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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-01-12
4 Nest InOpportune Question.

ttOUl JUICE.
2 Mr.. and Mrs. Nagger were at the break
fast table when Mr.. Nagger said to his
wife:
Did you hear Mrs. Flutter sag last
night when we were calling there that she
made all of her own dresses and trimmed
her own hats?'
There was fire In the eye OF Mrs. Nagger.
and the iron Of sharp and keen resentment
seemed to have been driven into her soul
Fhen she said in reply:
And did You hear Mr.. Flutter say that
ne always took care Of his own furnace
fnstcad OF paying a man $40 a month to
do II, as q certain man 1 know OF who
can't afford il does2 Did you hear that?
And did you hear Mr.. Fluttcr telling how
Pie saved about sixty cents a week and
sometimes scventy-fiYe by shaving himself
instead of running off to a barber and run
ming tho risk OF contracting disease, as
you do? Did you hear that? And did you
hear Mr.. Fluttcr say that he always cut his
own grass because he thought It was fine
exercise after he had been shut up in the
office all day? And did you hear him say
that he always polished his own boots? Do
you polish your boots, Sam Nagger? Not
a bit of 1t, you don't. Yes; and did you
hear him say that he always bought his
clothing ready made and saved a good
half on every suit above what he would
nav " "a q Nv : L1ilA Il llNN hiiSW
you to buy a ready made suit in my life.
And Mrs. Flutter told me one day that
her husband did every bit Of the ordinary
repairing that was lone around their
house, and you think you can't so much as
drive a nail! I'd talk about how much Mrs.
Flutter saves doing her own millinery and
1ressmaking If | were you! / wouldn't be
willing to be found dead in such a hat or
such dresses as Mrs. Flutter wears: and
# you think that you can c~riticise or brow
beat me into undertaking my own dress
making in order to save for you to spend
pn yourself you are very greatly mistaken,
/ know what you'd like, You'd just like
TO have me discharge our maid and laund-
ress and nave me sail In and do all my own
housework and washing and ironing, and
be a regular slave, while you never lifted
Il hand to do a thousand things you might
easily do for yourself! l did hear what
Mrs. Flutter said, and 1 also heard what
Mr.. Flutter said, and If / were you, Sam
Nagger, / would sweep my own ~dooryard
clean before-there you go losing your
temper and racing away from the table I'm
a hun! j wonder II you heard Mrs. Flut-
ter say that Flutter never said a cross
word to her In his life nor showed anger In
any way, and here ~you-he's gone, and
with a banging of the door that was
enough to jerk 1t off It's hinges, Dear,
dear. dear. II there's anything trying I'm
this life It's q mani"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-01-12
ANXIOUS ABOUT THE DEER.
Adirondack Guides Eiebe the Coming
Winter Will Not Be Like the Last.
From the New York Sun,

From the New York Sun,
Adirondack guides and the sportsmen
who hunt in the north woods are hoping
that the coming winter will not be so hard
on the deer as the last Two seasons have
been.
One Of the guides in the Big Moose dis
trict said last summer that a third OF all
the deer in that part of the Adirondacks
had died of exposure and starvation dur
ing the last two years. a Saranac guide,
who had been up in the northwest part OF
the region during the winter, said that
half the deer there had died.
This was probably an exaggeration,
though there is no doubt that the loss
was great. Man after man will tell you
Of passing anywhere from two or three
10 seven or eight dead animals in a single
Nays crossing from one point TO another.
1t may seem strange 10 speak of deer
dying from exposure, but that, added TO
their weakened condition due TO lack OF
food, was actually what killed hundreds of
chem.
In the winter they feed on any green
things which they can find under the snow
and also on the youngest shoots of the
hemlock trees. If there Is heavy snow
which lies long OF the ground they get
along very well. The snow protects the
foliage underneath it and, If it is deep,
with a crust, the deer can feed on hemlock
shoots which they could not possibly reach
from the ground.
But if It is bitter cold with little snow,
There is no protection for low sprouts and
those which are not quickly eaten freeze
TO n worthless condition. Then the deer
eat all the hemlock shoots within reach of
the ground. After that they starve. AT
amy rate, they become S weak that they
Dannot bear what next.
A year ago it was no thing
for guides TO see several deer together,
each with a saddle OF snow on it's back.
}Fhe snow cakes must have been there
some time, but the animals had reached
50 low an cbb of vitality that there was
Eot enough warmth in their bodies TO melt
the snow.
There were heavy snowfalls during these
frying seasons, but they were almost i'm
mediately followed by 4 violent thaw or
pouring rain, which in its turn was fol-
lowed by a sharp freeze.
All through the Adirondacks guides at
tempted to save the deer. They felled
hemlccks so that the animals could browse
on the branches which had been out of
}heir reach. They even scattered grain
where deer were in the habit of passing.
At Big Moose Lake when deer were seen
coming along the ice men would go out
with a sack of grain and scatter it across
the course the animals were taking, then
get pack out of the way.
: In spite Of these efforts the deer died by
scores. A man anne into Big Moose one
day, having walked across from n of the
logging camps, and said that he had
passed one bunch of seven deer and he
doubted if any of them lived through the
day. 1t was that way all through the
mountains, so that it is small wonder that
considerable anxiety is felt that the COM
ing season should be a favorable one for
he herds.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-01-12
A Joke on the Doctor.

A Baltimore physician boarded q
crowded car on Charles street A w0m-
an was standing and o big German was
sprawiing over twice the seat ares that
was necessary for him. Indignantly
the physician said to him:
"See here! Why don't you mOvo =
little 30 that this tired woman may
have q seat?"
For q moment the German looked
daxed. Then q broad smile spread ovoR
say. dct's : joke on you. al rtGAtl
DOt'a nv vifcs"
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-01-12
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From the Somerville journal.
She-And do you really love me for my
self alone?
He-Sure hats why I don wa our
mothr- ~ SO ith Us after W. mar
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1906-01-12

In 1904 one out OF every seven London
children under the ~ Of II month";
died
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-01-17

Some of the French students are mis-
erably poor. No one knows how much
poverty is hidden under those long
curls and pale faces. Sonnet. mes in the
libraries in the evening one sees a stu
dent take piece of dry bread out Of
his pocket and MUNICH it while study
ing, that being his whole supper. There
was one student who always walked
with his coat collar turned up. He was
found frozen dead one morning. He
had hardly anything on underneath his
coat. But while American students
who find themselves hard up will do
manual labor. if nothing better can be
found, a French student would rather
starve than do so, and as one Of them
expressed it. Rather starve during
nine years and not do manual labor
than live fairly we'll and finish the
same studies in three years and work
for a living"-Paris Letter in New
York Post
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-01-17
I'm Far Counties.

When the shower came up the artist,
who was walking through New Hamp-
shire on sketching tour, sought shell
ter under a tree, where he was soon
joined by another wayfarer, a man Of
middle age, who looked sort of better
class tramp, and indeed was one.
The two entered into conversation,
and it came out that the wayfarer was
a harness maker by vocation, but a
rover by prediction.
"Yes," he said, "I'm a rolling stone.
I'm never happy in one place. I'm here
today and gone tomorrow. There amt
any fossil about me. I'm on the move
all the time. The world is made to
see, say, and I'm bound to see all
can of it,
The artist began to think that he had
fallen in with a modern Marco Polo,
and by way Of leading up to some in
teresting anecdotes Of the antfpodes he
remarked:
"You must have been quite a trav-
eler."
''Well, that's about So" the man
modestly replied. 81 reckon l could
find my way over New Hampshire
with my eyes shut, and was once two
months in Vermont"
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-01-17
The Meaning of Sympathy.

1t was a clever Frenchwoman who
said: "Those who have suffered much
are like those who know many LAM
guages. They have learned to under
stand and to be understood by many.
It is an impossibility to fully sympa-
thize with another's experience unless
it has been at some time ones own.
In trouble or grief we turn instructive
ly to some one whom we know has
been through the same experience. It
IL the old human longing for. compan-
ionship that shows itself. The feeling
Is strong within us that she will feel
and know with me. Therein lies the
meaning Of sympathy
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-01-17
Pagta's Wonderful Voice.

Nine. Pasta's voice extended from
low A to D in altissimo and was one
Of the most remarkable illustrations
ever furnished Of the value Of musical
culture in overcoming natural blem-
ishes. Her voice was stubborn and I'M
manageable, but by dint of study and
lndefatigable perseverance she brought
it to state Of perfection that was the
admiration of her contemporaries. Her
delight was the bravura style Of orna-
ment, and where the composer had not
been sufficiently liberal in bestowing
ornamentation on her part she invented
cavatinas Of her own and used them
with such effect that they were gener-
ally regarded as the best part Of her
singing. She made her first appear
ance on the stage in 1916, her last In
1870
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-01-17

Black hair is stronger than golden
tresses and will sustain almost double
the weight. Recently a German scien-
list has been experimenting and has
found that it is possible to suspend a
weight of four ounces by & single hair,
provided the hair be black. Blond hair
will give why at varying weights, de-
pendent upon the exact tint A yellow
hair will scarce support two ounces, a
brown will hold up three without
breaking, while Il very dark brown will
sustain an additional half ounce.
The greater vitality of the black hair
Is declared to be the reason for the pre-
ponderance of blond bald heads. and,
according to this experimenter, a per
son with jet black hair will still enjoy
a full growth while the blond will have
been bald for seven and a half years.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-01-17
UNION,


Eat Gorton's Codfish-no bones.
A social will be held in the par.
sonage Saturday afternoon and even
ing. All are cordially invited.
Mashapaug.
Judge III. E. Back of Danielson
spent Sabbath with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. R. Back.
Will Crawford and Mr.. Green OF
Worcester, VIM. Foster and George
Cardinal of Palmer were guests at
Leach's camp last Saturday.
Miss Minerva Crawford was at
home over Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs
George W. Crawford. Miss Crawford
is preparing herself for a trained
nurse in Boston hospital.
Andrew Young has taken the posi-
tion of marker with Chaffee Bros. at
their Charlton saw mill. He has
been tail saving for the same firm at
their band saw mill here for some
time. His family will remain here
for the present.
The ice harvest commenced Thurs
day morning. r. Back made the first
move, getting his ice from the cove
near his ice house. George Crawford
was close second, and had his house
fairly we'll filled by Saturday night.
Fred Walker, Alex Bouvais, E La
brock, FL. R. Howard and Lyman
Moore all have houses to fill, and most
of these will not be filled this week
unless we get more arctic climate
M. FL. Kinney and Merrick Vinton
generally put up some ice, and J. M.
Leach and Louis Helm have houses at
their summer camps
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-01-17
Cold That Kills and Cold That Cures

Cold That kills and Cold That Cures.
In England severe cold generally
kills good many people. In certain
parts Of North America cold still more
severe puts new life into them. It re-
Quires no augmentation to show that
there must be definite reason for this.
The chief reason is that English cold
is mostly damp, while in North Amer
lea 1t is mostly dry. There is the great
est difference in the world between dry
air and damp air. The former is usu-
ally air pure and simple, possessing q
full quantity Of oxygen and often
charged highly with ozone. The latter
consists Of air mixed with the vapor Of
water. When the former air, fully
oxygenated, is breathed it stimulates
more powerfully than chamnagne. The
latter, less oxygenated and charged
with vapor Of water, not only does not
stimulate, but depresses.-Public Opln-
ion
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-01-17
ALUCKY REPORTER,
He Happened to BE ON the Spot or
important Occasions.


Important Occasions.
1t requires eternal vigilance for re-
porter to bag his game, leaving not a
single chance for escape. 1t might be
further said however that the element
Of luck does creep in now and then,
either to newspaper mans advantage
or to his ruin. When Reginald Foster
was one of the craft, he became famous
as the luckiest of reporters. He was
alert, energetic and capable Of writing
an excellent story when he landed it,
but seemed to have q mascot perennial
and eternal. Wherever he went he
stumbled upon a beat" He happened
to be reporting st. Patrick's day pa
rade and went into the Windsor hotel
to telephone his Office when the fateful
fire started in that hosiery, resulting
in the horrible deaths of a great num-
Der of persons. Foster abandoned the
parade, and helped rescue the imprison-
ed patrons of the burning hotel, and
that night wrote a graphic account of
the fire from start to finish. He was
the most available reporter in New
York when the great Hoboken fire
started, and. hiring a steamer in the
name of his newspaper, he saved many
lives before the firemen could render
aid. When President Mckinley was
assassinated at Buffalo the first news
came TO all the papers in New York in
the shape of q very brief bulletin. A
group of newspaper men simultaneous
ly asked Of each other, "Where is Fos-
terY' Somebody explained that he was
then on his vacation at Narragansett
Pier, but, even while he was speaking,
telegram to the city editor was re-
ceived and torn open. 1t read thus: II
was right beside the president when he
was shot, having come to Buffalo ex-
position to close my vacation. Will
send full descriptive story tonight" 1t
was Foster.--Iemsen Crawford in Sue
cess Magazine.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-01-17
DREW THEIR OWN WILLS.
Eminent Legal Lights Who Did So
and Blumdered.

eminent Legal Lights VINO DAW SW
and Blundered.
Many celebrated men have neglected
DO settle their affairs. Ben Jonson,
Dryden and Sir Isaac Newton all died
lntestate, Bacon insolvent, and the
epigram on Buffers monument in
Westminster abbey sufficiently ex-
plains why he and many others like
him never made will:
The poets fate is here In emblem shown.
40 asks for bread, and he receives a
stone.
willis" said Lord Coke, ''and the
construction Of them do more to per-
pSex a man than any other, and to
make certain construction of them
exceedeth jurisprudentium artem." An
old proverb says that every man is Ell
Their fool or physician at forty. Sir
H. Halford happening one day to quote
the saying to circle Of friends, Can
ming humorously inquired, "Sir Henry,
mayn't he be bothr' At any rate, ex-
perience teaches that lawyers who
draw their own wills sometimes make
great mistakes. Sir Samuel Romilly's
will was Improperly worded, Chief
Baron Thompson's will became the SUBJ
ject Of chancery proceedings, while the
will Of Bradley, the eminent convey
ANGER, was actually set aside by Lord
Thurlow.-London Standard.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-01-17

At the level of the sea the pressure
Of the atmosphere on the piston Of an
engine is about fifteen pounds to the
square inch, but decreases at higher
attitudes. As this atmospheric pres
sure must be overcome by the steam
pressure before any work can be done,
1t is evident that at the diminished air
pressure of high attitudes more work
can be obtained from given pressure
OF steam than at the sea level, or, In
other words, an equally effective pres
sure of steam can be obtained with
the expenditure Of less fuel. The Diff
ference, however, Is not great enough
20 be Of any practical importance.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-01-17
Bounty For Sca1ps.

During the French-Indian war Of
1854 the French offered a bounty for
British scalps. In the same year .
bounty Of E100 each was offered by the
authorities of the several colonies. In
Of f40 for every scalp Of a male Indian
over twelve years of age and EGO each
for the scalps of women and children.
In 1894 John Penn, grandson Of Will
liam Penn and governor Of Pennsyl-
vania, offered a bounty of $3.50 for
every Indian BUCK" killed and scalped.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-01-17
Miss Ella Carey is visiting rela.

0AASS nAAh N|hEoy as VAS4UAnB 10ld-
tives in Blackstone, Mass.
Anton Wostrel returned from New
York city Tuesday morning.
John Sloan, Grand Worthy Tenn
plar, of New Britain will make Har-
mony Temple of Honor an official Wis
it next week Wednesday evening, and
it is desired that every member be
present.
STAFFORD AND soMERs DIMocKs
The pressure on the genealogical
department. of the Connecticut Maya
zine caused me, in order to get an
early insertion of the Dimock geneal-
ogy, to shorten, and to devote myself
mainly to completing the early gem
erations. 1O7O-1SOO. For the benefit
of Stafford and Somers connections I
give the following additional items.
John Dimock 5 (Thomas, the emil
grant l, Dea Shubael 2, John 3, Tim
othy 4 married Hannah, daughter of
Matthew Smith of Mansfield. They
had in Mansfield 1, John, Nov. 18,
1853. Soon after they settled near
Square Pond Crystal Lake, and had
2, Timothy, April 2, 1755. He set
tied in Stafford. 3, Simeon, born
Oct. 10, 1856, settled in Stafford ;
married Priscilla Ellis, Dec. 80, 1884.
4, Hannah, born July ), 1853 5,
Silvanus, born March %, 1860 Late
in life (1S22) he settled in Spring
field, Mass 6, Amasa, born Nov
II, 1861; settled in Ellington.~ Z,
William, born June 27, 1863. s.,
Miriam, born Sept. Is, 1865. 8,
Abner, born Aug. s, 1867; settled in
Stafford. 10. Ephrain, born Oct 8,
1869, settled in Stafford; married
Mary Sexton, Jan. "a, 1893. II, a
son, Joseph 2 horn Nov. ?, It'll.
as, the emigrant, 1, Dea. Shubael 2,
"Ensign' Thomas g. Lot +, Jona-
than s. married Nancy Parsons of
Somers, Jan. /, 1922, and settled in
Somers l, Nancy Aurelia, was horn
May -, 1922. ,. Sophia Addia.
born June 6, 1924. Orville died Oct
20, 1916. We find also on Somers
records Loren Dimick, born in Stat
ford died in Somers, March 8. 1860,
aged 56. Also death of Mary D.
Dimick (born in Mansfeld), aged 4
years. do not know that there are
any descendants of the original Toll
land Dimocks among readers of The
Press. The Ashford branch was strong
in Vermont, and is represented BY
Moses L. and A. D. Dimock and their
families in Wilmington. J. N. Emo
South Wellington.
Eat Gorton's Codfish-no bones
The rumored sale of tie Richard
son property seems to have been only
a rumor.
Preparations for ice harvesting are
about completed, but the ice is only
seven inches thick.
John Richardson, Jr., is now work
ing for Roland Squires in his store at
Mansfield Four Corners.
meeting OF the w. 4 L L. will
be held at Mrs. Legraud Johnson S
next Saturday afternoon at half past
two O'Clock.
Mumps continue to claim new
victims, taking any, young or old.
So far it has not seriously affected
school attendance.
Moose Meadow.
The fourth quarterly COME ace Of
the Methodist church will be held in
the church next Monday afternoon at
2 O'Clock. Rev. J. |. Bartholomew,
D. D., will preside.
A vicious dog, that has bee Il caus-
ing quite a little trouble in this vi
cinity lately by attacking teams, was
found dead by the roadside the other
day, having been shot
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-01-17

A well known minister of a kirk In
Glasgow was one day passing along
the High street when he was accosted
by crowd of street gamins, one Of
whom said mischievously, but with be-
coming gravity, "D'ye ken, minister,
the dell is deed?' The minister made
no immediate response, but on the
whole crew reiterating the cry, 1.-THE
de'ips deed! The de'irs deedv' he
turned and, raising his outstretched
hands, as If to pronounce a blessing,
reported, "Ach, ye puir leetle faithless
bairnsy'
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-01-17
CoNcEIT OF THE soMALI.
He Feels He Is About the Most Per
feet Man In the World.

He Feels He Is About the Most Per-
feet Man In the World.
Perhaps the most remarkable charac-
teristic Of the natives Of Somaliland is
their unbounded, preposterous conceit.
Englishmen who know their language
have been appalled, by it. When wa
tering his camel or his horse the Somali
encourages the animal to drink by
chanting to it in a monotone. 1t Is at
such moments Of extemporary efusion
that the man shines in all his glory.
The subject matter may be the expert
ences Of the days march, the virtues
of the animal beside him, the charms
Of his latest wife Or his own prowess In
some bloodless tribal raid. By great
good fortune the following literal trans
lation of one Of these chants or songs
came into my possession, and I insert
it without any comment:
"Will you see a man? Then behold
me! 1 am a Somali, as perfect in size
and form as Adam was after God had
breathed into him his immortal soul.
Look how beautiful my curly hair is
and how majestic look when wrapped
from head to foot IN my snow Wnlte
or jungle colored tobe, although there
be sometimes only one pie Ia small
piece of money tied to it. My house
is the desert, and / am born a free
man, free as the wind! I know nei-
Their king nor master. l am as Adam
was-my own master and king. In the
Jungle 1 tend my camels and sheep.
NV on1v hOY ic to watch than food
In my kerrier my wife, my dear slave,
does all the manual work, while tend
ing my offspring, and woe to her if she
forgets to prepare my evening meal.
The jedal whip shall then have its
turn to make her remember for nett
day. In such a state is any man hap
pier than I?'-Golden Penny.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-01-17

What was probably one of the ear
Hest theaters built was the theater of
Dionysus, which was begun five CEN
turtles before Christ. The seating ca
pacity of this remarkable building Is
said to have been 10000, nearly four
times that of our largest amusement
palace. The theater Of Dionysus was
erected when Greek art and literature
were in their prime. Here were pre-
sented to appreciative spectators the
wonderful works of Eschylus. Sophie
cles and Eurtni1eS
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-01-17

A T Court of Probate holden al Ash.
"A ford. within and for the district of Ashford
on the 18th day of December, A. ID. 1905.
Present, OSCAR ID. BAKER, Judge.
Estate OF Ellen Ii. Lawrence, late of Ashford
In said district, deceased. Stephen b. TiffJ, ex.
ecutor.
Ordered-That six months from the date here.
OF be, and the same are limited and allowed for
the creditors to bring in their claims ag insG aid
estate, and the said executor Is directed &c
give public notice to the creditors OF said estate
TO bring in their claim, within said time allow.
ed, BY posting copy of this order on the public
s1gn-post nearest he place where the deceased
last dWelt, within the same town, and by puo-
fishing the same three weeks in some weekly
newspaper having circul Ation In said Probate
District, and return make to this Court OF the
notice given.
3W4O Attest, OSCAR D BAKER. Judge.