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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-04-15

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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-04-15
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Corrected April is, 1905.
pr1ces on creamery butter Hour, bran. shorts
and apples are dealers selling prices all other
are prices paid to producers.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-09-11
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

1t is stated that business in Germany
IN the past year fell off $25, 600, 600. due
directly to the panic in this country.
so closely are nations in sympathy
nowadays.
Steamboats, ran for many years with.
out pilot houses, and it was not until
lS49 that it was thought worth while to
shelter the steersman. English locomo-
tlves have no shelter for the engineer.
ne standing out and taking whatweather
comes.
The New York Sun states that mo
mosquitoes are bred in places flushed
by the daily tides. But where the tides
are abnormally high the retiring flood
leaves paddles in which they are quickly
Matched. There is no larvacide equal
to sea-water.
Electricity will not kill. So saws DR..
Gibbons. of New York, who states that
the condition supposed to be death ia
only long insensibility. and that such
persons can always be recovered. He
believes that many supposedly dead
criminals are really killed in the dissect-
ing room.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-09-11
SOME MARRIAGES.

Harvey Gaskins and Miss Anne Jett.
both of Northumberland county, were
married at the Methodist parsonage al
Burgess Store last week, Rev. ]. l..
Elderdiee officiating.
Miss Josephine Stevens the Oldest
daughter af R. j. Stevens, of near
Millenbeck, was married ON SUNDAY
last at Lancaster courthouse to C. B.
Carter, of Bertrand, by Rev. Porter
Hardy Mr.. and Mrs. Carter will re-
side near Millenbeck for while.
The wedding of Mrs. Dennis S. Biggs.
nee Miss Frances Chase, formerly OF
kilmarnock, Lancaster county. Va. To
Mr.. j. G. Station, of Williamson. N.
C., took place in the Church of the
Advent at O'Clock Wednesday morning.
OF last week, Bishop Robert
Strange, of the Eastern Diocese
OF North Carolina, officiatine.
The bride was dressed in plum-colored
suit, with hat to match The church
was beautifully decorated with ferns
and purple asters. Mr.. Alonzo Hassell
acted as best man, and the bride was
given away by Mr.. r. d. Carter. her
brother-in-law, of Lancaster county.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-09-11
WHY STAND STILL?

1t is given as q claim for the
extension of our dominions that
trade follows the flag" How
true this is we have no means OF
determining, but there is no
doubt that, given facilities for
transportation, production is in
creased. People who raise pota-
toes or peas will not raise them
unless there is furnished them
some way OF getting them to
market, and once the market is
open by easy transportation. the
peas and potatoes will be there
all right, ready for shipment
Much OF the development of the
great West has been due to the
railroads, these Offering a route
to market, the produce raised be-
ing valueless to the farmer unless
he can ship and sell it, No man
would raise wheat in Southern
Indiana ii he had to wagon it to
Chicago. SO, no matter how
rich our Rappahannock Valley
may be and no matter how in
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-09-11

our people. unless V c
have Il free road to an open mar
ket, our enterprises viii anguish.
Just now wehave Baltimore and
Norfolk, the latter. Judging from
facts being not specially anxious
to trade with us, seeing that they
send one steamer a week where
Baltimore sends five to our
wharves. More is expected from
the road to West Point. should
this be constructed than is prob
able, as the most that Rich
mond can do is to furnish us with
"a market for their home con-
sumption. 1t cannot be in the
nature OF things port Oh trade
with the great outside world. at
least for our products.
The long talked-of line to Girls
field, Nd, seems the most feast
BILE project for developing the
Rappahannock Valley trade. A
steamer from the mouth of the
RappahannOck will reach Girls
field in less than five hours, and
produce shipped from Irvingtop
could he in Philadelphia inside OF
twelve hours. Our fish, oysters.
early peas, potatoes aud garden
truck of all sortS-;1Iid~ there is
no better trucking groundm the
State than right here-would get
into larger market, and in less
time, shipped by some such route
than by way of Baltimore. Fol
Baltimore is after all only ship.
lpng point for much that is pro.
duced in this Valley, consuming
certainly but part OF what is
received there, and reshippine
the rest to points farther North
Such a line might not pay from
the very first, though il is likely
that it would, but in the course
OF a few years, ii the Rappahan
mock Valley had such an opening
for its products, we would see
such development of our lat
ent resources as would astonisl
and enrich us as well. The
time seems close at hand wher
the upper Chesapeake will supply
Baltimore with all the oysters
that market will need, to say
nothing of the shipments away
to other markets, and we MAY
not find it as easy to sell ours in
that market, but if we have al
open road to Philadelphia anC
New York, larger field is before
us to supply.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-09-11
SOME DEATHS.

Mr.. Robert H. Smith, of Sharps
Richmond county, died of typhoid few,
or last week, after brief illness.
Mrs. Sue E. McKenney died suddenly
at her home in Richmond county Sat.
urday, September 5th, having suffered
stroke of paralysis that morning.
She is survived by her husband. two
sisters and two brothers.
Death visited Lodge recently, taking
one of her Oldest citizens, Mr.. II. b.
Lewis. Mr., Lewis had been a great
sufferer from paralysis for several
years, but in the early morning of Sat
nrday, August 10Th, God took himhome
to join his loved ones. Mr.. Lewislea yes
wife, three daughters and one son to
mourn their ioss.s &ns-4sg
Mrs. Fl. l.. Thrift died Wednesday
night at her home at Wicomico Church
aged about Sc years. Interment FRIDAY
at Rehoboth Church cemetery. at II
o'clock Mrs. Thrift is survived bv her
husband, one daughter-Miss Susie E.
Thrift-and four sons-S. F.. Rev G.
T., Harry E. and Hiram Thrift.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-09-11
NORTHUMBERLAND co.
LYN HAMS.

Capt. and Mrs. Jehu Todd and Misses
Elsie and Bessie Parks are visiting rela-
tives and friends here.
Eugie Hall has gone to South Carolina,
where he. is principal in one of the
High Schools.
Mrs. John A. Cox has been very sick.
Mrs. Hilbret and Mrs. Eva johnson,
OF Baltimore, are visiting Mrs. George
Schwebel. Mrs. Schwebel and daughter,
Eliza, spent few days at Wicomico
recently.
Mrs. Fuller Hunton has been suffer.
ing with rising on the back of her neck,
Mrs. ]. II. Die and Mrs. JOSEPH
Shehigh spent Wednesday and Thursday
with Mrs. w. w. Chitwood.
Miss Fannie Lou Hughlett has beer
visiting Mrs. Adolphus Harding.
Messrs. Paul and Harry Schears
after spending part of the summer
with their sister. Mrs. Malcolm Jett,
have returned home.
Miss Emma Shehigh spent Wednesday
and Thursday with Mrs. Wesley Rock.
Messrs. Monroe Pouder and Harry
Carter made flying trip around here
one day of last week.
Miss Claggett, of Washington, is guest
of her friend, Miss Ina Hall.
GUESS Who?
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-09-11
MARYLAND TONGERs DEFY LAW.

Oyster tongers of Maryland seem not
TO care greatly for law. and are not in
dread of the sheriff. Some 200 vessels
sailed into Sinepuxent bay on Septem-
berS 9Th, and, making 10 effort to escape
detection. they helped themselves TO
oysters of all sizes and ages, filling
their boats with the young bivalves,
The offence of which these men are
guilty is in taking oysters under two
and half inches, which is the Mary
land law limit for oyster taking. AS a
matter OF fact the tongers have been
at work for days in those waters in
small numbers, but on that date thew
came in whole fleets, helping them
selves. This will be another case for a
jury, and the prospects that a Jury
could be found among the people who
are not friends of the tongers-one that
would convict-is small indeed II ;s
difficult to convict community. The
sheriff of Worcester county, who was
present, was openly defed by the
depredators.
Ihey seem to have raised q rumpus
that may be hard to manage. The
state authorities. realizing that it is
impossible for the local police to deal
with the 200 vessels that openly defied
the sheriff, are at a loss just how to
proceed. While the majority of the
oystermen are law abiding people, the
acts OF the lawless reacts on all, and as
the depredators are in defiant mood.
1t VIII take strong hands and many to
compel obedience to the law. 1t is the
general impression that bloodshed will
result, should the authorities act stern
ly. They are further handicapped by
the fact that the principal police boat
at command is of too deep draught to
follow the small craft into the shallow
waters where they put in their work
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-09-11
flSHAND OYSTER NOTES.

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Next Tuesday will be the opening of
oyster season throughout Virginia.
August 9th is oyster day in England,
as by act of Parliament the regular
season opens then.
Fresh water mussels live from 10 to
IL years. the giant clam lives for 100
years and the oyster is fully mature in
from to 7years.
One firm in the East planted in Mar
ragansett bay this season no less than
], 200, 900 bushels OF oysters and over
300, 600 bushels of shells.
1t was supposed that the scarcity of
fish in Cape Cod Bay was due to the
nracticing with large guns by the forts
and ships, but this year there is no fir
ing and fish are scarcer than usual.
The annual fee for a Grabbing IL
cense in Canada is two dollars and fifty
cents ($2.50) and no crab shall be taken
measuring less than six inches across
the long diameter or greatest breadth
OF the, shell.
sFhe French, who are the most scien-
tific people probably of Europe, take
| great pains with oyster culture, going
to, lengths that we would think useless.
They plant oysters almost anywhere in
brackish water, and as for proper
ground for spats they make this by ty-
ing lunches of twigs together, or
small sticks, weighing these down in
the water. This makes place of at
taehment for the spat. The men pay
but little attention to this industry, it
being left almost altogether to women,
though most unsuitable for them.
''The most conspicuous trait which
dSs been revealed in the character of
the oyster" (says "Cassell's Saturday
JournafO sis it's adherence of race
suicide. No oyster family may be con-
sidered worthy to repose in the most
select beds of Upstream society which
does not number at least half a million
offspring. In fact, 500, 900 would be re-
garded as very small family indeed.
An extremely fat and vigorous oyster
has been known to produce as many as
sixty million eggs, while sixteen million
is fair average. Now set aside for a
moment all considerations of food sup
ply and other conditions, and assume
that every oyster egg will in the full
ness of time develop into a mature oys-
ter of normal size, which in turn will
produce its average family of sixteen
million, live out the average life of the
oyster, and then be gathered to its
fathers, leaving its shell behind as its
only monument. Suppose there were
but a single pair of oysters at the be-
ginning, how many would there be in
the fifth generation? If you get the
correct answer it will be just exactly
Sc, 600, 900, 600. 600. 0OO, 600. 900, OoO,O OO,-
600, 0c0. Fishing Gazette.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-09-11
TRUCKERS NOTES.

Reports from the Southside state
th@s the sobacco and other crops were
not materially injured by the recent
floods.
The Kansas City Star is complaining
OF new trouble. 1t says: ''The far
mers of this State are almost certain
that they will not be able to get this
years corn cobs in the kitchen stoves. "
A quarter of an acre in strawberries
IN England yielded crop last season.
selling for about $275. Dwarf varie.
ties of apples seem to do best in that
country, and are much cultivated.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-09-11
KETCH AVIS FROM EVERYWHERE,

Miss Clark, of Rehoboth Church. has
just bought a new automobile. 1t is
driven by 12-horse power kerosine
engine and cost $500. -Heathsville Echo.
Mrs. ]. P. Essex, of Saluda, Va, is
here on visit to her sister, Mrs. G.
W. Daughtry, on Hardy avenue. Mr..
Essex is at st. Christopher's Hospital.
where he was operated on for appen-
dicitis Monday. He is doing very nice
ly. Norfolk Pilot.
There were services at Centennial
Church on Sunday morning, conducted
by Rev. Alex. Fleet, and assisted by
Rev. G. Y. Bradley, of Lancaster coun-
ty. Mr.. Bradley preached an eloquent
sermon from the text: eff any man
will come after me. let him deny him
self, and take up his cross and follow
me. = Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. N.
Anderton are spending the month of
September at the Allegheny Springs
Tdewater Democrat.
MIR. Harry Waters, Capt. Jas. N
Wilder and Ira Messick, of Irvinpton.
were here Friday. having come
up with party from Irvington Thurs
day on Capt. w. l.. Messick's yacht.
Steve Hardwick bought the house
and "A acres of land of the late Albin
Hardwick at Kinsale, for $1,000. and
V. B. Hardwick bought the 200 acres
opposite Robert Dameron's place for
$1,000. Miss Kate Messick, who
has been visiting her sister, Mrs. A.
+. Rowe. returned to her home at Ir-
vington by steamer Sunday. Free
Lance.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-09-11
TEMPERANCE NOTES.

So general is the practice of selling
moonshine whiskey in some parts OF
Kentucky that many young girls sell il
alorg the public road on their way ia
school in the remotest parts of
Breathitt, Knott and other counties in
that part of the State
The recent action of the legislative
committee of the Temperance Society of
the Methodist Episcopal Church in adj
vising all Methodist voters who favor
the interstate liquor shipment bill'' to
vote for congressional candidates who
are opposed to the reelection of Rem
resentative Cannon as Speaker, has been
followed by the decision of the commit
tee, it was announced at the committee
headquarters, Baltimore, TUESDAY. 70
carry the fight into the Speakers dis
trict and recommend that he be opposed
for reelection to Congress-.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-09-11
POLiT ICAL..

The President VIII return to Washing
ton September 22rd, inorder to be near
the political cyclone centre. No one
supposed that he would be able to keep
his hands off,
The President has found a Mace for
John Mitchell, the Office of Commits
sioner of immigration being vacated
by the death of Frank p. Sergeant
Thus we see that even in high places is
a sort of bribery tried.
Republicans are sneering at Mr.. Brv-
an because, as they allege, he has
changed his mind on some subjects in
the last ten years, but Mr.. Roosevelt.
who can change his twice day, incurs
no displeasure for his vacillations.
"The delirium of Rooseveltism. {" No
more pat phrase has been coined in all
this canvass than that of prominent
Ohio merchant, writing to a Danville.
Va, manufacturer. He states that
neither Bryan or any one else could
make matters worse than they have
been through the FIVE years of the deli
rum of Rooseveltism. An apt phrase.
Mr.. Taft says he cannot keep still.
but will start out Immediately and
canvass those states considered doubt
full But we had thought Mr.. Taft had
no doubtful states, not even Virginia.
1t is decided that Mr.. Taft will ac-
lively take the stump at once, the feel
ing among the Republicans being that
this is necessary in order to meet the
effective work being done by Mr.. Bry-
an. Another sign of a scared set.
A large crowd gathered at Glouces-
ter courthouse to hear a discussion
between Judge Edgar Montague. the
Democratic elector for the 1st district
and Mr.. Geo. N. Wise, the Republican
candidate for Congress from the same
district. Hon. w. A. Jones, of War
saw, followed in strong speech. in
which he demolished the arguments of
Mr. Wise completely. The reports are
that the Democrats of Gloucester are
fully aroused and will give good &C.
count of themselves in November.
Byars and Slemp had a joint debate
in Bristol September 9TH, in which the
former scored the Congressional record
of. Slemp, attacking him bitterly for
his support of the Crumpacker bill for
reducing the representation of the
South in Congress. In his weak reply
to Byars, Slemp made no attempt to
defend his course in the matter. con-
lining his speech to a general defence
OF Republican principles. Mr.. Slemp
has declined to meet Mr.. Byars again
in public debate. $.-.t.l =. !.
William Jennings Bryan was the fea-
ture of Labor Day in Chicago on Mon
day. For two hours he stood before
80, 600 workingmen and expounded his
political views, while fully so 600 men
turned away, unable to getnear enough
to hear Thel acres of human faces
thatSwere turned towards the elouent
speaker showed the most intense inter
est in his address. ana % geo votes were
promised as the result of the DAYS
work The same day Mr.. Gompers
spoke at tDanville, Illinois, the home Of
Speaker Cannon, whom he denounc9t,
as the worst enemy of economic, social
and political reform that the people
have.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-09-11
HOW'S THIS?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
case OF Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls Ca
tarrh Cure J. F. CHENEY & Co. Toledo. o.
We the undersigned. have known f. ]. Cheney
Tor the last 10 years. and believe him perfectly
honorable in all business transactions. and fnan-
ciaiiy able to carry out any obligations made by
ms firm. WALDrNG KTNNAN & MARVIN.
Wholesale Druggists. Toledo. o.
Halle Catarrh Cure is taken internally. acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system. Testimonials sent free Price 75c.
per bottle. Sold by all Druggists
Take Halls family pills for constipation.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-09-11

TT Is now thought that the IA
nous article alleged to have
been written by ex-President
Cleveland, in which the opinion
was expressed that Bryan wasan
undesirable candidate for the
Presidency is a fake, and that he
never wrote any such paper. ii
this be proven true, it shows to
what despicable means the Re
publican party. is being driven.
1t is known certainly that at
least two New York papers re-
iected il as a forgery..a
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-09-11
Friday, September IL, 1905
FISH AGAIN.

Much of the talk about fish
and their destruction is without
knowledge, and indeed our
insight OF them and Their
habits Is more scanty and i'm.
perfect than we are willing To
confess. An article in the
Norfolk Landmark states that
the menhaden fishermen do take
quantities of food fish, and pro.
poses that government inspect
ors be placed on the fishing YES
sells and at the factories to in
vestigate the matter. But really
we know little of the habits OF
tish.-if indeed they have any. No
one seems to know, for example.
where the menhaden spawns, or
from what quarters the mvriads
OF these fish appear suddenly i'm
certain localities. Just beforeus
Is an article stating that mack
erel have appeared in immense
numhers off the Nova Scotia
coast, n locality in which they
have formerly been scarce. the
quantities being SO great that the
fishermen are ut a loss what TO
do with the catch. The scarcity
OF fish in the Potomac, especially
OF shad, led the L. s. government
years ago to institute artificial
propagation of this food fish for
distribution in that river. and
year after year millions ofyoung
shad have been turned loose i'm
that river III the belief that
the supply would thus be
increased. But although this
has been done now for perhaps
thirty years. there are no more
shad apparently in. the Potomac
than before. In the meantime
herring became for a good many
years very scarce in thesewaters.
and it was charged that the great
selnes covering the river every
where were destroying this sup
ply offood fish. Butoflate wears
herring have become abundant.
se'abundant that they sell for
the same price as fifty years AGO.
although no effort has been made
toincrease the supply. Evidently
we are far from knowing all
about fish and their habits. The
writer i'll the Norfolk paper
rightly quotes that "All
this talk about a scarcity offood
tsh is not justifiable. There are
plenty OF edible fish, and even the
spot is not so scarce as YOU
might be led to believe. So far.
the fisfr-of this variety have been
quite small, but that is not so
very unusual. And it is not too
late yet to get good sized spots.
Last year we did not get any.
spots worth while until Septem-
bers 9th. From that time ON we
'caughtato our fisheries thousands
OF spots of excellent size and
quality"
Some years ago vessels fishing
IN or near the Gulf Stream re-
ported the reappearance in those
waters OF certain fish that were
known there many years before.
but which had not been seen re-
Gently until their sudden and un-
explained return. In this con |
nection it may be stated that no
one seems to be able to account
Tor the large increase in thenum- |
Der OF whales in Atlantic waters
seen this season. The ways of |
fish are as yetmuch of a mystery.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-09-11
BASE BALL.

The game of ball between Tappahan-
mock and Warsaw, at Warsaw Saturday
resulted in victory for Tappahannock
by score of to 2.
Fredericksburg defeated Tappahan-
mock Monday on the latter's diamond.
Score 5 to 8, These teams play again
Saturday at the same place.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-09-11
MISKIMON.

Miss Laura Butler, of Washington,
is on Lengthy visit here to her sister,
Mrs. Addie Marsh.
Ryland Forester, of Taft, visited his
parental home here Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Griffin Forester, OF
Regina, visited the gentleman's sister,
| Mrs. w. L. Marsh, last Sunday.
Miss Patsey Christopher was quite
sick last week, but is out again now.
Jeter Marsh, who has been employed
in Washington for some time, arrived
last week to spend a while at his
parental home here.
Harding Conley, of Wicomico, visited
at the home of his aunt, Mrs. Susie
Cockrell, Sunday last.
Some of our people have been having
fun shooting squirrels, and others more
fun eating them.
Sam Cockrell has sold his yoke of
oxen to q. A. Gill to haul logs for the
saw-mll. u AND 1.
In reading the interesting letter of
Editor Lee in last CITIZEN, one can but
reflect what tremendous asset are the
works of Sir Walter Scott to the Scot
fish nation. The fame which his works
have given to Loeb Katrine, Ben
Lomond, ETC., attract the thousands of
tourists which visit those places.
Mrs. Mamie Gill, accompanied by her
daughter. Mrs. Jones, spent three days
with her daughter, Mrs. Smith, at
Taft, recently.
A man in the neighborhood has a hope
less case of the violin habit. While his
playing seems most absorbing to him
self, it is calculated to dispense a crowd
in FIVE minutes, and the sad part of it
is the player is never content without
an audience. After having run every
one off in the vicinity, he has at last
found an auditor who is apparently APP
preciative, viz, Mr.. A. A. Ashburne,
who is so deaf that he can scarcely hear
dinner horn ten PAGES away.
There was a large amount of fodder
caught out in the rain on last Saturday
night.
A local artist being an admirer of the
writings of "Aunty Spec," of the
CITIZEN, has painted an ideal portrait of
this lady. OF benign and bright coun-
tenance, slightly bald. with pair of
specs" on the end of her nose she sits
at desk writing ''some yclept specs"
The Inner has the picture hung in his
den.
Z. Broun and j. b. Gill recently
shipped some young steers, which sold
for a cents per pound.
z. A. Gill, the home artist, has not
seen an idle day since New Year. The
secret of his success is the painstaking
care which he bestows on every order.
Mr.. Gill believes he is working for
posterity, and in a century or two every
portrait bearing his signature will be
specially priced. His pastels are SO
rich that they are often mistaken for
oils.