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night that they spent in the open about
tine carr fire. 1t may be safely assumed,
under the circumstances, that after
Lord Grey has presented. his creden-
tials In due form to President wilson
at the White House as Ambassador
Extraordinary Of Great Britain to the
United States, his uniform adorned
with the insignia of the Order Of the
Garter. which he received while still a
Baronet, that is to say, a commoneP
before his elevation to the peerage. he,
will betake himself on a pilgrimage to
the grave of his old friend Theodore
Roosevelt at Oyster Bay and to visit
Mrs. Roosevelt at Sycamore Hill.
Ii Man of Sorrows.
Lord Grey. in spite of the success OF
his career-he was already principal
Under Secretary OF state for Foreign
Affairs at the age of 80 and the spokeS-
man for his department in the House
of Commons-is a man of many sor-,
rows. He was passionately devoted to
his lovely and gifted wife. who>shared
all his tastes and who was In the most
perfect sympathy with his character
CDe was klilcu III a pal ohOSn
ing carriage accident while engaged in
an errand of mercy and this has exer-
cised a saddening influence upon his
entire life. She was a daughter of the
ancient Northumberland house OF Wild
Lexington, which figures in the well
known ballad Of Chevy Chase" In
deed the widderingtons are among the
best known families of the North and
their name Is familiar to all those in
terested in the stories and in the songs
dealing with border warfare. Who, in
deed, has not heard of the Widdering
ton fighter, almost a national hero. OF
whom II is sung:
For widderington my heart was woe,
That ever he slain should be,
For when his legs were hewn in two
He knelt and fought upon his knee.
Brother Killed by Lion.
Then Lord Grey lost favorite
brother, who was killed by lion while
or a big game shooting expedition in
British East Africa. And afterward
Falloden Hail. his ancestral home in
Northumberland, to which he Is deeply
attached, was partly destroyed by a
| fire in which many of his most
precious treasures were lost.
Lord Grey Is so fond Of Falloden, of
his trout ponds. of his fancy duck
Lcnds, of the flower gardens planted
| by his wife and of his experimental
farms that It is a great sacrifice to his
sense of patriotic duty aPd to his sense
of the value of American friendship
that he should have torn himself away
| to undertake the by no means facile
role of Ambassador at Washington.
Public life has never appealed 10
him. He entered Parliament, like Sc
many rich Englishmen Of blue blood
and Of ancient tradition, from a sense
OF duty which he felt that he owed &c
his country. He always throughout
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MERIcA is fortunate in Kins

A MERICA is fortunate in King
N Georges choice of an Ambas-
= sudor to represent the vast Brit
in Empire at Washington during the
next twelve months. They are very
critical months. For they will call for
the settlement of all sorts of interna-
tional problems: of worldwide impor-
-ance and OF a nature to determine
the policies OF the two great English
speaking Powers for the next 100
years.
Lord Grey's presence on the banks
of the Potomac will be invaluable both
to thu country which he represents
and to that to which he is accredited.
Unlike that army of American uni
versity professors whom President
Wilson took along with him to the
Peace Conference in Paris under the
mistaken impression that they were
experts on the subject of the nations
about which they had read, Lord Grey
has not derived his mhsterful and ex-
haus.;ve knowledge of these countries
from books and in encyclopedias, but
from the intimate association with
their foreign and domestic problems,
as one of the most respected states
men Of Europe. throughout a period
~ kn htwkx 7
thur Balfour, who succeeded him as
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
when in 1916 the condition of his eye
sight compelled him to resign that
Office. he has every detail of the vari-
Gus issues in connection with the
turkish Empire, the various Balkan
and Danubian. States. with Russia.
with China, with Japan, with Ger
many, Austria, with France, Italy.
Spain and the Latin American repub-
hcs Al his fingers ends.
Il Diplomatic Authority.
He can speak with the most COM
plete and unquestioned authority on
each and every one of these coun-
tries and of their relations with one
aAAothCA WithOdt bClIlS COtlpelltu u
turn to works of reference for the re-
quired information as was the case
with the horde of dogmatic, self-suf-
ncient and narrow minded pedagogues
drawn from every conceivable uni
versity, great and small, who, to the
intense amusement of the Old World
members Of the Congress and of the
keen-witted, laughter-loving and witty
French, arrived in Paris with perfect
shiploads of printed matter from the
pages of which they proposed to in
struct the veteran statesmen assem-.
oled around the Conference table in the
Palace of the Quai d'Orsay in the art
of reco9structing the map of the OLD
World; a world about which they
really knew so very little for practi-
cal use.
President Wilson emancipated him.
self from the chains of pedagogy by
abandoning the presidency of Prince
ton University for the Governorshir
OF New Jersey and for the Chief Mag.
istracy of the United States and has
converted the former narrowness OF
vision of a college professor into the
broad and comprehensive vision of 6
statesman-and of a master Statesman
at that. Moreover, his sojourn IL
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Continued from Preceding PaoeJ

a structure that now houses an Off
GERS club that for several years be-
fore March. 1918, was the home of
the Princeton Club of New York and
that before that was the residence of
Stanford White. AS the Princeton
Club 1t played part in George Barr
McCutcheon's THE Alternative" and
as II had been when the distinguished
architect lived there 1t was described
as the scene Of the climax of an Ed
gar Saltus story of some thirty years
ago, "The Truth About Tristrem
Varick."
Directly across the square, on the
south side, there Is another club,
which. perhaps from the fact that
writing men have always been con-
spicuous in its membership, has been
introduced again and again in fiction.
Only a few years ago Owen Johnson
was picturing its shining grill,
warm fireplace and deep chairs in such
tales as "One Hundred in the Dark
and Murder in Any Degree" and no
member of the organization had the
slightest hesitation in recognizing
Dummy, tall and gaunt as a friar OF
the Middle Ages" or the genial Stein
gal, with the black trimmed glasses,
the military mustaches and the close
ly cropped beard, or De Gollyer, with
his epierams, his incisive mode OF
speech and his military cliniing OF
the heels.
About stuyvesant Square.
Although the city breathing spo
that tanks Second avenue as 1t runs
from Fifteenth to Seventeenth street
10 generally known as Stuyvesant
Square, there are really two distinoi
squares, Stuyvesant Square being the
one to the east, while the square to the
west in shadow of ST. Georges is
Rutherfurd Square. In its social his.
tory this is one of the most interesting
of all New York ueighborhoods. Once
Second avenue was to be the grea
fashionable, thoroughfare that Fifth
avenue eventually became. In tn,
books OF the old writer's will be fouuC
frequent reference to 1t as "the Eau
bourg st. German OF New York" Al
element os the earlier aristocrac!
chung to 1t obstinately and arrogantly
fieering at she rival avenue to tn,
west as the street Of the parvenu. ON
OF its famous structures was the hous
Of the Baxter family. where Thackera!
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citizens of every walk in life. he tore
himself away from the elaborate en-
tertainments organized in his honor to
spend what he. afterward declared to
be quite the happiest and most de-
lightful feature of his visit, namely, a
two days tramp with Gray through the
most remote ana picturesque portions
of the New Forest, discussing, not
politics, but those naturalist hobbies to
which they were both devoted, the
study of woodcraft and lore of bird,
animal and insect life.
Roosevelt was wont afterward to in
sist that they talked OF nothing else
during the whole two days of their
walking trip and half way through the
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A Pagan Fashion

THE fashion of keeping little dogs
as objects of luxury is not at all
modern. Both Greek and Roman
women used to have small pet dogs.
over which they made as much to do
as does a fashionable lady of to-day
over her poodle.
Even men, usually foreigners, were
rot ashamed TO stroll about the Roman
streets carrying dogs in their arms. II
is said that julius Cesar, once seeing
some men thus occupied, sarcastically
inquired of them II the women of their
country had no children
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THIS sketch of Viscount Grey.
who is coming to che United
States to represent >the British
Government as Ambassador, is
written by friend long familiar
with his personal traits and pub
lie career.
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Attributes in Common.

And yet these two men got along
capitally with each other. They had
so many tastes and so many ideas, so
many sympathies in common, and
when Theodore Roosevelt paid his
memorable visit to England at the
conclusion of his Presidency and on
his retupn from his big game shooting
expedition to Africa, and was over
whelmed with attentions by Crown,
Government, public bodies and private
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thusiasm Rd vitality, so torrential
and impulsive in his utterances-th
antithesis, apparently, in every respect
OF Grey.
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Has Big Advantage.

II is of inestimable advantage that
Lord Grey should come to America
with the reputation of having made
the development of close and intimate
friendship between Great Britain and
the United States the keynote.of his
policy during the three decades or
more Of his career in the House of
Commons, and more especially during
the ten years terminating at the close
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thanks to the national and interna-
tional fame Of his character. enjoy this
complete confidence Of the people of
the United States from the very mo-
ment Of his arrival on its shores.
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NE day recently, while having
afternoon tea at a hotel, it
seemed strange to recall, while
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ATHENS

Athens Grange No 81 met Satur-
day afternoon, April =. with a good
number present in spite of the bad
weather and roads 1t was voted
that for six months beginning May /,
TO have every other meeting in the
evening. The members present were
very glad to learn OF the improved
condition of Bro Cassius Kinsman.
Under business is was voted to have
an all day meeting on Saturday, April
% In the forenoon business and
degree work will be in order, then
dinner. For this those that are not
told to bring anything different are
requested to bring pastry of some
kind In the afternoon it is expected
that Prof Guy F Williams of North
Arson and County Agent Stiles will
speak in the interest of Boys and
Girls club work The afternoon SEES
sion Will be public and every one
interested is cordially invited to be
present. especially the students of
Somerset Academy and other young
people who are interested An in
teresting program of music. readings,
stories and discussion WAS held by
Mrs. Gates Austin as acting lecturer.
The Senior drama Mrs. Tubbs
Does Her Bit presented by the
Senior Glass of Somerset Academy
made a great hit with large and
appreciative audience that saw it last
Friday evening in Athens Grange
Hall In spite of the bad roads and
weather a good crowd was in at
tendance. The play was full OF pa
triotie feeling and showed we'll the
feeling OF different classes of people
in our country II was we'll handled
by a we'll drilled cast of characters
who showed careful coaching and
lots OF earnest study. 1t is hoped
thai the people of Athens may have
the chance to see this again as the
weather conditions were so bad that
many would have liked to have seen
it but were unable to do so.
DO not forget the reception to be
held tonight in Grange Hall for our
boys in Khaki a good entertain
mcnt is being prepared
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CORN VILE

Hazel Kilkenney is visiting her pa
rents C. S. Moody and wife and pack
ing her household goods to ship to
Greenville, where they are to make
their home.
Roger Kilkenney, who makes his
home with his grandparents. Peter
Merry and wife of Skowhegan, is Wis
ting with c. S. Moody and family.
Charles Brown has gone to Scion
where he has employment His wife
and child are still with her mother at
the Walton mill boarding house.
Mrs Frank Walker who has been
caring for Agnes Moody, has return
ed to her home in Yarmouth. Mrs.
Moody is much improved and able TO
sit up.
C. S Moody and l.. l.. Smith at
tended the funeral of Frank Folsom
at Skowhegan. Sunday.
Delmar Blaisdel is visiting his
father in Augusta
Frank Bean returned home Monday
He has been the guest of his sister
Mrs Ernest Morrow of Belgrade.
The many friends of Frank Folsom
were Saddened to hear Of his death
1t was through his efforts that Yves
serunsett Grange was started and he
was the first Master. Always will
ing and ready to help in the socia
part as we'll as the financial. He
will not only be missed in the Grange
but ia this town where he has spent
his life
SerEt Merle b. Judkins Of the 4tf
| 81
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MILLAY HILL y. y. PORTLAND

Mrs Blanche Howe, who has been
stopping with Mrs A Williamson for
a few weeks returned To her home in
Kingdeld Tuesday Mrs. Howe is
improving some since she came on
the Hill
Herman Lishness has moved his
family back on the farm from King
field. where he has been living thru
the winter working in the mill
There are several on the sick list
Mrs, Willard Written. Mrs. Milton
Young, Mrs Ralph Nicholas With
colds and grippe
Mrs. sherman Loyeioy is working
for Mrs. NJ Young
Ruby Hogan was sick from school
Wednesday with Indigestion
Verne Lishness and son Bryant
from the Flat were on the Hill Mon
day and bought a pair of three year
old steers for beef of NJ G Atwood
George Burke of kingfeld was a
caller on the Hill, Monday.
Mrs. Alfred Williamson was called
to kingfield the first of the week to
care for her daughter. Mrs. Arthur
Hamilton who has nice girl baby.
Kenneth Atwood. son of c. G At
wood was quite i'll Wednesday with
stomach trouble.
Mrs Earl Davidson and Mrs. ]. L.
Thompson are both sick in bed with
the grippe.
Little Elbridge Hutchins is better
Elbridge Williamson. who had his
leg broken in the fall can hardly
bear any weight upon it at present
1t seems to be very weak from the
knee down.
George Williamson, lately from
(overseas) is calling on his ole
friends and neighhors. All are glat
TO welcome George back He receiv
ed a loss of the little finger being sho
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NORTH CORNyILLE

Mr.. Duffley of Newport was in town
last week taking orders for enlarging
pictures.
Francis Hayden of the Kinsman
school was not absent nor tardy dur
ing the month ending April II.
Miss Ruby Tufts who is teaching in
Scion spent Sunday at home.
Frank Folsom. an aged man living
alone was found Wednesday in an un-
conscious condition by Mrs. Merritt
Gould, his nearest neighbor. Meth
er Mr.. and Mrs. Gould had seen him
since Monday when he came to theil
house to deliver telephone message
| Feeling anxious about not seeing hin
around she went down and lookint
into the window saw him lying on the
floor. She hurriedly went to thu
home OF Eli Fall and when Mr.. Fal
reached there he found he was still
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TREE ROAD CROSSING

Nobody have bean dead born
marryed, sceck. nor drunk, buy SON
new COW. PLAINLY horse. autmobeel
farm. cod-Wood hay booze SCOT OF
elose. nor sprung bonnet; catch son
feesh. needles hoopin eouff. cold
skunk. nor lckini build som house
peg pen. fence. heneoop. nor shanty;
broke her leg window, nor colt, had
som purity max som money; get hees
hoHse burn, got heem new girl; stole
uothn. go nowhere, com back, had
SON tight; nor do nothin here on
Tree Road, so how there gon be any
news Tor wrote bout thees tam, you
gon told me?
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(kRATI'Nk

Mrs penlev returned to her home
in Rnmford Friday of last week after
a weeks visit with her daughter Mrs.
Eldrcd Standing
Andrew CONNER and Willie Dunton
of the 26tb Division returned 10 Camp
Deyens. SATURDAY after brief fur
louph with their pcoplc
sherman Became lost valuable
horse last week
Earl ] Bean who has been confined
TO his bed the past two months. was
moved to the Maine General Hospital
in Portland. Monday.
At the box social Saturday night
for the benefit of Mrs Mary Morris
500 was taken
Miss Artie Powell. who is attending
Pennington Normal. was called home
by the death of her grandmother
At a recent Library meeting Mrs.
Eldred Spanlding was chosen libra
rian and treasurer and the Library
was moved from Mrs. Nettie Mitch
ellis. who has served seven years very
satisfactorily
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BROWNS CORNER CANAAN

our 4. f D. carrier did not comt
Saturday owing to the bad condition
Of the roads
Mrs Harriet Whitney passed Sun
day With her daughter Mrs Benja-
min Lewis.
Mr. and Mrs Raymond Holt and
children have returned to their farm
home after an absence OF few
months Mr. Holt being employed
in Clinton and Mrs Holt was engag-
ed in teaching in Dennison, Ne.
Mrs Annie Chase. who is i'll, went
to Fairfield last week TO consult DR..
/ p Tash.
p !. Lancaster returned home from
the Brighton market Thursday
Harry Wheeler is visiting his
brother Fred in Parkman.
Milford Withee has purchased from
his brother Perley Withee of Madi-
son. a parebred Jersey bull.
+ o Fitzgerald and crew are at
fuckley working ash shovel handle
block.
Mrs. Nora Hubbard who has been
sick from the effects Of bad heart
is improving Her mother Mrs Mary
Tuttle IS with her.
Nearly all the patients who had in
duenza have fully recovered and no
new cases are reported
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off and shot passed thru his pant

OH ana a snOt passed thru MS PAM
leg.
News of the death of Marcelle
Berry, one of our townsmen, reached
here Thursday night at o'clock. He
leaves wife formerly Nellie Wilbur
and an adopted son Pneumonia was
the cause OF his death He was about
Go years Old Several brothers and
sisters also survive.
Very cold and rainy with some
SNOW
Gilbert Boyce has been painting and
papering for Mrs Will Farnham sew
eral days and NOW he is painting at
his own home.
Blaine Atwood i getting along fine.
Can walk out some after his operation
performed three weeks ago for appen-
1ieitis
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breathing but unable to move or
speak. DR. Ellingwood was sum-
moned and word sent to his son Bert
at SkoWhegan who came as soon as
possible The Doctor upon examina-
ton found he had suffered a severe
shock and gave them about him no
hopes Of his recovery. He was NOV
ed 10 the home of Mr.. Gould where he
Was made comfortable, but he passed
aWaF 1t s o'clock Thursday His
body Ms at once carried to his son $
home in Skowhegan and funeral ser
vices Were held there Sunday at ,
o'clock. He was born and always
lived on the old place where he was
found Wednesday and no other near
relatives. other than the son above
mentioned. are living He WIS a
good neighbor and a good man. He
was charter member Of Wesserun-
set Grange serving as its first Mas
ter, and Vas one OF the officers at the
time of his death Having a good
bass voice he VAS always ready aud
willing 10 help either by singing or
playing The violin or in any way pos
sible. Certainly a good man has
gone 10 his reward
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LAKEWOOD ROAD MADISON

Peter Merry Of Skowhegan was a
caller n Wilfred Jordan's. Sunday.
Mrs. Violet Doherty and Mrs. Marie
Doherty and little son Charlie, were
callers At the killcare farm, Satur-
day.
Arthur Jordan spent Sunday at his
home.
Charles II Davis Of Boston arrived
at Killcare farm. Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs w. f. Rowe we're
visitors at Mr. and Mrs Rcnsford
Doherfy's Sunday.
Mrs Ethel Palmer was a business
caller in Skowhegan Monday.
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UNITED STATES RAILROAD ADMINS RATION
WALKER o. HINES, Director General Of Railroads
MAINE CENTRAL RAILROAD
Schedule of Passenger Trains

Corrected to March II. 1919
Trains Leave SkOwheEan Week Days
500 a. m. for Waterville. Belfast,
Harmony, Bangor. Oakland, Kineo,
Pennington, Lewiston, Augusta, Bruins
wick. Bath and Boston.
l1.45 a. m. for Waterville, Bangor,
Calais Eastport Bar Harbor Vance
boro, Oakland. Pennington, Lewiston,
Augusta. Brunswick, Bath, Portland,
White Mountain points and Boston.
10 p. m. for Waterville, Augusta,
Brunswick, Bath. Portland and Boston.
Trains Leave skowhegan Sundays
s45 a. m. for Waterville, Augusta,
Brunswick. Portland and Boston.
Trains Arrive skOwhegan Week Days
Ills a m. from Waterville. Belfast,
Pittsheld Harmony, Dover and Fox
croft. Bangor. Bucksport, Mondays
only), Lewiston. Augusta, Brunswick,
Bath. Portland and Boston.
sos p. m. from Waterville, Bangor.
Bar Harbor. Calais, Oakland, Augusta.
Lewiston, Brunswick, Portland, Boston
800 D. m. from Waterville, Lewis
ton, Augusta, Brunswick, Portland
and Boston
Trains Arrive SkOwhegan Sundays
11.25 a IN. rom Waterville, Pitts
neld. Newport, Bangor. Augusta, Bath,
Brunswick, Lewiston and Portland.
ID. c. DOUGLASS, Federal Manager.
N. L. HARRIS. Genl. Pass. Agent
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LICENSED AUCTIONEER

Twenty years experience with all
kinds of property Can go anywhere
in Somerset county. References by
permission / r Goodrich, r. T. Pat
ten and Harry Z Smith.
Edward W. White
Heselton Street, Skowhegan, Farm
er's Tel. 10.
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ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE

This is to certify that | have been
appointed Administrator of the estate
OF the late Augusta Nutting and have
MED my bond as the law requires.
All those who owe the estate are re-
quested to pay the same promptly ana
an bills against the estate should be
presented to me as soon as possible
SHOW hcgan Maine, April l. 1919.
LESLIE f. JACOBS,
SWl4 Administrator.
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BIGELOW HILL.

Mrs. G. c. Luce, who was i'll last
Week with heart trouble. is reported
10 be very much improved. DR.. c.
f. Richardson of Skowhegan is the
attending physician She is being
cared for by Mrs George Pray.
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Mark Your Traps

Those who set traps for wild game
should be sure that they are marked
with the full name and address. other
wise it is the duty of the game ward
en- to take up and confscate them.
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Card of Appreciation

To all who so kindly assisted me in
every way during my wife's illness
and after her death To the minis
ter the bearers and to those who sent
flowers ! extend my heartfelt appre-
citation
Mr.. + \ Written
Canaan. April IA. 1919