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The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-20
Coneressman Meekison ef Ohie,

CONGRESSMAN UeekisOn Of Ohto.
Hon. David Meekison is well known
not only in his own State, but through
out America. He was elected to the
Fifty-fifth Congress by very large ma
iority, and is the acknowledged leader
Of his party in his section Of the State.
Only one flaw married the otherwise
complete success of this rising states
man. Catarrh with it's insidious ap-
proach and tenacious grasp, was his
only unconquered foe. For thirty years
he waged unsuccessful warfare against
this personal enemy. At last Peruna
came to the rescue. He writes:
ssIhsve used several bottles Of Pc.
runs and feel greatly benefited there.
by from my cafsrrh Of tho head.
feel encouraged to believe fhafif I use
Il q short time longer I WILDE fully able
to eradicate the disc se Of fhirtyyean'
sksndine. David Meekis0n, Member
Of COngress.
If you do not derive prompt and salts
factory results from the use of Peruna,
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving q
full statement Of your case and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable adj
vice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-20

I'm afraid Jerry's folks won't want
to- come, and don't know what Phin-
cas- would do II they didn't. He's
set his heart. We ought not to have
waited till the Inst minute-I don't
see wn.y we did. There won't be time
for them to answer-oh, dear, they
haven't been home for SO long, and
can't help thinking they won't want
to come now!"
But she went briskly to work with
her preparations. She cooked and
cooked till the shelves in her neat
pantry groaned under their loads.
Jerry's folks could not have cleared
them in week. She made the mince
pies The way the boys had always
liked them. long ago. She made mo-
lasses sauce for the pudding because
they had been fond Of ]. that kind.
And she made two little saucer pies
she had never failed to make, long
ago. They were pumpkin pies, and
she crimped the edges carefully.
Jerfy's girls are grown up; and
maybe they won't care for them
maybe nobody WILL" she thought,
''but : always made them for the
boys, and I said I would to-day. Only
l hoped, then, that John's folks
would come. I hoped till the last
minute" &
It was the last minute now, and
mother had given up. She lad set
the long table with her whitest linen
and her prettiest dishes: Then she
had dressed herself in her best dress
and sat down to wait. She was quite
pale. Mother was little afraid OF
Jerry's folks. She wished Phineas
were here to help her receive them,
but he had been called away unex-
pectedly, and would not be back
much before dinner time. One of the
neighbors had needed him.
Somewhere down the road sounded
the rumble Of stage wheels, and
mother got up, nervously, and stood
on the floor, listening. It was such
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-20
REQUESTS OF CONSTITUENTS.
sene ef the Remarkable Thinss
Asked Of Representatives ut the :
Nations Capital.

Congressman Conry tells q story con-
corning his congressional experience
which may or may not be intended to
discourage his political rivals in the
Ninth district, states the Boston Her
aid.
every spring" says Mr.. Conry. "the
government at Washington sets aside
a large amount of garden seed for free
distribution among the people OF the
country, and one of the functions OF q
congressman is to see that his constiu-
ents get theirsdue share of this seed.
Now, there isn't a great deal OF vacant
soil in my district which could be util-
lied for the purposes of a flower gar
den, but, thinking it would be good
idea to encourage the cultivation OF
window plants, I sent out last spring
as many packages of the different
plants suitable for window culture as
! thought would suffice to go around.
A little while after received from q
lady to whom I had sent some seed the
following letter: + re
Dear Mr.. Conry: I have received
your seed, for which am very thank
full. Will you kindly send me 100 feet
of black rubber hose, set of garden
tools and lawn mower?
.'This story somehow got out, and
was given some circulation. In the
course Of its travelsit reached the ears
of a lady in the Berkshire hills, who
Immediately wrote me that she didn't
care to receive any lawn mowers or
rubber hose, but she would like very
much to know if I could send her pair
of oxen which she could use for plow-
ing fields.
"Of all the requests, however, which
Ireceived asa result of my well-intend-
ed offices in seed distribution, the one
/ shall cherish longest was received
from lady on the banks of the Con-
necticut river.
"'Ay Dear Congressman wrote this
lady, 4 have ten acres of land covered
with tobacco. Will you kindly select
from the civil service six able-bodied
men and send them to my farm to culti-
vate my tobacco?'
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you think don't know how to take

you think don't know how to take
care Of little twin sons?''
She carried them both at once in
the old way. A little head lay warm
against each arm. There was not .
moment to lose Il her plan was to
succeed. and she went away swiftly
with her precious load out to the
kitchen, straight to the little old era
die. There was time to deposit the
babies, one at each end, on the soft.
time-yellowed little pillows, and to
draw the log-cabin quilt snugly up
under each tiny pink chin. There
was minute or two even to jog tho
cradle few times, and then mother
heard the creak of Phineas' wagon
wheels. She stole softly away and
left Johns babies to do their work
alone. But a prayer was on her lips.
ga little child shall lead them
it's in Thy Book, Lord. Let Johns
little children lead father back to
john" she prayed silently.
Phineas Quimby was late. Tho
3neighbor had kept him longer than
AAO CAHSSOSOb 0uu ~ 1VCyS4SU ullus
NeighbQrly assistance was all right
enough, but on Thanksgiving Day,
when your sons folks were coming
home. It was vexing to be kept al
most till dinner-time.
Get up. Dan; get into q trot, will
ye? DO, you want the turkey to be
all eat up before we get there? Jer-
rvs folks won't know what to make
of these doin's; get up, there, pony!"
He ratified home, into the lane. past
the house to the barn. his mind in
tent on. grievances, else he might
have seen the peering little faces at
the eparlor window-mother had for.
gotten those.
Old. DON put up and given his
Thanksgiving dinner of oats and
clover-sweet hay. Phineas Quimby
strobe into the house. A frown was
on his face. Being Phineas Quimby,
this interference with his plans an
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-20
A Pu..lea Housewife.

"Hello," called Mrs. Cookem, over the
phone, "is this Mr.. Sellem's grocery
Yes, ma'am.'
"Weil, you folks sent me a cake Of
patent plum pudding and cake Of imi-
tation coal this morning, for me to try"
Eyes, ma'am. And did you wish to OF.
der some more?"
II don't know. You'll have to send
some one down to explain matters. I've
put one cake on the fire and the other in
the oven and I can't tell whether the plum
pudding smell comes from the firebox or
the pudding PAM American.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-20

q pity Jerry's folks had had to come
up in The stage! Hark!-yes, it was
turning into the lane. 1t was almost
here. She must go to the door and
meet them. A strange, girlish shy
ness swept over the little old figure.
and two spots of pink color bios
somed in her wrinkled cheeks.
The rumble ceased. A confusion of
voices greeted mothers ear-sweet,
shrill little voices, with the bubble of
laughter running through them. And
then, above them all, mans deep
voice called: 'tMother! Mother,
where are you?" What did it all
mean-for it was Johns voice call
ing! It was Johns wife getting out
of the stage, and Johns little chill
dren chattering and bubbling! Johns
folks!
Mother found herself at the door
in the midst of them all, and her
wonder and faint dismay were
drowned in the sweetness and Joy of
their coming and the warm rain of
their kisses on her face.
There were SO many little voices in
her ear, SO many little arms around
her neck! And John was there-a
big bearded John, with little Johns
love in his voice! There was no room
for dismay at all-only Joy. 1t was
later when the mystery had cleared
itself away and it was almost time
for Phineas to come that the dismay
came back. Dear land, what would
Phineas say? ~ -
Mother stole away by herself and
looked things in the face. She had
not told John that it was all a mis-.
take, and that his letter had gone to
Jerry and Jerry's invitation come tc
him. 1t was all clear enough now tc
mother, but she had not told John
How could she? In; a moment the
ioy was overwhelmed in the utter
dismay. For Phineas would be home
soon. very soon.
Something must be done. The lit
tie children-if the father should see
Johns children, would they not plea6
for him? No, wait-the babies
Johns tiny twin sons! Mother
laughed aloud with delight of the in
spiration. She hurried up to The
lumber-room over the woodshed an6
pulled down the long old cradle thai
Phineas had pieced out long ago, t.
keep baby toes from meeting whe1
Jerry lay at one end and little Joh1
at the ether. It was heavy, but what
did mother. care? The strength o,
ten slender old women animated hel
as she tugged and pulled it down.
Now, the pillows and the little ole
log-cabin quilt! AS If she did mo-
know where those were! She ar
ranged them with eager fingers ant
pulled the cradle into the kitchen
for father would come in at the kitch
en- door. Then mother went back t,
Johns folks.
| II want the babies, John-give m,
them both for little while,' sh,
lsaid. "No. don't you come. dear-d,
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-20

noyed him greatly. Jerry's folks
were not plain farmer folks. They
would hardly understand this-what!
What was the old cradle on the kitch-
en- floor for? And little Jerry andlit-
tie John in it!
Phineas Quimby stood still over the
old cradle and gazed down into it in
helpless bewilderment. Had he lost
his wits, or had the years rolled
from his bent old shoulders and left
him standing there, strong and
straight, looking down at the crum-
pied faces of his little twin sons?
Was he young again? Were the old
age and the loneliness and the heart
break in his stubborn old soul only
a bad dream? And he was young
and had little John again-had both
his boys! ~
The babies stirred from their pla-
cid browse. and one Of them flung
out lnsty little fist and opened q
pair Of wide blue eyes. Little John,
that one was! With an inarticulate
cry Of tenderness and love, father
stopped and gathered the, warm,
sweet morsel into his old arms, and
laid his grizzled head against it, in
the old, old way. Mother found him
SO.
Gather, father!" she cried, from
the doorway. All her soul was. in her
eager, old voice.
FLUSH. don't speak, mother; don't
wake me up! I've got little John in
my arms.
In the quiet kitchen there was only
the sound of baby-crooning then.
Mother had lifted little Jerry, and
was grading him in her own arms.
The noon sunshine lighted all their
faces, young and old. It was father
who spoke first, after awhile:
"Don't tell me, mother, know all
about it, he said, quietly. II know
! we amt grown young again and
found our baby boys. It was only a
minute I half believed that-I come
in so sudden and found them in the
old cradle with the old quilt over
'em. I've got my wits back now, and
I know all about it. This is Johns
baby I've got here, and Johns baby
over there in your. arms They're
Johns twin babies-did you think !
never hunted up Johns letters to you
and read 'em through and through?
Do you think i don't know the names
of all Of Johns little shavers by
heart, mother? Here, you may have
'em both. I've got to go-I want
john
Here I am, father. I'm here's
And it was John standing there in
the door, and father striding toward
him with his hands out! And it was
mother with her arms full of Johns
babies who lowered over them both
with unspeakable Thanksgiving in
her heart.-Country Gentleman.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-20
U.eles. Clause.

Old Gotrox-I had clause inserted
IN my will to the effect that Il any Of
nv relatives should contest it they are
not to get cent.
Mr.. Neighbors- That wasaltogether
unnecessary.
''Why was It Unnecessary"
because Il there is q contest the
lawyers will see that your relatives
don't get anything Chicago Daily
News.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-20
Ola On e..

Quads-Funnyman tried writing his
jokes on the typewriter, but had to 60
back to his fountain pen.
-.Space-What was the matter with the
typewriter?
American,
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-20

Tom-"uur engagement is off" Dick
'You don't say, how's that?" Tom-"She
got mad because couldn't explain to her
satisfaction why I, loved her more than
other girls. "-Philadelphia Press.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-20
At Leaut one symu,tom.

Kind Father-My dear, if you want to
marry q good husband, marry Mr.. Good.
heart. He really and truly loves you.
!DaughterIAre you sure of that, pa!
money of him for six months, and still no
keeps coming. STRAY Stories.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-20

Shea woman is a. young as she
looks" He-"Yes; but she amt Away,
~ young as she thinks she looks. "-Cincin-
natl Enquirer.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-20

Builds up the system; puts pure, rich
blood in the veins; makes men and wom-
en- strong and healthy. Burdock Blood
Bitters. At any drug store.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-20

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infalli.
ss Sessa a0 SrsSs and s s
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-20

Fleeing from responsibility is q good
deal ike hiding from -Coopera-
ton
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-20

II suffered for months from sore throa
Eclectrlc OIL cured me in twenty-fou
hours" NJ. s. Gist, Hawesville. Ky.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-20

Anxiety never yet successfully brideed
over any chasm.-Rufhni.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-20

Truth 10 more of stranger than &c.
Chicago Daily News.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-20
Strength Of u Locomotive.

A railroad engine may be roughly
said to be equal in strength to 900
horses.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-11-20
,olasSS|z ZE9z&
~ Thanksgiving Story<
~ Ann.e Nemsxs~ DerneA.
~ AnN.e Ae.mXtsn DeuneM.

ND - and Johns
folks, Phineas?"
Amelia Quimby's
breath failed at
ysyV
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-12
TIMELY TOPICS.

Read the Public market ad tonight for Saturdays poultry sale, turkeys 18c, fowl 14c.
 A special at l.. F. Haase's furniture store this week is a handsome Morris chair for s3.o8.
 Great overcoat sale at D. c. Kil- duff & Co.'S tonight and to-morrow. See their stock before buying.
 Rapkin's after dinner ale in bottles or on 6rauRht at T. D. Guests South Main street
 See those pretty pieces of furniture at J. M. Burrall's before you decide on your Christmas gift.
 What would be nicer for friend than 6 fur garment? See the stock of the New England Fur Co.
 Give your friend 9 Welsbach lamp on a handsome portable. Gas Improve ment Go sells them.
 If you want to see display of hand kerchiefs take a look in at Miller &c Peck's. Sterling silver novelties.
 A large line of substantial Christmas gifts ready for your inspection at the Boston Furniture Go, ''at the. junction, of South Main, ScoyilI and Brook streets. Open every evening until Christmas, commencing December IS.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-12
NUTEEG CARVINGS
News Items Boiled Down for the Ben eft of Our Busy Readers.

News Items Boiled Down for the Ben
 eft of Our Busy Readers.
 Because of the prevalence of small pox. Health Officer D. w. Higgins yes terday closed the schools at Baltic.
 Pratt. Read & Go received 100. tons of coal at Deep River yesterday, and it is te be sold to the employees at $6 a ten. .."
 Louis C1outier, 10 years old, tramp weaver. who has been working in Will Evansville. three miles from Danielson, was found sitting on rock yesterday afternoon. frozen to death.
 When the conductors and motormen of the keYiden, Southlngton and Com bounce Traaway Co received their pay envelopes yesterday they found the company had raised their pay from 16 te IT cents an hour to 19.
 The coal situation in South Manches- ter is alarming. The Lydall & Foulds paper mills 3t Lydallvi11e and Parker village and the William Foulds paper mill were compelled to suspend opera tions. having run out of fuel.
 As the result of injuries received by falling from the roof of \ house being built for Anson Phelps Stokes at Col, lender Point, Brorhenning Anderson, 18 years old, son of Glais Anderson, a contractor thsre. died yesterday in the Stamford hospital.
 The body Of John Brown, who had beea at work as weaver for the Will lfamsville Cotton %, but who had been paid sR laFt Monday, was found yes terday in lot between Danielson and Willis usyiile. It is believed he may have been intoxicated. fell while cross ing the lot and was frozen to death, Tuesday
 Upon being offered part of forest if they would cut it. Rev T. Richard, pastor of the Congregational church of Vert Torrington, and members of the church invaded the woods Wednesday, with axes. A hundred trees were fslled and hrewood enough cut to kep the church in fuel this winter.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-12
Aerial London.

Rev. John N. Bacon, who for several years, with the aid Of a balloon, has in dustriously explored the atmosphere over London, gives strange picture of the skyward extension of the worlds greatest city. Somewhat fan cifully, and yet with certain degree of truth, London might be said to be s,eo8 feet high, or deep, for up to about that level the air over the vast town is unmistaka bly, London air. Be- tween 5000 and 5000 feet above the housetopE is a region. where dugt re sembling chaR, hlamentg and wooden fiber, such as would arise from thor oughfareg and from the sweeping of houses, seerhs especially to accumu- late. At least there is more there than nearer the ground. la calm weather aerial London becomes to a certain extent stratifed From above 6,oo0 feet one can often look down upon the surface of the haze, az if it had definite limit Youth's Com panion
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-12
ONE VICTIM DIES.
New Britain Power House Accident
 Has Fatal Results.

hdS 1dJdl h0SulLb.
 New Britain, Dec 12.-MiehaeI HiS- gins, one of the men injured in the ac, cident at the power house of the Con- necticut Railway and Lighting Go, Wednesday, died yesterday afternoon at the New Britain general hospital. Higgins was 24 years old and had bean employed here about ten months. His wife and child are on their way here from Ireland, and will not know of MT Hig8ins's death until their arrival here.
 A thorough investigation is to be made by the company into the cause Of this accident, so similar to the first. The whole thing is decidedly puEEliAg, as the boilers and all connexions had been thoroughly inspected and found te be all right The investigation has not developed anything of importance. Aa a matter of precaution for 6 short time there will be change in tine schedule of running some of the cars, so as to reduce the amount of power required and thus prevent any possible strain at present on the boilers and connec- tions.
 The Hartford cars made hourly in- stead of half hourly trips yesterday and the Berlin -Plainville cars ran every forty instead of twenty minutes. This schedule will be maintained for short time on the Berlin-Plainville lins, but it is not probable that it will be con tinued for the Hartford cars.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-12
HELEN GOULD CALLS FOR COAL
Her Priceless Orchids Were in Danger
 of Freezing.

Her Priceless Orchids Were in Danger
 of Freezing.
 New York, Dec 1Z-Coa1 dealers yesterday were literally swanped with orders, given personally and sent by telegraph and telephone, which they could not fill. The only ray of light in the situation was a notification re- ceived by some of the dealers that be- ginning with next week New York will receive a larger share of anthracite and less will be sent to other places.
 The costly plants in the conservator- ies of Miss Helen Gould at Irvingten- on-the- Hudson had q narrow escape from. being ruined for lack Of coal to keep the houses warm. These hot houses and their contents are valued at nearly a million dollars. Some ef the orchids are priceless.
 The Eake Jay Gould had q passion for rare orchids and Tor many years before he died had been collecting them from different parts ef the werId Miss Gould has taken the same pride in the conservatories &s her father did. She telegraphed yesterday ito Garter < Blaisdell,' coal agents in this city, to send a boatload Of coaa at once te Tarrytown to save her flowers.
 The firm could not get boatIoad at once. but telegraphed to the owHer of a coal yard along the Hudson in which it has an interest to send enough ceal to heat the 1nothouses for a day or tive till more coal can be sent
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-12
WATERBURY COUPLES SEPARATED.
TwentEgh Dorccs Were Granted the Past YcarDurng thu
 Year 1901 the Number Was Forty.two.

he probably drove from he door. All happiness has fed, and all she now
 asks is to be freed from the man who spoiled her life. She must tell it all, and perhaps the blows her husband gave her were not harder hhen it is for her to tell of them. But at last she has recovered her composurs and with out hesitation she goes over the scenes of domestic tumult again. And she is corroborated by her neignbors and friends, all Of whom witnessed her in- dignity and degradation. Finally the story is told and the court aces some discrepancy in the testimony and con- tinues the case to the following week, when she must again repent her sad
 story, and probably not until she has appeared in court two or three times is her petition granted, and then she leaves the court room happy fer the first time in years.
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-12
Quaint Bird Legends.

1t is considered very unluclzy iR Sweden to kill a stork. They have n legend that the stork fiuttered round the cross, crying: "styrl1e! styrke! Strengthen ye! strengthen ye!'' and was ever after called the stork, but lost it's voice. In Germany the atorks fly down from Gods land, bearing the babies with them. Such is tho story taught to German children. The red of the robins breast is produced by tile blood of Christ. Magpies arc birds of omen; to see one means sor- row, two for joy, three for wedding and four foretell death. The swallow is sometimes called the s.bird of con- solation," because it flew around the Saviour on His cross, crying: ssCheer upi cheer upi''-Nature
Waterbury Democrat., 1902-12-12
Curween's Arwsinfments.

BUFFALO, Dec. 12.-John Cunneen the Democratic attorney general elect has announced his appointments. All are Democrats. The Prohibitionists, or whose ticket Mr. Cunneen's name alse appeared, get no places. They made no request for appointm ments. The statement given out by Mr. Cunneen iu es follows: "On Jan. 1 I shall formal ly appoint the Hon. Charles N. BulEsr of Oswogo to be first deputy attorney general; also the following named Esss tlenen for deputy attorneys general their respective rank and compsnsa. ton and duties to be determined here after: George F. slocum of Rochester Sylvester $. Taylor of Elmira, William Fl. Wood Of Poughkeepsie, Francis J Stephen ef Buffalo, James Ernest Raf ter of Mohawk and Sanford Tousley Church of Albion"