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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-10
BH IHORNION W. Dc fsbFSS
Unc' Billy Possunn's Vain Search
By THORNTON W. BURGEs

am plumb foolish IN his haid. No.
sab! That onery possum has clean
fo'gotten what All just done tole
him. and II we-ails am going to have
any dinner, All cert'nly have got to
flax round right smart spry NAH.
self.'
Old Mrs. Postum chased the eight
little possums into the house and
warned them not to no much a. put
their heads outside the door while
she was gone. Then she took her
market basket and started out to
hunt for their dinner. still muttoring
A. she went
Old Mrs. Postum was quite right.
Unc' Billy had forgotten oil about
that dinner. You see, no had some.
thing else on his mind While he
had been playing with his children,
he had thought that he heard a
voice way off In the distance. and IL
sounded very, very much like the
voice OF an old friend from way down
South. in "ol' Virginny." lie had lis.
tened and listened. but didn't hear
II again. and yet he was sure he had
heard IL that once. The very thought
that that old friend Of his might be
somewhere In the Green Forest ex.
cited Unc' Billy so that II fairly
made him homesick- He Just had 10
go look for him.
50 all the rest OF that day INC
Billy walked and walked thru the
Green Forest pecring up to the tree.
tops and looking into the bushes un.
III his neck ached. But nowhere
did he catch glimpse Of his old
friend The longer he looked the
more excited he grew.
What's the matter with your"
asked Jimmy Skunk. meeting Unc'
Billy on the Crooked Little Path near
the top OF the hill.
Muffin, muffin sab! Ah'm lust
walking TO- nah health replied inc
Billy over his shoulder. as he hur.
ried on. You see. he didn't like TO
tell any one what he thought he had
heard. for fear that II might not be
true. and then they would laugh at
him.
Didn't suppose Uno Billy ever
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Mr.. SCRIBBLE SCRATCH

Nancy locked at Nsc1. ana Nick
looked at Nancy. and their good
friend. the magical mushroom. looked
nj both Of them.
Go on whispered the mushroom.
encourasinEiy. Why don't you AK
herr"
Please. said MEX then. simsdly.
may we help Mr. scribble Scratch
] can look up the truAn,s, because
I've got my green shoes to take me
around
sAnd l." put In Nancy. eagerly.
can dust. and shine the windows.
and help with the singing"
And l." spoke up the magical
mushroom quickly. can teach them
any language II ALI from Ho,teusot
to Chinese
Tut" put IN . new voice Just
then. "aii We want Ia chipmunk chat.
ter and ground-hox erunting. And
nothing harder than X y Zs"
Everybody turned and bcheid Mr.
scribbls Scratch the fairy school.
master.
Copyright 1854. n. n. A.
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trec in the afternoon and went back
nj night with lantern and an az. :"
he says. mot a bee stung me. Beea,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-09-10

worried about his health" muttered
Jimmy Skunk. as. with n puzzled
look. he watched inc Billy disap.
pear.
Just as jofiy, round. red Mr.. Sun
dropped out Of sight behind the
Purple Hills, Unc' Billy gave II up
and turned toward home. His neck
ached from looking Up into the tree
tops. and his feet we're core from
walking. And Just then Unc' Billy
for the first time thought Of that
dinner that old Mrs. fpssum had
sent him 20 get. Unc' Billy sat down
and moppcd his brow In dismay.
"Ah 'specB Ah'm In To- II this
time, sho enough he said.'
NEXT story: INC RiIly Postum
Comes Home
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Page 152
A GHOST STORY

about tho time Of my story my
Pc, Jersey COW came In one morn
inw with a woebiy little calf: little
but long.ieeged.
"she was a dear nttle cow--the
favorite Of everybody on the farm.
$50 one morning when the calf
was about . month old. therc waa
much excitement because ws
heard its repeated 'Ma.ma-a' Ma
a.ar with no answering call from
the mother.
"one after another We went out
and looked for her. All thru the
weeds We went. looked In the pas
ture. on the hiu. everywhere we
had ever known her 10 30
Father told the Indians to hook
out for her. too. and II didn't
seem possible that we could all
miss her II she were still alive. II
looked an II she had been carried
OF completely.
ION the evening Of the second
day some Indians who had hecn
out In a boat came u father.
shaking their heads and looking
very solemn
"'seek no hcnevr.' shey said
Not In tho forest win you ma
your ttmas moosmoos flittic cow).
nor In the pasture. nor far away
on the hills. for We have this day
heard tho sound Of hcr bell from
the bottom Of the go. weak and
far away and sad u rang. but
again and again We heard IT.
sometimes louder. sometimes soft
err. but always ~ ~ fishcd We
heard the beii OF the timas moos-
moo~ and We know that she u
dead
Ts h Ccstinuen
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OTHER cAilerp cATue In and In
~ terrupsed Mira Nancy In her
oeory telling. but abe promised to
tan the children more stories some
ether tisnA
reggy was much distressed be
causs she never told them how
the rot thru with all her work
and how long Il was before help
came
Indeed. she was % troubled over
q that Mrs. Polly. who was ex.
trsmeiy fond Of little Peggy.
slipped away with her 10 . quiet
coruer and said. -Ncver mind.
PsGgy: I've just recalled good
story Of my own childhood that
you've never heard
IL has Indians In n. and . CIV.
- = ghost too. or what the In
0lAns thought was . ghost.
mot far from our home on
Vghidby Island there was a desert.
- place A man had taken up
e3Aim. started clearing his land.
aug . well. and then. for some
reason. had Mt Il all and gone
away.
sesnall tree and brush were
growing MP on his cicarins. No
agu a . house was left. and the
0ell had oaved In nj both aides
al u vAs scarcely noticeable.
Gnall trees grew sidcwise into II
whore the ground had slipped and
stin lsfs their roots growing
sStcck ran freely over tho place
md grassd psacsfuily about the
onnsstsd home, and the tinkle Of
eDwbcils and tho sound OF chill
dfvn's votces were the only sounds
WA1uA broke the stiffness Of the
paAcA
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ACIDS IN STOMACH
make FOOD SOUR
CAUSE INDIGESTION

Experience has taught mo that
most people who complain OF stom-
ach trouble and indigestion possess
stomachs that are perfectly healthy
and normal" says a well known nu.
thority. The real trouble. which
causes all the sourness, gas and
pain. IL excessive acid In tho stom-
ach. This acid irritates the delicate
stomach lining. sours and fcrments
the food before the point of diges-
tion Is reached.
Artificial digostants arc not neod-
cd In such cases. They give only
temporary relief. do not correct tho
cause and often do great harm. A
better plan. II you suffer after eat
ing. In to drink a glass OF hot Mag
nesia water mado from a teaspoon
full or four tablets OF pure Bisurated
Magnesia. which can bo obtained
from any reliable druggist. This In
stantly ncutrnlixcs the acid. sweet
ems the stomach. and your meal d.
costs naturally without pain. Try
this for few weeks and zee II your
better.
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stared after Unr Billy, and didn't
know what to make Of Il, for such a
thing as inc Billy forgetting to say
goodbye had never happened before.
Yes. indeed; inc Billy certainly was
excited.
Old Mrs. Postum sat In the door.
way Of their home In the great hol.
low tree and watched Unc' Billy out
Of sight. Her sharp little eyes seemed
20 grow sharper as she watched. "Ah
Gone sent that no-account possum 10
hunt for something TO- dinner. but
pears TO me he's plumb forgot II al
ready" she muttercd. Just look at
bun, with his head in the air like he
thought dinner TO- we.alls would drap
right down 10 him out o. the sky! II
he's aiming to find birds nest with
60 n u this time o. year. he sho'ly
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Al NC BILLY POSTUM was ercit.
~ ed. Any one would have known
II Just to look at him. He hurried Up
the Lone Little Path thru the Green
Forest without even saying goodbye
20 old Mrs. Possurn or all the little
posgums. with whom he had been
having . great frolic. They just
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Used to
Beat London Cons

LONDON, Sept 10.--They'rc now
using airplanes TO beat the police and
escape from England. John de Lysle
escaped police by taking a special
airplane to Paris.
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Honey Hunting IL
Safe Job at NiQht

CLEVELAND, Sept. lot. X.
Daniels returned from his vacation
with " pounds Of honey, He didn't
pay tN Il. either. Il found q Doe
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-07
The Rain FAN in July Normal.

W A. Shaw. meteorological in charge
of the Mortified station of the United
States weather bureau, reports a mean
temperature Of 81 degrees in Mortified
during the month Of July. which is two
degrees below the normal for the
month. The highest was 81 degrees. on
the l4th. and the lowest was 43 degrees.
on the 9th. The greatest daily range
was 80 degrees. on the 18th and the
least daily range was 10 degrees. on the
4th. The precipitation amounted 10
40 inches. which Is exactly tie nor
nal for the month The prevailing
wind was from the south, the total
movement s,7l3 miles. the average
hourly velocity SIS miles. and the max
imum velocity . miles per hour. from
the southeast, on the 9Th There was
only one clear dsy in the month. with
10 partly cloudy and Il cloudy days.
Precipitation in quantity sufficient q
measure occurred on % dsvs Thunder
storms occurred on the p. 9th l2th.
lith, 10Th, 2ls;. ed, 2afh. 5oth and
5lsL
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-07
PLAINFIELD

The library will be closed from Aug
ust II to September II.
Mrs. Ellen Pauly was in Marshtiel
Thursday TO visit her sister, Mrs
Frank Bohonan.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Ladd of Barr
are helping Albert Rublee finish cut
ting his hay.
Mr.. and Mrs Almon Smith are spend
ing few days in camp at Grotol
pond.
/ Harry Batchelder Of Hartford, Conn,
is in town on business
! Mr.. and Mrs. L. W. Mears and Mr.
and Mrs. William Mears and son o.
Hayerhill, Mass, were guests Of Mr.
and Mrs. N, II. Page the first of the
week
Mrs Carter Bates of Barre recently
visited Mrs Emily Moore and other
friends.
| Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Shorey of Leo
minister, Mass, are visiting friends and
relatives in this town.
G. P. Kellogg was in Barre Thursday
on business.
Mrs. Gardner Noble was in Barre
and Montpelier on business on Mon
day.
Mr.. and Mrs Clifford Rudd moved in
to Arthur Batchelder's tenement.
Loren Weaver has sold his farm to
w w. Lapoint of East Montpelier.
Mrs Paul Waterman and sons. Wen
dell and John, have gone to their new
home in Milwaukee, Wis
Mrs. Carrie Perry and daughter,
Cora, visited in Williamstown part of
this week.
r. W. Harvey was in Hardwick this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Rice and son,
Elliott, Of Burlington visited at the
home of Arch Hill the first of this
week
Mrs. Alice Reed Bartlett. whose flu
neral was held from her late home Sun
day, was born in this town September
18th, l84l, the eldest daughter of Miri-
am and Goodwin Reed In January,
1864, she married Solomon Bartlett,
and to them was born one child, Wal
lace c., who died IN, 1918. Mrs. Bart
lett is survived by two grandsons,
Wayne of this place, and Ivan, who
lives in California with his mother;
also large circle Of nieces and neph-
ews, who reside in Barre. Mrs. Bart
lett will long be remembered by the
people of this community as a devot
ed wife and mother, also for her ready
Kindness and strong Christian char
acter exempliiied in her every day
life.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-07
EAST BETHEL

Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Hanks started
on their homeward trip to Minnesota
Sunday noon. They planned to stop at
Quincy and North Eastern, Mass, for
a day of two to visit her father and
uncle.
Mrs. Susan Morse started for North
Dakota Monday night to visit her
daughter She plans to be gone several
weeks.
/ Mrs. Elma Boyden visited her eou-
sin, Mrs. Frank Green, last week. Her
home is in Massachusetts,.
The sociable at Miss Fowler's was
well attended and good time was en-
joyed.
Mrs f. W. Fowler of South Royal
ton is visiting at Miss Edith Fowler's
this week
Mr. and Mrs Clyde Smith and little
daughter of Brandon were weekend
visitors at Merton Smiths, Clyde being
a brother of Merton.
Jim Fowler has been ON the sick list
for a few days.
Mr. and Mrs Ethan Jones wre
called to Johnson last Saturday on ac-
count of the sudden death Of Mrs Pal
mer an aunt of Mrs. Jones She has
passed several winters with Mrs. Jones.
She celebrated her s0th birthday few
days before her death
The young friends of Miss Eleanor
Hunt gave her shower at the home
OF Mrs. Jones Saturday evening, on ac-
count of her marriage in the near flu.
ture. There were about 20 present. and
they had a nice time. Refreshments
were served and many gifts and good
wishes left.
William Wright has been sick a few
days, but is much better now.
The Ladies Aid society will give
lawn party at John Steele's the eve
ming OF the 18th. All come and have
good time.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-07
H4RDWICK

DR.. Tierney of St Johnsbury Wis
tied friends in town this week.
Mrs. Warren Mack and children OF
Wilmington, Del, are visiting at Mrs
Lois Maek's.
Miss Lucille Angel of Medford, Mass,
i, guest at Bert Cobb's.
Miss Frances Freeman of Essex June
ton is visiting at j. A. Gallagher's for
,, few days.
Mr.. and Mrs C. r Conant of Con-
cord, n. H., are spending their vacs-
tion at Lake Wapanaeki,
Mrs Abbie Weeks is guest of
friends at Troy.
Mrs. Fred Noble of Hyde Park. who
has been visiting at Mrs. Lila Mobiles,
returned home Thursday
Clarence Montague is visiting rela-
tives in Cambridge.
Mr. and Mrs. II. w. Lewis have
moved into the Coles block on Main
street
Mr.. and Mrs. G. W Benjamin left
the latter part Of the week for Hamp-
ton beach, Mass, for a weeks vaca-
ton.
Miss Bertha Duval Of Burlington is
guest OF her sister, Mrs. William
George.
Mrs. Oscar Scholarmsn ia visiting
friends in Island Pond this week
Mr.. and Mrs John Spicer are the
happy parents OF baby girl.
Rich Kent and family of Boston
are spending week with his moth
cl Mrs Blanche Kent, at her summer
home in Calais.
j. H. Clark and family and Mr.. and
Mrs Leon Andrus are enjoying a two
weeks vacation at Caspian lake
Mrs William Santsmore and daugh.
ter Of Hartford. Conn. who have been
visiting at Frank Santamore re-
turned home the latter part of the
week
Fred Angel of California Is spend
ing weeks or two with friends and
relatives here and at Woodbury..
Mrs. Merle Jones and son are visit
ing at Mrs Mary Jones
Perley Slayton is working at Jor-
dams bakery.
Miss Sadie Donnclly j. enjoying a
visit with friends and relatives in Proc
tor
Mr.. and Mrs. W. W. Marshall Of
Florida and Mr. aud Mrs. Hanford.
who are camping AZ Caspian lake. we're
visitors in town the middle Of the
week
Misses Katherine and Margaret
Blsekhall are visiting their mother,
Mrs Ewin Mckenzie
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-07
WELLS RIVER


i. ;. Bartlett, who has for a number
of years run milk route In this viii
lage, has sold out. Most of his custom
ers are taken over by Mr.. Lyons.
Mr.. Bartlett will fix up his present
home into three tenement house.
which are all rented for the fall, end
will himself go to Massachusetts
where he will visit his sister for the
winter.
Mr. and Mrs C. ID. Marsh and Miss
Moore were visitors in st. John-uury
last Tuesday.
Miss Lucille AngeLof Medford Mass,
came TO the home of Judge Baldwin
last Saturday On Sunday she and her
father went TO Hardwick, She expects
TO be in this section about four weeks.
Rudolph Stahl of Woodsyille bas sold
his gents furnishing stock to al out
of town concern. The goods viii be
packed and shipped to some larger
place, where they will be placed on
sale at reduced prices. Mr.. Stahl is
uncertain as to what he will do now
The funeral Of w. c. Mckenzie, who
was killed at the Ryegate paper mill
last Tuesday, was held Friday. All
efforts at the present time to locate
any relatives have been of no avail. d,
John Stevens, with his father and
mother, motored TO Newport and re-
turn last Thursday. On Friday they
took the trip through Pinkham's Notch.
Two of the Crabtree brothers from
Canada are visiting at the home Of
their brother.
Mr.. Mckenzie Of Springfield. Mass.
called on friends in town last Wetlues-
day while on his way from Barre to
the White mountains.
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NORTH CALAIS

Clarence Dwincll of East Calais was
in this place Monday on business.
Esther Cate Of Henderson, n. Y,
IS spending her vacation with ben
brother, Rev. w. A. Cate, in camp al
Lake Nelson.
Miss Edith Nj. Fowlie, who has beer
quite i'll the past three weeks, is slow.
ly recovering.
S. B. Nelson was in Hardwick en-
Monday.
Inland Holmes was in Hardwick en-
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Lawson and
children arc camping a few DAYS at
Valley lake in Woodbury..
MIR. and Mrs Wendylen Beck of
Barre were recent guests at the Ii me
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hill.
Mr.. Barber of New Jersey, who has
been boarding at Freeman Lawson's,
returned home recently His wife will
stay few days longer.
Edwin Smith was in HarJwick on
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralf Webber of Hard
wick visited her cousin, Mrs. Esther
Holmes, and her sister, Mrs. Sadie
Parsons, on Wednesday
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Crt,ss of
Worcester, Mrs. Luther Wheeler and
daughter, Nora, of Maple Corner, spent
Tuesday at Lake Nelson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Carr of Wright.
vile spent the week end at the home
of their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. II. Fl.
Carr.
Miss Lelin Fair of Cabot is at the
home OF her parents, Mr.. aud Mrs,
John Fair, to spend the week end.
win Thayer was a business visitor
in Montpelier on Monday.
II, H. Carr and Alfred Goodell are
working for Dell Dwinell in East Cal
ais.
Lavake Ainsworth was recent Wis
itor OF friends in Hardwiek.
Mr., and Mrs. Freeman Lawson and
their friends, Mr.. and Mrs. Bnrbier,
of New Jersey, took an auto trip TO
Smuggler's Notch last week.
Dr. and Mrs. Frank NanderpooIc
Miss Mary--Nanderpoole, Mrs. VI. vi
Farber and servant, George Carroll, Of
Newark, N. j., are expected ut LAKE
wood this week TO spend the summer
Nelson Smith of East Calais was in
this place recently ealling>on friends.
S. B. Nelson was in Montpelier re- |
Gently.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-07
VEST TOPSH4H

Mr.. and Mrs Clarence Kemp ant
daughter. Helen, motored from War
rem, n, H., Monday. and were guests ol
Mr. and Mrs William Hight Wher
they returned home on Tuesday. Mrs
Hight and children accompanied them
Dr. J. A. Dow went TO Groton, \
H.. Tuesday in the interest of mis- mica
mine. which is located at that place
He will return home Thursday.
Postmistress. Mrs Alberta Fellows,
was in Barre Tuesday.
Quite a number from here attend
ed the ball game in Granitesille On
Wednesday afternoon.
l.. s. McCrillis Of Brattleboro and
his daughter, Mrs. Hattie Chandler,
and her daughter, Esther, Of Glare
mont. y. H.. are among the guests Of
MIR. and Mrs. Henry McCrillis.
Mr. and Mrs Othie Bagley of Bridge
port, Conn. who have been enjoy ing
a two weeks vacation vita MIR. bag
lev's mother. Mrs. Carrie Bagley, and
their friends in town, plan to return
home Saturday.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-07
EAST BRAINTREE
Miss Lura Montgomery and Frank il
Hinson Married Wednesday.

| A quiet and very pretty wedding oc
CURED at p. m. Aug. at the home OF
ID. W. Fisher when his cousin, Miss
Lura Montgomery of Allston, Mass.
was united in marriage to Frank ii
| Hinson of Somerville, Mass. Rev. Fra
ger Metzger of Randolph performed the
ceremony, using the double ring serv.
ice. They were unattended and only a
few near relatives were present. The
bride was gowned in brown taffeta. Mr..
and Mrs. Hinson, after taking an auto
trip through northern Vermont and the
White mountains, will be at their home
at "a Quincy street, Somerville, Mass.
Mrs. Strops of Powell, Wyom., has
been the recent guest at Eugene Chad
wick's.
Max Dewey has been very i'll for the
past week with stomach trouble. Ills
little son. Seaton, has also been sick
threatened with pneumonia. Both are
gaining at last reports.
Miss Helen Wheeler spent several
days at her uncle's, j. c. Hibbari, at
Randolph Center last week.
MIR. and Mrs. Whitcomb of Hartford
Conn, are the guests of Mrs. Whit
combs brother, w. w. Scribner.
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tion. Detour via North Williston. Fol
| low the signs.
Winooski--0n road between Burling
ton and Essex Junction. Federal ait
construction. This project is now com
pleted and road is open for travel.
| Stowe Road to Mount Mansfield
Bridge construction. Temporary de
tour around bridge accommodates al
! traffic.
| Colchester Sunderland Hollow
road between Burlington and Sand Ban
| bridge. Grading at a point, one mile
north Of Winooski village. No detoul
| required at present but will be later
Swanton Road from Swanton vii.
lage to East Alburg ferry North road
rough Road to the south via Mcquan
bay is better at present.
st. Adams Lake shore road from
st. Adams bay along Mequam bay is
somewhat out of repair Road is better
at present via St Adams City and
Swanton village.
1rasburg On road from Newport to
Orleans Federal aid construction,
three miles in length. No detour re-
quired.
Newport On road from Newport
Center toward North Troy. Slide being
repaired Road passable.
Barton Two and one-half miles
west of Barton village on road to West
Clover and Craftsburv. Road construc-
ton in progress. No detour neces.
sary.
Wheelock Bridge construction. First
bridge east of Wheelock village OF. road
toward Lyndon and Lyndonville. Short
detour provided.
West Topsham Bridge construction.
Short detour.
Nergennes Road construction in the
city on main ihoroughfaTe.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-07
RANDOLPH

Mrs. Mary Tilson and George Til
son of Maiden, Mass, and Mrs. Carrie
Walker of Cambridge, Mass, have been
guests of Mrs. f. O. Blanchard this
week
Mr.. and Mrs NJ. S. Tracy and son,
J. +. Tracy, Of Windsor, Wis, came
by auto from st. Iohnsbury Tuesday
20 visit his cousin, Il. S, Tracy. and
wife.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter A. Davis, for
mer residents here but now of Spring-
field Mass. are being entertained this
week by Dr. and Mrs, A. c. Bailey
MIR. aud Mrs. Frank SauIt of Darby
tenn, are stopping at II. d. Nault's
nnd Mr. Sault is wood finishing at the
Salisbury house.
Glenn Chase is in East Barnard this
vrel;, assisting his cousin, George
7. mpson. in his having.
Mrs. Laura johnson of Owasso.
Nfich is the guest of Mrs. Z. A. Heath
this week.
ing graduated from the shorthand
course at Albany Business college. He
will enter the University of Pennsylva
pia this fall
DR.. T. c. Angel has been circulating
petition in this village which has
been signed by many of the residents,
asking for the establishment of E. free
mail carrier service here. 1t Il cd
dressed to the postmaster general and
will be presented by Congressman Dale.
If il is established here. two earn iers
viii be employed, which viii make an
increase of cost to the government of
about $4,000 per year.
Miss Marion Talbot dean of women
Of the University of Chicago, and Miss
Gladys Ellsworth, also of Chicago,
came Wednesday from Holderness, y.
H., to spend couple Of days with Miss
Genevieve Lamson.
Mr. and Mrs. Reichel have for guests
for two weeks, Mrs Rechel's sister.
Mrs. olphant and Miss Beatrice Stcph-
enson, and Mr.. and Mrs. >. Grob and
little son of New York City.
Flora NJ. Carpenter died at sherman
Spooner's Sunday with heart disease.
She had not been well for some time,
but the last attack lasted only four
days. She was the youngest of four
children born to Mr. and Mrs. Josiah |
Carpenter, and was "a years of age |
The funeral was held Tuesday a. the |
home in which she died, Rev. l.. H. |
Moore officiating. Burial was in South
view cemetery.
Robert Ford has resigned his ppsi-
ton as night operator at the telephone
office, and is now giving his entire time
at the Sargent Osgood s RoundN Of
hee. preparatory to going on 70 the
road as salesman in the near future in
the interest of this company.