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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-07-03
DIED ON THE: FOURTH.
Three Presidents Have fassed Away
On the birthday Of the
United Ssates.

Three presidents Of the United
States died on the Fourth Of July,
two on its fifiieth anniversary. One
was Thomas jefferson. who 80 years
before had signed the Declaration Of
Indepe ndence, and John Adams. who
at the same time. had. after three
davs' debate, secured the adoption
of the Declaration. 1t might be taken
for granted that these two repre-
sentative men were warm personal
friends. even If history were silent
upon the subject which il is not.
When jefferson was dying on that
day which he had so signally helped
10 distinguish. his friend was also
breathing his last Adams did not
know Of Jefierson's illness, and his
last words were: Thomas jefferson
still survives" as If there was con-
ISOLATION in the thought. But his
friend had already passed from
earth.
President Monroe. whose famous
doctrine" has kept his memory
green. also died on the Fourth og
July ls3n. OF him Jefferson said:
IF his soul were turned inside out.
not a spot could be found on IT,"
Tha. Monroe, like his distinguished
friend and predecessor. should pass
away on the anniversary OF the in
dependence of the country he served
so faithfully. is touching coinci-
dence.
The first republican vice president
Of the United States, Hannibal Ham,
lin. closed his long career on the
Fourth Of july, lsoi.-Detroit Free
Press
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have shared. Promotions and increases
OF salary have been obtained for a
price.
A recent Washington dispatch to a
republican evening paper in this city
said that
although the crisis OF the investigation
OF pos, office department scandals Is ex-
pected TO come this week. and result in a
number Of arrests Of persons both IN and
put Of the postal service, the astonishing
statement was made at the department this
morning that the qualifications OF fraud
and scandal and Grimm ality are widening
At such an ever-increasing pace that the
INQUIRY, which has now been in active prog
ress for more than three months, will prob
ably last al. summer and may possibly even
extend through the next session OF con-
Iress."
A high authority" in the depart
ment is also cited by the same cor
respondent; as suggesting that
"By the time the legislative body corr
venes the disclosures Of corruption In the
postal service will be such that the re-
suits Will occupy a considerable portion OF
The time OF both houses and make the men,
Dry OF the famous star-route cases pale into
insigniiicance."
In this emergency what is the presi-
dent doing? Has he removed the post
master general who characterized the
charges as hot air" and denounced the
honest man who brought them as "a
wind-bag?" No; he has simply or
dered him not TO talk.
Has he directed the suspension or
removal Of any Of the officials under
whose administration these frauds
and abuses have occurred? Only one.
and that tardily. Two Of them have
been allowed 70 resign and another
has been given leave Of absence.
Has the president made any public
declaration Of his purpose ~ go 70 the
top as well as 10 the bottom and to see
that ''f,v guilty man escapes" No;
he has repeated his tiresome talk Of
the need Of big navy 70 protect us in
our aggressive" foreign po.icy-con-
,erning which the people Of this coun-
try are both innocent and ignorant
but has, as the Evening Post says.
kept silent when the enemies are Of
our own household"
II this policy Of silence and looking
for little scapegoats shall continue.
the democrats will need no other issue
for the campaign Of next year than
that embodied in the war-cry that
elected Tilden in 1876:
TURN THE RASCALS OUT"
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President Roosevelt made 265
speeches on his western trip. Does
anybody recall what he said?-Atlanta
journal.
We never thought 50 game q
standpatter as INK Mark would lay
down his hand to the first bluff.-At.
lanta Constitution (Dcm.).
There is new postage stamp
the stamp Of corruption. In size u
was as high as 20 per cent. Of govern
ment contracts.-Indianapolis SEN
tinel VDem).
III the populists are really goino
over to Teddy. why not make Jerry
Simpson his running mate? Teddy ana
Jerry ought to sweep something's
Memphis CONNIE sical-Apreal.
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.Why is il that Americans are SO
brave and self-possesscd?" asked one
European soldier.
"They are accustomed TO danger
from their earliest infancy" answered
the other. Every year they have an
ordeal OF Are and explosions, which
the youth of the country all attend.
something after the manner Of GER
tain remote Asiatic tribes. II Is bet-
ter known as the Fourth OF july
Warrington Star.
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Not <~ccsxnrtlv

Zone Wife Too Many" exclaimed
Mrs. Wederiy. as she glanced at the
headlines Of her husbands paper. II
suppose that l. on account Of the do.
ings of some bigamist."
mot necessarily, my dear" replied
her husband. without daring 70 look
up.-Cleveland Lender.
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Tess-O. yes. feel pretty sure Of
him. Irejected him when he proposed
Arst because | was positive he'd try
again.
.Jess-And you were right. He did
try again. and | accepted him.--Stray
Stories.
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In all the states where republi-
can state conventions are adopting
resolutions nominating Roosevelt for
1904 snap advantage is taken by
occupying the field, like squatter on
public land, year in advance Of the
proper time. The republican state
conventions this year cannot speak for
the republican conversions Of NEXT
year. Next years conventions will be
held for the special purpose Of elect
ing delegates to the republican ration
al convention by which a candidate
for president will be nominated.
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HIS Is
A. any one should AK you.
of even ~ AU OAs should
Inc Day Nc Celebrate.
Ina. Is,
tomorrow Is the LAY.
But We start in
AL oi oAe day previous
30 as 10 be certain
vi good measure.
Don't worry,
Or lose any sleep over II
>llI ~ no one should ask YOU
MANI, Never tear.
HWE Every one Will find 1t out
Ir.~ The man Who ul1n KNOW
MIN That II MAS
\llr The
(Ah Fourth
"a Os
i'm July
IN " ould have 10 be blind
Nm In both eyes.
blN Dear ia both cars
'NA And lame IA his Intellect
lxy\ To Dc perfectly sale
.LlAA IL would be- We'll a-so
~ IN For him 10 be
a In ds!ks-si Africa
o. n And 10 have been
IN "A Dead Ten years.
stitl1 There IS no danger
LIZA But people vi. md II out.
E-~Iitj IL iact.
Irflf Most OF them know It now
.yAI] AnC Those Who do not
N-Hl Are rapidly acquiring
.Nti\ The information.
. \: y: IL: & !: !: :: : ::
IN Along about th.s time OF year
\ n II IS one OF the
Most obvious facts
III Ever brought 10 the attention
mn OF "A great people.
mn IL il caster than falling
I'M From bicycle
NlI/ To know when IL Is
XVIII The Independence day.
-e%tL- Al. one has To do
-1sl~- Is 10 remove one head
-//yl\\ From between The pillows,
'/UlA Take tho cotton
x&<ti out OF one ears
<<.S And listen
Iz[<z< Fourth OF July.
ME Was invented by the Yankees
The Chinese worked patiently
@ For many centuries
I'm And invented the flrecracker
ETMM Together they make
rNXlW A great combination,
Z1HXyV Also "a noise
Z///ZW Which resembles the shot
mrs That was heard round ths
I'M world.
I III Only ~ louder.
///A IN he o,len times
:. Fourth 81 july
81 tA Was comparatively Larm.esA
OK Th"avtrase boy
\vNNN Had about i've cents
X W To spend
y IL That would buy ioD crackers.
~ After they were touched on
, n lie was through
~ Possibly he got up in the morn
J no ing
As And shot OF the old musket.
~ But he Was not allowed
@ To waste ammunition
a During the day.
NJ No one was hurt
Unless he ate too much.
Now IL Is different.
~ The small boy
~ Who Is not allowed
A. To have two 10y pistols,
| = One in each hand.
A firecracker between each toe
4 ND And a bunch OF cannon crack
WA ers
KN To throw into street cars
!" " Thinks he is abused
And that his father
ynxS Is not patriotic
lANA Many years have passed
Since we licked the British
" But, say, we did such Job
OF IL that we are
NV Obliged to get together
vi once every year and
AMN Yeil
1lN/ our forefathers fought.
WV Bled and died
= That we might shoe. Are
/<IslN crackers
/IllM once n year
m w Provided we had the money
IA\ or credit
To get them
They licked the British
~ SO thoroughly
That the latter
Ia Never interfere
with our innocent sports
~ And we are at liberty
K To shoot on our thumbs
20 Ears or toes
Nv To express our feelings
.A Then turn the Small Boy loose.
~ Give him full swing.
ntA And matches.
As well as guns.
I" Let him enjoy himself
Nv While we
mn, TAX. 10 the woods.
NV/ Chicago Daily News
~ o,XN/M>>
"a NEAsasaM
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A ten-c.nt argument often enis 10
. 90 quarrel. Chicago Daily News,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-07-03

I'VE or six years ago.
when the rainmaking eN-
pcriments were being
conducted, first at Wash
ington, afterward in Tex
as, my college chum and
! became greatly inter
ested in the subject.
We were then sophie
mores at II. Elementary
chemistry was our regu-
lar course OF study that
year, and we spent most OF
The Press., 1903-09-03
HAMPDEN.

Rev. John Cameron resigned the
pastorate of the First Baptist church
at Hampden Sunday, and has accepted
call to the Baptist church at St.
Adams, vt. The church accepted the
resignation, and Mr.. Cameron will
leave for his new charge this week.
The Hampden church also voted Sun
day to extend unanimous call to Rev.
Darius I'll. Stoddard, of Worcester,
who was formerly pastor of the Chico
pee Falls Baptist church.
Patrick Mccarthy, an old and much
respected citizen of Hampden, died at
his home Sunday evening at 7. He
came to this country from County
Cork, Ireland, in 1850, and spent most
of his life in Hampden, with the ex-
ception of two years in Stafford. He
leaves a widow, who before marriage
was Miss Mary Daley. He also leaves
four sons, Patrick, Jr., and Charles
A., living at home, John L. and Tim
othy E. of Mantle, Ct, and three
daughters, Mrs. Edward Conlin, Mrs.
Thomas Lyons and Mrs. j. J. Curtin.
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In 1891 Georg Brandes happened to
be with some friends at Sandwich,
near Christiania, when they heard that
Ibsen was staying at the local hotel
They decided to invite him to dinner,
but he declined when he was told that
there would be nine persons at the ban
Quet. 81 never dine with 50 large a
party" he, said Finally he was per
suaded tojsay YES" but In the mean
time he/number Of persons whose re-
quest to4be present Brandes could not
possibly trefuse had grown % twenty
two. Ibsen was furious when he dis
covered fthis, but Brandes managed 70
get himfto the dining room, where. how
ever. the poet looked 30 fOrbidding that
champagne, had to be served immedi-
ately afterithe soup to give courage to
the guests. Ibsen acted like bear all
the evening. When one OF the guests.
an actress, remarked that she liked his
roles better than any others he an
swered grufffy: II do not write any
roles. represent characters, and I
neverfwork for any actor or actress"
The Press., 1903-09-03
shavinR In EEpN.

The earliest reference to shavingrof
the beard is found in Genesis XII, Il,
where we read thatJJoseph on being
summoned before the king shaved
himself. There are several references
as to shaving in Leviticus, and the
practice Is alluded to- in many other
parts Of the Bible. However, Egypt
is the only country mentioned in the
Bible where shaving was practiced.
In all other. countries at that time
such an act would have been consid-
cred ignominious. Herodotus men,
tons that the Egyptians allowed their
boards to grow when they were in
mourning. So particular were theytas
to shaving at all other times that to
have neglected 1t was ito make one
self the butt of coarse land ridiculous
jokes.
Even in this day and age when the
Egyptian wants to convey the idea
OF a man of lowI condition and sloven-
~ habits he always pictures to you
a man with a fulli beard. This notion
Is very. ancient. a fact attested by
works of art found in burial monu-
mentsidating back thousands Of gears.
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Left Her Editor I'm Tears.

Little Miss Vera's ideas of the sus-
eeptibility of the editorial heart are
somewhat exaggerated. She has been
deeply impressed of late blythe cratic
movements of mature friend who
prepares manuscript for newspapers
and SO has come to be something Of
writer herself. Over page after page
she scrawls undecipherable sentences
In her unsteady, primary department
hand, and when the stories are fin
ished she submits them In person to
an imaginary editor whom she has
dubbed Mr.. Bunting"
One day last week she told her friend
that she had written a new story.
what is it aboutP' asked the friend.
"Oh," was the reply, II can't tell. 1t
is too sad to talk about"
The friend asked no further Ques-
tons, and presently Vera volunteered
additional information. 81 took 1t
downtown and showed 1t to Mr.. Blunt
ing today" she said.
"YesT said her friend. "what did
he say about it?' &C.,
"He didn't say anything" was the
reply, "but he just cried as If his heart
would break."@New York Press.
The Press., 1903-09-03


The London Globe,contains number
Of amusing answers to q recent exami-
nation fOr Office boys In q government
Office. Some Of the descriptions OF a
volcano. are graphic: .
"a volcano Is a hill. and smoke raises
from the top" ...,.r ..... II
"a Volcano is a Mountain with SOL
phur and collection Of Iron and led.
Soon aftor few years they get hot
and bursts the mountain Does O lot OF
Damage to the country"
"a volcano is a mountain which his
O large amount of lather and this some
times overdows and burns villages
down" ... ....
The most fiattering answer runs as
follows: 'The boundaries Of England
are united states america and Eu-
rope" Latitude and Longitude" said
another student, ARE terms used to de-
scribe certain spots On the sea-" AZ.
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COVENTRY.
South Coventry.

RNC@e@&s
Mrs Morgan, wife of Deacon James
Morgan, is quite i'll.
whooping cough is still quite prev
alent about the village.
VIM. Weaver is ont with fine new
cart, bearing the words South Coven-
try Bakery.
A SON, Howard Burton, was born to
Mr.. and Mrs. Burton Carpenter, Tues
day, Aug. %.
leaving for their homes and various
occupations, which shows summer is
nearing the end.
Joseph, the four old child of
Mr.. and Mrs. Theophile Houle, died
last week, and was buried in st. Ma
RVS cemetery last Sunday.
The work of repairing the Congre-
gational church has begun. Rev.
Nestor Light is expected home this
week, and the usual church services
will be held next Sunday morning.
The school in the lower village,
Miss Faith Potter teacher, began Mon
day. School in the Ripley Hill dis
trict has been reopened,. Mrs. Peter
son, wife of Principal Peterson of Will
limantic high school, is the teacher.
School in the village will commence
Sept. 9Th, with Miss E. A. Newell
principal. Miss Hattie Little Of Will
limantic intermediate and Miss E.
Gertrude Colburn primary teachers
School in Flanders district, Miss Mel
lie Potter teacher, and South street,
Miss Ethel Christy of Boston teacher,
began Monday. .t
The ladies' society of the Congrega-
tional church gave an entertainment
in the vestry of the church Monday
evening. There was large attend
ance. There was a charade in three
acts, entitled Waterfall, - which the
audience was allowed to guess. Much
credit is due those who took part. It
was presented in very creditable
Following is the cast of
Miss Melinda Crawford,
an eccentric old maid, very rich, Miss
Alice Washburn; Herbert Crawford,
Miss Melinda's nephew, Eugene Lati-
mer; Helen Crawford, Herbert's wife,
Miss Helen Wood; Mrs. Graves, land
lady of seaside boarding house, Mrs.
Bertha Fuller; Hattie, Mrs. Graves
niece, Miss Grace Washburn; Aramin-
Ia Seraphina Letitia Harriet, a color
I'D servant Mrs. Frederickson. Be-
tween the acts there were cornet duets
BY Joseph Pipen and VIM. Tracy, and
vocal solos by Miss Mabel Tracy. and
Miss Charlotte Albertin.
The Press., 1903-09-03


The September term of the superior
court opens next Tuesday before Judge
Shumway. The following are among
the new cases returned to the court !:
John Adams and his wife, Aloisie,
bring suit against Charles p. Will
liams of Hebron for damages of %, 500.
The plaintiffs allege that they agreed
with the defendant to buy his farm
in Wellington, and that Williams rep
resented that the farm contains 300
acres. The place was known as the
Simeon Williams place. They paid
$500 in cash and gave a mortgage Of
1,475. The plaintiffs now claim that
the farm contained only 200 acres, and
that the defendant knew it when the
farm was sold Albert S. Hurlburt
of Somers brings suit against @. II.
Kelleher of Roxbury, Mass, for 800
damages. The case was tried in a
Justice court and decided in favor of
the plaintiff. An appeal was taken
by the defendant. Willard P. Fuller
VI OUTLETS dS1AAob
Pease and others of Ellington for the
foreclosure of a mortgage on farm
in Stafford. Antoine Augstein of Gov
entry brings suit against Theodore
Julow of Rockville for damages of
$500, alleging misrepresentation in the
sale of a farm. There are four new
divorce cases as follows: Phoebe Eva
Squires VS.. Lucius E. Squires of Mans
field, on the ground of intemperance
and intolerable cruelty; Robert Will
bur of Hebron VS.. Olive Wilbur on
the ground of adultery and intemper-
ance; Emma CROUCH of Vernon VS..
William CROUCH of Ireland, on the
ground of desertion; Celia Miffit VS..
John Miffit of Vernon, on the ground
of desertion, intemperance and intol-
cradle cruelty. ... Is: ......
The criminal cases will be tried at
Holland ON the afternoon of Tuesday,
Sept. 8, and are as follows: State VS.
Charles Mitchell, charged with COM
hitting a nuisance in we'll; state
VS.. Frank King, same offense; state
VS.. Alice Cunningham, larceny; state
VS.. George Mcclellan, larceny and
breaking.
The Press., 1903-09-03

STOMACH TRoUBLR.-I have been trou-
bled with my stomach for the past four
years." says D. L. Beach Of Glover Nook
Farm, Greenfield, Macs. "a few days
ago was induced to buy q box Of Cham
berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets.
have taken part Of them and feel q great
deal better" II you have any trouble
With your stomach try q bog Of these
Tablets. You are certain to be pleased
with the result. Price % cents.
For sale by e. K. Taft, II. r. Cady,
Stafford; g. Hall, Jr., d Co., South VII
lingtOn.
The Press., 1903-09-03
The Word Arno.tic.

Professor Huxley invented the word
'agnostic." Finding himself one day
a IMAM without a rag Of a label to
cover himself with" he concluded to
call himself by a name Of his own
coming. It came into his head, said
Huxley, as suggestively antithetic to
the gnostic Of church history, who pro
fessed to know so much about the very
things of which he himself was ig-
norant. and the professor ''took the
very earliest opportunity OF parading
1t at our society, to show that I, too,
had a tail like other foxes"
The Press., 1903-09-03
NOTICE.

Whereas, 1. the subsci be-, have levied a tax
warrant upon cert ain real estate situated in the
town of Union, County OF ROLAND and state OF
connecticut. taxed and assessed to y. A. Macal-
lister estate, and supposed to belong to y. A.
Macalister estate at the time OF assessment,
which real estate is bounded as follows: First
tract. MOI herly by land Of Frank cummings.
easterly by highwar, s III heTly by land OF r. "
Newell, westerly by land OF George Wa'lac" and
). Newell, aud containing ninety-four acres.
more or less. Second tract, bounded mort hcr.y
by State line, easterly by land OF NJ. Shepard.
southerly by land Of s. D. curtis. westerly by
land of Buvla, containing for acres, more
or lesS said levy being for he payment or tax
es du" the town of Union on lists OF 9OO 1901
and 1902 and amounting with legal interest 10
$3i ". This Is tn give notice that the n b
day of Noven'b Der. 1903 al 2 O'Clock D. m, at the
sign post near h. town house in said nion ]
shall sell enrugh of said zeal s. ate 10 pay said
taxes, together with the Lawful SIS and
CHI trges h reon. +. T.. U"HAM
collector of Taxes. Town OF Union
Union, conn.,, August 81, 1903. 3w
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NOTICE.

Whereas, ], the subsc iber, have Ievtef a tax
wal rant upon cert ain real est ate uafed in the
Town OF Union. county OF TO land and state IL
connecticut. taxed an assessed to Levi X" DIS
estate and supposed to belong 10 evi Reeds
est ate at the time OF assessment, which real .
tate is bounded as follows: Nori heIIy bv land
formerly of William II. Horton, east rly by land
OF Loren BoSworth, sOutherlv by Ian of Mrrrick
A. Marcy. westerly by an Old highway, now dis
continued, and containing forty acres, more OF
less. said levy being for the Payment OF taxes
due the town of Union on lists OF 1901 and 1902
and amounting with legal interest to s4s4
This is to give notice that on he 9TH day OF No
vember 19O3 at 10 o'clock a. M, at the sign post
near the town house In said Union. / shall sell
enough of said real estate to pay said taxes, to-
gether with the Lawful costs and charges there
on. f, L. UPHAM
Collector OF Taxes. Town OF Union.
Union, Conn.,, August 81, 1903. 3w
The Press., 1903-09-03

DIR. David Kennedy's new medicine,
Cal-cura Solvent, has been successful In
cases which have baffled good doctors /;
and what it has done 1t may be trusted to
do again. Whett er your trouble be acute
or chronic the result will be the same ;
only in old cases you must be faithful
and patient For full informa ton and a
q free sample bottle write to the Cal-cura
Company, Rondout, N. Y. 1
The Press., 1903-09-03

WANTED.-SEvERAL INDUSTRIOUS PER
sons In each state to travel for house estab--
lished eleven years and with a large capital, to
and profitable line. Permanent engagement.
Weekly cash salary of $18 and all travelling ex-
penseS and hotel bills advanced in cash each
week. Experience not essential. Mention ref
erence and enclose Self-addressed envelope.
THE NATIONAL, 1874 Dearborn st., Chicago.
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Married..

West Stafford, Aug. 31st, by Rev. 81.
T. Barnard, Lewis Morse and Mrs. Alice
Buck.
Mystic, Aug. 25th, by Rev. B. U. Hat
field, Delva Brown of Stafford Springs
and Miss Clara Rosalie Espeg.
Mansfield, list, by Rev. Leonard Smith,
Gilbert Williams Of Mansfield and Mrs.
Josephine Schenck of Hartford.