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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-20
DEMOCRATIC JUDICIAL TICKET


Third Judicial District
For District Judges,
WILLIAM g HALL
Salt Lake COUNTY
JOSEPH T RICHARDS,
salt Lake County
SAMUEL W STEWART
Salt LAKE County
For District Attorney
DAVID b HEMPSTEAD
Salt Lake County
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-10
SCENES IN THE BLAKE LESLEY LOVE TALE.

came the awakening from this dream
of decade. Following closely on.
letter from Ruth, full of endearing ex-
pressions and protestations of fidelity
was a card from the girls aunt. The
pasteboard announced in the formal
phraseology of the time that the writ
er's niece would be married ten days
later. The name of the groom meant
nothing to Blakesley. He did not re-
veal it in his talk with Ordell. But
this much was evident: His Ruth, the
girl he had been toiling for, waiting
for all these years. was false.
The blow for time unseated his
reason. He could afterward recall only
family the events of the next few
days. He remembered, though indis-
tinctly, standing with smoking derrin-
ger, a few PAGES away from the pros
trate form of young man, and the
white, scared face of Ruth bending
over his rival, whose head she held
clasped in her arms. And then the ad-
vice of friends that he should hasten
away, out of the country, for the laws
of Massachusetts did not permit duel
ling He remembered going on board
a ship and after a while he knew he
was bound for San Francisco. Friends
had paid for his passage, and his wal
let was we'll filled with money. But
ambition had died with love, and the
New England lawyer made no further
attempt to succeed. He wandered in a
desultory aimless way about the min
ing camps, adopting the careless
speech and dress of the rough search
ers for gold, but making little il any
effort to acquire gold himself, and fin
ally becoming a hunter on the San
Joaquin river. In Blakesley's cabin
after his disappearance, were found
two daguerrotypes, one the picture OF
Blakesley, the other of a woman who
is supposed, with little doubt, to be
Ruth.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-10
RECALLS A STORY.
THE LOVE TALE OF A MUIR
DERED HERMIT.
Jasper Blakesley, Whose Whitened Bones
Have just Been Discovered, Waited
Ten Years for Woman Who In the
End Proved False to Him.

The discovery near MERGED, Cal, the
other day, of human skeleton, has
uncovered a strange story of real life
that has lain buried by the banks of
the San Joaquin river for over quar-
ter Of a century-a story which con-
meets the far East with the far West
1t is a story typical of the old days of
the New West, when men sought the
land of the setting sun for gold-or OBJ
livion. II is a story of devoted love
and fierce jealousy, of the frailty of
woman and the ruin of mans life
Through the SCATTERING of an ideal
The story had its beginning in little
farming community in New Hamp-
shire and ended in a hastily made
grave by the San Joaquin river, where
the body of man was flung one dark
night, after his assassins had sent
three bullets into his BRAIN
About 1856 a party of vaqueros en-
ployed on the DominQuez ranch, in the
section of the San Joaquin valley in
California, now known as MERGED
county, noticed a newly built, rough
cabin near the bank of the river. The
cowboys investigated and found the
owner of the establishment to be
man whose appearance was in thor
ough harmony with his surroundings.
The man was dirty unkempt, dressed
1n the crudest of clothing, rough and
scant of speech. But he. gave the cat
tlemen welcome that they appreciated
In the form of fried bacon, flapjacks
and brandy. In those days men were
mot over-curious concerning their
neighbors histories.
But after that Jasper Blakesley's
cabin was stopping place frequently
sought by the herders and travellers
passing through that portion of the
valley. He always had blanket and
a bite to eat for any wayfarer who
CHANGED to come to his door, He was
"a taciturn and gloomy man, appar-
emily caring little for the society of
his kind, spending most of his time
In hunting and fishing and at rare ia
tervals visiting the nearest town for
supplies. He rarely INDUCED in liquor,
but when he did drink he drank hard
and long. This life continued for fif-
teen years. In the spring of 1871
lBlakesley so far broke from his accus-
tomed habits of solitary life as to
make one of party of four men on
ian expedition to Tulare lake. After an
absence of two months three of the
quartet returned to their homes. Jas
per Blakesley was the missing member
of the party. His companions said lit
tie about the trip and less about
Blakesley. Gradually, however, 1t be-
came known that the old hunter had
disappeared
Those who knew him best visited the
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-10
Needed the Soap.

From the Washington POST ~
at a department store bargain gum
for odds and ends. The crush va ~,
rife. Women squeezed and eD Y,
and showed to get alongside ,us .s u
ter. Frequently two of them nAprs
to pick up the same bargain h
and the same time, and then 'a' II, h
retained their clutch on II anu ,s
daggers at each other until lns ' y,
err of the two won the victory =
bargain was rent into r,uy ,,,
naughty matron with an elesI ecu. N
coat picked up a box contains. ~. j
cakes of soap for s cents at ,,. .n' \ !,
moment a humble-looking li'u ,s,l,a
an in a faded tan coat a la,i.r rs'' 4
her grasp on the box. '" usn y" In }
the first to take hold Of tins y. "a ID,
matron in the electric seal c coal. ~ y,
ingly. The humble-Iooking ll sr,o. i !
an held on for a minute stu al,vsi !
antagonist. then she slowly I'l ssS d
hold on the box. well , WV lOOi
it." she said, amiably. r ruo S,rsI
if you need the soap . ins u
counter is the place 10 OO
they love one another
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-10

were smoking their yipes. the former
listening moodily to the remarks of
his guest, but saying little himself, Or
dell grew reminiscent and told OF his
reasons for leaving the state Of his
birth. It was all through a woman,
he said, and then he related a rather
commonplace little love story, in
which the narrator figured as the hero.
During the recital Blakesley fire.
quently sought the brandy jug, and
when Ordell had concluded the hunter
threw aside entirely the cloak of re-
serve, and In his turn told the story
of his life. Here it is, as repeated by
Ordell, who is still living in the south
ern part of MERGED county:
Until he was rs years of age, Jasper
Blakesley lived and worked on his
fathers farm in New Hampshire. He
was bright lad, but his education was
meager. He was ambitious, but with
out well-deAned aim in life. 1t re-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-10
SIR THOMAS Upton.
The Baronet Tells How He s.u
Beggar, in City Hall Park

The Baronet Tells How He Nsa
Beggar, in City Hall Park
And the poor fellows met Ia
nights that l slept in city hall vuI
Unfortunate rs l was, I'd give son
thing to know what became Of In
Observation-Disclosures God was as ga
them afterward as he has been to d
aud whether they are the better
the lesson of adversely" These sna
words of Millionaire Sir Thomas i
ton in Leslie's Weekly. "Thoss b
in New York were hard-hard inau
that you could scarcely imagine I'd
and many a night did | stand Oun
the windows of the Fifth AYal
wondering what the rooms inside VI
like, and whether I'd ever have MOI
enough to be able to afford 10 Il
in one for just a night. Yet thnI
all the storm of trouble and soHuE
never lost courage. There was Na
thing in my bones that seemed to
me that | should get there al last
was a kind of instinct, suppose
a touch of the bulldog-goodneS
knows. | don't know that ever
so cut to the heart as in that morn
when, nervous and trembling-lda
en- nothing for nearly two days.
tered the Office of a banker-rich D
and richer now-in search Of 81
ton. I've never forgotten bow
looked up, glared at me over
glasses, growled, Turn that la
QUIT and walked away. mel
man at a dinner the other nsi1
thirty years older, but the same
always the same. That kind Of anA
never changes except for ball
wrinkles. He came up smiling ~
obsequious. | remembered bis DAD
| knew him again. He began 70 "
mer a clumsy apology, and his aP
was more uncomfortable than tns
inal affront." yet those days ID N
York were not without their rsu'I
remarked one of the group.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-10

Interesting experiments with the
odors Of herbs have from time to time
been made, and it has been found that
many species Of microbes are easily de-
stroyed by various smells. The odor of
cloves has been known to destroy mi
crobes in thirty-fye minutes; CHINA
mon will kill some species in twelve
minutes; thyme in thirty-fve. In for
ty-five minutes common wild verbena
is found effective, while the odor Of
mint has destroyed various forms of
microbes in fifty-five minutes, and it
is recorded as the most effective of all
odors as an antiseptic. 1t is now be-
lieved that herbs which have been
found in Egyptian mummies were
placed on the bodies more for their an
tiseptic properties than than as. mere
ornaments or objects of sentiment.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-10

NAMED for love to give direction and
object to his energy and coherency to
his thoughts. The girl was a belle OF
Boston. Her father was a man of
wealth and his only daughter had en-
joyed every advantage of education.
Ruth was beautiful and accomplished.
One summer spent in the society of
this girl proved the undoing of young
Blakesley. His ardent courtship re-
suited in her promise to be his wife
with conditions. He must make a man
of himself. He must study, work and
save money. Yes, she would wait for
him. Vows were exchanged and they
parted.
During the five years following they
saw little of each other She was in
Boston, he was studying law. Then
he was admitted to the bar, passing
examination brilliantly, and began the
practice of his profession. Another
five years slipped by. The lawyer was
winning a reputation, During this en-
tire period Jasper Blakesley held
steadfast in his mind the thought that
the girl who had so changed the cur
rents of his life should be his greatest
reward for the years passed in daily
labor and nightly study. Her letters
to him were full of sympathy, encour-
agement and tenderness. And then
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-10

A queer case Of cannibalism is re-
ported as having recently taken place
in the Solomon island. The Jeanette
took from Noumea Kanaka who had
acted as orderly to the immigration
Office there and was on his honeymoon
with his wife, intending to land at
Aoba, where his wife's tribe lives. He,
however, made the mistake of disem-
barking among the wrong tribe and
was at once seized by the natives, over
powered, killed and eaten. The widow
was provided by the tribe with sec
ond husband.-London Mail.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-10
AN INVENTIVE Araw,
His si"chine WIN Not Ma,
In the Wor,, ''a

"'h Not MAJ.
In the worlo. ~S'
.r %or rel elshty-two years cb,u..
ard was the mystery Of "a ~ b
swamp, and his death . oketass
recalled to mind some s s'w days
life. The old man wac s'Orles Of
ing all alone in a sman hermit
log hut in the swami nv. ulapldls
ties were many, though ~ '' ,eCcentt
noy people. The old NAV - not
per, dependent on the conn, vas "a
port during the past tbIrtv 10Y
MS secluded life he tolIed !. 'san
problem of perpetual mo ~ ~ With
Ing an old spinning wSso, sale
chine with two large raj.
The rats We're so fastenes a. pom
OF the wheel that they cou ~ zoe
away, and kept the wbaa, l0l
rapidly night and day. on M, ~, ls''lV
got IN motion, the rats Eer, '4s W
o on the rim till they expired ilo rsl =,
exhaustion. So intent was tbs n.y.
init on solving the problem U ~
hardly ever took his eyes Il, !, 'aa
excepting, Of course, in M u sl w
The life of the rats did not ' ~aa
week after he put them 70 v ,n
the wheel. When one tos,, 'yl
expired. another team was M,
ness. The old man would nv br.a
IN such ruins as he found IN 4.
lty Oh the swamp, and It il e.,,n'a
that his perpetual motion wSss
sumed over a hundred rats u,
When asked why he attemDta A. ~
ual motion the old hermit , Z,
hain't a losin' err gainin' nm rS,s
by passin' off the time VII nv =.
an rats, an If hit on perpetyuI j
ton yit hit hain't ner wuss'n /.
yer edicated folks is done in ,S.. u
an falled. Hits mighty purity =
III my rats er chasin' one ann,b,,
my spinnin' wheel, an | thinks ,s u
III git a way to feed EN- after AVN
so as ter keep 'em a runnin AL
Their nacherl lives. Then rdbe ns,,|
perpetual motion than some ns,,|
whut knows mon | do is. An
hain't cost enything ylt sperlneDa]
as the rats can't eat an run At \
same time. l thinks III cit tblpE
workin' fer perpetual motion Nh,
gifts a way to feed the rats while tbT|
a runnin'. An if do, III JUS raEs
a million dollars as easy as fallin ii
log"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-10

the sturdy farmers boy from Great
Darlington, who had made no effort
to secure the coveted honor.
AT any rate Marshall Newell stood
high in the estimation of the class Of
'94, ample evidence of which is given
in the erection of the memorial gate to
Soldiers Field, photograph of which
has been reproduced for this article.
The gate was erected soon after the
big Yale-Harvard football game. Many
a graduate of Harvard undoubtedly
has been reminded of the sterling
qualities of the youth from the west
ern end of the state by observing that
gate.
The gate is the gift of the class of
'94, in whose memories recollections of
Marshall Newell will long continue
undimmed. Newell was a living proof
of the fact that personal qualities count
at Harvard. He came to the uni
versity from a farm, though in the
interim between farm and college he
had prepared at Exeter academy. But
he was first of all farmers son, and
when he went home on vacations he
went to a farm and worked on a farm.
Entering Exeter puny little fellow
he went at physical training with that
force of purpose which was one of his
chief characteristics. When he came
to Harvard college he approached
physical perfection. In his freshman
year he became a member of the
Varsity football eleven, and continued
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-10

The spectacle of the absent-minded
man frantically going through his
pockets in vain search for his trans
fer ticket while that valuable sky-blue
document dropped gracefully beneath
his mustache was hugely enjoyed by
the passengers of an uptown car the
other evening, says the New York
Commercial Advertiser. Even the
stolid conductor caught the joke and
betrayed an amount of patience which
should have aroused suspicion on the
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-10
Lula's Ma.

A school teacher in the north of
England, having instructed pupil to
buy grammar, the next day received
note, thus worded, from the childs
mother: Il do not desire for Lula
shall ingage in grammar, as | prefer
her lngage in yuseful studies, and can
learn her how to spoke and write prop
erly myself. l have went through two
grammars and can't say as they did
me no good. 1 prefer her ingage In
German and drawing and vokal music
on the piano"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-10

little cabin by the San Joaquin and
searched the surrounding country dill
gently for some trace of the missing
man. but with no result. 1t was sup
posed that he had been waylald and
murdered by bandits, or, as some be-
lieved, he had left the country sudden
ly in as eccentric manner as that of
his arrival. But the majority stuck to
the murder theory. Among those who
were most frequent visitors at the
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-10
VHFK PERSONAL QUALITIES COUNTED.

mart of the victim. Finally, when the
transfer threatened to be entirely de-
molished, the conductor mildly indl-
Gated its locality, to the embarrass-
ment Of its owner and the delight Of
his fellow-travelers. Presently the
ahsent-minded man reached his cor
ner and as he got to the rear he stuck
his head back into the door and fred
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-10

Few men there were In the class OF
1894 at Harvard who did not find some
thing admirable in Marshall Newells
traits of cha acter When at the senior
class election his name was mentioned
for the second office in the gift OF the
class, Second Marshall, the spontan-
eous reclamation by which the class
gave expression to it's admiration Oh
him must have wonderfully pleased
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-10

70 wear the Harvard III" as mem
her of that eleven throughout the en-
tire course.
Leaving college, he entered the en-
nlov of the Boston and Albany ran
road. and within few years after"aru
was killed by locomotive in the ran
road ward in this city. The Neweii
gate at Soldiers Field is erected IN MS
memory.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-10

Mrs. Henpeck-No aOu ,,so maI
clients were considered Vans ID tbl
there were fewer tempt a,,u nj "
days. Mr.. HeDpecK-m,'iIu the q
the proportion of women ~, y snps'
must have been aDou'
Life.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-10
IN MEMORY OF MARSHALL NEWELL.

parting shot at the conductor: "Ta,
ia, old boy. That's all right. The
transfer was a week old and was just
chewing off the date"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-10

tshanty of old Blakesley was q man
from New Hampshire named John Or
dell. When the lonely hunter became
aware of Ordells origin he became
more communicative than was his hab-
lit, and said he also was from New
Hampshire. This made bond of SYM
patty between the men, and by de-
grees they became mutual confdants.
One night, as Blakesley and Ordell
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-04-10

From brooklyn LII. Life santa 3
you get anything from n,d~YOu y
Donald? Cousin Dona ,.,u, fer %
did. I got a good l Saard of
him pa an pullin ms
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-08-27

Young calves wanted.-I will give the
following prices for young calves delivered
at my barn: 30 to 60 lbs, lie. per ID; so to
20 lbs, lie; 20 to go lbs, 19c. M. j. Owen,
Barton. tt
hand two-horse lumber wagon; road
buggy. e. w. Comstock, Barton, Vt. 21tf
Rooms to let. Furnished and I'M
furnished. Mrs W. r. Aldrich, Bar
ton. SO "a
Any who will take students to
board, rent rooms, or take students
to work for board the coming term
please notify H. j. Stannard. 1876
Go to Miss Colburne's and you will
see trimmed felt street hats such as
are being worn in New York. [ have
fifty sum mer caps and tams at25c and
SOC which I will close out at 15c. They
are all right for childrens' school
wear. 1876
We want fresh made butter in tubs,
prints and boxes, and can pay fancy prices
for fancy butter. Cash paid for eggs.
0. ID. Owen, Barton, vt. 35tf
Parties desiring stalls for horses at the
fair should apply to c. N. Farley, Barton
Landing, at once. Those desiring stalls
for cattle should apply to Geo. F. Reed,
Barton.
New fall hats, sailors, tams and caps at
e. L. Barstow's. Straw sailors for child
rem and adults. A few more trimmed
straw hats for $50 and 3 co. former price
$3.50 and $500.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-08-27
Is lrUOu.

Is artOn.
Pay your taxes before sept. 10th and get
the discount.
Miss Gertrude Skinner is stopping at j.
F. BatcheIder's.
Mrs. Jennie FifieId of Troy visited at II.
p. Cooks recently.
Adam Dummett is learning the bakery
business of II. 5. Graves.
Frank Powell and daughter Lou recently
visited at F. K. PowelIs.
Miss Rogers, a teacher at Barre, called
on friends in town last week.
II. ]. Bickford of New York City is Wis
iting his mother, Mrs. Owen.
Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Brownell go to Old
Orchard, Me, to remain a week.
q. c. w. Heath has been shingling the
ell to the house where he resides.
Blanche Conner of LyndonvilIe visited
at F. B. Corners last Wednesday.
School in the Foss district commences
today, Miss Vera Webster teacher.
Mrs. Waterman is visiting her brother
and sister, Harry and Florence Perley.
A. N. Drew of st. Johnsbury has COM
menced work on Miss Cuttings house.
Mrs. W. II. Drumming attended the flu
neral of Mrs. Gl1dden at Glover last Fri
day.
Miss Alice NJ. DolIey of WatervilIe, Me-,
is visiting her sister, Mrs. VIM. r. Aid
rich.
Arthur w. Boswell and Frank Tower
took bicycle trip to the White Mountains
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Morrill, visited Mr.
and Mrs. Homer Brewster, in Burlington,
last week.
Mrs. Geo. King and children have been
spending a few days with relatives in
West Glover.
Mrs. Leon Hurd and daughters of Man
chester, n. H, visited her sister, Mrs Geo.
Nye, last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Howard and two
children of Albion, N. V. visited at H. j.
STANDARDS last week.
The public highway between the two
bridges on South Church St.. is being
improved by grading.
o. A. White recently repaired the high
way bridge on the Barton Landing road,
near David Collisions.
Fred Cross and Lena Patnode of Man
chester, n. H., visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Douglass Lester recently.
Mrs. Lucy A. Collins has gone to her
home in Chicago, ILL.,, on account of the
illness of her daughter in-Iaw.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. D. Wiggin and Misses
Anna and Ada Wiggin are occupying Dr.
Pages cottage at Magog, P. @.
The Ladies' Aid society will meet with
Mrs. w. G. johnson on Wednesday after
noon. Gentlemen invited to tea.
Arthur R. Webster, principal of the
Simonds high school of Warner, III,
visited relatives in town last Wednesday.
81. T. Seaver, D. D. Bean, E. B. Robin
son, G. A. Drew and III. A. Folsom attend
ed the fair at Stanstead, P. O., last Thurs
day.
Frank Drown of West Burke has moved
into Schuyler Bickford's house. and is one
of the carpenters at work upon the Cut
ting house.
There is to be meeting of Malta Com
mandery at Willoughby lake some time in
September. The date will be given later.
All plan to go.
1.-THE American Grip which was played
at Sewers hall last Saturday evening drew
a good house and all pronounced it a
good show.
Oliver Valley is replacing the old wood
Ell bridge across Roaring Brook near the
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-08-27
Probate Courts.

Probate Courts will ne held at the Probate
flee in Newport each Monday. Atthe office
of Z. w. Said w4u In Barton on the second
Friday Of each month; at the office of B. F.
d. Carpenter at Barton Landing in the fore.
noon of tn third Friday of each month. Par
ties having business with the Court at Barton
or Barton Landing concerning pending es-
tates will please inform the Court in advance
that he may ia Ee the necessary papers with
him. Z. E. ALFRED, Judge of Probate.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-08-27
Local Advertising.

Advertisements and notices, as prone
nades, shows and other entertainments Will
be published under this head for taOo cents a
word for first insertion, one cent a word th ere
after. We shall no advertisement among
local items. Cash must accompany the or
der. No charge 10iLI be made of less than
fortU cents.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1900-08-27

CraftSburN.
James Libbey is in quite poor health.
Frank Burnes has finished his labor with
II. o. Bartlett.
DR.. Rublee of Morrisville was called here
recently to council with Drs. Bailey and
Dillingham; in the serious illness of Mary
Scott.
Miss Scott from Eden, daughter of Daniel
Scott, came last Thursday to assist in caring
for Miss Mary Scott who is seriously i'll at
her home.
Mr.. and Mrs. y. G. Tollman have return
ed from their visit to Caledonia county,
Miss Caroline Scott of Barnet is in town
called here by the serious illness of Miss
Mary Scott.-Alice Kaiser is home from
Stowe.-Mabel Kelley of Morrisville is
visiting Mrs. E. Q. Stratton.
Mrs. Edward Simonds and son returned
to their home in Boston last Thursday after
spending few. weeks in this vicinity.-Mr
and Mrs. L. A. Whitney returned to their
home in Boston last week.-Mr. and Mrs.
r. A. Patterson and daughter Ethel left
last. Monday for Whitman, Mass. They
will visit relatives there and spend some
time at the beach.