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Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-12-04
Pacific Coast Without Change

In new Pullman ordinary
sleersIs, wide vestibcled aud with
every modern convenience, In
charge of competent agent, from
Cincinnati to Chicago via Louis
willie, New Orleans, Houston, San
Antonio, 81 Paso and Los Angeles
to San Francisco. Rates for berths
less than half of cost In regular
sleepers. For free descriptive mat
ter and full particulars, address e.
A. Richter, Trav. Pass. Agent,
Illinois Central Railroad, Park
Building, Pittsburg, Pa. III #
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-12-04
Reduced Rates on Sunday EX'
cursion Tickets Baltimore &
Ohio.

The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
will sell excursion tickets at very
low rates until further notice, be-
tween ParKersburg and Wheeling
good going west bound on train
No. .7o1, leaving Sistersville at 9:21
a. m. and returning on train No.7o
Tickets will also be sold good
going East bound on train No. zoo
leaving Sistersville 8:45 a. m, and
returning on train No. 1928.
Call on ticket agents, Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad. for full particu'
lars. 10 28 If
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-12-04
dances Sold by Auction

A custom that has existed for several
centuries is still maintained in some
towns OH the lower Rhine. Early In
the year, on auction day, the town crier
or clerk calls all the young people TO-
gether and to the highest bidder sells
the privilege of dancing with the cho-
sen girl. and her only. during the entir.
year that follows. The fees flow into
the public poor box.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-12-04
Ladies

Wine of Life will cure your
troubles. Try a bottle and get
your money back if not satisfied.
Price 81 90.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-12-04

Mrs Wigs of the Cabbage
Patch" Special illustrated holiday
edition. containing "a full page IL.
Illustrations. Price $500 at McCoy's
Book Store. 20 g.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-11-04

1t is a strange play of fate, and
sad one, that the great-great-gran
daughter of the Duke of Wellington
now lies at the point of death, abso-
lutely alone, penniless, in an old wo-
mems home in Washington. Mrs.
Mary Herschel, nearly so years of
age, is, through her mother, lineal1y
descended from the hero of Waterloo,
whose descendants for several gener-
ations have made their home in Vir-
ginia, intermarrying with the families
of that state, their worldly fortunes
continually on a descending grade as
the years have passed. Through the
kindly interest of some charitably dis
posed neighbors, Mrs. Herschel was
recently installed in the Old Women's
home, on Thirty-second street, Wash
ton, which. having no funds at it's
command, simply enables its occu-
pants to have a room within it's walls.
A few days after her arrival the poor
old woman, while engaged in work a.
bout her small domain, fell and dis
located her hip and otherwise so pain
fully injured herself that it is thought
impossible for her to recover. Una
BILE longer to help herself in the least,
she is, therefore, wholly dependent
upon her humble neighbors for even
the barest necessities of life.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-11-04

Richard Harding Davis, the novelist,
was once dining at the home of well
known Boston society lady. He was
introduced to a gushing young girl
who said, with great enthusiasm:
do you know, Mr.. Davis, have
always been anxious to meet you,
think that you and Napoleon Bona
parte are the two greatest men that
ever lived
you are very kind" replied the
shrinking, retiring Mr.. Davis. But
did it ever occur to you that in Napo-
Icons time almost any old dub could
be great?"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-11-04
FOR RENT.
FOR RENT.

A LARGE TwO-sToRY HOUSE
containing 10 rooms. besides kitchen,
bath and closet. Also two cottages in
same yard in rear of large house. This
property is known as the Schmidt resi-
dence, and has frontage of $50 feet
on Beretania street and is situate about
5 minutes walk from the Dostofice.
Terms reasonable.
Also, small cottage on makai side of
Quarry street, half block from corner
of Quarry and Lunalilo streets. Rent,
$3.50 per month.
Apply to
W. o. SMITH,
S621 Room 207, Judd Building.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-11-04

The Auburn editress says: There
would be less need of prisons if more
girls and boys stayed on the farm"
That's right; for putting stones in
feeces of wool, the small apples in the
middle of the barrel, selling lined eggs
for fresh ones, and the lies of horse
trade are not, like stealing a door mat.
prison offenses.-The Star of Hope
Sing Sing Prison.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-11-04

Man dressmaker-"wen what now"
APPRENTICE have discovered a way
to make woman's dress so that she
will look like hump-backed baboon
with bats wings" Man dressmaker-
Glorious! 1t will become the rage"
New York Weekly.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-11-04

The most valuable book ever publish
ed by a private citizen was probably
the catalogue of the Walters collection
of pictures and ceramics in Baltimore.
Only 100 copies were published, which
were presented to the great libraries
and museums of the world. This small
edition cost more than 100000.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-11-04

cit is her proud boast that she has
never heard an opera in her life" you
must be mistaken. She isn't a Puritan
at all, but quite a gay society girl"
That's just it. She never goes to the
opera except as one of box-party."
PHILADELPHIA Press.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-11-04
PASSENGERS.
Arrived.

Per S. S. Sonoma, from Colonies, Nov.
3.-Through: Master Austin, w. Bald
win, Mr.. and Mrs. Bowerman, Mr.. and
Mrs. Branscombe, Mr.. Brewster, Mr..
Bill, Mrs. E. Caddow, Mr.. Causton, Mr..
and Mrs. Clifton, Mr.. Clifton, Mr.. Cliff
ton, Master Clifton, Mr.. Coward,
Father Curran, F. w. Edwards, Mr..
Hilton, Miss Haughton, DR.. Pringle
Hughes, Alex. Knight, Miss Lagenbeck,
S. Meyer, Professor Maclaurin, P. S. G..
Mackenzie, Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Pollard
and child, Mr.. Pownall, Miss Stein, w.
Sherer, Sir Julian Coleman and valet,
L. A. B. Wade, Mrs. Raitt, Miss Raitt,
P, Raitt, Mr.. Schlingham, H. L. Scott,
Master H. Shemmond, Mrs. Skeels and
child. S. A. N. sullivan, w. Woods, Mr..
Williams, c. A. Andrews, Jno. Blair,
Master A. Boughton, Mr.. and Mrs.
Brumloys, Miss Brunloys. Mrs. Bur-
ford, Mrs. Biggart, J. G. Castle, P.
Caulfield, Mr.. Dunn, Master r. Hyde,
Master II. Marchant, Mr.. and Mrs.
Morris and family, B. Nichols, Miss S.
Palmer.
Departed.
Per S. S. Korea, Nov. 3, for San Fran
cisco.-M. K. Suber and wife, Miss G..
Suber, J. B. Newport and wife, ]. H.
Dopkins and wife, w. w. Sutch, Mrs.
G. w. Lawrence, Miss Ethel Barr, Mrs.
M. Holmes, Edgar Halstead and wife,
Master J. E. Halstead, w. NJ. AleXan-
der, Miss G. M. Cooke, H. P. Baldwin,
Miss c. Alexander, Robert Levers, P.
McLane, Miss H. C. Hitchcock, J. Nc
Lean, Mrs. M. J. Scooffy, l.. J. Scooffy,
Mrs. J. Eiscumann, Miss A. Eiscu-
mann, r. A. woodward, T. Mcleod, S..
w. Hamm and wife, Jared G. Smith,
Miss NJ. McKillean, Miss L. William
son, W. H. Edgar and wife, E. F.
Bishop and wife, Mrs. Judge Gear, Miss
Mrs. c. c. Perkins, Lieut-Com A. P.
Niblack, L. H. Rowland, J. L. Camp
bell, Miss Wirma Keith, j. W. Mason,
w. P. Miller, NJ. B. Wood, Lucia Hal
stead, NJ. Halstead, Miss H. Halstead,
Master R. Halstead, F. Franzius, Miss
Alice E. Knapp, D. p. r. Isenberg.
For San Francisco, per S. S. Sono-
ma, Nov. 81. B. Newport and wife,
j. H. Dopkins and wife. Mrs. w. Sha-
ron, Miss Alberg, c. H. Bentley and
wife, J. Michaels, Miss Grace NJ. Cooke,
Mr.. and Mrs. W. G. Kay, A. T. Will
cox, wife and child; Mrs. F. E. Balen-
tine, w. P. Miller, Karl Lanbrecht, j.
Walsh, Queen Liliuokalani, Miss Myra
Heleluhe, ]. D. Aimoku, John Aea
For Maui, Kona and Kau ports, per
stn1r. Mauna Loa, Nov. 3.-Rose Mir
lam. John Kanakamaikai, w. A. Wall,
L. Tobriner, E. E. Conant, c. B. Wells,
August Toellner, W. J. Coelho, Miss
Potter, Mrs. w. G. Ogg, T. c. Wills,
W. Green, Chas. Magonagle, Mrs. Lind
er. Mrs. J. ]. Williams, Miss Paulding,
James Cowan, A. S. Robertson, A. w.
Carter, G. P. Thielan, G. E. Bryant
and wife, F. A. Schaefer, W. Pfoten-
hauer, Mrs. Enoka Kaaua, H. A. Bald
win, Miss Potter, Mrs. w. G. Ogg.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-11-04
WHARF AND WAVE.
WEATHER BUREAU.

Honolulu, Alexander Street,
November 5, 10 p. m.
Mean Temperature-1.3.
Minimum temperatures.
Maximum Temperature-76.
Barometer at p. m.-S0.04; steady.
Rainfall, "a hours up to a. NIL.
Mean Absolute Moisture-6.S grs. per
cub. #.
Mean Relative Humidity-sa.
Wind-N. E.; force, to 0.
Weather-Showery to fair.
Forecast for Nov. 4-Light trades;
fair weather.
r. C. LYDECKER,
Territorial Meteorologist.
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S. S. Sierra, Houdlette, from Sa
Francisco this a. m.
VESSELS IN PORT.
MERCHANTMEN.


(This list does not include coasters.)
Andrew WEIGH, Am. blk, Drew, San
Francisco, Oct. 10.
Bonovento, Nor. blk. Everson,. New
castle, Oct. II.
Coronado, Am. bkt., Potter, San Fran
cisco. October /.
Erskine- M. Phelps. Am. SD, Graham.
Norfolk, Sept. Is.
Fleur de Lis, Br. sp., Christian, New
castle, Oct. q.
General de sonis. FIR. Blk, Hemyoti
Cardiff, Oct. %.
Irmgard, Am. bktn., Schmidt, San
Francisco, Oct. 81.
James Drummond, Am. sp., Nelson,
Newcastle, Oct. 1e.
John Currier, Am. sp., Murchison, New
castle, Oct. Is.
Louisiana. Am. sp., Halcrow. Newcas-
tie, Oct. 20.
Mohican, Am. bk., Kelley, San Fran
cisco, Sept. Is.
Queen Margaret, Br. bk.. Morrison
Newcastle. Oct. "a.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-11-04
ROOMS AND BOARD.

AT WAHIAWA, ten dollars per week,
two dollars per day. Stage meets
3:15 p. m. train from Honolulu at
Pearl City, on Tuesdays and Fridays.
Address Mrs. Caroline Rhodes, ct
Wahiawa. 657S
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-11-04

TWO first-class BARRIERS; SIS per week.
Apply Jeffs', King street. e627
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FOR SAL. E z.

FOUR MODERN COTTAGES in good
location. ALI rented at an annual rental
of S1290.00. Will be sold on easy terms.
MODERN COTTAGE in Makiki.
FOR RENT.
Furnished Cottage $25. 90
Miss Warland's Six-Room Fur
nished House .................... $500
McVeigh's Seven-Room Cottage. rs. 90
Beretania Street Cottage. ........ 1900
Apply to
J. 81. CUMMINGS,
80 Merchant Street.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-11-04

Nothing So Sure as Taxes and Death.

Be sure to pay your taxes before they
become delinquent, and secure a GER
tif1cate of membership in the Honolulu
Mutual Burial Association while In
good health. Phone Main Ali.
J. H. TOWNSEND, Secretary.
Office with Townsend Undertaking Co.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-11-04
Classified Advertisements.
WANTED.

cottage containing bed
rooms. Rent not to exceed $500 per
month. Address a, Advertiser office
662s
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TIDES, SUN AND MOON.

Euu moon Nov. 4th at 6:56 q. m.
times OF the tide are taken from the
United States Coast and Geodetic Sur
EAI tables.
about enc hour earlier than at Homo
sGau.
Hawaiian standard time is - hours 80
minutes slower than Greenwich time,
@eing that of the meridian Of 1877 de-
ssxees 20 minutes. The time whistle
Aaows at 1880 p. m, which is the same
Hs Greenwich, 0 hours minutes. Sun
aaa moon are for local time for the
Nhcle grouD.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-11-04

WELL known Metropole Hotel; center
Of town; price reasonable. For par
ticulars inquire at Hotel, 1150 Alakea
street. $500
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-11-04
LOST.

BELT buckle, Kalakaua monogram.
Reward if left at this office. e627
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ARRIVED.

Tuesday, November 8.
ney, Auckland, Pago Pago, and Fan
ming Island at 8 a. m.
U. S. A. T. Thomas, Buford, from
Manila and Nagasaki at a. m.
DEPARTED.
Tuesday, November 8.
q. S. A. T. Thomas, Buford, for San
Francisco at 5:45 D. m.
Strnr. Mauna Loa, Simerson, for La
haina, Maalaea, Kona and Kau ports
at noon.
Stmr. W. G. Hall, S. Thompson, for
Kauai ports at p. m.
S. S. Sonoma, HERMAN, for San
Francisco at Ais p. m.
S. S. Korea, Seabury, for San Fran
cisco, at 10 a. m.
SAIL TO-DAY.
S. S. Sierra, Houdlette, for Page Pa
go, Auckland and Sydney, probably
sail in evening.
Stmr. Kinau, Freeman, for Hilo and
way ports at noon.
Stmr Maui, F. Bennett, for Maui
ports at 5 p. m.
Case schr. Eclipse, Gahan, for Mau
and Hawaii ports at 5 p. n.
Stmr. J. A. Cummins, Searle, fol
Koolau ports at z a. m.
DUE TO-DAY.
s. S. Sierra, Houdlette, from Sal
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-05-23

years Is q good slice ont 81 q liza. .n I'D,
they say convict life has q Degrading
Einduence. Where are you going, bar
,bara ?',--as, with one wound indie-
,nant look, Barbara moves towards Tie
door. 9r$# t4 II slSi5 5 u. 4 !. b 4
- am going to save George. the
girl says, her voice rising with kind
OF triumphant ring. It shall cross
over to Dublin tonight. No, Sebastian.
do not say one word. II am going 10
prove George Bouverie's innocence.
|. i, q fear you are attempting an impo,-
sible feat snears Sebastian, dull
flush spreading over his face. \.
!. Barbara. with her hand on the door,
lifts her glorious eyes. w
:. ] He Is innocent. n It was I: who lent
him the money. forced him to take
It, and 1t was for my sake he kept
silence. Oh. I see it all now!" the
cries, with little irrepressible sob.
If I had been there it could never
have happened! The hundred pounds
was mine, only he was too honorable
to make my name public!"-a loving.
tender look sweeping over her face. y
>(To be oontinued.)
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'<t ,.'lFl 4; Y BREAcl OF PROMISE.
31ows the 1 Act 4 or Parents Prevented
s.. 9.a a.siE TIE Union Of chiid.a.. 81 e, Z !

j lz NJ =
Hriows the Act 81 Parents Prevented
11z$.5 the Union, of Children. !. X {. I /
y g Cons derab BILE amusement has been
Afforded the inhabitants Of Cradock.
Cape Colony by breach Of promise
case IN colored circles, which is des.
cribed BY the Westminster Gazette
The members of the party--mostly
women were arrayed in brilliant col.
ors or pure white. Plaintiff. named
Caroline May, wore black dress
with scarlet. silk blouse and round
her lee neck q gold chain, which: hung
IN loops to. her waist, where II was
fastened with sovereign pendant
and trinkets. Defendant, = fne
swarthF intelligent-looking fellow.
bearing the name of Andrew Africa.
was attired in gray flannels and snot-
less linen, with a coronation medal
and ribbon on the lapel of his coat
81 The. aggrieved maiden told tho
court that she claimed 500 damages
LOT loss OF comfort and home life. De.
1edant had given her an engagement
ring and arranged with her father as
10 the number of cattle he was to nav
Tor her, and she, at defendants re.
quest, left the domestic situation
where she was employed. Africa
wrote her many love. letters. Her
mother bought the wedding dress and
outft, which included the following
articles: Plates and forks. CUBS and
saucers, twenty pounds of butter, six
pounds OF fat, a butter pot, a sugar
pot, pictures and frames. -"
Defendant asserted that as his
father could not come to terms with
the girls father as to the number of
cattle to be paid for the girl herself,
impatient at the delay, broke off the
match. Without the consent of both
parents, according to native custom.
tney could not marry. =
The resident magistrate accented
the defendants version and dismiss
cd the case. He said the trouble was
really between the parents and not
between the youth and the girl.
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homeward5 bound steamer, her face full
of hope as every throb OF the screw
brings her q moment nearer to seeing
George again. Her fathers death had
been q shock, but hardly in one sense
q grief; for she had not seen hin, since
her childhood and retained only q very
faint memory Of an austere, silent man
who seldom spoke to her. She has
been told that she is rich, that her
fathers will has left her everything
completely and Internationally. She
may marry whom she chooses. The
news Of 80 much wealth had come as
a surprise on Barbara: she can hardly
realize it yet. ~
In her deep mourning she sits on a
deck, with grave, steady eyes looking
over the tossing waves. and thinking
Of George. What. surprise it will
e>to him to ind he is to have q rich
wife!
II will help him to use this money
wisely and WE'LL" muses. Barbara, lit
tie dreaming that behind prison bars
the man she loves is living through
the first awful days Of his sentence
days when despair clutches at the
heart, when the terrible realization of
the horror of the life breaks down the
manhood, when even trust in the
mercy of God seems but a mockery.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-05-23
Mrs. SIoane's. Luxurious Hobby.

Women have their pet colors and
their pet furs, but few have their ia.
vorite materials, as Mrs. VIM. Sloane,
who rarely orders a gown unless it be
OF velvet, except, of course, in summer,
when she is literally forced into dain-
tier clothes. At all other seasons,
even in the morning, she wears the
richest of velvet gowns. Her evening
frocks are invariably velvet, and even
when duchess satin was the rage and
velvets were tabooed entirely, Mrs.
Sloane persisted in her wearing of the
questionable goods. She was one OF
the first of the New York women to
succumb to the panne velvet fad, and
when. three years ago, she appeared
on the avenue in gown of the
crushed looking velvet, she caused a
genuine stir AS for color, Mrs Sloane
seems to prefer golden brown or the
deeper shades of blue. She dresses
quietly, but with a certain taste and
richness that only generations of
wealth or else the worlds greatest
dressmalxers can impart.-New York
Press,
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They "Waited' and "Saw."

Warren's Corners, N. Y, April goth.
wait and see-you're better now,
of course, but the cure won't last"
This was what the doctors said to
Mr.. A. B. Smith of this place. These
doctors had been treating him for
years and he got no better. They
thought that nothing could perma+
nently cure him. He says:
my kidneys seemed to be so Large
that there wasn't room for them, and
at times it seemed as if ten thousand
needles were running through them.
L could not sleep on my left side for
years. the pain was so great in that
position. had to get up many times
to, urinate;; and my urine was some
times clear and white as SPRING
water, and again it would be, high
eolOred AMI would stain my linen.
The pain across my back Was awful.
! was navenously hungry all the
time.
after D had taken Dodd's Kidney
Pills for four lays my Kidneys panied
me SO bad I could hardly sit down.
On the morning of the fifth day felt
some better, and the Improvement
continued until I was completely
cured.
This is months ago, and as / have
had no symptom of a return of INV
old trouble I am sure am pernaa
nentlg cured
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-05-23
HEALTH AND GOOD LOOKS.
Something Useful May BE Learned fro,
m Aefresa1 Exnariaaca

Something Useful May BE Learned from
an Actress Experisnce.
One of tho most admired of Ameri-
can actresses, both for her grace and
comeliness, has been divulging some Of
the secrets by which she has preserved
her beauty. vigilance" she says, rs
the first requisite. I am ever on tho
alert and when I discover traces OF
fatigue or any other beauty DESTROYING
symptoms in my face or figure set
about remedying it at once. I don't
attempt to be anything but a profess
sional woman during the theatrical
season. I don't receive and I don't 70
to other peoples houses. I simply
haven't time, and don't make it. My
mode Of life is very simple. l sleep
nine or ten hours as rule-never less
than eight. eat regularly and hearth
ly, and avoid everythin that would DO
apt to give me Indigestion. Indiges-
ton is a powerful foe to beauty,
greater foe than age, as great even az
worry. I walk every day, rain or
shine, and wear corded corset waist
and stout hat-heeled boots. try not to
worry, no matter what happens, and I
never tire myself unnecessarily. MY
method is so very simple few women
would care to try it. It has no balms
or diets, and I don't even go in for
fancy baths. A warm bath at night and
cold bath in the morning are good
enough for me. On Sundays I don't
have to go to the theater, but I don't
devote it to lolling or receiving wis.,
tors. l have my usual amount of exer-
else and then devote most of the day
to manicure and hairdresser When
ones hair is five feet long and very
thick it is not an easy task to have it
shampooed. How do keep the same
weight all the time? Why, by vigil
lance and determination. II I gain a
pound Immediately stop drinking
water at meals and give up sugar for
a while. If the bones in my neck begin
to show I eat bananas and cream and
put an extra spoonful OF oil in my
salad. It's so simple, but, Of course. It
precludes much pleasure"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-05-23
THE FIRST PUBLIC SCHOOL

In Dorchester. in 1859, Citizens Were
Taxed for Its Support.
The first public school in America
to be supported by direct taxation
upon the inhabitants Of the town."
was estab lished at Dorchester. Mass
in May, 1889.
In 1886 David THOMPSON had set-
tied upon Thompson's island, off the
coast of the colony town, and in 1898
he gave the island to the town on the
payment of IL pence yearly rental
Having transferred the island to the
town, the town council met May 20,
1859, and adopted the following
order:
1T is ordered the Goth day of May.
1859, that there shall be rent of
EGO q year imposed forever on
Thompson's island, to- be paid by
every person that hath propriety in
said island, according to the proper
ton that any such person shall from
time to time enjoy and possess there,
and this toward the maintenance of a
school in Dorchester. This rent of
EGO year to be- paid to such school
master as shall undertake to- teach
English, Latin and other tongues,
also writing. The said schoolmaster
to be chosen from time to- time by
the freemen, and it is left to the dis
erection Of the elders and the seven
men for the time being whether
maids shall be taught with the, boys
or not. For the levying of this EGO
yearly from the particular persons
who"ought to pay it according to this
order, it is further ordered that some
man shall be appointed by the seven
men for the time being to receive
this, and on refusal to levy it by dis
tress, and not finding distress, such
person as so refuseth payment shall
forfeit the land he hath in propriety
IN said island
Here, the first teacher was the, Rev.
Thomas Waterhouse.