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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-05-15
A Literary Gem.

The following write UP of the marriage of his best girl
his hatred rival sent to the COURIER time ago.
thor is liable TO become famous in literature and art in the
future Will suppress the names OF the individuals con-
cerned and present apprective public this master
piece of invecye rcny and ridcule in all pis
ture glory. 1t read as follows:
SHOCKING TRAGEDY.
fearful Tragedy enacted POrters few days
ago. The self destruction of highly respectable, lovely
and accomplished young lady One more unfortunate
over the appalling precpice of Matrmony into the of
teachersia bridegroom Sunday morning, 1909, day
light dawned too fair and beasful for such deed
yet it done. While the radlent sunlight danced on
the newly fallen rain while every breeze laden with
Autumna music and perfume and all the landscape seemed
divine speaking peace and holy JOY Rev. j. B. perpetra
ae premedtated and monstruous malice he married Miss
Alice charming and beautiful girl IN the bloom of
lifes roseate morning to VIM. j. wretched, be-
grimed drudge. number OF attendants stood by with
formance ere it was enacted They stood and and
made no effort to prevent it. There to
And so another hapless girl victim bound for life
or DEATH for better or worse and is most frequently the
natures outcasts of natures everlasting peckng
blocks shma.ite indeed in whom IS necessarily much
guile.
Another greenhon couple have sauntered forth on the
worlds bleak highways and commons expecting to subsst
on honeymooncheese and from the Skies Another
pair of infatuated nnocens have set out to solve the aw
full problem of dividing by and sometimes by dozen
seeing how many or how much remains.
May Heaven who tempers the shorn Billy goat to the
east wind and gathers the calowest gosng under its
wing look down in tender mercy upon them; save them
al hard boiled egg and sad biscuit pilgrimage is ended
transport them hand and hand and heart to heart to that
better and brighter world above where the e9chers
from troubling and alone are at rest Is the prayer OF the
writer now henceforh and forever world without
! end one and inseparable Amen, Awomanl
JATlz LlMPBLACK.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-05-15
For WOndn's Eue.

In either accepting or bestow-
ing an attention. manage always
to make the party OF the second
pnt" feel that your action is a
peculiar tribute to himself For
Instance. don't remark to the
woman you are calling upon that
you've been on the war path all
afternoon. and hers Is the fif-
tenth visit you have accom-
rlishod. One would rather be let
alone than to be made to realize
oneself simply an insignificant in
cldent in a routine.
In. answering a letter. avoid
mentioning the weary magnitude
Of your epistolary arrears. Ii
isn't pleasant for your correspon-
dent, even by implication, to be
included among the bugbears.
No womanis is fiattered by the
enthusiastic announcement of 9
man that he would do anything
for ladiesl" Nothing for "th,
ladies'" and every thing, for "th,
.ady." would be more to he
taste.
Don't recognize the acknow
ledgment of a favor with tn
complecent generality, It's m.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-05-15
Mexican Maidens.

There is wonderful charm and sweetness in the home
life of Mexican families. Wel-bred Mexican women are
naturally gentle but they command obedience and though
they almost doze their sons they do not spoil them.
OF course there exceptions but those only prove the
rule
As for the girls respectable parent would allow her
daughter to be the streets after dark unless under the
of older person. trustworthy servant or an elder
brother Even among maidens of the humber classes
there sroing about in the streets of evening.
There is plenty of proper liberty for young girls and they
the objects of their parents tenderest love- but they
may not about without escort and they are watched
and guarded by their relatives by distant cousins OF
the other sex
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-05-15
Mounted Girls AS Escort.
ID Louisiana Beauties In Red Stockings 10 Attend GOeFROPnOr

Clad in red silk stockings and mounted asrde coal black
horses fifty of the prettest girls In louisiana twenty
fva blonds and TWENTY-FIVE hrunettes, will participate in
few days at Baton Rouge in the inauguration OF Governor
Jared Y. Sanders. ~,
The girls were selected by Miss Matte McCrath preSi-
dent o the Louisiana division of the Daughters of the
Confederacy who wanted the states representative beau
ties to paw tribute to the reform Democratic governor
Mss McGrah earnest supporter OF sanders during
real thriller.
The girls will be atred in white frocks Of msy gauze
with red hats Each beauty will be carefully drilled IN
charger.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-05-15
When the Katy-Dids Holler.'

When the thrashn is over,
An the late blowin clover
Is making the air smell sweet pink
An the corn is jumpin,
Jest fairly humpin',
With sun an with dew fer eat and fer drink,
When they're draggin' the Soller,
An the katy-dids holler
It's nigh about Heaven to me, then, ] think.
When the wind is idn'.
An comes along sidn
Its breath smellin sweet of posies an smoke.
An the marsh is gowin',
With goding rod blowin'
An the berries air red on the elder and poke,
An their draggin the foller,
And the katy-dldS hOller,
Life seems to me- then nicer'n joke
When the crows air yellin'
An the black birds air tein
Twenty dif'rent stories all ct time,
An the pumpkin is glistnin'
An layin' low listnih',
Err tryin' through the lane fence to cline,
An their draggin' the foler,
An the katy-did hoer.
Things seems to me, then, chirper'n a chime
Wnen the taters stop growin'
An' the holyhocks bowin'
An the frost sneass aroun like a thief,
An the shell barks air fain.,
An the jay-birds is calm
An the bushes trees gittin' yeller of leaf,
And th'er draggin' the foller,
An the Katy-dids holler,
It's paradise time, it's my candid belief.
They sing like theys crazy
Some a spurrin' some lazy
An they fairly load down ev'ry tree
With tn er foolish mad singins,
Tier arg 'yns and fingns,
What haint no sense fer's ken see,
But when Their draggin' the foller
And the D-ty-dids holier,
It's time thets mighty nigh Heaven to me-
S. B. MCMANUs.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-05-15
A Social Lesson.
. the Reantifnl Girl

See the Beautiful girl.
She is sitting Alone and Neg
lected in the Corner.
Across the room the men are
th-onging about the Fat woman
with the Read hair and Glittering
eyes and the tall. Angular wo-
man with the Worn-out complex
ion and Scrawny neck.
Why is the beautiful girl Alone
and Neglected?
Because she has no Past and
therefore, does not Interest tn,
Men.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-05-15

greatest pleasure to serve my
friend" Find something personal
TO say.
Receive a compliment. however
trite. to yourself or those of your
household as though the thing
extolled were a gracious and
neighborly discovery.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-05-15

The great speech-makers just now
are The C0uRrER's advertisers
They are talking from the band
stand. Read them.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-05-15

If you wish to be hated look in
credulous when some on declares
they never closed their eyes all
night"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-05-15

The brewers do not think that
temperance oratory should be
about nine-tenths froth, like a
glass Of beer.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-05-15

In every love affair there is one
woman that a man is trying to
get, and another that he is trying
to get away from.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-05-15

The country doctor may lack
urban polish. but hemakes up in
self sacrifice and extraordinary
versatility.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-05-15

The thing you don want some
one else may want. COURIER adv:
will sell them.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-01-16

Once Thaw called for u carriage at 3
q. m. and when told one was not avail
able became hysterica and fell prone
on couch
During the irrational outbreaks the
witness said Thaw's eyes were shiny
and had a vacant stare.
The separate incidents of alleged ir-
rational conduct on the part of the de-
PENDANT are being put in evidence by
Mr.. LittletOn as the foundation for
expert testimony that is to come. He
also hopes to accumulate such a mass
of testimony as to Thaw's erratic con-
duct as to make 1t impossible for the
district attorney to fulfill the task the
law places upon him of proving Thaw
sane beyond every reasonable doubt.
Criminal lawyers Of prominence who
are following the case outlined by the
defense and who are taking into con
sideration the fact that specific plea
Of insanity has been entered this yeal
declare that acquittal under the cir
cumstances can come only with the
added clause ION account of the insan
ity of the defendant at the time the
act was committed" This, 1t Is de
clared, would compel the presiding
Judge to commit Thaw to Matteawar
asylum, from whence a fight to prove
his present sanity and thus gain free
dom would have to be conducted
| through habeas corpus proceedings.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-01-16
MANCHESTER

At the annual meeting of the Fac
tory Point National Bank the following
officers and directors were elected:
President, E. l.. Wyman, vice-presi-
dent, E. j. Hawley; cashier, W. H.
Roberts; assistant cashier, j. H. Whip
pie. Directors, e. l.. Wyman, f. J.
Hawley, G.. M. Wall. H. w. Davis. w.
H. Roberts, H. N. Shaw, e. II. West.
The vital statistics of the town of
Manchester for the year 1907 have just
been issued by the town clerk, and are
as follows: 80 births of which II were
girls and 16 boys. There were 80
deaths, and of this 35 there were II
who had lived to 20 years of age, and
7 who were over 80. Only 6 children
died and the Oldest of these was IS
months; the average age of the others
was 63k years. There are 8 mar
riages recorded.
Miss Mildred, the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. w. II. Benedict of Manches-
ter Center, was united In marriage
Tuesday evening, to Orrin r. Buell. of
Wilmington. There were only few
friends and relatives present. The
groom was attended by his brother
J. Albert Buell., of Wilmington and
the maid OF honor was Miss Evange-
line Mixer of North Adams, Mass.
The wedding march was played by
Harry Stafford of Rutland, and Rev.
Vincent Raw of this village performed
the ceremony, the ring service being
used. Mr.. and Mrs. Buell. left on the
midnight train for an extended tour
south. They will be at home after
March LIST at No. A Mattison st. Spring
field, Mass, where they will reside.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-01-16

no recollection of what has transpir-
ed during that condition. The witness
knew Of instances In which the sub
conscious state existed for a period of
several months during which the sub
ject so conducted himself as not to
attract the attention of people about
him.
DR.. Shirres was recalled and testi-
fed that all criminals are degenerates
and that he assumed the alleged con-
fession read by Judge Bates contained
mistakes when answered the hypothet-
zeal question of the attorney general
Should he learn that the alleged con-
fession was made when the respondent
did not comprehend what he was say
ing 1t might make difference in his
opinion as to the responsibility of the
respondent.
Questioned by the attorney general
the witness stated that a person in
sub-conscious state has no recollec-
fbtion of what transpired previous to
the sub-conscious state.
Tn arguments began this afternoon,
States Attorney Meagher opening for
the state. He related some of the cir
cumstances of the crime and called
attention to incidents of Alfred Ma
hans life, showing the prisoners pow.
er to reason and his appreciation of
the gravity of his crime. Mr.. Meagher
made clear and logical argument
which appeared to have effect on the
jury.
Robert e. Healey opened for the de
fence. He will be followed by o. M
Barber for the respondent while At
torney General Fits will close for the
state. The case will doubtless reacf
the jury sometime before noon tomor
row.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-01-16
BATTLESH|PS ARE
ENJOYS OF OUR
GOOD WILL
Fleet Styled Messengers Of
Peace by President
BRAZIL'S RULER CABLES
Evans Fleet at Rio Occasion Of *.
change Of Tokens Of
Friendship.
BRAzIL's RULER CABLES

WASHINGTON, Jan. Astonishing
more than the usual degree Of impor-
lance attaches to the felicitous ex-
change between the presidents Of
America and Brazil over the present
visit Of Admiral Evans feet to Rio
owing to the significant expression
used by President Roosevelt In &C.
counting for the mission Of the battle
ship feet President Penna's telegram
to President Roosevelt follows:
II have had the great pleasure Of
receiving and becoming personally ac-
quainted with the admirals and cap
tains Of the American battleship feet
en- route to the Pacific ocean.
Il congratulate you on the success
full arrival Of so powerful and well
drilled a fleet at Rio Janeiro, and I
take keen pleasure In informing you
that the people Of our capital sponta-
neously and enthusiastically Joined
the Brazilian naval authorities from
the very first moment In the demon
STATIONS of fraternity and friendship
toward the American sailors and the
great republic Of the north, for whose
glory all Brazil utters the most cordial
wishes"
President Roosevelt's reply says:
II thank you for the kind message
which you were SO good as to send me
regarding the arrival of the American
feet at Rio. 1t has given me and will
give to the American people the live
lest satisfaction. We are all very SEN
sible of the courtesy and distinguished
hospitality with which the government
and people of Brazil have received our
officers and sailors. The warships of
America exist for no other purpose
than to protect peace against possible
aggression and justice against possible
oppression. As between the United
States and Brazil these ships are not
men-of-war, but are messengers Of
friendship and good will commissioned
to celebrate with you the long contin-
ued and never to be broken amity and
helpfulness Of the two great repub-
lies"
Upon the invitation of the Argentine
government Commander Cone has
been cabled instructions to make q
special visit to Buenos Ayres with the
torpedo boat flotilla.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-01-16
New York Markets.

FLOUR-Dull and barely steady; Min
nesota patents. S.49G5.s5; winter patents,
$i&N5.3; winter straights. A.0Oa4I5
winter extras, $3.75d420
RYE FLOuR-Fair TO good, A.sOa5i5;
choice to fancy. S.aq5g50.
WHE,AT-Further liquidation, based on
weaker cables, broke wheat about three
quarters OF cent per bushel; pit senti-
ment was quite bearish: May. N.lll2r
LIS; July. Sl.O5dl 06ls.
BETTER Creamery, specials, per
pound, 3lEc.. extras, SIC. firsts, &g2s
held. extras to specials, 2Sisp2Slsc; state
&c. process. specials. 23isc.; extras. 2isd
23c. ladies'. fresh. good To choice. lSqa0c
held, fair 10 choice 1Snlsizc.; packing
stock. No, !. Isle. rolls, fresh, fair to
choice l6dl9c.
ored and white, fine, l5&c large, colored
September. i5&c.; white. September, l5l4c.
good to prime, iini5c, winter made, llq
12c skins. good TO finest 9ullc.
EGGS-Fresh gathered, extras. 9aSc.
refrigerator, fancy. l9lsa20c.; firsts. lSa
TALLow-Firm; city Size; country.
HA9~steady: good to choice, sai.6.
STRAW-Quiet at 6Vkffl0c.
BEANS-Quiet; marrow, $3.50; medium,
s227l.a2so; peas. s.&g2g'ls; red kid
ney. s.
HoPs-Q Quiet; state common to choice.
1907 l2dlGc: 1906. 4uSc.
POTATOES-Fi and In fair demand.
Pennsylvania. choice, per bnshel. 15dssc
do. fair to good, 6bn6Sc. New York and
western choice, 7Sqi5c., do. fair 10 good.
6i665c.
LIVE PoULTRY-Quiet but steady;
fowls. i0ixGl2ikc. old ROSTERS, &C.: spring
chickens l0i.al2ikc.; ducks, l5ulic.
geese. iinl2c.; turkeys, Halle.
DRESSED POULTRY Steady and In
fair demand fresh killed fowls. choice,
1870: do. fair to good l2%al3c. old
ROSTERS. 9l4c roasting chickens, nearby.
nearby. choice to fancy False; do. fair
TO good, 15ml6c. do. western, choice TO
fancy, l5nl7c do. fair 70 good. l3alic
ducks, nearby. choice, iSdlic. do, fair
10 good. Halle; western, do, choice.
i2c; do, fair to good, 9Gilc.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-01-16
Science Gives Testimony.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-Evidence
brought out by the senate committee
on military affairs at its continuation
of the Brownsville riot investigation
showed conclusively that some of the
army ammunition issued to the troops
few months before the disturbance
at Brownsville contained anthony.
1t was not definitely determined that
the men of the Twenty-fifth infantry,
who were discharged on the allegation
of having participated in the Shooting.
had been served with any of the anti
mony affected ammunition, but In the
minds of some of the members of the
committee the belief became fixed that
the bullets dug from the Brownsville
houses were some of this issue.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-01-16
THE FORTNiGHTLY
Will Present Brownies Poem "Pipps
Passes" at Next Meeting.

The next session of the Fortnightly
which regularly would have taken
place on Saturday, January IS, has
been changed to Wednesday, January
%. The committee on art and music
who will have charge of the afternoon
have planned to give the club dram
attic performance of Robert Brown
ing's poem, "pippa Passes"
This meeting will be in Library hall,
thus simplifying the matter of stage
setting, scenery, etc. Rehearsals have
been in progress for some time, and
the club and its friends are assured
a pleasant entertainment. In order
to accommodate the younger members
of the club and those connected with
the school, the hour is changed to 4
O'Clock.
Please note change in date and place
for next meeting of club, which will
be on Wednesday, Jan. 20, at o'clock.
Committee in charge are Miss Nellie
M. Coffey and Mrs. George W. Reese
man.
Guest tickets may be obtained at
the door, or from Mrs. Ross. Price
25 cents.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-01-16
a5-YEAR HISTORY
Wonderful Compilation Of Facts In
1908 World Almanac.

The World Almanac and Enclyclb-
pedia for 1908, the 25th Anniversary
Number of that well-known reference
book, has just been issued. This year
it is much larger, more complete and
comprehensive than ever before, COM
prising 1000 pages and giving about
$4,000 facts and figures which may be
depended upon as being absolutely &C.
curate and right up to the last minute
of 1907. 1t is veritable library OF
universal knowledge between two
covers. The World Almanac is In use
in the public schools of Greater New
York, has been adopted by most all
the Normal Schools and hundreds OF
Public High and Grammar Schools
throughout the country. 1t is certain
ly a book that should be in every
library and in every home.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-01-16
CONCERT AND DANCE
Greatest Banjo Artists in the World
Coming Here.


Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick J. Bacon of
Hartford, Conn, who are called the
greatest banjo artists in the world are
to give concert and dance under the
auspices of Court Bennington, No. u,
F. of A. in Foresters' hall, Friday eve
ming, Jan. II. Tickets so cents each
at Gokay's drug store. The program
will be as follows:
Banjo Duett--
(a) Grand Concert Polka arr. Bacon
(b) Chinese Picnic arr. Bacon
Mr.. and Mrs. Bacon
Banjo Solo
(a) The Nightingale and the Frogs
Eilenberg
(b) At Husking Bee arr Bacon
Mr.. and Mrs Bacon
limitations
(a) The Village Church Organ
Mrs. Bacon
(b) The Coming and Going of Fast
Express Train Ton snare drum
Mr.. Bacon
Songs, selected, Mrs. Mary S. Healey
Banjo Solo
(a) Alice Where Art Thou?
Ascher
(b) Grand Valse BrilIiante,
arr. Bacon
Frederick j. Bacon
Banjo Duett-
(a) Selection From Famous Over
lures arr. Bacon
(b) Grand Fantasia, National Airs
arr Bacon
Mr.. and Mrs. Bacon
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-01-16
CANNES AS POLICE.
Belgian sheep Dogs Ready tn Hunt
Down Criminals.

Belgian sheep Dogs Ready to Hunt
Down Criminals.
NEW YORK, Jan. 16.-Four Belgian
sheep dogs and one Airedale that have
been in training for three months past
In the Bronx with the object of max
ing them members Of the police force
were pronounced by Deputy Police
Commissioner Arthur Woods TO be
ready for duty. and they will be as
signed to patrol service In the outlying
districts Of the city.
The police dogs are not bloodhounds
and are not expected to do any trail
ing. but will assist the biped patrol
men In running down offenders and
bringing them to the station houses.
Evil doors who may be pursued by VI
sions of their flesh being torn by the
sharp teeth Of powerful dogs VIII
breathe easier when they learn that
the police dogs are to be muzzled and
that 1t will not be possible for the an
finals to use their teeth on fugtives
from justice.
In Client, Belgium. where the dogs
come from and where they have been
employed in police work for many
years, no muzzles are used. and wrong
doors are frequently severely bitten.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-01-16
Is VANDERBILT SANE3
Miss Minerva Would AnnuI His Mar
riaGe to Mrs. Pepper.

Miss Minerva Would AnnuI His Mar
rage to Mrs. Pepper.
NEW YORK, Jan. 16.-On the ground
that her father was mentally incom-
petent Miss Minerva Vanderbilt asked
Justice Maddox In the supreme court
in Brooklyn to annul the marriage of
her father, Edward Ward Vanderbilt.
to Mrs. Mary Ann Scanned Pepper, the
spiritualist.
Miss Vanderbilt declares that her IA
Their having been adjudged incompe-
tent by sheriff's jury therefore was
not competent to marry.
In her reply to the petition Mrs. Pep
per-yanderbilt maintains that the san
ity of her husband Is still an open
question, as the case is on appeal.
The two were married on June l
1907. A few months later Mr.. Wander
bits daughter brought suit for the
return Of property her father made
over to his bride, and on the success
full issue of that suit she caused the
arrest of her stepmother on charges Of
grand larceny. This case is still pend
iu0
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-01-16
Town sinking Into Copper Mines.

MINAS DE RIOTINTO, Spain, Jan.
16.-This town is threatened with COM
plete destruction owing to the sub
sdence of the ground. Large gaps
are visible in the principal streets,
and 400 houses have been hastily evac-
uated. The sinking of the ground is
believed to be due to the caving in of
a portion of the copper mines. Minas
de Riotinto is famous for its copper
mines, which are among the most pro-
ductive in the world. yielding annually
about 10000 tons of metal. Upward
of 10000 persons are employed in the
miupS
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-01-16
IL ROADS REPRESENTED
Railroad Commissioners Hear Argu-
ments Against Proposed Order.

Montpelier, Jan, 15.-Twelve rail
roads were represented at the hear
ing before the board of railroad COM
missioners on the proposed order of
the commission that railroad compan-
les cannot set off cars and allow them
to stand within five rods, or such other
distance. as the board may direct,
from a crossing. Arguments were Of
fered by the roads to show special ca
ses in which the order would prove a
hardship both to the railroad and
shippers, especially in the small towns
where the highways and stations are
close together. The railroads were
given 30 days to file further answers
in writing before the board makes the
final order.