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Groton Timesi
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THE TIMES, PROTON, FEBRTIAttV 2l, 1908. 8YKSS' POHD. Shoe B1MATB. MlSS Eva Nelftnn onf Bargains Go to B. L.

Terry's If you want a bargain In order to make room will sell shoes for the next 10 days less than cost price. Now is your time to get a trade on shoes. B. L. TERRY.

SO. RYEGATE, VT. Mr. Bradshaw and Mr. Stone of Lyndon, were at The Birches Tuesday.

Mr. Bradshaw is the forman for Editor Walter and Mr. Stone helps E. H. Hoffman on rush oc- casions.

C. M. Wallace, the genial station agent at East Ryegate, was a wel come caller on W.J.bmmi lues- day. Mr. Wallace has erected a set of modern buildings at his home.

His daughters and sons are settled near him except Mrs. Lrwin Willis of Kirov. Mr. Wallace's only regret is that Mrs. Wallace -did not live to enjoy with him the comforts of the new home.

Miss L. J. Meader was a wel come visitor at The Birches, Wednesday. Friagle Gibson Pringle Gibson died at South Ryegate, Feb. 11, and saddeness fell on all hearts here when the news of his death was received.

Deceased was the only survivor in the family of the late Alexander and Jean (iardner Gibson, born in Ryegate, Jan 5, 1833, after the death of his mother in 1853, his sister, Sarah was the efficient and faithful housekeeper tor her father and brother, who remained at borne. June 11, 1860 Mr. Gibson married Frances Grey, daughter of Wm. and Isabel Koben Grey. There were two children born to them, Wm.

A. and Belle Mrs. T. P. Bailey.

Mr. Gibson moved to So. Rye gate, where he with his son con ducted a general store for several years. Mrs. Gibson's health failed, and she passed away.

Several years after her death he married Miss Emma Tucker of Newbury, retiring from active life soon after. Gibson had held nearly all the offices of trust his town could give and faithfully performed all his duties. His brothers were Hugh Peter, Alexander and John, and his sislers, Margaret Mrs. H. Warden) Mary (Mrs.

J. F. Kelson) Sarah who died after many years suffering with rheumatism. He was a member of the Presbyterian church. The community, church and town lose much by his death.

His widow, son and daughters have the sympathy of all. Simple Remedy for La Grippe La grippe conghs are dangerous as they frequently develop into pneumonia. Foley's Honey and Tar not only stops the cough but heals and strengthens the lungs so that no serious results need be feared. The genuine Foley's Honey and Tar contains no iianm ui urugs aim is in a yellow package. Refuse substitutes Lee S.

Blanchard. They Won't Talk Shop. "There Is just one line of trade that men cannot be Induced to talk about In public places," said the city salesman. "That is women's fashions. I saw a man in the car a little white ago that I wanted to interview the worst way, but I knew it would be impossible to get a word out of him.

He deals in 'cloaks aud suits, and, like all the rest of the men who bundle women's garments, he fights shy of the subject in street cars on the ground that nothing makes a man look quite so ridiculous In feminine eyes and the eyes of other men as to discuss from a business standpoint the length of women's coats, the color of their gowns, the shape of their hats and the size of their tleeves." New York Globe, Whwi the Time Came. Maud-Ob, Ethel, and what did you lay to him when he proposed to you? Did you say what you said you were going to the other day? That was a noble speech, Just suited to crush the boldest man. And did be slink away like a whipped dog? Ethel Well, not exactly. You see, I didn't say Just that I I well er er well, you see, I said "Yes." London Express. Wants, For Sale, Etc.

Advertising in this column 5c a line for first insertion and 2o a line each subsequent insertion. No. charge less than 25c. HOTICI I wish to inform the people of Groton and vicinity that I am located in Groton village, and am prepared to pay the highest market prices for all kinds of old junk, rags, metal or old rubber, either in cash or trade. Drop' me a postal oard and I will call, or wait for my cart with name.

L. JACOBS, Groton, Vt. 41-2 Stock Says further notice stock will be shipped on the following days: Jan. 14, 28, Feb. 11, 25, March 10, 24.

Farmers should be at Groton with their stock at 7 a. and at So. Rye gate at 8 a.m. W. N.

Gilflllan Son. 50tf Cash Paid For Old Rubber. To the people of Groton, So. Ryegate and vicinity: From now until further notice I will pay 6c a lb. for old rubber.

Leave your old rubber at J. R. Darling's store and get your cash at 6c a until further notice when prices are liable to change due notice of which will be given in this paper. Also good prices paid for rags and old metals of all kinds. Sneaks or rubber hose not accepted.

Bicycle tires 5c a lb. The cloth has to be cut oil from these kinds of rubber. D. A. Young.

9 tf Tillage Home For Sale My home in Topsham village, known as the Amos Garland place, consisting of house, barn and four acres of land in the village in high state of cultivation, and forty acres ot pasture ana wooa land near bv. Buildings in good state of re pair with running water to house and barn. Josiah rage, Topsham, Vt. 36tf Wanted 20 good Cows fresh in March and April, H. M.

R. Brown, 43tf So. Ryegate, Vt. Wood Sawing Having bought a new saw-rig, I am ready to saw wood for parties desiring the same. Circular or drag work.

John Kidman, R. r. d. 1, 51-6 So. Ryegate, Vt.

Uf intflil Local representative lor Groton and VrfllllrU vicinity to look after renewals and U11U.U jncrea8e subscription list of a prom inent monthiv magazine, on a salary and com mission bisis. Experience desirable, but not necessary, uooa opportunity ior rtgnt person. Address Publisher, Box w. station new oru Wanted Old Feather Beds wanted. We pay from 85 to Slo for old Geese and Mixed Feather Beds.

For particulars write at once. International reamer 774- 770 North Main Providence, R. I. 49-7 Real Estate Wanted. Wanted.

Would like to hear at once from owner having good medium Size farm or small business for sale in any good prosperous locality. Please to give price and description, and reason for selling. Slate when possession can be had. No agents need reply. Address, Lock Drawer 984, Rochester, N.

Y. 4tf Brooders For Sale. 1 have for sale two large size Star Brooders, all new last season. James Frost, 4tf Groton, Vt. Wanted.

Shirt waists to embroider. "Bring your own goods and select your own pattern, and I will stamp, embroider and make them. Prices according to amount of work. (4-U) Mrs. R.

D. Sherry. Hone Clipping I am prepared to do horse clipping at reasonable prices. H. Smith, 5tf Groton, Vt.

Wanted. Wanted to buy a one horse lumber wagon or a light two horse wagon. J. B. Renfrew, 5-8 Groton, Vermont.

Wanted. A rood strong girl to do kitchen work at Hale's 5t( Wells Kiver, t. A Market for Your Hides, Tallow and Bones Almost everybody knows that the best nluM in send Beef Hides, Horse Hides. Calfskins, Sheep Pelts, Tallow and Bones is to C. S.

Page, Hyde Park, Vermont, who pays highest prices; remits the day following the arrival of goods at Hyde Park: navs the freight on shipments of 200 pounds or more, and keeps his cus tomers at all times posted as maraei values. Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain Pills relieve pain. days UBt week at North Ryegate, uuio Mimiy oi uorwm hitehill, who are recovering from the grip though slowly. Mrs.

Rassetl Moore of Groton, has been in town for a few days with Mrs. Harvey Powers, who is very poorly. The L. M. S.

met at the ps nonage last week Thursday p. m. Miss Florence Hall spent a part of last week with Mrs. C. F.

Smith. J. L. Shackford filled the ice house of W. Thompson last week.

Archie Bone waa reported sick last Sunday but is better now. W. Thompson -came home from his logging camp in Newbury last Saturday night, and expects to remain until more enow comes. District No. 1.

Pupils not absent during winter term: Iva Anderson, Merta Anderson, Alida McLam, Dorothy Nelson. Pupils not tarday during winter term: Alida McLam, Mae McCanna, Geo. McCanna. For the whole year Alida McLam was neither absent nor tardy. Merta Anderson absent 1-2 day and Florence Nelson absent one dayT- Fred Douglas is assisting A.

E. Hall with his farm work. Mrs. Wm. McCanna SDent Fri day in Wells River, with her daughter.

Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Goodfellow of Barre, are visiting with their daughter, Mrs.

W. H. Nelson. Priscilla Hall was ill a part of last The paper mill of East Ryegate, was closed the first of the week on account of high water. Mies Mae McCanna sprained her ankle quite badly.

Robert White is confined to the house with the mumps. Mrs. Powers is quite comfortable at the present writing. Pliny McBride had the misfortune of getting a part of his thumb cut off while working in the paper mill. Miss Ina Buchanan visited at Wells River, a part of last week, and attended the play at Woods- ville, N.

H. Rev. J. A. McKirahan music teacher, has another pupil added to his list, it being, eadie coardway.

Mrs. Clayton Libby of Lyndon- ville, is with her mother this week. Mrs. Bert Hall spent last week Wednesday with her mother, Mrs. Geo.

Cochrane. Wm. McCanna has resumed his duties after a short illness. Mrs. C.

Bedell and Mrs. H. Chamberlain visited Mrs. Geo. Cochrane last Wednesday.

Miss Florence Hall is the proud possessor of a gold watch, present ed to her by her father on her fifteenth birthday. School in district No. 9 Ryegate, closed Friday, Feb. 7. There were no absent marks during the term.

Alice Boardway and Miles Nelson had no marks during the year. One of the, most frequent and annoying conditions tnat beet humanity is Catarrh of the ISile Ducts. There are several little ducts leading from the Liver and Gall Bladder that unite into one main or "Common Bile Duct" which carries the bile and other fluid into the intestines. When there is a Catarrhal condition of these ducts the whole system is affected and all kinds of mean feelings are experiended. Ordinary liver pills and powders fail to relieve- this condition.

An eminent physician a professor in a Columbus, Ohio, Medical College, wrote the prescription from which Rydale's Liver Tablets are made, and they never fail to relieve this very common condition. For Biliousness and Torpid Liver they are without an equal. One dose convinces, and that dose is free. Write for sample. Rydale Remedy Newport News, Va.

Guaranteed by. Hatch Groton, W. II. Buck-Wells River. for my spring line of Shoes I TOPSHAM.

There will be preaching in th Methodist church next Sunday at 11 o'clock. The article on the death of Alex. Smith was too late for publication tms weeu, ana will appear in next issue. An entertainment will be given in the town hall, Tuesday evening. Feb.

25. Proceeds to purchase an organ for the hall. Admission 15c and 10c. Cake and coffee served at 5c. Mrs.

J. F. McLam returned home Monday, after spending a few days in Barre. Horace Brown of Marslifield, is visiting his daughter, Mrs. Walter Hood, for a few days.

O. D. Willey was in Groton, on Monday. Presiding elder F. W.

Lewis preached at the M. E. church last Sabbath and administered the sacrament. Mrs. A.

D. Hood lias gone to East Corinth, to care for her daughter, Mrs. Chancy Currier, who is Mr. and Mrs. Morris Hood of Newbury, were recent guests of Mr.

and Mrs. Azra Smith. Miss Ethel Hayward is teaching the school in Clarence Lang's district that Miss Alice Taplin gave up on account of illness. The rainstorm of Saturday was severe and did considerable damage. Ray Powers is home from Pier-tnont, and is working at George Hood's tor the present.

Foley's Honey and Tar cures the most obstinate coughs and expels the cold from the system as it is mildly laxative. It is guaranteed. The genuine is in the yellow package. Lee S. Blanchard.

Sound Sleep. We should get up well every morning. If we do not, we are certain gradually to run behind In our physi cal bank account This proves that Bleeping is quite as important as eat ing. The luxury of sound sleep Is one of the greatest means given to a man or beast for restoring and Invigorating the whole system. No one should al low business or anything else to cur tall this luxury, and parents should promote it children Instead of drum ming them out of bed early.

Homeo pathic Envoy. How to beat an undertaker, Cough and Coughing end in Coffin Cure the Couch, stop the Cough ing, and let the undertaker keep his Coffin. Rydale's Cough fclmr js the nest and surest way or ac complishing tins result. Jsest m- cause it contains the best remedies known to aid nature to cure a cough. Surest, because it postive- lv docs not contain opiates or Harm ful drugs of any kind.

Guaran teed under the Pure Food and Drug Law. Hatch Groton, W. H. Buck, Wells River. Hindoo Birth Cuitomi.

When a Hindoo child is born many ceremonies are gone through with priests and astrologers, and then "In the first, third, fifth or any odd year they (the parents) generally go to a certain fair and In aa auspicious time aud near a temple ot a god have the child shaved for the first time." On reaching man's estate most Hindoos keep only a cue on the top of their heads aud shave the rest of it. SO. BYIGATE. Miss Maude Harding will spend the spring vacation taking a post graduate course at the Johnson Normal school. Mrs.

J. M. Doe is quit ill with grip. Miss Annie Beaton is home from Chesterfield, for a few weeks vacation. Mrs.

Chas. Varnura is seriously Chas. Taplin spent a few days the first of the week at Northfield, visiting his son, Lynwood. Mrs. M.

Libby entertainnd the Wednesday Club this week. Wm. A. Roy was called to We6t Barnet, Sunday, to attend the funeral of his sister, Miss Emily Roy, who died in Boston, and who was brought to her old home for burial. Miss Margaret Beaton returned Monday from her Canadian visit.

Letters rrom Uilie xley an nounce his marriage to Miss Cleve land ot Ji.ast uharleston, also is re moval to Highgate, where he will have charge of a creamery, a much better position than the one he has had. Congratulations to Ollie on both counts. George Crowe received word Wednesday of the death of his mother at Morgan Center, after a long and painful illness. The following series of sermons on practical subjects will be given at the Presbyterian church, South Ryegate, by the pastor, Wm. Seward Wallace, on the dates named: Feb.

23d. 7:30 p. Labor's Champion; March 8th, 7:30 p. Our Citizenship; March 22nd, 7:30 p. The Gossiper; Apr.

4th, 7:30 p. The Sin of Idleness; Apr. 19th, 7:30 p. A Breach of Promise Suit; May 3d, 7:30 p. Religion and Business; May 17th, 7:30 p.

God's Plan of a Christian. A cordial welcome to all. Mr. William Dolbow, who owns and conducts a livery business at Penns Grove, N. recently wrote us as follows: "I have.

used Barney's Compound for Indigestion and it has given jne more relief than anything I ever tried. I would recommend it to all suffering with Indigestiofr and Dyspepsia." Barney's Compound is made from the prescription of a Stomach Specialist, and cures where all other remedies have failed. Hatch Groton, W. Buck, Wells River. II.

In Turkey the tombstones of the faithful, where the departed is a man of eminence, are capped with the fes carved In marble. OBINO Laxative Fruit Syrup Pleasant to take The new laxative Does not gripe or nauseate. Cures stomach and liver troubles and chronic constipation by restoring the natural actionof the stomach, liver and bowels. MuMSUlMtKutM. PriovBOo.

LEE 8. BLANCHARD, Groton. Vt. Subscribe for The Times. Calves' Carcasses Wanted We will pay 2J cents per pound for Calves' Carcasses with the skins on and entrails out, if well bled, thoroughly frozen, fresh and sweet.

This offer may not be (rood aflor March J. If you have Carcasses of Beeves, Horses or hogs, write us. We can probably use them at fair prices if they are free from disease, well bled ami thoroughly frozen, jr We pay the freights on above. goods if Shipped in quniiiitips of 200 pounds or more. C.

S. Paok, Hyde Park, Vt..

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