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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1906-10-25


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80 81 tlie tsHie ~ Public tie4efal Laws vi
HE state u Maryland arr I'tlisiiriissi.
na4tiyn lVa. y AneyeF. stAFinE the
hours "a lss4gsutraLiunu feYAsiuil ~ reg
lstfatioit, ~ anrpig the iAuuFs 81 ciecttpn
~ eaivaea 81 ysltap, of making rrtafns
es,eupi u ans precinct, shat nfis,g, tsaks',
l5ISeF 0r Hena n,p.l aus l'iass u tsiglstra-
fi0ii or revision ~ Etsy,Htrsstsaslrsr ~ ricc
tsnn, any distlsaa 40 rpifluuae lhluvsa,
Mtue, alu - Dss.r, N sani - any SUCH
lilne ilii0 l,iifee tirInA % liaftAke ~ e0cli
nlnDgs, sslaH le guilty afuls'ieiDrans,a
/ ah,lsTsnltli np9n eOnsiets0n tafieVi tis
liaei nsit leas sis,a uen ~ ~ iullafe, ipf
lnarr sAilIs nae nunuied aplsafs.
| luS. ~ shall IL uilinwlsil ispr thp kcuiscf
~ ass. BVgel, taFefe. ntslge, as9nKing ~
ta0llsnntsnt, ~ any 0tilef plaHe where
| hau1fa arc nt,isl, ~ iar ally iefrvn "
parsons, difeeuy or iuaifsstas, ga rtii,
nart1r, sise ~ aippOre y als1 ssirlt'iGsis
ur lerncnlsl iiqnuf, Aie o. neeg, W "a.
tOxEatiuR afgl3ne " il'iS asud ~ tltss dag
IL aly enrtlos isercs1ief ~ 50 lstl'i 50 tsie
several csaigsaa ~ tnis stats any lscr~ssm
violating tae laVyissvus - sAie ssseth,D
sinai ~ lttl,ie ~ mdletaaeat, asa aliail
mlluH eollNsesauit, ~ uneu ssat lesss shan
llly txsU5 nullarn, nof gsuae tu.su oiiss
hnnafea fslstDD n5lahr& ip1 eaca etlcnrss
une nsasi sif tsse gns sliAn uu pANk 10 The
niurniei. aiia lIsr vthrF nail ~ gi.e JouDty
COMMISSIONER ior tine isre 81 puUile reads.
iJi, Auy person ~na ni,5iii asaks any
bet % wager upon tav result . aisy rsee
tiun a. LaAe lllssgo ~ tnia State shall VI
liable ~ lnbluIuleias, nnr approximation
1hcg,a,l sii4ii 10 sinoa aUt Ass~ tiian iiigy
| (@aug daits,tA, "a ~ pald 90 tnentsttr, Tor
ane nas 90 tllr teuDoi iniitin. every ,lp-
s,slhit 81 lnoAey IA auy part u taie STATE
- 4 pei Qr wager upOn TIE result ~ ANY
leAetiDn ID kills starts ~ elsewhere, riimA
III. inflcitra unsi parl over 81 the tVunty
I0inininslsners u tne eonnty where De.
pOHit,,d lUF the a5as ~ nm county or. II
sleporlsen 10 tie Lity 81 ibisitllaVFe, ~ the
Mayor aud G4ty bOuBrii.
~ b.dottASDA,
NAbir.a y. 5tA j,
3 lfsi'linN At. JuAFas,
Super sir0rs % EseuVn ipr - Mary >
Test. JOs. l. 1ou0l, Jierk.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1906-10-25
For Sale.

new "A feet tongs. W ''1'' =
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1906-10-25

cnILDRENs' cL0ralKGl

Our stock, we venture 10 say, Is the largest
in The county. boys suits from die, uD ID
$3.50. fouths' suits IRON " - up 10 xp,5u.
Ladies' and Misses Jarketa. Ibe best Oh the
market, very cheap.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1906-10-25
PANTsl PANTS

Mems panta. value. 81 ~, my price, Dse. aud
up "a 81 ", worth double the money Hoy
Knee fanIs, from size 70 sizu II, at The low
est prices.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1906-10-25

Io2o aerea. mors 81 g,

and Improved liy q aubrfan
taai aila conEortablr dwFil &4EssM
lilg house, fuHf llagnW. sta kfM
hses. mile.is anB other out 4,
buildings. liirre - airs, oii 10 IeTiy
an onward 81 iEAk TREES aild other
fruit fh,s property II about i've Inlles
run ipgaarsitoWn. immediately On ti,'cp
saIt water, with ils gaiuaale incidents ~
iieii An1 oysters aud Largely anplllsl
with yalllnssIe tinsia'r, anti ii very dewira
a. i places ~ Residence.
2
Aiifliat traei q parcel u hand eallad
and known ~
INaLEsTDE and PART RosEDALE
containing
200 acres Of land nsoee a.. ls.as.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1906-10-25

The polls viii open AZ ! O'Clock, 4 NJ,
and Gloss at & O'Clock, va The nlec-
lion "a be held II for the purpose ~ eiec.
ing one person TO represent The sixth
Congressional district u Maryland in the
six,eih Congress OF United states.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1906-10-25
UNDERwR BAR.

Mems neeced underwear. tbs heaviest b0e.
goods, our price, 42ie
Ladies' the same goods, prices the same
Ladies' ribbed under wear. 2ocfsa piece Child
rene' underwear, for boys aud girls Of a sizes
az the very lowest prices.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1906-04-18
nod nlshr.

gsas fur elm GROCER SaaStn Der
Gsi9dftswslt unb i%nsbefonosre aud
benz ffeusrsablsnben Biir9ertbum zines
@sMsinpsisns our1 bic unperninftiss
unb unfnniee aeitation Der WaRer-
fmpel 3ugsftgt tplro, baitir Iisfsrt
Germantown. o.. elm frennblf9es
Standardization 9aptOn's, Elm lebr'
rei9es SeifpisI.
aus benz elidliGsn, 3ufrieosnen
Sidot1sn bon etni if bur9 Die Sem.
perena. A9itntion Elm unter f9 islbf
j~erfalsnes, wenig e%inlabenoss @emein-
iusisn aeuorosn. Die B%erbrdnguns
Der Wirtbi9aftsu bat fi4 f4limm &c.
rd6t. Sus san3e @ef9dftslebsn bat
baburd cine u~nbsilbole Si6rung ere
Iittsu, bic aud bon Der @smeinbesafe
i9psr smpfunbsn mirS, asi9t bod Der
Beleu6iunesfonbs allein cine 0erf1uI-
hung bon $4,000.
Die gtirgeriGaft III In 3uei feinbli9e
Eager estbsilt, bic Geu&ts, unb bic
Srodensn, uno bic fsinbli9en Briiber
befGuloiasn F& sesenieitis Der ger-
anttpOrtli6tsit fur bic un,rquidli&en
3uhdnbe. gs gilt fur ausgsma8t,
bab Bel Der ndGftsu 9oealopticnsuabl
bis Ssuaten Deinen acknowledgement
Gisg srrinssn uerbsn. Sa aber in.
spif9sn bic .@irtbi9aftslieen3 auf
$1,000 srb6bt porben if, 10 III ss frog.
lid, OF oas ruinirte @ei9dftsleben pies
Der auf ben friberen Stanb sebra9t
tusroen tanu. (@d9ter u. anseiger.)
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1906-04-18
Ha9 sinera pum 9anbeIs-S Depart.

Ha9 einenl pom 9anoels=S Depart
ment iosbsn ber6Hentli9tsn Bulletin
Bat Der i@srtb oes 6anbelsumiabes
3pif9sn ben Ser. Staaten uno ben
amsritanii4en 2dnbern. abgsieben bon
ganaoa, WsrieO unb @uba, absr unter
@ini6lub bon porto Rieo mdbreno bss
5istnliabrss 1905 R9 auf unsefdbr
800. 600. 900 sesen $50, 600. 600 i'm
Sabre 1900 bslaufsn.
Der idbrli9s 9anoeIsumfab bon
portO Rfeo belduft Rn nod benz
Bulletin auf ungsfd6r $S5. 600, 600,
tuobOn auf Die Ser. staaten unssfdbr
IS proasnt sntfalsn.
Die Bstbs!Iisuns Der Der. Staatsn
an bisiem !6aneslsbertebr bat H9 be.
beutsno 9ebobsn. feit porto @ieo I'm
aabrs 1900 als 3olbifrift Der Ser.
Staten organiFrt uorben tit.
SIM Sabre 1897 belief f9 Der
Wsrtb Der bon ben Der. Staaten mad
porto @ieoissianbtsn Waaren auf me-
niger nls 80, 600. 900, I'm Sabre 1905
bagsssrl auf msbr als $14, 600.
Die ansfubrlport I&ieos mad ben
Der. Staaten.. cberifies !pon 50. 000.-
600 I'm Sabre 1900 !auf Sic, 900. 600
TN Sabre 1905.
llnier 6anbeIsumias nit ben bri'
tii9en usRinbif&en Snfeln bat einen
idbrii&en Wertb bon etpa 500. 000.s
600 unb ausfnbr unb ginfubr fteben
chamber aismli& slei4.
Der 6anbel Der Der. Staaten nit
6aiti unb!e aato Domingo NOR wdb.
rsnb ber lebten Sabre tbatid<& ia.
tiondr. Der gefammtimport bon
Gaiti fislipor 81, 199, $40 TN Sabre
1901 auf 81. 1O1. $50 I'm Sabre 1905.
Der grport mad 0aiti bon %. 424, 662
TN Sabre 1901 auf -, 297, $50 TN
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1906-04-18

Sabre 1905. Der Smport aus Santo=
Domingo Fisg bon So. 553, 766 TN
Sabre 1901 auf 81, 664. 208 im Sabre
1905, Der grport wdbrsnb oerfelbsn
3eit fiel bon 81, 799. 635 auf 81. $685.
789. Der 9anbeI Der Der. Stauteu
NIT ben INSTRUMENTATION &epubli.
fen Sofa 3ica. Guatemala. 9orlou'
ras. Nicnrasua. 6alpaoor uno pa
mama b:,iFsrt flo auf $27. 200. 600
per Sabr, tuOpOn ni&t gans sl3, OOO,-
600 anf ben Smpprt, Der 2ef auf ben
grport sntfdlt. Der Grport nod pa'
mama bstrug I'm Sabre 1905 81. 745.s
562. Der Smport bon Sofa 9iea be-
trug 1905 1896. 1874, Der erpOrt bort
bin ssists cine atna6me bon 81, 1861
429. Der Sanbsl Der Ser. Stanter
NIT Guatemala rsprdfenttrt einen
Wsrtb bon IS, us, 900 per Sabr, Der
nit Sonouras betrdet peniger als
81, 600, 900. Der nit Niearasua 49,
500, 900. Der init Salpaoor s ,OOO.-
900 bis so, 500. 900 per Sabr.
Bon Nsufunolanb unb Sabraoor
importirten mir tpdbrsno bes leBtsn
6istaIiabres fur 81, 1929 uno sr'
portirten burtbin fur so. 449, 425.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1906-04-18
,,ger fiinnTte Brnnsr."
So3ialer 8oman pom @rnt @i9ert.

Der nit Der bsuigsn Summer os. glatss bs9innsnbe Roman, Ser
ihnsHs gruber." ia bas gBerf emes auOrs. befsn oiauiide grseuaniKe
anerfanntermaesn 1ts einen netsn 2eierris fnoen, oa fe immsr letens.
frHd qefdrieben fno uno ibre Gefthrs ME os Gefabl Der 2anqeueue
auftommen Idbt. CT grdft aus Dem 2ebsn Der beutf9en &ei&sbauptHabt
cine Rsibe %psrf4eoener @baraftre braus. bk. Elm isosr In f9 abae.
f4loEsn unb lebensuabr, ebnfo ptLe gsrtretei Der baeroeenhsn 8eIen.
i9aftstlaHsn DiSen ub BET ibrem 3ufammenwirtsn elm @%siammtbilo nit
befrhbsnosr 26iuna seben. Ms loon Der 8iif bsFaat, III Der gOrpurf
Der foialen gsussuns eninomnsn, rslhe in Seui6lano 10 mddtg UNI
f9 grstt uno In ibrem @enenfdlase 9sute Der beridkoenfen 2ebenss
hsaunqen brett oMr inbtrett In Mhleibenidaft akbt. Die Mt unb gDeit,
ME bhs gssenfdse auf etnonoer pruasn uo H& betampfsn. bot Dem
tatntbolen auor Stuf unb @slessnbet 3u duberf interefanten gr-
u~idelunssn unb gpiiooen ss9sbsn, bic er osnn oub nit gRsiasrf9aft
bebanoet bot.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1906-04-18
SferHtmmmng tn 9entiG
lamb.

Die vNep gorfsr Gtaats.3 .ituna"
i9reibt:
Die SFerbetra9tuneen Der maB9es
benOen oeuti9en gldttsr fnb auf einsn
ourdaus p~tirbiseu $un sefiimmt unb
auf" ben alei4en Son tuirb ttObl ieBt
aud bic aussmeine gOItsftimmuns in
Seutf&lanb ausilineen. @hrbig iinb
rubig. Rubiger, aIs sur 3sit oss
uns.fann-T aiemanb : 9%sprables. unb
phroig, neil benz rubiSsu, ftiasn
8srtrauen auf bic eisenfraft, tper,n ss
einmnl nDtbia tusrben iOQts, fol9s 5u
bstbdtisen, ausbrud eesebsn miro.
DAB bic 8cradnse In algetiras betpiss
fen babsn, bob Deutfdlano bsute ifo-
Int bafsbt. miro ,ussgs6sn, uno bamit
pirb aud Der sefammten WarottO.
gOliiif bic 9ritit ssipro&sn; bsnrl bisie
politif fo0te ia 9sraoe bic SfOlirung
Dsuti&lanbs berbinoern. Sir bic
3utunft uirb Elm rubiser fsRer aurs
%berlanst, unb cine 3urtd6altuns,
tusIas fi9 ni9t porordnst unb ni9t
aufordnst. Die oeutf9e politit tpirb
R9 nit Der 8batia9e abaufnbsn ba.
ben, bob 10 pieles unb 9emib aud 10
aufri9tiess 2isb.stperbsn bergebli9 ge.
psfen it. unb bab Deutf9Ianb H9
beut elmer S9aar bon Neiberr seeen.
tberfsbt. nit mel9er ss aIsin fertig
psrbsn mub. Sanf.si9rsiben an ben
.sIdn3snbsn Seeunoantsn auf benz
Gs9tbobsn" allsin usrbsn bic 3utunft
9sutidlanbs ebsnio uenig R9ern, ME
finanspOlitif&e MabrsssIn sssen ben
unbantbarsn Ra1barn pber Elm
S9mOlsn nit benz ungstrsusn
5rsunbe, Der f9 in Notb beinbet. SIN
gsrtrauen auf bic gigenfraft fann
Seuti3lanb NIT rubtssr, niatsrnsr
3urtdbaltung bic 3eit Der Gbre9nuns
NIT unbantbaren unb 5reuloisu ab-
uarten.
9euti9lanb ffebt beute ifolirt ba.
bas babsn bic Bor9dnse In Nlsseircs
sesei9t; aber gerabe biefe baben aud
ben Nadtpsis gslisFsrt, bob trrb aler
Sfolirtbeit Der 0eriu9, Ssuti9lanb
reinSufreifen" unb 10 su erortdsn,
miblunsen III. Wiblunaen, neil bis
augemsins S9dbuns Der beutI9en
aruft ,ualei9 bic grfsnntnib bsbeutet.
oab Elm gerIu4 Der groriduns Elm se.
fdbrlides 1nternebmen Iein trhrbe.
nnb au9 pobl, neil man auf Der anoe-
rem Settle ni1t bas re4te Yertrauen
bat 80 ben bielsn rsuerli9en gntenten,
JreunbiGaftsn unb BtinbniFen unter
einanber, bon smel9en n,sbr oIs cine
yInndberun8" unter benz. gef&ts.
puntte Der @si9i9te unnathrli9 unb
unter benz bes greifbarsn SntsrsHss
urgere&tfsrtigt if. Sisfes unnattrs
Hide uno ungere&tfertiste tpirb einmal
ben Stein inter ole bic aus ben Dra.
9enadbnen oes Neibss unb ses Oates
berborgsgangenen gntsnten, Treuno.
f9aften uno BinbniHs uerfen. Damn
ptrb fur Seutf&lanb. nod elmer gu.
,tidbaItung, BITE f& ni9t anfordnst
uns fi9 ni&t borbrdnst, unb I'm rubi.
gen gsrtrauen auf bts gtssntraft. bic
3sit Der Mbrs&nuns NIT unoanfbaren
unb nit Sreuloien tOmmsn.
Dem Deutf&en Rei9e III am Sage
Der Ofera, Der 5riblinass6ttin, unbe.
fdnbisss Wetter bei&ieben tuorben.
absr bic rubiger unb tpirbigsn Otter.
betra&tunsen berlanser sine1 fsRen,
beRdnbiget Qurs. Damn tpirb au&
Deuti&Ianb wteber aus BEN Grabe Der
SfoIirtbeit, In tpeI&e Is beute bon Neib
unO oab ssIsgt II. Nsgrsi9 aufsr.
feben.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1906-04-18
Tahffe ISOLDE wiro es in bemtihet

Nadfte @o@e wiro es in bentIhen
Qreiisn sinsr rsguldrsn Wergntigungs'
Strubsl ssbsn. am %. s9auiurnsn
bes Shbieite Surnbsreins, am "a. bas
GaufsROn3srt oss Ruft'g srsins, am
81. Mdnner9or -Qonsert unb am TEL
ben 5ags e9auturnsn oss sOeiaIsn
$urn-8 ersins. 6era mas milf bu
nod mehr.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1906-04-18

Sin @sieb Sirfts iid aIs beiIiam
erpsiIsn, laut wel9sm 5reibriefe on
@%orporntionsn rur nit suei Drittsl
Gtimmsnmebrbsit burd ben Stabtratb
qetpdhrt peroen f6nnen.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1906-04-18
Der g 6termeif

= Der ShId9termeifer
8ebr in Safdeeren bat fi9 TN Sc
ri4tsgefdnsnib gu Sriebsl, prppina
8ranbenburs, Der irbif4en @eredtisz
feit entaosen. 8ebr bate ii4 an ieis
ner 15idbrisen Stieftodter in uniitt>
li4er @eife persansen, unb bas mar
bon Der S9piesermutter Der BsbOrbe
ongeaeist tporben. I'm bic unbequeme
3eusin anf9dtli@ gu MAIDEN, ermpr>
bette 8ebr fie unb bdnste bic 2eide
Johann auf, um ben @nf9ein zines
Selbftmorbes gu ertpeden. Nun bat
.iih Der Shdter i'm @efdnsnib felbf
erhdnat.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1906-04-18

England muB bod cine bibif6e
sneff Dor 9suti6lano baben, fonf
tuiiros ss flo tuobl ni&t 10 smfg be-
freben, oas oeuti6e Rsi4 30 iiOliren.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1906-04-18

lInisre 8iirser weroen aufgefor'
bert, Ois StraBsn hhbf4 rein 3u baltsn.
@O3u? Nan i&meibt He ia bo9 ben
8abns@ orporationen in ben Ra9en.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1906-04-18

= Sir bebanernstpertbe
M a n n. vnnfer 9ausarat lit ni&t
70 n 8udeelebrter Der bot
fGmmtli4e a~ranfheiten i'm Ropfe!!"
New-York tribune., 1906-04-29

Neither in the Washington nor in the Frank
lin church is there any evidence that the swarms
OF American travellers tramping through Eng
land year after year and visiting all the show
places have left behind them anything more
than their sixpences in the restoration till A
chapel has been restored by Americans in st.
Botolphia Church. Boston; Mr.. Childs and other
Americans have embellshed St Margarets s,
Westminster, with memorial windows. and Mr..
Choate has employed Mr.. La Fargo with fine
effect at st. Saviours, Southwark; but these are
almost the only examples OF generosity on the
part of transatlantic visitors in return for all
the pleasure and noble inspiration they receive
in the old home, with it's STORED memories AT
SUlSrave there is cheap bit of brass exhibited
from America and at Great Brinston there is
sign that anybody from the great Republic
has passed that way and reflected that a little
gratitude was iue TO the memory of Washing
tons ancestors The old church has been re-
stored and redecorated within a year mainly
at the expens~ OF Lord Spencer. and not an
American contributor has given more than a
siXpenCe for the work. l. n. F.
New-York tribune., 1906-04-29

telligent method OF imparting elementary in
struction In the simpler processes OF agriculture
an interest In country pursuits might be incuI-
Gated and developed in children Of both sexes
which would bear fruit later in keeping the
people rooted TO their native villages.
These lessons OF the gardens were not in
tended to be lessons of memory but OF observa-
ton. AS much possible they were 10 be given
in the gardens themselves or while walking
through field and lane, Where it was not pos
sible TO have plots of ground in which to make
the experiments suggested in the school pro-
gramme, simple object lessons were to be ar
ranged by means of pots or boxes Of soil
Thus in one school where elementary ideas
Of the necessity of air and food to plant life are
being instilled into children from nine to eleven
years old series of pots are standing OF the
window sill of the classroom in which oats are
being raised in five different soils. As they
shoot up from day to day the variations in
growth of the relative proportions of straw and
ear due to the variations of the soil will be
pointed out to the children, and in the autumn
and winter months at the end of the year the
subject of the chemical composition of manures
will be handled in simple and elementary
manner.
In another village. where a suitable piece Of
land has been allotted to the school the SANE
lesson is being taught by a series of rows of
cabbages. The test of the cabbage will be- Of
course its weight, and the soil has been care
fully graduated To make the distinctions as
marked possible. third school. this time
again without garden plot, is growing a kind
of quickly raised bean in pots, the first contain
ing only broken glass and the others soil Of
varying degrees of sterility and richness
These three schools are in an agricultural
country. and the objects chosen by the masters
for the subjects of their experiments were taken
from those most familiar to the pupils as grow
ing in the fields around In another district
east of Paris. in the wine country one teacher
New-York tribune., 1906-04-29
FOR FRENCH CHILDREN.
School Gardens and School Canteens
Maintained.

Paris. April 10.
Down on some of the reaches of the lower
Loire, where the green banks of the river make
of the prettiest folds and curves imag-
Unable an observant traveller viii notice an un-
common feature in of the little hamlets
and villages. The village school generally one
of the ugest buildings in the commune, will
have a carefully cultivated little plot of land
attached to it, and at certain times of the school
day the village schoolmaster may be seen with
his little flock around him walking UP and down
the burrows or operating energetically with
hoe. while the children look and help or
hinder, as the case may be. These gardens.
which are by means numerous in any part
of France, are the school gardens established
in principle-as much as eleven years ago.
When the Minister of instruction issued, in
1895, his decree concerning these plots OF
ground his idea to foster in the children OF
rural districts love of the soil, and in this way
to combat the steady and regrettable exodus
from the country into the cities and towns. The
village schools were in to be converted
into schools of agriculture Such schools al
ready existed But it hoped that by an in
New-York tribune., 1906-04-29
OLD SAXON TOWER, EARL's BARTON.

cestors was known outside the village
where he earned meagre living by strenuous
labor
Without doubt many of the Ecton cottages
round the ancient parish church were stand
Gg when Josiah Franklin was crowded out
f his native village and carried across the seas
10 Boston. Stone houses In the holows of the
English hills where they sheltered from the
wide sweep of the east winds may have VEN
erable antiquity, yet they invariably have a
fresh and jaunty look though they had been
built a decade ago. "Ye Worlds End Inn,' at
the entrance of the village from the main road,
has been rebuilt several times since the Frank
lns took their ale in the taproom and since Ho-
garth painted sign token of his appre-
citation of the good drink which had been served
him there. There fragments of old wall
f;ld timber work behind the garden side, but
fine main construction while it may date back
I50 years is less quaint than the ancient name.
The old manor house behind the church has been
enlarged and underlined since the Squires
horses shod by Frankns but it remains
picturesque and stately and is surrounded by
sunny lawns and graceful clumps of woods. Ho-
garth knew the house and painted portraits for
the drawing room and library when he liv-
ing in the village; but these works have dis
appeared along with the artistic tavern sign.
General Sotheby is a highminded landlord who
has not been content with improving the cot
tagcs his estate He has also converted one
Of the houses into public library and reading
room for the benefit of the villagers, who
read the newspapers and magazines rainy
days. This is the closest approach to the Frank
lin tradition of sympathy with current events
and everyday thought that has been made in
Ecton since two of Josiahs brothers expert
IncnttG ftfuly with systems of shorthand.
With the beautiful old yellow rectory behind
the high stone wall and splendid trees there is
a close connection with the American printer,
diplomat and philosopher While he was in
England DR.. Franklin made pilgrimage to the
cradle of his family and stayed for several weeks
In Ecton He the guest of the rector of
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ENGLISH FRANKLINS.
1t Ecton, Northamptomshire, Near
the Home of the Washimgtons.
Northampton, April II

northampton, Apth IL
The English cradle of the Franblins is as
sornnoIent village the homes of the Wash
inCtons in Sugrave and Little Brngton. Ecton
is a cluster of stone cottages around a parish
church, with an ancient manor house in the
background; and for at least three centuries
the F'ranklins were backsmths and bellfound-
ers with thirty of farming land around
their cottage. farmhouse is pointed out to
The American visitor the home which Benja-
min Franklin's father left behind him when he
emgrated from England with his wife and three
young children; but the good natured naval
chaplain. who, as rector of the parish church,
has to answer many questions from Yankee
pilgrims in the of q year, does not at
zach much Importance to this tradition He
asserts that the farmhouse too far from
the main road to be occupied by a family of
llacksmiths, and that the probable site of the
the rectory Wherever the house and workshop
stood, the Franklins generation after genera
Non. kept the village forge, attended services in
Vie parish church and went to market and The
annual fairs in Northampton Their names
stantly occur in the parish register of births
and marriages. and are to be read several
ItravestOnes beneath the thirteenth century
Hower among the trees. Two of these stones
bear the names of uncle and aunt of Ben
tamin Franklin; and many of his ancestors We're
buried there after quiet, uneventful lives in the
Northampton village. They We're palmer folk
Alan the Washingtons of Sugrave, who
tonnected with the Spencers of Athorp and
traced descent from a famous mayor of the
shire town. Not one of the philosophers an
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mas made happy choice of fruits in his garden
plot, and here through the four seasons he takes
his scholars through the successive mysteries of
grating, flower and fruit. In all cases where
these plots of land have been accorded the
master is encouraged to look upon the proceeds
OF his garden as a kind of bonus for the extra
work imposed upon him by the addition of this
subject to the school curriculum
The lower Loire has been mentioned as pos
sessing 4 fair number of these school gardens
but as matter OF fact in no part of France
as has already been said. are they as common
as might have been expected One might visit
a score of country districts without finding
school garden 1t is difficult to Just why
this is So Partly. no doubt it is due 10 apathy
on the part of the masters Many grudge the
time spent on field lore which they would prefer
to devote TO more snowy and more scholastic
subjects. And then. again, it is undeniable that
TO teach a subject experimentalIy requires a
greater mental effort the part of the teacher
than to impart number of facts by means OF
a primer. Sometimes the difficulty lies in the
ownership of land in the neighbOrhood Of the
commune. Whatever may be the cause, the
French school gardens are still in the expert
mental stage.
Whether these pleasant lessons in elementary
agriculture will have the desired effect 1t is too
soon to say. So far. the eleven years Of their
nominal existence have not sufficiently pOpu-
larized them to give fair criterion OF their ef-
feet on the scholars. Agriculturists all through
France crying for apprentices and skilled
hands, and the steady influx of population to
city from country is as apparent
1t Is much easier to appraise the work being
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