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A GENTILE s\, lacies ^ Editor of Facts and Fallacies:— 1 see a letter in the last issue of your paper from S. P, KimbaH criticising the commissioner of highways in regards to the bnilding of the retaining 1 wall at the grist mill t>ri<3ge. How Mr. I think is a little too severe in his criti- cism: first, the commissioner advertised that on a certain date lie would sell to 'the lowest bidder the job of building- the proposed extension to \the sa$i bridge, then -when the day arrived the com- piissioner-outlined the work wanted done - and received several bids, the lowest re- sponsible bid was that of Messrs. Smith *& Clark, T $275.09. iThe commissioner thought that this was o too high and ad-' jonrned the Bale without date and I know /of him consulting- masons and practical men to have them do the proposed, work lor less* but not one of them would dare to undertake the work, even at the bid of Smith and- Clark. I happen to know something about this myself as I talked with masons who 6nghi to know something about work of this kind and was told thai the work .. could nofe be done for less than tSOO.OO, and one put it as high as $350.00, and /.they would not even bid on it as they claimed that there was nothing in it at v . these figures. • • After the sale was adjourned the com- missioner tried to get someone to do the work for less than 8. & C. and could find > no one who was willing to take the oon- / tract and so he awarded the contract to 'Messrs. Smith & Clark at their bid of I think that the commissioner was fully justifie&in doing 1 what he did and owing to the faet thattjbe contractors were able to get a large quantity of * the atones in the flyer- close by (which was a* .surprise to every one) they succeeded • s |n doing the' work .and perhaps made a •••\•••• lew dollars for themselves. They did a good job and I think that the town should : »t>e r satisfied. Mx. Kixnball might ^have Apitt In a bid and according to his theory [\e might have sa»yed the town a hundred •or two dollars, but it seems that he did ; uot have the nerve until the work waj3 finished and then he finds fault with the e ommissioner. Knowing the facts as I do I think that ; the commissioner was justified under the circumstances in doing just what he did and I think that even Mr, KimbaH, if he , had been in his place, would have done the same. Yours, J. S. QUINN, Brushton. Mothers can safely give IMey's Honey and Tar to their children for coughs and colds, for it contains no opiates or other poisons. Sold at The Hawkms<Pharm acy. When you 'feel languid, tired, nervous and irritable, your vi- tality* Is low—your supply, of nerve energy exhausted, and your system running down for lack of power, 1 The organs of the body are working poorly, or not at all, and you are not getting the nourishment needed. This soon impoverishes the blood and in- stead of throwing on: the im- purities, distributes it all through the body* [This brings disease and misery. Feed the nerves with Dr. Miles* Nervine, a nerve food, a nerve medicine, that nourishes and strengthens the nerves, and see how quickly yon will get strong and vigorous. \My wife suffered with nervousness previous to* a xecent attack of typhoid fever, but after &er recovery from the fever slie was muc)a wocse, and eould hardly control herself hems exceed- ingly nervous when the least exeitecL Sfce \*ras very restless at aigbt, and never had a good night's re*fr. She also suffered much from nervous head- ache, Dr. Miles* Henrtne ms yecom- tended W a friend. After the. first three doses she had --a «»* night's rest, -and at the end of the flwt week's treatment she *w*J3. wonderfully im- proved* Contitmad use of H«xvi»e has competed her «rtlr e o^ ^ ^^ 3P621 Cherry St., Bvaasvill«, Xn&, Df, Miles' Newlrie H €<>W by .Your druggist, who wftl guarantee that the first Tjottle wfH benefit. If It fails, he will refund your money Miles Medical Co., Feb. 14th—An exceedingly cold storm has been onr experience the last few days. Miss Etta Adams is -visiting friends in Michigan: her uncle, Mr. \Wright has been quite 111.- The meetings which -wertj commenced last week are to continue |through this week. ^ I The ladies met with Mrs. George Bradford last Friday in tie interest of their missionary work. Mrs. Foote spent last wear at the home of her brother, Lincoln Spanieling. The meeting of the W. (p. T. XL will be held at Mrs.' Oliver Smith's Wb. 23rd, to be led by the superintendent of press work. As it is to be a. pallor meeting supper will be served at tenjeen'ts, all are invited. ' * { The s-ame of basket ball last, Friday evening between our boys amd the Brush- ton High School team resulted in a vic- tory for the visitors, the so >re being 18 to 9 In their favor. Ezra \Duel has sold his place here and will move ho iialone. •or. i Feb. I4r— IL G. Conger has^bought the house of Mrs. Emma Xmgsley, but does not take possession until open'weather, Coughs and colds are the 'order of the day. Harold Snide has been veiy sick with grip. Mr. and Mrs. Bassett, of Burke, visited frieiids In town last week. I SPABLBIjNGe This vicinity has been saddened by the Ridden illness of meningitis which resulted in the death of TJne, Spanieling, the oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln E. Spattlding, of Bangor. She was taken ill Thursday, Fejbruary 2nd, and passed away theiollawinjg Thursday. While her illness was °bujt a week's duration, her suffering 1 in that time was most Intense, She was. a brigrht girl a'bout twelve years of age and the grief stricken parents have the sympathy of all in their ^ bereavement- Thejiineral was held from her parents' home Saturday afternoon, Kev. L. T. Hughes officiating. The teachers an d her schoolmates attend- ed the funeral in a body and showed by their floral offerings the esteBrn they had fox Una. Cooks Coraers.i Feb. 15th—For fehe first time this win- ter we have been blocked in by the snow drifts, making the roads impassable and the mail carrier was unable tcj> get through Monday. Yesterday he was able to get through as far as Cooks Coriiers, but no farther. It has been a terrible storm and it has made it very bed for those who are sick. ' The twin daughters of Joe Wheeler died during this storm. Mr, Davis, -who has been on Den Gibbs' i'&rm, is moving to Ft. Covington. A birthday partv^ will be; held at the parsonage for Hev. J. Blanchard tomor- row night, the 16thc he is' remarkable smart and cheerful for a man of his .ad- vanced age, 85 years. Howard Hutcldns has so far recovered from his recent severe illnesjg as to be up around. Mrs. Condon is poorly. Mrs. Merritt is yery ill, her daughter Minnie is somewhat better. Charles Glbbs and E. South worth are both reported some better. . \ The sad news has reached us of the death of Useba Ellsworth, wife of George Higgins and a daughter of the late AJ.ph.eus Ellsworth. Mr* Higglns was a former resident of this place and had charge of the butler factory at the corner. PANSY. D1CKIXSO& The flinch party aif MelT Woods Jasfc Friday evening was well attended by the neighbors andnearby Mends, on aecoimt of the storm and bad Y roads ( many that had expected to attend were unable to do so. A very pleasant evening was spent by those In attendance, Mrs, Joseph LaBoek is very low with consumption. Miss Hattie Jardine han closed her school here until the first of nest month. The big snow storm left our roads in bad shape, Saturday was the- first time we hayeiiad to plow out the roads thus winter. Born to Mr, and Mrs* George Daggett, a son* February 13th, Wedding bells will soon be ringing. . ( Career lih a 3£O?J mm. $tate. O-eorge Sutherland •w bo'was recently chosen by the Utah Ie§,iskiur'e to suc- ceed Thomas W* K^an s in the United States senate, was representative In congress froin, Utah fre m 1901 to 1903, is a lawyer and lias served in the Utah legislature. He was born In England in 1862. Though ox Mormon parentage, No.:& ne is a gentile and is £r authorities of the ilornion Vith Senator Snioot, of that church. In 1833 he married daughter of the Mormai Lee 5 who was executed authorities in 1STT for famous. Mountain 'Mea&ows of 1857, in which abo'j mon emigrants lost their lives. iendly with tine ehurcli arid is an apostle' Rosa .tee, a elder John'IX by the 'federal his.part in the massacre 120 non-Mor- Prospective Purchas genuine English \buildo; Dealer — Genuine S^igiish ? say, that dog actually every time he, barks. Blanche' for Fitch has written a new play entitled * CrTTl^ ^% A'ATVJ-i-v* n -*-\ T-e-i 4 \!-» J^ /~^eitr*s-* $9 in O\^1TV A- r*\ The Woman In the learn a new part very quickly if the: ne- cessity arises. The firsttime played Trilby she- had to take the role on very short notice. Harned, who was taktig the part in the company to which '>.Iss Walsh then belonged, was taken il. Miss Walsh found herself facing this emergency .at noon one Saturday, knowing not one IT*—- ^*~C« \K ^ 51 £\ *\S i < ; Why, drops an News. —Chicago whom Clyde se,-\ is able to that she Miss Virginia line of the play and fa costumes made for a shorter and plump- er woman. She was due to go on at the matinee. It - was a difficult test, but she was equal to it. She mastered the first act and half of the second in c three-quar- ters of ari hour; the rest she studied \be- hind the scenes dur- ing the wait! and cing a row of. BLANCHE WALSH.' while the maid was pinr ing on the gowns made for another Trilby. It was a situation demanding a cool head and Intense ing and pinch- ipplication. Miss Walsh is fond of taking male roles. An incident is rel sited in connec- tion wijth her birth that bears on this fact. Tjhe family doctor\ was away at the time of little Miss ^Valsh's arrival. He sent another doctor, and afterwar<|L, while the mother lay ill :.n bed, the two doctors were in the room together. \Look here, doctor,'* saia one, ''corns tp the window. I want yots to looiv at this baby's head. X never saw one like ft before/' The uneasiness of the mother may be inlagined. ^ j \For \heaven's sake,\ she said, \what is the matter with its Mad?\ \On it|s all right, ma'am,\ said the first doctojr. *1t*s the best formed on€ I ever saw. |t ought to be a boy. It would be a great and successful man.\ \C h, is that all?* said the mother, \Then I can go to aleep.\ A NIGHT ALARM. Worse than an alarm o the brassy eo«g\h of erou ? like tlie children's deal means death unless soro quiekly, Fole/s Honey fails to give instant reli cures €Ke worst terns of XJ. Cornier, of M&nningt \My three year o^d ease of eroup; the doctor not live^ I got a \bottle a &n& Tar s the first dose g and saved her life.** 1 Beiuse Sold by The The HawHi : fire at night is , which sounds h knell and it ithing is done and Tar never if and quickly sroup. Mrs. P* B, Ky^ writes: h&d a severe said she cou|d Ifo-ley's Honey *ve quick relief us Pharmacy* ^ Coadsi0ted by J. WJ BARE0W, Oiafeam, N. ¥„ Press Corrcgpond£7it Wew Yarls JSiate Grange THE ORDER FLOURISHING. Brief B exports of tUe Cosditios. of C&r-astg'e ^a T\ax'Iois.$ States, Kew Hampshire reports 200 subordi- nate and 19 Pomona gcanges, and 100 members of the Order were elected to the last legislature. Pennsylvania re- ports, nearly 7,000 new members the past year. Ma T ine now has 374 subordi- nate granges and 24 Pomona granges. The total state memJbersMp is 43 3 7T2. Thirteen new grange halls were erect- ed the past year in that st&te* eost- <ing on an average §>370Q, } the most expensive one costing £14,500- One subordinate grange in that state has a membership of about 800. New York has organised, 32 new granges the past year and has dedicated 7 grange halls. The gain an membership is between 5,000- and 8,000 for the year. Kansas has added 6,000 to the member- ship during the past \year. One fire in- surance company in that staie earner risks to the value of more than $8,200,- 000, Rhode Island reports fair prosper- ity for the grange. Matnal fire insur- ance companies - report a saving of 50 per cent on the cost of insurance. Maryland reports progress. Michigan has added eighty-one granges the past year, mailing 719 granges m the state, with 44,018 members. There are about twenty eonnty and district fire insur- ance companies in the state, the aver- age cost' of insurance on each $1,000 being abctit '$1.25 per annum. They have $20,000 in the state treasury. Four hundred grange halls are owned by subordinate granges! Tiiere are twenty-four in on^ county. West \Vir- ginia is rapidly coming to the front. There are about 100 granges in good star ding. New Jersey has -increased its membership about 2.C0'0 the past year. p of profinets in the east \ the buying of fruit in Wasliinston aa€ CaHfornisu-^OIrrer Wilson, State Mas- ter of Illinois. topics Fcsi-S? IMsciEjSsio-ii Jja i&e .Will the exclusive use of commercial fertili'Sers tend to impoverish land whfoi usod continuously? Is the food value, of a ton tef corn either increased or diminished by put- ting it into a silo? . Should a ^farmer join the grange merely to make or save money by 5 so doing? Is the abolition \of corporal punish- ment in our common schools proving- a blessing or an injury to the youth of our country? Is it > possible -for manufacturers of farm implements to sell direct to farm- ers and dispense entirely with agents? \ Does improved machinery increase or decrease the cost of production of a crop, everything being taken into con- sideration? Is it equitable and fair for one lo- cality that has already built good roads to be taxed for the improvement of road's in other localities where roads are unimproved? Tlte 1 Sixborctmaie Graage. The subordinate grangers the basic stone of our Order,- and without\ it we could not succeed, says State blas- ter Gaunt of New Jersey. It is, the strong link in the chain that binds this great farmers' organization together from ocean to ocean. !The influence and usefulness of the Pomona state and national granges depend upon good work done lyj our subordinates. It he- hooves us as Hatrons to look well to the great superstructure upon which the order rests. L<et each be a farm- ers' school, where the mind and heart can be cultured, the vision be broaden- ed and life made worth livings An 3EJM.tes?prIsIu^ U Wesaweskeag grange, up in Elaine, is noted for something besides its name. This grange, we learn from the Maine Farmer, is to acquire title to a small farm property at South Thomas- ton, whereon it will erect or remodel one of the present buildings into a com- modious grange hall. The hall will be on the second floor, with banquet ha]!* kitchen, pantry and other facilities on the first \floor This will involve an expense of about $500, and the .money for the entire deal is in sight* The property cost f The death of ex-Governor Xasa of Ohio left a vacancy' on the board »f trustees of the Ohio State university. O-overnor H-errick promptly appointed Hon. P. A. Berthiek, master of Ohio state grange, to fill the vacancy. Every deputy organiser should id the history of the Order by heart foe able to *teTl what It has done for the farmer. MODES OF THE MOMENT* Jet is reappearing as a trimming far net evening dresses. t . ' Medium and brilliant tones have the preference over the dull and pastel lines that were dominant in past seasons. A hat of one color and costume of an^ other represent a ne>v style that |s ia- dicati^e of this season's fancy for col- or. ' J , ~ ^ , .-•«--.. * Colored spangles on gauze in tbe de- sign of a butterfly with outspread wings is one of the prettiest, itlsa-s <K£- emplified in- the new Watteau fens.- The up io date girl wears her ebate-'. laine watch attached to a long btaefe silk s ribbon instead, of the regulation pin. , A gold safety pin a couple ©f' inches long fastens the timepiece to the left side of the blouse. Chemisettes d-esigned for wear with the long basqued tailor made coat are fashioned from exquisitely embroidered fine white flannel, crepe de chine er poplin and finished with a iaee med white Imon collar and Brooklyn Eagle. e Sample Haw Sweet Cora sad Largest on Hecord—Seat Free the Btesit Mills' Seed BooS, lai Is F. B. Mills, the Seedman, of ._. Hill, JST. Y., is now distributing 3Si^.« than a half million copies of his greatest Seed Book, and with each one he B&acte free of charge a-sample packet of Ms Hew Early Sweet Corn, a wonderful being 1 sent put'this year to test parts of the country. The book itself is a beauty, . many fine views of his immense '„ lishment which ha& been enlarged „ by year to fit the requirenients of % rapidJLv increasing business until comprises in ^addition to the Fairvn Seed Farms and ' Greenhouses, three pariments each of unusual interest the public. His Thoroughbred Poultry Fasm up-to-date in every respect; the main house i&- 550 feet 'long, fully equipped with electric heaters which give €ont|isie pro-tection from frost in winter^ A speaial Poultry and Incubator Catalogue ••ex- plains about this ppultry farm and Ulas- trates the many breeds of-popular fowla that are raised th^re. Sir. Mills has, through years ol per- sistency in strictly honest btistne&\ methods, gained a reputation from %ri|ts-> ands for reliability as well as for zeal^u*l enterprise. - The Vegetable Contest described in Seed Book is characteristically ori^taal and -^ve consider it a splendid plan M It is calculated to encourage habits of observation/ 34,000,00» will be away In premiums June 1st. This Sesd Book and sample of may be had for the asking. Please i tion Facts and fallacies when Parlor Pride Stove I'lie Thfe little Boger Williams state, •eon-* iaining a little ove? 1,200 square U reports within its borders Subordinate, granges and four granges. ¥rsuik E. Marehont is. &&, master. Bradford county. Pa., has twenty-i! ?& granges, and eighteen of them owa. t : their own haBs. Its. membership- Is i t •4 y: In We have added eight granges to our rolls during tiie ve&r ^md increased our membership about 20 p&r isent. Th<* profits to the memberships BO far as reported for the three quarters past by eo-tjper&fioii in buying supplies and d^posiag 1 of products^ were about M per cent as compared with the local 0ur_&eali»gs roaca from the XiiqtodReady for instant use.-* 4 drops of Parlor Pride Stove Polh tlie store a telti&nt lustre sMne, the stove fit f or tixe parlor. No* Jia^ds—easy to apply—always Requires no water or mixing ( in paste polish xusts tlieatove)» ap paste remains after um Parlor PrMe goo-d to the last by all dealers. $M?g& s sampl (no express or postage to pay), name of your dealer and address LOB PBIDB MFGL CO., Boston, i-i ;!•- !'• The most reliable p0naM kidney troubles oir fhe market is Sidney Ciire, Sold at tte Baskets On my trip to Brn^htonazid 3Ioxra Thn-rsda^ X oarry a line of hoih aad fancy Baskets, inoluding Bas'fcefe. • can get $*iem at M. or Mrs, Allen's Sic liom$j ten 'Wr. •% -
