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T M U T IL A TT EE DD S ' I : c^atek a iefkfE V O ^ X IIL NO. 33. MECHANICYIL^^ SAEATO^jk^OTO^^ N. Y., SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 15, 1894. WHOLE NO. 65T is located on the upper H u d son at the m o u th of Tenendahoi iTlCCnaillCVlllCBallBton Lake and R o u n d Lake. It is midway betw een Albany and Saratoga, the political and social capitals of the Empire S l It is twelve m iles from tide w ater navigation at T roy and eighteen m iles from Schenectady. i B is on the line of the Champlain Canal and has railroads diverging in seven DiFFEEiyfT die J A street railroad extends through the main business portion of th e village and reaches J up the H u d son. M echanicvillo has facilities for passenger and freight transportation that are surpassed by 1 T h e U n ited States census of 1880 gave M eobanicville a population of l,t*65. I t now has 5,000. Its growth has been rapid and substantial. K , the outlet of rater, three miles j a few cities, population of fully The Saki:day1Vlgrcury is Printed H Q ^ E Advertisers ADpreci^e a H o m e N e wspaper. The Same Publisher hasx^ssued th S ^ ^ e r Nearly Thirteen'Years. T h is can n o t be said b y A n y O th e r N e w s p a p e r iiv^S^atoga (Jo po «®sses.two im mense water powers on the Hudson R iver and has one of the ITl.Vv'lIClllIv'y lllv largest pulp and paper m ills in the world. Its other manufactm-ing enterprises include Fitchburg Railroad car shop, Delaware & H u d son car chops, three larga knitting mills, three sash, blind and door factories, tw o shirt factories, two brick yards, a factory for elec trical supplies, iron and brass foundries, lime kilns and fertilizer works. , M eobanicville h a s six churches, a new $40,000 academy and public school building, a fine new opera house, a bank, two telegi'aph offices and a driving park. The Y. M. C. A. maintain a public library, reading rooms, gymnasium and bath rooms. The village is lighted by electricity and has unequalled w ater works, supplying the public w ith pure spring ^ b y the gravity system . E lectric street cars will soon be in use Santa Claus has just arrived and will make his headquarters at J. P. A c QIRR & C O ’S , I P A R K - A Y E , M E C H .I N I C Y iL L K , b r e e t h£ workshop iu one of our show windows, aud w ill be pleased fe a ll/o o d boys and giris during the afternoon and evening. fiday Goods in Great Variety, t I DOLLS, I I TOYS, I | GAMES | O h ' E V E R Y D E S C R I P T I O N . BOOKS! BOOKS! BOOKS! For Oid and Youn^ PDUSH, MBTAD AND CEDLIXOID NOVELTY BOXES, ! Toilet Articles, silver and silvere^l Bric-a-Brac, Useful and Ornamental. Albums* Mirrors, Jewelry, Perfumery, and a Thousand Other Articles which we cannot Enumerate as the line is too Great. We invite your attention. / Highest all in Leavening Power.— Latest U . S. Gov’t Report ABAOUITEEY P U R E A NEW SWINBIB. tOGAT. LINDS, A horss avM cutter from Blowers’ livery ran awsy fTuesday evening. Fayette Baker farr^wly escaped being hit while in the Tri^htened animal’s course near Port’s Sto The BtoiCs of the live merchants whose announcements will be found in the col umns o f the Saturday Mercury, are now brilliant with holiday goods and the clerks are taxed to wait on crowds of customers. At Massey’s they have 200 boys’ cape overcoats which he will sell at twenty pep cent, less than cost to clear them off. Also 600 pairs o f boys’ pants, good stock, winter weight, for 60 cents to $1.25 to clear them off. Everything New. AllaL . popular prices rSTORE OPEN EVERY EVE.VING. J . P . M c e i r ! lowest PE.EST01 < W a.tch This Sp.ace E v e ry W d Park=ave. S h o e P a r i ^ S ) , 0 0 1!AXD WELT, lONR CALV 8TOCK, IN M.J* STYLES, AKK THE BEST THAT MOKEV CAN rRQDUCE. EVERY BAIR O CAR AX* TEED FOR SERVICE. Park Avenue Shoe Parlor, D . C. BJBE, P r o p r ie t o r . Watch Our Fine Window Display. D. S. DOUGLASS, FIRE and LIFE INSURASCE, notary P u b lic a nd R eal Kstato Agent. igenoy. Olens Falls Ins. Co., ol Ulens Falls, elpkia; Rojall h Britisli and Mercantile North America, of Philad Liverpool, England; Sort Ins. Co., 01 Londonaud Edinburgh; T Uartford, Ct. an-l Mutaal Life Ins. C Office, Main Street, Mcchanlci-illc, >ya Ins. Co., of CHEISTMA8 GOODS, D o lls, B o o k s, Games and Pictures of A ll Kinds; Everything thit will make a nice Christmas present, may be found ut Park Place store o f Mrs. C. O- Barnes, RICE & HOWLAND, siALrnsIK Gats, Hay and Straw, Hard and Soft Wood. A lso AKCnts for the BROKEVK AIOWEB Orders mav be left at Sweet & Leightoa’s store Park-aye,; Central Telephone office, Main-st. Kel son Lee’s store. Kortb.it., or at rto wUl, FronNs MACHINE SHOP. General machine cultural implei Gnns,ns, locks.ks, oiping. Gn loc sewing &c , &c- Mill work a special done. All kinds machines, bit y< aments repaired. Steam fitting and >rk a spedt J E S M I T H . The spill way at Plum brook reservoir has been covered for the winter by Su perintendent Baker, Hinged doors that swing inward will prevent snow from fll- llBg the spillway, and thus keep the spill way ready for instant service in case of a j^rolonged rain or thaw. ' Everette 8. Hall has begun making trips on his express route between Me- chanicviiie and Troy, He leaves Here about 7 o’clock in the morning, and re- turnlBg, leaves the city about 1 30 o’clock. He has secured the entire express busi ness of the Miller, Hall & Hartwell shirt factory, oyer several other bidders for the same. ___________ * Hulin Bros, have been awarded the con tract for the construction of the smoke stack for the works of the Best Brick company. The stack will be 70 feet In height, and w ill addi one more tall chim ney shaft to this growing manufacturing town. Work was commenced this week on the brick kiln shed, which Is to be 7G by 160 feet In dimensions. Within the last few years there has been a surprising increase in the trade of our merchants from the surrounding country and neighboring villages. This increase has been quite notable the pres ent year, especially from the direction of Stillwater. This new trade enables onr merchants to keep larger stocks of goods with which to meet the public demand. Plum brook reservoir Is within a few Inches o f the top of the spillway, but will not be allowed to rise higher. It will soon be drawn; down several feet and remain so for the entire winter. Phis relieves extra pressure upon the banks, and while perhaps It is unneces- sarv to do this. It is well that every pre caution be taken. Indeed, it Is better that the surplus water o f the reservoir should flow into the Hudson through the distributing pipes rather than through ■the spillway. Water In the mains i.s thus kept sweet and lively. ---- N. CIUTE:. ---- Practical Horse Shoeing IiODfi: Kxperience. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Uanal-8t., Kqar Bodd’a Sliup.SIccJianlcvllle It is stated on good authority that the Hudson Biver Water Power & Paper Co. seriously think of building their third paper mill next season. This mill would complete the seriesi and contain three naper machines. At the rate the com pany are erecting new buildings, the plant will soon cover all the land owned on the west side of the Hudson river. The company owns 150 acres o f land on the east side o f the river. Ten years ago, there was talk o f a manufacturing con cern in Ireland locating on the east side of the river and employing 3,000 opera- The new paper mill of the Hudson River Water Power & Paper company is nearing completion, and the work of erecting tha new machinery has begun. This mill will contain two of the most modern and best equipped paper machines that o.an h^ made, and each machine will cost about $25,000. One of these ma chines has already arrived from Wilming ton, Del., aqd when In operation will run a .sheet o f paper 112 inches In width. The second paper machine will probably 1 not be erected until next spring. Con- I kractors Fuller and Waite having Inclosed . 1 two bulldings^are now pushing forward cchonii riiU, h. T. j extension of 177 feet to the finishing room, This will be three stories high, and the first has already been constructed. Since gossip concerning the site of an armory for 1 B’ruit Trees & Shrubs. it Variety and True to ‘plendid specimens will be furnished you by L. JE. B A K E Ifcchanin'illfi, Drop him a Postal Card. All stock guaranteed. Will be if it does Bot live. replaced Raw Furs Highest Market Price Paid for al kinds of Raw Furg. F. J, Bathilck. I f you have any skins to set drop m e a postal. other tl the proimsed milltarv com- became prevalent, several sites than that o f the St, Luke property have been suggested!. One of these Is »Ii at o f the Howland properly adjoining St. Luke's church on the north. Another site named is the Hltlmes homestead ad- joijiing the Methodist church. Still an- tb ^ Is the site of R. Moore & Son’s coal and lumber yards on Park-ave. In case the latter site were chosen, our military youfig men might organize as marines or Jack Tars, and haye asgnnboat anchored in the harbor. This would give the state a wsrship with which to meet British in vasion from Canada. But why count our “chickens” before they are hatched. Mill- Itary eggs must be “set on” a long time before the shells will crac^. Karl’s Clover Root, the great Blood Purifier, gives freshnesii and clearness to the complexion and cures constipation, 25c., 60( LOCAL LINKS Have yon read Landon's Christmas po. emln another columr ? It’s a “rtnorer.” Dr. T iffjny has “ joined the procession’ and iis prepared to pull teeth for the hol- The high south wind all day Thursday caused the snow to disappear rapidly. A sudden rise in the Hudson river resuited. Uoraline & Strang are building a -fine house on Gilbert-ave. for Mrs. Flora of New York, an aunt of Deputy Sheriff Woodworth. The new h 'Use will be oc- enpied early in January. Flanuigan Bros, have opened a retail cigar Store in Ihelr block on No, Maln-st., and have it stocked with choice varieties of tobacco, cigarp, pipes and other smok ers’ good\. See advertisement. See, the Park-ave. shoe merchint, dis plays a railroad engine, tender and draw ing-room car In one of his show windows to advertise a famous shoe for railroad men. Mr. See made the train himself, with the aid o f a fret saw. F . M oran, the shoem a k er, now has his worK’oench I d the Parlor Shoe store of D . C. See on Park-ave., and the room cated by him has been occupied as a bar ber shop by John Kinney, who has moved from the Shell’er 'onilding. John Cavanagn has closed his gtnts’ furnishlog goods store In the Kelso build ing, and retired from the business. Other Interests required moFt o f his time and attention. Mr, Cavanagh has made many friends since he engaged In the mercantile trade. Dan. McCarthy has sold his cafe ad joining the bank building to Mr. Doyle of Hoosick Falls, who has already taken possession. Mr. McCarthy has boughi the saloon business of Thomas Joice on Park-ave. and i.s now conducting the same. Mr. Joice has been ill a long time and decided to go out o f business. Several advertisers in the Saturday Mercury have recently spoken to us lu very flattering terms as to the great val ue o f advertising in these columns. Signs and show windows are good as far as they go, but only the passer-by notices t’nem. Newspapers go right into the homes of people who boy goods, and in the home is made nearly every resolve to purchase. F. J. Batbrick, the dealer in raw fnrs, displayed in this office the other day the skin of a large fox from which the car cass had been removed by drawing it through the mouth. An old hunter up on Saratoga laxe removes all fox skins by that method, autl does not cut the skin The bones of each leg had been broken off close to the foot, and then withdrawn with the carca.ss, The skin was stuffed’ with excelsior and is now on exhlblUon In one of the show wludiows o f S^e’s shoe store on Park-ave. Flfty.tw o V lvidonds As a general thing Investors are pleased to receive only two dividends a year, and If they are paid with regularity are folly satisfied. When one, however, cau re ceive fl fty two dividends in a year upon an investment of only three dollars, the matter deserves very serions attention. The Independent o f N e w York for forty-six years has held the first position am-mg the great religious llL.-rai-v and family weeklies of the land. It presents features for the coming year far in ad vance of any heretofore offered. It has the leading contributors o f the woild, It prints the beet poetry, it has twenty-one departments, edited by speeislmts. de voted to Fine Arts, Science, lusurance. Finance, Biblical Research, Sunday School, Missions, Health, etc. The In dependent is partlcularlv fitted for Intelli gent people, whether professional men, business men or farmers, and for their families. It costs but six cents a week and gives a great deal. A subscriber re ceives fifty-two dividends a year. The subscription of The Independent is only three dollars a year, or at that rate for any part of a year, and a sample copy will be sent to any person free by ad dressing The Independent, New York city Warren Baker is prepared to take or ders for nursery stock for delivery next spring. H» has been engaged in this business for eight years or more, and every year his list of customers in creases. Mr. Baker warrants his stock to he first class aud he sells it at astonish ingly low prices. Think o f No. 1 apple, trees. 5 to 7 feet high, at 7 1-2 cents. Standard pear tree.\ at 10 to U cents, cherry trees at 9 to 11 cents, plums at 7 to 11 cents. Fay’s Vrolifle currants 8 1-2 cent.\ blackberries 1 3-4 cents, Concord grapes 3 1-2 cents, Niagara grapes 0 cents and other flue stock at similar prices. Send your order, by postal cani, to War ren Baker, Mechaulcville, N. Y. His prices for medium and light medium stock are still lower. Look at Dickinson’s new .stock of gloves for all kinds o f wear. ntly bad occasion to travel fro®. >1 to London by the London and 4:10, having made up my mind to dine on the train, and had to wnit for the 5:30. Liverpool Northwestern railway. I just mksod the was not in the very sweetest of moods, as I had an appointment iu London at 9 o’clock and had to wii'e and postpone it, added to the fact that I had a very indlffer- rati meal at the hotel close by. W hen I took m y seat in tl only other occupant was a sed; . looking individanl, but at Edge HIU a third person entered the compartment, evidently on American, or, to speak cor rectly, a citizen of the tJnlted States. He was of a loquacious disposition and rather disturbed me by his repeated remarks, ul timately addressed to me, as the sedate individual steadily and firmly repelled his endeavors to draw him into conversation. I tried to oboke him off, but be would not be denied, bo I dosed my paper and an swered his numerous questions. Eventually we entered upon various dis cussions, embracing a variety of topics. Which at length resolved itself into a dis quisition upon the social differences be tween the American and English people, especially from a matrimonial point of view. I laughingly quoted the Brigham Young difficulty. Ho took the matter up warmly and quoted Henry 'VIII and his “seven” wives. ” “Excuse me, sir,” I said. “He was bad enough, but he only Indulged in six wives, and then only one at a time, and that With the utmost difficulty.” “ Seven?” “No, only six.\ “You'll excuse me, sir. I was at the head of my school at Hartford In history, and we Americans take a little more in terest in European history than you Brit- ishera do In American history, and I’m positive that Henry VIII had seven wives 1” “I assure you, sir,’’ I replied, “he had only sis, and if you like I will name them. Catherine of Aragon, Anne Bol- “ I don’t care a red cent! You can name them If you like, but I’ll back my memory any day. I Bay Henry VIII had seven wives. Look here, you Britishers are supposed to be sporting fellows, and I'll bet yon what you like I am right.” “I beg your pardon, sir, I don’t want to take your money. I assure you I am right. Any schoolboy will tell you the same. ” “I don’t care a dump for any schoolboy, or for you either, for the matter of that I , tell you I am rlghtl” e up my r ;loman a lesson. “ Very good, sir,” are right.” I remarked. “You ‘Will you bot?” ho asked. “I ’U lay you lat you like. I’ll put my whole pile on my memory, and this gentleman here,” pointing to the sedate passenger in the comer, “ shall hold the stakes.” “ I beg your pardon,” he interposed, “you really must excuse me. It l.s against my principle to take part in any gam bling transaction.” “ This ain’t a gambling transaction. I merely back my memory against this gen tleman’s. Shall we say for a fiver?\ I nodded assent, for the fellow annoyed mo, and I was determined to pay him out. “Here,” he continued, “you take this £6 note, if he will give you another, and whichever of ns is right will collar the “ 1 beg your pardon,” remarked the se date gentleman, “I would rather notl” “Well, sir,” I said to the American, “if you insist, be it so. I trust, sir,” I said, turning to the gentleman In the corner, “you will favor us by holding the stakes?” “Very well, ” he replied, with an amused die. “ If you wish it, I will do so.” smile. “ If you “Right you I handed hlr ish it, I will said the American and handed him over a £5 note. I took one from my case end handed him also. “Now, sir, who Is to decide?” I asked. “ Well, gentlemen,” said the stakehold er, “I think I can •e ‘ curiously enoug! English history sohoolmi 1, gentlemen,” sail think I c settl the i 3gh, I happen to matter, t have in my valise. I em a loolmastor, and It happens to Iw my •tieular brunch of education—in fact, I myself could settle the point at once.” “No, no,” cried the American. “I must see It In print.” “Very good, very good,’’ answered the schoolmaster os he opened his valise and took from it a well thumbed English his tory, and turulng to the page recording the events of Henry VIII’s reign he gave the decision in my favor. The American’s face dropped, and I smiled. “Now, sir, perhaps yon will nob bo so positive in the future,” I remarked, “and at Rug- aared to is I liavo won, will bottle with mo?” I remarkt low other people’s ihemorles to 1 juroto as your own.” By this time the train and njy two companl , gontlemi lO and ha\ the sedate one. “I am not thirsty,” curtly answered the American, and they both disappeared in the crowd. I did not care to have one myself, so set tled down In my seat with a self satlsflod Bmlle. The train was soon in motion again, and as we moved off I went to place the two £6 notes in my case. Some thing about them attracted my attention, and upon closely examining them I found I had been done. They had taken my good £5 note and given me two bad ones. -London Tlt-Blts. Racing Railway Trains. The ’’bridge junction” is a point above East St. Louis where the Wabash, Big Four and Alton roads strike the terminal ks. From the junction to the relay )t all tmins of the throe roads run cn the sam e track, and as tho roads nam ed run parallel and close together for several miles north exciting races sometimes oo- our, as two or more trains occasionally ap proach the junction at about the same time. Tho early morning incoming trains on each road are scheduled to arrive at the junction within a few minutes of each other. It often happens that two of them pass the Merchants’ bridge close together, and then there Is a race to the junction, as the first one to roach it gets tho track to the relay depot. It 1 b said that the rivalry between the engineers sometimes prompts them to put on a full head of steam and carry their trains along at the rate of 70 miles an hour. Very few acci dents occur at the junction, but it Is claimed that nearly all that do happen are caused by tho racing of trains.—St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Lemon juh :lnd of an orange stralinod vill give it a yelh oranbcrri ’ ilten it, the grated I through a cloth tint, and strawberry ■ill produce a pretty Claristmas Candj in great variety aud of the choicest kinis may be found at Irections low the beaten path along the rallroa< “As I left the store I noticed but did not heed the sinister glances that three of the loafers who were sprawled along the counter cast upon mo. “ It was a clear night. Tho moon was just rising above the mountains in the east. The air was cold and crisp and the ground frozen hard. In a few momenta I passed the last house, reached the railroad and was reeling off rod after rod of the hard white path that stretched before mo. S S S H 3 5 5 S Billiilii'i Ciar Sim, fdt not the slightest uneasiness at my lonely condition, dark and forbidding though the woods seemed, but as I pro- o e e d ^ deeper and deeper, u n t il looking behind me I oould make out nothing down in tho woods, I heard the sound of wheels. I stopped and listened. It heoame loader and louder, as if thevehlole was approach ing near me, and then began to die away aM soon was lost In the noise of loaves and “ When I had gone about miles, I found myself within a few yards of what ' appeared to be a wood road that wound crossed the trad A TKYIM ORDEAh. years ago this couhljff I® I reached Splkers station on tile’s ; ^ train in tho afternoon. I was travel!^-JfOT a wholcsde grocery firm and was enga^S^ in working among the stores in this part of the state; Splkers is little place, ps there. I over to the y dark, the place h lookingoking fel- lough lo U aoAnt way os I u rkhe illlngnlm business local-train a day tho train fipd hurris store. A s i t w as alfgady was filled with lonforsTi:?J lovTS, •who stai’ed In a vaeiiBLfc w ay packed my sample cases and spread the goods upon tho counter. I knewAht keepe: a bill, so that when 1 finished but with him at the end of an hour I felt am ply repaid for m y trouble. Then I began to look about for a place to spend the “I found that the Pittsburg express stopped at Schm u okor’s Junction, three miles up the track, and that brisk walking I wouli comfortably. Z made arrangements to have my cases sent on by the local train next day and then took my leave after having received explicit directions to fol- the beaten path along the railroad. Saved His Life AYER’S CHERRY PECTORAL ‘‘When my adopt- o cd son was seven o years of age, he^had ® as severe a cough o as I ever knew any- o 'teie to suffer from. 0 SS..^i:ghe<i Inces- § «santij>.aud spit up o blood. I'^ed every- g thing I coulH ^ ii o of, but.be constaisfco ly grew worse, a n d g &> I feared the poor o little fellow would surely die. At last, I o gavd-biin Ayer’s Cheryy Pectoral, beiiig g recommended to do so by the physician, q Mrs. M. E. DEBiSiLlberty, Texas. Ayer's Clierry-Pectoral 1 Received Highest Awards A T T H E W O R L D ’S F A l ^ g turn two horny hands had throat and held me fast. I out, but my effort was stopped clutch of the strong flni loared, 8 a wood road that ut from among the trees, crossed the track and then lost itself in the blackness on the other Bide. I had just passed this road when I was startled by the sudden sound of a footfall behind me, and before I oould ly hands had seized my k I tried to cry topped by a firm mg fingers. Then two Id in another Instant I > ground. “The three ruffians were big, burly fel lows, so heavUy muffled up that, beyond a few stray whiskers, I could make out hlng of their faces. All my efforts at king and struggling provec on my legs aud coolly tied er bound my arms, and tbei on my throat was loosened, ai lowed to breathe. In a few moments they had taken everything of any value that I bad upon my person—a watch and my money, not much, only a few hundred dollars. “ This done, Z thought that X would be allowed to go, but reckoned -wrongly. One seized my hands and another my feet, and they laid mo across the track. My horror knew no bounds when I realized what this meant. Onoof the brutes tied my hard down to the rail. I bogged threatened, pleaded and « reward for my release and e if they left me there, but dire vengeance in vain. They coolly wrapped tho rope round and round my ankles and under the rail, and then, fastening my arms at the elbows, they proceeded to secure my body. “The tighter I felt the rope drawing to hold me until the express freed me from tho track and the vforld the more I pleaded. The final answer was a blow on the month and the Information that they ’wasn’t goin to have mo tellin tales.’ Then they left me. “I heard tho rattle of wagon wheels as they drove away, and then I was alone. 1 twisted and tore and writhed in my frantic efforts to free myself until ex hausted. Time passed slowly. I pictured myself lying in pieces along tho track. “At last I heard a ringing in the rails, a low, plaintive ringing that told me that the express was coming. Only a few mo ments, and It would be on me. I twisted in one last desperate struggle I tore and kicked until tho leep into tho fieiSh, and my re the thongs were grew hot and writ! for freede ropes cut clothes where the thongs w« from friction. “'Ibo ringing became louder until at last It dovoloped Into a roar. I looked down tho track and saw tho faint gleam of the headlight as the engine rounded a curve. One more minutol Frantically I struggled. Nearer and nearer came the flying train. Louder apd louder became tho roar and ringing in tho rails, so loud that It drowned my wild screams. The headlight was blinding mo —all was over. No; I continued to strug gle. Then I felt a burning sensation In my legs, a terrible heat, and an odor of burning clothing followed. I raised my head, and tho gleam of a flame met my eyes. There was a sudden flash, and lu an Instant my feet were enveloped in fire. I realized it then—the friction of the thongs, in my tremendous struggles, had set fire to my trousers. “Suddenly, almost miraculously, tho ropcss unloosed. They had burned off, and my feet were free. I raised myself on my back and waved my blazing legs in tho air. There was a-wbistle for down brakes, a jarring of the rails as tho wheels slipped over them, the headlight was right over me, blinding mo by its brilliancy—but too latol I felt the cowcatcher’s nose gently rub my back, and then It stopped. I was “ The whole train crew and all the pas sengers rushed up. In a few seconds tho fire was extinguished, and I was carried by kind hands Into one of the oars. Ah, that was a terrible experience! I hope I may never have another such.” “ So do I , ” I joined in heartily. The speaker paid no attention to me, but continued: “ I lost 15 pounds In 15 minutes, a gold watch and ?300. My trousers, a new pair not yet paid for, were burned into knickerbockers. The bruises 1 recovered from. It w as just s ix years ago, and”— Ho blow out a gi and was about to tho buzz of conversation and train arose the nasal tones of a farmer in the scat behind us as he exclaimed to bis companion: “ Et do beat all the way this 'ere ken- try’s growin, Sam. Two years ago they wasn’t a house et a store at Splkers sta- It’s g e t ^ quite a place. Fruyu Bulldingr, near post office. Smokers’ Sapplies, Holiday Toys, Magazines & Newspapers, B o o k s b o u g h t, sold and exchanged. 8®**Fresh peanuts every d.iy. \X t & LARKIN, Leading Livery, Boarding and SALE STABLE. Hilch up, we enn the touScst rig, ‘ lids the fai Horses well trained and easy to guide, llandBome phaetons and surreys to ride. Hie to the country, forest or lake, Here wo can suit 'yond no mistake; Have your team here ted and gtallcd, Hitch np in a will be when called. Glernam-avc, Near depot, Mt'chaulc E D . J . B D S H , Ko S4 Hazcl-st,, Mechanlcvillc,N. Y. SBflsiai Triitlii& Livery 11 Orders promptly Cl puff of cigar smoke itinue when above rattle of the S. ARNOLP, Livery & Boarding Stable Oppo.siti? riuk-iiTc. Opera House. Mcebanicvlde, Mew York. E. WOOP, GENERAL TRUCKING, niovle^ Fianug and Kumlniroa Specialty. sale and delivi W. J. STLVeS, Contractor and Bailder Plans and specifications drawn. Estimates fur nished on all kinds of work- Plumbing and steam fitting a specialty. Addre.ss, pestpfUce box 690, M e o b L x m i o Y i l l e OYLROCKER PROS., Contractors & Builders, R n s i g : s t A v ® « -u .© Phil. Mawbey Grand Central H o tel Hlock. C I G A R S , T O B A C C O & P I P E S , K K E S H F R U I T S IN T H E I R S E A S O N , C O N F E C T I O N E P .Y . COME AND SEE US. W. P PRYAR, Painter & Paper Hanger Orders may be left at Bafford’s hardware store. Kalsominmg, Whitening. t. A. STARKS, AND DEALltl: IN rURNITURL. JOHN E. THOMSON, J e T F e l e r . W a t c h m a k e r a n d O p t i c i a n - Agent of all the leading steamship companies. Tickets to Europe at the lowest rates. Donnelly Building. Mcchanlcville. Real Estate Choice New Building Lots ON TEE MARKET. 50 LOTS On Broadway and ChestnuLsts, Immediately Southwest of tTnion Depot. High Ground, DelightfiuLojiutiun, Choice Neij^- nDown as rieasn M etoatle « In tho Ueantlfnl Grov isure Park. Trees already HOWhAND PAKER, Lots for Sale. S i x Dpsirabj^ B u i l u i u g R o ts for Sale, on south side of N o i tll-st. A p p l}- to T. L. Pratt, Agt. fluildingLots For Sale! A Choice o f Building Lots, Comprising Six Abrec o f Land imme diately north o f tM^Mnion Depot, Meehanieville, N. 7., i^ o w in the market fo r sale at very\>s^onahle prices- s. Lots Ironting RaiJro&d-st., Vlall-aTe-AaS- Boimd Lake^aTe*, alUxare electric viUafie water, and arc n w the new the door, sash wad blind fac- tory, and the railroad fireigrht yards. The X, • property is fast riBing in Talue andnowia the time to buy# Inquire of ^ Mrs. F, Jennie Bonteeou, OPPOSITE DEPOT —OPPOSITE— P u l p M i l l ’ M e o h a n i o y i l l e * This property is high ground and is lo cated immediately north o f the railroad shops and directly opposite the big mills of the Hudson River Water Power Com pany. It is the best location to be found for the homes o f the hundreds o f work men employed in the big mills. Call on or address, Mrs. Ezra Swartout, Machanicville, N. Y. Do You Know? Why Our Photographs are so Much Admired. It is because money we spare neither time Y to produce the best. Children’s Photos HIBBARD &AUE;N, 1 Street. McchanlcvUlc, N. Y Crayon Portraits Blanchard flowers. With A. B. Greene. Cor. Main and River-3t8,, MeCbanlCyilie. ou Want ■ayoi •ns or Photographs IHBISXffiCAS PBBSEHTS, Come at c SIPPERLY, Lee’s Market Sheffer Block, Park-arc. is the place to go for Choice Cuts of Beef, Pork and Lamb. Nice Poultry, Fish and Oysters. Try Lee’s Prime Sausage. It’s very toothsome Lee’s Market is New, Neat and Clean. CASH BAZAAR, HEADQUARTERS FOR Housefurnishing Goods which are being opened every day. J. B . M E E K E K S B A Z A A R , Park-ave. and Main-st. Wells DrilMjiLSflliiEoi A. McQUEEN, Schuyler, Saratoga county, New York. Who has a powerful horse power drilling machine with which he is able to drill wells in aU kinds of soil, granite, limeatone, clay, grayel, qnicksand or rock on short notica. Drink pure water from a vein in the solid rock and give up yom- .urfaco water pools. For par ticulars address the aboye.
