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The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1905-11-10

New Engander Visiting In Kansas
Why don't you raise punkins out
here?
Kansan--We tried IL, but the soil ia
TOO rich for 'em. The vines grew so
fast that the punkins got all skinned
up draggin' over the ground-Judge.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1905-11-10

Each baseball umpire should write
the story Of his life. for sale to the
fans on the bleochers."
DO you suppose they would take
nT'
"eurei / have seen moments when
every fan at the game fairly howied
for the NE Of the umpire Houston
Post.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1905-11-10

II though you told mo that Miss
pastelle was old"
"she is-old as the hills"
Don't believe II. kissed her a
few minutes ago and found that the
paint was stil fresh" = Cleveland
Leader
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1905-11-10
Notice.

In the matter OF the estate Of John G. slaven,
deceased;
The creditors, distributes and all persons
having claims or demands against the estate
OF John G. Slayen, deceased, are hereby com
manded and called upon to present such de-
mands or claims TO me "a administrator OF the
estate OF the said John q. SlaVen, deceased
within the time required by law, or the same
will he barred
VIII. SEWARD,
Admir- Estate OF John @. slayen, deed.
Sent 9O 1905 -22-swk
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1905-11-10

"You have faraway expression IN
this picture" remarlled the girl
Naturally" replied her friend. 1T
was taken In Africa. That's a long
distance offr'-Detroit Free Press
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1905-11-10
a. q. Il. Time card.
NORTH.
Legal Advertising.


Notice.
All persons are hereby warned not to carry
any gun ullseye lantern or al gator hook with
them in our pasture during close season for
game. All parties violating the above will be
prosecuted for trespassing
KNIGHT BROS,
W.B. HENDERSON, JNo. HAGAN,ARt.
NJ f. MIZELL. Q-22-2mo
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1905-11-10
Notice of Final Settlement.

Notice II hereby given that six months after
date / will Ale with the County Judge OF Desc
to County, Florida, at his Office in Arcadia, my
accounts and vouchers for my final settlement
and discharge a. executriX Of the estate Of
Clark u. Knapp, deceased. This June 18th 1908,
ELEANOR a. KNAPP,
Executrtx.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1905-11-10
Notice for Publication.
DEPARTMENT or THE INTERIOR
LASD OFFICE At GAGHEsyILLE, fla,
October 10, lg6

OfTUUOT ITf TWEl
Notice Is hereby given that the following
named settler has illed notice Of his intention
To make final proof iu support Of his claim, and
that said proof will be made before CLERK CIR
edtt Court ~ Arcadia, Fla. on November so,
iQl6 viz: Riley Williams. Of Bee Branch, Fla 4,
HI No. 3Ou12 for the seq Sec. II, 4. 80 s., r.
Ia n.
lie names the following Witnesses 70 prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land. viz;
j. r. Pollard. Of Pariah. Fla; G. =. Lamb, Of
Maud, Fla A ). Johnsont OF Maud Fla; d..
Jacobs OF Beebfanch Fla.
W q. ROBINSON, Register.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1905-11-10
Notice for Publication.
DEPARTMENT or THE INTERIOR,
LAND OFFICE AT GAISEsviLLE, FLA.
October y, 1905,

LAND OFFICE AT GAISEsNiLLE, fla
October ., 1905,
Notice Is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice OF his intention
to make final proof in support Of his claim,
and that said proof will be made before Clerk
Circuit Court at Arcadia, Fla, mn November
%, 1905, viz: Oh ristopher T.. Lamb, Of Maud,
Fla, Hid. 3O00I for the swA OF swl and M Of
swA, Sec. 10, TIP. 80, s., X. 27e,
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
Of said land, Wiz.
A s. Johnson, Of Maud, Fla, w. f.. Wingate,
OF Maud, Fla, Riley Williams. Of Maud, Fla,
BurTell Williams, OF Maud, Fla.
W. q. ROBINSON. Register.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1905-11-10

It Is Impossible for that man TO de
epair who remembers that bis helper
Il omnlpotsnt--Jeremy Taylor.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1905-11-10
NOTICE
For Application for Leave to Sell
Minors Land.

Notice is hereby given that four weeks after
date hereof, towit: on the 2lth day OF
November, A. ID. 1906, / will apply to the
Honorable j. b. Cochran, County Judge, in
and for Desoto county, Florldh, at his office in
the court house at Arcadia, Florida, for an
order authorizing the sale OF the following
descrih bed land belonging to Beula Thomas, a
minor, towit: Lot % In Block 20 Of the original
survey Of the town Of rrabue, as per plat re-
corded in the office Of the Circuit Court Of De
Soto cOun y. This {. p, 1905.
FLORIDA A. THOMAS,
Guardian.
The De Soto County news. [volume] (Arcadia, Fla.) 1898-1924, 1905-11-10

why Dtdn't ne Say Glucosef
Aiaye-G George says Ethel Is as sweet
as sugar
Grayce- Uh-hnhi lie means the pow
aered kind. Cleveland Leader
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-17
The Bulfinch Style.

Plans are being made to alter the
Maine state house at Augusta. This
was one of the last pieces of work done
by Bulfinch and compares favorably
with the state house on Beacon hill.
We take it for granted that none of the
work to be done will be authorized by
the Maine legislature without definite
agreement that Bulfinch's work will
not be touched. save perhaps in the
way of strengthening the old walls or
beams What will be done, in all likeli-
hood, is that to get more room for the
growing work of the state department
an addition of some sort will be built
to connect with the state house some
thing on the idea of our ownstate house.
And that is the public spirited way to do
it, certainly. For the work of Bulfinch
is to this country what Sir Christopher
Wren's work was to England, for eX-
ample. The place of the architect in
art is now so we'll established that the
destruction of a handsome piece of
architecture is almost as inexcusable
as the destruction of great painting
would be. Imagine state voting to
burn up Titan, a Van Dyck or
Turner because its place was wanted
for some other purpose!-Boston Ad-
vertiser. -
This is all true enough except that
no plans are underway to'make any al
terations of Importance upon our Maine
State House. Improvements, and
changes have been made from year to
year OH the interior, tending largely to
make the old part of the structure fire
proof and more attractive. and some
sucn work remains yet to be done, but
certainly nothing is planned for or con-
templated which would in any wav en-
danger the famous Bulffnch front of
our State House. 1t is certainly as
dear to the people of Maine as the Bull
finch front of the Massachusetts State
House is to the people of Boston.
When the addition to our Capitol was
| made. dozen years ago. it was built
in the rear. just as the Massachusetts
State House has several times been en-
larged, and the old part of the build
ing. particularly the front, was not dis
turbed. When more room is needed.
which will probably be i'm the near fu-
lure. the addition will doubtless be
made in the same way.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-17
Winter in the Country.

(BanSOr Commercially
The active work Of the open season
has been finished; the harvests are all Sc
cured, and the accounts and books-if
the farmer has kept accounts As he
should have done-can be balanced. He
knows what and how much he has raised
he knows what he has paid for hired help
to carry on the farm, and if he does not
know the cost of the household expenses
he knows he has had three meals day
and that his children have been obtaining
good education. So that with the com
ing of November he ought to balance the
books. see what his crops have cost him
or what the farm has brought in.
There is another reason why November
should be regarded as a reckoning point
in the country year. 1t is the housing
month. With November the crops are Sc
cured and the farm animals come to the
barns. There is always something very
satisfactory and comforting when the do
nestle animals seek the protection of the
farmer from the nclcment season. All
summer they have been at grazing and
have been able, in a way. to shift for
themselves. The sheep. colts and young
s stock have We, been 1a at pasture Only the
the farmer have come to the stable yards
every night
With these the farmer is fairly well
acquainted. Their milk and cream bring
him in monthly check with which he is
able to keep things moving. Not so the
sheep and the young animals. He hardly
sees them from the time they are turned
shelter of the barn and the sustenance of
the artificial food the farmers providence
has provided for them. For at best feed
ing of the choicest hay is only artificial.
the domestic animals are natural giazerS
and if the warm season continued
throughout the year the farmer would not
he obliged to harvest d pound of hay for
the use of the stock.
With full barns and grain lofts. with
the cellars packed with apples and veg
etables. with the shed full of wood and
with the housewives closets stored to the
full with pickles. preserves, jams and jel-
lies. the well-toGo farmer can welcome
the coming of November and the APP
proach of the winter months with
greater feeling of comfort and satisfaction
than that which can be enjoyed by any
other class of people in our State He
fears no lockout or shutdown. He is in
dependent. His farm is Il little empire
With his domestic animals about him.
with whom he can make friends. watch
their growth and count their gain in
weight, which is SO much actual incrcas"
in cash value. the farmer need not fear
the coming of the cold. November is the
beginning of a period of winter pleasure
and instead of being "a month devoid of
anything agreeable. is indeed just the
commencement of one of the best parts of
the country year.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-17
STATE NEWS.
KENNEBEC.
NORTH SIDNEY.

The many friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
Evan H. Bragg rendered them re-
ception. Friday evening, Nov. 10, at
their pleasant home on the River road.
A treat consisting of grapes, candy and
sailed peanuts was served to about 125
guests and social time enjoyed. All
united in wishing the newly welded
pair much happiness and prosperity.
They were the recipients of the follow
ing presents: Half dozen silver knives,
forks and teaspoons, Mrs. S. A. Bragg
and daughter, Mrs. A. F. Weston
sugar shell, Mr.. and Mrs. Reuel Field;
silver berry spoon. Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
Ewift and Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis Swift;
silver meat fork, Enos Moore and sis
ters; three desert spoons. Mr.. and Mrs.
Anthony Bragg and family of ST. AL
bans: silver nut set Misses Eliza and
Lottie Gilman; Japanese tea service.
Martin L. Reynolds: chocolate pot. E.
r. Sbley and family; silver nut set.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lowell Farnham: half
dozen tumhlers, Mr.. and Mrs. F. c..
Moore: gold pen. Frank Sawtelle and
Mrs. Minnie Sawte1le. celery dish. Mr..
and Mrs. J. E. SawtelIe; pair towels.
Mr. and Mrs. James Bean: ice cream
L,
picture. Mrs. ]. w. Chadwick, Maiden.
Mass: pair towels. Mr.. and Miss
Olive Palmer: coffee pot. Mr.. and Mrs.
Will Haskell; half dozen oatmeal dish
es. Eddie Burgess; salad dish, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ernest Sibley; pair towels, Miss
Mamie Clark; salad dish, Mr.. and Mrs.
Eugene Weeks; cake plate. Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert Chadbourne; pair towels,
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Shaw: cake plate,
Everett Tilson and family, umbrella
receiver, Mr.. and Mrs. John Hether-
ington and family: Longfellow's poems.
Logan and Clyde Clark: full set house.
hold brushes. Mr.. and Mrs. Almon
Young. Auburn; willow rocker. Mr..
| and Mrs. o. c. Davis; centre table. Mr..
and Mrs. Clinton Goodhue; ten dollar
| gold piece. Mrs. D. H. Goodhue and
| daughter, Miss Carrie; ten dollar gold
piece. Martin l.. Goodhue: five dollars,
| Mrs. David S. Goodhue; money, Mr..
| and Mrs. Frank Morrison; money, Mr..
| and Mrs. r. w. Longley: money, Mr..
and Mrs F. +. Bailey; parlor rocker
and rug contributed by the following
friends: Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Hussey,
| Mr.. and Mrs. A. D. Stevens, Mr.. and
Mrs. S. A. Clark, Mr.. Edwin and Miss
Bertha Robbins, Mr.. and Mrs. w. r.
| Lyon. Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Lyon. Mr..
| and Mrs. r. F. Bourne, Rev. and Mrs.
Albert Leach, Mr.. and Mrs. T. S. Ben
| son. Mr.. and Mrs. r. H. Sawtelle, DIR.
| and Mrs. H. L. johnson. Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Abbott Mr.. and Mrs. A. H.
Smiley, Mr.. and Mrs. l.. G. Tilley and
| Elmer l.. Hamlen.
Mrs. Arthur w. Bowman and little
| son of Boston are at G. F. Bowman's
| for an extended visit.
Geo. w. Field assisted John and Her
| bert PhiIbrick in capturing a raccoon,
last week. which weighed "a pounds.
Miss Ora Freeman Of Waterville and
Miss Nettie Hussey Of Vassalboro. were
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-17
Personal Notes.

A sister of Mrs John M. Pattson.
wife of the newly elected governor OF
Chic. was the wife of the late John Mar
shall Hamilton, Governor of Illinois from
1884 to 1856.
It is announced that Mr.. Carnegie has
agreed to assist high school pupils of
Pittsburg who desire to take finishing
course at the $l00OO,OO Carnegie Tech
School in that city.
Mrs. Augusta Stetson. the Christian
Scientist leader of New York. declares
that the report relative to fund being
raised for her is untrue, and that no such
movement is on foot.
DR.. j. Edward kirbye. who has just
been inaugurated president of Drury Col
lege, at Springfield. Mo-, is only 30 years
ola, and is believed to be the youngest
college president in America.
DIR. Cyrus Adler has resigned the pres
idency of the Jewish Theological Semi
nary of America, for the reason that his
duties in connection with the Smithsonian
Institution will take up all his time here
after.
Secretary Roots energy in the State
Depa rtment is astonishing members of
his staff. He goes to work early in the
morning, insists on having personal in
forma ton about everything that is going
on and stays at his desk until 6 or
o'clock every evening. working hard.
The flag that enShrouded the remains
of John Paul Jones when brought to
America last summer, has been presented
by Mrs. Donald Mclean, president gen.
eral of the Daughters of the American
Revolution, to the Maryland Line Chap
ter of that organization in Baltimore.
H. Delmar French, the well-known
Brooklyn dramatic critic and lecturer at
the Brooklyn Institute. of Arts and
Sciences, whose shattered health COM
PEELED him to relinquish his duties for
several months. is back at his desk and
duties
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-17
longfefIow's Hiawatha.

1t is recalled that it was just Sc
years ago. this month, that our i'm
mortal Maine poet gave to the world a
modest little volume, in sober brown
cloth. bearing the title, 1.-THE Song of
Hiawatha." 1t is hard to realize today
the furore which this volume caused
but one who has turned back to the
files of the Boston Traveller finds the
sentiment of a considerable portion OF
the reading and writing world ex.
pressed in this caustic criticism: 1--WE
cannot but regret that our nationa
poet should not have selected as theme
of his muse something higher and bet.
ter than the silly legends of the savage
aborisines. His poem does not awak
Ell one sympathetic throb, it does mo-
teach single truth and rendered into
prose 'Hiawatha' would be a mass o.
| the most childish nonsense that evel
dropped from human pen. In vers,
1t contains nothing so precious as the
golden time which would be lost il
the reading of it." Yet the author O
dlaWatha" has already been admit
TED to the American Hall of Fame, ant
NOBODY disputes his place there. H
has been honored in Great Britain an,
i'll Europe generally as no other Ameri
can writer has been honored there
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-17
The Rlatherskite.

People who have kept run Of all the
made by the two candidates for
the Democratic nomination for mayor
of Boston at the caucuses of that
party held last evening, might natur-
ally have wondered how either of these
aspirants happened to be out Of Jail.
AS matter of fact it is not probable
that either of them was as black as he
was painted. The American people
have learned to take charges and in
situations made in an obvious spirit
Of personal or political spite with
large grain of salt, and to have scant
respect for the men who indulge In
them. We-do not think that either
Mr.. Donovan or Mr.. Fitzgerald gained
ANYTHING by the methods they en-
ployed. The result would PROBABLY
have been the same had they treated
one another with fairness, courtesy
and decency. Personal abuse, which
has its obvious inspiration in personal
malice, never hurts a man politically.
Tt usually strengthens him. The peo-
ple like fair play. They regard with
special disfavor the men of cowardly
spirit who insinuate what they dare
not charge. The question that natur-
ally arises i'm the mind of the intelli-
gent and fair-minded citizen is: what
is this fellow SO bitter for? What
personal motive is behind these
malicious thrusts? When and where
was his OK gored? Can he be of sound
mind" Decent citizens soon size up
men of this stamp, fellows of peanut
calibre. and have little use for them.
We should think that the voters of
Boston would be heartily sick of both
Mr.. Donovan and Mr.. Fitzgerald not
because of what has been said about
them-for they have all along consid-
cred the source of it and the animus
that inspired it-but rather because of
what each of them has been small
enough to say about the other. The
man who for business or political rea-
sons allows himself to, indulge in in
situations or innuendoes intended to
injure another. usually fails in his
object, and wins only the profound and
merited contempt of decent people.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-17
Not Until the Women Want it

(F'armingtOn ChrOnicle.)
The COurer-G Gazette of ROckland re-
ports an interview with Obadiah Gardner.
master of the State Grange. in which Mr..
Gardner is asked his opinion regarding
2 concerted movement among the Grang-
ers to- secure womaus suffrage. Mr..
Gardner replied: II don't think We
should try to secure universal suffrage
until the women want to vote. The may
or of Waterville wanted to agitate that
subject a short time ago and acting
through my advice he attempted to secure
the expression of a few Changers iE Ken
nebec county. The men kept out of the
discussion allowing the women to settle
Grange voted in favor of it, 1t is no use
to try to secure universal suffrage until
the women want it,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-17

There is something saddening in the
way in which modern science with its
intensely practical way of doing things
knocks out the spirit of old romance
wherever they meet. The latest in.
stance comes from Venice where the
motor boat. with its annoying "chug-
chug," has supplanted the picturesque
gondola with its musical gondolier or
the canals which are the highways of
the city. Think of doing Venice in a
pulling. gasoline-d driven craft, munich
pally owned and managed. fare one
cent? Truly the glory of Venice is
departed and the poet. the painter and
the misunderstanding lover must seek
other fields where 1.-The march of i'm.
provement' has not yet penetrated
However. the American tourist will
PROBABLY be pleased that he can do
venice in much shorter time than be.
fore and at much less cost.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-17

ing into the waste basket the
"poetical" effusions which ambitious
and persistent amateurs keep sending
in. He keeps them until he has
dozen or so and then prints them. In
this weeks issue are IA of them.
filling over two columns. The muses.
Of Matinicus, Castine Union, Appleton,
Rockport. Vinalhaven and other Knox
towns are heard from. and the results
are entertaining. though not of a
nature to make one believe that the
man who issues the poetic licenses
down that way is very exacting in
his requirements.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-17
VOICES OF PRESS.
The Aroostook Potato Fields,
(BOStOn TranScript,)


1t is well known that the most ex-
tensive potato fields in the East and
probably in the entire country, are in
Aroostook county, Maine, where all
conditions of soil and climate are most
favorable for the cultivation of this
staple crop. But the extent to which
potato-raising is made speciality by
the Aroostook farmers, and the in
genious and modern way in which they
take care of the crop. can only be real
lied by trip to the great potato
country. The yield is enormous-175
barrels of potatoes to the acre being
not at all uncommon. The soil is very
rich in the chemical constituents re-
quired by this crop. Single potato
fields of seventy acres are no unusual
sight in Aroostook county. while ten
and twenty acre fields are among the
smallest cultivated.
TO work these great potato fields, of
course, the labor must be done chiefly
Dy machinery: and it is wonderful to
see what the inventors of farm ma
chimes have done for the benefit of the
large potato grower. First, for pre-
pairing the ground, there is a clever
combination of plough and sower, a
machine which. turns furrow, sows a
little fertilizer, covers it. drops a pota-
to-eye, covers that, adds little more
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-17

The story of Hiawatha, Minnehaha.
Nokomis, Mondamin and Mud-1e-kee-
Wis has become a national classic. so
much for the fallible Judgment of the
critics.
In the so years that have passed
since Longfellow published his Indian
epic. the poem has. been translated
into German, French, Dutch, Swedish,
Italian, Polish, Russian and Latin and
has met with popularity in all tongues.
More than a Thousand parodies have
been published, "Hiawatha" holding
the record as an inspiration to the
parodists. The storm Of cpndemna-
ton which greeted it's appearance has
long since subsidized. Longfellow is
no longer accused of plagiarism, the
value of his labors is recognized. Yet
those first few months following that
November day were strenuous. The
story is told that LongfellOw's
publisher angrily rushed into the
poets study one day, declaring: my
dear Mr.. Longfellow. these atrocious
libels must be stopped" The author
| of "TIiawatha" glanced over the pa
pers which the publisher had thrown
before him and mildly inquired: "By
the way. Fields, how is :Hiawatha'
| selling" wonderfully" replied the
excited publisher. 'None of your
books ever had such a sale" 1t is
| not difficult to imagine the twinkle
| in the kindly eyes of the poet as he
replied: "Then. 1 think we had bet
ter let these people go on advertising
F. it, And advertise it the people did.
1t is a foregone conclusion that had
| the election to the Hall of Fame been
held in 1865 or Sc or 81, the name of
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow would
have been rejected. Time is neces-
sary in order that the perspective
may be proper. Time has indicated
| "Hiawatha," and it is no longer consid-
| cred d mass of the most childish non
sense.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-11-17
The Boy on the Farm.
maine Farnler.)

maine Farmer)
The pity being dished out SO generously
for farm boys from the desks of not d
few city editors is in large part a pure
waste of energy. Every day spent work
with certain. definite duties to perform
during the first dozen years of a boys life
is making for his health, character and
resourcefulness in way that can never
and mortar of the cities. 1t is not exact
ly good taste for the city jewellers to
waste too much sympathy on the youth
on the farms. when a majority of the sue
any prosperous city are reaping their sue
cesses largely through the influence of
habits of perseverance and industry
gained during their formative years on Il
farm