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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-20
mEREDlTH's LETTER.
Timely Theatrieai News Netcn
o. Interest to Everybody
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show girl tired of the seusting 3epi:
sodes in which she has been tigurtuss
tired Of lavish productions. tired Of
lInrfdapress work tired o. scenery aud
costumes, and demands Il change s1t
s. tired Of the aocallsd musical come;
dies In which show gtrls have been
substituted for music and in which big
salaries have replaced real talent. Il
has tired Of hearing how much pro-
ductioh has 9cost' the management.
tired Of hearing how many people the
attraction carries, tired OF hearing
how certstn chorus girls have auto
mobiles and diamonds when It Is
known their salaries cannot exceed
S25 per week, tired Of having It's
stage idols shattered BY the tales OF
press agents who tell Of the daily life
OF the artist, tired of seeing leading
men lounging in barrooms, and IL
1ongsitor a change.
AZ least this Is what the theater
managers from all parts Of the coun-
try have been telling the New York
managers and these suggestions hav4
done much to change thegcharacter OF
tbe nrod !, lctions Ina. will he sent al,
four this season.
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and costumes scandal and the ike
are not In themselves sufficient 10
|. attract capacity audiences another,
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-20
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81. shoopi FAMILY Med. Coz Racine.

n your Etnnia y n Is q 81
II your food dtstre s. yolt.
Il you axe Nd. ia rsous.
Jse 81. sheop's Restorative eue
iaonth and zee what lttdceg for you
sold By d. A. Blillnesiea o.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-20

Years ago many man died with
appendicitis without ever knowing
how Fashionable he was.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-20

God made all men equal but Mann
mon had the last word about their
bringing up.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-20

Solomon may have been wise in his
own generation but he never had to
live seal-sIdn life on dog-skin sal.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-20

3 Many q man would sacrifice the bis
cults mother used to make for the
dough that uncle made.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-20

It's heaps Of 10y to lie and snoo1e and
wake up full OF pain,
TO fnd q nslte bed OF woe where you
have GWeetly lain.
Oh 1oyt you light moa1ulto hordes until
Us your almost dead
And tlIel! quite berTyleBs, you p1od six
4 r. miles % 90 to bed
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-20

Hyde park Orator tell you we're
degenerating, and the only remedy is
to get back to the land and to theSfood
of cur ancestors. NJ
First Listener What food does he
mean, Bill? Nuts?
Second Listener Nav! thtstles
Ally sloper.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-20

Rsad q Yea VIrgIaIaa.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-20

Just for Fun.
,Ttle man who thinks the devil never
ends church has nother gpess com
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-20

ofnetlnle1 81
sfne no you know, Wing y
think IL . Woefn11y bad Gus tom this
tiIroRing otsftce 1T neWly tried
Ssojiple s s1
81 Wings Yes ~ s,j I
Bthgs-Ye How. much better ~
would be toYhand II to- them IA a sack
al 4 nucleus 81 which to begin house
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-20
Berryinu.

Befrytnp. ~
I love to go berrying out in the shady
hooks.
To scramble under harbed-wire tencefand
: wade In babbllng brooks,
To tear my clothes and skin my nose ana.
b get stungfb by q bee. "a
To dodge the poison-lvy leaf and from 9
). hull to dee. ~. I.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-20

Confidential Friend-old man! 2
you had your life to live over again
would you make it different?
Defeated Polidcian-Yes. in5two
particulars. Firstly, I'd be a bigger
scoundrel. Secondly, 1 wouldn't take
any other man into my 4cont1d ence
Chicago Tribune.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-08-20

"Pa," said little Willle okine ii
from his book, what IS pnist9ss
state?'n
"well. my son. replied illIs
pa, .1ust at present there isn't a sin
gle state in the Union; all hustllhs
and prosperous. philadelphia Press A.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1906-03-23
THE NJ MULLEN DRAG
tOWAN'S DEvlCE FORWORklNG4 4EAvY
GRADED STONY ROADS.

Directions For Making the ImpIe-
ment and How IL Works Cost Of
Construction SmalI-CIaimed to Be
Better Than Split Log Drag.
One of the men who have been I'M
PEELED to turn their attention to the bet
terment of the roads in their own town
is J. Fl. McMillen of Hesper, Winnesbel,
county, Ia, and the problems he has
had to meet in dealing with roads ex-
tending over heavy grades and stony
ground have been the necessity which
is the mother of invention says the
Good Roads Magazine.
Mr.. McMillen has devised an nipple
ment which Is termed the v drag to do
this work and which he describes as
follows:
"The McMillen Y drag requires two
1ieces of plank 2 by 10 inches by j.
4eet, one piece Of 2 by inches by IA
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1906-03-23

America, by claiming sovereignty
over lands in the far north, in the
Hudson Bay country, where the flag
was planted by her explorers, faces
a clash with Canada which is likely
to result in valuable fishing conces-
sions to citizens Of the United States
even if it does not extend this coun-
try's territory.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1906-03-23
Long Ma cadam Road.

Before nany years macadam road
40 miles long will extend across the
state of New York to Buffalo, going
through Albany, Utica, Syracuse and
Rochester. 1t will be the policy of the
New York state engineers department
in providing good roads under the $780,
100000 proposition approved by the
people at the recent election to lay out
single road through each county, so
as to form one continuous highway
from one end of the state to the other
Nearly all the counties between New
York and Albany already have taken
action toward the construction OF such
roads, and plans and surveys have been
made for good roads which will form
a continuous highway from Albany TO
Syracuse Plans also have been pre-
pared for a third of the route from
Syracuse to Buffalo Sixty-six miles OF
the entire distance already have been
completed.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1906-03-23
WHY NOT 7"

same. Why notw said the monkey.
your beak will be the very thing. I'll
drill the holes in it, through which you
can blow sweet music"
The crane pranced for joy. Il can
play at all the Dances" he cried For
you must know that cranes are very
fond Of giving dances and going to
dances "All who listen will admire
me. Miss Isabella Crane will gladly
become my bride when l am famous
musician"
mo doubt" said the monkey, land In
your day of grandeur l hope you will
remember that you owe 1t all to me"
But alas and alas! When the mis-
chievous monkey got those holes drilled
through the cranes beak not a sound
could he make. Even his old cry, which
was not very pretty. came strange and
whistling. I'm ruined" cried the
crane.
And It was so. The young crane lady
whom he had hoped to marry said she
did not desire a damaged article. All
the other cranes cast him out and
would have nothing TO do with him.
''Thls comes" said the monkey, from
being too ambitious. Who ever heard
OF crane attempting to be musi-
clan r"-St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1906-03-23

Such of late years has been the in
creased demand for pennies and MIC
kels in the trade Of the country that
the house at Washington yesterday
passed bill to raise the coinage Of
pennies and nickels from $4,000 to
5000, 900 year.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1906-03-23

The common belief that the aver
age human life in this country is
growing longer, is fatty contradicted,
says William e. Curtis, by promin-
ent insurance agent in New York,
who shows that the average length of
life here is growing shorter, or at
least is on a Stand-still,
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1906-03-23

Entered at the poStofIice at Havre. Mon
tana. as second-class mail matter.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1906-03-23

There are in America today more
than two hundred fraternal beneficial
of over five million, who are protected
to the extent of about seven billion,
five hundred million dollars, and have
distributed benefits to disabled memb-
ers amounting to more than eight
hundred and twenty-five million
dollars
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1906-03-23
HAVRE, MONT, MARCH %, 1906

The merchant who gives the same
attention to his advertising as he does
to his sweeping, busting and replac-
ing stock will never argue that adj
vertising doesn't pay. The man who
argues that advertising doesn't pay
is the man who would neglect to at
tend to it. No doubt if he would
leave his store for a month without
changing the goods, he would con-
clude that it doesn't pay to keep
store. Advertising is an expense, but
if it didn't pay, large business houses
would never expend thousands of
dollars annually to push their trade.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1906-03-23
An ApirDal Story For
Little Folks
A False Friend

There was once a crane who had for
his very good friend monkey The
monkey, who was extremely mischie-
vous, got the crane into great deal Of
trouble. but the worst thing he ever did
am going to tell you about.
The crane had seen a man playing on
flute and longed very much to do the
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1906-03-23

DR.. Wiley, the government chemist,
has shown that he can make a glass
of Scotch whiskey in five minutes
without the aid Of Scotland, barley or
a charred keg, Yet this man is not
a millionaire.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1906-03-23

The vice president of Cuba has re-
signed because he discovered that the
office is purely ornamental. We have
never heard of an American vice pres
ident or any other office holder re-
signing for that reason.
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1906-03-23

The trust that prevents a coal
strike cannot be altogether bad.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1906-01-04
NEWS OF THE ORANGES.

The installation of the officers of Victo
Grange, Searsmont, has been postponed +
January 10th.
| Rising Sun Grange, East Knox, will hav'
an installation of officers the afternoon o
Jan. 18th, and dance in the evening.
Megantioo0k Grange conferred the Is
and End degrees on six candidates Dec. 27tf
and the Sd and 4th degrees Jan. Sd. There
will be special meeting Monday, Jan. 9Th
for the installation of officers, State Master
Gardner as installing officer.
Following are the Oficers-elect of Hon.
esty Grange, No. SO, of Morrill,: Delbert
Paul, Master; Annie Simmons, Overseer
Hattie Paul. Lecturer; Clarence Paul,
Steward; Roy Paul, Assistant Steward
BERTHA Bates, Chaplain; S. S. Erskine,
Treasurer; E. E. Bowen, Secretary; John
Colson, Gate Keeper; Altha Berry, Pomo-
ma; Lizzie Collins, Flora; Sylvia Sheldon,
Ceres Altha Woods, L. A. S.
Verona Grange, Bucksport, has elected
officers as follows: Master, c. N. Curtis
o., Warren Abbott; L., Viola Curtis; s., R.
A. Whitmore; A. s.. Ralph Hopkins; Chap
lain, Grace E. Ripley; Treas, Peter Alb
bott; Sec, Jennie Whitmore; G. K, Albert
Friend; Pomona, Mrs C. S. Patterson
Flora, Mrs. Annie Lowell; Ceres, Mrs.
Grace Bennett; L. A. S., Lucena Heath.
Northern Light Grange, Winterport, at
its meeting Dec. 2Sth elected officers for the
ensuing year as follows: Master, Jesse
Ritchie; Overseer, Albert c. Edmonds
Lecturer, Ada Dyer Curtis; Steward, Fred
Clark; Asst. Steward, Walter Bickford !;
Chaplain, Charles Ritchie; Treas, r. L..
Clements Sec, Annie B. Clements; Gate
keeper, Russell Nealey; Pomona, Annie
Ritchie; Flora, Mary Edmonds; Ceres,
Dora Foss; L. A. S., Carrie NJ. Chase ;
Chorister, Charles H, Libby.
Last Monday evening was bright and
pleasant to the members of Harvest Home
Grange, Brooks, and their visiting friends.
The hall was we'll filed. Remarks were
made by Harry E. Staples, the Worthy
Master; A. j. Webb, District Deputy, S. S.
Roberts, NJ. j. Dow and others, and C. F.
Files made speech in acceptance of the
honor of being Worthy Master of the grange
for the ensuing year. A sumptuous re-
past was served in the dining hall and
everybody seemed happy. Deputy Webb
has the installation service completely
memorized and performed the work in a
fine manner. The officers are as follows
z. F. Files, W. NJ; S. l.. Tibbetts, o.; Mrs.
S. L. Tibbetts, L.; VIM. Rowe, S.; VIM. C..
Austin, A. s.; Hattie Jenkins, Chaplain
Mrs. p. B. Clifford, Treasurer; L. A.
Bachelor, Secretary; P. B. Clifford, G. K. /;
Mrs c. F. Files, Ceres; Jessie Knowlton,
Pomona Grace E. Dow, Flora; Mrs. W. c.
Austin, L. A. s.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1906-01-04
THt CHURCHES.

Rev. Hugh E,ss Hatch of Colby college
oecnnied the ppit in the Chestnut street
Baptist church, camden, last Sunday morn
ing
Services at tie Universalist church next
Sunday at $50 sermon by the paster. Rev.
A. A. Smith, s,bject, ga knowledge OF the
World" Sun,ay school at 80 p. m.
Service at tie Unitarian church next
Sunday at 10. a o'clock, with sermon by the
pastor, Rev. Harry Lutz; subject, "The
Lost Chord" Sunday school at II O'Clock.
All are welcome.
Religious seFvices will be held in the
Chapel at East Northport ON Sunday, Jan.
7th, at 1890 d M, by the pastor, Rev. 6. g.
Wnslow. sunday school at 11.30 a. m.
Services vii be held at the Wood school
house at 2p m.
Services a the North church: Junior Z.
E. meeting Thursday, at 3. p. m.; prayer
meeting Thursday, at 7.3O p. m.; morning
worship Sunday at l0.45 a. M; Sunday
school at ION c. E. prayer meeting at 63C
p. IN. evening worship at 7,3Op. m.
Morning worship at the Methodist church
next SundAy at 1915 with sermon by Rev.
j. W. Hitch; subject, "Conditions OF
Blessing" Bible school at noon; brother
hood meeting at 3 p. M. Junior League at
D. m. sermon at 7.15 p. m., with music by
chorus choir.
The twenty fifth anniversary of the
Young PEOPLES Society of Christian En-
deavor VIII occur February ,, 1906 1t will
be COMMUNICATED by the nearly 10000 soci-
eties anG by the 81 million members, and by
numerous Endeavor unions, local, county,
State ami National The society has made
great gains in membership during the past
year.
The Elm street Congregational church,
Buckslort, received a very acceptable New
I ear present in the shape of check fol
$500, tie gift of Miss Emelne Spotfo:d OF
Brook II, who is d member Of the church
This ables the church to clear itself from
all Indebtedness and to start the new yeaI
with balance on the right side of the
ledge
''Gi-tte Works" and "The Escape to the
MounHin" are the topics upon which Rev
F. S. pbilbrook will speak at the Baptist
church, High street, next Sunday at 1O.4;
a. m, md 7.30 Y. m The public will find il
this rhurch free seats and welcome
Othe services are the Sunday school at
noon, mems meeting at $50 p. m. anC
YOU peoples meeting at s. 80 D. m.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1906-01-04
A Granite Combine.

The Rockland Star thinks that within a
short time there will be "a syndicate formed
that will control the granite production of
the State; and the wonder is that we have
not had it before. The Star says:
1t is thought that the combination will be
able to develop the granite quarries of Maine
as they have never been developed before
and introduce new and improved methods
of handling the stone. Higher prices are
likely to be received for the stone quarried
and government contracts can be more
easily secured than they can be by the in
dividual manufacturers. The change will
probably make no difference in the wages
paid the stone workers as the union sched-
ule prevails in all the Maine quarres, even
Mt Waldo having accepted the union scale
of wages within Il short time
The tendency of this combine will be to
freeze out the small yards in Boston, New
York and Philadelphia, that have hereto
fore done considerable business at quite
large profit. 1t will also mean a big thing
for Stonington, as well as the other towns
in Maine, as the quarries there will be de-
veloped to their full extent and many more
WOrkmen hired
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1906-01-04
WEDDING BELLS.

AUSTIN-BADAsHALL. A pretty home
wedding occurred at high noon ON Wednes-
day, December goth, at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. C. l.. Austin in South Brooks,
when their son, William Charles, was united
in marriage with Miss Cassandra Eliza
Badashall of DiXmOnt Rev. F. S. Dollitf
of Jack son officiated and used the ring SER
vice. The par!or was decorated for the oc-
caSion with evergreen and white roses, and
an arch ornamented by floral bell, under
which the bridal couple stood. After the
ceremony delicious lunch was served,
only the immediate relatives being present
Mr.. and Mrs. Austin left on the 156 train
for short wedding trip, which includes a
visit to relatives in China. Mrs. Austin is
the youngest daughter of Rev. T. F. Bada-
shall of DiXmont, and her many friends
there will regret her leaving. Mr.. Austin
is a prosperous farmer of Brooks, where
he is well and favorably known. The gifts
were costly and numerous, testifying to the
esteem in which the young couple are held
MORGAN-THOMPsoN. Rev. Fred Fl.
Morgan, prominent in the New England
conference of the Methodist Episcopal
church and well known in this city from
the fact that he last summer occupied the
pulpit of the Central church during the va
cation of the pastor, Rev. Julian S. Wads-
worth, was on Sunday evening welded to
Miss Nellie D: Thompson, prominent
evangelist in the Maine conference Of the
church, and a sister of Maurice [. ThOmp-
son of SO Battles street, BrOcktUn. The
wedding took place at the home of the
brides brother on Battles street and Rev
Julian s. WadSwOrth of the Central church
officiated. Mr.. and Mrs. Thompson attend
ed the couple. Rev. and Mrs. Morgan left
shortly after the ceremony at s on a short
wedding trip and will be gone for about a
month. On their return they will probably
reside in this city or in Boston, where Rev.
They have the well wishes and cungratula-
tions of many friends in the circles of the
Central church and elsewhere in this
city-The Brockton Enterprise.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1906-01-04
The Maine Pension Roll.

Hon. E. c. Milliken of Portland, State
pension agent, made his annual report to
the governor and council Dec. 3Oth.
There have been 2617 applications filed,
the largest number in any year. There
have been 2375 certificates issued, not as
many as last year, but the ratings in num-
ber of cases have been larger. The face of
these certificates would call for an expendi-
ture of $sS,174, but by reason of deaths
and other causes the amount actually eX-
pended, with other allowances made from
the appropriation, would exactly balance
the amount appropriated by the Legislature
There have been So deaths reported to the
Office The pensioners now on the rolls are
from 1862 towns, cities and plantations.
There are IA persons on the rolls between
S5 and 80 and four between 80 and 95. In
1905 the sum appropriated was $S7,5O0.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1906-01-04

Peter w. Aver, one of the prosperous and
progressive farmers and in years gone by
an extensive hay dealer of Freedom, re-
Gently spent a few days with his son, j. S.
Aver, in South Brewer. Mr.. Aver, ST., al.
though close to 80 years of age, is still ac-
tive and vigorous and only few years ago
gave up the active management of his large
farm to one of his sons. He was for years
member from Waldo county of the State
board of agriculture and strong and eff
cient worker for the cause of the farmers of
Maine.
While acting the part of Santa Claus at a
Christmas tree in the parish house of the
Unitarian church, in Leicester, Mass, AL
fred NJ. Frye, assistant teacher of Leicester
Academy, was dangerously burned. Two
others who assisted in putting out the fire
were burned less severely. Mr.. Frye was
about to remove the presents for so chill
dren and some older people, when the in
fammable material of his max cup touched
candle and flashed into flame. He was
terribly burned about the face and neck
and inhaled some of the flames. Mr. Frye
is 80 years old, married, and belongs in
Prospect,