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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-20
NOT HIS FIRST LOVE

But Martha Gusts, this loving. devote,
wife, was net his first love. The heart ~
Washington had been won before he cav.
1t to her. This other love was Miss Rot
tie fantleroy. She was the daughter a,
william fantleroy, wealthy Virgin i
planter, at whose home he had freonently
visited during the time he was engaged in
surveying. 1t would seem from what hi;
ographers have been able to gather con.
cernlng this love romance of the first nresi !,
dent that Miss Fanteroy had NOT been
tavorably impressed with Washington as
lover and that she had refused his offer
of marriage.
AT that time Washington was 20 wears
old. His active, out -of-door surveyors
life had probably made his personal ap.
pearance such as would not attract young
lady OF Miss Fantleroy's mold, although
MS manners We're refined, courteous and
gentle, and his address that of an educated
gentleman. He is described as being six
feet two inches in height, broad shouldered,
and weighing 200 pounds. He was ire
mendously large muscled. 1t is said that
ne wore a No 10 boot and that he could
not buy gloves large enough to fit his big
hands. His hair was chestnut brown.
his cheeks were prominent, and his head
was not large in comparison to every other
part of his body. Added to all this he was
awkward and ''was an enormous eater"
lhis was description of him when he was
young man. OF course, his personal APP
pearance changed when he grew older. Had
Miss Fantleroy seen aim in his later years.
ana known the fame to which he would
ARISE, she might probably have given diff
ferent answer.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-20
Weak
People

It's not what we eat, but what
we digest that makes strength.
The trouble with most weak
people is, they can neither eat nor
digest good food.
Such people can't work success
fully. 1t takes fuel to make steam,
and it takes food to make strength.
A young fellow came in the
store the other day. He was
white and thin. elm afraid I'll
have to give up my job said he.
:" I'm tired before the day is half
gone. I seem to be losing strength
all the time"
The clerk said: /" Fred, know
something that will help you. It's
Vinol. The boss has got hold of
a way to prepare cod liver oil SO it
tastes all right. He calls it Vinol.
There is iron in it, and it's just the
stuff for fellows like you. It'll
give you an appetite. 1t won't
hurt you anyway. Lots of folks
round here are taking it, and they
tell their friends, and they come
and get it. If it don't help you,
come back and get your money"
We endorse what the clerk said.
We wouldn't have put time. money
and reputation into Vinol, if we
hadn't known it was different from
the general run of medicines.
About ninety-eight out of one
hundred run down people, weak
mothers, pale children, and old
people find it helps them.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-20

Washington enjoyed all the substantial
comforts and the advantages of good
education, and, at the age of l6, left home
and school to engage in the occupation of
civil engineering and surveying, which at
that time, when the country was a path
less forest and infested by Indians, was a
calling filled with hardships and beset with
perils. He followed it for three years.
Then hostillties with The Indians began and
the government appointed him major in
the army sent to operate against them
Shortly after this the American war be-
tween France and England, over claims to
territory, broke out and Washington, es-
pousing the cause of his mother country,
was commissioned a colonel The war last
ed tour years and at tits close, then only %
years of age, he returned to his home at
Mount Vernon with an enviable reputation
as military officer, and for Is wears de.
voted himself to the farming of his estates.
Then came the war of the revolution and
he was called from this happy home to take
the position of commander in chief of the
American armies. y thousand pens have
told the story of his career in that strue.
gle Tor our independence as a nation For
seven long years he endured hardshi and
suffered pIrvation, gave freely of his for
tune, and separated himself from the en-.
dearments of home. When at last the VIC
tory came and the new government under
the constitution was launched, the people
attested their appreciation of the value of
his services and the confidence they had in
his wisdom by calling him, with unani
nous voice, to rule over the new nation
as its first president. He remained in the
executive chair for two terms of four
years each when he once more returned to
his home, which he loved so well and the
comforts OF which he had enjoyed so little
during his long, perlous, eventful and
busy public career.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-20
NET ALL RESPONSIBILITIES

History tells us how he met these re-
sponsibilities-how he transferred the raw
militia into the trained veterans; how,
with miserably meager resources at his
command, he struggled to equip, cothe,
feed and maintain them; how for ten long
months he entrenched Boston and, with.
out single battle, SO harassed the enemy
that he compelled them to evacuate the
city; how for many weary weeks, with only
$1,000 half starved troops, poorly clad and
equipped, he held the city of New York
against force four times his own numbers
and at last, having been compelled to evac
uate it, he crossed over into the Jerseys,
pursued by the enemy, when he suddenly
turned on them at Trenton and Princeton,
amidst a storm of wind and snow, gained
the two most brilliant victories OF the war,
and drove the British from the state; how,
with men whose shoeless feet stained the
snow in crimson red, he passed the winter
OF Valley Force and in the spriEg defeated
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-20
CUsTIs
GEORGE
WASHINGTON HOME

sounded the hour OF nine Lady Washing
ton, his mother, arose, and walking across
the room to where her son was engaged in
conversation with party of gentlemen,
said: Come, George, it is nine o'clock 1t
is time to 90 home" Washington turned
and offered his mother his arm and in
few moments they left for their home, but
IN telling the story Mrs. Hamilton, in her
memoirs, adds: 1--WE must, however, not
tall to record that after he had seen his
mother home, he returned to the reception
and spent the remainder of the evening""
The wife of Washington, to whom he was
married when he was 81 years of age, had
been Mrs. Martha Gusts, young widow
OF great wealth and beauty She had landed
estates at the time of her marriage that
were valued at 100000, with can incum-
brance" of two children. Washington, be-
tore that, was wealthy. The beautiful estate
OF Mount Vernon had descended to him bv
inheritance. After his marriage he enlarged
MS nome mansion, embellished the grounds,
and made considerable additions, by pur-
chase, to the estate, which consisted of
e,ooo acres, 1000 of which We're titled, the
remainder being in wood and uncultiyated
land. His occupation was that of a large
planter, raising wheat and tobacco. The
wheat was ground on the estate and shipped
Tor sale. The tobacco was sent to England,
from which then almost every article of
domestic use was imported This was the
beautiful home and the happy. independent
lie he left to fight the battles for the
struggling colonies.
Martha Washington was noble Chris.
tian woman, refined and educated, and she
ever exercised over him an Influence N, =
was helpful and good When he parted
with her to take command OF the army in
the. revolutionary war, she said: This is
o sorrowiul day for me, but your country
css2t4x2l.Asa xsu must 10. MY iaefnins
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-20

Col. Washington has observed that the
men of his regiment are very profane and
reprobate. He takes this opportunity to
inform them of his great dispeasure at
such practices, and assures them that il
they do not leave them off they shall be
severely punished The officers are de.
sired, if they hear any man swear or make
use of any oath or execration. to order the
offender 25 lashes Immediately, without a
court-martial. For second otfense he
shall be more severely punished"
So prevalent weic profanity and vulgar.
ity in the army during the first year of the
revolutionary war that in l7S6 he issued the
following notice to his soldiers at New
York:
The. general Of the army is sorry to be
informed that the foolish and distasteful
practice OF swearing is growing in fashion
He hopes that the officers will. by example
as well as Ey influence, endeavor to check
1t, and that bota they and the men will re-
fleet that we can have little hope of the
blessings OF Heaven on our aims if we in
suit 1t by impiety. Added to this, it and
profanity are vices so mean and low, with.
out any temptation, that everyone of sense
and character detests and despises them.
The general hopes that every officer and
man will endeavor to live and act as be-
comes a Christian soldier"
During his army life Washington did not
forget or neglect his religious duties. His
morning and evening prayers were always
offered, and, whenever possible, he oh
served the other means of divine grace. At
one time, when the army was encampcd
near Morristown, N. j., he called on Rev
DIR. Jones, the pastor of the Presbyterian
church at that town, and said: Doctor,
l understand that the Lords supper is to
be celebrated with you next Sunday. l
would learn if it accords with the rules Of
your church to admit communicates of
other denominations at your tablet"
Certainly was the reply, ours is not
the Presbyterian table, but the Lords
table, and we give the Lords invitation to
all his followers of whatever name"
u am glad of it" the general responded
that Is as it should be- l propose to ioin
with You on that occasion. Though a
member of the Church of England, i have
no exclusive partialities."
The pastor treasured him of cordial
welcome, and on the next Sabbath day the
war-worn veteran, with several of his off.
GERS, was among the communicates at the
church.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-20
WASHINGTON IN CIVIL LIFE

The independence of t colonies having
been secured, the great problem which
faced the new nation was the formation of
constitution which would harmonize the
conflicting views of the leading men from
the different colonies, who were clamorine
for certain reserved rights of local admins.
tration, and which would, at the same time
give to the general government central
lied power that would meet its wants and
needs and enable it to take its stand. eoual
in efficiency and endurance, among the
other great nations of the earth.
A convention was called to consider tbis
momentous question. 1t met at Pbiladel.
phia in 1887. Washington was sent as a
delegate from Virginia and by a unanimous
vote was placed in the presiding officers
chair. The result was the present consti.
tuition OF the United States Excepting the
amendments). 1t created nation with
supreme powers for all the purposes of gen.
eral government, but it left with the statey
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-20


alas! / am to die, though entirely unpre-
pared"
How different were the last dying words
of George Washington: at is well!'
Both were great, as the world measures
greatness, but when the curtain fell their
last words revealed, as nothing else SO fore
IDLY could, the relative merits of their
earthly deeds to true greatness.
Washington retired from the presiden-
tial chair on the 4th of March, 1897 His
death occurred on the l4th of December,
1888. These nearly three years of his life
We're spent happily and peacefully at his
beautiful Molnt Vernon home, superin-
tending his large estates and enjoying a
health that promised lease of life far be-
yon. the 6S years that We're allotted to him.
1t was his usual custom to ride over his
estate each day to look after the work that
was being done by his slaves. He was doing
so on the 18th of December, 1899. A driz-
Zling rain, turning into snow, was falling
and he returned home late in the afternoon,
shivering with cold, but sat down to his
dinner without changing his clothes. The
next morning he had slight cold and re-
NAMED in the house until late in the after
noon, when he again rode over his farm
returning quite hoarse. He refused, how
ever, to comply with Mrs. Washington's
suggestion to take remedy, saying:
You know | never take anything to car
ry off cold. Let it GO as it came
He passed the evening as usual, reading,
writing letters and conver>ing with his fam
lily, and at his accustomed hour retired to
bed. About two O'Clock the next morning
he awoke in an ague chill and was seriously
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-20

| to national strength in national righteous.
| ness.
The acts of no man in public life have
been free from criticism, nor has his char
acter remained unassailed, but fewer of
these shafts have been turned on Washing
ton than on other men who have held such
high positions of trust and honor; but they
cannot dim the luster that has gathered
around his name or detract from the rever-
ence in which he is held by every patriotic
American. No better evidence of the es-l
TEEN in which he was held by his contem-
poraries could be given than the fact that
the public observance of his birthday be-
gan during his lifetime. This has been true
of no other American And the anniver-
sary of his birth is the only mans birth
day made a legal holiday by this nation.
Whatever other names have come or may
come up for honor and reverence, that Of
Washington is secure as the first in the
Ran OF Fame. FRANK DILDINE.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-20
tives that he believed 10 be for the Best
interests of the nation.
PURITY OF CHARACTER

In purity Of character and freedom from
vices of every kind, Washington stands as
model for American youth His reply to
his indignant father, whose impetuous ma
lure was aroused by the apparent wan
toness OF the cutting of his favorite cherry
tree: Father, l cannot tell lie; cut the
tree, was striking symbolical illustra-
ton OF the development in boyhood of the
character of his manhood During the war
with France, when Washington was a
colonel in the British army, many of the
men in his regiment of provincials were
frontiersmen, coarse and wicked and pro.
fame He abhorred the vice of swearing
and, determined to break it up, issued the
following official order;
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-20
HIS PLACE IS SECURE

1t was not his public life and services
alone that have given to Washington the
commanding position he holds in the af-
fectlons of the American people. His per.
sonal character, his unimpeachable inteo-
rity, the purity of his motives. and the
tenor of his whole private life have had,
much to do with it. He was able to he.
come first in the hearts of his countrvman
because he deserved this distinction. and
because by his honor and truth, his wisdom
and Judgment, he rose above the intrigue.
OF the selfish and jealous men and the tur-
mol OF party passion and pointed the wav
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-20
LoMAs g. MILF,
DRUGGISTS

One Minute Cough Cure gives relief
in one minute, because it kills tho
microbe which tickIes the mucous
membrane, causing the cough, and at
the same time clears the phlegm.
draws out the inflammation and heals
and soothes the effected parts. One
Minute Cough Cure strengthens the
lungs, wards off pneumonia and is a
harmeless and never failing cure in all
Group. One Minute Cough Cure il
pleasant to take, harmeless aud good
alike for young and .old.-Shuttle-
worth Drug Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-20

as state governments ieave win cities and
towns, those miner questions of local gov
eminent and law which our forefathers
thought the states could best solve for
themselves.
There were some provisions in the COM
promise which Washington did not ap-
prove. One of these, although slavehold
er himself was the recognition of slavery,
He had fought for national liberty under
Banner which. in the declaration of indie.
nendence. had declared that "all men are
born free and equal" With Adams and
jefferson he believed that the corner stone
81 the new republic should be equal rights
under the law for ell men, with no recog-
hized aristocraeies CT peculiar rights for
certain classes or races. 1t was to this
unfortunate compromise that he alluded
when he wrote:
There are some things in this form, I
will readily acknowledge which never did,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-20
THE WAS

your attention. You had better not take
any more trouble about me, but let me go
off quietly. cannot last long"
He then sank back on his pillow and
made several unsuccessful attempts to
speak About ten o'clock in the evening he
motioned to those around him to approach
his bedside and said feebly:
81 am just going. Have me decently
buried. and do not let my body be placed I'M
tie grave until three days after am dead.
do you understands" To the reply, "Yes,
sir" he answered: at is WELL" These
We're his last words, and soon afterwards
he who was "the Father of His Country"
and first in war, first in peace, and first in
the hearts OF his countrymen," breathed
his last.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-20
Very Low Rates.

To points in Montana, Idaho, Wash
ipgton, Oregon, British Columbia,
Utah and Colorado, in effect daily from
Feb 18th to April Both, via Chicago
Great Western Railway. Write to J.
P. Elmer, g. P. A Chicago for full
particulars. apr 80
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-20
A Choice Of Wavs.

To California is afforded by taking
the Chicago Great Western Railway.
Close connection is made at Kansas
City with the finest tranS-coptinental
"Limited. The choice of two
through tourist cars via different
rou ties may be had via this line. Ask
ny Great Yves tern Agent about them.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-20

ana evening prayers will be that God will
"atch over and protect YOU and return vo,,
when victory is won, safely to me-" And
1hae GOD OF the nations, who was with the
colonies in their unequal struggle for in
dependence, answered her PRAYERS.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-20
Special Rates to California and
Arizona.

Via Chicago Great Western Rail-
way. Tickets on sale.daily from Feb.
Is. tn to April 30th.. available on tour
ist sleeping cars, For furthur partic-
ulars apply to any Chicago Great
Western Agent or J. P. Elmer, G. r.
A., Chicago, Ill. apr. 80
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-20
The Easy Pill.

DeWitts Little Early Rlsers do not
grippe nor weaken the system. They
cure biliousness, jaundice, constipa-
lion and Inactive llvers, by arousinp
the crettons, moving the bowels
gently, yet eifectually, and giving such
tone and strength to the glands Of the
stomach, liver and bowels that the
cause OF the trouble is removed en-
tlrely. These famous little pills exert
decided t,nic effect upon the orgaps
involved, and ii their use is continued
Ior . rev days there will be no re-
turn q the trouble. -Shuttleworth
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-20

ut would have been less painful cir.
cumstance to me to have heard that, in con-
sequence OF your refusal to comply with
their request, they had burned my house
and laid the plantation in ruins"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-20

FTER having been stabbed by
Brutus, and Immediately pre-
ceding his death, Julius Caesar,
in one of the most intensely
dramatic scenes ever enacted
upon the stage of real life, said:
~ have nroYided for every
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-15
CHAPTER VIII.

Timothy Margrave Makes a Choice.
There was tradition that no one
had ever been black-balled in the
knights Of Midas, so when Timothy
Margrave got Wheaton's signature to
an application for membership the
cashier was beset by no fear Of re-
lection. The citizens Of Clarkson were
Indebted to Margrave for many
schemes for booming their town. He
lectured his fellow business men con-
stantly about their lack Of enterprise.
Look at Kansas City, he would
say at the club, bending forward pom
herously on his fat knees, "they amt
got half the terminal facilities that
we have, and there amt any better.
Eountry around 'em, but they're big
ger than we are and ahead of us
because they've got more hustle than
we have; and hustle's what makes
a town-look at Chicago! But we've
got a lot Of salt mackerel business
men here, SO picked IN their brine
of conservatism that they won't do
anything. There's Billy Porter; when
we want to raise money to help boom
the town. I'm always dead sure that
Billy will cough up, but you've got
to show INTEL i'm all about it,
ard he likes to play with you and
guy you and rub it in before
ile puts his name down. Now
he may be safe banker and
all that, but I say that there's
auch thing as pushing conservatism
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-15
CHAPTER TX.
A Wrecked Gamma Bed

.Raridan was at the station to meet
Evelyn's guests, as he had promised.
Wise men, long ago, abandoned the
hope Of accounting for college friend
ships in either sex,zand there was
nothing proved in EveIyn's case by her
choice Of these young women as her
intimate friends. Annie Warren was
as reserved and quiet as Evelyn could
be, in, her; soberest moments; Belle
Marshall was as frank and friendly
as Evelyn became in her lightest
moods. Evelyn had been the beauty
of her class; her two friends were
what is called, by people that wish to
be kind, nice looking Annie War
rem had been the best scholar in her
class; Belle Marshall had been among
the poorest; and Evelyn had main
tanned a happy medium between the
two. And so it fortunately happened
that the trio mitigated one another's
imperfections.
Evelyn had summoned her guests
at this time principally to have their
support thru the carnival. They made
light of the perplexities and difficult
ties of Evelyn's own = participation
when she unfolded them; there would
be a lot of fun in it, they thought, and
they deemed it, too. a recognition of
Evelyn's fine qualities.
Evelyn had discussed with her IA
ther ways and means Of entertaining
her guests; he was anxious for her. to
celebrates her homecoming with a
great deal of entertaining. He pre-
ferred large functions, perhaps for the
reason that he could lose himself bet
ter in them than in small gatherings,
in which his responsibilities as host
could not be lodged. In a large COM
pany he could tske one or two of his
old friends into a corner and enjoy a
smoke with them He wished Evelyn