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The Meeker herald., 1898-04-23

Allen, Of Nebraska, Is the only sena-
tor who has offered his personal services
to the governor Of hfs state. to fight the
spaniards. Has "f'illy Masons stock
Of belligerency evaporatedr
The Meeker herald., 1898-04-23

FAnSs and Lae-pronDanctd ''fawn
ye in,lAyr and meaning 1th6ieDawn d
Dayn-is the title Of . new weekly
printe1 n Irish that appeass at Ath
CliatA tbs original name of Dublin.
The Meeker herald., 1898-04-23

Delivers in folk lore have discoYsrst
that the ''cske walk" generally spp
posed TO have originated with southsSs
negroes, really came from France. :
The Meeker herald., 1898-04-23

F It might serve 70 quiet some extra
loud mouthed chapsif tho war depart.
ment would remove the prohibit3ea q
ths enlistment Of married men. Surely
tbs government will not be 70 crusl =
to,deprive men who arc % anxious b
asht Of the privilege Of becomtag
oo6diers. " =
The Meeker herald., 1898-04-23

Those who are talking abUee
Lee as q candidate Tor Vics Pps1l
forget that be i poor. ard thae ~
Enomination Is usually sold to . rich naA
The Meeker herald., 1898-04-23

E.l1tsao.s' 4 any desire to sarow ooA
sss~ q snybedy. r may b rsmsstsl
that . ci@paiRn In Cpba, snsu 3 short
one. at this season At the ysar will
possess none Of the attributes OF 4 pic
mic for the unacclimated. - *
The Meeker herald., 1898-04-23
-aIH HGls|(llIi
The only line
to Chicago

Il
which runs t.e fast through haips daily
DAY TRAm-CH1cAeo srDaA
Leaves Denver. !. $50 \. m. = As'
Arrives O0aAa. Ills p. N. seApe day.
Arrives CAiaaeo. .2l5 p. N. next day.
Only 1e hossfa Denver to Chicaes*Si
hoars, Deavss b New York. -si--.a
NIeaf TRAIx-vHsrrsuLEp FL1Hz
Leaves Dssw. :. .sssp. m.
Arrives Omak0. ....40ep. n. next day.
Arrives Chteseo SD .. n. 1 day
Arrives q 1ouis. ~. 10 . n. after.
Tsckets at eQses q eoneeetins knes.
q. W. vALRa1RY, Gen'l Axe.,
1030 19ek 81, Dcnver.
tsnt A9Uaf1 4 \. O. T. =.
The Meeker herald., 1898-04-23
BOTH One YEAR FOR $3.50.

attention merits
Twice Republic
its 1t published
especially
opportunity cannot afford to read daily
the leading Democratic of the Mississippi valley and the
limited time will be
Republic,
THE HERALD one fur ony
THE HERALD, Meeker, Colo.
The Meeker herald., 1898-04-23

Neither Of those two eminent has
beens. John J. Ingalls,, and David D,
Hill, have. 50 fat d Known. girded on
swords for war. = ,'''
The Meeker herald., 1898-04-23
Foo much Memory.

e0O 1hhuV1A uACAkhONys
The cleveland Leader has this clever
Illustration Of = charming feminine
trait:
'.Oh, I've such news to tell you," ex-
claimed Mrs. Wakeleigh. Nov, you
Won't breathe it to a living soul. will
you2 l haven't mentioned 1t to any
cne else outside the family, for 1t hasn't
zen announced yet, ,yan know"
s"Dear mel" replied Mrs.. Adkins. be-
coming interested. don't keep me wait
ing. What is it?"
"Jeanette Is going, to be marr1eu
She is engaged to Mr.. Wsdhams1"
"You don't sayl Albert Wadhams2"
"Yes. You know the Wadhamses.
don't youp" -.-.,-.,. t
81 should think did,. They used TO
live just back of US. Yes, I know Mr..
Wadhams when he hadn't more than
ono coat TO his back"
~ think Albert is such nice young
man. He's 50 steady"
! ,s'Steadyp I'm! Yes; I've heard that
hSs been coming here pretty steady for
some time. When l first knew the
fainily, Mrs.. Wadhams had to do her
oua housework." 80
eThey say Albert graduated with
-hi1h honors at college,"
i ~I,ys. oetanEAaap .har- haaGis9i the
Ee3othe6Sn the line, after . hard days
washing."
81 guess Albert could have had al
most any girl in town. They say he's
an excsllent business man."
I'm never forget the day that Mrs.
Wadhams came over to our house to
borrow . bod Of coal to keep the chill
dfen fFo@ freezing. Ny, but that wsa
Z, severe winterl", -; - ,,'-- =
ei".I susss they'll 90 to Europe on their
wedding trip. Albert says he has al
wars wanted to 60 abroad. but has
never felt that he could spare the time. :"
ayes, 1 used to save all my husbands
caston clothes and give them to the
poor woman. She made them over for
the children"
"Albssts father isgeing to make him
. partner In the business a. soon -
they come back" eSf t
"And those wretched little rooms that
they lived inl Ny heart often ached
for those unfortunate children playing
around on the bare floor, with their cold,
blue knees sticking out"
r.; ''Ah, here 10 jeanette !"
.'Why, how do you do" said Jeanette,
holding out . hand to Mrs. Adkins.
'.'Conse;" !" said the latter, throwing her
aEms around the sweet, beautiful girl:
I.'
'f,shaa't'be satisfied with a mere hand
shsha Pm going to kiss you" tSmack!
Snsski Snaoki) "Therei Your mother
has1ssn telling me all about i'll Now.
INST b going: Goodbye. Come and
see - soon"
And - she left the house her heart
that M arst been heavy was Light
agaia.p ~.E
Coasecticut claims a parrot Ills yeass
The Meeker herald., 1898-04-23


Knowing that the reading public Of
Colorado. Wyoming, New Mexico and
the entire intse-mountain region want
oely ths most reliable and accurate
news in regard to tAs present Spanish
Cuban complications snli the best pos
able rsports eooessnia6fthe naval en-
ea9ements md The lauabattles in Cuba,
The Denvse- -AspubaieAnasas secured the
exclusive night 70 puhissh:ssch morning
simultaneously WITH disqualification in
New York. ths special nsws Of the New
York Herald. s9J
That Grsae .Ba1se y ssknowIsdssd by
al upbaissd Psopss oe NoetA Amsries
and Euruss % b the nost genuinely ea-
tsgprising - aav journal q ~ Vrsssnt
day and Reos.u1ieo, - IL was il tAe las1
esaesasiua n nsws GsehsRisG faeil-
ities arssasssaas1 asa 10 tsssgrspAtc
reports @seVeae. srs - absolutely 40
The Meeker herald., 1898-04-23

After atl the regulaf tass bsll ssaaD
scored ahead Of the war. but y usnte
The Meeker herald., 1898-04-23
To Prevent Smut.

To Prevent Smut.
Last year the Pilot gave q receipt,
upon the authority Of W. G. schaiier,
for treating seed wheat before sowing.
to prevent smut. Some of tho largest
wheat producers in the county tried
the method last year and, a for ~ The
managers of the mill have been abls to
ascertain, not one Of them 30 doing
were troubled With smut In their Rrsia..
Tho rsosipt having proven 20 succs1
full, ws haye been asked to repubiidA J:
.Qiaapasa onA- -pon1d - hlaa.A T
cooper sulphate) in . pail and : half Of
water tabout three gallonsl and sprinkle
the solution on ten bushels Of seed
wheat, previously spread In tight wa
goo box or on clean hoor in barn or
house, keeping the grain constantly
stirred while the solution Ii being ap-
piled. and mixing the whole thoroughly
% Aset every kernel Of wi,est may bS
wettsd. In very few hours tho SEED
will b in good condition to SOW with
the drill. A good plan Is to apply the
treatment in tho evening and SOW the
grain the following morning. II the
water Is used warm and the Jumps of
blue stone be broken. the solution can
be made in q few minutes. As the
solution of the blue-stone lessons in
some degree the germinating power OF
the wheat. and more % when it remains
long in contact withit, 'the safe plan is
to treae the seed but u Short time before
sowing. As the solution may not pene-
tzate all unbroken grains Of smut in
sufncient quantity to destroy ali spores,
thorough cleaning should be practiced.
BY 'using the full power Of the fan OH
an ordinary tanning mill most Of the
lighter smut grains will be blown out.
Cleaning pays for other reasons also.
A wv lev quarts more Of the treated
seed psf sire should b sown."
The Meeker herald., 1898-04-23

EoRIand Is now ooosuntss
quantities Of American slate.
The Meeker herald., 1898-04-23

Coesecucut claims parrot 1ls yeass
old. -.-7t r
The Meeker herald., 1898-04-23

Naval Commandsr Makaron Of Russia
10 in this country to study Che operation
of the idS hrsaking bout on the Great
Lakes. The Car asked him to Mska-
rolf estimate OF the cost of snch boats.
The Meeker herald., 1898-04-23

q. ovs,gsr w.s..,.. i.nsoe... u. ','s,1i
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-03-05
A Political Incident.

1t will be remembered that recently at
Woodstock two congressional aspirants of
the second district, Hon. Frank Plumley
and Judge L. Nj. Read were pitted q ainst
each other in case there on trial One
noon time Judge Read casually remarke d
TO Mr.. Plumley that he felt much encour-
aged over bis chances of being nominated
owing to letter he was then in receipt Of
assuring him OF the solid support of four
towns on the west side of The state Mr.
Plumley replied that he was even then ex-
pecting letter assuring several tow ms solid
for his candidacy The reply was made in
a Joking manner and nothing further was
thought of the matter until that evening
when the worthless were resting themselves
before the comfortable open fire of the
Woodstock Inn In opening his mail Mr..
Plumley found a letter from citizen in the
part of the state mentioned by Mr. Read
that among other things stated that the
writer had had much experience in things
political and could. guarantee the support
of fur towns to Mr.. PIumley in case be
80 desired. Judge Reads attention was Of
,urse Immediately called to the matter
when the tact that the letter was from the
me post' flee and written by one al d the
= ne man led to comparison of the two
,t.n it was found that the letters were
IDENTICAL in wording. Ore of the letters
were mailed to Judge Read at Bellows
Falls and the other to Mr.. Plumley at
Mortified; the writer never OF course
dreamed that they would be comp"rrd by
the two candidates. Taking some Of the
Woodstock I'm letter heads the two gentle
men wrote letters, decliuing the preferred
support couched in exactly the same words
The principal reason for the declination
was owing to the fact that the would be
astute politician promised the support OF
towns in the first district to candidates in
The second district. 1t is quite possible
that by this time the author OF the letters
has experienced sufficient shaking up OF
The material which fills his skull to raj re
that be will have 10 look somewhere els
f,r a n. II is ssf. to say. howev' r, that
ether M. p umley nor Judge Il ad are
de lrins any offers of assisfa' ce from the
second district Mort hfeld News.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-03-05
Funeral of George H. Blake.

The funeral of Hon. George H. Blake,
of Barton, took place on Wednesday and
was said to be the most largely attended of
any ever held in the town All the bust
ness places in the village were closed, and
expressions of sorrow at his death were
universal. Representative of the press
and other men of prominence were present
from different parts of the state. Quimby
Post of the G.. A. R. attended in body.
Prayer was offered at the house by Rev
F. W. Lewis of Bellows Falls. The more
public services were held at the beautiful
house OF worship of the Methodist Episco-
pal church, and included addresses as fol-
lows: "The Character of the deceas.
as Christian Layman," Rev. w. E.
Douglass, pastor of the church; "I!is
Character as an Editor and Business
Man." Rev. F. W. Lewis; "His Cbarac-
ter as Citizen" Rev. A. H. Webb o.
Bradford His Character as Comrade
and Soldier" ex-Lieut. Gov. Mansur
" His Character as Legislator" His
Excellency, Governor Circuit.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-03-05
BIRTHDAY REMEMBRANcES.
Interesting "reminiscences Told by Mrs. Lucia
Maria Wheaton.

Last Friday was the Seth birthday Of
Mrs Lucia NJ. Wheaton of 2643 East Rail
road avenue, and some impressions of the
notable events of the century now nearly
closed were gathered and were presented
in the sunday Tribune
Mrs Wheaton was born on the last day
of 1911 in Rockingham, Vt She was the
daughter of DIR. Alexander Campbell and
Rhoda Carey Campbell She was married
on Jan. 26, 1884. to Daniel Bowen Whea-
ton of Warren, r l They moved to By
ron, Ia, in 1858, and in 1879 came to
hicago. Mr. " heaton died in 1885, and
five years ago Mrs heaton came to live
with her son and daughter in Evanston
OF her six children, two have died One
son, Seth, was soldier in the late war of
the rebellion Mrs Wheaton's father was
a direct descendant of the Duke of Argyle,
and his great grandfather eloped with the
daughter of the lord bishop OF London and
came to this country two centuries ago.
Mr. " heaton was well known in Rhode
Island, where he TOOK prominent part
the Dorr rebellion, one of this country's
bloodless wars
One of the most interesting of these re-
collections was OF General Lafayette
II remember well seeing General Lafay
etc. she said lin 1925. when he made a
visit to the United States and was the lion
of the day l was IA years old | lived
in Bellows Falls, Vt. He sss expected to
dine with my uncle, Edward r Campbell,
at the neighboring town of Windsor |
went over there to see him 1t was a
pleasant summer day. and the street in
front of the place where the general was to
sneak was crowded He appeared on a
balcony off the second story OF store L
was across the street in shop looking out of
a window Governor Van Ness of Vermont
was with the general | could not hear
what Lafayette said, but do recall that he
seemed to me like a small, common man.
His hair was rather long. and he had on a
coat that was Their longer than those
worn by the other men. Lafayette did not
take dinner with my uncle. as had been ex
pected He was making many towns and
hadn time to stop So the nearest view |
got of the great French soldier was from
across New England village street
" hen years old Mrs Wheaton went
to school to teacher 10 years fage She
essayed the study of Latin at a tender age,
but did not make 90 of it. as the teacher
knew no more OF it than she did From
reading primer with ictures and hymns in
it, she changed and began to read Shakes
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-03-05
Judge Henry and the Newspaper Man.

Judge Hugh Henry OF Chester made the
TIMES sanctum visit Thursday. He said
that some Of the newspaper surmises re-
garding his office of pension agent for Yer
mont and New Hampshire are amusing in
the extr me. One report is that the office
pays $4,000 year instead of $4,000 as
at FIRST announced. The judge says that
the salaries of all the clerks and assistants
and his own salary will aggregate some
thing like the amount named the disagree
able feature is that the clerks will insist
on being paid The Judge said he should go
to Concord April IA and begin studying the
situation, but does not expect to take full
control before June or July.
When asked if the office would probably
be moved to Vermont, all the reply made
was that he had read an item in a New
York paper to the effect that out of defer
ence to the sensitive feelings of New
Hampshire congressman, Senator Proctor
had decided to have the first lot of checks
under the new management sent out from
the Concord office
The judge paid the newspaper fraternity
handsome compliment; he says they are
hard crowd to get ahead of Before he
had received any knowledge Of the confr-
nation of his appointment, he received a
tel gram IRON newspaper man which read
like this: Congratulations on the con-
frmation: Will you consider application
for position of CHEF clerk see letter" The
letter came the next morning. There are
large number of applications for the posi-
ton, but this man leads them all in point
priority.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-03-05

attended, the attendance of voters being
much larger than usual, owing, no doubt, to
the pleasant weather. The election of off,
GERS was all completed by IL o'clock, when
recess was taken to do ample justice to din
ner provided by the ladies in the lower hall,
who received many compliments upon the
same. After dinner the remaining articles
of the warrant were taken up, much interest
centering upon them. The first was in rela-
ton to repairing the town house in the west
part of the town, and the sum of $500 was
appropriated without opposition. The next
article, in relation to building new school
house at Gageville called forth considerable
discussion, lasting more than an hour and at
times quite lively, at the cpnc'usi N OF which
the town voted to appropriate $4,000 for new
building; l.. @. Richardson al d j f.. Edison,
with the school directors, were made build
ing committee to sunerntend the same. The
remaining part OF the business was soon COM
pleted, the final adjournment being made
about A O'Clock.
CARD OF THANKS.
We wish to express our sincere thanks to
our kind friends and neighbors for the assist
ance rendered us during the sickness and
death of our dear child, also to those friends
who sent US many teau'iul flowers.
Mr.. AND Mrs. IL. s. WALKER.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-03-05

peare and Millions Paradise Lost and Re-
gained Before | was 10 years old / had
read the big poem and | understood all of
it that was proper for me to know. Next I
read SCOTS novels and poems =
The drinking habits of the people in
those early days is thus described:
"My father, Alexander Campbell, al
ways dispensed liquors at home with free
hand" she said cat Rockingham, Vt,
during political campaigns, he had large
square table in one of the rooms, covered
with decanters of various spirituous liquors.
Then there were essences to flavor the
drinks, particularly peppermint and
checkerberry, and lemon and sugar.
When guest arrived he would go into the
room and hel Up himself Rum was a favorite
drink A person would take large glass
pour in about an inch of New England
rum, then put in squirt of essence, after
that cube t loaf sugar, and then fill up
the glass with boiling water and drink it
The men in those days seemed to stand the
liquor better than their descendants do now.
| can remember of seeing only one drunk
en- man during any political campaign
vivid picture was drawn of Thanks
giving and Christmas in the early part of
the century. thanksgiving" Mrs.
Wheaton said twas a family festival We
had roast turkey, every kind of vegetable,
pies and plum pudding, cider, .lenty of
New England rum, and other spirits.
People could eat then and digest a BIG
meal They did more manual and less
brain work. Christmas differed from
Thanksgiving in that strangers were Fin
vited in to dine We used to have repu-
lar course dinners-soup, oysters, and so
on. Sometimes the Christmas dinners
were only for men-that is, specially
served for parties of men "
''Did you use to hang up your stocking
on Christmas eve then?" was asked
"You may not know" Grandma Whea-
ton replied, ''that the Christmas tree and
Christmas stockings are comparatively new
institutions in New England. l was 16
years old before people began to hang up
stockings on Christmas eve in vermont.
The custom was borrowed from Germany.
So was the idea of the Christmas tree"
Mrs. Wheaton was year old when the
war of 1912 began, and 4 years old when
the battle of Waterloo was fought She
remembers the Seminole war, and heard
much talk about the Mexican war while it
was raging. She was fond of listening to
political discussions
Il remember that in the campaign Of
jackson for president much was made OF
his shooting SIX soldiers after the battle Of
New Orleans. My father and his fam
lily were wings. A brother kept general
store. A friend of his, Mr. Taylor, who
was Baptist minister, was a democrat
and warm supporter Of Jackso" for the
presidency. This minister wrote to my
fathers brother in jocular vein and Or
dered from his store pound of jackson
My uncle, having in mind the shooting of
those six men, sent him pound Of gun
powder / was quite q child during all
this discussion about shooting six soldiers
and | got the idea into my head that il
Jacks were elected President would
all be shot too l suppose this was be-
cause my family was so bitterly opposed to
him "
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-03-05
Christian EndeavOr at BrookIine.

The Windbam County Christian Endeav-
or union held meeting in the Baptist
church in Brookline Thursday. F. T.
Randall of Townshend, president Of the
union, called the meeting to order. After
singing and prayer, cordial welcome was
extended to the visitors by Mrs. |. M.
Compton of Brookline. Rev. Mr. Smith
Of Athen, gave an address on 'The Ideal
Committee" and papers were read on
"Social to Save" by Mrs. A. A. Goo3ell
of Windham "On the Lookout" by Miss
Mary d. Miller of Dummerston on"Good
Literature" by Miss Alma Barber OF
Townshend; on"The Extension of Christ's
Kingd M" by Miss Clara L. Buxton OF
Westminster West.
At the afternoon session praise service
was conducted by F. o. Merrifeld of
Brookline. Miss Emma L. Warmer of
West Brattleboro read a paper on WEAK
points How to Strengthen them," E. B..
Pierce OF Rutland one on sour Members,
:
How to get and Hold Them" and Mrs.
Fred L. Smith OF Brat boro on "Tt g
Conservation we Need" Rev. Mr.. Plum
mer, the evangelist who is working It
Townshend, give an earnest address IN
"Some Points of Practical Christian Ex-
perience," and Rev. Clifford H. Smith of
Pittsford spoke on "Christian Endeavor
Sculpture The closing conservation s-rv-
ice was conducted by E. G. Osgocd OF
Bellows Falls, president of the state union.
The banner for the largest number pres
ent at the meeting was awarded to the So
ciety at Townshend. The next meeting
will be held at Dummerston in August with
Eugene B. Pierce as president and Mss
Alma Barber of Townshend as secretary.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1898-03-05
PERSONALS.

George R. Wales was in Keene Thurs
day.
Col j. E. Pollard of Chester was in
town Thursday.
A. F. Winnewsser has been in Boston
this week.
j. G. Day goes to New York Monday
on business trip.
A. d. Thompson, Judge of probate OF
Howell, Mich, is in town on business.
Miss Alice jackson sang at an entertain
ment in Brattleboro Wednesday evening.
Arthur Day of Ba~tonsville is working
for g. II. Shepardson.
Mrs. A. j Parker and her sister, Miss
Nellie Ward Ct Westminster, are IN Port
land, Me-, for two weeks visit.
Miss Lizzie Brown has been in Boston
this week, and Miss Minnie Hackett got
to Albany, N. Y, Monday fer short
visit.
Miss Florence E. Locke of Putney Falls
has been visitiI g town this week.
Miss n. lie Morse of Keene is employed
by Miss Margaret Flavin.
Mrs Weston, mother of George A
Weston, has been quite sick but is now i'm
proving.
Mrs. M. E. Cummings of Holyoke
Mass visited in town this week.
Miss Edith Forrest, preceptress o
Montpelier seminary, assed through tt il
place Thursday on htr way to Northamp
ton. Mass, where she will spend most o.
the spring vacation. She was accompa.
MED by Miss Reed of Fall River, Mass
one of the Seminary students.