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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-07-26
Wishes.

Frank has watch" This sounds
to you like only sentence from the
First Reader, but really it was a
whole story, and very sad one, too,
to the small boy who was saying it
over and over to himself. For Frank
who lived just across the way from
Johnny, was no older than he was,
and yet, there, ticking away in his
jacket pocket, was a fat silver watch,
wonderful thing, to be dragged out
and consulted and dangled before his
playmates' admiring eyes.
but l can't have one yet Father
said so. Not till I'm twelve, any
how. Three whole years." Johnny
thought sadly. "And Uncle Charles
said, eff wishes were horses beggars
would ride" my boy I'm sick of
that old thing!"
And then because, suppose, there
are no fairies now except thought
fairies, good and clever ideas that pop
into our minds and show us the cas-
lest paths, one of them whispered and
kept whispering the rest of the rhine
in his mind:
If turnips were watches
I'd wear one by my side.
And it talked to him until Johnny
thought and thought, and then jumped
up with a whoop that sent the cat
flying in terror from her doorstep
doze.
"Why shouldn't turnips be watch
esq" he cried. I've my own garden
that father gave me last year, and I'll
plant the seed, and raise whole lot
of turnips, and sell them at the mar.
ket!"
He ran off to tell his mother, and
she, like all mothers, was as pleased
as he was, and thought of other seeds
for him to sow-radishes, lettuce, GU
cumbers, summer squash, and great
golden pumpkins.
There never was a garden more
carefully tended than this. All day
long the sun seemed to shine there,
as if to make the crops hurry and
grow. Johnny worked early and
late, tying up his punches of radishes
for market, wedding and thinning out
the turnips SO that they would have
room to grow large and round and
white. And in the autumn, when the
last of the heavy yellow pumpkins
was sent to the shop, and John count
ed up his gains, there was enough fol-
a round, fat watch like Franks, and
still more wonderful, for a chain held
it in its place, and made its owner
the envy of the neighborhood. And
now, whenever Johnny takes it low.
ingly from his pocket to look at the
time, and as it lies under his pillow
at night, it seems to be always ticking
away the same thing:
If wishes were horses
Beggars would ride;
If turnips were watches
I'd wear one by my side.
And turnips were, so Johnny says.
Alice V. L. Carrick, in Youths
Companion
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-07-26

wonderful race, and hint that th~
engineer was half asleep.
Colonel Snortally was good loser,
and he cheerfully invited Theophilus
out the next day to choose his hun
bred acres. He was not the less
cheerful because Theophilus the
night before had made him present
of Bucyrus. Theophilus proved an
amazing chooser. He took a narrow
strip of land running from the COR
ner up to Warder's Canon, at the foot
of the mountains. To the colonel's
testing about his choice, he said
something about it making a good
racetrack.
About week later Theophilus was
enjoying one evening quiet after
dinner smoke on the veranda He
was at peace with the world, when
Colonel Snortally came up the walk.
The colonel's face was like the sun
shining red through a thunder-cloud.
He was too much agitated to speak
| for a minute, but when he did begin
to talk his words were to the point.
From his expressions one might
gather that he was perturbed by the
fact that Theophilus had sold a GER
tain hundred acres of land as a right
of way to the Great Southwestern
Railway Company. Colonel Snortally
finished by declaring his intention
of removing from the scene a stran-
ger who had taken him in, and there
with drew his revolver.
There was rustic of dress, low
cry, and Glory was sobb:ng, with her
face on Theophilus' shoulder.
Don't do it, colonel, unless you
feel compelled to-" said Theophilus,
rising with one arm about Glory,
land unless you want to make Glory
widow We were married two
days ago."
Colonel Snortally's face grew white
and the revolver slipped from his
grasp. Glory was the dearest of all
to him.
The president of the Great South
western Railway Company looked
across the street and down seven
stories to a certain plebeian sign.
Then he arose and picked up his cane
and silk hat
well, he said, I'VE won, after all.
That was cleverly done-cleverly
done"
yes" said the second vice-presi-
dent; "but the attacking force lost
heavily. For the young man from
my Office who engineered the deal
has married the colonel's daughter,
made peace with the colonel, and at
the last report was laying out a town
at the terminus of our projected
branch, and selling corner lots
The Argonaut.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-07-26
Telephone Friqht.

Telephone fright" said a man who
has been accustomed to speaking in
public, seems to be akin to stage
fright, but immunity to one does not
make person immune to the other.
Most of my telephone talk has al
ways been done for me by some one in
the office, and when occasionally go
to the phone and attempt to carry on
conversation with wooden box
feel like schoolboy who has mount
ed the stage to speak his piece and
has forgotten it. | usually fail to re-
member half what l wanted to say,
or get it wrong, and l have to get
somebody to call up the party again
and straighten it out. New York
Sun,
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-07-26
Incidental MUSIC.

One afternoon a couple from an
adjoining town presented themselves
to Boston divine, and asked to be
married, just as he was about to
enter the pulpit to conduct an after
noon service. The minister replied
that he regretted that he could not,
at that moment, comply with their
wish; but that, Immediately upon the
conclusion of the service, he would
take pleasure in performing the cere-
mony.
The lovers, after some demurring.
seated themselves in the rear of the
church.
When the minister had finished
the service he made the following an
nouncement:
@The parties who are to be Joined
in matrimony will present themselves
at the chancel Immediately after the
singing of hymn Ais, Mistaken Souls
That Dream Of Heaveni'
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-07-26
WORDS OF WISDOM.

The root of all evil seems to thrive
in any soil.
Our creditors ought to organize
Don't Worry Society.
We are constantly adding wings to
our castles in the air.
The cost of experience is generally
money well invested.
A girl doesn't need a fountain pen
to write a gushing letter.
1t isn't until man lives to learn
that he really learns to live.
Besides gathering no moss, roll
ing stone gravitates down hill.
1t is when duty calls that we are
apt to send word that we are out.
A woman may regard marriage as
a tie, but it is never tongue-tied.
The trouble with the average
bread-winner is that he wants cake.
A man doesn't necessarily have to
marry in haste to repent at leisure.
Marriage is lottery, and the only
lucky gamblers are those who don't
play.
Brevity is the soul of wit, which is
perhaps why SO few preachers are
witty.
You couldn't broaden out some
men by running over them with
steam roller.
When girl refuses a fellow and
he doesn't go to the bad it is bitter
blow to her pride.
The pure-food people should get
onto the fact that most of the love
is adulterated with filthy ,ucre.
There's a lot of difference between
forgetting what we ought to know
and knowing what we ought to for
get.
Many a statesman loves his coun-
try with the disinterested affection
felt by a foreign nobleman for an
American heiresg. From the Gentle
Cynic. in the New York Times.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-07-26

The farmers are fast losing interest
in the farms they hold on so precarious
a tenure; the farms are passing into
the hands of landlords, often in the
cities, out of touch with the rural pop
ulation, for the same feckles law which
beggars the farmers is tearing up every
landed estate in the country. The
backbone of the nations Strengths
of every nations, in the day of its
greatness-was the quiet tiller of the
soil. -Maarten Martens in The Lon
don Windsor Magazine.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-07-26
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Interest has been aroused at
Naples, Italy, by a motor invented
by Giovanni Dileo, resident of An
dria, twenty-five years old. The
motor is operated by compressed air,
and the inventor says that he has
solved the principle of perpetual mo-
ton.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-07-26

The proprietors of an Austrian
carpet factory at Mafferdorf have
acquired German patents which en-
body method of manufacturing car
pets or floor coverings from paper.
The new material can be made in all
colors, is washable, and may prove
itself a rival to linoleum.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-07-26

A German patent covers the EN-
ployment of egg shells as gas man
tells. Tho two ends of the shell hav-
ing been removed, it is to be sup
ported by a gas burner, so that it
may be heated to incand essence from
the inside. Eggs are getting scarcer;
and this may throw little light on
the subject.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-07-26

A Swiss engineer announces a new
fire escape. 1t consists of a series
of folding iron ladders, contained in
frames, attached to the window cases,
each reaching to the window below.
By merely turning a small winch on
any floor all these frames are pushed
outward from the building, the lad
ders extended and securely connected
with each other, thus forming a con-
tinuous communication from the top
floor to the ground. The manipula-
ton is simple and takes less than a
minute. When not in use the escape
is barely visible, and does not dis
figure the facade of the building in
the manner that the ordinary outside
iron staircase does. A public test of
the new escape has proved successful,
and the Vienna fire brigade repre-
sentatives have expressed their app
prevail of it.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-07-26

An association of Cape Town bust
ness men has been formed to bring
about the permanent establishment of
a diamena-eutting industry in the col
onv
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-07-26

Tt is calculated that London pro-
duce5 $4,000 tons of SCOT yearly.
which would be worth as fertilizer
about $225.0c0. There are always
fifty tons OF SCOT suspended above
London in the form of smoke.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-07-26

London has already found an alb
breviation for the taximeter cabs.
They are called ~taxicabs. Sixtesr
cents q mile Is the tarin.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-07-26

The tear and rush of modern life
have strong influence in permanent
ly disturbing the mental equilibrium.
Among the symptoms of insanity US
ually given are slowness and difficulty
in thought processes, peculiar rest
lessness and fixed decisions. 1t
would, however, be a mistake to re-
gard conclusions as certain proof
of insanity. There are many men
attending to large businesses to-day
who have delusions.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-07-26

A new appliance for deep blowing
has been brought out in Spain. The
apparatus consists of an ordinary
breast pillow which, instead of being
drawn by horses or oxen, as is usual
in this country, is pulled by steel
rope attached to portable windlass,
or capstan, which is fixed into the
ground in an adjoining field, or at
some distance from the section to be
plowed. burrows of a depth of AT
and TT inches wide can be easily
and rapidly made with the help of
one or two horses, where six or eight
would be required by the old system
of direct traction.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1907-07-26

dirty fellow he had left sitting in the
lane. He realized, however, that if
he were going to have any luck that
night he needs must wear it so, with
grimace, he wiped the inside of the
little piece of black cloth vigorously
on his coatsleeye.
He was getting tired of being a
highwayman, when light, which he
had not noticed before. caught his
ware, and he gazed at it eagerly and
was satisfied to see that it was COM
ing toward him. There was a clump
of pines by the side of the road, and
he led the horse under the trees.
hitched the reins to a branch, and
looked out at the approaching We
hicle. He could hear, family, the
rumbling of the wheels, and as the
light reached the bottom of the long
hill upon which he stood he looked
to his own pistol and that of the
highwayman in the holster, adjusted
the mask over his eyes and mounted
his horse.
BY the sound of the approaching
hoofs he could tell that there were
only two horses harnessed to the We
hicle, and he concluded, rightly, that
1t was post-horse chaise. 1t was
halfway up the long hill. coming at
walking pace. Captain Carey wait
ed in the shadow of the trees. When
the chaise was nearly abreast of him
he spurred his mount sharply, and
the beast sprang out into the middle
of the road. Leveling pistol at the
postillion, he shouted 'sStandl' in as
terrifying voice as he found it pos
sible to assume, although the novelty
of the thing tickled him SO inoppor-
timely that his voice broke slightly
The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-27

drinking since his wife's death Tues day, and Wednesday night he was un- der the influence of liquor
 About o'clock this forenoon he went into Longleys lunch room at No. 1031 Main street and ordered luch. He called for buckwheat cakes and coffee and paid for them, and sat down and ate A few minutes later he said to wait CT, William Dooley:
 Send for the patrol wagon
 Dooley thought he was joking and paid no attention to him. Devine re- peated the request twice and then the waiter saw that he was i'll. Devine said that he was going out and would be around the corner when the wagon came, and started for the door, He had only crossed the threshold when he fell in convulsions. The patrol was speed fly brought and he was taken to the Hartford hospital. Ten minutes after he reached the hospital he died.
 Nobody saw Devine drink the acid and those who were in the restaurant think that he did not drink it in the place, but the fact that he ate a lunch before complaining indicates that he had not drunk the acid before finishing his lunch.
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Grief-striclSen Mourners.

Mrs. Devine's two sisters, Mrs. J. Labeau and Mrs. J. Britt, and her daughter Sadie, were at the funeral. They returned home soon after 10 a. m. Upon alighting from the carriage the party were told what had happened and pathetic scene followed.
 Mrs. Labeau was so overcome that she became hystericaL and her sobs attracted a crowd which blocked the
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Sadie Devine, daughter of the couple. hastened into MeClunie's floral store, No. 1e Church street, where she was overcome.
 When the carriages containing per- sons who had attended Mrs. Devine's funeral drove up. and the occupants learned of the death of Devine, they engaged the same carriages for his funeral.
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ANSONIA.

Special gOurnaI-Courier News Service)
 The funeral of the late Michael Cos tello took place yesterday morning from his home on Hodge avenue at g o'clock and from the Church of the Assumption at 9:3O o'clock. The ser vices were attended by the full mem bership of the Webster Hose company, who appeared in full regalia and dele gations from both the Young Mems T. A. and B, society and the First di- vision, A. o. H. Interment took place in St. Mary's cemetery, Undertaken McLarney being in charge. The pall- bearers were John and Richard Hines of the Weibsters; James J. Mead and Jeremiah Mccarthy of the Y, M. T. A. and B. society, and Michael Sheehy and Dennis Minihan of the A. Q. H. society. The floral bearers were Neal Haley, John Finnucan and Walter Mc- Givney.
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The remains of Mrs. Elizabeth Ben nett Wheeler, a former resident of this place, who died in Meriden Wednesday,, will be brought to this city to-day and inferred in the family plot in the Long Hill cemetery. Mrs. Wheeler was the daughter of the late Hen. William L. Bennett and resided in Meriden for the past fifteen years.
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Salvation hall on High street was the scene of. a very merry gathering last evening when the Salvation Army Sunday school held its Christmas ex- ercises and Christmas tree. A fine program consisting of carols and reel tations was rendered by the members of the school, following which ad- dresses were made by Captain Thomp- son of Middletown and Captain Gum of this city. Captain Thompson was formerly lieutenant in the army in this city and worked with Captain Gum in Pittsfeld, Mass, several years ago. At the conclusion of these addresses gifts and candy taken from the Christmas tree were distributed among the happy and expectant chil- dren.
The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-27
SHELTON.
Especial JournaI-courier News service1

Especial JournaI-COurier News Seryice)
 A very pretty wedding was celebrat- ed in this place Christmas night when Miss Ethel Clemons Radcliffe, daugh- ter of MT. and Mrs. Walter w. Rad cliffe. and Frank Richard Finch of Ann Arbor, Michigan, were united in wedlock by Rev. M. P. Giffin, pastor of the M. E. church. The ceremony was performed in the handsomely dec- orated parlor of the Radcliffe home and was followed by a wedding repast at which were present a score of the young couples friends and relatives. Late in the evening MT. and Mrs. Finch left on an extensive wedding tour which will terminate at Ann Ar Dor, the groom's home city, where the young couple win reside in the future
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Mortgage Deeds.

Leddy. to Charles S. coyle, Ieet, 50 feet, s1.500. Ter, to the Groton Savings Haven, 10s feet, s1o,ooO. man to the Groton Savings Haven, Al feet. $10,OOO.
 ter, to Isaac Ullman. State feet. ss.oOO.
 nan, to the Groton Savings st, New Haven, S3,000.
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Very Heels of Christmas!
PercaIes t2Hc.

5e in. wide, of very best quality, in choice styles, most white ground, with stripes and small figures in black and colors; all lengths left from hol- iday selling. l5c regular.
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soc Dress Goods 29c.

Plain and Fancy Mixtures, Stripes and Checks, in popular soc quality of Wool Dress Goods, 56 in. wide, in nearly every wanted color for ladies or children's vera.
The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-27

It is reported in railroad circles that the New Haven road intends to take off two more trains, running be- tween this city and New York in a few days. The two trains mentioned are those which leave this city at 7:30 a. m. for the big city, the other arrives here from the Metropolis at sos D. m. These trains. 1t Is stated, are chased among the non paying trains. In stat ing this an official of the company pointed out why these two do not bring a great deal of revenue to the company.
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Among the city clubs which will celebrate New Years eve is the Union league, which has arranged to give an entertainment to Its members on that night. A. c. Gilbert, who is recogniz- ed as an artist in the manipulation of cards and legerdemain. has been en- gagged and will give a two hour enter tainment, assisted by an orchestra. Lunch will be served at the close of the evening.
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Linens at Half Values.

Decorated Linens, slightly soiled or mussed during Christmas trade. Doylies, Scarfs and Squares, pieces of various kinds, in fine Linens, at Half Value.
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BRIEF MENTION.
High water to-day at 4.14 p. m.

Colonel Isaac M. Ulman has sold to Josef Adler the property at 469-467 State street. It is assessed for $1S,72O and is sold to MT. Adler subject to Q mortgage of $9,OOO by Colonel Ull- man and another of $10,0OO of the Groton Savings bank.
The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-27

In the local postoffice at the present time there are 5000 souvenir postal cards, which will have to be sent to the dead letter office in Washington, D. C., because they are violation of one of the postal regulations, These cards, which will be sent to Washing ton. contain tinsel. ground glass. etc, and cards with such things on them are not allowed to go through the United States mails.
The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-27

other of Former New Haven Road
 Manager Passes Away.
 New Milford, Dec. 26.-Theodore F. att, since 1895 station agent at this Dee, died suddenly to-day of pneu- gSnfa MT Platt formerly was we'll )Wn travelling salesman. He was a sbther of Charles H. Platt, the for Fer general railroad manager of the Jew Haven railroad, and leaves a vidow
The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-27
$t., SIPS Dress Goods soc

Chance of the seasonl All Wool Dress Goods, AS to 54 in. wide, in Stripes, Plaids, Plain Colors, light and heavy weight, for waists or coat suits. Fancy Broadcloths, Panama, Serges,
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Warranty Deeds.

|alzman, to Isaac Ullman,
 ,. fl feet.
 +. Coyle, to Frank A. Led |, and 467 State street. i Sheldon Tillinghast, to 10. Schutska, Ivy street, 40
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SUICIDE OVER WIPES DEATH.
Hartford Man Took Carbolic During
 Funeral Service.

Hartford, Dec 26-At the hour the body of Mrs. Mary Devine of No. 20 1-2 Church street was in St. Patricks church to-day. during the funeral ser vices over her remains, her husband, Martin J. Devine, committed suicide by drinking carbolic acid in a restau- rant on Main street. When the car riages drove up to the Devine home, after Mrs. Devines funeral, the mourn CTS were confronted with the news of what had occurred, and there followed 8 scene of grief seldom witnessed at a funeral.
 How Acid Was Taken.
 The funeral of Mrs. Devine was held from her home on Church street short ly after S:SO. and the services began at St. Patrick's church at o'clock. Devine did not go to his wifeis funeral, and the cause is said to have been his heavy drinking He was awakened early in the morning by members of his family, but It was seen that he was not in proper condition, and he Twas not urged to go. He had been
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Lis Pendens.

Flo Perto vs. Giuseppe Mossaro 5uigi Mossaro, Silver street, 42
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Quit Claims.

Blzman to Isaac Ullnlan, It, Al feet.
 srazos, to Angelo Crispi and Torelli, Hudson street 50 Wheeler, trustee. to Angelo Antoinetta Torelli, Hudson eet.
 Holconb, Hartford, trustee Il of the late Daniel Hand of to Caroline E. Lockwood, Feet, 30 feet, $1,900.
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IN REALTY
fled at Town Clerk s
 Yesterday-Build- ling Permits.

wing papers were filed in
 lerk's office yesterday:
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Referee Newton was in Waterbury yesterday holding some hearings on bankruptcy estates in that city.