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Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-03-17
Proceedings of the Circuit Court
Now in Session

NOW III OGGciOh
The appealed case against X. ID.
Gillock, United States Express
agent, who was tried last October
by Mayor Kennedy under charge
of selling liquor in Lexington and
fined $50, was tried last Friday,
and the verdict Of not guilty was
brought In by the following jury;
C. L. Thompson (foreman), j. d.
Shafer, W. N. Kyger, A. Q. Walk.
er, T. H. Sale, W. III. Shaw and
Charles Lindsay.
The will of Miss Clara L Nc
Cormick, deceased, was admitted
to record, and W. G. Mccormick
qualified as administrator en- her
estate. The following appraisers
were appointed: j. D. Parker T.
G. williams, G. W. Toman, j. L.
Montgomery and G. w. Huffman.
Pomella Henry qualified as the
guardian of Thomas RAIDER Myers,
child of Harvey RAIDER Myers
and Maggie Henry Myers, de-
ceased.
The order of the Circuit Court
entered on September 10, 1908,
changing the name of Jennie Ba'
con Funkhouser, infant daughter
of Cornelia Bacon Funkhouser de-
ceased) and Vernon E. Funkhous-
or. to Jennie Overton Bacon, was
set aside; and on consideration 1t
was ordered that the name OF Jen'
ME Overton Bacon be restored to
Jennie Bacon Funkhouser.
In the matter of the petition for
adoption by L. w. Davidson and
Addie Davidson of an infant girl,
Mabel Woodson. it was ordere
that the said L. w. and Addie
Davidson forthwith surrender the
custody and possession of the said
infant to its mother. Mrs. Anna v
Racsay.
The will of James M. Harlow
dece ased, was admitted to record
Death of Mrs. John Garibaldi al
Big Island
Mrs. Sarah A. Garibaldi, wife
of Mr.. John Garibaldi, died at her
nome at Big Island Sunday night,
after a short illness from grip and
com licatlons. The remains were
brought to Lexington this MORN
ing and LAID to rest in the Licking
ton cemetery. Services were con-
Quoted at the grave by her pastor
Rev. Jchn-W Fizer Of Big Island,
De stor of North Bedford circuit,
NJ. T.. Church, South. He was MS
sisted by Rev. P. T.. Arthur of Big
Isle nd, a local preacher. Funeral
services were held yesterday al
the home. =.
Mrs. Garibaldi was aged q;
wears. She was born in Botetour'
county in 1884, aid Was daugh
ter of Mr.. Solomon Poor of tina
county. Her husband and hive
children survive, as follows: Mrs
Lettie Elliott Of near Lexington
Messrs. George j. Garitaldl o
West Virginia, James A. Garibald
and Mrs. Lillian Putt OF Big Is
land, and Mr.. Robert l.. Garioa!d
of Washington, D. c, -
All the mem bers Of the famli,
were present at the burial, and i
addition quite large NUMBER o
, friends from Big Island.
Mr.. and Mrs. Garibsldi former
ly lived in Lexington for severa
! years, and removed to Big lslan'
about five years ago. Mrs. Carr
baldl was an earnest Christian VIC
J man.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-03-17

Wanted-Old fence rails. Apply
to Lexington Bakery, Henry st.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1909-03-17

Tickle Weather. DR., Fahrney's
Teething Syrup Is always dependable.
Doctors prescribe it. Write for free
sample.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-01-13

American humor exists, it distin,
gulshes the national character, it per.
meates all Il affairs. 1t is not of
aboriginal descent. 1t was not brought
from England or Holland by the ia
theirs. Its saving grace was lacking
under Puritan rule. The humor OF
D1edrich knickerbocker is all the
more taking because Of the absence of
all sense Of humor in the subjects of
his chronicle. If our humor anne over
from Erin in the first rush of immi-
grafton it was quickly adapted to it's
new environment. 1t was modified
and changed by new circumstances
n conditions, geographical, ethnolog-
1cal, atmospheric. Wherever it came
from 1t is a boon which saves us from
a lot Of needless trouble and worry
New York Times.
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HUMOR OF THE HOUR
The Melodramatic unities.


With the deepest sympathy we listen
to the sorrowful tale of the poor wo-
man whose wan beauty is enhanced
by the silvery ray of the moonlight
that rest upon her wan c~ountenance.
"Oh, SIR" she signs, shave pity. l
have beer thrust out from my home.
where l was surrounded by every lux
ury. The door has been closed against
me, and l am star-r-r-ving. Out into
the cold, cold world l must go, to
trudge down the snowy streets in
search Of aid"
Choking back the tears that are
brought to our eyes by her pitiful
plight, we ask:
but why do you not pawn some of
the diamonds upon your fingers or the
costly necklace which you wear to OBJ
tain wherewithal to feed and clothe
yourself?"
ALAS" she weeps, looking up into
the scattering snowfakes that have re-
sponded to their cue and are beginning
to futter down upon h~er-"alas, If I
did that I could not be found starving
In the old mill in the next act when
the villain comes there to conceal the
papers and to attempt to kill the noble
hero."-Chicago Post.
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Notice.,
Not coal land,)
UNITED STAT

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE.
GREAT FALLS, Mont, Jan. Z, 1909.
To whom it may concern:
Notice Is hereby given that
THE STATE OF MONTANA,
acting under the provisions of an act of congress
approved February %, 1891, has made a~pplica-
ton for the selection of the following lands, to.
wit: VIZ SEA, ~ NEA section 50, township
x noItn, range . east; So SWA section Is,
NEA NW34 section %, township ~ north, range
8 east; Ma NEA section %, Ny NEh. EI
NWA section ~, township 23 north, range 10
east: NEA SEA, Eh NEA section 3, township
II north, range y east.
A copy of the list of said lands has been con-
splcuously posted in this office for inspection by
any person lntereated and the public in general.
Under departmental regulations of April 25, 1907,
protests or contests against the claim of the state
TO said land, or any subdivision thereof, on the
ground that The same is more valuable for min
eral than for agricultural purposes, will be re-
celved and noted for report to the general land
ONCE at WASHINGTON, d G.. Failure to protest
against the claim of the state to said land before
final approval will be considered sufficient evil
dence of its non-mineral character, and the Sc
lections being otherwise free from objections
will be recommended for approval.
j. M. BURLINGAME, Register.
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ers devil were all busy doing justice
to MI. Harrington with an 'in u
midst" paragraph when the novelist
arrived.
"Tve just lost a dog" Harrington ex-
planned after he had introduced him
self, land I'd like to have you insert
this ad for me: Fifty dollars reward
for the return of a pointer dog answer
Ing to the name Of Rex. Disappeared
from the yard Of the Mansion House
Monday night"
"Why, we were just going to press,
SIR" the editor said, "but We'll be only
too glad to hold the edition for your
ad."
Mr.. Harrington returned to the hotel.
After a few minutes he decided, how
ever, that it might be we'll to add "No
questions asked" to his advertisement
and returned to the Daily News Office.
The place was deserted a Y for the
skinny little freckle faced devil, who
sat perched IN a high stool, gazing
wistfully out of the window.
Where is everybody" Harrington
asked.
"Gawn to hunt tn dawg," replied the
boy without removing his gaze from
the distant Acknowledgements.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-01-13
and Snakes.

~ss~ ss~V
An American had been seated at a
london dinner table next a rosy cheek
ed, gray eyed English girl who at
fected an absorbing and fattering in
terest In the United States, about
which she seemed to have imbibed the
usual extraordinary ideas Of some
Britons, especially with regard to the
perils to be encountered in the more
sparsely settled regions Of the west.
She tried her best not to be incredu-
lous when assured that things were
not really SO bad as she imagined.
Its ~reassuring to be told that there
not rattlesnakes in all the gar
dens," she said, with a dazzling smile,
but my cousin wrote me not long
since that he had seer over twenty
wigwams in one little village. Per-
haps," she added as her companion
made no immediate response, "per-
haps the wigwams are not as veno-
nous as r~attlesnakes."
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Easily Wakened.

-~S
When DIR. Bloomfield was bishop of
London he received several letters
complaining that the architect of q
new church in his diocese had disfig-
ured the interior and exterior with
useless gewgaws." Consequently the
bishop went down to the little town to
make an inspection of the building
and summoned the architect to meet
him there.
The bishop could find nothing amiss
with the exterior of the church nor
with the interior until just as he reach
ed the chancel he looked up and saw
four wooden images apparently guard
ing the pulpit.
what do those figures representa-
he inquired.
1.-THE four evangelists, my lord" re-
piled the architect.
"They appear to be asleep" said the
bishop.
do you think so, my lord?"
That's the way they look to me-"
said the bishop decidedly.
"John," called the architect to a
man who was at work on one of the
pews, bring your chisel and open the
eyes of the evangelists."
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-01-13
Why We're Ahead.

A curious explanation of the reason
why canada has but about 7,OOO,O 900
people against Americas 8 1000, 900" is
given in n review Of the worlds pro-
duction Of coal and iron. Canada pro-
duces but 100000 tons of coal against
37O,000,O0o tons produced by the Unit
ed States. and that is why, as long as
the coal age lasts, Canada is not like
" to grow to anything like the dimen.
sions of her southern neighbor." This
Is an English view, and 1t is not open
to the charge of bias.-Boston Globe,
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THE
An important Funetionary on Mer.
chant Vessels Is the Cook.

~" smPortane Functio7ary on Mer-
chant Vessels Is the Cook.
There is one functionary on mer-
chant vessels Of all kinds who has
very much more to do with the peace
and dignity" Of the floating common
wealth than shore folks usually imag-
inc. l refer to the cook, who is some
times called the doctor" Why he is
given this cognomen is not altogether
plain, for his handiwork seldom has
any therapeutic value and in the past.
at least, has had much to do with
sending poor sailormen to a doctor, If
not to Davy Jones' locker. In fact,
there was a time in nautical history
when the presiding genius Of the gal.
ley was in such bad repute that to
call a man a 'son Of a sea cook was
a most opprobrious epithet and one
that would be emphatically resented.
In those days (and to some extent to-
day. the cook was covertly despised
by the occupants both of the f~orecastle
and the cabin, though the men 'for-
rard" outwardly protested affection
for him and apparently were never so
happy as when they could wash his
clothes or do him various other favors,
with the hope of getting sundry 'leav-
ms" from the cabin table or being
granted such privileges as changing
OUT in the galley when rough weather
at night made the watch ON deck
grateful for such shelter. In other
ways it was found highly salutary to
keep in good graces of his culinary
majesty, who frequently was a more
powerful person in some respects than
the "old man" himself. It is almost
needless to add that the more skilled
as a cook the cook was the more pro-
found was his influence both fore and
aft. But he wasn't often much in the
way of skill. all the same.-Shipping
Illustrated.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-01-13
BOUGHT OFF THE BURGLAR,
An Old Bankers Bargain With His
Unwelcome Visitor.

civilian Winslow Sherman, the old
banker, had the coolest nerve of any
man I know" said a man who knew
him. "Some years ago, when Sher-
man was an old man and partially
crippled by reason Of n fall from a
horse, he entered his bedroom late at
night to find a masked burglar ram
sacking it.
1.-THE thief had a big gun trained on
Sherman in a minute. The banker
just waved 1t aside with a tired hand.
Put that away he said irritably.
Let us discuss this matter like gen
tlemen.' The burglar was so sur
prised he laughed. Now, you could
hurt me If you wanted to and might
get away with some little knick-
knacks,' said Sherman. But O
might be caught, and there's a slight
probability that you could dispose Of
my toilet articles profitably. What
would you consider a fair cash propo-
sftion to go away?' They talked it
over in all peace.
The burglar thought he ought to
have $40. but Sherman, after inquirins
into the mans habits, said So was
enough. You see,' he said, you're a
known thief. If this We're your first
offense, I'd pay your price, but now
the police have your picture you
ought to be glad to accept any fair
compromise and run no risk
"The burglar finally agreed to take
81. Sherman pulled out a ten dollar
Dill. Give me 50 change said he.
And he got it before he paid."--Kansas
City Star.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-01-13
Helpful to the Hen.

Little Mabel was visiting her uncle
In the country and helping him gather
eggs.
whats that one you leave in the
nest every timeT" was the youthful in
quiry.
That's just the nest egg. It isn't a
real egg, you know-it's made of Dor
celain," explained her uncle.
"Oh, l see," said Mabel. ITS the pat
tern that the hen
Home Companion.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-01-13
He Was Admitted,

A fussy military official once devised
a system which compelled every one
who went on business to General
Banks to procure a ticket from q men,
Der Of the staff, the presentation Of
which at the door gained him admis-
sion. One day a burly colonel came to
the door Of the private office at head
quarters and requested that his name
be given to the general.
"Have you a ticket" he was asked.
"A ticket" echoed the colonel, with
scorn. mo, sir, 1 haven't"
"You can't enter here without one,"
was the reply.
"Sir," said the colonel, "when Gen.
eral Banks becomes a puppet show
and I have 25 cents to spare I'll buy a
ticket to see him, not before" He was
admitted.
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To Benefit the Poor,

"A lot Of minstrels went to an Eng
fish country town and advertised to
give a performance for 'the benefit of
the poor, tickets reduced to six
pence The hall was crammed full.
The next morning a committee for the
poor called upon the treasurer of the
concern for the amour the said bene-
MT had Melted. The treasurer express
ed great establishment at the demand.
Il thought" said the chairman of the
committee, you advertised this CON
cert for the benefit of the poor?' The
treasurer replied. Didn't we put the
tickets down to sixpence so that the
poor could all come?'
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-01-13
Q ~
Burn Gait
LUnP
and NUT
In Stoves and Ranges.
L S LUrP
and EGG
For Furnaces and Steam.
ChAS. CREPEAU, Local Agent.
Leave Orders at Benton Stables.
No Modern Home Is Complete
Without a Telephone.

The greatest labor and time-savinp
convenience of the age. You a talk
from your telephone to every subscrib-
er in any exchange in Utah, Montana,
Idaho, Wyoming, as we'll as all Pacific
coast points and Colorado and New
Mexico. Short rates for short talks.
Half minute up. The pay begins when
the talk begins.
Rates from $500 up, for unlimited
local service.
Leave your orders now. The new
instruments are the very latest i'm
proved
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-01-13
She Was Dear.

Please don't keep calling me dear
at the table," she whispered. "People
will think we are on our honeymoon"
But l can't help calling you dear"
gasped the young man with the light
Pocketbook. 1.-The portion you ordered
amounts to over SS3."-St. Louis Post.
Dispatch.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-01-13
When God Lets Loose a Thinker.

Beware when the great God let's
loose a thinker on this planet. Then
all things are at risk. 1t is as when
a contlagration has broken out in a
great city, and no man knows what is
safe or where it will end. There is
not a piece of science but it's flank
may be turned tomorrow. There is
not any literary reputation, not the so
called eternal names of fame, that nay
not be revised and condemned. The
very hopes of man, the thoughts Of
his heart, the religion Of nations, the
and morals of mankind, are
all at the mercy of a new generaliza-
ton. Generalization is always a new
influx OF the divinity into the mind;
hence the thrill that attends it.-Ralph
Waldo Emerson.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-01-13
Notice Of Final Proof.
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,

UNITED STATES Ian OFFICE,
GREAT FALLS, Mont, Dec. %, 1908.
Noticeis h areby given that
B II GRONDORF,
or Fort benton, Montana, who on November 8,
l9O5, made homestead entry No. 2sl5 (serial No
Os3eo, for Lots 3, 6, 5, 8. section Ia, township 81
north, range y east, Montana meridian, has filed
notlce or intention to make hnal ~five-year proof,
to establish claim to the land above described, be.
fore Chas. II. Boyle, U. $. commissioners, at his
once IN Fort Benton, Montana, on the 18th day
of February, 1909.
Claimant names as Witnesses: Frank M. Lep.
per, Conrad kulage, Stephen Kulage and Frank
d. Merger, all OF Fort Benton, Mont.
j. NJ. BURLINGAME, Register.
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Notice Of Publication,
UNITED STATES LAND OrErCr.

UNITED STATEs LAND OFFICE,
GREAT FALLS, Mont, Dec. 10. 1905.
Notice IL hereby given that on june q, 1905,
ARTHUR E. MCLEISH,
of Chouteau county, state of Montana. assionea
OF Adelia s. Maxson, widow of William r. May.
son, fled in this Office his application to enter.
under the provisions of section 23O6 (2307), R S.,
the q NEA section 10, township % north.
range 10 east, Montana meridian (serisi No. 2O7Ol''
AM, and all persons claiming adversely the
land described, or desiring to object because of
the mineral character of the land, or for any nth.
ef reason, to the disposal to applicant, should
ME their affidavits of protest in thie office on or
before the 23d day of January. 1909.
j. NJ. BURLINGAME. Register.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-01-13
- The ~
4
Scrap Book
A Fine Thirst.

"A fine Thirst.
The Grand Prix, the famous French
race that concludes the Paris season,
Is wound up in the evening by lavish
private dinners at all the fashionable
restaurants. A New York man once
celebrated too we'll. He gave at the
Cafe American a large supper, and the
next afternoon an overseer saw a valet
carrying to this mans room a fresh
water bath.
What are you doing with that
bath?" the overseer asked.
"fm taking 1t to No. Y, SIR" said
the waiter.
But it is nearly s O'clock"
HE is still in bed, SIR"
"But I thought" said the puzzled
overseer, 'that I saw you carrying a
very large fresh water bath to No. Y a
couple Of hours ago."
$50 you did. SIR" said the waiter,
HE drank that"
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e

] stood within the halls Of Joy
And asked II n could point the way
TO Sorrows house. With manner coy,
Impatiently, each answered. "Nav."
I knocked upon the door of Pain,
Can tell where Sorrow lives r I cried,
But there, too, I had sought in vain.
Joy Is my mother" Pain replied,
Then met I one whose face serene
Was as a light upon the earth.
Sorrow" she said, with gentle mien-
"Ah, yes! Twas she that gave me
BIRTH"
Slater Whitson in Metropolitan
Magazine.
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Great Falls List No. so.
Notice for Publication,
(NOt Goa lacdO
q NITED STATES LAND OFFICE.
u n n ~ n

United STATES LAND OFFICE,
dREAr FALLS, Mont, Dec. 81, 1908.
Notice 1s hereby given that the
NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY.
whose postofice address is St. Paul, Minnesots'
has this 2let day of December, 1908, filed in this
office its application to select under the provi-
1888, (aO Stats. 597, $780, the northwest quarter
OF the northwest quarter of section IL, in town.
ship q north Of range 8 east of the Montana
No. O2341.) ~
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
lands described, or desiring to object because of
er reason, to the disposal to applicant, should
file their afadavits of protest in this office on or
before the 3Oth day of January, 1909.
j. NJ. BURLINGAME. Register.
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Great Falls list No. 81.
Notice for Publication.
Not coal land
UNITED STATES LAND OFFIc,

UNITED STATES land OFFICE,
GREAT FALLS, Mont, Dec. 81, 1908.
Notice is hereby given that the
NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY.
whose postofice address is St. Paul, Minnesota,
office Its application to select under the provi.
s1ons OF the act OF congress approved Jaly l, 1895
go stat. 597, 62O,) lot of section 2, in township
Il north OF range east of the Montana principal
meridian, containing 42.S1 acres. Serial No.
O24N. ave-
ANY and all, persons claiming adversely the
the mineral character of the land, or for any 9th
er reason, to the disposal to applicant, should
ne their ahidayits of protest in this office on or
before the 10th day of February, 1909.
j. NJ. BURLINGAME, Register.
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journalistic Enterprise.

While stopping at a little Hoosier
hotel in the course of a hunting trip in
his native state Booth Harrington lost
one of his dogs.
Have you a newspaper in town."
he asked of the landlord.
Right across the way, there. back
or the shoemaker's,' the landlord told
him, the Daily News. best little paper
of its size in the state"
The editor. the printer and the print
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-01-13
Tended to His Part,

Some years ago the Yankee schooner
Sally Ann, under command Of Captain
Spooner, was beating up the Connect
cut river. Mr.. Comstock, the mate,
was at his station forward. According
to his notion of things the schooner
was getting a 'leetle" too zeal certain
mud fats which lay along the larboard
shore. So aft he went to the captain
and, with his hat cooked on one side.
said:
"Cap'n Spooner, you're getting a lee
tie too close to them flats. Hadn't
you better go abeoutT'
The captain glared at him.
Mr.. Comstock, jest you go for'ard
and tend to your part Of the skinner.
I'll tend to NINE"
Mr.. Comstock went for'ard in high
dudgeon.
Boys" he beloved out, "see that
that er mud hooks all clear for lettin'
co."
AYE, aye, sir"
Let go, them" he roared.
Down went the anchor, out ratified
the chains, and like a flash the Sally
Ann came lufing into the wind and
then brought up all standing. Mr..
Comstock walked aft and touched his
hat.
well, cap'n, my part of the skinner
IS to ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
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Notice Of PubIIcatIon--coal Land.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
UNITED STATES M OFFICE,
GREAT FALLS, Mont, Dec. 7, 1908.
Notice is hereby given that on November IL,
1908,
FARRAND E. STRANAHAN,
OF Chouteau county, state of Montana, assignee
OF Hannah j. Ginning, widow of William Il.
Summing, ct al. filed in the Office his application
to enter, under the provisions of section 1905
Cs3oO. R. s., the SEA SWA section II, township
"A north. range IL east, serial No. Ol944.
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
cause of the mineral character Of the land. or for
any other reason, to the disposal to applicant
should file their sfldavits Of protest in this Office
on or before the 22d day of January, 1909.
J.. NJ. BURLINGAME. Register.