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REGATTA AT
PHILADELPHIA.
Results of the Races on the SChuy
kill River.
A Large Crowd Was Present and the Sport
of Fine Order.
The Pennsylvania Barge Club
Wins the Senior Double Sculls
Event-The Newark Institute
Carries OFF the Honors in the
Four-Oar Shell Race.

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 14-The
final heats of the Silver Jubilee Regat-
ia of the National Association of Anna
teur Oarsmen, the trial heats of which
were rowed yesterday will be pulled
off on the Schuylkill River. The weather
conditions are fine, although it is con-
siderably warmer There is a little
breeze from the southwest, but not
sufficient to disturb the course.
This being the usual Saturday half
holiday, the indications are that the
number of spectators who will witness
the races will be very large, and in
all likelihood will exceed the number
who witnessed the memorable regatta
held here over the National course in
the Centennial year.
The all-absorbing topic this morning
was the senior single shell contest for
the United States. J. J. Whitehead
of Boston, who won the championship
at Saratoga last year; Joseph Mcguire
of Cambridge, Mass, and James B.
Juvenal, the Philadelphia champion
are the favorites. Each won his heat
in the trials yesterday. The race prom
ises to be a warm one from start tc
finish
The eight-oared shell race is also
claiming much attention. The Varsity
eight, which rowed against Harvard
and Cornell at Poughkeepsie; the Weld
crew, composed Of Harvard under
graduates; the Worcester, Mass, High
School crew, and the Pennsylvania
Barge Eight of Philadelphia, are In
popular esteem.
OF these the two Philadelphia crews
are hot favorites Many knowing ones
think the Pennsylvania Varsity
Eight will cross the line first. They
contend that the crew, having beer
in training for months for a four-mile
race, a mile and a half go will be
easy.
There is a possibility that Ten Eycke
may row an exhibition race with the
winner of the senior single event, OF
some other well-known sculIer.
The first race will be called at {
O'Clock.
1t was estimated that 10000 persons
were present at sos p. M when the
first race was called. Summary:
Senior double SOULS, final heat: Penn
sylvania Barge Club, Philadelphia
Hugh Monaghan stroke, and George
Van Vliet bow), won by three lengths
Catlin, B. c.. Chicago. second; Toronto
R. c.. third. Time-9:27A. Yesper B
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.-Attorney-
General McKenna to-day gave a hear
ing to parties interested in the question
involved in section % of the new Tariff
Act. Some days ago the Secretary OF
the Treasury received information from
the Collector Of Customs at Chicago
that a large invoice Of teas and other
goods from Japan had been received
at the port ovels Canadian road, and
asking whether the 10 per cent. dis
count duty provided for in section -
applied to these goods The question
was at once referred to the Attorney
General for an opinion. At the request
of the Boston and Maine Railroad Com
pany, however. the Attorney General
decided to give a hearing to-day.
Former Secretary Carlisle appeared for
the Boston and Maine Railroad. and
former Assistant Secretary Hamlin rep
resented the Associated Board Of Trade
and the Merchants Association Of Bos-
ton. Mr. Hamlin was the first speaker
The question, he said. was whether
goods shipped from China or Japan,
10 points in the United States, through
Canada. were impOrtations from Can
ada within the meaning of the statute
In the case of the transaction, for in
stance. he said, of the sale of goods in
China to a merchant in Boston, there
was no intermediary. The transit of
the goods through Canada. was never
interrupted. The goods, he insisted.
could not fairly be said to be eXpOrta-
tons from China.
Mr.. Hamlin cited great many rul-
ings. both of the Treasury Department
and the Department of Justice, in sup
port of his contention. In the case of
goods going through United states
territory in bond from d point in Can
ada, the Solicitor of the Treasury, in
an exhaustive ruling, has decided that
such an entry Of goods did not consti-
tute an Importation within the mean
ing Of the statute. He contended, there
fore, that conversely goods coming
into the United States through Canada
in transit from another country were
not expectations from Canada.
The decision of the above question,
Mr.. Hamlin says. hinged upon the con-
struction TO be placed upon these words
of the statute: Coming into the United
states from contiguous countries" He
submitted that the words did not apply
RI goods in transit. The Century Die
tionary defined from as expressing
departure" from a point. These goods
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Indemnity Contract Signed.

SHANGHAI, Aug. 1.-THE prelimi-
nary contract for the indemnity to the
amount of f16,000.000 CS60, 00O.
which the Hooley syndicate has been
negotiating with Sheng Ta-jen, was
signed August 18th, and on the same
terms as offered by the Hongkong and
Shanghai Bank-namely, per cent. at
ninaty-five years besides giving the
syndicate the option to construct the
Shanghai-Soo Chow Railway. 1t is
rumored that the Belgian loan has col
laDSed
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ARMOR PLATE.
The Union Iron Works Accepts the
Navy Department. Terms.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-THE Union
Iron Works of San Francisco has ac-
cepted the Navy Departments terms
for the diagonal armor for the bulk
heads of the battleship Wisconsin, now
under construction at their ship yard.
The arrangements for the supply OF
this structural armor was made re-
Gently with the Cramps in the case Of
the Alabama, being at the rate of S3OO
a ton which is the maximum rate al
lowed by law
Nothing as yet has been heard from
the Newport News Company with re-
gard to supplying diagonal armor for
the battleship in construction at the
ward
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An Alabama Tragedy.

FLORENCE (Ala-), Aug. 14-Eii
Burney, who was forbidden to visit
his sweetheart, shot and fatally wound
ed the girls father. Y. B. Green, aged
60 at Whitehead, Ala, yesterday Bur-
ney escaped and is being pursued by
officers.
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Smashed.

80 you broke your engagement,
| Yawply?"
Yes, but not until after the engage
ment broke me."-Detroit Free PrssA
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KNOTS IN THE
TARIFF BILL.
Section twenty-five Calls for a
Legal Opinion.
Attorney -GeneraI hcKenna Gives a Hearing
to interested Parties.

A Question as to the Discount Duty
Applying TO Teas and Other
Goods Recently Arriving From
Japan-Attorneys Given Until
Wednesday to File Biefs.
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Chiidren'S
Sailor Suits.

Children's Wash Sailor Suits at
greatly reduced prices.
ST and 81 90 suits cut to 75c suit.
75c suit cut to soc suit.
45c to Soc suits cut to Soc suit
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ChiIdren's
CheViOt Suits, So 05.

Children's All Wool Fancy Cheviot
Suits. ages to ID, cut from 50, So and
81. Clearance Sale Price, SO 50 pair.
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Butter Color LaCes,
SC Yard.

White and Butter Color Cotton Laces.
AZ to 8 inches wide; worth from 10c
to 25c. Clearance Sale Price, sc yard.
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ITEMS
Pants Sale.

Another great Pants Sale for next
week; all our fancy and black worsted
pants cut; former prices, 81 to So.
Clearance Sale Price, 50 pair.
Also all Summer Pants:
81 and 81 80 pants cut to S4 45 pair.
So and SO 80 pants cut to 81 pair.
81 % and 81 75 pants cut TO 81 pair.
81 pants cut to 69c pair.
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Ladies' Kid Gloves,
soc Pair.

Ladies 4-Button Glace Kid Gloves,
in Drown, tan and blacks; regular
price, 81. Clearance Sale Price, $50
pair.
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Bicycle Suitings,
7C Yard.

A heavy, soft finished material, re-
sembing duck, in pretty colors, good
for camping or bicycle suits; worth
1213c Clearance Sale Price. &c yard.
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Tapestry Covers,
81 SIS Each.

6x4 Tapestry Covers, new colorings
Persian effects; worth 81. Clearance
Sale Price, 81 90 each.
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Wash Vests

The entire stock of Mems Wash
Vests, in white and colored. 81 30
quality cut to 81 each.
81 quality cut to 69c each.
roc quality cut to soc each.
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Rugs,
ST. SIS Each.

Smyrna Rugs, fringed, size 30x60;
former price, 81 %. Clearance Sale
Price, 81 30 each.
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Clothing Dept.
BiCycle Pants.

Bicycle Pants.
Some strong inducements in Mems
Bicycle Pants. Clearance Sale Prices:
81 30 pants cut to 81 p pair.
81 30 pants cut to 95c pair.
SOC pants cut to 39c pair.
Bicycle Suits.
All Mems Bicycle Suits have been cut
at prices to close them out. Clearance
Sale Prices:
ALL WOOL.
SO suits cut to So % suit
SO 80 suits cut to $4 % suit.
So suits cut to So 80 suit.
So suits cut to So 90 suit. :.
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Ventilating Corsets,
25C Pair.
Ladies' COlOred Hose,
| 25C Pair.

Ladies Brown Drop-Sttch. Cotton
Hose; the regular 40c quality. Clear
ance Sale Price, 25c pair.
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Large size Unbleached Turkish Tow
els, fancy red stripes; worth 25c. Clear
ance Sale Price, 15c each.
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Large line Of Mems Best Quality Sat
in Calf Dress Shoes, medium round toe.
Clearance Sale Price, CSC pair.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1897-03-26
Letters to Bradford People.

MRS. BROOKS, Bradford, Vt.
MADAM:-If people didn't actually
know that hard wood was more durable
than soft, very few would observe any
difference. So it is with soap; there's
just as much difference in the durabil-
ity of soaps as there is difference be-
tween oak and hemlock, but-you don't
notice it, you are not on the lookout
for it. You buy soap, use it up and
buy more; you don't notice whether
one kind washes more or less than
another.
We had a case of this kind in New
York city. Mrs. w. II. Stephens of
745 East 134th street had been using 5
cent soap. Used box year on
an average (4.25). She got box Of
Harmless $3.50, used it; liked it but
didn't see that it was any better than
the other. In fact didn't notice any
difference until it was used up. Then
she found the box had lasted over two
years. In other words, 100 bars of
Harmless lasted longer than 200 five
cent cakes.
Here was a family using 75 lbs. of
strong soap year where 80 lbs. of mild
soap did more work and didn't rot the
clothes.
Another feature of this case-a com
mon one-was, that it was not known
that 20 lbs. of soap year was being
wasted until a mild soap stved it. j.
Yours truly,
c. II, Posi- & Co,
Newburgh, N. Y.
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BRADFORD.

e. O. Leonard is in Boston this week.
Miss Howes has resumed her classes
at the Academy.
Miss Katherine Parker is spending a
two weeks vacation at home.
Miss Ella Converse of Lyme has Wis
tied friends in town this week.
Mrs. II. E. Parker returned from her
visit down country on Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. H. Curtis are in
New York this week purchasing goods.
DR.. Jones has nearly recovered and
will soon be able to resume his driving.
Ed Worthen goes to Wells River
next Wednesday. We wish him sue
cess there.
Mrs W. H. NOyes has been afflicted
with the grip for the past two weeks,
but is now much better.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kirk j. Coffrin will
move into Mr.. Flanders tenement as
soon as it is vacated by Mrs. Ladd.
Nearly a foot of snow fell Wednes-
day, but it was of the sugar" variety
and has nearly all disappeared.
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Wadleigh, who
have been spending the winter in CAL
ifornia, are expected home about April
first.
Mrs. B. S. Hooker and Mr.. c. P.
Dimick represent Bradford singers at
the musical convention at Whitefeld,
this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. X. Church of West
Topsham spent Sunday in Bradford,
the guests of their daughter, Mrs. w.
A. COrliss.
Miss Edith Bruce Jones has been
quite sick for over a week with the
grip and confined to her bed, but is
now improving.
S. d. Gage has sold out his restaurant
business to Simeon T. Merrill of East
Haverhill, and possession will be given
in about ten days.
Fred L. Cummings has again moved.
This time from the Doty house to the
home of his wife's father, w. M. Cove,
on the lower plain.
Henry Martin has quit work for the
Jackman Mfg. Co., and will move from
the Cowan house to his fathers, II. G.
Martin, next week.
The public meeting of the Sorosis
that was to have been held tonight,
has been postponed until some future
time on account of sickness.
A fine new switch board has been
put in to the telephone exchange this
week. We are now ''in it" with other
large places for excellent service.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest V. Gonzenbach
spent Thursday with Rev. and Mrs. F.
w. Lewis. Mr.. Gonzenbach is the
electrical engineer who has had charge
of installing the Wells River electric
light plant.
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The Rebekahs will give a sugar party
next Thursday evening. April 1st,
served from $50 to 7.30. All are cor.
daily invited. Admission 10 cents.
The A. A. Doty place recently pur
extensively repaired. N. w. Cunning
ham is to occupy the lower tenement
Rev. L. L. Beeman, presiding elder,
will occupy the pulpit at Grace church
Sunday morning and evening. In the
afternoon he will preach at West
Bradford.
Miss Nella Sanborn is spending her
vacation at home. She has as her
guest, a teacher in the primary grade
at Waterbury, Miss Eva Fairbrother,
of st. Albans, Me.
Mrs. Hattie Brock, who has been
hard sick at the hotel, is improving and
her friends hope to see her at her ac-
customed place behind the counter at
Clark store, soon.
Geo. n. Stevens availed himself of
the snow while it listed, and with the
aid of a number of teams has the lum
Der for his new building on the site of
the old one recently burned.
Alvin Haselton has moved to the
Town Farm, from the Armstrong
place that he has carried on for Geo.
jenkins for several months. Mr.. Hun
tingtOn has gone back to his farm in
COrinth.
Mr.. Fifield, the new matchmaker at
Doty's arrived Monday, and is now
busily engaged in repairing of all
kinds. He is fine workman and any
thing entrusted to his care in his line
will be carefully attended to.
A lamp fell in Masonic Hall Wednes-
day evening and kindled lively blaze
for a moment. but Bert Smith smoth-
cred it with his coat, and threw the
whole mass from the window. The
coat was sacrificed, out the fire was ex-
tinguished, which was to the janitor's
credit.
Among other interesting and strik-
ing features, the April number of The
Forum will contain: Has the Senate
degenerated? Senator Geo. f. Hoar;
Arbitration the only solution of the
financial problem, Allen Repley FOote;
Retrenchment-or ruin, Hon. J. Ster-
ling Morton; The United States and
Cuba, Henri ROchefort; The futility
of the spelling grind, DIR. j. NJ. Rice;
The fur seal as an animal, David Starr
JordOn, George Archibald Clark;
Shall Nevada be deprived of her state
hood, William E. Smythe.
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GRANT AT WEST POINT.
A Good ReCJr as a Student and a High
Record as a Man.


He was brevetted second lieutenant of
the Fourth infantry and ordered to re-
port to his command at Jefferson bar
racks, ST. Louis, after a short vacation.
The entire army of the United States
at that time numbered less than s, 600
men, and the supply of officers was en-
barrassingly large. 1t was the custom,
therefore, to brevet graduates second
lieutenant.
He graduated twenty-first in roll OF
80, with a fair record in all things-a
good record in mathematics and engin-
eering and remarkable record as horse
man.
More than 100 had entered with him,
but one by one they had dropped out tia
only 80 remained.
Apparently Grant remained markedly
unmilitary throughout the four years.
course. He served as private through
out the first two years During the third
year he was made sergeant, but was
dropped promotions at that time were
made for soldierly qualities and had NO
exact relation to excellence in studies),
and during the fourth year he served
again as private.
The first year he took up French and
mathematics ana though the course
was severe, including algebra, geometry,
trigonometry, application of algebra to
geometry, etc, he stood fifteenth in
class of go in mathematics and forty
ninth III French and twenty in
order Of general merit The second year
he climbed three points in general merit
and stood twenty fourth in a class of
53. He stood tenth in mathematics,
twenty-third in craving, Lut was be-
low the middle in ethics and French.
In his third year he rose i'll his drawing
to 10, and was twenty second in chem
istry and fifteenth in philosophy, which
was very good standing indeed He
rose to 20 in general merit, Is in en-
gineering II i'll mineralogy and geology,
but was little below the average in
ethics, artillery and infantry practice
In general, it may be said that he left
the academy with a good average record
as student and very high record asa
man. --Hamlin Garland in McClure's.
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Cow Cure,

When one of your COWS is ''Off feed
and shrinking in both flesh and milk
are you not losing money on her every
day she remains in this condition? Get
her right again by using Kow-Kure.
This great COW medicine puts the
stomach in a healthy condition, i'm
proves the appetite and makes the
flow of milk larger and richer than
ever before.
Kow-Kure pays for itself many times
over on ''off feed" cows. 1t is a medi-
cine, not food and for cows only. 1t
cures Sinking" barrenness and
punches in udder. 1t removes retain.
ed afterbirth and by toming up the
system it makes the losing COW a psy-
ing cow. Take better care of your COWS
by using Kow Kure.
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Fast Day Proclamation.

In order that the people may empha-
size their reliance upon Gods bounty
and duly express their gratitude for
the fostering watch-care of Divine
Providence, and in accordance with a
long established custom, |, Josiah
Grout, Governor of the State of Yer
mont, do hereby set apart Friday, the
ninth day of April, next, as Fast Day.
| would recommend that on that day
religious service be held, acknowledge
ing the goodness of Almighty God to
us as people and State, with prayer
for the continuance of needed mercies
and blessings.
Given under my hand and the seal of
the State, at the Executive Chamber
in Derby, this twenty second day of
March, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and ninety
seven, and of the independence of the
United States the ore hundred and
twenty-second, and of the indepen-
dence of this State the one hundred
and twenty-first.
JOSIAH CIRCUIT.
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COPPERIFELD.

Walter Sweet has moved here from
Beanville.
Born March 10Th, a son to Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence Moore.
Mr. Williams has bought and taken
the Dennis Kennedy farm formerly
occupied by Wesley Kicker who has
moved to Beanville.
Henry Hodge, who had an opera
ton performed on his leg by DIR. Mill
ken of Post Mills, is doing well.
Geo. Kicker and family have gone
to Manchester, N. H., where he ex-
poets to work.
Royal West has moved from Straf-
ford into the Eugene Godfrey house.
Mrs. West recently fell on the ice
injuring her head.
Services at the Methodist church,
held by Rev. W. NJ. Fuller next Sun
day morning.
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Inspection and Quarantine of Cattle,

'INsPECTIoN.-Own of cattle in thu
state may have their herds tested will
turberculin at state expense by apply
ing to the board. Owners of herds
tested by the state, will not be allowed
to admit cattle into their herds unless
such cattle have been tested or have
come from herds tested by the state.
2. All cattle that are Judged tuber
culous on tests made by the state, must
be killed and the bodies buried on
burned Owners of herds are required
to bear the expense of killing and dis
cattle killed will be at the disposal OF
the owners.
3. Applications for tests will be
complied with as far as practicable in
the order received. Exceptions to this
rule are sometimes made for the pur-
pose of testing herds suspected of be-
ing tuberculous and for completing
tests in given locality.
4. Applications to test portion of
herd only will always be refused.
). The Board claims the right to re-
test herds in which disease is found
whenever they think best. A second
test will not be made in herds where
no disease or suspicious cases are found
on the first test.
6. No indemnity will be allowed for
cattle killed by their owners and found
diseased where no inspection bas been
made by the Board.
7. Persons having herds tested,
from which diseased animals are killed,
will be required to observe the rules
and directions of the Board in disin-
fecting their premises.
QUARANTINE Under the quarantine
regulations now in force, no cattle are
allowed to enter Vermont from any
source, to be held in the state, without
a permit from the Board. Any com
mon carrier who leaves an animal in
the state being accompanied by such
permit, or any person who brings an
animal into the state without such per
NIT is liable to a fine not exceeding
5000.
2. Permits will be issued to persons
to bring cattle into the state after such
cattle have passed an examination
with tuberculin that is satisfactory to
the Board.s Such cattle will be held in
quarantine at some place designated by
the Board until Unidentified and re-
leased.
Permits will also be given to persons
to bring cattle into thesstate, and the
same shall be held at such place as is
de9ignated, ibv the Board under quar-
antine restrictions Until tested with
tuberculin by some person approved
by the Board and judged to be from
soea.1.,.a :,e--.s.a
3. All expenses incurred in identity
ing, releasing and testing cattle under
the preceding rule must be paid by the
owner of the cattle.
4. Applications for permits to bring
cattle into the state should be made to
-he Secretary of the Board.
Adopted February "a, 1897. /
V. /. SPEAR, Secretary.
Braintree, Vt, March l, 1897
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EAST BARRE.

Quite an excitement has prevailed
until Monday uight over the nOmina-
ton of post master. The caucus for
nominating a candidate was called Sat
urday night, there being no choice the
meeting was adjourned until Monday
at five D. m. The box was turned at
eight o'clock and the vote stood 90 for
Mrs. Mason. wife of the present post
master. 63 for H. E. Sargent and
scattering; there being no choice a
second ballot was called and H. E. Sar-
gent was nominated by one majority.
Considerable enthusiasm was man.
ifested but no blood shed. 1t seems a
pity we could not see as much interest
manifest at our town meetings.
Grand Master Parker of Lyndon
Vile will institute lodge of Odd Eel
lows some time.in April. There are
at present about twenty Odd Fellows
i'm East Barre and Graniteville and to-
gether with twenty more new men,
bers ought to make tlourishing Lodge
to start with. Arrangements have
been made to secure a hall, when com
pleted, over Petsley Bros new block,
which will give a hall SIKH and will
be dedicated some time in September
next. Several prominent Odd Fellows
are expected to be present at the in
stitution and every effort will be put
forth to entertain the visiting brothers.
w. e. Poole & Co. are now located
in Satgent's new block next to the
opera house where they have an ele-
CANT store fitted expressly for the drug
business. They sincerely hope that
they may be favored with their old pa
irons and as many new ones as possible.
connections to all part.
makes il very handy for out of town
patrous.
w. A. Cutler has been on the noun
tain for the past two weeks, where he
has q large amount of lumber to loos
after.
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We the undersigned do hereby agree
to refund the money on a fiffy cent
bottle of Greene's Syrup of Tar it fails
to cure your cold or cough, we also war
rant twenty-five cent bottle to prove
satisfactory OF no pay. 1921
A. T. CLARKE, Bradford.
w. II. Buck, Wells River.
G. A. CARR, No. Haverhill.
II. q. DARLING, So. Ryegate.
1. b. BLoDGETr Il Son, Piermont.
z. A. ADAMS, Post Mill Village.
+. w. ABBOTT & Co., Fairlee.
GEORGE u DUDLEY, w. Fairlee.
q. A. FIFTELD, Thetford Center.
WARREN Bros, North Thetford.
ID. NJ. BOND, North Thetford.