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The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-01-11
A PLEASANT SURPRISE.
Rev Or. and Mrs. Ferguson Surprised
Upon Their Twenty fifth Wedding
Anniversary.


Upon Their Twenty fifth Wedding
Anniversary.
On New Years Eve a very pleasant
surprise was given the Rev. James
A. Ferguson. d. D., and Mrs. Fer
guson by the congregation of Han
over Church at the parsonage Han
over, N. j., the occasion being their
twenty-fifth wedding anniversary,
After cordial exchange of greet
ings, Elder Sidney B. Winans with
very fitting remarks presented the
pastor--in the name of the congre-
CATION with a neat purse expressive
of their love and esteem. To these
remarks the doctor responded in his
usual bright yet feeling manner.
A bouuntiful collation. was served
after which the following poem writ
ten by Miss Anna d. Walker, of
Bloomfield, N. j.. a former mem
Der of the congregation was read by
Mrs. Henry Walker.
Tribute to Our Pastor.
o the people and the pastor,
How close they draw together
In trial and disaster,
In foul and pleasant weather
There is tie that binds them tight,
We recognize that bond tonight.
Thou, oh pastor, art no stranger,
To the homes from which we come,
In our doubt, our fear, our danger,
In our darkness and our gloom
We can tell, for well we know,
The pastor comfort doth bestow
Thou hast bent DER dying pillows,
And hast whispered in the ear,
Words that made the raging pillows,
Smoother, calmer to appear.
And our hearts surcharged with grief,
In thy presence felt relief.
And when beneath the graves dark
cover,
We have laid our loved away,
And earth was sad and Heaven over,
And Deaths dark pail upon us lay,
The pastors sympathy refined,
Helped the broken heart to bind.
Thou in wedlock hast united,
MANY a lowing couple mere,
Thou didst know the lovers plighted,
Thou dosI know their children dear.
And with tender hearts and true,
They would offer homage due.
When we brought unto the altar,
The children God to us had given,
Thou hast bid us not to falter,
But to lift our faith to heaven,
And thy hand. it placed the sign,
OF the covenant divine.
Highest tribute we would render,
Faithful pastor, thou, indeed;
Loving, wise and just and tender,
Thou hast tried our souls to feed
In Gods house we feel that we,
Have often fed most sumptuously.
The years they speed on faster, faster.
But orr Co, we do beseech,
That He for us will keep our pastor,
Still the living truth to. preach,
And blessing others oh, may he.
The richest, choicest blessings zee.
| And she. who came to us d bride.
- standing By the pastors side,
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-01-11
State Society Elects Officers.

The New Jersey State horticultural
Society. which held its concluding
session at the Trenton State House
Saturday afternoon, elected the follow,
ing officers for the ensuing year
President. Henry =. Hale, Of Prince.
ton yice-president William FL Reid
secretary, Henry !. Budd. Of Mount
Holly; treasurer, /. J. Blackwell, Of
Titusyille, Executive Committee
Dr. J. B. Ward Of Lyons Farms; e,
P, Beebe. or Elizabeth &. "A. Wander.
weer. OF Freehold; Cherries Il Jones.
OF Titnsyillo. and 8. B. Kescham,
Of Pennington.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-01-11

And all our hearts unite to say,
We bless indeed that wedding day.
For she has been the PASTOR aid,
She his work has partly made.
Perchance has sometimes held the pen
That brought such messages to men.
She has helped to bring relief.
In our hours of deepest grief,
Though sometimes hid behind the
scene,
She living part has been.
And the pastors's heavy care,
1t lighter grew when she could share,
And when he drew unto her side,
He stronger felt to work and guide.
Together they have walked along,
A two fold cord we know is strong.
And they have borne full well the
strife,
The loving pastor and his wife,
And many can look back and say,
We mind the PASTORS wedding day,
And many voices join in prayer,
That God will still keep fast the pair,
That He will still more close unite,
The pastor and the Church tonight.
At the close of the reading the
company united in singing "Blest Be
the Tie that Bincs. Many other
hymns and songs followed, Miss Es-
telle Hopping at the piano. Miss
Rey Cook delivered a piano solo and
a duet was rendered by the Misses
Litell.
| Among the guests from out of town
were Mrs. f. A. Wilbur and Miss Mary
FL. Parker, Of New Brunswick, N. ]. ;
sisters of Mrs. Ferguson, also Cal
vim Anderson, M. D., of Madison
these were present at the wedding
ceremony. 1t was not until the hours
of the dying year and century merged
into the New Year and the birth OF
+ the Twentieth Century was announced
by the tones pealing forth from
many iron throats ringing the "old ~
out and the "new" in, that this merry
party was seen vending its way ia
quiet homes.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-01-11
An Evening with Stevens Glee
GLIB,

The concert by the Stevens Institute
Glee, Banjo and Mandolin Club to be
given Thursday evening, January
18th, at Lyceum Hall promises to
be a treat to the music lovers of
Morristown. These young men have
been very successful in their musical
work, and their concerts ia nearby
towns and cities have been greatly
enjoyed and well attended.
Seats on sale at Henry M. Smith s
Monday, January IA. Prices roc and
$1.O0
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-01-11

And all our hearts unite to say,
We bless indeed that wedding day.
For she has been the pastors aid,
She his work has partly made.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-01-11
Trim Your Trees.

Tree trimming is considered ESSEN
tial in more pretentious places than
Morristown. and there is no better time
to do it than now, when men are
available for the work. Next season
when the leaves cover the branches
and you see the Importance Of trim
ming laborers will be scarce, and the
work, if done at all, must be at a
disadvantage. The Morristown
Banner says:
Now trim trees. Don't be afraid
to trim the lower branches ont to a
height of say twelve feet. They will
throw just as much foliage out at the
top next wear aud give more sunli Inr
and air under the bIan mes. allow
the street lamps an opportunity 81
''arise and shine. = lei the street. drt
aud add to the health Of the CON.
munity. for light and air are thu
great hygienic influences. =
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-01-11

Reso1ute Co.'s Pool and Billiard Tourna-
ment.
The pool and billiard tournament
at the Resolute Hook and Ladder
Company still engrosses the interest
of its players. The scores of the
winners are as follows:
Eirct class nool
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-01-11
Thu OPENING of
Tay or's School of Dressmsking,
MONDAY. DEG. srd, 1900.

II WA sHINGTON ST., Morristown, j..
fAUR FRIENDS and the public in general.
~ are cordially invited TO attend. with the
opportunity of examining the grand display or
yq'u-lfe e rHiinn
( Issi .r~' ~sstem taught In all It's branches
p-eisl Offer TO Pupils Joining this
Month. ~
Our System would be splendid Christm
1T for your daughters.
OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL DEC. 18Th
TAYLoM's. l7washinston st.. MorristOwn
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-01-11

Dover is JUSTLY proud Of her new
church, the Hoagland Memorial
Church, which was dedicated last
week
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-01-11

A suggestion has been made that
the people Of Morris Plains have the
name Of the place changed. for the
same reason that the change is to be
made in the name Of Sing Sing. In
the minds ofthe public there is nothing
but an insane asylum at Morris Plains.
and this has been detrimental to Que
Of the prettiest spots In the State.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-01-11

DIED.
BALL-January 4. in Newton, Nathan Ball,
aged 70 years, months and "a days.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-12-24
Go be continued.)
Easily Done.

To be a successful mind reader, one
must have a good memory, and by its
aid some apparently wonderful things
are done. One of the puzzling tricks
performed by public ''clairvoyants" is a
very simple deception. The performer,
standing on the stage, asks several per-
sons in the audience to write each a
sentence on a slip of paper and seal it
in an envelope. OF course the station
cry is furnished and afterward collect
ed. One of the audience is a confeder-
ate, and writes sentence agreed upon
beforehand. When the assistant goes
through the house gathering ap the en-
velopes, the confederate's contribution
is taken up with the others, and all to-
gether are taken to the stage. The per-
formre picks out any envelope, and,
after feeling it. with much ceremony
preuounces the sentence agreed upon,
and the confederate in the audience ac-
knowledges that he wrote 1t. To con-
firm this, the performer tears the en-
velope he has taken up, and repeats the
sentence as though he found it on the
inclosed paper, which is in reality an
other mans sentence, which he reads,
and then picking up another envelope
and fumbling it over, he calls out the
sentence he has just read. The one
who wrote it says it is right, the per-
former tears open the envelope, reads
what is in 1t. and proceeds in that way
through the lot.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-12-24

The farmer cannot afford to have
good tools and machinery on his farm,
unless he can afford to have buildings
to protect them from the weather and
he cannot spend an hour or day more
profitably than in cleaning them up,
ovcrhauling them and making repairs
on them before they are likely to be
wanted again. The plows. harrows and
more expensive machinery left out of
doors this winter will deteriorate In
value more than one-fifth. The loss
would more than pay the interest on
the cost of good building to shelter
them in, ana in many cases exceed the
taxes on the farm. If they We're not
properly cared for when last used, take
one of these fine days and gather them
up clean them, oil all the iron work
and paint all the wood work. Never
mind getting painter to do the job.
Buy can of ready mixed paint and a
cheap brush. Use any color that you
like, but use it freely, not as an orna-
ment, but as preservative of the wood
as the oil Is of the iron. We heard Of
two farmers who owned q harrow in
partnership. and thought it should be
painted, but could not agree on the
color. Finally they compromised, and
one painted his half black, while the
other used yellow ochre. We never
learned which half wore out first.
While overhauling, see that all bolts
and nuts are in pace and broken parts
mended. Massachusetts, Ploughman.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-12-24
si1n. and Enailnce.

Ar exchange says that twenty years
ago there were not twenty-five silos in
America and now there are at least a
half-million. We will not vouch for the
accuracy of their figures, but know that
they increase rapidly each year. To use
an old phrase, they seem to Fill long
felt want" We are proud to think that
we wrote in their favor more than
twenty years ago, when many other
agricultural writer's were either \ on
demning the idea, or had nothing to ay
about them The ideas in regard toI he
variety of corn to raise and mode OF
growing have changed much in that
time, and while then the larger varie-
ties of Western corn We're grown and
sown thickly to get as large a crop as
possible to the acre, with stalks twelve
TO fifteen feet high, now the majority
seem to favor the smaller varieties of
field corn, like LoDgfellow or Compton,
and planting at distances that will teT.d
to good growth Of ears, which are al
lowed to become nearly matured, if not
quite glazed over before they are cut.
Some even let it become glazed. and
then wet it as put into the silo, and
claim to have good ensilage.-American
Cultivator.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-12-24
Comfort Cor the Hoo.

The comfort of any living thing
means great deal, and if hog is not
comfortable. he will not do his, best
The real object In keeping hogs is to
make profit out Of them. and the hog
that will respond the best to good care
and variety of feed is the best hog
to have, says the New York Farmer.
There is no profit in keeping hogs to
see how much cold and heat they can
stand or to see how long they will live
shut up in a small yard, fed on dry
corn and filthy water. You can't starve
hog into dollars. The nearer we can
come to supplying all the needs of our
hogs, the more pay we will get for our
labor. There cannot be a set of iron
rules laid down, governing the feed and
care of herd of hogs We must use
our thinking apparatus and keep the
hogs comfortable A good breeder was
asked, How do you mix your swill?''
He replied, II mix it with brains"
We can't make a success unless we
give our business our best thought.
We must study the hog, his wants, and
keep him so his coat is sleek, with a
nicely tipped ear and two curls in his
tail, contented. happy and comforta-
BILE
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-12-24
Edncating the Boz.

There is a large and growing demand
for young men who understand modern
dairy methods. There is also much de-
mand for educated help in other
branches of farming, and so great is
tie general demand that the boys on
the farm who intend to make farming
life work will do well to look into the
matter and make an effort to secure the
necessary instruction. 1t is not posi-
BILE to obtain a thorough education in
agriculture in little time, but a good
knowledge of modern methods in some
of the branches may be had in short
time and at small expense. This, cou-
pied with the practical knowledge pos
sessed by the boy who has been
brought up ON the farm, will make him
capable of taking and holding a prof.
table position. Many of the agricul-
tural colleges have dairy departments,
in which modern methods are taught,
and any earnest youth with a good
common school education can complete
the course at an expense not exceeding
$1O0--in some colleges for much less
indianapolis News.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-12-24

"Having found by personal expert
ence that Lydia f. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound is a medi-
cine of rare virtue, and having seen
dozens of cures where my suffering
sisters have been dragged back to life
and usefulness from an untimely grave
simply by the use of few bottles Of
that Compound, l must proclaim its
virtues, or l should not be doing my
duty to sufferinv mothers and dragged
out housekeepcrS.
Dear Sister, is your health poor,
do you feel worn out and used up,
especially do you have any of the
troubles which beset our sex, take my
advice let the doctors alone, try
Lydia f. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound; it is better than any
and all doctors, for it cures and they
do not. "-MRs. L. c. SMITH, 1913 Oak
St., Treasurer w. c. T. u, Kansas
City, Mo.-s6ooo forfeit u abOUs tsstimOniai 10
not genuine.
Mrs. Pinkham advises sick we-
men free. Address, Lynn, Mass.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-12-24
ArricnltnraI Atnm..

Sourkrout by the ton is Pennsylva-
MIA industry.
Black rot has Gone great injury in
New York State cabbage fields.
Recent trials indicate that matted
barley is not an economical feed for
work horses.
An alright silo. mature crop and
careful packing are the essentials CT
successful ensilage.
A deficient and inferior wheat har-
vest in France is the report of the
United States Consul at Rouen.
Gather. pile and burn the old cucum-
Der. squash and melon vines and thus
reduce the next crop of beetles.
Tobacco dust treatment kills root
aphis Of trees. Uncover the roots as
far as they can be traced. cover with
tobacco dust and replace the soil.
Spraying with bordeaux resin mix
ture for the control OF asparagus rust
at the Geneva O.. u station has Civ
en- gain Of almost one-half in quality
and quantity.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-12-24
View cure for Rheumatism.

Hester. Mo. Dee 16.-An unusual
case which has recently come to light
here is exciting the 6eenest interest
among medical men. Mrs. Ellenor
GuaItlhouSe suffered for over forty
years with Sciatic Rheumatism so Sc
verely and so constantly that her case
has been regarded as chronic and abso-
lutely incurable. At times the pain was
almost unbearable and she could not
rest day or night.
Some few months ago she was Undue
"a 10 try Dodd's Kidney Pills. a rem
edy recently introduced in this neigh
borhOod The immediate results were
magical and She continued till she had
taken eight boxes, and now she de-
clares she has not an ache or pain left.
She believes that she is completely and
permanently cured, and as she has not
used the pills for some months and Is
to-day in the best Of health, the doctors
who were nj first skeptical are amazed.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-12-24
UNABLE TO STAND FOR MONTHS
BECAUSE or SPRAINED
ANKLES.

tFrOm the Cardiff TimesD
Among the thousands of voluntary IN
qorsemeEts of the great value OF St.
Jacobs Oil for sprains, stiffness and sore
ness, is that of Mrs. G.. Thomas, Alex
aDdra road. Cell. Ysbrod, near Ponty-
pridd, South Wales, who says
~It is with great pleasure that add ms
willing Testimony to the invaluable excel.
lence of your celebrated St. Jacobs Oil.
as experienced in my own case. l sprain-
ed both my ankles in walking down some
steps so severely chat | was unable te
stand for several months. The pain L
suffered was most severe, and nothing
that | used helped me until | applied st.
Jacobs Oil, when they immediately be-
came better daily, and in a short time
was able to go about, and soon after
was quite cured | am now determined
TO advise all persons suffering from pains
10 use this wonderful remedy, which did
so much for me-
Mrs. Thomas does not enlighten US as
TO what treatment she pursued during the
months she was unable to stsud, and dur
7ng which time she was suffering so
much, but we venture to suggest that hac
she called in any well-known medical
man he would have at once prescribed St.
Jacobs Oil, for it has conquered pain up
wards of fifty years, aud doctors know
there is nothing so good The proprietors
Of St Jacobs OIL have been awarded
twelve gold medals by different interna-
uOnal exhibitions as the premier pain
killing remedy of the world. The com
mittees who made the awards were in
each Instance composed largely of the
most eminent medical men obtainable.
Mrs. Thomas evidently did not know the
high opinion in which st. Jacobs Oil is
held by almost every progressive medical
man
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-12-24
Honey in the Cellar.

The average cellar in most places is
about the worst place that could be
chosen to keep honey, remarks an ex-
change. For extracted honey choose a
dry place, for comb honey place that
is dry and warm. A place that will not
keep salt dry will not do for honey. 1t
absorbs moisture as does salt and will
become thin and in time may sour.
Comb honey in a damp place will at
tract moisture, and finally the cells will
become so full that the honey viii
ooze out through the cappings and
weep over the surface Freezing viii
crack the comb. A good place to keep
honey is in the warmest part of the
kitchen, perhaps on the upper shelf of
the cupboard.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-12-24
CHAPTER XI

1t was the day after Nora's return
to Ireland, and she and Celia Pennington
had been wandering about the house and
garden in the happiest, idlest way.
At the vicarage gate, the children, who
had chung to Nora's side, were taken back
by Celia, and Nora went on across the
bog alone, singing softly to herself, as in
old times, and feeling as if those long
twelve months in London must have been
a dream, from which she had awakened
back to the old, unbroken life.
The sound of a swift, light step on the
turf struck Familiarity on Morals ear, and
made her stop and turn; and then
warm, kind smile beamed in her beautl-
full eyes, and she stopped to bring her
head on a level with the shaggy head of
the barefooted child who, in one monde
script garment just twice too big for
him, was hurrying after her.
why, Larry" she said, drawing her
head back in critical, admiring sort of
way, as she took both the lads rough
hands into her own, what a big boy you
are growing!
'Stap, Miss Nora" he cried, in real
fright, as he unclinched the fingers of
one hand and showed a letter, crushed
and soiled Take it, phase. BEES to rim
now, an niver stap!'
Before Nora had time to question him,
the boy was speeding out of sight across
the, bog, and so, smiling as she stood,
she opened the soiled envelope and drew
a slip of paper from it. Could Larry's
drunken father have learned to write
during that year she had been away? or
could Larry himself have scrubbed her
a line to show his progress? These
thoughts were only momentary, for she
had not stood two minutes there before
the paper was hidden in her dress, and
she was walking back toward the vicar
age, steadfast in purpose, though so sad
ly deep in thought. For the few lines
were from Rachel Corr, and this was
what they said:
las l guess that you will soon be COM
ing to see me, Miss Nora, dear, | shall
put Larry to watch until he can give this
into your own hand, and then not wait a
moment, for fear he should be seen. Miss
Nora, for the sake of all that love you,
don't come here at all to-day! But | must
see you as soon as l can do it safely.
must speak to you where no one can see
us or hear us. | will be at Larry's cot
tage by the river at dusk. Will you go
there alone-quite alone? If you fail,
this night will ruin us all: but, even If
you come, what can we do? Oh, how hard
it is for me to be the one to make you
miserable! But l don't know what to do,
Miss Nora, dear. l must tell it all to you
and even then what can we do? Burn
this quickly. RACHEL.
in the dark tonight. Oh, don't for
get"'
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-12-24
Fast Walking Horses.


Horse breeders and trainers almost
entirely overlook or neglect one of the
most valuable features in horse. and
that is fast walking in draft and road
horses, writes a correspondent in Prac-
teal Farmer This seems never to be
bred for, and as to training for it, l,
for one, have never seen it done but
once. If the breeder will select fast
walking mare and stallion, the colt viii
most likely be a fast walker, but no
attention is now paid TO this point.
Other things being equal, if team will
walk 80 per cent faster than another
1t will be worth so per cent more. Once
let the public become interested in fast
walkers and the breeding Of farm and
draft horses would be conducted with
that end in view, to the great benefit
of all concerned in such stock.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-12-24

broken stones over 1t and mix all I'M
til the stones are completely covered
with coating of the cement. The sur
face on which the cement Is to be
placed should be graded with a slight
slope toward the gutter, as shown In
the Illustration, the plan calling for an
arrangement where the cows stand rear
to rear, the gutter being in the middle.
When the surface is properly graded,
spread the mixture over it to the
depth of at least four inches. and COM
pact it thoroughly. This filling should
be left until partially dried before the
top coat is given. The time for drying
will depend somewhat on the weather.
For the second coat, only the best grade
of cement should be used, mixing one
part of it dry with three parts of good
sand, adding water until stiff mortar
is obtained. This mixture should then
be spread over the foundation mixture.
and should be about an inch thick. The
gutter should be cemented also, and be
made with the slightly rounding center.
The gutter should slope gradually to
one end of the stable, where a vat
should be placed to hold the liquid
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