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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-08
BY The Valentine Auction Coz
8l2 East Broad Street.

WE WILL SELL \; AT ou li5' WARE ,ndlI1
STREET ES THIS l1WEDNEsDAYl MORN;
ING, JUNE STH, COMMENCING AZ
1920 O'CLOCK, FOR PARTIES I.EA1vc;;
ING TILE CITY AND 9 !, rD !EICeLdlSaS6
FOLDING BEDS, F1RST-CLASS.& OAk
AND WALNUT CHAMBER SUITS.OAk
TxTENS ISL ON TABLE, PLUSH 5PAR 7l e
SUITS. OAK HAT RACKS. y, S 81 Iss,
Nd TASLES. TABLECLOTfiS, CEAlRS
AND ROCKERS, b OOKCASE.. sENYI ~;
IAo,HINE IRON BEDS, NIATTRESSEs:
ODD BEDsTEADs; !, G ,;,1, 3 y 1,1IH
FiRST-CLASsI COOK STOVES. FAVOR.
TIE GAS RANGE. CARPETS. AND
OTHER FURNITURE. ETC.
THE VALENTINE AUCTlONbCO.5
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-08
REAL EsTATE-For Sale.

ment In Cersley's Hall. swansboro. to-
morrow night A very Interesting pros
gramme has been arranged for the eve
Rev, w. w. sisk will iii his pulpit
next sunday. His subject will be "A Day
in Court" In the afternoon at 8 O'Clock,
the monthly meeting OF the Sunday
school Association will be held, A special
programme has been arranged for the
occasion. The public is invited 10 at
tend all Of the meetings,
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"A. L. Adamson.
Real Estate Auctioneers.

TIVE FARM. CONTAINING lss "a
b hGKhs, Wil utNd u e ali Z soo s
ouTBUILDINlGs ALL IN FINELY
SHADED YARD, FRONTING ON THH
4 MIDLOTHIAN 5TuRNPIHlE,& SEVEN
4 MILES FROM ANCHEsTEE,- AND
ABOUT 811-2 MILES FROM BON AIR,
IN CHESTERFIELDC COUNTY, VA,
BY virtue ofa deed Of trust dated L., q Nc
yspsr e ' aef ana saSns u made
in the payment OF two OF the notes se-
cured thereby, and being directed 50 to
do BY the holder thereof, Will sell at
Public Auction, on the premises. on e.s
WEDNESDAY, TILE 18TH DAE
OF JUNE, 1904,
at o'clock r. NJ. the above farm. for
eabout one-third OF the land Is cleared.
balance In woods s
The improvements are @ large, nlne-room
dwelling, with halls and porches over
seer's house four rooms, large barns, sta-
pies, etc. office. ice house. etc.; very
large yard. with fine shade. well IN yard,
e Rtus This is really, an IDEAL country
home In one OF the healthful locations
= TE Ei Cash as to costs of executing
this trust, taxes and to pay balance OF
1880 due on said notes. together With
interest thereon from May To- 1908. the
balance upon terms to be announced at
sale. "A, u. AIlAMoON,l
il 81 ,1Ou ,l2l4l5. Trustee
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Baptist Pastor Resigns.
lsnan,al to The TLmes- DIspatch.

WINCHESTER, VA, June FREY, q,
Of iyt tic First Baptist chuToh to accept a
cali to a church ;at LarJuata, Colorado
months for his health. Flo is a son of
Augustus Murdoch. Of Richmond, and
MAPPED maj Miss Gerathnoy. formerly OF
this city.
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MhK b u e! Us

VIII Cure tine Following Symptoms:
Pain in the side, back, under the. shoulder
blade. smothering nsa,tions palpisatlon
e the ears ssa feeling IL me
blotches and ptgiples.s 30 days trea tment
25c All druggists, n
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-08
BY N. w. Bowe & Son.
Real Estate Auctioneers.

"a ,
~ RUsTEE,s SALE BY AUCTION. OF
THE SEVERAL PIECES OF PROP
ERTYa HEREINAFTER MENTIONED,
LYING AND BEING IN THE CITY OF
RICHMOND.
In execution OF q deed OF trust dated
mond Chancery Court, in p. B., III g,
page 22s. and elsewhere vii, at ~, Inc e
been default in the payment of portion
Of the debt secured, sell by public auc-
ton. on the respective premises, on
gWEDNESDAY,3 JUNE 8. 1904
commencing at 5 O'clock P. NJ, the fol-
Lowing property. IN the order named, to-
,lal a lot Of land at the southwest corner
IS feet on Thirtieth Street and running.
back 1872 feet. f,
a And a. $50 9'sloek r. RM n y lot to e
tween parallel lines AZ feet:
4 (c1 And then at $40 o'clock NJ. an
Rose Streets, from ting IS feet on Venable
Street and running back Loo feet to an
alley in the rear. :, I,
lot Of land at the northwest corner OF
Second aud Orange Streets, extending
from Orange to Bacon Street the distance
of 312 feet, being So feet 8 inches deep on
its north line and ls5 feet deep on Its
TERMS Cash sufficient to pay the ex-
3penses OF executing the trust, and all
taxes that may be due upon the property.
and to pay one debt of Sc, $50, with interest
from June /, 1862. and another debt OF
s.5eo.e3. with interest from November %.
1902; and the residue on credits at one
and two years for notes with interest
added and secured by a deed OF trust upon
J us s.Sns' HILL CARTER. Trustee.
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Fourth-Class Postmasters.

(speclal, to The Times Dispatoh,)
WARRINGTON. p, q, June 1.-THE fol-
poInted: Virginia oreton. Wise County,
Philets 7. Rarker,, vice John,TE Bowen,
resigned: Paynesyille, Buchanan county,
James II. Horne, Vice Elisha Lester. re-
signed,
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Business Property Sold.

l05 and l07 South Fourteenth Street was
sold at, auction yesterday by Pollard aud
.Bsgby, The purchase prica was sla.70o,
the, name OF the purchaser being with
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-08

Conveyances will leave the office OF
the auctioneers at $50 o'clock on the day
Of sale, or parties attending sale may
take either car line to within few
blocks of the property.
ju 5-tds. 3
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-08
BY Sutton g. Co.,
Real Estate Auctloneers,
IS N. Ninth Street.
ID EREMPToRY SALE
uN1MpRovED PRoopERTY ON THE
NORTH AND SOUTH SIDES OF
MOORE STREET, NEAR
pINNEEN STREET.

At the request OF the Old Dominion
Building s. Loan Association. which COM
pany is now in voluntary liquidation, we
viii ofter for sale. at public auction. upon
TUESDAY, JUNE q, 1904
at O'Clock p. Mi. the property described
: Fist it: Lot on north side of Moore
Street. fronting 90 feet and running back
100 feet to an alley.
Second; Lot on south side Of Moore
Street. fronting 40 feet and running back
This property Will be divided or sold
as whole, as may be deemed best at
hour of sale, The property will be sold
to highest bidder. as the company Is de-
termined to sell to settle up Its AFFAIRS.
This property should commend Itself
TO persons Wishing to build small houses,
as that class De property rents well in this
Improving section Of the city,
DON'T fail to attend tho sale and OBJ
tain a bargain.
SUTTON q co,
Juno s-tds Auctioneers,
Owing TO the rain above sale Is post
po''ot WEDNESDAY,. JUNE s. 1904,
45 '>NT7 SUTTON 4 co
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kkzY5WN6ljo|||k&Wls i 4

LEAVE RICHMOND DALI. &
q 900 a. M.-NORg0LK LIMlTED. Arrtves
Norfolk u :ao a. Stops only ct re
Ma:os H. M.SsT. LOUIS ExPREss, gnrstt
Parior Car. Petersburg to Lynehburg ana Roan-
oka pullman Sleepers Roanoke 70 ST. LOUIS
Blueaeld to Cincinnati; also Roanoke 70 knox
viils.i and Knoxville to Chattanooga and Mems
phis :, Z ,,r,4ru, 31,ypp nss {,or Ea -.
,,iiIs I ynchburg and Roanoke. @ss44ss ssss
500 M-oGESAN SHosR an. I'M ~ patsrs.
burg Waserly and sun9k conn NsM Y WlSHh
Baltimore and washington. Through coach g
vi n:s5 =. M--For Norfolk and all stations east
Of & +. ps1 3 sM,HNEw ORLEANS SHORT LINE
Pullman sleepers Rcnmqnd e LynGhpSphIg e1 e
chattanooEa, Memphis and New Orleans. Sats
D a,sn 3 Pas' M.-woRLD's FAIR sPEcIAI4
rhrough pullman Sleeper Petersburg e ST.
Trims arrve from the West 1:S6 A. ~ ~. a:os
P. M and a:o5 p. NJ; from Norfolk u a. N
ard $50 p. NJ. 49,, =. IL. sfgs
w b. BEYILL.S y, , -. 5 7SSL1 49,
Gen.. Pass ACT. Olst. russ YtlA-s .Akssyfis
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The bond required In above decree has s
been duly given. Given under my hand
this Attn day Of June, 1904 60,
iu 5-tds P. p. WINSTON C4erR.
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q oMAnss1oNERs SALE
~ - OF .l!5l Ia .!, Is. Ll.s
"A CENTRALLY LOCATED HOUSE AND
LOT ON WEST SIDE OF FOURTH III
STREET, BETWEEN Z CARY. AND SSS
CANAL STREETS, AT AUCTION.
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sTKAWaoATa
VIRGINIA NAVIGATION CO.,

JAMES RIVER DAY LINE.
MONDAY st II Wednesday and FRIDAY at I
A M, tor Norfolk. Portsmouth. Old Point.
Sawport News Claremont and James River
inadinss, and connecting az Old Point for
washington, Bnltlmors and lhs North. l., state,
prIcas. Electric cars direct to wharf Fare
only $40 and 81 70 Norfolk Music by Grand
Frsirfit received tor nboye-pamed places and
ali points In Eastern ylEEin4 h snd Sorth Caro-
E A. barber Jr. Secretary
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At the request Of the "old Dom mn on
Building and Loan Associa ti91hi r. td wT
We Viii ioffer for sale, at Public Auction ~.
upon the ,p y, !! q sy 81 }nrNn 1904
commencing 1T 5l-2 o'clock z. Nj the
above described property VA. avenues, run
Ming from what Is known as the o 9
Meadow Bridge Road Ga e the nIde h alleys
This properly being situated near "a, rt the
street chr line and to the rapidly im n nnd
Highland Park Company's properties,
should commend It to those wishing su-
The The land lies beautifully. being high
and dry, and are as pretty buildtlhng i4ts
The company 10 selling to wind UP lts
affairs and a sna WITH g th SEA aG yos
Of buying a bargain. as every lot put up
will be- sold.
ho,,r ~ sale SUTTON s. co..
~ ~ & "a Auctioneers
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by q. Il. g. n. l. Denoon,
Real Estate Auctioneers.
s21 e. Main Street.
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us IaW SIS burg g. Potomas g. q.
Trains Leave Rlchinon d--Nortntxtard. 7
A:l5 A, M, dairy. BYRD ST.. vhroug ~. Ell
s;I5 a NJ daily. Main 81. Throuxh.I y KIN M
Ills A. H. week days. nba Ashland s4 iilt =: n,
saS 4. N. daily Byrd S. Through Io y y
1906 noon. week days. BYRD 81. Throush.
: 81 5es p. IL. daily. Main ST. Through. Il
e:30P. NJ, week days. l1ba- Ashland 90
sos P. NJ. daily Byrd st. Through. 1sss
TRAINS Arrive Rlchm ond--S ou thWArd.yEGfS
$40 A. NJ, week days Elbas Ashland 80
con1modAuon ys4l y 49,, - !, 4, y. 49,
burg accommodation. a.gie Et n StlfTS
o:I A. NJ daily. Byrd St Through. "a. \. Es
1850 a. NJ, week days, Byrd ST Through
'i:Ss r ID NJ. daily. Main St Through.
s:oos ?. NJ. week days Elba Ashland 2aeson.5
s::ttS r. r.. daily. byrd ST Through. Local
IL :2s P. Nj, daily. Maln st. Through.
aNOTE-Fullman Sleeping or Parlor cars %
ali trains except train arriving Richmond 11sSe
A. M. week days, and local accomrnod Atlonk
Time OF arrivals and departures and conAsos
w s!n D. Is Dukn' G. ". GULF. w. r. AY1pR.
Gen'l Man.. Asst. GEN Man u. Traf 49, -
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at the request 81 the owners. we will
sell at Public Auction. on the pranm1,itsets on
at o'clock p. NJ, the above mentioned
property, known as No. B22. The dwell;
Ing Is a comfortable detached one con-
taofed brick kitchen in rear, with four
rooms, range, etc. The lot fronts forty
six feet and runs back about $50 feet q
an alley. There is sufficient GROUND On
build another dwelling should 1t be 50
desired .5I 532 * 55f5 s3s5 q !,
This house has always been occupied
emit one having been there for may years.
Being centrally located and In a desirable
residence aectlon, this property offers
many advantages Tor q home or invest
rnent. V W 81 v lfsli
HG3 TERMS: Liberal.
JOHN 7. GoDDIN 9 co. Auo St !, es sl'..
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q BY sutton & Co..
Real Estate Auctioneers.
16 N. Ninth Street.

AoeSiloF SAD or !. !.
l4s LoTs n n, TH Rb1 6hAN OF 1 GHHsp
sILANDT PARK. IN THE COUNTY
or sTIENRICO, ABOUT Il Mi NIL;
]tH NORTH OF THE CITY LIMITS.
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: Nv R. 3. Chaffin g Co. eInc.).
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sci AND se3 MosBY STREET, ON ME-.
f ;C,TIANICSvILJN TuRNPIKE.. AT
AUCTION. STQREHOU SU AND
DWELLING.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-08-05

factions which were the most peculiar
and interesting IN the history of the
state As has G before stated. the
running OF the blockade, b states
OF steamers in that business
and the bringing In OF supplies for the
state troops n for use at home. was
not devised by Governor Vance. bur
by Adjutant General James c.. Martin
The wal rushed to its close and left the
|blockade-runner books unbalanced.
Ever since h war there have been
that large sums OF money were
due the state on blockade running ac-
but this is ali mere surmise.
Directly after the war, and while he
still IN the Old Capital prison at
Washington. Governor Vance informed
the state authorities OF some cotton
which was stored at some point In
North Carolina. on state account.
FRED A. OUDS.
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of our W raising. It will be an oc-
casion to be proud Of"
well, 1 hope you won't be disap-
pointed"
"And 1 feel that I shan't be. The
weather report says look gu for thun-
derstorms tomorrow. Mrs. Bowser,
should one appear I want you to have
your eye on that onion"
But what can l dor she asked.
"Have a basket ready to cover owe
it. If it seems to attract lightning,
it,"
land let her get struck"
"Mrs. Bowser, there is but one onion,
while a cool can be had any hour Of
the day. If a sacrifice is necessary.
then sacrifice Jane"
The doom Of that onion had already
been sealed, though Mr.. Bowser sus-
pected it not. He sat in his easy chair
and slowly smoked his cigar and con-
templated the ceiling with the satisfac-
ton that comes to a man who has &C.
complished SEINE worthy object. Mrs.
Bowser had a bit of sewing, the cat
purred on the ~hearthstOre, n there
were security and contentment in the
house of Bowser. =
Then a donkey which was being led
along q street two blocks away by a
boy suddenly broke away and galloped
down the alley. The boy was of curse
instantly joined by half a dozen other
boys, and of course they followed the
donkey with whOops and yells. The
Bowser alley gate stood open. AS the
cook emptied a pan Of ashes she forgot
to close 1t. The donkey would have
been a calf not to have seen the open
gate and turned in.
"Great snakes, but what is that?'
shouted Mr.. Bowser as he leaped to
his feet.
The donkey brayed defiance at his
pursuers.
"Your onion. Mr.. Bowsert."
Mr.. Bowser dashed through the
kitchen into the back yard. and just
then the crowd OF boys poured through
the gate and the donkey went gallopine
about. He reached the onion, and with
n pull of his teeth it came out of the
ground, and top and bulb were swal.
lowed together. Mr.. Bowser seized a
clothes pole. but it was too late. All he
could do was to run those boys for
their lives and to pound, thump, batter
and wallop that donkey until donkey
brays and nan disappeared down the
alley and were lost in the shadows OF
night.
Then the katydids came out of their
downy beds and called m%ournfully to
each other. while the dogs in the next
block barked In a wailing way. and the
moor rose blood red over a pea green
horse barn, and all nature seemed to
shudder. The drama of the Lone
Onion had been played to the end, and
the family butcher realized that IL hs
sent over any bone with the steak 10,
the next two weeks his span Of life
would be cut in two like a grapevine
II. QUAD.
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face and was waiting for a thunder
storm to give it a fresh start when a
tomcat with the collie came along and
nipped the tender shoots as a remedy.
Mr.. Bowser discovered his loss early
next morning and swore.
An onion can be Jared, but 1t takes
a deal to kill it. Mr.. Bowser's onion
'laid down" for a week, and then it's
energy and ambition returned, and the
sprouts of green appeared. The cook
was given orders to watch 1t as h
would a sick child. Mrs. BOwser
was told that if that onion was de-
stroyed while she was gadding down
town no apology or excuse would be
deemed sufficient.
Mr.. Bowser himself took a look at
it the last thing in the morning and
the first thing in the evening, and be-
fore retiring for the night he stalked
up and down the alley with a brickbat
in either hand and made cats hump
themselves and flee far away. S.
One night, when the onion as an
onion was striking a gait and getting
beyond the period when any n could
mistake it for n sunflower or a ounce
tree, a feeling came over Mr.. Bowser
as he slept. 1t was a shivery, cold
hearted feeling-a feeling that all on
earth he loved was in deadly peril and
calling on him for salvation. He woke
up In a cold sweat with his teeth click
ing. Leaping out of bed, he passed
down to the hall and looked out of a
back window.
What he saw almost paralyzed him
for the moment. lowering over and
around that onion were four mongrel
dogs of various sizes and shapes, ard
each one prepared to spring forward
and annihilate it at the signal. Mr..
Bowser Numbered at them. He roar
ed. He used language. He INDUCED
in blood curdling threats. In brief,
the foul dogs were wilted and wither-
ed and panic stricken, and they had
sped two blocks before they halted
to look back and wonder how they
had escaped instant death.
On another occasion, when Mr.. Bow
ser was away, the ook had become
curious as to the laws of nature. She
knew that things grew in the soil, but
why was it so? Was there a spring
coil under that onion? Did the towels
hanging on the clothesline above it ex-
ercise a coaxing influence? She went
out to study the situation. Why not
give 4 pull aud help things along? Why
not reach forth a friendly hand and
help a struggling onion to-
Then Mr.. Bowser Unexpectedly ap-
peared on the scene. He was in the
nick of time. When he realized that
in three seconds more the fate of that
onion would have been something aw-
full to contemplate, he postured him
self and made a speech. 1t was full
of exclamation points and dashes. II
was full of fire and vim. 1t turned the
cooks face as white as plaster OF
paris, and it bumped against her knee
Joints until she wabbled with weak
ness as she headed for the kitchen.
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DowserS Hard Luck
His Attempt as an Amateur Farmer Doesn't Succeed Very
Well. and the Old Man Is Again Down and Out
and ALI Owing to an Onion.

Other things menaced the welfare
of that onion, but 1T lodged and twist
ed and continued to grow. When an
onion has made up its mind to "get
there and has a guardian angel to
keep cats and cooks at a proper dis
lance, IL becomes hardened to danger
and will strive bravely for maturity.
AS Mr.. Bowser came home from the
ONCE and went out and hung above IT
In a loving manne there was a smile
on his face and his hear was full. He
had solved the problem. He was grow
ing an onion where an onion had never
grown before. He was not only a CON
suIner. but Il produce. He could now
meet the tiiIers of the soil and talk
taters and timothy hay TO them and
be sure Of his position. He wandered
into the house with his hands under
his coat tails and nodded to the cook,
smiled at the cat and beamed on Mrs.
Bowser.
Its there" he said as he sat down
and beamed soine more.
1.-The Onion?" she queried.
"Of course. What else is there to talk
about? It's coming along like a calf
kicking up its heels. I'll show Uncle
Josh before I get through that he's not
the only man who a grow vegetables.
Some night-some night in the far dis
tant future-when that onion has at
tanned it's growth and become hard and
crispy and paAtable we will provide
ourselves with crackers and beer and
then bring him in and slice him up and
deyOur him. 1t will be the first onion
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copyright. 1904. by T. c. Mcclursl


EFERAL months ago Mr.. Bow
~ ser decided to make q garden,
~ but after the experience Of
former years he did not at
tempt anything on a gigantic scale. He
simply aimed at something to give the
back yard a homeIike look and remind
him OF the dear oId summer times OF
his boyhood. He therefore spaded up
a space only about ten feet long by six
feet wide. and. having removed the
buried brickbats. fruit cans. clothes
pins. beer bottles and old coffeepots to
the alley. lie proceeded TO SOW and
~plant-that is. he procured an onion
set and carefully deposited it in the
middle of the bed.
The idea was to give that onion
room-lOts Of rOom-rOom TO stretch out
its tired legs and not hit the footboard.
He had seen the fallacy of crowding
onions, potatoes. beets. carrots and
parsnips into the same contracted
space, like four or five DRINKS at a po-
lice station. He wisely reasoned that
a growing vegetable was like a sitting
hen-it must have room to spread itself.
And when more barrels of water
were let loose up above and other heaps
of sunshine came to make the car horse
sweat under its collar Mr.. Bowser's
onion was seized with an ambition. 1t
got chesty. 1t swelled up and walked
around OF its ear. 1t began to realize
that life was worth the living and to
have aspirations. 1t had already its
green top an inch or two above the sur
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-26
WITH EMPHASIS ON "BOYs.n
Honorable Mention.)


"Oh, girls let's up our brothers clothes
and play boys" said girl friend "All right"
all chimed in, I'VE will play in the back yard
In the afternoon all the girls to
house and donned our brothers attire and crept
down the back stairs, would us, into the
back yard. We played, jumped and climbed trees,
talked grufhy 1oed around, put that superior
that boys always assume to look grown-up and did
everything to look boyish. When five o'clock
papa too, but with him two strange gem
temen to stay for dinner In the afternoon the back
stairs had been freshly painted and that only
we could get stairs to put clothes on,
except to thru the library where the men were.s
We waited until nearly six o'clock when my brother
home. After he had heard our story he was
going straight to tell what he considered the
united pleadings and tears changed his mind and
he brought the ladder Ga thing thought off,
climbed it and took OF the Then he held the
ladder while we climbed up and into the house and
put apparel.
Ever after brothers have always said Hello,
boys" with emphasis boys"
~ A Seventh Grade, Marguerite Lewis,
South Side School. st. James, MINI.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-26
POLLY AND THE CRACKER.
(High School Credit.)


1t was in spring of the year 1897 that one day
there was fierce combat raging in sitting room.
Tom-Tlt, as handsome and strong young cat could
be, had been given cracker and this the cause
OF the battle that followed. Polly parrot had had
her share of crackers but she always asked more
as she was given none she had to herself by
saying Poor Polly" 1rs....~
When Polly Tom-Tit her inveterate enemy
munchng at one Of the crackers that Just loved
she made up her mind that she some also
and from other than Tom-Tt and besides it
was very impolite of him to plague Poor
Folly by eating the cracker in full sight
scrambled down from her perch and cautiously ap-
preached him. Suddenly without giving any warning,
she took his cracker began the destruction of the
remainder of it. Now Tom-Tit very fiery and so
he Immediately sprang at Polly. Then it was that
battle royal ensued first Polly would advan-
tage, then Tom-Tit until he caught by Polly on
one OF his forepaws which set him to bowling with
rage and pain. Just then swooped down upon the
miscreants and rescued Tomt from jaws of death
at least all that was left of him. which deed 7
have kept to the pre-ont day which received
from Polly who when left the room, contentedly
munehing at the cracker. Victor Constantine
Corner Whitehall Bradley streets
A Eleventh Grade, Cleveland High School