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VOL. 9'7---5029.
MONTPELIER, VT., WEDNESDAY, JANUAiiY 7, 1903.
NUMBER 1.
TEMPLE McGUEN GO.
MONTPELIER, VT.
HUSLIN
UNDER GARMENT5
" Chic " and " Royal "
BRANDS.
Many Slnglo pieces that we wish to close quickly
at a Spccial'LOW PRICE previous to
our annual inventory.
,le of Heavy Cotton, tucked yoke.
.mburg and Laco Trimmcd.
tiiti'. 89c
govxs
Of Fino Muslin, Empiro stylc, with
Embroidcry and Beading.
At 98c, $i.:to
SKT11TS
Made of Muslin with Laco and Ham-
burgh deep rutlles.
At 79c, 98c, $1,119
CLOAKS SUITS FURS
11VY XOW AX1) SA Vli Tllli DISCOUXT
WE AllE OVFEltlXG.
has been marvelous, but ve
MONTPELIER
I State St.
THE XHAS FURS
Tlie Grreate-t Value.
of tlio Season
will be offered this weok in Fur Coa's, Neck PieceR,
Muffs etc.
Note: In order to ma"ke room for the New
Furs I am buying now, I will ofier my stock of Reliable
Fur Garments aL a good reduction.
Electric Jackcts plain
Electnc Jackcts trimmcd
Every garment guaranteed.
money back if you want it.
NOW IS WHEN YOU WISH
Your house had a good sys
tem of Plumbing.
Think of the luxury of plen
ty of hot water when you want
it, and the surety of drainage
carefully testcd and guaran
teed perfcct.
If You Will TellUs Your Wishes
We will submit plans and
estimatcs for plumbing, as cx
tensive or as limited as you
like. Nocharge for estimatcs.
PECK BROTHERS
CO Mnln Stroot,
Montpollor, Vt.
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ii. w. TJitrKSisuity iJHAi).
Rnndolph, Vt., Jan. 0. Honry W.
'ewksbury diod on Moudny morning
Iftor long illness, duo to tho offects
f iujnrios snffored ii n nvilrond
reck. IIo wns borii in Bostou, Muss. ,
.o.n -. 1 . . . . i i r, npnnllnnil Inw
1 ItHO UIlll b UUD w..u j....,. .....
.r 1 1 HT TT Un ixtna lil.rlilv
1 ,,11 .trlin lrtinw liirn TTn
wos a wifo nud ouo daughtor.
OF GOOD COTTON At 9c
Corsct Covors of Fino Muslin with
Laco nnd Hambttrg Embroidcry,
At lCv, 19c, '49c
diia msi:s
Umbrella Kutlles, severa! styies,
'!,c 'fJr r,0c
SIUJITS
Mado up of Fino Muslin with Blind
Embroidcry. Ilandsomo pattems
At $1.09, $1.98
have a good supply left.
FUR
STORE
Sign of the ca
S25.00
$35.00
Your
A. G. SPIRO
1'A'IAL acoidexi.
OrsomuB Snllies, n workmnn ou tho
recoustruotion of tho Coutial railwuy'H
bridgo uonr tho Sabiu plauo, wiib in-
Btnutly killed tliis foroiioou about
olovouo 'olock A blook of fmuiite foll
from tho pior abovo whoro Sallics
wiib working, struck him iu tho broast
kiuiug ium lnstautly. Tlio nuibulnnco
oi Jolmouotts niul liull wns sum
inoucd uud tho body romcvod to tho
udndortakors' rooius.
For Bonio timo uftor tho nccidout no
ono employod on tho bridco, uot ovon
tho coiitractor conld toll who tho dcad
mau was. llis son, Uontt, a lau ot
Bomo Bixteou yoarn, is night vratoh
miui ou tho bridgo. Ho wub nsleop at
tho timo of tho nccidont. Whon it
wub Burmiscd who tlio mau might bo,
tho son wns suiniiionod nbout twoh'o
o'olock and iustnntly idoutifiod his
fathor.
MrH. 'Sallios, who is a trnvoliug
agont solliiiR corsots, was flnally lo
catod in Morrisville Sho wns iu
formod by tolophono of tho death nf
hor huBiiaud, nud foll into a kwooii
from which slio omorgod at about half
past ono, and will nrrivo horo by tho
ovoniiig traiu.
BusideB tho niombors of tho fnmily
alroady uanicd thoro is a sou, Mont,
flvo yoars old. Tho fnmily had bcon
living at Waltor Doylo's on Putnam
BtlOOC.
It is said that Mr. Sallios carricd
two policicB, a lifo polioy of $1,000 in
tho Motropolitan, and an acoidont
polioy, tho particulars of which aro
uot roportod. ,
Mr. Sallies' ago wns forty-two
years. IIo canio lioro from Stowe
about two yoars ngo, aud till about
two niouths aeo ho had bocn n con-
duotor on tho olootrio rallway. Tho
namo is uot uukuown, ono of tho
fnmily, a rolativo, boing n onudidnto
ou tho sooial-donioornt Stato tiokot
iu tlio olootion of 1000.
STOPg THE OOUGII AND WORK
off;tiie gold,
Laxativo Bromo-Quinino Tnblota
ouro a cold in ono dny, NoOuro, uo
vay. Jrico aoo.
BusinessMoro Montion.
lligliust eash priccs paid fop IIIDES,
SKINS, PELTS and TALLOW. Fnnoy
priccs for cluan drawn dairy skins. Prinio
beof hidi-s G conts pcr jionml. I'rimo
rcndurcd talluw 5 eenU pcr pomnl. 1'KCR
UHOS.. CO MAIN STREET, MONT
PELIER, VT.
FOR SALE. Brown mnro, Okyonrs
old, woight 1,025, sttinds 15.3, Bouud
nud ii good drivor. Also 10 iluo whitu
Loghoni pullets nnd 1 lliio roostor. E.
F. Smith, Box 103, Plainfield, Vt.,
FOH SALE Now iitilch cows. J.
E. licnjauiin, Moutpolior, Vt.
STItllxIC OX Tllli liljlWTltlCS
Tho Bnrro & Moutpolior Elcotrio
Rnllrond has been tied up by wntor,
Biiow, nnd vnrious othor things, in tho
past, but novor uutil Suudny did
tho trolloys ceaso to whirr bccnnso of
n striko. Peoplo who wnited in vain
for thoir acoustomcd cnr, ou that dny,
flunlly cnino to tho couclusion that
tho striko hintod at in Saturdny s
.Tourual was iu reality on, and stayed
at home or wnlkcd. Ono car camo
out of tho baru early Suudny moruing
and mado a fow trips betweou Bnrro
nnd this city.
Tho cnuses of tho strike aro well
kuown. Early in tho fiill tho con-
ductors aud motormou as individuals
askcd tho compauy for au incrcaso of
pay. TJns uouglit no invornbio re
sults nnd on Dec. 23, thoy nindo n do
mnud for nu iucreaso from fourtcen
nnd threo-tonths to tweuty conts nu
hour. This timo it wns uot ns in-
dividnnls but ns tho Anialgnuintcd
Associntion of Streot Rnilwny Em.
ployes of Anierica, Divisiou 2-42. that
tho niovo was mndo. Tho committeo
siguiug tho dcninud cousistcd of Cou-
ductor W. D. Murray nud Motormeu
A. B. Guyer nnd 0. F. Paramoro, all
old nud popnlar employoesof tlioroad.
Theso meu woro cnlled to hcndqunrtors
a fow dnys lntor nnd summnrily dis-
charged. In respouso to tho demand
tho compauy offored to mako tho fol
lowiug ecalo of priccs: First ycnr
meu 10, sccoud year meu $11, nnd
third yjenr meu 12, por weok. The
uuiou took this propositiou nudercou
sidcratiou aud refused to nccept it,
belioviug thnt it would uot increaso
wages nbovo tho preseut rato.
F. E. Wecd of Lyun, Mass., ropro
Bontiug tho Nntioual Associntion, cnmo
lnst weok to look ovor tho situatiou.
Saturday night a meotiug was hold
and ns a result a striko wcut into im
mcdinte oitcct.
The strikers desiro that tho publio
shall know thoir position iu tho mat
tor aud to that oud have issucd tho
following stntemout.
The quostion uudor discussiou is
tho demand mado by tho mou ou Dec
embor 28, tho toxt of which follows;
Thnt iu tho oporatiou of tho liuos
of tho compauy. both partios horoto
agreo thnt nll busiuoss shall be trnus.
nctod directly botwoou tho proporly
acorotiited ollicors of each party liero
to. 1. That nll rogulnr motormou nud
couductorB nud barn mou shall reoeivo
20 conts por nour, nud for all oxtra
mou, workinn flve hours or ovor, tho
wages shall bo 20 conts por hour, and
for auy timo less thnt flvo hours tho
wacos shall bo 25 conts nor hour.
2. A dny's work shall cousist of
10 hours for motormeu nnd conduc
tors nnd for nll baru mou shall bo 10
hours.
3. If auy mau is lnid off or dis
charged or anv griovnnco nrisos bo-
tween tho parties horeto which cannot
bo nmicnbly adjustod betweou tho
ollicors of said partios,ytho samo shall
bo submittcd to nrbitrntion, consist
ing of threo disintorobtod pnrties, ono
to bo cIiokou by oach party horoto nnd
tho two thus clioson shall seloct n
third. Immodintoly atfor this board
of arbitrntion is formod, thoy shnll
nieot nnd each party lo given nn op
portunity to submit thoir ovidonco
nud tho flnding of n majority of
such board of arbitrntiou shall bo 11
nal and biuding npou both parties
lioroto.
1. All meu shall havo thoir rospoc
tive plnccs on tho list in accordanco
with tlioir ago in sorvico, thus giving
tlio oldest nian iu Borvico tno proior-
ouco of position. J
5. Tiint wlioro n man is sufiponueii,
and aftor thorough irvostigation if it
is docidod that ho is uot nt fuult, ho
shnll bo paid for nll timo lost nt tho
samo rnto of wages ho wold hnvo
oarnod had ho bcou working.
'l.'lns lu-reemont nuu tho inovisious
thorcof shall continuo iu forco nud
bo biuding upon both partieH horoto
for ono ycnr from tho dato of boing
sigucd, ,
Tho situatinn romains ubout tho samo
today. Cnrs on tho Bnrro lino nro
rnuuing ou Bohodulo with Burlington
nud Rutland conductora aud motor
nien but, both in Montpelier aiid IJarro,
vory fow pooplo aro patronizing tlio
cnrri.
Tho comuiittoo appointod at tho di
roctors' nieoting yostordny, consisting
of R. A. Hoar and II. K Bush of
Barro and T. J. Dcnvitt of this city,
aud thoBtrikocouiniitteoniet iu R. A.
Ilonr's olllco nt tou o'olock this moru
ing nro still in sosslon. It is liopod
nud beliovod that boiuo ngreoniont will
bo ronched booii,
rnla slsoBture la on every box of tho gonulo
Laxative Bromo-Quinlne Tabiou
the renndy that curea u colil In ouo loy
Montpelier and Vicinity,
LOCAL HAPPENNINC
Dnuiol Emory is nblo
to bo nbout
nftor n short illnoss.
Ralnh I. Lco hns n position iu Ned
J. Roborts' printing offlco nt Bnrro
nnd movcd to thnt city todny.
Tho ougngomont of Miss Mnbol
Goldieth Ingnlls nnd Willinm(Henry
Wescott of this city is aunouuced.
Miss Anuio Potorson nnd John
Westburg, both of this city wero
unitcd in mnrriago at 5 o'olock ou
Monday ovouing by Rov. T. H. Mit
choll of Barro, at his homo on Sum
nior streot. . Mr. nnd Mrs. Westburg
will resido in Montpelior.
Homor L. Skeols of Swnntou, woll
known in this city as exccutivo clerk
during Gov.Stickuoy 's torm, nud dur
iug tho pnst scssion ns assistnnt secro
tary of tho Sonnto, hns beou tnkou in
to tho lnw flrm of'Sticknoy & Snrgeut
nt Ludlow. Ho rend lnw with Mr.
Stickuoy.
St. Michnol's school oponod ou
Mondny for tho wintor torm with tho
rcgnlnr corps of tcnchers in chnrgo
nud tho ubuuI attoudnnce. Tho school
in fairly woll snppliod with fuol nud
uo troublo iu hentiug tho buildiug
is nuticipatcd "unless severo cold
weathor sets iu.
Suporinteudent Stauyan of tho M:
& W. road said jMouday that no
ovortures looking to nu iucrcnsed su
burbau sorvico bccauso of tho striko
had beou made to him. Ho said travol
ou tho road was increascd somowhat
ou Mouday but ho thought thoro
would bo uo occnsion for an iucrcnsed
sorvico
Evidences of a better couditiou gou
oraly iu tho fuol situation aro roported
from nll sides nud nlthough thoro is
still n shortngo, couditions hnvo ini
proved grently iu tho pnst two weeks.
Priucipnl Dnvenport hns succccdod iu
getting a fnir supply of soft coal aud
is daily oxpectiug nuothor cnrlond, bo
tho fenrs thnt Montpelior Seminnry
would bo destituto of fuol aro grently
rolioved.
Iu couuectiou with tho preseut conl
famiue nu interestiug iucident hns
como to light iu Barro Bnys tho Timos.
B. B. Cook of North Semiuary strcet,
who genernlly lnys in n bountiful
wiuter's supply cnch ycnr, fnilcd to
get it this pnst sumnier nnd this win
tor is buruiug whnt has accumulated
in past yenrs. In this is somo conl
thnt ho bonght in 18G4 nt Moutpolier
nud drow to Barro with oxen that
wintor. Mr. Cook says it burns nenrly
ns woll ns theuew. It has beou at
tho bottom of tho bin and covored up
nll this timo.
Tho youug ludies of tho Somiunry
aro tnkiugla deop iutorest in baskot
ball this wintor and twolvo nro iu cou
Btant practiso with Professor Ham
11 tou as coach. From this numbor livo
will bo solectcd for tho regular toam.
Thoro aro vory fow Indies' baskot ball
tcanis in this vicinity, so it will bo
impossiblo to nrrnugo mauy gnmos,
but lator iu tho Benson tho Goddnrd
girls nud donbtloss tho M. II. S. girls
will bo niet. Tho girls hnvo procurcd
now uuiforms of blue with white
trimmings and will appear in thein
for tho flrst timo today.
II. 0. Scott of Ohicago is tho guest
or iirs. j. w. liiins.
.Tack Rogors has roturnod from a
fow days' stny iu Montrcnl.
William Gisborno loft on Mouday
for Boston whoro ho hns socurcd n
position.
Tho wook of prayor isboiug obsorvod
at Trinity church by special meotiugs
this weok.
Dry sixtoon inch wood was quotod
nt 9 nud groou four foot wood at 5.50
a cord on Hnynmrkot Bquaro thismorn
ing. Saturday nn'd puroluisod tho ontiro
lot. Thoy woro shipped to Londoii
nu nro destiued for tho Puris
marot.
Israol Sohwurtz has boou n lnrgo
buyor of furs this sensou nnd ho has
,1ust sold a 1,100 lot to tho Now York
agont of n Loudou houso.
F. E. Sniithsou has ilnishpd work nt
tho Lano Mnnufncturing Compauy's
shops nud with his wifo has gouo to
Lobanon, N. H., to work.
Tho Moutpolior croamory mado n
Bhipmont of buttor to Chnrlestown,
South Garoliun, Monday. This is tlio
ilrst woro shipped to thnt placo.
William Gisborno, who hns boou oin
ployod in tho Flandors & Piorco storo
lor sovornl yoars, hns gouo to Bobton
whoro ho has n position of insldo snlcs-
ninn witn a wiioiesalo narucss lionso.
Mr, uud Mrs. Austin Whitcomb of
Bovorly,, Mnss., who hnvo beou visit
ing friouds in this oity.will lonvo Sat
urday for a fow dnys in St. Albans
nnd Enosburg boforo roturuiug homo.
Prof. II. A. Iliumau, who rosigned
n professorship nt tho Sonilnnry dur
ing tho fall torm to nocopt n Bimilur
poistion nt Cornwnll-on-tho-Hudsou,
roturnod to thnt placo Saturday nftor
a fow duyB visit iu this city.
Tho Docombor torm of Onlqdouia
couuty onrt olosod Saturdny nud
Jadgo J. II. WnlBou canie homo iu tho
nftoruoon. Hugh Watsou, wlio Iihb
beon-NBpaudiugiiithelholldny vacation
with his pnronts, roturnod to tho U.
V. M. Monday nnd Honry Wnt
son will roturnod Dartmouth Tties
day. Tho fliflt looal baskot ball gnino of
tho season will ocour nt tho Armory
noxt Mouday ovo.,.Tau. 12, botweon tho
Somiunry toam nnd tho Brattleboro
Y. M. O. A. Tho Dartmouth Bopho
moro toam comos Docombor 11). Mor
risvillo nud tho Edmuuds Hlgh school
toams aro oxpoctod lator in tho moiith.
A. 0. Spiro, tho furrior, comploted
tho largost fur denl ovor trausactod iu
this vicinity on Saturdny. Lnst weok
ho bought n lnrgo qunutity of fox,
mink, muskrnt, aud skunk skiuH
from a buyor on tho Moutpolior and
Wolls Rivor road aud in rosponso to
a tclogram a London fur compauy's
reprosontntlvo cnmo from Now York
II. E. Slnyton is going out of busi
uoss iu Montpelior, nud will soon bo
glu a cloBing out snlo nt tho Racqnot
storo. Ho will go to Hnrdwick whoro
ho hns ostnblishod n brauch storo. His
fnmily will romain horo unless ho cau
boII his rcsidonco on Torraco streot, iu
which cnso nll will go to Hnrdwick.
Mr. Slnytou hns boou iu busiuoss iu
this city for twonty-six yonrs with tho
oxcoptiou of a short timo wheu ho was
ou tho road.
Tho polico dopartmout hns beou ro
mnrkably successful iu tho cnscs it hns
tnkou up during tho pnst yonr. Sinco
Ohiof Roagau took tho roins oii I ob
runry 1, nbout ono liuudrod nnd flf
teou cnses of vnrious kiuds hnvo beou
prosocuted aud couvictions havo ro
Bultod iu all but thrce. This good
Bhowing is tho rosult of caroful in
vostigntiou of ovory cnso before it is
tnkeu to court.
Ouo of tho worst sulforors from tho
conl famiiio in Moutpolier is Eruest
Jncobsou, tho ilnrist. His busiuoss is
ono that must hnvo hcnt to oxist, nud
boiug withont conl ho is uow using
wood eutiroly nt n cost of 20 n weok.
Added to this is tlio extrn oxpouso of
n night uinn to wntch tho flres. Of
conrso this iucronsos the cost of pro
ducing llowors, but Mr. Jncobsou hns
uot ndvnuccd tho selliug price.
The ollicors of tho Suudny school of
tho Chnrch of the Messinh for tho on
suiug yenr are ns follows : Superiu
toudout, W. G. Audrows; nssistnnt
suporiutondont, F. B. Thouins; socro
tary, Mrs. M. E. Mack ; assistaut sec
retary, Miss Hattio Peck; troasuror,
Mrs. F. B. TJiomas; assistaut troas
uror, Miss Florouco Suiith ; librarinu,
Miss Alico Bonjamiu ; assistaut li
brarinu, Miss Alico Euglish ; pinnist,
L. J. Hathawny; assistaut pinuist,
Mrs. A. M. Frnukum.
Tho baskot ball tenm recently or
guuizod by tho niombors of Compnuy
H will bogiu prnctico this weok.
Tho floor of tho Armory hns beou
marked off nnd bnskot terectod. Gnmcs
will bo nrrnnged ft-ith othor tenms nud
it is hoped to havo a flrst class tenm
nnd n successful sensou. Bnskot ball
hns nlwnys been n populnr sport
nmong tho Nntionnl Guurdsmeu of
tho Stnto, Compnuy D of St. Johus
bury hnviug hold tho Stnto chnmpiou
ship for Bovernl yenrs.
;read a.
P. Abljott & Co. 's ndvor-
cisomouc.
GAS LIGHTING.
Moutpolior. Jnn. 1, 1903.
Wo rogret to ndviso our customors
that wo will closo the gas dopartmout
of our busiuoss ou Fobrunry 1, 1903,
nud will nt thnt timo coaso to supply
gas for auy pnrposo. It has boou our
intojition to continuo this busiuoss ns
nu nccoinniodatiou to our customors
uutil such timo as tho Capitnl Oity
Gns Compnuy is iu position to furuish
them with gas, nlthouch wo havo boou
opornting under vory honvy loss for
many montiis; Wo now, howovor, nnd
it nbsolutoly necessary to tnko this
Btop both ou ncconnt of tho coko ninr
kot nnd tho couditiou of our nmins.
Coiisolidatod Lighting Compauy.
Tho roprosoutativo of tho Capital
City Gns Compnuy iuforms tho Jour
ual that tho compnuy is nimiug to
bogin to furuish gns on Fobrunry 1,
nud oxpects to bo nblo to supply ou
thnt duto npplicants for lighting by
gns.
EAST BROOKFIELD.
Mrs. Ellon Bnrnes'nnd Mrs. Wnyno
Wright with hor childrou, of Willinnis
town, visitod nt Mrs. Mary Rjchnrd.
sou's ono day last weok.
Tho infnnt boiib of Goorgo K.
Spraguo nnd Frnnk H. Wilcox woro
cliristouoa by Rov. D. II. Stroug last
Sundny.
Fridny eveniug Jnnunry 2, wns tho
occnsion of n most ploasant ovont,
whon about thirty gncsts ropairod to
tho rcsidouco of Mr. nnd Mjs, Na
thauiol Whoatloyby invitatiou ofthoir
son, Dr. Tonuoy Ilnll Wheatloy, of
Bo, klyu, N. Y.j who had nrrrnngod n
compuito Burpriso visit npou tho for
tioth unnivorsary of thoir marrago.
As a tokon of approuiation of par
outal lovo aud dovotion, and ns n mo-
flarked Down Sale
Gloaks, Gapes, Suits, Skirts, Gliildren's Gamients,
Look at the Winter Gloaks, Price $4,75 Now
L.
meiito of filinl niroction, Dr. Whontloy i
hnd purchiiRod for tho occnsiou nn ovnl, '
storliug silvor tray 10x13 iuchcs, on
which is ongrnved tho following in- j
scrlption: Nnthnniol SVhoatloy, tho'
dato of marrliigo, Jano 0. Birnca Hall. '
Ou tho loft of tho inscriptiou is tho I
Wheatloy cont of nrms, which dates
back to Slr Nnthnniol Wheatleigh
(Whontloy) who wns knightcd in Eng
land in 1010. On tho right of tho in
scriptiou is tho Tounoy coat of nrms
diBtinguishing tho Sir Knight, from i
,wliom Mrs. Whontloy is n distlnct lin
oal doscondaut. Hon. Marcus Pock
iu n woll chosou words, nindo tho pro
Bontatiou Bpooch, uud Dr. Whontloy,
in bohalf of his pnronts, and iu his
customary hnppy niood uud ploasiug
mauuor, rospouded with an oxplnnn
tiou of both tho Wheatloy and Tonuoy
cont of nrms, nud relntod othor his
toric duta, eBpocially interestiug aud
approprinto nt this timo, nnioug which
tho fnct that a gontlomau suruamed
Whcatloigh (Whontloy) distinguiNhod
himsolf by circumnnvicnting tho globo
with Sir Francis Dinko. Othor ploas
iug romarks wero mado by tho Rov.
Mr. Aborcrombio, .Tudgo Bigolow,
Deacon William Grnves.Dencou M. S.
Whontloy, William Olark, Jesso Wheat
loy' Froomnn Richnrdson nud Mrs.
Urinl Olnrk. Tho ovouing passed
pleasantly, nud nftor light rofresh
monts woro sorved tho compnuy dis
persed, wishiug tho vonornblo host nnd
nostoss mnny hnppy nunivorsarics of
thoir weddiug dny uud -s ith each, tho
presnuco of tlioir most hospitablo son.;
EAST ROXBURY.
Mr. nud Mrs. L. G. Kiddor spent
Sundny nt Hnrry Kidder's iu North
field. Mrs. Sarah D. .Blnuchnrd. hnd a
small family reuuion ou Suudny.
Addio Lndd nttoudcd tho Grnugo iu
West Brookfield Snturdny ight.
Hornco Wnkofield of West Brookfield
wns iu towu, Sundny.
Jouuie B. Lndd wns iu Roxbury ou
uusmess ono dny last weok.
Smith Blnnchnrd of West Brookfield
wns nt 0. F. Blnnchard's, Sundny.
Borthn Tlinyor of Moutpolior camo
homo last weok for n short visit.
Addio Ladd hns fluished work for
Mrs. Mnrshnll Smith nud is workiug
for Mrs. Churlio Duko of Northfield.
Mr. nud Mrs. Tiin Blnuchnrd or
Williamstown nud Mrs. Dnvid Douuy
of South Northfield wero visitors iu
town lnst week.
Rov. N. M. Shnw nnd Mr, Goodwin
nro couductiug a series of meotiugs
horo.
Jesso Cook and Lou Hnzoltou of
Northfield wero iu town, Suuday.
Mr. aud Mrs. M. C. Flynu of Rox
bury woro iu town Monday.
Mr. nnd Mrs. A. G. Hibbnrd nud
dnughtor Fiorouce, of Enst Brookfield
visitod ou Fridny nt D. L. Bnck's.
Ett Chnmborlniu of Randolph visit
od nt Mrs. L. P. Webstor's lnst weok.
Elder nnd Mrs. Orza Boyce aro in
Lymo Coutor, N. H., whoro thoy aro
holdiug a sorios of mootings.
Mr. nud Mrs. Johnson of Goulds
villo visited nt his brothor's John Dn
vis' on Suuday.
Mrs. L. A. Enstmau visitod in
Northfield last weok.
A baud of singors mot Wedupsdny
uight nt J. Joues Steolo's nud molo
diously welcomed tho Now Yenr iu.
Lowis Steolo of Randolph Contor
wns iu towu for sovornl dnys lnst
week.
Mr. nud Mrs. Gcorgo Wnrduor woro
in Rnndolph, Wednesdny.
Ethol Wnrduor visitod her mothor in
Brookfield this weok.
R. II. Hall spent threo weoks with
his brothor in Moretown, recoutly.
Half tho ills that man is hoir to
como from iudigcstiou. Burdock
Blood Bittors strougthons nnd toues
tho stomaoh ; niakcs iudigestiou impossiblo.
BARGAINS in FURNITURE
Fall Assovlmmit of House Fur?iis7i
hiffs. Noiv is tlie time for repairs and
Nciv Upholfitcring. YOU give the or
der, WE do tlie rest-
Undertakers and
Puncrnl Directors
OF-
P. & H. C.
REASONS FOR INSURANGE.
Expcuscs eat up wages and snl
nrics. Year aftor year tho avcr
ago man expccts to bnild" up nn
cstntu. Tlio uaiml rcsult is uo
provision or only a small ono for
wifo and clnldren. Life Instir
nnco doei tlie work by easy pay
mcnts. (Correspondenu solicited ) i
S. S. BALLARD,
Qeneral Agent,
New Langdon Bulldlng,
MONTPELIER, - - VT.
ANNUAL SHIRT
Cents given away with
every SHIRT; the num
ber you get depends upon
the SHIRT you select, it
may be a $i.oo, a $1.25 or
a $1.50 SHIRT. You pay
$.50 all sizes from 14 to
17; some are soft SHIRTS,
others are bosom SH IRTS.
Any man with 50 cents
in his pocket will be tempt
ed to swap it for a SHIRT.
If your neck is inclined to
be large. the better the as
sortment. Any SHIRT in our
window $.50.
A. D. FARWELL GU,
Cleason & Co.
Furs at
CLEASON