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The Newtown bee., 1895-08-09
Around the Preside.
THE UNFETTERED LIFE.

A SERMON PREACHED IN THE C0NGREGA-
 TIoNAL CHURCH BY THE PASTOR, REV
 OTIS W. BARKER. THE STRANGE WORDS
 OF PAUL TO THOSE WHO WERE SUR
 ROUNDED BY GREAT TEMPTATIONS.
 RELIGION DOES NOT MAKE BABES OF
 MEN.--LET CHRISTIANS BE AS BROAD IN
 THEIR THINKING AS THEIR HYMN
 BooKs.-A RIGHT AND A WRONG USE
 FOR LovE.-THERE IS RELIGION EVEN
 IN GOOD LAUGH.-THE WARM HAND
 FDEATH.-THE PAST BELONGS TO GOD.
 Text, l Cor. 21, g; "For all things are yours, whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death. or things present, or things to come; all are yours"
 Strange words those for Paul to be writing to such church h the opening verses of this chapter Paul is describing the character of these Corinthian Chris tians, and he says: 'sFor ye are yet car. nal, for whereas there is among you envying and strife and divisions, are ye not carnal and walk as men?" Corinth was a city of wonderful magnificence,- magnificent buildings, magnificent sculp- lures, magnificent streets and magnif- cent vice. It was the commercial centre of Greece, and thither the tides of popu- lation and national life fiowed--they flowed into it, and .Corinth became as a great sink-pool of corruption, draining out the foul marshes of the nations sin. When Paul wrote this letter, it was the corruptest time that Greece ever knew the early bravery and stalwart manhood of the Spartans had given place to an effeminate, degenerate life, that spent it's time and wasted it's energies in mere animal indulgence. It was the corrup- test time in the corruptest city of a most nation.
 Now, with the little band of Christians composing the Corinthian church sur rounded by such influences, would you not think that Pauls counsel to them would have been that of repression of their emotions and curtailment of their liberties? Would you not think that Paul would have said to them: You are living in very corrupt age, the dangers about you are fearful, the temptations to sin throng on every side; now the only way for you to be true Christians amid these adverse conditions is to repress yourselves in every way. Livea narrow life, because there is danger in large one; deny yourselves all pleasures, be. cause indulgence in them easily leads in. to snare; treat the world as an enemy it is filled with foes of the soul; stay as much as you can in quiet at home, be- cause evil will meet you at every turn on the street: in short,
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ABRIDGE YOUR LIBERTY

in every way, and get down in just as re- as you can.
 But what did Paul say? He said just the reverse of this. "Here you Corin- thians are," he said, lin the midst of 8 corrupt people in corrupt city at cor rupt time: but remember all things are yours to use and enjoy-all things; here is the sweeping catalogue, I make no long list of exceptions-all things, wheth- CT Paul or Apollos or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things pre- sent, or things to come; all are yours. You are not to live narrow life; it is to be large one. You are not to cramp your powers; you are to expand them. You are not to draw a small circle to en- close your sphere of activity; you are to extend the diameter and widen the cir conference until it takes in the whole earth" Oh, no, don't begin to be done yet, Paul would say. This earth! Why, that is an infinitesinal speck in the cata- logue of your possessions. This brief span of three score years and ten. Eternity is yours with it's unmeasured fullness, and all the worlds whose num- Der is like the stars are yours; and these are only faint suggestion of the un- searchable riches that you have in Christ.
 l wish that I could read my text and repeat this introduction to every man of little mind who stands in the way of any young man meditating the question of deciding for Christ, and says to him Look before syou leap; be.very cautious about that step; think of all you are talk ing upon yourself. Remember the Chris tain fife is hard one, full of sacrifice and self-denial. Remember the way you are to traverse is a narrow way. Re- member it is by the thorn-road and none other that the mount of vision is won. And how many young men look at that view of the case and sigh: Oh, yes, there is too much to give up. I'd rather not tie myself 80 strongly to the galling chain of unrelenting duty. I'd rather be free little longer, and there's time enough yet for this matter. But if the right sort of minister got hold of this young man, he would say: Don't take my word for it, but listen to Paul. All things will be yours to use and enjoy :; could you ask for more? Of course, there will be some things to give up-the love of sin, but you'll find better thing to set your heart upon; the service of self,
 BUT YOU'LL WONDER
 how you could have given yourself to so mean service so long association with bad companions, but these former sshail fellows, well met' will become very un- companionable for you; the reading of bad books, but when once you have been refreshed by cool breezes, you'll not care to play with fire. h all things you'll find your gain infinitely greater than the loss, for eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor ha Il it entered into mans heart to conceive the glories in store for those who have set out with royal purpose to serve God.
 Yes, these words of Paul cut clean in
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Mons SEQ Suits reduced to G5O; 1000 Suits Suits to 1000; l5.OO and 16 % Suits to 1900 and 1900. Mems Separate Pants reduced from BOG to 200 q pair. Boys and Children's Suits (short Pants) 2.5O suits reduced to 1.9s, 300 Suits to 2.5O $50 Suits to 3Oo 400 and 45O Suits to 5O 300 Suits to 400. GOO Suits to 500. Boys and Youths (Long Pants) Suits $5 reduced to s4, &G Suits to s5 7.5O and $50 Suits to 6.5o, $1o
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ALL BELONG TO US.

"All things are yours," says Paul, and he mentions life. Life, then, belongs to us, every part of it. Infancy is ours, with it's sinlessness and purity; child hood is ours, with it's ebullition of feel ing and it's strong desire for fun and play young manhood and womanhood are ours, with their earnest looking into the future and their forming of resolute plans middle age is ours, with it's hard toll and it's training of a coming genera tion and transferring it's ambition to them; and old age is ours, with it's retro spect of the way and it's wondering how soon Eternity's gate will unlock and the great mysteries of the future begin to unfold. All parts of life are ours, and hope we may all believe in that.
 "Old age is opportunity no less
 Than youth itself, though in another dress" There is no such thing as passing 'tthe dead line of fifty" There is no such thing as retiring entirely from one's place of duty in the church, in the pray CT meeting, in the state, because the in- dex finger on the dial of time points to 60 or 70 years. only hope that if a merciful Providence spares my life to see the snows of winters three score and ten, shall still be found with just as fresh stock of enthusiasm for the ser vice of God, just as much love of fun and of a good joke, just as much pur- pose to have my life count in this world as have now.
 All parts of life are ours, and all the faculties and emotions are ours even laughter is ours. Laughter has a glOri- ous mission in this world. Do you know that it was laughter and his native sense of humor that brought Abraham Lincoln through the trying scenes of the war and made him able to bear burdens that would have broken down hundred ordinary men? Of course, Christian people ought to laugh, and the better Christians they are the more heartily they should laugh. Did you ever know of an earthly father who wished his children to stop their fun when they came into his presence, and should the Heavenly Father be less sympathetic with His children's joy? All our facul- ties are ours to use for our good, even the faculty for appreciating good joke; and the little girl had a far truer philos- ophy of life than the ascetic who earnest ly inquired of her mother: ssMamma, xr1s1 c,1r Gn1 lov had ur made the monkey ?''
 All things are yours," says Paul, and he mentions death. Death is not con- queror, riding with spurred boots on prancing black charger
 OVER THE FIELDS OF CARNAGE. which he has wrought, and trampling down the defenceless and unresisting ruthlessiy beneath his horses cruel feet.
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Officer Burgess made two arrests last week for noE-registering dogs. The own- CTS paid the costs, $7.50 each, aud. regis tered tneir;dogs. He has warrants for several others.
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Text, l Cor. 21, g; "For all things are yours, whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are yours"
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THE QUIET PIETY
 of the Quaker. the glorious truth in the doctrine of election emphasized by the Presbyterian, and the Universalist's con- ception of the unbounded limit of free grace. The Roman Catholic believes in the church as mighty organization, in which the organization is uppermost and the individual sinks out of sight. No, says the Congregationalist, the individu- al church is independent; it can install it's own minister, other churches are only called in for advice. No, says the Con- gregationalist, the individual man is in- dependent; he can do what he pleases, he can form his own creed, he can make his own prayer, he can ask God through Christ to forgive his own sin, and no priest or church organization may stand in his way. We'll, my Catholic friend we stand at opposite poles of thought; :; you have gotten hold of truth--therc is no doubt about that, and have gotten hold of 3 truth be kind enough to admit that for me; and by-and-by the horizon of our thought may so widen and the scales of denominationalism may so drop from our eyes that we shall see we were both right, and the great God over all will laugh at the jealousies which kept us apart.
 ssAhIy said pr Lyman Abbott, we ought st least to be as charitable toward each other in our thinking as we are in our hymn books, 7 Whittier, the Quaker poet, writes for us some of our fnest stanzas we Congregations ministers
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"We are not divided,
 All one body we, One in hope and doctrine, One in charity"

I have said that nothing is so expan- sive in it's influence and broad in it's view as the entrance into the Christian life, and yet it may be just the opposite-nar- row and contracting in the extreme. That one furnishes us pretty good ex- ample of this contracting process
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A number of our people went on the excursion of the temperance societies to Coney Island, last Saturday. The day was fine but the return was late.
The Newtown bee., 1895-12-27

When but young man he com menced business as clerk for a firm in Bridgeport, and little later on the failure of his employer, he purchased the stock and came to Birmingham and started business on his own account. In 1886 he built stone factory on Main street, Birmingham, near Factory (which has since been pulled down to make room for the brick block now To- cated there) in which he engaged in the business of manufacturing woolen goods, continuing in the same place for over sonia, where he built the large mills north of Wallace & Sons plant, where for many years he carried on the same business.
 In 1856 he sold his business to Will liam k. Shade and three years later he ren owed to Shelton. Here he became interested in the project of building the dam across the Housatonic, and for years was the mainstay of the Ousatonic Water Co.,, being so largely interested in the development of this community as to we'll merit the title of one Of the fathers of Shelton.
 His public life was one of exceptional briIliancy. He represented the town of Derby in the lower house in 1858, 1862 and 1864, and served as senator for the Fifth district in ls4l. He was the only man who has ever represented Derby in the legislature for five terms. He was largely interested in the building up of all the associated villages, and was at different times president of the Ansonia National bank; secretary and treasurer of the Ansonia Savings bank, vice pres ident and director of both the National and Savings banks of Derby, at the time of his death was president of the Star Pin Co.,, the Silver Plate Cutlery Co.,, and of the Shelton Water Co.,, and also director of the Derby Comb Co.,, the Derby Silver Co.,, and the Derby Gas Go. and of Riverside Cemetery association, which he was largely interested in found ing, He was also president of the Hunt- ington Free Public library.
 
 He was in private life q kind-hearted man, ever ready to succer the needy. Of his donation to the community space forbids even a general mention, but he was ever ready to open his purse or lend influence to any undertaking of nature to benefit Shelton. To him Shelton owes her beautiful Riyerview Park, the pride of the place.
 No children survive MT Plumb, and besides his widow the only near rela- tives are Horace s. Plumb, his brother, and two sisters. To the brother, Hor- ace s. Plumb, is due the fine building, and to Mrs Louisa w. Plumb much is due for the excellent site and handsome grounds which she generously provided for it.-[ Ansonia Seminal.
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BRlidDaE;PicRr..

\ sroRE poPULAR WITH THE PEOPLE.
 Meiks q Co., havs done's tremendous Cnriatmsy tfsds '6wnS to'ths hsndsome 9tock they have laid in sdinple for New 'Yeaf6 eifts.s Their' stote has been crowded evsry dsy this week and tKousands ot dollsfs worth of goods dis posed Of. They have paid epsciai at- tentipn to, ,their windows and tho result is | harmonious blending ol color and . disersifed array of f1rnishing gooda that would delight tho eye of Reau .Brumrasl If hes were salivs to-day. 1sTI6eS hsvoc ssasnllcens llne of suits FSud Ssesooatsbu Ikisin sls' tafuisliina |dlspaf aftnsns shasE cssso1isrs llkp to finger, Thare yoa andSpoyslties ia esntasmsn'l iewelry, ueckNeer. collarss ca6h, aat |glesesx The lateet stylA of pu6 tie |
 dIsplayed In their furnishing window It ' III ths raxs Post.
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|oHRISTMA AS
 PRES , S ENT'sl Anything Ton May Think of at Small
 PRICES. 'AJ A1ssAAy ssAAoAA osAS ScASsSs OAA e1 ASssi 0Se Benedict, Watches, Diamonds, Silver
 smiths, Opticians. 5n Main street. Bridgeport. Ct.

vacation. Miss Walker went to her home in Long Hill.ss
 James Butler has bought 2 house of Horace Wheeler andlsis going to move 1t on some land on the Chestnut Hill road near the reservoir. < Miss Alice seeley has visited Miss Beach for few days.
 Samuel ". Beach has returned from the Atlanta exposition and reports . fine time.
 Ormel Hall was one of the appraisers on the estate of s. c. Nichols of Step ney.
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THE VIEWPOINT BEE.
 FRIDAY. DEC. 27. 1895.
 CIRCULATION: 1. 1882, 610 LAST WEEK, S2OO
Local Affairs
DAVID " PLUMB.

SKETCH OF THE CAREER OF THE MAN
 WHO DID so MUCH FOR SHELTON.
 David w. Plumb, in whose mem- ory the magnificent Plumb Memor- ial library building which passed in- to the hands of the town of Hunt ipgton was erected, was born in Trum- bull, October 13, 1908. He was the son of Mir and Mrs Noah Plumb and was on his mothers side lineal descen- dant of Gov Welles, one of Connecticut's first governors. His early education was obtained chiefly in the common schools of that day, supplemented by a short term at the academy.
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The large barn on 'sthe stone house farm'' at Pennsylvania district beyond South Britain and near where the steam saw mills are at work, ownet>by Wilbur Linsley of Woodbury, fell recently. Ii was one of the largest barns in the town at the time of it's erection. It is recalled that there was man killed when the frame was raised.
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STAMFORD.

SILVER WEDDING OF CAPT AND MRS
 WAKELEE.
 The 25th anniversary of the wedding of Capt and Mrs c. J. Wakelee occurred December l9 and was made the occasion of surprise by the friends and neigh bors of the jovial captain and his good wife. The house, which h of almost boundless capacity, was taken possession of by about 90 people, bringing with them besides provision for an elaborate collation many beautiful and valuable presente. among which wasa full dinner and tea set of over 100 pieces, : set of sil- yer knives, fofks and spoons, soup ladle and cake packet. A beautiful banquet lamp and stand was presented by mem- bers of Housatonic Grange. At m en0r- nous fire In the huge fireplace quantitIes of oysters were r0asted and dovOuScd, while In another room ! large company vas entertained with Singing and instrn. mental music by Mrs " N. Smith II Stratford, Mrs John EArnham of Shelton and others. The address of tho evening was given by Prof '. R. Corlew, princt. paI Of the graded sclaoo1 m 6tra tford ,1iol kloMed by Capt WAkelee expIeaalng III Efleasnre T this rroof ok rishallaip Cpn' IeEatulstcry reEnsslE ! ' ss sere Giysn IT oll s. G. Blaken1i I1ce IISee '. Y RAlmer, . Inxls 1 III spea aIEin6 IT fIls coupls nss
 ddinN IT.
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I'll 2 LII. '

MN4HQp11H CHE sss sssssa sssss $ $
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BAPTIsTcHURcH INTERESTS.

bAPTlsTCH INTERESTS.
 Owing to a severe cold Rev w. M. Weeks was unable to preach Sunday but his pulpit was very acceptably filled by a student from Yale, whom he sent.
 Henry K. Wheeler has reshingled his house.
 Mrs Annie Bowdy and daughter, Maud Elmore of Danbury, will spend Christ mas week with Mrs G. B. Tucker.
 MT and Mrs Daniel D. Lyon of Bridge port are Christmas guests of his parents, MT and Mrs Philo Lyon.
 Miss Eleanor Middlebrook is improv- ing after two months attack of the grip. Mrs Stephen White has been car ing for her but as Miss Middlebrook has so far recovered, Mrs White advertised, last week, for another place.
 George H. Warner's two-months-old son died of croup, November 20, and was taken to South Britain for burial.
 M. B. Williams has the stone work laid for large barn across the road from his house.
 Mrs Wilson w. Ferris has her bay win- dow beautified by bank of flowers and blossoms, making the room cheerful and attractive.
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Mrs Fl. McGrath of Warrington spent a few days with her son, James F. Me Grath, recently.
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school in the sehool house at Bedding .Ridee, The voIceis the most beautiful -of alt musIcal instrun,ents and should be
 carefuIiy trained and cultivated.
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Mrs Gould of Aspetuck, is visiting friends in New Haven.
 Miss Annie Roberts Is visiting friends In Brooklyn and Jersey City.
 School closed at the Narrows, Friday, for two weeks vacation.
 George B. Gregory lost one of his valuable team horses, last week.
 Thomas Kohler bought barn. 3ex4O, of Wheeler Brothers and moved 1t to his place, last week.
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For that Itired feeling resulting fronl sluggish system, drop coffee md ul Ayerss Hygienic. lrocers Tell t.
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Miss Agnes E. Platt is visisiDg at Ad- ams. Mass.
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ters ofroses, delicate shadowy sprays, yellow grounds, pink grounds, E mpire green grounds, profusely strewn with rose clusters. All new, all lovely, all little priced. The Prize Doll Show
 Our third annual Prize Doll Show is arranged for Monday January I3th to con tinue one week Entries open Monday Jan. oth ani close Friday Jan 10th. Conditions as follows.
 Class A. Best dreesed Dolls draw the following p,ik93. First prize s2soo. Second prize SIs. %. Third prize sro.oo. Fourth prize Ss D.
 Class B. Dolls dressed in best charac- ter or masquerade costume. First prize Stooo. Second prize $500.
 A white ribbon of honorable mention, to all Dolls next in rank. Blue Ribbon Sou venir's and phot ograph of the exhibition will be given to all exhibitors.
 N. B. "Bsa Or csSecf" CoaStitutes strles, soorkmaasAtf, aRf eomfIetfness ef general ,yF,H
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Blood and nefyes 1r6 very 0loaely IT.. lated. Keep the blood fIch. pnTe md S3flsx With Hood, ' saranper rilIa ma ycn < nm 9sys no trouble from nsF sousaesl
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belonged to Nr MeEwen of New MI ford.
 J. 8. Turner of Bridgeport was h town. hat week.
 Mr and Mrs Exra Thompson havs re- tufned ffom pleasadt viiit wich llr and .Mn Trunk 6hove of Be<hel. E Pony Briggs. who bas bssn eazsd |for Eke pa6t sunmer by MfS H1gAes, . FnoW win Mrs Clafk aGnin.
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Principal William H. Hoyt of the Academy is passing the holiday vacation in New York.
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ACADEMY NOTES.

The Academy will reopen on Monday, January 6.
 Miss Mabel l.. Cummings and Miss Cor nelia Beare, assistant teachers, left town, last Friday, to pass the holidays, the for mer at Adams, Mass, the latter in New York City.
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dscidela;to purchase Mebsterss 1diosiona- sy for the schools; also national muaIc readers.
 George N. Beards1ey. of ths nrm of the Beardsley Bnllding O., Nhi1e mounting ladder with s6hne baildihg material under nh arm s1ipped and tell' about 10 feet badly 6ruisink AimaslE a afrl stprgss Whiflock and ] dAhkhhsrs ara to spepd tho winter In Ifmpa Bay, F1a., md Niss Hattie Allisl of Usrbt VIII accompany them.
 In ,puhlie ecboeI elossd Fl Aret tenn Elasf Esidaa. anll VIII se opsn vssk aftsf |next. In fe hie ephool departments |1ft1e Jenpte R&ndsll etood r tho he'd VIII lkias Iary Pelmer second.
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SHELTON.

SHELTON BENDS THE TRAMPs TO JAIL.
 On Tuesday last five tramps were sent to Bridgeport for 30 and 60 da3ss Two of them plead guilty. They were all looking for work, but likel tho tramp
 h the caricature were careful not to
 Ind 1t.
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GREENFIELD HILL.

SCHOOL ENTERTAINMENT AT DEERFIELD.
 The entertainment at the schoolhouse passed of nicely. The following Is the program: Song, ssChristmas- time has come again.; recitation, "Christmas 1s95n, Lizzie Morehouse; recitation, IA loving little girl, ; Ella Arnold dialogue, "Old folks at home"; recitation, ssGrand- mas letter." Myra Burritt; recitation, "Christmas carol" Elsie Baker; song, "Listen to the wnndrous story ;'' recita. tion, Christmas Day" l" Clayton Elwood recitation, Christmas wiahes',; recita- tion, IA sad case" Carrie Allen; recita- tion, "The first Christmas tree in New England, 7 Charlotte Bradley reading ol Deerfleld Cleaner song, "Santa Claus ;'' recitation, ssThe first letter,' Louisa Allen; recitation, isToo mannerly,p Eva Arnold recitation, ssT'was the night be- fore Christmas,s 7 school; recitation, Christmas at the poor house." Idella Jennings; dialogue, 'sThe Birds Christ mas Carol.''
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Holiday Silks
at bring your mind

at a bound from prosaic business to music, mirtll an l flowers. M 'stly an tique in de- signs.
 Some pos itively gor- geous in their varied hues. Gus
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GOODS, CAREFULLY PACKED AND SHIFTED FREE or CHARGE, WITHIN 100 MILES OF THE BIG STORE, WHEN PURCHASES REACH OR EXCEED Slo.oo.
 A FREE K. R. TICKET TO PURCHASERS OF SIooo OR OVER, RESIDING WITHIN 30 MILES OF THE BIG STORE.
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The Prize Doll Show
.1aviland's China

The celebrated Theodore Haviland's China imported directly by us from Limoges. Handsome decorations in Dinner Sets, and open stock pitterns on special table ia the big basement.
 Japanese Ware direct from Japan. E,te Vases, maGn nhcently decorated, 10 c'lts to SIo,oo. A special IS inch Vase for So cents.
 A special sale of individual iishin Butter Plt,s at sc. each and up. Bishin Bowls at sc each and up.
 rpkunabe Umbrella Stands at SIIo.
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