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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-02-15

Land For School Purposes

Washington, Jan. 31-Repre-
sentative Latimer of South Carolina
introduced bill today to equalize
the several States of the Union in
the grant of lands for school pur-
poses.
The bill IS for the purpose of
bringing those States which have
no portion of the public domain, or
not their fair share thereof, upon
On equal footing with those which
are fully provided for.
10 California. and all States
since admitted 10 the Union, the
United States has granted sections
Is and SO in each township for
public school purposes, and MIR.
Latimer's bill provided, that the
other States shall have the same.
This will give to Louisiana 733,
02S acres, and to Mississippi $685.
328 acres.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-02-15

An Italian bootblack IN = New
York town was recently fined 5000
for refusing to black the shoes Of
negroon the ground of his color.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-02-15

The cotton exported from the
United States dnr,ng the past year
amounted to $3.50, 500, 44s pounds.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-02-15
Ten Years Ago and Now.

There is no better antidote for
despondency than to take a meas
ure of your own community as it was
ten years ago aud as 1t is today
unless you live in an unrepresenta-
tive and stagnant community. You
will likely find the roads or the
streets better than they were; the
railroad service better, the postal
service, possibly even the telegraph
and telephone service; you will OBJ
serve better houses, more attractive
grounds; the people are better clad,
and more are we'll clad. Inside
their houses Won will find more
books or better, more bath rooms.
better lights, and better furniture.
A larger portion of children and
youth are receiving good training
at better schools All this means
more than prosperous years. 1t
means higher level of life and
stronger ambition. The we'll be-
ing of the people of the United
States Is rising higher and especial
ly it is dlffusipg itself wider. Life
is constantly becoming more COM
Portable and more cheerful as we'll
longer and safer--leading to better
conditions for intellectual growth
and social development. From
The Worlds Work.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-02-15
Agents for School Books.

To the Public and School Teachers:
We have been appointed BY E.
F. Hansel & Bro, agent for this
dlsrtlct, to sell all the books
adopted by the State Board Of
Education. The books will be
sold at a standardprice.
III. j. SMITH q SONS,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1902-02-15

Dixon Academy


~ Y IlI& IO1l7 II.
The school divided into folows
FALL TERM, OCTOBER LIST TO DECEMBER 2st 1901
WINTER TERM, JANUARY End TO MARCH 22nd, 1902
SPRING TERM, MARCH 22nd TO JUNE l4h 1902
No Student will be Received for Shorter Period than One Term
- Charges for Day Pupils:
Primary Grade SIS 90 Per Term,
Grammar Grade ......-....... 90. SO 90 Per Term.
High School Grade. SIS 90 Per Term
ALL DUES PAYABLE EACH TERM IN ADVANCE
VIM. A. DIXON, Principal.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-05-23
NEARBY MASSACHUSETTS.

Sam Walter Foss, the poet, will de.
liver the Memorial day address al
Wendell.
The Orange smallpox scare is ovel
with the recovery of Mr.. Jones; nc
new cases or prospect of any.
The estate of ex-Sheritf George A.
Kimball of Greenfield inventories per
sonal 500, 600 and real estate Sc, 800.
The widow has the use of $40, 600 dur
ing life. There are 81, 200 in other be-
quests. The remainder of the estate
goes to his daughter, Mrs. f. A. Pond.
The $50, 600 goes to her on the death
Of Mrs. kimball.
The state highway commission has
made the following allotments fol- state
road in Franklin county: auckland,
4 1000: Whately. 5000; Greenfield,
1000; Deerfield, g, 800. Greenfield
will use the money for finishing the
Montague City strip. Orange will
spend the money on the road from
West Orange to Orange. 1t is expect
ed that Buckland will extend the pres
ent strip beyond the Forbes bridge.
Mortified will use the money on its
Main street and Whately on the road
to South Deerfield. Deerfield will ex-
tend the present strip north to Old
Deertield. These towns that have not
had state road get allotments under the
. per cent. provision Conway, 81, 00S;
S:320; Leverett. 5i6S: Shutes-
bury, s262: Wendell, 1896. The coun-
ty thus gets s25, 25i from the commits
sion,
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-05-23

There will be union services Sunday
at the Unitarian church when the pas
tor, Rev. G. W. Patten, will give the
Memorial sermon to the veterans of the
civil war.
T~heconcert given under the ~auspices
of the senior class of Powers Institute
by Myron 4. Bickford and Mrs, Bick-
ford of S~prinpfield. was of such merit
as TO deserve a much larger audience,
,. II NJ, - d paiuo % ,+hol
vi anu MIS- ~ iaise Atno,'
VIZ 80, iSSsS NJ ~
Mrs \ 6 Cutler Of Greenfield. and
Mr. and Mrs Thomas Stratron of Mil
iers Fails we're in town ON Sunday
Mrs. Fl r. Crowell i visiting IN Mon
tao1e r. 4. Newton is in town,
Mr. and Mrs s s Stratton are nj
W 4 Stratton,s Rev W. n Adams.
wife and da1qhter are snandinp the
waak at TanreI park
M, ~
Inc 1hoch coert .riai slNeH unuet
tHe Vi lhe Onilalian ~
ciets lhuIsua! eNenih! was in9ttuI
i've anu lhlehSels aLluslhs anu ule"
a large audience. I~naracter5 were
5uaSe' N; i. SIo"5tl'
y . haIner ~uelenaaHt, T. I; liaie'
~eleuuan ; attosnes' vi =. NEW
ION, worcester; Mass ~proSgGuIlhg at
,qrhey' !; D. feirH' Esd.' TorG1sIer,
Mass clerk OF court y ~. illis'
ouT olhcer' 4. ,. Athgrtoh cFleI' a
y. DroWne WITNESSES, 1T. y =. IIoI
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-05-23

Henry post, G. \. r., will meet at
the town hall at 9 a.. m. At 9:15 form
in procession, escorted by Grafton
band and attended by Henry Relief
corps, invited guests and citizens in
carriages: led by Chief Marshal Wool
ley, will proceed to North street where
it will be joined by school children
with flowers, at the Stone church
thence it will proceed to the cemetery
where prayer will be offered, music by
a quartette, and while the children
decorate the graves the band will play
a dirge. Reforming, the procession
will to the cemetery at South
street, where a similar service will be
rendered. Refreshments will be served
at II o'clock at G. A. r. hall, to all old
soldiers, by the Relief corps. At 80
an exercise will be given at the town
hall by Miss Winnie Heald's class of
school children, followed by prayer,
by Rev. Ii. l.. Ballou music
by quartette: recitation, Josephine
Archer. In place of the usual ad-
dress there will be an original poem
recited by the author, Colonel Walter
1. Chester of Middlebury. Rev. Hen
~ Croker will deliver an address. fol-
by a reading by Principal C. f.
the reading of the roll of hon
Ored dead, and music by the quartette.
All old soldiers, patriotic citizens and
children are cordially invited to
take part in the services of the day.
President of the day, W. L. Haynes,
VI. d.. chief marshal, Charles L.
commander of post, b. f.
Nyman.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-05-23
NORTH HINSDALE.

Fred Gale entertained the Brattle-
bero Wheel club of which he is a mem
Der, Saturday evening.
There was a social gathering at Mr..
Rouillard's Tuesday evening to practice
for Memorial day music. The schools
are also rehearsing and making an eff
fort to have the day a success.
As Fred Chandler was driving down
Sand hill recently the harness broke,
letting the wagon onto the horse and
frightening him so he ran for a short
distance. No serious damage was done.
The two men that were with him
jumped out when the horse began to
run.
Mrs. Richardson and sister, Mrs.
Benjamin, returned Wednesday from
Westtield, Mass, where they have been
on a weeks visit. Mis-. Knapp of
keene is visiting at Mr.. Pettee's.-
Chester Thomas who was seriously i'll
the first of the week is better. DR..
Leonard of Hinsdale attended him
The minister, Mr.. Hardy, is stopping
at W. Rouillard's at present.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-05-23

~
Nordenskjold found that the white
bears generally went through a long
performance of stalking his sailors,
clearly on the mistaken conclusion that
they were seals. AS the men were
clothed partly in sealskin, it was a very
natural mistake. But the interest OF
the story lies in the generalization
made by the bear. The bear said:
There are two or three seals, n
standing up on its fippers in a very
unusual way. l will therefore stalk
them unseen as long as | can and
when they see me pretend to be doing
something else"
So the men, with their guns and
lnnces, who wanted to shoot the bear
had the pleasure of seeing him careful
ly era wiling behind rocks and ice hum
mocks, making long detours this way
and that and every now and then
~clambering up a rock and peeping eau
tiously over to see If the seals had
gone. On the open NOW the bear
would saunter off in another direction
and then, falling fiat, push himself
along on his belly, with his great front
paws covering his black muzAe, the
only thing not matching the snow
about him. Just as the bear thought
he had got his seal the latter fired
and shot him, a victim of false analogy.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-05-23
WESTM0RELAED.

Rev. |. P. Quimby gave us an ex.
cellent sermon Sunday.
People are very busy now putting in
the seed and our little rain was very
welcome.
Great Meadow grange conferred the
first and second degrees on a class of
five Tuesday evening.
Quite a good many are having hard
colds and sore threats at this time. DIR.
j. \. Craig is kept very busy.
Clark Kendrick is very low. Mr.. and
Mrs. Keough have returned from Bos-
ton where they were called by the death
of a relative. -Cless ID. Britton visited
his mother Sunday C. NJ. Green is
able to carry the mail again. Mr..
Goodnow is having a piazza and bay
window put onto his house.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-05-23

ton was broken into Saturday after
noon and robbed of $50 in silver. M.
d. White, the ticket agent, went to
his dinner at II 80 and Ed White, who
assists him, was back at the station
at ! o'clock, so that it is thought
the theft was committed within the
half hour. The loss was not discov-
cred until the office was opened for the
sale Of tickets for the 1924 train.
George Lawrence, a man who is
thought to be insane, was arrested and
searched and some 1923 in silver was
found in his possession, but he pro-
tested his innocence and was let free
until Monday, when he was re-arrest-
ed. At the police court he was put
under bonds of 5000, but not being
able to raise this amount he was
turned over to the county commission
er at Keene, and will doubtless be
consigned to an insane hospital.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-05-23
WINDSOR COUNTY EVENTS.
CHESTER,

Everybody should be out to the eau
u which will soon be held.
Charles f. Hall and wife returned
from their wedding trip Sunday even
ing.-E. d. Bickford was home over
Sunday and Monday.
Glynn, the professor of fishing, is
bringing in the speckled beauties near
ly every day. Harry has a very per
suasive way with the fish.
The special town meeting was ad-
iourned sine die Immediately after the
reading of the warrant. Well done.
Now, let's see the crusher work.
The tennis club organized last week
and elected: l.. f. Sherwin, presi-
dent L. a. Carpenter, vice president;
O. r. Clayton, secretary G. o. Full
lam, treasurer.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-05-23
New York Excursions.

Few of the travelling public are
aware of what a delightful trip is af-
forded by the steamer "Old Domin-
ion" of the Joy line, plying between
New York and Boston direct,
The route is around Cape Cod and
through Long Island Sound, combin
ing Just enough of a sea trip to suit
all, with the picturesque voyage on
the calm waters of the sound, passing
in full view of both shores.
"A trip not to be equalled on the
Atlantic coast is the verdict of all
who have tried it. Tickets, state
rooms and all information on applica-
ton to Geo. f. Tilton, City Pass.
PA Washington street, Boston.
2022 Main. 21-1t.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-05-23
NORTHFIELD.

The will of George B. Kenney of
Mortified has been filed. The bulk
Of the estate is left to his widow, Eliz-
abeth NJ. Kenney.
About IL local Red Men attended
the banquet and degree work at Green
field Tuesday night. South Deertield
and Millers Falls tribes assisted in
working three degrees on a score of
candidates.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-05-23
WEST CHESTERFIELD.
The sick are slowly improving

The sick are Slowly improving.
a number of our young people went
to Brattleboro Wednesday evening to
a Grange meeting.
Decoration day will be observed here
Sunday at 2 o'clock, June l. The ex-
~ercises will consist of an address by
Rev. /. p. Quimby, recitations and
singing by the children.
At the Y. P. G. L. social Wednes-
day evening the squirrel hunt was de
cided 275 in favor of Agnes Randall's
side. They are planning "A patriotic
social about the first week in June.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-05-23

One who says she has tried it recon-
mends naphtha for cleaning light fur.
She says: Pour naphtha over the fur,
then fluff and pat the article until the
soil has been worked out, and when
this is done press the naphtha out by
drawing the hand firmly over the fur.
Then shake and hang in the air to dry.
Be careful of fire.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-05-23
Famous Nickel Plate Meals.

The Nickel Plate Rd. now serves a
la carte meals in its dining cars in ad-
dition to the already famous Individ-
ual Club meals. Trains carry finest
coaches and Pullmans; lower rates
than via other lines. Inquire of near
est ticket agent, or write l.. p. Bur
CESS, n. f. p. Agt., 25S Washington
St, Boston, Mass. 2l-4t
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-05-23
The Change In the Tenderfoot.

LIE 10 Il INIlIII huUIy IIOufIHy VT
mate, they say" said the easterner.
you're right thar" said Arizona Al.
afr instance, not long ago a tenderfoot
with a weak chest an a pale face drop
ped inter the Miners Delight, called me
a liar an O. course l had to clean up.
Bout two months after a big sunburnt
cowboy stopped me on the street, wiped
the earth up with me an slammed me
up in a tree to recuperate. Same fell
Ter. Best climate in the world, pard."
indianapolis Sun.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-05-23
Too Small to Share.

B~arnes-Yes, | guess it is true that 1t
is the little things that count.
Howes-So you have come to that
conclusion, have you?
Barnes-Yes. You see, l was walk
ing with Tedworth, and he said If he
should find a million dollars he'd give
me half. Presently he picked up a
dime, and when | asked him to share
1t with me he abused me like a pick
pocket.-Boston Transcript.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-05-23

The man on the stage who does the
trick of escaping from firmly tied ropes,
submits to the bonds with a smile. He
knows he can get out of the ropes that
are being knotted. Put the same man in
the woods and let Indian captors bind
him to a tree for torture and he would
struggle to the last against the bonds.
When the stomach is diseased there
ore bonds being woven every hour about
the organs dependent on the stomach
heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, etc. The
folly of mankind is to passively submit
to the fastening of these bonds with no
effort to escape until the pain they cause
arouses fear.
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
cures diseases of the stomach and other
organs of digestion and nutrition. 1t
cures diseases of heart, liver, lungs. kid
neys and other organs, when these dis
eases, as is often the case, have their
origin in the diseased stomach.
uFor a long time 1 was suffering and was
hardly able to get about, y writes Mr.: Andrew ].
is4. uWas bothered with kidney trouble and
my whole system was out of order; had no
appetite. A friend of mine told me to try DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. l did so
and the first bottle restored my appetite. / took
six bottles of Golden Medical Discovery, and
some of the Pleasant Pellets and feel like a
new person."
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cleanse
the clogged system from impurities.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-05-23
His En- Embarrassment.

Brackett-They say you are financial
ly embarrassed. Do you owe a very
large amount?
Crackett-l don't anything, but
there are several people who w me,
and | haven't the courage to ask for it.
Boston Transcript.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-05-23

In 1858 Captain Thomas Clarke. in
company with John Winthrop and 9TH
ers, put in operation an Iron worke" at
New Haven, Conn. This enterprise en-
braced a blast furnace and a refinery
forge.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-05-23
Low Rates to Denver, Salt Lake City, Etc

June 1st to Sept. 10 inc. the Nickel
Plate Rd. will sell special low-rate ex-
curSion tickets to points in COLO
RADIO, UTAH and so. DAKOTA,
with return limit to Oct. 31st, 1902.
Inquire of nearest agent, or write L.
P. Burgess, n. E. P. Agt., 25S Wash
ington St, Boston. Plat
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-05-23
willy COAtigan.

Casey-Costigan got his life insured
for tin cints.
Conroy-How wus that?
Casey-He borrowed tin cints av tn
foreman. and the foreman won't put
him on a dangerous job as long as he
owes him tin cints!-Puck.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1902-05-23

"0O"1J Nv III 1e"1ffo"" 0paufVH
The ticket office at the railroad sta
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-04-30
Let's Get Together.

The greatest impediment to COM
mercial and social progress in the city
of Decorah is the constant display of
petty jealouses, the silly rivalry of
cliques, and their efforts to annihilate
everyone who doesn't 'travel in their
class, and the grievous fear ON the
part of person in one line of bust
ness that the other fellow will get
some business and make some money.
We have the finest city of its size in
Iowa in point of buildings, streets,
schools, public and private enterprise
of its people; but in the one great
underlying principle of getting to-
gether when some question of public
interest is before our people, we are
sadly lacking. Some one is afraid
some one else will do something and
get the credit for it, and as a conse-
quence we have always been Just too
late. Several times there has been
an opportunity for Decorah to profit,
but the above difficulties have sur
mounted public interest and Decorah
got left Let's get together, and stick
together. Be little more charitable.
Let the other fellow have his share of
the good things of life, and enjoy
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-04-30
MISS ADELAIDE THURSTON.
The Bewitching Actress Has at Last
Been Secured for a Production
In Dec0rah.

1t will be delightful news to lovers
of the play within the clientage of the
Grand opera house, to learn that the
managers, who made such strong
effort to secure Miss Adelaide Thurs
ton last fall in 'Sweet Glover, /" have
been able to date her attraction for
May 28th, a return trip over the same
territory being made by her company.
Messrs. Frank J. and Claxton Wills
tach, one business manager of Viola
Allen, the other in the management
of Jefferson De Angels, Marguerite
Sylvia and other prominent stars, were
impressed with the widespread favor
able comments they heard of Miss
Thurston's popularity, her beauty and
naive talents. With an eye out of
business possibilities. they arranged a
contract to star Miss Thurston for a
number of years, and selected "Sweet
Glover" with which to established her
permanently in the favor of the best
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-04-30
THE JUNE RACE MEET
ALREADY AN ASSURED SUCCESS
Some Of the Fast Dec0rah HerseS
That Will Race for the Big
Purses Next Month.

The Decorah Driving Club has Sc
lected June 10, II, 12 as the dates for
this years races. The management
has been working hard ON all the lit
tie details that go to make up sue
cessful meeting and feel safe in assur-
ing the public that this years races
will be the best that sshave yet been
held here. All the best horses in the
west will be here and all the horsemen
that were here last year say that they
are coming again as they were so we'll
treated before Another thing that
will make this years races more in
teresting than usual to Decorah people
is the number of Decorah horses that
are being trained and gotten in shape
for the meeting. R. L. Parker has the
famous Baby Kidd 2:1034, winner OF
more races than any PAGER in Iowa
last season; John Curtin has just been
shaping up his trotter Moe E. 2 :251Ss
and E. j. Curtin has commenced to
work his new pacing mare by Lebbeas
l, 2:1316, that he recently bought at
Rochester, Mimi. HI. j. Jennisch has
Enga, 2:2019, ready for the fray, as
we'll as sister to Miss Finley, 2:09L,
that he recently bought at Waterloo, I.
Iowa. @. G. Bates has the fast trotter
Eloise Wilkes, 2:294, that has shown
him wonderful speed in her work and
may yet be another Thalberg. Fred
Boyd is getting his new purchase, a
half sister to Roy Wilkes 2:O614, in
good shape, and Geo. Higgins has a
PAGER by Colbert 2:O71a that bids fair
to some day equal the record of his
famous sire. All these horses are own
ed in Decorah and it is we'll worth q
visit to the track any fine morning to
see them getting their preparation, and
see the amount of care and attention
bestowed upon each. 1t is now only
about six weeks until the meeting, SO
make your arrangements to go every
day. Don't forget the dates, June 10,
II, IL. Admission will be 35 cents.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-04-30
Iron Mine Prospects.

L. w. Beard, of this city, has be-
come interested with other men in
the Waukon iron mines, to the extent
that they are pushing the proposition
to erect large blast furnace for
smelling the Waukon iron at Dubu-
que. In visit to Dubuque last week
we understand location for the plant
was selected, and virtual agreement
was made by the Business Mems AS
sociation to guarantee them the
amount of land necessary, as we'll an
immunity from taxation for period
of years. This probably means that a
spur of track will be constructed from
Waukon to the mines and a large
force of men employed to dig for ore,
insuring the rapid development of the
project.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-04-30

How to do away with the use OF
artificial fertilizes, compounded from
the nitrates of Peru and other dry
countries, and thus anticipate the MI
trate famine predicted by many scien-
tist, is problem which the United
States Agricultural Department thinks
it has succeeded in solving. If it's
ideas and methods stand the test of
use, as there is every reason to be-
ieve that they will, the farmer of tho
future, instead of spending time and
money for expensive fertilizers
brought from the ends of the earth,
will merely empty the contents of
test tube into a barrel of water, let it
stand over night, soak his seeds in il
and then plant them. The result will
be even better than that obtained from
the older and more costly methods
now in vogue. From "A Miracle for
the Farmer" I" by Crittenden Marriott
in May National.