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and entsrsainmsat II Weeeerunsetl
hall Wednesday evenlng. January 10
The beautiful evening broaght out .
good asienAance 10 enjoy the social
supper hour. aud listen 10 the even
lnK's program by home talent Mise
% Hazel Goodwin. Gala corson and
Mabel Johnson and Ruth High, sans
Down In the Old Cherry Orchard.
and gave In response to an encore
In Summer Time Down BY the
Sea-" "curfew Must Not Ring To-
night" was nicely rendered By Miss
Josephine Hight.
The drama, The Trained Nurse.
was then presented by the following:
DIR. Strong. DIR. c. A. Smith; Mrs.
worthington. Mrs. r. II. Holman !:
Peggy WorthinEton. Miss Carolyn
Barker; Rsggy Worthington. Wallace
Jones; Moliie Burton. the trained
nurse, Miss Minnie Beckwith: Phil
Armour, LeRoi Harris.
Between the two acts OF the drama,
Mrs. 4. p. Ellingwood favored with
two piano selections, the second In
response to an encore. The society
wish to publicly thank Mrs. Filing
wood for tho favor. Az II has been
several years since she has been able
TO play at such an entertainment II
gave much pleasure and all Joined
In congratulations on her improved
health and hope we may hear her Of
ten.
DEATH OF MISS WILLIAMS.
Miss Hattie Williams, whose Christ
mas gift was mentioned two weeks
ago, seemed pleased as the money
was placed in her hand and she was
told that it was the gift Of friends
Even then she seemed to be weaken
ing physically though with no parti-
cular disease except a slight cold and
the infirmitiss Or ATE. she eontin-
ued to fall till the end came quite
painlessly early on the morning OF Jah
II when she closed her blind eyes to
open them to the beauties of the home
she had looked forward to with pleas
ure for many years. The funeral
was from the church Tuesday after
noon, Rev. J. Loudfoot conducting the
service.
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cessfui and there was hopes of his
recovery. Twice before Mr.. Davis
has undergone operations of n simil-
ar nature This time the growth was
In close proximity to the carotid ar
terry causing much uneasiness among
his relatives concerning the results.
Rev. o. NJ. Chase will preach NJ the
| Union church. Canaan village. next
Sunday. January 30. at $50 p. m.
Mesdames Shean and Rand attended
a special meeting Of the Dasterr Star
In Madison. January II: also q reg
Norridgewock. January 81. Ofiicers
were installed In both places.
Invitations extended to several In
this village were accepted and q
number OF friends met ut the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Ames In West
Hartland on the evening of January
10. Refreshments of cake. pies. cof-
fee, apples and cider were furnished.
A Jack Homer pie and hideously
dressed peanut woman caused much
merriment The host and hostess
were presented with a nice chair. All
report a most delightful evening.
Worthy Master clifford WAS on duty
at the usual hour at Grange hall
Thursday night. A large audience
was in attendance. After the usual
routine of business a short program
was presented by the lecturer and a
ball and supper were decided upon for
Friday night, January %. at Grange
hall. Hunters orchestra of Pittsfield
will furnish five pieces of music. Ev-
erybody come and all bring your best
girls.
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CARATUNk,

Archie w. Clark went to Jackman
last week in pursuit of men for the
woods. Help seems to be very scarce
round here at present.
Mrs. Blanche Spaulding and son
Clarence went to Bingham one day last
week to have dental work done. They
patronized DR.. Woods.
Mary Clark returned from Bingham
Wednesday Of last week
The next meeting of the Literary
club will be with Mrs. Williams with
the following program: Roll call
with responses made up of fiyemin-
ute biographies of Caxton, Tyndall,
Wolsey, Moore, Cromwell, Raleigh,
ETC., history lesson, pages 1873 to 241;
magazine, THE Elizabethan Age, and
Parliament and its Leaders," review
questions.
Mrs. Adah Spaulding went TO Bing-
ham Thursday to take a treatment
with DR.. Genoa Sanborn.
The Rev. Mr.. Gilpatrick sends the
announcement that he would hold
services in the church January %,
which will be next Sunday at two
o'clock.
VIII Whoff is harvesting his ice.
He takes 1t out of Pleasant pond and
1t Is first class in quality.
In regard to the shoe trade some
say that Bisson lost SIS dollars, some
say $40. and some even say he lost
$40. We would like to know the
truth of the matter.
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ATHENS.

Charles Barker seemd to be the
happiest nlzn out last Wednesday ey-
ersing Though nearly 81 years OF age
he looks and appears like a man
aboat co.. The cause Of his toy at
this time was a letter recejved the
week previous announcing the birth
January 1 Of twin great-grandeons
Their names are Myroys Frank and
Byron Edwin Seherck, sons Of Mr..
and Mis-. E. r.. Scherck OF Casper,
Wyo. Mrs. Schesck Is me oldest
!child OF Mr.. Bankers oldest child, w.
l.. Barker of CondDn, Ore,. who weait
west abONt thirty years aga.
Edgar FOX gave a party last Fri
day evening, about thirty invited!
guests being present
G. w. Denring has gone to- AuguBte1
where he has a position. He went tp
Madison the first Of last wesR with
A n. WelCfii Of NJ. e. Cornwiil'e. They
had just began work there cutting
conf wood wfisn Mr. Welchi was sum-
moped home bH the sudden ILLNESS of
HIS wife.
MtN. Annie ISOx has; returned hume
after three, weefs at Phiihnder Huyts,
during the ILLNESS of the hUuseiassper;
Mrs. Ellen Emery.
Merle Hall OF Fitchbur% Mass, Is
passing a few weeks at his old hMnH,
here after visit with friends I'M Wa
tervtiltR.
! john Taylor IeUently' rHpeived a
letter. from hiss SUN, Rufus i'm IdafN
from whom hsc had not heard for a
long t1imE
The eighttyeHrSidi son or Ira P'F
land broke His ankle last Sunday
while jumping ffnm a beam i'm a
gnsigfibon's' BARN.
Mrs. Emma Nichols is at work fem
Mrs. ArWld D0ree of Harmony.
Israer Dean Of Brooks, Ma, and
his brotiier-in-Iaw; AL GigSay. are
visiting relatives i'm Athens:
/ Mrs: leslie HOyt of CumDerIand
Mills, was in town visiting friends.
Mr. and Mrs. willard Smith were
I'm town visiting Ear PARENTS Mr.: and
Mns: A. r.. Cook
Miss Annie TcHey is working for
John Curtis.
/ IN. E.. r. SOCIETY.
| The NJ. E. B.. society gave supper
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SOUTH HICKMAN.

Fred kellogg was in town last
week.
The crank shaft on the log hauler
belonging to the kellogg, Co, was
broken last week, disabling 1t for one
days work.
Rev. Father Forest. who has been
away visiting camps on Lilly Bay
town and the south branch of the
Penobscot, was homo last week
Mr.. and Mrs, Wilfred Lawrison
from st. Georges are visiting their
sister, Mrs. w. j. Murtha at the line
house, Moose river.
MIR. and Mira. George Blais have
had their home frightened by the ar
rival OF : little girl. The baby was
baptized Sunday In St. Anthony's
church by Rev. FIR. LeVesQue, Mr.. and
MIRA. Joseph Blais, uncle and aunt
being sponsors. She received the
names of Mary Julia Marcella.
Mr.. and Mrs. Teddie Wilson are
working at the Armstrong house,
Miss Edith Wilson has returned h
her work at Holeb island.
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CANAAN.

Wallace Goodridge of Boston, ar
rived Tuesday night for a short stay
with his mother, Mrs. Clarissa Good
ridge and other friends.
George Weymouth of Bangor Wis
tied his parents, Mr.. and MrE Frank
Weymouth the past week; also Mr..
and Mrs. Harrison Cover.
DR.. and Mrs. Shean received intel
ligence Sunday that her brother, s.
NJ. Davis of Hartland, was Obliged to
go to the hospital In Bangor for the
removal of tumor on his neck. AT
last reports the operation was sue
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SMITHFIELD.

Dr.. and Mrs. Ivory Lowe OF Ca
naan visited relatives in town last
week.
Neil Harlow is i'll with pneumonia.
Albert Tracy and son from st.
Adams, were in town last week.
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CORNyILLE.

An epidemic of heavy colds border
ing on the grip Is prevailing In town.
Selvin Flanders is saving with his
gasoline engine for c. T. and c. 8.
Moody
Elma Trask. cook at Falls camps
In Athens, was In town Friday and
attended the dance In the evening.
Elias Moody was called to Freeport
Wednesday on account of the serious
illness of his nephew Harold Moody.
He returned home Friday.
There was a social dance at the
Grange hall Friday night. Brailey's
orchestra OF Athens furnished the
music. All who attended report a
fine time.
The drop curtain for the Grange
hall has arrived. 1t was painted by
Aiken of New York for Clyde :mith
of Skowhegan. The painting repre-
sents Ceres gathering wheat and Ia
beautiful.
Mrs. o. A. Wright and daughter
Mrs. Dunning of Athens, were in
town Friday and attended the dance
in the evening.
Mrs. Carrie Patterson of Scion, was
in town Friday. guest of her father,
Perlie Fogg and attended the dance
in the evening.
Deputy Foss of Scion attended the
dance Friday night at the Grange
hall.
Amelia Williams of North Hartland
is in town, guest of her mother, Mrs
Arthur Merrill.
Forrest Herrin is still packing ap-
Piles and shipped IA car loads since
October.
c. l.. Smith and wife, G.. L. II.
Smith and wife, of Skowhegan, were
in town Tuesday, guests of Darius
McCrillis and family.
Darius McCrillis celebrated his
Goth birthday on Tuesday, January IS.
Stanley Towle and Mrs. Allie Whit
tier of Skowhegan, were in town Tues
day, guests of Darius McCrillis and
family.
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The village school has been closed
FOR the past two weeks on account OF
the mumps In town.
George Harlow of Sorridgewock Ii
cutting lumber In town and will move
his mill here In the spring 10 saw
the lumber.
George Relish. who has been so very
III. 10 slowly recovering.
Mrs. Frank Marston Ia III with the
grip.
Rev. Mr.. Cochrane Ii supplying the
pulpit each Sunday ut the Baptist
church at $50.
The officers OF Fairview Grange.
Smithfield. were Installed January
is, with Mr.. Whittier of Skowhegan.
as installing officer. There was a
good attendance.
MIR. and Mrs. II. Z. Groves attend
ed the funeral OF Mrs. DIR. Ames Sun
day afternoon In Norridgewock.
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HARTLAND.

Arthur Hunt broke his leg while
shoveling coal at the 8. & Nj. depot
Friday forenoon. Mr.. Hunt came
here from Burnham recently and
was employed with 8. s. Hunt.
John Connolly. agent for the Ban
gor Daily News, Is at home for q
few days.
Mrs. Jennie Schwartz. who has
been Ill for the past two weeks, Is
recovering.
| Ida Jenpess Moulton, the celebrat-
ed impersonator presented, THE New
Mayor" founded on THE Man of the
Hour" at the Opera house Thursday
evening. A supper was served in the
| dining hall at 6. o'clock. Both sup
| per and entertainment were greatly
appreciated by a large audience. The
proceeds were for the benefit of the
public library.
Samuel Pingree, mail carrier from
st. Adams to Hartland, is quite III
at his home in st. Adams with pneu-
monia.
Mrs. H. U. F. Baker has been in
Bangor for few days.
Samuel Davis is quite i'll at the
Bangor hospital.
Mrs. Carrie Blanchard is in Boston
for few days.
Lewis Fish was In Bangor Wednes-
day.
The Hartland Guild met with Mrs.
McCauslin Wednesday afternoon.
A. c. Cross of Boston, is in town
for few days.
Mrs. Anna Osborn, Mrs. Harry
Randlett, Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Sprague
attended the Union Grange at PaImy-
ra last week.
The friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Leigh
Leadbetter were saddened to hear OF
the death of their baby Friday, jan
uary 81.
E. A. Wright of Lynn, Mass, is Wis
iting friends in town for a few days.
NEW POSTOFFICE.
The postofflce opened Monday jan
uary II, at the new quarters in the
Linn block next door to the old office
with an entirely new equipment.
Hartland now has as finely equipped
an office as any In the State. One
hundred and sixty extra combination
boxes have been added to accommo-
date the many who have long wished
to secure them. The light and venti-
lation Ia better and more space has
been allowed for the work room than
formerly. The wood work Ia in oak
and presents very smart appear
ance.
Surely the citizens OF Hartland are
justified in feeling proud Of such an
Improvement.
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Mrs. Forest Newton ven, 10 81.
Georges last week 20 Wait her faith
or aud mother.
g. G. Basa was In sko~hegan and
bingham last week.
Il L. Bass. who has been In the
Somerset hospital In ske~hegan. re-
turned home last Monday,
Aiex Quietly Was taken TO the hos
pital In Sherbrook last Tuesday. jan
uary IS. and was operated on on We'd
nssday. but paused from this troubled
life TO the higher life beyond Al about
eleven In tho evening. ais remains
we're brought back to Jackman Thur.
day and the funeral services were
conducted from the Congregations nj
church Sunday afternoon attended BY
large circle of borrowing friends
and neighbors. Mr.. Quietly was =
member OF the X. o. T. NJ. and its
members went to the church In q
body. Rev. ID. c. Hershey offered
words OF consolation To the bereaved
ones. The deceased was good man.
always tho nrst to do kind and
friendly act: trusted and loved and
quoted by all who knew him as an
honest man. He will be greatly
missed and mourned by a large num-
Der OF friends. He leaves two sons
and two daughters.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-21

is right in what he says and that you
tried to beat him, and did beat him. and
there's no use in your trying to stake
me to that you-wrong-me look.
Then he turned to me.
How much did she sting you for.
neighbour he asked me like the sport
he was.
Il told him. and he dug into his ka-
jeans and brought out a prize cucumber
wad and peeled me enough to pay the bill
and two bones over, which he nodded to
me to keep for myself. That was lucky
break for me. but don't often have that
kind. Most of the women who hand me
the gouge get away with 1t without any
comeback.
Its only once in a great while that
he,proposition gets into taxi with the
deliberate idea of stalking the shun to
kick In the Stats on the money thing
Most Of the men folks that hand it to
us are runs who really don't mean to do
the shuff, but forget all about the wagon
they've left standing out In front and
beat 1t to the next place on the goof
Month or SO ago I had a big breezy
looking eink. 4 western man, out from
Z in the evening till 2 in the morn
ing, and | wound him up at Iurkish
bath. When l asked him to come through
after he'd registered his name on the
Turkish bath book he could only hand
me the humble So I decided to drop
around few hours later and see II
couiunI spring the dun he owed me dIter
he'd got boiled out a bit. / snagged
couple that wanted to go down to Long
Island, and ] din't get back to the TURK
ish bath till in the morning The
clerk of the bath told me that my man
was still asleep and that he wouldn't
wake him up. I told the clerk the
amount OF my bill and he made note
of It, and said he knew my man, and
that he was perfectly good for 1t. So
didn't drop around again till late that
evening. Man was still tearing on the
slumber stuff, the clerk told me. Well,
to chop. / dropped around there two
more nights in succession. and my west
ern rum was still pounding his ear at
the Turkish bath. On the third night
just happened to skid up when he was
coming down the STEPS all dolled up and
sober as an owl, and he'd left the coin.
nearly twenty-seven bucks. with the clerk
for me- Said to me that he didn't remem-
Der ever having been in taxi In his
life. but that IL / said he'd been in
taxi seventeen dollars worth, why, 1
must know more about II than he did,
and IL was all right.
AS l say. It's the women mostly do
the bilking OF tie taxi Shuts I'd rather
think than not that they imagine 1t to be
funny. as they imagine smuggling and
grabbing salt cellars and spoons from
hotels to be funny. but my private opinion
Is that women really are more on the
do thing than men, and that they're only
now beginning to be found out"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-21

ing up from her writing as IL shed never
clapped lamp on me in her life before.
said. dye want me to stick around?'
i asked her again. but from the way she
answered me the first time / had a
bunch that / was in bad.
How is that-"stick around"T she
said to me, her eyes widening like an
owls and her voice as hard as wrought
nails BE good enough to explain what
you are talking about. my good man
/ do not understand what you mean.
II knew then. Of course. that 1 was on
dead one. 1t was rawer In her case,
you see. because she'd had plenty OF
chance to beat 1t away from that store
without my seeing her: but she was so
dead confident that she had me where |
wouldn't be able to do q thing about
il that she just stayed around the store
as long she felt like IL, knowing that
I'd probably be In there to look her up,
so there now,
taxi that you engaged more than three
hours ago, and you know that that's
what / mean. II you don't want IL any
longer. will you pay me now?'
"a taxicab that I engaged from your
said the Daughter Of Something or Other,
looking me plumb in the lamps and never
batting one of her own. Why, my poor
man, are you insane? Or Is this some
outrageous new scheme to terrorize me
into giving you money? and she began to
look around as IL IL was HcT- iucd 10 Cdii
somebody to have me pinched or tossed
out.
There wasn't any manner Of doubt
then, OF course. that she was a taxi blk.
and the only thing for me to do was to
toss I'm my last card.
Maybe you don't know it, said I. but
I'll have to pay the company out OF my
own pocket for the three hours and more
that I've had you out. And that.l put
dent in me for a whole days work
Did that reach her? Did she stake me
to the sympathetic gaze then and say
she'd only been fooling and all Ike that
.'Uh-huh she did-not. She got up
from her seat at the writing table. pick
ed up her little bundles and swished
right past me, saying something about
for permitting her to be annoyed In that
manner, and down the aisle and out 10
the front door she beat 1t. leaving me
standing on the steps on the writing gal
lery looking like zap.
There wasn't a way on EARN Tor me
to spike her game. She had II on me
plumb All she had to do In case made
a roar to a cop or anybody was 10 say
that II was a case Of mistaken identity
and her word wouldve been better than
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-21
BEATING THE TAXI "SHUFFS"

mine a million to one, for you see no.
body loves a taxi Snuff. / don't know
just why everybody hates taxi shuH,
but that's the answer all the same: l
hadn't been handing her any OF the slow
music stuff, either, when l told her that
I'd have to make good to the company
for the time I'd had her out. l owed the
company money, instead of the company
owing me anything, when l turned in my
wagon at the end of that days work Inc
same kind of an uppercut was handed 10
me by woman wearing a dress tnat
couldn't earn enough to pay for IN Tour
months, and she was fumbling goid
vanity case studded all over with sure
enough diamonds and rubies.
"Of course, most of the women who do
me just ride along in my trap as long as
they feel like 1T, getting out to visit TINS
store and that, and then at the wind-up
they always pick out a store that's got
all kinds of side and back door exits and
they beat it and leave me out IN the
street kicking up my heels and wondering
IL I'm due to be sailed away again as
the Patsy. Pretty often they'll have me
take 'em at the finish to one of these
department stores that've got covered
passageway leading from the store TO the
elevated railroad, and that, or course
let's them turn the trick without any kind
of trouble at all. A few weeks ago go'
sloughed by a woman who allowed me &c
skid her around the shops for more than
five hours, and then she did the disap-
pearng Della thing on me by lammine
through one of those store-to-elevated
passageways. She was q kind of gay
looking proposition. and about three days
later I lamped her with a swell glug ur
around 42d street. So / decided on TAX
ing a chance on collecting.
PLEASE excuse me. lady, says to her
but you forgot to slip me anything fol
that five-hour ride / gave you in my
taxi a few days ago.
.'She flushed up. but she looked at me
as IL I was a cockroach.
How dare you address me, you inn
pertinent ruffian?' she hands me. What
do you mean by
Easy has 1t, little one.' says the
toppy gink with her. and l could SEQ
that he'd been stalking her to the funny
gaze from the minute I stepped In front
OF them and opened up that spiel. Sc
you've been doing your old ride-stealine
thing again. have you? Well. IL you're
asking me. heart of gold. l call that stuff
pretty cheap and nasty, and the next
time you pull anything like that and
find 1t out I'm going to work up a rea
rude peeve on you, that is what I an
going to do. Tut-tut-never mind thai
swelling-up thing. / know that this mar