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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-08-01

q bushel basketful Of hay tickets
which he said were ours. We are glad
he recognized them; we didn't. Every
great mind has hobby: collecting
old hay tickets must be his.
We contracted this hay at four dol
lars per ton, but when they tried to
make us pay SIG we fatty refused,
put on our dignity and our late hus-
bands overcoat. which he left hang
ing behind the kitchen door-he didn't
stop to take his coat when he found
out we were going into the sheep
business-and determined to fight it
out. Sheep men should hang on to
their dignity and overcoats. 1t is
probably all they will have left If the
landslides continue in the sheep
market.
The hay was not only full of sand
burs, but it wasn't hay. We forward
ed sample to the department of agri-
culture; they were unable to classify
it. but said they would have it ana.
lyzed and make report. We would
advise all sheep men TO raise their
own nay as well as lawyers, as it
saves much loss and annoyance and
does away with the necessity of send
ing them to Washington for analysis
to find out what they are good for
Do not buy hay containing sandburs.
They not only injured the mouths and
stomachs of our sheep. causing them
to die before We could get them of
on our commission man. but they
have a disagreeable way of clinging
to the dress Of our hired man, max
ing him feel like a young porcupine;
as we'll as his socks.
We wish to say we have 40 tons Of
this hay product for sale. Someone
may know what it is good for. We
don't: neither does our lawyer, but
it might be turned over to a new
sheep feeder at a profitable advantage
by some one who knows how.
CHARLOTTE WHITNEY.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-08-01

Jnejr JeeInIeS VIII &c SCFOooeo.
ing to maturity as they will, surround.
ed always with the gentle environ
ment Of cultured home, Mr.. Rutter
does not believe that his piggies will
after they are grown up ever depart
from it. He is going to give them
nice hot bath with perfumed toilet
soap and Florida water every day.
They will have their little bristles
brushed with military hair brushes,
and their textiles will be diligently
scrubbed with an ivory-handled tooth.
brush.
Each little pig will have his hoof
les manicured three times a week,
and wear pink ribbons on its tail.
Any little pig that doesn't keep its
hair parted and its snout clean will be
in disgrace and can't eat at the table
for week.
For Recreation Mr.. Rutter will leao
the piggies for walk every after.
noon on the graveled path in front of
the house. After they are old enough
to sit up and notice things intelligent
ly, he is going to take them out in
his automobile. Every night Mr..
Rutter will gather the little piggies
around him and read to them from
Bacon, and Barrow, and Swinerton,
and other standard and appropriate
authors and sing to them such dear
old songs as "Higglety Pigglety" and
"Ah Certenly Do Lub Ham," and give
little talks from such subjects as
1.-THE Pen Is Mightier Than the
Sword" and Cheer Up, There Are
Many Hogs with Only Two Legs
For diet the Rutter swine will not
be fed in a vulgar trough. They will
eat sterilized food from chemically
cleaned plates and wear nice little
sterilized bibs SO as not to spill food
on their clean little feet SO that visit
ors might call them dirty little pigs.
And after they are raised to full
swine maturity Mr.. Rutter knows that
his parlor grown pigs will not go
back to the low wallow of their ances-
tors. They will never loaf around
the trough at night ready to swir up
anything in sight. They will not be
muck rakers or rooters or anything
like that that. They will look down
towards the pens of their relatives
and grunt their disapproval and
hasten back to the parlor and make
. noise like cake Of soaD.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-08-01
We had met all the representatives

We had met all the representatives
Of the sheep business, but when the
hayman came upon the scene we real.
lied there were rogues at large other
than sheep men. We recognized him
when he tied his mule to our only
cherry tree. He wore a large flock
of hair, in which he carried samples
of his hay and cockleburs. and had
large, well developed feet encased in
overshoes, which left marks on our
porch reminding one of a relief map
of the Alps. He looked at us loud
and angrily through pair Of window
panes and demanded we hand over
the ready cash which we have made
in this business, amounting to several
thousand dollars. Upon our refusal
he gave us the choice of settling with
his attorney or going to the peniten-
tiary. Considering there was little
preference. we consulted with his
lawyer, who charged us $50 besides
postage.
He is shining light in his profess
sion, and his tall. hungry looking
form swayed with emotion as he laid
down the law to us, which he had
learned at his mothers knee back
in the early '40s. He tried to compel
us to sign over this sheep ranch in
settlement Of his fee and we wish we
had. No lawyer would ever bother a
sheep man again with such an expert
ence recorded in Blackstone. How.
ever, we think his aspirations point
toward the sheep business. This &C.
cured to US when we compromised
by assigning our bank book to him,
but he didn't like the idea of carrying
around bottle with a rubber cork
with which to feed motherless lambs.
1t wasn't the right kind of a cork;
nor bottle.
He said the collection had been put
In his hands because the hayman had
forgotten his multiplication table and
couldn't figure it out. He produced
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-08-01
A Pertinent Question.

Senator Rayner of Maryland is in
favor Of adequate salaries for school
teachers, and at a reception he told q
story about teachers meeting in q
district where the salaries were ex-
tremely low.
"A rich. portly banker opened the
meeting with an address," he said.
THE banker concluded his remarks
with an enthusiastic gesture and the
words Long live our school teachers!'
"'What on?' shouted thin, pale.
seedy woman in black gown, slightly
smeared with chalk marks"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-08-01
Arrangement Of the Granary.

A granary should be so constructed
that all Of the different kinds Of grain
produced by the farmer can be stored
in it and yet use all of the available
space. The Illustration given here
with shows the same buildings so far
as width goes, but gives it at varying
heights. This gives a ten-foot drive
way, with a nine-foot clearance. On
either side, we have the corn crib,
eight feet in width. This illustration
is given to show the capacity of vari-
Gus heights, when this particular
width is used. You will note the oat
bin in the center. The farmer who
also raises wheat can vary the bins
to suit his individual needs. This will
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-08-01
|PARL0R.BRED PIGS
OHIO MAN IS TO TEST A NEW
THEORY.
Believes That the Animal 10 Natu.
rally a Lover Of cleanliness,-
But Has Never Been Given a
Chance to Prove Il.

r. X. Rutter of Lexington, O., has
1eaped into fame at one jump by an
nouncing that hereafter he is going
to keep the pig in the parlor, says
the Chicago Record-Herald. Mr.. Rut.
ter, from advices from the correspond
ent at Lexington, is man with q
theory. His idea as he has evolved
it is that pigs are naturally lovers
Of cleanliness, all reports to the con.
trary Notwithstanding.
He will attempt to prove his theory
BY taking six tiny little porkers and
bringing them to bright adult age in
his parlor. They will never know the
contamination of the muddy slough
and the pen. They will be raised as
real ladies and gentlemen and then
turned loose to choose their future
career in the parlor or in the muddy
bog. Mr.. Rutter is willing to bet dol
lars to doughnuts that the swine will
give the merry "oof-oof" to the mud
dy' bog and waddle back to the par
lor.
Mr.. Rutter says that pigs are SCI
down by the unthinking as being
lovers of dirt because usually all theil
early environment is dirt. The ordi
nary or garden variety Of pig, says
Mr.. Rutter, has never had an opportu
nifty to show that naturally he is neat
and tidy. Pig raisers take it FOL
granted that hogs love mud and dir
and they do not permit them to demon
strate to the contrary.
The six pigs that Mr.. Rutter 1:
about to adopt, to demonstrate hi.
parlor raising theory, are to be pluck
ed from the pen before they even get
their young eyes open to see the vile
dirt lying all about them.
They are to be hurriedly rushed tt
the parlor, and when for the frs
time they look about they will SCI
nothing but Turkish rugs and sill
sofa cushions and beautiful pic
lures.
Mr.. Rutter is going to surround hi.
merry little guests with only tn,
most attractive environment. Com
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-08-01
SEVEN AGES OF THE CHINESE.

Unknown Philosopher Pictures cours.
Of the Life Of Man.
A French officer, Louis De Chantilly
tells of his discovery in Buddhist
convent in the mountains of Tonkin
cs dusty manuscript containing the
Chinese version Of the seven ages Of
man.
. AT ten years DID," says the writer
whose name has long been forgotten
the boy has heart and a brain at
soft as the tender shoots of a young
bamboo. At twenty he is like a green
banana: he is just beginning to ripen
In warm rays Of common sense.
Thirty years sees him developed
into buffalo. He is strong and lusty
full Of bodily and mental .vigor. This
1s the true age of love; it is the age
tor him to marry at.
AT forty years the prosperous man
has grown to be mandarin and wears
q coral button. But it would be truly
indiscreet to confide to him at this
early age any functions calling for ju
dicial intelligence or calm.
when he reaches fifty years, how
ever, although he has grown stout
and fieshy, he is fit to hold any mu
nicipal or state Office; he can admin
lister city or province or perform
any official duty.
But at sixty years he is old. Han.
dicrafts and all active bodily activities
are beyond him. Hegivcs his depend
ents and clients advice. That is all he
Is fit for.
AT seventy he is just dry rice
straw. He has only one care-to hus
band the breath of life that is left in
him, to preserve it, even by artificial
means. His sons must assume the
cure of his estate and the performance
Of his duties"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-08-01
Glass WASTING Awav.

The authorities of the Royal mu-
scum at Dresden have discovered a
glass vase in one of their showcases,
dating from the eighteenth century,
which shows every sign of suffering
from wasting disease, and not only
Is it wasting away but the authorities
declare it has infected the other glass
vessels in its immediate neighbor-
hood.
The vase mas been carefully exam
ined by experts, and various medi-
cines, externally applied, have been
prescribed to stay the progress of the
malady, but to no purpose.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-08-01

be determined by the size of his va
rious crops. Each foot in length Of
this building with studding ten feet
high will hold 144 bushels of corn and
oats; IL feet high will hold 173 BUSH
els of two kinds Of grain: IA feet high,
202 bushels: 16 feet high, 231 BUSH
els; 10 feet high, 260 bushels, and 20
feet high, 290 bushels. With these fig.
ures, says Northwestern Agricultur.
list, any farmer can easily determine
how long building he will need after
deciding on the height he will build,
or after deciding the length he can
determine the height he will need to
build in order to take care of his
CROP
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-08-01
Turned the Tables.

In q crowd waiting for car at
Eleventh street and Grand avenue
yesterday was an old negro, who was
inclined to be discursive Two high
school boys believed they saw a
chance to make fun of him, and made
several remarks at which they them.
selves laughed heartily. Finally one
of them said: You're a preacher,
aren't you, uncle?"
Yes, sah," replied the negro,
bringing forth a card. "Ah'm a under.
taker, too. All don't wish you no bad
luck, but Aid LAX teh have yo' bust.
ness"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-08-01
Rector Knew HI. susiness.

Mrs. High-Our new rector is such
q heavenly man. Don't you think so?
Mrs. Low-Heavenly! Why, I saw
him dancing the other night at the
Trillions.
Mrs. High-He likes to set an ex-
ample of Christian cheerfulness, you
know.
Mrs. Low-But he danced only with
the best set there.
Mrs. High-That was because they
have only this world to enjoy them.
selves in, you see.-Town and Coun.
try.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-08-01

The Calf Of Good MiIker.-The
good mixer usually begets the same
characteristic in her heifer calf, but
even this is rule which is not infal.
lible. 1t is pretty good one to tie
to, however, providing the sire also
comes from a good mixer.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-08-01
PATENTS.

List Of Patents Issued Last Week to
Northwestern Inventors.
Reported by Lothrop & johnson,
patent lawyers, Oil Pioneer Press
building. st. Paul, Mimi: Walter Air
hart, Blunt. S. D.. hens nest: Arne H.
Berg, Clarified, Mimi. telephone at.
tachment; Christian c. Bergh, st.
Paul, Mimi, rake attachment: George
c. Berglund. Cloquet, Mimi, gymnasi.
UNI apparatus; William G. Clopton.
Fargo, N. D.. mandolin: Joseph S.
Evan. Minnesota Lake, Mimi, separa-
tor; Peter c. Forgard, Lake Preston
S. D., stea mboiler.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-08-01
SORE SHOULDERS,

Iwoul4 like very much to personally meet ever
sore SHOULDERS and toll him about Security 'dsiI
Salve, Tbs is impossible SO am going to tell yo0
through the DAneI,
You snd both tnow that horses working Nth
Is much work without running down a. When tbs1
ere free fSc pain: Also knoy perfectly veil ths
you DO not inow Il. II yoq aid yeq would buy 6oS
Of your dealer s e once and cure them up for Ios
thing Xop cSpid Felyon XSu esn rely sbsontsI
or II you prefer 70 Try il arst will mail yoS 3
sample can free. just write for itit will 60 70 ye0
ON first mail.
Also want TO tell you that Security Antissptis
HHealsr T. 2: good for barb Xire cuts - see9htI
IN &c. 60 and sises. Use them Tor your nss1sj
! guarantee you perfect satisfaction.
Frank B. Dennie, President.
eEoURlTY REMEDY 90. Minneapolis. H1u.:
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-08-01
Another Nursery Affected.

The state legislature" said the pa
triot, sis the nursery of political great
ness"
Eyes, answered the expert in hor-
ticulture, "bnt don't you think that
in some nurseries they pay too much
attention to grafting?"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-08-01
Exposed.

EXpo8eo.
Great joke on Brown"
Flows that?"
HE was going fishing, but broke his
leg and couldn't go"
That's no joke"
mo; but the fish dealer heard Of
the accident and sent out the string
Of fsh Brown said he would call for"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-08-01
After the Explosion

After the Explosion.
De Style-Does your motor cover
much ground?
Gumbusta-One of them did. Why
parts of it we're found in three differ.
ent counties.-London Taller.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-08-01

Sticking to the Subject.
"She has enormous feet"
But she's very. very clever girl"
"She must be. A horse with feet
like that would interfere washing
ton Hrald.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-08-01

The Lawyer and the Reformer.
The prison reformer met the con.
victed lawyer in his striped garb.
And what brought you here, un-
happy man." she asked him.
His old-time cleverness asserted it.
self.
An automobile" he blithely replied.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-08-01

SHIP CATTLE, HOGS AND SHEEP.
Highest market price guaranteed.
CARSON, WOOD & WELLER,
South st. Paul, Minnesota
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-08-01

WE PAY TOP PRICES FOR CREAM.
Cash every day. Write for prices and tags
MILLER d HOLMES. St. Paul. Mimi.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-08-01

GOLD COUNTRY" CEYLON TEA
worth a dollar H. sold for SOC. Write VIM
McMurray. St.Paul. Mimi. for free sample
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-08-01

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
Tor children teethng, sofiens the gums, in.
ANIMATION alIays PAIN cures wind collie Csc bottle.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-08-01
rus in Urt

rus in Urbe."
He was countryman, and he walk
ed along busy thoroughtfare and
read a sign over an engineers door
Cast Iron Sinks" 1t made him mad.
He said that any fool ought to know
that.-Exchange.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-08-01

HIDES. PELTs AND WOOL.
To get full value, ship to the old reliable
N. w. Hide & Fur Co.. Minneapolis. MINI.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-08-01

Shake Into Your Shoes
Aliens Foot-Ease. It cures painful, swollen,
smarting, sweating feet. Makes new shoes
easy. Sold by all Druggists and Shoe Stores.
Don't accept any substitute. Sample FREE.
Address A. s. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-02-26
EATING IN PUBLIC.
| Tho Varied Sorrows Of the Critical
Man Win ninea Out

Tho Varied Sorrows Of the Critical
Man Who Dimes Out.
What chance has the diner out Of
being completely happy? The mere
actions Of eating and drinking are nei-
Their pretty nor conducive to showing
people ut their best s1ts Is really q
most uncouth sight to SEA man or q
woman stocking food. The necessity
Of being polite ut the same time makes
1t uncomfortable Us well. No sooner
have you got into conversation with a
pleasant woman than the soup In your
mustache stops all inspiration. She
despises you for your play with your
napkin, and your mustache Is out Of
shape. And who can feel that the
evening Is going to he what he hoped
when lie realizes that his shirt front Is
smirched with some relic Of the meal?
Indeed, dinner parties are really a
struggle between eating and talking, a
struggle which does not always end,
as do most things, in the survival OF
the fttest. As one can't speak with
ones mouth full and first hunger must
be appeased, conversation and eating
20 on rather as game, the one person
whipping up some food while the other
IL speaking and then in his turn speak
ing In order to enable his partner to
get some nourishment. To talk or to
eat might be u sensible question ut the
beginning Of dinner, but It is not one
likely to be asked. One Is seldom sure
which is least worth sacrificing, the
food or the conversation. How much
simpler 1t would be II we fed apart
and INDUCED In conversation after.
ward.-Macmillan
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-02-26
THE OXFORD BEARS.
THE DoiN0s OF TriR WEEK IN ALL
SECTIONS OF TME COUNTY.
Paris nm.

First Bapsist Church, Rsv. !. Q. Taylor pa.sol
school af u =. sabbath E!eninS Service =
Prayer Meeting Thursday evening q 30: Cove
nanf Meetinr the last Friday before TIA I'D
Sunday of the month e $50 r. u. Al MOI
othorVise connected arc cordially invited.
Universalist Church. Sunday School every
Sunday as 10.bA.
The Forbes house has been sold to
Charles L. Case, who already owns 9
summer homo and . farm here. It will
be occupied as summer home by his
son, Charles C. Case Of Rochester, N. 7.
Considerable alterations and repairs will
be made ON 1t, and modern plumbing put
in before it IL occupied next summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles L. Case, after
spending the week at Long Look Farm,
went to Turner Saturday and will return
to New York this week.
William e. Atwood from Bowdoin Col
lege and Freeland Morrison from he.
bron Academy were guests at Paris Hill
Saturday.
Eugene Hammond began Monday
morning a. freight clerk In tho Grand
Trunk station at South Paris.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bart Jacob Of New York
are guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Brown at
Lyonsden.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-02-26
The nible Of the Posr.

The 'Eible of the Poor" was one OF
The mott interesting Of the early block
books. which were printed In Belgium
In the fourteenth century. before the
use Of movable type, from blocks.
The book consisted Of forty leaves,
printed on one side. making twenty
when pasted together. and gave pic
torial representation of scenes from
the life aud passion Of our Lord, with
suitable inscriptions from holy writ In
the abbreviated Latin Of the period.
The "BIblia Pauperum," as 1t was
called. was intended as an aid to de-
votion for the use Of poor persons who
could not afford to buy complete copies
Of the Bible. Originally the book Is be-
ueved to have been specially designed
for the poor friars, who found the pic
lures useful when they went about
preaching. to illustrate their sermons
aud to rouse the interest of their con-
gregations. A richly Illuminated Ms.
Of the ''Bible Of the Poor" executed in
the Netherlands about 400, is kept In
the British museum. An early copy
Of the "Biblla Pauperum" was sold
some years ego for ~ guiAsaa
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-02-26
Brvaut's Pond.

True Childs of Melette, South Dakota,
called on friends here and at Milton
Plantation this week. Mr.. Childs Is ar
Oxford County boy and has been In the
west for about twenty years, where be
owns q ranch and is one of the pros
porous citizens of Melette.
There was good attendance at the
comedy drama Thursday night given I'M
der the auspices of the V. 1. s. A mum
Der came from West Paris. The comedy
was excellent and every part was well
rendered. 1t was laughable all through
The Bacon family and A. D. Felt fur
nished music. Some twenty-five couples
were present at the dance.
Mr.. Arthur Cobb and wife of Rumford
visited Mrs. L. B. Stevens Wednesday.
There will be concert and ball at bud
ley's Opera House Friday evening
March l, given under the direction Of
Fraternal Lodge, Z. Of P. Music by
Payne and Plummer's Orchestra Of
Lewiston. Half fare between Lewiston
and Berlin. An oyster and pastry sup
per will be served In the lower hall.
The sick still number many in oul
community. Among those shut In thii
week are Mrs. j. L. Bowker, G. N. Eel
and wife, Amanda Sheran, Mrs. Emil!
Felt, Mrs. Ida Stevens and A. N.
McAllister.
Florence e. Bryant of Abingdon
Mass, is at Dudley Cottage.
Mrs. Lizzie N. Raynor of Worcester II
at Cullen Abbott's.
Lottie Millett is visiting her brother
in Worcester.
Miss Myrtle Bacon of Portland is a
Fl. C. Bacon's.
Elton Knight has finished work fo1
"a. Il. Cushman.