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The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-19
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fered, from our cousins across the
sea.
Five or six hundred years ago, the
boys in the, old town of Grimsby.
Lincolnshire, Eng, looked forward to
Plow-Monday as eagerly as those of
today anticipate Christmas. This
feast was never overlooked. 1t meant
wild excitement, procession, a the
atrical entertainment, usually out of
doors on the broad docks, a church
service with sermon, and a grand
barbecue and feast extending far into
the night. 1t was known as Plough
Monday" or the giving Of thanks for
the harvest of crops. 1t came at the
close of the Christmas holidays, was
officially recognized, the Mayor Of the
town leading the procession, and his
brethren" following proudly. The
day opened early and active. Crowds
fiocked into town. Shop-keepers opened
wide and dispensed generous hospi-
tality. Good cheer, good food, good
ale, shone In all faces. The plough
common farm implement--was
decked with brilliant fabrics. The
young people lined up along gaily
colored ropes attached to the clevis,
Ills Honor, the Mayor, at the handles
like. steamboat pilot, Tor It was often
q chase Hike the wind, UP street and
down, pell nell. His official subor-
dinater followed; then the people of
the town, young and old; and the far
mefs from the neighboring country.
Like the Circus Parade.
They dragged the plough and the
Mayor and all the old folks through
the streets, singing, shouting. and beg
cling from door to door for clothes,
food, or whatever else was to be
given away. Aims and presents were
given for distribution among the poor.
The company was led by a fool, or
clown, a witch, several dancers q fid-
dler, or several, called minstrpls, and
strong man with a cart to carry the.
presents gathered on the way. When
the procession had covered every
street the plough was dragged into the
church and placed before an altar
All hands then withdrew to a broad.
open space, near the docks. when
play was held on an improvised stage.
This play was called Creation" and
the company of performers consisted
OF priests, clerks, and others, who
took the parts of God the Father, God
the Son, the first woman, the first
man, the serpent, the devil, Noah.
Adam, and other historical and scrip
tural characters. This play was re-
garded as most sacred, and the great
crowds witnessing II were duly i'm
pressed by Its solemnity.
The details Of the play are not given,
put the idea or Gods blessing In the
shape OF light air, sun. water, earth,
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-19
Their OaOH
CrOb.

munitieS where men own the land they
live upon and obtain their sustenance
from the soil.
Yet there is an undercurrent of quiet
force at work, year by year becoming
better organized and with broader pow
er, whose tendency Is to overcome this
hurtful condition and stem the tide
of immigration away from the land and
into the already overcrowded centers.
Industrial and agricultural schemes OF
education are finding footholds here
and there, and nature study courses
and school gardens, where children
are taught to know something of the
soil and plants and the real wonders OF
nature, are no longer scoffed at or
looked upon as fads.
To Fit for Real Life.
This movement embraces the de-
mand for the teaching of domestic
science and both agriculture and man
ual training in all the public schools,
so that children shall be taught to
work with their hands and to force
from the soil the greatest possible
production, as they to-day learn in the
public schools of France, Denmark and
other of the older countries. The new
movement maintains that every school
should have a school garden, where ev-
cry child should be intelligently taught
to be lover of nature and of the
country and trained toward the land as
a source of honorable livelihood, rath-
er than away from It,
Some of the work of the Department
of Agriculture shows the tremendous
need which exists for farm training.
Need for Farm Teaching.
To be successful farmer to-day
means that a man must not be satisfied
to plant and reap as his father did be-
fore him, but that he must study the
conditions of his soil and climate, and
IL necessary discard as Improbable
the crops which have been raised in
his locality from time immemorial and
substitute those which scientific ex-
periments have demonstrated are the
greatest money makers; he must study
the breeding of plants as he would the
breeding of animals; he must learn
how to fight and overcome the many
insects and other enemies of his crops
and live stock; in q word, he must de-
vote as much hard study and thought
to farming as he would to any other
chosen trade or profession which he
might elect to engage in. If he moved
into city community. No young man
would expect to pass from the farm
into the city and make even bare liv-
ing unless he felt himself specially
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-19
Vest Point Religious.

The American Messenger, the organ
of the Annual Tract Society, says, In
an account OF the annual presentation
of Bibles to the graduating class at
the United States Military Academy at
West Point that there is a strong re-
ligious atmosphere there, that nearly
all the cadets are members of the
Young Mems Christian Association.
and that about half OF them attend
Some twenty Bibles classes, conducted
by leaders chosen from among them
selves. who are in turn enrolled in a
normal Bible class, taught by the
chaplain.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-19
OLD BRITISH FESTIVAL.
PLOW MONDAY, As DESERTED IN
FOURTEENTH CENTURY AT
GRIdSBY, ENGLAND.

Farmers and Townsmen Gathered
to Celebrate Bountiful Crops-TOwn
Treasurer Paid Bills.
All old-time country people remem-
Der evenings at corn-husking, apple
pairing and sugar-boiling. Not so long
ago a husking bee was a great event,
and boys and girls, old and young,
gathered from far and near to sit on
the floor of the barn, husk big ears of
ripened corn for several hours, end
ing with a grand feast OF pie, cake,
hot coffee, cider, and all the other
goodies of the farm cupboard But in
this country there are no definite and
fixed festivals held in the fall of the
year at harvest time. Thanksgiving
is only formal remembrance In this
we differ, and we have always diff
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-19

strates that men will go out from the
cities and live on the land and make
good citizens, when they are taught
about the land after they get on 1t.
Agricultural Education Needed,
Viewed from both standpoints, it is
a demonstrated and unquestionable
fact that American public schools need
far more of practical agriculture, in
their courses, than they now teach. In
fact the majority of them do not teach
agriculture, IN any Of its branches, at
all. The teachers themselves, as they
are graduated to-day, know nothing
of the subject Their educational sys-
tenn is in rut from which it cannot
be moved except by a strong popular
demand, which in itself must come
from an Intelligent comprehension of
the weak points of the system.
The problem is one for the serious
consideration of our most far-seeing
statesmen-the stemming Of this CEN
tripetal movement which is overcrowd-
ing our centers of industry where men
work for day-wages, and which is
steadily drawing from our rural com
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-19

submitted in the competition. It hangs
side by side with portraits painted by
Stuart and others of international
fame. Mrs. Mckinley has never seen
the original painting, but admires the
Photographic copies. The engraving
herewith presented lacks, of course, the
fine coloring of the painting, but the
pose, the expression is strikingly i'm
pressive to anyone who knew the be-
loved Mckinley in life. AS before
mentioned, the remarkable thing is
that the artist created the picture from
photographs and the result seems to
those who have seen the portrait to be
something little short of an inspiration.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-19
YaIuabIc Small Library.

DIR. Frederick Rowland Marvin has
one of the rarest Libraries in the coun-
try. 1t contains only about 1000
volumes, but many Of them are first
editions and The manuscripts are me-
msntoes of GIFTED men and women no
longer living.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-19
Works an Oyer His honse.

Joel Chandler Harris only works
when inspiration seizes him. He has
no settled library, no study, no desk,
no workroom of his own, but in every
room of his house is to be found a
table with pen, ink and paper, so that
If the happy idea comes TO him it can
be caught and fixed without delay.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-19
Iineuistic Parrot.

A parrot which can talk in two
languages. and which has seventeen
phrases. has been added to the London
Geological Gardens. 1t is a native Of
Northern India.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-19
NY Pine.

when love grows cold, thy Ore still
warns me,
When friends have fed, thy presence
charms me-
If thou art full, though purse be bare,
/ smoke and cast away all care"
German Smoking Song.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-19

The Yellowstone trout has been
caught in the very act of going over
Two Ocean Pass from the Pacific into
the Atlantic drainage.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-19

and charged up to the municipal ac-
count that prices or labor and food
are many times higher now than in
that time when trusts and combines
were unknown. Actors were rated
exceedingly low, as appears by the
foIInxrfY7nr
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-19

grain Hn5 fruit appears dominant.
The nearest approach 70 the festival In
this country n cur Thanksgiving Day.
1t II evident from q statement Of
the expenses incident to the festival
(all Of which were borne by the town
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-19

To one gallon Of old rum.......... o 8 4
On the docks, where once the theat-
ricals and the barbecue were held,
now rises the great Tower of Grims-
by, 200 feet high, serving as a land
mark, and as lighthouse to guide the
sform-swept ships of Grimsbys great
fshing fleets. into her safe harbor.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-19
3 NEW GRIMRBY" WITH IT'S nra LIGHTHOUSE

THE NEW GRIMEBY" WI
trained and educated to meet his city
competitors. NO more can the farmer
Of to-day expect to keep abreast OF the
procession unless he equips himself
with a knowledge which win enable
him to reap full harvest of the farm.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-19

An ADDRESS from the rector was not
costly:
To Mr.. Lewis, for a sermon.... o 10 o
And this miscellany of services, re-
ltgious, mechanical and mortuary.
came dirt cheap:
To nye priests. nx-penny bell By
Dell-msn. and making a grave. o ! 10
miscellaneous supplies were not
costly.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1906-01-19

Mechanics came a little higher:
To the carver. mending the Trinity,
making his crown and painting
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-08-15
Washtubs and washtuhs.

what would our foremothers have
thought" said Mrs. Flatdweller, "or
those of them that on wash days
went out to the wash bench and put
on It two big round wooden wash
tubs, one to be Allied with cold water
carried to 1t from the pump, and the
other with hot water carried from
the stove, while in one of these tubs
was placed wooden washboard on
which to do the scrubbing, and fin
ally the tubs had to be carried out
into the yard to be emptied-what
would our foremothers have thought,
l say, If they could have seen the
modern set washtubs of porcelain, set
side by side, each supplied with cold
and with hot water to be had at will
by the turning of faucet, and to be
emptied by the pulling of plug,
while in the inner conveniently slop-
ing front of one, and without any
legs for the clothes in the tub to get
tangled around, were moulded the
lcorrugations of a porcelain wash.
board!
| "They may have dreamed of many
things, but probably never Of this"
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-08-15
Educating German Women.

There are commercial schools for
girls at Cologne, Berlin, Cassel and
Munich. These schools have passed
the experimental stage. They have
been proved a success, and henceforth
they are to become a permanent
thing, to be established alongside
the commercial schools existing for
boy apprentices all over the empire.
During the last ten years Germany
has thrown open wide the doors Of
her universities, as well as opening
many Of the professions to women,
and their advent into many phases
Of commercial life has now become .
part Of the established order of things.
The only question now is how to best
prepare them to al mercantile posi-
tions Of Importance and trust Il
was decided at the congress In Wies-
baden to recommend decisive meas
ures for the establishment and main
tonance Of girl apprentice schools
wherever necessary In Germany.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-08-15

One man in this town who is so care
full and cranky about the company his
daughter keeps is getting an awful
good fooling. Some morning he will
wake up and know it all, and then
you'll hear noise like cyclone lin a
lumber yard. ~
Tell girl that medicine is good for
her liver, and she will not take it, but
once impress upon her mind that TAX
ing it will clear her complexion, and
she begins to go around with her
mouth open.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-08-15
A Woman's Health

Is heritage too sacred to be experi-
mented with. For her peculiar and deli
cate ailments only medicines of known
composition and which contain no alcO-
hol, narcotics, or other harmful or habit
forming drugs should be employed. Such
a medicine is DR.. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription-a remedy with record of over
forty years of cures to recommend it; a
remedy, the makers of which print its
formula on every bottlewrapper and at
test its completeness and correctness
under oath; remedy devised and adapted
to woman's delicate constitution by an
educated physician-an experienced spe-
cialist in woman's diseases; q remedy,
every ingredient of which has received
the written endorsement of the most emil
Ment medical writers of all the several
schools of practice for the cure of woman's
peculiar diseases; a remedy which has
more bO1lG-fde cures to its credit than
any other sold by druggists for woman's
special requirements. 1t Is not given
away in the form of Utrial bottles to be
experimental with, but is sold at 3 fair
price by all dealers In medicines.
Ii q woman has bearing down, or drag
cling pains, low down in the abdomen, or
pelvis, backache, frequent headaches,
&tN.y Va AOiHOih8 oPOASS 10 noANOn0 ~A.A
easily startled, has gnawIng feeling in
stomach, sees imaginary floating specks,
or spots before her eyes, has melancholia,
or SblueS," or q weakening disagreeable
drain from pelvic organs, she can make
no mistake by resorting to the use OF d.:
PIerce's Favorite Prescrip on. 1t will
inyigorate and tone 10 the whole system
and especially the pelvic organs.
No woman suffering from any OF the
above symptoms can afford to accept any
secret nostrum or medicine Of unknown
composition, as a substitute for . medi-
cine like DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
tion, which Is OF KNOWN c0MP0sTTT0N and
has q record Of over forty years and sells
more largely to-day than ever before. Its
makers withhold no secrets from their
patients, believing open publicity 70 be
the very best guaranty Of merit.
Or. Pierce invites 81 suffering women
20 consult him by letter free Of charge.
All letters Of consultation are held as
aacredly confidential and en- answer Is re-
fI1rned In plain sealed envelope. Address:
III. R.V. Pierce, Inyalids' Hotel and Sur
TIcal institute, Buffalo, N. Y.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-08-15

True friends seldom come in bunch
es.
If you snore, the pleasure is al
yours.
Few tips come to the waiter who site
down and waits.
Riches may have wings, but power
ty is seldom gutter.
A man isn't necessarily millionaire
because he has million air.
Even trouble gets Disguised with a
lazy man after time and quits.
A man never realizes the goodness
of his neighbors anti he gets sick.
All popular songs are composed, but
many seem also to be decomposed.
While all expressions of sympathy
are we'll intended, few are really sin
cere.
It's easy to be content with what we
have; it's what we haven't that wor-
ries US.
The intense itching characteristic Of
salt rheum and eczema is instantly al
layed by applying Chamberlain
Salve. AS a cure for skin diseases
this salve is unequalled. For sale by
all dealers.
When he encounters chap who
says "Show me" the confidence man
smiles.
If boy doesn't earn more than he
gets, he will never amount to much as
q man.
An alarm clock always gets busy just
when a man don't want to be both
cred.
A rule that refuses 10 work at all Of
ten gets the best of one that works
both ways.
Nothing makes man feel SO impor-
tant as his ability to answer the ques-
tions of a small boy.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-08-15
~GlaJHIRI-lRdI (GIIGIlQS.

/ A Ounce is happy, but can't tell why
You may not approve, but why
knock?
My girl, when jealousy gets busy
love takes vacation.
Important Wisconsin judge holds
that ice is necessity.
Dowie has lost Zion, but Zion, ii
seems, can't "lose' Dowie.
When you need bath don't try to
hide the TACT with perfume.
There is lots OF good poetry in which
there is not particle OF sense.
Never nurse woe. It's sting is the
first faculty to come back to life.
Some singers DEFY the atmosphere
Some politicians defy public opinion.
Not all the gods of Olympus can help
the man VINO will not seize his oppor.
tunities.
1t costs the Car Sis, 100000 year to
keep his army, not to mention the
sleepless nights.
The Tennessee man who asks legis-
lation barring peekaboo waists ought
to wear binders.
1t is all right not to want your kin
around your house, but for heavens
sake, then, don't go near their houses.
There is something wrong with the
home where the mother or grandmoth-
er never appears on the front porch.
A Louisiana paper offers to print all
signed communications of people who
oppose its city park, as it desires to
show up the mossbacks.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-08-15
SUMMER DIARRH0EA IN Chill
DREM.

During the hot weather of the sum
mer months the first unnatural loose
ness of a child's bowels should have
immediate attention, so as to check
the disease before it becomes serious.
All that is necessary is few doses Of
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy followed by dose
of castor oil to cleanse the system.
Rev. M. o. Stockland, pastor of the
first M. E. Church, Little Falls. MINI ,
writes: "We have used Chamberlain
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
for several years and find it a very val.
liable remedy, especially for summer
disorders in children" Sold by all
dealers,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-08-15
MAKE HAY WHILE THE SUN
SHINES"

There is lesson in the work of the
thrifty farmer. He knows that the
bright sunshine may last but a day and
he prepares for the showers which are
80 liable to follow. So 1t should be
with every household. Dysentery
diarrhoea and cholera morbus may at
tack some member OF the home with
out warning. Chamberlain Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, which
is the best known medicine for these
diseases, should always be kept al
hand, as immediate treatment il
necessary, and delay may prove fatal
For sale by all dealers.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-08-15
UNNECESSARY EXPENSE.

Acute attacks of collie and diarrhUea
come on without warning and prompt
relief must be obtained. There is no
necessity of mourning the expense of a
physicians service in such cases If
Ohamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy is at hand. A dose
of this remedy will relieve the patient
before a doctor could arrive. 1t has
never been known to fail, even in the
most severe and dangerous cases and
no family should be without it. For
sale by all dealers.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-08-15
Collier
Pure White Lead
Made hv tba OIa mitch p.ooa..,


1t seems that among the many things
a girl doesn't know about herself has
heen added that she has an ugly arm.
When the children fuss over turns
to hold the baby it is not so much a
sign Of affection as it is that the baby
is new.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-08-15

1t is always well to have box Of
salve in the house. Sunburn, cuts,
bruises, piles and boiIs yield to De-
Wits Witch Hazel Salve. Should
Keep box on hand at all times to pro-
vide for emergencies. For years the
standard, but followed by many imi-
tators. Be sure you get the genuine
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. Sold BY
St. Clair Wylie Drug CO., Tupelo, Miss.
and all druggists.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-08-15
STOMACH TROUBLES AND CON.
SITUATION

No one can reasonably hope for
good digestion when the bowels are
constipated. Mr.. Chas. Baldwin, of
Edwardsville, ILL.,, says, 81 suffered
from chronic constipation and stom-
ach troubles for several years, but
thanks to Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets am almost cured" Why
not get q package Of the tablets and
get well and stay well? Price Is cents
For sale by all dealers.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-08-15

Edison says he is goingl to make it
possible to build $4,000 house for
$500 by simply pouring concrete into
molds. 1t isn't likely, however, that
this will put an end 10 unhappiness.
People who have $4,000 houses will
worry because they can't have $4,000
residences.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-08-15

Kennedy's Laxative Honey and Tar
Is the original laxative cough syrup
and combines the qualities necessary
70 relieve the cough and purge the
system Of cold. Contains no 0piates.
Sold only BY SC. Clair Wylie Drug co.,
TupoIo. Miss, and Oh druggists.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-08-15

An Illinois man who borrowed"
another mans horse on which to leave
the country has postponed his depar-
ture for year. He has decided to
take rest at the expense of the state.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-08-15

Jealousy might be willing to listen
to reason il it could be convinced that
there is any such thing.
It takes two fools with but single
thought to generate q full-sized case
Of jealousy.
Many a mans so. called dignified 81
lence Is due to the lamentabIe fact that
he doesn't know what to say.
A Boston scientist has found seven.
teen varieties of germs in q $40 bill.
Are you going to boil your $40 bills?
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-08-15

Does evil still, your whole life fill
Dies woe betide?
Your thoughts abide on suicide?
You need pill!
Now for prose and facts-Dewitt Lit
tie Early Risers are the most pleasant
and reliable pills known today. They
never grippe. Sold by st, Clair Wylie
Drug co., TupeIo, Miss, and all drug
gists.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-08-15

There is man at Ithaca, N. Y, who
turns blue every time 1t rains. he
must bs stockholder in the local base
ball club.
In spite of the fact that San Francis
CO is having plenty OF trouble, Wyo-
ming woman has written a popular
song about it.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-08-15

Sir Frederick Nicholson says: "India
is completely at peace" Sure. She
has to be, with 10000 British soldiers
stationed along her northern frontier
and 10000 native troops distributed
where they will do the most good.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1906-08-15

You should be polite to the young
boys you meet. Perhaps some day one
Of them will be superintendent of the
pOorhouse Of which you are an inmate.
A travelling cure. all man was fined
@65 at Evanston recently for extract
ing teeth without license. He had a
pull ell right, but it wasn't the proper
kind.