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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-07-04
First Brides to Cross the Rockies.

First Brides to Cross the Rockies.
Marcus Whitman, M. D., who saved
Oregon to the United States, was
born September 2, 1902, at Rushyille,
N =. He married Miss Narcissa
Prentis. Of Angelica, N. r., in Febru-
airy. 1885, and their wedding trip was
to cross the continent that year in
company with Rev. H. H. Spaulding
and his young wife. The brides were
the first women to cross the Rocky
mcuhtains They made the Journey
Of $500 miles in seven monthA
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-07-04
A Bit of Fortune Telling
Copyright. by W. @. Chapman.5

o our right, the great,
age-greened statue of
George Wa 8 hin g to n
held :tself aloof from
the steps of the Treas
ury Building. The star
ing eyes were far down
the street, to where
marching figures in the
costumes of Colonial
days were threading
The Press., 1913-05-28
THE PRESS.
WEDNESDAY, MAY ss, 1918.
LEWIS MCLAUGHLIN, PUBLISHER.
UNION.


 Edmund Towne has been ill for a few days.
 The cream team will make a trip next Saturday, as Friday is Memorial day.
 School No. 8 was closed Tuesday, as the teacher attended the funeral of her cousin in Willimantic.
 The Rock Meadow school was closed the first of the week because of illness in the teachers family.
 Regular meeting of Mashapaug Lake grange next Wednesday evening. At the last meeting the parts assigned were we'll carried out, and at the close of the program a pleasant time was enjoyed with the "art exhibit, ' after which refreshments were served.
 Memorial Sunday was appropriately observed here. The few members of D. P. Corbin post attended the morn- ing service. The church, as usual, was tastefully decorated with the na- tional colors, and Dr. I. P. Booth gave his hearers a sermon we'll suited to the occasion.
 Those who had the pleasure of meeting our state ornithologist, Her. bert K. Job, when he lectured here, will be interested to hear that he started for the Manitoba duck country Friday, where he will engage in work in bird life for some weeks to come. He will be joined soon by his son, Curtiss, who is student at Yale.
 There has been much rejoicing ovel the copious rain of last week, whicl did such an immense amount of good It was one of those gradual rains, lik, the one for which the old coloret preacher is said to have prayed: '( Lord, please give us rain! Not just { right smart shower, but one of th' drizzle, drizzle kind that all soakI | in. '' The tent worms were not all de stroyed and we are reminded of the "Grass Song" with variations) :- Here we come crawling, crawling everywhere,
 Not alone on branches bare, But on leaves so brown, so rare, We come crawling, crawling every where. Trees sprayed with the lime-sulphu solution seem to be much more fre' from the pests. Some use a torch tC burn the nests, but this hurts th' trees. A swab saturated with kero sene is quite effective if rubbed ove the nests
 (From another correspondent)
 John Buckley was home over Sun day.
 M. A. Marcy of Hartford is spend ing a few days at his summer cottag on the Hill.
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ASHFORD. Westford

Miss Jessie Griggs spent Sunday at her home.
 Everett Barlow and his mother spent Sunday in Gurlevyille.
 Mrs. Jennie Hamilton has been with Mrs. A. G. Barlow the past week. .-........
 MT. and Mrs. D. R. Barlow from Manchester were recent guests of rel atives here.
 Appropriate exercises are to be held at the Baptist church in this village on Memorial day at p. m. There will be speaking by local men of tai ent Babcock's band will furnish music for the exercises. The deco rating of the graves at the different cemeteries in town will be looked af. ter by the school children this year. Refreshments will be served at the church promptly at 12 o'clock. All are invited.
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Wm. H. Brackett attended the funeral of Miss Edith Anderson ln Norwich last Wednesday.
 Mrs. Walter A. Allen was in Tor rington Tuesday attending the funeral of her uncle, Harvey Barnes.
 A very proper. piece of legislature | is that which requires that all vehicles on springs shall carry light at night. As a matter of self protec-
 tion, many do this of their own
 accord.
 Mrs. Elmer Mathews and Wm. H.
 Brackett were chosen by the church
 last Sunday to look up the matter Of
 transportation for those who might
 wish to attend the church services on
 the Hill the second Tuesday in June.
 Miss Ruth Pease of Ellington is
 teaching this week in the primary
 department of the local school. It is expected that Miss Mary Q. Miller
 will resume teaching next Monday, as her sister, Clara, continues to im' prove In health and will soon be able
 to care for herself.
 Mrs. E, J. WhittemeFe, formerly of
 this town, died Ut her home, I0B Smith street, Hartford, Thursday fore noon of cancer of the liver. De
 ceased was 72 years Of age and came to Willingten some Al years ago from : New York, Her husband, thFee ehil'
 dren by her first marriage, MinaFd v, , Nell of Waterbury, Homer N. hsi . and John II. Neil, eveiseeFs for q. Hall, Jr., & Go. of this village, ant two children of later marriage Charles E. Stills, reporter for th' , Associated Press in New York, an' y N. Ernest Stills of New Haven, sur !, vive her. Following funeral ser l. vice at her late home at 12 o'clocl 1; last Saturday the interment was il l. the Stills lot in, Wilmington Hill ceme y tery. Rev. Lester Potter conducte
 the funeral services at Hartford, an s Rev. Earl w. Darrow conducted tn Il burial services at the grave.
 . A goodly number attended the me l. morial services in Memorial churc 7. last Sunday evening and listened t y splendid address by Hon. Georg e1 B. Chandler of Rocky Hill. "Indi n vidual responsibility" would hay d made good text for his remarks l. which were timely and worthy tn e consideration of all thinking people '. The men who shouldered their mus ]. kets responded to the call for indivit q uals, and they acknowledged thei o responsibility as such by dischargin n their duties in the field of war H @ deplored the tendency towards pate1 o nalism by the state, and he has reaso l. to. The strength of the nation li' > in the strength and resource of tl Ft community and individual, and tn
 is being destroyed by the tendency d look to the town or state for every l11 thing and giving up control of or !. affairs to them. The community ls.l indebted to the W. O. T. U. for the st enterprise in securing so able speal
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soMERs.

MT. and Mrs. Fred O. Davis are re- ioicing over the arrival of a son, George Whitloek Davis. , A Junior Christian Endeavor so- ciety has recently been organized in the Congregational church. Hampden grange will be the guest of Somers grange on June 5. The program will be furnished by the visiting grange.
 Mrs. John Hunt and Mrs. Frances Sunderland will entertain the Ladies Aid society in the town hall Thurs day afternoon and evening.
 At the recent convention of the North Holland county Sunday schools A. Vail Smith was elected president of the association for the coming year.
 Mrs. Anna Kibbe has returned from Brookline to her home ill North Som CTS, accompanied by her cousin, Miss Emma Burt, and brother of Brook line.
 Memorial day will be observed as usual. In the morning members oi the grange will meet, arrange baskets and decorate the graves before the regular exercises. The exercises il the afternoon will be held in tht church at } o'clock. The school children will sing and there will be other music. The speaker of the af ternoon will be Rev. B. D. Hahn o1 the State street Baptist church, Springfield. After the exercises there carriages will take the veterans tc the West cemetery, where exercises will be held. Rev. B. H. Thayel will read Lincoln's Gettysburg, ad dress, and there will be few short addresses and martial music by tht drum corps.
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 The Ladies' Aid of the Lee M. E. church will meet in the town hall Wednesday afternoon and evening. Supper will be served from 6 to 8 o'clock.
 George M. Brooks is moving this week to Lakeside Park, South CDven- try, for the summer, where he will conduct the restaurant which he has had charge of for the past two sum- mers.
 The district superintendent, Rev. G. c. Scrivener, will hold a service for the young people in the Lee Methodist church Sunday evening. After the service the first quarterly conference will be held. r,s
 Rev. J. N. Geisler held very in- teresting memorial service at Crystal Lake last Sunday afternoon, which consisted of a memorial sermon and special music. A number of the G. A. R. men were present from Rock vile and fifteen old veterans. After the service the veterans marclied to the lower Crystal Lake cemetery and put a. pot of flowers on theoh soldiers graves. :, .e,,s.,.!. .....
 The East= Central Pomona grange met in Holland last Wednesday,. The following program was given;. Song grange; piano solo, Romance, by Mrs. Bartlett of Holland grange; reci tation, "Milkin' Time, '' by Mrs Baker of Vernon grange; paper "Wastes and savings in the Ehouse hold,'' Mrs. Isabelle Sykes of Filling ton grange; singiug,(a), 'Katy-did, , ! (b), "Hush- -a-bye,'' by double quar tet of Holland grange; recitation s'A Bumpkin's Courtship," Rub. Brown of Holland grange; paper Seeding of plants and their varie ties, ''by MT. Smith of East Hartford solo, "Little Irish Girl,'' Wm. Lud low of Holland grange: song b grange. .'-
 Very interesting memorial service were, held in the Congregations church Sunday morning. Rev. J. N Geisler read the scripture, Rev. Will liam Barber made the prayer and Rev Robert M French preached. yer interesting patriotic sermon: Tn Alden Skinner camp, s. of V., fror Rockville were over and one ol veteran was present After thes morn ing service there was service son tn green for the unknown dead. Rev Wm. Barber gave short address Lunch was served to the s. of W. an veterans, after which they went t the Skungamaug, south and mort cemeteries and put flowers on tn soldiers graves. It means q goo deal to town to have s. of W. il terested in these memorial services and the people appreciate theH effo1 they make to be present each year. | A farewell reception was tendere Friday evening in the Congregations church parlors to Rev. and Mrs, Rot ert M. French. Rev. MT. French Ina
 been pastor of the church for the la' five years and leaves to take charge , the Congregational church at Hollis IN. H. Vocal and instrumental must was furnished and social time CT - joyed. Light refreshments we1 |. served. William A. Agard$ iMiG
 Lucille Agard and MT. and Mrs. Lew a B. Price assisted in receiving, A k Rev. Robert M. French and daugl q ter, Miss Mildred French, left Monda I for Hollis, N. H. Mrs. French an
 daughter, Hannah Dustin French, lei q Wednesday The Congregations g church people felt as though the
 were meeting with great loss whe their pastor and family left, anda a
 the community wish them a mue
 pleasanter field of labor in their ne home 4.
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POLAND.

Mrs. Walter M. Taylor fell Satur- day and broke her knee pan.
 MT. and Mrs. Levi Drake of Hart ford are the guests of MT. and Mrs. John H. Steele.
 Mrs. Frank T. Newcomb was a guest last week of her mother, Mrs. Willard, of Norwich.
 Emory Olough of New Britain spent Sunday with his parents, MT. and Mrs. Earl Clough.
 Henry Thomforde and Henry Knel1 of New York are spending week at the home of MT and Mrs. Frank Luhrsen.
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WELLINGTON. .

The first chapter of Galations will be considered at the Thursday even- ing meeting. t".
 It is pleasant to note for MT. Mer rick and other friends at a distance that MT. Hall is able to walk over to the store to be weighed, and that his weight is increasing as we'll as his strength, and he enjoys reading his papers. a. - .~ t.-
 Names of soldiers buried in the Wilmington cemeteries: Elisha John son, Orlan Durand Glazier, Daluka w. Holt, nurse, Charles H. Ames, John O. Fuller, William Jones, Fran ces O. Barrows, Earl s. Rogers, W. E.. Parsons, Uriah Hanover, Joseph Pratt, Benjamin Gee, Mexican war, Charles Taylor Preston, Elijah O. Pearl, buried in the old Hill ceme- tery; John Graham, George Sparrow, Theodore Bowers, Charles Simmons, Frances J. Bently, Henry 0. Wood- worth, Leonard Roswell, in the new cemetery. Revolutionary soldiers whose graves have markers: Joseph Merrick, Asa Fenton, Zoeth Eldredge, David Hinkley, Nathan Jennings, Nathan Root, Samuel Dunton, Elisha Johnson, Gideon Noble, Caleb Holt, Timothy Holt, Joseph Rider, Silas Glazier. <,
 In letter just received from MT. Merrick he says: In recent Press you mention the removal of the | slightly old house above the Holman homestead, and may be interested to know that the place was in early days the home of a Dr. Carpenter, whose widow had her home there fo1 many years, as long as she lived, oc' cupying part of the house. Some \ time in the forties she married Nicho' las Whitford and made a home for him as long as he lived, which, as ] remember, was while my brother, Rev. Samuel D. Merrick, owned tht place, which was with the incum brance of the widows dover. After M ny U1ObA0E 1OAb Ab' 'bA4uA Ab~ WE1SBON into the hands of King Babcock, who years later was popular building mover in Worcester, Mass, and died there not many years ago. We ar' having cold, wet May, which, al Uncle Abel Johnson used to say gav' short corn and tall hay. - Thank to MT. Merrick for the old version that comprehends just as much agail as the one usually repeated.
 South Wilmington.
 Wm. E. Ayers of East Willingtor has been appointed grand juror.
 Fred Oolburn has been laid up fo several days with sprained wrist.
 The special communication of Uric lodge has been postponed until Jun' 7th.
 The special town meeting held las Friday voted not to purchase teams with which to do the road work thi curnx,aor
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westford Hill.

School will be closed Friday for Memorial day.
 Preparations are being made for children's concert.
 Miss Dorothy Pierce visited Miss Marie Lipps recently.
 George Whitehouse spent Sunday with friends at Atwoodville.
 MT. and Mrs. Fred Fitts were in Hartford the first of the week.
 Miss Josephine Ermann is visiting her sister, Mrs. Frank Underwood. \ Mrs. Susan Hughes, who has been suffering with rheumatism, is better. Over fifty attended services at the Congregational church last Sunday. There was preaching in three Ian guAges. Mir. Yukl spoke in English and Slavic, and Mr. Motin of Brook lyn, N. Y, In the Russian language. MT. Motin is trying to establish a mission among the Russians here.
 WarrenViiIe. William Whitshouse is visiting | friends hers Gltih Wesk'
 Mrs. E. 0, Bugbee has gone to Kenuebunk, Me, for f few days
 Eli Wood finished the painting of the parsonage last week and is now at work on the church.
 David Mathewson, W, c, Brown and Milton l., DHFkee took iii auto mebils trip to Boston and Worcester eae day last week,
 | Mrs, E. L, James and Miss Eva M. spauidiHg drove over to StOrrs col lege Saturday evening of last week te attend the grange meeting there. The play, "Our Bnsy Ladies' Aid, given in Bakers hall on the evening of May 20, was a very pleasant an' successful affair. Although this pla! was given here earlier in the season it did not fail this time to draw , good attendance.
 The showers of last week did good deal of good in this locality Especially so was the shower give
 Miss Ethel M. Durkee by a dozen c = the young women of this village. Mis n Durkee was the recipient of numbe Q of very pretty and useful gifts. Ic 8 cream and cake were served and a enjoyable time was the result.
 Woman loves clear, rosy complexion : Burdock Blood Bitters Is splendid fC purifying the blood, clearing the skin, F |. storing sound digestion. All druggist l. sell 1t. Price, $l.
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Mrs. Mary Dodge is home for a few

Mrs Mary Dodge is home for a few days. Mrs. G. N. Tyler is visiting friends in Lynn, Mass.
 Oliver Hewlett of Holland visited friends in town last Saturday.
 Mrs. Kinda Burnham is making extensive repairs on her summer home on the Hill. #
 MT. and Mrs. J. Foster Gage of Westville, Mass, visited friends in town recently.
 The tax collector will be at the town hall Friday afternoon from to 5 o'clock p. m.
 MT. and Mrs. Alfred Stevens and daughter, Shirley, visited their uncle, Willard Richards, the first of the week.
 Mrs. Hattie Phillips of Southbridge and Miss Irene Marcy of Hartford were at the Marcy cottage the first of the week.
 Mashapaug.
 Luther Crawford of stafford called on his brother, G. w., Sunday.
 MT. and Mrs. Munroe Dimmick ot Stafford were guests at Ferry's Inn Sunday.
 Ferry's Inn opened last week fol the season and already the house. if beginning to fill up with guests.
 A few weeks ago little. boy from Stafford Springs visited the school here and became interested in the de- yelopment of frog life,> which the school was following. On his return home he seriously informed his father that a frog was fish before it wal a frog.
 An amendment was offered by Union representative at Hartford las week to the bill relating to vehicles having a light after dark. Th' amendment was to the effect that th' light should not apply to vehicle used for election purposes or sparkling The amendment was lost.
 Levi Arnold and Eugene Charter O Stafford Springs were in town sun day. MT. Arnold was a pionee camper at Mashapaug, having a suit of rooms at the old Major Smith caml and later building cottage on Walk CTS Island, now known as Maylan' Park. During MT. Arnold's camping days here he owned fine sailing boa and also had built boat propelle' by hand power. The. boats and th' camp were built by MT. Arnold ant the furnishings were complete Il every detail. MT. Arnold foun' many changes during his absence O some 20 years, especially about May land Park and G. W. Crawford property.
 =. Rock Meadow. ...
 Miss Ida Heck of Enfield is at hom for few weeks.
 Charles Webster and his daughter Marion, spent a day last week wit relatives in Holland.
 Mrs. Matt Heck is with her daugh ter, Mrs. Jennie Oliver, in Enfield who has a little son born the I4th.
 Mrs. F. H. Ballou and son, Frank were in Wales and Brimfield last Sat urday, the guests of MT. and Mrs Walter Heck. ..- - ...- The Rock Meadow. Helpful Oircl met with Mrs. George Heck last wee Thursday afternoon. Considerabl work was accomplished and a geners good time was enjoyed by all present Mrs. George Towne was chosen tn work director. The next meetin will be on June 12th with Mrs. Geo Towne. All ladies are cordially lr vited.
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Tax Collectors Notice.

Notice is hereby given that all property taxes in the town Of Union on lists Of 1919 are due May lst, 1913, and payable at par until June 1Ht 1913 will bn at the Town ltall in Union May 1st and May 30th. from to D. m, for the pur- pose of collecting inc same on all taxes un paid after June isJ interest and any legal ex. per ses will be charged
 April 14th, 1913 T. O. NEWELL, Collector.
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MICHAEL ROBERTS. |.

MICHAEL ROBERTS. ............AU AUCTIoNEEt A UCTION-'ro settle the estate of "A Wesley F. BIdwell, deceased. will sell at nuhlic auctIoa from his late residence on High land Terrace, stafford springs. saturday, May 3I, at 10 a. m all Of his Hou-ehold Furnlture and PersonaI Enects, consisting Of Chamber Sets odd Bedste eads, Mattresses, Chairs. Car pets St raw Mating. Tables, sofa, two Kitchen Ranges for burning coal: Parlor Coal SIoVe' nishes and Cooking Utensils Of all description. Most of the furniture and furnishings are Of the old style, and here should be rare bargains TOT SurI ey and a Single Top Carriage, nearly new, to be sold also Concord Top Buggy: sleigh, several Harness and miscella aneous Tools too numeTous to record Sale rain or shine.
 WILLIS H. REED, Executor.
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Ara Court of Probate holden at stai

A T a Court or Probate hOIden aI 5IaI "A ford within and for the District Of Stanord, on the 18th day of May, A. D. 1913
 Present, ROBERT II. FISK, Judge.
 on motion of Frederick P. Batchelder, admin istrator. Boston, Mass on the estate or kliza H. deceased .,, -,
 This court doth decree that six months be al. lowed and limited for the creditors of said estate 10 exhibit their claims against the same to the administrator, and directs that the public nos tice be given of this order by advertising the tion in said District, and by posting a copy on the public sign post in said toWn Of Stanort nearest the place where the d"ceased last dWel'.
 Certified from Record
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.IsTRICT OF STAFFORD, ss. Pro

1J bate Court, May A, 1913. - ,
 Estate of Kate English, late of stafford, in said district, deceased. .. ,,,.- praying that letters of administration may De granted on aid estate, as by application on nle
 Ordered-that said application be heard and de- termined at the probate office in stafford, Tn said district on the 4th day of June, A. D. 1913, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, and that notice De given of the pendency of said application, and the time and place of hearing thereon, by pup fishing the same once in some newspaper hay ing n circulation in said district, and bv post ing a copy thereof on the public sign-post Tn the toN of Stafford, in said District, -
 ROBERT II FISK, Judge.
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BORN

Stafford Springs, 23d, daughter to MT. and Mrs. John OstrOwskt.
 Staffordville, 22d son to MT. and Mrs. Albert Locke.
 Stafford Springs, 18th, a daughter to MT. and Mrs Ilvazia Gallo.
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WI the grertest discovery of the twentieth century For burns and scalds cuts and bruises, soft corns, ingrown toe nails and the only cure for piles, salt rheum and all skin diseases. MHnu. factured and sold by M J. BURKE, Stafford Springs. '3mB
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IT HAVE moved my Fish Market from | the Sens block to the Fontanella hlork across the street. l will continue to carry full line of Sea Food and Groceries.
 PAUL CHAMPAGNE.
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SOMETHING NEW.-A bicycle shop O was opened Saturday at the place recent ly vacated by the Fish Market You %ill md everything tn the line Of bicycles, both new and secondhand Repairs immediately done. All work guaranteed. Shop open from a. m. to 9 n m Tel b9-4.
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MECHANICS TOOLS for Sale all MI kinds-with tool chest, belonging to the late Oscar Meyers. A bargain for someone.
 Tiff MRS OSCAR MEYERS, High St,
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Ara Court of Probate holden at Staff "A ford, within and for the district of Stanord, on the 16th day Of January, A. D. 1913.
 Present. ROBERT H. FISK, Judge.
 on motion of Nellie R. Weston, executrlx on inc est ate of Martins F. Dwight, late of StanoTd, 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 executrix, and directs that public notice be given of this order by advertising the same Once in some newspaper having a circulation in said district, and by posting copy thereof on the public sign post in said town of stafford, nearest the place where the deceased last dwelC'
 MARCUS B. FISK, Clerk.
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Woman loves clear, rosy complexion Burdock Blood Bitters Is splendid fo purifying the blood, clearing the skin, re storing sound digestion. All druggist sell 1t. Price, $l.
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EOR SALE-Two-horse Wagon and " two horse Moving Machine.
 '3w9 STEVEN PAPP, Buff Cap.
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TWO Furnished Rooms to rent. Ad. dress Box 633, Stafford Springs.
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EOR SALE-A 4-tenement house or VI Prospect-st Everything in good repair Good interest on money invested.
 Eff FRED FONTANELLA.
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TOR SALE AT A BARGAIN - My new Victorier Surrey which ha5 not run enough to mark the rubber tires or dim the ortgInal Varnish that came on 1t If any one will look at this carriage at my stable VIII sell at price that will make them buy.
 FREDERIC FAULKNER.
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A UCTION, rain or shine, Friday, at 5 "A D. m, Hyde Park. We will sell to the highest bidder the large barn. Enough lumber to build two houses. HYDE PARK COMMIS- SHOWERS.