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Superior Court.

The December session opened yes- terday with Judge Futile on the bench. State cases were presented by State s Attorney Charles Phelps. Clarence Matitis pleaded guilty to escaping from the custody of his keeper, and was sentenced to thirty days in jail
 The case against James O. Jennings, charged with attempting to burn a building, was nolled, as he is now in the insane asylum. The trial of the cases of the State against Walter Church, charged with assault with intent to kill, was set down for December 15. Civil cases were as- signed as follows: Tuesday, December 8, Fabyan Woolen Company against Central Vermont Railroad, Arthur D. Ellis against Centrsl Vermont Railway, F. L. Caross against Joseph Bouoar. The latter is a court case and the former are jury cases. A few short calendar matters we heard. The cases of w. Lee against the Middle River Manufacturing Company, and that of Anna l.. Carey against Will liam J. Carey were continued.
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George Brown of New London spent portion of the week at Mrs. Frances Newcumb's.
 Mrs. Augustus 'Robenson entertained her daughter from Hartford, the last of the week.
 Mrs. Raymond Rhoades and two chil- dren of Rockville, spent @ part of the week at Edgewood.
 Mrs. Lucy Willard has returned to her sons here, after spending several weeks with her daughter in Holland.
 E. c. Burdick of Chaplin and Leon Burdick of Broomfeld, Colorado, spent the weeks end with A. T. Burdick and family.
 Mrs Phoebe Wilcox spent Thanks giving day and the remainder of the week with her daughter and family in Rockville.
 Mir. and Mrs. I. F. Wilcox and chil- dren were part of family party which gathered at John Rhoad's, Holland, Thanksgiving day. MT. and Mrs. A. T. Burdick and son, Stanton, spent Thanksgiving at River side, Mount Hope. A family party of twenty -one assembled there. Gurleyville. Mrs. Arvilla Durham has left here to spend the winter at East Orange, N. J.
 
 The family of Hyzer Simonds are spending 8 few days with relatives in Willmantic.
 MT. and Mrs. Irving Swift spent Thanksgiving day at the home of F. C.. Dunham.
 Miss Helen Zeomans, who has been spending the Thanksgiving holiday with Mir. and Mrs. s. D. Zeomans, has re- turned home. l MT. John Zeomans and family of Prov idence, after spending few days with relatives hare, returned home last Satur- l day in their touring car.
 Ed. Walker and family, MT. and Mrs. | H. A. Mason and Arthur Wood and fam fly spent Thanksgiving day with MT. and Mrs. R. D. w. Knowlton.
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RAILROADS APPEAL
 TO PRESIDENT
The Common Carriers Ask for Re- lief President Wilson Directs
 Attention of Public to

| IISI - TTSSIQGnC WuSOn DITCCIS
 Attention of Public to
 Their Needs.
 The committee of railroad execu- tives, headed by MT. Frank TrumbuIl, representing thirty-five of the leading railroad systems of the nation, recent | ly presented to President Wilson a memorandum briefly reviewing the diff faculties now confronting the railroads of the country and asking for the CO., operation of the governmental authori- ties and the public in supporting rail- road credits and recognizing an emer- gency which requires that the rail- roads be given additional revenues.
 Ehe memorandum recites that the European war has resulted in general | depression of business on the Ameri- can continent and in the dislocation 1 of credits at home and abroad. With revenues decreasing and interest rates increasing the transportation systems of the country face a most serious crisis and the memorandum is strong presentation of the candle burning at both ends and the perils that must ultimately attend such a cOnflagration when the flames meet is apparent to all. In their general discussion the railroad representa- tives say in part: By reason of leg islation and regulation by the federal government and the forty-eight states acting independently of each other, as well as through the action of strong public opinion, railroad expenses in recent years have vastly increased. No criticism is here made of the gen. eral theory of governmental regula- tion, but on the other hand, no in- genuity can relieve the carriers of ex- penses created thereby"
 President Wilson, in transmitting the memorandum of the railroad presidents to the public, character izes it as "a lucid statement of plain truth" The president recognizing tinuing, said in part:
 You ask me to call the attention of the country to the imperative need that railway credits be sustained and the railroads helped in every possible way, whether by private cooperative effort or by the action, wherever feasible of governmental agencies, and am glad to do so because 1 think the need very real.'
 The conference was certainly fortunate one for the nation and the president is to be congratulated for opening the gate to a new world of effort in which everyone may cooper ate.
 There are many important prob lens in our complex civilization that will yield to cooperation which will not lend themselves to arbitrary rul- ings of commissions and financing railroads is one of them. The man with the money is a factor that can not be eliminated from any business transaction and the public is an inter- ested party that should always be con- suited and happily the president has invited all to participate in the solu- tion of our railroad problems.
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NOTICE

The Aqueduct Company has noted q great in crease Tn the consumption of water since the beginning Of cold weather, and hereby give no, lice that the waste Of water to prevent freez. Ing Will he strictly prohibited, Water inspectors nave been advised that the property owners nd. CT to prevent freezing, and therefore call atten. ton 10 Rule Of the coampanys Rules and Reg ulatons. Special care should be taken in the waste Of water, as conditions at the present time do not show an oversupply or water for the cold season
 RULE 8-Waste of water. There must be no waste of water and no concealment Of the pur- poses for which it is used. No continuous low to guard aRains freezing will be allowed except through meter or for extra rates.
 THE STAFFORD SPRINGS AQUEDUCT co,
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A Rapid R;mer.

-, E,u.:i";lt,On of the working powers "ort. it is Haid that one night a new piece was produced at a leading thea. ter in London. Sims sat it out and then returned to his office. where he wrote column and half of criticism in rr!c. It was near the time for the paper to go to press when he be gan, and the boy took the piece verse by verse from him to the composing room, the boy walking continuously from ono to the other for an hour.
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Halpinn Him,

A section foreman on southern railway heard the following conversa- tion between two of his dusky labor. CTS:
 "Jim, you bettah come here an hep me. Is talkin' up fer you.'
 Flows dat?"
 'W'y, dis here man say you ain't fit fer de dawgs, an An tole him yes you is!'-Everybody's Magazine.
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Mad. Him a sonnstar.

Mr Stubb Gin astonishmentl-Gra cious, Maria! That tramp has been singing in the back yard for the last hour. Mrs. Stubb-Yes, John. 1t is all my fault. Mr. Stubb-Your fault? Mrs. Stubb-Indeed, it is. I thought I was giving him dish of boiled oat- meal. and Instead of that boiled up the bird seed by mistake Chicago News.
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WILMINGTON.

Auction sale of Charles Benway farm, Stafford Street, stock, farming tools and household goods, on Saturday, Dec, 12, at 10 30 a m.
 Mrs. Emily Shaffer Carpenter has received invitation cards to the we'd ding of her grand-uiece and namesake, Miss Alice Emily Knox and MT. Jones of New York city, in Hartford the 10th
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superfhous Adornment.

"I am now engaged on beautiful design for new coin," said the artist.
 q don't see why we need it," replied Miss Cayenne. "You can't make mOn- ey so good looking as to render it any more popular than 1t already is."- Washington Star.
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mpensation,

King Alfonso is very English in some of his expressions. For instance he was discussing with a well known British peer the difficulties and dan. gers of kingship.
 "So you think, sir," remarked the peer, "that it is rather a thankIess task being a kingY"
 ''It is rather difficult work at times, ' replied his majesty with a grin, "but 1t is deuced well paidv' = London Globe.
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Rlnm littIa softanad.

I've won't discharge you, MT. Per kins." said the manager We shall al low you to tender your resignation
 Rendering 1t won't make it one bil the less tough" gloomily returned the man who was laid off Boston Tran script
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nnesn,t Lika Watar.

Mrs. Grogan Chatting with neighbour II had this waist dry cleaned last week an now it's as good as new Little Johnny Grogan-Ma. kin they clean faces that wayP- Puck
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Mo .Inkinn MaAAar

How much does Impecune owe VOu?'
 "A cool thousand
 "Ah' Cool hut not collected. ehr'- Boston Transcript
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SOMERS.

MT. and Mrs. Harry Wilcoxson and two children and the Misses Gertrude and Lynola Avery of Stratford were Thanksgiving guests of their mother, Mrs. M. P. Avery.
 Mrs. Sumner Root, 98, the oldest resident in town, celebrated Thanks. giving day with turkey dinner, at which all her children were present, J. G. Corner, MT and Mrs. Henry A. Root, MT. and Mrs. Alonzo B Root and Mrs. Laura Root Pease She is very bright and enjoyed the day with her children immensely.
 Somersville.
 The Somersville Manufacturing O.. has large order for cloth for uni. forms for the allied armies of Europe The mills are working night and day to produce the order of 500, 900 yards. It's immensity made it impossible for the mills of the company to fulfill it, so part of it was turned over to the mills in Rockville and Broad Brook as the order must be delivered to the New York office, ready to ship, be, fore December 23. The order includes woolen cloth for uniforms, sweater coats, sweaters, socks and other wear. ing apparel.
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Fashion Note.

Swell gown your wife has. Mac; cut into a "" said a friend.
 "Cut into a VT growled Mae. "It cut into four Xs!"-Truth.
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Course of Wisdom.

Crawford-What do you do when woman asks your advice? Crabshaw-- Find out first what she has made uI her mind to do.-Judge
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Animal Scen,.

fox can scent man half mile away if the wind be blowing in the animals direction A mouse can smell cheese fifty feet away. \ deer may be sound asleep, and yet he will catch the scent of person passing POO feet off The rabbit depends more upon his ears than his nose.
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All In Good Fima.

Mrs Gnaggs-And just to think! You used to say you would die for mel MT Gnagga- We'll. don't hurry me, my dear: don't hurry me.-Judge.
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Relationship.

Wasn't that insistent visitor you had a first cousin or something?"
 "Yes, until pa kicked him out, and then he was q cousin once removed Baltimore American.
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Excessive anger against human stu. pidity Is itself one of the most pro. voking of all forms of stupidity.-Vou RadOWitz,
 A Pessinnistie Opinion. '"The good die young" Perhaps 1t Is just as well. They'd starve to death today.-Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
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MANSFIELD.

There are at present "A inmates at the Connecticut Colony for Epileptics at Mansfield, and Superintendent Rose states that no more male patients can be admitted. The state has only provided for eighty patients, forty in each of the buildings for their recep- tion, and nearly the full number which can be taken care of are now at the institution.
 Mansfield Depot.
 Miss Vimeria Fowler is boarding with Mrs. E. B. Thompson this winter.
 Mrs. Mary L. Durkee of Manchester was a guest of her daughter, Mrs. A. J. Bowers, over Sunday.
 E. B. Durkee and family spent Thanksgiving with their parents, MT. and Mrs. David Russ at Mt. Hope.
 Rufus Tilden and family of Nor wich spent Thanksgiving with his sisters, Miss Augusta and Mary Tilden.
 Mrs. Grover Smith and two children of Palmer, Mass, and John Nichols of Stafford Springs were guests of MT. and Mrs. Merritt Smith Thanksgiving.
 Miss Eva Burlington, daughter of Mrs. W. H. Stedman, is very i'll and under care of a trained nurse. Her relatives and friends hope she will soon be around again.
 Dr. and Mrs. F. E. Johnson enter tained MT. and Mrs. George Hunting ton of Sharon, Mass. and MT. and Mrs. Wm. Tribsie of New Haven, Charles Bugbee of Longmeadow, Mass, and Miss Mary Huntington of Storrs over Thanksgiving.
 Mount Hope.
 Philip Doyle of Rockville spent the week end at Mrs. Eliza Russ's.
 Miss Juliette Pronier spent the past week with friends in Boston, Mass.
 MT. and Mrs F. A. Young of New York spent the week end at the Ledges. --.s
 Miss Mabel Moore of Oneoo spent Thanksgiving with her father, B. O. Moore.
 W. H. Ford and Miss Gertrude Nash of New Haven returned home after spending three weeks at Riverside.
 Mrs. Eliza Russ and daughter, Irene and George Lamphear spent with MT. and Mrs. Fielder Russ of Tower Hill.
 MT. and Mrs. Ralph Church and Mrs. Walter Church of ChampIin and MT. and Mrs. Elmer Church of Rock ville spent Thanksgiving at George Albee's.
 Clinton Grant of Springfield, Mass. MT. and Mrs, L. M. Knight and son, Milton, of Hartford, Miss Cora Grant of Storrs and Miss Irene Grant of | Holyoke spent Thanksgiving at A. M. Grants. Janice Grant, Helen Chelsa and i Ruth and George Russ attended a | party at EllWood Bu1dick's Friday evening, given in honor of his son Leon's return from the west, where he has spent the past year. Those who spent Thanksgiving at Riverside were MT. and Mrs. Asa Bur- lick and son, Stanton of Morrow, MT. and Mrs. E. B. Durkee and four ohil- lren of Mansfield Depot, MT. and Mrs. B. R. Barrows and two children of New London and MT. and Mrs. A. W. 8arrows also of New London.
 MerrouU
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Wen FrIends.

Kittyc Ev,n if co use little per oxide my hai? isn't false like yours Kathryn Even if my puffs are false the color is more constant than yoUrs.- Boston Globe.
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a.5o year. If paid strictly in advance. SIPS

u.5o a year. If paid strictly in advance, 1.25
 Resolutions, obituaries or cards of thanks in- serted at one-haf advertising rates. Births, marriages and deaths inserted free.
 Communications received without signatures always committed to the waste basket without attention.
 We are always glad to have ReloS items sent ln, but request that they reach us by Tuesday noon. or earlier, if possible. It Is often neces- sAry to sbridge items that are received the lat ter part of Tuesday afternoon or Wednesday morning. Forms closed Wednesday at 10 &. m.
 This paper is mailed regularly to It's subserib- CTS until definite order to discontinue is re- eeived and all arrears are paid In full.
 We are not responsible for, nor do we by pub fishing. endorse the opinions of our correspond ents
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FRESH FRUIT

DIRECT FROM THE TREES IN FLORIDA
 Oranges, about cent each, Sl.bo per box. Grape Fruit S2.oo per box. TanRernes s2.oO per box. Send orders with money to Miss Aus. NJ. Preston. Hillside Farm West wlinstOs. Purchasers share fin paying freight charges.
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Harriett Merrow of Kingston, R. l., was at Terrace farm Saturday.
 John Brown of Coventry, was at the Tilden homestead Thanksgiving.
 Mr. and Mrs. John Toath are the par ents of daughter, born Nov 18th
 Miss. Sarah Wilcox spent the latter part of the week with relatives in Holland.
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FACIAL FOLIAGE.
Looking For Mothers SpectacIes In
 Fathers WhIskers.

Looking For Mothers SpectacIes In
 Fathers Whiskers.
 ln the Americap Magazine James Montgomery Flagg writes an amusing piece entitled "WhiskeT'ulture." Fol, lowing is an extract:
 "It's heartrending sight in any case, this facial landscape gardening. from the time that they innOcently say at break fast. You forgot to shave, this morning. dear" Git has taken three days for even the rough sketch you show then!I to the dreadful harvest of your nOxiOus inspiration
 "Picture the nervous strain on the wife and babes as they witness the gradual budding (blOssOmingD and frui tion of the horror How they sadly watch the head of the house slowly dis appearing in cloud of brambles
 See those outstretched dimpled arms and hear those sobbing voices. Come back to us. papa"
 Isn't your pride touched on the raw when your wife lifts up the door mat in the veStibule and kisses 1t good night on account of it's comparative silkinessi Stop. consider. you whU through some inherited mental weak ness do not know the difference be tween right and whiSkers- hesitate Why add to the strain of family lifei Even if you have provided your wife with a vacuum cleaner why multiply the cares of busy hOusekeeper?
 SA "a way to the pleasure of any one in the family When your mother has miS, laid her steel trimmed spectacles does 1t not make one more place that has to be ransacked?
 Men who embark On career of whiskerculture are obviously thought less What man would cultivate wis taria chinensis on his chin if he visn alized himself at some future breakfast having to loop up those vines with portiere cords in order to slide poach ed egg in without mutilating itY'
 How Canada Got It's Name. ,
 The origin of the name Canada is strange enough. The SpaniardS visited that country previous to the French and made particular search for gold and silver, and, finding none, they of ten said among themselves, "Aca nada meaning '"There is nothing here' The Indians, who watched closely. learned this sentence and it's meaning. Later on the French arrived, and the Indians. who wanted none of their company and supposed they had come on the same errand as the Spanish, were desirous to inform them in the Spanish sen tence '''Aca nada." The French, who knew as little of the Spanish language as they. supposed that the necessarily recurring sound was the name of the country and ultimately christened n Canada, which it has borne ever since
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HUMAN LIFE
HUMAN LIFE.
 The best things that come to our life are not novelties, but new in- spirations of one eternal life. Life in all its forms makes all things new and makes the world new.-CIarke.
Knots In Harness.

To loosen knots in harness, straps, cords, ropes, or even shoestrings, ham, mer the knot on all sides with mallet or piece of wood. turning the strap or rope around, then dip in boiling water, holding it there a minute or two, according to size of knot to be loosened. Before doing so add little soap to the water, then with q sharply pointed instrument pick the knot loose. It can often be dOl with the fingers. Knots that have been pulled in harness or ropes for months or years can be looSened readily Exchange
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Our QauQhtere.

"l say. dad I've just accepted Char and if you've minute to spare you might pop in and see him and talk 1t over. but please be quick; we've got to rush out and see about the banns."- London Opinion
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Smallpox.

Smallpox appeared to have been first described by Rhazes, an Arabia phy si' ian living about 900 A. D. It was introduced into southern Europe in the time of the crusades and slowly spread into the more northern regions. In 151T it was carried from Spain to San to Domingo and thence to Mexico. where it is said to have swept off 3,JO0.OO0 of the natives. 1t spread rapidly all over the new world and whole villages, and even tribes of In. sianS were carried off by it.
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For earache, toothache, pains, burns, scalds, sore throat, try pr. Thomas Eclec- tic Oil, a splendid remedy for emergencies.
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NRDER OF NoTGCE-state of Con.

{ hRDER OF NOTICE-State of Con.
 necticnt, County Of Holland, Superior Court,
 Rockville, November 24, Igi4 Fmma Bosquet vs Fred BosQupt. Upon complaint in said cause brought 10 paid
 court on the first Tuesday Of January, 1914 and now pending, claiming a divorce, custody Of by the subs scribng authority that the where
 abouts Of the defer dant is unknown to inc
 plaintiff.
 brdered, that notice of the institution and p' ndency or said complaint shall ba given the defendant by some proper o tic'r or indifferent person by publishing his order in The press d newspaper nub ished in SiaffoTd once a week Tor TWO successive weeks, commei cing on, or bt fore DeIt mbgr ', 1914 ... t.l- LYMAN WINNING TINGIER.
 Clerk Of the Superior Court for Holland county, | 2w36
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ORDER THE COAL Nowl Don't delay it one day longer, for time is growing short and the supply shorter.
 The strikes of this year seriously cur tailed the production of coal. There's barely enough, if that, to go round, 60 take our advice and order your fuel of us NOW, and secure a winters supply of clean, clear burning, high-grade coal.
 4 phone message will settle the qpes- tion. Call No. s8.
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D. Robertson & Co
NOHII,E

The legal voters Of The Borough Of starOrd springs are hereby hoti ed and warned to meet at Borough hall in said Borough, Monday, De. cembe 18th, i9it at 10 o'clock Tn the forenoon, for the following purpos,s: term. - 2d To hear the annual report Of the Warden and Court Of Burgesses and Treasurer and net on the same.
 Sd To see 1T they will vote to lay A tax 10 de. Tray inc current exnenses and reduce the BOr. ough indeb edness
 4th To sec if they vote to instruct and em. power the Klectr Light Committee in the matter of additional street lights. .F, 9th. To see if they will vote to instruct and empower the Court Of BurResses to purchase d poItsble stone crusher and equipment ys4
 9th To do any other business proper to come before said meeting
 Articles 2,3, {, Q and C win be acted upon at o'clock, in the afternoon, at which time the | polls close
 staTor Springs, conn, Decem ber ist, isi4 l ]. M, LEA, n, Warden, | A. W, KINGsBURY, II. ALDEN, L. H STRvENs C. n MEYERS. JR., Burgessea EEos E PENNY, c. r. HoDasoN Attest, VIM n, HEALD, clerk
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One way to relieve hahitual constlpa tiOn is 10 take regularly Q mild laxative. Doan's Regulets are recommended for this purpose. 25c box at all drug stores
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EOR SALE-A Second hand Stove. II Will sell cheap if bought at once.
 JOSEPH BRUNELLE, Barber Shop.
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DIGS FOR SALE. which are a large breed of Chester white. Look well to the size of sires for 50 to 75 lbs extra weight at kill ing counts as profit. K. FAULKNER.
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EOR SALE-Pigs, Chester White, O.. I I.C. Now ready to go.
 f2. FERRY, Chestnut Kill, West Stafford,
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r AUNDRY-We Washings 50., Dry u 75c We also wash Blankets, Quilts, Car pets and anything washable. Laundry team will call at Stafford Hollow and Stafoidville every Tuesday for orders Work guaranteed.
 STAFFORD SPRINGS LAUNDRY.
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LrOR SALE-My house, barn an d \ about two acres of land sitpated 9n West N1As'p '''' '' IRsFJosIAH CONVERSE.
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TWO FARMS for sale, 2 COWS, hay, \ apples, potatoes, Hubbard squashes.
 'lw35. l.. B. CHASE, Stafford.
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FOR SALE-2 Large Farm Horses.
 I Will work in any place zee , sound and & Kind in
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l OR SALE-100 R. l. Red and 20 cockerels. W il. BUNsTEAD, Stafd sp'gs. tf
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l. OR SALE-House and 4 acres of land,
 situated at Forestville. Home has modern improvements Apply to T. E. MULLEN.
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TNENEMENT-to rent in the Washburn
 MICHAEL ROBERTS.
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EOR SALE-My bay driving mare. N Can be seen at lumber yard. c. H. MOORE.
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MISS ELSIE M. TEAL, Teacher of WI Pianoforte Corcoran Avenue, stafford Springs @6ml8