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Spoiled Oyster on Dining Car Result

IrE ing in Lawsuit.
In Travis ". Louisville & n. K.
.Co, (supreme Court of Alabama) 62
Southern Reporter. S51, much Judi
cial attention is given to the modest
oyster that innocent, .meltingly deli
cious fruit of the deep, the morsel
that to the taste Of some Is better
FfKffTi the striped watermelon. one
Travis blames It forlrnaktng him ex-.
cecdingly mi 50 that'Ighe lowered
twtxt death din h fife! ut does not, say
whether or i lot lie felt like the sea-
sick person. who for awhile was
afraid he5d die and then was atrald.
he wouldn't;&thatyis left. to puf ip-
agination. Mr.. Travis. however, per-
maps thinking that oyster was more
to be pitied than blamed, sued the
railroad company on whose dining
car lie had eaten the rebellious blue
point in question. Tie lover OF our
deep sea, fruit may take comfort,
though, in the fact that Mr.. Travis
was not allowed to say right out that
It WIS the oyster that made him III,
but he could testify only as to his
symptoms. while one made sick
by eating spoiled oysters could testi-
.fy IN an action for damages as to his
symptoms after eating them, evidence
BY him as to the cause of such symp-
toms was properly excluded. "iFurth-
err: "The fact that the size Of an
oyster causes plaintiff unpleasant
lliess is not evidence tending to show.
that the oysters be ate were the
cause of his sickness. I.ar
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OBITUARY


IA IN nee liked here sliltesay
I'M nnceo the death 81 ENrea suck,
"a lios lneeles. ~ b. b hrothaf q 6.
sucl, Of thisscity Deceased WAS
SioSated IN Fajrmont itbont eight
lEyeif Il Is for a mort period.
Since est ablisheda plant for tlle man
iSitsSture OF enalael ~ Los Az. 1Alls
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T.01lS rem Modern house 613
Syla1d5A Ave. Possession at once.
Tit. Bldg. & Investment
4 se6.S 11-15-tf
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Paner Gin Venerable,

Tie little paper fastener that
holds together a number Of loose
sheets is more than 1900 years old.
such a device was used by the Ro-
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\ FbliS Rooms With Or without
slIght housekeeping. Apply Mrs.
eE3sgns Cor. Monroe and High
7-26-tf
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10 3Ft TS.room apartment, Yost
4 I'LL Apply J. c. Mlller. Cooks
7.1s'tt
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F,6s SIX room brick house
51nsR tsWsbsfeet. Apply ]. c. Mil
hi. GSeS Hospital. 9-1s-tf
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.sAL1

IIoR 8s FEAllake your boys and
siils happy Christmas by giving
them aaf hRir ,4of Golden Seabright
Baat amgisy Call Bell phone 1851,
on adHIess Hahlan. L. Henderson,
RE CITY. 12-5-3t.
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Jersey Milk and Cream /.
b. FOR SALE s.ts.

We wish to announce to thsqeeplc
df Fairmont that we have decided To-
sell our Jersey Milk by retail3i thet
than by wholesale, g;lI
all persons wishing to be supplied
with pure Jersey milk and sCteatlts
please mail postal card or phone.
stating the amount, giving name and
address,.
Tie first delivery will be Thurs.
day, Dec. II. liS4?s
Cream, Goo pit, 400 qt., $1.50 Ietgais
Milk, Sc pit, 100 Ct, 35c per &c,
Address MAPLE VALLEY
0. c. PHILLIPS, Prop,
Cons Phone Fairmont, W. Va b. 8
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IsoR rs SE4sone six room house
81 III .6YeF Jan acre OF ground in
al bWpS Rarrackville, W. Va. Can
aBel hgGgitHat a bargain, Inquire
sYealterH III. Watson, Barrack-
llts oF Ray Shackelford, Barns
tow 11-2O-1mo
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FOR i Two fiye-roonl cottages
4 i. 8nl9dsrn. conyeniences; situat-
81 "A Eist Park near Speedway;
aifa mint es walk to street car
flatIa Lowe, orcall Console
phone 2s6-Y, 1o-2O-tf
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FOR 6 room house, bath,
s5S tseat; close Locust avenue
feAiS to; Dec. 18th. Apply
4 aiecray, Office over Tn
iIilg Store. 11-14-tf
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Eolsi Pagels Sanitary, nom
Frss ing Thinking Fountains. No
lat4ps no valves. No work. No
sofFs. Warm in winter, cool In
silname increases Leg Produc;
Ton. For sale by Geo. Weiss, Wat
s6l Consl. Phone asa
,1t-2..-lmo
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ron Zone 7-room house locat-
ID tn State street, First ward.
Prize 900. Apply N. c. Steele,
4; %, building. Con. phone
AZ 12-2-St,
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01lE am. BOARD.

i Br tulsdSle ca rooms aid board, FOL
FaifIao1t ASkate. 12-5-St
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FoR $50, or ltENT-S-room house
66 lEenros street. Apply A. H,
tns t535 Monroe,st.
Il. 0 11-25-tt.
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Catarrh CANNOT Be CIIre,.s

s - = y, ~ 49, n - = q q II Il
tn LOCAL ! ApfLIG ATI0Es a. they cannot
4ach the seat of,the disease. GAtauhS q blood
4 eInat ltutlonll disease, and ~ otSet elre e
10 must taIeS lhtsrpai remedies Hall Gatatt4
tare e taken ipIerually Is, aud iacts Alltn
Ie blood anu mucous sttfaeeS n Hill;s ;CatGtFA
ire Il not d Iuaek medicine Il was pre-;
,rihed by -one u tile best physicians 81 this
Juntry Gors years dnd IS a regular ptescflptionS
/: IS composed q tie best topiess knoEn, com;
lncd With the best blood puFlhess acting 81
4m6ina ton Of The two ingredepts Is what pro
uces such wonderful results IN curling eatAtrh.
end for Testimonials, ffee. ~
F. y. CHENEY & C0ig Props, Toledo. o.s
Sold by Druggists, price 76e, so,
Take Halls Family Pals tSs soustipatton.
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~ 4. ATTRACTIVE new house
lfsSSlot. Seven rooms and
IA at car stop ID Edge
iio IHallfe Brooks s! Hutchin
sot fd4E, B. Pryor, Jacobs Bldg
list
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V9lgEl1D itis Us your golden OPP
etpRily TOT fortune. Agents
Z mix han dscm es2 profits. Here's
gahiple outfits; hollow, ground,
Betl tstseIt So. 00srazor In neat. case
OH swing price ]; Leather and tubu-
y lsr5 seb sstropT worth 75c; shaw
tlifg brush ting SOC; Champion
f4Sot hone, wofthST5c; cake VIII
listis shaving soap, Ave articles
worth $685. Every mar uses
item. ,You} need only show the
,sptlte sells them II YOU sold but
f Rye bow.sco you make SIS
isle? Send 81. 90, for. outfit
/ inpEs5 NOD ey back lis unsatisfad,
.iitefys itieEcsr saless Co.. Box IS,
flhtQs Ii ! 1g-1-tt!
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wiz csition By experienced
ehn Tspher. Address "steno,"
eara West Virginian. tt
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FOR One 7-room house Cd
Afoiroe st. and one Groom
sthsFard. All modern con-
vssiaase5:. Apply Chas. B. High
tSEe.
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FOR RENT One Groom ,llouse with
House vacant aud in first
cleSs seoRdttioh. Located on 9Th
9th ward. ;ApptYzBarber
SHeIf Phone 2ls-R:5ee 2-tf
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.OR RENT.

5F0Iss One 5-room flat inclpdt
ii1 ltaihIFJackson ST., Inquire 9s3
tlessoast. 70 ll1-2s-tt
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WAIVED.

III TIED Business woman Of
eos address. Past thirtyssto look
y business interests for an old
Y stablished company. Address 6O7
sshHulbach Building, Wheeling,
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! IFSt a 3
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-10-08
NORTH DANVILLE

Mr.. and Mrs. F. Bell of Lunen-
burg visited their daughter, Mrs.
Homer Stanton the first of last week.
Miss Ethel Drew was sick last week
and unable to attend school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Pearce have
gone to Waterford for the winter
They have gone to take charge of
the boarding house in a lumber
camp.
Guy Clifford has been sick-a-bed
the past week, but is some better at
this writing. Mrs. Harriet Bailey
is on the gain. Frank Emmons is
better and his son Arthur who was
sick all the past week is better.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Varnum of
Jacksonville spent Sunday with his
mother, Mrs Green, Mr.. and Mrs.
Varnum and Mrs. Green and Mrs
Badger took dinner with her son and
wife, Mr.. and Mrs. Byron Varnum,
Sunday. Monday Mr.. and Mrs. Var
mum, Mr.. and Mrs. Lucian Stanton,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Jerry Stanton
started for Boston, going in Mr.. Var
NUNS auto. They will visit erlatives
and friends.
Miss Clara Tousant of St. Johns
bury is staying at the home of her
sister, Mrs. James Johnson, while
Mrs. Johnson is at the hospital.
Charles Drown and family of
Wheelock visited her brother and
family, George Simpson Sunday.
Mrs. Eva Berry is very sick at the
home of her father, George Gilman.
Her sister, Mrs. Peter Gilman of
Sheffield, is here caring for her.
George Gilman was sick last week,
but is better at this writing.
Ell s--1,4
at Farnham, P. O., and was obliged
to come home for a few days.
Guests of Mrs. Jamison Sunday
were her father, Harry Gardiner and
M. G. Fleming, her sister and fami-
Iy, Mrs. A. B. Scott and her cousin,
James Learmouth, all of st. Johns
bury.
Jack Bedor is moving on to his
farm that he bought of Chester Ward
in the north part of the town.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Lawson and
their son Ernest were at the home of
their niece, Mrs. Martin Samborn
Sunday.
The Devenger brothers have fin
ished work at Coles Pond. Ernest
is at work at w. H. Clifford s; Archie
at Homer Stanton's and VERNE in
Walden.
Mrs Carrie Syms of Arlington,
Mass, visited her cousin, Mrs. Je-
NINA Green one day last week.
Miss Mabel Emmons of the Gale
DOMAIN Office was at her home for a
few days, visiting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Emmons.
Mr. and Mrs Freeman Pierce of
st. Johnsbury called on Mr.. and Mrs.
George Drew Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. Hale of st. Johns
bury visited their daughter, Mrs.
George Morehouse Sunday.
w. H. Clifford and family spent
Sunday with Mrs. CIifford's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Morse at
Morse's Mills.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-10-08
Millinery Opening
McINDOE FALLS
Reception to Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Manchester-LOcaIs

The friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Manchester gave them a reception
at the X. of P. Hall Friday even
ing, over 100 being in attendance.
The hall was prettily decorated with
autumn leaves. A short program
was given which consisted of music
by the Nonpareil Orchestra; two
vocal solos by Miss Flora Winch, a
reading by Mrs G. A. Chase and a
piano solo by Mrs. G. B. Edgerton.
Rev. Mr.. Burns presented Mr.. and
Mrs. Manchester in behalf of their
friends with a sum of money. Re-
freshments of cake and coffee were
served.
Miss Frances AstIe of Littleton,
N. H., spent last week at w. M.
Phelps.
Mrs. Edith Westcott of Boston
was the guest of her cousin, Mrs. M.
d. Hunt last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. F. Winch returned
last Wednesday from a two weeks,
trip to Buffalo, N. Y.
Miss Bertha Bedell has returned
from the "Spooner Farm, Franconia
N. H., where she spent the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. B. Duncan have
been in Boston the past week.
Carl GOOQQOuSn Oh AlIIl0IOn, ~
H, was a guest at Charles Man
chester's several days recently.
At the church meeting last week
it was voted to single and paint
the church.
Mrs. Luther Pollard is spending
a week at G. H. Gibson's at East Rye
gate.
The Ladies' Society gave a har-
vest dinner at the vestry last week
which was we'll attended.
Mrs. Charles Manchester is spend
ing two weeks with her sister, Mrs.
Goodnough, at LittletOn, N. H.
Mrs. S. J. Holmes of Barnet was
the guest of Mrs. r. M. Johnson,
Friday.
H. D. Chamberlin visited D. H.
Gilchrist at North Haverhill, N. H.,
over Sunday.
Mrs. E. f. Grimes of St. Johns
bury visited her aunt, Mrs. John
Bishop and cousin, Miss Lucy Buff
fam last week.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-10-08
ST. JOHNSBURY CENTER
Cow Drowned in a WeIl-PersOnaI
and Local News

E. H. HaIlett lost a COW on Sun
day. Some one evidently had been
in the pasture and uncovered the
spring and the cow fell in and was
drowned.
M. d. Park has been unable to
attend his store on account of ill
ness.
Miss Bertha Salmon and Miss Ella
Mclaughlin went Monday as dele
gates from the County Christian En-
deavor to the state convention at
Ludlow. They will visit Burlington
and Shelburne before their return
home.
Miss Maud Berry who has been
visiting her brother, Lester, in New
York City has returned home.
Shepherd Pomona grange will
meet at Wide Awake Hall Wednes-
day evening, Oct. Is.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. w. Jenness have
been spending several days with her
sister, Mrs. Winthrop Blodgett at ST.
Johnsbury.
Mrs. Leo Eastman who has been
rather poorly for some time, was
taken worse last week and was taken
to the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Bert Farnham.
Miss Beatrice Brooks was the
guest of Miss Ella Mclaughlin and
Mrs. Eta Prescott last week. She
returns this week to her home at
Melrose, Mass.
Miss Doris Johnson was given a
birthday party last week by her
schoolmates. Refreshments were
served and many pretty gifts were
given to remind her of the occasion.
Mrs. Eliza Allen and daughter
Stella, who have been visiting at
Burlington have returned home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gorham have moved
from the Joyce place to st. Johns
bury to live.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Mclaughlin
and daughter spent Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. H. J. Beck at st. Johnsbury.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-10-08
SHEFFIELD

Mrs. Oliver Divire has returned
from a visit in Boston, bringing a
little niece to stay with her for a
while.
Mrs. John Flanders and Mrs. John
Orcutt have returned from a visit
lin New Hampshire.
The Ladies' Aid cleared SO at
their social and supper last Friday
night.
S. A. Mitchell and family of Lyn-
don are visiting in town for a few
days.
Clarence Phillips and wife were
guests of Lyman Browns Sunday.
E. X. Hill is having his barn
shingled.
John Rosebrooks spent Sunday at
his home in West Burke.
John Fontain has rented the Silas
Gray place.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-10-08

rses. That evening Miss Mary Antin
author OF THE Promised Land
spoke on The American Gospel Day
by Day"
r. E. Hathorn who has been in
business in Ludlow continuously
longer than any other man there has
sold his harness and saddlery estab-
lishment to Chester men but Will
continue in the mileage business af-
ter AS years of business life.
The Rev. Silas p. Perry of Fair
Haven has accepted a call to the
Woodlawn Baptist church at Paw
tucket, r. l., to begin about Novem-
Der 1.
w. E. Hyzer, a graduate of the
University of Vermont and now prin-
cipal of the school at Randolph Cen
ter who disappeared from his home
there was found by Officer Silva at
Concord, N. Fl. He is not mentally
deranged but is suffering from men
cholia and insomnia.
Little Helen Bailey, of West6eld,
10 months old, was accidentally
She had been playing with her little
five-year-old brother, who found her
later in the water and pulled her out.
1t was too late however as life was
extinct
Miss Hazel Agnes Foss and George
Warren Rowland were united in mar
riage at St. Andrews parish house
in Waterbury, Sept. 80. The mar
riage was the third union between
the Foss and Rowland families in
four generations.
Two Montpelier boys were injured
in a foot ball game between the
Commercial class and the ninth
grade of St. Michael's school at the
city playground Sept. 80. Fifteen
year-old Robert Mack as a result of
a miss tackle fell heavily on some
broken glass, puncturing his left
lung. His condition is most serious.
George Newton, sixteen years old,
was also hurt, his head being hit so
hard that it seemed to daze him for
some time. 1t is not thought that
his condition is serious, however.
George w. Briggs of Woodstock
was arrested October /, charged with
in the death of Frank J
Toby, whose body was found in
cornfield recently. The investiga-
tions in the case have not been
made public as yet, but some facts
are interesting. The hat worn by
Toby on the evening he disappeared, |
was found near Taftsville village, !
about three miles from the cornield. |
This may show that he was killed |
and taken to the field later. He dis
the evening of August 5, !
and the next or second morning fol- |
lowing, automobile tracks were seen
at the entrance of the cornfield. The |
road passing there was closed at the |
time, but instead of going far enough |
to see whether or not it could be |
passed, as other machines had done, |
this machine stopped here.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-10-08
EAST CONCORD

Mrs. George Whipple who has been
sick is gaining slowly.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. G. Morse were
here last Wednesday and Miss S. s..
Durham went back to Lyndon with
them for the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Don Smith went to
Whitefield Wednesday to see Mrs.
John Mcdonald who is sick in the
Morrison hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roscoe Sanders of
Allerton, Mass, are the guests of
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Webb.
A circle supper was served at
the church dining room Wednesday
night. A good crowd attended and
the society received about $3.50.
Mrs. Walter Nichols and Mrs. Har-
ris Cutting were the guests of Mrs.
Ben Briggs, Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis Stacy of Con-
cord and Mrs. Flora Folsom, Mr.. and
Mrs. Giffin of Sheffield were the
guests Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Folsom.
Several attended the grange fair
and ball game at Concord.
Mr.. Wallace and George King at
tended the masonic meeting and
banquet at Concord.
John Mcdonald was in Whitefield
Saturday to see Mrs. Mcdonald.
Mrs. Dora Grant returned Satur-
day from a weeks visit with her
daughter, Mrs. Harry Morton of Con-
cord.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dale Stannard of Lit
Teton, N. H., spent Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Fisher.
Mrs. Edd Cole has sold her place
to D. H. Smith and bought a place
at Lyndonville where they moved
Thursday.
AS Calvin Brentwood was coming
from his place Saturday he found a
strawberry blossom.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-10-08
PASSUMPSIC

Mrs. James Somers is no better
at the present writing.
About twenty-five from here at
tended the grange at Lyndon Fri
day night.
G. H. Annis has been on the sick
list for the last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Rash return
ed to their home in Concord, N. H.,
last week.
Arthur Allard and George Far
rington of Littleton, N. H., spent
Sunday in town.
The grange will give a promenade
on Halloween.
The pastor of the Passumpsic
church announces a series of ser
mons beginning next Sunday morn
ing on the following subjects: The
Creation of the World; The Creation
of Man; Man Innocent; Man Tempt
ed; Man Sins; Man Learning to Live
in His Environment. These subjects
will be dealt with from the modern
point of view.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-10-08
GROTON

Mrs. Mira Stall who has spent
the summer at the Profile House is
visiting Mrs. Hulda Heath for few
days before returning to her home
at Brighton, Mass.
Grover Smith of st. Johnsbury
spent Sunday with friends in this
town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Robbins and
daughter of Boston are visiting in
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. S. d. Good
win.
c. A. Kicker lost a valuable horse
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Cochran
were visitors in town last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. S. Blanchard and
Mr.. and Mrs. H. T. Morrison attend
ed the Doe-Leet wedding at Top
sham last week Wednesday
Mrs. d. E. Gordon of Hillsboro,
N. H., is visiting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. L. F. Blanchard.
Mrs. Sarah B. French returned
from the White Mountains Saturday
and will spend a few days at nome
before leaving for Los Angeles. Cal.
The Ladies' Aid society will meet
with Mrs. H. L. Tillotson Friday af-
ternoon.
IeICy OAn1Iu VI WOliS t@AESA oPOne
several days last week at the home
of Edward Purcell.
Mrs. H. G. Glover visited her
father, HI. M. Jackson at West Top
sham last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Burnett and
daughter and Alex Hall of Barre
were visitors in town Wednesday.
w. G. Chamberlain of Newbury
loaded a car of live stock at this sta
ton, Monday.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1913-10-08
NEWBCRY
Louis Whites Carriage Smashed By
An


An ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
On Sunday Louis White, while
riding through this village,
was struck by an automobile. Mr..
White was thrown out, his wagon was
demolished and while he is suffer
ing from cuts and bruises, it is
thought he has received no serious
injury.
Mrs. F. N. Brock and their son
are visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Sidney Johnson.
Mrs. Haines Johnson was called
recently to Franconia by the serious
illness of her mother, Mrs Parker
The community was shocked on
Saturday to learn of the sudden
death of Alexander Greer. Mr.
Greer was a leading citizen and a
public spirited man and his removal
will be a great loss to the town. The
funeral services were held Tuesday
afternoon at two o'clock from his late
residence; Rev. Mr.. Sturdevant offici-
ating.
Mrs. H. E. Reyes returned last
week from three months visit in
the west
There are many interesting new
books at the library
Inc vegetable auction sale which
was deferred from Friday night on
account of the water meeting, was
held in the Congregational vestry
Monday evening.
The Saturday musical club will
give it's final concert at the Congrega-
tional church Wednesday evening.
Part of the program will be the
cantata Sleeping Beauty, conducted
by Prof. Charles Morse of Dartmouth
College. The remaining numbers
will be of a miscellaneous character,
among them will be an organ solo
by Prof. Morse.
The annual church meeting and
roll call of the Congregational church
was held at the vestry on Thursday
night. A supper was served at six
o'clock. In spite of the rainy night
there was a good attendance.
Mrs. f. l.. Cobb has gone to Boston
for the winter.
G. r. Taggart left town last week
to take up his winters work. Mr..
is employed by the Redpath
Entertainment Bureau and he will
be for the present giving entertain
ments in Alabama and Mississippi
Miss Carolyn Hazard who has been
spending several weeks in town went
to Boston on Tuesday