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Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1901-07-05
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Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1901-07-05

II y a une cinqnantaine de jour-
naux francais en- compliant les re-
vues aux Etats- Unis ct une soixan-
tame au Canada.
La langue FRANCHISE nest pas a
la veille de disparaftre de Get he
misphere quoiqu'en dissent les An
glo-saxons recrut6s parmi les Ecos-
sails, les Irlandais, les Allemands,
les Scandinaves, etc.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1901-07-05

C'est I'm charmant vieillard que
II rencontre IN ami hier, qui lui
demande de ses nouvelles..
Que voulez-vous que je vous
disc? Je yiens d'entrer dams ma
Gle aimee.
Pu1s apres une pause:
81 settlement je pouva1s met
ire le l avant le g.!
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1901-07-05
UN EXEMPLE

de haillons ct les pleds nus, Sc pre-
sentait de lui-meme au directeur
dune grande manufacture de elias
gov.
Pardon, monsieur lui dit-il je
d6sirerais bien entrer dams votre
manufacture, pour aller a droite ct
a gauche afaire vos commissions.
Mon pauvre garcon, r6pondit
le chef, les commissionnaires ne
manquent point nous en- avons
tant ct plus. Et puts, comment
done veux-tu courir ct faire les
commissions, tot qui ma pas de
chaussures aux pieds?
lie petit bonhomme sen ALA en-
secouant la tete, CONNIE pour dire:
eh bien! nous nous verrons. Ii trou-
va un peu de travail sur le march6
public ct passait la mutt sous
les comptoirs. Au bout de deux
mois, avec les sous dun jour ct de
Iautre reimbursement 6pargnes, il
cut ASSET pour acheter une bonnie
paire de souliers. FL Iacheta ct cut
une sorte de plaisir, une sorte de
royale 6ert6 q les chausser. ii await
raison, ce petit, car ces chaussures
6taient vraiment bien a lui ct par
le meilleur droit; Giles 6taient le
fruit direct ct enter de son dur la
belr. On iOuit blen de que pOn a
ainsi conquis.
Un jour quill portrait a domicile
un baggage qu'on lui await confi6, il
SO trouva face a face dams la rue,
avec M. Blank, di1ecteur de la ma
nufacture.
ii n'h6sita pas a l'aborder, ct CO
|fut avec une resolution qui, sans
avoir rien de trop os6, marquait
i'm esprit d'initiative tres d6termi-
ne.
Monsieur, lui dit-il, vous le
voyez, aujourd'hui j'ai des souliers
ct les VOLTA.
M. Blank, await oubli6 le petit
garcon ct Sc demanda qui il 6tait;
mails il cut bient0t rappel6 ses SOU
venirs.
All! ~ suis, je vous reconnais
vous youlez etre un de nos commits
sionnaires. Je vols en- efet que
vous avez des souliers c'est bien!
Mas, mon pauvre garcon, voyons,
avec ces haillons vous seriez une
triste enseigne pour notre maison;
CO serait une homie pour nous.
LIE jeune garcon continue SO rou-
tie, son fardeau sur l'6paule, sans
dire un mot
Au bout de six mois, il await
gagn6 de quot aller dams un beau
magasin ct y acheter, non pas IN
complet de pacotille qui dure &c
Ique durent les roses, mails un v6te-
ment Oh tout etait reel ct de bonnie
6toffe: ct de bonnie facon sans au-
Gun luxe celia va de sol.
I'll await travaill6 deuxm ois pour
avoir ses souliers, ct il aimait ses
souliers; il yenait de TRAVELLER six
grands mois@pour gagner son ha-
bit. Apr6s Pavoir b1en des fois re-
gard6, tourn6, retourn6 ct palp6, il
s'appliqua q l'endosser; ct; au fur
ct a mesure que chaque piece pre-
matt ga place c'6tait, chez notre la
borieux garcon, un nouyeau con-
tentement ct un prestige de plus.
Ainsi pare, ses souliers aux
pieds ct son habit neuf sur le#
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lie chemin de fer trans-sib6-
rien que construct la Russie sera
termin6 en- 1908. Depuis 1892, on
a pose 5000 miles de rails.
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L'EcHo DE L'OUEsT nest pas respon
sable DIES idees ct opinions emises pa
ses correspondents.
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WpWNAMN garantit de guerir TIMPO
IlhLVKMK TENCE rendia yitalite St la
---'- ---. vigueur aux yieux' ct a l'aeg,
lions de la j~eunesse ct sante ct dome le bonheur
ct lie success en- ~affaires ct dams la vie professions
nellie ct sociale. So le paquet on s pour S..
EE HTfy RaTt9ut port 4 p ~ gB SUI reen dp pri9 par
Drug Store, Mimi. r. M. PARKER, Opp o.,
stPaul, Mimi. SCOTT DRUG CO., Saltwater.
TIE KIDD DRUG @ ,EIDin, III,
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Dry Goods.
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MINNEAPOLIS MINI. 5 Juliet 1901

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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-05-03
OYSTERS NOT DAMAGED.

Many fears have been expressed
along the upper Rappahannock aud
Potomac rivers that the freshets had
damaged the oyster beds. An inyes-
tigation by CITIZEN representative
proves the fears groundless.
A similar freshet few years ago
destroyed hundreds of thousands Of
dollars worth of oysters. The freshets
of this spring have been equally as
heavy, but Proyidentially, the pre-
yailing winds have been easterly and
the tides have been so high that the
influx of salt seas has overcome the
great flow of fresh water. At the
time referred to, few years back,
the tides kept low, the oysters became
suddenly and abnormally fat Ian
effect that fresh water has upon them)
and thousands of acres of oysters soon
died. When fattened in this way
they burst their shells-or come out
of their shells, as the term goes
and are, in consequence, fatally
injured.
For the first time in years the
mouth of the Rappahannock is
yellow with muddy water owing to
the heavy rains.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-05-03
Death OF John e. Massey.

Hon. John E. Massey died We'd
nesday of last week at his residence
in Charlottesville. lie was born in
Spottsylyania county, April 2, 1919.
Began the practice of law in 1912
and two years later was licensed and
ordained as minister of the Baptist
denomination.
Mr.. Massey entered political life
soon after the adoption of the pres
ent Constitution. He was the intel
lectual strength Of the Readiuster
movement and was elected auditor of
public accounts in 1880. His fight
with Malone over the question of
the control of his clerical force. in
which he was aided by four Others,
known as the famous "Big Four"
is matter of history and an event
In his career that stamped him as a
man of great courage and constancy
to principle.
The deceased had just been nomi
mated as delegate to the Constitu-
tional Convention.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-05-03
OH, YE sNAPpERs,

1t is refreshing to see how they
practice(?) their preaching when
given chance, these clamorous ad-
vocates of the "people" and squire
politics" Starting off with that fiz-
zled labor union endorsement of Mr..
Montague in Richmond, followed up
by false reports of Montague dele
gates elected in Rockingham and the
repudiated-election of snap chair
man in Franklin county, our friends,
the enemy, have established record
that will hardly be distanced during
the campaign. To make sure of
their record on this line the city COM
mittee of Manchester-of whose men,
bership MIR. Montague chances to
have a msjority-has decided to elect
gubernatorial delegates next Thurs
day. OF course this is done now
because if postponed little longer a
new committee, recently elected, Will
assume office and they, elected on the
gubernatorial issue,are supposed to be
friendly to the anti-Montague-ites.
Another reason is that Mr.. Monta-
que, being close to Manchester, has
been working for some months on its
people, and his friends are afraid to
longer put of the election Of dele
gates as sentiment has begun to rap
idly change since Mr.. Swanson has
opened HE campaign.
The Swanson people are not squeal-
ing because of these things. They
will prepare TO meet them Gas we see
later in the case OF Alexandria,. But
let us hear no more of the champions
of fair politics" from such hypocrit-
lcal sources.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-05-03
POLITICAL

A Swanson Club has been orean-
lied IN Manchester with several
hundred members.
The registration books are now
open for registering voters, and
Tuesday, Nay 18th, is the last day.
Hon. r. Tate Ir,iae, of Wise
county, has announced himself a
clndida,e for Acknowledgement,
o. the Democratic ticket.
The Republicans of Richmond
county have endorsed the Democratic
nominee, Rev. w. f. Dunaway, for
the Constitutional Convention.
Ex-Judge F. L. Taylor has declared
himself an independent candidate for
the Constitutional Convention for
the counties of Mathews and Glou-
cester.
The election of county school SUI
perintendents, which was to have
taken place this week, has been most
poned by Acknowledgement Montague
because of a trip he wishes to make
to the Southwest.
In retaliation for the "snap" &C :
ton of Montague's Manchester Com
m!t,ee Alexandria's Swanson Com
mittee met the day after and decided
to hold their primary on the 9Th,
ahead of Manchester.
The independent candidacy of the
following for offices in White Stone
District, Lancaster county. have been
announced: w. N. Cundiff. for Su-
pervisor; ]. A. McKeuney, for Con-
stable; Joshua Byrd (colored). for
Overseer of Poor; L. NJ. Chase, for
Magistrate.
Republicans of Middlesex and Es-
sex have endorsed j. A. Bristow.
OF Urbanna, for the constitutional
Convention on the conditions that he
vote against the Acknowledgement of
the negro and the division of the
school tax. Mr.. Bristow has accepted
the conditions
Mr.. Montague's friends are claim
ing nearly if not quite all of the dele
CATION from Richmond city. 1t seems
but reasonable that he should carry
that city, as he is the only candidate
who claims the shadow of a resi-
dence there. In the light of all this
nevertheless a prominent Virginia
Democrat, residing in Washington,
who has recently been to Richmond.
says that though one ward of that
city is probably for Montague, it is
extremely doubtful if that gentle
man can carry more than that in
the city, and that Henrico, Hanover,
Caroline, Goochland and Chester
field counties are certain to vote for
Swanson for Governor.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-05-03
NEWS ITEMS.

Sturgeon have become 80 scarce in
the Potomac and prices are So high
that it has been suggested that arti-
ficlal means be resorted to re-stock
the river.
The largest catch of fsh of the
season was made Saturday night at
Whitewater on the upper Potomac,
the haul aggregsting 100000 herring
and few rock and shad.
j. Pierpont Morgan has purchased
a vast British Steamer Line. This
line has connections with every coun-
try in the world and will fly the stars
and stripes in the future.
Mrs. Carrie Nation, the woman
who has terrorized the saloon-keep-
ers of the West, is coming to Vir-
ginia next month to carry on her
crusade against liquor dealers.
The pillow manufacturers of the
United States at Chicago completed
the formation of a $50,00O,O00 COM
bination. The combination will, it
is said, eliminate the long credits
which have been given country
merchants.
Queen Wilhelmina, of Holland, is
disguised. She has discovered that
her bachelor husband is heavily in
debt and his creditors are calling on
the Queen to pay. She insists that
these debts must be paid out of the
Kings allowance.
The Northern Neck Baptist Sun
day School convention will be held
this year in King George. Large
preparations are being made for this
event. This body is composed of the
Baptist ministers of the five unties
and layman delegate from each
school.
The State Convention of the
Colored Baptists of Virginia will be
held on May Sth in Bedford City.
An effort is being made by the mem
bers to raise $40, 900 this year to clear
off the debt of $4,000 on the Vir-
ginia Seminary-the school of the
convention in Lynchburg.
The McMenamin crab-canninc
factory at Hampton, the only one of
the kind in the world. will continue
operations, the secret formula of the
late James McMenamin, having been
confided by him to George A.
Schmelz, of Newport News, who will
IN future preserve the delicate meat
of the crab.
The American Flour Company has
been In correspondence with several
property-owners in Northampton
county with view to establishing
sweet potato flour factory in the
vicinity of Nassawadox. The pro-
posed plant will cost $4,000 and
will use 100000 barrels season. They
agree to pay the farmers sixty cents
a barrel for culls and all.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-05-03
FARNHAM.

Well, surely, Farnham is on the
boom. We have three preachers,
two merchants. blacksmith, a clock
cleaner and two bachelors on one side
of the road and three widowers On the
other.
We are glad to report r. g. Gala
han, who has been sick for the past
few mon tbs, able to be out again.
A. j. Rock had about FIVE thou
sand tomato plants set out the past
week.
Fred Courtney and Willie Van
SAINT, students of the Academy at this
place, made hasty trip over to their
homes at Kinsale on Monday last.
Owing to the wet weather of last
week there was not much going on
but warrant trials. @. l.. BRYANT
was brought before M. @. Lewis, J.
r., on April 18th, and again on the
cath, charged with permitting his cat
tie to run at large and range in the
wheat field of NJ. j. Hanks. The
Justice, after hearing the evidence.
imposed a fine on the said Bryant,
together with costs, which amounted
to about twenty-five dollars.
On Saturday, April 27th, the case
of the Commonwealth VS.. w. A.
Thompson (coiored) for illegal sale
of intoxicating liquor was up for
trial before Justice Lewis. The
prosecution was ably looked after
by j. w. Chinn, jr., while Il. j. Down
ing was to represent the defendant
but did not appear. After waiting
for two or :hree hours the case was
called and Thompson pleaded mot
guilty." although twelve witnesses
swore that they had bought liquor
from him. Thompson was found
guilty and fine of one hundred dol
lars and costs imposed. So ended the
matter. We rejoice that we have such
"a Justice of the Peace. What do such
law breakers care for $40 and SIS
tines9 The people in Farnham who
have been pushing this matter deserve
great COMMUNICATION. They are doing
all they can in this warfare against
the saloon. 1t is a sad reflection,
though, that in all ages it has been a
thankless task TO try to make the
world better. So let us turn ont on
the next local option election aud
vote it dry 16 to L. JAY.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-05-03
EMMERTON.

"When every fields Geld of gold with
dandelion stars set,
When apple buds pink leaves unfold, and
west winds WOO the violet,
When daisies open wide their eyes and
butter cups make cheer,
When Bob o Lincoln laughing flies,
And swallows drift down azure skies,
o, then the May is herel"-
Mrs. w. A. Bryant has returned
from a delightful visit to friends
and relatives in Washington.
Mrs. Kate Bradford, of Norfolk,
is the guest of Mr.. aud Mrs. b. B.
Griffith.
Mrs. Byard Gilmore has returned
from pleasant trip to Baltimore.
Lowell Northern is recovering from
the effects of bad cut on his kuee.
The roseloa has been raging in this
neighborhood. Some persons have
been very i'll with it.
Miss Mary Mitchell, of Warsaw,
spent last week with Mr.. and Mrs.
b. b. Griffith.
Misses Susie Hanks and Mary
Bryant were the guests of Miss
Cable johnson Saturday and Sunday.
The Epworth League Social will
meet at Mrs. r. B. Middleton's next
Friday night.
DIR. Fisher will soon complete his
grist mill. MoLLIE BAwN.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-05-03
MIDDLEsEx NOTES.

J. S. Estes, Foster Brown, aged 2S.
and Jno. E. Green, aged so, ell of this
county, died last week.
j. Il. Blake has been appointed
postmaster at Coprad's Mills, this
county, vice JAS. Dillon, resigned.
Messrs. w. Curtis Walker and Jno.
Gressitt returned the past week from
trips to Baltimore.
Judge A. b. Eyens is in Baltimore
this week.
The Urbanna Methodist church
has decided to sell the present house
of worship and build new (S3, OOO)
editice.
Alyah p. Bobannon, formerly of
Urbanaa, has accepted a position of
night watcbman on the Weems Line
steamer, Northumberland.
w. II. Hall and Miss Elnora Will
lisms were married at New Hope NJ.
+. church, King & Queen county, last
week, Rev. e. J. Richardson Off
ciatiug.
The thief who escaped from YES
sci III James river with over S4O0 of
Geo. Van Wagenen's money, of Ur-
banua, was captured in Baltimore
and taken to Warwick county and
lodged in Jail; about $175 was found
on his person.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-05-03

lied among the friends of applicants
aud the convention held before a re-
action over disappointment could set
IN. For the one hundred or more su-
there are several hun
dred applicants. The most of these,
with their friends, have been over to
Richmond during the past few weeks
and have been nursing the Attorney
General pretty closely, for it is conced-
ed that at ais dictum majority of his
school-appoin.ing board will act.
Many of these people, from all over the
State, have FASTENED to get into print
to pledge themselves and their coun-
ties For Mr. Montague. 1t does not take
wise man to see, then, that since
for every lucky man there will. be
several disgruntled ones when the
appointments have been made, and
that, therefore, it is the part of good
politics for the Attorney-General to
want the disagreeable and damaging
business TO be postponed until he
can clinch all of these people IN his
support for the gubernatorial nomi-
nation. In this, though, he has lost.
According to law he cannot postpone
the selection of superintendent as
late as August, so now we may look
for early appointments, aud efforts to
soothe the dissatisfied. lie must
"face the music" which he desired
to dodge, and take the consequences,
There is disappointment in the
ranks OF his adherents and CORE
spending joy among the anti-Mon-
tague-ites.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-05-03

THE CITIZEN is sorry to see its
friend, the Wttchman, supporting an
independent candidate for supervisor
in this district, but as it is a matter
of personal preference we promise
that we will not fall out over it, or
even bear "grudge" because of it.
Had Mr.. Cundiff been the Demo
cratic nominee none would have
supported him more cheerfully
than this paper. AS it is, he is not
the nominee and we purpose giving
conservative support to Mr.. Buck.
Our contemporary may be perfectly
correct in asserting that Mr.. Cundlff's
record was such as entitled him to
a denomination. His record is a good
one, and If that were the only con-
s'deratlon we would have supported
ban against brother. But the
Democrats, who nominated Mr.. Buck
almost unanimously, saw something
back of this--a shadow, and that an
independent" one, of the "bolting'
brand it may appear to some. They
did not think that the Democratic
party could afford to-day-as it has
never done in the generations past
to put premium upon Independent
Mr.. Cundiff opposed the
regular nominee two years ago, and
was elected-or so it was returned.
But for this. fact, backed as he is by a
record of two years, he would have
been the unanimous choice of the
Democrats of this district. AS it is
we cannot possibly see how any party
man can give him his support. These
are unvarnished, unprejudiced con-
illusions, and We would face the world
with such doctrine.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-05-03

OUR esteemed contemporaries. the
Vfr9faia Citizen, Fredericksburg Free
Lance and Star, continue to advocate the
cause of Congressman Swanson for onr
rexI Governor. but up to this time we
have been unable To see the fruits of
their labors. You may be voicine your
Individual sentiments, gentlemen, but
you are not voicing the sentiments of the
Democrats of the First District. How
ever, if you think you are right aud can
lead us to think as you do, keep IL up.
Most OF us are Montague men, but open
to arguments and reason. When shall
we expect 20 see some?--.Soushssde Sen
tinel
If the Lance and Star are willing
to allow the credit of the Swanson
work here to go to the Chesapeake
Wofchmaa and some of our Eastern
Shore exchanges the CITIZEN is
agreed. We do not claim all of the
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-05-03

credit, as there are other papers do
ing good work besides the three
named by the Sentinel; but we
are willing for. our friend to
stick pin in the centre of it's fore
going editorial, and when results are
shown, own up.
We are far from any desire to lead
our friend or others against their
will, even if capable of doing so, but
cannot refrain from suggesting that
possibly if our contemporary had
been as "open to arguments and rea-
son" a few years back as he now pro-
fesses to be he would not have got
ten SO far past hope of recovery.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-05-03
FARNHAM.
Democratic State Conventiou

The next Democratic State Con-
veniion will be held in Norfolk,
Wednesday, August II. The basis
of representation will be one dele
gate for every one hundred votes, or
fraction of 80 or over, cast for Bryan
last November.
Representative Swanson's supper
tcrs were dominant In the State Cen
tral Committee meeting Thursday
night, and an undertone of jubilation
pervaded the throng that had been
swirling around and around in the
congested lobby. Mr.. Swanson's
friends wanted late convention, and
held 10 Norfolk.
The Montague workers wanted a
July convention held at Richmond.
The Swanson men are rejoicing out
wardly over the meeting, and the
opposing side admit that the verdict
was not ali they hoped it would be.
). &. Brent Ga Swanson mau)
moved to make the date Of the con-
vention Thursday, August 10Th. G S.
p. Triple;t Montague mani moved
to substitute July 18th, and later
accepted the amendment of L. Il.
Smith, to make it July 18th.
The question being called for, the
vote was taken first on the amend
ment of Mr.. Triplett, fixing the date
as July l7th. There were only a
few feeble ayes when the July propo-
sition was put to vote A few mo-
ments we're spent discussing the basis.
In Gloucester the vote of three pre-
cIncts for Bryan was thrown out.
On Representative Floods motion it
was agreed TO allow Gloucester ten
delegates, but the committee would
not listen to proposal of eleven
delegates by Mr. Garrett, based on
w. A. Jones' vote for Compress
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1901-05-03
TRUSTEES SALE OF LAND.

BY virtue of certain deed of trust to
me, the undersigned, of date the Goth
day OF June, 1900, and duly recorded in
the clerks office of the county of Ian
caster, Va, in decide so, page 54s.
default having been made In the paw.
ment of the debt thereby secured, and
being requested by the beneficiary there
under so to do, will sell by public auc-
ton at huntsville, Va, on Friday, June
7th, 1901, at 1l:30 o'clock a M, the real
estate mentioned In said deed and des-
cribed as follows, to wit: bounded on the
north by the land of Mrs. Nj. A. Webb;
on the east by the land of r. T. PIERCE
and main road; on the south by the
lands of w. A. Weaver, John Weaver.
Frank Sadler and X f. Mitchell; and on
the west by the land of +. w. Lewis; to-
gether with the dwelling house thereon,
the same being that portion of the old
homestead of J. l. Webb, deceased, in
herited by A. NJ. Webb.
Terms: cash as 10 expenses of sale and
amount of the debt secured; residue.
credit payments to be evidenced by notes
secured by deed of trust on the land; or
all cash at option Of purchaser.
FRANK G. NEwDfLL, Trustee.