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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-12-18

her guests that the arrangement of
tables under the old cherry tree was
suggested by the young woman in the
blue organdic.
The fame of those Refreshments. ["
which were served on. the night on
which Mrs. James jerome Benson
sprang into social prominence, still
lives The "angel food" species of
sponge cake, was really the best which
had ever been served in Valley CITY.
Even to the present day the matrons
of that town are wont to say: I'D like
to entertain, too, if / could make such
angel food as Mrs. Benson had at her
lawn party" Mrs. Benson las never
explained that Lucinda made the am
brosial confection which was served at
her tables on that memorable night.
The divinity who brought order out
OF the chaos of ice cream freeZers and
cake stands, was arrayed in blue or
candle. Lucinda Bowers, principally
because she was rot aware of the fact,
was positively pretty that night. Her
cheeks were flushed, her eye sparkling.
She directed the band of white clad
young girls who carried about the ice
cream laden saucers and handed the
tiny coffee cups to the guests.
The attention of those who were
there on that evening was divided be-
tween the 'angel food" and literary
lion from New York. He had not been
much of lion when he went away
from Valley City many years before.
Widow Simpl<ins remembered him
rs n red-hcaded, bare-footed boy, who
trudged over the hills with his bucket
OF blackberries to sell Since those
days, however, William Dorrance had
traded bags of wool and sides of bacon
fer college education. Subsequently,
he had wandered TO strange lands. and
in one of his pilgrimagcs had unearthed
long buried city.
1t was not the city which was of so
much Importance, but a pavement, in
wonderful state of preservation.
which showed that civilization was at
least 2,o00 years older than any previ-
Gus history revealed. So William Dor
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-12-18
THANKSGIVING NOT IN ART.
Americans Distinctive Religious Fes-
tival Thus Fur stunned.

Thanksgiyingday,Am Americas distinct
i've religious, festival of rejoicing, has
no place mart. Easter, Christmas, New
Years Gn&, Fourth of July and almost
every otherdaS- OF celebration have been
made themes for creative genius and
have furnished the world many of its
choicest engravings, paintings and
sculptures. But Thanksgiving. though
in spirit and practice a day Of gladness,
stands gloomily apart with almost no
one to depict its significance and
glorics.
This Is the more remarkable from the
fact that in the east, which claims the
honor of originating day and the
further honor Of being par excellence
the home of American art, the festival
takes precedence of Easter, and New
Years. and other days Of celebration,
save the Fourth Of July. The festival
is a Puritan product and seems to have
repelled the lovers of the beautiful, as
did the stern-visaged sticklers for
plainness who landed at Plymouth and
overran the adjacent territory.
The illustrated papers alone have
eeen the day material for artistic dis
play, and have for many years presented
In pictorial form characteristic features
of the festival. In these for the most
part the turkey has been adopted rs the
symbol, If not the motive, as the lily
has been for Easter, and the holly and
mistletoe have been for Christmas.
Even in periodical pictures of Thanks
giving church attendance and family
reunions there has usually been
turkey In the foreground or back
ground, with its suggestion of death
and dinner.
Indeed. ii has been said'that if it were
not for the sorrows of the fowl, that
make them a mark for humor and Carl
caturc, Tha nl.syiving would scarcely
have broken into the illustrated jour
nails The serious pictures pertaining to
the day are declared to be sentimental
modification of the humorous.
A canvass was made day or two ago
of the leading art stopes Of the city, but
not Thanksgiving picture could be
found. At one store, the best they could
do was to "offer n picture with a
turkey in It," At another it was de-
clared that the festival had never been
made n theme for art, and that quest
for Thanksgiving pictures would be
fruitless. At the other stores the re-
port was similar.
"The day" said one art dealer, sis pc
culiarly and exclusively American, and
not universal in Christian communities,
like Easter, Christmas, and New Years.
Hence it would fall outside Of the SYM
pathies of English and continental art
lists. 1t Is n strange fact, though, that
American artists have ignored it. The
festival has nothing dramatic or tragic
about it, but it does offer an opportuni-
~ for the depletion Of devotion and
family happiness, with fairly good
scope of humorous treatment. There
may be many Thanksgiving pictures
painted by artists for their own homes
OF for individual patrons, but haveyet
to see the first distinctively Thanksgiv-
Ing picture reproduced for the trade and
finding its way into the art stores."-
Chicago Tribune.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-12-18

Just what il is that induces poison
Ivy to play its injurious FRANKS on some
people at some times and not ut others
is still profound mystery. One thing
Is certain, that the number of people
susceptible to the poisoning influence
must be extremely few. from the fact
that in the vicinity OF Philadelphia tho
highways and byways arc overrun with
the plant to an enormous extent. 1t
frequently impossible for people to go
by without brushing against II. and
If il is the vapor or some oxidation
from the plant which causes the trou-
BILE thousands of persons must be un-
der the influence to every one who
suffers from it. The writer of this para
graph knows of n tract of land on which
the plant grows profusely and on which
many scores of laborcrs arc employed.
These laborers are frequently set to
wedding and pulling out the plant by
the naked hand, and. so for rs the
writer knows. none OF these men were
ever poisoned by IL. The cattle eat 10
grccdily whenever they get an oppor-
tunity. It seems to have no injurious
influence on them.-Meehan's Monthly.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-12-18
THE OLD KITCHEN PUMP.

I'm alvin with my darter. in the city.
miles away
From the old New England homestead.
west of Narragansett Bay;
Ard she brought me up one evenin' tall
new-fangled drink.
With n straw arisin' from II. and the color
OF It pink.
II aid me good. I'm sartin, for it didn't do
no harm,
And guess twas full Of magic for saw
the dear old farm
As plain as blazin' sunshine, and the hill we
call THE Hump"
And boy a-drinkin water from the OLD
kitchen pump.
That pump was just plain iron, and that
thirsty boy was me,
A-drinkin', and a-drinkin' and as dry as
dry could be;
The pump was always handy. and when a
pump Is nigh,
And a small boy is contiguous, the boy is
always dry.
twas on my left in goin' out. my right in
comm in,
And 10 miss drink, | always felt, would
kinder be a sin.
There was wheezes in its innards and
gurgle and a thump
So always drank to music from the old
kitchen pump.
Though I'm Twin in the city, with my dar
ter, rich ard smart,
I'm still plain old farmer, and a thirsty
boy at heart.
But each year as grow older, my thoughts
go tother way,
And / see little sperrit boy at sperrit
work or play.
] want 10 be that little ghost a-standin' by
the sink.
III like 70 tiptoe down<qnce more, at night.
TO get a drink 1885
] must see just one mofe sunset, from the
hill we called The Hump"
And have one more drink OF water from the
old kitchen pump.
C 3. Mathewson, in l.. a. w. Bulletin.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-12-18
1T CURED HIM.
One Instance Where Childrcn's Poe
try Served n Purpose.


The foreman on a Texas paper is adj
dicted to sprees. lie is a valuable man,
and. although the editor invariably dis
charges him whenever he has one Of his
"lapses." he always hires him again the
next day.
A few weeks ago the foreman came
in after a iive-days "whizz.' with a
wild look in his eyes, shaking hands,
and propensity to let his sight travel
round the room, following things that
were not there. The editor, as usual. de-
livered his lecture and told him to go
to work again. The foreman took a
handful of copy from the file on the
editors desk and went into the compos-
ing-room. Presently he returned with
a frightened look. holding sheet of
paper in his hand.
Would you mind looking at this,
sire" he said. I'm not feeling very
well. and I'd like to have you read few
lines of it out loud, If you will"
The editor took the paper and glanced
over it, 1t was one of those mon
sense" verses for children that have be-
ers of children's literature, and was n
particularly idiotic specimen of its kind.
The first verse ran this way:
"The Wgnktum- woojum in the land Of Skee
And the Boojum OF Crlppity Crangle Cree
Met the Tumptytum Tumpty of Boodledum
Boo,
And they danced to the tune of Di-dumpty-
di-doo."
Tho aIitnr copoaiveJ i1on
"Why, this is plain enough" he said.
''The handwriting is very good. 1t
goes:
1.-The summer sun has sunk to rest,
The bee has ceased to fly,
The little birds are on their nests,
The stars are in the sky
81 don't see anything the matter with
it, Dan. Are your eyes failing?"
The foreman took the copy and read
it again earnestly, with bead or two of
perspiration standing OH his fore
head.
"Are you sure" he said, anxiously,
"that you read that right?"
"Of course" said the editor. cts rs
clean a piece of poetry as ever laid my
eyes on. Don't you read it the same
way as do"
"Y-e-s," said the foreman, 81 make it
about the same; but l never expect to
take another drink OF whisky as long as
live"
The editor challenges the world to
cite another instance of writer of this
kind of verse accomplishing anything
that will serve as an excuse for his ex-
istence.-Detroit Free Press.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-12-18
II Worked.

Physician-How did the sedative
powder affect your wife last night,
Mr.. Lively?
Mr.. Lively-Disastrously.
"Dsastrouslyf Wasn't she able to
sleep?"
"Sleep? Why. the baby cried from
midnight until rncrning. and she slept
through II all."--Tft-Bits.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-12-18

Nine. Miolan Carvalho's statue by
Mercie has just been placed over her
grave in the Pere-la-Chaisc cemetery.
She is represented as Marguerite in
Gounod's Faust" her most celebrated
part.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-12-18
In the Dry Good. store.

"Is anyone waiting on you. miss?"
asked the clerk politely.
"Yes. sir" she simpered. 81 have
been engaged three months."-Somer
lille Journal.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-12-18

A scientific boxer may be either a
pugilist or an undertaker.-Chicago
News. -
The Progress., 1897-01-09

and cn:l:.Ic,- :. ..:i ...'cs! No VINO de-
servo for our sins to la ca ;sntriatcd into u
world as much poor than this than this
earth Is poorer than heaven. For our
sakes! But what II frightful coming down
to take us gloriously mp!
When Ar:AxcrxcE was hunting, Tiro-
hazus, who WAS Attending, him, showed the
king a rent in his. garments. Tho kin,
said "How shall l mond IT, by giving
1t to me- said TirebazuS. Then the king
gave him tho robe, but commanded him
never to wear 1t, as 1t would be inappropri-
ate
But SEQ the startling and comforting
fact-while our prince throws of the robe
he not only allows us to wear 1t, but COM
mands us to wear 1t, and 1t will become rs
we'll, and for the poverties of our spiritual
state we may put on tho splendors of heav-
emily regalement For our sakesl Oh, the
personality of this religionl Not an alb
straction. not an arch under which we
walk to behold elaborate masonry, not IN
ice castle like that which the Empress
Elizabeth of Russia, over 100 years ago,
ordered to be constructed, winter, with its
trowel Of crystals cementipg the huge
blocks that had been quarried from tho
frozen rivers of the north, but our Fathers
house with the wide hearth cracking q
hearty welcome. A religion of warmth
and Inspiration and light and cheer,
something we can take into our hearts and
nnd sorrows. Not an unnAnngeable GIT
like the galley presented to Ptolemy, which
required 1000 mon to row, and Its draft 1T
water was 80 great that 1t could not cor {.
near the shore. but something you can run
up any stream of annoy aOoC, however Rhnl j.
low. Enrichment now, enrichment 1nr-
ever.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-09-02
CONVENTION WEDNESDAY.

County Officers Conference-Open
Parliament-EIectio of Officers.
Wednesday mornings session of the
State Sunday School Association was
opened with a Bible readin ng, conducted
by Mr. P NJ Briggs, Of Durham,
which was greatly enjoyed by all
present.
A County Officers' Conference was
then conducts d by Prof f. S. Blair
and a mum Der uf counties reported For
lack of time, further reports were
postponed.
An open Parliament was held and
Mr.. n. B. Brougbton led in the topic,
Schools. He was followed by Mr..
Pierson FL. Bristow, of Washington
City. on methods of Work in Adult
Teaching"
In response to inquiries, Mr.. Bris-
tow also gave interesting facts per-
tanning to the conduct of the Teach
ers' meeting in his school.
The election of officers was deferred
to the afternoon session.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The afternoon session was opened
with devotional exercises by Presi-
dent Whitaker.
Ihe nominating C0mmlGGee not De-
ing quite ready with their report the
regular order of business was taken
up and Sunday School Institute was
conducted by Mr Pierson Fl. Bristow.
The study was much enjoyed by
those present and parGici pating After
this the subject of training classes or
normal classes was taken up and par
ticipated in by many persons. it being
free and open discussion and very
profitable.
Graded Sunday Schools were then
ably presented and advocated by Mr..
Herman II. Horn, one of the former
Presidents Of the Association.
Only two officers were elected
this afternoon. They are as follows
President-T. B. Fuller, of Durham.
Treasurer. FL. Southgate, Dur
ham.
The others will be chosen at to-
nights session.
Owing to the absence Of DR.. q. A.
R0minger who was to have shown the
Convention "How to Teach the Sun
day School Lesson of August 29th to
a Class of Adults" he being detained
at home on account of sickness in his
family, the time allotted to him was
taken up in general free discussion
of How TO Teach Sunday School
Lesson"
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-09-02

conducted by Mr. Bristow, was the
trst thing taken up.
Mr.. w. 9. Whitaker, of Enfield fol-
lowed with a short address ON the
duties OF county President
The work of the County Secretary
was discussed by Mr.. Frank Thomp
son. of Jacksonville
Reports were read from the Chair
man of the executive committee, Sec
retary and Treasurer
The use of blackboard and sand
map in primary class work, by Mrs
w. w. Shaw, of Durham, was one OF
the m st Instructive and entertaining
fea ures of the Convention.
Miss Sallie White, of Guilford Col
on "How To make the Primary Room
Attractive -
OFFICERS AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
At Thursday afternoons session OF
the Colventi n, Mr.. e A Ebert, Of
Salem, Sas elected General Secretary
Mr.. T,eB. Fuller is the new President
of the Association. aad Mr.. j. H.
Soutngate Treasurer Both are from
Durham
The executive committee is com
posed OF the following we'll known
Sunday School workers:
Rev W M Curtis, chairman, Ker-
nersville.
N B Broughton, of Raleigh.
Rev A D Thaler, of Winston.
F Blair. of Guilford College.
DR. w Conrad, of Winston.
Rev Howard Rondthaler, of Salem.
Ell Y Snow, of Durham.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-09-02
AT THE CONFERENCE.
Interest of Epworth League and Sum
day Schools.

Interest of Epworth League and Sun
day Schools.
The following delegates returned
Friday night from the Winston Dis
trict Conference: Mrs H. @. Ashcraft,
Miss Clayton Gambler, Miss Annie
Rawley, r. B. Crawford and W. M.
Hendren.
An edifying Sunday School Confer
ence was held Friday morning.
President Kilgo, of Trinity College
made his address on Christian Educa-
tion at IL a. m.
There was a good attendance and
representation at the Epworth League
Conference, held in the afternoon.
Three splendid addresses were made,
Rev. d. 81. Conan, of Davidson cir
cult, was the first speaker, his subject
being "This Young Peoples Move
ment; What Does it Mean?"
Mr.. r B. Crawford spoke on "Some
of the Elements OF Success Of Epworth
Leagues"
Rev. J. A. B. Fry made an interest
Epworth League Convention at To
ronto. Canada.
A Sunday School mass meeting was
held Friday night Addresses ere de
livered by Rev G.. W. Callahan, of
Winston, and others.
The Conference was closed Sunday
night. Presiding Elder Wood notified
the preachers that they must remain
for the closing session.
At Saturday mornings session the
following delegates were elected to the
annual Conference which meets at
Asheville in November: A. w. Ellis,
of Farmington; G. W. Ivie, OF Leaks
Vile; 81. w. Lindsay, of Kernersville:
G. w. Hinshaw, of Winston. Alter.
mates, t. L. Rawley, of Winston, and
Prof. j. D. Hodges, of Davie county,
Officers were also elected for the
| Epworth League and Sunday School
Conference. as follows: President, T
L. Rawley; Vice. President, Prof. ]
D. Hodges; Secretary, Rev. @. f
| Sheriff., OF Madison.
Rev. Mr.. Green preached the ser
i mon at IL o'clock Saturday and thns'
| who heard it say it was both able ant
| interesting.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-09-02
THE CLOSING SESSION.

Next Sunday School Convention to
be Held in Salisbury.
The Sixteenth Annual Convention
of the North Carolina Sunday School
Association will be held in Salisbury.
The date will be decided upon by the
Executive Committee.
An invitatian was extended to the
Association to meet in the town
named at Thursday afternoons ses-
sion. but vote was not taken until
that night, when it was accepted with
out dissenting voice.
The closing session of the Fifteenth
Annual Convention, Thursday night,
was inspiring and the attendance.very
good. After half hours praise SER
vice, the last business of the Conven-
GInn was transacted
Presidents and Secretaries for the
32 districts. each comp 3sed of three
counties, were elected. For the 23d
district, composed of Davie, Yadkin
and Forsyth counties. S f Morton,
of Salem, was elected President, and
r b Crawford, of Winston, Secre
tary.
Prof J. Y Joyner then delivered
the closing address, extracts OF which
are given in another column
A number of the officers and dele
gates responded to the topic, CLOSING
words" They all spoke enthusiastic
cally of the Convention, its work,
Winston Salem's entertainment, etc.
One delegate referred to the great
county mass meeting, saying he could
not keep tears from his eyes when he
saw the throng of school children In
going to the warehouse he heard an
old colored woman remark: ''Ain't
there heap of folks in de world"
The ladies' were invited to say some
thing, but there was no response.
The publication of the minutes Of
the Association was left in the hands
Of the Executive Committee, as Was
the election or appointment OF dele
gates to the International Sunday
School Convention which meets in
London next July North Carolina is
entitled to forty representatives.
After singing the Doxology, the
Convention closed with brief prayer
by Rev. A. d. Th3ler.
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-09-02
RICHARDSON GETS IS YEARS.
The Negro Who Attempted to As
sault "a White Girl.

The Negro Who Attempted to As
sault IA White Girl.
The trial of Luke Richardson, the
negro who attempted to commit an
assault upon Miss Seifert, in North
Greensboro, on Sunday, July 5th, was
taken up in Guilford Superior Court
at O'Clock Wednesday afternoon.
j. S. Fits, one of Winston's colored
lawyers, was assigned by the court to
defend Richardson. d. Schenck, Jr.,
OF Greensboro, had charge Of the case
for the State.
Miss Seifert identified Richardson
as the brute who made the attempt to
assault her. Maude Wilson, a coloIed
woman, also ident fed the prisoner
as the man she saw running from the
direction Of where the assaulted as
Sault was attempted.
These were the only witnesses in
ant, through his counsel, introduced
none, thus getting the closing speech
and at the same time shutting out the
State from introducing further evil
dence
Both speeches were brief. The case
was given to the jury about 1880 o'clock
and in Al minutes they returned
with verdict of guilty. Judge Ad
ans then sentenced the prisoner to
hard labor in the peniteutiary for a
term of Is years, the full limit OF the
law
The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1897-09-02

to the church. Men and women of
all classes that have not lost all the
better instincts OF humanity loye
nothing else upon this earth with so
pure and strong a love as they love
their children, the bone Of their bone,
the flesh Of their flesh, the life Of their
life, and they can be reached and led
10 no other way so surely and so effec-
lively as through their children. l
wonder sometimes IL, in the divine
constitution OF things, God did not in
mercy bestow upon the world the in
estlmable blessing OF children to keep
its great heart from hardening
into stone or from being eaten
out by selfishness. In all CIV
ilized society and in almost
every home, the child is the bond of
union, the impregnable foundation OF
unity Of aim and purpose in life. One
of the supreme tests of any civiliZa-
tion is the position accorded by it to
a little child.
1.-THE storm was never fierce nor
wild enough, the lightnings OF the
worlds hate or persecution or con-
demnation We're never terrible
enough, the arrows OF slander never
flew thick enough, the shafts OF sin
and vice never flew fast enough, the
smoke OF hell itself was never dense
enough to drive noble mother from
her child's side. No toll was ever
hard enough or long enough, no sac
rifice Of time or means or health or
comfort was ever great enough to
make noble father unwilling to en-
dure them all and more II need be for
his child's sake. Such Is the strength
and power Of this parental love which
God has wisely planted In the human
breast, that the world may be led
anywhere with little child.
Somewhere have l read, that the
Alpine shepherd, when he wishes to
remove his flock from old pastures to
new, instead Of undertaking the diff
cult task OF driving the multitude OF
old sheep, takes little lamb in his
arms and leads the way, and, it is
said, that those sheep will follow up
the stony steep, across the dangerous
deeps, over the peIilous heights, any
where, so long as they can hear the
bleating OF the lamb. And so, my
brethren, by taking these lambs into
her arms in the Sunday Schools, the
church can lead thousands from the
old pastures OF the world to her own
new pastures and hasten the coming
of that glorious day when all the
earth shall be brought to the foot of
the cross.