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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-11-28
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IA the football season Of 1907 ap-
FR proaches its close dsvotees of the
y = gridiron sport have awakened to the
fact that this has been the most memoir
able year IN the history Of the collegiate
game, and henceforth those teams con-
attuting the Big Five"-YaIe, Harvard,
Princeton. Pennsylvania and CorneIl-will
Savs to reckon with the Little FellowS'
who, heretofore, they have been prone TO
tackle with a patronlzing and conde
sccudinE air. This year the Little Fellow
Als arisen IN his might and asserted him
self, and with his coming the stars Of the
football ornament have all tasted the
sting Of defeat and their ignomlny knows
90 bounds.
In years goSe by. affairs football were
dominated by three Universities. Yale,
Harvard and Princeton, although IN reni-
bty, Princeton "uS taken In through the
kiGdly ageucies Of Yale. The ANIMAL
game between Yoie md Harvard was
looked upon us the one contest OF impor-
cameo Of the season. with the admission
OF Princeton TO the charmed circle an
other game WAS nddpd to the season.
achedulr. bur 4 was not long before John
Harvard arose IN his boots and decrned
fLnt II WAS beneath his dignity to battle
with the Orange and Black gladiutors and,
In consequence, Yale was compe led to an
luRlly engage In two grueiling contes.s,
one each with Harvard aud Princeton,
while Harvard had only to reckon with
Yale, thereby cOnCpHt raUng all her energy
ard reserve forces on this contest
Not so many years ago Harvard con
aant"d TO take up The University Of
Pennsylvania and after several struggles,
IN which John Harvard suffered several
severe drubhluEs, relations were broken
on and Pennsylvania was given the NIT
ten Princeton then took up Penn, hut
ToT gone reason the Tigers too. discun-
:'nued their football relations with the
QUnkegs and this left matters much rs
sh"y we're before. with Yale. Harvard and
Princeton debating terms to all the lesser
tEhts Who annually sought games with
sheen.
Enrh yeur schedule WINS arranged hy
che triumviys best calculated to give
chem g"ot, fast practice preparatory TO
he real struggles among Themselves
Guch thing as one OF the smaller lights
winning game was never given O
Thought, end II VAS only once In a life
dime that one OF these lighter teams sue
Ceeded In scoring a touchdown; such a
feat being sufficient TO send the entire
undergraduate body of the scoring team
Gnto a delirium Of Joy. But now all is
changed, and unless my guess goes far
wrong we Will see the big teams closely
scanning their schedules in the future
with a wholesome respect for the hong
despised lesser light"
few years ago the hsads S~)tbs Army
and Navy Departments, recognizing that
wave OF sentiment had swept over the
entire country favorinS an annual clash
on some neutral EridirOn between the
seams Of West Point and Annapolis, I'M
found may yards OF rod tape and al
lowed the Kame TO be played. Philadel-
2hia- because Of its geographical Advanr-
geS Pas seIsStcd rs the battle ground
and now the fame between rAe Army
nd Navy Is rnEa rdsd as the most popu-
Tar Que OF the season. even ranking in
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-11-28

OF the boons that cause rejoicing among
men but the idea of having a special
day regularly set apart each year for
this purpose seems TO have originated
In Uncle Sans domain and the United
States is the only nation that carries
out the observance as regularly as the
autumn rolls around The date of Thanks
giving Day is always set by the President
In his special proclamation but custom
has decreed that the date shall be the
last Thursday In November so that the
men who print the calendars never have
any dincuIty in deciding a year ahead
Just what date is to be printed in red
Strange and contradictory as it may ap-
pear Thanksgiving although regarded By
everyona as one Of our national HOLIDAYS
Is not necessarily a legal holiday In all
parts Of the United States AS mstter
OF fact Ii is not within the province
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-11-28

OF the government at Washington to COM
mand citizens all over the land to cease
work for twenty-four hours and devote
the period TO rest and thanksgiving. All
that the President can do and all that
ne does do In this connection is TO rec
ommend that the people shall cease from
their ordinary occupations on the desig-
mated occasion and observe the DAY with
proper ceremony, including, of course,
the assembling In the churches and giving
thanks TO the Supreme Power for the
blessings OF the year. To make Thanks
giving 8 legal holiday in any State IL is
necessary that the legislature OF the
Commonwealth shall have so enacted by
special statute. Moreover, although
Thanksgiving Is everywhere observed as
the President suggests there are States
in the Union which have never lexalized
the holiday.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-11-28
but broke the hearts Of the plainnmsa.

but broke the hearts OF the plainsmsn-
From now on Princeton viii eoncsn-
trats all her energies on ths Yale xsmA
while the sons OF Eli will not only have
to prepare for the struggle with the
Tigers, but will have TO build up hes
fences In such a manner as to be pre-
pared to drub Harvard as well q. Tha
consensus of opinion among the experts
b that Yale will break even In this dual
struggle, losing 10 Princeton and win
ming from Harvard. But this reckoning.
however, In entirely problsma teal. CO.
pccially In light of the many upsets thai
nave occurred In the present season
Princeton's back held is O marvel, as ths
game with the Indians demonstrated
Yale still has her bull dog tenacity and
Drawn to fail back Gu to say pothtwa
Of her proyerbtal lock. Harvard In al
unknown quantity in many respects. Due
TO an entirely different system of play
OF her new head coach, who Ia radical.
IL nothing else. ~.
The Army and Navy knAas this yemE
VIII be the struggle on which the ere
OF the football weird viii be focused
Experts pick the Army Mule to kAeA
his way to victory, but II must be- re-
membersd that this was don~ last year
and as result the braway s~iio-s ran
the Dough Boys scaips I'D 10 tAoav
ysrdarms and victory was psrchsd nsnnt-
ingiy aloft II In In q measure difficult
TO forecast re outcome Of this gridiroa
classic. The Army played Yale to a
stAndstill, and two weeks later Yale wss
only able TO scorS IL to o victory
against modest little washfngtom and
Jefferson CoileSs, ths same day on whicA
Harvard won oat from the denpised
Brown University by the scors Of to q
The same afternoon the Navy team bare
ly nosed out q victory from an almost
unheard Of team, the University Of West
Virginia, TO tina tsns of Q to o. With such
scores against such ordinarily weak ad-
vsrsartes experts are entirely at sea and
ara really afraid to hazard a prophecy
on the outcome Of any game. FOR never
has form turned 30 many weird somer~
saults as 1t has done this year and
never before have the members OF the
big Five" been so hard pressed.
The Navy -er shows 1t real strength
until late in the season. Her schedule
Is not as gruelling as that participated
In by the Army and form figurers are
generally at a loss to account for the
strength demonstrated by the sailors In
their final crucial test. After losing
to Harvard 6 to 0 the future Admirals
won over Lafayette College II to o.
and a week later the Lafayette eleven
dropped a game to their fellow states
men, Pennsylvania, Is to O. But no
matter who wins, those who are 30
fortunate as to possess one of the coveted
bits of pasteboard emitting to n seat a.
the Army and Navy game( will be as
sured of a struggle betweeh two OF the
fttest teams that have lined up this
year; teams that have made all the big
fellows sit up and take notice and teams
that Will be many times stronger nexy
year, wnen II is safe to predict that
they will be even bigger factors IN the
affair of the gridirop ~ GRID thaD ever
heretofore. e.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-11-28

memDer or the pioneer English colony
that sought a foothOld In this part OF
the New Word and 1t is not strange
that after facing the dangers and prt
vations that were the lot OF such ex-
plorers he should have been duly thank
full to find his life spared. This first
Thanksgiving occurred not In the
tumn. but on May 27. The log OF the
ship Ayde which contains the only
record OF this To~esunner of our present
Thanksgiving does not go into detail
regarding the observance but mentions
that prayer and the receiving OF com
munfon wee at: ces of the ceremony
and that oar Minister made unto US
a godlye sermon, exhorting all especially
to be thankful to God for His strange
and miraculous ueliyerance In those =
gerous places.
The first observance of a ceremony of
Thanksgiving that took place within
what are now the boundaries of the
United States was that held by the Pop
ham colony, which was located at Saga
dahoc on the coast Of Maine and which
held Thanksgiving services for the first
time one day in August, 1907 This,
however was merely q church ceremon-
ial consuming but a few hours before
and after which the people presumably
on any other day in the year The
origin OF han giving Day-an occa-
sion when the hole interval between
sunrise and sunset was to be devoted
to the giving of thanks-is to be attrib-
uted to Governor Bradford. the first gov
ernor of Massac husetts colony.
1t was In gratitude for the plenfeous
harvest of 1921, following a period of
severe depression. that Governor Brad
ford proclaimed a day of thanksgiving, de-
signaling for the observance December ID
of the year mentioned This occasion
also marks the first appearance OF the
turkey IS the temporary substitute of
the eagle as our national bird, and 1t
all came about In rather an odd way.
Governor Bradford held to the idea that
has prevailed ever since that feasting
should BE- feature OF the Thanksgiving
celebration and accordingly be delegated |
four men OF the community to 90 forth |
s1e peeears a supply of game. These |
hunters were un. essful in thei- quest |
but as a substitute brought home great |
numbers Of wild turkeys and these af- |
forded SO appetizing a dish that the tur-
key, wild or domestic. has ever since |
been the chief standby OF the Thanks |
giving menu. that FIST Thanksgiving
Day In Massachusetts was ushered In by
salute Of cannon after which all mem
Ders of the colony marched In solemn
to the meeting house. Then
came the greet feast and at this juno |
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-11-28

p II 4 y X 5 c WING ranks with the
& Fourth of July and Christmas as the
" universally observed holidays Of each
suteudur year in the United States AS a
matter of fact. however. ii has Il signif-
canoe as holiday not possessed by any
other of our feasts or ceremonial occasions
since II is yearly decreed by special procIa-
motion of the President and thus assumes
an official character that is quite unique.
Moreover this day of thankfulness and
rejoicing and OF feaSting upon menu OF
turkey, cranberrieS and other highly
esteemed etables ia distinctiyely an
American holiday
To be sure ii has been customary In
many foreign countries to now and then
set apart days or periods of thanksgiving
for the bounty conferred by Providence
for victory in war or for one or another
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-11-28

New York city show that all of the 20
institutions are now full and have long
waiting lists.
An American combined machine for
making paper boxes and printing the
label in several colors Is one Of the ex-
hibits at the Art Exposition IN Mann
helm.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-11-28

variabiy turn their heads to the wind.
This year the area In Kansas in alfalfa
is $4,000 acres, an increase cf over 20
per cent. over 1906 q
1t Is said that London produces over
100 new designs in penny toys every
week
Records OF the homes for the aged In
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-11-28

nation the Gus IN was frequently fol-
lowed and the Protestants adhered to the
plan after the Reformation.
The first thanksgiving ceremony b.
on the American continent took place
on the shores ~ Newfoundland. IN the
year 1878 and was conducted by an
English minister by the name of VOL
fall The clergyman who was the NOV
Ing spirit in this Initial observance was
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-11-28
1Ch IN Little = Bits Of Interesting Inforrnation

Bridge builders In San Francisco are
paid 81 a day.
New York c'ty consumes $500. 900
p"@au of tea annually.
= Ja OF oil HIS been obtained from
r. nl:gue OF a single whale.
f.F@rv year there are $4,000 letters post
Cd 10 England without addresses.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-11-28

The efficiency of the human heart is
greater than that OF any piece OF mach
inery, taking into consideration the size.
1t pumps nearly eight tons of blood
daily.
In Germany, If a doctor Is wanted sud-
denly In the night. instead OF flying round
In cab or rushing wildly from house 20
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-11-28

house. one goes to the nearest emergency
station, and fe&ches ore of the several
doctors VINO are always on night duty In
their turn.
Among the varied uses of peat, that for
the production of gag Is perhaps the least
known. 1t has teen used for this pur
pose, however, for the last 80 years IN
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-11-28

There are about 1880 theaters in Eu,
rope. Italy possesses more than any
other country.
New York city railways carry more
passengers each day than do all the other
railways in the United States.
Birds, when perched on trees or bushes,
are natural weathercocks, as they in
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-11-28

while the history of Thanksgiving n
In America is easily traced the origin OF
the custom Of setting apart days for
the giving OF thanks by communities at
large Is not so readily determined The
first record OF such observance is found
IL the Bible where there Is FREQUENT
mention OF the custom of the Israelites
to set apart days for thanksgiving D
the Lord In England before the Refor-
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1907-11-28

the steel works of Notaa In Sweden
From 1900 to 10000 cubic yards of peat
are thus used yearly. 1t costs rather
more than coal gas, but has the advan-
tage OF containing scarcely any sulphur
phosphorus. In several place. In Eu-
rope peat gas is used for heating aud
la ass melting furnaces
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-21
And They Never Said Word.

From the New York Times
 On the return voyage ofsone of the big liners a month or Sc ago were two little girls. cousins, of 12 and 13 years. They got on beautifully together, though they differed in disposition and character as well as in appearance. Sal lie. the elder, being an extremely dis erect little woman, while Margarets methods were distinctly guilless. Sallie, too, was tall and slender, and Margaret a real little bull of hard, white flesh.
 Both their mothers were too i'll to be on deck. and when the voyage was a little more than half over Salie de- scended one day To her aunts state- room with troubled face.
 "Auntie," she siad, "I do wish you'd speak 10 Margaret Honestly she hasn't one bit of tact. There's the dearest young lady aboard, Miss Az new, and MT. Phillips is in love with her, I know. Anyhow. they wander off by themselves every afternoon and are gone hours. And yesterday Margaret followed them and stayed all the time she ought to know better Now. Miss AgneW asked me 10 go with her one day, but 1 said mother wanted mel wouldn't have gone for anything Margaret's mother sighed and seized the first opportunity to have it out 
 "Oh, my fat Peggy. you didn't fol- low Miss Agnew and MT, Phillips, did you?'
 "Yes, mother. I did" responded Mar garet unfalterngly. Every single day they go away and stay for hours, and couldn't think what they found to talk about so long, and l wanted to know, so l thought I'd go and see
 She paused for breath, and her moth CTS sigh became a groan. Then sine resumed: And 1 went. and they sat down togethe CT, and never said a wordi 1 stood right in front of them and sucked my orange and watched them. After a long time Miss Agnew said wasn't it lovely day, and Mir. Phil lips said how blue the sky was. and oh, look there's a sail And, mother, they didn't talk about another thing all inc time l stood there. most two hours, listening hard. Once Miss Az new asked if l wasn't cold, and I said how could l be with my nice thick reefer. MT. Phillips looked cross, somehow. but after awhile he got very pleasant again and said.
 Aren't you hungry Margaret? Don't you want to go and get another or ange2
 "'No. I don't" said I; Pm not hun gry; I've had eight today already
 And then, mother, they didn't stay there any longer. l saw MT. Phillips go into the smoking room and Miss Agnew said she was so tired she guessed she'd have a nap"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-21
Wet Transfers.

From the New York Times.
 The Man Who Goes About waited for the transfer agent in the uptown subway station at 149th street and Third avenue to give him transfer. The agent put hls thumb in his mouth. wet It literally. and then offered the an Who Goes About wet transfer.
 "I'l take mine dry. please said the Man Who Goes About.
 The agent passed him another.
 Say, you're too tony to ride in the Sub way" said the agent. "A man with so much money as you have ought to have an automobile"
 "We can be cleanly," said the Man Who Goes About mo matter how much or how little money we have. Your action is disgusting in the first place, and in the second it might spread disease"
 "Get out of here.' said the agent. "fli wet all the transfers I please"
 After they were in the elevated the Man Who Goes About was moved to comment to his companion.
 That agents remarks," said he, illus trate pretty well the attitude toward the public that many af the corporations and their employees take If you don't want to put up with their actions they at once call you cheap skate who is too stuck up to use the common public utilities. Also it proves that there Is no snob like a poor snob. I don't suppose that the In- terborough is particularly lond of giving transfers at that point anyway and the man who tried to have that employe dis cfplined wouldn't succeed"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-21

Condy, that iointure would be worth five hundred pounds year to me
 But here Is present gold for that re- version. and 1t is by no means sure that her ladyship will die just now urged Jason.
 Very true" said Sir Condy. Well. give me the paper''-and so the thing was done. After Jason had gone. Sir Condy got out of bed and played with hls coins like a child with q toy; and Judy's children coming in the next day Sir Con dy gave them q guinea apiece. That night he heard that Lady Rackrent was not dying. but that her injuries were slight. At once he sent for the gauger 10 keep him company over bowl. They drank nightly, and finally Sir Condy called for sir Patriek's horn This was an old drinking horn of huge pro- portions which, the legend said, Sir Pat rick had once drained at draught with out taking breath.
 The gauger spoke slightingly of the horn and Sir Condy challenged him to try and drink 1t as Sir Patrick had. I'll lay you n hundred guineas 1 can do It. said the gauger.
 "One hundred guineas to a tester you can't" cried Sir Condy.
 The gauger tried and failed; but de- clared that he only owed Sir Condy n tester-or sixpence.
 "'rry it yourself" says the gauger.
 "I hold you your own bet l do it. says Sir Condy, and filling the horn, he put 1t to his lips and drank It down Then he gave cry and dropped as one dead.
 They put him to bed and soon he was in a derum frlghtful to see. For five days he fingered on and then cried out: Where Is Judy2 Judy gone? Ay, Sir Condy has been a fool all his daysi' and fell back dead Only faithful Thady was with him when he died. and the last of the O'shaughlins had but poor funeral after all
 Copyright 1907, by Irving King) l All Rights Reserved.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-21

Maria Edgeworth has rather "drifted to leeward" as an authoress, but there was a time when she was not only popular, but exerted a decided influence on the thought of the literary and reading public. Now there is a 'reylvaf' of interest in the works of the great Maria,' as she was once called; and her long neglected volumes are being brought out in new editions to satisfy a demand that has sprung up lately among the patrons of book stores and public libraries.
 Miss Edgeworth's stories are we'll worth reading; there is something in them which, after one closed the book, vanishes not away The world owes more even to the genius which the great Maria un- locked in others than to what she her self accomplished, for it was a perusal of her tales which caused Scott to write his Scottish novels and melted Turgenieff to pen his stories of Russian life.
 It is to be regretted that Miss Edge worth allowed her father to edit her man. uscripts, for it Is certain pedantic ele- ment plainly introduced by that versa tile man, which gave Byron an excuse for saying of Lady Byron She was walk Ing calculation, Mrs. Edgeworth's novels stepping from their covers" MT. Edge worth wanted a peerage, and would have obtained it had he not voted against the Act of Union in the Irish Parliament. It Is of interest to Americans to recall that ihe stepmother who brought Maria up was the beautiful Honora," for love of whom Major Andre was banished to the American war, where he met his fate on the gallows of Tappan.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-11
SPIKE AND RAIL.

L.. III Harding general aRant of fine
Colorado Midland has gone 10 Ne
vada ON business trip.
of the Wabash route came In from,
Denver yesterJnv an n wool trin
'''F'
Kent O. Reyes comm ercial agent
ot ne New York Central lines is in
=, Several officials OF the Nevada
Horthern railroad passed through Salt
lake on their way east yesterday
eer . ,' lVuI w iraVeIlng passenr
nas gone 10 Colorado on business
Cars OF the street railway are now
running regularly over the new Via.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-11
TO SUCCEED YARD.
G, w Gwynne to- Become Chief En-
GINGER al Denver q Rio Grande.

G w Gwynne, assistant chief eng
neer Of the Denver & Rio Grande rail-
road. under the late Edward j. Yard,
has been appointed to succeed his for
mer chief as head OF the engineering
force OF the road, says the Denver Re
publican,
Like his predecessor, Mr.. Gwynne has
heen long in the employ OF the RIO
GIande system and rose steadily to his
present position. He was the next man
In line for the position unless an enSi-
neer from another road had been select
ed.
Mr.. Gwynne entered the employment
Of the Rio Grande In 1856, when he was
y years of age, He soon gained a rep
ulati0n as n locating engineer. and has
done a great deal OF that work for the
road. For a number of years past he
has been known as one of the best in
the west and was kept In the field al
most constantly
The Wet Mountain branch of the Rio
Srande. the North Fork OF the Gunni-
son branch and Durango to Farming
ion branch are some OF the pieces of
work located by him. For the past two
years he has been assistant chief engi-
neer, with headquarters in Denver.