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The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-14
NO USE FOR EXPENSIVE COFFiNs
wealthy People Not E1travagant in
Funeral Expenses.

wealthy People Not Extravagant in
Funeral Expenses.
Most persons, I suppose, have the
Idea that the rich are buried in ex-
pensive cofhns," said a man who has
spent twenty years in the undertaking.
supply business, to New York Trib-
une reporter, 'but, according to my ex-
perience, it is generally people who
desire to be thought wealthy who in
vest much money in collins. You see,
most rich people have their secretaries,
whose business it is to keep down ex-
penses all the time, and the underta-
kers have found to their sorrow that
they are just as strict when it comes to
funeral expenses as in anything else.
They want the best always, but they
won't order anything that is extrava-
giant or unnecessary.
tits the people who are not so rich
that put money into cofins," he con-
tinued. II remember the cosfliest one
our firm ever turned out It was for a
man in Brooklyn, and was supposed to
cost $4,000, but it didn't. Nothing
would 90 the Iamlly put That plate
and handles should be of solid gold.
The undertaken who had the order told
us to put on plated ones instead. He
managed to spend about $1,000 on the
coffin. The rest, l suppose, went into
his pocket. There is one thing certain
the family never knew the differ
ence. There are some undertakers in
New York who are willing to give peo-
pie what they pay for, but the most of
them are not An undertaken seldom
pays more than $3.50 for coffin, nc
matter how much money the family is
willing to expend. Almost any one in
the business will tell you that when
you get beyond $3.50 you are throwing
away money"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-14

Bill Clark sat staring before him.
wreck had gone out and had included
among the killed the Clarks, from the
sleeping car record. A shudder wen:
over him when he thought of Bill.
When the copy boy went up for the
last sheet of press copy" he noticed
that Bill was very pale, but he had
been queer all evening" A wreck story
started, and Jimmy saw among the
list of dead some local names 1t was
late as he slashed off the list and
rushed down to the city editors room
The city editor glanced at the names
and his feet came down in hurry
He started for the door.
But Bats freckled, excited face con.
frontcd him. Bat showed great wad o,
copy into his hand, Get that set
and it'll be scoup," were Bats words.
It is a complete story of the wreck
written on the train. What came over
the press wire?' was Bats next ques-
ton.
The city editor showed MIN the list.
Did Bill take that? Mrs. Clark,
come along in hurry
In the little den the telegraph sound
er was silent. "Thirty''-the end
had come, and Bill Clark sat staring
before him out at the storm. His face
was drawn and his head was dropped
on his breast. But three pairs IT
arms were thrown suddenly about his
neck-and they revived him.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-14

me an incident in the history of that
ship which was closely connected with
my childhood, and which to this day
stands out wildly in my memory,
When l was about five years old nv
family was interested in the old Sal
isbury iron mine, which is, I suppose
the oldest mine of real worth in the
United States. The first large ancho,
for a United states warship to be
made in this country was made from
iron taken from that mine, for the
frigate Constitution. The anchor was
forged near Salisbury, and the pro
cess created a great amount of in:
terest all over eastern Connecticut
A special wagon was made to cart
the anchor on. 1t was drawn by elev.
en- pairs of oxen and when the day
came to start on it's journey over the
hills to the Hudson, where it was tc
be received by Old Ironsides, a holi.
day was declared all along the route.
Schools were dismissed, and in each
village girls came out and decorated
the oxen and the wagon with fags
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-14

In one of the earlier visits of James
Cooper, afterward the first great Am
erican novelist, to whose original
name Fenimore was added by act of
legislature when he was thirty-seven
years old, to Westchester county, he
became acquainted" with Susan, John
Peter De Lancey,s second daughter
and the friendship soon ripened into
more tender regard. Cooper sooa
became frequent visitor to the De
Lancey homestead, and on New
Years day, 1871, was married to the
young woman of his choice, probably
in the house now being destroyed.
Nobody in Mamaroneck is positive
that Cooper was married in the house,
but his biographers have no cause to
doubt that the wedding was celebrat-
ed at the home of his bride. The fact
that many of Cooper's friends and
admirers deprecated his marriage into
a Tory family seems consistent with
the belief that he was wed in Mr.. De
Lancey's house. There seems to be
ample reason for believing that the
old parlor was the scene of his mar
riage, as we'll as of his courtship.
The demolition of the De Lancey
house leaves only one monument OF
the eighteenth century in the vicinity
of Mamaroneck. Almost directly
across the Boston Post Road from the
De Lancey house is the massive stone
chimney of the Disbrow house, built
in 1877 and burned only few years
ago. This chimney is carefully pre-
served by the. owner of the land on
which it stands, and may last an age
on account of it's solid construction
and broad base, unless a vandal hand
has it demolished to make way for
so-called improvements.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-14
POINT WHERE HE DREW THE LINE:

Concluded That He Had Obeyed His.
Wife Long Enough.
+ At a smoker recently given by j.
Burrwood Daily to his colleagues of the
Democratic executive committee @of
the Twenty-eighth ward one of the
speakers related the following: -:
About week ago three members Of
our committee whom I will algebrai.
cally designate as x, Y and z, wound.
up night of it with bet that each
would do the first thing his wife
asked of him, whatever it might be, or
pay Tor an oyster supper for the three
the following Sunday night.
When they met, K said: When.
L got in my room 1 tried to pour out
drink of water, but in doing so let
the glass fall and it broke.
- "There!" called out my wife.
Now, throw the pitcher out of the
Window
I Immediately raised the window
and heaved out the pitcher, the crash
OF which on the sidewalk aroused the
nelghbors, and even brought the po-
hceman of the beat from under cover
ana thereby made an enemy of him. > ~
l was cautiously walking across
the dlning-room to find the gas said
I, and knocked over chair. My
WIFE called down from the second
story front very gently:
MY dear, get an AK and demolish
the chair properly
got the AK and hewed that chair
into kindling wood of the finest de-
scription.'"
I got in all right, said z, took OFF
my shoes and was going up stairs as
quiet as the night before Christmas,
when I awkwardly stumbled and my
shoes rolled to the bottom, hitting
each step at least once on the way
down.
That's right" called out Mrs. q.
Fail down and break your neck!"~
And you didn't do it, chimed in
x and Y.
Not On your life! That's why I'm
here, to order the oysters "-Phila-
delphia Times.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-14
The l. orse World Of London.

An ingenious writer has been making
curious computation respecting the
wheels in London. He points out that
it takes 100000 horses to move these
wheels. Within radius of twelve
miles there are 500 miles of railway
running through 700 stations, and be-
tween morning and night the trains
running over these carry 1900, 900 pas
sengers. But the street vehicles trav.
ell twenty times as far as the trains
every day and carry more passengers,
for though the latter travel $4,000
miles every twenty-four hours the
street carriages daily accomplish a
journey equal to twenty times the
circumference of the globe. The
buses and trans move 100000 pas.
sengers from place to place every day,
while 100000 people ride about in
cabs and $4,000 in private carriages.
Londoners Travelled in London some.
thing like 165,OO0,000 times a year,
making nearly 1,000,00O,000 separate
journeys, while a capital of no less
than &70,000,000 is invested in the
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-14
PatfuS' PfonOsiti0p.

Senator Pettus of Alabama is one OF
the young octogenarians of the coun-
try. He does not look like man in
his eighty-first year, and says he does
not feel half the years he has piled up
to his credit.
An Alabama representative, himself
we'll along in years, suggested to Mr.,
Pettus the other day the possibility
that he might live to be 100 years old.
and asked him if he would consider it
right to hold his senatorship twenty
years longer.
"Why not?' demanded Mr. Pettus.
"Think of the Others was the re-
Div, There are a lot of aspiring
youngsters down in our state. Don't
you want to give them a chance?"
Never thought of that, mustd Mr..
Pettus. "say, tell you what I'll do.
I'll make trade with you. If yo> ~ill
die I will resign, and so we will gh>s
two of those aspiring youngsters their
political opportunities"
What noble young man you are,
Pettus!" fervently calculated the gen
tleman who had been invited to die Il
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-14
THOSE THREE LITTLE TH0MPsONs


Business Matter That Came Near Break
ing Up Happy Home.
I'm my business come in contact
with all sorts of animal people from
the ordinary snake charmer to the
owner OF a private menagerie" said
a prominent New York snake and
reptile man, whose name for the pur-
poses Of this story must be "Thomp-
son." mot long ago presented three
little alligators to certain lady
snake charmer' named Hedwig, who
was one of my regular customers. +
received letter of thanks in return
saying that once the little chaps were
trained they would appear on theater
programmes as the Three Thon1b-
sons named In my honor. y
''Hedwig was a picturesque sort 'of
snake: charmer, the kind Of woman.
though, homely and :unattractiye
as a stone wall, whom b q
fellow could not we'll help
mentioning even in ones home.
! thing i spoke altogether too much
about Hedwig to begin with. TO add
to the fuel I have: been obliged to meet
her several times ii d business way
after her evening performances.
One day q got q letter from He'd
wig, and after reading 1innocently
took It home. &c came near breaking
Up my estabAs ent and taking the
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-14

of the day they had brought Bill
home, when he had refused the masked
mems order to ditch No. 3. -.
. Crash!
The train rocked and reeled, the
boys screamed in fright and passen.
gers rushed down. the aisle. Mrs
Clark knew there had been a wreck
and soon flames showed her the Sleep
ing cars turned over and burning. She
sighed with gratitude that she had
sold the berth tickets Bill had sent. to
her. She tried to send message, but
the wires were down. =
An hour later Bat Pierce burst ints
the car. Game on relief train; bundle
boys up and we can get right back: %
he ordered. He did not tell what a
burden had been lifted from him at
sight Of their faces. He hurried out
and found that a brief report Of the
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-14
Novelty in Wedding Cuatoma.

A novelty in wedding customs con
sists in accompanying each mote Of
thanks for a wedding present with
some small token in return. In this
way the original giver profits some
what by the affair /" recent bride in
every such note of acknowled gment in
closed silver bodkin; another d
small silver umbrella tag engraved
with the recipients name. Such pro-
fcedure takes a little trouble and ex-
pense, perhaps, but it. is gracious
courtesy and must relievs the bride
from that sense OF oyerwhe lining obs
legation that ii many cases she must
otherwise feel .sS
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-14

Maine. Year after year a trip Is
the wifes sister had been deferred ~of
necessity, and at last the mother and
the boys had gone, but were to be cat
home at Christmas sure"
For the tenth time the lunch bas-
ket was tried for a diversion for the
Impotence of three boys in a day
coach Of the Limited, rushing through
the binding storm. ~. .$..s>.
"Won't\ dadda like our. present,
thought" exclaimed the eldest, eyesng
a box. = s.$. III 5...5 .$ Il s$4 t#>2zj%
They had had their choice OF 4
sleeping car or q present for Dadda. 2
They neared the Jim valley and
Mrs. Clark dEESfted of into elections
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-14

roof off of the house. My wife foc2d
the letter and stood before me with
flaming eye, reading between her
teeth, .&.-
1.-THE three little Thompsons are
not at all well, and l think you had
better come down to see us. Signed
Kissed my wife with a contempt,,ons
drawn-out slur on the name, He'd
w-i-g!'
Imagine the rest New York
Times: =,
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-14
THE UPS AND DOWNS OF A STATE

New Jerseys Rapid Drop from q Com
: handing Place in National Affairs.
The rapid changes in the. fortunes
OF state at the national capital are
strikingly illustrated in the case of
New Jersey, which, in a few years,
rose to the pinnacle of influence, but
has now fallen back into the ranks.
A brief while ago Carrot A. Hobart
filled the vice-presidency as no other
man ever did. He was a power in the
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-14

3, There is solid citizen of New York
whose fortuneswa founded on sand.
It amounts to few millions. James
Everard dug the earth out of the hole
in which sits that architectural mon
=strosity known as the general post
office. This earth proved to be fine
building sand, q very scarce article ID
New York. Jim not only received
big pay for removing it but sold it for
fancy prices thereby laying the foun-
isfdationS OF his amp COMPREHENSIVE
York Press.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-14
Egg. Valued by Cole ctors.

A peculiar fact in collecting birds
eggs is the wide difference in value Of
eggs ofAthe same family of birds. For
instance, there is the great family of
hawks. Some hawks eggs are worth
only few cents EACH and other
hawks eggs find a ready sale at So,
S. and 81 each. {. E, .se.Ss ].
(. 1t makes a 800 bill look dilapidated
to buy complete set of seven west
ern hawks eggs, while a full set-of all
known. hawks eggs costs upward Of
5000. The eggs Of a marsh hawk, a
red headed hawk and copper hawk
may be bought for 20 cents each and
the broad winged hawks eggs will
bring 81 each the world over,
z The eggs Of SWainson's hawk and
the bum breasted hawk are worth $3.50
each. .ss 4. 81 II. ss.s
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-14

and flowers. AS nearly as I can fig.
ure, that was in the year l84O."
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-14
ROOM IN WHICH COOPER COURTED HIS WIFE.
The CRATE is MODERN the fireplace is the original
Fortune Built on sand.

wheels and horsefesh by means o.
which these are moved. r..
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-14

flickered out. Griggs has. returned to
the practice of law and johnson has
returned to his business and legal in
terests, which he left only because
of President McKinley's promise of
the postmaster generalship "a prom
Use that President Roosevelt did not
feel binding upon himself. S=s *| .... g n.
VI $.4 d 4it Old Ironsides' Anchor. s.,.
w. Sc. Richardson, q civil engineer
whose home Isl now in Chicago. but
who was born in Salisbury, Conn,
said the other day: ST have just been
sread ling "a sketch OF the old frigate
nstitition, and q brings back t.
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1902-06-14

BE Men Invariably overestimate their
capacity. They never know when they
have. enough until after they acquire
too much. .ss
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-12-06

In discussing good roads it were well to remember that the county com missioners are ever ready to do their part toward putting good roads in every township where they are needed. If the people show a disposition and do their part, the commissioners will meet any overture half way.
 The club will meet next Tuesday night at the church, when large crowd is expected to be present.
 The program committee has decided to have a discussion at the meeting on "Good roads, streets, and shade trees," led by MT. T. P. Ban,a. Come and bring your neighbor and be pre- pared to offer suggestions on the sub- ject in hand
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-12-06
Street Improvements

Work has been begun on some of the streets of Imperial. Eighth and Nin- tn streets from E. to the town limits, and Imperial avenue. north and south. are being graded a'd lu, in shape fer sprinkling. A sprinkler has been arr ranged for by H. C. Oakley and it now looks as though some much needed i,n- prOvement had been well commenced, Ii witt take quite an effort to keep lm- provemen,s going at the same pace the town is growing, and at the rate il is bound to grow when the railroad is completed. but the effort should be made nevertheless.
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-12-06
We'll Know In Time

The Mo,lrovia Messenger has kind word to Say about Imperial. Miss La Force, the editor, is d lovely little lady, and such notice is doubly appreciated by us:
 Imperial-So recent has been the de- vel"pment of the country surrounding Imperial thai the full extent of its re- sources has not yet been determined. and the grains u~ua to California, rice maize, Egyptian corn and cotton have been grown with complete success;and 1t Is almost certainty that the Neget Moor date, the finest grown in the world, will grow here.
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-12-06
More Cattle

Leroy Holt has been very busy late ly disposing of the herd of cattle he had shipped in last week. That the farmers here regard the future results of fattening stock as promising is proved by the way they have bought up the cattle. Those who have secur- ed stock from Mr. Holt are as follows: l.. E. Srack. 50 head.
 Evans Bros., 20 head.
 Nicoll & Young, 145 head.
 George Abrams, 30 head. w. E.. Wilsie, 80 head.
 D. G. Whiting, 13O head.
 H. J. Parker, 40 head.
 J. W. Shenk, 94 head.
 Griswold and Hart, 40 head.
 J. M. Huston, 45 head.
 The cattle that were brought in here
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-12-06
The November Weather

While we cannot say that the wealth CT for the last month was unusually cold yet it was 7.1 degrees colder than November, 1901. We had some of the most perfect weather a person will ever find in any country.
 The mean max, mum was 1886.
 The mean minimum was 42.8.
 The mean temperature was 58.33.
 The maximum was 87 on the 4,h.
 The minimum was B on the 3Oth.
 The greatest daily range was A on the 4th.
 . The total rainfall was .13 inches.
 There were g clear days.
 There were partly cloudy days.
 There were cloudy days.
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-12-06
Cbe Galley neps

F. H. Wales repairs shoes and har- nesses.
 w. F. Holt was down this week with d party of land seekers.
 C. R. Rock wood passed through Im- perial Wednesday OH his way to Cal exico. Mir. Redwood had been to Los Angeles and Yuma on business.
 Walter Evans opened his new restau- rant to the public last Monday morn ing. He had been very busy the past two weeks getting things ship shape, and now has things handy and in good order.
 We wish to call your attention to Mitchell & Holnnan's lad" in this is- sue., This is d new addition to our ad- vertising space, and shows that the members of this new firm believe il, advertising. We wish them success.
 s. B. Brown, of San Bernardino, was down this week and took party over to Brawley. Among the party were Messrs. Frederick, Vandell, Pal mer and Strowbridge. They were well pleased with the land in that sec ton and will locate.
 c, B. McCullunl, chief clerk of the Hollenbeck hotel, Los Angeles spent Friday, saturday and Sunday in I'm perial. He had been taking d month $ vacation and had been out over New Mexico and Arizona, but concluded this was the best place he had seen in which to rest up and enjoy life.
 Mes>rs K. M. Mc1nt yre and James Heley left Tuesday morning on pros pecting tour. Their destination is the Palo Verde country on the Colorado river in Riverside county. They went via Calexico and will go through the mining district, and will keep an eye out for any thing that may look good in the mining field. The Palo Verde section is where the government is making surveys and may, ill time, ex- pertinent ws,h irrigation.
 Last Sunday the writer had the pleasure of driving out with Mir. Char les Lathrop to his farm west of town. We wen, out to see some hogs, but found when we arrived there that such a thing was practically impossible as the hogs were in sorghum patch, and it was So high and thick you were lucky if you saw more than one or two at time. MT. Lathrop has about 25O head on his farm that he intends to market as soon as the transportation of them is an easier matter than at present. What hogs we did see were looking fine, and seemed right at home in the sorghum field.
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-12-06

some time ago are doing finely and there is no reason why good money can not be made out of them. Cattle and hogs seem 10 thrive here wonder fully well.
Imperial press and farmer., 1902-12-06
Imperial Farmers Store,
 w. D. MONTGOMERY, Proprietor

NOTICE-Parties found cutting timber around Blue lake will be pros ecuted. BLUE LAKE LAND & TOWN co.