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Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-01-28
The Curse of Drink,

The appetite for strong drink IN man
has spoiled the life of more women,
ruined more hopes for them, scattered
more fortunes for them, brought more
shame and hardship than any other evil
that lives. The country numbers tens
and hundred of thousands of women
who are widows to day, and sit in hope
less weeds, because their husbands have
been slain with strong drink. There
are hundreds of homes, scattered over
the land in which women live lives OF
torture, going through all the changes
of suffering that lie between the extreme
of fear and dispair, because those whom
they love, love wine better than the wo-
men they have sworn to love. There
are women by the thousands who dread
to hear a step at the door because that
step has learned to reel under the intiu-
ence of seductive poison.
There are women grooming with pain
while we write these words, from bruises
and brutalities inflicted by husbands
mad by drink. There can be no exag'
eeration in any statement III regard tc
this matter, because no human magma
ton can create anything worse than the
truth. The sorrows and horrors OF
wife with drunken husband, or moth
err with drunken son, are as near the
!, realization of hell as can be reached
in this world at least. The shame, tn
Indignation, the sorrow, and the sense o
disgrace for herself and children, tn
poverty, and not unfrequently beggary
the fear ana the fact of violence, tn
lingering life long struggle and despal
of countless women with drunken hu'
bands, are enough to make all wome
curse wine and engage unitedly 10 OF
pose it everywhere as the worst enem,,
to their sex.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-01-28

SMOKED MEAT ON ToAsT.-Take a
cold smoked tongue or ham that has
been well boiled, and CRATE it with a
coarse crater, or mince it fine. Mix it
with cream and beaten yolk of eggs, and
let it simmer over the fire. Prepare
some nice slices of toast, butter them
rather slightly, lay them in a fiat dish
that has been heated over the fire, and
cover each slice with the meat mixture
that should be spread on hot. Place OF
the table in a covered dish, for either
breakfast or supper.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-01-28

GIVE 1T TO THEM WARM.-Here Is
an anecdote told by one minister about
another. A certain presiding elder, who
was noted for seldom being up to time,
seldom very animated, and seldom very
brief, once kept congregation waiting
long time for his appearance, and when
at last he did come, he preached them
a very prosy sermon Of unusual length, on
the text, Feed my lambs" He had
not finished when that original old min
lister known as Camp meeting John,
rose from a seat in the congregation. and
said Brother. l have had some
experience in raising lambs myself
and | have found that the following
rules are absolutely essential to success
full lamb raising: First, give then
their food in season second give then
, little at time and third, give it t
them aoarm."
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-01-28

"A good finished scandal, fully armed
and equipped, is rarely the production
of a single individual 1t sees the light
in one is rocked and nurtured in anoth-
er; is petted, developed, and obtains its
growth in a third and receives its fin.
ishing touches only after passing through
multitude of hands. 1t is a child thai
can count a host of fathers, all ready t.
disown it.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-01-28

LEARN ALL You CAN.-An unfortu-
nate man is he who can only do one
if he has not learned
a trade. A gentleman who could write
five or six languages, but could do moth
ing else, found it impossible to obtain
employment during long cold winter.
Another man preached for twenty-five
wears. until his throat failed him, and he
used to 90 around looking very, very
blue and sad, until people pitied him
and got donation parties for him because
he was good for nothing except to preach.
A lady taught school for twenty years,
till she was poor broken-down woman,
and didn't know how to make dress fol
herself. Now, boys and girls, every
real man should know how to do one
thing right and we'll. Every wise farm
er has principle crop; but he has al
ways little something to live on. Don
carry all your eggs in one basket. Don
put all your money in one pocket. |
you want to get along right well, lear
one sort of work to get along by, an
all sorts of work to get living wit
when your one sort gives out.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-01-28
Notice to Sell Real Estate Of Elias :. How
Deceased.

STATE OF VERMONT, In Probate CoUf
DISTRICT or w EsTMlNsrKR, IS. } st lownshendr
and Cor said District. sarah A. Howe, aamtnlstn
trix of the estate OF ELIAS 5. HU y + late Of yin
ham, in said District, deceased, makes appllcau
TO said Court. for license to sell all OF the real
tate of said deceased, 10 wit; shop and Mill pli
iiege and one half acre OF land more or less sis
ated in said Windhami representing that the 50
thereof is necessary to pay the debts and chars
against said estate. WheTeupon, il Is ordered
said Court, that said application be referred 4
Fession thereof, to be held at the Inn ot I.
Phelps in Grafton in said district. on the sEGUA
DAY OF FEBRUARY, A. ID. 1910, tor heaTinE p
decision thereon; and. II Is further ordered, Y
an persons interested be notified hereof By publH
cation Of notice OF said publication and order The
On, three weeks successfully in the bellows Ia
which eirculates in the neghborhood Of those
terested before said time OF hearing that they q
appear at said time and place and II they see Cas-
object thereto. By the Court, Atteet
"a g. B. EDDY, Registg
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-01-28

A fruitful source of our besetting evils
is the recollection, still too fresh among
us, of the rapidity with which great for
tunes we're acquired during the war.
How little reality there was in many of
the fortunes so hastily acquired, is not
considered. A false standard having
been set of acquisition and expenditure,
hundreds Of men keep straining after
that standard. and, failing to reach up
to it by fair means, they resort to foul.
Very slowly and reluctantly such men
are coming to see that they did not do
their whole duty to their country, or pay
their part Of the full price of Northern
infidelity and complacency by sending
all their nearest blood relations to til,
war; that to this day something Of sci
sacrifice and frugality and simplicity i
. demanded as the price Of that enfran
j chisement only, the first payments o
which we're made in blood upon the feel,
of battle. John w. CbadtCiek
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-01-28
Drs. Woods and Stuart.

When DIR. Woods and Prof. Stuart
we're in the prime Of their usefulness
and fame at Andover it occurred to the
students that the prayers OF these DIS
tinguished teachers at the seminary de-
votions we're longer than necessary, and
how to remedy the difficulty was a sub
iect of much thought and conversation.
No one was willing to bell either OF
the old professors At length COM
mittee of the students was appointed to
confer with them. The committee divi-
ded itself into halves, and at the same
hour one part went to DIR. Woods, told
him of the delicacy which the students
felt about addressing Professor Stuart
on the matter of his long prayers at the
chapel, and implored the meditation OF
DIR. Woods with the Professor, to induce
him to shorten his petitions. The rest
of the committee also conferred with
Professor Stuart to the same effect with
regard to the prayers Of DIR. Woods, ano
besought his intercession with the ven
cradle professor of theology to abbrevi
ate his chapel supplications. On the de
parture of the committees, each profess
OF instantly seized his hat and cane AM
started for the house of his associate
They met midway, near the old Mansio
House Professor Stuart, his eyes dan,
ing with fun, at once hailed the goo
Doctor with the startling iuformatio
that the students thought his praye
we're too long. And Immediately Do
tor Woods gravely quenched the spar
ling light in the Hebrew professor ia
by telling him that the students he
the same view in regard to his petition
The two professors continued their wa
and meditations. Both came to the e
elusiou that each of the offenders h
been taken in his own net, and sub
quently the chapel prayers were sho
ened, or else entirely relsgated to
students. - Vermont Chronicle.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-01-28

A B1BULoUs CoURT.-At a recent
trial in Elko county court, our friend
Bishoff, of the Humboldt brewery, was
called as a witness. Mr.. Bishotf is one
of the "solid men " of Elko, where he
has been in business since the town was
started in the winter of 1858. Upon
being sworn, Counselor Rand, one Of the
attorneys in the case, who, by the way,
is also an old resident of Elko, said
" Mr.. Bishof, where do you reside?
"Where reside? What for you ask
me such foolish things? You drink at
my place more as a hundred times. q
That has nothing to do with the
case on trial, Mr.. Bishoff. State to the
| jury where you reside" De shurry
de shurryI Oh, by jimmy ! effery gen
tleman on dis shurry has a string o
marks on mine cellar door just like
rail fence" His honor here intercede'
in the counselor's behalf, and in calm
dignifed manner requested the witnes
to state where he resided. ooh, excus
me shudge. You drinks at my place
many times and pays me notings.
dinks you know old BishOff, vat KEEP
, de brewery. Nevada SiLUer State.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-01-28
Commissioners Notice.

rTHE UNDERSIGNED, having been appoi,a
Il 81 the Probate Court Of the District Of Nlnds
Commissioners to receive, examine and aolusil
claims and demands OF all persons against y
BATES, iate OF Chester in said District, deeess
and the claims Of the deceased exhibited In set
TO the claims of the creditors, hereby give ny.
that we will meet for the purpose OF examining
allowing said claims at the dwelling house Of
Hates late of Chester, deceased, on the Rel ~
IfRDAY OF FEBRUARY and the FIRST SAT-
cay OF JULY Nb&T, IRON O'Clock A. n. unp
o'clock p NJ, on each Of said days. ana that
months from the It'll day of January, A. u; 10 z
The time limited By said Court tor said creditors
present their claims to us for examination ana
Dated at Chester this It'll day Of January, -
i''0 HORACE II. HOWE, Commissions,
IRA NJ. ADAMS,
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-01-28

ABOUT BANANAs-Few people who
see bananas hanging in fruit stores think
of them as more than tropical luxury.
In fact, they are staple article OF food
in some parts Of the world, and, accord
ing to Humboldt, an acre Of ananas
will produce as much food for man as
TWENTY-FIVE acres Of wheat. 1t is the
ease W it'll which bananas are grown that
is the great obstacle to civilization in
some tropical countries. 1t is so easy to
get living without work that no effort
will ever be made, and the men become
lazy, and intolerably shift!ess. All that
is needed is to stick cutting into the
ground. 1t will ripen its fruit in twelve
or thirteen months, without further care
each plant having from 70 to 125 ban
anas, and when that dies down aftel
, fruiting, new shoots spring up to take it
place. In regions where no frost eve
reaches. bananas are found in all stage
/ of growth, ripening their fruit ever,
) month and every day in the year. Col
t onel Whitner, near Salt Lake, Florida
E has probably the largest banana planta
+ ton in the United States, containin
e nearly 10000 plants in bearing. Som
It of these are larger trees, which do nc
h die after bearing their fruit, but the mi
h lority are of the dwarf species, whic
ID are renewed every year. Slips a
n planted about eight feet apart, and ra
i idly push up leaves disclosing six
e eight small bananas behind this prote
IS ton. Some plants will have sixteen
id twenty leaves and punches of fru
tie. bending over as it ripens, forming
on most beautiful sight. Boston Journal
lc- Chemistry.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-01-28

ESTATE OF LEW 10 hbN AM.
tXTE, THE SUBSCRIBERS. being duly spPolU1
w by the Hon, the Probate Court Tor the Distf
% Westminster, Commissioners TO receive, e1sl
inc aud adjust All claims and demands OF al le
of Londonderry, deceased. in SAID district ana 81
all claims and demands exhibited in offset there
and six months from the third day Of Ueceme
last. being allowed by said Court for that purp2i
we do therefore hereby give notice that We viii Z
tend to the business of our said appointment, 81 {
late dwelling house of the said deceased. IN .
Londonderry, on the FIRST THURSDAYS
MAY AND JUNE NEXT from one O'Clock P
until o'clock P. N. on each Of said days.
Londonderry, Jan. Sth, 1916.
JAMES MARTINA comm;ssioner,
JOHN AIKEN,
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-01-28
E.,nIe orH. ID. Cool

STATE OF VERMONT. The Probattee. e.
DIsTRICT OF WESTMINSTER, IS, Tor sald pl' ~ /
To all persons interested in the estate o. -
COOK late of Londonderry In SAID 9iss,lSe
ceased. ohh;iI 4
YOU are hereby notified that said Court wiz !. :
Il eide upon the application of the WIDOW n 80
deceased for an allowance for her support eeis
the settlement of said estate and for an asslsn-'
of personal estate. 81 the session OF sad Souts y
held at the Inn of L. Il IL Phelps IN 1ratt0n, ~ +
district, on the FIRST WEDN ESDAI Or hPs
AIRY, 1876; and you may then and there be ~
"a c. B. EDDY, RegsS'
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-01-28
A publication for License to sell Real E-''
ESTATE OF JOB BATES.


STATE OF VERMONT, / The Probate Conr! W
DIsTRICT OF WINDSOR IS. in and Tor the alaai
Windsor; To all persons interested IN the go ~. A.
JOB BATES, late of Chester in said dlsule -
ceased. intestate. 1910 (
IIHEREAS, Samuel A. Weston, administr ris y
w the estate Of the said deceased. hath me-
plicauon to said Court in writing, for lleeE5St
authority to sell the whole of he real estate y M
the said deceased died seized situate IN salI Il
ter, consisting of the farm recently eecnpieS 80
deceased, containing about one hundred ~ psp-S
ty-fye acres, and also slip No. = N lhe:L-sfs
meeting house in the village OF North opl. = Il
representing therein that it will be neeessai, ssr.
a part Of said real estate TO pay deots an EfI a.
of administration, which, although not iuIy ssy1
tanned will exceed the personal estate u k.f bse
hundred dollars 1t is therefore ordered tI ri 8
ing be had on said application az SEES Sbestsr
Court to be held at the Probate once N DGY G
said district on the TWENTY Mn n l-- - irts
JANUARY, A. ID 1876 and that al Pc ~ ~
ested be notified Of said application anu =. - ne
and place of hearing thereon, that they " 8
emit and give bonds for the payment OF lice
and charges of administration. otnerNlse a. A.
and authority prayed for will be granlfo i tbr
Is further ordered. that this order pc pa i1e6
weeks successfully, previous 70 the t lnlis fTvrs
hearing as aforesaid, in the Bellows s.llsStste
newspaper printed at Rockingham IN " 5Sth as
Dated at Chester in said district TINS Va
AH 80 a CHARLES F. BARRETT R'Fl''
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-01-28

STATE OF VERMONT. The - Pr 60 ia ].
nrs-pTrT or w FsrNTNsTERs IS. IN anu lo. -. q >
49,, r. ali ncrsons interested in the estes sid 8
WALL WYMAN. late Of Londonderry;; 4ia n
trict. deceased re-, 80 AZ, instrumen.
n SD.;.;r. nurporting to be the last VII. u 4 z
ansnt N said deceased. has been pressn 'eexscuE
Court. mere. by Clarissa yma an. t,bbesaTss i
theIein ~ bsaring and decision, 20 theg epFs.r
ss;d Court to Be held at the Inn II rfRsT VI
IL Grafton, in said district on the en ard "
NESDAY OF FEBRUARY. Io; 80 Il YOU shsll !
you may DC ne3'N G. B. EDDY. Rel
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-01-28

BAD HABITS. Habit is the scapegoat
for many sins sins Of neglect, of I'M
kindness, of thoughtlessness, as well as
worse offences In the busy seasons OF
outdoor work, some farmers have the
habit of leaving many hard jobs to the
housewives, which they ought to be
ashamed of themselves to put upon them
in the winter season. If there are no
rural home where bringing in wood,
building fires, &" Juggling water, churn-
ing, messing and perhaps milking the
cows and doing many other hard things
are not left to the women, while the
farmer gossips at the grocery or smokes
and reads his paper by the fire-side, ther
there is more of the millennium ditfusec
abroad than we ever before had reason
to suppose. That the imposition of sucf
tasks, or any needless work, upon wo
men, comes through habit, is hardly al
extentuation certainly not an excuse
1t is mans duty to correct his bad hab
its. And one strikingly bad habit i
acting as though women's rights " in
cluded the right to all the worry an
onehalf the work of home life. If tn
paragraph means yon, good friends, sto
and think if you cannot make the wa
pleasanter and easier to her who is wall
ing " the long path " with you.-M''
rag.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-01-28

A PLEA FOR ASHES The hearth
stone hangs fire in many families because
of an exaggerated notion of dirt that ac-
companies an open fire. If with much
argument, persuasion and entreaty, the
old fire board is taken away for once,
and FIRE is lighted by some enthusiastic
ANTIQUARIAN, no sooner is it gone out,
than morbid neatness banishes every
brand and ash, as if these were the signs
of some shocking disorder Now, if you
please, ashes are not dirty-they are
cleanse clean, indeed, as to be useful
in cleansing other things. Fire is an
emblem of purity, and ashes, with sack
cloth, of publication. A fire place
secured out with soap suds every day
never seems like a place for fire at all
TO thoroughly enjoy an open fire we
shall need to relax somewhat our preju.
dice against liberal pile of ashes in the
fire place. A bed Of ashes protects thu
hearth and the chimney back from inju
ry by too fervent heat, and preserve
embers and coal from wasteful draft
Your back log, to spend trugally, need
to be imbedded in ashes 1t is not ever
one who has green rock maple to bur
with its wealth of snowy ashes brimmln
over upon the hearth. But whoever hi
seen fire of it will give up the MOTTO
of dirt as connected with ashes. Swee
the hearth clean, and as often as yo
like, up to the ashes-but let those Ii
deep and wide as the natural base OF Il
fire = nrff0rd OOltrant.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-01-28

"Mrs. Sage, ! should like TO know
whose ferryboats these arethat ! tumble
over in the hall Ferryboats, in
deed, sirl Those are my shoes Very
polite in you to call EN- ferry boats
Didn't say ferryboats, Mrs. Sage. You
misunderstood me. Fairy boats ] said
nv dear friend"
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-01-28

Cross SICKLY CHILDREN can be
made healthy and strong by regulating
their stomachs and bowels with Castoria
1t is more effective than Castor Oil and
is as pleasant to take as honey, For
Wind Collie, Sour Stomach, Worms and
Costiveness, there is nothing equal to
Castoria
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-01-28

WHY WILL You SUFFER from Rheu-
matism, Sprains, Stiff Joints, Swellings,
Burns, Scalds or Weak Back, when the
Centaur Liniment affords certain relief.
Many articles soothe pain to Il certain
extent, but the Centaur Liniment cures,
The White Liniment is for the human
family, the Yellow Liniment is for horses
and cattle 5o-S
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-01-28
aellows falls Jimss,
BELLOWS FALLS, JAN. ., 1910.
vermont News.

II cost one Andrew j, Foster OF
Chelsea Just $40 for accusing his neigh
Dor of being liar and keeping a house
of i'll fame.
A transient family, with three small
children in starving condition, recently
mi nm with Postmaster Richmond, OF
Rochester. Two of the children have
since died Of scarlatina and the third Is
not expected to live.
- The village Of Ludlow, which mas
corporation debt of 1000, is consider
ing the advisability of paying it up and
then surrendering its charter. The Ga
zette complains that the village street
lamps are played out, its police OF nc
account, because they receive no pay
and its fire company inefficient through
lack of water.
= Samuel Forrest, Nellie Green and
Herbert Barrett, of Woodbury., have
been arrested on a charge of burning
three large barns owned by Gideon Burn
ham. ON the 30th of September last, anC
the barn of Albert B. Duger, of Mont
pelier. on the night of October 10th
The men were held to bail in the sum
$4,000 each, and the woman in 81 900.
- Mr.. Phineas Dow, an insane man
seventy-two years of age, residing IL
Lower Cabot, wandered from his home
few weeks since, and his family thinking
he was at one of the neighbors, made n
search or inquiry for him. Subsequent
" he was found dead in the pasture
about mile from the house. Consider
able of his clothing was taken off an
left in different parts of the pastur
His arms and extremities were conside
ably frozen, and the indications wei
that he must have died early the nigf
before.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-01-28
Central Vermont Railroad
WINTER ARRANGEMENT Commenting
w Monday. Dec. 6, 1875.
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.

I
W Monday. Dec. 6, 1915.
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
Leave Bellows Falls 2l0 A. NJ ;lo A. NJ ESQ Pm
~ Ga{l Twain leaves Waterbury at 7.S0 a. NJ, leave
st AIbans 40 p NJ. via Rutland, arrive in bellows
Falls at 2:30 P. NJ, New London at S3o P NJ CON
necting with steamer for New York. -.
Nigbt Express leaves Ogdensburgh at lG4O A. NJ
Montreal at 2 IS Pm st. Adams go Pm, arriving 70
Bellows Falls via. White River junction at Eau
Mail Train leaves White River junction at 200 A.
A. Bellows Falls 7.l5 A. NJ, Connecting at bSlloNS
Fails with trains for Boston, Worcester, at South
Vernon with train for Springfield and New \ orK'
arriving in New London at SIS P. NJ Mixed tram
Bellows Falls S. pm for Brattleboro.
TRAINS GOING NORTH AND WEST.
Leave Bellows Falls tor White River junction
SC. at go IN. l150 A. 6l0; z NJ, Ills P: NJ
for Rutland &c.. 4,30 A. NJ. IL ~ A. NJ o.OO,f N,
Mail train leaves Boston, at 30 A. N. Springfield
/ al 500. An, New London at 500 A. NJ, BELOW:
Falls at II. so A. NJ, tyia X. junction or Rutland
| for Burlington and St. Adams Montreal, &C, az,
irving in Montreal at 80 p N. ana osaehsDurs o.
Night Express leaves New York at 800 r. NJ.
| ~ Via, White River Junction. arriving in st
Adams at $50 A. NJ. Montreal at 800 A. NJ, osdens
leaves New London at $40
Bellows Falls $40 P. N. (mixed) arriving IN
NMixed trains leave Brattleboro IT'S A. N. Below
| Falls g.2O A. NJ for White River junction.
Mixed Train leaves Bellows Falls at 80 A. ", ar
irving in Rutland at go A. n. also hceOmmouauoi
| at 6 90 P N. arrive in Rutland at $50 P. y: -
! SLEEPING CARS are attached TO the Night Tram
| between st. Adams and Springfield
| Connections at W. r. Junction with trains on IN
| Northern IN. H. and Connecticut and Passumpsl
River Railroads at 0gdensburg with trans ior IN
west at Rutland with trains over the Harlem TX
tension Railroad, also with trains over the hensse
iaer and Saratoga and Railroads for Saratoga Troy
Through Tickets for Chicago and the West for sal
1.-THE principal S'stiIHnWvy ". HOBART, Cen, sup't.
| 81 Alhans Vt Dec A. 1878.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-01-28

Can you return my love, dearest
Julia Certainly, sir. ! don't want
it"
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1876-01-28
Boots, Shoes. and
RubbeTS-

In this department we hayea large and carefully
including Smiths best work in Ladies, Misses and
ChiIdren's BOOTS. Also the Patent Elastic T. Heel
and Shank Ladies' SHOE Very CHEAP, dpraoie an
Of these goods Mems, Youths and Boys Boots OF
all kinds including tho soft English KIP water
Proof Boot and Chicago Kip. &c. Large stock
Calf Boots latest styles, Alaska Boots for Wluter
wear.
Boot and Shoe repairing done neatly and at rea-
sonable prices.