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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-15
SUMMER FICTION AUGUST - 1908
THE CAPTAINS RANSOM

to V before morning; but I am not certain what ws
shall find the other side of the wood and therefore,
they not kill women, had better give
papers, if anything should happen
destroy them deliver them into safe hands
She spoke with authority that obs
lection but gave her the papers heard her slip them
into her bosom.
Mile Mercourt in front and following Suddenly my
companion seized Stay here" she said while
/ reconnoiter. I must make that not
ming into Prussan outpost"
In few minutes she returned There
Bavarian2 outposts right. We to
left and cross the vineyards to the mill of Tavenay in
the full light of the moon"
We descended the hill along paths, and at last
reached the mill Our first action was to take refuge
behind piece of crumblng wall At this moment the
discernibe That white road at the foot of the hll,
said Mile. Mercourt leads to V. If should get
parted, you have only to take the direction you will
reach the French outposts."
II must now take charge of my papers, said.
mo, they are safer with me-, she replied. Besides
begin to think we shall reach V in safety
She was interrupted by fit of sneezing which
tried to smother. rustling followed immedi-
ately and behind the wall voice cried who goes
there?"
We stood if rooted to the spot
'Who goes there?' the voice repeated and we heard
the cooking of a rife.
do not shoot!" cried .Mercourt; and pushing me
by the shoulders she whispered, Crouch and run!
like mad, daybreak I reached the first
of General t, where I told my adventure detach-
ment of soldiers was Immediately in search
ana Mile Mercourt entered, accompanied
Her face bandaged with handkerchief, streaming
with blood sprang toward her. and taking the papers
from her dress she handed them to me- Then she fell
in a dead faint
The young woman carried bed, and a surgeon
sent for.
Toward the end the afternoon the general went
with me to visit the wounded girl Pressing her hand
ne sa1d with great respect, 'Mademoselle you have
saved not only an officer, but regiment The
message which carried to it the greatest i'm
portance. AS for Captain Brenout, will express his
gratitude in person.
implored her to to tell had happened
1t is very simple she began; 'the Bavaran in
sisted upon stopping and him. know
ing that the message carried delayed He
wounded me with his bayonet; then, pass he
imposed condition She bushed furiousy.
"The rascal' exclaimed the general.
He wanted to-Siss me- continued Mile Mercourt
HE did?' cried, springing up
She closed her eyes, Yes. 1 should not have heen
allowed tc pass had not consented it is the last
kiss he will ever take. I killed him."
She shivered and tears flooded her cheek The cen
eral took step toward her; then enchanted he drew
me to her side. Captain" said "it is for Won to
eface-'
removed the bloody bandage and kissed the wound
THAT is soldiers kiss, mademoisele but if Won will
allow it, this shall be the kiss of your betrothed
carried her hand to lips trembled but was
not withdrawn.
middle of the floor to entertain her friends with
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-15

sweet light stole just into
eyes, Feebly the clammy fingers sought and found
of the long, uxuriant tresses bright hair
feeby carried it to his lips then slowly fell
benedction the head that pllowed the last time
his dying heart.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-15

middle of the floor friends with recita-
lions she invariably chose to declam, solemnly
IT sank de goodness de gwace
Dat my brf has smi-yud
An made me in desc latter days
happy, Kwistian chi-yud"
The other day she was 5 years old and Aunt Sadie
thought o be anxious
Elizabeth she said solemnly when they alone,
would you tell a lie?'
The honest brown lifted to Aunt Sadie's
wide with horror
Why auntie I ask make honest and
true every night-you know it,"
But, sweetheart, you hugging grandma and
telling loved her best of all I you
the to grandpa and afterward heard those
very words to Uncle Ted
Elizabeth swiftly the and laid
bottle her dmped hands in Aunt Sade's.
'But course, protested, brightly of
know it's you I love the best!"
The Puritanc little face, with it's setting of smooth,
brown hair parted in the middle and brushed back
primy, almost irresistible but Aunt Sadie in
dead earnest.
"That's exactly you said the Others pur
sued
you know love you BEST persisted Eliza
beth.
"Wel1 how would you feel Elizabeth, if they should
others?"
.Ah they cant!" returned little image of truth,
unblushingly. II always tell e1n alone"
Aunt Sadie gasped But suppose they never
OUT she concluded-"even if they do not-God
know
Elizabeth turned upon aunt gaze of sweet con-
descenson white Dress with her beautiful head
thrown back, she had the look of small angel
"Oh, I that' she replied. "Of course GOD
knows-but won't tell
Hongkong presented first statue raised
IN hone Prince Wales.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-15

Hongkong be with the first statue raised
in honor Prince of Wales.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1903-01-28
A Futile Effort to Stem the Tide.

License advocates, in their desper-
ate efforts to stem the tide that is
running against their saloon meas
ure, are seeking to shift the argu-
ment to the proposition that their
bill does not legalize the saloon, but
SIMPLY allows each town to say for
itself whether it will have the saloon
or not. 1t is maintained that each
town is the proper judge of its own
condition, and should be left to
decide the saloon question itself.
This theory is plausible, on its face,
and really has some merit, as we
shall try to show, but when closely
analysed is not convincing. If the
saloon were an institution whose
standing was unquestioned, then we
could quite agree to the proposition
that each town should decide
whether it wanted one or not IF it
were like bank, or an agricultural
fair, or anything else of a perfectly
innocent nature, it would be well to
let each community decide for itself.
But if on the other hand, as a great
many believe, the saloon is a menace
and an injury, and under any condi-
ton would do evil, instead of good,
it is not true that each town should
be left to invite it in, if a bare major
ity of it's voters so decide. We do
not allow towns to determine for
themselves whether they will permit
the establishment of gambling
houses; we declare, as a state, that
they shall not exist, and the fact that
the majority of voters in one or more
communities might favor them does
not give warrant to the assumption
that therefore they should have them.
Local option is better than license,
pure and simple, and why? Because
it gives towns chance to Danish the
saloon, not because it gives them a
chance to establish it. 1t is also
method by which the sentiment of
community is recorded, and serves a
good purpose in that way. But if a
voters honest judgment is that a
licensed saloon is not proper insti-
tuition for any community, he is jus
tilted in voting against this act,
without examining his mental atti-
tude further for this bill has within
it the possibility of the licensed
saloon. = Randolph Herald and
News.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1903-01-28
EDEN MILLS

W. L. Bennett was in town last week.
DR.. Hamilton is at the hotel for a weeks
stay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Lilley were at c. B. Whit
temore Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. NJ. Gray were at G. B.
Whittemores Sunday.
Miss Ella Westover has been visiting
friends in Cady's Falls tor few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. B. Whittemore are reioic-
ing over the arrival of little daughter at
their home Jan 21st.
There was a hall full at the drama Broken
Bonds" given by the Eden Dramatic Club.
A much larger crowd than was expected
considering the weather and going. All unite
in calling it good play and well put on.
Over fifty couples partook of the supper pro-
provided by Landlord Sylvester.
There is to be Minstrel entertainment,
given by home talent, at the Church Hall,
Eden Corners, Friday evening Feb. 9th, 1908.
Let every one who enjoys good laugh come;
and all who do not, come, and be made to
laugh An evening full of fun promised to
both old and young. Admission 10 and 20
cents. Watch for posters.
Bv request the Eden Dramatic Club are to
repeat their drama Broken Bonds" at the
Hotel Hall next Friday evening Jan. Both,
1903. Oyster supper, promenade and dance
after the play. Admission to play for adults
25 cents each children under II, 10 cents.
Promenade and dance 20 cents per couple.
Supper 80 cents per couple.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1903-01-28

lands, in commercial and business
relations. How shall we prepare
and fit these boys and young men
for the troublous times ahead, for
the incoming tide, for the great
wave of public excitement which
carries on its crest, and in its wake
the poor freezing, starving masses
whose only weapon is a vote.
Let us, like candid, honest, sober
minded people, men, women and
children, look these facts in the face
and prepare for the great work God
in his providence has given us to do.
Let us go to the cities, the country
villages, the farms, the back bone
and sinew of the entire fabric, and to
the common schools, the very centre
column of our civilization and ask
ourselves the question: Shall we
give them the open saloon, these
young men, who are so soon to be
the embers of this great nation who
are to carry all these burdens, to run
this vast governmental machinery,
who are not onlyto govern and con-
troll the millions in America, but with
an eye to our standing with other
nations that we may maintain the
supremacy we have already at
tanned?
Again we ask, which shall pre-
dominate?
Which will the voters Of Vermont
give these young people, the influence
of the school, the lyceum, the church
and college, or the Influence of the
open saloon with its promised re-
spectability, its allurements and at
tendant misery.
A FRIEND TO YOUTH.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1903-01-28
Fertilizing Salt.

The Vermont Experiment Station
at Burlington weighed ten clusters
of grass from two plots of land lying
side by side. From the unsalted
plot the ten plants weighed IA
grams, while from the plot which
had received 5000 pounds of salt
per acre, they weighed 26 grams or
nearly twice as much.
Speaking gifts effectiveness in kill
ing hawk weed, or paint brush, the
experiment station bulletin says,
"Most of the weed Was killed by
the application of 1000 pounds per
acre. Every plant of it was killed
by the application of 5000 pounds
per acre and the weight of the grass
was nearly doubled"
We can furnish the Fertilizing Salt
at $3.50 per ton, (no charge for
sacks), F. 0. B. cars at Hyde Park
and can secure low freight rates for
you to most points. Address, c. S.
Page, Hyde Park, Vt.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1903-01-28
Fleetwood Her Guardian.

Having heard the evidence Of the
selectmen of the town ofLittleton, N.
H., on a petition for the appoint
ment of a guardian over the estate
of Catherine V. Richardson, of Re-
we're, Mass, Judge Westgate has
decided that sufficient ground has
been shown for granting the petition,
and Frederick G. Fleetwood, of Nor
risville, secretary of state, has been
nominated. 1t will be remembered
that Miss Richardson has recently
been on trial on the charge of at
tempting to poison her mother. Mr..
Fleetwood is her cousin.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1903-01-28
Too Much Public Profanity.

There is a law against public
swearing and blasphemy in Yer
mont. We never heard of its being
enforced. A bill to repeal it was in
PRODUCED at the last session of the
Legislature but failed to pass. Some
Vermonters like to advertise the
state as moral whether or not it is
so. Since the law has received a
vote of confidence from the legisla-
ture it should be enforced. Public
swearing is nuisance. "-MOntpeL
Ter Argus.
The Argus is right in styling pub
lie swearing a nuisance. The vice is
entirel y too common in Vermont. 1t
is not confined to men. Listen to
the remarks made after a play or en-
tertainment of almost any nature
when the spectators are leaving the
building, and the oaths and profane
explosives that issue from the lips of
boys from 10 years of age upward
are something dreadful. If the habit
grows on our boys what kind of
language may we expect of them
when they are older? Many of them
seem to think that they cannot ex-
press their thoughts forciby without
recourse to blasphemy. There is no
use in keeping a. law in the statutes
unless an effort is made to enforce it.
We may talk all we please about the
high moral tone of our people, but
when swearing can be heard from
groups of young men and boys on
the street corners and in every crowd
after a public gathering it does not
indicate an exalted standard of
morals.-W White River Junction
Landm ark.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1903-01-28
NORTH HYDE PARK.

Mrs. w. w. Vigeant. from Worcester,
Mass, arrived last Monday, called here
by the sickness of her mother, Mrs. S.
Newton.
Fred Howard spent part of last week
in Burlington and reports fine time.
He don't see how they can i'm prove the
present rum system in that town.
Prof. Parrin is booked to speak on the
subject of temperance at Elmore Pond
Jan. 20, also in the DEMO school house
Jan. 81, same subject. Lectures to COM
mence at 7:3o p. m.
The main topic of discussion the past
week is the East johnson tragedy last
week. E. Gallup and Geo. Sargent
claim that Mr.. Hayford had a perfect
right to drive Mr.. Stearns into the
frozen ground, without sharpening, with
hammer, while Mr.. Pratt, Steve Miles,
VIM. Hodges and Homer Kneeland
claim Mr.. Stearns had the right to shut
off on Mr.. Hayford's wind for a few
minutes or until Mr.. H. stopped hitting
him on the head with the hammer.
Last reports are that both gentlemen
are doing we'll. Mr.. Stearns is yet I'M
der the doctors care; Mr.. Hayford is
being treated by our States Attorney,
Mr.. Bicknell.
By request the Eden Dramatic Club will
reproduce the drama entitled Broken ponds,
at Eden Mills Friday Evening, Jan. both.
Promenade and dance after the play at %
cents couple. Oyster supper at so cents Il
couple.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1903-01-28
One Of vermOnt's New Laws.

One of the laws enacted by the last
legislature which goes into fl ct in
February is likely to bring ii new
class of cases into the Justice courts
of the state. This is act No. so which
provides, that if a person shall spit
upon the floor or platform, or upon
the interior furnishings or furniture
except cuspidors, of any steam rail
road, passenger or street railway
car, IN operation upon any railroad
IN this state, or upon the floor, fur
nIshln2s, registers, or radiators OF
a'y railroad passenger station or
public waiting room in this state. he
shall be fined not more than $40.
The ats provides, however, that no.
tlces OF it's provisions must be pasted
in the places protected by it, and tx-
cept in the street cars cuspidors must
be provided.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1903-01-28
Church Burned at Montpelier.

Christ Episcopal church, Mont
pelier, was burned late Saturday
afternoon. The insurance will large
ly cover the damage. The organ is a
total loss, as through it the fire
worked to the roof. The walls below
the roof and the floor are practically
uninjured as is the bell tower, which
the fire did not reach.
An investigation as to the cause of
the fire shows that the church had
not been heated for a week. Janitor
Edward Magoon went to the church
about 2:30 Saturday to start the
furnace for heating the church Sun
day. After starting a fire in two fur
naces the janitor went to the front
of the church to sweep the walks
and shortly after the fire was dis
covered under the organ.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1903-01-28
The St. Louis Exposition.

1t is claimed for the st. Louis EX-
position that at will be the greatest
the world has ever SEEN" This is a
lofty claim, but it seems to be the de-
termination of the managers OF the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition to
Give up to it." 1t is also said in re-
gard to the great show that is to be-
that no great exposition has been
arranged for with so few appeals to
public attention, and the realization
is likely therefore to surpass public
expecta tons.
Among the facts which justify the
prediction of a worlds fair of record
making proportions at st. Louis are
these: The managers had fifteen
million dollars to start with. The
preparations have been made during
the period of greatest prosperity the
country has ever known. Co-opera-
tion on the part of City, State and
National Governments, and the in
terest taken in the enterprise by for
eign nations, have greatly aided the
managers in planning for large
things. The St. Louis people them
selves have worked and are working
unitedly and with enthusiasm to
make the affair a success. Altogether
the prospects are that it will be a
national and international event of
great interest.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1903-01-28

In repairing a floor in church at
Tampico, ILL.,, the workmen removed
a register in the aisle and forgot to
replace it when they left. There was
a wedding that night, and as Rev.
George Bernreture was walking up
the aisle, intently reading the mar
riage ceremony that was to unite
John OLSON and Matilda Gibson, he
stepped into the open hole and, to
the CONSERVATION of all present, fell
through the floor into the furnance
below. The furnace was hot, and the
unhappy pastor was badly scorched
before he could scramble off. The in
cident caused a rather exciting inter-
Jude in the ceremony, but the parson
was game and subse quently tied the
knot all right.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1903-01-28

Little by little the work of la J., ing
out electric railway lines in Vermont
progresses. One of these days the
state will be covered with network
OF railroads connecting every town of
any sz9 at all with it's npighbore.
And they will prove to be, what they
are already showing themselves to bp,
the greatest missionaries for indus
trial and general progress that the
state has ever had at work within her
borders. What Vermonters have
long needed has been transportation
facilities of this kind, that would not
only take care of present business de-
mands and promote more business
still, but that would permit the peo-
pie OF the state to see more of each
other, visit each others home towns
more easily and more frequently, ae-
quaint themselves with the varying
environments, and come to have a
better understanding of the necessi-
ties and resources of the state as a
whole. Vermonters need to ''get to-
gether. "-St. Adams Messenger.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1903-01-28
Whittier Are We Drifting 2
STOWE, Vermont,
Jan. 27, 1908.

| 1893 - .
Editor News and Citizen -
There is no denying the fact, that
the whole world is in tremulous
commotion! A feeling of unrest and
dissatisfaction permeates the whole
body-politic; ,murmurs and threats
are in the air. 1t is like the rumbling
of the distant earthquake, or the
muttering and perturbation of the
burning mountain just before the
crack of doom, when the pent up
fires burst forth, destroying all
within their reach. Recent events OF
momentous significance and of great
magnitude have called this nation to
the front, and as it now seems, here
after, this government will need
pretty strong, staunch, able, men,
with clear heads and brains, as well
as consummates skill in di plomacy, to
carry on all these marvellous achieve
ments at home and abroad.
Greed and an inordinate desire for
wealth have developed monopolies,
strikes and trusts, and now the
liquor power combines and comes
in for its share, threatening to make
the open saloon respectable. 1t too,
wants somethingfo nothing. What
does it offer the poor man? The
open saloon. What does it take
from him?
Is the open saloon the legacy we
wish to bequeath to our children and
to the young men of whom we are
so proud? The future Lincolns, Web
sters and Morrills, the Drawn and
strength of the nation.
Thus far under prohibitory laws,
Vermont has maintained her stand
ing as state of high moral worth
and political power, and comes in
for her share of glory in the affairs
at home and abroad. During the
Civil War Vermonters were put
ahead, ordered to the front in the
thickest of the fight; and they fought
well too, for their homes, and for the
honor of their own native State, so
dear to the heart of every Vermonter.
1t was Vermont soldier, Admiral
Dewey, who vanquished the naughty
Spaniard, and destroyed the Spanish
fleet at Manila Bay, announcing to
the whole world that the United
States was ahead in naval prowess.
1t was a Vermont Admiral who
swept the high seas in search of the
Spanish Armada and when Cevera
with his fleet attempted to escape
from Santiago Bay, Capt. Clark,
with the Oregon, was there.
When the American Legation were
terrorized by the Boxers in China
and Pekin it was a Vermont boy
who first scaled the walls in the face
of the furious foe and with the help
of those who followed his example
drove the Boxer element back, thus
saving the American Legation.
1t is to such young men that our
country owes much of its high
standing abroad. Now what shall
we do for these boys and young men
who are soon to take the places of
those who represent us in Congress
and in other countries, men who
stand shoulder to shoulder with the
ablest men of all parties, not only IN
our own country but in foreign
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1903-01-28
MaplehiII,

The sick ones are some better in these
parts.
Harold Jewett has been quite sick re-
Gently.
G. A. Foster called on friends here
recently.
Bill McGinnis returned from Eden
Tuesday.
Scion Brown of Greenfield is danger
ously i'll.
Mrs. A. NJ. Whitcomb spent Saturday
with her mother, Mrs. Burbank.
P. c. Jones and wife of Morrisville
spent Saturday night and Sunday at
H. F. Hurlburts. Mr.. Jones returned
TO Morrisville Sunday, but his wife
stayed at her fathers for weeks visit.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1903-01-28
NORTH CAMBRIDGE.

Mr.. and Mrs. D. S. Houghton, o Enos burg
visited here the last of the week.
George Mills, of johnson, is staying for a
few days at the home of p. 5. Curtis
The funeral of George Patch was held Sun
day, the Rev. Fl. c. Howard officiating.
The Ladies' Aid Society will meet with Mrs.
Dora Brush Thursday afternoonand evening.
Several persons from here attended the
temperance mass meeting at Jeffersonville
Sunday evening.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1903-01-28

Walter Barnes has very sick horse.
Fred Crowel1 left this morning for
few days sojourn at West Enosburgh.
Miss Mabel Lavine from Swanton is
spending several days with her aunt,
Mrs. John Manning.
Miss Libbie Hodges from the North
Village visited her friend, Miss Eva
Manning the first of the week.
Lyman Peck and wife we're called to
johnson last Tuesday to attend the
funeral of her sister, Mrs. Edmund
Perkins.
Clinton Styles, who has been in a
creamery at Burlington for the past four
months, has closed his engagement
there and returned home.
Arthur Hooper cut severe cash in
one foot while chopping wood for Wal
ter Barnes last Saturday. A doctor was
called and dressed the wounded mem
her
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1903-01-28
WkTERVIELE.

James Wilbur of Underhil was in town on
Saturday.
Earl Thomas OF Cambridge visited 81. A
Thomas last week.
Mr.. and Mrs, W L. Wells are visiting friends
in Elmore this week
Luther Leach of Keene, N. H., visited his
son, Frank, last week.
Mr.. and Mrs r. A. Wiley visited their son,
B. M. Wiley at Greensboro last week.
Frank Davis and John Lumbra OF Bakers
field we're in town on business last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. l.. Patterson of Cambridge
visited at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. N Stearns
last week