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good, snappy, conv incing
advertisemen t in this paper
STRENGTHENS YOUR BUSINESS
Try Ytjur rut at It.
Miss Vida Ellis of Dennisport lias
gone to Wateruliet, N. Y.. to be
superintendent of the Bethesda Home
for Women.
The death rate in Wjareham for 1909
was greater than in any .previous year,
100 deaths being recorded. The num-
ber of marriages was 51.
The Baptist church at North Middle-
boro has been erected for over twenty
years and the first mariage took place
in the structure recently.
At the summer residence of Lawyer
R. T. Herrick, Onset, the ice and ex-
treme high tide destroyed the new
stone wharf, pushing one end com-
pletely over and tumbling the rest in-
to a grand mixup.
¦David Resnick of Plymouth, acting
for the local organization of those
residents of the town of the Jewish
faith, has purchased the property on
the corner of Pleasant and Sandwich
streets for a site of a synagogue.
The voting list of Yarmouth now
numbers 409 names, making it larger
than it has been for a number of years
It was expected also that a number of
new names would be added at the
meeting in South Yarmouth Saturday,
on account of the interest in village
contests at the coming town meeting.
Isaac N. Cory of New Bedford, an
engineer in the U. S. lighthouse ser-
vice has been appointed engineer In
the XL S. lighthouse steamer Azaloa,
Frederick Williams, who has been
engineer of the steamer for some
years, having been transferred to the
lighthouse steamer Mayflower, sta-
tioned at Boston.
The army engineers have completed
their plans for making the harbor of
Provincetown a refuge for vessels and
will shortly send their report to Wash-
ington, with a request for an immedi-
ate appropriation of $145,000, so they
may begin work in the spring. The
beaches iwill be strengthened by im-
proved breakwaters.
Rev. E. S. Brightman, who lived in
Provincetown and graduated from the
Provincetown High School, now pas-
tor of the Methodist Church at Coches-
ett, and a student in the senior class
of the Boston Theological Seminary,
has been awarded a scholarship, allow-
ing expenses for a year's study in
Germany, and $500 in cash.
BRIEF LOCALS
A meeting of the Southern Massa-
chusetts Association of Selectmen and
Forest Fire Wardens was held Thurs-
day at Buzzards Bay to consider what
means could be adopted to prevent
future forest fires. Silas Hatch, Esq.
of Falmouth presided.
Secretary Charles Bailey of the State
Forestry Department addressed the
meeting and a committee of seven was
chosen to draft a legislative bill which
will eliminate the dangers from fire by
berry pickers of the foreign element.
The committee was as follows: Arthur
B. Savary, Wareham ; Eugene Shaw,
Carver; Edwin Lawrence, Falmouth;
William A. Nye, Bourne; Capt. Her-
bert Morrisey, Plymouth; John F.
Carleton, Sandwich; Edgar W- Lovell.
Barnstable.
Fire Wardens Meet
Register and vote or ante $10 on
your poll tax is the alternative pres-
ented in a very original and unique
bill entitled "An Act to Eucourage
the Duties of Citizenship," fileJewcomb was au agree-
able companion and a faithful friend.
His success was due largely to his
tenacity of purpose. The writer's ouly
personal contact with him came
through the Standard Dictionary, of
whose definitions in physical science
Newcomb 'liad general oversight. (Jli
one occasion he came into the office
greatly dissatisfied with the detjuitiou
that we had framed , for the word
"magnet"—a conception almost impos-
sible to define in any logical way. We
bad simply enumerated the properties
of the thing, a course which in the ab-
sence of authoritative knowledge of
their causes was the only rational pro-
cedure. But Newcomb's mind demand-
ed a logical treatment , and, though he
must have seen from the outset that
this was a forlorn hope, his tenacity of
purpose kept him. pencil in hand. writ-
Ing and erasing alternately for an hour
or more. Finally he confessed that
he could do no better than the follow-
ing pair of definitions: "Magnet, a body
capable of exerting magnetic force."
and "magnetic force, the force exerted
by a magnet." With a hearty laugh
at his beautiful circulus in deflniendo
he threw dowu his pencil, and the im-
perfect and illogical office definition
was accepted.—North American Ke-
view.
Newcomb' s Definition of "Magnet."
The eighteenth century was the gold-
en harvest time of the quack, against
whom some of the fiercest shafts of
Hogarth's satire were directed. The
quack loved to surround himself with
an atmosphere of mystery, which was
calculated to impose upou the creduli-
ty of his victims. His room was be-
decked with skulls and skeletons. A
brisk trade in quackery was carried
on by women. J. C. Wright in his
book, "The Good Old Times." records
the fact that in the year 1789 "a Mrs.
Joanna Stephens was awarded £5.000
by the English government "for a
proper discovery made by her for the
cure of the stone." This "proper dis-
covery,'" adds Mr. Wright, "consisted
of a powder, a decoction sind pills, the
last named'being formed from calcined
snails, with carrot seeds, hips and
haws, the compound being burnt to
blackness aud then mixed with soap
and honey." .
Old Time Quackery.
Holmes was one of the many emi-
nent men who have attempted to solve,
the riddle of the universe. In his case
the result was ludicrous. From the
sublime thoughts that came to him
while under the influence of chloro-
form he thought he might arrive at
some solution. Placing himself in his
armchair, with pen. ink and paper at
band, he inhaled the anaesthetic. As
drowsiness stole over him the nature
of things seemed revealed. By a vig-
orous effort he seized his pen and
wrote—he knew not what, for before
he had finished he fell back uncon-
scious. When he recovered he turned
with trembling anxiety to the sheet of
paper, on which, written in scrawling
characters, but quite legible, he found
the awful revelation, "A strong smell
of turpentine pervades the whole!"—
London News.
A Ludicrous Experiment.
Owing to a change for the worse in
the character of tht neighborhood a
family which for many years had lived
In the same house was compel U-d to
sell it and move'elsewhere. Their olil
house became a home for aged col-
ored women. One day a member of
the family happened tojtfsit it. Things
were indeed different within. Being
one of those who harbor a sense of
humor, the former occupant in de-
scribing his impressions while among
the aged colored women, with whom
Us old abode was filled, remarked:
"I may truthfully say the whole
Complexion of the place has changed."
-New York Times.
Literall y So.
To preserve grapes the Chinese cut
a circular piece out of a ripe pumpkin
or gourd, making an aperture large
enough to admit the hand. The in-
terior is cleaned out, the grapes placed
inside and the cover replaced and
pressed in firmly. The pumpkins are
then put In a cool place, and the
grapes retain their freshness for a long
time. Careful selection of the pump-
kin is requisite, the common field
pumpkin, however, being well adapted
for the purpose.
How the Chinese Preserve Grapes.
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VOMAN SUFFRAGE AGITATION
How it Waa Viewed by Mr. Glad-
stone , "the Great Commoner "
This yeur, which marks the cele-
bration of the one hundredth anni-
versary of the birth of William Glad-
stone, sees a curious revival of tbe
agitation for Woman Suffrage.
Mr. Gladstone", as well as Herbert
Bpencer and John Bright , had once
advocated the extension of suffrage
to women. These three notable men
later reversed their views and op-
posed this revolutionary change. Mr.
Gladstone's opinion is as pertinent to-
day as
'when it was written . He wrote
to Samuel Smith , M. P., as follows:
"There has never within my know-
ledge been a case in which the fran-
chise has been extended to a large
body of persona generally indifferent
about receiving it. But here , in ad-
dition to a wide-spread indifference ,
there is on the part of women who
have considered the matter for them-
selves, the most positive objection
and strong disapprobation . Is it not
clear to every unbiased person , that
before forcing on them what they
conceive to be a fundamental change
in their whole social function , at
least it should be ascertained that the
womanly mind of the country is in
overwhelming proportion , and with
deliberate purpose , aet upon securing
It?.. .1 think it impossible to deny that
there have been and are women in-
dividually fit for any public office ,
however masculine its character; just
as there are persons under the age of
twenty-one better fitted than many
of those tfeyqnd it for the discharge
of the duties of full citizenship . In
neither case does the argument de-
liVed from exceptional instances seem
to justify the abolition of the general
rule. I for one am not prepared to
say which of the two sexes has the
higher and which has the lower prov-
ince. But I recognize the subtle and
profound character of the difference
between them , and I must again , and
again , deliberate before aiding in the
issue of what seems an invitation by
public authority to the one to re-
nounce as far as possible its own of-
fice, in order to resume that of the
other...As this is not a party ques-
tion , or a class question , so neither
is It a sex question . I have no fear lest
the woman should encroach upon the
power of the man . The feart have is,
lest we should invite her unwilling to
trespass upon the delicacy, the purity ,
the refinement, the elevation of her
own nature , which are the present
sources of its power...My disposi-
tion is to do all for her which is free
from danger and reproach , but to take
no step in advance until I am con-
vinced of its safety . Th»- stake ia
enormous. The affirmation pleas are
to my mind not clear , and , even if I
thought them clearer , I should deny
that they were pressing.
Very Faithfully Yours ,
W. E GLADSTONE."
POINTS FROM COLORADO
Interesting Facts Gleaned Fro m Book
Written by Helen Sumner
Helen L. Sumner , Ph. D., who
was sent to Colorado by the Collegi-
ate Equal Suffrage League of New
York State, to inquire into the work-
ings of equal suffrage in that state,
fives some very interesting facts in
her book. We find that in spite of
the fact that women have voted in
Colorado for sixteen years that, "Col-
orado is not advanced as many of the
Eastern states in the matter of legal
protection for women and children in
Industry."
The great cry of the Suffragists is
that when their reform is established
the difference in wages received by
men and women shall disappear . In
spite of the sixteen years of women's
vote In Colorado Miss Sumner reaches
the conclusion that "the probability Is,
as a Denver employer put it , that 'suf-
frage has nothing to do with the
waget of either men or women.' "
As to public employments , although
there are more women In such em-
ployments than formerly. Miss Sum-
ner concludes that "taking public em-
ployment as a whole, women receive
considerable lower remuneration than
men ."
If the possession of the ballot by
women were to affect women's wages
In any form of employment , such ef-
fect might naturally be expected in
the pay of school teachers. In Colo-
rado, if anywhere, it might be
thought, would be realized the ideal
of "equal pay for equal work ," which
figures so prominently in suffrage ar-
guments. But Miss Sumner not ,only
concedes that "as teachers, also,
women receive lower salaries than
men"; but she adds what, from the
suffragist point of view Is the most
depressing conclusion , "the difference
in the salaries of men and women
teachers in Colorado, Instead of be-
ing unusually small, is unusually
large."
As li to defend the rough-house
tactics of the suffragettes , Mrs . "Tay
Pay" O'Connor coins a fierce and
faulty epigram: "This Is a vulgar
age, but it is better to be a vulgar
and successful women than an unsuc-
cessful lady." It is decidedly worse,
though, to be both vulgar and unsuc-
cessful.—Nashville American .
Boomerang For Suffrage
Tht English suffragettes , all testi-
mony agrees , have set back female
suffrage in England by years. From
a hopeful cause it has become a
change many men think of with grave
anxiety.—Philadelphia Press.
Mr*. O Connor 's Epigram
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V It you don't it won't be blown. -
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If you never make it known.
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[,. ..,- J^*9 tn« proper business caper, ;
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Mra a C. Howes and dau ghter
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*KS TundTyTaPerboys deserve
nrSse for Spluck in procuri ng the
mStVob that snowbound Sunday.
The characteristic of a.spirit coura ge-
ous enough to overcome serious ob-
stacles will De of inestimab le value to
Keir flSre and brin g them to suc-
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Xs^Be
arse. although able
to be about the house, is serins
from the effects of a fall which she
%TS SS'"Joker " -as nearly sub.
merged a week ago toy the bursting of
* Mrt: Thomas Wanne is visiting her
brother in Quincy.
The big school barge was laid up
for repairs a day or two last week.
Mrs Mary Flanders of Lynn will re-
main%ith Mrs. Washburn Hinckley a
month or so longer. ^..^in r
The Portuguese family occupying
the late Benjamin Hinckley placehaye
had a house built in Osterville to
which they ¦will remove very soon.
Forty or fifty tons of stone will
soon be carted to Mr. Lindsay s es-
tate in Osterville. It is Mr. Lindsay s
house formerly owned by O. D. Lovell,
where Chester Bearse, contractor,
-builder and architect, and his corps of
workmen, are making extensive altera-
tions The stones will be used toe a
stone embankment to keep the sautl
from washing down. Mr. Lawrence of
Falmouth has charge of the work.
There was an old fashioned ball
Friday night for which ten young men
held themseQves financially responsi-
ble the proceeds above expenses to be
given to the C. V. I. S. Mts. Frank E.
Crocker and Mrs. Henry A. Crocker
had charge of the supper . A large
¦company of people from all parts pf
the town attended the ball. Mr.
Harold S. Jacobs played with Mc-
Cann's Orchestra.
Mrs. E. S. Jacobs of Montello ar-
rived at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Harold S. Jacobs, Monument avenue,
Wednesday. Mr. Jacobs was here over
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Shirley Marston of
Brookline were at the Marston Farm
a few days the past week.
Miss Estelle Childs is bhe guest of
relatives in Fall River since a week
ago Thursday.
Miss Mary O'Donnell is staying with
Mrs. Herbert F. Kelley, while Mrs.
Kelley is convalescing from her re-
cent illness.
Mr. Ralph Ohamberlin, who is on
duty in the Pennsylvania, which is
now off China, is expecting to arrive
at San Franciscoi the tniddle of next
month.
Mr. Edgar Sturges of Taunton spent
a day with Capt. and Mrs. Dennis
Sturges last week.
The Ladies' Sewing Circle will meet
with Mrs. E. W. Crowell next Wed-
nesday at 2 p.m. Eleven members
were present at Mrs. Hiram R. Kel-
ley's last Wednesday.
Miss Althea Bradford of Hyannis
was the guest of 'Miss Genieve Bearse
over Friday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Amasa Bearse
and scrf the lan-
terns.
At the Baptist parsonage a social
was held Wednesday evening. "Cob-
webs" had been made through the
several rooms, and each one_was in-
vited to untangle them. Miss Christie
Ames received the Drize for getting
through first. A burnt wood napkin
was suspended on a string and a per-
son (blindfolded with scissors was to
cut it down. Miss Olive Adams suc-
ceeded in doing it. Advertisements
with the names cut out were passed
around. Mrs. Chessman Crocker had
the 20 nuirbers all right. Refresh-
ments were served. A very enjoy-
able evening was spent by all.
The Alii Round Class held their
monthly meeting in the vestry Friday
evening.
Harold Crosby has been at home
sick the past week.
The Class of 1910, B. H. S., will give
a grand ball in Union Hall on the
evening before Washington's Birthday,
Feb. 21st. Music will be furnished by
the Carter-Clark Orchestra.
The 4th Quarterly Conference will
be held at the Methodist parsonage
Wednesday evening at 6.30. This ia
the most important conference of the
year and the church should be well
represented. '
'Mr. G. Webster Hallett spent Thurs-
day and Friday in Boston.
Mr. Everett Robbins of Providence
is the guest of-his brother, Mr. A. L.
Robbins.
Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Adams re-
cently visited Boston.
Mrs. Ariel HI Tallman visited rela-
tives in West Dennis the first of the
week.
We understand that a petition has
been drawn up requesting a new
school buildi ng.
Mr. S. Wheldon is improving the
grounds of the Caret place.
Mr. James Home ha3 purchased of
'Miss Caret a small building and moved
it ?»•
ones and I am better than m;-.," js
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often thought.
As he approached his theme he
asked, What is the chief purpo se in
life? Happiness? No. The chic,- pur.
pipse is to consider how to m-ike the
most of one's self. "The ben s an4
girls can fool me in many ways \n.
they cannot make me belkw that
they are one half as bad as 'l^v ,rv
to make me believe." Uoy« (J flen
think their fathers do not cv,
-. a rafJ
for them but the fathers a;v n. )t so
bad as they think. The li'. :;.- tviiov
says, "Pa are you cross ;'j-Tii^ht "
While the father says, '•
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coiif'»i:i 1j ih'
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rascal," still .his heart yearn:- fi ,.r his
son. The mother is apt to show more
of her affection. She has !> r happy
faculty of forgetting little n:::ili-:isant
things. Grandmothers are m- soli.-jr .
ous. "Have you your rubV-i - on?"
"Put down the windows or \. >;i Wjp.
tafee cold." Thev are also \. i-y jn;
dulgent and when the moih": '
say3
don't go boating you may be (i:-.>wn*'d
she replies, "let him go, thos- ¦
..••„, are
born to be hung will never -be <1; • 'wneil ."
So much for the parents an-1 -i Miprs.
but your thought should be, W:,;it are
you going to do in the world?
Three things have been ;,;;.:i^siej
1
, Pray ; 2, Think ; 3, W(,: !;. This
provides for the spiritual, int-i! »:-tua] ,
and physical. Mr. Boody h f> -^
spiritual to be considered b> others
and confined his remarks for
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h>? nios:
part to the intellectual and iriiys ical.
We should ask; "What am l ^tins -,]
do to-day?" Said a little follow,
"Ma, when I get to be a man, I am g0- -
ing to be a policeman so I can put 'pa
in Barnstable jail and not irivc him
anything to eat but rotten p.
'gs!"
Ideas change when pupils -..ivance
from the primary to the ci.mima,-
school. Consider what has sent sum?
people up and others down? c,ri; is
essential to success in life. K\<-n the
boy who Tyas not' thought to !>- • wry
bright hung onto the cane in ;i> .' col-
lege cane-rush and could not :¦" shak-
en off. A father said to hi- son,
"Don't be a fool and go in in an."
he son went to Boston and h. :in- (..
months took a prize for hi.s jiaiirii m',
afterwards was sent to Paris li> a rich
man and won there a $20Un pri/..\ ir-
is now one of the best lauiisfiip p-
painters in North America. \V!ia ;t-ver
your purpose in life, to sui-cci-i i you
must stick to it.
A dull pupil will often Uiiww mi>iv
about some things than nn>.iti . <¦]?- .
A girl dull in grammar sch. ni w>w ha-
half a store in Boston aini ui.li lur
mother designs neckwear an-! H nuk-
ing mone- hand over fit; T'r.er- uiv
many who do not make gu->'l Smn
times the brightest boys and :-.r\- in
school make a failure of lilV. Tu«
form bad habits. They don't li« >1-1 tm:.
Beware of temptations. Do no; hnaji
of your strength to resist evil. A nun
between 40 and 50 years old o!;.ii in
reading of the wrong doings of c ii.':.-,
would say, "That is something .vhh- 'n
will never come to me." Even hi «;,,
tempted into speculation and s -mi i,
jail for five years as an embezzh ¦
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You can't afford to fool with |. mpia-
tion. Many a fellow has been niintil
by the use of cigars, cigaretii> .nul
ilinuor. A college boy got the lul
effect of the cigarette and killed hU
mother with a shot-gun.
Remember there are but few wh.i
will help you when you have li-i 'i th>-
fa- ' ily circle and ceased to do ruin.
At the close Mr. Boodv reach'-d lib
climax. Here was the clincher. D)
you dare live the life you omdn in
live?- All know when they act wnm .u'.
It is a long fight. . Do you dare iak.- it
up or are you a quitter ? Will y> n -ivc
it up at the scornful laugh from sour
sawdust spitter? Many will noi i:ik ¦
the dare from others but knuckle un-
der to themselves. In every one ;ln-iv
is a high ideal. All want succes.-. li
is not so much difference how much
you have advanced each year a- ii is
on what road you are going. Dan; r.v
out what is not right, if not fcr yniir
own °T>od, do it for the sake of ymir
parents.
Mr. Boody was accompanied hv Mrs.
Bcody and a few other friends. ' They
had quite an experience gettin g ip i '
as their auto gave out but the au'li.wv
were well repaid for their pati '-me of
half an hour's waiting.
School News
Mr. Harold Crosby, Instructor in ill' 1
Commercial SchooJ at Maiden , w.-iidl
the Grammar school Friday aiiii inMiii
and gave the pupils a profitable i:.l l;
on penmanship. He said in |.ar\ Y.w
general office work one of the nn.-;
important things is to be a good ii'-n-
man. Everyone can learn 'to writ ''. U
is not so much a question of natura l
ability as in the practice. It wili !ak-
time the same as it 'takes tiin<- to
learn music or other arts. Use t.h*"
muscular movement of the fore-arm.
Donlt move the fingers like a era:)
crawling. Study the form of ii> li-
ters, take the right -position n; tb'1
table and hold the pen properly. TliPre
is no need of getting the n'np rs ;i!l
covered with ink. Take hold of !h< "
pen holder and not hoia of lie- i>"-i
Mr. Crosby then illustrated th e - ¦vn
fundamental exercises of penmansh ip
on the filack-bcard and each pupil
practiced them on paper. The.-'- ex-
ercises will develop control ol" :he ]if n
and enable* the writer to tni/ e wi !i
ease the form of each letter as h- sfvs
it in his own mind
Mr. Crosby has in Maiden ahmn !.
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pupils from 16 to 30 years of a.-
¦¦ v-ho
practice penmanship from three quar-
ters of an hour to an hour and a half
a day. .M any beautiful designs •¦;'" ''•"
made with the pen for mats, qnil ^.w
embroidery
¦Mr. Gould and the pupils grpatly ap-
preciated the suggestions and hope hs
will visit the school again.
Lo the Poor Indian
¦Mr S. N. Ames while at wnrk on
the grounds preparatory for th<: ne»
summer residence of Mr. Chas. Arm-
strong unearthed two skeletons whicb
were about 18 inches below th« sur-
face. Without doubt they .
t<; the
bones of Indians. How long they have
been there is a matter of conjecture
as the skeletons for the most pan
were very fragile.
It was observed that the tf";li of
both were in excellent conditinr. One
of the skeletons being much larger
than the' other it was inferred tnai
possibly one was the bones of a male
and the other of a female.
Program of Concert
The "Village Improvement .Society
announce the following int'.
-resti ns
program for Feb. 2:
Piano Duet—Christie and Dorothy Aim -
Beiillng—Miss Leonard .
Quartet—Scuddrr Kurally.
Tho Sui.bonnet Babies.
Solo—Ml>» Baker.
Tbe Snnbonnet Chorus.
Farce, "The Pooh Bah of Peacetown. "
Solo—Mr . (iouid. , Jt
.Quartet—Messrs. Fuller , Scnrtd i-r. l"w<
Gpuld.
Ladles' Aid Society
The annual business meeting of tW
Ladies' Aid Society met Wednesda)
afternoon with Mrs. John Bel!
The following officers iwere ekcteu
PrivsMriil—Mrs . John Bell.
Vice Pre-ideut— Mrs. E. McP. Am•• •
Secretary and Treasurer—Mrs. Scull n u.MiT-
It was also voted to have an ice
cream sale in the near future.
Mr. Walter Baker was in Har« lC
Centre Friday. ,„.
.
William Whitely -was given a sur .
prise party at his home Friday euu
"' Ernest De Wit is at home for a ft*
days. -- . m
Mrs. Lydia Savery is visitn'S
Cotult. '- ,hli.
A. L. Rdbbtns attended the Rep«w
can Town Committee meeting ^ «
quaquet Lake Wednesday .
eve"iu
(,f
where Mr. W. H. Irwin, chairman '-
the Committ&e, entertained them.
'Rear Admiral N. Mayo Dyer. U. S.
N., retired, who served with distinc-
tion under Faragut during the Civil
•war and commanded the U. S. S. Balti-
more at the battle of Manila Bay, died
at his home in Melrose Thursday, aged
71years.
Adm. Dyer had just returned from
Washington, where he went Friday,
the 21st, to learn the result of a unique
suit brought by him against the city of
Melrose.
Nehemiah Mayo Dyer was born in
Provincetown Feb. 1
9, 1839, the son of
Henry and Sally Mayo Dyer. He fol-
lowed the sea from boyhood, making
his first cruise when 15 years of age.
The breaking out of the civil war
found him a member of Co. A. 4th
battalion of Rifles. The battalion sub-
sequently became the nucleus of the
1
3th regt. Mass. volunteers, and went
to the front in July, 1861.
He served with the regiment until
April, 1862, when he received an ap-
pointment as a master's mate in the
navy. His first assignment being to
the R. R. Cuyler, which sailed from
Boston in August, 1862, for the gulf
squadron, where he served until, for
gallant and meritorious conduct, he
was promoted to acting ensign, May
18, 1863 and appointed to command the
Eugenie, afterwards called the Glas-
caw, blockading off Mobile.
On Jan. 12, 1864, he was promoted
to acting master, in consideration of
gallant and faithful service. In July,
1864, he was granted two months'
leave of absence, but relinquished it
when he learned of the near prospect
of an attack upon the Mobile forts.
Returning off Mobile, and soliciting
orders, he was assigned to the Meta-
comet, July 19, 1864, in which vessel
he took part in the passage of the
forts and capture of the confederate
fleet, receiving the surrender of the
Selma in person.
Upon the surrender of Fort Morgan,
Dyer accepted his leave, and upon his
return to duty, Oct. 28, 1864, was or-
dered to the Hartford, flagship of
Admiral Farragut. Upon that vessel's
return North, December, 1864, he was
appointed to the command of the U.
S. S. Rudolph, cc-operating with the
forces under Gen. Granger during the
winter of 1864 and 1865 in their opera-
tions against Mobile from Pascagoula.
He was promoted to an acting volun-
teer lieutenant , April 22, 1865. He was
commissioned a lieutenant in the reg-
ular navy March 12, 1868. In Decem-
ber of the same year he was commis-
sioned lieutenant commander. While
on the Ossipee in 1870 Dyer saved a
man who had been knocked overboard
during a hurricane, and was awarded a
medal and publicly thanked. He 3u
In North Chatham , Jan. 27th, by Rev.
J. N. Ueisler, Joseph A. Nickeraon to
Miss Ida E. Griffin , both of Chatham.
In Nortb Andover, Jan , 22d, Lester P.
Coville, formerly of Barnstable, to Miss
Elsie Demery.
Id Yar mouth , Jan. 25th, by Rev. E. E.
Colburn , Harold F. Kelley of South Yar-
mouth to Miss Celia M. Wbelden.
iBSttrvrogttSu
Xljexitba*
Id Wellfleet. Jan. 27th, George S. Hol-
brnok , aged 81years, 10 months.
In Eastbam , Ja n.'25tb, Simeon Perry ,
aged SO years.
In New Bedford , Jan. 26tb, Reuben T.
Handy, aged 72 years,9 days. Interment
in Fal montb.
In Sandwich, Jan. 21st, Mrs. Bridget ,
wife of Cornelias Donovan , aged 79 years.
In West Harwich , Jan. 23d, Mrs.
Marinda , toidow of Capt. Henry Clay
Berry, aged 76years.
In Tannton, Jan. 23d, Whitman Chase,
aged 80years. Interment in West Har-
wich.
Id Brockton , Edna Pauline, daughter
of Geo. Armstrong and grand daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Ruf us P. Butler of South
Harwicb , aged 7 years.
In Provincetown , Jan. 26th, Miss Han-
nah L. Dyer,aged 60years,10 months, 1
9
days.
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Special Notices.
The Barnstable Republican Town
Committeefor 1910 held its first meet-
ing on Wednesday evening at fane'
Wequafluet House, Centerville, when
the organization was perfected by the
election of officers :
Chairman—William W. Irwin.
Treasurer—AbbottL. Robbins.
Secretary—Louis A. Kleinschmidt.
After the transation of the usual
routine business on invitation ' of
•Chairman Irwin the committee
gathered in the dining room where
a tempting spread was served by land-
lord Bearse.
Admiral Evans Relieved of Duty
Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans
, re-
tired, who since his retirement has
been on duty in Washington In con-
nection with the work of the General
Naval Board, has been relieved of
that duty and ordered to his home.
His relief is in accordance with the
policy orthe NavyDepartment againjt
the.employment of retired officers on
important active service.
The C
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P. Wing Co. of New Bedford
are makingextensive changes in their
store which will give them Increased
floor space. They are now having
mark-down sales on all their goods.
All efforts made to float the schoon-
er 9. O. Haskell, which stranded on
Handkerchief shoals Friday (week
proved unavailingand the schooneris
*total loss.
Town Committee Organizes
Tuesday, Feb. 1, 1910.