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The Newtown bee., 1903-03-13
THE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION,

The Library Association was in- corporated March 16, 1857 with shares of stock at a par value of $2. As near as can be estimated from the records about 30 members enrolled at the start and more were added so that at the end of the firstye they had about 65 members. Among the incorporators were: H. w. Peck, Henry Davis, M. D., Rev A. G. Loomis, Theodore Bird, Joshua Bird, Abraham Beecher, George M. Kasson, B. T. Lake, William R. Harrison, Stephen Hayes and many others. The reading of the books was auctioned off to the members at the monthly meetings and 25c, BOG and sometimes soc was paid for first read ing. The meetings were we'll attended and new books were added until the present library contains probably 1900 or more volumes. Interest in the old library has been diminishing for sever- al years. No regular monthly meetings have been held for three or four years, and no annual meeting had been held for two years. A few books had been taken out at the meetings of the town library, and it seemed best that some action should be taken to improve matters.
The Newtown bee., 1903-03-13

Mrs c. Skiff very slowly improves in strength.
 Ezra Douglass moved into the cot tage, last week, vacated by J. M. Snow, and Augustus Stolt at once moved into the house made vacant by Douglass.
 B. J. Haynes returned from Yon- kers, N. Y., Thursday of last week, &C., companied by his daughters, Mrs Johnson of Bridgeport and Mrs Knapp of Warren.
 The Shaw Comedy Co.,, used Pavil- ion hall three nights, last week, for a variety entertainment which, drew those of this village who usually enjoy such affairs as means to pass an even- ing away pleasantly. They went from here to Bantam on Thursday.
 Mrs David Kenney, late of this place, is calling upon her friends here again and has disposed of some articles she left behind last fall. Dea Dayton Burnham returned from his Southern trip on Thursday of last week.
 A son was added to the family of George IT. Couch in WOodville district last Sunday morning.
 N. B. Mead of Greenwich, passed last Friday night at Lakeside. H. w. Peck of New Milford will occupy Mir Mead's farm house the coming year.
 WATERTOWN.
 GUERNSEYTOWN JOTTINGS.
 Harry J. HartWell has rented Mrs c
The Newtown bee., 1903-03-13
WATERFOWL.

GUERNSEYTOWN JOTTINGS.
 Harry J. Hartwell has rented Mrs Beardslee's farm and also Henry We'll
The Newtown bee., 1903-03-13
CharleSJ. J.HugheS,

Cemetery and Memorial Work
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-15

were the portals into Europe OF all the
strange tribes of early time. Tho traces
of the Dacians, the Marcomanni, the Quad,
the Goths, the Huns. all are to be fouI I'D
in survival in the Balkans. 1t is as IL
all those irrupting tribes and races had
left their fotsam and jetsam there, to re-
main unchanged In those unbelievable
mountains.
Their songs are songs OF the Gar SiLleon
and the Car Boris and the Car Dushan,
who ruled more than 900 years ago, when
there was no such a thing as a car Ia
Russia.
Throughout the Balkans today the fav-
orite dance is the kolo, which is nothing
more or less than the ancient Roman dance
OF Horo, without a change. Bagpipers 20
around everywhere and everywhere the
inhabitants are prone to drop their work
suddenly and dance and sing as II every
one CT those queer vlllB ges were a stage
village and all the peasants were ballet.
The land has been described by one trav-
eler as a land that still lives in the days
of the Troubadours.
The Montenegro, II he is truly patriotic.
still wears his little rcd fez with a black
band. 1t has been worn by Montenegrins
for more than six centuries In memory of
the killing by the Turks Of the last Of the
great Serb Cars in 1889. The loyal Monte
negrin declares that the cap shall be worn
until q terrible revenge has been wreaked
on the Turk.
The Bosnian is another old one. Al
though tho Hungarian railroads beat at
his door with goods, he still ploughs with
a wooded plough. His Ox-cart is made OF
wood alone, without a bit OF metal in It..
The harness of his horses is Of rope.
The little Bosnian horse Is still the
leading means of transport. Instead Of
a saddle, a wooden thing that looks like
a table upside down, is tiled to the beast
with ropes and the load is tied to the liable
legs with simple disregard of beauty or
the finer feelings of the horse.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-15
Michigan Wrestling Bear

While blazing a trail to a homestead in
Elm river district, Houghton county, Mich
igan, Charles Buchanan and Elmer Demary
encountered a bear. The meeting nearly
ended fatally for Demary. He had no
weapon. 80 he fed, with the bear close at
his heels for a quarter OF a mile. The
brute caught him at the bottom OF a hill
and was about to devOur him when Blu
chanan answering Demsry's shouts, ran up
and belabored the bear with an ak. The
bear left his victim unconscious, with a
broken arm and a severely lacerateu shout
der. Buchanan, after furnishing his COM
panion medical aid, overlook the bear and
shot him with a rife.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-15
Photograph O

The kaiser received from the Geneva in
ventor a photograph clock that reminds
him Of business engagements and other in
tended stunts. II, for instance, he wants
to drive to the chancellor at IL a. IN. next
day, he informs the photograph clock,
moves the hand to 1890 and at that min
ute, exactly, the photograph shouts: See
here, your majesty. it's about time to or
der the carriage for BueloW's." While
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-15
Bachelors Reflections

A miser can't bear to think even Of the
money his coffin will cost.
A man who can't think up a new way
once II week to make a woman believe he
loves her Just as much as the day he
married her is a failure as n husband.
1t makes a thoughtful man feel pretty bad
to think that IL he had all tha money he
has spent for drinks in lis life he could
afford to smoke imported cigars.
A man is so appreclative CT his virtues
that when he is e~conomizlng and buys a
two-for-a-quarter cigar instead Of a ft-
teen-cent straight, he regards himself as
a hero.
It's the man who kicks like blazes against
his wife paying 81 q month more to get n
good maid that calls anybody pretty mean
who doesn't tip the waiter where H. gets
his lunch a quarter a day.-New York
Press.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-15
His Busy Date

Adam was naming the animals. The
pterodactyl slipped into the line and came
forward again.
"Here!" exclaimed Adam, didn't ! name
you once?"
Eyes, SIR" answered the pterodactyl, Il
merely wished to ask you how to pro-
nounce my name"
Go look in the dictionary replied
Adam, I'm busy enough telling the Smiths,
Smithes and Smythes how to spell their
pames without being bothered by you
Judge.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-15
Balkan Question"
(Countinued From Fourth Page.)

risor of Turks and sings little songs care
fully calculated to embitter even the most
stolid souls.
The care-free spirit Of the Macedonian
is beautifully expressed by his simple
method of melting the Turks to commit
atrocities, in order to attract the attention
OF the outside world. This charming little
bit Of state craft is not rare. 1t explains
many ~things-among others why a Mace
DOMAIN brigand may be expected 10 keep
his word II he promises a captured traveller
that his ear shall be cut of IL ransom is
not ready at a certain time. A person who
is ready at all hours OF the day or night
to provoke the Turk into massacreing his
friends. Is not likely to hesitate unduly
about a strangers ear.
Everybody lives in the past. The Balkans
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-15

William breakfasts, the clock tells him
half a dozen things he must not forget.
and If the eggs are bad, or the cutle,s
burned, he steps up to the clcck and tells
the monograph that "ccoH will got his
walking papers unless"
Cook must report to the clock imme-
diately after meals and hear what his
majesty thought of the food set b fore him..
The kaiser thinks the photograph clock a
wonderful success and kas ordered half
a dozen for the different palaces.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-15
Building a Bridge
CONTINUED From Fifth Page.)

the draw spans. They will be capable of
raising the ends and turning the spans
90 degrees in two and one-half minutes
under ordinary conditions. The motors are
to. be placed in little operating houses
above the roadway aud directly over tho
pivot piers, in what are known as the
"tOwers" of the bridge. Ball bearings will
be used throughout, and the mechanism is
Of the most approved and efficient pattern
for the transmission OF power and the
safe manipulation Of the draws.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-15
On the Gentle Art
Of Interviewing

@RESIDENT ROOSEVELT is never
interviewed "for publication"
No president is.
tlff# But In the days when he was
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-03-18
Wantad.

We would like TO ak, through the
columns of your paper. if there is any
person who has used Greep's August
Flower for the cure of Indigestion,
Dyspepsia and Liver Trouble that
has not been cured-snd We also
mean their results, such "a sour
stomach, fermentation of food, habit
ual costiveness, nervous dyspepsia,
headaches, despondent feelings, sleep
lessness-in fact, any trouble cop-
nected with the stomach or livel?
This medicine has been sold for many
years in all civilized countries, a''
We wish to correspond with you and
send you one of our books free of
cost If you never tried Auo ust
Flower, try q 25 cent bottle first.
We have never known of it's failing
IT 30, something more serious is the
matter with you. The 25 cent size
has just been Introduced this year
Regular SIZE Is cents At all drug
gists. G. G. Green,
Woodbury., N J.
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Do You Know.

Greenwood Views and Items.
Why should the farmers OF the
United States be poor when the pro-
ducts of agriculture form about two
thirds of the entire export trade OF
the country? Last year, according
to the secretary of agriculture, ex-
ports from the farm amounted to
SS6O,O0O,OOO. On the farm what
should be among the possibilities in
wealth and power and a high degree
of intelligence when it is known that
the science of agriculture is yet in
rudimentary stages throughout the
world? The farmer is the great
man of the country and shold be the
hsppiest and most independent man.
If he is not, who is to blame? The
signboards are up and if he takes
the wrong fork in the road ne seould
blame himself because he has eyes
and refuses to see.
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Upper Baptist Union.

The Uulon meeting of the Upper
Division of the Lexington Baptist
Association will meet at Samaria
church on Saturday, the 28th inst.
10 a. m. Organization. Reports
from churches.
II u. m. Introductory Sermon
Rev. B. I. Reynolds.
IL IN. Recess.
1to2 Qasry-Do the Churches
and Preachers Stand for Full Cos
pei? Opened by the Rev. c. B. Avery
2to3. Should the Churches Mag.
nlfy or Mlnify the Material Side oil
Religion? Opened by the Rev. NJ
j. Kyzer.
3to4. Miscellaneous Business.
SUNDAY.
10 to ii. The Effect of the Liter
ature of the Sunday School on the
Spiritual Side of Religion! Opened
by J. T. Sawyer.
IL TO IL Missionary Sermon
Rev. E. Hall. J. T. Sawyer.
Union Clerk.
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ings. 1 made it my business to drop In
on the editor, and as he received me l
said:
"'Yo' have expressed doubts as to
my legal wisdom, sub, but there is
little matter on which 1 desiah yo' to
satisfy yo'rself to the fullest possible
extent
land what may that be?' he asked.
"'As to my shooting, sub. In order
that yo' may discover for yorself that
am neither cross eyed nor nearsight-
ed l suggest that yo' name friend to
arrange details with q friend shall
name
"Is it a duel, colonel?'
"'It is, suh.'
"He was no fishworm. that editor"
said the colonel. Ion the contrary, he
was O game man. He dismissed me
with all due courtesy, and an hour
later the details Of our duel were ar
ranged. He selected pistols, made his
will and was on the ground ahead of
me at sunrise. He had been rejecting
during the night, however, and befo'
the pistols were handed out to us he
approached me and said:
"'Colonel Bunker, while this affair
must so on and while I shall probably
leave the ground alive. l wish to say
in justice to both of us that closer
reading of yo'r decision has convinced
me that yo' could have made no other.
1t is a wise and just decision. sub, as
the Courier will state tomorrow, and
all praise is due yo' for yo'r patient
and painstaking investigation. Now,
let us proceed to shoot each other
"But we didn't proceed, suh-we
didn't proceed" sighed the colonel as
he reflected on the saving of powder
and lead. When the editor finished
his remarks, my hand went out in
greeting. and ten minutes later we
were crooking our elbows in unison.
Each Of us made stanch friend, sub
g friend for years to come-and 1 can't
say that I have ever been sorry it
turned out that way.
Great weather this for evaporation,
and l. find my glass empty again.
NJ. QUAD.
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The Stomach Is the Man.
A weak stomach weakens the n

A weak stomach weakens the man,
because it cannot transform the food
be eats into nourishment. Health
and strength cannot be restored to
any sick man or weak woman without
first restoring health and strength to
the stomach. A weak stomach can
not digest enough food to feed the
tissues and revive the tired and run
down limbs and organs Of the body.
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure cleanses, purl-
fes, sweetens and strengthens the
glands and membranes OF the stom-
ach, and cures indigestion, dyspepsia
aud all stomach troubles. j. +. kaut-
mann.
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Revenge Is Sweet.

James. four years old, had been
naughty to the point of evoking a whip
ping from his long suffering mother,
and all day long a desire for revenge
ranked in his little bosom.
At length bedtime came and kneel-
ing before her he implored blessing
for each member Of the family individ-
ually, she alone being conspicuous By
her absence. Then, rising from his
devout posture, the little supplicant
fixed keenly triumphant look upon
her face, saying as he turned to climb
into bed:
81 s'pose you noticed you wasn't in
it.''-Harper's Magazine.
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Improving Upon Nature.

"What on earth are you doing il
here. Tommy" asked his mother, peer.
ing into the darkness Of the henhouse.
whence had been coming for five min
utes or more series of dismal squawk.
ings, accompanied by loud Tapping
Of wings.
Il am trying" said Tommy, who
seemed to be doing something with a
knotted rope, ito fix this rooster so his
alarm won't go off before o'clock to-
morrow orning"-Current Literature.
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a Rem rkable Case.

One of the most remarkable cases
of cold, deep-seated on the lungs,
causing pneumonia, is that of Mrs.
Gertrude E Fenner, Marion, Ind,
who was entirely cured by the use of
One Minute Cough Cure. She says:
"Tbe coughing and straining so
weakened me that I run down in
weight from 14S to 90 pounds. l
tried number of remedies to no
avail until I used One Minute Cough
Cure. Four bottles of this wonder
full remedy cured me entirely of the
cough, strengthened my lungs and
restored me to my normal weight,
health and strength" J. E Kauf-
mann.
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COL ONEL BUNKER
He Tells Of His Many Experiences
With Editorc

copyright. 1902, by Warner Muller.]
- An S a public man for forty years
A past" said Colonel Bunker
VI as he slipped at his glass and
set it aside for a moment, Il
have met up with a large number of
editors. Very few Of them have un-
darstood me from the first, but in the
end most Of them have become my
good friends.
"Take the case Of the editor Of the
Clarion resumed the colonel as old
recollections brought a smile to his
face. 1T was years and years ago. sub,
and I was candidate for the legisla-
ture of my state. I opened the cam
paign with a speech that went hustling
over the state like grapeshot and gave
me instant standing as an orator, but
the Clarion saw fit to criticise and ridl-
eule and pronounce It an old woman's
lament. AS soon as had read the crit
icism took walk. found the editor
in. Without the slightest reference to
his article and in my suayest tones
said:
"'My deah sub, at what hour in the
mawning do yo' generally arise?
"tAbout o'clock, colonel was the
reply.
"'Would yo', in order to oblige me,
make the hour sunrise tomorrow
mawning? Also, would you put in an
appearance at the place known as
Scott's grove? There is to be little
shooting match there at ten PAGES. and
it will furnish yo' an interesting Item
"'Do I know any Of the parties? he
asked in voice full Of anxiety.
al think yo' do. sub. One of them
will be Colonel Bunker and the other
yo'self. AS to which one will be left
on the ground cannot say, but yo' can
rest assured that only one will survive.
I await yo'r answer, suh.'
''The gentleman was not present
next mawning," continued the colonel
rs he reached for his glass, ''and the
Clarion contained o double headed edi-
torial in which it stated that my elec-
tion to the legislature was Of more i'm
portance than anything else on the
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'oNE OF THEM WILL BE COLONEL BUNKER" I"

'ONE OF THEM WILL BE COLONEL BUNKER"
boards. 1t was q beautiful thing-a
beautiful thing, suh-and it was only
last week that stood up at bar with
that same editor and touched glasses.
He has been my friend for thirty years.
sub, and he will continue to be. he
simply made the mistake of not under
standing me at the outset.
~And there was the editor Of the
Banner-of the Banner, sub. ] had
made a speech in the legislature advo-
eating state protection for the catfish
Of our rivers and bayous. 1t was need
ed, sub. The catfish is the pore mans
beef and mutton. It's skin could be
turned to dozen uses. It's very bones
are Of value. He was being caught in
such numbers that in another decade
he would have been extinct when in
troduced bill for his protection. had
certain statistics and facts to offer, and
the bill went through. The editor Of
the Banner, standing entirely alone,
referred to me as Colonel Catfish Bunk
er and suggested that l draft bills to
protect frogs and gallinippers. 1 was
on my way to his Office for an inter-
view when I met him on the state
house steps.
"'Mistah Blank said 1 when we
had been introduced and shaken hands,
will yo' have half an hour to spare
during the day?
"I WILL he replied.
"'Then, sub, at what particular hour
viii it be most convenient for yo' to
receive my friend, Majah Worthing-
ton? Shall we say 3 o'clock this even
ing"
"'What is the majah's object in call
ng| he asked as he looked at NE rath-
er queerly.
"'To arrange our little affair, sub
our little affair. The choice of weapons
will rest with yo'. Of co'rse, but hope
yo' can name an early hour
There was no meeting" said the
colonel as he emptied his glass and set
it down with a sigh. The editor was
taken with a chill that day and could
not see callers, and next day the Ban
ner devoted two columns of space to
my catfish bill and declared that it was
the wisest measure Of the whole ses-
sion. Many were the poker games I sat
in with that editor in after years, and
It was my painful pleasure, sub, so to
say. to be one of his pallbearers five
years ago. 1t was simply that he didn't
size me up correctly at the start.
''And l direct yo'r attention, suh,'
resumed the colonel after his glass had
been reflled-"i direct yo'r attention to
my little misunderstanding with the
editor of the Courier. was judge on
the bench at the time, and the Courier
found fault with my ruling in a GER
tain case. Indood, sub, the paper went
so far as to Iaestion my legal abilities
to decide on such a farreaching matter
and to advise an appeal from my rul-
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A Severe Cold for 8 Months.

The following letter from A. j.
Nusbaum, of Batesvllle, lad, tells
,ts own story. Il suffered for three
months With severe cold. A drug
gist prepared me some medicine, and
ply siclsn prescribed for me, yet l
did not improve. l then tried Foley's
Honey and Tar, and eight doses
cured me-" Refuse substitutes. Sold
by The Kaufman Drug Go.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-03-18
Business.

Merchant - Did you find out what
that gentleman wanted?
New Clerk-No, but found out what
he didn't want.
Merchant-What? How dare you
New Clerk-And I sold it to him.
Catholic Standard and Times.
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Benefits OF Foreign Travel.

"How did your husband enjoy his
visit to the Alhambrai' inquired the
friend of the family.
"He was tickled most to DEATH" re-
piled Mrs. Gaswell. HE killed q snake
there"
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-03-18

strengthens the body and gives great
muscular strength and elasticity, so that
the baby's advent is practically painless.
uI have been using Dr.. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription, and can say it is just what you adver-
tise it to be- and can cheerfully recommend it.,
writes Mrs. Victor J. Hadin, Of Leonaroville,
Riley Co.. Kansas. rI began taking It just two
months befc]e baby came and was greatly beue-
flied by its use. The doctor who attended me
said did about we'll any one he had seen
(as was sick only about three nours), and also
that your Favorite Prescri ption was the one
patent mcdicine' which he did have faith in.
awe now have darling baby boy strong and
healthy who weighed niue pounds when born
{Iulv 2Sth). During this month he has gained
three and one-half pounds"
vFavorite Prescription makes weak
women strong, sick women we'll. Accept
no substitute for the medicine which
works wonders for weak women.
The Peoples Common Sense Medical
Adviser, book containing 1908 pages, is
given away. Ssnd Fl one-cent stamps
for expense of mailing only, for the book
in paper covers, or 81 stamps for the
volume bound in cloth. Address DR..
R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
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A Good Place For 1t.

She-Doctor. is Squeedunk a good
place to 90 for rheumatism?
Doctor-Sure. That's where I got
mine.-Indianapolis Journal.
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DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK :?
Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.

Almost everybody who reads the news
papers is sure to know of the wonderful
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-03-18
THE FIRST STEP

Of the child is an event in the mothers
life. How proud she feels when the
attempt to walk is begun 80 early as to
evidence childish courage and sturdy
strength. Such pride should be enjoyed
nv every mother But il often happens
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-03-18

cures made by DR..
Kilmer's Swamp Root,
the great kidney, liver
and bladder remedy.
1t is the great medi-
cal triumph of the nine
teenth century; dis
covered after years of
scientific research by
DR.. Kilmer, the emf
nent kidney and blad-
fer c0eciaIict aoI -
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-03-18

that the child is tim
weak and deficient
vitality, and clings to t
mothers arms with
desire to walk or play,
Mothers should lea
that to have strong ct
dren thes must the
selves be strong, for t
child's strength is
the gift of the ~
mother. E
The use of DR.. '
Pierce's Favorite
Prescription by
expectant mothers I
gives them health I
a nd strength to !
give their chill
dren. 1t nour-
ISL ) the nerves,