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Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-25
HubblGtOn.

hubbleton, Dec. 23.-Margaret and
Este.le EDgelhart, Ella Powers and
Esther King attended the Teachers
Institute at Waterloo, Saturday.
Edward Maldaner was Chicago
business visitor few days this week.
MIS-. Edward Rreitenbach aud
children, who were visiting several
weeks at the home of Lousie BreIten-
bach, left Saturday for Lowell tu visit
among relatives until after New Years
when they will leave for their home
in Kansas.
Olney Edwards was a Watertown
visitor, Saturday.
Miss Katherine McGovern is spend
irg sex eral days this week at Water
town.
John Engeltart. of EIdorado, was
guest fer several days this week at
the home of Jacob Engelhart.
Co. Supt. Thurne and Pruf. W. A.
Cheever, of the Milwaukee No. nal, =,
visited the village school, Friday.
Mis- King closed school Friday for
the holidays.
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Wisconsin Cheese Makers

The Seventeenth Annual convention
of the Wisconsin Cheese Makers asso
citation, the largest organization nf it's
kind in the world, will be held in the
city of Milwaukee, January 6, and
8tb. 1909.
Headquarters will ue at the Repub-
lican House, whers club rooms ana
halls tor the cheese and dairy supply
exhibits have been secured The ses-
sions proper will be held at the Freie
Gemeinde hall in the same block with
that of the headquarters hotel.
The program for the three days
sessions include addresses of great il
4tSsest, MT oniy to practical cheese
makers, but also to patrons and dairy
farmers. The fancy or foreign cheese
interests will receive special attention.
Speakers of national reputation have
been engaged at considerable expense
to address the meeting, and men who
are continually experimenting and
inve estigating along the dairy lines
will be heard.
The monthly scoring uf cheese in
the Dairy School exhibitions will take
place in connect ion with the conven-
ton. The Educational Cheese contest
is open to the world. The cash pro-
rata premium fund and lists of specia |
pr ramiums are the largest ever offered
to the exhibitors in any cheese exhibi-
tion ever held in America.
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Had to Shoot the Horse

Monday nOun, while John G. Schu-
mann farmer living in the town of
LIZ ebanOn, was delivering live chickens
a. the commits. ion house of Edward
/ Gfaaszel, 800 West Main street. his
team of hofs0s, attached to bob sled,
became frightened at the street cars
and ran aw av. Be ng headed east,
they came down West Main street at
a lively gait and in front of the store
of D. L f. Kusel, colided with rig
belonging to Val West, who fortunate
ly Was sppriseG Of his danger in time
to jump from his sleigh, which was
q let badly demolished. The team
then continued It's fight across the
Main strest bridge and upon reaching
the corner of Main and First streets,
dOdg ed beween thu electric light poles
at the curbing aud the Bank of Water
town, it LOOKING at one time as if the
bewilderId horses would break into
the bank. The horses then fell and
getting up fell again, the pUbs going
over them, breaking the leg of one
of the poor animals, which necessi-
tated it's being shot to death TO relieve
it O. its suffering.
The owner is a farm renter and
poor man and his loss is a serious one
to him and this is good opportunity
at this Chr istmsstide for those gener-
ously inclined toward him in his mis-
fortune to make the opening of the
New Year une of rejoicing to the man
and his family, remembering. that,
"it's 8 more blessed to give than to re-
ceive" and that 'God loves cheerful
giver.' The interurban company
might start it with substantial dona-
ton.
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Mother's Coronation Dav.

That first Christmas was the moth
er's coronation day. Each recurring
Christmas perpetuates the memory Of
her great glory. In public and in pri-
vate celebrations of it hers should be
the central figure. Solemn giadness
AKIN TO the Creators satisfaction in
his Every good" work should fill her
soul
In Mr.. Harrison S. Morris beautiful
poem, Incarnation" we read how a
laborer, laden with 'a tray of tools, a
timbered frame" walked in the sun
shine through a city street
Nor knew that out of myriads one
Beside him saw a shadow run
That clasped the centuries in its shade.
But, like a loving spirit, there,
In even football at his side,
shadow walked thH pavement wide
With bended head AID humble pride
And angled cross aslant the air.
1t was as if the dateless sun
Forgot the years, the far abode,
And, 10, upon the sordid road
The cross worn Nazarean trode,
Holding the journey never done.
Every mother who holds her baby in
her arms repeats, unconsciously or con
sciOusly, the story Of the incarnation.
The blended shadow clasps the centu-
ries," past, present and to come, and
eternity itself ''in its shade" "-Marion
Harland in Independent
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then the window was lifted. She
threw out some crumbs to some cold
looking sparrows. The last rays of
the winter sun touched the fine, white
parting that separated the FURNISHED
waves of hair.
If he only dared speak to her! She
might misjudge him before he had 6
chance to show his Intentions. But he
would do it. He would seize the mo
ment while this fit of madness lasted
and speak to her. In saner mood his
courage might be unequal to it. He
hurried out of the room and stood, hat
In hand, in the court close to her win.
dow.
Il an your neighbor across the way,
mademois5lle," he said. ut is q
month since FIRST saw you, and I've
been wanting to know you so much,
so much. ] have no means of obtain
ing an Introduction, and at the risk
of your displeasure and your scorn !
have ventured to speak to you tonight,
to tell you how the little Christmas
carol you sang just now somehow
few straight to fellows heart and
made him think OF home and all the
old familiar Joys of the season.
He held out card. His hand sho0h
a trife. But the girl did not notice.
She was looking at him steadily, after
the first start Of surprise, the color
coming and going in her checks. Bui
IN her eyes was no fear, no displeas-
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Fine So cred Music Service

Congreg rational chuir and soIoists
pr erare an elaborate musical progr, m
of usual merit has been arranged for
the Ch, istmas exercises next Sunday
morning at II o'clock in the Congre-
gatioua! church. The choir is excep o.
tionally strorg and weil-b danced and
the anthems and solos have been
chosen with the greatest care. 4 vocal
solo by Mrs. Louis Nusnch of Milwsu-
kee, will be one of the features. The
subject of the morning sermon ia "Ehe
Dayspring.
For the vesper services at 40 o'clock
the Junior choir has prepared a special
program which will be appreciated by
all. The Sunday school, as body, is
invited. The pastor will tell an ori-
ginal story, "When Christmas Was
New"
The program for the morning will
include the following:
Anthem. Joyful Morn is Break
ing Oh ir and Tenor solo by Mr..
VIM. Richards.
Anthem, "Song of Praise the An
gels Sang" Choir and soloists,
Messrs. Exner and Wolfram and Miss
Alma Feldschneider.
Vocal Solo, Mrs. Louis Muench OF
Milwaukee.
Anthem. "Arise, Shine
"Hallelujah horus' from the
Messiah.
The vesper program at o'clock is
as follows:
Anthem, "Arise, Shine
Vocal Solo and Violin Obligato by
Miss Alma Feldschneider and Mr..
Frank Sloan.
Anthem, "Joy to the World" by
Leslie.
Violin Solo by Frank Sloan.
The general pIblic is cordially in
vited.
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told you a little while ago it was
your friendship l wanted. l was
wrong"
She made no answer, but stretched
out her little gloved hand to him,
then drew it back quickly unnotfced,
q singular smile on her lips.
You've known me for Il few houcs
only" he went on in a steady voice.
'and / understand what you think of
me for speaking like this. If 1 had
known you for years and had waited
and had the right to speak and keep
your respect His steadiness did
not carry him to the end of his SEN
tence.
Then she laughed joyousIy, deli
ciously.
"You are mistaken" she said. 81
have known you for years. l used to
chum with your sister Gertrude at
school, and you used to come down
from your university, and we'd take
walks. And we went up to all the
meets to see you run, and you used to
win. You called her your kid sister
and me the other kid and you kissed
me once. You've forgotten the little
girl who stood silent in corners and
looked at you with wide eyes. But |
couldn't forget. / used to have Ger
trude write me all about you till she
married that missionary and went to
live in China And then l had your
photograph-the one in your track suit
And just to think for a whole
month now you've been living opposite
to me, across the court, and l never
knew it! All, Lanse, I've felt for
years you would come to me, and when
l saw you tonight my first impulse was
to stretch out both hands and be so
glad, so glad. At once though, | saw
you'd forgotten, so determined not to
tell you who | was. | wanted you to
recall. When | spoke of your having
sister just now l tried to make you
recall, but I'm glad you didn't, be
cause it's me, all me, as | am, that you
love, and it's so good that way"
A little later through the frosty air
the midnight bells of Noel rang out
clear. Then at the last, very softly.
from a darkened room across the
court, Lansing Drake heard a verse of
the old Christmas carol he had sung
at his mothers knee:
The snow lay on the ground;
The stars shone bright
He bowed his head in his hands for
the great gift that had come to him
When Christ our Lord was born
On Christmas night
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ure, rather the expectancy of an eX-
plorer who venturing far, finds the
present good, though that to come be
unknown.
Presently they went out and hailed
a iacre.
"Where shall it be?" asked Drake.
"Laure's? Voisin's? Peters? No,
have it. Marguery's.'
So they drove to Marguery's, and
Drake ordered a bouillebafsse Ito be
quite seasonable) and a langouste
mayonnaise and bird and some
sweets.
They had very jolly little supper
indeed and no end of amusement
watching the merry looking French
people at the tables, all devouring
Douillebaisse and other nice things.
"And to think" cried the girl as the
clock struck II, shivering with pre-
tended alarm, that I'm sitting here
at this hour, unchaperoned, in q
French restaurant-with a man who
hasn't even been conventionally intro
duced"
Don L. CIlGu OIdhS dbiCpDs
Come! We must be going home. 1t
is a bit late"
She was silent while they left Mar
guery's and hailed a fiacre. Then she
broke out in a queer little voice that
was low and tremulous:
Il think you must have a sister. You
take such good care of a girl
The facre rolled into the glare of
an overhead arc light, and he saw her
looking at him with a half mysterious,
half divine gratitude.
please don't do that" he answered
in a hushed voice Something inside
him was pounding furiously. Some
thing at his temples beat and
throbbed.
Don't do what?"
Look like that"
She not only looked like that, but
more so.
Young man, young man." laughed
she, with mock warning. Il fear you
are wishful Of turning a girls head"
"The Lord be good to me.' he broke
out his pent-up passion of dreams
rushing to his lips now that the bar
rier fell Don't you see it's because
I-well, I'd hoped to pass the evening
without telling you that 1 loved you
that's why was hurrying you home.
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To Those in Arrears on Sub
sCriDtiOn

After the first Of the New Year, in
order to comply with the requirements
of a postal order issued by the Post
master General, 1t will re necessary
for US to drop from our subscription
list, the names of quite number Of
the subscribers to The Leader, they
being over a year in arrears on their
subscriptions. If they do not receive
The Leader, they will understand the
cause and not blame the publisher, who
can do no less than obey the order
mentioned. Yours respectfully,
P. H. Swift,
Publisher.
Weekly Watertown leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1908-1909, 1908-12-25
EVE
OF
NOEL
BY
Virginia Leila Went
coPYaIoHT, tooe er no1ga saRAcyz

~ m ERCI, monsieur" cried the
IVH concierge as he cbeerfuIly
lV e took the silver coin. "a
happy Noel, monsieurp'
Lansing Drake entered the little i'm
passe on the broad Avenue du Maine
shaking his shoulders, for his back
ached He had been working at the
Louvre for five steady hours-till the
very last fraction of light held out,
Why not? What part had he in the
festivities Of these happy French peo-
pie? Was not he one Of the homeless
ones, separated by the width Of an
ocean from his family?
IN his studio apartment he threw
himself on a diyan with a pipe and a
Journal Amusant But the Journal
was full of illusions to the season, ana
somehow he sighed The eve Of Noel
Christmas eve! 1t had been the very
best time Of the year over there in his
dear southern home. What were they
doing now? Getting the things ready
for the trees, and tying up the wreaths
of holly with red ribbon, aud hanging
a branch of mistle-oh, pshaw, what
right had he to think of such things
tonight?
A clatter OF sabots across the fla.
stone court-the small daughter of the
concierge fetching water from the
common tap; from the Boulevard
Montparnasse the toOt of a st. Phil
ippine du Roule train and then 81
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lence. Drake was picking up his pa
per again when

lence. Drake was picking up his pa
per again when
The snow lay on the ground;
The stars shone bright
All, 1t was the quaint old English
carol, with its liquid, sweet melody
which he'd learned at his mothers
knee, and it was the American girl
across the court who was singing it:
When Christ our Lord was born
On Christmas night.
No wonder the tears came to his
eyes. That particular carol and that
particular girl made up a combination
to which he was a bit sensitive If the
truth had been dragged from him.
Just that very morning he had writ
ten home:
There's a little American girl oppo-
site l don't even know her name.
but the mere sight of her keeps me
straight. She's all alone, and she's
evidently studying music. AS for her
singing, she has the most beautiful
voice the good God ever saved from a
lost violin, voice to make you
pray, little mother, to turn your laugh
ter to tears, to turn your tears to
laughter"
From the day when he had first seen
her, watering her geraniums on the
sill, the window across the court yon-
der had become a sort Of shrine. And
at each new glimpse of her an uniform
ed prayer of thanks surged up within
him that a creature so lovely had been
sent by heaven to keep the word
gentleman" stainless, to make 1t a
thing to strive for and to take a
cleanly comfort in.
She was stranger too. 1t was a
bond between them. Tonight perhaps
she was suffering like him from home
sickness and loneliness. How soon he
could make her forget all that! They
could have a reveillon of their own
and a jolly little supper laughing to-
gether in sheer happiness of a mutual
understanding of the Christmas spirit
abroad Unchaperoned? What would
they need of chaperon, they two
two toilers for the sake of art COM
rades in arms made equal in rank by
the blessed chance of being both
strangers in this wonderful old Paris?
There was a moving CLEAN Of some
thing behind the geraniums yonder.
The cheesecloth curtains stirred, and
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GOod Man Called

Rev. Philip Won Rohr died at his
home in Winona, Mimi, Tuesday
morning. The deceased vas one of
the best known clergymen in the Ger
man Lutheran church. He had visited
this city many times, being WARM
and helpful friend to the Northwest
ern university. The departed had
been i'll several months and his demise
was not unexpected, yet his going
will leave great grief and mourning,
fur he WAS beloved by all who knew
him.
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Have Levied an Assessment

The Busrd Of Directors of the n.
W. Creamery Mutual Fire Insurance
company of Juneau, have levied an
assessm ent Of one and one-bslf per
cent or one half times as much as
former advance premiums as marked
On the policies, tCgeher with two per
cent collection fees which must be
paid at the Citizens Bank of Juneau
before the 18th Gay of February. 1909.
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Will Celebrate

The congregation of the st. John
the Baptist Catholic church at Jeffer-
son. is perfect in arrangements for
celebrating the fftieth anniversary of
the establishment of the church. the
celebration to be held January 9, 1909
with appropriate services.
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Buy a Handful

Red Gross stamps can be obtained
at the following business places II
WatertoWn:
DRUG STORES
E. M. Stapleton-
Chas. Gamm,
Schempf Drug Co,
FL. L EberIe,
r. II. Brennecke.
DRY GOODS STORES
W. F. Branlt & Son Co.,
Beurhaus- Gloger Co.,
Strauss & Settle,
Chas. Fischer & Son Co.
CONFECTIONERY STORES
A. E. Bsunaun,
Radtke g. Son,
". II. Howells,
BOOK STORES
John 7. Ryan,
II. A. Sommsrs,
Mics Abbie Norton.
Jos. Salick & Son
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Gov. Hoard Ill

His thousands of friends throughout
the state will learn with deep regret
that Ex-Gov. w. D. Hoard is very
i'll, suffering with heart disease and
will send him goods thoughts for his
recovery at an early day. A few
munths ago, be bad very severe at
tack of the same disease but recovered
and will this time, for he is one Of
the men whom the public cannot
spare.
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If you are merry today, do Dot for
get those not as fortunate as yourself.
There is much misery in this world
Tighten it as you have opportunity
and do all the good you can while
passing through the world for you
will pass through it but once.
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Christmas at St. Pdul'S

There will be plain celebration
of the Holy Eucharist at Z 200 a. M, +,
a "high'' celebration at 1000 a. m.
During The second celebration the
choir, under the direction of Mr.. Ed
ward Schempf, will sing the follow
ing:
Hymn, clark the Herald An
gels Sing
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" r. ri ERCI, monsieur cried the
IVA concierge as he cbecrfuIIy
e took the silver coin. "a
Iarnv, ,,,pcfpr1rDs
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-09-17

)aper for postal orders is Of 2 some
What similar character to the paper
Or notes, but it is machine-made
and the sheets are large enough for
eight orders. A machine printing
po:tal orders will produce the enor-
nous number of about $4,000 per
day.
Immense quantities Of gold arc
bought by the Bank. The price when
10 to standard is fixed at 81. It's. Sd.
GER ounce, and it is generally offered
IN the shape of bars or small bricks.
Tnis bullion" is stored in vaults on
the east, Or Bartholomew Lane side
OF the Bank until sent to the Mint
10 be coined. Light coin is also test
Fl at the Bank 10y most delicate
md beautiful little instrument, and
when found wanting is retained an6
sent back to the Mint to be recoined.
The store of gold held by the Bank
is enormous, sometimes reaching to
10000, 900. and every note issued
has its equivalent in gold or govern
ment securities.
There are other departments be-
sides the Issue Office. There is the
National Debt Division, occupied
with Consols and Government secur-
tiles and all the public loans which it
controls and with the payment of
dividends theron; the is also the
Government Banking Department,
practically national treasury, and
a'so the Private Or ordinary Banking
Department. All the London banks
keep accounts here, from which they
can draw at need.
At night the Bank is guarded by
soldiers. A haif-company marches
every evening from Wellington Bar
racks to this financial citadel, and
the officers and men are regaied
with a good dinner before eommeac-
ing their watch and ward. A would
be burglar, even if ne were able to
get within the fortress, would be
likely to experience o foot of cold
steel Or q bullet in his body.
The Bank is little more than two
hundred years old. It's growth has
been enormous. At first some fifty
persons suffi:ed for its business; now
they are numbered by hundreds. Il
was founded in 1894, an enterprising
Scotchman named Paterson having
a part in the project.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-09-17

pike, and never t!i.E that the roats
| ,ading 10 the pike should he as goo d
as the pike. rods ever scme awful
roads and steep hills there last win
ter, while this summer / bowie d
along on some North Carolina roads.
never breaking a trot even in a hi!ly
country, for the road was graded
far better than the toll roads Of
Pennsylvania.
Good hard stone roads cost a good
deal Of money to build and keep in
repair. and they cannot all be built
at once, but North Carolina has
started in buiIling them and she is
not going to stop. Even In Meek
lenburg, where they have so many
miles of stone roads, noticed great
piles Of stone ranked along the other
roads, indicating that the work had
not stopped, and in other counties !
saw many miles of smooth roads,
and it is evident that the Old North
State is going to get there ahead Of
any other Southern State. She feels
the bad road tax and is going to get
rid of it.
No tax that could be levied for
making and keeping up good roads
will ever equal the tax now paid for
bad ones. Put that in your pipe and
smoke it, all you who are scared OF
taxation for roads.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-09-17
Mothers ahd Children.
(Harper's Bazaar.

Mothers wear themselves out and
do an injury to their children in not
teaching them to help themselves
and to be helpful to others. The care
that a child requires is very differ
ent from that which it may from in
diligence demand. II the child were
better for it ere would not grudge
the time and the weariness that the
mother or nurse spends, but the
child is defrauded in the exercise of
those powers which can only develop
by being put into use. It's better
for a child to go to sleep by itself
than when it is rocked and sung to
sleep. but as a general thing flothers
prefer the bondage of the process
of wooing sleep ior their children,
and SO tie themselves up and add
to their burden with'ou. in the least
increasing the comfort Of the child.
Mothers would spare themselves
greatly if they would only learn
that training Of the child begins
with the earliest weeks, and that
they can make the child understand
many things that they would rot
believe possible.
When the mother is demonstrated
with for spelling the child by over
indulgence, she will say: MY child
is different from others; she is mere
nervous. If do not take her up
she will cry and make herself sick.
The child in the beginning, finding
that the mother ran to it the minute
that it began to cry, Of course seen
learned this method Of summonirg g
her. 1t also perceived that the loud
er the cry the greater the indu'-
gence, consequently it develoi S
speedily into a despot, beneath
whose tyranny the mother grows
wan and pale. When it is said Ct
her: "She is perfect slave to her
children" she looks satisfied and
pleased, as if she had won a martyr S
crown, instead of which she has use
lessly squandered her strength, and
prevented the child from learning
proper habits, which are as neces-
sary to his growth and development
as it is that he should learn to walk
instead of creeping the rest Of his
life, because he may fall and hurt
himself, and cry now and then.