Monday.

.Mrs. Harold Frost entertained her .••ister from Low-ell, .Mass., for -a few-days recently. • Charles A. Xorrls and w-ife return­

ed to Chelsea, .Mass.. on Wednesday after &-pendlng the summer at their cottage, the Winnlslmmett.

Several peop'le in town attended thc Rockingham fair during the past week.

Arthur Wright returned to Hope-dale. Mass., Sunday, after a few-w-eeks' visit w-lth his mother. .Mrs Xellle .N-lchols.

Mlss Xellle Denault and .Mrs. Flora Hardy spent a few days In Ho.ston and vicinity the past week vLsitlng friends and relatives.

All the schools In town open' on next w-eek Tuesday,

Mlss Ruth Hodgkins, of Wellesley Hills. Mass,, spent a few davs the past week w-ith Waldo A, Flagg and family.

Mrs, Thomas Mc-Kenzle and two daughters, from Conn., arc spending the month with her parents, Mr. and .Mrs. M. J. Powers.

Mrs. Francis K. Sw-eetser returned to Maine on Wednesday to resume her work as teacher after .spending the summer In town.

All those riding bicycles should bear In mind that notices havc^ been posted throughout the- town bv the selectmen In regard to riding o'n the sidcw-alks. Several of these notices, how-ever. have been torn down by malicious persons. Mrs. Harry D Verder w a s recently run Into one cvc-^ ning while walking on the sidewalk and knocked down. She w-as 'quite bruised and escaped what might have been a more serious accident. The person riding the bicycle climbed onto It lively and rode off without making himself known, and was not evenlv gentlemanly enough to see If .she w-as hurt.

A band of gypsies consisting of flve two-horse teams drove through tow-n last Sunday afternoon and Inquired the way to Salem, Mass. They c a m e from Milton and> had been arrested and flned in that town for robbing a local flsh man. They started to hold up a fruit man but let him alone when he started after them with his banana knife. Word -was telephoned ahead that they were coming through town so Chief Smith with an assist­ant were o a the lookout and follow­ed them out-of-town.

Mrs. Rebecca Richardson, one of the most highly respected ladles of

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the town, pa-ssed away at her home on Thursday morning at 4.30 o'clock. She h.-ld been gr.-idually falling for .«ome time and the end came very quietly and peacefully. She was ten­derly cared for by members of the household, relatives and a trained nur«e. .She had just recently reached her eighty-eighth birthday. Funeral servl'ces were held on Saturday after­noon, September 5, at two o'clock.

Mrs. Helen Leighton came to C. .1. Beir.<i on Thursday .ifter spendlnK the summer abroad.

Many of thc friends of Mr. and Virs. Carl Shepardson w'elcomed them back to town by giving them .1 lively sere­nade on Monday evening. They were not at home, however, and after con­siderable searching they were found In their comfortable hiding place and afterwards treated their friends with candy and cigars •with which they were already prepared.

Locke's lce cream parlor closed on Sunday after a very busy season. It win be greatly missed by many who always enjoy a dish of Locke's Ice cream..

Dr. and Mrs. Cleary, from N'ew Britain, Conn., were In town for a few dnys the past week, visiting old friends, and while In town hoarded at George H. Hardy's.

T h i 'Worcester family reunion will bo held this year at Norumbega Park on Saturday, September 12. Several from Hollls expect to attend.

The primary election waa held here on September 1. There was a fmall attendance. There being about flfty votes cast and only two democrats. George W. 'Woodin received the re­publican nomination for' representa­tive and Edward 8. Cave for demo-1 crat.

Clipping. The following newspaper clipping

concerns Raymond Gamache. formf-r-ly living with his grandparents,. Mr. an<l Mrs. Budro, and attended the publlc schools here. They lived on the Albert Lovejoy place now owned oy .Mr. Cook.

"When Leo Gamache.arrived homo on J\e<lnesday evening from the Rock-Ingham fair he found a telegram from the war department at Wa.^hlngton on the table at his home awaiting him. It stated that his brother. Ray­mond Gam.ache, who enlisted from Niishua but a few. months ago. had been shot in the stomach while on guard duty at '^'era Cruz. Mex.. ahd .Tlso h.ad one arm and leg broken. He Is at the barracks hospital at 'Vera Cruz and there was little hope of his recovery.

"Ho was attacked In thc night while on guard and was found on thc ground unconscious In thc -morning. Ho Is but seventeen years of age, bclnir ?,?m, '" ^ ' " 1 } " ^ 'n 1897, the son of William and Maud (Budro) Gamache His father Is now In Lynn as fore­man of a shoe shop.

"Raymond, before leaving Xashua had. been living -with his grandpar-^ ont.s, Mr and Mrs. J, Budro, on tho Pine Hlll road. Gamache was hut a little more than sixteen years of ago when he enlisted and had been l ^ r somet ime, with the troops at Vera Cruz."

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Walter W. Manning, a., former resi­dent, while recently • in.';.'W«t«eka,' 111., was taken in a snapshot- ^ t h Uncle Joe Cannon,.'one- ol- the' best -known men Ins the country, as we all well

'know. - Mr. Manning, .who Is 'With the MoClures and who Is the manager ot tho Woman's 'World publications, has been .very successful In the responsl-'ble positions he holds and that pub­lication has now. reached the .enor­mous circulation In the country of 2,000,000 copies a month.

Married In- Ayer on 'Wednesday, Septfember 2, by Rev. J. W. Thomas,

- Frank "Westover, of Troy; Vt., - and . Mlss Delia F. Burno, of- Shirley.

T h e Unitarian Social Gathering will - meet with Mrs. JIarle Clarke. on . Tuesday afternoon, September 8, at

. three o'clock. . , . . • • - Mr. "ahd Mrs. William .C. iBurdett,

• of iJeomlnster, announce . the cngage-• ment of their daughter Kuth to Rev. - Vaughan Dabney. '

Main street, between the western approach of the overhead "bridge and the Boston, and Maine railroad cross-

- Ing, Is being given a coating of tar and gravel under the direction of F. S. Pierce, superintendent of streets.

Mlss Ethel. K. Bruce, the milliner, left last Saturday for New York city to' Inspect the new fall styles" and Is expected 'to return the -last of- this week.' She W a s accompanied by. her sister, Mlss Jlargaret. Bruce; of Gro-, ton. • Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Maynard. and'

family started this .week Friday morning by automobile for St. Albans, Vt., touring through the Green Moun-. tains and I.Ake Champlain region. ,..

James .Boutwell and family return­ed on 'Wednesday from Mountain.

. View, N. Y.: ' . • Dr. B. H. Hopkins arid family re-

' turned, on Monday, from their vaca­tion spent at Newfound Lake, N. H.

George L. 'Osgood' and family re-. turned from a month's stay at Sulli­

van. Me., Tuesday. • -Misses Marguer'lte and Alice Rand

!are spending a few days w i t h their aunt, Mrs. Messer, In Pepperel l . ' ' - Mr. and Mrs. J. W, BroWn.. of La­conia, N . H . , .were in town on 'Wed­nesday and. .-Thursday calling on friends. They sjient Wednesday night at their camp In the Shabokin district

" an.d left for h o m e on Thursday after­noon. They were accompanied to and from Laconia by Charles Morrison, brother of Fred C; Morrison, of. Ayer. the trip being made In' Mr. Brown's automobile. Mr. Brown, formerly conducted a lunch busines.s here and

"a short, time ago purchased a res­taurant-In Laconia -which he recently sold.

Mr. and Mrs. George H. Hlll, Geo. . H . Brown and -his sister, Mlss Caro­line G. Brown, enjoyed an automo-

, bile trip to Sprlngfleld, Plttsfleld, Greenfleld and other points 'of Inter­est In the western part of the state

. :thls week, returning this Friday tor^ noon.

w n i i a m C. Doherty, of lpwel l , of : the wel l -known firm of Doherty

Bros., of Lowell, -was In town on Wed-I • nesday.

The Unitarian Woman's Alliance held the first meeting of the season on Thursday afternopn on the lawn of Mrs. Lyman Clark on Washington

- street. 'The hostesses were Mrs. Clark, Mr.s. J. W. Kittredge. .Mrs. H. B. Priest. Mrs. E. E. Duncklee and

j " Urs . Harriet Lapolnte. It was voted , to have for^tnljrhtli- social a.flernoons

I •" and Mr!!. Nell ie WTlltney'WaS "made a commlttete to attend to their arrange­ment. The afternoon was a very pleasant social affair. Refreshments were served- by. the hoste.sses. • P.ay Spencer, who went to England

early in July. Intending to rernaln un­til Into September, returned on last •week Friday on the SS. Andania by the Cunard line, the steamer on w.hlch he was to have taken passage being cancelled. He had to come In the steerage, but. reports no special dls-

. comforts except the atmosphere which was relieved by being allowed the freedom of the ship. He .says the stories of the inconveniences of Ameri­cans in England have been greatly ex­aggerated. Mr. Spencer Is a teacher in Concord. In spite of his shortened stay he obtained the knowledge of the country that he sought. He .says there Is a very kindly feeling In Eng-

• land for America which is constantly shown In many ways.

Stuart L. James, of Deerfield Cen­ter, N. H., was the guest on Monday and Tuesday of his aunt. Mrs. Su.san M. Barker.

•All arrangements for the reunion of the Sandy. Pond Schoolhouse as­sociation to be held this S<aturday liave been completed. The meeting will be called to order at about two

• o'clock in the afternoon by O. K. Fierce, president. Prayer will be of­fered by Res-. J. W. Thomas. After the opening exercl-ses a business meet­ing will follow. A musical and liter­ary progt-am has been • arranged. Miss Bes.sie G. Whiting, of Somerville. will bo the reader. Kenneth Barton Fleld. soloist, and others will render choice .selections. All are welcome. Soclal dance In the evening, com­mencing at eight o'clock.

Thc Ladles' Benevolent society of the Congregational church will hold a food sale In the ve.stry on Wednes­day - afternoon. September 9. from 2.30 to *.30.

, The Woman's Alliance will hold Ita first soclal afternoon with Mrs. Clara L. Burns and Mrs. Avis Burns Flsh-

- or on Thursday afternoon. September ' 10, at 2.30 o'clock.

Edward P. Gerrish, of Brookllne. N". H.. .iged sixty-one years, died on Friday, August 28. He was a former realdent of this town and leaves a •n-idow and a brother, .Harry L. Ger-

; • rlsh. of Ayer. At. one tlmo heW.i8 a clerk In the store of L. Sherwin & Company.

St. Andrew's church will bo open ; again on Sunday for the «cr\-lco of

holy communion at oloven In tho morning.' The new gl.ass parlltlons are In place and all connected or in­terested In the church are asked 'to bo present. Sunday school will not -begin ih l s Sunday.

-Principal Ernest M. Gleason of tho ;• high school and Mrs. Gleason have .', returned from a visit to his former .V home In Mont Vernon, N. H.

J. W. Olkle, who was formerly em­ployed as a cooper at the Fairbanks

. shop hero. Is nbw working In Holll.s. N. H.. at his trade.' He will be later joined by his family.

I The voting list Is now ready for tho primary election to bc held September 22. The party enrollment numbera 298. or about one-.half of the total registration. Of this nuniber the re­publicans lead with 156, the demo-craU next with 108, and thc progres­sives, who number thirty-four en­rolled voters.

Mrs. Mary A. Sullivan spent last week visiting relatives In City Mills and Bass Point.

I Recent visitors In town were Mr. . a n d Mrs. Frank Qulnn, of Lawrence, 1 at the home x>t hts sister, Mrs. Free­

man Palmer! Oeorge E . - C a k e s , of I Boston, at t h e h o m e of his sister, Mra

Sartford B. Preble'. .,iMr. and Ml^s. Joseph, .Kyle have

been visiting for two weeks i n ' A l ­bany, N. Y., his former.h.ome. -

•Mrs. Francis J. Perry >'Ielted with her'daughter; - Mrs. Hiram K. Slayton, In Marlboro, last week.

The next and last band concert of the season will be given on Friday evening,'. September .11 . • After the concert there will be a beneflt dance for the band to which It Is hoped that there- will be a large attendance. This dance Is an annual custom which Is a^lwaya given on the Jast night of the band concerts. The. concerts dur­ing the season have attracted large crowds and were • niuch appreciated. As there Is conslde.rable outlay In keeping the organization - o n - a ' g o o d flnanclal condition,.It Is hoped by Its members that the dance will be a success In order that the band may be kept together tor next season . '

Thomas F. -Mullln, secretary, of the Board of Trade, has received a com­munication trom O . ' J . Shepard, a Boston real estate agent. In which the writer makes Inquiries as to thc Inducements that can bc given to a well established flrm with flrst-class references to locate In Aycr In the bunding now own'ed bji the Brownell Manufacturing Co.. formerly known as the .Chandler Planer shop. Ac­cording to the letter the flrm employs •100 hands. The author of the com­munication asks If It Is possible that the town could subscribe for a-block of stock' and exempt the company froiii taxes foi;'a period ot years.

Mfchael J. -Carey and Thomas F. McN'erney have been drawn as jurors sl'nd will report at the sesslon'of the superior court 'beginning at Ixiwell on Monday morning. September 14. • Berk ley ' T. Larrabee and; Chlet Beatty-" attended the great "Rocking­ham fair at Salem, N. H.', Tuesday^ .

There •will be two moving, picture shows on Labor day. The great fea­ture picture, "Lost In mid-ocean," In three parts, -will be shown. This Is one of the flnest and most Interesting pictures ever pre.sented. - A ' large ocean liner strikes an Iceberg, In:mid-ocean and plunges bow flrst to the bottom. ' under about the same clr-cumstiriees that marked the .sinking of the Titanic two years.ago. In ad­dition to -this' great picture there will be shown tout others ot great' Inters est . . . The atternoon show will begin at 2.15 ,and. the evening show at the usual hour, 8.15. - ' . William H.. Walsh of Framlngham, deputy slierllt of Middlesex county, was Ih town on Tuesday in the In­terest of his candidacy for county commissioner.

S. N. Lougee states that a decidedly unwelcome guest arrived last Wed­nesday night at his home and he Is in hopes that he -R-III not .stay long. His nanie Is Intlammatory Rheuma­tism.. .' Mrs. Winifred .Leahy Is spending this week at the home of her daugh­ter, Mrs. -George W, Harrlgan, In Portland. Me. - She Is accompanied •by Jier daughter, Mrs. F, J. Lehan, of Cambridge.

Mr. and Mr.s. Augustus Lovejoy, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Lovejoy and Mi.ss Eliza Sloan, of this town, who have been enjoying a trip in Augustas Lovejoy's auto to The Weirs. N". H., returned on Monday evening. 'While in New Hampshire they 'were thc guests from Friday until Monday ot C. W. Mason at his beautiful summer homo. Mason lodge. Center Harbor, and report having had a most dellght-fol- time.- Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Ma­son was also among the party at Cen­ter Harbor and 'The Welrs.

Mr. and Mrs. John H. Turner re­turned from Beach-wood. Me.. Tues­day evening. The M. L. Savage and George H. B. Turner families return­ed on Wednesday from the same place.

Daniel Burke, who has been in the employ ot J. J. Barry & Co., as chauf­feur, has bought a garage In Lowell In company with Alexander Mallloux, of this town, and the new flrm Is now doing business. No one has yet been chosen to take Mr. Burke's place here.

The contract for the building of thc new block for J. J. Barry & Company on Main street has been awarded to the Allen Construction Company, of Walpole. The contract has been signed and work will begin w i t h i n a very short time. According to one of the stipulations ot thc contract the building must be llnlshed before De­cember 1.

Miss Annie Carney, of Boston, formerly^ ot Ayer. will sail from N'ew York ori Monday, September 7, for the seat of the war In Europe, where she will be a Red Cross nurse. Mlss Carney is one of eleven nurses repre­senting the Red Cross society who will go from Massachusetts to the scene of the war on the above date. I'revious to becoming a trained nurse several years ago. she was employed as a compositor In the Publlc Spirit ofJlce. where she learned the trade.

Miss Florence J. 'Richardson w.is the hostess of a very pleasant social gathering at her new home on Nash­ua street on Tuesday evening. A con­genial party of triends. gathered In response to her Invitation, and enjoy­ed a fine time. Light refreshments were served.

An unknown man was seized with heart tallure at thc railroad station while running to catch the train for Lowell on Thursday evening. After a rest he again resumed his normal condition and went on his way. Ho was returning from the Fltchburg fair when stricken. As near as could be learned he was a relative of George Stiles, deputy sheriff, of Lowell. The afflicted man was In years past a noted athlete and said that he w.is un­aware that he had heart trouble up to thc time that he was stricken.

The public schools will open for the fall term- on Tuesday morning, September 8.

Edward R. Dwyer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Dwyer, and a gradu­ate of thc Ayer. high school In June', will enter Holy. Cross college on'Tues­day morning.

.Mr. and Mra. Patrick'Markham and their son, Joseph P. Markham. at­tended the funeral ot Cornelius How­ard In Lowell last Monday. Mr. How­ard was a former resident of Ayer. For many years he was a patrolman on the Lowell police force, ho being retired In February, 1908, at his own request.

A new law passed at thc last session of the legislature provides that citi­zens of the commonwealth -shall have preference In all work ot any branch of the. service ot the commonwealth or of any city or town therein. When­ever It.shall appear that any appoint­ing officer has due notice of unlawful employment ot a non-citizen and the raid appointing omcer has continued such employment for ten days after notice he shall be subject to a flne of not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars for each oftencci Tho law is contained In Chapter 600, laws

At the meeting of'Easter lodge, N. E. O. P., last week Friday evening there were twenty members of Roll­stone-lodge,, ot Clinton, present.

Ex-Senator Joseph A. Hibbard, of Lowell, was a visitor In town on' Wed­nesday. • 'The stray Collie- dok that has been causing so much trouble, about town has been killed by Chief Beatly.

Inspector Gannon ot the New York police department called on Chief Beatty Thursday. . He Is trying- to lo­cate one Jobn QalUas, who stole three diamond rings and f 200 In the metro-polls recently, and who Is thought to be In this section. The Inspector went from here to Boston to continue his search. '

• Kegular prayer meeting at the Con­gregational church on Krlday evening-at 7.30. Important liusiness meeting after this service. Sunday. September (>, Communion Sunday and reception o( new members. Sermon- subject, "The kingdom of God." y. i>. s. C. E. at S.45. Evcnini; worship at -6.30. Sub­ject, "Endurance."'

Services at the Baptist church • on Sunday, will consist of preaching at 10.45 in the morning by the p a s t o r -communion service. Sunday school at twelve o'clock. I'.ral8e -meeting and short sermon In tile evening 'at seven" o'clock. Young people's . meeting on Monday evening at 7.30.

Flre) , . The garage of the Robt. Murphy's

Sons Company and l u c o n t e n t s of flve automobiles waa entirelj- destroyed by fire which brok^iut about ten o'clock leist Saturday-night. An alarm w a s sounded trom box 1-7 . by Charles Perry, but the Hre burned so quickly that when the firemen arrived -with their appartus after the halt-rii'lle run all hope of saving any of ' the burning 'property was abandoned. '-

The main building used by the firm for'Its cutler}' buslnesa Was unharm­ed as were the nearby buildings. The dwelling owned by the tirm next to the burning building, and which is occupied by Charjes Trefethen down stairs and. Mrs. Anhle M. Norris up stairs, had a narrow escape and had It not been for the heavy rains of the day which thoroughly soaked the root nnd sides ot the building. It a n d ' t h c other houses might have been burned.

Large enfbers trom the burning structure floated over some' of the other dwellings and fe l l . about the buildings, but no damage-was caused thereby.

Three of .the automobiles that were burned belonged to the firm, one to George H. Brown ot this town and a large Max^well six o'llnder car to a. Mr. Foster, ot Dover, N'. H., which was there for repairs.

The flre. although conflned to the building •where It started, had the a p ­pearance from a distance of being a much larger one. The entire eastern section of the town -.las lighted up when the fire was at its height.

The cause ot the fire Is unknown. The building •was closed that night at six o'clock and. at that time there w a s absolutely no Indication of a fire or ot anything that might cause it.

The loss to Robt. .Murphy's Sons Co. as given by them Is about 12500. .

An Investigation of the origin of the flre was made by Edward Horri­gan. representing the state flre marshal's office in Boston, who came here for the purpose Thur-sday. After Investigating the matter he decided that further action In behalf of the .state board was unnece.s.s,iry. George Bro'wn's car was the only one insured.

District Court. . Daniel Sweene.v. Daniel .Mar.sh, Jo­

seph Adams, Philip Knight and George Veno all pleaded guilty to vagrancy and their cases were filed. Patrick Flnegan pleaded riot' guilty of the same offense and was discharged.

Frank Fitzgerald. Arthur Mulienan. William Dalton. Mylo Balls and Fred Poole, all of Lowell, and ranging from flfteen to eighteen years of age, all pleaded guilty to riding unlawfully on a railroad train and their cases were placed on file Friday morning after a finding of guilty by the court. The .voung fellows were gathered In on Thursday afternoon In the southern division freight }-ard by Chief Beatty who had received., complaints con­cerning them. The best Informiition obtainable ot them before the trial •ft-as that they were good boy.s, but their reason of riding on a freight train to Ayer from Lowell was that they had a day off from their employ­ment and wished to see the country.

Frank Allen, of Portland, Me., wag found not guilty of vagrancy and dis­charged. "

TravcIlnB .\round tho World. Earland RIchtor, of Stockholm,

Sweden, was a gue.st ot Mr. and Mrs. Nils Petersson from Thursday until this Saturday morning. Mr. RIchtor is an editor of one of tho leading newspapers of Stockholm and Is mak­ing a trip around the world, leaving home last February-. Since that time he has traveled through China, Japan. Corea and India to Vancouver, B. C. and thence to San Francisco. Cal.. from where he came east. He re­sumes his journey this Saturday morning and will complete his Jour­ney which ends at his home In Swe­den.

.Mr. RIchtor speaks very Interest­ingly of his travels. In Japan ho was received by thc prime minister in private audience, an unusual honor. and he also talked with high officials in that country, all ot whom spoke very plea.santly of-Sweden and Its peo­ple. The prime minister visited Swe­den some years ago and became ac­quainted with many of thc .sea-taring men who have made that country ramous.

.Mr. RIchtor was In Toklo at the timo of tho funeral of the late dow­ager empress which he described, as a wonderful sight. Ho will write a book. on his travels, with particular reference to Asia.

BOXBOROUGH. Xciys Iloms.

Robert Poland .spent thc i>a.st two weeks with relatives In Canadn. He returned on Sunday with his mother and thc other children who have been In,Ontario for several weeks.

Mrs. Charics Waltt has returned from Prince Edward Island, where she has been spending the summer.-

Old friends ot Goorge Waltt, our tormer townsman, will regret to hear that he Is In very poor health. After leaving here h e . bought a 260-acre farm In'the western part of thc state and overwork has resulted In a nerv­ous breakdown.

Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Richardson have gone to Vermont to-remain un­til after Labor day.

Calvin A. Hemlnway, of Wenatohf •. Wash., Is visltlngr at Llttlefield farpi.

Mrs. S. B. Hager Is entertaininK -i cousin from Boston.

Albert Llttlefleld and Burpee Pue]e are thc flrst ones In town to purch.-i.'-'-auto trucks for their marketing bu.---;-ness to Boston.

The tour schools open on Tuesd.iv. Three of the old teachers will return. The new member Is Miss Sprapu-. from Maine, a teacher of experience, who will t each a t Ntf. 3.

PAca nvs •Considerable needed work has been

done on. the schoolhouses. A new well has been dug at N'o. 3; N'o. 1 and 2 have been painted outside and all have been put Into ^ood shape.

Mrs.' Gartner has been entertaining several relatives from Boston the past two weeks,.

Mrs. Albert Hartwell is recovering from an Illness which kept her un­der the doctor's care tor three.weeks. Miss Cora Hartwell, of Acton, . is with her. . The Knights have moved their goods Into the Chester house and will l ive-there unti l they can find a more convenient tenement. . Mrs. William Withington and Mrs.

Ada. Durkee visited Mrs. Frank X>avldson In Lincoln this week.

. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Whitcomli visit­ed Mrs. Wallace Brown In Groton and went -wi th Mr. and Mrs. Brown to Rockingham fair on Thursday.

The Saturday night dances at . l i ­brary- hall still continue to draw a good ' house, even on Such a stormy evening as the last gathering had. This evening, besides . the advertised concert given by the Crescent orches­tra, the management -were fortunate to get the Nashoba Male quartet, al ­though the arrangeriient was made too late to be bn the bills. The prize speaking by the children Is sure to be etitertaining In the atternoon. -

Mrs. Ariiy Lawrence and two daugh­ters, of Silver Hill; also, the Wilsons, former neighbors, were recent guests .of. the Nelsons,

Robert Cunnlrigham Is spendirig the week with his sister In Medford..

Alonzo Clement, of Grand Rapids, Mich., visited his rilece, Mrs. Philip Cunningham,'the past,•week..

Mrs. Michael Griflfin, who- was thrown from.' the carriage ' several •weeks ago and terribly Injured In the SPlne. is still at the"hospital and her condition continues . to grow worse •with no hope .of any change for the better.

SHIBLE?. C-entcr. '

Carleton Hunneman. Jr., ot Brook­llne. is a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Bolton on Center road. '. Kev. A. L. Bumpus, of BrookljTi, N. Y., gave an excellen.t address at Trinity chapel las t .Sunday afternoon. Sunday afternoon, at three o'clock. Rev. George H. Thomas rector -of Christ church, Fltchburg. will con­duct the service at the chapel. . The large steam roller which has been In use on the state road through Woodsville, has been taken away and ± smaller one arrived to be used Jn rolling the tar. The road is now com­pleted with the exception of the sur­face -work.

Mrs. Perrin, who has been staying a t . the home ot Mrs. H. B. Sweetser. left on Tuesday for her horae In" Cam­bridge.

The Gamp-fire Girls held their reg­ular meeting on Wednesday afternoon at the home ot Mrs. Henry Ware on Hazen road. .Wi l l iam Thompson and'Arthur R.

Holden attended ncighbor.s' night at Lunenbur -Grange ori Wednesday evening. . . ,

Lester Holden. who has been •R-ork-Ing on a dairy farm in Sandwich, Is at the home of his. parents. Mr. and Mrs. George Holden, for a few days. • Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Moulton, of

Maiden, spent the first ot the week with Mr. and Mfs- It- -J- Farnsworth, at the N'orth.

.Miss Ruby T. Crockett has been quite 111 at the home of ber parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. L. Crockett, at the N'orth.

Mrs. Henry Farrar, at the North, was operated on this week at the Gro­ton hospital for appendicitis and at last reports was doing as vvell as could be expected. •

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Pray, who have been spending the summer at -Vantucket. arrived at their summer home on Wednesday for a few days.

The last ot the. "fresh-air" children who have been spending the summer at the home of Mr. and -Mrs. Henry Farrar. at the North, returned to Bo.s­ton this week. -~-~

Mrs, M. W. Longley and family at­tended a family gathering at Whalom ::ist week. Thur.sday.

The b^ll game w^hich was to. be I'layed last Saturday between Woods-.ille and We.st Groton. at Woodsville. was called olt on account of the wet weather.

John Bohanon, .'who has been visit ing his daughter, Mrs. Charles Hey­wood. at Nashua, tell downstairs one day last week and sustained a broken >houIder. His daughter, Mrs. David B. Marsh, has been In N'ashua caring f'lr him.

Mr.s. Elizabeth Thompson, •who has l.een spending a vacation ot several •veeks In Maine, is expected home next week.

The Fir-st Parish Branch Alliance held Its regular meeting on Thursday ufternoon on the First Parish lawn.

Mlss Mary Griffln Is to commence her school year at Cleghorn convent, Fltchburg, next Tuosday.

Several of-o^ur would-be deep sea fishermen took a trip down Boston harbor on last Saturday, going trom here with McLen'nan's auto truck to the number "of twenty. The water was rough and against the best advice of the captain-of-the boat the party put out, Noah King assisting In hoisting .the sails. Atter selecting a proriiis-Ing flshlng ground-the boat was an­chored and tackle was put out. One by one the members of the party reel­ed In their lines and betook t'hem-selves to the cabin or hung longingly over the rail, each paying their own peculiar way homage to N'eptune Un­til the craft-resembled rather more of a hospital ship than a flshlng craft Edward.McLaughl in commanded the party at the start but was obliged to surrender on account of other and more pressing business. Ithel Ryan claims the honor ot .capturing the largest flsh, a cod weighing ten pounds. '

Edward Crowell Is \-l8lting relatives nd triends at South Dennis.

Mlse Amy Lougee. of Ayer, visited this week with Mlss A m y Bryant at Frultcroft. ' -

Mlss- Mildred. Morse returned last Saturday from her two-weeks' visit to Peterboro, N. H. Her cousin, Mrs. Lillian Volenti, returned with her to spend a tew days here with Mr. and .Mrs.,I. B. Morse.. , . -'

Mrs. Abbie C. Sawyer returned home this week Friday after a week's visit with Mrs. Sarah L. Haj-nes at Siidbury. . '

.George Maynard and Frank Hynes attended the Rock ingham fair on last Wednesday.-

The Grange held a very interesting meeting on last Tuesday, the subject being "Publlc health." Dr. Austin Peter.s gave a very Ihstructlve address on the preventatives used In conta­gious diseases. JIIss Annie R e a d had the Grange paper arid gave somo very Interesting news Items regarding the members ot the Grange. The Grange voted to accept the lm-ItatI6n ot Shir­ley Grange to neighbor with them on September 17 and furnish the enter­tainment tor the evening. The work of the next . meeting. September 15, Is the conferring of degrees.

The' famlly of A. H. Bacon, of Al­bany, N. Y., closed their cottage on the-'Lancaster-shore of Bare Hill pond on.Tuesday after a stay here of about two months.'

Charles A.- E. -Clarke, ot Tufts col­lege Station, Medtord, .closed their cottage last Friday and returned, to their home after a two-weeks' stay at Sheep -Island.'

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Caulklns "are spending this 'iveek with relatives in N'orth Ablngton.

Mr. and Mrs. James L. Whitney and Mlss Helen Whitney are sojourn­ing this week at Bass Point, Nahant.

The Berkley club close their sum­mer season ot dances on Monday night with a party at the town hall.

.Rev. and' Mrs. C. S. 'Bo'dwell re­turned to town on last Tuesday. The parsonage is nearly completed-the pa-perhangers and plumbers putt ing on the last touches. Mr. and Mrs. Bod­well have been tor the summer with relatives at Guilford, Conn.

-Mlss A. M. Mott, Mrs. Morlarty, of Swampscott, and ' Miss . Georgletta. Sawyer, of West Somervlllp, who have been for several weeks at the Kerley. returned home, on last Wed­nesday.

I'ultarlan. The Unitarian

regular services pastor In charge er directing the worship at 10.43 sermon by thc win sing a solo,

Sunday .school o'clock^ .\11 c! men's clas.s, are in full force.

HABVABD. .N'CAvs ItcnM.

A sunset party will be given under the direction of the Unitarian ladles in town hall on Saturday afternoon .-md evening, September 5. Dancing from 4 to 6.30 and 8 to 11.30. Baked bean supper a t 6.30. Ice cream and caltc will be on sale during the even­ing: Music, Robblnsf orchestra, of I'epperell. four pieces. . Modern danc­ing allowed.

Mlss Margaret Griffin, da'ughter of .Mr. and .Mrs. Thomas Griffin, Harvard road, fell oft ot . a pony last week Tuesday and broke her shoulder and a rm><=3t> compound fracture. Sho was t,-iken to St. John's hospital at IKIWOII and was there trom. Tuesday until

, S-iturday.-. She Is to be taken again to Lowell on Monday, by Dr. Priest f.-r an X-ray examination. She Is r'sting as comfortably a s can be ex-P'-cted.

John E. Griffin, o t tho City club, Iioston, and son Heath, who arc spending the summer a t the Thomas Grlflln farm, spent l a s t w e e k In Phila­delphia and AtlanUc City and Sea I.<lo City, N. J., returning on Tuesday.

School at the grammar-building rc-r.i.ens for the tall tertti on Tuesday .'•'•ptember 8. The same teachers re

j ti:rn as last year. ! Thursday night ot last week was a ; i; Ua night at Harvard lodge, I. O. O. i 1'. •The event of the evening was ' the J. onferring of the third degree 6n a I r,,i.ss of tour candidates. Visitors I were present trom Robert Burns

- d g e of Ayer, West Acton lodge and from Shirley lodge to the number of

1 "ver one hundred. The third degree ;..im from West Acton did the work

the evening. Upon the arrh-al of •.-.f visitors the members o t all the

<:. lges formed In line and with llght-< .1 torches and drums beat ing march-

I < .1 hround the common headed by WII-:): im Hanna. noble grand of Harvard ] ; .iKo. After the work ot the evening I.' .-mppor was served In the banquet I hall, about 120 s i t t ing.at the :tables.

church will resume its on Sunday with the and with H. A. Thav-muslc. There will be In the morning with

pastor.. Mrs. Huestis

will be held at twelve as.ses. including thc refjucsted to assemble

CoiiKrrKRtloDnl t 'bnrrb . At the morning service on Sunday

'he pastor will preach, taklnc as his theme The spineless cactus." After the preaching service the regular bi­monthly service will bo observed.

The regular ses.slon of thc bible school will be held at twelve o'clock. The passage for study Includes thc '(ir*'ra commandnu-ntft." which embody in condensed form the substance of thc icachlngs of the founder of chir-llanliy. There is a welcome tor all. . A: the C. E. meetlnpr at 7.30 o'cloek. the subject will he "Twelve great verst-s. IX, the praver verse." Con­secration meetlns. .Mr.«. H, B, P.oyal. leader, ' -

Stlll Rivor. On Wedne.sday night, along near

midnight, four men ne.-ir Mr. Murch-ie's made .such a racket singing, swearins and shouting that Con­stables Hanna and Lennan of Har­vard were notified. They came at once and caught three of them, ono escaping. The three were taken to court In Clinton on Thur.sday mofriins and paid tines of ten dollars each. It Is hoped the le.sson •ttlll prove ef­fective and that hereafter they will see that It Is cheaper to keep the peace.

-Mises Klalne. Edith and Helen Avery, of .'!alem, are visitirig their cousin. -Mr.s. J. F. Sprague.

Mrs. Charle.s Hick.s. -n-ho has been visiting .Miss Alice Mar.shall. return­ed to her home In P,rockton Thursday.

Dr. Balcom. of .Swanzey. N. H.. was tho gues; of his brother. Edwin Balcom. this week.

Ml.ss Emaline Rnj-ers. of Bo.ston. is with her aunt. .Mr.s. .Sarah .Scales. . Delano Pratt is taking a vacation,

visiting in Ca.soo Bay, Mo. Mr. and Mrs. H, W, Atherton re­

turned to their homo in Holyoke on Monday after .a .six-weeks' .stay In the old homestead In Still River. Thoir son Bert returned to his dutios in Nor­folk. Va.. the .same day.

Mrs. Jo.sephino Whitney visited her Worce.ster homo on Wednesday and Thursday.

Augustus Hutcherson and H. D. Stone attended thc Ma.sonlc exercises of. tho dedication of Ma.sonlc temple In Worce.ster on Thur.sday.

Roger Morse Is at home for a tew da>'s before returning to his studies at Colby academy In Vermont.

Mlss Eleanor Batcriian returned to her home in Arlington on Sund.ay af­ter a few weeks' visit w-ith her iincle .and.atmt, F. W. and Eliza Bateman.

Marlon Campbell is visiting In Bos­ton.

Edna Flanders returned to her du­ties In Worcester on Monday after her long absence from being sick with scarlet fever.

Rachel Haskoll Is 111 with the Ger­man measles.

Margaret Farnsworth. of Worces­ter. Is visiting her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs, M. A. Farnsworth.

NO N E E D TO WORRY Distressed Damsel—Oh. sir, catch

that man. He wanted to kiss me. Pas.slve Pedestrian-—That's -all

right. There'll bo ariother alorig In a minute.

rTEM OF iNTEKBaX, • •

The United States -makes the' steel -pens for about flfty countries.

.There' are twenty-eight pounds of blood In the body ot an adult-and ten jrounds are moved at every puUiatloil of the heart. ' "

From the seeds of the castor oil plant a German chemist has extracted what Is said to be the most powerful poison -known..

f o r window cleaners there has been Invented an-adjustable wire seat which can be suspended outside- a w-lndow from the sill. .

After years of eftort a Berlin Inven-' lor haa succeeded In building a model man that can walk,, talk, 'sing. laugh and -whistle. -

A sanitary drinking, tube has been Invented for use with any kirid of container, so compact It can be car­ried In a vest pocket . .

HIGH"R6MANCB "Was your love affair romantic?" "Oh. very!. 1 met Percy at the sea­

side. We.both pretended to be very rich." - • ' "And now It turns out that he col-

lects the payments on our piano." •

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Boats leave Providence . dally. In­c luding Sunday, at 7 P. M., arriving at N e w y-ork about 7 A. M., Return-' Ing, leave- New York dally. Including • Sunday, at 5.30 P. M.. arriving at Providence about 6 A. M.

These steamers are equipped •with all the modern Improvements, and all staterooms are outside rooms. The cuisine Is a La Carte and under the supervision ot capable stewards and competent chefs.

The line offers to the public an ex­ceptional opportunity, to visit N e w York, including a healthful coast sail at a very low price.

'TICKETiS FROM A Y E R One 'Way $3.36 Ronnd Trip $6.52

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W H Y NOT S E E

Thomas F. Mullin T H E R E A L E S T A T E AGENT

In Retard to InTeetment? Room S Bank Bldg. Ayer

AUOUSTUS LOVEJOY

Insurance Agent and Broker Warm TreaartT wHt tMi B I M , aU kln«. • t r»«»«rty plaee* I B maa*. »trDB» •MBVaalM.

34 East Main Street, Ayer

LOOK D.VRO.VI.NS—Democrat, Road. Concord. Express and Karin Wagons, Surrles and Top BuK«les; Harness a!, kinds. Bee our Double Team Harness at »30. beats all. Horse Goods, Plows. Harroivs, Stone Boats, "Wheelbarrows and Farm Implements, Agent for Rogers & Hubbard's Bone Ba.-^ fer­tilizers. F, B, Ff:u:H, C-,irriaK-, Har­ness and Implement Veai-ir, . yt r. Mass. Telephone 14*>-2.

PUBLIC NOTICE.

On and after this date T shall claim no wageji of my son, .Arthur l.aws, nor pav any bills of his contraction,

B, H, l-.^'WS. Townsend. .XuKusi 21. 1914. 3t50'

COMMONWKALTH OK MASHACHf-SKTTS. Middlesex, sa. I'robate Court.

To th« helrs-at-law. next of kin. -creditors, and all other psrsons lnt>?r-ested In tha estate ot F.iiF,SF,-/.F.K KSTES late of Townsend In . ald Coun­ty, deceased. Intestate,

Whereas a petition bas been pre­.sented to said Court to grant a letter of administration on th«j estat* of said deceased to KI.LKN S. KSTKS of Townsend In tha (bounty of Middlesex, -without givlDK a surety on her bond.

You are hereby cited to appear at a I'robate Court to be held at I'ambridge. In said County of Middlesex, on the sixteenth day of September .\. I). 1914. at nine o'clock In the forenoon, to show cause. If any you have, why the same should not be granted.

And the petitioner Is hereby directed to give publlc notice ther»*of, by pub­lishing this citation once In each week, for three successive weeks, in Turner's Public Spirit, a newspaper published in Ayer, the last publication lo be one day. at least, before .said Cuurt.

Wltness.Charles J. Mclntlre. Ksqulce, First Judge of said Court, this twenty-flrst day of AuKust in the year one thousand nin« hundred and fourteen,

3t51 F. M. KSTV, Asst, Ueglster,

COM"MONWEALTH OK MASSACHU­SETTS, Middlesex, ss, I'robate Court,

To the helrs-at-la-w, next of kin and all other persons interested In the es­tate of MARY J. SEAIU.KH late ot Townsend In said County, deceased.

Whereas, a certain Instrument pur­porting to be the last will and testa­ment of said deceased has been pre­sented to said Court, for Probate, by MI.NNIB S. OISEKN who prays that letters testamentary may be Issued to her. the executrix therein named, with­out giving a surety on her ofnclal bond

You flre hereby cited to appear at a Probate Court to be held at Cambridge, In said County of Middlesex, on the sixteenth day of September A. 1>. 1914, at nine o'clock In the forenoon, to show cause, if any you have. why. tbe

, same' should not be granted. And said petitioner, is hereby direc­

ted to give public notice thereof, by publishing tnls citation once In each week, for three successive weeks. In the Townsend Tocsin, a newspaper published In said County, the last pub­lication to be one day, nt least, before

• said Court, nnd by mailing postpaid, or delivering a copy of this citation to all known persons interested in the

. estate seven days at least before said Court.' • . Wltness.Charles J. McTntlre. Esquire.

First Judge of said Court, this seven­teenth day of August In the year one thousand - nine hundred and fourteen,

3t51 Ft M, KSTY. Asst. Register.

Tk« mawaaaaer -wklek Bulcea a • • -aret at iia e t m l a t l n kaa • maaa rea-aam taa t* * • ! tk« raaaam ta acrvr tk< MM tkat la giram ia tka X r a i d a n .

SHIRLEY. News Itema.

The Shirley A. C. will hold a dance In Odd Fellows" hall on Monday evening. Mudgett's orchestra will furnish music.

The ball gilme In town last Satur­day was postponed on account ot the rain.

The building ot the new sidewalk on Chapel street will commence, next week. The boundary argument has apparently been settled to the satis­faction ot all concerned, E, H. Long ley. ot Ayer, will do the work.

Mr. and Mrs. Klchard Pomfret spent the week-end and Sunday with their son. Qeorge H. Pomfret, at Waverley.

T h e next meeting of J. C. A.ver lodge. A. O, i; W„ will be held on Monday evening. Septeniber 14.

WInlirred 'Weeks, son " ot P. D. Weeks, has acceiited the position of -chauffeur ut the Sain-^on cordage works, succeeding Che.ster Phelps, who Is recov<;rlng from an operation.

Mli ^ Ruth Knowles is spending this week In I'itchburg with her .sister, Mrs. Haro!d_ W. French.

At Engine hall last .Saturday even­ing a hearing w.as given the Shirley Electric Company , .-ind - permJasioii (.-ranted to erect additional j ioks on Shaker. Parker and .Great roads; also. Haskell .-iireet and Calecunemau^ road.' The Samson cordage works Is plaimmg to use electric jiower from the company and a transformer will be placed oh the grounds.of tho cord­age works.

Mis,i .Grace Tewk.sbury and Miss Alice Horton enter Cushing academy on the opening ilay ne.xt Tuesday, and they will also room together.

Miss H»rkinK.s, of Melrose, is a guest at the home of her sister. Mrs. Thoina.s E. Liil.v.

, The Shirley A. C. will pl.ty the Rover.-! ot Fitchlrurg on tho Shirley grounds this Saturday'afternoon.' the »<ame being called at three o'cWek. The Hovers of Clinton will con-.e lo Shirley Labor day aftornoo'n for :i faine at t/iree o''clock.

M r . a n l Mrs. Jokn G. Conant ui-rlved hom(* on Monday from a t\v'j-weeks' s .ay at -(>cean Park. Mo.

Miss Nellie F. Cronin. of Groton. was a vlsit-or this week ar the home wf Mr. and Mrs. li. F. Uinney.

Leon D. Mudgett took first prize at tho Fltchburg fair this week tor his exhibit of dahlias. -Mr. Mudgett had 156 varieties of that Iiower on ex­hibition.

Mr. and Mrs. .J. Dudley Shea re-tu'rned to their liome in Manchester, N. H., Wednesday, after spending a vacation of a week with Mrs. Shea's mother. Mrs. Annie I. Banks.

The Baptist church held their an­nual picnic at Fort pond on Tuesday. epjoying themselves immensely, and Charles H, White very kindly gave them the use ot his cottage.

The parochial school opened Tues­day morning with a roster ot 135 pupils,

Henry W, Brockelman left Tues­day for a few weeks' rest and re­cuperation with relatives In Jefferson. X. H.

Mlss Delia Burno has left the em­ploy of the C, A. Edgarton Company and on Wednesday. September 2. was married tn Frank Westover. of Troy. Vt^ where the couple will make their home, .Ml.-w Burno is the oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Burno and is a most estimable young lady. It Is nwedless to say that she leaves here with the best of wishes for hap­piness and success.

Rev. and Mrs. G. E. Woodman and famil.v arrived Wednesday from camp at .N'orthfield. where the Woodman family spent the month ot .A.ugu.s,t. They report a tine time with all out-dttvr lite.

Robert Gately. of Pittsburg. Pa.. has arrived at the home of his par­ents. ^lr. and Mrs. James Gately, for a two-weeks' vacation.

Miss Madeline Logue has returned home from an extended vacation In Fall P.iver.

The Congregational church will re­open for service on "Sunday morning, the pastor occupying the pulpit at 10.45 in the morning. Sunday school at twelve o'clock noon. In the even­ins at seven o'clock the pastor will give __a very interesting stereoptlcon lecture on Northfleld.

The publlc schools will reopen on Monday morning. The new teachers are Mlss Mabel Osborne, ot Danville, .\'. H.. who haa accepted the position of assistant high school teacher, suc­ceeding Mlss Fuller, and Mlss Nellie McXiff. of Ayer, has been engaged as teacher of the tifth and sixth grades, .succeeding Mlss Marlon E. Fowle. who has recently re'slgned. Ml.ss Ruth Carter, of Winchendon. will a.s.sume the duties of commercial teacher, succeeding Miss Peterson. Mlss Sarah Ross, of Ayer, Is the new teacher at tho Center.

100th .\nnlvcrsary. The members ot Shirley Concert

band wish to announce that the con­cert on Septembtr 17 will be devoted to commemorating the 100th anni­ver.sary ot the composing of "The Spangled Banner" by Francis Scott Key. which fails on September 14. Through the co-operation of the School committee the services of the school children have been obtained to assist In the singing ot "The Star Spangled Banner." The members , ot the D. A. R. have kindly consented to decorate tho grounds where the con­certs are held. The help ot Individual local s ingers Is expected. The G. A. P... the W. R. C. and the Sons ot 'Vet­erans of Ayer have been Invited and It is hoped their presence will grace the occasion. A'short address will be given to the children concerning the significance ot this anniversary.

The band asks the co-operation of all the citizens and invites the people of Shirley and the surrounding towns to bo present. It seems, especially fitting at this time, when hal t the world Is In the throes of war, to point out to the children and the grown-up folks as well what the Stars and Stripes stand tor and to Impress upon them tho grandeur ot the flag that Inspired Key to write his Immortal lines.

Flro. An alarm tor fire was sounded

from box 24 on Monday morning at 12.25 for a fire on Ballou's hlll at thc houso tenanted by Mr. and ,Mr8. Jo ­seph Seymour, caused by tho cxplo-. slon of a kerosene lamp In the cham-' ber- In the second story. The total damage will amount to something over t i o o . All the clothing In a closet was burned and part of ^he woodwork between the plastering and partitions w.Ti» also damtiged. Thc Ilremen responded promptly And the all out was rung In, at 1,07. Fortu­nately Mr. and Mrs, Seymour escaped without Injury. Mr. Seymour said the light begin to flicker, which awakened him. He then aroused his wife and as they left the room and .shut the door tho lamp exploded.

making a loud noise like tho report of a gun. The firemen used an ordi­nary garden hose •which reduced the damage done by water.

Taken to Hotipltal. Mrs, Henry Farrar was riished- td

the Groton Hospital on Monday night and operated upon tor appendicitis. I.nimedlately toIIo\\'lng this operation she was again operated upon tor the removal ot a tumor weighing eight pounds. Sirs. Farrar has been aware of the. latter trouble tor .some time past, but kept dela>ing tho operation. However, when she became suddenly at tacked.with appendicitis'It was de­cided by the physicians to reniove the tumor after the removal ot the ap­pendix, both operations being per­formed b y Dr. Kilbourn and were highly successful. Her daughter, Mrs. •\'loIa Bonney, who Is a nurse at the Worcester hospital, arrived at the Graton hospital Monday In season to act as nurse to her rhother d'uring the operation'and will remain as the attending' nurse during her mother's stay at the hospital.

Center. - • - . ; . . _ ' Mildred Jloulton, of Townsend,

has been "spending a few da.vs at the home ot Mr. and Mrs. A, A, Adarns.

Mr. and Mr.s, C- K- Goodspeed and f a m i l y , have closed their summer home on Center road' and returned- to -their home in .Wolia.ston.

Miss .Ruth M, Graves' leaves Moii­day tor Royalston to begin her second year of teaching school.

A very intere.sting article by Rev. H, A. Bridgman telling' ot his ex­periences In Parl-s after the outbreak OLf the war" api>t'ared in last week's issue of the Congregalionallst.-

MISH Carrie Bradford has returned home after ,spending a week with rel­atives in Ch'eimsford.

The ne,\t meeting of the Matrons' Aid society will be held on Wednes­day. September 9. at the honie ot Mrs. Luther K. Holden.

Ralph • 1. Evans has decided to move his portable saw mill to Mason. N. H.. Instead ot to Francestown. N, H,, and expects to start soon. Sev­eral of the y o u n j men about town •ivlll go to Mason also to work at the mill, . The Center primary and grammar

schools will open on Tuesdav, Sep­tember 8, tor the fall term. Mlss Mary McCusker, . ot Waltham. will have charge ot the grammar grades and Mlss Sarah Ross, of Ayer, will take the place of Mlss Margaret Walsh as teacher of the primary grades. Mlss Ross-Is a graduate of the Fltchburg Normal sehool, class of 1914.

Mlss Marlon L. Holden left on Sun­day for Gi^eenwlch, where she la to teach school this year.

Mrs. H. A. Brldgman has returned home after spending a few days In Northfield,

Mlss Annie J, Reed, ot Boston, was a gue.tt this week at the home of Miss Helen M. Wlnslow on Center road.

Ml.ss Olga Wlksell, ot RosUndale,-who Is spending a tew weeks at P e p ­perell, visited friends In town last Sat­urday.

Mlss Mildred Evans, who graduated from the Shirley high school last June, enters Fltchburg Normal school on Tuesday.

Mrs. Grace E, Wlnslow. who has been 111 and under the care of Dr. Bulkeley. of Ayer, Is Improving nicely.

Irene Moulton. who has l^een visit­ing her uncle, A. A. Adams, has re­turned to her home in Townsend.

Robert H. J. Holden has returned home after a short visit with rela­tives In Reading.

Mlss Alison E. Winslow was a guest at the 'home of .Mr.«. Percy N. Kenway In Newton this week.

Mr. and Mrs. Charle.s K. Bolton have returned home after spendlnj; a few da.vs at Magnolia.

A Ions pofni .appeared in Sunday's issue of the Boston' I'ost by Percy Mackaye. who Is becoming known as tho war laureate of . \merica. The poem was a protest. against this country's neutrality in the Europesrn situation.

The third and deciding game in the series between Shirley Grange and Groton Grange which was to be play­ed on Labor day, hus been called off by the Groton team.

Mlss Pauline Sweetser, who ha.s been at the home of her parents. Mr, and Mrs, H. B. Sweetser, recovering from the effects of a sun stroke, Is getting along nicely and expects to return to Chelsea the first ot the •B-eek.

Word has been received by Mrs, F, A. Wyman from Miss Sara A. Dunn, who has been in the war zone in Eu­rope. After som'e difficulty Mlss Dunn was able to reach London, but was too late to get pas.sage home and will stay In London until another steamer sails. Mlss Florence Ralph, •who •was In Berlin, has aLso been heard from. After having hor monoy stolen and going without food for thirty-six hours she also has beon able to reach London. No word has been received as yet trom Mlss Winifred Duffleld. who was travelling In tho Tyrol,

A number from the Center attend­ed the Baptist Sunday school picnii-at Fort pond on Tue.sday.

Miss Margaret Longley. S. H, .=;. '14. enters Bryant & Stratton's Busi­ness college in Boston on Tuesdav. John Grout enters Fltohburg high school on Tuesday aiso.

Wesley Wyman expects to be un­able to return to Europe this winter, where he has a concert tour arranged, but •w-lll probably go to South America Instead.

Miss Merle Crockett, a sister of Miss Ruby Crockett, is taking her place In the family of John H, Tur­ner. Ayer. white she is on the .sick list,

<i range. Shirley Grange held a public en­

tertainment on Tuesday ovening in place of the regular meeting, the pro­ceeds of which are -to go toward the piano fund. The entcrtarnment con­sisted ot a piano sold by Mlss Hazel Cummlngs, ot the Boston Conservatory ot Music, and two farces which were well given. The cast of thc first farce. "The . bargain cotinter," was as fol­lows: Mrs. - Margaret Crosston

Mrs. George Buxton Rose Campion -.Mrs. A. W, Wood •Veronica Speedwell Mildred Evans Daisy Chain Ruth M. Graves Mrs. Marshmanygold

Mrs. N. R. Graves The second farce. "Wanted, a pitch­

er," was cast as follows: Doc Marshall . .Horace Harris Jimmy Ralph Graves Sam Miles Earl Graves n, F, Bangs, }r Robert J. Evans .Tack Thomas Evans Isaac Steinberg A. A. Adams Paddy O'Toole William Thompson Bett Marks Everett Buxton Silas Dew-berry George Buxton Hank Dewberry .Vrthur R, Holden Nicholas NaboronI, .William Thompson

Fol lowing the entertainment a so­clal dance waa held with music by Mrs. Waldo Farnsworth.

- 8o Eatyl ' ' "'VTblle I waa in Berlin last summer."

Mid . tho globo trotter, "I stopped with Bn artUt friend, for the season. One day the artist's wife had been ahowtng the sights of the town to a solemn vlsaged COOSID. The artist wan in bis room wben .the ladles returned from their tour and w a s so very busy with bis work be did not look up. - Tbe cousin looked on In silence, .and when my artist friend had flnlsbed his draw­ing fibe said:

" 'Ob. Mr. Jones,. I never even im­agined tbat drawing waa so easyl' - "Which reminds m e ot a story they tell of Jqacjilm, tbe famous violinist One day be watched the skaters from bis window until be decided tbat be would try It himself. Tbe attendant after strapping the skates'endeavored to show the distinguished musicisii how to strike o u t flrst -with one foot and then wltb the other. Legs got tangledj^ 'an4 Joachim shot Into a gro­tesque scrawl.

" • y a . ya, yal' exclaimed the at­tendant as be assisted the famous vio­linist to bis f ee t 'It is not quite so easy as playing tbe Qddle. Yes?' "— N e w York Sun.

Queer People of Papua.' In the Glrara cotintry. Papua, a-dis­

trict of; New Guinea, where the coun­try Is almost entirely submerged, the natives are said to claim descent from the dog. They possess five totems; which are;drawn on all tbelr houses. Their villages are erected' on hillocks so as to "be clear ot tbe water, and the people of eacb village Inhabit one large, common bouse, sometimes as mucb as 400 tp 500 feet long and GO to SO feet In width. The center-of this huge building is a kind of common ball, wblch is tised only by the men. while tbe walls o f the structure are divided Into cubicles in three or four floors, access to which is gained by means ot ladders. Tbe.women are not allowed to enter the building by the same door as the men. A great deal of sorcery prevails In the western divi­sion, In tbe wilder parts of the coun­try the cblet Is himself a bead sorcer­er. He' claims to be able to separate his spirit from his body and: to send It on various missions, including that of killing people.

Jackal Flies of India. There are certain East Indian flies,

several varieties ot tbem apparently of similar type to our o w n house favorite, Musca domestica. tbat bave developed a rather ingenious, if. somewhat dls^ reputable, way of making a living: This Is the story told by Captains Pat­ton and Craig In the Indian Jotirnal ot Medical Research. Tbe proboscis of tbese flies is soft and not suitable for piercing tbe skin of man or tbe lower animals. So they .bang around some one ot the several types of biting flies, and when tbe latter pierces tbe skin of a victim tbey crowd bim away and use tbe Incision for feeding tbem-, selves. If tbe biter happens to be too large or flerce thus to be driven from his prey, the fly Jackals wait until he Is finished and then take bis place. In view of these observations It seems quite possible that the so called non-biting files may play a hitherto.unsus­pected role In the transmission ot dis­ease.

Arithmetic Justice. Rough and r^udy Justice in Mexico

In tb? days of Pjesldent Diaz. Is. illus­trated by the following story:

Ta a lonely part ot tbe south a train had been robbed by the Inhabitants ot a certain vUlaga The president told a young offlcer to take his company and "put an end to that sort ot thing." The young offlcer bad every house searched. Almost all contained stolen property. He then inarshalcd the vil­lagers, picked out every fortieth man and bad him s h o t After tbis be' said: "I am taking my troops away, but if any more train robberies take place we shall come back and shoot every twen­tieth man. Shduld It be necessary to return again, every tenth man will be executed."

No more trains were attacked.

Th* Inditcriminata Phrase. "What's thtsr ' exclaimed tbe sensa­

tional editor. "Story about a woman who put a

few people to considerable trouble." said the reporter.

"But you haven't Identlfled her." "We couldn't learn her name." "What difference docs that make?

Not knowing ber name would not pre­vent :you from referring to ber aa a prominent society woman, would it?"— Spokane Review.

A Differant Animal. In the census offlce at Washington

acts against the law are recorded un­der a f ew main beads, such as murder, burglary, etc. A lady who was work­ing there ran across tbe crime, "Run­ning a Blind Tiger." After a puzzled moment sbe placed it ander tbe l is t "Cruelty to Animals."—Lipplncott's.

His Commisiron. English Ouide (showing places of In­

terest)—It was in this very room, sir, tbat Wellington received h's flrst com­mission. American Tourist—Indeed! And bow mucb commission did be get? —Boston Transcript

Each Mutt Find His Own. Happiness depends on tbe taste and

DOt on tbe tbtng. And It js having What we like tbat we are made bappy and not by having what others consid-tr likable.-t>a Rocbefoucauld-

O M P Sea Life. The Tonga basin, near New Zealand,

Is known to contain animal life at a depth of four and three-quarter miles, where tbe pressure Is five and a bait tons f* tbe square Inch.

FLINT STONKWERE^Ah^

Our War OfRce.Had to Advertise For Thsm In 1776.

^"Tbe war office calls upon all per­sons wbo know where flint stones ean be secured to notify congress."

.'Was there augbt of prophecy in this brief appeal printed foiir days after tbe signing of the Declaration of Inde­pendence?

A copy of the Pennsylvania Packet contains tbe advertisement. Tbo news­paper bears date of July 8, .1770, and In the same column explains tbat tbe flints are to be used for rifles. And •without the old flintlock there would bave been no American independence —at least not for many more years after tbe Boston tea party. If Indeed, the colonials'unarmed could b'nve liius-^ tered up courage to dump .the lead lined boxes Into the bay. 'JlijI'^Sr P' flU.'S! pf t'Je old news­

paper shows j a m a l c o n i t n and sugar were-offered for sale by tbe hogsbeud; d reward of SO was offered for the re­turn of a horse that had stroyed uway from the range, and a.woman who bud lost .two cows rushed into .print wltb the statement tbat tbe indlvidunl wbo would lead the Uovlnes bome again wonld bo remunerated to the extent of 54._ . . ' . -• -.•

Sheriff's sales occupy d column and a halt and the Packet's publisher takes space to announce "advertisements are thankfully received." adding that "un­less subscribers pay their back dues o f 10 cents a copy It •\vlll be Impossible to continue publication after another month."

EAST -INDIAN MAGIC;

The Clever Dry Sand Trick and the Way It I* Performed.

A'very clever trick often seen. In In­dia is the following, which Is knuwn as the "dry saud trick."

Tbe fakir brings forward a pall, which he proceeds to All wltb water. He then shows some ordinary sand, quite dry. To prove Its dryness he takes up u handful and. blowing sharp­ly ui>on It, scatters It In all directions. He then takes up another huudful and drops It Into the water. We can all see It lying In tbe bottom ot tbe pall under tbe water. Xext, showing bis bands empty, be places one in the pall and brings out a handful of the sand> Blowlng.upon. l t , It still scatters .In al! directions, showing it to be as dry as ever. This ts repeated several times until all tbe sand Is again extracted. . Tbis clever trick Is performed In the

following manner: Fine, clean sand is selected, washed carefully Ih bot wa­ter several times and dried In the s u a Some of this sand Is then placed In a frying pan with a lump of fresh lard and Is cooked until all the lard Is burn­ed away. The result Is that every par­ticle ot sand Is -covered wltb-.-a,„Uj^. coating of grease, so that when (bis sand Is drppped Into tbe water It re­mains dry.—Scientiflc American.

Four Footed Poultry. A certain old man in tbe Wyncbope

settlement named Blckley was exceed­ingly fond ot "big words." He was riding his horse over the country one bright spring day, apparently Intent on Rome Important business.

Whenever be met anybody be grave­ly asked: "Have you seen'anything of •any stray poultry today? I've lost mine and am htintlng I t ^ ' s W ^ n - t b e y told bim ."!<tt" te^o'uidprociSM onlifiJ way.

/ \ f ter si)endlng several hours In what seemed to be a vain search he at last rode up to the door of a farmhouse and called. "Hello!" A lady came to tbe door. and. dofflng bis hat very politely, the uld man Inquired i t sbe bad "no­ticed any stray poultry around?"

Atter a moment's tbougbt tbe wom-sn told htm she bad seen no chickens,

"Ob." he replied, "It's my bogs that I've los t not my chickens."—Youth's Companion.

Armenian Peasant Life. Among tbe Armenian peasants the

old patriarchal system prevails. The entire family of a score or two of people of several generations lives henetitb a slugle'roof. Together both lOiMi und women till tbe fields in a primitive manner, and wben tbe grain is ripe, they take a sbeaf to tbe road­side that the passing stranger may i;ivc II present and thus bless tbe crop, Thoir bouses are of stone roughly laid or of mud. or frequently tbey are halt underground, and trom a distance their domelike roofs resemble the mounds of a prairie dog settlement—Christian Herald.

Cured. "She married bim to reform htm, and

sbe bas succeeded." "What was bis favorite form of dis­

sipation?" "He waa a spendthrift" "Why. be bas nothing to spend!" "Nope. Sbe speiit all he bad."—

Houston P o s t

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Delicate Chiidreii MADE HEALTHY AND

STRONG.

ThisdeliciousCod Liver and Iron Tonicis awon' deiful.l>ody builderand strength creator for delicate children, fee-ble old people, weak wonien, all run down 490ndltfons, cepieclally' after sickness, and for chronic coughs, colds and bronchitis.

D o e s Y o u Qood o r

C o s t s Y o u N o t h i n g .

A Rea l Cod L J v e r '

T o n i c W i t f i d u t O i l .

We will return your money: if you do not think Vinol has helped you after taking one bottle. Don't this j:eeni fair?

For Sale 'By

WM. BBOWK, Druggist Ayek

Frequent Wonder Is expressed how I can sell a t so small proflts and give so uniformly a square deal to my patrons, and Un-deraell m y conipetltor so radically and persistently In one branch ot my business which I h^ve furnished to those who have been obliged through misfortune to have attended to at a much less cost than my competitor. Some people may. llko to pay high prices, but I find nearly every person likes good work done at reasonable fprlces—.r-^mt..^.,....

Thanking my patrons for their past favors In Ayer and adjoining towns, and by giving the same treatment as In the past. I hope to contlnua to receive their patronage. My refer­ences are any person who .1 have done business -with In the past forty-flve years. Who can give any bet­ter? 3m-16»

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l ^ V * * " ^ ^ -F U R X I T U R E DE. \ I iER

and —^jj • F U N E R A L DntECTOR -o«l

Main Street Ayer, Maas.

Sufficient Ground* For a Divorce. "Man never knows what uotold ag­

ony woman sutTers," exctalided chatty Mrs. Gabb.

"Tbe only untold agony a woman suffera Is wbeo sbe weara tight shoes to be stylish," replied Mr. Gabb.—Cin­cinnati Enquirer.

Reflection. "Not everything in this world is ap­

propriate." "What makes you. tblnk of that?" "Tbe fact Is tbat navy widows do

not wear sea weeds.—Baltimore Ameri­can.

A Snapshot. "Here's a case where tbe police

caught a photographer they wanted la bis dark room."

"Ha! A genuine case of arrested de­velopment;"—Baltimore Americt^a

L. SHERWIN I CO. AYER. MASS.

Dealem In

Groceries Hardware Paints, Etc.

We Eo6eator to Keep

FIRST-GLASS GROGERIES T R T D i m

Butter, Cheese Tea and Coffee

Also, Honey In Comb

Wa Sell the Popular Line of JMDriOII'B BDUOATOB

Onoken, Bnm, Sto.

T R T OVR SPECIAb • n * P o s a d Boz Chooolatea for S S a

CUTPLOWBR3, PLANTS, FIXOUO. D S S i a N S . B T C , H A R D T

ORNAMENTAL TRKBB, S H R U B S A N D

' V I N E S I

H. Huebner Florist

Oroton, Haa*.

OraanTianaf near Oroton Sdiool

TO LET—In Qrotdn. beginning Octo­ber 1. a flne residence all thoroughly furnished: has town water, electrlo lights, telephone and other modern conveniences. Apply to MRS. ELIZA-BB/TH PRESCOT'T LEONARD. Oroton. Maas. 49tt

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S A T U E D A Y , S E P T E M B E E 6, 1914 PAOE BEVElf

N. imm I m .Wish to call your atten­

tion to their stock of

CEMETERY MEMORIALS

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

Ayer, Mass.

An Interference

By JOHN Y, LARNED .J

^.-. PEAMK 8, BENHETT . •aoesssor ta-ARTHUR FHNMBR

Ttianraniw Agent ftad Broker Main street , Tnmer'a pUg.

A T B R , MABS.

(B,' n. gioma. PabUa •trpawtHaw

"What's the matter, B l l l y r ' My sister Beth asked m e the ques­

tion one-momlng when I ivas sitting on the porch looking dreamily on th& buds that 'were opening on the trees.

"Nothing,"-! replied. "Yee; there Is." Detb and I were'great chums. There

-wta not much more than a year be-tweeh us,'and I w a s u s e d t o giving her my confidence about everything. . 1 re­solved to throw my burden upon ber i n this case.

"You know Alice 'Woodson"— VOh, a. case of lovestckncss." I made no reply to this. I was sorry

I had begun a confession. " G o on, Billy," Beth added. "I won' t Ton'U only poke. fun a t

Mullin-Bros . F O R PROMPT ATTENTION

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We have a splendid line of

O U V E S

PICKIiES

BAOON

B A I A M O N .

TONGTJE

, 6 A B D I N E S

, A l iarge Assortment of

CRACKERS A N D COOKIES; also, F A N O r CBCEESE

In fact everything needed for lunches

or picnics a t this season ot the year.

Mullin Brob 9 Page's Block A T E R , MASS.

Union Gash Market Ayer, Mass.

LOOK 0'\rER THESE PRICES

SAiyr SALMON 10c. Ib

R O A S T PORK 18c. lt>

^ C A B B A G E 2c. «>

POTATOES , «1;1P JSnshel

OOMPOtJND L A R D , 10 Ib Lot »1.16

•SNIDER'S TOBIATO SOTJP

3 cans 25c.

P U F F E D R I C E 1 0 c Pkg .

P U F F K D W H E A T So. Pkg .

QUAKER OATS, Large Size 2Sc.

MINCE MEAT - SO. Padcage

Remember the Place

UNION OASH M A R K E T , Main street

Ayer, Mass.

A Nice Assortment of

Democra t Wagons

CONCORD

BUGGIES

' Carriages, Butcher

Carts Harnesses

k GOOD ASSORTMENT AND AT ALL PRICES

CALL AND SEE THEM

Carriage Eepairing in All Its Branches Promptly

Done ALSO, HORSESHOEINO A N D OEN­

E R A L BLACKBMITHINO

FREDERICK WHITNEY . ATBR. MASa

FOR BALB—40,000 _ A p p l a B*rr;l S u v e s : some l-lnch Chsatnut PlaokJ al io , •oma Chestnut Timber. »*.-'• FAliNSWORTH, BhlrUy, Maaa., 40tf

"Not a bit of I t , I'll help you. Don't yon know t h a t I, being a girl, know Jnst how a girl shonid be treated to be won?" • ' •

"You can't tell m e how to win Alice. In the first place, she's In love wi th Fred Perkins; In the second, she seems t o , h a v e some sort, of 'grudge agaiiist me, and In the third"—

"That's enough. You needn't tell me any more. Now, listen to me. I knew all about this before I asked-what:was the matter w i t h yon. I've been watch­ing you and watching Alice, and I'm convinced she's playing you."

"Whatr' "Playing you—a sort of cat and mouse

business." "Oh, bosh! For .a week past she has

treated me abominably ahd all the while has been looking up with her eyes at Fred like a"—

- "Like a. chick in a thunderstorm. Will you do what I tell you to do?"

"That ^ depends upon what yon tell me." "

"The next time yoo meet Alice pre­tend to be thinking about something else and don't see her." • "That will make matters worse."

"Very well; If you won't take the medicine I prescribe, go your own road."

I concluded to try Beth's prescrip­tion. Tbe next time I saw Alice com­ing I pretended to be absorbed In some-

- thing else, and Just before w e were to eome together I turned off In another direction. That w a s in the morning. In. the afternoon of the same day w e met again. I couldn't play -the same l^me twice In the same day, so 1 looked at her. She looked at me, too, or, mther, she stared at me with a cold, blank, withering stare that froze the marrow in my bones. I went to Beth and abused her for getting me into such a pickle.

"you're!as weak as watered milk. I'm sorry I tried to do anything for you. I couldn't love a man I could blulf like that."

"What would you want bim to do?" "Crush me like a worm." "How crush you?" "Will you simply do nothing so far

as Alice Is concerned and leave the rest to rae?',' ' •

Since I felt entirely Incapable of carrylhf!' Qn.!SUch a"'eontestr'jaS8elf 1 uprced to this- Fabian policy. During the next few days I kept out of Alice Woodson's way so far as I could. When I saw her coming toward me I ili.-uiRed my course. I tried not to look troubled or angry of anything in par­ticular. I did my best to show no espe­cial emotion 'while waiting for Beth to do something.

One day I met Alice face to face. Sbe bade me good morning in a ratber huffy tone. I replied to her salutation.

"I can understand now," she said, "your recent unfriendliness to me Kince I have learned the cause."

"What cause?" "Oh. don't pretend ignorance! I used

to think that you had a mind of your own."

"And you don't think so now?'' "You're the first man I ever knew

who would permit his sister to run him."

I began to catch on to what w a s . a t the bottom of this. Beth had evidently been-at work.

"What do you mean by my sister running me?"

"I'm not supposed to tell, bnt I made no promise. Beth hns told mc all nbout i t "

"Al)out what?"' "About .vour new fancy, Mr. Igno­

rance, or, rather, her fancy. Any one can see tlint she is trying to bring It nlwut herself, and with such a pll-nhlc brother I dare say she will."

1 plucked up a lot of courage nt this. Beth had evidently produced a revolu-. tlon. •

"Do you mean to say that my sister has been betraying my confidence?"

"Your confidence! Why, sho toid mo herself that she w a s bent on mak­ing a match for you. Sho,said she wanted you to marry a girl that w a s her friend."

I w a s pretty stupid, but not so stu­pid as not to see Beth's device and what it had accomplished. I cut the matter short by saying that when I married I would consult no one but the girl I wanted and began to. talk of something else.

It wonld have been better for me to have had tbe pluck to manage the affair myself, for my wife has never forgiven my slater for "trying to switch me off to one of her especial friends." I have told her tb6 truo story, but she won't believe It. Beth doesn't expect her to believe It. She . lays she wouldn't believe such a thin story herself. -

• FAMOUS DIAMONDS.

Tha Culllnan In tha Rough. Weightd Ona and Ona-third Pounds.

Until 1IX)5 the largest .diamond known was the Excelsior, found in 1893 at Jugersfonteln -by a . native while loading a truck. It weighed 973 carats and was cut ultimately into ten stones weighing from thirteen to sixty-eight - carats. iUI previous dis­coveries were surpassed in 1905 by the'finding of a stone weighing 8,025% carats, or one and a third pounds, in the Premier mine in the Transvaal.'

The Transvaal government bought this stone and presented it to King Edward. It having become known as the Culllnan diamond.' In 1908 It w a s lent to Amsterdam and there cut Into nIhe large stoucs and a number of sniall ones. The largest one weighed S16^ carats and is the largest brilliant in existence. All are of the finest quality and flawless. '

•The Kohlnoor In its earl iest-known state weighed 1SCV4 carats, but w a s later cut to IOC.

Other fatbous diamonds, some from Brazil, some trom India or Borneo, others from Klmberley. are the Star Of the South, weighing 2 S 4 ^ carats; the Regent or Pitt diamond, weighing 136 carats after several cuttings; the Darynl-nur. weighing 186 carats, in the possess lonof the Shah ot Persia; the Tiffany, weighing izbvi carats; the 'Vic­toria, weighing 180 carats and cut from a stone weighing 457 carats.—Ex-change.

NOT MADE BY SPOOKS.

Housa Noises at Night That Sound Like Ghostly Footfall*.

I h old bouses tbe boards and j,oIsts forming the floors are often In a some­what unstable condition. Many floors are permanently bent wltb tbe traffic of generations. Others are still under­going the warping process. It is easy to imagine a floor which is in a perfect­ly ripe condition for the production of ghostly sounds.

During tbe daytime-the timbers get .bent with the weight of the varions In­mates ot tbe bouse vvalklngto and fro, but the noise and bustle of the day drowns the starting and creaking which goes on until tbe floor has recov­ered its natural position, as it is bound to do in time, wood being ot an elastic nature.

When, however, the stillness of night comes on. these little Intermittent movements may become magnifled into mysterious footsteps, according to the imagination of the bearer, I myself live in a bouse the landing of which exactly Illustrates my argument Some hours after all are In bed the sound as of pne stealthily creeping along the landing is beard—loud enough to star­tle a light sleeper into wakefulness. "Who's that?" has often been the ex­clamation, but by good sense the nat­ural explanation has as often been ac­cepted.—London Times.

' Didn't Need the Hoe. Some time ago a hobo meekly tapped

on tbe back door of a suburban home and asked for something to e a t The good housewife responded that she would feed him on the back step along with FIdo provided he w a s willing to earn the meal by cleaning out the gut­ter.

Tbe tramp agreed, and when he had eaten his way through several iand-wiches tbe housewife came out with a reliable looking hoe.

"You needn't have gone to that trou­ble, madam." said the hobo. "I never use a hoe in cleaning out a gutter."

"Never use a hoe!" said the woman. "What do you use. then, a shovel?"

,"No, madam," sweetly replied the hobo, starting for the back gate, "my method is to pray for rain."—Boston Advertiser.

Pump Anchors. A pump Is a queer sort of anchor,

but It has been found to be the best kind of an anchor for a sandy bot­tom. The anchor consists of a heavy piece of metal with a hole down through the center and a tube from this bole to the ship, so that water can be pumped from tbe ship down through thc tube and out ot the bottom' of the metal mass. When this anchot drops to the sandy bottom and the pump Is started it makes quicksand ot the material round it so tbat It sinks In deep. When the pumping stops thc sand hardens and holds the anchor. To raise the anchor It Is nec­essary only to start pumping again and loosen the sand.—Saturday Even­ing P o s t

BBOOKLINE, N. H. Newa Items.

Prof. Yarrick ha« recently enter,-talncd at Peterboro, Heading, Lowell and other places. "The last place was In Dorchester. Mass., at the. annual birthday lawn parly at the old coloni­al home of Mlss Pierce, daughter ot the late S. S: Pierce, well-known In Bomon, where about one hundred In­mates of a home for crippled chil­dren and twenty-Jlve of her own frIendH were highly entertained and »er%'ed with lce cream and other dain­ties. The entertainment was given on the spacious lawn. • ,

Stedman Gllson and hlH mother, Mrs. Henry Gllson, have been recent guests i n town.

Tho Misses Minnie Colburn of Hol­lls and Bertha Colburn of Xew York city were recent guests of their cousin, Mrs.'. Grace (Colburn) Campbell.

Mr . 'and Mrs.. Gllman P. Huff, of Hollls. were guests In towii previous to taking a vacation In Maine.

Brookllne friends are sorry, to learn of the serious Illness of B. Wallace at his bome In Na«hua.

Mlss Avis -Kemp,-of Manchester. Is vlalting friends here this week. She goes t o Connecticut this month to resume her school work. Her sister Esther will raccompany her. ' Edward Wade and family and Mrs. Ella Tucker returned to their home on. Monday after a two-months' stay m town.

C. Richard Hardy has been .employ­ed for several months In the. vicinity of the White Mountains. Some nice views, the work of his own camera, have been received here l-y friends.

The s>T>sles that were In town on Sunday brought a poor old horse with a .broken shoulder alOng with them. The animal could hardly get a l o n g , a n d he was put out of his misery a n d ' w i l l have no more long trips to make. - . ' ' ' , ' - An-he ir was born recently at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Mackaye. .

Thc Francis Lawrence home 'ha.s bec-n sold to a Mr. Emerson, of Chelmsford. Mass. , . who are l iving there. The. King farm on the Pep­perell road has been sold to a Mr. J3urkeo, of Acton, Mass.

Mr. and Mrs. Bryant of Manchester have been In town visiting relatives of -Mrs. Bryant.

Mrs.' Valedge and daughter Ruth have been In town the past two weeks visiting old friends and neighbors. . .Miss Catherine Dugan, Joseph

Bruce. Mr. and Mrs. Peter- Qulgly, Leo Quigley and Carl Johnson re­turned to their homes this week.

Mrs. %Valter Parker gave, a recep­tion and dancing party to the resi­dents of Brookllne on Monday even­ing. ' ,

Last Sunday quite a large band of gypKles passed through the village to­ward Hollls. About "that time a val­uable dog was found to be missing and could not be found. . Of course the gypsies must have taken h i m . The caretaker ot the animal got busy and the telephones were kept busy for awhile notifying the Brookllne po­lice. They arrived In fiill force minus uniforms—one we think did have on an ofllclal cap. All rushed towards Hollls but the gypsies made good time and passed the town line before the ofllrers. arrived so they returned home and the man who lost the dog passed on 10 Hollls to see what could .be done. M PKnwhllB.-'little --(loggie-w««. - sa fe , .a-t, home, accidentally locked In a neigh­bor's house.

Out-of-town people cannot get used to the change In time of the , trains. There were three at least had to visit In A.vt-r all the afternoon one day la.«t week, .One was a* teacher who when she found her train had gone, decided to take In a picture show but -was told that Ayer did not have one. The publlc library she found closed until .Saturday and that was only Thurs­day. The stores were also closed for lhe clerks' holiday. She said she was "sea sick" and started back to the station as fast as she could and calm­ly waited until the evening train.

Death. On Friday evening of last week Ed­

ward P. Gerrlsh. after months of Ill­ness and untold-suffering.'passed away and Is at rest. He was In his slxty-tirst year. A fine "nurse and a devot­ed wife tenderly cared for him to the Mst. A kind husband, neighbor and friend, a member of the Congrega­tional church and of Beacon lodge, I. O. O. F., of Pepperell, many called to, look for the last time on the face who In life was so pleasant to meet.

The funeral service was In charge ..f Beacon lodge, I. O. O. F., and w.ia held' a t the Congregational church • m Monday afternoon. Rev. Ct H. Dockrill and Rev. W. L. ' Noyes of .\'.ishua were the attending clergy­men, and there was also s inging by-the memhers of the lodge. The floral tributes were many and very beau­tiful The family spealc. In the h lgh-• .'ft terms of the devotion of the mera-lers of Beacon lodge and It w a s sure­ly appreciated Iiy the family.

After the service the members of the lodge were entertained an hour i-v Nathaniel Hobart on his veranda. .Mr. Hobart Is the olde-st.gentleman In town.

|L4M50Na IlUBBAfi!D| I ^ ^ ^ HATS i ^ ^

fOH SALE BV GEORGE H. BROWK

Ayer, .Mass.

Who Pays for the Ads? "Who gets the money?

Some are asking whether the money spent in advertising does not add to the cost of living.. Does it increase the .cost of liyingl.

Advertising is a method of marketing. Judiciously used, it operates to tbe advantage of both seller and buyer. For the volume of business that.it produces, it is the cheapest agency known, and that is why it has grown to such prodigious proportions. -

' But does the consumer pay? Only as he pays for the labor and materiial that go into an' article and for the cost of marketing and distribution. It is,an overhead charge, and if it were not there, ita place would be taken by something vastly more expensive. A drop of ink does the work of a salesman.

Who pays? ."Well, here is the .paradox. The consumer both pays and profits more than he pays,. for .without advertising, h© • wou.ld pay more than.he does for-his advertised goods.

Our Ten Papers Cover a Large Territory

Are read every week by at kast 12,000 persons, and the cir­culation of the Ten Papers we publish are from eight to ten times larger than any other paper, completely covering the towns of Ayer,, Groton, Pepperell, Littleton, Westford, Harvard, Shirley, Townsend, Brookline and Hollis, N. H.

OUR UAOmO LIST AND SUBSOBIPTIOir BOOKff ABB OPEN TO AU. ADVfisniEBi iroii^^nED^

To advertise, the advertisements appearing in all the Ten Papers, is tb essentially cover the whole territory. To use another paper in addition is bat to .'dnplicate a small portion, of the work already done.' To omit these papers is to utterly fail to reach the people of this territory becatise they read these papers.

Live Poultry Wanted. Any number of Fowl, Boasters and

Broilers for market. Also, any kind of Pullets. Drop mc a postal or tele­phone and team will call. Telephone Pepperell 69-1,2. , 4 6 -

, O. B. OLSEN Townsend 'Harbor, Mass.

What It Instinct? Instinct Is a generic term compris­

ing all those faculties of mind which lead to the conscious performance of notions that aro adoptive In character.' but pursued without necessary knowl­edge of the relation between the means employed and the ends attained. It is hardly necessary to remark that some­t imes "instinct" comes so close to "rea­son" that it is almost impossible to distinguish between them.—New York American.

Entirely Out of Place. "What itinctary did you take on

your European trip?" ".Tohn wouldn't let me take one at

•II. You Uee. he's crossed the oce.in before, and be said It w a s foolish to flll our trunk with a lot of things we'd never use."—Detroit Free Press.

JAWSSPJ 'S FARM AGENCY SELLS FARMS

Railroad Square Nashua,^. E. ItEMAP-k.^BI-E FAR.M BARGAIX—

In the well-known fruit town of Hollls. . 0 mlnuieH' drive from Nashua city, -8-room cottage house painted and blind­ed, maple .<)h.i(le. barn tdxGO, cellar, 2t acres excellent fruit land, adapted to apples, peaches and berries, spring -wa­tered pasture, plenty wood and timber for use, 90 healthy apple trees, on main road, near nei^hborn. village and ad­vantages, mall delivered, only half mile to pretty lake: aged owners re­cently died, now sold to settle the es­tate; price only »3,000, part cash, easy terms.

SOUTHERN NI-:\V HAMPSHIRE—18 acres. 91S00, $600 cash,' balance easy term«: 1% mlle.s to village, depot and all advantages. S tillage, balance wood and timber, excellent trout brook runs through farmimll l , mill pond and mill privilege: large 7-room house, built ?5 years ago; good barn 30x40; thjs place Is nicely located on main- road, elm shade, and will make an Ideal poultry farm: water power privilege Is worth price ot place.

FOU .SALB:—15-acre farm, 2 miles from Nashua, X. H., S-room house, barn 60x40. henhouses for SOO hens, spring water In house, buildings all In flrst-class repair, nice yard, shade trees, some fruit, l.i minutes' walk to R. R. station, near large pond, on'good road: any reasonable amount down; balance easy terms.

W e have just received Information that the Herrick Seed Company ot Kochester, X. Y., wants lady or jrentlemen representatives In this section to sell all kinds of roses, .xhrub,-!, trees and seeds. They In­form us that without previous ex­perience It Is possible to make good wages, every week. Any one out of employment write them for terms nnd enclose this notice. StSl

SHIRLEY GA8H MARKET We aro Agents for tho Famous

DRAKE'S CAKE and carry tho following varieties' In

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FOR SALE—School Barge, practlcal-^ „ 0 , * 7 ' „ y i . " "' ''r?' iS children. WAL­TER A. GREE.VE. Harvard, Mass. 360' '

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MORTGAGEE'S SALE O F

REAL ESTATE By virtue ot and pursuant to a

'power ot sale contained In a certain mortgage deed given by Charles K. Twlss and ^iary A, Twlss to Moses P. Palmer, dated June 14, 1'913, and recorded In the Sllddlesox^ South Dis­trict Deeds, Book 3798, Page 465, and for breach of conditions ot said mort- , gage deed and- for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at publlc auction on -ihe- premises on Saturday, tho Nineteenth day ot September, A. D. I91-I, at Three o'clock P. M., and all and singular the premises conveyed by said mort­gage deed, said property being de-' .scribed as' fol lows:

A certain tract of land with tho bulldilnga thereon situated In the Xortherly part of-sald Town of Gro­ton on the Xortherly side of the road lending by t h c . houfw) formerly of Jo-ieph A. Sanderson and, bounded and described as follows, namely:

Beginning nt the Southwest corner ot the granted premises at said road and near a blazed pine tree; thence. North about 12 degrees East by land' of Moses r . -Palmer about six hun­dred and forty-six (646 ) . feet to a s take bound; thence nearly due, east by land of said Palmer about threo ' hundred and ntty (350) feet to a s take bound; thence In a circular course to thc end of a stone wall on Said Palmer's land; thence nearly duo South by Palmer's land as the fence now stands nbout eleven hundred and flfty (1160) - feet to the aforesaid road, and thence North about thirty-three degrees west by said road about six hundred and seventy-nine (679) feet to the bound first described.

Said, property 'Will be sold subject to two prior rtiortgages held by said Moses P. Palmer. Terms of the sal« rash. Other terms to be announced at the tlmo and' place o f sate. 3t51

MOSES F. PALMER. Mortcaceo.' Oroton, Ma**., August 2S,- 1M4.

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PEPPERELL. AbOnt'Town. '' '.• —

Mrs". "XathanleT Shattuck returned home on Friday of last week from Maine, where she has been enjoying a visit with her sisters at their summer home on - Lake Cobbossee-Conlee Mlss Corlnne White, her- niece, re­turned with her.

Mrs. Ernest Xash was a visitor at Ashmont farm with Mr. and Mrs. O.

• M. Xash and her daughter on Thurs­day.'' - • .

The L. A. S. will serve a chlcken-ple supper at the Methodist vestry Thurs­day-ev'ening. September IT. from SIN to 7.30. The supper committee are Mrs. '\V. G. Smalley and Mrs. E. E. Handley. - T h e Church Federation will hold.a'n open-business meeting .In the evening lii the auditorium to which all are cordially Invited as well as to the supper. • .

Mrs. O. M. Xash visited In Chelsea on Monday and on her return Mlss Marjorle accompanied her for the .week.

On Tuesdav afternoon, by Invitation of Mlss Anna Boynton, eight girls gathered at her bungalow home Just, oft Elliott street, as a .preparatory

• meeting to-ward forming a circle of Camp-fire Girls. Mlss Harriet Dow, who has'had charge of se\-eral circles

; ot Camp-lire Girls, both In this stale and In Pennsylvania, met w i t h . t h e m and gave an Instructive talk, showing the ceremonial dress, t h e head band and moccasins worn by members. Mlsa Gertrude Carter also met with them; as she will have charge of the circle when torrtied. The girls com­menced to win their honors by sleep­ing out-of-doors and gett ing their own breakfasts in the morning In approv­ed style,- over a camp-fire. It was one of the finest n ights to begin the project, being •n'arm and the place of meeting was an Ideal one.

Those seeking for diversion on La­bor day need not plan to go out of town a s there are to be Interesting sports-and races In town at. Babbatas-sett driving park all day. There will be a pigeon shoot ing contest at 10.30 ih the morning wi th a silver cup tor the winner. A girls' foot race has been arranged to take place at 1.30 Ih the afternoon and a ball game will he called at two o'clock between the Rover A, C. and the Pepperell . \ . A. There Is anticipation ot an Interc-stlng game as this Is the rubber and Is likely to be closely contested. The races will start at one o'clock, the entries , being .Oakland Princess and Lucy A.shford by C. T. -We.sley and Chatham Boy and Little Bert by Thomas Jambard In the 2.30 clas,s. In the 2.40 class three local horses are entered: Mlss Boreallght by John Connolly. Frank Montgomery by Fred D.f-'- Peter by Joseph Connolly. There Is also to be dancing at Law­rence hall in the evening,

Several attended the Rocklngh.im fair on Wednesday and Thuraday and more were Intending to go if the weather had been cooler. Among those noted were Walter Pierce. Henry Pierce. George E. Shattuck and fam­ilv. W. X. Mault, Mr. and Mr.-». F. B. Simmon-s. C. T. Williams and l lalph Tenney of Hollis.

Mr. and Mrs. Byron Mathien. who have been visiting at Ashmonth farm with relatives, returned to their home in Xorwich. Conn., on Monday.

A daughter was born to Mr, and Mrs, P, J, Tierney of Fltchburg, Wed­nesday. September 2. new.s being re­ceived here by friend.--- on Thursday,

Mrs, M, .K. Witt and three grand­children, Doris, Mary and George Butler, returned from an extended stay on the shores of Lake Winne­pesaukee on Tuesday,

Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Chapman from Great Falls, Montana, are visiting with his parents In town, Mr, Chap­man has a position .is chemist at the Boston and Montana Copper and Smelting Work.s. and as Lhe business has suffered a depression on account of the w«''. be will take an extended vacation,

H. I. Stevens and familv have moved to Mancheater. X. H. Mr. Ste^•en8 has occupied the Adelbert Boynton place and conductetl a llorist busine.ss tor several years, ll is un­derstood he will be employed In the .same bu.slne.ss In Manche.ster.

The town spraying apparatus has been in operation the past week with two drivers, an engineer and one man for the spray, working about town on the elm trees, ahd In some In­stances the maples. It is claimed that a cow In thc pasture of George Adama on the Townsend road was killed by eating the poisoned foliage and some pet rabbits in Bast Pep­perell were found dead In their pen. vre understand that In an adjoining town after the citizens had lost sever­al cows trom the effects of the pois­onous solution used In spraying a test w a s made and the town was called upon to pay tor the animals. This is the second cow lost In this manner in this town, as Charics Card lost a cow last spring.

Nomination papers for . the olTlre of representative from thla district have been flled by these candidates: Jos­eph A. Saunders, republican., Parker J. Kemp, democrat, and Arthur P. 'Wright, progressive.

Supt. and Mrs. A. R, Paull return­ed from Ocean Park at Old Orchard. Me., last Sunday.

-Mrs. i e o n a r d Xodding came from Sliver Lake. Wilmington, In her auto last Saturday, accompanied by two friends. Mlss Reiilnh Hlxon ui Chel­sea, and Miss Sablna J. Carrecabe of Lynn, who had been visiting -her. They were the gue.sts of Mrs. John Fros-sard over night and on Sunday rnorning went to Lunenburg to call on Mrs., Gertrude Fisher Scott, a former room-mate of Mra. Xodding at

crew ot men and teams at work grav­elling the road at East Village, the gravel being taken from Parker's hlll. This Is In accordance with the vote at the last town meet ing to ap­propriate J600 to gravel Oroton'street from Mill street to ^'issitlasltt square and continue on Brookllne street to the residence of Frank H. Hills.

The committee of the oriental pa­geant. Mrs. Loul.se W. Lawrence and Mlss Helen M. Kobblns. extend .their thanks In appreciation to all who so kindly helped to make It a success.

Twenty-tour memners of Beacon lodge. I. O. O. F., went trom here to attend the funeral services held for Edward Gerrl.sh of Brookllne. -X. H., Monday- afternoon. Mr. Gerrlsh was a member of this lodge, a well-known reiildcnt of ihls town for many years. . A recenL-.;number of a shoe and leather periodical contains a state­ment that the United Shoe Machinery company were about to open a shop in Pepperell. It Is understood that the .shop Indicated- is the one very recentiv. closed by the Mould Shoe Company. If the report should prove correct It would be welcomed by many as a guarantee of larger Indus­try in the s h o e . l i n e . . . . -f^ •'.:'.—'^.l'..

' Miss Alva Clifford ot .N'asH'iirt,- X-fjH.% Is spending a week's.vacation In town with her aunt, JIrs, K. B. Simmons.

Mrs. .Wallace, G. Smalley and daughter Ituth. who have been spending the .sunimmer .it Thomas­ton. Me., returned home last week.

Mlss Lila Stratton starts for Mar-gret.svllle, .V, 1',, the last of this week to Iill a po.sition as teacher in the high school.- • .

Mlss .\da Whitney returned from sbuth Poland. Me., i londay after­noon. Mrs. John It. Shattuck came from Portland, where she is staying with her grandson, for a day's visit at Mrs. Bleknell's. during the time ot Mlss Whitney's stay there.

One effect ot the' European war. other t'hah advanced prices. I s . t h e fact that some of our foreign popu­lation are leaving town for their, own countries. Half - dozen Polanders left last week to fight for thoir coun­try. If the statement is true which was very Intelligently made by one of them, that they would receive their board and clothing ahd a certain number of pfennigs, eiiulvalent to about - thirty-two cents. - a month. American money, their patriotic spirit must be commended.

John Hayes Is in tow-n. having a vacation trom h i s duties at Waltham.

Edw-.-ird Dwyer has concluded his work at the Pepperell Card shop and It is rumored will return to Kum­ford. Me.

Grapt Palmer, who Is employed by •John Frossard In his shop, caught, his hand in the planer on Tuesday. The forefinger was badly crushed be­yond the first Joint and the middle finger almost as badly and his whole hand bruised. It was dressed by Dr. Heald. and will probably be . - some weeks In healing.

T w o autos traveling at about fifty m'iles an hour or • more passed down Main .s'treet Sunday afternoon, mis­taking the thoroughfare^ evidently, for a race course. One was. a Massa­chusetts car and the other a Khode Island car. which has been, often seen on the streets during the summer. It w a s fortunate tor all other vehicles, wishing to occupy a portion of the road, that . both cars n-ere running with the "cut out" open and the roar Qf the engines gave warning ot their approach, as on horns were ."rounded at intersecting roads or crossings to give warning according to law.

There seems to be no need to go out of the .state for the fishing w-hen a fourteen-year-old boy can pull a s:ring ot half a dozen pickerel out of a brook not five miles from tow-n, one of the pickerel weighing three and a half pounds. This Is what Irving PUIsbury did one day last week.

Mr. and Mrs. Wiiliam Foster ot Rowley were guests at the home of J. A. Saunders the firat ot the week.

Mr. and Mr. . Lincoln Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Parker and tamlly and Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Xuttlng and family, made up a pleasant party for the Rockingham fair on Thursday,

George Dew-are has'moved trom his tenement over Mahony's "m-arket Into the Cow-drey house, opposite the Pep­perell Card shop.

Miss Theresa Tully of Beachmont is visiting her sister. Mrs.. Joseph Da­vis, on Xashua street,

Mrs. Frank Hall ot Xashua, N. H.. w-as In town on Monday and visited for a tew hours w-|th her sister. Mrs. t'pson, Mrs, Hall had attended the funeral ot the . late Edward Gerrlsh at Brookllne. .X, H.. who was a rela­tive of her husband's tamlly.

Douglas Wll lett of Lynn Is visiting his cousins at the home of W. H. De­w-are this w-eek.

Mr.s. Kay Maxwe 1 and two children are expected home • the last of the w-eek from Bale 'Verte and Shedlac. X. B.

Julian Shattuck. a former employ* at the .Mould Shoe shop. Is now- w-ork­lng In a shoe shop at Xashua. X. H.

John Fros-sard returned from his busine.ss trip In the West on Saturday of last week. On Tuesday of this week. In company with Mrs. Fros.sard he went to the Rockingham fair In his auto. They returned -Wednesday morning by train. . An accident re­sulting . in any Injury, caused their change of plans, but the auto Is at present in a garage along the route.

Mrs. Adelaide Upson enjoyed a birthday on Saturday ot last week and proved that one may enjoy a fortieth as much as a fourth anniver­sary-. If they plan right. Although the weather of thc afternoon was not propitious tor an out-of-door gath-^ erlng a s at first arranged, a very gay company gathered at her home to w-Lsh her many happy returns ot the day and emphasize the wish by nu­merous g i t ta Among the guests In­vited and able tb attend were Mrs, John Frossard, Mrs. Myra Attridge, Mrs. Ellery Davis, Mrs. Amos Gren­ler. Mrs. William Deware, Mrs; H. G. Jordan and Mra. Edward Dwyer. Glen Upson also came up from Bos­ton In the evening. The hostess sen-ed delicious cake and Ices to Iter callers during the atternoon and evening.

Ray Maxwell received a telegram recently announcing thc death of his sister at Frankfort. X. B., but as he could not go by boat nnd did not re­ceive It In time to make connection by train he was unable to att$>nd.

The next regular service ot the church federation ot Pepperell w-III be held In the Unitarian church' on Sunday. Septeniber 13, at seven p. m The services will be conducted by the minl.sters of the three churcltes .tnd the sermon will be given hy Rev Lew-is O. Wilson, secretary of the American Unitarian association

_ , . ,, ~w . ,. c ^If- and Mrs. Jerry Annls re-^"'-JS,,'?'*""I^- ^^% '•'t"' "",","' •'*'" hurned on .Sunday from their driving to Wilmington on Sunday afternoon

Ralnsford Deware Is enlarging the

Thomas Parker and tamlly from Xashua, N . H.. have been Wsltlng his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Park­er, on Townsend street.

Mlss Brown', a friend of Mlss Marie Jordan's, from Oak Lawn, near Prov­idence, R. .1., .Is a guest this week at Blakesmere. ' •

The East Village Soclal club will hold Its next regular meeting at the home of Mrs. Silas Xokes. Lowell street, on Wednesday atternoon, Sep­tember 9.

A son w-as welcomed Into tho fam­ily of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Brumby, on Keyes' hill, Saturday, August 29.

Mrs. Archibald Pike was the guest ot Mrs., J a m e s Attridge at their cot­tage at Sandy-Pond, Ayer, on Tues­day and Wednesday. . . - . •

John • Culllnan . had his- flngers crushed In the calendars at thc Champion Card shop, the first o t this week. ' . ' Ray Willoughby goes to Lexington next w-eek to stay at the home of his brother How-ard for a month while taking a special course In stenogra­phy in Boston.

'Mrs. C. A. Conant started on Sat->irday. AugiJst 29. for Xew 'Vork city, 'accom""pa'nyiiig-"her-friend,- Mrs-.- B. .Q. Moore, who ha!< beeh visit ing - her from Washington, D. C . on her. re­turn trip thus far. . > ...

Morning service and Sunday school will be resumed at. the Unltairl.an church next Sunday, September 6, at the usual hours.

Mr. and Mrs, Albert C. Koch, form­erly residing In town, "but now ot Augusta, Jre',, were In t o w n - over Sunday, the guests of -Mr. and Mrs. Lyman RoMvns. They went- from here to visit In Townsend. '-•-

Mrs. • Lucius ; WHs.on . and little-daughter Haze l , ace spending a few-days with Mrs. Earl Farnsworth' In. Ayer. - . . ' '

Sirs. Catherine Pierce celebrated her' seventv-ntth birthday on Tues­dav, Septernber 1; at her home on Elin .street. Among the' guests pres­ent were Mrs. Pierce's niece. Mrs: Helen Elliott. . and daughter.' Mls.s Madeline, o f Philadelphia; Mr. and Mrs. G. B. • Law-rence and two chil­dren, of Xorthampton. whom she has been entertaining for some time: al­so, -Mr. and JIrs. Marshall Swallow, ot Groton, -and Mrs, Gertrude Allert, of Fltchburg. Many Pepperell trlehds called to -wish her happy returns ot the day.

The regular meeting ot Prescott Grange will be held on Friday even­ing. September 11. The subject wiil be miscellaneous, as young folk.s' night has been - Indefinitely postpon­ed. . \ s the meetings during August have, been so much Interrupted, a large attendance at this meeting is hoped tor.

Mlss Ethel Kemp is on a \-acatlon In Boston and vicinity, returning with Miss Delia: Kemp this week. •

Mr. and Mrs, Stewart and family, who have been- occupying the small cottage on Tow-nsend street owned by Charles Parker, moved this week to the tenement house Just completed on the Page farm. "Mr. Stew-art has been employed for some time there by Mr. Greenhalge.

Mrs. Forrest Winch is entertaining her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Morse, and sister Gladys, all ot Providence. R. I,

Mrs, Bes.sle Ailen is enjoying an outing at Old Orchard Beach, Me.

Mr. .and Mrs. Whittershlne and two children, trom Jersey City, X. J., came Monday to spend two w-eeks with Mrs. Elizabeth Spaulding. who Is an aunt' to Mrs, Whlttershine, • -

Mrs, Sarah Titus and daughter. Mlss Emily, who have been visiting Mrs, Alfred Boynton,' have returned to their home in Xew-ton.

Mr. and Mrs, David Osborne, of Sandow-n. X. H., are guests at the home of Mr, and Mrs, Robert W, Sherwood, Mt- .Lebanon street.

several times a s they proceeded down the. Mersey of seeing pow-ertui seach-llghts thrown on their vessel and of a large cruiser, painted gray, which It was rumored was the Aqultania, Just outside the Irtsh Sea. Also, of u rumor that during-'the voyage they were pursued by a German cruiser and a searchlight thrown on the ves­sel to discover the stars and stripes, probably. Other than this there were no alarms and no special precautions taken In shrouding the port holes or covering the lights at night and the voyage was uneventful.

School blatters. The town schools open next week

Tuesday, September 8. There w-lll be several changes In the teaching force, although Principal Whltmarsh. Sub-master Harris and Mlss Hayw-ard will remain. Miss Fox, the Latin and' French teacher, ' wi l l be replaced by Mlss Mildred Hastings of Boston and Mlss Ruth Tucker of Reading will Mlss Hunt's place as commercial teacher. • . - All the teachers In.the Main street building w-lll be the same as the past school year, except the teacher of the second and third grades, w-ho Is to be Mlss Ruth Harrington of Ly-n en burg. -—•-'--"! .- " ->: -'-"l

The only, change In the Groton street school Is the fifth and -sixth grade teacher who will be Mlss Helen Wakefield ot Kcer Falls.

The Oak Hlll teacher will be Miss Marlon Bodwell ot Methuen. The Townsend street teacher will be Mlss Gladys Wood .o f Fltchburg. ' There Is-also .to.,be a new. s.upervlsor ot music. Miss-.liaynai;d being;replaced by Mlss Mildred. Brenan. • There is a new department which

, Is to be added to the schools this year, a department ot practical arts.' The -sewing teacher Is to be Miss Bernlce . \dams of Waltham and the Manual tralnng teacher .Is to be Joseph Hav.--thorne of Fltchburg.

This new department In the schools w-ill be welcomed by many as a most commendable one.

Reduction in Price of Electricity

The SHIRLEY ELECTRIC I.IQHT COMPANY, announces that it has been able to negotiate a very favorable contract with the Connecticut River Transmission Companj" for a sup­ply of electricity for lighting/power, heating and cooking for its custoniers in Shirley and neighboring towns, and that ar­rangements are now well tinder way by which the Shirley Company will supply low priced electricity to several towns and large power consumers in this vicinity. . As soon as the necessarj". connections can be made the following, rates will be put into effect:

Commercial Lighting First 100 K. W. H. per^ month Next 100 k. W. H. per month Ne.Kt 100 K. W. H. per month All over 300 K. AV. H. per riionth

.„_ -—^u^;...; .Minimum .charge, 7pc. per month

.Miscellaneous Energy. (Off Peak). . Including Heating and Cooking

First .50 K. W. H. or less per month Next 50 K. W. H. per month All over 100 K. W. H. per month

Minimum charge, $1.00 per month

10c. net 9c. net 8c. net 7c.. net

214c. net 2c.' net

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ell of h i s h o u s e and raising thc roof of the same to m a k e additional room In the second story. • ' S t r e e t Commissioner Blood has a

trip through Southern New Hamp­shire. ^

The two young lady night tele­phone operators are to be supplanted by. one male operator a t night. Rus ­sell Wright 1» to have th». poalUon.

. \ Returned Tourist. Miss Annah Blood, w-ho has been

spendins-the-sumraftc in-Gceat Britain with a friend, Sriss'"JAn^,-'"<K--Xew Jersey, reached home on Sunday.—lo-mark'ed coiitra.st to the harrowins tales of the tourists to be read In every paper, Mlss Blood's calm state­ment that she suffered no special in­convenience from the war. sounds verv refreshing.

Xaturally after war was declared thev decided not to attempt their trip on the Continent, but In England they w-ere not disturbed except by the pre­vailing spirit ot depression among the people there. That the w-ar existed was IVnpressed upon them occasion­ally by the sight or sound ot a regi­ment marching through the streets to embark acrcss the channel. The English papers were so strictly cen­sored that nothing could be gained by reading them. Conversations gen­erally turned to that subject, how--ever. The weather was perfect for sight-seeing, especially when they w-ere in the region ot the English lakes. They had one or tw-o ,warm, foggy dasTB In London, but no hot weather during the entire summer.

They .sailed from Liverpool Instead at Southampton. August 22. by SS. St. Pajil. being very fortunate to have t h e i r ^ p . ^ a g e ' secured and stateroom on t l ' i g ' ^ m e n a d e deck, on an Amer­ican ^ e r r The St. Paul Is. how-ever. one of the smaller boats on the line ahd had a list of a thousand pas-sCn-gers. w-hich was double Its normal capacity. Three hundred flrst class passengers were obliged to sleep In the steerage. The promenade deck was open to these passengers and a double row of .steamer chairs w a s es­tablished here and In other available spaces, making It nearly Impossible to move about, even If the w-eather liad allowed.

Unfortunately they encountered rough seas soon after leaving the Irish Sea and tor four days were greatly Inconvenienced. The waves at times caused all the port holes to be closed and on one occasion washed over the upper promenade deck.

Mlss Blood evidently proved herself an excellent sailor, as she reported In the dining room at every meal, al­though having tor company one day only a lad trom South Africa and their attending stew-ard. The waves came In at one ot the portholes on one occasion and washed across a table In another part of the dining saloon.

The pitssengcr list contained many notables, some obliged to resort to steerage, which 'was made aa com­fortable-as possible by the ship of­ficials. Among these were George Ar-llss. the famous actor, well known In

Death. Charics D. Hutchinson died at his

home in Pepperell early . Sunday morning' August 30. after more than three years of 111 health, being prac­tically helpless and conHned to a wheel chair most ot that time. He •was born In 'Pepperell. O'ctober 18. 1844. youngest of the twelve children ot Arnold - and Amelia (Parker) Hutchinson. He married' In 1871 Florence A. Wisner of Canandalgua.-X. Y.. w-ho survives him. They had tw-o children. Harry W.. the present postmaster at Pepperell Center, and Marian "W,, deceased In 1911.

His birthplace w-as the old Hutch­inson iiomestead on the Xashua road, (now ow-ned by G. E; Shattuck), h is grandfather. William Hutchinson, be­ing the ftrst settler there In 1798. He w-as the seventh In line from the emigrant ancestor. Edward Hutchin­son, w h o came to America In 1630 with his mother and' other members of his family. Oh hts mother's side he was also In. the seventh generaUon from Deacon Thomas Parker ot Reading, -who came to this country, from England In 1635.

He has been Identified w-lth the town of Pepperell ever since his young manhood, receiving his educa­tion here, leaving tow-n to go into business In Xew 'Vork tor a short time, returning here In 1879 to as­sume the care ot his parents to w-hom he w-as ever a devoted son, and to soon become the clerk and assistant postmaster In the store of his uncle, John Loring. upon whose death In 1878 he took over the business and postmastershlp. w-hich latter office he held until his ill health obliged him to resign In 1911, a long, unbroken, faithful service of thirty-three years.

Upon the death of his mother in 1389 he inherited the place on Park street w-here he alw-ays lived.

He made hosts of friends during his long business career to whom he was alw-ays obliging and helpful. His Hrst and constant thought w-as the welfare and happiness of his family and he dies regretted by all who knew him-

Beside huT wife and son and family-he"leav-e»-a--sist&r. Mrs, Xancy E, Mer­rill, of this town, and a brother. Hen­ry L,, at present residing abr6a,d.

POWER 67ass A. (21 to 50 H. P. Installation) '

First 100 K. \V. H. per month of demand . 2yjC. net Next 50 K. W. H. per month of demand - 2c. net Next 35 K. W. H. per month of demand 15 mills All over 185 K. W. H. per month of demand 12 mills

Class B. (5 to 20 H; P. Installation) First 100 K. W. H. per month of demand 3c. net Next 50 K. \V. H. per month of demand 2i/.c. net Next 35 K. W^ H. per month of demand 2c. net All over 185 K. W. H. per month of demand : 15 mills

Class C. (1 to less than 5 H. P. Installation) First 50 K. W. H. per month / 5c. net Next 50 K. W. H. per month 4c. net All over 100 K. W. H. per month 3c. net

slon. The spirit dance. Part 7. Spring­time In Stakhar. Dance of spring. Forgiven. Part i. The palace. Living statuary. The' result of the <iueen*« evil schemes. Van 9. The temple, chorus of priests. Faithful even unto the end. .\ttack of the barbarians. Tableau. - The angels triumphant. Solo, Mlss Mildred Morgan, Mrs. J. O. Ben­nett, pianist,

Brow-nles—Rodney Brown, Homer Bemls. Franklin Attridge. William Mc­Carthy. Wendell Palmer. Donald Riv­ers. Kenneth Dunton; Harry Dunton, Bennle Krebbs, Harold Krebbs,. Amos Humphrey, Luther Tarbell. John Culll­nan, John Dwyer. Billy Hutchinson. Verner Bancroft,

Rose dance—Bessie. Farley. Carrie Shatiuck. Mildred Lunt, Myra Attridge, Marlon Ames, Bliabeth Shattuck

Jolly jesters and Jolly girls—Sydney Tower. Lloyd Bancroft, .Mbert Pilis-bury. Guy Rouse. Douglas Deware, Cllftord Balley. Melvln Alden. Charles I'arker, Jennie Hagstrom, Kathleen Rouse. Helen Hayes. Delia O'Nell, Ger­trude Pillsbury. Hael Soule. Monica Pitt. Irene Whitcomb.

Spirit dance and angels—Gertrude Cherry, Ruth Morrill. Flora Boynton. Dorothy Dennen. Marlon Thompson, Helen" Hartw-ell, Catherine Bent. Doris Boulia. Gertrude Raymond. Ora Braln­erd,

Spring dance—Ethel Wells. Marguer-

a food, fruit and vegetable sale In the .church vestry Thursday. Septem­ber 10. Sale , to open at 3.30 fn-tho atternoon. Ice cream on sale from' 3.30 to 5.30.

E. S. Durant and son Kenneth at­tended the matinee horse races at the Fltchburg fair on Tuesday afternoon.

Mrs, Charles Boynton has been 111 w-ith pleurisy- the past week and has been staying with Mrs, Erbert Wil­l iams on Park street until she is able to return to her home on Heald street.

Mlss Lillian Frost has returned from Fltchburg w-here she has been spending a week as the guest of Mra. Earle Mention.

Mrs. Harry Xewell and friends spent a tew day^ last week with Mr. and Mrs. WUIlam Taylor, ot Heald street, and attended the fair and pageant at Prescott hall.

I). .\. R. The August meeting of Prudence

Wright chapter. D, A. R., was held in the chapter house August 20 with the "Old Roads" committee as hostesses

-^„....„ -«...... _ . „ — . "^pd In spite of the showery- afternoon Ite Donnelly. Dora LaBean. Madeline'about thlrty-flve members and their Graham, Agnes West, Helen Green- '"' •"- "-halge. Mildred Marshall, Margaret

Unitarian Fair. The L. S. C. of the Unitarian church

held the first annual fair and enter­tainment on Thursday and Friday ot last week. Preparations w-ere begun six months ago tor the first extensive fair held In a number of years. The town hall presented an attractive a p ­pearance with artistically decorated booths and an excellent display ot pretty and serviceable articles. The en>brolderles and fancy work were said to rival those of a city store In w-orkmanship and values. The ch i l ­dren fished for "garb.s" In a real pond and with the older folks cleared out all the lce cream and home-made candles before the end of the second day.

The usual good supper was served In Central hall Thursday evening to about one hundred and fifty people, most ot whom w-ent afterward to Prescott hall for the entertainment. This was under the able direction of Alice Eudora Chapman, who con­ducted the recent pageant at Little­ton, The oriental play presented was entitled, "Faithful even unto thc end.'.' The large audiences of each evening were quick to applaud and their hearty response was proof ot the Interest and success ot the play.

Mlss Chanman was an excellent queen. Mlsa Lydia W"alte. Russell Wright and Harold Tower rendered the other principal parls with a- spirit and skill unequalled In recent local dramatics and are deserving of gen­uine praise. 'Equal credit, however, must be accorded for thc fine support given by Ellabeth Attridge. .Mary Wood. Xell McWilliams. Gerald Shat­tuck and Sidney Tower. Mlss Mil­dred Morgan w-as sollst and Mrs. John Bennett played most acceptably for the dances and choruses.

One of the most eftectlve features was the- Uvln« statuary by Cora Bemis, Louise . Richardson, Bertha Wright, Mae Kerin, . Florence Flsh. Minnie Oreen and Ida Woodward. Too much cannot be said In appreciation of the hard a n d faithful work of Miss Helen Robbins and Mrs, Louise Lawrence, who gathered 130 people tor numer­ous rehearsals and attended- to many details ot stage and properties. - A happy feature was the cordial ootlperatlon of many people regard­less of "church lines." For this, the ladles of the Unitarian society offer sincere thanks and .the assurance ot

— _ ^ , , , , , their desire to render ser\-lcc In re-Xew York, his wife, and Miss M a r - j , y j n when occasion may serve, garet Dale, his leading lady. C o n - , T h e following Is the synopsis of t h e trary to all published newsp.ipcr sto- ,gy ^ m , the list ot characters: Hcs. this party was noticed by many" gynopsls of scene»-P.art 1. Garden for their quiet, good breeding and ^^ -Jjj Fortress of Kcbatana. _ Living

Boynton, King's guards—Fred Tarbell, Ray

Willoughby, Ouuif-ladlea—-KUce Tow-er, Kdna Klt­

tredge, Blanche Supernault, Mrs. E. W. Bliss, Jane Bennett. Mary Maultman. Lora Martin. Alice Marshall, Barbara Bancroft. Lillian Shattuck. Adda Up^ son,

Flow-er girls—Xatalle Blake, Glenys Green, Eveb-n Maultman, Evelyn Wil­son, Betty Hutthlnson. Katherlne Ho­bart. Doris McCord, Mildred Drown. Slarlon Grey. Helen Parker, Catherine Maultman, Beatrice Boynton. Mary Mc­Cord, Dorothy Jacobs.

Living statuary—Cora Bemls. Bertha Wright, Mae Kerrln. Minnie Green. Ida Woodw-ard. Florence Flsk, Louise W. -Richardson, .

Priests—U G. Robbins. Edward Gag­rion, Samuel Marshall. Gerry Nutting, Guy Rouse. Frank Ford. Kdw-ard Bliss, L- P, Shattuck, George Jacobs. Melvln Alden. Laurie Perry. D. R. Child. Ralph Buck. Forest Andrews.

Barbarians—Raymond Gaskill, Don­ald Shattuck, Eart Nutting. Ralph Shat­tuck. Chester Clark. Chester Shattuck.

the manner In which they adjusted themselves to rather disagreeable sur­roundings.

On Friday ot last week Miss Blood speaks of seeing an Iceberg a s they neared the Banks and sighting sever­al on the horizon, the weather having cleared. The course ot the ship thc entire trip was much farther to the north than usual tor precaution. .

Mlss Blood speaks ot the fact that

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The prophecy. P a n Roadside enroute to the -palace In Shushan. Awaiting to enter the city. The king's oath of fidelity. Brownies. Part 3, Garden of the king's palace. The queen's evil schemes. The garland .'ance. Part 4, The king's palace. The princes*" Jealousy. Part 5. Dance of the Jolly Jesters and Jolly girls.

Xews Itcm,s. Regular services will be resumed on

Sunday a t the Congregational church. The pastor. John B. Lewis, will preach at 10,45 In the morning- and at seven in' the evening. Mr. Lewis and his family have been spendltig a tew days at Swift's Beach, Buzzard's Bay, and are expected to return to Pepperell on Friday of this week.

Miss Katherlne Baker, of Melrose Highlands, has been the guest of Mrs, E. B. Heald at her bungalow tor sev­eral da>«.

The Book and Thimble club were entertained on Monday by Mrs. Greenhalge at the Page farm. Instead ot reading the guests were Interested and delighted by a graphic account ot her visit to Scotland and England given by Mlss Annah Blood. Mlss Blood returned on the SS. St. Paul on Sunday, having suffered no trouble or Inconvenience during her six-weeks' abseuQe except the giving up of her proposed short visits to France and Holland. At the next meeting of the club this gifted lady will describe her visits to many of the places Im­mortalized by Dickens In London and vicinity.

By the passing away from Ute af­ter a prolonged and painful Illness ot several years of Charles Delano Hutchinson, one-Is removed from,the circle of his early school triends and aaiualntances w h o will be often pleasantly remembered by them as a quiet, gentlemanly and Interesting fellow, always a favorite, without bluster or even the usual high spirits ot the youth of his day. This tribute from-these early friends Is well de­served, and their sympathy goes out heartily to his devoted w-lte In this sad hour.

.A sbn was welcomed Into the home of Mr. and -Mrs, L. B. Bromby, August 29. Its name Is Leonard Border Bromby. Mrs. Julia Lawrence Is In attendance. . . At the meeting ot the Warren V. F.

association . a t their room Tuesday they voted to accept an invitation to the Brockton muster to be held Octo­ber 2. also they chose a committee to arrange tor a loOal, contest with Un­

friends w-ere present. Mr.s. Elmer H. Allen, regent ot the Old Shirley chapter. D. A, R„ ot Shirley, was tho guest ot honor. The meeting w-as call­ed to order by the regent, Mra Har­riette A. S, Phelps, and opened with the usual ritual exercises led by the chaplain, Mrs, Arthur P. Wright. The minutes ot the last meeting w-ere read and reports heard from the various offlcers and committees, a very satis­factory one ot the recent food sale and entertainment gave the good news ot having made such a financial success ot It, that the long-deslred re­pairs to the Liberty pole seemed pos­sible, consequently a v o t e ' w a s taken that the regent appoint a committee to attend to the matter at once.

Xotices were given of the state D. A. R, outing on August 25. held In Worcester, and of the forthcoming centennial of the writing of "The star spangled banner" by Francis Scott Key. when all patriotic people are re­quested to display their flags on Sep­tember 13. In connection w-ith the subject o f the afternoon the histori­an's August Item told ot a road In Xew Jersey ot Revolutionary- Interest and by request ot the chapter she a a rend her paper on "The roads ot Pep- i perell." written tor the Woman's club '*" last Xovember.

Mrs. AUen spoke, most entertaining­ly- and gave a fine report ot the work Of her chapter, its chlet undertaking being the raising of a fiag pole re­cently.

A rising vote ot thanks was given , ?£"•'. '"?'^ ^'"' Bancroft for the uso

of their lawn for the sale and enter-i t ^ " l ? ! " ^ , . - A " ^ ' ' 13 and to Mrs. and Mlss WIcksell tor their unUring

su'^c'i^Sl. '" """""^ " ^ ' ' ' ' ~ f^Vw'J'n"?* .Hf"'*' pledge o f allegiance to the fiag -the meeting adjourned to enjoy a social hour, during which re-freshmenu were aerved by the host­esses.

,,. . . . . . .Ion 2. The royal wedding procession and ^hp Ladle.*' Benevolent society ot {lVViiZ'-nl^l"^be'''n;iAic:^4re'^{lirie^^^ <="""'> " ' " •">"»

MethodUt Charch Jioteu.

vo'.'/^ J n ? h^'Jl;!'' ' S ? ' me. so send r i S l i . i5" "',? the subject at the Meth­odist church on Sunday morning, and the sermon will be followed by the sacrament of the Lord's supper.

At seven In the evening there will

the subject "The greatest sin." in2^''*.».?iS?'''K"' ' i f f u e prayer meet­ing, which has .been omitted during July and August, will again be resum. ed on Sunday evening at six o'clock lilSi^r'' '^tr'i? ^ 'g»>' "Pectat l in' i / ; Leader. Mrs. P. R. Stratton.

The business meeting of the Enworth League will be held In the small vestry .on Friday evening at. 7.45. A s o c l 4 hour wm follow.

New Advertisements.

HOl'SE FOR SALE—Eight Rooms," Ell and Stable. Town Water. Electrlo Lights, on HIgh'Streel, East Pepperell. Easy terms. T. E. BUTI.BR. 63 New-hall St.. Lynn. Mass. lmS8

. '•S*''^~?i\.^°''"nK Brownie. Return to H. S. WII^O.V, Brookllne St., East I'epperell. and receive reward. 2tSl

Teacher of P M X O , SHORTHAND AJfD TYPE-

WKITINt: Will teach In Shirley, beginning Sep­tember 1. Beginners preferred. Ad­dress "TEACHER," 69 Summer Street, Fltchburg, Mass. -4t61

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