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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-12-28
UNPLEASANT EXPERIENCE OF A
PRETTY SCHOOL TEACHER.
FORCED TO LEAVE PONY
Attempt of Miss May Hunt to Cross
Hills Near Laramie, Wyo., Almost
Ends FataIly-Story of Her
Adventure.

Laramie, Wyo.-Miss May Hunt,
the pretty young school teacher whose
trip to town from her school at Horse
Creek came near costing her life,
has recovered. and, beyond a severe
swelling of her hands and feet from
the cold. is none the worse for her
experience.
In relating her adventure, Miss Hunt
says:
q left the ranch where was board
ing intending to come to Laramie to
visit the city schools. 1t was o'clock
in the afternoon, the sun was shining
brightly and as much of the snow from
the storm had drifted off the hills.
made sure that after l got over the
summitsit would be easy riding to get
into town.
There were so many snow drifts
to find way around, however, before
l got to the summit, that it was late
when | began to climb the hill and the
snow got worse and worse as
climbed, but | felt sure that once on
top the snow would have all been
blown off 1t was just dark when
finally reached the top with my horse
very tired, but l could see the lights
of town from there and determined to
keep on.
MY poor pony was now dreadfully
tired. but | knew that it was useless
to try to turn back Finally, when
attempting to get around drift, my
pony's front feet went away down into
deep ditch or washout and we slid
down into the snow head foremost.
| caught at some sage brush on the
bank and pulled myself out of the
saddle, but the poor horse was stand
ing almost on his head in the snow
and making no effort to help himself
which was a good thing for me, as
he might easily have trampled on me
if he had struggled.
Il did the best | could for a long
time to get the horse out, but, he had
lost heart and would make no effort.
| tried to lift his feet out and even
to pull him over on his side by his
tail. He just would not try. and was
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-12-28

fact of it being locked shows that
someone didn't want it opened"
AS she gave her conclusive point of
logic Bess arose. She was pretty and
petite, with a decisive tilt to her chin,
and the confidence of Is in her blue
eyes.
"Of course, you'll do as you please,
Sue. You always did. But If l had
only been married month and had
found locked desk in my house that
l knew nothing of, know what I'd do.
Young Mrs. Sheldon left the piano
with an impatient movement. She
was tall and slender beside her sister,
and the indefinable charm of bride
was visible in her dainty negligee toll
cite of white crepon.
81 believe absolutely in Bob" she
declared.
Bess raised her eyebrows and smiled
mischievously.
s'Of course you do. It may be only
some old love letters or souvenirs that
he doesn't care to part with. Do you
remember Adelaide Gifford?"
THAT was two years ago"
Bess laughed.
"Good-by, sis. Believe in Bob all you
want to- He is dear, and if it were
l, I'd hunt a locksmith, all the same
Mrs. Sheldon stood at the window
and watched the small girlish figure as
it vanished down the street among the
fiuttering snowfiakes. 1t was dusk.
The room was unlighted as yet, and
sudden sense of loneliness stole over
her in the semi-gloom, the first she had
experienced since the joyous wedding
= of a month ago. If the affinity of
6ods and colors were true, she was
harmony with the soft velvet gray
Of the twilight tone that was stealing
over the world.
New Years eve. and Bob away. The
tears blinded her eyes. OF course, it
was business, merely flying trip to
New York for the firm, made all the
more imperative by his neglect of bust
ness during the honeymoon. but she
felt a vague rebellion in her heart
against even the separation of few
days.
And there was the locked desk.
Bess' words and arguments ran
swiftly through her mind. Come to
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-12-28
ONE ON EDWARD ATKINSON.
Tart Reply to His Cordial Greeting
of Old Friend.

The late Edward Atkinson used to
tell the following story at his own ex-
pense: In his boyhood he was one of
number of boys who used to play
ball on the Boston common, which
was then against the law. At regular
intervals old Erastus Clapp, the con-
stable, would bear down upon the tres
passers and put them to fight. The
boys used to have great fun with this
rather choleric old man-Disastrous
Clapp the boys dubbed him.
One day after Mr.. Atkinson had
grown up into a prosperous and re-
spected business man, while passing
along Boston street in company with
a friend, he recognized in a bent and
wizened old man the likeness of his
old acquaintance, Constable Clapp.
Mr.. Atkinson Immediately addressed
the old fellow.
Don't you remember me. Mr..
Clapp?s he asked.
The old man leaned on his stick
and surveyed Mr.. Atkinson coldly.
Nav" he finally answered, and start
ed to hobble on.
why, I'm Eddie Atkinson, whom
you used to chase off the common
years ago.
Clapp glared at him suspiciously,
and finally put an end to the inter-
view, much to the amusement of Mr..
Atkinson's friend, by saying sharply:
well, sir, no honest boy ever had
cause TO run from me-"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-12-28
us it antique ?"

rs it antique?'
Suzanne trailed her fingers idly over
the piano keys in a little impromptu
prelude of troublous chords before she
answered the query.
Il suppose it is" she said, GROSSLY,
I'm sure / can't tell whether it's real
antique or not. 1t looks old and dusty
and is all covered with heavy carving,
If you mean that sort of thing. Why
Bess,' she turned to the questioner
with sudden energy, Il wouldn't have
thought thing about it if he had
shown it TO me or even mentioned it.
He told me about everything else in
the house, and I'd never have known a
thing about this if | hadn't told Nora
to clean out that catch ALL as she
calls it, at the turn of the garnet stairs.
There is large windowless space over
the dining-room wing, and it was in
there"
"And locked concluded BesS posi-
lively.
Every drawer | asked Nora how
long it had been there, and she said
it had come with Bob's trunks from
home, while we were on our honey
moon. Pm not a bit curious" She
paused.
"Of course not" assented Bess
warmly, cor suspicious"
'Only interested"
Bess nodded her head wisely over
the interested sigh.
ut is kind of mysterious, Bob's not
telling you word about it, and hiding
it in there out of sight. and then the
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-12-28

Her Pony Feil 7eao FOREMOST
down and take off my shoes in order
to rub my feet back to some sort OF
feeling.
1.-The coyotes made me feel uneasy,
too. They seemed to be bowling or
all sides of me, and though | knew
they were cowardly things, they made
me uncomfortable, and then | knew
that there might be gray wolves
around
Il kept on towards the lights OF
town, and after hours and hours, it
seemed to me, | got to some buildings
which recognized as the stone quar-
ries, two miles from town, and went
there to telephone home for some
one to bring a carriage
Eyes, my brothers went to where
had left the horse and found him still
buried in the drift, with only the
horn of the saddle showing. They
dug him out and got him on his feet.
and he will soon be all right again
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-12-28
BATTLES FOR LIFE
in A SNOWSTORM.

forced to leave him there and Try to
save myself from freezing to death.
Il got across the washout somehow
and started on foot for town. The
snow, 80 where would was always
deep. and my s4,Fts bothered me
dreadfully in theIarifts, so that
finally gave up tryiSg to climb through
them and simply laid down and rolled
over them. got dreadfully wet and
cold, and the wind Vas awful, blowing
through my wet tXags. had to sit
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-12-28
WOMAN PASSES AS A
MAN THIRTY YEARS.
Sex of Spanish policeman" Is Not
Discovered Until Accident
BefaIls Her.

Seville-An elderly policeman who
has been in attendance on successive
governors of this town for 80 years
was badly injured in a street acct
dent here He was taken to the hos
pital and the doctor there discovered
that the policeman" was woman.
She went by the name of Fernando
Mackenzie, and during the whole of
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-12-28
Give Her a Diary.

A good Christmas present for a
young wife is a nice diary. She will
write in it every day for two weeks.
Then such things as these will begin
to crop out on its fair white pages:
Recipe for waffies. Must get two yards
ruching. Paid u cents to have tea
kettle mended. Don't forget lining for
kimono. Sold old pair Johns pants to
ragman for % cents. BY and by the
diary will switch off and become an ac-
count book, and it will end its career
as a scrapbook for cake recipes
Judge.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-12-28
Mikado as a Sportsman.

The mikado of japan is fond of out
door sports and warmly encouraged
the introduction of football as played
in England into Japan. He is hunter
and fisherman of no mean ability, as
well as a good hand at lawn tennis.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-12-28
Not Happily Put.

There have been times in my life"
said he gloomily, when was tempted
to commit suicide
20, WELL" she. said, its no use to
grieve over the past We can all look
back and see where we've made mis-
y,
takes"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-12-28

her long service no suspicion what
ever was aroused as to her SEX. She
was a Frenchwoman. born at-Pah in
1886.
She says that she assumed her
male disguise when she was girl,
and served her time in the French
army before she emigrated to Spain
many years back.
The police have lost a valuable
servant by the discovery Of her iden-
.ity.
When interviewed the woman said
hat she had always gone By the
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-12-28

Many. people have excellent morals
but the most odious ways.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-25

the constitution. In later years, during the
civil war, Lincoln issued a proclamation
recommending a special thanksgiving for
victory in 1862 and 1868. Since then
proclamations have been made by the presi-
dent and governors of the various states
and custom has fixed the date on the last
Thursday in November.
Different peoples have different times,
but always some time, for harvest thanks
giving. When the Jew inhabited Palestine
the festival of Pentecost embraced thanks
giving for a plentiful harvest; but as the
wheat is not gathered in Europe at the time
of the Pentecost, flowers take the place of
the first fruits in the synagogues there. The
Druids had their harvest festival on Novem-
Der l; the Chinese and japanese have theirs
at their years close.
The second of the three great festivals
Of the Jewish ecclesiastical year occurs on
the sixth and seventh days OF the third
month (Sivan), which includes part of May
and June. 1t is called in Hebrew, Shovuos,
but more generally the feast Of the Pente-
cost, the fftieth day, since it commentaries
the giving of the law TO Moses on Mount
Sinai fifty days after the deliverance of the
Israelites out of Egypt. 1t is also called
the Feast of Weeks. because it marks the
completion Of seven weeks. counted from
the second day of Peasch, OF Passover.
In the old simple days of England the
Harvest Home was such scene as Horace's
friends might have expected to see at his
Sabine farm. The grain last cut was
brought home in its wagon called the Hook
Cart-surmounted by q figure formed OF
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-25
BOyhOOd Devoted to Work

At the Of 10 he began working farm for So month
this position year desiring
to branch out for himself he purchased began
ptarie his
prinoey salary year. highest paid
that county. Ragans
for four and when Mr. Ragan with the
the building the bridges the old military
betWeen
take charge of the work foreman.
1t January 10, 1857, busery, snowy day,
the his
to the of his active e He ferred
Bellevue and this side of the river little
called
The park
along banks
is the Hanscom park district village of thyhve
of Pawnee Indians This favore
Indians time they friendly whites
little trouble with them
Saunders
Later they
Territory.
Mr.. Paxton Eighteenth and
for 500 month
ready his bridge being
principally military purposes and In
order provide Kearney
frontier and the basis of number
hostile red skins constructed
creek Saddle creek the Pappos Ehorn
the end Of the and then continued the throwing
the Rawhide Shell
bus and Wood river making Kearney
These strenuous for the young
1t than
The territory great on
the
of legal of land
claim What they their
rights Owing to the eguay of their proceedings
the land they living still considered
ernment land
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-25
Combat With Claim Club

vgiante committee to see
that the interests the members
might claims something
prejudice the interest of the favored The club
thorty and they depended
rorizing persons dared oppose them.
is recorded that
claimed driven territory pain of death
Threats of hanging freely
asserting Irishman was
taken to the river in mdwiner
through hole the ice before
Quishment his claims He did this finally
through desperate
of the people who exercised influence country
Mr. brought him conflict with this
club. Under his he authorized his
bridges from the neghborhood
got much Of his timber from there But this land
by members the the bridge
Ease to face with band Of determined claimants with
vOlvers
ON occasion a gang o timber
which had been bridges
ton went to get he the with
The teamsters did happen,
hound which
club approached threatening
MI Paxton did his
shooting that would end in death for He quiet
signal the animal intelligence
placed his front
his muzzle into the face of the with
made him weaken Mr. Paxton then backed
representative OF the who stationed here inspector
bridge He explained
told him he would have regiment
destroyed the bridge mbers the river
This
of the times and the difficulties that
this time that the
braska began Times Practically
the script
instu
lions left business unsettled
mediate prospect for good opening for young without capital
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-25
Thanksgiving and Rejoicing Day
.HANKsGIVING DAY in America bega

~HANKSGIVING DAY in America began
as a public rejoicing over a good
harvest-the first reaped by the New
England colonists-and maintains
some of its ancient flavor to this day. The
idea is as old as history. 1t finds express
sion in various ways in all countries and
climes. Gratitude is the keynote Of the OBJ
servances everywhere.
After the first harvest of the eolonists at
Plymouth in 1921 Governor Bradford sent
four men out fowling that they might re-
joice and celebrate in feasting together. In
July. 1923, day of fasting and prayer was
appointed on account of the drouth. Rain
came while the people were praying and the
governor appointed a day for thanksgiving
which was observed with religious service.
There was similar change OF fast-day into
Thanksgiving in 1881, when supplies came
from Ireland. All of these earlier appoint
ments, however. were made at various sea-
sons of the year and for special purposes
usually for the timely arrival of ships with
supplies-but in later years on account Of
the harvests. This substantiated a fixed
Thanksgiving day late in the fall after the
harvest time was over. and also the cele-
bration of the day by first a religious serv-
Ice and then a feast When the revolution
AIRY war began Thanksgiving had become a
national holiday and was annually recon-
mended by congress. However after the
general thanksgiving for peace in 1884
there was no national appointment until
1888. when President Washington, by re-
quest OF congress, recommended setting
aside a dag Of thanks for the adoption Of
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-25

sheaf with gay Notwithstanding a rep
resentation of the goddess Ceres-while a
pipe and tabor went merrily sounding in
front and the reapers tripped around In a
hand-in-hand ring, singing:
Harvest home. harvest home,
We have plowed, we have sowed.
We have reaped, we have moved
We have brought home every load.
Hip, hip, hip, harvest home!"
In the evening of Harvest Home the sup
per takes place in the barn or some other
suitable place, the master and mistress gen
orally presiding. This feast is always com
posed of substantial food with plenty Of
good ale.
Japan has two Thanksgiving festivals in
honor of the harvest, both of which are OBJ
served as official holidays. On the 18th of
October the Harvest Thanksgiving called
Kan-name Matsuri. CT the Divine Tasting,
is celebrated. The second harvest festival,
called the shin-Sho-Sai, is celebrated on No
VembeT 20. On the occasion OF this festival
the first sheaf of rice grown within the i'm
perial grounds is. by religious tradition,
reaped and offered by the emperor to the
divine ancestors as a harvest Offering. He
also offers to the Sun-goddess the first. new
silk of the year
In the famous temples OF Ise. In the
neighbOrhood of Yamama. are the shrines
OF the goddesses in whose honor those festi-
walls are held There are two temples. the
Naiku dinner temple) and the Geku or
outer temple. The Naiku is sacred to the
sun-goddess, the great ruler OF heaven; the
Geku is dedicated TO the Goddess OF Food
lcOntinusd on Page Two.l
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-25
WILLIAM 4. PAXTON n DEVELOPER OF WESTERN EMPIR


ALF century Nebraska completed by
IL w. A. Paxton pioneer railroad telegraph builder,
freghter and cattle raiser, January
fifty ago he crossed the Missouri river in
storm and began his in the territory bridge builder
ON the government road from Omaha to Kearney.
During this time he the develop the terri
which Of the only precaous
to their by the rich
ricutural state Of the weahe considering
opportunity Of being the building
commonwealth financially industrialy socially politically
Of those who foresaw the future possibilities of the
and he took advantage of result instead of pnnss
bridge foreman he has of
in the development Of the His interests manifold
and branch in
tied with being the establishment
early days has marked his business policy since.
life this filled with both
other pioneers who the trials
witnessed the miracles the building the
those who
their the high condition
life like pioneers rugged
is full OF human interest thrilling incident
Mr.. Paxton native Kentuckian. He January
1887, his country
native Of Virginia of Scotch he inherited the
virtues of his ancestors William his education
schools of his native and 1S49 father
Middleton Montgomery
occupation of farming but the following William left
himself.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-25
New Stock Yards Company

In 1888 the proposition laid before Mr. Paxton
in the stock yards the river and he
the induce his friends
the incorporators of the
of Omaha the others being Alexander
Swan. A. Creighton, Peter e. Her. John A McShane
capital
articles wide including
selling of live the killing, slaugh
packing WE'LL elected president
of the prime movers.
Importance this enterprise the sub
sdiary the of South
limits entirely land The Syndicate
company forH1 finance carry the
dispose Of the land which the city
member the syndicate
the
payment syndicate
city laid and within two hourishng.
always been interested financially
Omaha large building
Sixteenth which his
profitable and include varied industries
Politically himself
member OF the Nebraska legislature
fourth commencing 1881
the twentynnth session, which began January l. 1889,
life he noted for his
his genial nature He has always BEEN spite of his busy life
easy od-tme among
old which recalled the
him, remarked
that until they destroyed he had paid
Quent district
the mbers the bridges built
ary a youth Of 20 He has vivid
stirring OF those for this
tanning eOnveaOnaEt when his mind turns back pioneer times
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-25
Freighting and Contracting

freghting but
gave up party that working for Edward
Creighton constructing Telegraph line
been built
Kearney began its there
along side of the
uesbrg then back the river and Pole
The construction from the
side of west Bridges
Utah. City. Mr. Paxton still working for
Raglan his employer subcontract country
through built entirely filled
hostile. But little difficulty
countered of the
poyed time there in the neghborhood of
1000 men, many mule the army
did attack large
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-25

By 1864 he had $500 laid which HIS He
tnued years the eghing business gradually
his capital building
of the first miles the Union Pacific railroad of Jueburg
the did
places the follow
of 5000 and 1900 teams He moved
this from Green River and then
Siding where he employed for time furnishing ties
railroad construction the winter Of 1868 he
his there returned to Omaha.
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-25

number of the with this party afterward
well for the they the the
of Charles H Brown
large of him hanging in his office with inscription
Browns handwriting reminding him they together
in 1861
When he returned from this trip his
he Missouri. where
attempts make farming The civil
well established when practically everything
left with little capital
his wife T. 1868
Turning
help and enable him rebuild his fortunes
a livery stable $50 month Shortly
this back freghtng between Omaha
that time there the
plenty hauling
the population
Wyoming
this time Mr. Paxton really launched
proved the foundation of his fortune
Edward Creighton purchased
time profitable the
he had paid money had besides
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-25
Pioneer in Cattle Business

railroad him $14,5OO with
he business, industry
of which arsghted such
himself to be- could already at that
early possibilities wide praires sl
grazing buffalo, and these animals
thrive wild here why utilize the
cattle? The this decision
industry realized when It is remembered that
possibilities of the had been
understood who less familiar
that afterwad
Wyoming the Daoas finally
South Omaha packing and outlet the
his small capital invested
Abilene and bringing them north sold
profit $4,000
the newlyfomed Omaha North
railroad which had incorporated with
Omaha It's list of stockholders.
several that being built
passed
twenty
exclusively 1870
contracting
supply
they
900 cattle annually
plains long
interesting brushes struggling
with the difficulties of the cattle sampedng
of buffalo 1878, while still in the
started ranch Ogalala which pointed
the modern cattle ranch of the bust
the western of the of his attention
the
his hands 1883 he had head cattle
About that time he sold the ranch $675OOO
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-25
Growth of Omaha Interests

One of large way
Gallagher which of the
jobbing Vierling
Both of these companies have be
among leading
Union South
building City the immense packing industries
Paxton Of the first realize the advantageous
position center which the the
concentrated killed the
conhguraon country pointed
this industry
industry It's possibilities
railroads passing through Omahahe Union
hauled vastly numbers
hogs through Omaha than through
City Omaha contiguous only Kansas Colorado
Wyoming the Dakotas tables show that
carefully scanned by the whose
packing center Omaha first The
direction organizing the
have sufficient local backing
1878
headed A Nicholas the
other by A Both companies
business city,
company the river Council
the Union suffering heavy
yards idea embryo
companies started them
In 1882 cattle Wyoming,
nm the pan of starting
Ieyere Anderson the first intention
200 acres the for the
pans 1900 of
the city OF Omaha was bought
Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-25

ALT century of residence Nebraska will be completed
IL w. A Paxton pioneer railroad builder,
freghter and cattle raiser, 10, 1907
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-10-17
Barren Stalks in Corn Fields.

In q count made in corn field on
one Of the poor farms operated un-
der the direction of the Iowa Agri-
cultural College it was found that
IA per cent of. the stalks in one field
were barren. The seed from which
this crop was grown was obtained
from farmer living within the
limits OF the same county. The corn
planted was representative sample
either taken from this farmers
planter boxes in the field or from
the sack Just as it was ready to
plant. As the soil was well handled
on the poor farm, it is free to assume
that the crop was fully as good as