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The Van Buren press., 1896-02-01
MlCHIGAN'S FUNNY EDITOR.
He Takes Very original View OF the Hum
drum Topics of a Littln Town.


drum Topics of a LittJ~ Town.
Artemus Ward, Petroleum V. Nasby,
Mark Twain, Josh Billings and the Dan
bury News man first attracted atten-
ton by contributions to ineonspieuous
newspapers. A budding genius is just
now conducting the Monroe (Mich.)
Democrat. Here are a few local para
graphs culled from the issue of 0cto-
Der 10.
Frank Drake, of Dundee, has a sore
hand. He stroked the fur of a buzz
saw the wrong way.
The dough me soul" class of
Whiteford Center will soon renew the
musical conflict under the tutorship of
G. Waffle.
A successful series Of South Rockford
ice cream and dyspepsia soeials for the
season has closed, and proved profitable
and pleasing.
Chicken thieves and chicken pox are
transacting business at Petersburg.
The former has weeded out the fat pull
lets, and the latter sent several primary
BIdue culChS nOIle W IoOSb dNillc.
Without rejecting ON any of his
neighbors within mile of him, Henry
Fox, of Steiner. has removed his corn
crib and wagon shed from a remote
point to one within shotgun distance
of his residence.
Mr.. l.. Lamlzin, of London, has
thrashed this season over 100 bushels
of bucl1wheat from four acres of ground.
Frost and failure have not worked to-
gether on his crop. A single stalk, in
one instance, yielded 3,434 kernels. If
Mr.. Lamlsin were not man of known
truth and popularity, we would say
he would be the right man to swear
to the circulation of the Detroit after
noon dailies.
Mr.. Wallace, of West Dundee, may
think he did nice trick the other day,
but there are two other men who will
not agree with him. Mr.. Wallace saw
the said two other men busy gather
ing his walnuts, and laid in ambush
while they gayly shook the fruit from
the burdened branches and heaped them
in pile, singing a merry harvest hymn.
Then he coarsely intruded his presence
and with much suddenness they took
to flight, and the unfeeling Wallace
measured up, with baskets they left,
IA bushels of nice fruit, which he car
ried home.-Printing Ink.
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CANDY PEDDLERS' "HOME" LIFE
Clustered In Dingy and Dark Rooms
They Sleep on the Floor.

They Sleep on the Floor.
Very nearly all the dark-skinned men
who sell that brilliantly y-colored candy
from push carts are members of a reg
ular clan, and, for the most part,
Greeks. When the day has ended and
their work is done they gather together
in a dozen or more lens in Roosevelt
and Cherry streets, just at the foot OF
the famous Cherry hill, there to eat,
rest and, before sleeping, to load up
their carts for the morrow, that they
may get an early start.
One of these rendezvous presents a
unique appearance late at night 1t
is generally store on the ground floor,
that the push carts may be trundled
out easily when heavily loaded. From
the sidewalk the "store" does not show
a single ray OF light. 1t looks forbid
ding and deserted. But its door opens
readily. The entire front Of the long
apartment is filled up with carts, laden
with the sweets, and displaying their
signs. Only narrow passageway is
left to get to the back of the room.
Here. around a smudgy table, five or
six chattering Greeks are playing cards
and quarreling over the game. On
boards is spread a quantity of candy,
newly made and cooling, for it is in
a room back of this that the stuff is
prepared. The candymaker not only
makes q profit selling to the peddlers,
but he gets still more of their money,
lodging them on the same floor as their
push carts. Sometimes, when peddler
is "brole," the maker of sweets sends
him out with a load of candy to sell
on shares, but, as general thing,
he gets cash for his product before
the carts go out.
Beds are, for the most part, unknown
luxuries. Only the most prosperous
peddlers seem TO he able to afford them.
Generally the floor is marked out with
chalk lines, divided into narrow
squares, and there, on the hard boards,
without disrobing or changing an arti-
Gle of their clothing, the candy peddlers
sleep.-N. Y. Herald.
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Don't Edge skirts with Fur.

One of the distinctive features of the
seasons dressing is its use of fur and
velvet and silk and cloth in combina-
ton for the fashioning of gowns. A re-
cent walking costume consists of nut
brown, smooth-faced cloth, the bodice
declIed with a deep yoke formed of al
ternate strips of fur and emerald green
velvet. The high collar is bordered
with fur, and so are the cuffs OF the vel
vet sleeves and the full, plain skirt
This sounds odd. a year ago it would
have looked so. For walking COS
tune an edging of fur at the skirts bot
tom is Objectionable because it wears
out so rapidly, gets bedraggled in the
mud and stirs up dust to soil the under
clothing.-St. Louis Republic.
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COATS AND JACKETS.
Stylish Garments with Very JatsiitJ fss9fects
Some New Fashions.


Coats of various shapes and styles are
gaining favor very rapidly, despite the
popularity of the cape, and now that the
dress sleeve is made to droop more and
quite without stiffeHng, jackets have
every prospect of an inning. The latest
and most chic of all the coats is straight
and loose, both back and front, with one
or two box plaits hanging from the
neck in the back. Dressy coats of this
sort are made of black velvet and
trimmed with fur and jet, or of fancy
velvet and satin brocade. They are
quite short, and a very jaunty effect is
given by fastening the plaits down to
the waist under a narrow belt of folded
black satin. Large collars of Persian
lamb or ehinchilla are the usual finish.
The velvet jackets, fitted in the back
and loose in front, which were worn
last year, are made to look quite up to
date by belt across the back - the
wide fur collar and fancy butTSis in
front. Very short, close-ftting jack
cts of sealsl1in or Persian lamb, with
large sleeves of srown or black velvet
are worn, and made to look very
Frenchy with a narrow belt of filigree
gold.
Plain cloth coats for constant wear
are made in the loose boxcoat style, or
fitted in the back, and loose and double
breasted in front, with large smoked
pearl buttons down either side. The
seams are usually strapped, and many
of the sleeves are melonshaped, with a
narrow band of cloth stitched over each
seam.
Very elegant jackets of beige cloth
have a wide collar and revers of sable
and are made open in front to show a
sable vest with the animals head finish
ing it off at the waist. In mild weather
this vest can be exchanged for one of
silk or lace, or left open to show the
dress. An elegant loose coat is of
black velvet with wide, full collar and
cuffs of Persian lamb, and may be worn
open or closed as you will A jabot of
cream lace makes it very dressy, and the
standing collar is of fur. A hat of
black velvet worn with this is called the
"Blenheim," and is gracefully trimmed
with ostrich feathers and bows of black
velvet ribbon. A useful coat of tan
cloth shows a sable collar and semi
fitting fronts, fastened over on one side
with two buttons. The hat is a "Model
Trilby" in black velvet, trimmed with
ostrich feathers, striped ribbon, paste
buckles and black satin ribbon rosettes
at the back. A brown silk beaver hat is
trimmed with bows of green velvet, q
spangled band across the front and
black and green ostrich tips at the
back, and worn with dark brown coat
with sable vest and collar. Velveteen
which is warranted waterproof is used
for outside wraps of various kinds, and
it comes in all the lovely colors of velvet.
Long coats which cover the dress are
fashionable winter wraps, and they are
called redingotes or driving cloaks, as
they are made of velvet or cloth. A
flutted cape of the material covers the
shoulders, and a wide collar of fur fin
iShes tha neelx-N Y SIM
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Pie Crnst.

If you wish your pie-crust 10 be very
nice, fold it,, lay it on a plate, and stand
in the refrigerator over night. This will
improve a good plain paste so that it
it almost as flalIy as a puff paste. In
sealing a pie moisten the inside, but not
on the edge, with a pastry-brush
dipped i'm water or the white of an egg.
Put the upper crust in place and press
the two together with the thumb
Tipped IN -four. Press together. but
not on the exact edge, or the pastry
will not rise.-N. Y. Post.
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RACE HORSES OF STEEL.
Fast Locomotives Are Handled with the
Greatest Care.


1t may not be generally known that
locomotives intended for express trains
require as much training as do race
horses. The Pennsylvania Railroad
company builds its 6wn engines, and
those built for express trains are known
as class p. They are very large and
built, with slight variations, after the
pattern of the big English engine inn
ported into this country several years
oga, and which at that time was d
curiosity in its way. When one of thes-
big engines is taken out of the shops
TO be placed on the road, instead of put
ting it to the work tits intended for at
once, il is run for two or three weeks on
some one of the local branches, in order
TO train it, so to speak, for faster run
ming. BY this means all the bearings
and journals connected with the running
gear become settled to their work; for.
should anything about the new machine
not work harmoniously there is ample
time to adjust the defect. Usually the
new engine proves troublesome on ae-
count of its propensity to make fast
time, and at almost every station the
train is found to be little ahead Of
schedule time and must wait from ten
seconds TO minute. No. $50 of class L
will be running one day ON an accom-
mediation train, but will soon be flying
over the road as an express at the rate,
in many places, of mile a minute. --
Philadelphia Record.
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Seams Are to BE Conspicuous.

The days when it was considered
elegant to make seams and cores as
inconspicuous as possible have gone by.
First the tailors made strapped seams
in cloth gowns. Then the mod'stes in
troduced piped seams in silk and vel
vet gowns, and now dressmal5ers and
tailors vie with each other to see which
of them can make seams more pro-
nounced. A frocl5 which succeeds in
making them very prominent is of to-
baceo brown cheviot. All the cores
about the hips are outlined with heavy
stitching in black, very much like that
on the back of gloves. All the seams
in the skirt are adorned in the same
manner Darts and seams in the tight
fitting bodice are all accentuated with
black, and the sleeves, which are of the
many pieced mandolin variety, fairly
bristle with black lines.-Chieago Rec
ord.
The Van Buren press., 1896-02-01
GUN AND SHELL.

A rattlesnake with 80 rattles was
killed near Phoenix, Ariz., few days
ago.
A man in South Windham, Conn, re
Getty captured a perfectly white squir
rel, with pink eyes.
Three wild buffaloes nre said 10 hav,
been discovered by Indians in the coun
try between the Judith river and Ar
nelrs creek In Montana
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-10-24
State CAPITAL: NOTES

Thomas f. Darragh, Of the city attor-
ney's Office, who has been seriously i'll for
the past taree.or four weeks, is able to be
around again. #
The announcement has been issued Of
the engagemen tof Miss Ida Richardson
and w. q. Kelly, Jr.
l.. J. Ieerney, county president Of the
A. O. H. is wearing a happy smile, and
his friends are smoking good cigars at his
expense LIS a boy.
There was a large attendance at the ball
given under the auspices of Division No.
2, A. O.. IL. at Labor hall on Tuesday
evening. With PresidentP. Fl. McManus
and Vice Pre5.d entI John Cunniff locking
after the welfare OF their guests, it Is un-
necessary to say that they all enjoyed
themselves Music was furnished by tho
Al o. H band. s.
Thomas Koran, ex-city objective. WIS re-
moved from his home at Fifth and Rosl-
bel streets to the city hospital Oh Monday
last, and Il supp osed to be violently insane.
He became so tareaten:ag that members
Of shfs fanny notified the pol. zee, and Hpran
was taken away i III the patfos wagon. He
has been d king se:sy and his pres
.ent iepl brable cpnd ition pssed to be
q result of hss over ii duh 4nce.
one ~ one the cd set eTs are passing
away knot her sett nnssspta s pioneers,
81 4 at TIE family
ens
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-10-24
Patrick Fay DEAD.

Patrick Fay, one of the pioneer settlers
of Nicollet county. died on wednesday
night of last week from nephritis. His
illness dated some time back, for he was
an invalid for year or more. In this
tine he had periods of recovery and re-
lapse. Each brought him apparently
nearer the end, and the final attack came
a few weeks ago, and from this he never
recovered. MIR. Fay was native of Ire
land; who came to this country in the
4Os to seek a fortune in the Cliff rnia 6 Id
mines. Sometime in the SIS he settled in
Sibley county and resided there until
1856, when he located in St. Peter, where
he resided up to the time of his death.
lie was about u years OF age and was un-
married. During the latter years of his
life he conducted small business house
in this city. He was naturally of a retir-
ing, disposition, but was also of genial
and warm nature, which with a natural
wit, always made him pleasant to meet.
He was an honest, upright citizen, who
had many fliands. De easel was BROTH
er OF Charles Fay, Of st. Peter, and Ber-
nard Fay, of Lake Prairie. The funeral
was held on Saturday morning from the
residence of Charles Fay, and then pro-
ceeded to the English Catholic church.
The renfsirls were laid to rest in Calvary
cemetery at ST. Peter.
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NOTICE OF ExEUcrIoN SALE. a.

NOTICE OF ExEUCT1ON SALE. az,
Notice is hereby given, that by virtue OF
an execution now in my hands and to me-
issued out of the District Court, Second
Judicial District, in and for the county OF
Ramsey and State Of Minnesota, in an ac-
ton i'm said Court Of John Ickler and James
E.. Benedict, plaintiffs, against John G.
Huber, defendant, requiring me to satisfy
a judgment therein, in favor Of said plain
tiffs and against said defendant, ! have
levied upon that tract or parcel OF iano,
situate in the county Of Hennepin IN the
State of. Minnesota, and described as FOL
lows, to-wit: Lot numbered twelve l2l. IN
block numbered forty seven I'D: OF Rem
ington's Second addition to Minneapolis,
according to the recorded plat thereof on
file in the Office Of the Register Of Deeds
in and for said Hennepir county. And that
on Tuesday, the Sth day Of December. a. y.
1896, at the hour Of ten Q0) O'Clock In the
forenoon Of said day, at the main entrance
to the Court House on South Fourth street,
in the City of Minneapolis, in said county
and state, I shall sell at public auction to
the highest bidder for cash, the above de-
scribed real property to satisfy said judg-
ment and costs, amounting to four hundred
and fifty-four and 2Q-1J0 dollars ($45420 and
interest thereon from the second day De-
cember, A. D. 1891, together with the costs
of notice and sale.
Dated Minneapolis, MIMI. October 10, 1885.
= i JOHN E. HOLMBERG.. g
Sheriff of -Hennepin county. Minnesota.
Stevens, O'Brien, Cole & Albrecht, Plain-
lifts Attorneys 2O3 Bank Of Minnesota
Building St. Paul. Mimi. ..4.. ~. ,5.. &
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BRYAN WILL WIN.
S Says W. II. Harvey, Of "Coin' $
l:.1 Financial School,

S Says w. II. Harvey, of "coin' $
3a.1 Financial School,
H H. Harvey, the now famous lect-
urer and advocate of free and unlimited
coinage of silver, is confident Bryan will
be elected. He says: ] have been in
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, South Da-
kota and Minnesota Ihave been speak
ing during the past Ave weeks. In Iowa
the vote viii be close. South Dakota will
be for Bryan. Minnesota will go for
Bryan. Bryan will carry Illinois, unless
the Republicans resort to corruption on
election day, and think that we can pre-
vent that. Indiana and Ohio are close.
While have not been In Michigan, l feel
sure that state will go for Bryan. In llli-
nois :Altge.d is power behind the ticket.
He is a much misunderstood man by
those who are prejudiced against him.
He is pure man, as tested by patriotism
and the principles of humanity, with q
great deal of executive ability. This is
fight of manhood versus Mammon. On
the one hand is seeking to accumu-
late useless wealth. On the other hand
are those who see something in republic
can, government higher than money
making-.the promotion of the human
race.
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o,connor-cunnlnghsm

At the home of the brides parents,
Monday evening of last week. at Grace
vile, this state, occurred the marriage OF
Miss Rose Cunningham to Patrick Ed
mond O'Connor, Rev. FIR. O'Brsen, OF the
Hoy Rosary Catholic church, officiating
John O'Connor acted as best man, while
Miss Alice Cunningham performed the
duties of bridesmaid. The bride was at
tired in imported novelties, blue and tan
mixture, and carried boquet of bride
roses and maiden hair ferns. The mar
rage was performed in the presence OF
only Immediate relatives and friends Inn
mediately after the ceremony sump-
tuous banquet was served, followed by an
informal reception from $50 to 1890
p. m.
The bride has spent the greater part of
her life in Graceville, and possesses many
personal qualifications which have en-
abled her to become a general favorite
among host of friends N that vicinity,
who sincerely hope that her married life
will be fraught with nothing but peace,
joy and happiness.
The groom has also been a resident of
Graceville for the past II years, is ex-
tremely popular and possesses all those
sterling qualities which go to make a.
model husband.
Mr.. and Mrs. O'Connor left on the 1880
Milwaukee train Monday evening follow
ing the wedding for g brief wedding trip
to Chicago. A large number Of friends
and relatives were at the depot to wish
them Godspeed. They will make their
home for the time being at the st. James
Hotel, Appleton, Mimi, where Mr.. O'Con-
nor has a lucrative position in the law
office of state senator E. T. Young.
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sAToLLi GONE.
Left for Italy Amid a Shower of Con.
gro uIations.

A New York dispatch of last Saturday
says: Cardinal Satolli sailed, for Genoa
today on the Kaiser Wilhelm ii. The
demon stration attending his departure
was the elimination of the honors which
have been shown to him during the last
days of his stay in America. To escort
the carolina. down the bay the steamer
Valley Girl had been chartered. Several
archbishops and bishops were present,
among them Archbishop Ireland, Bishop
Gabriels, of Ogdensburg, Bishop Wigger,
of Newark. Bishop McGolr.ck, of Duluth,
and in addition Father Pambianca, secre-
tary to the cardinal; Rev. John M. Kei-
ley. Rev DR.. Henry Brann, DR.. Meow
ern, Sheriff Eamsen, f. Baladasno,s Span
sh CONSUL. General O'Brien, president of
the dock board; General Michael Kerwin,
Genera. James R. O'Brien, General La
grange, Justin o. DAILY, Judges O'Brien
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Opened Auspiciously and With Every
Evidence Of Being q Grand Success, 81

Opened Ausp iciously and With Every
Evidence Of Being q Grand Success.
b The Orphan Fair opened auspic ollsly last
Tuesday evening and will continue In
progress till next Tuesday night. The at
tendance during the week has been good,
and this evening Saturday Harmonic
Hall will be filed to overfiowfng, the gen
eral admission being only 10 cents. The
dining room has been we'll patronized, and
every department is doing good business.
The following parishes are represented:
st. Anthony, St. Lawrence, st. Stephens,
Immaculate Conception, Holy Rosary
and Ascension.
Contestants are running for Is prizes,
including bicycles for men, ladies', boys
and girls, a god watch, ladies cloak,
boys overcoat, dolls, etc. n ~
The two chief prizes are a pearl handled
revolver OF the most improved pattern,
for which Emmet Cough, ofthe police de-
partment, and Capt. M. Hanley, OF the
fire department, are candidates, and a
Winchester shotgun, for which MIR. Miner
and Mr.. Davis, the nominees for county
auditor, are contest.ng. v.
The Irish village, under the management
of Capt. Whelan, is quite an attraction.
LIS CuIlUSllleS 9liOlA 1lCldl1u, COAlsololAA69 vi
bog oak ornaments, sticks, turf, beads and
Barney stone, are on exhibition. C.. j.
Smith and May Flaherty, lin the challenge
dance, afford great amusement. Among
the others on the stage have been Misses
Nellie O'Brien and Mabel Kelly as dancers;
Vincent and Queenie Murphy, Mss Bacon,
Miss Bagley, Miss Finch, Mrs. Parnell, as
vocalists, and Miss Chenevert as pianist.
Mr. Quincy as club swinger, and Messrs.
Adams and Thornhi,l as acrobats and
ventriloqu:sts have been quite an attraction
in Their specialties. Father Christie and
Father Sheehan delivered brief but inter-
esting addresses.
The Sacred Concert on Sunday afternoon
by the DAM orchestra will be a grand mu-
steal event, the admission for which VIII be
SO cents. On Sunday evening Father
Cleary will deliver his celebrated lecture
on American Citizenship" for the benefit
of the orphans; admission Is cents. 1t is
safe to say that at both enterta inments the
hail will be packed to- It's utmost capacity.
For want Of space the list of ladies IN
charge of booths and refreshments, and the
roll Of honor of contributors of prizes,
cash and merchandise, cannot be given this
week IN the Irish Standard. .,, III
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KENT is DOOMED.
The Wife Murderer Will Swing On
l., -. -.;.....,- Nov. IL,

The Wife Murderer Will Swing On
=, :. -4..,..,- Nov. IL,
t~eMyron r. Kent, the Maadan, N. D.,
wife murderer, must hang. Gov. Al.in Mon
day night denied the application for a
Communication Of the sentence to life i'm
prisonment, and directed the execution Of
Kent on Nov. IL, the date set by the court.
= The crime for which Kent will be exc
,cuted was most sensational one. His
real name was Panocast. For years he re-
sided in Ohio, but after career Of
swindling disappeared and came West,
where he married Miss Lard, whose
family now lives IN Minneapolis.
. Mrs. Kent was. murdered by the hired
man. Kent was away from home at the
time, but it was proved that he was the
einstigator Of the crime, having bribed the
man to do the bloody work. The accom-
,plice confessed, and search was made for
Kent, who was arrested In Colorado. He
was tired, convicted and sentenced to
DEATH The supreme court granted new
trial and change of venue was secured.
The second trial was at Fargo, and re-
suited as the first. ~
Great efforts were made to save his
neck, and petitions for clemency poured
in upon the governor from all sections Of
the state, but to no avail.
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Division No. 2, Ladies Aid Auxiliary
at their last regular meeting passed the
following resolutions o be presented to
Sister Mrs. f. Sullivan and to Sister Mol
lie Callahan, on the death of their father:
Whereas, 1t has p-etsed Almighty God
to take from them loving father, be it
Resolved, That we, of Division No. 2,
Ladies' Auxiliary, extend our love and
sympathy to our sistels in their distress,
and trust they will ind consolation in
God, the Father, whe doeth all things
we'll.
Resolved, That coy of these resolu-
lions be presented to the bereaved sisters
in this, Their great sorrow;
Resolved, That cory be published in
the Irish Standard, of his city.
MRS. ,. l.. COLLINS,
MRS. ?. CROWLEY,
MRS. R. HAYES, .
Committee.