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PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY, By Estate of A. C.H.LIVINGSTON, GEORGE L. BROWN, EDITOR AND BUSINESS MANAGER. ;5OOK AMD ,foB ff\INTlN<l every description executedwithprompt. nasa and at low prices. VOL.49. DEVOTED TO POLITICS,3OIENOE,AQRIOULTURE, AND WHOLE INTERESTS OFTHE PEOPLE. ELIZABETHTOWN, ESSEX COUNTY, N. Y,, THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1901. NO. 24. Reading Notices, among reading matter 5 cents per line. Busiuess Cards (not occupying more than one inch space) $3.00 per year. Legal Advertising at rates prescribed by law. Other advertising rates made known on application. Birth, Marriage and Death notices free. Correspondence of public interest so- licited from all parts of the county. The subscription price of the Post and Gazette is f 1.00 per year, payable strictly in advance. Looal and Vlolnlty. —Hon. O. Beede was in town on business Monday. —SeeW. M. Marvin's \ad\ in another column of this issue. —W. S. Brown and B. S. Pond visited Keane on business Monday. —Excellent ice is being cut along the Boquet River near this village. —Mrs. John L, Vaughan of West- port visited in Elizabeth'town yes- terday. —Francis H. Hull of Keene Valley was in Elizabethtown on business yesterday. —At this writing the ice house at New Pond Inn, Underwood, is be- ing filled. —Mrs. Amanda Bentley of Keese- ville is visiting relatives in Eliza- bethtown. —Judge Rowland C. Kellogg was on the sick list Monday and Tues- day but is now better. —Some nice ice has been cut on and hauled from Mr. Kellogg's pond in the town of Lewis during the past few days. —M. J. Trumbull and LeGrand Hale, two well known Keene Valley guides, wore in Elizabethtown on business Monday. —E. J. Olney. Esq., of Wilming- ton was in Keescville on business Friday last, being registered at the Commercial House. —Walter S. Wood of the firm of Wood Brothers, Newman, Essex County, N. Y., is iu Boston, Mass., on business this week. —Game Protector Fletcher S. Beede and William F. Bailey, Esq., of Keene Valley were in Elizabeth- town on business Tuesday. —Tuesday was the 86th anniver- sary of the Battle of New Orleans and yet the memory of Old Hickory's victory is still green in the Ameri- can mind. —A chicken pie supper will be served at the residence of Mrs. Lueua Milbr iu this village this (Thursday) evening, to which all are invited. —Tho auction sale at the resi- dence of the late George Lan:'_ _ rt on Wells Hill iu the town of Lewis Tuesday was largely attended. The sale was a success. —Dr. D'Avignon and Dr. Leslie J. Avery of Ausable Forks were called to Elizabeth town Thursday last to attend Mrs.B. F. Gilligan at her South Valley home. —Henry Mann of Plattsburgh, a nephew of Henry Mann of Canton, O., and of Mrs. Henry Jacobs of New York City, was in Elizabeth- town on business Monday. —Adirondack dwellers in general are now engaged in getting wood to keep them warm and harvesting ice to keep things cool. Two con- spicuous opposites, indeed. —There will be a sociable at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Erastus Lobdell on the Westport turnpike Thursday evening, Jan. 17th, to which all are'cordially invited. —Mr. Beede's lumber jobs in the Boquet Valley, one dumping ground at Robert H. Wood's place and the other at T. B. O'-Donnell's, are be ing pushed with the utmost vigor and determination. —There will be no pi-eaching in the M. E. Church next Sunday as the pastor, Mr. Diefendorf, will be in Madison, N. J., over Sunday. Preaching at the usual hours the following Sunday. —John S. Roberts, Jr.,andSteph- eu A. Spellman of this place and Ford Towncr of Willsborough went to Albany Friday for the purpose of taking a course in the Albany Busi- ness College. Success to these young men. —There will be an auction sale of tho Henry Washbond estate, prop- erty at Westport, N. Y., Tuesday, January 15, 1001, commencing at 10 o'clock. The sale will include horses, wagons and household fur- nit\u'p. —Tuesday John Rumney, Jr., and a man named Ben way unloaded a large load of logs on the bank of the Boquet just below this village in 4 minutes. Not to be outdone, Wm. Collins and Matthew Spellman, Jr.. unloaded a load in 2i minutes. Next. —Rov. E. A. Braman. pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Lake Placid, was presented with a gold watch by his congregation Christmas. While the news is a lHtleold it is. in our opinion, never- theless too good to keep from the public! —While driving through the woods between the \Buck Stand' and \Poke-O-Moonshine\ Friday last we noted many large pine trees which had been uprooted and blown over by the heavy wind last month. The wind was evidently blowing from west to east when the damage was done. —A Philadelphia subscriber to MM Post writing us recently said: I enjoy reading our County paper so much, for it contains much news m reference to Lake Placid and vicinity and you know there are plenty in this city of Brotherly Love who are greatly interested in that part of the country. Yester- day I was talking to Mr. John Kis* terbock about your paper and he requested me to send you a dollar for his subscription for a year, so here it is.\ We are certainly obliged to our friend for his good opinion of the Post* also for Mr. Kisterbock's subscription. Mr*, Kisterbock is known here in Eliza- bethtown, where he spent some time early in the season of 1899 playing golf on the links of the Cobble Hill Golf Club with D. E. Miner, the well known local instructor. Of course Mr. Kisterbock is better known at Lake Placid where his efforts in be- lalf of that place as a summer re- sort are simply incomparable. Speaking of his efforts and accom- plishments in the golf line at Lake Placid in our issue of Oct. 26, 1900, 'esaid: \Mr. Kisterbock has spent $1200 on the West side golf links. He has stripped the virgin forest from about 40 acres of land. He has only six loles ready for use now but expects o have a nine hole course nekt sea- Ehzabethtown High School Sotea. School reopened Jan. 2,- with a good attendance. / Miss Pearl Emnott is teaching in the Intermediate room, Miss Clark the former teacher,having resigned. The new desk and chair for the Principal have arrived. They are satisfactory in every respect. Stephen A. Spellman formerly of he E. H. S.left for the Albany Busi- ness College on Friday last. Mr. ipellman carries with him the best wishes of all. The Misses Carrie and Louise Perry visited the High School on Friday last. Stephen Spellman gave the E. H. S. a farewell call before his depart- ure for Albany. Miss Lydia Patterson has re- turned to school after an absence of two weeks. Richard McDougal has again re- sumed his studies at* the High School. William Barton registered at the High School on Monday morning last. Several of the High School stu- dents attended the ''Installation of Officers\ at the Masonic Lodge Wed. Jan. 3. Following is, the per cent, attend- ance for the week ending Dec. 21: High School, 88.06 per cent. rammar, 94.06 \ Primary, 87.27 \ Percent attendance* for the week ending Jan. 4th: High School 84. percent. Grammar* 81.5 \ Intermediate 71.66 percent. Primary 89.71 percent. Following is the Honor Roll for the week ending Dec. 21, and also Jan. 4. The star beside a name shows that that person was on the Honor Roll for the weeks ending Dec. 21, and Jan. 4. High School Room. Douglas Adams, Esther Barker, Walter Beekman, Ora Boynton*, Mary Brown, Virgil Clark, Ger- trude Davis*, Olive Deming*, Alice Dougan, Richard Dougan*, Irvin Durand*, Marion Emnott*, Martina Emnott*, Earl Hall*, Archie Hayes*, Georga James, Carroll Lee*, Ella Marshall, Jennie Marvin*, Ella Mc- Dougal*, Doi*othy McDougal*, Harry McDougal*, Nellie McDougal, May Patterson, Lydia Patterson, Leon- ard Palmer*, Lev! Radiker, George Perry, Ella Ritson*, Frank Ritson*, S. A. Spellman, Clement Tingley*, Francis Tingley*, Calvin Prior*, John Burlow, Anna James, Robert Wood*. Grammar Room. Eai'l Aird*, Ethel Aird*, Clarence Barker, Clifton Barker*. George Barton*, Alleda Burlow*, Ma Casey, Jennie Deming*, Neil Dun- ning*, Laura Durand, Elmer Fuller, Edith Hall*, Ethel Hall*, Jesse Hall*, Bertha Hayes, Bessie Jenner, Annie Lentfer, Leola McAuley, Ber- tha Patterson*, Timothy Secking- ton*, Anna Smith*, Alfred Thew*, Mabel Wasson*, Augustus Wood- ruff. Primary Room. Henry Adams*, Beatrice Barker*, Willie Barker, Willie Denton*, Millard Deming*, Blanche Dun- ning*, Ruth Derby*, Willie Han- chett*, Eldrid Hutchins, Fred James*, Harry James*, Lester Lob- delLJtevid Lashaway, Ralph Mc- ManTis* Robert McDougal, Harry Palmer*, Harry Partridge, Rosa Patterson*, Ruth Slavin*, Walter Shovan, Merritt Stanton, Helen Patterson*, Marjorfe Mc^uley*, James Darling*, Hubert Buulow, Theodore Miner, John. Mr$. Symposium and Snow-Shoe Meet at Underwood. Friday morning last W. S. Brown and W. H. Tracy drove from here over to Keene Heights on business. In the afternoon they drove through the woods to Underwood. Friday afternoon Mrs. Tracy, Mrs. Brown, Miss Mary E. Brown, Miss Cordelia Pond, Benjamin S. Pond and George Agnew drove up the Boquet Valley and on to Underwood. Just before the Elizabethtown contingent reach- ed Underwood Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Rowe and their daughters, Misses Grace and Pearl, of Port Henry, had arrived at the general headquarters, New Pond Inn. Mrs. Rowe is a sis- ter of Elmer E. Wakefield, the New Pond Inn landlord, and inasmuch as the host and hostess were formerly residents of Elizabethtown and well- known to all the party from this way, the whole crowd at once felt at home and proceeded to feast and make merry generally. Friday evening and Saturday morning nine pairs of snow-shoes were in operation in the immediate vicinity of New Pond Inn. Skating was also a feature of the oc- casion, the ice on the outlet of New Pond at a point just above the dam built by the.late 'JMark\ Sherman, furnishing ampleyopportunity for the merry skaters. It is probable that the awakened echoes were never more prolonged in the vicinity of Underwood than on Friday and Sat- urday last. The Elizabethtown con- iingent returned home late Saturday afternoon and report having had a most enjoyable time. ffighly Interesting Developments in Con- sequence of Game Law Violations in Essex County. There are some interesting de- velopments % 'on\ in Essex County in consequence of game law viola- tions. It seems that one Fred Lewis, a local game warden residing in the north part of the town of Lewis, went out hunting deer with dogs some time since. At the same time George, Charles and Andrew Hoag of Keeseville and a man named James Garyey went out to hunt deer with dogs in the same locality. Lewis complained of the other parties, in consequence of which fact all were summoned by Game Protector Fletch- er S. Beede to appear before Justice W. F. Bailey at Keene Valley. On the 28th of December last Lewis i fined $10 by Justice Bailey. In Garvey's case sentence was sus- pended. That same day Charles and GeorgeHoag were fined $100 and costs. The tollowingday,Dec. 29th, 1900, George and Andrew Hoag were fined $100 and costs. A. W. Boynton, Esq., of Keeseville ap- peared as counsel for the Hoags. All sentences pronounced were for violation of sec. 9, chapter 20, of the game law of 1900. Monday of this week Lewis was called before Justice LaDuke at Keeseville and fined $100 for the same offence. Tuesday Lewis ap- red in Elizabethtown. It. is un- derstood that a stay of proceedings has been granted and that he will appeal to the County Court. First National Bank. Port Henry, N. Y., Jan, 8,1901. At a meeting of the Stockholders of the First National Bank of Port Henry, N. Y., held Jan. 8,1901, Geo. T. Murdock, W. C. Witherbee, F.S. Witherbee, G. D. Sherman, J. D. Atwell, Jas. H. Allen and Chas. T. Walton were elected Directors for the ensuing year. At a meeting of the Board of Di- rectors held subsequently, on the same day, Geo. T. Murdock was elected President, and W. C. With erbee was elected Vice President, for the ensuing year. F. S. ATWELL, Cashier. County Treasurer Shields On The Sick List. Albert W. Shields, Essex County Treasurer, was confined to his Keeseville home by sickness the lat- ter part of last week, having taken a hard cold. However, he was re- ported better the first of this week. We sincerely hope and trust that he will both speedily and perma- nently recover. Pilling Ice Houses at Keene Heights. J. W. Otis is engaged cutting and hauling ice from the Lower Ausable Lake to the St. Hubert's Inn ice house. G. F. Beede is cutting and haul- ing ice from Chappel Pond to the ice houses of various Keene Heights cottages. \Al.\ Willard Visits Elizabethtown. Tuesday morning we were privil- eged to meet and greet the vener- able \Al.\ Willard of Lewis on the streets of this village. \Al.\ is certainly an '\old timer from way back,\ as he will be 85 years old if he lives till the 25th of March next. He was born where the large and growing village of Keeseville now stands. In his boyhood there were but few buildings along the Ausable River where the wealthy village of Keeseville now looms up. In early life \Al.\ came to reside in the town of Lewis, where he has continued to keep a residence to this day. He has an iron memory and is familiar with Lewis happen- ings for the last 75 years. He for- merly \coaled.it as the saying goes, building wood pits and burn- ing coal for use in running the old fashioned charcoal forges. In his early life Indians were common in the Adirondacks and game plenty. He early turned his attention to hunting and trapping, which oc- cupation he still follows, notwith- standing his advanced age. \Al.\ is a widower and lives at Lewis Center. He was called to Elizabeth- town Tuesday morning to serve as a witness in aiding Mrs. Sophronia A. Wilson in establishing her claim for a widow's pension. Rom Keene Valley to Keesevffle in Three Horns- A. W. Boynton, Esq., informs us that he recently drove his fine span of blacks from Keene Valley down the Ausable River to Keeseville, a distance of 32 miles, in three hours. Hon. Orlando Beede, who is noted for making fast time between Adi- rondack points, will have to keep watch of bis laurels, else the Keese- ville lawyer will snatch them from him, Eev. Jacob Burkart Called to Monterey, Pa. A copy of the Baltimore American of Monday, January 7, 1901, is be- fore us as we write. It contains an excellent likeness of the Rev. Jacob Burkart, formerly pastor of the Congregational Church at Lewis. Directly under Mr. Burkart's picture appears the following which wo quote verbatim et litemtim: \He is aprominent young clei'gy- man of this city who during ex-Gov- ernor Lowndes' administration, was one of the immigration commission- ers. He has accepted a call toHaw- ley Memorial CongregationalChurch, an.influential congregation,in Mont- erey, Pennsylvania.\ Tobin's Barn Burned. The barn on Tobin's Mt. Hurri- cane lumber job in this town burned between 5 and 6 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. A lantern caused the fire. One team came near being burned to death, one of the horses being led out after a serious scorch- ing. A Delightful Winter Drive. Residents of Elizabethtown wish- ing to take a delightful winter di'ive should go from this village up the Keene road as far as the residence of Peter Liberty, then turn in, tak- ing the lumber road leading to the old Miller Kilns, at the old Miller Kilns settlement turn to the left or east and continue along about two miles, cross the corner of lot No. 82, then come down diagonally across lot No. 81 and so on down to the residence of Robert H. Wood, then drive down the Boquet Valley to this village. Entire distance about 10 miles. Try it. Bay Brook the Site. It is said that it has been definite- ly decided to locate the New York State Sanitarium for incipient con- sumptives at Ray Brook, Essex Co Ray Brook is between Saranac Lake and Lake Placid. The site selected is understood to be in the town of North EIba,onthePlainsof Abraham where Rogers, the famous partisan ranger,and his chosen band attacked and destroyed an Indian village in the French and Indian War period. It is said that the Legislature will be asked to appropriate $100,000 for the erection of the first pavilions for the hospital and that plans for the institution are being prepared by State Architect Heins,supplemented by suggestions from Dr. Carlos F. MacDonald. Dr. MacDonald is well known here in Elizabethtown and is eminently well qualified to assist in work of the kind. Bucklen's Arnica Salve. Has world-wide fame for marvel- ous cures. It surpasses any ether salve, lotion, ointment or balm for Cuts, Corns, Burns, Boils. Sores, Felons, Ulcers, Tetter, Salt Rheum. Fever Sores, Chapped Hands, Skin Eruptions; Infallible for Piles. Cure guaranteed. Only 25e. at C. N. Williams'drug Store. Jan. Talk of a Golf Ground For Ticonderoga. There is talk to the effect that the town of Ticonderoga will have golf links the coming summer season, That historic old town will do well to follow Elizabethtown, Keene Val- ley, Lake Placid, Cascadeville, Westport, Essex, Keeseville, Schroon Lake and Porf Henry in the matter of having a golf ground. The Livliest Village toNotthernJfowYork.plement Six years ago the present month the writer visited Ausable Forks. Feb. 14, 1895, the Post spoke of the J. & J. Rogers Co's Great Sulphite Pulp-Mill as the \Life of Ausable Forks.\ We quote below a few lines from the article published at that time: \Ground was broken for the mill about June 1, 1893, and the manu- facture of pulp began June 1, 1894. Nearly 100 men are employed about themill; anaverageof 50cordsof wood per day is used and the daily out- put of pulp is from 20 to 28 tons, re- duced to a basis of dry pulp. If we are rightly informed the pulp-mill we are describing is a record break- er. Few pulp-mills hare, in the his- tory of pulp manufacture, paid ex- penses during the first six months of operation and yet the J. & J.Rog- ers Co.'s mill paid expenses the first month. Built for a 20 ton per day mill it has overreached its ca- pacity and turned out as high as 28 tons in a single day. It has turned out 142 tons of pulp in a single week, an average of 23$ tons per day.\ Speaking of James Rogers who had previously been chosen Presi- dent of the J. & J. Rogers Co., the Post said: \He is a sou of the late James Rogers and was the first man to de- clai'tV in favor of establishing a sul- phite pulp-mill. His decision was the daring of genius and of a genius which counted only as a stimulant the obstacles intervening the trans- formation of an abandoned iron works into a successful pulp mak- ing plaut. Unwilling to sit idly by and wait on time, he pulled off his coat and applied all his Hei*culeaE powers with what might well be termed the vigor of youth and the ai'deucy of enterprise, working early and late, spending money with a lavish haud for the best of every- thing that goes to make a perfect plant, aud all the time employing, as far as possible, his old iron work- ers, who labored with the full knowl- edge that success meant continued employment at their own firesides. And thus the great sulphite pulp mill was built. Mr. Rogers also superintended the construction oi the railroad extension which now comes to the very door of the plant that has proved the salvation of Au- sable Forks.\ Lastly the Post at that time said: 'As the Ausable River continues to flow onwai'd, obedient to its destiny, obeying a natural law, no obstacle interposing to interrupt the design, those who # .were forced out of the iron business by men who can reach into ore beds with one hand and in- to coal mines with the other, are im- proving time in manipulating the latest improved machinery in an entirely new line of business, mak- ing a good profit and giving employ- ment to a great many heads of fami- ies at Ausable Forks and business in general is lively thereabouts. We trust that the long and honorable existence of the J. & J. Rogers Iron Company may be duplicated by the reorganized J. & J. Rogers Com- pany and know that this sentiment is echoed by all who are familiar with the way in which the industrial pulse of Ausable Forks is beating at the present time as a result of the building of the great sulphite pulp mill we have been writing about.\ In view of what the Post said Feb. 14, 1895, nearly six years ago, it gives us pleasure to state that all reasonable expectations as to the beating of the industrial pulse at Ausable Forks have been fully realized. Business there has been remarkably good during the past six years and never better than it is to-day. There is a good demand for mechanics of all kinds and day laborers generally. In short no man residing there who really wants work need lay idle a day in summer or winter. The village, is growing and the volume of business gradual- ly increasing. Tho great sulphite pulp mill, the most prominent force in the indus- trial life of Ausable Forks, is built of brick and rests upon a foundation of boulder clay, which is as solid as the rock itself. Back of this un- excelled palp mill stands 75,000 acres of land, a considerable, por- tion of which is well covered with a heavy growth of spruce, enough to keep the mill running for many years to come, so the permanency of the industrial activity of Ausable Forks seems assured. One of the late indicators of pro- gress at Ausable Forks is the mam- moth electric light plant put in by the J. & J. Rogers Company, which is altogether likely to prove one of the greatest conveniences the place has ever enjoyed. The power for running this large plant is located at a point on Black Brook one mile below the village of Black Brook. The preliminary work on the plant is all done and Mr. Rogers is daily awaiting the arrival of the machine- ry, which is supposed to be on the way to Ausable Forks. It is un- derstood that the power is sufficient and the plant large enough to sup- the power in the pulp mill, furnish light for it, light the Com- pany's mammoth store, some pri- vate residences and possibly some of the village generally. And so it goes in the livliest vil- lage in Northern New York. in the Court of Judge Armstrong of North Hudson last week, securing the discharge of one Sprague who was charged with petit larceny. WtllsDoro*. The funeral of Henry Currier, who died from paralysis, was held from his late home on Monday afternoon. Mr. Currier has been for many years a respected citizen of this town and leaves many friends. One daught- er survives him. Miss Phoebe Wells, who was ex- pected to speak at the Methodist Church on Sunday evening, was prevented from doing so by illness. Winfred Morhous, from Whallons- burgh, spent the holiday vacation in town. The topic for discussion at the Epworth League next Sunday even- ing will be \Youthful Consecration\ Eccl 12:1. The leader for the even- ing will be Miss Edna Hoffnagle. Jack Pasby had the misfortune to break two of his ribs while at work at Port Kent. John Smith is again doing night work at the Station. Ford Towner has gone to Albany where he will take a course in the Albany Business College. The funeral of James Garvey, an aged citizen of this town, was held on Monday. Interment took place in the Catholic cemetery. C. W. Woodford and wife, from Port Henry, were in town to attend the funei-al of Mr. Currier. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Fairchild are visiting relatives in Bridport, Vt. Olmstedville. Jan.7,1901.—Peter Ryan returned to Long Lake last Thursda}'. Francis Sherlin called on friends at Tahawus last Friday. M. F. Cronin of Aiden Lair was in this village Monday on business. School opened Monday with Wm. Montgomery as teacher. Miss Mary B. Thompson closed her school atCrishtom last Friday. Miss Jennie Fleming returned to Indian Lake last Wednesday. William Lavei'y who has been in St. Luke's Hospital, New York, being treated for a tumor of the throat, returned home last Friday. Fred Lavery lost a valuable horse one day last week. Mrs. Jas. K. Kelso is keeping store for her brother Thomas who is on the sick list. We are glad to hear that David Jones of Minerva is improving. Jan. 7.—The week of prayer will be observed by the three churches of the village uniting, holding services alternately. Mrs. Collins of Monktou is visit- ing at her father's, E. M. Safford. A very pleasant New Year's was passedat the home of Mr. and Mrs. I. C. Stafford Tuesday, Jan. 1st. A Tucker reunion of the four brothers and one sister, Mrs. Stafford, who was formerly a Tucker. Those pres- ent were: Mr. and Mrs.A.J.Tucker, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Tucker and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. C.W. Tucker, three daughters, one son and grand- son, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Tucker. Willie Derby started Thursday last for Collinwood, Ohio, where he intends to enter school- Miss Alice Stafford and Miss Maud Tucker retu rned to Syrac use Friday, John T. McFarland spent Sunday in town with his father, Terrance McFarland, who is confined to the house, but we ai*e glad to learn that Mr. McFarland is improving. Ke«ne Valley. Jan. 7.—There was an oyster sup- per at this place on Friday evening; the proceeds amounted to about $62. There was a masquerade daiiee at Egglefield's dining room on Mon- day evening, Dec. 31. One of Chas. Partridge's teams broke through the ice on the river near Monroe Holt's farm and came near drowning on Friday. F. S. Beede has got his logs nearly all drawn to his mill. Ranney Crawford spent the week between Christmas and New Year's at home but he has gone back to Burlington to school. It is rumored about this place that there are panthers in the woods near here. The tracks of the sup- posed panthers were seen on Chapel Pond. Communion was held in the church at this place on Sunday, Jan. 6. There is now being conducted a series- of evangelistic meetings in the Congregational Church. ADIRONDACK. Schroon Lake. Jan. 7—C. T. Leland, after spend- ing a few days at home, returned to his position at the Grand Hotel New York City, Jan. 2d. He was accompanied by his daughters. J.H. Pitkin and wife, accompanied by their son and daughter left for Corinth after having spent the holi- days at their home in this place. Nicholas Lapointe has purchased the building on Main Street just north of the drug store from Au- gustus H. Bogle. The Pitkin Bros, who occupied a portion of the build- ing for a meat market will be com- pelled to vacate May 1st. The boys will have no trouble in finding an- other place and their many friends hope to see them well located after they leave their present quarters. Frank C. Bailey came out yester- day with the swell cutter of the season. Frank does not intend to be out done in a tui*n out as the management of a hotel. A considerable number of young people from this place attended the New Year's ball at Pottersville. C. F. Taylor, Jr., has erected a handsome dwelling on the old Sanders site; when completed it will be one of the most imposing dwell- ings in the place. The lot wasTpur- chased before last year's assess- ent. Bradford Squires won fresh laurels' merchants have agreed to close iheir places of business at 8 p. m. Now if for two evenings, they arould close at 6 p. m. the schedule would be complete. Miss Jessie Patterson of New York is in town. The offi- cers of Court Lake Placid, I. O., of F., were installed, by Samuel Strock, M. D., the 4th inst, (16) persons were admitted to Membership, Sun- day, in the Methodist Episcopal ihurch. F. C. Mihill, the recently appointed P. M.. is preparing to in- stall the office in his store. Old People Made Young. J. C. Sherman, the veterau editor of the Vermontville (Mich.) Echo, has discovered tho remarkable sec- ret of Keeping old people young. For years he has avoided Nervous- ness, Sleeplessness. Indigestion, Heart trouble, Constipation and Rheumatism, by using Electric Bit- ters, and he writes: \It can't be praised too highly. It gently stimu- lates the kidneys, tones the stom- ach, aids digestion, and gives a splendid appetite. It has worked r onders for my wife and me. It's a marvelous remedy for old people's complaints.\ Only 50e. at C. N. Williams' drug store. Jan. Ironville. Jan. 8.—While the. west part of Crown Point, can boast of fine sleighing, the dust is flying at the corners. Another big hog in town. Chas. Garfield killed one last week that weighed 728 lbs. Strange how a little decimal point will alter a few figures and make them some times play us false. It was three hundred and fifty dollars, that Mr. French lost on Christmas day instead of three dollars and fifty cents. Miss Jennie Sisson went to Schroon Saturday. Charles Olcott was the guest of Wm. Cook's people Sunday. George Cook was in Burlington, Vt., last week. A. H. Baily is very low, not ex- pected to live; his sister, Mrs. Fan*, was buried a few weeks ago. At the Annual Sunday School election officers were elected as follows: Superintendent, L. R. Dudley, Assistant Supt. E. W. De- Long, Organist, Mrs. Wm. Knowl- ton, Secretary, Miss Bessie DeLong. Assistant Sec'y, Miss Nina Knowl- ton, Treasurer, Mrs. E. Deloug. Willard Bemis recently killed a fox that measured four feet and three inches from tip to tip. E. W. D. Westport. Training class examinations gin Tuesday, Jan. 15th. Mrs.Katherine Miller,a member of the training class, is quite seriously ill. Mrs. John L. Ferrell and daugh ters Bessie and Marvel are visiting friends in Chateaugay. The reception given by the cres- cent dancing class Friday evening was well attended and all who at- tended report a very pleasant even- ing. D. F. Payne is overhauling and repairing his saw mill. John Stan ton of Wadhams is the mill-wright. John P. Carver returned to Union university Saturday. The revival meetings at the M..E. Church will continue throughout this week. Those who went to the auction sale of personal property of the late Henry Washbond, were disappoint- ed in that there was no sale. Both administrators and auctioneer failed to appear. D. F. Payne has puz'chased two mountain lots from H. H. Richards. The Essex County Agricultural Societv held its annnual meeting at the store of F. W. Allen yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. William Royce are visiting friends in Willsboro. Lake Placid. Jan. 8.—This is an open winter for this altitude; that is, open skies and falling snow. To-day mark* three score days of continuous sleighing. So much snow, stalls lumbering to an unusual extent. Teams stand in barns at large ex- pence, with hay at $20 per ton, and feed $1.35 per cwt. Our Union School with Prof. Slocum, Principal, M. T. Vanness, V. P., resumed its sessions, the4th inst. after 2 weeks vacation. Mumps and whooping cough being prevalent, are likely to cut the attendance. The ice har- vest is on. Chas. Commings, with a force of men, is in camp, to cut logs on Buck Island, on Placid, and John Forbes has the cut on Bishop Potter's preserve, for C. I?. Davis. John Mooney, Orville Parkhurst, and Halsey Wood, entered the Albany Business College the 2 inst. The Local W. C. T. U. will hold an all days meeting on Thursday at Mrs. R. W. Clifford's. Cottage prayer meetings will be held on the Saranac Turnpike this week. Our Sudden Death of Frank F, Hathaway, Postmaster of Platt^mrgh. Frank F. ~7 • • - . > > r of Pl-iitsb.it—'i ' at his R.-oad :i.t\:>. i • . Jan. 3d. valvular ca.-5.u-,' heart undoubtedly causing his un- expected demise. He was born at Fall River. Mass., in 1845, but had passed most of his life in Plattsburgb. He was a law- yer by profession and had served as Recorder in Plattsburgh several years. Deceased was a man of genial temperament and kind dis- position and a wide circle of friends and acquaintances mourn the loss and tender their sincere sympathies to the bereaved family, consisting of one brother. W. C. Hathaway, for- merly of Port Henry, one sister, a widow aud three daughters, Luella W., Helen Imogenc and Ann. Dr. 0. 0. Sehuyler Appointed Temporary Postmaster. The bondsmen of Mr. Hathaway as Postmaster, Gen. Stephen Moffitt, James Shaw and M. P. Myers, on learning of the suddeu and unex- pected death, secured Dr. C. C. Sehuyler to serve as Postmaster temporarily aud • he assumed the duties of the office Thursday after- noon. Dr. C. C. Sehuyler is a lin- eal descendant of Gen.PhilipSchuyler who operated so extensively iu the Champlain Valley during the French aud Indian War aud the American Revolution, notably at and around old Fort Ticonderoga. Death of Mrs. Edward H. Cutting. Mrs. Edith Jane Cutting, widow of the late Edward H. Cutting, died at her home in the town of Lewis the 2d inst., iu the 81st year of her age. Deceased was a native of Eng- land and is survived by nine child- ren—seven sons and two daughters. Funeral services were held in the Congregational Church at Lewis Center Saturday noon, Rev. W. H. Barker of Elizabethtown officiating. The mortal remains were buried in the cemetery at Lewis Center. When yon are selecting Your Cemetery WorK That it is somsthinG Which, is going to star.D For ages, you canncT Have ittak-n<?'\' T n c ~ D Replacr- 1 I 1 Tim . See ii ..v . Visit the horns u . Departed ones, it wilL Be an eye sore to yoU If it is not a first clasS JoB. Cheap work is cheaP, First, last and for alL. TimE. Can furnish you firsT Class work at reasoN- Able prieeS. Harriet Tyrrell Estate. Notice to Creditors:—By order of Rowland C. statute in°such f^.glf*^ fj^f*?£! tow\o? ClHliliS «S~ * , . , __* , _ _ ,.,„,*. thai thov ai-f* D - d °~ \\feSSj .TvBK^Adn.'r.&c. ROY tocBwooD, Att'y for Adm'r, <£c.
