Franklin Sentinel newspaper, 1900, Part 326

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small drop iu the line voltage uear the aud altogether the smoke-talk was one long to be remembered with pleasure by battery causes the battery to supply its stored current at a high voltage at that the 230 Hibernians who participated. 'The Franklin delegation returned home at 12.30.

"There is uo piece of machinery which will do so much work with so little at- tention as a good commercial storage battery of the present day. It may be charged today aod at the end of three months give out eighty-five per cent. of the energy with which it has been stored. The street railway company has, I un- derstand, the matter of installation of a storage battery at that hill under advise- nent, which, if installed, will add greatly to the safety and comfort of passengers, as well as economy of operation of the

This is what the poor editor has to "rou np against:" "Send me a few copies of your paper which had the obituary and verses about the death of my little child a week ago today. And be sure to pub- lish the incloscd clipping about my biece's marriage. And I wish yon would mention in your local columne, if it don't cost me nothing, that I am going to have a public sale and will rent my farm; also that I have a few extra calves to sell. Send me ten or fifteen copies of the paper free, as times is hard and I can't afford to waste money ou sich things. 1 am er life-long Republican." Comment is need- less

BUSINESS ANNOUNCEMENTS.

Fresh cut flowers at Slade's greenhouse. Trash wood, ready cut for stove use, at Allen's wood yard.

To Rent,-A desirable tenement of six rooms; $12 per mouth. Inquire of O. T. Doe.

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Fifty cords fine birch wood for sale; $1 75 cerd. Address E. S. Conk, Box 212.

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To Let. - Cottage house ou Uuiou street; newly painted aud papered Ap ply to A. Farrlugtou. 16,19,23 A competent girl can obtain a good sit uation doing housework by addressing "E." SENTINEL office. 25 Get your ronud - trip Bostou, Provi- leuce aud Milford tickets of Charles H. Prince at the SENTINEL office.

Frauk O. Dudley, formerly with R G. Irwin, will do bicycle repairing at the corner of Central and Union streets.

Sweet cider right from the press at Maple Farm. also pure cider vinegar, nine years old. Orders at Chillson's mar- ket. Juge called for nud delivered. O. S. Stetsou. 25-tf

1 shall be pleased to greet all old friends of the hotel and mauy uew ones, And will treat them right. Table first class ** All the comforts of home," at Hotel Windsor J. B. MCKINNON, Agent.

These ure fish days. Shad, sword fish, mackerel, blue fish, butter Ash, hal- Ibut, clams and lobsters. Paine, the fish- mau.

Fresh cut flowers at Slade's greenhouse

is a ulece of our fellow townsm an. slipped out the back door and ran do wu of enjoy ment.

onto the railroad track as fat ax the N. Y., were guests ol Dr A. J. and J. C. Colomal rubber works, when he crossed Gallison last week Mi. Rowe la a nephew of ex Gov Perham nt Mame and an old schoolnate of Dr A J Galimaon in Maine. He is the general agent of a number of

Cyril LeClair, who has been ill with typhoid fever the past few weeks, suc- cumbed to the disease at miduigbt Sun-

aud painlessly Owing to his malady he could not lie down, but slept sitting. He taken some nourishment about a half- hour before. and Mrs. Maun was dozing. When she awoke later she noticed that he was still sitting in his chair, but not happiness you will ever have you will get | breathing The end came very quietly at home. The independence that comes to a tuan when his work is over and he feels that he has run out of the stormi | was 82 years of age, Obituary will ap- day at his home ou North Park street. ; into the quiet harbor of home, where he| pear on Friday. Ile was 40 years of age and leaves a wife can rest in peace and with bis famlly, is and five children. He was a member of something real. It does not make much Fidelity lodge, A. O. U. W., and # dele. difference whether you own your house gation from the order will attend the or have one little room in that house. funeral, which will be beld tomorrow morning from St. Mary's chapel.

You can make that one little room a true home to you. You can people it with such invods, you can turn to it with such sweet fancies, that it will be fairly lunri- Nous with their preseuce, and it will be to you the very perfection of a home .- Exchange.

Not Yet "Up to the Selectmen." We have received a communication asking if the selectiren propose to per- mit the M., A and W. Street Railway company to run cars at Intervals greater Charles Whitney was struck by au electric car near Hoag lake Thursday morning and bad one shoulder broken. Whitney was walking on the track, and when the car approached stepped to one side, and when the car had uearly passed than one hour, when the terios of the charter read as follows: "Said railway company shall run its cars daily, and, ex cepting Suudays, at least as otten as once au hour from 7 a. m. to 10 p. m., so as to furnish reasonable accolu- ntodation to the public." We have in him, in some way he got tou uear and terviewed a member of the board and be the rail on the rear eud struck bls asserts that it is the privilege of auy cit. shoulder. Whitney was brought to Frankliu and attended by D:, Gallisou and later sent to the hospital at Boston.

izeu who feels that he is aggrieved to pe- | tition to the selectmen to have the mat- ter investigated, and if the company is Whitney was employed ou the Chilson exceeding ity rights to have the inatter place, near Hoag lake, and had a basket of provisions with him at the time of the corrected. accident

Everybody Welcome. A teachers' institute, under the direc_ The farm house owned by A. M. Waite tiou of the state board of education, will and occupied by Lewis Leighton ou the be held in the Horace Manu building to

Wrentham road was destroyed by fire [ morrow, beginning at 9,15. The follow- that was discovered iu the milk house ing will be the programme: attached to the dwelling about 2 o'cluck yesterday morning. Three alarms were 9.15-Opening exercises. rung iu. The fire department did good

9.25-General Address, Secretary F. A. HILL 10.20-Drawing Primary Sechon), Henry T. Builey, Agent of the Board. 10.20-Arithmetic (Grammar Section;, John T

Prince, Agent of the Board. 10.20-Latin (High School section), James W. McDonald, Agent of the Board 11.20-Story telling ( Primary Sechon), Mrs. biza. beth $ . Rutan, Boston.

11.20-History (Grammar Section), Arthur C

Boyden, Bridgewater State Normal

12.15-Intermission. 1.20-Language ( Primary Section), W'm. H. San- derson, superintendent of schools, Bridge- water.

1.20-Drawing (Grammar Section), Mr. Bailey. 1.20-English Literature (High School Section), Miss Emily Fisher, Bridgewater State Normal School.

2.20-Natore Study ( Primary Section ), Mr. Boyden. 2.20-Reading (Grammar Section), Mr. Mc Donald, 1.20-Geometry ( High School Section), Mr. Prince. 3.20-Kindergarten Methods in the Primary

School ( Primary Sechon), Miss Anna W. Devereux, Lowell State Normal School

3.20-Language and Grammar (Grammar Section). Mr. Sanderson.

3.20-English (High School Section), Miss Fisher.

Epworth League Literary.

Rev. Mr. The literary meeting of the Epworth league, to be held at the residence of Miss Lulu Willard, 16 Dean aveune, to. morrow evening, at 8 o'clock, bids fair to be vue of the best ever held thus far, judging from the program. Quickmire is a bright aud entertaining

speaker and a most profitable eveniug is assured. All young people who are ful- terested will be most cordially welcome. Following is the program:

The Campaign Now On-Remarks by Third Vice President. Duett-"The Beautiful City of God," Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Stewart.

Current Events,

Miss Emma C. Enegren,

Paper, "Richard Newcomb," Miss Mary E. Bright. Instrumental, Miss Jessie Hoste.

Address-"A Pilgrimage! A Wheelback " Rev, Sumoel Quickmire, B. A. , of Roston. An Ancedole of the C. E. Convention, London, Rev. S. Arthur Conk.

Duett-"Sweet Peace, the Gift of God's Word,"

Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Stewart Bitthora

Quotations-A social game for all.

Happy Children.

Card of Thanks. 'To the bearers and friends who kindly assisted at the funeral of my husband, please accept siucere thanks, F. A. WILKINSON. Driven Wells.

If you want a well that isn't contam uated, see our adv, ou page four. Our

North side of a five-cent rake, 40,000 furlongs from Jupiter, a good assortment of furuiture and a nice Ilne of carpets at right prices. Don't be a fool and gu elsewhere. Sanford Bros., Medway.

A new lot of potted plaut's, fertts, rub ber plauts, palms, etc. ; cut flowers, roses in large or small quantities; funeral de-

"Two chairs at Ochee's barber shop. Accomplished hair dresser in attendance. Short waits.

COMMUNICATIONS.

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Proje

W 1. Hopkins, Artisan, Driven and Hydrau- Je Wells. Provideace, R. I. Calatioli ...

POST OFFICE NOTICE.

The Democrats will hold a rally in the Vibee Itours from 6.30 a.m. to 7.30 p. m. Satur Opera house on Thursday evening. The openkers will be William II. Baker, Dem- MAILS OPEX FROM ocratic candidate for congress in the 11th district, Joseph A. Dennison and possibly Judge Putnamı.

North, South East and West. . .... 7.20 A. M.

North, South, East, West, Sunday

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W'est and South,

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11.30 M. Eastern States and Provinces West and South. . .. 4.15 P. M.

Eastern States and Provinces 4.50

North, South, East and West 7.15 Sunday Mail closing in all directions at 5 P. M. HENRY A. TALBOT, P. M. Franklin, Mass., June 18. 1000.

FRANKLIN ELECTRIC FIRE ALARM.

BOX 6-Coruer Croes and Central streets. 8-Central street, head of Summer street. 13-Corner Emmons and Main streets. 23-Arlington street, near corner Wachu- sett Bireel. 94-Nason's Crossing. 32-Corner Union and Central streets. #1-Union street, near Beaver, opposite St. Mary's Church. 43-Corner of Garfield and Crescent streets. Two Blasts-Fire out. Ube Blast-Testing apparatus.

Directions for Giving an Alarm Being sure that a tire actually exista, Ry to the dearest box, uulock, pull down the book and let go. The apparatus works automatically. Close the box aud remain until the firemeu arrive to direct thein to scene of the dire

FRANKLIN NEWS IN BRIEF

Latest Local Events and Personal Items of Interest to Readers.

Mr. Bailey at High school tonight.

O. S. Stetsou, Jr., attends Dartmouth college this year.

A new burglar alarm has been ar rauged at the savings bank.

October devotions will be held iu St. Mary's chapel this evening.

The electric and steatt railroad time- tables are corrected up to date.

-Dean will play the Thayer academy football eleven bere next Saturday.

Chester A. Brown of Unlouville goes

to Ipswich to work in a hosiery factory. A partridge flew against the store win- dow of Grocer Fales last week, breaking it

A delegation from Wonewok tribe, Red Meu, will visit the North Attleboro tribe this evening,

C. A. Briggs is moving bis household goods to Norwood, where he has a con- fectionery store.

Look out for your clothing if you leave it out over uight. Some bas dis- appeured of late.

"The social of the Jolly club in Red Men's hall ou Friday evening was well attended and very eujoyable.

It is said that the running time of the electrics between Franklin and Woou- socket is to be much reduced.

Mra, E. D. Dauiels returned to Phila- delphia on Monday, called there by the critical condition of her mother.

A large number of Franklin people witnessed the Knights of Columbus parade at Woonsocket on Sunday.

There will be a special meeting of the members of the Franklin brass band at the town hall ou Thursday evening.

Mrs. Mary A. Hysom aud Mrs. Fred Whitney and daughter of Winthrop, Me., are questa of Mrs. Horace W. Hosie.

Arthur W. Leslle of Cooey Islaud, N. Y., former proprietor of the Chestnut Hill duck farm, is spending a week in town.

"The grange will work the third aod fourth degrees on Thursday evening. It is hoped that there will be a large at- tendance.

The Ladies' Social circle of the Uni. versalist church will meet with Mrs. Perkins, Deao avenue, next Wednesday afteruoon

The W. R. C. will furuish the collation for the visiting bodies of the fustitute tomorrow, at G. A. R. hall, ou East street, at 12.2v p. m.

There will be a special meeting of Fidelity lodge, A. O. U. W., this eveulug to make arrangements for attending the funeral of Cyril LeClair.

'Tbe C. E. society will hold a "shadow social" at the Congregational church to- morrow evening, with a number of novel features. All are invited.

store, dled suddenly Sunday morning from childbirth. The couple had been married about a year.

Norfolk lodge, N. E. O. P., meets to. Doirow eveulug. All members are re- quested to be preseut us matters of im- portance are expected to come up at ident of the Old Dominion Steamship that time. company of New York city, to the Rev.

A uumber from here will go to Fall Mark B. Taylor, pastor of the Park Con

River ou Thursday to attend the Y. M. gregatioual church, Brooklyn. The an. C. A. convention. Round trip tickets cleut house, (built in 1672) looked pretty can be bad for $1. 25 by way of Walpole. in Its antumu decorations. Miss Bourne which he carried. Once in the store he splendidly illustrated by this afternoon The convention closes Sunday.

Mr. and Mis E M. Kowe of Harlem,

over to the Milford track. Officer Red. path bad chased him from Nason's CIONS pauies aud was touring from New York, baid on the 4. 15 car. ing and succeeded In capturing him on the Milford track hear Beaver pond. the big New York life insurance enit. The deputy sheriff took Kingsley to Ded to the White Mountains Du a tandem with his wife.

Probably uineteeu twentieths of the

Some comment is made upon the slow+ Dess with which the cars nyon the Med way & Medfield Street railway climb the Franklin hill, and some people attribute the same to lack of power at the station furnishing the same. Such is uot the fact; the difficulty is purely an electrical oue. The street railway contracts with By the Medfield Electric Light and Power company for a supply of electricity of a certain pressure or voltage at the gener ating station, to which feed wiren are run by the street railway company. the time the current reaches the Med. way hill there Is a large drop, not in the quantity of current, but in the voltage or electrical pressure, due to the resistance iu the line, which the current encounters in passing through the same And that drop at that point is oot constaut. but increases with any increase in the load carried, while the voltage at the station ta always practically constaut. By actual measurement at this point the drop may run as high as seventy per cent , de- pending upon the load at that place.

As a matter of fact, the pressure at the station is automatically increased slightly with increasing load up to about teu per cent. with full load. It is not well to increase the voltage more be- canse of danger of burning out lamps aud motors at other points on the line where the drop at any particular moment might not be heavy

Rev. I. W. Sueath and C. B. Johnson represent the Congregational church ut service in preventing the fire spreading the ecclesiastical council of the Milford Congregational church, October 30, to formally dismiss Rev. Mr. Woodbury to the outbuildings, which contained 50 head of cattle, but were unable to save the dwelling, milk house or granary ow- from the church pastorate, according to jing to the headway uttalned by the Congregational custom.

A meeting of the King's Daughters and Sons will be held next Friday eveu- ing, at 7.30. in the parlor of the Luiver- salist church. At this meeting Mrs. Haslam will give her report of the con vention held in East Weymouth. It is hoped that all members will be present. At the Universalist church Sunday evening Rev. D. M. Hodge gave au juter. esting address ou the religious condition of the country a century ago. The in.

The Norfolk county temperance cou- vention held at Bellingham Thursday was presided over by Sadford W. Bil- dings of Sharou. Dr. Albro of Milford teuse religious convictions ou the one and Rev. F. B. Sleeper of Franklin were side and the indifference and agnostic tendencies ou the other were clearly de fined.

That was a fierce contest ou the Deau campus ou Saturday, when the Deans met the strong eleven from the Friends' school of Providence. The playing cou- tinued till about dark, some rattling good plays ou both sides resulting, Deau, though outplayed aud beateu by a score of 21 to 5, put up a stiff fight.

All who beard Heury 'T. Bailey, agent

of the state board of education, will

wish to bear bim again. He will give au address in the ball of the Horace Mann High school Tuesday, Oct. 23, at 7.45. The public is most cordially invited to attend and take part iu the discussion which is to follow the address.

The Cantabrigia club of Cambridge opened its literary meetings brilliantly on Friday, Oct. 19, in the Newtowne club house, with a lecture by Howard Malcolm Ticknor, A. M., of this place, ou "A New View of Portia. " The lec- ture was appealing aud suggestive, from a human as well as from a literary point of view.

'There was a large attendance of ladies and gentlemen in Odd Fellows' ball last evening to listen to Rev. Dr. De Normau- die, but for some noexplained reason the speaker failed to arrive.' Miss Hamlin very kindly stepped into the baeuch aud without preparation gave a very luterest. iug account of her experiences in Paris aud at the fair.

The remains of James W. Wilkinsou, a veteran of the civil war, who passed away at the soldiers' home iu Chelsea Christiau. last Thursday, were brought here Friday | devotion and funeral services held at 23 Cot- church.

tage street Sunday afternoon, Rev. F. B. Sleeper officiating. The deceased was 65 years and 5 months of age. The

S. C. Bourne, with fifty-four others, gathered Wednesday afternoon in the old ancestral house of the Bourne family in Bourue, Mass., to witness the inur- riage of Miss Helen L Bourne, daughter of the Inte Capt. Henry A. Bourne, pres

Di. 'T L. Mailla sends hia automobile plong ata two minute clip, and usserts that he finds it more pleasureable thau driving the fastest trotter he ever beld the linex over. It is very exbilminting.

Supt. E. D. Dauiels delivered two ad diesses at a teachers' institute held iu flingham on Friday, In the torenoon ou "L'ourses of Study iu the High School" aud iu the afternoon on "Latin." Both were bigbly spoken of.

Prof. and Mrs. L. L. Burrington of Peabody speut the Sabbath with friends in towu. The professor fiuds uis new work very congenial and has about ten school buildings and uearly sixty school teachers nuder bis charge.

Charles Williams, who read so accept. ably to au appreciative audience last winter, will give a reading Friday of next week for the benefit of the Hurace Mano library. His selectious will be taken largely from "To Have and to Hold."

'Tbe following ladies have qualified to play iu the golf contest between the Franklin and Cumberland clubs ou next Thursday afternoon on the links here: Miss King, Miss Sherman, Miss Rathbun, Miss Eisenhardt, Mrs. Thayer, Miss Kay, Mis. Bassett and Miss Stott.

The supreme court has just decided that when a railroad corporation lets the back privileges to any party it prevents others trotu soliciting passengers at the station, the ground being taken that the presence of others there coustitutes a trespass.

The remains of Cornelius Sullivan, au aged and respected resideut of Belling- ham, who died Thursday, were brought bere for interwent iu St. Mary's ceme tery Saturday morning, a requiem mass being previously celebrated iu the chapel by Rev. Father Lee.

fumes when the firemen arrived. A large quantity of potatoes that were stored in the cellar were destroyed, Mr. Leighton school.

and family bad barely time to escape | 11.20-History ( High School Section), Mr. Ilill. with their lives, but a piano and some of the household furniture were saved. The loss will reach 83,000, ou which there is an insurance of $1,500.

among the speakers. The army canteen was referred to in scathing terms, and George Bennett of Northbridge said Le read the Voice and didn't believe It would lie, and wanted every voter to vote straight probibitiou. He had

known rumsellers whom he would be- lieve sooner than he would some pro- fessed Christians. Rev. F. B. Sleeper believed temperance reform must come through the Christian church, and thought the outlook was encouraging iu that direction. Dr. Albro didn't feel as hopeful as Rev, Mr. Sleeper, but was uot disposed to dispute the point. As usual

the Bellingham people gave the visitors a cordial welcome aud comfortable and bouutiful entertaiumeut.

Four candidates were baptized Sunday eveniog at the Baptist church in the presence of a large audience. Rev. F. B. Sleeper gave ao earnest discourse on "Special Work for Special Need." He said the church is lacking in heroic ef. fort. We are fully cousecrated unto that which is pleasaut and easy, but we refuse the difficult moral aud spiritual undertakiugs that demand sacrifice, and suffering, aud deepest courage of soul. The great glory of the saint lies in over" coming mighty obstacles, aud like the shepherd pressing bis way through dau. gers and thickets aud stinging thorns after the sheep that have waudered from the fold. To help those who need no help amouuts to uotbing. But to carry deliverance to those euthralled iu evil, to bind up the brokeu-hearted and to take the weak strong in Christ cousti- tutes the great and divine missiou of the

More delighted children it would be difficult to find thau those who enjoyed the hospitality of Mrs. E. K. Ray, at Elm farm, last Saturday, about thirty mothers of the Mothers' section and aud We used to pattern after the heroism of the carly about fifty children being warmly wel- comeil by Mrs. Ray in a neat speech. She was assisted by her daughter, Mrs. Broenulmau, why added noticeably to Jobu Kingsley was sentenced to three mouths in Dedhum jail at the session uf the district court bere ou Saturday, the the pleasure of the occasion by euter- taining the children with fuscruatlug stories. There were little lots, and older charge being the larceny of a dog from ones who proudly asserted "I'm getting the premises of Patrick Collins of Fisher a big boy now," the ages raugiug froul street. Associate Justice Whitaker was joue to ten years. Music was furuished on the bench. Kingsley filed a notice of ; by Miss Gould, and marches, games and appeal, but was unable to furuish bouds dances were enjoyed. Ice cream, cake, fancy crackers, etc., were partaken of, and youug And old voted it au occasion of rare enjoyment. Dainty little pro- grams wore given each child to be saved for bis appearance at the December term of court aud he was taken to Dedham in the afternoon. When ou the way to the Medway car in charge of Deputy Sherin

Fitzpatrick a request was made by Kings- as memorabilia of the occasion. The re- ley that he be permitted to go luto the fiuement of happiness which one re. [ algus well made up. Slade's greenhouse. JOK Aloug store tu leave au overcoat ceives by affording it to others was

Geibel | road.

The Medfield Electric Light aud Power company maiutains at its station for this road exclusively oue three hundred horse power Westinghouse generator aud one two hundred horse power General Elec- tric machiue, either oue of which would run a road double the size of this road, ruuniug four times the number of cars, under the electrical conditions contracted for with us. J. J. FEELY,

Treasurer Medfield Electric Light and Power Company. October 18, 1900.

Aucilon. Selected household articles at Opera House block on Friday evening at 7 30. These wie especially fiue goods.

Ladies' and children's felt hats for sale at retail. Also trimmings, feathers wells go below all surface water into the | and velvets at Stewart's straw shop. ledge, thus avoiding all contamination. W. 1. HOPKINS.

Mrs. Mary Malatesta, wife of Louis Malatesta, the fruit dealer at Fisbor's interment was at Sheldouville.

duis, 6.30 a. in. to a, 15 p. m. Sundays from 9 to 10 4. m. Money Order Department fromin 8.30 A. m. to

Providence. . .

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The friends of Jobu Ewen, formerly of this place, but who has been for seven years a loom fixer iu Texas, will be interested to know that be ts at present in Philadelphia, Mr. Ewen has just ie- ceived bis certificate for the designing course from the' American Correspond ence School of Textiles, New Bedford, Mass. He w:Il couple this knowledge of desiguing with his experience iu the weave roomu.

An Explanation.

point, thus preventing aus large drop there.

Hattie M Fisher

THE SENTINEL, TUESDAY EVENING, OCT. 23, 1900.

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Franklin Sentinel newspaper, 1900, Part 326

Author: Publication date: 1900 Publisher: Number of Pages: 436

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Publication date: 1900
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