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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-06-17
To be continued.

Avoid shrunken and harsh fannels
by attention to a few simple "donts -
Don't rub them on a dashboard. don
rub soap on them. don hang out of
doors in freezing weather, don't use
hot water to wash them, above all.
don't iron them
Unyielding and shrunken under
wear is a needless addition to the
trials of cold weather and may be
avoided by observing few simple
precautions Always be sure to use
tepid water. softened by adding a lit
tie borax or ammonia, Make a strong
suds with a good soap known to be
free from resin Have enough suds to
cover all the articles to be washed,
and after wetting each garment
thoroughly press al under water and
leave for ten or fifteen minutes; then
squeeze and rub with the hands, look
ing carefully after any spots or ex'
ira soil
Have ready an abundance of rinse
water OF the same temperature as
that in which the wollens are washed,
never above luke warm and softened
with borax aud just a triie soapy. A
second rinse water Is desirable, es-
pecially for fine white fannels. After
putting through the wringer pu. ach
garment into shape, stretchig Well,
and when dry they viii be like new.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-06-17

and letters of marque" to prey on
British traders than TO pursue the
ordinary course of shipping down to
Barbados or Jamaica carrying fish,
lumber, cereals and rum. Even be-
fore the war straight commerce had
become too perilous to be satisfactory
to the merchants as was shown by a
letter of Richard Derbys undar date
of May 8, ITS, in which he said:
There hath not been as yet any
stopping of We trade, so | would have
you get a load o. molasses as good
and cheap and as quick as you can
and proceed home If We have not
sold, and We markets are bad where
you are, you have liberty 10 proceed
any other way, either to We Mole,
Jamaica, or to make a fresh bottom,
or anything else that you may think
likely to help We voyage. but always
to keek your money in your hands"
Once The privilege of preying on
British commerce was authorized out
from Salem sped the earliest of these
armed craft. the sturdy Beggar,' to
be followed in a few days by the Re
,venge." u guns, which almost imme-
Idiately took fair Jamaicaman laden
with 1913 hogsheads of suger besides
Eother cargo" All told 15S armed yes
sells were fitted out from Salem dur
ing the REVOLUTIONARY era in which
rich profits were made by the adven-
turous and warlike seafarers.
The career of these privateers of
the Revolution and the readiness with
which they turned to another trade
after the war illustrates the alertness
with which the New Englander has
always sought out new opportunities.
In 1871 when it was supposed that
the conflict might continue for some
time longer and when there was
thought of other rich prizec to be
made on the high seas, the most ia
nous of all privateers, The Grand
Turk was launched. She was built
for speed and armed with "a big
guns, being hardly less effective than
the men of war of those days. On
her first trip she took two prizes
which netted her owner uore than
$4,000 Thereafter came the negotia-
'tiOns for peace, and a stop was put
to priyateering. But the big vessel
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-06-17

India Island Of ST. Martins where he
sold his cargo for G217S is. Cd This
representative Of the spirit of old
time trading. like most of thl Sc who
set sal! in those days from III North
Atlantic ports, Went in violation of
the navigation act of 1905. But in
fractions of the law only added spice
10 the adventure. The hardy New
Englanders gladly accepted the
chance of being overhauled either by
an English man of war or by Cap
tain Kidd. Blackboard or another of
the blood-thirsty pirates. Neither did
they mind the necessity of being
RI Ady 10 appear in any harbor flying
the flag of almost any nation-as
when this same Captain Derby at a
later date recommended to one of his
ship masters that he go among the
French by "makeing your Vessel a
Dutch bottom" Graft, too, evidently
was rampant and must have been
connived at in spite OF Puritanical no.
tons. Or the Salem trader added
AIS Secure a permit so as for you
to trade there the next Voyage which
you may Undoubtedly do by your
Factor & little greasing some
Others.
These Derby papers in brief, throw
a strong light upon the pioneering
character which has made New Eng
In,
industrial movements developing the
maritime interests and retaining them
willie they were distinctly profitable.
steam railroads until diminishing
dividends couuselled reinvestment
and today the big electrical PROPOSE
lions such as are involved in the tel
ephone, the trolley car and electric
lighting and power facilities In every
part OF the world The New England
ers got into the trade because they
found Il lucrative. What the profits
mast have been can 5e coujeGtured
from the fact that the insurance on a
single voyage was often from 10 10 Is
per cent. of the value of the cargo
and sometimes ran as high as % per
cent The risks were large, bur those
Nho peysisteLlv followed the traffic
iaid the foundations Of great fer
tunes. Elias Haskell Derby. son OF
Captain Richard Derby. died in 1898
leaving q fortune Of more than one
million dollars. one oil the largest
amassed IN America up To that time.
No. all OF IL. however. was gained
In strict trade Thege came n time
during the Revolution when 1t proved
more Profitable TO ht out privsteers
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-06-17

opment Of the personal kind of bank.
ing which has long distinguished Nee
England is not specifically indicated
in Mr.. Peabody's monograph on the
Derbys. but from references in it to
the banking customs of colonial DAYS
it is easy TO see how houses having
peculiarly personal relationship with
a large clientele, such as present day
commercial New England, came to
exist The Derbys besides being
very large ship owners and interested
in various other enterprises of their
time, served as ban kers to the com
Imunity. If one maI owed another a
certain sum he woul1 give his cred.
itor a note on Mr. Derby, and the
creditor would then demand the
amount either in cash or drygoods or
rum or any other article he wished.
typical draft of the eighteenth cen.
fury does not look very businesslike
to modern eyes though both the one
who drew it and its recipient doubt
less meant business. 1t is as follows
salem, November 10th 1888
Capt darby, Be plesd to let Mr.. Rob
ert Smith heve one gallon cf Rum
and Charge the Same to the ;tyount
of yours to Sarve
Benz Jones"
Now and then there is talk OF a
big revival of the direct West India
trade between New England ports
and the islands. This may or may
not take place. After the advent Of
steam navigation most Of this traf.
fic which through competition wa
becoming less profitable than in early
times passed over to New York. Only
in comparatively recent years have
the possibilities of tropical fruit
growing led to large Refreshments of
New England money in one direction,
while the excellent prospects Of Porto
Rico under American domination have
led to the establishment of a trolley
line which has now taken the place
of the mule cars on the shaded high.
way between Ponce and La Playa
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-06-17

had Il subsequent commercial useful
ness In 1885 the Grand Turk" was
the second of the Salem fleet. very
many of them ex-privateers, which
rounded the cape Of Good Hope and
opened up the enormously profitable
traffic with the East Indies which
lasted down TO comparatively recent
times and which created many of the
New England fortunes that have sub
sequently been re-invested in rail
roads, telephone and other electrical
properties.
The important West Indian traffic
was not interrupted by the develop
ment of the East Indian trade 1t
was especially active in the early
years of the nineteenth century.
There were seamy features about it
which have often been described. and
perhaps exaggerated. A triangular
course was followed by many of the
vessels which ran from the New Eng
land ports with cargoes for the West
Indian communities. There they
kOOh OAi DOdiu GiIEap rum BlAE0 " lLt
| it to the African coast. and exchanged
it for slaves. The human cargoes
were resold in the West Indies or in
the southern states of this country.
Then laden with sugar, rice and trop-
ical fruits. the ship returned to be
welcomed in the staid New England
town with psalms of thanksgiving for
the prosperity of the voyage.
A typical cargo for the West Indies,
as Mr. Peabody shows, was one taken
out by the elder Derby. 1t consisted
of $4,000 feet of boards, 34500 shin
giles, $500 slaves, 10 barrels of shad.
Nc horses. as bags of corn and 20 OF
rye II was exceptional only in that
it had a smaller proportion than usu-
al of dried FISH. for the Yankees early
learned to make an advantageous
barter of the wealth of their adjacent
waters. These fnny harvests they
appreciated thoroughly and even
waxed sentimental at times over the
Goldfish, as is proved by the sacred
cod under which assachusetts solous
now legislate on Beacon Hin or b,
she carved aud gjlded eflgiss Of the
goldfish which BENJAMIN. Plckman.
famous Salem merchant, placed on
either side Of the pair OF stairs in
She principal hall OF his house. built
In l75a-and stlll standing in Essex
street next to that Mecca Of all tour-
lists who visit Salem. the East India
Marine Building
How far this profitable West indian
trade was responsible for the devel
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-06-17
The Yankee In
The West Indies

Salem. June I'm 1898, less than
two decades after the Pilgrims land
led on Plymouth rock and less than
one after the settlement of Boston,
Yankee enterprise began to seek in.
tercourse, for purpose Of profit. in the
West Indies. The voyage of the lit,
tie ship Desire which went TO New
Providence and Tortuga and returned
to Salem laden with cotton, tobacco
salt and negroes. was the beginning
OF long list of trade ventures to
land in the tropical islands under.
.takings continued today in such pro.
jects as Flagler's sea-going railros d.
annexing Cuba by way OF Key West,
the immense business in raising ant
marketing tropical fruits which the
United Fruit company, a characte,
istic constructive industry built up
in Jamaica and elsewhere by Cape
Cod Yankees. and the various eleetrf-
cal properties lately installed, such
as the trolley systems of Porto Rico,
the electric light and power com.
'pany of Key West and the telephone
plants which are beginning to save
the time of slow-moying Spanish.
Americans.
Romance and profit seeking reality
have been constantly interwoven in
these 270 years of trade relations be-
tween New England and the West
Indies. The story has never been
fully told. Numerous facts, for in.
stance, never heretofore published
regarding the earlier features of
these activities Of pioneering New
England have just been brought out
in a monograph which the Essex In
stitute of Salem is about to publish
on the Derbys of Salem, by Robert
E. Peabody, This investigator, a
young man ia pursuance of a Har-
ward degree. has had access to an i'm
mensely valuable collection of old
papers and letters, and reproduces
some of them.
In all the New England adventur.
ing in West and East Indies no fam
lily had a more important part than
that played by the Salem Derbys
whose fortunes began to be estab-
lished when in 1879 young Richard
Derby went out as master of the
.Skoner Ranger to the French West
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-06-17
Upholstery Linens as Trimminu

The raid on the upholstery depart
ment which was inaugurated by the
wholesale use of cretonne in dress
trimmings is being extended to other
materials For instance. the quaint
hand-printed linens found In this de-
partmet are being utilized by many
smart dressmakers in the trimming
Of pongees and linen. An occasional
pattern yields figures Just right to
cut out and use with embroidery
stitches for medallions, and It Is fire.
quently employed in both waistcoats
and parasols.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-06-17
CHAPTER XXiT

Lord LEICESTER was on fire as he
strobe up tAe hill 10 the Hail, and that
n2twiths aud.Eg De VAS wet 10 The
skin. He was 3n tire with love, He
swore to himself. MS he climbed UP
the slope shat there was no one Nike
his Stella, no one SO beautiful. SO low
able and sVee- MS The darkeyed sig,
who had stolen his heart from him
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-06-17
SHOPPING AT HALIFAX.
All the Stores There Give You 10 Per
Cent of on Everything You Buy.

Cent of on Everything You Buy.
New York Sun-The shopper in
New York takes it for granted that
she will not buy at even figures; she
pays SO cents, OF SLAB or 1897, what
ever it may be, and is content so long
as she is certain she has made
bargain So it is a shock to her
when she goes to some place where
different system of pricing goods
and of offering bargains obtains.
Il got my greatest shock in Hall
| fax, n S. said a New York woman.
They're the queerest people up
there. It's a queer old city, anyway.
1t looks as il It were built in very
ancient times; reminded me of an
old English garrison town. At every
step you took you met a soldier.
You see, Id been told that it was
good place to buy things much
cheaper than in New York, so when
my husband and l landed there for
three days stay l made up my
mind Id do some shopping.
well, the shops were lovely-lots
of room, attentive salespersons and
all that The first thing l got was
marked SO, and | thought it was a
bargain and said I'd take it. | count
ed my change and found I'd got back
$2.30 for my IS bill.
Guess you've made a mistake l
said to the young woman who waited
on me- You've given me- 80 cents
too mucF and l handed back the so
cents.
"Oh, no, that's all right she told
me. Ten per cent off you know
q supposed it was some special
discount on the class of goods I'd
bought and went on to another shop
THE same thing happened again.
began to wonder, then, thinking it
odd that I'd struck two 10 per cent
discounts in one mornings shopping.
"At the third sto-shop I mean.
nearly forgot myself and said store
you mustn't do that in an English
town. picked out something
wanted for $40. I hesitated mo.
ment over the price and the young
"'Of course, with the discount it's
only So
Mercy me- l said What do you
mean by your discount? If you only
want SO why don't you mark it that?'
You're a stranger here she said
Why, we always give 10 per cent dis
count on ever. ming
All the shops? l asked
All OF them she said.
"'But what good does that do?' I
burst out. Why not mark all goods
right in the first placer
The people expect 10 per cent
Off was her answer, and / couldn't
get any more out of her.
why the people like it I'm sure
don't know, for it reduces shopping
to a dead level. Takes all the fun
and excitement out of it. Why on
earth don't they vary their eternal
10 per cent off and make it So or
lilo once in while and give the
shoppr a run for her money?
Still, if you could see the women
dress in Halifax you'd understand
They all dress alike; that is they're
all dowdy They don't care how their
clothes fit, so | suppose they don't
care how they buy them"
And the New York woman passed
on, in hurry to get to So and Sos
department store before all the hats
for 1919 had been grabbed up
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-06-17

-, 49, p's' oN' 9'li VI l'l sna'"9 sue
,n 0'1 -, ,0' n, ma 1 sd. Nou'u 40 al
u D+ s 81, "au uo'e' "0u,1 0o r
80 &" q laser o"e 'hsu jasper
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-, 80 " '',e''e' % ''e "'su'- sue 10
49,, NO. -, NV " :, - "''o'' nave s'Vsu
~, - ''''l',SS' o'''.--'e Suai'
- ~, "OusN u"'e 70 no' {
20 a., /" az. "'.u "a w II Su''i no' oe
-. ->'' ~ len '.'e' i s'eep'ess hisn'
Say, ' 49, wv, oo,.' w" " 10 ole"'d ''sI -
a. anu sweet ana s'ni.lhs-a l'l''1
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-06-17

C--There is one thing for which
mankind I think, deserves credit.
Y--Wbsf might that be-
C--When you think of all the liars
we have there has never been one
Who claimed positively that he had
seen the nog,h pole.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-06-17

Ma row black MORE ribbon is {. ca.
price of the hour and is used both as
a long neck chain for the watch and
as necklace to which to fasten a
diamond brooch or pendant. Black
MORE belts. with rhinestone buckles,
also record this lad.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-06-17
D soordant Note.

Wayeham ~Akchiily tryln' to
find work. are you? You punkin
headed wisSy.washy old"
Tuuold Kr;'t-''I may be punkin
headed hug at. man at says ! wish
wash is gon . have a fight on
his hands Take it back. durn YET"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1908-06-17

Us the happiness Of the whole Z
world,
lis praises loud a.e heard
It's made life happy. healthy ana
bright.
It's Rocky Mountain Tea taken at
night
Edwin sumner & Son.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-03-13
COME AND GONE.
VIM. and Leo Billstein visited IL
Minneapolis bundgy. -.

Vim. and Leo Billstein visited in
Mrs. F. 81. Hall Of Minneapolis
returned home Monday after . visit
here. the guest of friends.
q w. q. Harrison and SON Of Aitkin
returned home Sunday after short
visit here.
Levi Longfellow of Minneapolis
returned home Sunday after q visit
here: the guest of the local post Of
e. s. Staples of Staples spent Sun
day here, the guest of friends.
Miss Regina Burton. who has been
visiting in st. Cloud, returned home
Monday. '.-.
Mrs. L. G.. Vessel and. daughter,
Leonella, returned home Monday from
short visit in Sc. Paul. 49,
Lud Gaudet and Lyman Signor we're
business visitors in koya1ton Mond ~.
Joseph Sarteu of .Ssrtell returned
home after q short visit here
Rev. W. q. Farrell, who has been
holding evangelistic services at
Mora, returned home Monday.
Oscar Olson made a short visit in
the Twin Cities tho frst>of tho week,
e. z. Blanchard of Seymour, Mo.
was tho guest AZ the home OF hie
brother, e. r. Blanchard, fe = days
this week.
Col. G b. Nero of Minneapolis
returned home Monday after short
visit here. tho guest Of his son, Dr..
E. b. Nero. ...- ..,-
mr.. and MIS-. f. e.. Crowley left
la
will make their future home.
Mrs. Mary Ayers Of Royaiton came
up the lattar part OF last week for; 8
short VISIT here as the guest Of hel
daughter, Mrs. Frank Renick.
Charles Sylvester made q business
trip to st. Cloud last Friday.
herman Fiez of Wisconsin was the
g1est of Mr.. and Mrs. L. l.. Stoehr Of
the Little Falls house this. week.
Phil s. Randall made q business triE
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-03-13
RAM EY

March 1O.-M. BlaisdeIl and family
visited ct 81. Chase's Sunday.
Rev. John Blaokhurst preached az
the n. z. church Sunday,
Mrs. CLYDE Young is on tho sick list.
Claude YQung Of Graham was here
Monday fora load OF Wood. !:
Born-To Mr.. and Mrs. jesse
martin, March 3, daughter.
Born-To Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Maus-
field, March 4, q son.
Foley visitors for tho week were
Arthur and Rolph Chase, Geo. Ogg,
Reuben Ogg and Will Snavely.
martin Ogg made q business trip to
st. Paul Wednesday.
j. Thoen of Graham is hauling Ium-
Der from Mount Morris to Rice for
Eric TalterG. = ifs%s' r. = - = ',ist ta2sf
Robt. Mann went to Buckman,
Monday after load of goods for the
Ramey merchant. s5>
The n. e. Ladies' Aid met with
Mrs. May W1ldasin Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robt., Mann visited al
ohm Stuhl's Sunday.
Andrew Thoen Of Graham was al
b. Chase's Saturday and took home
two loads of wood.
Morgan Mansfield fell and hurt hi,
back last week.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-03-13
TO II. Ripley Saturday.

to It. Ripley Saturday. --.s r..
Dr.. J. 81. Newman made business
visit to Motley and Royalton tho first
Of the week.
G. Il. >Slmons spent several days this
week working on his farm in Ripley
town. ...~-. -...1
Frank Stumpf and Adam Verni4
were business visitors here Monday.
Rev. George e. Platt held services
In Rices Tuesday evening.
Peter Reder Of st. Paul, fur and
hide dealer, visited here several days
this week.
Frank Lonsberry of Spokane. Wash:
ington. visited here this week. the
guest of his cousin, Mrs. j, B. Hoist
G.. 81. Merry Of Dickinson, N, D.,
made business visit here the first
of the week.
c. W. Stewart of St. Cloud was a
business Wis TOR here Tuesday
L. y. Vessel returned Friday from
q trip to the Twin Cities.
MISS Lou Muns0n of Minneapolis
returned home Satu rday after visit
here the guest of Miss Marie
MAILMAN.
Mrs.: T. B. McColoch of St. Cloud,
VINO mas been visiting with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. P. W. Hayes,
returned home last Friday.
Bonner Richard visited i'm Mime.
apolis the middle Of tee week.
J. A. Martin of the Pine Wood Fuel
company. who has been in Mime.
spolis during the past few weeks,
returned here the latter part Of 1ast
week.
Jacob Burton returned to ST. Paul
last Friday after . visit bore, the
guest of Barney Burton. -~~
Mr.: and Mrs. Lysle and n A.
Mueller Of Koyalton were among ebe
Royalton visitors here the middle 81
the week. ~.:. ~ 49, ..~=say~ ',e-
Mr.. and Mrs. Berglund, Mrs. j. A.
Clouse, and Miss 0oldie Clouse Of Fl.
Ripley visited here Monday.
Cashier A. P. StolI OF tho Bank Of
Pierz made q bust ness trip to St.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-03-13
MOOERH' CHILDREN LOSE ALLOT.
MENTS.

A decision of the United States
circuit court which seriously affects
q former resident of Morrison county,
is one that has just been handed dowa-
by Judge Page Morris. Tue decision
is IN regard to the fling TO- land
allotments by Indians in the White
Earth reservation, and clears the poll t
that the only act uhder which Indians
could file for timber lands on toe
White Earth reservation to make up
100 acres which is SLOWED by the
federal laws is the STEVENSON act of
April %, 1904 Mr.. Mooers' allot.
ments had been made to bis children.
The plaintiffs in tho two cases,
Edward L. Warren and Annie Fair:
banks. q minor, by her guardian
I'D 1tem, Benjamin l.. Fairbanks,
shortly after the passage of theSteener.
son act but before tho agent had given
notice that he would receive spplica.
tions, made application for eighty
acres each additional of the timber
lands. Samuel i. Mooers made
apple atoms for the same land later in
behalf of bis two children under the
laws Of 1857 and 1889, but on the day
the. allotmonts were made the plain.
ti6s were in line and secured them.
The department ofithe interior had
decided against the plaintiffs, but THE
latest decision:, of the federal, eiro1it
court IS in theiE favor, aud the Mooers
children lose in their allotment claims.
The following is tho ,ntents of
Judge Page Morris memorandum
1T seems clesr from the evidence
that he 1.-THE agent) notified Mooers Of
the annu1ment of the so called allot-
ments to his children, and Informed
him chat he should take bis chances
the same as other Indians entitled to
allotments. This being the case,
Mooers had the same chance. on the
date fixed for the going into effect If
the STEVENSON act, that the plaintiffs
having fairly secured allotments of
these lands ON that date. in the manner
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1908-03-13
!. BIRKEY n COSTA RIGA.

J. q. Berksy. veil known IN Little
Falls. responded 10 the toast, Mime
sofa Estrella del Norte (Star of the
Nofth), at banquet given on Wash.
ington's birthday, Feb. 20, 1908, at
San Jose. Costa RIGA. Central
America, by q. =. Stone of st. Paul
to q party Of friends. 1t was the first
time the day had ever been observed
In Costa Rica. Mr.. Berkey is yacht
ing in the Caribbean.