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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-01
GROUPING Of Street Trees,

All who are engaged in the work of
cities or other communities deplore
the monotony necessary-or seemingly
advisable-in the economic disposition
OF town sites. 1t would seem that the
making OF straight streets aud rectan-
gular lots Is so thoroughly engraved
on the American mind that no amount
OF argument can efface or change this
widespread custom. All authorities
seem agreed that-but one sort Of tree
is desirable. even permissible, on a
street. but where straight street lines
are dealt with some have adopted the
grouping Of the trees rather than plant.
Ing single specimens at regular inter
vais.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-01
Has a Job Waitino.

81 hear you're getting to be a rea
sport" a veteran in that line remarked
to youthful acquaintance of the con
Beryative sort recently married.
The young man repudiated any such
intention.
Just placed n little bet among the
boys in the office, you know" he add.
ed. Put in $3.50 and won $40 In a
trihing pool"
"Well. that's a good beginning, any.
how" said the veteran. You'll grow
up after awhile. What did you do
with the $40-put it on the races or
open wine?"
Bought ton of coal and a set of
false teeth for my wife," was the re.
ply.
When the veteran revived his young
friend had disappeared.
Gee" he sollloquized, that's a new
one in sport! If | win tomorrow guess
I'll buy my mother-in-law q new cork
leg and some darning cotton" New
York Globe.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-01
"Duckinu the Drnnkard -

In Herzegovina "duckng the drunk
ard is New Years practice by the
common people, and If no drunken man
can be found a prisoner from the near
est Jail is borrowed, then ducked.
soundly kicked and set at liberty. In
Oman it was until lately the custom
to celebrate all marriages on the first
day: hence during the last month Of
the year business was good with the
go-betweens. In Dalmatia any man
whose conduct had not been what il
should was expected to go before the
priest of the neighborhood and put
good resolutions in writing, a certified
copy being given to his wife, or, II un.
married, to his mother Boston Herald
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-01
Where New Years Last. a Month.

The celebration Of New Years Is
carried on more extensively in Japan
than In any other country. The reason
for this can only be accounted for by
the fact that the custom has been
handed down to succeeding genera
lions for centuries. The time the oc-
casion involves is quite lengthy. last
ing from the 18th Of December (Koto
Hajime-viz, beginning of things to
the 10th of January (Hokonin no yabu-
irD, which is apprentices holiday, On
both Of the occasions sort Of stew
Is eaten, composed of red beans, rice,
sliced fish and konn5aka root.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-01
New Years In the Aims.

Among the many time honored Gus.
toms Of the Alps none is more interest.
Ing than that of New Year. The vii.
lage pastor delivers his sermon. which
is listened to by people who have come
a distance of many miles over snow
frequently thirty feet deep. When
midnight comes the bells ring out
upon the frosty Alpine air. and as they
re-echo far and wide over the hills and
valleys there are mountain villages
where the melody of other village
church bells chords In harmony, pro-
duclng a concert no city could afford.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-01
CATTLE STILE.

the cattle to go from one pasture to the
other at will is credited by an ex
change to writer in the Farmer. AS
shown in the sketch, the opening in
the fence may be as wide as desired
Two by twelve inch plank ere nailed
to the fence posts .i1out four or six
inches from tie ground, and two extra
posts are set out from the fence about
a foot. The plank is nailed to the in
side Of these posts, and this plank
should hc about four feet longer than
the one fastened to the fence so as to
go by the opening at each end about
two feet. The hogs cannot jump the
two planks, and small hogs that go
between them cannot jump over, as
they are lengthwise Of the opening
The cattle will readily step over The
game plan may be used for sheep, only
three planks may be necessary to re-
tain them, although the writer uses
only two for them also.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-01
"HApPY NEW YEAR FOR A CAKE. {"

for holding the supply of cakes and
the other dainties which were some
times added Each house where milk
was left helped fill the bushel basket.
At about 10 O'clock in the morning
the men began to make their calls aft
er making the most elaborate toilet of
the year. a previous acquaintance
was not necessary for one to make
calls 1t was the one day of the year
when every home was open to every
body without regard to birth or posi-
ton. The last day Of the old year
was spent by the women of the family
in preparing dainty confections, solid,
rich cake, and in the morning the
choicest old wine was brought up from
the cellar. and hot rum toddy was
made. rum toddy being the official New
Years drink in the Mohawk valley.
The Dutch partOok sparingly of the
wine and tOddy at each house, and, al
though nearly all the men were incl
low" by the time the festivities ended
at midnight. no one was drunk. There
was one exception to this rule. The
farm hands were usually dead to the
world by noon and so out of the way
of their betters.
But all this charming hospitality and
the delightful customs were made i'm
possible a generation or more ago by
the outsiders of other nationalities than
Dutch. who iOcked to the larger towns
Of the valley and turned the day of
into day of drunkenness.
New York Times
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-01
Why We Call IL January.

The Romans called the first month Of
the year January in honor of the GOO
Janus. At dawn Of the year the people
robed In white. sacrificed elaborate Of
ferings to their gods. especially tC
Janus Fraternal greetings, benevolent
gifts and exchanges Of costly presents
marked the day. All evil speaking
quarrels or excesses~were for one day
laid aside, and the ideals of nobler
future were brought to mind by para
bles enacted in public places. The SOL
diers renewed their vows of loyalty to
Caesar and put on new uniforms.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-01

leg was peeled from the knee, my foot
was like piece Of raw flesh, and had
to walk on crutches. / bought a cake
OF Cuticura Soap, q box Of Cuticura
Ointment, and q bottle Of Cuticura
Pills. After the first two treatments
the swelling went down, and in two
months my leg was cured and the new
skin came on. The doctor could not
believe his own eyes when he saw that
Cuticura had cured me and said that
he would use it for his own patients.
/ used two cakes of Cuticura Soap,
three boxes of Ointment, and five bot
ties of Resolvent, and have now been
cured over seven years, and but for
the Cuticura Remedies I might have
lost my life. have lots Of grand
children. and they are frequent users
Of Cuticura, and always recommend
it to the many people whom my bust
ness brings to my house every day.
Mrs. Jean-Baptiste Renaud, clairvoy-
ant, 277, Montana St., Montreal, Que,
Feb. 20, 1907"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-01
Wntchinn the Near Out

Throughout the world the practice OF
watching the old year out and the
new come in has been a common OBJ
servancc for many centuries. In the
monasteries and converts Of various
religious orders it has always pre-
vailed. and several Protestant demon
nations observe it as a beneficial in
stitution, promoting, as it does, pety
and the formation of good resolutions.
Resolves for the future are not limited
to our own time, for nearly 1000 years
ago Pliny, the scrapbOok maker noted
in his quaint fashion the return Of the
Saturnalia; made memorandum that
during the coming year he must make
sacrifices to certain gods whom he had
neglected and that in other ways he
must amend his life. There is no rec.
ord that he did. so his New Year
resolutions were probably forgotten
as quickly as those made nowadays
st. Louis Globe Democrat.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-01
Old lime Mountehanks.

>Coryat. describing the mountebanks
be saw at Venice in the seventeenth
century, who we're adopts In the art OF
advertising. speaks of the "oration to
the audience of half an hour long,
wherein he doth most ALPHABETICALLY
extol the virtues of his drugs and con,
fections, though many of them are
very counterfeit and false" And the
author of a Tour Through England"
Q723) writes of a mountebank he saw
In Winchester: "He cures all diseases
and sells his packets for slxpence
apiece. 1t is a prodigy how so
wise people as the English are
gulled by such pickpockets."
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-01
a PAcIIliar Cold

Sims Reeves had been announced &c
sing Mt small public dinner at which
Dickens presided, and, as happened
not infrequently, Sims Reeves had
something the matter with his throat
and was unable to attend. Dickens
announced this, and the announcement
was received with a general laugh Of
incredullty. This made Dickens very
angry, and he rose manfully to the de-
Tense of the delinquent. "My friend,
Sims Reeves" he said quietly, ere
grets his inability to fulfill his engage
ment owing" he added, with caustic
severity. "to an unfortunately anus
ing and highly facetious cold"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-01
THE CHILDREN'S HOLIDAY.
In China New Years Is the Little
Ones Great Festival.


Except at the Chinese New Year
which comes in February, 1t is very
hard to catch glimpse of children in
China. Little beggars will run beside
you for miles to earn cash, a
copper coin with square hole in the
middle of 1t, worth the twentieth of a
cent, but children who have parents
to care for them seem to be kept in
doors all the time or only allowed to
play in walled yards and gardens. We
used to say TO each other: "Why. where
are the children? Haven't they got
any, But at New Years we found
out that they had. This is the great
holiday of all the year in China, when
everybody hangs out flags and colored
lanterns and sets off frecrackers. eve
borrowed our custom of firecrackers
for the Fourth of July from China's
New Years. All the people put on
their best clothes and the children the
best of all, jackets and trousers of
bright blue or green or yellow or pur-
pie, the boys and the girls so much
alike that you can only tell them apart
by their hair. The boys Of course Is
braided In pigtail and the girls is
done NJ on her head with silver pins
or, If she's very grand little girl, with
gold or jade. Thus decked out, the
children g walking with their proud
paras AMI m9mmas and often go to
the theater which is a rare treat for |
them
Perhaps Chinese children have romp-
ne plays together, but they always
Ool rs if they were born grown up
st. Nicholas
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-01
A DUTCH NEW YEAR,
Old Time Hospitality In the Mo.
hawk Valley.
CAKES BY BUSHEL BASKET.
honest Graft For the Matutinal Milk.
man-Rum Teddy the Official Drink.
Festive Day For the Faithful Farm
Hand-open House Everywhere.


There was no day of the year so gen
orally, particularly and joyously cele
-brated in the Mohawk valley by the
early Dutch settlers and by their de
scendants as New Years, and when
Jan and Barent met Bjbertje and. En-.
gleje early on bright. frosty New
Years morning the religious and some
what formal greeting was when put
into English;
81 wish you happy New Year.
Long may you live. Much may you
give and happy may you die and in
herit the kingdom Of heaven by and
by"
The preparations for the New Years
hospitalities were begun by the moth
ers and their daughters frequently as
soon as the first frost and snow made
their appearance for there was much
to be done to be ready on the joyous
day. New Years cakes, rich and de-
licious (some of the descendants of
the early Dutch housekeepers make
them now, using the same recipe and
the same ancient dies and stamps that
their Observation-Disclosures used and
about the size and shape of a mans
hand and less than half as thick, were
made by the bushel basketful-literal-
ly. 1t was not unusual for the hos
pitable Dutch housewife to give from
five to six hundred cakes to the chill
dren who called before the noon hour.
The early rising by the boys and girls,
which proper observance of the day
demanded, is equaled in our day by the
early rising on the Fourth of July.
There was one old mansion in the |
Mohawk valley that was particularly
notable for its hospitality mot only on
New Years day. but upon all occa-
sions) and good times. 1t stood and Is
still standing on the estate of Alexan-
der Lindsey Glen and was named by
him In 1863 Scotia In memory Of the
land Of his birth. The children started
on their rounds at sunrise and went
from house to house Justify pounding
with the great iron or brass knockers.
The littlest ones shouted, Happy New
Year for a cake" but the older ones
from so far giving them
selves away by leaving off the last
hree words. 1t was not at all an I'M
Usual occurrence for three or four
hundred cakes to be given to the boys
nd girls before breakfast from the
lien mansion.
Coming down to more recent days
y the Mohawk valley, the custom of {
living cakes was' extended to the milk {
zen. Each milkman always purchas- {
d new bushel basket to carry about I
n New Years morning In his wagon I
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-01
A NEW YEAR INJUSTICE.
The Hsrkeeper Complains Of the Good
Resolution Habit.

Resolution Habit.
John, I'll have to lay you off for tn,
first two weeks of the new year. You
Harry. will have to lay off a week"
The speaker lean man, stood in O
splendid and spacious beer saloon, 0
PLACE of polished mahogany, onyx col
umns. great mirrors and large paint
ings Of beautiful women. 2opes ans
wreaths of evergreen twined about the
pillars and the electroliers, and on the
massive bar stood a bowl of free
punch, for it was New Years day.
Eyes. boys" said the lean man,
you'll have to CO."
"What for. bossT" asked the young
err of the two bartenders. Mechanic
ally with his wooden bar cloth he pol
ishcd the bar till it shone again, and
anxiously he gazed in his employers
face.
Why, John, you ought to know
what for"
The saloon keeper spoke impatiently.
A fat man entered from the street, APP
preached the bar with reluctant steps,
then all of sudden turned hurriedly
and departed
"Well. I'll be danged!" said Bartender
John THAT'S the fourth fellow has
done that this mornin What's 1t mean
anyway
you ought to know what 1t means,
John" repeated the saloon keeper.
ITS meaning is the cause of your sus-
pension
eyes, John" the man resumed; your
suspension is caused by the New
Years swear of of that fellow and
thousands like him. All over the broad
land. John. countless numbers of men
swear off drinking for a year on New
Years day Half of them stick to
their swear off for a week, and the J
other half with just few exceptions,
stick to 1t for two weeks Those |
two weeks of January. John, are al
ways the two poorest weeks on the
Dublican's calendar He can't pay ex-
Denses; hence he retrenches; hence he
ays off prudent Industrious young
'haps like you-chaps with a bit put
~. so that they can stand a little idle
less without privation"
"All right But" said John sull1ily-
but ! amt got nothing put by, and l
hink it's Il shame that my poor wife
md innocent babe have got to suffer
t this joyous holiday season through
he swear off of a lot of foolish
men. 1t don't seem right
or just. "-Philadelpha Bulletin.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-01
Ideal Justice,

Sammy" said Germantown moth
er recently to her youngest born, when
you divided those seven pieces Of can
dy with your brother did you give him
f0urT"
mo, ma'am," replied Sammy, 81
knew they wouldn't come out even, so
l ate one before | began to divide."-
Harper's Weekly.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-01
Large Doinqs.

On Long Island hundred and more
years ago there was fox hunting for
three days during the season, and the
biography Of Catherine Schuyler con-
tains the following apt lines from the
pen of witty woman whose name re-
mains unknown:
A fox Is killed by twenty men.
That fox perhaps had killed a hen.
A gallant act no doubt is here.
All wicked foxes ought to fear
When twenty dogs and twenty men
Can kill q fox that killed a hen.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-01
Scotch Kisses.

A highly popular custom of the young
Scots of past years was for young mer
to go about the streets ringing door
bells, and theirs was the right to kiss
the girl who answered the ring. In
case the girl proved elderly or unat-
tractive there was no evading the ex-
pected salute, however much 1t might
go against the grain Of the bell ringer.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-01
SLEEP FOR BABIES
Rest for Mothers.

Instant relief and refreshing sleep for
skin-tortured babies, and rest for tired,
fretted mothers, in warm baths with
Cuticura Soap and gentle anointings
with Cuticura Ointment, the great skin
cure, and purest of emollients.
Cutlcura Soap (25c). Cutcura Ointment (5oc),
and Cutcura Resolyent (50c. }. Tin the form OF
Chocolate Coated Pills Csc. per vial OF COZ. Sold
throughout the world. Potter Drug & Chem. Corp,
Sole Props. Boston, Mass.
ss- Mailed Free. Cuticura Book on Skin Diseases
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-01
For 4 New AsnaraoussRed

Select warm and rich piece of
ground, If possible little off one side,
manure 1t well this fall. then pillow it
deeply in early spring and set some
good strong plants. say of the Palmetto
variety, so as to have year later
new plantation to take the place of
the oil one. Fall planting is practical
bic. but prefer spring planting.-T.
q In Farm and EfroSidp
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-01

AS usual, he complained that the bis
cults were heavy. the coffee weak, the
bacon burned, and so forth.
His wife in the end looked up calmly
from her letters.
Don't growl so over your break
fast" she said, smlling.~s Nobody is
going to take 1t away from you."-Cln-
cinnati Enquirer.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-01
A Persuader.

"Dld you make any New Years reso-
lution;" asked Miss Miami Brown.
"Nc,c answered Mr.. Erastus Pink
ley, but done persuaded Mlstah Colli-
flower to make one. After I got thoo
with him at de las parlor social he
was wlllln' to promise dat he'd stop
tryin' 10 pick 'sturbances foheyer an
auoru
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-01
Everv Littl. Rit HeIns

''You say you encouraged our friend
to make another New Years resolu-
ton"
II did," answered the man whose
heart Is all right.
"But don't you know he'll break 1t
at the end Of six weeks at the least
calculation
81 hope not And even II he does
he'll be SIX weeks ahead Of the game"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-01
THE WOrIAN'S PAPER

THR sun IL the best type OF news
paper morally and Intellectually. In
addition to the news Of the day, 1t pub
fishes the best features that can be pre-
sented, such as fashion articles and
miscellaneous writings from men ana
women OF note and prominence, 1t is
an educator of the highest character,
constantly stimulating to noble ideals
in individual end national life.
2 THE SUN is published on Sunday as
well as every other day Of the week.
BY rlail the Daily Sun So
year; including the Sunday Sun,
81. The Sunday Sun alone, ST a
year.
Address
A. s. ABELL COMPANY,
Publishers and Proprletors,
Dec. IS OF st BALTIMORE. MD.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-01
BREAKING Her In.

Geraldine-I want you to understand
before | marry you that | believe in
the equality OF the sexes. Gerald-All
right. | was intending to give the min
lister two guineas. so you'd better hand
over e.-Illustrated Bits.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-01
The Poor Villains.

Don't your heart ache fer the pore
hero an heroine, HiramW
"Oh, | dunno Marthy. They allus
come out right an sassy in the end.
Sometimes | can't help feelln' sorter
sorry fer the villain an the yillainess."
louisville Courler-Journal.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-01
Hard CLIMBING.

Weary Walker Re wofld's all wrong
Tired TittrrS Wo.'S catin' youse nowi
We'r Waffle Ef II ii had dc maxim
III II - made ~ dc roads runnin'
downhill.- hicago News.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-01
cossip.

ut is a pity that there are so many
people who tell falsehoods."
"Yess' answered Miss Cayenne, but
think how much worse 1t would be II
we had to-accept ali the gossip we hear
as positively Washington Star.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-01
Attractive.

Rival-What color Miss Smythe
has tonight. wonder II she paints.
Adorer turning wlstful eyes toward
the central figure Of an admiring circle)
Il don't know. she certainly draws
well.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-01

but failed to cure it.
My doctor had adj
vised me to have my
leg cut Off, but /
said l would try the
Cuticura Remedies
first. He said, Try
them if you like, but
/ do not think they
will do any good"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-01
PLAYING and Listening.

Mugglns You mustn't mind my
daughters mistakes. You know she
plays entirely by ear. Buggins-Un'
fortunately that is also the way I
Observation-Disclosures Record.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-01
His Interiors.

mo" said Kadley, 81 never associate
with my interiors. Do you"
Really, can't say" replied Miss
Cutting 81 don't think ever met any
OF your inferlorsp
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-01

To forgive fault in another is more
sublime than to be faultless oneself
George Sand.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-01
Revised Version.

l remember, / remember.
The house where i was born
And also the janitof, bellboy, butcher boy
baker boy, bootblack, elevator man,
grocer's boy
And newsboy Christmas morn
New York Sun.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-01
Wronn lin.

81 have come all the way out here, "
said the tenderfoot, ito see your beau
tiful sunset"
Somebody's been strlngln' you,
stranger" replied Arizona AL. at
amt mine. Chicago Record Herald.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-01
THE SUN AT ONE CENT
Is The Cheapest High-Class Paper
In The United States

THR SUNS special correspondents
throughout the United States, as well
as in Europe, China, South Africa, the
Philippines, Porto Rico, Cuba and in
every other part Of the world, make it
the greatest newspaper that can he
printed.
Its Washington and New York
buteaus are among the best in the
United States, and give THE SUNS
readers the earliest information upon
all important events In the legislative
and financial centers Of the country.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-01
SUFFERED WITH
ECZEMA 70 YEARS
Limb Peeled and Foot Was Like
Raw FIesh-Had to Use Clutches,
and Doctors Thought Amputatioa
Necessary = Montreal Woman
Writes Of Cure Seven Years Ago.
BELIEVES LIFE SAVED
BY CUTICURA REMEDIES

II have been treated by doctors for
twenty-five years for a bad case Of
eczema on my leg. They did their best,
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-01
Keeping Hogs In Bounds.

An easy plan of keeping hogs from
going from hog pastures TO COW pas
lures and at the same time allowing
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1908-01-01
THE FARMERS PAPER

THR SUNS market reports and com
nerclal columns are complete and re-
liable, and put the farmer, the mer-
chant and the broker In touch with the
markets OF Baltimore. Norfolk, Charles
ton, New York, Chicago, Philadelphia
and all other important points in the
United States and other countries. A IL
Of which the reader gets for one ceat.