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FACTS WHITTLED DOWN.

FALL River weavers and m'f'rs. both remain firm.

OUR fireside conversations, our thoughts as we pass along the streets, our spirit in the transaction of business, all have some amount, small though it may be, of moral value. -Goulbourn.

THE rubber works are to remain in Woonsocket.

HAPPY Hollow satinet mill, Uxbridge, Mass., suspended some weeks ago. The operatives. of whom there were 65, have been paid off by F. Thayer, assignee of Daniel Wilcox.

A disagreeable vice.-Advice.

MARCH comes in like a spring lamb. Perhaps it will go out like a tough old wether. -Lynn Item.

EDWIN Davis a knitter in Anchor knitting mill, Hagaman's mil's, N. Y., injured one of his hands in the gearing of a knitting frame. A battery of boilers at boiler works of R. Monroe & Sons, Pittsburgh, Pa., exploded, killing 4 and injuring many men.

NEW Hampshire on her Gra..ite hills,
Whatever may betide her,
Will take no Prohibition pills,

But calmly quaffs her cider.-7. Anketell in

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Manchester Union.

WE should like to ask that Boston paper

which

speaks of "rubber factory girls" whether

these girls grew up from the rubber babies we used to see. We ask merely because we should like to know whether they still cry when you squeeze 'em-Washington Post.

MIL operatives in Manchester, N. H., are

THE MILLER DOUBLE STEAM CYLINDER Worsteds, Fancy Cassimers, Dress agitating for Saturday half holiday.

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ROTARY CLOTH PRESS.

Machines Sola Since 1885.

Goods, &c. Broad & Narrow

Has 3

We are prepared to furnish at short notie, any size or 327 is a Fireman or Day Watchman.
style of our Kotary Presses at from $500 to $1,500 each workers in family. Address as above, care Wade's Fibre
Any further information cheerfully given by mail.
and Fabric.

IMPROVED

BURR PICKERS

FOR COTTON AND WOOL

C.C.SARCENT'S SONS

GRANITEVILLE, MASS.

For particulars and references we solicit correspondence.

JOHN HEATHCOTE,

Sole Manufacturer of the Heathcote Improved

EDWIN Bartlett will enlarge his works at North Oxford, Mass.. by building a new picker house, a new 50 feet chimney and an extension to the mill proper.

"SOME people don't hesitate to 'call a spade a spade.' Others are not afraid to call a rake a gentleman."

AN association to be called the Weavers' Protective Union No. 1, was formed March 14, at Lawrence, Mass.

"A touching sight-A small boy investigating a newly pain'ed door."

A French chemist analysed the famous Alexandrian blue on fragments of a mosaic from Pompeii; he finds that the pigment was composed of sand and carbonate of chalk subjected to a very high temperature, and mixed with copper.

JOHN Krzywoszynski is suing his wife, Amelia Krzynoszynski, nee Czysnersky, in New York, for divorce, charging that she eloped with John Jwinjinjynsky, a 19-year-old youth.

L. Shuttleworth, who severed his connection with the Stormont Cotton Co., Ont., Can. as assistant manager, has assumed a like position in the Canada Cotton Co.'s mill.

$250,000 of $300,000 capital of the new mill to be erected in Tiverton, R I., has been subscribed. The new mill will be built on a new plan, only one story high.

LITTLE Johnnie-Were you made of dust?

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TENTERING AND DRYING MACHINES Merritt Yes; my boy. But I have little of

COR. EDDY AND FRIENDSHIP STREETS, PROVIDENCE, R.I.

1211 is a Woolen Spinner who has worked on hosiery,
coatings, shawls and dress goods. Has worked on Cleve-
and machines, Johnson & Rassett. Davis & Furber. Ad-
less "1211," care Wade's Fibre and Fabric.

A 5 Sett WOOLEN MILL
FOR SALE OR RENT.

on easy terms, in a beautiful and growing city City, N. Y.
State, 14 acres of valuable land included Property cost
$100,000 originally, and $10,000 has recently been spent
upon machinery and buildings. Proprietor has sold his
own goods profitably to the clothing trade, and has never
lost anything, and is about retiring from business. Address
G. E. W. Fibre and Fabric.

260 is a Boss Knitter. Can work on anything that an be made on Tompkin' knitting frames, and does all is own mending. Address 1260," care Wade's Fibre

nd Fabric.

SITUATION WANTED.

An English Manufacturer, 40 years of age, desire: a

po ition in a plain and fancy flannel and cassimere mill:
can design his own goods and i tro-fuce new patterns.
He has an excellent knowledge of wools, and a practical
knowledge of carding, having made a special study cover
ing many years of actual work; would take a position in a
tweed mill wishing to convert part of its plant int> making
the above goods. Adress "Manufacturer," care Wade's
Fibre and Fabric.

300 LOOM

Print Cloth Mill

easy terms.

First-class condition, now running on contract, offered on
Full particulars of
PITKIN,

A. B.

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B. West, late foreman in Wellesley knitting mill, Waterloo, Ont., Can., goes to Guelph to engage in the same business.

To secure a contented spirit, measure your desires by your fortunes, not your fortunes by your desires.-Jeremy Taylor.

MARY Riley, a winder in Erie mill, Cohoes, N. Y., lost the middle finger of the right hand in the gear of a machine.

BACKHAUS and Kinse l's large woolen mill at New Bremen, near Lima, Ohio, was burned March 16. Loss, $30,000; insurance, $30,Fifty men thrown out of employment. ONE knows the value of pleasure only after he has suffered pain.

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"WHOOPER-Is it true that Blank's paper is going to suspend-Scooper-It looks that way. They are beginning to offer premiums." THE steamer Oregon" left Melbourne with 2,861 bales of wool for Boston, Jan. 3. MR. Barnett is succeeded as finisher at

1239 is an OVERSEER OF HAND DRESSING; has worked on plain and fancy dress goods. 48 years old and married. Address 1239, care Wade's Fibre and 4 to 12 Cove St., Providence, R. 1. Everett woolen mills, Great Barrington, Mass.,

Fabric.

063 is a Boss Knitter. 24 years of age and single, heen overseer six years. Used to all kinds of stock; s of sewing and knitting machines. Prefers Canada. all kine bove, care Wade's Fibre and Fabric. Address as a

and SPINNER. Has
Excellent reference.

1160 is a woolen CARDER
been overseer for 18 years. Age, 41.
Address 1160, care Wade's Fibre and Fabric.

by B. A. Quinlan, late of Roys mil.s, West Troy, N. Y.

"MORE failures are to be attributed to ef forts misdirected than to want of exertion."

FACTS WHITTLED DOWN.

A few first-class protestant jack spinners with families may find employment by addressing F. F. care of this office.

J. E. Powell, a temperance lecturer from Missouri, died at Junction City, Ky., of de i

rium tremens.

A wedding took place the other day, where Mr. Wood espoused a Miss Pyle, of Brooklyn. The notice read: "Wood-Pyle."- N. Y. Star. EVAN Lewis, Sr., of Schagitcoke, N. Y., will take cha ge of carding at the Swift River

woo en mills, Enfie d. Mass.

A number of Irish speculators succeeded in gathering all of the shamrock in N. .Y and Brooklyn, St. Patrick's day and formed a corner in it. They sold it at 15 cents an inch. LAST year about 20,000,000 bs. of sumac leaves from Virgiria, Maryland and Pennsylvania, were used for extracts in U. S.

New Advertisements.

KNITTINC MILL.

We have a factory with power suitable for a Knitting Mill, the main floor of hich is 70 x 63 feer, with a second story over ne part There is a wool scouring 100m store room and office, a'l in the main building. hciler house with 60 H. P. boi er engine house with 25 H. P. en ine, water wheel 25 H. P.; plenty of wat r for rower and wool washing purposes: thrt en tenements, with city water in cse of fire. The mill is lo ated three quarters of a mile from the No Dighton Station and in the city faunton, nea navigation; the plant is an excelle tone for a kitting mill. This mil will be leased on favorab e conditions 10 the right party. Addres, Knitting Mill, care Wade's Fibre and Fabric

MILL PROPERTY FOR SALE.

One Eight Set Woolen Mill in first-class condition. Good Location. One mill privilege, with tenements suitable for a four or six st mill Located on a Railroad. For particulars address P. 50, care Wade's Fibre and Fabric

FOR SALE.

Two sets 40 x 42 inch Wood frame Davis & Furber Cards

with Bramwell Feeds Three se fperating Jacks, Brothers Pat. 1 3-4 Gauge, 200 spindles each. All in good condition and now running on Fine work. Can be seen by applying to J. W. WHITE, HANOVER, ILL.

WANTED. A Carder who thoroughly understands the carding of Extract Wool and Shoddy and the handling of wool substitutes generally. Address to X Y Z, office of this paper.

1306 is a upt., who is also a good dyer, car 'er and spinner, weaver, desi.ner and fixer; understands everything connected with a oolen mill Can furnish the best of references; is sober and not afraid of work.

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1 Heginbothom Ribber welt and loose course 3 1-4 diam.
112 needles.

1 Single fulling Mill, 1 Dennis & Co.'s hollow plate press
14 plares 41 x 32 brass feed pipes all complete and 1300 lbs.
ptess papers to suit. 1 Crawford's hollow plate press, 20
plate 43 x 32 all complete and lot press papers to suit.
Address" Machinery" Wade's Fibre and Fabric.

978 is an OVER-EER of COTTON CARDING
with 14 years' experience as an overseer, 46 years of age
Address as
and married. Excellent recommendations.
above, care Wade's Fibre and Fabric.

1026 is an Overseer of Dressing and Twisting.
Has had charge of bringing forward the lots for cards for
warps and filling. Good r ferences. Ago 34, married
Address "1206," care Wade's Fibre and Fabric."

BOOKS FOR MANUFACTURERS.
Design in Textile Fabrics. By THOMAS R.
ASHENHURST. Head Master Textile De-
College.
partment Bradford Technical
With 10 colored plates and 160 designs.
Glossary and complete Index. I vol., 250
pp., extra cloth $2.00.

Spinning Woolen and Worsted. Being a practi-
cal treatise for the use of all persons en-
gaged in these trades. By WALTER S.
MCLAREN, M. A., Worsted-Spinner. With
69 Diagrams. I vol., 12mo. $200.
Color. A Scientific and Technical Manual
treating of the Optical Principles, Artistic
Laws and Technical Details governing the
use of Colours in Various Arts. By PROF.
A. H. CHURCH. 288 pages, crown 8 vo.
Wih 6 Coloured Plates, $1.50.

1308 is a Woolen Dyer, has worked on worsted yarns Dyeing of Textile Fabrics. By J. J. HUMMEL,

and wool, age 25, and married. Address as above, care Wade's Fibre and Fabric.

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1302 is a Boss Gigger and Finisher. age 52 and married. Address as above care Wade's Fibre and Fabric.

WANTED. A good superintendent to take charge of two mills having an aggregate of 9000 spindles. Man must come ecommended, and must have had a long and varied experience in the weaving of all kinds of plain cotton cloths. Address Manager, care Wade's Fibre and Fabric. 1303 is a Belt Maker and Roller Coverer, is a good hand on belts, al-o a good spinner on worsted yarns. Address as above, care Wade's Fibre and Fabric.

1307 is an Overseer of Mules, unde stands Parr Curtis Mules, Platt's and English Mules, is a sober man and a god fixer. Address as above, care Wade's Fibre and Fabric.

WANTED. A man that understands running the Davis & Furber Male. Mu t have a knowledge of Carding also to take charge of Cards nd Mules in a three set mill n night, work all wool stock. Address "M" care of Wade's Fibre and Fabric

1305 is a Bog Weaver or Designer. understands Crompton, Knowles, D.vis & Furoer, Bridesburgh. Gilbert & Jacquard Looms He has wo ked on cassimeies, dress goods, flannels, blankets, and jeans; age 40 and married, Address as above, care Wade's Fibre and Fabric.

F. C. S., Professor and Director of the
Dyeing Department of the Yorkshire Col-
lege, Leeds. With 97 Diagrams. I vol.,
16mo, 550 pages. $2.00.

ME.

MILLS FOR SALE.

One 2 Set Woolen Mill in R. I.

Two 4 Set Woolen Mill in R. I.

One each, 4, 5, 7 and 25 Set Woolen
Mills In Mass.

One 21 Set Woolen Mill In Vt.

Cotton Mills from 6,000 to 20,000

Spindles.

All are in good condition to start, and can be bought low.

A. B. PITKIN. Providence, R. I.

FULLING MILLS.

CLOTH WASHERS.
WOOL SCOURER.

Open Washers for worsted Goods, Fric-
tion Clutch Pulleys, Friction Clutch
Cut-off Couplings.

Jas. Hunter & Son, N. Adams, Mass.

I

FOR SALE.

1 two-sett Woolen Mill, situated in Woodstock Valley, with good water power, rivilage, 17 feet f 11. Two-setts of cad N. A. Lombard make; 7 broad and narrow looms, Crompton make; 2 operator, Davis, & Furber make; dresser with 2 copper cylinders 1 spoo er, 1 warper, I hand-jack, 1 card grinder, 1 bur picker, shear 1 press, 2 fulling mills, 1 felting mill, 2 flax grinders, 1 wa her, 1 brush, 1 gig, 2 laths, one 35-horse boiler, mill heat by steam: 3 tenement houses, office blacksmith shop and bleach house, ice house. Most of the machinery has been but little used. The mill has been making Roller cloth, lash r cloths and settle an estate. Linen Warp. The above property mill be sold cheap to For partic lars inqu re of PRESCOTT BARTLETT, Putnam, Conn.

1161 is an OVERSEEK of ring SPINNING, SPOOLThe Jacquard Machine. Analyzed and explained cloth. Is 53 years of age and married. Address 1161, ING and WARPING. Has worked on 64 and 56 print with an appendix on the preparation of care Wade's Fibre and Fabric. Jacquard Card, and practical hints to learn-138 is a young man seeking the position of Spooler ers of Jacquard designing. With 230 illus- and Warper. He is 22 years of age and single, has trations by E. A. POSSELT, $3.00. worked principally on sheetings and is willing to work for Technology of Textile Design. Being a practical the interest of his employers. Address as above, care treatise on the construction and application Wade's Fibre and Fabric. of weaves for all textile fabrics. With reference to the latest inventions for weaving. With an analysis giving calculations for the manufacturers of the various textile fabrics. By E. A. POSSELT. $5.00. Manual for Managers, Designers and Weavers. Containing definitions, derivations and explanations of technical terms. With rules, tables, and instructions for beginners. By ALFRED SPITZLI, $2.50.

A

The Cotton Yarn Spinner. By sehedule system,
which treats on Scutching, Carding, Draw-
ing, Roving and Spinning. By RICHARD
CROSS, $1 25,

1203 is an OVERSEER in a cloth room in a cotton mill. Has worked on shirtings and sheetings. 35 years old and married. Address 1203, care Wade's Fibre and Fabric.

1180 wants a position as OVERSEER in a woolen mill. Also a practical weaver. Has worked on Dorset and Canton flannels, hosiery, yarn and cloth. Good references. Address "1180," care Wade's Fibre and Fabric.

1163 is a SUPERINTENDENT or CARDER. It a thorough carder on wool and cotton shoddy mixtures. Capable of superintending a knit goods mill. Age 36. Address 1163, care Wade's Fibre and Fabric.

affraid of any kind of stock. Has worked in card room Il17 is a Woolen Carder. 37 years and married. Not from a boy. Address as above, Fibre and Fabric.

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HAS been the STANDARD now for six years; is unapproachable for
simplicity and reliability, and is used by the best posted steam-fitters
and engineers in all the large cities of the Union; also in England, Ger.
many, Austria, and Russia.

CURTIS REGULATOR COMPANY,
Office and Manufactory, 89 Beverly Street, Boston, Mass.
AGENCIES:
CHICAGO, 218 Lake st.
ST. LOUIS, 707 Market st.
NEW ORLEANS, 21 Union st.

GENERAL
NEW YORK, 109 Liberty st.
PHILADELPHIA, 2035 N. Front st.
MINNEAPOLIS, 210 S. Third st.

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Partner Wanted in One-Set Woolen Mill, running on blankets, in Canada. Mill has a good custom tra le. Good chance for man with two or three thousand dollars. Addre-s O. K., care Wade's Fibre and Fabric WANTED SITUATION.

As Overseer or Second-hand of mules by a thorough practical man, ully understands all kinds of English mules, best of references from past and present employers. Address 4651, care Wades' Fibre and Fabric.

1293 is a Designer or Weaving Overseer, has worked on all classes of goods, cotton or wool: age 37. Address 123, care Wade's Fibre and Fabric.

1294 is a belt maker, apron maker, or roller coverer; is twenty-five years old, and a man of good experience. Address as above, care Wade's Fibre and Fabric.

1296 is a Boss Dy r who has worked on woolen and worsted yarns, cloakings, blankets and wool; is familiar with aniline colors; wants a position where fast colors are wanted, and where it is desired that the work should be even and kept to the shade; age 39 years old, and married. Address 1296, care Wade's Fibre and tabric.

1290 is a Finisher who has worked on cassimeres, beavers, and almost all kinds of goods; is 40 years old and married. Address as above, care Wade's Fibre and Fabric.

ARTHUR A. BRICHAM,

186 Devonshire Street,

Boston, Mass.

COTTON MACHINERY OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.

SPECIALTIES.

'Taylor, Lang & Co., BALE BREAKERS, S. A. MULES.

Broadbent's Conical Drum Winders.

OCTOPUS GLOY SIZE.

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FACTS WHITTLED DOWN.

WORK on the new knitting factory, Warren R. I. is progressing rapid y. The roofs are to be covered with fire-proof material.

A Hunter fulling machine and a mixing picker have been put in the Dudley woolen mill, Webster, Mass.

Ir is said that the bagging trust has been re-organized and will be run by same parties as last year. Prices it is expected will be considerably advanced, but not so high as last.

JOHN Benoit has taken the place of John Belro-e, loom fixer at Eagle mill, Woonsocket. Mr. Belrose goes to the Social, while John Sutton, who fixed looms 10 years at the Social, is now at the Eagle.

ALLEN

PATENT BOILER CRATES.

These grates are interchangeable, each grate being independent, as seen by cut; when it is necessary to repair fire box, a blind man can take the grate and bearing-bars out and put them back. They will not clinker up; are free at the ends. The fireman does not need to crawl into the fire-box Sunday with cold chisel and hammer to clip out clinkers, as is the case with rigid cast grates. These grates will suit any draught or fuel. Have run them over nine years without replenishing. with the leading manufacturers. Send for price-list.

ALLEN IRON WORKS, Adams, Mass.

CLEVELAND MACHINE WORKS,

MANUFACTURERS OF

Be not simply good; be good for something. WOOLEN

-Thoreau.

JOSEPH Macomber, Fall River, Mass., offers a site to any corporation to build a mill, cotton prefered, in which he would also take some stock. The land adjoins the Old Colony railroad, and consists of 10 or 12 acres.

MACHINERY

FOR CARDING, SPINNING, TWISTING, AND FINISHING.

S. W. CODDARD, Agent,

An artesian well is being dug at the Border 54 Jackson Street, Worcester, Mass, City mills, Fall River, which is now 250 feet deep with about 30 feet of water in it.

SCATCHARD & Co., proprietors of the knitting mill at Oneonta, N.Y., have brought $20.000 worth of machinery from Phila.

MR. Bacon, formerly carder at Dracut, has secured a position at Pittsfield, Me.

SOMERSET Mfg. Co., Raritan, N. J., have ordered 10 new Knowles looms, making 127 Knowles in the mill.

W. C. Furnel's woolen mill, Wilton, Me., which lately started after a shut-down, is now running to its full capacity.

PREPARATIONS are being made to build a 500 tt. addition to Nourse mi 1, Woonsocket. The ground is staked out for foundations, and

We manufacture

for Woolen Mills:

GEORGE DRAPER & SONS,

Hopedale, Mass.

old buildings on the site are being removed. Telegraph address and railroad station

F. L. Sayles, Pascoag, R. I., broke ground for his new mill March 21, which he expects to have completed by July 1.

THE Pacific mills printing department March 21 printed the largest number of pieces ever turned out in a day's work-7,081-each piece averaging 50 yards, making 21,243 yds. of all styles and colors.

CITY Hall building. Dover, N. H., was burned March 22,adjacent buildings damaged. ABOUT 200 employes of the blue dye house of the American print works, Fall River, were discharged without notice, but may return when the new styles are wanted.

THE bobbin and spool trust composed of Eastern bobbin mirs., to regulate prices of these articles, has collapsed.

"Are you one of the strikers, my friend?" I asked,

As I rested my hand on his collar. "I am, in my own mild way," he said, And struck me right there-for a dollar.

-Sun. THE New Castle, Del., woolen mills have shut down, owing to the dullness of trade, throwing 250 hands out of work. WORK will begin, April 1, on a new mill to be built by Wm. F. Dearborn & Son for the West Boylston Mfg. Co. at Oakdale, Mass.

A bill to establish a weekly half-holiday

for

shops is being brought forward in British Parliament, by Sir John Lubbock.

THE Vassalboro, Me., woolen mil will probably start in early spring or summer.

A man likes to be sat on by his sweetheart before marriage. After marriage, he doesn't. -Burlington Free Press.

P. Reynolds, of the Mohegan mill, has taken a position as finisher at Mapleville, R. I. John Finnegan, second hand at Mapleville, -takes Mr. Reyno'd's place at Mohegan.

Of a truth, it is good to be with good peo

ple.-Shakespeare.

BUSINESS at the factory of Mr. Arthur N. Cram, Wa pole. Mass., is increasing. He is now running 70 looms.

WM. Woodward. Jr. of Woodward & Stillman. prominent N. Y. cotton factors, died suddenly, March 20.

GREAT Fails, (N. H.) Mfg. Co. have just started up some new Taylor, Lang & Co. mules, their third order within 3 months.

THE largest cotton mill in the South is at Clifton, S. C., which has 50,000 spindles. The next largest is at Eagle mills, Columbus. Ga. THE Bourre mill, Fall River, has declared its usual monthly dividend of 1 per cent.

Twisters,
Reels,
Temples,

Shuttle Guards,

Oil Cans,

Belt Hole Guards,

Automatic Sprinklers, etc. etc.

Correspondence solicited.

MILFORD, MASS.

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Crompton 1873 Looms For Sale. 1229 is a Loom Fixer. Understands Crompton looms,

TWENTY-ONE LOOMS,

1873 Pattern, 4x4 Box. sold for the low price of $200 each. Address PICKER, Twenty-four ha nesses in first-c ass condition. Will be

care of Wade's Fibre and Fabric.

857 CHEMIST. A man thoroughly acquainted with the analysis and testing of drugs and chemicals is in want of a position, or would connect himself with a party wishing to commence the business of manufacturing chemistry Address as above, care Wade's Fibre and Fabric.

FOR SALE.

THE VALLEY MILL CO.'S PROPERTY. C forty STING of two mills, twenty-five tenements, about

acres of land and a full supply of machine y under con ract for its product until July :: located at East necessary for making print cloths, of which the company is Killingly, Conn., and two and one-half miles from Dayville Station, on the Norwich and Worcester Railroad. For particulars apply to E. H. ROBINSON, Treasurer, 10 South Water st eet, Providence, R. 1., or to the Agent, A. W. GREEN LIT, at the mill.

1079 is an Overseer of Knitting. 37 years of age, and married. Used to shirts, drawers, and half hose. English spring needle machines, and Pepper's rib top machine. Wool, cotton and wool. Has worked on knitting machines for 18 years.

1226 is a Finisher. Has worked on worsted and fancy ing to go on trial. Age 39 and married. Address 1226 cassime es. He is sure of giving satisfaction, and is will

care Wade's Fibre and Fabric.

and has been overseer for eight years. Address 1229, care Wade's Fibre and Fabric.

1278 is a Fuller on all kinds of goods. Has had Fibre and Fabric. twenty years' experience. Address 1278, care Wade's

United States. Learned trade in England Accustomed

is a Boss Spinner who has worked six years in the to blankets, all wool and cotton goods Worked on Tatham, Platt and Bridesburg mules. Married, and 35 years of age. Address as above, Fibre and Fabric.

1091 is a CROMPTON or KNOWLES LOOM FIXER. Has had 7 years experience. Strictly steady and reliable. Is accustomed to cam looms. Good refer

ences.

1209 is a Woolen Spinner who has worked on plain

and fancy cassimeres. Understands Davi- & Furber, Johnbusiness thoroughly. Address "1209," care Wade's Fibre son & Bassett, also English machines. Understands his and Fabric.

1146 is a DYER who understands alazarine, analine and wood colors on wool piece and shoddy. Learned his trade under his father in Scotland. Is 30 years of age and mar Fabric. ried. A good man. Address as above, Wade's Fibre and

1236 is looking for a position as Overseer of Bleaching and Starching white goods. Has had twenty years, experience, and can furnish good references. Age 34, married. Address "1236," care Wade's Fibre and Fabric.

scribe for Wade's Fibre and Fabric. $2.00 per year, $1.00 The way to keep posted on the textile industry is to sub

for 6 months.

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Call Attention to their New

Wrought-Iron Loom Crank Shafts, forged by
Special Machinery from one bar without
welding, and of all length of sweeps
from 2 to 2% inches or more, to
fit all makes of aciton looms.

We apply the McCarty cylinder friction motive
for Slasher Cylinders, which regulates
the strain on the yarn.

Send for Circulars to

Covel Machine Co., Fall River, Mass.

Reynolds' Finishing Mills,

DAVISVILLE, R. I.

Have facilities for finishing

THE MILLER DOUBLE STEAM CYLINDER Worsteds, Fancy Cassimers,

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FACTS WHITTLED DOWN.

THE strike at Greenbank woolen mill. Enfield, N. H., is over, most of the old weavers returned; new were engaged to fill the places of those who did not.

F. W. Adams, owner of Glendale, Mass., woolen mill, has assigned.

A movement to establish a textile college, where designing, weaving, dyeing, etc., shall be taught, has been started by leading mfrs. A preliminary meeting will be held at the office of the Silk Association of America, Paterson, N. J., April 6.

THE Hoosic Falls hosiery mill, at Hoosic Falls, N. Y., was closed two months ago, and there are no signs of resuming operations. One hundred hands are out of work.

WHITELAW Reid has been appointed minister to France.

at their annual meeting declared a dividend THE Westbrook Mfg. Co, Saccarappa, Me., of 2% per cent. payable April 1st. E. H. Davies chosen Pres., Wm. R. Wood, Treas.

THE California Hosiery Co., Oakland, have given up their San Fraucisco store, retaining office quarters in the city in telephonic communication with the factory.

HENRY "I bought you an amulet at Tif

fany's. Elsie-"Oh, how kind of you! And

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eggs are so dear,"

MRS. Herbert Ellsworth had her dress drawn

into a belt in the mill at Welchville, Me. Her

husband and others near cut the belt, releas ing her.

CHAS. Chipman & Sons, 127 Ashmead St., mfrs. of cotton and woolen hosiery, expect to

Worsteds, Fancy Cassimers, Dress have their new mill finished by summer.
Goods, &c. Broad & Narrow.

We are prepared to furnish at short noti e, any size or 327 is a Fireman or Day Watchman. Has 3
style of our Kotary Presses at from $500 to $1,500 each. workers in family. Address as above, care Wade's Fibre
Any further information cheerfully given by mail.
and Fabric.

IMPROVED

WOOL-DRYERS.

Capacity 1000lbs. to 6000 lbs.

FOR PARTICULARS ADDRESS

C.G. SARGENTS SONS,

GRANITEVILLE, MASS.

JOHN HEATHCOTE,

Sole Manufacturer of the Heathcote Improved

TENTERING AND DRYING MACHINES

COR. EDDY AND FRIENDSHIP STREETS, PROVIDENCE, R. I.

1211 is a Woolen Spinner who has worked on hosiery, coatings, shawls and dress goods. Has worked on Cleveand machines, Johnson & Bassett, Davis & Furber. Ad

less "1211," care Wade's Fibre and Fabric.

A 5 Sett WOOLEN MILL

FOR SALE OR RENT.

on easy terms, in a beautiful and growing city City, N. Y. State, 14 acres of valuable land included Property cost $100,000 originally, and $10,000 has recently been spent upon machinery and buildings.. Proprietor has sold his own goods profitably to the clothing trade, and has never lost anything, and is about retiring from business. Address G. E. W. Fibre and Fabric.

260 is a Boss Knitter. Can work on anything that an be made on Tompkins' knitting frames, and does all is own mending. Address "1260," care Wade's Fibre and Fabric.

1239 is an OVERSEER OF HAND DRESSING: has worked on plain and fancy dress goods. 48 years old and married. Address 1239, care Wade's Fibre and Fabric.

12 95 is a Boss Weaver on twills, shirtings, sheetings denims and prints, understands slashing, and has a good general knowlesge of the mill throughout, age 37. Address as above, care of Wade's Fibre and Fabric.

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WANTED. A good superintendent to take charge of
two mills having an aggregate of 9000 spindles. Man
must come recommended, and must have had a long and
varied experience in the weaving of all kinds of plain cotton
cloths. Address Manager, care Wade's Fibre and Fabric.

Davis & Furber Mule. Must have a knowledge of Card-
WANTED. A man that understands running the
ing. also to take charge of Cards and Mules in a three-set

mill on night, work all wool stock. Address "M" care of
Wade's Fibre and Fabric

300 LOOM

Print Cloth Mill

First-class condition, now running on contract, offered on
easy terms. Full particulars of

A. B. PITKIN,

CITY mills Co., Norfolk, Mass., have bought the Eagle factory in Wrentham of Enoch Waite for $6,000, settling a dispute as to rights they claimed in Eagle privilege.

A German specialist says that Patti has two valves in her windpipe. She is, then, a kind of bivalve, a veritable oyster Patti.-Musical Courier.

PITMAN Mfg. Co, Laconia, N. H., contemplate the erection of a new mill to keep up with demand for their women's hosiery.

THE Laconia Co., Biddeford, Me., is tearing down a large building to make room for the new cotton mill to be erected immediately. PATRICK McLaughlin, late loom fixer at Mohegan, R. I., has gone to Harrisville.

LIVE as though life were earnest, and life will be so.-Owen Meredith.

LE ROY & House, proprietors of the Enterprise Knitting mill, Little Falls, N. Y., have just added a considerable amount of new machinery, which will give employment to fortyeight more hands.

C. A. Green wocd & Co., Winslow, Me., will increase their production of repellants and satinets.

A Dover, N. H., firm is filling an order from Iowa for a belt 105 ft. long, 42 in. wide, and seven-eighths of an in. in thickness.

A cotton factory is proposed at Clinton, Ia. A resident of North Bennington, Vt., proposes to be one of three to purchase and stock the old Stone mill in that place with cotton or woolen machinery.

B. S. Wadleigh has moved his hosiery plant into more commodious quarters in Lake Village, N. H., and will increase production.

Ir is stated that the White Star Line have reduced the freight on dry goods from Europe to America from 15s and 18s per ton to 78 6d. A sunny temper gilds the edge of lite's blackest cloud.-Guthrie.

ALLEN Winslow, son of the paymaster at the Androscoggin, has been appointed paymaster at Barker mill, Auburn, Me., vice H. C. Day resigned.

Ray Mfg. Co., Franklin, R. I.
Jos. Carney, dyer at Mohegan, is now with

TRANSMISSION of power by ropes is receiv ing a great deal of attention. A. A. Brigham of Boston, Agt, for sale of the "Lambeth Cotton Ropes" reports many inquiries.

To know how to be silent is more difficult, and more profitable, than to know how to speak.-Fee.

BAYSIDE Mills, Lake Village, N. H., A. G. Neal Treas. and Supt., Arthur Read Asst.,

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4 to 12 Cove St., Providence, R. I. started up again.
1160 is a woolen CARDER and SPINNER. Has
been overseer for 18 years. Age, 41. Excellent reference.
Address 1160, care Wade's Fibre and Fabric.

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