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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-05-22
TRAINS ARRIVE AT RICHMOND DAu
SHEDDING CAR sERv1cR

Nos n and 3f-Florida and Metropolita an
Limited Pullman Drawing-room. Observe
ton and Compartment Steering Cars -
tween New York and st. Augustine PM
man Dining Cars between New YORK ana
Richmond and between Hamlet and ~ An.
gustine. Nestibuled coaches between New
YORK ana Washington, aud between Rich
= ond ana 81 augustine Pullman Sleeping
ears (tri-weekly) between Washington ana
Pinehurst. Pullman Sleeping ears daily be
tween Jacksonville aud Tampa and betvyeen
Jacksonville and Orlando. Also, Through
Drawing-room Sleeping Cars between New
York and Atlanta. and Cafe cars between
Hamlet and tlanta.
Nos ~ and SO Florida and Atlanta Fast
Aau Through Drawing-rOom Buffet Slcep-
Ing Cars between New York and Tampa. con
Meeting at Hamlet with Sleeping Car to ana
from Atlanta, In connection with which
Through Pullman Tickets are sold Finest
Dag Coaches
W.. j. MAY
1.s.,,,u City Ticket Agent,
Phone 4O5 S2f Eas4 Main Ct-,o.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-05-22

Train No 30 leaves Richmond . 10 a n,
daily Tor Petersburg, NOPlina. c. and All
intermediate points. Connection at NorIina
with train arriving Henderson 10 D m md
haielgh % 2 m daily, ana Durham 4 ID m
daily, except Sunday. "
Trains leave Richmond for Washington
New York and the East dei'y; No 81 af6,lS
a m. and No &c at SOB D m
Connections at Jacksonville and Tomro
Tor all Florida east Coast points. aud Cnba
ana Porto Rico AT New Orleans for ali
points In Texas, Mexico, and California
TRAINS ARRIVE AT RICHMOND DAILY
G:35 m No. "a From all points soutb
4;s2 IN no. % and Southwest
DAD m,No 36 From Norlina, \ q Peters.
burg and local points
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-05-22

y SMITH,
District Passenger Agent,
Phone. 4o5 $50 East Main Street
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-05-22
Gland OF THE SKY"
SOUTHERN LITERATURE.

G. ". Wl,STBURT.
-. L. A, Richmond,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-12

Paris, France.
 I expected to tell you how America feeds Paris. but I find that Paris is feeding herself She has the greatest and best markets of the world and the most of the goods sold In them are raised in France. The country about Paris is one vast garden, which produces as much to the acre perhaps as any other land in the world. Some of the farms rent for as high as $50 pe- acre, and it is estimated that there are 2,0O0 acres of this kind about the city. which not only supply Paris with enough vegetables. but furnish a large amount for export to London. The same productiveness exists in the farms. It is only in bad years that France has to import wheat. and her scientists claim that within another de- cade she will not only be raising all her own food. but will export more than 100000 tons of wheat per annum.
 The Biggest Markets of the World. But let me give you some idea of what the French eat! We shall find out by taking walk through the Halles Gen. trales. These are the chief markets of Paris. and they are by far the biggest markets of the world. Covent Garden, London. does not cover half so much
 
 na and New York are small in compar- ison. And still these are not the only markets of Paris There are smaller ones scattered 'here and there over the city, each of which has its own trade.
 The Halles Centrales are right in the heart of Paris. They are ten minutes walk from the Opera House, not far from the Seine and within about a stones throw of the Louvre. They consist of ten great pavilions made of iron and glass. each large enough for an exposi- tion building. They cover, all told. more than twenty-two acres and have about 3,o00 different stalls About them. during seen. and at the wholesale auctions more than s10O.OO0 worth of goods are daily sold. The daily sales of bread, wine and meat at retail and wholesale are more than $500, 600, and the sales per an- mum are considerably over $2oo. .OOO, 900. The vegetables and fruits probably cost as day is taken in on this spot.
 Cost as Much as the Capitol.
 The National Library at Washington, which Is one of the finest Buildings of the world. cost $e000,OO our National Capitol cost $12,0O0, 900, and the State War and Navy Department about the same sum. These markets are mere shells, but they are so large that they have cost s1000d,0eo, or almost as much as any of our greatest national buildings The Halles belong to the Paris municipality and the market people pay rent for their places in them.
 have before me the amount of food
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which Paris daily consumes. It Is enor- mous. the annual average per head bein, 995 hounds of bread, ls3 quarts of wine 1S7 pounds of meat and twenty-eight hounds of fish, or for the whole city S24, GOO 0oO pounds of bread. 45e.oo0.ooo quart of wine, 53s 600 pounds of meat ant 67. .oOO, 900 pounds of fish.
 And with all this is there no opening for our American products? Not al nrcsent. and not until we have a bett T reciprocity treaty with France. The +ruth is this republic puts tariff on ev erything that comes into 1t, and 1t pro tects itself quite as well as the United states. France goes on the principle you tickle me and I'll uckle you, ana 1T you don't l won't
 so far Uncle Sam has not tickled tho fair French maiden, and as a result she b.,vs only what she cannot raise from other countries, taking from us only vhen she is in straits and cannot be sup ,,,ad elsewhere In 1900 she import ed ahout $50, 100000 of foodstuffs, and of this only $10.OO0,O0O worth came from the United States.
 There is an Impression in our country that a vast amount of American wine Is shipped to France, and then sent back asain under French labels. This NJ. Edwa I'd Green, the secretary of the Amer ican Chamber of Commerce here, tells me is a mistake. The French raise enough wine to give every man, woman and child in the country a half bottle of wine twice a day and leave some for export If American wine came here it would have to pay a fair duty. and the importation would be reported in the GUS toms reports. This Is not so. and my cou- clusion is that no American wine is i'm ported
 A Walk Through the Markets.
 But let us begin our walk through the markets It is early morning and the wholesale auctions are now taking place. There are ten acres of buildings where thousands are buying and selling. The auctions begin at daybreak and last un i'll o'clock. meat, vegetables and fish of all kinds being sold in lets to the highest bidder. We see porters carrying ali sorts of things in and out of the doors Some have hats as big around as Q narasol, on their heads and above these aratss of fowls, rabbits and sucking
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-12
END OF THE WORLD.
Is Due This Month and Ascension
 Robes are Being Prepared.

Susquehanna, Pa.) Correspondence Phil-
 adelphia Inquirer.
 Believing the prophecy cs one of their number that the world will come to an end before the month of October has passed, a band of Second Adventists who reside in great numbers near the border of Susquehanna and Bradford counties. are now busily engaged preparing for the event.
 Many farmers of this faith have turned ther stock out on the hillsides. deserted their farms and homes and joined the camp of Second Adventists.
 Others have refused to work or garner their crops. believing 1t would be wrong. in view of the proximity of the worlds end. Some of the Adventists spend all day at camp, praying and listening to the exhortahons of their leaders, and return at night to their homes
 A few of the more sanguine believers are making robes of ascension. Other farmers, alarmed at the rapid srpead of the prophecy, are endeavoring to dis suade the Adventists from the belief. but so far their efforts have met with re- buke, and. in some cases, the would-be pacihers have been driven out of camp
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-12

Those marbles are snails, which the French esteem especially delicious. They sell for cents a pint. The large white snaiis in the boxes cost more. They are the best of their kind and are worth more than terrapin or porterhouse steak.
 See, there Is a Frenchman buying some now! He picks up a couple and looks them carefully over and then orders a hundred. The woman scoops the craw- ling, slimy thing out in her hand and counts them. She wraps them in paper and her customer takes them and goes away smiling.
 The Snail Farms of France.
 Paris eats almost 100000 pounds of these snails every year. paying 8 or $4 a thousand for them. They are found in the southern vine-growing district. and especially about Marseilles. In some places there are small farms or parks where the little things are bred and fed for the market. They are propa gated in the months of August, September and October, at which time they are fed with cabbages and clover. It is said that a wagon load of cabbages given after the rains is enough to furnish one meal for 100000 snails. The cultivated snais are kept in the houses during the winter.
 
 to Paris for sale in the summer. There is one snail farmer who raises 100000 to 100000 snails every year.
 am told that more than 100000 pounds of snails are shipped every year from Paris to the United States. Such snails bring about s per thousand at whole sale. They are usually shipped alive In November and December and must be carefully handled in order to stand the voyage without injury. l understand that some snaiis come from Switzerland to Paris and that Switzerland is one of the great snail markets of the world. It has its snail exporters and snail farmers who know just when to gather the snails, how to handle their eggs and how to feed them so that they will have the luscious fatness so greatly desired by the French. So far I have not eaten snails myself, and am, therefore, unable to describe the taste.
 The Paris Mouse Trap.
 Paris has been described as a gigantic mo ise trap with three doors labeled, re- spectively, hotel, cafe, restaurc Tt. The city has about 10000 hotels; there are restaurants in every block; and you can finj cafes at almost every step At al. most any restaurant you are sure of good cooking. You can eat well any where and at any price. There are scores of places where the meals cost as high as in the better restaurants of New York end hundreds where you can get a very fair dinner for 50 cents, or if you would have wine for 10 cents addition Il. I have had good din lers with wines for 50 cents, and there iJ a restaurant where I lunch occasionally at this price whi ,h
 (Continued on Page Fourteen.)
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-12

reptiles that crawl the land. Some of the women have vats of running water in which cells are squirming about. 1T you want to buy one they will dip out handful in a net and let you take yoar choice. They have beautiful salmon. which sell for almost their weight in silver, as well az founders, skates ana dogfish, which go for little or nothing.
 Snails and Frogs.
 But what is that which that old woman is selling? I mean the. one who has boxes and baskets piled high on her counters. She seems to be ladling out pints Of gray marbles, and she has wooden skew CTS of bits of meat lying besides her. These skewers are filled with frog legs, which sell for a few cents per dozen, and which I can assure you taste as sweet as spring chicken if properly cooked.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-12

which hundreds of men and women are buying and selling. The auctioneers arc handling cheeses of every description, from the little rolls of "fromages de Suisse" to the great wagon wheel sec tons of Gruyere. and the round balls of Edam cheeses from Holland.
 Leaving the cheese markets we take a walk among the fshwives. There is one pavilion that is devoted to them. Each fishwoman has marble counters about her on which are displayed almost every thing that swims the sea and not a few
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-12

market. The eggs are sold by the thous- lnds. They are packed in great boxes which are stacked on the floor. Each box lad 1000 or more and all told, they con
 ain millions upon millions of eggs. stop at one of the stands and ask what he eggs are worth and am told they sell wholesale for s20 per thousand or for 2 cents apiece and that the seller gets q commission of per cent for his trou- ole The French know how to use eggs perhaps better than any other people
 They cook them in all sorts of ways and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-12

pigs. Others are carrying dressed hogs or the sides of beef on their shoulders. Some wear panniers with baskets of veg etables. All are pushing this way and that and we are jostled as we make our way through. Here we are in the fowl auction hall where chickens, ducks and rabbits are sold by the crate. There are thousands of cartridges, pheasants and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-12
MorketC of Paric and -
 Their Great Food Supply.

from them make delicious dishes which are hardly known in America. As re- suit the egg consumption of Paris is enormous and they come here from all parts of France. They are usually fresh. I have yet to get bad one at any of the hotels and their reputation is what that of every egg should be. like that of Caesars wife-above suspicion.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-12

It is the same with the butter. It is made without salt and must therefore be very good to keep any length of time. It Is sold In the market in balls weigh ing about twenty-two pounds each.
 Among the Cheeses.
 But what Is that smell that comes to us from over the way! It Is of a cheesy nature, although not of the rank Linn berger kind Let us aross over We do so and enter another great pavilion in
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-12

game of all sorts. About each auction eer stands crowd of men dressed like French peasants and of women in white caps. black shawls and short black skirts, all bidding vociferously for the various lots. The auctioneers knock down the goods rapidly. It takes a half minute to sell a crate of sucking pigs and less still for selling chickens or ducks.
 Millions of Eggs.
 Butter and eggs are sold in the same
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-12

the seventeenth day of January, in the year of our Lord God 1755, and in the twenty eighth year of his ma1esty's reign. "J. REYNOLDS.
 GOD SAVE THE KING.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-12

Continued on Page Fourteen.)
The Daily soliphone., 1902-05-03
Pleasantly Entertained.

The mem bers of the local Mandolin
CLUB visited the new ice plant last
night and were very pleasantly en-
tertained by Messrs. Blown, Finley
and Thacke. Besides showing them
through the plant they treated the
party to ice soda.
The club met with Miss Ava Ham.
mond, it Being regular meeting
night, and they visited the plant
while euroute home.
The Daily soliphone., 1902-05-03
At the Churches.

Methodist-Rev. NJ. B. Umsted
will preach at II m, and at I 80.
Epworth League at 6 O'Clock p. N. /,
in the chapel.
Cumberland Presbyterian-Rev.
W. 7. Thurman will preach at II
a. M, and at 80 p. m. Christian
Endeavor at $50 p. M.
Baptist: Preaching both fore
noon and night by Rev. Hartley.
Christian-No preaching.
St. Mary's (Catholic) Regular
Sunday services conducted by Rev.
Father Fuerst.
Sunday school at each church at
9 80 a. m. Each Of the above con-
gregations extend cordial invita-
ton to the public to be present,
and visitors to the city especially
will be welcomed.
The Daily soliphone., 1902-05-03
Epworth League.

Regular Epworth service at M. E.
church vestry Sunday evening at six
o clock.
Sui iect Need of Prayer. Math.
26: 36 TO 46.
COMMENTS.
The mind OF Jesus was always
to pray aud not faint; 7" Continue
instant in prayer. la the Greek
instant means unceasing.
Prayer is essential to piety. With
olt prayer there is noresisting grace.
We write our own religious record.
Let's pray to write rightly.
Prayerless is lifeless.
Prayer is fresh fuel for he divine
love- fire.
In sadness softly pray; in Joy j'y-
fully praise; in business breathe
prayerful aspirations.
Prayer, Peace, Power.
Lord teach us TO pray ceaselessly.
Pray, though the gift you ask for,
May never comfort your fears;
Nav never repay your pleading
Yet pray and with hopeful tears.
An nswer, not that you onged for,
But diviner, will come one day;
Your eyes are too dim ~ see it,
Yet pray, and pray, aud pray.
Adapted II. VI. w.
The Daily soliphone., 1902-05-03
Teachers' Program.

The program for the Greer Q
county teachers association, Satur-
day, May 10Th, is as follows:
Debate, Resolved that: 1st.
Arkansas should have q compulsory
school law. Affirmative-C. D.
Thrclkeld, G. g. Bond, Mrs. M. A.
Justice; Negative-R. S. Thompson,
G. D. Morrice, Mrs. Terrill.
God The life and works of
Thomas Jefferson. Led by Prof. r.
S Thompson.
Bird. Talks for good of the associa-
ton. st
The Daily soliphone., 1902-05-03
Eepuhiican Sympathy for Jore

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The Daily soliphone., 1902-05-03

For SALE.-Good hotel, well ituated,
lust overhauled, same as new. A fine
opening for business. Will sell or ex-
change for right kind of property.
Address or see J. H. Thomas or w. D..
Templeton, Piggott, Ark. At
The Daily soliphone., 1902-05-03

All sorts and grades of garden hose
from s to Is cents foot at J.B. Avera's
If
The Daily soliphone., 1902-05-03
Notice..

Goose necks i5c a load and sprawls
from reading 25c per load. Pekin
Stave &c Manufacturing Co. d3t
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1902-12-05
SOUTH NEwBURY.

Mrs. Charles Bailey and son o.
Lawrence, Mass, are visiting a
w. w. Brooks, Jr.
Herbert Avery, wife and daughter
drove up from Enfield, N. H., ant
spent Thanksgiving with his par
ents, A. S. Avery and wife.
Edith Knight is in Barre caring
for her sister, Mrs. F. w. Cil1ey,
who has been quite sick, but is re-
ported better at present.
Miss Hall has returned from
South Ryegate and commenced an
other term of school Monday.
Frank N. Brock is visiting rela-
tives and friends in Lawrence and
Boston for several days.
D. S. Johnson and son, W. E.
Johnson and wife spent Thanksgiv-
ing at J. A. Johnson's.
Miss Hattie E. Brock has gone to
Boston for several weeks.
A. A. Olmsted is still confined to
his bed, his condition does not inn
prove.
W. w. Brock had the misfortune
to lose one of his oxen Sunday.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1902-12-05
WEST NEWBURY.

John H. Minard died at the home
of his son, Edwin A., Sunday after
noon, after a long illness. Mr..
Minard was born in Tunbridge May
IS, 1917. He was married in Dux-
bury in 1S43 to Roxalana Move, and
has resided in Waterbury and Brad
ford, coming to West Newbury in
1877. He is survived by two sons,
James H. and Edwin A. He has
been we'll cared for during his long
sickness and he1plessness by his son
Edwin and wife. Funeral services
were held at the house Tuesday,
Rev. o. W. Brock officiating. In
terment was at Bradford upper plaiu.
Henry Merrill and wife and Stella
Merrill of Wentworth, Nelson
Wright, wife and children, Mrs.
Albert Smith and daughter Gladys,
Bessie Hur1burt of Concord, and
Nelson Santee and wife of Litt1eton
were at J. B. C. Tyler's last Thurs
day.
Clarice Tyler was at home from
Wells River last week.
M. H. Randall of Orfordville Wis.
tied his parents last week.
N. E. Ru t1edge and family we're
at Frederic Sawyer's Thursday.
School commenced Monday, Cora
H. Bean of Coventry, teacher.
The Ladies' Aid society will meet
with Mrs. Warren Carleton Wednes-
day afternoon, Dec. 10th. All those
who have collected money on the al
bum quilt are requested to pay it in
at this meeting.
There will be a sociable at E. E.
Putnam's Friday evening, Dec. 18th.
There will be an auction sale of use
full and fancy articles, including
the album quilt and a nice drawn-in
rug. Ladies are requested to bring
cake.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1902-12-05
B )LTONVILLE

School commenced Monday with
twenty mine scholars and there are
more to attend later. Mr.. Smith OF
Wilder, teacher.
Josie Hanson is home from Lyn.
donville to remain until Christmas
Jessie Bolton is taking a three
weeks vacation from home duties
and visiting in Massachusetts and
Connecticut. Florence Robinson is
attending to the family during her
absence.
Henry Abbott is visiting at home
for few days.
Ellen Bone is teaching the winter
term of school in the Whitelaw dis.
trict.
Mrs. N. Robinson returned Satur-
day from a two weeks visit in
Boston.
The Sunday night prayer meeting
was led by Mrs. Janet Cole. and the
Wednesday night meeting will be in
charge of Henry Abbott. The Sun
day night meeting was unusually
interesting, Mrs. Cole calling on
those present to each give a personal
reason for thankfulness for some
event occurring during the year now
closing.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1902-12-05
NOR TIL THFTFORL

Old Thetford Hill is still our song,
and after a quiet repose of years,
is waking up. Porter, a man of the
times from Boston but native-born
at the Center, is swallowing up the
south end for a true Porter Villa,
reconstructing and planting kindred
right and left, with summer home
for himself. The outlook to the
south is vast, and ends at the won
derful Ascutney, 30 miles away.
The members of this family have
been scattered for years, but have
taken hold today as native and low
ing citizens.
Now farewell to a tough Novem-
Der, sullen and chill, ending in
slice of winter with snow. The
coming season will bring changes.
hard to face, but come they will
An English family has followed
over Davis, engineer, and calling
them of the peasant order, are bet
ter fitted for the shocks of life than
our boastful Yankees. Their attain
ments are rich and solid, growth un
der monarchy is slow, but all the
better for that.
Continuation of letter to my nice
es: The old Fairlee Heights now
greeted us, and their homes and
people just as dear as when in the
long ago, they loved and honored
the truth, as spoken by Uncle Isaac.
AS of old, we pitched headlong on
the bridge, a proud masterpiece to-
day of its builders. The absent
children of Oxford make it the
shrine of their deovtions today, and
its cemetery, solemn and peaceful, is
beyond all others, in sweet retire
ment. The memory of these dead
and their vacant homes have, each
and all, bequeathed an unfading in
heritance that is ours today, and sor-
rowful to say, We cannot transmit to
our children. so. through tears, we
took a present farewell of what has
been "'the JOY of life" to us.
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