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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-12-07
BELIEVES IN HORSE RACING.

Bloomington, Ind.-Rev. w. r. Will
1aims, of this city, was not afraid to
boldly advocate his sentiments when
the matter of horse racing at the coun-
ty fair was under discussion. He be-
l1eVeS in racing.
Mr.. Williams is not man who seeks
notoriety, but when 2 worldly matter
comes to his attention he speaks his
convictions. He prepared the follow
ing statement for the Journal:
There are two objections raised
against horse racing. Cruelty to the
horse and gambling. do not consider
racing cruel, nor any more task than
driving or working tie horse extra
time for pleasure or money. God
gave man dominion over the animal
kingdom. Man can lawfully use any
animal for his profit or pleasure.
Horse racing is not an evil within
itself. The horse enjoys the race as
much as the athlete enjoys his games.
Gambling goes with racing. But if
we were to abandon all that is bet on
we would quit our political elections
and all that makes us good and great.
Everything that has chance in it is
gambled 90. In all our work and
pleasure we should eliminate the evil.
This should he our practice in the
horse raca. ."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-12-07
SKIM MlNGS.

Try to buy the cow that the seller
wants to keep
Don't burden the cow with yoke
when you can do better by fixing the
fence.
Smoking in the barn may not only
cause fire, but the milk may absorb
the bad smell
The proftless COW is just as much
trouble as the one that pays profit.
Dispose of her as soon as possible.
All butter is much better wien
fresh. If all butter were consumed
within ten days of the date of it's
manufacture, there would be much
less complaint about rancidity.
The first speck of rust you see in
your milk utensils, better start for
the store and get some new ones. You
can't keep rusty pail or pan or can
really sweet and clean.
1t is a great advantage for fresh
cows to have exercise. The motion
of the legs in walking is the best
possible treatment for the feverish
udder. It is the closely confined cow,
as general thing, that has milk
fever.
Milk rich in butter fat and the.
globules of which are large, will give
the largest butter returns and less,
exertion will be required to get the.
butter. It is poor economy to keep.
a cow which does not give milk rich
enough to make first class butter.
We do not advocate the disposal
of a COW before her period of utility
is past, but we are convinced that
it does not pay to keep a COW too
long. Dispose of her before she be-
comes too old and put in her place
a young cow which will give better
returns.
The milk inspector in Boston sent
out 1000 circulars the other day
warning the public against using
milk bottles for other purposes. The
bottles are used between visits of
the milkman for kerosene, bleaching
powder and other things, and being
afterward washed carelessly, the
/ next customer finds his milk impreg.
mated. - -
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-12-07
ESTIMATING A cows VALUE.
The Hish:Rrice4 Animfr ie. Generally
the More Profitable. !

In increasing herd SO in replac-
ing those that have been culled out,
the average productiveness is often
kept down by our strong inclination to
buy cheap cows instead of good ones.
For example, COW that will give on
an average, a gallon of milk the year
round will cost, we will say, $50; one
that will give one and a half gallons
will cost $50, and one that will give
two gallons will cost 500. We know
that the expense of keeping each of
these three cows is practically the
same, and for the purpose of illustrat-
ing this point we will say that it costs
$41.20 to keep each year: We find,
therefore, that if the milk tests As
per cent. butterfat, the one-gallon cow
will produce about 1913 pounds of
butter, which at rs cents per pound
will bring $41.20. The one-gallon COW,
therefore, pays expenses exactly, but
not one cent interest on the invest
ment. The one and half gallon
COW, which cost $50 to begin with,
makes profit of $1,000 year, while
the $40 cow, giving two. gallons per
day.. makes a profit of $41.20 a year.
Therefore, which would you prefer to
do? Invest 800 in one cow that will
produce a profit of $41.60 a year, or
invest 800 in three cows, all of which
will not produce one cent profit in the
year? This is an illustration of the
exact condition that exists in many
of our herds to-day, and until we dis
pose of those $50 boarders we can
never make the dairy pay, no matter
how VIC feed them.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-12-07
. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

averted> a frightful panic, when q
canopy fell on a state procession. The
private life of Portugal's monarch is
rather interesting, because it is more
like that of a private gentleman than
the daily round of a sovereign. AS he
rises at five in the morning, he man.
ages to get all his work done before
midday, then five days of the six he
gives over the afternoon and evening
to his one amusement-sport.
He has explored every corner, of his
kingdom in his motor car, and a short
time since, when driving through some
out-of-the-way place, he had rather an
amusing experience. Arriving at a
small town, he found crowd waiting,
but no one recognized him. In fact,
the chief point of interest at that mo-
ment was an old woman, who had had
her basket of eggs upset by those who
jostled her. The king, with his usual
good nature, approached and asked
what was the matter. 'They say the
king is coming through here to-day,
so these idiots are waiting to see him.
One cannot even do ones daily labor,
with this crowd watching for a fat,
lazy fellow, who does not work and
spends his time in eating" The king
laughed, presented her with coin to
pay for the eggs, and to remember
the fat, lazy fellow BY" and moment
more the royal car had vanished in a
whirl of dust before anyone knew it
had arrived-save one dumb-struck
peasant woman.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-12-07

The window sash, of course, swings
inward and is fastened at various
points by pegs inserted at a, a, a. This
regulates the opening at the top of the
valve. The dotted line represents
the unseen side of the valve and
shows the cross piece that connects
the two sides of the valve. The por-
ton below the dotted line being open
there is no hinurance to the admission
Of the light through the window prop
er. This plan is so clear that we
doubt if any of our readers will have
any trouble in seeing through the
plan at once
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-12-07
THOUSANDS PRAY FOR CURE At
MIRACULOUS SHRINE.
Located at One Of the Beauty Spots
OF Southern Wisconsin-Fanned
for Many Wonderful Cures
Its Chapel.

MISUNDERSTANDING in thousands,
manned, halt, blind, deaf, victims of
the deadly cancer and of the white
plague the afflicted of every sort,
Will gather from all parts of the coun-
try at the foot of Holy Hill, the famed
wisconsin shrine, there to climb pain
1ully the steep and stony path that
leads to the Church of st. Mary at the
summit and to find, if may be, that
miraculous release from sickness and
suffering that so many devout Cath
ol1cs before them are said to have met
with in that sacred place.
What Lourdes is to the Roman
Catholics of France and western Ger.
many, Holy Hill is fast becoming to
the followers of that faith in this
country throughout the northwest.
Each year sees an increase in the
NUMBER who make the pilgrimage
until OF late from $1,000 to 10000 have
visited the place each year.
holy Hill is lofty and grandly pic
turesque place near Hartford, about
~ miles from Milwaukee. The hill
mas gained great fame as a shrine of
sacred pilgrimage. Its popularity has
become so great in recent years that
its renown has no parallel among the
institutions of it's kind anywhere in
the United States.
The history of Holy Hill is a long
series OF remarkable events, and
through the omnipotent power which
is deemed to pervade it's sacred pre-
cincts the lame walk, the blind see,
Inc maniac raves no more and the af-
t1lcted who approach it's shrine with
zeal and fervent supplications, devout-
~ invoking divine aid and the inter.
cession of Mary, the mother of God,
are said to depart therefrom, in many
instances, happy over the miraculous
acquiescence of An unseen power in
their prayerful petitions.
There are few places in southern
Wisconsin whose beauty transcends
that of Holy Hill and the surrounding
country. It is located about six miles
southeast of Hartford and covers
tract of ground nearly 40 acres in ex.
tent. The hill upon which the shrine
proper, or chapel, is located is tall,
conical shaped and towers hig.1 above
the surrounding country. It rises to
a height of 289 feet above it's base
and 827 feet above the level of Lake
Michigan.
The church stands on the highest
point of the hill and can be seen for
miles away. The building is of brick,
with little 4ornamentation, and of the
Gothic style. The church spire is on
the end over the main entrance of the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-12-07
PlLGRINlAGE TO HOLY HILL

double doors, which open under a cir,
cular gallery attached by the ends to
both sides of the church. The interior
is cheerful and we'll lighted by the
tall windows of stained glass. The
roof is supported by six sanded col.
umns, whose slender proportions in:
crease the height and beauty of the
place. The chancel is carpeted and
separated from the chapel by a low.
latticed communion rail of wood, GOV,
cred with dark cloth extending across
the narrow passageways on each side.
In the chancel there are one main and
two side affairs. The combined cost
Of the three affairs was $1,100, which
was contributed by persons interested
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-12-07
Az to Cream,

Keep the cream cans in cold wa
ter winter and summer.
With brush and washing powder
wash the cream separator after u.s.
ing.
A necessary thing is not to over
look rinsing with clean hot water.
You cannot make good butter from
old, stale cream.
r Cream will absorb: any odor near
it, SO: don't put it in the collar where
there are vegetables and other bill
odors.
Fresh cream should be cooled to
the temperature of the cream to
which it lis to. be- added. Don't mix
co34 ana warm cream. -. =. ~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-12-07
such a set is more valuable than those
purchased at the store on account of
their being hand made.

L cannot resist giving this letter in
full, as it shows such helpful spirit
Would that all the readers of this
column of the ages mentioned would
form into clubs to do charitable work:
Dear Madame Merri: We would
like to get up fair or something like
it,: where we can sell candy, ice cream,
fruit, lemonade, etc. We are girls be-
tween 19 and 16 years of age, and our
mothers will gladly aid us. We would
like to help a poor family who are in
need. If you will kindly help US we
will be very much obliged.
MARY IT,
Indeed I will be only too glad to
Gender any assistance in my power,
and would suggest a Paper Bazaar"
to start with. The rooms can be
prettily decorated with portieres of
strips of crepe paper cut about two.
inches in width. Then use Japanese
lanterns, umbrellas and fans. Have
the booths trimmed with paper flow
ers, and even paper flags may be
used. The girls can wear paper caps,
aprons and collars. Some of the ar
ticles for sale may be drawer sachets
made from paper napkins, blotters, lit
tie pictures passe par touted, paper
dolls, candle shades, candy in pretty
homemade boxes, cakes with fancy
paper doilies under them, dinner
cards, posters, calendars, and all sorts
of things which I am sure will come
to your minds. AS for the needy fam
lily, they are leglE1. The Salvation
Army or Bureau of Charities will sup
ply you with name, which you can
look up if you have not already some
one in mind. Another lovely thing
to do is to make scrap books for a
children's hospital.
= MADAME MERRI.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-12-07

in the welfare of the church. Back of
the mensa and projecting from under
meath the canopy of the main altar
stands the tabernacle, built in &C.
cordance with the rules of Catholic
architecture, having a double door
with lock and key, ornamented in gold
with grapes and heads of wheat. the
emblems of the sacrament, Under
meath and in front of the mensa is a
figure of the Lamb Of God resting on
a sealed book. The candelabra and
many of the accessories used in wor-
ship are the gifts of charitably dis
posed persons. On the left of the
altar, in the main body of the church.
is confessional. A pipe organ is
located in the gallery. To the right
in the chancel, suspended from the
side wall, hangs square case with
glass front entitled a "votive tablet"
Among the vow offerings are several
pairs of spectacles left there as proofs
of the efficacy of the place in curing
eyes impaired by disease There are
also stored in recess of the church
a number of old crutches which have
been discarded by men whose lame
ness has been cured. A popularity
about the church is that no marriage
ceremony " has ever been so1emnized
there nor has any funeral ever been
held. IS
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-12-07
Successful DairyjnQ,

Successful dairying means the ap-
plication Of careful thought and in
telligent effort all along, and the Bob
cock test is an important adjunct of
the business, It is the only reliable,
cheap, simple method of determining
the value of milk of the cow, avail
able. It is the amount of fat a cow
puts into her milk that gives her
value, and the. man who neglects to
find out about this as soon as the
cow comes into milk is greatly handi-
capped in his endeavor to make
money, for he is guessing. He puts
a dollar into a new cow machine and
doesn't know whether he will get
more than that back, or less.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-12-07

the lower. edge when elevated to the
point shown by the dotted lines indi-
eating the door at e." light rope,
M" is attached to the swinging door
by eye bolts, r." passed over two
pulleys, 'P," and is operated directly
by the man working in the silo. He
may, if desired, keep the spreading
board almost constantly in motion,
thus securing very nearly perfect re-
suits in the way of even distribution.
The board should be made of extra
heavy planks, or several thicknesses
Of heavy boards, so that it will easily
resist the force of the impact of
ensilage from the blower and maintain
it's position by gravity.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-12-07
Fined for killinu a Snake.

Although the founder of Christian,
ity declared that it was no sin ia
pluck an ear Of corn on the Sabbath!
the Connecticut blue laws make it a
crime to shoot a snake on Sunday
or to sell or to buy an antidote for a
snake bite. Peter Zarcone, Of Dan!
bury, was bitten by an adder as he
was passing through a swamp and
he shot and killed the reptile. But
he was caught by the police and
when he was arraigned before Judge
Howard Scott he was fined SO and
costs. The Judge censured the law
severely and advised Zarcone to carry
his case to the court of common pleas.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-12-07

The race is the chief support of the
county fair. I believe the county fair
benefit; an inspiration to better
farming. There is a pleasure to and
enlivening of the tired man in watch,
ing the horse race. It breaks the
monotony of business life and gives
new energy and life to our daily tasks
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-12-07
WINDOW OPENING INWARD.
Kind Of ventiIator for Stable That
Prevents Draft.

The Sheringham valve or window
has been found to serve a good pur-
pose in providing air for stable and
yet minimize the danger of direct
current of air. This plan is illustrated
here. 1t will be noted that the valve
is built around a regular window sash.
The side of the valve b, d and e ex-
tends inward for about ten Inches.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-12-07

A smart-looking jacket for winter
wear is black velvet, with narrow cuffs
and collar of ermine, edged with Per.
sian embroidery and tiny plating Of
white silk. Worn with this is a. maft
of ermine and large black velvet hat
the brim bound with white felt and i.
long, sweeping white plume trimming
the crown and top.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-12-07
Cro;,s,;s-Stitch Border.

There which be
the threads cannot easily counted
It,
Will be left evenly worked the embroidery
apsry
material Of the foundation. ~ 49, : e '
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-12-07

A new blue velvet hat has a low,
round crown, short in front. Massed
across the front are gold grapes, while
curling luxuriantly at the back and
sides are four learge feathers in deep
gold and gray.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-12-07

Torpedo toques are not 50 danger.
GUS as their name implies, but they
are really we'll named and are tSa
newest thing. in small hats.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-12-07

London.-It is not very often that
we hear much Of King Carlos in his
snug little kingdom of Portugal, but
ne has certainly won the worlds
reclamation for his GOODNESS at the
Lisbon disaster-coolness which alone
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-12-07

Most of the new theater hats have
touch of tinsel. The foundation, the
flowers or the ribbon-sometimes all
three-are of silver tissue.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-12-07
It's Hard 10 Escane

It's Hard to Escape. '>;,+s
When you are little you have meas
les and when you grow up you nave
enemies. They're all in the course
OF q lifetime, p: -
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-06-20
8 Card Rrom Mr..Adasass

% my Friends and the Public
whose kindly and generously as
sisted mein my recsnt fire troubles
by removing goods from the burti-
Ing building, aud more especially
forsthe hearty sympathy expressed
in person and by letter. / heartily
thank you one and all, and trust
chat you may never have a like
disaster. To my customers, and /
would like to claim you all as
such, I will state that | am at
present installed in the DISPENSE
ry building where 1 would be
pleased to meet and greet you all,
and am prepared to care for all
orders you see fit to entrust to me.
Yours truly,
w. w. ADAMS.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-06-20
Stock Reduction Sale.

.Weswish.-:to reduce our large
stock, and your personal inspec.
tion of Goods and Prices will con-
vince you that we mean to do 80.
We name only a few of the
many goods i'll which the knife
has touched the price. In Dress
Goods we offer our SOC line of
.Brilliantines in Blue, Pink, White,
Brown and Gray at 33c a yard.
Our 75c and 81 novelty flake
Voils, Batiste. and Silk Eolines,
all to go at SOC a yard. 100 pairs
Misses Oxfords to go at so and
Toe a pair. 20 pairs Mems So and
SO so Oxfords, Nos. 81, Z and u,
to go at $1.50.
The Corner Store,
w. H. TURNER, Prop'r.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-06-20
Executive Committee Arranges
Details of County Campaign.

The County Democratic Execu.
tive COMMITTEES with Hon. Thos.
H. Rainsford presiding, met in
the court house on Friday pursn-
ant to the call. Those present be-
sides the chairman were, w. E.
Sheppard, Geo. W. Scott, N. G,
Evans, T.. D. Reese. Jno. G. Shaw
C. f. Quarles, Jnn. R. Blocker
B. f. Glanton, S. T. Williams, j.
F. Atkins, w. w. Adams. and E.
C. Vim.
The first item of business was
arranging for the state campaign
meeting which is to be held at
Edgefeld on June 2sth. It was
unanimously agreed 10 hold the
meeting in the court house to
avoid the expense of erecting q
platform and seats.
AS there are only two candi-
dates for the House of Repre-
snntatives, some members of the
committee opposed the holding
of the usual county campaign
meetings this year. After some
discussion. however. it was .deci-
ded not TO abolish them. Five
meetings were arranged for: Red
Hill, Friday, July 9th; Johnston,
Monday, August 9Th; Ropera,
Thursday, August 9th; Rehoboih,
Friday, August 10th and Edge
field, Thursday, August 23rd.
Mr.. w. w. Adams, the treas
urer of the committee, has about
$50 on hand which was left over
from the campaign of two years
ago. In order to raise additional
funds that will be needed for the
present campaign the following
assessments were impose upon
the candidates: House of Repre-
seDtatives. $3.50; Auditor SIS;
Judge of Probate, So; Superir-
Cendent or EducatloD, So; super
VISOR. So; Treasurer, $5; County
Commissioner, 81; Supervisor of
Registration, 81 and Magistrate,
ST.. Not only. are these assess
mepts exceedingly light but half
of the amounts paid by the defeat
ed candidates will be returned to
them after the election.
There are yet thirty days in
which other candidates can an
nouncn themselves. All pledges
must be filed and all assessments
paid by noon of July Goth. No one
can become o candidate for Office
after that date.
The committee also appointed
the managers of tie primary elec-
tim, whose names will be pub
lished: by5thescounty papersaearly
in August, several weeks prior:to
the election.