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St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-03

cd to swear, although she was sacred
COW. She bumped herself, and shiv-
cred, and then beloved like a calf
who has been left in the barn to be
weaned. while its mother goes out to
pasture, and the sacred bull, her hus-
band, he came and put his nose up
to her nose, as much as to say: s.What
Is the matter, dearie?" and she talked
sacred cattle talk to him for min
ute, ard then the bull turned to me
and chased me out Of the tent. Now.
as sure as you live that cow told the
bull that l had given her something
hot. All the animals within hearing
were on to me, and they would snarl,
and make noises when came along,
and act as though they wanted to
make me understand that they knew
! gave that COW hot box, and they tall
wanted to get chance at me.
They don't like pa any better than
they do me. and the big elephant seems
10 have been laying for pa ever since
he run the sharp iron into him, the
time he got on tear and tried to run
. town. When the elephants are per-
forming in the ring, they all have an
eye on pa, SO everybody notices it. I
knew something would happen to pa, so
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-03

was ali gone. I looked down from the
pagoda and told pa the elephant was
drinking again, and had drank wash
tub OF beer, but pa couldn't say any
thing, cause he was doing the Arab
sheik act, and had to look dignifed, as
though he was praying to Allah.
But just then the band struck up,
and we started down the main street
Of Steubenville. The people began
to cheer, cause our elephant began to
hippity- hop, and waltz sideways
across the street and back again, and
! thought pa would die. In the parade
one man on horse attends to the ele-
plants, SO the sheiks don't have any
thing to say, and pa remained like q
statue, and told me and the Circassian
beauties to be calm. and trust in him
and Allah. This Allah business was
all right when the elephant waltzed,
but when we got to the next block the
beast began to stand on his hind feet,
and pa and the houris rolled to the
back end Of the howdah, and were all
piled in heap, while I held on to the
cloth Of gold over the elephants head.
: Pa yelled to the people on horseback
to kill the elephant, and the crowd
cheered. thinking it was the best per-
Torrance they ever saw in a free street
parade. and the animals in the cages
behind were yapping as though they
knew what was going on. The ele-
phant got down on to all fours, and
we straightened up in the pagoda, and
for block or SO the beast only waltzed
around. As we got to some sort of
q pubic square, where there were
thousands of people, the stale beer
seemed to be getting in its work, for
the elephant looked at the people, as
much as to say: "Now will show you
something not down on the bills" and,
by ginger. if he didn't raise up his
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-03
house and the warmth and radiance Of

house and the warmth and radiance Of
the summer sun.
Perhaps nothing advances the cul-
ture Of family to high-water mark
more rapidly and effectually than tho
frequent coming to house Of inter-
esting guests. A family should not
live in isolation. Exclusiveaess, II
carried too far, becomes a bane and
blight. Our homes should be recep-
tive to the best influences obtainable
from the outside world. Ministers
frequently are obliged almost to keep
open house, particularly in towns and
villages where hotels are few, and
where it is not the custom to send
visitors to hired quarters. The chill
dren Of the ministers profit by their
parents hospitality, and are polite, af-
fable, and keen-witted beyond others
OF their age. Every welcome gues.
brings to household a pleasant air
Of novelty, SO that his coming IL
like the touching at the coasts of homo
Of a ship from another part Of the
globe. Homes which frequently re-
ceive people of distinction become
themselves distinguished for all that
is best and most elevating in social
Intercourse.
Should a theme I've mentioned in
common table talk which requires
elucidation that cannot at the moment
be given, it should not be dropped out
Of sight and forgotten. The ency-
clopedia, the atlas, or the volume Of
foreign travel may be consulted to
good purpose in that expansive half
hour which should always follow the
pleasant function of the evening meal.
cne Of the most versatile and orig.
inal men of letters America ever pro-
duced encouraged what he called the
habit in his children, and
his family almost always grouped it.
self around the evening lamp, in an
earnest effort to finish some story or
topic which was sure to have. been
broached at dinner. They grew up
exceptionally thorough, a. well as ex-
ceptionally clever.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-03
Suggestive Initials.

At "Holmsbury," his country place In
the Surrey hills, q younger brother of
Lord Granville, the octogenarian, f.
Leveson Cover, has q guestbook in
which each visitor registers on arrival.
One day, to entertain the irreverent
young person Of the present generation,
Mr.. Cover displayed the book, with its
hundreds of distinguished autographs,
and mentioned on one memorable occa-
sion he had the three greatest orators
under his roof at one time, AMI pointed
to their names:
Gladstone"
Argyll
Bright"
II suppose they did have tie gift Of
it," the young person remarked, Ian
guidly.
Mr.. Cover looked puzzled, and she
added:
''The initials of their names form the
word CAB. Youths COMPANION.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-03
GROOVES IN INDIAN ARROW
Thought by Ethnologists to Have
Been Made for Blood to
Run Through.

In making the Indian arrow, three
small undulating grooves are cut on
the shaft, running down to the head
from the lower end Of the feathers.
This, says the Southern Workman, has
attracted the attention Of some Of the
ethnologists, who gave the matter con-
siderable study and wisely concluded
that the little lines were made for the
blood to run through, or that they rep
resented lightning. An old Omaha,
who had the reputation Of being very
skillful in cutting the grooves in arrow
shafts, was called by the chief to do
that work for him on some arrows he
was making. The chief himself was q
fine arrow-maker, but he recognized the
skill Of the old man in this particular
line. While the work was in progress,
the chiefs son, who had reached the
inquisitive age, and was looking on
with wide-eyed interest, suddenly
asked: Venerable man, why are you
making those crooked lines?" The
chief gave a hearty laugh and said:
Father, tell him, for he will be maxi
ing arrows himself some day, and hs
should know" Every sapling," an
swered the old man, "out Of which the
arrow is made has some defect, how
ever faultless it may appear to be. The
good arrow-maker takes a great deal
OF pains to smooth out and straighten
tho tmperfections by oiling and heat
ing. But the wood, in time will spring
back because Of its inherent defects,
unless these grooves are cut in the
shaft soon after seasoning and
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-03
UNABLE 70 WALK.
Terrible Sore ON Ankle Caused Awful
Suffering Could Not sleep-cursd
by Cuticura In Six Weeks.

'T had a terrible sore on my ankle, and
had not walked any for eleven months.
tried nearly everything without any bene-
fit and had q doctor, but he didn't seem
to do any good. He said would have
to have my limb taken of, and that
would never walk again. ! suffered aW-
full, and at night could not sleep at all.
I thought there was no rest for me, but
as soon az I began to use Cuticura Soap
and Ointment it commenced healing nice7
and Cuticura Soap, and then applied Cuti;.
laid cloth over the sore to hold It IN
place. After two weeks l could walk
around in my room real good, and in SIX
weeks time my ankle was. entirely cured,
and / was walking around out Of doors.
Mrs. Mary Dickerson. Louisa G. d., Va.'
April q, l005."
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-03

l am learning more about animals
every day, and when the season is over
l will be an expert animal man. AMI
mails naturally have a language of
their own, and lions understand each
other, and bears can converse with
bears, but in a show, all animals seem
to have common language, so they
understand each other little.
I found that out when put a paper
OF cayenne pepper into a head Of LETT
tuce and gave 1t to the sacred COW.
She chewed the lettuce as peacefully
as could be, and swallowed the
cayenne pepper, and then stopped to
think. You could tell by the express
sion on her face that when the pepper
began to heat her up inside she want
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-03
Cures Cancer, Blood, Poison and
Scrofula.

If you have blood poison producine
eruptions, pimples, ulcers, swollen glands,
bumps and risings, burning. Itching skin,
copper-colored spots or rash on the skin,
mucous patches in mouth or throat, fall
ing hair, bone pains, old rheumatism or
foul catarrh, take Botanic Blood Balm (B.
B. b.. It kills the poison in the blood;
soon all sores, eruptions heal, hard swell:
ings subside, aches and pains stop and
q perfect cure is made Of the worst cases
of Blood Poison.
For Careers, tumon,. swellings, eating
sores, ugly ulcers, persistent pimples OF
cancer poison in the blood, heals cancer
Of Ill kinds, cures the worst humors or
suppurating swellings. Thousands cured
by B. B. B. after all else fails. B. B. B.
composed Of pure botanic ingredients: Inn
proves the digestion, makes the blood pure
and rich, stops the awful itching and al
for thirty years. Druggists, 81 per bottle,
with complete directions for home cure:
Sample free and prepaid by writing Blood
Balm Co, Atlanta. Ga. Describe trouble
ard free medical advice also sent in sealed
letter.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-03
COMPLICATED MACHINE.
When the Automobile Il Done the
Owner May Prepare to Take
q Bride.

Purchasers Of automobiles cannot, a.
q rule, get their vehicles into commits
sion too soon. Yet man bought q
steam car early last winter and In
July had yet to take his first ride.
Meanwhile, however, Mr.. Blank, the
owner Of the car, has been busy. He
has been fitting his automobile with
extra appliances, and having heaps Of
fun in putting them on for himself,
says the Hartford Courant
When the reporter inspected this be-
decorated vehicle, the new attachments
included six lamps Of various kinds, q
clock, barometer, . thermometer, q
grade indicator, an odometer, q speed
indicator, q huge horn known as 4
dragon" an electic bell, steam whis-
tie, an "eradicator" for getting rid OF
small boys, and few other things.
The lamps include electric lights for
the tonneau and the va
rious gauges and indicators on the
dash. These lamps are supplied with
current by storage batteries under the
seats. Switches are located in . box
on the left side Of the dash.
The device Mr.. Blank calls his ''erad-
icator" consists Of steam Jet placed
out of sight in the rear. When q small
boy "hooks on" in the rear, he uncon-
sciously informs the driver of his pres
ence by ringing small electric bell.
the driver presses plunger
and shoots a iff of steam in tho diror.
ton Of the intruder's legs-not to
harm him, but to make him jump.
Another novelty is fan belt indica-
tor, which tells at q glance whether the
Ian is running, or whether the belt has
broken or become slack.
Mr.. Blank has spent about $500 in
putting all these attachments on his
and he thinks there may still
be things he has missed.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-03
kvcaEa e. Plsklhbai1s9s
Nanofailko 00s1aUOGGlpd

V0DO80AsOO ~eS 01D~so0
e a nositiye cure for all those painful
ailments Of women. It will entirely
cure the worst forms Of Female Com.
plants. Inflammation and liberation,
Falling and Displacements and c0nse.
ouent Spinal Weakness, and is peculi.
arly adapted to Nhe Change Of Ljs.
It win surely cure.
RnoNEaokbos
+ It has cured more cases Of Female
Weakness than any other remedy tho
world has ever known. It is almost i'm
fallible in such cases. It dissolves and
expels Tumors in an early stage Of
development. That
Roasaho-d0sND Eo0aneL
causing pain. weight and headache, q
instantly relieved and permanently
cured by It's use. Under all circum-
stances Il acts IN harmony with tho
female system. It corrects
hsao0lakhcj4yL
Suppressed or Painful Periods, Weak
ness Of the Stomach, Indigestion, Bloat.
ing, Nervous Prostration, Headache,
General Debility. Also
Dlkxkhoes, Eaf16noesy
Extreme Lassitude. " "don't-care and
8. .want-to-be-left-alone feeling. excit-
ability, irritability, nervousness, sleep
lessness. Aatulency, melancholy or the
blues" and backache. These are
sure indications Of Female Weakness,
some arrangement Of the organs. For
Kldlsey 0ollaplAA AAsfs
and Backache Of either ser the Vegeta-
BILE Compound 10 unequalled.
You can write Mrs. Pinkham about
yourself in strictest confidence.
lIDn I. PINKHAn NED. CO., lynn, nsss.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-03

lame in the morning. Doan's Kidney
Pills helped me right away, and the
great relief that followed has been
permanent"
Sold by all dealers. 80 cents q box.
Foster -Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-03

Thousands tell o t
cures made by Doan's
Kidney Pills. John G.
Coleman, . prominent
merchant Of Swains-
boro, Ga, says: "For
several years my kid
neys were affected,
and my back ached
day and night. I was
nervnsla and
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-03

Taylor's Cherokee Remedy Of Sweet Gum
and Mullen is Nature's great remedy Cures
Coughs, Colds, Group and Consumption.
and all throat and lung troubles. At drug.
gists, 25c.. Soc. and 81 90 per bottle.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-03
TALK At MEAL T|MES|
IT Is ESSENTIAL TO A GOOD
DIGESTION.

The Morning Train a Natural Foe to
Breakfast Talk - Disputes Over
Food Bring Dyspepsia-Well-Bred
Children Never Interrupt, But Are
Allowed Their Proper Share Of Con-
versation-The educational Par
ent" a Bore-Invite Interesting
Guests.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-03
Simple Process.

Sharpe Want to borrow my pistol!
What for?
s;mple-To blow y o out my 1; brains. rs ..,.,.
IN. Y. News.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-03
Have An Advantage.

The Russian students seem to have the
advantage of the American students. all
things considered. A revolution is sub
stantially as distracting and brutal %
football, and there isn't so strong tai1t
Of professionalism about it.-Life.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-03
Conn,ercialism.

'Do you think this government p
safe."
Zone of the best investments I know
Of" answered the sordid politician. Its
possibilities for paying dividends haven't
been scratched 40 yet. Washington Star.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-03

The Bad Boy Feeds Cayenne Pepper to
the Sacred Cow-He and His Pa
Ride il q Circus Parade with the
Circassian Beauties-A Tipsy Ele-
phant Lands Them in a Public
Fountain-Pa Makes the Acquaint-
> ance Of John Z. Sullivan.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-03
Glad to Drop the Subject. .

0lad 70 Drop t0e 0UpJoct.
Stock Broker Ito future son-in-law)-
I've been making inquiries about you.
Gayboy-And l about you.
"Oh, have you? Then well talk about
something else. New Yorker.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-03
DOES YOUR BACK ACHE Z
Cure the Kidneys and the Pain VIII
Never Return.

Only one sure way to cure an aching
back. Cure the cause, the kidneys.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-03

e - =a5-
II there is one person more than
another to be regarded with dismay.
IL is, however, the one who may pe
defined as the educational parent. He
is SO imbued with sense of his re-
sponsibility to the rising generation
that he side-tracks everything that
does not have direct bearing on
the instruction of his children. With
a redantry that would be amusing II
1t were not SO great q bore, he takes
time at the table, as well as on the
fer1yboat, or in the street car, or on
the walk home from church. to ex-
plain to his boys and girls the exact
meaning Of every word they do not
to tell them where Man
churia is, and all about the island Of
Sagbalien, to give them an insight
into political economy. and to convince
them of the ethical distinctions that
obtain in the civilized world. All this
and much more our children are to be
taught, but while the educational
parent is doing his duty to them,
table talk languishes, grown people
suffer from tedium, and his home be-
comes wearisome place, from which
the children themselves are glad to
dy.
Very much Of home culture for old
and young must be indirect, incidental,
suggested, rather than
inculcated by method. The difference
between real culture and the atraining
after facts and theories which may be
called cramming, is exceedingly
marked. It is really the difference be-
tKse1 the forcing process Of the hot
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-02-03

Copyright by ]. B. Bowlss.l
The Newtown bee., 1906-11-30
soUTHBUR1.
A NAnn

 to sincerely thank all friends and neighbors. who SO kindly assisted us during. our recent berea vement, both flor their kt.d assistance in csring for the lost one and for the gener- time to cook. We wish also to express our heartfelt appreciation of the flowers .furnish- cd by Mrs Gottlieb Kuhne. Mrs Q. H. Stilson. Mss Polly Dittis and o'he s.-lB \: Treat.
 Mrs M. s. Atwood visited her daugh- ter, Mrs H. M. Hickox, in WatertOWn.
 G. Arthur Lamphier, from Water town, visited at Herman Perry'S, last week.
 Miss Ann Stiles has returned to her home after spending several days in New Haven.
 MT Metcalf has moved his goods and sold his place to Dr Green, who is mov- ing from the parsonage to his new
 Mrs Perry attended the conference meeting in Naugatuck. Mrs Alfred Platt and son were in Waterbury, last week. MT Brooks of Vermont has taken-a position as foreman on Mir >Nutting's farm.
 MT Taylor, from Norwalk, has moved into Mrs Ellen Smith $ house.
 Edith Brewer had the misfortune to fall and inju-e her head. Mis- Anna Osborne has returned ven.
 Mrs Pierce entertained her grand. son from Danbury. recently.
The Newtown bee., 1906-11-30
GREENFIELD HILL.
NEWS OF THE WEEK

Selectman s. c. Bradley, who lately returned from 8 two weeks business trip: again left for the Carolinas, last week.
 Miss Vivian Blackman of Congress street, Bridgeport, who has been the guest of Miss Bessie Banks for several days. has now returned pher home in
 Dwight B. Adams, in company with three days hunting trip out of town. last week.
 Master Henry O. Raymond of Black Rock, who has now fully re- covered from his recent attack of diphtheria, is enjoying visit to his aunt, Mrs Marietta Smith, of this place.
 Mrs Mary w. Fanton is said to be seriously i'll at her home in the Deer field district. She is under the care of Dr Dunham and trained nurse is in constant attendance at the bedside. Frederick Banks of Weston passed Sunday at his former home here.
 Mrs Arthur J. Hull. who has been a sufferer for many weeks with a pain full illness does not improve as rapidly as her friends would hope for. The many friends of Uriah Perry, the builder, one of Greenfield's oldest residents, will be pleased to learn that he is now able to ride out pleasant days, after his long confinement by ill., ness and is rapidly regaining his for mer health.
 The Bradley Wood place, one of the most attractive in the Deerfleld dis trict, which for several years has been owned and occupied by MT Booth and family, has again changed hands, it having been sold to Now York parties, who will at enes take possession. MT
The Newtown bee., 1906-11-30
WATERToWN.
ST JOHNS FAIR.

The annual fair of St Johns parish opened, last Friday evening, with ev- cry prospect of the usual success. Proprietor Sullivan of the Hillside pharmacy has put into his drug store an up-to-date cigar case, 12 feet long and so arranged as to keep the cigars at the right temperature. Over the case is miniature representation of the National Capitol at Washington. On Saturday he gave away to each purchaser a beautiful ash tray. He has great stock of confectionery and fancy articles and has never ldone a 8 finer business.
 Joseph Lamphier will soon move in- to his new purchase on Cutler street.
 RepreSentative-El Elect and Mrs Theo- dore Atwood and Mrs Marilla Atwood attended the wedding anniversary of MT and Mrs Thomas Peck at Minor town, last week Friday.
 Mrs R. V. Cooley will move into Edward Cruttenden's house on De- cember l.
 The Methodist and Congregational churches united, last Sunday evening, and held their Thanksgiving service, as they have done for several years past on the Sunday previous to the Thursday deslgnated by author
The Newtown bee., 1906-11-30
BETHEL.
MRS PHOEBE A. HINMAN

Mrs Phoebe A. Hinman, wife of Charles R. Hinman, died very sudden ly, Saturday evening, about 5 o'clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs George Rubley, Elm street. Mrs Hin- man had been troubled with diabetes for several years but had not been i'll enough to be under the doctors care for some months. Her death was due to heart disease in connection with her other trouble. The deceased was daughter of Benjamin Wildman and was native .of New Fairfield. She was 60 years old on the day of her death. A husband and two children, Mrs George Ruby and Robert Woos- ter, survive her. The funeral services were held, Tuesday afternoon, from the house at o'clock.
 MT and Mrs George Kfnner and MT Mrs Granville Durant' and Miss Flor ence Durant made an automobile trip to NOrOtOn to the Soldiers Home, Sunday, where they were the guests at dinner of Edward Pelton, acting su- perintendent of the place.
 The public schools closed Wednes- day for the Thanksgiving recess. son of South NOrwalk have been the guests of Mir and Mrs William Green of Prospect street. Rev and Mrs A. T. Steele, MT and Mrs John Baird, Charles Hart, Fred. erick Bevens and Miss Margaret King of this place attended the footfall game in New Haven, Saturday.
 The usual union Thanksgiving serv. ice of the Methodist and Congrega'
 tional churches was held in the Con gregational church, Thanksgiving by Rev Lewis M. Lounsbury.
 Do your holiday shopping in Danbu
 ry. The merchants will make il
 worth your while-see adv. on page 8
The Newtown bee., 1906-11-30

ity. It was held this year in the Con- gregational church. The weather was particularly favorable and there was 8 large attendance. Rev w. T. Holmes and Rev MT Wilder took part in the services. Rev William Mo Nichol kept the close attention Of the audience for three-quarters of an hour while he delivered stirring address on .'Reiigion in the home and family touching especially on government in che household as 2 religious duty. MT and Mrs F. c. Southworth of Southington are guests of MT and Mrs L. K. Southworth on Curtis avenue. Druggist Sullivan is giving away some nice ash trays with his cigars. Charles Mcclure is to occupy the rooms in MT Rogers tenement, when
 vacated by Mrs Cooley in December. Mrs D. 0. Calender is visiting hel daughter in Wa)ltngford.
 A house. cleaning machine was In operation here, last week. It works on the elephants trunk plan and takes the dirt right cut the door when it de parts
The Newtown bee., 1906-11-30

Booth and family have moved into the house >on Burr street which was va cated by Mrs Oliver Chase about 3 year ago.
 Mrs Charles Guyer Of HullS Farms, who had the misfortune to faN in her cellar short time ag6 and sustain a fracture of the hip, is gaining as nice ly as the very painful nature of her in- jury will permit.
 Miss Daisy Meeker Is entertaining out of town friends at the home of her uncle, G. F. Monroe
 Master Frank Metcalf of Bridgeport spent part of last week with his grandparents, MT and Mrs M. l.. Met calf, of this place.
 MT and Mrs J. K Robinson have re- turned from visit of several weeks duration with friends in Chicago. Theodore Sturges of New York came up. Saturday, for short stay at his country home here. On account of the mild, open weath. CT, very few farmers have begun tn. work of slaughtering hogs, this season William Fl. Banks and w. Fl. Olds were among the first to place fine, dressed, native porkers upon the mar. ket.
 Do your holiday shopping in Danbu ry. The merchants will make IL worth your whtle-see adv. on page 8