VOL. XXVIII. NO. 21. PHILLIPS, MAINE,, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1905. PRICE 3 CTS.

G. W. LUFKIN, GARDENER. District No. 2, Phillips. Union Christmas Concert. Avon. PHILLIPS WATERWORKS. Happy New Year to all. The Christmas service given this year Mr. Z. H. Thomas of Readfi9ld an Station Agent C. E, Howard spent by the Union Sunday school was en­ Will Savage of Wilton were in tow Story ot* a Phillips Man Who A Business Man Expresses Him­ Christmas with his parents, Mr. and titled, “ Around Bethlehem’s Manger,” last week buying cattle. self In Regard to Buying Them. Made a Success. Mrs F. E. Howard m Strong. and a large chorus assisted in the car­ Mr. and Mis. Fred Norton returned Master Seward Dill spent Christmas ols. from Bangor Frday after attending the A busjuass man in Phillips who is Went West and Grew Up With with his sister, Mrs. Ashley Wing. The church was beautifully decorated Maine State Grange. always ie|idy to assist in anything that will be ^ benefit to his own town, sug­ the Country By Hard Work. We are glad to report Miss Azelia with Christmas greens in festoons and Miss Mary E. Russell who has been Prescott much improved in health. wreaths, as well as streamers of red teaching in Livermore is spending her gests tbit it would be well for the Mn George W. Lufkin of Eau Claire Mr. and Mrs. Everett Phillips of Wil­ crepe paper very artistically festooned Christmas vacation with her parents, voters of the Phillips Village Corpora­ Wis., who has been visiting relatives in ton spent Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. O'er the altar with a larg. bell in the Mr. and F. A. Russell. tion to be reminded that according to this vicinity for several weeks past, C. H. McKenney. center. Over the alt-’.r were the words, The* annual Christmas tree was en­ the contract between the Phillips started last Thursday for Greensboro, C. H. McKenney made a business trip in large letters, “ Glory to God in the joyed at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed­ Water Company aud the'Corporation, Vermont where he will visit his sister, to North Chesterville and Farmington Highest.” gar Sampson on Christmas eve, about the Corporation can acquire the local Mrs. Mary Garven, formerly Mary E. last Tuesday, returning Wednesday. Toe tree was loaded with a profusion thirty baing present. A pionic supper water plant on the 15th day of Septem­ Lufkin of Phillips. Mr. Lufkin will Mrs. L. B. Field returned from Ches­ of Chriftmas gifts and bore all kinds of was served after which Misses Edith ber next if they wish to do so leave Vermont for Eau Claire in about terville last Monday, after spending a fruit, which was plucked from the Morton, Alice Russell and Messrs. Car- He says the citizens of the Farming- a week. Mr. Lufkin is employed in week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. branches at the conclusion of the con roll Russell, Stanley Savage distributed ton village ccrporation have every reason market gardeing in Eau Claire and O. R. Walker. Mr. Walker is in very cert. to the old as well as the young people to feel very well pl^asea on account of ships his vegetables to Duluth, Superior poor health, suffering with a very bad The singing and speaking by the many pretty and useful presents. the fact th?t tQ6y took on their local and Ashland as a rule but sometimes in heart trouble. young masters and tfisses of this village plant. They were obliged to raise no winter or late fall he ships cabbages and Mr Morrill Wing killed a ten-months with now and then one of older East Madrid. money f or the purpose and th e plant onions as far south as New Orleans or old heifer last week that dressed 253 growth, deserve special commendation., w*' pay for itself. as far east as Pitttsburg. Mr. Lufkin Miss Iva Harnden of Wilton, who has pounds, which with the hide that Tue little boys ani giris, or as Hon 1 been visiting relatives and friends in Ha says that he believes thtf Phillips left Phillips about 23 years ago and weighed 50 pounds would net Mr. Wing P. Noble remarked, ■ girls and boys,’^. water works have been and are at ex­ on his arrival at Eau Claire he went to this place ani Phillips, returned to her about $18 when sold. showed good stage presence and spoke home last Thursday. cellent money making proposition and woik out and he was all the time look­ and sang clearly and well. he is sure that the corporation will make ing for a chonce to open b asiness on a George Heath of Madrid and Le8h?r Fairbanks. The comrnit.ee in charge of this most a great mistake if they do not look this samll amount of capita1. He first took Rowe of Phillips hauled Dennis ^ oui The Christmas entertainment in the interesting concert consisted of Misses on’s wojd last Monday. nutter up thoroughly. a j ib shoveling on the Chicago, chapel was well attended, the house be­ Georgine Wiibu-, Albertine Butterfield A letter has been received by a citizen 1 Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway. He Mr. and Mrs. Orren McKee„t II alo ing filled to the doors. An interesting aud Milia Burgs with several assistants. of the town from an attorney in a traveled throughout the west a good sp mding the Christmas holidays wjth program was carried out. Two trees The program was as fellows: neighboring city who has had some­ deal at intervals looking for a business the-r daughter and family, Mrs. Ha„ry were well filled with many articles, both Organ Voluntary, Prince Wheeler Hai.iden of Wilton. thing to do with transfers of this kind. opening, so that when he began business useful and pretty. Santa Claus was Chorus. Mis -es Carrie Wing and Ethel Thorpe, This attorney is not soliciting business, for himself be had so little mouey left Prayer, Rev. Gao. H. Woodward bountiful with his favors. The people he isn’ t obliged to do that, but he has that he bonght four acres of land and Chorus. visited ?frs. Fred Russell^of Freeman a gave Rev. Mr. Corey a nice fur coat. agreed to come to Phillips once, free of started maiketvgardening with a boy to Recitation, Lamont Bean, Albert Scamman, few days last week. The chapel was prettily decorated. Reynaid tiraffarn, Mason Dutton. L harge if he is wanted and talk to the peddle the product. G. Lee Sa. a^e spent a few da ' in Mrs. Francis Hayes and her husband Carol. Ringeley recently. People, giving them all the informal! on He found it up hill business for seven Reeitatiou, Carrie Toothaker, May Watts, of Hallowed visited her friends, Mr. and Fred Hathaway and John Ski 116 can in regard to the matter. or eight years, due to several causes. Flora Kennedy, Freda Hoyt, Hilda Mrs. H. A. Compton the first of the man who was interviewed rants He was new iu the business, had little Whitney, Louise Davenport, Carrie of Reed’s were in town recently. week. Virgin. v whether or not the r to pie capital aud almost as soon as he started, G. Lee Savage is keeping hocst Albert Bardick visited friends here Carol. '■erest enough in this natter he bad ome very bad luck. His worst attending to the chores during the a>. the first of the week. Recitation, Emma Davenport 1 gain information that luck was the year of the panic, 1893 Song, Doris Haley. Mason Dutton sence of Mr. and Mrs. Orrt.n McKeme. Mrs. Frank Wilder and little daugh wn, vhem iu title conneo- Besides general depression in business Recitation, Helen Hilton, Mildred Mahoney, ters of Wilton Notch are visiting Algle Pratt, Dallas Voter. tion. there was practically no rain that year Berry Mills. friends. Ca-ol. and his garden Dearly all dried up. Recitation, Nelson Harnden At the aucuai meeting of the Webb’s TW Several Christmas trees at the homes HID HORSES He had a contract (verbal) with a com Song, Muriel and Wenaali Berry River Grange P. of H. No. 108, held of the neighbors with exercises by the paqy of wholesalers t but it cost him Recitation, . Edna True Saturday, Dec. 23, the following officers ^hi'dren and ringing by the older ones Singing by Carrie Fr. Barke Die Within Month ot Pleuro­ $2000 to fill aud cook him several years were eiected: E. H. Staples, iu»fc-.er; W. were enjoyed. Mildred Mahoney, Dorothy McKeen. pneumonia. to do it. But he economized in every Recitation, Ruih Goldsmith W. Holman, overseer; F. W. Smith, Some five weeks ago the Worthley way possible, putting every cent be Duet, Mildred Hescock, Marian Wells treasurer; Mrs. I. T. Hutchinson, chap­ brothers of Avon bad the misfortune to could get into his business and working North Phillips. Recitation, Ina Badger lain; Mrs. Etta Hutchinson, lecturer; Carol. lose their valuable trotter, Byron Shaw, sixteen or twenty hours a day. Miss Daisy Davenport, who is teach­ W. S. Smith, secretary; Myron Han- Recitation, Estelle Barker by pleuropneumonia and with.n a week Now, daring the season which is from ing in Salem, spent Christmas with her • liristmas Bells, Primary Class 8com, steward; W. B. Cox, assistant April first to November first, for men parents, Mr. and Mrs Ira Davenport. Song, Helen Hilton, Mildred Mahoney, Dor­ steward; Geo. Libby, gate keeper; Mrs. they have lost another valuable colt from the same disease. aud boys and May first to November first Mrs. Clara Byron took a business trip othy McKeen, Estelle Barker. E. H. Staples, ceres; Mrs. W. W. Hol­ Recitation, Mrs. Cherry Pratt A word about the breeding of the two for women, be employs about 30 men, to Farmington one day recently. man, pomona; Mrs. Frank Brown, Flora; Carol. horses may be of interest. 30 boys and 20 women making a to­ Mrs. Wm. Harnden, who has been vis­ Good Night Song, executive committee, Daniel Barrett, Byron Shaw was by Harry Lothare by tal working force of about 80 people, iting friends in Wilton and Livermore . Miss Albertine Butterfield’s Class Elton Brown, E. H. Schofield; finance Lothare, dam by Winthrop Morrill. He besides seven pairs of heavy horses. for a short time, returned to her home Benediction, Rev. F. E. Freese committee, D. W. Berry, '-W. W. Hol­ Distribution of Presents. was a very promising horse and was fast He employs about 20 men in winter last Friday. man, I. T. Hutchinson; committee on charity, Jennie Hutchinson, Flora developing unlimited speed. driving teams and running a small saw­ Miss Gertrude Cushman, who is teach­ Brown, Mary Libby. The colt was a two-year old chestnnt mill where he makes crates and boxes ing at the Blethen schooihouse, spent Dunham— Voter. Saturday and Sunday with her pareuts, filly by Philip, he by Nelson Wilkes, 1st for his own use and to sell. He also Snnday, December 24th, at the home Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Cushman. FENDERS FOR AUTOMOBILES dam by Harry Lambert; 2d dam Wedge- has a good deal of extra work done by Elmer Davenport, who has been visit of the bride’s mother, Mrs. Sarah Voter wood. This oolt easily represented a jobbers in the garden season aud he ing at Walter Davenport’s for a short n Madv.d, a very pleasant family wed­ English Inventor Would Have the value of $500 and with the loss of Byron employs a great many berry and pea time, has returned to blis home in ding occurred. The occasion was the Cars Carry Cowcatchers as Nashua. N H. Shaw the Worihley brothers have cer­ pickers in their season. uniting in marriage of her daughter Sa­ a Precaution. Mr. and Mis. Eugene Hinkley and tainly lost at least $1000. He has a store building for a part children visited at L. D. Shepard’s one die and Mr. Alton Dunham of Rangeley. of his crops with storage capacity of 150 day recently. After the ceremony, solemnized by A London firm of motor car manu­ facturers has recently introduced a tons of cabbages and 9J00 bushels of Rev. F. E. Freese, a bountiful dinner Byron. new feature in the shape of pneumatic The grange fiaished electing their of­ onious. He has a 56 launch and five X-RAYS IN DETECTIVE WORK i was enjoyed by ail. cushion buffers for attachment in front | row boats on Chipewa river which he The young couple have the best wish- ficers last Saturday evening. W. A. Stolen Ring Located in the Stomach of motor propelled vehicles. The buffer j Arris was elected on tae financial com- uses for business aud pleasure. es of a wide circle of friends. is in the form of a short arm curved ! of the Thief Who Swal­ niitiee; Mrs. J. A. Pressay on the execu­ around the front of each of the* steer- i lowed It. ing wheels, and is of such a shape that | tive and W. D. Abbott on the relief A JUGGERNAUT FOR DOGS. FOR A DANGEROUS VOYAGE committee. The grange voted to have To set a thief to catch a thief is a in a collision the impact in most cases j will be converted into a glancing blow, a pub.ic installation of officers. Mrs, Automobiles Responsible for the proposition that is as old as the hills, Labrador Fisher-Folk Clamor for and damage either to the car or the W A. Arris was elected chorister and Death of Many Canines in but to set the X rays to “ locate” the Berths on Ships in Seal­ object with which it collides may be irganist. New York State. stolen property is an achievement that ing Fields. Sherlock Holmes might dream about, avoided or minimized. Several of the farmers of Hop city In view of the numerous Instances In In Brooklyn the people who own dogs says the New York Medical Journal. In an article “ On Floes with a have cut and hauled their ice. It is which dogs or even children are run are talking of organizing to stop the It is not a novel thing for criminals to Hair Sealer,” in the Technical World about ten inches thick. over and killed or maimed by motor depredations of automobile scorchers, swallow the evidence of their crimes, Magazine, P. T. McGrath tells of the J. F. Howard’s littie boy, who has cars, it is rather surprising that it ap­ says the New York correspondent of the and the fact is so well known at the eagerness with which men engage in parently has not occurred to anyone to been very sick, is some better. He is Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. Out diamond mines that many a gem haa this perilous tyisiness. “About the mid­ fit the cars with some such device as attended by Dr. Bisbee of Rumford where roads lead in long stretches to been rescued froin the miner’s abdo­ dle of March.” says Mr. McGrath, “ the that attached to the front of the elec­ Falls. the rural districts of Long Island a mor­ men. It is, however, a new departure seamen gather at St. Johii’s to join tric tram cars. George Thomas has gone into the tality among dogs hits grown so seri­ to examine a man with the idea of de- their ships, about 5,000 men making Some kind of modified “ cowcatcher’1 woods for the winter. ous that day by day dozens of cherished tecting in his stomach jewelry that had up the crews. They sail on March 10, which would gather up a child or a pets are destroyed by the whirling mo­ been swallowed to avoid detection, and and so eager are the fisher folk to en­ George Cooper is working for J. F. dog, and hold it out of danger for ‘ h? tor cars and their corpses picked up the chief of police at Davenport, la., gage in the venture that they will Howard cutting and yarding birch. few moments until the car could be later by their owners. It is not safe to deserves full credit for the originality walk 50 or 60 miles through snow­ R. W. Trask lost a valuable cow last stopped, might be a means of prevent­ allow a dog out of the house alone, for of his researches. drifts and biting frests with kits on week. ing many lamentable accidents.— ten to one he will never come back alive. It seems that a negro had formed a their backs to secure ‘a berth to the Wallace Taylor is building a sporting Chambers’ Journal. The ferocious chauffeur rushes over passing attachment for a diamond ring ice,’ as the local parlance puts it. camp at Garland pond. him with his juggernaut car, and never that he did not own. and, being sur­ The tonnage of the ships averages 500, Trouble on the Zambesi. A. O. Hodsdon is quite sick. Dr. even stops to explain. prised by the legitimate possessor, and the crews 200 men each, these be­ Hippopotami in the Zambesi river, Twitcbell of Andover attends him,* This Is the newest thing In automo­ promptly swallowed it, notwithstand­ ing crowded into* the forecastle be­ which in the vicinity of Victoria falb bile outrages; the killing of human vic­ ing the heavy setting that surrounded neath the bows. The holds are filled is coming into use for transportation Taylor Hill. tims of various ages has lost its novelty. the stone. This was suspected at once, with coal, which is thrown overboard purposes, are causing a lot of trouble It is believed that unless autoists mend and the culprit was forthwith locked If she gets among the many herds Arthur Crosby was home from Carra- A Livingstone correspondent of thf their ways when passing through the j up in jail with the diamond still in his and has a chance to fill up (the coal bassett for Christmas. Bulawayo Chronicle writes: “ The hip­ outskirts of Brooklyn they will find that j possession. As he strenuously denied being worth but four dollars a ton and Mrs. B. Reickert aud Mrs. Chapman po have again become very trouble­ to be a more dangerous route than the all knowledge of the missing stone, the seal $80), but is consumed in cruising with their children have gone to their some on the Zambesi. Several boats chief of police promptly sent for the through the floes for scattered batches former home at Gloucester, Mass. city slums wherein they are not wholly have been upset, causing one fatal itj municipal electric apparatus. At the of the pinnipeds if she is unlucky at immune from showers of stones and and some narrow escapes. One mar Mrs. Brawn has come to do the cook­ sight of this, the man. imagining the outset. other undesirable attentions. who had gone out had his boat over­ ing for her husband’s lumbering crew. doubtless that it was some new meth­ “ An ample stock of food is also put The enraged owners of pet dogs turned close to the edge of the falls Mr. Brawu has four meu besides himself on board, for occasionally a ship is threaten to avenge their wrongs, and in od of torture, promptly confessed. The and it was only by the most st/enuouj aud works six horses. \ order that it may not get so far as the photograph, however, was taken and it ‘jammed’ in some remote bay by the effort that he and the boy he had witfc Herbert Parliu is lumbering quite ex­ lynching of chauffeurs by hanging them revealed the position of the ring. This ice and held fast till June, so that him were not swept over tne lip. Ai this contingency must be allowed for. tensively. from electric light poles, the police of the negro was willing to return as a it was, they managed to reach Cataract Three years ago such a case occurred, outlying Brooklyn are adopting the compromise if. as the report sta.tes, island, where they were obliged t< method of stationing extra policemen “ the doctors could devise some means and part of the crew left the vessel spend the night, remaining there until To Eure a Cold In On© Hay. along the roads to keep tab on the death­ of producing it, and they certainly and walked 350 miles through the in­ Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. AU druggist they were rescued on the following retund the money if it fails to cure. W. W, Groves dealing scorchers. could. terior to their homes.” morning. gnature is on each boa. ajc. t MAINE WOODSMAf", DECEMBER 29, 1905.

speaks of gratification or of self-denial. ANIMALS IN THE DESERT. BUSINESS CARDS. AMONG THE CHURCHES. It is the spirit born within us tbat determines our j >y or discontent. Number of Them Outdo the Camel in DR. L. J. H O LT, Christ within us brings us the glory At the Union church Rev. Mr. Freese of God. Glory you kuow is a term we Respect of Going Without Dentist, Phillips, Maine. occupied the pulpit. He announced no often use when all other terms of Drink. Office hour8,9 to 12; 1 to 5. Telephone. text but his words were in harmony description fail t » give our thought. No office hours on Mondays. with the Christmas season. All radiance, all beauty, all delight is Other creatures than the camel are j in the word; and where Christ is tnere I wish you would all come with me in able to get along for extended periods j P. O. HOPKINS, M. D., is the glory of Gad. without drinking. Sheep in the south-! thought to that country where occurred Cords of Peeled Another thought and that with which western deserts go for 40 to 60 days in Physician and Surgeon, those scenes and events that we cele­ I will close has come to me in my read- winter without drink, grazing on the Phillips, Maine brate today; that country where shep­ iig o fla te . ifivau Roberts was asked Office and residence at Mrs. Eva Tuothaker's f ) work rmong the young people in green, succulent vegetation of that sea­ herds keep watch over their flocks by 1 ondon. Though the te.rs rolled down son. Peccaries in the desert of Sonora JAMES.a MORRISON, Pulp Wood night. On the hills surrounding B„th t s laoe as he talked of the thousands live in little dry hills where there is lehem were Jewishshep lords with their a id hun 'reds of ttio isan is there " ho no natural water for long periods. Attorney - at - Law. flocks. Doubtless through the watches i? ?eded help, he said that he was called They cannot possibly find water, n Telepnone Connections. Beal Block, Phillip., WANTED t.i other work. Bat he sent to them a fact, for months ai a time. The on v of the night they often spoke together message, and it was something like this: On line o f Sandy River, Franklin moisture they can obtain conies from F. E. T1MBERLAKE. It. P. UCBLJ. of the hope of their nation the fulfi rneut You are looking fir happiness. Dj not & Megantic, Phillips & Rangeley of which had been so long deferred look for it in what yon can gain from roots and the fruits of cacti. But the TIMBERIAKE & NOBLE, and Eustis Railroads most extraordinary case is that of the They told of th.2 need of the promised the life about you. Do not measure it ATTORNEYS, For prices and other informa­ by wbat you can gain for yourself. pocket mouse, one of the common ro­ Office, Beal Block. tion, apply to Redeemer and wondered if tk>dr eyes Happiness is not won by getting but dents of the desert. This little crea­ Phillips, Me should ever behold him. by giving. ture, by the way, has a genuine fur- General Law Practice and Fire Insurance. A . W . McLEARY, Phillips, Mijne. Collections will receive prompt attention One night their eyes saw wonderful This is the true message of Christ lined “ pocke' on the outside of i s things, their ears beard wonderful mas: Give, help, care lor others. Some cheek. When it is hungry it takes of you have been for a long time prepar­ HARRY F. BEEDY, words. About them shone a light, ing presents for Christmas, and rejoic­ food from this pocket with its paw, D R . S M IT H ’S strange and beautiful. An angel ap­ ing in the pleasure you might give. just as a man would pull a ham sand­ Attorney : at ; Law. Monthly Regulator has brt ught happiness to | hundreds of anxious women. There is posi­ peared surrounded by radianoe which You’ ll begin almost as soon as Christ wich from his pocket. One of these OFFICE-Bates Block, tively no other remedy known to medical was the glory of the Lord and he came mas is pa^t to make ready for the one mice ha3 been kept for three years science that will so quickly and safely do ihe of the coming year. You aie glad to Phillips. - Maine. work. Longest and most obstinate irregu­ with this message that he was the bear­ with no other food than the mixed bird Telephone Connections. larities from any cause relieved immediately. b.ing pleasure to another. Garry this seed of commerce. During this period Success guaranteed at any stage. No pain, er of good tilings of great jay, not to thought of helpfulness throughout the danger or interference w ilh work. Have re it nad not a taste of either water or BEEDY’Si AGENCY REPRESENTS THB them alone but *co all people of the year. Give your lives to helping others lieved hundreds of cases where others have as did he o'er whose birth the augels gi'een food. Other experimenters have Aetna, Home, NiagaraandGermar failed. The difficult cases successfully t> eat- world. The fiedeeme; ^hom they found, in fact, that these mice in cap­ ed by mall and beneficial results guaranteed sang and you shall know the glory of American Fire Insurance Cos. In every Instance. No risks whatsoever. We looked for and deslred had this day God. tivity refuse such treats, not seeming treat hundreds of ladies whom we never see. HARRY F. BEEDY, Write tor further particulars and free confi­ been born in the citw of Day;d. A to know that water is good to drink. dential advice. Do not put off too lo >R. All multitude cjt heavenJy beingg ^ang The bird seed put before this mouse Bates Block, - - Phillips, Maine. letters truthfully answered. Remember this contained not more than ten per cent, Teledhone Connections. remedy is absolutely safe under every possi­ praises and announcements of peace and INVALUABLE TRAINING. ble condition and positively leaves no after of moisture, which is less than is nec­ ill effects upon the health. Sent by mail, se­ gOi?d w among men. NOTICE. curely sealed, §12.00. Money letters should be Scientific Knowledge as an Aid to essary for digestion. Stuff so dry as registered. As soon as they heard these wonder­ the Commercial Side of this cannot even be swallowed until it Bring your Harness work to the ful things the shepherds has.ened to DR. SMITH’S SANITARIUM, is moistened by saliva. Yet this re­ Upper Village to the shop formerly Bethlehem that they might see the babe Business. 56H Congress St., Portland, Me. of whom the angels told. markable mouse gave nothing but his occupied.by J. W . Carlton. All re­ supreme gift of scientific train- time to the interests of science. He Where did they find him? Had some pairing and new work guaranteed. kind hearted one opened the door of his The method, declares W. Burton in suffered nothing in health or spirits LEGAL NOTICES. house to receive the mother out of the ! ing inJld. address to the Staffordshire during his captivity. S. W . SPRINGER. orowd and the tumult of the town to a reef) pottery classes, is the power to which now fl.cked the tribe of Benja­ “ How many problems are there NONOGENARIAN NEWSMAN. Estate of Mary Jane Dill. min? The inn was filled, no room was s,enat present themselves to us every Fire and Burglar Proof Safes RANKLIN, SS. At a Court of Probate hold- left and so in the place where the cattle Aged Illinoisan a Familiar Figure N ew and second hand, for sale F en at Farmington, within and for the were sheltered was born the baby king. * lay in our businesses that really disap­ County (.1 Franklin, on the third Tuesday of pear are no longer problems if we once About Eailroad Depots cheap. Write or call. December, A. D. 19J5. This inoident is a commentary upon the Joel Wilbur, Administrator of the estate of power which that baby Las exercised in see them clearly. The commercial or- at Joliet. A. W. McLEARY, Phillips, Me. Mary Jane Dill, late of PhiliUs, in said the world. In no Christian land would* | garner of a business has. fiwo prob- County, deceased, having presented his final The oldest newsboy in the world is account of administration of the estate of such a thing bo possible. The spirit o '? i !e' '- ’ays facing him—first, the eco- said deceased for allowance: Christ has been one of kindness a/ U,. production of his goods, and. to be found at Joliet, and he is a very helpfulness. E/en those whom we m * FARMS! FARMS! FARMS! Or d e r e d , That said Administrator g iv e the disposal f f these in the familiar figure to passengers at the Great bargains in Maine farms. notice to all persons interested, by causing look i pon as least Christian, havf . A scientific training, in so far railroad depots, says the Chicago this order to be published three weeks suc­ the in luence of that spirit and Com e and look them over before cessively in th e Ma in e W o o d s m a n , pub­ Chronicle. He is Orsamus Page and he lished at Phillips, ttiat they mav appear*at a nixed ie worth of helpfulness gives knowledge tending to the j you buy. I can save you dollars. \ was born in 1809. Although approach- ' Probate Couit to be held at Farmington, in feel in ime degree at least ..oluticn of these problems, is of direct i Correspondence solicited. said county, on the third Tuesday of Janu­ reach fftrth kindly band* value to the commercial side of busi­ ing his ninety-seventh year, he is never ; ary next, ai ten o’clock In the forenoon, and C l in t o n C. R o w e , Manager, .ch missing from Ms post and is always ; show cause, if any they have, why ihe sam e er would not be denied ness. Many problems can be solved Telephone Connections. Chesteiville.Me should not be allowed. great need and kind h. a not ready to supply the public with his .o be a only by scientific methods. But manu­ J. H. Thompson, Judge. allow the baby’s jradle facturers should not look for immedi­ stock of newspapers. He maintains | Attest, F r a n k W . B u t l e r , R egister. manger. ate results from the employrment of a his vigor to a remarkable extent, as he j H U NT’S AGENCY God has spoken to tl «ld in many s have been trained man. Remember, he must have rises at four o ’clock every morning in represents the Maine Farmer’s Mutual Fire i Estate ot Hiram A. Barker. ways. Prophets and 1 time to apply his science to your in­ order to meet the early trains. He is j Insurance company of Lisbon Falls, Me. RANKLIN, SS. At a court of Probate hold- his messengers. This company writes the five-year policy at F en at Farmington, within and for the Im) nea .sauu./ue earth speak of dustry. He must have time for experi­ also engaged tku. late in the evening. & less aie than any other in the state. The j County'of Franklin, on the third Tuesday of him. Al. . ie works of h;s bands are ment, and must be given both 'leisure He has been handicappel by the loss ; Pine Tree Siate Mutual for Village propeity. December A. D. 1905, Also the Now Hume Sewing Machine com­ telling of him. At his will he might and fullest opportunity to follow out of a leg, losing the member at the knee I T. R. Barker, Executor of the last will and speak with a voice which should be pany. All grades and prices from $10 to $50 i testament ot Hiram A. Barker, late ot Phil- these lines of prolonged and system­ in a mine accident at Braidwood 20 and needles to fit any make of Sewing Ma­ | lips, in said County, deceased, having pre­ hearl upon the earth. Does it not seem years ago. chine. If you want Sewl./g Machine needles sented his first account of administration of singular, then, that he should speak atic investigation, on which alone sci­ no matter what make of machine write to I the estate of said deceased for allowance; entific knowledge has been built.” His father was noted for longevity, me. through a tiny helpless baby. Nothing For further particulars apply to I O r d e r e d , That said Executor give notice else begins it life so helpless as a human his father dying at 89, his mother at I to all persons interested, by causing this or­ 98. while his grandfather lived to be i U. n* HUNT, Strong, Maine der to be published three w

UP IN KINGFIELD. The past week Elmer Hutchins and Harold P. Wood of the firm of Jacobs Weld. this wepk to buy goods and to attend to wife of Somerville, have been guests cf & Wood was a business caller in Farm­ Mrs. Clara Brown, wife of Leo Browr other matters of business. relatives here after a several years ington a few days ago. Special correspondence to Maine Woodsman. died at her home Sunday, Df>c 17. Ezra Noyes is planning to move to absence aid are warmly Willis Bailey of Wlnthrop was the Dixfield, where he is to work in tbe R i n g f i k i . h . Dec. 26. 1905. Mr. and Mrs. Homer B vi were ma-’ e greeted by many old friends. guest over Sunday of Frank Stanley and glad by the birth of a sou Dec 8. toothpick mill. Saturday, Roy W. Atkinson of the Mrs. Fannie L Howe is in Cortland family on Stanley avenue. Mrs. E. P. Foster has : een very sick <7. Simmons is doing quite a business Ma in e W oodsman was a business taller N. Y., where she will spend the winter Joseph Kuapp of L!v ermo e Falls re- with pneumonia, but fs convalescent hauling birch to Dixfield. He has two in this town. with her sister, Mrs. Abbie Crockett. *ently visited relatives in this village. Hayuer Foster from Somerville, Mass., fine colts. Mrs. Evie Currier spent Christmas Principal L. A. Corson was quite ill and Nathan Foster from Rumford Falla Charles Soule and R. Scamman are to with relatives iu Temple and vicinity. Deputy Sheriff W. B. Small and Con­ several days last week. stable S. L Vose were in Bigelow re­ are in town on account of the illness of cut the ice for the farmers in this sec­ Af*er a few days visit with her sister, tion. Miss Sara Clicker of Albany, N. Y., is cently on c ffioial business. their mother, Mrs. E. P. Foster. Mrs. Bert Tra k, Miss Maud Wright has spending the holidays with her sisters, Milford I. Baker, Co’by T9, is spend, Charles Dummer is having a nice lot Our business men report trade brisk returned to her home in FarmiDgton. Mrs. L. R. Schafer and MisB Mary ing his vacation woiking in Va«salborr of pine cut and hauled to the mill. It la during the holidays as it was also at School in the west part of the town Clinker. I. H. Bilker was at Wilton Saturda understood that he will build several tbe express and post < ffi :es. opened, Monday, Deo. 18, with Misb Edith Taloott spent Christmas with on business new cottages. Nora Stevens of Strong as teacher. her parents in New ViLeyard. A few days ago Stephen Twomb’y o f Hildreth’s mill on the McLaughli The people who attend services at B. F. Safford and wife of Dead RiverPhillips oalled on friends in this village. place shut do wn half a day lust wee the Union church are planning to give a KINGFIELD. are guests this week of their son, W. S. At the schoolhouse in the west part of because lumber was not supplied fas bake! bean supper at John Tawrence’s Safford and family. the town Saturday evening was given a enough. Tuesday, evening, Jan. 9. A good time For the New Year Christmas morning there were many Christmas concert and tree, which was The post < ffi e at Webb will be dis­ is anticipated. private Christmas trees, also many attended by the entire neighborhood continued after the 15th of January Y o u will need a Hat or .Cap— possi family reunions during the day. aid was a success in every wsy, as each The people can then get their mai' bly collars or ribbons. Mr. Gould and family from Phillips and all received many nice presents and through ti e R. F. I). Dallas. We have all the latest novelties. have moved into the Winter block iu the entertainment given much enjoyed. Mrs. Samuel Raymond visited at her Mrs. F. E. York, Depot St., Kingfield this village, as Mr. Gould has employ It was a merry sleighing party that mother’s, Mrs. William Collins, last Win. Horn has been off duty for a ment in one of the mills here . took a ride one evening recently—but Sunday. week past. He was splitting wood with A new’ lme of furniture— some of Winnifred Hall spent the Christmas how did they return to town? Some Wm. Oakes visited at Wm. Thomas's Edward Howard, when his ax stuck In the items: Center Tables, Rockers, recess with her uncle, John Metcalf and say on foot! and Cyrus Campbell's recently. the wood and he stooped to pull it out Chairs, etc., marked down to cost family at New Portland Mrs. R > bert Nile is at work for Mrs. and beautiful pieces of workman Fred Hutchins recently visited his just as Mr. Howard struck and au ugly Ella Adams this week. ship every one. father, F. B. Hutchins. Fred is in the gash was made on Mr. Horn’s thumb Cha8. Adams is at home hauling up R. F, COOK, photograph business and is making a SOUTH AMERICA PROSPERS It is doing wel1 and it is hoped that he his wood. wiil not have a st ff j int. Kingfield, ' - Maine. success of it we are glad to know. Jim Searles and daughter visited at Argentina in Fair W ay to Surpass Hari Harvey of New Portland was a Miss Grace Tobin is home from North Charles Adams’s Sunday. United States in Food ; >o+a+o+a-i-a+j business caller here the first of the Jay to spend Cbrst^nas Mrs. Rosie Adams will finish work for Exports. week. Christmas exercise- r.t Weld were well Joseph Brackett soon. attended, John Lidstone conducted Erman C. Stanley has returned to Buenoys Ayres, the capital of the Ar­ V incent Mason is at work for Ruel the devotional part of the service. The :: Nt w Year’s | Massachusetts much improved iu health gentine Republic, has just passed the W'lcox cutting cord wood. after a several month’s tarry here. 1,000,000 mark in population. It is the children did their parts well and pres Robert Nile and wife visited at Chas. Miss Nettie Rowell has returned to fourteenth city in the world in in­ ents we^e numerous, noa.iy being remem­ Adams’s Sunday. bered. ij Gifts 1 her home in Solon after doing tabD habitants, and is by far the largest work at the Kingfield House the past city on the western hemisphere, out­ Lyon Newman, one of our hustllrg < • ? side of New York, Chicago and Phila­ townsmen, is mak<’ug our streets noisy A Grarantff d lure For Piles. ' * 1 few we ks. delphia. Fifteen years ago Rio de by sjellirg our neighbors uew sleighs. • • AT C Elias Reed of Sa’em was a caller here Itching, Blind. Bleeding or Protruding Piles. Yuor Janeiro was ahead of it. Now the Bra- tnggiat will icturd ncr.ty ii Paso Ointment tails to Rev. A. C. Brown will go to Lewiston me ycu In t to 14 day*. jocts. the last of the week. ziliaxi city is far behind. Thirty years : ! L. L. MITCHELL’ S. - Kingfield. | Tbe past week John Hier has bpen ago Buenos Ayres was exceeded in coi fined to the house by illness but is population by St. Louis, Boston and now improved. 1 Iw -O -X -f. 4-; 'v4-0*!*04*C**H>4*04-0+CH C Baltimore. It is far in front of these Thank Yo/^ Wfc accept your advice. O. A. Anderson was home from big United States towns to-day. It is Frankfort, Me., during tbe holidays with growing as fast as Chicago, and faster I have a complete line of bis family. than Eerlin. Argentina has an area al­ Here is the Cut. Eula Hinds who is woiking in the most as great as all the United States, family of Mrs. A. S. Ham spent several east oi the Mississippi, although its Be suna tijid tell your readers it’s a Confectionery, population is a little less than 6,000,- days at her home in Bigelow. State of Maine product. 000, or smaller than Pennsylvania’s. It Made from the finest material by Tobacco Saturday, Dr. Pennell of this town exports more corn than the United and Dr. C. W. Bell of Strong amputated States. Before many years pass, on billed workmen. The High Grade. below the knee tbe leg of Newton F account of our own home demand, Ar­ and Cigars. Stanley which was broken in Florida gentina will surpass the United States early last January and the bones beinu in exportation of food products in the The International Red A big line of articles for New so badly shattered could not knit al­ aggregate. For the first half of 1905 Year’s gifts. though the best surgical skill in the its total exports were $175,000,000, or Cross Cream Separator, country has been employed. At this several times as much as those of the I. L. ELD RID G E, K ingfield, He. United States in proportion to popula­ writing Newton remains as oomfortable as oan be expected and bis many friends tion. Office and Factory, 105 Diddle St., New Year’s Gifts now hope for a speedy recovery and ex HAUNT WOMEN’S CLUBS. tend much sympathy to him and his PORTLAND, MAINE. parents, Mr. and Mrs. I. N. Stanley. Rules Will Be Enforced Concerning A T T H E Sunday evening at the F. B. church Men Guests in London Or­ was given a sacred concert by the mem­ ganizations. JEW ELRY STORE. bers of tbe Sunday school w hich was enjoyed by a large number as each one One of the largest of the numerous SAWMILL MACHINERY. did their part in an able manner but we ladies’ clubs which of recent years have sprung up with remarkable sud­ A sawmill must have good make special ment'on of Master Guy denness is about to enforce strictly one set works and good feed work* Phillips who gave a recitation, and al O. J. BICKMORE, of its unrecognized rules providing or it will not make good lum­ though it was his first appearance be­ that no member shall entertain more ber and money for the operator. Kingfield, - Maine fore the public deserves much praise. than three guests to tea, says a London Our saw mills, have both good Sunday Eben Carsley and 0. H. Cars exchange. set works ard feed works. They ley were up from New Portland. The reason is not unamusing. The W e have the biggest and best line of will saw lumber accurately. The annual meetiug of the Webster more serious-minded members of the They have the largest capacity. ladies’ clubs are beginning to look Library association will be held at the They are adapted to Maine CHINA AND CROCKERY upon the male guests as a pest library rooms on lower Main street Mon­ logs. W e have them in size* The class of man who haunts ladies’ day evening, Jan. 8. All officers are re to saw from 2,000 to 40,000 in town. The goods are fresh, the clubs is rapidly growing. He is usual­ quested to be present and as many of per day. W rite for our cata­ patterns tasty and the prices reason­ ly an idle person with no club of his the citizens as possible, as important logs and prices. able. W hat more need be said? own, who makes use of his wife’s, his business is to be transacted. sister’s or sweetheart’s to lounge away Anything in this lire always makes Mrs. Orren Tufts has gone to Flag the afternoon. Stevens Tank & Tower Co* an acceptable present. staff, where she will have charge of the It is no uncommon thing for a man ESTABLISHED IN 1893. Jenkins & Bogert Co.’s boarding house to walk into a woman’s club ostensibly O. W . G ILB ER T, during the winter. to meet a member, calrqly order a Auburn, Maine. Kingfield, - - Maine. Sunday evening the Universalist drink, which is put down to the mem­ church was crowded to Its utmost ca­ ber’s account, and make himself gen­ pacity when the concert by the Sunday erally comfortable. school was given. The church was Some of the ladies, it is to be feared, Q UAKER RANGES. encourage this sort of thing too much. prettily decorated in green and white Certain members of women’s clubs are Seasonable ^ud a long and interes ing program was excessively proud of having a number well carried out. The vesper cho r of male guests to tea. composed of about 20 children was an Goods unusual attraction, while the most pleas The Pineapple. ing feature was the song given in such “ Pineapple” and “ love apple” (toma­ A nice line of Towels and Tray an attractive manner by little Miss to), which have come under notice In these columns, are instances of the Cloths, Napkins ard Centerpieces. Agnes Porter. Miss Tena Goldsmith of Strong is the manner in which the apple has been Gents’ Ladies’, Misses’ and Chil guest of her sister, Mrs. Arthur Stevens. habitually taken as the typical fruit, the name of which is naturally bor­ dren’s Slippers in all sizes. Mrs Adelbert Thompson of New Port rowed in christening all sorts of fruit A nice line of Handkerchiefs in land recently visited her son, Frank an! and vegetables that only remotely re­ all kinds for Christmas. family on upper Maple 6treet. semble it. Dr. Murray’s dictionary Gents’, Ladies’, Misses’ and Chil­ William H. Hutohlns was in Auburn gives an imposing list of them—Jew’s last week, called there Jby the critical dren’s Overshoes in all sizes. One apple, devil’s apple, kangaroo apple illness of his uncle, E.win Hutchins. and so on. A writer of the seventeenth of the best Christmas presents Mdms. Maria Stevens and Lydia Bart century speaks of “ the fruit or apples made. lett of North New Portland were recent of palm trees,” and a fourteenth cen­ A nice line of Blankets and callers on friends in this village. tury man says that “ all manere aples that ben closyd in an harde skynne, Quilts. Blankets from 50c to $5.00 Mr. aud Mrs. Will Morse have begun dynde, other share, ben callyd Nuces” housekeeping in the O. W. Simmons per pair. (nuts). In the year 1000, apparently, rent on Maple street. One of the best lines of Neck “ earth apples” meant to our forefa­ After a several months* stay in this 1 wear we ever show’ed up in our thers not potatoes, but cucumbers! And village Scott W. Martin has returned to even Eve’s “ apple” is believed to have store. his home in Rumford. been a citron.—London Chronicle. Needle Cases, Pin Cushions and Brief iuneral seivices over the remains Ribbor.s of all kinds. of Mrs. Maria, wife of Warren Bullen, “ Stone That Breeds.” Honolulu has on exhibition a speci­ Ladies’ and Children’s Gloves and who died after a brief illnsss of pneu monia, were held at the Lome of Mrs. men of the lliili or “ stone that breeds,” Mittens. / O. W. Leeman, a daughter of the de from Kau island. The natives say Quaker ranges will take a 24 inch stick of wood, the full sue of th • that if the stone is placed in a glass ceased and conducted by Rev. L. A. S. J . W YM A N , jar and water poured over it and the fire box. White, pastor of the F. B. church. The jar be corked for a couple of days the French BlocK, remains were taken to Farmington for stone will reproduce itself in the form A. L. & E. F. COSS CO., Kingfield, Me., Kingfield, - - Maine. burial Wednesday. of four or five smaller stonea. Sole Agents. Also Lewiston, M pin arc Lincoln Sts 4 MAINE WOODSMAN, DECEMBER 29, 1905

riaine Woodsman, RANGELEY NEWS NOTES. SUEWAY SIGN LANGUAGE. (WEEKLY,) Somewhat Similar to That Employed YOU NO HEN WANTED Special correspondence to Maine Woodsman. PHILLIPS, MAINE. by Deaf and Dumb FOR STREET RAILWAY SERVICE. Rangeley, Dac. 26, 1905. People. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kerrpton and Wages. The highest paid by any company. Permanency. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. No discharges exeept for misconduct or inefficiency. Increasing 1 months, 25 cents. 8 months, $1.00.Miss Irene have gone to Massachusetts When the subway express train 3 months, 38 cents. 10 months, $1.25.to spend a month or more with re atives. started from Brooklyn bridge, two pay. Salary increases with length of service. Promotions. C om ­ 4 months, 50 cents. 12 monihs, $1.50. petent men are promoted to official positions. 5 months, 75 cents. 16 months, $2.00.Miss Mina Patterson spent Sunday at messenger boys who were sitting to­ Cash in Advance. Osceola farm wita her brother and wife, gether began suddenly‘ to make signs, For further information apply or write to Mr. and Mrs. Harley Patterson. relates the New York Press. At first KARL S. BARNES, Ma in k W o o d s m a n solicits communica­ those who looked on thought that pos­ Mr. and Mrs. Emery Haley are in Bos­ tions from its readers. sibly these signs might be only the 82 Water Street, - - Boston, Mass When ordering the address of your paper ton for the Sportsmeu’s show. changed, please give the old as well as new wiping off of chins after consuming Mention this paper. address. Mrs. L. J. Kempton was the gnest of slices of pie before starting on the If you want it stooped, pay to date and say Mrs. W. L. Butler on Christmas day. journey, but it was not many minutes so. Entered at Phillips, Maine, as second class Mrs. Etta Dill has gone to Boston this before they began to think otherwise. game and vegetables, and on their de­ mail matter. ______week. She will visit her daughter, Mrs. The train had hardly slowed up going parture for home, the head of each around the Worth street curve before J. W . B r a c k e t t Co m p a n y , Publishers Mora Dill Drew, at Lewiston before she family is presented with a good pony. M aine W oods and Maihe W o o d s m a i J. W. BRACKETT, Editor and Manager. returns home. the language had definitely resolved it­ As there are sometimes several hun­ respectfully announcejthe CLARENCE E. CALDEN, Associate M’g’r. E. I. Herrick and Frank Porter are in self into that of the deaf mute. dred families as guests, you can un­ There was some inward speculation derstand that only wealthy tribes can Boston to attend the Sportsmen’ s show; arrival of the as to how deaf mutes couhl possibly afford to give a pony smoke, but each The Edition of Maine Woods­ also Mr. and Mrs. Frank Siewart and retain positions which are supposed to tribe in their own way show that the Latest and Best Typej man This Week is 2,125. Mr. and Mrs. Amos Ellis. entail considerable glibness of tongue, spirit of thankfulness is not a stran­ Letters from Mr. and Mrs Loring together with a broad and smiling ap­ ger to them. for FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1905. Haley announce their safe arrival in proval of the nimbleness with which Florida. They encountered very rough the language was carried on between Hard to Quench. W edding Cards and Invitation*. Franklin County Officers. weather on their journey. the two youngsters. A woman who Cholly Do you think this cham- Special Engravings Miles PattereoD, who has beeu in was more deeply interested than the oagne is very dry. 0 Clerk of Courts—Byron M. Small, Farming- rest alighted at the Fourteenth street ton. town since early in the spring, returned Jimsy—It must' be. it makes me j are furnished to those who desire them County Attorney—Herbert S. Wing, King to his home in Frederickton last week station when the boys did. She fol­ fearfully thirsty.—Detroit Free Press. 1 lowed them up the steps and found to Your order would be appreciated , Held. to attend school. Judge of Probate—Josiah H. Thompson her amazement that, the moment they Farmington. Mrs. Minnie Cushman and little son emerged into the open atmosphere of Register of Pro bate-Frank W. Butler, arrived in town las* week to spend a the street, they burst into verbal talk. MUST MURDER TO QUALIFY At Home SFarmington. short time with friends. After March 19th, A stranger who walked by her side, Phillips, Me. Register of Deeds—Charles F. Coburn Reed Ellis, who is a student at Bow* noticing her look of astonishment, Club of Cut-Throats in Paris Com­ Farmington. doin college, is spending the holidays slowed up and said to her: posed of Youths Who Have Treasurer—Carleton P. Merrill, Farmington Taken Life. Sheriff—Dana O. Coolidge, Jay. at home. “ It is getting to be a common thing Deputies—Joseph A. Witham, Weld; W. B, now for messenger boys and those who The “Five Points,” the meaning ol Dainty Birth Cards. Small, Kingfleld; James H. House, New Christ’ nas at Rangeley. are obliged to employ the subway as a Sharon; Arthur W. Byrant, Jay; Earle R. Christmas id wedding bells meaus of locomotion, to study the sign whose name is unexplained, are a Among many other things, we Taylor; Eustls; Herman Sanborn, Wilton; rang out rip’ ut merr- jn the little town language and use it. As a matter of cheerful gang of cutthroats just dis­ print birth cards like diagram below. Albra H, Taylor, Jay; Geo. M.Esty,Rangeley; covered. Their dark deeds read like of Range’ -,ey l®8* Moiay, making the fact it is the only language that can be Harry E. Bell, Phillips; David Richardson, ‘heard’ to any extent on the subway gory stories of pirates of old, Strong. day od 6 l°n8 to bet-emembered by express.” A young fellow of 20, arrested for County Commissioners—George D. Clark, many * day w®8>right and sunny, having shot down and half killed a Hew Vineyard; Charles R. Hall,EastDlxfleld; 8n s deal Christina day. The street woman whom he had never seen before B. F. Beal, Phillips. AN APFEAL TO CAMPERS. Terms of Supreme JudJeJal'Court, the first w ere °f b118,Choppers and happy in the boulevard de Clichy, told the Tuesday of February, third Tuesday of May c ' i*c*ren an<*«V old-fashioned, yet al­ police, “ All I meant to do was to qual­ ways new Patriot of the Hoe Admonishes Them and fourth Tuesday of September. ,reeling of “ Merry Christ- to Aid in Forest Preser­ ify.” Terms of Probate Court, the third Tuesday mas’ ialbeard on every hand. Several vation. On the further inquiry it was found of each month. that he was a probationary member of sessions of County CommissiongJ8 events .dded to the interest On the small card is given the the “ Five Points" gang. He had been Court, last Tuesday of;April and last Tu< of the day. I want again to raise my voice in an babies’ name and date of birth ; on accepted as a candidate for full honors Of December The first occurred at 3 o’clock in the appeal for care of the forest, says Cas­ the large one, the parents’ name and five months ago, and had gone about afternoon, when occurred the marriage per Whitney, in Outing Magazine, -.elp residence. wjth the gang on business. But he A New Dress. of Mr. George Waldo Bridgham and the president and the forest service in These cards are fastened together their magnificent efforts to preserve lacked the necessary qualification for In regard to the new type. We Miss Florence Dora Carlton st the home with a bow of ribbon, put into a our woods. Be sure before you leave complete membership. promised last week that the present small envelrpe, and present a very of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. your camp that every last bit of your The first rule of uie cutthroats’ club Issue of Ma in e W oodsman would be in M. Carlton. The decorations were in cooking fire has been extinguished, and is that “ every full member must have neat and dainty appearance. all new type. The type was in M a in e green and white and natural holly. The then scrape dirt over the ashes, so at least once killed or attempted to Prices $2.50 for fifty, and after the W oodsman office when that item was bridal party stood beneath a Christmas the wind may not stir into destructive kill some man or woman.” Robbery, first fifty 2c a piece. written as it is now, waiting to be put burglary, arson and other minor crimes bell of white during the ceremony, life the supposedly dead embers you J. W . BRACKETT CO., into the cases. There are excellent which was performed by Rev. E. H. have left. No single inimical element qualify you for only the probationary rw \s. why the change should have Presoott, the ring service being used. is more of a menace to forest conserva­ stage, that reached by our hero. Phillips, - - Maine. For five months he vainly tried to been made with this issue,—one being ) Linwood Carlton, brother of the tion than the devastating fires which screw up his courage to the sticking that it would have saved labor as stated bride, acted as best man and Miss Hazel every autumn sweep across great tracts CLUBBING OFFER. last week but pressure of business for because of careless campers who place, and was despised as being too Rowe as bridesmaid. Percis Carlton, full of the rn.lk or nurnan kindness by the past week has made it impossible to “ thought” they put out their camp fire. We have made arrangements little sister of the bride, was ring bearer. And if you thus aid the president the band 01 brothers, tor whom he get new dress ready. Therefore, it is whereby we can make the following The bride was dressed very becomingly and the forest service you serve your acted as a mere fag. not on a footing delayed until the next issue, Jan. 5. in white. country and your own interest—be­ of equality with them. offer: This new type will make a great A large number of intimate friends cause the preservation of our forest At last, taunted by them to despera­ The Tri Weekly Tribune, $1.50 Improvement. tion, he said: “ I will bear it no long­ witnessed the ceremony and afterward lands concerns every citizen in Ameri­ Maine Woods and extended their best withes and congrat­ ca, and intimately concerns our agri­ er; I will kill somebody this instant,” [ Maine Woodsman, 1 year, ulations to the bridal pair. Refresh­ cultural interests. Every intelligent and a woman passing by him as he [ $i*5° FEEDING YOUNG PELICANS. spoke, he added: “ Here goes!” and ments of cake and coffee were served by reader knows that the agricultural in­ $3.00 fired his revolver point blank at her Produces Physical Shock Which Has MrB. Carlton, the hostess. terests come very near to being the Our price $2.25 temple. Strange Effect on the commercial bulwark of America; “ poor The wedding gifts were numerous and The woman, who is in a hospital, TheTiibuneFarmer,(weekly) $i.co Birds. crops, tight money,” is a saying which beautiful. Mr. and Mrs. Bridgham will ought to be familiar with newspaper may recover, but will lose one eye. The Maine Woods and make tbeir home in Rangeley, where he Maine W oodsm an, 1 year, $1.50 As the young increase in size, feed­ readers. “ Five Points” brothers, all of whom is in business. ing becomes a more serious proceeding by the rules of their club have taken $ 3.50 for all concerned, writes Frank M. At a quarter before 7, Christmas even­ VASE OF THIRD CENTURY. or attempted lives, are still at large. Our price, $3.25 ing at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Chapman, in Century. At the age of The Tri Weekly Tribune, $1.50 Nathan Aibee occurred the marriage of Relic of Early Italian Art That Is flight, the young birds average slights Children's Spring Tonic. larger and heavier than old ones, and their daughter, Miss Susie Crosby and Valued at a Very High The Tribune Farmer, $1.00 After a long winter the children’s bJoou the physical shock of feeding is so Mr. Albert Leslie Abbott of Caribou. Figure. flows sluggishly, the bowels are Irregular and Maine Woods and great that the parents supply only one The pleasant rooms in the new home of the channels of the body clogged. This Is the Another family treasure of great chance for which disease has been lying la $1.50 bird at a time, and that at long inter­ the host and hostess were prettily decor­ watt. No time should be lost In cleansln* Maine Woodsman, 1 year, vals; while the young seem so ov r- value which has since passed into the the blood and regulating the stomach with s ated with the appropriate Christmas g"Od soring v ediclne. For children’s all- $4.00 come by the prolonged stay in the par­ keeping of the nation is the Portland colors, green and holly red. rnenm nothing equals Dr. Trua’s Worm Elixir Our price, $3.75 ental pouch, as well, doubtless, as by vase, now exhibited in the British A tew aoses will expel worm* C any. ** The wedding march was played by tone up the whole system oetter sprue the size of the meal they have secured musaum. This vase came from Italy, n e t e cannot be found. Twenty theu*a»d Address, Mrs. O. R Rowe and while its beautifni and what its age is no man knows, bottles »* sold in March alone. Pries. 35» there, that on emerging they are in a a an ^mg-rlst.®. dazed and helpless condition. Laying strains filled the air with melody, the though it has been proved that in A. M a in e W o o d s m a n , Phillips, Maine. the head on the ground with wings re­ young couple took their place for the D. 235, it was deposited in a sepulcher laxed, they act as though they had re­ bridal ceremony which was performed under the Monte del Grano, three Products of the Orient. ceived a violent blow at the base of the by Rev. E. H. Prescott. The bridal miles from Rome, and it is believed We give greater values than any other im­ brain. This apparent semi-eonscious- pair were unattended and the servioe to have contained the ashes of the porting house in the United States. Wedding. Emperor Severus. But, whether or .ness is followed by the most violent simple but impressive. Importers Tea & Coffee Co., reaction, as the reviving bird sudden­ no. Pope Urban VIII. had it dug up; The bride wore a beautiful dress of 57 Washington St., Boston, Mass. ly grasps itself by the wihg and whirls and for more than two centuries it re­ Importers and Wholesale Grocers. Announcements. about like a demented creature, pars­ white silk muslin, while the groom posed in the Barberini palace at Rome. Manufacturers of wore the suit customary on such occa­ In 1786 the duke of Portland pur­ Cocoa, Bakins Powder, ing only long enough to bite at the M a i n e W oo dsm an has recently other wing before turning in the op­ sions. A large number of friends and chased it from Sir William Hamilton Spices, Extracts, etc. posite direction. If this surprising ex­ relatives were present and extended for 1,029 guineas, and deposited it in Note—Under our system of doing business purchased a lot of new type especial­ ercise be intended as an aid to diges­ hearty congratulations to the bridal the British museum 15 years later. The the smallest dealers aie able to compete with the largest merchant. ly for Wedding announcements and tion, it is evidently effective, since at pur. vase is only ten inches high. In 1845 We supply our customers with any amount its conclusion, the bird settles down to Refreshments of Ice cream and cake a man named Lloyd, employed at the desired: all orders regatdless of size receive j invitations. museum, picked up a stone and hurled prompt and careful attention. sleep. were served the guests by Miss Laura TEAS, all kinds 10c to 21c per pound. This new outfit is of the best that it in a fit of frenzy at the case which COKFEB8, from 8c to 18c per pound. Wolf and Miss Thala Hoar. A large Send tor price list. The Stronger Eye. contained the precious relic. The vase j is made, has increased our wedding number of beautiful gifts were presented “ Left-eyed people simply own the was smashed into hundreds of pieces, by friends who were present as well rs busiress materially and we appre­ town these days.” said a Broadway oc­ but with great ingenuity they were all ulist. “ If the prominence and impor­ by some who were absent. put together again, and as it now ciate it. Mr. and Mrs. Abbott left for Caribou stands is said to be worth at the very i tance of that optic continue to increase T o still further call the attention we shall one day be a left-eyed race. Tuesday, where they will reside. least, $75,000. In more than half the patients I treat of the public to this department of The winter term of the High and the the left eye is already considerably INDIANS’ THANKSGIVING. our printing, we have decided to larger than the right. It is brighter other village schools, also the White and lasts longer. If you want to find school will begin Jan. 2. The only Red Men of Reservations Take Great offer to all newly married couples Interest in White Man’s out which eye is stronger try to read uhange of teachers is in the White I who have their wedding announce­ first with one then with the other un­ school, where Miss Helen J. Piper will Feast Day. assisted by its mate. Nine times out teach. There will be no school in the ments printed at the M a i n e W o o d s­ of ten that test shows how much more Even our reservation Indians take a j Quimby district. m a n office, a free subscripon too useful the left eye is than the right.” great interest in Thanksgiving day. * ^ R oyal OaK**J^ J —Brooklyn Eagle. Of course they show their Indian na­ M a in e W oods and M a i n e W o o d s ture in their gaming and feasting, m a n for one year, free of charge. Better Suited to Him. Standing Room Only. but at their corn dance with which Little Tiddle (nervously, to livery The Lawyer—So your wife has sued the clay’s celebration closes, they offer W e have a neat line of samples to you for a divorce, eh? Will she hav< thanks to the Great Spirit for the har­ stable keeper)—Have you a very quiet HOOD RUBBERS show customers and invite them to horse? It must be like a lamb, neither any standing in court? vest, and the resident priest is invited kick nor shy, and not go too fast. The Client—I’m afraid so. From thi to bless the food provided for the call. feast. Livery Stable Keeper (eyeing him nature of the evidence she threaten! contemptuously)—Certainly, guv’nor. to bring in there won’t be half enough The Cheyennes and Apaches some­ J. W. BRACKETT COMPANY, seats to accommodate the crowd.—Chi Which’ll you have—a clothes-’orse or a times give a pony smoke, other tribes NOT MADE BY A TRUST cago Daily News. are invited to a feast of their best /e roe/ cA///vor g e t t h e s e hub- rockin’-’orse?—Stray Stories. Mf/fs E/fOAf roe/# tr/?/r£ i/s Phillips, Maine. MAINE WOODSMAN. DECEMBER 29, 1905. 5

One Cent a Word. CURTAINS ON STREET CARS tinues at a slightly increasing rate un­ Under this heading small, undlsplayed ad­ WOMEN AND THEIR JEWELS. vertisements, 8u<;h as “ Wants,’' “ For Sale” , til the fiftieth year is reached, wher •Situations Wanted,” etc., will be inserted for Nervousness Sometimes Causes Used on the Front End to Give the the figure is 330 pounds. After thii lc a word each week. The address will be Motorman a Clearer View of charged as part of the advertisement, and Them to Create Unneces­ period the strength fails more am] each initial of name and combination of sary Alarm. the Track. more rapidly until the weakness of off figures count as a word. Stamps or cash with age is reached. It is not possible tc Arbo C. Norton. orrter. “ Why do the motormen draw to­ give statistics of the decline o] OLUMBIA DISC GRAPHOPHONE and 22 “ Oh, Mr. Lacoq, my jewels, worth C records, cost $35, will sell for $30. In per $20,000, have been stolen. I suspect my gether the narrow green curtains strength after the fiftieth year, as 11 feet condition. Arthur Shepard. maid.” that are on the front doors of their varies to a large extent in differed OR SALE—One pair o f ’horses weighing “ Calm yourself, madam,” said the cars?” repeated a bright little con­ individuals.—Chicago Journal. F about 2,800 p unds; one colt about 5 years ductor on a street car. “ I am asked old weighing about 1.350 pounds. Apply to great detective. “ In what places do Beedy, Phillips Me. you usually hide away these things?” this question every day, and it is not Too Risky. The woman mentioned seven places, because it shuts off the wind from Occasionally a bachelor can be Happy New Wanted and Lecoq had them all searched, re­ the front of the car, as is generally duced to kiss a baby girl, though u ANTED—Manuscript to typewrite at fair lates the Philadelhpia Bulletin. In supposed. When the electric lightg hasn’t ner^c enough to tackle d|n W prices. E. W. Goodwin, 51 Perham St., aye tYrned on in the interior of the nearer his own size. Farmington, Maine. the last, a bandbox, the jewels lay cars at dusk, they have a tendency to OVS ult G IuL sor attractive young ladies intact. The lady had forgotten that sha Year to You. B wanted.—If you have only a tew spare had put them there. throw a reflection from the glass in hours, you can employ them profitably and the doors and the front windows upon earn money for Xmas; if you want to give “ And now,” said l^ecoq, “ let this he A Saving. the glass of the vestibule. This re­ your entire lime to the work you can earn a a lesson to you. Don’t, the next time I wish to thank all my cus­ nice living. The best of it is, you don’t need flection affects the motorman’s eyes Redd—Do you play golf on Sunday? any money to start. A complete outfit free. you mislay a ring or a necklace, accuse Greene—No, I go to church. and interferes with a clear sight P. O. D r a w e r No 999, Buffalo, N Y.______somebody of theft. I don’t believe “ Doesn’t it hurt your game, skipping tomers for their kind patron­ ahead. By drawing the curtains the ANTED—By Chicago wholesale and mail there is a jewel-owning woman living a day that way?” order house, assistant manager (man or reflection is shut off, and the front age through the past year and W woman) for tiiis county and adjoining lerri who hasn’t at one time or another de­ “ Oh, no; I think it helps i t ” platform is placed in semiobscurity, tory. Salary $20 and expenses paid weekly; clared herself robbed of some trinket “ How so?” expense money advanced. Work pleasant; after the fashion of the cab of a respectfully ask for a contin­ position permanent. No investment or ex­ which BAis later on turned up in a for­ “ I save a lot of balls.”—Yonkers perience required. Write at once for full gotten hiding place. steam engine, which, as is well known, Statesman. uance of the same. iarticuiars and enclose self addressed enve- “ It happens too often on Atlantic is in utter darkness except for the fope. Cooper & Co., 132 Lake St., Chicago, IlL______liners that some passenger declares a very small lights over the steam Come in and look over our watch or a bracelet missing. She has gauge and the clock. The curtains Furious Fighting. all the stewards on board searching are a fine idea, for the darker the line of N ew Year’s gifts. FARMINGTON NEWS. “ For seven years,” writes Geo. W and her room steward feels uncomfort­ platform is the better the motorman Hoffman, of Harper, Wash,, “ I had a Special correspondence to Maine Woodsman able. Sometimes, indeed, she roundly can see his course. bitter battle, with chronic stomach and Fakmington, Dec. 20, 1905. accuses the room steward of theft. “ The motormen of this city arq liver trouble, but at last I won, and Geo. Puringtcn, Jr., principal of the And then, a day or two later, the lost much gratified at the success of the cured my diseases, by the use of Electric Arbo C. Norton, article is found in the bottom of her movement for vestibules on motor Bitters I unhesitatingly recommend Houlton High school is spending the steamer trunk, and the woman is sorry cars. It was a long time coming, them to all, and don’ t intend in the holidays with his parents Prof, and Mrs. that she was so hasty. but, backed by public sentiment, the future to be without them in the house. 14-16 Broadway, Farmington Geo. C. Purington. They are certainly a wonderful medicine, “ Men are more careful than women welcome vestibules have come to stay. to have cured such a bad case as mine.” The college beys are home for their in throwing out reckless accusations We have had sufficient cold weather Sold, under guarantee to do the same Christmas vacation. of theft. T suppose it is because, liv­ this fall to put the vestibules to a for you, by W. A. D. Cragin, Phillips; Deputy W. B. Small of Kingfield was ; ing cut in the world, men realize th^t practical test. The men can perform C. E. Dyer, Strong; druggists, at 60c. a in town Thursday on official business. they must alwavs answer for their much better service, as they used to bottie. Try them today. Mr. Norton of Brookton, Mass, visited words. Women live at home, and in a become so benumbed by cold that they c o T O his friend, Miss Maude Preston through crisis they say unanswerable things to could work their brakes only with dif­ and about people as recklessly as they Christmas. ficulty, and, could not respond to the New Livery. Feed and Boardiw Stable. say such things to and about their calls of the conductors as readily as H. M. Pierce of King & Bartlett I am fully prepared to take care of board­ children.” when the blood freely circulates. While ing and transient horses and can also furnish camps left home for the Boston Sports anything in a tine double or single hitch. M. H. Blaisdell’s the vestibules are open on the sides, Please give my liverv a trial. men’s show Wednesday. MINISTER SAVED SITUATION the front glasses are* arched, and as W . C. YORK, Church St., M. and Mrs. L. B. Bangs and family For Your satisfactory a protection is afforded as Both Telephones. Farmington, Me. entertained the following guests at diu Gave the Congregation Something to may be expected under the circum-r aer Sunday; R. Hanley Smith and wife, Do While He Went Home for stances. In the old days the driving SLEIGHING IS FINE. Roger Smith, Lynwood Nelson and wife, His Sermon. snow beating into the faces of the mo­ W h y not take a drive one of these NEW YEAR’S Pearl Nelson, Ralph Nelson, Mrs. Wm. tormen blinded their eyes and ren­ The bishop of Llandaff at Newport nice days? W e can furnish you any Tarbox, Mrs. Elizabeth W. Cothren, Roy dered accidents possible, fo say noth­ hiislaid his robes and had to preach1 ing of the physical suffering of the kind of a hitch you want. Atkinson, without them, and elsewhere a clergy- j men.” FRANK AUSTIN, Farmington, Maine The past week has been filled with man forgot that he had undertaken to , PRESENTS. Telephone Connections. the glad spirit of Christmastide, the conduct the service which was con-! IN NEED OF RATTLERS. streets being filled with crowds of mer­ sequently dispensed with. You will find a good stock ry shoppers. Christmas eve and even­ But in neither case, says Modern Man Who Wouldn’t Drink Unless The New Up To Date Lunch Room of new goods fresh from the Science, did the people suffer from ing the various churches in town recog­ as a Remedy for Snake- Leroy E. Weeks, Prop., Farmington. markets, nothing carried over nized the occasion with proper services. clerical remissness like a Scottish cod Bite. 21 Breakfasts, $3.0C; 21 Dinners, $3 50; Sup­ from years past. Altogether the holidays thus far have gregation mentioned in his reminis cences by Sir Archibald Geikie, who pers, $3.CO; regular meals by week, $3.00; reg- been of the pleasantest nature. The Recently a Portland firm that deals tells how the minister neglected to ( uiar meals and room by week, $4 00; meals good sleighing we have had has brought in fish and game received from a man | and room by day, $1.00. Dry and Fancy Goods, bring the manuscript of his sermon in an Idaho tow n'jVs startling order: out tuatiy sleighing parties in all kinds and had to make time to go home, a “ Gentlemen—Please ship me at once, ladies' and Gents of rigs, from the old-time high backed mile off, and fetch it. Almost dis­ COD, one dozen live rattlesnakes. Must | DANA O. COOLIDGE, sleighs to the most up to date livery tracted, he gave out the one hundred be good biters.” turnout. and nlneeteenth Psalm, and directly Not having as many live rattlesnakes Furnishings, Deputy Lester D. Eaton has been the congregation began to sing the on hand as the order called for, says Licensed Auctioneer, qnite busy of late. Last week he cap­ first of the 176 verses he rushed away the Portland Oregonian, the firm could Small Wares, etc. tured four boxes of whiskey at East to the manse, from which he by and by not ^make the shipment; but a letter Farmington, Maine. returned to the church breathless, find-1 Boots, Shoes, Rubbers, Leg- WiltOD, all of which has been libelled. was sent to the Idaho man inquiring ing the clerk waiting uneasily. gins and Overshoes for ladies, A hobo from Rumford Falls who gave as to why he wanted the rattlers. Hera “How are you getting on?” he his name as Samuel Speakman was ar­ is an excerpt from the letter received gents, girls, boys and children. gasped. in reply: rested Tuesday week by Deputy Eaton Call and examine goods before “ Oh, sir,” said the clerk, “ they’ve “ Three months ago I swore off from and wa3 given sixty days in jail by got to the end of the eighty-fourth drinking whisky. I was determined to buying elsewhere. Judge Fenderson. verse, an’ they’re cheepin’ like w ee; quit, so I took a solemn oath never to W hy send your laundry work Agent for Ladies Hom e Jour­ Rice & Paine deserve praise for the mice!” drink another glass of whisky unless I nal Patterns. tasteful mauner in which their show The pious congregation was exhaust­ should be bitten by a rattlesnake and out of the county when you can windows were trimmed through Christ­ ed, but the situation was saved. need the liquor as an antidote. Rat­ get it done here satisfactorily? Eastern Telepone 29-5. mas. It was the work of Mrs. .George tlesnakes are mighty scarce in this Either gloss or domestic finish. Thomas. part of the country. I have been Out Mrs. Eugene McLain of New Vine­ Saver and Miser. hunting for rattlers every day this FRANKLIN STEAH LAUNDRY CO., month, but have found none. Now, I yard was accidentally run over Saturday The miser is the poorest of men, for, Farmington, Maine, am a man of my word. I do not in­ UP-TO-DATE afternoon by a team belonging to Wil­ hile he lives solely for self, he gets tend to violate my cath. Surely you WILLIS HARDY, Agent, Phillips. fred McLeary. The accident happened ss out of life than any other man ,ys the st. Louis Star-Chronicle. He can get some rattlesnakes for me. Northeastern Telephone 4-2. \0n the corner near the First Natioual ADVERTISING is money, but denies himself the Never mind the cost! I’ll pay it. Please bank. Luckily Mrs. McLaiu came out ings that money can buy. In making ship at once. This is important.” of the affair with only a few bad bruises. oney the end, instead of the means, In these days live merchants are Varnum pond water is being talked life he narrows his purposes and BAYBERRIES FOR CANDLES. NOTICE looking for profit. They are more and more of late and it is now a hievements down to nothingness, placing their advertiements Old-Time Custom of Making Aro­ Dr. J. R. Kittritig;e>* Dentist foregone conclusion that the annual at the despicable example of one where, in their best judgement, matic Tapers Recently WILL BE AT town meeting will be the theatre of wat­ iser nor 1,000 can ever shake the they will do them the most good. Revived. er warfare next spring when those in ■m foundation upon which rest whole- Rangeley, Dec. 27, 28, 29. Tim e was, we are told, when favor of the present system and the ime saving and thrift. The soul ol Stratton, Jan. 1. the store keeper used to give the rift is saving. Most men who have, The revival of many an old-time in­ Eustis, Jan. 2. newpaper man an advertise- gravity plan will array their forces. arned the trick of making millions at dustry has brought into vogue the bay- Bigelow, Jan. 3 p. m., and Jan. 4 tisement, “ just to help outj the This week W. C. York arfnounces in single deal first learned how to dou-1 berry candle, beloved of our grand­ paper.” our advertising columns his new livery, e their pennies. To the man who mothers, and here and there along a. m. That would be considered a feed and boarding stable ou Church ould become rich the habit of saving, country byways men and women may W eld , Jan. 5. senseless performance now. street. It is the intention of Mr. York ice firmly fixed, is his most important J now be found garnering the aromatic Berry Mills, Jan. 6. to couduct a thoroughly up to date ipital. berries, which some enterprising Farmington, Jan. 9, 10, 11, 12 W e want advertisements from woman has engaged to make into people who want to get their stable. and 13. Profanity in Conversation. candles, says the Providence Jour- A operations pertaining to dentistry care money’s worth out of their ad­ The last days before Christmas the 11 Suppose some seemingly sanctified nal. fully performed. Special attention given to vertising. large windows of Arbo C. Norton pre­ prt serving the natural teeth. Teeth extracted person should go around the streets ut? It requires a quart of berries to without pain a specialty. Artificial work of We want adverti-ements from sented a beautiful display of hanoker make one candle. They should be all kinds promptly and carefully don j tering audible prayers in the hearing Teeth extracted free when plates are mada people who intend to give their chiefs. The window was dressed in a of other people and mixing them uy kept in a dry place till ready to use, All work warranted. Satisfaction guar advertisements some care and particularly attractive manner. with his conversation, says the Doug- anteed. then put into a preserve kettle, al­ Telephone connections by the Dirigo. attention. Among the places of business in town las (Kan.) Tribune. People would call lowing two quarts of water to one ol We want advertisements from him crazy and would look for an ex­ berries. They should be boiled foi that had crowds of shoppers last week business people who realize that and this were: H. P. White & C., Gush cuse for sending him to an asylum, four hours, filling up the kettle with Ine general opinion would be that he they have something to say to ee Furniture Co., J. C. Metcalf, J. E. hot water as it boils away. Then set was daffy. And yet there are fellows the more than ten thousand MoLeary, Wilfred McLeary, J. F. Nor it back where it will simmer awhile, by the dozen who in public and private and at night set away to cool. In Olds Casolene readers of M ain e W oodsman, ton, Miss A. L. Turner and M. H. Blais- mix senseless oaths and causeless pro­ the morning the wax will have formed if they would make their busi­ dell. fanity with their conversation. Why in a large cake on top of the water, Engines. ness all that it should be. should the man whose seeming devo­ T o such people, the M ains and after melting and straining I have taken the Agency for tion to Divinity exceeds good sense and W oodsman advertising columns through a piece of fine lawn or cheese­ Olds Gasolene Engine, and my Easily Convinced. propriety be graded as a lunatic while cloth, it is ready to pour into the present indeed a rare bargain. experience with engines has It needs little argument to conviney the numerous fellow who is given tq candle molds. These candles give The M aine W oodsman has the convinced me that there are no the woman that marriage is a failure causeless cussing be regarded as all out a sweet, aromatic odor, which readers— more than ten thousand better on the market when she is allowed to play ragtime right, only a little rough in his talk? perfumes the room. of them—without which all ad­ tunes on a washboard five days a wee! If you are in the market for vertising would be a failure— to entertain some loafer who calls hej Wire Wheels for Autos. an engine just drop in or drop Man’s Lifting Power. money thrown away. wife. English automobile manufacturer^ The lifting power of a youth of 1" me a card, and I am sure I can But I T P A Y S to advertise fin are experimenting with wire wheels ir years is 280 pounds; in his twentieth interest )ou. No Room for Doubt. the belief that, weight for weight, they year this increases to 320 pounds; ir M a in e W oodsman. If in doubt Maude—I wonder if Elvira anc are stronger than those of wood of th« the thirtieth and thirty-first year il H. I. SPINNEY, try it. young Greening are engaged? I’m sur< artillery variety. This would be a reaches its height, 3b5 pounds. At th« Classified advertisements only he proposed to her. practical return to first principles, as end of the thirty-first year the strength Farmington, - Maine. one cent a word. Clara—Then it’s a cinch they ari all the early types of self-propelled begins to decline, very slowly at first engaged.—Chicago Daily News. vehicles were equipped with wir» By the fortieth year it has decreased Telephone connections. MAINE WOODSMAN, wheels. eight pounds, and this diminution con •s Phillips Maine. 6 MAINE WOODSMAN, DECEMBER 29, 1905 Phillips and Vicinity. Phillips and Vicinity. DRY AND FANCY GOODS. DRY AND FANCY GOODS. GENT’S FURNISHINGS. —Mrs. Hannah Mosher is visiting her —Miss Blanche Presson, who is em ■on, George P. Ramsdell in Weld. ployed in this office, spent Christmas at —Miss Ererdene Sweetser went to her home in S rong. Farmington Wednesday to visit her —A merry Bleigbing party came to brother, Elgin Sweetser and family. TELEPHONE CONNECTIONS. town Monday evening from Strong. The —Misses Lillian Sweetser a n d party consisted of Dr and Mrs C. W. Bverdene Shepard clerked for G. B. Bell, Mr. and Mrs. W. L Guild,. Mr. P. Sedgeley through the holidays. Stubbs, Misses Grace L mb, Mattie —Miss Mabel Hescock is working at Bell, Bertha Frank, Mr. J. H. Bell. The Norton’s candy store in Farmington party came with a pair of hor.es and on through the holidays. rrivai were royally entertained by Mr. —Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Cushman nd Mrs. Hairy Bell. An elaborate BLANKET SALE, of Cambridge, spent Christmas in Phil unch wap served during the evening and There are many lips with relatives. one fine vocal and instrumental music —Mr. C. D. Campbell of Portland has as rendered. Mr. and Mrs. Harry been visiting his friend, Miss Ezma ieedy aDd Messrs Geo D. Bangs and January 1-6. pants on the mar­ Springer. George Hennings were also guests of the —Boy Atkinson went to* Boston evening, which was one of great pleas­ Wednesday morning to attend the ure. Sportsman’s show in the interests of One lot, large size, good quality outing flannel bed ket today called Maxbb W oods. —Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Austin and STYLES IN PLAYING CARDS blankets. Good things to have, handy in zero weather. daughter, Ruth spent Christmas with Backs Are Decorated with Pictures Mr. Austin’s mother, Mrs. A, F. Austin in Keeping with the just as good as the at Farmington. Seasons. (t. b . s e d g e l e y . —Mrs. Hattie Farmer and daughter, Ethel of Portland came to Phillips Sat­ In the fall output of playing cards urday to spend a few days with her several new styles of decoration for daughter, Mrs. John Lovejoy. the backs of the cards are shown. —Mr. and Mrs. Edward Greenwood Some decks, which were apparently put spent Christmas with Deacon and Mrs. upon the market at the beginning of A. M. Greenwood at Farmington who horse show week, says the New York JOHNSON had a family dinner party. Sun, are ornamented with the pictured —Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Chandler had a heads of hunters and jumpers; others represent gorgeous masses of chrysan­ dinner party last Sunday and included themums, while on still others the foot­ the families of C. E. Paiker and W. B. ball hero holds forth. Butler. In many houses in which cards form DRUGS AND MEDICINES. DRUGS AND MEDICINES. —The regular meeting of Phelan the chief amusement the scenes on the PANTS. lodge, No. SO, D. of H., will be held backs of the cards vary with the sea­ this Thursday evening. A full attend sons. In summer the dawdler over ance is desired. whist and casino can acquire a reduced —North Franklin Grange will hold an temperature by contemplating water­ all day’ s meeting Saturday, Jan. 6, falls and forest vistas on the cards in Why? Johnson picnic dinner,^.hird and fourth degrees her opponent’s hand, while in winter Happy New Year to be worked in the forenoon. the blood may be quickened by the sight of a snowy landscape. .Cdaba French Sec’y. The various sports, too, are all rep­ Pants are the —A very pretty Christmas tree was at resented in their season. Several years ihe home of Mrs. Nellie McKeen on ago when the cycling craze was at its Christmas night. It was well laden and height it was the fashion to decorate nmoh enjoyed by the various members playing cards with bicycles. In the 1906. standard of qual­ of the family who were present. last two years the wheels have been —Mr. W. M. Nelson's family bad a superseded by automobiles. Many clubs pretty tree at their home Christmas and societies have their cards made to Sight. Santa Clans appeared and dis­ order, in which case the badge of the ity. tributed the many pretty and useful order forms the decoration. So Impor­ Somebody G ets the presents in a satisfactory manner. tant is this phase of decorative art considered by the manufacturers of — Perley Phillips is gaining slowly playing cards that they keep in their Johnson Pants after several weeks of serious illness. employ persons whose sole business It He is grateful to his friends who by is to study out new designs appropriate words of sympathy End deeds of love to the time and season. Music Box at the help to while away the long hours. have stood the - Phillip'began harvesting ice FIERCE AND DEADLY TIDES. &n the mill pond Dec. 26. It is of good quality and twelve inches thick. He Phenomenal Rise and Fall of the Sea has recently built an ice house 18 feet Along the Breton Coast Corner Store, test. square and 18 feet high. The walls are of France. double with space of 18 inches filled A Philadelphia girl was recently with sawdust. overtaken and drowned by the incom­ Johnson Pants — A horse belonging to €has. Wilbur, ing tide on the west coast of France. Jan. 1, 1906, who drives a fish and grocery team, A transplanted Breton said of this fa­ while standing in front of Wilbur’s store tality: munching his noonday oats, Tuesday, “ Can you, who see your own tides are all wool. became frightened at something and crawl in at the rate of ten feet or so dashed up Main street. When in front an hour, imagine tides racing like wild at 3 p. m. Don’t of H. F. Beedy’s residence, the outfit white horses up the flat sands at the •collided with an electric light pole. It rate of half a mile a minute? The place to buy was here that the horse cleared himself “ The extraordinary flatness of our Breton coasts gives us these phenom­ from the harness and sled aod ran with enal tides. The sea does not rise and great speed toward the upper village fall. It appears and disappears. You forget the time Johnson Pants, where he was captured by someone soon have a vast and flat plain of sand. At after. The sled was badly damaged but a set hour the sea rushes in, white, no one was injured. wild, submerging this vast plain. At a set hour an unseen hand sucks the the genuine arti­ water back—30, 40, 50 miles—and noth­ and place. ACHED IH EVERY BONE ing is visible but the plain white sand again. Woe unto such as walk on this deso­ cle, is at Hoyt’s Chicago Society Woman Who Was So late plain when the tide begins to rise, Sick She Could Not Sleep or Hat, CORNER STORE, Cured by Doan’s Kidney Pills. for they must drown! Nothing can N O . i B E A L B L O C K , save them.’’ When a woman’s kidneys go wrong, Clothing Store. Iter back gives out and every little task Origin of “ Lunch." becomes a burden. She is tired, nervous, MAIN STREET, PHILLIPS, MAINE, ifeepless, run down—suffers daily from A “ lunch” etymologically, is just a t»ckaehe, heanaches, dizzy spells, and lump; in the sixteenth century a You will be sat­ hearing-down pains. “ lunch of bacon” meant merely a slice Don’t worry ovei imagined “ female or hunk of it. So Burns speaks of troubles.” Cure the kidneys and you will bread and cheese “ dealt about in he well. Read bow to find the cure. lunches,” and Scott records that “ little W. A. D. CRAGIN. isfied. Marion Knight, of 33 N. Ashland Ave., Benjie was ramming a huge luncheon Chicago, 111., member of the Chicago of pie-crust into his mouth.” While in ^deration of Musicians and a well-known modern times “ lunch” is an abrevia- fitob woman, says; “This winter when I tion from “ luncheon,” the latter waa started to use originally an elongation of “ lunch.” D. F. Doan’s Kidney A philologist shows how the old “ noon- Pills I ached in shenk,” noon-drink, came to mean every bone and noon-eating, and to appear as “ nun- h a d in tense sheon;” and the development thereaft­ pains in the kid­ er of “luncheon” from “lunch” waa PROPOSITIONS HOYT neys and pel- very natural. SPRUCE LUMBER Ivic organs. The | urine was thick Direct Information. TO PRINT and cloudy, and Neighbors—I say, Sloboy, when are you going to move? & C O . I could barely Sloboy—Why, I have no Intention ol FOR SALE. eat enough to come to the customer in various live. I felt a moving. What put that idea into your change for the head? Ready for Immediate forms. There are plenty of firms better within a “ Your landlord.” —Chicago Daily that send out circulars offering a Week. The second week I began eating News. Shipment. No. 5 Beal Block, “ leadtf*, and make up when they heartily. I began to improve generally, get the customer^hooked.” W e have «nd before seven weeks had passed I Boards (rough and planed.) Was well. I had spent hundreds of dol­ done a great deal of printing and we A Fearful Fate. Scantling, Lath, Plank lars for medicine that did not help me, now have an outfit that can be ex­ It is a fearful fate to have to endure but $6 worth of Doan’s Kidney Pills re- and Dimension. celled by few in the state. We print Mored me to perfect health." the terrible torture of Piles, “ I can Phillips, Me. truthfully say,” writes Harry Colson, of anything, from Bonds to Visiting A FREE TRIAL of this great kidney Mason^tlle, la., ‘ ‘that for Blind, B e?d Special or < s solicited. medicine which cured Miss Knight will »ng, Itching and Protruding Piles, Buck Cards. i* mailed on application to any part of len Arnica halve, is the best cure Agency for the Univer­ the United States. Address Foster-Mil- made.” Also best for cuts, burns and F. A. CR j SSMAN, J. W BRACKETT CO., burn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Sold by all injuries 25o at W. A. D. Cragin, Phil­ SALEM. MAINE. sal Steam Laundry. , .'oo fifty cents per box. lips; C. E. Dyer, Strong; druggists. PHjllirv*. M a ne. MAINE WOODSMAN, DECEMBER 29, 1905 Y

Mis* Ethel Farmer of Portland visited STRONG NEWS, BEGINNING OF FOOTBALL. £ustis. MISCELLANEOUS. friends in town last week. There were two well filled trees ac the Special correspondence to Maine Woodsman Wednesday evening, Deo. 20, occurred Believed to Have Had Its Origin as soboolhouse, Dec. 22 and the people all Str o n g , D jc. 26, 1906. the Annual Reading Club supper at the Part of the Sun Worship seemed to go home satisfied with their Miss Nellie Porter of North Anson Is home of George Will. The first part of of Celts. presents. C o a l ! visiting at J. W. Buibank’ s. evening was devoted to sooiabldty etc. Scott Lockyer is home on a vacation A book published at Venice in 1555 Wholesale and Retail Mrs. Belle Knowlton has returned Then the guests adjourned to the din­ from he University ol Maine. by Antonio Coaino relates methods of Leave your orders early for uex fram avi*it to Portland and vicinity. ing room and partook of a baked bean Edi«on Sylvester is attending the supper. Those present were, Mr. and play in a real football that was actual­ winter’s supply. For prices apply to Mrs. Ida Graffacn of Phillips recently ly called by the same name. The field sportsman’ s exposition at B iston. Mrs. C. W. Shaw and son Harold, Mr. visited her sister, Mrs. L. A. Withara. “ was so large that no one, however Mrs. B.na Savage is visiting her BEAL & HcLEARY, and Mrs. C. V. Starbird and Ray, Mr. Tuesday evening, Dec. 19, the Eastern strong, could quite throw a stone from grandmother, Mrs. Andrew Diuglass. Office at Phillips Station. Star held a speoial meeting in Masonio and Mrs. P. W. Mason, Mr. and Mrs. W. one end to the other,” and it was about hall, at which the degree was conferred A. Bradford, L. L. Partridge and wife, half as wide. Twenty, 30 or 40 persons AGENTS: on four candidates, after which a social Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Will and son Don could participate on a side, the num­ J. A . Russell & Co , Rangeley; good time was eDj >yed by all. Then aid, Mrs. Nelson Walker, Mrs. Henry ber being regulated by the size of the Saved Child’s Lif C. B Richardson, Strong ; the people assembled to the dining hall, Mitchell, Mr. and M 8. David Richard­ available field. Goats were set up at L. L. Mitchell, Kingfield. son, Mrs. Ellen Kilkenny, Misses Caro either end. No one was permitted to Mrs. Osgood J. Swan, West Par£-, where was served a bountiful sapper, Me., R. F. D., No. 2, writes:— Jacobs, Freda Fogg, Avis We'ch, June strike the ball with the outstretched which consisted of sandwiches, assorted arm or with anything he might carry September 29, 1903. Harlow, James Welch, Breyfus C ark, cake and coffee. in his hand. Nevertheless, he was Dear Sirs:— W. H. Conant was home from Iowa Leslie Vining, Verne and George permitted- to “ strike the ball with I have used your “ L. F.” Atwood’s City and spent Christmas with his fam Richardson, Harold Weloh. A very whatever part of his body that he Bitters for my little boy for two years *nd I do not think he would have lived ily- pleasant evening was enjoyed by all pleased.” If the ball came rolling to­ present. ward him he was allowed to kick it, if I had not heard of them. He is now Mrs. John F Norton and Mrs. H. N. lour years old and a fat, rugged boy Luce visited friends in New Vineyard All are glad to see Mrs. Marie Harris the inference being that if it were ly­ The True “L. F.” Atwood’s Bitters. last week. on the streets once more. ing still he could not do so. The field was divided by a transverse line “ into * family remedy for old and young— Miss Freda Fogg was in Farmington Charles Whiting is at work in the two equal parts, and in the middle lay for Indigestion, Constipation, Colds recently. woods at Bigelow. and Headache. 35 cents at all good Mr. F. C. Worthley has been engaged the ball. The players, were chosen, stores. Ralph Worthley is home from Port­ those who were going to make up the to sing in the choir at the M. E. church land fcr the holidays. opposing parties, by means of colors, Miss Elizabeth True spent Christmas Farmington. by which, in the struggle of the con­ with friends in Phillips. Charles Gilman and Henry Mitchell test, each could recognize his own side. Spruce Clapboards Frank Goldsmith was home from Biz- were out from the woods at Carrabas- When the signal was given by the roll field last week. sett Christmas. of the drum or the.blast of a trumpet and Cedar Shingles Mr. and Mrs. E. 8. Kingsley were In A very pretty home weddiDg was a player rushed forward, one who had of all kinds manufactured and for sale by Farmington Saturday. solemnized at the home of the bride’s been chosen by lot to be the first to kick the ball with his foot. This action Prouty & Miller, Bigelow, Maine. The above Kineo Furnace. Miss June Harlow spent Christmas parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose Allen, was understood to be the beginning of are usually carried in stock by the following when their second daughter Cora B. was parties: Wilbur A Co., Phillips; Daggett A with her sister, Mrs. L. G. Rackliffe at the contest, so that after it, It was per­ Rigelow. united □ marriage to Benj. Jones, one Will, 8trong; F. L. Butler, Farmington; A. G. mitted to no one from either party to Winter, Kingfleld. If the above parties have of Strong’s popular youDg men and bou C. L. Farrah of Barberton, Ohio, has seize it, to strike it, and to drive it as not in stock what you require write direct tc been visiting friends in town. of W. L. Jones, only the immediate victor over the goal. It was perhaps the mill for quotations. Also manufacturers Robert Stubbs and Earle Richardson families being present. The ceremony from the method of the beginning of of dimension lumber and lath, spruce boards were home from B iwdoin college for was performed by Rev. F. H. Hall at 8 the game that it was called football. rough, planed, or planed and matened. o’ clo:k Monday afternoon. The happy These Italian games had their origin Christmas. PROUTY & MILLER. Bigelow, Maine There being no Christmas festivals in pair will reside in Auburn where Mr. in the ancient pastimes of the Greeks town ;he following ladies and gentlemen Jones is employed. Mr. JoDes is a and Romans, and in reality approach nearer to the modern idea of football had trees for their Sunday school classes: graduate from the Strong High Sohoo in the class of 1900; he is also a than do the beginnings of the game in Mrs. Mty Lewis, Emma Di:key, Annie modern countries. Football Is believed PIANOS. Howard, Mrs. Eva Guild and Frank graduate of Bliss College, Lewiston. by some authorities to have been a The Henry F. Miller Grand and Worthley. W. A. Bradford and F. L. Mr. Frank Mendall speut Christmas portion of the worship of the Celtic Upright Pianofortes. Dyer had trees in the evening. at New Vineyard. sun god, one of the rites attendant on The business established more Miss Nora Stevens was home from her Hammond Richardson was In Farm the celebrative ceremonies. Some also than 40 years, always under one school in Kingfield Christmas. ington Tuesday. hold a strong belief that its original Miss Ella Winter spent Christmas at form was introduced into England by management and today retaining its Miss Cora Small was in Farmington original personality. her home in New Portland. the Romans. shopping Friday. ■The Milier is the artistic Piano Miss Blanche Boston is visiting Ben Jones and Lawrence Winslow forte of America. Its individuality friends in Jay, Maine. IMPOSITIONS IN EATABLES. Kineo Fleater. were some from Lewiston Christmas. invites the attention of all interested | |Mrs. Emily Nash of Auburn is visiting Jeffrey Clinton has returned to bie Various Articles Sold in France Are in the Finest Art Products of the at W. H. Dyer’s. home in Livermore Falls. Not What They Are Rep- World. The cottage prayer meeting was held Mies Dorothy McKeen of Phillips vis­ sented to Be. A line of Artistic Pianofortes, the at Nelson Walker’s Tuesday evening. ited her grandmother, Mrs. B. P. Mc­ Hemy F. Miller, Briggs, Davenport Mrs. Daisy Worrbley spmt Christmas Keen, the first of the we Mr. When you order truffles in France ; & Treacy. and 20 o’ her well known with friends in North BuckfLld. Bert Hartwell has returned from his you are likely to get something you makes. Mrs. B. P. McKeen spent Christmas visit to Massachusetts. j are not paying for. The French people ; know that the truffle is at times adul- S G. WH! El.WEIGHT, with her son, W. B. McKeen at Puillips. Mrs. Emma Roberts of Wiscasset is | terated, and what is palmed off for George Porter of Brooklyn, N. Y., visiting her sister, Mrs. Sherman Mitch­ PIANO DEALR*> , has been visiting friends in town for the truffle, says the New York Times, is ell, daring the holidays. often black rubber or black silk or EAST DIXFIE L - MAINE past few days. A pair of horses and load of ice be­ softened leather or roasted potatoes, George Porter and wife of Auburn longing to Fred Flynt of South Stroug which are given a peculiar flavor by spent Christmas with the latter’s sister, broke through the ice on the river where adding ether. It is said these substi­ Don’t buy a Gasolene Engine that Mrs. Austin Gilman. they were standing Satnrday and a bad tutes S’ill well. will freeze ur> in O cxber. Nothing The Ladies’ Aid met with Mrs. C. V. accident was narrowly averted. Mr. In Paris, where snails are very pop­ to f eeze in c ir Starbrd Wednesday afternoon. The Flynt was cutting ice at this point and ular they are adulterated with lungs of subject for discussion was Charles Sai- had just finished loading his sled when cattle and horses. Even entire snails gent. without warning the Ice gave way and are manufactured. The discarded shells Otis Witharn of Phillips was a recent the sled and horses were precipitated of snails which have been eaten are Kin o Cook recoated with fat and slime and filled caller in town. into the water, which was so deep at with lung tissue and then sold as Bur­ Mrs. B. H. Rickert and two children this place that it entirely covered the Finest goods ever manufactured and Mrs. Chapman and child have re­ gundy snails. Send to animals backs, only their heads remain­ French fish dealers smear vaseline turned to Gloucester, Mass. ing out. Assistance was hastily sum over stale fishes to give them a fresh NOYES & NUTTER. M ’f’rs.- Leon Dolbier of Salem spent Christ­ moned and by cutting a lane through appearance. To impart the correct col­ Bangor, Maine, mas at W. M. Valliers. the ice from the place where the acoi or to the gills of fish which have been For descriptive Circulars. dent occurred to the shore the team was a long time out of the water they paint STRONG. finally driven to the barn, apparently the gills with eosin, a coal tar product none the worse for their unexpected having a red color. I f at Christmas your heart is big dncking. Even things made in Germany are FREE TO ALL OUR but your pocket book light, come to j Ephraim Johnson of South Strong is not always what they seem to be. It SUBSCRIBERS! our store. receiving a visit from his mother, Mrs. is stated that an ordinary liver patty Bean of Colebrook, N. H. W e ’ll do our best for you. is made into fine Strasburger pate de foie gras by means of borax or salicylic L. C. Hunter & Co , Strong. UON FEARS THE OSTRICH. acid, and finely chopped and cleverly is u ed. A pra tioal, plain, common senes distributed pieces of black silk to rep­ Engine. Three >«iZ's. ’ lie 5 horse power The Great well li 800 pound*.ground joi t>. no packiiitr, King of Beasts Will Run Away from resent truffles. Sent, on trial and prove i ri^ht, before you C V . STARBIRD, Bird Whose Kick He Is pay aoeni. Strong, - Maine, " Afraid Of. 1. B. CHURCH, 6 High Street. Boston, M iss MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN DURING HOLY PILGRIMAGE. H. E. MAYO, Local Agent, Sirong, M-*. American Building Lumber, Kiln Dried Hard­ There is only one thing of which the Sacred Square of Mecca Presents a wood Flooring, Sheathing, Mould lion is afraid, according to Schillings, Picturesque and Impres­ THE CELEBRATED ings, Shing es and Long Clapboards. the Young German African traveler, sive Sight. Give my Clapboards a try. and that is the ostrich. Alamo Gasoline Farmer, The bird is more fleet than the quad­ Like a gigantic catafalque, somber, ruped, and it can deliver its terrible shrouded in mystery, the Kaaba rises Indianapolis, "Ind. t'he leading WANTED. kick with the precision and impact of Engine. out of the seething sea of white garbed agricultural journal of the nation, I want to buy your live fow l and a pugilist’s blow and spring away till humanity that crowds the grea. sacred The Engine that made it gets another opening. Such tactics edited by an able coi ps of writer*. eggs. I pay the highest market square of Messa, says Everybody’s Hillsdale Famous. This valuable journal, in addition naturally disgust the superior being. Magazine. Its door is covered with price. The lion has a weakness, however, Buy Direct from Factory. to the logical treatment of all agricul­ E. F. VERRILL, - Strong, Maine. plates of solid silver, studded with sil­ tural subjects w i’l also discuss the for ostrich eggs and will make a meal ver nails. From the exterior of the great issues of day, thereby add of them whenever the vigilance of the roof, above a stone marking the sepul­ ing zest to its columns and giving parent bird is relaxed; cher of Ishmael, which lies at the base PHONOGRAPHS the farmer something Schillings saw a lion once with the of the narthern wall, there projects a to think about and Records as cheap as you can eet them in tempting pile of eggs before him, and aside from 1 >e every day humdrum the city. Prices, $10.00, $20.00, $30.00 and $50.00. horizontal, semi-circular rain spout, Records 3fc each he was about to regale himself when five yards long, 24 inches wide, made o f routine l ities. Within the next J. H. BELL, Agt., Box 57, Strong. the owners of the property appeared of massive gold. Within, the roof is thirty d-iys we offer two for the Mail orders uromptly attended to. All ma­ and the beast slunk off like a whipped supported by three columns of aloe price of one. .^j.a chines guaranteed and patronage solicited. cur. wood; the walls are hung with red vel­ M A I N E W O O D S and Schillings considers It is an open vet alternating with white squares in ■ CtOv<.K>Ot question whether the hunting of thq Gasoline Engines, which are written in Arabic the words, M A I N E WOODSMAN, | lion, leopard, buffalo, elephant or rhi­ Ensilage Machinery, Bargains In Gifts For “ Allah-Jal-Jelalah,” Praise to God the noceros is the most dangerous. On the Almighty.” The building is packed Wind Mills, Tanks, i he leading county papers and whole, however, he thinks that if he with pilgrims, praying, weeping, beside Crindine; Mills, etc, ;THE AMERICAN were hunting without supporting rifles themselves in an ecstasy of passionate In the hands of really great hunters he Learn about the Engine that s’— New Year’s devotion. Mingled with their voices FARMER would rather take his chances with veil in cold weather. there rises from outside aie chant ol any of them than with the rhinoceros. Always a good assortment r the Talbih, the Song of the Winding all for $2.oo. This unparralled This animal is remarkably fleet, Sheet, which every pilgrim must sing >nd hand engines at bargain offer is made to all new subscriber*, Presents considering its bulk, and when it on entering the Mecca, on donning the Get our catalog. W rite us your and all old one* who pay up all makes a charge it is next to impossi­ sacred Ihram, on entering the haram wants. arrears and renew within thirty day*. ble to get away from It. Then is the and on starting for Mina, the Valley ol Samples copies free. Addres®, time when a comrade with a good gun LUNT, MOSS & CO., Desire, and Arafat, the Mountain ol and steady nerve is needed to distract MAINE WOODSMAN, Compassion. 43 So. Market St.. Boston. the animal’s attention. Please mention this paper. Phillip*, Maine. s MAINE WOODSMAN, DECEMBER 29, 1905 Phillips and Vicinity. Phillips and Vicinity. JAPANESE FAMINE SCENES. Franklin Employment Bureau and GROCERIES. Natives So Destitute That Children New Version. —We wish our many readers a Happy Are Sold to Procure Neces­ Keal Estate A gency. New Year. Everybody works my father, saries of Life. Office at The Willows. George They say be is a Jay. —H. F. Beedy, Esq., was in Skow Sis and Ma go gadding, hegau Tuesday on business connected Five hundred thousand people arq L. Lakin is agen* for Lite, Accident 1 Bargain Counter While he’ i out making hay. with the supreme court in that town. starving in the famine-stricken dis­ and Sickness Insurance. I take in the dances —Miss Cornelia T. Crosby took dinner tricts of Japan, according to Tokio And so does brother Dan; I am offering extraordinary newspapers. An observer says: “ 1 There is also a branch office of the Meican- Everybody up at our house, Christmas day in Lewiston the guest oi traveled through miles of country cov­ tite Collection Agency at the same place. bargains this week in China, Works my old man! Mr. and Mrs. Clifford on College street ered with green rice, unripened and All claims lell at this office will receive —Guy Hunter who has been dagger Crockery and Glassware. unreaped. Only eight per cent, will prompt attention. —F. B. conference at 2 30 Saturday A big display on the 5 cent fbusly ill with pneumonia at the Sisters pay for harvesting. There are case's afternoon. GEO. L LAkIN . Philips, Mri e 'hospital, Lewiston is now able to sit up where parents are selling their chil­ counter and bargains never be­ —Neve* was more delightful weather and will be dressed in a few days. dren. One typical case is as follows: fore duplicated in town on the enjoyed in December than what we are — Edas Field of Harvard Law school A girl, nine years old, was offered 10 cen‘ counter. now having. ind friends, Daniel Hurley, captain, of as a servant for about one dollar, but Do n"t forget, to call and —Mrs. Merry of Farmington has been ^he Harvard foot ball team and Win. F. the purchaser, on seeing the wretched S' >• the for several weeks the guest of Mr. and Murray. Jr., are spending a few days in condition of her dress, would only pay Mrs. Ed Greenwood. town with Mr. and Mrs. D. F. Field. 36 cents. With this small sum the :• N. E. WELLS, — Floy Kelley was absent from the —A delightful hop was enj jyed at parents started for Hokkaido to find work, leaving an old grandmother iD \ Phillips, - - Me. Ma in e W o c d sm a n cffice a few days Wilbur’s hall last Wednesday given by the house. New Year’s last week on account of illness. W. H. Avery of Farmington. Music “ This district has sent many sol­ —The degree w s b conferred on two was furnished on the pianola, played by diers to the front,” the same writer candidates last Friday evening at the Miss Jean Cragiu of Farmington and says. “ One man who recently returned, regular meeting cf HopeKetekab lodge. Mr. Avery, cornet. instead of being welcomed with ‘Ban- Gifts —Miss Stella Bangs of Strong was in —The installation of the new offieers zais!’ found all his family gom, to oth­ Phillips Friday nif lit and attended the of Sherburne chapter O. E. S. will take er provinces to seek work. He event­ tha can be found at Gandies and Nuts meeting of Hope Rebekah lodge, place at the next regular meeting, which ually left, declaring that after the —J. F. Hough and wife and Miss will be on Wednesday evening Jan. 3 Manchurian fare he was unable to eat Blanche Kenniston are attending the Refreshments will be served and mem­ the scanty and miserable food offered MRS. FLORENCE H. WILBUR’S, for New Year’s. him at home. Wholesale emigration Sportsmen’s show in Eoston this week. bers are requested to bring anything to other provinces is going on. The Main Street, —Guy Harden of the firm of Paul & they please. Harden, lawyers, Boston, spent Christ-, unhappy people leave stealthily at —Mrs. Alfred McCausland, nee Leifie night, to avoid their creditors, tak­ mas at his home in Phillips Phillips, • v Maine I have a rare assortment and in­ Kempton, who recently underwent a ing small bundles of their earthly be­ —Misses Annie Bean and Miriam surgical operation for appendicitis, at longings.” vite everybody to ask for prices. Braci ett are visiting their aunt, Mrs. her home in Gardiner is reported to be In 1902 there was a famine which is I carry the best meats of all kinds, W. E. Millett and family at Hallowell comfortable and likely to recover rapid held partly responsible for the present including Beef, Pork, Sausages and this week. ly. Her sister, Gu?tie Kempton who trouble. In addition, when the Jap­ Nice Presents —Miss Mellie Tinuberlake of Wellesley has been with her the last five weeks is anese soldiers left for the front the H am , college and Leon Timberlake of Frye, expected home this week. people spent their savings in en­ thusiastic send-offs. The soil of the -FOR— burg academy are home for the Christ­ —The friends of Rev. Mr. Rainey mountains and hills has been turned mas holidays. former pastor of the Congregational Papa, Mamma, Sister, WILLIS HARDY, —Several days since Mr. Sam Calden up, owing to the search for roots, ferns society will be pleased to learn that his and weeds, which are made into cakes. was thrown frgm a load of lumber in­ parish in Hartford, Conn., have granted , Brother and Baby. Crange Store, * Phillips. juring one leg so badly that he is yet him a year’s vacation, on account of a THE SENTRY CHEWS A RAG Cups, Vases. Mugs. linages; Toys unable to be at work. much needed rest. In company with Some of the Odd Materials Used to and Games for the Children, 5c and —The Social union will meet with his wife, Mr. Ranney soon sails for an Keep the World’s Jaws up; Stationery, W all Paper, Shades, Mrs. C. E. Parker next Tuesday after­ extended trip abroad going to Egypt Going. » noon at two o’clock. Important busi­ and the Holy Land. Brass Rods. Gloves, Mittens, Braces, ness, Including election of officers. -Mr. Leon Bartlett of Phillips and Gum chicle, which forms the basis’ Hose Supporters. Hosiery for whole New Year’s 1 —Chas. E. Dill with three men and Miss Mae Jones of Medford, Mass., of most American chewing gums, ia fam ily; Underwear, Towels, Christ- one horse team is cutting sapling pine on were married at Portland last Saturday by no means tbe only chewing mate- j mas jewelry, Boots, Shoes Rub his farm and landing it on the railroad afternoon at the Congregational parson­ rial, though chewing gum has spread b Candy a,,d Nuts. China. near his bouse. Berlin Mills company age on S.ate street. They took dinner over a large portion of the world. | J Has it ever occurred to you buy this lumber. on Cbri-tmas day with Mr. and Mrs. Among the old fashioned the gum C. E COULD. Phillips, Me. —The paragrapher, who in the recip F. D. Bartlett, parents of tbe groom in of the spruce tree is still in greater that a gift o f China, from one lent of many pleasant reminders of Berlin, N. H., leaving there for a trip to favor, and druggists near the great to many articles, makes the Christmas d-ys, sends thanks here for a spruce belts drive a thriving trade in HARDWARE. Montreal. There will be hearty con­ kind of year’s subscription to Every bodys’ the brown lumps. gratulations from many friends on their Although the chicle comes from the Magazine, the kind remembrance of H. return to Phillips. P. Dill, Eiq , Port Hope, Ontario. tropics, it is seldom used as a chewing New Year’s Gift gum there, uncured rubber being the A HAPPY NEW YEAH —Mr.- W. D. PucUanan, who has INVENTS NEW EXPLOSIVE. fashion. that is thoroughly appreciated ? charge of a portable sawmill in this In Peru “ cuca,” or cocoa leaves, form Remember the Phil ips Hardware A dainty cup and saucer or an town, spent Christmas at his home in Railway Employe in Mexico Pro­ the staple chew, the plant being a Company have lots of useful articles entire set of dishes makes a Athol, Maes. The sawmill of which duces a Compound to Be Used powerful stimulant, since from its lor New Y ear’s pre ents, Meat Chop Mr. Buchanan is superintendent waj in Mining. leaves cocaine is extracted. pers, Copper-Nickel Plated Teaket­ long to be remembered gift. written up in a recent number of Main e In the east the betel nut is chewed tles, Tea and Coffee Pots, Reed’s W e have just received a new W oodsman An employe of the Mexican Central in preference, the nut being prepared Four- Coated Enamel Ware, Carv railway has recently applied for a Mex­ and complete line of China in —Charles Cushman, eon cf Mr. G. M. with lime. To it might be accorded ing Sets, Sad Irons. Lam ps, Skates ican patent to cover a new explosive. beautiful designs, which will Cushman of Phillips, who has been in the place of first- prominence, since The claim is made that this explosive Razors for both Young and Old the employ of the Swift Packing and because of the congestion of popula­ Men, Pocket Knives, all styles be sold at remarkably low has about the same breaking strength tion practically one-tenth of the hu­ Provision company in Somerville, is to Shears and Scissors, Carpenters’ prices considering the quality as ordinary 40 per cent, dynamite, that man race give it their preference. be removed tn Chicago. Mrs. Cushman used in mining. In addition to this it One of the oddest chews is the leaden , Tools . . ^of ,all .. kinds, e .Thermometers . of the goods. A n early call and little child are now visiting relatives will do away with the usual bad effect^ bullet which the English soldier used an^ lots other useful things. will en-ure a good selection. at Rangeley. of smoke, and it offers the advantage of to chew before the introduction of the Gome in and see us. being best exploded by a fuse or an elec- *••••••••*» —There was a Merry Christmas at jacketed bullets now in use. They de­ PHILLIPS HARDWARE CO Norman Calden’ s on the evening of the trie spark, thus making the caps unnec­ clared that it lessened their thirst and WILBUR & CO., 25th, there were over twenty present. essary. It is said that the cost of man­ to some extent deadened their hunger Phillips, Maine. ufacturing will be very small, owing to Mrs. Calden set out a table or rather on long marches. . Phillips, Maine. the cheapness of the ingredients and to two of them, loaded with tempting food. Even now the soldiers chew on one the simplicity of the plant that will bq of the old bullets when they are b&- The big boiler of oyster stew was taxed required. Experiments have been made to its full capacity but it he’d out. ing flogged, and every soldier on sen­ with it at the mines of a metal company try-go chews on a rag, although he ♦ FOR THE j Cake, confectionary, apples and other in Asientos, and from the report made t } cannot explain his action on other ♦ i good things added to the treat. Every­ by the company it would seem that the grounds than custom. body had presents good and useful. discovery gives promise of being worked | Harness Room : A Four Piece The Hodges family being the recipients into considerable importance. Success­ ♦ Births. ♦ < of a large list from L. H. Tobie, Esq., ful tests have also been made with fire­ ♦ Lash Whips, Sweat Pads, J and other Port’and relatives. Every­ arms. If the patent is allowed, a more Weld, De«. q, to Mr. and Mrs. Horn er Bovl ♦ complete series of experiments will be a son. ♦ Sleigh Bells, T eim Bells, * Glass Table Set body present were happy especially the made with the explosive, and if success­ + Snaps, Brushes. Curry Combs, ♦ little folks. ful, the parties holding an option on the Marriages • and a multitude of other sea Y with every pound of Formosa patent will endeavor to establish it com­ New A dvertisements.. Auburn, Dec. 23, by Rev. J. True, Luther F- sonable articles for the horse mercially. Oolong Tea or Pure Food Baking Blanket sale, Jan. 1-6 at G. B. Sedge- Turner of North Freeman and Bertha A owner Gordon of Starks. A complete line of white oak ley’s. Florid Language. Powder sold at 50c per pound. Who gets the music box at the Corner In the far east language has always Madr'd, Dec. 24, by Rev. F. E Free e, Alton goads, tough and pliable. Dunham of Rangeley and Sidle Voter of been more florid and ambiguous than W e also give pitchers, jardinieres, store on New Year’s day. Madrid. * G. D. BANGS, Seasonable goods, S. J. Wyman, King- In the west. The king of Ava, in Bur­ Rangeley, Dec 25, by Rev. E. H. Prescott. etc., in fact, anything to suit your ma, called himself the “regulator of Mr. George Waldo Rridgham and Miss Flor­ field. Upper Village, taste with tea at 50c per pound. New Year’ s gifts at Mitchell’s, King- the seasons, the absolute master of the ence Dora Carlton, both of Rangeley. ebb and flow oA the sea, brother of Rangeley, Dec. 25, by Rev E. H. Prescott, Phillips, - Maine. field. Y o u will notice that we make a free the sun and lord of the four and 20 um­ Mr. Albert Leslie Abbott of Caribou and Miss ■w • - V - f V i- ft -3, < R. F. Cook, Kingfield, has a new line brellas.” The king of Arracan, lower Susie Crosby of Rangeley. gift of the table set and the tea. of furniture. Burma, was “ possessor of tue white Weld, Nov. 15. by Orletus Phillips, Esq., Big line of articles for New Fear’s elephant and the two earrings,” as well Oscar L. Chandler and Miss Louise M. Stead­ W e shall carry water sets and gifts at I. L. Eldridge’ s, Kingfield. as “ lord of the 12 kings wno placed man, both of Wa„hngton plantation. Sleds make excellent table sets through New Year’s as well All the latest novelties at the store of their heads under his feet.” In the Perkins plantation, Dec. 23. by Orletus as a 10 and 15-cent counter. Mrs. F. E York, Kingfield. Mozambique-Zambesi region of Africa Phillips, Efq , Melvin T. Dill of Weld and Miss Blanche E. Topin of Perkins plantation. Bargains for New Year’s gifts, C. E. the king of Monomtopa was not only NEW YEAR’S PRESENTS ' ‘lord of the sun and moon,” but “ great Dyer, Strong. magician and great thief.” Deaths. for the boys In fact all kinds H HINKLEY, At the jewelry store of O. J. Bick- of Furniiure work well in their more, Kingfleid, is a good display of Weld, Dec. 17, Mrs. Clara, wife of Leo Royal Author. Brown. way. New Year’s gifts. ) The duchess of Buckingham and I carry Sewing Machines Phillips, . flaine. Chandos is publishing a book of stories Washington, D. C., Dec. 19 Chas W. Keyes, The International Red Cross Cream M. D., aged 50 years, 6 mos., 2 days. and Pianos and invite inspec separator, for children which are a tradition in tiou of my stock and compari­ her family history. 1'he tales are real Chesterville, Dec. 25, S. Warren Keyes, aged Frank Austin, Farmington, furnishes 83 years, 3 mos., 25 days. son with other makes. children’s stories* which have been All the Novelties in any kind of a hitch wanted. ‘ handed down from generation to gen­ Farmington, Falls Dec. 22, Mrs. Elizabeth Dr. J. R. Kittridge gives dates for his C. Rich Croswel), aged 71 years, 4 mos., 20 CHAS. F. CHANDLER, eration. The author, who says she d lys. NEW Y E A R ’S customers. can remember them word by word, hag FURNITURE DEALER AND Remember the Phillips Hardware Far mington, Dec. 23, Mrs. Aura A. Perljiam, written them down as they were told, wife of Frank P Ladd, aged 51 years, 1 mo have lots of useful articles. first to her grandmother, then by hei UNDERTAKER, Auburn, Dee 23, Elwin M. Hutchins, aged JEWELRY. G. D. Bangs has various articles for to the duchess’ mother, who in turn 63 years. 3 mos. P h i l l i p s , M a i n e . the harness room. passed them on to her children and A full line of Watches and Clocks grandchildren. Arbo C. Norton wishes his customers Gut Flowers that always make nice Holiday gifts* a Happy New Year. And floral de-ignsfor weddin