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Woodruff County news., 1909-02-18

bearer of messages from the field of war to the capital by the blandishments of the future mis- tress of Mt. Vernon.
 Washington at this particular time, and prob ably through the influence of his fancee, decided to retire from the army and settle down on his farm the Potomac and incidentally enter poli- tics. Upon the force of this declaration he was chosen member of the colony's house of bur gesses while he was yet in the field, for he was retained there until the end of 175S and ihs we'd ding was accordingly greatly delayed
 There is little of the correspondence that passed between Martha Custis and George Wash ington in existence for the very good reason that it was all burned by the lady after the death Of her spouse she holding that it was sacred be- tween them and should never be made pubnc. One letter is found however, that may eVince something of the spirit of Washington In writing to his future wife, it being somewhat of model in it's way yet less loquacious than might have been expected. He wrote her on July 2 after they had become engaged. as follows:
 We have begun our march for Ohio courier is starting for Williamsburg and l embrace the onnortunitv to send a few words to whose life is now inseparable from mine. Since that happy hour when made our pledges to each other my thoughts have been constantly going to you as another self. That an all-powerful Provi- dence may keep us both in safety IS the prayer of vour ever affectionate and faithful friend"
 Contrasting quite forcefuiIy with this letter is written two months lalef rom tue Helo olso' hut to Mrs George William Fairfax the wife of q family friend but despite this the object of probably the only infatuation that Washington ever had He says in part:
 Iris true I profess myself a yotary ot love. I acknowledge that lady is in the case ana further I confess that this lady is known to vou Yes madam as we'll she is to one who is too sensible of her charms 10 deny the poWer' whose influence he feels and must ever submit to-. I feel the force of her amiabe beauties In the recollection of a thousand tender passages that 1 could be wise to oblterate till am bid to revive them.
 You have drawn me, dear madam, or rather | bava drawn myself into an honest confession of a simple fact Misconstrue not my meaning, doubt it not or expose it. The world has no busl- ness to know the object of my love, declared Tn this manner to you when 1 want yon to conceal if But adieu to this till happier times, if I ever shall see them. The hours at present are melancholy and dull. l dare to believe you are as happy as you say. l wish 1 was happy also"
 This letter was found in the effects of Mrs Fairfax who died in England at the ripe old age of S2 It is taken to reveal sadness In the lie of the first president and an mrequted loVe-or Inv some it is taken as evidence that he was something of gay Lothario, who might say
 There was nothing of sadness about Col Wash ington when, at the holiday session of lI5s, ne returned to Williamsport and preparations were made for the wedding long delayed On Janu- ~ry 6, 1759, tbs day was clear aud cold, when
Woodruff County news., 1909-02-18
LESSON BROUGHT HOME TO 1IM
A Wonderful Child Explains otb.,
 Peoples Viewpoint to Father.

He was a doctor, and not such . young doctor either. That is to ear he had been practicing for nearly ten years. An interesting event happened ln his family and he found himself tba father of very fine girl his first born
 A patient who happened in about three days after the event didn't have a great deal of chance to talk about ms particular ailments because the father was very eager to tell all about the child.
 I've helped to bring lot of cbiI. dren into the world" said the doctor and l know lot about them. But want to tell you that this is about inc finest I've ever seen. Now that may seem to you merely to be the enthusi- asm of father, but really I know it's so." And he went on for some time telling about the merits of his off. spring, how she was finely formed child and embraced all the perfections
 He had turned over the duties of at. tending to his wife and child to an. other doctor, as the custom is more or less among physicians. This was the reason for one thing the doctor said
 One afternoon when the baby was only three days old she sneezed Some way or another that made me nervous and so l decided to call up the doctor
 Tt happened he wasn't at home and nothing would do but 1 must tell his wife all about it over the telephone She just laughed at me and that sobered my excitement.
 "Afterward 1 thought how angry I might have been had some one of my patients called me up on foolish mat ter like that. It just goes to show that this sort of tEing is done right along by folks who ought to know bet ter"
Woodruff County news., 1909-02-18

From this home on the Potomac and from his wfes side Washington was called to be- come commander-in-chief of the American my in the revolution; to this home he returned when the struggle won; and from this home he was again called as the first president of the United States Again he returned to this peaceful spot forever apart from public life, to pass the few remaining years in hap piness with his wife, never to leave it until death beckoned him away.
 And from this home the Potomac, where an obscure grave held the remains of the great est man of his time, from amid the scenes of her happiest days, of days of honeymooning and days of strife, the spirit of Martha Wash ington was called
 Washington with the colonial army was campaigning in the far west fighting the h. dians and the French, and in a lull in the fighting he made dash for the capital at Williamsport. When within a few hours ride of that town he met casually Maj William Chamberlayne, an old time comrade at-arms and bosom friend. The major urged that the colonel turn aside as dark was approaching and spend the night with him.
 Maj Chamberlayne insisted and as a final inducement said that the most charming wid- ow in all Virginia was visiting at his planta- tion and that her charms were well worth the delay With some barley, it is recorded Wash
  saying that he would ride later at night
 That night Bishop, Col. Washington's huge and faithful negro body servant kept the horses saddled and ready for continuation of the journey through the night and was only occasionally awakened from his holding by the sounds of revelry from the mansion for there was large house party being enter tained and the spirit of the vital new country ran high.
 Certain it is that the sun was rising when Washington burst from the house vaulted into his saddle and spurred on to the capital with out having closed his eyes in sleep that night Certain is it also that no sooner had his business been accomplished than he responded to an invitation sent him from the White House on the Pamunky river and that DOT tion of Virginia knew him almost constantly through the months that followed.
 Certain it is that when he returned to his command in May, 175S, he did so with the promise of the widow Custis that they should be married and that promptly as he csS!d be relieved from duty a2 the frontier.
Woodruff County news., 1909-02-18
Franks of Politicians.

Albany is infested with practical jokers who make the telephone the chief instrument of torture At four o'clock one morning Assemblyman Colne, chairman of the assembly com mittee on canals, was called out ot bed. The conversation was in this or. der:
 This you, Colne? Were you asleep?"
 No, no; I was playing bridge whist out on the lawn tennis court"
 Well, we dislike to disturb you. but we have an argument down town. One man says you are the best authority in these parts on canals. Is that right?"
 Well, consider myself pretty good in the daytime. but don't care to be pulled out of bed and asked to discuss canals at four o'clock in the morn ing"
 You're a little sensitive, is that it?"
 Sensitive nothing; don't you think a man has a right to be little sensi. tive over such trick as this?"
 But you're not angry?'
 No, Tm delighted"
 Well, what we wanted to know is this: Is there any statuto prohibiting a member of the legislature from talk ing bath in any portion of the Erie canal which is not used for drinking purposes?"
 What MT. Colne said then will never be printed.-New York Herald
Woodruff County news., 1909-02-18
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mansion by the Potomac, which has since be- come historic.
 Washington was man of wealth already in his own name, for he had acquired much land in his mapping and surveying of the country, and the estates the Potomac were in themselves valuable and yielded annually handsome returns in tobacco.
 Col. Daniel Parke Custis the first husband of Mrs. Washington had been son of the kings counselor and a man of wealth. Upon his death he had left to his wife and two chil- dren his landed estates and G45,000 in cash. This latter was in itself a stupendous fortune at that time, when money had purchasing power many times great as at present Two-thirds of this was held in trust for the children, but sufficient of it went direct to Washington to make him one of the wealthiest men in America at that time
 The even tenor of the life of quiet which filled the next 17 years at Mount Vernon is shown in the frequent passages in the diary that Washington kept beginning with the new year following his marriage In all that grace and hospitality of those days Martha eXcelled and they said in Virginia there was no place like Washington's as a social center There were almost always to be found as guests the FairfaXes, the Lees, the Custises the Fitz- hughs and others whose names live not only in the records of those days, but also today as typical of the old arstocracy of the colony
 Washington in his diary on the first anniver- sary of his wedding fails to recall any par ticular significance of the day, as he says:
 "The chariot not returning in time from Col. Fairfax's we were prevented from church. Mrs. Washington a good deal better to- day (she had the measles), but the oysterman, still continuing his disordery behavior at my landing, l obliged in the most peremptory manner to order him and his company away, which he did not incline to obey until the fol lowing morning."
 A little later he writes, wrapped up in do mestic affairs:
 Got little butter from MT. Dalton and wrote to Col. West for pork And again: Visited at Belvour day carrying Dr. Craik with us, who spent the evening there" Later: Killed IF more hogs, which were bought by MT French" .. Visited my plantation, severely reprimanding young stephen for his indolence and his father for suffering it.
 On the whole Squire Washington and his bride after their wedding dropped into that form of life which most appealed to him and
Woodruff County news., 1909-02-18
Dynamlters Are Captured.

Oakland, Cal.-An attempt was maue by some discharged workmen or tn0 California sugar refinery at Crockett 20 miles west of here, to destroy tn0 home of Superintendent Hugh liar man. Dynamite placed under tns front of the house tore away the lron' of the building. Later three ofncerS started in pursuit of three suspects who opened fire. The fire was returH'u and the chase was kept up for moio than an hour. The suspects nna"' surrendered.
Woodruff County news., 1909-02-18
The HPied Piper"

A New York normal school examln' ation had among its questions: "Mha: is the educational value of The Pleu Piper of Hamelin?' A would-be teacA' CT answered.: "A Pied Piper teaches children to be kind to animals, esps' cially rats"
Woodruff County news., 1909-02-18

dent. In fact there were features in them that tended to show that Washington at 27 had much of the dash and dare and romance of the time in him.
 Positive proof there is that upon the very first occasion of his meeting with Mrs. Custis the young colonel was led from the path of duty as
Woodruff County news., 1909-02-18

T IS 150 years since Col George Washington. a brilliant young off cer in the colonial army, led to the altar Martha Custis, a young ma tron whose fame for beauty and charm and wit had made her the pride of Kent and all the coun- try around about in his majesty's prosperous colony of Virginia.
 The events which led up to the marriage of the father of his coun- try and the widow were not so full of that dignity and severity of action with which it has be- come the custom of the American neonle to Snrronnd the first nresi-
Woodruff County news., 1909-02-18

which he had long before outlined in some of he few verses he has ever been accredited with having written and which appear in an i'd copy book in his own hand. They are here given:
 These are the things which once possessed Will make life that's truly blessed, A good estate on healthy soil
 Not got by vice nor yet by toil;
 Round warm fire a pleasant joke, With chimney ever free from smoke; A strength entire, a sparkling bowl, A quiet wife, a quiet soul
 A mind as well as a body whole.
 Prudent sympathy constant friends, diet which no art commends;
 A merry night without much drinking, happy thought without much thinking, Each night by quiet sleep made short, will to be but what thou art Possessed of these all else defy,
 And neither wish nor fear to die.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-02-13
In the Senate

Although it was legal holiday Fri.
day the senate ground away with rou-
tine business before proceeding to the
house for the joint assembly IN conf
memoration Of LInoolD:s birthday
One senate bill was passed, when
Senator Bessesen moved a recess and
when the committee of the house ar
rived to announce that the lower body
was ready for the joint session Sen
ator Tabcott moved hat the senate
join with the house in the exercises
Senator Rice made motion that the
senate stand adjourned at the close
of the joint session.
Reported
Senate Bill No. Al, to pass; 223, to
pass; 224. to pass 154, to pass; 121,
to pass; 1873, limit of length of freight
trains, and increase to fortv-flve cars
trains, and increase to forty-f1ve vars
between stations, and recommended
to pass.
Referred to Attorney General
The recommendations of the rail-
road commission with regard to leg
islation, were reported back from the
committee on railroads with the rec
ommendation that they be referred
to the attorney general to have bills
drawn covering, the various subjects
Went Over.
Senate Bill No. 119, he pure seed
bill, went over a day. Senate Bill
No. Is was referred to the committee
on appropriations.
Referred.
The following/senate bills were re-,
ferred: irrigation; 1872, judiciary;
227, judiciary; 243, appropriations;
PA, insurance; 24S, state affairs;
249, insurance; $50, cities and munich
pal corporations; Psi, cities and NUM-
cipal corporations; 252, education;
253, judiciary.
Senate Bill No. ia, constitutional
amendment relating to the right of
wav over state school lands.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-02-13
VENICE ILLUSTRATED.

The next travel lecture under the
auspices Of the Art club will be Ven
ice. The city is full of fascinating in
terest and this should be one OF the
best lectures in the series that Mr..
Harris is giving.
The lantern slides which illustrate
it were imported from Venice and
are beautifully colored.
The approach to the city-its his
tory-St. Marks square-theavenue OF
the aristocracy-its art-where the
common people live and Venetian
characters Of rapid summary Of the
subjects which Mr.. Harris will fully
treat
Miss Thompson, a. soloist of excep-
tional ability will sing. Next Monday
evening at the Presbyterian church.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-02-13
Val, ENTIlNES';
Bismarck Stationery co. ).
. II. j.. Fifth Street "
:. The sunday Paper.

I spent I'VE cents for the Sunday
Dart. and hauled It home in two
wheeled cart; I piled tho sections up
on the floor. till they reached a. high
% the. kitchen door; I hung tho
chromos upon the wall. though there
wasn't room to hang them all. and
the yard was Uttered some ten feet
deep, with comic sections" that made
me weep; and there were sections OF
pink and green, 4 woman's section
and magazine. and sheets Of music
the which II played would quickly
make an audience fade; and there
were patterns for women's gowns
and also tor gentlemen's hand.me-
downs; and false mustache and .
rubber doll. and a deck Of cards and
q parasol. Now men are busy with
dray and cart, a-hauling away tho
Sunday Dart. y
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-02-13
~ Z . -
Ravards Of Authorsh'p'

An addition to the list OF phraseo'
logical condolences has j ust 3oon
made by a speaker at the religious
congress now assembled in the oxtor =.
schools. For a competent student OF
.ny great subject there was' said Prof. y:
Phvs David, no better way o.
Clarifying and increasing knowl.dse
than writing a book about 1t. Some
th;ne like the same sentiment was
sTnressed a little more cyntcaliy by
The late Bishop Creighton at = DC
t,cn,rv Of National Biography dinner
..Vhenever." he declared, Il have
,ound myself especially ignorant OF
any subject l have always triec 70 81. ).
4 commission for an article On ~
ana in this way have pl"ke1 up
good deal Of Useful ipfo' nation
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-02-13
The Nursemald's Paradise.

The nurse or maid in an Indian
household rides In carriage instead
Of wheeling q perambulator; she has
under servants for the drudgery;. ut.
large stations there are entertain
ments and society: and, not the least
consideration, most girls from Eng.
land get an early chance of making
4 respectable marriage.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-02-13
Lecture Course.

The next number of the Lecture
Course at the Presbyterian church,
Tuesday evening, at $780,, the attrac-
ton being the Whitney Brothers
Male Quartette. Single admission
500. Note the change Of date.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-02-13

Take your calendars or edd pictures
now scattered shout the house to A.
w. Lucas Co. They will frame them
artistically. Just the thing for that
vacant spot on the wall. sa
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-02-13
VALENTINE PARTY.

The young people Of the Presbyter-
ian church had . valentine sociable at
the chapel OF the church. Friday night
Games appropriate to the occasion
were played and an enjoyable even
ing was passed in innocent ammuse-
ments. ,5s. ; IA Il: . .2sst$
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-02-13
HAD A PLEASANT. TIME.

Mrs. Robert Orr entertained num-
Der of her friends Friday afternoon
at her home on Avenue A. Mrs. Orr
being hostess 1t naturally follows that
the ladies had good time. r."
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-02-13
Enas 40 Livestock.

SUV0 ~ stVOUS0GNs
An Iowa man is undertaking to i'm.
port eggs from England under the
classification Of livestock" The Gus.
tom ofacials do not see it that way,
although It II ven known that many
Of the eggs shipped from Iowa to Chi
cago reach the consumers a. live
poultry. ..~,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-02-13
PROF. H. |. BOLLEY
WRITES OF PECULlARiTiES OF
The "DlScLAlMER" CLAUSE
FOUND IN SEED TRADE Gaia.
LoGOEs.

To the Bismarck Tribune: nave
thought that at this time many of
your readers would be interested in
the wording and peculiariies Of the
disclaimer" clause always to be
found somewhere in the large annual
catalogues Of the big seed house OF
this country. 1 here attach a printed
clause cut from the pages of the last
annual catalogue Of one OF the larg'
est of the agricultural and garden
seed dealers in this country. I have
struck out of the print only the name
of the firm. This is done in justice
to them, as they are not the only firm
which publish such clause. Most
other firms publish the disclaimer
in much finer type than this and place
it in a less conspicuous place in the
catalogue.
Disclaimer.
"While we exercise extreme care IN
the filling of all orders for seeds,
bulbs and plants they are after be-
ing put in the ground, subject to eli
matte conditions over which we have
no control, and therefore,
Co., give no warranty, express or i'm
piled, as to description, quality, pro-
ductiveness or any other matter of
any seeds, bulbs or plants they send
out, and they will not be in any way
responsible for the crop. If the pur'
chaser does not accept the seeds on
these terms, they are at once to be
returned"
"Disclaimer" clauses in seed cata-
logues have many peculiarities: ~
They are usually worded almost ex-
actly alike. At first thought this
seems strange as there are SO many
seed firms; but it Is not strange when
one knows that such firms are bound
together by the ties of a great mutual
organization-"The American Seed
Trade association" It is not strange
when one studies the wording care
fully; for the wording is such as to
prove a sure escape from the action
of all general fraud laws. Just notice
that they do not even give any assur-
ance os to the description of the
plants which may grow from the
seeds which they sell. (2) The dis
claimer' is usually printed in very
minute type. (3) It is quite often
found only after close search in some
inconspicuous place or part Of the cat
alogue, while the useless "guarantee'
clauses and numerous high-sounding
recommendations which surround it
ore quite sure to be in Mig type and
plainly printed.
These are only few OF the pecul-
iarities of the seed trade catalogue
disclaimer" Another or an associate
feature to be noted is that our farm
ers selling seed to each other seldom
find it necessary to use such clause,
nor do honest business men do so in
any other legitimate business.
want to ask your readers, if they
do not think with me that time
may sometime come when this dis
claimer" clause will be unnecessary
and, indeed, soon be looked upon as
an oddly of strange type of moral
ity. l for one hope so, and fe=> sure
that proper seed control legislation
will go a long way toward reaching
such a status.
H. l.. BOLLEY.
Bismarck. y. D., Feb. ~, 1909.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-02-13
BID Banana Sale.

Being overstocked with banans.
Richholt viii make special sale ~
this delicious fruit today. Ten cents
dozen; three dozen for rs cents. S
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-02-13

Bananas 10 cents dozen, or three
dozen for rs cents at Richholt's today.
You will have to hurry before they
are all gone.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-02-13
Hurry, Hurry, Hurry.

Three dozen fine bananas for q
cents, or one dozen for 10 cents, u,
Richholt's today. Get a move on be
fore they are all gone. 5
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-02-13
LEGISLATIVE ]. !.
CONTINUED from page ~ ~

employing relatives in their Offices.
State affairs. ...r,>& = tFEl
The house then adjourned and went
into joint, assembly to attend the Lin
coin memorial exercises. ..>. g..
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-02-13
Il surely Does.

p.con 49, Tho flea 10 q coward. It
,.ver comes up to the scratch. i
Esbsr-Wsll. II comes up - ~.
,lace vhsrs the scratch n gein0 70
b, ill right
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-02-13

Valentines, valentine booklets ard
post cards Il Cowan's Drug store, No.
4I4 Main ST.
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