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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-01-21

I parted from the Squire With mutual
expressions OF regret, he cordially press
ing me to remain al night and enjoy his
hospitality. A week later | received a
| letter from him, in which he stated
that since my visit he had married five
more couples, making his record up to
November -, 90 couples in five years.
In this letter he impaired the inf0rma-
ticn that he would not object to onter-
ing the married state again himself,
Here is what he said: II would marry
if ] could get a Go0d-l0oking younG
lacy, worth a considerable amount of
| money, Of a good reputation. l don't
drink, good TO a Wife, q kind, temperate,
moral man Of eight or ten thousand
dollars capital. | have a pretty place,
| as YOU saw, and | want to improve it
considerably, making it a ummcr re
| sort or park for people to come and get
married"
II may thus be seen that the Squire is
q man Of ambitions. Why cant l at
tain the reputation Of marrying 300, 400
or SOC couples q year" he exclaimed.
The business is growing and want it
to grow"
Sure, Squire" l said, may If grow;
| and more power to you."-M. S. DWyer
in Providence (R. - Journal.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-01-21

N"'' an the girl
kept twisting a handkerchief round
ana round her fingers. 1t was
evident that she was having a
hard time to refrain from bursting
into tcars. She was eyid2ntIv from one
Of the mill settlements in the vicinity
OF Charlotte. Her dress was OF plain
Ginshaf., and a small black velvet cape
was tied over her shoulders. The boy
was a manly looking young fellow. and
when i came to answering the qucs-
lions they both spoke up promptly. The
Squire lost no time in proceeding to
business.
You ali want to set married. sup
Tose?' he said. addressing the couple.
The young man replied that they did.
Then the Squire made a little address
in which he said that the company was
net together 10: the purpose OF Joining
this, ma. ana Women III the holy bonds
of matrimony. which is an honorable
estate and IS commended CT St. Paul to
nc 'ionorabIe anon ali men." Then the
Squire told them 10 clasp each Others
rsgnt hand, and addressing the youth
he sai6: Young man, VIII you have
this woman whom, you hold by The right
hand 20 be you- lawful and wetded
wife, 10 love. cherish and comfort ner
IL SICKNESS and III health' foTsaking all
o'nefs ana -lc2Ee unto heF chiE so ion"
as $ou nc.h 5h"ll i've 50 help you Gee:
W., ,o"' nc ''0'5 nan answered. !
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AFTER 1h2 promise" were sven the
squire ofmaIIE pronounced the couple
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-01-21

I FIRST heard Of Squire Bales through
tie medium of 4 news item which went
tho rounds OF the press, and referred 10
compilations which had arisen owing to
the fact that the wife Of a notary public
bad married an urgent couple in the abb
s"nte Of her husband. The news item
was recalled TO my recollection while /
was going from Salisbury to Charlotte,
y e. on q freight train a few days ago.
My presence on The freight train was due
to the fact that I had missed the regu-
lar passenger train and preferred going
to Charlotte by freight to waiting in
Salisbury some eight hours. There We're
two other men in a like predicament, and
it was from the conversation of my fell
iuw travellers that I again heard about
Squire Bales. From these men I learned
that it was the 'Squire's wife who had
married the couple referred to in the
Newspaper item. and 1 also learned That
the Squire's place vas within II miles
Of Charlotte, and hat for q marrying
place it could give Gretna Green cards
ard 81 ades and then win CUT. The men
IN the car told such stories of the place,
which they said was located partly in
NcIth Caroline ana partly in South
Carolina. that | determined to make the
Squire : call. The next day was Sunday.
and a Beautiful Gay it was. ! engaged
. buggy ana an cid donkey driver who
knew the road and in less than two hours
We had covered the II miles between the
Ruford Hotel III Charlotte n the home
o. the marrying Squire on the South Car
Gina border. The roaG lay between fields
q cotton. the bursting bolls making the
vista lcCk like dotted SnoWliakes. My
dl Yer had no hesitation in pulling so.ne
Of II" growing cotton for me, and later,
IN spyiHg q rersimnon tree, he got ne
d nunlhe' Of samples of the "possum
fruit" P05suns, by the way. the darhey
said were right smart plenty" and he
could put me in the way Of "g0in' on a
hunt it wanted to- The road was macad-
aHiised most or the wav, built by cOaytcts.
the driver said, ana Tor the greater part
VAS the best country road I ever encoun-
tered in New England or elsewhere.
The Old darley chuckIed when / asked
linn if he mad ever been to Squire
Bales.
".Dos3 I hab. sab" he replied. morn
twenty times. Lahst time went. one
Young i2dy,s paw war; cr-Iockin' al
IounI Charlotte fer Ter, but he wuz back
an I'll married aiorc he thought or hitch
in UP and goin' to Squire Bales. He,
he but dey wuz a IaIr oh hapgy chilrcn.
Gey Wuz." AND the Ole fellow laughed and
cfucEled for q full minute over the
thoughts brought up by the question.
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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-01-21
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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-01-21
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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-01-21

After they had gone the Squire showed
me by the stub of his certificate book
that he had me down as q witness to
the eremony The certificate which the
Squire gives is an original production.
| Among other innovations it has printed on
it:
Worth My Weight in Cold
AS to the sequel to his great marriage
business the Squire said that his house
being located in South Carolina and the
rest of his estate in North Carolina
| made his place an ideal spot so far as
the laws of both States were concerned.
Again, no license TO marry was required
IL South Carolina. While in North Care
lin. not only was a license nccessarT.
but d So fec Went with the license. Re
gsrliag tho story that his wife had mar
ricd ! couple ard complications had
subsequently arts en-, the Squire said
that he couldnt recall the incident. and
that his wife had been dead about six
months. When asked if Mrs. Bales had
ever performed a marriage ceremony
he said WHY. yes; l couldn't be here
all the time. YOU know" Later on n
soirs through the certificate book /
came across a stub flied out in a hand
different from The others. Mrs. Bales
evidently married this couple. squire I
said. Yes" he replied, after looking at
the stub. Il reckon she did" He then
went on 10 explain that common law
marriages were !egal in South Carolina
and h. considered the marriage per
formed by Mrs. Bales in his absence to
be fully as binding IS those at which
he olficiateG. Asked about his usual fee
ne produced a card upon which was
printed the following:
SQUIRE BALES,
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-01-21

Common Fee 200
Secret Service ~
Itlch MAN $ lo''V
Printed Marriage Certificates IN dlIieI-
ont styles and sizes. tree. fiaNe nobous
but Squire Eailes. Don be marfleo al
home. An bridal tour.
In addition to circulating the above
price card. the Squire has the following
printed upon postal earda, Whlch ne aISo
uses as al advertising modllla.
PI<EEILLE p. o.. \. C.-19-.
-1;4 p,oa. o,fo, f,,or %,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-05-27
THE WEEKLY TRIBUNE.

E. H. McHenry. late of the Northern
Pacific, just returned from a six
months trip through the orient, has ac-
cepted the Office of chief engineer of
the Canadian Pacific. He will enter
Upon his new duties June l.. His
headquarters will be Montreal. His
selection by the Canadian Pacific is a
distinct honor. The Canadian Pacific
operates 7,4S9 miles of road. The west
ern end offered the original builders
some of the most ~perplexing difficult
ties ever encountered in railroad con
struction. There are still many more
hard nuts of the same sort for MI. Nc
Henry to crack, for the Canadian Pa
cifc contemplates pushing along some
very important extensions in the
mountains. His method of solving
similar problems for the Northern Pa
cifc is what won him his present ap-
pointment. Mr.. McHenry's recent trip
across the water will be a very valu-
able experience to him in many ways,
and it is not impossible that he took
the trip originally at the suggestion of
the Canadian road.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-05-27
EXPERIMENTING WITH FODDER
GRAIN. ~

The old Troy farm at Happen in Kid
der county, established in the latter
end Of the seventies, consisting of some
5000 acres, and made famous by the
late John Van Dusen as one of the lead
ing Dakota bonanza wheat farms, has
undergone a noteworthy change since
coming into the hands Of it's present
owner and under the management of
MI. w. P. Brown. This season, in
stead of four or five sections of small
grain, as was wont to- be the custom,
but a quarter section has been sown
to the small cereals, while a consider
able area of the farm has been given
over to corn, millet and other grasses.
Some experiments are being made with
alfalfa and bronze grass, the results of
which must be awaited with interest
in a country where crop rotation and
farm Investigation are becoming SO
great a necessity, owing to the rapidly
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-05-27

which speaks volumes for the prosper
ity of. the men who are settling up the
Northwestern country is the satisfac-
tory name in which settlers are keep
ing up their payments. The following
statement from one of the leading firms
is interesting:
"Out of all the business we have
done, and it runs into hundreds of
thousands of acres, we have not today
on u contracts u mortgages one-half
of one per cent of payments that In
over 80 days past due"
This indicates that men of %independ-
emit means are buying farm lands-that
they are not dependent on the land it.
self for their payments. While very
many have bought on time, they have
enough property OF sufficient resources
to keep up their payments.
The marvellous progress which. is
being made toward peopling the north
western empire cannot be better indi-
Gated than by the land sales of the
Northern Pacific railroad. That com
pany has not today an acre of land be-
tween Duluth, Mimi, and Dickinson,
N. D.
In all that vast stretch of country,
600 miles long by so miles wide, the
company has not an acre of land for
&C Ia ~ Tho /, ao1,oot ea1ooh 1nE 1orJc9 or,a
600 miles from the twin cities-in
western North Dakota, Montana and
tracts in Idaho and Washington. In
the latter state, so rapidly has the
course Of empire taken it's westward
course, the vast timber lands have
practically been cleaned up.
A prominent official of one of the
transcontinental lines, in discussing
the situation in the far west, said:
"The business is holding up in a
wonderful manner Everybody is
crazy for land. I think there may be
a dull period after awhile, but the lands
are wanted and dullness cannot be OF
long duration. Lands in Minnesota
and Dakota have been taken up to such
an extent that settlers have steadily
been pushed farther west. There is
now a great demand for grazing lands
Ranchmen are beginning to realize thai
they must own their lands instead O
availing themselves of the public do
main and railroad lands. The indis
criminate use Of these lands has PLAYED
out as most Of the land has been sold
This fact makes stock lands proper
tionately as valuable as agriculture
lands"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-05-27
Diamond Dyes S SsHsl 1f1 azzt! atw ANY e safs i
FARM LAND ACTIVITY.
REMARKABLE AND CONTINUING
DEMAND FOR LAND ALL
THROUGH THE NORTHWEST.

Commercial West: The eNtraordin-
airy activity in northwest farm lands
which has characterized the past twelve
months, continues unabated. A feat
of the situation which strikes the
agents as unusual, is the absence Of a
pronounced speculative spirit in the
field. The lands that are being bought
are to become the immediate homes of
settlers, not the mere holdings of spec
ulators. In other words, there is no
boom" in the common acceptation of
the term. The lands that are being
sold now both by the companies and
individuals, II being disposed of ON
much better terms from the owners
standpoint. Formerly, agents sold
lands worth SIS an acre on a down
payment of 81. Now, however, the
same payment is demanded on lands
worth IS an acre.
Another feature of the situation
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-05-27

changing conditions. The farm also
maintains a private creamery with
some 500 head of cattle, where both
butter and cheese are the products, and
the experiment has proven entirely
satisfactory in the return Of profits.
With this magnifcently equipped farm
seeded down to bronze grass and alfalfa,
and well stocked with a dual purpose
breed of cattle, it's old time fame as a
money maker. when wheat was worth
$1.4O per bushel, will pale into insig-
nificant proportions compared with the
results under it's changed conditions.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-05-27
MATTER OF
ORDER OF DISTRICT JUDGE,
GRANTING NEW TRIAL, SELDOM
REVERSED, SAYS SUPREME

~
REVERSED, SAYS SUPREME
COURT. ~
The following is the syllabus in the
case of Pengilly VS.. the J. I. Case
Threshing Machine Company, recently
decided by the supreme court:
Where an application to the district
court for a new trial is based upon
newly discovered evidence and also
upon the ground that the evidence ad-
duced at the trial is insufficient to just
ify the verdict. the same is addressed
to the sound judicial discretion of the
trial court. In such cases the trial
court will weigh the evidence and its
decision of the application cannot be
governed by any fixed rules of law.
Such discretion, however, is not a per-
sonal discretion of the judge to be ex-
ercised capriciously, or arbitrarily, but
as a sound legal discretion.
On appeal from an order made in
such cases the order viii lbe affirmed
unless it appears that there was an
abuse of discretion in making the same.
and in such cases the reviewing court
will consider and weigh the evidence
only sc far as may be necessary to de-
termine the question whether the trial
court acted within it's discretion.
An order granting a new trial is in
such cases rarely reversed and then
only upon grounds which are strong
and convincing. Courts discriminate in
favor of such orders because the same
are not final, but are such as require
a retrial of the facts and merits.
Applying the rules of law as above
stated it is held in this case that the
order of the district court granting a
new trial must be affirmed.
(Syllabus by the %court). "a
Defendants appeal from an order of
the district court of Walsh county, W.
J. Kneeshaw, judge.
Turner & Lee, attorneys for appel
liant.
i. H. A. Libby and Cochrane & Corliss,
attorneys for respondent.
Opinion by Judge Wallin.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-05-27
ROBIDOU-MOORE.

At the Catholic church Sunday night
took place the wedding of Amos Rob-
idou, one of the best known residents
of Bismarck, to Mrs. Christina Moore
of Minneapolis. Mrs. Moore is a sis
ter of E. e. Robideau of the Washburn
general offices, and came out to the
city several months ago to visit with
her brother. and i'm the course of her
residence here met MI. Robidou. and
the weddingw was the result. The cere-
mony was performed by Rev. Father
Clemens of the Catholic church. Friends
in the city will extend their congratu-
lations.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-05-27
DO NOT NEGLECT
THE LITTLE ILLS Of TODAY.
The Use of Il
PAINE'S
Compound
Will Eradicate from the Blood
and System the Seeds
of Disease. .

AS grains of sand make our lofty
ocean, and as our massive buildings
are made of one brick piled upon an
other, so do the little ills Of life con-
tribute to the building up of deadly
diseases in the body. e.
Experienced medical men claim that
fully thr%ee-fourths of u men and
women enter the summer season with
little ills and symptoms of disease,
which must develop into serious and
fatal troubles if not banished at once.
We hear our friends complaining
daily OF rheumatic tendencies. sharp
and darting neuralgia pains, dyspepsia,
pains in the side and back, nervousness
and sleeplessness; and we see with our
own eyes the effects of impure blood
in facial blotches. eruptions, and sores.
The little ills and pains of today build
up the alarming and fatal diseases that
follow days and weeks of neglect.
Wise and intelligent people who have
looked into the claims of Paine's Gel
cry Compound and followed its re-
markable cures of relatives, friends,
and neighbours. use it themselves with
faith and confidence, to Danish their
symptoms of coming troubles, to
cleanse the blood to re~-establish nerve
force, energy, and bodily strength, so
that they will be in condition to with
stand the e~nervating effects of the COM
ing hot weather.
In every community where Paine's
Celery Compound has been used at this
season to Danish disease, it is regarded
as a godsend. Workers in offices,
shops, factories, and weary and run
down wives and mothers in their
homes have thanked heaven for Dr.
Phelps marvellous prescription, because
it made them well. Try a bottle or
two, We who are ailing and sick; it will
give you what you are most in need of
health and new life.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-05-27
FOR SALE.

Lots l & 2, Blk 11s, O.P., with a
$500 90
Lots 6 & Z, Blk 1l8, 0. p, with two
cottages, cor. Third & Rosser, 700 90
Lots 8, 9& 10, Blk lis, O. p, va
cant, cor. Second & Rosser... goo 90
Lot 3, Blk %, N. P. LIST Add, 35-ft
lot, with a cottage. $50 90
Lots 10 & 20, Blk SO, O. p, two
business lots ~. $50 90
One-half interest iR Lots 13 to Is,
Cap. Park Add, a bargain. so 90
These figures are strictly cash and
will remain open until July /, 1902.
Address all communications to
MRS. C. r. WILLIAMS,
Al So. Mont. St. BUTTE, .MonT.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-05-27

coaches, whose duties require that
proper care shall always be given to
keeping a T clean and attending to
the wants of passengers en- route.
Meals served in dining cars at prices
that are reasonable and within reach
of all. Details cheerfully furnished on
application to John Y. Callahan, gen
eral agent, Ill Adams street, Chicago.
Chicago City ticket Office, Ill Adams
street.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-05-27
European tourists and others dee

European tourists and others des-
tined to eastern points, Will find the
low rates applying over the Nickel
Plate Road 70 New York, New Eng
land and other eastern destinations,
specially attractive. The eastern ter
minals via this line are only from
three to ten minutes from all ocean
steamship decks, and the service at
forded is first class. Three trains
daily from Chicago. Uniformed coll
ored porters are In charge Of day
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-05-27

There is considerable talk at the ma
tional capital about the proper name
for the pending irrigation bill, which
has passed the senate and is o. to be
considered by the house. Friends of
the National Irrigation association
claim that it should be known as the
National Irrigation Association bill,
as it was suggested by that body.
At the same time, however, the bill
was drafted by Senator Hansbrough,
and it's details were worked out by him.
By many people in congress it has thus
far been called the Hansbrough bill.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-05-27
STAND LIKE A STONE WALL.

Between your children and the tor
lures of itching and burning eczema,
scaldhead and other skin Diseases
How? why, by using Bucklen's Arnica
Salve, earth's greatest healer. Quick
est cure for ulcers, fever sores, salt
rheum, cuts, burns or bruises. In
fallible for piles. 25c at P. c. Rem
ington's.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-05-27
Chr Bismartk Trihmne.
BY M. II. JEWELL.
MI DAILY TRIBUNE.

Published every afternoon, except Sum-
day, at Bismarck. North Dakota, Is deliv-
cred by carrier to all parts of the city at
SO cents per month, or Sc per year. The
daily sent to any address in the Unitedd
States and Canada, postage prepaid, Sc
per year: IS for six months; $3.50 for
three months.
THE WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
Published every Friday; eight pages,
containing a summary of the news Of the
ton being paid to state news. Sent to
any address. postage paid, for 81 ;00 for
one year; so cents for six months; 20 cents
for three months.
The Bismarck Tribune Is the Oldest
newspaper in the state-established June
II, 1873. 1t has a wide circulation and Is
a desirable advertising medium. Being
published at the capital of the state It
makes a feature Of state news, of a semi
official character, and is therefore particu-
larry interesting to all who desire to keep
the run of state affairs-political, social
and business.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-05-27

The Park River News contains the
announcement of the candidacy of H.
A. Libby of that place for the Office of
attorney general.
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-07-19
ALICE ROOSEVELT TO WED7
Her Name Coupled With That of Son
of Bishop POtter's Fiancee.

Her Name Coupled With That of Son
of Bishop POtter's Fiancee.
Philadelphia, July ia dispatch to
the North American from CoOpers-
town, N. Y, says that rumor in that
place connects the name of Lieutenant
Robert Clark with that of Miss Alice
Roosevelt, to whom he has been most
attentive since her debut in Washing
ton society.
Lieutenant Clark Is the second son
Of Mrs. Alfred Corning Clark, who is
to be married to Bishop Potter Of New
York in September.
Young Clark, known as the richest
man In the army, is stationed with the
signal corps at Washington, where he
was assigned after returning from serv.
ice with the Ninth infantry in China,
Those who know say that the estimate
of the Clark estate at 100000 is too
small 1t is declared in CoOperstOwn
that the share of Lieutenant Clark
will amount to perhaps $15,0OO,0OO.