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News and Advertiser from Northfield, Vermont • 4

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J. McCuen, Opera House Block, Montpelier, Dt. Special Values This Week. Many New Jackets, Silk Coats and Silk Suits Covert Jackets In Box, Semi Fitted and Three- fourth lengths, at $4.98 150 Walking Skirts, Plain and mixtures, $1.98. Value $5 Silk Coats, Box Style, black Taffeta and Peau de Soie.

Also the Full Length Coats, at $4.98 and up Taffeta Silk Waist Suits In plain and changeable Silks, now $9.98 up 50 China Silk Waists With pretty Lace trimming at $1.98 20 Pcs. Cheney Figured Silks. 24 inches wide, all new shades. Worth 75C, at 49c Ready-to-wear Hats. Very stylish, $1.98, $2.98, $3.98 100 New Rain Coats In a beautiful line of colorings all waterproof.

Very stylish. Don't fail to visit our store and inspect our fine line. $4.98 up Opera House Block Frederick J. McCuen, Montpelier, Vt. SPRING MILLINERY FROM NEW YORK AND BOSTON.

NEW GOODS Received several times each week. A fine line of Children's Hats and Babies' Bonnets. Ready-to-wear and Untrimmed Hats. Also materials for making all styles. Minnie E.

Smith, Hotel Block, Northfield, Ut. The Latest Styles In Spring Suits, Coats, Rain Coats, Shirt Waist Suits, Skirts, etc. Orders filled from the MilDollar Stock of Chas. R. Stevens Bros.

of Chicago. Satisfaction and fit guaranteed on all made-to-order garments. A toll line of samples showing bundreds of the latest fabrics may be seen at the Stevens Agency with Mrs. Geo. H.

Richmond, Main and South Northfield, Vermont. Good Printing, Pomptly Done at this Office. CHOICE SEEDS For Field and Garden. Sanford and Field Corn, Onion Sets. Ball Bearing Lawn Mowers at low prices.

Hardware, Glass, Paints and Oils. Bacon Block Northfield, Vt. LOCAL BUSINESS NOTICES. Notices under this head ten cents per line Bret insertion; Gre orate pre itse each sent Insertion, Liner Obituary poetry or notices marriages and deaths 555 calf kite. MAXHAM 1 WANT to bny wool.

H. C. MOSELEY. HIGHEST Cash price paid for wool at Corner Market. CLOSETS cleaned at abort notice.

Down. NICO FALZARANO, 90 Water St. WANTED; A young man to learn the printer's trade at News office, FoR Salk or rent, new bouse: easy terms. C. J.

HEATH, Gouldaville. FOR corn. seed barley, wood and potatoes. EUGENE PLASTRIDGE. FOR SALES Desirable modern bouse baving bath and furnace.

JAMES M. HOLLAND. IF you have wool to sell, drop me a line and I will call on you. H. C.

MOSELEY. FOR building lots $60 to $200. Your own: terins. JAMES M. HOLLAND.

FOR SALE hand U. S. separator in goods condition. Inquire G. L.

MARADEN, Northfield. AUCTIONEERING done at reasonable rates and satisfaction guaranteed. -F. T. CARR, Northfield, Vt.

WEDDING announcements, invitations, in latest styles printed on engravers' stock. at the NEWS OFFICE. SUGAR LABELS, printed to order and to comply with Massachusetts law when maple product is to be sent to that state. THE Rabidon Lumber Co. are offering Slabs for 83 per cord, delivered in the village, CASH.

Call, telephone or write. Sugar makers wishing labels can be supplied at reasonable prices at the News job office. Samples will be sent by mail upon request. NOTE the big sale Friday, May 5, 88 advertised by E. L.

Field Co. on first page of this is ue. It will pay every one to visit the store Friday. HAVE YOU seen the pictures of the Boy choir and quartette at the corner Drug store? If not, do so. Don't miss the opportunity to hear them, Friday evening May 12.

room centrally located in the village of Northfield, about 12 feet square, for shop and stock room for electric goods May 1. Address James Sawyer, Montpelier, Vt. Prows, Harrows, Corn Planters, Weeders, Cultivators, Buffalo Fertilizer for sale at lowest prices, as Tam going out of the business. Call and get prices before buying. F.

A. JOSLYN. ELECTRIO GOODS: -As I am going ont of the electric business in Montpelier, I will sell my entire line of goods at cost or less. rather than move them May 1st. JAS.

SAWYER, Montpelier, Vt. AUCTIONEERING: W. E. Dunsmoor purposes to do Auctioneering when desired. Mr.

Dunsmoor has had 20 years experience and has the reputation of being one of the best auctioneers in the state. Telephone connection. hired L. C. Johnson to work for me on my tin cart.

Have nothing in common any other peddier or cart. All favora to Mr. Johnson will be appreciated by me. M. CANNON, JR.

NORTHFIELD. CONTINUED FROM FIRST PAGE. Tillotson over Sunday. Miss Maud Howes visited friends in Barre and Burlington recently. -Miss Lora Reed attended the Hirchman concert in Barre Wednesday evening.

C. E. Ingalls and John Dow of Williamstown were in town Sunday, guests at W. M. Hunter's.

-J. B. Thompson of Fayston was the guest of his daughter, Mrs. H. E.

Wood, over Sunday. -Miss Ida Thompson, who is teaching in Gran ville. was at home over Sunday. -Dudley Rice of Granville was in town on Saturday to attend the Middlebury-Norwich baseball -Mr. and Mrs.

Hutchens of Barre were in town overt Sunday, guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fred J. Davis. -Miss Hattie Hayden expects to resume work for Mrs.

M. J. Clough -Mr, and Mrs. Edward Stone and little child of Williamstown were guests at George Ladd's, Sunday. H.

E. Wood was in Montpelier and Barre on business, Thursday of last week. -Mr. and Mrs. Foley of Bethel, were in town part of last week, the guests of friends.

-Mrs. E. W. Howe 18 visiting friends in Randolph for a few days. -Carl Blake spent Sunday in Barre, where he visited relatives.

Frank Kimball left Monday for a- week's business trip to Boston. Hon. Frank Plumley has accepted an invitation to deliver the Memorial day address in Rochester. Mrs. O.

S. Willey of Barre, visited Mrs. Augusta Morse and other friends several days last week. J. W.

Ryan and John Harrigan returned Monday from Boston and Lowell, where they have been spending a week. The election of officers of the Good Templars been postponed until next Friday evening. At the last meeting five candidates were initiated into the order. The Sunday evening services at the Methodist, Congregational and Episcopal churches will be held at 7:30 until further notice. The Epworth League at 6:30.

Fred C. Greene was in Burlington, Friday, the guest of his father, W. H. Greene. He went Friday evening to Boston, on a short business trip returning Sunday.

Mrs. Everett Freeman, who has been caring for her mother, Mrs. Norman Nye, has returned to her home in Moretown. Mrs. Nye will go there soon to make an extended visit Orville Miller is teaching in Warren and left for that place on Saturday.

Miss Anna Denny is teaching in Roxbury; her place at F. E. Bacon's is taken by Miss Sadie Downs. The marriage of Mrs. Julia S.

Harwood of Montpelier, formerly of this town, and Edmund H. Chase, a well known farmer of that place, occurred yesterday. The third biennial state camp of the Modern Woodmen of America will be held in Brattleboro, Wednesday when about 150 delegates are expected to gather. The delegate from the local lodge is W. T.

Kerr. H. D. Chamberlin of Pikes Station, N. was in town one day last week, coming bere from Barlington, where he with Mra.

Chamberlin was cailed by the sickness and death of Mrs. N. E. Chamberlin, their mother. Mrs.

C. Denny left her winter bome in Winter Park, Florida, Wednesday, and is expected to reach bere this week. A. J. Wark and family left last night for their new home in the west.

The pied by N. A. Wheeler and Dr. Hurley tenement vacated by them will the occuwill occupy the tenement in Mrs. Stebbins bouse, vacated by Mr.

Wheeler. Mr. and George E. White and Mr. and Mra, George H.

Elmore of Montpelier, were in town Sunday, ing here in Mr. Waite's newly purchased antomobile. They took dinner at the Northfield House. M. E.

Yarrington is making some de sirable repairs on the ground floor of his botel. He has moved the beating boiler to the rear of the building and changed the location of the closets, which with new windows, will give him an attractive front room in that portion of the building which has not previously been utilized to the best advantage. Liquor Licenses Granted By -Northfield Commissioners. M. E.

Farrington, E. A. Kelley and Fred C. Greene. Draw the Prizes.

The bearing in the applications for licenses was held in the village hall, Wednesday evening. There Were no objections offered to the applicants and the meeting was a tame one. The decisione were not announced that night, On Thursday evening the license commissioners met a second time, and made their announcements 88 follows: 1st class licenses. fee 81,000. M.

E. Yarrington at the Northfield House and Elmer A. Kelley in building on East street east of the Fred Mayo block; sec. in ond class, for $1,100, C. Greene building on corner of Main and East streets.

Mr. Greene opened his liquor store yesterday morning, although he has not yet completed fitting it up. Mr. Kelley expects to open his saloon today but his bar fixtures are not yet in place. There were 10 applicants for the three and necessarily there must be considerable disappointment among those who failed to score.

Death of Former Resident. News was received Monday afternoon of the death of Lyman Holden of Aiken, S. an old-time resident of Northfield. The remains are to be brought here tomorrow and the interment will be in Elmwood cemetery by the side of his two wives. Mr.

Holden was born in Barre Feb. 25th, 1821, but came here when a young man and was employed in the old Belknap machine shops. At this time he lived in the house now o- cupied bn P. D. Pike.

Some 20 years since he went to Boston where for several years he was employed in the Old Colony, twice railway married shops as and a is machinist. survived by one son, Alden, and several neices and nephews living in this town and in Barre. Those residing here are William Holden, Bradford Sylvester, Mrs. Geo. Richmond, Mrs.

Charles Newell. Mrs. Ellen Leonard. Mrs. John H.

Winch, and Mrs. Seth Rich, a neice of his wife. The second Mrs. Holden, who was Mary Jane Sherman, died Apr. 10, 1900, and her body was brought here for burial.

Mr. Holden was one of the charter members of the Odd Fellows lodge here and was also a member of De Witt Clin ton lodge, F. and A. M. He was also a veteran of the civil war, being drummer in Co.

F. 12th Vt. Regt. New England Guards. Mr.

Holden will be remembered by the older residents of the town as a genial, kind-hearted man, always having a pleasant word for every one. He always retained his interest in Northfield. Both Odd Fellows and Masons will meet the remains at the 3:37 train Wednesday afternoon and attend the funeral in a body. WATERBURY. The More Important Events of the Past Week Summarized.

Julias Rattee has moved his family to Roxbury. Mrs. Julia Seabury has had her house wired for electric lights. Hon. A.

Burleigh is able to be out again after his serious illness. C. C. Graves and V. L.

Dillingham have been appointed local fish and game wardens. John Preston and J. R. Pike have had the New England telephone placed in their homes. David Manning has purchased the L.

J. Roberts place on Stowe street: consideration, $1,000. News has been received announcing the arrival of a daughter at the home of Mr. and Mrs. M.

J. Grandfield of Bellows Falls. C. C. Corse, who fell from a ladder a few days ago while painting F.

W. Pow: ers' house, sustaining a broken nose and other injuries is able to be out again. News has been received town announcing the birth twins the famin ily of P. D. Ladd of Montpelier: Mr.

Ladd was a former business man of this place. At the regular meeting of the Queen Esther lodge, O. E. four candidates were initiated. This lodge goes to Rich mond Thursday evening, to institute a new lodge.

Geo. W. Woodard who recently Hold his mill property at Colbyville to S. C. Wheeler has purchased G.

E. Moody's steam mill and has contracted to saw out Mr. Moody's stock of logs. E. E.

Joslyn went to Burlington recently to the Mary Fletcher hospital and Dr. Twitchell performed an operaton on his eyes. The was very successful. The Hutchins' property situated the corner of Stowe and Railroad streets has been sold to A. I.

Torrey and Geo. Woodard: consideration 83.000. Mr. Torrey is to move into the house and it is understood that Mr. Woodard will erect two or three houses on the vacant lots.

At a meeting of the Winooski lodge of Masons beld Wednesday evening the officers installed for the ensuing year were: Rev. F. B. Kellogg, W. C.

C. Graves, S. Dr. E. A.

Stanley, J. W. B. Clark, secretary: E. E.

Joslyn, treasurer: James Somerville, S. S. W. Guptil. J.

Dr. E. J. Foster, S. E.

E. Campbell. G. B. R.

De meritt, chaplain: W. E. Towne, tyler: finance committee, E. W. Huntley, L.

and Dr. D. D. Grout. GOULDSVILLE.

Local Occurrences and Pleasant Village. Mrs. M. L. Dunsmoor was in Montpelier.

Saturday, Legier spent Thursday with George friends in Barre. Mr. and Mre. E. H.

Robbing spent Friday in Montpelier. friends in Lowell, Mans, W. Ryan In, visiting relatives and E. L. Cross had a telephone put in the post office, last week.

John Riley spent a few days at his boule in Randolph, recently. Mr. and Mra. W. A.

Cook visited in over Sanday. Fred Crockett was in Montpelier and Barre, yesterday on business. Mrs. Eula Emerson has finished work in Montpelier, and 18 at home. Miss Katherine McCarthy spent Sanday with friends in Montpelier.

Miss Blanche Smalley of Taunton, Mass, arrived in town, Saturday. E. L. Cross and S. F.

Thompson were in Burlington, Friday on business. Dan Curran, who is working in Montpeller, visited at his home over Sunday. Frank Legier, who has been clerking for R. Paine, finished work, Saturday. William Stevens, visited his parents, Mr.

and Mrs. W. A. Stevens, Sunday. Miss Anna Thompson has the measles.

and several other cases are reported in town. Rev. D. C. Thatcher of Guildhall, visited his parents several days last week.

Mrs. William Woodward and of Danville, are visiting her mcther, Mira. Mrs. Dan Marguerite Carran. Riley visited friends in town last week on her way to Calais, to visit her dangbter.

Miss Erma Rich, who has spent sev eral weeks in town, returned to her home in Barre, Thursday. Miss Minnie Rich, who has been visiting in town the past week, returned to her home in Barre, Monday. The dance held in Cross' hall, Saturday evening was well attended and 8 good time was enjoyed by all. There will be a dance in Cross' hall, Saturday, May 6th. Good music will be furnished for the occasion.

Mrs. Leon Waterman. WaterA daughter was born, Wednesday, to man will be remembered as Miss Mame Carney. Mr. Henry Yarrington has moved his household goods to North Montpelier.

Mrs. Yarrington left for her new home, Monday. In spite of the wintry appearance Monday morning, John Whitney and Ernest Luther brought in several nice trout. Rabbit Hollow. Orrin F.

Ray is doing William Brig ham's plowing. Mrs. Chandler Culver had dandelion greens for dinner, Sunday. Fielder Wiley has shingled Harrison Richardson's house in Roxbury. W.

A. Ellis is making a trip to the northern part of the state on business. Lee Wiley of South Royalton, was calling on old time neighbors. Thursday. Mr.

and Mrs. M. Latham have returned home from C. W. Newton'e, where they have been keeping house while Mrs.

Newton visited her daughter and other relatives in Springfield, Suffield, Conn. NORWICH UNIVERSITY. There were no drills on Thursday and Friday afternoon of last week. Remember the Sophomore Assembly on Friday evening; Wilder's, seven pieces. Ed.

Swan, janitor at the Barracks. who has been in the hospital at lier for the past two weeks, has returned. Eastman, ex-'07, of Woodsville, N. now a student in the Medical college at U. V.

was at the barracks last week visiting friends. Mr. Eastman was on his way to Burlington. Lieut. Barker was in Montpelier over Sunday, on leave.

The preliminary prize speaking, par ticipated in by the Sophomore and Freshman classes, and by which those who are to speak in the regular prize speaking in June are designated, is to be held on Friday. The baseball team leave tomorrow on a several days' trip. Wednesday afternoon they play Middlebury, at Middlebury: Thursday, U. V. M.

at Burlington; Friday, Potsdam Normal. at Potsdam, N. Saturday, St. Lawrence University at Canton, N. Y.

The annual National Guard inspection of the corps was held Thursday last week. Capt. G. W. Kilpatrick of the 15th Cavalry, acting as inspecting offcer.

Adj. Gen. Gilmore accompanied Capt. under Kilpatrick. The corps, command of Cadet Major Deal, with the rank of First Lieutenant, made an excellent showing.

County W. C. T. U. Meeting.

The annual meeting of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Washington county will be held in the Methodist church in Northfield, Wednesday and Thursday, May 10 and 11. The chairman of the entertainment committee is Miss Edola Sheldon of Northfield. An interesting program has been arranged for each session and includes an address Wednesday afternoon by the state president, Mrs. Ida H. Read.

On Wednesday evening, Rev. J. F. Tinling of England, will give an address on "Temperance from an American's standpoint." A cordial invitation is extended to the public to attend any or all of these meetings. PRINTING That is printing--that delights the eye and brings in business--is not the result of chance.

To produce a good job requires experience and modern material. We have both, at your service at the News Office, LAST WEEK REMOVAL SALE. Wise and improve the opportunity a to buy Furniture Be 15 Per Cent. Discount From the Usual Lowest Prices. Many people have improved this great during past chance the is the last week of it.

'Nuff said, you believe is if week and this making your money go as far as possible. LANCE WOOD, Undertakers and Funeral Directors. Night Calls answered at 38 Central Street, and Dr. Judkins' residence, Slate Avenue. Mayo's Colburn's New Bootie, Long Distance Connections.

Telephone Northfield, Ut. over WALL PAPER. I shall be prepared the last of this week to show a Complete Line of Wall Paper In all the latest and most approved styles. DON'T BUY Until you inspect our stock and get our prices at the store in Central Block recently occupied by Mr. Dutton.

Walter E. Brown, Central Block, Northfield, Ut. AUCTION SALE At the Red Building, rear of News Block, Northfield, Until further notice we will hold Auction Sales Each Saturday Afternoon at 3 o'clock. Next Saturday It will pay everyone to be present and get some of the Goods, must be sold and will surely go at which great bargains. We have just received a bill of small goods which will interest everyone.

We also sell goods at private sale at any time. Apply to C. A. ROYS or F. T.

CARR, Northfield, Vermont. Northfield Feed Co. You Will Find Us At our New Building on the site of the burned grist mill ready to fill your orders for GRAIN AND FEED At the lowest living prices. We shall soon have our modern machinery in, ready to grind your grain any day in the week but Sunday. COAL, COAL, COAL.

Now is the time to place your order for Coal. We handle D. L. Cumberland, Pittston, Leheigh, Steam, D. H.

Pittston is hot stuff: we sell it. CLARK Telephone DEVINE. New England Connection, and People's. Opp. Cannon as Stone shed, Northfield, Ut..

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