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The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-25

and Rome the day Is ftly commence rated. but # is dour old Thanksgiving z for Americans in St. Petersburg this year
 The merriest brightest, most delight full Thanksgiving dinner in all Europe Is that annually given by the American Art Students Association in Paris Where liberty Is, there is enjoyment, at least among rational people. The Paris art students Thanksgiving feast witnesses no long winded. awful speeches. only laughter and eating and drinking and impromptu wit Tine so~ ciety has been in existence about sey- enteen years. Sixteen years ago the members resolved to have a Thanks giving dinner. How to get the cram berry sauce. sweet potatoes and pump kin pie and how to get the turkey stuffed and cooked American style was q problem unsoIvable till the New York Art Students League kindly announced that # would sendi the whole dinner ready cooked across the sea bodily for it's brethren in Paris. This was actually done. and the feast was had amid the joyous cries for more on the part ofa the exIled Americans, and the inextrieabIs confusion and bewiIder- ment of tlfe French walters, who knew no more what cranberry sauce and sweet potatoes were than they know what heaven Is like. And those stu dents ate till one could not possibly tell which was stuffed more. student or turkey.
 Since that first students dinner, however. things have gone better. French cooks have learned how to pre- pare the turkey, and American girls In the students quarter now make the pumpkin. pies and cranberry sauce. Great men of France. artists, states men and lItterateuFs are always glad of an invitation to attend these joyous, in- formal American students Thanksgiv- ing dinners.
 On the sea wherever an American naval ship Is there is Thanksgiving day a fnemora ble one. The skafrien have the best of that food which Is consid cred good enough for common sailors. Afterward they have games and music
 Tn the ohicers' quarters the feast is furnished with all the deIicacies 10 be got both eatable and drinkanse. After the custom, stupid or not, according tn the result, speeches are made. toasts are drunk. as always. ending with the traditional:
 Here's to sweethearts and wivesi"
 Tn far away Manila Thanksgiving day Is observed lazily. leisurely, as is fitting in a land where nobody ever hurries except Americans newly arr rived. The turkey, if.there be any for Thanksgiving in Manila, will be of the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-25
MONTGOMERY ALABAMA.- SUNDAY NOVEMBER 25 Ieoe

Now for the turkey and pumpkin l pie part of tue American Thanksgiv, ing
 Roast beef boar's head and plum
 pudding were from old connected with the Christmas dinner in the old lands. Therefore were they expectations
 meats" and aceursed. Wild turkeys were plentiful. so were cranberries, 50 wefe pumpkins in this new world. The pilgrim mothers substituted roast tur-
 key with cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie for the superstitious meats of old ! England. Seey
 Thanksgiving remaincd chiefy a 1 New England local festival till f7S9.
 when George Washington as President
 issued the first proclamation for It's I observance by the whole nation. He did this by request of both houses of Con- gress. George Washington's original proclamation is still in existence. In the Southern States Thanksgiving has never been special day for feasting and family reunions. The churches are open for religious services. but other wise the day Is not made so much ofA
 Elsewhere in the country, though, 1t Is joyous and festive occasion. and wherever on the globe our countrymen have gone they have taken the Amerl- can Thanksgiving with them. The very AAitflfF. dI &dpC iNOIne ana DeYgnus in the far northern jumping off place, tries to have some faint resemblance of the day in his thought at least while he thaws out his can of pork and beans, gnaws at o-called desiccated eggs and swallows tin cupfuIs of tea. Some times if the heartache for home be too strong on him he likewise swallows some whiskey at 76 cents drink
 We are spread all over the earth now, fva n1n na Nub on Thanksgiving we feast according to the menu of the land we are in. In Porto Rico and Spanish countries the cold-blooded northerner gulps down red-hot connections of chopped chicken. peppers, oil and garlic and sighs for the roast turkey and cider and pump kin pie of the States. Ever the sol- emn old hymns he used to hear the con- gregation chant through; their collective5 noses would sound sweet to many an American away from home.
 { 11 .&
 In London the American society has always it's Thanksgiving evening din- ner, except for the turkey, more British than American Notables, British and American. mutually tany one another, and Englishmen '1awf" and Americans 'laff" at the canned witticisms yearly brought out on the last Thursday night of November. Americans in Berlin celebrate Thanksgiving In a dinner if possible shade more solemn and for nal than that of London. In Vienna Fa 4 A-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-25

and Rome the day Is htly commence rated. but # is a dour old Thanksgiving for Americans in St Petersburg this year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-25

swA fIANKsGIvING This Is the
 greatest corn year. the great est oil -petroleum--prob ably the greatest wine year,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-01-17
GOFFICIAL1
Proceedings OF The Board of Coun-
ty Commissioners.
Auditors Office, Redwood County

Auditors Office, Redwood County.
Redwood Falls, Mimi, Jan. End, 1906
Board of County Commissioners of
Redwood County met on the above civ.
en- date i'll regular session. at l:3O D. M
Members present: ]. F. Cain, Geo. Posi-
c. H. Frederiksen, c. W. Mead and D. R,
McCorquodale
On motion of F. J. Cain, duly passed
{. W. Mead was elected chairman of
this board for the ensuing year.
On motion of c. H. Frederiksen. duly
passed, d. R. AIcCorquodale was elected
vice-chairman of this board for the en-
suing year.
In the matter of the petition of Anna
Prokosch and others for a county ditch
IN the townships of Three Lakes and
Shutdown, designated as County Ditch
No. =, the time set for hearing on the
engineers and viewers reports in the
matter of the petition for said ditch,
having arrived, namely, Tuesday, Jan.
2nd, 1906, at , o'clock p. M, said re-
ports were taken up and considered with
all that was said by interested parties
for or against said reports and said pc
titiOn. Several witnesses were sworn
and testified in the matter of said re-
ports. Anna Prokosch, appeared by at
torney and objected to viewers report
upon the ground that it is unjust and
not evenly divided. And upon the ground
that the proposed ditch follows pri-
waite ditch already dug and no notation
thereof made in the viewers report: and
upon the ground that the civil engineer
is not present at this hearing nor was
he present with viewers in establishing
their report.
On motion of c. H. Frederiksen. duly
passed, the hearing on the engineers
and viewers reports in the matter of
the petition of Anna Prokosch and 9TH
ers for public ditch designated as Com-
ty Ditch No. ?, was adjourned to Thurs
day, January 4th, 1906, at , o'clock
p. m.
On motion board adjourned until 8
o'clock the following day
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-01-17
Friday, Jan. 9Th, 1906.
following da,


Board convened at o'clorl, a. m, pur-
suant to adjournment Members all
present.
The bond of the State Bank of Bel
view, as a depository for County public
funds, in amount of $4,000, with Swan
f. Peterson, Christian Knutson, Berter
Monson, Daniel Mckay, Emil Johnson
and Andrew NJ. Munson as sureties, pre-
sented, and on motion of ID. R. McCor-
quodale, duly passed, bond and sure
ties approved.
The bond of the Security State Bank
of Seaforth as a depository for County
public funds in amount of $4,000, with
Nick Bernardy, Thomas j. Sloan, Jas
NJ. Little, James Longbottom and JAS.
G. Johnson as sureties, presented, and
on motion of ID. r. McCorquodale, duly
passed, bond and sureties approved.
The bond of the Farmers and Mer-
chants State Bank of Morgan as de-
pository for County public funds, i'm
amount of $4,000, with Charles B. Root
Thomas Butcher, Anton Won Readon-
John w. Matthias and Nels Jensen as
sureties, presented, and on motion of G.
Il. Frederiksen, duly passed, bond and
sureties approved.
The bond Of the First State Bank OF
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-01-17
Wednesday, Jan. 3rd, 1906.


Board convened at o'clock a. m. pur-
suant to adjournment. Members all pres
ent.
On motion of Geo. Posi-, duly passed,
c. w. Mead and D. R. ATcCorquodaIe
were appointed a committee on jail.
On motion of d. R. McCorquodale, du-
~ passed, I. n. Tompkins and C. w.
Mead were appointed a committee on
supplies.
On motion of J. F. Cain, duly passed,
c. W. Mead and c.. II. Frederiksen were
appointed a committee on fuel.
On motion of J. F. Cain, duly passed,
c. w. Mead and l. n. Tompkins were
appointed a committee on janitor and
court house.
On motion of D. r. McCorquodale, du-
ly passed, the salary of the county at
torney was fixed at $1,000 for the ensu-
ing year.
On motion of J. F. Cain, duly passed,
the salary of the county superintendent
of schools was fixed at $500 for the en-
suing year.
On motion of Geo. Posi-, duly passed,
the salary of the janitor was fixed at
$40 per month the ensuing year.
The following resolution was offered
by c. H Frederiksen and adopted by
unanimous vote of the board
Resolved, That the Tri-State Tele
phone and Telegraph Co. of St. Paul,
Minnesota, be and they are hereby au-
thorized and empowered to make the
necessary connections with the Redwood
county court house in the city of Red
wood Falls, Minnesota, as will give the
officers and others who may wish to
use it, the benefit of the long distance
service of said company, said connec-
tion to be made without any charge to
said county"
The committee appointed to let the
contract for a bridge across the Red
wood river on section 9, Redwood Falls
township, made the following report,
and on motion of Geo. Posi-, duly pass
ed, said report was approved:
To the Board of County Commission
ers of Redwood County, Minnesota:
We, the undersigned, committee APP
pointed by you to let the contract and
inspect bridge to be built across the
DoJ,r VSx-or. in Tho shin of Rod
wood Falls, said county, on section nine
of said township, beg to report as fol-
lows: That we let the contract for
said bridge to NJ. A. Adams, aud that
on the 10th day of October, 1905, we in
spected said bridge and found the same
completed in a good and satisfactory
manner and in accordance with the con-
tract and plans and specifications for
said bridge. And we hereby accept
said bridge and recommend that pay
ment be made for same in accordance
with the contract entered into with said
NJ. A. Adams by this committee jointly
with the town board of the township of
Redwood Falls.
Witness our hands and the seal of the
county auditor of Redwood County,
Minnesota, this 10th day of October,
1906.
auditors Seal)
C. w. MEAD,
Commissioner 4th Dist.
D. r.. MCORQUODALE,
Z Commissioner 5th Dist.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-01-17
(Auditor's Seal.)

7. n. Tompkins,
Co. Auditor, Redwood Co.
MINI.
c. w. Mead.
Chm. Board of Co. Com.
Fred L. Warner,
Clerk of the District Court.
Board of Audit of Redwood County,
Minnesota.
Board adjourned until 80 D. m.
Board convened at 1870 D. M, pursu-
ant to adjournment. Members all pres
ent
Board proceeded to and did check up
and count the funds in the hands and
under control of the County Treasurer
and made the following report:
Redwood Falls, MINI.
Jan. 3rd, 1906.
We, the undersigned, Board of Coun-
ty Commissioners of Redwood County,
Minnesota, did on the above given date,
in regular session, examine the records
of the Auditor and Treasurer, as Dy
law required. and upon examining the
funds in the hands and under control of
the County Treasurer, we find as fol-
lows:
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-28

nave grown bitter had he had the same
treatment"
I'VE have him pinioned here. He has
slain man. and have slain another.
lon my word. you Rave been busy"
How did you know that we We're
here:''
NAY. that is an unexpected pleas
ure.''
You did not come for Us. thcns"
"No: we came for the lady Her
brother was To have taken her in
his carriage Her husband learned IL.
and 10y lying message he coaxed
her into his own, which was at an
other door When De Vivonne found
that she did not come and that her
rooms were empty he made inquiries
and soon learned how she had gone.
De Montespan's arms had been seen
on the panel. and so the king sent me
here with my troop as fast as we could
gallop."
''Ah. and you would have come too
late had n strange chance not brought
us here. / know not who IL was who
waylaid us. for this man seersed to
know nothing OF the matter. How
ever. all that will be clearer after
ward What is to be done nowT'
Il have my own orders. Madame is
who are concerned in Offering her vio-
Ience are TO be kept until the kings
pleasure is known. The castle. too.
must be held for the king. But you.
De Catinat. you have nothing to do
now"
Nothing save that / would like well
to ride into Paris TO see that all is
right with my uncle and his daugh-
ter
''Ah, that sweet little cousin of thine,
BY my soul, / do not wonder that the
folk know you well in the Rue St
Martin. Well, I have carried mes
sage for you once, and you shall do
as much for me now"
with all my heart. And whither?' %
ITO Versailles. The king will be on
IRE to know how we have Jared You
have the best right to tell him. since
without you and your friend yonder it
would have been but a sorry tale.
Il will be there in two hours
Have you horses?'
Ours We're slain.''
You will find some in the stables
here. Pick the best. since you have
lost your own in the kings service"
The advice was too good to be over
looked. De Catinat. reckoning to
Amos Green, hurried away with him
to the stables, while De Brissac, with
few short, sharp orders, disarmed the
retainers. stationed his guardsmen all
over the castle and arranged for the
removal of the lady and for the Gus
tody of her husband. An hour later the
two friends were riding swiftly down
the country road, inhaling the sweet
air, which seemed the fresher for their
late experience of the dank, foul va
pors of their dungeon.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-28

men upon earun. THIS was ne whom sne
most dreaded and whom she had least
thought TO see.
Maurice she screamed. Maurice.
1t is you:''
'sYes, little wife, it is I. We are re-
stored 10 each others arms, you see.
after this interval
"Oh. Maurice how you have fright
ened me. How could you be SO cruel:
Why would vou not speak TO me-"
because it was so sweet TO sit in ST
Ience and 10 think that I really had
you TO myself after all these years,
with none to come between. All. little
wife, have often longed for this hour"
81 have wronged you, Maurice: I
have wronged you, Forgive me-
I'VE do not forgive in OR family, my
darling Franchise"
You may kill me if you will" she
moaned.
Il WILL said he simply.
Still the carriage flew along, jolting
and staggering in the deeply rutted
country roads The storm had passed,
but the growI of the thunder and the
faroff CLINT of a lightning fash were
" Dc anu SCCh O1 thC OtdCA SluC
of the heavens.
where are you taking me?' she ask
ed at last.
ITO Portillac. my little wife"
And why there? What would you
do to me:''
Il would silence that little lying,
tongue forever. 1t shall deceive no
more men,
You would murder me? You have
stone for heart"
1T is true Ny other was given to a
woman"
"Oh, my sins are indeed punished.
Can do nothing to atone?"
Il will see that you atone
You have sword by your side,
Maurice. Why do you not kill me.
then, if you are so bitter against me?
Why do you not pass it through my
hearth
Rest assured that would have done
so had not an excellent reason"
why, them"
II will tell you. At Portillac 1 have
the right of the high justice, the mid
die and the low. l am seigneur there.
and can try, condemn and execute. 1t
king will not even know how to avenge
you, for the right is mine and he can
not gainsay it without making an en-
envy of every seigneur in France"
He opened his mouth again and
laughed at his own device, while she,
shivering in every limb, turned away
from his cruel face and glowing eyes
and buried her face in her hands. Once
more she prayed God to forgive her
for her poor sinful life. So they whirl-
ed through the night behind the clat-
tering horses, the husband and wife
saying nothing, but with hatred and
fear raging in their hearts, until a
brazier fire shone down upon them
from the angle of a keep and the shad-
ow Of the huge pile doomed vaguely up
in front of them in the darkness. 1t
was the castle of Portillac.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-28

men. Marceau. Enenne. Gilbert. Jean.
Pierre. all You who have eaten my
bread, on TO them. I say
He glanced round with furious eyes
but they fell only upon hung heads
and averted faces. With a hideous
curse he flashed out his sword and
rushed at his wife. who still knelt half
insensible beside the block De Cati-
nat sprang between them 10 protect
her. but Marceau. the bearded sene-
schal. had already seized his master
round the waist. With the strength
Of maniac. his teeth clinched and the
foam churning from the corners of his
lips, De Montespan writhed round in
the mans grasp. and, shortening his
sword. he thrust il through the brown
beard and deep into the throat behind
it. Marceau fell back with choking
cry. the blood bubbling from his mouth
and his wound: but before his muir
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-28

derer could disengage his weapon De
Catinat and the American, aided by n
dozen of the retainers. had dragged
him down on to the scaffold, and Amos
Green had pinioned him so securely
that he could but move his eyes and
his lips, with which he lay glaring and
splitting at them. So savage were his
own followers against him-for Mar
ceau was well loved among them
that, with ak and block SO ready, JUS
tice might very swiftly have had her
way had not long, Gear bugle call,
rising and falling in a thousand little
twirls and hourishes. changed out sud-
denly in the still morning air. De
Catinat pricked up his ears at the
sound of it like hound at the hunts
mans call
Ibid you hear, Amos?"
"It was a trumpet
TT was the guards bugle call. You.
there, hasten to the gate! Throw up
the portcullis and drop the drawbridge!
suffer for your masters sins! 1t has
been a narrow escape, Amos"
you may say So friend. l saw him
put out his hand to her hair even as
you sprang from the window. Another
instant and he would have had her
scalped. But she is fair woman-the
fairest that ever my eyes rested upon
and it is not fit that she should kneel
here upon these boards He dragged
her husbands loIg black cloak from
him and made pillow for the sense
less woman with tenderness and deli
cacy which came strangely from a man
of his build and bearing.
He was still STOPPING over her when
there came the clang of the falling
bridge, and an instant later the clatter
Of the hoofs of a troop of cavalry, who
swept, with wave of plumes, toss of
names and jingle OF steel, into the
courtyard. At the head was tall
guards. with a curling feather in his
hat. high buff gloves and his sword
cleaning in the sunlight. De Catinat's
face frightened at the sight OF him,
and he was down in an instant beside
his stirrup.
de Brissac.'' he cried.
'De Catinat! Now where In the
name of wonder did you come FROM
II have been a prisoner. Tell me, De
Brissac. did you leave the message in
Paris? And the archbishop came? And
the MARRIAGE"
Took place as arranged. That Is
why this poor woman whom l see yon
der has had to leave the palace"
Il thought as much"
Il trust that no harm has come to
herr"
my friend and I were just in time
to save her Her husband lies there.
He is a fiend, De Brissac."
VERY likely. But an angel might
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-28
Blu A. CONAN DOYLE.
Author OF 1.-The Return OF Sherlock Holmes

never had an evil thought toward you
None toward me? Oh, woman,
woman
What have l done, then? The king
came to my room to see the children
taught. He stayed. He talked. He
asked my opinion on this and that.
Could be silent, or could i say other
than what l thought"
"And SO, by your own confession,
you stole the kings love from me, most
virtuous of Widows
Il had all gratitude and kindly
thought for you. You have. as you
have SO often reminded me, been my
benefactress. 1t was not necessary
for you to say it, for / had never for
an instant forgotten it,
"Pah. Your hypocrisy sickens mel
Ii you pretend to be nun, why are
you not where the nuns are? I was
honest, and what i did l did before
the world. You, behind your priests
and your directors and your prie-dieus
and your missals-do you think that
you deceive me as you deceive others?'
Her antagonists gray eyes sparkled
for the first time, and she took quick
step forward, with one white hand half
lifted in rebuke.
You may speak as you will of me-"
she said. ITO me it is no more than
the foolish parrakeet that chatters in
your anteroom. But do not touch up
on things which are sacred. All, if you
would but raise your own thoughts to
such things-if you would but turn
them inward and see before it is too
late how vile and foul Is this life which
you have led. What might you not
have done? His soul was in your
hands like clay for the potter. If you
had raised him up, if you had led him
on the higher path. IL you had brought
out all that was noble and good within
him, how your name would have been
loved and blessed from the chateau to
the cottage. But no. You dragged him
down, you wasted his youth, you drew
him from his wife. you marred his
manhood. Take heed, madame, for
Gods sake take heed ere it be too late.
For all your beauty there can be for
you, as for me, few short years of
life Then, when that brown hair is
white. when that white cheek is sunk
en-. when that bright eve is dimined-
ah. then God pity the sin stained soul
of FRANCHISE &c Montespan.''
Her rival had sunk her head for the
moment before the solemn words and
the beautiful eyes. For an instant she
stood silent, cowed for the first time in
all her life. but then the hooking, de-
faint spirit came back to her. and she
glanced up with a curling lip.
II am already provided with a spir-
itual director. thank you," said she.
"Oh, madame. you must not think to
throw dust IN my eyes. 1 know You
and know you well.'
lon the contrary, you seem to know
less than 1 had expected If you know
me so well. pray what am II"
), All her rivals bitterness and hatred
rang in the tones of her answer. You
are" said she, 1.-The governess of my
children and the secret mistress of the
king"
"You are mistaken answered Nine.
de Maintenon serenely. Il am the gov
erness of your children and I am the
kings wife,"
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-12-28
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