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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-12-02
OLD THANKSGIVING FUN.
Rev. DR.. Talmage Recalls a Thanksgiving
of His Boyhood.

Rev. DIR. Talmage Recalls a Thanksgiving
of His Boyhood.
How my mind is crowded with
Thanksgiving memories! On no other
day does my memory become such a
kaleidoscope, and as sit here in my
darkened room and write, almost every
minute the scene changes. give to
the kaleidoscope Of memory turn,
and there they are, natural as life,
around the country hearth on cold
winter night. hear the hickory fire
crackle, and see the shadows fit up
and down the wall. Games that some
times well-nigh upset the chairs
"Blind-Man's Buff" who's Got the
Button" "The Popping Corn" "The
Molasses Pudding" and the witch
stories that made the neighbors boys
afraid to go home after dark. Hickory
nuts on one dish, roseate apples on the
other. The boisterous plays of More
Bags on the Mill" Leap Frog"
until some one got hurt and kiss was
offered to make up the hurt, the, kiss
more resented than the hurt. High
old time! Father and mother got up
and went into the next room because
they could not stand the racket. Then,
instead Of computations of conscience,
a worse racket. The mothers and wives
came In the afternoon, all wrapped up
from the cold, and their feat on foot
stove. When they got warm and took
out their needles and sat down it
was a merry group and full Of news.
Once in awhile needle would slip and
make bad scratch upon the character
of some absentee, but for the most part
it was good, wholesome talk. And in
the evening, when the young people
came and the old people were in one
room and the young people in another,
in the latter there was some lively
stepping, while the black boy played
"Moneymusk;;" even grandfather in the
next room, who had distributed many
tracts on the sin of dancing, was seen
to make his heel 60. 1t seemed to me
a great fuss and great gathering to
get one quilt made. But the fact was,
that good neighborhoCd was quilted,
warm sympathies were quilted, life
time friendships were quilted, and con-
nubial bliss was quilted. And they
stayed late. And such plays as you
had in that back room when you joined
hands, and one of the loveliest stood in
the ring What a circumference to
what a center! But now the scene is
fading out. The old fireplace is down,
and the house is down with it. One of
those boys went to sea and was never
heard of. Another became squire in a
neighboring village. Another went to
college and became a minister. An
other died the following summer, until
now they are all gone.-T. De Witt
Tslmage. in Ladies' Home Journal.
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A Peculiar Paper.

Ink erasers of all kinds are re-.
garded with suspicion in many public
Offices, and it is not many months
since the use Of an effective ink-eras-
ing solution which has been intro
duced into one of the public depart
menJs Of New York City was forbid
den by special mandate from the
Mayor. 1t is held that quite enough
men are already led astray by the ia
cility with which the figures Of books
of account can be manipulated, and
anything which makes the erasure
of legitimate records easier is operat-
ing against the interests of society.
Quite in line with this distrust Of ink
erasers is the apprehension with
which the news Of the invention Of a
paper from which ink writing may
be erased with a moist sponge has
been received in Germany. The
prevalent feeling in regard to the in
vention is indicated by the fact that
it has not only been refused a patent,
but its manufacture and sale have
been declared unlawful The product
bears the appearance of ordinary pa
per and is made of the same ingre-
dents, with the addition of asbestos
and parchment glue. After being
rolled the pulp is immersed for a few
seconds in concentrated sulphuric
acid diluted with 10 or Is per cent
of water, and is then pressed between
glass rollers and passed successfully
through water, ammonia solution.
aud a second time through water. 1t
is next strongly pressed by rolling.
and is finally dried on rollers of felt
and heated metal
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-12-02
Needles Known In Prehistoric Ages


The needle is as ancient as mans
clothing. Whether Eve sewed her
fig leaves together with needle Of her
own invention or fastened them in a
still more primitive fashion must re-
main probleDatical, but in Egypt,
Assyria China, the bottoms of lakes,
mounds and caves, all prove that the
art of sewing has been known from
prehistoric ages. Probably the first
needles were widely fashioned of fish
bone or ivory in the form OF an eye
less bodkin, and these continue to
the present day TO be used by unciy-
ilized tribes Steel needles were first
made in Nuremburg toward the end
Of the fourteenth century, AID lit
tie later Spanish needles became cell
ebrated for their excellence. They
were made by negro or Moor, who
declined to impart his art 20 another,
but took it with him to another
world. For the past 200 years the
manufacture of needles has been ex-
clusiveiy English, Warwickshire,
where 20. 900 people are employed
aud make more than 10. 00e. 900
needles yearly, being the center Of
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Too Exact for Once.

The veteran had just finished lee.
ture to the old soldier club on mill.
tary exactness, says the Detroit Free
Press, and had been rather severe on
some who were disposed to be lax in
their methods, particularly tall Cor
poral with one arm of, When he
had finished the Corporal stepped out
in front of the soap box on which he
had been sitting.
''May it please your Honor" be
said mockingly II have story u
tell which may in some measure ex-
cuse my fault. You see this arm, "
and he held out the stump swell,
that is the result of too much exact
ness"
The veteran showed his surprise
and asked how it happened.
"Well," went on the Corporal, sit
was this way: Along in 1854, when
/ was in the army of the Potomac, l
was, as you know, a cavalryman, and
one day 100 of our regiment were
ordered out to act as a reserve for a
small sortie that was to be made to stir
up the enemy. Every officer we had
had been so raked over by our crusty
old Colonel for not having everything
just right tnat life on duty was
burden. A Captain was In COM
mand of our force, and he had US
ranged up in exact line, asif we were
on parade, and that. too, after the
enemy had begun to sling shells over
our way, and a man wanted to dodge
in spite of himself.
'srhe Captain wouldn't have it
though, and there we sat, every head
on line, everybody's hand as
straight with every other bride hand
down that line as if fixed by spirit
level. 1t was hard, / tell you, but
it didn't last long. for all at once a
gun over on our right, that had evil
IDENTIFY just got into position, blazed
away with a solid twenty-pound shot,
and, as ! stand here holding up this
evidence'-and the stump went up
again-'so help me gracious that
shot swooped right down our line and
shipped off fifty hands as smooth as
if it had been done by knife. Since |
that l haven't been so particular |!
about being so confounded exact"
and the Corporal sat down amid great
applause and the overwhelming con-
fusion Of the veteran.
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industry. The art of matchmaking
was kept secret till 1850, when it was
revealed by Christopher Greening.
The processes which convert tho
heavy bar of pig iron into the finest
cambria needles are too manifold to
enumerate. though all are interest
ing to watch, perhaps most OF all the
drilling o. the eye: so delicate task
is this that the skillful workman can
pierce a hair and thread it with its
end. New York Evening World
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-12-02

As In the long ago
While father bends above you,
Weak with the weight OF years
His trembling voice with gladness,
His dim eyes filed with tears
To both the greatest pleasure
The year brings on its way
Is this, the glad home coming
Upon Thanksgiving Day.
Once more the rooms re-echo
From kitchen. stairs and hall,
The sound of old. time voices,
And merry. dinner call
While many sweet grandchildren,
With laughter light and gay,
Come pressing round the table,
This glad Thanksgiving Day.
So come re sons and daughters
From restless city strife;
Come. ere you lose your relish
For the quiet joys OF life;
Come back, ye rowing children,
From prairies far and wide.
And cluster round the hearthstone
Once more at eventide
Take up the song of childhood,
And sing 1t DER again;
Forget that ye are matronS
Or business-loving men.
And If your eyes grow misty,
Rejoice that it Is so:
A heart sincerely tender
Is the purest one TO know
Remember. with your loved Ones
LIES lamp doth feebly burn;
Your parents may not nnger
To greet late return
Forget them not, though patient
Oh, come now while you may;
Praise God-rejoice together
On this THANKSGIVING Day.
Good Housekeeping.
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a Suggestion.

Thanksgiving Day means much in the
larger sense, and it were well for the
country if we added to our present
happy domestic and churchly custom
of observing it by some distinctly public
ceremonial that would associate more
directly our well being with the
thought of the nations work and mis-
sion.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-12-02
Nous one bowed low

pious one bowed low
And thanked our Heavenly Father great
that he had blessed them SO,
For all the good things, and their home, TO
them hallowed spot
Until it came to little Bob, the smallest Of
the lot
And thus he spoke, his bead bowed down,
while round he glanced an eye:
II flank Thee for the turkey and the great
big chicken pie;
I flank Thee for the other fngs"-at this
prospect of bliss
He paused, and then-ssay. mamma, please,
watts comm after this?"
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Thanksgiving Like All Gaul.

Like All Gaul, Thanksgiving may be
divided into three parasitic Thanks
giving of worship, the Thanksgiving
of feasting and the Thanksgiving Of
amusement. There Is a small but de-
termined fourth part, which might be
termed the Thanks giving of night
mare, but, broadly speaking, this may
be included in the amusement column.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-12-02

cause the joy and wealth of life are as
well distributed as they are, and better
than ever before, because the move
ment Of humanity is constantly upward
and the revelation of Gods goodness is
ever clearer as the earth rolls on in its
path.-Syracuse Standard.
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Conclusive.

Here's queer story about turkey
that died for grief. I don't know
whether it is intended to be pathetic
or whether it's joke" What do you
find 1t in?" "a London comic paper.
Then it's no joke. Chicago Tribune.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-12-02
TURKEY WITH SAUCE.

HERE was once
a turkey who
was a cripple.
When his breth-
re n scratched
and scrambled
for seats at the
first table, he
W as r u d Q ly
pushed a 8 d g
and left behind.
This gave him
much time for
meditation, so
he stood by the
pump and re-
Elected upon the
folly of too ar
dent eating.
THESE fowls, /"
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reason for Thankfulness.

Il is time for devout Thanksgiving;
because the world is no worse than it
Is, and mans future is so bright, be-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-12-02
He'll Arrive at Christmas,

A youth out In far Albuquerque
Wrote East in hand rather juerQue
That If still In the mood
And the walking was good
He'd be home for his Thanksgiving tuerQu
-Yonkers Gazatta
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BOBBY'S THANKSGIVING.

7 Q table fairly
grooming I'M
der everything
that's good
That you or I
could think of
in the cata-
logue of food.
7 here sat a happy
family. as jolly
as could be,
To eel 9 bra tie
hanksgiv In z
Day with due
fest1v3ty.
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THANKSGIVING DAY.
N ORIGINATED WITH THE Pill
GRIM FATHERS.

the New England Origin Of the Festival
and How 1t Has Enlarged Its Significance
The Colonial Meeting House-Sermons,
Mince Pie and Turkeys
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A DAY OF REJOICING.

ACK to the home of
childhood,
Though scattered
far and wide,
Back 10 the dear
old kitchen.
Yes, back to your
mothers side
Come, kiss her wfin-
kled forehead,
Her hair, as white
as snow,
And sit down on her
footstoOl
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on We meat, We council all partook of 1t but Mr..
Shepard, whose conscience was tender on ye
point Of Yenison.
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Chant Of the Thanksgiving Glutton.
never had q sweet gazelle
To glad me with its soft black eye
But I would love It passing we'll
Baked in rich and crusty pie.
II could have a bird to love
And nestle sweetly in my breast
All other nesting birds above,
The key-stuffed-wouid be that bird
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Miss Cluhey (thickly, as the bird
slides of the dish Thanks, Mistah
Newsome, but rs would RAIDER hab er
little at er time.-Texas Siftings.
The Newtown bee., 1893-11-03
CARE NEEDED.

The Philadelphia Record says: The wheat grown in this section is seeded down in the fall, followed by clover seed on the wheat land in the spring. While fertilizers and careful preparation of the soil are the main essentials for the wheat crop, the seed should receive the first attention. In Europe the seed is handpicked, every foreign seed being removed, and the greatest care is exer- cised in order to avoid diseased grains. and also to remove all but the best and plumpest. In some sections the seed is not only drilled carefully, but also worked at least once with the hoe. Such labor could rot be bestowed here. but where the wheat-field receives culti- vation, as in Europe, the yield is largely increased. The varieties of wheat differ greatly, and experiments with new kinds should be done on selected spots with the use of special fertilizers. Too much seed is sometimes a drawback, and practiced according to the advantages of location of the land and the conditions.
 When seed s procured from outside sources there is liability of bringing disease on the farm. Experiments made at the Indiana experiment station demon strate that no variety of wheat is rust proof, both the bearded ard smooth kinds being subject to it, and the late wheats are more liable to attack than the early kinds. About eight pecks of seed per acre were found to give the best results, but something depended on the variety and the condition of the seed. To avoid rust, not only should uninfect- ed seed be used, but a system of rotation of crops should be practiced as pre- caution. Seed will not be injured if i'm mersed for twenty-four hours in a solu- ti0n of one pound of sulphate Of copper in ten gallons of water, as safeguard against the spores of smut. Keeping the land clean and destroying rust or smut on all other crops is important on farms upon which wheat is grown.
The Newtown bee., 1893-11-03
ST ORIEG VEGETABLES.

Turnips, parsnips, carrots and heets may be stored in pits outside of the barn or in mounds. One of the methods that has been tried with success is to store them in hins. using dry sand to fill Tn be- tween i'" This method permits of us- ing them aU any time, while, if they are stored in pits, they may be sealed up by the frost. The usual mode of storing cabbages for winter is to bury them, heads down and roots up. A better method is tn place them close together in a furrow, roots down, then throwing the dirt on them and adding another lay CT of d'rt until a compact bed of cab bages i< made. Now cover with straw or hay. and plsch cornStalks on the hay. When wanted for use remove portion of the hay, cut off the heads desired and leave the stalks. In the spring remove the hay and the cabbage stalks will pro- duce early sprouts, ar ''grfens." All that is necessary is to keep the cab-- bages from thawing too suddenly. If buried heads down they soon begin to rot after the frost is gone and the rains come in the spring. Troy Times.
The Newtown bee., 1893-11-03

states, and it is to their interest to find at The earliest moment what elements are lacking in their lands in order that they may be able to supply the deficien- cy and not at the same time waste money
 buying those elements which are already present in sufficient quantities for the purposes of the crops grown. In central Ohio the deficiency in many eases iS A lack of potash. and fertilizer rich in this makes great showing, hile fer tiliZer that has ten per cen; of available ph"sph0ric acid will produce immediate and very noticeable results. have not yet seen the necessity of using a fertili- ger rich in nitrogen, for clover catches that for me, and as long as I am not afraid for the supply of this scarce and costly element. Every man who uses fertilizers should experiment on his own land and find out just what i. lacking.
The Newtown bee., 1893-11-03
THE FERTILIZER QUESTION.

A writer in Farm News says: It has been shown that where the soil has a sufficient quantity of nitrogen, potash and pho>phoric acid to supply the wants of the crop it is useless to apply fertili- gers to increase the crop to abnormal proportions, for this is one of the reasons that fertilizers applied to the crops grown at the Ohio experiment station, while it was located at Columbus, made such poor showings. The soil there was too rich in all these elements for the fer tlizers to have a chance to show to any great extent, and the reports rarely showed an experiment in which the in crease from fertilizers was enough to justify it's use. The fertilizer question is becoming one of paramount interest to most or the farmers of the old, r
The Newtown bee., 1893-11-03
HOTCHkISSVILLE.

George Cowles has returned from his wedding tour and resumed his duties at the American office.
 If the young man from Woodbury who struck Joe Halls little girl with a horsewhip, making long livid streak across her eye, is not more circumspect he will get taste of 'Ville discipline that will make his head swim. If MT Hall natured of men he would have had it ere this. A word to the wise is sufficient.
 J. H. Roberts handed us four apples, last week, that his mother brought from Thomaston that were curiosities indeed, though not foreign to the tree that bore them. One was twin with two seed ends, the apples joined together la Siamese, the other three were of good size with we'll defined apple sticking up like sore thumb from the side of each one.
 c. H. Drakely is to build new barn near the old red house occupied by George Bates. Lon Smith and son will do the work.
 A little boy of Fred Gilbert's, while returning from school, last Friday, was knocked down by F. F. Hitchcock s team, driven by Mir Frisbie. The boy was seriously injured about the head and it is feared he will not recover. George Guilds of Guildsville was in town, last week, getting some work done at the American. It will be worth the ! editors time, while in Bethlehem, to go through the carriage shop of Mr Guilds G. F. Morris will open his store Mon day of this week.
The Newtown bee., 1893-11-03
MARBLEDALE.
MIR FORD'S CREAMERY.

Your types caused me to make an un- fortunate blunder, last week, when it stated the output of Mir Ford's creamery was only 200 or 300 pounds per week. It should have read 1900 or 1900 pounds. had a chat, the other day, with the gen. ial proprietor, MT Ford. He informed me that he seldom had pound left over, after his orders were filled. This butter is marketed in Hartford, Norwalk, New Milford, Danbury and other places. Work has already begun, as was noted last week, on Mir Ford's new creamery. The Feeney brothers are doing the exca- vating. The carpenter work will be done by Dan Marshall and Andrew Bucking- ham.
 k. F. Barton has had some repairs made on his buildings. Fred Marvin did the work.
The Newtown bee., 1893-11-03
A WIDE AWAKE FIRM

Flynn & Doyle, the successful and wide awake carriage manufacturers, re- port having very good season. While many concerns have shut down they have kept all their men at work. They are about to build large three-story re- pository, G0x32 feet. During the sum- mer they have put in d large water wheel. Both Messrs Flynn & Doyle are what modern business men would term hustlers. They have hosts of friends, and always treat 'em on the square, It is fortunate thing for the village of Bantam that it has an industry of this class within it's borders. This firm have just turned out some heavy trucks for the Coe Brass company of Torrington.
 l.. N. Carter is having his house paint ed. The artist who applied the coat was John N. Coe.
The Newtown bee., 1893-11-03
WARREN.
A FAMOUS COON HUNTER.

Louis Ohmen and family have return ed to their home on Chestnut Land after a two-weeks' visit here. While MT Oh- men was here he went coon hunting with his famous coon dog, ssPrince." They went three nights and got l3 coons. The most they got in any one night was five coons.
 The bride and groom have returned to the groom's home.
 Some of the late visitors to the fair are still absent. It hardly seems pos sible that e'er these words are typed, the great exposition will, to all intents. be closed, and exhibitors actively engaged in removing their exhibits. The beauty will begin to fade after November |,
The Newtown bee., 1893-11-03

child is forming the habits of a life time. II he stays at home as child he may be church neglector as man. You can train him now by his church attendance, m good behavior, in worshipful spirit, Tn the truths of right, which will bless him all his life. Give him an early edu- cation in religious things as well as in business affairs. Take your children to church. Have them study the Bible. Look out for their moral and spiritual training. If you do, mark ny word, you will bless the old horseman who taught you to ''rrain your colts before they become old horses.n
The Newtown bee., 1893-11-03
BOOTS AND SHOES,

this week. We'll! what we have to say will be in few words. This is the season of year when everybody has to get ready for the winter andi our store is just the place to do it as we have everything in the Shoe line to suit everybody, both old and young and our prices, well! we'll leave that for you to say if they are not the lowest, and quality the best to be found this side of the Worlds Fair.
 We have a few odds and ends in Shoes and Boots, good to wear which we effer at half price, 75c, S1, S1.50 and S2' They're big bargain and wont last long so come quick before they are all gone. Complete line of best make of Rubber Boots and Shoes at lowest prices at E. F. Hawley's.
The Newtown bee., 1893-11-03

and will never again be restored. All who see Jackson Park after November l, will fail to see the Columbian exposition in it's perfection. Twenty million and more have entered it's gates, and for half century there will be human tongues to tell of it's wonders, who saw it in all it's freshness and beauty and glory.