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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-10-25

Sub~t.tut.ous Seniors. Rem,
FOR Nyikos. TouchdoNns. Cal
Miller. Clybourne Galloway.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-10-25

Those actually needing sugar can
have 10 los. at &C 10. Thursday and
Friday az the Philadelphia. Please
do not apply unless you actually
need IL. No children will be sup
piled Advt.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-10-25
OFFICERS WIZ

BATTLE CREEK Mich oct %.
Football final. Camp Custer Off
cerC. 80: Kalamazoo college. z.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-10-25

Don't say you saw II In the
newspaper. Say Ncws-TimeS
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-10-25
Decree sin Out.

Decree is still Impiug badly and
his injured knee viii probably not
be ready for use by saturday W.th
Capt. Phelan gone Harper is up
against 10 for a puuter. Gipp can
punt some. bat is a much better
drop kicker than he is puuter.
Walter Miller can give the oval "a
good ride on occasion hut has not
had an opportunity 20 kick much
heretofore on account Of the pres
ence OF Decree or Phe'an.
Andrews Is suffering from a bad
Is strained shoulder and IL is not
known yet whether or not he viii
get into the fray Saturday Nadigan
has a rib that his physician be-
Heves is fractured. but the hurt is
not overly painful and he will jump
into the game If necessary Joe
Brandy is still laid UP since the
Wisconsin game. and has not been
able 20 take part In any practice.
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Seniors Beat
Freshmen 1876
In Class Game

The Seniors defeated the Fresh
men. is 90 9. in the high school in
terclass football league at ALeeper
field Wednesday afternoon.
Miller. the fourth year mems
speedy halfback was responsible
for most of their gains. Time and
again he carried the ball for Is, 20.
and % yards on end runs. He was
also responsible for the seniors first
marker which came at he end of a
go yard sprint through a broken
ueld.
Calvin, right halfback. and ely
bourne fuuhack. were responsible
for the remaining senior scores.
Calvin carried the bah over on an
off tackle buck from the 10 yard
line which had been reached by
straight football Clybourne got his
marker in the last quarter on Is
yard run around right end.
The FreShies only tally came in
the third period after Fischer had
fallen on a tumble on the % yard
line. Galloway carried the ball
across the line on delayed end
run.
Schutt. right guard for the first
year men. and Trowbridge, center
for the seniors. displayed some
clever tackling during the fray
Lineup.
Seniors GS) Frcnshmen (6)
Neff ....... ". Nyikos
Left end.
Nalleu ...-...- .......... Tank
Left tackle.
0mo-er ............- .....-..... Brewer
Left guard.
Center.
iI''~t .---.-.--.-.- ...--....... Schutt
Right guard
Norris -..-......---... Fischer
Right tackle.
l. -\4lNu> --...-..-.- ..-...-.- kale
RiEht end.
Quarterback
T Nllirf ----.--.--- ..-..-...- Bella
Left halfback.
Right halfLack.
/ Clybourne ............ Galloway
Fuuback
B Substituti0us. Seniors. Kendall
I FOR Nyikos TouchdoNns. Calvin,
! Miller. Clybourne. Galloway.
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trenches that had already been taken
and then up and out on to No Man's
Land. There Is an undescribable sen
satien comes over, you when you see
the gray uniforms of the Huns, their
rihes splitting fre and their maehine
guns playing on you. 1t Is then you
want to reach them quickly and reach
them with the bayonet.
Until We were within about nifty
yards OF the German trench we kept
up our steady march. Then the bar
rage lifted and we went for them.
We were undeo fire all the way, from
their big guns in the rear and from
their machine guns, so we advanced
from shell hole to shell hole, taking
all the cover we could.
/ am a Lewis gunner, and / was
carrying extra ammunition, SO had
a good chance to see what was going
on.
Pretty nearly dead ahead of my
section a Boche machine gun was
playing full on US. The boys had it
spotted. and were keeping a constant
rife fire on 1t. 1t was splitting at Us
when we rushed, but the Huns
couldn't face those bayonets. We
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on October Il. my tveAty-third birth
day.
surprised to See Htm-
They were mighty surprissd to see
me at home. I had been gone Just q
little over two years.
i enlisted in Ontario, September 1.
1918. OF course, I was Aghting as q
Canadian, but it was everybody's
scrap then, as now. We have got to
beat the Bodhe and barbarism and
think that Uncle Sam Il going to
produce the final punch. The Ger
mans ought to be licked now. they
are all worn out, but they are too
stubborn to quit Our boys are going
to be In at the finish, but 1t isn't
going to be any picnic. Sherman was
right as far as he knew, but he was
never in this war.
We were in trenches six months be-
fore we went over the top, and let
me say that II 10 the monotony more
than bullets that the soldier breads.
You are q long way from home, and
it's cold and wet, and the guns keep
up their Internal racket, and at night
when you stand to" in the chill and
watch the star shells pop Up you be-
gin to think of the folks. and maybe
q girl.
So after all the long days In the
trenches the word that you are going
out In the morning sends q thrill all
through you, and when the watches
tick zero" you scramble up the lad
ders with q will and go "oysr the
top" .--.<r-
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GEORCETOWN'S ANNUAL
RETREAT DINNER TONIGHT

The annual retreat banquet fer ths
undergraduate students of George
town University viii be held tonight
at 9 o'clock. In Ryan Hail on the
Hilltop. ThsodoFs Delaney. prssidsat
Of the student body. wili preside a.
toastmaster.
Speakers viii include members Of
the academic faculty who viii tel
Of tbs results OF the retreat period
this year. Glasses which were sus-
pended VIII be resumed tomorrow
mofning.
Announcement was made today By
the Rev. Francis A TOFndorf, 8. y
professor Of physiology IN the medi-
cal and dental schools, that the de1-
tai infirmary Of the uniVeFsity, o2O
II street northwest wiz be opea to
the public seven hours each day In
future. Heretofore, the infIrmary has
been open only In the aftsrnoops,
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took the gun, but the Boehss had
crawied into the treneh-those tnat
were alive.
Some stiR Ftghting,
We went on into the trench, and
those we didn't get retrsatsd. We
got q good many, there was some
pretty stiff lighting, and q lot Of them
surrendered. as they always do.
We had the trench, which was just
over vimy Ridge, and We we're the
outpost, on the extreme front Of the
whole line. Things were happening
fast Just then. There weren't so many
Of US left. and the Boehe had turned
loose everything that he had on US
Shells, shrapnel, rife bombs and just
plain bullets were bursting and crack
ing all over US,
our Lewis gun was giving II to
them hot when i got mine. had
lust stood to, to relieve a man. when
ID thought that the whole heavens had
faIlsa on the back OF my neck Shrap-
mel dies down in q sort of cone, and
must have been directly under It be-
cause I didn't get It all-but got
enough. ~--r
I hit the ground with an awful
thud. But jumped up Immediately,
very mush surprised and good and
mad. 1 was sort Of dased, and /
didn't think L was hit. Then put my
hand to the back of my neck where
my helmet didn't protect my head
Felt No Pain-
That settled It, I didn't feel any
pain, but when saw my hand COW
cred with blood I knew 1t was
.sBlimy" for me for while
crawled back over the ridge and
lay in q dugout for about three hours
until the stretcher bearers took me
to the dressing station. Then was
taken to the base hospital and started
on my Journey to England, by tram
70 Bologne, across the channel TO
Dover, and thence to London.
It seems . long trip for the wound
ed. hut II is almost the same as
being in the hospital You get atten-
tion and treatment all the way and 1t
isn't bad.
/ was in the Brook Military Hos
pitaI in London until July - and then
\ was in the military cenvalescent
hospital, at EPSON, for eleven days. |
sailed for this side on September 20,
and IL took US nine days to cross the
pond" got leave to Washington
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NEW Trench BOMB
CAN Be EXPLODED
BYHECTR|eSARK

The aeeonpaBying pIctsrs Illus
tretss the sloctrie bomb. We have
bomb weighing from Syo p0Inds up
Bard, 70 b thrown n lAs ensiuv's
trench precisely a. any other bomb.
II can be thrown BY means Of eata-
pult or other suitable means. The
construction Of the bomb y Shown In
Fig.L l. H. has . hollow center Whish
contains N . ShsiI . reel, uDoa Waleh
d wound . thin flexible electric eabIs.
fhis rssl runs free on ball bearings
% - to giys . HnAninum Of friction
II win thus be seen that ~ the bomb
proceeds IN tts Eight through tbs afr,
the thin electric wire y played out,
without IN any way reterdtng or I'M
peding the aight Of the bonb. NatuT-
ally, the reel must eoptain . sutfsiCnt
wire supply to reach froA e95 cwn
70 the snemy's trenah,
The space between TIE she'll contain
ing the wire reel and the bomb body
proper - packed With the usual high
explosive. The ends Of the wire cable
inside Of the bomb are inserted INTO
the explostyss tie latter ean, there
fore, be set % by means Of . nne
platinum wire electrically heatsd 20
tBeandeseenes o. By any other vSil-
known aTfng method
New, the observer thru bis trench
bomb. His 0ns hahA KestB on the
switch vhIch = eonenetsd 70 . thirty
eF f0rty-yolt storage battery, while
the bomb-eable eonpeetS vita the
witch and the battery also. BY
merely throwing ths switch, the man
~ the periseoDs can set on the distant
bomb at the proper moment. What
this proper moment Is depends Of
course upon circumstances as wen as
the VIII Of the operator.
Now let US turn from the murder
Gus to the mora humane. Instead Of
Hlllng our bomb with . hlgh expIo-
Siys, let Us nil IT with chIoroform.
Our Fig. illustrates such a bomb
II IL composed % two henisDhsrs1
separated BY . soft gaskst After
partly 1iling the bomb with ehi0ro-
form. the remaining air Is pumped
out, thusl eaying . VACUUM This win
cause the hernispheres working on
the famous ''ldagdsbVrg hemispheres'
principle) to bold together a. n riv-
eted. The two ends OF the electric
cable go to q fasibie plug In the wa1t
OF the bomb which when melted BY >
heated piatinam wire allows either
air or chloroform TO leave the bomb.
On otherwise a minute electrically
ired charge of explosive viii sepa-
rate the two hemfspheres, apraying
the trench with ehlOroform- II suf-
neient number Of such bombs are
thrown into q trench. the occupants
win promptly fall to sleep for some
time to come. No, this idea - NOT
half 90 ridiculous as II seems, ana
we may see II tried yet
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there is nothing between you and the
Hun. You want to get at him and get
at him fast, but Of course you have to
keep behind the baTFage.
For ten days before the attack there
had been a perfect inferno OF artillery
FIRE from our guns. The Boche FIRE
hadn't been SO heavy. they tell me
that our artillery made it SO hot for
them that their gunners couldn't serve
their guns. But their fire would
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smash US at intervals, and sometimes
when 1t was least expected, then there
would. be a hail of ''whiz-bangs" and
Jack Johnsons," with a rain of shrap-
mel that made things warm for any
body.
Through the Trenches.
So after standing there and taking
1t we were glad enough to go after
them. We went on through the
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~ WILLIAM BOOTH COVERT,
lewis Maehins Gunner sixty-Ainfh
BattaIlsa, Canadian Infantry.

lewis Machtne Gunner Stxty-ninfh
BHttaIioa, Canadian Ipfantry.
-over the top and the best Of luck"
came the command at Sis in the
moFninE. and out We went into ths
hall OF Vimy Ridge
We had been standing to" In ouI
trench since ? o'clock in the morning
in a dewnpour OF rain that later
changed to snow, and our first sensA'
tion was one OF relief to get out in
the open I think know now how q
bird feels when you open the cage.
But no bird ever went out into what
we did. Our brigade was the fourth
to go over that morning. and our OBJ
5ective was the extreme front We
passed through the trenches that had
been taken by the other brigadeA.
past prisoners being sent TO the rear,
and all the time under fire Of the
Boche artillery and their snipeFs and
machine gunners hidden in the shell
holsA
Were Nervous.
OF course we were nervous when
we started But 1t was more eager
ness than snything else. Everybody
was singing and Joking as we began
the advance was smoking a pipe,
and all the others were smoking or
chewtng, some tobacco and some gum.
The advance Is not made at a run.
you know, but at a steady pace. and
the men call to one another like a
bunch of boys on a lark.
You feel a little queer when YOU
0rst get out Of the trench after hay-
ing been so long under the earth. It
puts a tingle in your blood when you
nnd yourself on top and know that
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MENEAGERTO
USEBAYONETS
WHENGERMAN
RIFLES CRACK
Thrill Goes Through Line When
Order to Charge Comes After
Long stay In Trenches, Says
Covert.

WGtIaw Booth covert, t,0e1ty-tArss
gears old, Of 5ol " street Eorthsast,
y the Gyst WGshiHgtoM yotfth to
scO1s back 0Hd tell the story" dfter
SotA0 over the top at Vtsly RIDGE.
Covert has s0rttfeH his versioH Of the
odveAfEss for The Times. he Fe-
tsraed 10 WdshiH0toH October II. he
thtyty-tbird birthday, bearing the
SoGrs from shropaeI soovads that
o0lSsed he removal to on EA0lIsh
AospttcI. traAsfeF to CaHdd1, and
fE0Ilg tAs sick Leave, trhtoh permit
ted Mn to FetBy1 hosss.
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IN WAR WORK AT los.

SHREVEPORT, La, Oct. 21.-one
hundred apd three years old, Mrs.,
Emily Hyams has registered for ae-
tive war work. She Is engaged n
Red Cross and other activities. =
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~ ROKEN sizes of black,
Is patent and tan button
and laced boots. Also
Sample Shoes. Styles are not
the newest-but the qualities
are all good. In fact, such shoes
could not be made today to sell
at 81. Sizes up TO 3.
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GREEN MOUNTAIN VALLEY


Mrs. Orville Tiff is slowly improv-
ing
Henry Harringtons family have
beer i'll.
Mrs. Angela Madison has very
poor health.
Ernest Harrington was in Benning-
ton Saturday.
Richard Madison was in Benning-
ton Saturday.
Jesse Pierce lost one of his cows
the past week
Mr.. and Mrs. f. G. Russell were in
Bennington Monday
Schuyler Harrington was in Ben
nington Saturday.
Miss Harriet Crantsou has posi-
ton in Bennington
Mrs. Nelson Waite is confined to
the house by illness.
Mrs. Herbert Stratton is recovering
from weeks Illness.
Benona Harrington Visited at his
fathers. Abel IFarrington's Sunday
Herbert Stratton is saving wood
with his sasolene engine in Ben
nington
Glen Harrington and Henry Elwel
have employment at the II. {. White
plant. North Bennington.
Sidney Waite and wife OF Benning-
ton were weekend guests OF relatives
in Green Mountain Valley
l. W. Bentley and Allie Stratton are
repairing the VIII Hill homestead
purchased by George Hawks.
The patriotic meeting at high
school hall Monday evening, March
when Hon. Henry T. Cushman spoke
OF a similar one more than half cen
tury ago held in Bennington following
the firing upon Sumter, and the
great crisis of the Civil war was
largely attended. The writer of this
has q vivid recollection, although n
child, of her father. VIM. D. Collins,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-14

who was teaching school in the old
brick school house nearly opposite
the stone blacksmith shop, South
street, Bennington, at the time and
attended that patriotic meeting and
resigned his position as teacher and
assisted in organizing companyG. LIST
cavalry. There was sorrow in our
home when nightfall came. Addie
Ella and Lottie. would gather around
our mother and all weep. for our
papa had gone to kill the people or be
killed My father. Maj w. ID. Col
Inns was wounded in the knee by a
shell. killing his horse. As soon as
he was able he came home and was
stationed in Bennington as recruiting
officer until he recovered. There are
some living that he enlisted. In four
months he returned to Virginia and
stayed over year, but being in the
saddle so much on long rides, pro-
duced hernio and he had to resign by
a physicians orders. May our dear
children all around us be saved from
the horrors OF cruel war
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1917-03-14
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News OF tho Town and Village Told
Briefly for Busy Readers

Leon Farnum is i'll at his home on
School street.
w. j. Randles is in Cambridge to-
day on business.
Mrs. John McKale of Beech street
is spending the day in Troy.
Charles Pickford of Clinton, Mass.
visited friends in town Tuesday.
Miss Velma Elwell, who is visiting
in North Adams, is i'll with measlls.
Philip Brillion of Spring street has
recovered from an attack of diph.
iberia.
Mrs. 6. b. Hawks is passing the
day at her parents home in Cam
bridge
There was fair number present al
the choral club practice Tuesday
evening.
Miss Rose Gagnon has returned to
her home in Arlington after a short
visit in town.
Miss Mary Forgue of Canada is the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Jules Dagese of
School street.
Mrs. Eugene j. Shea and Misses
Bessie and Dorothy Shea are spend
ing the day in Troy.
Miss Ella Cummings OF North
street has taken a position in Mrs.
lannon's millinery shop.
A telephone has been installed at
the home of Peter J. Mcclure on SAT-
ford street. The number is 55S.M.
There will be stag party at the
Y. NJ. C. A. Thursday evening. Jack
Cantor and Louis Levin will furnish
the entertainment
Samuel II. Blackmer, student at
Hotchkiss school in Lakeville. Conn.
is spending a few days at his home
in Old Bennington.
Mrs Isaac Jennings of Old Ben
nington left this morning for New
York city, where she will spend two
or three weeks with friends.
James Austin Of Hoosick Falls, who
broke his arm some weeks ago while
cranking an automobile, has recover
ed sufficiently to resume his duties as
motorman on the Hoosick Falls troll.
ley lines.
Among the business men registered
Tuesday at the Putnam house were
NJ. l.. Lowney; Newport; j. II. viii
liams, C.. S. Maurice, Rutland; A. T.
Small, Troy; A. VI. Souther, NJ. NJ.
Myers. Albany, Il. G. Palmer, f. D.
Eldridge. Charles n. Darling. G. NJ.
Erwin, North Adams.
d. c. Potter and son l..
f. Potter whose house on the
Burgess road was destroyed by
fire Saturday. are moving into the
Coyle house on Division street.
DR.. f. E. Potter of Pownal and his
daughter. Mrs. Harriet Guilford OF
North Adams went Tuesday to Brat,
tleboro where they were to appear be-
fore the legislative committee that is
investigating the retreat. When she
appeared Us a witness before the com
mittee in Montpelier, Mrs. Guilford
testified that she had been confined
III dungeon while patient at the
institution. officials of the retreat
have denied the existence of the dun
geon and it is understood that Mrs.
Guilford would attempt TO confirm
her statements while at Brattleboro.
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with Mrs Wilmarth on Wednesday
afternoon of this week.
A. Il. Dunn has resumed his duties
at Montpelier. returning Wednesday.
Mrs. Dunn accompanied him.
No singing school was held last
Wednesday evening owing to the i'll
ness of Mr.. Chambers. the leader.
The Baptist ladies aid meeting will
be held at the home Of Mrs. +. E.
Bishop beth afternoon and evening.
The Epworth League meeting will
be held on Friday evening, led by the
pastor, topic, "Cultiyating the Grace
of sympathy
Several from here attended the SER
vice for women only in North Adams
Thursday afternoon and evening CIV
en- by Dr. Rees.
Mrs. Vickery, the teacher of the
North school, was called home last
Wednesday to attend the funeral of q
relative. She returned to her school
on Monday.
MI. Nduttu ldu HIS manu- Dduiy
lacerated in Knapp's mill recently
He was taken TO the North Adams
hospital where it was looked after
and it is now doing all right
At the town meeting held March G.
Tuesday the following officers were
elected Moderator, A. L. Dunn;
overseer of the poor, the selectmen;
town grand jurors, f. s. Foster and A
E. Dunn constables, William McGraw
and w. Seegar; road commissioner,
Robert Jepson, town treasurer, Eu
gent Bishop: town agent. A. J. Tan
ner: selectmen, A. r. Dunn, r. j.
Sanford and Fred Leisure; auditors,
c. d. Houghton, l.. Il. Reed and Chas.
Slade; school directors, j. NJ. Lee, A.
Ballard and Warren Clough; sections
of cemetery, Leon Bliss and John
Raedel; assessors. F. S. Foster. A. w.
Wilmarth and A. J, Tanner; cemetery
trustees, C. d. Houghton, r. j San
ford and A. w. Wilmarth; library
trustees. Mrs. George Canedy. Mrs.
r. j. Sanford, Miss Jessie Brown.
Miss Mary Morrissey. Mrs NJ. l..
Whitney The town voted no license
and also voted to raise $4,000 to
match $4,000 of w. B. Plunket for
road Improvements.
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BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News OF the Town ard Village Tote
Briefly for zuay RsadAra

Rama-zam? VIII it settle the rail
read strike? Adv.
Miss Jane Peck of Pittsfeld is the
guest Of Miss Martha Dewey.
Clinton Smith has taken posi-
ton at Karp's meat market on River
street.
Mrs. Eugene Moulton, who has been
quite Ill at her home on Gage, is able
to sit up.
Gym. team practice tomorrow
night at 7.30 at the Y. NJ. c. A. Pyra-
mids and athletic dance
The soccer game viii start at 7.45
tonight at the Y NJ. c. A., as pre-
liminary for the basket ball game.
Miss Hazel Lasher of Main street
has returned from visit with friends
in Springfield and Chicopee Falls,
Mass.
Bliss Business college of North
Adams will be at the Y tonight, fur
nishing the opposition, for the local Y.
NJ c. A. five Basketball game at
SIS. Admission fifteen cents.
Village Clerk w. P. Hogan, admin
lister Of the estate of the late Daniel
A. Casey, is planning to sell the farm
property in the western section Of the
town. Unless he secures customer
at once he will hold an auction at the
farm the latter part of the month.
Adv.
Cooking class at Y. W. c. tonight
Mrs. Blank, who had planned to spend
a nice quiet day, has three friends
come in Unexpectedly about lunch
time. Her cupboard, like Mother
Hubbards is quite bare, The emer-
gency shelf is to be filled up tomor-
row Meanwhile she must give her
friends something to eat. How Will
she manage? Come up to the class
tonight and find out.
One of the boilers for the Henry w
Putnam memorial hospital now in
process OF construction was shipped
late in February and the other early
in March, The boilers were purchased
of Pennsylvania firm and 1t is hoped
that they will come through the rail
road congestion some time. Because
it has been impossible to heat the
building no plastering has been done.
Unless the boilers reach here in the
near future the plaster can be put on
and allow to dry by natural heat
About three months has been lost in
the construction of the building and
structure is finished.
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spent Sunday with friends in town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sylvester + ai!ng
spent the weekend in Adams. Mess
Mrs. Nora Stanley of North Ben
nington spent Sunday at her home
here
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Shepherd of
North Bennington spent Sunday in
town. s.---.--.-.
John Robinson had the misfortune
to fall on the ice breaking one of his
wrists. A'. -
The Neighbolhood club held its
monthly meeting at the school house
last Tuesday,
Miss Anna Lathror who has been
spending week with her brother. +.
NJ Lathrop, has returned TO her
home in Manchester.
Word has been received of the ILL.,
ness of Mrs James Dalyleish at her
home in Washington, ID. c.. with an
attack of appendicitis. Mrs. DAILY,
leish was formerly Miss Fanny Bar
ney OF Arlington.
An armadillo basket from Capt.
Herbert W. CCngdon has been re.
ceived by the pupils of the North Dis
trict school. This basket is one di-
rect from Texas where Capt. Congdon
with his regiment did six months duty
on the boarder