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Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-03-12

iOTt. j wan SOITy-Ou lily nOnOT, BuL
I was first attracted to you, believe
me, because you looked so girlish-so
different. I think your new clothes
are all right"
ooh, I'm so glad. | should have
| felt uncomfortable all this evening II
| you hadn't said that. You see. my
| friend is the best, dressed girl | know
They walked on in silence for a mo.
ment. Il think you had better leave
me now She smiled in spite OF her.
self: but she stopped. 'Good.by," she
said %inflexibly.
He lifted his hat resigncdly. She
nodded and walked IN.
In an instant quick footsteps over
took her. I'm very sorry to trouble
you again" he began, a statement that
his dancing eyes made no effort to re
enforce. You dropped this handker.
chief out Of your muf."
She was shocked. did |? What
a goose" She famed. "Of course
you know ! didn't do it on purpose"
q. "Of course. DO You mind il | follow
you a little way, Just for protection?
You might lose your muf-or--or-"
II might cast a Shoe she flashed
She looked ahead with a little mad.
dening judicial air. We'll, all right, but
you'll have to leave me soon for I'm
almost there. It's somewhere in the
Sixties, | think. You're not going To
insist on going to dinner with me
are yOu?"
I'm not sure yet"
She had been fmmbling in her mum
She brought out a note, a crumpled
creamy sheet.
He watched her curionsly at first
then with a start.
by every sign and token Of long
distance signaling - that's Bcttina
Thorpe's handwriting" he commented
casually.
She stared.
"Oh, I've got my credentials with
me, too. There's no reason why this
peace conference shouldn't got busy
He drew an unopened letter from his
pocket and thrust it under her be.
wildered eyes.
by Jove. | guess Id better read
that" he exclaimed.
How perfectly ridiculous!" Hcr
breath came in gasps. why, | can't
believe tits too silly"
"Bettina ought to serve a can. opener
with her stationery" he complained
tearing at the flap, "or a little dyna
mite. All" He ran hungrily through
the note and then burst into a o a
II know who You are he informed
his companion, his a Frightening
with mischief. you're Patricia Otis
Listen I'D 'hiS'
Dear Duke: I've been 'pli"ning 80,
you nke al p'Ss"Ss'h eyer sinr" ! near
nobody Know whc," v"m wnrr conn,
to SO Sixty-tlrird street To dinner 10
night with Bob and mo. II it's IA possible
."nnt' ~ nu.' l"'"> 'rlS' """S n'n'
social event Of the season J,yc alwny
told you you'd 20 crazy over her, an
"tr"s your chance hurr'rdiy,
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Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-03-12

We mcn are accused Of so much
that sometimes "" fear some of u.
may be guilty.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1908-03-12

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successful in relieving the suffering
of women or received so many gem
uine testimonials as has Lydia Il.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
In every community you will find
women who have been restored to
health by Lydia +. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound. Almost every
one you meet has either been bcnC-
fitted by it, or has friends who have.
In the Pinkham Laboratory at
Lynn, Mass, any day may
see the files containing Ove one mil
lion one hundred thousand letters
from women seeking health, and
here are the letters in which they
openly state over their own sigma
lures that they were cured by Lydia
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Lydia +. Pinkham's Vegetable
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herbs, without drugs, and is whole
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The reason why Lydia f. Pink
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successful is because it contains in
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the feminine organism, restoring it
to a healthy normal condition.
Women who are suffering from
those distressing ills pcculiartothcir
sex should not lose sight of these
facts or doubt the ability of Lydia
+. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
to restore their health.
Mower County transcript., 1908-11-11
Creamery War Threatened

The cooperative creameries of Min
nesota are lining up for fight to the
finish with the central dealers. 1t is a
fight for self preservation on the part
of the farmers and fight for the COM
plete control Of the states dairy pro.
duct on the part OF the latter. While
the cooperative creameries number
645 as against 215 of the central and
independent concerns, the latter
are in better position to wage a
fight. ..s Il
Investigation shows that the central
creamery men have adopted the policy
Of raising the price paid for cream to
farmers whore there is competition
and Of cutting the price where there is
none. Statistics show that the CO.
operative creameries pay higher prices
for butter fat.
Mower County transcript., 1908-11-11
HARRY S. KING AND FAMILY AR
RIVE SAFELY IN SOUTH ~
ERN CALIFORNIA.
Santa Monica, CAL, Nov. 4, 1908.
Mr.. Editor:

Santa Monica, CAL, Nov. 4, 1908.
Mr.. Editor:
Here we are at 907 Dragon St.,
nicely settled in a fine little six room
cottage, eight blocks from old mother
ocean. We had a very pleasant trip
out. Started from Austin Thursday
morning, Oct. 20; got into Los An
geles at 9 O'Clock Monday morning.
My wife and I came over here on
electric car; ate lunch, then went
house hunting. We rented a cottage,
bought furniture and provisions,
moved it in and got back to Los An
geles at dark Monday. We all came
over and had dinner in our new home
Tuesday. We are all delighted with
our home and surroundings, one
block from high school. Street cars
running by the door. We shall be
pleased to entertain any of our Aus
tin friends who may stray out this
way. We are living on the fat of the
land at present. Strawberries, 2
boxes 15c; celery sc per bunch; let
tuce heads, large as cabbage. SC a
piece; potatoes $3.50 per 100 lbs. ;
tomatoes in our own yard; round
steak, 2 lbs. 25c; fish, 10c lb.. We
are very busy. Will write more next
time. Now you can't miss us. Get off
at high school. Come early and avoid
the rush. Hurrah for President Taft.
Regards to all Austin people.
H. S. KING.
Mower County transcript., 1908-11-11
WINTER SHEEP FEEDS.
FURNISHED by the Minnesota Farm
ers' Institutes, st. Anthony, Park,
st. Paul, Mimi

FURNISHED by the Minnesota Farm
ers' Institutes, St. Anthony, Park,
St. Paul, Minn.)
According to the makeup of a
sleeps stomach, it is an animal de-
signed for the consumption of rough
feeds such as various sorts of hay
and fodder. To keep up the fertility
OF our soil and to keep our land clean
it is necessary to grow hay crops
containing some clover and crops
that may be cultivated, such as fod-
der corn or shock corn. Such feeds
have no particular market value and
should be valued according to the
cost of producing them. Grains have
market value and may be disposed
of. A dollar invested in producing
rough feeds will produce more feed
than a dollar invested in grain at
market price. Rough feeds, therefore,
should be grown and used as feed for
sheep.
Breeding ewes, if in fair condition
when put into winter quarters in
fall, need not gain more than from
l5 to rs pounds per head. This gain
allows for the development of the
unborn lamb and the wool crop. Ra-
tions to make the eve gain slight
ly and yet keep her thrifty, must be
carefully made. Some rough feeds
contain considerable FIBRE With them
it is necessary to feed succulent or
oily feeds. For example, with oat
straw, timothy or oat hay, roots or
oil cake should be fed. With clover,
which is naturally laxative in effect,
such supplement is not needed. Exer-
else for the ewes, regularity in feed
ing, watering and sailing, are factors
that count in sheep feeding.
Rations for Ewes in Lamb:
A few rations that have been fed
to ewes in lamb with good results
follow. They are the daily feed per
100 lbs. live weight:
1. End crop clover hay alone, 3.5
to 81 lbs.
2. Corn fodder in which are nub-
bins, 81 lbs.
3. End crop clover hay, 1.8 lbs.
roots, 1.5 lbs; shelled corn, 8 lbs.
4. End crop clover hay, 1.5 lbs.
corn fodder, 1 h.; oats and corn, 3
lb.
S. End crop clover, 2.5 lbs; bar
ley, ..55 lb.
6. Corn fodder, 2.6 lbs; roots, is
lbs.; oats and corn. 8 lb.
Z. Oat hay, 1.5 lbs.; and Charley
SO. flax seed p Z lb.
8. Oat straw, lbs; roots, 1.6
lbs; Goats and bran) 6 lb.
D. A. GAUMNITZ.
Mower County transcript., 1908-11-11
GOV. JOHNSON FOR PRESIDENT

Gov. Johnson for president in 1912
might we'll seem pleasing to many
Minnesota people. Even Republicans
of long standing might think with
pleasure of this state furnishing a
presidential nominee for the first
time, although of the opposite party.
Yet it is an unsubstantial dream, as
any one must realize after coldly and
calmly reckoning what is probable
four years hence.
The chance of Johnson's being
nominated or elected president must
depend, in the first instance, on the
strength or weakness of the two par
ties in 1912. It is reasonable to as
sumo that President Taft will be a
candidate for reelection at that
time. He will go into office with the
conditions entirely in his favor. He
is doubtless better trained and equip
ped with natural gifts for that Of
flee than any of his predecessors. He
is a remarkably successful manager
of men, endowed with patience and
tact and with a disposition to harm
oniZe warning elements. 1t will be
his whole endeavor to heal the
wounds suffered by the country and
by the Republican party. No man
could be better fitted to usher in an
other era Of good feeling such as has
not been known since the time of
Monroe. He will have the support Of
a Republican congress, which. under
his skillful leadership. NAV be eX-
pected to perform what the Repub-
lican party has promised, particular
lv a real honest and lust revision of
the tariff
After such an administration what
hope would any opposition candi-
date have against Taft?
That would be just the time when
the Bryanite element would bestow
an apple of Sodom on John A. John
son, in the shape of the Democratic
nominat ton for president, with pleas
ure. What the Brvanites did to Par
ker would be mild and kind, COM
pared with the bitterness of their re-
venge upon Johnson They are not
rejoicing in the reelection of Johnson
for governor have sent him no tele..
grams of congratulations. They are
nursing their wrath because he ran
really as an independent, ignored
Bryan's candidacy, refused to go
even as far as South Dakota to speak
for Bryan, when invited and request
ed, carefully avoided any contamina-
tion with Bryanism which might in
jure his own chances. His success by
such tactics has not lessened but
aggravated the Bryanite feeling
against him. They will not forget
him after four years. as they did not,
forget Parker after four years.
OF course, it is possible that the
next house. presided over by Cannon
and dominated by Payne and Dalzell,
may fail to pass a tariff measure and
thus give Democracy the opportunity
to fight vigorously for the Office. If
SO, would the Bryanites allow John
son to take the nominal ton !? They
Mower County transcript., 1908-11-11
SHERMAN PAGE IN A COW
CASE.

A recent number of the Los An
geles, CAL, Examiner contains the
following interesting account of a.
COW case in court in which Judge
Sherman Page, formerly of Austin,
plays leading part:
whether the johnson COW was to
blame, or whether Sherman Page was
'busybody' couldn't bet settled yes
terday, because the jury disagreed.
But it was a shocking affair while
1T lasted. The most thrilling part
was told by the witnesses who
weren't allowed to testify. Mr.. Page,
who has held various public positions
in Los Angeles connected with the
manufacture of new charters and so
forth, has retired to a sylvan retreat
in Santa Monica. He likes to hear
the birds sing, but it makes him ner-
vous to hear COWS chew their cuds.
The neighbors assert that the forme
judge gets up and cuts the COWS
loose from their tethers Among the
worst cud-chewers are the COWS be-
longing to City Street Superintend-
ent Johnson. Their table manners
are simply shocking. On one occasion
one of the kline got away from her
stake and got into the corn; only it
was barley, and Pages barley at
that. When little Johnny johnson
was sent out for the cows that even
ing, he found the sorre1 heifer con-
structively a prisoner. She was tied
up in the page place. That is, the
rope end was in the Page place; the
cow was out on the sidewalk.
Johnny, the heir of the street SUI
perintendent, darkly drew his pocket
knife and advanced like creeping
Indian upon the unsuspecting COW.
His plan was to cut the rope and
fly. He was nearly up to the COW
when Page discovered his sortie and
rushed out, it is alleged, with hoe.
In the contest between the little boy
and the old gentleman over the cow
and the cow rope, the knife some
how got mixed up with the anatomy
of the retired jurist; Page was
stabbed in the hand.
The wrong number of cows COM
ing home, and to Johnny, Johnson
started out to investigate. He got
there in time to yell short and ugly
word beginning with d. at the IL.
lustrious Mr.. Page Johnson shook
his fist in the manner Of the defiant
Lord Douglas and said If Mr.. Page
E. i
Mower County transcript., 1908-11-11
Seven Years of Proof

II have had seven years of proof that
DIR. Kings New Discovery is the best
to take for coughs and colds
and for every diseased condition of
throat, chest or lungs" says W. V.
Henry, of Panama, Mo. The world
had ty-eight years of proof that Dr..
Kings New Discovery is the best rem
edy for coughs and colds, la grippe,
asthma, hay fever, bronchitis, hemo.
rrhage of the lungs, and the early
stages of consumption. Its timely use
always prevents the development of
Sold under guarantee at
K. O. Wold's drug store. soc and 81. 90
Trial bottle free.
Mower County transcript., 1908-11-11

were only younger, he, the street SUI
perintendent, might do something
fierce. Anyhow, he added, he had
half a notion. But as Page
couldn't get any younger possibly,
and half a notion isn't a whole no.
tion nothing was done except to take
home the Johnson COW. Page prompt
ly proceeded to Los Angeles and
caused the arrest of the two John
sons, father and son.
when Judge Stephens called the
case yesterday of the younger Offend
ing Johnson, he couldn't proceed
with the business because the de-
fendant was so small he could hard
ly be seen. The court declined to ar
raign him because he would have to
be taken to Jail in baby go-cart.
"The street superintendent came to
trial, however, before jury for dis
turbing the peace. Page first went on
the witness stand and told Of the mis-
conduct of the Johnson heir and
Johnson himself. Johnson then went
on the stand and denied it all. john
son denied that he dared Page to-,
fight.
ct just told him. the witness said
piously, that I heard he had been
bothering all the children who came
| for the COWS, and I told him if he:
were younger I might do something
, to him.
"'Well, were you mad when you
said it?' asked the prosecutor stern
! ly. Oh, no! Mr.. Johnson wasn't mad.
He shook his head with grief at such
! a suggestion. He illustrated the tone
in which he said he would punish
, Mr.. Page but for his age; his voice.
! sounded like a mother dove calling.
her young. Page then rushed TO the,
stand and heatedly reaffirmed that.
Johnson, the street superintendent.
had called him a d. (unmen-
! tionable swear word) old ruffian.
/ WELL said the attorney for the
! defense, in very practical tone
the fact u.s. Mr.. Page, you're a good
deal of an old busybody aren't you?"
No SIR, said the witness furious7Y,
and nobody but you and some folks
who want to ruin my little place ever
said So
Zone of the witnesses accused
Page of saying D. (unmen tionahle
word) himself. Never cried Mr..
| Page excitedly from the witness
stand, I never use such language
"The case then went to the Jury,
which debated for some hours and
mediated, but could not agree. Seven
stood for acquitlng Johnson; five for
conviction"
Mower County transcript., 1908-11-11
FARMER BEN.
Standard Minnesota Winter
ApDleS.

The following letter in the Faribault
Republican from the veteran nursery
man, Seth H. Kenney, gives encourag
ing assurance that the time is near a
hand when Minnesota will produce an
abundance of winter as we'll as of all
apples for the market:
Waterville, Mimi, Oct. 29, 1903.
A. w. McKinstry--Dea Sir: The
results of the CRAFTS obtained 3 years
ago while was in Massachusetts and
Vermont and which were top worked
on Crab stock are encouraging. l had
OF Rhode Island Greetings II good
marketable apples, Baldwins, and 2
Russetts. 1 have tried these varieties
years ago on common apple roots and
always made a failure. 1t looks now
as if in the near future commercial
apples will be grown in abundance
These apples were top worked on the
Alaska Crab on which l have over 20
varieties of mostly winter apples. l
expect each year to bring out many
varieties. There are some varieties of
crabs that are able to grow commercial
apples that never have been grown IN
M Mluu06Otd 81 1dl 1S GIlO hAOWAOuSO VI
the writer extends, For instance, I
have never seen the Rhode Island
Greening on the tables Of the Mime
sofa Horticultural Society. The So,
ciety is giving special premiums on
new top worked fruit: In few years
il is more than probable that we: shall
add to our list many valuable varieties
that we never expected we could grow.
Not all Crabs have been so they can
impart this extra vitality to the more
tender kinds. 10 bring out these
varieties so the Orchardist can know to
q certainty what he can successfully do
is the present object Of the Horticul-.
tural Society of Minnesota.
SETH II. KEN NEY. S
@ p. ST. have had the same success
with the Gould Crab. They make the
Northwestern Greening perfectly
hardy. s. II e.
Mower County transcript., 1908-11-11

need not for they have the organiza-
tion and control, and they would not
They would look elsewhere for a
winner.
In all kindness to Governor John
son, it may be said that his chance
OF being successful Democratic
candidate for president, is very
small. The thing has happened
which the Dispatch said, with equal
kindness, last summer, would hap
pen, if he should run the third time
for governor-St. Paul Dispatch.
Mower County transcript., 1908-11-11

1Ork ii on his lasC legs pOllClcally ana
otherwise. He was power in his day
but q younger element is in the saddle
now, and the old man, decrepit,. not
able to walk without a valet will in
March be showed aside forever. A
splendid new set is takin' control of
York state politix, Root, Roosevelt,
Hughes and Black. Roosevelt will be
the next U. S. senator in Platt's place
and the Empire state will come back
to its old prestige and glory in national
counsels. Boss Platt is so completely
out Of later day politix that his name
is never mentioned, he is never con-
suited either in New York or w ashing-
ton. That's the final lot of all the
have. beens in politix. They go to the
dump. It's the same thing In Indiana
with Fairbanks. Watson, Landis,
Hemenway and the others turned
down. Down in little Rhody, Aldrich
is gettin' ready to abdicate. It's the
old story of folks bein' bold towards
the lion after his teeth hav been
knocked out.
1t does beat all how business things
have livened up as soon as Taft was
surely elected. All over the country
mills are startin' up, over half million
idle workmen hav ben put to work, the
railroads of this country hav released
orders for equipment and supplies
amountin' to $24O,0OO,O00 and there is a
general feelin' of confidence since folks
can now calkerlate on definite future.
[ don't want to see any speculatin'
boom in prices that will let down dis
astrouslv later but I am dead certain
that folks amt ben able to figger on
anything solid for the past six months.
Now we know that the tariff will be
wisely revised and modified by it's
friends who believe in the principle of
perfection and everyone breathes easier
I don't like all this uncertainty that
precedes every national election but
after all it's not so bad for us to take
our bearin' every fonr years and find
out where we're at
That man Morse, the big ice king of
New Y ork, got just what was comm to
him and no more when the judge SEN
fenced him to fifteen years IN the pen
for misapplyin' funds and falsifyin' the
books of his bank. My, but he was a
high flyer. At one time he was direc-
tor in rs corporations and banks. He
was looked up to with envy by lots of
folks. He formed the big ice trust and
had monopoly on several steamship
lines. He thought money was all his
for the seekin'. But he made the stu.
pendious blunder and crime of think.
in he could use other folks funds as
his own and make up for his specula;
tions later. He never did and insted
he is on the road to the pen. bet lots
of folks that envied him and admired
his high finance ways now are just
rubbing themselves with glee because
they amt in his boots today. It looks
kind of hard to shut up these big
chaps with prominent families in sas
siety, but it's just what they deserve
and just what they might kept out -o1
and it's no more than tramp woule
get who broke into a bank and l0oteC
it.
| FARMER BEN.
Mower County transcript., 1908-11-11
FARMER BEN !.
COLUMN

I'm highly interested in that expert,
ment of the Philadelphia surgeon who
changed man from q drunkard and q
thief to a honest, industrious man all
by simple operation on the head remov-
in pressure on the brain. The cured
man sticks to it that his desire to drink
and steal has disappeared and he has
been strait for % months and still at
it. l tell you it looks like the old
fashioned doctrine was true that old
Satan gets into the heart of man and
just rules the roost so the man don't
care whit what he does or where he
goes. But if these new tangled mott
ons prove out I'm nifty glad, for it
would be a great thing to take down
all criminals and drunkards and thiefs
and murderers and operate on 'em and
make EN- as pure and innocent and
sweet and trusty as lamb. But l
amt ready to leave my outside door
unlocked nights syet for fear some of
the rascals amt ben operated on yet.
I've got the old time notion that you
can't cure the kleptomaniac with sci
ence or purge him that way of vice and
debauchery.
Don't you dare say word to Farmer
Ben on governor. He won't stand for
it. It's beyond expression of my feel
ings. The brewers combine and
whole lot of blind worshippers of John
son who think he's little god did it
and I've kicked for week but it amt
doin' any good and it amt undoin'.
Here's state that rolls up hundred
thousand majority for Taft and then
cuts out the repub governor on the
same ticket and platform and party to
the tune of 27,OO0. 1t amt righteous.
Just because a mans honest and frank
and straightforward he's got to be
turned down for windbag and
dude. Now let 'em take their medi-
cine. It's the old story of the cities
electin' and the country hoidin' the
bag. The cities get all the game.
Some time the country will wake up
and get eyes open. Look at Austin,
the same identical majority vote as
two years ago 50 I'm told. It's simply
blind craze without stoppin to think
of party decentralization and treach-
cry.
can't help thinkin' that lots of folks
Civ themselves away to burglars ard
sluggers and robbers. If was bank
robber all I'd need to do would be to
look up the published statement in the
papers and see how much cash and
currency there was on hand to loot.
The women that 60 round with so
much diamonds and gold fxin's on like
walkin' jewelers. case are just the
finest game for the burglars who spot
'em and follow to see wheresthey hold
out. Robbers don't break in hit or
miss. They know purity we'll what
they are goin' after before they begin
to enter. Some folks can't go out of
the house without bedeckin' themselves
with all the jewelry they hav and
seven times more than is in good taste.
You bet Farmer Ben amt showin' his
wallet to every tramp. He keeps nifty
little by him and divers bank keeps
the rest.