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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-07-26
HETTY GREEN'S TAXES.
Amounts Paid by Americas Richest
Woman In the Town where She

Hetty H. r. Green, the richest wo-
man in America, is again counted
among the citizens of Bellows Falls,
VT, says a special to the New York
World.
Mrs. Green's taxation has always
be 1n bone of contention here. What
she thinks is a large list is small, in
deed, to the tax listers, who have not
failed to hear of her many millions.
Mrs. Green has owned a house and
barn here, known as the Green home
stead, for many years, and has paid
taxes thereon to their full value, but
getting personal list was not easy.
On recent visit to this place she
was accosted by a resident who had
known her for many years. He
shook her proffered hand and asked:
Where are you living now, Mrs.
Green?"
oh" she replied jauntily, "under
my hat"
This is about as far as most of the
tax assessors got.
Investigation of the town records
shows that Mrs. Green first became a
legal resident of the town in 1889,
paying at that time and up to and in
Guiding the year 1898 taxes on 10000
personal property. In 1894 a new
board of listers succeeded in material
ly increasing the list. She then paiu
on $11 900 real estate and $4,000 per-
sonal property and on $4,000 as trus-
tee. Her husband, as trustee. paid on
$4,000, and her daughter, Sylvia, on
$1,000. making a total of $4,000 for
the Green family.
In 1895 she paid on $4,000 real es-
tate, $4,000 personal; Mr.. Green on
$4,000 in his own name and on 5000
as trustee.
In 1896, 1897 and 1895 she paid on
100000 real estate, $4,000 PERSONAL
and Mr.. Green on $1,000 in his own
name and $4,000 as trustee.
In 1899 she was taxes for one house
and barn at $4,000 but refused to
hand in a personal list, stating she
wished to change her residence to an
other state. The place was under
stood to be Hoboken, n. j. Her only
reason for the change was because of
litigation in which she was engaged.
Mrs. Green says the listers in this
town are not so inquisitive as those
in New York. Her taxes this year
will amount to one-thirtieth of the
total taxes in Bellows Falls.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-07-26
GRANDFATHER'S JOB.

Last spring, when William started UP his
plow,
said: Give me them lines-Tn show
mo, father y ou're too old" He meant
it Kind
But them words sorter ranked in my
mind
In droppin' corn I couldn't find ehe row;
lost my glasses when l tried to hoe,
An thought h.ll of corn was jest a
weed
Then Susan said: II guess there amt
need
Fer no more signs to show your work Is
DONE
Why don't ye set down quiet in the sun
An rest"' Jest think of it-set there
an rest
a man like me who's always worked his
best;
An so when William worried on the hay
I said I'd ride this hoss rake anyway.
Maybe I'm sorter old to hoe or plow,
But hitch old Dick-well show them
young folks how.
why, him an me was almost boys to-
getheT.
An now the both of us pull on the tether
Boys. help me on this rake-Git up there,
Dick,
1ic knows who's drivin' him-jest see him
prick
Tkem ears-Now. William, wen bunch
up this hay
An do a first-class job-what's that you
say?
Don't work too hard! Be a little boy?
May be you think this hoss rake is A TOW
Just take my sick and lean it on the
fence.
Now, Dick-we can't see good, but show
your sense
Rural New Yorker.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-07-26
The Scotsman and the Match.

Can We oblige me with light -
said Scotsman. as he bit off the end
of cigar and looked around a smok-
ing carriage on the Great Northern
railway. One traveller produced an
empty box with apologies; another
said he didn't smoke, and therefore
didn't carry matches. Can We give
me a light?" repeated the Scotsman
to the third. who stolidly looked out
of the window. Then the Scotsman's
finger won't relu"ranTIy ,"tD I,io own
pocket. "Weel. weel." he murmured.
1'I iist need to TAX ane o my ain"
london Chronicle.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-07-26
THE BEET ARMY WORM.
A New Pest That Has Recently Made
Its Appearance In Large Num-
bers In Colorado.

Every kind of worm is called an
army worm when it appears in sutii-
cient numbers. A worm that has long
been known to injure the beet last
year appeared sufficiently numerous
to be called the beet army worm. 1t
was officially noticed by the entomolo-
gist of the Colorado experiment sta
ton. Last year first brood of cater
pillars appeared at about the time for
thinning the beets and destroyed most
of the plants after thinning. One
method of destroying the early brood
is to mix one part by weight of Paris
green or London purple and 20 parts
of common -four, and then dust the
mixture over the p.antse before sum
rise in the morning. In this strength
a light busting will be sufficient. In
the early morning the leaves have on
them enough moisture to hold the flour
and poison. 1t may also be applied
after the leaves have been moistened
by shower. To apply the poison, make
a small cheesecloth sack about five
inches in diameter and ten inches deep.
Fill it with the mixture of poison and
-four and walk along a row of plants
shaking the sack over them. This can
be done quite rapidly when one has
learned how and is economical of poi
son, and does not require wheelbarrow
or wagon to carry pump and tank.
When the plants become large, as in
case of treatment for the second brood,
it will probably be better TO use bar
rel or tank and spray pump.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-07-26
A Child Who became Great.

Every precocious boy does not be-
come a brilliant man, but some bril-
liant men have been precocious in
childhood. John Ruskin, the great
English essayist and critic on art. was
such a child. At the age of seven he
wrote verses in rhyme and kept n
journal. or diary. This journal was
really a record of trips through Eng
land that he took with his father.
His interest in the old cathedrals and
in the bits of scenery that he saw
during these journeys betrayed the
tastes that in later years decided his
career.-Detroit Free Press.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-07-26
AcrObntfC.

After supper he procured his wife's best
clothesline from the back shed, fastened one
end Of it to his ST. Bernards collar and the
other to the handle bar of his bicycle Then
he went out into the middle of the road and
mounted. For about four rods that is until
the st. Bernard espied a canine friend. the
sensation was dreamlike, after that it be
came one horrible nightmare. In despera-
pedaled and fairly howled, until at las; he
became sufficiently cool to call to the dog
to stop. 1t stopped all right, but the wheel
had motions of its own. 1t went on till 1t
struck the dog amidships, then it rose in the
air, sending it's rider toward cloudland.
His head tried RRh With W He tbs GHgb
his wife never to do it again Detroit Free
Press
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-07-26
BOres on Fruit Trees.

There have been published many
methods whereby it was claimed borers
on fruit trees may be destroyed, but or
chardists agree that the work is alto
gether too laborious to pay. A number
of preventives are also advocated. but if
those consisting of washes. usually in
the form of cement made of skim milk
and hydraulic cement, are not care
fully removed after the season of dam
ger is over the growth of the tree is
retarded. Undoubtedly the better
way to prevent borers is to keep the
soil in orchards well cultivated and
the trunk of the tree clean of fungi
and all other foreign growth, even Of
loose bark.-Farmers' Voice.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-07-26

hisfo Sons to his side, and said MY sons,
] will leave to John one-third of my estate,
to Alex one-ffth, to james one half and to
Thomas onefourth, and thus you will all
Share Equally" John and James and
Thomas took Paper and Pencil and began
figuring, but Alex took his Hat and started
cut. Where are you going" the other
Three asked. "Do you not Intend figuring
out the Problem?" Not much" said Alex.
81 am Going for a Lawyer to break the
Will" Moral-Sometimes the Lawyer can
Relieve the Heirs of Much of the Figuring
Baltimore American.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-07-26

lever the bark should be well wrapped
in old cloth to prevent injury. If the
ground is dry a t the time of transplant-
ing it will be necessary to thoroughly
wet the ground all about the trunk,
since the earth will cling together and
to the roots much better in this way.
If dry, the earth falls apart readily.
Elms and naples are not difficult to
transplant, but oaks must be moved
with greatest care and with as little
disturbance of the roots as is possible,
if the trees are to live.-N. Y. Tribune.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-07-26
GNAWED TO DEATH BY ANTS.
Horrible Punishment inflicted by
Means of Red Ants on an American
by Mayo Indians.

A mining man who reached FL Paso,
Tex, from the state of Sinaloa, Mex
leo, tells the story in detail of the
terrible punishment recently inflicted
on James Wilson, a renegade Ameri-
can prospector, by Mayo Indians.
Wilson frequently visited the villages
and finally won the affections of
handsome young girl. Instead of mar
rying the girl, according to the rites
of her tribe, he is said to have decoy-
ed her to his camp in the mountains
and kept her there against her will.
She finally escaped to tell the story
and Wilson fed. He was overtaken
and carried back. AS a punishment
for his crime it was ordered that he
be put to death by method common
with the Mayos. The prospector was
stripped of his clothing and bound
across an ant hill infested by large
red ants. After many hours of hor-
rible suffering as the insects slowly
gnawed away his flesh Wilson expir-
ed. Wilson was reputed to be fugi-
tive from justice from Oklahoma.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-07-26
Hest for the Bowels.

No matter what ails you, headache to a
cancer, you will never get well until vour
bowels are put right. Cascarets help nature,
cure you without gripe or pain, produce
easy natural movements, cost you just 10
cents to start getting your. health back.
Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the genuine. nut
up IN metal boxes, every tablet has C.. c. C.
stamped On it. Beware of limitations.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-07-26
CHURNING MADE EASY.
Novel Method Invented by CalifOr-
nin Dairyman of Having
Horse Do the Work,

Various contrivances have been
Tigged up whereby the bull, sheep.
goat, or even dog may do the churning.
The illustration shows novel method
of having the horse do this work. Set
n post (a) in ground 10 be feet high.
Make hole in top and put in d pin -
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-07-26

who steals MY purse" exclaimed the
actress, with genuine emotion, ''steals trash.
This is almost as much of a chestnut as steal
ing my diamonds. But he who flches from
me my good name does that which, while it
perhaps enriches not him, advertises me tc
beat the band. Detroit Journal
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-07-26
If You Have

Pimples, letter, Eczema or any disease Of
the skin or Mucous Membranes that can be
be cured by using Palmer's Lotion, the great
beautifier and Skin Curer which should be
kept in every household ready for any
emergency. Lotion Soap will greatly assist
in curing all such Affections. If your drug
gst does not keep it, send his name to Solon
Palmer, 374 Pearl Street, New York, and re-
sample of Lotion or Soap.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-07-26

Trained.--I might as well tell We before
we, go any further" said the witness, who
had been getting rather the better of the
la~yter' Ia" t' "that ye needn't expect to rattle
me. me a by askin, fool questions" ".No?", re-
boys, an got two grandsons that's keepin'
me me trained all the time."-Indianapo
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-07-26

Shake into your shoes, Aliens Foot Ease,
powder for the feet. 1t makes tight or New
Shoes Feel Easy; Cures Corns, Itching,
Swollen, Rot, Callous, Smarting, Sore and
Sweating Feet. All Druggists and Shoe
Stores sell it, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Ad
dress, Allen S. Olmsted, La Row n.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-07-26

Mack O'Rell-Hard times have brought
about a change with Brighter. | remember
when he always had a case of champagne IN
the cellar; now he has only a case OF beer.
Luke Warme-Wen, you know, "circum.
stances alter cases Chicago Evening
News
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-07-26
Lanes Family Medicine

Moves the bowels each day. In order to
be healthy this is necessary. Acts gently on
the liver and kidneys. Cures sick head.
ache. Prize 25 and SOC.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-07-26

Corn, we know, is good for man, yet here's
a flaw in natures plan; for weathe which Is
good for corn makes man wish he ne er was
rn.-Indianapolis journal.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-07-26

II half believe the report that Crocker is
having trouble with his wife" "Why?"
Hes SO devoted to her in public. c."-Indi-
annapolis News
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-07-26

Summer Roy-"1'm sorry we had that
quarrel last night What will induce you to
make up" Summer Girl-"Another en-
gagement ring."-Town Topics.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-07-26

Towne-"Hicult has conceived horrible
idea" Browne-"What is it? An internal
machine?" Towne-"It's internal, sure
enough. He proposes to set some of Brown
ings poems to Wagner's music. "-Philadel-
phia Press.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-07-26

Tess-"Old Mr.. De Sember is indulgent to
his young wife, isn't he?" Jess-"Yes, and
| know it Just worries May sick" Tess
Gracious! Why should it, il he spends all
his money on herr" Jess-"Why, she's
afraid he won't have any to leave her when
he dies. ."-Phladelphi Press.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-07-26

Summer Boarder-"You told me your
Place was five minutes from the station? ?"
Farmer-"Yep." Summer Boarder-"Well,
why didn't you tell me they'd moved the
station "-Town Topics.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-07-26

A Desperate Mann -Merchant-"Do you
speak German" Needy ApplicantE'I
never have, but, gracious, I'll tackle it if
you give NE a job. b."-Indianapolis journal.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-07-26
Ares of Man.

"At 25," remarked the amateur philoso-
pher "a man is eager to reform the world
At so he is about ready to be reformed him
sell. ."-Phiadelph North American.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-07-26

1t is impossible to please your friends; if
you say agreeable things to them you are ac-
cussd Of insincerity; if you say disagreeable
things they get mad.-Atchison Globe.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-07-26

A practical joke should be handled as
cautiously as double barreled gun.-Atch'
ison Globe
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-07-26

a chorus girl is like house-the older
she gets te more paint she needs.-Town
Topics.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-07-26

Gerald-"How much do you love me-"
Geraldine-"How much are you worth ?"
Gerald-"A hundred thousand dollars" !"
thousand dollars worth. Town Topics.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-07-26

Throw physic to the dogs-if you don't
want the dogs-but if you want good diges-
tion chew Beeman's Pepsin Gum.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-07-26

The sucking calves and pigs and colts
suffer with the heat and need water as
well as the baby in the house.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-07-26

A Ietteris one of the best evidences of tn,
culture ola person.-Philadelph Times.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-07-26

Each package of PUTNAM FADELEss DYES
colors either Silk, Wool or Cotton perfectly.
Sold by all druggists.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-07-26

When you meet an obstacle use it for a
stepping sone.-Chicago Daily News.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-07-26
On the Return.

Jack-Eow long were you in Paris?
Bill wasn't long; was short-Syracuse
Herald.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-07-26

A boy in the family always comes in handy
when the pie left over isn't enough to save.
--Atchson Globe.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-07-26

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of
as cough cure.-J. w. O'Brien, 322 Third
Ave, n, Ninnea eapolis, MINI. Jan. 6. 1900.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-07-26

The diner table is certainly table of in.
terest.-CHcago Daily News.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-07-26
To Cure a Cold in One Dny

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
druggistsrefund money ifitfails to cure. {
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-07-26
Painful
Periods

are overcome by Lydia e.
Pfnkhans's Vegetable
Compound.
fifty thousand happy
women testify to this in
grateful letters to Mrs.
Pisalfbasss.
MenSfruafion Is a
severe strait on a WO-
mans vitality. IF ii IS
painful something Is
wrong which
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-07-26

Halls Catarrh Cure
is taken Internally. Price 75c.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-07-26

Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-06-08
PROSPERITY OR NO PROS
PERITY.

Our friends on the other side of the
political fence seem to be in quandary
as to prosperity. When anyone men.
tions prosperity they have two ways Of
getting round it. First to plumply deny
that there is any prosperity; and second,
to say that prosperity is not due to the
policy Of the republican party, but in
spite Of it.
The TACT remains that the country. was
never more prosperous than at present,
and also that this is a republican admin.
istration.
Another factis equally true that within
this decade, we had hard times under a
democratic administration.
Politics and political policies may or
may not have influence on business, but
the whole argument Of Mr.. Bryan and
his supporters during the last campaign
was based on the ide a, that if the repub.
licans elected their candidate, that the
d-bugs |" etc. would ruin the country,
The facts ofs the present are against
. Bryan's expressed theories of the
past and either political policies have no
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-06-08
WESTWARD ANOTHER STEP.

Again we remark the star of prohibi-
ton westward wends its way. Bismarck
declines to further officially recognize
the saloon business and to collect license,
with the result that all liquor sellers al
the capital city are now reduced to the
plane level of pigs. And that is what
hurts and hinders. 1t is curious fea.
ture of the-liquor business that the peo.
pie who are engaged in it are little
more jealous of their standing as res.
pectable people and as gentlemen than
any other class of business people. To
break the law is not respectable. When
respectable people go out of the liquor
business -and the prohibition law de-
fines that class as all ont of the business
then it is comparatively easy to stop
the pigs. We are pretty much all He
brews when it comes to blind porkers.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-06-08

f Houle's only excuse was that he was
drunk and that Louis Lecuyer had told
him to kill the woman. As to the first
statement all witnesses say he showed NO
signs of drukenness and the assault oc.
CURED at least three hours after his las,
drink. Houle says he had six drinks OF
alcohol and water, but Lecuyer says he
had only two. Lecuyer, while not on
good terms with his deceased mother.
in-law. could have had no especial incen-
tive or motive for her death. Houle
showed no sign of sorrow or emotion,
During the recital on the stand he be-
came somwhat excited in his description,
but no more than if he had been an in.
terested witness instead of the principal
in the affair. Even when he told of his
own little boy, nine years old, the only
issue ofhis marriage, coming, crying, in
the house and saying Father, you have
killed my mother, but will always re.
member her" and his (Houle's) reply
well, it may be they will kill me pretty
soon, and if they do you be good boy
and 60 to SCHOOL, during this pathetic
scene and recital, which moved the COM
passion of every listener, Houle seemed
to say it as sort of matter of course and
without a break in his voice or sign OF
tear.
Some testimony was introduced as to
the mental condition of the prisoner
which tended to show that while the man
is not considered an lmbecile. but vet he
lis undoubtedly to some extent mentally
incapable.
In criminal case Charles ]. Cannon
charged with adultery, the accused plead
not guilty.
Joseph and VIM. Burton and Thomas
Wylie were arraigned on charge of burg.
larry of store at Leroy and given time
to plead. The accused are mere lads
from "A to 16 years ofage.
In civil cases, demurrers were argued
by counsel in cases Of Vaughn VS.. Mayo
Menzies VS.. Muir, Morris VS.. Feldman
administrator.
Two cases involving possession O
property and farm, E. A. Taylor VS.. Boye
were tried before juries. Directed yer
diets gave Taylor possession of the farm
and certain flax. and gave Boyd the bar
ley, the jury fixing the value Of the latte1
at $174.
Court will adjourn either to-day o,
Saturday, probably the latter. The
prisoners will be sentenced probably a,
the close of the term.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-06-08

Editor Bouvette Of the Hallock Enter
prise protested against the desecratiop d
Memorial day by using it as sort Of 4tt
of July, in an article which we copied two
weeks ago. Now he says there is talk d
a boycott on the Enterprise. II EditoF
Bouvette had any doubts as to whethek
he was right in his sentiments as publish
ed, he can cast them aside. The fad
that such people are willing to boycott 1
newspaper that expresses its homes
opinion which is also the opinion of thu
great majority Of good citizens, in itself il
proof that they were wrong then because
they are wrong now. Wrong in on{
thing in such cases means wrong in all
things.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1900-06-08

The Devils Lake Chautauqua begins
June 3oth and runs all through July. The
association has spent $40, 900 this season
in making the grounds and buildings
more attractive, and have provided a
splendid literary and musical program
OF famous lecturers, soloists and quar-
tettes. The Devils Lake Chautauqua is
a spot where one may get all that nature
and art can together provide for physical
and mental recreation.