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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-31
The Bees of Bumb1eton.
By J. r. CROMWELL.

BY j. Il. CHOWElAL.
The big lady bee, named Amanda, had
wing-ache. and had gone to bed. cross and
buggy. The little lady bee. named Nancy.
had agreed to sit up with her. but was so
tired that she shut her IS ,291 eyes Just for
a moment and fell asleep. No one else was
at home except the queen. and she was al
ways so busy about her own affairs that
she had no time to be looking out for dan
ger. There were 373,4s5 jars of preserves
under Amanda's bed all labeled honey"
and no one to guard them.
1t was no wonder that the sun set before
night camo, after such state in Bumble-
ton Presently there was an earthquake.
the whole kingdom was rudeiy upset, the
jars all broken and Amanda and Nancy
swimming for their lives In honey.
Nancy had been to swimming school in
a cask Of molasses and she knew what to
do: She wfggled herself upon a. piece Of
comb and helped poor, sore-winged Amanda
to arise. Together they quickly fashioned
net of cobwebs and fshed the queen out
of the depths. They did not bother about
the thousands Of children. little baby bees.
all buried under the sweet mountain. for
they knew that children like sweets and Can
never get enough.
Said Amanda gruff1y. in bee-hat con-
tralto voice. They will eat themselves
out
The three few away. as you may easily
see.
When Nancy dear, Amanda queer, and
queen of the year. in their fight. came to
the green forest, they alighted upon a
brown stump.
1t was seven and one-third minutes after
two and one-half o'clock by standard bee
time, and Amanda tried to think. Nancy
rubbed her nose with her antennae. and
Queen rubbed her antennae with her nose
They were In q sort Of plight, everything
lost-home. children, preserves and comb
No wonder they looked bee-wtldered Said
Amanda grufdy, I'VE have no hands. 1t is
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OLD AUNT LAVINIA.


This is old Aunt Lavinia,
Just darkey from Virginia,
Who was only Grandma's cook long, long ago
Oh, her royal turkey-stuffins
An the Sally-Lunns an mullins
She could make just out of ordinary dough-
She didn't wear white capses
An she did her hair in "wrapses,"
And guess she wasn't very much fer style.
But she had, for little chapses
The most comfortable of lapses,
And an angel never had sweete smile.
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The Shtllalah,

The shillalah is regarded as Ireland's ma
tonal weapon Of defense. 1t originally was
common blackthorn stick. but in modern
times 1t has been replaced by the more
wtry ash sapling. The real shillalah is a
young shoot of the sIoe shrub of black
thorn pulled by the root from the crevice
of some rock. After being trimmed It IS
placed IN the smoke OF turf peat, which
softens the hard fiber. When this has
reached the condition when II Is as pliable
as rubber 1t is Strengthened and the shil-
lalah is ready for action.
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FRUIT PUZZLE.
Out OF the following letters make at least three
kinds OF fruit; the letter may DO used more
than
Bannapechpple-
WORD SQUARE.
l. kind Of meat. 2. Partly open g. A nick
name for mother. T. To boast.
PIED PRovERB.
Amid lena ntemp 18th EIDE vii
BEHEADINGS
Behead: 1. wagon and leave acquired skill.
2. A mark remaining after a wound Is healed and
leave railroad carriage. 8. Bold and leave q
relative
PRIMAL ACROSTIO
The primal letters of the words defined below
spell a month: 1. A kind OF taiIless monkey.
2. A writing implement. 8. rodent. 4 Frozen
water 5. part OF the mouth.
DIAMOND.
l. consonant in .'limpet" 2 To rest g.
Having little weight. 4. An article. 8. A
sonant IN 'limpet"
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Sometimes when I've been cryin'
I've smelled her fritters fryin',
And speedily I've wiped my weepin' eye.
And the world grew glad and sunny
When she'd pat me an say, Honey,
Desc yer leete ones fer you Use gwine ter fryl"
1t was from old Aunt Lavinia,
Just darkey from Virginia,
Who was only Grandma's cook long, long ago.
That we learned that Christian graces
May belong to homely faces
And black people may have souls as white snow.
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80 ]. BEHEADINGS:
1. Kate. 2, L-ease- 3, Gloss
Q. VEGETABLE PUZZLE:
1. Onion. 2. Turnip. 3. Celery.
g. WORDS WITHIN WORDS:
1. H-oars-e. 2. Crawl 8, Prompt 4.
Steak.
4 WORD SQUARE:
l. Lane 2, Ague. 3. Null. Z. Eels.
8. HIDDEN PRovHRB:
EVIL news rides fast.
@. DIAMOND:
NJ Ill , -uInoW 8 7oL & MT
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Yes'm said Johnny. scrubbinr for
few minutes. Then he held his slata 60
all could See we have here the names
or three naval heroes and the battles thew
fought One was a great Englishman
and the other two were famous Anericans
The trustees were more puzzled than the
children. and 1t took a bright boy to read
Ii first.
Can you make II out?
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bore the scent of flowers sweet, mignonette
and violet.petunia and pink, gilhfower and
heltotrope, honeysuckle, rose and others
that titilate the nose.
Nancy and Amanda smelled the sweet
doors and could sat no longer. They few
to the flowers, BUNDLED into them. pocketed
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the honey. tumhbled out, rushed to other
flowers BUNDLED in and BUNDLED out.
Oh. the merry hourl Oh, tho busy funl
And soon, with pockets full of choicest
sweets, Amanda and Nancy flew back to
the stump, crawled into the hole and pre-
scented the Queen with delicious supper
Said Nancy: az have bee-thought me of
plant Let US name our new he 'Hn-
bletonl 70
. It was done.
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The trustees came to visit the school
one day and were very much astonished
at the way teacher taught the history les
son. but after they saw the interest dis
played in Johnny's slate they decided IL
was good plan.
Johnny Jones'" said teacher show the
trustees how you give your question in
history"
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An April Fool Butterfly.
BIZ Doris Webb

DOflS htUD.
Once a butterfly was fitting
By window, when he saw
Dainty roses, gaily growing
On a bed OF yellow straw.
''Roses on the first OF April,
Well, Of all peculiar thingsi''
And the butterfly aAghted
Folding back his painted wings.
Then came little dimpled Polly.
"Oh," she whispered, Took az thati
On the roses on my hati''
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The Bravest Are the Tenderest.

Great men have always been noted for
their interest in birds and beasts. The
following story Is told Of Abraham Linz
coin by one who knew him:
we passed through thicket OF wild
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true. but with 18 legs. antennae and
60 600 eyes we ought to do something"
Said Nancy sweetly:
'If A. Bee Cs with all her eyes.
Che ought to BE- extremely wise.
And with six feet, get enough to eat;
And sure her two antennae are better than
not anyr'
Nancy was not much of q poet; she could
really make better honey than rhyme. but
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The Bad-Tempered House.
By z. ]. Cole.

By z. ]. Cole.
Excuse me for asking" ereaked the Gate,
But why do yoe frown SO hard1
Have you fallen out with Barn OF lstef
Or that impudent green Front Yardf
''No. no." sighed the House, and the Front Porck
groaned
At the passersby, amazed,
TITS the fault Of the training I received
And the dreadful way was raised.
In early youth was pounded and bruisedI
And the painters slapped my face.
You'll have to admit I was hardly used
By the cruel human race.
my temper was spoiled and though know
am cross cross can be,
II boys girls were treated so,
They'd be crosser than three Of me-
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l1ese1tims ~ Niekad volt trct9
,tAA - TN hA 0A1ne u ~ eottAet
q ~ ysod: h SaDesd hsAtiyl
who B thsrss --1aidEKz~ssil
sxAttlN hsd Ajaing Hood, rel
tufAed The wolk; ilnitatIn9s thsI
.eAiidsb ton1G
+ sCsms r. lsaf, Pun ~ serinl
AAd the latch VIA e01no ~" sai4
Granny. Who uas lyihlt slek %
bed. And The u1skee vol xsss
In
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-17

line of the Poynette Academy in
this part of our great state? 1t is
said that certain individuals have
made liberal offers in order to
encourage such an enterprise
Why not a general demand for
that which would mean more for
the welfare of this section than
anything elseP This writer be-
lieves that it will yet be developed
that there is such demand.
Fred Becker's fine team of
horses became frightened in front
of John Beavers residence one day
last week. They ran down the
street by the Presbyterian church
and leaped off the bridge into the
water, II feet below, drawing the
heavy wagon after them. 1t was
with great difficulty that the team
was unhitched from the wagon
and taken out of the deep water
before drowning. 1t does seem
that a special Providence saved
human life, as there were some
school children on the bridge and
had the team not leaped as they
did the lives of the children would
have been in peril.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-17
ARPIN.

The infant daughter of Garrett
LoomanS is very i'll.
Mr.. McCrellis moved his family
to Bethel last week.
A baby girl has come to make
her home with Mr.. and Mrs. Ross
Swan.
Mr.. Soddy and family, of
Warren, ILL.,, are the guests of J.
Eastwood.
Twin babies, a boy and girl,
arrived at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Beniamine, last week.
Services will be held in the
Presbyterian church every al
ternate Sunday, dating from May
9th.
Leo White has returned to his
home in Vesper, where he expects
to remain for the balance of the
summer.
Mrs. Daniel Benson has gone to
Stoughton where she will make
her future home. Mrs. Bordner,
her mother, will join her in that
city soon.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-17
AUBURNDALE

Married, at Hewitt, April 18th,
Mrs. Heirsch to Joe Hasselberger.
Miss Clara Kotlow was taken to
Marshheld hospital to have an
operation for appendicitis. We
hope for her speedy recovery.
George Grassl has arrived home
from Beaver Dam where he has
been working since spring. George
says the girls around here are
good enough for him.
Peter J. Schill sold his farm to
Christensen & Able of Winnie
connie, for $500. The deal was
made by Fred Graham. By the
way, Fred is doing big stroke OF
business in the real estate line.
This makes three farms he has
sold the past week.
George Spencer sold his farm to
Knute Johnson; consideration
$1,000. Mr.. Spencer contemplates
moving back to Waukesha county
where he came from. We are
sorry to see George go. He has
a lot of machinery and stock he
will offer for sale at the first fair
to be held in Auburndale, at
auction to the highest bidder.
At the meeting called at George
Schmidt's place, April 18TH, for the
purpose of starting a monthly
stock fair and public auction to be
held at the village of Auburndale,
the following committee was
appointed: George Schmidt on
finance, Fred Graham, manager
and ]. c. Kiefer, advertising.
The first fair will be held May
2Ist and we hope to see it a
success. See bills for further
particulars.
We met Albert Stuhet the other
day and he looked like he was re-
turning from Donnie Brook fair,
only the swelled parts were not
black. 1t was caused by the
cover coming off one of his bee
hives while moving them from
Fred Graham's place on a wagon.
The roads are not very smooth
and the bees didn't like to be
shook up that way so they kicked
the end out of the hive and made
for Albert and they didn't do a
thing to him. Both eyes were
shut and he had to tie a string to
John Darmody's dog so as to find
the way home.
Died, at Glidden, April 18th.
Miss Louisa Walsh, the eldest
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. d. N
Walsh CT Auburndale. She had
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-17
LEGALS
Notice Of Foreclosure Sale.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN That by virtue osa
certain mortgage, dated December IT, 1901
Albert W. Yahn. (unmarried) conveyed to
estate situuted in the county of Wood and State
of Wisconsin, to w.t.
The West half of the Southeast Quarter of
section number twelve, in Township number
twenty-five, north, of range number two ~ east
containing eighty acres of land, more or less
according TO the United States government
survey thereof That said mortgage was re-
corded IN the office of the Register of Deeds of
Wood county, Wisconsin, on the 18th day of
December, 1901, at 1;S5 o'clock, p. m, in volume
. of mortgages, on page 5S7.
That said mortgage and the debt thereby
secured were thereafter duly sold assigned and
transferred to H. Wipperman, by an instrument
duly endorsed upon said mortgage and witness
sed ty two witnesses and that said instrument
of assignment was on the 29th day of March,
1906, at 1920 O'Clock M, duly recorded in the,
office of the Register of Deeds, of Wood co unity
Wisconsin, in volume % of mortgages, on page
5S7.
That said mortgage was given TO secure the
payment of one promissory note, bearing even
date herewith for the sum OF Four hundred
fs40Ol Dollars, payable two years thereafter,
with interest at the rate of seven per cent per
annum, payable annually to the order OF said
mortgage.
That default has been made in the payment
OF the said note and mortgage and that there is
now due on the said note and mortgage from the
said Albert W. fahn to the undersigned II.
Wlpperman, the owner and holder thereof, at
the date, the sum of $4,000 Dollars, principal
ana the sum of Ninety-one and ninety-three
one hundIedths (s9l9S) Dollars, interest, there
on, amounting in the aggregate to the sum of
-Four Hundred ninety-one and ninety-three
one hundredths (S49l 9S Dollars and that no
action has been commenced at law or in equity
TO recover said sum so due or any part thereof
That said mortgageG premises viii be sold at
puol1c auction sale to the highest bidder ut the
iron door of the Court House in the city OF
Grand Rapids, county of Wood, and State of
Wisconsin, on the 10Th day of Nav 1906 al 10
O'Clock, in the forenoon of said dav
Dated March S0th, 1906
H. WIPPFRMAN.
Assignee of Mortgagee.
IE;rst qualification Ali -,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-17
RUDOLPH.

VIM. Slattery went to Stevens Point
Monday, with load of baled hav.
Louis Alberts sold a fine horse to
Charley DAILY for the sum of $3.50.
Miss Dollie Slattery of Grand Rap
ids. visited at her home here. Sunday.
Mrs. Bat Sharkey departed last
week for Merrill, to spend several days
visiting friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Slattery went to
Grand Rapids one day last week to do
some shopping.
w. Babe is working for Geo. Piltz
building the foundation for a large
dwelling house.
Miss Grace Fox, who teaches the
Mill Creek school, visited her parents
Saturday and Sunday.
John Bates, Sr., has been confined
to the house for several days with an
attack of heart disease.
Miss Hannah jacobson, who has
been teaching the past year at Allan
ia, is expected home this week.
f. M. Logan has taken possession of
his store again, which he sold two
months ago to Steib & Co.
NelS GustiSon is laid up with sore
hand, caused from injuries received
while working on the section.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Mersch, OF
Stevens Point, passed through this
burg Saturday enroute for Grand Rap
ids.
Pat Redmund returned home from
Star Lake, Saturday evening, after
working two months on the section
there.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-17
A GLIMPSE OF
THE DAKOTAS

BIsMARK, NORTH DAKOTA, May 5,
1906.
The western frontier has largely dis
appeared, but there is still an up
North. The thousands of unculti-
waited acres between Grand Forks,
North Dakota, and Great Falls, Mon
tana, indicate that the wilderness has
not been driven back all along the line.
North Dakota is pre-eminently an
agricultural state. Her ether indus
tries com bined are small in compari-
son with her farming interests.
Three-fourthS of the entire population
of the state are engaged in or directly
interested in agriculture and living
mainly off the products of the farm.
The value of the agricultural products
of North Dakota per capita is higher
than in any other state in the Union.
According to the United States CEN
suS it was s214 per capita or an aver
age of that amount for each man,
woman and child in the state. South
Dakota reported S175 per capita and
Minnesota S145 per capita. North
Dakota ships over one hundred thou
sand carloads of its products to market
annually and literally feeds the world
from its "bread basket as the Red
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-17
INFORMATION REGARD
ING NOMINATION PAPERS

Nomination papers for county offices
shall be signed by at least three per
cent of the party vote in at least one
sixth of the election precintS of the
county and in the aggregate not less
than three per cent nor more than
ten per cent of the total vote of his
party in the county, the basis of per-
centage in each case shall be the vote
of the party for the presidential cleo
tor receiving the largest vote at the
last preceding presidential election.
The largest vote given for such Off
Ger in this county at the last preSiden-
tial election was as follows, by parties:
Democratic 1878; Prohibition 96; Re-
publican 4,002; Social Democrat 1875.
There are foIty-two election pre-
cincts in the county. Under the law
each Signer of nomination paper
sign but one such paper for the same
Office. All signerS of each separate
nomination paper for county officers
shall reside in the same precinct. For
state officers, all SignerS on each Separ-
ate nomination paper shall reside IN
the same county. The affidavit Of
qualified elector shall be appended to
each nomination paper, stating that
be is personally acquainted with all
persons who have signed the same;
that he knows that they signed the
same, and that he knows them TO be
electors of that precinct; that he knows
that they signed the same with full
knowledge of the contents thereof;
that their respective residences are
stated therein and that each signed
the same on the date stated opposite
his name and that he, the atfiant, in
tends to support the candidate named
therein. Such affidavit shall not be
made by the candidate, but each candi-
didate shall file with his nomination
paper a declaration that he will quail
fy as such officer if nominated and
elected.
Any candidate who shall knowingly
cause nomination paper to be signed
in his behalf by more than the maxi
mum number of qualified electors pro-
vided for his district shall be guilty of
a. miSdemeanOr and upon trial and
conviction thereof be punished by a
fine of not less than twenty-five dol
lars, or by imprisonment in the county
Jail. Nomination papers must be filed;
if for county offices, with the county
clerk at least thirty days prior to the
primary election. The primary cleo
tion for the present year will be held
on Tuesday the 4th day of September.
Nomination papers may also be filed
for non partisan candidates; Sdch
papers shall contain at least two per
cent of the total vote, and not more
than ten Per cent of such vote cast at
the last preceding general election in
the district where the person is a can
didate.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1906-05-17
NEKOOSA.

Fred Hinkle has improved his root
house by raising it, giving more room
for storage.
VIM. Hunt and Frank Raymond, OF
Pittsville, are here doing carpenter
work in the employ of Eugene Reed.
The residence of c. E. Brooks has
been piped for gas and the family
cooking will be done on a gas range
and the house lighted by gas.
A new switch board will be Installed
in the Nekoosa telephone exchange,
and the town will be rewired. This
will improve the service here very
acceptaDly.
DR.. Hills house, which was formerly
occupied by f. FL. Richmond and
family, is being renovated and re-
pared for agent Ell. S. LUtz who will
reside there.
f. Patefield has decided to build a
new house on his lots in the south
part of the village. Carpenters will
soon be at work there under the
supervisors of Eugene Reed.
Attempts have been made lately to
saloons, but as far as known the
burglars-which they undoubtedly
were-failed to gain an entrance.
Preparations are being made to
appropriately observe Memorial day
in this village and it is altogether
probable that the school children will
be enlisted in the exercises, by the
veterans.
VIM. Breitenger, of Chicago, has
purchased the Broderick farm of III
Ullrich for the purpose of raising
stock. Mr.. Breitenger will place an
experienced man in charge of the
place at once.
The farm house on the Goline place
three miles west of here is being re-
shingled, sided and painted. When
the repairing is completed the build
ing will present much better appear
ance than formerly.
f, Joslin, young man from Ne
koosa, has opened restaurant at Ali
Mr.. Joslin will handle everything that
| handle. and is now fixing UP the place
| III d u6dS NGWSs
| John Gage is fixing up his place two
miles west of this city, repairing the
| fences and doing other necessary work
of that kind around the farm. He
has about so acres of land, 50 acres of
which is under cultivation. William
| Hodge is working the farm for Mr..
Gage.
Work on the new ferry boat started
last week and it is probable that by
the time the cables arrive the boat
will be ready for the christening.
The new boat is 1Sx40. with four feet
aprons at each end. The cable acros S
the river is 1900 feet long, while the
drive cable will be about 1900 feet
long.
w. A. Brazeau. of Port Edwards,
who will soon take charge of the
Merrill paper mill as manager, is a
brother of George and Edward Brazeau
of this city. Mr.. Brazeau has been in
the employ of the John Edwards
Manufacturing Co. for the past seven
or eight years and is thoroughly
familiar with the duties he will
assume at Merrill.
Jacob Claus, who has been spending
the past six months in Switzerland,
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breaches at the Methodist church
every two weeks.
Mrs. Cora Brown from Spring
Creek, is visiting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. A. F. Bailey.
George Harding, who has been
visiting his sister, Mrs. w. +.
Warren, returned to his home at
Spencer last Friday.
Vandriessen can now boast of a
weather prophet. Jno. Gunsley
prophesied snow storm and then
fine weather, both of which have
been verified.
Messrs, Harvey and Burrows of
Plainfeld, are expected to hold
meetings at the Baptist church
Saturday night, May 10Th and
Sunday, May 10th.
Mrs. Gunsley is again at home,
after spending the winter at Star
Lake. Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Jewell
came with her for a fortenight's
visit among relatives and friends.
An automobile passed through
here recently and halted at the
postoffce. 1t was the first time
one of those machines ever
ventured SO far within our pre-
cincts. 1t belonged to DR..
Hougan, who was on his way to
attend the boy with the broken
leg at F. M. Rous'.