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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-03
SUCH GREAT FUN
The Games Are Given General Review BY Min
neapolis Juniors and Honored According to
Their Thrills. @.-
TOPIC: GA THRILLING GAME"

- HE games that required all the activity and
!. !
F Nd noise possible with just few hard pen
IEDKI alties forfeits to give them tang
| M seemed to be the only ones that were worth
/ MX | consideration at all from Juniors Every
i EM story, save one, Of a game that was
linz just as thrilling thrilling, and had recog
l1 w | milton been based on that requirement of
III x the game alone and not at all on the man
! ~ ner of telling about it the editor would
<l-- have been at her Wits end to choose
.a@z among the papers. There was only one
that gave moments doubt and that was paper in
which boy made the fat assertion that chess was the
most exciting game he had played The editor was
all attention at that for surely from the long
ago when slow studious chess was the "rage had
strved into the Junior ranks and here chance to
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-03
THE BEST SURPRISE
No Birthday Celebration Till
the Postman Came.
(Prize.)

1T WAS my birthday and I
l. wanted present very much,
but mama was i'll and I had no
hopes Of even having a cake. It
was a cold November day and
as the other children were away,
was alone with mama, the
nurse and the maid. Neither the
maid nor nurse had time to
amuse me and I was very lone
some. I sat by the window that
afternoon watching some chill
dren skating on a pond. If I
could have gone out to skate [
should have been very happy,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-03
TOPIC: "IETTER BOX.n

! !
T -. OST Of them Uncle Sam IS boxes, buk
(|-AI there was one pumpkin shell covered witk
t~Nl tea lead and hidden under stone that waa
I1i0El the official letter holder of girl 8 secret
l1SI society. knot hole in post put to
/ 1NEi somewhat similar use by two chums and
/. wi many more odd things were made tho
vi treasury of precious notes While necesS
l. Ia sty changed these quaint things into LETT
lCJ ter boxes, some real Uncle Sam mail boxes
l-I suffered transformations quite stranger
s. Think of ordinary tin mail-box pereheG
a country fence post suddenly becoming fearful
spook ready to devour two girls who along at twill
light When such magical changes that take place;
who is ready to believe in witches? Another rural
box taken possession of by birds who had ev
IDENTIFY moved to the country from the city where bird
80 houses or less common,
---, 1t very nice that the ownen
AWl\\i ,.>.. ~ was hosptabe, let the birds hava
( >W's-i' = it and put up another box for his
-~. mail. =.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-09-17
THE GOD OF WAR.
clustering Mars and His Name Month,
ne tho

clustering Mars and His Name Month,
the Thracian of the Twelve.
Mars was not a favorite among the
classic Greeks, nor is his name month
a great favorite among the Gothic
moderns. The god of war was a bar
barian intruder in the Olympian circle.
There was something Thracian, and by
that token crude and unworthy in his
manner. He was more of a blusterer
than a fighter, and Homer narrates
with evident relish how Pallas Athene
tumbled him over in combat, his vast
bulk covering several acres. Of wild
aspect, untutored ways and Indifferent
wits, he had little to recommend him
but his immoral origin.
Such also is the month that has taken
the war gods name. One poet notes
it's ugly looks and threats" ga half
wild creature cast from natures lap"
another calls it. The proverb mad as
a March hare says the same thing
with less reticence. English people
call the month March Manyweath-
ers'' and thereby intimate their doubt
Of its capacity for sustained purpose.
1t is the Thracian of the twelve, as
September is the Tyrian. There is
something clustering and barren in it's
aspect, as there is in what people call
"a good war" The winds that blow
from one end Of it to the other are not
| "the winds of God" A peck of March
dust may be worth a kings ransom, as
a wise saw has it. but from the aver
age human it gets less grateful .guer-
| don. Beware the ides of March is
good wisdom for our common human
| ity.-New York Mail.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-09-17
Profit in Poultry Food.

The best evidence that there is money
In feeding Poultry Food is the fact that
the most successful Poultrymen use it
extensively. Il. L. Brown. who is prin-
cipal of Sherman Collegiate Institute,
Moriah, N. Y, is also something of a
Poultry Fancier. Read what he says
about Poultry Food: 81 have used
Pages Perfected Poultry Food for
Eve years with entire satisfaction and
would not be without it. For growing
chicks and laying fowls it is very su
perior food"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-09-17
MUSIC STRINGS.
The Great Amount of Material Re-
quired to Meet the Demand.

''0ne of the most generally accepted
but mistaken ideas that are entertained
by the people Of this country" said a
travelling representative of a foreign
mandatory of gut strings, lis that
strings used on musical instruments
are manufactured from catgut If that
were true the cats In this world would
have been exterminated many years
ago in SUPPLYING the market with ma
terial for musical instrument strings.
THE fact is that they are manufac-
tured from tie intese ines Of sheep. and
in obtaining enough raw material even
from these animals the manufacturers
at times find difficulty.
"The only string made from the in
testines of the feline is that used for
surgical purposes = for sewing up
wounds. One would be amazed to
knew that there are millions of mu-
sicai instrument strings used in North
America alone, and just think where
the tabbies would be If they had to
supply the consumption.
another amazing thing is that there
are over 700 different grades of musical
instrument strings. The demand for
strings in North America is increasing
every year, especially in the south and
in Mexico. There are more guitar
strings sold in Mexico than any other
kind, but through the south the banjo
string is still popular, despite the fact
| that every year has marked a slight but
| gradual falling off in the demand. y
| Kansas City Journal.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-09-17

49, Naas1
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman TBarbar: of
West Glover visited in town recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Root of Low
ell, Mass, are visiting at H. o. Mil
ler's,
Ashley Farman passed away Sept
ember II. More extended notice
later.
Mrs. Alfred Bryant and grandcbild
OF Bolton visited at @. w. Bryant's
last week.
G. W. Miller, o. W. Bailey, Nelson
Sey more, Francis Jacques and Her
bert Angler have installed Peoples
telephones in their houses.
Henry Barber and family of West
Glover and Mr.. and Mrs. Osmer Far
man of Lowell came last Thursday to
attend the funeral of Ashley Farman.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-09-17
He Met Him.

"When you go to New Zealand
wish you would inquire after my great
grandfather, Jeremiah Thompson"
Certainly" said the Traveller. And
wherever he went he asked for news
of the ancestor, but without avail, ac-
cording to the Dundee Advertiser. One
day he was introduced to a fine old
Maori of advanced age. did you ever
meet with an Englishman named Jere-
miah Thompson?' he asked. A smile
passed over the Maori's face. Meet
him?" he repeated. .'Why, I ate himr'
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-09-17
Proverbs NJ Assam

Here are some rather clever proverbs
OF assam: The best crops grow on
others helus, but the best sons are at
nome. A bird is little thing, but
it builds Its nest on. a lofty hulung
tree. Buy land which slopes to the
middle, ana marry a girl who has a
good mother The biggest jack fruit
always hides under the leaves" IF a
man slips down ii is always his eldest
wife's fault, but if his youngest wife
makes a mistake he says he will see
about it," a hasty cook, hasty
broom, and the husband goes fasting;
slow cook, a slow broom, and the
husband eats three meals a day"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-09-17
MORGAN CENTER

Arthur Burroughs has returned
from his trip to Coaticook.
Mrs. Stella Gilman and family Wis
tied friends in Barton last week.
After little more than a week of the
most Intense suffering Mrs. ID. A.
Elliott died at her home Saturday,
Sept. s. Since early childhood Mrs.
Elliott has for the greater part of the
time been a resident of this place.
Early in life she accepted Christ as
her guide and through the life when
followed. in which the sorrows COM
mon Ito all we're hers, her faith and
trust M Him never faltered, her daily
life SHOWING how near she lived to
the Master she loved and served.
From a child che was deeply inter
ested in church work-in the choir,
the Sunday school, and in the social
meetings, always giving of her best
for the cause she loved. In her home
she was a faithful wife and loving,
unselfish mother. Naturally of a
social, happy disposition, she gave a
CHEEKY word and helping hand TO all
in sickness or trouble of any kind
The funeral services were held at the
church Monday, Sept. 10, Rev. T. b.
Blodgett officiating. The floral offer
ings were many and beautiful: q
pillow of roses and 81 white carna-
lions from the Ladies' Aid Society and
Auxiliary, of which societies she was
member, besides other beautiful
flowers from friends here and else
where. The large number of people
who attended the funeral showed the
respect in which she was held. She
leaves a husband, two sons, and al
. aged father here to mourn her loss
Nalso an only brother, K. ID. Naples
Men, in California. Much sy mpath.
is<expressed for the bereaved famil!
inltheir affection
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-09-17
CALEDONIA COUNTY.
WEST BURKE

Mrs. Alba Craig is visiting friends
in North Hatley, P. @.
Miss Mae Wright of Irasburg visit
ed friends in town last week.
Miss Celia Spencer has returned to
he school in Kingston, N. FL.
A little daughter was born to Mr..
and Mrs. Everett Lampher Sunday.
Miss Ethel Smith has gone to
Bloomington for few weeks visit.
A large number of people from this
village attended Barton fair last week.
Miss May Wright of Irasburg has
been visiting in town during the past
week.
Mrs. Frank Houston of st. Johns
bury has been visiting her aunt, Mrs
Della Craig.
DIR. R. Fl. Burke has rented O. J.
Trefren's house on the hill and will
move there in October.
Mr.. and Mrs. FL. L. Bishop were
called to Island Pond last week by the
the death of Miss Faye Farmer.
Miss Florence Carrick was called to
Greensboro Bend recently by the ILL
ness of cousin, Mrs. Flanders.
Mrs. Annie Crandall went to- Port
land last week to spend a few days
with her husband who Las been play
ing in that city.
w. FL. Fairbanks, who spent the
summer in Holyoke, Mass, was in
town last Monday on his way to his
home in Newark.
The Misses Fanny and Elizabeth
Thompson of Ashland, n. H., have
been guests at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. E. Sweet during the past week.
c. j. Trefren, who has been resi-
dent of West Burke for several years,
has purchased the Henry Moore resi-
dence in Lyndonville and viii move
there in the near future.
MIR. and Mrs @. D. Nichols are re-
joicing over the advent of baby girl
who arrived last Thursday morning.
The reader will observe that West
Burke is growing village.
The chief event of last week was the
birth of twins, boy and girl, to DR.
and Mrs. w. R. Laviolette. Mrs. Geo
Fogg of Sutton is caring for the mothe,
who has been and still is very i'll.
The statement made in last weeks
issue to the effect that DR.. Noyes haG
rented his house and would 60 tx
Southern Pinee, N. H., wherever tina
may be- was not sent by the regula
correspondent and was entirely false
|
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-09-17
The Regret of His Life.

Sir William Grove, the eminent sci
enlist and jurist, never forgave himself
for not discovering the spectroscope.
l had often Observed he said, that
there were different lines exhibited in
the spectra of different metals ignited
in the v0ltaic arc, and if had had any
reasonable amount of wit I ought to
have seen the conyerse-viz, that BY
ignition different bodies show in their
spectral lines the materials of which
they are composed"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-09-17
MOSQUITO Eggs.

The eggs of the mosquito are fastened
together by a viscid secretion from the
Insects body. From $50 to 800 eggs
are laid at a time, and the little boat
shaped mass is so constructed that it
will not overset It cannot be sunk nor
in any way injured by wind rain or
water. 1t is abandoned by the insect
and the eggs are Matched by the beat
of the sun or atmosphere. A temper
allure below freezing is said not to
destroy the vitality Of the mosquitoes
eggs
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-09-17
Prunes and Indicestion.

Mrs. , who knows many prac-
teal thing, had maid who was dying
(or thought sheMwas) of indigestion.
Now this maid was too valuable to lose,
SO her mistress determined to save her
life and retain her services. maggie,
I want VI to eat every morning for
breakfast three stewed prunes. Now,
never more than three. If you were to
eat more you would get tired Of them.
But three will leave you little hungry
for some more prunes and your appe-
tite will steadily increase" Maggie
started in obediently and at the end OF
the week was the healthiest, happiest
girl for miles around Mrs. - has
effected many such cures.-New YorE
Press.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-09-17
CATARRH CANNOT CURED

with local applications, as they cannot reach
the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a blood or
constitutional disease, and in order to cure it
you must take internal remedies. Halls
Catarrh Cure is tkaen internally, and acts
directly on the blood and mucous surfaces.
Halls Catarrh Cure is not qusck medicine.
1t was prescribed by one of the best phys1-
clans in this country for years, and is regu-
lar prescription. It is composed of the best
tonics known, scombined with the best blood
purifiers, acting directly on the mucous sur
faces. The perfect combination of the two in
gradients is what produces such wonderful
results in curing Catarrh. Send for testimo-
malls free.
F. J. CHENEY & c.. Props, Toledo, 0.
Sold by Druggists, price 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-09-17

Mexico has cactus which grows
toothpicks; another, ribbed and thick
" set with toothpick spines, which fur
nlsnes the natives with combs. There
is another cactus, the long curved spines
OF which resemble fish hooks. There is
another which is an almost perfect imi-
tat1on OF the sea urchin. Still another
resembles a porcupine. There is anoth-
er covered with long red hair which
is ncknamed the red headed cactus"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-09-17
NEWPORT CENTER.

AIr.and Mrs, William Rey of Spring
field lass, are visiting at F.P .Miller's.
Mr.. Albert Jones and his ton, Mr.
Irwin Jones of Melrose, Mass are Wis
ting friends in town.
The Ladies' Aid will give an Expe-
rience social in the G. A r. bail We'd
nesdsy, Sept. 18th. Supper from six
to eight
The railway station has been moved
scross the track and now occupies the
lot directly opposite the place where
il formerly stood.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-09-17
Frequent Calls for Poultry Food.

. A merchant likes to sell the goods
the reason SO many merchants in Yer
mont are selling Pages Perfected
Poultry Food" William Morrison of
Barnet, Vt, sells these goods. Here is
a letter from hinE pages Perfected
Poultry Food is very good seller. I
have sold more Of the Food than any
other. I have calls for it often.'
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-09-17
More of Him.

Miss Mugley-The idea of his calling
me homely. | may not be very pretty,
but I'm certainly not as honely as he
is. Miss Pert-No, dear, but that's
simply because he's bigger than you
Philadelphia Ledger.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-09-17

No one would buy sailboat with sails that
could not be reefed. There is always that
possibility OF little too much wind that
makes cautious man afraid to go unpro-
sometimes goes back on him. provides for his
stomach by keeping a bottle of Kodol For
u spepsla within resc1 Kodol digests what
you eat and restores the stomach to the con-
ditlon I" properly perform its functions Sold
BartoE Landing
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-09-17

bath cleausss the skin and rids the pores
of refuse. a oath makes Tor better fellowship
and citizenship. Not only should the eutsid
of the body De cleansed, but occas ional use o
a laxative or cathartic opens the bowels and
clears the system of effete matter. Best for
this are DeWitts Little Early RIsers
Pleasant little pills that do not grippe or
sicken. Sold by Fred ID. Pierce, Barton; F. j
Kinney, Barton Landing.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-09-17
He Went.

Like most men," he said, ST have
my shortcomings, suppose, but
"Oh, it isn't your shortcomings father
objects tor interrupted the girl. Its
your long stayings.'
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-09-17

When Two strong m an come to blows, even
sig9t. but II tn man who gets the worst of It
VIII use neNltts Witch Hazel Salve, pc will
LOOK better aud feel better in short ord sr.
thing salvf is used for. incIudirg niles. sold
ton Landing
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-09-17
His Fatal BIunder.

why did you think he had been
drinking? He didn't show it,
mot until he went out of his way
to prove that he hadn't" -Philadeiphi
Press.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-09-17

Hewitt = Time waits, on no man.
Jewett-I guess that's the name of the
new waiter at my restaurant.-New
York Press.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-09-17
WESTFELD.

w. d. Bell has installed a gasoline
engine.
Mrs. John Martin fell recently, in
juriDg her ankle.
Miss Helen Fsrman is engaged to
teach school in MoodyviIle.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-09-17

coed for the cough removes the cold the
SsVse ot the cough That's the work of Zen
re y,s Laxative Honey and Tar-she original
taXative cough syrup. Contains o opistes.
SOLO by Fred D. Pierce, Barton; F. ]. kinney,
Barton Landing.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-09-17

To do all in our power to win health
and keep it is as much our duty as to
be honest.-Seward
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-09-17
LOWELL.


daily invited.
LOWELL.
Mrs. Greenwood is visi ting in New
York.
Ernest Revoir is attending school
at Barton.
Lowell wac represented at Barton
Fair last week.
Miss Eleanor Nimmo of Boston is
visiting at Edgar Laclair's.
A carriage house of Geo. Mitchell
was burned Friday, September Z.
Archie Wakefield is soon to move
into the Silsby tenement by the mill.
Mrs. Geo. Ross from Boston, Mass,
called on relatives in town Tuesday.
Harrie Wellman and Harold Curtis
go to Hanover to attend college this
fall.
s. B, Parker of Coventry spent
Wednesday with his brother, ". NJ.
Parker.
Whitman Souther and Betty Kim
ball were married Thursday by Rev.
W. A. Warner.
Mrs. Richmond of Newport is
spending few weeks with her sister,
Mrs. Franz Sanborn.
The ladies' Aid society will meet
IN PArker's rooms September 21st.
An Invitation is extended to all.
Mise, Grace Powers, who spent
several weeks this summer with her
aunt in Irasburg, has returned home.
Clinton Newton has returned from
Newport having finished his labors as
grand juror for present term of court.
Mrs. s. B. Cello and daughter Min
ME have moved their household
goods to Aver, Mass, where they ex-
pect to live. Mr.. Cello has employ
ment there.
Mayonot Durivage and Edith Hem
enway were uni ed in marriage at the
home of Cyrus Durivage September
8, Rev. j. H. Wallace officiating
Congratulations.
MORGAN.
Mrs. Clara Bullock has been on the
sick list.
w. E. Blood and George Cargill are
running a threshing machine.
Q. n. Williams of Island Pond il
running fish cart in this vicinity.
MIR. Davis of Island Pond is putting
up poles to extend his telephone line
in this town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Litchfield o
Newport Center have been visiting a
Ivan Peavy's.
1t is expected that the road in from
ofGeorge Cobb's house will be changed
little, to make better grade.
Several sales of real estate have
been talked up the past week. Changes
may be made in the near future.
Many friends extend sympathy tt
ID. A. Elliott and family in their be
reavement by the death of Mrs. Ell
lott. She was woman of rare char
acter and will be greatly missed.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-09-17
Woman's Love.

(which of the two do YOU think you
will love the longest, Peter or Paula?
1.-THE one who win forget me the
quickest."-Paris Figaro.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-09-17

No man IS matriculated to the art Of
life till he has been we'll tempted
George Eliot
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-09-17

pared to help tie quilts, also to bring
basket lunch. Everyone is most cor
daily invited.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-21
SOME FACTS BEARING ON BUSI-
NESS.

Not only is the United States like
" TO have a bounteous wheat crop
this year, but the crop Of the world
at large is likely to be short. This
means a ready market and good
prices for the surplus Of American
aarmers. Russia and ROumania
will have a very much reduced
crop, India will be able to ship not
more than 10000, 900 bushels, or
only half Of her export Of year
ago, and the crop Of the world at
large will be from 200, 100000 to
$50, 900, 900 short of that of last
year. Meantime the wheat crop of
the United States -winter and
spring-is in better condition than
in July, 1905. The winter wheat
crop, which is already practically
made, is expected to aggregate
429, 900, 900 bushels, and the spring
wheat crop, 293, 100000 bushels-a
6otal Of 722, coo, 600 bushels.
Corn indicates a yield Of 2, 7O3,
$4,000 bushels-nearly equal to
Last years crop. OF course it is
early yet so far as corn is concerned,
and a great deal might happen.
Suffice it to say that the promise
now is exceedingly good.
The prospect that the farmers of
the United States will have another
prosperous year is encouraging to
business interests generally, Agri-
culture is a business barometer.
It's degree Of prosperity or depres-
sion usually affords an indication of
the condition of mercantile and
manufacturing interests.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-07-21
RObart-K Ckapoo a Good One.

A. W. Hastings attended a meet
ing of the stockholders of the
hobart KickaDoo Mining company
at Linden Tuesday and is greatly
pleased with the prospect of this
mine, it being one of the best if not
the best in the district.
Organization was perfected and
the following directors chosen: A.
M. Anderson, Dodgeville; JAS.
Brown, Mt. Horeb; Fred Rieberg,
Linden; JAS. Heathcote, Mineral
Point; Thos. Hicks, Linden; DIR.
Garner, Richland Center; Levi
Pollard, Linden.
Stock is ready for sale at 81 Del
share for the present, but is sure to
advance in values. A mill will be
constructed at once. The prospect
is most conveniently equipped with
natural advantages.