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smith and that she would not live In
hole IKE Tow Head for all the Smiths
In the weird. Shanghai and the tall
one came along later. They all took the
IL .O6 train for the city.
Bunty kept his tryst faithfully ana
returned, downcast and disappointed,
10 Tow Head on the 6:15. He did not
zee Shanghai and his female compan-
lon until they stepped from the train
nc home. Then Shanghai took q letter
from his pocket and handed 1t to Bun
~. "She forgot to put the 'Bunty' on
the envelope this time," he said. IAN
no she found me stead o. you. Now
she's my wife,"
Bunty looked at the letter. "Car'line,"
said he. Then he studied Caroline's
face. "Well. Shanghai" he said.
syou're welcome to her"
Bunty called ON the Widow Dunnigen
early that evening. He sighed content
edly as he settled down In a rocker on
her front porch. How much better
were the simple pleasures OF life. after
all. than the race for conquest and
riches!
Guess we might as well git married,
Betty" he remarked conclusively.
Betty laughed. You're too late, Bun
IT," she said. II promised Jake Laster
two weeks ago while you was a-couTt-
In them other women by mail"
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wem4slaea0m I'm f1ae FsaA.

some customers have nonsensicaI %
lions about the proper way to ventilate
hat" said fashionable halter. I'm
fact, they are so whimsical about II
that we make the hats without ven
tilator and try to suit the wishes of
the customer after he has handed his
money to the salesman. Many custom
ers will not have hat ventilated at
all. Well, they miss a great deal of
comfort and take long chances for
badness In old age. The English style,
and the only one that some buyers will
adopt, 10 a ring Of perforated holes In
the crown Of the hat. In my opinion 1t
Ia just as well to have no ventilator at
all as to put 1t there. The best way Is
to have two holes, one on each side of
the hat, just above the band Then
you get good circulation all the time.
There are ways of punching the holes
artistically so that they do not detract
from the appearance Of the hat. But
you would be surprised at the number
Of men who will not have them, some
because 1t La not fashionable and 9TH
ers because they think the hat will not
wear 30 well. York Times.
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The human heart Is practically a
force pump about six inches In length
and four inches In diameter. 1t beats
10 times per minute, 1920 times per
hour, 100 800 times per day and &c.
10000 times per year and 1876, 44O,-
600 times In seventy years. which is
mans appointed threescore years and
ten" At each of these beats 1t forces
215 ounces Of blood through the sys-
tenn, 175 ounces per minute, 656A
pounds per hour or TOO tons per day.
All the blood in the body, which Is
about thirty pounds. passes through
the heart every three minutes. This
little organ pumps every day what il
equal to lifting 122 tons one foot high
or one ton 122 feet high-that is. one
ton to the top OF forty yard mill
chimney or sixteen persons seven
score each to the same height. Dur
ing the seventy years of mans life
this marvellous little pump, without q
single moments rest, night or day,
discharges the enormous quantity Of
17a,S50 tons of blood.
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One Recommendation.

The members Of political party in a
certain county were holding a conven-
ton to nominate a candidate for treas
urer The leading aspirant was man
who had formerly been noted as base
ball player He had made a great rec
ord as a batsman, but was VIGOROUSLY
slow In running bases.
The man who had placed him in NOM
ination made a speech eulogiZing him
as a man and a citizen. He was fol-
lowed by others in the same vein, and
things seemed to be going smoothly
enough when one of the delegates rose
and said:
"Mr. Chairman, are good men SO
scarce that we have to choose a base
ball player for the most important Of
fee in the county, involving the ham
ding of hundreds of thousands of dol
larsY' . +
"Mr. Chairman" replied the original
mover, 1T is true that the candidate /
have mentioned was a ball player, but
let me ask you, Mr.. Chairman, Is there
q man here who ever saw him steal
even a base?'
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Shelley Liked Bread.

The poet Shelley was very simple In
his tastes and found his chief pleasure
In long, solitary rambles. Bread be-
came his chief sustenance when his
regimen attained to that austerity
which afterward distinguished it. He
could have lived on bread alone with
out repining.
''Do you know" he said one day to
a friend. with much surprise, that
Mr.. G. does not like bread? Did You
ever know a person who disliked
breadY His friend explained to him
that Mr.. G. probably had no objection
to bread In moderate quantity at a
proper time and. with the usual ad.
juncts and was only unwilling to de-
YOUR several pounds of dry bread at a
meal.
Shelley had no such objection; his
pockets were generally well stored
with bread. Sometimes he ate with
his bread. the common raisins which
he bought at small grocers' shops.
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A Famous Pudding.

There is no other pudding on earth
to which SO much honor is paid as the
huge beefsteak pudding served up
daily at the most famous tavern In
London. Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese. In
Fleet street.
This pudding has been served up
every day without break for nearly
200 years. Garrick, Goldsmith and
DR.. johnson used to enjoy it. Every
great writer in England makes a point
OF eating 1t today. 1t is inseparably
associated with English literature.
Every evening after the pudding is
cooked there is a solemn procession.
The proprietor Of the tavern, bearing
the pudding on big dish, goes first,
followed by the cooks, the walters and
the entire staff. They bear the pud-
ding all around the tavern, the Gus
toners doing homage to 1t. Then and
not till then it may be cut up and
eaten,
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In Persia and In Japan pipes about
che size Of baby's thimble are used,
providing two draws, a great waste of
time. 1t is the Chinaman, however
who In smoking gets endless work out
Of practically nothing at all.
He carries little box about twice
the size OF an ordinary silver cigarette
case. This is half filed with water. In
one end Ia a removable tiny tube to
serve as pipe. At the other end Ia the
pipestem. First Of all, he removes
the tube and blows through 1t to re
move all blockage. Then he fumbles
through his awkward clothes, search
Ing for tobacco and produces bit of
rag In which 1t is wrapped.
Carefully he extracts wad OF tobac-
co, puts away his rag and slowly
plugs the tube, which holds perhaps
the tenth part of an ordinary cigarette.
But he never has any matches.
So he has to borrow or hunt out a
brown paper stem and light tit
CLOVIS for long time and can be puff
ed into fame again-he gives a long
draw; slowly. appreciativeiy, the
smoke oozes from between his Celes-
tial lips; he splits; he draws again and
gets small result. The smoke Is over.
He removes the tube, blows through 1t,
and the proceeding begins all over
again.
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Curry.

Curry is native to India. It is a con.
course Of atoms, not fortuitous, but as
marvellous result of the Hindoo sub
tlety, judgment and taste, as Nirvana
and the transmigration of souls are OF
the subtlety, philosophy and attractive
ness of the Buddhistic belief Curry is
q vegetable; rather curry is vegetables.
1t is anise, coriander, cumin, mustard
poppy seeds, allspice, almonds, asafeti-
da. ghee, cardamom seeds, chilli berries,
cinnamon, cloves, cocoanut, cocoanut
milk. oil, curds, fenugreek seeds, an In
dian nut can't spell, garlic, onion, gin
ger, lime juice, vinegar, mace, man
goes. nutmeg, pepper, saffron, salt, tam
arinds and turmeric.
These are all pounded together, dried
In an oven or in the sun. When bot
tied, IL Ia the powder which comes to
us as Indian curry. Now, is 1t not
worth admiring the wit and skill that
have brought together such number
OF ingredients and out of them have
evolved an article SO entirely different
from each and in which there is not
one elementary tracer -Harpers.
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WIZ Cold La Rare

Why Is gold SO rare? Simply because
IL ts heavy. There are only two metals
that are heavier namely, platinum and
iridium. Remember that at the begin
ming the earth was body of gas. By
gradual condensation it became liquid
while now the whole of its mass save
only an outer crust much thinner in
proportion to the whole bulk than is the
shell of an egg would be fluid but for
the fact that 1t is held together by ire
mendous pressure. Naturally In the
course of its formation about a center
OF attraction the weightier particles
composing the globe gathered about
that center. Accordingly we find that
the earth as a whole weighs five times
as much as water, while the rocks
forming the crust are only about two
and half times as heavy as water
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Lost Pins.

what becomes or p1nSg
1t would really seem rejecting upon
the daily disappearance of pins that
the earth would be covered with them
and that the annual fall IL measured
would amount to several inches. Wo-
men who start out with pins playing
q useful part In the details of a gown
will tell you that they never can find
a pin; that they are always buying
pins; that they are eternally loaning
them. In the dressmaker's rooms the
expenditure for pins is no small item.
The average dressmaker uses and
loses twelve papers OF pins a. month.
Yet the floors. Of her rooms are not
matted with them, and frequently her
wall goes up, what has become Of all
the pinsT Where indeed do they. go2
Is there a crust Of pins subtly forming
under the everyday sweep that will
puzzle explorers In some far age to
come Ledger.
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Plenty to TAX Aheut.

Hixh 10 on the side OF Cumberland
mountain traveller found cabin In
such a lonely place that he wondered
how the old mountaineer and his wife
entertained each other.
do you and your wife see many
people here"
scarcely ever see anybody. sub. I"
was his reply.
'~Then you have to depend entirely
upon yourselves for socieUT
That's IL, subj"
GAnd what do you find to talk
aboutT the visitor continued, having
noticed that neither was inclined to
conversation.
what do we find. Marthaf r. he ap-
pealed to her.
"Heaps, I reckon" she said. when
breakfast is ready In the morning
says to You to sot down to CON coffee
and hoecake."
Eyes" >.. -.-
"When It's noon and you are hang
ing about says that hoecake and CON
coffee is ready"
Eyes" s. ...-
"And when It's can0Iel1ght i sort or
jerks my head, and you bitches up to
sorghum and hoecake and wants to
know why we don't have bacon. Amt
that talk enough, Stranger
"But there are the evenings" said
the traveller. ..-. s.-....4
Eyes, thar's the evenings, Of co'se.
and says I reckon 1t will be fine
same thing, and we wind up the clock
and go to bed. Oh, don't reckon we
are suffering to death for the want Of
somebody to CAB to."-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Press., 1903-08-13

The new borough of Stafford Springs
was ushered into being on Monday. Tie
threatened running of anti borough ticket
was abandoned. and the marlborough men
instead at their caucus passed resolutions
In favor OF a borough, but Of strict con-
servatism in the matter OF expenses. and
made up a ticket In part composed Of
signers of the petition for a borough, and
who are still In sympathy with the move
ment, their candidate for warden being
one Of these. The change of front caused
some apprehension on the part OF the
borough party, the election coming at q
season when so many Of the voters were
absent at the sea shore and other places,
but the r, suit of the vote settled very cor
clusively the question whether the people
wanted borough or rot. The number
OF registered voters was 253, Of whom 1856
voted. The result Of the vote we give
FOR WARDEN.
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The Yictorta Medal.

The Victoria medal Is made out OF
bronze from Russian guns captured In
the Crimean war. The design is the
work of the prince consort OF Queen
Victoria. The medals are made sep
arately and only when one is needed
Thus when some soldier or sailor, no
matter what his rank may be-. has
shown Conspicuous bravery or devo-
ton to the country In the presence OF
danger" as the act reads. the war Office
sends to the royal jewelers. the bronze
needed for the metal. 1t is carefully
cast, fled smooth around the edges
and then the design La brought out by
chasing. The soldiers medal Is sus-
pended by red ribbon ana that Of the
sailor by a blue piece of silk.
The Press., 1903-08-13

There is II story in Persian literature
Of certain poet who came before a
great man and praised him very or
nately. The rich man was very pleased
and said: Ready money ! have not:
nevertheless there is in my granaries
very much corn. If you come tomor-
row | will give you some" The poet
went to his own house and on the NOR
row presented himself to his patron
The rich man asked him, why have
you comeT' He said: Yesterday you
promised to give me corn. For this rea-
son am | come" The rich man said:
"A most wonderful fool thou art What
you said to me gave me pleasure What
have said to you equally pleased you
Why. then. should give you cornr
The poet was covered with shame and
denarted
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The Four Lettered Name of God,

Is 1t not passingly singular at least
that the name of God should be spelled
with four letters In almost every
known language? In Latin it is Deus;
Greek. Zeus: Hebrew, Adon; Syrian.
Adad: Arabian. ALA: Persian, Syra
Tartarian, bga: Egyptian, Aumn or
Gent: East Indian, Esgi or Zenl: Jap
anese, Zain: Turkish, Addi; Scandina-
Wan. Odin; Wallachian. Zenc; Croa-
tan. Doga; Dalmatian, Rogt; Tyrrhe
MAN. Eher; Etrurian, Chur: Margarian.
Oese: Swedish, Codd: Irish, Dich: Ger
man, Colt; French, Dieu: Spanish,
Dios; Peruvian. Liam.
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OF DooToR-s'I am just up from hard
spell OF the flux' (dysentery), says Mr..
T. A. Primer, a we'll known merchant of
Drummond, Tenn. 81 used one small
bottle of Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera
and Diarrf ea Remedy and was cured
without having doctor. consider 1t
the best cholera medicine In the world"
There is no need of employing a doctor
when this remedy is used, for no doctor
can prescribe better medicine for bowel
complaint In any form, either for children
or adults. 1t never falls, and Is pleasant
to take.
For sale by e. z. Taft, III. r. Cady,
Stafford; g. Hall, Jr., & Co., South VIII
lington.
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Nothing can be truly great which Ia
not right.-JohnsOn.
End of Bitter Fight.

1.-TWO physicians had long and stub
born fight with an abcess on my RICH
lung'' writes J. F. Hughes of Dupont
Ga, land gave me up Everybody
thought my time had come. AS las
resort I tried DR.. Kings New Discover,
for Consum ton. The benefit received
was striking and was on my feet In &
few days Now I've intirely regained m.
health" 1t conquers all Coughs. Colds
and Lung troubles. Guaranteed by A. G.
Eaton's Drug Store. Price SOC, and 81 90
Trial bottles free.
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advertising pays" has come to be
an axiom of modern methods. The
business man who tries to be success
full without 1t is tempting fate instead
Of fortune. The American nation to-
day is recognized abroad as the great
est Industrial and commercial PROPOSE
ton in the world, and the American
nation spends $25O.OO0.OOO annually In
advertising its Observation-Disclosures
Herald
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Nor OVER WISE There Is an old ALE
gorical picture of q girl scared at q grass
hopper, but In the act of heedlessly tread
ing on snake. This Ia paralleled by
the man who spends large sum Of money
building cyclone cellar, but negIects TO
provide his family with q bottle OF Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Dtarrh@a
Remedy as o safeguard against bowel
complaints, whose victims outnumbeF
those OF the cyclone q hundred TO one.
This remedy Is everywhere recognized %
the most prompt and reliable medicine In
use for these diseases.
For sale by e. z. Taft, III. II. Cady,
Stafford; @. Hall, Jr., 4 Co., South Wil-
lington.
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DR.. Geo. Ewing, practicing physician
of Smiths Grove, KY, for over thirty
years, writes his personal experience with
Foley's Kidney Cure: "For years had
been greatly bothered with kidney ard
bladder trouble and enlarged prostrate
gland. used everything known to the
profession without relief, until i COM
menced to use Foley's Kidney Cure. AZ
ter taking three bottles was entirely re-
lieved and cured. prescribe It now daily
In my practice and heartily recommend
its use to all physicians for such troubles
I have prescribed 1t In hundreds OF cases
WITH perfect success" Sold by E. K
Taft.
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Suicide Preventesa.

The startling announcement that q pre-
ventive of suicide has been discovered
will interest many. A run down system,
or dependency invariably precede suicide
and something has been found that will
prevent that condition which makes sui
eide likely. At the first thought of self
destruction take Electric Bitters. II
being a great tonic and nervine will
tIengthen the nerves and build up the
sy stem. It's also great Stomach, Liver
and Kidney regulator. Only sos. Salts
faction guaranteed by A. G. Eaton, Drug
gist.
The Press., 1903-08-13
A sealskin Church.

The Eskimos possessed the most re-
markable place of worship in the
world. 1t was sealskin church. For
ty sealskins We're stretched over a
light framework, and In this tent. Is
by IL feet, services were held every
Sunday. But the church came to an
untimely end. One hard winter the
Eskimos' dogs. being half famished,
dined on the sealskins. and only the
frame was left. The Eskimos have
now erected dog proof tabernacle
The Press., 1903-08-13

G. Unger, gil Maple street, Champaign,
ILL.,, writes: ''I was troubled with O hack
ing cough for year and thought had
consumption. / tried q great many rem
edies and was under the care of physicians
for several months. used one bottle OF
Foley's Honey and Tar. 1t cured me.
and have not been troubled since" Sold
bv T.. x. Taft.
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"You call Eat building a fire trapY I"
asked the perplexed foreigner. How
can a house be trap for re freT'
"lt catches fire 50 easily. Seer said
the native.
But he couldn't see, such Is the I'M
readiness of the unframed foreign in
tellect in grasping the idioms OF our
rich and expressive Ianguage.-Chica-
go Tribune.
The Press., 1903-08-13
Her Brilliaal.y

Bacon-Did understand you to SHY
your wife said the conversation was
brilliant and sparkling?
Observation-Disclosures are her exact
words. -..r.
"What was she doing at the timer
"Oh. she was furnishing the CONVEX
sation." -Yonkers Statesman
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An Unjust Aspersion.

Eyes, our society's new president GER
tainly is busy woman. but they say
she is neglecting her duties as a wife
and mother"
THAT is not true. know for fact
that she manages to see her family al
most every day."-Brooklyn Life.
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Co q HeHNAOm m.

Pardon me. DEAR" said the village
editors bride. for appearing at dinner
in my wrapper, but -..
ooh, that's all right interrupted the
knight of the paste pot; ''some of our
best thoughts come to us in wrappers
st. Louis Star.
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81 had diabetes In It's worst FORM
writes Marion Lee of Dunreath, Ind. 81
tried eight physicians without relief. Only
three bottles of Foley's Kidney Cure made
me we'll man." Sold by e. x. Taft.
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dead yet
The Broker-No, but there are a lot
who dye every day, aren't therc?-
Yonkers Statesman.
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A Bit Unkfnd.

Holden Burgess says he always
says what he thinks.
Belden-That accounts for 1t. Saw
him at the club last night, and he
didn't utter word the whole evening.
Boston Transcript.
The Press., 1903-08-13
w aver11aR.

Nervous Old Lady addressing officer
on board a passenger steamer)-Oh,
captain, l wish you'd go and speak to
the man at the wheel. He keeps turn
ing it first one way and then the other,
and I'm sure he doesn't know his own
mind.-LOndon King.
The Press., 1903-08-13

Employer-Yes, advertised for q
strong boy. Think you will fill the bill
/ Applicant-Well, just finished lick.
In nineteen other applicants out In de
hall.-St. Louis Star.
The Press., 1903-08-13

Foley's Kidney Cure is a medicine free
from poisons, and will cure any case Of
kidney disease that is not bevond the
reach of medicine. Sold by e. Kaft.
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omHae n namerenca

sWhat IN the difference between q
@own and q. creationT' e. ~ ag4
II can't give you the exact figures,
but it's o small fortune" Chicago
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Folax,a Kidney Cure

Will cure Bright's Disease.
Will cure Diabetes.
VIII cure Stone In Bladder. =z
Will cure Kidney and Bladder Diseases.
Sold by e. K. Taft.
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Foley's Kidney Cure will cure all dis
eases arising from disordered kidneys or
bladder. Sold by e. K. Taft.
The Press., 1903-08-13

Foley's Honey and Tar affords immedi-
ate relief to asthma sufferers In the worst
stages. and IL taken In time will effect a
cure. Sold by e. K. Taft.
The Press., 1903-08-13

Stafford Springs, 4, 1878, son to A. b.
Studley.
Stafford (Hollow,) 5th, daughter to
Edmund Sullivan.
Marriages -Stsffordville, August 10th,
1873, by Rev. Henry Haradon and Sarah
Colburn, both OF Staffordville.
Stafford Springs, Aug. 7th, by Rev. Mr..
Stanley, Sanford West and Pheba West,
both OF Stafford.
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Mrs. Mollie Allen, Of South Fork, Ky
says she has prevented attacks Of cholera
morbus by taking Chamberlain's Stomach
and Liver Tablets when she felt an attack
coming on. Such attacks are usually
caused by Indigestion, and these Tablets
are just what is needed to cleanse the
stomach and ward OF the approaching at
tack. Attacks of bilious collie may be
prevented In the same way.
For sale by e. z. Taft, H. r. Cady,
Stafford g. Hall, Jr., & Co., South Will
lington.
The Press., 1903-08-13

Many persons In this community are
suffering from kidney complaint who
could avoid fatal results by using Foley g
Kidney Cure. Sold by e. K. Taft.
The Press., 1903-08-13
THIRTY YEARS AGO.
August -. 1878.

Items Of local interest taken from the columns
OF The Press, thirty years ago.l
The Press., 1903-08-13

Nell-Is she a society woman3
Believes, indeed. She belongs to no
less than eighteen societies for the sup
preston OF as many. things. >~
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-08-14
FARMERS PICNIC.
Programme OF Exercises sand
Prizes to be Awarded.

Arrangements for the big farmers
picnic at the club house Aug. 10, have
been completed. The program is as
follows:
10;30 a. m.-Music, band.
10:40 a, m.--Tnvocation, Rev. Fitch.
1850 a. m.-Opening Remarks by
President.
11:OO a. m.-vocal Music, Grange
Quartette.
11;1O a, m.-Recitation, Emery
Katzenberger.
11:2O a. m.-Music, band.
1880 a. m.-Recitation, Ruby Ed
dleman.
11:4O a. m. - Capitalization of
Schools, G. G. Housekeeper.
12:00-Dinner.
100 p. m.-Music, band.
1:1O p. m-Recitation, Miss Pearl
Stahl.
1920 p. m.-Vocal Music, Grange
Quartette
1880 p. m.-General Taxation, B. c.
Harding.
1:5O p. m.-Vocal Music, Grange
Quartette.
200 p. m.-Address, E. P. Snyder,
Monroeville.
2:40 p. m.-Music, band.
800 p NJ, AMUSEME ENTS.
Fat Mans Race, prize, Durock Jer-
sey Pig.
Wheelbar Race, prize, Bushel Mealy
Wheat.
Nail Driving Contest. for ladies,
prize, Toilet Set.
Sack Race, for Boys, prize Pocket
Knife.
Three Leg Race, prize wyandotte
Rooster
Boat Race, prize, Bushel of Going
Wheat
Egg Race, prize, Pair Monorca chick.
ems.
Pulling Contest, prize, Bushel Gold
Coin Wheat
Tug of War, prize, Peck of Peanuts
Tub Race, prize, 1st 50, I'd 81 and
3rd soc.
Driving Contest, prize, $1.OO.
The officers of the association are
w. H. Hannah, pres; w. L. Ross, V
pres; F.. A. Robertson, sec'y., and G
d. Moore, treas.