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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-20
WILEs OF THE FOX.
Some Clever Tricks b. Which Rey
nard Battles His Pursuers.

Some Clever Tricks BY Which Rey-
nard Battles His Pursuers.
A fox is entitled to all that is said
for its wisdom and sagacity. Not long
ago the Washington hunt of Valley
Forge started a young fox in the North
valley hills, and the hounds were run
ming it across the open field when the
hunters We're surprised to see a much
larger fox come from the woods and
run diagonally across the track of the
young fox ahead of the hounds. and
when they struck the stronger track
of the bigger fox they took it up young
Reynard thereby being saved from be-
ing run down and killed by the hounds.
Old hunters say they have frequently
witnessed this trick when young foxes
were being closely pressed and in dan
ger of being run down and killed by
the hounds. Another and an even
sharper trick was played by an old fox
some weeks ago while being hotly
chased by hounds. The fox had run
some 20 miles. and while crossing an
open stretch of country was in danger
of being run down and killed. In a
field through which the fox was run
ming with the hounds close to it's heels
was the cellar of an old house, with a
portion of the walls still standing The
fox made straight for the old cellar,
leaped into it and made it's escape
through a narrow opening in the walls.
The hounds, supposing the fox was
trapped, dashed into the cellar pell-
nell, only to find Reynard gone and
themselves in a trap as the hole in the
wall through which the fox had es-
capped was too small to permit them to
get through.
When the hunters rode up, they
found the pack in trap, with one of
the hounds wedged fast in the hole
through which the fox had made it's
escape BY the time the hounds were
got out of the cellar the fox was safe
in its hOle-P Philadelphia Times.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-20
Monday, the 3Oth day of April

next, A. D.. 1900, between the hours of IL NJ .
and O'Clock p. NJ, that is to say at o'clock
In the afternoon of said day, all that tract or
parcel of land and premises situated In the
township of Rockaway NOV the Borough of
Port Oram) in the County of Morris and State
lows Being part of the first lot described in
deed from William Johnson to Jesse s
Langdon, dated April 9TH, 1889 and recorded
in the Morris County records of deeds in book
SO, on pages 2l5. etc. and the part hereby
conveyed lies on the north side of the road
leading from Mount Pleasant to Washington
Forge and begins at stake set in the ground
being the second corner of lot that said
Jesse s. Langdon conveyed to one John First
brook by deed of March 18th. 1866 and recorded
u g, pages 2l2, &c, and runs thence as the
needle traversed in 1874 at this point, along
said Firstbrook Is second line ID north forty
nine and one half degrees west, three chains
ner, thence CD north eighteen and one half de-
Rrees east, fifty mine links 10 a stake and
stones, thence % south sixty-fVe aud one half
degrees east, two chains and fifty-th ee links
to rock on the north side of said road about
five feet long with a cross cut on the top
one-half degrees west, one chain and ffty-nine
links to the beginning containing thirty hun
dredths acres more or less. Being the same
premises conveyed to said Margaret O'Bren,
James NJ. O'Brien and Michael O'Brien by
deed from Jesse >. LanRdOn and wife dated
October 3lst 1870. and recorded In book III, of
deeds page lS &C.. and in which said James
M. O'Brien conveyed his Interest to said
Margaret and Michael O'Brien by deed dated
July 10th 1874.
Dated March 20, 1900.
CHARLES A. BAKER, Sheriff.
Chronicle and Era. p. F. sl70
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-20

Personal experience is the best teach
er. | have tasted 4S hours at a time
without the slightest discomfort, but
drank in that period many gallons of
water, of the plainest. most Croton
kind | once had acquaintance Of a
pig that tasted 100 days. A dog can
fast two months without being much
the worse. Rabbits live three weeks
without food. while cold blooded ami
mails can go for years without eating
The bear in state of Information
passes into a kind of trance, so we
shall not count him. The alligator like
wise dies in the long months of win
ter. craving 10 food. There is a fish
called the father lasher that can live
month out of water. That is fasting
We have heard the tradition about the
toad that was sealed in a rock for
5000 years and hoped about in lively
fashion when released from his archa
onomous prison, A horse has been
known to fast for month Exchange
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-20
Is Alaska Growing wnrmers

Prospective visitors and gold seekers
in the Klondike region may extract
some comfort from the discovery, made
by the Hartman Alaska expedition
that most of the glaciers which abound
in that territory are receding. The
fact is an indication that the average
weather there is growing warmer. II
it were growing colder the glaciers
would be advancing. while if il were
about the same one year with another
they would maintain the same general
position. neither creeping nearer to the
sea nor melting away from thelr termi
nal moraines. The rate of glacial re-
cession is so slow. however, that fur
overcoats and warm sleeping bags are
likely to remain as a part of the neces-
sary equipment of Alaskan travel for
some years to come.-Leslie's Weekly
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-20
REcoMPENsE.
What is the price Of manhoodf
What sale docs honor bring7

What is the price Of manhoodf
What sale does honor bring7
Does pure untarnished character
Count naught in ifetime's ringS
Dc bauble scions rule US? M
Does riot, ruin reign,
The purest soul to trample down, M
To crush, destroy, rend twain9
Is there no truth or honor
To cause mankind to stay
The all consuming thirst for lust
That lures them far awayY
Does honest labor cheaper
The mold wherein we're cast2
Is black, corrupt impurity
The flag flung from life's mast?
Forget not One is watching
Our actions day by day
And riches gained at such cost
He surely will repay;
For though mankind is judging
Appearances, poor art,
The God, the Just, the righteous Judge,
lnspects our inmost heart
Condemn not, then, pray thee,
For thou, thyself, some day
May seek fer mercy from thy Judge,
Whose verdict none can sway.
And temper all thy judgments
With love and common sense.
The end well merits all twill bring;
1t serves fun recompense
Edwin NJ Abbott in Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-20
THE JUDGES ADVICE.
Given to a Man Who Wavered Be-
tween Religion and Politics.

Given to a Man Who Wavered Be-
tween Religion and Politics.
A well known western representa-
tive in congress, pleading an engage
ment, left small group of takers in
an up town hotel lobby, and an elderly
man, whom he had introduced to the
party, made bold to tell a story about
the departed.
II have known him." he said, ever
since he was boy, and when he came
out of college he was undecided wheth-
er to become lawyer and politician or
go to theological seminary and be-
come a clergyman. He was fond of
politics aud thought that with little
law and more religion on the side he
might become a great moral reformer
You know that's the way most all very
young men feel when they undertake
politics for the first time.
"However, before he had had time to
determine finally what he would do
his friends came after him to run for
the legislature, as he had the availa-
bility and pretty fair amount of cash
This brought him face to face with
the question he had been much dis
turbed over, and he went to Judge
Blank, a veteran infpolitics and man
of the highest character, for assistance
in solving the problem. He stated his
case in full to the judge, and the grand
old man put his hand on the young
mans shoulder
My boy he said, as only he could
say it, it can't be politics and religion
1t must be one or the other. You can't
fit yourself for heaven and for the leg
islature at the same time, and there's
no use trying. That is all l can say,
and you will have to make your own
choice Washington Star.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-20
CnnnihnIistic.

3 Oliver Wendell Holmes enjoyed thai
humor best which was of his own pro
duction. On one occasion he was hold
ing forth at great length on the sub
ject of cannbalism, and, having
wound himself up to the proper pitch
he turned suddenly to Thomas Bailey
Aldrich, who was sitting near him
and asked: Imagine! What would
you do if you We're to meet canni-
bal?"
Il think" Mr.. Aldrich sweetly re-
piled, that should stop to pick an
acquaintance with him."
This rejoinder cast such gloom over
DR.. Holmes that during the rest of the
dinner his conversation was limited to
monosyllables.-San Francisco Argo-
naut
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-20
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

ESTATE OF ELIzABETH A. REID, DECEASED.
Pursuant to the Order of the Surrogate of
the County OF Morris, made on the seventh
day of March. A, d.. one Thousand nine hun
dred, notice Is hereby given to all persons
having claims against the estate of Elizabeth
A. Reid, late of the County of Morris deceased
to present the same under oath or affirmation,
of December next. being nine months from the
date Of said order; and any creditor neglectin9
to bring in and exhibit his, her or their claim,
limited will be forever barred of his, her or
their action therefor against the administra-
trix
Dated the seventh day of March A. d., 1900.
AMELIA p LAWRENCE,
Administrators,
22l8 Newark, M.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-20
A KAFFIR SMOKER.
The Native Women Are Enthusiastic
Deyotees of the Weed,

Deyotees of the Weed.
In South Africa the native women
smoke necessarily. Your native serv-
ant smokes as she cooks and as she
washes. The tobacco she likes is rank.
The dainty cigarette an English or
Russian lady of fashion enjoys, smoked
through quill so that no nicotine can
stain either teeth OF fingers, would be
sneered at by a Kaftir. Give me a
pipe and something in it can taste, +"
is in effect what she says
The men Kaffirs are beyond tobacco.
They smoke something so vehement
that it makes them cough and splutter,
lose their breath, choke and sneeze to
an alarming degree. They like snuff,
too, and are fond of offering and taking
pinches of it t'schniff'' they call it,
when they meet and visit one another
Regarding tobacco as too mild fol
their taste, the Kaffirs take another
weed and smoke that. They proceed
to arrange smoking party by squat
ting on the ground and getting ready
their pipe" a COW horn with thin
tube in it inserted half way down at
right angles to the horn. The end of
the tube is in basin, apd it is from it
that the smoker sucks the strong stuff
that makes him incapable of anything
but a series of coughs and chokes for
some time after he has had his turn at
the pipe which is passed round from
man to man until a perfect chorus of
pO17uhs rppds tho mir
The tobacco the Beers smoke looks
like poor tea and is peculiar in flavor,
yet Englishmen who have become used
to it acquire such taste for it that
they never ask for any other kind
London Mail.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-20

The average reader VIII be amazed
to learn that little New Hampshire,
with less than 10000 square miles. has
no less than 406 lakes and ponds. 154
brooks. 5S rivers and 294 mountains.
This makes Iowa look small Colora-
do, a big state. has 500 creeks. Texas
has comparatively few rivers, lakes
and creeks. Alabama has 663 creeks
and 81 rivers. Iowa cannot approach
that record. Minnesota has 222 lakes
and 140 rivers. r New York Press.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-20
NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT.

Notice is hereby given that the accounts of
the subscriber, executor Of Harriet A. Evans,
deceased, will be audited and stated by the
Surrogate, and reported for settlement to the
Orphans Court of the County of Morris, on
Friday the fourth day of May next.
Dated March 18th 1870
A. EVANS SWARTWOUT
Executor.
2S2 Morristown, N J.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-20
LOST.
Opposite Book. No. 1924

I1VPV7IVg I7VVH1
THE MORRIS COUNTY SAVINGS BANK.
Cor. South and DeHart SITS, Morrlstown. Nj.
Payment stopped. Please return book to the
2224 Bank.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-20
CIARnNcE D. MEYER. soi'r.

DY virtue of the above stated writ of fer
ID faeias in my hands shall expose for sale
at Public Vendue at the Court House in Nor
ristown, N. j.. on
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-20
FoRp d. sM1rn. solicitor.

DY virtue of tie above stated writ of sFieri
ID Facias in my hands shall expose for sale
at public yendue at the Court House in Morris.
town N :, on
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-20

Barnard college has received a gift of
100000 from donor who is to be for
the present anonymous. A condition Of
the gift is that part of the interest accru-
ing from it shall be applied to the pay
ment Of several annuties, but on ac-
count Of the advanced age of the annui-
tants the entire sum is likely soon to re-
vert to the college.
The California and Oriental steamer
Belgian King, which arrived at San
Francisco Sunday, had on board about
200 Japanese. This runs the arrivals
for the week up to 500 The China,
which locked ON Tuesday morning, had
on board 1915. all Of whom were quickly
landed. The Doric brought lO5. The
laps have no trouble securing work.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-20
SHERIFF'S SALE.
IN CHANceRY on NEw JnRsRY

Between Jairus J. Langdon, complainant, and
James O'Brien, Michael O'Brien, .Sedgewick
r. Bennett and John Walters, administrators
ETC., defendants. Fl. ia. for sale of mort
gagged premises Returnablei to May Term,
A d.. 1900
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-20
Monday, the 18th day of Nav

MOuudy, LHe iln uay Oh may
next. A D.. 1900 between the hours of IL M.
and O'Clock p. M, that is TO say at O'Clock
in the afternoon of said day.
All that certain piece or parcel of land and
premises hereinafter particularly described.
situate, lying and being in the township of
jefferson. in the county of Morris and State of
New jersey: beginning at n chestnut tree
marked on four sides with blaze and three
notches. standing on the second corner of q
trace of thirty acres and forty three hun
dredths of an acre returned TO John Delaney
and recorded In Book S page SO; thence
south eighty nine degrees west ten chains and
eighty links; thence south ffty-fve degrees
and thirty minutes east twenty chains and
fifty links; thence north two degrees east
twenty-one chains and sixty links; thence
north lightweight degrees and fifteen minutes
east nine chains and sixty links; thence north
twenty-six degrees east eighteen chains; thence
north seventy-nine degrees and thirty minutes
west fourteen chains and twenty links; thence
south ten degrees west ten chains and twenty
links; thence north seventy. seven degrees and
forty minutes west eight chains aud twenty
links; thence south twelve degrees west TWEEN
ty chains to the place of beginning.
Containing fifty acres and fifty-seven hun
dredths of an acre be the same more or less
Being the same property heretofore conveyed
to Edmund Kimbsl by Frederick r. Charles
and Louis l.. COudert and wives by deed dated
Feb. l, 1878 and recorded in the Morris County
Clerk 9 office IN Book Y of deeds, pages 10 etc ,
and bv said Kimball conveyed to Hafriette g.
Todd by deed dated Feb l. 1873 and recorded
in Book of deeds pages ~ etc. and by said
Harriette s. Todd re-conveved to said Kim
ball by deed dated Dec. ~, 1886
Dated April 2 1909.
CHARLES A BAKER. Sheriff.
Chronicle and Era. p. r. SSl08C
2254
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-20
SHERIFFrS SALE.
In CHANoERY OF New JERSEY

Elmer Whitaker, Complainant,
and George b. Howard and Frances /. How
ard, his wife, and the New Jersey Iron Ore
Company, a corporation organized under the
laws of the state of New Jersey, Defendants.
FL. fla for sale of mortgaged premises. Re-
turnable to May term. A. D., 1900
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-20
SHERIFFvS SALE.
In CHANoERY OF NEW JERSEY

The Boonton Building and Loan Association,
Complainants, and Mary G.. Howell and
George w. Howell. her husband defendants,
Fl. Fla, for sale of mortgaged premises. Re
turnable to October term, A. d., 1899.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-20

In the Crimea the British left 10000
corpses. which are inferred in $50
cemeteries on ground occupied by the
troops during that long and disastrous
war
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-20
FRED'k FRAMBAoH. Solicitor.

DY virtue of the above stated writ of Fieri
ID Facias In my hand. / shall expose for sale
at Public Vendue at the Court House in Nor
ristown N j on
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SHERIFF'S SALE.
In CHANCERY OF NEW JERsE,

Between Katie Sidwell. complainant and
Henry NJ. Lyor and Elizabeth Livor, bis
wife, John S. Elliott and the Central Rail-
road Company of New Jersey. defendants.
FL. IA for sale of mortgaged premises.
Returnahle to May term, A. D., 1900.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1900-04-20
J. S. sALMoN, Solicitor !.

DY virtue of the above stated writ of Fieri
ID Faeias in my hands shall expose for
sale at Public Vendue at the Court House in
Morristown, n j., on
The leader., 1900-08-15
THE CHARTER OF lNCORPUhA'
TON
OF the C. E. Grafton Drug Company
Brookhaven. Mississippi.

The purposes for which this corporation Is
created are: .., commando
ing. preparing. dealing, buying and selling, ,aT
Wholesale and retail, drugs OF every KIM ehS
acter. nature and description, the sale oi "nion
is not prohibited by law. ,r,,ooiSts'
suDdres and all goods, wares ana hlelGna ,St
usually kent or offered for sale by u aIugs, re
apothecary or pharmacist, by wholesa'e anu
tail. as ar aid to its said drug business , and
The persons interested in this corpoTdtloii tna
who are instrumental in sc eling us lolii"au md
are Chas L. Grafton and John IL Jo,lso onso GA
such other persons as may hereafter DE "''''
The name by which this corporation shai w
known is &c. +. Grafton Drug GO; ornoratioa
The powers to be exercised by this 20, * Of
are those defined and specified in cnapted , and
the Annotated Code of Mississippi, OF lSs dl Ss
especially those set form III sectiohs i,J.h are
s42. SAB and S44 of said chapter, ana Wo 81 ibis
necessary for carrying CIT the p'irpos'"
TRe period for which this corporation a. : ap ~
exist shall be fifty years from anu a'''i
prDtal. ,.,,ora,to, shall be
not less Than -Four Thousand Dollars tSfV n,Iars
not more than Twenty-Five lnot s,lnrs 10 in
(xD5 OOOl with power in the stocknoiuoiJ min
crease or diminish the san wi' and subserlp
tions for stock may be pald lof III III IVA rame.
xonal property at its fair actual cas aai he IL
The doinicle Of said corporation sn nf Missis
TN, city of Brookhaven, in the slate osstablisl
sippi. With power in the directors 70 e1 i
AID inainNin such branch agents OF an nsy De
the State Of Mississippi as the aIfee.aD. sall b.
termine An organization here, uhus ne eity o
md AT the office Of G. f. Grafton IN ,he me H stI
| Brookhayeu, Mississippi, on Saturuas' NV
dan Cd September. A. ID. 1900. ,,,til other
The aftieers of this corporation. hlla MIN he he
v,se Astermined by the stockholders. snai' irons
presiSent vice president, secretary anu ma
urer. bat if it is desirable the same 'ess and Ii
hold any two or more OF sald oli,,'eo u
This act Of Incorporation shall go NY '''s
Z, a operatiou at once upon its approval
The leader., 1900-08-15
Great Peach Year.

Four millions of baskets of peaches
from little Delaware and the eastern
shore of Maryland! That is now the
estimate made, not by the growers nor
the commission men, but by the prac-
teal, unsentimental and truthful spe-
cial agent of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road company, which expects to han
die a large part of the crop. All
through the peach growing distri ct in
that happy part of the country the
report is the same. Not only will the
peaches be plentiful, but they will be
large and luscious. The yellows, so
long the bane of the grower, has al
most entirely disappeared, and the
small, knotty fruit, which in years
past helped to ruin the price of the
good peaches, will not be seen this
season. Baltimore American.
The leader., 1900-08-15
THE NATURAL BRIDGE

The fact that the Natural bridge
tract Is soon to be sold has openeu tne
way for some writer's to romance ABOUT
It.
II Is stated that 1t was a part OF the
Inheritance Of Thomas Jefferson, but
that is not our information. we nave
always thought that Mr.. Jefferson pat
onted the land-i. G., bought u from tne
crown at about shilling an acre.
MFR. jefferson and George Washing
ron both were farseeing men and GOOD
iudges of land and took up" numbers
of valuable tracts. Washington partic-
ularly. owing to his personal knowi-
edge of our western (virginia) lands
was fortunate in his selections.
Mr. Jefferson acquired the bridge
tract in 1TI4. OF the bridge itself he
wrote that 1t was worth trip across
the ocean to see, but for a long time its
inaccessibility caused it to be seldom
visited, even by our own people. Inc
construction of the old James River
and Kanawha canal put 1t near hlgh-
way of travel. Later railroad lines
came within few miles of 1t, and now
thousands visit it annually.
Since Jefferson's time the bridge has
had many owners. At one period 1t be.
longed to the Hartman family. Colonel
Henry Clay Parsons bought 1t about
1881 and formed a stock company to
run" it. His residence there led up tc
his death at the hands Of Conductor
Goodman at Clifton Forge on June 70
1894 To what extent he or his famn!
held stock in the bridge company a.
that time we are not Informed, but the
amount held is supposed to have beer
derable.-Richmond Dispatch.
The leader., 1900-08-15
Liquor In Russia.

The Russian government Is expert
encing great difficulty in its efforts to
restrict the almost universal use of
liquor among the laboring classes. The
minister of finance says the govern
ment is anxious ito Save the popula-
ton from the baneful influence of the
innkeepers, who, in order to make
large profits, adulterated their spirits
with noxious and deleterious sub
stances which were proving ruinous
to the lower classes. The average
peasant was not content with remain
ing in a public house until he had
spent his last farthing, but often
pawned his clothes, furniture and fu-
ture crops. The public houses were
acknowledged to be the most powerful
agents of ruin and disorganization in
the economic life of the Russian people
and threatened the impoverishment Of
the whole agricultural population"
The leader., 1900-08-15

Conductor W. NJ Wheeler was fined
$40 and costs in the mayors court
Monday for blocking the crossing in
front of Mrs. A. G. Seavey's residence.
The matter of stopping cars and block
ing crossings is getting to be a SESSIONS
matter at this place. The business
people of the city, to whom time is
money, will be compelled to take steps
to see if the matter can't be remedied.