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The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-12-20
WaIIaee Irwin IN Ntw Vorh 6Iobl
The Christma.,ide Lesson.

The Christmastide celebrates the
birth festival of our Lord. The in
carnation of Christ is the central
thought In the history of the world.
His birth has exalted the poetry, the
music and the art of the centuries. 1t
has changed all social customs and re
liglous rituals. 1t has given new
glory TO human life and new trend
TO eternity. This is the time when all
bitterness should be forgotten, all fam
fly feuds reconclled and all life glori
fed. God grant that the day may
speedily come when the song of the
angels celebrating the birth of the
Christ may find its fulfillment through
out the whole world
GLORY TO God in the highest and on
earth peace, good Will toward men. -
Or. Robert Stuart Macarthur, Pastor
Calvary Baptist Church. New York
City.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-12-20

Last Christmas, says the Des Molnes
Register clad In rich ralment, Mrs.
Arthur Hyde. the handsome wife OF a
Des Molnes millionaire, faced bitter
wind from noon until o'clock In the
afternoon holding In her hand the regu-
lation Salvation Army turkey contribu-
ton box, which she took from the
hands of Captain Mary Taylor, after
telling the latter to return to the bar
racks, eat her dinner and remain In
doors until sent for. Attracted thither
by the strange spectacle, money Of all
denominations was dropped In the box,
and when Captain Taylor came to re
sumo her work at 3 O'Clock, besides a
well filled contribution box she receiv-
ed large roll Of bills from Mrs,
Hyde's own pocketbook.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-12-20

'ftee asa salaFDs8 81 rou Yos
mr. nss frxtfaE fa@f eistw rsEat ~ sli
fieY ral sssaa Miss AdHsns con
ti4e8 Dc ~ the m8ne tamt 5esNins ,lf
asf wafpan rsrcf fruin fllr "a fKsb
ieass' square riana ~ fht iaslnhi a.
fifaeisan y tuo lasier awnameuis
'iisTt Miss - Adams
sag'mg ilat via q Ary ~ ~
ufttged tao strttiug l1iie Squire 10
ts lrmftmUf fets while her as2ffgnss
btafi.H lay 81 ibe cAsg,si Ia ooaval
sieas ~ laughter sbe soltad cot
= forgot soDeihtng ard Inst Il
vii"
Al hosh! fgu yusr wanted - ser
4 Afv'ais had Irui pr~eea, ga iba tree
,r ypn
On PRED. daut- shs cried. while
tears ,r4eaied down her hAnax
Mr. Adams consider yuur treat
meat o. yogf sister very harsh very
cruel
Wei. I suppose she can't heip h.
ing q little fool" continued Pred
lau.hins stu
Sir. another sDcA remark concern.
iaF this aBg all. your sister under
ilss circumstances all sever our
fftendship Poi Mas Polly. have
your prcsen, hrw ! was going 10
sre u 20 you tomorrow. but under the
present circumstances shaft ask II
yoa viii Accept !, now aud here. as
With II you VIII have q protector"
with n mAleroleui look az Fred.
Archie fumhled In all bis pockets until
he found q small boz Then be reach
~ for one Of Polly's wet little hands
Archie looked very imposing TO Polly
md little by little her sobs ceased, aud
by the time be had opened the boz she
,ould see through her dmmed eyes
hat he had superb solitaire ring for
Ter one 10 make the heart Of any girl
proud. and one In keeping with his
scalth SO she even smiled a little ms
Archie, with one last look OF defiance
u Fred. placed the sparkling ring on
he proper finger and then folded her
n hls arms proudly and with look
4 ineffable happiness. though Polly
I'D look something Ike noble sauaw
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-12-20

The whole affair has the character Of
what we should call a mystery play.
The drnma' action representing the
fight of the sun god 10 return north.
ward from his home IN the mountains.
Maleyolent genll are trying 10 drag
him back, while friendly divinities aid
him IA the struggle. He wins. Of
course. and comes back 10 Mokl Land
20 warm the earth with bis rays aud
10 cause Il 10 smile with fresh bar
vests. When those haryests are ripen-
ing In the following summer the snake
god. which controls the water supply
80 urgently needed In that arid coun.
try. must be appeased by another cere.
mony specially devised for HIS glori-
1catlan the principal feature Of which
is tie famous snake dance. concerning
which 50 much has been written
American Family Magazine
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-12-20

by the Teutons mlstletoe was held
sacred 10 Baldur the sun god, the son
OF freya, the Scandinavian Venus. In
Baldur all that was beautiful, clio.
quent wise and good was honored,
and he was the spirit Of activity. OF
Joy and OF light Predicting his own
approaching death, his mother, Freya.
exacted an oath from animals, planets
and minerals not to injure him. The
mstletoe among the plants had been
forgotten. When this was discovered
by the treacherous Hoeder the blind
god OF brute strength, he took wand
OF II, and, being directed how 10 aim
IL. the mlstletoe pierced Baldur through
the heart, and be fell dead TO the
ground Boston Traveller.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-12-20
The Gladstone Bells.

"Do you enjoy hearing the gladstone
Christmas bellsT' we ask Of our friend
who has retired from business pur.
suits
Il did last year. and that's the
truth"
They had Joyous sound theny"
Il should say they had They were
the fire bells. and my stock OF unsold
but heavily insured Christmas stun
was burned Judge.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-12-20

In the south Christmas Is celebrated
~ we observe Fourth of July The
presents may be o. the most iner-
penslve character, but there will Dc a
bountiful supply Of hrccrackers. torpc.
does ard roman candles. not forgetting
the TIN born. which begins TO ioot on
Christmas eve and continues TN mid
might ~ itec e. The cry ~ Christ.
mas glfiF resouDds. and never once
DOS one hear Merry christmas.~
Chicago Record Herald.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-12-20
polly and the
Mistletce
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"Ei.f. nft "A nsag Casae
Il tsssese m5i4 Eas i'a.lg
M Adatrs te rdtcBlpas
cisns Hall Thar sst ss TIE
famns7 siariHE afe5g before BET
ii wst as2fiy msaniasi aad ihs hguse
wfs saB Tho ehrsmgnks tree stood ~
eeoufalt4 snd ia iho gfis buag
nlsan T. M ibf iiaqtSg. hhca II the gaf
30 AID l'psiy hsa teea stt5ns beside
90 fft la Der pretty Ys5iaw riaeg8oWp
~ lataAA i'sgfmas are 4 TAD thAi
seasoa smgag ~ boz Etyi fFtsBds. and
Fo1y aiwHys - sbs said. teps right
sbomF vita tie procession
i'sai3 was tirpt ~ she hRd boee
basG al thar DAP Tbey we're npi rich.
agsa 40 mpeh " tho tuantng 8eralyei
upon rolly. sad The three boys were
hoisss fross achaai AAd they hAs twe
rlsi,afs 10 femalB un Sew Years
One - ibeta wss Arehse Il 10 csongh
10 raii hlm just ~AfrLis ~. white
rely BRAIDED the D. ~ lBsss o. rich
hr@wn hsif luio oBe hong lssa,se plait.
che glanced ~ the m.stle,ee and thea
at ire sghiHtilkr fhsa ~ the Chinese
doll - she said
Nos, AIRS "a iipBR thAaE. what
shall ! dof Archie loves ne I kn0w
~ from doteH yen thousand
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-12-20

500 on = cruiser 90 gughast
COWS IN Tie Caribbean than IN tie
greatest city a sie lsnd Fanf why.
yuu daut know what fun Is until you
eone 10 ccietgS ton Ike TIE musical
comedy given BY he crew ~ a pro
tseted craiew 81 sanio Domingo on
Christmas nigat four years ago.
''The surgeon wrote the words, and
there wss = saiior regular gruins AZ
mnsle. who got up N. finest score you
ever heard Why. he'd have made e
hit writing music for operas on Broad,
way n he hadn't died % tropical fever
That comedy hui | guess you'd call
II an ertrnyaganEs more likely the
funniest show ever saw. Maybe u
wouIdn, haye seemed 80 10 you. but 20
Us Il was all that could he desired BY
the most critical"
"Bnt bow aid you get stage or
scenery 90 costumes OF makeupr' ask.
ed The lsndsman
"Oh. that was all easy he replied,
AS soon as the men told the captain
OF their plan he gave them the free
use Of the quarter deck, which was
cleared for dramatic action Then the
boys built Il platform as good a stage
as You ever saw-and chairs or benches
were placed Ia rows until there were
seats for everybody. from the com
mandlng officer down 10 the cooks
helper
Curtain OF course we had cur
tain II was made Of old sailcloth. aud
a series OF ropes and pulleys made II
rise and fail as smoothly as the one IN
the Metropolitan Opera House Then
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-12-20
ROSS-HUNTRESS CO.,
Cor. West and Grove SITS. RUTLAND. VT
TAWNEYS TORTURED FEET.
The Minnesota Representatives Earl
U,,,IIe,,ians nf Ihristmax

The Minnesota Representatives Early
HccoiIcctions of Christmas.
Early Christmas recollections are
associated In my mind always" says
Representative James A. Tawney OF
Minnesota, with the picture OF a great
and beautiful church lighted In every
part with wax candles thousands Of
wax ,tapers-a surpllced choir and the
strains of wonderful organ; this
picture against the background of a
cold, black morning before sunup, Of
frozen rutty roads, of bleak north
wind, a breakfast of ginger cookies
and a pair Of stiff crumpled boots.
which made every step Of three mile
trudge through the darkness a twlnge
of exquisite pain,
II was nine years old My brother
was twelve, and with superior strength
and determination he overruled my de-
sire, due to the boots, to turn back for
home. The trouble arose from the fact
that we had tallowed the boots the
night before, and the tallow had hard
ened. 1t was necessary to suffer until
the warmth of the foot melted the tai
low and made the boots less torture
some. So we plodded on.
1T was our first Christmas festivity.
We lived on a farm two miles from
Bonneouvllle, in Adams county, Pa,
and brother had conceived the idea of
going to mass at the Catholic church
three miles distant For this purpose
we had risen before 3 o'clock In the
morning, had quietly distracted some
cakes from the Jar In the cellar and, as
| have described, painfully | trudged
to the town and the big church,
at seemed big TO the nine-year-old
boy, and II seemed gorgeous in its H.
Wax candles | never had
heard Of and so many | never dream
ed existed We edged In with the
crowd and stood at the rear of die
church, and my boy eyes drank in
scene which never has been nor prob
ably will be forgotten. 1t was won
derful, spectacular, dramatic to me,
and that picture punctuates the vista
Of past Christmas days like striking
work Of art In gallery Of vaguely re-
membered pictures. "-Pittsburg Press.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-12-20

As the once popular donkey party"
DO longer holds forth for novelty, here
Is something new--a Santa Claus party
Take an old sheet and paint or draw on
IL Santa Claus Have q number Of
rel caps cut from medium weigh, water
color paper aud distributed among the
guests. Taking turns. let each one be
bllndfolded and, walking toward the
sheet, try 10 place the cap on santa's
bead The person succeeding Is the
winner and receives the prize ~ a toy
Santa Claus. The two who also some
the nearest might be given prizes Of
relndeers = Rec Hive
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-12-20
Japan orowIs at the New Woman.

The girl who 10 the product OF the
female education OF the present day
does not make suitable wife for Or
binary Japanese. by any means. She
learns much at school that is OF no
use to her In after life. and she is
too often made concelted by the smat.
tering of kno Wedge she possesses and
is apt to put on airs. There is great
lack of practicability ABOUT the in
struction given to young girls at most
modern schools Some OF the girls
from these schools may suit the tastes
of fiicials. but the majority Of them
are stunned by marrying men, for the
reasons given above.--Rikugo Zasshi.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-12-20
HILL. sunrrsiiiinn.

There are many traditions connected
with holly -one, that Il is unlncky 10
bring Il Into the house before Christ.
mas eve There are two kinds Of holly
the prickly and nonprickly, and accord
ing AZ the holly which is brought In
for the Christmas decoration is smooth
or rough the wife or the husband will
be master A bunch OF holly with TER
ries must be broken from holly which
has been used IN church decoration and
kept until the nert Christmas TO pro.
tect from lightning and insure lucky
year.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-12-20
Turkey which Ended Long Fast.

An odd incident Of the last Christ
mas celebration In 81. Louis was the
breaking Of month long fast by
James harrington, who had been IN
custody two and one-half years on
charge Of murder Darlington expect
I'd turkey for dinner Thanksgiving day,
md when the jail ratlons were served
minus the national bird he refused TO
cat and promptly went on strike. He
declined his provisions consistently IN
III Christmas, when he got the pinned
for turkey.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-12-20

The quotations given beiow may he
OF some value 10 those who ike 70 ac.
company Christmas eift with 40 ap
prupfgs'e sentiment WITH . calendar
Write Il on your heart thAt every day
Is the hess Gsy " the year wlih i
boob. An Old friend 10 trust with q
pair Of slippers we must So iogcth.
e. pith a pair OF gloves. Were a
pair II erer thefe wss oue
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-12-20
ARTIFICIAL SNOW

White cotton slightly smeared with
mucllsse and sprinkIed with common
salt or diamond dust will make the
best wintry effect For store window
or table decoration mirrors make good
water imitation with small sized ducks
placed on them. The effect OF new
fallen snow can be produced BY taking
the branches and dipping IN gum ara.
BE ws,er and then sprinkilng with -four.
Snowfall effect can be- produced by
taking ;og balls aud covering with cot.
ton wool Rec live.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-12-20

IN the Island Of Yum there are thousands
u trees,
Che mango and banyan and date.
80 the children Of vun cat the fruit that they
please
Hni enjey II, it's nttdItss 10 statt.
But when poor cid Santa esmts every year
Ne struSalts In vain to ketp calm.
fer popcorn and candies look awfulIy queer
Wben hung 10 a eoeoanut palm.
II l on the Island o. Yum were to live,
Che Children Id mtrriiy teach;
I'd build en- all ehlmntys, and then
would give
Il nice pair Of stoehinss to each.
Bnd I'd send cut a sbiplead Of Christmas
trees, too,
Addresstd ts the children by name,
lind then yeu would see what time there
would be
uben Christmas and santa Claus came.
Uallace Irwin In New Vorh Globe.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-12-20

Time a-fiyin on W fast
Der The frosty ways.
Christmas comm an too soon
These here later days
Eehrccly end one Christmas song
'fOre the NEXT one comes along
rei, what uAttsr1 Let 'efn comet
Speed you down Tines river,
Welcome CHRISTMAS horn an drum
Wen bSboys forever
Time Ia fyfn' on 30 fast,
Maybe well get wings az last
Atlanta Constitution
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-12-20
Select your goods now when all
the children are gone to bed.
Let Shaw be your Santa Claus.

and an excellent stock Of Bamboo
Novelties, Rugs, Carpets, Mat.
tings, etc. No trouble to show
goods. Your visit will be appre-
ciated Call and get my prices
before going ont Of town
10 per cent discount for cash.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1906-12-20
When You Come to Rutland

Step into our music store anC
hibition Sohmer, Behr BrC
hand pianos both square and II
A small payment down and a 81
YOU the possessor Of piano.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1906-07-26
Another Slope Murder.

Another of the terrible tragedies
10 s4Dyd dshe MA t1ae 2Mttx'urt slope
country, mostly among persons OF
foreign extraction, is reported from
Emmons county. The information
is, that Fl. A. Stack, q newcomer In
that section. was not only decapitat-
ed, but fearfully mangled by knife
in the hands of Isreal CUTLER.
1. Details of the sickenfng affair are
meager and the actual facts that led
up to the cutting are not known as
none but the participants were pres
ent. It is known, however. that the
parties had been on bad terms for
sometime over a meadow that each
claimed rights to. 1t. is supposed
they met there and renewing the
dispute, CUTLER drew knife and cut
his opponents head clean off. Several
long and deep cuts were found in his
body and great slices were cut from
the body. The remains were found
by a nelghbor who passed that way.
He gave the alarm and posse is
out after Cutler, who is thought to
have fed towards the river on horse.
back in an endeavor to reach the
indian reservation where there are
many hiding places.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1906-07-26
Deer Lake.

Lea Wright is building new barn
close to his house. Lea must be
thinking of the coming snow storms.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Norllo were
callers at the Deer Lake post Office
last week. - su
The farmers of this vicinity are
busy putting up their hay.
J.. C.Cooper and family passed thru
here enroute to Bob Friends on BUS.
:iness.
Miss Inga Ma1tinson called at Deer
Lake last Saturday.
The Sorem brothers returned from
Napoleon. N. D., last Monday and
report. having good time. They
say there are good claims down there
and good soil, also good crops.
A hail storm struck here last Wed
nesday but small damage was done.
AS the farmers of this vicinity arr
quite busy there is not much news t
write.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1906-07-26
Advertised Letters.

Letters remaining uncalled for at
the Jamestown poston1ce for the week
ending July 81, 1905:
CIV Auringe, A G Bancroft, Thos
Bridge, J B Agen, c Barnes, Grace
Esiscoe, " C Bown, Harvey Chad
bourne. Lola Chapman, Gran D Chen
oweth, Charley Clark, Miss M A
Coute, George Dewey, George Dough-
ey, Elsie Maye Flynn, Lewis Frogner,
Albert Erickson, Walter Ganson, f
ID Hoban, M Hubbard, P J Huges.
Julia Johnson, Amos Jorgenson E R
Kennedy, Bert Knudson, Geo Koanig,
Atel Lindman, S F Mercer, Leila
Nichols, John Ninn, Clara Peterson,
Cora Pulaski, J @ Quivey. Harry ]
Ronell, Jak Raleluntt, Fred l. Rich,
Rudser Peter, Clarence Swanson 2, c
K Wing, M J Williams 2, E S Wren,
T B Whitaker.
These letters will be held 21 days
after which they will be sent to the
dead letter Office. When calling for
these letters always say advertised
and give date of this list.
Chas. L. Mitchell, Postmaster
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1906-07-26
NUMBER 4S

W B S TrjmDle to Peter Rudolph W
hf 5-142-63, $4,000
Frances G Kelley to B " Fuller
lots 6, 7. 8 and bkl Kelley & Full
ler's ad to Jamestown, s400
George W Heine ct ux to Henry
Williams ne or l3-l40-66, S2677.75
Knud Christensen ct TX to Andrew
T Peterson. lots 7 and blk 2
Tubb's ad to Kensal
Ray V Lee ct ux to " L Peekham
Sc or 1-138-6S, $4,000
Helen S Coburn ct al to G F Childs
hf 9-139-62 S2l5O
Mrs Cecilia Bergstrom to Erik
Peterson hf OF lot ! blk 6 orig
Jamestown, 1929
William Kavanagh to Derk Bruins
sw or OF ne or, hf Of Sc or. NV ar of
Sc or, Sc or of ne lr, ne or of Sc or
and lots and 2 6-l40-64, $4,000
Edwin Forsberg to Hannah Fors-
berg undivided Il interest to hf OF
sw or and lots and 4 lS-14l-64, 81
Hanna Forsberg to Edwin Forsberg
Sc or l8.l4l-64 Sl(@ interest.)
John L Cummings to Alonzo d
SeeKins lot 8 blk "a Lloyd's 2nd ad to
Jamestown, 1926
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1906-07-26
Another Big Horse Sale.

North Dakota farmers and others
are looking for horses about all the
time and the supply Of good service
able animals for both farm work and
general purposes, is very limited here
and prices are high. The next mar
ket that can be looked to is in Mon
tana and the A. B. Clarke horse sales
each month during the season at
Miles City. afford buyers the best op-
portunity they have Of getting new
stock for this market. On August 20
next will be held another big sale by
auction and by private sale and the
sale will last five days. While most
of the horses offered will be Montana
range animals, 1000 will be high
class stock. weighing 1000 pounds
an upwards. See the advertisement
Of the next sale and the new facil-
titles for handling the horses, In the
Alert, daily and weekly editions.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1906-07-26
The Cottonwood Aphis.

Many cottonwood trees thru the
state are being damaged by the sting
ing of the leaves by a plant louise
the cottonwood aphis. Prof. Bolley
CT the Agricultural college says the
insect "stings the leaves while young
and lays therein some eggs. The
leaves become embedded in the tis-
sues and injure them so that thev
take on that abnormal form. AS the
gals enlarge and turn brown the in
sect breaks out its wings and flies to
other parts. Some Of them remain
over in the gals during the winter.
There is no treatment which will kill
them as they are mostly internal and
thus protected.
"If. however, there are not too
many trees and one wishes to save
them from injury, small pruning
scissors or clippers may be used to
cut off the gals as early In the season
as possible. The aphis seems to have
a poisoning effect and the trees are
injured to a greater extent than they
would be by simply losing the leaves,
therefore the advantage of cutting Oft
the gals as young as possible. This
IS the only known remedy for this
insect, except nun erous sprayings
with kerosene emulsions very early
in the season.
Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1906-07-26
Corner Monuments

Most people are not aware there is
severe penalty for destroying stakes
of public land surveys. TO aid the pro-
lection of all evidences of public-land
surveys, the following law was enact
ed as a clause in chapter 1893, 20
United States Statutes. page 343,
which was approved June 10. 1896:
Provided further, That hereafter it
shall be unlawful for any person to
destroy, deface, change or remove to
another place any section corner,
quarter section corner, Or meander
post or any government line survey,
or to cut down anv witness tree, or
any tree blazed to mark the line of a
government survey, or to deface,
change or remove any monument or
bench mark Of any government sur
vey. That any person who shall
offend against any OF the provisions
of this paragraph shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
con v1ctfon thereof In any court shall
be fined not exceeding two hundred
and fifty dollars, or be imprisoned
not more than one hundred days.
All the fines .accruing under this
paragraph shall be paid into the
treasury and the inforner in 'ach
case shall be paid the sum Of twenty
five dollars.