Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-02-15
JosEpH kusLER, pabIIsh.n

ne uukc OF bIldBcMattI IL SET hhNN
IN history as the father OF British
inland navigation" He spent his last
penny I'm constructing the earliest canal
in England. AZ miles in length. uniting
iWorsley with Manchester and Run
corn an the Mersey, above Liverpool.
in this enterprise he even exhausted
,hs credit and was reduced TO such
poverty that he had To i've on bread
and water But his fdrsightedness was
equal To his public spirit Great wealth
ultimately flowed In upon him Thirty
four years ago this canal was pur-
CHASED from the present Lord Files
mere for 81 900 900 and four years later
was rcsold 10 the Manchester ship
Canal company for sS55O,00O.
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The court" OF the king Of France
Is maintained IN "A pretentious house OF
many gables AT Wood Norton, Just out
side the quiet and essentially English
town Of Evesham The famed royal
lilies Of the Bourbon dynasty are dupli-
Gated almost 10 iniinity on the carpets,
ceilings and china of the establishment.
The retainers. uniformed and numer-
Gus, address the duke as sire lie
has his chaplain and his chamberlain,
his master OF ceremonies and his lord
~ the bedchamber, while the people Of
hhe town Of Evesham, on the plea that
such pageantry iS good for local trade,
maintain a guard of honor I'm uniform
ifor the salutation Of his majesty on
gala occasions.
Bridge, il would appear, Is not quite
so modern a game as has been sup
posed. A correspondent OF the Liver
pool Posi- mentions "a letter he has
received N which II Is stated that the
game was played as far back as the
70s by the Greek colony I'm Manchester
mo trumps" then counted 10 TO the
trick instead Of II. and four aces Ga
zone hand 80, instead Of 100. The heart
convention was also known and praC-
,liced There is. too pamphlet in the
British museum on "Biritch" dated
hASG, which gives a brief account OF
the game, with the rules such as they
exist at present
When "A traveller enters tavern in
Rouen or any other of the towns or
Villages about it cider Is brought to
him as matter Of course it is the
universal drink. Unfortunately the or
dinary brand Is not first class The
status Of cider as the local beverage is
in the fact that the cider
press was carried as the emblem OF
local Industry in pageant organized
an Ss2 90 commemorate the entry uf
Louis de Brezes, grand seneschal of
'Normandy, into Rouen in 1926
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Lord Ellesmere an intimate friend
OF Andrew Carnegie. has on his estate
two clocks which strike 3 at the hour
OF one. one OF these was constructed
long ago by the Duke of BridgeWater,
or under his direction His worl<men
were often late IN resumlng work after
the dinner hour and ii was their plea
that they could not hear the clock
strike one. This excuse was not valid
after The l3-clock was established
-.-ses--
Maurice Damour. former French
consul In New Orleans, is in Chicago 10
extend the campaign of education the
French government and leading liter
airy men have naugurated In the
United States I'm connection with
French literature. He is a representa-
tive of the government and the Cercle
de la Librairie an organization OF
prominent French writer's and jour
nalists.