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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-29
HELPS FOR THE FARM HOME

The domestic wheels. as IN every
path of life. run more smoothly where
there is systematic labor
System fills in the ruts, oils the ma
chine, keeps things moving ana gives
leisure and rest to the housekeeper.
Order in every department of the
household, not only one day in seven
but every day. is also imperative and
important.
A careful attention to details is an
essential to the comfort, cleanliness
and happiness of the family.
Nothing is too small or insignificant
that viii make the home attractive,
pleasant and cheerful.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-29
DO WE USE TOO MUCH SALT?
One Feeder Says Sheep Do
Not Need as Much Salt
as Many Suppose.
BY R. B. RUSHING.

1t has been my good fortune to live
my whole life, so far, on farm on
winch sheep have been constantly
kept
When I was quite young my father
began to teach me to help him to care
FOR the flock night and morning, and
as grew older it was my job to at
tend to the sheep almost exclusively.
AS matter of fact, loved sheep
loVed TO be around them and care for
MEANWHILE other members of our
family preferred caring for horses,
hogs, etc
BY virtue of this have been able
TO study the nature of sheep, their
likes and dislikes, and to put into prac-
tee not only theories but to continue
OLD customs as long as they served
my purpose.
For one to keep and maintain a flock
OF sheep from year to year in a good,
healthy condition in the face of the
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-29
STORE FOR WINTER TRUCK
Pays AS Well AS Any Other
Building on the Farm
Compared With Cost.
j. W. GRIFFIN, KENTUCKY.

A house for keeping fruit and veg
etables in good shape for winter mar
ket is valuable building for the truck
farmer and market gardener.
The accompanying cuts illustrate
one of the best.
The idea here presented is to keep
fruit and vegetables in the best pos
sible condition. so that they will be
fresh, crisp and brittle when marketed.
Potatoes may be buried in the
ground during winter, those for spring
use and the seed. But all the vegeta-
bles and fruit intended for winter
marketing should be assorted and
graded and then stored away con-
veniently.
The storehouse walls may be built
of either stone, brick or concrete. I
prefer concrete when the material
may be procured al n reasonable cost.
The building should be large enough
to conveniently store all truck used for
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-29
CARE OF HORSES ON THE FARM

It is mistake to let the young colt
follow the mare up and down the field
all da}, because the real lively COZ.
will keep going alongside until the
muscles are all tired ont.
The bones are soft and such treat
1nent will put them out of shape and
make the joints large
See that the horse managers are clean
and that there is no sour or moldy feed
in the corners A horse can easily be
gotten .'off his feed" in this way and a
loss in condition results.
Wet the feet of the driving horse
every day. This will help to keep them
81 condition during the hot. dry season
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-29

The egg patches must be destroyed
either by scraping off and burning or
by spraying with acetate of lead one
pound arsenate of soda eight ounces
and seventy-five gallons of water. Mix
the lead and soda separately, allow to
stand over night and then add the
water. Paris green will also discour-
age the leaf roller
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-29
A WINTER POULTRY HOUSE

This drawing shows the framework
OF a poultry house with sun shed at
tached. The shed at the lower part of
the house if covered with glass will let
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-29
THE DECEPTIVE GINSENG

More money has been wasted on gin
seng roots and plants by ambitious
amateurs than anything else ever pro-
NOTED in the way of plants in this
country. The craze is about died out,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-29

however, and the roots now raised are
by experts, who find a fairly good mar
ket. 1t takes from three to four years
to grow roots big enough to sell and
the average price is about $3.50 per
pound and the demand all comes from
China.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-29

1t is a little cream colored worm
which, if you touch him, will drop a
short distance and hang suspended in
the air by silllen thread. This worm
feeds on the young leaves and when
full grown spins a sillten web inside
the curled leaves of the tree and trans
forms itself to the pupa stage. The
adult moth soon energies and flies
away. They look like this:
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-29
MUST FIGHT THE LEAF ROLLER

If you will examine your apple and
peach trees you will find little patches
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-29

IN a flood OF sunshine, which is very
necessary during the winter months
Dimensions are not given here because
the house can be made any size de-
sired
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-11-25
MANIFESTATIONS
WANTED-AGENTS.


gANL ED-TraveIing statesmen earn big
-.-.59. S-y-t 10 $1,000 a year and ex-
--'- over $4,000 employed in the Unit
- e'a--s ana Canada II you earn less
-.-- $50 month and expenses. why not
.- 90 De en- expert salesman? We Will
,,. you IN s weeks BY mail and assist
49, y. secure good position. No former
- t---,,eL.e required. We receive hundreds
~ r. ---lS Tor statesmen and have placed hun
SJ-S ~ our graduates in good positions.
- Llen that formerly earned from
u 80 20 go month are now earning from
20 N-'." a year and expenses. Why
~ -elterted with a poorly paid position
49, you can earn from two 10 ten times
49, -s--l- as you now earn? Hundreds Of
6f.t- poSltlons now open II you are am
c.,-'-S and want To get out Of the rut and
49, o-s wages. write cor call att orr
1850 Office for our free hook A
,,SS---sht OF the Grip Z VII show YOU
way Address Dept sol National
S,lz5f=Sllan's Training Assn, Kansas City.
Francisco -
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-11-25
FOR SALE

NO HURRY
Perhaps you think that way about buy
ing lots in FEDERAL HEIGHTS. east
end Brigham street. You are decidedly
mistaken. The lots are going rapidly
and every day the interest Increases
Let us show you what we have there
STOWE & PALMER, = W. I'd So. Up
stairs. Phones 1872
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LIVERY.

MCoYs STABLES Both phones 81
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CASH REGISTERS.

NATIONAL CASH REGISTERS ,,scs,
Groshell, sales agent for Utah Expert
rash register repairing. No. 81 Main 81
Secondhand registers always in stock.
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LADIES TURKISH BATHS.

EXPERT lady attendants. Face mas
sage. manicudng. hair dressing SANTA
rum pariors. 81 W. I'd So. Bell sss: Ind
ISIS
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FOR SALE

FOR SALE
YOU'RE LOSING
A great opportunity when you don't take
ADVANTAGE of the prices now in effect in
FEDERAL HEIGHTS. Prices are low In
all cases and in some sections big profits
are certain before spring. Let US show
you. STOWE & PALMER. 80 W. I'd So.
Upstairs. Phones 492.
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CONTRACTORS EQUIPMENT.

S. G. SHAW & CO., Structural Steel,
Contractors Supplies Concrete Reinforce
ing. Railway Supplies, Concrete Mixers.
Portland Cement. etc. Harris Bros, Rep,
SO Atlas block Both phones.
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HAIRDREsSING.

HAIR DRESSING. shampoOing, mani
curing facial massage. MIS- A. g Rock
EFT All work cone al your nome Fl[sl
class work .gusran teed. Bell phone Z104-N-
Irg So So state St
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BUILDING O. BUILDING TRADGSI
PAINTS AND GLASS.

~---~~~~-0-0-~~~-~~--- 1850
EVER YTHING THAT GOES ON WITH
A BRUSH Acme Quality kind Paints.
va-nishes enamels. All supplies Gunner
Paint 6, Glass Co 20 e. lst So Phones 5l2
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AUTOMOBILES.

ERANkLIN autornOblIes Tor touring Ia
excel all others IN economy. comfort.
speed and reliability. Don't go Urong.
The Franklin IS the best Con. Wagon .
Marhfns On.
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FnR RENT-FIIRNISHED.


FOR Rents modern rooms for house
keeping, furnished or unfurnished. lis
Canyon road
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FOR SALE
COME Up
Today and see FEDERAL HEIGHTS,
east end Brigham street Hundreds go
up there every Sunday afternoon. You
will see the fine residence section of our
greater Salt Lake. See US for lots
STOWE & PALMER, 81 W. I'd So up
stairs). Phones 1872
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& ELECTRoTYPERs.

ENGRAVERS and electrotypers. De
Bouzek-Huntze Co, 25-2s ". So Temple
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ALL KINDS OF detective work done by
reliable men. Information secured in all
kinds OF cases. No connection with any
agency. II you need il l can get il Ad-
dress T 30. Herald Bell phone SS6S-Z.
IN-ERMOUNTAIN DETECTIVE AGCY
James Taylor. John B. Rurbidge-
All business confidential office IS w Il:
So room 10 NauVoa blk Bell Ia4e.
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THE SCHOOL WITH A RECORD.
GATRELL'S Unique School OF Sn0rf-
hand and Typewriting. Hooper Bldg
VISIT Henager's Business College II
you are thinking of taking a course L:
rave tn attend the hest
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FURNACES AND RANGES.

-~----~----~------~-~----~
FURNACES and ranges cleaned and re-
paired chimleys cleaned; iealxy roofs re-
paired and painted Harry Femmel. Ind
phone 1871
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JUDGE BUILDING DIRECTORY.

DR. R. R BROWNFIELD-Su 406:
Bell 2449; surgery and diseases of women.
Office hcurs-11 to /: 2 to s.
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SHIPPING.

LGT RATES - any part OF the United
States. We can save money for you IN
chipping goods either east or west. Cor
respondents n ali the principal citieA
See Us or phone s55. Redmah Eaa =
ernrare 20 III So " Temple
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STOCK BROKERS.


r. FORESTER examines and reports
on mining and mineral properties. Rooms
212-21S Brooks Arcade. Both phones.
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FOR SALE-Cutter Sleigh; swell body,
cheap. 81 So. 10th East.
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FOR SALE-A few choice lots, east
bench, $3.50 to $40; half cash. balance two
years per cent. Get in on the east bench
now; these lots will readily advance TO
5000 each. Hubbard Investment Co, S.
West Sd South-55. See U.s. for fire in
surance.
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MASSAGE.

SHABIPOOING. hairdressing. facial
massage. manicuring. Work done at your
home Work done evenings By appoint
ment A. c. Rocket, Bell, Main INK
So So. State.
FACIAL. scalp and general by expert
encsd graduate masseUse; ladies' visited.
prices reasonable Marian Trecarrel-
Phones, S35 Bell. 1885 Ind.
OLIVE ROGERS. MASSEUSE, gives
massage and scalp treatment 255ls So
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TIMING AND PIANO REPAIRING.

JOIN n. TAGGART, headquarters y.
Z. & Western Piano %. So. Main
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PAINT AND PAPERHANGING.

ERNST sTURM. painter and paper
hanger. Old Deseret News Bldg. Work
guaranteed. Payment one month after
work is done.
WANTED-Rooms papered and paper
furnished for & and up Stock or high
grade papers at half price. Bell phone
Tg-X III East Second South
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FOR SALE
THE CROWN

THE CROWN
OF Brigham street-FEDERAL HEIGHTS
beautiful in itself. Location all that
could be wished for. Everything lust
right for the premier residence location of
Greater Salt Lake. Number OF lots lin
tied. Prices low. Selling rapidly. Get in
and tie up some of the ground whether
you want TO build right now or not. See
us for lots. STOWE & PALMER 50 w
I'd So. Upstairs. Phones 492.
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FIXTURES.

Utah BUILDING & MANUFACTURE
ING co. Inc. 221 w. So Temple Both
phones 36S5. Cabinet work. show cases,
counters. shelving. etc. Manufacturers
of Bank Bar and Office Fixtures. Milton
Ridges. manager.
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FOR SALE-REAL ESTATE.

FOR SAI.E-Four lots In one Of the
best locations east of Limerty park: 81 CO0
cash buys four. You cannot buy the adj
four lots are worth s.. 600. Don't overlook
this. Hubbard Investment Co.. 66-West
Third South-66
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FOR SALE


O. Thirteenth South street, near ths
Country club: five acres in orchard lawns
alfalfa. etc: complete fish hatchery and
ponds containing over 1900 trout: will paw
big interest on investment; modern bunga-
low. with hot water heat, bath, etc; most
beautiful country place in Salt Lake coun-
ty. Apply Game & Hooper Co. ) Hooper
bl0g. Bell phone .525
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POOL TABLES.

POOL TABLES-Large stock second
hand tables cheap. Also show cases and
drug fixtures. Headquarters for billiard
supplies. w. L. Wetherbee. las and $50
West 1st South street Ind 1922
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IRON WORKS.

SILVER BROS. IRON WORKS CO.
Both phones 456. $40 W. 18th South. Struc-
turai steel. cast iron columns, etc
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CARPENTERS.

SHUMAKER & SIMS, 81 Richards St.
solicit odd jobs of all kinds about your
store or residence. Bell 4ll9. Res. 337S-X.
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DIAMONDS. WATCHES, JEWELLERY

OUR EASY PAYMENT SYSTEM EN-
ables you TO wear or present as gin
diamond or watch and pay as you Ike.
Our prices are positively the lowest in the
city We are always pleased to show
goods. Our holiday stock is now complete
Compare prices Utah Jewelry Co.. 323
South Main
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BLUE PRINTING.

BLUE PRINTING-Fresh papers; ex-
pert operators; new plant Breeder Office
supply Co. 60 West Second South.
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LUMBER DEALERS.

BURTON COAL & LUMBER co. Both
phones SOS. Manufacturers of Tarred Felt,
Roofing Pitch and Creosote.
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For RENT.


FOR RENT-A 4-room modern brick
house 92T Washington ST
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BUILDER.

IF YOU are going to build a home. see
me. NJ. NJ. King, POI Constitution Bldg.
Bell 1874. Ind. 112e-R
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INTERIOR FINISHINGS.
CONTRACTORS.


MILLER & JENSEN. contractors Arch
ltectural and engineering works. Phones,
Bell 1881, Ind. 32S7. 311 Sharon Bldg
ASHTON BROS.-General contractors,
20 Sharon block. Bell S13. Ind. 3S3S-A
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CHIRoPoDIST.

DR. ELIZABETH L WlSMER- Suite
srS-4is security & Trust Bldg. "a Main ST.
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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.

Industrial. manufacturing. mining. oil.
gas and railway stocks and bond issues
sold direct TO investors; commission basis
Samuel Graham & Co. selling brokers, g
Sacrament street Montreal Canada.
WANTED-Lady or gentleman with
from $50 to $50 TO finance great money
making scheme. Address y II, Herald
FOR SALE-Rooming house. fine looa-
ton. cheap; terms reasonable Party re-
firing. 25 Apple street Bell phone
$685. NJ.
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FOR SALE.


FOR SALE-Partnershipi in road show.
first class company and special scenery.
IND. 1f6i.
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PIANO TUNING.

J. w MORRISON. Headquarters
Cleyton-Daynes Music Co. res. - Cor
don ave
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Wv MOVING. MOVING
Lots in FEDERAL HEIGHTS are going
rapidly The best judges of property
values are the buyers. Are you judge2
We know every inch of the ground.
STOWE & PALMER, 80 w. I'd So. Up
stairs. Phones 492.
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FOR RENT-Stcre premises, No. 65 East
LIST So. Apply State Bank of Utah
Amador ledger., 1908-03-27
DID LEE EXPECT DEFEAT7
The Generals Significant Statement
After Sailors Crock.

The Generals Significant Statement
After Sailors Crock.
My last official intercourse with Gen.
erai Lee was on the retreat. was
sent to him with dispatches from Pres.
Ment Davis and reached him near mid.
night of April near Rice's station. I
approached without being challenged
by single sentinel and found him
standing near smolderiug fire with
one Of his hands resting on an am
bulancc wheel. lie was debating some
order to Colonel Marshall. who sat in
the ambulance with lap desk receiv-
ing his dlctation. AS General Lee
spoke he gazcd into the bed OF Goals
rs If Weighing every word. There was
no staff or escort about. so far rs
could see. Touching Sailors Creek. he
spoke bitterly and said in answer to
Mr.. Davis desire to know his proposed
line Of retreat that It was beyond his
control; that he had intended to re-
treat BY the line of the Danville road.
but had been forced off that route by
the arrival of Sheridan ahead of him
at Burkvile: that he was then follow
ing the line of the SOuthside road to
Lynchburg. but the enemy was out
marching him and might force him of:
that his movements were dependent
on the developments Of each hour. AMI
then he added: How can | tell2 y
few more Sailors Creeks and 1t will all
be over-iust where thought 1t would
end from the beginning" When first
published this statement its truthful
ness was questioned. Fortunately
aftervard saw two of his staff. both
Of whom snid they had heard him ex-
press himself in the same way. There
may have been times when General
Lee eated by some Of his surprising
successes, felt hopeful about the trl-
umph of our cause. From the proDn-
bilities based on numbers and resources
his Judgment may have been warped
away now and then by the feeling he
expressed when, after Second Maras-
sas Sharpsburg. Fredericksburg and
Charlottesville. he said, mo general
ever commanded such. troops as those
under me-" But his mind was too
mathematical in Its workings. and all
its calculations were too habitually
based upon what could be done with
a given number of men and a certain
amount Of material to make him foHget
the vast disparity between the contest
ants or hope for ultimate triumph
John S. Wise in Circle Magazine.
Amador ledger., 1908-03-27
HER FIRST SPEECH.
II Wasn't the One She Learned, but
II Won tho Crowd.

II Wasn't the One She Learned, but
II Won tho Crowd.
1t was the first appearance in public
Of Ada G. Sweet Of Chicago. United
States commissioner Of pensions under
President Grant and one of the first
women in the movement for equal po-
litical rights for the sexes. When the
civil war broke out she was living with
her parents in the village of Lombard,
now suburb of Chicago, and was
chosen to present to the boys of the
Lombard company a silk flag which the
women of the place had made with
their own fair hands.
The literary woman Of the village
had written for the occasion n beautl-
full presentation speech. III which the
soldiers were adjured to take the fair
flag into which your wives, daughters
and sweethearts have sewed fond hopes
and fearful prayers for your safe re-
turn. carry 1t through the smoke and
shell of battle free from the stain Of
dishonor and the rents Of defeat and
bear it home victorious at the end Of
the war"
II thought" says Miss Sweet, that
l had learned that piece up and down,
backward and forward. inside and out
but on the great day itself. when the
band ceased playing and an awful
hush fell upon the crowd and every
face was turned eXpectantly up to
mine. it was different. | opened my
lo1 u
creaked forward in her chair and whis-
pered loudly. Soldiers Of Lombard
"That whisper went through me like
knife. but left me still speechless. l
set my teeth, stepped decisively for
ward and pushed the flag into the
hands of the nearest soldier. Then
spoke. Every word Of that speech had
left me, but knew what 1t meant.
Soldiers of Lombard said in a
desperate voice that must have been
heard to the utmost confines of the
crowd, here's your. flag! Don't get it
dirty! Don't tear 1t! And be sure to
bring it back!
"a shout rose from that crowd such
as no orator before or since has ever
evoked from q crowd in those parts.
The first thing knew l was riding on
the shoulders of two soldiers, while
the whole company pressed about me,
with waving hats, and my father was
leaning over toward me from the back
Of his big horse and calling me his
own original GIRL while the tears
rolled down his cheeks with laughter.
"As long as lived in the village of
Lombard l never dared to meet square
ly the vengeful eyes Of the literary lady
who had written that presentation
speech."-St. Louis Republic.
Amador ledger., 1908-03-27
A WITTY JUDGE.
His Conclusions on the Evidence of
Ditto and True.

His Conclusions on tho Evidence Of
Ditto and True.
The late Hon. Noah Davis, well
known throughout the country as the
judge who tried and sentenced Boss
Tweed, was justly celebrated in many
ways. He was of that type of jurlst
for which western New York was
famed during the half century follow
ing 1850. Orleans county is proud of
him as one Of her noblest and most dis
tlnguished sons. He was slightly
above medium height, full habited.
large head, fine, clean cut face-indeed.
a striking figure in any community. He
was we'll read lawyer, an honest,
fair minded judge, with keen sense
Of humor and withal something of a
writer and poet. The following lines
from his pen, written on the spur of
the moment and in the midst Of trial,
illustrate the alertness and quality Of
his mind. They are perhaps the ct
play upon words of which we have any
record in the English language.
1t was at the Niagara circuit in the
early seventies. Judge Davis presided.
An action in ejectment was called.
The dispute was over party wall or
a division line. 1t was purely ques-
ton for the civil engineer. The divi-
sion line established and the case was
won. The defendants attorney. realiz-
ing this, called as expert witnesses the
Hon. John a. Ditto. city engineer Of
Buffalo, and the Hon. A. r. True, the
engineer who constructed the canta-
lever bridge over Niagara river at the
falls They were two Of the most emf
nent civil engineers in the state. They
made q survey Of the premises and es-
tabllshed the division line as contended
for by the defendant and when called
to the witness stand so testified, giving
monuments. courses and distances with
such minute eXactness that they could
not be successfully controverted. The
moment True, who followed Ditto as n
witness. left the stand, Judge Davis
wrote these lines and passed them to
the clerk to hand to plaintiffs COUNSEL:
Since True swears ditto to Ditto.
And Ditto swears ditto to True.
II True be true and Ditto be digto,
think they're too many for you.
Daniel II. Mcmillan in Buffalo Truth.