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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1902-01-30

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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1902-01-30

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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1902-01-30
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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1902-01-30

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add i : { ieate portion of rum, of which the crusiy old King was altogether tod fond, fleeked the top with grated nutmeg, carried the potion to the King and pre- sented 1t to him upon q silver salver, which the handsome young surgeon held high above his head as he knelt before the King.
 Your Majesty he said, q have grieved to notice that your strength has been falling of late. As one who is responsible to the court for your health, l have earnestly sought for a life-giving draught. It Is not we'll that you should longer eat the Egg or the snowy hen and drink the Nog of the mountain goat each by itself, but together Thus will your Majesty gain double strength"
 The old King tasted the draught very daintily at first then drank 1t greediy. He was so pleased with the taste that he could hardly wait for the next morning to come, when he could drink of 1t again. And he felt so much stronger that he al once summoned his Prime Minister and commanded that the betrothal of the Princess to the royal Sur geon should be proclaimed.
 So little later on the happy young people were married. After the Fairy Queen had taken back the snowy hen and the mount ain goat, that the crusty old King had to die. the two young people reigned over the gay little kingdom.
 And every Easter morning the whole court drank of A potion that was mixed by the royal hands, And what do you think the pretty Queen called this delicate potion?
 Why, eggnog, to be sure.
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hadn't every rabbit kept his own score by nibbling notches on the bark Of his favorite date tree? Besides all that, anyone could take walk up and down the street In the town and tell by all the Easter cards In the shop windows. It was cold enough and snowly enough for midwinter, but by all the signs and the calendar, too, 1t was the mid dle of the week before Easter.
 Perhaps you may think that 1t mattered very little to the rabbits whether they had colored eggs for the children or not. But 1t did matter great deal. The children ex- pected colored eggs, and not to find them was almost as bad as missing Santa Claus at Christmas. For many years the story about the rabbits had been told. It had come to be legend. No matter how true 1t was; no matter if the rabbits did nothing more than just borrow the eggs and color them, the children believed the story, and ought to have the eggs; so the rabbits thought. The very pictures in the store windows were a promise. To fail now would be the loss of reputation to the rabbits, and perhaps the loss of the legend to the children. Some thing must be done and done at once. What should It bei
 One rabbit, as 1t happened, was older than the rest. He was kind of patriarch in his tribe. By his cunning and his wonderful speed he had evaded hunters and dogs and
The age-herald., 1902-03-23
MIR. RABBIT MET THE RED ROOSTER.

the warning, the whole chicken family had roasted high until the fox, with mingled hunger and disgust, had moved out of the neighborhood. Why should not this red rooster be willing now to do a good turn for the rabbits? He should at least have the chance.
 Thursday proved even warmer than Wednesday had been. In the afternoon the patriarch went cautiously up along the south side of the hedge toward the barn. yard. When he was near enough to see he sat down in the sum- hoping to catch the eye of his friend. By good luck he had not long to wait The old rooster soon perched him self on the top rail and gave a lusty crow. The patriarch thought the growing was meant as salute to him, but he was eyi- dently mistaken. Not until the patriarch stood up on his hind feet and motioned with his right ear did Chantlcleer seem to see him. Even then he looked carefully and cautious ly turning his head first to one side, then to the other. At last he recognized the patrl- arch, and, tipping himself off the fence, he strutted down to where the venerable rabbit sat-
 The tale of distress was told as briefly as possible, and Chantceer, seeing that the hedgerow was dry in places, promised to make some nests himself the very next day
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closed. When he spoke finally it was to say that as last resort they could paint the hens! It was q rash thing to propose, but he really thought good deal of the patri- arch, and desired if possible, to help him out of this predicament.
 So he told Bunny where to find paint of all colors in the paint shop, showed him how to get into the hen roost and where he would find the faithful bddies roasting obligingly low. with their heads carefully tucked under their wings. Then, explaining how he him self would surely be suspected if seen prowl- ing around at night, Chanticleer left every thing to the rabbit and strolled back to the barnyard by roundabout way, looking a unconcerned as last summers scareerow.
 There was much wonder Saturday morning green hens and yellow hens stepping around the barnyard. Nor were the colors unbe- coming. The bddies appeared rather proud than otherwise of their bright gowns Chan ticleer kept the secret faithfully. He kept his promise too, about the nests along the hedgerows. Easter morning the rabbits were hopping joyfully about among them, admrng the lovely Easter eggs in all their gay colors. A little later the children found them. too, laughing and shouting as the rabbits would scamper away. And the pa triarch? Well, the children had glad Eas- ter morning. and the reputation of the rab- bits was safe.
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Clearly, the rabbits were in dsmny. There had been fiuttering of anxiety for several days, but as Easter approached the anxiety grew intense. until it became dismay, bor-' dering upon constsrnatior. The case was desperate. that was plain. Something hac 10 be done.
 What was the matter?
 Why, just this. Snow had fallen so late and had lain on the ground so long thht the rabbits had not been able to get an egg. In Tact, the hens themselves had not yet been out to look for cosey hooks under the hedge rows and by the straw stacks where they might hide away an outdoor nest. The rab- bits could never go to the barn and climb along beams and over the haymow where Katie and Alice and Ben went to hunt eggs. They simply could not; rabbits were made to run, not to climb. Now, here 1t was the Wednesday before Easter and no eggs yet.
 Surely, there could be no mistaking the count ''The first Sunday after the first full noon after the spring equinox was the rule; not very easy rule for rabbit to re- member. But hadn't every rabbit said 1t over snd over and over until 1t almost said itself? Wasn't it full moon on the 23d, and wouldn't Nhat make Easter come on the 30th? And
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traps for several years. He knew almost every thing so far as rabbit lore extends, but the present occasion demanded something more than ordinary. To him the rabbits all turned for counsel. He felt his responsibility and thought hard, though he said nothing.
 Wednesday, turned out to be a warm day
 If it should be equally warm Thursday there would be dry, bare spots on the sunny side of haystacks and fences. The hens would soon find them, for they were as eager to get breath Of air from the fields in spring as you and I. The question was if they would find them in time for Easter. The patriarch figured it out that his Easter eggs would have to be laid on Saturday at the latest, and so the new nests would have to be made not later than Friday. It was plain that this would require special order.
 The patriarch sat with his head down be- tween his front paws, looking hard at the ground. He had gotten as far as the "spe- cial order" in his plans, and was sticking there very fast when he happened to think of an old red rooster up at the barn, almost. or quite as old as himself. The patriarch had, indeed, once given him friendly warn
 ing about very sly fox who had his eye on this identical barnyard, and, as a result of
The age-herald., 1902-03-23

Away back in the time when knee brooches and bag wigs, pointed waists and petticoats of quilted satin were In fashion, there lived a crusty old king who hadn't chick nor a child in the world except one sweet little princess granddaughter, whom he was determined to marry to the toothless old king of the next kingdom upon her six teenth birthday.
 Now, the little Princess and the King s handsome young surgeon were in love with each other The surgeon was often tempted to put few dark drops into the old King medicine that would put him so fast asleep that he d forget to waken. But you'll be glad to know that the young surgeon wasn't so wicked as to yield.
 Just about this time the Queen of the Fairies gave a snowy hen and beautiful mountain goat to the crusty old King. The snowy hen laid an egg every morning that was like great white pearl, and the milk of the mountain goat only filled tiny silver bucket It was rich and creamy. The Queen of the Fairies called 1t nog.
 She told the King that as long as he would eat the egg and drink the nog every morn ing he would continue to live; but that II he missed only one little day he would die.
 So you can imagine that the King would permit no one but the Princess to milk the snowy nog from the goat or bring the egg and broi 1t for him.
 Every morning when the Princess went out. to the royal stable she found the surgeon waiting for her, and they used to tell over A very few loving words.
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and see that several of his faithful biddies should find them on Saturday. sure. A great load was lifted from the patriarch's back. After all, now, the dear children should have Easter eggs.
 How will you color them, Bunny?' asked the rooster.
 Bunnys front left paw went up in despair. The dread that there would be no eggs at all had made him forget utterly about the cooring, even though that was the most in teresting part of It all. There could be no fun in finding white eggs. The children could find them almost any day. But eoiored eggsl There was but one time in all the year for them. and that was Easter morning. The patriarch's head was in a whirl In another minute he would have fainted, but the rooster said something about paint.
 Paint" stammercd the patriarch, in de spair. Don't you know that a rabbit can not possibly color an egg as 1t should be in less than two whole days? You are going to make the nests on Friday, and the eggs will be laid on Saturday. We are too late, after all. Our reputation Is gone, good Chanticleer!'
 Then the rooster stood for quite while with his head down low and his eyes almost
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This all happened in an enchanted time when eggs had long, slender arms and legs outside of their shells, and when the quaint little silver bucket became alive IS soon as ever the creamy nog entered it. So 1t was quite to be expected that while the surgeon made love to the Princess Mir. Egg should make eyes at Miss Nog in the bucket.
 But, aas The egg and the nog were most cruelty torn apart every day. The nog was borne at once to the King, who drank 1t quickly down, while the egg was broken and broiled.
 Easter morning came. The earth was very beautiful. There were birds and blossoms all about, and soft breezes from the south brought spicy odors. The Princess and Eurgeon forgot to count the shining mo- longer time than usual.
 When at last they parted the little Prin- cess cried out in great fear. The Egg, in an effort to kiss the snowy forehead of the Nog, had tumbled into the silver bucket and broken his silly crown.
 There was no mending it. Even the Kings surgeon couldn't separate the golden heart of the Egg from the creamy heart of the Nog. He tore his hair for a minute, then fell upon his knees.
 Have no fear, beloved Princess" he said, "all shall be well.''
 Then he cast away the pearly shell of the Egg and carried the silver bucket to the castle, where he beat the Egg and the Nog together into golden foam. He then slfted few grains of sugar into 1t and
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elination of the parents dictate, and the little ones enjoy themselves equally well at one as at the other.
 All these gifts are hidden around the room or rooms where the children are to be allowed to roam, care being taken not to place them out of reach, or in any place where damage may be done in getting them out; for the little ones become very much excited during the hunt. and are apt to be careless in their eagerness. Arrange 1t in such way that when the hunt is over every child will have at least four dyed hard boiled eggs.
 In one room construct an incline of some board resting against a table. This must
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not be more than three feet high, cover it first with blanket and then with green cheese cloth pinned on full to give some idea of grass. So much for the preparation; now for the entertainment.
 As the little guests arriye,one of the baskets Is given each one to hold the spoils of the hunt, and when all are assembled. and be- fore the sport begins, they must be eau tioned not to pull down ornaments or climb in their search: and also the territory not to be invaded must be pointed out to them.
 Some of the little ones will have to he as sisted in their search for the hidden treas ures, for great many children-in fact, l
The age-herald., 1902-03-23

There naughty Bunnie, Who always being funny"
 And kept the land about him in constant state of awe His father and his mother These pranks would try to cover
 To keep him out of prison and the clutches of the law On one morning bright and early, When the cops getting surly,
 started discover what sad mischief he could do Soon he backbrds nest And he could rest
 Until he'd dyed the eggs therein lovely dark seablue He was so pleased his joking That he said I'll round go poing
 And my little Bunnie friends to help me gather naore So they stole birds eggs galore And put them by, in store,
 Til all the nests empty and the birds threatening gore Then a burly Bunnie copper Said he'd quickly put stopper ,.f
 such dire depredations as were never hediu oeoie So much rather than get caught These bold robbers sraightway sought ,,
 man who took the eggs to town ana sod them ha stoe Now this raised an awful catter; All their kin began to chatter,
 And said to steal pretty great and mighty sin But the bandits made it seem There money in the scheme . .
 So for wealth and sordid profit all rabbits join in So all this explains the habit Why eggs are brought by rabbit
 And given little boys and glrs on Easter every year, And the lesson to show, It all a of dough, .
 Vet cops and little Bunnes white have found their proper sphere
The age-herald., 1902-03-23

When little Anna went to sleep
 Upon the of Easter Day, She dreamed of candied eggs heap
 And risky, brisky lambs at play Plump Humpty Dumpty, with bow,
 Stood smiling on the counterpane, And Ducky Daddles wondering how,
 Was at the foot just to explain. Three baby ducks in noisy play,
 Who never though to pardon beg, Cried "Quacll Quackl Quackl for Easter Dayr And then tobogganed down an egg. A rooster and hen on nest,
 Exclaimed Please put us in the rhyme, For doing our level best
 In working lip the EastertimeP Five bunnes each with eyes so pink,
 And ears long they Tapped like wings Said; After all do you not think
 That we are cunning little things~ Two lambs like that which Mary had,
 That frolicked as all lambs will do, Said: We not considered bad
 And don't forget, we're little, too" Five sparrows, proud of their wee size They never grow too broad or all- Chirped: We should surely win prize, For we are littest of them all" Two tiny men from Titallun
 With good strong arm and sturdy leg. Held steady as block of gum,
 large and glowing rainbow egg. There standing On it, like queen, With rosy lips and roguisf eye, In pink and gold and bronze and green, The girly curly Butterfly.
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1'ne man starred rom on root, with the child in his arms At he mounted Il bicS- cle and rode to 5. From 2 he wheeled the child in wheelbarrow until near 1, the child walking the balance of the way. The journey from i to was made In tricycle. and from half way to on unfcycle. Here they met with an upset, and the balance of the journey was made on foot, the man car rying the child except for a short distance where the child walked by his side.
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A naughty little rabbit
 Has very bad habit
 Of hiding his eggs away;
 So I want to invite you,
 And I'm sure twill delight you,
 To help me find them Monday.
 This foxy little Bunnie
 Considers himself very funny,
 Puzzling us thus on the sly;
 So, come early, pray you,
 I'm quite sure twill repay you,
 Our skill 'gainst his we will vie. From WILLIE JONES' 1450 Smith street.
 Froms3 until 5, Easter Monday. An answer is requested.
 The next step in preparation Is to provide nrettv little baskets, one for each guest; then all kinds of Easter novelties, from the ordinary dyed, barnyard egg up to the beau tiful natural looking white Bunnie, filled with candy-one of these for each child. Then. besides the little downy chickens and ducks. chocolate eggs, sugar eggs, not in- tended to be eaten-the kind that open and are filled with little candy eggs that the children soon discover may be swallowed with impunity-all these and many other pretty little Easter gifts may be provided. In fact, this particular form of entertain ment may be made most elaborate or as simple and inexpensive as the purse and in
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may say most youngsters under seyen-ean never find anything, and otherwise the older ones will have more than their share or spoiis in the long run. To obviate this q dozen or more (aecording to the number participating extra eggs may be kept in reserve for those whoshaye not sharp eyes.
 When all the eggs have been found the huntsmen may repair to the room where the hill has been prepared, and egg rolling Will amuse them for quite while After this each little friend may be presented with life size BunnIe filled with candies. Light refreshments such as ice-cream, plain cake and chocolate bring to a close one of the best entertainments in existence for children, and I know from experience that the young ones get more thorough enjoyment out of an egg hunt than any other kind of party. ANSWER TO "A CASE FOX SHERLOCK
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ANSWER TO "A CASE FOR SHERLOCK
 HOLMES"
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BY 1uc1LLE ". NEwBERRY.


 novel Easter entertainment Tor ht'ie folks Is much in vogue in Germany, put so little known here that many of our readers will be much interested in descriptloh of An Easter Egg Hunt" A week or two before Easter invitations arc sent out, wrh' ten on tiny paper The attractiveness or the little note may be greatly enhanced 1T Tn the upper left hand corner, or across the top or each sheet, a little water color or pen-and- ink sketch is added of rabbits in hunting costume, starting off for the chase or return ing laden with the spells of the egg hunt. Any clever woman who enjoys thoroughly carving out an idea, as well as seeing the children have a gloriously good time, will not object to the extra work in getting up few of these little missves that children so love to receive Tracing paper and some old Easter cards will help mother whose spirit Is wiling" but who has no artistic bent. and any 'womans exchange" will be glad to. place an order for them when more than a dozen invitations are to be extended. On this attractive paper may be written the following:
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-05-15
A Serious Accident.

On Friday evening Of last week
while driving from Forksville to
their home near Overton, Misses
Bertha and Jennie Streby met with
serious accident. Miss Bertha
was pupil at the Forksville High
School, being one of the graduates
of this year, and as was customary
her sister went to Forksville to
take her home on Friday evening.
When near the Harmon farm the
horse became frightened and at the
same time unmanagable, upsetting
the carriage and throwing it's occu-
pants over the embankment to the
stones below, badly injuring them.
Miss Jennie had her left arm brok-
en- in two places and otherwise bad
ly bruised, Bertha had sevearl ribs
fractured, a sprained ankle and
other bruises of most severe ma
ture. Much sympathy is felt for
the young women, especially as the
accident deprived Miss Bertha of
taking part in tbs graduating exer-
cises of the class ef which she was
a member.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-05-15
ROAD LETTING.

The undersigned Road Commissioners Of
Hillsgrove Township will give out for
road making by public letting on the
9TH DAY OF MAY, 1902
at | O'Clock p. IN. Two pieces OF cribbing
in the public road near l.. B. Speakers, in
Hillsgrove Township, Pa, washed out re-
Gently by the flood oflDcc. Is, 1901.
One piece OF lower part to be cribbed
with timber and stone, length l40 feet,
20 feet on bottom, Is feet on top and 8
feet 4 inches deep at lowest point.
Secord piece no feet long. Two height
of timber sufficient to raise the road to
same height ss old road bed.
Arrangements have been made by which
the timber can lie secured nearby.
Specifications can be seen or obtained
from the commissioners or town clerk at
any time.
l.. J. NORTON, Commissioners.
JOHN SPEAKER,
Town Clerk, S. T. GALoUsH.