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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-02
Auction Sale
Of Personal Property N
WEST GARDINER
On the Clarence l. knighifarm
on High Street. Sale Tuesdaj jan
uary 7th, at 10 4. N.

re property consists of the foluwing:-
9 cows. yearling. pair extra god farm
horses. hay, straw, corn fodder, single
farm wagon. l single traverse runners.
poultry, l beach wagon with candy top. l
sleigh, l 2-horse farm wagon, 2-horSe
dump cart. l set double sleds With body.
l-horse tip-cart. hay rack, l INV now
ing machine. hay rake, hay frks with
falls. l Sriudstone. | mowin4machine
grinder. l cider-mll. l disc-harroy, ! spike
tooth harrow l cultivator with wings. L
corn-p!anter. 2-horse hoe. cfn-cutter.
2 sets new drag planks. drag omplete.
runners with new sleds. 1 set iong run,
ners, l trce-prrner. l crossed saw. l
buck saw and saw-horse. all claims. l :
horse roll. l set double harness tip cart
harness. farm wagon harEeS, l bug
sy harness. I 25-foot ladder. l foot lad
der. short ladders. grain chSt, while.
trees and yokes. No 7 raEgS forks and
ralies. 8 hoes, scythes. [ bustfscythe and
snath, l heavy side hill plow l Hussey
pillow. Yankee plow. 5 cider )arrels with
contents, pork barrel, 2 axes all carpen-
ter tools. 1 spring-tooth hsfow. 50 gall
Ions Of vinegar.
Every. article above mentioned w"
positively be sold to the highest bidder.
FREE LUNCH At. HoN!!!
Dec3d7t .-".
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-02
SOUTH GARDINER.

Jerome Farrell is confined to the house
with an attack of lumbag0.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-02
DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK1
Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable.

Almost everybody who reads the news
papers is sure to know Of the wonderful
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-02

bladder specialist, and is wonderfully
successful in promptly curing lame back
uric acid, catarrh of the bladder and
Bright's Disease, which is the wors.
form of kidney trouble.
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp.Root is not rec
commended for everything but if you have
kidney, liver or bladder trouble it will be
found just the remedy you need. 1t has
been tested in so many ways, in hospital
work and in private practice, and has
proved so successful in every case that q
special arrangement has been made by
which all readers of this paper, who hay.
not already tried it, may have sample
bottle sent free by mail, also book tell
ing more about Swanlp-Root. and how to
dout if you have kidney or bladder trou.
Bile. When writing mention RI ading this
generous offer in this paper and send your
address to DR.. Kilmer ST.
& Co., Binghanton, ~ -: f.
N. Y. The regular ~ +: w. -
fifty-cent and one
dollar size bottles are Homo Of Swamp Rooe.
sold by all good druggists. Don't make
any mistake, but remember the name,
Swamo-Root, DR.. Kilmer's Swamp Root,
and Il e address, Binghamton. N. 4. o.
every bo&taA.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-01-02

admitted to the Home and given quarters
in Co. A.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-09-24
FERN LEAVES.
They Are Valuable For Preserving Ar.
ticles of Food.

The fern plant, which grows almost
everywhere, Is an excellent preserva.
tive for packing articles of food, fruit
etc. People who have lived in Eng
land know that the English have used
it successfully for many years. Val
liable fruit, fresh butter, ETC., are no
longer seen In the English markets
packed in grapevine leaves, but almost
always in fresh fern leaves, which
keep the articles excellently This is
done where grapevine leaves are to be
had in abundance. Every one posted
well In botany knows the high preserv-
alive power of fern leaves with refer
ence to vegetable and animal sub
stances.
On the Isle of Man fresh behring's
are packed in ferns and arrive on the
market In as fresh condition as when
they were shipped. Potatoes packed
In ferns keep many months longer
than others packed only in straw. Ex-
periments made with both straw and
fern leaves in the same cellar showed
surprising results In favor Of ferns.
While the potatoes packed In straw
mostly showed signs Of rotting IN the
spring, those in ferns were as fresh as
IL they had just been dug.
Fresh meat is also well preserved by
fern leaves. 1t would seem as IL the
highly preservative qualities Of fern
leaves are due to their high percentage
Of salt. No larvae, maggots. ETC., APP
proach ferns, as the strong odor keeps
them away.-New York Times.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-09-24
Postmaster No. to Sc Hurried.

A nobleman's new land agent and
steward, who went TO live ON the es-
tates about fifteen miles from Grana-
da, sent letters to the village postoffice
every day for three weeks. but got no
replies. Thinking this very strange,
he rode over to the village and inter
viewed the postmaster.
"Oh" exclaimed the postmaster,
''you are the new agent on the ducal
estatesl Well, your letters are all safe.
The villagers rarely write letters, and
as / have TO ride on my donkey four
miles to the railway station TO catch
the mail train you don't suppose for
one moment, do you. that | am going
TO undertake this pilgrimage every day
with your stupid letters? I have them
all here In a broken jug. and when the
jug gets full shall take ride to the
station and post the whole lot at once"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-09-24
SarsapariIla.

The druggist was serving a couple
of men with sarsaparilla.
"Did you ever stop to think where
this delicious stuff comes fromT he
asked
"Sassafras. isn't it?" they hazarded.
"Sassafras nothing" said the drug.
gist. ''Sarsaparilla is made of zarza
roots, and zarza roots come from the
Amazonas swamps Of Brazil.
Fearful swamps they are-smelIy
black mud, mosquitoes In millions.
snakes and crabs. heat, poison, orchids.
fever. And here the natives camp for
weeks at time gathering zarza roots
for the sarsaparilla trade. The vine
runs along the ground. the roots are
located. and half of them are taken,
the remaining half being carefully
covered with soil again. 80 that they
viii sDrout for next year
at is because sarsaparilla, like
quinine, grows In fever soil that It is
good for fever"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-09-24

incy to
says In
ntists. /
II tooth
g fierce
bis fact,
Rdge two
70 under
ronounc-
e Of tor.
prSe. In
|cinating
y radia-
hese the
!, parox-
he result
Orleans
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-09-24
Obligation. Of civn War.

Money Indebtedness is not the only
obligation we incurred and assumed
in the great civil war. There was a
still greater debt. as everlasting obli-
CATION that could never be paid in full.
But in the years that have followed,
the Republican party has inaugurated
and developed pension laws under
which over three and one-half billion
dollars have been paid to disabled
veterans or 10 the survivors OF those
who gave their lives for their country
and their flag. This pension system, a
product of the policy OF the Republican
party. has 10 precedent in history and
no equal in justice and generosity
among the nations OF the earth.-Hon.
James s. Sherman.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-09-24
TAFT COMES FROM GOOD STOCK.
Family Ranked Among the Plain
People for Many Years.

The Taits-those who at present are
the Tafts-hail ancestrally from Tx
bridge, Mass. They say that Tafts are
SO thick in Uxbridge that even wom-
an can't throw stone without hitting
one.
Some years ago-in 1874, TO be exact
-there was Taft reunion in Tx
bridge, to which descendants of the
original Robert Taft came hocking
from all parts of the country. One of
the conspicuous features of the affair
was a historical address by Alphonso
Taft, father Of the present Republican
candidate. He traced the history Of
various branches of the family, and
when he came to the one to which he
and his children belonged he said:
sour family have not embarked much
upon national politics, except that they
have shared in the battles of the coun-
try when national independence was
to be won, and also when the Union
was at stake. But brilliant political
careers have not been characteristic Of
the Tafts In the past 1t is not safe to
say what may be in store for them.
There is tide In the affairs of men
and also of families"
This is taken from the account OF
the reunion published at the time. Al
phonso Taft would perhaps have been
somewhat dazzled IL he could have fore
seen how quickly and brilliantly the
family would proceed to embark upon
national politics" He himself started
the turn of the tide which he predict
ed. 1t seems to be reaching its food
in the career of the son who that year
WAS entering Yale.
As Alphonso Taft described his i'm.
mediate ancestors one sees where his
son got certain characteristics. Peter
Taft u715) was "a large, cookbook.
ing man of magnanimous disposition"
He had four SONS.
Aaron. the candidates ancestor, was
also so magnanimous that ne lost
money by indorsing a friends notes !:
he was man 'of great intelligence
and integrity And then, going some
what further back, there was Captain
William Taft, who took Barney Cas-
tie in the sixteenth century "by blair
ney quite as much as by military
prowess" Good stock was Captain
William from which to make twen-
tieth century Secretary of War VIII
liam.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-09-24
HOW TAFT WAS SOUGHT BY
M'KINLEY.
The Manner in Which the Republi-
can Candidate Was Called to q

can Candidate Was Called to q
Larger Sphere of Action.
One afternoon early in 1900, when
Judge William II. Taft was debating
a decision OF the United States Court
In the Federal Building In Cincinnati,
a telegram was placed In his hands
lie tore off the envelope and was sur
prised to find telegram from Presi-
dent William Mckinley. reading:
Il shall take it as great favor If you
will call on me some time next week."
Judge Taft guessed at the meaning
OF the summons and guessed wrong
He went to Washington and was shows
Into room at the White House, where
he met the President and Secretary
Long Of the Navy. Later. Elihu Root,
the Secretary Of War, came in. Then,
to use Mr.. Taft's own words:
"Mr. Mckinley said that he wanted to
send me to the Philippines to help in the
work of establishing civil government as
the army moved on. / thought of my
place on the bench and hesitated. Be
sides, l believed and said we could get
along without the Philippines.
But we have them and must take
care of Them the President replied.
"'You are at the turning of the ways
in your life,' Mr.. Root then observed
The bench is the easy road. You can
stay there and be comfortable. On the
contrary. the PHILIPPINES will demand per-
sonal sacrifices and risks and much hard
work, but you will have an opportunity
of doing your country very great ser
vice I went home. and argued the mat
ter for two weeks"
Tle telegram to Cincinnati opened
the door of American history to VIII
liam Fl. Taft and made him the Repub-
lican candidate for President of the
United States.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-09-24
CAPE COD.
A Nomadie Piece of Land That 10 Con-
stantiy Changing.

stantly managing.
Cape Cod itself is sand and, like ev-
erything of a desert nature, is nomadic.
Like the Arab, 1t is always silently
stealing away, so that the appearance
of the peninsula constantly changes.
The prevailing winds in the winter be-
ing from the north, the sand Is blown
south; in summer 1t is blown t'other
way. But, the winter winds being
stronger, the land is gradually work
ing south. Monomoy, at the lower end,
used to be an island, its extremity be-
ing called Cape Malabar, name not
used now-why | cannot say. This
island of Monomoy is rapidly growing
toward Nantucket, 1t having advanced
some FIVE miles in the last fifty years.
One Of the Rubes told me that his
father used to fish where the light Is
now. OF course you can always strain
Rube talk and pick out about so per
cent sediment, but the old charts show
that the point is working south fast
From Knocking About Cape Cod" by
T. II. Daily. in Outing Magazine.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-09-24
Prouress.

"Yes," said Mrs. Malaprop. "my boy
Is doing first rate at school / sent
him to one o. them alimentary schools.
and his teacher says he's doing fine.
He's first class sculler, they tell me.
and is head of his class Is gastronomy,
knows his letters by sight and can
spell like one o. these deformed spell
ers down to Washington"
whats he going to he when he
grows up"
"TIe wants TO be an undertaken. and
I'm inclined to humor him 50 I've told
the confessor TO pay special intention
to the dead languages" said the proud
mother Harper's Weekly.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-09-24
Nat a Eli.r

"What bird is It." asked the school
Inspector. "that IS found in Africa and.
although ii has wings. cannot fyT
The class was unable TO answer this
very puzzling question. Thinking TO
encourage them. the Inspector offered
a slxpence to the little boy or girl who
could tell him. After a brief hesita-
ton little girl Of five years put up
her hand.
'Wel, my little DEAR" said the in
spector, what Is IT."
'Please. sir. dead un."-London
Fun
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-09-24

Martin Littleton, the famous lawyer
OF New York. Is one Of family OF
nineteen children, so they say, born to
a heritage Of poverty and pluck. When
he was small lad down in Texas he
fell into the creek one day, and Mi
chael, the next younger brother, ran
whimpering to Littleton, the elder:
dad, dad! Martin is drowningT'
Martin. Martini" repeated the father
Of nineteen. Then he turned dubious
~ to his wife.
Nora" he inquired anxiously, "have
we a Martini"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-09-24
Atarmino,

"Now. don't tell me any story about
misfortune an wantin' to be hard
worker an oil that" said the hard
faced lady. II can see right through
you"
"Gracious" said Dismal Dawson.
II know I amt had nothin' to eat for
three days. but I didn't know 1t had
thinned me down like that"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-09-24
A Grand Record.

The Republican party is not only
rich in men. but rich in practical and
beneficial principles-it is rich too in
its record, in promises performed and
pledges fulfilled. and so we are for
party and party principles FIRST and
will acquiescc In the choice of the ma
tority. raIlying around the standard
bearer who VIII carry us again to vic
tory.--Hon. JAMES s. Sherman.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-09-24

Colonel Bryan laments the "discrimi-
nation that has been going on against
the farmer in electing SO few tillers
of the soil TO Congress and the Senate
What troubles him chiefly. however, is
the discrimination which 1.-The whole
American nation exercises against a
certain farmer of Lincoln. Neb., In de-
clining to elect him to the White
House.-New York Tribune.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-09-24

Mr.. Bryan might make hit In the
Rocky Mountain States by proposing a
federal guaranty Of mining stock de-
posits--Omaha Bee.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-06
Eraest Mcoaiiey
AusAeref Fesms@
Gen and Red. Etc.
Copyright, by Joseph B. Bovles.)

See that" said old Joe-Dad, as he
rose from the skiff and peered into the
surrounding timber. "Mmm." went on
the ancient "pusher," II reckon they's
D bee-tree round here somewhere's.
How'd some honey taste on them
hap-jacks we're havin' at campo"
"What're you mumbling about, Joe"
was my answer as hooked on me-
dunn sized meadow frog, the kind the
plymouth bass are so partial to;
what did you see when you stood up
Just now?'
"Bee," said Joe-Dad.
We had been fishing for several days
on the Illinois river, with our camp
at the mouth of a creek that emptfed
into the river. plymouth bass, wall
eyed pike and young squirrels had
been our bill of fare, with plenty Of
corn-meal pancakes, or "flap-jacks,"
as the pusher called them. The posi-
bility Of honey, however, interested
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-06
welded BLISS.

a
Hog Cholera.
The greatest drawback to the hoa
industry which breeders in this coun.
try have to contend with is what 10
known as hog cholera" and Swine
plague"
Hog cholera is a highly contagious
disease and unless checked is liable
to carry of great number of hogs in
= very short time.
Mr.. A. p. Williams, Of Burnetts
Creek, Ind, tells of an experience
which he had with some hogs that
had the cholera. Five years ago."
says Mr.. Williams, II was in the en-
ploy Of Mr.. ]. d. Richardson, Lafay-
cite, Ind, as his barn foreman. Some
fine hogs that was feeding took the
cholera. I gave them Sloan's Lini.
ment and did not lose a hog. Some
were SO bad they would not drink
sweet milk and I was compelled to
drench them. have tried it at every
opportunity since and always find it
o. K"
Write for DR.. Sloan's free book on
the treatment of Horses, Cattle, Hogs,
and Poultry. Address: DR.. Earl S.
Sloan, 615 Albany Street, Boston.
Mass.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-06

bee trees more'n four or ave times.
But + wuz nightly shore"I Sw,hzn't a.
skeered NV airy bee that ever drawed
q singer"
80 one night over comes Bob Early
to the cabin, an he's got q bee tree
sighted that's plumb full o. honey to
hear him tell it, an nothinll do but
fer him an pap to git out after it
next mornin.' But the old mans got
a line O. traps he's got to rum an
he says fer me to 60 long 18th Bob.
So bright an soon the next mornin'
Bob an mes pinted fer this here bee
tree. Bob's got an ak, I've got an ak,
an Bob's ,carryin' long rope"
Whats the rope fer, Bob" sez I.
"Jist to hang ourselves ct 've miss
findin' that bee tree" says Bob.
II didn't say nothin' to that, fer I
knew Bob Early was raised on bees,
an that he wasn't packin' that quoil
O rope fer fun
can so perty soon we got to clear
in down in the timber, an Bob took
Z squint through the bresh, an at last
he SEE, straight out from this here
log lords the river So we starts to
plough through the awfullest tangle
you ever seen. Buck-bresh, black.
berry briers, pieces O. swamp, old logs
an the DEVILS own mix-up O. wood an
water. Finally old Bob halts clost
to the river, an lookin' up at the edge
NV an openin' in the woods he seq
We've hit fer, here she u.s."
Then / squinted up, an there was
the biggest and slickest sycamore ]
bout ever seen, no branches low down.
but up about forty feet or so there
wuz a turrible big dead limb stickin'
out from the main trunk. An from
that dead limb you could see the bees
goin' in an comm out, an says Bob
'Thar's our honey"
There wuz another good-sized limit
stickin' out from the tree clost to the
dead one, an finerly seq, How're We
goin' to git all this here honey? That
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-06

sycamore would tough grey squirrel
to climb it. Ez fer man, he couldn't
climb it no more'n he could climb q
rainbow"
Bob never said nothin' but fist KEEP
f1ggerin' 'rOun, an then he SEE, Well
fell that thar saplin' so'st it'll fall
acrost the dead limb SEE he, AN eff
it don't bust her down, one O. us ii
have to climb the saplin' an cut away
the limb. It kin be done by standin'
on that limb above the dead one, an
mebby the saplin' IL break her of an
save us climbin.'
$50 Bob an me lays our axes into
the saplfn' an when the saplin' is
about ready to go, Bob throws the
rope over one Of it's limbs an bitches
to tree close up so'st the saplin's
bound to come down on the dead
limb. Well, sir. down comes Mr.. Sap
lin square ACROSS the dead. limb a few
feet from the big sycamore itself. But
1t didn't bust the limb. Some o. the
bees they come out but went back
agin', an Bob an me we list stood an
looked"
cts case o. climb SEE he.'"
"Now bein' that I wuz nacherly the
best climber in the world, allows I'll
go up. Bob SEE Cut her of as near
the butt as you kin. an I'll sling you
the rope up after the limb busts of,
an you kin tie her to the green limb
you'll be standin' on, throw down your
ak an slide down the rope. I'll cut
loose from the green limb with q
couple o. bullets an there you are"
SO ties the ak tight to me an up
I goes. It wuzn't very hard, an
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-06
: MIX FOR RHEUMATISM.

y prominent specialist gives the fol.
lowing as never failing remedy for
rheumatism, and says IL followed up It
will effect complete cure Of the very
worstcases. Mix onehalf pint Of good
whiskey with one ounce Of Toris Root
Compound, and add one ounce Syrup
Sarsaparilla Compound. Take in table
spoonful doses before each meal and
at bed time" Toris Root COMPOUND is
q product Of the Globe Pharmaceutical
Co., Dayton, %. The ingredients can
be procureds at any drug store and
easily mixed at home
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-06
OLD SURGEON
Found Coffee Caused Hands to
Tremble.

The surgeons duties require clear
Judgment and steady hand. A slip
or an unnecessary incision may do ir.
'reparable. damage to the patient
When he found that coffee drinking
caused his hands to tremble, an Ills.
surgeon conscientiously gave it up and
this is his story.
"For years was a coffee drinker
until my nervous system was nearly
broken down, my hands trembled so
could hardly write, and insomnia tor.
tured me at night.
Besides, how could I safely Per.
form operations with unsteady hands,
using knives and Instruments of pre-.
cision? When I saw plainly the bad
effects Of coffee, I decided to stop it,
and three years ago prepared some
Postum, of which I had received
sample.
''The first cupful surprised me. It
was mild, soothing, delicious. At this
time gave some Postum to friend
who was in a similar condition to
mine, from the use Of coffee.
"A few days after, I met him and
he was full Of praise for Postum, de.
claring he would never return to cof-
fee but stick to Postum. We then or
dered full supply and within short
time my nervousness and consequent
trembling, as well as insomnia, disap.
peared. blood circulation became nor.
NAL, no dizziness nor heat flashes.
"My friend became Postum en-.
thusiast, his whole family using it ex.
clusively.
1T would be the fault of the one
who brewed the Postum, If it did not
taste good when served.
"The best food may be spoiled If
not properly made. Postum should be
boiled according to directions on the
pkg. Then 1t is all right, anyone can
rely on it. It ought to become the
national drink" There's a Reason"
Name given by Postum Co.. Battle
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road 70
Wellville," in pkgs.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-03-06

Sunday School Lessons for the World.
A power greater than that of kings
seems to have been welded by the
little group of thoughtful men who
gathered at the Fenway residence Of
w. N. Hartshorn to select the les
sons for the Sunday schools of the
world, says the Boston Herald. Every
year they gather to make this choice.
and when decision has been reached
the lessons are handed out to the
printers and by them literally scat
tered over the planet. The word thus
goes forth not in one but in scores
Of languages. Europe and Africa, east
and west, north and south, get these
helps to religious study in the vernac-
ular. There is supply for Hawaii.
Japan and the islands of the sea. For
India alone 40 dialects have to be pro.
vided for. Some 500,000,000 Sunday
school leaflets are thus distributed
every year.