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Vol. Xxv. No. 3/. Phillips. Maine, Friday, April 24. 1903. Price 3 Cts

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horses used in lassooing are very alert Letter From Sam Farmer. Mary Hill Wheeler. MOUNTAINS OF NEVADA. and intelligent animals. When the rider 0. M. MOORE’S LETTER. dismounts, he throws the reins to the A r k a n s a s ? C i t y , K a n ., | N e w D o r c h e s t e r , Mass., | BY HON. JOEL WILBUR. ground and the horse will not move April 14, 1903. f April 17, 1903. j when the lines are in the position, they In M a i n e W oo ds this week we pub- To the Editor of Maine : W i l l i a m s R a n c h , April 1, 1903. To the Editor of Maine Woodsman: are so taught In Pioneers of Phillips (M a i n e We left Reno this morning and after a lisb a letter from O. M. Moore, the I have to some length given to you The season is a little late here, but W o o d s m a n No. 7) in records of the ride of two hundred miles found our­ readers something of the work, duties fouuder of the Phillips Phonograph, the weather is fine, with just enough Howard family I find a section to read and pleasures of the tanch aud herder’s selves at night eighteen miles from from which M a i n e W o o d s aud M a i n e moisture, and wheat never looked better something like this: The Wheelers un­ life there as I it. Experience and everywhere at the stock ranch of George at this time of year. Gardens are most­ dertook to ford Sandy river at the Den­ travel have developed a self reliant and W o o d s m a n grew. Mr. Moore is one of nison intervale with cart and oxen, and H. Williams, who kindly took us into ly planted, peas aud potatoes are up and defiant manly courage, generous and the most fascinating writers of the mauy Mary Wheeler was drowned. Mary’s his hospitable home and together with brave and conrteius to all who happen hoeing commenced. Early fruits are brother and the Howard children were his accomplished wife made us at once to come their way. They are very quick Maine men who have made themselves out of the blow and apples in blossom. rescued. feel at home. Here I met my brother to see and act, and one can "only admire famous in that line. He is affectionate­ their intense earnestness m all their in­ Our Maine people are all well and in Mary Hill Wheeler, daughter of Elder ■whom I have seen twice only in forty dependent and varied life, and I close ly known by bis host of Maine friends, good spirits, on acoount of a gas well Samuel and Rachel Wheeler was drowned when attempting to ford Sandy river at years. It goes without saying that our by saying that “if and if and if,” 1 as the ‘ Old Man”—referring to the fact which is being sunk in this city, now meeting was mutually cordial and this might be a “cowboy.” down nearly 1,000 feet. Gas was struck e ford ,abou,t milesf J . W i l b u r that lie is father of the Phillips Phono­ J ’ | above the Dennison intervale (known at was the most enjoyable point to me we last Saturday with the prospect of a big I that tin e as the Blake intervale) and could have met. This ranch is owned graph. We claim that by the same flow. Drilling was postponed waiting about | mile below what was known as token he is grand pa of the M a i n e Bragg corner. The Wheelers bad placed by Charles and George H. Williams, for­ Baseball at Will on. for a cap which was ordered several merly of New Portland, Somerset coun­ their crop of flax for the purpose of rot­ W o o d s and M a i n e W o o d s m a n . days ago to secure the gas from blowing ting in the Davenport brook or Black ty, Maine. Both have been here many , The East Wilton Ball club played their out the drill, as was done at Winfield, The article that appears in M a i n e brook, so-called at that time. This years. They are engaged in sheep and first game of the season at Wilton, Sat twelve miles north of here a few weeks brook runs near the house and across W o o d s this week tells of some of the cattle raising and to Mr. Geo. H. Wil­ urday, April 18, winning an easy vie ago, where they have a big flow of gas. tbe farm at that time owned and occu­ liams am I deeply indebted for my tory from Wilton academy by a score of game he shot aud some that lie didn’t Our people heie are very much elated at pied by one Davenport, later by bis son 14 to 3. Seth H. pleasure in seeing something of the shoot—beginning at tlie Conant farm in finding th » gas and hope to have it in On the morning of Aug. 29, 1826,Ezra, workings and management of stock rais­ The W. A.’s three runs were all made Strong aud ending in the state of Wash­ sufficient quantity to supply every house son of Samuel, in company with his sis­ ters, Mary Hill and Phebe and a hired ing on the plains aud among canyons . in the first inning on errors. Joe Ham­ ington. We consider it one of the best in the city with fuel and lights for very and mountains of Nevada. These gen- j ilton, the East Wilton pitcher, striking much less expense, to say nothing of the man by the name of Wilbur were ail iu an of the many good things that he has ox cart to cross Sandy river at Daven­ tlemen at present have 55,000 sheep, jout four men in this inning. Only for labor, dust, smoke and nastiness which port ford to take up tbeir flax. Not be­ I, 500 cattle and 500 horses and mules. this the W. A. would have been shut written. has to be endured in using coal and oil, ing aware of the fact there had been a out It is now shearing time and this is the There is also some late local news on besides saving time building fires and heavy shower of rain during the night Players: method: A shed 125 feet long, with roof waiting for heat, as gas stoves can be in the mountains and about tbe bead E. W.—Joe Hamilton, p; Nichols, c; B. Ill­ page 2 of Maine Woods this week. waters of Saudy river, which had swol­ only, is divided into twenty-two ^shear­ ingworth, 1 b; Walker, 2 b: Sands, 3 b; put in baking condition in less than four len the waters of the river to such a Uhaney, ss; Tarbox, 1 f; C. With am, c f ; Tom ing pens,” about 5x10 feet. These open Illingworth, r f. Schools In Avon. minutes, without kindling or dirt. Our pitch that fording was dangerous and all riding in the cart unaware of their into a run or lane aud connect with the W. A.—Buker, c, p; Holman, p, l f; R. Saw­ The schools of Avon will commence people are much exercised over the corral or sheep yard. Into this yard yer, lb; E. Sawyer, 2b; Masterman, 3b; Hall, danger until too late to stop tbe oxen, ss; Clyde Witharu, If, c; Scribner, cl; Mond iy, April 27, under the instruction prospect and should the scheme materi­ wbo plunged quickly into the swollen come daily, in early morning, a baud of E llis, r f. of the following teachers: Iva E. Cush­ alize, which now looks favorable, it is river. The cart was quickly overturned 1,800 to 2,600 sheep. These sheep come j The W. A. could only get f >ur man, T wnhouse; Grace M Will, Mt. j thought property will double in value in aud all were thrown into tbe water. from the valley where they wintered. | scattered hits off Hamilton, who pitched Blue school; Lila Allen, Mile Square; the near future as companies are now Ezra, Pbebe and Mr. Wilbur all clung Each baud is attended by two herders j a good game, striking out eleven men. Alice II. Rus

last Thursday evening with an oyster pie of Kingfield in regard to social meek and lowly Nazariue as are the supper in Larrabee’s hall. The guests clubs. churches. They teach the fatherhood were the members’ ladies. Not content with abiding the young of God aud the brotherhood of man. A dance that was greatly enjoyed was men of Kingfield aud insulting Mr. They relieve the distressed, care for the r S. J. WYMAN given by the J. O. A M. Saturday even­ Diisko, they now' turn their slander widows and orphans, watch over and ing in Larrabee’s hall The dance was upon the secret societies not only of muse the sick, and bury the dead, and well attended, cousideiing t :e fact that Kingfield but throughout the world. are opposed to bigotry, intolerance aud t a large’y atten led ball was given Friday selfrighteousness. And I defy anybody A New Line of Dry and Fancy Goods As to social clubs, I will say that evening. there are thousands of men who are and to cite a case where a Mason, an Odd for Spring and Summer. Mr. E. S. Larrabee was in town with have been members of clubs aud eu- Fellow or a Pythian Knight in good ■ t his family over Sunday. j« not p ove that good line of confectionery and f:uit. idle moment-, that the place is at home Creton and Silkolene for Draperies, Curtain Muslin, etc. A social clubs are right but it does show with their wife, or if they are not mar­ new line of Dress Trimmings in Silk, Gimp, Appliques, Laces, Tae Maine Woodsman c gar will be on that men equally as brainy and who sale next week. ried the place would be at home with t Insertions, etc. Hamburgs and Beading. Ladies’ Wrappers in t have probably done as much for the up­ their parents instead of the club room, Albert McMullen has returned from building and ennobling of humanity as where all loafers spend their idle mo­ Print and Percales. Ladies’, Misses’ and Children’s Hosiery in Bangor where he has been spending the Messrs. Beedy and Saunders have pat­ ments. A Reader. all sizes, also Underwear. Ask for our boy’s Iron Clad Hose, past two weeks. He will go to Bigelow ron zed clubs and places of amusements. t the best 25c stocking on the market. t the middle of the week to plane and fit The article in your last issue shows Remember I carry one of the best lines of Boots and Shoes clapboards for Prouty & Miller. on the pa t of its author either a pitiful Tragedy Averted. in the county, both ladies and gents, boys, misses and childrens. Mr. John Hutchins died Saturday ignorance as to the rites, ceremonies “Just in the nick of time our little i A full line of Bass’s Working Shoes, both high and low cut, evening at the home of his brother, H. and principles of secret societies or a boy was saved,” writes Mrs. W. Wat­ t Hutchins. Mr. Hutchins had been ill wilfni'intent to falsify and s!a ider. He kins, of Pieasaut City, Ohio. “Pneumo­ every pair warranted. King Quality Shoes for men at $3 50, in fur four yeaife but was able to be about either forgets or don’t know that mil­ nia had played sal havoc with him, and the latest styles. We warrant this shoe to give satisfaction or till the last few weeks when he took his lions of his fellow citizens are members a terrible cough set in besides. Doctors t money refunded. t bed. The funeral occurred Monday at of secret societies, including thou­ treated him, but he grew worse every Give us a call or send your order by mail. Money refunded 1 p. m. at t .e Free Baptist church, Rev. sand j of miuistirs, doctors, merchant?, day. At length we tried Dr. King’s for all goods returned not satisfactory. A. E. Sauuders offi dating. lawyers and teachers. In fact, the New Discovery for Consumption, and f Rev. A. E. Saunders officiated at the brains, the enterprise and the morals of our darling was saved. He’s now sound * fuueral of the little child of Mr. and the country are largely represented in and well.” Everybody ought to know, S. J. WYMAN, Kingfield, Me. Mrs. Frank Burrell of Stratton, Thurs­ these awful places where they have it’s the only sure cure for Coughs day at 1 p. m. Tbe little boy, Arthur, 1 “mock ceremonies” and funny stories Colds and all Lung diseases. Guaran­ A had been ill about throe weeks and was ! an! songs at intermission. teed by Cragiu, Phillips; Whitney, it Furthermore the secret societies of Rangeley; Mitchell, Kingfield aud Dyer, Mr. and Mrs. Burrell’s only son. He was a very bright aud intelligent IK tie today are living as near the life of the Strong, E, L. PENNELL, M. D., fellow. Physician and Surgeon, The funeral was conducted by Allen Blanchard. KINGFIELD, - - MAINE. To Property Owners. New Goodrich Ball Bearing Sewing Machine. Telephone 7-3. Office at Residence. , The town lost one of its pioneers last If you want to use the week in tire death of Mrs. Anna Tufts Blanchard of this place. R. I). SIMONS, M. 1)., Best material that money Mrs. Blanchard was born in June, New Goodrich Physician and Surgeon. can buy to paint your 1812, making ber age about 91 years Is something new in a machine. house with, come to Up to quite recently she has enjoyed KINGFIELD the best of health, and her last illness One of them can be seen in my shop Telephone. MAINE. was not of more than three weeks dura­ L. L. MITCHELL, tion. She passtd p aeefully away, in use every day. It has a ten year strong in the faith in which she always W- C. BEEDY, Blacksmith.! D r u g g i s t , lived. warranty and is the best machine I The subject of our sketch was mar­ ever saw. Prices on these machines Blacksmith supplies constantly Kingfield, - Maine. ried in 1834 to Nicholas Blanchard. Sev­ on hand. Shop near the Nov­ en children blessed this union, four boys wi l be very low. Send for descrip­ elty Mill. and three girls. Two of her sons, aud two of her daughters are now living. tive circular or call am* st e the ma Kingfield, * - Maine. Emerson lives In Worcester, Mass., Lo­ UP IN KINGFIELD. ren, Newry, Me., Susan Jane Davis, of chine at work. Some very pretty this place, and Mrs. A. Reynolds, of SPRING GINGHAMS Special coriespondence to Maine Woodsman. Healey, Mass. H. W. TRUE. Merchant Tailor, Beal Block, Fhillips, Me Just Received. K i n g f i e l d , April 21, 1903. Mrs. Blanchard’s special request was that her pastor, Rev. J. R. Masterman, Dr. Dam’s Vegetable Rem.dy, The town meeting held Saturday at 2 by whom she was received into the warranted, is for sale by p. m. in French's hall to see if the town Christian faith, ni ght preach her funer­ , R. Frank Cook, would build a new schoolhouse resulted al sermon. As Mr. Masterman was un­ Kingfield, - - - Maine. able to be present, the service was con­ in a vote to buy a lot for the school ducted by Rev. A E Saunders, of the building. As there was some little Bapt'st church, V.- the M. E. church. trouble on the location of a lot, the mat­ The Free Baptist choir furnished music, A GREAT SALE. ter was left in the hands of the school and the church was packed to overflow­ ing with friends of the deceased. In order to close out a certain committee and selectmen. The discus­ Mr. Saunders was assisted in the ser­ number cf Organs, I shall sell 12 sion waxed somewhat warm at times, it vice by Rev. H. S. Truman and the con­ from April 10th to April 25th at cost. is said, as different citizens differed ductor of the funeral was Marcus Hinds. Don’t let this opportunity go by if gieatly on the location of the school NOTES ON THE BALL. you contemplate ever purchasing an building. The meeting adjourned be­ Friday night all roads led to Kingfield, Organ. Remember only twelve will fore tbe p a t of the warrant relating to the occasion being the ball given by be sold and within the time above the school buildiug was taken up. An­ Dyer's orchestra as an extra for the mentioned, and only one in a family. | other town meeting relating to this mat­ Pnillips aud Strong classes. A special ter will be held Satuiday afternoon, the train conveyed the people down the line DR. W. W. MORES, to this place to the number of about 25th. A committee was appointed to forty coup es. After arriving all went ! Kingfield, : Maine. inspect suitable lots for the proposed immediately to the hall—French’s—aud school building. They viewed lots as soon the sound of a waltz was heard on j follows: Near C. B. Hutchins, Jr., one the air, followed a little later by the j grand march. Just how many couples near the Winslow property and the last were on the march it is difficult to say Pays 4 per cent. near the A. G. Winter site. as the capacity of the hall seemed taxed Mr. D. S. Austin sold the Abigail to the limit. Probably, however, nearly j Vose house, so-called, to H. S. Wing, seventy-five couples were present aud danced. Mr. C. E. Dyer, the leader of j RO<»sEVELT EDITION There’s Esq , one day last week. The house is the orchestra, had prepared an order of situated on Main street near Mr, Ossian fifteen dances, with the unique an­ No miracle about the Gilbert’s store. nouncement at the bottom of the order, OF Mr. Orris Vose is able to be out and “Extras to be asked for. Intermission growth of money—Like when we want it.” All the fancies on take the air. Mr. Vose expects to re­ “ Topsy,”it simply grows the order were encored, some several Life and Distinguished ^Services sume bis position as conductor on tbe times. About 12.30 it was decided to —when you put it in the Franklin & Megantic railway next week. have intermission, so the happy com­ place where progress, Mr. R. S. Jordan and Mr. Ossian Gil­ pany repaired to the Knights of Pythias OF hall across the way, where a bountiful strength and safety are bert left on the noon train, Monday, for supper of oysters and cake was served assured couditions. Rumford Falls where they will spend by the Universalist society of this vil­ When you open an ac­ several days. lage. This part of the festivities occu- j Miss Iva Cushman of Phillips was in pied about an hour and then the dance | William count with us ask for was once more resumed and continued , town several days last week visiting till about 3 a. m. with unabated interest ! one of our combination friends. and pleasure. The return home wafs calendar and needle The kindergarten department of the made without incident. McKinley cases. town schools opened last week in the Dyer’s orchestra was made up as fol­ townhouse under the instruction of Miss lows for the ball: Violins, C. E. Dyer, Strong, Dr. Hilton, Phillips; piano, Mrs. Happie Vose. About twenty-five or F. L. Dyer; bass viol, Miss Frankie IS READY Kiifieli Samp Bant thirty little pupils are attending. . Keen; clarionet, Mr. F. L. Dyer; cornet, Kingfield, Maine. Last Wednesday near the birch mill a Mr. Loren G Hunter. The orchestra slight fire occurred. Not much damage played as a waltz for the first time, “The was done, however. Good Old Summer Time.” The remains of Mr. Henry Dolbier The people of this place turned out in i t c o n t a i n s : were brought here Saturday from Au­ goodly numbers to attend Friday even­ burn, where he died last December. The ing’s ball. All said they had a very en­ in addition fo the best life-story of President McKinley that has been remains were interred in town. joyable evening. written, including a full account of the trial, sentence and execution Mrs. J. Saunders of Portland awived One young lady was noticed who had of the assassin and a story of the McKinley administration, a on the evening train, Monday, and will quite a train attached to her costume. visit her sister, Mrs. A. E. Saunders, During the progress of a waltz the train Complete Biography of President Roosevelt, about a month. got stepped ou by a young man who The following views will be presented was also waltzing. “1 beg your par­ SCHOLAR, SOLDIER, AUTHOR and STATESMAN. at the Free Baptist church, Sunday don” said he, “I frequently ride by evening, April 20, by the pastor: David train but seldom so near the belle.” THEjTYPICAL AMERICAN. Before Saul, Saul Casting His Javelin at The implied compliment made matters David, David’s Escape, Saul and the so pleasant that a sweet smile was be­ Witch of Endor, Death of Saul, Death of stowed rather than the dark look that j 100,000 COPIES,SOLD SINCE ANNOUNCEMENT. Absalom, Abishia Saves David’s Life, the young man no doubt expected. Risphah Protecting Her Children, Judg­ The train Friday evening was in ment of Solomon and the Queen of charge of Sandy River men with the ex­ Sheba. ception of Rob McMullen, who acted as 600 conductor over the Franklin & Megan­ Pages. Miss Mabel Bordway was at Bigelow tic division. Over Half a Hundred Half-Tone Portraits and Scenes. ■MMTtUD over Sunday. “Come again” shout the Kingfield “NAME ON EVERY PIECE.’, Mr. Whittemore, the barber, went to p e o p le . “Thanks, we will,” answer Parlor Edition,[[Silk Cloth, Inlaid Photograph, $1.50. Freeport last week. Phillips and Strong. Mr. A1 Butts goes to Flagstaff, Friday, to take charge of the Jenkins, Bogert Clubs and Societies. I have made an arrangement with the publishers, of the Roosevelt JOWjfEyS Edition of the Life and Distinguished Services of William McKinley, by mill at that place. K i n g f i e l d , April 20, 1903. Mr. Benj. Spencer, the engineer for which every subscriber, new or old, to M aine W oodsman and M ain* Chocolate Bonbons. Jenkins, Bogert & company, is ill with To the Editor of Maine Woodsman: Woods can receive both papers one year and a copy of this book by paying pneumonia. He is attended by Dr. Pen­ Much has been said through the col­ $2.oo. If it is to be mailed, send me 20 cents postage. FOR SALE BY nell. umns of your paper by the self appoint­ f f [ Kingfield Fruit Store. The A. O. U. W. society entertained ed custodians of the morals of the peo- J. W. BRACKETT, Phillips, Maine. 4 MAINE WOODSMAN, APRIL 24, Ifel 3. J-

Rev. Mr. Prescott preached on Sunday from school on account of ill health, Miss j RANGELEY NEWS NOTES. I T im oth y i, 11, ‘‘T he G lorious G ospel.” He riaine Woodsman, said in opening that he was going to preach Carrie Soule of Phillips takes her place i Berlin Mills Co. us a pleasant sermon, one with which we and school began April 20. FIRST HORTGAGE 5 PER CENT PHILLIPS, MAINE. Special correspondence to Maine Woodsman. could feel more comfortable than with most of the preceding ones. Roland Plaisted has been on a visit to SERIAL GOLD BOND. R a n g e l e y , April 21, 1903. “Everything woitli having,” be said, “im­ his brother, Delbert Plaisted, in Liver­ Issued Weekly. $1.50 a Year. “The spring comes slowly up this poses something of a lax upon us, our govern­ more. He has returned and brought Semi-Annual Interest, payable Feb. 1st and ment, our homes, and even llie keeping of Aug. 1st, at Old Colony Trust Co., Boston. with him a new bike. Subscription price when not paid within way.” ourselves within due rounds. The religion of Price, par and accrued interest for bonds Jesus Christ is no longer to be used as a club Mrs. Blanche Berry is working at Mr. maturing any year from 1905 lo 1931. Write three months, $2.00 a year. Miss Laura Wolf has been sick for a to beat men into submission, or frighten us for circular, giving full particulars. week past. them to obedience, but an object of love, a A. Hoyt’s this week. Ma i n e W oodsm an solicits communica­ rock of refuge in every storm of life and a de­ S. E. MAY & CO..Bankers,Lewiston,He tions from it’s readers. Mr. Wm. Haines was in Phillips last fense against every evil. No law was ever John Ellsworth had the misfortune to devised by man sufficient to save a single soul. lose a yearling colt recently. When ordering the address of your paper week. changed, please give the old as well as new Christ recognized this and ingrafted a new Mrs. Ella Nickerson visited at her fa­ DR. SMITH'S address. Miss Evie Hewey came home Satur­ system of government. He said : ‘Thou Shalt love thy neighbor as thj self.’ This question ther’s, Mr. William Seavey’s, April 13. Monthly Regulator has brought happiness If, you want it stopped, pay to date and say day, after an absence of several weeks in of the duty of a Christian in specific cases to hundreds of anxious women. There is BO.' often puzzles us. We search the Scripture in Whooping cough is in town. Only i positively no other remedy known to medi­ Entered at Phillips, Maine, as second class Boston. vain to find a precept in regard to dancing, two cases as yet. cal science that will so quickly and safely do mail matter. _ „ ___ Mr. J. F. Oakes was quite sick the or card playing, or some of the many acts in­ the work. Longest and most obstinate irreg­ J . W . BRACKETT. cidental to life, and we wish it stated our ularities from any cause, relieved immediate­ first of the week. duty more c'early. Professor Morse was once ly. Success guaranteed at any stage. No asked how he managed to work out his won­ RANGELEY. pain, danger or interference with work. The Edition of Maine Woods­ Mr. Frank Glle, while at work in the derful invention and replied that they were Have relieved hundreds of cases where sawmill across the lake belonging to Mr. all tlie result of earnest prayer. He never others have failed. The most difficult cases man This Week is 2,225. started on an undertaking without first ask­ successfully treated by mail, and beneficial Harrison, cut his hand very severely, ing God’s help and being guided by him. The BOSTON STORE. results guaranteed in every instance. No risk acts of the apostles might well have been whatsoever. We treat hundreds of ladies losing two fingers. called acts of the Spirit, as the workings of Large fresh-stock just received of Fruit and whom we never see. Write for further par­ FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1903. Mr. Dana Carlton spent Sunday with the Spirit are more manifest than anything Confectionery. ticulars and free confidential advice. Do not else throughout the whole book. Each" apos­ Banana and Strawberry season now open. put off too long. All letters truthfully an­ hiB parents, returning to Phillips, Mon­ tle was governed by what the Spirit told him. Strawberries 20c per quart. swered. Remember,|this remedy is absolute­ Franklin County Officers. day. Christians should recognize each other as ly s»fe under every possible condition and Ice Cream, Sweet Cream, Tobacco, and positively leaves no after ill effect upon the well as members of fraternal organizations. Cigars sev e n for 25c. ‘ Clerk of Courts—Byron M. Small, Farming- Miss Lena Dill has gone to Bald Moun­ ‘By their fruits ye shall know them.’ Judge health. Sent by mail, securely sealed, §2.00. ton. tain Camps to work the coming season. not by promises or words becp.use people may F. L. Marchetti, Rangeley. Money letters should be registered. County Attorney—Herbert S. Wing, King lie, but their works will show of what mate­ Th e D r . Sm it h Medical, Co m p a n y , Mr. Harry Soule of Strong, who has rial they are.” Sunday school had 109 attend­ Portland, Maine. field . had charge of Mr. Dickson’s steamer for ants. Judge of Probate—Josiah H. Thompson several seasons past, will work for the Oquossoc Lodge K. of P., at its stated con­ Farmington. Rangeley Steamboat company this sum­ vention on Monday conferred the rank of Register of Probate—Frank W. Butler, mer. Knight on Elijah Locklin. Now is the time for . ■ Looking for W ork? Farmington. The fire wardens of the village corporation Miss Vergie Knox, teacher in the Wil­ are inspecting chimneys this week. Register of Deeds—Charles F. Coburn We are looking for salesmen bur district, spent Sunday with her to travel, or to work locally. Farmington. friend, Mrs. Mial Lamb. Spring Medicine. Treasurer—Carleton P.iMerrill, Farmington Oquossoc Orange, Rangeley. Others make good money at it, Sheriff—James F. Worthley, Strong. Miss Prudence Richardson has re­ you can. Steady work, weekly Deputies—Alonzo Sylvester, Farmington; turned from Portland, where she has There was a large number present E. H. WHITNEY, Herman Sanborn, Wilton; A. J. Merriman, been stopping nearly all winter. pay, outfit free. Experience Jay; Heber H. Allen, Jay; Joseph A. Witham, Saturday, more tban we have had for unnecessary. You can sell Weld; J. B. Noble, Phillips; W B. Small, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Doak went to some time. has a full line, also Tobacco Kingfield; George M. Esty, Rangeley; J ames Farmington last week, where they ex­ more goods in Maine for a H. Howes, New Sharon; Nelson Gould, Farm­ pect to remain for some time. The third and fourth degrees were and Cigars, Confectionery and ington. Maine concern than for anyone Mrs. McCard and Miss Lamb returned conferred on one candidate, after which Stationery. County Commissioners—Daniel W. Berry there were remarks for the good of the else. Write at once for terms. chairman, Berry Mills: Isaac W. Greene, Cop- from Boston Saturday. order by several. W. F. COBB & CO., Nurserymen, lin; George D. Clark, New Vineyard. Mrs. Dill and Miss Mora have also re­ i Terms of Supreme Judicial Court, the first A committee of two was chosen to Turner Center, file. Tuesday of February, third Tuesday of May turned from Boston. and fourth Tuesday of September. Mrs. Freeman Tibbetts, who has been look after the dishes and to let them to Terms of Probate Court, the third Tuesday visiting in her former home in Massa­ those who wished to hire them. It was of each month. chusetts, has returned. She was accom­ also decided that the janitor should Regular sessions of County Commissioners panied by her mother, who will remain have the right to let the hall. INSURANCE State of Maine. Court, lastTuesday of April and last Tuesday F r a n k l in , s s .- of December with her for some time. After the business the ladies passed a AND To the Honorable Justice of the Supreme Tuesday morning Mr. Wilbur came treat of homemade candies and popcorn, Judicial Court next to.be held at Farmington, REAL ESTATE. within and for the county of Franklin, on the A SLEEP FANTASY. ^ over from the island, and Rev. Mr which was all right and much enjoyed third Tuesday of May, A. D. 1903. Golder came across from his place on by all. Millicent N. Schofield of Phillips, In said I Fire, Life, Health and Acci- County, wife of Charles T. Schofield, respect­ The Confusion and Absurdities T h a t the ice. A few of the younger members en­ Come to Us In Dreams. § dent Insurance placed with the fully represents: That her maiden name was Mr. Adams, the new principal, and joyed a short social after grange closed. Millicent Noble; that she was lawfully mar­ If you would know what stuff dreams Miss Carsley, the Primary teacher, ried to the said Charles T. Schofield at said ■ best companies. \ Phillips, on the fifteenth day of April, A. D. are made of, read the following de­ board at Mr. F. H. Harris’s on Lake Hope to see more out next Saturday night. 1895, by Rev. W. A Nottsge, a minister of the scription of a sleep fantasy from F. street. Miss Hunt, the teacher of the | EUGENE I. HERRICK. gospel; that they lived together as husband Intermediate school, and Miss Brown, and wife at said Phillips from the time of Marion Crawford's novel, •‘Cecelia:” Rangeley, Maine. their said marriage until the eighteenth day Sometimes in meandering through a the assistant in the Grammar school, Salem. of November, A. D. 1897; that there has been maze of absurdities in which we feel board at F. H. Kenapton’s on High born to them one child, Philip N., aged five street. years; that your libelant bas always con­ as madmen must, believing ourselves The Free Baptist people met at the ducted herself towards her said husband as a Union church, Sunday, April 19, and or­ to be others than ourselves. Mrs. E. H. Whitney is entertaining true, faithful and affectionate wife; that on her friend, Mrs. Bean of Bean’s Corner. ganized a Union Sabbath school. The the said eight enth day of November, A. D. Conceiving the laws of natiire to be following officers were chosen: Superin­ 1897, the said Charles T. Schofield deserted reversed for our advantage or our ruin, Mr. I. B. Toothaker is painting his Confectionery. your libelant without cause, and went to buildings on Pleasant street. tendent, Josiah Pease; assistant super­ parts unknown to her, since which time she seeing right as wrong and wrong as nas never seen him ; that, being o t sufficient intendent, Ira D. Adley; treasurer, L. Fresh stock of fine CONFEC- j right in the pathetic innocence of the' Miss Gertrude Ross has been visiting C. Ellsworth. ability or able to labor and provide for lier, her sister in Phillips. TIONERY just in, also a new line tlie said Charles T. Schofield, since the eight­ idiot or the senseless rage of the ma­ In a previous issue of your valuable eenth day of November, A. D. 1897, has gross­ niac, convinced beyond all argument Mrs. Addie Wilbur returned from of FRUIT. ly and wantonly refused or neglected to pro­ Phillips Saturday. paper a correspondent of Salem, in re­ vide your libelant support or maintenance to that the absolutely impossible is hap­ porting the receipts >f a supper gotten ' Ice Cream and Sweet Cream a any manner whatever; that she has made pening before our eyes, yet never in r The infaut son of Mr. Frank Oakes up by the Ladies’ Society of Willing specialty. oiligent inquiry, but has rot been able to died last Monday, after a short illness. ascertain and does not know the residence the least astonished by any wonders, Workers for the benefit of Rev. B. V. Books and Magazines of all kinds.! or whereabouts of the said Charles T. though subject to terrors we never feel Miss Minnie Lane, who has been at Davis, our Methodist pastor, said the re­ Schofield; that there is no collusion be­ the Rangeley Lake House for a number ceipts of the evening were $9.00. It .New Cigars and Turkish Cigarettes. tween your libelant and the said Charles when we are awake. Has no one even of years, has returned for another season. T. Schofield to obtain a divorce; that your understood that confused dreaming should have read $19.00. The box sup­ libelent believes it reasonable and proper, Mr. and Mrs. Marsh Tibbetts, who per was held March 24. ■== C. H. ELLIS, == conducive to domestic harmony and Consist­ must be exactly like the mental state have been working for Capt. F. C. ent with the peace and morality of society, of the insane? Inanimate things turn The Ladies’ Society of Willing Work­ til at the bonds of matrmony between her Barker through the winter, are at home Rangeley, - - Maine, and her said husband should be dissolved into living creatures, the chair we sit for a lew weeks. ers had a box supper and ice cream at by divorce. on becomes a horse, the armchair is the Union church on Thursday, April Wherefore she prays that such divorce may The ladies of the church are talking 9, and the receipts of the eveuing netted be decreed, and tnat she may have the cus­ turned into a wild beast, and we ride of serving dinner to the public on the tody of her said minor child. a-hunting through endless drawing them $14.36. I t appears by the record Dated this eighth day of April, A. D. 1903. 4th of July. that the ladies of Salem, considering the rooms, which are full of trees and un­ July 4th Celebration M il l ic e n t N. Sc h o f ie l d -. The book social Friday evening was size of the place, came very near beating STATE OF MAINE. dergrowth, till the trees are suddenly well patronized and the amount cleared F r a n k l in , ss.t the record on suppers when boxes sold — a t — Subscribed and sworn to before me this turned into people, who dance and was $11.00. The books represented for $1.95 apiece. I t is safe to say that eighth day of April, A. D. 1903. laugh at us because we have come to were as follows: the contents o f the same are O. K., A • H a r r y F. B e e d y , Daisy , Murial Haines Rangeley This Year Justice of the Peace. the ball in attire so exceedingly scanty Pocketfull of Posies. Harold McCard No. One. J o e J o s h . that we wonder how the servants could In Silk Att ire, Ila Oakes Horribles, excursion down the lake, The Four Leaved Clover, Riley Hinkley have let us in. Borrowed Plumes, Sadie pickens Elbridge Davenport has been visiting horse racing, log race, canoe race, Red Cross, Mason Russell in town. boat race, upsetting match, oration. The Wings of the Dove, Mrs. F. H. Kempton State of Maine. Stow’s Celebrated Monkfish. Scarlet Letter, Emma Russell F. P. Lovejoy has been in Farmington Fireworks in the evening and so F r a n k l in , ss : One of the nightmares of John Ash­ Little Women, Hilda Sprague, Inza Hoar the past week. forth, as will appear later. Supreme Judicial Court, in vacation, April Daddy’s Girl, Irene Kempton 11th, A. D. 1903. ton’s “Curious Creatures of Zoology” Golden Numbers, Willie Kempton W. S. Dodge’s crew finished sawnng Excursion rates from Farmington, Upon the foregoing libel, Ordered: That the Is the monkfish, or sea monk, he being Pansy’s Books Bessie Harnden birch this week. libelant give notice to the respondent therein In Black and White, Mrs. Chas. JHarnden Kingfield, Strong and Phillips. named, to appear before the Justices of our indebted to both Aldrovandus and Stow said Court, to be liolden at Farmington, Familiar Quotations, Mrs. E. A. Whitney Miss Gertrude Mills has gone to King- W . S. L o v e j o y , W. D. Qu im b y , M. b . s c iio l - for his account. If the old writers are Mother Goose, Madeline Harnden field to work. within and for the county of Franklin, on the Cross and Crescent, Mrs. Geo. Kempton f i e l d , Ge o . Th r a s h e r , Directors. third Tuesday of May, A. D. 1903, by pub­ reliable, these monsters were quite Just Sixteen, Tlieo Sprague F. O. Smith of New Vineyard was in lishing an attested copy of said libel and this common in the North sea. the British Under Two Flags, Mrs. Ada Sprague town this week. order thereon, three weeks successively in the Three Feathers, Leona Hinkley Ma i n e W o o d sm a n , a newspaper printed at channel and along the Irish coast up Oliver Twist, Grace Morton Mrs. Emily Wills has gone to Liver­ Phillips in said county of Franklin, the last to the year 1414, when they are said to Orange and Green. Mrs. Wm. Wilbur more Falls to work. publication to be fifteen days, at least, before The Blue Flower, Mrs. L. J. Kempton the sitting of said Court, that he may then have become extinct through the rav­ Lavendar and Old Lace, Rev. E. H. Prescott Mrs. Ed Berry was out from Bigelow and there, in our said Court appeal, and show- ages of a plague similar to that which Heartsease. Helen Haines a few days recently. Salary or commission; no experience nee I causa, if any lie have, why the prayer of said White Feathers, Faye Wortliley essary; money advanced for expenses; outfit j libelant should not be granted. was affecting men at about the same A Knot of Blue, L. J. K em pton Allen Voter of Everett, Mass., was in FREE. Solicit orders for our Guaranteed i H e n r y C. P e a b o d y . time. The superstitious of those days A Bow of Orange Ribbon, H azel R ow e town this week. Nursery Stock. Write 11s at once for terms! Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court. and secure the best territory. A true copv of the Libel and order of Court believed that they were priests or Farmers’ Almanac, L ew is York th ereo n . Rand Harden of Phillips is painting The R. G. CHASE CO., rialden, Hass. monks who had been cursed for some Mrs. C. J. Mayo’s buildiDgs. A ttest, B. M. S m a l l , Clerk. crime and condemned by God to an Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lovejoy have endless life beneath the waves. COLDS moved from Kingfield into G. W. Wills’s Stow’s account of one caught in 1187 rent. is as follows: “He had the shape of a The village school began Monday un­ man in all poynts and was kept in the der the instruction of Miss Carrie Soule A QUAKER castle at Oxford by the keeper thereof. of Phillips. All manner of rawT meats he did gladly Edgar Wills is taking down the barn eate, but more greedilie of rawe fishe, from the John Ellsworth place and re­ after that he had crushed out all mois­ moving it to his home farm. ture. Often he was brought to the The funeral of Mrs. Evie Corbett church, but showed no signs of rever­ Woodbury occurred at the home of her ence, and at length, when not well mother Saturday. Much sympathy is looked to, he stole away to the sea and felt for the family. was never seen again after.” At the last sociable given by the Will­ ing Workers $14 35 was received. Ice cream was served and a general good Acrobatic Soldiers. tim e enjoyed by all. Roscoe. Clever and skillful is a feat which is frequently performed by Italian sol­ We are sorry to learn that Mrs. Eve­ diers. Foreigners generally suppose lyn Corbett Woodbury, who returned that it forms part of their drill, as they from Portland a few weeks ago to her never perform it except when they are old home in Salem, has passed away. In uniform, but it is really one of a Funeral Saturday at 1 p. m. She leaves series of gymnastic exercises which 1 regard my COLD CURE as more a husband, three children, a mother, Italian soldiers have for many years valuable than a life insurance policy. one brother and two sisters to mourn been accustomed to practice after their It not only cures colds in the head, her loss. colds in the lungs, colds In the bones, HOME ::: RANGE regular drill is over. The feat consists An item in the Salem news of April but It wards off dangerous diseases 10 that a box supper was held in the In piercing an object with the point of such as diphtheria, pneumo­ grippe, Union church for the benefit of B. V. a sword while the swordsman is in a nia, and consumption.—flUNYON. With the Patent RevertiblejFlue most abnormal position. That it is not Davis, March 24, should have been $19 Munjron's Rbeumatlim Cara raldom fail* tow ltiTi instead of $9. easy to do this can readily be imag­ In one to three hour*, and carat in a few day*. Mtinyon’a Dyspepsia Cara positively cures s | Mr. William Seavey is on the sick list, Saves Fuel. ined. Indeed a soldier must practice forms of indigestion and atomach trouble. Manyon's Cough Cura stops coughs, night nranao, ne is attended by Dr. Currier of Phil­ steadily for months before he can feel lips. sure of reaching the mark. Whether allays soreness and sprrdily heals the lungs. MADE BY Munyon’s Kidney Cure quickly cures pains in tha A box supper was held in the Union the skill which he thus acquires will back, loins or groins,and all formsof kidney disease. Mnnyon'sVttalizerrestoreslost powers to weak assn. church, April 9, to raise funds for re­ ever be of any practical use to '.! i is A ll the cures are 25 cents, st any drug store. pairs on the church. Fourteen dollars TAUNTON IRON WORKS, doubtful; 1 • \ .:■? it • r -i ; ; li ne Klunyon's Guido to llenilb mould he in tha bauds of every mother. It will help them te know and thirty-six cents was received. than a ir. . -y e>:c*rcLo. the soidiers the symptoms of r\

A. E. Feneberg, Mew York, N. Y ; J. C Heart Failure. FARMINGTON NEWS. Tarbox, Farmington; T. L. Stewart, “Turrible thing happened to Bill in |“A Good Ten.” HANDSOME ROCKER Bangor. the poker game las’ night.” Special correspondence to Maine Woodshmn. Saturday’s arrivals were: Thomas FREE! “What was it?” W ith $5.00 order o f S p ice s, Farmington, April 22, 1903. Jones, J. B. Steward, Rumford Falls; “Heart failure.” “A Good Five.” The West Farmingtons and the Nor­ J. U. Butler, Boston; Mr. and Mrs. F Soaps, tea, coffee and other O. Lyford, J. C. Tarbox, Town; Thomas “You don't mean it.” light groceries. mals play ball this Thursday a. m. The K. Ames, New York, N. Y.; B. D. “Yes; he held four hearts and drew The best CIGARS on the mar­ Also other premiums. game is called for 1.30 p. m. Wright, Boston; G. G. Witlrarn, Phil­ one card; got a spade.”—Brooklyn Ea­ ket. No tobacco too good for these Home Supply Co. Dept E Saturday the town team played with lips. gle. cigars. No smoker too good to AUGUSTA, MAINE. the High Schools on the intervale with The carpenters and painters struck smoke them. Always ca'l for the a score of 26 to 5 in favor of the High for nine hours as a day’s work, Monday, Successful Experiment. cigars made by the and their demands were granted. “Mabel married that awfully dissi­ Schools. 5. G. WHEELWRIGHT, High school is flourishing with an at­ pated young Flutterby to reform him.” CENTRAL CIGAR CO., The High school pupils are planning tendance of over 100 pupils. “And is she satisfied with her E. Dixfield, Maine. on having a social Friday evening. The Rev. Mr. Coar of the Unitarian choice.” Bangor, - Maine. DEALER AND JOBBER IN Mr. Bert Royal went to Rangeley church contemplates laying out a tennis “I should say she is! His uncle died Monday night for a short tarry. court. last week and left him half a million.” High Grade Pianos and Organs. The High Schools and Normals will •—Cleveland Plain Dealer. The Bangor When in want of anything In this line, it play their third game next Saturday. will pay you to investigate a little. It will Farmington Grange, No. 12, P. of H., only cost you one!cent for a postal card ad­ had an all day session Saturday. On Mr, King of New York, representing D ia m o u d s . dressed to me to get catalogues of eight that day the third and fourth degrees the Equitable Life Assurance society of When Lord Randolph Churchill visit­ Business College, makes of Pianos and five makes of Organs. New York, was in town Monday on bus- I am prepared to sell at the lowest possible were conferred on a class of thirteen ed the diamond fields of South Africa, A school of pratical Business Education. prices, either on installments or for cash. ness. while looking at a huge parcel of dia­ Pianos sold at $10 per month. Organs sold candidates. At high noon a dinner was at $5 per month. The work on woodwork was com­ monds he remarked, “All for the vani­ T»,T I J _ 111 ludo lei II Maine that not only obtains permanent posi­ LINE OF PIANOS. served in G. A. R. hall that reflected menced on Wilfred McLeary’s house, ty of woman.” A lady who heard the tions for its qualified graduates but assists LINE OF ORGANS. great credit on the culinary abilities of Monday. them to promotions. It prepares students for B riggs, E stey, remark added, “And the depravity of W eaver, Farmington ladies. The menu consist­ Mis3 Belle Jones was throwu from hex- man.” k^ ??vernSieiit clvil service examinations W eaver, and its graduates recieve 50 per cent hihher D avenport & Treacy, P alace. ed of baked beans, brown bread, coffee, carriage, Monday, near the Stoddard graduates of any other school Busch & Gerts, House. Luckily she was not seriously in Eastern Maine. Send for catalogue* M ilton, Carpenter, and it is said, about all the different injured, but still suffers from a seveie Grip Remedies In Great Demand. Livingstone. M ason & H am lin. varieties of cake that is now baked by The Bangor Business College, strain. In falling from the carriage When colds and grip are prevalent the Investigate the Davenport & Treacy Miss Jones fell on the apex of her shoul­ quickest and surest remedies are in Grange cooks or others. Bangor, . Maine. Plano, After dinner came the literary part of der. Miss Jones is clerk for Arbo C. great demand. Mr. Joseph D. Williams Norton. of McDuff, Va., says that he was cured the program. Several questions were Mr. S. F. Clark will be in town with of a very deep and lasting attack of la discussed by the grangers interested. his friend, Cbas. Thoits, both of Port­ grippe by using Chamberlain’s Cough Herbert Mosher had a short talk on the land, the last day of April. Mr. Clark Remedy after trying seveial other prep­ “Cultivation of Asparagus,” that was has been instrumental in introducing arations with no effect. For sale by Clark’s Embalming bait. Cragin, Phillips, Whitney, Rangeley; listened to with pleasure. Several per­ Dyer, Strong; Mitchell, Kingfield. tinent questions were asked of the Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Crush of Farming- ton are receiving congratulations on the speaker by Messrs. Benj. Titcomb and h mckenzie go advent of a baby girl. FARMINGTON. c. . & . Rollo Sampson. “Mechanics on the Ed Gay expects about fifty at Clear Farm,” was an excellently prepaied Water about May 1. l I i'l l I I We are closing out our Farmington Store and will offer for the paper by Rollo Sampson. This inter­ Mr. S. Belcher Waugh of Portland esting topic was also discussed at some will be in town May 1 on a fishing trip. next ten days some of the greatest bargains in length by Messrs. Chester Greenwood, j He will be accompanied by three friends. :: Arbo C. Norton Herman Corbett and others. Mr. Sampson’s idea was that farmers oughti CARE OF THE SICK. Ladies be sure and call and to build more of the things they now examine our new line of Plau I'he Trained Nurse Habit and One 4- CLOTHING 4- buy, as well as do dther odd jobs, such as shoeing horses, that occur around a Grave Point It Involves. de soie at 75c $1.00 and $1.25 farm. Mr. Sampson stated that he had A writer in the Saturday Review con­ per yard. They are the latest shod all his horses for the past thirteen tends that wives and mothers have too weaves for dresses in black. Ever seen in Franklin Countv. years. During the afternoon Conductor much given up a precious service in We are showing a special O. P. Dudley’s little daughter sang a surrendering the sickroom, even in triv­ bargain in Black Taffeta (36 in) song that received a prompt encore. ial cases, to the trained nurse. He Silk at only $ i.co the yard. says: “We have to face the fact that, AVe can save you money on On Tuesday morning, April 14, the i while there is great gain in trained Ginghams, beside,s giving you Hats, Caps and Men’s grocery store of S. O. Tarbox was raid | and paid nursing, there is also a loss ed by Constable M. H. Fowler, assisted I the latest things in these popu­ of something else, and the point to be lar goods. Prices range 8c, by Deputy Sheriff Gould. Sixty-three i settled is whether this loss is benefi­ pints and twenty-four quarts of whiskey ioc and 12c per yard, and the Fnrnighinorg -----—ft. in bottles were seized, also a few gallons cial to all parties concerned. Personal­ patterns are unusually pretty. of alcohol. The warrant was issued by ly I doubt it. So far, indeed, as the Judge Fenderson of the municipal court slighter ailments are concerned, I be­ The very latest in sun Um­ before whom the respondent through ■ lieve—and I know many doctors will brellas and Parasols from 25c Marked away down below cost, as the stock must posi­ his attorney appeared, pleaded guilty bear me out—that the growing habit of to $3.50. tively be closed out at once. and settled with the usual fine, it being ' sending at once, whenever possible, for Summer Corsets just received, understood he would go out of the bus- | skilled shoulders on which to lay every 25c, 39c, 50c and $1.00 a pair. It will pay you to give us a call. We can fit you out at iness. tittle of responsibility cannot fail to Our limy^f updervvear for Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Partridge, who weaken a woman’s motherhood or loos­ ladies, misses and children is a very low price. have been spending the winter In Forest en the tie of her wifehood. City, Florida, returned home Saturday. very complete and strictly up The primary object of their trip to the “This is strong language, I know, but to date. The hosiery counter “sunny south” was the recovery of Mrs. the subject deserves it. The nursing is loaded with the seasons C. H. HcKENZIE & CO., Partridge’s health. We are pleased to of the sick is something that no woman prettiest effects in stockings. report that this was accomplished, and j can afford to leave out of her life alto­ Mr. and Mrs. Partridge returned in the I gether without detriment to her own best of health. They say they have character. Let her call in skilled aid ;; ARBO C. NORTON, Farmington, - Haine. passed a very pleasant winter, and ave j by all means should she be unfit for enthusiastic in their praises of Florida j ^fie technical part of the work, but 11 Broadway, Farmington, Me. as a state to live in. that does not exonerate her from other « * At the last regular meeting of Farm­ work quite as important, for. without ington Grange, No. 12, the question of being a Christian Scientist, I assert hiring Drummond hall as a place for that no reasonable person who has Why are DeLaval Cream Separators Best? their meeting, was discussed. At pres­ When in Farmington call and get ent the grange has its meetings in Sav­ studied the marvelous influence of mind ings Bank hall and refreshments are can doubt that the mental atmosphere some of our Because they skim closer, run slower and easier, and last served in G. A. R. hall. in which we happen to be does affect longer. Mr. R. Hanley Smith was called to the body.” Because the manufacturers having led where others have Veazie on business last week. Veazie is I C E CREAM. followed have produced the best. a small town near BaDgor. Tlte Nun’s Headdress. Miss Jane Manter called on friends in Very few persons, says a French pa­ AH the flavors—Chocolate, Va­ Because they have not spared pains, time or money in their New Vineyard last week. per, know the origin of the headdress nilla, Strawberry, Walnut, and all determination to prepare the standard of excellence in Miss Maude Preston was in town Mon-1 which so many nuns wear and which Cream Separators. day. hides so much of their faces. It was kinds of Sherbets. formerly the custom for convents to Because the vastly greater sale of DeLaval—ten times all The arrivals at the Stoddard House send nuns to the various cities and Monday, were: E. E. Coombs, Auburn; NORTON BROTHERS, others combined, enables the makers to place on the S. C. Lang, Portland; W. B. Adie, Port­ towns for the purpose of collecting market the most perfect Cieam Separator in use. land; W. E. Scammon, W. R. Miller, alms, and, as a rule, two nuns, one old 16 Broadway, Farmine;ton. Below are the names of a few prominent users of the Lewiston; W. M. Thompson, Portland; and the other young, went to each place. They wore small caps and were DeLaval in this section, and they have not laid out a cent for repairs. One Cent a Word. popularly known as “Swallows of NOTICE. Lent.” fben Hanscom, Phillips, 2 1-2 years; Chas. Hutchins, Phillips, 2 years; Nate Ellis Range- Under this heading small, undisplayed ad­ ley, 2 years; Nile Bros., Farmington; C. P. Hamlin, Wilton; Frank Blanchard, Wilton, Will vertisements, such as “Wants,” “For Sale,” On a certain Ash Wednesday two of Dr. J.R . Kittridge, Dentist- Rollins, E. Dixfield, Master Mystic Valley Grange, No. 313; C. E. Wheeler, Chesterville - ‘Situations wanted,” etc., will be inserted for them succeeded in obtaining admission Perkins & Thornton, Chesterville; Chas. Littlefield, East Wilton ; Kendall Whittemore East lc a word each week. The address will be W ilton; Chas. Hardy, C. W. Beedy, John Lawrence, living Hutchinson, Weld; .John Thomas charged as part of the advertisement, and to the king’s palace in Paris, and, of Farmington, Maine. Meicer; W. Brackett, Dixfield; D. D. Berry, Carthage, Frank Stanlev, Henry Titcomb’ each initial of name and combination of though the monarch and his courtiers I armington. figures count as a word. WILL BE AT were at dinner, they did not hesitate to A. S. GIFFORD, Agent, West Farmington, Maine. John Trask’s Weld, April 9. Wanted. solicit alms from them. One of the Webb, April 10, a. in. nuns was very pretty, and the young Phillips, April 11, 13,14, 15,16 and 17. 12 girls to work in our polishing depart­ Oqnossoe House, Rangeley, April 18, 20 and ment. Have increased price for polishing nobles who were feasting cast such 21 a. m. from 10 to 25 per cent. Apply to bold glances at her that she blushed Hotel Blanchard, Stratton, April 22. JENKINS & BOGERT MFC. CO., Shaw House. Eustis, April 23. Kingfield, Maine. with shame, whereupon the king rose The Flagstaff, Flagstaff, April 24. from the table and, taking his napkin, Office closed from April 8 to April 25. Twenty-Five Girls Wanted. folded it in two and placed it on her All operations pertaining to dentistry care­ LOOK OUT FOR DARK HORSES. fully performed. Special attention given to at Strong Toothpick Mill at GOOD WAGES head in such a manner that it con­ preserving the natural teeth. Teeth extracted Apply at once to cealed her blushes. Ever since that without pain a specialty. Artificial work of OFFICIAL STANDING THIS WEEK. J. C. TIRRELL, Supt., Strong, Me. all kinds promptly and carefully done day, it is said, this kind of headdress Teeth extracted tree when plates are made Miss Mariou Noble, Miss Christine Cragin, has been worn by nuns. All work warranted. Satisfaction guar­ 3 S 1 58 House For Hale. anteed. I have a good tenement house, situated in Entrance 64 Main St., next door to C. E. Miss Nellie Bartlett, 294 Miss B. M. Beal, Phillips village, which I will sell at a price N a m e s. M arr’s drug store. 53 to afford a good profit on the purchase. Telephone connections by the Dirigo. S. W a r r e n Ba t e s . “Here in America,” said- a Philadel­ Mrs. B. L. Voter, 2 75 Mrs. Geo. Brown, 45 phia artist who has traveled extensive­ Male Help. ly, “we call a boy Johnnie if we don’t Only the standing of the six leading contestants will be pub­ Man, active and intelligent, with horse and know what his name is. It’s curious to lished each week. wagon and about $150, to d e liv e r and collect. note the variations of this custom. In Perm anent. $20 a w eek and e x p en ses. Still the voting contest continues and we are glad to note that Franklin, Box 78, Philadelphia, Pa. the far west the name 3 shortened to there is more enthusiasm this week than last. Why not buy the Jack, and it is applied . < any stranger Man Wanted. indiscriminately. On the other hand, There is now an opportunity for a young we always call a Chinaman John. flaine Woodsman or man to learn the printer’s trade at the Ma in e When I was studying in Paris, I was W o o d sm a n office. For particulars, apply to C. E. Ca l d e n or J. w . Br a c k e t t , a t th e impressed by the fact that to the P a­ office, Phillips, Me. risian every foreigner is either Jack or Franklin Cigars, For Sale. Jacques, according to the pronuncia­ tion of the native who uses the term. and assist the lady of your choice. One vote with every 5c Cigar, Farmhouse In Maine. An ideal place for a I spent one winter in Havana, where summer home. Five miles from Phillips vil­ two votes with every ioc Cigar. lage. Good Brook and Pond Fishing, excel­ I found that the Cubans apply the lent Hunting and beautiful scenery. This week makes some change in the contest. Watch for re­ A ddress name Charlie to all Americans and E. C. LUFKIN. Phillips, Maine. Englishmen. In Mexico if a man’s turns next week. Every store in town sells these goods. That is name is not known he >s called Pedro. evidence enough that the goods are of the finest quality. Pasturing for 50 Head of Stock. In our own southern states I have no­ The Russell Bros. & Estes Co. have four ticed that the colored waiters in the Send your Launary to the FRANKLIN PHILLIPS CIGAR COMPANY. astures to be stocked for the season. All hotels’Tre invariably called George, i STEAM LAUNDRY, Farmington, Me. All re -situated within one-fourth mile of Mad- work guaranteed. vi-lagc. For terms and particulars apply think it would be interesting K* know Ra y D . Kn a p p , M adrid, Me. how these e- top -' -mated.” VV. A. D. CRAGIN, Agent, Phillips, Me 6 MAINE WOODSMAN, APRIL 24, 1903 Phillips and Vicinity. Phillips and Vicinity. DRY AND FANCY GOODS. DRY AND FANCY GOODS. GENT’S FURNISHINGS.

—Some late local news will be found —Mr. Will Gates, of Tory Hill, is ill. on page 2 of Maine Woods this week. He is attended by D . Currier. —Mr. W. B. Hoyt has been confined —Mr. Arthur Gilo returned Monday to the house with a bad cold. from a visit with friends in Rangeley. —Mrs. Hattie E. Hoar is boarding —Mr. and Mrs. Chester Kempton re­ 'with Miss Cornelia T. Crosby. turned to their home in Mexico last —Mr. and Mrs Harry M. Pierce were Friday. In Phillips last Monday. —Mr. aud Mrs. A. J. Tootiiaker were Ladies’ Suits, —Mr. Cba*. Record of Rangeley Plan recently called to Rumford Falls by the tation was in Phillips this week. serious illness of his mother. —Mr Silas Farmer has been very ill, —Miss Blanche Knapp will go to threatened with pneumonia, but is now Rangeley to work at the Rangeley Lake better. House, April 22. Storm Skirts, —Mrs. W. E. Millett was out from —Both Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Green­ Jttangeley last Saturday. She intends to wood have been confined to the house iremain in charge of the Oquossoc House by illness for several days this week. this summer. —Dr. J. F. Hilton’s family are at —A large attendance is desired at the Comfort Cottage until they can find a iregular meeting of Hope Rebekah lodge rent. Friday evening of this week, as business —Miss Blanchard has been confined Rain Coats, •of importance is to be transacted. t ) the house this week with an attack of —Miss Mabel Ranger of Livermore rheumatism Falls, who has been the guest of her —Miss Genevieve Haruden com­ sister, Mrs. J. B. Ranger, for a few menced a term of school in Rangeley weeks, has returned home. last Monday. It is a few miles from the Made to order. —Miss Cora Brown visited Miss Jessie village. Toothaker in Phillips last week, on her —Mr. Ed Greenwood, master me­ way home from Rangeley. Miss Brown chanic of Sandy River railroad, made a has been housekeeper for Mr. Cornelius business trip to Manchester, N. H., the Richardson. p ist week. —The Cirone brothers were in Phil­ — Mr. Cbas. Richardson is again in lips Monday evening and gave their Phillips, after spending a number of usual excellent concert, after which a weexs with relatives in New Hamp­ social hop was enjoyed. Their music shire. G. B. S e d g e l e y . for dancing is especially liked by every­ —A dance will be given at Berry’s one. hall, Madrid, Tuesday evening, April —The baked bean supper served by 28. . A supper will be served. All are the Free Baptist society in Wilbur’s invited by Frank Cole, the manager. hall Wednesday evening of last week Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Small of King- was excellent as usual. The young peo­ field were called to Phillips last week ple enjoyed a sociable and musical to attend the funeral of his sister, Mr$. ing King Quality selections were given by Miss Lucille Sarah Kempton. French and Master Prince Wheeler. —Mr. J. H. Gardiuer, while hewing DRUGS AND MEDICINES. DRUGS AND MEDICINES, —Mrs. Lovina Taylor and Miss Etta ing timber in the yard, had the misfor­ Shoes for $3.50. have returned from Worcester, Mass. tune to cut his foot badly. Dr. E. B. Mrs. Taylor found her sister, Mrs. Currier found it necessary to remove Gaigron, a little more comfortable, but two toes. very low, and the physician gives them The best wearing no encouragement. Mrs. Taylor stopped —Miss Blanchard, assistant in the in Wilton a few days on her return. High school, aud Miss Seavey of the —A horse belonging to Mr. Norris sub Primary, are boarding with Miss Hackett became frightened and broke Sarah Perkins. Mr. Boston, the princi­ shoes made. All away from the hitching post at the up­ pal, at Phillips Hotel. per village, coming down through the —A regular meeting of North Frank­ street at a good rate of speed. He ran lin Pomona Grange, P. of H., No. 22, The Paint for your«/ kinds of leathers, as far as Mr. N. E. Gould’s, about one- w'll be held with Aurora grange, Strong, half mile ffom the village, where he was Thursday, May 7 at 10 a. m. Picnic stopped. No damage whatever was dinner. done. House, The Paint Oxfords and Bals. —The notice elsewhere stating that — Who will have the first dandelion greens? the M a i n e W o o d s m a n asked. there is now a chance in the M a i n e Mrs. Harrison Hamden dug from their W o o d s m a n office for a young man to garden a good mess of greens on April for your Carriage, W e are also learn the printer’s trade does not give 11, which was early for this part of much explanation. It is the purpose of Maine. the management to offer the opening to some young man who has, at least, a —M a i n e W o o d s m a n is in receipt of The Paint for your good common school education and who Vol. 1, No. 1, of the “Pacific North­ selling good suits ranked well in his classes. Nobody will west,” in which appears an article by O. be accepted until it has been proved be­ M Moore, entitled * One Summer’s Out­ W yond a doubt that he is ambitious and ! ing.” It is very interesting as is every Farm agon, Har­ of clothes for $10 determined to get on in the world. Such thing that the “Old Mau” writes. a young man, if he is willing to work— —Following are the teachers in the and such young men always are—will district schools: Blethen, Daisy Daven­ rows, Rakes, Culti­ be sure to advance to a liberal salary. port; Cushman, Florence Smith; Calden, and better ones —Articles of association were recently Rosie Dill; Winship, Agnes Hamden; filed at the office of the railroad com Reed, Daisy Dascomb, Wilton; Prescott, missioners, by Fletcher Pope, Sidney G. Mabel Hunter; Butterfield, Susie Hack­ vators, Rollers, etc. Haley, H B. Austin, Harry F. Beedy, ett, New Vineyard. for $12 and $13. George B. Carpenter, W. A. D. Cragin, Joel H. Byron, Charles A. Mahoney, all j IS of Phillips, and C. B. Dunton, Portland, ■ and Henry E. Buck, Concord, N. H., for | School Notes. See our leader the formation of a company for the pur-! Miss Bertha Beedy, daughter of Mr. pose of constructing, maintaining and ; and Mrs. Rufus Beedy of West Phillips operating a railroad for public uses, to j is attending the High school. DEVOES LEAD at $5.00. It is the be known as the Eustis Railroad Cq. The gauge of the road is to be two feet. It is to be constructed from the Phillips Millinery Opening. & Rangeley location, near its crossing AND ZINC best $5.00 Suit of the south branch of the Dead river, Saturday afternoon and evening was a to Redington township near the center busy time at the millinery store of Tim- of the north line. The road will be run berlake & Bangs for it was the occasion through and into the plantations of PAINT. ever shown in Dallas, Lang and Coplin and the town of their spring opening aud the ladies ship of Redington, and will be about 16 were all interested. The millinery is miles in length. The capital stock is very pretty this season and some tastily Try the Floor Paint—Try the Marble Phillips. $48,000. trimmad hats were exhibited. Amoug the many handsome ones was Floor Finish and find that you are a very striking black hat of Shepherdess using the most economical paint, that A full line of shape, made of fancy black straw, with TRY THIS TEST. a facing of jet pendants. Three black will spread further and wear longer plumes, black satin ribbon and jet orna­ than any other paint. working shirts, And see if your Kidneys ments completed the hat. are Diseased. Another of white and green was made of white straw on a wire frame. The overalls, etc. crown was composed entirely of green W. A. D. CRAGIN, A very simple way to determine whether leaves, trimmed with tiny pink flowers your kidneys or bladder are diseased is to ! and green and white Louisine ribbon. Corner Store, No. I Beal Block, put some of your urine in a glass tumbler > An ecru satin straw was draped with fluid let it stand 24 hours ; if it has a sedi- ! a handsome lace scarf and trimmed un­ ment or a cloudy, ropy or stringy appear- Main Street. - Phillips,Maine. derneath with pale green ribbon, with a flUtce, if it is pale or discolored, you do not duster of roses in shades of green and Med a physician to tell you that you are violet. In a dangerous condition. Dr. David Another very handsome black hat was D. F. Kennedy’s Favorite Remedy speedily made of tucked chiffon, trimmed with a «ures such serious symptoms as pain in handsome aigrette and a flat bow of vel­ back, inability to hold urine, a burning vet ribbon, with a big bunch of black ■calding pain in passing it, frequent de- poppies underneath. lire to urinate, especially at night, fluid A child’s hat of the broad, flat Shep­ H O YT herdess shape, iu a mixed straw of MILLINERY. MILLINERY. the staining of linen by your urine. white, blue and tau, was trimmed very The Rev. Aaron Coons, D.D., pastorof simply with a wreath of daisies and tur­ the M. E.Church of Rhinecliff, N. Y.,flays: quoise ribbon. • • “ I most sincerely believe that Dr. Black and white hat, made of petals : ? & CO. David Kennedy’s Favorite Remedy of straw, bound with black velvet ribbon Is the best kidney, liver and blood and trimmed with maline net, black vel­ Special Sale. medicine made, and urgently recom­ vet ribbon and black roses. •fe ; Easter Opening i mend it, for I know by experience it A very noticeable hat was one of black On Saturday, April 25, we will do all that is claimed for it. ” chip, trimmed across the top with a bow • OF IjNo. 5 Beal Block, “ Favorite Remedy” is a vegetable help of satin ribbon and a bird. The back will hold a special sale of the stomach and bowels in performing fits closely over the hair and is very sir duties properly. It overcomes and oddly trimmed with two flat rosettes of £manently cures dyspepsia, indigestion forget-me-nots in the different colors, Ready To Wear Hats. I TR innED ousness and rheumatism. It is abso- with a long flat bow of the ribbon. Phillips, Me. Sily harmless and purely vegetable. It Dress trimmings, frogs and pendants 2 Prices 49c to $2.00. •Wmtains no narcotics or minerals in any for cotton shirt waists snd silk ones jbrm, no dangerous stimulants, no raer- ! HATS, Tjmberlake & Bangs also have an es­ Watch our window for bar­ 9I •sory or poisons, and is the only kidney pecially fine line of dress trimmings, • Agency for the Univer­ medicine that does not constipate. frogs and pendants, and the new heavy gains. It ia for sale by all druggists in the cotton lace for shirt waists, also the | April 8, 1903. * sal Steam Laundry. 9 o w 5 0 C e n t S iz e and the regular Cluny lace for children’s dresses. Timberlake & Bangs, : • f l.00 size bottles—less than a cent a aose. A fine line of shirt waists and stocks Sample bottle—enough fo r trial, free by m a il i HISS BANA BEAL. 1 were shown in large variety. > • Or.David Kennedy Corporation, Rondout,flfl. Y . All who visited the store on Saturday No. 6 Beal Block. Dr. David Kennrdv' i vl<• ’ ’v<■ “Sjilve for sH were served coffee aud fancy crackers. dtacases or inflammations of ttc Eye. 28c. (••••••••-■Mi#* MAINE WOODSMAN, APRIL 24, 1903. 7

P. D. Stubbs, Esq , was in Augusta on Ida, who has been quite ill, is slowly MISCELLANEOUS. STRONG NEWS. business last week. improving. Housekeepers’ Column. Hon. W. L. Daggett has quite recov­ Miss Hermia Beal of the freshman Special correspondence to Maine Woodsman. ered from his recent illness. class was in Farmington Monday. Under this heading we shall publisi The Phillips S t r o n g , April 22, 1903. Strong people who attended the ball Miss Bertha Cook has been ill with each week cooking receipts which hav> tonsilitis. been tried and proved good. Will om All the scholars living within two at Kingflield, Friday evening, report a miles of this village now walk to school Mr. Chas. Sharkey has been ill the readers please send in receipts for then good time, though a few say they had past week. favorite dishes? National Bank, instead of being transported as former­ “ that tired feeling” the next day to a Miss Lorette Johnson will graduate ly. It is said that the cost of transport­ marked degree. with her class this spring. Household Hints. Phillips, - Maine. ing pupils is one of the largest items of True Luce sold to Fred Lynn recently, Soap jelly to wash delicate fabrics Capital, $50,000. expense on the bill of expense for educa­ the bay pacer, “Dillie,” that he bought tion. East Madrid. with is easily and cheaply made from of Dr. Bell. The mare has a record in bits of toilet soap, the last of cakes left Surplusand Prof its,40,000* The wire bridge needs new planking the twenties and is called a fine piece of Rev. J. 'B. Ranger did not meet his ap­ badly. in the bathroom. Fill a wide mouthed horse flesh by competent judges. pointment at this place the 12th, as he Mr. Howard Staples has been quite ill was called away. glass jar three-fourths full of these odds Deposits in our Savings Depart­ Mr. Ralph Lewis has gone to Yar­ this spring. During fifteen days he fell Miss Ella Hathaway is at home for a and ends and pour boiling water over mouth to work for Mr. True in his dow- ment commence to draw interest away fourteen pounds. two weeks’ rest. them. Add a tablespoonful of glycerin ell mill at that place. Can making is going on right merrily Mrs. E. R. Keene went to Rangeley and the juice of half a lemon. Stir and on the first day of each month. Mr. Fred Clark was home on a visit to last week. at the cornshop. Mr. Benj. Jones is a allow to dissolve. This jelly is excellent Depositors receive interest for every his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis C’ark, Mr. John Campbell, of Redington, vis­ new member of Mr. Tucker’s crew. Mr. j not only for fine laundering, but to the first of the week. ited over Sunday at F, H. Hathaway’s, full caleudar month money is on Tucker informs yOur correspondent that j and attended church. soften and whiten the hands. Mr. Richard Johnson went to Lewis­ * * * deposit. seed corn will be sold to the farmers by I ton last w eek to be treated for eye trou­ Rev. C. H. Pillsbury was in the place the company for $4.00 per bushel. ble by a specialist of that city. Mr. last week and preached Sunday in place It is possible to wash flannels without Mr. P. W. Mason has returned from a Johnson will not return to town but will of Rev. J. B. Ranger. shrinking them, but the average laun­ H. H. FIELD, Cashier. short visit down the line. work in the toothpick mill at Dixfield. The E. M. E. club will have a poverty dress does not know the process. There­ sociable and oyster supper at the home Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Sanborn have re­ fore it is worth while to know how to STRONG. turned from West Farmington, where of E. R. Keene, Saturday evening, April For pure fine laundry work patronize they have been spending the winter, 25. Prizes will be given to the lady and restore shrunken garments to their orig­ and are now at their home in South gentleman whose costumes best repre­ inal size, or something like, C. W. BELL, M. D. Strong. sent poverty. * * * The Universal The Sunday school will be at 1 o’clock Physician and Surgeon Mr. F. E. Verrill lost a valuable cow Beef tea frozen to a snowflake con­ (Office at residence.1 one day last week. The cow, valued at p. m. next Sunday, to give the people a STRONG, MAINE $38.00, got choked. chance to attend church at the Howard sistency can sometimes be taken by Steam Laundry, Telephone connection Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Kingsley and Mr. schoolhouse. fever patients to whom the hot tea is Earle Kingsley were guests at W. F. The Ladles’ circle will meet Thursday disagreeable beyond endurance. Portland, ilaine; C. V . STARBIRD, Haines’s last Sunday. of this week with Miss Sarah Moulton. * * * H. Manufacturer of Long and Short Lumber, Mrs. Wm. Tarbox and Mrs. W. R. Banana ice cream may be served in R. D. LIBBY, Proprietor. Shingles, Kilndried Hard Wood Flooring, out­ Cothren drove to Farmington last Fri­ side and Inside Moulding. Dealer in General day. Freeman. banana skins, but the skins must be D. F. Hoyt & Co, Agt. Phillips. Merchandise, Heath & Milligan’s and W. H. stiffened by laying carefully in a pan John’s Paints. Agent for U. S. Cream Separ­ Miss Bert Taylor and Mr. E. L. Taylor Mr. Otis Witham, who has been stop­ G. B. Cragin, “ Farmington. ator. were in Farmington, Tuesday. ping In Madrid the past winter, has re­ laid in ice and salt. The red banana Strong, - Maine. J. C. Corson, “ Wilton. Mr. Carl Cothren, mother and sister, turned home. skins are especially effective for this G. LI. winter, “ Kingfield. all of Farmington, called on Mr. and Clyde Durrell visited in Temple a few purpose. New Spring and Summer Goods. Mrs. W. R. Cothren, Sunday. days last week. * * * Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Partridge, Mr. A. T. Taylor, who has been on the Thursday Menu. One lot Real Scotch Gingham Merton Partridge and Miss Cora Fales, sick list the past winter, is able to be regular 25c quality, only 17c yd. all of Farmington, dined with Mr. and around once more. BREAKFAST. New white goods in Piques, Chevi­ Mrs. A. E. Brackley, Sunday. F ruit. Albert Huff ha* been working for Hominy. Siigarand Cream. ots, Madras, and Dimities. Quite a crowd are planning to attend Marshall Taylor th past week, Hamburg Steak. Fried Potatoes. the danje at Phillips, Friday evening. Whole Wheat Bread and Butter. L. G. HUNTER & CO., Strong, He. Ralph Knowlton of Strong, was in C hocolate. Mr. Ed Johnson and wife are in town town the past week buying veal calves. from their home in Turner. s He bought three of Mr. Charles Huff, DINNER. B ouillion . Miss Ena Thompson was in Farming- C. R. Huff is mov ng from the Allen Roast Ribs of Pork. Apple Sauee. I ton last week on business. farm, so-called, tojhis home at Star- Potatoes. Squash. bird’s Corner. Steamed Indian Bread. WALL PAPER | Mr. P. W. Mason was in Dixfield last Lemon Jelly. Cafe Noir. week on business. Mrs. Thaxter Coc k visited at C. W. SUPPER. P. W. Mason and John Tirrell went to Huff’s last week. For your sitting room, par- j Chipped Beef Peas. Rangeley, Tuesday, on business. Rev. D. H. Cownfri and wife are visit­ Baked Apples. lor or kitchen, in fact for 1 Mr. and Mrs. Albert Welch have left ing friends in Farm ngton. Preserved Peaches. Tea. any place where you can use , town for Meriden, Conn., where they * * * . . . .W ANTED, . . . will reside. Mr. Welch, it will be re CHARLOTTE RUSSE CAKE. in unoccupied territory in the state Wall Paper. membered, sawed his hand badly last Byron. 1 cup of powdered sugar, 3 eggs—yolks 1 of Maine, dealers for the sale of winter in Star-bird's mill. The dance at the hall last Saturday 1 Wheeler & Wilson foot power ma­ C. E. DYER, evening was well attended. and whites beaten sepaiately—3 table-j Chas. True went to Dixfield last week spoonfuls of cream, 1 cup sifted flour, 2 chines. Apply to to do some plumbing in the mill at that Leroy Thomas is having his house STRONtf, tablespoonfuls of baking powder mixed MAINE. p ace. newty painted. in the flour. Bake in three layers. Wheeler & Wilson Mfg.Co. The II igh school pupils are planning R. Richmond is building a lot of Then take 1 pint of cream—the table­ on a Mayflower festival at a near date. barbed wire fence. spoonfuls having been taken out—and Bridgeport, - Conn. Chas. Tuttle is studying Gieek. The railroad y are fencing the Iadd 1 tablespoonful of powdered sugar, a teaspoonful of vanilla and beat until About all the house cleaning in town right of way through R. Richmond’s is finished. farm in Hop City. stiff. When ready to setve, put this E. C. Poland has his birch all carred, between the layers and on top. Carpenter - Morton One lady in South Strong has a thou­ * * * sand thrifty young celery plants, also and is plowing for H. Bancroft. some fine tomato plants, some of which An agent for Climax road machine was ORANGE CAKE. are budded. in town last w’eek. i cup of butter, 2 cups of sugar, 3 small cups of flour, 4 eggs, 2 teaspoon­ Rev. Mr. Whitesides has had his pas­ l Early Sunday morning the birch mill torate changed to another part of the owned by The Jay Wood Turning com. fuls of baking powder, 1 cup of milk. PAINTS state. pany, was burned to the ground. It Bake in three layers. Llewellyn Johnson sold a couple of was loca ed on the farm of the late Sam­ * * * good hounds the other day. uel Knapp, in Hop City. How the fire FILLING FOR CAKE. caught is unknown. There were about Are guaranteed. We have W. F. Haines has planted his peas for White of 1 egg beaten with enough 100 cords of birch in the mill yard to be them in, all colors and shader- Fourth of July. sawed. There was no insurance on the sugar to make a frosting. Take out The subject discussed by the En­ property. half to ice the top of the cake, then add quirers at their last meeting, was Wash­ to the remainder the grated rir.d and for interior and exterior ington Irving. The club consists of the juice of a small orange and sugar following well known ladies: Mrs. C. A. The M eaning of Historic. enough to make it thick. Place this be­ work. Shaw, the president, Mrs. C. V. Star- One of my artistic friends was upon tween the cakes. bird, Mrs. Nelson Walker, Mrs. Frank a business visit to a picturesque dis­ * * * Also a full line of varnishes Welch, Mrs. Grace Will, Mrs. Lida trict of Perthshire the other day. A Fish. Mitchell, Mrs. Ellen Kilkenney and Mrs. little leisure was afforded him by the and brushes, leads and oils David Richardson. The next meeting wait between trains, and he asked a FISH IN BATTER. will be held Wednesday. native if there were any historic places Let tLe fishmonger fillet the fish, cut C. E. Dyer opened up a new lot of in the neighborhood, so that he might each fillet into three pieces, dry them wall paper Tuesday. spoil a film or two, with which he had well in a cloth and dust over with flour Down the road toward Farmington is to remove all moistuie, for the batter Daggett & Will, loaded Ills camera. “No, there’s no’ will not adhere if any remain. Put i a place called the Devils Elbow. There onything historic aboot the place. The pound flour in a basin, pour into the is a bad turn in the elbow part that Black castle up by there used to be might be improved by the cutting of a middle of it a tablespoon of salad oil, Station Store, historic, but it’s no’ sae historic noo!” add a pinch of salt, and slightly mix few bushes, so that bicyclists and others What that bucolic individual imagined together; add by slow degrees, quarter could get a better view of the road J of a pint of tepid water; btat well, ano Strong, - - Maine. ahead. the word “historic” to mean is not very apparent by the reply.—-Glasgow Times. when bubbles rise it is enough. Whisk Two weeks ago the High school had j the whites only of 2 eggs until very callers as follows: Misses Norton, Gil­ stiff, and add to tLe batter just before it man, Ida Allen, Kit Winslow, Messrs. | Curious Dentil Custom In Fiji. is wanted for frying. Have ready a H. G. Allen, Benj. Jones, Earl Kingsley, | The Fijians believe that in case a saucepan of hot fat and some paper on Lumber Wanted. Chas. Gilman, Russell Lyun and Neil marriageable youth or maiden dies a hot dish to drain the fish. Slip each Luce. without having gone through with the piece of the fish into the batter, take elaborate nuptial knot tying ceremony out with the spoon and throw into the At Strong fat when the strain rises, Several Strong Higli School Notes. of the islands his or her soul Is doomed to wander about forever in an inter­ pieces may be done at once, but if too Miss Millie Willis is attending the mediate region between heaven and many they will stick together. Pile on Toothpick Hill, High school this spring. a dish and garnish with fried parsley. hell. When any one dies, man, woman The parsley must be quite dry. Throw it Miss Bertha Cook and Chas. Sharkey or child, a whale's tooth is placed in 2,500 Cords of White Birch, have returned to school after having for one second into the boiling fat. It suffered a week with the grip. the hand of the corpse, the missile to will then be green, and chop; drain on Kineo Heater. 1.000 Cords of Yellow Birch, be thrown at the tree which stands as paper, sprinkle with salt and arrange Miss Lorette Johnson, of South a guidepost to point out the road that 2,50c Cords of White Poplar, Strong, who has been attending the around the fish. * * * 1.000 Cords of Pine, Fir,| Spruce High school at Farmington, has joined leads to heaven and the one that leads her class here. She is a member of the to bell. BANNED SHAD. and Hemlock, Senior class. When it is not possible to plank the Earl Richardson is doing janitor woik His Social Repetition*. shad the following method is sometimes lor “You say his wife had him arrested which good prices will be paid, this teim. substituted. Put a little clarified drip­ for repeating? I didn't know she took delivered at the mill or on the cars Among those that attended the dance pings into a baking pan and when very along the line of the Sandy River, at Kiugfield Friday night, were Misses any interest in political elections?’’ hot put in the split and boned shad, skin Franklin & Megantic and Phillips & Blanche Foster, Annie ^Howard, Millie “In political elections?’’ side up; place it under the coals fir in Rangeley railroads. Willis, Bessie Hunter, Fremont Allen “Yes, didn’t you say she accused him lower gas oven and bake until the 1 skin of repeating?” is puffed up and blistered. Do not have and Ralph Worthley. They all report a the fire too hot. Turn the shad out on For prices and further informa- fine time. “Yes. Bigamy.”—fllltholic Standard and Times. a heated dish, skin side down; season ion, apply to Misses June Harlow and Phyllis Rack with salt and pepper, cover with bits of liffe are at home from Bigelow, where butter and serve with watercress and More to the Point. they have been spending their vaca­ cut lemon. J. C. TIRRELL, Supt., tion. The Parson—I inteii# to pray that you may forgive Casey for having Miss Freda Fogg is acting as organist Colds Are Dangerous. Strong, - flail e. this term, and Florence Luce as substi­ thrown that brick at you. tute. The Patient— Mebbe yer riv’rence ’ud How often you hear it remarked: Miss Lizzie True has just recovered be saving toime if ye’d just wait till “It s only a cold,” and a few days later from an attack of grip. 01 git well an’ then pray fer Casey-— -„ n that the man is on hisback with Kineo Cook. The Senior class held a meeting Brooklyn Life. pneumonia. This is of such common Wednesday night. j occurrence that a cold, how ever slight, Finest goods ever manufactured. Worms? should not be disregarded. Chamber­ Many children are troubled with worms, Master Harlow Rackliffe was a caller lain’s Cough Remedy counteracts any Send to and treated for sometliing else. A few doses of a in school Monday. tendency toward pneumonia. It always NOYES & N UTTER , M ’f’rs., Rob Stubbs is the only scholar in the cures and is pleasant to take. For sale school who is taking Greek. by Cragin, Phillips; Whitney, Rangeley; Bangor, Maine, Miss May Goldsmith’s little sister, Dyer, Strong; Mitchell, Kingfield. For descriptive Circulars. True *S WORM Elixir I (will expel worms if they exist, and prove a vain- §j able tonic If there are no worms. :i5o. at drnegia ts. H hr. J . F . T R U E CO.. A uburn, Me. M s MAINE WOODSMAN, APRIL 24, 1903

Need For White Stockings. MISCELLANEOUS. Special Notices. Phillips and Vicinity. The story was recently told us of a GROCERIES. nurse who, proceeding to the tropics, Teachers* Notice. —Mrs. D >ra Jones of Farmington was on consulting the matron of the hospi­ All those desiring to teach in the town of in town last Monday. tal, who was in England at the time, Elistis the current year will meet in the High —We are sorry to report that Mr. school room at Stratton, April 25, at 2 o’clock as to her outfit was advised to fake in the afternoon. Tne public are cordially James Toothaker is not as well. He is out white stockings. She must, at any in v ite d . again coutined to his bed. THEY ARE a c o b s rate, take one pair of white stockings. We have just received M. D J , Supt. of Schools. —Miss Emily Sampson of Girdiner Curious to know why, she asked the a fine line of Freedom Notice. has been the guest of her friend, Mrs. F. reason and received the terse answer, D. Bartlett, at Phillips Hotel the past “To be buried in.” We relate the story I hereby give notice that I have this day week. ^ given my son, William F. Harrison, his time as showing the spirit in which nurses during the remainder of his minority. 1 —While going across the bridge last take up work in unhealthy climates, shall pay none of his bills or collect any of Tuesday evening Mrs S. L. Twombly fils wages after this date. knowing full well the risks.—British TOILET SOAP M b s . C a r b i e a . H a r r i s o n . was run into and thrown down by a Witness, W. W. Small. young man riding a bicycle. Mrs. Journal of Nursing. B em is, M e., A pril 7, 1903. Twombly was badly shaken up, but not Clover Blossom, seriously injured. Tilumbs and Mechanics. Up to Willis Hardy & Co’s, —Cushman Post members and their Two men got into an argument the at the Upper Village. They Old Brown Windsor Phillips and Vicinity. families are invited to hold a picnic other day ov#r the expansion of steam dinuer with the Relief Corps May 2, at in a cylinder. “Why,” said one, “you just want to show you what Clycerineand Cucumber —Some late local news will be found their hall. Corps meeting at 2 p. m. don’t know anything about machinery 'Dn page 2 of Maine Woods this week. Every member requested to be present and the principles of mechanics. Your a complete line of Dry Goods, —Mr. Harry Kilgore is watchman for as we expect work to be done. thumbs are not shaped right.” He Oatmeal and the Berlin Mills company. Aide-De-Camp, Nellie McKeen. then went on to explain that a man Clothing, Boots and Shoes —G. E. Rideout, who runs one of the Moss Rose. —Mr. H. E. Pickford, of Rangeley, with long, thin thumbs did not have a they carry. was in town Thursday of last week. Free Rural Delivery routes, finds the mechanical turn, while those with —Mr. Cyrus Bangs is visiting relatives roads much better this spring than they usually are at this season. There was thick thumbs, broad at the ends, were All new goods, latest styles, in Portland this week. little frost in the ground and there have natural born machinists. “I never be­ Five Cents a Bar. —Mr. Albert McMullen of Kingfield been no heavy rains. Last year was an lieved in physiognomy,” he said, “but lowest prices. was in town last week. exceptionally bad one for the roads on I do believe in thumbs.” —Mrs. R. L. Hillgrove of Avon has account of the bad washouts. been at Raugeley visiting friends for A Limit to Scorn. several days recently. Stratton. “I have the profoundest contempt for —Mr. Oscar Aldrich in 21 hours sawed money,” said the impractical person. W ILBUR & CO., 3)4 cords of wood iu three pieces. The novelty mill is shut down for a “That,” replied the friend, “is a very Willis Hardy & Co., Where is the next man? short time. nonsensical assertion. Of course you —Arthur L. Oakes, of Rangeley, was John Parsons has finished clerking are entitled to your own economic the­ Phillips, Maine. in Phillips last Tuesday evening to take for Greene & Lander. ories. But you are just as much an- j Upper Village, Odd Fellow degrees. Mrs. Annie Jones is visiting her noyed as anybody else if you accept a —Last Tuesday eveniug the frogs granddaughter, Mrs. Edna Cole, at Big­ counterfeit half dollar.”—Washington Phillips, ■ - Maine. croaked lustily for the second time this elow. Star. spring. Will Grant has sold liis house and —Adveraising in Maine Woodsman will move away this week. Why He Was There. brings quick returns. There are numer­ Dr. T. W. Brimigiou went to the Teacher—I notice that you are never ous instances to prove that. Central Maine General hospital, Satur­ able to answer any of the questions. There is rest for the weary —Miss Lizzie Greenwood has been day, with Miss Lucy Drew. Mrs. Brim- How is this, little boy? visiting her brothers, Messrs. A. M. and igion accompanied them. She and her Willie Dullboy—Well, if I knew, dad S. G. Haley. Ed Greenwood, in Phillips. children will visit friends and relatives. In a Chair nice and new, Mrs. O. G. Wyman was recently wouldn’t go to tlieJtrouble of sending —The ladies of the F. B. circle will me here. For a few of your spare moments, meet to sew, Friday afternoon of this called to Portland by the serious Illness of her mother. Grass Seed week, with Mrs. Charles Dunham. The Victims. Between the morning and the noon. —Mrs. Herbert Goldsmith is gaining Stratton Brook drive got into the cor­ “Did Ayrekastil take in a partner AND poration the first of the week. very slowly. She has been able to sit when he started h s newest get rich up part of the time. Her sister, Mrs. Mrs. Joseph Fotter has gone to the scheme?” (A full stock at Greenwood’s.) Hammond, is helping care for her. Central Maine General hospital with her Garden Seed daughter, Daisy, for treatment. “No; only the people who bought the —The advertising in the Maine stock.”—Cincinnati JTribune. Call here for what you Woodsman is read as carefully as the Mrs. Percy Danico was called here — | ------There is rest for the weary, items by a large majority of our sub­ from Madison by the illness and death want in SEEDS. scribers. of her little nephew, John Goldsmith. E n e i iie s . Blobbs—Wigwag jboasts that he has As outstretched upon# Couch, —A special meeeting of the Ladies’ She has gone to her home in Farm­ Social union will be held at Mrs. E. ington. never made an enesiy. Which is soft, and fine, and pretty, Groceries, Greenwood’s next Monday evening, i Slobbs — Perhaps enemies are born, April 27, at 7.30. A large attendance is OLD ENGLISH HOMES. i not made.—Philadelphia Record. While waiting for your lunch. required to transact important business. Crockery / — On Saturday afternoon of this week •The H a ll W a s th e P r i n c ip a l A p a r t ­ | It Saved His Leg. at 3 o’clock there will be a meeting at ment In the Middle Ages. P. A. Danforth of La Grange, Ga., (You can find them at Greenwood’s.) the Phillips Hotel to make arrange­ Amid all the luxury of a modern suffered for six months with a frightful and ments for a baseball team. All are in­ home it is hard to realize how our ! running sore on his leg; but writes that vited to attend and help the matter Anglo-Saxon ancestors lived in what | Bucklen’s Arnica Salve wholly cured it There is rest for the weary, along. now would seem a condition of utter in five days. For Ulcers, Wounds, Piles, Glassware, —The Maine Woodsman job print­ discomfort. Comfort was, however, it’s the best salve in the world. Cure When the day has past its light ing office is turning out a large amount gradually evolved, and the present ar­ guaranteed. Only*—86 cts. Sold by of job printing this spring. The princi­ 'Tagin, Phillips; Whitney, Rangeley; And on your mattress, “Sunny South,” ticle deals with the time when a re­ Tobacco pal job this week was a 24-page booklet Mitchell, Kingfleld and Dyer, Strong. for a camp owner in another county in fined condition of domestic life was You retire for the night. the state, which is being printed in first beginning to assert itself. CUT FLOWERS. colors. In this connection it must be remem­ and Cigars. For all occasions—Funeral Designs and So­ (Greenwood keepslthe “Sunny South” —We occasionally hear of a person bered that during the middle ages in ciety emblems. Prices reasonable. Roses, \ who does not see and read regularly England there was a general revolu­ §1.50 to $2.00 p er dozen; p in k s 35 to 50c per Cotton Felt Mattress.) • Heinz’s Pickles, Edan d ozen; ch rysan them um s §100 to §2.00 per Maine Woods and Maine Woodsman. tion in society. A new class had late­ dozen, white, pink and yellow; violets, 25c ! and American Cheese. When such au oue receives sample cop­ ly sprung into existence. Feudalism bunch 25 b lo sso m s; sim la x , 25c string; calla No. 3 Beal Block. ies he may consider it a personal invi­ lilies, §3.00 per dozen, w ith leaves. had been destroyed and the middle and W. A. D. CRAGIN. ! I Phillips Lower Village. tation to subscribe. Maine Woods lower elements of the population were and Maine Woodsman print the news Of North Franklin in much more com­ rising. BUSINESS CARDS. plete form than any other newspaper. With their social betterment came an The local departments are complete in improvement both in house construc­ JAMES MORRISON, HARDWARE'. both papers. The correspondents are tion and interior arrangement. Narrow people who know what is news and how streets were still the order of the day, Attorney - at - Law. What Fishermen to put it in readab’e style. Our adver sadly out of keeping with our modern Telephone Connections. Beal Block, Phillips. tisers are among the leading business ideas of sanitary requirements, while and professional men of the county. the houses were chiefly of the “half F. E. TIMBERLAKE. If. P. NOBLE F a n c y . These papers are real in practically timber” kind, some of which had the Fishing every house in North Franklin. The lower story of stone and those above, TIMBERLAKE & NOBLE, price is $1.50 a year for the two local ATTORNEYS, Fish Hooks, Fish Lines, papers. Who can afford to do without each projecting over the one below, I them? consisted of'a timber framework filled Office, Beal Block. Fish Rods, and Fish Baskets. Tackle. in with bricks. It was a picturesque Phillips, M* People are getting anxious ♦ ♦ fashion, but it did not provide sun- General Law Practice and Fire Insurance. to drop a ;hook in the brook I have a bran new stock ♦ shine and air. ! Collections will receive prompt attention ♦ The rooms were usually small and and they can do it by law on ♦ of up to date Fishing ♦ HARRY F. BEEDY, ♦ and after May i . ♦ dark. The hall was the principal pub­ l Tackle. Anything you lic apartment and remained the only ♦ ♦ Attorney : at : Law. I keep an assortment of fish­ ♦ ♦ part of the house unaffected by the OFFICE--Qates Block, ing tackle to please all. ♦ want you can find here. ♦ growing taste for domestic privacy. Phillips. - Maine. The best as well as the The general arrangement of this very Telephone Connections. ! important part of the house is made Fremont Scam man, ♦ lowest in price. apparent to us in such pictures as that of the “Hundred Men’s Hall” at St. 8. L. Savage. Upper Village, - Phillips, Me. Carriage work and wood work of every G. D. BANGS, Cross, near Winchester. description done in a workmanlike manner Over H. M. Staple’s blacksmith shop. As the hall was the usual scene of Phillips, - Maine. : domestic festivities it was consid­ BLACKSMITHS. ered necessary to have a gallery for C. F. CHANDLER, musicians. Sometimes this gallery oc­ Embaimerand Undertaker, cupied two sides, though usually it I Sell was placed at one end, opposite the ; Funeral Supplies. Phillips, Me. This is the time of year that your dais.’ In large halls the fireplace was ! Allerton and Yankee attention should &be given to your still in the middle, where there was Carriage Repairing floor coverings. We have just op­ Plows, Harrows, ened a new lot of first-class Can’t Stand It. constructed a low platform of stone of 1 and Painting. a kind that may be seen in an old cut Cultivators and representing the fireplace in the great WOODWORK of all kinds done promptly Woolen Carpets Constant backache— hall at Penshurst, Kent. Large iron and in a workmanlike manner. Tired all the time. King Corn Planters. dogs, or andirons, supported the logs. GEO. A. STAPLES, Phillips, Me AND Nerves on edge. In some parts of England they were Can sell them at lowest possible Distressing Urinary troubles. called “cob irons.” A group of orna­ prices for the best. Hard to keep up mental fire irons of the sixteenth i% Is most interesting. Often an im- | Horse Trot G. E RIDEOUT, Blacksmith, plement placed beneath the firedog was The latest and most attractive de­ used for moving logs. AT Upper Viilae^e, Phillips. signs to be found anywhere. Call Doan’ s Kidney Pills The walls of the hall were usually and see them. furnished with tapestry, and in the Toothaker Park, Relieve the aches of a bad middle was a table with a bench on BLACKSMITH. Phillips Hardware Co., back promptly—cure all each side. There were also a cupboard, I have a large stock of Osborne Kidney and Bladder troubles. or “hutch,” with side tables, one or two . Phillips, chairs and perhaps a “settle.” Chairs Harrows, Cultivators, Mowers and Phillips, Maine. Mr. J. E. H. Townsend, of Townsend were still comparatively rare. Buffet- JULY 4 , 1 9 0 3 . Rakes, also Oliver Steel Plows the I ______Bros., carriage manufacturers, of 19 Jeffer­ stools were generally provided, and best m the world, which I am selling ▼ VWWWWWWW'WWWVWWW ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ son street, Beddeford, Me., says: “We used ------m ♦ ------▲ Doan’s Kidney Pills in our family, and these commonly had a hole through the at a very low price. found them a most valuable remedy. There middle for lifting them.—Home Beauti The North Franklin Agricultu­ Frst-class horse shoeing, clipping, Blankets and Robes. are so many useless remedies on the market ful. jobbing and wood work done < * I have the best line of Blankets and that when one is found which experience ral Society will give a horse trot and Robes lor fall and winter that was proves does what is claimed for it, it is a promptly. ] ever In town. The Saskatchawan pleasure to endorse that preparation. I afternoon’s entertainment to which • robe Is a prize winner. procured Doan’s Kidney Pills at John Ber­ i y A glance at my goods will convlne ry’s drug store, under Hotel Thacher, and all are invited. T. R. WING, <; you of their quality and I have made the satisfactory results obtained warrants i y the prices right. tne in making the above statement.” Purses will be published in Corner Hain and Depot Sts., Doan’s Kidney Pills sold at all drug this signature is on every box of the genuine Maine Woodsman of May 8. o J. W. Carlton, Phillips. ■'s; 50 cents. Foster-Milbnrn Co., Baf- Laxative Rroaio=Quinine Tablet* PHILLIPS, - - ME. ' Y. ibe rero^Jv that <>nr’"ic * e©l<5 in one day No. Franklin Agricultural Society.

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