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The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-09-16
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Famous Town Clock. of Alexandris. The Price
of q Gambler

Perhaps no clock in American has a
more interesting history that the one in
the steeple Of the city hall and market
house in Alexandria. Va. IL was install
ed ~ the purchase price of agambler.
In the days before the war Alexandria
was known 10y the sporting fraternity "a
pretty rapid place But in these good
old days IL was square games and no
cheating in the town. Once. however
AleNandria was visited 10y several pro
iessiOu1l gamblers from the Southwest
ia serch for dupes, and a respectable citi-
zen. in an evil hour, fell into the snare
they set for him. After a series OF ad-
verse games he found himself feeced out
Oi something like $4,000
He paid without any pickering. but
not very W ilingly Then lucky thought
enabled him to take his revenge on the
chiet blackleg. Somehow or Other he
learned that there was an old law in
Virginia, established while she was We {
colony. in which IL was provided that
II any man could not show that he was
pursuing some lawful means of obtain
INK livelihood, he should he sold or
hired out at auction. TO prevent his
maintenance becoming chargea ole to the
town.
Going before justice of the peace the
citizen entered "A complaint against the
gamester. The man was arrested. tried
and condemned TO he sold AT public auc-
ton At first he was disposed to treat
the matter ~ "A huge joke. but he found
out his mistake when he was taken TO n
public stand and put up for sale.
The victim started the bid with: cone
hundred dollars
Two hundred, - said the gambler
And so gamester and victim went ON
bidding until the amount had reached
-, 900. Then the gambler begged TO b,
let of. pleading poverty. but he pleaded
in vain
There was no alternative. The gamb
Ter must either be forced to labor. under
the supervision of the man who haC
small cause To love him. or he must q,
on bidding for himself He was actually
compelled to do this until the sum reach
ed $1,000. Then he was knocked down
TO himself and permitted to leave the
town. The citizen gave the proceeds oil
the sale TO the city To he used for put
ting clock in the town hall.
The building was torn down few
years ago 20 make room for a larger and
more imposing ore. Not many of the
citizens knew the peculiar history of the
clock and steeplc. but Capt. Edward Dan
gertield was one who did. lie told the
building committee that he was particu-
larry DESTROYS OF having the old clock
which had done faithful service so many
years. repaired and placed in the steeple
OF the new building. and he was willing
TO loot the expense. His wishes were
carried on. and the people of Alexandria
still have their famous clock New York
sun.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-09-16
Stops the Cough and works Of the Cola.

Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets cure
a cold in one day. No. Cure. no Pay
Price % cents
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-09-16
CANCER CURED BY BLOOD BALM.
All Skin And Blood Diseases Also Cured


Mrs NJ. l.. Adams, Fredonia. Ala took
Botanic Blood Balm, which effectually
cured an eating cancer of the nose and
face. The sores healed up perfectly Many
doctors had given up her case as hopeless.
Hundreds of cases oicancer. eating sores.
suppurating swellifs, ect., have been
cured by Blood Balm. Among others Mrs.
b. NJ. Guerney, Warrior Stand, Ala Her
nose and lip were raw as beef. with often
sive discharge from the eating sore. Doe
tors advised cutting. but it failed Blood
Balm healed the sores, and Mrs. Guerney
is as well as ever. Botanic Blood Balm
also cures eczema. itching humors, scabs
and scales, bone pains, ulcers, offensive
pimples, blood poison, carbuncles, scroll
ula, risings and bumps on the skin and
all blood troubles. Improves the diges-
ton, strengthens weak kidneys Drug
gists. ! Il per large bottle with complete
directions for home cure. Sample free
aud prepaid by writing Blood Balm Co..
Atlanta, Ga Describe trouble and spec
ial medical advice sent in sealed letter.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-09-16
NEGROES TRYING TO MAKE THEIR FAXES
WHITE
The Article Used Didn't Bleach snd Complaint
Was Made TO Police.

Many complaints have been received
10y the police OF Philadelphia from ne.
groes who have given ~ good cash for
a worthless article The accused men.
by claiming - have for sale a prepara-
ton which they guarantee to bleach the
complexion of colored person to any
desired hue and straighten and soften
curly hair. reaped a rich harvest Fol
several weeks they have been going
about distributing circulars. day or
two later the persons VINO received the
circulars are called upon 10y prosperous
looking man with "A vast amount of Jew
elry and a few diamonds scattered over
his person. A card which he uses as a
means of Introduction sets forth that he
Is "A dermatologist, and the discoverer,
patentee sole manufacturer of face
bleach and hair straightener The
circulars handed out are prepared in an
alluring manner. They state that the
complexion. no matter how dark n hue
II may he. can. by using according to
directions the face bleach, be made a
creamy white. All the purchaser has to
do, according to the representations of
the dermatologist is to note the pro
gress of the bleaching and when the de
sired color is reached TO stop using the
preparation
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-09-16
Cured Chronic Diarrhea After Thirty Years
of Suffering

Il suffered for thirty years with diara
rhoea and thought was past being cur
ed. SAYS John ; Holloway. of French
Camp, Mise. Il had spent So much time
and money and suffered so much that
had given up all hopes of recovery was
81 feeble from the effects of the diarrhoea
that could do no kind of labor. could
not even travel, but by accident was
permitted To find bottle of Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Darrhoea Re
medy, and after taking several bottles
! am entirely cured of that trouble. lam
so pleased with the result that am anx-
ious that il be in reach of all who suffer
as have For sale by NJ NJ Lewis
Druggist
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-09-16
A Coming Wedding

Announcement is made of the engage
ment of Major Henry A. Wise. of New
York, and Miss Henrietta Booth. daugh
ter of Doctor and Mrs. +. G. Booth. oil
Carter's Grove, on the James river. The
wedding will take place in November in
the old Bruton Parish Church. of historic
Williamsburg.
Major Wise is a son of Hon. John 5.
Wise, of New York, formerly of Virginia.
During the Spanish War he served in
Cuba as major of New York regiment
He is now a law partner with his father
and is an Assistant District Attorney
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-09-16
Beware of the Knife

No profession has advanced more ran
idly OF late than surgery, but it should
not be used except where absolutely nee
essary. In cases Of piles for example. il
is seldom needed DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve cures quickly and permanently.
Unequalled for cuts, barns, bruises,
wounds, skin diseases. Accept no eoun-
terfeits. IL was so troubled with bleed
ing piles that | lost much blood and
strength, says J c Phillips, Paris. III.
.'DeWitt's Witch Hazel Saive cured me
in a short time" Soothes and heals. ID.
G Bowman.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-09-16
Cuts and Bruises OuickIv IIeaIed

Chamberlain's Pain Balm applied to
cut. bruise, burn, scald OF like injury will
instantly allay the pain and will
heal the parts in much less time
than any other treatment Unless the
injury Is very severe it will not leave n
scar. Pain Balm also cures rheumatism
sprains, swellings aud lameness For
sale hy VI. VI. Lewis. Druygist
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-09-16
Lingering Summer Colds

Don't let a cold run at this season
Summer colds are the hardest kind e.
cure and if neglected may linger along
for months. A long siege like this viii
pull down the strongest constitution
One Minute Cough Cure will break up tn,
attack at once. Safe, sure. acts at once
Cures coughs, colds Group, bronchitis
all throat and lung troubles. The chill
dren like it, ID. {. Bowman.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-09-16

Somebody is authority for the state
ment that the British Army consumed
more than Il 900 tons of jam duriog the
Boer War. And pet this isn't convincing
proof that jam is good fighting material
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-09-16
A. ". GLEASON.
Notary Public

Notwithstanding the fact that Ameri-
cans are generally said to work too hard
and live too fast, census statistics show
that the median age in this county is in
creasing There's a good deal to be said
it seems. for the strenuous life, =" after all
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-09-16

London drinks less than bali as much
water as New York and yet has amilIion
and hall more people. The sufficient ex.
PLANTATION is the quality Of London water
and the cheapness OF London beer.-At-
lauta Journal
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-09-16

Our sales on this particular blend ore
enormous. Try a pound when wanting
again. and # not entirely satisfied, your
for the pound
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-09-16
STATE OF ONO, CITY OF TOLEDO.
LUCAS COUNTY.

FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he il the
senior partner of the firm of +. }. CHENEY a
county and state aforesaid, and that said
n n VIII pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED
DOLLARS for each and every case of ca
TARRH that cannot he cured by the use of
HALLS CATARRH CURE
FRANK j. CHENEY.
sworn TO before me and subscribed In my
Presehee this 9th day of December, A. u.
A. W. GLEASON.
SEAL Notary Public
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Send for Testimonial
rec.
+ J. CHENEY 4 CO., Toledo. O.
Sold by Druggists zoe
Halls Family 4 ills are the best
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-09-16

Sworn to before me and subscrib
prese &c this 9th day of Decemb
SSG
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-09-10

Up to this time most silos have been
built separate from the barn. Reasons
are now apparent why the silo in the
barn, having haymows and cattle
around it, thus preventing its freezing,
is good thing, says American Agricul-
turist Some make light of this argu-
ment, but they will some day learn
better. In most cases additional sta
bling and NOW room are a necessity.
With the advent of the silo these can
all be secured with less roof and
Notwithstanding by an extension of a
round end to the old barn than in any
other way. If afraid to do this, make
it nearly square, and don't fail to have
lots of light and ventilation
Corn For Silage.
Corn intended for silage usually Is
cut as soon as the lower leaves of the
plants and the husks of the ears begin
to turn brown. Whenever the crop is
ready to cut for shocking it is ready
for SLIDING, though in most instances it
is cut a little earlier for the latter
purpose.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-09-10

illustrates the octagonal barn and
speaks of its great advantages. The
form has always seemed to me open to
the objection of being hard to fill with
hay and more difficult to arrange in
the interior. However, it may be that
the great amount of space secured at
the cost of much less amount in the
square form more than balances the
objection. l find this octagonal barn
of twenty-five feet on a side has in it
about 800 square feet more space than
the same amount of wall in a square
form. THAI is equal to gaining a barn
20 by 40 feet. However, the main OBJ
lection, that of filling the barn, re-
mains to be attacked. We will get
around it largely by erecting a gable
on one of the sides of the roof and run
ming a track in from that height
which may be carried across to within
twenty feet of the opposite side, and
that will serve very well to distribute
the hay.
We will make the walls twenty-four
feet high, the basement eight or ten
feet, the roof will rise twenty feet, and
the little turret in the peak will be
about forty-eight feet above the fOun-
dalton. The roof is self sustaining,
the plates being bolted together at the
corners and held by band of iron
four feet long bent to fit and solidly
bolted so that the corners can never
spread. The plates are Of 2 by II, two
parts. All parts are of joist construc-
ton.
The basement plan shows stalls for
over sixty cattle. The larger cattle
would be in the outer circle, the small
er ones in the inner row. One feeding
alley serves for the two rows, and a
circular track brings in grain or silage
and another circular track and convey
or take away the manure. Above the
passage and just within the outer door
there will be shoots from above, down
which will come hay, bran and other
feed, the granaries being located there
and filled from the sa.me door that
takes in hay. There Would be other
hay shoots leading down to the feed
alley.
Abundant light and air are let into
| the basement by a practically continu-
Gus window three feet high and three
feet above the ground. The sashes of
this window hinge at the bottom edge
| and incline inward, each one being
opened all at one motion or closed by
a motion, the mechanism being the ia
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-09-10
Key to the PuzzIer.

No. 101.- Evolution Cake, lake, like,
line, link.
No. 102.-Bits of Boz: scrooge. Dolly
Warden.
No. 103.-Diagonal: Education. l. Elk
onerate. 2. Admirable. 3. Crustacea.
4. Masculine. 5. Massacred. 6. Nonen-
tity. Z. DISTRACTION. 8. Suspicion. 0.
Tragedian.
No. 104.-Charades: I. Extensive
(extensive). ii. Kiss, met (kismeb.
No. 105.-Easy Diamond; l. a. 2.
Spa. 3. April. 4. ALL 5. L.
No. 106-Discovered Words: G (sea),
Co., con, on, constant, a, an, ant, tan,
anti, l, in, tin, o, no, pie plea), lie Qea).
No. 107-Double Acrostic: Primals-
Mark Twain. Finals-Tom Sawyer.
Crosswords-1. Minuet z. Adagio. 3.
Rhythm. 4. Knives 5. Topeka. 6.
Willow Z. Airily. s. Induce. 0. Nearer.
No. determination: Age. 1. Page.
2. Rage. 8. Image A. Carriage. 3,
Sage. 6. Village. Z Pillage 8. Voy-
age. 0. Wage. 10. Dotage.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-09-10
G. S. PAGE, Hyde Park, VT.
A PURE PLANT FOOD.

C.S. Page is making an absolutely
pure Bone Meal Fertilizer, free from
any adulteration whatever.
He will deliver $50 pounds of it at
any station in Vermont on receipt OF
$3.50. He guarantees absolute sat
isfaction or the money refunded.
Florists, seedsmen, gardeners and
those who have lawns to care for,
should send for a treatise on the use
of Bone Meal as a fertilizer. 1t costs
you nothing except the postal card
on which to send your name and adj
dress, Send for it to-day. Address,
c. S. PAGE, Hyde Park, Vt.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-09-10
| 20 II EEP s,sagesss9 Stj3GS q
~

Where spring lambs are to be the
chief crop it is necessary to make sum-
mer preparations for them. With the
lambs born in the late fall and mid
winter, it should be the aim of the
grower to provide proper food for them
Good farming crops raised in the sum-
mer should keep the ewes in good con-
dition UP to the time of the breeding
season, and when the lambs arrive
they will also have an abundance of
food. If one must go to work and buy
all this food, the profits in spring lamb
growing will be discounted. Glover or
alfalfa hay should be raised in album
dance. A great crop of either will
save many a dollar later. AS the lambs
are to be fed cracked corn generously
it is necessary that the corn crop should
be added to that of the hay crop.
The ewes themselves should be fed
freely and generously to make them do
their best. They should have in the
fall and early winter good ration Of
clover hay and shelled corn and bran
in the morning and corn and cowpea
ensilage at noon. In the evening they
should have corn fodder, some grain
and some mangees or other root crop.
Such a ration fed Systematically will
produce excellent results. The ewes
will prove good mothers and bring
into the world the finest spring lambs.
By good feeding it is possible in time
to secure a flock Of ewes which will
produce many twins. The ewes which
show tendency to produce twins
should be carefully selected and fed
separately. By breeding carefully in
this way the profits of the work will
be nearly doubled. But it should be
remembered that ewes not well fed
cannot bring into the world twins in
healthy condition, nor can they rear
them successfully after they are born.
Consequently perfect health of the
ewes is the first great step toward sue
cess. Unless one raises his winter
feed in abundance he will not give the
sheep the amount and quality of food
that they demand for this purpose.
When we have to purchase food in the
market, we feed so economically that
we are bound to deprive the animals
of their rightful allowance. Provision
for next seasons spring lamb should
therefore be made now.-E. p. Smith
in American CultivatOr.
Champion Merino Eve.
The fine Merino eve whose picture
is here shown has carried off the blue
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-09-10

Very curious and interesting is the
optical illusion consisting of square
drawn inside of circle. You would
think at first glance that the circle was
fattened out at the four points where
the corners of the square touch it.
In this you would be quite mistaken.
The circle, which is perfectly round
and drawn with a compass, exhibits
this popularity so soon as the square
is drawn inside of it. Just try it and
see-New York Herald.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-09-10
Origin of the shropshires.

Origin of the ShrOpshires.
According to Professor Wilson the
present breed of Shropshires sprung
from the old Morfe common stock, and
to give size they were crossed with the
Leicesters and Cotswolds, and to add
quality and remove the Objectionable
horns the Southdown was employed.
The Determination of Sex.
1t seems that there is a great differ
ence of opinion in regard to the infiu-
ence of the male in producing twins
and also in controlling the sex, says
w. Watson in Wool Markets and
Sheep. Some seem to think that to use
a ram that is one of a pair of twins
will make the progeny of that ram
more likely to be twins, but that has
not been my experience. l believe the
male has nothing to do whatever with
the production of twins or with con-
trolling the sex. l once had valuable
COW that was great mixer, and was
very DESTROYS of raising heifer calf
from her, but she persisted in produc-
ing bull calves. / bred to a different
bull each time, bred her coming in
heat and going out. She raised me
ten calves, and all were bulls. With
sheep I have used old rams, yearling
rams and ram lambs, and the results
one year with another have been about
the same l find l get as many twins
from old rams as with ram lambs, and
after Keeping tab on them for five
years find the number of eve lambs
and ram lambs to be about equal.
Crest Man" on the Farm.
A newspaper man who had occasion
to visit the famous Scotch shepherd,
Jimmy McLay, on the noted Cham
cook farm, st. Andrews, New Bruins
wick, says that one of the most impor-
tant Glands" Tor should we say 'feet')
on the farm is Superintendent McLay's
Scotch collie Henry. He is a beau
tiful animal and can do almost every
thing except talk. What Henry doesn't
know about herding sheep or cows or
pigs no dog in that dominion can tell
him. To see him working" is Ii sight
worth travelling many miles. Henry
Is a gilt edged breed and is the per-
sonal property of the superintendent.
Though not on the pay roll, there is no
'hand" about the farm that is more
useful and certainly none more willing,
Premiums at Denver.
The premium list for sheep at the
Denver fat stock and feeder show to be
held in February, 1908, is as follows:
For the best load of fat wethers $50,
$25, $40; for the best load of fat lambs,
not over one year old, $50, S25, $40;
grand championship, best five lambs
from any section, $25.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-09-10
No. 11O.-Double Bookings.

No. 11O.-Double Bookings.
Example: Doubly behead and cur
tail a supplication and leave always
Answer: Prayer.
1. Doubly behead and curtail fiXet
and leave unit.
2. Doubly behead and curtail a neal
relative and leave common article.
8. Doubly behead and curtail certain
books to hold photographs and leave {
humming noise.
4. Doubly behead and curtail one WHIT
carries and leave Il common verb.
5. Doubly behead and curtail aromat
ic flavorings and leave cold sub
stance.
G. Doubly behead and curtail a nea,
relative and leave Il common word
When the six remaining little words
are rightly guessed and written ont
below another, the central letters, read
ing downward, will spell the name O.
a place where many go one day in thu
week.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-09-10
GROUND PLAN.

house construction. I have left the
outer walk four feet wide at it's mar
rowest point and think that three feet
would be better, as it would give more
room between the cattle, and with the
manure conveyors there is not the need
of wide passages that there once was.
Cement floor throughout and Van Nor
man stalls complete the basement con-
struction.-Joseph e. Wing in Breed
ers Gazette.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-09-10
No. 111.-Easy Puzzle Poems.

No. 111.-Easy Puzzle Poems.
l.
There was young damsel SO good
They made her a pretty -,
But fierce cruel beast
OF the dear made a feast
For he on politeness ne'er stood.
H.
Another, in story named -
Once went with her brother to fill
Their mas wooden bucket;
By very bad luck it
Was split, and they rolled down the hill
Her comrade, Familiarity -,
To his Uranium got a sad crack,
Requiring plaster,
But at his disaster
She laughed and received a good smack
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-09-10
No 116.-Wnrd Puzzles.

No. 116.-Word Puzzles.
Changed words by the addition of a
letter.
1. Change a labyrinth to a species of
corn.
2. Change an island off the coast OF
Scotland into an animal or an unfeeling
person.
3. Change an island in the Mediter-
ranean into faultfinding.
4. Change an outer covering into
quietness.
5. Change abstinence into plenty.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-09-10

My FIRST may rhyme with pain;
My SECONDS made in rain
Without another thing
That flies, as If on wing.
My WHOLE, if we look high,
We sometimes see across the sky.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-09-10
No. 116.-What Is Ite

What is it that names a fish, bird,
a boat, a double tripod, block, a call
and an animal?
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-09-10
AN oCTAGON BARN.
Plan That Secures Convenience
and Economics Space.

and Economics Space.
A reader in Iowa asks for an oc
tagonal barn plan. In his neighbor
hood nearly all the barns have beer
destroyed by windstorms, and he
wants something that will not blow
away. He wants barn to hold fifty
head of cattle-no horses, no machin
cry or chickens.
Professor e. w. Stuart in his ad
mirable book, Feeding Animals" il
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-09-10
!=HEjB|5IIjjzEzEN


l. Art of public speaking. 2. To date
again. s. To receive as true. 4. Be
longs to horse. s. Three-sevenths OF
Ottoman. 6. One-half Of read. Z. A
letter.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-09-10

From 1 to 2, salutation. From 2 to
3, an instrument of action or motion.
From to 1, belonging to ships. From
4 to 5, to release. From to 6, the
world. From 6 to 1, a place overgrown
with shrubs. From 1 to 4, containing
heresy. From to 5, to trade beyond
ones means. From to 6, ordinal of
80.