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NATHEREAS, /, the subscriber, have
wv levied six tax warrants upon certain real
estate situated In the Town OF Union, County OF
TOlland state of Connecticut, taxed and assessed
to Elijah Bisbys estate, supposed to belong TO
klijah Bisby's estate at the time OF assessment,
which real estate is bounded and divided as fol-
Marcy and land OF Frank Northrup, east by high
way leading from Union to Eastf0rd by Kinney
mills, south by land OF Theodore Lyon, west by
land of M, A. Marcy. Said tract contains ten
acres, be the same more or less. Said levy be-
ing for the payment OF taxes due the Town OF
Union on lists OF 1892, 1898, 1894, 1885, 1886 and
1897. and amounting to eleven dollars and forty
eight cents (s1148, this is TO give notice that on
the 22d day OF october, 1898, at II o'clock a. m,
on the premises, shall sell enough OF said real
estate to pay said taxes, together with the law
full costs and charges thereon.
Dated at Union this 18th day OF August, 1898.
r. L. UPHAM,
s9-3 collector of Taxes, Town OF Union.
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Monsoon ACADEMY
MONsON. MASS.

Both sexes. Prepares for college and soien-
tifc school. Ninety-flfth year begins Sept. 9th.
For information address 4tB
ARTHUR N. BURKE, Principal.
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marriages and deaths inserted free. Commune
cations received without signature always COM
mitted to the waste basket without attention.
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BOrm.

Stafford Springs, cad, daughter to Mr..
and Mrs. ]. A. Simpson.
Stafford Springs, 18th, daughter to
Walter Guyotte.
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Alta Court of Probate holden at Toll

A T Court of Probate holden at Toll
IA land, within and for the district of Tolland
ON the $50 day OF August, A. d. 1898.
Present, WIN. D. HOLMAN, Judge.
On motion OF Cora p. Fuller, administrative
on the intestate estate OF Jane j. Cross, late OF
TOnand, within said district, deceased.
This court doth decree that six months be al
lowed and limited for the creditors of said estate
to exhibit their claims against the same to the
administrative, and directs that public notice be
given OF this order by advertising the same once
In some newspaper having circulation in said
district, and by posting a copy thereof on the
public sign-pOSt in said town of Holland,
nearest the place where the deceased last dwelt
Certified from record,
WIN. d, HOLMAN. Judge,
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Married.
Holland, 18th, by Elder q. Fl. Edwards
of Pawtucket, R. l., George d. Neff Of
Tolland and Elsie E. Patrill of Hard
wick, Mass.
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Spring Hill, Mansfield, 21st, William
Reynolds, rs.
South WATERFORD, Me-, Goth, Rev.
George W. Davis, go. Of Wales, Mass.
Mansfield Center, 231, Isaac G. Fenton,
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MCLAUGHLIN & SON, PUBLISHERS.
$3.50 year. If paid strictly in advance, s1.s5.
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Mansfield Hollow, S3d, Fred W. John.
son, "a.
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TENEMENT To RENT on Main-st.,
l. opposite Mineral Springs Mfg Cos mill,
over Gregory's billiard parlOT. Apply to
15tf e. A. BUCK & cos Hardware Store.
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EOR SALE-The desirable property Of
IL LOUIS BOURASSA, at the corner of High
and Benton streets.
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Oh = REWARD will be paid at The
ApO Press Of1ee for the return OF SIS, lost
asst Thursday evening in the borough. l.
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Smith &MurraVI
The Blanket Sale.

The Blanket Sale.
The prices we name for Blank
cts are considerably less than you
are likely to pay later.
Labels as to qualities and sizes
are often misleading, but never
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At acc a pair, good quality Cot
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At 4Sc a pair, Cotton Blankets,
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At $1.25, 72xs2 inches, good
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At ss.5O a pair, Heavy Blank
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At 1926 q pair, Warm Blank
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At SIS a pair, luxuriously warm
Blankets.
This quality we pride ourselves
as selling the equal of any $3.50
Blankets we know Of
Finer grades at 1915, $3.50
and $40 pair
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WANTED-A girl for general house
w work. MRS. j. J.+ELLIs.
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NOTICE.-ThOsew wishing treatment of
IN the feet will md Mrs. NJ. A. Aldrich, CHI
rOpodist, at Marshal Bolieau's residence. VIII
cali at your house II notified
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L'OR SALE CHEAP-A good, stylish
team. For particulars address BOX 20,
South Wilmington, Conn.
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NOTICE is hereby given that my wife,
1V Mary Parker, has left my bed and board
without Just cause or proVOcatt0n, and all per-
sons are warned not to trust her on my account,
as IWill not be responsible for any debts con.
tracted by her.
Dated at South Coventry, TOlland county,
1913. - JOSEPH F. PARKER.
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A GOOD, SOUND, YOUNG HORSE
~ For sale. Inquire at The Press once.
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DIGS FOR SALE.
I tt WHITE FARM, Westford.
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TENEMENT TO RENT-In Page
II Brick Block, Main-st. tt s. F. MAINE.
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TOR SALE-One farm of~SaOO acres,
IL without buildtngs-75 acres 81 woodland
and IS Of tillage. Plenty Of fruit. WIN keep
three or four head OF stock. Price $500.
tt II. L. KEENS, Wellington HILL
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of corresponding date. Question, "WhSt
are we each doing upon our farms this
season ?" opened by the worthy master,
M. A. Davis essay, "Women's Ability
as FinaDciers," Mrs. Noble recitation,
Marion Ravens; illustrated reading,
1.-THE Schoolmaster' g Guests, )" from. Farm
Legends by VIII Carleto Cake and
lemonade will be served
BORN.
Stafford Springs, 23d, daughter to Mr..
and Mrs. ]. A. Simpson.
Stafford Springs, 18th, daughter to
Walter Guyotte.
Married.
Tolland, 18th, by Elder q. Fl. Edwards
Of Pawtucket, R. l., George ID. Neff OF
Tolland and Elsie E. Patrill of Hard
wick, Mass.
Died.
Spring Hill, Mansfield, 21st, William
Reynolds, rs.
South WATERFORD, Me-, Goth, Rev.
George w. Davis, so, of Wales, Mass.
Mansfield Center, 231, Isaac G. Fenton,
IS.
Mansfield Hollow, 93d, Fred W. john
son, "a.
WANTED-Ag girl for general house
w work. MRS. j. u ELLIS.
Dr. REWARD will be paid at The
pO Press OfI1ce for the return OF SIS, lost
last Thursday evening in the borough.
DIGS FOR SALE:
L tt WHITE FARM, Westford.
A GOOD, SOUND, YOUNG HORSE
IN For sale. Inquire at The Press once.
L'OR SALE CHEAP-A good, stylish
! team. For particulars address BOX 20,
South Wilmington, Conn.
THENEMENT TO RENT on Benton st.
sws - ~ MRS. T. WHITAKER.
NOTICE wishing treatment of
In the feet will and Mrs. M. A. Aldrich, Chi
rOp0dist, at Marshal BOlieau's residence. VIII
call at your house IL notified.
TENEMENT TO RENT-In Pages
Il Brick Block, Main-st. tt s. F. MAINE.
TENEMENT TO RENT on Main-st.,
L. opposite Mineral Springs Mfg Co.'S mill,
over Gregory's billiard parlor. Apply to
15tf e. A. BUCK & cos Hardware Store.
EOR SALE-The desirable property OF
II LOUIS BOURASSA, at the corner of High
aud Benton streets.
nor SALE-One farm of~SaO0 acres,
H without buIldings-75 acres 81 woodland
and 25 OF tillage. Plenty OF fruit, WIN keep
three or four head OF stock. Price $500.
tt II. L. KEENS, wellington Hill.
NOTICE is hereby given that my wife,
IN Mary Parker, has left my bed and board
without Just cause or pTOVOcatt0n, and all per-
sons are warned not to trust her on my account,
as IWin not be responsible for any debts con.
tracted by her.
Dated at South coventry, Tolland County,
Conn, August 5, 1898.
1873. JOSEPH F. PARKER.
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Kirk gave out and I carried him on my back, barely seeing where I was go- ing, until he would say, Mother, I can walk now" Poor little fellowl He would stumble on a little way over the salty marsh and sink down, crying, T can't go any farther" Then I would carry him again, and soothe him as best I could.
 Many times I felt I should faint, and as my strength departed I would sink on my knees. The boys would ask for water, but there was not a drop. Thus we staggered on over salty wastes, try ing to keep the company in view and hoping at every step to come to the springs. Oh, such a day! If we had stopped I knew the men would come back at night for us, but I didn't want to be thought drag or hindrance.
 Night came down and we lost all track of those ahead. I would get down on my knees and look in the star light for the OK tracks and then we would stumble on. There was not a sound and I didn't know whether we would ever reach camp or not
 About midnight we came around big rock and there was my husband at a small fire.
 "Is this camp?" I asked.
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hands all through the scene. And of course, l had been doing something with them. Now, 1t Is not so easy as one might think to do nothing with your hands, and it was some time after that before I could compass it. One night l realized that had not thought or them from the time the curtain first went up to its fin.-l fall. I hoped I was getting on before that night. Then knew it.
 If you were young man, determined to go on the stage and anxious to get advice from me as to your best course, l should say get place in a company and begin. 1t would not matter how insignificant the role, so long as you secured chance to ''go on." If you had it in you to act it would come out. No, l wouldn't advise a preliminary course in any of the dramatic schools, so-called, for on the stage you would have to unlearn most of what you had been taught We are constantly show ing young actors and actresses how to forget what they have been taught in the schools.
 After you had got your chance to tread the boards, should say pay close attention to the instructions of the stage manager. The success of each production depends on the conduct of each and all the actors, and it is the stage managers business to see that all appear to the best advantage possi- ble. both individually and as a com pany.
 Next to the stage manager the young actor will find older members of the profession the best sources of instruc- tion Actors generally delight to help each other, and I have yet to learn of a player of experience and ability who would not go out of his way to give points to an inexperienced actor of in- telligence and ambition.
 Tn a way I must say that my earliest instructions were received from Edwin Booth, continued MT. Robson, but they were not very elaborate. since we were both youngsters when they were given.
 Most of my boyhood days were spent in Baltimore, though I was born in
The San Francisco call., 1898-12-25
OUR CHRISTMAS AMID THE TERRORS OF DEATH VALLEY

That was a Christmas none could ever forget
 Music or singing? My, no. We were too far gone for that. Nobody spoke very much, but l know we were all thinking of home back East and all the cheer and good things there. Men would sit looking into the fire or stand oazing away silently over the noun tains, and it was easy to read their thoughts. Poor fellows! Having no other women there, I felt lonesome at times, but was glad too, that no other was there to suffer.
 The men killed an OK and we had Christmas dinner of fresh meat, black coffee and a very little bread. l had one small biscuit. You see, we were how long we would have to make pro- visions last We didn't know we were in California. Nobody knew what un- told misery the morrow might bring, so there was no occasion for cheer.
 Fred Carr said to me that night: Don't you think you and the children had better remain here and let us send back for you?''
 I knew what was in his mind. "No," I said, "I have never been a hindrance, I have never kept the company wait ing, neither have my children, and every step I take will be toward Cali fornia."
 Then I was troubled no more. As the men gathered around the blazing camp fire they asked MT. Brier to speak to them-to remind them of home-though they were thinking of home fast enough anyway So he made them a speech. It was solemn gathering in a strange
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Annapolis. Our family was not very prosperous when we removed to Balti- more, and my mother opened a gen. eral boarding house, which in time came to be a theatrical boarding house. All boys as you know, are fond of the theater, and the fact that actors ate at my mothers table, where they were constantly talking shop, added to my natural infatuation for the stage. By Che time I was 12 l was fully deter mined to be an actor, and nothing could change my mind. One of my closest companions was boy named Theo- dore Hamilton, member of my com- pany this season, by the way, and one day, as we were talking in the street together, he pointed out tall, awk- ward boy on the opposite side of the way
 That boys father" said Theodore. lis very big actor. His name Is Ju- nius Brutus Booth, and the boys aame is Edwin
 I remember that I looked at that boy with awe and wished he were a friend of mine, but you know how it is with boys of 15 and boys of F. He was big boy, and we were little boys. Thel e was a great gulf between us. Later we heard that Edwin Booth, my older brother and few other big boys were getting up little dramatic company. Still later they said we small boys Edwin's brother, John Wilkes Booth, being among the number-might .ome> times take part, and we actually did so few times, the performances being of pieces manufactured expressly for our own company by it's older mem bers. Our admission prices ranged from l cent for boy to 3 cents for an Irish washerwoman, and we Used to take in enough money to buy candles for the footlights. My own appear ances, however, were few, since my mother objected to so small a boy as 1 appearing on stage, even in play and one night she climbed to the lof. where our show was going on and too9 me away by force.
 That almost broke my heart and the older boys jeered me unmercifully
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Special to the Sunday Call.

r DON'T know how to tell you about
 our struggle through Death Valley
 in 1S49-50 and the Christmas we
 spent amid it's horrors. I never ex-
 pected to say anything about it for
 a newspaper. I was the only wo- man in the party-Mr. Brier, our three boys, Columbus, John and Kirk, the oldest being nine years, and two young men, St. John and Patrick, made up our mess" as we called it.
 We reached the top of the divide be- tween Death and Ash valleys and, oh, what a desolate country we looked down into. The next morning we started down. The men said they could see what looked like springs out in the valley. MT. Brier was always ahead to explore and find water, so I was left with our three boys to help bring up the cattle. We expected to reach the springs in a few hours and the men pushed ahead. I was sick and weary, and the hope of a good camping place was all that kept me up. Poor little
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Death Valley

No; it's six miles farther" he said.
 l was ready to drop and Kirk was almost unconscious, moaning for a drink. MT. Brier took him on his back and hastened to camp to save his little life. It was o'clock Christmas morn ing when we reached the springs. I only wanted to sleep, but my husband said l must eat and drink or 1 would never wake up. Oh, such a horrible day and night
 We found hot and cold springs there and washed and scrubbed and rested
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Success on the Stage by Stuart Robson.

"HERE is only one way to learn
 how to act, said Stuart Robson,
 and that is to go on the stage
 and act In all the history of the
 English speaking stage there
 have been only two great expon ents of the dramatic art whose success has been won in any other way. They were David Garrick and Mary Ander- son, two commanding geniuses whose powers were so great that they were not obliged to walk the path of oroi- nary mortals
 Do not misunderstood this. l have known many talented persons who have been able to act acceptably after being taught in the schools, but what ever they have attained of true success has been in spite of their teaching Tn the schools and not because of it. Act ing is different from most other profes- sions. The principles of law, theology and the sciences may be learned in school and knowledge of these princi- pies is the main thing with those who become lawyers, divines, teachers, chemists and the like. You may, after a fashion, learn what are termed the principles of dramatic art, but their application can be learned before the footlights only.
 I was led to comprehend this truth years ago, when only young man. I was playing with Ben de Bar, after MT. Burton, one of the most capable com edians of modern times. had reason to hope that I was getting on yet I was far from satisfied with myself So, one night, after scene in which I had been on the stage for some minutes with De Bar, I thought l would get some instruction. l told him I was not pleased with my bearing in that scene; that l was especially disturbed about the way I managed my hands.
 Don't worry over your hands, Mr. Robson" he said. Forget them"
 Xou see ] had been thinking of my
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about it. Worse yet, they said I couldn't play in their company any more, for they weren't going to be bothered with boys not old enough to be united from their mothers apron strings. But they did consent to let me sit in the audience, deadhead, and I was a regular attendant. One night they had big house. There were sev- eral pay boys, another deadhead be- sides myself, and at least four wash erwomen present. Just as the curtain went up an unusual thing occurred. A man paid his way in and came climb ing up the ladder. He was all mufflcd up in an attempt to hide his face, but l noticed that his eyes were piercing and that he had a broken nose. The boys before the footlights paid little or no attention to him at first, but the time came when he held the center of the stage. Edwin had Just come on and was rolling off his lines a. a great rate, when the muffied-up man sudden ly exposed his face, with the piercing eyes and the broken nose, and, stridil E from auditorium to stage-both being on the same level-seized the boy hy the ear, cuffed him soundly and hauled him struggling down the ladder. It was the elder Booth who had broken up the performance He was of one mind with my mother as to the pro- priety of boys playing at theatricals. Edwin was then sent peremptorily to the family farm at Bel Air, Md, and I never saw him again till after he had become famous, and l had myself been a professional actor for years When I met him I asked him if he re- membered how his father had yanked him out of that loft. He did perfectly, and we had a good, hearty laugh over the remembrance.
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place.
 So ended I believe, the first Christ mas ever celebrated in Death Valley
 The next morning the company moved on over the sand to-nobody knew where. One of the men ahead called out suddenly, Wolf Wolff" and raised his rifle to shoot.
 My God, it's a mani" his companion cried As the company came up we found the thing to be an aged Indian lying on his back and buried in the sand-save his head. He was blind
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"Do yez b'lave in frinology?" asked Mir Dolan; meanin' be that the sighnce of tellin' a mans charackter be the Jumps an is head?" "Iv coorse, 9 answered MT. Rafferty: there's nothin' gives a better clew to a mans habits than Jumps, black eyes, patches iv shtickin' plaster, and the rest iv such signs. Washington Star
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 home at the edge of the of Lodi lives Mrs Julia Brier with her Rev J. w. Ber IT, his wife grandchildren
 bright but modest, old lady eighty-fourth year, the heroine of the Death Valley party. first 1850 that she has spoken experience representative.
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MERE is only one way to learn
 how to act, said Stuart Robson, and that is to go on the stage
 and act In all the history of the fhnrn
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A GOOD RADIANCE.
How a Bridgeport Policeman
Figured in a Recent
Ejectment.

There is a great deal of truth told
about the evictions made in Ireland
aud the North Of Scotland during
the early and middle part of the
present century. 1t is hardship for
any family to be summary dumped
on a roadside, without friend or
wealth, half famished and half clad;
but such elections or evictions are
not, by any means, confined to the
British Isles. Scarcely a day passes
in free America without a similar
case being recorded, and often in
place of extending gratuitous SYM
patty across the Atlantic, we could
find abundant opportunities to law
ish it at home. Policeman L. Don
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volved in an eviction a short time
ago. Some time the Sistersville
reader may be forced to adopt the
same measures. Knowing how Mr..
Donually did will save heap of
trouble and many dollars. He SAYS:
Twenty years ago while doing
some logging I was placed in pos
ition where it became necessary to
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got box from a drug store and
took them. The effect was most
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of the back left me and the kidney
secretions were regulated. The
remedy acted as general tonic and
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