ANOTHER RESIDENT HAS GONE

Azor Livingston, Well Known Citizen of Altamont, Died at Albany Hospital on Friday, May 19 — Was Ill for Several Months.

Death has again claimed one of our residents, in the person of Azor Livingston, who passed away at the Albany hospital, after an illness of several months, on Friday, May 19. Mr. Livingston was a familiar personage about our village and was known by every one far and near. He was born on a farm near Altamont Dec. 28, 1849, and passed nearly his entire life as a farmer.

Several years ago, after the loss of his parents, he sold the farm and rented rooms in the village. On account of illness and failing health he was removed to the hospital several weeks ago for care and treatment. Mr. Livingston was in his 67th year and is the last of his family. He became a member of St. James’ Lutheran church when a boy and later joined the membership of St. John’s Lutheran church when the church was built here some 40 years ago. He was a man of retiring nature, exemplary habits, quiet and unassuming. He never married.

The funeral services were held from St. John’s Lutheran church on Monday afternoon at 2 o’clock, the Rev. A. A. Frederick officiating. Interment was at Fairview cemetery.

A.H.S. DEFEATS M.H.S.

High School Team Played Sparkling Baseball and Got 6 to 1 Victory Over Middleburgh-Becker Scattered Seven Hits in Six Innings —Visitors Made Costly Errors.

Good pitching by “Davie” Becker, coupled with some brilliant work in the field by his team mates, resulted in a 6 to 1 victory for the Altamont High school baseball team in the game with Middleburgh High school at the fair grounds last Saturday afternoon. Becker was touched up for seven hits, but the first inning was the only round in which the visitors could gather more than one safety off his delivery. In the initial frame two clean wallops netted the hostile clan their only run. After this Becker got to work and set down his opponents with marked consistency. Of the six men who got on the paths during the remainder of the game, two were erased and four stranded. Becker was effective at all times, and twelve of those who faced him went out by the whiff route.

The home team played great ball in the field, the errors charged to them being wild throws made after the ball had been cleanly fielded. Our boys, however, were weak with the stick. They succeeded in getting but three hits off Hess, the visiting twirler.

POLITICAL COMMENT.

The lesson of the great parade in New York City in favor of preparedness is plain. It was a great outpouring of American citizens without regard to race, creed, or political belief.

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The Democratic woods are full of ghosts, the ghosts of failures, of false promises, of incompetency, of extravagance, of financial incapacity, of defiests, and of many other things which are rising to plague the party. This is the year of reckoning, and although the figures have been garbled to some extent, the people will be able to estimate the amount which should be credited to the deficit side. In order to obscure their own troubles as far as possible the Democrats are taking the position of advising Republicans. — Cohoes Republican.