The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1908-02-13


p. A. BLISS. Editor and Proprietor.
SCOTLAND. SOUTH DAKOTA
The duke of B~ridgewater is set down
IN history as the father" of British
inland navigation" He spent his last
penny in constructing the earliest canal
IN England, AZ miles in length. uniting
Wofsiey with Manchester and Run
corn on the Mersey, above Liverpool.
IN this enterprise he even
ms credit, and was reduced to such
poverty that he had to live on bread
and water. But his farsightedness was
squai TO his public spirit. Great wealth
ultimately flowed in upon him. Thirty
1our years & this canal was pur-
chased from the present Lord Elles-
mere for $4,000. GOO, and four years later
was resoid to the Manchester Ship
Canal company for SIS. $50, 600.
The court" of the king of France
Us maintained in a p~retentious house Of
many gables at Wood Norton, just out
side the quiet and essentially English
town of Evesham. The famed royal
i1lies OF the Bourbon dynasty are dupli-
GATED almost to infinity on the carpets,
Geliings ana china of the establishment.
Ihe retainers, uniformed and numer-
Gus. address the duke as sire He
mas his chaplain and his chamberlain,
MS master of ceremonies and his lord
OF the b~edchamber, while the people of
the town of EyeSham, on the plea that
such p~ageantry is good for local trade.
Liiaintaln a guard of honor in uniform
1or the salutation of his majesty on
gala occasions.
Bridge, 1t would appear, is not quite
so modern a game as has been sup
posed. a correspondent of the Liver
pooi Post mentions a letter he has
received IN which it is stated that the
game was played as far back as the
los by III Greek colony in Manchester.
NO trumps' then counted 10 to the
trick. instead OF II. and four aces in
one hand so. instead of 100. The heart
was also known and prac-
'llced- There is, too, a pamphlet in the
british museum on 'Biritch," dated
1885. which gives a brief account of
the game. with the rules such as they
exist at present.
When a traveller enters a tavern in
ttouen or n other of the towns or
image about it cider is brought to
nun as a matter of course; it is the
universal drink. Unfortunately the or
binary brand is not first class. The
tstatus of cider as the local beverage is
frustrated in the fact that the cider
press was carried as the emblem of
:iocal industry in a pageant organized
Ao"S w 1piiilitIIlDTdle lne entry OF
Louis de Brezes, grand seneschal of
Normandy, into Rouen in 1926.
Lord Ellesmere. an intimate friend
OF Andrew Carnegie, has on his estate
Two CLOCKS which strike 13 at the hour
rof one. One of these was constructed
long ago by the Duke of B~ridgewater.
or under his direction. His workmen
were often late in resurning work after
tine dinner hour, and it was their plea
tlIidt Cney could not haar the oIn,lr
strike one. This excuse was not valid
a1,er the l3-clock was established.
Maurice Damour, a former French
consul in New Orleans, is in Chicago to
extend ms campaign of education the
french government and leading liter
ary men have inaugurated in the
,CHiled states in connection with
Erencn literature. He is a representa-
OF the government and the Cercle
;ue la Llbrairie. an organization of
prominent French writer's and Jour
nalists. ~
Senator Newlands, of Nevada, is one
OF the most ~approachable senator's. He
a firm hand-clasp. a welcoming
smile. and a good word for all, and. all
.nough ne Is not the least busy of the
senators. ne can usually spare q few
moments for the most CONSEQUENT
OF small talk, as Well as for the seri-
p
a strange military body is a troop
OF cavalry at st. de NORWAY, a prov
.nce on the east coast of Africa, which
under the rule of the French COVER
general at Madagascar. These SOL
diers go about their military operations
on oxen. The animals are lean crea-
lures and they move with surprising
rapidly.
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IS chief @N0nlE lorna 1T p1o Lo, e~..h-
ms second term of four years as gov
ernor OF the PassarmaQuoddy village of
Sebyck Me-. and. ike Mr.. Roosevelt.
ne mas declared against a denomination.
.ane ssalnaquod Indians are among
the Oldest In the country and were in
The same place as now three centuries !
ago.
New England has furnished nearly as /
many OF our present naval officers Of
nag rank as all the rest of the United
states combined. The highest officer
OF the navy. Admiral Dewey. is a native
81 Vermont. a state without a seaport.
OF the % rear adrnirals on the list eight
are New Englanders.
When The electrical project of the
Pacific road is carried out II
MI. cover l3t miles over a
accommodating all the freight i
'Anu passenger traffic of the Union Pa
lcif1c between central California ana
Hile East. In 83 miles it rises 1000 |
1eet an0 is full of sharp curves.
: II is said that the family of Auyustus
st Gaudens. at their New ampsh
come. have been forced to put up signs
FARMING away people who want to In
vquire about and IL possible to see the
servant Cir who was he's artists model
for the new coins.
Judge Sam White, of Baker City, the
Tenn Taggart of Oregon democracy, a
lew years g threw a S. hat through a
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