• 7'.; &f* nvws m-:,~ wiiJtPlJtS L WING, Editor p ibliaht t K.-ery Thursday Afternoo Sy The Sullivan Publishing Co At tho County Ben! of Sullivan County. LAPO.'.™, PA. \V C. MASON. I'resulen. THOH. J. INC. HAM, Sec'y & Treas. Entered at ihe Post Office at Laporte, as Beoo class mail matter. CMIKBII-T'S SALE. 0 By virtue of a writ of Alias Writ of Fieri Facias issued out of the Court ol < otnmon Pi as of Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, to DIP directed and deliver ed. there will l>r exposed to public sale at the Court House, in the Borough of Laporte, Sulliv-ui Co., Pennsylvania, on SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1909, <iiiimencing at 1 o'clock p.m., llie follow ing described property, to wit. No. 1, All that certain lot, piece or parcel otland, situate in the Borough of Laporte, County of Sullivan and Slate of Pennsylvania, bounded and described a« follows, \ V/.\ REG IN N IXO at the corner of Muncy . t- and Strawberry Alley; thence Ea-t :il - g Straw irrry Alley two hundred and sixty (200) feet to Cranberry Alley,thence North along Cranberry Alley one hundr ed and thirty (130) feet to center of lot No. 28; thence West two hundred and sixty (200) feet to Muacv Street; thence ,uth alon." Muncy Street one hundred and thirty (130) teet to the place of begin : hi Heir . lots Nos. 29 and 30 and 1-2 of lot No. '?8 on the town plot ot Laporte Borough. I.ot improved and in a good state of cultivation, having erected thereon a biryv two story frame dwelling bouse with all modern improvements, including hot water heater; a large frame barn, and numerous small outbuildings; a fine orch ard ot fruit trees, grounds graded and in ii watered, and being a desirable resi deuce properly, situate in the central part ofnaid Borough. Xo. 2. Another lot or parcel of land, simate in the Borough of Laporte <'ounty ut Stiilivat tr.d State rit .■. --tid, louuded and descrii I as follows, viz: BEGINN iXO at the inters <' : om of the West side of King Street u- !i the South side u. Cherry Stree,. tn . • along Street South two hundred I sirtv (200) leet to North -ide of Orcha: 1 Alley thenee aloe. • Orchard Alley West to coi ner ol lot of R, A. Conkiin; thence along lot ol l>. A. Conk tin. N >rih two hundred and sixty (:.i 0) feet to Smith line of Cher ry Street: :hence along Cherry Street Hast tn the place ol beginning. I.ot improved and under a goo.l state ot cultivation and having erected thereon a L.-ge two etory frame dwelling tiouse, Miitnl !•• for hoarding house or hotel, and large frame barn and outbuildings, well watered and with fruit and ornamental trees thereon, and being a very desirable propei y, ■ ; r lor a private residence or lor a hotel property. No !. A f > another K>t or parcel of 1 i.nd, i.imate in the Borough of Laporte. Countv and State a' resttid, described as follow"-: B l.'-i INNI Mi at the Northeast corner of Lot No. 170 on the South side of Main Street: thence along lot No. I7ii South iMI In: mired and sixty (20 Qj teet to Mty ii'i't Street (formerly Raspberry Alley); thence East along Mcylert Street one hundred and sixty eigtit 068) t«-<»t to lot No. 7",; ihcm e along lot No. 75 North o !i :idre.l ai.-l sixty (2f,U) leet to Main Strt, t: thenc.i along Main Street West one hundrid and sixty-eight (108) feel to the place of beginning. CONTAINING Tliiriv Thre' Thousand and Six Hundred t';Uu) Sijuare I'eet; and oeitig lots SM, To, 77. 177 and 17h on the plot of the Borough of Laporte. Lot improve ! and under a good state ol cultivation and having erected therein a large t , o story Iranie dwelling house and • ut bui! lings; well watered and having thereon a fine orchard of Iruit trees, and i eing i ven desirable residence property. 4. \lso » 1 ner lot or parcel of land ■ i,!• in I H urte Borough. County -tied Mate uforesaid, described as follows: I'litl I NNINi > at a point on Mill Street ihe NoiiiiW. -t corner of a lot now, or formerly owned by A. T. Armstrong; i.••!,. North ah. g the West Bide of Mill Street me hundrii an 1 eighty (180) feet io the South side of Park Street; thence a' ig l'ark Street West one hundred and two (ln'2) leet to the Northeast corner of a lot ol S. Mead's estate; thence along .-aid Mead lot, South one hundred and eighty (180) feet to lot now or formerly A. T. Armstrong, kuewn as the Slack smith shop lot: ln'iice along said Arm t ■ lot East one hundred and two (102) I'-et to Mill Street, the place of be !.< t improved and under a good state of cultivation and having erected thereon H large two story tranic building, suitable !i>r II shop ur store; also a blacksmith -hop ;.d joillu■ tr said building; and being a vi v desirable properly for business pur- No. Also another lot or parcel of d, -uuate in Laporte Borough, County ;. II • i S .ite aforesaid, described as follows: Situate at the intersection 01. Park Si.eel with Court Street on the North sidf ol Park Street, and on the East side ol Mil i: and hounded on the South by Park Street, on the West by Court Street and on the North and East by lands of T.J. Ingham. Lot improved and with fruit trees there on. No. ii. Also another lot, situate in the Borough of Laporte, County and State HI I . .-aid, bounded and described as fol iov, : On the South bv Main Street, on the W, ami North by road leading from Commercial Hotel to Lake Mokoma. and on Hut East h lot ot F. W. Meylert. LOT improved and under a good state of cultivation. No. 7. At o another lot or parcel of land, situate in l.aporte Borough, Cou»ty and aforesai i, desci ibed as follows: BEGIXNIXG :ti a corner on Cliff A*, enue, coiumoa corner of lots Nos. 5 and (>. Section S of the allotment ot the M-.1 oma Laiui Company, according to the Iralt of said Mokoma lands; ihence South sixty ['•()] degrees and thirty [3oj minutes. East two hundred and ninety eight [29'»] feet, to Fountain Aveuu : j ! thence along fountain Avenue Xon twenty-nine [29] degrees and thirty [3o] j minutes, East one hundred [loo] feet to j corner of lot TCo. 4: thence along lot No. 4: , North si.xtv [6o] degrees and thirty [3o] I minutes, West three hundred and fourteen \ [3l4] feet to Cliff Avenue; thence along (''ill Avenue one hundred one and two tenths [101.2] feet lo the place Of begin ning. Being lot No. 5, in Section 8, ot the allotment of the Mokoma Land Com pany. Lot improved. N'o. 8. Also another lot or parcel ot land, situate in Laporte Borough, County ai d State aforesaid, describe! as follows: BEGIN NINO at a corner on Fountain Avenue; thence along line of lot No. 3, three hundred and twenty-eight [32B] feet to Clitt Avenue; thence along Cliff Avenue, one hundred one and two-tenths [101.2] feet to corner of lot No. 5; Ihence along lot No. 5, three hundred and four teea [3l4] feet to Fountain Avenuejthence along Fountain Avenue one hundred [ lUO j feet to the place of beginning. Be ing lot No, 4, in Section No. 8 of the lands of the Lake Mokoma Land Com pany. Lot improved. Xo. 9. Aleo a certain lot, piece or parcel of land, situate in Forks fownsbip, Sullivan < 'ounty, Pennsylvania, bounded an 1 described as follows: Being nineteen [l9] Acres of the John Dorsey warrant in said Township, bound ed on the South by Isaac Bonser warrant, on the West by the Leonard Dorsey war rant, and on the North and Fast by other portions of the said -John Dorsey warrant ow ned bv Michael Flynn and E. J. Mul lee. Land unimproved having, having some hardwood timber thereon. No. 10. Also another piece, parcel or lot of land, situate in the Township of Fo ks, County of Sullivan and State of Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows, viz; BEGINNING at Southwest corner of the Peter Silsby warrant: thence along the North line of the Andrew Hurlev and Charles llm-lev warrants and line of lands formerly of the Union Tanning Company, East five hundred and fitty-six j 55t> j perches to South band ot Loyalsock Creek; thence up the South Innfc of said <'re-.-k its several courses and distances to South linn of John Dorsey warrant,; th nee along South lineot John Dorsey Warrant and Leonard Dorsey warrant North si>ty | 00 | degrees, West four hundred | 4iM) I perches to Northeast corner ot Benjamin Bush warrant; thence along East line of said Push. South thirty j 30] degrees West one hundred and sixteen | 110 | perches to the Southeast corner of said litish warrant; thence along South line of same, North fifty-seven |57 | de grees, West one hundred and filteen j 115] perches to Southwest corner of said Bush warrant; thence along line of George Sils by warrant, South seventy | 70 j perches to a comer of same; thence by West one hundred and fourteen j 114 { perches to a (-•rni-r ot same and thence by the Joseph Silsby warrant South two hundred | 2' if) ] perches '.o the place ot beginning. CONTAIN! Nii Eight Hundred Thirty- Four and Six-Tenihs J 831.C j Acres ef lai. i be the same more or less, and being warrants in ihe names of Peter Silsby, I'ri 1)1 BarUr and Isaac Bonser, and part of tne Patrick Hurley warrant. Land unimproved: well timbered with hemlock and hardw«od and being a valuable timber tract. Seized, taken into execution and to be sold as the property of E. M. Dunham at the suit of Augusta H. Kerrick [use]. •I I DSON BK< >W N. Sheriff. Sheriffsaffice, Laperte Pa., April 9, 1909. Orphans' Court Sale of Real Estate, in pursuance ol an order ol the Orph ans' Court of Sullivan County, Penn'a. under proceedings in partition ot the real estate of Richard Sw ingle, hue of Fox Tov.'risliip, Sullivan County.Pennsylvania, dec used, John Swingle, Administrator ot said decedent, will expose-to public .-ale at the Court House in Laporte, Pa„ on FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1909 cotnmencit: 'at 1 o'clock p. tn., the fol lowing described real estate, late of said decedent. \ I z: Ail that certain lot, piece or parcel of land, lying and being in the Township ot Fox. County of Sullivan and State of Pennsylvania, bounded and described as follows: BKG INN INfl at a hemlack the South west corner of the Amos Hoagland farm, thence by l,tnd of Henry Williams, North two and one-halt | -I | degrees.East one hundred and eighty six | 186 | perches to a post, being the Northwest comer ol Gideon Wilcox farm; thence along said Wilcox's land, North eighty-seven and •ne half | 87.1 | degrees, East one hundred anu thirty-lour and four-tenths j 134.1 | pert lies to corner post; ihence South two and one-half | 2i | degrees, West by lands of Henry Williams one hundred and eighty-six | 180 | perches to a post, in the North Hue of the Peter Kuhn warrant; tliei ce We-t two and one-half | 2{- | de gree-, North along said warrant line one hun Ired and thirty-four and four-tenths | 131.4 | perches to the placeofbegiui ing being the Northwest corner of 'he said warrant, and containing One Hundred and Fifty | 150 | Acres and allowances. Excepting and reserving from said tract Thirty-Fivi I 35 | Acres and Thirty-Two and Eight tuths j 32.8 | Square rods of land conveyed to John Swingle by Rich ard Swingle in his life time by deed dated February 20. 1891, which deed is record ed in Sullivan County Deed Book No. 25 at page 295. etc. And being lot described as purpart No.l in the writ of partition in , the Estate of Richard Swingle, No, 1, ! Mav Term, 1908. Leaving In said tract i 114 Acres mid 127 2.10 Perches more or less. About Fifty | 50 | Acres improved and under a good slate of cultivation and the balance timbered- Situate a short dis tance from the village ol Shunk, Pa., and being a very desirable farm property. TERMS OF SALE, as fixed by Rules of Orphans'Court of Sullivan ('ounty, vi/.: One fourth ot the purchase money to be paid at the striking down ol the prop erty, and the remaining three fourths within one year thereafter, with interest from date of confirmation Ni.Si. Seeurityto be given that the purchaser will comply with the terms of sale. JOHN SWINGLE. Adror. Shunk, Pa., April 9, 1909. r ~ Short Talks on AdvertivSin d *&\ No. 19. People generally read advertisements more than they did a few years ago. The reason is to be found in the advertisements themselves. Advertisers are more careful than they used to be. They make tlie-advertise ments more readable. Some of them eveu become, in a way, a department of the paper, and ptjople look for them —> every day with as much iest and pleasure as they tv.ru to /Ta« any other feature. This is true of many department stores all over . the country. \fft In many cities there is just one man who appre- lT "112 / ciates the value of such interest. ' lie breaks away frotu tho old set stylo. He tells / 4WikT&r' 112 something interesting in his space every There «ro lots of interesting things in 0/ ■ business. Look over the miscellany page of auy paper—look at ita local news columns, jj and its telegraph news, for that matter, M i and you'll see that th« majority of the T items are taorc or less closely related to «S? W' some business fact. "i Dress these facts up in a becoming -r 4t th, mrrchant „ r , off Ai, garb o't words, and they will fiud readers, /■tdtstil." even though they be in a "mere advertisement." I.et the merchant come down off his pedestal and talk in his §He needn't be flippant—far from it, let him not -write as if he were ad him about something at even a greater The newspaper goes right into its reader's house—goes in and sits down In 1 is hands while he is smoking after the meal. It reaches him when lie is in That's the time to tell him about your business—clearly, plainly, convinc ing iy—as one man talks to another. m J\* <kClus+»Hr lax rirMt into its r**4tr'' _ ~, _ , . , **»« mmd sit, m#A JUm." <'■'■>-V**. Aurtr* Katrx, Srm r~-&. MUNCY VAI.UEY, PA. Never Before Have:,Wo Received ' 50 and 75 Iso many praises and heard \ ~Sj Boys' Knee many flattering remarks v c Pants Tstyie have had this Season. ' m Special. Were you one o( the vast thr n jf--i wU crovvd' d <•!! rst<■:o during trc i k.- £|| } ;COMB HERE NCU; 'K|§ We are making new friends fast: so Hint; n:< re |^B±^P goods than ever before ' Bp® But we still want more friends, want to sell our stock ye we ?re spurred onto deeper price cutting. People wo h- n' r-r*\ we ,can do it. To this we can answ< r, tnat no oth »r sto/. n ' cu><w section£has the wholesale buying hcilities enjoved by t: ii: est • lishment. We can buy low er, we can sell lower. ""trt I Sweater Coats specials Men's Corduroy P ii ; Me IS S is From i 19 to 2.50 v si.i, . w,- Men's or Bo?«'Sweater Coats ..>S . Mcus'sweater coats .75 CHII.DKI .KS SUI'S , .'^. 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L.'ldioS lOt It -1 , worth regular 75c Special 39c Men S Working MlOeS 1.65 V " ' ' "" Men's Suits ; Douglas Shoes at reduced Ud j e s > sweaters j Men's Suits 4.05 . |WU~>„ Sweaters al! colors 99( Men's Suits 0,75 Dig LinC 01 IV!en Sand l.adl>V Waists, blue, black. 39< %%£ tm S| Children's Overcoats at re- , , r . MensSuita 11.75 14.50 HllPpH nTIPPQ LuUltJo V'Uulo 15.50 16 25; UUtCU pi lUCfO. Ladio' Coats from 3.50 to 12.00 So Come to J. M. Wightons to satisfy your wants. Re mem only lasts this month. Railroad fare from Laporte d mont for purchase of sio'oo or over. fms |T.:IE TRI-WEEKLY SUPOBTE ! GAZETTE and BULLETINS touSiIiCANNEWSSTE;\\ Tells ail the general news ot'the | Best dressed and most respects world, particularly that of our newspaper in Sullivan countv. State, "11 the time and tells it Pre-eminently a home news; ape impartially. Comes to subscrib- 8 The only Republican paper in ere every other day. 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