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The Newtown bee., 1899-09-01
WATERFOWL.
IMPORTANT SCHOOL AFFAIRS.

| At the school meeting held, last week,
there was very small attendance. The
only business of Importance to come be-
fore the meeting was the laying Of a tax
to cover the districts indebtedness, and
to take action in regard to offering for
sale the piece Of land owned by them on
Westbury Park. A 6 Ia mill tax was
laid, which just covers the amount of in
debtedness counting in the land, which
it was voted to sell. The district paid
5000 for this land, on which to put up a
new schoolh0use. The voters, after
| thinking the matter oyer, concluded that
what they wanted was not so much q
new schoolhouse as an addition to the
old one, and accordingly it was voted to
build on to the old building. This was
done, and 1t Ia to cover the expense that
the tax OF IL mills is now laid. New
concrete walks are included. II we
should vote, this fall, to adopt town
management of schools. we would have
fully equipped school, buildings in
good repair, good school grounds, and
ps rcei of land worth 5000, or it's equiva-
lent in cash, to turn over to the town.
There is no reason now why this school
should cost anything 30 far as buildings
and grounds are concerned, for several
years to come. The question OF town
management win undoubtedly come be-
fore the October town meeting and those
who favor this system Of school manage
ment are enthusiastic in regard to the
matter, feeling sure that this year
| favorable result will be arrived at. A
good many people are tired OF the pres
emit unwieldy district ystem and will
welcome anything which is simpler than
the present method.
The Newtown bee., 1899-09-01

GIVE EN- THE MILFORD TREATMENT.
Chicken thieves are still pursuing their
calling, and Edward .Dufour and Land
lord Rowing are the latest victims, their
total loss being about 800.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-08
The indispensable Boas

Always with her summer gown, even
Il it be a crisp white shirt waist and
duck skirt. the smart woman carries
one of the many species of short boa.
It seems to be as essential to her we'll
being as her neck chain, and it is made
often as not of the gray tulle which Is
always speckled DER with small and
large pinhead dots OF black velvet.
Some very lovely. and, be it candidly
said, very expensive examples OF such
tulle boas have their full raw cut edges
bltton-hole finished with black silk,
else a fine floss fringe borders the
tulle.
Not one of the boas is so long that
It's ends will reach more than few
inches below the waist line, and the
majority are fat and full in the center,
tapering to very pointed ends. A finely
accordion pleated boa of white taffeta
mousseline edged with narrow rows OF
black lace, white spiral lace boas and
those of liberty gauze gathered up Wit
rufIles of silk muslin or chiffon are all
doing active duty in the realm OF the
we'll dressed, and no one can fail to re-
mark the conspicuous absence every
where OF the lOng-truSted feather boa.
Evidently this is not feather season.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-08
Women Climb Homes.

would il be possible, do you think. =
a reporter asked Miss Daisy NJ. Elliott,
teacher in the Berkeley gymnasium in
New York city, for a woman, if she
understands the science of coming
down rope, to put her foot around it
and then come down without injury
if she had not previously tried it,"
'One of the girls here has told me
that she has made a practical trial Of
her ability to so down rope and that
she Gid descend from a third story win
dow without any trouble. She was not
one of the venturesome athletes.
either, and was very glad to hear that
she had been able to do it, 1t means a
great deal TO undertake anything Ike
that when there is not the necessity
and the consequent excitement. We
learn here to climb tie rope before we
go down it, and that is the most diff
cult part The girls sometimes climb
one rope and reach over to another
and go down that. This comes under
the head of heavy gymnastics. and
every one does not care to take 1T up.
The work is laid ont in a regular course
which comes in order. Children some
times are able to climb the ropes at
the end of the first season; older people
seldom or never do. 4 girl under 16
will do best of all. Over 16 the girls
have perhaps been wearing tight
clothes and they seldom or never have
the freedom of motion Of the boys The
Older people get to rope climbing by
the second season. but the seasons for
most Of them are short. Rope climb
ing is an excellent exercise to develop
the muscles of the chest. if it is prop
erly done. but there is great differ
ence. You see, some people use the
arms and you will see that they do it
in a way which contracts the chest
and which is consequently detrimental.
Swinging by the rings is on the same
principle and may be done well or bad
ly, as the chest is or is not contracted
The chest and upper arms are chiefly
developed by these exercises, and Of
course the lower arm muscles to some
extent The beginner takes practice
with the bar first raising and lowering
the body while the feet are on the floor
to help support it. 1t is naturally
easier for light, slender person to
come down rope than for one who is
stout. There is less weight to sup
port. / don't know that it makes any
difference whether a person is tall or
short. There are a number OF other
things which tend to make rope climb
ing easier, and confidence is one of
them. Women who are timid are not
as successful as those who are not,
though they may overcome that"
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-08
OUR COOKING SCHOOL.


To Onethird cupful fine stale bread
crumbs add cwo cups scaided milk and
soak thirty minutes. Add one-half tea
spoonful salt, quarter of a yeast cake
dissolved in half a cup of luke-warm
water and enc and three-quarter cups
OF sifted buckwheat flour. Let rise
over night In the morning stir well
and add quarter of teaspoon Of soda
dissolved in quarter of cup of luke
warm water and one tablespoon mo-
lasses The soda is AIDED to neutralize
any acidity which has developed over
night Cook the cakes on a hot grid
Ole, the same as griddle cakes, salt
pork being the best to grease the grid
die with, as less grease is absorbed.
This is a good way to use up the pork
rinds. Serve the cakes hot from the
griddle, not piled one upon the other.
as that way of serving Will make them
heavy and indigestible Maple syrup
usually accompanies buckwheat cakes.
The mOlaSseS added to the mixture in
the morning will give nice crisp edges
to the cakes.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-08
up out of the way. so my first step into

up out Of the way. SO my first step into
the car was plump upon the side
breadth. | apologized, OF course, yet
she plainly showed me her displeasure
all the way down town Had she moved
along she would have kept the fresh
ness OF her skirt as well as her tenn
per. l acknowledge the point that the
end seats are more desirable. but
everybody would be more comfortable
in the end if the habit OF moving in
were general. 1T is now so uncommon
as to call forth thanks when it occurs.
| felt like shaking selfish fat woman
one day when Z young woman with an
infant in her arms boarded the ear 1t
was task to pass such d mountain Of
flesh without membranes and the
young mother locked absolutely help
less when the women refused her c0ur-
teCus appeal to let her have the cad
seat. A gentleman in the seat behind
promptly offered his seat and stood
upon the running board during the re
mainder OF the trip. | wonder why The
generally accepted code Of good NOR
ais does not pass on street cars. WCm-
en- who are polite and obliging enough
in other places seem to gr0w bristles
Immediately after boarding a ca. They
seem to think that their nickel entities
them to display all the rudeness they
care to show. II they have packages
their neighbOrs on both sides must
help them in the carrying, and if they
have newspapers they will spread them
wide open to read with q splendid dis
regard FOR anybody in the vicinity.
Why. some women are every whit as
selfish and annoying as the man who
stretches his feet across the passage
way in closed car and makes us climb
over them.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-08
Household Suggestion.

Onions, which are regarded by food
authorities as one Of the most valuable
vegetables that we have, are unfOrtu-
nately also found by many persons
very difficult to digest A suggestion
that has been tested, its giver says, by
long experience and tried by many per-
sons with success. is to add a little
sugar to the onion salad to prevent any
discomfort after eating it. Anything
which will encourage the consumption
OF onions is to be recommended.
Physicians say that they are wonderful
rejuvenators, and possess as well re-
markable healing powers. The raw
Bermuda onion is the variety that is
most palatabe and the most efficient,
and if. with a little sugar, it is also
easily assimilated, the knowledge be-
comes valuable
1t is not generally known to what Use
the lemon may lay claim to. We find
in the lemon juice an acid which is
thoroughly wholesome and agreeable.
It's use is not confined to the kitchen in
flavOring our pies, cakes and sauce, or
for ices and iced tea, but we can find it
useful in the laundry in removing ink
stains, with salt. Then on the toilet
table, to remove stains from the hands,
and a few drops in little water to
cleanse the mouth. Baked and the
pulp removed and made very sweet re-
lieves tightness and hoarseness when
suffering from a cold The Juice of
one-half of a lemon in one-half glass
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-08
Eisherman's Paradise.

The record just published of fish
ing expedition in Lapland should be
good reading for anglers. The party
was ore of two rods, with followers.
They fshed for eleven days and Sc
cured total of 2S2 salmon and 115
grilse, weighing in all nearly 5000
pounds. The best days catch for one
rod was thirty-three salmon and twen-
ty-twO grilse, or a total weight of 553
pounds. 1t should be added that the
fishing party had to wait their oppor-
tunity, for when they arrived at their
destination the river was frozen, and
when the thaw came there was at first
too much water for fishing.-London
Globe
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-08
How to Buy Poultry.

When marketing, remember that il
poultry is young, the end of the breast
bone is just like gristle; and that the
joints are timber and the legs smooth.
When fresh killed. the eyes are full
and the feet moist The feet and beali
of a young goose are yellow, but if the
bird has weathered too many storms.
its feet and beak will be a reddish
color, and bristly If the feet are
not pliable, it is a sign that the goose
has been dead long time The fat
CT a young bird is whittier and softer
than that of an old one Unless the
weather is very warm, all kinds OF
poultry, turkeys especially, are i'm
proved by hanging for a day or two.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-08

ing in Fulton street prayer meeting
said: 1.-The amount they paid me was
six times what | owed" You say II
only happened so? You are unbeliev-
ing. God answered that mans pray
er.
Oh, you want business grace. Com
mercial ethics, business honor, laws or
trade are all very good in their place,
but there are times when you want
something more than this world VIII
give you. You want God. For the
lack of Him some that you have known
have consented to forge, and to mai
t-eat their friends, and to curse their
enemies. and their names have been
bulletined among scoundrels, and they
have been ground to powder, While
other men you have known have gone
through the very same stress or cir
cumstances triumphant. There are
men here today who fought the battle
and gained the victory. People come
out of that mans store, and they say:
We'll. il there ever was a Christian
trader, that is one" Integrity kept
the books and waited on the customers.
Light from the eternal world flashed
through the show windows. Love TO
God and love to man presided ID that
storehouse Some day people going
through the street notice that the shut
tiers of the window are not down. The
bar of that store door has not been
removed. People say, What is the
natter" YOU go up a little closer,
and you see written on the card or
that window: CLOSED on account OF
the death of one of the firm. mat
day all through the circles of business
there is talk about how a good man
has gone. Boards of trade pass reso-
lutions of sympathy. and churches OF
Christ pray, Help. Lord, for the god
ly man ceaseth." He has made his last
bargain, he has suffered his last loss,
he has ached with the last fatigue. HIS
children will get the result of his In
dustry, or. if through misfortune there
be no dollars left, they will have an
estate of prayer and Christian exam
pie which will be everlasting. Heav-
emily rewards for earthly discipline
There "the wicked cease from trouD-
ling and the weary are at rest"
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-08
PREVENTING ELECTROLVSIS
4 Possible Method of Rendering Va
grant Electric Currents Harmless.

grant Electric Currents Harmless.
The amount of damage done 10 water
and gas pipes by electricity that has
escaped from trolley lines on it's way
back to the power house is almost in
calculable. The evil is not so serious
nowadays as it was several years ago.
Modern methods of providing for the
return OF the current have lessened its
vagrant disposition. Nevertheless the
trouble continues to some extent. A
suggestion that bears on the subject
was made by the Engineering News
few days ago. In St. John, y. g., it
has been the practice for nearly half
a century to close the joints in city
water pipes, not with melted lead. as
in most places, but with pine plugs.
The experiment was tried in 1851 and
again in 1857. On both occasions it
worked so we'll that the same policy
was pursued two years agO. The OBJ
ject in view was merely to secure econ
omy. But mention CT the fact reminds
the Engineering News OF the insulat-
ing qualities of wood and of the propo-
sitiOn made last year that two or more
lengths OF wooden pipe be introduced
into the mains in every district where
trouble was to be anticipated. Elec-
tricity will not enter a line of pipe il
it cannot get out again. An obstacle
which would prove effectual at any
given point along a system of metallic
conductors would diSSuade a current
from going into it in the first Place.
Hence, if the wooden plugs interfered
with the conductivity of the pipes it
is hard to see why they would not pro-
tect them from invasion. And if the
currents would not attempt to travel
along the pipe at all no electrolysis or
cOrrOsion would enSue.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-08
street Car EiiUuette.

At one of the open parliaments held
by the New England Womans Press
association the subject OF street car
etiquette was brought up. Shall wom-
en- move over and allow newcomers 10
have the end seats?" was talked up and
down and finally dismissed without
having been satisfactorily settled, and
perhaps no real good would have come
OF il if the members had unanimously
agreed to be Obliging. 1t is amusing to
note how willing men or women are to
move in when the end seat is bearing
the brunt of the fierce sun or a sharp
storm At other times one is obliged
to climb over thin people and stout
people OF both sexes, and to receive
glares of wrath whenever we may even
touch them. | remember the intensely
diSagreeable behavior of a young wOm-
an who kept the end seat one morning
when the streets had been freshly
sprinkled one morning. Her black dress
was long and she neglected to pull it
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-08
4 Little Woman.

w Onldns
Perhaps you never knew her? She
Was only known TO those who love her,
And still revere her memory.
Pure as the stars that shine above her.
BY Gods strange providence bereft
OF father sister, friends and brothers,
And homeless, joyless ever left
She freely gave her life for others
If grief she had she did not tell:
We dared not ask-we never knew 1t;
Her heart was like a hidden well,
Deep-sealed = and only God saw
through it.
On errands sweet with mercy, swift
She mOved-her smile of joy the token;
Her willing hands the weight would lift
From many Il heart, despairing- brok-
en-.
And many life bowed down with shame
Beneath her tender touch grew human:
And lips that prayed not breathed her
name
And said: God bless that little wo-
mani
The day she died they came to me
And said: No boon would we deny
her;
Some word above her grave must be.
Now that the Lord has called her high
err"
wept-bu, did not weep alone.
Because my grief was theirs in COM
mon;
Said l: place nothing on the stone
Save this: Here Lies Little Woman" "
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-08

OF cold water will kill germs that may
be contained in water cholera and ty-
plus and other deadly bacilli. In hot
countries lemon Juice is largely used
as a drink in water and as a disinfect-
ant, instead of carbolic acid, and it is
used to soften and whiten the skin,
and in some instances is given in rheu-
matte affections and internal trouble.
There is no other fruit to compare to
the lemon in utility. And the price is
within the reach of all.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-08
A STAMP BECCAR.
How a Chicago Crook Makes an Easy
Living.

Living.
Richard w. Smith, a Boston trav-
cling man, who was at the Hotel I'm
perial, told a New York Tribune re-
porter this story of a Chicago crook
who is acquiring livelihood in a
rather peculiar way: Il was chatting
with a friend in the lobby of a fash
ionable hotel in Chicago said Mr..
Smith. when l noticed an old man
coming out of the writing room. He
was shabbily dressed, but clean and ap-
peared TO be perfectly respectable. His
kindly face wore look of annoyance
as he gazed at four letters which he
held in his hand. AS ne approached
me i saw that they were sealed and
addressed, but had no stamps on them.
Finally the old fellow stopped in front
OF ny chair. Holding out the letters
in one hand and a penny in the other,
said: L beg your pardon, but have
you four stamps that you can spare?
when | came away from home |
thought | had dime, but l find that
il was a penny, and | am very anX-
ious to get these letters off in the
first mail 1t happened that had just
bought 80 cents worth of stamps, and,
without a moments hesitation, | hand
Ell four of them to the old man He
thanked me graciously and walked
away. | turned to renew the CONVEX
sation with my friend, and found him
shaking with laughter. You are the
easiest thing l have seen in a long
while he said. That is probably the
most noted and most successful beg
gar in Chicago. He is we'll known at
all Of the larger hotels, and, it is said,
makes from So to So day by means
of his little game"
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-08
breakfast Mullins.

With one pint OF sifted flour mix one
full Of salt, and two small teaSpOOnfulS
of baking powder Beat two eggs,
white and yolks separately. With the
yolks mix one-half pint of rich milk,
stir in about third of the flour. then
add three tablespoonfuls of melted but
ter, the rest of the flour and the stiffly
beaten whites Beat we'll. Bake in
hot, well buttered muffin pans about 20
minutes.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-08

One pint of sifted flour, one tea
spoonful of baking powder. one scant
tablespoonful of finely chopped suet.
One-third of teaspoonful of salt Add
just enough sweet milk to mix to :
soft dough, mould into little balls, drop
into the boiling fricasse or stew, COW
er closely and cook without uncovering
for twenty minutes.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-08
MODERN SAMARITANS.

Meets second and fourth Wednes-
day evening in w. o. w. hall,
S. 3. Tanning, Pies. ]. A
Skunk, Sec.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-08
WIDE AWAKE HIVE, No. 81
ROYAL ARCANUM.

Meets first and third Wednesday
evenings of each month in Simons
hall. ]. c. Jilson, Regent. b.
J. Lauer, Sec.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-08

A Chicago rascal who called himself
Hope" secured from 81 to $40 apiece
from poor people out of employment,
and told them to call later and get DO
sitions. AS might have been expected,
both Hope and money are lost.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-08
HYPERION TEMPT
FORESTERS.

PLYMOUTH COURT, No.r4oo;
meets the second and fourth Fri
day evenings of each month in K.
of p. hall. c. NJ. Slayter, {. K.
Ed Reynolds, Sec.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-08
WOODMEN CIRCLE

PLYMOUTH GROVE, No. 6;
meets every Friday evening at
Woodmen hall. Mrs. Lena Ul>
rich, Worthy Guardian. Mrs
Chas. Hammered, Clerk.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-08
COLUMBIAN LEAGUE.

Meets Thursday evening, every
other week, 100 p. m, in Bis
sell hall. Vert \. Beldon, Com
mander. Alonzo Stevenson, Pro-
VoSt.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-08
G.. A. r.

MILES II. TIBBETTS POST,
6. A. r., meets very first and
third Tuesday evenings in Simons
hall. w. Kelley, Com. Charles
Wilcox, Adjt.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-08
MARSHALL COUNTY PHYSL
CLANS ASSOCIATION.

Meets first Tuesday in each month
Jacob Kaszer, NJ. D., President
Novitas b. Asphalt, NJ. d., Sec
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-08
MODERN WOODMEN.

Meets second and fourth Thursdays
IN X. of p. hall. ]. \. Skunk,
Venerable Consul. &. l.. Swift
ger, Clerk.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-08
Society Directory.
MASONIC.

PLYMOUTH Kill WINNING
LODGE, No. I49, F. and A. NJ;
meets first and third Friday eve
nings OF each month. VIM.
H. Conger, w. NJ. John Corba-
ley, Sec.
PLYMOUTH CHAPTER, No.
4o r. A. NJ; meets second Fri
day evening of each month. J.
c. Jilson, II. P. II. b. Reeve,
Sec.
PLYMOUTH COMMAND'RY,
No. 20, X. T.; meets fourth
Friday of each month. John c.
Gordon, z. c. L. Tanner, Rec.
PLYMOUTH CHAPTER, No.
20, O. E. s.; meets first and third
Tuesdays of each month. Mrs.
Bertha Mcdonald, w. NJ. Mrs.
Lou Stansbury, Sec.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-08
SILVER STARLODGF Dauor
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.

HYPERION LODGE, No. III;
meets every Monday night in
Castle Hall. VIM. F. Young,
c. G. Cal Switzer, X. of X.
and S.
HYPERION TEMPLE, Rath.
bone Sisters; meets first and third
Fridays of each month. Mrs.
Chas. Mclaughlin, E. c.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-08
K. O. T. VI.

PLYMOUTH TENT, No. IT;
meets every Tuesday evening at
K. o. I. NJ. hall. d. w. Jacoby,
Com. Frank Wheeler, Record
Keeper.
WIDE AWAKE HIVE, No. 81,
L. O. 7. NJ; meets every Mon
day night at X. @. 7. NJ. hall on
Michigan street. Mrs. Cora
Hahn, Com. Bessie Wilkinson,
Record Keeper.
HIVE No. IS, L. O. T. NJ; meets
every Wednesday evening in X.
O. T. NJ. hall. Mrs, w. Bur-
kett, Com.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-08
WOODMEN OF THE WORLD.

Meets first and third Wednesday
evenings of each month in X. OF
P. hall. ]. 0. Pomeroy, &. c,
z. Rotzien, Clerk
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1899-09-08
BEN HUR.

Meets every Tuesday. w. II.
Cove, Chief. Chas. TihTtts,
Scribe.