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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-03-17
A WORD TO SOCIETY WOMEN,

A day or two ago, DR.. Williams
Rainsford of New York city, in an ad-
dress before the Building Fund Com
mittee of the proposed Stoney Waldo
Sanitarlum, urged society women who
were worn out with their social duties
to gain little rest by visiting the
poor, instead of giving up their days to
visiting each other, He said that the
change would not only do them good,
but that they would find more real
pleasure in it than IN the kind of life
they were living.
Is it not somewhat strange that the
very rich men who are giving money to
universities, libraries and hospitals
never give anything toward lettering
the condition of tbs poor ? Is this be
cause they believe the poor would
cease trying to help themselves If a
helping hand were extended to them,
or is it because they want monuments
that bear their names If a million
gre endows university or establishes
library it IS either known by his name
or his name is linked with it in way
that will cause HIM to be remembered
as long as the endowed institution is in
existence.
Those who give money to the poor,
however. are seldom known to the pub
lie. Their gifts and the receivers of
them never come into public view, at
least not in such way as to be con-
snieuous. But could not rich men do
something for the poor in way that
would cause them to be remembered ?
Could they not, for instance, build tene-
lighthouses, having all the modern I'M
provements, and let them at prices no
greater than are now paid for dwelling
places by the great majority of the very
moor !? Such a scheme would not be
money-mak1ng one The purpose
wouId not be to make money, however,
Init to assist the poor. 1t IS probable
that millionaires could do as much
good with their money IN that way as
bv endowing libraries and colleges.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-03-17
Notice of Election.
GEoRG1A--sUMrER COUNTY,

GEORG 1A--.SUMTER COUNTY
Special Election for Clerk of Su perior Court
Georgia. Sumter County, ONCE OF ordin
airy of said county
Whereas, A vacancy has occurred IN tne
once of Clerk of the Superior Court OF Hn,
or the l4th inst, the duly elected and quar-
fed clerk who was ected for term OF W.
years from the first of January, lgJli anu
to appoint a day for an election to fill salu
Now, therefore, I, Thos M. Allen, Ordinary
of said county do hereby give notice tH@t 49,. III
election will be held on Wednesday apr
3rd, 1871, to I'LL the unexplred term OF salu d.
H. Allen. c,,., tris
Given rnder my hand and seal OF ONCE Iul'
the lotn day of + ebruary, 1901. ,CN
THOS. M ALLhE'
Ordinary Sumter County, Ga
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-03-17
For Clerk Superior Court.

To the Democratic Voters of Sumter County
thereby announce my c ndid ICY for Clerk
Superior Courtof Sumter county to nj the
unexpired term to which my ia her was
cratic primary. II elected 1 shall use my
best efforts to give sati faction to all, and
earnestly ask Your kind support. Very re-
spectfully, ii. T., ALLEN
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-03-17
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
For Clerk Superior Court.

hereby announce my candidacy TOR tn
Ter county, subject to the action OF the de
mocratic primary, and would respectfully
as k the support OF The democI attic voters OF
Sumter. ii e 'ected will devote my entire
time an best efforts in a discharge or the
duties of this office Respectfully,
Elton G. PARKER.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1901-03-17
For Clerk of Superior Court.

thereby announce myself as candidate
tor the ONCE of Clerk of the Superior Court
of Sumter county, subject to the action OF
the Democratic primary. If elected Mr.. i.
+. Gatewood will be my deputy, and we earn
estly solicit the support of our friends and
all DEMOCRATIC voters Of sumter county II
duties of the office. Very RESPECTFULLY,
CHAS A. CHAMBLISS.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-12
MINNBsoTA's FORTY-THlRD BIRTHDAY.
Birth and Progress Of The North Star State in
That Short Time-Many Things to Which
Citizens Can Point With Pride

sipi, the important announcement COM
ing from La Crosse, with which citv,
two years later, Aug. 9, 1860, St Paul
had first Geographic communication with
the world.
st. Paul, when Minnesota became a
state, was a lively city, indeed it was
lively city even before territorial adj
mission. AS early as the summer of
1857 three theatrical companies were Civ
ing entertainments, the principal one oc-
cupying a home of it's own on the
southeast corner of st. Peter and Fourth
street and burned one evening, in lS0J,
during political meeting addressed by
Schuyler ColfaX. And one of the COM
ranies was managed by a man having
the same name as the present manager
of the Metropolitan.
St. Paul has been the home of all the
governors. Here was and is the home of
men Of strong minds and suptIi char
acter-state builders-who aided in OPP u
ing the land to the hand of industry,
to the plow and reaper, to tie planting
Of homes to the cl ilization of the
school and church, to the raj road aid
telegraph and literature and science AMI
art
MARVEI.S OF A FEW YEA S.
Forty-three years is not a long time il
the history of d race, it is only o e-thirji
OF the history of our Union, arc yet
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-12
wit and Wisdom of children.

Current Literature.
One very cold day Tom, In his first
trousers, was walking out wiYn his tiny
oyercoat turned back to its utmost limit
coat" The boy demurred Look at
mine" added his father Yes said
Tom, ruefully, but everybody knows
that you wear trousers"
Mamma-Why, Susie, you've offered
your butterscotch to everybody but lit
tie brother. Why didn't you hand it to
him: Susie with innocent candor)-Be-
&c use, mamma, tile b otner lways takes
it.
A Sunday school superintendent. who
happened to be a drygoods merchant. and
who was teaching class of very little
tots, asked when he had finished OK
planning the lesson: Now, has any one
question to ask" A very small girl
raised her hand. What is it, Martha ~
asked the superintendent ''Why, Mr..
BROOKS, how much are those little red
parasols in your window" said Martha.
Mary was very conscientious child.
One day she was allowed to go and
spend the day with some little cousins
about her own age. After taking off her
wraps she went to her aunt and said
very sobeTly, Nov, Aunt Cassie. if Sal
lie and Lizzie are bad today please don't
hesitate to punish them because I am
here" i''
Five-year-old Hugh c. had overheard
some bad language in the streets and had
been disciplined for repeating 1t. One
day at dinner after accidentally dropping
his bread and butter on the floor. he ex-
claimed Cod" A moment of shocked
silence followed and his mother remon-
strated: iueh. you know I told you
Yesterday" With folded hands and
closed eyes Hugh continued: Dress
mamma and papa and Aunt Mamie.
Amen"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-12

what marvels have been wrought There
are many citizens of our city AMI state
who were school child en- when the first
supplies for the ii: st settlement in Min
nesota were poled up the Mississippi, a
trip of three month S from St. Louis to
Fort Smelling. They have seen what was
to them Il far Off wi.derne IS transformed
into the homes of teeming thousands
in hourly communication with all the
earth.
They have seen a r. gion down in the
Biographies of a h0 f century ago as a
part of the great American desert be-
come one of the most prosperous and
progressive commemorative in the
Union. They have seen and Tow see
many steps in progress.
They have seen a state grow from a
mere fraction to twenty-five persons t.
the square mile, com! AIRED to SO il
Rhode Island-an equal density woul /
give us nearly 40C01,CC0 people
They see state with over SIC, 900, 90 IN
vested in public benevolent and highe1
educational institutions, not to sp "a OF
$14 coo invested in common district
school buildings
They see a state with a permanent
school fund in exc SIS of $12,000,0O0 the
highest in the Union, and public school
system as comprehensive as any known
in the world.
They see a state that ranks nineteenth
in population, but seN en- enth in the
total value Of banking resources.
They see state that ranks twelfth il
the number of newspapers published a
total of over 700 publications, each viein2
with the others in promoting the inter-
eSts they sevorally represent.
They see state that ranks eleventh in
the bushels of oats raised in 1900
They see state that is supposed to b.
outside of the corn belt yet in 1900 it
ranked fourteenth in the numb Of
bushels produced.
They see state that ranks first in the
number of bushels of wheat raised in
1876
They see a state that ranks first in the
quality Of flax produced in 1900
They see a state that ranks third IL
the bushels of barley RAISED in 1900
They see STATE with 6,S74 miles of rail
road ranking seventh in the Union il
total mileage
They see a state that ranks fourth il
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-12

always protesting that he was not en-
titled to it, and did not want it anyhow.
by his assistance principally, and I'M
der his personal direction the first Meth
odist Episcopal church in the Northwest
was built This was the Market street
church in St. Paul, now standing across
the street eastward from Rice Park. He
was one of the trustees that built the
first district school house in st. Paul He
performed the marriage ceremony for
the first couple united in matrimony IN
the then village of ST. Anthony, now the
city of Minneapolis He was a member
of the first board of trustees of the
town of St Paul" when the village was
Incorporated in 1850. He was one of the
founders of Hamline university and made
several trips to the East In the interest
Of that institution. He was also one Of
the incorporators of Oakland cemetery
and sold the site of the cemetery for $50
per acre. OF the personal characteristics
of my father Maj T M. Newson in his
Pen Pictures Of Old Settlers Of st. Paul
says:
TRIBUTE TO MR. HOYT
"Mr Hoyt was running over with
kindness and goodness he was also Il
religious man, and identified himself
closely with the Methodist church; his
doors were always open to the preachers
from the bishop down. He was generous
and gave largely to the poor. He did
not deSpise the Indians or the lowly Of
any class. Jim Thompson, q former
slave, found in him a friend and hun
dreds of poor families were made glad
by wood sent them by Father Hoyt.
After his death, a man Who was cutting
timber for him and hauling it to town.
said he had orders for eight cords Of
wood in his pocket at one time to be
taken 20 different poor families. Wood
in those days was worth from S. TO SO
per cord. An old settler, row living,
can testify how he felt when destitute
of money and his board bill due. Mr
Hoyt gave him $40 He never cared for
riches or for Office. Like his Lord ard
divine Master, he was always going
around doing good.
II may add that my mother was loved
by all that knew her She was a most
betting helpmeet for her husband, and
l am sure that 1 remember Alright when
1 say that [ think she was the best
woman that ever lived in Minnesota.
either in early or later days. The pioneer
women of st. Paul were all noble women
and did their full share in laying the
foundations of our now great and loved
city
" Let the men and women of pioneer
days be remembered, wrote j. Fletcher
Williams, in his valuable History of ST.
Paul 1t is this sentiment which has
inspired me to write the foregoing, and
my sympathy with the subject has made
the work a labor Of love.
w H. Hoyt'
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-12

their own property free from debt OF
dictation OF husband
They see a state that ranks second in
the Union in the total area OF water
surface in lakes and rivers
They see a state that was fifth In Or
ganizing a state forestry association
and the first to proclaim arbor day a
school holiday and urge upon children
the need of knowing something of trees
They see state Of eighty-two coun-
ties, with newspapers and railroads In
each
They see state that prohibits the
labor of children under fourteen years
in any factory, and education made COM
pulsory between the ages Of eight and
sixteen to those who do not avail them
selves Of the free age of from five to
tWenty-one.
And many more things they have seen,
! but big book would be needed to tell
it all.
And there Is much in store for those
now living and for the future millions
destined to live in that glorious Nor
thern land in carrying both the moral
and maternal development of the state to
glory beyond ali known fame, and in
the van Of the progress of the ages as
the thoughts of men are widened with
the processes of the sun
All honor then and veneratIon and
grateful memory to the founders of the
state and the defenders of the nation
in every struggle, and let us all do our
| best to make the coming days luminous
with honor and glory and peace that it
| may go well in the last days With US
and in the long days for those who are
to follow.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-12

What was afterward known a Baptist
HILL near the corner of Fifth and Wa
codta streets, on perhaps a portion of
the present site Of the Pow rs Dry Goods
company's building. We stayed here
until suitable dwelling of tama ak
logs had been built or a farm which nv
father had purchased. This building wa
double log structure and stood near tn
present intersection of Eighth and Jack-
son streets. My father had purchases
the farm CT MIR. Ere born, and following
is a literal copy Of the deed or COZ act
of sale:
This indenture, made this 18th day of
October in the year of our Lord lS4S, be-
tween William Freedom, of the first
part, and Benjamin Hoyt of the second
part, both Of the County of St Croix
and Territory Wisconsin, witnesseth,
that the said party of the first Part for
and in consideration of the sum of 500
in hand paid by the said party of the
second part, the receipt whereof is here
by acknowledged, has remised, released
SOLD, conveyed and quit claimed, and by
these presents do remise, release sell
convey and quit claim, unto the said patty
OF the second part, mis- heirs and as
signs forever, all the following described
lot or parcel Of land, situate living and
being in the town and vicinity of ST.
Paul. in the county of st. CroiX, Wis
cCS.sin territory, and being the northwest
part of the claim known as the Burehino
or Chinivert claim, and moro particu-
larly described cas- commencing at the
Saltwater roadslon the west boundry of
said claim; thence in q northeastern I'll :
/ rection to kitsons line; thence north
westerly ont said line to the foot of the
bluff; THENCE by F. Coutur's claim line
in a westerly direction to William Hart
Shorns line; thence southeasterly on
said line to the place of beginning con-
tanning 100 acres, more or less, forty
nine acres, more or less, of the above de-
scribed claim being purchased by Mr..
Sibley, as @neslof the purchasing COM
plittee, and the said Sibley is hereby
authorized ito deed that portion of the
above described claim which he may
have purchased to the party OF the sec
ond part, to haze and to mold the sane
with all and singular the appurtenances
and privileges fthereunto belonging, and
all the estate right and title interest and
claim whatsoever.
In, testimGn I hereunto set
my hand and seal the day and year first
| above written.
William Freeborn
Richard Ireeborn.
| Today it would be beginning at Eighth
| and Jackson, thence to Broadway, thence
on Broadway to Fifteenth street, thence
! to Jackson. down jackson to place of
beginning.
COUNTRY WAS WILD.
AT the time of our arrival and for some
years thereafter the country about St
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-12

settled in what is now Ramsey county
The ten representatives. of this old
American family were Benjamin F H)yt
the father; Elizabeth Haney Hoye, the
mother. Lorenzo, John Franklin, Fee
born F., Mark Antony and William H.
the sons; and Mary Ann, Cynthia L., ana
Hannah E., the daughte s. OF these
there are now living, Lorenzo, John F.,
and William H, of the sons and Mary
A., now relict Of the late DR.. John H.
Murphy, and Hannah E., wife of Geo e.
II. Hazard. With the exception of Mrs
Murphy these pioneer children rode to
the meeting of the Territorial Pioneers
yesterday in the same automobile train
with Mrs. John F. Hoyt, nee Mary E.
Hobart, their old school teacher, and
Hon. D. A Baker These five all at
tended this school fifty-one years ago last
winter. The following interesting COM
munication regarding this historic fam
lily has been furnished by William II
Hoyt, Esq, one cf it's surviving M en-
bers: s.P
"My father, Rev. Benjamin F. Hoyt.
was born at NoTwalk, Conn, June 8,
1900. In early manhood he emigra Ell
successfully ito + New Yo X, Ohio and
Illinois, and in 1926 married Elizabeth
Haney, daughter of Rev R. Haney,
prominent Methodist minister of Illinois.
In the spring of 1873 he sent nv e.dess
brother, Lorenzo, from our then hom,,
at Marietta, Fulton county, Illinois, to
the then much talked about region of
st. Paul, and especially to the little
frontier village of ST. Paul-not then
regularly incorporat CT even surveyed
or laid out, and composing practically
mere settlement, to Spy out the land
LOCATES IN ST. PAUL.
MY brother, then young man. TWEEN
ty-two years of age, Locked over the
situation and, decided that the then lit
tie settlement of st. Paul was a suitable
place for the future home of the family
and SO notified our father, who lost but
little time in setting out The journey
was made to Galena in two wagons, aad
thence by the steamboat Nomia e to st
Paul. We landed at the foot of jackson
street Aug. l, 1S4S At first cur family
lived in a rude log house which stood on
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-12

Edward FITZGERALD. Writing to Charles
Eliot Norton, on April t. 1878 FitzGerad
remarked-apropos the little paper Of ia Ia
Of Lambs life which he had compiled
and was sending to Norton" Saint
Charles! said Thackeray to me thirty
years ago, putting one of c. LIS letters
to his forehead" Mr. Aidis Wrights
footnote to this passage points out that
the letter in question was that to Bernard
Barton, about Mitford's vases. on Deem
Der l. 182I-the letter in which with a
mastery assumption of that gravity
which Quakers call concern Lamb i'm
plored his friend, the Woodbridge bank
clerk and piOus poetical comforter Of
hundreds of readers, to keep a watch
upon himself in business, lest the fate
of the unhappy Fauntleroy, the banker
and forger (execnted the day before,
might also be his. IF in an unguarded
houI-but I VIII hope better Consider
the scandal it Will bring upon those OF
your persuasion. Thousands will go to
see a Quaker hanged that would be in
different to the fate Of & Presbyterian or
an Anabaptist = ." and so forth
Why this particular letter should so
move Thackeray to that exclamation may
always nave puzzled some readers. That
it should have prompted him to an i'm
pusive utterance Of thankfulness for
such good fooling is natural but why
just then-the word "Saint2"
The original letter gives perhaps the
key. On the other side Of the paper.
written painstakingly in q very minute
hand with the two lines Of verse IN al.
ternate red and black inks, Is this pretty
passage, which, for some reason that is
hard to understand, no editor of Lamb
has thought 1t worth while to reproduce:
Postscript for your Daughter eyes
only
Dear Miss, Your pretty little letterets
make me ashamed Of my great, stray
Cling coarse handwriting. I wonder where
you get pens to write so small. Sure they
must be the pinions Of small wren or
a robin. II you write 50 in your Album.
you must give us glasses to read by. l
have seen a Lady's similar book all writ
in following fashion. I think it pretty
and fanciful.
O how love in early dawn
To bend my steps Ger hOw'ry dawn
[? lawn.l
Which I think has an agreeable variety
TO the eye. Which I recommend to your
notice, with friend Elias best wishes
IT is not much; and yet the thought be-
hind these few lines, and the care with
which they were inscribed. is not COM
mon possession; so uncommon, in fact.
as to belong only to very sweet sOuied
persons: or, if one prefers. TO saints.
Thackeray, when he laid this letter to
his forehead and exclaimed Saint
Charlesp had full reason. Assisted by
this charming little message to Bernard
Bartons daughter (which must have
meant so fauch to herr, all Lambs life
passed. maybe, before him in a 1ash-its
goodness and kindIiness, its disappont-
merits and sorrows; and, most Of all.
perhaps, his quickness to do little things
for others Saint Charles" becomes very
clear then.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-12
OTHER CLAIMS.

They see a state with free public lib
raries in all the principal cities, and over
1900 district school libraries.
They see a state that takes second
rank in the Union in the number of
creameries, and state dairymens asso-
citation that has won more first prizes in
national exhibits than any other state.
They see a state where religious inclin-
alton is shown in thousands Of church or
CARNATIONS no less than sixty different
creeds being represented, the LutheFans.
various branches, with 12G0 churches tax
ing the lead.
They see state that was third in the
Union to organize state board of
health, and extend provisions to all 10
calities, until now there are 1900 local
boards and the mortality records show
the smallest average death rate per 600
in the Union. The cities of st. Paul
and Minneapolis in 1900, with a death rate
! of twelve in each 1,GOO stood in the LEAD
among the cities of the world
They see a state where women control
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-12

the Union in fewness in proportion to
population of prisoners confined in jai.s
and penitentiary.
They see a state with 122 Incorporated
cities, each containing more population
in 1900 than ST. Paul had when the first
territorial legislative assembly met.
They see state that ranked first in
1900 in the quantity of iron ore produced.
They see a state that ranks among the
foremost in the Union in timber and
building stone.
They see a state that was first in the
Civil War to tender troops, as also in the
Spanish war-a state that in the Civil
war was seventh in number Of men sent
IN proportion to population.
They see a state that has the largest
Touring mills in the world, and some of
the largest saw mills, and no less than
127 different kinds Of manufacturing con-
Germs, showing the wonderful diversity
and variety of raw material.
They see a state that ranks from fifth
to tenth in the number of cattle horses.
sheep and hogs.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-12
SAINT CHARLES. "

Why Thackeray Gave This ExcIa-
nation as Applied to Lamb.
Fortnightly Review.
A new passage, very slight in itself,
but, to me at any rate, very interesting,
has reference to Thackeray's ejaculation
Saint Charles!" as applied to Lamb;
which comes to us on the authority OF
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-12
SUFFERING
FOR THE
Sins Of Another
# O a TIL 3

~ blood POISON IS an universal disease The enlightened
not cneeke It's progress Scientists have discovered little
f whch yknowno
oease IN this
@
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-12

800 III 5S- % s~AO41e ttlU41 1I WIS dpOuJ
two years old, when It's little life was
yielded up to the fearful poison. For
six long years I have suffered untold
misery. was covered with sores and
ulcers from head to foot, and in my
great extremity prayed to die. No
language can express my feelings of
Voc during these long years. had
the best medical treatment. Several
physicians treated me, but all to no
purpose. The mercury and potash
seemed to add fuel to the awful flame
which was devouring me. I was ad-
vised by friends who had seen wonder
full cures made by it to try g. g. g. We