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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-07
DOMACI ZPRAvY.

Frank Balei a Vdclav Noll byli
vTyndall ' pondelf.
Geo. Weeks a syn barvi vnitfek
spolkove sine tento tyden.
G. G.. Blachnfk byl v Yankton
navstsvou v pondelf.
G. L. BooaG a 7. v. Ptak z Tyn
dali deli zde v nedeli navstevou.
Ptakav sklad drzi pc ruce je-
nom nejlepsf druhy stavebnfho
dffyi a materialu.
FIR. RokIsek a j. j. Wagner z
Lesteryille byli zde "a obchodem
minul5 patek.
Pokracovani jednanf okresnich
komisaru lie nalezti ma strane SEES
te tohoto cisla.
Dunn a lot ma prodej. Peknd
mastal a iine vystaynosti. TeotieI
Koletzky.
Zam5slfte- Ii stavet male net
velke, dejte vSpocet j. II. Queal,
usetfime yam penize.
Chcete-li dobre stavebni dffvf,
objednejte 81 no z Ptakova dfevaf'
sk6ho skladu.
Pi. Jos. V. Wagnera odiela dc
Milwaukee minuly patek k vii
opetnemu l6Geni sveho zraku.
TaborskS ml5n jiz obdrzel hla
zene valce a Dude pfistf pondel
hotov mliti zrnf ma krmeni.
Dffvfl dffvi! dffvf nejlepsi ia
kosti, "a ceny nejnizsi. Usetfit'
penez kdyz koupite cd Queala.
Ma prodej lacino budova Ant
Musilkav Tabofe. J. A. Wayne,
Tabor, S. ID.
Sebral jsem 2-leteho VIOLA, belo
hlayeho. Mattel jej obdrA pr
zaplacenf Gtrat. He. Miller. 81.
Jos. V. Wagner, Josef Hrusk;
a Jakub Wagner Sc sucastnili de
mokraticke schuze v Tyndall min,
lou sobotu.
Ora. Hessa prasek proti eervan
We vepffch ma prodej We 25ti liber
Mich pejlkach. d Vauka, "a $40
pejlek.
Dejte nam objednavku ma drate
ne okna a dyefe. Prodavame
lacineji nezli katalogove domy
QuealuV Sklad. .E,
KIDD ma mas napinac dratG a ne
potfebuie no necht jej laskave ma
rati, nebot je potfebujem pro jim
z&kazniky. J. ii. Queal.
Robert Vauk, V. j. Wagner
ATsI
PAM, Jakub Wagner, r. K. Nil
al. A. Dvofak byli v Yankton v
Gtvrtek pfi slavnosti uvftdnl Adm
rala Schleye.
Frank Petfik ma ozndmku svt
no zamestnanf stehovanf BUDDY
Jest odbornikem v tonic oboru
ma nynf ysecky pomdcky ku ST.
hoyanf bezpecne a pfesne.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-07

Skorpik a Kulis mali jednatels-
tvi v6hlasnych Shims bleskosvodu.
Hodlate-li chrapit sv6 budovy pro-
ii blesku, dejte Sc poucit mimi O
techto svodech. Jsou to ty neido-
konalejsf.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-07

We Watcrtown minuleho tydne
Sc zapoGalo S vyhubenim loupez-
INCH ryb, jake je jehlice, kapr a
buffalo, We vodach ~jezera Kampes-
ka S vlecnou sfti (seine) a Dude pc,
kraGovano talk dlouho, az vody ie-
zera budou zbaveny t9chtc druhG,
Ma Sc "a to, Re jmenovane druhy
ryb niGf chutn6 Silky b6lo-oke
Pr prvnim vytazenf 600 dlouhf
site Sc ulovilo mnoho set liber
hledan}ch ryb.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-07
TRIM cENY.
scHOzE MIsTNlcH spolKO.

spolek Zen sy. Ludmily, Cts. log, q
~. A. odb5ya sve schdze druhou
redell v mesici, We spolkoye Sinl. NJ.
Melmerova pfedsedkyns, Marie
SlmaDoya, taiemnice.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-07

Moderni Dfcyafi Ameriky, CTS. 9Os7
schize drubou sobotu kazd6-
no m6sice V SIM z. 6. b. j. Geo. A.
pax, eth. rada, Rubt. Vsuk, klerk.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-07

RytifI sy. Vaclava, CTS, So, ZCKJ,
odbfvaji schGze ctyrtou nedeli sazd6-
no mesice, We ~spolkov6 sini. Jan +
wagner, tai. Vac Hofacek pied,
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-07

ZCBJ CTS. Al, odbyvaji schulz dru-
hou nedell v nesici, We sye sini. FIR
Kostroun, pred, Joseiina VSborna
taIemnice.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-07

Qaelay sklad cbdrzel kdru ce.
drovych rozpoltenJch kuln do
plotu. Zasobte Sc temito, nezli
budou rozprodane
Ztratila Sc mi zebrovita lopata
ma poll pred dvema tfdny. Kdo
j Made prokaze mi yelke dobrodi
nj, kdyz il yratf. j. J. Kudrna.
Barnett hromosvody ma prodej,
lano 2 ciste mede; spolehlive, tr-
yanliv6 a bezpeGne. Prodavam je
lacineji NEIL KIDD jin5. JOS. J. Re
FAC. ST.
Josef Kyziyat, mas mistr zedni-
cky, zapocat Sc staybou zakladd
pro noyou residence Vac. Souhra-
dy, severne od mesta, tento tyden.
V Armour byl tento t5dcn dolfo
toven farmersky elevator ienz jest
34x34 a so stfevfcn vysokS a poi
me 30 tisfc busln obilf. Bude sta
ii $500,
Karel Wagner sem pfijel 2 Mid
land, okres Stanley, ma zacatku
a -. .... ..r. . -.. 49,.
tydne. Vykoupil tam pred nedav
mem pravo ma klein, a je jiz tam
odstehovan.
Ctyrlety hosik Vaclava Smolfka
byl phi hfe S velkym loveckSm
psem minuleho patku tfmto kous.
nut do nosu. Bvl pfivezen k DIR.
Blfzkovi, jenz zranenf oSetfiI.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-07

Do stavu manzelskeho vstoupili
v GterS We zdcjSim kat. chramu,
Frantisek j. Bdrta, syn manzeld
Frank Bartovych od Utica, a 81.
Marie Horakova, dcera manzeld
FIR. Horakov}ch, zde bydlfcich,
byvse oddani Rev. f.. A. Bouskou
Pc obfadech, svatebnf druzina til
nacti mladencG a druzi6ek, odebra
la Sc do domova rodiGI nev6sty,
kde uchystana svatebni hostina.
VeGer pax We spolkove SIM Sc
u~spof$dala tanecni zabava, ku
kter6 bylo sezvdno mroho hostd.
Mladi ~novomanzel6 jsou zde Una
mi cd d6tstvi, pozfvajf povesti t6
nejlepsf a mali velky poGet upfim,
INCH pratel Pan Barta zde provo
zuje feznictvi, procez Sc usadf zde
v Tabofe. Pfipoiujem sve blaho,
pfani, pfejice Jim st6sti a spokoje,
nosti v tonic stavu.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-07

Katolick5 D6lnfk, CTS. 3d., ~odbyvajf
schiize kazdcu druhou liedeli v mesici
ve spolkoye sini. Jan + Wagner,
pfed., Jan Syrovatka, tai.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-07

spolek sv. Jana q. 6. X. J. ii oddele
NJ odb5ya schGze druhou nedeli v me-
sfcl. Fr. Soukup, pfedseda, JOS. Mar
tinec, tajemnik.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-07

spolek sv, vaclava 2. 9. X. J. odby-
Va schGze tfeti nedeli V m6sici. j. v.
Wagner pfedseda, v. +. Wagner Ia
Iemnik. "
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-07

spolek sy. yaclaya, L 9. J. odbSva
schize prvni nedeli v mesici. Jakub
s,dlacek, ~pfcdseda, Tomas Kronalz',
tsjemnik.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-07

is made of durable galvanized wire and lasts a life time
Get your screen doors and windows from us; we sell
them cheaper than any catalogue house.
i. II. OJJEAL & Co. Al Jezewski, Manager
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-07

Praveho americkeho lysohlayeho
orla zastfelil v nedeli u sveho do
nova Edward Stava. Dravec ten
to poletoval mad jezerem blfze t6-
hoz mfsta, patrne "a pffcinou ulo-
venf divoke kachny, jichz jest tam
hojnost, Edward, vida iej, scho-
val Sc do blfzkeho lesfka q ma
stestf Sc dockal, re ptdk mu pfilitl
ma musku. Sotvaze doletl ma do
stfel, zarachotila smrtonosna rue
nice Edova az Sc hory "a fekou
otfasly do zakladG, a tom Okla
mziku orel, byv ran6n do kfidel,
Sc shatil k zemi. Ed1v pes pax S
MIN svedl pGtku, avsak druha ra-
ma jej ma dobro shrotila. Edward
, orla zabiteho pfinesl do Tabora k
vGli zjist6nf. Orel S roztazenfmi
kfidly m6fil 5 stop a 5 palcd. Byl
to sksostny exemplar, avSak Eel,
re 81 jej Eda medal vycpat. Zajis-
t6 pan Edward 81 zaslouzf "a tento
svGj Gin a dovednost nazev 'orlo-
hubitel'.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-07

Vyroznmfva Sc, re letos nebude
zasedanf kvetnov6ho soudu, ma
sledkem zdrzenf Sc sudfho Smitha
v okresu Charles Mix pc dobu
dvou tydnG. Pravnici jenz nell
k projednavanf sve pfipady pfi
zaseddni Sc dohodli ma tom, re by
1plne vynechanf letosniho zaseda-
nj ieiich klientIm neGinilo obtfze.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1908-05-07
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New-York tribune., 1908-07-05

really becomes conspicuous. hitherto, with the
exception of the Brvant-Wells investigation, which
could hardly be called scientific his pretenSlOnS
had not been seriously tested, and operating as he
did among avOwed Spirituallsts, he had enjoyed un-
limited opportunities for the preparation OF fraud
But henceforth Skeptcs well as believers having
ready access to him, he found himself not mtre-
uuentlv in a thoroughly hostile environment, and
subjected to the sharpest criticism and most TN
restrained abuse. Nevertheless, he was able not
simply to maintain but augment the fame OF his
Youth and, after a mediunshIp OF more than thirty
wears could claim the unique distinction OF not
once having had charge OF trlckery proved against
him.
Besides this. overcoming with astounding
the handicaps of his humble birth and lac OF educa-
ton his life was continued round OF social
triunphs Of the highest order for he speedily Won
and retained to the day of his death the confidence
and friendship of leaders of society every European
capital. With them, in castle, chateau, and man
sion he made his home always welcome and always
trusted and his days of greatest stress days OF
i'll health vilcaton, and legal entanglementS they
rallied unfailingy to his aid Add again that Kings
and Queens We'd with another III entertaining
idea of the heights scaled by this erstwhe Connectl-
cut country boy
He began rnodestly enough by taking rooms at
quiet London hotel; where his fame having spread
through the city. he soon had the pleasure of giving
a s6ance to two such distinguished personages as
Lord Brougham and Sir David Brewster. Both
retired thoroughly mystified though the latter some
months later asserted that while he could not
count for all he had witnessed, he had seen enough
to satisfy himself that they could all be produced
by hands and feet "a statement which, by the
way was at variance with one he had made at the
time and involved him IN a most unpleasant con-
trOVersy.
New-York tribune., 1908-07-05

William intended using instruments specially de-
signed for test purposes. which he vas confident
could not be operated frauduently
But Home. the spirits, proved too strong
for even Sir William Crookes and his instruments
In Sir Williams presence, IN fact, there was n1u-
tpcatiOn of mysteries. The instruments registered
results that seemed IneXphcabe BY any natura.
law: lath cast CarelesSly on table. rose IN the
air nodded gravely 70 the astOnshed scientist, and
proceeded to tap out messages alleged 10 come from
the world beyond. chairs moved II gEJst-y fashion
up and down the room invisible beings l-ted Home
himself from the floor; spirit hands were seen
and felt an accordeon held by Sir William. plsTed
tunes apparently of its own vOlltl0n. and aterwa1
1Oated about the room, still playing And all TINS,
according TO the learned investigator. III private
room that almost up to the cOmnenC e-lent OF the
seance has been occupied as living room and SUI
rounded by private friends of my own Who not ONLY
will not COuntenanCe the slightest deception but VINO
are watching narrowly everything thar -aes place
In the end. so far from annOunc.rg that ne had
convicted Home Of fraud Sir William published an
elaborate account of his seanCeS. and gave It as MS
solemn belief that with Homes assistance ne aa1
succeeded IN demonstrating the existence OF
hitherto unknown force. This was scarcely what
had been expected by the scientific world when
had eagerly awaited his verdict and ui was the
tumult that followed But Sir William stood man
fully by his guns: and Hone.-baud --scrutab-e
mysterious HOme-hgurative ShruEg.-g his shout
ders at denunciatIonS TO which by this time ne h41
become perfectly accustomed. added mother lea-
To his spIritualStIc crown of lau-e-~ and 9etooA
himself anew 10 his friends the Continent Wner7'
despite increasing Ill health, he continued % PROSE
cute his mission for many pr9sper.4- wears
New-York tribune., 1908-07-05
Basis of Lytton's Lamont "

A FIER BrOughdm and Brewster came long
n succession OF other notabes. including the
ing experience was granted Rapping away
usual, the table suddenly indicated that 1t had a
message for him, and, the alphabet being called
over in the customary sprltualstlc style 1t spelled
out
4 am the spirit who influenced YOU to write
Indeed" quoth Lytton, with a skeptical smile
Suppose You give me a tangible proof OF Your
presence.
Put your hand under the table"
No sooner done than the invisible being gave
him hearty handshake and proceeded:
We wish YOU to believe IN the 1t stopped,
In what: In the medium:
"No."
At that moment there. came gentle tapping on
his knee and looking down he found it a small
table Lytton, the story goes, begged permission
to keep the cross as a souvenir, and promised that
he would remember the spirits injunction.
For Home of course, the incident was a splendid
advertisement, as were the eXtraVagant reports
spread broadcast by other visitors. Consequently.
when he moved to Italy in the autumn as the guest
of one of his English patrons, he gained instant
recognition and was enabled TO enter with phenom-
enal ease upon his Continental crusade
In order reach the most striking manlteSta-
tiOns of his peculiar ability must pass hurredly
over the events of the next few years though they
were perhaps the most picturesque of his career in
cludinp as they did sGanceS with the third Napoleon
and his Empress with the King of Prussia, and
with the Emperor of Russia. In Russia he was
married to the daughter of a noble Russian family,
and for groomsmen at his wedding had Count
Alexei Tolstoi. the famous poet and Count Bob
rinski one of the Emperor'S ChamberlanS This
in 1883 and shortly afterward he returned to
England repeat his sprltuastlc trumphs OF
1855 and increase the already large group OF IN
fiuential and titled friends whose doors were ever
New-York tribune., 1908-07-05
A Famous Scientists Tests

THE publication of this evidence and OF the de-
tails of the mid excursion provoked. as may
be imagined. heated discussion, and doubtless had
considerable influence in inducing the famous SCI
OF experiments that he carried out with Home
two years later This was at once the most search
ing investigation to which Home was ever sub
jected, and the most signal triumph of his career.
satisfaction by the critics of spIrtuaSm III general
and of Home in particular Here, it said
fully qualified to expose the archimpOstor who
had been so Justly pillorled IN Brownng'S % Mr..
Sludge the Medium here a scientist, trained
to exact knowledge and close observation who
would not be deceived by the artful tricks OF
jurer. 1t pleasant to learn that IN order 20
cIrcumvent any attempts at Sleght OF hand, SIR
New-York tribune., 1908-07-05
Only One Reverse

A 5 a matter of fact. throughout the 1--.'d OF as
medIumShip, that is To say. --- 1881
1880. the year of his death he eXpere--ei only one
serious reverse. and this did not involve any eX-
posture of the falSIty of his claims BIZ E was ser
Gus enough in all conscience and calls .1- mention
both because 1t emphasizes the contrast between
his earlier and his later life and be-ac-e It tnrs"s
a luminous sidelight on the methods . "Aicn Ae
achieved his unparalleled success. w --. ne "1S -
London IN 1907 he made the aCqual-- ne OF 'l
elderly inpresSIonable EnglIShwOman ned Lyon.
who immediately conceived warm a--- --r,lenl -l-
him and stated her intention of adopr- ,-r as le,
Carrying out this plan. she settled " nm 'O
snug little fortune OF one hundred and 1ty JHo--
sand dollars which she subsequently n.-.tSed u-I
it amounted TO no less than three hurd-- caolS2n!
dollars. Home at the time was a w-d --, ana .l
was his belief as he afterward stated II court 'a@'
the woman desired him 70 marry her
In any event. her affection cooled as r-pilN = =
it had begun and the next thing he knew ne "a5
being sued for the recovery OF the t1-et IuiidleI
thousand dollars. The trial was a Celca-ared casS
IN English law Lord Dunraven. Lord tra"ioII1'
and other of Homes titled and IuTiUe--a- 1rieiiS
hurried to his assistance and many We-- the aI1."1
Wits forthcoming TO combat the content,l1S OF y'.
Lyon, who svore that she had been lr-oenced =
adopt Home by communications alIegci 90 co-'
through him from her dead husband II me A-I-
self denied that there any TlaniteSta-1nS "A'-
ever relating TO Mrs. Lyon whose story. IN tact NS
dSCredited cross examination thl- the P,-
siding Judge the vice chancellor, CauSt,-d-ly de:
clared that her testimony was quite uoH 3rtny - :,
belief. Notwithstanding this. he did not leSi.@.-
10 give Judgment IN her favor. the ground thi.,
however worthless her evidence. 1t had not oe1.
satisfactorily shown that her gifts % Home W.. W.
acts of pure volIton the PreSurnPtion beng i IA
no reasonable man or woman would have purSus'
the course she did unless under the pressure oi "1
due influence by the party 70 be beneh'ed
Hypnotism the Explanation
IF for undue influence" we read hvpuotlsm We
shall have sufficient and what seems q oe = L
only satisfactory, explanation OF the Lyon ePl'''
New-York tribune., 1908-07-05
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR JULY 5. 1908


it is difficult indeed to how he could have Ivedi
for his time almost altogether devoted TO the
practice of spIritualis, and he was never known 10
accept a fee for a seanCe. As 1t was, he lived very
we'll now the guest of one, OF another and the
frequent recipient of costly presents From England
he Jared back to the Continent again traverslng 1t
by leisurely stages. Thus nearly decade passed
before the occurrence OF the first of the several Phe-
nonena that have won Home an enduring place
among the greatest lights OF sPritualisn
The Triumph of Levtation
A T that time his English patrons included the
"A Viscount Adare and the Master OF Lindsay. who
have since become respectively the Earl OF Dun
raven and the Earl of Crawford They were sitting
one evening December 10, 1909 in upper room
of house in London with Home and Captain
Wynne when Home suddenly left the room and
entered the adjoining chamber. The opening Of
window then heard, and the next moment, 70
the anazement of all three, they perceived Homes
form floating in the dim moonlight outside the VIM
dow of the room in which they were seated. For
instant 1t hOvered there, at a height OF fully
seventy feet above the pavement, and then, smiling
and debOnair Home with them again. An
other marvel Immediately followed At Homes
request Lord Dunraven closed the window out OF
which the medium was supposed to have been car
ried by the spirits, and on returning observed
that the window had not been raised a foot and he
did not see how man could have managed TO
squeeze through 1t.
Come" said Home. Il will show you" To-
gether they went into the next room
He told me, Lord Dunraven reported, TO
open the window it was before did so. He
told stand little distance OFT he then went
through the open space, head first, quite rapidly.
his body being nearly horizontal and apparently
rigid He came in again feet foremost, and we
turned to the other 1t so dark could
not see clearly how he supported outside He
did appear to grasp rest upon the balustrade,
but rather be swung out and in
To Lord Dunraven and Lord Crawford again
was given the boon of witnessing another OF Home
most sensational performances, and on more than
one occasion. This may best be described III Lord
Crawfords words, related in his testimony
to the London DialeCtICal SOCetys committee which
in 1900 undertook inquiry into the claims OF
spiritualism.
- saw Mr.. Home declared Lord Crawford. elon-
gated eleven inches IN trance L measured hlm
standing up against the wall and marked the place.
Not being satisfied with that. l put him in the
middle of the and placed candle in front OF
him. to throw shadow on the wall. which |
also marked. When he awOke | measured HIM
again his natural size, both directly and by the
shadow, and the results were equal. | can swear
that he was not off the ground standing tptoe.
| had full view of his feet, and moreover
gentleman present had one of his feet placed over
Homes Insteps | once him elongated
horizontally the ground. Lord Adare
present, Home seemed to grow at both ends,
and pushed Adare and myself away
New-York tribune., 1908-07-05
Hypnotism the Explanation

IF for undue influence" we read hvpnot,sn, W. vs.
shall have a sufficient and what seems t' oe -.
only satisfactory explanation OF the Lyon ePi'''-
C5y-rasf 5r glgs -
Amador ledger., 1908-09-11
GRATING.
A Lesson In Horticulture With One
Serious Omission.

Lesson In Horticulture With One
Serious Omission.
My neighbor Brown came to the gar
den fence and said:
How do you do your graftingp
MY grafting?" said I.
Yes grating apple trees. I want
to try it myself"
"Ohr' | exclaimed. Eyes, yesl We'll,
in the first place, begin by lying
that is, | lie in bed to think the whole
thing out in every detail. / watch my
opportunity, and on the first fine day
steal a few hours from my business.
Then | borrow a saw-a steel one
| want to graft of some of its larger
branches This try to do in such a
way that the loss of the branches will
not be noticed These limbs should
not be left lying-that is, lying on the
ground. They are unsightly and may
attract the attention of passersby.
They should be hustled behind the lat
ticework screen at once. So far so
good. Now, let me see-oh, yes!
rob another tree of a few twigs hav-
ing buds on them and insert them in
the ends of the sawed branches on the
tree. Then l take some beeswaX and
tallow and melt them together This
must be thoroughly mixed. Work it
| for all you're worth to make it pliable.
| Finally with this l try to hide all APP
pearance of the graft, from sunlight
and air. and there you are-the job is
DONE"
Il see" said Brown. land l think
I'm foxy enough to do the trick the
lirst time trying Many thanks"
Shortly after | heard Brown telling
his wife how l explained the process.
This is the way he had it:
First" he says, you must be a
good liar; then you watch your chance
and steal half day from the COM
panys time; then you steal saw;
then you defraud the tree of some
branches. which you must hide, so no.
body will get on; then you rob some
bodys tree of twigs, put them in the
ends of the branches and cover your
tracks with beeswaX and tallow."
Said Browns wife: 81 don't think
/ that man can be trusted. He has two
kinds of grating mixed, and, besides,
he didn't tell you where to steal the
| apple trees. Judge.
Amador ledger., 1908-09-11
The Mouse Iran.

"The child is father to the man"
said an inventor For instance, there
was a mller's son who invented, at the
age Of seventeen. an automatic mouse
trap, a trap that used the recoil from
one mouse's capture TO set itself for
another mouse. This trap worked WE'LL
caught eleven mice at the first go off
and soon rid the miller's mill of its
mice myriads. Well, sir, the boy in
vertor OF that mouse trap used the
traps recoil principle for his greatest
invention. the Maxim gun, for it is
Sir Hiram Maxim I'm talking about
and If you go to the Maine village Of
Sangeryllle they'll show you there one
of the automatic rapid firing mouse
traps that presaged the famous Maxim
gun"