j Y W Opportunity 1 ' ^ > ^pottkry, a»* tern!«••• or boy *wme, or to »«cnr« goodItttp, win find THK KABMSft wantads inexpensive and eflfectite.

StanTake THE FARMER tad theTare* ttm«s « Week Woritf-l * ^ • fall year—908 papers, for

/(>L. XXVII. MAIX)NE, N- T., WEDNESDAY, JANUAEy 23, 1907. NO. 5.

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• - Iov©et a Quarter and Beftlis* Dol-,;' 1 r». Everyone can u»»tlL 8 ooiumn'* vUi* profitTry I t C o s t Small

1 r». Everyone can u»»tlL 8 ooumnvUi* profit—Try It—Cost Small—B «ulU Large

tatfcte

'SBTO BEJfT.-Oae or two* furnished,

rooms heated and Mffhted with private Ibath adicinin*. Mars. Fmnk Moa *3S Morton St., Matone, N. If. 5tf.

GOOD SIZED frame hop Kiln for sale.E. T. Kennedy,, Whippie-

Y. • atf

POR SAX.E—Farm known as taa Wil-liam Kitey farm *rf »? aere* to the

s town of Burke, together with the cows,farming tools and hay aod grain on,the premises. TMB farm Is un<ier agood state of cuKlvatioii ana will besold very rea*o*iftbly. Inquire of A, B.Paaroelee & goa, MWooe, N. T. 5w4

CLEAKANCB SALE—On whiter under-wear, felt toots, lumbermen** rub-

beng, etc, Economy Shoe Store, No.7. E. Main St., on the J»ridge, Malone,N . y. *2tf

FOR SALtB OR -BBNT.—The FredChild Houpe, No. 136 Webster Bt.Tbi» is desirable property and is in a

POR SAUE—Mjy tiyrm in Fo*>t Covasg-ton, N. Y., c<*w$s«i>ff 158 acres-aU tin-

able land (except a wood lot 25 acres)wider good cultivation. Biuusng wa-ter a«a buildings bi *oo<S repair. Hasa fine ~&rc&ard;is situated three-fourth*mile -ifom th« vIRagpe, school, butter

DEATH OF J. L. HOOLC

'eteran Hotel K«*fMr Pat*** Away.

James Leonard Hogie, tor yearsme of the best known hotel mm inNorthern New York, and la th§ days>f his activities a successful anct>r hole-sou led landlord'/ died at bis

home in this village on Sunday lastaged .83 years. His illness was onlyabout a week's duration and was sim-ply general breakdown fvom old age.

Hogle was born in Canada andollowed the hotelbusiness practically11 his life. He conducted a hotel at

3t Johns until it burned, then cameto Malone and conducted the old Franin house until that was destroyed byfire about 1865. Then he built theHogle House now the Smith Houseon the corner of Main and Academystreets which he conducted till about1875 when he bought the King home*

FLOOD AND STORM

Ttrrtttc Hwrrican« Sunday Doe* Con-•tderftbt* Damage throuflhout thisCounty,OB Saturday and Sunday test

Franklin county experienced a Jan-uary thaw and wind such as it hasnot known in years. In the rainand wind of Saturday the sleighingdisappeared and the hurricane whichblew ail day Sunday worked consider-able damage throughout the county.At Matoae Junction the iron roof ofthe new boiler house of the MaJuneLumber Co*, was blown off, struckthe smoke stack which is from 60 to80 feet high and broke it in two inthe middle. Three freight cars, twogoing through and one standing at thejunction were unroofed. The throughcars were loaded with raw sugarwhich was exposed to the elements.Two big manle trees fronting

Local Department*The old gristmill at Norfolk, St.awrence county, burned down about

a week ago. It was erected In 1848and was almost the last building {eft

the old town.Rev. Francis Pile, pastor of the

kmgregational church at Peru, diedsuddenly last week. He was strickenwith apoplexy while walking alongthe street* and lived but a few hours.

Assemblyman Merritt on Fridayintroduced a bill fixing a flat license:ee for non-resident and resident hun-ters, the fee for the former beingyiO and for the latter $1.00 It islaimed that the tax has proved bene-ficial it) other states.

Miss Agnes Casey won the goldwatch contest for the benefit of St

Fred W. Baldwin, a bookkeeperOgdeneburg, has filed a petition

bankruptcy with liabilities of U r1.03 and no assets.Two nieoejs of James A. Bailey, thercus man, have begun a contest of

Ills will at White Plains, N. Y. ThefiWO.OOG estate was all left to Mr.Bailey'B widow. The nieces ejatm

it he was of unsound mind:Senator O'Neil was one of r* "the

[>eakers at the annual dinner ofhe newspaper editors, organized ashe Associated Dallies of New Yorktate, held at the hotel Ten Eycfc

Albany on Tuesday evening oftist week.Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Macdouald

St Regis Falls have taken intoielr home, Miss Hazel Fuller-ton, onethe daughters of the late Wm. A

ullerton, of Santa Clara, and if agreeIn fh^ yfriT"g IHy *MM Imp t *

TOWN AND COUNTY GOSSIP

•«ot. Fiction, and Fancy from th©p«n of Our "Man About Town"

Theinfluence of the

Stream on

M ».i;-:*^y :.__ denly moved outm \ - -~» to sea last Wed-

fr^^l -. ' nesday night andthe thermoneterhi this villagedropped to 20

, degrees belowsero. Up in Montana just before thecold wave reached here ft went downto 55 below and the dry snow in theNorthwest piled in drifts 20 to 30feet high, blocking the railroads sothat the rotary snow plows ^sent out

combinations of two and threetld ooon find the waj bludwU u»-

D T a w e for establishedhousd. |12 weekly to start. Expenses

paid References. Address George G.moms, Mtikrne, N. ¥. 5*1

out stock. Two houses on farm. Termsliberal. Judaon E. Ry<w, F t Oovlag-ton, N. T Ht

POSITION WANTJSH>-R^iable youn«lady flrst-cta«s typdst, with goou know-ledge of shorthand, desires position toStates. Apply box 285, Valleyfield,P. Q. »W4

WANTED—hQOQ property owners tofcuy the K^yston* Chemicid Fire Ex-toMmtaher. Wrke f<>r ho^QL-j}ja&,jaxia£a.

T O S T A T I ^ e o n a r d , selling agent, B*a~lone, N. Y. ftf

FOR SAI.BJ—A fioe stora with livingrooms above together with fixtures and

safe, located a,t Fort Covln^ttm Center,N. Y. This property is ai&Ay located

the-oenter-t of a large farming com-t ti Mil be sold at a bargain to

tber^ht n«S. Inquire at A %. Par-melee A Son, Malone. N. 1* 2w4

B"OR RENT—Houae and bam at No. WPioasant St. Thda is very dealraJble

which he remodeled into the Elmwood House and conducted till '96 or7 , when he retired from hotel 1 ife.He was an ardent Republican aad aman of courage and integrity. Heleaves three sons and one daughtersurviving to mourn the loss of an in-dulgent father. They are William,Oharles, Wallace and Jennie, all ofthis village. The funeral occurred

jperty on Ft. Cosnapped off like

ngipipe

able rate. Inquire of A. B. Parmelee& Son, Malooe, N. Y. iw4

the Duane street homeafternoon, Rcv.~;fc~«7~Brow

Tues-

stems, but the house miraculouslycaped damage. The spire of theBaptist church kept swinging per-eeptbly all day as the fierce guestsbeat against it, but it stood the strainalthough one of the timbers reachinginto the belfry is reported to havebeen twisted. Union services an-nounced to occur there in the after-.

. FOB SAUE—Chaice winter apples.Standard varieties at reasonable pricesky the barrel o«5y. D. Dickinson &Co., M{Uancr N. Y. «tf.

PORTLAND CEMJBNT for sale. Noth-thg equals it. Inquire or a<tdr«ss Or-vllle Moore, Malone, N.- Y. 43tf.

FARM FOR SALJB—Known as "Pleas-ant Farm,"U5 acres ©ne mile south of

county alms house on rural route Tele-phone connections. For particulars in-quire on premises or write S. E. Willett,R. F D. N«. 2, Malone, N Y . 62tf

FOR SAI E—Two Incubators and onebrooder. Address o<r call on NelsonCrate, 255 Park street, opposke papermill. Makww. N. Y. Stf.

FOR SALE—One bouse on Academy 3t.and one corner Shields and Academy

Sis. Latter new and both modern withall modern conveniences. Address or In*quire of Clinton W. Cady, Malone,

WANTBo—A position in, a creameryby a batter maker of _f<nm-x&a£& e?E-IHsrieuee and now Tt t t enSnga dairy col-lege. Will be ready to .^commence April1st Address A. H. Hurlburt, C t o bN. Y. . <-

- * « - • . _ . . _ _ - , . . _

about MO acres. For particulars in-quire of Means & Cptmey, Attorneys,Malone, or Lawrence & HfBangor, N. Y.

DRIVING HORSE WANTED.—WouWlike to purchase a coal black glidingfive or six yeara old, weight around1,650. good waJker « a d driver, k'md andgrentle tor family use and one not a-fraid of cars or automobiles. Addressor call wi P. L, Turner, MaJone, N. Y.

4tf."

FARM FOR SALE^-Of S3 acrec, goodland, Mstuated one-half mile from Fay

Comers, N. Y. N e a r echool, butterfactory and store. Good buildtogs, goodorchard, two welhs, gbod water in house.Inquire on farm or address Moses GowinFoat office address. North Bangoc,N, Y. 4<-

FOR SALE—Ayrshire bull four years" °1 < LJ 1 O O 1 1 \ «« 1*w»* Wia traal for

correctly »4-

J£8£ £°R SAUS-two miles*™* ,Orvilie Mtoere** a&w mill east of

Bdwanl Heddin^a One » acre k>t^ ^ ^ w ^ « r tote. Well timbered

BUY THE BEST-—Fire, life anaddent insurance. Prompt p&ymen

courteous service. lite USst Itcheapest Give me a call S B Skia-o«r,y the old reliablt ^SSacyV * - ^ K m

MONEY TO lUOAN.-lnqulre.of M.McCSary, Malone, N. Y, «

L.IFE Insurance .policiesAddress Lock Sox 108*

N. X.

MONEY TO LOAN.-By Mears *C*xmey,91 East Main St.. MaJone. N, Y. «fcf

MONEY TO LGAN.-On real estate se-curity. Apoly to Wm. p, ~ -

Malona N, Y.

WANTED-Oue first class blacksmith;man with tamily preferred, Steady

work (the year around For particulars^ ^ W< W' I-ambertaa, Bralnards-

Low rates to Saranac Lake January28th, 29th, 30th, 31st, account WinterCarnival. Particulars of N> Y. C. tic-ket agents.

dating.P. A. Hadley writes The Farmer

that he is not a candidate for highwaycommissioner of Malone and thanksbis friends for their interest.

WOOD-LOT FOR SAI^E—Situate $n tfc<

Church and Society Notice*

day, Jan. 2&th, at three o'clock.

The social meeting of the W.' C. T U.will be held at the home of Mrs. Mac

Hhunan, <

Every member is requested! to bepresent and bring a fricaid. There willbe a report of tfie national coiivejition;

i i in charge of fee. vice-presidents.

FOR SALE—A number of good enowcases and other store fixtures. Mrs.

C. H. Berry, Malone, N. Y. «tf

FOB SALE—Farm of fifty acres, sit-uated about six miles southeast of Ka-

lone. House and barns on place. Qpodspring* water. Inquire of W. J. Fter-terfield, «*———— - —N. Y..

Woodward street.

TEAMS WANTED to <b*w pulp Wf>o4from vicinity of Lake Titos to Ma-

lone Paper Mill at 12 per cord. Inquireof Malone Paper Co. or Oeo. A. Ffcr-ette 2tf

HOUS® TO RENT—At « W«- - • - - * " F.Guyott, at "

FARM FOR 3ALE-« acres «fmites from Malone; 800 max

farm in lii^h state

is. R.H. O'Brien,

Rev. C. L. Rhoades, dilferict secre-tary of the American Baptist Misaafcn-ary Union, will speak ax the Baptistchurch> next Sunday, morning .and even-ing, and there will be special SundaySchooi and Y. P. S. O.E. services. Therewill also be raissifiinary services, Mon-day and probably a tea to the men ofthe church Monday evening, followed bychurch services. To alt the services thepublic is invited.

We are glad to note that arrange-ments have been made with Miss AlysBa&eman for a concert m the operahouse Feb. 1st. The tadbies of 6 tMark's have shown a good deal of m-terpriae to securing «• desirable an at-tnactioo o* which the townspeople willreap the benefijt. Miss Batemato as ac-companied by J^duard Parlovitz, a finepianist and Miss Qraee Merry, a veryclever reader and entertainer. Tickets,75, »0 aod 35 cents. Seats on sale atStickney*s Wednesday, Jan. 30th. at

Methodist church instead. A barnwas unroofed on the Porter farm eastof this place.

Wires were down and telephoneservice was materially interferredMonday, but brief rejiort fromsurrounding towns show that consid-erable damage was done by the storm.Bombay seems to have been the hard-

[ est hit. An ice jam backed up thej£ j water so that it was eight feet deep

in the road near the railroad stationand some of the roads were renderedimpassable. The wind blew down

smoke stack of the high schoolmilding, took part of the roof ofirom the Seats' block and broke of jhe big brick stack of the St Law-

Wanted,Cookf*t 'Wiiimjiiim , uuwmraB) nv. , t w

Undercliff on Lain Placid in the Adiron-dacka, June to October, 1007, Address I.S.

VSo, f S Pratt fit,H*rtford. Conn.

MONEYPLACED ON

MORTGAGEAT

SIX PER CENT,Semi-Annual Interest, with

Title aod Security Guar^teed

WRITE OB CALL

Fred'k Q. Paddock,86 West Main St., MALONE, N. Y.

Offers cut pricesoa the followingtbiswe*k;

We Braket Fired Tea. 83cSUaGreen Tea, . , .30c Black Tea 19c

f l 00 GIOTSS and Mittens 8150e " " " " 4t85e . " » » 33c35© " •• " 10cA lot of odd stock In tobacco at your

own price.My regular live of goods is complete ai d

I would be pleased to have you call inperson or phone. Your orders and gocd,will be delivered at yoor door any whenin corporation.

O. S. Rhoades,46 W. Maia St , MaJone, N. Y? and

WestviHe. Center.

rence Greanwry, managed by O. Har-rington. The latter goes throughthe roof of the building but was car-ried clear from the building out intcthe lot by the force of the wind. Lum-ber in the yards of Shields Bros, amHon. C. R. Matthews is said to havibeen scattered all over the fields.

At Fort Cavington the wind toolthe roof off th« Dupree housethe roof from Will McElwain?s barn.A roof was taken off a building onMrs. Cushmaa's farm in Westvilleand the top from W. L, Barlow's sih

the same town. The roofblown from Ben Lester's barn in con-stable and smashed to kindling wood.A barn of Feter Boardway at WesiBangor was also unroofed and the gaWe bJown in and a barn in a fiel<on the Gay Adams place is saidhave been demolished. At SouthBangor an empty silo on the HiramTaylor place wjto blown over and de-raolished. . Iw ind mill was alsoblown over on the %111ls Manchesterplace south of Moira. The hurricanewas not local and other parte of thestate suffered, notably Buffalo andvicinity. Miles of docks were destroyed at, Tonawanda and millions of feetof lumber swept away. In Buffaloharbor five big lake steamers wereblown ashore and the damage to ship-ping alone is estimated at a millionand a half dollars.

SAVE MONEY

YOCITPIANO.It \myt what you pay—it is what yon GET f#r what y«a

y UutflHatadgaide fern, in deer ti w on tne riaao youwant in yqnr home.

We ««U tb* fcwt Piamw in the World for aa little a» weoaa. To «sll PUaoe for lew money woold mean to sell

ANNUAL MIETIMKOTica IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT

•" oC ifco Hy«e ~o£ the H y e Db* fc«14 *t th% oXfle© fiMaiona. N T., <m tb« UU Uy of 1ruary. l«tf at 7*0 o'clock P, M.. lor

e COXBJM<Uy ofP M

Bpwn the iacrifioe of a repntatipu we have been a long,loflg time in building.

Partial Payments, H Desired.

* ^

MALQX9t W. Y.

January

The Selling Event a!the Year,

COMB AI.0KG

SHAEETHK BENEFITS.

Ca#hif j W r e g o t it.Credit If yoo W*u\ tt.

Srerytblng mtys* be sold tomake room for Spring goedit

InstallmentCo.,

Phone S74Open Evenlogw.,

Mm. Louise Wood, of Bellmont. hasbeen granted a pension of $8.00 permonth. Fler neighbors and friendsare pleased to learn, of her good for-

ed $226. Miss Casey did consider-able canvassing in Maiose and wasme of the best that ever struck this;own.

The 16th annual meeting of thedirondack Guides' Association will

>e held at the town hall.Saranae LakeTan , 23. There will be a generalilscussion of the forest, fish and gameaws and interests and prominentflUfiakfrra—Mill—be—present -4<»>n these subjects. There will be abanquet in the election room of thetown ball and a dance will follow

the evening.

The patrons of rural route No. 3,reaching out from North Bangor, presented T. D. Barnum, the carrier,with a fine couch and chair at hishome one evening last week. Theygathered at his home and a delightfulevening was spent in gamesother social recreation. A fine sup-per was served. Truman Wescottmade the presentation spech and Mr.Barnum responded feelingly. He haserved the route for upwards of thre<

ears.

This is the week of the Mason*fair at Brushton and on Timrsda;evening the Masons of Malone wilmn a special train out and back, giv-ing a fine opportunity for Malonepeople to help out the Brushton lodge.12b«k train will leave here at about7:45 and return the same night. Pa]of the entertainment for the even-ing is an oyster supper and musicalprogram. The fare for the round trijwill be 50 cents and the train oughito be well patronized.

According to the eleventh annuareport of the forest, fish and gam<commission, 2,196 carcasses of deeiwere shipped, from the Adirondack!last year, 108 saddles and 180 heads,total of 2,284. This of course doesnot include the ^eer killed out iseason and in season and used Ufood by hunters, hotels and settler!If these figures could be obtainedwould probably raise the figures

> or over. The commission, estimates that there are 250 wild ellin the Adirondacks. Part of Iheihave been imported, but the inereasis due to natural causes, largely.

The Peoples National Bank of Mloae has been designated by the secretary of the treasury at Washingto;as a depository of public moneysThis means that the government wikeep a deposit in this bank, and,only strong banks are selected ft

— ~-ffe forthe roads to dig out It was 28 be-*low at Tupper Lake,- 31 at Paul

the state railroad commission a » - l ? u ^ 8 *** %1 •**** a t M o n t r e a l

iorized the bonding and mortgaging>f the Malone, Ft Covington and Hop

toild.At its session in New York last

kins Point Railroad. It is believedthat the money can be raised forbonding the road and that the roadwill be pushed to completion whenspring opens.

Efection of Officers.

The . St. Reg-isl

National J3anKhe St. g s feis National J3anKhas re-elected the following officers:—

President—H. E. O'Neil.Vice-Presidents—Alexander MacDanald

and F. S. Young,Cashier—John A. May,DSrectors—H. E O'Nett, Hon. Wm. T.

O'Neil, E. P. Try an, JE\ S Young, Alex-ander MacDonaid and H.' H. Byrns

A^rondack Grar ge, Dickinson Centerhas installed the f<5il<Mrtoff officers forthe insuing term:—

W. M. N. C AU«a.W, O.-A. M.'Qile?.W. L, Mrs. N. C. Alfcea.Steward—Guy DawaonuChaplain—Jfirs. Geo. Bradley.Sec—Floyd Blmar.Treas.-H. N. Rainsael.G. K.~l«slie Baoon.Pomona—Nevada Bfrew,Flora-Jone LC M iLady Assistant i3t«wara-Maud

T H R O U r a E i B U A L B .If ever there wa« a reliable aod safe

remedy it is that old and famous por-ous plaster—AllcociE*8« It has beenin use for sixty yo&rs, and is as popu-lar to-day as ev«(v iytt4 we dwibt ifthere ise a civiiiaoa oooamunlty on thef « th l b iff*?*r'tM* wonderful

tound. Inthe selection of the iagredieAts and intheir manufacture tfv»e gwftteet care istaken t keep eaxi^ plKStttr up to th«

there ise a c v a oface ©« the globe .iff*?*pttok reliever carattt* bethe selection of the ithei mnufacture tftheir manufacture tftaken to keep eaxi^highest standard <rf ex^Umcepure and simple ore the kisredleeven a child can vte Bt&xu

X i ' h^#^a d

care isto th«

^Umce and mkisredleats that

M Pearl St. Farmer Bhed°.

NonetW« are the onlytftffcj* ia^Malcme that

make a bosktess of faratolrfny help toprivate families, hotel*, campe, and

You oftlir »»ve to registerand we Ikwk you up a poai-we have ted th« exp*r*emce

factories.,

tioa. As we have ted th« _ _ T _ _ - , _In this line we understand just whatyou want. All w« *sfc you to Go la to•end us your naJJW a«d addres* andtoe kind of work you are looking fornd we wiU do tho temt.Wo also buy ;uid sell gooda of all

tinds. Drop us * ©anl w pho&e U9t once. "If you are going to seH your stock

off this spring don't forget that weare open for enga««aeatB, and we iiavehad the experieno»^

Gluten feed a ^ , i%$i» Datifare government stamped d p gfeeds for cattle, ;?fiftei^ By© ikmrlor bread, and aaow Fiake for pas-try are our leadersfand if not asgood as you are twlng will cost you

thi tgnothing.

GEO. D. NORTHBJDGB,Y.

Local and long distance phone. 6wl

this purpose, the designation isvaluable asset to the institution. Uder Mr. Marshall's presidency thbank has grown by leaps and boun<and its quarterly statements show thjthere are few banking institutionsrural communities doing so largebusiness, backed by so large a splus, and carrying so*Jarge an aggr<gate of deposits.

At the meeting of the state asscelation of county agricultural socitties In Albany last year the o!hoard of officers was re-elected.W. Lawrence, of Malone, remainsmember of the executive committee.The race track bill now before thelegislature was discussed and the mbers of the association took the poBition that, while they do not fayogambling at race tracks they wioppose a change in the law unl<an ample appropriation Is made fronthe State treasury for the agriculturesocieties whose expenses arecreasing each year. The delegatepresent, some 200 strong, madeformal call on the new governor.

Advance sheets of the 1907 OfficialCatholic Directory show that the Cataelic population of the United Statesis 13,089,353, an increase of 437,303over the previous year. There are

Catholic clergymen in thiscountry and 12,148 Catholic churches.The attendance at parochial schoolsnumbers upward of a million pupils,In the diocese of Ogdenaburg theare 129 clergymen, 85 churches wiresident priests and 59 missions wit]churches, a total of 144. There16 parishes having schools, with a to-

. i in a t tendantThere ae two orphan asylums andcharitable institution* and the totalnumber of children in Catholic in-stitution is t,75O. The Catnojfcpopulation of the dioowe ia 8«,000.

Ge*rg* W. Cushman, of Hopkin-ton, N. Y., who formerly conductedsucessfttiiy the Cuahman Housethis Tillage for maay years and iat one time proprietor of the LakePlacid House, bas engaged as managerof the Meacham Lake Hotel for theensuing year and has already entered

his new duties* being nowLake Meacham putting in bis stockof ice, wood and barn supplies forthe coming season. He expectedremain there about two weeksthe present time, and in the springMr. and Mrs. Cuehman will assumecharge, retaining their residenceHopkinton,where they nave a pleasanihome and which ia almost as near toLake Meacbam as Malone. BothMr. and Mrs. Cushman have had longexperience in hotel work and will

popular and efficient managers._ S. ML Howard, who retires, has

proved a capable and popular land-lord. It Is probable that Mrs. Piumbwill remain In the position she "held at Meacham for ayears.

Work on the trunk sewer at .Sar-tnac Lake which is being tunneledLhrough a large hill has progressed BOfavorably that it is believed it willbe completed within two weeks. The•ipe laying and back filling te alreadypractically completed through themost difficult portion of the work,and the digging of the remaining twe[>r three shafts and the tunnelling be-

them is well under way. Itwas a big undertaking but has beenprosecuted with energy by theractors.There is a lively tilt on at Sara-

iae Lake over use of the basementf the M. E. church for a school room

[t was secured by the trustees fortemporary quarters on account ofthe overcrowded condition of thvillage school ..building and theythought they had done well in find-ing so convenient a place; but thereare complaints that it is cold, poorly•entilated and insufficiently * lighted

and a protest was recently made tothe board, which voted^to have addi-iona! windows put in*if the churchmstees consent. It is said that aninspector from Albany will be calledto make an investigation of the ease.

Assemblyman Matthews has intro-duced in the lower house his reaov-ated; butter bill which passed the as-

; year and was reported tothe senate ''-.W the committee on agri*culture but was not considered _ onthe floor of that house through rushof business in the last days of the

tsion. The measure received fav-orable comment last year by the pressthroughout tne state. He has also in-troduced the same bill which Sen-ator. O'Neil has Introduced in the Sen-ate to legalize a bond issue of $7,830of the town of Franklin for highwayrepairs also an eseneat bill to relin-quish the claim that the people ofthe state of New York have againstthe estate of the late Joseph Demarsof Tapper Lake.

Charles A. Briggs, whose rapid risein railroading in the South has beenfrequently alluded to in The Farmer,has lately received another promotionfrom city passenger agent of theMissouri, Kansas & Texas R. R. atGalveston, Texas, to city passenger

In visiting Witte an old friend theother day he referred to the articlein this column last week on 'Xook-ng Backward" and as we chatted fa-

miliarly about the oJdl days my~fr4et*das—face lwgaa—to ttgni~"fipThia eyes twinkled, and his rheumaticleg straightened out in an effort tofind a more comfortable position. Hiamost pleasant years are those off thepast and many of us there are whowould like to be set back to someof the many pleasant experiences ofthe past. The young people are hav-ing a fine time on the pinnacle thiswinter but it did not seem a farcry as we glanced back 20 yeaiawhen Perd Daggett, High Miller andFrank Roby built and managed thetoboggan slide that winter. Therewere just as big and enthusiasticcrowds in the old days when JoeWright, Steve Paddock and NewellKexford and scores of others Wereon earth for the first time. The pin-nacle, with the Parmelee grove andihe winding river has always beena mecca for pleasure seekers. Myfriend told me about the numberof times he had climbed to the peakof that old hill to listen for the cowbell that he might locate the herdin the dingle below. Then wethought of the mineral spring justto the south owned by the late Wm.Low. The water was analyzed andfound to possess marked medicinalproperties and people flocked to th?spring from all over the countj,Billy Smallman and the late HiramPorter saw visions of wealth in the

agent at San Antonio, Texas. TheGalveston Daily News calls it the"swellest" position of its kind in theservice of the company in that state,because of the big passenger businesshandled by the line in that city. Twoyears ago Mr. Briggs entered the em-ploy of the company as -telegraph op-erator at Hiilsboro and has workedhis way up by his ability, courtesyand strict attention to the daties- en-trusted to his care. His many Ma-lone friends are glad to hear of hisincreasing good fortune.

Henry F. Meagan, of ^Vatertown,a well known machinist and formerresident of Malone, where he hadmany fond acquaintances, died athis home in that city early last week.Mr. Meagan was a hard working manof high character, a citizen who willbe missed wherever known. He hadbeen ill several months with cancerof the liver and his death was notunexpected by his immediate friends.He was born in Malone and his mo-ther, Mrs. Patrick Meagan, and twosisters, Mrs. S. T. Carpenter and Mrs.Charles Holmes, reside here. He issurvived by his wife, a son anddaughter, who mourn the Joes ofmost devoted husband and father.Three brothers also survive, William

h ia thedevelopment of the property with abig summer hotel and offered Mr.Low $6,000 for the springf and a fewacres of land. The latter was thendelivering the water in gallon jugsto over a hundred customers in Ma* .lone and the $6,000 didn't appeal verystrongly. And tt is not snrprisingfor some days a thousand people byactual count were known to visit theplace and it seemed to hold a for-tune for the owner. Days went by,interest waned and the spring withVits healing properties (now just asgood as ever) fell into disuse. Wetalked of other things in which many .were interested not so very long agoand may possibly refer to them tnthis column a little later on. Thenmy old friend departed after extend-ing a hearty invitation to drop Inand spend a pleasant hour with him.

Our genial and portly friend ofthe Fort Covington Sun, Bditor Ly-ons, seems to be in great Inck andis reveling in geese feathers thesefrosty winter" days and colder nights.So much so in fact that he has asuper abundance, last week advertisedfeathers for sale. Brother Lyonsaren't you flying rather high? " Uphere in Malone toe publishers thinkthemselves fortunate if oat or ryestraw can be obUdnnd on which forest their weary bones.

in another column will be found astory regarding Fort Ontario's ghostwhich#has reappeared of late and offresidents of Oswego declare that itis an omen of war. Those who cat*remember back to five years beJOtethe Civil war declare that the ghostwalked then at intervals anil a^alnduring_ the days, of the Fmnco-Prussian war. Later in IS)! atthe centennial celebration of the evac-uation of the fort the ghost of t ieuneasy old veteran was seen aboutthe fort and some say tiat the appar-ition even appeared in the paradeNot long after that*, the warwith Spain broke out These super-stitious people fear that the talk oftrouble with Japan may yet be re-*l&d

and Phillip, ofBarney, of Ogdensburg. Mr. Meagakwas forty-seven years of age.\The funeral occurred on Friday inWatsrtown, at which Mrs. Holmesand Mrs. Carpenter were present.the sympat&y o

& ttgoes the grief-stricken fam-

At a meeting of the Malone GrangeSaturday afternoon the first and sec-ond degress were worked on twelvecandidates and four sew applicationswere received. C. L. Capron, pres-ident of the Malone Business Men'sAssociation, was invited to talk tothe Grange regarding the possibilityand benefit* of establishing a canning-factory here and the members votedunanimously In favor of communicat-ing with one or more parties con-di i f t i i th t hgducting

pfactories with -the re-

quest that they come to Malone, k*kthe field over and consultwlthj oorfarmers and business men regardingsuch an enterprise. Where the fac-tories exist contracts are made- withthe farmers for a certain number ofacres of peas, beans, corn, etc, theseed being furnished free by the fac-tory or at a nominal tost, so thatthe product will be of a uniform va-riety, and the crops when grown havepaid the farmers well and enabled theto diversify their products. Mr, Cap-ron will communicate with some ofthe managers oi factories in Vermontand ascertain whether a, propositionwould be entertained for operating abranch factory in Malone.

NOTHING TOO GOODMALONE

The managers of Co. K. basket ballhas secured a game to be nlayed

Thursday night, Jan 24th, bB-~ I G Of Gloy&TTTVJlW* thft '

basket ball team of theand Co. KL The QtoversYille

team\woa} the title hist year. 1Cfe£yplaying under the manage-

ment olMDo. B. of Schenectady. Tbfcyare an unusual lot of players andare easily the best in the basket hallworld. Last week th«y defeated thefasVCorUand team (wno easily de-feated Co. K. last year) 68 to ^ andth« Pastlmet; of Syracuse, a crat

48 to IS.

The dwelling house on what isknown as the James Ttolcomb farmlocated about two miles south-eastof Ckateaagay was •* practical ty 4B-stroyed by fire on Sunday evening oflast week. The building and ktndadjoining is the property of JteepfeCavanaaga, and the tenant occuyyimgthe same, was Oliver Taylor. MrTaylor and his wife were vision* withneighbors when the fire was eHacov-ered, their children being the eolyones present Nearby neighfcom tar-ried to assist them, but before thefire was extinguished the intezfar ofthe building was ruined. There wminsurance to cover the lose oat tnebuilding, but Mr. Taylor had »*>•»-surance whatever on the oawaaNa.His household furniture, ctotntag «te»were destroyed.