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Stark Hose Company, with ladies, are to
have clam chowder at the Hose rooms
tonight.
ST. MARY's GUILD, of st. Peters
church, had tea at the residence of
Chas. II. Burt, Thursday afternoon
About 70 were present.
A REDUCED schedule of rates, on the
Long Distance Telephone goes into effect
February LIST. This service is the best in
existence and is growing.
THERE was largely attended surprise
patty at the house of J. B. Percy last
evening. The host and his wife made
the visitors welcome, but it was COM
plete surprise to them.
THE many friends of Mrs. Parthenia
Huntington, widow of DIR. Jonas Hunt
ington, of Minneapolis, Mimi, will be
sorry to hear of her severe illness. No
hopes of her recovery are entertained.
A. X. RITCHIE has the plan for his new
building on Main street nearly completed
1t will be an ornament to the street. The
upper story will probably be made into
a suite of rooms for the Masonic organi
cation in town.
MAJOR A. b. VALENTINE on starting
for California. did not forget to leave,
unsolicited, handsome donation for the
use of the Citizens League. Bon royage
to one who worthily ranks among the
leading citizens of Vermont.
AMONG those who were subpmned to
give evidence in some of the liquor cases
that have come up the past week, was
Thomas Lyons, a young mau 20 years of
age, the president of the f. NJ. T. A. B..
Society and one who has never taken a
drop of liquor in his life.
GEO. w. BENNETT. fresco painter from
Manchester, while decorating the interi-
or of st. Mary's church, CohOes, n. y,
yesterday afternoon, sustained a fall. He
was conveyed to the Morgan House and
DR.. Edgar Zeh summoned. Mr.. Bennett
was severely bruised, but no bones were
broken. Mr.. Bennett is well known here
where he has done considerable work in
his line.
CARLTON |. HENDEE of East Airing
ton, Norman d. Bottum of SALISBURY,
Georgs w. Utley of Manchester Depot
and Miss Marguerite E. Sheldon of North
Dorset, are attending the Albany Bust
ness College. The revival of business is
making an increase in demand for grad
yates of the College so that the outlook
for those who attend is highly encourag-
ing.
THE BANNER begins this week the
first of series of copyrighted short
| stories by Conan Doyle, Louise Chandler
Moulton and other noted writers. There
arc eight of this series and on our sixth
page will be found the first half of The
end of the feud,' by Martha McCulloch
Williams. Our readers will be sure to
get the whole of this series, and should
not miss a single number. No other pa
per in this section will contain these
popular stories.
A LOCAL physician calls attention to a
means of keeping pneumonia, colds,
| chills, and all the ailments that cold
weather brings on at distance. Deep
and forced respirations, he says, will
keep the entire body in a glow in the
coolest weather, no matter how thinly
you may be clad He was himself half
frozen to death one night, and began
taking deep breaths and keeping the air
! in his lungs as long as possible, The re-
suit was that he was thoroughly COM
Portable in few MINUTES S. The deep res
pirations, he says, stimulate the blood
current by direct muscular eXertiOn, and
cause the entire system to become per-
vaded with the rapidly generated heat.
The Brimfeld, H., News of January
10th, has a notice of the death of Harvey
Camp, at the age of s. years, s months
and days. Deceased is related to the
family of that name here, and was born
in Bennington April Both, 1909 He was
Ildl lCtl W AhloS l4Jull hOulNlS ~ pm ADu,
| 1916, and moved to Brimfeld in March,
1853. For years both Mr. Camp and his
wife have been members Of the Congrega-
tional church, and enjoyed the esteem of
their associates. AS a citizen Mr.. Camp
was greatly respected, and with his com.
petence was liberal to every good cause.
Mrs. Camp survives, aged 10, and two
children: Fred II. camp and Mrs. Frank
p. Wiley.
THE entertainment given by the Young
WOman's Club on Tuesday evening, was
a success in every respect. The friends
of the club had an opportunity of seeing
the results of some of the class work in
the pleasing drills and well rendered
choruses, The gymnastics are under
the direction of Mrs. Bckford, and Mr.
Downs has charge of the music. A
charming feature of the evening was
Mrs. Jarley's wax works, Miss Valentine
making an admirable Mrs. farley, while
the "fggers" were well represented by
by various young ladies. The vocal So
los of Misses Sullivan and Middlebrook