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The Princeton union., 1906-11-29

have had a hard struggle to get into
our present comforta bic fix. Let these
young people begin as we did,
"And have as hard time?"
"Better have a hard time when they
are young than when they are old No,
I will not mortgage my farm even for
Mandy, whom I love as we'll as you
love her. That's settled"
Mrs. Biclzford knew by a long expe-
rience that when her husband said
'That's settled" it was settled She
went away with a sigh and told the
youngsters that she had failed. Both
mother and daughter voted Mr.. Bick-
ford a hard hearted man. John Will
Hams said nothing. He had good pluck,
but little or no experience. He went to
a bank and arranged for mortgage
for $4,000 on the Allison farm, then
bought it for $3,4OO. He had saved
5000 and trusted to luck to raise the
other 5000 with which to complete the
payment. Mrs. Bickford had saved
$1OO out of pin money and prevailed on
her husband to give $1OO in lieu Of
"~AoAA1S PASSCAAt, lAOuSu SuC ulu uOC
tell him what use was to be made Of
1t. John and Mandy were married and
took possession of their farm. Mr..
Bickford was left to find out their
ownership Of the place by their going
into it. They did not deign to mention
the matter to him. This was the work
Of the mother and daughter. John had
nothing to do with it.
John worked for the neighboring
farmers, intending to save money out
of his wages to stock his farm with
chickens, but the crops happened to be
poor that season, and he got nothing
over bare living. The next season
was better, but the baby came, and the
coming of a baby always involves extra
Expense. At the end Of two years John
had not stocked his chicken farm and
had got behind with his interest.
Mrs. Bickford would have appealed
ITO her husband, but from the time
MANDY was married the farmer be-
came. more economical than ever, and
The Princeton union., 1906-11-29

his wife were acting unwisely and TN
naturally. '.
John was head of his family, and his
wife succumbed and consented to 20
with him. AS Mrs Bickford did not
care to remain away alone both went
to the Bickford farm and all sat down
to table,
1--WE chosen Thanksgiving day." said
the farmer. ito end family feud.
Johns exploit has ended just where
believed it would and has been fail
ure. Nevertheless from the time he
was married 1 resolved to save what
money he would sink, for I knew he
would need it in the end I got to-
gether half the amount needed to pay
cash for the farm before this last crop
was marketed. and now I have the
whole. I intended to buy the farm for
you, Mandy; but, seeing your husband
learns faster than you. I've bought =
for him."
He threw on the table deed to the
chicken farm made out to John VIII
liams.
"Why, thought Lawyer Groat bought
the chicken farm" exclaimed Mrs.
Bickford.
$50 he did-for me.''
Mandy sprang into her fathers arms.
1T wasn't Johns fault that he fail
ed" the farmer went on 1T was the
fault Of his inexperience. I admired
bis pluck, but determined to let him
benefit by the experience. The har-
vesting Of this last crop has been too
much for an old man like me, and I'm
going to turn over the details Of it's
management to him. But. as 1 believe
no house is big enough for two fam
lilies, you children are to remain at the
chicken farm, using it for home and
nothing more. Does that suit Won
John ?"
John grasped the farmers hand.
while Mandy clung to his neck. Mrs.
Bickford scarcely found room to give
her husband kiss. Then, after nor
NAL condition was attained, they be-
gan to discuss the best dinner that
The Princeton union., 1906-11-29
/ TOO SHORT THE DAY

6NHERE'S just one thing disturbin' me
j This glad Thanksgivin' day.
When I my blessin's come to count
An all my mercies-say,
1t seems to me the days too short
BY bout six weeks or so
Fer me to pay the debt o. thanks
Thet most surely owe!
I'VE plodded through the passin' months
L With blessins loaded down,
A-hidin' bitterness at heart
An wearin' Of a frown,
A-makin' Of myself believe
Thet was sore oppressed,
When really I. more than most men,
Have by the Lord been blessed.
n JUMPED my assets in a bunch
Il An thought them mighty small,
But when I take them one by one
scarce can count them all.
An when look about an see
!. The things thet others lack
Thet possess-waal, declare
I strike the other track!
fHHE things we'd miss If we were called
LIT To part with them-ah, they
Are things for which we should give
thanks
With swellin' hearts this day!
An few there be thet takin' stock
Accordin' to this plan,
VII! find the day half long enough
Their blessin's all to scan.
ARTHUR ]. BURDICK.
The Princeton union., 1906-11-29

chew" He kept his nerve, however,
which, considering his youth, was no
more than he should have done.
Then came season in which the
crops on the Bickford farm were
larger than they had ever been be-
fore. It happened that there was q
foreign war, and the price of grain
was advanced enormously. When the
years profit was cleaned up the farmer
found himself in possession of two
average years income instead Of one
The sale Of Johns chicken farm was
coming on, and Mrs. Bickford hoped
that, considering her husbands good for
tune, he would pay off the mortgage
He did not, and the property was sold.
'*Wife," said Farmer Bickford one
day in November, what you going to
do about Thanksgiving?"
Nothing. Nobody but you has any.
thing to be thankful for
"Well," said the farmer, unruf1led
"John and Mandy have had hard
time Of it this year. I'm not so mean
as to grudge 'em a dinner and a good
OAAO. OApCSI LuCy uCcu ~. 1uV1tc CID
here for Thanksgiving and get up the
best dinner money will buy"
"Suppose they won't Gomez"
@'They'n miss the dinner"
Mrs. Bickford and her daughter felt
that they could not willingly sit down
to a Thanksgiving dinner with so
stingy a husband and father. John
urged them to accept, and when he
found their resolution fixed not to do
80 declared that he would dine with
his father-in-law without them. Mrs.
Bickford prepared the dinner and then
went over to her daughter, who was
still on the chicken farm, the two in
tending to have dinner by themselves.
'Tell him." said Mrs. Bickford to
John, that as all our daughter can af-
ford is tea and toast I shall share it
with her." ..-......
John set off to his father-in-law's.
He had not been there long before he
returned to his house and protested
earnestly that his mother-in-law and
The Princeton union., 1906-11-29

father was royniZant Of the fact. yet
offered no help. barely spoke to him.
The farmer had hard time OF it.
His wife. too proud to grumble because
nc would not come forward with as
sistance, chose every other subject she
could think Of to show her spleen.
Mandy seldom came to the house when
her father was there, and if she met
him failed to display any affection for
him. John alone treated him with
consideration. John learned rapidly by
experience and told his wife, as he ex-
pressed it in his homely way, that he
The Princeton union., 1906-11-29

she dared not mention the matter.
Besides, she and Mandy had shown
their resentment that he had not mort
gagged his farm to give the young cou.
pie start, and this was another rea-
son why he was not applied to. How
The Princeton union., 1906-11-29

That Chicago judge who disposed of
eighty-seven divorce cases in two
weeks and concluded from the evidence
produced that 'the average American
does not strike his wife, was much too
cautious in his language. Wife beat.
ers are brutes and have no right what
ever to nationality.
The Princeton union., 1906-11-29
uvuvyvOuId Duy.

rHoHry could buy.
Visitors in that region are puzzled at
the name Chicken Farm" given to one
Of the prettiest places there, since it is
nothing like a farm, and there are no
chickens on it. Occasionally an in
quirer gets the story Of how it gained
its singular name.
The Princeton union., 1906-11-29
A Year of Blood.

The year 1908 will long be remem-
bered in the home of F. N. Tacket, of
Alliance, KY, as year of blood;
which flowed SO copiously from Mr..
Jackets lungs that death seemed very
near. He writes: "Severe bleeding
from the lungs and a frightful cough
had brought me at death IS door, when
I began taking DR.. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption, with the
astonishing result that after taking
four bottles I was completely restored
and as time has proven permanently
cured" Guaranteed fQe sore lungs,
coughs and colds at G. "A. Jacks drug
store. Price SO cents and S1.00. Trial
bottle free.
The Princeton union., 1906-11-29

The Miss Sartoris just married is.
descended on one side from General
Grant and on the other from the KEN;
bles, family including Mrs. Siddons.
1t is one Of the notable combinations
in the line Of heradity.
The Princeton union., 1906-11-29

ever, Mrs. Bickford at this juncture
cOndescended to inform him Of the
fact that the young couple were In
trouble
The chicken farm, on which as yet
there were no chickens, was advertised
for sale under foreclosure of mortgage.
Then Mrs. Bickford and her daughter.
knowing that the older husband and
The Princeton union., 1906-11-29

enough for US to live on.'
''You might mortgage it for small
amount, just enough to buy small
place. The Allison farm Of six acres is
for sale at very low price. John
wants to go into chicken raising, and
the property would just do. There is
cottage on it and a few old outhouses."
''But if mortgage our farm who's to
pay interest and provide sinking fund
for the principal?
"John will do that"
"How?'
"By the profits on chicken raising"
"Suppose there are no profts?"
"Oh, pa, don't be stingy. We have
but one daughter. You wouldn't grudge
her a few thousand dollars out Of all
the money this farms worth. would
you?"
-".Iy dear we began on nothing and
The Princeton union., 1906-11-29
Q The .
G[M6G[k@MQ@S@
Chicken [S@rMm
A Thanksgiving Story
By F. A. Mitchell.
copyright, 1906, by F. A. Mitchell

A. said Farmer
Bickford's wife,
"Mandy's going to
marry John Will
liams."
"I'm glad to hear
it. John is a very
good young man."
"But they will
need help. You
must do something
for them"
"What can I
do? The farm
prod uce S lust
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-09-28
constitution OF the State of Idaho be
q ~, o,,.I...I ~, r.,...I :. f,ll,.xa.

constitution of the State of Idaho b,
amended 10 read as follows:
The board OF county commissioners
shall consist of three members, whose
term Of offire shall be four years the
commissioners for commissioner district
No. / and No. . in each county sh al be
elected ~ the regular election in 1905
for term OF four ears, and the com
missioner for the commissioner district
No. 3 in each county shall be elected at
the same election for term Of two
years; and their successors shall he
elected for a term Of four years nj regu-
/ lar elections thereafter.
4. That section of article is OF the
constitution of the State of Idaho be
amended u read rs llows;
TIE Legislature by general and mi
| form laws shall provide for the election
biennially ia each of the several cour ties
Of the Stale, Of such county, township
and precinct officers as may be provided
by law and shall precrIbe their duties.
For the purpose of determining What
officers slisll be provided in the different
counties of the State, the 1t gislature Is
empowered TO classify the different
counties of the State in proportion to
lIt ppI'utdtlOb IN cHCn, IL Hcrtordiy,
5. That section Of article Of the
constitution OF tie State Of Idaho be
amended to read AS follows:
The power to tax corporations or
corporate property, both real and per-
sonal. shall never be reinquislIed or
suspended. aud al CorpUratiu in This
State or doing business therein shall he
subject TO taxation for State, county,
school, Municipal, and other purposes,
On real and personal property owned OF
ased by them and NOT by this constiiu-
tiob exempted from taxation within the
territorial limits Of the authority levy
ing the tax:
Provided. That the Legislature may by
law exempt the right Of way, station.
and other necessary grounds, super !
structures upon such right OF way. |
station aud other necessary grounds. |
and all other immrvable property per-
tanning thereto, and used in correction
herewith, of anv steam or electric rail
roam nd branches thereof. hereafter to
be constructed in this State, frum any
md al charge or tax whatsoever for a
period not exceeding ten wears after the
If such railroad or uf such
branch railroad shall have begun:
Provided, further, That no such ex-
,mptlon shall extend beyond the year
1926.
6. That section 9 ofarticle of the
constitution of the STATE OF Idaho be
Imeudel 10 resh as follows:
THE rate OF taxation Of real and per-
onal property for State purposes shall
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-09-28
PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENTS.

The following proposed Amendments t.
the Constitution Of the State OF Ida
no we're duly authorized by the Legis
lative Session Of 1905 e. be sub.
mittcd to the electors VI the State at
the General election to he held on
Tuesday the Sixth day Of November
1906.
The same are six in number and as
follows, to Wit:
| /. That section 3of article s of the
constitution OF the State of Idaho be
amended To read ss follows:
| No connty. city. town, village or other
subdivision Of The State shall incnr any
Indebtedness or liability. in any manner,
or for any purpose, exceeding IN that
year the revenue and income provided
Tor it for sneh year without the assent
ola majority OF The qualified electors
thereof, voting q an election 70 be held
for that purpose, nor unless. before or
ut the time Of mourning snch indebted
ness provision shall he made for the
collection Of an annual tax sufficient 10
pay the interest of such indebtedness
as it falls due, and also To constitute a
sinking fund for the payment u the
principal thereof, within twenty wears
from the time of contracting tie same.
Any Indebtedness or Liability incnred
contrary 10 this provision shall he void:
Provided, That this section shall not he
construed 10 apply to HE ordinary aud
necessary expenses authorized by the
general lava Of The State
.. That section If article OF the
constitution Of the State of Idaho ba
amended TO read as follows:
No county. city, town. village mum
cipalitv or other subdivision of HE State
shall ever make donations to any rail- |
road or other works of internal inprave-
nent, unless propositions SO to do shall |
have been first submitted to the quail |
lied electors thereof at nm election by |
Of law: Provided, That SUCH |
donations Ola countywith the donations |
If such subdivisions in the aggregate |
'hall not exceed ten per cent of the as
tossed valuation OF such county; Pro
'lied. further, That any city or county
may. hy two-thrls vote, increase
such Indebtedness five per cent in adj
iltion To such ten per cent; and no bonds
" other evidences al Indebtedness 50
ssued shall be valid unless the same
hall have inorsed thereon certificate
igned by the Secretary and Auditor OF
state, showing that the same was issued
pursuant TO law.
g. That section 10 of article Is of the
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-09-28

Notice is hereby given that there
was taken up at nay ranch five and
a half miles west of Shoshone, one
bay horse, weight about nine hum
bred pounds, branded 0 on right
jaw, no other brands visible.
Owner may obtain same by prov
ing animal and paying all charges.
MATT MCCALL.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-09-28
ITO curr A FeIon."

says Sam Kendall, OF Phillips
burg, Kaus, lust cover it over
with Bucklen's Arnica Salye and
the Salve will do the rest" Quick
est cure for Burns, Boils, Sores,
Wounds, Piles, Eczema,
Salt Rheum, Chapped Hands, Sore
Feet and Sore Eyes. Only 25c at
w. II. Baugh's Shoshonc and w.
Van Iorns Hagerman.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-09-28

Because her stomach was SO
weakened by useless druging that
she could not eat, Mrs, Mrs. Mary
II. Walters, OF st. Clair St, Column
bus, 0 was literally starving to
death. She writes: "My stomach
was SO weak from usless drugs that
l could not eat, and my nerves so
wrecked that | could not sleep;
and not before / was given up to
die was inducad to try Electric
Bitter; with the wonderful result
that improvement begin at once,
and a complete cure followed"
Best health Tonic on earth. SOC.
Guaranteed by w II. Baugh Sho-
shone and w. Van Iorns Hager-
man.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-09-28
ADVISE Your Friends to come west.
GREAT ZEAL

Daily from Sept, 18th to Octo-
Der 31st the following cheap rates
are in effect from Eastern Points,
via Chicago or Omaha and Union
Pacific and Oregon Short Line to
Huntington snd intermediate
points: Chicago, Ill, 5000;
Bloomington, $3.50; St. Louis.
Mo-, $3.50; Kansas City, Leaven-
worth, Atchison. St. Joseph, Coun-
Gil Bluffs, Omaha. Sioux City, ST.
Paul and Minneapolis $22.50
L. E. Halbert, Agent
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-09-28
Well Worth Trying.

w. Fl. Brown, the popular pen
sion attorney, OF Pittsfeld Va.
says: next TO a pension, the best
thing to get is Dr.. Kings New Life
Pills" He writes: they keep my
family in splendid health" Quick
cure for Headache, Constipation
and Billiousness. 25c. Guaranteed
at w. H. Baugh's Shoshone and
w. Van Iorns Hagerman.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-09-28

never exceed ten (0) mills on each
dollar of assessed valuation, unless a
propositiun 10 increase snch rate. specl-
wing the raie proposed aud tie time
during which tile same siaIl be levied,
shall have been snblnitte, 10 the people
AT a general elrrtinn, ani shall have re-
ceived maturity of all the votes cast
for and againstitat such election.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-09-28
County OF Ada |

I. Will II. GIBsoN, Secretary of
State of the State Of Idaho, do hereby
certify that the above and foregoing
printed proposed amendments are true
aud correct copies Of the same as uf
record I'm my ofiiceand in my custody,
and are published in accordance with
law.
In Witness Whereof, have herernto
set my hand and aiiix Il
the Great Seal of the
GREAT SEAL STATE, at Boise, Idaho,
this 18Th day OF Sepfefn-
Der, 1905.
MILL II. GIBSON,
secreiarv u stare.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-09-28
peafhn and births.

Each minute is said to witness the
death OF sixty-seven persons and the
birth Of seventy.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-09-28

Republican State Ticket.
UNITED STATES SENATOR
w. II. Borah
FOR GOVERNOR
Frank r. Gooding
FOR CONGRESSMAN
Burton l.. French
FOR JUSTICE or suPREME COURT
George II. Stewart
FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
e. A. Burrill
FOR SECRETARY OF STATE
Robert Lansdon
FOR TREASURER
c. A. Hastings
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL
J. j. Guheen
FOR AUDITOR
Robert s. Biagaw
FOR SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
Miss Belle Chamberlain
FOR NINE INSPECTOR
Robert n. Bell
DISTRICT JUICE FOURTH DISTRICT
+. A. Walters
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-11-23
4 surfeit Of Oratory.

One Of the mistaken theories Is that
n public speaker" Is necessary TO the
success Of any public affair. This the
ory had its rise at time when oratory
was q fad. orators were cultivated,
and they were supposed to take hu-
man passions in their hands and toy
with them. In this practical age pub
lie speakers are bore, and nobody
cares anything about them. People
gather TO be entertained and not lee
tured. But, this theory having been
established that public speaker" is
important to a picnic, an orator Is
hauled out ana set loose on n few old
gentlemen with canes and n few moth
ers who must occupy the benches I'm
taking care Of the children.-Sabetha
Herald
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-11-23
SOUTH SCITUATE

Mrs. Geo. T. Brown of Providence,
visited her mother one day last week.
Miss Nina Remington visited over
Sunday with her cousin Miss Ella
Albro at her home in PheniX.
Alberto Hawkins of South Scituate
and Mary r. Harris of Providence,
were married on Sunday by Rev. Fen
ner Jacques.
Town Clerk Potter was called 10
court three days this week 10 testify
in the case of Steere VS.. Page. The
case closed on Saturday last in ia
vor of Robert Steere.
\ quiet wedding took place at Rich
mond on Sunday, Nov. 18th. The
parties were Mary Blanchard Harris
and Alberto Hawkins. Rev. Fenner
Jacques performed the ceremony.
The funeral of Philetas Angel an
old resident of Scituate, but recently
Of Providence, took place at the Old
Battey Meeting House on Tuesday the
goth lnterment was at Rockland
Cemetery. The deceased leaves a
widow and one daughter, Mis-. Lessie
Malmstead and two grandaughters.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-11-23
MAKING OLD OAK.
One of the Tricks of the Cabinet
makers Trade.

You will have TO 90 n long way be-
fore you find body of men more clCv-
er than those cahinetmakcrs who pro
duce goods TO satisfy the desire of the
public for furniture made of old anl
fancy woods. They can transform
whitewood into all kinds of exotic
woods by means OF chemicals. and II
chemist would be surprised if he were
to have the run OF one Of those facto-
ries for day.
The manufacture OF "old" oak Is one
Of the easiest Of their processes. The
boards, holdings, panels or whatever
pieces are required are made OF oak
which has just had time 10 dry sulli-
ciently 10 prevent excessive warping.
They are then placed in dark room,
on the floor OF which and quite close TO
the furniture TO be "agcd," are placed
several bowls, plates and so forth, Of
liquid ammonia. The room is then her
metically closed up, and the wood is
left for month or so, according TO the
age which is required. The coloration
will extend 10 n depth Of nearly a
quarter OF an inch If the room is kept
closed for n few months.
That Is why there is so much old oak
furniture about or course. n little re
flection would show that II could not
be genuine-the forests Of the middle
ages would not have furnished onc-half
OF it-but people do not always reflect.
London Graphic.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1906-11-23
wearing Glasses.

Wearing glasses need not be perma
nent. IL the first hint Of arrangement
In the eyes Is needed n short time
spent under the direction Of an Oculist
will safely tide over the difficulty. II
is most restful 10 close the eyes fre
quently for a few minutes This rest
does them great good. Particularly
should this be done in trains and street
cars. Many a headache and smartine
pain may thus be saved. Travelling In
public conveyances is exceedingly
hard on the eyes, even for those that
are strong and perfect The gaze
should be confined TO the interior Of the
car. Looking out Of the windows @
the rapidly changing scenery Is n
great strain.-Philadelphia Ledger.