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The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-08
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Nrs. Matilda Fountleroy, who re-
sides IN Padncah, KY, enjoys the
unique distinction Of being the daugh-
ter-in-iaw Of Elizabeth Fountleroy, of
Virginia, with whom George Washing
ton was once in love.
In preference to the illustrious Fa-
Sther Of his Country Mrs. Fountleroy
married her own cousin, Joseph Foun-
.tleroy,-in Frederick county, Va. She
had nine children and Mrs. Fountle-
roy, of Paducah, is the widow of one
OF her youngest sons, Butler Fountle-
roy, who died many years ago. Mira.
Fountleroy is Sc years Of age, and was
e21 years younger than her husband.
She is . bright, attractive lady, and
takes vivid interest in all things.
3 The incident Of Washington having
paid court to her mother-in-law she
remembers quite well as cherished
tradition in the Fountleroy family.
The incident is mentioned in history
Of the family. In the history cop
les Of letters written by Washington
euing for the fair lady's hand are re-
corded. In one of these the lover
pleads that Elizabeth will alter her
decision and return his love.
Many of these ardent epistles from
Washington to Elizabeth were pub
ished in q newspaper article several
years ago. In some of them the dis
tinguished man descends to inditing
some poetry to his lady love. A novel
Of colonial times, abiding to this
love affair, has for one of its charac-
ters q sprightly young woman, who
remarks when she saw Washington in
. riding suit, equipped for the chase,
that she does not blame Elizabeth
Fountleroy for refusing to marry
Washington, since he is not half sc
good-loolSing as her father. Judging
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-08

tors for the relief of disease and de-
formity that characterizes much of re-
cent progress in medicine and surgery
on both sides of the Atlantic.
"In certain children nature has
failed to provide proper sockets for the
bones of the thigh to work in-that is,
it has failed to make complete hip
joint. These patients are spoken of
as suffering from congenital disloca-
ton of the hip. Sometimes the condi-
ton is not noticed until the child be-
gins to make spontaneous movements.
AS they grow older they prove to be
pitiably deformed and learn to walk
only with great difficulty. their gait
being slow and very awkward. Prof.
Lorenz sets the heads of their thigh
bones in their proper places and then
fixes them firmly in position. The pres
sure of the head Of the femur gradual
~ makes for the bone an acetabulum-
that is, q socket in the bone of the pei
vis-in which it comes to move quite
normally. Further dislocation does not
occur, and the bones remaining in
place perfect the original work of the
surgeon by the exercise of the pres
sure and counterpresure that eventual
ly gives a very practical hip-joint. The
results secured by this manipulation
for it is this rather than an operation
that is the secret of Prof. Lorenz's sue
cesses are excellent. Patients success
fully treated go through life, not as al
most helpless, always pitiable cripples,
but as individuals whose powers of To-
comotion may be somewhat impaired,
though not sufficientlyto hamper their
application to some serious occupa-
ton"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-08

F1REPIACE AT BOWOOlN.
Cwhere Longfellow, When a Student.
Cooked Many Meal.)
housed the faculty, the eight students
of the first entering class, the library
and all the other belongings of the in
stitution. This little brick building,
says the New York Tribune, has Pc
culiar attraction for those who admire
the poet Longfellow, for here, as q
student, he roomed, studied and pre-
pared his own meals. In a room on
the first floor is q capacious fireplace,
which has remained unchanged since
the day the first logs blazed upon its
broad hearth, and it was at this yawn-
ing gap in the old halls chimney that
Longfellow did his cooking.
Whether or not the poet was good
cook does not appear in any of the
records of Bowdoin, but he had the
best facilities then afforded at the col
lege, the fireplace, with its turning
spit. swinging crane to support the
kettles and pots and it's glowing beds
of Goals for broiling being considered
superior to the stoves of those days.
Strangely enough, no photograph was
taken of the old fireplace until this
summer, although thousands of Wis
itors have called to see it, and until
recently few outside the college have
been aware of the interesting fact that
it was once utilized by Longfellow for
the toasting of bread and the browning
of fapjacks.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-08
CHIEF OF THE CREEKS.
ed by His People AZ Well a.
Government Omcia1s.

Isparacher, the noted chief of the
Creek Indians, who has just passed
away in Okmulgee, Indian territory.
at the age of 30, was probably the most
remarkable full-blooded Indian of re-
cent times. He was born in the old
Creek nation in Alabama and went
westward with his tribe. He fought
in the union army and was member
of the Indian home guards. After the
war he served as a judge of the Greek
nation. Overthrow in 1883 by Cheko-
tab, he organized a revolt which had
to be put down by the United States
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-08
MASSACHUSETTS FALL.


When the sons Of Bowdoin gathered
1T the old college in Brunswick, Me-,
in June, on the occasion of the celebra-
ton Of the completion of its first cen.
tury Of educational work, many q fad
ing memory Of schooldays was re-
gfreshed and many a good story
brought again to mind by the sight Of
the ancient buildings that formed the
college settlement in years long past,
and that appear so shabby now among
their new and handsome neighbors.
First in interest among these old
structures is Massachusetts hall, the
original building of Bowdoin, which,
at the opening of the college in 1902,
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-08
NORTH DAKOTA NEWS
n. =. cl,aness..

d
Surveyors have been at work In the
vicinity Of the roundhouse for some
time and this has given rise to .
rumor that the Northern Pacific shops
will be removed from Fargo to James
town. An official Of the Northern Pa
cific recently remarked that the
storehouse was coming to jamestown
and ft would not be very long before
the shops were removed to this city
also.
One reason for the change is that
the Northern Pacific switch tracks are
being crowded west in the Fargo city
limits and it will probably be neces-
sary to utilize the site at present used
for the shops for switch tracks. The
Fargo shops are too small and it is
intended to build new ones. modern in
every particular, and capable of ham
ding all kinds of work. Officials have
figured that jamestown is the most
convenient point to repair engines OF
the Dakota division and it now seems
not at all unlikely that jamestown
wilLhave the shops.
When the new Northern Pacific sta
ton is built in jamestown next sum-
mer it is purposed to remove all the
old buildings to a point west of the
James river. The Northern Pacific,
it is stated, will remove even the
freight depot west of the river.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-08
Sad chrlstmas.

One of the saddest deaths which has
occurred in Fargo for some time was
that of Mrs Paul Mixer, which hap
pened Christmas eve at about 1910.
The lady had just been trimming up
the Christmas tree for the children
and had been arranging the gifts
which Santa Claus had brought.
She was suddenly taken with fail
ing of the hearts action after retir-
ing, and soon passed away in the
presence of the family and some of
the neighbors who were hastily sum-
moned. DR.. Charest was called but
arrived too late to be Of any assist
ancp.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-08
Tho Editors.

Editor Irysh, chairman of the ex-
ecutive committee of the North Da-
kota Press Association, has issued the
following circular letter:
Wheatland, Cass Co., North Dakota,
Dec. 10, 19O2.-Dear Sir: A second
and final meeting of the executive
committee of the N. D. p. A. was
held in Fargo Dec. 16. 1t was decided
to hold business meeting of the as
ISOLATION at Bismarck Feb. 10 and IL
leaving for the coast excursion on
Feb. IL, at noon. Editors not having
TRANSPORTATION on the roads over
which they must travel to reach Bis.
marcls, should notify the undersigned
who will endeavor to make arrange
ments for same.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-08

from pictures Of the great general at
that time, however, the young wom-
an must have been very fastidious.
This was some time after Washing
tons marriage to the Widow Gusts.
Mrs. Fountleroy never saw her hus-
bands mother, but says she has heard
him speak of her as very beautiful
woman. She had blue eyes and black
hair, an unusual type, which is always
particularly pleasing. She lived all of
her life in Frederick county, Va, when
she was married, and when Washing
ton knew her. Her sons, however,
came west as civilization advanced.
Butler Fountleroy settled in Mont
&omery county, Tenn, ere he met and
married pretty Matilda Bowman, a
daughter of John Bowman, who was
= revolutionary soldier. His bride was
II and he was 80. ..He asked me-"
said the wife, who had survived him
for nearly q quarter Of century, "if
i did not think that he was too old for
me, and told him." blush stealing
into her withered cheek as she recalls
her courtship, "that 1 did not think it
made any difference" and she added:
I'VE were very happy"
Mrs. Fountleroy's family were Vir-
ginians, but she was born in Kentucky.
Her early life, however. was spent in
Virginia. ''My father married my
mother in Virginia." said Mrs. Fount-
leroy. "They were both natives of
Frederick county, as my husbands
people were. They moved to Kentucky
and settled near Louisville. An old
er sister and were born there. My
mother died when my sister and were
quite small, and our father carried us
both to our grandmothers in Vir-
ginia. / was given to my mothers
mother. and my sister to my fathers
mother. We used to have many a
childish quarrel as to whose grand
mother was the incest, ignoring the
fact that each was equally related
to both of us. My mothers father,
Jares Williams, was a congressman
for long while, and spent most of his
time in Washington. When l was ten
years old and my sister was slightly
older, my father married again, and
took us to, live in Lexington, Ky. Later
we moved to Montgomery county,
Tenn, where met my husband. We
came to Paducah some years after we
were married.
Mrs. Fountleroy, says the New Orleans
Times-D Democrat, has three children,
two daughters and one SON. She makes
7 her home with her Oldest daughter,
Mrs. j. Henry Smith, of Paducah. She
\ Isl inst 10 years younger than her
mother, and laughingly says that they
were girls together. She is remark
ably handsome despite her years, and
Is worthy descendant of the fair
Elizabeth. Mrs. Fountleroy's son,
Thomas Fountleroy, lives near Pa
ducah. He was soldier in the civil
war 81 the southern army.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-08
News Notes.

The trustees of Fargo College re-
ceived gift of $4,000 from DR.. Pear
son, of Chicago, for the endowment
fund. The gift was in accordance
with conditions made some years ago,
which have been complied with.
John Il. Thomson's newly remod-
eled residence at Mimic was burned.
Insurance, 5000; loss, 5000. Mr..
Thomson also lost $500 in currency.
At the Gladstone hotel, jamestown,
the pleasant custom is observed Of
planting Christmas tree and hang
ing thereon gifts for the guests and
employees.
Rev. H. J. Sheridan has been sta
toned at Linton as a missionary for
the Episcopal church. His congrega-
ton has just completed fine new
church, built of stone and handsomely
fitted.
The Mimic house. built in 1881, at
Mimic, and one of the old landmarks,
burned. 1t was occupied by a hotel,
but had few boarders. Louis Kam-
roski was owner. The loss is $4,000;
insurance $4,000.
There are claims pending against
the city for something over $4,000
the latest being for $4,000, filed by
Mrs. Boatman for compensation for
injuries sustained in fall on "a icy
sidewalk.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-08

According to the story told BY Mrs.
Gertrude Anterior, the novelist, an ar.
ticle written by her and published in the
North American Review and copied by
the newspapers and magazines Of Den
mark, is responsible for the failure Of
the Danish parliament to ratify the
sale of the Danish West Indies to the
United States.
Last August, while working in Den.
mark, Mrs. Anterior met Neil Green
and she decided to play at politics
Mrs. Atherton says that Green, with
H. II. Rogers, Of the Standard Oil com
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-08
Medica1 Ethic. in China.

Chinese doctors are very particular
about the distinction between physi-
slams and surgeons. A Chinese gen.
tleman was struck by an arrow
which remained fast in his body. A
surgeon was sent for and broke off
the protruding bit of the arrow,
leaving the point Embedded. He re-
fused to extract it, because the case
was clearly one for a physician, the
arrow being inside the body,
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-08
HERBERT W. BOWEN.
United states Minister ia vene.uela
IL q Trained Diplomat and
Scholar Of Note.

Herbert Wolcott Bowen, who occu-
pies the at present delicate Office of
United States minister to Venezuela,
is well-known New York lawyer who
received his first appointment in the
consular service by reason of his
knowledge of international law and
his general fitness for the work. Mr..
Bowen was appointed consul to BARGE
Iona, Spain, in 1890. and since that time
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-08

has been almost continuously in the
service of consular or diplomatic de-
partments. In 1895 he wasmade consul
general at Barcelona, and some time
subsequently went to Persia as con-
sui general at and envoy extraor-
binary to Teheran. In 1901 he was ap-
pointed to his present post. The min
lister is distinguished as literary man
of excellence and poet Of consider.
able power. He has published three
volumes of poetry. In 1881 he was
graduated cum laude from the law
school Of Columbia university. He is
46 years old.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-08
Small Farms i'm Norway,

Norwegian farmers are wise, and
are eager to possess farms at the ear
lest opportunity, instead of working
for other people. There are about
10000 farmers in Norway, and 109,-
600 of them own farms.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-08
Fecundity Of the Oyster,

The fecundity Of the oyster is won
derful. A single female oyster in one
seasons spawning will produce, if she
is of an average size, about 10000, 900
eggs, while a large specimen will pro-
duce 10000 900 or 40,000,000.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-08
Family Fi11ed the Car.

A family of unusual size recently
passed through Kansas, en- route from
Iowa to Oklahoma. It was composed
of Michael Streckendorfer, Will. 1G
sons, two daughters, and grandchil.
dren enough to almost fill car.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-08
Has Things His own Way.

The amer Of Afghanistan imagines
himself ore of the greatest men alive
File likes to have his own way in every
thing; and when he thinks it necessary
to silence disagreeable adviser whom
he cannot convert to his views he cuts
off his head. That settles him and
makes other meddlesome disputants
change their opinions at once, OF emf.
CRATE
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-08

army. Thereafter he lived quietly with
his people.
Isparacher weathered many storms
in his long life, for his people have not
been peaceable at all times, and he has
had difficulty at times to keep the
struggling elements together. He
was six feet tall, weighed 200 pounds
and was full-blooded Indian. He
lived in boxlike hut in Indian terri.
tory. He was born in Alabama. He
was elected chief of the Greek nation
in 1895.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-08
To Try AGAIN.

Although the first trial Of William
Barry cost Cavalier big sum, j. NJ.
Cochrane alone receiving $4,000 for
conducting the prosecution, the case
will be retired, according to County
Attorney William B. Dickson, who
said such would be the case, accord
ing to. present advices." OF course, if
it Is tried it will be before some other
Judge than Kneeshaw, and in all prob
ability it will be at Grand Forks.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-08
New Lawn.

The North Dakota Good Roads As
ISOLATION, which was organized here
at the time of the demonstrations last
fall, held special meeting at which
it was decided to draft bill for pre-
sentation to the legislature asking for
a good roads law. Copies of the laws
of several states will be secured and
bill embodying the features of each
most applicable to the needs of this
state will be drawn. There is grow
ing sentiment in favor of some legis-
lation along this line and the demon
stration by the good roads train Gre
ated additional interest.
The state executive committee OF
the state bar association met here to
arrange for the annual meeting and
to take active steps to secure legisla-
ton. One of the points discussed was
an increase in the salaries of the dis
trict judges. At present they get
$4,000 year with no provision for
travelling expenses. Judge Cowan in
the second, Judge Winchester in the
sixth and Judge Lauder in the fourth
all have large districts, while Judge
Glaspell in the fifth has much terri
tory. The constitution will not per-
NIT an increase during the term OF
Office of any of the judges, but bill
may be worked through for an ex-
pense account.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-01-08
No q. Pc.

Thirty-eighth citizens of Denhoff
met, and "whereased" and 'resolved."
They whereased about the blind pig,
and resolved "to prosecute every per-
son who shall persist in selling intoxi-
eating liquor or who shall persist in
keeping gambling house or in per-
hitting gambling in his place of bust
ness. And if the owner of any build
ing shall permit the selling of intoxi-
eating liquor or permit gambling
within his house or place of business,
we pledge ourselves each to the other
not only to prosecute the offender, but
also to institute process to have such
building declared common nuisance
and to have the same shut up and
abated as provided by law"
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1903-10-05
A Brilliant RetOrt.

After dinner speaking is an art. and,
like many other arts. it's excellence has
much to do with the mood of the artist.
Some of the best of our after dinner
speakers sometimes fail, but it is not
often that failure results in the enrich
ment of the worlds store of epigram,
as it did in the case of Lord Erskine
many years ago.
When Lord Erskine was made a
member of that highly honorable body,
the FishmOngers' Company of London,
he made an after dinner speech on the
occasion of his first appearance among
them as a member. Upon his return he
said to a friend:
81 spoke i'll today and stammered and
hesitated in the opening"
You certainly foundered," was the
reply. but l thought you did SO in
compliment to the ishmongers."
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1903-10-05
APHORISMS.

The heart gets weary, but never gets
old.-Shenstone.
The only way to have a friend is to
be one.-EmerSon.
What we learn with pleasure we nev-
er forget.-Mercier.
Opposition iniames the enthusiast.
never converts him.-Schiller.
True merit is like a river-the deeper
1t is the less noise it makes.-HaZlitt.
The eye of the master will do more
work than both Of his hands.-Frank-
lin.
Experience takes dreadfully high
school wages, but he teaches like no
other.-Carlyle.
Kindness is the only charm permit
ted to the aged; it is the coquetry Of
white hairs.-Feuillet.
If we had no failings ourselves we
should not take so much pleasure in
finding out those Of others.-Rochefou-
cauld.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1903-10-05
Stop It,.

During the past week there
have been reports circulated that
sew. raj business houses were
about to closed ut their business.
Like the proverbial banquoghost
these reports would not down.
In only one instance has there
been any foundation for such re-
ports. In this issue one business
man has found it necessary to
contradict in print one of these
rumors SO p~ersistently has it
been circulated. Sometimes re-
ports ofthis character IRE start
Ell maliciously, and at other
times it is hard to account for
their origin.
But however started they are
always annoying and many
times damaging in dollars and
cents. This is a kind of news
that people should not pass
along unless they have absolute
proof of IT'S correctness. Its cir
culation not only damages
the business it is directed
against, but it damages the
town and is helpful to no one.
Where there is no tale bearer the
fire soon goeth out. and if there
were no willing tongues to car
ry this kind of gossip such re-
ports would Idle a-bornin" and
be given the short life they de-
serve.
The moral is don't pass such
reports along unless you are alb
~solutely sure of their correct
ness. They are damaging to
the town and to every business
man and do good to no zone.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1903-10-05
Western Theatrical Company.

VCS@CIu uCd@ ISdt tP0
Opening piece, Ghost in a Pawn
Shop"
Ny Girl from Dixie-R. L. Luther.
Pete and Jake-Voyles and Chance
Mr.G C. Chance in his daring jug
Cling act. He holds the worlds rec
ord. This act alone is worth the price
of admission. Don't fail to see him.
He will also give you an exhibition
of his paper tearing.
Song, Good Old Summer Time
Voyles, Chance and Smith.
Song, Please Mr.. Conductor-Wil-
son.
Buck and Wing Dancing Contest
Voyles and Chance.
Song, A Lazy Coon-Chance.
Animal Fair Trio,-Smith Voyles
and Chance.
There will be other numbers that
cannot be mentioned at present.
A~fterpiece, The Long Distance Tel
ephone Office.
October 7th, 1908, at opera house.
Doors open at 1880 o'clock and the
curtain will rise at 500.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1903-10-05
Business CHANGE.

The California Store, owned by J.
Calisher & Company was sold today
to Denitz & Isaacs and will hereafter
be known as THE Famous. These
latter gentlemen are also proprietors
of THE Famous at Amarillo. and are
pushers and most enterprising bust
ness men.
1t is always a source of regret to
have any of the old business firms
sell, and J. Calisher & Company have
always enjoyed a good business and
the confidence of the trading public.
But the new proprietors come with
the highest recommendations as bu'
siness men and will doubtless enjoy
from the first a splendid patronage.