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Freeport Bank Capital $30,000 Main Street U ) H \ . 1 . RANOM,!,. . ............... . re e p o r t l> WKSLKV IMS K. Vi'- t’’-. t ,, VVI I ,t.l X M S. n U . l l ' I Board of .fiilm .1 Rniiflall Sm ith <\<>x W illiam K. O..I<l r Wnllace H. Cornwell f ’harles L. Wallace W illiam S. Hall K<lgar Jacltsmi Directors \iigiisi linn i r William G. Mill, r T>. Wesley Pine Daniel H. Raymir Coles Pettit. Harvey B. Smith Gvnrge M. Hamf. 11 Open, except legal holnlais. from Ha m in H Offers faeilitii— anil iiicliiciiients m ial to tho*e of either I lie Trus < o ii - far Drafts T H E S C O T C H N E W Y E A R . Koine t t i i n l n t <!l«l <11 sIoIIIw S t i l l S t r l v f . 1 ) A il l i e r e i l To. i New Ytttr’s is most entbusiasticallj observeil by tli<> canny Scot in his na- i five land. In the homes of the poorer | classes the best of good cheer is Hiiread, I h is dearest friends are invited, and, I w h a tever else may grace his talile. the ' plum pudding, surrounded with moun tain heather and the inevitable haggis, i is there, and, if possible, a sm all l<jeg ; of real “m o u n tain dew\’ Is placed con spicuously in the Renter of the talile. | A bunch of m istletoe is not far off. and no guests are perm itted to leave /their seats until the keg has been em p tied of its contents, custom s strongly savoring of paganism w ithout doubt and handed down from heathen ances tors, who w ere nevertheless, in their own tim e and way, good m en and true. It is a custom on New Y ear's day ; am o n g many of the country squires i a n d w e a lthy farm e r s in the north of . . / . N D LEGLESS.” •i i ut-«er€*r O i n n e r o f » « % \ o i !% Hi o L e r . •it v.m-.a! i •• ditrti-nli to give a inert ecei':ii i- | ,! I a ili.in niic hel l in New York last .New Year's day. il was the Idea of a wealthy I um I c t of th a t city and w a s held at his private residence, which was specially decorated for th» occasion. T h e guests w ere twelve men who FREEPORT DIRECTORY An International Boat Race The Passing of the Years o w H E N you feel you're growing older and your hair is turning gray, \X lien you take to wearing glasse; and you dread a sto/my day, NCK when the cruiser Phila delphia w as in Panam a w a ters her crew decided to celetrat? the New Year by challenging the men of a British w a r vessel to a had lost a leg and tw e lve women who I row ing race. It is not uncom m o n ,for had only one arm each. They w ere vu- such contests to be arranged between tertained to finite a magnificent repast, ships of the sam e navy, but an inter- in the preparation of which particular national struggle of the sort is unusual ^ ou wond<,r why you haven t done the work V iixade O ff i c i a l s .—H iram R S m ith, p r e s ident; F r a n k lin Bedell, C h a rles Sigm u n d. F r a n k H. Stevens, W m H. Patterson, trustees; Joh n E. G o lding, treasurer; E lvin A. Dorlon. collector; S. P. Shea, village c l e r k ; Sidney H. Svvezey, police justice : Stephen Lewis, street com m issioner. . f\d y B oard of H ea l t h . — J . W. F it/- When you hug the 6r<- in wmter and avoid the simou9, president ; j. H. Ellison, secie- summer sun tary and reg istrar of vital sta tistics; And ycur dressing gown and slippers seen ro Alexander A c k e ruiaun: Edwin Carm a n , nice when work is done. M. D . , h e a l t h officer. -♦•verv Hepartmnnt p<iti8 New York or Brooklyn Bank panie**, and pv *ry appouiodat,inn . ms consistent with cons Tvativa h i Int4*re.et at the rate of H p r cent time (letxisitR, three month* «»r mor i-su-d <>n all parts fif Kurof)^. Does a general hanking business. Safe deposit tioxes to r nt.6o ia«r annum. nruim n a u> o' gumz.u iium iiig puruvs. ii.\\” eiclllw!fieuV.d',,r'lli<,na’ ' nri'- l tin such outings the plum pudding is regard w a s paid to the fact of the ladies having but one bund w ith which to help them selves a t table. As they ••paired’’ into the dining room the guests presented a curious yet pathetic spectacle, and after din ner each wits- invited to tell the com pany how he or she happened to lose his or her m issing limb, the one who had lost it in the m ost curious m a n n e r Kotin-1 Scotlan d to o rg anize hu n tin g partie s. | being prom ised by the host a rew a rd of $23. enough to arouse great enthusiasm . In this case the fact t h a t the race w as to be the beginning of the day’s festivi ties m ade it an event of prim e Im portance. As is custom a ry, the challengers se lected their boatm en and asked per m ission from the P h iladelphia’s c a p tain to visit the B ritish cruiser. Lowering you planned to do. The walk undone irom years agone keeps crowding on the new. And you don't accomplish all you wish, however hard you try. F i r e W a r d e n s . Combs. . . -C . E . H elland, P. 1>. S chool O ffic ia l s .—Sam u el R. Sm ith, presiden t; H e n ry L. Crandell, stX'retary ; Joh n K. E ldridge, W a lter B Cozzeus, Oh. do you eve, not.ee how the years whiz by? j . H . C a r t w r ig h t .’ B o a r d o f E d u c a t io n ; A. E. Barites, superintendent: Wes- You meant to do the things this year you failed ley Pearsall, collector; Sam u el T. R a y - to do the last. nor, treasu r e r ; F ran c is C. Morse, c lerk; their boat, an eight oared one, the dele- i You tried to do them then, of course, but time Litas. E. H e lland, tru a n t officer. gates then rowed straig h t tow a rd the iMfuction i?' Inquiries will reci-iv.t promp aiV-ution him ! hi* cheerfully anHw»ir«Ml Inspection of <>ur mtnlern banking room* in- O F F - K H H P O R l , N . Y C a p ital $25,000 R oswkll D a v i s , President J ohn K. E l p r i i k i e , Viee-Pri1.-. (' M il t o n F o r km < n . U u s l i i i r D i r e c t o r s E d g a r J a c k s o n E r n k s t S. R a n d . u . l D a n i e l M o r r i s o n R o s w e l l D a v i s J ohn K. E l d r i d g e C . M ilton F oreman We do a general banking hiisiiv s> i f deposit and account. B a n k ing H o u rs: il A. M. to 3 F. M. S a turdays, !l A. M. to 12 M, included In the bill of fare. Instead, however, of having the pudding made before startin g out it is custom a ry to take the ingredients along, mix them and boil in a pot slung over a log fire at the cam p ing ground. A custom 1 w hich is generally oliserv ed by the w o rking classes is w h a t Is called “first footing.’’ A t till hours of the early m o rning of the first day of tin1 new year an effort is m ade to be first lo call oh their friends at their homes. The one who is lucky enough to be th e 'f i r s t caller'o n bis friend is invited to partake of short bread cake and a nip o’ whisky after the usual handshake and a “braw New Year.\ It is no uncommon tiling to sec a fam ily of five or six leave their country home about in o'clock a t night ami w alk three or four m iles in a snow storm in order to \first foot\ their relatives or friends living in the city. The birth of the new year is an nounced in the tow n s and cities by Ha- striking of the local tow n ball clock on the hour of 12 and followed by the ringing of the church bells. Long be fore the approach of 12 o’clock great crow d s of people surround the city hall and eagerly w a tc h the big hand of the dock as it approaches Ihe last hour of the old year. Every one in the big crowd lias a bottle of some description BANK OF This w as won by a m ale guest, whose leg had to he am p u tated through having been m auled by a tiger in a m enagerie w h ere the m a n : was employed. The toast of “The arm less and legless thrm ighout the world\ was drunk witli enthusiasm before the com pany dispersed. New York Times. C O F F I N O N T H E I R T A B L E . <_■ r t* mo in v \t*x> \ vav’N D inner of Jo v ia l l m lertakerM . T h ree or four years ago there was an ' undertakers’ New Year’s dinner In a certain north of England town. The guests all drove to the rendezvous In m o u rning coaches and attired in full regulation som b e r clothes. i)n entering the dining ro m i they found it draped in black and decor:-ted j profusely w ith artificial and other j w reaths. Even the tablecloth w as adorned w ith a broad black border, and in the center of the table there w a s ! a m iniature coffin lilted w ith choice flowers. The guests, however, did not fail to enjoy them selves, for the dinner w as a good vine, well served and to every body’s liking. W hen the chairm a n rose to propose the toast of the evening. “H e a lth to ourselves and prosperity to our business during the new year,” i In his possession. Im m e d iately the big | he w as greeted w ith a storm of np- ; hand of the clock m a rks the first i plause, albeit the latter p a r t of the | stroke of 12 every bottle Is throw n toast would not lie received w ith much sim u ltaneously against the w a lls of enthusiasm III an ordinary company, the hall, followed by a trem e n d o u s l>iirlng the evening appropriate songs, crash. This is an ancient custom , but i such as “The (Jruvedlgger,” “ Down It Is now rapidly dying out. It Is still, Among the Dead Men.’’ “I Took Ills went flying past. Your fortune wasn't made as planned, your pic ture wasn’t painted, Your poem didn't evolute, you're not with fame acquainted. The statue still unchiseled and the book you didn t write • / Float mocking through the visions that visit you at night. In youth it often seemed that tune cn leaden wings did fly. It's different now. Good gracious, how the years whiz b y ! Village Ave., Rockville Centre, L. H iram R. S m ith , President T homas G . K night , Vice-iTes. B ergen T. R aynor . Gushier practiced, however, every New Year eve against the old gray w alls of the Tron church In Edinburgh, the capital. ■—Philadelphia Ledger. Board of Directors X'liarles W, Hayes Ha nilmii \\ . ,1 o h h T. Davison J o h n W. DaMut: Xilentworch D. I ’n n J o h n Vincent Charles l,. Wallui-e Thom as U. Kni«hl Xustin (\onus il \\ rslcy H. Smi h K Issar I T. Tniir- Hiram K. Sinil li Arm iler Smith Georife W. Sun It We do a general Banking Business of deposit and account. luterest paid on Special Deposits. D rafts issued on E n g land and iltej decline of the em p ire from the fam o u s C o n tin e n t. victory won by Don John.—London F e e l l n i r e n d K r e y e r n t T h e r m o p y l a e . F a s tin g ami praying on New Y ear's day as n period of m o u rning are not common observances, but for many years after the Turkish conquest of Greece patriotic Greeks gathered In the pass of T h erm o p y lae to pray for deliverance front O ttom an rule. In the sam e spirit the Servians and other (.'hrletlans lit w e stern Turkey held New Year prayer service on the field of Vossova, fam o u s for tw o great de feats of C h ristian arm ies by the T u rks. But the Turks, too, had their New Y ear penitence and prayer. For nearly 2<Mt y e a rs after the battle of Lepanto the muezzins from the mosque tow ers, when on New Year’s day call ing the faithful to prayer, added. \R e m em b er the souls of those who died at Lepanto.’’ an appropriate addition, for even the T u rkish historians dated the M easure.\ and sim ilar cheerful ditties, w ere excellently rendered.—P e a rson’s Weekly. W h e n I h e K u l n e r W n e Y o u n i r . Em p e ror W illiam II., when a young and lively roisterer, was fond of Join ing In the New Y ear's sport of \knock ing lints\ and desisted from It only after receiving a severe Injury to his right hand. There w as an old gentle m an of the court who regularly every year lost one or more silk huts by walking abroad on New Year's day with the tabooed headgear. Finally re solving to get even with his perse vtitors, he had a leather skullcap made, studded with horseshoe nails th a t had been carefullv sharpened for the occa- - <’um u lated pay. and the younger offl- slott, and after adjusting his porcupine ! cpr* risked m,>8t of thplr8; I? e g\ m \ bltng. In fact, cam e first In the prep aration, and not until the money had been put up did the m en begin to con fer over th e rules, the distance and the sort of boat to he used. W hen they had decided to race over a three mile straigh taw a y course It Your P a tronage Soiteirod. Banking Hours: V A. M. to ;;i*. M S a tu r d a y , D A. M. ro 1 * >1. D iscount D a y s: Tuesdays and F r i days, t) A. M. State Apples For Sale and J. FI. HEWLETT Daily Mall. A m \ O l d M a i d * ’ \ F a r t y . A well known New York society girl celebrated last New Y ear's w ith a charm ing “old m a ids’ \ party. H e r girl guests w ere all arrayed In the appro prlnte spinster costume, w ith m ittens, caps and In several Instances w ith spectacles also. The effect produced was very odd indeed, the fresh and laughing young faces seem ing decided ly out of keeping w ith such surround ings. All the sw e e tm e a ts and, Indeed, all the eatables th a t could bo so fash loned were served in the shapes of parrots, eats and dogs. Each guest had a separate teapot to herself, lit which she brew ed the tea to her own Individual liking In true spinster fash. Ion. The girls voted this the best New Year’s party they had ever had.—New York Am erican. headpiece he sallied forth Into the street full of confidence that the first person that spoiled Ills hat would get the worst of the encounter. Along cam e the future em p eror, with tw o or three boon com panions, and In a Jiffy the princely fist descended on the of fending tile. The consequences were dire, for tw o or three of the nails w ent quite through the prim e’s hand, which was so badly torn that for aw h ile there was fear he would lose It.—Phil ndelphia Press. •‘H o l i e s t G r a f t ” l u H e n r y ' s U a y . The practice of sending presents on New Y ear's day has often been turned to advantage by people who w ere In a position to m ake it unpleasant for others. In the olden days it w as cus tom ary for every tenant to m ake his landlord a New Year’s gift and for every loyal subject of a baron, knight or king to testify his loyalty by send ing his m u ster a gift. This custom was regarded w ith such favor by the money loving Tudor sovereigns that they let their wish be distinctly understood th a t the presents should take the form of cash, and there is n curious m a n u script m em orandum by the M arquis of Bath, who held an official position in F reeport C lvb .—J anies Dean, p r e s i dent: J . H u y ler Ellison, secretary. F reeport B oard o f T rade .—Alonzo Poster, p r e s i d e n t ; Roy S. W allace, secretary ; m eets second W ednesday in each iiiinitli at F r a tern ity Hall. F raternal O rganizations F reeport Lodge. No. HIM), I. (.). O. F .— Noble G rand, J e sse F. Bedell; Record ing Secretary, F. A. Wood; m eeting night, Monday. M u tual Benevolent Association—Pres ident, Jacob W illiam s ; Secretary, W il liam H. Post: m e e ting nights, 2d and 4th W ednesday each m onth D. B. P. M ott Post No. 327 G. A. R. —Com m ander, W . 11 Patterson ; A d jutant, H enry M ead; m eeting nights, 1st and 3rd W ednesday of each m onth. Court Iroquois, No. 130, F. of A .— Chief R a n g er, H e n ry E Randall; Secre tary, Louis S ieg e l; m e e ting nights, 2d and 4th T u esday of each m o n th. Freeport Council, No. 37, J r . O. V. A. M.—Councilor, Leo F i s h e l ; Secrc- j tary, Oscar W . V alentine; m eeting night, Friday. Progressive Council, No. (10, D.of L.— Councilor, Miss Phebe Try o n: Secretary, Miss M ary Crevoiserat. Royal A rcanum , F r a tern a l Council.— Regent, C h a rles Fow ler: Recording Secretary, F. A. W ood; \Meets 2d and 4th T h u rsdays of each m o u th. J. A. C o u rt, O riental Tem p le.—G rand Orient, H u y ler Ellison; Vice-Grand. Daniel M o r r is o n ; Secretary, Oscar Toombs. Lincoln Cam)). No. 12, Sous of V e terans.—C a p tain, H e rbert L. Cum- I m ings ; 1st Sergeant, Francis L. W alker. Alpha Council, No. 11, D. of A .— Councilor, Miss M ary Southard ; S ecre tary, Mrs. A d a S m i t h ; Meets 1st, 3d and 5th T u e sday evenings. Rebekalt D egree. — Noble G rand, Elizabeth P a tterson; Secretary, Mrs. Sarah Fisher; m e e ts 1st and 3d T h u rs day of each m o n th. W o m a n ’s R e lief Corps, No. 13U.— President, Mrs. E lla W y m a n ; Secretary, Miss Elizabeth P a tterson. F ir e D e p a r t m e n t .— Chief E n g ineer, W a lter B. Cozzeus; First A ssistant E n gineer, Jesse F. B e d e ll; Second A ssist ant E n g ineer, A rcher B. W allace. I P o s t O ffic e d e p a r t . u k n t . — Mails i arrive from W e s t—7:13 a n d 8:13 a. m ., 3:13 and (1:15 p. m. E a st — .8:15 and 11:15 a .m ., 12:45*aiid (1:3(1 p in. L eave for W e st—7:15 a n d D :00 a. in., 12:10, 5:10 and 7:50 p. nt. E a s t—7:50 a. m ., 2:40 Each evening brings the haunting lear you've not and r>:10 p. m . Collections from m ailbox sufficient lime. ; a t depot—7:00 a .m ., 8 :45 it m ., 12:00 m ., The learlul tale at which this world revolves ! 4:50 D. 111. upon its axis Officials - P o stm a ster, Rohr . G. Ander- was discovered th a t the Philadelphia’s ^ ug no time hl e, cepling death so u ; a ssistants, G. A. Baldw in, W ilfred sm all boats were of different measure- ,r *•- ' T » > ' ’ ----- m e n ts from those of the Britisher. Consequently one crew or the other m u st use a ora ft belonging to the op posing vessel. The Am ericans made tills proposition: “ W e’ll let you take your ch >l< e of all our boats.“ This w as accepted. A com m ittee enme over to the Philadelphia and m ade a choice. The B ritishers chose the w o rst boat on hoard 1 The outcom e w as an overwhelm ing defeat for the Britons, and for a week thereafter the port w as in the hands of the Yankee tars spending their ill gotten English gold.—New York Times. THEY SILENTLY LIFTED THEIR OARS, foreigner. When they cam e alongside they silently lifted their oars until the blades pointed skyw a rd. In nautical language t h a t m e a n t: “Have you got the nerve to match your skill and strength against ours''\ The answer was signaled affirmative ly, and the cliulleitgers rowed hack. After that the arrangem e n t s for the details of the race were left to the of ficers of the respective vessels. It Is an Interesting fact that the sailors, In a situation of this kind, have Implicit faith that their superiors will do the right thing. They are even Milling to trust In t h e officers of t h e rival cruiser. The Americans of the Philadelphia, for Instance, Mere Milling for the British officers ..to umpire or make the rules, and the Britishers Mere equally trust- | fill of the Philadelphia’s officers. It Is always so, and If a sailor Is making a M-ager on the contest he does not hesi tate to leave his money Mdth a lieuten ant or ensign of the “hostile\ vessel. Over this race there M a s plenty of betting. The men put up all their ac- “ OUUD GRACIOUS, HOW THE YEARS WHIZ hy !\ W e’re rxiitmg and assisting in a very rapid age; W e bow before the footlights, then we’re hustled off the stage. With a few more Santoa Dumonts we shall sail among the stars; An auto aero street car line will soon he run to W'lth 1 esla and Marconi and the wireless telegraph The impossible s accomplished and all obstacles are chaff. Alas, all these things only make existence fastei fly I Oh, it s really something awful how the years whiz by ! Each morning when you rise you think the hill of fame to climb and taxes. something dorsn t intervene lo moderate our H. Sm ith, MisK N ellie A nd erson , G eorge Conklin. W e’irfly off al a tangent and go whirling into lim e s scorching pace does limit so our aspirations high W e scarce get fairly started till our life’s whizzed by’ \ —Viola Gardner Brown m New York I nhunr. T h e 1‘roisslae o f I h e >esv Y e a r . The best prom ise of the new year is a more perfect realization of the organic unity of hum a n ity. 1 hope th a t men are slowly learning th a t \no the 1 111,111 Uvetb unto him s e lI, xx<1 lir,i i on the shape which the thread has as N e w Y e a r ' e F o r t u n e T e l l t n * . If the Italian girl desires further light on her matrimonial future she fills, In t h e tM'illght of Now Y\ear’s eve, a cup full of Mater. The light Is only sufficient for her to see the outline ol the cup. This she exposes In a place M'here the water can freeze after she itas dropped Into it a hit of t h r e a d . As soon as she Is nM-ake In the morning she runs out to see the result of the experiment. Her fortune depends np FREEPORT Plumbing and Heating COMPANY Sanitary Plumbine 2 doors below P. O. Freeport, N. Y. ALL KINDS OF Church Street FREEPORT, N. Y 6 0 YEARS' EXPERIENCE P atents TRADE RIARIxe D esigns C opyrights etc. A h r one eendlnff s eketth wad description me? wub ..iv our opinion free whether » d •eet frM- OlrtMt l - --------- ________ PeUnte UkM 1 i Mann * Co. receive wpttUI a—it , wttl want In the 0Krkan. F o u r l r e u T h o u . i i m l Y e a r * at T e a . Fourteen thousand years a t tea strikes one as being rem a rkable, even fur a N cm - Y ear’s party, yet a t S c a r borough, E n g land, on the 1st of Jnnu- nry last there w as such an assem b ly In the A q u arium of th a t tonTi. For up w ard of a dozen years it has been the custom of the m a y o r to entertain a num b e r of the poorest old ladies uf Scarborough at tea on New Y’ear’s day. L a st Jan u a ry the num b e r xva* 200, each of the guests being sixty years of age or tipMurd. The total ages of the venerable guests reached nearly 14,000 years, or 13,957, to be precise. This yielded the rem a rkable average of alm o st seventy years.—Lon don Tit-Bits. court of H e n rv V III. It contains a list i uteralters of one another. 1 o r some of all those who made presents to the! <enturies we have been m oving “from king on New Year’s day of that year.’! Ntatus <‘M,,,ruvt'” ,\ ‘' 1 K<>< ie ,.v Uas together xvilli the am o u n t contributed! leillietl lal‘Se Kains from the enfr.in- ettch, the sum total considerably chisem ent ol the individual. Let ns snnied In the w ater, she being aided In her deduct ions by an old wom an. TIN ANP SHEET IRON WORK Ste?m and Hot Water Fitting a Specialty hy c a d i , t h e s u m ex c e e d i n g - 17. dog . S u n s h i n e f a m i n ’ Hy an' By. N e w Y e a r ' s no w is on de w a y . H e a p s of fu n before us. C h r istm a s day done p a s s aw a y ; H o n e y , Jlne de chorus. If one d a y d o n 't s u i t you, w h y , D a r 'll be p len ty m o ' to try ; OH a good one by a n ’ by; H o n e y , Jine de cho r u s . M a y b e ato r m clouds In de ik y H a n s a-threatentn* o 'e r us; Sunshine cornin' by an’ by; Honey. Jlne de chorus. Die here Ufe la like a song Some time sad an' sem e time etreng. Soma time short an’ sem e time lee*. Money. Jtoe de eharue. —Atlanta Sew e ttntieo. MohuiiiiiMMV* \v%v Y o u r M o tto. Every good act is charity, (jiving w a ter to the thirsty is charity, itc- niovitig stones and thorns from the road is charily. E x h o rting your fel- I om * men to viu 4 uous deeds is charity. Sm iling in your brother's face is chari ty. P u tting a w a n d e rer in the right p a th Is charity. A m an’s true w e a lth : is th e good he d«»es In this world, j W h en he dies m o rtals will ask. “ W h at property has he left behind hint';\ hut angels will Inquire, \W h a t good deeds hast thou sent before thee?\—M oham med. N e w Y e a r ' * o n S k n l e * . In H o lland on New Y ear’s the people may be seen skating along the canals In gay holiday attire, in Scandinavia the picture Is sim ilar, w h ile In Russia, w rapped to the ears In furs, the people travel around In eledgee to m ake their New. Year calls, but not on the sam e day that w e are making ours, for their Jan. 1 falls tw elve days earlier, Rus sia being the only Christian country where the Julian calendar la stW weed. -Chicago TrlWuae. hope th a t tin; m o v em ent now in prog ress is from contract to fraternity, and th a t the enlarged pow ers of each will 4>e employed w ith m o re and more of conscious purpose for the good of all.- liev. W ashington Gladden. D r lv Iniz (>u( tin- D e v i l . In tlie Pelopoimc ns of G reece the people of every country i -.mimuuity as seinble en m asse and endeavor to make the new year safe hy driving the devil s , llirll s | Uim Telephone 18 out of the neighborhood, this operation being |H*rfornt»-d with the Uhl of fire arm s. horns, trum p e ts, pans, kettles or anyth I ng that w ill make a noise, sup plem ented by yells, shouts a n d scream s. JOSEPH ALBIN, Manager Ivong Distance a I - M Freeport X> vltsh M o o n n I i i n r. in m any parts of W ales to see one’s shadow in the moonlight upon New Year’s eve is believed to be an infalli l>le sign that the person seeing it Mill die before the expiration of the coming new year, nnd-tliere is also a counted eveiv superstition th a t if an im m a irled wont- “p - hlst; HS lf 1 ,H,Kau ,,, liv\e l,ut 1 ‘''u no shoot,I sec her fare reliev e d In wa 11 llve n,olv ■•'ft'’,'\ 'a rd. I'.m-li Dn> a N e w L ife . ■ E ach y e a r is a new life and an abridgm e n t o f the w h o le. 1 w ill so live an should see h er fa c e relle<ited in M-a ter on N om - Year’s eve it is m i infalli bio sign that she is destined to live and die In it state of single blessed Bishop Hall. Jan u a r y P r o v e r b * . Many old proverbs exist regarding this season of the year. Among them are: “If the grass grown In January It grow# the worse for all the year.” “A January spring Is worth nothing.” “ I'nder water dearth, under snow bread.” “Marsh In January, January In Marsh.’* “If January eaters1* be eummeriy gay TwMl be January e <elh#r tW ssdea As ef .May.” A« l In- Y Hill* K i o s k . The sultan of Turkey still keeps the royal rule of New Year s p resents iu w o rking order, and all dlgititat'U'8 and officials perfectly understand th a t a good sized contribution m u st be forth com ing Ga O ther D a y s T e a . It Is a sign of good luck to receive money on New Year's day. It means that you wlH not want for It ail the year round. Nelson Ashdown Successor to Ashdown & Wiggins Electrical Contractors Mouse W iring and Line Work Annunciators and Electric Bells .J obi tiny Promptly Attended ,Tu KstwiiiiteH FurniHbed Office in Jacob Post Buildiny MAIN ST., FREEPORT Telephone : N. Y. and N. J. 48-R-2 l
