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THE COLUMBIA' REPUBLICAN, TUESDAY, MARCH 28, 1922 : ..... c h a p t e k To taka 3.tark at the age of Ihu'ty-four, and in the year 1912, and, at tUe place I'enny Gret'n to necef=- AUate looking- back a little tow a rds th e tim e of his m arrlag'e in 1904, hut h a p pen s to find him in good light for ol>- s;ervation. Encountering- him here- alioute, one w-ho had shared school clays w ith him at his p reparatory School so m u ch as tw e tny-four years buck w o u ld have found m a tter for re- co.gnition. A usefully- garrulous person, one H.apgoocl, a solicitor, found m u ch. “IVhom do you tliink I m et y e s ter day? Old Sabre! You rem em iior old t^ibre at old W iekum o le's? . . . Y'es, th a t ’.s the chap. U.sed to call him Puzzlehead, remeniibcr? Because he used to screw- np his forehead over things old Wic-kamote or any- of the o th e r masteivs said and sort of draw l l^ t , “'TTell, I don’t see th a t, sir.’ . . . rath e r! . . . And then th a t ^ n e r expression of nis. Ju s t th e ' opposite. AVihen old W ickam o te or som e one had landed him , or all of With som e dashed puntshm e n t, a n d w-e w e re g'assing abo-at it, used to screw up his nut in the sam e tvay an-d say, ‘Well, w h a t jl®®- m ean, you ass?’ a n d he’d start.gas.sing- som e ro t till som eone said, ‘Good lord, fancy- stick in g np for a mijjSter!’ And old Puzzlohad wmiild say-, . ‘Y^qu s ick en in g fool, I ’m not; stick in g up for h im I'nr o n ly sa y in g h e ’s r ig h t from how he looks at it and it’s no good _^uyinig he’s w-rong.’ I-Ia! F u n n y days, >-es. 1 'met him . “Yes, in his o f f i c I saw him . H e ’s in a g’ood business. d«Y'n t h e re a t Tid- horough. Ilashed. good. ‘F o itu n e , E a s t and Sa'bre’. ISTever h e a rd of th e m ? Ah, well, th a t shotvs you’re •not a p illar 'o f th e C h u rch, old son. If you took the faintest in terest in your p a r ti c u la r place of w o rship, or in any- Anglican (place of worship, you’d kno-AV t h a t wnhenever you AA’-ant any-thing f o r the C h u rch from a hy\mn book or a hassock or a pew to a pul p it or a screen or a spire you go to F o rtu n e , E a s t and Sabre, Tidlborough. S im ilarly in th e scholastic line, anj-- thinig from a Ibirch rod ‘^o desk— F o r ^ K?, East and Salbre, by- retu r n a n d the best. No thej-’re the g reat th e great, churaii and sohool-furnish- ing- people. ‘iAfai-ried? H u s ‘been som e they^’A'e no kids, place one tim e I Avas dOAAm Tid- b o r o n g h AA-ay. Now th e r e 's a place \'Ou ou g h t to g-o t o p a in t one o f y-our pictures—iwliere lie lives—'Penny G-reen. P icturesque, q u a int if eA'er a j-ancestors turn in h is grave.” The do- A-elopei-.s tittered- resp e c t fu lly as beriTs men Avho had landed a good th in g . M'esl.Avard of Penny. Green is Cho- vens!)ury; behind ’rid b o r o u g h th e sun tes, you g‘o clown there and hare oil, w-ith y o u r sketeh-hook. Old S a b r e ’ll love to see y e - . H is -wife? Oh, A^erj- nice, d'istinaly nice. P r e tty w-oman, very. Somehow I didn’t th i n k quite the so rt of w o m an for old Puzzlehead. D idn’t ap p e a r to have th e rem o test interest in an y of the th in g s h e w a s k e e n ab o u t and h e seem e d a bit fed w ith 'her soi-t of talk. Piers Avas all gossip—'all about th e people th e re and w h a t a rum' crowd th e y were. Det-ilish funny-, I thoug-ht som e of h e r stories. B u t old S a b r e - well, I suppose he’d h e a rd ’em b e fore. Still, th e r e was som e thing— som e thing about th e tAi-o of them . You k n o w th a t so rt of— s o rt of stif- fish feeling j-ou sometimes, feel in tl’.e a i r Avith tAVo people Avho don't quite click.” CHAPTER II Thus, by- easy- m eans of th e the.Ave’b and th e tangle and th e 'a m e - lous ttapgood, ap p e a r persons, places, insG tutions; Ih-es, homes, a c tm ties; 5 o f a m inute frag m e n t of hum a n existence. ILife. A n odd ibusiness. In to life w-e .come, mysteriously ar- 1-ived, are set on our feet and on Ave go; functioning- m o re or less ineffec tively-, passing- throug-h perm u tations a n d confbinations; (meeting the suc- x?essiA-e events, shocks, surprises of hours, days, years; becom ing engulf ed, subm erged, foundered by th e m f all of n.s on the Same adv-enture y e t retaining nevertheless each his OAV-n indiA-i duality-, as sw im m e rs can-ying each h i s u n d e t a c h a b le bui-den >rA'ou:g’h fTark, enorm o u s and caver- uous seas. Alysterious .iourney-1 f-n- ich'arted. unknow-n and 'finally-—-but th e r e is no finality! M y sterious and stu n n in g sequel— n o t end-to the my-s- tti-i.ous and trem e n d o u s adventure! Finally, of this portion, death, disap pearance— gone! Astounding- deA-elr“ m e n t! Odd affair! M y sterious iqm to t h is pair, M ark Sabre and aiiSAA-ife Mabel, a t Penny- Green, and have a look a t them m ixed up in th i s odd and my-stei-ious business of Penny- Green— ‘ipictnresque, quaint if ever a place Avas,” in garrulous M r I-Caipg-bod’s Avords — lies in a shallow deipression, in shape like a narrow m e a t dish. I t runs east and as slightly- tilted from north so u ih . rro the worth the land slopes [easantly upAvard in pasture and to pleasan tly upAvard in p a s ah a fd s , and here .wa.s the site of the P e iin y G reen G a rden Hom e Develoip- ---- aeiut Scheme. Bey-ond th e site, a onsideralble area, stands N o rthrepps, A- s e a t of Eord \Fyibar. JLord Ty- if^ar sold the ’DeA-elopm ent site to the ■jdevelopei’s, and, as he signed th e deed o f Conveyance, rem a rked in his airy- 'w.-ay, “Ah nothing like exercise gentle- T h a t’s m a d e eA-ery one of m y 'Penny Green, like Rome, had not been built in a clay. I’he houses of the I'onny G ren G a rden Home, on the other hand, Avere being run up in as near to a day as (-nthnsiastic dc'vclopex-s, feveri.sh contractors (\-y-- ing one Avlth ano th e r) and im p a tient tennnt.s could cnco'inpas.s. N o r Ava.s Penny G reen bulit fo r a day. The Imuses had been built not only hy peoide Avho intended to live in tlieni, ■ an d propo.scd to l^e roomy- and Avell enphoarded and stoutly beam ed and floored in them , bin who, not fore seeing restless and railAvayed genera tions, built them to endure for the children of th e ir children’s children and for children yet beyond. Sabre’s house w-as of grey stone and it p r e sented over the dooi-Avay- th e date of “ N e arly two hundred and fifty years,” Jlabel had once said. “And I tc-t,” Sabrt^ had replied, “it’.s neA'er b e e n b e tter Kept or run than y-on run it now, IMabel.” The tribute Avas Avell deserved. M a bel, who A\-as in many w-ays a model Avoman, Avas pre-eminently- a model houseAvife, “CraAA-shaAVS” AA-as spot lessly- k ept and perfectly- administered. The only room in the liouse which Sabre did not like was the sitting- room on the ground floor; and it AVas his O'AVn room, furnished and deco rated by Maibel for his oavu p a r ticu la r use and com fort. B u t she called it his “den,” and Sabre loathed and th e ' ' By A. S. M. Hutchinson 'Plied to detested th e w-ord d en as app a room a m an specially inhabits It im p lied to him a m asculine untidi ness, and he was intensely orderly and hated unti'diness. It im p lied cus tom s and m a n n e rs of Avhat h e called “boarding-house ideas”— the idea th a t a m a n m u s t have an untidily- comiforta'hle ap a rtm e n t into Avhich he can retire and en\-elop him self in toibacco smoke, and Avhere he “can have his own th in g s around him and “have his pipes and Pis pictures about him ,” and AV.here he can we.ar' “an old shooting- jacket and slippers” r ‘H a ! Jinks., E h ? H igh Jinks and Bow, Jinks, -W hat?” !. — and he loathed and detested all these phrases and the ideas they- con noted H e -had no “old shooting jacket” and lie would have given- it to th e gardener i f he had; and he de tested Avearing slippers and never did wear slippers; it Avas his habit to put on. his boots after his bath and to keep them on till Tie put on shoes when changing for dinner AbOA-e all he loathed and detested the vision which the Avord “den” alAvaj-a conjur ed up to himi. This was a vision f the door of a typical den being opened by- a AAdfe, and of the Avife saying in a m incing \-oico, “This is George in h is den,” and of boarding house fem a les peering- peering OA-er the AVife’s shoulder and sm iling fa tuously at the denizen Avho, in an old .s’nooting jacket and slippei-s, g-rinned vacuously hack ‘at them . 'To M ark this AA-as a horrible and unspeakable The m a tter of the den and another m a tter, touohing th e seivants., came up betAA-een them in cue very earliest days of their m a rrieii life. M able had been bu.sy- “settling things,” and she took him round th e house w ith delicious pride and happiness. M ark, sharing ’noth, had his arm linked in hers. W h e n they came- to th e fourth sittin g room M abel anounced gaily, “And th is is your den!” M ark gave a m o ck groan. “ Oh, lord, mot den!” “Yes, of course, de-n. Yv’'hj- n o t?” “I absolutely can’t stick den.” H e glanced about. “'VYbo on earth ’s left those fearfu l old slippers th e r e ? ” “They’re a p a ir of f a th e r ’s. I took them specially- for you for this room. You haven’t got any slippers like •He gazed upon the neels clowntrocl- den by 'her lieaA-y father. He did not m u c h like h e r heavy fath e r. “No, I haven’t,” he said, and th o u g h t grim ly, “T h a n k God!” I l l 'Mabel opened the kitchen door. “T h e m a s ter’s co'me to see how nice the kitchen looks.” Tw-o m aids in black dresses and an extraordinary^ am o u n t of stiffly starched aprons ’ stream ei-s ros. ;aps and ’ and bob- -ose aAvlvAvardly- ’ bed RAAdaward little bow?. One Avas very tall, th e o ther ra th e r short. M a bel looked from the girls- to M ark and from M a rk to the girls, .precisely as if she -were exhibiting- rare specimens to h e r husband and h e r husband to lier rare, specimens. And in the tone of one exhiibiting- pinned, dried, and coanpletely impei-sonal specimens, she anounced, “They’re sisters. T h e ir nam e is Jinks.” M a rk, exam ining the exhibits, had been feeling- like a fool. 'Their nam e hum a n ized 'them and relieved h.is. a'wlilwavcl feeling. “Ha! Jinks, eli? H igh JAnlcs an d Low JinRs, w h a t?” H e laughed. I t stru c k him as ra th e r comic: and High Jinks and titte r e d Ibroadly, losing and the other h e r glum n ess. (Continued In Our Next Issue) hlalbel seemed suddenly to -nave lost h e r i'nterfyst in h e r exhibits an d their cage. She ra th e r h u r r ied M ark throug-h the kitchen -prern'ises and replied ians fo r the garden’s development. 'Suddenly s h e said-. “Mapk.^IMo .wish ymu h a d n ’t said Giat in the, k itchen.” H e caught his arm around h e r and ga\'e h e r a playful squeeze. “A b o u t High Jin k s and How Jinlcs? H a ! D a shed funny t h a t , don’t you t h i n k ? ” .“No, I don’t. I don’t th in k it’s a b it funny.” 'He starred, puzzled. H e had tried the absurd 1 Low Jinks lA th e , m o st 'm o v ing into the garden, r th e r abstractedly to his pjaj could not see it. sinrply discom fort through him. IV Sabre awmke in the course of t h a t night and lay aAvake. The absurd in cident cam e immediately into his miind and remained in his m ind. H igh SPRING TOP COATS In a large variety of ja'unty models that are just the thing for. these Spring (lays. Made of tweed, earners hair, chinchilla and fine soft woolens, full silk lined. WOMEN’S AND MISSES COATS Sizes 16-40. Prices S20.0C, $25.00, $30.00, and $35.00 STYLISH STOUTS 38-2 to 48-2, prices $25.00 to $45.00 HUDSON'S LEADING CLOAK AND SUIT HOUSE Jink.s and How Jink.8 w a s comic, getting GA-er it. iStupicl, of course,-but the kind of stupid thing th a t A irrestiibly. And she couldn’t see it. Absolutely could not see it. B u t if she were never goii to see any o.f these stupid little thinj th a t appealed to him — ? A night-light, h e r Avish, dim ly illu m ined the room . He raised him self and looked at h e r fondly-, sleeping- side him . He thought, “Dash it, th e th in g ’s been just the sam e from h e r point of vieAAa T h a t den business. She likes den, and I can’t stick den. Ju s t th e sam e for h e r as f o r m e th a t High .links and D oaa ' '- J inks tickles m e and doesn’t tickle her.” H e very gently (inov-ed w ith his finger a tres.s of her h a ir th a t had fallen upon h e r face. 'Maibel! H is wife! 'How gentl'/ beneath h e r film y bedgown her ’bosom rose and fell! HoAv Utterly calm h e r face Avas. H oav at peace hoAv secure, she lay there. H e thought, “Three Aveeks ago she was sleeping in the terrific privacy of h e r own room , and here me. in mine. 'Cut off from eATi ,>find' eA-erytbody^ and come me.” H is thoughts continued; One life; One life out of tAVo lives; one nature, out of two natures! M ysterious and extraordinary- m etam o rphosis. She had . broug-ht h e r nature to his, and he his nature to hers, and they Avere to m ingle and becom e one nature. Ab su r d ly and in a p p r o p r iately h is m ind pidlted up and presen ted to him th e grotesque worcis, “H igh Jinks and •Low Jinks.” A note of laughter was irressistibly tickled out of hiim. She said very sleepily, “M ark, are ,ou laughing? W h a t axe you laugh- H e patted h e r shouldei'. “O h , no th in g .” One n a ture? O H A P T E R H I iA’-erything hare to One natu re? In th e fi,fth year of th e ir m a rried life thoug-hts of h e r and- of the poignant and trem e n d o u s ad- A-entUiUe. on iwhich they w e re em b a rk ed together w e re no longer possi'bB ■ p e rm a n e n c y in this develop'me-nt of the relations between them AA'as m ade when Sabre, on th e first Saturday a f ternoon after M abel’s recovery— ho did not go to his office a t 'Tidlborough on Saturday-.s— c a rried out hi& idea, concoiA-ed during h e r sickness, of m a king the bedroom into which he had moved serve as Ms study also. He had never got rid of his distaste for his “den.” A t lunch on fliis Saturday^ “I tell you w h a t I ’m. going to do this afte r noon,” he said. “I’m going to moA^e my- book.s up into m y room .” M abel displayed no interest in the moA'G nor m ade any reference to it at teatim e . In the evening, hearing her pass the door on her w a y to dress for dinner, he called h e r In. H e was in Iris sh ir t sleeves', a r ranging th e books. “T h e re you are! Not bad?” She regarded thC'-m and tlie roo'ra. “9'hey look all right. All the same, I -must say it seems rather funny us- your bedroom for your things 1 jmu’A-e g o t a room dOAvnstairs.” II B u t th e significance of the rem o v al rested not in the definite relin quishm e n t of th e den, b u t in h e r Avords “using your bedroom ” : th e de finite recognition of separate rooms. And neither com m ented up on it. A fter all, landm arks, in th e course of a joilrney, ai-e m o re frequently ob- sei-A-ed and noted as landm a rks when looking- back along- the journey, than AVliGii actually passing them . CHAPTER ] been told th e re was any thesc things. One Avas born, one lived one died. W h a t Avas there odd about it? N o r did she see anything m y s terious in th e intense preoccupation of an insect, or the astounding placi dity of a primro.se groAVlng a t the foot of a tree. An in.sect—^you Irilled it. A iflo-wer— you plucked it. W h a t’s the m y stery? H e r life was living am o n g people of h e r oAvn class. H e r m e a sure of a m an or of a AA-oman wa.«, W ere they- of h e r class? Iif they were, she glad ly- accepted them and aprpeared to mystei-y in CHATHAM A Kcsitlence Cliangc. M r and M rs Sm ith are to •from the Wood'men H a ll huildinig, week to the new flat over the fice of John C. Dan-dess. n this AVill Woi-k C rane Fai-n. F red Brizzie is to Avork the Dr. Crane fai'm toetv/een C h a tham and Spencer.toAvn the com ing sum m e r. A R e s idence t lh a u g e E v e r e tt B rockett and fam ily are m o v ing fro-m room s over the exju-ess office to the F is h house on .Spring St. Mabel Avas two years younger than Sabre, tAventy-five a t th e Bme of her m a rriage and ju s t p a s t h e r th irtieth b irth d a y w h e n th e separate room s were first occupied. H e r h a b it of- sudden laughter, ra th e r loud, was ra th e r characteristic of her. H e r laugh cam e suddenly, and very heartily, at ing th a t am u sed h e r and w ith out h e r first sm ilingling or sugg-esting by -anyth'!: any other sign t h a t she w a s am u sed. iSh'e h a d a rath e r lo n g n o se and th is pleased her, fo r she once read som e w h e r e th a t lo n g noses Avere a r i s - , tocrabic. She strok e d h e r nose as she read. ble 'Mabel belonged to t h a t considerable Avhile she lay in 'bed beside him . They\! class of persons who, in conx-ersation, had, come to occupy separate rooms, 'begin h a lf t h e ir sentences w ith “And In the .fifth y-ear of th e ir m a ri-ied) Just im agine— ,” or “And only fancy,” life m easles A-isited P e n n y Green, M a- ffhese exclamations^ idelivered AA-ith bel caught it. Sabre -went t o sleep in ^.much excitem ent, are introductory to an o th e r room — and th e •angem ent iv'ailecl. N o thing w a s said betw e en them on the matter, one AVay Of the other. They naturally occuipied dif— ferent rooms during' her illness. She recovered. T h e y continued to occupy different x-ooms. I t -was the most na tu r a l business in the w o rld. The sole reference t o recognition of J would 'm a tters considered extraordinary. T h e ir users m ight therefore be im a gined somewhat easily astomslied. B ut they have a eomipensatoi-y steadi- ll6Sg O-f imind in regard, to m u c h th a t m y stifies o th e r people. To Mabel tlxere was nothing mysterio.us in -bii-th, or in hvlng, or in death. She sim p ly living, not 1ave h understood had she NEW SPRING FABRICS LA FRANCE TISSUE GAZA MARVEL These two fabrics are a combination of fine Sea Island Cotton and Silk and are dainty, pretty materials for the newest Spring Styles. Friday and Saturday Clean up sale of Children's Sleeping Garments—Buy now and save mciney. E. G. BELLOWS EST. 641 W arren St., Hudson, NT. Y, STURDY SHOES FOR BOYS S'cliool StiOGS-Bes't Slioes —^Play Shoes—^have all been sturdily built by sboemakers wbo reuieui- ber where the wear and tear came when they were boys. Have you looked at your boy^s shoes recently for worn down soles, scuffed toes or general shabbiness ? Like as not he heeds a new pair right now. Sizes. 10 to 1314? $ 3,50. Sizes 1 to 514 ? ? 5 ^ 0 . Scooters Free with a purchase' of goods to the amount of $6.50. A coupon given with each 25c sale. GOOD o o c p F F n 539 Warren St“ * Hudson, N. Y. ■Will MoA'e To CJiatliam Mr.g W illiam M u rray and daughtei re.sided in W atertowjn azel who have : . Y., the past in W a terto w C h a tham this spring and Avill occu] ■tion of th e ir hoi to moA-e to Fai-mi Clianges OAvner.s le D. E. Sdramarc fai-m betAATen C h atham and E a s t C h a tham was sold foreclosure sale last Saturday. Cornell Van W y ck the purchaser. C h a tham wa.s To Hold Hai] ’he Wo to hold April 21st. King furnish the music Th e W o m e n ’s Club of ? to ho ld a dc ril 21st. K in g Jazz of Al'bany the M. M. d ance on Fi’iday evening A lban y w ill H e was in his shirt-sleeves arrang- ~ the books. (find considerable p leasu r e in their •ciety. W h e ther they had attractlAT q u a lities or u n a ttractive q u a lities or no qualities at all did n o t a f f e c t her. T h e on ly q u a lity th a t m a ttered Avas the quality o'f b e in g w e ll-bred. CHAPTE'R V I The Penny Green Garden House Developm ent Scheme was begun in 1910. In 190S, th e y e a r of the m e a sles and- the separated bedroom s, no shadoAV of it had yet been throw n . It never accurred.. to anyone t h a t a rail- Avay would one day link P e n n y Gx’eeii 'Avith Tidborough and all the rest of th e surrounding AAmrld, or t h a t a i-ail- w a y to Tidlboroug-h was desirable. Sa tore bicycled in daily to F o rtune, E a s t and Saibre’s, and the daily ride to and. fro had 'become a curious pleasure to Tliere bad once occured to him as he rode, and thereafter had persisted and accum ulated', the feeling th a t, on the daily, solitary passage betw e en Ti(iborou.gli and P e n n y Green, he was m y steriously -detached from , m y s teri ously suspended betwen, the two cen ters of his two worlds—'his busixxess. world an d his hom e world. F o rtune, E a s t and Sabre, Ecclesias tical and Scholastic, F u rnishers and Designers, h a d in 'Tidborough w h a t is ■called, in business and professional, circles, a good address. The address of Pbrtiaie, E a s t and Sabre was emipha'tically a good ad dress' because its 'business was- w ith the Chuch an d for th e C h u rch; w ith colleges, universities and schools and fo r colleges, tiniversities and schools; w ith bishops, priests an d clergy. Churchw ardens, headm a s ters, h e a d m istresses, governors and bursars and for bishops, priests and clerg>% churciiAvardens, head'inasters, head m istresses, governors and bursars. Its address was The Precincts— Fortune, E a s t and Batore, th e P r e cincts, Tidborough. II Business— on credit onlj-—^Avas con ducted on the first floor A\-hereon were ap a rtm e n ted the three princi pals-— the RcA^erend Seibastian F o rtune Mr Twj-ning and Salbre. ' T h e re Avas no longer an E a s t in the firm . The R everend Sebastian F o rtune Avas called Jonah by his employes; and he Avas called Jonah partly be- -cause his A-isits to the places of their industry invariably presaged disaster, but principally fo r the gross-nninded and w rongly-adduced reason th a t he had (in their opinion) a w h a le’s Ibelly, iHe bore a certain resemiblance to a Stunted w h a le . H e w a s chiefly a!b- dom inal. H is legs appeared to begin, w ithout thighs, a t his knees,and his face, W ithout neck, a t his chest. His face was large, both wide and long, and coA-ered as to its low er p a r t w ith a tough scru'b o f g ray beard. (Continued in Oiu* N e x t Issue) Psychic Note. The man who has the biggest head will not necessarily get the biggert SAYS NEW REMEOY DOES WONDERS Mr. F. P. Davis, P. O. Box 36, W all street station. N e w ' York, w rites as follOAVs: C a rter’s Linim e n t h a s done wonders for m e in relieving pain from injury to my knee, caused by an autom o b ile m ix-up. I trted all th e ad vertised remedies without av-ail. My wife is troubled w ith pains in h e r limbs and has been helped by it and I have recom m ended it to a num b e r m y friends w ith good results. It is agreeably perfum e d and does not soil or irritate th e skin. C a rter’s Linim e n t is sold by all Hudson druggists a t 50 cents p e r bot tle and can be obtained from any ru r a l storekeeper a t th e sam e price. A t St. .lam es Cixtivcii Rev. F a th e r De Lee, of Saratoga, Avill deliA-er th e serm o n at St. Jam e s church this evening, M arch 2Sth. Sold H is House F ran k Be.st of M ellenville lias sold his property in t h a t village to C h arles H a h n o'f New Y o rk City. The sale 3 m ade through lie of C h atham . iBroken Gla.=s Replaced rge plate glass in the store the B o ttam ini & Foiadeili dc'h Avas bro] 'ken tAVO fru it store, Avh: Aveek.s ago Avhen a hors Ava.g replaced thi.s Aveek. School H ouse Pictures The picture.s at the school house on F riday M arch 31st, w il be ‘At th e Sign O’ the Jac k O’ L a n tern” and the “Piccaniny.” Albany the C h atham Study Cluib F riday af ternoon. H e r topic was “The A p p re ciation of Music.” 'She was assisted 'by Miss Oliver Schreiner of Albany. To Hold Food Sale, The Y o u n g Peoples Class of the M. E . church are to hold a food sale at Allens store Saturday of this week. A I>a,iigli,ter. .Boim, Born a few days ago to M r and IMi-s ohn Diiniford a daughter. Form er d iatliam ite a Looser robtoery 'Wednesday night. Mr M ead lost several thousand' dollars in bonds an d ' o ther valuable papers. TDnaex-went Opei'ation. Mrs Louise Laraway. is In the Ho- leopathic Hospital in Albany; where she underwent an operation. i01ia£bani H igli {Defeated 'ternoon, score 35 to 28. IHinlster’s Salai-y 1 A t the m e e ting of ird of the M. E. ' official held on the Boax-d of th e M o n d ay evening, it was unanim o u sly ;ed to raise B ca ''. F. G. Snyder’s sa l a r y $ 2 0 0 . Chatliamites Need N o t W ow; Sinceince t h e bankank rotoSbei-yotoSbei-y a t Philohilimont i*y limoni S t h e b r a t P T h u rsday m a n y C h a tham people who haA-e safe deposit boxes in th e C h at- iwell and securely guarded and there need be no cause for alarm or worry, n k has a n electric gong, whieix und an alarm in case of : ry and a nig'lit w a tchm a n stands lard' inside the bank all night. The night police ing every police pa! hour durii ing th e nigiit. Factory W orkers May Sti'ike A shake-up took place at th e C h at- lam sh irt factory T h u rsday of last veek. Joel B ecker and B e rlin Helley cutters Avere laid off. N o rm a n Ash ley of the stock departm e n t has 'been id off. Jam e s Sm e thurst of Speji- rtofwn, Avho has been em p loyed in e cutting departm e n t, has been laid off. A -large nuimtoer of th e girls, w h o have been on day -work, are to on piece work, and th e re Avas -a rum o r th a t a num>ber of tlxe girls- are to resign, and t h a t a strike is brew ing th a t m a y tak e place this week. H o m e For QEaster 'Sevex'al car loads of 'Yassar Colie girls passed east over the B & A ra road Friday. The young ladies f irning to 'their hom es for t h e E-. te r vacation. M o rris this AA'ei F lay and Supper W om en’s. Club of th e M. M. are ;d a Seiif Service Sup'per in the M em orial Tuesday evening of lek, after th e sup'per tliere will be a plaA' entitled “Ding-A-Ling,” fo l io,wed by dancing. Music b y th e C h a t ham orchestra. position as State bank. nig'M w a tch m a n in th e A Birthday Faxty I School 5 Fridayay evening. Secui'od Fosltlon In (Pittsfield F r e d W a lton has secured a position, dth th e P ittsfield Gas com p any and w ill com m ence his new duties there George W. j nerly. of Gh. CHinls of Albany, for- t has pxxrchased of thh e hoUlouse Ion. L. F; Payn t e h now lied by P rof. Eugene H. Coo: 31m street an thei-e in April.
