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Forty-Seventh Year Ayer, Mass., Saturday, May 8,1915

Ev6ruti)lngioriii)eMinot)ii6 WATCH FOE THE WEEKLY BAEGAIN SALES

SpUtdorf Eex Champion Eajah

* ^ Y . ^ *? MAY 1 5 . . . , . ........... ^Sale Price 6 7 ^

. Regular Price $1,00 and $1,25

I5t'fm'i' puruhasin ' r ydiu-- act-cssorics, .st-i- us. Something ^ for ever.v car. . . ' :

T IEES—MICHELIN T Y E I A N E E P U B L I C T U F P - E N U F F

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SaLiesroom=-:^ark St., J tyer

No. 35. Price Four Cents

; SPRING ANNOUNCEMENT . ' ^ Tlus announcement of our readiness to serve you in all sorts of good tli ings to wear, may also be considered an invita-' tion toyou foconie and see how well we ve madeour preparations. If every man and young man in this community isa't stylishly dressed in the best clothes made, at prices that afford real economy, it will not be our fault. -We've got the goo'ds here.

• - ; . . . HART, SCHAFFNER 6" MARX new creaUonSi-for spring; the most perfectly styled clothes you can find; beautifully tailored; of fme foreign and domesUc" fabrics; readv'ito wear, at prices anybody can afford.

: . YOUNG; MEN'S SPECIAL S T Y L E S ' : Everj-one of you young men should make a point of seeing the new Vai-sity Fifty Five sack, the snappiest sack suif

model ever put• together. We'll show you this • new style at $18,>$20, .«22 and >'24; other makes, $10, $12 and $15.

Now don't miss an early look at these clothes; tiie.v're h'ere for you ,

THE man who drives his own car appreciates the Studebaker

T h e accessibility of Studebaker par ts-T The ease with which they can be adjusted

and cared for— T h e sturdiness a n d simplicity of Studebaker

constructiqn make i t t o a really re­markable extent the trouble-proof can

Have you bought your Studebaker yet? STUDEBAKER

aycr Ituto Station Stud£b.ker SIX 7-P.M«og« 1450 Eitr. S i z e T t m - O c c M.nTrpc T o S - l i f t •«•• ioT Diive—Ceu[«r Cootrot

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THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS WEEE MADE, BY ME. FOED TO A LAEGE FOED

CAE DEALEE:

'•AVe sliall .sell .'JOO.dOD in 11 month.s. W e are 50.0(10 to To.OOO ears beliiiid orci.-rs today. Fa(;t(iry and braiiehos are setidiiiir <nit ISoO daily. We shall pay baek to eaeh pul•ella.^eI• or a Ford Car hetweeii August 1. 1!)14. and .Vii^.'iist 1. lirl."). harriiijr the un­foreseen, the Slim of .-j:.')!l.oi). What can I add to this s t a t e n i e n t — $ 1 5 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 cash coming back to F O E D owners ami to [.i-ospeetive Ford owners up to .August 1. liU."). It actual ly ineans—Ford Tour ing Cars . $4!H). I,.,s the k:-^i r e b a t e : Ford Kun-abouts . .•ii440. le.ss' the 4 .')il rebate—all F . O. 15. Detroi t . What is there 1.-t't for me to s a y ? "

J, M. HAETWELL Dealer in Ford Cars and Supplies

TeleplKiue 21-5 Littleton, Mass,

HAEVAED

Nfrws ItcDU, Mrs. L,. W. D.v.ir Is vlsltlnK with

friends Irj Still Ulvcr' for a few <la>-« this week,

Mlss S. Christine Wch.ncr, ot SprlnKleld, Is home for .1 week's va­cation from her school Work.

If those parties who persist in t.ik-Inir down the fences at each end of the depot road, which our highwa.v surveyor has put up to keep teamlnj,' off while this road Is being re-sur-

• bleed, and tenmInK over the same do not flnd the work satlsfactorv after completion,, they ought not to (lnd fault with the surveyor. It Is quite necessary that the road shall nnt be teamed over while In certain s tases of construction.

Walter W. Bagster Is back tn his h o m e here. His wife is expected In about two weeks. They have been staying for the past few months In West Pownal. Me.

Bronrlleld baseball team met the Groton high sUiooI team, on the local UTOiinda Wednesday, defeating the Tlsltora by the score of 12 to 1, The boya all played a strong game, al­

though they did not at any time have to exert thcm.selvca to keep the' lead. Kenneth 'Whlttemorc pitched a good game, striking out seventeen • men. Saturday the team goes to Town.send to play tlic high school team there. The game with FItchburK .N'ormal, which was postponed on' account of the weather, will be played on June 5.

Sudden Dcntli, •The quietude of our:Comm«nlty was

shocked almost beyond belief on Wed­nesday when tho sad news spread ot the sudden death of a respected citi­zen, Krank A. Houghton, who died of heart disease while engaged In his wnrk about' his home- on Harvard common. While Mr. Houghton has not been for the .pas t months:In his best health, he h,is been about every day attending to the planting of his sardens tor the summer use. and no such thought as ot his death lias been entertained.

Francis A. Houghton was born In Har\-ard on Oak hlll In t'he hou.-se now owned by the .Misses Cushman. known .as ."Westward." and lived there until his brother-in-law, A. A. Sawyer, built tfie house on the c6mmon, when he went there to Ilve with his sister. Ho has always been one Intei'ested In,

arrair.-* about town a'nd served for sev­eral .years as town treasurer, and un­til falling health made It nece.ssarv for hU to g ive-up'act ive work. His lecord In this connection Was an hon­orable one. •

The deceased was a member W the Odd Fel lows, order and |h this lodge he has been for many years the treas­urer. In- all his dealings with his fel­low citizens he was honest antl Just. His parents w e r e Charles W. Hough­t o n , and Mrs. Sally H. .-(Wiliard) Houghton. He was ,70 years and 11 months old.

Funeral .services will be trom thc home at U.SO o'clock'bn Sunday after­noo;!. A mixed quartet, • MLss Jo ­sephine Baker, Mrs. Lillian Cleaves, Arthur Turner and Arthur West. Wil l sing. Rev. H. B. Mason will conduct the services. Burial will be in the Center cemetery.

Mr. Houghton' leaves two sisters, Mrs. Kmma Sawyer .-ind Jlrs. . \ugusta Hosmer."

Opposite Depot

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Recitui in Ayer, .Monday evenint', quite a delegation

went to Ayer to attend the. recital given by Mlss N'Ina Fletcher; assisted by Mr. ^.nd Mrs, Kelley.' Tho.se .at-tendlngWere Mrs. Henry Gale, Mrs. Edwin Houghton, Mlss Helen Hll--ilreth. Ml.ss Eva Kilbourn, .Miss Har­riet Farwell, Mi.ss . \nnie Reed, Miss Helen Dickson and Mrs. Itoyal. the.v gokig in Mr. McCleary's auto truck. Edwin Savage. In his car. took Mrs. Harriet Whitney and her guests, Mrs. . \ . ' T . West, Mrs. George Morse and .Miss Grace Morse. Mr.s. Dudle.v, Mlss Dudley, Mra. -Benedict, Mlss Blanche Willard and Clifford' Dudley were there trom ^Prospect bill, besides a number from ,StUI Klver. Miiss Flet­cher Is charming in her manner, with no ornaments, but her modesty, it Is she. and her violin, and they become one a.-< her skilful hand basses over the responsive strings. When Philip Hale tinds no fault With an artist, as he did with .Miss Fletcher last winter when sne played In Boston, one may be sure, that it is safer to enjoy without thought of criticism.

Still n ivcr . ~ There will be a supi)er and enter­

tainment In the vestry on Friday eve­ning, .May 11. The tlrat tables for .supper will bc ready at S.aO. After .supper "The Squashvllle lire brigade" will given an entertainment.

Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. Haskell a r e the happy parent.s of a ' baby l)o>-— Wlnthrop Cunningham Ha.skell-r-born at the Clinion hosi>ital early on Sunday morning.

The funeral ot .Miss Carrie Corre.v was trom her father's home last Sat­urday attcrnoon. Iiev. L. H. .Morse, pastor of the Baptist church, ottlclat-In.i;. liurlal was In Kellevuc ceme­terj-.

Monda\- evening F. W. Bateman. Mlss Eliza Bateman, Mr. .'md .Mrs. S. B. Haynes and Mlss Blanche Willard attended the violin recital given by Miss Nina F'letcher at Ayer, and re­port an e-\celU-nt entertainmont. and fell well repaid'for the etTort made to go.

.\llss Emeliiio Evans Is 111 at .Mrs. S.arah Scales' .-infi Is being cared f(U-by her mother fi"om Boston.

Mrs. . \bbie Dadmun returned home on Wedne--day from .\\-er. w-liere she has be<^n' caring for a sick sister f<.>r some time.

Thnrsd,\y .Mr.i L. H. Morse went to Chelmsford to seo .Mr. and .Mr.s. Wil­liam Smith, formor residents of Still River; also, u'nini; to l.owell to visit a friend.

•Miss I.ouise Dyar. of Harv.ard, is the guest ' of .Mr. and .Mr.- . S. B. Haynes.

LITTLETON

News Items. Allan Stilos is reporled <iuUe com­

fortable at tho Bay State hospital. Tuesday Thomas Moore a n d . Mrs.

Boardman with .Mrs. Sadie Pierce-and Rev. J. C. Alvord as auto giiests took a trip to Clinton and called on Mrs. H. I., Packard, whom they found sit­ting up .and apparentl.v very cheerful. She- had enjoyed receiving . letters trom members o f the rhilathea class and many other Littleton friends, and an abundance ot llowers that she had shared with other patients. The hos­pital -tt-as full of patients and some were having sleeping accommodations In the open. Mr.s. Packard expressed keen appreciation ot all the kind at­tentions shown her.

The children of the Center school arc preparing a cantata and folk dancing to bc given In the town hall Saturday, May 22, at 7..'10 p. ni. Pro­ceeds tvlll bo used for music In the schools.

Rev, Robert Fulton, a former Lit­tleton minister, resigned from the Presbyterian rhinlstry In Indianapolis five months ago on accoimt of Im­paired health. Voluntarily he entered social service work and is now'enr gaged In the Juvenile court activities for the purpose of gaining a knowl­edge and experience In social ser\'lce.

Mrs. Amel ia Waket ie ld Is spending the weekrend with friends in Brook­Une.

Mrx A. F, Conant, .Mrs. J. C. AI-I vord, Mrs, F, S. Klniball and .Mrs. W. '

EI Conant were delegates in attend­ance at the. Xorth Middlesex liranch o f ' t h e Woman's 'Board of Missions meeting held In Fitcliburg Tuesday. May .4. The program was much en-Joyed and Dr. Mary Scott's address oh the medical work iis Ceylon was very Interesting. The crying need of more doctors and trained nurses in the -Held w a s str.pngly emphasiited. A young lad.v, Mlss Olive Green, who Is" now. preparing to onter foreign mLsslonary enterprise, 'was Introduced for the purpose of Interesting the la­dles of this btsihch in adopting her as their missionary to be supported by C. E. societies, missionary circles, or other religious' org.-inizatlons will­ing to take shares of i e n dollars eacb towards her support.-,

Mis.s, Helen J'enklns of Thorsley. Ala., will speak at the morning servlee In the Congregational church Sunilay, forenoon. She Isrth'e guest of the C. K. Houghton's. ; ; - • •

Mrs. Maria Hendle>- is having lier house.painted* • • • • •

The Klrig'.s-.Daughters at their meeting Tuesdaj^'voted sums of money to the Sailors' Haven, -Gordon Re.st. the Frances Willard .settlement and Ingleslde Home;: - . .

MLss Eyelyri. .Hawes. who spent .-everal weeks in N e w York, has re­turned to Mrs. Jones'. ..

The Congregational church wUl ob­serve Its seventy-fifth anniversary on Friday afternooii. May 1+. and the fol­lowing program Is to be given: Scrip­ture readliig, and pra.ver. Rev. J. C-Alvord: anthem, quaitet, Mrs. Hager. Mrs. Houghton,- MessB!. 'Hlll and Dodds: greetings, R15VS, Frost, Favor. Packard, Sewall an;f::^uage Loomis: histnrtcal aketclw ^•^'Jftsn by Wal l l ce B. Conant, read by .C-A. Kimball: se­lection, quartet: closing pra.ver and benediction. Rev-. Elihu Loomis.

Xew telephones re-cently . instaiied are at Elmar A. Flagg's residem-e 0:1 Shattuck street. 22-5: home of the su­perintendent of Harw-ood farm. 15-2;;. and A. S. Knight, of Bonnie Era,; residence re-Installed.

Mrs. K. A. Cox has been in tuwn this w-eck.

Mrs. William Grifflths suffered -in ill turn a few days ago and has since been cla.ssed among the .shut-ins. ". t present her condition is improving.

"Aunt .Augusta." as she Is familiar-.ly called. Is sick and in the care "i ,her sister. Mrs. Henry S. Brown, rtnn the doctor. ' Sho Is suffering ir.'.m it severe case of the grippe.-

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United Workers. The meeting of the United Work-.-! -

at Mrs. W. E. Conant's residence on Wednesday afternoon brought om some tw-enty-tiv.- interested listeners. MLss .lulla S. Conant took charge i>! the meeting. .Miss P. A. Sanderson led In the de\-orions. The speakers of the afternoon. Misses Verrlll and Haroutunian of the Corfu mission were plea.santly introduced by Mi.-s Conanl. .MLss Haroutunian. now in Perkins instiiuto, told of l ier life and the work lor ih,- l)lind In which sho is eaniestly enga;;od. JILss Veirill gavo many reminisconees of associations with .Mlss Corinna Shattuck In her mi.ssionary w-ork. spoke of the coun­try. Its peoplo. the industrial sch<'o!. the religious foundation laid by .Miss .Shattuok anil the developments that have resulted from her faithful and long continued labr>rH in Turke>-. So\--eral o f - the yoiingor hiemhers of tho societ.v w-ero drowsed in native cos­tumes represontinc the different types and classes of wonien In the mission. .Misses Beriha Lo\-e and Ruth Thach­er sailg a very pretty duet, accom­panied by Mrs. C. K. Houghton, piar.-1st.

rSesolutlons on the death of Mrs. Chas. W. Houghton were read bv .Mrs. A. F. Conant and accepted bv the sn­ciety. .Mlss Conant read a poem ap-l)ropriale to the occasion and a noto of thanks from Mrs. Packard for let­ters and llow-ers w-as read.

Thc speakers w-ere entertained bv Miss J. S. Conant.

Grange. • . Grange visitors trom all the neigh­

boring tow-ns Joined the local Orange In a general good t ime turnlshed by past master and chaplain of. Littleton Grange, XIr, and .Mrs. R. T. Barrow. A splendid entertainment was given and consisted ot a piano solo by.Mrs. G. W. Prouty, songs by Miss McXIlT of Acton, reading by Mrs. George E. Shattuck of Pepperell, song by Mr. Salmon ot Boxboro, accompanied bv Mrs. Salmon, reatling by. Mrs. Arthur Cummnigs of Shirley, piano solq bv Mlss Hazel Cummlngs of Fltchburg Grange, songs by .'ftr. X^sh of Pep­perell, accompanied by Mrs, Xash, vocal duet by Mr. and -Mrs. Arthur Xelson of Boxboro, accompanied by Mrs. Salmon, song, "The old dinner horn," by Mrs. Sidney Wright of Westford, accompanied by Mrs, Prouty, remarks by -S. L. Taylor of Westfordi- reading by Millard Sawyer oTr Groton, remarks l>y Seiiator Kim­ball, mastersbf the Pepperell. Gro'ton, Ayer and Boxboro Oranges spoke. .\ vote of thanks was extended to Mr. and Mrs. Barrow- for the bountiful re- past that followed. DancinK conclud­ed the program for the evening and everybody seemed to have a royal good time. Children's nigljt will be observetV May 19.

THE : S,PRING FASHIONS FOR *l

MEN AND YOUNG MEN are now being shown in the new, correct styles in Suits and Overcoats. Men "who are in need of Spring Glothes are invited to come here and see

STYLES—that are new, but moderate. . | VARIETY-^that gives you an ample choice. TAILORING—of the best and we guarantee it. ^ PRICES—firmly based upon giving full value.

Many of the better grades of suits are from that well-knowii maker of good clothes .

A. SHuman^ Co, of B()ston Remember that all clothes' prices sound alike—the difference

lies in the clothes. Come in and look them over. Prices for Suits—$10.00, $12 50, $15.00, $18.00, $20.00 ahd $22.00

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Made to Order Suits ^ For those who desire to have their clothes made to mea_sure we have a very

complete line of over 500 samples of cloths from the reliable house of Edward" V. Price & Co., of Chicago. A good fit is guaranteed or no sale.

Prices range from $15.00 to $35.00

L4MSONa?HlIBBAIS> HATS AND CAPS

For a Correct Spring Hat—correct in style.and be­coming to yoil—come here-and do your choosing. All the new shapes and new colors in the popular Soft Hats.

STIFF HATS $1.98 and $3.00 SOFT HATS $1.50 to $3.00

New Lamson & Hubbard Caps for Spring for Men and for Boys. A fine assortment to choose from.,

Prices—Men's Caps SOc. and $1.00 Boys' Caps 25c. and SOc.

SHOE DEPARTMENT Men's Gun Metal Oxfords

Made in correct style of lasts and a variety of toes. You. will find here such reliable makers of good shoes as Curtis, Douglass and O'Dorinell.

Prices—$3.00. $3.50, $4,00 and $4.50

Men's Tan Oxfords Made in this season's styles in the new

lasts and new shades of tan; also, the rubber sole tan calf Oxfords, now so-popular,

Prices-:-$3,5Q. $4.00 and $4.50

SPRING SHIRTS We have a Spring Shirt display that

will pay any man to come and see. Our shirt stock is selected with a great deal of caire and we are now offering you some extra values for the money; We have roaxly^ different styles to show you. • ,

Priceis—50c., $1.00' and $1.2S

Special Shirt Bargain " '' Xi: A lot of fancy Silk Front Sfuris just iE '

ceived from the makers-^they.aie&cbu|il^ worth $1.50. They are beautiJEul,<»]Bc^^f,.,-;i< and the silk front is Of gpod hearjtwiidife;Vi^

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PAOS TWO S A T U E D A Y , MA.Y 8, 1 9 1 6

OMB IMUCiAB ASIt' n s n CESTS ^BR YEAR JS ADyASOE .

S K O R O K B . B . T C R N E R , P n b U s k e i J O B N B . T D R X E R , E d i t o r

- W e j m b l l s h tfae f o U o w i n s P a p e r s r T n r n e r ' s P u b l i c . S p i r i t , A y c r , M a a o . n i o G r o t o n L a n d m a r k S b e P e p p e r e l l C l a r l e n - A d T e r t l s e r • n e U t t l e t o n . G n l d o n I t a e W e s t f o r d W a r d s m a n T b e H a r v a r d H i l l s i d e Ttie S h i r l e y O r a c l e , T b e T o w n s e n d T o c s i n . n > e B r o o k l l n e (>' . H . ) E i e a c o n I b e H o l l l s ( N . H . ) H o m e s t e a d

E n t e r e d a s s e c o n d - c l a s s m a t t e r a t t h e postoff lce a t Ay«r , M a s s .

S a t u r d u y , .Miiy. 8 , 1 9 1 5 .

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CClIttT. -Mixs H a z e l B . M a r t f o r d h a s b c o n

."pending t h i s wt-ek w i t h rejatlvc.-i in M e l r o s e .

Mr. a n d Mrs?. R o b e r t E l l i o t t h a v e b e e n b e a u t l f y i n s t h e K r o u n d s a r o u n d t h e i r s iKhtly s u m m e r h o m e , o p p o s i t e P r o c p e c t h l l l w i t h t r e e s , s h r u b s , e t c .

S u n d a y - a t t l i e C o n g r e g a t i o n a l c h u r c h R e v . J. E . D i n s m o r e o f t h c F i r s t B a p t i s t e h u r c h , L o w e l l , o c c u ­p i e d t h e p u l p i t In t h e m o r n i n g a n d pre.- iched a n e a r n e s t s e r m o n . • MIss M a y Atw-ood w-as • a t • the . o r g a n a n d h x s r e s u m e d s u p e r v i s i o n 'of t h e tclrls' v e s t e d c h o i r . A t t h e e v e n l n s s e r v i c e

"Lu E , fSiveatt o l Low-ell w a s p r e s e n t a n d a d d r e s s e d t h e m e e t i n K , s p e a k i n g o n t h e w o r k a n d a l m s of t h e L o w e l l

' C E . u n i o n . H . G. O s g o o d c o n d u c t e d t h e p r a i s e s e r v i c e .

Mr. a n d Mrs . J o h n P . 'WriKht a t -• t e n d e d t h e f u n e r a l of a r e l a t i v e in

• M a i d e n - S a t u r d a y 'of la.st w-cek,

E d m u n d B i l k e r h a s b e e n g r a d i n g t h e s r o u n d s a b o u t th.e - h o u s e o c c u ­p i e d b y - h i m m o s t a t t r a c t i v e l y .

T h e Ladie .s ' . \ i d s o c i e t y o f t h e C o n ­g r e g a t i o n a l c h u r c h w i l l m e e t n e x t T h u r s d a y a t t h e v e s l r y . A f u l l a t ­t e n d a n c e is des lred . -

G e o r g e H. B u r k e at t h e n o r t h pi irt • o f t h e t o w n Is r e p o r t e d a s t h e Latest

p u r c h . i s e r of a n . - lUtomybile , ii . F o r d .

Ne.xt Tuesd .ay a f t e r n o o n a t t h e C o n ­g r e g a t i o n a l c h u r c h t h e c l o s i n g m e e t ­i n g .of t h e s e a s o n w-ill b e h e l d a n d •win b e a r e c e p t i o n to t h e r e t i r i n g of-S c e r s of t h e c l u b . . T h e L a d i e s ' T i t a n i a orche . s tra w-ill p l a y a n d t h e r e w-ill a l s o b e a s o l o i s t , C l u b te£i w i l l b e s e r v e d a n d t h e a r r a n g e m e n t s for t h e a f t e r ­n o o n a r e i n - c h a r g e of t h e r e c e p t i o n c o m m i t t e e of t h e c l u b — M i s s E d i t h F o r s t e r , Mrs . V. C. B . W e t m o r e . M i s s E I l a F . H i l d r e t h . M r s . J u l i a n C a m e r ­on, a n d Mris. W i l l i a m R. C a r v e r . .

A , - t e l e p h o n e h a s b e e n i n s t a l l e d a t J . Henry- -Co lburn ' s t h i s w e e k , 1 0 - 3 .

C o n d u c t o r C l e m e n t h a d a s u d d e n a n d s e v e r e a t t a c k of I n d i g e s t i o n W e d ­n e s d a y m o r n i n g a n d C l a r e n c e S p a l d -jnt* s u b s t i t u t e d f o r h i m o n t h e c a r .

T h e W e s t f o r d V e t e r a n s , S o n s a n d . D a u g h t e r s of V e t e r a n s a r e r e < i u e s t e d t o m e e t a t t h e C a v a l r y a s s o c i a t i o n b u i l d i n g t h i s S a t u r d a y a f t e r n o o n at tw-o o 'c lock to p l a n f o r t h e M e m o r i a l d a y . d i n n e r . D i n n e r w-ill b e s e r v e d t h e itame a s l a s t - y e a r t o t h e V e t e r a n s

3*; a n d t h e i r w i v e s a n d -sons a n d d a t i g h -'•^-t^t^'rti o f v e t e r a n s a n d t h e i r w i v e s ,

m e m b e r s o f t h e b a n d , t h e s p e a k e r s a n d e n t e r t a i n e r s of t h e d a y - -- g o o d r e s p o n s e t o t h e c a l l f o r t h i s m e e t i n g Is e a r n e s t l y d e s i r e d . . .

T h e r e g u l a r m o n t h l y m e e t i n g o f B d w a r d .M. A b b o t H o s e Co. w a s h e l d Tues 'day e v e n i n g . .A t r y o u t a t C.3S w a s h e l d , o p e n i n g h y d r a n t s n e a r t h e r e s i d e n c e s o f W i l l i s H i l d r e t h , E d w a r d F i s h e r a n d M i s s E l l a F . H i l d r e t h . T h e e n g i n e e r s t r i ed o u t t h e i r p l a n of a t t a c h i n g t h e h o s e w a g o n t o t h e m o ­t o r t r u c k of W m . E . W r i g h t w-ith g o o d r e s u l t . L a t e r at t h e c o m p a n y ' s h e a d -i j u a r t e r s t h e a n n u a l bus lnes . s m e e i i n g ,and e l e c t i o n w a s h e l d a n d t h e . same l i s t of officers w e r e r e e l e c t e d .

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We sell everything that is needed to make Cliicks grow and Hens lay. Onr TOWN TALK EGG MASH is ahvays mi.xed the sami- and will make them lay—ask your neighbor.

COAL IS NOW SELLING AT THE LOWEST PRICES FOR THE SEASON—GET YOUR ORDER IN AND SAVE MONEY

"FONE AYER 7" FOR YOUR COAL

A. E. Lawrence & Son

Whitney's Stable AYER, MASS.

Telephone 29-3 SmlS*

A. New Lot of Horses Re­ceived This Week

KOR S A L E : — O n e A u t o m a t i c P e r r y P u m p i n g Outflt . c o m p l e t e , w i t h m o t o r , a u t o m a t i c s w i t c h , c o m p l e t e . U s e d o n l y a f e w m o n t h a w h e n t o w n w a t e r w a s p u t In. G i v e s b e t t e r t h a n e i g h t g a l l o n s a m i n u t e . Coet $350, w i l l s e l l f o r • 2 2 S . A p p l y to J A M B S .M. SARGB.XT, O r a n ­l t e v l l l e . M a s s . T e l e p h o n e W e s t f o r d 62-6- . Zltt,

Wm Dale Nnrsery HENRY W. ROBBINS

D e a l e r i n

Fniit Trees, Grape Vines, Straw­

berry Plants, .Shrubbery

Evergreens, Etc,

Farm, Garden aod Flower Seeds

Tel. 78-1 Ayer, Mass,

N O T I C E IS H F ; R E B Y G I V B M t h a t thc s u b s c r i b e r h a s b e e n d u l y a p p o i n t e d a d m i n i s t r a t o r w-lth t h e w-lll a n n e x e d of t h e e s t a t e of A1.ICF; M. M. B O Y N T O N l a t c of P e p p e r e l l In t h e C o u n t y of Mid­d l e s e x , d e c e a s e d , t e s t a t e , a n d h a s t a k e n u p o n h i m s e l f tha t t r u s t b y g i v i n g bond, a s the l a w d i r e c t s .

Al l p e r s o n s h a v i n g d e m a n d s u p o n the e s t a t e of sa id d e c e a s e d a r c requ ired to e x h i b i t thc s a m e , a n d aH i i e r s o n s In­d e b t e d to sa id e s t a t e a r c ca l l »d u o o n to m a k e p a y m e n t t o

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Park Street AYER, MASS,

NOTICE—Our Store Will Be Open Saturday Nights untU 8 o'clock. All other Nights We Close at 6 o'clock

Bliss Farm Agency O F F I C E IN- T H E S T C D E B A K E U B U I L D I N G

C o r n e r o f P a r k a n d W e s t M a i n StrecK*. A y c r

A , s i x - a c r e Vll laere F a r m o n t h e M a i n s t r e e t : r e s i d e n t i a l t o w n : a s t e p

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If w a n t e d : 1 0 - r o o m h o u s e , n e e d s s o m e : r e p a i r s : s m a l l b a r n . R e d u c e d f r o m

$ 1 7 0 0 t o S H O O f o r Quick x a l c .

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w o o d l a n d : f r u i t f o r h o u s e u s e : c o l o n i a l t w o - s t o r y h o u s o o f e i g h t r o o m s :

KOOd b a r n a n d p o u l t r y h o u s e s : t w o m i n u t e s t o e l e c t r i c s — $ 2 7 5 0 ; »7B0

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o. .Si^'-'"*'^'^^'E'\LTH O F M A S S A C h U -SI 'JT . s . W o r c e s t e r , s s . P r o b a t o Court .

T o the h e i r s a t law-, n e x t o f k i n a n d a l l o t h e r p e r s o n s I n t e r e s t e d In thc e s ­t . i te of M A K Y D. S H E R M A N l a t o Ot H a r v a r d In sa id C o u n t y , d e c e a s e d .

w h c r e a f l , a c e r t a i n . I n s t r u m e n t p u r -. p o r t l n g to be t h c l a s t w i l l a n d t e s t a ­m e n t Of s a i d d e c e a s e d h a s b e e n p r c -?W,* ,o ." ' , . ?* ' ' ' . *^<»" ' ' ' tor p r o b a t e , by IX)UISA W , D Y A R , w h o p r a y s t h a t l e t t e r s t e s t a m e n t a r y m a y be I s sued to her , the e x e c u t r i x t h e r e i n n a m e d , w i t h ­o u t ^ g l v l n f f a s u r e t y o n h e r official bond. - Y o u a r o h e r e b y c i t e d t o a p p e a r a t a

P r o b a t e Court to be h e l d a t W o r c e s t e r , In s.ald C o u n t y of W o r c e s t e r , o n t h e e i g h t e e n t h d a y o f May , A . D . 1916, a t n i n e o c l o c k In t h e f o r e n o o n , to a h o w c a u o e . If a n y y o u h a v e , w h y tho ' s a m o s h o u l d n o t bc g r a n t e d .

A n d s a i d p e t i t i o n e r Is h e r e b y d l r e c -'**l,.'*',^,*'^<' p u b l i c n o t i c e thereof , by p u b l i s h i n g t h i s c i t a t i o n o n c e In e a c h w e e k , f o r t h r e e s u o c e s s l v c w e e k s . In ' ' ' l , ,^ !" ' ' .^" ' '^ • "'"'"''<'• a n e w s p a p e r p u b l i s h e d In A y e r , the Ikst p u b l i c a t i o n t o be o n e d a y , a t l e a s t , be foro s a i d Court , a n d by m a i l i n g , p o s t p a i d , or d e l i v e r i n g a c o p y o l t h i s c i t a t i o n fo a l l k n o w n p e r s o n s I n t e r e s t e d In tho e s t a t e r e y c n d a y s a t l e a s t b e f o r e s a l d . C o u r t !

W i t n e s s . W l i l l a m T. F o r b e s , E s a u i r e J u d g e of s a i d C o u r t , t h i s t w e n t y - n i n t h d a y of A p r i l , In t h e y e a r o n o t h o u s a n d n i n e h u n d r e d a n d flfteen. 3t3«

H A R R Y ' H, A r w o O D , R e g i s t e r .

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SATUEDAie;, M A t 8, 1916

TOWNSEND • Center.. . Rev. Granville. Yager, a Congrega tlonal clergyman, who had Ueen re tired from. actl^-e pastoral work for iseveral yebira, died Wedneiiday morn­lpg at hf8 home In Bralntree. He was ordained to the ministry In 1876, and had held pastorates .In Townsend, Cohaiuiet, Hudson, Dighton, East Brldgewater and Rindge, X. H. Since then he had done supply work, his last activity being In Harwlchport. From 1887 to 1891 Mr. Yager was a profes-KoV In-Mlddletown college. He was In his Heventy-flftli year.

. Will T. O'Brien feli last week Thursday' evenltig at his home on Brookllne street, bre.iklng his right leg. Ho was taken to the Burbank hospital, Fltchburg, In R, A, Lancey's automobile,

Mrs, A, L. Struthers, Mlss .Mar­guerite Struthers, MIH.-) Ellen Haynes and Mrs. L. C. Jefts were cOhveyed In F. B. HIggln.s' automobile Tuesday to uttend the", semi-annual meeting of the N'orth Middlesex branch o t the Woman's Board ot Mis.slons. held at t h e C C . church, Fitchburg. There are twenty; churche.-i Irt the district and practically all of them were rep-

- resented.

Thc Bport.s committee of the Town.s­cnd Uriion Sunday .School Field Duy association met on Tuesday vvcnlirg w-lth the president. A. S. Howard. - W, D,' Farrar was cho.sen chairman and Amy L. Whitcomb a,i .secretary. Everything bids fair for xi K""d pro. Kram June 22. with .some new- fea-

• tures. , A regular nieetins "f T.Vwn.seiid

Grange will be held In Jltniorial hall on Monday evenins . May 10. to enter­tain LunenburK Orange. This meet­ing Is not open lo the public, but for members of the order only.

Thp Birthday club met In th'e ves-trlcs'of thc Congi-cgatlonal church on Thursday afternoon at three o'clock, with Mrs. Fannie Meade, Mrs. EInora Smith, Mrs. Lllla Estes. .Ml.s-s .Vllce Seaver and Mr.s. Angle Lang as host­esses. The program was as follow.s: Roll call, quotations fmm John Green­leaf Whittier: poem. "Ode to spring." -Mrs. Flora Atw-ood, with piuno .accom­paniment by Mrs. Kannle Meade: reading, "A tragedy" (a la mode) . Mrs. Mary French: piuno duet, Mlss Gladys Shattuck and Mrs. .Meade: monologue, "The .village oracle," .Mrs. Annie Greenleaf. . \t the conclusion of the entertainment a luncheon w-a.s served by the hostesses consisting of salads, cake and colTee. At each plate w-ere Ilttle pink May liaskets tilled w-ith pink and white peppermints as a souvenir of the gathering.

Mr. ahd Mrs. Sears, of Rockport. were the w-eek-end guests of .Mr. and

• Mns. Wilbur BrOce.

Veteran Albert Goldthwalte, from the CheLsea SoUders' home. Is on a furlough arid will'sjiend several w-eeks in town «!mfiya"''orr'"(!ViWfi'd'iigr'";rri'iT friends.

Tho high .school graduation honors have been assigned ;is follows: Ian Rusk, West Tow-nsend. valedictorian: Lillian I. Floyd, salutatorlan; third In rank, Jason E. Husscll. of .Mason: Arlene Clarke, fourth. The remain­ing members of the clas.s are Hilda and Alma Johnson. Amy Rlxford. Le­land \yoods -and Lester. Swicker.

Mrs. Mary Sherrln has been called tn .Xeedham on account of the Ulne.s-s ot her daughter. Mrs. .\rthur Bliss.

ft will be pleasing to the many friends ot Mrs. Lllllun Seaver Cook to Iearn that she hus recently been elected a member of the school board in Harwich, the tll-st time a ludy has .served in that capacity in thut town.

At thc annual i i i c n i n t of this .school district, held at the selectmen's room on last w-eek Thursduy. .Supt. Hermun L. Knight wus re-elected superintend­ent for three years. T h e . d l s t r i c t comprises the towns ot .\.-(hliy. Lu­nenburg and Townsend.. The school district organization is composed ot the follow-lng memliers: Albert. .S. Howard ot Townsend, chairman, and. Mrs. Kred C. Cross of Lunenburg, .fecretary. The remaining member.s of the joint committee ure William S. Green. William Reed und Roscot- W. Ballou of A.shby. Clifford C. I.ane und George- P. Grant. Jr.. of Luneiiburg. und Dr. Henry- B. Hoyntiui und Krunk B. HIgglns of Townsend.

Mlss Marguerite .Struthei-s and .Miss Hattie Smith, teacher.s in .N'ew Haven, are enjoying a week's vacation at lheir respective homes.

Wednesday .Mrs. Spencer of South row went to Manchester. .V. H.. tor the summer.

The next meeting of ilie Country club w-lll be with .Mr.s. Irving Seaver on the afternoon of .May 12.

It is regretted that the rainstorm of last w-eek Kridav- evening prevented many from attending the meeting in -Memorial hall called to interest the p.arent.s of school chilrlren in the Par­ent-Teachers association and to he:ir .Mrs. Walter L. Smith, of .Maiden, .sjieak In the liitei-e.s! of this uss.iclu-tion; what hud In-en done in other towns and the need and lienellt In every town of such an oi-gaiii;:atii>ii of parent.*! and teucliei-.s bein.g forme<l. .•\t the close of the spe.-iker's uddres..« Supt. Herman C. Knight, who presid­ed, appointed a conimittee consislting of .Mrs. Harry Whitci'imb. .Mrs. Alfred X. Kessenden and .Mis. Charles Itoss to consider the uilvlsabillty of or.gun-izing an association in Townsend. the committee to report at the p.iient (Iuy meeting held at the ivnter school building on Friday afternoon. .May T. at two o'eiock,

PAOZ T B B n Wcwt.

Mrs. Herman Law-rence has' been called to' her home In Mason. X. H.. by the Illness ot her father, WlUlam Adams. • Arthur und George Joslln, of Gard­ner, and, Ho.waid Kayser, from Bos­ton, were suests of Mr, and Mrs. Fred A, Patch, ot Josselynville, Saturday, making the trip by auto.

(jiw-lng to thc absence of Rev. Jo­seph McKeap, who Is out ot town for a' brief vacatlori, the Brotherhood banquei, which w-a.s to be held on Tuesday evening, has been postponed until the tiwt of June. .

Mrs. B. C. Cummlngs. who has been with Mrs. Ale.xander Reed tor the past fortnight, has returned to her home at the Harbor.

Mrs. Charles T. McDormond Is spending a few days Vvith relatives In Boston. >

Clarence and Ashliel Strcetei* were called to Athol t h e l a t t e r part 'ht last w-eek to attend the funeral' ot their aunt, Mrs. Williams, who was burled on Sunday.

John Pow-ers and famliy are mov­ing from the Pratt, cottage on Elm street to the AVheelcr farm on the .\shby roud.

Ml.ss Lena Thomp.son. who has been enjoying a week's vacation with her parents, .Mr. und Mrs.. Joxeph Thomp­son, has resumed her duties In .N'or-%v,ood.

.\irs. J. W. .Slprey, who has' been visiting her brolher, Hev. Jo.seph .Mc­Kean. hus letutjued to her home In Worcester. . .Mrs. Kred Howurd and children,

froin Clinton, have been .recent guests of Cliurle.s and Clara Hosley.

The regular monthly business meet­ing of the Y. I'. S. C. E. was held on Tuesday evening at the home of the president, Iun Rusk, w-lth a good 'at­tendance. Besides the regular busi­ness plans w-ei-e discussed for a food sale and social some time IhLs month.

Frank Hamilton, of Webster, .visited his mother, JIr.s. Augustus Stevens,,of Stevens' hill, this week.

Maud Hodson. of Reading, hus been a recent guest at the home ot .Mr. and .Mr. . Churles R. Morgan.'

-Mr. Ei-skirte, from Maiden, spent the week-end at the home of ."Mr. and Mr.s. William W. Webster, ot Jo.sselvn-vllle: . . . .•

-Mrs. George Hazard, of Chfirlotte, Vt,. is a suest of .Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hodgmun. -,

The Lidle.s' Baptist Benevolent so­clet.v held their postponed meeting on Wednesday at the homo of Mrs. Kred A. Patch In Josselynville with four­teen in attendance. I t w a s an all-day session and a bountiful dinner was served ut noon. At the busine.ss meeting it wus voted to postpone the election of officers until the next meeting, which w-ill be held In the vestrie.s^ull day on Wednesday, June S.

Mrs. L. C. Barker, from Danvers, is .litilnB..entertaitt<rtl-at"the.hom*' ot Mr. and Mrs. George Adamsi while pick­ing up her household goods at the Sanders furm. preparatory to m'ovlng them to Danvers.

.Mrs. All.ert H. WUson is visiting relatives in Lowel l u few days this week.

George \Vay. who has lieen for -sev­eral years at the home of .Mr and .Mrs, Krunk Karnsw-orth, hus gone to Block Island, and Johh .McLuin. who has been at the home of .Mr. and Mrs. .Albert H. Wilson, of Hayberry hill, is now in F;-i.st Hampton.

Jane I'roctor. who has been w-ork-Ini! In .\shliy. Is employod at the tow-n farm by .Mr and .Mrs. Daniel Coftey.

Evu Hainllton. little daughter of .Mr. and .Mrs. Koster Hamilton: of Jos­selynville. is <niite sick with the grippe.

Laniei Hui-rini;toii. a former resi­dent here, hus been visiting his sis­ter. .Mrs. Churles Reynolds, of lower .Muin street.

Rev. Jo.seph .McKeun Is visiting with friends in 'Townshend. Vt.. and rela­tives in liratlleboro. Vt., and Spring-Held. The many friends-of his daugh­ter. .Mlss Georgiana .McKean. w-ho hus l.een very seriously ill In thc hospital at Brattleiioro. are pleased to hear thut she is improving ciuite rupidly.

.Mrs. Churles T. McDormond is .spending a , few w e e k s wilh relutives in Boston and vicinity.

Sunday is to be observed as "moth­ers' liay" and it is exjiected that a preacher from Boston will occujiv the jiulpit at the Biiptist church in the absence of the jiastor.

EdWurrI McKean. who hus been visiting' llis brother at the jiursonage. has retu:-iied to Worcester.

LITTLETON

Xcivs Itoins. The Arthur S. Knight fumily of

klill,. has moved back to -Bcinnle B r o lira,-" for the .summer.

inviiati',ns have been Issued to the near relatives and a few liitimaie friends t'.>r the w e d d i n g of .Miss Grace . \ i ;n,s Knight und liichard Green H,i;wo.„l. which is to take jilace at th,- h.ime of the bride's jiarents. .Mr. -inil .Mrs. Arthur Stearns Knight of Tahatt.-iwan roail. Saturday. .May 22.

IV. F.. f'onant combined business an,! i>l,Msiire in a triji to .Vew- York and vicinity this last week. One of his chief objectives was u visit with his son Richard.

Writing. Her many friends are pleased to hear of her Improved-condition.

Dea. John W. Thacher has been conllned to his room and much of the t ime- to his bed this past week. We ure happy to report him convalescent und hope to ^reet him In his accus­tomed places, when nature restores his strength and vitality.

Mlss Jeslse Smith, Margaret Thach­er, .M; H. Klmpall, Emma E. Tenney-, Mrs. P : L . Brow-n, Mrs. George Gard­ner, Richard Gardner. -Mrs. Douglas Whitcomb. Mrs. Chas. V. Klugg. Mrs. C. K. Houghton, Mrs. G. W. Prouty, Herbert Prouty and Mr. and .Mrs. F. B. Priest attended the recital In Ayer town hall ' Monday evening by Mlss Xina Fletcher, violinist, und Mrs. Helen '. Pratt Kelle.v, lyric soprano sollst. and John Craig Kelley, accom­panist, and report an exquisite mu­sical treat, M r and Mrs. Kelley re­turned to Littleton w-lth Mrs, .Prouty and enjoyed her hosjjltallty tor the night. . .

In the failure to select the right man for t h e jilace the Dairy Improve­ment association has been fortunate In retaining Mr Zappy for another month; and-would bc very glad If he could be persuaded to change, his mind in regard to resignation. With­in a few-'weeks It Is expected that his successor will be appointed from umoyg the .M. A. C. students.

Ivo Russell has joined the ranks of uutomo.bile owners and the horse Is revelling In acres of tender young gru.ss. '

.Mrs. Lawrence returned early In the week from a ten-tlay.s' ylslt with her brother In-Arlington.

The Choral society will hold their annual concert on May 21,. when the' orutorio. "The rose maiden." will be given. Thc .solos w-UT be rendered by artists from Boston, and muslc-lovers are fissured Of a tre.at. The rehearsal noxt week will be held on Wedne.sday evening. May 12, at the Baptist vestry when all arc urged to he. jiresent. Advertisement for thc-concerl will be out nefii week and tickets wUl be on, sale by the members.

The Woman's -club w-lll observe children's day on Monday afternoon. -May 10. Mlss Anna Woodbine, w-ho Is In charge of the jirogram; has had the good fortune' to secure from the rVudobon society u set of. beautiful sl ides and will entertain the children of the grades by showing pictures of the birds "and giving a familiar talk o n . the subject. • This will bc both entertalriing and educational, and w'e hope that the children will ajijirecldte the ojiportunity that the Woman's club, Ihrough Mlss Woodbille^<^ cour­tesy, offers them.

Mr. and Mrs. WUllam Balley, w-ho recently moved to Somervlile. have returned and are at jiresent w-.|th JIrs. Love at the Common.

There was a large comjiany of cat­tle men and others Interested In jier­sonal Jiroperty at the auction of Michael McNIlT on Harvard road, Tuesday, There was a handsome string of cattle sold arid prices gen­erally ivere excellent. Mr .McXlft had-made large accumulations of farming Imjilements, tools, etc., and the sale was carried into the early evening.

Ticket.s tor the Back Log club drama had u reudv .sale und u lurge audience greeteil the faithful cast both evenings last week. The jiro­duction showed "good talent and ef­licient work, bul thc jiluy jiroved less pojiular than (he dramas presented in former years. The costumes w-ere very cleverly gotten up and thc la­dies!'.'i in their modern gow-ns shar­ed not a few honors w-lth their as-' .sociates of 'the stronger sex. . The H. J. Harw-ood family returiied this week from the ujiurtment .in Cambridge wheie they sjient the win­ter.

Josejih. Dodge, after a month of Jiainful illness, jiassed .awa.v e.arly Tuesday inorning. .May 4, aged eighty-two years. Mr. Dodge h.as been worthy .-ind esteemed citizen of Little­ton for many years, honorable in all his deuling.s, an excellent neighbor, und devoted to his family. His last years have been sjient quietly in the retirement df his home ut the Com--iniiii. He w-us u member of oiie ot the olil und well-known Littleton fam­ilies, of whom u brother. Krank Dodge, of Littleton, remains. He leaves u wife. .Mrs. Lucy J. Dodge; three daughters. Helen. Hannah -arid Marjorie. and .a son Richard. Serv­ices were held at the home Thursday afternoon, conducted by Rev. H. L. Caulkins. Interment w-as in West­lawn (••?metery.

.\ jioverty jiurty Is to be given by the V. l; S. C. E. in the Bajitist vestry on Monday evening. .May 10. Ice creain and caiid>- will be on sale.

»I.\.\ T.^KES Hl» OW.V .MKIJICINE ' - |» AN, OPTIMIST

He has absolute faith In hrK-niedlclnc —he knows when he takes It for cer­tain ailments he gets relief. IVu-ple w-ho take Dr. King's New Discovery for an Irritating: cold are optimists— Ihey know this cough remedy will penetrate the llnlnKS. of th< throat, kill the germs, ond open the way for Nature to act. You can't destroy a cold by superflclal treatment—you must go to the cause of the trouble. Be an optimist. Get a bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery toda.v.

Sew Advcrtlficraents.

L. SHERWINi GO, AYER, MASS.

DEALERS IN

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At a very nioderuto e.xjH'nse u c c-an .stock your UTlIIiig desk with an ussortment of Hishlunil Linen thut ivlU s lvo ybu II HI/JO or shade ajiprii-prlute und correct fur every MK-IUI reqalrcmcnt. It \vlll save you time and worry, and add dlstlni-tiuii to your -c-orrc«i>ondcnce;

Bo.x of 21 hhccLs and -j | on-velojies, letter size, lit white or eight -delicate tiiit*, jn-r Inn

'ioe, and :S0t-.

WILLIilM BROWN DEUaGIST

Main Street Ayer, Mass,

luote the f.illow-New York I-:\-eiiuig Post

Tfiwn.send Hlll X<it<'>. On la.st week Thui-.sduv evening the

regular meeting of the Townsend Hlll Improvement society was held at the "brick college'-' with a good attend­ance. Roll call was re.sjionded to b.v current events. , The subject of the meeting was "Co-operative labor." Mrs. Robert Cojieland gave .a very In­teresting talk, vividly describing w-hat she learned In her travels abroad was being accomplished along this very line of co-operation In England, Scot­land and other European countries. Robert Copeland read timely articles on thc subject. Mr. Ware spoke on co-operatlvo grain buying a n d - M r s . Ware on the buying ot groceries. .\H this subject -was of especiai interest to tho rural community on the hlll Mr. Lecman made remarks and sug­gestions that a committee be appointed to detil with the matter systematically.

The mcetlnB of the ladles of the Townsond Hlll Improvement society, wWch was to have been held w-lth Mrs, Edward Xforse, hoste.ss, WcUnes-ddy afternoori, was postponed on ac­count of the speaker, of the atternoon. Rev, Albert -Kilbourn, of Enfield, X. H., helng unable to be present.

Mlss Ivora Saw-for, w-ho has beeri so very III at St. Joseph's hospital, Xash-

'ua, returned to her home at the A. J. Hinds place on -Monday, MIra ^ been very sick w-Uh"pncumo"nVa and Sawlor Is still very weak, although In care of two trained nurse-» Is r e -able to walk about. I ported decidedly better at "time of

Littleton jieojiie have entered into the sjiirit of "Clean-uji week" and the town In general was never looking fairer: vet. there are a few jilaces that mii:ht he lmjii-«ved and since the de­cree jirovidcs for a continuation of the g.iod Work through thc second week of the month doubtless our loyal citizens will carry their elforts Into seven <la.v.s more of cleaning up und removing of rubbish, etc. Some of our people, and they are not children by any means, throw jiaper bags, jia.stelioard boxes and even newspa­pers by the roadside. These not only detract from the neat and cleanlv ap­pearance of the street, but frequently scare horses. Can wc not all join forces in overcoming this needless practice'.' :

Road Commi.ssloner HartweU has been busy with his men and horses doing effective work on our highways and Tree Warden Hopkins and assis­tants have given thc trees by the roadside a good dose ot spring tonic.

Ml.ss .Myra Knights has returned to her summer home, thc Xash bunga­low-, on Tahattaw-an road.

Lym.an Priest, real estate dealer, has aold to C, K. Jackson of Xewtow-n twenty-one acres of the Balthrow farm, which he recently purchased.

-Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Gregory, who have occupied their cottage at the Centeh known an the "band box" through'the «-lnter, moved this week to their farm on Ru.ssell farm.

.Mrs. George W. Canney, who has

CMpjiliig. We are ha]ii,.\- t

Ing from th of .May I:

At the close of the evening service at .VU Souls' church last Sunday. P. Corning Edwards, the organist and choirmaster. w;is asked lo steji Into the guild room, w-here he found the rector, the choir, anil severul mem-l.er.> of the comtregation. W'ho begun wishing llim "many hajijiy returns of the ,ia\-." It had become know-n to the choir that .\jiril ii, was Mr. Ed­wards' birthiiay, and his faithful co-w-iirkers had jireji-'ired a surjirise for him. Me was !erl to the head of a loni; table and all jiresent sat ilown to a sujijier which the choir had jiro­vided in honor of their choirm.aster. Mr. Edw.arils. in e.xjiressing his ujijire-clatlon of their kindness, spoke of tho psjirlt de corjis and the spirit of he.trty co-ojieration which ch.aracter-Izes .Ml Souls' choir, und s,ald that to this w-as Largely due the steady Im­provement which the choir Is mak­ing, several <if the older members of the congregation having declared that the music on Easter has seld'om. If ever, been equalled at All Souls'. Mr. Edivards Is known throughout the church at large by his musical set­tings of hymns 407. .",00 and 510 In the hymnal.

WINTER I.V THK L.M' OK SPRIXG

When the sw-elling lilac Luils appear In the early spring;

When the'fleids antl wood.- are hare ' and drear:

Sweet the bluebirds sing.

Then we know- that welcome sprlnst Is nigh.

With Its coming Joys; Now has gone old winter with a sigh:

And winds w-hlch he ciniiloys.

One dark day the cold nortli winds arl.,e:

• Heavy, are the clouds: Many snowllakes flutter from ihe skies:

-And the earth enshrouds.

Thc winds Increase: thicker fails th-? snow-:

'TIs a blizzard sure: How-IIng winds, strike canh as with a

• blow— Hard, hard to endure.

'TIs but "winter In thc Lap of spring": Soon the storifl Is o'er:

^. i '"'"'*. " ^ hlueblrds begin lo sing: =n>ringr is here oncc more.

S. U •WHITE, Beverl.v. Muss.

X'o. 3095

Commoaiyealth or..Mu.s.>u(<liuscItis

^ , LAXD COURT

To Harry L. Atwood, Frank E. Co­nnnt, B. and A, b . Fes.senden Com­pany and Cordelia Hlldrelh of Towns-end. In the County of .Middlesex, and .said Commonwealth: the Connecticut River Transmission Comjiany of Wor­cester, in the County of Worcester, and said Commonw-ealth: James .'). Reed of .Mason, In the State of .Vew-Humpshlrc: any heirs, devisees, or legal representatives of Hiram Wal­cott, formerly of said Townsend, de­ceased: and to all whom It may con­cern:

Whereas, a petition' has been pre-^ sented to said Court by. Ida B'. Brown. Walter E. Brown. Alice G. Brown and .Muttle E. Brown of said Townsend. to register and conllrm their title in the following-de.scribed land:

A certain parcel of land with the buildings thereon situate In the South­erly part of said Townsend, on the easterly side ot the road leading from Townsend Harbor to Lunenbursi bounded und described as follows:

Beginning at the most, southerly coi-ner of the lund hereinafter de­.scribed, on .said roud at land of Hurry L. Atwood; thence running Easterly b y said Atwood's land to a corner; thence Easterly by said Atwood'.s land, lund ot Krank K. Conant, und land of B. & A. D. Kessenden Com-jiuny to the fyiuunnacook River: thence .Northerly by said River to land of Jaihes O. Keed; thence West­erly, .Southerly, Westerly, Xortherly and Westerly by lund ot said James II Reed to .suld Itoud; thence South­erly by said Roail to the point of lie--Innlng. ..Containing about ninety-live (95) acres.

The above desci ilied land Is shown on a jilun died wi:h said petition, and all boundary line« are claimed to be located on the K.'ound as shown on said jilun.

You are hcreliy cited to apjiear ut the Ijind Court t,. be held at Boston, in the County of .--Suffolk, on the tirst day of June A. D. I'Jlo, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if an.v you have, why the prayer of .saiil jietltion should imt be granted. .\iid unless you ajijiear at .said Court at the time and jtlace aforesaid your de­fault will lie rei-iirded. and the sai,l Iietitlon will be taken as confessed, and you will be forever barred from contesting said petition or any decree entered thereon. :

Witness, Charles Thornton Davis. Esijulre. .ludge ot said Court, this lifth day of .May In thc year nineteen hundred and fifteon.

Attest with Seal of aaid Court. <Seal.) , , 3(35

CLARENCE C. S-MfTH, Recorder

Always.a Good Supply of Staple Goods oh Hand

Cesspools and Vanlts I am now prepared to-take orderg to

Clean Cesspools and Vaults. -Satis­faction guaranteed. Prices reasonaljle. Telephone 141-3. 3m24

LESTEB JI, 3URTELL, Ayer

The West Groton Blacksmitli Sares You Money on Farm Wagons and Tlp-Carts. Hay F o r Sale. L. G. STRAND.

CUTFLOWERS, PLAXTS, FLORAL DESIG.VS, ETC. H A R D T . ,' • ORX.\MBNTAL TREHS,

S H P . U B S A X D V I N E S

H. Huebner Florist

Groton, Mass.

Greenhouses near Groton School

fianojunlnfl TUNIXG A X D KEP.MRDfG PROSIPTLY ATTENDED TO

J. F. Chaffin Co. Tel. 846-'W • Fltclibarg-, itaaa^

Pianos, Plana Players, VlctroUl and a Full Line of Record*. Sfiulc and

Muaical Inotromenta

W H T NOT BER

Thomas F. Mullin THE R E A I J ESTATE AGENT

I B Regard to XnTaMmeotr

Hoom t Busk Bldir. Ay«r

E. D. STONE Fire Insurance Agent

Automobile and ' Cordwood Insurance

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

C.\I,i, o x or tel'-phone 14ii-l< tor Karm, n.!niocrat. Kxpress Wagrons, .Surreys and Top Buifslea; Harness and Horse Ciols . .Ml kinds of Farm Im­plements. W!i0'?lbarrow3. Etc., at Bar-sain I'rlces. • Se,? our Double Team Harnes.s at *."iO. ,\(5cnl for Rogers &. Hulibard's Boii.? Base F.erLlllzer. F. B. FEI.CH. Carr;ai?e. Harness and Imple­ment D' a'..ir, .\yer. Mass. 26

F. EARLAND GILSON Dental Office and Booms

DR, RALPH H. WYLEE Associate Assistant Dentist

Lady As.sistant 3m3

Page's Block Ayer, Mass,

COSIMONWKAI.TH OF MASS.VCHU-SETT.S. .Middlesex, ss. Probate Court.

To all .persons Interested In the es-tiite of NATHANIEL P. SMITH l."e of Oroton In snid County, deceased

Whereas, ARTHUR F. POObE 'lhe trustee under the will of said deceased, has presented for allowance, the fifth account of his trust under said will « »"" nre hereby cited to appear at "a I'robate Court, to he held at Cam-^i^M'^".- '" «ald County, on the twonty-n.fth day of .Ma.v, A. D. 19ls, n r n l n e oclock In the forenoon, to show cause If aiiy you have, why the same should not .be allowed.

And said trustee Is ordered to servo this citation by delivering a cony hereof to all persons Intereited In

the estate fourteen day . at leait be-fore said Court, or by publlshinK the . n m . ,^„„» i„ — „ ......I, , „ , three suc

Oroton Land . , , ll»hed In salt,

publication, to be one

.«nmc once In each week, for three s i c cess ve weeks. In the Oroton Land mark, a newspaper publlghed in sal. County, lhe last publication, to be one da.v at least before, said Court, and bv Tl^l^^","- »"?»':»>«'''•« "py Of this ?ita-lon to all Known persons Interested

l"}-!^'..'."'!!'* "even days, at least, be-fore said Court.

Upholstering . \t JloCollestor'.i, Arer.

.Mattresses c js tom made and made over. Packing and crating Furniture for shipment. Cabinet work. Im24

.V. E, TITCS, .Vyer.

HOTEL LENOX LUXURY '

B O Y L S T 6 N ANt> EXETER STREETS

B O S T O N ^ One block from Copley Sq. and Public Library. Convenient to Shopping and Theatre District All Outside Rooms. Excellent Cuisine. ~ ' Single Rooms $2. with Both t2.50 and up Double •' $2.50, " " $3J0 " "

(Oood Otuages-r 2 minutes'walk) .' L. C. PRIOR, MANAon

Two mintttet from Bade Bay Station Ten minutes from North Station

Model and-Tailored Hats

Mrs. Jennie T. Ryan 2 6 MAIN STBEET AYEB, UASS.

Fbone S09>13

Studio I wbili to announce that on account of other business in

view that this Studio will close for good JCLV Ist.

AnylXKly Intending to Imvc Photographic work dono of any kliul .will pleuso sc-c to the same at oncc as In J u a o I wil l IK- very Imsy on gniduatlon worli.

.•Vnyliwly huvliig negatives- lierc t a n huy bamc iit reason-ahle lirlci-s. • , •

The Dempsey Studio Teleiihone Conneotion . \YEK, M.\S.S.

ETHEL K. BRUCE PARLOR MILLINERY

Phelps' Block AVER, MASS.

Phone 15-4

Phone 35-5 Mourning Goods '

Mrs: E.F. Chandler LADIES' HATTER

East Main Street ' . AYER, MASS.

Orders Given Individual Attention PRIOES REASONABLE

Expert Advice in Color Schemes Special Line of Model

Hats $5.00

Step U p And Get Real Tailoring! JbS9 You particular "*'.'•; fello'ws •who don't

care to pay h i ^ prices should take time to investi^te our custom' tailoring department If you 'want

Thordu^y H i ^ - Grade Made-To-Measure Clothes,

•we can satisfy you in style, pattern and price, for^ •we'll send your measurements and description to

E d . V Price & Co. Merchant Tailors Chicago, U. S. A.

and feet the cream of custom-tailorinfe. Don't ask for cheap tailoring. We don't handle it.

Geo H.Brown,Clothier • . MAIN STREET, AYER, MASS.

J. A. Tellier has one of the Best Hair Dressing Rooms in Ayer. It is large and very iieatly furnished with three chairs and is­the place to go to.when in need of a first-class Barber.

Look for his sign on'Railroad Row,-comer of West Main Street; Ayer. — — , ' ' ' , . , ' , ' , ' ' • '

Dur Ten Papers Cover a Large Taiitorjr , Whan a man |>tq« gpue he tnots hit'Imbii^'*'^^Nttt^^b }m,.

otrafol, «xsei and iOwroo^ in hi« iarwUgiUoB. df tfJ^JfiStJi air­the Turioiu advorttiiiic a i a ^ ' > '" '''"-'^'f.

: j vA< . > Cil ^ iwVm iiiLiifmiltlM

- a J M M t a ^ • :?gp5^S?prir!S-5

'/.•'n PAQS FOUB SATtJEDAY^ MAV 8, 1 9 1 6

M.

X'l-:

l.'i "

' r aSE-DOIXJlR ASiti -FIFTY CENTS y P K B Y E . U I I.N ADV. \XCE

. '. All AtlTertismMniiH Appear In' All tiio Ten Pnpcru W e Pu Wlnh

• ' Iteins or "lociI Interest are solicited . . ' a n d : mum aLways be accompanied by

tbo name ot the writer, not for publl-. cation, bul a» a guarantee of good ' faith, and will always be considered

Strictly conlldentlnl. Kindly mall items •, Hoon after'the day of occurrence and

do not, wait unnecessarily.

•"Tfs to the Pen and Tress wc mortals owe. " •

All we believe and . almost all we ' • know."

i Suturday, May 8, 191.'>.

OEOTON fNcws Items. . .' MrK. Jame.s R. II.-iwkCH haw taken ( two room.» at the Bainist paritonaBe

and expects to. occupy there by ne.\t, week.' •

The improvement section of thc .•Woman'B club meet.s with Mrs. W. H. Bruce on Monday afternoon. May 10,-

• at 3.30. The diphtheria placard I.s out at

•JJ. Ftazee's residence on Elm street. . Mrs. Jennie ' Hemenway returned

home from the ho.spltal last Saturd.ay ;ind is Kradually se t t ins back her StrenKth from tht effects o f thc i-rippc.

Tho annual Kathcrliis of nclRhbor-hood Alliances' met with the'Grbton branch' laf-t week Thursday. Miss Bancroft, president of the .Vatlonal Alliance, read a paper on Aniance work in Which she Is most .enthusias­tic. This was followed by the usual

: Kocial hour. • . Jamc! A. Bowers' was verj' III last

week; suffering from a sharp attack of his heart troublo, hut is more com­fortable this week,

Mrs, John Dinsmore was ..operated • on for app«ndicltLs at the Oroton hos-, pital on Wedne.sday. .Mr, and Mrs;

Dinsmore- live at Henry Ervlng's, where -Mr. Dinsmore is emj)loycd by

.GeorKe L. Moi.son. 1 Rotins Sampson, writln« from Evanston. WyomlnK. tells of the ir havinK two or three showers there one day last week, followed by a fall of snow.

R. M. Er\lng, of Champney street, •is better.

Miss Nelilc .M. Hill returned on last •Saiurday from a three-months' stay in California, ahd is at Oroton Inn.

Mrs. Georse'Cha."c is not so Well as usual, and is under the doctor's care:

Jjist week Friday afternooh llKht­ninK struck and felled a forty-foot Snglif-h poplar tree, close to the hous.e

''of Mr«. B. T. Cardiff on Champney street. As there was no thunder storm in progress, no rain failinK, the bolt and crash came with a .startling shock to all living nearby. It was not exactly "a bolt out of a clear

• sky," for. It was cloudy, but came , -with about the same unlooked for. .effect.

The Odd Fellows' Building a.s.socla­tlon, through .•several committee.s. has arranged the following program for entertainments to be held In the town hall: Tue.sday .-inU Wednesday evenings. May IS and 19, the play, "Esmerelda." with a rine cast of char­acters will be s iveo by local talent: Thursday evening,- May :;0, a soeial dance, music by Groton orchestra: Friday afternoon. May iil, at four o'cloek, moving pictures especially suitable for .children, but enjoyable for anybody; Friday evening, moving pictures, having SOOO" feet of lUms. singing by local talent; .Saturday af-

• ternoon. May -i'i. a food sale by Mid­dlesex Rebekahs; Saturday evening. an old-fashioned levee with wood-sawing-and other contests, grab »^ags, e t c . — a l l t h e old kinds of attractions a: such'levees.

Mrs. John Fitzgerald met with a •fall WhUe at .her home last .Siiturday evening and broke her leg in two places.. She is at the Groton hospilal.

Mrs. W. A. Moore returned on .Mon­day evening from . \cworth. N. H.. where she went last week on aceount of the death and funeral of her broth­er, Srving Davis', wife. -Mrs. iXoore .had gone to Acworth a fortnight be­fore to the funeral of a cousin and had just relurned when she was again

- called 10 .-Vcworth, Oroton people will easily recall Erving Davis, who made (]uite..'i long stay here in town a number of years ago. and when here helped <iut on the express route of -W. A. Moore.

Charles Oreene, who has worked as Kt,itlonary engineer in mills in Gro­ton and West Groton. is to move this Saturday with his fiimlly to Walpole.

Miss Marguerite Leonard, teacher In Chicopee. has spent a part 'if this week's vacation with her friend. Miss Mildred, Brown, at Simmons college.

the Pepl>ereII Woman's club Is ex­pected and It Is hoped that members of the local club will bring their friends arid that Junior members will turn oilt in good numbers.

T h e ne.xt meeting of . t h e .Grotoii Historical society wlU, be held on or near June 17, .

The census enumerator, W a l l a c e A. Brown,'has'c losed or will soon linish his Groton census taking and w.e will have the facts as to the town's inhab­itants up to date,' , •

The annual meeting of thc Alliance-will take pluce pn Thursday, .May 13.-In the church jjarlor.iit' - .30 In the afternoon. The annual reports of of­licers and committees, will be given and plans for the next ye.-ir decided upon. This Is the time for suggestions and it is hoji'ed that cvory member will make an effort to he present.

Mr. Peters of Boston, the new own-jer of the former James / Packard place, was In Groton at his recently Iiurchased piace last Tuesday.

The Book and.Thimble c lub, meets next week with Mrs. Ogllvie. It Is the club's thirteenth annual 'reunion .

T h e W. R. C. met in regular se.ssion Wednesday afternoon. • -The Reading club moots next week

with Mr.s. C. A. Shaw. Mr. and i lrs . Thoma.s Cloush .nnd

-Mr. and Mrs., Robert Sargent, going down and back In their auto, ,-ittendcd on Tuesday the wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Fo.sdlck at Arlington. Mrs. Fosdick, a sister of Mr. Clouph, wore the same white silk and lace dre.ss and the same whlto .slippers Worn avhen she w a s married to JVIr. Fosdick lifty-one years ago .

Lawrence academy defeated Dart­mouth freshmen Wc^^nc.sday. 10 to 1. Palmer pitched gilt-edged ball, hold­ing his oiJponerits to two hits. The batt ing of Dalrymiilc. Palmer and Murray of Lawrence academy was tlie feature. .

Harvard freshmen won from Gro­toh School Wednesda;-, '1 to .'). In a fast same; Har\'ard got two runs in the lirst inning on a i)as.s, two hits and two ei-rors. A single by Wlswall end homer by Percy in the third net­ted Harvard two more, and in the fifth a single, a steal, a j)a.ss and Kn-wrlght's two-bagger In'ought the Har­vard total to six. Groton fell on L-jr-ing In the eighth for f'lin- hits.-netting four runs, forcing nini to retire In

,fa.vor of Harrison. Wednesday afternoon- Groton High

played Bromlleld .s<-hoi'l at Harvard. Score la to 1 In favor of Bromlleld. ThLs Siiturday iifterncii'n Groton High plays Lunenburg here on the Law­rence-playgroimd.

J a m e s Lawrence of Walnut street. Milton, son of .Mrs. and the liite James Lawrence of Groton. Is the new own­er of the large estate o n Brush hill. Milton, recently sold by -Mrs. W. H. Dewart, wife of Rev. W. H. Dewart. rector of thc Old N'orth church, to J. Sumner Draper arid Mark Temple Dowllng. The property consists of about ten acres of land, a liirge iniin-slon house, .stable and garage, and Is located on Brush.Hlll road, al the cor­ner of Metropolitan avenue, opposite the Blue Hills. The estate is assessed at J44.500. Mr. Lawrence paid cash and will occupy the place.

W. H. Fernald is putting up a new-house in a bungalow style, on the old foundations of the house that was burned.

Mr. and Mrs. Samuel H. Kaddin are at their summer home. "Fern­wold," a l Baddacook. .Mrs. Raddln went-down to open up the hi>use last Saturday, I'-nving and locking* it up about six o'clock In the afternoon. When Jlr. and .Mrs. Uiiddln went to occupy It the following .Sunday after­noon they found thc doors opened and evidence of some person or per­sons having been in there, although as yet they do nol think that anything was stolen as they have missed noth­ing. Mrs. Haddin thinks they might have been in the house when she locked up la-st Saiurday afternoon, however thnt may be or whoever the intruders were .Mrs. l iaddin says she-will gladlv give them what they left there if they will call for it.

.Mrs. Louis Clark has not been in her usual good health and has been under the doctor's care.

Mrs. E. M. Xeedhani went home from .Groton Inn last week -P'rlditj-.

Dr. and .Mrs. G. F.. Kversnle are en­tertaining his niother jind grandmoth­er from Sei i t le .

Views of Helglnm. issued by the Library .-\rt club, will i,e-<in exhibition at the Groton jiublic library from .M:iy S to 24.

Mothers' day will be observed by on appropriate service a l the. chapel on Sunday morning, , • The Ladles' Aid society will meet on. Thursday afternoon w i t h .Mrs. L. A, Harrington. • One day last week Mrs. Myra Murch of this village enjoyed dande­lion greens for dinner that w e i e pick­e d , tho. previous afternoon by friends In Maine and sent by -parcel post. >>om Maine lields to a -West Grotoh dinner table In less than twenty-four hours Is surely rupid transfer.

Mrs. Walter Flaridy Is owner of a freak hen, which has obtained un­usual results In the laying line, tier latest production Is u Siamese twin affair,. two perfectl.v" formed eggs, minus the f)Uler shell, and Joined by il thick' membr.aner about one-hiUf. Inch In length. The dl\-Islon of the contents Is still more remarkable, the youlk Illllng one egg and tho white the olher, the two completely sepa­rated by theconi iec t lng-arm.

' M r . - a n d .Mrs. Thomas .Mc.Muiion have moved from the Kenip hoiise at Vose to one .of Kdmund' Blood's houses on, .^laln' street. ..

Mrs. .\. H. Thompson has been quite 111 during the.liisL.lwo weeks, but was able to take dinner with tho family 'on Wednesday imd continues to gain.

Little Irene Malley hits been cii'lte seriously ill. the physician fearing the development of pneumonia. The lit­tle one Wiis spared that suffering, however, and is now much, better. .

The North Shirley.. lielchborhood, which Is so. closely'connected in many ways with our vllLige, Is the richer by tw-o line boys recently iirrlved. one at the hT>me *>fMr. iind Airs. Fred •Ciirson. the fmly son In'ii famliy of .several children. The other w-as wel-come<l by Mr. imd Mrs. Cutler, who Jive just be.vond the bridge.

Evadne Harrington, daughter of -•Mr. and .Ml s. F. E. Harrington, after .(•veral-day.s' Illness, was operated uji­on ' for itiijiendlcltls.last .Saturday af­ternoon a l the Grotoii hospital by Drs. Hopkins and Kilbourn, assisted by'Dr. Jones. The treatment was en­tirely successful and the jiaticnt is milking good recovery. • '-

-Miss Evelyn LIndall of Roslindale is a guest of her aunt, .Mr.". C. E. Blood. : Her father. -H. K. Lhuliill. w;as iin over-Sunday guest.

Mr. and Mrs. J . T . .'•'hejiley returned this week from their winter sojourn In Florida, Thev report a plea.sant; winter with good heallh and sjilrltK. but thcy are glad to retinn to their pleasant .•Massachu.setts home. Hnd rhany friends are al.so glad to give them welcome. We understand that during .Mr. .Shepley's absence his liarn Wils entered .-ind a bicycle and other Iiroperty stolen.

A WIG IN WARTIME

By iDONAtO CHAMBERUN

BOXBOSOITGH

Club Meeting. Mrs. Thei,philus Smith "iitertained

the N'clL-hborhood club W e d n e s d a y afternofm. and as each meinber brought a specially il>vitcd liuest. there was the gf>odlv number of forty-eight Jiresent. •'.\lea<lvlew." we ven-lure to Siiy. has riirely seen ii haiijiler i tion

l-*rom all reiK,rts it would seem that idd Faiher Time turned backward that iifternoon and all for­got that he evt-r 'brought :i '-are or cast a shadow. Very blithely 'Thi' P'armers' orchestra" oommenced tfi tune uj> and 6 . such music: Ciirrots. jiarsnljis. cucumbers, jtotatoes. turn­ips.- onions, rhubarb, (low^-rs und the like were ma<le to jtrodut-c .-.oviiKis

The May party last Saturday af­ternoon, given by the Woman's club, gitthcring, was giyen an attendance estimated at 300. 'The larger part of this was of children, who had. doubtless expected to enjoy an hour or so ivith Robert McLauchlan and the Pixies, but Ill­ness prevented his coming. ' Charles Wilson, formerly of Keith's theatre. Boston, was the sulistitute and enter­tained w-ith sleight-r,f-h.-ind perform­ances. After this came the dancing, i ihat only th<..se skilled'in Mich liisiV-. followed by refreshments of ice cream | mi-nts know h..\v t<. ren.l.r. . \ i rom-and cake. .Mlss Brida Holmes and p,,nving these was .Mrs. li,i;i<-. at the Mlss Geneieve Hodgman g.-ive jiiano piano. selections and .Miss .-Mice Dodge w a s . Following this musiciil j.ei-f.irni,-, nee i pianist for the dancing. It all went I „ pjav. "Hiring a -ervant." was !in<lv ' to make-a hajipy .May day j.arty. • acted' by .Mrs. .Marion Sargent, .Mrs.

The meeting held in tho lowor town j Anna f-ray, ,\lrs- Kiiilev, .Mrs .May.! hal l- last week Friday afternoon. u n - i M I s s .May. .Miss Parish...Mlss Stickney i der the, household economics section jand .Mrs. WllUam flr.nv. Then c.-i mo | of thc Woman's club was attended l,yi another musical Ireat, '"rhe s l e igh - ' forty-tivc. .Mlss H,ipkins, speaking on j bell orchestra." with -Mrs. Hailey audi me.ll substitutes, giive some jiractical ! .Mrs. .^nna Gra>- at the jil.-mo. j,laying j ideas that doubtless have 'or will be ! the slelghboll symphf)ny whllo others I tried In different homes and found with Ciistanots. triangle, bells, cfirnet. useful. drum, whtji. ".••weet potiito," joined

N e w s Items. Oeorge Richardson succeeds .Arthur

N'elson as- substitute mail 'carrier on W. J. Benere'.s.R,' F. D. route, imd is getting some practise In his new du­ties this week. ,

Fourteen from the Grange went to Littleton Grange on W.eilnesday even­ing and enjoyed the bonntlfui ho.sjil-tality of M r . and .Mrs. Richard Bar­row-. Mr., and Mrs. Salmon and Mr. and .Mr.s. Arthur .Nelson contributed to the entertainment. This iinnual iicciisir,n is ,ine if t;reai enjoyment iiMtl. too much praise cannot be given thc '.hriyi ansj^nostess for their efforts to royally «^"er^ain their friends.

Miss Evelyn Cfiester was given a siirprlso party on Tuesday evening, the occiision being her llfteenth birih-da>^ About flfty young jieojiIe were Jiresent. .Alice Cobieigh presented the birthday c-ake and she also re­ceived many presents of money and various articles. N'ew-«-l Chester, our local violinist, was on hnnd to furnish music for dancing. Ice cream and cake were served.

.Miss .N'ettie Wildrr. of Clinton, was the guest of her aunt. .Mrs.- .\lli>rt Walker, for the week-enri.

.Mr. and .Mrs. .Samuel Wetherbee, with their little son I'aul. of Hastings, spent Sunday at C. T- Wetherbee's. It was the Ilrst visit of little I'aul to Ihe home ..f his grandparents and he

^received a rnosl eritjiui^l'astic welcome. ^•^^S.'' -S'''-hli6rh'o'fsJ c l u b - w a s very

jii'i-^anif:; ent'er'tair,^i ^--i'-the home of .Mr.s. . \ lb.rt Hiirtweir last,w<ttk Thurs­day .''i':*-rnoon. ' ' • . , • -.- *

.Mrs. ".\Iberi Littli?ii-<'!d- and her nioih*'r. .Mrs. Hemeiiwa'y, h,ave gone lo .Mrs. H'-menway's home in Fram­ingham. .Mrs. Littlir<lleld will stay a week and her mother will remain there for some time.

George Goodearl. a Concord high sehool jiupil. took Jiart in the play. "U>l:inihf-." given in C'lmcord tm last Friday and S.aturday evenings.

l^.st .Miinday afternoon the West Acton Woman's club gave a receji-

-Mi Laura Urown. .Mis

Mlss I'.ladys • Mason is home from her school in Sjiiiiignicld for a Week's

I '. vacation. ,Shc h.is ,accepted her re-1. appointment tot- another year. ' ] The Board of Trade holds its nexl

• Tnoeting on Wednesday evening, .May '. - 12, There will bo some good speak-I • inft. All Interested arc Invited to at-

•- tend. - • i • : -The Boston (jlobe of Tuesday, M'ay ' • 4, given a picture and skelch of Asso-i i diate Justice John Haskell Butler- ot ; I the Somerville police courl, who Is to t ', Jnarry his stenographer, Mlss Alice W. . J 'Eells. Mr. Butler, who Is a widower,

' UvCK at East Somerville and gives i-'hiii ape an Beventy-threc and that of

hlij 'bride-to-be Is (ifty-elKht. Judge '' Butler filled for "i'ale at Lawrence

aciidcmy, under Principal Charles Hammond, A t thc time of his roKl-dcnce In Groton, Judge Butler's fath­er WAU »>up(!rlntendonl of the Hol-

'• ; lingRWorth paper mill. • ! 'Winthrop I'ackard, secretary-treas­

urer of the Massachusetts Audubon , • 'society, win deliver a lecture on "Bird

'• * miuilc" at the regular monthly meet­ing: of the Groton Blril club on Mon-

' i d a y ^ ' M a y 1-7, at elsrht p. m.. In the lower totrn hall, A dcletcatlon from

very harmonioUsJy in Vhe jingling strains. Thf-i., mixsicil scores wero 'very c-onvenienlo'- fastened on the backs or hair of oach • jierformor In front of the i'lther. The hostess and a.'-slstants, after this, served refresh^ ments of ice iiream, cako, tea and crackers, then came the club song i th and then the good byes.

Rrown has been the president of the • e.init sin«;e its formation about tw-enty y**;trs agr,. ,'ind has been a most earn-

I est aiKl elllcient leader, .^he re.slgn-j ' d at the beginning of the club year. : A V'ery delightful program Wits. fur-' nished arid Mlss Brown was jire'Pentcd ', with eighty-live dollars in ---old at its ' close. This Jiart w-as entirely unex-

I<< cK'd by .\liss Krow-n. who was deep­ly moved by this token of .'ijipreciii-

jlion of her untiring effru-ts and bing term of service in the work. Iti--

. freshments w-ere served. j The Croyy Rf»ads farm has been

sold .-ij.'ain and the new owners have lil ken Jiossession.

• We aro yl.id to hear thai our form­er townsman. George Waitt. Is In much belter health than he was and the. tree' grafters. CJlbson <fc N'lxon. l*kre just linished a hundred-dollar j'ttt ot grafting for him on his big farm in W.arren.

.Mrs. Viets visited In Fitrhburg this week.

-Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Mead visited their son Eben in Lunenburg early In the w-eek and also called rm Mr. Mead's moiher la -Ayer. who they found quite 111. .Mrs. Frank Dodge Is stojiping with ."Sir. and Mrs. Jlead for

present.

Wost Oroton. The paper mill has been In opera'­

tion for Ihe past two weeks and will probably continue for two weeks and possibly longer. At least, ll Is so re­ported, and ll surely Ix to bc hoped that the repori Is true.

Work on the leatherboard mill has nol been .started. Wal l ing for the lumber, southern pine from Missis­sippi, is foiuslng the del,ay. It Is un­derstood: ' _ , ^

Coming on Thursd.ay Mrs. Rchocei' Webber of Ayer visited a l t h e h o m e of her son, O. S, Webber.

Mlch.iel Mdrani of Loominstor, visited hiK parents nnd other friends here on Tuesday, .

T h e West Oroton branch library will be open to the publlc on Saiur­day, May i, at four p. m, - .

EASILY SOLVED

".Vow, boys," said the schoolmaster, "suppose in a family there are flve children, and the mother has only four potatoes to divide among them. She wants to giVe each child an equal' share. What Is she to do?" Silence reigned In the room. Everybody was calculating dtligcntly. Finally one little boy put up. his hand. "Well, Jonny, what would you do?" asked the tcachei'. "Mash the potatoes, sir,"

New Adrintlflcmcnt.

FOR SALE.—Nice rubber ' tired Trap, sells two or'four, and light box Buggy, rubber tired. Call at FRED­ERICK WHIT.VEY'S PAINT SHOP, Aycr, Moss. lw3S*

In the sprtng of 1914 1 joined the Eu­ropean Invasion of American tourists tnd made Germany my stamping ground. Before leaving home I sent to Washington ' for a, passport, for, tbougb at tbe time there was not much prospci-t of using one, I preferred to bo provldeU. The document described me us Kdward Buyer, ageid thirty-one, five'foot.eight. Inches high, eyes, balr and comp'ieslon dark.

In Berlin J contracted .typhoid fever, and when t recovered my hair fell out, .leaving my skull as polished as a piece of Ivory.-

On the ZSth'of July the bomb of the European war exploded and i was ad­monished that If I wanted to get out of the War zone nud back home I must bestir myself. I hud not yet recov-, ered my. strength, but 1 was due In America on the. IStb of August and resolved to start at ence.

The first thing needed was a -B'lg. I sallied forth to get one, having Just an hour before the train on which I was'to leave would stirt. 'JThls gave me about twenty minutes to procure a balr head covering. I found a place where such things were sold, but un­fortunately the' only wig they had that would lit iriy head was of ian duburn hue. Tbercwas no otlier place to procure one within a dozen blocks. I looked at my watch and saw that 1 biid just ten minutes to get the train. I paid for the auburn wig. clapped It an my head nnd started for the sta­tion.

I was on the last passenger train to leave Berlin. -The war was brand new to me. but not,to the Germans, who >vere prepared for It Two things espe­cially I bad not considered, fur I had not beard of them—the Germans' spy system und -thfelr methods of detecting their enemy's spies,

I was brought to my senses by see­ing a German officer comc through tbe train examining passports. I bad mine In a hand bag, got It out and had ll ready wben the man reached me. He read thc description, looked at me, and. noticing my red wig, his expression changed at once to one of fierceness. He said something to us in German that I did not understand nnd, calling some soldiers, tin-ned me over to them for safe keeping, tben went his way through the train.

An American -gentleman Who under­stood German announced to me the un­pleasant Information thiit I bad been arrested as a French spy. He had heard the offlcer sqy that the passport I traveled on belonged to- one baring a French name and that St described a black headed man, jrhile I 'was a red beaded man.- Never bad there been a more barefaced i'ttempt to carry Infor­mation out of G^riiiany for the use of an enemy.

Here was a pretty pass. In, my hur­ry to get away I had forgotten my passport, or, rather, I had thus far not been required to show It, and It had not occurred to me that the document' would be now required.

When we reached a city—I didn't know what city—I was taken from the train aud conducted to the headquar­ters of an officer who, I jndged by the respect paid blm. was of high rank. He received me with a lowering brow, rc.id the description in my i>ass-port and. looking at my wig, said what by his expression I Judged to mean, "Take him out and shoot him."

The soldiers advanced to take me In a flt of desperation \ seized my red wig and, throwlijg it on the floor, trampled on It and cried out, "I am not a red headed man; I am an Amer­ican citizen,"

There must have been something ridiculous In tlie act, for the oflicer burst Into a laugh. Then au Inter­preter was railed, who translated my. story. As soon as-it was understood that I was an American and the pass­port belonged lo me 1 was set at lib­erty, wllb nn iipology. Realizing that my tniln had gone on, I asked for a permit lo travel oh a troop train, and one was given me.

I could not endure to travel witbout my wig. so I retained It. During my Journey tlirough Belgium 1 fell In with a Frencliin.in with a red head. As Boon as we [.asscd Into France he gave me his i..ivs|,„rt, which be no lunger needed, llnvinsf had so much trouble with my own jiassport, 1 decided tbat tio.sKibly 1 miiiiit hnve use for the oth­er, so I iie> e|.iiHl It.

While working niy wny south toward Paris 1 was set upon by a party of French sjiv liunters. Thiiiking to get rid of them without their noticing the difference In my hair from that laid down In my passport, I osed the one given me. rnfortunately a keen eyed fellow noticed how the hair of my wig fell on my nc-ck and. grasping the wig, held It up nmid shouts from tbe oth-th, crylHR: , . .

"A spy: A spyr Again I wan taken before nn officer—

this time a Frenchman,,.who, on re­ceiving the report of my captors, o^ dered me out to. Instant execution. J stood beforo him wltb folded arms and nncoyercil dome and cried in a sten­torian voice:

"Jc Rtils Amoricalnl" I suppose It was tbo absurdity this

time ns well as before that saved me. The officer l.iughed. consented to listen to mo, nml, since I spoke French tol­erably, I told my story, producing my own passport.

And so my life for the second titne was saved by mock heroics, nnd 1 reached Paris without further trouble

HOLLIS, N. H, Jf e w s . I tems,

The monthly church supper and so­cial will be held on .Monday. ..May 10. Tho men have entire charge, .Marcel­lus J. Rowers, Willis C. Hardy and William B. Simonds being the coni­mittee,

Tuesday tivciiing the Grange held Its regular meeting, Thc deputy lyas-present and Insjiected the second de­gree and aUo gave some good advice. Tho literary iirogriim was as -follows: i'lano solo, Mlss Lillian Lovejoy; roll call, many members responding to "Why 1 believe In the Gninge": es­say, "Saving strength on the. farm," Charics A. Colburn, and current events, Francis K. • Sweetser. The next meelfng, Mav 18, will be chil­dren's night. All the children In town under fourteen years of age are cordially Invlled to attend.. , The' Nalure club, accomjianied by .Mr. French, w-alked to Ha.vdcn's mills and back recently, JIlss Clara Smith, Mrs. George W. Mardy, Mrs. William .Sanders, Mrs. Charics A. Colburn and Mrs. French make up the c l i lb . . ;

Mlss Sarah Wlls'on has. returneil to her duties ak teacher in Adams, Muss.

Henry Wilson was a visitor In Bos­ton on Weilnesday.

Ton Hollls Grangers nttendcd the I'omona Orange meeting In Brookllne on .May 5—Mr. und JIrs, Charles Smith and daughter Doris, Mrs. Geo. W. Sanders, .Mrs. WlUIiim Sanders, .Mlss EdUh Stickney," .Alathcw Jame­son, .Mrs. Eugene Wheeler and .Mlss Hazel .Marshall. .Mr.s. Clarence Rus­sell, of Brookllne. gave ii description of theli- trlji lo the I'anam.a e.xposl,-lloii. which was very interesting.

Worcester Brothc-rs have twenty acres of oats sfiwed.

Mrs. Denault celebrated her sl.\ty-seventh birthday on Wedne.sday. A number,of thc children spent the day with her. . .

John L. Woods celebrated his ' sev-enty-sl.\th birthday last .Saturday. Several of his children were at horhe.

On Wednesday everiing. .May 12. Norris Woodbury will give a region of the C. E. convention held' recently.in Manchester.

Neiv .-XdverlLscmcnt,

\V.\.\TKI>-7^\nyonc having ll.-.O to t'iOO to lend on llrsi-class • niortgagl-. Rlcase address BOX OCO. .Vyer, .Mass- •

a-vC Green Stamps mean an honest discount on every Dime you

spend in this store.

SEE OUE BENSON WINDOW DISPAY

New Dental Office B A R R Y Ur.Ock, .VYER, MAS!?. Dr. Fox will' be In Ayer on Satur­

days and Mondays; other days at Boston ofllce.

CVROLl'.S .\. FOX, D. D. S; Phone 34-3. - 3m34

Wc have a full Ilnc of

Garden Seeds

State of Maine Potatoes

tliut Imve lici'ii selcj'iiil ami iire .\-l

St<K'k

Hebron Green

Mountain New Queen

— AND —

Early Rose

Mullin Bros AYER, MASS.

THERE ARE JUST THREE KINDS OF STOCKINGS— WHICH DO YOU PREFER?

Ko. 1 shows tbe ordinary seamless stocUin^—leg tbe same size from ankle cp—Ibe shape i s acquired b y pressing or strctchisg—and i t goes vritb tbe first wasbiag.

No. 2 is the imporied type, fasbiosed lo At the leg and ankle, bnt witb a seam thc entire length of the stocking.

No. 3 i s the only stocking Vnit to ihape, vritbont a single scam. Wear or v.-asbing has no eCect on this "knit-in" ch^pe. Msde^ in weights and y a m s to s-.:it the taste, combining real comiort wi tb a trim; neat style. Ask for

FASHIONED HOSE yiatit In Colton, litle and McniTlred—Ribbed

L=d plaia top—Sylph, Kc^nl^ cr OiUirci. 25c, CSc, ECo '

LADIES'

PLYMOUTH BRAND

•UNDERWEAR '

VESTS AT 25C.

High neck, long sleeves

High neck, short sleeves

Low neck, short sleeves

Low neck, sleeveless.

PANTS, tight knee ahd lace trimmed -

Fine Lisle Thread Union Suits at SOc. -

CUMFY. CUT

Can't Slip Straps

Vests at 25c.

Boys' and Girls' Union Suits at SOc.

Geo. B. Turner & Son Construction Work Electrical .Supplies

Electric Power Apparatus

STEPHEN 8LAUW FIR.ST-CI..ASS SHOE REP.4IRING

.Shop next to Chinese Laundry

.Main Street, .^.vcr

Robert Murphy's Sons Co. ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS

MAZDA LAMFS Ayer, Mass.

Lighting fixtures

The l,cst of While Oak .Sole Leath­er for (rood wear. LadleF' and Men's l iubber ,Sole.'', thc very bei<t. All re­pairing promptly done at reanonable prices. S,itlHfacllon KUaranlecd 34

Printing THAT IS DISTINOTIVE

WIE can make your Print-^ ^ ^ ing whit it should ^ E E be and ought to

be—that is what onr .experience counts for,-With up-to-date presses and material, and facilities for turning ont everything in the line of Printing-black or colors—you will get yo'ur work when you want it and as you want it.

Send your orders to

H.S.Turner Phone 105-2 Ayer, Mass.

Printing WITH GOOD SERVIOE

$2700 A Real Bargain

Seven room house with furnace heat with liani and 2>,4 acrcK of land. Hen hou.-e that will accommoda'.e one hundred and llfty hens wjth plen­ty of room to Incrca.se It to live hun­dred. Lind under a hlj-h yXate ot cultivation with plum, iiear. apple, peach and apricot trees, lart;'- straw­berry lied: also, a larKe rhuljarli bed tha! is early. Cement walk, splendid

[cellar. •I This Is the best trade I have ever

offered. If a mnn Is Interested In sardenlnB and hens he can mak" a Kood llylnj; on this place, situated rljfht In the village, where y,,u c.in net city water and electri,'- l iehts. About ten minutes' walk from depot, churches and postofilce. If you wanl to see a. thlrty-llve hundred dollar place offered for fiSOn, come and see this. , , • ' - . • 35 ..

T H ( « I A S F. Ml'M.IN-lUxini .3. Itniik Biilltllng. . \ycr . .MaHs,

A T

BARKER'S Harness Exchange

Central •.\ycnae Tcl. 151-3 AYER, .MASS.

.•SEVERAL

SECOMAND HARNESS IN KXCELENT CONDITION

, Including 3, ,"5 nnd 8-lhch Express Harness

4-lnch Carrrall Harness T w o Sets Double Farm Harness

HOKSK H.W t'on s.*i.B—Apply at Hll.nrtKTH Kill IS.. Harvard, Mags.

KOR S.\I,K—12 White Plymouth f'.oek HciiB, all laylnK. GKORGK H. Wll.Ll.S. I'ark .SI.. -\yer. Maiw. It*

WAN-TKIl—A Capable Olrl for Kcn­eral house work in family of tbr«A adults. .MHS. J. .M. HAriRJNGTON. Jackson St., Aver. Tel. 212-2. Zi

Administratrix's Sale • OF

HOUSEHOLD FUENITUBE o x BOSTON ROAD, tJROTON, MASS.

H'lll IK- .Sold l)y P l 'U l . lC .MJCTION on

Tuesday, May 1 1 , liftlS At One o'<l<Kk P, M.

The followinK described property: .Marble Top Tabl,-. Black IValnut Chamber Sel. Hed, DrcsslnR Cone, Commode. Table. 4 Cand-seated {'hairs, KItli Cenlnry O a k . U o d and nresednc Case, SprlnKs and MattresitcR, Chiffonier, Black WalnUl Sofa, Clockn. Lamps, HefrlKerator, Chairs, Woahini; .Machine, CooklnK L'lensU.s, Three-burner Blue Klame '.lit Slovc, Uphol­stered Couch. liUKs, Oak Hall Stand. Tables, Pictures. Kitchen Tabic, somo Tools and m,'iny other IhlnKS too n u ­merous to montion.

-Mn.S. JAS. R. HAWKES, Admx. Groton, Mas.*., April 28, 1915. •

James \V. Wilson. Auctioneer

AN ACT RELATIVE TO V I < n n C U S CARRYINO LIRHTS AT SWOT ON P C B U C HIGHWAYS AN1> BRIDGES.

Chap. 182. Section 1. Every vehi ­cle on wheels, whether stationary' or In motion, on any publle h l K h m y or bridge, shall have attached to tt a IlKht or lights which, shall bo TO dla-playcd ns to be visible from the front and rear during the period from one hour after sunset to one hour befora sunrise; provided, however, that thte act shall not apply to any vehicle which Is. designed lo be propelled by hand, or to any vehicle designed for thc transportation, as lis principal freight, of hay or str.aw while loaded with such freight. (Approved Ifareh IG, 1914.)

PATlRICK J. BEATTY. Chief, of Police, Ayer.

WX»HiW'>.'.i:

SATURDAY, M.AY, 8 1916

0 ? E D O U J A R .AND F I F T Y - C E N T S

, PJBB YEAR IN ADV.ANCB ;

: OEQIOE) a . B. TURNER, Pabliahcr JOait H. TURNER, Editor '

"Tf* dally labors of thc Bee, Awake my soul to Industry;

. Who can obaerve the careful Ant, Anil not provide for future want?"

Subscribers are urged to keep their tubscrJiiUons paid In advance.

Saturday, 3Iay tti.lOI.'i.

AYEB News Items.

Charles W. E. Force has moved In­lo the tenement fo'rmerly: occupied by Charles W. Trefethen, who has moved to Lowell.

. lames W. cilkle moved last- week .i ' l iday to Hollls, N. H., where he has a position as .a cooper. .. Ayer high school was defeated by '.he Grolon School second team lasl Kalurday afternoon at Groton by thc .score of D to 4. FrothlnKham brought in Ihe winning run In the ninth Inning by making a home run.

K. W. Carley. h.is had a new and r.tu-actlve sign placed in front of his ()l,-ice of busincs.^: ' • • .

T h e members of George .1. Burns liook and ladder company gave a larewell party to their retiring cap­tain, Kred JKuso. last .Saturday night; A rlrst-class steamed-clam supper with .-ill the tixlngs was served, after w-hlch (olhiwed a genuine social time. Kob-' rt Ifwln was the toastmaster. Kc-;narks were made by the members ex-pi-es-slng the regrel that they fell be­cause of- Mr. Ku.so-leaving lown and wishing him the best of luck In his :rew rield of labor. Mr. Ruso entered the employ of thc Metz Aiitomobile Company In Waltham on .Monday rnorning.

••Jn the debitlc between the Wes­leyan Freshmen vs. Brown Freshmen on April 28, on the question: Resolv­ed. "That, the .United States should enter into-an .agreement with Argen­tine. Brazil and Chile f(,r joint In­tervention in Mexico to restore order, .-'-nd establish a staple government," the Wesleyan leam was thc winner, r^red ..B. Barrows, of this town, was «iptain of the Wesleyan team.

'fhere will bc two services a l St. .Andrew's church Sunday—holy com­munion at 7.30 in the .morning , antl evening prayer al 7.30. with an ad­dress by the vlcan Choir meets at

' i:.45 in the evening. A regular communication of Caleb

Mutlcr lodge of Mas<)n'K will be held i>n Monilay evening. May 10. at 7..'!0 o'clock. Work—-Master Mason de­gree. Lunch.

Al their rpeeting on. Monday even­ing the selectmen reversed their form­er action in granting drugKist's li­censes and voted against gr,antlng '.hem. "That means that there vvill be nri liigiior sold this yeiir by the drug­gists except on doctor's prescriptions, rhe board also refused lo grant pony <*xpre.ss licenses lo Kidder's or the Na-tifinal Express Companies. .The fol­lowing' appointments' w-ere made: l''rank J. Maloney. registrar of voler.<. .;, ye'ars; Douglas C. Smith, forest tire warden; Lucius C. Wheeler, sealer of -.veights and mea^sures; Henry E. Farnum, Charles E. I'errin and Wil­liam J. Pelletler. rtre engineers; My­ron .S. Peak and Holden C. Harlow, public weighers. These llien.ses were granted: James H. '.I'Brlen, jiool li­cense; B., T. Larrabee. .1. W. Brown, Gould A: LanK<;vin and Kred Luscomb of the Xew Union ho-.ise. common vie-" t ualers.

.•\t the Woman's club on Wednes­'lay the voting wr,s don,' according to thi- .Australian sy.<tem. It worked very well and many of the members learned something new. .Kn appro­priation was made by the club of .-noney to be used a> prl-/.es for the liuplls of the high schof,l who may

' enter a contest by writing .an essay upo.n "Peace."

.Kn enterlalnmerit will be given in the Baptist church on Friday evenin?;, .\I,ay I'l, at eight o'cl<,ck. gi\'eii by the Young People's I'nion. .K most at­tractive program has'becn ai^anged.

The members of George .s. Boutwell post, (;. A. K., Capt. George V. Bar­rett Camp. S. of v. , and the W. R. C. •>vlll attend iriemorial ser\'i<-es. in St. .Mary's church on .Sunday mfirning. tVlay 23. As .Memorial day falls on .Sunday this year the observance of the day will be held on .Monday, the next day, as is the usual custom on such cases.

A daughter was born to .Mr. and Mrs. T.. J. Pirone. ,if Groton street, lasl Sunday.

Thc telephone poles and the jioles of the Lowell and Fltchburg Street Rai lway Company have been remov­ed from In front, of thc liarry build­lnK on Main street, making a better appearance to the building and the street at that point.

The police arc having target prac­tice this week with their new auto­matic revolvers, the latest produc­tions in nrcarms. The new weapons are very effective and may he used to good advantage ih dealing w-lth dangerous criminals. The practice 'cikes place on the grounds of the Ayer Gun club at the old trotting

' park. George 1.. Wilson, counsellor-at-

1.1W, moved into his new otnce in the bank building this week.

The Standard OH Company has transferred one of lis teams to the .Marlboro district.

Rcv, J. J. Walsh, of Pepperell. chaplain of Division 7. A. i>. H., of Aycr, delivered the second of a series of addresses on Irish history in A. O. H. hall last Sunday evening be­fore the members of the . order and their friends. Mr. Walsh sketched In n most Intcrcstlns way thc history of Ireland, Us contribution to literature, religion, science, oratory, education and other acts of peaces, and Its rise In spite of the .many Injustices from which it has undergone for centuries. He spoke for over an hour and hold thc closest aitention of thc audience throughout his remarks. A' piano duct . w a s given by Misses Kathleen Hackott and Madeline McCarthy, and vocal solos by Paul Carrigan. with his sister, Mlss Gertrude Carrigan, as ac­companist, Joseph J. P'olcy, presi­dent of the division, had charge of the program,

.Mr. and Mrs. J. Paul Hamel and family returned lasl .Saturday from Montreal, P, . Q„ where Ihey spent revcral vircoks at the homo of Mr, Hamel's mother,

Mrs. Abrahiam O'CIair, daughter of .Mr.'nnd'Mrs. Wlillam Leahy, hns re­turned from the Brookllne hospital, whero she has been for the past - few months.

Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Cogan moved from West Groton lo their home on West Main s treet .on Wednesday.

' The Ayer"hlKh'«chool*ba»eball team Journeyed.'lo Lunenhurg on Tuesday aflernoon and overwhelmingly defeat­ed the high school nliie there by the score of 20 lo 3. • E.' A.- Magovern has moved from'

the Shaw block on Park street to the Capt. Palmer house on Pearl streel.

. \ t the M. B. ehurch vestry on Wed­nesday evening, Miiy 12, a baked-bean and salad aupper wl|l be served.

Mothers' day will be observed-a l the Baptist church on Sunday, ' The pastor win preach at 10,45 In the morning; Sunday school will be 'he ld at twelve; service of song at seven In the evening, followed by an appro­priate sermon. ,

Hev. J. E. Bentley, pastor of the Methodist church, .will take for his subject at the, morning worship on .Sunday at eleven o'clock, "Elijah and the Phoenician woma'n, or fhe power of godliness." At the evening service at se%-en o'clock, his subject will bc "Judas Iscariot." Sunday school will bc held at ten o'clock In the morning. Prayer mx'cllng on Friday evening, al seven o'clock.

At the Congrbgiitional church on Sunday morning Mr. Strong will speak on the subject "The key-word of the bible." The subject for the evening serviee will be "Moral les.sons from the life of birds."

JIIs.s Madeline Davis Porler, daugh-teer of Fred P. Porter, of Leominster.-became the bride of Alfred Lee Greene, of Fitchburg, April 29. Miss porter will bc remembered In Ayer as being In the employ of Mlss Ethel K. Bruce, milliner, a year or two ago.

St, .Mark's school, .Southboro, Rev. William G. Thayer, head master, wlil observe the iiftleth anniversarv .set for May 28, 29 .and SO. Mrs. Thayer will give a tea. on the afternooH'of the. openlng day for the graduates. Mr. T h a y e r w a s the tlrsf rector of St. .An­drew's church, which was ereoted un­der..his supervision. .

The case of Romulus Ghaircla, the seventeen-year-old ' Italian boy, who recently held up Mr. and ,Mrs. ^ m e r -son Baker, of Fltchbui-g, at North Shirley, has' been continued with the understanding that the boy's uncle has him placed In the home for the feeble-minded al Waverley, as h e ' l s plainly of unsound mind. It Is said that the boy has been placed In the home.' ' Judge -Atwood hns found for Due­tro One.szlguk, of Shirley, the defend­ant In the civil case heard last week in which: Mlkllla Plekowlcz, of Bos­toh, was the plaintiff, for $113,92,

Dr. Cyril Blaney, of W'cstford, was arraigned oh Thursday morning on two complainis, one charging him with failure lo sound his horn or oth­er device when approaching an inter­secting streel witn' his automobile, ,'ind the othe'r for failure to have his automobile license in an easily ac^'ces-slble poslllon. He pleaded guilty to the llrst complaint. He gave as a reason why he failed to blow the horn was that he .was confused by the movements of an automobile just in front of his machine, and was obl iged.to give so rhuch attention to his car :thal for the tlrhe forgot to .sound his horn. He was lined ten dol­lars, fln the second complaint he was found hot guilty and dl.scharged. The alleged ylolatloii of the law ric-curred in Groton last Sunday a l the corner of School and Kim streets. Chief Dowling was the complainant In the case.

The Ladles' Benevolent society of the Congregational church will hidd its regular meeting In the parlor-of the church Wcdnesuay afternoon at

-three o'clock. .K May sale, under the auspices of

the Unitarian Girls' club, will be held ill the l.'nitarian vestry on Friday af­ternoon, .May 21, at three o'clock. The sale' win be followed hy a sujiper. managed by the men of lhe church, and an entertainnlent.

The usual good moving picture show- will be given this S;iturday eve­ning. The feature will be "O where is my wandering boy lonight'.'" in two. parls. with others of much in­terest. Next Wednesday evening, be­sides the grertt feature picture. "The exploits of Elaine," there will be giv­en .-I special attraction, "The cham-jiion," leaturing Charles Chaplin, the world's greatest comedian. Those who have seen this last piclure in other places speak very highly of it and say it is the best ever.

W. .K. Sanderson, a well-known con­tractor of Providence, K. I., will be­gin work <,n Monday morning With a force of carpenters in the repairs of the Chandler I'laner Company build­ing, which was damaged by lire on the morning of .March 2',. .Mr. San­derson's advertisement for carpenters appears in another column of this pa­per. He arrived in t^iwn this week Friday morning.

.Mothers' day will be observed at the morning service of the l.'nitarian church. Come and wear a while car­nation or other flower in honor of your mother.

.Mrs. J. .M. Harrington, of Jackson street, has been iiuite ill for the past two weeks, and under the care of a nurse, with a severe attack of the grippe, at one time threatened with pneumonia. She is slowly improvini!.

The Ayer high .school baseball team will play L,awrence academy 2d, of Groton at the town park on .Saturday afternoon.

J. ut l s Donovan, a former resident for. ye.ars oh Prospect street, and .an employee of the Ames Plow Co.. when they were located here, has recently been pensioned by thai company at the rate of %x,0(t per year. $fiG.fi7 the lirst of each month, for the lemalnder of his life. .Mr. Donovan was well-known here and he. with his family, are residents of Framlngham. where thc Ames Plow Company are now lo­cated. •

•duced good ' results. In referring to this she'said that when she (irst saw a map of the suffragists showing the states \yhere equal suffrage had been granted she was somewhat Impressed. But when she Investigated the matter she fourid that while thc ci|Ual suf­frage stales are all West of the Mis­sissippi river, and cover a very large territory. The population In these states l» surprisingly small., .Mrs, OcorgB said we should look at this question from the standpoint of pop­ulation and not from the territory covered .by equal suffrage.

For InstanceT the stale of (ircgon, which comprises a vast tract of ter-r i lory .has nol a s much population as .Middlesex county, Massachusetts. The state . of Nevada, another suffrage state, has a population of.but 84,000, or atiout three-fourths of the" people In the clt.v. of Lowell. The other suf­frage stales arc also sm.all in popula­tion. In these places eiiual suffrage is plainly a failure. Referring to' the city of Chicago, 111., which has , ful l municipal suffrage, .Mrs. George said the, campaigns for votes there are of such a n.ature that she doubts if any. Massachusetts " 'man w-otild care to have them repeated in this stale.

.Mrs. George could see no reason for VQlcs for women unless such a movement would lend to make con­ditions better. There surely could be no good reason for thc extra expense of holding elecl lons which this move­ment would create. This might he considered a smalj hiatter, but when it is considered th.at Jn the -city, of Chicago, at the last election; nea'riy Jl,400,000 extra was 'sjjcnt on account of the women taking part In the elec­tion, and there was ..nothing wh.at-ever ijalned as the result of that elec­tion, would be precisely the ."same If no woman had, voted. The female vote added so much more to the lotal v/>te'and that was all. •

Referring to the four stales that will vole on the diiestlon: of equal suffrage In this fall's elections, Mass­achusetts, New Jcrsc .v .New Vork and Pennsylvania. Mrs. Geocge said they were among the Important states of the union and within whose borders pearly one-fourth of the entire popu­lation of the t.'niied'.States live. By the vote -of such stales should the movemeni .In favor of equal .suffragi^ be judged, and- not by the sparsely settled sections tif the country.

A basic eri-or existed. in the equal suffrage arguments, Mr.s. George said. In that its ,'i'dherenls .say it is a step nearer pure democracy. The facts clearly prove the'conti-ar.v. The basic principle of a pure democracy is that the people should rule, that Is the majority of the people. Now as a matter of- fiict thc vast majority of women ihroughout the country nre opposed to equal suffrage. .The speak­er gave flgures to prove the truth of the statement.

Mr.s. George s.aid that the law.s of Massachusetts favoring women were such that no one could find fault. . As these were all man made laws she saw no reason w-hy women should want, to Interfere. She. for one. was perfectly willing to let , the men do the voting and matte the laws In view of the good work that they have done In the past and which she fell sure they would do in the fuiure. .

It appeared like a reflection on wo­man's work In training men, who arc their sons, w-hen they, the motheri^ of the suffragist type, say that thc men are unlll lo represent them at the polls. She said, that she might be considered old-fashioned., but experi­ence has proven lo her the necessity of the moiher spending her time at home looking atter the nioral train­ing of her children and preparing them for manhood and womanhood, that they may be u.seful citizens of the state and spre.ad the good influences that they jiossess to otliers..

The sjieaker was foi-me'rly a suf­fragist, but after investigating the fiuestion thoroughly, decided against it. After her talk thero was an In­formal dlRcusslon. Lunch wus serveil.

Interesting . \ddi i iw. A very clear and able presentation

of , lhc subject of anti-suffrage was given before the members, of thc Board of Tradc and Invited guests at Its regular monthly meeting on W e d ­nesday evening. The rooms were fill­ed lo overflowing, several ladles be­ing present, Tho speaker wns Mrs. A. . J, George, of Brookllne, who handled the subjecl In such a man­ner as to hold the very closest at ten­tion of her audience over the space of one hour and a quarter. At the close of her remarks she was warmly ..ap­plauded. , :

Mrs. George, after being Inlrodticed by President Thomas F. Mullln, 'said that she represented the antl-sOffrage movemeni In Massachugctts. ' 'The members of this organization had as yet no flag, hut If any were adopted she would recommend for a motto to bo placed upon It the words "Safely first," ,

Thc speaker referred lo the argu­ment used by the exponeitts of equal suffrage that It must be a good thing a s , Ils spread Ihroughout the west has been very rapid, particularly that section of tho west boyond the Mis­sissippi river; and furthermore that where ll has beon tried It has pro-

pAim., jriyi and iw court'on'-'Moinday •morning he was ordered t'<r jf*y the expenses of the case, amounting to J7.62. John Bobbin, o f the sartie town, was found guilty of the same offense and fined ten dollars. Tliese two men got Into trouble at a Polish wedding feast In Sblrley and . it was necessary to call In Chief Burrlll to settle the matter.

JoTin J, ta'Poer, of Towhsend, a young man well-Known to the court, made another .ippearance on Tuesday morning charged with assault and battery. Ho tvas found guilty am' ordered to contribute live dollars to be used for the-benefl l of the town of Townsend. ^ '

Rei'ltal. - ' Greater Ayer enjoyed a genuine

musical treat on - Monday evening when practically al l the .scats in the town hall were .taken by a most ap­preciative audience of enthusiastic devotees to high-class music. .Mlss Nina Fletcher, violinist of world-wide renown. Was greeted w-lth ihe heanl-'est applause , as she appeared before tho friends of early childhood, in this, her- native lown, IJcr approach was made with the . -modest grace That characterized her teens, and her face lighted with' thfe smile of camaraderie as she-recognized many familiar coun­tenances and enjoyed a .sympathetic response.

Mrs. Helen Pratt KeUey, of Bo.>-ton. the talented lyric soprano.solotrrf, also received a very 'Coi-dlal reeepflon. and with John Craig Kelley, one of the state's most skillful and elllcieht ac-compariists, enjoyed frequent bursts (if applau.se. Mrs. Kelley. who was in excellent voice,' rendered solos of dlffert-nl sentiments with wonderful adaptabil ity »nd a charm all her own. but a l no l ime did she win the sym­pathy of her listeners more complete­ly than In the b'eautlfur encore. "At the close of a perfect day." Both solol.sts were strongly supported byi Mr. Kelley's exquisite accompani- j ments. and a perfect harmony was the rcsult of their blended- musical tal­ents. .

The musical w o r l d has long recog­nized the' remarkable gift of whieh Miss .FIelcher lu t h e hajipy and mod­est po.s.sessor, and has accorded lo her a place among-Us consummate artists. She handles her violin as though it were a part of her own charming personality, and so completely has she brought it Into subjection to the mu^lc of her soul that it seems almost en­dowed with human passion, communi­cating through Infinite shades of ex­pression the thought and fcelitigs of the, compoijer imagl'ned'ln thc mind' of the artist who Is his faithful and accomplished interpreter and expo­nent.

Sliss Fletcher showed excellent judgment in the selections rendered, giving a .splendid variety, and re­sponding generously lo repeated en­cores. .

The breathless silence wilh which the large audience listened to the en­tire' program, and the hearty and long-contliiued applause with whieh it received each, number w e r e evidence sufficient that a . sympathetic chord had been touched^ arid when the llnal selection by the thi'ee artists was giv­en the heart W i l s too full for utter­ance. - • :.

Hot SKlvi- t'lilll. The Hf,t S to \ e club meets occa­

sionally, although the attendance Is far below whal it should be. The me,mbers who attend meetings have shown a dlsta.ste for settling large questions as they formerly delighted in doing. The report that the club bad di.sbanded had. a rather bad ef­fect on the morale of the menibers. but this will be sjieedily overcome. Just because we. hail a couple of warm days is no reason why rhe club should give UJI doing business. There still are and will, be a good .many chilly inornings and evenings before summer w,a ther becomes a realltyi and this will be ample reason for the club keejiing up. Us good work even If it has only a small oil stove to fur­nish heat. Two warm days do not make a summer any more than two sw.illows make a drink.-

The European war took uji the at­tention -for a brief t ime at "the last regular meeiing. The talk was sud-ilenly changed to the weather w-hlch was so bad rhat there Is some talk of petitioning the government authori­ties to apjioint a new- man to have charge of it. The club will probably offer their services to the leaders in the European war In the near future, to thc end that peace may be re­stored. This action will probabiy come soon.

The meeting was somewhat enliv­ened by a series of stories which kept the members in good humor. The best one of these, althongh not new, made a big hit. .11 related lo a judge w-ho once went to a' restaurant where he onlered chicken souji. After he had finished ihi* souji the waiter ask­ed him how he liked it. The JndKC said thai he Uked the soup, but per­sonally thought that the chickon could prove ,in alibi. The meeting then ad­journed.

District Court. . Joseph ChUski and Peter BIsko.

both of Westford." were found guilty last .Saturday m'ornlng of as.sault and liatlery, and were lined fifteen dol­lars each; A Polish wedding was in­directly tho c i u s e of the ass,iult,,-the victim being an unbidden giiest. Un­der ordlnai-y conditions this fact might bo' overlooked, but after con­suming a quantity of the ardent things looked different. Trouble was at oncc started and judging by the condition of the man who was assaul­ted and the stories of the witnesses for the government there was a hot dght. The as.<iaullcd man bore mule testimony of the a-ssault in" the form of a badly battered forehead and a badly discolored eye: called by the witnesses a "blue eye." The court had Hllle dimculty In flndlng the defend­ants guilty. Two interpreters were necessary lo extract thc evidence from the witnesses. J o h n M . Maloney ap­peared for tho government.

John J, Collins was found guilty of drunkenness aiid disturbing the peace on IMonday morning. The former complaint waa nied and on the latter he wan ordered to pay a fine of five dollars, Sentonco was suspended for one month. , Sieve 'Wltiiklewlcz, of Shirley, was found guilty of assault and battery

KxtoiLslve Changes. The telepbone company has Ju.st

completed- extensive, changes in the re-arranging of poles and wires about town that will greatly aid in betterinir the servico. New poles have been placed on Williams and High streets and .a cable plac<;d on Pleasant street which lakes th'C place of separate wires and which gives betier serv­ice. New poles .Jiave' been pliiccd on Plea-sant street | c / t a k e thc placo of

tvnteh; - • • the old ones, tynfeh; did not meet Xhe requIremenLs of i|ie'DOW ser^•lce. The business on • the" E%st Main street trunk line has Increased so fast that the wires carrying . the current have been doubled in number from :jO-jiair to GO-jialr cables. A direct connection has been made with the Nashua trunk line on Grolon sireet from'West street \ which will give more satisfactory re- , suits ahd a new underground, connec- ; tlon has been made with the central i oflice.

In order to mak<! these latter _. , changes It became necessary Ui elinii- '. ' " ""' r-uitor: naie, the jioies and wires from the Feculose Company shop on Groton street to a pnlnr neai- the railroad track in the rear of "A. E

Death. Mrs. Hannah 'C. (Wilson)',Chapin

died a l her home on Park sireet Mon­day after five-weeks' Illness. THe cause o fdeath was Infirmities due to old age, with a fractured hip as a con­tributing c a u s e

•Mrs. Chapin was born In Ashburn­ham on December 24, 1829, She came here lo live over forty yearii ago and has since made-this town her home. She was the widow of Ezra C, Chapin, who was a past master of Caleb But­ler lodge ot Masons. He was also a member of Robert Burns lodge. I. O.

For many years she Was a nurse, but for the pa--jt few years, she has been unable to be out much. She leaves no near relatives.

The funeral was held on Thursday afternoon from the Congregational church, P.ev. J. S. Strong performing the se.-vices. A trio; consisting ot Dr. B. H. Hopkins and Misses Mildred Sanders and Helen Hardy, sa.ng. The be.irers w'ere Edward .K. Richardson, Robert Irwin, Fred W. Hosmer and E. W. Carley. The Interment look place "in Woodlawn .cemetery. - -

Ri-solutloiis. The following resolutions were

adopted-at a meeting of-Division No. 7. A. O. H.. held on Tuesday evening. -May 4: •

Whereas,.. the Great and Supreme Ruler of the Universe has in His in­finite wisdom removed, from among us oui- worthy ami esteemed Brother, Thomits F. Meehan. and. whereas the lung and Intimate relation held with him, in the. faithful discharge of.'hlii duties in this society makes It emi­nently , beflttlng that we record our appreciation of him; therefore, bo ll

R<-.solve<'.—thai the r wisdom and ability which he has e.xerclsed In l h e aid of our .society by servlco and coun- ' sel will be held in grateful r emem­brance. -

Resolved—that the sudden removal of such .1 life from among our nildsl, le.ives a vacancy , ind'a shadow that-will" bc deepl.v realized by all the members and friends of Itils society, and will, prove, a serious lo.ss to the community and lhe public.

Resolved—that with deep sympa­thy for the bereaved relatives of the deceased, we expre.ss, oiir hope that even so g'reat a. loss to us all, may be overruled tor good by Him whd doeth all things well.

R.esolved—that a .copy ot these res­olutions be spread upon the records of this society, a. .copy printed In Tur­ner's Public Spirit, a n d - a copy for-v.arded to the bereaved family.

James Hurley, Thomas McCarthy, Thomas J. Ryan,

Comiji l l lee

Re?,o!iilloiis. The following resolutions were

adopted at a meeting of Division No. 7." .K, O. H., held on Tuesday evening, -May 4:

Whereas. It has plea.sed Almighty God in His divine wisdom to reinove from .our midst our well beloved brother, Thomas .Hlllery, and

Whereas, It Is'proper at th is ' t ime that wc, the members of Dlvlslo'n No, 7, A. o . H.. shbuld give expression to the esteem and regasd In which he was held by his late •i.s.spclates; there­fore, 'be it ' •

Resolved, That in th'e untimely end of Brother Hillery, Division No. 7, .K, O. H., loses one of its oldest mom­bers, a' devoted friend and compan­ion and one who in- every way was deserving of our regard and esteem.

Resolved, That we extend our sym­pathy to the sorrowing family of our brother, who by his death lose a duli-fuT husband and father, and commend them to thc care of thc Most High, the comforter of the afflicted, and* be It further

Resolved. That, as ,1 linal tribute of respect to his memory, a copy of these re.'-olutions be. sjiread upon our rerords. a copy j>iinted in Turner's Public .Spirit, anil a copy sent lo the ber*-aved' family ,jf our deceased brother.

William J. .Mullln. Thomas .McGuane, M, J, Carey,

Committee.

In Xt tormt-r letter allusion was made t*) some, of the jieculiar crimes iiillietcl ii|,on the community by the

Lawrence : imjiecunious and unemployed element & Son's grain store and to remove 1 "f soeiety that infests the large cities several jioles on West street. Several of this stale during tne closed season, underground conduits have also been | "ne of the most cunningly devised made to do awaS- with the overhead j schemes to get money from a bank wires and poles where such a course j dtvelojiid In Spokane during the w-ln-was fea.sabie ter Just passed. .K depositor, ju .s tbe-

The company is constantly cndeav- i ton- the Minch time of the teller, drc\Y orlng t o make such changes as will j his cheek for the halaiice of his ac-Improve the service and which will J lount-and received his money. The work for the mutual beneflt of thc 1 teller made desk memorandum ot company a;nd the public: The changes the transaction, intending to carry the above-mentioned have roquired sev- transaction to the ledger on his return eral months' time lo make. The work was in charge of Henry E. Farnum, wire chief.

A. \\. C. The Woman's club held Ils annual

business meeting in tho Congregation­al veslry on Wednesday afternonn. .May 5, at three o'clock.. Music was in charge of'.Miss Esther Stone: two seleetlonij being given by the Mando- | y'^ lln club. The appreciation of the ' music wa.s shown by a rising vote of thanks, .iteports were read by the following officers and 'committees: .Mrs. Edith D. John.son, rec. s e c ; .Mlss .Madolin Whitney. . cor. s e c , read by Mrs. Alice F. Butterfleld; Mrs. Sarah D. Barry, treas.; .Mrs. Carrie L. Lvnds. and.: .Mrs. .Maud E. Sullivan, cust,. read by .Mrs. Almlra Sargent; .Mrs. Blanche D. Whitney, hos. com.; .Mrs, : .Vellle L. Brown, visit, com.; reports] of the federation chairmen—Mrs. .•Jlargaret -Cushing, civics; Mrs. .Vina i .M. H. Beverly, conservation; Mrs. l .Susan .M. Barker, education; Mrs. Clara F. Hill, literature and library extension; .Mrs. Almlra M, Sargent, household economics; Mrs, Avis B. Fisher, music.

The president thanked tho club for their support and a|l w h o had helped to mako the year a success.

The following offlcers were elected: Mlss S. A. Hlood, pros,; Mrs. Harriet M. H. .Blxby, .Mr.s. Florence W. Olea­son, v, p.; Mrs. Edith D, Johnson, rec. s e c ; Mlss Madolin R,'*'Whltney, cor. s e c ; Mrs. Sarah D, Barry, treas.-Mrs. Maude E.. SuUlvan, cust.; Mrs! Carrie, L. Lynds, aud.; Mj-s. Grace M. DIckerman, Mrs. Bessie B,. Hopkinsi Mlss Mary B, Johnson, Mrs. Ida C Perkins, Mrs. Nollle K. Wlnslow, dlr!

The art class will meet with Mrs, Suaan M. Barker on Prlday evening May 14, at 7.30 olc loclc . T h e topics of the day section will meet with Mrs, Joaeph Graves on Tuesday afternoon. May 11, at three o'cloiik.: T h e litera­ture section will meet •with Mrs; Ida Perkins on Thursday afternoon. May 13. at threo o'clock.

Tho annual meet ing of th(A Stato Federation will be hold a t •Marloh on Juno 24 and 2B. T h e ' delegates arc Mlsa Blood and .Mrs. Kinney. . • . -

The shade tree conference will be held In Worcester city hall. May S to 15, Delegate, Mrs.',Nina BWerly

from lunch. In his absence tho de positor referre,! to re-entered the bank and wrote a like check, for the same amount which he presented to the substituting teller, who found'on turning to the aeoovint of the deposi­tor in the leijKer that the balance due the deiioslfi.r coincided with the amount of the check and paid the check, the ilejiositor thus getting double the ainount of his balance.

surjirise and ihagrln of the Hrst teller on hi' return can readily be imagined.

Of all th" tnethuils for "making a raise." an incident that is unique in the annals of criminology, occurred a few nights sine- in the yard of the .Vorthern J^acitic Itailway in the sub­urbs of the , lty where eight cirlo.lds of horses wer*- on the siding for transjiortatlon to Chicago. Some miscreants during the night cropped the' tails of the entire shipment, lleokoning the villue of horfe hair Ot that (iescrljition at eight cents a pound the gainful motive Is apparent.

What to do wilh the penniless unem­ployed ta.\i(l the ingenuity of the city which secured an emvtV-building In the business section cajiablc of hold­ing several hundred sleepers. On the .sawdust covered floors thcy w-cre prostrate in such numbers that when one wished to turn over thc others had to follow suit, all flopping simul­taneously.. From Ihls t e n u r e of the resort (he plnce w-as generally called by Its habitues "Thc Flopodore," ' For six successive nights thoy were afford­ed lodgings o t t h l s kind "without money and- without prlco." During that time thcy were supposed lo bo a b l e lo rustle a dime at least, IhlA amount being paid to the herder of the flock; gave the unfortunate a freo bcd(?) for another run of six days. With the advent of spring I presume this hostelry was closed.

Ij»si week's record of three street car hold-ups on three . successive nights Indicates that the lawless ele­ment has not all departed. These hold-ups, werc near the end of the car lines In those parts of the city that arc sparsely populated. The vic­tims werc thc conductors and flfleen dollars wa slho largest amount se­cured in any ono of the hold-ups.

Reference might be made to fl. re­cent case In the city whcro a mother poisoned her four children and her-

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BHIBLEY N e w s I t e m s .

Mrs.* E l m e r H. Allen is confined to honfe wi th a n Injured knee , sus ta ined a b p u t a yea r atro, a n d which h a s g lv-cn h e r .more or less t roub le s ince t h a t t ime. I t a p p e a r s t ha t Mrs. Allen, whl lo ,endeavor ing to board a t r a in In Ayer , a n d when she had jus t c a b g h t hold of t h e Iron bar , the t r a in s t a r t e d MP and t h r e w h e r forc ib ly . to t h e

, g round a n d a lmos t unde r t h e whee l s .of t h e car . Dur ing he r t r ip to W a s h -Ingtoh and Ba l t imore t h e in ju red k n e e caused Mrs. Allen cons ider a n ^ noyan(;e and pa in , and ac t ing u n d e r t h e advice of he r family phy.slclan, Dr, Char ics J , , P ierce , t h e k n e e h a s been encased in, a p l a s t e r , c a s t for a per iod of a couple of week.s.

At a dis t r ic t mcetlnB of tfie school commi t tees of 'Ayer, Boylston, , Wes t Boylston and Shirley, held last S a t u r ­d a y In Ayer, F , C, J o h n s o n was r e ­appoin ted a!4 . super in tendent of schools a t a sa la ry of $2100 pe r year , a n Increase of $100 over lasi year . -• Mrs. Alice L. W r i s h t . Mrs. Xell ie -W. Holbrook, JIr.s. « . S. W o o d m a n a n d Mrs. M a r t h a J . Conant a t t e n d e d

• t h e a l l -day seis.sion of the semi-annua l" meet ing of- t h e X o r t h Middlesex b r a n c h of t h e W o m a n ' s Board of Mis­sions held in the Calvlnistic Congre ­sa t lona l c h u r c h In F l t c h b u r g Tueji-day. Ml.ss F lora .Shephard a t t e n d e d the banquet lir t hc evening.

A son was horn to Mr. Uhd Mr.s. J o h n Cormier . Wednesday morn ing .

E d m u n d B. ^yintcrbottoln is con­fined to his home. ,suffer ing from t h e effects of erysilH'la^•.

A Po l ande r was r u s h e d - t a ,the of­lice of Dr^ Lilly, On Wednesday m o r n - , Ing. w h e r e . h e wa.s t rea ted for a b a d l y

' f ractured left a r m . the rcsul t of b e ­ing caugh t iri t he gear ing whi le a t h is •work in the Samson cordage w o r k s .

Rev. E. L. Halfacre , the new p a s ­tor of the Universal is t , chu rch , w h o

• is for t h e p re sen i mak ing his h o m e with Mr. and Mrs. B, S. Binney, left town hur r i ed ly on Monday m o r n i n g In response to a .sad mes.sage In fo rm-Inji him of t h e dea th of his -father. He will r e t u r n home, in season to occupy h i s . p u l p i t on Sunday, May 9.

Char les K. Whi t e has sold his co t ­tage a t F o r t pond to the F innish c l u b of F i t ehburg , which is comprised of about forty ma le inembers . T h e dea l

' was closed and papers pa.ssed T u e s ­day.' T h e r e a r e nearly t h r e e a c r e s of - land which goes with the co t t age in t h e t ransac t ion . The cot tage w a s originally built in 1899 by a n u m b e r of Shirley gen t lemen who o rgan i sed for soclal purposes . Mr . Whi t e b e ­came t h e sole owner In 190S. T h e cottage- is located in an ideal spot and in years past has been t h e cen­t e r of many social functions.

The suppe r and .social a t t h e Con­gregat ional chu rch on Wednesday evenihg was well a t tended. , A very nice suppe r was served at six a n d seven o'clock unde r the direction of Mrs, Bessie Collyer. who was ab ly assisted by Mrs. J . A, Dearden, I l r s , iRena Eisner, Mrs. F rances H e r s o m . M1S.S Mary A. Pa rk and Mlss M a r g a r e t Love. Games and social cha t m a r k e d the closing features.

T h e Men ' s club of tho Tnlversa l i s t cha rch held its regu la r meet ing in the

. vestry on Monday evening. Town topics were dl.scussed. followed by a social hour. About lifteen were p res ­ent . •

The Shirley baseball t eam will .stage "The dis t r ic t a t t o r n e y " in Odd Fellows' hal l on F r i d a y evening . M a y •21, under t h e d i rec t ion of Mrs. C. It. White . All h o m e ta len t in the cast .

Miss Made l ine Desmond, twelve-yea r -o ld -daugh te r of Mr. a n d Mr.s. J o h n Desmond, had a n a r r o w escape last Sunday whi le r id ing horseback . H e r young colt became f r ightened and bolted, t h r o w i n g MLss De.smond to the ground, h e r font becoining e n ­tangled in the bridle . J. H. F lynn . who witnessed the accident , went to t h e girl 's rescue. The colt m a d e his way h o m e to the barn and Mr. and Mrs. Desmond were a l a rmed to see the colt r e t u r n i n g wi thout his r ider , but were relieved la te r to .see the i r d a u g h t e r r e t u r n u n h a r m e d .

At the whis t pa r ty held in Odd Fel lows' hall last Sa tu rday evening , in cha rge of Mrs. Lavonne E d g a r t o n

• and Mr.s. Abbie .1. Wells , for the bene ­fit of the D. .K, H.. t h e r e were twen tv -two tables. Miss Elzo Whee lock . of the F l t c h b u r g chap t e r , furnished Ilags and c a r d s and conduc ted t h e playing. The llrst prize, g i l t -edged playing cards In l ea the r cases, was by Miss Mabel I. i isbornc, JIl.ss Doris White. ' Mlss P.uth Day and . E d w a r d Lilly with, a score of 97. Consolat ion prize was won by Mr.s. Clara .Miner. Mrs. .Mary Lilly, .Mi.ss Lura Whi te and Mlss Sylvi.l W h i t e with a score of in. P u n c h .ind wafe r s were served. Old Shirley chaji tor. D. A. I:,, will hnUi thc next whis t p a r t y in the e.irly fall.

T h e m o n t h l y business nic-otin-.; of t h e C. E. society of t hc , ConKrf.;a-tion.ll chu rch was held in t h t chu rch ves t ry on .Mcnday evenint;. .M tho close of the l,usin,.'s.„ u sncial hour was enjoyed.

MLss .Margreta _S. Hiistinus si)ent over Sunday at her hume in lii-m.k-flcld.

Mr.s. Klmer H. Allen has rf-iurned h o m e from a. two-weeks ' v.icitioii spen t in Wash ing ton . D, C . and l!al-t lmore , Md.

W a l t e r Knowles . with o t h i r depu­t ies of t h e ' Hying snuadron, iiiiitl a visit to Hudson on Monda.v e-,-ening in t h e Interest o{ t h e A, O. t '. W,. m a k ­ing t h e t r ip by au to .

Mr. and Mrs. H e n r y W. Brocke l ­m a n enter t . i lned two au tomobi l e pa r ­t ies 1.1st Sunday a t the i r home, tine pa r t y was from Boston and the o t h t r from Clinton, m a k i n g a total of sev­enteen persons .

J o h n * G. Conant spent over the week-end at the h o m e of his d a u g h ­ter , Mrs. E. C. Pevear , ot S w a m p ­scott .

Mrs. J o h n M. Steven.son. who ha s ' been conllned to h o m e with s ickness . Is Improving.

At t h e Congregat iona l c h u r c h on S u n d a y even ing t h e pas tor will give a very In teres t ing s tereopt lcon lec ture on P o r t o Rico.

•Mr. and Mrs. Heed Chesbrough , of Leomins te r , h a s ren ted the t e n e m e n t opposi te t h e postofflce recent ly vaca ­ted by t h e George Smi th family, who have moved to F i t c h b u r g .

•WllUam Pickford , of Leomins te r . paid a brief visit to J . H. F lvnn on Tuesday .

J . C. Ayer lodge, A. , 0 . U. W., will hold Its r e g u l a r m e e t i n g on M o n d a y evening, a t wh ich E d w a r d H. H a r ­low, deputy , will be p resen t .

T h e gove rno r h a s given assurance t h a t he .wi l l no t Veto this bill If It r e a c h e s h im. I t ought to pass. . T h e expend i t u r e would be t rue economy. T h e s t a t e owns 900 ac r e s of land here . Its facilities be in* l imited onlv by lack of 'bulldlng.s. T h e school has a Ions w a i t i n g list, and for two yea r s now judges have been required -by s t a t u t e not to send bo.vs the re wi th ­out first a s ce r t a i n ing—as occasionally h a p p e n s — t h a t vacancies have ar isen. T h i s Is a n open ra i r school, where thc boys live In family groups , a t t end iichool a n d learn t r ades . It provides a n , a t l o g e t h c r different a t m o s p h e r e f rom t h a t of Concord. To prevent Shi r ley from <loing Its leg i t imate w o r k because of l ack of a c c o m m o d a ­t ions lis shor t - s igh ted economy.

T o t h c Citizoas of Shi r ley : T h e r e Is being assembled a collec­

t ion of t h e bills o r notes of the Con­federa te s t a tes of America , Issued d u r i n g t h e ' d v l l war period, 1861-1865, which Is to be f ramed u n d e r Slas.s, wi th his tor ical notes for s e r i ­ous s tudy, a n d p resen ted to t h e Sh i r ­ley pub l lc l ibrary . It Is p robab l e t h a t s o m e of t h e cit izens of t h e town h a v e spec imens of these notes a n d m a y b e will ing to d o n a t e t h e m , wi th the u n ­d e r s t a n d i n g t h a t t h e y -will be used In a p e r m a n e n t his tor ical exhibit , i l lus­t r a t i ng an. epoch In t h e countr%'s-his­tory, a s well a s t h e h igh h6i,e.s'of the people of t h e .south toward b e c o m i n s a nat ion.

T h e $500 and $1000 bills. Is.-iued a t .Montgomery, Ala., In ISiil , aud some o t h e r s , a r e very m u c h dc i l rcd , to r o u n d out th i s exhibi t , which now promises to be one of the largest and best t h ings Of t h e kind in all Xew E n g l a n d . Any bills or. notes left with Mlss Ki lburn , t h e l ib ra r ian , win be thankfu l ly received, p rompt lv ac­knowledged , and if not avai lable , r e ­t u r n e d lo t h e donors .

P iano trio. " F e a s t of the rosea." Beryl Blgelow. Dorothy West, Lewana Webs te r : harvest drill. Leona Gabrlel-

,son, Cellna" Craggs . Merriam Harlow, Rachel R.vaii. I tuth Shores, .Vdelalde Watson, Ar thur Blgelow. WllMaui King, Itlchard Klngsman, Henrv Ma­son, Herber t Morse, Kenneth ' W e s f Shaker song. El izabeth .Werv; dwarf dance:_ Irish jig. Evelyn King, Wll­Uam King; violin solo. Nancy Har low: song. "Silver threads a m o n g the gold," El izabeth ,Wery: Good night drill. Ehi-ellne Fa i rbanks , Ganleve Mead, Frieda ^^ ^i"?,".', '?'^'>'""'' "=" ' • Andrew Has­kell, Wlnslow. West.

Cen te r . Mrs . A lmond Wing, of Biv„,,klinc,

was a gticst Jast week at the home of he r fa ther , Alber t .\dain,s.

•Born on lasl week Fru lav morning, a d a u g h t e r to Mr. and Mrs. Horace C. H a r r i s . ,

T h e . next mee t ing of the Matrons ' Aid socjety w i l l . b e held on Tuesdav. May 11, a t ' t h e hoinn of .Mrs. A. \V. Woods , a t Woodsville.

Miss Helen Farwel l . of Wollaston, «-ho I s wel l -known in town, hav ing been a gues t a t the home of Mr. and Mrs . C. E. Goodspeed .several t imes In t h e pas t , was recent ly elected to t h e Bos ton unlversi iy chap te r of Ph i Beta K a p p a soclely: a , h iah scholas t ic honor ,

"The next meetini; of the Gir ls ' Sew­ing Guild will be held on Sa tu rdav af te rnoon, Mav S. with .Miss E the l M. Holden.

Mr. and Mrs. Char ics K. Bolton and son GeolTrey, of Brookl lne . sjient Sun­day a t the i r s u m m e r h o m e on Center road, coming by au tomobi le .

M r and Mr.s. .K. H. P ray , of Brook­line, h a v e been e.spending a few days a t the i r house on P a r k e r road.

Welcorne Longley, . o f lioxbur.v. .spent the week-end a t t h e home of his mother , Mrs. Sara -Longley.

J o h n Grou t is enjoying a week ' s vacat ion from his s tud ies a t the Fi tch­b u r g - h i g h school th i s week .

Mr. Miner a n d , Mr. P.ober-.s, of the board of tru.stees of t h e M i r y .Anna h o m e were in town last Saturday on m a t t e r s re la t ing to t h e honu ,

W. H. Swartz . • whose n-iinc at Woodsvil le was recent ly desin .yed by lire, h a s sold the land on which ihc hou.se was s i tua ted to Levi W. Phelp.s, of Ayer.

Mlss Mildred Evans , of I ' i t chburg S ta te Xoi-mal seh,j,)l. is spending a week 's vacat ion at the honiv of her inolher , Mrs. J . W. Evans ,

The live o'clock mail a t tho Centor postotfice. which has been discontin­ued du r ing the wintor . began again r n last Sa tu rday and will cont inue until Xovember 1.

Wil l iam F r e o m u n . at Woodsvil le. en te r t a ined some of liis young fr iends a t .1 b i r t hday pa r ty on last .Saturday evening. • J o h n Stickney. who ha.s sold his p lace on Li t t le Turnp ike , has pur­chased the house belonging ,t,) A. H. P r a y , ,and former ly owned oy the late Seth R. Holdon. and will move in in a few days.

H o w a r d .M. Lonsk-y fhiishod last week the work of .^ettina out SOO fruit t rees in his now orchard on P e a c h hill.

T h e play which Shir|,?y Gran-jo has lieen rehears ing lor sovoral weeks, will be given in the town hall on F r i d a y evening. May i s . Tho iiro-.::eeds will go f w a r u the educat ional aid funtl.

T h e ch i ldren were a r r a n g e d In the lowor hal l and m a r c h e d up to the i r

* s e a t s u n d e r the escor t o t t h e local t r o o p oi Boy Scouts u n d e r c o m m a n d of Capt . S tanley T u r n e r . At the s t age they opened r a n k s , a l lowing the ch i ld r en lo pass t h r o u g h > to the i r sea t s . T h e r e were tlfty-one chi ldren In al l who took p a r t In the march . T h e scouts , in the i r new kiihkl un i ­forms , t h e girls In white , and the boys In d a r k suits m a d e a' very pre t tv l ine. •

T h e piano trio which opened the cvenlng^s e n t e r t a i n m e n t was evccii-t lonal ly well rendered . T h c drill fol­l owing - th i s n u m b e r w a s .also very ef--fectlve, the harves t scenes being*well depic ted and the a l l e r n a l e singing of t h e boys a n d . girls added contras t to t h e work . Mistress El izabeth Avery m u s t also be given credit fbr her sing­ing of t h e Shaker song and "Silver t h r e a d s -among the gold." both being given without acco inpanlmenl . The dwar f dance was executed by J e t h r o Watson and was the comic numlier of the evening, he responding with an encore . -Master .lohn and Mistress Evelyn King showed the i r -skill and t ra in in i : in tho Irish Jig dance which brought tho hou.-o down for :in en­c o r e , ' '

, Mlss Xanc.v Har low " m a d e : he r maiden appea rance with a violin solo, hor sister. -Miss Miriarii. a t the piano. Sho won credit for he r gbod work. The last n u m b e r was p robab lv the most a t t rac t ive , being, glveri bv the chi ldren In • whi te rilghi g o w n i and car ry ing candles . They .sang a caichv Ilttle song, finally re t i r ing one a t a t ime to t h e land of d r e a m s . They %vere-called back for an- encore; T h e c o m m i t t e e then served ice croam and ciiko to t h e chi ldren and then a .so­cial h o u r was given to all present .

Over 200 were in a t t endance and m u c h p ra i se was given all the chil­d ren for the i r fai thfulness to the i r w o r k and tb the Boy .Scouts for the i r mi l i t a ry bear ing in the i r escort work. ' Hon. W. S. Watson gave t h e m a p re ­l iminary drill before thc evening. The commi t t ee in cha rge was Mrs. W. S. Watson , .Mrs. A. T. West , Mrs. C. E. Har low, and thcy havo m u c h credi t due them tor giving such a good eve­ning 's e n t e r t a i n m e n t , for it showed work from s tar t to linish.

Shoold B e P a m c d . •Two c o m m i t t e e s m e t for a c t i on

.over a n a p p r o p r i a t i o n of le.<is t h a n $200,000 t h e first of t h e week for

•much needed bui ld ings a t t h e Sh l r -Indus t r l a l ^ h o o l . T h e special c o m ­mi t t ee which Icno^ws of Its w o r k favors the e x p e n d i t u r e , whi le t h e w a y s , a n d 'meanS'^^eommIttee, ,bent on a record bt economy. Is aga ins t It.

Wtt l i i lng. Mr. and .Mrs, J . C, . \yors .-ittoncU-d

on last wook T h u r s d a y ov.-nin;.' tho mar r i ago of Mrs. .X.ver.-;' nioco. .Mi.v,i .Miirtoline Davis Por tor . to .Alfrod Lo-Groono. son of Mr. and Mrs, r'h;irlos H. Groono. of F i t chburg , Tho wod-ding was hold a t the homo of ;ho br ide 's parents , .Mr. and Mrs, Kro,l I'. Portor . of 1.', Gr.ivo avon;;,-, I.o,,m-instor. and was a quioi .-ifi;nr, only immodi.i to mombors of h-.tij rVmiih,.!-boin;; prosont, Tho cor -mony w.is j . - r -fornioil by Uov. l;i,l>ert F. I . i ivons of tho Firsl Par ish church of F :u hlmr;,-, Tho couplo wore .•i;toiido,| l,y Ir;i (", Groo/ie as bost m:in and .Miss'i!,.;,tr',( o Groono as maid of honor. Th,- ;!.av­or girls wore .Mi.-sos .Madoliiio nnd Dorothy G r e e n e . \ : : i r tho coroMi..;iy .Mr. and Mrs, Groono loft upon thoir honeymoon which thoy will spon.I ,.n nn au tomobi l e tourini : triii. .Mr. Greene is ,i p romlhen t y,',un:: man in F i t chburg . where ho is a.ssori;ited with his fathor in tho i ,o business. Tho br ide is a g r a d u a t e of Loominstor h igh school

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HARVARD Xews i l c m s .

T h e next r egu l a r meet ing of tho Ha rva rd E'lUal Suffrage league will be held, lo , the Hapgood Memorial T^omx on W e d n e s d a y af ternoon. May 12, a l t h r e e o 'clock.

Tuesday , May 11, h a s been .«et apa r t n s p a r e n t s ' - day a t thc g r a m m a r school . P a r e n t s , f r iends and all In­te res ted In t h e work a r e cordl.illy In­vited to be p r e sen i a t a n y t ime du r ing t h e day lo view fhe r egu la r work of t h e scholars ;

On Tuesday evening a p a r t y of nine c a m e from W o r c e s t e r by a u t o to m a k e a n evening call wi th Mrs. M. S. Dud­ley and famliy. T h e pa r t y consisted of Mr. and Mrs. F r a n k Wil lard , M r nnd .Mrs.' F r a n k Berxnett, M1.«R .Marv Benne t t . M r and Mrs . P.obert Hali , Mr, nnd Mrs. A r t h u r H o w a r d .

H. W. C. At the a n n u a l biisiness meet ing of

the W o m a n ' s c lub on la.st Monday tho following Ollicers were elected f.>.- the ensuing year : Mrs. L. H; .Morse pres . : Mrs. A. F . Klpley and Mrs. H. D. Sloije, v, p . ; Mlss Annie M. Reed, rec. s e c : Mrs. Herbe r t • Cleaves, cor, s e c ; Mrs. A. H. T u r n e r , t r eas . : M r s . W. A. Green, aud . and oust . : Mrs. Char les S. Bod^ivell. Mlss Grace Wil­lard and Miss Delia Clough, d l r :; yrs. Two new m e m b e r s w e r e vuted In a t th is l imo. Mr,<. Delia M. Sprague and Mrs. Josei ihine •F. Haynes : the n a m e s of Mrs. L. H. Moad. J l iss lola Bemls and Jliss . losephine J l . Disney were proposed for membersh ip . Af­ter t h e r epor t s of the var ious odicors a n d commi t tees a few very helpful suggest ions were given which wP! help much . toward p lann ing next year ' s p rogram. ' A r is ing vote of thank.s was given to tho p res iden t / -Mrs. Austin Peter.s; who has se r \od so faithfully du r ing the past .vear. an.l the new i>rosident w a s conducted to the chair .

Cl iurfh Xotes. At t h e l ' n i t a r i an church on Sunday

morn ing . J lay ;•, Kov. .Samuel -V Elliot. D, D.. of Boston, will p reach the inorning les.son. T h e qua r t e t . .Mr and J l rs . Horber t Cleaves. JIrs . John Cle.aves .md .K, H. T u r n e r will sing.

The re is to be an a l l -day sowing meet ing ,of the l . 'nltarian Ladies ' so­ciety on Thursday . J lay 13, w i t h J l rs . Alice F, S. Bigolow. .

T h e l ' n i t a r i an J l en ' s c lub held its last rei ;ular mee t ing of the season in tho lowor town hall last Sunday even­ing. Tho club observed this a s " la­dies' n igh t" and a la rge n u m b e r were prosont. Supper was served a t .seven o'clock and w a s very m u c h app rec i ­ated by tho.se in a t t e n d a n c e . 'The tables were decora ted very tastefully with potted plants and a tul ip .11 each filato. . \f tor thc s u p p e r t h c m t m b e r s and Iad.\- guests l istened lo a s t e re ­optieon locturo on "Ger in . iny—why sho is .vtron-.^," The l ec tu re proved to i'O a vory intorost ing orie a t th is t lmo ;ind llo\-, 11, J. Fair l ield rccoi%'od a rising- vot,- of t h a n k s for th i s k ind-no,,<,.;. H<.|)r>- Dickson, secre ta ry , read It very intorost ing le t te r f rom the pas­tor, who is ;it p resen t in Oklahoma doing niissionar.v work for the l.'nl-t:iri;in ;iss'iclailun.' Evorybod>' was |ilo;isoil to hoar from J l r . HodwoU • irid to kn,,w tha t he is get t ing :iloir.; ;ill ri;;ht,

Tho iisu;il sorvico for public wor-j siiii, will bo hold a t tho Congroga-

iion.ll chu rch on Sunday morning, I Tho thonio of the pas to r ' s sormon will I bo " I ' l t ima t i ims , " T h e qua r t e t ohoir I will .. ing ••The Lord is m.v shephe rd . "

whii-h was a r r a n g e d for last weok. I but I,milled.

Tho bible school will moot at twelve o'clock as usUal. The n a m e of- J la ry Houghton is the hilost to bc placed upon t h e honor roll for r egu la r a i -tondai ice

.\ t tho r . K, p rayor meetin.g. hold at 7.311 in the evening, the subject for considerat ion will bc " W h y I a m proud of my denOmln.itlon.". X a m c s prominent in Congregat iona l i sm du r ­ing the past t h ree h i i n d r c d . y e a r s will bc surveyed. The re will tic special music. 'The pas tor will h a v e genera l cha rge of t h e meet ing .

A special offering will be t aken on Sunday morn ing for t h e work o t thc Congregat ional Sunda.v School and Publ ishing society.

-Camp Gre.v, Trade Inland BathursI Inlet

L a t 67° S' N. Juno 5, 1912. The . \n ier lcan 'Geograpl i icalSocletv

New- York, V. .•:, A, • Gentlemen—I beg leave to report mv

ar r iva l on the Arctic coast. Many obstacles wero mot In recrui t ­

i n g a pa r t y of natives, and In acquir ing the necessary sledges, dogs, etc., for iliB Journey to the coast, which 1 had planned to begin tosvaril tho end o t winter . H o w e v e r on .March -Hi, ot this year, w e . had all things In readiness, and on tha t date my assistant . Mr. Street, and I. accomiianied by three Eskimos. Including Chief .Vkulak with two sledges (one carrving tho canoo Hope), and twenty-flvo dogs, set out from the Esk imo encampinont of Od-e-uk-tel l lg , -at the head of Schultz Lake ( lower Thelon river), where we " ^ a passed t h e W i n t e r an Inmates of tlie ch i e f s Igloo; and, after an .over­land march of 8e%'en woeks, reached tne . \ rc t lo coast, near tho head of Ba thurs t Inlet , on May l.'l. Our route T "P fhe Theion river valley to Bev­erly CTlb-e- l l l Ik) Lake: thence nor ih-w ester ly to Back 's r iver whicli wo s t ruck a t abou t longtl ludo 103° W.: thence up Back 's rivor to Lake Beechey: thence northorly and west­erly to B a t h u r s t Inlet.

Dur ing the journey we did not suf­fer grealLv from cold (tho lowest tem­pera tu re b e i n g - 4 0 ) : b u t a s tho caribou ,nm^ ,y*r*' s ca rce , we often found it diincult to keep our dogs allvo (fro-queut ly Ihey s tarved for fbur or -flv-successive days ) , a n d In fact we lost e ight d u r i n g the trip. - ' .

We had opportuni t ies for doing some ^original explorat ion ' on an ex­tendod scale. We CIO.SS,M1 betwcon Bev­erley Lake and Back's river by a new route (more westerly than that fril-lowod by l l anbu ry In 19ii;i: were tho llrst whi tes to Jouriioy .-ilong Back's r iver wUh sledgos (Hailliurv having simply crossed Lako T'oUv. without sooing the r ivor ) : an.l w,-ro also tho flrst whi tes to cross and oxplor" th.> (.ountry lying betwo.-u Back's rivor and Ba thurs t Inlet.-

I made route survovs, ;,nd have pro-pared maps .showing (,ur discoveries In the a r e a s explored, 1 bolievo we a''<^;the only Whites who havo entorod Bathurst-, Inlet since Franklin 's oxpe-ditlon of 1S21—Hanbury having tu ' i i -cd south from Coronation Gulf onlv as far a s Ba r ry Island, at the inouth of the ' Inlet. •

P.eference to Frankl in ' s original liiftp. accompanying his published narra t ive of the expedit ion of nfiiety-ono voars ago, will show tha t ho did not oxplore. nor oven see, the west coast of Bathurs t Inlet : for which reason, this coast, to tho present day. romains unknown to geographers , and Is proporlv repl-o. .sented on all modern maps o'nlv bv a broken line. ' '

It was one of m.v ambitions, In plan­ning the present journey, bv visit ing and inapplnsr thlft last s t r ip of the con­t inental coast remaining uriexplorod. to make comple te , and continuous the coast line of North America. This ex­ploration I have now noarlv complet­ed; hav ing carefully survov,-d the coast from t h e , h e a d of the Inlet as far north as la t i tude CJ" I.';' X. The work will be flnlshed within two weeks. .\n ent i re degree of l a t i tude and al.so one degree of longitude, are embraced in this survey: the length of the newlv explored coast (extending from the mouth of Burnslde river almost to Point Wol las ton i . with Its remarkable s inuosi t ies—that are not oven sugges­ted by F rank l in ' s doil>'d and broken line—being ovor 200 miles. 1 have also made a t r langula t lon of llio liflands Iv­ing off this coast': so that. In combina­tion w-llh Frank l in ' s survey (making .some rectlflcallons In the la t te r ) . I shall be able to present a complete map of thc Inlet a t the conclusion ot niv journey. ' . • '

On the 21th of Jlav (Victoria dav) I tho l 'nlon .lack was raised for the flr,*; time on this coast—sldo bv side with the Stars and Stripes of mv own coun­try; and on that date, al l.'amp Vic­toria, flvo miles X. W. of our prosont station (Camp Greyi . I took formal possession of the neV coast and nolgh-horlni; t e r r i tory for tho Kingdom of Groat Britain and Ireland, to bo a p a n of its Uomlnlon of Canada; giving to lho region the name ot Georgeland. in honor of the reigning king. A sec­ondary claim was asserted for tli,-I 'nited Sta tes , to be efToctlvo onlv in the ovont of a future forfeiture of the-region by (ireat Britain, by reason of non-occupation, or by othor cause. .\ s tone monument, with a sheet mo;aI tablet, suitably inscribed, has be,-ii erected at the site of Camp Victoria.

During tho journey nor thward, and since our arr ival on the coast . ,wo hav-boen,ablo to make some addi t ions to our scientific coUeotlons—mammals, birds, insects, sliells, plants and an-thropologicals. These were packod yesterday for shipment to the Cnltod hta tes Hlologlc;il Survey. Washington Thoy will be lakr-n to the Hudson Bav coast by Chiof ..\ kulak, who. with the o ther two < id-e-uk-telllg Eskimos, will re turn to their liome from hero.

.Among the mammals collected are sevoral B:irren Ground wolves, and a. spocinien ot xh- extremoUv rare Barren Ground bear i l ' r sus r lckardson) . The l a l to r is a z-...logical prize which I had eagerly soiigli: for nearly ,:i vear—no completo siieciMi.-n, I bolievo, exist ing In any of ,ih- world's museums. It was collected re,-...,;!; on the Georgeland coast. ,

We found I, ...ry primitive tribe of I-,.skinio.s inl,:i>.i->ng Ba thur s t In'.o; wlio havo no ;!;;.-rcourse with w-hl;o.«. They po.«.«e.«!, .,, riilos. and hunt

to a l u m b e r ya rd where thcy cla imed ,.,i{. "•°"'<' ha%-e plenty of oppor -„„"">• to d r i n k wi thout being o b -se i^ed . inJ*"* rendezvous appealed to Gould-, . • . f i r " * c a v e one of thc men a icn-dol lar -bl l l wi th Instructions to ge t o „ ? Pv' i ' ^•''•'* quickly for thcoming ™ i . . . , * ^ " ^ '"<l"'Ked 1" :> nice l i t t le 1°.i,i " " " f wi th t h e F l t chburg men P / ° ^ ' " « »<lePt a t s tory telling, d a n c ­i n g and s inging. • F o u r or more p in t s , „ „ J ,*" ' '*"• a n d put OUl o t the way acco rd ing to Gouldlng ' s version of thc TieM" ?."^' '" '* ' " ' •>« hadn ' t -been on a a r u n k for over a yea r he though t It ^ifil?."*^ ° ' t h e best and most enjoy­able* t imes of his l i f e He was m e r r y 5 ? „ conten ted when something s t ruck h im be lween t h e eye a n d the ear. He ^ o n t know w h a t It .wa.s. how It h a p ­pened or when It happened,- but he

o., ,^^' ' .* '^v,?'^"' ' ° »'»«'«' and when h e came to his m e r r y companions were w-I?^h"^'„!'°i,i'"'=^'' **>* " " " c a s e his watch and his money . „„^ , ' I?f ' \ , " •^ '" ' " •* ' ' " '^"S t r o m the g a s h on the head and he was somewha t a t a loss to. k n o w w h e r e he was, how to get ou t o r w h e r e to flnd the p o l i c e H e l l n a l l y wande red out of thc l u m b e r yard and a b o u t one o'clock J l onday morn ing .stumbled into t h e police s ta ­tion and^told his la le to Lieut. H. O Irving, who was on dulv . Gouldlng showed the effects of his d r ink ing and was hold until , m o r n i n g when he told his story to Inspetiior Bernard H Flaher ty .

Tiniothy A. B a r r e t t aged 29. Ber-nard JIcGuirk. aged -iil. and T h o m a s r . Callah.in. aged i'2. wore' a r res ted ear ly Tuesday m o r n i n g in F i t chburg charged with the larceny of lifiy dol­lars In monoy. a suit case conta ining clothes and ;i gold watch from J l r OouUtlng. Ho gave a doscriiition of the young men which led thc police to suspect tho t r io and thov w e r e a r ­rested by a .squad of ollicers. '

."iilMK KOHM.s ((K ^ i r B r j I A T i s . M t'l'RAII.i.K

• Hhoumatlsin Is a disease character iz­ed by pains In the Joints and in the muscles. The most common forms a r e : "l^".}" '{?'' phronlc Rheumatism, Rheu­matic Headaches, Sciatic Rheumatism K. w i""'J'''*V°' , - ^ " of these types can be Irelped absolutely bv anlylnj; somo good Mniment that penotrStes. An aT-pllcation ot .Sloan's Liniment t w o . or threo times a day to the affected par t will g v e instant relief. Sloan's U n l ­ment Is^good for pain, ahd especiallv rheumatic pain, because It penetrates lb IfttJ,"'', °' " ' " f o u b l e soothes the affll6te<I par t and draws lho pain. P 1 ' , ? ' \ " .^ J- nlment Is all medicine." r l v .-" ' ' • , ^ ° ' " ' ' " ° " ' ' ' ' ^ "P " handy In case of emergency. ' • ' ' : • '

We do not put up La Touraine Coffee in cans, be­cause nature cans it for us in the impervious shell of the cof­fee berry.

S h e p r e s e r v e s for you all the strength and flavor of the Coffee, and charges nothing for dbinjg it. There is no * fake-off" to the tiu trust.

That is why we sell La Touraine Coffee in bulk fresh from the Roaster.

Xew .^dvcrt lsomonts .

Comfort ID the Kifclien Is ahvays fiiiind with the

FLORENCE AUTOMATIC OIL , STOVE

Every where 35c the pound

A Protected Quality delivered in this hag

always.

B.aston - - - Chicago

LAMS ON e HUBBARD STRAW HATS tSupenorio i/iemaff

For Sale E ^

GEORGE H, BROWN Ayer, Mass,.

ill G.iriliuT. t h i s sfilVo '\y 111;

-Miiss.. whon- jiart.s aiul i'0|iiiir.s can lie ijuield.v nlitaincd. M'e also carry the Florence aiifl New Per­fection stoves, Ovens, Etc.

G r a n x c . One of the best ch i ld ren ' s en te r ­

t a i n m e n t s ever given a t t h e town hall h e r e was p u t on ^ly tho Grange a t t h e i r r e g u l a r a n n u a l .chi ldren 's ' n igh t on T u e s d a y evening. May 4, "This Is t h e verdic t of m a n y who hea rd th i s y e r y Interesting- p r o g r a m :

To t l ic F^lltor: The following le t te r was received

by Benjamin J . Pr ies t from t h c Amer ­iean. Geographica l soclely of New-York recentl.v. H a r r y .Radford Is a cousin of Mr. Pr ies t and Mr. R a d ­ford's m o t h e r Is we l l -known to^ the older people of HaI^•a^d.

Xew Vork. April 15, 1915. ' lienjamin J. Priest , Harvard , Mass.-

l>par Sir—We dcei>ry r e g r e t ' to In­form you that Harry Vincent Radford was killed In the summer of 1912 by an Kskimo, We enclose a copy of the report of tho Royal North Wost Mount­ed Police sent lo us September 11. 191.1. We a r e Informed tha t recently (four o r flve weeks ago) the New York Times printed an Item about his death and the probatln«r of his will .

Very t ru ly yours . The .Vmerlcan Geographical Society,

old . wi t l l tli. us , , s t o n e kl nv- red n ; i l iv w i t h StOM,-S .1 Iiointf.fl s : w o o d ni i i j l »-n',u;;h X't ;; U-ct \-t-r\- '!; in In ml i'.y-yn n<-ar Hud.^or I h n d il .l.t!: t he tn .

I h . - i v ;, o l lh>-s.. i i i o n a tl,.-.Mackt-nzi.- .i-1,1.-. l o titi^ luriiiuL.' : , . . . \Uiska-.

I canru . -s h a l : i-ii,. fn-ar th.-bill I h..i I 'hr is tm.- , p a n ol 1 a b l y ft.I : s o n n ' w-ye-,\ ir , . t r a v e l f. w h i c i i Wf canof .—w t f i l n spo t !,.<! o r a ' s ! , - d v Chcst ,Mli»M l a " ! f a l l , 1,

.Mr, .'itr,-... Joy in i r \.t:-t

1 H. V. •iii.'ix,

.Sandliau'teil bi

.\I.,

^h,

or i",\v. spear anil h:iriK.,on; -.'•-- .-ind knivi's of liam-'•'I.pcr; and strikt- Hri-

' .; -inder, or by rubbinsr ' :MO another piece of

.• -i:i,-r becoinf-s lif-alvd-•• They .-pf-ak a dla-

• . . t from that of th,. '•• irid those who dwi'll 1'' • . and Mr. Stre.-t and

• '0 commuiilc.'ite with

"' arrans,.-(! with two • • > 10 accompany us

'• coast toward thc '•'• •ty I Intend. If possi-' ' my sclieduli- of re-

/,.:ion vi.a Iiawson aii'l

• i; this llmf. when 1 • ' l .-r Kort .McPherson --i,-/,i- del ta) or- I iawson: •-.ii^h the former b.-'fore

Ir.twson 111 til,. i-arl\-1: I shouUl 1„> r-maik'-. 1 miKht Kt-t through

months earlier. The •-Iiain (food for sled(fc

V w'.f.ks lonijer. af ter l,a\-f. to t ransrer to the

_'- the way. has been • •• lashed upon xhe top •l'l. all the w.ay , from

— 1 iwliere It was left I.IS point. l.'l I a re a t preseni cn-

li-'alth. s r..specttully. .-M Sc. c. k., F.-.A. c:. s.

Ayer Variet}'Store .MORTf;.\<;KK'.S S , \Li ; OF

REAL ESTATE

•iay Cnmpuntnns , Accordir.K ;„ -., j,.,„rj. ,o , , , | ,y Pa t r i ck

H. OouldMiL.-. iiiiod th i r ty-seven, who works on th,. town farm, h e m e t two very i,lc..i.«.-,ni and congenial Kltch-bu rc .vouni: m-n last Sunday af te r ­noon, but afr,.r he had spen t some little time in their company he was m nus hfty dollars, a suit ca.se con­la ining cloth<-s and a KOld wa tch and «-as nursnn: a serious Jtash bclwoen tne rlKht eye and car . W h a t e v e r caused the aai-h put him to sleep and his lo.s.« was discovered when h e awoke.

Sir. Gouldlng- arr ived In F l t chburB (lurlnc the early af ternoon p repa red iPr.^.t'^' ' " " pleasures of city life after the r,ui,.i and pence of the town fi.r,""' i '* ' "•'"' "•""ll fl«d for a nice Ilttlc -\'Bit and was dellfirhtcd to . r u n '^""^f , '"••" plcasant-speaklnf? a n d i , i J ''^''"'' youiK mon on t h e iiridKc ne.ir the depot . Oouldlns; wanted some fun, bu t flrst of al l h e wanted a pint of .wKlskcy. A l though It was .Sunday the local men seemed f to know where thc whiskey could be procured and they escor ted Gould lng

riy v i r tue nf a j,„(yer of s.iie con-t;iined In a cer ta in nnjrti^ase deed civen by <?ajhuel Slavsky to the Kitch­burK Co-opera t ive Bank, dated De­cember 17.- ISOS and recorded with .Middlesex South District Deeds in book :;ii;i paue I T T . and for breach of the Conditions there in containe,! will be sold a t publ ic aucti.-.ii on thi premises on

Monday, .'May Hl.st. .A. D. IDl.'i

a t llircf-flfUH-ii o'clock In tiKMifu-rimiiii

all and sin«ul.ir t h e premises coii-ve.\'ed b.v said inort'.^ai:c deed;

.K cer tain t r ac t or land with tho buildln'.:s thereon , s i tuated on West .Main .Street, fo rmer ly known as H a r ­vnrd Street, in Aycr. .Mass.. bounded and described as follows, viz;

fJCKlnnlna at . t h e nor theas te r ly cor­ner o f t h e p remises on the south s id" of Wes t .Main .Street a t a corner of hand former ly of Michael Brown: thence westerly by said ,Strcet on„ h u n d r e d and iwpnti ; (120) feel to land now or fo rmer ly -of Mary A. Triid.i: t hence sou ther ly by said Truda lan.l one hundred and twen ty (120) feet lo land formerly o t J o h n Walsh: Ihence eas te r ly by .siild Walsh land and land of Levi W. I 'he lps one hun­dred and t w e n t y . ( 1 2 0 ) feet to land formerly of said B r o w n : thence nor th ­erly by said Brown land one Iiundred and twenty (120X feet to the pijlni o t beginning. Conta in ing 14100 squa re feet and be ing lots Xo. 16 and N'o. IT on an unrecorded plan ot land of Groton J u n c t i o n d r a w n by P a r k ­er, S t ea rns and Sanborn for Benjamin Mar t in c t a l . da ted .Sept., 1852.

T e r m s : $100 down a l l ime and p lace of sa le a n d t h e ba lance on de ­l ivery of t h e deed within ten days from sa le a t t h e B a n k i n g Rooms of said Bank , 298 Main St., l-'Itchburg, Mass. T h e p remises will be sold sub­j ec t to a n y Hens for taxes or assess­men t s . , . St-IS F I T C H E C R G CO-OPERiATIVE BAXK

Mortgagee. By W A B X E R M. ALLEN,

Treasurer . F l t c h b u r g , May 4, 1915.

Balley & Balley At to rneys for t h e Bank.

THE MANY FRIENDS OF

Mr. H. F. Proctor OF LITTLETON

will be interested to leavn that he is now connected with •- the great Boston music hbuse of

GEORGE LINCOLN PARKER,fbo Boylston Street, BOSTON

This firm is one of the best-known in New England and handles full lines of Emsox DIAMOXD DISC PHONO­GRAPHS, VICTOR VICTROLAS, Complete libraries of Edison and Victor Records, KR.\KAL'ER, EMERSOX, R. S, HOWARD PiAXos, PLAYER PL\XOS. with full stock of player rolls.

ALSO A FINE LINE OF USED PIANOS OF ALL MAKES AT ATTRACTIVE PRICES

• . Under George Lincoln Parker's own management is -dpl^rated a

* • . . - • •

* FACTORY AND COMPLETE REPAIR SHOP

for the-rebuilding or skilful repairing of pianos, player-pianos arid' p h o n o g r a p h s , . ^ ^ ^ e x p e r i e n c e d men "are • used for this work. Piano ^ i h g , polishing or re-finishing in your own house if desired. Call on or write to

George Lincoln Parker 100 Boylston Street BOSTON, MASS.

. Telephone. Oxford 1971, or H, F, PROCTOR Telephoiie 12..3 LITTLETON

Children and Pets Means more wear and tear to your home

We have the kind of Fumiture that stands all kinds of abuse from youngsters and will still look well when company comes.

J;. J. Barry & Co. BARRY BUILDING

Main Street AYER, MASS.

^!!r.ra««iM»tissrv- ^ « . ,i,<v^-iwrrtW!Mf«1»W«crc'>««:.'»*»W!»K^

S A T U E D A Y , MAY 8, 1916

Nl 1; Srei l l P Wish to call your atten­

tion to their stock of ..

CEMETERY MEffiORIftLS

which they would be pleas­ed to have intending pur­chasers' inspect and obtain prices. •, -

Ayer,. Mass.

A penny Mv«d li

a penny earned,—

Benjamin Franklin.

FRANK S. BENNETT Successor to AllTHUR FEXXER

Insurance Agent and Broker Main Street Tnmer ' s Bldg.

A Y E R , MASS. MlM G. M. StonV, Public Trpcirrlter

well Farms

.Pastuerized

Sweet Gream

Wholesale and Retail — BY

Mullin Bros Main Street Ayer, Mass,

Why "not t ry it?

UmonCashMarket Ayer, Mass.

IX>OK OVER T H E S E PRICES

K<>.-\ST PORK LV-. H)

.SWIFTS PKE.MIIM B.ACOX 23o. Jh

fiOOD B.\CON ITc. H)

S W I F T S PRKMUTU HA.M I8<-. It,

FBESH SHOULDEBS, 18c. ft

SLICED HAM, 2oc. 16

COB.VED BEEF I2c. to 17c, Tl,

.GOOD CBEAMEBT BCTTEB SOc. m In 5 tli lots

Union Gash Harket Main Street, Ayer, Uass.

A Nice Aaaortment of

Democra t Wagons

CONCORD

BUGGIES

Carriages, Butcher

Carts Harnesses

A GOOD ASSORTMENT AND AT ALL PRICES

OAIJ< AKD bKB THEM

TABLESPOONFDL of turpen­tine bplled -with -wblte clotbes wlllgreatly aid in the whiten­ing process. A teaspoonful bf

borax put In tbe last, water In wblcb clothes are rinsed wUl .also' whlteo tbem surprisingly. Pound the borax so Uiat It will dissolve easily. This is especially good to remove the yellow which time gives to wnite garmenu that have been laid aside for two or three years. -

\yben colored muslin has become fad. ed and I.t Is desired to bleacb it white, cblorlde of Ume put In the boiling wa­ter. In the pruportton of one table­spoonful of Ume to one quart of water will effect the result

Badly stained handkerchiefs cnn be made as white as new If placed In a vessel and covered with ammonia and peroxide bf hydrogen miied with twice the bulk of water. Let the handker­chiefs soak aud then \vnsh tbem In the UHTial manner. Often the gloves in tint­ed shades discolor handkerchiefs, and thls'process Is one of the best for clean Ing thein.

To shrink cotton tnaterial place It neatly folded in a tub of water and allow it to remnin until thoroughly damp. Then bang It straigbt on the line by placing the central fold on the line.. Pin It In many places ao that the material will not sag.

White goods may Brst be pnt In cold vratcr. brought to a boll, tben bung oo tbe line. Let ginghams and other col­ored materials soak in lukewarm wa­ter to wblcb a little salt has been add­ed until air the folds are. thoroughly wet through, then take out, unfold without wringing and dry quickly. Do not iron.

Colored ginghams and other cottons should bc soaked ih cold salt water be­fore washing and then wasbed in dis­solved soap and warm water. If soap Is rubbed on the'color Is likely to fade. Wash quickly and rinse In cold water. Tbe colors may be revived if a table­spoonful of. vinegar Is added to the rinsing water for -red and plnk. A lump of dissolved ammonia Will bright­en lilac, and a lump of alum will revive blue. Starcb In thin boiled starch and dry in the shade. \Vben washing ging­hams avoid strong soap, hot water, too much rubbing, hot starch, and do not dry In the hot sunshine. Do not wash In bard water.

Pinks are liable to fade an ngl; yel­low; blues and greens fade a clear white. Yellow washes nicely, browns look very clear, and mixed,white and bine looks fresh and bright, even when slightly faded. Most lavenders and tans wash well. Flowered materials, ginghams and muslins, will not fade If wasbed In tbis way: Make a gal-ton of flonr starch, straining It as usual, pour half ot it into two pails ot sott water and wash until clean, Pnt the rest ot the starch in th'e rinsing

. water. Dry in tbe shade and iron on tbe wrong side-

Cooked starch Is mucb improved by the addition of sperm or salt, or both, or a little dissolved gum arable. To make a stiffening for black wash ma­terials, boil two quarts of wheat bran in six quarts of water for balf an bour. Let it get cold, then strain. Tou -will need neither soap Hor starch U tUs is used. If too thick add cold water. This preparation will botli cleanse nnd stiffen. Wben starching black Inwu or organdie it is weU to add a little black dye to the starch.

When the family washing Is large much time. labor and fuel can be saved If the foUoning method is nsed: Take a cleoh laundry or kitchen table, shake ont the bath towels and spread tbem evenly on the table, tben do the same with band und roller towels, then pil­lowcases. Fold tbe sheets, placing over all Then cover witb an ironing sheet. Bn&g the table close to the stbve, so as' not to lose time getting hot Irons. Then commence and iron aU undcrw<;nr. stockings, tablecloths, napkins nnd handkerchiefs, all except starched clothes. Remove the iron­ing sheet and all the flat work under­neath wilt t>e aa smooth as If sent to the laundry. When laundering any ar­ticle made ot pongee, iron It witbout first sprinkling It and you will find that it will look far newer and silkier thau when dampened and Ironed {n tbe usual manner.

HOLLIS, N. H, Xews Items.'

Mlss Daisy Woods si)c-;it the week­end at home. " Edward Cave has i-Murnod from the

liOKpItal and la recovx-rlnj; nicely from hl» operation. . Jarnes Slattery und Saiiuel Thayer werc In town lust SuiidHy.

Mrs. Newt, who kept house for Linyrence Small, Is at .Mr. Le.slie's. .She has had a nervou.s breakdown and It Is hoped that the <iulet of the coun-try.wlIl.Koon brlnii her back to health.

Mr. Hayes, who has bousHt the Chitrlc.s , E . Eastman place. Is' now boardinK at Mrs. X. .M^ria Shedd's.

• Quite .T. large nuinber joined thc church on last Sunday, two by letter, JIrs. N'elson Parkhurst and Mr. HodK-klns, ,-ind eleven by confession of faith, Mrs. .N'ollle F. Hale. .Mr. and Mrs. Bert Brown, .Mrs. Charles A. Colburn, .Mrs. Ceorge A. Liidd, Mv. and .Mrs. JVIllls Hardy, Italph .Muz­zey, Charles Keyes, .Mlss Hazel Lou­gee and .Mlss Lillian Lovejoy.

{•"rank I'roctor and wife spent a-fcw days in town this week.

The \V. R.: C. will meet on Tues-d.ay afternoon,. May 11.'

Miss Kate Weeks returned to War­ren this week .ifter spendlns,- several weeks with-Mrs. Edward tlllls.

Mrs, Carl- Brown has .cone to her mother's, .Mrs. Jason lieed,' to stay uritll her strensth.returns, ; ,

Mlss Cjrace Mai'shall returned fron> Mrs. Carl Brown's on Sunday nijiht.

.Mrs. Siirah E. Sullivan spent the week-end with her daughter. .Mr.s. William Sanders. ' ' - .

-Mrs. Colby (Be.ssie Colburn) the week-end in town.

The cooklnK club will meet on the' afternoon of .May 11 at Mrs. Charles E. Hardy's.

Walter Colburn. of . \ cw York a few days. In town Ia.st week.

, Franklin P. Colburn and daughter Minnie returned home on last week Thursday after spending the winler in Florida.

-Miss E m m a Van Dyke and brother Georse returned on Jast week Thurs­day after spending the winter in Flor­ida. Thcy spent a few davs with .Mr and -Mrs. Thomas A. Greenleaf befo.-e cominK home.

F. L e o - M c E n n i s was cm the sick list last week with a severe cold: He is much better and has returned to his work;

.Mrs. Brick Quincy rP.uth Sweetser) and dauKhter are to make their home with .Mr. Sweetser. .Mr Quincy will Join them later.

Ml.ss f luih Goodwin is at home from Salem, Mass.. ifor a few days.

.Miss Louisa Hard.v .spent the week­end at home, returnins to'.^mherst on Monday to her duties as teacher of domestic science.

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XRArTTNO, ' BBi.Tnro, TTH.I.EVB, ETC., FOR SALB—Cheap for osab. 'All In (rood condition. Apply to Tomer's Public Spirit Office, Ayer, Mass.

How to Arrange Your. Housthotd Linen Attractively.

Every troe housewife takes real pleasure lu tbe stacks ot bousebold lioen piled in'tbe Ilncn closet and a r ranged neatly In tbe linen drawers. And; ot courso, tbe more commodlods nnd convenient tbese drawers and Shelves .are the better pleased is tbe housewife.

Sometimes the Unen sbelves are cor­ered with linen covers, scalloped at tlie edge and embroidered In some simple design. This Unen edging bangs oTet tbe edge of tbe shelf. Linen drawers and sbelves. too. can be flnlsbed In no hiore satlsfaetoty way tban wltb two coats of white enameL This Onlsb con be kept spotlessly, dean, .withont mucb trouble. Very shallow drawers are most convenient for table lioen. Some ot tlie new buffets ore made -with a series of very shallow drawers, eacb SetlgaeA to bold one tablecloth witb Its attendant napkins. - '

BBOOKLINE, N. H, Xows Itcnis,

' On last Tuesday evenins there was a reunion of the old Brookline orches­tra at the home of Miss Forestlne Hines on Town.send hill. Amons those pre.sent were Starr Barnaby. Ethel Hlnes, Walter Fessenden and Frank Jenne.s.s. Miss Hines proved a capi­tal hostcs.s, ..ser^'Ins her suests. to a chicken supper, followed by ice cream and cake. They are seriously think-l.nK of r'eorsanlzlns.

-Mrs. Georse Falconer, of .Milford. w a s i n jiown last-Saturday visttins her mother, Mrs. Carrie Whitcomb.

Mrs. Orrin R,-iy. of Boston, was a recent suest at the home of Mrs. Harry Campbell.

.Mr and Mcs. Clarence Russell have returned from their trip to the I'ana­ma e.vpositlon and are s iv ins their friends a most Interestins account o f their two-months' trip.

Miss Josephine Seaver and .Mrs. Hattie .Stiles were visitors in .Milford on last Tuesday.

Walter Farnswotrh has returned from Orient Heights, .Mas.s.. where he has been stoj>pinK with his sister, Mrs. Rockw-ood, while hav lns 'h i s injured foot treated by Boston doctors. His foot i.s mueh improved, but it still troubles him a little.

-Mrs. ..\rthur Brown, last week, en­tertained her niece. .Miss Helen .Marsh­all, of Pepperell.

Fred Farnsw-orth and his familv have returned from Florida.

-Mr and .Mrs. Edwin Hall, who car­ed for the r{u.ssell place while .Mr. and .Mrs. Hussell were at. I'anama. have returned to their home in Mil­ford.

Mrs. . \ le.\ander I'Ecuyer and daush­ter Constance were visitors in Pepper­ell on last week Thursday.

Brookline Granse held its resular meet lns on the evenlns of .\pril 28: This Granse is one of live which have been invited lo Join with Mason Granse in the celebration of their thirtieth anniversary on .May n . and many members have expressed their Intention of attendlns. A very inter­estlnK prosram was enjoyed. The or­der has purchased and placed new tables at all of the officers' stations in the hall.

Mrs. Sarah Hammond on last week Thursday entertained her sister and niece. .Mrs. John Wrisht. of .N'ashua. and .Mrs. Henry LaTouche. of I'ep­perell.

Frank Jenness. of this town, and Mlss Myrtle Kchoe. of W,->ltha,m. Mass., werc united In marrlase bv Rev.' .Mr. .Myers at Tremont Temple. Boston, on April 23.

Mrs. Harry Powers entertained .Mis." Irene Whitcomb. of Pepperell, last week.

Mr and Mrs. William Petntiude and Mr. and .Mrs. William Garlick and son -motored- hero from Dedham, Ma.ss., ,l.iHt Saturday and were the Kuests over' Sunday, of .Mrs. Ellen Swett.

On last Ttiesday the members of tho I Ladles" Aid were entertained by Mrs. Albert Pierce a l her bunsalow oh- the hill,

.Misses Ethel .and Velma Taylor were thc KUcsts lasi .Satuniay of .Mrs. John Martin, of- Pepperell.

Mr. and Mrs. Judge E. Parker are at their s u m m e r home for a few days. On last Sunday thcy entertained Mr. and Mrs. Walter Parker.

Mr. knd Mrs. Harry Campbell. -Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Perkins, Georse N'yo and Freeman Wright went to Milford on lost Saturday to attend the funeral Of Mrs, E m m a L. N'elson,

LUmSMBUBG News ItcibA,

Misses Edith M. Johnson and Grace F. Burrage were received Into mem­bership a t . t h e Congregational church on last Suhday.

The Woman's Missionary societv of the .Methodist church met at the home of Mrs,.George E,, Jones on last week' Wednesday afternoon,

George Adams, of Leominster call , ed on old acquaintances In town 'last Tuesday. -

Mrs. Horace Parker and Mrs. Rob­ert Bryarit attended the meetlns of the Woman's Board of .Missions of N'orth Mlddlese.x county at Fitchburg on Tuesday and w e r e yery much in­terested -in the fine speakers heard there. Mlss N'ellie Jewell was also there In the afternoon and ijUlte a number of the y.ouns-people from the C. E . ' s o c i e t y attended the evenlns service.

Sieveral young ladles frcmi the Con­gregational church are sivins out mite bo.xc» to all who will taki- iht-m. in aid of the missionary cause.

The annual meet lns and eUciion of officers' of t h e Ladies' Sew-ins Circle lit t h e . ConsrCsatlbnal church was held In the ve.stry on Wednesilay af­ternoon.

Arnold Dickinson is h:iv!ns a .-iew Kar-iKe built at his home on the Northlleld road. Work has also be-Kun on ,1 seven-room cottase at the farm of George P. Grant. Jr.

-Mr. and. Mrs. Carl I-;. Hrow-n en­joyed a tive-days" autoniobile trip to -Montreal last week, the sue.sts .,f Louis R, Damon. They returned on Wedne.sday evening.

Se•vera^ line strings of trout iiavo been reported lately, some t.t iht-m havlns been caught In Spec pond, and runninK in weight from one-half a pound to one and one-half pounds. Arnold Dickinson causht twenty-foui-trout, aggregating seventeen pounds. Spec pond was stocked w-ithtroKt two or three years ago and'now- sporis-men are beginning to reap the bene-tits of, that Investment. Warren Lewis, T. B. Snow and Harvey Tuck­er are taking a live-days' varation at Lake Sunapee, N. H. Bis tish stories are e.xpected w h e n they return.

• -Mrs. Edwin A. Co.x and little son are at the home of ,S. H. Krancis for a fev,-. day.s.

. \ t the annual meetins- of the sc'nool district, comprising the towns of . \ sh-by, Lunenburg and Townsend. held in the selectmen's room in Townsend on Thursday of last week, Herman L. Knight wa.s re-elected superintendent for three years, aixl his s.-ilarv llxed at S1800, Other members of the com­mittee are Albert .S. How/ird of Townsend, chairman, .Mr.s, Fred C. Cross of Lunenburg, .secretarv. toseth-er with Wililam S. Green. William Reed and Roscoe W. Ballou of .Kyh-by, Clirrord C. Lane and Georse I". tiraht. Jr., LuncnbUrs. and Dr. Henrv B. Boynton and Frank B. Hissln.s,-Townsend.

The high school cla.Hs were hishlv entertained on Wednesday afternoon of last week by Mlsii Edith Baker of Fitchburg, w h o gave an account of her life abroad and winters, she spent in Italy, and some things she .saw in Rome. Florence and Avisnon. She had picture's, photographs and posial.s which finely Illustrated her lecture.

The address by Mrs. Walter V. Smith in the lower town hall on last w-eek Friday afternoon was most in­teresting- The unfavorable weather undoubtedly kept many away, but those who were.preaent-felt well paid for having braved the storm. The lecture was In the Interest of the Parent-Teacher asaoclation, of what such an association had accomplished in places where It had been tried, and what they still hope to do. The sen­eral sentiment of the meetins was in favor of such ari organization, and at the close of the address Mrs. J. 1: Gilchrist. Mrs. Fred L. Francis. .Miss Ruth E. Goodrich and Principal C. .K. Gray were appointed a committee to consider the subject, and whether it Is advisable to. form-such an ,i.sso-ciation here, and report later.

Hattle D. Stone tent, D. of V.. held a fair and .sale of articles both useful and ornamental in the town hall /,n last week Friday afternoon and even­ing. Mr.s. N'ellie Rlley and Mrs. Carl E. Brown presided over the table for aprons and fancy work; Mrs. William Hildreth and .Mrs. Arthur Adams, food; .Mrs. Grover Barney and Mi.ss N'ellie Jewett, home-made c o n f c -tionery: .Mls.ses Bessie NIckelson and .Marian Warren, .May baskets. In the evening a very pleasing program was given.

PAOZ SKVXV suffrage last week and immediately Mrs. Henry Preston W h i t e . c a m e out In the Boston papers with a state­ment declarInK that ''teachers' arc already too well paid, do not desen'e equal pay with men for equal work and should not serve In executive po­s i t ions" which goes to show how woefully hard up are thc antIs for argutncnt.

'When wc consider the 'years of training necessary before a Klrl can Ket a. position a s . t c i cher even In a primary school, the responsibility of the position and the ncrve-rackins problems the teacher has to: solve a statement like the above from such a .source is a sure" indication of des­peration.

If any reader has an arsumcnt to submit in favor of the a n t l s l d e of the question we hope h e or she will set forth that we. rnay get both sides be-fore the voters before election. .

• '. y . T. E.

QL'ICK TO t E A R . \ ' Prim oid lady buying a parrot and

.assured by the shopkeeper that the bird w a s a good talker, the old lady remarked: "I hope it doesn't swear!"

"Xo, mum," replied the -shopkeeper, "but it'll soon l a m ! "

A SHORT STAY He—Did you tell the- new cook I'm

going on the 7,12 train? She-^Ves, He—What did she say? She—That she was going on the

same train, ;

The population of the earth,at the preseni rate' df gain will be about •1,000,000,000 In the vear 2014.

Xew .-\dvcrttscincms.

F . A. WYMAN

Automobile and Carriage POINTING

^Special attention given to Automobiles

Telephone 9-31 SHIRLEY, MASS.

JOB WOBK is wha twe •want just now. Doesn't mat­ter how big.or how little the job is.

JOB PLUMBING-WOEK ; about now keeps us busy. We 're patdi-

, ing up many a pipe and fixing plenty-bath tubs, water tanks andfaneets, that weren't half done and need repairing. When we're through with them they'll be good as new and cost of work won't be much, Por plambing get ns.

CHAS. E. PERRIN West Street Telephone 96-4 ATEB, UASS.

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POE SALE TWO l'.\.STURKS IX BO.VBOROUGH

LITTLETON .Sliall She Voto?

Perhaps the most Important mat­ter to come up f(jr the consideration of the voters at the state election in Xovember Is the adoption or rejec­tion of the constitutional amendment granting etiuat siiffrage to women, and it IK time fhe male people began to think seriously about It.

The amis are as active as their numbers will permit and the .women In favor of the amendment 'are going to put up a KOOd IlKht for their cause and make things interesting from now on for the voter who Is still on the fence.

We have followed the subject with Interest for .some time and have as yet read no arttuments that seemed to bo sound. Or, perhaps It would be more nearly correct to say, that the arguments against equal suffrage are pretty much all "sound" and Illoelcal sound at.that.

As We scc It the main argument In fayor of the amendment, and the one that oucht to have Hrst'consideration Is th.it it is a matter of simple Justice , . If It is right that women should have "'"" hundred .ind fifteen, equal rights with men In the matter •'''''3^ W. K. HOf.KltS. RCRI of voting, then all that Is necessary

Lot >{o. :. Know as the PIngrev 1 astu.-e. coTitaininK. IS acres.

Lot N'o. :;. Known as the Kenne-bijnk Pasture, containing 14 Vi acres.

These lots are located on the old road leading from GeorKe Keyes' to the.road near the new town hall and have never falling water; are very desirable and could be used as 'one, as they Join each other.

For further information Inquire of

(.'EORGE W. WHITCOMB. LItUcton, Mass.

CO.MXIOXWEALTH OF MASSACHU-.SKTTS. -Middlesex, S8. Probate Court.

To all persons Interested In the es­tate of SAR.\ E. WHITCOMB latc of Littleton In said County, deceased.

Whereas, CHAKLES S, DODGE cx-*cutor of the will of .VRTHUR M.

",,. "'"° was the executor of the will of said decea.sed, has presented for allowance, the first account of said -Arthur M. Taft's administration upon the estate of said deceased.

You arc hereliy cited to appear at a Probate Court, to be held at Cambridge In said Count.v. on the twenty-fourth day of -May A. D. 191.1. at nine o'clock in the lorenoon. to show cause. If any you have, why the same should not be allowed.

.\nd said Charles S. Dodge Is ordered to ,'crve this cllatlon by delivering a copy Ihereof to all persons Interested in Ih.- estate fourteen days at least be­lore .^lid Court, or by publishing the same once in e,ach week, for three suc­cess vc weeks. In Turner's Public >l>lrit. .1 newspaper published In Ayer. the iast publication to be one day at least befoie said Court, and by mailinK, po.st-pald, a copy of this citation to .'ill known persons interested In the estate seven days at least before said Court.

Wltness.Charles J. Mclntire. Esquire F!r.«t .lydKc of said Court, this third Il.iy of .May m the year one thousand nine hundred and fifteen

ixii. W. E. P.OOERS. Register.

Asparagus Bunchers '

These machines press and cut off the buts at one operation with the raffia in .place near the top. of the bunch ready to' tie and cut off with small knife on top of the clamp. The huts when cut drop through an open­ing In the top of table Into box or basket. Send ttamp for circular and price H.?t to •3m28

S. H. HOUGHTON ' . Harvard, Mass..

P h o n e 14-2 P. O. Lock Box 17

N'o question about It. JUst drop In and try our P U K E >L%PLE S'XRCP and M A P 1 £ SCGAR. As good - as can be purchtised anywhere, and belter than what you get at most places. We have a fresh lot on hand and more coming—a word to the wise Is sufficient.

W e also carr>' a full line of small Groceries, and Canned Goods, and the best flour on the market in Gold Medal and Ceresota Brands.

Chas.Bartz 1« Prepared to do

Electrical Work In all Its branches

AYEK, M.4SS. .

AUOUSTUS LOVEJOY

Insurance Agent and Broker Farm Property irritteai

Mnd* oX Property pUeed la •Irons conpanlea. KO*d.

34 East Main Street. Ajvt

Auto for Hire ParUes taken to or from trains.

Toiiring, SIght-seelBg or Commercial trade solicited.

FLAGG & MfORCESTEB P 'PPe 6-3 HolUs, ir. H.

Live PooHiy Wanted Send for Quotations

G. B. SCHULTZ ^ -Tel. 24 3 Harvard, Mass.

COM.Mri.VWKALTH OF MASS.\CHU-.S!:'rrs. .Middlesex, ss. Probate Court.

To the helrs-at-Iaw, next ot kin, and ai) other persons interested in the es­tate of guiN'CY ADAMS, late of Townsend. in said County, deceased.

Whereas, a certain Instrument pur-portlnf,- to be the last will and testa­ment of said deceased has been pre­sented to said Court for probate, by CHAULK.S A. lU'RTT, who prays that letters of administiation with the will annexed may be issued to him without retiirirlnK sureties on his bond, or to some olher suitable person, the exec--utor named in said will having de­clined to accept the trust.

You are hereby citeil to appear at a Probate Court, to be held at Cam­brldffe. in said County of Middlesex, on thc twenty-fifth day of May, A. D. 191.1. at nine o'clock in the forenoon.' to -show cause, if any you have, why the same should not be jjr.anted.

And said petitioner Is hereby direct­ed to Klve public notice thereof, by publlshinsr this citation once In each week, for three successive weeks. In Turner's Public .Spirit, a newspaper published In Ayer, the last publication to be one day, at least,^ before said Court, and by mailinK, post-paid. Or deliverinK a eopy of this citation to all known persons interested In the estate, seven days, at least, before said <'ourt.

Witness, Charles J. .Mclntlre. Ksqulre, Kirst ludKe of said Court, this fourth day of .May in the year one thousand

Our Spodalt; Is'Ute HandUoc ot tbe Very Beet

Vermont Butter and Oheeu

EAST MAIN STBEET GBOCEBY JAMES E. GRIFFXN, Proprietor

East Main Street , . ATer,;HjMs,

SHIRLEY GASH MARKET

ster.

AVOIDING DAXGER Mother—'Why didn't you take your

bath? Tommy—:.I thought thcro might bc

some mines In the water.

Majbp we would all be healthier if we were as strong for tho eight-hour night as we are for the eight-hour day.

for the supporters of. the movement to do Is to submit arguments to prove

i the rlshtcousncss of their cause and every fair-minded man ought to vote their way. -

T h e r e arc plenty of women ablo and willing to state their side of the caso and they will do II so thoroughly be­fore election time that no man can have any reasonable excuse for not voting undcrstandlngly. -We have these many yeara believed In tho righteousness of tho equal suffrage movement and as yet we see no rea­son for a change of mind.

Some of the arguments of the antIs aro most extraordinary. About the first Is that the women In Massachu­setts do no^ want the vote, and yot after more than a generation of or-ganUcd work they ( tho antIs) aro able to muslcr an enrollment of only 30,000 men and women, and It only costs the signing ot a card to loin ahd there are no dues or assessments Aa there arc over a million wom6n of voting age In the state I t . d o e s not look like an overwhelming -rush to protest against having the vote thrust upon them, , -

The Boston school teachers to the number bf 2700 came out for woman

COMiIO-N'WI-;Al.,TH OF MAS.SACHU-SKTT.''. Middlesex, ss. Probate Court-

To thc heirs-at-law;, next of kin and all other persons Interested In the es­tate of HA.N'N'AH ULLIAX HARRING-TO,V latc of Ayer In said County; de­ceased.

Whereas, a certain Instrument pur-porllnK to bc the last will and testa­ment of said decciscd has been pre­sented to said Court, for Prolwitc, by CLARA U ROBKRT.S -who prays that letters testamentary, may bc Issued to her, thc executrix therein named, with--out KivinK a surety on her offlcial bond.

You arc hereby cited to appear at a Probate Court, to be hold at Cambridge In Said County of Middlesex, on tht;' tenth day of May A. D. 1916, at nine o'clock In the forenoon; to show cause. If any you have, why tho same should not be Rrantcd.

And said petitioner Is hereby direc­ted to give publlo notlec thereof, by publlshinK this citation once In each week, for three successive weeks. In Turner's Public Kplrlt. a' .newsptiper published In Ayer. thc last publication to bc one dfty, at least, before said

.Court, and by mallins postpaid. Or de­liverinK a copy of this clt,itlon tp all known persons Interested In tho estate, seven days at least before said Courti

W'tness, Charles J. Mclntlre, Ksqulre, First JudKC of said Court, this twenty-second day of April In itho year one thousand nine hundred Qnd fifteen.

3133 W. E. ROOERS, Register.

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Proprietor.

Piano Timing REPAIRINa, REaviuaxm

WILMOT B. OLEAVZS Phone 20 HABVABD. MASB.

Graduate N. a C. of Music. Boston Ten years wltb Aeolian Co> jfieiTTorS

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FRED 0. STILES Littleton Common, Mass.

AGENT FOR THE

Thomsen Chemical Company Carries a full line of Spraying Chemicals, Lime-Snlphnr, Arsen­ate of Lead, and would be pleased to quote prices on large or small quantities.

I also handle the Empire King" Spraying Outfit

1 have a fine power sprayer 'whieli sells complete, ready toY worl, for $ 1 0 0 . Best Spraying Hose in all lengths always on hand.

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHU­SETTS. Middlesex, ss. Probato Court.

To. the helrs-at-law, next of kin, creditors, .ind all other persons inter­ested in the eatate of EL,LEN FRAN­CES WlLiLlAMS late of Pepperell In Said County, deceased. Intestate.

Whereas a petition bas been, pre­sented to said Court to grant a letter of administration on the estate of said deceased to FREDERICK N. Wli;-I.IAMS of Pepperell In the Counly of Middlesex, without ^ v i n g a surety on his bond.

Ifou are hereby cited to appear at a Probate Court to bc held a l (jambriderc. In B,ald County of Middlesex, on the seventeenth day of May A. D. I S l S . a t nine o'clock Jn the forenoon, to show cause If any you have, why tb« same should not be granted.

And thc petitioner Is hereby directed to iclve public notice thereof, by' pub­lishing: this citation once In each week, for three successive weeks, in Turner's Public Spirit, a. newspaper published In Ayer, tbo last publication lo be one doy, ft.t least, before said Court, .

Witness, Charics J. Mclntlre, Esquire, First JudRC of said Court, this twenty-olKhth day of April In the year one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, .

3tS* W. E. ROOERS, Register.

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DAY OLD cmOSS From my Bred-to-Lay "White

and Barred Rocks and Single Comb R, I; Beds, ? 1 » p«r 100.

20. 0. B. QLSBIT ; Townsend Harbor,'.Ibta,

NOTICE JS HEREBY GIVEN, that thc subscriber has been duly appointed adnilnlstrator of the estate of EUDORA 8. DRAPER late of Ayer,In the County of Middlesex, deceased. Intestate, and has taken upon himself..that tn'St by Kivlnit bond aa tho law directs.

All persons havlofc demands npon the estate ot said deceased arft required to exhibit the same: and all persona liidebted to snid estate are called upon to make payment to • , .

HARRT R, DRAPER, Adm. Ayer, Mas9„ April 29, I t lS . 2134 '

COMilONWEALTH OP MASSACHU­SETTS. Middlesex, ss. Probate Cavrt

To the hclrs-at-law, next of .Cn, creditors, and all olher persons tv: *r-ested in the eslate of C U A R B S > ' « STICKNEY late of Townaend In aal'A County, deceased. Intestate.

Whereas a petition has been pre­sented to said Court to ffrant a letter of administration on the e s t a t e o r a a l d * deceased: to CHARLES B. BTtCXtTBY . of Townsend In theOounty o f Middle- : sex. wiihout artvlnff. a •oretr:oD','U« b o n d . . V . . • - . , • ; . • :c""-. j '

You are hereby cited-to avpeair a t • Probate.Court to IM held a t Oambrtdm. in said County of MIddleaex,''On Ilka eleventh dav of May A - D , 1118,, at iiln« o'clock In.the.forenoon; to'aboir^anaa If any. you have, wlijr the:mina khooM not be granted. ;•. " • •

And tne petitioner la iMreby direote4l to give public notloe thereo^^l^ pdb-llstainc this citation once in eaehweek , for three successive weeks. In Turner's Public Spirit, a newspaper published in Ayer, tho last publication to be one day. at least, tiefora said Court.

Witness, Charlea J,:'M«InUre, Saonlri . First Judge of sald'.Ooort, thla-««tr«n" teenth day of April lo the year «&• thousand nine hundred and flfteen.':',

Jt3J W. E . KOOEB^ KeKUtefc

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Hard times make every woman look to see where she can save .. money, which, of course, is sen­sible and proper if not carried too far.

In the case of food it would bs foolish to attempt to^substitute sawdust for a breakfast^, food because it is cheaper^ Everyone knows sawdust has no food value and its use would be a positive detriment -to the health.

' Royal Baking Powder, which is made from cream of tartar, adds, only feealthfvil qualities to the . food.. '

.The difference in cost of a pan of biscuits or of a cake made .with Royal Baking Pow.der as com­pared with cheap alum or phos­phate of lime powders is about one cent, which is surely too sm.all an amount to warrant the risk.

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on tbe margin and shows to what time your subscription Is paid, and also serves as a continuous receipt.

Clianfre of .\ddrrss Sub9crlbcr.s wishlnfr the postofflce

address' of the paper changed, must send us both the old nnd new address and also the name of the paper they receive. • ,

Saturday. Jlay 8, 1913.

; The. tennis court on the playground was put Ih order on Wednes'day and Is now ready to bc used.

PEPPERELL About Town.

Mrs. Thomas Reaveley, from Hol­yoke, has been in town thlM %veek. the suest of Mrs. M. B. Swasey, Mrii. Al­fred Boynton and Mrs. Elvira Gllson, iter aunts. She leaves here, to join her husband next week in Bangor, Me. Mr. Reaveley ha.s been working in the paper mills at Brewer, just across the Penobscot river from Ban­gor since the tirst of the year, when work became .so slack at the Hol­yoke mills that he w a s only working half time. Mrs. Reaveley has now given up her home in HolyoKe, where t h e y removed from here about seven­teen years ago. They will ))robably board in Bangor during the summer and may decide to remove there per­manently if he continues to have work.

Mrs. Charles H. Goff was called lo N'ewton on Thursduy of last week by the death of a cousin. Mrs. . \nnle Jennison.

J. A'. Kro.f.-<ard returned home or, Friday of last week from a business trip to Kalamuzoo, Mich., and Hamil­ton. Ohio.

George Herrig was in town on Mon­day. At present he is having a vaca­tion, as thc omcc at West. iSomefrrille was one of those recently cut out by the express company.

Oliver and Leo Thayer, accompa­nied by their sister, .Miss Katheryne. went to Rochester. N. H.. lust week Friday to make up an orchestra with their brother, William Thayer, for un entertainment that evening.

Percy ti'Ncal came from West Hop­kinton. N. H.. lust week to si„-n(l a lew- days with his wife ami parents in town. . News was lately received by rela­t ives in town i'f the recent marriage of Mi."* Alva Clifford; who has been employed at .Vashua. .N'. H., for som,! few years, to John Di.ton. of that city. Mlss Clifford has many friends an^i acquaintances in this iilace. .'is

"sheliV-cd here with her aunt. .Mrs. F. B. Simmons, for sonic time as a schooi girl.

AL b.'iskctbaU team is being formed . "among the girls of thc high school

under the leadership ot .Mrs. D, il. Child. The playground is being used to practice on and Klora Boynton has been chosen .ts captain and Alice Con­nolly as manager.

Fred Hall, of Lawrence, has been In tow-n a nart of this w-eck. thc gucsl of his old classmates.

^ J l c v . K. S. Trcw-orgj-. of .Stoneham. Sipc'upicd the pulpit at thc Unitarian 'bhurch on last Sunday morning, de-Ltvering an able, interesting sermon. .: T h e Bo,v Scouts, the PeppereU troop, ^ ll meet on Wednesday cven-

' ing. May 10, at the firemcii's rooms In the basement of thp lown hall for drill work under the direction of Mr. Child,

Mrs. Samuel Wright nnd son Krank, who <;amc from 'Worcester with thc body of her brother, Mr. Gra.v, visited hero that day.

The boys of the X. I. I. club have proved their ability Iri other directions" than in dramatic talent. During the week of their vacatlori from school t h e y . h a v e undertaken to put Central hall In trim, to be thoroughly re­decorated. Thcy have scraped the old paper and paint ott and are now putting on new. They will have some Assistance with the final touches, probably, .

The census takers have finished their work, although the result It nol y e t Anrtpunced. There will bo l io question of resalnlnf; our 3000 popu­lation again if it continues to be in­creaaed as well a s during this week. S o a s have been added to the respec­t ive - (kmlUes of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Tofliihey and Mr,, and Mrs. James Oreene.

Warden Parker, .w-hose serlotis lil-liess was reported last week, is just comriiencing tb improve, and drove' out on. Wednesday. H.ls physician con.sidefs him out of danger. .although he still suffers many disagreeable sen­sations.

The regular monthly meet ins of the offlcers of the District N'urse associa­tion itiet on Monday evening. R e ­ports were glve'n and a vote taken to extend thanks to the local manager of the N'ew England Telephone and Tel­egraph Company for their recent'con­tribution toward their work.

ThoiTtas C>'Conneil.. ot Worcester, was In towrv ori Suriday, coming to see his little sister Madeline, w h o - i s quite 111 a t the home of her uncl,e, John O'Connell.

Ladles' n ight was observed by the Men'-s club of the Kirst Parish on Tuesday evening. May 4. . \ larse mix­ed audience gatliered lo listen to an addres.s by Miss -Luscomb. of Boston. Slie Is lecturer of the Massachusetts Ii}qual Suffrage association and is a most convl'hcing and interesting speaker. Refreshments of ice cream and cake followed the addre.s.s.

The high school baseball team play­ed the MUford team ori the Milford grounds on Wednesday afternoon, be­ing carried up in several auto.s. ac­companied b.v Sub-master Harris and others. T h e score was 11 to 7 in fav­or of the Milford team.

Mr.s. I.saac Pierce, from N'ashua, ha.s been the guest of her brother-in-law-, John.Pierce , and wife this week.

The meeting ot the Center Bird club of the Junior . \udobon class, met w-ith Mrs. . \ddison Woodward on Monday atternoon. about twenty-live being present. The subject wa.s "The robin ^ i t s habits; food and coloring." and many of the members showed good powers of observation. Several draw­ings of the bird were cleverly colored l,y the children, also, and brought in.

F. E. Turner, of Twin Valley farm, who has been furnishing the milk for the Groton School since his purchase of the farm tive .\-ears ago; expects lo give ui> the contract .Iune 1. . \ccord-ing to Mr. Turner the reciuirements tor new- concrete Ijarns and tnllk-rooms and other spcciticalions on the part of thc otficials ni.'ike it impo.ssi­ble for him to deliver the supi)ly of milk at the school for the sum he has been rcceivi'ng per Quart, and with thc increased cost of farm laborers and the high price of grain he thinks best to abandon the business. It is under­stood that he will continue his route in this tow:n.

Mrs. Evelyn ( J a n e l l o B.-iisseau re­centl.v came to the home .ti her par­ents on Leighton street-I'rom tli- Rut­land .sanatorium, where she h.-is been for treatment in hopes of rt cnre. .''he is stin critically ill and will i-ein.-iiii here for the present, li-i- liiislw.r.il i-employed in Marlbf,rt.>.

M r . and .Mrs. Krank . -,.-•.-.•:!<. e.f Xewton Center, c.'iii-.e i.is: .---ati;i-,la.\-ns guests of .Mr. ami .\I:-.~. .\. I'. Wright. .Mr. Stevens returtie-i .M,to­day an,.! Mrs. St*-veiis co-.tini:-*! her visit until Friday with .Mrs. WrlKht and with her sist-r. .Mrs. W. W l,;iiit.

Mrs. S iruh K. i'. Tuck-r went to Hudson'on last S:uurda\- and wiil visit her sons there ami in .Marll'iiro and I'eabody before returning,

Harry N'ewell. of Lawrence, has re­cently purchased the land of Josejih Davis jidjoining thc Piper place, be­longing to thc eslate of tlie late .\. S. Woodw-.ard. Mr. L.aw-rence. It is .said, intends setting out a grove of pecan and Kngiish w-alnut tree's as an experiment. They would surely bc a novelty here, al though it Is under­stood th.at there Is a thrifty orch.ard of these trees near Southbrldge.

•At thc morning scr^-icc at the Methodist • church. Sunday. May 9. .Mothers' day will be ob.<ierved. An appropriate sermon will bc delivered by the pastor. Rcv. W. H. Beers, and si)cclal music has been arranged for thc service by Mr. and Mrs. N'ash. A solo entitled, the "Child's unfinished prayer." appropriate to the day. wIU b e - s u n g by Mlss Alice Marshall.

"The nnnual meeting of the Oak HIU Woman's club will be held at thc home of Mr.s. Paul Maxw-cU on Wed­nesday afternoon. May 12. The pur­pose of the meeting Is for the election of offlcers and to arrange thc pro-grtims for the coming months. The secretary re(iue.«ts that thc members accept this notice instead of thc uaual cards and trusts that every member may bc reached In this manner.

F m n k Fuller, nnd his oldest sbn came from Pltt.«tleld. Me.. Saiurday to accompany Mrs. Fuller and her youngest child; w-ho have bpen visit­ing In town, back to M.ilne. They all returned on Tuesday.

'MT. and Mrs. J. J. Willoughby with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hobblns' as

guests wenl to imlthvl l le . N". H., by. au lo Sunda.v, Ralph WlUoughby act ­ing a s chauffeur.

' '\Valler L. Shattuck. master of Pres­cott Grange, with Mrs. Shatiuck and Mr. and Mrs. O. M. N'ash as guests went by auto to attend the meeting of the Littleton Grange on Wednesday evening. Mrs. Shattuck assisted in the program of the evening by h u ­morous reading* arid several vocal selections were rendered by Mr. N'ash.

The committee for May for the L. A. S. are planning to serve a salad sup­per on Thursday evening; May 20, at the Methodist vestr.v. Details AVIU be glveri later.

Mr. and Mrs. James Starr again ar­rived' here Tuesday and Intend to m a k e a longer stay this t ime than the few hours of last week.

T h e ' l a d i e s ' Aid society of the Methodist church have Invited .the members of' the L,adle.s' Soclal circle of the Unitarian society and the La­dies' Benevolent society of t h e ' C o n -gregatioanl church to meet- with t h e m at the Methodist ves try 'onWednesday aflernoon,-May 12. from three to tive o'clock for a social hour. In the evening at e ight o'clock a reception w-IU be given Rev. and Mr.s. W. H. Beers and family in the same place to which all .are cordially invited-.

The agenc.v for the Ford car itas been taken by Kemp & Bennett and they are out this w-eck w-ith a Ilnc new 1915 model.

•Mrs. Andrews and daughtor c.jm.e b.v aiito from Roxbury on Wednesday afternoon, spending Thur.sday in town w-lth the new- chief of police. Mr. .•\.n-drews. It is understood th.at they in-' terested themselves in a suitable rent for a home here during Mrs. .\nd'rcws' stay. . -

WlUIam'Hall , of I-awrence, was in town o.ver Suhda.v. Mr.s. Hall's health Is not good and the famll.v would like to return to PeppereU .to live.

•The family of Edw-ard Gagnon are soon to move to N'ashua, w-hcre Mr. Gagnon has been employed through the winter. . !

W. A. Harrod has got moved into his new home at East Village. On Sunday he was visited by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hodgkins and sister, frienda from Melrose. Mr. Harrod proposes to make an extensivn hen farm out of hts new purchase. . \ t present he has 200 chicks.

Rev. and 'Mrs. J. B. Lewis a'nd family spent last week w-lth friends In X e w York cit.v, returning on Satur­day. May I. . "

Miss Kitty Lawrence, of Fitchburg, came to attend the May part.v on lasl w-eek Kriday evening. She w-as the guest .of Mr-s. .\ddih;on Woodward.

Everett C. Boynton and wife, of Haverhill, spent .the week-epd with his father. Charles E. 'Bo.vnton. on Heald street. ,

Esther and Frederic Dane, of Low­ell, spent a part of last w-eek at the home of their grandfather, C. F. Dane, Heald street. Their father. Charles Dane, came up from Low-eU on his motorc.vcle to spend part of iw-o days w-lth them.

While in N'ew- -i'ork last week Re,-. J. B. Lewis improved the opportunity lo go to Paterson to hear Billy Sun­day, and at the evening service on Sunday he gave his hearers the bene­fit of his impressions of this w o n d e r ­ful preacher.

Miss Anna French, who returned recently from an extended winter's s lay In Portland. Me., ha.-- now- opened her house for the summer on Heald street. , • '• ,

Mlss Kthel Wells is at her home at Hovey's Corner, enjoying a w-eek'.>>

vacation front her school -.vork in Mansfield.

Mrs, Abbie Carter and .Marguerite spent last w-eek Thursday in Low-eU. being entertained by Miss Merchant, the draw-lng teacher of our tow-n schools.

- Mrs. Peck, the dressmaker, who has occupied Charle.s . .Miller's tene­ment on H^ald street, iias gone to live with friends In Orono, Me., moving her household goods to that place.

The Alpha club met with their Sun­day school teacher, Mrs. Miller, on .Monday afternoon. . \ t the business meeting the election . of ollicers w-as held for the coming six months as fol­lows: Klora Boynton. pres.; Gertrude Raymond, v. p.: Effle Winship, s e c : Dorothy Dennen. tre.as. A portion of the time was also spent in reading and games, after whieh refreshments were served.

The fire alarm whistle w-ent dn a big "spree" on the night before May lirst. Krom 7..'JO until S.30 . In the evening it sounded at intervals of a few- moments everything from 2 to lit. it w;is no celebration, how-ever. of the coming date, hut simply a crossed wire, bdt it kept the liremen who congregated at the engine house :ill .guessing for aw-hile.

Mrs. John Marshall recently return­ed home from Townsend. where she hail been employed as nurse in the family of .Mr. and .Mrs. Bovce. She was successful in bringing a young child, under tw,i years of age. through an atiack of douhle pneumonia, after the parents, w-ho recognized that the chilli wj\s not strong, had nearl.v given up hr»pes.

.May F'csUval. One of the most ch.-irming events

The crowning of thc May Queen With a lovely, fragrant crown of trail­ing arbutus foUow-ed during a tibner song by the chorus.

The tiny "LTJllabys," being live Ut­i le girls in nighties and caps, w;Ith their dollies, arid five little boys In their pajamas, with Teddy bears, were a lovely little scene, and these were followed by thc seventeen Ilttle "Plckanlnnle-s," who, .ver.v Joyously marched along with their slices of watermelon.

Crimson popples next apppcared, •represented b y f o u r girls in a com­plete crimson, costume. Ures.s. bow-3 and,'petals. The "archery drill." by twelve young girls, was finely staged, the girls forming a pretty spectacle in their whi le middy blouses and red ties. .

The "minuet" w'as a particularly tine part of the prograni and enjoyed by all the audience. • Thc partici­pants were eight -in number and were demurely dtgnided, thc four boys in the regular broadcloth cut-a-way coat, made especially for thc occasion, and the foiir girls In old-fashioned cos­tumes with much-looped polonaise. Edw-ard Durant and Ruth Chapman led the stalely Utile dance tlricly. •

- \s a ple.asing .variation just at this point. Miss Mildred Morgan rendered one of her most charming and appro­priate soios,. "Come love in the .spring­time," which w-as lhoroug.hl.v enjoyed.

"The hoop drill" w-as given by elghi girls,, as plnk popples, .K. "soldiers' drill" toliowcd, given by eight young lads, and a color-bearor. This was singularly effective, thc boys being co.stumed In true continental style, w-lth their buff and blue suits and cocked hats. Thc line instruction w-hlch-:the b'oys had received w-.as evident and made the drill especially w-orth w-hile; ,

Two girls next entered In their '.'moon boat," these being Glenys Greene and Alice Winch. The "aciuf dance" which followed is worthy of special mtjntlon, as thc. tiny maidens caused much favorable comment by; th^ir skill arid gracefulness.- The "frogs" w-ho appeared lasr year were brpught out again by request and were just as w-ell received.

-\s a titting .climax to the enter­tainment the w-Inding of the May pole w-a.-( perfectly and most effectively performed b y sixteen girls.

The w-hole afftiir i-cllccts much credit on the ability and' patience of the committee, Mrs. Addl.son Wood-w'ard, Mrs. Leon Richardson, Mr.s. Minnie Greene, Miss Helen Robbins and Mr.s. Maultman. The music foi; the performance was furnished b.v Mrs. Leon Richardson .and .Miss Helen Robl)ins.

There . w-as a full house ori Kriday evening considering the bad w-eathcr of the evening, m a n y . remaining to enjoy the dance w-hich lasted until one o'clock, with Robbins' orchestra furnishing rriuslc Ice cream was on .sale during t h e evening, and the re­turns from ali w-cre most gratlfylhg to the L. S. C.

On Saturday af'ernoon the attend­ance at the matinee was not .so grati­fying nor as large as the committee reasonaljly expected after their ef­forts to reproduce the scones-for the benefit of the District N'urse associa­tion. The children all took their parts hri'ely, however, in spite of their fatigue of the previous evening.

Deatli of Former IScsldciit, The remains of John I:;. Gray, a

former resident here, were brought to Pepperell on Monday noon from Wor­cester. The deceased moved from here to Worcester about twenty-three year.* ago. He w-as'k brother of Mrs. Samuel Wright, w-ho also moved from here to Worcester, '(tnd ,of JIrs. Mcria Coffln. w-ho moved w-est a few- year.-ago. He will be remembered l)y many w-ho formerly ,vorked w-ith him in the Leighton shoe shop.

Jlr. Gray was in fairly good health up to about two weeks ago. w-hen his condition became so critical t h a t . h e was taken to the hospitai in that city for treatment foi a complication of .diseases. He died there on F'riday, April ;10. at ihe age of sixty years, leaving a widow, tw-o-sisters and a brother to survive him.

Services were held at' his late home or. Sunday ttfternoon, the ofTlciatin.-r cier.gyman speaking In terms of pniise of the life of the deceased. He w-as prominent in the work of tho church •«-here he attended and active in tbe Odd Kell..-.vs' ;ol,!,> in that ciiy.

He w.'ts :i member of Be.acon lodge of Pepperell. ,ind William F... Chap­man, noble u-iand of this lodge, and J. a. Willey. LoUls P. Shattuck and .lonas .Xndrews went to Worcester in Durant's ear im ,Sunday to attend the sf-rvices. th- < 'lUl Kelhnvs' serv-ice*. be­in,,: held.

^)n .\lon 1 IV noon u deleguti'>'i of i,e;icoii It-.i-,. ;ind .\t-om:t Itebekah lodge m,-t ':-.- funeral' parl.v at the train and .•,•.<• .rted the body to lt.< bist restini.' i i l i .- . Their simple, but iri-[,ressi\'- ('•• :;!iiittal service v a s hcKl .'It tlie '.,'r;i\','.

Mr. (irif: ,-iilistcd in the ;;rm..- in lsi-,1. :ind .' the t i m e . o f the Indian uj)risin:.- -.v;, line of the regular army scrvin-.' i;; -:.r Custer in the w-est, and his frii-r.-K now recall hearing him speak Ilf li;, many halr-brcadth es­capes wl;.;-- ii; the service of his coun­tr;-.

*'Lowe Brothers Hard Drying Floor Paint is just the thing for out old floors—^

" I t is easy to apply—•vre can do it ourselves-^and so inex­pensive. I t -wears well, tooi and makes the floors mucheasier to keep clean, thus making them more sanitarj'for the children to play upon. There is quite a .variety of attractive colors to choose from."

Lowe Brothers Hard D r y i n g Floor Paint is made

especiall^r for use on floors where more.expenstve finishes are

not desired. It dries hard enough in twe lve hours to walk

npon. G e t a color card at our store. ' \

I. G. Dwinell AYER, MASS. .

Into better- condition during "c lean­up" week was also brought up for discussion. A vote w-as put bofore the meetipg by. Mr.s. . Anna Xutting to combine these interests in this -maii-ner; That the club arrange to pay the fees for the.se l>oys In return to ask them to perform the ligitt labor of putting the little park In cleaner order, under the supervision . of the pre.sident of the club, and Mrs.N'. W. Appleton. and an amendment w-as made " a n d to keep It clean," which perhaps Is more. • . . .

The club also voted to w:alt upon Charles Parker, w-hose buildings are. adjacent to the park, and tisk his co­operation through the cleaning of thc grounds of - his various tcnernents nearby-.

N'cH-s IlcnLs. . ' Rev. John B. Lew-is^w-IU preach in

the Congregational church ne.xt 'Sun­da.v morning and evening. His morn-nlng topic will be "Jesus ChrLst and Peter—and u.s." The evening topic, "Heroes of the'cro.s.s; Savonarola."

At Oak Hill hall next Sunday will bc observed as Mothers' day 'wi th an appropriate exercise at ",,"0, under the direction .'of Lyman Blood.

The L. S. G. Branch Alliance of the l.'nitarian church. PeppereU. Will hold an ..all-day meeting at the. ladie.s' rooni on Kriday, May H. at 10.30.' Itead-ing at eleven, box lunch at 12.30. At t>vo in the afternoon the annual m e e t ­i n g . w i l l b e called. .K largo attendance is desired.

The ladies of the L. B.. .S. %vill give, a .supper on Thursday evening. Jlay Ip, and they will also glye an enter­tainment, on Thursday' evening. May 2".

The aniiual meel lng of the D. A. R. will be held on Monday afternoon. May 10, at the chapter house.

Rev, J. J. Walsh will give a lec­ture on "Irish schools," to the mem­bers of Division 97. .\. O. H.. and Division 15. Ladles' Auxiliary in A. O. H. hall on Sunday, evening. May 9. Members of each soociety may in­vite their frlend.s..

You Ought To Have - Your :

Lawn Mower Sharpened . a n d Repaired at

Robert Murphy*s S o n s Co. Phone 8(5-3 V . AYER, MASS.

of .Ma.v time took place In Prcsct»tt h;ill last week Friday and .Saturday, under thc auspices of the special com­mittee of ladies of the L'nitarian so­ciet.v. This w-as the second annual May party in w-hlch about UO chii­dren |)artlclpated. being drilled by thc same ladles who hart charge last year. Thc program contained manv delight­ful surprises in thc way of novel dances and costumes, .and show-ed even more effort In preparation than last yc-ir. Many poetic and . clever conceits were w-orkcd.-put^>y some of thc little performers? who proved themselves real artists. The ".scarf dance" was „ particularly, noticeable along these lines, one lady w-ho had w-Itncsscd the .same Idea portrayed by small professionals in N'ew York claimed that she had never seen any­thing liner than tho manner this dance was given by these tw-o Ilttle girls who had never danced beforo an audience before.

Follow-lng the opening chorus the dainty Uttlc Queen of M.ay appeared. Impersonated l)y Nathalie Blake. She was draw-n upon the stage In a car­riage elaborately trimmed w-Ith pink and w-hlte,- and drawn by two pages, w-ho w-cre Theodore 'Blake and Ken­neth Smith. She wa.s followed by her courl ladiex. represented by Edith Holman. M,-lbel Rivers, Rachel Gag­non nnd Beatrice Glldden, - The queen was dre.s.se<l In w-hltc with long court train, while her ladles-In-waltlng were attired In dark red court cos­tumes.

After the entrance of the queen she took thc center ,of the stage w-ith her suite, and ,a recitation, "Thc call of -the flowers," was given by Helen Sul­livan, preceding the entrance of ten girls, who represented violets. Jon­quils, tulips and crocuses, who ren­dered a response In song.

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.Metho.lj.-Klectii.n ' ing as f Itev. .Mr. .sent.; I'i-, Jacobs. !; l.est-r Hil W-O.ill, l l : i ; ch:in.: .\Ii lake.

I Iv. of K. -A. 1 i.- "f the Knights of King ^ iielrt in thc vestry of the •iil.rch on Monday evening. :' nincers was held, result-ll'-ws, Basil Deware. k.; i:*,-rs. m.; I- dw-ard Harris. " l ie Tune, s e e : Barrett 'I": Uev. .Mr. Beers, con.;

h.'iirma.i. William Green-"11 Copp and Uoger Tunc, • \V, H. Beers, lady of the

S,ini<' ,;i-russlf>n follow-cd on the subject ..f establishing A baseball team, i; liiKilly resulted In the choice o,f a cciiit.iin. Lcstel- IIIU, and a man­ager. IlarnUi Copp. The rest of thc evening was spent In getting an ac-ouaintaiK-i' establl.ihcd between the bo.vs of thi- club and thc new- pastor.

The luxi regular meet ing w-lll be held in the vcstrj- of the church on Monilay evening. May 10, when the seconil degree will be conferral on the members.

y- y. .S. Clnb. The Kast Village Soclal club met

at the home of Mrs.. Matthew Lane on Wednesday afternoon. Thc at­tendance was rather smaller than Is usual as it is a busy t ime of year, but the nine members and two guests thoroughly cnjoj-ed the hospitality ot the hostess and the lunch of delicious Ice cream and cake w-hich w-as served. Current . events were given by Mrs, John .Martin and Mrs. K. F, Harmon, and a musical program of piano solos by the hostess and songs by the club was rendered. Li l l l e Esther Martin also .sang a pleasing little solo. .

In the cour.se of the discustslon of the afternoon's business it was lirought out that several boys were known to wish to Join thc Bird club recently organized, the amount of the fee being their only obstacle.

The question of putting the little triangular park'at Nlssitissitt Village

TOWNSEND Center.

At the Congregatlon.al church on. Sunday morning Kev. .\. L. Struthers' subject will be "C>ur debt to mother­hood."

The annuaT nieeting of thc Tow-ns­end A. . \ . . w-ill be held on Monday e\'ening a t ' . \ . N. Fessenden's billiard room. A full attendance is desired.

Wednesday afternoon Mi.ss Mildred Morgan was given a "shower" ot use­ful articles by her many friends In town al the home of .Mrs. .Mary E. Smith. Miss Morgan Is a sweet so­prano soloist and this surjirise w-as given her by her friends as an ex­pression of appreciation of her sing­ing .at social gathering.s ttnd also to show- - lhe ir friendly interest in her future w-elfare.

Word has been receivetl by rela­tives .and friends of the arrivtil of a daughter last Saturda.v into tbe home of .Mr. and Mrs. Kichard T. Eldridge. Plymouth.

Harbor, Stillman Anderson spent Sunday al

his home in Dorchester. Mrs. F. H. Ross and children, of

Attleboro. have opened their cottage o n Wallace hill.

Mrs. Stephen Keefe is .suffering from an ab.scess on iter band.'

.Mr. Boyce. driver of the mill team, had the misfortiine on Wednesday to drop a heavy plank on his foot, there­by Incapacitating him for w-ork for a day or two.

The friends of .Mrs. Lillian Iten. of Buffalo. -N'. v., will be pleased to learn ihat she is recovering nicely from an opei-ation for appendicitis.

On Wednesday W. H. Watson went to Boston, w-here he joined the Slirin-(r.s.

The Ladies' .\id met at the home of Mrs. Buckle>- on Wednesda.v. The society report the hour-glass quilt as nearly completed.

Mrs. Barnes and Mrs, Wilder and little daughter ,-ire guests ,at Stephen Keefe's.

WUliam Greele.v. a wet-machine tender at thc . leatherboard mill. Is sick ,at his home, with a quinsy sore throat.

Will WharlT has been conllned to his bed for a day or two from his old trouble.

Mr.s. George Jones spent thc week­end In Brookllne, N'. H., a guest of MI.SS Leonora Bradley. i

The regular fortnightly meeting of the Mondav club w-as held al the home of Mr.s. A. D. BaglO-. After luncheon Mrs. A. C. Jos.selyn read currenl events and a social hour fol­low-cd.

Last week. In N'ashua. William H. Watson took the 32° In Masonry.

Mrs. A. C. Josselyn was a recent guesl of her friend, Mrs. Klrby-, In Fitchburg.

Owing to Illness the As You Like It club postponed their meeting for tw-o •weeks.

Clarence LaFountaIn on Wednesday caught a string of flftccn line trout from a nearby brook. This stream

^two years ago was stocked by thc fish and game commission.

Mr. and Mrs. Jacobs left this week for Windsor, N. H. Mr. Jacobs, on acbount of ill heal lh. resigned his po­sition- at Harbor tarm. - During their stay here Mr. and Mrs. Jacobs en­tered into the social life of the vil­lage lind were aiso active In t h c Sun­day school.

On -Wednesday, from three to five

o'clock. Mrs. Joseph Smith gave a re­ception lo Mlss Mildred Morgan, in honor of her e'ngagcment to Parke Struthers. During the afternoon a large, mysterious cloud arose, but a cloud w-Ilh a silver lining, which, when It burst, showered upon the bride-elect a profusion of beautiful gifts. Miss Morgan rhade graceful ac­knowledgements ta her hostess and, friend.s. During the reception Ice cream and punch were ser^-cd.

On Friday night of last week G. A. Proctor and Gilman Conant w-ere aroused from their sluijiber;? by tw-o men seeking to help to e.xlrlcate an auto truck from the mud. With the aid of a pair of horses this w-as ac­complished. The truck that day had made ' two trips from Gardner to Fltchburg and wa.-i homeward bound from a trip to Nashua, N, H.. w-hen the mishap occitrredi "^he men . , In ­stead of keeping the main road lo Fltchburg, at Seaver's C.brner took the Shirley road. Thcy .soon saw- their mistake and It was w h i l e returning to the main road that the accident happened.

Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Blake have been choseh to represent the Harbor Sunday -school at t h e annual church union picnic.

Charles Spauldlng has been elected to till the vacancy caused by the resig­nation of Harold F. Gray, as superin­tendent of the Sunday school. Mlss Esther Bagley has been elected to the position of' secretary, formerly held by Mr. Jacobs.

One of our village women laughing­ly- tells that during a visit to Boston several months :igo she saw- on ever.v sidCT—cars, w-agons, w-alls, fences—the legend -'Safety iirst," and she inno­cently thought it referred to a com­ing show. Should she go to the Hub this week she w-ould see the .same publicity given to the slogan -'Clean up and pick up." Let us take thc hint.

Mi.ss Clara Caldwell ot Lowell. -Mi.ss Virginia Clippinger of. Cincinnati, and Miss Ella HIU of .Vew York, all Wellesley- college girls, are w-eek-end guesis of Mlss .Mildred .Moig.in at Falrview- farm.

.Mr. .Batem.an.: in the curing depart­ment of the leatherboard milt, is laid up w-lth a sore hand and threatened with blood poisoning.

Irving Seaver of .South row has pur­chased a motor truck.

J. H. Know-lton and Mr. and Mrs, Geor.ge Niorton. of Chelsea, spent the week-end w-ith John Know-lton. Mr. Knowlton lias .- et out .an orchard con-tainin.g sixt.v*api>lc trees of approved varieties.

Fred I'alfreyman. ot South row. is l>uilding .a imn.galow in Fitchburg.

SHIELEY Xcw.s Itcnis,

I'.cv. W. T. Burnell wiil preach at thc l.'nlvers,ilist church on .Sunday morning at eleven o'clock, Sunday .school at twelve. Rev. E. L Half.acre will not be able to return In time for the Sunday services.

The .\rtrurian club observed chil­dren's da.v in odd Fellows' hall on Thursda.v afternoon. A short business meeting was held. Mrs. .Myra E. Ely. president, presiding. At i.iO all the children of the schools filed into the hall and took part In thc exercises prepared and managed for thc occa­sion by two teachers, .Mlss Rynn an<l Miss Lura . \ . White, and .Mr.s. Charles R. White, w-ho took charge of thc dancing an<l the Maypole, around w-hlch the children danced anti, w-ovc the ribbons. Several pretty games w-ere enjo.ved. A 'Victrola and piano supplied the music. Il was il gala day for the children, w-ho enjoyed every moment of the afternoon. Later a bountiful supply of Ice cream and cake was served everyone iiresent. The commit tee deserve .'much credit for their work In helping the enter­taining committee for the aflernoon. The club members and their friends, with the mothers of the children, w-crc preseni In large numbers and wci-e w;ell plensed w-Ilh children's day.

Center. Miss Carrie Bradford has been stay­

ing w-|th her sister. Miss Ver.i Brad­ford, In Boston this w-eek during com­mencement at Emerson College of Oratory.

The daughter boi^ to Jlr. and Mrs. Horace C. HarrU last week has been named Dorothy Elizabeth. Both mother and baby arc getting a long nicely. , ,

•Prlscllla .ind Elizabeth Sweetser went to Hudson on Monday after spending a few days al the Jlary Anna home. Mrs. Sw-eetser expecis to re­main at the home during the remain­der of the week., -'

Miss 'Vera Bradford received her diploma from Emerson College of Oratory this week with the class of

1915. Miss Bradford expecis to teach during the remainder of thc year and liopes to. return to Emerson for 'x-graduate course next year. She wtts the author of the class ode which was given at the class day .exercises on Mond.iy. .^Iiss Bradford and Mis.s Evelyn BenJ.ihiin, w-ho spent a wee;: with .Mls.s Bradford at the Center lust summer, had parts in the entertain­ment given by Emerson college in Jordan hall. Boston, on Wednesday afternoon, .^niong those from Shirley who attended fhC' entertainment were Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Bradford. Carri"?. Helen and -Mae Bradford. Ethel M. Holden, Margaret Longley. Mrs.. Eliz- • abeth Thompson and Mr.s. Goochee.

The program at the m e e t i n g ft Shirley Grange on Tuesday evenins. which has been looked forward to f't:-' several week.s. came up to all expec­tations. The program was Ih -th>-charge of the men of the Grange ti-ui Is In competition with the program to be given by the ladles on the evenin.; of June 1, the losing side to furn isit a supper. "Working the third de­gree In the . G r a n g e " was given by eighteen -of the men.- who w-ere ver.v funhlly costumed and made .1 decid­ed hit. The general feeling is th-t:. the ladles w-ill lind it hard to beat th, men on ladle.s' night, a n d ' the meti are already getting up an appetite t'ot-ihe supper w-hlch they declare t h -ladles w-lll i iave to furnish. The la­dies' however, are not so sure about it. It was voted to postpone thi; meeting of May 18 to May 2S. aii,i hold a public entertainment for th t benelit of the educational aid fund.

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CO.M.MO.\W.I-;ALTH OF MASs.\cmr-.SKTT.S. Middlesex, S!i. Probate Coun.

To the. helrs-at-law, next of kin, creditors, and all other persons Inter­ested Irt' the estate of HENRY .AN­DREWS LAWRENCE lale of Ashby In said Count.v. deceased. Intestate. -

Whereas a petition has been pre­sented to said Court to grant a letter of admlnlstrallon on the estate of said deceased to JOHN H. LAWRENCE of -Vshby la tbe Cbunty of Middlesex, ivlthout giving a aurety on his bond.

I o u are hereby cited to appear at a.. Probate Court to be held at Cambriage, in said County of MIddleaex, on thit nrst day of June A, D. 1$1S, at n ine , 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 pulilic 'notice thereof, by publishing this citation oncc In each week, for three successive weeks. In Turner's Public. Splrll. a newspaper published In Ayer, the lasl publication to be one day, ;ttt least, before said Court.

Witness,Charles J. Mclntlre, E8qul^e PIrst Judge of said Courl, this sixth day of May In the year one thousand nine hundred and flfteen.

3t35 W. E. ROGERS, Register.

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