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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-12-27

sent again to the African coast, dur.
ing the civil war. Farragut and Shu.
brick commanded her at different
times during these operations.
At the close of the civil war the
sloop was not considered fit for active
service. Therefore, she was ordered
to Philadelphia, where she did duty
as training ship and receiving ship
for many years. In 1889 she was
turned over to the state as a school
ship, and, under joint supervision of
state and city, she made annual
cruises.
The stout old warrior continued
these voyages until last February
when, outside the harbor, she met
terrible storm. 1t strained the ancien
timbers until the water began to pou
in at innumerable points, and she wa
in dire danger of laundering. 1t wa.
shortly after that the navy department
ordered an inspection.
The old fighter was condemned and
ordered to be sold as junk.
Commodore Perry's Record.
Many consider Commodore Matthew
Calbraith Perry to have been a great.
er naval man than his more famous
brother, Commodore Oliver Perry. In
fact, the two are often confused. Be.
sides opening up Japan to American
trade and to western civilization. he
was the greatest naval educator of his
time. His life may be briefly summed
up as follows:
1--While yet lad he was a naval
officer in the war of 1912.
2-He chose the location of the first
free black settlement in Liberia.
3-He was the father of the steam
navy.
4-He first demonstrated the eff.
cheney of the ram as a weapon of of.
fence in naval warfare.
5-He founded the naval apprentice.
ship system.
16-He was leader of the campaign
to extirpate the foreign slave trade on
the coast of Africa.
7-He commanded in 1849 the
largest squadron which had ever as.
sembled under the American flag.
This was in the gulf of Mexico.
S-He opened Japan to the world.
The Perry family furnished more ma
val officers to the United States than
any other American family, with one
exception. The sturdy commander of
the Saratoga was survived by three
daughters, one OF whom became the
wife of August Belmont, the multi.
millionaire of New York.
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of these seven survivors haev risen
the rank of rear admiral. The seven
are Rear Admiral Edward c. Robie,
Rear Admiral John H. Pushur, Rear
Admiral Oscar F. Stanton, Rear Ad-
fniral George Balch, Rear Admiral Ed
win F1thian, DIR. John s. Sewall and
William Speiden, who went out to
Japan as purser's clerk, and has been
connected with the New York customs
house for years. t
DR.. Sewall is the Rev. John 8.
Sewall, d. D., of Bangor, Me. He Is
an emeritus professor Of Bangor's
theological seminary, and is enjoying
a rest from his labors after 36 years
of faithful service.
when finished my college course
at Bowdoin / was in debt" said DR..
Sewall, in reminiscent vein. 81 saw q
chance to satisfy my desire for the sea
and pay off my debts at the same
time, so shipped for cruise on the
Saratoga. She was then fitting out to
go to the far east to relieve the ship
St Mary's, which had been on that
station several years.
I'VE were out there two years be-
fore Commodore Perry arrived. VIII
liam s. Walker of Boston was the
captain of the Saratoga. Rear Ad-
miral Stanton was then only a mid
shiman on board, in the same mess
with me during a part of the voyage.
Arrival of the Fleet.
"The fleet arrived off the coast of
Japan on the eighth day of July, 1853.
The lookouts at the masthead echoed
through the fleets the rousing call,
Land hot We rushed on deck. There
It was at last. A dark cloud on the
northern horizon, still shrouded in
mystery still inspiring the imagina-
hon with an indefinable awe, just as it
had years ago in our studies at school.
"Our squadron comprised two steam
frigates and two sloops of war For
equipment, we mustered 61 guns and
977 officers and men-quite respect
able force for those times.
"Such a warlike apparidon in the
bay, small as it was. created tre-
mendous sensation. A Japanese writer
said of our arrival: THE popular com
motion in Yeddo was beyond descrip.
tfon. The whole city was in an up
roar In all directions were seen
mothers flying with children In their
arms and men with mothers on their
backs ftN
I'VE were quite unconscious OF all
this confusion in city Of more than
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-12-27
CUPID IN THE CORNER.
Ono Instance in Which His Dart
Failed in Its Purpose.

When people first saw Nathaniel
Seaforth they nearly always exclaim-
ed: What a dear old gentleman!"
When they knew him better, they
generally added: But bit too fond
of interfering"
For Mr.. Seaforth was the sort OF
man who prided himself on taking
an intelligent interest" in other folks
affairs.
Now, of all things. he 'loved" q
love affair He invariably scented it
afar off, and did his best to help 1t
along. One day he was comfortably
esconced in an electric car when two
young people entered-a girl and a
man. There were only two vacant
seats, and they, alas, were on oppo-
site sides of the car, and at different
ends.
The young people seated themselves
in these, but Immediately Mr.. Sea-
forth, with a benign smile, rose cum
brously, and gripping each successive
strap in hazardous fashion, left his
seat, which was next the young wom-
an, and accosted the astonished young
man at the other end of the car.
Take my seat" he said, in the
voice of one who would add, "and my
blessing, too" The young man obedi-
emily stumbled to the other end Of
the car.
The eyes of the whole company
were riveted in sympathetic interest
on the blushing couple now reunited.
and Mr.. Seaforth chuckled into his
venerable beard as he said to his
neighbor:
Il don't like sweethearts to be sep
arated. l was young once, myself"
Fares, pleased"
The conductor approached, the
young woman dived into her purse and
paid for herself. while the young man
paid his nickel?
Had they quarreled?
The company were more interested
than ever. The young man hastily.
the girl in stony silence. At last an in
got out at the next corner. passing
quisitive but kindly disposed old lady.
who could no longer restrain her Curl
osity, turned to the girl:
why don't you kiss and be friends.
my dear?"
I've never seen the young man be-
FORE" was the frigid reply; and, fol-
lowing the direction of her angry
glance, the entire company gazed in
silent condemnation at the would-be
Cupid in the far corner.-Chicago
Tribune.
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chief should be the wife of the presi-
dent, ex officio. and of each succeed
ing republican president, with regents
and vice-regents In Washington, and
in the states where the league may be
established. The yearly dues and
membership fees would form fund
which could easily be added to by sub
scriptions, when needed, and the only
pledge required of the members OF the
league would be that by their personal
exertion they procure, outside of their
own family connection, one or two
votes at most to be cast at the gen.
eral elections for the Republican party.
The question of a national flower
has been a matter of discussion for a
long time, but the golden rod grows in
every state of the Union, and as its
color suggests sound money" what
better emblem could be found for the
party which has taken that issue as
part of It's political faith? With the
general election every four years, with
no prime minister whose tenure ex-
tends indefinitely, we lose the pretty
custom which obtains in England,
where Primrose day" is celebrated
by wearing primroses and by decking
Beaconsfield's grave with the bright
eyed flower of spring. That, no doubt.
would save the woman who may
choose to inaugurate a league such as
described the reproach of the Anglo
phobists-that we are becoming un-
American, and even that awful thing,
imperial, by sharing the old honor
with old England of maintaining a
floral and political society.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-12-27
Flagship ofCotf1-
t11OdOre Perry
Opened up Ja-
pan to the Corn
rnerCe OF tin g
World, ard Now
a Boston Firm
Wi11Strip Heron
tf1o junk Heap.

Boston.-Just at this time, when the
finest fleet ever assembled under one
nag has started on it's record-breaking
voyage, it is interesting to record the
passing of the last of the vessels that
made up the squadron under command
of Commodore Perry when he sailed
into the Japanese harbor of Yedo in
July, 1853.
Queen of the fire vessels of the
western barbarians," she was once
called. Now she Is to be demolished.
Exit the Saratoga!
1t is still name to conjure with in
far Japan. And in American history
the stanch old sea fighter will be insep-
arably linked with Commodore Mat
thew Calbraith Perry's epoch-making
trip to what was then land of mys-
terry and of dreams. For that trip and
the commercial treaty signed there
opened up the Japanese empire to the
commerce of the world.
Battered and full Of years, the grand
war hulk has been lying dismantled at
League Island navy yard. Now she be-
longs to Thomas Butler &c Co. of Bos-
ton. She will be taken to Philadel-
phia, where will be performed the last
sad rites of this former pride of the
American navy.
Only Seven Survivors.
There are those who will mourn her
with a personal loss. Seven men yet
live who made that memorable trip
with Perry in the fifties. All but two
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-12-27
TOOK NO CHANCES.
But They Gave the Judge an oppor-
tunity to Be Generous.

The recent agitation for the better
safeguarding Of money deposited by
clients with solicitors must not be al
lowed to suggest that all solicitors do
not look faithfully to the pecuniary
interests of those who put their trust
in them. Especially is the contrary
true in the case where A having
placed a sum in the hands of b.
has been compelled to hand 1t on to
greater man in the person of G.
For example, a judge, now deceased.
had many briefs on hand at the mo-
ment of his elevation to the bench.
A solicitor who had instructed him
in one case called and suggested that
as his client was not rich man, the
new Judge might properly return the
sum which he had been paid for the
conduct of a case which he could no
longer take.
His lodrship was profoundly sensi-
ble of the morality Of the suggestion.
It ought undoubtedly to be done
nothing could be more just; but then.
It was not for him to establish pre-
cedent which would be unwelcome to
the profession. He was naturally or
a retiring disposition.
Exactly, my lord" answered the
solicitor I'VE quite anticipated that
YOU would experience such difficulty.
and for that reason we have stopped
the check"
Whether the language tho new
iudge must have used, II only to him
self, was of judicial nature the
chronicles do not relate. 1t may be
taken. however, that it would have
sounded odd from the bench. and
must have been blacker than the
black cap.-London Sketch.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1907-12-27
LAST DAYS OF
THE STANCH OLD
SHIP SARATOGA

100000 souls. We had no idea we
had frightened the empire so badly
as the capital was 40 or so miles away
from our anchorage. AS we proceed.
ed up the harbor, boats fed away from
us as though in mortal fear.
by the time we we're we'll anchored
and shipshape the city officials took
heart. Swarms of picturesque man
darins came off to challenge the
strange arrivals and to draw around
the fleet the customary Gordon of
guard boats. They even tried to make
fast their boats to our ships.
This began to look like being in
custody. The American ambassador
had not come to japan to be put under
sentries. He notified the mandarins
that his vessels were not pirates and
need not be watched. They pleaded
Japanese law. He replied with Ameri-
can law. They still insisted. He noti.
fed them that IL the boats were not
instantly withdrawn he would open
his batteries and sink them. That was
entirely convincing. The guard boats
stood not on the order of their going
"The fire vessels of the western bar
barians are coming to defile the holy
country" said priest and soldier to
one another.
Japs Gazed in Wonder.
The boatman at his sculls and the
junk sailor at the tiller gazed in Won
der at the painted ships of the west
ern world. The farmer, standing knee
deep in the ooze of the rice fields,
paused to marvel.
Had the barbarians harnessed vol
canoes? With wind blowing in their
teeth and sails furled, the monsters
curled the white foam al their front,
while their black throats vomited
sparks and smoke. To the gazers at a
distance, as they looked from their
village on the hilltops, the whole
scene seemed a mirage created by the
breath of clans. Such, their child
hoods beliefs taught them, must be
the case.
Boats dashed here and there about
the harbor, like flock of frightened
gulls. They fed. Then paused, to see
how far behind the strange visions
were now. Surely they were doomed,
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women should be brought to JapuA."
Commodore Perry informed them that
II such a clause were put in he would
be afraid to return to America. Thare-
after all was good humor, the clause
was stricken out and the treaty of
commerce was signed, throwing open
the ports of Shimoda and Hakodate.
Career Of the Saratoga.
The Saratoga was built in Kittery
Me-, in 1912, when New England was
at the height of its fame in the ship
building world 1t was named for the
flagship of Commodore oliver Perry,
the famous brother of the Japanese
hero. This flagship won the battle of
Lake Erie in the war of 1872.
She did some useful work as one of
Commander Perry's fleet which went
to punish the piratical black tribes
along the African coast. Village after
village was burned during these op-
erations, and once the commander
himself only escaped death at the
hands of King Crack-O, who was the
possessor of scythe-like sword, by
his own courage and agility and by
the quickness of a sergeant of marines,
who shot the king.
The Saratoga was also present dur
ing the Mexican war, when Commo-
dore Perry, then Capt. Perry, saved
the situation for the American forces
with his naval guns. After returning
from her long service in eastern wa.
ters, part of which was Commodore
Perry's mission, the Saratoga was
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Political Clubs
for American
Women
By Jeanie G. Lincoln

. By Jeanie G. Lincoln q
Well-Knom Washington Woman
Advocates the Founding of
Political Society for Women
The League of the Golden
Rod" Might Be Made Similar
to 1.-The Primrose Club" of Eng
land--Woman's Influence Should
Purify the Ballot.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1907-11-15

Trial Catarrh treatments are being
mailed out free, on request, by DR.
Shoop, Racine, Wis. These tests are
proving to the people without a pen.
ny's cost-the great value-of this scien.
tific prescription known to druggists
everywhere as Dr.. Shoop's Catarrh
Remedy Sold by Pollock 4 Hennessy
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MOVING PICTURE SHOW.

Messrs. G. n. and ;. NJ. Leonard, of
Detroit, opened a series of moving pic
ture entertainments in Central Hail.
Yale, last Monday and Tuesday eve
nings, and will continue the perform
ances each week during the entire fall
and winter season if the patronage will
guarantee il.
The entertainments already given
were well patronized and we hear moth
ing but words of commentator in the
way it is conducted. The program
consisted of motion pictures, illustrated
songs and other features, and will
change weekly.
1t is the cleanest kind of show, not
an Objectionable act in it and is the
proper entertainment of the day.
You may go in at any time you
please and always see complete per-
formance. BE sure and attend next
Monday and Tuesday evenings. 1t
will cost you only dime and you will
be well repaid for your time. Show
runs from : until 10:30 each evening.
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HERB WEIGH MAY DIE.

In a letter TO Anthony Welch from
his daughter, Mrs. Ward, of Los Ange-
les, Cal, she informs him that his son
Herb attempted to commit suicide by
the bullet route on Monday morning
Nov. 4th, 1907, i'm the Hiawatha rooms,
100 North Broadway, in that city. The
bullet went through the body and the
doctors are of the opinion that the
spinal cord is pierced, as he is par
alyzed from the region of the heart
down. and say if such is the case he
cannot live. She says the physicians
would operate on him, and if the bul.
let is only lodging against the spine
and can be removed he may recover
The Los Angeles papers say that he
will not tell the reason why he tried to
kill himself except TO say II was over a
woman, and that he would carry her
name with him TO the grave.
Herbs many friends here are anxious
ly awaiting further news and hope the
operation will help him and that he
may recover.
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FIRST LECTURE.

The first number of the High School
Lecture Course will be given Saturday
evening, Nov. 23 Col. Ham is sure to
give us a rare treat and we most sincere
ly hope that the people Of Yale will
turn out and give him full house. We
trust that the good people of our city
will bear with us and make the best
of the circumstances that two of our
numbers come on Saturday evening. |
could not arrange for the course until
early i'm September and then had to
take the talent we wished on the nights
still open and when each would be in
this part Of the country. Colonel Ham
speaks in Caro- Friday evening and
comes to us from there. Forget that it
is not night that would please you
better and give him a welcome that
will call forth his best.
We believe that we are offering to
the students and citizens of Yale and
vicinity a course of entertainments that
will please, entertain and instruct; and
one that is worthy of the fullest pat
ronage. Buy season tickets and attend
them all If possible. If you hold a
season ticket, two persons will be ad-
mitted to each number until the equiv
alent of five numbers have been used.
All numbers will be held at Central
Hall and will begin at 8 o'clock p. m.
Reserved seats on sale at Pollock q
Hennessys Drug store at 700 o'clock
on the Monday evening preceding the
date of each number.
y. j. Drouyor, Supt.
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oney apportioned:
SUES HER BROTHER. .N.LAW.

Mrs. Hannah Vaudeville has brought
suit in the circuit court against Hiram
Vaudeville, brother-in- law to recover
certain money and stock claimed to be
held by him. Mrs. Vaudeville states
that her husband, David Vaudeville
died Nov. 27, 1890, deciding to her a
farm situated in Lynn township. In
1899 she claims that Hiram Vaudeville
came to Lynn township from Armada
to live with her and work the farm
She now wants Vaudeville to explain
to the court and give account of his
transactions while OH the farm. Judge
Tappan this morning issued an injunc,
tion restraining the defendant from
selling or disposing of the property
Port Huron Daily Herald.
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OBITUARY..
BE still prepared for death and death or
life shall thereby be the sweeter-
Shakespeare.


Thomas Samuel Wilson was born in
the year 1887 at Houghton, Ont, where
he spent his boyhood days and grew to
manhood. In 1862 he welded the
woman Of his choice, Anna Loucks, at
Wakingham, Ont. Nine children were
born to this union, seven of whom are
now living. They are Emery of Port
land, Ore: Thomas at Marlette; Mrs.
Sarah Julian, East Tawas: Burley, of
Melvin; Charles, Stanley and Myra, of
Port Hope. All of the children were
here at the funeral except Emery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson came TO Michi-
gan in 1879 and settled on farm ~
miles west of Peck where they resided
for four years, then moved to Melvin
and he worked at his trade of shoemaker
for nine years. In 1891 he came to
Yale and engaged in the furniture bus
mess continuing in this line of trade
until about three years ago when he
sold his stock to the Newell Furniture
Company. March >, 1906, the wife and
lifelong partner and helpmeet was TAX
Ell from him by death. Soon after he
went to Port Hope and resided with
his two sons and daughter
Last Thursday morning while on a
visit to Yale friends and neighbors de-
ceased was stricken with paralysis and
passed peacefully away Sunday morn
ing Nov. 10th, at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Grant Holden. The funeral ser
vices were held from the house Tues
day afternoon at 200 O'Clock and were
conducted by Rev. r. o. Lawrason pas
tor of the M. +. church. A short but
impressive sermon was preached from
the text "And we all do fade as a leaf"
Isaiah 64-6
The interment took place i'm the fam
lily lot at Elmwood cemetery alongside
the body of his wife.
Mr.. Wilson Joined the Methodist
Episcopal church 81 years ago and
lived life consistent with that faith
to the end.
The children desire to tender their
heartfelt thanks to all the neighbors
and friends for the assistance rendered
and sympathy shown during the short
illness and after the death of their be-
loved father, Also TO the members of
the NJ. f. choir for the beautiful words
sung at the burial service.
e.
Rev. n. Beamer, FOR number OF
years pastor of the Presbyterian church.
es at Port Huron and Sandusky, died
in a Detroit hospital Monday morning.
For the past year he has resided with
his son in Port Huron and just recent
ly took up his residence in Detroit. The
funeral was held from the residence,
531 West Warren avenue, Detroit, at
| 80 Wednesday afternoon. Deceased
was well known in Yale, having been
here on several occasions.
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Movements ana Doings OF People That
You May Happen to Know.
1->,~.8G. ~.-RS > -Sa- a-s~SsDGsySDaS,

Grant Stanley, of Melvin, visited in
Yale Thursday.
VIM. Ovens and wife were in Port
Huron Monday.
j. G. Hart, of Detroit, is spending the
week among Yale friends.
Mrs. j. b. Paisley is in Port Huron
visiting relatives and friends.
II. +. Beard and daughter Josephine
were in Port Huron Saturday.
Mrs. j. A. MenZies and daughters
spent Saturday in Port Huron.
Dick McKenna, of Smith, is visiting
his parents and friends in Yale.
Wallace Ballentine, of Detroit. spent
the latter part of the week in Yale
Ira Bricker and wife were down from
Peck Sunday on visit to relatives and
friends.
Mrs. w. G. Wight and daughters and
Ina Wharton were Port Huron visitors
on Saturday.
a. NJ. Wilson, of Cheboygan, was
here this week attending the funeral of
his brother Thomas.
Mrs. +. II. Beecher goes to Marine
City today to remain over Sunday the
guest of Mrs. Roberts.
Daye Lutz has returned to Yale af-
ter spending several months in Spokane
and other western cities.
Jean Hayes was the guest of her sis.
ter, Mrs. Harvey Tappan in Port Huron
last Friday and Saturday.
James b. Blackford is home from
Posen where he has been for some time
doing the mason work on a bank build
ing.
Fred j. Chamberlain was home from
Detroit over Sunday, where he is acting
as juryman in the United States cir.
cult court.
James McColl went to Toronto, Ont.
Wednesday night to attend the funeral
of the six-mOnths-old child of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Livingston.
Mrs. Edward Andreae, MRS. Chas.
Rounds and Mrs. J. c. Holden were at
Brown City Wednesday attending a
meeting of the st. Clair and Sanilac
OES.
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CHOIR DISTURBS MEETING.

Rev. sam Bettes, the st. Clair county
cowboy preacher, last week struck
HaZelton, Indiana, and i'm the evening
preached at the General Baptist church,
During Che sermon the members of the
choir, three young men and three young
women, persisted in chewing gum. In
the middle of his discourse the preach.
er deserted his text and centering his
attention on the choir roasted the boys
and girls whom he said had disturbed
him by excessive chewing of forbidden
gum, The next morning he applied
for a warrant for the arrest of the
three young men on the ground of dis
turbing a religious meeting.