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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-06-27

During the last two or three years
the Diamond Match Co. of New
York has bought large quantities OF
standing timber in the vicinity of
West Lebanon, n. II. A rumor is
current that the company will erect
Il mandatory OF matches in that
village the coming fall,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-06-27

Mrs. Daniel ellison visited in
Chester last week, returning home
oa Monday.
=. E. Knight was in town one day
last week,
Mrs. Clara Spofford went to Leb-
anon on Saturday,
Arthur Spofford and friend re.
turned to Marlboro, Mass, Satur-
day.
Amos Coolidge and Joe Sawyer
went to West Bridgewater Mon
day.
Miss Eva kavanagh is at home.
Miss Stella TAYLOR was in Sher-
burne Tuesday.
Mrs. Ellen Aldiich OF North
Shrew sbury is here visiting relatives
and friends.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-06-27
SOUTH pOMFRET.
oULDN'T SCARE THESE CROWS.

COULDN'T SCARE THESE CROWS.
Crows can't be very well scared
from the corn fields this year, and
they are doing much damage. One
man placed four umbrellas in his
field one day, and was surprised next
morning to see Il crow sitting on each
umbrella.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-06-27

season of 1908 at the Andrews place one
mile from Billings Park. on the road to
Hurtlan1
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-02-26

In addition to the usual excellent
singing Of the choir the members Of
the congregation Of the First Presby-
terian church were afforded treat in
the superb vocalism Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis d. Eichhorn, the noted singing
evangelists. At both the morning and
evening services last Sunday. Mr..
and Mrs. Kichhorn. who have come
west to assist in revival work at one
Of the Florence churches, were visi-
tors here last Sunday and kindly cor-
sented to take part in the musical ser
vice at the Presbyterian chucrh.
While here they we're the guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Hank. whom
they formerly knew in the east Mr..
Eichhorn was for = number Of years
in charge Of the music ct the First
Presbyterian church at Logansport.
Indiana
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-02-26
An Important Measure

+. II. Frankenburg of Pueblo. who
is member of the committee ap-
pointed by the people of that city tc
work for the passage of the bill now
pendi ,g beforet t'ie Legislature provid.
ing for the construction of State Ca.
nal No 1, stated the other day, 81
believe that fully 10000 acres of un-
productive land in the Arkansas valley
will be reclaimed by the building of
the CANAL Ex Senator johnson OF
this county is in Denver working fcI
the passage of the bill and is being
paid for his services by those imam
cially interested in the enactment of
the bill.
No measure before the legislature
would be of as great benefit to the
people of this section of Colorado as
the passage of Representative Mes
erve's bill apPropriating 800, 900 for
the completion of State Canal No. 1,
and nothing SHOULD be left undone by
the residents of the lower Arkansas
valley to bring about its passage by
the general assembly.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-02-26
D.ath or John Nafe

John Nafe died at the ancestral
home Mt Preston. Ontario, on the 18th
of dropsical trouble after lingering
illness Deceased was about forty
five years of age and was very genial
and intelligent gentleman, whose
friends were limited only by the cir
Gle of his acquaintance. Mr.. Nafe,
accompanied by his wife and brother,
left here for Preston about four weeks
ago, he having expressed desire to
spend the few remaining days Of his
life at his old home in Canada.
His condition was serious when he
! it here and on reaching Detroit.
Michigan, he was informed BY ply
sician that he had only short time
to live, but be was undeterred by the
announceent and pushed on to his des-
tination. where he arrived worn ont
by the WEAKNESS of hts long journey.
His death was not unexpected. al
though deeply deplored by all who
knew him. Mr.. Nafe came to Fre-
mont County several years ago and
purchased the Robert Gardner proper
ty. on Four Mile. where he resided
until his recent departure for the east.
He leaves 3 family hero who have the
sympathy Of the community in tho
bereaveneent which has bsfallsn them.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-02-26
Holds Meeting To-Day

The Annual Stockholders meeting
of the Canon City Hydraulic and Irri-
eating Ditch Company will be held
at their office today. The directors
will report the cost Of the big siphon
under sand creek. which was built
last fall, as something over q ZOO.
that it easily carries the full flow Of
the canal ana is great success. IL
is not expected that the big washouts,
which nave occasionally in the past
on that creek, will interfere with the
operations of this important irriga-
ting system in the future. While tn.
siphon was being constructed the en-
tire canal was cleaned out and put in
fine shape, so that the spring cleanir g
will take but little time. The water
will be turned into the ditch about
the middle of March As showing
the advent of new purchasers under
this system last year we learn that
there were transfers in property con-
tiguous TO the ditch. The small tracts
near the city being each year sub-di-
vided and new houses built on them.
Which must gradually extend eastward
tntil Frnitmere is made a suburban
Community.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-02-26
To Construct Reservoirs

j. O. Teller. who has been in
Washington. d. O., for some time
past endeavoring to enlist the interest
of the Federal government in the
state Canal projected from this city to
Pueblo stated to an Associated Press
correspondent at the national capital
a few days ago.
"Both Senator Teller and myse'f
have every confidence in the belief
that the government will eventually
take up the project of constructing Il
series of reservoirs along the route
of the State canal, and thus aid in
making up one of the greatest irriga-
ton systems of the West. Mr.. New
ell of the photographic bureau has
promised that the matter shall be Civ
en- attention by his division shortly.
Hence this reservoir system promises
to be among the second lot Of projects
to be laid before the secretary of the
interior for his inspection and selec-
tiun
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-02-26
TALES TOLD UNDER HEADS

from lpleasans "trip to the Pac,fic
coast, during which they visited. the
principal points of interet in Califor-
MIA from San Francisco to San Diego.
their homeward journey WAS diverted
from Ell Paso 80 IS to include q re-
newal of associations with relatives
here. as we'll as TO give them n few
glimpses Of Colorado scenery. Mr.
and Mrs. Wright were accompanied
from Valley City to California by q
large party Of friends. some Of, whom
settled in San Diego and vicinity. the
rest not liking the state returned to
North Dakota. Mr.. Wrights 10 very
favorably Impressed with the climate.
surroundings and evidences a progress
he has witnessed in Canon. City and
says it is one OF the most. delightful
places he has seen since leaving homeA
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-02-26

Mrs Josephine Thompson. wife Of
J. W. Thompson. died NJ the family
home. 5i2 River street. last Friday
afternoon Of paralysis. aged 81 yaarl
and IL days. Deceased was born In
Warren county. Peunsyivania. and
had resided here for about = year.
She had been an invalid for some
time. having been stricken with the
disease at Trinidad. where she lived
before coming to Canon City. Tho
funeral service was held ut her late
home at O'Clock last Sunday after.
noon. The interment was at Lake.
side cemetery.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-02-26
To University Of California

Bernard DeWeese left last Saturday
for California where he will matricu.
late as student at the state Unversi-
ty at Berkeley for three year
course of s,udv. He graduated from
ss.;c schools here in 1901, his father
insisting then that he devote couple
of years in his Office to acquire bust
ness methods anS to prepare himself
for further schoSling. Having an
inclination for mechanics his father
has now started him in the University
Of California for thorough training
in electrical engineering.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-02-26
Coloeado's . Climate Best

O. Anchicks. formerly engaged In
gardening and fruit growing here.
but for the last two yesrs resident
Of Ottawa. Illinois. writes the Record
that Canon City Is about ths best
place in the United States to live.
Mr.. Anschicks says. 'This 10 my SEE
ond winter in Illinois again and the
more I compare the seasons there with
those Of Colorado the more l realise
what . big difference there II in favor
Of the alter. II Is difficult to ina
gine more disagreeabie weather than
we have had here for the last four or
i've months, and II had my choice
Of living Fart Of the year in Colors do
and the rest in Illinois ] would reside
eleven months in your state and one
month back here. -
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-02-26
Purchase Pseblo Chieft.an

In. Stevens and O. v. Barton.
owners and publishers Of the Colors-
do Springs Gazette. have sold their
newspaper interests at Colorado
Springs to K. r. Babbitt and his A.
sociates and have pur ,hased the Pueb-
10 Chieftain, Of which they will ss-
sumo control next Monday.
Under the management the Gazette
has taken high rank anon. the news-
papers of the Rocky Mountain region
and it is safe to assert that the same
energy. capacity and skill which they
infused into their business ut the
Springs will characterize their jour
nalistic work at Pueblo, and that the
same success will reward their efforts.
Politically the Gazette will be in
dependent in tine future. while the
Chieftain will be stalwart Roosevelt
organ. The Record wishes both Of
them success.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-02-26

At a meeting Of the faculty Of the
university Of Colorado at Boulder last
Thursday night number Of the high
schools Of the state were put upon the
'sAccredited list' Of the university.
among them being the South Canon
high school for the scientific and
latin scientific courses. This means
that the graduates Of that institution
will be admitted to the freshman class
Of the university in the courses named
without examination. The Florence
high school was admitted for the
scientific course.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-02-26
Died at Roosevelt, N. M.

T. M Harding left last Sunday for
Roswell, New Mexico. in response to
q telegram informing him Of the de-
mise of His cousin. Benjamin e.
Knight, of Cincinnati. Ohio, at that
place the previous day. Mr.. Harding
will accompany the remains to Gin
cinati. where the interment will oc-
cur. Mr.. Knight had number of
acquaintances here and had recently
built house in this city which he
expected to occupy as home in the
course of the next few weeks. Mr..
Knight had been afflicted with heart
trouble for long time and it is un-
derstood that his death resulted from
that cause.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-02-26

Abouh 3:3O last FRIDAY morning dns
broke. ont in the Murdosks. boarding
house, near the aompanF's store, and
in less than forty five minutes noth
ing but heap Of ashes was left Of
three dwelling houses and . saloon.
The fire hose was hurried 10 ths scene
but for some reason, the waAsr would
net run and the buildings were rapid
" consumed Volunteers however.
saved most Of the contents bslore the
flames drove thsn ont. W
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-02-26
One Night To Chicago

Chicago. Union Pacific & North
Westerns famous fast Chicago
Special, leaves Denver daily 1:i0 p.
m. arriving Chicago next afternoon
at Z 100 O'Clock. Solid train, free re-
clining cars, drawing room sleeping
cars. dining car. buffet, smoking and
Library cars and standard day coaches.
Another fast through train leaves
Denver at 1880. m. D. W. Aldridge
General Agent, ,sol Seventeenth street,
Denver, Colo. 6tf
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-02-26
Bishop Warren Hese

Bishop b Warren Of Denver.
preached . very eloquent and forcsful
sermon to > large audience ~ the
First N. s. Charch in this city last
Thursday night. Ths Bishop was nm
known 10 the major part Of tho con-
gregasion and his appearance in the
pulpit ON Thursday night was pleas
ant surprise 70 the audience. His
visit hero was In the interest Of the
endowment fund Of Denver Univer-
ity.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-02-26
Things Interesting Concerning the
Town, Its People, and Those Who
Do and Say Practical Things

month. Pianos used but little. and
in perfect order at about half price
and some for less. A few organs and
square pianos at about your own
price.
The new White and Domestic sew
ing machines go at SIS less than Den
yer prices. Special bargains in good
second hand machines Terms Is a
month.
Other agents will take my place in
a few weeks. Write or call for prices.
W. s DuPee, the Knight Campbell
agent. 400 Main street..
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-02-26

Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse H. Waters left
few days ago for New York City
where they will meet W. x. Gillette
Of the Denver & Southern Railroad
Company after which the party will
leave for an extended voyage on the
Atlantic and Pacific oc-ans. They
will first visit Havana and other
points of interest in Cuba after which
they will cruise about the West Indies
for rome time. sailing around Cape
Horn into the Pacific ocean then up
the coast Of South and Central Amer
lea to San Francisco. A number Of
ports will be visited on the Southern
hemisphere and the trip made one of
memorable interest.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-02-26
Closing out Sale.

Pianos and Sewing Machines at
wholesale prices. have decided TO
spend year on the Pacific coast hav-
ing just received good offer from
the largest piano house there
y Everything goes in the next ten or
twenty days at lowest Prices ever
offered in Colorado, Best makes of
pianos newsat one-fourth less than
former prices Terms s. to $40 per
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-02-26
IA Mistake

In the last issue of the Record il
was inadvertently stated that George
#. Rockafellow had gone East on a
business trip of several weeks dura-
tion for the First National bank Mr.
Rock afellow. as is we'll known. is the
cashier of the Fremont County bank
and we should have said that his trip
was in the interest Of that institution
'As he is in no way connected with the
first named concern.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-02-26
Likes Canon CITY

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank p. Wright Of
Valley City. North Dakota, arrived
here last Saturday from FL Psso. Tex
~ for week or ten days sojolrn with
the formers brother, I. N. Wright,
and family Of 627 River street. Mr..
and. Mn. Wright are en- route home
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-02-26

Sta zCcnt rtnftIi
icr hRured moor
plan and lnrger
view, II Interested ,
nndscnd anyrkcscii
or idea you desire
TO have put into
PRACTICAL ehape. /
Will ecalc Il up and
submit or rpprovai
giving esti III 4 tc :
and prices for full
pinsis.. ny ak books
greet help % home
spsaiidefs. Select
bs,oks 4ccordfnr 10
cost. cost Of house de.
nkrCo.
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-02-26
nt, etlssI

Views. plans, descriptions. diaeusiops
estiraates With modffIcations 10 esch.
Price q Boces, q eechs any two, el.ao. any
of \ 6ampissd sdssisns, "iIow % 5tsft Ei.Ss
and eeys Money > rsnts (ailvsr). Ali
CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-02-26
CONVENIENT ANp coMpLEr

Cost now about $500 with prinrtn.
rooms hrst floor hnrdwood fI,is,, ~ ~
plumbing. The plan IL nrrnnrrd -
principal rooms are In front ,,snItni
niiprtncipai rooms very pleasant isr
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-11
Corcerninn= Names.

Apropos of the eternal domestic
question. an English woman relates
mis- experience: I engaged a maid
tamel Pearl, and as | simply could
iot ask a Pearl TO all the coal scuttle
HAPPY woman to have one to fill
81 to holystone the doorstep, said:
I would rather call you by some other
Zane. Have YOU second one?' Yes,
stp.ied the damsel. brightly, my sec
cad name is Opal So l stuck to
Pearl. At one time all but engaged a
maid named Hermione, but upon
asking her, Have you black dress,
waite caps and aprons?' she replied.
ac!dly: Yes, have; but I'm not 60
ing to wear EN-. Ma didn't christen
me Ermione for to wear livery. ;"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-11
Lemons fer rheumatism.

The idea CT trectirs5 rheumatism
with lemon juie" appears to aave had
its rise in Germany. The method
consists OF swallowing the juice Of one
lemon on tie first day, and two on tae
second day, AID SO on progressive u2
to twenty-five lemons. When this
limit IS reached tt he number of lemons
is progressively diminished.
M Desplats Of lille, has recently
adopi ed this treatment with some OF
his patients who are suffering from
erticuar rheumatism. In one case II g
patient was able to d?op the tre stment
st three lemons. In another Ae sue
eeeded in effecting cure d : twenty.
five lemons SO complete 2ad so per.
sistent that at the end of ten months
the patient had not once had an at
tack, whereas previously he had suf-
fered periodically every month. The
third case was one OF ankylosis. SC
bad that the patient could not dress
himself without help. To-day he has
almost entirely recovered the use OF
his limbs and is free from pain.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-11
Cured Of Hallucinat,cn

4 gentleman once contracted the
mania of believing that his nose was
growing to an enormous length. so
that III the end ne declared ae was
unable to go into any but tie largest
rooms Doctors tied as best they
could to shake lis belief, b1t without
avail. One medical man hit upon the
idea Of deception. lie told the man
that he must cut off the imaginary
extraneous growth, so he procured )
basin of bullocl's blood. which he pro-
duced only after tle patients eyes
had been securely covered. Then he
struck the man blow upon the noss,
sneared his face with little OF the
blood and removed the baadage from
the eyes as he remarked TO his as
sistant, Take it away" The patient
believed that part Of his nasal or
gan had been anputated.-"H House
hold Words
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-11
WOMEN AND JEWELS.

Jewels candy, flowers, man-that 1s
the order of a woman's preferences.
Jewels form a magnet of mighty pow.
er TO the Average woman. Even tr
greatest Of all jewels health, is lite
ruined in the strenuous effort 7 J -
or save the mone ~ to purcbas -en
If a woman will tisk her healt .c 2et
coveted gem, than let pr l.: tffv
herself against th, insi- .ou' conse
quenees Of cough - IL nd bron.
chial affections - - reaular use Of
Dr. Roschee's G-..-a1 ~yrup. II will
promptly ARE clrsumption in its
early stages and cal the affected
lungs and bromide .ubes and drive
the dread disease fl N the system. It
! is not a cure-all )ut it is certain
cure for coughs olds and all bron.
chial troubles. can get DR.. G. q.
Green's reliable omedies at ]. A.
Coles. Get Green Special Almanac.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-11
PAY TIE CURRENT PRICE.
Writer in the Cosmopolitan Gives
Some Good Advice.

My Toung friend. Jimmy Banks, was
married little over a year ago. lie
had previously spent twelve months
in the most furious co1rtship. Inc
girl at first had not cOttoneG to jim
my very much, but he moved heaven
and earth so vigorously that she at
last consented. Now, the other day
wAo appears before me but jimmy
with long face and makes a com
paint that the baby keeps him awake
nights. Good gracious. Jimmy, |
said, didn't you know that babies al
ways do that? A baby has to have
some relaxation. Go home and be
thankful tha; it isn't twins. Ihere
is the reverse side to every joy. You
can't have the advantages of bachelor
hood and married life at the same
time You buy everything with
price-lesurt, family, office, learn
ing, wealth, fame. position. Nothln2
is free Be sure sou want the article
pay the current price and enjoy your
On.-C0Smcuolitan.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-11
Let "a IT Theat

\ Boston saas "ho is district
visitor bec&np much interested in a
very poor 5ut apparently respectable
irish family named Currail. living Or
the sap t5or f a great building in a
ss4nz .tjstr:e1 9f her parish. Every
.tr-4 s14 v.s.5ed the Currans she was
arroE=t by The staring anG the whis-
e=e.zE i the other women living in
e2.....t:cE
ore 4av s,.a said to Mrs Curr3n:
Y5a:-- c:s.z..-.a9-s seem very curious !,
taow VITO aad what am, and the
nature Of my business with YOU"
The &c, acquiesced Mrs. Curran
do the.s ask you abor,t ""
..TEdaIe they DO, ma am.
Ard do you tell them?"
..Faith, thin. an o. do not"
What do you tell :aem?'
'O JUS tell thim,' was the calm
reply, that you ere me dressmaker.
an let it go at that"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-11
Ciaafs for Grow Heads.

Making cigars for princes and po-
tentates and crowned heads is great
business in Havana. It is a good ad.
vertising feature. It gives the cigar
makers a prestige which try cannot
get in any otner way. King Edward
has his cigars specially made. All the
cigars that are made for crowned
heads ~ Cuban manufacturers are
bought by the men they are made
for, ard scrupulous care is exercised
in the matter The Gully men who
ever get any of t.eNe cigars either
get them on orders from royN per
sonaSes or they cot tAonl as e-2esta
of Il e royalty \ particular kind OF
tobat.,o is used in the manufacture of
these cigars Iale the case, for IN
stance, of the ear of Russia. Cigars
that are made for him are branded
with the Russian coat Of arms. and
he buys all the CIGARS the factory can
make cut of the material and ii the
way specified by his order.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-11
Science in Business.

In a recent issue Of the journal OF
the British Society of Arts some strik-
ing examples Of the effect Of TIE use
of science in German factories are
given. In 1910 5t.0oo tOas Ct beet
root were crushed. from which 8,
coo tons of raw sugar were produced
about 5 IL per cent. In 1860 300
900 tons were treated. ami produced
12S,0oO tons OF sugars per cent.
Last year 100000 tons we're crush
ed and yielded 1.504ao0 tons OF raw
sugar-13 per cent This Increase 0t
quantity, as we'll as pereeEza=e q
product is due entirely : seE4ztLric
treatment. The producc.o1 = tcy
colors, chemicals and G!as = <f3--
many shows a corresponding ==s-=as=
in production and diyidend-paE.- 3,
pacity, which is due to the e0zs-a-- ::
maintenance of laboratories or trained
scientists, whose only purpose is to
improve and cheaper processes.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1903-03-11
Eau Shells as Flower Pots.

Egg saells may be use, to adyan-
tage in starting delicate plants for
tIarsplanting. The half shells are
filled with earth and Set in box also
containing the dampened earth. A
fole is made in the point of the shell
to allow drainage. a single seed is
then planted in each Shell, which is
easily broken when traasplanting is
done without the slightest disturb.
ance Of roots. This use Of egg shel:s
IS the discovery OF a French gardener,
who claims they are vastly superior
to the little pots generally used for
the purpose by florists.